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  Confederate Ships--CSS Gaines
CSS Gaines, an 863-ton side-wheel gunboat, was built at Mobile, Alabama, in 1861-62.
On 5 August 1864, Gaines participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay, receiving crippling damage from the gunfire of Union warships.
Confederate ships present are (as identified on the drawing): Selma, Morgan, Gaines (shown twice, in the battle line, and beached off Fort Morgan after the battle) and Tennessee.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-ag/gaines.htm   (319 words)

  
 Civil War Alabama
The Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee was constructed at the Selma Navy Yard in February 1863, made from wood from the surrounding Dallas County countryside.
It served as the centerpiece of Admiral Franklin Buchanan’s defense of Mobile Bay, along with the gunboats CSS Selma, CSS Morgan, and CSS Gaines.
Admiral Buchanan was seriously wounded during the engagement, and was forced to surrender the CSS Tennessee and its crew.
groups.msn.com /CivilWarAlabama/csstennessee.msnw   (440 words)

  
 Gaines
CSS Gaines was hastily constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Ala., during 1861-62, from unseasoned wood which was partially covered with 2-inch iron plating.
Gaines resembled CSS Morgan except that she had high pressure boilers.
Operating in the waters of Mobile Bay, under the command of Lt. J.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/cfa4/gaines.htm   (91 words)

  
 Hunt for the Lost Confederate Fleet
The CSS Richmond, designed by William Graves, was to be 160 feet long with a beam of 41 feet and drawing 12"' feet of water.
The CSS Virginia II was 180 feet in length with a beam of 48 feet and drew 14 feet of water.
The CSS Fredericksburg was 170 feet in length with a beam of 41 feet and drew 9 feet 6 inches of water.
www.numa.net /expeditions/hunt_for_lost_confederate_fleet.html   (3304 words)

  
 Civil War Naval Forces Index
CSS Atlanta [ironclad ram; see also USS Atlanta] [Photos, brief notes] [Colored illustration: Hard Aground in Wassaw Sound During Action with U.S.S. Weehawken, June 17, 1863; history] [Description, illustration] [Description, illus.
CSS Tallahassee [History, illustrations] [Brief notes, photos, map] [Roster] [Description, illus.
CSS Virginia II The following two photos are misidentified in Library of Congress as CSS Virginia (I) (correction by Mabry Tyson): [Description, illus.
www.tarleton.edu /~kjones/CSNavy.html   (905 words)

  
 MenuBuilder Modification - Etomite Support Forums
The next thing to figure out is how to put a css class on the lower level pages - so they can look like a sub-set of the parent page they are under with a different color.
And then append the level number onto the CSS element tag like menuLevel_1 { background-color: #aaaaaa; } menuLevel_2 { background-color: #bbbbbb; }, where you are appending the value of the level variable onto "menuLevel_"...
I can do the css - my site can remain as it is for now, but it is not my preference for design.
www.etomite.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=2263   (711 words)

  
 [No title]
CSS TEASER had been the aging Georgetown, D.C., tug YORK RIVER built at Philadelphia.
4 pivots, 2 broadside guns; type COLUMBIA CSS TEXAS was a twin-screw ironclad in an outfitting berth at Richmond which her builders failed to blow up before evacuating the Navy Yard in the Confederate capital on 3 April 1865.
She was designed as a ram to mount four guns and to have the protection of 4-inch iron plating supplied by Schofield & Markham and Shelby Iron Co. Engined before launching, TUSCALOOSA proceeded under her own power to Mobile for completion.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/t.txt   (4132 words)

  
 Css-validator from Lee Gaines on 2001-04-10 (www-validator-css@w3.org from April 2001)
I keep hearing that it is "the only truly complaint CSS browser, yet it does not appear to handle absolute positioning at all.
My CSS doc is handled perfectly by Explorer 5x and Netscape 6x because I stuck to very basic CSS concepts (or so I thought) yet Opera slaughters it and does not render any of the script tags.
Example from my css document from http://24.3.66.43 #001 { font-color: white; position: absolute; top: 50px; left: 15px; } is used in relation with a
my item
on the html page that has in the HEAD.
lists.w3.org /Archives/Public/www-validator-css/2001Apr/0030.html   (238 words)

  
 [No title]
MORGAN CSS GAINES was hastily constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Ala., during 1861-62, from unseasoned wood which was partially covered with 2- inch iron plating.
Consul at Tenerife was rightly apprehensive of her as being "evidently a very swift vessel." Attempting to run into Charleston, S.C., through Maffitt’s Channel on 19 March 1865, she was spotted by the yacht AMERICA which quickly brought gunfire from USS WISSAHICKON, crippling GEORGIANA.
Davidson flashed a white light in token of surrender, thus gaining time to beach his ship in 14 feet of water, three-quarters of a mile offshore and escape on the land side with all hands; this was construed as "the most consummate treachery" by the disappointed blockading crew.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/csn/g.txt   (7186 words)

  
 Houston's Ships 1/1200 Ships & Flags
HSS21 USS KEOKUK (ironclad gunboat) and CSS VIRGINIA (MERRIMAC) (ironclad gunboat)
HSS70 CSS ALBEMARLE, CSS NEUSE, and CSS COLUMBIA (ironclad rams)
HSS75 CSS GAINES and CSS MORGAN (sidewheel gunboats) and CSS SELMA (gunboat)
www.historicalminiatures.com /houston.htm   (494 words)

  
 Wired News: Reliving Comics' Days of Infamy
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At the ComicCon, dozens of attendees watched newsreel footage of an appearance by William Gaines, publisher of EC Comics, before the committee.
He fumbled when Sen. Estes Kefauver, the ambitious committee chairman, showed Gaines a cover of a comic book and threw this when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-style comment hardball: "This seems to be a man with a bloody ax holding a woman's head up, which has been severed from her body.
wired-vig.wired.com /news/culture/1,59684-1.html   (942 words)

  
 Fort Morgan/ Fort Gains and the Battle of Mobile Bay
CSS GAINES was hastily constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Ala., during 1861-62, from unseasoned wood which was partially covered with 2- inch iron plating.
CSS MORGAN was a partially armored gunboat built at Mobile, Ala.
She operated in the waters around Mobile from the time of her completion early in 1862 to the close of hostilities.
www.civilwarhistory.com /photosaugust/fort_morgan.html   (1523 words)

  
 WS_FTP\csn\gravesites
CSS NEW ORLEANS was a floating battery at Island No. 10, Memphis
Served on the Gunboat CSS MORGAN at Mobile
PHILIP at New Orleans; CSS FLORIDA (SELMA) at Mobile; CSS ARCTIC at Wilmington, NC; Service Abroad; CSS SAMPSON at Savannah
www.csnavy.org /gravesites.htm   (960 words)

  
 Contol Location on Webform
Using Grid layout means that you're using in-line CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to position and lay out your HTML objects (your Controls).
CSS is going to behave differently in different browsers.
Not using CSS means that you're most likely to use HTML tables for positioning.
www.codecomments.com /message330486.html   (671 words)

  
 Thoroughbred's 1:600 Scale Ironclads
CSS Richmond (ironclad ram - 6 in class)
CSS Gaines (wooden gunboat – 2 in class)
CSS Tuscaloosa (ironclad ram – 2 in class)
www.thoroughbredmodels.com /Ironclads.htm   (222 words)

  
 Slap on the wrist for US drug cheats - Sport - www.theage.com.au
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Sprinter Chryste Gaines and hurdlers Sandra Glover, Eric Thomas and Chris Phillips received public warnings and disqualifications because the drug, used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness, was regarded as a minor stimulant at the time of the offences.
Gaines, Glover and Thomas tested positive at last year's US championships while Phillips was caught in Paris.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/21/1082530237483.html?from=storyrhs   (316 words)

  
 Brazos Valley Reads - College of Liberal Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Ernest Gaines, well-known author of A Lesson Before Dying, joined liberal arts faculty, staff, and students, and Bryan/College Station residents to celebrate the culmination of the community's first Brazos Valley Reads program.
Led by the Texas AandM University English Department, the program's goal was to encourage and engage students (at all levels) and community members in reading and discussing substantive issues raised by Gaines' book.
Gaines, who read excerpts from his book and shared stories about how he developed the characters, situations, and storyline.
clla.tamu.edu /spotlight-old/gaines   (183 words)

  
 The Yale Herald - April 11, 2003 - All-Americans, Kendog-style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
As Syracuse completed its remarkable run through the heart of the Big 12, America's best conference, on the way to its first national championship, the Orangemen not only exposed their remarkable young talent but also laid bare the faulty underpinnings of the All-America selection process.
Reece Gaines, Louisville: A little bit of home cooking, but no one in the country makes more clutch shots than Mr.
Asked to move to point guard at the beginning of the season, Gaines quickly transitioned from one of the most dominant off-guards in the country to one of the most effective creators.
www.yaleherald.com /article.php?Article=2072   (748 words)

  
 Metal News - Bassist Timothy Gaines Leaves Stryper ( Metal Underground . com )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
After much prayer, deep consideration, conversations, and deliberation, it has been decided, by all four of the original members of Stryper, that bassist Timothy Gaines will not be performing with the band during any upcoming concerts.
Timothy Gaines was not asked to leave the band, nor was there a ceremonious resignation.
It was simply a decision made by all parties, in an effort to individually preserve their respective calling, personally and professionally.
www.metalunderground.com /news/details.cfm?newsid=9458   (503 words)

  
 CSS Tennessee
Tennessee, including the wooden gunboats C.S.S. Gaines, Morgan, and Selma who were now stationed at the approaches to Mobile Bay, ninety miles south of the port.
All hands were immediately called on board the vessels, the anchor was raised and the men assembled at their quarters for action.
Selma had surrendered, Gaines run aground, that night she was set on fire by her crew and sank, and Morgan had escaped to hide under the forts guns
home.freeuk.com /gazkhan/tennessee.htm   (1497 words)

  
 Metal News - Dreams of Damnation add Gaines on Guitar ( Metal Underground . com )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
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Los Angeles-based thrashers Dreams Of Damnation, featuring ex-members of Dark Angel, have officially added ex-Abattoir guitarist Steve Gaines to the rhythm section, a statement from the group says.
Comments founder and guitarist Jim Durkin: "Steve Gaines is a gifted musician and one of the hardest-working people I know.
www.metalunderground.com /news/details.cfm?newsid=4651   (478 words)

  
 Lentos | Kunstmuseum Linz | Lentos - Museum der Stadt Linz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The film develops complex interlockings between historical and contemporary motifs, which mark significant phases in the connection of the two continents: the European and American industrialization and the parallel "conquest" of the American West, both resulting in lasting damage, whereas the pathos of progress predominates in the art / music of the 19th century.
In addition to other works by Arceneaux and Gaines, the exhibition "Snake River" at Lentos will present parts of the film as a work in progress.
The project takes place in the framework of transform.eipcp.net and with support from the Culture 2000 program of the European Union.
www.lentos.at /en/45_984.asp   (335 words)

  
 Exploration of sunken shipwrecks on hold
One of the four is believed to be the CSS Gaines, another the British war ship that attacked the old fort as part of the war of 1812 next to FOrt Morgan but was sunk with all of its cannons onboard.
She sunk on the edge of the mouth of the chanel almost due west of the Fort Morgan point.
Abook at the Gulf Shores library describes a battle between the Miami and the Albemarle which indicates she was a USS ship possibly guarding the coastline during the civil war from CSS blockade runners.
www.treasurenet.com /f/index.php?topic=32657.0   (1156 words)

  
 jimlilley
The respect that the fellow CSS members have for Jim is amazing.
In 1990, Jim transferred to Hawaii, and began swimming with the "incomparable" Rowdy Gaines.
He is very thankful that he was able to train and become good friends with Rowdy.
www.homestead.com /captainspeed/jimlilley.html   (363 words)

  
 Daniel M. Gaines - Homepage - JPL AI Group
Daniel Gaines is a senior member of the Artificial Intelligence Group at JPL.
His research interests are in integrated planning and execution and in machine learning to improve planning.
His work at JPL is primarily focused on planning and execution techniques for planetary exploration rovers.
www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov /public/home/gaines   (107 words)

  
 [[MenuBuilder?id=0]] snippet css - Etomite Support Forums
Here is the css I'm using for dmsservicesinc:
the css then allows you to use a background color or image on the ".highlight" class.
My next issue is how to better line-up the word wrapping for the sub-nav items (children?).
www.etomite.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=929&mode=linear   (439 words)

  
 Hissem_Heysham-Gibbon Branch
Like her younger sister, Ann, she was the daughter of a prosperous ship-captain/merchant and, as such, lived a relatively privileged life on Arch street, in Philadelphia.
She would have received a basic education in reading, writing, arthimetic and morals, but it was from her mother that she would have gained her real education in how to run a household, raise an upstanding family, and be a suitable consort of an up-and-coming young man.
Commanded by CSN Admiral Franklin Buchanan, this squadron consisted of the ironclad ram CSS TENNESSEE and three wooden gunboats: CSS MORGAN, CSS GAINES, and CSS SELMA.
balder.prohosting.com /shissem/Hissem_Heysham-Gibbon_Branch.html   (19743 words)

  
 ACW Ships 1/600 Scale WarWeb.com is your best source   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
CSS Gaines (2 in class) - sidewheel gunboats
CSS Richmond :(6 in class - Contains parts to cons
CSS Virginia II, built and used around Richmond as
www.warweb.com /thoracw600.html   (96 words)

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