2015 August
2nd month of the 3rd quarter of the 26th year of the Bush-Clinton-Shrub-Obummer economic depression
updated: 2015-12-29
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"Neither House, during the Session of congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than 3 days, nor to any other Place than that in which the 2 Houses shall be sitting." --- article 1 section 5 paragraph 4
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captain William Scott's flag for the Republic of Texas.
2015 August
2nd month of the 3rd quarter of the 26th year of the Bush-Clinton-Shrub-Obummer economic depression
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"I am HaShem your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make a carved image, or any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I HaShem your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me, and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments" --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:6-9
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2015-08-04
1730-08-04: John Peter Zenger acquitted of sedition.
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1306-08-08: good king Wenceslas of Poland murdered at the behest of his brother, cruel king Boleslaw.
1570-08-08: king Charles ix of France signed Treaty of St. Germain giving freedom of religion to Huguenots and ending 3rd war of religion.
1648-08-08: Ibrahim, sultan of Istanbul, imprisoned and assassinated.
1844-08-08: Brigham Young succeeded Joseph Smith as head of Mormonite church.
1876-08-08: Thomas A. Edison patented mimeograph.
1896-08-08: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings born.
1899-08-08: first household refrigerator patented.
1901-08-08: Ernest Orlando Lawrence born at 15 Monk Road in Bishopston, Bristol, England.
1902-08-08: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac birth-day.
1908-08-08: Wilbur Wright made first public flight at a race-course at Le Mans, France.
1911-08-08: president William Howard Taft signed a measure raising the number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next congress, with a proviso to add 2 more members when New Mexico and Arizona became states. (The number of House seats has remained at 435 ever since, except for a temporary increase to 437 after Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union, while it should have long since been increased to over 1K. Originally, the founders were aiming for 1 representative for every 30K to 50K US citizens, now it's 1 congress-critter for every 600K-700K residents (citizens + legal residents + illegal aliens.)
1911-08-08: The news-reel became a standard feature at U.S. movie screenings when the French film company Pathe began releasing weekly black-and-white features to theaters.
1937-08-08: Japan occupied Beijing.
1940-08-08: Nazi Luftwaffe attacked Great Britain, beginning Battle of Britain.
1942-08-08: US Marines captured Japanese air-strip on Guadalcanal.
1942-08-08: 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who'd landed in the U.S.A. were executed in Washington, DC; 2 others were spared.
1944-08-08: US forces completed capture of Marianas Islands.
1945-08-08: Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
1950-08-08: US troops repelled 1st attack at 10-day battle of Naktong Bulge.
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H-1B Visas Issued Through Consular Offices
| year | general allocation issued | H-1B1
set-aside
for those from Chile
and Singapore | Total H-1B Visas Issued |
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| 1996 | 58,327 | - - - | 58,327 |
| 1997 | 80,547 | - - - | 80,547 |
| 1998 | 91,360 | - - - | 91,360 |
| 1999 | 116,513 | - - - | 116,513 |
| 2000 | 133,290 | - - - | 133,290 |
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| 2001 | 161,643 | - - - | 161,643 |
| 2002 | 118,352 | - - - | 118,352 |
| 2003 | 107,196 | - - - | 107,196 |
| 2004 | 138,965 | 72 | 139,037 |
| 2005 | 124,099 | 275 | 124,374 |
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| 2006 | 135,421 | 440 | 135,861 |
| 2007 | 154,053 | 639 | 154,692 |
| 2008 | 129,464 | 719 | 130,183 |
| 2009 | 110,367 | 621 | 110,988 |
| 2010 | 117,409 | 419 | 117,828 |
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| 2011 | 129,134 | 418 | 129,552 |
| 2012 | 135,530 | 461 | 135,991 |
| 2013 | 153,223 | 571 | 153,794 |
| year | general allocation issued | H-1B1
set-aside
for those from Chile
and Singapore | Total H-1B Visas Issued |
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Sources:
State Dapartment
FY2004-FY2008 pdf;
FY2006 table 16A pdf, table 16B pdf
FY2007 table 16A pdf, table 16B pdf;
FY2008 table16A pdf, table 16B pdf
FY2009 table 16A pdf, table 16B pdf;
FY2010 table 16A pdf, table 16B pdf
FY2011 Annual Report;
FY2012 Annual Report
FY2013 Annual Report
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1913-08-13: stainless steel was invented by Harry Brearley.
1918-08-13: Opha Mae Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
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1040-08-14: king Duncan i/Dhonnchaid mac Crinan (husband of Sybilla of Northumberland/Suthen/Sibylla fitz Ward), was killed in battle at Pitgaveny/Bothnagowan, Elgin, MorayShire against his first cousin and rival MacBeth. He was buried on the island of Iona.
1057-08-14: Duncan's son, king Malcolm iii of Scotland/Caenn Mor/Maol Choluim mac Dhonnchaidh/Mael Coluim mac Donnchada killed MacBeth in battle at Lumphanan.
1971-08-14: the wicked president Richard Nixon completed the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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"Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as HaShem your God commanded you. Six days shalt you labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath unto HaShem your God, in it you shalt not do any manner of work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your man-servant and your maid-servant may rest as well as you. And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and HaShem your God brought you out thence by a mighty hand and by an out-stretched arm; therefore HaShem your God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:11-14
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"You must not take the name of HaShem your God in vain [don't make promises you don't intend to keep, with HaShem as your witness]; for HaShem will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:10
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"Honour your father and your mother, as HaShem your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth you." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:15
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2015-08-18
1587-08-18: Virginia Dare (daughter of Ananias Dare & Eleanor/Elenora/Elinor/Elyonor White; gd of governor John White & Tomasyn Cooper) was born on Roanoke Island.
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"Don't murder. Don't engage in forbidden sex. Don't steal. Don't testify falsely." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:16
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2015-08-19
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"Don't try to wheedle people out of what is theirs, when they don't really want to sell or trade it." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:17
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PM Winston Churchill
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few...
Winston Churchill Centre
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"And HaShem heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and HaShem said to me: 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you; they have well said all that they have spoken. Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear Me, and keep all My laws, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!'" --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:24-25
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"You shall observe to do therefore as HaShem your God has commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the way which HaShem your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:28-29
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2015-08-22
This Date in History
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Library of Congress
WikiPedia
On This Day
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565-08-22: a Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Colum Cille, reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
1458-08-22: king Richard iii killed at battle of Bosworth.
1654-08-22: Jacob Barsimson arrived in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1787-08-22: inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steam-boat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1992-08-22: FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi murdered Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
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"Hear, O Israel: HaShem our God, HaShem is unique. And you must love HaShem your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." --- Deuteronomy/ Devarim/דברים/ debrim/ words/ decrees 6:4-5
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1776-08-27: the Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, Long Island, NY, British forces under general William Howe defeated Americans under general George Washington.
1858-08-27: the second debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place in Freeport, IL.
1859-08-27: colonel Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the United States, near Titusville, PA.
1889-08-27: Charles G. Conn of Elkhart, IN patented the metal clarinet. More than 100 years later the name, Conn, still represents one of the most popular musical instrument names -- especially for clarinets (Conn also makes the Selmer brand.)
1894-08-27: congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which contained a provision for a socialistic graduated income extortion that was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
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| K | kilo- | thousand | | 10^3 | 1,000 |
| M | mega- | million | one thousand thousand | 10^6 | 1,000,000 |
| G | giga- | billion | one thousand million | 10^9 | 1,000,000,000 |
| T | tera- | trillion | one million million | 10^12 | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| P | peta- | quadrillion | one million billion | 10^15 | 1,000,000,000,000,000
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| E | exa- | quintillion | one billion billion | 10^18 | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| Z | zetta- | sextillion | one billion trillion | 10^21 | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
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| Y | yotta- | septillion | one trillion trillion | 10^24 | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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Except that computer people use 2 as a base raised to multiples of powers of 10, instead of 10 raised to multiples of powers of 3 because powers of 2 are handier for them, but they also want to stay somewhat close to the values of 10 most folks are used to.
| 1,024 | K | kilo- (kibi-) | 2^10 |
| 1,048,576 | M | mega- (mebi-) | 2^20 |
| 1,073,741,824 | G | giga- (gibi-) | 2^30 |
| 1,099,511,627,776 | T | tera- (tebi-) | 2^40 |
| 1,125,899,906,842,624 | P | peta- (pebi-) | 2^50 |
| 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 | E | exa- (exbi-) | 2^60 |
| 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 | Z | zetta- (zebi-) | 2^70 |
| 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 | Y | yotta- (yobi-) | 2^80 |
An alternate set of prefixes has been proposed.
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