2B ROHERTY

MEKONG RIVER CRUISE PHOTO'S

2012-01-26T17:19:00.000-08:00

Please come view our photo's taken during our October 2011 cruise up the Mekong River from Vietnam to Cambodia.

https://picasaweb.google.com/115168085824397118133/MekongRiverCruise#

PLRPHOTO VIDEO'S ON YOUTUBE

2012-01-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to all the travel video's Maureen and I have on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/plrphoto?feature=watch

THE BREACHING SUBMARINE SYNDROME

2012-01-15T11:45:00.000-08:00

I am republishing this from my original dissertation because of the terrible disaster off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

THE

BREACHING SUBMARINE

SYNDROME

　
Aired February 9, 2001 - 10:02 p.m. ET
Breaking News from CNN
U.S. Navy Submarine Collides With Japanese Fishing Vessel; 10 Still MissingBILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR:

“We begin with breaking news from the coast of Hawaii tonight, where the U.S. Navy says a U.S. submarine has accidentally surfaced and sunk a Japanese fishing vessel. We are told life rafts are in the water and a rescue operation is now under way.”

That’s how we in Hawaii and the world began to hear about this unforgivable tragedy.

Over time the details began to emerge…

The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a ship collision between the United States Navy (USN) submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) and the Japanese fishing training ship Ehime Maru (えひめ丸) on 9 February 2001, about 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. In a demonstration for some civilian visitors, Greeneville performed an emergency surfacing maneuver. As the submarine surfaced, it struck Ehime Maru, a high school fishing training ship from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Within minutes of the collision, Ehime Maru sank. Nine of its crewmembers were killed, including four high school students.

(Refer to the *** at the end of this dissertation for the rest of the story of the USS Greeneville collision with the Ehime Maru.)

Ever since my wife and I have referred to any negative situation that coulda-shoulda been prevented as a…

BREACHING SUBMARINE

Everyday we all experience people who consciously or subconsciously perform in a hazardous manner. Individuals, companies, government, etc. execute their duties in poor, lazy, sloppy, reckless, heedless manners, as did the crew of the Greeneville. Most of the time everyone gets away with it. Sometimes they don’t!

The reason we use the word breaching is self evident if you have ever watched a “ballast blow” or “emergency surfacing maneuver” performed by a submarine. It has a striking resemblance to a Humpback whale as it breaches the oceans surface. We see this all the time during the winter here in Maui waters. Secondly, it’s the definition of breaching itself…

The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of the word BREACH is…

- A breaking of a law, obligation, tie (as of friendship), or standard (as of conduct.)

- To leap out of water (whales breaching)

This tragedy, and what led to it, sounds a lot like everyday events that take place in all our lives.

　
Over the years we have all been witness to countless acts of neglect leading to tragic BREACHING of normalcy. From our personal lives, such a family, work and financial matters to organizations such a government, religion and military. If we’re lucky, they may only adversely effect themselves or just a few, but all to often they effects many. Think credit card abuse, Watergate, Catholic priests, Pearl Harbor, The Titanic, 9/11, Ponzie schemes, as just the tip of the iceberg!

Our current global financial crisis is what prompted me to publish the term BREACHING SUBMARINE now. In this case so many people are at fault that it’s hard to grasp the extent of what should have been obvious to all but ignored by most. Individuals taking on excessive credit card dept, institutions that designed and implemented deceitful financial practices. Mortgage brokers lured people in promising easy money allowing individuals and families to take on more dept than they should have. Everyone knew or should have sensed it was wrong but hoped to get away with it.

We stand in wonderment at what humans have accomplished technologically. How do buildings stand, planes fly, etc.? Conversely, things that depend on seemingly simpler human interaction, such as our home lives, finances, religion, work, government, etc., are laced with imperfections.

For thousands of years of human existence our ancestors have had to continually compose and impose rules, laws, regulations and religious doctrine to combat the constantly mutating urges of humans to lean to the bad.

Please, let’s at least begin to try and avoid what’s responsible for the BREACHING SUBMARINES in our own lives.

***Now, the rest of the story of the USS Greeneville and Ehime Maru from online encyclopedia Wikipedia…

The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a ship collision between the United States Navy (USN) submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) and the Japanese fishing training ship Ehime Maru (えひめ丸) on 9 February 2001, about 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. In a demonstration for some civilian visitors, Greeneville performed an emergency surfacing maneuver. As the submarine surfaced, it struck Ehime Maru, a high school fishing training ship from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Within minutes of the collision, Ehime Maru sank. Nine of its crewmembers were killed, including four high school students.

Many Japanese, including government officials, were concerned over news that civilians were present in Greeneville's control room at the time of the accident. Some expressed anger because of a perception that the submarine did not try to assist Ehime Maru's survivors and that the submarine's captain, Commander Scott Waddle, did not apologize immediately afterwards. The Navy conducted a public court of inquiry, placed blame on Waddle and other members of Greeneville's crew, and dealt nonjudicial punishment or administrative disciplinary action to the captain and some crew members.

Findings of the courtThe court made several findings, including that Waddle failed to take affirmative action in response to the non-availability of the AVSDU, nine of the 13 watch stations in and around the control room were manned by substitute personnel, and that one of the sonar operators was unqualified to stand watch.[44] The court also issued numerous opinions, including that the accident was caused by "a series and combination of individual negligence(s) onboard Greeneville," "artificial urgency" by Waddle to rush the submarine through its demonstration schedule as it began to run late, failure to follow standard procedures, the abbreviated periscope search, distractions and obstruction caused by the presence of the civilian guests, crew training deficiencies, overconfidence and complacency, and Waddle not paying enough attention to ship contact information. The court found that, although Brandhuber was the senior officer present on Greeneville, Waddle as captain was solely responsible for the safe navigation of the submarine. The inquiry report went into great detail on the purpose and rules surrounding the USN's DVE program.[45]

Full Wikipedia description may be found at…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime_Maru_and_USS_Greeneville_collision

Photo's from our Siem Reap, Cambodia exploration

2012-01-13T13:32:00.000-08:00

Your invited to view a collection of our favorite photo's taken during our October, 2011 exploration of Siem Reap. Just click of the following link...

https://picasaweb.google.com/115168085824397118133/SiemReapCambodia#

WORLD DESTINATIONS PATRICK & MAUREEN HAVE EXPLORED

2012-01-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

We have visited all seven continents; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

We have explored in Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Egypt, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, South Georgia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, USA, French Polynesia, South Africa, Namibia, Norway, Sweden, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Spain, Portugal, Cambodia, Oman and Vatican City.

We have cruised the Mississippi, USA, Yangtze and Lee Rivers in China, the Nile River in Egypt, the Mekong River through Vietnam and Cambodia, and the Amazon River in Brazil. We have navigated through the Suez and Panama Canals.

We have sailed the mighty seas. The North and South Pacific and Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Mediterranean, Tasman Sea, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Bearing Sea, South China Sea, Bay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Weddell Sea, Drake Passage, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Coral Sea.

Janesville, Wisconsin Roherty Family, Circa 1960

2012-01-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

This is my Roherty families 1960 (aprox) reunion in Janesville, Wisconsin. I've circled the six of my family. You Janesville area Roherty's, can you find your family? I kind of remember a little of this.

Internet sites that feature PL Roherty work.

2012-01-02T14:45:00.000-08:00

World Explorer Jewelry links:
http://www.resekoll.se/2007/11/14/world-explorer-ring/

PLR Photography links:

http://wildlifehotspots.com/southamerica.html

http://www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com/south-america-beaches.html

http://www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com/south-america-national-parks.html

http://www.bugbog.com/gallery/argentina_pictures/argentina_pictures_29.html

http://www.placesonline.com/south_america/argentina/ushuaia/photo_detail.asp?filename=ushuaia_8194

http://pology.com/article/06613.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/260569/Attractions-of-South-America

Canadian Shawn ROHERTY writes:

2011-12-26T19:19:00.000-08:00

3/16/2010
Dear Mr. Roherty,
I hope this finds you & your family well.
I'm of the Roherty clan from the province of New Brunswick on Canada's East Coast. Most of the family hail from northern NB; Belledune, Jacquet River, Bathurst, Campbelton, & Dalhousie. Many have moved to other areas of Canada, & I recall that in the late '70s or early 1980s, there were only about 75 families of Rohertys in all of Canada. I imagine there are several more than that by now!
My Great-grandfather was Sanford Roherty (he died in the late '70s at the age of 92 or so), & my grandfather is Charles Alexander Roherty (who will be 90 next month).
I was pleased to read your blog that was forwarded to me from my father (John Nicholas Sanford Roherty) from our cousin James Roherty (titled "Welcome Rohertys/Raffertys From Around The World"). While I've been in the UK numerous times, I've never had the good fortune to visit Ireland (but hope to someday). I've seen the coast from the deck of a ship when starting a trans-Atlantic crossing, but that's as close as I've come.
My wife & I hope to travel to Janesville, WI just to check out the Rohertys there someday & have always been amazed at how many Rohertys can be found when one Googles them!
Anyway, we want to wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day. Feel free to drop a line back when you get the chance.
All the best,
Shawn (Yulia & Sonja) Roherty

On 3/19/2010 Shawn continued to write...
Yes, by all means you can use my note on the blog. No worries. I meant to mention in my initial note that Dad also has one brother (Kevin, who you bear a striking resemblance), & two sisters (Charlene & Marianne). They all live in the Fredericton (capitol city of New Brunswick) area. Our small branch in the family tree all come from Fredericton actually. I was born there (1965) & lived there until 1971-72. Dad was with the Federal government & transferred to Saint John at that time. We later moved from Saint John to Quispamsis (20 minutes east of Saint John) in 1973 to escape the postage-stamp-sized lots of East Saint John & the 3 PM fog that rolled in like clock-work in those days. Saint John is not known for being warm in the summer thanks to the Bay of Fundy, which I refer to as the world's largest air conditioner....
Cheers,
Shawn, Yulia & Sonja

OUR 2011 HOLIDAY CARD

2011-12-23T16:27:00.000-08:00

Maui humpback whale video

2011-12-22T15:53:00.000-08:00

FUN IN THE SUN MAUI/LANAI STYLE

2010-03-16T12:15:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, March 10, 2010 seven of us spent the day on Lanai, Hawaii experiencing one of the most idyllic experiences of any of our lives. Please join us with our friends, the Hawaiin spinner dolphins in the crystal clear water of Hulopo'e Bay. Just tap on the bottom photo.

ROHERTY'S DAIRY BAR

2010-02-28T17:46:00.000-08:00

My mother, Carol Roherty, of Janesville, WI recently sent me this photo along with many other blast's from the past. This was the only one of Roherty's Dairy Bar in the batch.

Just days after receiving this I was notified by facebook email that someone had posted a comment on a photo posted in the facebook group named Growing Up in Janesville, WI. The photo is entitled Mr. Steak hand puppet.

A Mr. James Polglaze had made a comment... "I remember Roherty's Dairy Bar with stools and counter on the West side of the 5 points. Great malts with the extra malt in the steel mixer cups set alongside a full malt glass, and great food."

What links the two together are my Mom and Dad. They were the owners of Roherty's Dairy Bar and were managing partners of Mr. Steak in Janesville, WI who, over time, became the full owners.

The photo was taken on the opening day of Roherty's, circa mid 1940's. I, being the first born, 1952, and a male, was destined to work there as soon as I was able. The photo brings back many memories. As Mr Polglaze remembered "Great malts with the extra malt in the steel mixer..." etc.

Thank you for your memories!!!

Look deeply into the photo and see what you can remember.

Sorry, but you have to be old enough to have been there.

SANDBOX DREAMING

2010-01-03T17:46:00.000-08:00

I often wonder, was the little boy pictured here in this photograph I took years ago along Kaanapali beach, really ever there? Was his sandbox boat really there? Or was he in some far off place, dreaming?

As we begin this fresh, new year, filled with hope and dreams, I wanted to take a moment to remind myself, and any of you that have ever dreamt about what might be in your own future, that dreams do come true.

I have to tell you, I wish I would have dreamt, and would have been encouraged to dream, much bigger. You never realize that your going to surpassed them all. I find myself looking back to my sandbox dreams wishing, realizing, I should have dreamt larger.

The little boy and his sandbox boat were gone within milliseconds of universal time but I bet he's well on his way in life achieving his sandbox dreams.

I myself, at 57, must keep reminding myself, encourage myself, to continue to dream BIG!