http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_Landings
Normandy Landings
The Normandy Landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 British Double Summer Time (UTC+2). In planning, D-Day was the term used for the day of actual landing, which was dependent on final approval.
The assault was conducted in two phases: an air assault landing of American, British, Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France commencing at 6:30. There were also subsidiary 'attacks' mounted under the codenames Operation Glimmer and Operation Taxable to distract the German forces from the real landing areas.
The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with 175,000 troops landing on 6 June 1944. 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and materiel from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy
Invasion of Normandy
Date 6 June 1944 – mid-July 1944
Location Normandy, France
Result Decisive Allied victory
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. It was by far the largest amphibious operation in history. This article covers from the initial landings on 6 June 1944, until the time of the Allied breakout in late July.
The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks, naval bombardments, early morning amphibious landings on five beaches codenamed Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed.
The objective of the operation was to make a lodgement that was anchored in the city of Caen (and later Cherbourg when its deep-water port was captured). As long as Normandy could be secured, the Western European campaign and the downfall of Nazi Germany could begin. About 6,900 vessels were to be involved in the invasion, under the command of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (who had been directly involved in the North African and Italian landings), including 4,100 landing craft. A total of 12,000 aircraft under Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory were to support the landings, including 1,000 transports to fly in the parachute troops; 10,000 tons of bombs would be dropped against the German defences, and 14,000 attack sorties would be flown.
In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a deception operation, Operation Fortitude aimed at misleading the Germans regarding the date and place of the invasion.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=37238&st=&st1=
Ronald Reagan
XL President of the United States: 1981 - 1989
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom
May 12th, 1986
The President. Well, thank you all for being here. Nancy and I want to welcome you all to the White House for this happy occasion. On days like this and at lunches like this, I find myself looking up and thinking what a wonderful job I have. We're here today to present the Medal of Freedom to seven Americans. This medal is the highest civilian honor our nation can bestow. And I've always thought it highly significant that we call it not the Medal of Talent or the Medal of Valor or the Medal of Courage or Genius but the Medal of Freedom. I think that says a lot about our values and what we honor and what we love.
Freedom is important to all of us. As someone who spent many years making speeches, I have quoted many definitions of freedom—some very moving and eloquent. But I've always liked George Orwell's blunt and unadorned statement. He said, "Freedom is the right to say no." There's something kind of happily rebellious about that definitions and I thought of it this morning because I decided this year's recipients of the Medal of Freedom are distinguished by this. You're a group of happy rebels. In your careers and in the way you have lived your lives, you've all said no—a most emphatic no—to mediocrity, to averageness, to timidity. You've said no to the rules of the game and the regulations of the day. You've said no to the conventional wisdom, no to the merely adequate, no to the limits and limitations on yourselves and others.
But it's probably true that there is little point to freedom unless it's accompanied by a big yes! And each of you has uttered a resounding Whitmanesque yes to many things
When a soldier rising, sword in hand, reaches to protect an idea—freedom, liberty, human kindness—the world is, for a moment, hushed. Greatness is often born in quiet, in stillness. And so it was that night in June of 1944 when General Matthew B. Ridgway prayed the words God spoke to Joshua.. "I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." D-day saved a continent, and so, a world. And Ridgway helped save D-day. Heroes come when they're needed; great men step forward when courage seems in short supply.
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High Plains Drifter
:29:55
Kind of careless of´em, wasn´t it?
:29:58
Does a mining company usually leave
gold ingots lyin´ around like that?
:30:01
That does seem a bit peculiar.
:30:04
Matter of fact, Stacey kept bringing
that up at the trial all the time...
:30:07
saying that he was
being railroaded.
:30:10
That´s why they´re mad at us.
:30:12
-I´ll tell you what you can do, Sheriff.
-What?
:30:15
When those boys
come back to town...
:30:17
you just clap the bracelets
right on ´em.
:30:19
Me?
:30:22
I might have forgot to mention...
:30:24
they were all three
passed out at the time.
:30:27
Look, I´m no lawman.
:30:30
They just hung
this thing on me...
:30:32
when that young Marshal Duncan
was killed.
:30:34
You know he was whipped to death
right here in this street.
:30:36
Bullwhipped.
Damnedest thing I ever saw.
:30:41
Why would anybody want
to do a thing like that?
:30:43
I don´t know. It wasn´t anybody
from this town anyhow.
:30:46
How do you know?
:30:48
This is a good town
and these are good people.
:30:51
Look, friend, we sure would like it
if you´d help us with our problem.
:30:57
Only problem you´ve got
is a short supply of guts.
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Memorable quotes for
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Chris Burnett: Holy Shit! We're being painted!
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Memorable quotes for
Platoon (1986)
Capt. Harris: Snakebite leader, Ripper Bravo Six, we're gonna need you soonest be advised I've got zips in the wire down here, over!
Phantom Pilot: Roger your last Bravo Six, Snakebite lead we can't run it any closer. We're hot to trot and packing snake and nape but we're bingo fuel. It's your call, Six actual, Over.
Capt. Harris: Snakebite leader, Bravo Six, for the record, it's my call. Dump everything you got left ON MY POS. I say again, I want all you're holding INSIDE the perimeter. It's a lovely fucking war. Bravo Six Actual and Out.
Phantom Pilot: Roger your last Bravo Six. We copy it's your call. Get em in their holes down there. Hang tough, Bravo Six we are coming cocked for treetops. Whiskey to Echo... Snakebite Two, this is lead. Last pass on zero niner. Watch my smoke to target, expend all remaining. Follow my trace...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/port
port
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor.
Also called port of entry. Law. any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.
a geographical area that forms a harbor: the largest port on the eastern seaboard.
Informal. an airport.
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Gerald Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974 - 1977
656 - Toasts of the President and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
July 7, 1976
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, distinguished guests:
We are deeply honored to have you, and Prince Philip with you, this evening. On behalf of all Americans, Mrs. Ford and I take the greatest pleasure in extending the hospitality of the United States to you and your party who are visiting us.
Your Majesty, this evening we honor a very remarkable relationship between two sovereign nations. During our 200 years as an independent nation, the United States has never forgotten its British heritage. Nearly four centuries ago, the British came to a wilderness and built a new civilization on British custom, British fortitude, British law, and British government.
1984 film "Night of the Comet" DVD movie:
00:35:51
Hector: Samantha! Did they say anything else? Anything?
Samantha: Yeah. They said be careful on the street.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremerton,_Washington
Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 37,259 at the 2000 census. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation began on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy Landings (commonly known as D-Day) when an airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than 3 million troops had landed by the end of August.
Deception
Main articles: Operation Fortitude
In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a deception operation, Operation Bodyguard, designed to persuade the Germans that areas other than northern France would be threatened as well (such as the Balkans and the south of France). Then, in the weeks leading up to the invasion, in order to persuade the Germans that the main invasion would really take place at the Pas de Calais, and to lead them to expect an invasion of Norway, the Allies prepared a massive deception plan, called Operation Fortitude. Operation Fortitude North would lead the Axis to expect an attack on Norway; the much more vital Operation Fortitude South was designed to lead the Germans to expect the main invasion at the Pas de Calais, and to hold back forces to guard against this threat rather than rushing them to Normandy.
An entirely fictitious First U.S. Army Group ("FUSAG"), supposedly located in southeastern Britain under the command of General Lesley J. McNair and Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., was created in German minds by the use of double agents and fake radio traffic. The Germans had an extensive network of agents operating in the UK. Unfortunately for them, every single one had been "turned" by the Allies as part of the Double Cross System, and appropriate agents were dutifully sending back messages "confirming" the existence and location of FUSAG and the Pas de Calais as the likely main attack point. Dummy tanks (some inflatable), trucks, and landing craft, as well as troop camp facades (constructed from scaffolding and canvas) were placed in ports on the eastern and southeastern coasts of Britain, and the Luftwaffe was allowed to photograph them. During this period, most of the Allied naval bombardment was focused on Pas de Calais instead of
Normandy. The Allied Forces even went as far as to broadcast static over Axis accessible radioways and convinced Germany to expend efforts to try to decode white noise, further leading Germany away from the upcoming Normandy invasion.
In aid of Operation Fortitude North, Operation Skye was mounted from Scotland using radio traffic, designed to convince German traffic analysts that an invasion would also be mounted into Norway. Against this phantom threat, German units that otherwise could have been moved into France were instead kept in Norway.
Operation Cover (June 2-5) used Eighth Air Force Missions 384,388, 389, & 392 to bomb transportation and airfield targets in Northern France and "coastal defenses, mainly located in the Pas de Calais coastal area, to deceive the enemy as to the sector to be invaded".
The last part of the deception occurred on the night before the invasion: a small group of SAS operators deployed dummy paratroopers over Le Havre and Isigny. These dummies led the Germans to believe that an additional airborne assault had occurred; this tied up reinforcing troops and kept the true situation unclear.
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070510-N-8861F-030.jpg
070510-N-8861F-030 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 10, 2007) - Lt. Paulette Tucciarone simulates putting a pad on for the defibrillator on the dummy patient during a causality drill in the main battle dressing station aboard dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Navies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain and the United States are participating in UNITAS Atlantic 48-2007, from May 2-13, off the coast of Argentina. UNITAS is a combined South American- and U.S.-sponsored annual exercise that incorporates forces from several participating nations. Argentina is hosting this year’s Atlantic phase. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lenny M. Francioni (RELEASED)
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070510-N-8861F-030
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cake/shortskirtlongjacket.html
CAKE LYRICS
"Short Skirt / Long Jacket"
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnng jacket......
I want a girl who gets up early
I want a girl who stays up late
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
Who used a machette to cut through red tape
With fingernails that shine like justice
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excite
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
114 KOMODT2: Monday, February 15 1:00 PM
1980, NR, **1/2, 03:20, Color, English, United States, Made for TV
In Ray Bradbury's story, an astronaut makes a journey to Mars to search for the members of two previous expeditions.
Cast: Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Darren McGavin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly Director(s): Michael Anderson
http://www.cswap.com/1991/Flight_of_the_Intruder/cap/en/2_Parts/b/00_21
Flight of the Intruder
:21:24
Wait a minute!
:21:26
Good men die,
:21:27
and all we care about is
following the rules, huh?
:21:32
What are you looking for,
Grafton?
:21:35
Revenge?
:21:37
Now, this is not
the place for it.
:21:40
You're going to shake
your fist at God
:21:41
and say, "Give me revenge"?
:21:44
Well, He ain't listening.
:21:46
You know what's
going on back home.
:21:50
Bombs, riots, people spitting
on soldiers in airports.
:21:56
The whole country is
tearing itself apart.
:21:59
Is there anything in this
pissant war worth that?
:22:03
Christ, all we really got
is each other.
:22:14
I want you to think
about that
:22:17
while we're out there
http://www.cswap.com/1996/Down_Periscope/cap/en/25fps/a/01_18
Down Periscope
1:18:17
- Sir, we have a shooting solution.
- Well!
1:18:20
Get the Stingray.
Give them the coordinates.
1:18:23
I want to tell them. He's targeted.
If he has the guts to acknowledge.
1:18:30
Sir, it's that General Whatshisname again.
1:18:35
Forget the phone. Put it on the squawk.
1:18:38
OK. Yes, sir.
1:18:51
Submarine "Stingray",
this is submarine "Orlando".
1:18:55
It has been confirmed.
1:18:57
You are targeted.
1:19:00
Orlando, this is Stingray.
Stingray one speaking.
1:19:04
We acknowledge the kill and
congratulate all the fine men on your boat.
1:19:08
Well, thank you, Captain.
1:19:10
However, at the time of your transmission
I had already fired two torpedoes.
1:19:16
- What?!
- You can probably hear them in the water.
1:19:19
And though we are dead, our fish are on
their way to the naval station dummy ship.
1:19:25
They hit, we still win.
1:19:28
Aar-harr!
1:19:33
You son of a bitch.
1:19:35
Were those hot torpedoes or exercise shots?
1:19:38
Sir, our fish are running hot,
straight and normal.
http://www.cswap.com/2000/Space_Cowboys/cap/en/25fps/a/01_49
Space Cowboys
1:49:16
Stop laughing.
You used up all your oxygen, dummy.
1:49:43
Frank's hot-wired it for you...
1:49:44
...but the trick is, those missiles
run out of fuel in 20,000 miles.
1:49:49
You launch them too soon...
1:49:51
...the warheads could find
their way back home to Earth.
1:49:54
Too late, they'd run out of fuel
and then you'd be stuck with them.
1:50:00
Is this gonna work?
1:50:04
I don't know.
1:50:06
All right, fellas...
1:50:08
...let's shoot this baby to the moon.
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Mother Simpson
Original airdate in N.A.: 19-Nov-95
The front door is now surrounded with flowers and wreaths. Once again the doorbell rings, and Marge answers it.
Marge: A tombstone?!
Patty: It came with the burial plot, but that's not important: the important thing is, Homer's dead.
Selma: We've been saving for this since your wedding day.
Marge: Get out of here, you ghouls! [shuts door] Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi. [the power goes off] Huh? [Marge goes to window, sees a man cutting the lines] Uh, excuse me! Sir? I think there's been a mistake.
Workman: Oh, no, no mistake. Your electricity's in the name of Homer J. Simpson, deceased. The juice stays off until you get a job or a generator. Oh, and, uh, my deepest sympathies. [Marge shuts the window and grunts]
Marge: Homer?
Homer: [walking in] That's my name.
Marge: When I asked you if that dummy was to fake your own death, you told me no. You go downtown first thing in the morning and straighten this out.
Lisa: {Mom! Dad! Bart ran into a doorframe and bit his tongue.}
Bart: {[lisping] What the hell's going on heah?}
-- It's just Homer faking his own death again, "Mother Simpson"
Homer goes off to the Springfield Hall of Records to talk to the bureaucrats.
Homer: Listen here: my name is Homer J. Simpson. You guys think I'm dead, but I'm not. Now I want you to straighten this out without a lot of your bureaucratic red tape and mumbo-jumbo!
Bureaucrat: [typing] OK, Mr. Simpson, I'll just make the change here... and you're all set.
Homer: I don't like your attitude, you water-cooler dictator. What do you have in that secret government file anyway? I have a right to read it.
Bureaucrat: [spinning monitor around] You sure do.
Homer: [reading] "Wife: Marjorie. Children: Bartholomew, Lisa" -- aha! See? This thing is all screwed up! Who the heck is Margaret Simpson?
Bureaucrat: Uh, your youngest daughter.
Homer: [mocking] "Uh, your youngest daughter". Well how about this? This thing says my mother's still alive; she died when I was a kid! [goes to window] See that stone angel up there? That's my mother's grave. My dad points it out every time we drive by.
Bureaucrat: Mr. Simpson, uh...maybe you should actually go up there.
-- A new idea, "Mother Simpson"
Homer goes up and brushes the foliage out of the way of the inscription on the tombstone.
Homer: Mom, I'm sorry I never come to see you. I'm just not a cemetery person. "Here lies" -- Walt Whitman?! Aargh! Damn you, Walt Whitman! [kicking grave] I! Hate! You! Walt! Freaking! Whitman!
"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Toy Soldiers"
February 18, 1996
Episode 16 DVD:
00:27:12
Private West: Sir, there's been no prior intelligence mission in this area.
2LT James Herrick: I know. We're it. We're just adding a little initiative. Donovan. Eichler. Locate the control box. I'll attach a C670. West. Miller. Stay here. Keep an eye out.
Eichler: There's no control box.
Donovan: There's none over here either. There's got to be electronics.
Eichler: Wait a minute. This thing isn't even operable. It's bogus.
2LT James Herrick: What?
Eichler: You know, it's a dummy like those fake planes the British used during World War 2 to trick the Germans.
Private West: Incoming!
http://www.cswap.com/1981/Superman_II/cap/en/25fps/a/01_27
Superman II
1:27:40
WHEN WILL THESE DUMMIES
LEARN TO USE DOORKNOBS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Och_(spirit)
Och (spirit)
Och is believed to be an Olympian spirit in the Grimoire Arbatel de magia veterum, ruling over the Sun.
“ Solar interests are administered by OCH, who prolongs life to six hundred years, with perfect health therein. He imparts great wisdom, gives excellent (familiar) spirits, composes perfect medicines, converts any substance into the purest of metals, or into precious stones; he also bestows gold and a purse, quaintly described by the English translator of the Arbatel as "springing with gold."
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excite
Caprica (New)
676 SYFYHD: Friday, February 26 6:00 PM
Science fiction, Drama
There Is Another Sky
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani, Magda Apanowicz, Polly Walker, Sasha Roiz
Original Air Date: Feb 26, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; as such she is often regarded as the world's first computer programmer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)
Ada (programming language)
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language, extended from Pascal and other languages. It was originally designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull under contract to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) from 1977 to 1983 to supersede the hundreds of programming languages then used by the DoD. Ada is strongly typed and compilers are validated for reliability in mission-critical applications, such as avionics software.
Ada was named after Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), who is often credited as being the first computer programmer.
Ada supports run-time checks to protect against access to unallocated memory, buffer overflow errors, off-by-one errors, array access errors, and other detectable bugs. These checks can be disabled in the interest of runtime efficiency, but can often be compiled efficiently. It also includes facilities to help program verification. For these reasons, Ada is widely used in critical systems, where any anomaly might lead to very serious consequences, i.e., accidental death or injury. Examples of systems where Ada is used include avionics, weapon systems (including thermonuclear weapons), and spacecraft.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bind
bind
to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimoire
Grimoire
A grimoire is a textbook of magic. Such books typically include instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms and divination and also how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, and demons. In many cases the books themselves are also believed to be imbued with magical powers, though in many cultures other sacred texts that are not grimoires, such as the Bible and Qur'an, have also been believed to intrinsically have magical properties; in this manner whilst all books on magic could be thought of as grimoires, not all magical books could.
Whilst the term grimoire is originally European, and many Europeans throughout history, particularly ceremonial magicians and cunning folk, have made use of grimoires, the historian Owen Davies noted that similar such books can be found all across the world, ranging from Jamaica to Sumatra, and he also noted that the first such grimoires could be found not in Europe but in the Ancient Near East.
It is most commonly believed that the term grimoire originated from the Old French word grammaire, which had initially been used to refer to all books written in Latin. By the 18th century, the term had gained its now commonly used usage in France, and had begun to be used to refer purely to books of magic, which Owen Davies presumed was because "many of them continued to circulate in Latin manuscripts." However, the term grimoire also later developed into a figure of speech indicating something that was hard or even impossible to understand amongst the French. It was only in the 19th century, with the increasing interest in occultism amongst the British following the publication of Francis Barrett's The Magus (1801), that the term entered the English language in reference to books of magic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympian_spirits
Olympian spirits
Olympian spirits (or Olympic spirits, Olympick spirits) refers to seven (or sometimes fourteen) spirits mentioned in several renaissance and post-renaissance books of ritual magic/ceremonial magic, such as the Arbatel de magia veterum
In ritual magic, the seven Olympian spirits are not confused with the seven traditional archangels, which usually are Michael (usually the Sun), Anael (Venus), Raphael (usually Mercury), Gabriel (the Moon), Cassiel (Saturn), Samael (Mars), and Zadkiel (Jupiter), or a variation thereof.
The seven Olympian spirits are often invoked in conjunction with the seven classic archangels, and magic seals often associate one of the classic seven with one of the Olympian spirits. For example, a magic seal from The Complete Book of Magic Science (1573) shows the form of a seal which binds a spirit of Jupiter, Pabiel, to the magician: Pabiel's name appears in a band stretched between two circles
2008 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" DVD movie:
00:13:04
Michael Grainer: Object 07/493 was first spotted just beyond Jupiter's orbit by the Spaceguard program.
2008 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" DVD movie:
00:14:25
Michael Grainer: The best we can do is plan for the aftermath.
Yusef: How long do we have?
Michael Grainer: Seventy-eight minutes.
