Monday, April 13, 2015
Depends on what the meaning of "F-U" is.
http://www.public.navy.mil/ia/Pages/ncdes.aspx
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NAVY CROSS (NX)
BACKGROUND:
The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress (Public Law 253, 65th Congress), approved on February 4, 1919. The Navy Cross has been in effect since April 6, 1917. The Navy Cross was designed by James Earl Fraser (1876-1953). Originally, the Navy Cross was lower in precedence than the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, because it was awarded for both combat heroism and for "other distinguished service." Congress revised this on 7 August 1942, making the Navy Cross a combat-only award and second only to the Medal of Honor. Since its creation, it has been awarded more than 6,300 times.
CRITERIA:
The Navy Cross may be awarded to any person who, while serving with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguishes himself in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor. The action must take place under one of three circumstances: while engaged in action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or, while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party. To earn a Navy Cross the act to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger or at great personal risk and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility. An accumulation of minor acts of heroism does not justify an award of the Navy Cross.
DESCRIPTION:
The Navy Cross is a modified cross patée one and a half inches wide (the ends of its arms are rounded whereas a conventional cross patée has arms that are straight on the end). There are four laurel leaves with berries in each of the re-entrant arms of the cross. In the center of the cross a sailing vessel is depicted on waves, sailing to the viewer's left. The vessel is a symbolic caravel of the type used between 1480 and 1500. Fraser selected the caravel because it was a symbol often used by the Naval Academy and because it represented both naval service and the tradition of the sea. The laurel leaves with berries refer to achievement. The ribbon is navy blue with a center stripe of white. The blue alludes to naval service and the white represents the purity of selflessness.
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Stephen King
The Stand - The Complete & Uncut Edition
Chapter 41
He slept on the Brattleboro Municipal Common that evening, under the partial shelter of the bandshell. He turned in as soon as it was dark, and fell asleep instantly. Some sound woke him with a jerk a time later. He looked at his watch. The thin radium lines on the dial scratched out eleven-twenty. He got up on one elbow and stared into the darkness, feeling the bandshell huge around him, missing the little tent that had held in body heat. What a fine little canvas womb it had been!
If there had been a sound, it was gone now; even the crickets had fallen silent.
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Quotes
John Cleary: So you've outgrown the Faith, huh?
Timmy Cleary: Well, it doesn't answer my needs...
John Cleary: Outgrown your old clothes, and outgrown the Faith.
Timmy Cleary: Pop, will you listen to me, please?
John Cleary: Millions of people have believed in it since the beginning of time, but it's not *good* enough for you.
Timmy Cleary: It's not a question of "good enough".
John Cleary: Well, what do you say, when people ask you what religion you are?
Timmy Cleary: [pauses to reflect] Nothing.
John Cleary: [Showing disgust] You say you're "nothing".
Timmy Cleary: Yes.
John Cleary: The Clearys have been Catholics since... since the beginning of time. And now you, a Cleary, are going to tell people you're a "nothing"?
Timmy Cleary: Yes.
John Cleary: You're an atheist!
Timmy Cleary: I'm not an atheist.
John Cleary: What are you?
Timmy Cleary: I don't know, but I'd like a chance to find out.
From 8/7/1942 ( US Congress revises the Navy Cross medal award criteria ) To 11/10/2000 is 21280 days
21280 = 10640 + 10640
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 10640 days
From 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) To 11/10/2000 is 2152 days
2152 = 1076 + 1076
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/13/1968 ( premiere US film "The Subject Was Roses" ) is 1076 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=62385
The American Presidency Project
William J. Clinton
XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001
Proclamation 7375 - Veterans Day, 2000
November 10, 2000
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On this day, in ceremonies across our Nation and around the world, Americans gather to pay tribute to our veterans. In community centers and church halls, at VFW posts and U.S. embassies, in quiet cemeteries and on battlefields fallen silent, we pause to honor the brave men and women of our Armed Forces whose devotion to duty and willingness to serve have sustained our country for more than two centuries.
Over the course of our history, some 41 million Americans have served--and more than a million have died--so that we might live in freedom. We are the beneficiaries of their courage, their sacrifice, and their vigilance; and so are countless freedom-loving people around the world.
In the past century alone, through two world wars and the long, tense struggle of the Cold War; on the front lines in Korea, Vietnam, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Haiti, the Persian Gulf, and the Balkans, our brave men and women in uniform have risked their lives to protect U.S. interests, assist our allies, promote peace, and advance our ideals. Thanks to their extraordinary record of service, more people now live under democratic rule than at any other time in history. And today, America is a stronger Nation in a more secure world because of our veterans.
President Kennedy once said, "Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to untiring effort, to continual sacrifice and to the willingness, if necessary, to die in its defense." Today we give thanks to the veterans of our Armed Forces for showing that willingness. Whether serving on bases and in ports at home or deployed across the globe, they have endured hardship and danger to protect our Nation and assist our allies. The story of America has been written, in large part, by the deeds of our veterans--deeds that bind us to our past, inspire us in the present, and strengthen us to meet the challenges of the future.
In honor of those who have served in our Armed Forces, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C. 6103 (a)) that November 11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor America's veterans. On Veterans Day, we pay tribute to all those who have served in our Armed Forces, and we remember with deep respect those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. America's veterans have answered the highest calling of citizenship, and they continue to inspire us with the depth of their patriotism and the generosity of their service.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, November 11, 2000, as Veterans Day. I urge all Americans to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of our veterans through appropriate public ceremonies and private prayers. I call upon Federal, State, and local officials to display the flag of the United States and to encourage and participate in patriotic activities in their communities. I invite civic and fraternal organizations, places of worship, schools, businesses, unions, and the media to support this national observance with suitable commemorative expressions and programs.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Quotes
John Cleary: You know, it's one of the big regrets of my life I was never in the service?
Timmy Cleary: I know.
John Cleary: The day World War One was declared, I went to the recruiting office. When they learned I was the sole support of the family, they turned me down.
Timmy Cleary: I know.
John Cleary: It's always bothered me. Missing out on the whole thing. I keep wondering what difference it might have made in my life... but then I wonder how I would have made out? Because I wouldn't have settled for a desk job: I would have gone to the Front!
Timmy Cleary: I'm sure of that.
John Cleary: But once there, how would I have done?
Timmy Cleary: Fine.
John Cleary: How do you know?
Timmy Cleary: You're a born fighter.
John Cleary: But they say a lot of guys who were terrors as civilians turned to jelly when they heard those bullets.
Timmy Cleary: Not you.
John Cleary: Well, doesn't seem so... but you can't be sure. See, that's always bothered me.
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Release Info
USA 13 October 1968 (New York City, New York)
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Full Cast & Crew
Martin Sheen ... Timmy Cleary
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Plot Summary
When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie, (Neal and Albertson). Once considered sickly and weak, he has now distinguished himself in the service and is ready to begin a new life. His parents, however, are still trapped in the bygone days of early and unresolved marital strife and begin emotionally deteriorating through several drama packed encounters. Now mature, the young Tim Cleary finally understands the family dynamics that has played all throughout his boyhood. By the simple act of bringing his mother roses on behalf of his father, Tim realizes he may have destroyed his family, but is helpless to obtain resolution which must come from both his parents.
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Plot Summary
WWII has ended, and twenty-one year old US Army Corporal Timmy Cleary has just returned to live at the Bronx apartment of his parents, John and Nettie Cleary, after fighting in the infantry since age eighteen. Behind closed doors, John and Nettie's marriage has long been in name only. John and Nettie have different perspectives of what they wanted in their marriage, and each has taken different measures in dealing with their marriage falling apart. Staunch Catholic John, who wants the world to see their lives as being perfect, drinks to excess and has had extramarital dalliances. Nettie has focused her attentions on her blood relations, most specifically her mother and a disabled relative named Willis. Before Timmy left for the war, he, a sickly child largely due to being coddled by his mother, knew what was going on in the apartment, but had no say as the minor among the three. Now an adult, Timmy not only is not afraid to express his opinion on their dysfunction or any topic, but changes his viewpoint on whose fault it is for that dysfunction as he more clearly sees his parents for who they are. Timmy's return changes the dynamic within the apartment which may make John and Nettie deal more openly with their long standing problems.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9120
The American Presidency Project
John F. Kennedy
XXXV President of the United States: 1961 - 1963
103 - Remarks at El Bosque Housing Project Near San Jose.
March 19, 1963
Mr. President, Mr. Minister, Ambassador, our friends from Costa Rica:
We celebrate here today a great victory, and that is a victory for the human spirit, for these houses, these medical units, these books, are today freeing men and women from centuries of bondage and poverty which has imprisoned their capacity, their happiness and their future. And I am proud, as a citizen of the United States, to be here in Costa Rica taking part in this great effort.
As a citizen of a sister Republic, as a strong believer in the democratic faith, we take pride in the democracy of this Republic and the other Republics of this hemisphere, but we know that our enjoyment of freedom is not so much a gift from the past as a challenge for the future, not so much a reward for old victories, but a goal for new struggles, not so much an inheritance from our forefathers as an obligation to those of us who follow, for democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to effort, to sacrifice, and a willingness to live and to die in its defense.
Every generation of the Americas has shaped new goals for democracy to suit the demands of a new age. These goals for today's America are summed up in the words Alianza para el Progreso. They call for an end to social institutions which deny men and women the opportunity to live decent lives. They call for a better standard of living for all of our citizens in order that they may produce and live up to their capabilities. They call for an end to the remnants of dictatorship in this hemisphere, and they call for an unyielding defense against all those who seek to impose a new tyranny in this hemisphere. They call, in short, for a recognition that no man's job is done until every man in this hemisphere shares an equal opportunity to pursue his hopes as far as his capacities will carry him. That is the commitment of this country and my own, and the commitment of our sister Republics.
It is sometimes easy for us, living in our nations' capitals, to become disheartened about the nature of the struggle. But it is here with you in this project, sharing in your achievements, participating in your labors, that we renew our faith and determination to succeed, for in this project hundreds of people will move into decent housing. By October 1st of this year, almost 8,000 people will have moved into homes financed under the Alliance for Progress, and built by the labor of the people of Costa Rica, and in every country in this hemisphere, similar housing programs must go forward. These medical units which we have seen are only a few of the 60 which will be in operation throughout Central America and Panama this year. They will provide 4 million medical examinations a year, reaching almost a third of the population of the Isthmus. In them, doctors and nurses will bring modern medicine to our people who have had no protection against disability or disease, entering hundreds of villages where no doctor has been. Approximately 8,000 people in Costa Rica already have received treatment under these units.
These books we have distributed to these children are a token of a massive program which will bring more than two million new school books to the children of Central America and Panama. With these books, millions of children for the first time will have the tools to conquer life and make something of their future.
Education, homes, jobs, health, security-those are the things for which this country stands. Those are the things in which the people of the United States strongly believe. Those are the things which together we must achieve for our people, and I want to assure you through the Alliance for Progress we will stand and work shoulder to shoulder in making this hemisphere an example of what democracy can mean.
Viva Costa Rica. Arriba Costa Rica.
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=12-monkeys-2015&episode=s01e13
Springfield! Springfield!
12 Monkeys
Arms of Mine
[ Cassie: ] So you're not cloning a dodo?
[ Jennifer Goines: ] Of course I am. I'm not a liar.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50655
The American Presidency Project
William J. Clinton
XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001
Remarks at the University of Connecticut in Storrs
October 15, 1995
This is very important. Assigning individual responsibilities for crimes of the past is also important there. Haiti now has a national commission for truth and justice, launching investigations of past human rights abuses. And with our support, Haiti is improving the effectiveness, accessibility, and accountability of its own justice system, again, to prevent future violations as well as to punish those which occur.
The people of Haiti know it's up to them to safeguard their freedom. But we know, as President Kennedy said, that democracy is never a final achievement. And just as the American people, after 200 years, are continually struggling to perfect our own democracy, we must and we will stand with the people of Haiti as they struggle to build their own. Indeed, the Vice President is just today in Haiti celebrating the one-year anniversary.
And let me say one final thing about this. I thank Senator Dodd and Ambassador Dodd for their concern with freedom, democracy, and getting rid of the horrible human rights abuses that have occurred in the past throughout the Americas. The First Lady is in South America today—or she would be here with me—partly because of the path that has been blazed by the Dodd family in this generation to stand up for democracy, so that every single country of the Americas, save one, now has a democratically elected leader. And human rights abuses and the kinds of crimes that Senator Thomas Dodd stood up against at Nuremberg are dramatically, dramatically reduced because of that process and this family's leadership.
In closing, let me say that, for all of the work we might do through tribunals to bring the guilty to account, it is our daily commitment to the ideals of human dignity, democracy, and peace that has been and will continue to be the source of our strength in the world and our capacity to work with others to prevent such terrible things from occurring in the first place.
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DON HENLEY
"The End Of The Innocence"
The lawyers dwell on small details
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Forever Knight (TV Series)
Dark Knight (1992)
USA 5 May 1992
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Forever Knight: Season 1, Episode 1
Dark Knight (5 May 1992)
TV Episode
While searching for a serial killer, Nick Knight discovers a chance to end his vampire curse. While Schanke tracks down leads in the human world, Nick learns that the murder may be the work of the man who made him a vampire 700 years ago.
Release Date: 5 May 1992 (USA)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/just-a-coincidence-or-a-sign/
CBS News
CBS NEWS October 12, 2014, 9:44 AM
Just a coincidence, or a sign?
WHAT A COINCIDENCE! is what we might say when we run into an old friend we'd just been thinking of. So is it just a chance encounter . . . or is it evidence of something more? Our Cover Story is reported by Susan Spencer of "48 Hours":
Bill and Hillary Solomon attribute their happy 16-year marriage to an unseen force perhaps greater than love: Coincidences.
"Too many coincidences for it to be random," Bill said.
That's right: Coincidence. The Solomons say a series of unbelievable coincidences really left them little choice.
Hillary Solomon says she doesn't think they would have married, or even met, were it not for coincidence.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9120
The American Presidency Project
John F. Kennedy
XXXV President of the United States: 1961 - 1963
103 - Remarks at El Bosque Housing Project Near San Jose.
March 19, 1963
Mr. President, Mr. Minister, Ambassador, our friends from Costa Rica:
We celebrate here today a great victory, and that is a victory for the human spirit, for these houses, these medical units, these books, are today freeing men and women from centuries of bondage and poverty which has imprisoned their capacity, their happiness and their future. And I am proud, as a citizen of the United States, to be here in Costa Rica taking part in this great effort.
As a citizen of a sister Republic, as a strong believer in the democratic faith, we take pride in the democracy of this Republic and the other Republics of this hemisphere, but we know that our enjoyment of freedom is not so much a gift from the past as a challenge for the future, not so much a reward for old victories, but a goal for new struggles, not so much an inheritance from our forefathers as an obligation to those of us who follow, for democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to effort, to sacrifice, and a willingness to live and to die in its defense.
From 3/19/1963 To 5/5/1992 ( premiere US TV series "Forever Knight" ) is 10640 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/20/1994 is 10640 days
http://www.tv.com/shows/helix/o-brave-new-world-3072344/
tv.com
Helix Season 2 Episode 13
O Brave New World
Aired Friday 10:00 PM Apr 10, 2015 on Syfy
AIRED: 4/10/15
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=helix-2014&episode=s02e13
Springfield! Springfield!
Helix
O Brave New World
Before I show you something do you know the way to San Jose?
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 09:38 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 13 April 2015
