Friday, December 21, 2012

12/21/2012 Station Identification and Notice Board



WELCOME TO AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS!





Barque:  ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT II, Named for the Oceanographer
Photo by Hans Georg Schroder


FRIDAY DECEMBER 21, 2012

NEW TO OUR SITE? WONDER WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT? CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR AN ENTERTAINING VIDEO EXPLANATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw32RRJY98:
If you want more detail after the video click on the INTRODUCTION page in the right hand margin.

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Click on the link below the flag to get your day off to the right start!



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IN THE BLOG SPACE TODAY

WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT LOW COUNTRY PORTS? GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.
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IN THE NEWS TODAY

Seized Argentinian sailing ship leaves Ghana

Argentinian navy vessel detained over US 'vulture fund' claim is released after international court ruling  

IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK

THE UN TRIBUNAL RULED IN FAVOR OF ARGENTINA AGAINST GHANA IN THE SEIZURE OF THE NAVAL TRAINING SHIP LIBERTAD. A DECISION ON THE OTHER SHIP COULD BE DELIVERED AT ANY MOMENT. STORY AND LINK POSTED LATE YESTERDAY SCROLL PAST STATION ID.


NEW COAST GUARD BILL WILL REQUIRE CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES TO SHUN DEALINGS WITH VESSELS BELONGING TO TERRORIST STATES OR NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ARE UNDER SCRUTINY.  Classification societies such as the American Bureau of shipping and Lloyds Classification Society provide load line certificates and other important safety certifications to ships often required for port entry in many jurisdictions. The new Coast Guard Bill on the President's desk, as yet unsigned, would automatically eliminate U.S.recognition of certificates issued by classification societies that do business with the shipping of designated "terrorists countries" such as Iran.

CHINESE NAVY VISITS SYDNEY

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Chinese navy ships returning home from counter piracy operations off the northeast African coast have arrived in Sydney as they prepare for training exercises with the Australian navy.
The visit and training exercises are part of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australian and China. 

Russia sends warships to Syria to prepare for evacuation

The move is the first sign that Moscow is worried about rebel advances on Damascus

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-sends-warships-to-syria-to-prepare-for-evacuation-8424033.html

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NAMAZU GIANT CATFISH, KNOWN AS THE EARTH SHAKER, FORMER JAPANESE DEMIGOD, ALBUM COVER MODEL, AND OUR OWN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AND SOCIETAL COMMENTATOR. LEGEND, AND STAR OF STAGE ,SCREEN AND OUTER SPACE.

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1. MUSIC BY OH LAND!

Below is a link to YouTube's Top Tracks for MS Oh Land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgqm07tk4M&list=ALYL4kY05133oXyNOujcom4b656Ywou9Td&index=4
Fauna
MS Oh Land, clearly a Namazu fan

    Link to the Album Fauna below:      

http://www.amazon.com/Fauna/dp/B007IVXB96/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354425470&sr=301-2

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfL_vGX6YbE


 The link above will take you to a YouTube version of Namazu by Oh Land which provides the Lyrics as streaming text. Below, the album cover icons link you to MP3 , and CDs of music by Oh Land available from Amazon.  

 Album         single              album

MP3 and Cloud Players are the latest thing in music recording and replay. Click on the blue link below to learn more about them or to order one. 
MP3 and Cloud Players 



American Admiralty Books Link to MP3 Downloads 

The link below takes you to Amazon CDs and other non MP3 and Cloud Player choices.


American Admiralty Books Amazon Music Link

The link below takes you anything and everything else Amazon has to offer American Admiralty Books Amazon Shop By Department Link


2. THE BEST PICTORIAL HISTORY OF A CLASS OF SAILING VESSELS EVER PUBLISHED!

Great American Schooner Yachts
Illustrations, photos, drawings, plans histories and more on the schooner designs of William Burgess, Cox and Stevens, Samuel Crocker, the greats of  American schooner design  A reference work for yacht designers, and nautical historians ,and a work of art for the rest of us. If you have a serious sailor on your Christmas list  just click on the book cover icon link below and put one of these babies in your Amazon shopping basket.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-American-Schooner-Yachts-Rudolph/dp/0764340891/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353900463&sr=1-1&keywords=GREAT+AMERICAN+SCHOONER+YACHTS 

           Check it out in our sailing and boat building sections or at Amazon via the link above.

 3.ANY OF THE FOLLOWING GREAT BOOKS FROM THE READ LIKE A CATFISH COLLECTION



JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! GIVE THE GIFT OF "IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING" A BOOK FROM THE NAMAZU 2012 READING LIST! 
  
      Click on book cover link to learn more or to order

The Genesis of Justice : 10 Stories of Biblical Injustice That Led to the 10 Commandments and Modern Morality and Law [Paperback]. Relates To Namazu's 

12/6/2012 blog:  "WHERE IS THE MERCHANT IN THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN WAY?"
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfL_vGX6YbE

 The link above will take you to a YouTube version of Namazu by Oh Land which provides the Lyrics as streaming text. Below, the album cover icons link you to MP3 , and CDs of music by Oh Land available from Amazon.  

 Album         single              album

MP3 and Cloud Players are the latest thing in music recording and replay. Click on the blue link below to learn more about them or to order one. 
MP3 and Cloud Players 



American Admiralty Books Link to MP3 Downloads 

The link below takes you to Amazon CDs and other non MP3 and Cloud Player choices.


American Admiralty Books Amazon Music Link

The link below takes you anything and everything else Amazon has to offer American Admiralty Books Amazon Shop By Department Link

PERIODICALS:


Editor's note: . Here is Namazu on maritime periodicals.  Namazu urges all of our maritime professional readers to join the Naval Institute and join him in reading the PROCEEDINGS "cover to cover" every month.

THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE'S PROCEEDINGS IS MY NUMBER ONE PICK IN MARITIME PERIODICAL READING.   http://www.usni.org/ 
Naval Institute Proceedings":    http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings



                           Click on the link below to contact the Naval Institute
                                                    http://www.usni.org/

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 THE NAMAZU READING LIST IS NOT REVIEWED BY THE AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS EDITORIAL STAFF OR BOARD. THESE RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONS ARE THE SOLE OPINION OF NAMAZU THE EARTH SHAKER
                                          

THE BOOK OF THE YEAR:



THE WAY OF THE SHIP: AMERICA'S MARITIME HISTORY REINVISIONED 1600 -2000

  by W. Jeffery Bolster and Alexander Keyssay (published 2007)



 American Admiralty Books gives this history a rare "recommended" rating meaning that we think every marine professional should have this volume in his or her personal professional library. Click on the link below the book cover image to read more or to order.


                                                           

http://www.amazon.com/Way-Ship-Americas-Reenvisoned-1600-2000/dp/0470136006/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353904516&sr=1-1&keywords=THE+WAY+OF+THE+SHIP

Check it out in our MERCHANT MARINE INTEREST SECTION or read about it at Amazon via the link above


READINGS RELATED TO NAMAZU POSTINGS:




   SPICE THE HISTORY OF A TEMPTATION by Jack Turner



 SALT: A WORLD HISTORY by Mark Kurlarshy      


  THE DEVILS MILK, A SOCIAL HISTORY OF RUBBER                                  
                                     
                                                                                        
   CLAY, THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF HUMANKIND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EARTH'S MOST PRIMAL ELEMENT by Suzanne Staubach

The one commodity that is presently driving the world economy and which Namazu sees as having a shift in its center of gravity towards the United States driving a strong economic recovery in the next several years is of course oil. To better understand the global oil based economy Namazu suggests the following.



Start with this primer : OIL 101  by Morgan Downey

(The Book covers are not hyperlink Icons a single hyperlink is at the bottom of the book covers, This link takes you to "THE QUEST" and all of the other hyper links can be found by scrolling down from there)



Then get deeper into the skull duggery:



 


                                             

     





  CLICK ON THE "QUEST "ICON FOR THIS BOOK AND FIND THE LINKS TO THE REST BY SCROLLING DOWN AT THE" QUEST" SITE.




COASTAL ZONE EROSION AND PROTECTION
Mitigating Shore Erosion along Sheltered Coasts
Click on the hyperlink below to read a description or to order
http://www.amazon.com/Mitigating-Shore-Erosion-Sheltered-Coasts/dp/0309103460/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353899953&sr=1-11&keywords=Coastal+Zone+Erosion+and+Protection

                                   
 BAYOU FARWELL by Mike Tidwell the story of the rapidly eroding Louisiana coast , the disappearing environment and human culture. Available as a book or on Kindle click on the above icon and then click on the book cover icon in Amazon to read excerpts.

                                           

Coastal Building Codes and Design:

                                             


 This completes the 2012 Namazu Reading List. There are 21 books and one monthly periodical a reading pace of a little less than two books a month on average.  One is a table top book that we all agree is far more than a table top book of great photography but an important contribution to nautical history and design, but being a large table top book you don't have to read it quickly. If you complete all of Namazu's suggested readings you'll be well poised to fully understand his 2012 and early 2013 writings. But there will be a 2013 READ LIKE A CATFISH READING LIST. Don't be too concerned about being a year or so behind the giant catfish. The truth is we are all 3,000 years behind this nearly immortal sage. 

TO DEVELOP THE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AND INSIGHTFUL CATFISH PERSPECTIVE.....

YOU HAVE TO READ LIKE A CATFISH!   GO DEEP!  GO AMAZON VIA  AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS!


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SPACE AS AN OCEAN


                                   

LESSONS FROM THE AGE OF EUROPEAN MARINE EXPLORATION FOR THE SPACE AGE.  From the Book "PROTOCOLS" (c) 2012 by American Admiralty Books
 . The entire series in chronological order of appearance is now posted in the MARITIME LITERATURE SECTION.                                          
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