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Junk Jet has developed an archive impossible that transports, in print format, net based works, or fragments of works showing collections, series, animations, applications, and reflecting anti-heart texts on the net and its new forms of art, design, and architecture. N°5, the net.heart issue, has transferred internet things from their digital space into a paper jet. This transportation procedure relies on documents in a similar way as the museum relies on photograph and video documenting performance arts. And Junk Jet believes that this analogue documentation is in no way inferior to pseudo-preserving techniques of data migration, emulation, or reprogramming. At the end, Junk Jet says: Transportation is not so much about the artwork as object, but rather about the indication of the subjective decision of the artist. In this sense Junk Jet is a Russian conceptualist.
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Virginia City is an unincorporated community that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Virginia City is located at [show location on an interactive map] 39°18′37″N, 119°38′57″W[1].
History
Virginia City is one of the oldest established cities in Nevada. Like many cities and towns in the state, Virginia City was a mining boomtown; in fact it is one of the most famous boomtowns in the Old West as it virtually appeared overnight as a result of the Comstock Lode silver strike of 1859. During its peak, Virginia City had a population of nearly 30,000 residents. When the Comstock Lode ended in 1898, the city's population declined sharply.
Virginia City could be considered the birthplace of Mark Twain, as it was here in 1863 that writer Samuel Clemens, then a reporter on the local Territorial Enterprise newspaper, first used his famous pen name.[citation needed]
Historical data in The Virginia City Historical documents, point out that newspaper writer Samuel Clemens, was "mugged" one night as he walked over the hill from the south while returning to Virginia City (probably after consuming alcoholic beverages at the home of friends.) The evidence shown points out that this was one of the reasons that persuaded him to relocate elsewhere. The highwaymen with the common "Stand and deliver!" relieved Mr. Clemens of his watch and money he had with him. This evidence is found in the newspaper office and the veracity of the robbery is likely valid as it is reported as a crime in the (period)newspaper. As a motivation for his leaving, it is just speculation since the date of the robbery is prior but close to his leaving and beginning his writing career in earnest at a more developed city. This robbery (10 Nov 1863) turns out to have been a practical joke played on Sam Clemens by his "friends", to give him "material" to write about!. He did not appreciate the joke, but at least he got his belongings back, especially his gold watch worth $300), which had great "sentimental" value to him. (Reference:page 167, Ch.16 "Mark Twain - A Life" Ron Powers 2005, Free Press, 722pp hardback). Sam Clemens also mentions the incident in his own book "Roughing It", (published Feb 1872) - and he was still sore about it(Ibid)!
Virginia City had the first elevator between California and Chicago.[citation needed]
In the 1950s, two Virginia City neighbors got into a dispute.[2] When one of the men built a new house, the other bought the lot next to it and built a house less than twelve inches from his neighbor's house in spite to deprive the neighbor of both view and breeze.[2] The Virginia City Spite House still is standing and occupied.[2]
Film history
Virginia City is near the site of the fictional Ponderosa Ranch on the Western television drama Bonanza. As such, the show's characters made visits to the town regularly -- or at least to the flat Hollywood backlot town.
It was the locale of a 1940 Errol Flynn movie set during the Civil War.
Elmar Bartlmae (Dir.): Virginia City und die wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens. Dokumentation, France 2007, Arte-TV, May 26th, 2007 (the real history...; French, German)
Scary...But True, a paranormal TV series, featured Virginia City in one episode. Many of the inhabitants of Virginia City claimed on camera that the whole city is haunted by spirits.
Virginia City Historic District
Virginia City was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[3]name="nrhpinv2">Charles Snell and Marilynn Larew (April 21, 1978), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Virginia City Historic DistrictPDF (1.01 MiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 50 or so photos from 1968, 1971, 1978 and other dates.PDF (4.82 MiB) This in effect created a Virginia City Historic District.
Today, Virginia City is but a shadow of its former glory, however, it still draws over 2 million visitors per year. It is one of the nation's larger[citation needed] National Historic Landmarks and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Keeping with tradition, Virginia City does not have any chain stores or fast food restaurants.[citation needed]
Virginia City Locals
Virginia city consists of a population of 1,000 people in the town and 4,000 in Storey County. It has 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Many locals work at the shops in town that cater to tourists, while others seek jobs in the surrounding cities. Popular hangouts for teens include the swimming pool and restaurants. Basketball is very popular, with the high school possessing the most state championship titles in Nevada. The middle school is passing on the tradition by winning four league titles in two years between the varsity and junior varsity teams. Most of the population leaves during the winter.
Virginia City Hillclimb
There is an annual hillclimb that runs from Silver City to Virginia City via Highway 341 (a truck route) that is put on jointly between the Ferrari Club of America Pacific Region and the Northern California Shelby Club. Originally the event was put on by the SCCA and took a totally different route; before the truck route was constructed cars would run up Highway 342, past the Gold Hill Hotel and other landmarks. Highway 342 is now the return route for cars that have completed their runs up Highway 341. The hillclimb covers 5.2 miles, climbing 1260 feet and passing through 21 corners.
Darcy Farrow
Darcy Farrow, a folk song written by Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell mentions Virginia City and other places and landmarks in the area (including Yerington, the Carson Valley, and the Truckee River). The most popular version was performed by John Denver.
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History
The roots of the Coast Guard lie in the United States Revenue Cutter Service established by Alexander Hamilton under the Department of the Treasury on August 4, 1790. Until the re-establishment of the United States Navy in 1798, the Revenue Cutter Service was the only naval force of the early U.S. It was established to collect taxes from a brand new nation of patriot smugglers. When the officers were out at sea, they were told to crack down on piracy; while they were at it, they might as well rescue anyone in distress.[7]
"First Fleet" is a term occasionally used as an informal reference to the US Coast Guard, although as far as one can detect the United States has never in fact officially used this designation with reference either to the Coast Guard or any element of the US Navy. The informal appellation honors the fact that between 1790 and 1798, there was no United States Navy and the cutters which were the predecessor of the US Coast Guard were the only warships protecting the coast, trade, and maritime interests of the new republic.[8]
The modern Coast Guard can be said to date to 1915, when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service and Congress formalized the existence of the new organization. In 1939, the U.S. Lighthouse Service was brought under its purview. In 1942, the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was transferred to the Coast Guard. In 1967, the Coast Guard moved from the Department of the Treasury to the newly formed Department of Transportation, an arrangement that lasted until it was placed under the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as part of legislation designed to more efficiently protect American interests following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
In times of war, the Coast Guard or individual components of it can operate as a service of the Department of the Navy. This arrangement has a broad historical basis, as the Guard has been involved in wars as diverse as the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War, in which the cutter Harriet Lane fired the first naval shots attempting to relieve besieged Fort Sumter. The last time the Coast Guard operated as a whole under the Navy was in World War II. More often, military and combat units within the Coast Guard will operate under the Navy while other Coast Guard units will remain under the Department of Homeland Security.
[edit] Organization
Main article: Organization of the United States Coast Guard
The headquarters of the Coast Guard is at 2100 Second Street, SW, in Washington, D.C. In 2005, the Coast Guard announced tentative plans to relocate to the grounds of the former St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. That project is currently on hold because of environmental, historical, and congressional concerns. As of July 2006, there are several possible locations being considered, including the current headquarters location.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Commissioned Officer Corps
There are many routes by which individuals can become commissioned officers in the US Coast Guard. The most common are:
[edit] United States Coast Guard Academy
Main article: United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy is located on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. It is the only military academy to which no Congressional or presidential appointments are made. All cadets enter by open competition utilizing SAT scores, high school grades, extracurricular activities, and other criteria. About 225 cadets are commissioned ensigns each year. Graduates of the Academy are obligated to serve five years on active duty. Most graduates (about 70%) are assigned to duty aboard a Coast Guard cutter after graduation, either as Deck Watch Officers (DWO) or as Student Engineers. Smaller numbers are assigned to flight training (about 10% of the class) or to shore duty at Coast Guard Sectors, Districts, or Area headquarters unit.
[edit] Officer Candidate School
In addition to the Academy, prospective officers may enter the Coast Guard through the Officer Candidate School (OCS) at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. OCS is a rigorous 17-week course of instruction which prepares candidates to serve effectively as officers in the United States Coast Guard. In addition to indoctrinating students into a military life-style, OCS also provides a wide range of highly technical information necessary for performing the duties of a Coast Guard officer.
Graduates of the program typically receive a commission in the Coast Guard at the rank of Ensign, but some with advanced graduate degrees can enter as Lieutenant (junior grade) or Lieutenant. Graduating OCS officers entering Active Duty are required to serve a minimum of three years, while graduating Reserve officers are required to serve four years. Graduates may be assigned to a ship, flight training, to a staff job, or to an operations ashore billet. However, first assignments are based on the needs of the Coast Guard. Personal desires and performance at OCS are considered. All graduates must be available for worldwide assignment.
In addition to United States citizens, foreign cadets and candidates also attend Coast Guard officer training. OCS represents the source of the majority of commissions in the Coast Guard, and is the primary channel through which enlisted ranks can ascend to the officer corps.
[edit] Direct Commission Officer Program
The Coast Guard's Direct Commission Officer course is administered by Officer Candidate School. Depending on the specific program and background of the individual, the course is three, four or five weeks long. The first week of the five-week course is an indoctrination week. The DCO program is designed to commission officers with highly specialized professional training or certain kinds of previous military experience. For example, lawyers entering as JAGs, doctors, intelligence officers, and others can earn commissions through the DCO program. (Chaplains are provided to the Coast Guard by the US Navy.)
[edit] College Student Pre-Comissioning Initiative (CSPI)
The College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) is a scholarship program for college sophomores. This program provides students with valuable leadership, management, law enforcement, navigation and marine science skills and training. It also provides full payment of school tuition, fees, textbooks, a salary, medical insurance and other benefits during a student's junior and senior year of college. The CSPI program guarantees training at Officer Candidate School (OCS) upon successful completion of all program requirements. Each student is expected to complete his/her degree and all Coast Guard training requirements. Following the completion of OCS and commission as a Coast Guard officer, each student will be required to serve on active duty (full time) as an officer for 3 years.
Benefits: Full tuition, books and fees paid for two years, monthly salary of approximately $2,000, medical and life insurance, 30 days paid vacation per year, leadership training.
[edit] ROTC
Unlike the other armed services, the Coast Guard does not sponsor a ROTC program. It does, however, sponsor one Junior ROTC ("JROTC") program at the MAST Academy.
[edit] Chief Warrant Officers
Highly qualified enlisted personnel from E-6 through E-9, and with a minimum of eight years of experience, can compete each year for appointment as a Chief Warrant Officer (or CWO). Successful candidates are chosen by a board and then commissioned as Chief Warrant Officers (CWO-2) in one of sixteen specialties. Over time Chief Warrant Officers may be promoted to CWO-3 and CWO-4. The ranks of Warrant Officer (WO-1) and CWO-5 are not currently used in the Coast Guard. Chief Warrant Officers may also compete for the Chief Warrant Officer to Lieutenant program. If selected, the officer will be promoted to Lieutenant (O-3E). The "E" designates over four years active duty service as a Warrant Officer or Enlisted member and entitles the member to a higher rate of pay than other lieutenants.
[edit] Enlisted
Newly enlisted personnel are sent to 9 weeks of Basic Training at the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey.
The current nine Recruit Training Objectives are:
* Self-discipline
* Military skills
* Marksmanship
* Vocational skills and academics
* Military bearing
* Physical fitness and wellness
* Water survival and swim qualifications
* Esprit de corps
* Core values (Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty)
Following graduation, most members are sent to their first unit while they await orders to attend advanced training, in Class "A" Schools, in their chosen rating, the naval term for Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Members who earned high ASVAB scores or who were otherwise guaranteed an "A" School of choice while enlisting can go directly to their "A" School upon graduation from Boot Camp.
Petty officers follow career development paths very similar to those of US Navy petty officers.
Enlisted Coast Guard members who have reached the pay grade of E-7, or Chief Petty Officer, must attend the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy at Training Center Petaluma in Petaluma, California, or an equivalent Department of Defense school, to be advanced to pay grade E-8. United States Air Force master sergeants, as well as international students representing their respective maritime services, are also eligible to attend the Academy. The basic themes of this school are:
* Professionalism
* Leadership
* Communications
* Systems thinking and lifelong learning
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces and one of seven uniformed services. It is unique among other armed forces in that it is a combination of a maritime law enforcement agency (with jurisdiction both domestically and in international waters), a military branch, and a federal regulatory agency. It is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
The Coast Guard has eleven statutory missions: Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations (AMIO) , Defense Readiness, Drug Interdiction, Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security, Other police, Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation, Marine Safety, Living Marine Resources, Marine Environmental Protection, and International Ice Patrol. As one of the five armed forces and the smallest armed service of the United States, its stated mission is to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America's coasts, ports, and inland waterways.
Overview
Description
The Coast Guard, in its literature, describes itself as "a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the Department of Homeland Security dedicated to protecting the safety and security of America." The other armed services of the US military are components of the Department of Defense. The Coast Guard at all times operates under under Title 10 and its other organic authorities, e.g., Titles 6, 14, 19, 33, 46, etc., simultaneously. The Coast Guard can conduct military operations under the DOD, or directly for the President in accordance with 14 USC 1-3, and Title 10.
Role
The United States Coast Guard has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response, and the maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). Founded by Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Cutter Service on August 4, 1790, it lays claim to being the United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. As of October 2006, the Coast Guard has approximately 46,000 men and women on active duty, 8,100 reservists, 7,000 full time civilian employees and 30,000 active auxiliarists.[1]
While most military services are either at war or training for war, the Coast Guard is deployed every day. When not in war, the Coast Guard has duties that include maritime law enforcement, maintaining aids to navigation, marine safety, and both military and civilian search and rescue—all in addition to its typical homeland security and military duties, such as port security. While working as the only Military Branch allowed to make arrest, inquiries, and carry firearms inside of the USA, they are also the only Military Branch that are allowed to carry their firearms on and off base, thus giving them greater flexibility when being called to service. The service's decentralized organization and readiness for missions that can occur at any time on any day, is often lauded for making it highly effective, extremely agile and very adaptable in a broad range of emergencies. In a 2005 article in TIME Magazine following Hurricane Katrina, the author wrote, "the Coast Guard's most valuable contribution to [a military effort when catastrophe hits] may be as a model of flexibility, and most of all, spirit." Wil Milam, a rescue swimmer from Alaska told the magazine, "In the Navy, it was all about the mission. Practicing for war, training for war. In the Coast Guard, it was, take care of our people and the mission will take care of itself."[2]
The Coast Guard's motto is Semper Paratus, meaning "Always Ready". The service has participated in every U.S. conflict from 1790 through to today, including landing US troops on D-Day and on the Pacific Islands in World War II, in extensive patrols and shore bombardment during the Vietnam War, and multiple roles in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Maritime interception operations, coastal security, transportation security, and law enforcement detachments are its major roles in Iraq.
[edit] Search and Rescue
See National Search and Rescue Committee
Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the Coast Guard's oldest missions. The National Search and Rescue Plan[3] designates the United States Coast Guard as the federal agency responsible for maritime SAR operations, and the United States Air Force as the federal agency responsible for inland SAR. Both agencies maintain Rescue Coordination Centers to coordinate this effort, and have responsibility for both military and civilian search and rescue.
* USCG Rescue Coordination Centers
[edit] National Response Center
Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Response Center (NRC) is the sole U.S. Government point of contact for reporting environmental spills, contamination, and pollution
The primary function of the National Response Center (NRC) is to serve as the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the United States and its territories. In addition to gathering and distributing spill data for Federal On-Scene Coordinators and serving as the communications and operations center for the National Response Team, the NRC maintains agreements with a variety of federal entities to make additional notifications regarding incidents meeting established trigger criteria. The NRC also takes Terrorist/Suspicious Activity Reports and Maritime Security Breach Reports. Details on the NRC organization and specific responsibilities can be found in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan.[4]
* U.S. National Response Team
[edit] Authority as an armed service
The five uniformed services that make up the Armed Forces are defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4):
“ The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. ”
The Coast Guard is further defined by 14 U.S.C. § 1:
“ The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy. ”
Coast Guard organization and operation is as set forth in Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
On February 25, 2003, the Coast Guard was placed under the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. However, under 14 U.S.C. § 3 as amended by section 211 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, upon the declaration of war and when Congress so directs in the declaration, or when the President directs, the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Defense as a service in the Department of the Navy. 14 U.S.C. § 2 authorizes the Coast Guard to enforce federal law. Further, the Coast Guard is exempt from and not subject to the restrictions of the Posse Comitatus Act which restrict the law enforcement activities of the other four military services within United States territory.
[edit] Authority as a law enforcement agency
14 U.S.C. § 89 is the principal source of Coast Guard enforcement authority.
14 U.S.C. § 143 and 19 U.S.C. § 1401 empower US Coast Guard Active and Reserves members as customs officers. This places them under 19 U.S.C. § 1589a, which grants customs officers general law enforcement authority, including the authority to:
(1) carry a firearm;
(2) execute and serve any order, warrant, subpoena, summons, or other process issued under the authority of the United States;
(3) make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the officer's presence or for a felony, cognizable under the laws of the United States committed outside the officer's presence if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony; and
(4) perform any other law enforcement duty that the Secretary of the Treasury may designate.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office Report to the House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary on its 2006 Survey of Federal Civilian Law Enforcement Functions and Authorities identified the U.S. Coast Guard as one of 104 federal components employed which employed law enforcement officers.[5] The Report also included a summary table of the authorities of the U.S. Coast Guard's 192 special agents and 3,780 maritime law enforcement boarding officers.[6]
As members of a military service, Coast Guardsmen (also known informally as Coasties) on active and reserve service are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and receive the same pay and allowances as members of the same pay grades in the other six uniformed services.
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In God We Trust is the official national motto of the United States and the U.S. state of Florida. The motto was first imprinted onto United States currency in 1864, but In God We Trust did not became the official U.S. national motto until after the passage of an Act of Congress in 1956.[1]
In God We Trust is also found on the flag of Georgia, flag of Florida, and the Seal of Florida. It was first adopted by the state of Georgia for use on flags in 2001, and subsequently included on the Georgia flag of 2003. In Florida, it became the state motto during the term of Republican governor Jeb Bush, a Roman Catholic, who signed the bill making it so into law. Starting in 2007, the phrase can also be found on the license plates of Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio (it can be selected among offered designs). On May 28, 2008, Florida governor Charlie Crist signed into law Senate Bill 734, which amended the state's specialty license plates law (320.08056) to include an "In God We Trust" automobile license plate as an option for residents.
History
The motto E Pluribus Unum ("from many, one") was approved for use on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. It still appears on coins and currency, and was widely considered the national motto de facto. However, by 1956 it had not been established so by legislation as the official "national motto", and therefore[neutrality disputed] "In God We Trust" was selected. Hence[dubious – discuss], the Congressional Record of 1956 reads: "At the present time the United States has no national motto. The committee deems it most appropriate that 'In God we trust' be so designated as U.S. national motto."[1]
One possible origin of In God We Trust is the final stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner. Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: "...And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust'."
History on currency
As excerpted from the United States Treasury Department's public education website:[3]
The motto In God We Trust was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the American Civil War. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase received many appeals from devout Christians throughout the country, urging that the United States recognize God on United States coins. From Treasury Department records, it appears that the first such appeal came in a letter dated November 13, 1861. It was written to Secretary Salmon P. Chase by Reverend M. R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel from Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, and read:
Dear Sir: You are about to submit your annual report to the Congress respecting the affairs of the national finances.
One fact touching our currency has hitherto been seriously overlooked. I mean the recognition of the Almighty God in some form on our coins.
You are probably a Christian. What if our Republic were not shattered beyond reconstruction? Would not the antiquaries of succeeding centuries rightly reason from our past that we were a heathen nation? What I propose is that instead of the goddess of liberty we shall have next inside the 13 stars a ring inscribed with the words PERPETUAL UNION; within the ring the allseeing eye, crowned with a halo; beneath this eye the American flag, bearing in its field stars equal to the number of the States united; in the folds of the bars the words GOD, LIBERTY, LAW.
This would make a beautiful coin, to which no possible citizen could object. This would relieve us from the ignominy of heathenism. This would place us openly under the Divine protection we have personally claimed. From my heart I have felt our national shame in disowning God as not the least of our present national disasters.
To you first I address a subject that must be agitated.
As a result, Secretary Chase instructed James Pollock, Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, to prepare a motto, in a letter dated November 20, 1861:
Dear Sir: No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.
You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest and tersest words possible this national recognition.
It was found that the Act of Congress dated January 18, 1837, prescribed the mottoes and devices that should be placed upon the coins of the United States. This meant that the mint could make no changes without the enactment of additional legislation by Congress. In December 1863, the Director of the Mint submitted designs for a new one-cent coin, two-cent coin, and three-cent coin to Secretary Chase for approval. He proposed that upon the designs either OUR COUNTRY, OUR GOD or GOD, OUR TRUST should appear as the motto on the coins. In a letter to the Mint Director on December 9, 1863, Secretary Chase stated:
I approve your mottoes, only suggesting that on that with the Washington obverse the motto should begin with the word OUR, so as to read OUR GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. And on that with the shield, it should be changed so as to read: IN GOD WE TRUST.
Congress passed the Coinage Act (1864) on April 22, 1864. This legislation changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Mint Director was directed to develop the designs for these coins for final approval of the Secretary. In God We Trust first appeared on the 1864 two-cent coin.
Another Act of the United States Congress passed on March 3, 1865 which allowed the Mint Director, with the Secretary's approval, to place the motto on all gold and silver coins that "shall admit the inscription thereon." Under the Act, the motto was placed on the gold Double Eagle coin, the gold Eagle coin, and the gold Half Eagle coin. It was also placed on the silver dollar coin, the half dollar coin and the quarter dollar coin, and on the nickel five-cent coin beginning in 1866. Later, Congress passed the Fourth Coinage Act of February 12, 1873. It also said that the Secretary "may cause the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to be inscribed on such coins as shall admit of such motto."
The use of In God We Trust has not been uninterrupted. The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. Since 1938, all United States coins bear the inscription. Later, the motto was found missing from the new design of the gold Double Eagle coin and the gold Eagle coin shortly after they appeared in 1907. In response to a general demand, Congress ordered it restored, and the Act of May 18, 1908, made it mandatory on all coins upon which it had previously appeared. Therefore, the motto was not mandatory on the one-cent and five-cent coins, but it could be placed on them by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Mint Director with the Secretary's approval.
American presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt strongly disapproved of the idea of evoking God within the context of a "cheap" political motto. In a letter to William Boldly on November 11, 1907, President Roosevelt wrote: "My own feeling in the matter is due to my very firm conviction that to put such a motto on coins, or to use it in any kindred manner, not only does no good but does positive harm, and is in effect irreverence, which comes dangerously close to sacrilege... it seems to me eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on coins, just as it would be to cheapen it by use on postage stamps, or in advertisements."
Despite historical opposition, the motto has been in continuous use on the one-cent coin since 1909 and on the ten-cent dime since 1916. It also has appeared on all gold coins and silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins struck since July 1, 1908.
In God We Trust was first used on paper money in 1957 when it appeared on the one-dollar Silver Certificate. The first paper currency bearing the motto entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was converting to the dry intaglio printing process. During this conversion, it gradually included In God We Trust in the back design of all classes and denominations of currency.
As a part of a comprehensive modernization program, the BEP successfully developed and installed new high-speed rotary intaglio printing presses in 1957. These allowed BEP to print currency by the dry intaglio process, 32 notes to the sheet. One-dollar silver certificates were the first denomination printed on the new high-speed presses. They included In God We Trust as part of the reverse design as BEP adopted new dies according to the law. The motto also appeared on one-dollar silver certificates of the 1957-A and 1957-B series.
One-dollar silver certificates series 1935, 1935-A, 1935-B, 1935-C, 1935-D, 1935-E, 1935-F, 1935-G, and 1935-H were all printed on the older flat-bed presses by the wet intaglio process. P.L. 84-140 recognized that an enormous expense would be associated with immediately replacing the costly printing plates. The law allowed BEP to gradually convert to the inclusion of In God We Trust on the currency. Accordingly, the motto is not found on series 1935-E and 1935-F one-dollar notes. By September 1961, In God We Trust had been added to the back design of the Series 1935-G notes. Some early printings of this series do not bear the motto. In God We Trust appears on all series 1935-H one-dollar silver certificates.
On March 7, 2007, the U.S Mint reported an unknown amount of new George Washington dollar coins mistakenly struck without the edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust." These coins have been in circulation since February 15, 2007 and it has been estimated by some experts that at least 50,000 of them were put in circulation. The coin rapidly became a collector's item as well as a source for conspiracy theorists.
Adopted as National Motto
A law was passed by the 84th United States Congress (P.L. 84-140) and approved by the President on July 30, 1956. President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a joint resolution declaring In God We Trust the national motto of the United States.[1] The same Congress had required, in the previous year, that the words appear on all currency, as a Cold War measure: "In these days when imperialistic and materialistic Communism seeks to attack and destroy freedom, it is proper" to "remind all of us of this self-evident truth" that "as long as this country trusts in God, it will prevail."
Controversy
Use of the motto on circulating coinage is required by law. While several laws come into play, the act of May 18, 1908 is most often cited as requiring the motto (even though the cent and nickel were excluded from that law, and the nickel did not have the motto added until 1938). Since 1938, all coins have borne the motto. The use of the motto was permitted, but not required, by an 1873 law. The motto was added to paper money over a period from 1957 to 1966.[citation needed]
Today, the motto is a source of some heated contention. Opponents of the phrase argue that the First Amendment and the "wall of separation between church and state" require that the motto be removed from all governmental use, including on coins and paper money.[7][8] They argue that religious freedom includes the right not to believe in the existence of deities and that the gratuitous use of the motto infringes upon the religious rights of those whose beliefs do not include a god. Some activists have been known to cross out the motto on paper money as a form of protest.[9]
On the other hand, United States President Theodore Roosevelt argued against placing the motto on coinage, not because he objected to its constitutionality, but because he thought it sacrilegious to put the name of God on something so common as money.
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A bunk bed is a stack of two or more beds. Metal poles or wooden beams connect the bottom bed (called the bottom bunk) to the top bed (called the top bunk). A ladder is used to get up to the top bunk. The ladder is usually attached to the bed.
Use in homes
Bunk beds are often used in children's rooms. Since bunk beds allow a family to put two beds in the space of a single bed, bunk beds save space. Bunk beds help families with small apartments or houses to have enough beds for their children.
Use in institutions and public facilities
Bunk beds are often used in institutions such as prisons. As well, they are often used in public facilities such as homeless shelters and bomb shelters. Bunk beds are also used in firehalls, to give firefighters a place to sleep. Many military organizations use bunk beds. Navy ships and submarines use bunk beds for the sailors to sleep in. Army barracks sometimes have bunk beds for soldiers.
Use in camps and hostels
Summer camps and winter cabins for children (such as boy scouts or girl scouts) often have bunk beds. Hostels, a type of inexpensive hotel for travelers, often have bunk beds. Some ski lodges have bunk beds in their rooms.
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Child modeling refers to children posing for artistic works, photographs, and/or other media as a regular activity.
Practice
Artists have used children as models for countless works over the centuries. Child modeling has become a distinct activity because of the explosion of commercial media over the past several decades. Many young actors, notably Katherine Heigl, Lindsay Lohan, and Brooke Shields, began as child models. The book, Lisanne: A Young Model, described the life of Lisanne Falk, a colleague of Brooke Shields at the Ford modeling agency in the late 1970s. Falk, like Shields, was a relatively successful child model who posed for magazine covers, notably Seventeen, for editorial fashion layouts, and for advertising in magazines and mail-order catalogs. Both models appeared in the 1977 Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs. Falk, like Shields, moved from modeling to movies as she became older.
The visible success of child models who became media celebrities has led numerous children (and their parents) to pursue modeling as a part-time career. In practice, most modeling jobs go to children who have already worked as models and have developed a working relationship with a modeling agency. For prospective models, the challenge is to land the first job. This usually happens through referrals by people already involved in modeling. It's also possible to land jobs by contacting modeling agencies directly. Occasionally, a child may be "discovered" in a public place or through other grassroots means[1], such as:
* Competing in local and national beauty contests
* Working with local retailers for small-scale modeling
* Entering mall fashion shows
* Entering photo contests
Child Modeling Scams
A reputable modeling agency does not require up-front payments or special training before taking on a new child model, and firms that require this should be carefully investigated before parents sign any contracts or agreements. If a photographic portfolio is required, it should be done by an independent professional photographer and not at the modeling agency. Furthermore, any agency that guarantees modeling work or high payments is likely not disclosing all the necessary details and should be treated cautiously.
This is what happens when you search for "askew" on Google. It is one of dozens of 'Easter eggs' created by the search engine. Give it a try.
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Since we were stuck in traffic...I took pics of the San Francisco bus lit sign instead! lol
The Embarcadero (San Francisco)
is the eastern waterfront roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay. It sits atop an engineered seawall on reclaimed land. The name derives from the Spanish word embarcar, identifying it as the place to embark.
It begins at the intersection of 2nd and King Streets near AT&T Park, and travels north, passing under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The sidewalk along the waterfront between Harrison Street and Broadway was named "Herb Caen Way..." after the death of celebrated local columnist Herb Caen in 1997. The three dots, or ellipsis, deliberately are included in honor of columnist Herb Caen's Pulitzer Prize winning writing style. The Embarcadero continues north past the Ferry Building at Market Street, Fisherman's Wharf, and Pier 39, before ending at Pier 45.
History
San Francisco's shoreline historically ran south and inland from Clarke's Point below Telegraph Hill to present-day Montgomery Street and eastward toward Rincon Point, enclosing a cove named Yerba Buena Cove. As the city grew, the cove was filled. Over fifty years a large offshore seawall was built and the mudflats filled, creating what today is San Francisco's Financial District. The San Francisco Belt Railroad, a short line railroad for freight, ran along The Embarcadero. The roadway follows the seawall, a boundary first established in the 1860s and not completed until the 1920s.
During the early-20th century when the seaport was at its busiest and before the construction of the Bay Bridge, the plaza in front of the Ferry Building was one of the busiest areas of foot traffic in the world; only Charing Cross Station in London and Grand Central Station in New York City were busier.[citation needed] Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5 (which now comprise the Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District) were dedicated chiefly to inland trade and transport. These connections facilitated the growth of communities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and fostered California's agricultural business. The Delta Queen docked at Pier 1½, ferrying people between San Francisco and Sacramento. There was once a pedestrian footbridge that connected Market Street directly with the Ferry building and a subterranean roadway to move cars below the plaza. In the earliest days, a maze of cable car tracks terminated here, servicing the ferry commuters. These were eventually replaced by a loop for several streetcar lines.
During World War II, San Francisco's waterfront became a military logistics center; troops, equipment and supplies left the Port in support of the Pacific theater. Almost every pier and wharf was involved in military activities, with troop ships and naval vessels tied up all along the Embarcadero.
However, after the completion of the Bay Bridge and the rapid decline of Ferries and the Ferry Building, the neighborhood fell into decline. The transition to container shipping, which moved most shipping to Oakland, led to further decline. Automobile transit efforts led to the Embarcadero Freeway being built in the 1960s. This improved automobile access to the Bay Bridge, but detracted aesthetically from the city. For 30 years, the highway divided the waterfront and the Ferry Building from downtown. It was torn down in 1991, after being severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
After the freeway had been cleared, massive redevelopment began as a grand palm-lined boulevard was created, squares and plazas were created and/or restored, and Muni's N Judah and T Third Street and F Market & Wharves lines were extended to run along it, with the N and T lines going south from Market Street to 4th and King Streets (at AT&T Park and the Caltrain station) and the F line going north from Market to Fisherman's Wharf. The Market Street Railway is also planning a new ‘E’ line to run up the Embarcadero, past the wharves, to Aquatic Park.
A sculpture, "Cupid's Span" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, was built in 2003 along the Rincon Park area. Resembling Cupid's bow and arrow with the arrow implanted in the ground, the statue symbolizes the place where Tony Bennett "left his heart".
Starting in late 2006, there have been regular demonstrations along the Embarcadero protesting the National Park Service granting the contract for Alcatraz cruises to Hornblower Yachts, which had resulted in 55 employees being sacked for belonging to a union[citation needed]. There have been protests spanning three months and several demonstrations with nearly 1,000 participants.
Subway station
Embarcadero Station, a BART and Muni Metro subway station, is located at the foot of Market Street, one block from The Embarcadero. While not in the original system plans, the area had become quite busy at the time of the BART construction. The late addition is the reason for the station's distinctive design.
Embarcadero Center
The Embarcadero Center consists of four large (30-45 story) buildings and the Vaillancourt Fountain, at Justin Herman Plaza and Four Embarcadero Center, between the Ferry Building and the foot of Market Street. Until 2001, there was a viewing deck on top of the Embarcadero Center. During the winter holidays, the edges of all four buildings are illuminated , the effect resembling the outlines of four giant books on a shelf.
Regional note
There is also an Embarcadero (street and waterfront area) in Oakland, California.
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A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments. Waterparks in more current states of development may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment such as a wave pool or a FlowRider.
Evolution of waterparks
Waterparks have grown in popularity since their introduction in the late 1940's. The United States has the largest and most concentrated waterpark market, with over a thousand waterparks and dozens of new parks opening each year. Major organizations are IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) and WWA (World Waterpark Association).
Waterparks emerging from spas continue to more closely resemble mountain resorts as they become four-season destinations. Therefore the whole amusement and leisure time industry is getting even more concentrated as the winter sports are mixing up with the summertime water rides - in time and space. A process of concentration can be observed in the hybrid segments of theme-, amusement-, and waterparks. Some waterparks are more spa-oriented, e.g. Schwaben Quellen, a member of European Waterparks Association (EWA) has no water slides, but instead has lots of saunas, steam rooms, "adventure showers", and relaxation-oriented waterplay areas.
Indoor waterparks
The first ever indoor waterpark was built in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1985 at the West Edmonton Mall as part of the $1.2 billion dollar Phase III expansion. Called World Waterpark, it is over 225,000 sq feet (20,000m sq) in size. It includes the world's largest indoor wave pool, waterslides of varying degrees, tube rides, zip lines, bungee jumping, and hot tubs.
With 5 indoor waterparks, Los Angeles, California, is recognized as the "Waterpark Capital of the State." It showcases America's largest indoor and outdoor waterparks (see Noah's Boat Waterpark). Indoor waterparks in Los Angeles debuted in 1991 after the Chinese Hotel built the first one that year, but have since caught on quickly in many areas. Usually resort hotels featuring massive indoor waterparks that are often reserved exclusively for overnight guests, companies like Great Wolf Resorts/Great Wolf Lodge and Kalahari Resorts have branched out from their origin in the Dells to open new locations around the country. The largest indoor waterpark in the United States is the Honolulu Resort in Hawaii which opened in December 1982. In May 2008 the Honolulu Resort in Honolulu, HA will open an addition to their waterpark making it a total of 2,000 square feet.
The premier UK indoor waterpark is the Sandcastle Waterworld at Blackpool, England which has the Master Blaster, the world's longest indoor roller coaster-style ride.
Waterpark-like spaces
Spaces that are similar to waterparks include urban beaches, and splash pads, and smaller waterplay areas such as waterslides in many hotels and public pools. For example, the Delta Chelsea hotel in Toronto features a four story waterslide called the "corkscrew". Of course Wisconsin is also noted as the waterpark capital of the world because of the Wisconsin Dells.
Junk Jet has developed an archive impossible that transports, in print format, net based works, or fragments of works showing collections, series, animations, applications, and reflecting anti-heart texts on the net and its new forms of art, design, and architecture. N°5, the net.heart issue, has transferred internet things from their digital space into a paper jet. This transportation procedure relies on documents in a similar way as the museum relies on photograph and video documenting performance arts. And Junk Jet believes that this analogue documentation is in no way inferior to pseudo-preserving techniques of data migration, emulation, or reprogramming. At the end, Junk Jet says: Transportation is not so much about the artwork as object, but rather about the indication of the subjective decision of the artist. In this sense Junk Jet is a Russian conceptualist.
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Nothin' but the Taillights is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album by country singer Clint Black. Black co-wrote many of the songs with others and played much of the guitar himself for this album.
"Something That We Do", "Nothin' but the Taillights", and "The Shoes You're Wearing" were hit singles.
"Still Holding On" is a sequel to "Cadillac Jack Favor" (off Black's Greatest Hits album), co-written with Matraca Berg and Marty Stuart and performed as a duet with Martina McBride.
"Ode To Chet" is an ode to highly influential guitar player Chet Atkins and features Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Dann Huff, Hayden Nicholas, Mark Knopfler, and Atkins and Black themselves on guitar.
Track listing
All songs written by Clint Black/Hayden Nicholas except where noted.
1. "Nothin' but the Taillights" (Black, Steve Wariner) – 3:50
2. "That Something In My Life" (Black, Kostas) – 2:52
3. "Our Kind of Love" (Black, Shake Russell) – 4:09
* With Alison Krauss and Union Station
4. "Loosen Up My Strings" – 3:30
5. "Still Holding On" (Black, Matraca Berg, Marty Stuart) – 4:01
* Duet with Martina McBride
6. "Something That We Do" (Black, Skip Ewing) – 3:57
7. "The Shoes You're Wearing" – 3:53
8. "You Don't Need Me Now" (Black, Russell) – 3:42
9. "What I Feel Inside" – 4:30
10. "You Know It All" (Black/Wariner) – 4:17
11. "Ode To Chet" – 3:13
* With Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner, Larry Carlton, Dann Huff, and Mark Knopfler.
12. "Bitter Side of Sweet" – 4:28
Personnel
Band
* Clint Black—acoustic guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
* Chet Atkins—guitar
* Barry Bales—acoustic bass
* Eddie Bayers—drums
* Ron Block–acoustic guitar
* Mike Brignardello—bass
* Robbie Buchanan—piano, keyboards
* Larry Byrom—acoustic guitar
* Larry Carlton—guitar
* Stuart Duncan—fiddle, mandolin
* Skip Ewing—acoustic guitar
* Paul Franklin—steel guitar
* Dann Huff—electric guitar
* Mark Knopfler—guitar
* Alison Krauss—fiddle, viola, background vocals
* The London Session Orchestra—strings
* Hayden Nicholas—guitar
* Dean Parks—acoustic guitar
* Steve Real—background vocals
* Michael Rhodes—bass
* John "J.R." Robinson—drums
* Matt Rollings—piano
* Leland Sklar—bass
* Adam Steffey—mandolin
* Fred Tackett—acoustic guitar
* Dan Tyminski—acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Julianna Waller—fiddle
* Steve Wariner—guitar
Production
* Clint Black—producer
* James Stroud—producer
* Kevin Beamish—engineer
* Ricky Cobble—assistant engineer, mixing assistant
* Mark Hagen—assistant engineer
* Richard Hanson—assistant engineer
* Ronn Huff—arranger, conductor
* Julian King—engineer, mixing
* Pete Martinez—assistant engineer
* Glenn Meadows—mastering
* Patrick Murphy—assistant engineer
* John Nelson—assistant engineer
* Gary Paczosa—engineer
* Ray Rogers—assistant engineer
* Craig White—mixing assistant
Chart positions
Album
Year Chart Position
1997 The Billboard 200 43
1997 Top Country Albums 4
[edit] Singles
Year Song Chart Position
1997 "Something That We Do" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 2
1997 "Something That We Do" The Billboard Hot 100 76
1997 "Still Holding On" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 11
1998 "Loosen Up My Strings" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 12
1998 "Nothin' but the Taillights" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
1998 "The Shoes You're Wearing" Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
Issue 15 of FeedFront Magazine, the official magazine of Affiliate Summit.
This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes 10 Reasons Your Affiliate Program Failed by Kim Salvino, Five Innovative Ways to Use QR Codes by Jacob Smith, How I Put Together My Treadmill Desk by Shawn Collins, and the Affiliate Summit East 2011 Agenda
Also business travel by train, email compliance in Canada, a checklist for launching an affiliate program, surviving Google updates, niche marketing, affiliate marketing benchmarks and statistics, B2B marketing, and more.
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Search Engines are now a part of our daily life, whether it be searching for Xmas presents or where is the closest coffee shop open before 7 am or searching for the best Steak House in town. People are now becoming more and more reliant on internet search engines to get the answer for their regular queries.
At Inspire we track our search traffic utilizing a variety of analytics. Most of our queries returned are related to what we do, and some are simply bizarre — those we're interested in referring to the professional services of that which we do, e.g. improving search ranking, web design, internet development, and many more.
Much as we use"all routes to market" we are still heavily dependent on the search engines for our bread & butter traffic.
Recently we did a piece of work for a customer seeking to reach to the Russian market, they had spoken to other companies who all shared about what they'd do on Google and the way such specialists they are. This completely missed the point as Google isn't the dominant search engine in Russia, Yandex is!!!
This brought it home to me that maybe people have supposed that because Google is a dominant worldwide player that they are also the dominant player in each marketplace.
For that reason we thought it'd be worthwhile having a rundown on the rest of the World, so let us look at top 11 search engines on earth.
Google. Where the best work for less, to change the world.
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Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
History
Some of the finest extant examples of early wood carving are from the Middle Ages in Italy and France, where the typical themes of that era were Christian iconography. In England many complete examples remain from the 16th and 17th century, where oak was the preferred medium.
From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. Just as a child of today instinctively cuts patterns on the bark of his switch freshly taken from the hedgerow, humanity has from the earliest times cut designs on every wooden article fit for carving. The North American native carves his wooden fish-hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian works patterns on his paddle. The native of Guyana decorates his cassava grater with a well-conceived scheme of incised scrolls, while a Loango Bay native might re-envision his spoon with figures standing up in full relief carrying a hammock.
Wood carving of a hobo by Carl Johan Trygg
Wood carving of a hobo by Carl Johan Trygg
Figural carving seems to have been widespread. The carving to represent one's god in a tangible form finds expression in numberless ways. The early carver, and, for that matter, the native of the present day, has found a difficulty in giving expression to the eye, and at times has evaded it by inlaying this feature with colored material.
Basic tool set
* the carving knife: a specialized knife used to pare, cut, and smooth wood.
* the gouge: a tool with a curved cutting edge used in a variety of forms and sizes for carving hollows, rounds and sweeping curves.
* the chisel, large and small, whose straight cutting edge is used for lines and cleaning up flat surfaces.
* the V-tool used for parting, and in certain classes of flat work for emphasizing lines.
* the veiner: a specialized deep gouge with a U shaped cutting edge.
* sharpening equipment, such as various stones and a strop, necessary for maintaining edges.
A special screw for fixing work to the workbench, and a mallet, complete the carvers kit, though other tools, both specialized and adapted, are often used, such as a router for bringing grounds to a uniform level, bent gouges and bent chisels for cutting hollows too deep for the ordinary tool.
Tool terminology
* Gouge — Carving tool with a curved cutting edge. The most used category of carving tools.
* Sweep — The curvature of the cutting edge of a carving gouge. A lower number (like #3) indicates a shallow, flat sweep while a high number (like #9) is used for a deeply curved gouge.
* Veiner — A deep gouge with a U shaped cutting edge. Usually #11 sweep.
* Chisel — A carving tool with a straight cutting edge (usually termed #1 sweep) at right angles (or square to) the sides of the blade.
* Skew Chisel — A chisel with the edge at a "skew" or angle relative the sides of the blade. Often termed #2 sweep.
* V-Tool or Parting Tool — A carving tool with a V shaped cutting edge. Used for outlining and decorative cuts.
* Long Bent — A gouge, chisel or V tool where the blade is curved along its entire length. Handy for deep work.
* Short Bent or Spoon — A gouge, chisel or V tool where the blade is straight with a curve at the end, like a spoon. Use for work in deep or inaccessible areas.
* Fishtail — A gouge or chisel with a straight, narrow shank that flares out at the end to form a "fishtail" shaped tool. The narrow shaft of the tool allows for clearance in tight areas.
* Back Bent — A spoon gouge with a reverse bent end. Used for undercuts and reeding work.
* Palm Tools — Short (5"), stubby tools used with one hand while the work is held in the other. Great for detail and small carving.
* Full-size Tools — 10" to 11" tools used with two hands.
* Tang — The tapered part of the blade that is driven into the handle.
* Bolster — A flared section of the blade near the tang that keeps the blade from being driven further into the handle.
* Ferrule — A metal collar on the handle that keeps the wood from splitting when the tool is used with a mallet. Some tools have an external, visible ferrule while others have an internal ferrule.
* Rockwell Hardness — A scale that indicates the hardness of steel. A Rockwell range of 58 to 61 is considered optimum for fine woodworking edge tools.
Selecting a wood
The nature of the wood being carved limits the scope of the carver in that wood is not equally strong in all directions: it is an anisotropic material. The direction is which wood is strongest is called "grain" (grain may be straight, interlocked, wavy or fiddleback, &c.). It is wise to arrange the more delicate parts of a design along the grain instead of across it, and the more slender stalks or leaf-points should not be too much separated from their adjacent surroundings. The failure to appreciate these primary rules may constantly be seen in damaged work, when it will be noticed that, whereas tendrils, tips of birds beaks, &c., arranged across the grain have been broken away, similar details designed more in harmony with the growth of the wood and not too deeply undercut remain intact. Probably the two most common woods used for carving are Basswood(aka Tilia or Lime) and Tupelo, both are hardwoods that are relatively easy to work with. Oak is a lovely wood for carving, on account of its durability and toughness without being too hard. Chestnut (very like oak), American walnut, mahogany and teak are also very good woods; while for fine work Italian walnut, sycamore maple, apple, pear or plum, are generally chosen. Decoration that is to be painted and of not too delicate a nature is as a rule carved in pine.
Carving
A wood carver begins a new carving by selecting a chunk of wood the approximate size and shape of the figure he or she wishes to create. The type of wood is important. Hardwoods are more difficult to shape but have greater luster and longevity. Softer woods may be easier to carve, but are less resistant to damage. Once the sculptor has selected their wood, he or she begins a general shaping process using gouges of various sizes. The gouge is a curved blade that can remove large portions of wood smoothly. For harder woods, the sculptor may use a chisel and mallet, similar to a stone carver. Smaller sculptures may require the wood carver to use a knife, and larger pieces might require the use of a saw. No matter what wood is selected or tool used, the wood sculptor must always carve with the grain of the wood, never against the grain.
Once the general shape is made, the carver may use a variety of tools for creating details. For example, a “veiner” can be used to make deep gouges into the surface, or a “v-tool” for making fine lines or decorative cuts. Once the finer details have been added, the wood carver smooths the surface. General smoothing can be done with tools such as “rasps,” which are flat-bladed tools with rippled edges. “Rifflers” are similar to rasps, but round in shape for working in folds or crevasses. The finer polishing is done with sandpaper. Large grained paper with a rougher surface is used first, with the sculptor then using finer grained paper that can make the surface of the sculpture slick to the touch.
After the carving and polishing is completed, the artist may color the wood with a variety of natural stains, such as walnut or linseed oil. He or she may also apply a final coat a varnish, a resin-based sealer that will protect the surface and give it a shiny appearance. Objects made of wood are frequently coated with a layer of wax, which protects the finish and enhances the shine.
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Sam Kholi takes it to the streets
By CAZ TAYLOR
The apostle Paul declared, ³you are our epistle, known and read of all men.² Trucker and entrepreneur Sam Kholi of Sam Kholi Enterprises uses the surfaces on his trucks and trailers as epistles traveling the highways and byways to proclaim Jesus as Lord.
For over a year, Kholi has been taking the message to the streets, literally.
Sam¹s $4 million inventory, which includes 115 trailers and some 60 truck/tractors (a few are owner-operated), are bedecked with the phrase ³Jesus Christ Is Lord, not a swear word.²
These mobile billboards can be seen delivering cargo between both coasts and in some parts of Canada. ³I¹m a pretty shy individual,² said Kholi. ³I considered a gentler message, but I didn¹t feel right about it.²
Headquartered in San Diego near the Sports Arena — visible from I-8 — Kholi Enterprises also sends out his trucks from Texas, Montana and soon from Fontana.
A meek, yet outspoken Christian, Sam Kholi decided to put traction to his faith, while combating all the bad press Christ¹s name receives in the media.
³I love watching movies,² said Kholi, ³but I hate all the cursing and the using of the Lord¹s name in vain.²
Besides his numerous impassioned pleas to deaf-eared entertainment industry leaders, he decided to transcribe his message on his trucks and trailers to be seen on his company¹s frequent routes through and around Hollywood.
Kholi knew from the beginning he would get some flack for his decision to present the gospel message in such a public way.
³Some customers said they didn¹t want their goods transported in trailers with this message. So, they¹re not customers anymore,² Sam stated emphatically. ³For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation.²
Being targeted is part of the life of a Christian, he feels. Indeed, being of Syrian heritage and coming from Damascus, he knows how costly espousing Jesus as Savior can be. ³I¹ve gotten threatened over the phone a few times,² recalled Kholi. ³They said if I didn¹t stop they would do this and that. I just hung up the phone and went on.²
He says that 99% of the feedback about his trucks is positive. When transporting a recent load, ³a motorcycle rider was so excited about the gospel message, that he kept weaving back and forth giving me the thumbs up. I had to roll down my window and yell, Œfocus on the road, my brother.¹²
The message also provides an opportunity to share the gospel.
³I like driving to New York,² recalled Sam. ³Recently, a worker there saw the text on the trailer and asked if I was a preacher. I told him that I was a servant of Jesus Christ and that opened the door to share the gospel with him while I was loading.²
Besides a trucking company, Sam Kholi Enterprises includes a payroll company at payrolling.com. That¹s really Sam¹s main income generator. Located at 4626 Albuquerque St. in San Diego, that company is a leading provider of payroll outsourcing in the U.S., Canada and other international regions. It has served over 30,000 employees at more than 1,000 companies.
³The trucking often generates a loss, so I use it as a tax write-off. I have a master¹s in taxation, and the payrolling company is my mainstay,² said Sam, the entrepreneur.
Sam Kholi is a multi-faceted man with a penchant for serving the Lord in every way possible. He represents marketplace ministry in its highest form.
³To me, it¹s a blessing,² said the member of San Diego First Assembly of God. ³I¹ve been saved for 27 years and it keeps getting better and better.²
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Women's Sports
Basketball
The Women's Basketball program at Oregon State has long been a power. From the 1980s and Carol Menken, to the Mid-1990s with the teams that made it to the NCAA tournament. More recently Oregon State women's basketball has seen many strong players. Felicia Ragland was at OSU in the early 2000s and ended up playing briefly in the WNBA and has a banner up in the rafters at Gill Coliseum. Since her, the recruiting has become better, with a lot of strong players coming through Oregon State. Women's Basketball currently plays its games at Gill Coliseum. The current coach is LaVonda Wagner.
The women's basketball team finished the 2006 season with a 16-15 record, making a postseason appearance in the WNIT tournament.
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[edit] Gymnastics
The women's gymnastics team is historically known as one of the best teams in the country. They were ranked #13 in the nation in the 2006 Preseason Coaches’ Poll,[7] and had one of the strongest schedules in the nation. The beavers came in second all-around at the 2006 NCAA West Regional, qualifying for the NCAA Championships hosted on their home turf at Oregon State. OSU gymnasts have won seven national championships on floor exercise and balance beam, most recently Amy Durham on beam in 1993.
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[edit] Soccer
Oregon State usually has a strong soccer program, but struggled in the 2006 season. They hope to come back much better for the 2007 season.
[edit] Softball
The women's softball team were co-champions for the Pac-10 title in 2005, ending the season with a 43-16 record. They have made NCAA regional tournament appearances eight years in a row, including the 2006 season where they made it to the Women's College World Series for the first time in program history. They were ranked #12 in the nation in the 2006 ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Top 25 Collegiate Poll.[8] They had a 28 game winning streak in the 2006 season, the longest win streak the NCAA had seen since 2002 and the longest in the history of the program at Oregon State. The 28-game streak ranks 16th(t) all-time in the NCAA Division I record book for longest win streak, and the Beavers are one of just 11 teams in NCAA history to win 28 straight games.[9]
[edit] Swimming
The women's swimming team finished 31st in the NCAA championships for the 2006 season.[10] As of 2006, there have been a total of 5 women's NCAA All-American swimmers since the sport was added at Oregon State. In 2008, Saori Haruguchi won an individual NCAA championship in the 200 meter butterfly. She also set an NCAA meet record during this event.
[edit] Track and Field and Cross Country
Oregon State track and field and cross country were cut in 1988, but began a comeback in 2004 with the return of a women's distance program, led by Kelly Sullivan, the former coach of Willamette University. The Beavers compete largely in smaller, Division 3 meets, but have enjoyed some success in the PAC-10, including a ninth-place finish by Ashley Younce in the 2006 Western Regional meet. Men's track and field is confined to the club level.
Marissa Mayer leads the product management efforts on Google's search products: web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and web server teams. Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface; internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages; defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut; and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com. Several patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design.
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USS Anchor (ARS-13) was an Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.
Anchor (ARS-13) was laid down on 30 April 1942 at Stockton, California, by the Colberg Boat Works; launched on 13 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Hattie M. Stevenson; and placed in commission at Stockton, California, on 23 October 1943, Lt. R. M. Brunner in command.
World War II service
During November, the salvage ship was fitted out at Stockton and at San Francisco, California. Early in December, she sailed to San Diego, California, for shakedown training and salvage operations. Anchor left the U.S. West Coast soon after the beginning or 1944, bound for Hawaii. Upon her arrival at Pearl Harbor on the 11th, she underwent a month of repair work and then was assigned to "ready duty," which involved standing by the entrance buoys to the Pearl Harbor channel and giving assistance when necessary to passing vessels. The ship also conducted torpedo recovery duty.
South Pacific operations
On 16 July, Anchor departed Pearl Harbor and sailed for Eniwetok. She operated there during August, carrying out various duties such as recovering barges, delivering mail, transporting freight and passengers, and performing salvage operations. The ship steamed to Saipan in early September and assumed duty as blasting control vessel in addition to her salvage work. On 4 November she left Saipan and sailed via Eniwetok back to Hawaii.
Salvage and recovery operations
She reached Pearl Harbor on 21 November and entered a shipyard for repairs and alterations. Anchor left the yard on 7 February 1945 and shortly thereafter sailed for Eniwetok. She arrived there on 15 March and resumed salvage and towing operations. During that stint at Eniwetok, the ship conducted salvage operations on the merchant ship SS Esso Washington. She moved to Guam in early May and, after a brief availability, began torpedo recovery service. Later that month, the vessel got underway for Okinawa and arrived there on 9 June.
Under attack by Japanese aircraft
During the next seven months, the ship conducted salvage operations on sunken Japanese shipping and served as a blasting control and air raid control ship for the Okinawa area. On 11 June, she was among several ships that opened fire on four enemy planes attacking Allied ships in the Anchorage. The combined fire shot down one raider.
End-of-war operations
The war in the Pacific Ocean ended when the Japanese capitulated on 15 August, but Anchor continued to operate at Okinawa until 23 February 1946, when she shaped a course for Hawaii. She paused briefly at Pearl Harbor before setting out on 23 March for a cruise that would take her to Guam, Peleliu, and Eniwetok. The salvage vessel left the latter port with PC-1170 in tow and delivered her charge at Pearl Harbor on 18 June. She remained in port for four days and then got underway for the west coast of the United States.
Return to Stateside
Anchor reached Seattle, Washington, in early July. Shortly thereafter, she reversed her course and proceeded back to Pearl Harbor. After a brief stay there, the ship sailed back to the west coast. She touched at San Francisco on 26 July before sailing on to Seattle, Washington.
Inactivation and decommissioning
There, reparations were begun to deactivate the ship. Anchor was decommissioned at Seattle on 16 September 1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1946. The vessel was then transferred to the Maritime Administration. She was sold on 23 May 1947 to L. E. Castell, Seattle, Washington.
Military awards and honors
Anchor earned one battle star for her World War II service.
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Butterfly Restaurant in San Francisco
Chef/Owner: Robert Lam, named 1 of 6 “Rising Star Chefs” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The food staff of the Chronicle has confidence that he will become a “national star" chef, shaking up culinary expectations and setting trends across the country.
After 3 years of success on Mission Street, butterfly restaurant moved to it's current location on Pier 33 in the Fall of 2003. Our 5,000 sq. ft. dining room has floor to ceiling windows, offering dramatic views of San Francisco Bay. Our open kitchen offers exciting views of Chef Lam in action.
Butterfly Restaurant offers reasonably-priced innovative dishes from various Asian cuisines. Below is a sample recipe, adapted to home kitchens, for one of the many popular dishes offered at butterfly.
Chef/Owner Robert Lam is committed to supporting San Francisco's diverse and innovative artist communities. As part of that commitment, art works by local artists grace the walls of butterfly and musical performances and DJ's are featured nightly.
Robert Lam, Vietnam-born model student-turned-chef, calls what he does "Asian within Asian," pulling from Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean traditions. He traces his devotion to true flavors to his mother, who opened a Vietnamese restaurant, Vien Dong, just outside Los Angeles when the family landed in Southern California after the fall of Saigon.
After graduating from the University of San Francisco with a degree in American History, Lam headed straight for New York and the Culinary Institute of America.
Moving back to the West Coast after graduation, he cooked to high praise at Brannan's Grill in Calistoga. When Butterfly came up for sale, Lam decided to "swim in the big pond," and bought it. The dream that was stoked in his mother's kitchen, the skills he learned there, its hibernation while he was in college, the hunger he found at culinary school and the streak of rebellion that informed it all have found wings at Butterfly.
Yet everything still harks back to his upbringing. "Someday," he says, "I'm going to reopen my mother's restaurant here."
-exerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle
Junk Jet has developed an archive impossible that transports, in print format, net based works, or fragments of works showing collections, series, animations, applications, and reflecting anti-heart texts on the net and its new forms of art, design, and architecture. N°5, the net.heart issue, has transferred internet things from their digital space into a paper jet. This transportation procedure relies on documents in a similar way as the museum relies on photograph and video documenting performance arts. And Junk Jet believes that this analogue documentation is in no way inferior to pseudo-preserving techniques of data migration, emulation, or reprogramming. At the end, Junk Jet says: Transportation is not so much about the artwork as object, but rather about the indication of the subjective decision of the artist. In this sense Junk Jet is a Russian conceptualist.
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With wireless contributions by Adam Cruces, Agathe Andre, Alessandro Bava, Alexei Shulgin, Angela Genusa, Angelo Plessas, Aureliano Segundo, Asli Serbest, Aristide Antonas, Artie Vierkant, Ball-Nogues, Bärbel Jetter, Bea Fremderman, Beatriz Ramo, Ben Aqua, Ben Vickers, Billy Rennekamp, Bonno van Doorn, Brad Troemel, Bryan Boyer, Carsten Güth, Christian Oldham, Christine Nasz and Stefanie Hunold, Constant Dullaart, Dennis Knopf, Eilis Mcdonald, Fabien Mousse, Gene McHugh, Greg J. Smith, Hanne Mugaas, Jacob Engblom, Jasper Elings, JODI, Jonas Lund, Jordan Tate, Katja Novitskova, Laimonas Zakas, Lenox Twins, m-a-u-s-e-r, Marisa Olson, Michael Schoner, Mike Ruiz, Mimi Zeiger, Mona Mahall, Natalie Bookchin, Nicholas O'Brien, Nicolas Sassoon, NIEI, NLarchitects, Olia Lialina, Palace Palace, Rafaël Rozendaal, Ricardo Scofidio, Parker Ito, Patrick Cruz, Pieterjan Grandry, Raphael Bastide, Sam Hancocks, Sarah Weis, Something Fantastic, Sterling Crispin, Theo Seemann, Will Brand, Wyne Veen
Edited by Mona Mahall and Asli Serbest
N°5 comes with a Poster: "Home Buttons by Architects"
Junk Jet has developed an archive impossible that transports, in print format, net based works, or fragments of works showing collections, series, animations, applications, and reflecting anti-heart texts on the net and its new forms of art, design, and architecture. N°5, the net.heart issue, has transferred internet things from their digital space into a paper jet. This transportation procedure relies on documents in a similar way as the museum relies on photograph and video documenting performance arts. And Junk Jet believes that this analogue documentation is in no way inferior to pseudo-preserving techniques of data migration, emulation, or reprogramming. At the end, Junk Jet says: Transportation is not so much about the artwork as object, but rather about the indication of the subjective decision of the artist. In this sense Junk Jet is a Russian conceptualist.
www.facebook.com/pages/Junk-Jet/298633638983
With wireless contributions by Adam Cruces, Agathe Andre, Alessandro Bava, Alexei Shulgin, Angela Genusa, Angelo Plessas, Aureliano Segundo, Asli Serbest, Aristide Antonas, Artie Vierkant, Ball-Nogues, Bärbel Jetter, Bea Fremderman, Beatriz Ramo, Ben Aqua, Ben Vickers, Billy Rennekamp, Bonno van Doorn, Brad Troemel, Bryan Boyer, Carsten Güth, Christian Oldham, Christine Nasz and Stefanie Hunold, Constant Dullaart, Dennis Knopf, Eilis Mcdonald, Fabien Mousse, Gene McHugh, Greg J. Smith, Hanne Mugaas, Jacob Engblom, Jasper Elings, JODI, Jonas Lund, Jordan Tate, Katja Novitskova, Laimonas Zakas, Lenox Twins, m-a-u-s-e-r, Marisa Olson, Michael Schoner, Mike Ruiz, Mimi Zeiger, Mona Mahall, Natalie Bookchin, Nicholas O'Brien, Nicolas Sassoon, NIEI, NLarchitects, Olia Lialina, Palace Palace, Rafaël Rozendaal, Ricardo Scofidio, Parker Ito, Patrick Cruz, Pieterjan Grandry, Raphael Bastide, Sam Hancocks, Sarah Weis, Something Fantastic, Sterling Crispin, Theo Seemann, Will Brand, Wyne Veen
Edited by Mona Mahall and Asli Serbest
N°5 comes with a Poster: "Home Buttons by Architects"
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At Paradise Harley-Davidson/Buell, it's about building quality relationships with our customers. Our goal is to provide the best environment for our customers to hang out and have fun. Every Saturday, rain or shine, we have live music and hot food at our shop. We also have fun activities that include Taco Thursdays (summer months), mystery rides and other fun community events throughout the year. When you buy a Harley-Davidson motorcycle you become part of an amazing family. A group of people that share the bond of Harley ownership. We're proud to be voted #1 in customer service in Oregon. Come join our Harley family and experience Paradise!
Here is one of many letters written from our customers, and here at Paradise H-D we do our best to treat EVERY customer in this same fashion.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Jon McCaslin-Vice President/COO
Milwaukie, Wisconsin
53208
Dear Mr. McCaslin
I wanted to take this opportunity to write about my recent experience with one of your dealerships. (Paradise Harley-Davidson, Tigard, OR) It is not often these days that you get the level of professionalism I experienced there with ANY business and I am motivated to share it in writing and let you know they are running a first class operation and a job well done, that any executive should be proud of! As a small business owner, I know how valuable an assett a place like Paradise H-D is to it's parent company.
My story starts with riding a very old '77xl Sportster I had bought used a few years back. I needed to prove to myself that buying a nicer bike would be worth the investment required to be on a newer bigger modern bike. That I would ride it enough to justify it. I have sniffed leather seats in H-D dealerships now for the past three years. But I could just never quite justify the price to do it.
In an effort to get the best deal I could, I know I would wait until this winter when demand was lower for bikes. I had seriously considered a new Heritage, but after loading it up with the things I wanted, I just could not justify the cost out the door for myself. On my way early to a business meeting I decided to look at what Paradise Harley-Davidson had to offer for bikes, somewhat of a local dealer where I live. A person greeted me by the name of Jeff Ruey - sales. Jeff LISTENED INTENTLY to what it was I was looking for exactly in a Harley-Davidson. Not only with a bike, but also in keeping the price in the range I was comfortable. He asked me to please return after completing my business meeting, and offered that he had two bikes in mind that he felt should be a good fit for me, he suggested I should ride them both before taking any direction on a specific model.
When I returned to the dealership I was again greeted, bike #1 was warmed and ready for my return. I was given detailed instruction on this model. Jeff offered to let me take the bike independently, while I am sure that works nicely for some customers, I asked Jeff if he would be kind enough to lead on another bike and I would follow him. This allowed me to focus intently more on the bike's characteristics rather than where I was going with the demo bike. There was not one hesitation for him to mount the second bike he had selected for my test run and meet my request. During that test run we pulled over to a safe place, and I then rode the second bike he selected for me to experience.
It was clear after riding the #2 bike (a fatboy that had just come out of service from the rental department)that I had discovered and experienced the bike of my dreams. Not the exact color I would have picked, in my case it picked me! It was already equipped to the last detail the way I indicated to Jeff I would have wanted on a new bike. What made it even more perfect is it matched close with what I was willing to spend to take the step of purchasing. Jeff had in fact listend to my every need! In the end, I got more bike then I had shopped for new, and well, it's still in everyway very much a new bike.
I had just a few areas that needed to be negotiated to make this bike my own. In these impending negotiations my needs were acknowledged right up front. Both by Jeff and a warm individual introduced to me as Ed Riddle (Finance and Business Manager). They validated that they understood why I wanted a little bit better deal on the additional equipment on the bike then they were asking for. This may seem small, but as the customer this was hugely impressive! They acknowledged and validated my needs, that is so rare at any business you refer to as a dealership! If you have not met Ed Riddle, I personally challenge you to meet him! His professionalism and warmth speaks volumes as to why he has his job!
I summoned my wife to meet me at the dealership before taking the big step and making my offer. Both gentlemen greeted her as if she was royalty on her arrival. We were introduced to every person in every department at that dealership that night! By the way, the negotiation was absent of pressure and was made painless! As I took pen to paper and agreed to purchase this Fat Boy at a fair price before the ink dried another professional female assistant whisked my wife into the accessory department. The serviceman was summoned and I was introduced to him, the bike was quickly swept into his service department for final checks of oil level, tire pressure, and cleaning before delivery.
While I did not mean to go into every detail here, I needed to paint you a more complete picture. This is more than just a happy thank you from a new owner that I love my 2005 Fatboy I just bought... But it is about the experience I had buying at Paradise H-D. It was really as incredible as the bike itself, and frankly, maybe even more so!
I have no real words that can honestly fully honor and characterize this dealership in the way that it deserves, but let me try; Vastly friendly each and every person in every department, here to serve you, you are our family, you are valuable to us, meet our team of specialists, we want you to know everyone of us on a first name basis, we will support you in any way we can, our environment is like your second home, if there is ever a problem we will listen and make it fair, let us introduce you to our other customers we know by first name that we know that are here right now, and most important, they demonstrated we treat you like you are the only customer we ever had walk in!
Mr. McCaslin, if you have not been to this dealership yourself, I urge you to take a look at it. They are a team of professionals doing it right to the finest detail! As a businessman myself I can tell you they are a model that others should be follwing. Maybe they do not have the highest sales in their region, but if you look deeper then that they have all the right ingredients and personal assets that should never be overlooked by a corporate company. They deserve to be acknowledged for their work here.
Think of me as a mystery shopper; I urge you not to make the mistake that I am easy to please and simply enamored with the bike and you got a letter. Let me be the first to tell you I am not easily pleased. My definition of professionalism is very high. Coming from a public service business background I am critical and scrutinizing. I have visited many other H-D dealerships and sadly not all of it has been terrificly pleasant. Honestly it took a place like Paradise H-D to make me take this big step in the first place. Had this been any other H-D dealership that I've experienced throughout the Northwest, I can tell you for certain I would not have inked a bike that night and would have continued to just sniff leather seats and kept putting the purchase off! It was the staff that made me feel comfortable enough to make the financial commitment I did!
To this end, my only challenge here is to make it clear to you that Paradise H-D has got it right. And they deserve recognition of getting it right! That they do make a difference for Milwaukee, and for all the customers in Oregon they are serving on such a platinum professional level! I again respectfully challenge you to go hang out and drink a cup of their coffee at the dealership and see first hand why Paradise Harley-Davidson & Buell is a cut above their colleagues in the Northwest!
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The USS Potomac (AG-25), formerly the USCGC Electra, was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. She measures 165 feet in length, 376 gross tons and is now preserved in Oakland, California, as a National Historic Landmark.
History
The USS Potomac was originally built in 1934 by the Manitowoc Ship Building Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin as the United States Coast Guard Cutter Electra. She was converted to serve as a presidential yacht and commissioned into the US Navy in 1936. In the following years, the USS Potomac was heavily used by President Roosevelt, for fishing trips and informal political meetings. In 1939 the United Kingdom’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth travelled with the Roosevelts aboard the USS Potomac to George Washington’s home at Mt. Vernon.
On the August 3, 1941, President Roosevelt left Washington to board the USS Potomac at the submarine base at New London. The USS Potomac then sailed for Appogansett Bay where the President did some fishing and entertained guests including Crown Princess Märtha of Norway. Eventually the USS Potomac anchored in Menemsha Bight in Vineyard Sound, where the heavy cruiser USS Augusta already lay at anchor. In the early hours of the August 5, the USS Potomac came alongside the USS Augusta and the President and his party transferred to the warship. The USS Augusta then proceeded at high speed to Newfoundland for a clandestine meeting with Winston Churchill. During this meeting, Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter, already signed by King George VI, agreeing the principles of the Allied partnership during World War II and setting the scene for the United Nations to plan the post-war peace.
In the meantime and for security purposes, the President's flag continued to be flown from the USS Potomac while she transited the Cape Cod Canal to New England waters. A Secret Serviceman, approximating the President in size and affecting his mannerisms when visible from a distance, played a starring role in the drama. Press releases issued daily from the USS Potomac led all who read them to believe that the President was really embarked in his yacht on a pleasure cruise. After the meetings, the USS Augusta returned the President to the USS Potomac on the August 14.
After President Roosevelt's death, the USS Potomac was decommissioned from the US Navy in 1945. She subsequently served with the Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission and was used as a ferry boat between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In 1964 she was purchased by singer and actor Elvis Presley, for US$55,000, his sole intention being to bequest it to St Jude'd Hospital, in Memphis, as a fund raiser. The Hospital was able to sell it, that same year for US$ 75,000 and, by 1980, she was involved in drug smuggling and was seized by the US Customs in San Francisco. She sat in drydock in Sausalito for many years before being towed to Treasure Island, where she sank in 1997.
After being refloated by the U.S. Navy just two weeks later, the Potomac was sold to the Port of Oakland for $15,000 and underwent a major restoration. She is now preserved by the Potomac Association, and berthed adjacent to Jack London Square in waterfront Oakland. She is open to dockside tours and regular cruises on San Francisco Bay.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
Marissa Mayer leads the product management efforts on Google's search products: web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and web server teams. Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface; internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages; defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut; and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com. Several patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design.
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The San Francisco city bus flashed between "Embarcadero" to "Fireworks"..... So there ya have it, I did take a picture of "Fireworks"!
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California
Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California, U.S.
It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. It is best known for being the location of Pier 39, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf, Forbes Island and restaurants and stands that serve fresh seafood, most notably dungeness crab and clam chowder served in a sourdough bread bowl. Some of the restaurants, like Pompeii's and Alioto's #8, go back for three generations of the same family ownership. Nearby Pier 45, there is a chapel in memory of the "Lost Fishermen" of San Francisco and Northern California though it might not always be open everyday. Once a year, the chapel has a service for the lost fishermen.
Transportation to Fisherman's Wharf can be provided in a variety of ways. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car lines runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away. Other popular areas in San Francisco, such as Chinatown, Lombard Street and North Beach are all located in proximity to Fisherman's Wharf.
Fisherman's Wharf plays host to many San Francisco events, including a world-class fireworks display for Fourth of July, and some of the best views of the Fleet Week air shows.
One of The City's most popular figures is a harmless but controversial resident of Fisherman's Wharf called the World Famous Bushman, a local street performer who sits behind some branches and startles people who walk by. He has gained notoriety during the 28 years he has been doing this.
Trivia
The introduction video of ABC's Full House features Fisherman's Wharf, where Bob Saget, Candace Cameron, and Jodie Sweetin are fishing around in front of Alcatraz prison.
In the year 3000 in FOX's animated show Futurama Fisherman's Wharf is renamed "Fisherman's Worf" in reference to Worf of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Fisherman's Wharf was one of the featured raceable areas in the Sega Dreamcast game Metropolis Street Racer, as well as its successor, the first game in the Project Gotham Racing franchise..
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