JOURNAL ARCHIVE: July 17, 2006
Another "April 16." Although I'm really not sure what that even means anymore. I must have been something like a tier, a layer in this story line. A detail that is more recognizable to Kerry Burgess than to Thomas Ray or what ever is my name.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: July 31, 2006
"the hungry beach." That's where I got that. When did I say that about the waves on Alki Beach? Last year? This is probably something that is in the memory of Thomas Ray, but Kerry Burgess doesn't remember studying it. I remember studying Shakespeare, but not this one.
http://www.online-literature.com/view.php/coriolanus/27
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
Fillip the stars; then let the mutinous winds
Strike the proud cedars 'gainst the fiery sun
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 4, 2006
April, May, June. There must be a reason I have this memory about that sequence of months. When I look at it from the perspective of Thomas Ray in 1981, there was the shuttle in April and then Iraq in June. Not sure what I did in May, may have been in the hospital due to the injury from the parachute harness.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: posted by H.V.O.M at 4:47 PM Sunday, March 25, 2007
In this speech by President Reagan, it seems kind of an unusual context for mentioning Gettysburg, a speech Lincoln made to dedicate a national cemetery for soldiers. My theory is that the speech reflects this day was my 27th birthday and I was being held POW by the Libyans. They had me captive, but I was breaking the bones of anyone that got near me. The only way the could control me was to drug me. It reminds me of when I went to the police for assistance and all they did was take me to the hospital and all the hospital did was secretly drug my food. The police didn't even ask me any questions and the doctors didn't care about any thing I had to say.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 21, 2006
I guess if there is any solace to all this, it is that Thomas Ray was never attacked before by such world-class cowards. It is quite fascinating to see how Willard H. Gates, master of Shih Tzu War, and conspirators, operates. I believe it was only my forgotten military skills and experience that has kept me alive from their attacks so far.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars
Yugoslav Wars
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The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought from 1991 to 2001 inside the territory of the former Yugoslavia. These wars accompanied and/or facilitated the breakup of the country, when its constituent republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 11, 2006
I haven't had any more thoughts about Sarajevo, which seems unusual I thought today.
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http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-22/local/me-1297_1_croatian-american-war
Los Angeles Times
War and Remembrance : A devastating conflict that is killing relatives and reducing their ancestral towns to rubble has mobilized the large enclave of Croatian-Americans in the harbor area.
December 22, 1991 GREG KRIKORIAN TIMES STAFF WRITER
Every day in San Pedro, in a large stucco hall filled with memories of good times, scores of Croatian-Americans gather to share sad stories about the war in their homeland.
In the bright auditorium and the dark lounge of Croatian Hall, they talk about what has happened to their republic and loved ones, such as Ante Rogic.
Rogic was a 17-year-old soldier in Yugoslavia when the war began in July, said his cousin, Susy Smith of San Pedro. And he was tortured and killed in his hometown of Skabrnje for refusing to join the Yugoslav army's crackdown on Croatia's bid for independence, she said.
"When they brought his body home, our custom is to have an open casket," Smith said. "But this time, they didn't."
The story of Ante is one of countless told every day in San Pedro, where a large enclave of Croatian-Americans has mobilized to help their homeland survive a civil war that so far has claimed thousands of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict.
While most Americans are gripped by the economic recession, the dismantling of the Soviet Union or events in the Middle East, the estimated 20,000 Croatian-Americans who live in the harbor area are consumed by a war that is killing relatives and reducing towns to rubble.
"This has taken over our whole community," said Sylvana Gusich of the Croatian National Assn., a 51-year-old Los Angeles organization that serves as an umbrella group for all Croatian clubs in Southern California. "Everyone is involved."
On one front, Croatian-Americans have fought locally for public attention and political action to help their families and friends in the republic of 5 million people, where war broke out only two days after Croatia's June 25 declaration of independence. Since the fighting erupted, hundreds of Croatian-Americans have staged demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles, held candlelight vigils in San Pedro and mounted huge letter-writing campaigns to the White House and Congress.
Simultaneously, the Croatian-American community has coordinated a massive assistance effort in which nearly 400 tons of food, clothing and medical supplies have been shipped to Croatia from the Port of Los Angeles, according to organizers. Thus far, they said, the shipments have included an estimated $2.5 million in food and $2 million in medical supplies.
And the relief efforts are growing. Larger shipments are being readied and new programs are being started, including Croatian Mother, a sponsorship program for children orphaned by the war.
"When we started, it was like anything new. It took some time to get organized," said Mario Juravich, San Pedro field deputy to Los Angeles Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores. "But now, we feel we are organized and contributing."
At Croatian Hall in San Pedro, scores of people huddle quietly each night to organize relief efforts, coordinate demonstrations or just listen to radio dispatches about the war, which pits Croatia and Slovenia against the Serbian-dominated Yugoslav National Guard and other forces that want to keep the two republics from breaking away from Yugoslavia.
When the stories about the war's toll on civilians and cities are told, the crying begins.
"When I was in Zagreb," Walter Lonza told several friends the other night, "I saw three little kids in sweaters standing outside, and the temperature was zero. And when I walked over to give them some money, their mother started crying, and I was crying too.
"It is," he said, choking back tears, "a barbaric war."
Regina Herceg said her 78-year-old aunt, Ljubica Tuskan, was gunned down by a sniper as she left her home in Karlovac.
And, although he still does not know all the details, Yul Draskovic said, he does know that his brother, Niko, and cousin, Maria, died after their tiny town of Gruda was bombarded for days.
"I am a 66-year-old man, and I am crying," Draskovic said. "Do you see what misery we are going through?"
Herceg, who is helping coordinate the relief efforts, said the tales of turmoil in Croatia never seem to end.
"Almost every person who comes in has someone suffering at home," she said.
Many Croatian-Americans, particularly the large number who have been loyal to the Republican Party, are upset by what they see as the Bush Administration's lack of attention to the war.
"There is a disappointment and helpless feeling among Croatian-Americans," said Juravich, Flores' aide. "And sometimes they feel frustrated that many countries, including the U.S., have turned their eyes away from what is happening there."
That frustration was evident recently when more than 200 Croatian-Americans turned a San Pedro fund-raising luncheon for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) into an emotional call to abandon President Bush in next year's election unless the United States officially recognizes Croatia's independence. (The European Community this week announced it would recognize Croatia and Slovenia in January.)
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-22/local/me-1297_1_croatian-american-war/2
Los Angeles Times
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War and Remembrance : A devastating conflict that is killing relatives and reducing their ancestral towns to rubble has mobilized the large enclave of Croatian-Americans in the harbor area.
December 22, 1991 GREG KRIKORIAN TIMES STAFF WRITER
"If he cannot recognize Croatia because it is the right and moral thing to do, he had better recognize Croatia because, if he does not, he will lose the votes of all Croatian-Americans in the next election," Mike Volarich, president of the Croatian National Assn., said in a speech that drew loud cheers and a standing ovation from the luncheon audience.
There are an estimated 3 million people of Croatian descent living in the United States.
The political activism borne by events in Croatia has also touched many young Croatian-Americans who, like Miro Tomasevich, were never before involved in Croatian community and cultural events, or preoccupied with Croatia's future.
"I've never been real active in the Croatian-American community," said Tomasevich, a 21-year-old student at Cal State Long Beach and president of its Croatian American Student Society.
"But now that the volcano has erupted in Croatia, we are involved . . . it has brought us together."
As such, local Croatian-American leaders said, the community's young people have been every bit as active as their parents and grandparents in organizing fund-raising events, staging demonstrations, and coordinating emergency relief efforts.
"The most important thing in all of this is that it (the war) has brought us together here," said Felix Duhovic, president of the Croatian-American Club of San Pedro. "When you see 40 to 50 people loading containers . . . when you see all the work that is being done, it is a good feeling, it is a great feeling."
Still, for all their work, Duhovic said, local Croatian-Americans believe more needs to be done. And while the war continues, he said, Croatian Hall will remain a solemn place.
"We always sing. We always dance. We love a good time," Duhovic said. But this New Year's Eve, he said, there will be no dancing at the hall, unless his family and others in Croatia win independence.
"If they do," he said, managing a smile, "we will have a big celebration."
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 1/23/1996 is 1490 days
1490 = 745 + 745
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/17/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Journey to Babel" ) is 745 days
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/02/inputoutput.html ]
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Sun microsystems
JAVASOFT SHIPS JAVA 1.0
Programming environment available free for developers
Palo Alto, CA - January 23, 1996 - JavaSoft, the newly-formed operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that the Java™ 1.0 programming environment is now available for download at http://java.sun.com.
"Java's write-once-run-everywhere capability along with its easy accessibility have propelled the software and Internet communities to embrace it as the de facto standard for writing applications for complex networks," said Alan Baratz, JavaSoft's newly appointed president. "We're delighted to invite developers to download Java 1.0 immediately and start building the next killer application."
"Improving Java to create this strong 1.0 general release has been a great achievement for our team," said Ruth Hennigar, general manager of Java language and applications, JavaSoft. "Since our first alpha release to the web in March we have received a lot of developer feedback and have improved functionality and reliability. This release incorporates the components that software developers have told us they need -- the Java Applet Viewer for running and testing applets; the Java Compiler; a prototype debugger and the Java Virtual Machine to run Java-based programs. We've also included class libraries for graphics, audio, animation and networking."
Since its announcement in May 1995, Java has been widely used to create hundreds of "applets" or small applications which can be downloaded across a network and can run locally. Companies as diverse as National Semiconductor, Precision Systems, Inc. and Starwave have already announced significant Java-based programs.
Available for free over the Internet
Developers will continue to have access to Java 1.0, free of charge. It is available for download at http://java.sun.com.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 7:16 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 18 February 2015 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/02/inputoutput.html
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=halt-and-catch-fire-2014&episode=s01e01
Springfield! Springfield!
Halt and Catch Fire
I/O
(SCREAMS) You listen to me, boy! You listen to me! I admire your tenacity, but I draw the line at you claiming that you did me a favor.
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- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 10:46 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Sunday 27 December 2015
