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Jeep is a branch of the Chrysler corporation, which is a subsidiary of Fiat. The first jeep, called the Willys, was introduced to consumers in 1941, and the company is the oldest offroad sport utility maker. These jeeps were the inspiration for many other offroad vehicles including Land Rover.
Prior to mass civilian production, the jeep was a military vehicle. It was used most extensively during WW II by the U.S. and its allies for the ability to move quickly over rough terrain. The very first version introduced as a military vehicle was the Bantam Reconnaissance Car (BRC). Variants on the original Jeep models are still used by most militaries. After WW II, Jeep refocused on the consumer market, creating lighter-duty offroad vehicles, which proved just as comfortable on paved roads.
The origin of the name "jeep" has been disputed. Some say the word began as a shortened version of "Government Purposes" or "General Purposes." GP sounded like "jeep," and would be referred to as such by military personnel. Another story cites Eugene the Jeep from the popular Popeye cartoons. The character was similar to the jeep: small, fast, and could solve problems. Regardless of the true origin, the term "jeep" became synonymous with all similar offroad vehicles whether it was actually made by Jeep or another industry.
Jeep in World War II
Once it became clear the U.S. was going to enter World War II, the company sent out a request for prototypes for four-wheel drive reconnaissance vehicles to 135 companies with a deadline of 49 days. Only American Bantam and Willys-Overland answered the call, but Willys refused due to time concerns. At the time, American Bantam was bankrupt but with the Army's help, it hired Probst, a Detroit freelance designer. The first version was completed by Sept. 21, 1940, but it didn't have enough torque.
It was decided the Bantam company would not be able to supply the number of vehicles needed, so the designs were supplied to Ford and the Willys company. It made modifications to the original design and came up with the Ford Pygmy and Willys MB, both very similar to the original Bantam. There were 1,500 jeeps originally, but by the war's end, there were over 640,000 jeeps used by the U.S. military. Used by every division of the military with an average of 145 for every infantry unit, jeeps were called to action to lay down cable, transport, and saw mill. The vehicle was often seen as a field ambulance and tractor.
In addition to the traditional Jeep models, Ford also produced an amphibious model called "Seep" or Sea Jeep. This model was not successful, making a poor offroad vehicle and an even poorer boat. Regardless, it was still used in specific circumstances.
The U.S. was not the only military taking advantage of this vehicle. More than 30 percent of all Jeeps produced by the two companies went to the Allies. It was subsequently used in the Korean war as well, referred to as "just enough essential parts," due to the bare-bones design.
Jeep After World War II
Jeep was universally imitated by nearly every vehicle maker in just about every country around the world; however, the Jeep name remained a standard. The company began experimenting with a range of different designs including the CJ-V35/U that could drive underwater for a short time because the engine incorporated a snorkel. The M715 more closely resembled a modern truck with a flatbed in the back. Jeep may have been the precursor to a number of more modern military vehicles, but none was extensively used as the original.
Jeep Brand Ownership
Jeep, like most vehicle brands, saw a tumultuous change of hands throughout the years. After the Bantam original prototype, the designs were handed to Willys, which produced the first civilian model. A trademark was first granted in 1950. Willys sold the brand to Kaiser Motors in 1953. The company began losing money, and in 1970, was purchased by American Motors Corporation (AMC). In 1979, the French Renault automaker started investing in AMC, but by 1987, Renault was experiencing financial difficulties and discontinued investment. At this time, Chrysler purchased Jeep. Meanwhile, Chrysler merged with Daimler-Benz creating DaimlerChrysler, which sold most of its interest to a private equity firm in 2007, and today, Jeep operates under Chrysler Group LLC.
Despite changing hands, brief investments from automakers based outside of the U.S. and a number of similar vehicles sold as Jeeps manufactured by other car makers, Jeep itself is uniquely American. Primary design, development, and even distribution have been U.S. based more or less since the very first prototype.
Jeep vehicles range from offroad models similar to the military jeeps first conceived, to SUV models and crossovers made for suburbia. The most popular line is the Jeep Wrangler, a combination of offroad ability with smart consumer-based design. Historically, Jeep has offered vehicles more closely resembling trucks than the classic Jeep but never produced sedans.
The Jeep Compass, Grand Cherokee, Liberty, and Patriot are SUVs priced $19,000 to $25,000. The Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited are the classic Jeep designs both available for under $30,000. All have four-wheel drive and offer some offroad capability, varying by model.


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I thought I'd. . . uh. . . create a thread about concerts. Maybe list some of the concerts you've been to? Maybe discuss your favorite, or most memorable show? Maybe talk about a show that particularly sucked? And maybe talk about upcoming shows you're looking forward to, or what artists are still on your "must-see" list.
Here's mine. I think what I'll do is, list the headliner first, and then the opener last, if they were memorable. (Oh, and all of the shows were in Oklahoma City unless otherwise noted):
Guns N' Roses/Smashing Pumpkins, 4/6/92
Guns N' Roses/Metallica/Faith No More, Dallas, 9/5/92
The Black Crowes/The Jayhawks, 2/10/93
Aerosmith/Jackyl :P 6/4/93
The Rolling Stones, Dallas, 11/18/94
The Black Crowes, May 1995
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 6/6/95
The Smashing Pumpkins, 11/23/96
"The Artist" (Prince), 8/5/97
Wilco, 11/5/97
Sarah McLachlan/Lisa Loeb, 3/17/98
Lilith Fair (Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, others), 7/1/98
H.O.R.D.E. Festival (Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Harper, others), 7/15/98
Tenacious D, April 2002
Sonic Youth, Dallas, 8/1/02
Wilco, Dallas, September 2002
Eyes Adrift, October 2002
Beck/The Flaming Lips, Dallas, 11/14/02
The Strokes, 11/15/02
Coldplay, 2/1/03
Pearl Jam/Sleater-Kinney, 4/3/03
The Flaming Lips/Liz Phair, 6/9/03
The Flaming Lips/Liz Phair, Dallas, 6/10/03
Next show:
Radiohead, Houston, October 1
There may be a few I'm leaving out, but I think I got most of 'em. I'll post some other thoughts later on.
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Um, I'm going to see Poison, Vince Neil, and Skid Row on Aug. 30. I'm feeling like white trash already. It's at a speedway. I really need to get the **** out of this state.
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I've been to sadly only 8 concerts (five of which by the same band) in my life:
Pearl Jam/Frank Black
June 30, 1998 Target Center Minneapolis
Dave Matthews Band
August, 1999 Alpine Valley, Wisconsin
Joan Jett
July, 2000 DePere Wisconsin
Pearl Jam/Supergrass
October 8, 2000 Alpine Valley, Wisconsin
Guns n' Roses*
November 15, 2002 Fargo Dome, North Dakota
Pearl Jam/Idlewild
June 15, 2003 Fargo Dome, North Dakota
Pearl Jam/Idlewild
June 16, 2003 Excel Center, Saint Paul
Pearl Jam/Buzzcocks
June 21, 2003 Alpine Valley, Wisconsin
Best show was the last one I went to, PJ at Alpine Valley, it was one of the nicest days ever, taligating, great show, great seats...good time
Most memorable was the "Ice Bowl" Pearl Jam show of October, 2000...whoever thought it a good idea to schedule an outdoor night show in Wisconsin needs their head checked. It was 28 degrees when the band went on stage with Hats, Gloves...also a great show
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Ah, I wish I could remember all the concerts I've been to. There have been hundreds. I will name some of the best ones, and you will be asleep before I'm done.
Just some of the memorable ones.
Sybil Vane: The first show I ever snuck into underaged. One of my friends convinced the guitarist to let us into the place, and because we couldn't drink we sat on their equipment off the stage and stayed very quiet for that night. It was very cool for me. At the RKCNDY in Seattle, which is no no more.
Mad Season at the Moore: (that show became the video and DVD) in 95 or 96. We met Mike McCready at an in store for the aforementioned Sybil Vane, and he put us on the guest list so we got to be in the second row. Very cool. Only time I ever saw Layne Staley live (and alive).
Super Deluxe and the Presidents at Moe in Seattle. What later became a Gay nightclub was a great concert venue. I remember going to this particular show because there was a big rumor the Foo Fighters were going to do a "Secret" set, but they did it the NEXT night. Man, we were mad. Still, Super Deluxe is always cool...and if you haven't heard them, go buy the CD.
+Live+ on their Throwing Copper tour. We followed them around the state, and it was a great road trip.
Sir Mix-a-lot and the Presidents at the Showbox. We saw them play a show together before they became "Subset". I have NEVER felt a concert floor shake as much as that one did.
Subset at about 12 different shows around Seattle. For about a year, when Sir Mixalot and the Presidents teamed up, they were one of my favorite bands. Why they never released an album is beyond me. It was excellent music.
Super Deluxe on New Years Eve in 1996. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. Seeing the band get drunk and try to do covers was great.
Weezer at DV8 in Seattle. One of three times I saw them perform at a smaller venue....but my first really bloody mosh pit injury. Mosh Pit at Weezer? Yeah, for some reason.
Foo Fighters and RHCP at the Gorge. Seeing Dave Grohl climb up onto the top of a building was kind of funny.
No Doubt and Weezer at the Gorge: In my top 10 concerts ever. I never left the front of the pit, and it was just amazing. Gwen is better looking in person than on TV, and they did the imperial march when they came in. How could I NOT love that.
EndFest 1999. I go just about every year, but this particular year was just really fun. Blink 182 and Everclear were the highlights for me. Oh, and as a sidenote, I have never seen more breasts at any concert in my life.
(no one probably cares about all this stuff, but I'm going to keep right on going).
Muzzle and Pris at dozens and DOZENS of shows. The first real act I caught in Seattle when I moved here. I've been watching these guys at various venues for about 8 or 9 years now. They've been on the edge, but never quite made it. Still great music though, and I'm probably going to see them again next week.
Super Deluxe, The Tycoons and Harvey Danger on Christmas Eve 1999. I think it was 99. Anyway, it was a REALLY small back alley club and they performed Christmas songs and a few of their hits. It seemed like at least one member from every Seattle band imaginable was there. Afterwards, I went and had a great Christmas.
REM at Bumbershoot. It wasn't the best REM show I've ever seen, but it was a great outdoor venue and a very nice night.
Super Deluxe and the Dandy Warhols at RKCNDY right before it turned into a dance club. The only reason this show was noteable was they had the retarded Real World kids at the show (they were filming in Seattle as you all know)...and they blocked off a whole section of the stage for those dorks to stage dive. What you DIDN'T see on TV is the little ******** getting booed right out of the place.
They Might Be Giants at Bumbershoot. We got to participate in one of their giant Conga lines, which is always amazing. My favorite TMBG concert so far.
The opening of the EMP. Oh man. Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Beck, Metallica, Matchbox 20, Subset, RHCP, No Doubt, James Brown, etc...etc..etc...
3 days of rock, rock, rock. It was just insane. Oh, and I also saw big nasty Paul Allen chilling with Gina Gershon, (he even let her introduce a band). What a whore.
Letters to Cleo with Sponge: The one and only time I ever saw Cleo, one of my favorite bands of all time. Seattle radio wouldn't play them, but they came anyway. Kay Hanley is off doing solo records now, so I don't think they'll be back, but that remains one of my favorite shows of all time because it was the only time I got to see them before they split.
Suzanne Vega at some little Theater. This was one of those "Win your way in" performances. My girlfriend at the time got free tickets, there were about 100 seats (all lounge chairs) and it was just excellent. Remains the most laid back and "romantic" concert I have ever been to.
Tenacious D at the Paramount. Those guys just crack me up. The first time I saw them, they were opening for Weezer and I had no idea they'd be so good live. This time, they were the headliner, and their show was just SO much better. Great guys.
Michael Jackon's big Reunion show with his brothers in September 2001. Whitney, Britney, Destiny's Child, Macauely, Corey Feldman, Tito and Marlon Brando. All in one building. Yes, I flew to New York for this with my girlfriend. The scary thing is, I tried to change my flight out to the morning of September 11th (So we could stay and see the show on the 10th) but the penalties for change were too pricey, so we flew home on the 9th.
We did manage to visit the Twin Towers on the 9th though. I took lots of pictures, and they were gone before I ever sent the film in.
Other acts I've seen (some even several times) that weren't bad, but that didn't make huge impressions on me:
Pearl Jam
Counting Crows
Veruca Salt
PJ Harvey
Bad Religion
The B52's
Blues Traveler
Ani Difranco
Brian Setzer
The Cure
Tori Amos
Poison (I particularly HATED that show)
John Secada or Enrique Iglesias. To this day I don't remember which one it was, but I know he SUCKED.
Finally, Every Weird Al show I've ever seen. Weird Al remains my favorite artist of all time, and I've probably seen him play about 20 times. His show is always great, always funny, and it's just a great time. There's always new stuff he adds, but you can always sing along to the old stuff. I can't wait to see him again this summer when he finally comes to WA.
This is officially the longest post ever for me. I'm sorry.
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I've only been to 7:
-Green Day: 9/9/94 free concert on the Hatch Shell in Boston, they only played four songs before the crowd rushed the stage
. It was actually my wife's and I first date.
- Aerosmith: Worcester Centrum 12/94
-Tom Petty and the HB: 2/95, the last concert at the old Boston Garden
-HORDE Fest: summer 96 with Blues Traveler, Lenny Kravitz, Rusted Root and King Crimson at Great Woods
-Lynard Skynard: summer 97, Great Woods
-Aerosmith: summer 97, Great Woods
-Aerosmith: summer 01, Tweeter Center (formerly known as Great Woods)
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Here's what I can recall:
-Pink Floyd at Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
-Grateful Dead with Sting at Giants Stadium
-Page & Plant (2 times) at MSG and the Continental Airlines Arena
-The Who - Quadrophenia Tour at Madison Square Garden, Joan Osborne opening
-Black Sabbath with Deftones & Pantera at the Continental Airlines Arena
-Live with PJ Harvey & Veruca Salt at Jones Beach
-Miami Radio Festival with STP, Deftones, Filter, Local H, Veruca Salt, Nickleback-Miami, near the Arena
-Red Hot Chili Peppers with STP & Fishbone at the PNC Bank Arts Center
-Horde Festival with Blues Traveler, Black Crowes, Ziggy Marley, Joan Osborne, and others at Jones Beach
-King Crimson with John Paul Jones opening at the Beacon Theater
-Brian May with Joan Osborne opening at the Beacon Theater
-PJ Harvey (2 times as a headliner) at the Hammerstein Ballroom & a taping of Sessions at West 54th
-Verucas Salt (twice as headliner) at the Academy & The Hammerstein Ballroom
-Oasis (thrice) at the Hammerstein Ballroom, The Paramount at Madison Square Garden & Roseland Ballroom
-Bon Jovi at Saturday Night Live
-John Entwistle at Tramps (NYC Club)
-Motocaster (three times) Maxwell's, Mercury Lounge & Irving Plaza
-The Fastbacks at Maxwell's
-Noel Redding at the Limelight
-Lee Rocker at the Wetlands
-The Reverend Horton Heatt (2 times) at the Limelight
-Sloan (3 times) at Maxwell's and the Bowery Ballroom
-The Donnas & OkGo at Irving Plaza
-Mr. Bungle at the Birch Hill
-Dread Zeppelin at the Wetlands
-Queen Adreena at Brownies
-The Candy Butchers with Holly McNarland & Tracy Bonham at the Bowery Ballroom
-The Band with Warren Zevon opening at The Stone Pony
-Henry Rollins (spoken word appearance) at an NYC Club (can't remember)
-Jason Falkner at Maxwell's
-Freedy Johnston at Maxwell's
-They Might Be Giants at Irving Plaza
-Les Paul Trio at Fat Tuesdays, NY, NY
-Michael Hedges with Michael Manring at The Bottom Line
..plus, countless independent bands that haven't been signed yet. And, I just missed being able to see Sigur Ros when I was in LasVegas in the spring! Damn!
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August 20, 2003, 04:22 PM »
OK, here are the shows I've been to:
Hootie & the Blowfish/John Hiatt
- Riverbend Music Center; Cincinnati, Ohio 7/23/96
Alanis Morissette
- Riverbend Music Center; Cincinnati, Ohio 9/8/96
Sheryl Crow
- Pine Knob; Rochester, Michigan 8/23/97
Dave Matthews Band
- Firstar Center; Cincinnati, Ohio 11/21/98
Violent Femmes/George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
- University of Dayton Arena; Dayton, Ohio 4/9/99
Guided by Voices/Fastball/Citizen King/Joydrop/Men at Work/The Verve Pipe/Fuel/Jimmie's Chicken Shack
- University of Dayton; Dayton, Ohio 9/12/99
Shania Twain
- Firstar Center; Cincinnati, Ohio 10/23/99
Pearl Jam
- Riverbend Music Center; Cincinnati, Ohio 8/20/00
Barenaked Ladies/Chantal Kreviazuk
- Boulder Theater; Boulder, Colorado 3/9/01
Dave Matthews Band
- Folsom Field; Boulder, Colorado 7/11/01
The Cranberries/Ryan Adams/Grant Lee Phillips
- Fox Theatre; Boulder, Colorado 8/16/01
U2/No Doubt
- Pepsi Center; Denver, Colorado 11/7/01
Grand Funk Railroad
- Taste of Colorado Festival ; Denver, Colorado 9/2/02
Pearl Jam/Sleater Kinney
- Pepsi Center; Denver, Colorado 4/1/03
Bon Jovi
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/Goo Goo Dolls
- Pepsi Center; Denver , Colorado 4/3/03
Michelle Branch
- Fox Theatre; Boulder, Colorado 5/18/03
Coldplay/Eisley/Ron Sexsmith
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre; Morrison, Colorado 6/6/03
Dion/Herman's Hermits/Little Anthony and the Imperials/Mike Smith/The Turtles/The Grassroots
- Fiddler's Green; Englewood, Colorado 6/22/03
Hell's Belles
(Female AC/DC Tribute band) - Fox Theatre; Boulder, Colorado 6/27/03
Dixie Chicks/Michelle Branch
- Pepsi Center; Denver , Colorado 7/8/03
Sheryl Crow/Joe Firstman
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre; Morrison, Colorado 8/9/03
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
- Invesco Field at Mile High; Denver, Colorado 9/25/03
I love catching Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band live - both put on excellent live shows!!
I'd love it if Shania would come into the area on this tour - no dates in the western US were included in the recent announcement.
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How are you guys remembering all the dates?
Do you actually go to the websites and look those up?
I am impressed.
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I have most of the tickets up on my wall here at work
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Ticket keepers, I'm guessing. I've kept quite a few tickets, but not all. I'll check later at home. Mine go back pretty far though. I think my first concert was Nazareth way back in 1976. Alice Cooper came through town at that time as well. I really started going to more concerts starting in 1979.
Notable concerts were Styx and the Guess Who reunion tour (V1.2). Probably the two best live singers I have ever seen/heard were Dennis De Young of Styx and Burton Cummings from the Guess Who. I've heard plenty of awful singers over the years.
The most interesting historical concert I ever went to was Metallica, around 1981 in a tiny little hall called the Playhouse Theater. Maybe 1200 people total, every single one wearing black except for me. I was wearing a jean jacket. Oops.
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August 20, 2003, 06:44 PM »
I have no clue the dates or timeframes but these are the ones I remember in no special order:
Don Henley
Hootie and the Blowfish
R. Kelly (yah yah yah)
Boyz II Men
Billy Joel/Elton John
George Winston
Celine Dion
Too many old hip hop artists that I can't remember - especially when they all combine shows together
Alanis Morisette
9 Inch Nails - 3 times
Motley Crue
Smashing Pumpkins
Garth Brooks
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I went to quite a few concerts in college, here's what I can remember
Slipknot x2
Staind x3
System of a Down
Korn x2
Limp Bizkit
Papa Roach
Powerman 5000
Static X
Primer 55 x2
Kid Rock x2
Vanilla Ice
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Method Man & Red Man
Sugar Ray
Incubus (before they sucked)
Reverend Horton Heat
Mr. Bungle
Crystal Method (yawn)
Stabbing Westward
The Verve Pipe
Steve Miller Band
Doobie Brothers
Hootie & The Blowfish
They Might Be Giants
There's a lot more bands I've seen, most of them were either local bands or small time opening acts that aren't known
Oh yeah, I saw Radiohead in concert before they were cool
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I've been to way too many shows to list. Some of the best: Tom Waits, Dead Can Dance, Fear Factory, Orb, Neurosis, Mr. Bungle, Gwar, Soulfly, Marilyn Manson, Sepultura, Afghan Whigs, Tom Jones, Faith No More, Reverend Horton Heat, Jane's Addiction, Public Enemy.
Most recent show, Fiend Fest with The Damned/ The Dickies/ DI/ Balzac/ Agnostic Front, and I won't even go into the Suckfits, because we didn't stay for them. Project 1950? How about Project Kiss My A**, I aint wasting my time. The Damned and Balzac were excellent, as were the Dickies, though. Fun show.
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Tom Waits, Mr Bungle, Faith No More and the Reverend Horton Heat? Your stock just rose with me, Carrie!
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Of a twice differentiable function $ f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $ it is given that $f(2) = 3, f'(2) = 1$ and $f''(x) = \frac{e^{-x}}{x^2+1}$ . Now I have to prove that $$ \frac{7}{2} \leq f\left(\frac{5}{2}\right) \leq \frac{7}{2} + \frac{e^{-2}}{40} . $$ I tried this by computing the third Taylor polynomial of $f$ near $a=2$, setting $x = \frac{5}{2}$, which gave me $$f(5/2) \approx 7/2 + \frac{e^{-2}}{40} - \frac{ - e^{-5/2}}{48} $$, but now I don't know what to do next. I guess one has to do something with finding the error of the first and second order Taylor polynomials, but I'm not sure how to do so. Can you help me?
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Former Guidelines for Assignment of Cases to the Commercial Parts
In general, the Commercial Parts of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entertain complex commercial and business disputes in which a party seeks compensatory damages totaling $ 75,000 or more. Due to caseload considerations, the Justices are empowered to transfer out of the Division cases which, in their judgment, do not fall within this category notwithstanding that a party has described the case as "commercial" on the RJI. The principles set out below will guide the exercise of this authority. Parties should adhere to these principles when designating a case type on the RJI. (See Paragraph (c) for documentation which should accompany the RJI).
(a) The following will presumptively be transferred out of the Division even if the monetary threshold is met:
(1) Suits to collect professional fees;
(2) Cases seeking a declaratory judgment as to insurance coverage for a personal injury or non-commercial property damage action;
(3) Residential real estate disputes, including landlord-tenant matters;
(4) Proceedings to enforce a judgment regardless of the nature of the underlying case;
(5) First-party insurance claims and actions by insurers to collect premiums or rescind policies; and
(6) Attorney malpractice actions.
(b) Actions in which the principal claims involve the following will presumptively be retained in the Division provided that the money threshold is met:
(1) Breach of contract or fiduciary duty, fraud, misrepresentation, business tort (e.g., unfair competition), or statutory violation arising out of business dealings (e.g., sales of assets or securities, corporate structurings, partnership, shareholder, joint venture, and other business agreements, trade secrets and restrictive covenants);
(2) Transactions governed by the Uniform Commercial Code(exclusive of those concerning individual coop units);
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(4) Shareholder derivative actions and commercial class actions;
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(8) Environmental insurance coverage litigation; and
(9) Corporation or Partnership dissolutions.
(c) The determination as to whether a case should be retained in a Commercial Part will be made as soon as a matter is assigned to a Justice. For this purpose, counsel must annex a brief sworn statement justifying the Commercial designation, and a copy of the summons and complaint or summons with notice, if any, to any submission accompanying an RJI. Retained cases will remain in the Commercial Part.
(d) Special proceedings (including applications pursuant to CPLR 3102(c) and (e) relating to CPLR Article 75) and foreclosures are randomly assigned among all Justices in the Supreme Court, Nassau County. Even when parties believe that a special proceeding or foreclosure has a "commercial" character, the "special proceedings" or "foreclosure" portion of the RJI should be completed by the filing party, not the "commercial" section. However, prior to the actual assignment of the matter to a Justice, a party to a commercial special proceeding may apply to the Administrative Judge to override the computer and designate the matter as "commercial" for treatment if it raises issues of extraordinary complexity..
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Oklahoma's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
|Current Status: Approved!
Oklahoma's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on October 12, 2005. A few minor edits were suggested and incorporated. The updated chapters may be downloaded below. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader will be required to open the documents.
Shortgrass Region (PDF, 229 KB)
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Crosstimbers Region (PDF, 339 KB)
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Oklahoma's journey to develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy kicked in high gear at the end of 2003. The Strategy was completed in July 2005. Visit our four-page Strategy Brochure to learn more about this project.
Components of the Strategy
Oklahoma's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy must cover Eight Required Elements.
The Federal Approval Process
All States must submit their Strategies to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by October 1, 2005. A National Advisory Acceptance Team (NAAT) comprised of both State and Federal administrators has been assembled to review State Strategies. See the NAAT Reference Guide for a list of team members and the sub-criteria of the Eight Required Elements by which the review team will evaluate Oklahoma's Strategy. Oklahoma will explicitly respond to the guidance, directing the review team to the Eight Required Elements and sub-criteria within the document.
Oklahoma's Approach
Since all 50 states are developing Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies simultaneously, there are many different tools and approaches in use. The Department of Wildlife developed a Work Plan to guide our progress in developing Oklahoma's Strategy. Wildlife experts from across the state convened in July to make recommendations for Oklahoma's Wildlife Conservation Strategy. A draft available for public review is expected this fall.
Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Starting with outside sources that identified animal species in special need of conservation, the Department of Wildlife consulted with hundreds of fish and wildlife experts to develop a list of 246 species in greatest need of conservation in Oklahoma. For additional information, see the species list and a PowerPoint presentation outlining the process used to develop the list.
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The Department of Wildlife has made a serious effort to coordinate development of this Strategy with a wide range of state agencies, federal agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, private industry, etc. At the beginning of the planning process, an Advisory Group was formed, comprised of 50 individuals representing 35 organizations. The purpose of the Advisory Group is to provide information for the planning effort and to help develop partnerships that can serve to assist in strategy implementation.
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New York's hisory of capital punishment goes back to colonial times, with the second most executions of any state from 1608 to 1972, after Virginia. Before the invention of the electric chair most executions were carried out by hanging, although other methods including burning at the stake, death by firing squad, and even the breaking wheel were used. Although there were inmates on death row until 2007, no execution has taken place since that of Eddie Mays in 1963.
Famous cases
Perhaps the most notable execution to take place in the State of New York was that of William Kemmler in 1890. Convicted of murdering his common law wife with a hatchet, Kemmler was the first man executed with the newly developed electric chair. (The electric chair used to execute Kemmler is pictured, right.)
Previous executions had been carried out almost exclusively by hanging. The State of New York had assigned a committee to develop a more humane method of execution. The concept of execution by means of electricity materialized after a dentist witnessed an intoxicated man die quickly and painlessly (in his estimation) after walking into exposed power lines. After several months of development, as well as a trial execution on a horse, it was determined that Kemmler would be the first to be executed in the electric chair. Kemmler's appeal of the new method reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld electrocution as a constitutional form of punishment.
On August 6th, 1890, Kemmler was strapped into the electric chair at the Auburn State Prison in front of a small group of witnesses. The switch was thrown, and a 1000 volt current passed through Kemmler's body for 17 seconds after which he was declared dead. However, several witnesses noted that Kemmler was still breathing and heard Kemmler groaning softly. The switch was thrown again using a higher voltage. Witnesses reported an awful smell of burning flesh and singeing hair, and blood vessels beneath Kemmlers skin burst and bled. Despite the gruesome accounts of the electrcution, the electric chair soon became the dominant form of execution in the United States until its replacement with lethal injection.
Milestones in abolition/reinstatement
The death penalty has been abolished and reinstated several times in New York. New York's death penalty was accidentally abolished in 1860, when the legislature passed measures that repealed hanging as a method of execution but provided no other means of carrying out a death sentence. The mistake was corrected a year later in 1861.
Lewis E. Lawes, the warden of Sing Sing Prison from 1920-1941, advocated for the abolition of capital punishment. Although he supervised 303 executions, Lawes believed that capital punishment was inequitable and not a deterrent. He noted that barely 1 in 80 killers was executed, and said "Did you ever see a rich man go the whole route through to the Death House? I don't know of any."
In 1967, a compromise law was passed allowing for a very limited death penalty. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated all death penalty statutes in the country in Furman v. Georgia. The New York legislature rewrote the state's statute in 1973, providing for a mandatory death sentence for murdering a police officer, a correctional officer, or a murder in prison by an inmate serving a life sentence. In 1977, New York's high court effectively struck down the death penalty for the murder of a police officer or a correctional officer, and a 1984 ruling struck down capital punishment for murders committed by inmates serving life sentences, effectively abolishing New York's death penalty. From 1978 until 1994, measures repeatedly passed both houses of New York's state legislature that would have expanded or reinstated the death penalty, only to be vetoed by governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo.
In 1995 newly-elected Governor George Pataki fulfilled a campaign promise and signed legislation reinstating the death penalty in New York, designating lethal injection as the new method of execution. In 2004, that statute was declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals, and in 2007 the last remaining death sentence was reduced to life, leaving New York with a vacant death row and no viable death penalty laws. In 2008 Governor David Paterson issued an executive order requiring the removal of all execution equipment from state facilities.
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I have posted some information about your father on the forum
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I have been trying to obtain information regarding my fathers involvement during the early stages of WW2 and the Normandy landings.
He is pictured in this photo on the bottom row Freddie Lister, (Fred Lister).
Could anyone give me information on how I could obtain his service number?
Thank you
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I think number 1. on the 2nd row down may be my great uncle Cpl Thomas (Tommy) Cole R.A.M.C attached to 47 RM Cdo.
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Hello Carol. I've responded on the other photo. I would really like to contact you to discuss this information which is really helpful to my research. Graham
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Hello Carol. I haven't looked at this website for a year unfortuneately but have just seen your post which I'm really excited about. I have for some time been trying to identify all the men in the photo and also to identify beyond doubt those men involved in Operation Basalt. I have alot of information you may want and am happy to share it with you.
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I believe the person top row no 11 to be my father Wilfred William Gordon Greenwood PO/X 6874.
I have a photo of him as part of a athletics team photo which he told me was taken in Malta around this time. I have quite a few photos of his time in 40 commando. I know he served in Malaya, Singapore, Korea and Malta between the dates 1946 when he joined and about 1953 or '54.
I would love a better copy of this picture if possible?
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text: Dan Dalton October 17, 2012 Dan Dalton October 17, 2012 I recently got into one of those weird, terrible fights writers can find themselves in with a friend who has for a long time been writing novels he can't get published. For twenty-five years I've been trying to help him. He can't rise to the occasion. He can't write a novel because he doesn't have the passion to write a novel. He's writing a novel to make the money, get the film rights, become famous, whatever—all the wrong reasons. When he asked me to read the latest one, I told him, "Look, if this novel is superpassionate, and it really is about shit you're going through, and pain, and it means the fucking world to you, by all means send it to me." He said, "Yeah, it's totally all those things," and he sent it to me, and it was absolutely like all the others. I flipped out. I went ballistic on him. I said, "You never took this seriously! From the time you were twenty-three, it was always some kind of sterile exercise, like an imitation of a novel. And you never talk passionately about writers. I never hear you talk about books you're reading. You just saw that a young writer in the eighties could make some cash from a literary novel. It was moneymaking to you." And my friend was shocked, or pretended to be. "You know, it's really amazing to hear you say that, Bret, because looking at your career and reading your books, I never thought you actually took it seriously. I saw your books as trendy knockoffs. I saw you as kind of a hack. I never thought you were really serious." I mean, he's not representative of the kind of person anyone should take seriously in literary matters, but when my friend said that, I'll admit it gave me pause. I thought, What does it mean to be a "serious" novelist? Regardless of how my books have turned out, or how some people might have read them, I clearly don't think I write trendy knockoffs. My books have all been very deeply felt. You don't spend eight years of your life working on a trendy knockoff. In that sense I've been serious. But I don't do lots of things that other serious writers do. I don't write book reviews. I don't sit on panels about the state of the novel. I don't go to writer conferences. I don't teach writing seminars. I don't hang out at Yaddo or MacDowell. I'm not concerned with my reputation as a writer or where I stand relative to other writers. I'm not competitive or professionally ambitious. I don't think about my work and my career in an overarching or systematic way. I don't think about myself, as I think most writers do, as progressing toward some ideal of greatness. There's no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to me. — Bret Easton Ellis, interviewed in the Paris Review.


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Wayland presents Little Red Riding Hood
PLAINVIEW – Anyone with an elementary aged child may have already heard about Wayland Baptist University's performance of the Little Red Riding Hood children's opera. Led by Jeff Kensmoe, director of vocal studies, opera and musical theatre, the group has performed before more than 2,000 elementary school children in the last week.
On Monday, Nov. 20, the community of Plainview will get its chance to see the opera at 7:30 p.m. in Harral Memorial Auditorium. Admission to the performance is free and open to the public. And, of course, children are encouraged to attend.
The performance will include not only the children's opera, but also scenes from several other operas and musicals. The children's opera will begin at 7:30 p.m. and run until approximately 8:30 p.m. The opera will be followed by an intermission at which time parents with young children who need to get home are free to leave. Those interested may stay for the second half of the performance.
The opera is based on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale and is designed for young children.
"It is really perfect for Pre-K through fourth grade, but fifth and sixth graders have fun with it, also," Kensmoe said. "There are a lot of little sight gags and lots of running around and chasing. And what is really wonderful about this opera is that it has all the little morals like brush your teeth, do your homework, listen to mother and never talk to strangers. It is great reinforcement for kids."
In order to keep anything from being too scary for the youngest audience members the opera opens with the actor who plays the wolf coming out on stage. As he stumbles around nervously, talking to the children, he puts on his makeup and stage costume right in front of them.
"For little kids, it really helps," Kensmoe said. "Nothing is too scary and it really makes it fun."
Following the opera, the audience will be treated to several scenes from several known pieces including Into the Woods, Company, Wonderful Town and The Old Maid and the Thief.
The performance will also feature a cat duet by Jessica Lynch and Lauren Wilson. The students wrote their own libretto for the piece setting the scene in the 1980s. The music is all in cat language, but the libretto, which will be printed, will explain what is happening.


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Fernhill House appoints new dementia lead
Fernhill House has appointed a new dementia lead to help residents enjoy an active and fulfilled life.
Paul Turvey joins the home from Age UK Hereford and Worcester where he was a Home from Hospital adviser and independent living administrator.
He has previously been a senior care assistant at another Worcestershire home, looking after the needs of people living with dementia, and a healthcare assistant at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Paul has undergone a wide range of professional training courses aimed at understanding the needs of residents with particular requirements.
He explained: "I allow myself to enter the world of the person with dementia, becoming part of their reality and I truly believe this helps me to deliver the best possible care I can.
"It is important to me that residents have choice, which I give them from the moment they wake up. My ethos is 'always make a difference to someone's day.' It's important to find out what makes our residents tick and to create activities based around their likes and interests, such as organising pet therapy, encouraging them to use a relaxing sensory room or picking herbs from the garden.
"The meal time experience is another opportunity to bond with residents, giving them the choice of what they would like to eat, allowing them to see and smell each meal separately and use plain brightly coloured plates to make it easier for them to see their food.
"Fernhill House is a happy, homely place, rooms are personalised, memory boxes are filled with favourite things, walls are decorated with art residents can relate to."
Indeed, the home has innovative dementia friendly facilities such as an indoor potting shed, a 'real' pub, a shop and 1950s and 60s themed games as well as assistance from staff dressed casually in vintage clothes.
The home, with its ethos of fun and enjoyment, also has its own beautifully equipped children's nursery complete with lifelike dolls which residents can 'adopt'. This doll therapy can be a very powerful way of helping people with dementia manage their condition – with some very touching outcomes.
Regular activities and outings add to the feeling of vibrancy at Fernhill House, with some guests returning on a regular basis, such as the Poppy Sisters, with their vintage musical act. They are particularly popular among those living with dementia, for whom reliving their youth is often very therapeutic.
In addition to arts and crafts, holistic therapies and gardening, events such as tea dances, choir therapy, recitals by string quartets, celebrity guest speakers, cooking workshops and bubbles and blinis evenings are regular fixtures on the activities calendar.


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text: Alejandro Valverde has clinched the rainbow bands after outsprinting his rivals to the line at the road world championships in Innsbruck. The Spaniard led the charge for the finish, holding off the competition following a gruelling 258.5km day to finally claim the elusive title after 12 appearances at the race. His seventh podium placing in 15 years, Valverde's performance atop the Canyon Ultimate CF SLX concludes not only a long history of near misses at the world championships, but an incredible comeback just one year after his season-ending injury at Le Tour. Congratulations to one of the most impressive riders in the modern peloton. ¡Viva Valverde!


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Multiple Choice Wrecks
The great thing about modern art is that the subject matter is often left open to interpretation. So for these cakey specimens, I figured I'd give you a few options:
c) a cactus, to show how "cuddly" Mandy is
b) dumbbells in front of a giant graffiti-ed pickle
c) a skateboard
b) Something the under-14 set really shouldn't be looking at
c) a corset? Er, I mean, a corset. Yeah.
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Just when we got used to wine in a box getting respectable, it's been reinvented.
Three Thieves, a partnership of vintners Joel Gott and Roger Scommegna, and Charles Bieler of France's Chateau Routas, knows something about packaging wine. Their jug wines — which kitschily evoked memories of low-grade plonk but improved on the wine in the bottle — were revolutionary when unveiled a couple years ago. Next came their 1-liter Tetra Briks, soft-sided boxes that could easily tuck into a crowded refrigerator and eliminated the need for all that glass.
Now they've shrunk their boxes. The Three Thieves 250-ml "bullets," sold four to a pack, resemble elongated, narrow juice boxes with less severe edges. It's nothing new to buy such a four-pack; mass-market brands like Gallo and Sutter Home have been doing it for years. (Sutter Home was the brainchild of Trinchero Family Estates, which has become a partner in the Three Thieves project.). But the new format offers both more wine — 250 ml, versus the standard 187-ml serving — and less waste.
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Both artist's work share an obtuse unearthly charm as a common language, and their work promises to have an energetic and productive conversation in their upcoming exhibition.
Great show up at FFDG in San Francisco right now. Eric Shaw and Henry Gunderson spent a couple weeks on the beast coast cooking up some vibey abstractions for us and now they're ready to be seen! Both artist's works definitely play off each other really nicely, and if you're out in SF, this one is not to be missed. See more from the show below.
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GREENSBORO (AP) � N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper has been spending more time on the Democratic banquet circuit, letting the party know he's ready to fight the new Republican agenda in Raleigh. And, by the way, he's ready for bigger things.
GREENSBORO (AP) � N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper has been spending more time on the Democratic banquet circuit, letting the party know he's ready to fight the new Republican agenda in Raleigh. And, by the way, he's ready for bigger things.
Cooper's recent words and actions leave little doubt about his gubernatorial aspirations for 2016, even with GOP Gov. Pat McCrory on the job for less than a year. Reticent in the past on issues unrelated to crime and law enforcement, Cooper is now taking a more vocal role challenging Republicans who control both the legislative and executive branches for the first time in 140 years.
�In just nine short months, they have set out to deliberately and systematically undo 50 years of progress,� Cooper told the nearly 300 people at Guilford County party's unity dinner earlier this month. �This is not the North Carolina that any of us recognizes.�
His stump speech, which blasts Republicans for refusing to expand Medicaid and raise teacher salaries while passing what he calls a tax overhaul that favors the rich, reflects Cooper's willingness to captain a Democratic team whose players dominated state politics for generations but are now off the field. The state Democratic Party also has been in internal strife while losses mounted.
�Folks are running out of hope,� said Guilford County Democratic Party Joe Alston, who like Cooper grew up in Nash County. �They don't know what to do next.�
Cooper, now 56 and an elected official for nearly 25 years, is quick to say he's not in the governor's race yet � only planning for one.
�North Carolina is facing an unprecedented change in direction and I am deeply concerned about where North Carolina is headed. So I want to get out and talk about how we can change and how we need to move North Carolina forward,� Cooper said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Republicans and McCrory's camp are harping on Cooper for running a quasi-campaign three years out from the next election and questioning his effectiveness as attorney general. They're focusing on Cooper's public comments opposing legislation his office is now required to defend in lawsuits.
Cooper said he can personally criticize an election overhaul law and a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage while ensuring state attorneys from his office robustly defend the same laws. McCrory was skeptical enough to hire an outside attorney to help defend the election changes.
�We would hope that the attorney general would put the people of North Carolina before his political ambitions, but given his comments of late, that might be tough for him,� McCrory deputy communications director Ryan Tronovitch wrote in an email late last week.
Cooper points out an independent expenditure group this fall ran television commercials promoting McCrory's policies. �This governor already has an outside group running campaign ads, so you have to start the planning process, and that's what I'm doing,� he told the AP.
Cooper, a former House member and Senate majority leader first elected as attorney general in 2000, always has been viewed as a potential gubernatorial candidate. But he declined to enter the race in 2008 or 2012, leading people to question whether he'd ever do it.
�The knock on Roy was he's too cautious,� said Gary Pearce, a longtime Democratic consultant who worked for four-term Gov. Jim Hunt. �A lot of people didn't think he would run. So he needed to make a statement and send a strong signal that no, this year's different.�
Cooper didn't need to be blunt about his plans in Greensboro � others did it for him. Local attorney Tom Terrell introduced Cooper, a classmate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the late 1970s, and recalled how classmates thought of him.
�We stood there and predicted that one day our friend Roy Cooper was going to become the governor of the state of North Carolina,� he said.
Retired public relations firm owner and Guilford party attendee Stan Meyer liked what he heard from Cooper's 20-minute address: �He has the name recognition. He has good ideas. He knows his way around Raleigh. I mean, he has everything a good governor should have.�
Cooper already has an early primary rival in Durham attorney Ken Spaulding, who criticized him last week for his handling of the pending litigation.
Right now Cooper, as a law-and-order Democrat, is the more worrisome gubernatorial opponent to Republicans. He won re-election easily in 2008. The GOP didn't even field a candidate against him in 2012, even after problems within a state crime laboratory at his agency surfaced, although most happened before Cooper became attorney general.
�The McCrory campaign will take any challenger who's run statewide as many times as Roy Cooper seriously,� state Republican strategist Marc Rotterman said. He believes Republican economic initiatives will ultimately resonate well with voters, and notes: �Three years is more than a lifetime in politics.�
Cooper is at a new stage in his personal life, too, as the last of his daughters left for college this fall. He said the fact he and his wife are empty-nesters isn't connected directly to his decision to step up.
�I'm worried about the future of my children and grandchildren and I'm deeply concerned about the people of this state. I've never felt this way before,� he said, repeating for emphasis: �I've never felt this way before.�


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Monday, March 1, 2010
Like An Angel Came Down to Get Me
One of the world's first helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) pilots shares his combat rescue experiences in the Korean War.
By Andrew D. Parker, Managing Editor
War helicopter pilot, World War II fighter pilot, author, artist,
great-grandfather. Many people would relish in accomplishing just one
of these goals. For Richard C. Kirkland, that's just where his
story begins. Among his honors are the Distinguished Flying Cross,
six Air Medals and the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal. Rotor &
Wing visited Kirkland recently at his home in Vienna, Va., where his
basement features an "aviation gallery," filled with
helicopter and aircraft models and WWII, Korea and Vietnam War
memorabilia from his 50-plus years in the aviation industry.
His new book, "MASH Angles"—published by Burford Books in late 2009—provides a detailed account of life in a helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) unit in the Korean War. Kirkland's unit—the 8055 MASH with the 3rd Air Rescue Group—helped pave the way for modern military HEMS operators. He flew the Sikorsky R-5 (H-5 after 1948, S-51 in commercial designation) and H-19 Chickasaw during the Korean War, picking up downed pilots and injured soldiers from the battlefield and transporting them to Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units. The H-13, a military variant of the Bell 47, was also used in Korea. Many of the medevac ops would take place in Korean-controlled territory, and the helicopter played a new and integral role in the war.
Helicopters from the 3rd Air Rescue Group "were given credit for picking up 846 pilots and aircrew from behind enemy lines," Kirkland explains, adding that the group rescued 8,373 soldiers from the front lines and transported them to the mobile hospitals. "Quite a feat for a handful of taxi drivers," he says. Kirkland served with Capt. Sam Gilfand, who was the basis for the fictional character "Hawkeye" in the popular 1970s television series, M*A*S*H, that was based off a Richard Hooker novel.
"They were real people," Kirkland says. "The reason we called him Hawkeye is he could take a wounded [patient] and see stuff no one else could see. He could save a patient when no one else could," Kirkland says, pointing to a picture of Hawkeye, "Trapper" (Capt. Michael Johnson in real life) and himself (see photo below). While noting that Hooker exaggerated "quite a bit," in writing the fictional characters, Kirkland says Gilfand "was a great guy, a great surgeon … and a great prankster, too." While the book and TV series provided the story from the doctors on the ground, "it didn't really get into the helicopter part. That was a really important part," he adds.
An author of four published books—"MASH Angels," "War Pilot," "Tales of a War Pilot" and "Tales of a Helicopter Pilot"—Kirkland spends most of his time these days writing and painting, chronicling his experiences. Each one of the other books contains anywhere from 15–20 short stories, except "MASH Angels," which is one cohesive story from cover-to-cover.
He'd been aiming to write "MASH Angels" for some time "because it was a story that just needed to be told. It's another part of that great story that hasn't been told. It lays the groundwork for the current air medical helicopter program that's all around the world now, and it began in Korea."
Flying Roots
"My dad used to say, if you're lucky you've got the world by the tail, but if you're not, you're in deep trouble. And I'm lucky. Because I've gone through an awful lot," Kirkland says, including 103 combat missions in WWII and 69 in Korea. He initially got into flying after joining the Army when WWII came to America.
From left to right, Kirkland, Capt. Michael Johnson (Trapper) and Capt. Sam Gilfand (Hawkeye) in front of the officer's quarter's tents at 8055 MASH during the Korean War in spring 1953. Historical photos courtesy of Richard C. Kirkland
Capt. Kirkland takes off in a Sikorsky H-5 from the 8055 MASH. The aluminum pods were used to transport patients from the battlefield to the mobile medical units.
"The country was basically isolationist when the war broke out," he recalls. "Nobody wanted it, but when they bombed Pearl Harbor, it changed overnight. Everybody just signed up. In some places, you had to stand in line for two days just to sign up." He decided to apply as a pilot. "They would divide us up into groups—bomber pilot, fighter pilot, reconnaissance pilot, transport pilot. I wanted to be a fighter pilot and was fortunate enough to get it through the Army Air Corps cadet program." After WWII, Kirkland flew "many different kinds" of aircraft up until the Korean War, when he joined the MASH unit.
Inside the MASH
The MASH helicopters were given missions by Army headquarters to fly to one of a number of pre-determined base camp locations.
"They would call us on a landline—we had a phone right in our tent—and say there's a wounded soldier at spot number 23 [or K-23]. We would go and pick him up and bring him back to the MASH, and then they'd call again when the next one was coming. Sometimes, when they had a big battle, we'd just be going back and forth as fast as we could, but otherwise they'd just call us when they had one."
Many times, wounded soldiers who could still walk were taken out on the ground via ambulance, but "if the area was under fire or the patient was seriously wounded and his life was in jeopardy, they called on the helicopter," he says.
Kirkland kept a demonstration Hughes 500 in his back yard for about a decade from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He describes the Hughes 500 as his favorite helicopter.
"If he just had an arm or leg wound or something where he could get on an ambulance, they would just bring him down, but if the roads were cut or they were under fire … we would have to do it all," Kirkland adds. A doctor would come along on each helicopter medevac flight, and maintenance crews would be based at the MASH home location and each spot, or station, designated by "K" (for Korea) and a number, such as K-8 or K-14. The stations would move around every two to three weeks, depending on the battle lines. The helicopter units would rotate around the various stations—two on the front lines, two behind the lines, and another couple at the major combat bases.
The Army and Air Force supplied the pilots and medics for the different MASH units. Kirkland says that the Army units flew the H-13 (military version of the Bell 47), which has a pod and didn't have room for a doctor. "We had a medic, using the Sikorsky H-5, which is a little larger and has a little more horsepower. The medic came in handy because the wounded might be in pretty bad shape and need attention while we were getting him back to the hospital, particularly when we'd go behind the line."
Vietnam Vs. Korea
Kirkland explains that the way helicopters were used in the Korean War differed from Vietnam (he didn't serve in Vietnam, but did train pilots for that conflict).
"We did lose some pilots and some helicopters, but nothing compared to Vietnam. In Korea, we primarily flew up the bottom of the canyons, or we would fly offshore," he says, adding that if a fighter pilot got into trouble, he could bail out in the Yellow Sea and be picked up by a helicopter-mounted rescue hoist.
Stepping back for a moment, Kirkland explains that before Korea, when helicopters came out in the 1940s, "everybody thought they were kind of novelties. They were in great demand during the holidays to come and show people how they could fly, do circles, bring in Santa, etc. But then they would go home and everybody would get back to business."
The Korean War "changed all that," he continues. "All of a sudden, helicopters were doing all kinds of neat stuff." The Army picked up on this, having lost a significant amount of air power when the Air Force split off from the Army Air Corps in 1947. "They were looking for something to [establish another] air unit, and latched on to helicopters, saying they are ground-related. Pretty soon they had thousands of helicopters."
In Vietnam, Kirkland says, "they made a big mistake, they thought the helicopter could fly like a fighter or bomber," he says. This resulted in thousands of pilots and around 4,000 helicopters being shot down, a stark contrast to Korea. "You could count on two hands the number of pilots killed in the Korean War," he notes.
Kirkland's love for helicopters didn't stop after he left Korea, flying "a little bit of everything." In 1963, he took a job working for Hughes Aircraft Company, starting out in sales. He went through a number of promotions—sales, then a demonstration pilot, a sales pilot and national salesman—before McDonnell Douglas took over the company in 1984.
Kirkland stayed on, working as a division manager. A few years later "Boeing took over, and I [continued] as a division manager, and then I retired," he says. But that would not be the end of his professional career, as Kirkland became vice president of marketing for Heli-Source before retiring again in 1996. His ratings include command pilot, multi-engine, single-engine fighter, transport, seaplane and helicopter. "I have all the flying ratings," he says. He gained the helicopter rating in 1949, following his first flight in 1947.
Hughes 500
Kirkland says that if he was forced to pick which type of aircraft "you love the best of all, I would choose the Hughes 500. I love my helicopter flying experience, particularly in that bird. You could go in and out of almost anywhere. It was the best."
From around 1975 until 1985, while he was a demonstration salesman at Hughes Aircraft, Kirkland kept a Hughes 500 in his back yard in Vienna. In addition to company business, he would occasionally fly his wife, Maria, various places instead of driving, many times landing in a parking lot or field near a park, restaurant, or hotel. Of course, Kirkland wouldn't be allowed to fly a helicopter from his back yard these days, but back then he "had an advantage. [Former Washington Redskins Quarterback] Joe Theismann was my neighbor. So I think they figured if it was all right with Joe, it must be OK."
Family Man
After retiring his wings in 1992, Kirkland has stayed out of the cockpit. "When I walked away after 50 years of flying, I'd had a great career and enjoyed it. Well, there were some parts I didn't enjoy so much, but when I walked away, I said, 'That's it, I'm through,' and I haven't flown since," he explains, adding that he still won't take to the air—except on commercial airlines as a passenger.
"It's just that I did that, and loved it. But everything has an end to it and I shifted to writing books and painting pictures." He still speaks at local organization meetings around his community, such as the McLean Historical Society, the adult program at George Mason University, the Aeronautical Society of Vienna, and other local Rotary and Kiwanis-type events.
"They love to have me come because they're not too many people left, I'm one of the fortunate ones," he says, pausing for a second. "There's only two people in my squadron that are still alive, and I'm 86 years old." People who are history buffs really seem to appreciate the stories, he adds. "It's fun, I enjoy it."
Above all, Kirkland is a family man—by far the most important role he's played. With nine kids, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, it's hard to imagine where he finds the time to write memoirs and paint memories. Spending even a little time talking to Kirkland reveals his great appreciation for his wife of 35 years. The dedication on the third page of "MASH Angels" helps to sum up his feelings, thanking Maria "for her continued encouragement and inspiration."
List of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft that Richard C. Kirkland has flown, in order of date, according to his recollection:
• Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
• Kaman H-43
• Piasecki H-21
• Hughes 300
• Hughes 500/500N
• Bell HU-1 Huey (changed to UH-1 Iroquois in 1962)
Fixed-Wing Aircraft
PT-18 trainer
• Vultee BT-13 Valiant trainer
• Beechcraft AT-6 advanced trainer
• Saab T-17 trainer
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning
• Piper L-4 Grasshopper
• Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
• Bell P-39 Airacobra
• Bell P-63 Kingcobra
• Fairchild C-82 Packet
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
• Stinson L-5 Sentinel
• Stinson L-13
• Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
• C-45 Expeditor/Beechcraft Model 18
• de Havilland L-20 Beaver
• North American B-25 Mitchell bomber
• Martin B-26 Marauder


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Ubuntu 8.10 Uncomplicated Firewall GUI
The UFW has a GUI front end that you can add to it to provide an "easier" method of working with the firewall.
Install GUFW
apt-get install gufw
You will see that it will be installed and available using System/Adminstration/Firewall administration.
The interface is set up for several different options. The "Current Configuration" has a default deny on all incoming traffic which should be a standard choice for all Desktop situations. You can see that the firewall is enabled. You have three tabs to add rules to the firewall. Note that because the firewall is deny, you will have to allow incoming links. The one caution that you need to understand is that when you open ports you are doing so because you want to provide services to other users, for instance if you wanted to allow them to view a web site or get a ftp download. You should not open your computer to other computers unless you know what you are doing.
Simple Tab
The simple option allows you to allow a service, like ftp. Just enter ftp in the window and you can see the rule has been created. Now anyone can access ftp on your machine. The simple tab does not allow you to choose who can use ftp, thus this is not a good choice if you want to restrict who can connect to your machine.
Preconfigured Tab
The preconfigured tab allows you so select a service, like ssh, and choose Add and now two rules are added. This tab suffers from the same issue as UFW in that in terms of SSH you really do not want to open up port 22 and udp. Why the preconfigured option adds an unwanted protocol and port is hard to understand. It is difficult to even understand why this preconfigured tab is an option.
Advanced Tab
Unfortunately the only tab that really provides a decent way to construct a firewall is the advanced tab. You may select "Allow" and choose a protocol, like tcp, and then you can restrict who may access your machine. If you do not add any ports, as in the example it will create a rule that will allow a computer to connect on any ports available. So in the example192.168.5.14 can connect on any port to the computer at 192.168.5.43.
This next example is a better option because a port is added so that the computer at 192.168.5.14 is only allowed to connect on port 22.
Another feature of the firewall is you can set limits on different services so that you can give priority to other services, thus managing your bandwidth. Here is an example of limiting bandwidth for SSH by choosing limit on the Preconfigured tab.
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is currently priced at $1,495,000
This single family home has 5 bedrooms and was built in 1996.
A comparable home for sale at 14099 Buckhorn Dr in Carmel is listed at $1,099,000.
This home on 1088 Laurelwood has decreased in price by $180,000 and the last change was on 1/17/2019.
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Claybridge, Bridlebourne and Estancia are nearby neighborhoods.
MLS 21496766 has been posted on this site since 7/12/2017 (683 days ago).
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Hey all!
As many of you have hopefully seen and/or heard, the staff at EB has been working on a plan to revamp/overhaul/update the full of the site (for the first time in over 10 years) for some time now. We have finally gotten to the point where it's time to reach out to the masses and ask for you to (financially) pitch in. An email should be going out shortly (within the next day or two) to all EB registered email accounts with a link to the actual donation site - any generosity to help with the project would be greatly appreciated.
There will be a degree of details posted on the donation site as to planning and general information/timeline but some basic questions also given below. If you have others, you can ask but not everything will be responded to (I think this common sense, but just as a pre-emptive).
Thanks in advance for anything you're inclined to put towards the future of EB - we all appreciate it.
-What is the funding goal?
At this point, our target is around $30,000. If every reasonably active member of the site (generally estimated at around 15,000 members) were to donate, this would be very easy to do. But I think a more reasonable goal would be to get around 3000 members to donate about $10 each. Even that may understandably be a stretch, but it's what we're shooting for...
-What does the timeline look like?
The project is progressing already, split in two main phases. The first - to generally update and stabilize the existing look of the current site - should be ready by the top of 2018. The second half - implementation of new features and development - would be in place by Spring 2018.
-What is my donation paying for?
Donations cover the costs of paying a design firm to execute the upgrades needed for the site. With the goal of making sure that EB is both stabilized in it's current form and that it moves into a position of being able to be upgraded and adaptable in the future, we needed to take the approach of designing the site from scratch instead of just trying to tweak the current state of things. In the event that we raise more than expected, funds will be applied to future server costs and/or to look at other further site developments.
-Will I lose my account information -- saved collection, FS/FT, and ISOs?
The hope and expectation is that ALL data will be transferred over to the new site without loss. This means everything from all database listings and information to every account and member list (FS/FT, ISO, and Collections) within that. Depending on when the transfer occurs and when the upgraded facets go live to the public, it's possible that a few days worth of data may lost in the migration, but not entire accounts (and their lists) wiped out or anything.