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FReeper Canteen ~ About Color and How It Is Used In War~ January 23, 2007
Supporting The Best Troops In The World | January 22, 2007 | Soaring Feather/Canteen Crew

Posted on 01/22/2007 6:04:29 PM PST by Soaring Feather





Good morning Troops!



FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.



Today we will explore Why Color Is Important, and how it is used at war.



Laws of Camouflage









To blend with surroundings...


For clothing and military vehicles.



First we will have a look at some history of color.



1611 - Finland - The oldest known color system is credited to astronomer, priest and Neoplatonist Aron Sigfrid Forsius (1569-1637). In his color circle , between the colors Black and White, Red has been placed on the one side since the classical antiquity, and Blue on the other; Yellow then comes between White and Red, pale Yellow between White and Yellow, Orange between Yellow and Red.




A Short History of Color Edge Detection






Color as Therapy...Click







The Color of Soil




A History of Colors






The Stars and Color.


Color Prisms



Photo ~ Star Trails~



Physics of Color






Some Fun



Google Star Trails for a marvelous journey of color into the heavens.





Click...


Please remember the Canteen is Home to our Troops and their families.
Please check your politics at the door.






TOPICS: Culture/Society; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canteen; familysupport; militarysupport; troops
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To: All
nite all!
who is 'all' anyway??!!
catchya tomorrow.
161 posted on 01/22/2007 8:39:49 PM PST by MountainFlower (Brownback, Brownback, He's Our Man!!)
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To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; bentfeather; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; ...

Weather Alerts

FREEZE WARNING in effect for :
PIMA, AZ Pinal, AZ Santa Cruz, AZ

FROST ADVISORY in effect for :
Pima, AZ Pinal, AZ Santa Cruz, AZ

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY in effect for :
Cochise, AZ Graham, AZ Greenlee, AZ



...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 191 AND OVER THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 191 WITH UP TO 6 INCHES ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CHIRICAHUAS. AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT.

FARTHER WEST TOWARD BENSON...SAFFORD...BISBEE AND SIERRA VISTA... LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMUALTIONS ARE ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TRAVEL IN THOSE AREAS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS AGAIN AFTER DARK AS THE SNOW WHICH MELTED EARLIER BEGINS TO REFREEZE...AND AREAS OF FREEZING FOG TO REDEVELOP. THIS WILL CAUSE BLACK ICE TO FORM ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...ICE AND FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$


162 posted on 01/22/2007 8:39:53 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Soaring Feather
You got snow??

We got a little over an inch last night where I live, and close to 4 a few miles south of here.

I doubt there will be any more this year...but ya just never know!

163 posted on 01/22/2007 8:41:20 PM PST by HiJinx (Ask me about support for the Troops)
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To: Soaring Feather

You know, I can't say that we did.
We'll have to look for 'em next time we go!


164 posted on 01/22/2007 8:42:33 PM PST by HiJinx (Ask me about support for the Troops)
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To: MountainFlower

Remind me in 2008, when we go back...!


165 posted on 01/22/2007 8:43:08 PM PST by HiJinx (Ask me about support for the Troops)
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To: SandRat; Soaring Feather; MS.BEHAVIN
CAUSE BLACK ICE TO FORM ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

Hay, Sand...are there any roads in this area that are treated?

166 posted on 01/22/2007 8:45:03 PM PST by HiJinx (Ask me about support for the Troops)
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To: HiJinx

I guess if that happens you'll have to leave earlier and drive slower.

Dangerous stuff.


167 posted on 01/22/2007 8:48:00 PM PST by Soaring Feather (I Soar, cause I can....)
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To: HiJinx; SandRat

AIYEEEE!!!!
Black ice!
Once in the ditch is enough for me!
LOL
Ms.B


168 posted on 01/22/2007 8:48:21 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All

Great book on Color in War

THE WAR MAGICIAN: How Jasper Maskelyne and his magic gang altered the course of WWII. Photos, 315 pages. Jasper Maskelyne, was born in 1902 in England, a music hall conjurer, never fired a shot in battle, but his amazing feats played a key role in the Allied victory in Africa. Among his many triumphs, Maskelyne "hid" the Suez Canal and conjured up illusions of armies and battleships, fooling German forces led by General Erwin Rommel into retreat. The grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of British magic, Maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war. Convinced he could use his skills to help the army, Maskelyne wooed sceptical officials by creating the illusion of a German warship floating down the Thames using mirrors and a model. He was placed in charge of the Royal Engineers Camouflage Corps and sent to Egypt where he performed some genuine mission impossibles. Asked to prevent the Germans from bombing Alexandria Harbour, the conjurer redirected the bombers by recreating the harbour's exact lighting pattern three miles away. He "vanished" the Suez Canal by building a series of spinning strobe lights to put pilots off their bearings. Maskelyne's greatest triumph came in 1942 when he successfully convinced Rommel that the British Eighth Army was in the south of the Egyptian desert and that the Alamein attack would begin there rather than in the north. Although praised privately by Churchill and hunted by Hitler, Maskelyne ended his days in relative obscurity as a farmer in Kenya and died in 1973.

Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (November 1, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425062953
ISBN-13: 978-0425062951


169 posted on 01/22/2007 8:52:18 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

No ditches between here and work, I should be okay!

And you be careful too, y'hear?

Okay, time to call it a night.

See everyone tomorrow!


170 posted on 01/22/2007 8:54:37 PM PST by HiJinx (Ask me about support for the Troops)
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To: HiJinx; Soaring Feather; MS.BEHAVIN

Saw a few locally that were being sanded down but that's it.


171 posted on 01/22/2007 8:54:59 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Black ice is rough on the nickers.


172 posted on 01/22/2007 8:55:49 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

That's fascinating, Sandy!
Thank you!
Ms.B


173 posted on 01/22/2007 9:00:56 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: HiJinx

Drive carefully Sweetie!
*HUG*
Rest well, and God bless!
Ms.B


174 posted on 01/22/2007 9:02:37 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: SandRat

LOL
I should say so!
I don't think I'll wear THAT particular pair of nursing scrubs again!
Ms.B


175 posted on 01/22/2007 9:04:23 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Belated Happy Birthday!!!


176 posted on 01/22/2007 9:05:37 PM PST by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

Look at all those birdies....cool!


177 posted on 01/22/2007 9:10:14 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: Lady Jag

You find the coolest stuff!
*HUG*
Ms.B


178 posted on 01/22/2007 9:13:10 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (women who behave rarely make history)
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To: AZamericonnie

((hugs to you)) Sweetie!
Don't let the bed bugs bite! :)


179 posted on 01/22/2007 9:20:08 PM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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To: MountainFlower

Hi MF! I'm here! :)


180 posted on 01/22/2007 9:20:43 PM PST by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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