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	U.S. Navy Five Foot Target Kite
		In swinging the kite across the sky, you learned that it finally reached a location where the side pressure on the slanted kite which had sailed it over to it's extreme corner, was neutralized by the wind pressure coming toward the kite.
		An ideal kite crew would consist of an officer and four men, at least two of whom are skilled kite operators The butt behind which the kites are controlled should be furnished with a telephone connection to the firing line as well as a mast with Baker (red flag with running halyards).
		Over the phone he confirms the order to the kite officer, who then ands out assistants to bring in the downed kites, while the operators reel in their lines as soon as they are unsnapped from the.
	robroy.dyndns.info /targetkites/Edition-1/five-foot-kite.html (12888 words)

	Knighthood - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The chancellor of the order is the chief secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, and the king of arms is Ulster King of Arms; Black Rod is the usher.
		The Order of SS Cyril and Methodius was instituted in 1909 by King Ferdinand to commemorate the elevation of the principality to the position of an independent kingdom.
		The badge of the order was a white Maltese cross decorated in gold, with the gold lilies of France at the angles, in the centre a white dove with wings outstretched, the ribbon was sky blue (cordon bleu).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Knighthood (13101 words)

	Order of the Golden Kite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A total of 1,067,492 Order of the Golden Kite awards were made over the history of the order, most of them in the two lower 6th and 7th classes.
		The badge depicts a golden kite, a messenger of the kami as described in the ancient chronicle Nihon Shoki, which helped Emperor Jimmu defeat his enemies in battle.
		The golden kite stands on an eight-pointed star with 32 rays enameled in red.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Kite (437 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Isoroku Yamamoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun The Order of the Rising Sun or Kyokujitsu sho(æ—æ—¥ç«) is a Japanese Order (decoration), established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan.
		The Order of the Sacred Treasures) is a Japanese Order (decoration), established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan.
		The Order of the Golden Kite) was a Japanese Order (decoration), established on 12 February 1889 by Emperor Meiji.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Isoroku-Yamamoto (1386 words)

	Order of the Golden Kite
		The Order of the Golden Kite (Kinshi Kunsho) is the Japanese purely military award for bravery or leadership in campaign.
		This imposing set is surmounted by a golden kite on a star of eight points of 32 rays enameled in red.
		The 6th class of the Golden Kite is silver-gilt, with the two sword hilts in silver.
	www.xavierb.net /japan/goldenkite.htm (428 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Whatever the reasons, most kite flyers would agree that flying a kite can be a wonderful "high." We can escape for a moment from our fast-paced world and enjoy the relaxation of feeling our kite ride the wind and watching it decorate the sky.
		Kite flying predates some of our earliest written histories, and much of the earliest information about kites is found in folklore.
		Buddhists also believed that the flight of a kite could predict the success or failure of crops, and kites were flown in the fall as thanksgiving for a plentiful harvest.
	www.pictureprettykites.com /newppk/history.asp (2003 words)

	W. B. Yeats and "A Vision": The Golden Dawn
		Although the Golden Dawn’s teachings were greatly diversified by elements from the paganism of Europe and Egypt, the Judaeo-Christian basis of its core teachings of Cabbala and Rosicrucianism was central.
		The history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is complicated and told in many places, most notably Ellic Howe’s The Magicians of the Golden Dawn, Francis King’s Modern Ritual Magic: The Rise of Western Occultism, and R. Gilbert’s The Golden Dawn: Twilight of the Magicians.
		The Outer Order, the Golden Dawn proper, involved no actual magic and was primarily concerned with using ritual to consolidate the theory studied by the aspirants and to explore and balance their elemental energies within the aspirant.
	www.yeatsvision.com /GD.html (3733 words)

	Order of the Rising Sun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Order of the Rising Sun or Kyokujitsu shō (旭日章) is a Japanese Order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan.
		Until 2003 the order was reserved for males (women could be awarded the Order of the Precious Crown instead), and may be awarded for both civil and military merit.
		The badge for the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon is a gilt cross with white enamelled rays, bearing a central emblem of a red enamelled sun disc surrounded by red rays, and with three paulownia blossoms between each arm of the cross.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun (505 words)

	ORDER OF THE GOLDEN KITE : Encyclopedia Entry
		A total of 1,067,492 Order of the Golden Kite awards were made over the history of the order, most of them in the two lower 6th and 7th classes.
		The badge depicts a golden kite, a messenger of the kami as described in the ancient chronicle Nihon Shoki, which helped Emperor Jimmu defeat his enemies in battle.
		Below the kite are two crossed ancient samurai shields, enameled blue, with two crossed swords enameled yellow, with silver hilts.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Order_of_the_Golden_Kite (405 words)

	National Kite Month
		The earliest written account of kite flying was about 200 B.C. when the Chinese General Han Hsin of the Han Dynasty flew a kite over the walls of a city he was attacking to measure how far his army would have to tunnel to reach past the defenses.
		A favorite theme was of a young man skillfully using his kite to drop messages to a lover who was being held in strict seclusion from him and the rest of the world.
		Kites were regarded as curiosities at first and had little impact on European culture.
	www.nationalkitemonth.org /history/kitehistory.shtml (990 words)

	Imperial Japanese Navy - Order of the Golden Kite
		Imperial Japanese Navy - Order of the Golden Kite
		The Order was instituted in 1890 and conferred for bravery, leadership or command in battle.
		Arraigned as war criminal for ordering attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2xJapGoldenKite.htm (348 words)

	Order Of The Golden Kite 100% Match for Order Of The Golden Kite
		The Order of the Golden Kite (above) is a Japanese military award for bravery or leadership be awarded with the 5th - 7th class.
		Order of the Golden Kite 5th class/H2> This medal is an early version with the smooth back.
		The Grand Order of the Badge of the Chrysanthemums (), better known in the West as the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, is Japan's highest order.
	www.just-kites.com /Order-Of-The-Golden-Kite.html (215 words)

	Japan
		The Constitution further grants liberty of religious belief in all that is not prejudicial to peace and order and the duties of a subject, freedom of speech, of the press, of public assembly, of association, and the right to present petitions in a respectful manner.
		For the management of state affairs the emperor employs several ministers, at the present time nine in number, viz., ministers of foreign affairs, of the interior, of justice, of finance, of war, of the navy, of public instruction, of agriculture and commerce, and of communications.
		This period is the golden age of Japanese literature.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/j/japan.html (19614 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was unable to do so because Admiral Raymond Spruance prudently withdrew to the east in a position to further defend Midway Island, believing (based on a mistaken submarine report) the Japanese still intended to invade.
		Not knowing that several battleships including the extremely powerful Yamato were on the Japanese order of battle, he did not apprehend the severe risk of a night surface battl, in which his carriers and cruisers would be at a disadvantage,.
		Yamamoto was given a full state funeral on 3 June 1943, where he received, posthumously, the title of Fleet Admiral and awarded the Order of the Chrysanthemum, (1st Class).
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Isoroku_Yamamoto (5673 words)

	Japanese Kites
		The direction in which a kite fell was taken as a prediction of the success or failure of the year's rice crop.
		Kites were sold in some Shinto shrines as a charm against illness or bad luck.
		Ask if kite making is still important in their lives, or if they have kite fighting contests in their hometown, and other questions.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/japan/Kites/Japanese_Kites.html (1040 words)

	Kite-flying Hotspots
		Launch your kite into the breeze and its line quivers and tugs at your fingers.
		There’s a kite for every kid, young or old: delta wings that duck and dodge, miniatures the size of butterflies, and giant art models with 50-foot tails.
		Helena, Mont. The state capital’s annual free kite festival—an easygoing family-oriented affair—will be held on May 7 at this park near Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds.
	www.viamagazine.com /weekenders/fly_kite06.asp (414 words)

	Kite Aerial Photography - Notes on Safety (cont)
		So the issue is whether or not you think your kite and/or rig will be visible in a way that will distract motorists and cause them to wreck into each other or handy inanimate objects.
		During the process the kiteline is stretched tautly in a horizontal line between the anchor and myself as I walk toward the kite.
		One day, after photographing the Golden Gate Park windmill, I was using this technique to retrieve the kite in 20+ mph winds.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /kap/background/safety2.html (2073 words)

	Kite Hints and Tips
		By breaking a kites cross spar in two in the center, and putting the ends in a angled tube the spar is permanently angled (such as used on small airplanes).
		For miniture/micro kites, where forces as ultra low, a crease in the sail is often all that is required to make the sails angle very nicely.
		The Asian Kite makers when cutting spars for their kites, shave away the the bulk of the internal fibres of the bamboo strip until the desired thickness and width of bamboo skin has been reached.
	www.cit.gu.edu.au /~anthony/kites/hints_tips.html (7478 words)

	Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Mississippi Kite
		Description: The Mississippi kite's adult head is white to pale gray, with a small amount of fl around the eye.
		Since kites defend their nests, golfers wore hats with eyes on top or back to keep from being attacked.
		Mississippi kites are spread across the southern part of the midwest to eastern United States with greatest population numbers in southern Great Plains area.
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /m_kite.php (422 words)

	World at War (WaW) Forums - Awards
		The Order of Polonia Restituta will be awarded to a soldier, voted by the officers, at the end of each theatre in recognition of his/her outstanding achievments throughout that theatre.
		The Order of the Rising Sun has 6 classes and is awarded for courage and valor, as well as exceptional leadership on the battlefield.
		The Order of the Golden Kite has 6 classes and is awarded for bravery or merit on the battlefield.
	www.battleforeurope.com /awards.php (2391 words)

	Japanese WW2
		Awards of the Grand Cordon order have generally been restricted to native and foreign royalty and high nobility.
		About 10,000 were struck at the Osaka Mint before the war ended, but the Allied Occupation authorities ordered the destruction of the remaining stocks, so it is a very rare medal.
		The ribbon for this order is on off white with a narrow yellow single band either side of the ribbon but not right to the edge.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/jap_medals-ww2.htm (573 words)

	Medals
		Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States, the standard reference on medals.
		there were three principal orders of this type: the Order of the Sacred Treasure, the Order of the Rising Sun, and the Order of the Golden Kite.
		The Order of the Golden Kite was for the military only and was abolished shortly after the war.
	members.shaw.ca /nambuworld/medals.htm (956 words)

	Gomberg Kites: Weekly Update
		That means from the time you order a personal kite, until the time we make it and send it to you is just two weeks.
		The extended wing War Kite with a top sail is the premier kite of its genre.
		We've re-named the kite the Wilson Wing and crafted it from durable ripstop and carbon framing.
	www.gombergkites.com /update/346.html (837 words)

	Nambu World: Order of the Golden Kite
		The Japanese term for the Order of the Golden Kite is
		tobi) means “kite” in the sense of a bird that is part of the hawk family (not the kind of kite that kids fly on windy days; that is called a
		The reference to a golden kite is an allusion to a famous incident in Japanese ancient history/mythology in which the bird advised Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan, to attack from the east at dawn.
	members.shaw.ca /nambuworld/goldenkite7.htm (1142 words)

	Militaria
		The whole is surmounted by a golden kite with spread wings, superimposed on a red star of 32 rays.
		Ordinarily, this order was awarded with a 37mm watered ribbon in light blue with orange stripes.
		The order was established in 1887 by King Carol 1 and bears his cipher on the obverse.
	www.hermes-one.com /militaria.htm (4754 words)

	eBay Store - La.Festa: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		WWII Order Of The Golden kite 7 Class Medal
		Order of the Rising Sun 8 class, White Paulownia Medal
		WWII Order of the Rising Sun 7 class Medal
	stores.ebay.com /La-Festa_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm (225 words)

	Lot 29835 International Militaria Online Auctions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An original Imperial Japanese Order of the Golden Kite VIIth class.
		This order was exclusively military and was abolished after WWII.
		Jimmu was defeated in the first battle, but the gods sent him a messenger in the form of a golden falcon or kite, who told him to attack again in the morning with the rising sun at his back.
	www.internationalmilitaria.com /lot.cfm?lotID=29835 (114 words)

	NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
		One of the primary purposes of the Naval Order is to encourage research and writing on naval and maritime subjects.
		With the clock ticking down to an invasion that could alter the course of the war, Fuller suspects that his new " friend" could even be a double agent, intent on using Challenger as a weapon against his own allies, destroying the fragile ties binding nations in war.
		Her skipper is Commander Hajime Shimada, recipient of Japan’s highest honor: Order of the Golden Kite.
	www.navalorder.org /booksvideos.htm (4327 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002449602
		22 * The Order of the Sacred Crown..................................................
		...............................................114 * The Order of the Golden Measure...............
		124 * The Order of the Purple Falcon...............
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy051/2002449602.html (244 words)

	Highline Kites of Berkeley On-line
		Availability is limited so place your order next week to guarantee delivery.
		In the past, a fine kite like the Triangulation would have cost several hundred dollars.
		Look for it in our store in the next few days and again supplies are limited to place your order next week to guarantee delivery.
	www.highlinekites.com /gallery/kta2001-03.shtml (236 words)

	The Berkeley Kite Festival and West Coast Kite Championships
		We are excited to announce that the Bay Area Sport Kite League will be the organizer of the West Coast Kite Championships at this year’s Berkeley Kite Festival.
		The BASKL Board of Directors is working tirelessly to ensure that kite competitions continue to thrive at the Berkeley Kite Festival.
		This really is a golden opportunity to sail the Golden State on the bay of the fabulous Golden Gate.
	www.highlinekites.com /Berkeley_Kite_Festival/top10questions.shtml (817 words)

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