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20 May 1939:
26 July 1940:
Cdr (later Captain) Nanri Katsuji (49)(former CO of I-59) is appointed Chief Equipping Officer (CEO).
25 November 1940:
Cdr (Rear Admiral, posthumously) Kato Ryonosuke (48) (former CO of I-1) is appointed Chief Equipping Officer of I-9 "on paper".
20 December 1940:
Cdr (later Captain) Oyama Toyojiro (49)(former CO of I-15) is appointed Chief Equipping Officer.
13 February 1941:
Completed and attached to Yokosuka Naval District. Cdr Oyama Toyojiro is the CO.
28 February-3 March 1941:
In Cdr Oyama's absence, LtCdr (Cdr, posthumously) Ueno Toshitake (56)(current torpedo officer of I-9) is appointed the CO of I-9 "on paper".
31 July 1941:
Cdr (promoted Captain 1 May 1943; Rear Admiral, posthumously) Fujii Akiyoshi (49)(former CO of I-2) is appointed CO.
November 1941:
I-9 is assigned to Vice Admiral Shimizu Mitsumi's Advance Expeditionary Force (Sixth Fleet) as flagship of Rear Admiral Sato Tsutomu's SubRon 1's I-15 through I-26.
21 November 1941:
Departs Yokosuka with ComSubRon 1 RAdm Sato Tsutomu aboard in company of I-15, I-17 and I-25, carrying a Watanabe E9W1 "Slim" floatplane.
2 December 1941:
The coded signal "Niitakayama nobore (Climb Mt. Niitaka) 1208" is received from the Combined Fleet. It signifies that hostilities will commence on 8 December (Japan time). Mt. Niitaka, located in Formosa (now Taiwan), is then the highest point in the Japanese Empire.
7 December 1941: Operation "Z" - The Attack on Pearl Harbor:
Off Hawaii. I-9, with Rear Admiral Sato embarked, patrols north of Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its mission is to reconnoiter and attack any ships that try to sortie from Pearl Harbor.
9 December 1941:
I-6 reports sighting a LEXINGTON-class aircraft carrier and two cruisers off Oahu heading ENE. Vice Admiral Shimizu in KATORI at Kwajalein orders all of SubRon 1's boats, except the Special Attack Force, to pursue and sink the carrier. I-9 surfaces and sets off at flank speed after the carrier.
11 December 1941:
700 miles NE of Oahu. At 1340, I-9 battle-surfaces on the unarmed Matson Lines' steamer LAHAINA (ex-WEST CARMONA, ex-GOLDEN STATE) returning to Hawaii after the outbreak of war with 745 tons of molasses and 300 tons of scrap iron. After surfacing off LAHAINA's starboard quarter, the submarine first fires a warning shot. The crew abandons ship after transmitting an S.O.S. signal. Cdr Fujii fires no less than 25 shells for 12 hits (8 starboard, 4 port), setting the superstructure afire.
12 December 1941:
In the following morning, the crew attempts to reboard the ship, but the fires and flooding are out of control. LAHAINA explodes, capsizes to port and sinks around 1230 at 27-42N, 147-38W. Two LAHAINA sailors die of exposure, two commit suicide. Thirty survivors reach Kahului, Maui, on 21 December. [1]
13 December 1941:
The Imperial General Headquarters orders the IJN submarines to shell the US West Coast. VAdm Shimizu issues a detailed order on the targets. I-15, I-9, I-10, I-17, I-19, I-21, I-23, I-25 and I-26 are each to fire 30 shells on the night of 25 December. Rear Admiral Sato, aboard I-9, is charged to execute the order.
19 December 1941:
Arrives off Cape Blanco, Oregon.
22 December 1941:
Departs her patrol sector for Guadalupe Island area.
27 December 1941:
Most of the I-boats off the coast have depleted their fuel reserves. Vice Admiral Shimizu cancels the shelling.
1 January 1942:
Arrives at Kwajalein.
January 1942: Operation "K-1" - Flying Boat Attack on Pearl Harbor:
The Naval General Staff develops a plan to raid Pearl Harbor using two large Type 2 four-engined Kawanishi H8K1 Emily flying boat bombers. The objective of the attack is to disrupt ship repair activities. The plan calls for the planes to depart Wotje in the Marshalls and fly to French Frigate Shoals in the Hawaiian Islands (500 miles WNW of Pearl Harbor) where they are to be refueled by I-class submarines.
1 February 1942:
Kwajalein is attacked by planes from USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6). Two hours later, Headquarters Sixth Fleet orders I-9 and the other boats of SubRon 1 to put to sea and intercept the enemy carriers. After their return, I-9 departs that same day, carrying a E9W1 floatplane on her second war patrol.
5 February 1942:
At Kwajalein. Five submarines are selected to participate in Operation K-1. I-9 is assigned to take up station midway between Wotje and the Shoals and act as a radio beacon for the two H8K1 Emily flying boats. I-19, I-15 and I-26 are to refuel the flying boats at the Shoals. I-23 is to standby south of Hawaii, provide weather reports and act in an air-sea rescue capacity. The submarines depart for their stations.
7 February 1942:
Arrives to the area 200 miles S of Hawaii.
23 February 1942:
The E9W1 floatplane from I-9 conducts a nightly recce flight over Pearl Harbor. Due to limited visibility the pilot and observer cannot identify any ships in the harbor. During recovery after return, both wings of the plane are damaged.
28 February 1942:
Departs her patrol sector to participate in Operation K-1.
1 March 1942: The Second Air Attack on Pearl Harbor:
I-9 is on station and participates in Operation K-1.
4 March 1942:
After dark, the Emilys arrive at French Frigate Shoals, refuel and take off again for Pearl Harbor.
5 March 1942:
Seven hours after departing French Frigate Shoals, the flying boats drop eight 550-lb. bombs on Honolulu through an overcast. They achieve no significant results and return to the Marshall Islands.
13 March 1942:
I-9 acts as radio-beacon-cum-communications relay platform at Point M (19-00N, 174-20W).
16 March 1942:
Vice Admiral, the Marquis, Komatsu Teruhisa (former CO of CA NACHI) assumes command of the Sixth Fleet (Submarines).
21 March 1942:
Returns to Yokosuka.
15 May 1942:
Departs Yokosuka for Aleutians on her third war patrol, carrying an E14Y1 Type 0 Glen floatplane.
17 May 1942:
Arrrives at Ominato.
19 May 1942:
Departs Ominato to support the invasion of the Western Aleutians.
20 May 1942:
Reassigned to Northern District Force.
21 May 1942:
Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Yamazaki Shigeaki's (former CO of old CA YAKUMO) SubRon 1's I-19, I-9, I-15, I-17, I-25 and I-26 is tasked to carry out preliminary invasion reconnaissance of the Aleutian Islands. I-9 departs Yokosuka for Kiska.
24 May 1942:
At dawn, I-9's E14Y1 floatplane reconnoiters Kiska and Amchitka, Aleutians. The pilot reports that Reynard Cove on Kiska is best suited for a future landing. No troops or barracks are sighted ashore. He also reports that contrary to the earlier reports there is no airfield on Amchitka.
26 May 1942:
Around 0500 (local), I-9's floatplane reconnoiters Adak and Kanaga. The pilot counts eight bivouacs and other similar buildings on Adak.
29 May 1942:
Provides distant cover for Rear Admiral Kakuta Kakuji's CarDiv 4.
5 June 1942: Operation "AL"- The Invasion of the Western Aleutians:
Twenty ships of the Vice Admiral Hosogaya Boshiro's (former CO of MUTSU) Fifth Fleet, including light cruisers KISO and TAMA, three destroyers, three corvettes, three minesweepers and four transports land Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Omori Sentaro's (former CO of ISE) Occupation Force on Attu, Aleutians without opposition.
6 June 1942:
Joins a patrol line off Aleutians.
7 June 1942:
Captain (later Rear Admiral) Ono Takeji's Occupation Force occupies Kiska, also without opposition.
8 June 1942:
The patrol line is shifted to Kodiak area.
15 June 1942:
I-9's floatplane reconnoiters Kodiak Naval Air Station. On that same day, I-9 attacks two merchants in the same area, but misses both times.
19 June 1942:
I-9 shells and damages the 4,636-ton American troop transport GENERAL W. C. GORGAS (former Hamburg-America Lines PRINZ SIGISMUND) at 56-17N, 146-46W.
30 June 1942:
Reassigned to Advance Force. Departs her patrol sector for Yokosuka.
7 July 1942:
I-9 arrives at Yokosuka.
7 August 1942: American Operation "Watchtower" - The Invasion of Guadalcanal,
British Solomon Islands:
Rear Admiral (later Admiral) Richmond K. Turner's Amphibious Task Force 62, covered by Vice Admiral (later Admiral) Frank J. Fletcher's Task Force 61 and Rear Admiral (later Admiral) John S. McCain's Task Force 63's land-based aircraft, lands Maj Gen (later Gen/Commandant) Alexander A. Vandegrift's 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, opening a seven-month campaign to take the island.
15 August 1942:
Departs Yokosuka in company of I-15, I-17, I-19 and I-26 with ComSubRon 1 Rear Admiral Yamazaki Shigeaki aboard on her fourth war patrol.
23 August 1942:
I-9 joins the patrol line A off San Cristobal..
24 August 1942: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons:
Vice Admiral (later Admiral) Frank J. Fletcher's Task Force 61's USS SARATOGA (CV-3) and ENTERPRISE (CV-6) launches aircraft that find and sink the light carrier RYUJO. In turn, CarDiv 1's SHOKAKU and ZUIKAKU launch aircraft that find and damage ENTERPRISE. That evening, aircraft from SARATOGA damage seaplane carrier CHITOSE.
25 August 1942:
At 1143, LtCdr Frederick Bell's USS GRAYSON (DD-435), temporarily screening Fletcher's TF 11, spots a "carrier's superstructure" 12 miles WSW. The destroyer is detached to investigate the contact, two minutes later identified as a diving submarine.
At 1223, GRAYSON commences a depth-charge attack, but I-9 foils her approach, turning inside the destroyer's turning circle. After the contact is reestablished, GRAYSON makes another attack, but again I-9 escapes with a hard turn at full speed at the depth of 200 feet.
LtCdr Bell, joined by a Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive-bomber from USS WASP, conducts a dummy attack to wear the submarine down. After 1329, GRAYSON drops the third pattern of depth charges. I-9 heads due west at 4 knots and the contact is lost until 1347. Meanwhile PATTERSON (DD-392) joins the hunt.
At 1351, GRAYSON commences the fourth attack, but I-9 turns to WSW, making 7 knots. With the fifth attack the destroyer expends her entire supply of depth charges, slowing the submarine down to 4 knots. Buffeted by close explosions, I-9 drops to 440 feet; all lights go out and a small leak appears in one of the forward fuel tanks. Aft bilge pump is disabled.
At 1418, PATTERSON commences her first run, but fails to detect the target in the turbulence created by GRAYSON's depth charges. 1438, USS MONSSEN (DD-436) joins the hunt.
At 1440, PATTERSON establishes sonar contact with the submarine; a few minutes later her lookouts report the submarine is surfacing. The "Dauntless" marks its location with a smoke float. PATTERSON and MONSSEN make one attack each. After a huge air bubble and oil slick appear, the destroyers depart the area, claiming their target as sunk.
I-9 surfaces two hours after the last attack. An inspection reveals some additional damage: two periscopes are rendered inoperable and one radio transmitter temporarily knocked out. Rear Admiral Yamazaki reports the damage to Truk and is ordered to return to base.
30 August 1942:
Arrives at Truk. Undergoes repairs by URAKAMI MARU.
8 September 1942:
Departs Truk for an area SE of Guadalcanal on her fifth war patrol with ComSubRon 1 embarked.
15 September 1942:
Cdr Fujii sights several transports. On that same day, I-9 is reassigned to 2nd Patrol Unit.
23 September 1942:
200 miles SE of Guadalcanal. I-9 briefly chases a transport escorted by one destroyer.
1 October 1942:
Departs her patrol sector for Truk.
6 October 1942:
Arrives at Truk.
13 October 1942:
The staff of ComSubRon 1 is transferred ashore.
16 October 1942:
Departs Truk on her sixth war patrol SE of the Solomons, carrying an E14Y1 floatplane. Reassigned to the "B" Patrol Unit.
31 October 1942:
Reassigned to B Patrol Unit. Ordered to reconnoiter Nouméa, New Caledonia.
4 November 1942:
I-9's floatplane reconnoiters Nouméa airfield and harbor, sighting one aircraft carrier, three cruisers and several smaller vessels.
7 November 1942:
I-9 is detached from B Patrol Unit to conduct aerial reconnaissance of Espiritu Santo instead of I-7.
11 November 1942:
I-9 is ordered to proceed to Shortland.
16 November 1942:
Truk. Vice Admiral Komatsu convenes a meeting of his submarine captains. He announces that the Sixth Fleet has been ordered by Admiral Yamamoto, CINC, Combined Fleet to organize a supply system for the IJA's 17th Army garrison on Guadalcanal.
19 November 1942:
Arrives at Shortland, embarks cargo.
24 November 1942:
Departs Shortland on her first supply run to Kamimbo Bay, NW Guadalcanal, carrying 32 tons of food and ammunition.
26 November 1942:
Arrives at Kamimbo, unloads her cargo, then departs for Truk.
1 December 1942:
Arrives at Truk.
Late December 1942:
Departs Truk for Shortland.
2 January 1943:
Arrives at Shortland.
4 January 1943:
Departs Shortland on her second supply run to Guadalcanal, carrying 21 tons of food in rubber containers.
6 January 1943:
Arrives at Kamimbo, unloads her cargo, then departs for Shortland.
8 January 1943:
Returns to Shortland.
10 January 1943:
Departs Shortland on her third supply run to Guadalcanal.
12 January 1943:
Arrives off Kamimbo, but fails to deliver her cargo, since the anchorage is patrolled by torpedo boats.
14 January 1943:
Returns to Shortland.
16 January 1943:
Departs Shortland on her fourth supply run to Guadalcanal.
18 January 1943:
Arrives off Kamimbo, but cannot release her supply drums underwater.
20 January 1943:
Returns to Shortland.
22 January 1943:
Departs Shortland on her fifth supply run to Guadalcanal, carrying 18 tons of cargo in 120 supply drums.
25 January 1943:
Arrives off Kamimbo, releases 80 supply drums with 12 tons of cargo, but is then driven away by torpedo boats.
27 January 1943:
Returns to Shortland.
28 January 1943:
Departs Shortland on her sixth supply run to Guadalcanal.
30 January 1943:
Arrives off Kamimbo, releases all supply drums, but all are detected and destroyed by arriving torpedo boats.
31 January 1943: Operation "KE" - The Evacuation of Guadalcanal:
A task force of units of the Second and Third Fleets from Truk including carriers ZUIKAKU, ZUIHO and JUNYO, Bat Div 3's KONGO and HARUNA, CruDiv 4's ATAGO and TAKAO, CruDiv 5's HAGURO and MYOKO, DesRon 4's light cruiser NAGARA, DesRon 10's light cruiser AGANO and destroyers, steams north of the Solomons as a feint to cover Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Hashimoto Shintaro's (former CO of HYUGA) destroyer force from Rabaul.
1 February 1943:
Returns to Shortland, departs for Truk on that same day.
4 February 1943:
Arrives at Truk.
5 February 1943:
Departs Truk for Yokosuka.
9 February 1943:
The Japanese successfully complete the evacuation of 11,700 troops from Guadalcanal.
12 February 1943:
Arrives at Yokosuka.
20 February 1943:
Transferred from Yokosuka to Kawasaki's Kobe Yard for repairs. [2]
1 May 1943:
Cdr Fujii is promoted Captain.
11 May 1943: American Operation "Landcrab"- The Invasion of Attu,
Rear Admiral (later Admiral) Thomas C. Kinkaid's Task Force 16, covered by Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell's Task Force 51, lands the Army's 7 th Division that captures Attu.
12 May 1943:
Reassigned to Northern District Force.
13 May 1943:
Returns to Kure.
14 May 1943:
Departs Kure for Yokosuka, arriving on 16th.
21 May 1943: Operation "KE-Go" - The Evacuation of Kiska:
The Imperial General Headquarters decides to evacuate the garrison at Kiska Island, Aleutians.
23 May 1943:
Departs Yokosuka for Paramushiro Island in the Kuriles.
27 May 1943:
Arrives at Paramushiro.
29 May 1943:
Departs Paramushiro on her first supply run to Kiska, carrying 17 tons of ammunition and 2 tons of food.
1 June 1943:
Bering Sea, off Agattu. I-9 is chased by an unidentified destroyer for three hours.
2 June 1943:
Arrives at Kiska, unloads her cargo and departs on that same day, carrying 79 passengers (55 sailors, 10 soldiers and 10 gunzoku construction workers).
8 June 1943:
Returns to Paramushiro.
10 June 1943:
Departs Paramushiro for Kiska on her second supply run to that location to evacuate the personnel of the local midget base. No messages are received from I-9 thereafter.
13 June 1943:
Kiska, 15 miles E of Sirius Point. At 1758 LtCdr (later RAdm) Elliot M. Brown's USS FRAZIER (DD-607) detects a target with her radar 6,900 yards away. FRAZIER closes the range in dense fog at 20 knots and soon establishes sonar contact with a submarine. At 2009 a lookout sights two periscopes at 100 yds.
FRAZIER opens fire on the submarine, scoring a hit on one periscope. The destroyer attacks I-9 with depth charges. Air bubbles, oil and debris rise to the surface, but FRAZIER makes two more attacks to ensure that the submarine is sunk. I-9 is lost with all hands at 52-08N, 177-38E. [3]
15 June 1943:
Presumed lost lost with all 101 hands off Kiska.
1 August 1943:
Removed from the Navy List.


text: Hi, All. I am figuring out and developing (U)EFI payload for LB referring to the TianoCore(https://www.tianocore.org/), which is one of the GSoC ideas(http://code.google.com/soc/coresystems/appinfo.html?csaid=83B941F46A42 2F1A ). I feel it's necessary to make you know what I've got till now and also get some suggestions and feedbacks from you. (1) The EDK project of TianoCore includes the full (U)EFI implementation for NT32 emulation, which can be debugged and tracked using VC 7.0. This would be my top reference. (2) The EDK implements EFI as the following phases orderly: SEC(security), PEI(Pre EFI Initialization), DXE(Driver eXecution Environment), BDS(Boot Device Selection). The BDS phase indicates the EFI has already been boot up and shows the interfaces to users. Actually, The SEC and PEI phases are not the EFI implementation; they just do the basic platform preparation (check the system memory, IO space, Boot Mode etc.) for the EFI execution. And the DXE is the pure EFI implementation. All information gathered in the SEC and PEI is formed into HOB (Hand-Off Block:http://download.intel.com/technology/framework/docs/Hob.pdf) data structure, which is only parameter to the DXE phase. The DXE phase parses the HOB list for EFI running preparation. (3) The LinuxBIOS collects resource and platform information to LB table; that is similar to what the SEC and PEI do (collect resource information to HOB list). Thus the DXE phase would be the start point of my EFI payload. There are two alternative solutions for this purpose: Firstly to parse the LB table and transform to HOB format; then the DXE gets the HOB list transformed by LB table. Secondly: to parse LB table directly for DXE use and discard the HOB data structure from EDK. The former can reuse the EDK source codes to more extent; the latter can thin the (U)EFI payload more. I have not determined which solution to choose. Maybe you can give me some suggestions. (4) Another issue is about the binary image. The binary of EDK follows its special specifications, including Firmware Volume(http://download.intel.com/technology/framework/docs/Fv.pdf), Firmware Volume Block(http://download.intel.com/technology/framework/docs/FvBlock.pdf) and Firmware File system (http://download.intel.com/technology/framework/docs/Ffs.pdf). The EDK provides the tools (open source) to build and parse its binary image (flash) in its source codes package. (5) The solution to load (U)EFI payload from LB is needed although I have not got the clear idea for this. Generally speaking, I may develop the special tools to transfer (U)EFI payload binary to ELF that the LB can load( just like the Linux kernel payload loading), or add the feature of loading (U)EFI binary to LB source codes. I am focusing on (3) this time; and I plan to finish parsing LB table for DXE phase(my payload) use, and porting EFI special features in the SEC and PEI phases(such as EFI image load/unload, EFI compression/decompression interfaces) to the payload(DXE phase) before the mid-check(July, 9th) of GSoc. The solution to load (U)EFI payload from LB will be the main point after mid-check. Any feedbacks or suggestions are appreciated very much. Thanks & Best regards, Xiong Yi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/attachments/20070623/174e93f0/attachment.html>

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Rima Fakih, Miss Wayne County (USA), took the crown this evening at McMorran Auditorium in Port Huron.
Jamie Zade, Miss Shelby Township, earned first runner-up honors, while Racquel McClendon, Miss Upper Peninsula, earned second runner-up.
Sarah Gerberding, Miss Boyne City, took second, while Vera Morenski, Miss Taylor, took third.
*Rima Fakih was a contestant in the 2005 Miss Wayne County pageant.
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Why Americans Are Reluctant to Admit Their Presidents Are KingsNews at Home
Adams himself showed a fondness for monarchy, and in his own writings classified America as a 'monarchical republic', by which he meant that the executive power was in the hands of an individual, and was a republic in so far as the Constitution provided for the representation of the people. He wrote to Benjamin Rush in 1790: 'No nation under Heaven ever was, now is, nor ever will be qualified for a Republican Government unless you mean . . . resulting from a Balance of three powers, the Monarchical, Aristocratical, and Democratical. . . . Americans are particularly unfit for any Republic but the Aristo-Democratical Monarchy'. As he suggested, a monarchy had insinuated itself beneath the folds of the republic. It was the reverse of Britain where, as the Victorian constitutional writer Walter Bagehot noted, a republic 'had insinuated itself beneath the folds of a monarchy'.
The forms of government on offer in the eighteenth century were essentially variations of monarchy and to the Founding Fathers the British model was far and away the most palatable. America's adaptation of 'elective' monarchy and the borrowing of British procedures and ceremonial suggest just how deeply indebted the young republic was to its colonial past. As Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache put it, Americans created a constitution before they 'had sufficiently unmonarchized their ideas and habits'. And he added: they 'dismissed the name of king, but they retained a prejudice for his authority. Instead of keeping as little, they kept as much of it as possible for their president'.
Perhaps not surprisingly, British commentators saw this indebtedness to British tradition more clearly than Americans, who have been inclined to see the United States as a unique constitutional experiment. As Bagehot observed, the President was 'an unhereditary substitute' for a king, an elective monarch serving for a fixed term. James Bryce, who was to become a popular Ambassador to the United States, argued in his class study, The American Commonwealth (1888) that the Founding Fathers created a copy of the English king: 'He is George III . . . diminished by holding office for four years, instead of for life'. The English jurist Sir Henry Maine was likewise forthright about just how much the Presidency owed to the British monarchy in his book Popular Government (1885): 'On the face of the Constitution of the United States, the resemblance of the President to a European King, and especially to the King of Great Britain, is too obvious to mistake'.
The Founding Fathers rejected hereditary kingship, but a penchant for 'the rule of one', the classic definition of monarchy, has had a recurring echo in the United States. Most Americans assume that democratic principles fit uncomfortably with monarchy, which they have been brought up to associate with tyranny. They forget that monarchies are today among the most advanced democracies. The suggestion that their President is an elective king and the United States a 'monarchical republic' makes them uneasy. American historians, well aware of the monarchical elements in the Constitution, have typically pulled their punches, often on the grounds that a President, however regal, serves for a limited term. They forget that monarchy does not require life tenure or the hereditary principle. As Hamilton, another Founding Father favorably disposed to kingship, remarked: 'monarch is an indefinite term. It marks not either the degree or duration of power'.
In The Imperial Presidency (1973), Arthur Schlesinger conceded that US Presidents had 'monarchical moments', especially in the post-war years, but he avoids the 'K' word, preferring to see the presidency as imperial. But is not an emperor a king writ large? References to the President as a King have been a feature of the nation's conversation about its political leadership throughout US history. Washington, dubbed the 'monarch of Mount Vernon' by his critics, was often seen in a kingly light, a tendency encouraged by portrait painters who typically portrayed him in regal pose. The Whigs ridiculed Andrew Jackson as 'King Andrew the First' for his expansion of executive power.
Among other presidents vilified, though occasionally praised, as monarchs were Lincoln, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan. In a letter to the historian George Otto Trevelyan, Teddy Roosevelt, not one to minimize his powers, described the office of President as an 'elective King'. The growing power and prestige of his Presidency was in keeping with the expansion of American interests. His monarchical tendencies did not go unnoticed, which led Henry Adams to call him 'Theodore Rex', the title of Edmund Morris's biography of Roosevelt.
Allusions to the imperial presidency and the unitary executive have become commonplace in recent years. A quick Google search illustrates just how often President George W. Bush has been seen in unflattering royal garb. A recent article in the Atlanta Inquirer put it squarely: 'What we have is an elective monarch who, if we are to believe the current wearer of the crown, rules by divine right'. It is only a matter of time before Barack Obama's enemies will portray him as a perfidious king, especially as he will have a compliant Congress offering few checks to Presidential authority in the monarcho-republic.
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Arnold Shcherban - 12/3/2008
And that idea has become obsolete and unpractical (if it ever has been viable), as it was illustrated by
many obviously partisan divisions among Supreme Court judges.
Therefore it has to be dealt away with.
Plus, people vested with such extraordinary legal powers, must not be appointed for life by the partisan Presidents, who themselves are temporary. I refuse to see any common sense here to begin with, aside from anti-democratic design of the authors of such idea and the law that enforces it.
Evan Shawn Powell - 12/2/2008
Uh, then why have a Constitution at all, if any bill, contrary or not to the Constitution, passed and signed into law by the President is unreviewable by the standards laid out in it?
The idea behind life appointments is that justices would not be beholden to political parties, or constituencies with special interests. It does not make them apolitical, objective and ever rational, but that is the idea anyway.
Arnold Shcherban - 12/1/2008
It is not a democratic monarchy, but more like plutocratic monarchy...
One more thing. Somehow noone takes on the US Supreme Court. The right of Supreme judges to announce any law advanced by the Congress, i.e. by democratic representatives, unconstitutional and appointment of its judges for life are clearly undemocratic, medieval anachronisms.
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Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, is about to print off more money and hand it out to the people of Australia, in an attempt to convince them she is a Goodie Goodie and some kind of a Fairy Godmother!
Does she really believe we are so dead in the head that we cannot see what she is up to?
I think it is fair to say, by now the voting public realizes if she gives with one hand, she will take back double with the other one. This lady and her cabinet cohort are not to be trusted!
Australia's National Debt at the time of writing this blog stands at
That is a BIG number in anyone's reckoning. Take a look now and see how much it has grown by since 7:25 pm April 10th 2012. Just where do you think they (our Government) is going to get the money to pay for this? Then add-on the amount they are going to give to the Nation to assist with the corrupt Carbon Dioxide Taxation Scheme. Does Wayne Swan have a money tree in his courtyard in Canberra, or will he simply increase our National Debt, which ultimately means you and I, our children and their children's children ad infinitum will have to pay it all back. Nothing is for free!
Over the weekend the Gillard led Labor government announced the far smaller and more complicated carbon tax compensation that some people will receive:
CASH bonuses of up to $100 per child for families and $250 for pensioners will be deposited in voters' bank accounts within weeks as the Gillard Government fights a public backlash over the carbon tax….
The lump sum bonus payments will be rolled out from May, ahead of the introduction of the carbon tax and on top of a $300-a-year tax cut for six million Australians earning $80,000 a year or less.
One million workers will no longer have to pay tax or lodge a tax return under a tripling of the tax- free threshold to apply from July 1.
Part-time workers, students, mothers in casual work and retirees will benefit from the decision to lift the tax-free threshold from $6000 to $18,000…..
Families already securing payments under Family Tax Benefit A will be paid cash bonuses to compensate for the impact of the carbon tax from May 16 to May 29. There will be a small increase in fortnightly payments to follow.
Single-income families securing payments under Family Tax Benefit B will get up to $69 extra and up to $300 in additional supplement.
Pensioners can expect to see their $250 Clean Energy Advance arrive from May 28 to June 8.
Self-funded retirees who have a Commonwealth seniors health care card will get $250 cash bonus from next month or $190 for each member of a couple.
Students securing Austudy payments will secure payments over the period June 11 to June 22…..
Source: The Mercury | 8/April/2012
This is nothing short of an attempt at pure bribery to try to turn voters around to liking the Australian Labor Party. They are at their lowest ebb and no doubt can finally see the writing on the wall. The next Federal Election is not that far away, although many wish it could be sooner! Labor has dug its own grave. The alliance with the Greens, the buying off of Independents, and the blatant lies about the Carbon Dioxide Tax will all, undoubtedly hammer the nails into their coffin.
Julia and Wayne obviously think we are all dumb, stupid or both. Every single item of anything that is transported into a store will increase in cost. Electricity costs will soar as will water and sewerage costs. So food becomes more expensive, clothing becomes more expensive, the cost of managing a home becomes more expensive. Petrol prices will go up. Drugs in pharmacies will increase in costs. And they think they can lie to us and then buy us all off with a measly amount of money which will not even cover the increases we will all experience. We don't want your hand out Julia we just want NO Carbon Tax period!
If you live on an Island in Bass Strait for example, the vast majority of goods are brought in via boat or air. All transportation costs are going to rise, ergo so will the cost of the goods being transported. Will Ms. Gillard be giving Tasmanians and other Islanders a special allowance to help cover those additional costs?
Julia Gillard you are a compulsive liar. You and the party you represent, who are supposed to be the representatives of the people of Australia, are about to bury yourselves in rather deep excrement for the next ten or so years. The only way you could possibly save face and the Labor Parties reputation would be to rescind this Carbon Taxation scheme immediately and apologize to the people of Australia.
I believe you would still struggle to gain acceptance by the majority of Australian voters, but at least you would be granted a possible 'pardon' in history, for what will undoubtedly go down in the pages as 'Gillard's Foley'
And don't forget folks that the Federal Budget will be announced shortly, and Wayne baby has promised us, no matter how he has to do it, it will come back in the black. So what they giveth with one hand, no doubt they will taketh away with the other!
The Love of Money is the root of all evil Julia…….. Repent and be saved!
As a final thought: Julia and her Greens Cohort are still pushing the myth, the Carbon Tax is to help clean up the planet. But she has neglected to tell you that it is not only our Home Planet Earth that has been having weird weather. The other planets in our solar system are experiencing the same things. So tell us how Julia, your tax is going to help the entire solar system? It will do nothing to help Planet earth, it will of course help fill the depleted coffers in Canberra.
It has taken the media five years to report that in 2007 NASA confirmed that the same Solar Cycle 24 solar flares that began in 1994 and is behind "global warming" on Earth, has raised temperatures on Venus from 470 degrees to 517 degrees, and has been melting the carbon dioxide ice caps on Mars. Many of the world's best climate scientists and astro-physicists have been to intimidated to argue with the global warming advocates since the IPCC, which is the UN's global authority on climate change, has announced the debate is settled. The debate is settled because the climate change industry is now the largest employer in the world excluding the governments themselves; and if man-made global warming is debunked there will be catastrophic unemployment for those conning the world into believe we are the culprits behind global warming.
In this piece you will find the conclusive evidence that global warming (and cooling) is caused solely and exclusively by the solar activity of our sun. If you never read it, after you read this piece, please read a piece I wrote in 2008: http://www.jonchristianryter.com/Plain_Talk/080110.html And, please, pass this around to everyone on your list, and ask them to do the same.


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The Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of RI No. M.HH-01.GR.01.06 Year 2010.
Citizens of these countries will be able to apply for a Visa on Arrival (VoA) valid for 30 days upon arrival by air in Bali, Jakarta and a few other international airports or by ship at a limited number of Indonesian sea ports. A 30-day visa costs US$35 and is extendable for another 30 days. Be aware that Immigration officials calculate the 30-day period as follows: your arrival day is counted as your first day, and you must leave the country on the 30th.day!
Entry Requirements for "VISA on ARRIVAL" (VoA)
How to Obtain the "VISA on ARRIVAL" (VoA)
Travelers from the above countries must be in possesion of a passport which is valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival and the completed embarkation/disembarkation card they received from their airline. They must also be able to prove they have sufficient funds for their stay in Indonesia.
Arriving travelers with Visa-On-Arrival status have to go first to one of the "VoA Counters" to pay the appropriate fee and have their passports stamped with the VoA before proceeding to the Immigration Clearance Desk. An official bank is part of the VoA service counters. Payment of visa fees can be made in all major currencies or by VISA or MASTERCARD.


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Happy Birthday Jerry Worstell!
Aug. 9, 2012: Jerry is 80 years young today!
One of three (3) founding partners of the original Pyramid Roofing, Jerry has been a vital part of the team since inception in August of 1986.
Jerry was a silent partner in the early years as he wrapped up his professional career with Edison Plastics Company. After transferring from Marshall College where he was a pitcher on the baseball team, Jerry earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from WVU in 1955. He is still a proud Mountaineer and has the sticker on the bumper of his vehicle and the flag on his back porch that leaves know doubt where his loyalty lies.
In 1997, Jerry stepped on board full time with Pyramid Roofing following his retirement from a successful career in the plastics industry. Known for his conservative, cautious style, he could always be counted on for keeping a keen eye on managing expenses and cutting unnecessary costs. Jerry has been the financial backbone of Pyramid Roofing for many years.
He may now be "semi-retired" but don't think a day goes by without Jerry coming into the office to check on things. You can count on Jerry and his pleasant presence every single day. He still has an eye on the money and is always there for sound, solid advice. Jerry does not obey the "no shorts" office dress code but at age 80, hey, who's saying anything!
On behalf of the entire staff at Pyramid Roofing, we all wish you a Happy Birthday! – We appreciate you!


text: 5 October 2018 - Apparel exports from Bangladesh have continued surging in the last months, being boosted by the recovery of EU's import market and the fall of Bangadeshi unit prices in euro terms. Exports to the United States have also rebounded in the second quarter this year, thanks to a return of US buyers to cotton apparel. The sharp rise of minimum wages as of next December in Bangladesh could however result in higher export prices and a lower export growth. Our statistical tables provide a comprehensive view of Bangladesh's clothing exports over the last years, also covering the latest US and EU apparel import data per product category. Volume, value and unit price changes are released with all data available for download.


text: All Souls by Christine Schutt In 1997, at the distinguished Siddons School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the school year opens with distressing news: Astra Dell is suffering from a rare disease. Astra's friends try to reconcile the girl's suffering with their own fierce longings and impetuous attachments. Car writes unsparing letters, which the dirty Marlene, in her devotion, then steals. Other classmates carry on: the silly team of Suki and Alex pursue Will Bliss while the subversive Lisa Van de Ven makes dates with MissWilkes. The world of private schools and privilege in New York City is funny, poignant, and cruel, and at its heart is the stricken Astra Dell, "that pale girl from the senior class, the dancer with all the hair, the red hair, knotted or braided or let to fall to her waist, a fever and she consumed." National Book Award finalist Christine Schutt has created a wickedly original tale of innocence, daring, and illness. Format: Paperback ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780156033381 ISBN-10: 0156033380 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 06/08/2009 Carton Quantity: 24 Also available in: eBook - $9.99


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If you'd like to take a look at the kind of video tutorials I create, below are a smattering of examples pulled from the courses.
Besides the videos to watch, each lesson comes with sample code for you to download.
Also, members get access to a private Glassboard area for asking questions.
Remember! The videos build on each other and the samples are pulled from the middle of the pack. So if you're not sure what's going on, don't worry — by the time you get to that part of the course you will know! 😉


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Bam! Feeling BIG.
Things our little swiftlet loves right now:
- Cheese
- Pickles
- Milk
- Pizza and Chili (the night I was too impatient to wait for one meal to cook and had to make another in the meantime. But don't worry because I ate them both).
- Cuddling with Honey
- The Walking Dead
- Sparkling Apple Cider
- Reading classics
- and the Mizzou Tigers
Things our little swiftlet doesn't love right now:
- Water
- Coffee (sad.day.repeated.every.day)
- Bananas (repeat above)
- Cereal (repeat above)
- Reading What to Expect When You're Expecting
- Pants that have buttons
Happy Decembering!
I am so proud of myself because I am almost done shopping for the 20 million family members we have. Family, I love you ;) (And I did most of my shopping online).


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YouTube Downloader is software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them to other video formats.
It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3.
You can use YouTube Downloader to download the videos of your choice from home, at the office or in school.
- Publisher Biennesoft
- Publisher web site http://youtubedownload.altervista.org
- Release date July 01, 2011
- Date added July 07, 2011
- Version 3.2
- Operating systems Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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You will be the center of attention on your special day when wearing this elegant lace and tulle plus size wedding gown. The illusion sweetheart bodice has a high neckline and short cap sleeves trimmed in beaded lace. The beaded lace softly adorns the torso and dropped waist and the full A-line tulle skirt flows softly to the floor.
available in any size and custom size,and over 136 color can be choosed.
All our dresses are special order and production begins after your order is placed and paid for in full. Any changes to your order must be made within 24 hours of placing it. Once the order has been confirmed by the designer, we are unable to change sizes, styles or colors, or cancel the order.
* This is only an estimate. Actual shipping costs will be calculated when you checkout.


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Just to justify what I wrote previously. There was an ad on TV last night by a company that admits when you buy the lastest gadget, it is obsolete. They advertise that they will buy back the obsolete one so you can buy the lastest one. This kind of advertising preys on those who "seem" to need the lastest thing. Now I see cell phones that are almost mini-laptops. Have we gone to far with the cell phone. Do we need all of the apps that are becoming available for cell phones.
I was of the opinion that children did not really need cell phones. I have revised that thinking. When I was growing up there were hardly any crimes against children. It was safe to walk the streets after dark. Parents did not need to worry about something happening to their children. They did worry about what the kids might get into. That was sixty years ago. In today's society crime is rampant, and several are against children. That's in broad daylight, it gets much worse at night. Cell phones are a necessity for our children to be even remotely safe. But they do not need fancy phones with the attended apps. NO! Parents need to stand up to their kids, just like I did. Say no to the fancy phones with big price tags and big bills. All that is necessary is a phone with texting ability and GPS, for tracking and that's it. Children need to pay attention of what is going on around them, not with their heads stuck on the screen of their cell phone.


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© 2010 Eddie Arrossi Photography
SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, sponsored by the Brewers Association in Washington, D.C., is expanding this year to two nights.
All 2,000 tickets for last year's event sold in less than a day, yet another sign of the growing interest in our favorite beverage as more than something guzzled during a ballgame. The 2011 expansion is even further proof of what the BA calls "the public's appetite for craft beer along with food that complements and accentuates this artfully brewed beverage."
SAVOR this year will be June 3-4, with tickets going for $110 per night. Optional $30 salon tickets also are available. That sounds steep, but consider what you get:
Attendees will sample craft beers from 72 small and independent craft brewers who team up with a duo of expert chefs to pair each craft beer with delicious savory and sweet dishes. Educational salons and private tasting salons will provide additional opportunities for attendees to interact with some of America's most talented craft brewers and chefs.
That's 144 total beers, each paired with delightful food, all of it enjoyed in the beautiful National Museum Building.
© 2010 Eddie Arrossi Photography
This was without a doubt one of the very best beer events I attended in 2010.
The only disappointing note this year is that none of the participating breweries are from Texas.
What: SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience.
When: June 3-4 (Friday-Saturday), 7:30-11 p.m. each night.
Where: National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Tickets: $110 each, on sale to general public March 3 at SavorCraftBeer.com.
More information: You can find more details about the 2011 event here.
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Implement an HTML table using DIVs
יום שבת, דצמבר 24, 2011
This is quite an old topic but still when browsing through some popular forums I still encounter the following question: "How can I implement a table using DIVs and control the width of each column?" Before digging into the implementation I would like to share my thoughts regarding the old TABLE vs. DIV war:In the old days web developers used TABLE tag for displaying a tabular data and for controlling the layout of the page.These days it seems as everyone hates TABLE and tries to use DIV instead for both tasks. I don't share the same feelings.I use TABLE for tabular...
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text: Nicholas Bohac creates psychedelic collage landscapes that fuse fantasy with images of urban and bucolic spaces. These landscapes reveal both the natural environment as well as man made structures within those spaces. Bohac is concerned with our current ecological climate and while the role of urban spaces is not overtly problematic, the works represent the struggle of control between man and nature.


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Your puppy starts out adorable, cuter than cute, clumsy and silly, playful and energetic, chasing and jumping, barking to bark and giving up wet sloppy kisses to anyone who will accept them.......... And you love it--until the day your cute little puppy is a rambunctious teenager taking YOU for a walk instead of the other way around.
All kinds of things can happen - perhaps your sweet puppy becomes a disgruntled adult, without manners, or is destructive in the home, or exhibits unwanted behavior towards strangers, other dogs or the cute little kitty cat that used to be its friend.
Your dog doesn't do this to displease you -- he hasn't been trained or socialized to know how to be obedient and respectful of his surroundings.
If we do not provide our dogs with the leadership they need, they will inherently take the leadership role upon themselves and this can make living together quite challenging!
Too many of our once-loved family pets are given up to shelters and rescue groups for these very reasons. They are even euthanized, because we either didn't have the time, have the knowledge or the tools to teach our pets be our very best servers! Everyday life in the human world with all its distractions is confusing and even scary. We owe it to our dogs to prepare them for a dog's life in a human world. Train early, train young, train old. Just train for the best human-canine experience ever. Once you've had it, you'll never go back!!
Make no mistake -- your dog wants to be obedient, he wants you to be his pack leader, he wants to know where he stands in the pecking order. He loves the security this brings him-- a warm home, good food, romps in the park, love, hugs, kisses and rubs.
A well-trained, obedient, socialized dog finds comfort and security, knowing a good human is his best companion and vice versa!
The AKC Canine Good Citizen Program is designed to recognize dogs who have good manners at home and in the community. The program stresses responsible dog ownership for owners and basic training and good manners for dogs. All dogs who pass the 10 step CGC test may receive a certificate from the American Kennel Club.
The 10 steps of evaluation include the following:
1. Accepting a friendly stranger
2. Sitting politely for petting
3. Appearance & grooming
4. Walking on a loose lead
5. Walking through a crowd
6. Sit & down on command and stay in place
7. Coming when called
8. Reaction to another dog
9. Reaction to distraction
10. Supervised separation
Note: Some insurance companies recommend AKC CGC training and an increasing number of apartments and condos are requiring AKC CGC training for resident dogs.
If your dog has completed Basic Obedience Training at Heels to Heels we are happy to evaluate for the AKC Canine Good Citizen Certificate
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Moving forward!
The shift towards Drupal 8? Successful… but we're talking about a drastic change. Things have changed on the back, on the front, decoupling in everywhere, thus forcing us to move forward, rethink our habits, and step out of the comfort zone. We pay attention to evolutions, diversify technologies, boost performance, provide better user experience, and generalize interconnections. Therefore, the least we can say is that we are making strides, adopting new frameworks such as Phalcon, AngularJS and mostly VueJS, recruiting, embedding new skills, new tempers, and youth!
But is this what really matters?
In our job, change is the only constant. Change is you and us: colleagues, friends, clients and partners. You are the ones who bring it forward. Innovation is key when it comes to conceiving your projects, processes, products and services. We always strive to keep up with change: Long gone the dependence on big formal and monolithic projects! We are building on micro-interventions, no matter budgets or skills. Today, we are diversifying our methodologies… There's no need dedicate a project manager, when you have the relevant resource at hand… Our relationship is direct, efficient, flexible, on the sole condition that we learn to listen to one another, in an environment of honesty, and transparency. Innovation lies in usability… The rest will follow…


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Reach business leaders and technology influencers at the Web 2.0 Summit. Call Paige Finkelman at (415) 947-6358 or email
Download the 2007 Web 2.0 Summit Sponsor Prospectus (PDF).
General Manager, Global Research, HitwiseA self-confessed data geek, Bill Tancer is the general manager of global research at Hitwise, the worlds leading online competitive intelligence services. Tancer and his team of analysts are widely quoted throughout the industry on the latest Internet trends. He appears as a frequent guest on CNBC, has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Washington Post and USAToday on topics ranging from the state of e-commerce to predicting American Idol winners using search term research. Tancer also writes a weekly column for Time magazine (Time.com) entitled "The Science of Search."


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Congress announces screening committee for Himachal polls
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Congress on Friday announced a three-member screening committee headed by former MP Jitendra Singh to shortlist candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, slated on November 9.
The committee, which will screen the candidates for all 68 assembly constituencies, will forward the names to the party leadership.
The other members of the committee are Vijay Inder Singla and Gaurav Gogoi, both members, party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said in a statement.
In a related development, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi has appointed state Congress President Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu as Chairman of the Election Committee and former Union Minister Anand Sharma as a member.
Gandhi has already named six-time Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, 83, to lead the party in the election campaigning and if the party returns to power he will be the chief ministerial candidate.
The BJP is still dithering over its Chief Minister candidate. The main contenders are Leader of Opposition and two-time Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, who is known for his proximity to party's organizational leadership.
The Election Commission on Thursday announced that the state would vote for a new assembly on November 9 and the counting would be held on December 18. The term of the 68-member assembly ends on January 7 next year.


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Ramipril is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), to prevent heart failure following a heart attack, and to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death in patients who are at an increased risk for these problems.
Ramipril may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.
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The FreeBSD Project is pleased to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2014 program.
FreeBSD maintains a page containing project ideas suitable for Summer of Code at SummerOfCode2014Ideas, and a more generic IdeasPage. Students are welcome to take on projects from that page, or produce their own project ideas and plans.
- March 10: Student application period open
- March 21 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline
- April 21: Successful applications announced
April 21: Community bonding starts
- May 19: Start of coding
- June 23-June 27: Mid-term Evaluations
- August 11: End of coding (soft)
- August 18 19:00 UTC: End of coding (hard)
- August 18-August 22: Final Evaluations
- August 22: Submit code to Google
A more complete calendar (including files that can be imported into your normal calendar) can be found at http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014
Relevant Information:
SummerOfCode Source repositories (also, SummerOfCodeSubversion and SummerOfCodePerforce)
Important email addresses:
email@example.com - FreeBSD Summer of Code administrators


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'Identity and Influences: International Perspectives' (from Australia, Croatia, Germany, Kosova, Mexico)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 12:14AM
Theatre artists bring their own life experiences, their own personal and cultural histories, to the stage. Whether subconsciously or outright, in the forefront or in between the lines, the identities and influences of theatre practitioners are exhibited through their works. Interested in the nature of these identities and influences, TYA Today spoke with five international TYA practitioners who candidly reflected on how their cultural identities influence and affect their work. This conversation includes Mexican playwright Amaranta Leyva, Croatian playwright/director Lana Šarić, German playwright Lutz Hübner, Australian artistic director of Circa Yaron Lifschitz, and Kosovar playwright/director Jeton Neziraj.


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Alegria Flamenco
Alegria aims to introduce the highest standard of artistry and technical skill with a holistic approach (mind, body and spirit) in an organized discipline in both teaching and performing, on an international scale, by establishing fully trained teachers effective in Alianza Flamenca and choreography for all purposes of growth in the Arts.
Alegria provides:
Junior and adult education
Alianza Flamenco certified assessments
Choreography Academic study
Resident and guest teachers in various disciplines
Resident and guest performing artists of Alegria Dance Company
Classes are available to students from children and adult beginners to advanced level. Courses in Alianza Flamenca ensure that the student achieves the highest aims of Flamenco. Open choreographic classes are given to broaden the knowledge and artistic development of the student. The student is trained to be able to choreograph, improvise and learn choreographic repertoire for the professional stage.
Two teachers training certificates in Alianza Flamenca are obtained to enter students into assessments. The first teachers training may be entered after 5 years of practice and the second examination is by invitation by the board of assessors. Teachers with Alegria are compelled to advance their technical and creative choreographic skills beyond the Alianza syllabus and to attend courses regularly in Spain Personal psychology and sensitivity to the arts give a holistic approach to teaching while upholding the aims and philosophy of Alegria and flamenco.
Teachers are encouraged to extend their knowledge in the HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, the ELEMENTS (music, song dance) and FEATURES of Spanish Culture.
Alegria provide on-going projects on a regular basis with scope for new and innovative, creative projects. Frequent visits by masters of Flamenco, and other performing arts are organized to ensure that the student is both broadening the experience and knowledge of the arts.
Dance tours are organized to Spain with top professionals exposing students to the correct ambiente(atmosphere) thus developing the current techniques and trends in Spain.
The students are encouraged to perform in regular theatre, cabaret and charity events organized by Alegria and outside organizations. Lecture demonstrations and workshops are frequently organized internationally. Alegria is expanding to other countries.


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E. Armata, one of the original merchants on The Hunts Point Market has renovated their units, warehouses, repacking facilities and sales areas.
The renovations feature a cold chain compliant design, warehouse location markers and an efficient racking system so customers are serviced quickly and accurately.
"Our multiple warehouses feature state-of-the-art refrigeration and real time inventory control. We operate a Tomato Repacking Facility, which allows customers to pick the color and size of the specific tomato they desire. Looking toward the future, we will continue our standard of excellence and are pleased and eager to present our expanded facilities. Our grower/shippers can be certain that their produce is delivered fresh and in a timely manner from start to finish." says Chris Armata president. "Our new facilities and increased technology ensure better traceability, truck routing, and prompt delivery."
Equipment has been upgraded across the entire operation, including state-of-the-art software to streamline end-to-end inventory management, sales, shipping and tracking.
E. Armata, a 4th Generation Company on the Market, prides itself on their dedicated employees and family members to further enhance the new facility and technology, by continuing to provide caring and expert service that has been their tradition for decades.
Source: E. Armata Fruit & Produce, Inc.


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LAST UPDATED 9th APRIL 2008
this month at the last update...
*Results Page Updated
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Our History, Training Times etc updated
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*Little Gems, Juniors and Seniors
All members names and profiles updated
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Check out the link page also for loads more great twirling links.
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Hot Picks
An Interview with Justin Samuels, Writer of Wine Tasting
by Mike Haberfelner
July 2016
Samuels on (re)Search my Trash
Quick Links
We have talked about this before [click
here], but do bring us up to speed: Your upcoming movie Wine Tasting
- what's it going to be about?
Wine Tasting is how the friendship between four men is severely tested
by the pressure they have to succeed in the wine industry as master
sommeliers. It is also about how there other relationships are
effected. High pressure careers can destroy your personal life if
you let them.
You call Wine Tasting
a bromance - care to elaborate on that aspect of your movie?
men are basically each other's best friends. Two of them are
definitely straight, while the other two transition out of the closet to
being openly gay. The guys care for each other but at the same time they
are definitely competitive with each other.
Wine Tasting's also based on your personal experiences working at a wine
bar, right? So how deeply is the movie rooted in reality, and which of
your characters do you identify with the most, which the least?
identify with them all in the sense that lots of people see cool jobs and
think it's all fun and games, but the reality is it's work. People
forget the business part of show BUSINESS. For sommeliers, you
really have to be well educated on wines and know what grapes they are
based on, what chemicals were used, what other flavorings whether other
fruit or herbs were used, what year did the wine fully mature, etc. Wine Tasting
is loosely based on my working in a wine bar and my knowing people
who worked in other aspects of the wine industry such as wineries,
distribution, or hotels.
Wine Tasting
also has a satirical edge to it, right? So do talk about that aspect of
the project!
In some ways I make fun of how
ridiculous things can get if you put too much effort into something, or
let one aspect of yourself fall out of balance.
From what I know, the script for Wine Tasting
was a finalist at several film festivals - please do elaborate
on that one!
Wine Tasting
placed at Sunscreen
Film Festival West, Evolution, Mallorca Film Festival, and
Beverly Hills
Film Festival as a finalist in the script competitions. I was so
happy to place in these festivals.
Anything you can tell us about
your key cast and crew yet, and why exactly these people?
spoken to Josh Mitchell [Josh
Mitchell interview - click here] for the director's role. Josh has done a
number of recent film projects, and is in post production on his film
Coffee and Cabbage. I've not yet selected actors. We have some
people in mind.
far as I know, you're presently in the process of raising funds for Wine Tasting
- so what can you tell us about your campaign?
just launched it. So word is just starting to get out. But
you're the second person who has asked to interview me for this project,
and I should soon be getting more requests.
the budget's in place, what's the schedule, and any idea when and where
the film might be released onto the general public yet?
and the rest of pre-production should take place in August, and active
filming should start in Sept. Then there is post production and it
should be released to the general public by the end of 2016.
future projects beyond Wine Tasting?
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Hills Screenplay Contest as finalist. Then there is my comedy Pokerface, which is a love triangle between a billionaire CEO, a beautiful
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movie's website, Facebook, GoFundMe, whatever else?
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else you're dying to mention and I have merely forgotten to ask?
forgot to ask me what wines do I like. My favorite wine is Champagne, the real deal. But I do like other sparkling wines from
California and Italy. I like various French Pinot Noir.
California has a variety of excellent wines in Napa Valley. The best
wines from Spanish speaking countries are Chilean and Spanish.
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Another small drawing - an interpretation of landscape.
Barbara Halnan
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Landscape drawings March 2017
These small drawings are based on the flatness of the dry lake bed out of Menindee in NSW - the distant horizon, the sky and the subtlety of the colours of vegetation, sand and earth.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Book 1 2016
Friday, September 6, 2013
Steps and risers
This work was made in relation to the stairs - a dominant feature in the gallery space. Part of a group exhibition of installations (Rose McGreevy, Peter Splilsbury) and smaller works.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Some of the works in this exhibition are based on the numerical sequencing used by some modern composers in which the twelve semitones of the diatonic scale are used to make up the chromatic scale (every note, white and black on the normal keyboard). If one ascribes a number to each semitone - C = 1; C# = 2; D = 3; D#=4 ... etc -and a "melody" is devised using all notes in the chromatic scale, a numerical sequence is made. Permutations of this sequence are developed in lines - so 6 becomes 11; 10 - 3; 5 - 8; 9 - 12; 8 - 2; 11 - 7; 1 - 6 etc. This process can be repeated, referring each sequence back to line 1. For instance in one of the works in the exhibition this sequencing was developed to 12 lines, and in the process certain vertical patterning happened - so the numbers 6, 11, 7, 1 repeat endlessly in the first vertical line, and recur in lines 6,7 and 11. The pattern in vertical line 2 also occurs in lines 3, 5, 8, 10. A mathematician would be able to explain why this happens - I just play with what presents itself to me. Depending on the actual original sequence the melody will almost always resolve itself to the chromatic scale. The number of lines this takes will be specific to each individual sequence. This is only one sort of twelve-tone invention, and serialism is much more complex than the simple patterning I've used to develop the work for this show. The Britannica Online Encyclopaedia has a very good article on Serialism if you want to know more. My interest lies in the making of visual patterns which may perhaps suggest some of the elements found in musical composition - not only melody, but also harmonies, weight and rhythmic structures. I have, right from the start of my making work, been interested in tonal progression within quite formalist structures. But the important thing for me is that the work be enjoyed on a purely visual level. The back structures are no more necessary to the viewer than knowledge of musical theory in listening to a piece of music - it can enrich, but on the other hand it can also impede. Barbara Halnan 2013
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My 11 year old could have given it a better finish.dindude said:I didn't think it sounded too bad in that vid, but it does look like it was painted with trade emulsion and a heavy hand!
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Bachelor's Degree, 1994- Secondary Education Comprehensive Science, Troy State University.
Master's Degree, 1998- Educational Leadership, Troy State University, Dothan.
Enterprise Junior High School, 1994-1996 Science Teacher and Assistant Football/Baseball Coach.
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No one truly reasonable can argue that Thammasat University law lecturer and spokesperson of the Nitirat group Worachet Pakeerat isn't right when he says "people who talk about the institution in a contemptuous or offensive way will be punished, but we need to amend the law so these people receive reasonable penalties."
Those who oppose any changes of the lese majeste laws do not do give an inch simply because they're scared that many smart Thais will take a mile – not hurling abuse, but discussing, and eventually disassembling the Monarchy to its very core, only to discover that all those decades of semi-divinity, respect, reverence and sufficiency economy were only in place to keep the ruling oligarchy firmly in power.
Entering the realm of unknown consequences: Either it adapts, or ceases to exist. Expires
Earlier today we saw dozens of people marching their Fearlessness Walk from Victory Monument to Ratchaprasong. The longer I observe Thai politics from afar, the simpler it all seems to me. Being a commentator of especially weird and incongruous variety, I am not growing more exasperated in any way. Nonetheless, I rather painfully realize that with every passing day I come closer and closer to committing some kind of lese majeste offence myself. And yet, the longer I stay in London, the more it evolves into something clearly defined and embarrassingly explicit. Stating here and elsewhere that lese majeste laws are, along with its shadowy Royal Thai Army, the biggest hindrance to Thailand's progress among really well mannered, cultured and truly civilized countries, has become a matter of perhaps surprising urgency for me.
Thailand is entering a critical stage, and it will all get worse before it gets better. Thais have clearly been fighting a very odd civil war with themselves. For many of them the possibility of amending or abolishing its strict lese majeste laws remains sacrilegious, un-Thai, alien and thoroughly wrong.
It is perhaps foolish, and some would even say self serving and culturally supremacist to say there are lese majeste laws much more realistic, humane and fair in any of European monarchies than in the Kingdom of Thailand. Although I am aware of differences between more or less stable monarchies of The Old World and their volatile Siamese strain, the situation's clearly unsustainable. Not being able to discuss the virtues of the Bhumibol Adulyadej's children in press, among other important issues (non-payment of taxes etc) is not healthy at all. And that is before even mentioning anything Andrew MacGregor Marshall has had to say so far.
The Monarchy in itself is not detrimental to Thailand's future development, but it has to change. As I mentioned earlier and elsewhere: …the monarchy can't exist on its own. Either it adapts, or ceases to exist. Expires.
Just a quick note on the catastrophic floods in Thailand.
Once again, Nick Nostitz's masterclass images, published as usually in New Mandala leave me in awe both for their technical virtuosity and eerie calm that has followed the inundation.
Let's hope the people of Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and the rest of Thailand will be able to rebuild their lives. Also, let's not forget the emergency warning services must be improved and disposed of political interference for the sake of those who have perished. Those who have erred and underestimated the scale of impending disaster in recent months in order to accommodate misplaced priorities of saving Thai Crown Property Bureau commercial landholdings must be named, shamed and brought to justice. Will they..?!
Federico Ferrara's paper "L'état, ce n'est plus moi: Popular Sovereignty and Citizenship over a Century of Thai Political Development" is an absorbing read; and what is yet more worthwhile, it uncovers a recent history of Thailand in light so piercing that many of those who follow the country's developments might feel blinded at first…, or perhaps hear it ringing true in rather bizarrely uncomfortable flashbacks of "Oh, wait a minute, that's what I've always thought!" Thought and never said – because that's what Thailand is truly about.
The country of unseen and unheard. The country where simple truths are never pronounced.
Earlier this year, in my post called The Question of Thai Military I wrote, among other things, the following lines: "It would indeed take an act of revolutionary change to put the military meddling in politics to the end. I am not fully convinced that current red shirt movement, or its remnants that were not forced underground, will ever be able to become an agent of such a thorough upheaval.
I am inclined to say it would take many years and numerous elections till the majority of the population, regardless its social standing, fully realizes that they have had been lied and bluffed for many decades. One-sided, reactionary propaganda is too embedded in this society."
I am not going to speculate whether there were no civilians shot or wounded by the Royal Thai Army during April and May protests, but I can't fail to mention the pitifully ridiculous Colonel Sansern "Seh Kai Ou" Kaewkamnerd of "panda eyes" fame who once said:"Never think you are better than anyone else, because the world will carry on even after you're dead."
It has to be noted – Col. Sansern is no more than an unimportant army fop. It's not him. Indeed, many would say the military has already been implicated. But alas… any military only mirrors the society it operates within. It's the society, in its entirety, that has to be blamed. For many decades Thais have been living in the bubble of 'societal rightfulness', where traditions, real or perceived, matter the most, where seniority is sacred, where independence of thought is seen as vulgar and open criticism socially unacceptable.
And as a consequence, certain sectors of Thai society will perhaps need to learn to learn a new set of skills. They're called honest self-criticism and higher self-awareness. It's not easy as it takes time and effort. Some will never learn and will fall by the wayside. Some others can't learn anymore as they belong to the past. Some of them will be remembered and forgiven. Some will be condemned and punished.
But I can't read the future. It's something I've never learned. I can only fight my doubts and hope for the best, and for the justice. And I can't do any worse than quoting myself again: "Thai society will change forever. It will either truly democratize, or militarize yet further. There will be no middle ground left. And no reds, nor yellows either. Only people left to their own devices."
People indeed die if shot. Just don't blame the Colonel. He couldn't say anything else. Blame all his bosses. From the bottom…to the top…
Patrick Jory, Adjunct Professor, Ohio University, reviews Streckfuss's "Truth on Trial in Thailand: Defamation, Treason and Lèse-Majesté" http://bit.ly/hR81s6 (New Mandala)
David Streckfuss, through his brilliant book, reminds us how important it is to ask questions and seek answers, an uneasy task in Thailand, where any semblance of truth is marginalized and trivialized.
But then Streckfuss was able to discuss the same topic on pages of Bangkok Post back in 2007 http://bit.ly/fZQxi2 , and here is hoping that beauty and reason of academic debate will prevail over deceit and irrational hate spawned about by certain sections of Thai media and security agencies nowadays.
Hopefully, his extensive study of Lèse majesté will be translated to Thai – an uneasy task in itself – and thus made available to a wider Thai audience…before it gets banned…


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D 6641, Standard Test Method for Determining the Compressive Properties
of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates Using a Combined Loading
Compression (CLC) Test Fixture, was hot off the press in May from
ASTM Committee D30 on Composites.
This new compression test method has the strong potential to
eventually replace all of the various other compression test methods
standardized by ASTM and other groups, said Donald F. Adams,
Ph.D., who spent 27 years at the University of Wyoming as professor
of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Composite Materials
Research Group. It is relatively easy to use, the fixture is
moderate in cost, and the test results obtained have proven very
This test method establishes a procedure for determining the
compressive strength and stiffness properties of polymer matrix
composite materials using a combined loading compression test
fixture. This test method is applicable to general flat laminates
that are balanced and symmetric.
Anyone wanting to determine the compressive properties of composite
materials will be potential users, said Adams, who drafted the
standard. This includes all industry sectors, as well as government
agencies and universities.
D 6641 was developed under ASTM Subcommittee D30.04 on Lamina
and Laminate Test Methods with input from many test engineers
throughout industry, government agencies, and universities, said
Adams, now president of Wyoming Test Fixtures, Inc., Laramie,
Wyo., after retiring from the university in 1999.
Much of the basic initial work on the test method was reported
to and critiqued by the many members of the committee developing
MIL-HDBK-17, Polymer Matrix Composites, which is being continually
updated and published by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials
Directorate, he concluded.
Standard D 6641 was approved by ASTM on March 10 and published
in May.
For further technical information, contact Donald F. Adams, Ph.D., Wyoming Test Fixtures, Inc., Laramie, Wyo. (phone: 307/742-8641).
Committee D30 meets in Santa Barbara, Calif., Oct. 16-18 in conjunction
with MIL Handbook 17, and March 11-14 in Pittsburgh, Pa. For membership
or meeting details, contact James P. Olshefsky, manager, ASTM Technical Committee Operations (phone: 610/832-9714).
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Happy 2nd Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday K!! Today is my sweet little guy, K's, birthday. I can't believe how fast time goes when you have kids. I love this little guy he is sweet and cuddly and most definately a mama's boy. He still is very needy of my time, attention, and affection but that is part of what makes him special. He makes me smile every day watching him learn new things. Tonight we will celebrate with some cake and his few presents from us and his grandparents after dinner. Maybe this weekend if the weather will cooperate we can go to a park or something fun. Happy Birthday K!!!!
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