5/5/2012 Station Identification and Notice Board
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   MAY 5, 2013

 New Orleans has a large Mexican American and Expat Mexican population but this year Cinco de Mayo fell on day three of a three day weekend Jazz and Heritage Festival. You can bet that there will be Cinco de Mayo celebrations in spots on the grounds of the festival and in places all over town because New Orleans celebrates everything and everybody celebrates everybody else's holidays. Really until you've seen the Italians and Irish marching together on the combined St.Patrick/St.Joseph day parade it is difficult for the standard issue American mind to grasp the concept. Annapolis has been described as "a drinking town with a sailing problem". Its history is largely Anglo and African American so until recently Cinco de Mayo wasn't a big celebration. Of course down at the Fleet Reserve they haven't invented a drinking holiday yet that isn't duly noticed. Regardless, the former shipmates of the old Coast Guard Campeche Patrol who work within the American Admiralty Informational System (AAIS) developed a love for things Mexican particularly certain beers, food stuffs, and Tequila. So this Sunday we are a little less inclined for nose to the grindstone activity than on a normal Sunday, though we understand that we are in a 24/7 business. But its been months since Mardi Grais and as our Editor in Chief Johnas Presbyter  (a Campeche patrol Veteran) so often observes....."work, its the curse of the drinking class". So if the blog space isn't up to its usual speed today all we can say is HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

SUNDAY MAY 5, 2013

To View A Short Video On What This Site Is All About Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw32RRJY98
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 THE NATIONAL ANTHEM TODAY IS PERFORMED AS THE FULL VERSION, MANY AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HEARD THE COMPLETE LYRIC, WHAT IS SUNG AT MOST PUBLIC EVENTS IS A SHORTENED VERSION Click on the link below the flag to get your day off to the right start! PSSSSSSSSSSSSSST! Hey Johnas, man its Cinco de Mayo lets hear Jimi Hendrix!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYPN-1Yjt0 Full Lyric version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ALNd3kIH0  Jimi Hendrix version

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We think the following links to major sites aligned with our "Special Interest Pages" can often provide answers to commonly asked questions:

ADMIRALTY or MARITIME LAW:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/admiralty 

Note: The Cornell site when you arrive in the Admiralty section has two tabs : "Overview" and "Resources". If you are doing legal research the "Resources" tab is a fast route into most relevant statutes, and regulations, Supreme Court Cases, and even some state cases.

GENERAL MARITIME NEWS

WORLD MARITIME NEWS:

http://worldmaritimenews.com/

MARITIME TV: Videos and television broadcasts on all manner of maritime subjects http://www.maritimetv.com/

NAVAL HISTORY:

Naval History Blog, Joint Effort of the U.S. Naval Institute and the Naval history and heritage Command.

http://www.navalhistory.org/

NAVAL NEWS:
USNI NEWS:  http://news.usni.org/author/slagrone  

A NAVAL NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE: NOSI Naval Open Source Intelligence:

http://www.nosi.org/


OCEANOGRAPHY: The Scripts Institute

http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu

SHIP RESEARCH: 

SHIPINDEX.ORG

Find publications that mention a particular ship recently or deep into recorded history:  http://www.shipindex.org/  limited free service very reasonable short and long term subscriptions.

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NEWS OF NAMAZU THE EARTH SHAKER

NAMAZU, giant Japanese catfish former demigod, turned maritime analyst

Namazu is our senior maritime analyst and star commentator, many visitors check in just to see what the giant catfish has to say lately. When he has something new we post it in this space. Other wise his stuff is all over the blog postings, and an index to his posts is in the INDEX AND FINDING AIDS SECTION. Yesterday we featured NAMAZU AND POPE FRANCIS on Ideologues as policy makers.  We also featured  Namazu's advice on gasoline prices.
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