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Adopted November 13, 1895 Design Crimson cross of St. Andrew in a field of white The current flag of the state of Alabama (the second in the state's history) was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama state legislature on February 16, 1895:
“ The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side." - (Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.) ” The cross of St. Andrew referred to in the law is a diagonal cross, known in vexillology as a saltire. Because the bars must be at least six inches wide, small representations of the Alabama flag do not meet the legal definition.
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Obverse of the 1861 flag of Alabama



Reverse of the 1861 flag of Alabama


On January 11, 1861, the Alabama Secession Convention passed a resolution designating an official flag. Designed by several women from Montgomery, final touches were made by Francis Corra of that city.[1] One side of the flag displayed the "Goddess of Liberty" holding an unsheathed sword in her right hand; in her left she held a small blue flag with one gold star. Above the gold star appears the text "Alabama" in all capital letters. In an arch above this figure were the words "Independent Now and Forever".[2] The reverse side of the flag had a cotton plant with a coiled rattlesnake. The text "Noli Me Tangere", ("Touch Me Not" in Latin), was placed below the cotton plant.
This flag was sent to the governor's office on February 10, 1861. Due to damage from severe weather, the flag was never flown again.[clarification needed]
[edit] Current flag


Flag of the Confederate States of America, adopted 1865.


It is sometimes believed that the crimson saltire of the current flag of Alabama was designed to resemble the blue saltire of the Confederate Battle Flag. Many battle flags were square, and the flag of Alabama is sometimes also depicted as square. The legislation that created the state flag did not specify if the flag was to be square or rectangular, however.[3] The authors of a 1917 article in National Geographic expressed their opinion that because the Alabama flag was based on the Battle Flag, it should be square.[4] In 1987, the office of Alabama Attorney General Don Siegelman issued an opinion in which the Battle Flag derivation is repeated, but concluded that the proper shape is rectangular, as it had been depicted numerous times in official publications and reproductions;[5] despite this, the flag is still depicted as being square, even in official publications of the U.S. federal government.[6]

The Spanish Cross of Burgundy, used in most of Alabama until the 1800s.


However, the saltire design of the Alabama state flag also resembles that of several other flags. It is almost identical to St. Patrick's flag, occasionally used as a symbol of Ireland, and the flag of Florida, which has its heritage in the Spanish Cross of Burgundy flag. Portions of Alabama were originally part of Florida and, subsequently, West Florida. Although Alabama's adoption of its flag design predates that of Florida's by five years, current legislation describes its red saltire as St. Andrew's cross. The crimson Spanish Cross of Burgundy represents the cross on which St. Andrew was crucified.
Another remote, but possible inspiration was the flag carried by Co. "F", 7th Alabama Cavalry. The regiment was the only Alabama regiment in Rucker's Brigade, commanded by Col. Edmund Rucker of Tennessee (later Alabama), who became a prominent Montgomery businessman after the war. The flag of Rucker's brigade utilized a white background with a red saltire charged with 13 blue/green stars. This flag was given to Co. "F", 7th Alabama Cavalry by Rucker so that they might act as his Color Guard, and is held by the Alabama Department of Archives and History as part of its Alabama Civil War Period Flag Collection.[7] But the flag carried by Co. F 7th Alabama was not an Alabama flag, it was the flag made for Rucker's Brigade a month before the 7th joined his brigade; the 7th was color party only after September 24, 1864. A bunting flag that exists, in the white and red configuration with 13 blue stars, is not believed to be Alabama-associated, but rather to be tied to Rucker's Brigade, as well.
[edit] Governor's flag


Standard of the governor of Alabama


The flag of the governor of Alabama is a variant of the state flag. In the top saltire, the flag displays the state coat of arms. The bottom saltire contains the state military crest which consists of a cotton plant with full bursting boll.
[edit] See also

Alabama portal

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Flag of Alabama
Adopted November 13, 1895 Design Crimson cross of St. Andrew in a field of white The current flag of the state of Alabama (the second in the state's history) was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama state legislature on February 16, 1895:
“ The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side." - (Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.) ” The cross of St. Andrew referred to in the law is a diagonal cross, known in vexillology as a saltire. Because the bars must be at least six inches wide, small representations of the Alabama flag do not meet the legal definition.
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Obverse of the 1861 flag of Alabama



Reverse of the 1861 flag of Alabama


On January 11, 1861, the Alabama Secession Convention passed a resolution designating an official flag. Designed by several women from Montgomery, final touches were made by Francis Corra of that city.[1] One side of the flag displayed the "Goddess of Liberty" holding an unsheathed sword in her right hand; in her left she held a small blue flag with one gold star. Above the gold star appears the text "Alabama" in all capital letters. In an arch above this figure were the words "Independent Now and Forever".[2] The reverse side of the flag had a cotton plant with a coiled rattlesnake. The text "Noli Me Tangere", ("Touch Me Not" in Latin), was placed below the cotton plant.
This flag was sent to the governor's office on February 10, 1861. Due to damage from severe weather, the flag was never flown again.[clarification needed]
[edit] Current flag


Flag of the Confederate States of America, adopted 1865.


It is sometimes believed that the crimson saltire of the current flag of Alabama was designed to resemble the blue saltire of the Confederate Battle Flag. Many battle flags were square, and the flag of Alabama is sometimes also depicted as square. The legislation that created the state flag did not specify if the flag was to be square or rectangular, however.[3] The authors of a 1917 article in National Geographic expressed their opinion that because the Alabama flag was based on the Battle Flag, it should be square.[4] In 1987, the office of Alabama Attorney General Don Siegelman issued an opinion in which the Battle Flag derivation is repeated, but concluded that the proper shape is rectangular, as it had been depicted numerous times in official publications and reproductions;[5] despite this, the flag is still depicted as being square, even in official publications of the U.S. federal government.[6]

The Spanish Cross of Burgundy, used in most of Alabama until the 1800s.


However, the saltire design of the Alabama state flag also resembles that of several other flags. It is almost identical to St. Patrick's flag, occasionally used as a symbol of Ireland, and the flag of Florida, which has its heritage in the Spanish Cross of Burgundy flag. Portions of Alabama were originally part of Florida and, subsequently, West Florida. Although Alabama's adoption of its flag design predates that of Florida's by five years, current legislation describes its red saltire as St. Andrew's cross. The crimson Spanish Cross of Burgundy represents the cross on which St. Andrew was crucified.
Another remote, but possible inspiration was the flag carried by Co. "F", 7th Alabama Cavalry. The regiment was the only Alabama regiment in Rucker's Brigade, commanded by Col. Edmund Rucker of Tennessee (later Alabama), who became a prominent Montgomery businessman after the war. The flag of Rucker's brigade utilized a white background with a red saltire charged with 13 blue/green stars. This flag was given to Co. "F", 7th Alabama Cavalry by Rucker so that they might act as his Color Guard, and is held by the Alabama Department of Archives and History as part of its Alabama Civil War Period Flag Collection.[7] But the flag carried by Co. F 7th Alabama was not an Alabama flag, it was the flag made for Rucker's Brigade a month before the 7th joined his brigade; the 7th was color party only after September 24, 1864. A bunting flag that exists, in the white and red configuration with 13 blue stars, is not believed to be Alabama-associated, but rather to be tied to Rucker's Brigade, as well.
[edit] Governor's flag


Standard of the governor of Alabama


The flag of the governor of Alabama is a variant of the state flag. In the top saltire, the flag displays the state coat of arms. The bottom saltire contains the state military crest which consists of a cotton plant with full bursting boll.
[edit] See also

Alabama portal

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St. Andrew's Cross

A remarkable story of stoicism, giving a lesson to us all.

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St. Andrew's Cross

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St. Andrew's Cross
It is believed that the apostle Andrew was crucified on a saltire (X-shaped) cross; hence the name St. Andrew's Cross. He is said to have told his executioners that he was not worthy to be crucified on the same cross style as Jesus, and persuaded them to alter the shape. If this is true, it's a remarkable example of stoicism displayed by a man, no doubt beaten and starved, yet retaining the mental energy to plead such a thing with his brutal executioners.
Detailed records of his crucifixion only date back to the Middle Ages, and these records are influenced be the imagination of the medieval artists. But even if the origin is a myth, the cross shape reminds Christians that they should exercise humility.1
In Greek, the first letter for Christ (Chi) also happens to be 'X'-shaped2, as in the Chi Rho Cross.
Instead of simply saying that something is 'X-shaped' or 'saltire', the term 'St. Andrew's Cross' is used for several items that have absolutely nothing to do with St. Andrew or even religion. For example, there's argiope kiyserlingi and the argiope mangal - a tiny, brightly striped spider found in the mangroves of Singapore. These are commonly known as 'St. Andrew's Spiders' because they hold their eight legs in pairs, forming an X shape. Then there's the hypericum hypericoides, a small shrub of the St. John's-wort family. Its flowers form a cross with four yellow petals and is known as 'St. Andrew's Cross'.

Confederate Flag
The saltire is seen on the American Confederate flag, showing the Scottish lineage of many southerners. On this flag it is known as the Southern Cross.
The saltire is also seen on several national flags, particularly where there is a historical cultural connection with St. Andrew.

Scotland


Ireland


England

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Union Flag
For example the white cross on a blue background as the flag of Scotland, and a red cross on a white background as St. Patrick's Cross, representing the patron saint of Ireland. Both of these crosses were superimposed on England's red cross on a white background, St. George's Cross, to give the United Kingdom's Union Flag ('Union Jack')3
The saltire on the flag of Scotland is called 'St. Andrew's Cross'. (This is also the flag of the Saint Andrew and Providence Islands - San Andrés y Providencia - northwest of Colombia, once the settlement of English Puritans, and the flag of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, albeit a slightly darker shade of blue.) The colours are said to come from a white cross made by clouds in the blue sky. In the 9th century, King Angus saw this arrangement on the day before a decisive battle over the English Northumbrian Angles command by Athelstan. King Angus considered it to be a good omen and won the battle. (See also Constantine's Cross.)
Merkill was the place where King Angus' army of Picts and Scots were fighting the King Athel's army of Sassenachs from Northumbria. One night, Angus prayed to God for help in the next day's battle. A vision of Saint Andrew appeared to him, promising victory. The next day, King Angus' men saw two long white clouds streaking across the blue sky forming a cross. They took this as a sign from Saint Andrew and were sufficiently roused to beat the lowlanders in the battle.
Of course, the sign could have been meant for King Athel's men, but perhaps they were too busy fighting to be looking up at the sky. Or were these long clouds the exhaust of jet engines from some early alien visitation? Or 'earthquake clouds'?
Whatever interpretation we wish to make, the Scots believed it was nothing less than a miracle. This battle took place just a stone's throw from a village later known as Markle in East Lothian, Scotland. Markle village has now gone, but a few ruins remain (for example Markle Castle). The original name of the place was Merkill, and this might have come from the word miracle.
The white cross on blue background was adopted as the flag of Scotland and St. Andrew became Scotland's Patron Saint.


Church of Scotland



St. Andrew's Ambulance first aid badge


Church of Scotland



Tallahassee


Burgundy Cross

It is of no surprise therefore that the St. Andrew's Cross is the basis for many Scottish logos. In particular, the Church of Scotland emblem, which also depicts the miraculous burning bush that was not consumed (Exod. 3).
The burning bush symbol is repeated in the emblems of the Presbyterian Churches around the world and represents the bondage of the church in Egypt.4 Their emblems remind us that the church and its people, in every age and every culture, may suffer severe persecution. And yet God prevents His people from being destroyed.
A similar design seen on the flag of Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, USA, and a variation of the St. Andrew's Cross is the Burgundy Cross. All these crosses represent the Christian religion of the kings at the time the flags were made.
Other national flags have an 'X' cross, but these have no Christian basis.

Burundi


Grenada


Jamaica



Republic of Macedonia

The flag of Burundi for example, where even though the country is nominally 'Christian', the white cross is not used as a religious symbol. It is a symbol of peace - the goal of everyone after years of ethnic violence between Hutu and Tutsi factions.
The flag of Grenada just happens to have a cross made by the four triangles of wisdom, warmth, vegetation and agriculture. The yellow/gold cross on the Jamaican flag signifies sunshine, as with the Republic of Macedonia's flag. (See also Macedonian Cross)
Now for a children's riddle:
Question: What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper!

Without having to use the pun on 'read', we can see that Netherlanders seem to like black, white and red, and they've incorporated those colours into several regional flags with one or more saltires.

Unmistakable similarity with windmill sails. See also Maltese Cross

Ouder-Amstel

Amstelveen

Amsterdam

Breda

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
There are a few more similar Dutch flags on the Flag Index page, all of which incorporate one or more saltires.

Crossed Keys


Vatican flag
Finally, there's a variation of St. Andrew's cross on the flag of the Vatican (see also Papal Cross). Since the 14th century, two crossed keys have been the official insignia of the Holy See. These keys are the symbols of St. Peter (popes are considered direct descendants of St. Peter's office). The keys were given to Peter (see Matt. 16:19) by Christ to open the doors to paradise, just as the cross opens the gates of heaven for those who believe in Him.
(See other crosses on flags)
But what does the St. Andrew Cross mean for us today? See the meaning of the cross and also read Humility and Sacrifice by Rev. David Linde.


1: Before Peter was crucified, he too requested that a cross different to Christ's Latin Cross be used. Therefore we have another cross that Christians associate with humility; the upside-down Latin Cross, known as St. Peter's Cross.
2: An alternative name for Christmas is 'Xmas', a valid abbreviation although rejected by some as being a commercial attempt to remove Christ from Christmas, by crossing Him out. To secularize the event even further, some might say "Happy Holidays", but the word "holiday" originates from "holy day". (Curiously, Xmas is often written with an apostrophe as X'mas in Japan. See Commercialisation of Christmas in Japan.)
3: The composition of the Union Flag is taught to British Boy Scouts as something that might be useful to know one day. They are also taught how this cross is used in mathematics to multiply numbers
4: The burning bush symbol was also used by the early Huguenots




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so i guess that means Ireland,england,scotland ,and the union flag were racist also along with jamamica and others
 

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I'm not reading all the replies but this all depends on how much you want to spend.

You can go into a hydroponic store and buy everything (id use cash) or buy what you need at a few different hydro stores so you don't get it all at once..


But I wouldn't go with hydro for your first time. I'm in the process of learning myself and I have done a total of 1 complete grow.

Hydro is cool (I'm doing it now) but its hella expensive to start off (nutrients etc will cost you more than $50 alone). Plus you need timers, ph meters, ph up and down, a cooling system, etc which are all going to run you a lot. and the setup of a system which you could probably do for around $25-50.

The cheapest way would be to get you some CFLS and soil. Put the seed in and let 'it' grow. (make sure you know what type before you buy)... A common and cheap light they'd sell at lowes for around 5$ and you get 2 27watt lights. I've seen a plant grown and produce about a quarter oz of some high quality bud from two 27W CFLS.

or you could buy a 250 -400 watt HID light for around $75-300 and grow like 4 or so nice plants under this. 30 plants for a noob is way too much bro. Sounds like a disaster to me.
 
this explains it all. next time you post put moron red neck in the title so we know your background. if you are really a tutor at a university this is extremely pathetic that you can not type with proper grammar or use the internet to do research. oh and btw i would never need help from scum like you.go fuck your sister again and then after that maybe go back to that university you supposedly tutor at and get an education. "wtf would Jesus do?" go take your fucking bible and shove it up your ass!
I'm from Georgia idiot. And this is the internet. Not a graded essay.
 
Alabama is a redneck state. Sorry but it simply is and anybody will tell you this if they want to state the truth. Alabama has a long, proud history of racism and anti-intellectualism.
Alabama flies the Confederate flag, known around the world as a symbol of hatred and racism. In 1874, the political coalition known as the Redeemers took control of the state government from the Republicans, in part by suppressing the African American vote.

After 1890, a coalition of whites passed laws to segregate and disenfranchise black residents, a process completed in provisions of the 1901 constitution. Provisions which disfranchised African Americans also disfranchised poor whites, however. By 1941 more whites than blacks had been disfranchised: 600,000 to 520,000, although the impact was greater on the African-American community, as almost all of its citizens were disfranchised.
Alabama state politics gained nationwide and international attention in the 1950s and 1960s during the American Civil Rights Movement, when majority whites bureaucratically, and at times, violently resisted protests for electoral and social reform. George Wallace, the state's governor, remains a notorious and controversial figure. Only with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964[26] and Voting Rights Act of 1965 did African Americans regain suffrage and other civil rights.

In 2007, the Alabama Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, a resolution expressing "profound regret" over slavery and its lingering impact. In a symbolic ceremony, the bill was signed in the Alabama State Capitol, which housed Congress of the Confederate States of America..In 2007, over 82 percent of schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward student proficiency under the National No Child Left Behind law, using measures determined by the state of Alabama (not the Federal Government). In 2004, only 23 percent of schools met AYP.[60]

However, while Alabama's public education system has improved, it still lags behind in achievement compared to other states. According to U.S. Census data, Alabama's high school graduation rate--75%--is the second lowest in the United States (after Mississippi).[61] The largest educational gains were among people with some college education but without degrees.[62]

All of this is not my opinion, just fact taken directly from Wikipedia.
OMG you can copy and paste your a genius. Alabama is a beautiful place filled with nice people. I was raised in Georgia and Alabama as well as Queens ,New York, Gary, Indiana and Orlanda, Florida before moving back to Ga. Fuck your perception of me. I dont care what you say really unless its about what I asked on this thread. I don't understand how you can just be so ready to judge someone you have never met. Over the internet wtf you angry mofo. Did I really ruin your day. I have held a 3.8 GPA throughout college while being a single father. I don't run away from my responsibilities and I stand by my word .You don't know me at all. If you been through half of what I have been through in my 24 years you would be dead somewhere in a Gary, indiana back alley. I'm black to for your editfication. Plus I'm typing on a G2x so excuse my grammar.
 

LD25Delta9

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.In 2007, over 82 percent of schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward student proficiency under the National No Child Left Behind law, using measures determined by the state of Alabama (not the Federal Government). In 2004, only 23 percent of schools met AYP.[60]

All of this is not my opinion, just fact taken directly from Wikipedia.
A healthy tidbit of info, Washington D.C. AYP was 91% failure and Florida was 86% failure....this just from 09-10.....Also that year, Texas (the most country redneck state I can think of) had only a 5% failure and Wisconsin only a 6%....

The basis for your argument has officially been obliterated. Not to be a dick, but you just failed. Do more than google or wiki shit.
 
A healthy tidbit of info, Washington D.C. AYP was 91% failure and Florida was 86% failure....this just from 09-10.....Also that year, Texas (the most country redneck state I can think of) had only a 5% failure and Wisconsin only a 6%....

The basis for your argument has officially been obliterated. Not to be a dick, but you just failed. Do more than google or wiki shit.
WTF did someone just say don't Google all your info. Would that imply. That ummm your supposed to ask questions.
 

LD25Delta9

Active Member
WTF did someone just say don't Google all your info. Would that imply. That ummm your supposed to ask questions.
Yes! God forbid anyone use a real database of knowledge like a college to get their information from. My wife is going for elementary education and has done a LOT of studying about the NCLB and the AYP failure rates. For him to quote such a large time span and only 1 state's AYP rating was asinine. He completely left out all the information that made his argument look bad. That's like using, "Light cigarettes are lower in tar than their full-flavor counterpart" as a basis for arguing that light cigarettes curb cancer rates.... *BUUUURRRRNT* FAIL!
 

MurshDawg

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Damn! I wonder if all this seething, venomous hatred seethes into these hater's crops. Go get laid, damn, even if it is with a fat chick. And smoke a spliff. Fabfun and fresh you guys are the shit! Fresh keep fighting that good "noob" fight fuck these pretentious a-holes
 

fabfun

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Damn! I wonder if all this seething, venomous hatred seethes into these hater's crops. Go get laid, damn, even if it is with a fat chick. And smoke a spliff. Fabfun and fresh you guys are the shit! Fresh keep fighting that good "noob" fight fuck these pretentious a-holes
im the shit cuz i went and fucked a fat chick :hump:
others should try it just dont let your friends see her or they will rag u forever
 
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