Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day






Memorial Day is one of America’s most solemn observances. We honor the men and women who died serving and defending our country—unlike Veterans Day, the day to honor all veterans.


The sheer carnage of the Civil War, America’s deadliest war, inspired Memorial Day as a way to honor the war dead. The observances originally were called Decoration Day because thankful Americans decorated and cared for soldiers’ graves. “Memorial Day” usage began appearing in 1882, but “Decoration Day” was common until post-World War II. Congress officially changed the name in 1967,


Keep noon and 3 p.m. local time in mind today. At noon, all flags lowered to half-staff should be raised completely for the remainder of the day. And at 3 p.m., a National Moment of Remembrance takes place. President Bill Clinton started the tradition in 2000.


Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee, a great grand-daughter of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In an area of 624 acres (253 ha), veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, ranging from the American Civil War through to the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.



Each year, members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry regiment, also known as the Old Guard, are charged with placing American flags at the graves of each service member in Arlington National Cemetery. Created in 1784, the regiment is the oldest active duty regiment in the U.S. Army.


The Tomb of the Unknowns has been perpetually guarded since July 2, 1937, by the U.S. Army. The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment ("The Old Guard") began guarding the Tomb on April 6, 1948. There is a meticulous routine which the guard follows when watching over the graves.
                                                                            The Tomb Guard:
Marches 21 steps down the black mat behind the Tomb.
Turns, faces east for 21 seconds.
Turns and faces north for 21 seconds.
Takes 21 steps down the mat.
Repeats the routine until the soldier is relieved of duty at the Changing of the Guard.
After each turn, the Guard executes a sharp "shoulder-arms" movement to place the weapon on the shoulder closest to the visitors to signify that the Guard stands between the Tomb and any possible threat.


Twenty-one was chosen because it symbolizes the highest military honor that can be bestowed—the 21-gun salute.
Each turn the guard makes is precise and is instantly followed by a loud click of the heels as he snaps them together. The guard is changed every half hour during daylight in the summer, and every hour during daylight in the winter and every two hours at night (when the cemetery is closed to the public), regardless of weather conditions.


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

WHO'S the ONLY AMERICAN CAR COMPANY TO HAVE PAID BACK the GOVERNMENT?

Model S Signature - Signature Red

Model S Signature - Signature Red


TESLA REPAYS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

LOAN NINE YEARS EARLY




WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
PALO ALTO, Calif.--

 Tesla Motors announced that it has paid 

off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of 

Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 

2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays 

the full loan facility with interest. Following this payment, Tesla will 

be the only American car company to have fully repaid the 

government.
For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was 

funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. Tesla 

brought its Roadster sports car to market with a 30% gross margin, 

designed electric power trains for Daimler (Mercedes) and had done 

preliminary design of the Model S all before receiving a government 

loan.

In 2010, Tesla was awarded a milestone-based loan, requiring 

matching private capital obtained via public offering, by the DOE 

as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing 

program. This program was signed into law by President Bush in 

2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the 

years that followed. This program is often confused with the 

financial bailouts provided to the then bankrupt GM and Chrysler, 

who were ineligible for the ATVM program, because a requirement 

of that program was good financial health.

The loan payment was made today using a portion of the 

approximately $1 billion in funds raised in last week’s concurrent 

offerings of common stock and convertible senior notes. Elon Musk, 

Tesla’s Chief Executive Officer and co founder, purchased $100 

million of common equity, the least secure portion of the offering. “I 

would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of 

Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the ATVM 

program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these 

funds originate,” said Elon Musk. “I hope we did you proud.”





Speaking as an American Taxpayer I salute you, thank-you, I will be 

a walking talking advertisement for your company, in conversations 

of how the rich get richer & the government gives away money, I will speak

 your name proudly and recite your praises!











Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Where's Our Governments Sense ? The United States Patent and Trademark Office you are Who?


Really Give Google the Right to Guarantee We Do No Evil on their Watch?






Google applied for a Patent for a tool like and or on spell checker that would notify you and of course no one else that your personal messages in your email  and documents and possibly text messages violates policy and redirect you to other choices of words.

Sounds to me like Google wants to assure its  "Own self be True  " SWOLLEN HEAD and of course Google being my parent company Oh my gosh there it is they are trying to be our PARENT!

Google's "Policy Violation Checker"


Matt Kallman from Google said on may 7 2013 that even if they approve the patent there is no guarantee it makes it to the Market.

Until We see it
Correcting us on our tv's cable boxes and our phones!

Google is my Boss in some ways i have earned $18.00  Blogging for them for about a few years.