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	Devices worn on the Ribbon Awards of the U.S. Military Services
		In most cases the individual services prescribe how the device is displayed with the exception of defense awards which are determined by the assistant secretary of defense.
		The WINTERED OVER device (disc for service ribbon and bar for the suspension ribbon) indicates wintering over on the Antarctic continent.
		The Silver "W" is worn by Naval Personnel on the Navy and Marine Corps' EXPEDITIONARY MEDALS to indicate participation in the defense of Wake Island.
	www.homeofheroes.com /medals/ribbons/1_devices.html (992 words)

	FLAG - LoveToKnow Article on FLAG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hoisted at the mainmast of a man-of-war it is the flag of an admiral of the fleet.
		The red ensign shown is that of the Dominion of Canada, the device in the fly being the armorial bearings of the Dominion.
		This device is known as the Tughra, and consists of the name of the sultan, the title of khan, and the epithet al-Muzaffar Daima, which means the ever victorious.
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		The ground over which an enemy was expected to advance was thickly strewn with caltrops with the effect that advancing horses or bare-footed infantry were quickly disabled by the spikes penetrating their feet.
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		The force ultimately consisted of over 1700 officers and men, each one as he was enrolled being admitted a freeman of the city of London.
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	Over
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		Wintered Over Device The Wintered Over Device is an attachment to the Antarctica.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/over.html (1269 words)

	Battle E device -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle E device is a decoration of the United States Navy which is issued to those service members who have received the (Click link for more info and facts about Navy E Ribbon) Navy E Ribbon.
		The purpose of the Battle E device is to denote the number of Navy E awards which a service member has received.
		For the second and third award, additional Battle E devices are displayed on the award ribbon.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Ba/Battle_E_device.htm (230 words)

	Operational Distinguishing Device -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To qualify for the Operational Distinguishing Device, a Coast Guard unit must have received a unit award under field conditions where such conditions warranted additional recognition beyond that which would normally be required for the standard unit award.
		The Operation Distinguishing Device is determined by local commanders, giving a wide discretion as to what actions may qualify.
		The device is awarded as a silver "O" centered on the unit award ribbon.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Op/Operational_Distinguishing_Device.htm (142 words)

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	Wintered Over Device Definition / Wintered Over Device Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Wintered Over Device is an attachment to the Antarctica Service Medal The Antarctica Service Medal was established by the United States Congress in 1960.
		It is not to be confused with the Arctic, which is located near the Earth's North Pole on the opposite side of the planet....
		The device is worn as a disk on the award ribbon and is issued in bronze for one winter service, gold for two, and silver for three or further winters of service.
	www.elresearch.com /Wintered_Over_Device (230 words)

	MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS, CHAP 5
		A gold clasp is authorized for the second wintering over period, and a silver clasp is worn for the third or subsequent wintering over period.
		For the initial award, the size of the devices designating the appropriate level of the award are as issued by the government of South Vietnam (on the ribbon bar, the palm is 6/8 inch and the stars are 3/8 inch; on the suspension ribbon, the palm is 1-7/16 inches and the stars are 3/8 inch).
		The size of the palm device for subsequent awards is reduced to 6/8 inch for the suspension ribbon of the large medal and to 3/8 inch for the ribbon bar.
	www.tecom.usmc.mil /mcub/library/MCUR/URCH5.htm (6489 words)

	wiki/Wintered Over Device Definition / wiki/Wintered Over Device Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Wintered Over Device is an attachment to the Antarctica Service Medal which is awarded to those service members who perform winter service tours in Antarctica Antarctica (from Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earth's South Pole.
		On the full sized medal a clasp A Campaign clasp is an attachment to a military award consisting of a metal bar which is pinned to the upper cloth portion of an award medal.
		Prior to that, decorations, particularly for officers, were rare, frequently seen as the trappings of royalty and empire, and considered contrary to the republican spirit present among the Founding Fathers of the United States [1]....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Wintered_Over_Device (352 words)

	Golden Spike NHS: Cultural Landscape Report (Chapter 2)
		During the winter of 1861-1862, Judah, along with a group of Eastern supporters who were hoping to build the line west from the Missouri River, actively lobbied Congress seeking approval of a route for the Pacific Railway.
		Recognizing that constructing the line over rougher terrain would be more expensive, Congress set the amounts of the bonds at $16,000 a mile in level country, $32,000 a mile in the foothills, and $48,000 a mile in the mountains (Sections 5 and 11, Act of 1862).
		In some instances, the disagreements over the locations of the routes and who was authorized to establish them resulted in undermining the stability and overall operations of the company.
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	The Falls
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		But for over three and a half hours Greenaway weaves a mesmerizing, highly textured free-for-all that is, incredibly, immensely enjoyable.
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	1079th Garrison Support Unit army ribbons and devices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		M Device This metallic bronze letter "M" represents service during a mobilization or contingency by reserve component members and is worn on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
		Wintered Over For wintering over on the Antarctic continent, a clasp for Antarctica Service Medal, suspension ribbon and a disc for the service ribbon of bronze for the first winter, gold for the second and silver for the third.
		Bronze Silver Gold (Hourglass Device) The bronze device represents 10 years, the silver 20 years and gold 30 years of reserve service and is worn on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
	www.dix.army.mil /1079thgsu/armyribbons.htm (478 words)

	Army Ribbons - Right Side (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For wintering over on the Antarctic continent, a clasp for Antarctica Service Medal, suspension ribbon and a disc for the service ribbon of bronze for the first winter, gold for the second and silver for the third.
		Worn on the suspension ribbon of the Army of Occupation Medal.
		The bronze device represents 10 years, the silver 20 years and gold 30 years of reserve service and is worn on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
	coe2112.tripod.com /uniform/right_side.htm (290 words)

	Climate and the Ocean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a fairly simple device, two thermometers glued to a board, a bit of wet gauze tied to one of the bulbs and a string attached to the top to spin it around over your head.
		After the Gold Fleet had wintered over and were making ready to sail for home the locals warned them of the God of Winds, Hurakan, but they thought they knew better.
		This troublesome child is born in a low pressure region over a large mass of warm water in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
	www.allenr.com /BSP/Climate.html (2365 words)

	Seasonal Inspection of the Hive
		Assuming you either have a new colony which is settled into a new box or an existing wintered over colony, it is time to check on the early Spring condition of the honeybees.
		The grids are large enough for the workers to easily pass through, but keep the queen in the box where she is. Note: drones are also trapped by excluders.
		Matches of course work, but when you have your hands in a pair of leather gloves and honey all over the place, you'll be glad you had something large enough to grab hold of.
	www.beemaster.com /honeybee/tools.html (2536 words)

	Seasonal Care Information for Ponds & Water Gardens
		Some tropicals can be wintered over this way in mild winters even if you live in zone 6 or 7.
		Should you choose to run your filter through the winter it is a good idea to minimize the water circulation in order to take advantage of the layering effect of the water.
		One problem with running a pump and filter in the winter is the potential of major damage to your filter and plumbing system if the power goes off for extended periods and you are not at home to make sure that no water is present in the filter and plumbing.
	watergarden.com /pages/seasonal.html (2612 words)

	Max in Antarctica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Halley is afloat on an ice shelf and has winter temperatures as low as -50 C and a mean temperature of -17 C. In the 1997-98 summer rain fell for the first time at the station.
		In the winter divers continue their programme of SCUBA diving for marine specimens and for monitoring the marine environment by entering the water through access holes sawn by chain-saw through the sea ice.
		The winter night studies of the doomed Endurance beset in the ice are amongst the greatest photographs of the twentieth century, lit painstakingly to capture the unearthly vision of the ice-coated rigging.
	www.maxopus.com /lists/antarcti.htm (13980 words)

	From
		I think that over the years those requirements changed quite a lot depending on who was handing out what.
		The Air Force and the New York Air National Guard have taken over some of the Navy's missions and I am sure that the award requirements will be revised again in the near future.
		A "Wintered Over" clasp is awarded to those who have spent the winter months (March through October) in Antarctica.
	www.radiocom.net /vx6/medals.htm (1262 words)

	Rank & Insignia - US Military Medals And Decorations
		Small metal devices are worn on the ribbon bar or medal suspension ribbon to denote additional awards, campaigns or service.
		This device is worn with the Army of Occupation Medal of the various services to denote service of 90 consecutive days in direct support of the Berlin Airlift (June 26, 1948, to Sept. 30, 1949).
		The Bronze "M" device is worn on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal of each branch of service to indicate reservists Mobilized and called to active duty for at least one day during a contingency.
	www.jcs-group.com /military/rank/medals.html (2366 words)

	Adelie Land Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was probably the only time of the winter I was really afraid and felt guilty to have taken my comrades in such a perilous and hazardous venture...
		Later, during a spring raid after a lengthy period of sub 30 temperature we were astonished to discover a sea entirely free of ice from the shore to the north and as far as to the western horizon as the eye could see, behind Pte Geologie.
		Then the next year, Marret, who was wintering over at Geologie, was surprised when the entire sea ice in front of the islands disappeared, carried away in one night in the middle of winter.
	www.gdargaud.net /~dargaud/Antarctica/AdelieLandStories.html (2857 words)

	Tourist Flight Returns to Antarctica's Mount Erebus
		Over the years he's built a strong rapport with the Bureau of Meteorology and routinely examines satellite reports at least three days out from the flight.
		He first wintered over in the Antarctic (at Mawson Station) in 1969, and has been on nearly 20 expeditions to the Antarctic, including extended field expeditions in the Prince Charles Mountains, on the Lambert Glacier, and in the pack-ice zone around the continent.
		At 12:49 the deck altitude device began to blare a warning but there was no time for Collins to save the situation from disaster.
	www.avweb.com /news/features/187317-1.html (2065 words)

	75 Degrees South: Glossary
		Being outside in Antarctica in wind-driven snow makes a lot of the snow stick to your clothes and in nooks and crannies around back-pack etc. De-gombling is the process of removing this loosely attached snow before going indoors into a hut, base-building or tent where it would melt and make life more unpleasant.
		A FID in his or her first year, sometimes considered as someone in their first summer south preceding the first winter after which they will be a Fid proper.
		A contraction of "medical evacuation" - a special flight out for someone before their tour is over as a result of illness or injury.
	simonc.f2o.org /south/glossary (2202 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1st--Lettuce, radish, spinach and onions for wintering over.
		Simpler devices for protecting newly-set plants, such as tomatoes or cabbage, from the cut-worm, are stiff, tin, cardboard or tar paper collars, which are made several inches high and large enough to be put around the stem and penetrate an inch or so into the soil.
		Then when the soil is covered in over the seed, firm along the top of the row very lightly, just enough to mark it and hold the soil in place.
	www.outfo.org /literature/pg/etext04/8hmvg10.txt (20367 words)

	Stony Run
		S the winter rains subside slowly across the coastal and inland valley landscape, and days are sunny but nights still cool, my neighbors pile up accumulated garden and yard debris, leaving it for a few weeks, perhaps under a plastic tarp.
		She triumphed over the dubious agricultural scientists by showing off her crops, often no more spectacular than those of her more conventional neighbors, but no less, and achieved with minimal watering and no fertilizing at all (the hay rots and/or feeds worms at the bottom, creating, she felt, a balanced diet for her plants).
		Leaping over the fence of the duck pen (to the mild astonishment of the ducks), then over the goose fence, I chased Auntie One through the pool areas, overturning buckets, slipping in mud, rounding Auntie One in ever-tightening circles.
	www.epud.net /~bears/garden.html (18372 words)

	Colombia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Colombia politics and officials, Colombian History. Travel to ...
		For those personnel performing extended winter service in Antarctica, a Wintered Over Device is authorized.
		The "Wintered Over" bar is only worn on the full-size medal\'s suspension ribbon.
		The smaller "disc" device is worn on the uniform ribbon to recognize this service.
	www.colombiaiworld.com /wiki-Antarctica_Service_Medal (291 words)

	Stanford begins new era of Antarctic Exploration
		They, and a fourth device to be added next year, will compose the Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO), beginning a new era of Antarctic exploration driven by budget cuts and the exploding costs of crewed stations.
		The polar regions are particularly inviting for studies of the magnetosphere because "the magnetic field of Earth cusps in at the poles, so energetic particles from the sun get funneled toward the poles," he said.
		The devices will be set on racks in the huts and connected to a pair of loop antennas by a cable 500 feet (152 meters) long.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/pr/92/921101Arc2053.html (804 words)

	A Guide to Pond Care in Spring, Summer, & Winter
		Some tropicals can be wintered over this way in mild winters even if you live in zone 6 or 7.
		You will have more success wintering over Cannas if you remove the rhizomes from the pot and store in slightly damp peat in a basement or other cool area.
		One problem with running a pump and filter in the winter is the potential of major damage to your filter and plumbing system if the power goes off for extended periods and you are not at home to make sure that no water is present in the filter and plumbing.
	www.watergarden.com /pages/seasonal.html (2960 words)

	.US ARMY MEDALS - Ribbon Appurtenances. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A metal clasp with the words "Wintered Over" is worn on the suspension ribbon of the medal.
		National Guard and Reserve personnel are authorized to wear the bronze "M" device on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal for service of at least one day of active duty in support of a contingency operation on or after 01 Aug 1990.
		A Numeral is now worn on the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, in conjuction with the Mobilization "M" Device, to denote the number of contingency operations in which a soldier served subsequent to the operation for which the "M" Device was awarded.
	www2.powercom.net /~rokats/appurts.html (1410 words)

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