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Press [Esc] to pause game play. Then, enter one of the following codes.
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Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
Enforcer (Bronze) : Complete 10 execution styles.
Contract Killer (Bronze) : Eliminate 5 made men with the appropriate kill condition.
Three Crime Rings (Bronze) : Control three crime rings.
Five Crime Rings (Bronze) : Control five crime rings.
Lockpicker (Bronze) : Crack five safes.
MobFace (Bronze) : Create a mobster using MobFace.
Let Me Upgrade You (Bronze) : Upgrade one of your made men's skills or weapons.
Torch The Joint (Bronze) : Send your men to bomb a venue from the Don's View.
Pulling The Strings (Bronze) : Send your men to attack a venue from the Don's View.
Gun Smuggler (Bronze) : Find a level 2 firearm upgrade.
Modified Firepower (Bronze) : Find a level 3 firearm upgrade.
Bank Job (Bronze) : Heist your first bank.
100 Whacked (Bronze) : Kill 100 mobsters.
250 Iced (Bronze) : Kill 250 mobsters.
25 Massacred (Bronze) : Kill 25 mobsters.
BlackHand Brutality (Bronze) : Kill 25 mobsters only using BlackHand attacks.
500 Empty Suits (Bronze) : Kill 500 Mobsters.
Full Of Lead (Bronze) : Kill 150 mobsters only using firearms.
Fortified Venue (Bronze) : Max out all guards at a venue.
Right Hand Man (Bronze) : Promote one of your made men to Capo.
Second In Command (Bronze) : Promote one of your men to Underboss.
Getting Made (Bronze) : Recruit your first soldier.
Shakedown (Silver) : Control all extortable businesses.
It's Not Personal (Silver) : Eliminate a rival family by successfully bombing their compound
Bag Man (Silver) : Heist each bank once.
750 Sleeping With The Fishes (Silver): Kill 750 mobsters.
This Thing Of Ours (Silver) : Recruit a full family tree.
First Crime Ring (Silver) : Control one crime ring.
Accept This As A Gift (Silver) : Earn one of each favor.
Welcome To The Gun Show (Silver) : Collect all level 2 and level 3 firearm upgrades.
Executions In Style (Gold) : Complete all execution styles.
Organized Crime (Gold) : Control all crime rings.
Safecracker (Gold) : Crack all safes.
Platinum Trophy (Platinum) : Act like a mobster, think like a Don.
Additionally, there are eight secret trophies:
Vendetta (Bronze) : Eliminate three rival families.
Ambush (Bronze) : Eliminate four rival families.
Double Crossed (Bronze) : Eliminate two rival families.
Paying Tribute (Bronze) : Unlock all safehouses.
The Counselor (Bronze) : Accept Tom Hagen as your Consigliere.
CIA? DOA (Bronze) : Kill Henry Mitchell.
Last Famlily Standing (Bronze): Eliminate all five rival families.
It's Only Business (Bronze) : Eliminate Hyman Roth.
Weapon locations:
Search the indicated location to find the corresponding weapon:
Level 1 - Tommy Gun: Already available.
Level 2 - MP38: Granados Compound, Florida. Search the second floor.
Level 3 - Modified AK-47: Battaglia Masonry, Cuba. When you enter a certain room,
turn left to find a ladder leading underground. Follow the tunnel.
Level 1 - .357 Magnum: Already available.
Level 2 - .44 Magnum Force: When attacking Carmine Rosato's Compound in New York, go
upstairs in the tiny foyer before approaching Carmine. The Magnum is clearly
visible on a desk.
Level 3 - .501 Magnum Enforcer: Battaglia Quarry Chop Shop, Cuba. Look at the map to
find the lighthouse, and go there.
Level 1 - Pistol: Already available.
Level 2 - Silenced Pistol: Ryan Roth mission, Florida. Found during the mission where
he sends you to rescue one of his soldiers.
Level 3 - Delta M1911 silenced : Mangano's Compound, Florida. Search the second floor.
Level 1 - Sniper Rifle: Already available.
Level 2 - Spitzer Centerfire: Emilio's packing company, Florida. It is located on the
rooftop; an engineer is required to cut the fence.
Level 3 - Vintovka SR-98: Almeida Compound, Cuba. On the second floor on a desk.
Level 1 - Shotgun: Already available.
Level 2 - Sawed-off: Corleone's Compound, New York. As soon as you leave the compound
through the main gate, go straight forward, and turn left. There is a hedge
that can be burned with an arsonist. The shotgun is behind there.
Level 3 - Schofield Semi-auto: Global Storage Chop Shop, Florida. On the right side
of the island, inside the small warehouse.
Bonus character location:
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* If an NPC doesn't appear in the area listed below, you may not have encountered him in
the storyline yet (or killed him off).
Alvin Uzzano: Northeast of Richie's Tavern, New York. He is a Safecracker/Medic with
an Advanced Gun License.
Bernard Uzzano: Inside or near the large crypt closest to the north of the hangout of
Almeida capo Jaime Fesser at Goldenrest Cemetery, Florida. He is a Bruiser/Medic with
an Advanced Gun License.
Jimmy Lira: Unknown (requires bonus downloadable content).
He is an Arsonist/Medic/Safecracker/Engineer.
Leroy Petriboni: Las Palmas, Florida. At the "Jersey's Sports Bar", gambling crime ring on
the southernmost island. Approach the building from the east to find a door to a small room.
He can be found wandering inside and just outside of that room. He is a Safecracker/Engineer
with Expert Gun License.
Ray Fogliano: On top of building across from Corman's Drive-In, Florida. He is on the rooftop
nearest to the Corrupt Official Joey Katz. He is an Arsonist/Demolitions.
Ray Ricci: In the square between Casino Imperial and capitol in Cuba. He is a
Demolitions/Engineer with an Expert Gun License.
Roy Mancini: At the airport in Corazon de Oro, Cuba, next to the second plane, behind the
Battaglia Cement Factory. He is a Bruiser/Engineer with a Expert Gun License.
Tommy Cipolla: Corleone Compound, New York (pre-order code required). He is an Arsonist/Medic.
Easy Money and Experience:
Stand in front of your safe house and commit a crime to summon the police. As they arrive,
shoot as many as you can. Just when they are about to snuff you out, enter the safe house.
Heal and exit. The police will be gone, but the money they drop will still be there.
Collect the cash and repeat.
Easy backup:
Remove all your crew members after arriving at a business you want to take over. They will
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Defeating the Manganos:
Bomb one of their casino businesses in Florida. Take over the casino business that is not bombed.
Take over one of the gun running warehouses and bomb the other. The bombed casino business should
be reopened by now. Take it over before more guards are hired. Wait until the bombed warehouse is
open. Takeover that warehouse. Go to Cuba. Take over the remaining two Mangano businesses. Go
back to Florida. Go to the Mangano compound and bring one Bruiser, along with two people that
have more than one specialty (for example, a Demolitions Expert who also knew Medic), and a
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anything if one of them goes down along with you. Note: Do not let them go to New York. If they
get one of your businesses there, they will start spreading rapidly. Also, if one of your
businesses are attacked by the Manganos while you are going to take over a Mangano business, send
in your men and just wait outside of the business you are going to take over. For the Manganos,
you need all the help you can get.
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Messrs. [299 U.S. 217, 218] George P. Barse, of Washington, D.C., and Otis F. Glenn, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.
[299 U.S. 217, 221] Mr. Franz W. Castle, of Chicago, Ill., for respondent.
Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case we are concerned with the bearing of state law upon the enforcement of an assessment against the estate of a stockholder of a national bank.
Elvira J. Parks died March 20, 1928, owning twelve shares of the capital stock of the Austin National Bank of Chicago. May 17, 1928, the probate court of Cook county, Illinois, granted letters testamentary to the executors named in her will, who filed an inventory and supplemental inventory in the probate court within one year of the date of the letters. March 30, 1931, the Comptroller of the Currency declared the bank insolvent, closed it, and appointed the petitioner receiver, and May 21, 1931, assessed all stockholders, including the executors of Elvira J. Parks, 100 per cent. of the par value of their stock. The executors refused to honor the receiver's demand for payment, and on September 1, 1933, he filed his claim in the probate court for $1,327.17, the amount of the assessment with interest to the date of filing. January 13, 1934, the court disallowed the claim. The receiver appealed to the circuit court where the case was tried de novo. That court, applying a state statute, disallowed the claim as against undistributed assets in the hands of executors inventoried within one year from the date of the grant of letters because the claim did not accrue and was not presented to the probate court within that period, but allowed it as to assets not inventoried within the year. (From a stipulation filed in this court it appears that there are in the executors' possession inventoried assets in excess of the amount of petitioner's claim; that the estate is solvent; and that [299 U.S. 217, 222] there are no assets not inventoried within one year from the granting of the letters, or discovered after the expiration of that period.) The Appellate Court of the First District of Illinois affirmed the judgment. A certificate of importance, requisite for a review by the Supreme Court of the state, was refused. Certiorari was granted to resolve a conflict respecting the construction of relevant federal statutes.
U.S.C.Tit. 12, 64 (12 U.S.C.A. 64) is in part:
Section 66 (12 U.S.C.A. 66) is:
The petitioner asserts these sections give his claim a quality so superior to that of other contingent claims against a decedent's estate that it must be recognized by state tribunals without regard to limitations upon allowance imposed by state laws.
The liability is imposed by the statute. 1 The original subscriber and likewise an immediate or remote vendee of the shares assumes a status-that of stockholder. The assumption of this status involves whatever conditions or burdens the federal statutes have imposed as incident to the holding of national bank shares. The contingent [299 U.S. 217, 223] obligation to pay an assessment is rendered absolute by the Comptroller's action in ordering one; whether that action be taken during the stockholder's life or after his death. From the moment of the Comptroller's order for assessment the bank's receiver has a claim which would support an action of debt at common law against a living stockholder, or the executor of a deceased stockholder. And if assessment be made after the estate of a deceased stockholder has been distributed the receiver may proceed to recover the amount from distributees or heirs, if, and to the extent, they are liable for debts of the estate under the law of the domicile. 2
The first clause of section 66 obviously was intended to exempt from personal liability the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee who holds stock as such fiduciary whether standing of record in his name or in that of the decedent, ward, or settlor. The second declares that the estate and funds in the hands of an executor shall be liable as the testator would have been if living, competent, and a stockholder of record. The question is whether this clause adds anything to the obligation of the decedent which is cast upon his estate by operation of law irrespective of section 66.3 Does it impose upon the estate a liability differing from that which the law fastens upon the personal representative to discharge out of the estate, debts accruing before or after the decedent's death? We think that, as the first clause exonerates the fiduciary from personal liability, the second negatives the inference that the exoneration is to extend to the decedent's estate. This was the view taken by Judge Shipman in Davis v. Weed, 7 Fed.Cas. p. 186, No. 3,658, 44 Conn. 569:
The statute evidences no intent to prefer the assessment over other claims against the estate, or to exempt the receiver from the pursuit of the remedy prescribed by the local law for collection of claims of the same sort.
Section 64 gives the receiver no lien for the amount of the assessment against the property of a living stockholder. The claim may only be recovered by suit or action. The judgment obtained is collectible like any other; it has no preference in distribution if the debtor's property be in the hands of a receiver, if he has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or become bankrupt. Section 66 makes a deceased stockholder's estate liable in like manner, and to the same extent, as he would have been if living. As no lien is created against the property of a living stockholder by section 64 section 66 imposes none against his estate. 4
The statute creates an unsecured and unpreferred claim against a decedent's estate. Where the assessment has [299 U.S. 217, 225] been made in the decedent's lifetime an accrued and provable debt exists against his estate; if made after his death a claim against the funds and assets of the estate accrues as of the date of assessment.
Although the petitioner's demand is based upon a federal statute, he may enforce it only in conformity to the law of the forum governing the recovery of debts of like nature. He might have sued in a federal court. Notwithstanding the statute providing that the citizenship of a national bank, for purposes of federal jurisdiction, shall be as if it were a corporation of the state where it has its place of business, the receiver is an officer of the United States and, as such, entitled to sue for assessments in a federal court, irrespective of the citizenship of the parties or the amount in controversy. 5 If he elect so to do, R.S. 721 ( 28 U.S.C. 725 (28 U.S.C.A. 725)) governs the trial:
In such a proceeding the state statute of limitations will be applied; 6 and it seems that the local substantive law governing property rights in stock will be observed. 7 Nor does the principle that the jurisdiction of courts of the United States cannot be defeated by a state's laws limiting redress of its own citizens to certain tribunals8 [299 U.S. 217, 226] create such inconsistency or conflict as to require the overriding of the law of the state with respect to distribution of the estate of a decedent. Where, as here, a res has come into the possession and under the control of a state court, one having a right to go into the federal court, either by reason of diversity of citizenship, or because he is a federal officer, cannot obtain a judgment or decree entitling him to interfere with the administration of the res by the court having its possession. While he may not be denied his right to prosecute an action to judgment or a suit to final decree in the federal court, such judgment or decree can do no more than adjudicate the validity and amount of his claim. The marshaling of that claim with others, its priority, if any, in distribution, and all similar questions, are for the probate court upon presentation to it of the judgment or decree of the federal court. 9 Thus, though a receiver should resort to the United States District Court he would need to present, in a probate court, any judgment obtained, if he desired payment from the assets under the control of the latter.
The receiver may, as petitioner elected to do, prosecute his claim in a state court. If he does, at least in the absence of congressional declaration to the contrary, the litigation will be governed by the common and statutory law of the state. Thus the local statute of limitations applies;10 and the local law as to the extinguishment of the estate and the liability vel non of distributees controls. 11
If the state law requires a claim for an assessment to be prosecuted in an action of debt the receiver cannot elect to bring some other form of action or to sue in equity; [299 U.S. 217, 227] conversely, if the law prescribes a suit in equity the receiver cannot bring an action at law. And if under the state statutes demands against a decedent's estate must be proved in a probate court the receiver cannot pursue some other form of action. This is not to say that a state may deny all remedy for the substantive right arising out of the federal statute ( see Seabury v. Green, supra); it is merely to say that if the state does not discriminate against the receiver's claim in favor of others of equal dignity and like character, there is no warrant for exempting the claim from the effect of local statutes governing procedure or limiting the time for prosecution of action.
The petitioner, having elected to prove his claim in the appropriate state court, is bound by the laws of Illinois as to the enforcement of such claims, provided those laws are nondiscriminatory and operate equally upon all claims of the class in which his belongs.
The relevant statute is section 70 of the Illinois Administration Act 12 which provides that five classes of claims against decedents' estates shall be preferred in the order named, e.g., funeral expenses, costs of administration, widow's share, etc. The sixth class is:
In Illinois a creditor whose claim against a decedent's estate is not due may present it for allowance and settlement provided the liability of the decedent was absolute. 14 Contingent claims may not be proved. 15 Section 70 is not a general statute of limitations but a specific provision intended to facilitate the early settlement of estates. 16 It results that a claim not presented within the year, though not entitled to be paid from assets inventoried within the year, is not barred, but may be collected out [299 U.S. 217, 229] of assets subsequently discovered; and this is so whether the failure timely to present the claim was due to the creditor's negligence, or to the fact that the claim was contingent in character and did not become absolute by the happening of the contingency during the year. 17 If the claim is contingent, and the liability of the estate does not become absolute until after the expiration of the year, the creditor may recover from the distributees, to the extent of the assets received by them respectively. 18
The claimant has only to present and prosecute his demand in the probate court, which has jurisdiction both of legal demands and those cognizable in equity. 19 While, therefore, the creditor need not resort to a court of law or equity to establish his claim, he may do so, since the jurisdiction of those courts over such claims has not been abolished. 20 He may present his claim to the probate court and, at the same time, proceed in equity in the circuit court for specific performance of the contract out of which the claim arises; 21 or present a mortgage note to [299 U.S. 217, 230] the probate court and bring suit in equity to foreclose the deed of trust securing it so as to share in estate assets for any deficiency in his security. 22 But whatever the forum in which he prosecutes his demand, no execution is issued upon the judgment or decree obtained. Whether the claim is presented to the probate court or litigated in some other, within the year, the judgment is that the claim be paid 'in due course of administration'-that is, by an order of distribution out of the proceeds of inventories assets. 23 If judgment is recovered upon a demand, presented to the probate court or prosecuted at law or in equity after the expiration of the year, the judgment is special, that the claim be paid out of assets inventoried or discovered after the lapse of the year, like the common law judgment quando acciderint;24 or that it be enforced against distributees. 25 The only bar to the recovery of such a judgment is the general statute of limitations. 26
A creditor cannot subject inventoried assets, undistributed and held by the administrator, to the payment of his claim by instituting, after the expiration of the year, and prosecuting to judgment, an action of debt against the administrator. 27 Nor can one who has failed to present his claim to the probate court, or to institute suit or action on it within the year, resort to a court of equity [299 U.S. 217, 231] to have his demands paid out of undistributed inventoried assets. 28
It is apparent that the decision under review enforces the policy of the state evidenced by section 70 of the Administration Act as it has been uniformly applied to claims of like character.
The petitioner relies on Mortimer v. Potter, 213 Ill. 178, 72 N.E. 817, but it is not in point. The claim of the receiver for an assessment in that case accrued after the estate had been fully administered and while the stock with respect to which assessment was levied was in the hands of a trustee to whom it was devised by the testator. Under the principles of Illinois law, as has been shown, such a devisee who received assets from the decedent's estate is liable for the assessment to the extent of those assets.
The petitioner also cites Zimmerman v. Carpenter (C.C.) 84 F. 747, as authority in his favor. In that case a circuit court of the Unied States entered a decree charging the assets in the hands of an executor with the amount of an assessment levied after the decedent's death. It is not clear from the opinion whether the court thought that section 66 creates a lien on estate assets from the date of the bank's failure or construed the section as creating a claim sui generis enforceable directly against assets in the possession of the executrix and under the control of a state court of competent jurisdiction. As we have shown above, either theory is wrong. [299 U.S. 217, 232] In the absence of federal legislation giving priority to a claim for an assessment of stockholders' liability over other debts, or a lien upon the assets of a deceasd stockholder's estate, or a special remedy, the claim is not entitled to distribution otherwise than as specified in a nondiscriminatory statute of the domicile. The judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Justice STONE took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
[ Footnote 1 ] McClaine v. Rankin, 197 U.S. 154, 161 , 25 S.Ct. 410, 3 Ann.Cas. 500; Christopher v. Norvell, 201 U.S. 216, 225 , 26 S.Ct. 502, 5 Ann.Cas. 740; McDonald v. Thompson, 184 U.S. 71, 73 , 74 S., 22 S.Ct. 297; Forrest v. Jack, 294 U.S. 158, 162 , 55 S.Ct. 370, 371, 96 A.L.R. 1457.
[ Footnote 2 ] Matteson v. Dent, 176 U.S. 521 , 20 S.Ct. 419; Forrest v. Jack, supra; Seabury v. Green, 294 U.S. 165 , 55 S.Ct. 373, 96 A.L.R. 1463.
[ Footnote 3 ] Matteson v. Dent, supra.
[ Footnote 4 ] In Witters v. Sowles (C.C.) 32 F. 130, 140, and in Drain v. Stough ( C.C.A.) 61 F.(2d) 668, 87 A.L.R. 490, there are statements that the statute imposes a lien on estate assets. In Rankin v. Miller (D.C.) 207 F. 602, 611, one ground of decision was that such a lien existed. So in Drake v. Dilatush, 16 F.Supp. 120, the District Court for Eastern Illinois by decree imposed a lien upon the assets of a decedent's estate held by the executor, under circumstances like those presented in the instant case.
[ Footnote 5 ] Kennedy v. Gibson, 8 Wall. 498; Price v. Abbott (C.C.) 17 F. 506; Armstrong v. Trautman (C.C.) 36 F. 275; Brown v. Smith (C.C.) 88 F. 565; Stephens v. Bernays (D.C.) 41 F. 401, affirmed (C.C.) 44 F. 642; Rankin v. Herod (C.C.) 140 F. 661. See, also, United States v. Weitzel, 246 U.S. 533, 541 , 38 S.Ct. 381.
[ Footnote 6 ] McDonald v. Thompson, supra; McClaine v. Rankin, supra; Morgan v. Hamlet, 113 U.S. 449 , 5 S.Ct. 583.
[ Footnote 7 ] Keyser v. Hitz, 133 U.S. 138 , 10 S.Ct. 290; Christopher v. Norvell, supra.
[ Footnote 8 ] Suydam v. Broadnax, 14 Pet. 67; Union Bank v. Vaiden, 18 How, 503; Hyde v. Stone, 20 How. 170; Lawrence v. Nelson, 143 U.S. 215 , 12 S.Ct. 440.
[ Footnote 9 ] Yonley v. Lavender, 21 Wall. 276; Byers v. McAuley, 149 U.S. 608 , 13 S.Ct. 906; Security Trust Co. v. Black River National Bank, 187 U.S. 211, 227 , 23 S.Ct. 52.
[ Footnote 10 ] McDonald v. Thompson, supra; McClaine v. Rankin, supra.
[ Footnote 11 ] Matteson v. Dent, supra; Forrest v. Jack, supra; Seabury v. Green, supra.
[ Footnote 12 ] Chapter 3, 71, Smith-Hurd Ill.Stats., Chapter 3, par. 71, Ill. Rev.Stats. 1935.
[ Footnote 13 ] An earlier statute fixed the time at two years. Many of the Illinois cases cited arose under the prior law.
[ Footnote 14 ] Smith-Hurd Ill.Stats. c. 3, 68, Cahill's Ill.Rev.Stats.1923, c. 3, par. 68; Johnson v. Tryon, 78 Ill.App. 158; Dunnigan v. Stevens, 122 Ill. 396, 13 N.E. 651, 3 Am.St.Rep. 496; Foreman Trust & Sav. Bank v. Tauber, 348 Ill. 280, 180 N.E. 827.
[ Footnote 15 ] Stone v. Clarke's Administrators, 40 Ill. 411; Dugger v. Oglesby, 99 Ill. 405; Mackin v. Haven, 187 Ill. 480, 58 N.E. 448; Union Trust Co. v. Shoemaker, 258 Ill. 564, 101 N.E. 1050; Chicago T. & T. Co. v. Fine Arts Bldg., 288 Ill. 142, 123 N.E. 300; Robison v. Harrington, 61 Ill.App. 543; Brown v. Rouse, 116 Ill.App. 513; Bocock v. Leet, 210 Ill.App. 402.
[ Footnote 16 ] Waughop v. Bartlett, 165 Ill. 124, 46 N.E. 197; Durflinger v. Arnold, 329 Ill. 93, 160 N.E. 172.
[ Footnote 17 ] Peacock v. Haven, 22 Ill. 23; Russell v. Hubbard, 59 Ill. 335; Shephard v. Rhodes, 60 Ill. 301; Shepard v. National Bank, 67 Ill. 292; Snydacker v. Swan Land Co., 154 Ill. 220, 40 N.E. 466; Union Trust Co. v. Shoemaker, 258 Ill. 564, 101 N.E. 1050; Chiago T. & T. Co. v. Fine Arts Bldg., 288 Ill. 142, 123 N.E. 300; People v. Small, 319 Ill. 437, 150 N.E. 435.
[ Footnote 18 ] Snydacker v. Swan Land Co., 154 Ill. 220, 40 N.E. 466; Union Trust Co. v. Shoemaker, 258 Ill. 564, 101 N.E. 1050; Beebe v. Kirkpatrick, 321 Ill. 612, 152 N.E. 539, 47 A.L.R. 891; Durflinger v. Arnold, 329 Ill. 93, 160 N.E. 172; Whittemore v. Weber, 217 Ill.App. 628.
[ Footnote 19 ] Hurd v. Slaten, 43 Ill. 348; Matter of Corrington, 124 Ill. 363, 16 N.E. 252; Matthews v. Kerfoot, 167 Ill. 313, 47 N.E. 859; Trego v. Cunningham's Estate, 267 Ill. 367, 108 N.E. 350; Pollock v. Cantlin, 253 Ill.App. 229; Kinsey v. Bushman, 261 Ill.App. 481.
[ Footnote 20 ] Rosenthal v. Magee, 41 Ill. 370; Wells v. Miller, 45 Ill. 33; Mason v. Tiffany, 45 Ill. 392; Darling v. McDonald, 101 Ill. 370; Roberts v. Flatt, 142 Ill. 485, 32 N.E. 484; Bradwell v. Wilson, 158 Ill. 346, 42 N.E. 145.
[ Footnote 21 ] Aldrich v. Aldrich, 287 Ill. 213, 224, 122 N.E. 472; Crawley v. Howe, 223 Ill.App. 394, 398.
[ Footnote 22 ] Kittredge v. Nicholes, 162 Ill. 410, 412, 44 N.E. 742; Dyer v. Hall, 201 Ill.App. 183.
[ Footnote 23 ] See the cases in note 19. Welch v. Wallace, 3 Gilman (8 Ill.) 490; Peck v. Stevens, 5 Gilman (10 Ill.) 127; Bull v. Harris, 31 Ill. 487; Dye v. Noel, 85 Ill. 290.
[ Footnote 24 ] Bradford v. Jones, 17 Ill. 93; Peacock v. Haven, 22 Ill. 23; Rosenthal v. Magee, 41 Ill. 370; Mulvey v. Johnson, 90 Ill. 457; Darling v. McDonald, 101 Ill. 370, 374.
[ Footnote 25 ] Roberts v. Flatt, 142 Ill. 485, 32 N.E. 484; Union Trust Company v. Shoemaker, 258 Ill. 564, 101 N.E. 1050.
[ Footnote 26 ] Guy v. Gericks, 85 Ill. 428; Wilding v. Rhein, 12 Ill.App. 384.
[ Footnote 27 ] Pearson v. McBean, 231 Ill. 536, 83 N.E. 173.
[ Footnote 28 ] Strauss v. Phillips, 189 Ill. 9, 23, 59 N.E. 560; compare Blanchard v. Williamson, 70 Ill. 647. The petitioner cites cases to the effect that probate courts in Illinois act upon equitable principles. Some of these are collected in note 13, supra, but they go only to the point that in probating claims against an estate those courts recognize equitable doctrines, and do not remit a creditor to a court of equity if his claim is equitable rather than legal. No statute or case has been found indicating that these tribunals have independent equity jurisdiction.
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Docket No: No. 18
Argued: October 15, 1936
Decided: December 07, 1936
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Thousands of years ago, a vast trade route called the Silk Road stretched from China all the way to Turkey and into Europe. Now it appears that modern horses are the result of trades and treks on this route.
Cambridge University zoologist Vera Warmuth analyzed DNA from horses in a wide range of locations on the former Silk Road, thousands of miles apart. What she discovered was a remarkable similarity between them — especially along the routes that were a little more temperate with plenty of grass nearby. Horses in locations along difficult and arduous routes didn't reveal the same genetic similarities.
On The Conversation, William Feeney describes some of the intriguing findings from this study:
Ancient human trade facilitated population mixing in horses as far as 8000 km apart. Travelling along more arduous Silk Road routes, for instance across the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, was probably more "costly" because less evidence of gene flow was seen in these areas . . . Warmuth found that horses from within the former Soviet Union countries are no more similar to one another than horses from outside this area. In other words this study suggests that these horses are likely a product of ancient and long-term trading along the Silk Road routes rather than a product of recent trading practices.
The horses of contemporary Asia and Russia are likely the descendants of horses that ancient traders bought, or rode on, while wandering thousands of miles on the Silk Road. This is further evidence that humans have (often unwittingly) been guiding the evolution of the animals around them for millennia.
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The four series of Mass Effect 3 figurines being offered by Big Fish
games Toys (announced back in December) are certainly nice enough collector's items. They will also come with a card (one per figure) promising "access to downloadable in-game content." One figurine is $17.99; a set of four is $67.99. All four series, then, would cost $271.96, or about 32,000 Microsoft points. Ouch.
Just two of the series (and their constituent figurines) are listed for sale as of now. That would be Tali, Thane, Grunt and Shepard in series one (currently backordered) and Miranda, Mordin, Legion and Garrus in series two.
What the hell kind of DLC do you get for this? Who knows. "Each figure contains different in-game content, exclusive to North American released product," says Big Fish, so you're SOL, Europe. "Collect all 8 for the full experience!"
Since when did Mass Effect decide it was cool to go all Skylanders on us?
[Update] Commenter Chronicles points us to this listing on the BioWare Store site, which says the DLC "is slightly randomized during the registration and could include powerful new weapons and new characters." The DLC is only available for use on PC and Xbox 360 versions. Thanks, Adam!
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If you make it to the top of banking, you're going to be part of the 1%. Congratulations! Except, that this comes with some downsides: success can breed envy and criticism. If you want to handle this without turning resentful and aloof, you need to cultivate the right mindset. Here's what that looks like.
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Krull (1983)
Directed by Peter Yates
Genres - Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Children's/Family | Sub-Genres - Sci-Fi Action, Sword-and-Sorcery | Release Date - Jul 29, 1983 (USA) | Run Time - 117 min. | Countries - United Kingdom, United States | MPAA Rating - PG
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Meant to be a whimsical sword-and-sorcery film about a prince out to save his princess from the jaws of the Beast, Krull has enough scenes borrowed from blockbuster predecessors (Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Robin Hood, Star Wars) and is gentle enough to be rather derivative, ordinary fare. Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall) has inherited a kingdom under siege by the evil Beast, and not only has to rid the land of the monster, but he has to rescue his bride Lyssa (Lysette Anthony) from the Beast's clutches as well. In his magical land, horses can sometimes fly, medieval castles can harbor weapons that light up, and before he can defeat the Beast, the prince has to get his hands on the glaive (French for "double-edged sword"), a razor-sharp, magical weapon capable of killing the monster. One of the more notable aspects of Krull is that a 30-year old Liam Neeson plays the bit part of Kegan, in only his third full-length feature film.
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At this stage, "Resistance is futile!" has forever run its course.
I don't use it for anything, other than a place that has some links bookmarked.
Occasionally, I go back and reference something - but those moments are fewer and father between.
I just need to move forward with other things, and say goodbye to the blog.
I am on Facebook, user dvgulliver.
...back to the drawing board...
Thirteen years ago this minute, the world changed.
Have we reverted back?
Could it happen again?
I can think of no bettter tribute to give than the one I gave this day, five years ago. Please go back and read it again.
Also, this.
Four years ago, I wrote this article about remembering 9/11. While Oregon today has a different governor - and as of the time of posting this, I have no idea if he has even issued any sort of statement this year - I believe my message still rings loud and clear. Please go read what I wrote back then.
I am trying to get a theme going across blogs, facebook and twitter. Post your own "dear Obama" message warning him that the Muslim Brotherhood is doing some trivial thing democrats waste time accusing Republicans or the Tea Party of doing. Here are some I've already thought up:
Dear President Obama: the Muslim Brotherhood does not provide women with free contraception. Please send Sandra Fluke to negotiate.
Dear President Obama: the Muslim Brotherhood has over a billion dollars of taxpayer money, and some of it might be invested in a Swiss bank. You should check that out while you are investigating Mitt Romney's tax returns.
Dear President Obama: I heard the Muslim Brotherhood might require members to have a photo ID. You should look into that.
Dear President Obama: children of the Muslim Brotherhood are eating more and more high fructose corn syrup. Please, think of the children!
Dear President Obama: I hear the Muslim Brotherhood is bitterly clinging to guns and religion. You may want Eric Holder to look into that.
Dear President Obama: I hear the Muslim Brotherhood may be supporting a War on Women. How about cutting their funding and donating it to breast cancer research instead?
Dear President Obama: I think the Muslim Brotherhood may not have all their tires properly inflated. They may be contributing to global warming. Please look into this!
Dear President Obama: I don't think the Muslim Brotherhood has enough Latino members. Maybe you should ask your Diversity Czar to check into that?
Dear President Obama, I think that some members of the Muslim Brotherhood actually believe in "legitimate rape." Please check into that.
Dear President Obama: I saw your allies, if that's what you think they are today, in the Muslim Brotherhood driving large, gas guzzling SUVs. Maybe you should buy them Chevy Volts instead!
That's enough to get you started. Share these, post your own to blogs, facebook and twitter, make them go viral!
Today is NATIONAL EMPTY CHAIR DAY!
Yesterday I posted about Obama's giant sand sculpture. I guess God had other plans.
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is OBAMANDIAS, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Why am I using Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" to reference Obama? Oh... no reason...
So last night, FOX News token liberal commenter Juan Williams attacked Ann Romney, calling her just a "corporate wife" and implying she can't possibly relate to real women. I guess he thinks she can't be a First Lady. But what about the ultimate liberal ideal of the White House, the ideal President and First Lady, what about Camelot? Let's compare and contrast, shall we?
Went to BYU and finished her education at Harvard - while living in a basement and raising a son as her husband finished graduate school. Taught Sunday School. Active in the PTA and League of Women Voters. Survivor of breast cancer. Continues to suffer from multiple sclerosis, but still manages to campaign for husband despite this summer's relapse. Director of teen assistance charity Best Friends, United Way volunteer, and Director of Massachusetts Faith Based Initiatives. Full time mother of five. And yes, stood by and supported her husband as he made his own way in business. Guilty.
Born into wealth and priviledge. Raised by oil money. Well known equestrienne. Named "debutante of the year" at her "coming out." Storybook wedding named "social event of the season." Best known for her fashion sense and Chanel dresses. After her husband's death, married a billionaire.
This is not meant to denigrate Jackie. I am sure she was a charming woman and loving wife and mother. But rather, this is to show that Ann Romney shares many qualities of Jackie, but also grew up much more humbly and did far more as a wife and mother, including her own selfless accomplishments in education, political, and charitable work. Ann Romney has far more in common with working moms and average women than Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis ever had. But to a liberal like Juan, Ann Romney is just a corporate wife - while Jackie remains the liberal icon, the ideal First Lady.
I just don't understand the liberal mindset. They are simply not like us.
Folks, this here is what we call a "tipping point."
Yes, that is the actual cover of Newsweek - NEWSWEEK! - that hits stands tomorrow. You can read it online here.
This marks the first time I can think of that a major establishment news source has printed anything remotely like this - even though millions of readers and viewers agree. The mainstream press has been completely in the tank for Obama - and suffering nightmarish declines in ratings and readership as more and more regular people recognize the partisan cheerleading for what it is and tune out.
It starts with Newsweek. This will be a big selling issue. And now that the dam has started to crack, other news media sources will start to publish their own hit pieces on Obama, in order to keep up and remain relevant. Thanks to Newsweek, now other sources can run critical pieces without sticking their necks out to be first. And this comes on the eve of the Republican National Convention, which will provide plenty of fodder.
Momentum has shifted - big time. Write this day down in your history books. This is the moment that Obama's fate became sealed. He will lose. Now the question is no longer "will Obama get re-elected?", because he won't. Instead, the question becomes "how big a victory will the Republicans have?"
Very soon.
Well, there you have it:
As you can see from my earlier post, I was wrong. Romney, however, was right. Ryan is an unbelievably great candidate. In my earlier prediction, I didn't consider Ryan simply because I didn't believe Romney would be bold enough to choose him. I am glad to be wrong!
Ryan is the best possible choice for transforming government. I don't just mean reforming. I mean TRANSFORMING. Government has grown so much and is so far from what the Founders intended, mere reformation is not enough.
Ryan is a man of policy and ideas, not simply someone who fills in important boxes on a checksheet. I was afraid Romney would bow to pressure from certain demographics, and think he had to choose a running mate in order to appeal to "the Hispanics" or "the women" or "the evangelicals" or "the South" or "Ohio." Nope. Romney chose a man based on principles of policy and ideas. This signals two important things:
1) Romney is a man who will govern according to the principles of policy and ideas, and,
2) Romney is confident he can win with these principles, instead of needing to rely on "the Hispanics" or "the women" or "the evangelicals" or "the South" or "Ohio."
In other words, this choice exudes both principle and confidence in principle.
This is a good day for America. A VERY good day. Up until now, I was only hopeful that Romney could beat Obama because people dislike Obama more, and then Romney would simply not be as bad. Now, I am hopeful Romney and Ryan can beat beat Obama and Biden because America WANTS Romney and Ryan, and that together they will repair our nation.
There is a lot of talk today about Condi Rice for VP. I like Condi and all. But it won't be her. She is perceived as a moderate - probably unjustly so, but the fact is, on some social issues, she is distrusted by the conservative base. This conservative base is already skeptical of Romney, so Romney needs a reassuring pick, not a controversial one in this regard. She is also closely associated with the Bush administration. Now remember, for the most part, I liked Bush. This is not a bad thing for me. But Obama wants to run against the last two years of the Bush administration - two years that went south, largely because Pelosi and Reid were running Congress... but I digress. Romney needs to be able to say that he would not be just another Bush Republican. Condi on the ticket negates that. Finally, unlike most other politicians who say it, when she says she never wants to run for office, she convinces me. So who should Romney choose? I say, Bobby Jindal:
Jindal would be perfect for many reasons:
1) Let's get the obvious out of the way - Jindal is an Indian-American, and Romney is a boring white guy. Jindal on the ticket would be abother historic first, and would forever change the race debates in this nation. The GOP would no longer be the white people party. And it would highlight the racial double-standard of the left: to liberals, if you are black or Mexican, you are a special minority. But if you are Asian, you are nothing to them. However, Asians have just surpassed hispanics as the fastest growing immigrant group. They are an important voting bloc, and have been largely ignored by politicians across the country. This would be big. Real big.
2) Jindal is both the second coming of, and at the same time, the polar opposite of, Sarah Palin. Palin and Jindal agree on most issues, excite the tea party and conservative base, and break ground as historic minority figures. Jindal would add needed fire to the Romney campaign as Palin did for McCain. But elites hated Palin, unfairly, because she is a "low brow" figure who took more than four years to graduate from a podunk state college and went on to do things like work on fishing boats instead of working at law firms, universities, or major corporations like "respectable" people. Jindal is at home with blue collar working class folks, but has elite cred up the wazoo (see below).
3) Jindal would be one of the most intelligent, best educated candidates on a ticket - just like Romney. Obama fans brag about his Harvard Law degree and tenure as a professor. Well... Romney graduated with honors from Harvard Law AND Harvard Business. He needs a running mate with similar achievement, to avoid diminishing his own. Jindal graduated from Brown with honors (double majoring, in just three years), then went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, graduating with a Master's degree in Political Science, and was a consultant for McKinsey and Company and president of University of Louisiana - that's real brains, with the paper to back it up. It would be impossible for anyone to say with any credibility that the Republican Party is the "stupid" party with Jindal on the ticket alongside Romney.
4) Jindal has government experience and executive experience that defies belief for someone so young. Jindal was the head of Louisiana Health and Human Services, president of University of Louisiana, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Louisiana - all before age 40. He is younger than I am by a year. I feel so pathetic in comparison! Romney's big advantage - his private sector experience - is also a weakness in that people expect a President (especially after the Obama nightmare) to have extensive experience running GOVERNMENT. Romney has only his one term as a governor; adding Jindal to the ticket would add incredible balance in that regard.
5) Jindal excites the tea party. Romney doesn't. A Romney-Jindal ticket unites the big tent of establishment GOP, moderates, conservatives, and the tea party. Romney needs that.
6) Jindal is right on the issues. He favors limited federal government, states' rights, low taxes, less regulation, secure borders, life, liberty, guns, babies, God and country. Jindal is top rated by Right to Life, the NRA, and Club for Growth. He has the right vision for America, and will help reassure those on our side who fear Romney lacks a conservative vision or core conservative principles.
7) Jindal has experience that Romney lacks. Jindal served on the Homeland Security Committee in Congress and has national security expertise. This helps make up for a significant Romney weakness while the U.S. is still engaged in the Global War on Terror and faces new threats from the likes of Iran.
8) Jindal is a turn-around specialist, like Romney, but with government instead of private business. As head of Louisiana HHS, Jindal wiped out a $400 million deficit and created a $200 million surplus. As governor, he rescued his state's credit rating. He has the same vision for rescuing failing organizations with sweeping changes for improved efficiency as Romney - but has experience doing it with failing governments.
9) Jindal's greatest area of expertise is healthcare policy. The GOP is running on repealing Obamacare. The left keeps saying the GOP has no vision for replacing it. Romney's greatest weakness is that he implemented Romneycare as governor. Having Jindal on the ticket demonstrates a commitment to making actual healthcare REFORM, and not just Obamacare repeal, a top priority.
10) Jindal is Catholic. Romney is Mormon. Many voters will not support a Mormon. The Catholic Church has been, historically, one of the most critical anti-Mormon organizations. A Mormon-Catholic ticket would be an incredible thing, more so (in my opinion) than a Mormon-Protestant ticket. While there are many Protestant evangelicals who will not support Romney, I believe their biggest problem with him isn't religion so much as perceived weakness on social issues like abortion, gay marriage, and gun control. Jindal would do more to help with this than probably any Protestant other than Mike Huckabee - and Huckabee would do more harm with tea party conservatives than he would help with social conservative evangelicals.
11) JIndal has been vetted. He has been elected and re-elected congressman and governor. Louisiana is a tough state for politics. If there was dirt on Jindal, it would have already derailed him.
12) Jindal has handled crisis. He succeeded in leading during the Gulf oil spill and Hurricane Gustav when other states failed, and in stark contrast to Katrina before he became governor. When the 3 a.m. call comes, Jindal will have a cool head and get right to work solving the crisis.
13) Unlike some other potential candidates, Jindal was not in Congress during the end of the Bush years, and therefore does not have a TARP vote to rationalize! He has congressional experience (important, as VP is also President of the Senate), but without a long history of bad votes to drag him down.
14) Jindal has a strong family story. He is the child of immigrants. His parents came to America to make use of their education in a free country. His siblings are all successes. His wife is a chemical engineer with an MBA working on her PhD. Everyone in the family has strong personal values. There won't be any embarassing uncles showing up drunk or children being born out of wedlock.
And that brings up something that needs discussed: there is a lunatic fringe of the birther crowd who will claim Jindal is not eligible under the Constitution. Let's just clear this up. HE IS. Jindal was born in the United States. His parents came to America legally, under a visa, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool, allowing a non-issue to distract us from the REAL issue at hand: Obama, whether born in Hawaii or not, is a FAILURE as President who must be replaced because of his bad policies.
So that's my take. Jindal would be best. You can agree or disagree. But regardless of who Romney chooses as his running mate, my vote is with Romney to defeat Obama. I hope you and I can agree on that!
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The following is a guest editorial from the Gullydad:
Those who are following Washington, D.C. politics these days know about the so-called Congressional super-committee that has been tasked with the creation of an economic package that will begin to reverse the mounting national debt by some combination of spending reduction and/or revenue enhancement. In short, the twelve-person super-committee has been tasked to do what the larger 535 member Congress has not been able to do for many years. Failing to do that by Thanksgiving week will supposedly kick-in a mandatory 10% budget cut across all federal departments and agencies, regardless of any other factors including need, waste, fraud, abuse, stupidity, etc.
If the super-committee is unable to do the job (which has been an easy prediction for months), two things come to mind: 1) Congress can always change the rules and cancel or alter the mandatory budget cut, or 2) Congress can take the easy path (which it usually does) and let the mandatory cuts kick-in while blaming the opposition party for all the problems that causes. Remember that things are the way they are in this country because Congress wants it that way. If Congress didn't want it that way, they'd fix it.
The easy path is the worst possible idea. Yes, it is easy to sit back and watch while every federal department across the full spectrum of executive, legislative and judicial offices takes a 10% budget cut. There's got to be at least 10% waste and inefficiency in all of those offices, so the cuts are a good thing. Really? Is it possible that some rational thought might help to weed out some expenditures that should be cut by more or less than 10%? Isn't that what our Congress is supposed to do with each budget they pass? Just as a for-instance, would it be wiser to cut a larger percentage from the Cowboy Poetry Contest or from the White House Tsars payroll than we cut from some of the more critical programs like Medicaid or defense?
This essay isn't about politics! Today, the U.S. Navy has fewer ships than it had at the beginning of World War I. That's right, World War I (1915). If you think we were unprepared for war when we were attacked at Pearl Harbor in 1941, we are less prepared today. Our Air Force has fewer airplanes now than the old Army Air Forces had at the beginning of World War II. We have not had a new military ship or airplane design in the past ten years. Look at your home computer and cell phone technology. Would you be satisfied with ten-year old technology in your own products? Ten year old technology is obsolete. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a heavy toll of our Army and Marine Corps forces. Our reserve and National Guard forces have been abused and overused. And yet, there are politicians who would rather see the Department of Defense take the same cuts as everyone else rather than create a sensible, affordable budget.
And now for a bit of history: From this, take away one name in particular, Commander Thomas D. Davies, U.S. Navy. He is involved in two separate stories, both of which are mentioned briefly here, and both of which get into the budget process. Both stories are covered in great detail elsewhere. Get the full story by visiting the linked websites mentioned below.
Start with the Truculent Turtle. Never heard of it? The Truculent Turtle is the most famous Navy aircraft of all time. Can you name any other? Read about it at www.patron2.com/files/Turtle/turtleproj.html.
Back in 1946 after the close of World War II, the U.S. military was cut back to a peacetime force that was a shadow of what it had been only a year earlier. Government programs that had been ignored for the nearly four years of all-out war took their rightful priority while military budgets were reduced to less than pre-war levels. The Army Air Forces, which proved the value of land-based bombers and fighters during WWII, was still a division within the Army. Its leadership sought status as a separate, independent U.S. Air Force. Lessons learned during WWII were paving the way toward the creation of a unified Department of Defense in which land, sea and air warfare would be equally represented and budgeted as separate services under a Joint military command.
There were problems in creating a separate Air Force. The traditional roles and missions of the military that had previously been divided up among the Army and the Navy, had to be reviewed and redistributed among three services. For clarification, the Marine Corps was and still is a separate organization within the Department of the Navy, exclusively responsible for the mission of amphibious warfare. The proponents of a separate Air Force wanted that force to have responsibility for and control over all air operations. Naturally, the Navy objected to the idea of losing control of air operations related to their mission of sea control, and the Marine Corps could not tolerate loss of their own close-air-support for their amphibious operations.
At the close of WWII, the Army Air Forces had the fastest, highest flying and longest range bomber aircraft in the world… the B-29. In an obvious effort to build upon the roles and missions of a new U.S. Air Force, Army Air Forces generals and many Congressmen sought the takeover of the Navy's maritime surveillance and reconnaissance mission by claiming that their B-29 was the most capable aircraft to do that job. To win support for their cause, the Army Air Forces began a series of record-breaking flights by the B-29 to demonstrate their long-range capabilities.
In early 1946, the Navy had no aircraft that could compete with the B-29's long-range endurance. It did have one patrol aircraft, the Lockheed P2V, undergoing development under the direct supervision of Commander Thomas D. Davies in the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. Knowing that the Army Air Forces were gearing up for a battle over the Navy's maritime mission, CDR Davies directed Lockheed to study ways in which the P2V could be enhanced to improve its long-range endurance. That study, nicknamed Operation Turtle, indicated that a highly modified P2V could fly about 12,000 miles without refueling. A B-29 had just flown a record-breaking flight of 7,500 miles from Guam to Washington, D.C.
At CDR Davies' urging, the Navy requested approval by the new Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal, for a P2V flight from Perth, Australia to Washington, D.C. as a test of the new aircraft's over-water navigation and crew endurance capabilities. Coincidentally, the distance from Perth to Washington, D.C. is 12,000 miles. To make a very long story short, in 1946, CDR Davies and a crew of three other Navy pilots flew "The Truculent Turtle" from Perth, Australia to Columbus, Ohio… a distance of 11,236 miles in 55 hours and 17 minutes, shattering all existing endurance records and setting a record that would last for forty years. Only some unfavorable weather enroute kept them from making it all the way to Washington, D.C. That flight was enough to convince Congress that the Navy had the means to perform its mission of maritime surveillance, which remains a Navy mission today.
This is just an aside, but it does have some bearing on military funding. After the flight of the Truculent Turtle, CDR Davies was involved in another aviation feat. In 1948, the U.S. Air Force owned the only aircraft that was capable of delivering a nuclear weapon over great distances… again, the B-29. The Navy didn't want the Air Force to be the only service with a long-range nuclear weapon capability (and the funding that went along with the mission). The Navy had a long-range carrier-based bomber in development, but it was a year away from production. To show that the Navy already had a long-range weapon delivery capability that was versatile enough to be land-based or sea-based (aircraft carrier), flight tests were performed to show that the P2V could be launched from a carrier deck (although it had to land on a runway). CDR Davies was the test pilot who flew the P2V from a carrier deck on numerous occasions, so that the Navy could retain a share in the long-range nuclear weapon delivery mission.
The rest of the story: In 1949, the Air Force developed a gigantic new bomber designed specifically to carry the massive nuclear weapons of the time. The B-36 had six piston-driven engines and could fly unprecedented distances without refueling. (Sustained usage of the B-36, however, showed that the plane was grossly underpowered. Additional jet engines were added to the wings of later B-36 models.) The nation's first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, had previously been the Secretary of the Navy. He supported the purchase of B-36's for the Air Force, but he also supported the carrier Navy and the purchase of the first modern aircraft carrier to be built since the close of WWII. Regrettably, Secretary Forrestal had a nervous breakdown and was replaced. President Truman named an old ally, Louis Johnson, to be the second Secretary of Defense. For a much better and more detailed account of this story, visit the Naval History Magazine website linked below:
In Louis Johnson's first days in office, without consulting anyone in the Navy hierarchy, he abruptly cancelled the Navy's new aircraft carrier (only five days after the ceremonial keel-laying). The billion dollars that was designated to pay for the carrier were transferred over to the B-36 program. This happened while the Secretary of the Navy, John Sullivan, was out of town, giving a speech in New Orleans. Sullivan was so outraged at the news of the carrier's cancellation that he immediately resigned his office. Showing solidarity, his Deputy Secretary of the Navy, W. John Kenney, also resigned.
What followed has long been called "the revolt of the admirals." There was great concern among the senior officers (and many junior officers) about the future of the Navy. Carriers had certainly proven their worth in WWII. In fact, aircraft carriers had replaced the battleships as the Navy's primary weapon systems. But now the SECDEF had just ordered the Navy to reduce their carrier force down to a total of four… four carriers compared to more than one hundred carriers just a few years before!! SECDEF Johnson replaced John Sullivan as SECNAV with a loyal lawyer from Omaha, Francis P. Matthews, who knew nothing whatsoever about the military or the workings of the federal government. The Navy was left with no one in the Secretariat who could counter SECDEF Johnson's pro Air Force stance.
Certain naval aviators took note of the disparity in treatment between the Navy and the Air Force and sought ways to bring the arguments in favor of carrier aviation to the attention of Congress. Several highly ranking admirals testified before Congress in direct opposition to Secretary Johnson's testimony and against the testimony of their own SECNAV Matthews. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and several other admirals lost their jobs for taking that risk. Two naval aviators secretly took up the challenge to gather information about the B-36 program, and within a week they produced a nine-page paper with 55 specific points that were germane to the B-36 procurement process. That paper became known as the "Anonymous Document" that could be used as a "point paper" in discussions or testimony in Congress.
Among other things, the Anonymous Document, which called the B-36 the "billion dollar blunder," pointed out that both W. Stuart Symington, the Secretary of the Air Force and Louis Johnson, the SECDEF, had personal financial interests in the B-36 production. Additionally, the Document questioned the need for a large fleet of B-36 bombers whose only mission would be to drop nuclear weapons on the enemy, including helpless civilians. It argued for a mix of bomber types to cover all the possible nuclear and conventional bombing scenarios that might be encountered in wartime. And there were multiple points made in the Document about the inferiority of the B-36 as a weapon system. We all know that the Air Force went ahead with the B-36 production and later regretted it when it became a logistical and a maintenance nightmare.
Okay, are you ready for this? The two naval aviators who created the "Anonymous Document," which found its way into Congressional offices and was used in Congressional testimony, were CDR Cedric R. Worth, Special Assistant to Under Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball, and CDR Thomas D. Davies, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. Got that?... CDR Thomas D. Davies was the pilot in command of the Truculent Turtle for its record-setting flight.
The Defense establishment including the U.S. Air Force soon realized their mistake (even if they wouldn't admit it publicly) of robbing the carrier Navy in favor of the B-36 procurement when war broke out in Korea. With no land bases from which to operate in the area, our carrier forces, albeit greatly reduced from what they had been during WWII, brought the air war to the enemy because the U.S. Air Force couldn't get there.
We say that if we don't learn the lessons of history, then we are doomed to repeat our mistakes. Prior to WWII, politicians in this country were downplaying the possibility of war or the need to prepare for war. "Why would the military ever want to go to war?" they asked. "War is not in our national interest," they said. Everyone should understand that our country does not go to war because the military wants it. We go to war when the civilian leadership of our country makes the decision to go to war… usually as a last resort when negotiations fail or when we are attacked without notice. Those who were around in 1941 can remember the Pearl Harbor attack. Immediately afterward, thousands of men stormed their military recruiting offices to sign up for duty. Our military increased in size so rapidly that there were no weapons with which to train those going through boot camp. Men marched with brooms on their shoulders because there were no rifles. In the Vietnam War, bombers took off from carrier decks with half loads of bombs because we had let our supply of weapons fall below acceptable readiness standards.
Funding the military should be a steady-state function with built-in consistency. It takes years to develop a weapon system or to create a regiment of combat-ready troops. Yo-yo budgeting of the military is not a good idea. I don't feel the least bit qualified to argue about one weapon system vs. another. There is a system in place within the Pentagon for the services to iron out the overall priorities of the whole military based on the world situation. From there, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) set the priorities for procurement. One problem is that we cannot afford what the DOD thinks we need, and we can afford even less when the DOD budget is arbitrarily cut by 10% (or more). Adding to the problem is that some Congressmen can bastardize the system by buying weapon systems that are produced in their districts even when the DOD hasn't given those systems a high priority.
Technology is pricey. How can we afford bombers that cost nearly a billion dollars apiece? The B-2 bomber is so expensive we're afraid to use them for fear of losing one to the enemy or by accident. We have to fly the B-1's and B-2's halfway around the world to drop their bombs in the middle-east because we're afraid to base them closer. During WWII, we cranked out bombers almost as fast as our assembly-line technology created automobiles. Airplanes were so inexpensive in the 1940's that we could afford to manufacture them by the thousands. We sent more bombers on raids over Europe per day than we now have in our entire Air Force inventory. In fact, on some bad days we lost more bombers in raids over Germany than we have in our inventory today.
Bottom line: If the Department of Defense is forced to undergo a sizeable budget cut, why don't we reduce some huge personnel costs by lowering the number of civilian "experts" in DOD, many of whom have been hired in the last three years, and many of whom draw salaries in excess of their military counterparts. Let's not reduce the pointy end of the spear any more than we have to. Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff. Keep an eye on Iran; watch China like a hawk.
- Gullydad, Captain, U.S. Navy (retired)
SERIOUS QUESTION: The morning after Halloween, you find the heaviest piece of furniture in the house about 8 inches from where it usually is, with no explanation. Everything else is perfectly normal. Thoughts?
I will freely admit I didn't pay much attention to Herman Cain before recently, simply because I believed he couldn't possibly go anywhere. But the more I see of him, the more he impresses me. The more I think he can beat the odds and go all the way. I still like Rick Perry - but unlike the other alternatives, Cain actually excites me. Romney, not so much.
Wow - the facebook "updates" of the last few days are so bloody horrible, I just might scrap it and return to blogging more...
This is a must watch:
The Waco reference really helps put things in perspective.
I have been waiting for this:
This is going to be a great campaign and a great election.
Readers may have noticed: I almost never post anything here. It is not that I am inactive. It is simply that almost all my posting is done on facebook these days. It is quicker and easier and I have a much better sense of who is reading and responding. Downside is: not much in the way of creativity for posting larger articles with multiple images and other attachments. But then, such posts aren't quick or easy. So... the dilemma...
Do I continue to keep this site running? Or just put it out to pasture?


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Nothing makes me feel more confident and therefore more fearless than a good pair of heels or a dressed up snazzy outfit. When I feel good about my appearance, I generally feel good about all decisions I make and every thing I say.
Before I started freelancing full time, I worked a regular job in a regular office. It wasn't a bad job as jobs go, but it definitely wasn't the way I wanted to spend the rest of my life.
I had dreams of being a writer and had even enjoyed some success moonlighting as a freelance copywriter part-time. But doing it part-time was easy. I still had the security and steady paycheck that my regular job offered and if a writing job fell through or someone decided not to pay, it was no big deal. (See also: How to Get a Life: Consider the Worst Case Scenario)
The problem was, I didn't want that regular job anymore. I wanted to write full-time, and no matter how hard I tried to ignore that fact, the reality was seriously weighing me down. I needed to make a choice. And it scared the hell out of me. Thankfully, I had friends and family who convinced me to just close my eyes and take the leap, and I'm now so glad that I did.
But it also made me realize just how much "life" I had been missing because I was too afraid to let go of my safety net. Being fearless is having the confidence to believe that you can really succeed.
Of course, just telling you to be fearless is easy — it's the actual doing that poses the challenge. Here's how to do it.
Becoming fearless is like adopting any other trait or skill — it takes practice. And the more you succeed, the easier being fearless will become.
Use this logic to your advantage by taking small steps. That is, exercise your fearless muscle in small ways that push the envelope just a little, but not too much.
If speaking in front of large groups is your weakness, for example, then make it a point to offer a suggestion at your next staff meeting or volunteer to speak at your kid's school on career day. It's not a huge move, but it does force you to step ever so slightly outside your comfort zone, and it gives you a solid success that you can build upon.
Yes, really — exercise and stay fit. It's much easier to summon up some boldness when you feel strong and capable. Not so easy, on the other hand, when your body is sluggish or weak.
As within, so without.
Start (subject to your doctor's consent, of course) with 10 minutes of yoga in the morning or take a walk in the evening before you call it a day. Start a regimen of push-ups or sit-ups, and then relish the definition that develops in your abs and your arms.
Encourage yourself to move faster, jump higher, and stretch farther, and give yourself major props for how much more fit you've become.
And then use that strength to fuel your fearlessness.
There is a reason that the experts tell you to wear a "power suit" or a red tie to an important meeting — certain clothing conveys success and power, to you as well as to those around you.
Now, that doesn't mean that you always need to dress to the nines to find your fearless self. It does suggest that you pay a little more attention to the general state of your wardrobe. It's much easier to speak your mind, stand your ground, and charge forward if you're not tugging at your sweat pants or looking down at your scuffed shoes.
Ironically, the more timid we feel, the more timid we tend to dress, if for no other reason than to ensure we don't draw any unnecessary attention. But being fearless means you don't mind being "seen" and that's a much easier pill to swallow if you're feeling good about the way you look.
For me, it's a pair of black, strapless heels that make me feel invincible. They're comfortable, they're sexy, and I even got them on sale. I like them so much, in fact, that I have actually bought clothes for the sole purpose of showing off those shoes.
Your "power pieces" might be something totally different, but the point is to have them and wear them often. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have, as the saying goes. In this case, dress for the bold and fearless person you want to become.
One of the things I love about writing is that I get to think about what I want to say before I actually say it, allowing me the opportunity to convey my thoughts in the most powerful and polished way.
Life, of course, doesn't always provide us with prep time, so we're frequently forced to think on our feet and in some cases, to do so under emotional stress.
But just because you don't have all the details doesn't mean you can't do a little future casting and play out the possibilities.
This concept of conscious planning is the reason that schools host regular fire drills and that self-defense courses coach you to "think" about what you'd do if you were attacked. The more prepared you are for the experience, the more likely you are to get through it.
And you can do the same thing whenever you know you'll need a little extra fearlessness in advance.
Walk yourself through the situation and plan out a general response for each possibility. If it's a conversation you need to have, play it out in your head. Not just what you'll say, but also how he/she/they might react when you do. Imagine yourself facing the most likely scenarios and decide on the best way to deal with each of them.
What you'll find is that if and when the situation does manifest, you'll feel much more prepared to face it. You'll know what to say and what to do to handle it with the grace and poise of your most fearless self.
Zig Ziglar used to say that it was "easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting," and that certainly applies here.
Give yourself time to over think a situation, and you'll likely "think" yourself right out of action, finding an abundance of reasons that you "can't" or "shouldn't" do whatever it is you want to do. It's not the right time, you don't have enough money, you're not experienced enough, or you don't have the credentials or support to succeed.
So, pretend that you do.
If all else fails and you're just not feeling it, fake it. Pretend that you know exactly how to proceed and have all the confidence in the world. Imagine that you can't fail and then decide how you'd behave if that were really true. What would you do? What would you say? What would be your next move if fearless was your middle name?
Are you fearless? Have you always been fearless or did you push yourself to become fearless? Don't be shy, tell us all about it in comments!
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Nothing makes me feel more confident and therefore more fearless than a good pair of heels or a dressed up snazzy outfit. When I feel good about my appearance, I generally feel good about all decisions I make and every thing I say.
Love the pretend suggestion. Sometimes if I'm feeling directionless or un-capable, I try to "act as if..." Always makes me feel better.
This is all good informing and incentivizing points. Some of them I need to start on immediately. There are goals I want to achieve in which I am the only obstacle in the way and it's really past time for me to power up.