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Once, on the eve of the Day of Atonement, Rabbi Zusya heard a cantor in the House of
Prayer, chanting the words: "And it is forgiven," in strange and beautiful tones. Then he
called to God, "Lord of the world! Had Israel not sinned, how would such a song have
been intoned before you?" (paraphrased from Martin Buber, Tales of the Hasidim)
While we might marvel at Rabbi Zusya's chutzpah, his audacity, his remark touches an
interesting issue. Imagine God looking down at humanity and seeing all the warfare, all the
environmental damage, all the cruelty, all the people struggling in desperate poverty while a
handful of others are hoarding extraordinary wealth, all the hatred fueled by the very religious
doctrines that God gave us in love, all the failure to learn from the mistakes of the past, all the
ways people shield themselves from the suffering of others. And still, God continues to bathe
humanity with blessings: the sun rising every day, the cycles of living things providing abundant
nourishment and indescribable beauty, sufficient material resources to meet the needs of every
being on the planet, the intellect to solve insurmountable problems, the presence of family and
community, the emotional capacities to love them and care for them, the power to express our
love in the creation of new life. Why doesn't God burn out? What sustains God to keep giving so
much to a species that has so misused God's gifts and is likely to continue to do so?
Zusya's answer is truly ingenious. The more broken people have made God's world, the more
beautiful and passionate will be our song of repentance. Our tender music sings out in stark
contrast to the shrill screeches of human misery and neglect; the sinewy lament flowing
arrhythmically from our hearts offers a welcome interlude from the lockstep heavy metallic thud,
thud, thud beating of what we call progress. The music of our prayers is beautiful in and of itself.
But beyond that, our prayers proclaim that kindness, reflection, and hope cannot be muffled by
the noise of human folly. For this, God can be deeply grateful.
OK, I know that this is not what we like to hear about at Thanksgiving, broken world and all
that. Shouldn't we instead focus on how incredibly blessed most of us are in this society? Most
of us enjoy adequate food, clothing, and shelter, a decent standard of living, personal freedom,
and access to resources and access to resources and opportunities. We can, and we should,
acknowledge how fortunate we are and give thanks for all the wonderful things in our lives. In
Jewish tradition we don't limit this kind of thanksgiving to a single Thursday in November;
rather we are told to include the following blessing in our prayers at least three times a day:
We thank you for our lives entrusted to your hand, our souls placed in your care, for your
miracles that greet us every day, and for your wonders and the good things that are with
us every hour, morning, noon, and night.
If we truly lived with these words implanted in our consciousness, we would live enchanted
lives. No matter what happens, we would never forget that the glass is not half empty; it is, in
fact, at least 90 percent full.
The trouble is, we don't seem to be wired to experience this level of fulfillment. We ignore at
least 40 percent of the nectar in our glass, and then bemoan that it is still half empty. In the
eleventh century, a rabbi named Bachya ibn Pakuda taught that there are three causes for our
lack of gratitude. First of all, once we get attached to material possessions; we keep wanting
more. If we enjoy our Ipad 2, we now want an Ipad 4, and no matter how happy we've been with
our Ipad 4, we just can't live without a Mini. The second problem is that we take all the good
stuff we've got for granted. Even our new Mini soon becomes just another tool, while our old
Ipad 4 sits idle on a shelf alongside the laptop, smartphone, and CD player that we've owned
since the Pleistocene era. The third problem, according to Bachya, is the one that concerns me
the most tonight. This is that we tend to focus on our disappointments, failures, and hurts, and
then lose sight of our blessings altogether. Who cares about a little Mini when the rich kid down
the street got a sports car for her seventeenth birthday? And what's the use of having a new car if
you knock your back out working out at the club so you are immobilized for the next two weeks?
To be sure, physical pain is something we all would rather be free from. Getting turned down for
a job opening or a date does nothing to lift one's spirits. And even though we may read the
newspaper as a leisure activity, the headlines usually don't do much to brighten our day. But, as
the sages of all religious traditions teach us, we have a choice how to react to these events. So
let's say, for example, my insurance premium has doubled, a lab test came out positive, or that
stench comes from a raccoon's nest in the basement. Our rabbis taught that we react positively or
negatively to events like these because we assume that they will lead to either good or bad
outcomes. But none of us are clairvoyant. We actually have no idea how things will turn out.
Alan Morinis, in his book Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, tells the true
story of a man condemned to a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Unlike countless
others, he survived this ordeal and fled to Uruguay. Decades later, he escaped from the political
instability and guerilla warfare in Uruguay and emigrated to the United States with a
comfortable fortune. It turned out that in the concentration camp he was forced to make soap;
eventually this experience enabled him to become the largest soap manufacturer in Uruguay.
These twists of fate demonstrate how the consequences of the events in our lives cannot be
predicted. Therefore the Talmud tells us to say a blessing if something good happens, and to say
a blessing if something bad happens, because we don't really know which is which.
To be sure, life sometimes throws situations our way that are truly catastrophic and lead to
extreme suffering. Yesterday I met a woman who has survived multiple illnesses deemed to be
imminently terminal, and in addition she lost her husband to suicide a year and a half ago. She
told me how important it would be for me to mention extreme situations such as hers in this talk,
to let people know how her difficulties have compelled her to live every day as if it were her last,
to speak authentically and passionately, even if it defied social mores and expectations, to dance,
to sing, to laugh, to cry, even if this made people uncomfortable. From tragedy and painful
confrontation with death emerged a passion for life, a sense of gratitude for each day, and at the
same time a sensitivity that her words and deeds, no matter how freely expressed, must never
cross the line of causing physical or emotional hurt to others.
But beyond our personal tragedies is the realization that we live in a broken world crying out for
repair. The kabbalistic master Yitzchak Luria taught that God initially created a world so perfect
that everything was enveloped in radiant divine light. But this light got so bright and intense that
the earthly vessels created to hold the light could no longer contain it. All the vessels got
shattered. Like Humpty Dumpty, all the elements of a whole and perfect world lie in shambles. It
is up to us to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Our human task is to assist God in the
work of creation by reassembling all the broken pieces. How do we do this? By feeding the
hungry; by struggling for justice; by restoring the damage we've wrought on the environment;
by ending war and violent hatred once and for all. This is the work of repairing the world, of
tikkun olam. As we gather here tonight to pray together, we are repairing the world. When
Muslims, Jews, and Christians come together in friendship and mutual respect, we are repairing
the world. When we do not allow the bitter struggles that divide our peoples to stand between us,
we are repairing the world. And when, ultimately, we sit down together at the conference table to
resolve our differences, sensitive to each other's point of view and compassionate to each other's
suffering, our world will be about as close to being fully repaired as it has ever been.
Tonight, more than anything else, I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity to engage with
all of you in this work of repair. I thank God for bringing me to a community where I can
interact with, learn from, and befriend my Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Bahai
counterparts. Through the efforts of good people in this community and in countless other
communities around the world, may warfare and genocide vanish from our midst and may the
seeds of compassion and forgiveness germinate in fields long infested with the bramble of fear,
prejudice, and hatred.
Before I spoke this evening, Father Mark recited one of my favorite Psalms. It is the lament of a
man engulfed in brokenness, a man who has fallen into a pit of despair. In Psalm 30 this man
recognizes that it is easy to be grateful when one is on a roll:
Va'ani amarti v'shalvi kol-emot l'olam.
And as for me, in the ease of my prosperity I said that I would never be shaken.
But to sustain as a healthy attitude in tough times requires a broader perspective:
Ba'erev yalin bechi v'laboker rinah.
In the evening weeping may set in and abide for the night, yet in the morning there are shouts of joy!
What's the secret of going from weeping to joy? It's in the verse
Hafachta mispadi l'machol li pitachta saki va't'azreni simchah.
The King James Version translates this as:
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:
thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness...
If we look carefully at the original Hebrew, we find that the secret of turning mourning into
dancing is likened to the miracle of giving birth:
You transmuted my wailing into its opposite, into the exquisitely writhing ecstatic pain of the pangs of birth;
You opened my sack and filled my girth with joy.
Our work together of repairing the world is like giving birth to new life. The process may be
difficult and sometimes painful. We may not bear the child we had hoped for; sometimes the
baby may not survive to breathe its first breath. And still, whatever the outcome, our efforts to
create a better world bring purpose to our lives. We know why we were created, and how we are
connected to humanity as a whole. For all this, we cannot help but be filled with gratitude. This
is why our Psalm concludes:
L'ma'an y'zamercha chavod v'lo yidom adonai elohai l'olam odecha.
You blessed me with the joy of new life so that glory might sing out to You and never be silent.
Adonai, my God, I shall give thanks to you forever.
East Lansing, Michigan
November 19, 2012
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 12:00 noon, State Capitol Rotunda
God of justice, God of mercy. We seek Your wisdom and Your strength.
How can we assure our children and all the children of the world that never again shall they face the sword because they are part of a people that is different from the people in power, or because their faith is opposed by those who have lost faith in human decency?
Throughout history, powerful rulers drunk with greed and blind with fanatic cruelty have deployed fighting men with deadly weapons to increase their power and oppress the innocent.
When Cain slew his brother and set the whole cycle in motion, You left his question unanswered—Am I my brother's keeper?
God of justice, God of mercy, the time has come to answer Cain's question. Enough is enough. We are our brother's keeper and our sister's protector. We stand here before You today to remember six million of our kin and to honor their memory with the commitment to end the atrocity once and for all. We seek Your wisdom to help us find the answers. We seek Your strength to give us courage to keep asking the question.
You said to Cain, "Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground!" Can You not hear the cries of the blood of millions of our brothers and sisters from Hitler's death camps, and from the Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Cambodia, Chechnyia, Bosnia, and Armenia? Is the collective wail too much even for You to bear? Like us, when You've had enough, can You flip the remote to another channel?
Today we flip to the channel of hope. With Your help we will stop the savagery and bring the perpetrators to justice. Extending hands across continents, we will build a global society dedicated to peace and human dignity, protected by the rule of law and the willingness to carry it out, inspired by the prayers of hundreds of religious orientations, rising together in a glorious chorus of diversity:
Oseh shalom bimromav hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu v'al kol yoshvei tevel v'imru amen.
May the one who creates peace in the heavens grant peace upon us and upon all who dwell on earth. And let us say, Amen.
December 1, 2010
If the Bible were written in our time, the Book of Job would read something like this:
Once there was a man named Job, who loved God and who was free from guilt or shame. One
day the Devil spoke to God and said, "Does Job not have good reason to love God? For he
enjoys great riches and excellent health. Do you think he will continue to love you and carry
good thoughts in his heart if he has to suffer?" And God said to the Devil, "Very well. We shall
put Job to the test."
The next day Job woke up in intense pain and began to suffer all manner of illness. Shortly
thereafter the man whom Job loved also began to suffer intense pain and all manner of illness.
And the man whom Job loved soon died. And Job was overcome with grief.
The friends of Job provided him with rare and precious medicines, and even though Job
continued to suffer pain and sickness, he did not die. But the medicines were costly, and Job's
wealth steadily diminished.
And the friends of Job said to him, "It is because you have sinned before God that God has
punished you so severely. For you have lain with man and incurred God's wrath."
So Job found comfort with a woman. She was dark and comely. She lacked access to wealth or
knowledge, but her heart was filled with love. And this woman too began to suffer intense pain
and all manner of illness. And the woman whom Job loved soon died. And once again Job was
overcome with grief.
So the friends of Job said to him. "It is because you have sinned before God that God has
punished you so severely. For you have lain with woman and incurred God's wrath." And Job
was very confused.
And Job sought further companionship, and his lovers lay with men and they lay with women.
And those who had wealth and knowledge were able to control the disease in themselves and to
prevent it in others. But those who lacked wealth and knowledge spread the disease to those they
loved and died themselves shortly thereafter.
And the friends of Job said that those who suffered were sinners who incurred God's wrath for
their evil ways. So people were beset with guilt and shame and did not seek for diagnosis or
treatment. And the disease spread around the world, fueled by stigma against those who were
different or powerless. So God wept bitter tears of grief and remorse for the folly of his
And children were born with the disease and the friends of Job said that the children were
sinners being punished for their evil ways. So once again God wept.
And Job strove to educate people about the disease. But the friends of Job said that he was a
sinner and those who suffered deserved to suffer. And again, God wept.
Finally Job called out to God, "How can you allow your creatures to suffer so? Why have you
allowed this pandemic to spread?"
And God called out to Job from the whirlwind: "Who are you to question my ways? Where were
you when your friends and other false prophets preached their poisonous message of hatred?
Why have you allowed them to stigmatize those who most need a helping hand and a loving
heart? Do you too believe that I want to punish my creatures for loving their fellow man and
their fellow woman? What have you done to rescue the downtrodden from guilt and shame?
Why have you not taught them how much they deserve love from their Maker, from their fellow
human beings, and especially from themselves? Why have you not educated them about this
disease? And what will you do in the days to come to unite all who praise my name to eradicate
the plague, to heal the afflicted, to comfort the grieving, and to safeguard the vulnerable?"
And Job said unto God, "No longer do I doubt your goodness. For now I understand that those
who walk your ways open their hearts to those who are afflicted, while only fools and those with
hearts of stone would blame the victims for their suffering."
And God restored Job's wealth a hundredfold. And Job used his wealth to establish programs for
education, prevention, and treatment of HIV/AIDS. And the friends of Job repented their evil
ways and offered comfort and support to all who suffered.
Then peoples of all faiths joined together with you and with me and with all assembled here
today in a prayer of comfort and healing for those who are afflicted:
May Divine goodness manifest in those who love you and care for you.
May Divine healing energy penetrate every pore of your body, bring you comfort, and restore your health and your spirit.
May Divine wisdom fall upon those who develop new medications, and upon the physicians and healers responsible for your care.
May Divine spirit pervade your soul, enabling you to love yourself, nourish yourself, have faith in yourself, and achieve what you were put on this earth to accomplish.
And may Divine mercy enable you to beat the odds and bless you with comfort, longevity, and peace.
And let us say Amen.
Shalom Aleichem/salaam aleikum. This week we observe Sukkot. A sukkah is a fragile hut providing
minimal shelter. In our evening prayers, we say ufros aleinu sukkat shlomecha, "spread over us the
sukkah of Your peace." To quote Rabbi Arthur Waskow: "Why not a fortress of peace, or a castle, or
a temple, or a tower? Why not something sturdier, hard-shelled, invulnerable—won't that get us
more peace, more security, as we sleep? The wisdom of the prayer is that in fact all human beings do
live in a vulnerable 'sukkah,' and we can achieve true peace and security if we all recognize that and
share our vulnerability with each other—neither in fear and hiding, nor by threat and attack."
Rabbi Waskow touched upon three key points for us. First, we are vulnerable. Just one troubled soul,
one book, and one match can remind us how vulnerable we are. Second, we are not alone. We are all
together in the same vulnerable sukkah, and together we can achieve true peace and security. And
third, we can learn from the Islamic Center how to respond to attack—not fighting fear and hiding
with fear and hiding; not responding to threat and attack with threat and attack; but with restraint,
tolerance, and forgiveness, sending the message: Learn, don't burn.
Yet the desecration of the Quran poses a dilemma. We recognize the wisdom of playing down
isolated incidents of harassment, not to fuel the flames of attention seekers. Still, bookburning has
horrific resonances for us. As Heinrich Heine said, "Those who begin by burning books will end by
burning people." To burn the Quran, the Bible, the Torah, the Bhagavad Gita, or the Diamond Sutra
is to pollute the earth with smoke that smothers all that is good and sacred.
Unity with diversity does not mean that we all are one. We are divided on fundamental issues:
abortion, same-sex marriage, and most tragically, the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. On
the one hand, we need to be on guard so that shrill voices among politicians and the media, fanning
the flames of divisiveness, do not distract us from our work together for peace, justice, and tolerance.
On the other hand, our community can be a beacon of light for the rest of the country, recognized not
for Quran burning, but for constructive engagement, mutual respect, and shared learning among
those with the courage to disagree and dialogue together.
After the 9/11 attacks, this community came together to speak out against Islamophobia and mourn
the tragic loss of life. When the Nazis rallied at the capitol, Mayor Bernero organized a "Celebration
of Diversity" at Eastern High School, leaving the Nazis alone downtown to hurl their venom at each
other. And two years ago, Palestinian filmmaker Yaser Aladam, impressed by the spirit of religious
co-existence in Greater Lansing, produced a documentary featuring the Islamic Center, University
Lutheran Church, and Congregation Kehillat Israel, screened in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
as an inspiration to end the cycle of hatred and violence.
We will continue together to feed the hungry and build houses for the homeless. Let us also take up
the call of "Learn, not burn." We may burn in our souls from past hurts. Let us instead learn about
our respective traditions. Let's build trusting friendships firm enough to withstand the difficult
questions. Let's learn to say "I feel this" rather than "You are that." And let the sukkah of God's
peace spread out over all of us, our mosques, synagogues, churches, and temples. Aleikum
salaam/Aleichem shalom.
December 13, 2007
Three times a day, observant Jews around the world read one of the most important biblical
passages for our people, Deuteronomy 11:13–21. In these verses, God tells the Israelites that if
they obey God's commandments with their whole heart and soul, there will be abundant rainfall
in its appointed time and a temperate climate to support crops for feeding the people and their
livestock. However, if their hearts are led astray to follow the false gods of greed, exploitation,
and short-sightedness, the rains will cease, the climate will no longer support fruitful harvests,
and the land will become unlivable. This extraordinary pronouncement about global climate
change, its causes and its consequences, is so fundamental to the Jewish people that we are
commanded to place its words upon our hearts, to bind them as a sign upon our hands and
between our eyes, to teach them to our children, to speak them both at home and away from
home and upon lying down and getting up, and to inscribe them on the doorposts of our houses
and upon our gates, so that we and our descendants might enjoy a sustainable way of life.
Along with the rest of the faith community in Michigan, we Jews are deeply concerned about the
impact that pollution from greenhouse gases has on God's creation and on public health. The
Bible teaches that we are caretakers of the land we inhabit. It is our duty to protect the land for
future generations, and to treat our environment with sacredness and respect. And yet our state
alone releases nearly 182 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the
combined emissions of 91 developing countries.
The prophet Isaiah warned our ancestors not to become a nation with unlimited chariots that fill
the land with horses, the original source of horse-power. Instead, the prophet commanded them
to use their wealth to feed the hungry, house the homeless, and provide for those in need.
Unfortunately our consumer-driven economy has ignored Isaiah's plea. Instead we have earned a
stern rebuke from the prophet Ezekiel [34:18]: "Is it not enough for you to graze on choice
grazing ground; must you also trample with your feet what is left from your grazing? And is it
not enough for you to drink clear water; must you also muddy with your feet what is left?" I
suggest that the time has come to wash our feet by demanding auto-fuel efficiency standards
commensurate with other industrialized nations: not just 25 or 30 mpg, but rather on a par with
Japan's 46.9 mpg by 2015, or the European Union's 48.9 mpg by 2012. I suggest the time has
come for the U.S., with 5% of the world's population, to stop trampling the rest of the world's
choice grazing ground with 27.8% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and to adopt
emission reduction goals comparable to China's 40% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.
This for us is an ethical issue. The Bible commands us to maintain the highest standards of
purity, both out of obligation to God and out of consideration for the health and well-being of the
entire community. Any step we can take to increase the quality of the air breathed by our
citizens, their children and grandchildren, deserves our wholehearted endorsement.
Once again, Jewish people will kindle light for peace for all.
Lansing State Journal, December 10, 2006
After the Jewish people had dwelled in the land of Israel for more than 1,000 years, the Seleucid Greeks occupied the land and outlawed Jewish religious practices. Their defeat by the Maccabees, a local band of Jewish warriors, is commemorated at Hanukkah.
But that's not the whole story. Roughly 1,800 years ago the rabbis in ancient Israel decided not to base the celebration upon a military conquest. They prescribed that we read from Zechariah at Hanukkah, "Not by might, not by power, but by the spirit." They emphasized the miracle that after the Temple was restored, there was only enough oil to burn for one night; and yet the Temple lights burned for eight days. This miracle sustained the optimism, faith and determination of the Jewish people in exile.
In the last century, a new miracle occurred. Three years after the end of the Nazi Holocaust, the State of Israel was established. While there had been a small Jewish presence there throughout history, it was in the early 20th century that refugees from European oppression poured into British-held Palestine.
In 1917, the British government endorsed "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" in the Balfour Declaration. In 1948, the dream came to fruition.
Like Hanukkah itself, our story is complex. Israel has suffered repeated attacks from its Arab neighbors.
Following an unprovoked invasion in 1967, Israel occupied Arab lands along its borders to protect itself from future attacks. This occupation has endured nearly 40 years. These years have seen repeated terrorist attacks against innocent Israeli civilians; with each attack, attempts to negotiate a return of occupied territories and the establishment of a Palestinian state get sidetracked.
In the interest of security, Israel has taken decisive military actions, resulting in yet more suffering, bloodshed and desire for revenge. New attacks bring new reprisals; new reprisals bring new attacks. Moderate voices in both camps are drowned out by shrieks of revenge.
Still, we remember: "Not by might, not by power."
Both Israelis and Palestinians have suffered immeasurably at one another's hands. We pray for the day we can dwell alongside our Palestinian brothers and sisters in peace. Despite tragic events driving our communities apart, the Jewish community continues to stand up vigilantly for the rights and safety of our Islamic neighbors, as we did following the Sept. 11 attacks.
And we remain confident that when Israel's neighbors recognize her right to exist, when the killing of Jews is no longer glorified in Arab schools, when terrorism is denounced once and for all, the occupation will quickly end.
Hanukkah, which falls on the evening of Dec. 15 this year, is a complex holiday for complex times. We kindle a light in the darkest time of year, and recognize a glimmer of hope. Could Israelis and Palestinians lay down their arms, mourn their losses together, and join in creating a safe and peaceful future? Or is there too much darkness for a tiny light to penetrate?
Perhaps. But at Hanukkah, I pray for a miracle.
When the Israelites were about to enter the promised land in Deuteronomy 11, God told
them, "If you love Me and serve me with all your heart and all your soul, then I will grant
the rain for your land in its proper season: the early rain and the late rain. You will gather
in your new grain, wine, and oil, and I will provide grass in the fields for your
cattle—thus you will eat and be satisfied." This was God's plan: rain in its proper time, a
healthy climate, and an abundant planet...But only if our love for the creator of heaven
and earth is never compromised by our short-sightedness: "Take heed not to be lured
away to serve other gods and to worship them." What are other gods? The god of greed.
The god of materialism. The god of exploitation. And especially, the god of fear. "For if
you are lured away to serve these other gods, the Lord's anger will flare up against you,
and God will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield
its produce; and you will soon perish from the good land that the Lord has given to you."
God's message couldn't be clearer. God is not interested in market share, or output
capacity, or deregulation. God wants our love and devotion, our stewardship of the earth,
our appreciation and respect for the fragile ecological balance that sustains our lives.
Every morning, we Jews thank God for creating our body as a precision instrument: if a
single organ is open when it should be closed, if a single cavity is closed when it should
be open, our lives could not be sustained. So it is with our environment: if the average
summer temperature increases by too many degrees, if Lakes Michigan and Huron recede
by too many feet, if the proportion of greenhouse gasses to oxygen increases by too many
percentage points, then whole species of plants and animals are threatened, whole sectors
of the economy are in jeopardy, and the abundance of our fields, lakes, and streams is in
In Isaiah 5:24 we read:
Assuredly, as straw is consumed by a tongue of fire and hay
shrivels as it burns. Their stock shall become like rot, and their buds shall blow away like
dust. For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of Hosts.
Assuredly, as straw is consumed by a tongue of fire and hay
shrivels as it burns. Their stock shall become like rot, and their buds shall blow away like
dust. For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of Hosts.
Again, the message is clear: Things are heating up, as long as we choose to ignore the
call...the call that comes just a few verses later in Isaiah 6:3, the call of the sacredness of
God's earth and everything on it, the call that blared forth from the mouths of angels in
many tongues to the nations of the earth:
Kadosh kadosh kadosh Adonai tzevaoth
Sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus sabaoth
Holy holy holy is the LORD of hosts.
M'lo kol ha'aretz kvodo.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria Tua.
The whole earth is full of His glory.
Kadosh kadosh kadosh Adonai tzevaoth
Sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus sabaoth
Holy holy holy is the LORD of hosts.
M'lo kol ha'aretz kvodo.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria Tua.
The whole earth is full of His glory.
It sounds so simple—just love God and appreciate the divine glory of every corner of our
It means to keep our eyes and ears open, to ignore the false prophets of denial, who
dismiss global warming as some kind of urban legend. For it's not too late to heed
Isaiah's warning:
"Dull that people's mind, stop its ears, and seal its eyes. Lest, seeing with its eyes and
hearing with its ears, it also grasp with its mind, and repent and save itself. For how
long? Till towns lie waste without inhabitants and houses without people, and the ground
lies waste and desolate."
"Dull that people's mind, stop its ears, and seal its eyes. Lest, seeing with its eyes and
hearing with its ears, it also grasp with its mind, and repent and save itself. For how
long? Till towns lie waste without inhabitants and houses without people, and the ground
lies waste and desolate."
We don't need to wait that long. There's an election coming up in just five months, and
we can send the false prophets of denial back to where they came from.
And there's plenty of work to do before November. Today you are going to learn about
some exciting legislative initiatives we can support today, about your opportunity to buy
a fuel-efficient hybrid SUV produced right here in Michigan by the end of the summer,
about the findings of intrepid scientists and the contributions of responsible business
leaders, and you will come away with a cornucopia of suggestions for reversing global
warning, both through what you do in your own life and how you support the sacred
work of the leaders in this field.
In the words of Isaiah:
"For as the rain and the snow drop from heaven and soak the earth, and make it bring
forth vegetation, yielding seed for sowing and bread for eating, so is the word that issues
from the mouth of God. Yea, you shall leave in joy and be led home secure. Before you,
mount and hill shall shout aloud, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."
"For as the rain and the snow drop from heaven and soak the earth, and make it bring
forth vegetation, yielding seed for sowing and bread for eating, so is the word that issues
from the mouth of God. Yea, you shall leave in joy and be led home secure. Before you,
mount and hill shall shout aloud, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."
Right now the trees are going it alone, absorbing as much of the carbon generated by us
Michiganians as they can. So let's give the trees a round of applause.
And now let's be silent for just a few moments, turn off our motors, releasing no more
CO2 than what we naturally exhale. And if we listen carefully, we may be able to hear
the trees clapping their hands for the work we are doing on their behalf.
God bless all of you, and God bless this beautiful state!
Dear Friends at Kehillat Israel,
A long and painful election season has come to a close. I know there are many in our
congregation who have put extraordinary effort into the campaign, and many who may be bitterly
disappointed at the outcomes. After actively participating in the "No On 2" campaign and voting my
conscience on the candidates, I share that disappointment. My optimism may have diminished,
but my hope is as strong as ever.
There are few outcomes this year, on either the local or national level, that reflect the views and
the values of the large majority of Jewish voters. Religious agenda contrary to our own have
swept increasingly into the political agenda, and fear and hatred of those who are different has
been written into our state's constitution. The separation of church and state, the great principle of
American democracy that has protected generations of Jews seeking freedom, prosperity, and
security, is under siege. And, personally, I share the view recently expressed by Alan Dershowitz
that current American foreign policies have both weakened the position of the United States on a
global level and threatened the security of the State of Israel.
While we may lose our optimism at a time like this, we do not need to lose our hope. Throughout
recorded history, Am Yisrael chai (the Jewish people live). We have weathered the best and the
worst political climates, not to mention the most extreme forms of persecution. Throughout the 20th
century, we proudly and audaciously sang Hatikva ("The Hope"); even in the most unimaginably
dark days of the Shoah when our physical survival seemed doomed, this hopeful vision of a new
Jewish future never escaped our lips.
What exactly is the difference between optimism and hope? Optimism, though much better for our
physical and spiritual health than pessimism, is nonetheless a naive faith that somehow things will
be better tomorrow than they are today. Hope is a confident mental posture, based in fact and
reason combined with moral courage and trust in God, that we can join forces with one another
and act in partnership with the Divine to participate in creating a positive future. For religious
sceptics, God need not be part of this equation; yet a faith in the God that Michael Lerner defines
as "the voice of what could and ought to be, calling us from the future and moving us toward the
fulfillment of our possibilities" makes the process a lot easier.
Hope is more enduring than optimism; it can sustain us to do the work we have been called upon
to do. What have we been called upon to do? "Let justice well up like water, righteousness like an
unfailing stream!" (Amos 5:24) "To unlock fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of the yoke.
To let the oppressed go free; to break off every yoke." (Isaiah 58:6)
We have been warned that the Temple was destroyed because of Israel's idolatry. Idolatry is not
statue worship; it is the worship of money, power, and the idols of material culture. More
fundamentally, idolatry is bowing down to the false gods of greed, hatred, and fear. If we as Jews
are out of the step with the direction our society is going, that is no reason to give up who we are
and what we stand for.
This year I have been proud to be part of KI as our congregants have built houses with Habitat,
fed the hungry, recycled their printer cartridges, supported overseas Jewish communities, rallied
against global warming, and struggled against unjust legislation. We plan to intensify our
commitment to Tikkun Olam in the course of the year to come. The more injustice we discover in
the world around us, the more opportunity we have to raise up the holy sparks from out of the
Rabbi Michael Zimmerman
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If you have been in the seduction community for more than a few months you have undoubtedly came across an article that tells you the sings that a woman is attracted to you. These signs probably have included things like playing with her hair and laughing at your jokes. I'm here to tell you right now that 99.9% of all those articles suck.
Why? Two big problems here:
1) Most signs the community teach are actually bullshit. Women naturally play with their hair, they smile to be polite, and they laugh at your jokes because your amusing. None of those things means that a woman has any sexual interest in you.
2) A chick can like you but not be sexually available. For instance, lets say you meet a chick outside a coffee shop and strike up a conversation. Shes playing with her hair, she smiles, she even laughs at your jokes…. surely she must want to lay down and spread her legs for you, right? Nope. She could very well like you but that doesn't mean she wants to or plans on sleeping with you. Perhaps she has a boyfriend that she deeply loves and is in a happy relationship with. Maybe her dog or a family member died the day before and shes simply not emotionally open to sleeping with a guy right now.
The big problem with the whole "X number of signs shes interested in you" type articles is that the sings are bullshit and that often it doesn't matter if she likes you because if you want to experience the softness of her inner thighs then she needs to be sexually interested in you.
With those problems in mind the rest of this article will outline the sings that a woman is sexually interested in you. Lets get on with it…
1) She makes it easy for you to "game" her. If a woman has sexual interest in you and wants to sleep with you but you aren't progressing things forward, she will often put herself in a position that makes it easy for you.
She might scoot closer to you on the couch. She could girl-code her girlfriends telling them to leave you alone. She may bend over and let you catch a glimpse of her thong. This is anything a chick does that makes it easy for you to escalate on her or also anything she does to try and get you to escalate things.
2) Movement. If you are a long time reader of this blog you may have herd me talk about my 20 minute rule. Basically, if i'm in a club talking to a chick, if after 20 minutes passes I don't feel like there is a very good chance I'll be taking her home tonight then I move on and talk to some other woman. If at that 20 minute mark I'm not sure then I attempt to move her. This is as simple as "hey, come outside with me to get fresh air" or even "hey, lets go to the bar."
If after 20 minutes a chick refuses to move with you, shes not very likely to want to go home with you. The other thing could be that your escalating to slow and not moving things forward at a proper pace. However, failing that, if she wont move with you then she likely doesn't have much sexual interest in you.
3) Sex talk. This one is really easy. If after 20 minutes she won't engage in any conversation relating to the subject of sex, she has no sexual interest in you. However, if your talking about sex (and not being crude), and shes into it then there is a very good chance she has some sexual interest in you. Escalate and move things forward pronto.
4) Escalation. This is by far the most important sign out of all four of them. A big problem most guys have is that they talk to a woman and think she likes him but at the end of the night she gives him a pat on the back and a "nice to meet you." This confuses our would-be Casanova because she laughed, played with her hair, and seemed to enjoy herself. Hell, she probably did. Her being amused by him does not equal her wanting to sleep with him, however.
Sexual Escalation is awesome because not only does it weed out those kinds of girls but it shows us, for sure, if a chick is sexually interested in you. No woman is going to let you amp of the sexuality and move things forward unless she wants it to happen. Getting good at sexual escalation will help you save a ton of time weeding out women who aren't really interested in you and will help you lay the ones who are. To learn even more about sexual escalation you can click here.
Okay guys, just to recap: It doesn't matter if a chick is playing with her hair, laughing at your jokes, or smiling at you. If you want to get laid then what matters is that shes putting herself into a position to be seduced, she give you solid investment (movement), and she allows you to continually escalate on her. Don't waste time on women who are only talking to you to be polite and/or to be amused.
See you next time,
Jeff "Warped Mindless" Stanton


text: Saturday March 23rd was a busy day for the Station and crews who answered multiple calls for Stand-by Transfers and assists while on the Transfers. During the early evening, Lancaster City Units (64) transmitted a General Alarm Dwelling Fire on Chestnut Street in the City, bringing units from Station 63 (Lafayette) as well as other surrounding companies to the scene. Not long after Station's 63 assignment to the City, Witmer Volunteers were dispatched to cover an Alarm Bells call on East Orange Street in Lancaster Township (which is part of Lafayette's First-Due area) due to Lafayette's commitment to the City General Alarm. The call was investigated and units were released in a short amount of time. After clearing the Lancaster Township call, Engine 62-2 was redirected to Transfer for a Stand-By at Lancaster City Station 3 along with Truck 50 (Willow Street). After about 2 hours of Stand-By in the City, Engine 62-2 was released and relocated to Station 63. Prior arrangements had been made for Station 62 to Stand-By on March 23rd so the members of Lafayette could enjoy their annual Banquet. Once the festivities were over, crews made their way back to Station 62 after one very long day! While on the return trip, another call for Alarm Bells was dispatched in the area of Mahogany Drive in Company 63's First Due. Engine 62-2 diverted to the call along with units from 63, which was quickly handled. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported throughout the day and to all companies for their hospitality.


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I warned her… My sister, I mean. Sarah was always too interested in the Great Above and Abovers in general. I told her that you couldn't trust those vicious creatures that hunt our waters with one hand and poison it with the another.
A few tides ago we found an Above creature in our kelp garden. He thrashed about with his bubble machine tangled up in our frilly greens crop. We watched for a bit as he managed to damage and pull a large stalk from its rock.
I turned worried eyes to my sister. "Father is going to be so mad! He'll never believe this wasn't our fault. What are we going to do?"
Sarah looked at my frantic face and back to the struggling Abover. "We have to get him out, he's going to die and ruin our whole crop. If the council knows that an Abover touched the food this whole field will be destroyed." She swam warily towards the black clad figure with her long red hair flowing behind, almost touching her fin tip.
"Sarah! Be careful…" I shook in fear, not knowing what the Abover might do. As usual, he couldn't see us but the minute she touched him her camouflage would be broken.
My sister waved me over, "Cyril come help. He's not awake anyway. It's safe."
Hesitantly, I approached and by that time Sarah had managed to get his large body untangled. I grabbed an arm and was amazed at how big around it was.
Abovers are strange animals, so strong and cruel. I fought my fear and helped her slowly drag him to the surface.
"Slower Cyril, if we go too fast he'll be dead for sure. My defense teacher said that if you need to kill an Abover, you just push them to the surface as fast as you can and they usually die. They're fragile creatures in the water. That's why they use boats and stay close to land."
I was amazed at how much knowledge she already had about the weird beings.
I told her, "And they seem so tough too, with all the killing they do."
My sister only shrugged and said, "It's in their nature, everything's got to eat I suppose."
I gave her a sideways glare, not liking her easygoing attitude towards the Abovers bloodthirsty ways. "Well I don't like them."
Like she always does when she doesnt' agree with something I say, she rolled her big green eyes. "I didn't say you had to mate him, just help me get him to the surface."
"Gross Sarah, don't even say that!" I said with disgust, then stuck my tongue out at her. She laughed at my scrunched up expression.
For a while we stayed quiet and just swam. I kept my eyes on the surface, anxious to get there quickly. I happened to look over at my sister and she was staring at the Abover's masked face with a strange intensity.
It made me uneasy and suddenly I wanted this bulky monster to die and go away. Just so he wouldn't tempt Sarah further into something she would get hurt by.
I knew that she would never let me harm him though, she'd always had a soft spot when it came to Abovers. Our father beat her once when he overheard Sarah say something nice about an Abover that untangled a turtle. She's kept her opinions to herself since then, but I know my sister's mind.
She dreams of having legs and exploring the horrible suffocating dryness of land. It's insane, I do realize. But I wouldn't know how to stop her adventurous curiosity, even if I wanted too.
A sharp gasp brought me out of my own head and back into the problem at hand. Sarah was wide eyed, looking into the clear mask that covered the Abover's face, feeding him air. I peeked quickly and gasped also.
"He's awake!" I squeaked and dropped his arm. Sarah began struggling to pull him on her own, so I bit my lip and continued to help her. She smiled at me to say thank you for not swimming away. I frowned back.
"Sarah, he's looking at me." I whispered to her. He then looked to Sarah. I quietly said, "I think we should just kill him, it'll be much safer that way." I wasn't really sure why I was whispering, they were incapable of hearing our voices in the water, but it seemed safer to talk softly.
My sister furrowed her dainty brow and looked disappointed, "How can you say that Cyril? He's a living thing."
"Yeah, yeah…" I answered.
"We're almost to the surface anyway, then you may go back to being terrified and hating a species for no reason." She put her nose in the air, using her haughtiness to make me feel stupid and small. She was good at that and learned it well from our mother.
"There's reasons…" I said with feeble defence and went silent.
The Abover stayed limp and seemed to understand that we were saving him. He didn't try to hurt either of us and looked at my sister and I as if we were magical beings. Which I suppose to him we would be.
Merfolk as a race were thin and sleek with colorful scales where Abovers only had ugly hair covering their bodies. They seemed to hate their hairy bodies too because they usually had something covering their skin. We are beautiful and don't see the need to hide in shame.
Finally, we got to the surface and pushed the Abover up into the air. Immediately, he pulled the mask from his face and breathed as he should, now that he wasn't underwater.
I grabbed my sister's hand and tried pulling her back into the safety of the deep. She shook her head and pointed, "I want to see what he does."
"What, no!" We need to get back before someone realizes were not working. We're already going to get in trouble for that stalk of frilly green he broke."
She smiled and turned back, "As you said, we're already going to get in trouble. Why not stay and see?"
"Fine, but just for a little while. Then we go." I huffed and she grinned knowing she'd gotten her way, again.
The Abover floated and got his breathing under control, but then put his face back into the water to look for us. We weren't in contact with him so he was blind to our presence. But then ever-curious Sarah had to see his face up close, without the mask. She swam up to him, arms length from the searching creature.
"Sarah, no!" I yelled, but she didn't listen and it was too late. The Abover had happened to reach out and grazed her arm. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and didn't want to let go even as she struggled to get away.
"Cyril!" she cried out to me.
I tried pulling her tail fin in an attempt to get her away from his grasp, but he was so incredibly strong. During the struggle, I realized that a boat was coming closer. Soon there would be more of them and I would never get my sister free.
I let go of her, and sank my sharp nails into his leg. Pulling them both towards our home. We didn't get far as a group before the Abover got desperate for air.
I expected him to let go and swim up for air, but he refused to loosen his hold. He began to squeeze Sarah's body tighter as he fought to get a breath. Sarah let out a terrible scream that chilled my heart.
He released her suddenly, and went limp again. Out of air. I watched as his chest bucked in a feeble attempt to breath underwater.
He would die and I was happy for it. He deserved to die.
Then Sarah did the unthinkable. She put her mouth to his, sucked the ocean from his body and gave him air.
"Sarah! What are you doing? Let him drown." I shouted at her.
She placed a hand over his mouth and nose to keep the air in, then started dragging him to the surface once more.
What could I do? I helped.
We didn't go all the way to the top but by then there were other Abovers in the water searching for him. Invisible to them, we pushed the body into their arms and swam away quickly.
They rushed to share the bottled air and get him safely in the boat. On the way back I caught Sarah with a hand to her lips, wonder in her eyes. Her expression scared me.
"We've learned our lesson about getting close to the Abovers right?" I asked, to be sure she'd seen the experience as the near death that it was and not the beginning of something grand.
Her absent nod of agreement scared me too.
We made it back to the green fields and no one knew we had gone. No one knew of our terrible, amazing adventure and I found that I had to tell someone. I couldn't keep this crazy happening rolling around inside my mind, so I'm writing.
Maybe someday, I'll let someone read it. Until then I will be at my sister's side, keeping her safe from herself.
I must. Even now I hear her calling out for someone and I know it's him she's searching for in her dreams.
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Bridgestone now employs more than 137,000 people, who care for the production of all sorts of car tyres. These are the main business of the Japanese tyre manufacturer, but the company still also produces tyres for motorcycles, trucks, excavators and many other special vehicles. The name Bridgestone, which sounds only conditionally Japanese, derives, incidentally, from the first name of the company founder Ishibashi Shojiro, which translates into English as much as "Stone Bridge".
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Bridgestone took over the US tyre producer Firestone in 1988, entered the Formula 1 as a tire supplier in 1997 and was involved there as an equipment supplier for Ferrari, among others, at several World Championships held by Michael Schuhmacher. From 2006 to the exit of the company from the Formula 1 in the year 2010 one went in the royal class even exclusively with Bridgestone tyres. After the 2010 season, a strategic reorientation took place, in which Formula 1 should no longer play a role. Bridgestone once again intensified the development of innovative technologies and products and thus relied on what the company had always been doing.
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Where to begin with Cinema Meow? Cinema Meow is a video portal that houses collections of funny cat videos, everything from ICanHazCheeseBurger type clips to cats doing stupid things. There does seem to be a growing trends for these videos, but so far there had yet to be one site collecting them. Cinema Meow fills these weird and somewhat unnecessary void.
The site is clean and colourful. Ads are limited, with most of the videos being hosted elsewhere. The overall collection is nothing great, considering YouTube houses most of the videos and they could easily be found there. Overall I'm not quite sure why you would want to visit this site, or whether there really is any interest - but Cinema Meow doesn't dissappoint for those interested in cats and cat paraphernalia.
The Overall Ratings for Cinema Meow:
Show Diversity: (2/5)
Based on the mixture of television shows available on the site.
Loading Speed: (2/5)
The time taken to navigate the site and load videos.
Ease of Navigation: (5/5)
How easy is it to use and navigate.
Advertisements: (1/5)
Based on the annoyance level of advertisements on this site, the amount of ads, and the volatility of ads appearing on the page.
The lower the rating, the less annoying the ads are.
Total Score: 12/20
Cinema Meow isn't all that interesting, but it does house funny cat videos for those interested in only that. It loses major points because they don't actually host the videos themselves, but instead just link and embed to videos hosted elsewhere - making it not really a destination for funny cat videos, but a portal showing videos from other sites. Overall I don't think its better then YouTube for these type of videos, of which there are millions, possibly hundreds added each day.
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KillStreaks – New Name BUT Better Than Ever
There are quite a few people who would argue that recent Call of Duty games have moved too far away from the original format and, as a consequence, gameplay has suffered. While this is not a perception held by everyone, there is certainly some basis for this theory, which is why so many people are pumped up about CoD WW2.
CoD WW2 brings the game back to its roots and is even set in what many people consider to be the proper time period for CoD,- back where it all started in World War 2. The good news is that the game has evolved over the generations, but Sledgehammer Games have decided to introduce and bring up to date certain features that have evolved since the original CoD game.
World at War did have some killstreaks, but the difference between then and now is night and day. At the time of writing this, there are a total of 12 different killstreaks, and there should be new ones added in the future.
In our opinion they bring an entirely new dimension, more excitement and plenty of challenge to the game.
Create Your Own Scorestreaks for Xbox
- Call of Duty returns to its roots with Call of Duty: WWII-a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II for a new gaming generation
- Land in Normandy on D-Day and battle across Europe through iconic locations in history's most monumental war
- Experience classic Call of Duty combat, the bonds of camaraderie, and the unforgiving nature of war against a global power throwing the world into tyranny
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What Is a Killstreak? They are now called Scorestreaks
Although most people reading this article are probably CoD experts, it is important to explain what exactly a killstreak is. According to Wikipedia, a killstreak is earned when a player acquires a certain number of kills in a row without dying.
However, just to confuse matters a little, killstreaks have now been replaced by scorestreaks. These present a slightly different challenge, and many people feel that it is a better and certainly a fairer representation of your skills and efforts within the multiplayer game. With scorestreaks players earn rewards for earning a certain amount of score in a single life.
This means that there are many more ways to earn points and forces a player to become more involved within the game, rather than just hiding around a corner to kill unsuspecting players. Points can be earned by kills, captures, assists and completing objectives.
The 12 Current Kill/Scorestreaks
400 Points
The lowest level to achieve a reward is 400 points, which for most people shouldn't prove too much of a challenge. Upon hitting this target, you are rewarded with a recon aircraft.
This then gives you the advantage of being able to reveal enemies on the mini-map and, used properly, can then help you to gain further points and complete other scorestreaks.
425 Points
Having earned your recon aircraft at 400 points, you'll quickly realize how beneficial a recon aircraft can be. Then when you hit 425 points you will be rewarded with a fighter which can destroy or block an enemy recon aircraft.
It's so cool when these features unlock. It is these little developments in available tactical strategies that really make the CoD series of games extra special.
500 Points
In every battle you want to have maximum tactical options, so upon hitting your 500 point streak, you gain a portable backpack flamethrower. This piece of equipment is AMAZING and deadly in close combat, and also looks pretty darn great when you let it rip!
525 Points
When you achieve a scorestreak of 525 points, your reward is to fly a strafing run in a fighter aircraft. Strafing is a tactic used to target ground targets using low flying aircraft, fitted with automatic weapons.
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550 Points
Although perhaps not as exciting as some of the other rewards, this next prize could be the difference between success and failure. When you get a 550 point streak you have a care package delivered via parachute. Unfortunately, you have no control over the contents of the care package, it contains a random scorestreak but, man oh man, it's beautiful when it is exactly what you need.
650 Points
The 650 point prize presents you with the opportunity to control a glide bomb that explodes on impact. With precision and control, you have the opportunity to cause extreme damage to your opponents. As the killstreaks get more difficult to obtain, the rewards also increase. This is the halfway point regarding both difficulty and reward, but as with all scorestreaks, there is an element of satisfaction in achieving your goal.
750 Points
With the vast majority of rewards most of the options are about targeting one specific opponent or area, but with this killstreak, you gain a precision strike upon three targeted locations. Just remember to use this bonus wisely as it can have a devastating effect if utilized to its maximum potential.
850 Points
For those who remember the shock and awe tactics where a specific location is bombarded with artillery fire, then this is the reward you may well enjoy the most. Once you qualify for this bonus, you can launch an artillery barrage on a designated location of your choice.
950 Points
For people who enjoy the tactical side of these type of game, or just like to play a little dirty, this reward is great fun. It gives you the opportunity to destroy all enemy aerial scorestreaks and even gives you the ability to block enemies from using new ones. This is one reward that is worth its weight in gold.
1000 Points
Sometimes it is important to remember that we can't fight all of the battles alone and we need some help and support. Just like in a real-life war situation this reward provides the gamer with the ability to call in paratrooper reinforcements when you need some help or assistance. This one could literally be a gamechanger.
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1200 Points
A huge milestone, and a huge prize to go with it. This provides you with the ability to launch an ariel obliteration bombing and includes multiple passes over enemy territory. Great fun and huge devastation virtually guaranteed.
1400 Points
The final scorestreak reward comes at the 1400 point level. Upon achieving this goal, your final reward is to occupy a B-17G (that's right – THE Boeing Flying Fortress) and enjoy the pleasure of decimating enemies with its ball turret. It is BEAUTIFUL chewing through those chumps with massive lead!
You really can't beat the concept of scores streaks, because they add a very tense element to the game. And trust me, the stakes are high!
You don't want to be facing a long stream of enemies who have unlocked these rewards, without you having access to them also. It gives you something to constantly work toward.
All of the above rewards will take time to earn, but they are all worth it in the end, and hopefully, it will enhance your game playing experience as you work your way through the levels.


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6 quartered medium red potatoes
3 tablespoons sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons goat cheese
4 stalks of chopped celery
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
salt and pepper to taste
Add potatoes to large pot of heavily salted water and bring to a boil
Once potatoes are fork tender, drain, and return to the pot to remove any remaining water.
Add remaining ingredients, except the celery to the potatoes and mash until desired consistency is reached
Stir in celery to incorporate
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Welp. I'm 35.
Remember when you were 10 and 35 seemed positively ancient? Yeah. Well, 10-year-old self, you were right about one thing: I feel positively ancient. Though I don't think I had factored in the freakish MVA back then. But still.
When my mum turned 35, I turned 10 the same year. I wonder if she felt as ancient as I feel. And here's the thing: when Grunt turns 10, I'll turn 43. FORTY THREE. If 35 feels ancient, then 43 is probably decrepit. I mean, I'm just guessing here, but I assume it only gets worse.
In all honesty, with all joking aside, I do feel older this year. Now, maybe it's because there have been so many challenges, and maybe it's because I have been rough on myself while trying to take them all on, but for the first time, I feel my age. However, MiniSir and I were listening to the radio last week and the DJ asked what year we thought was our "best year" – the age we were at when we thought we were our best selves. MiniSir said this past year he felt like his best self.
My answer was "this next year".
And although I can't see the future, I can tell you that I feel good. I have 6 more pounds to lose to hit my goal weight (my weight pre-accident), and I feel amazing about that. It's been a slow but steady loss, more of a lifestyle change than a diet. I am committing to buying myself new clothes (and nice clothes too!) to replace the ones that I have out-shrunk. My tenure as President of the Condo Board will be up in a couple of months, and I'm looking forward to enjoying new projects in my spare time that are about what interests me. Grunt will turn 2 – that magical threshold age where you can suddenly enrol him in cool stuff like baby tumbling.
Sure, we haven't managed to sell the house, but that's okay: MiniSir and I are making plans for basement and bathroom renos instead. Because why not make our space more like ours if we are stuck here? The excitement that comes with choosing paint and flooring and fixtures is steadily building. Plus more space for my Ponies collection. Which apparently just keeps growing.
So let's make this next year, "The Year of Krista". I'll start.
35 years old, huh? Looking pretty good, kiddo. Pretty good indeed.


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Stronger Bodies, Stronger Minds: Trio of Studies Stress Senior Fitness
February 1, 2017
By Mendy Hecht, Hamaspik Gazette
Retirement is bad for your health, the wry witticism goes. But now, a handful of unrelated scientific studies led credence to another wry notion: that the acronym "AARP" should stand not for the American Association of Retired People (the largest and most influential national seniors group), but for the American Association of Reinvigorated People. Here's why.
Fitter seniors, stronger memory retention?
A comparison study by the Boston University School of Medicine compared memory strength in physically fit young people and seniors—finding that older adults with fitter hearts and lungs had memory power closer to that of the young people than older adults with less fit hearts and lungs.
The study first tested the cardio-pulmonary health of a group of adults ages 18 to 31, then a group of adults ages 55 to 74. The study then had participants try to remember the names of strangers whose photos were shown to them. Each participant's brain was scanned by an MRI as he or she was first shown the photos with the names, then shown the photos without the names.
The study results found that seniors with healthier hearts and lungs were able to remember more names of new faces than seniors with less healthy hearts and lungs, indicating a possible link.
The increased brain activity in those with higher levels of heart/lung fitness occurred in regions typically affected by age-related decline.
While the study did not prove a cause-and-effect link between healthier bodies and healthier memories, researchers say it underscores the importance of regular exercise for people of all ages as they age, especially seniors. It was published recently in the journal Cortex.
Does lack of exercise invite dementia?
A Canadian study by the Hamilton, Ontario-based McMaster University suggests that seniors leading sedentary lifestyles are just as likely to develop dementia as senior genetically predisposed to the condition.
The study of over 1,600 adults aged 65 and older found that those with the least daily physical activity had the same statistical risk of being diagnosed with dementia as those carrying a mutation in the APOE gene, which is known to increase chances of developing dementia.
Conversely, the five-year study also found that seniors who exercised appeared to have lower odds of developing dementia than those who didn't.
But the study didn't prove that lack of exercise caused dementia risk to increase. It only found an association between the two. The study was published Jan. 10 in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Meditation, music may help reverse early memory loss
A study by West Virginia University found that meditating or listening to music may benefit adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). That condition may be associated with preclinical-stage Alzheimer's and its resulting memory loss.
The study, a randomized, controlled clinical trial of 60 60 adults with SCD, found that beginner meditation or listening to music for 12 minutes a day for three months had significant benefits.
Participants were assigned to meditation or a music listening program, and asked to practice 12 minutes per day for three months, then at their discretion for three months.
Their memory and cognitive function were measured at the trial's start, and measured again at three months and six months into the study, using standardized memory questionnaires and tests.
Both groups showed significant improvements at three months in memory and cognitive performance. At six months, overall gains were maintained or improved. The benefits did not differ by age, gender, baseline cognition scores, or any other factor.
The improvements were in cognitive functioning areas most likely to be affected in preclinical and early stages of dementia, such as attention, executive function, and subjective memory function. There were also substantial gains in memory and cognition, and these were sustained or enhanced at the six-month mark.
The study was published recently in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.


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Thursday evening - end of a very good day!
Nan is watching Survivor and has just returned from a long walk. This was her second walk today and she is strong and feeling pretty good. Art and Connie came to visit today and were still here when I got here this evening at around 7 pm. They played Mexican dominos, talked, snacked and played some more. Nan really enjoyed having them here and it helped pass the day in a very pleasant manner. I got to walk out with them to their car and thank them for their coming up to visit. Then when I came back in the elevator decided to take a vacation. So I finally came back up in the staff elevator.
Nan had a very good night last night with lots of sleep and rest. She had a good day too. So far we have not heard anything about the next step but since the flow of the leak continues unabated we think they will have to consider doing something else. Perhaps we will learn more tomorrow about planned procedures. They have waited all week in hopes that the leaking would diminish on its own, it has not. Other than the leaking Nan is doing very well. She now has no antibiotics, is eating some food at every meal and some inbetween, has not been running a fever, has good pain control.
I worked here until 10, left for Modesto which turned out to be a 1 hour and 45 minute trip, enjoyed doing an inspection on a cute property which included 3 giant tortoises, a bunny rabbit, a huge Saint Bernard, a rangy poodle, a large above ground pool with green water, a collection of coffee grinders, strange indeed. As I found the freeway onramp I spied a Sonic. So one yummy grilled cheese sandwich and a large order of tator tots later I was once again on the road. This time to our home in Discovery Bay where mail was stacked up and Loree had laid out work needing my attention. I settled in to write an appraisal that was needed and overdue. Got that done and then turned to the checkbook to write a few checks and enter them into our Quicken system. That done I loaded up and headed to STeve's place to see a very wonderful Keanna, she launched herself into my arms with a cry of Grampie, so precious. Then fill the tank of diesel and headed back to SF. Good run with minimal traffic in the city itself. As I mentioned Art and Connie were still here so we visited a bit and then they had to hit the road.
Now we are winding down in the room, got hot tea for Nan and hot mocha for me, checked email messages and did the big walk with Nan. Now she is getting ready to sleep. She has had a great day. Tomorrow will be a special day, at 2:30 in the afternoon Jan is arriving at Sacramento from Denver. She is Nan's cousin and a great friend as well. She will stay with us until next wednesday. That will allow me to do a bit more work and Nan will not be alone.
We sure appreciate having the room to stay on 27th. Kathy and Brad have been very kind to allow me to stay at their home. It has saved me many late night trips back home to Discovery Bay. Thanks so much.
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Most people opt to slow down in their golden years, but not everyone. For some, retirement is the perfect time to nab a part-time job to stay busy and earn a little extra income. For others, getting older means finally being able to pursue a long-held passion -- or unearth a new one they never expected. From average Joes to famous faces, here are 21 people who found success later in life once they decided to try something new.
colonel harland sanders
One of the most famous fast-food magnates in the world, Harland Sanders was running a simple service station in Kentucky at age 40. He then opened a single restaurant across the street to better serve hungry travelers. On the menu, of course, was fried chicken -- and it was so tasty that he was made a Kentucky colonel by the governor in 1935. But the idea wouldn't explode into KFC until 1952, when Sanders closed his original restaurant and started franchising his chicken restaurants when he was 62.
fauja singh
Fauja Singh decided to run after the death of his wife and son. It was an unlikely choice, given that he'd had a birth defect that kept him from walking until age 5. Making it unlikelier still: He was already in his late 80s. But no matter: He ran his first marathon at age 89, then clocked a personal best of five hours and 50 minutes at age 92. He went on to be a torchbearer in two Olympics, Athens in 2004 and London in 2012, and became the first 100-year-old to run a marathon in 2011.
julia child
Julia Child began her career in advertising, then worked in government intelligence during World War II. She was well into her 30s before she moved to Paris and adopted French cuisine as her own. It wasn't until 1961, at just shy of 50, that she would find a publisher for her famous cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." After that, she became a fixture on public television and was eventually the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame.
jay lichty
A homebuilder who had dabbled in instrument building as a hobby, Jay Lichty was in his 50s when he decided to shift gears during the recession. In 2009, he went full-time with Lichty Guitars, a business he runs today with his wife out of his North Carolina home. They've shipped custom guitars and ukuleles all over the world, and Lichty tells CNBC that business has been very steady, with sales comparable to his home-building business.
kathryn joosten
A familiar face from shows including "Desperate Housewives" and "The West Wing," Kathryn Joosten spent much of her life as a psychiatric nurse. But after a divorce left her a single mother with two young sons, she vowed to pursue her dream. A decade later, she became a street performer at Disney World and later moved to Hollywood, where her most notable roles wouldn't come until her 60s.
wally blume
Wally Blume decided to use more than three decades of experience in the dairy industry to found his own company, Denali Flavors, when he was 54. The company makes ice cream flavors for many store brands, and its most popular variety, Moose Tracks, remains a runaway hit today. Blume later expanded into a second business, Denali Ingredients, and has resisted retirement as his enterprises continue to rake in millions.
laura ingalls wilder
Author of the autobiographical "Little House on the Prairie" series, Laura Ingalls Wilder became a teacher at the tender age of 15, but spent most of her adult life tending a farm and family. She wouldn't really take up writing until her 40s, and faced several rounds of rejections for her first attempts at chronicling her childhood on the frontier. She finally broke through with "Little House in the Big Woods" in 1932, when she was well into her 60s. She continued to write "Little House" books for the next decade.
ray kroc
It's hard to believe Ray Kroc didn't spend his entire life building the fast-food empire that is McDonald's, but he spent much of his career as a salesman of paper cups and milkshake machines. It was on one of his shake-machine visits that he was inspired by Dick and Mac McDonald's burger restaurant in California, offering to franchise the concept around the country. That was in 1954, when Kroc was in his early 50s. Within five years, there were 100 McDonald's restaurants, and Kroc soon purchased the company outright in the early '60s. The rest, of course, is McHistory.
ernestine shepherd
Ernestine Shepherd didn't start exercising until she was 56 -- she was even allowed to sit out of gym classes as a child because of an injury she got in a car crash. But that didn't stop this former school secretary from hitting the weights. Eventually, she started training for a bodybuilding competition at age 71. She won, and was eventually awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest competitive female body builder in the world.
grandma moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses, spent much of her life on farms in Virginia and New York, tending animals and raising five children. While she dabbled in painting a bit, she didn't take it up seriously until her husband died in 1927, when she was well into her 60s. Even so, she didn't attract much notoriety until 1938, when an art collector spotted some of her paintings in a local store. After that, her paintings were shown at the Museum of Modern Art and she developed a following. She would live until 101 and paint around 1,500 pieces of art.
tim and nina zagat
As Yale Law graduates and corporate attorneys, Tim and Nina Zagat were plenty successful already. But in the 1970s, when they started informally surveying friends about their opinions of Manhattan restaurants, their career in law was bolstered by a new passion for creating local guidebooks. The effort grew steadily but didn't fully pay off until 2000, when they were 60 and 58, respectively, and found investors for their efforts. Today, they are millionaires several times over, as Google bought Zagat in 2011 for $151 million.
jeffrey nash
Jeffrey Nash was doing pretty well as a salesman for a national men's clothing retailer, but then recession hit -- and so did an idea. At 58, he designed and unveiled the Juppy, a handheld sling that parents use to help their babies learn to walk. Cobbling together enough cash to fund his nascent business required sacrifices, including a smaller house and a less luxurious car, but he's told The New York Times that demand is strong.
leo goodwin sr.
Leo Goodwin Sr. was an accountant before he started dabbling in the insurance industry. His idea -- revolutionary at the time -- was that he could bring down costs by selling directly to certain customers. In 1936, around age 50, he decided to found the Government Employees Insurance Company, better known as GEICO. The company took four years to turn a profit, but after that, its success skyrocketed. Today, it's owned by Berkshire Hathaway and is one of the largest car insurance companies in the nation.
carol gardner
When Carol Gardner got a divorce at the age of 52, she heeded her attorney's advice to find some love with a new kind of companion: a dog. She chose a 4-month-old English bulldog and named the pup Zelda. After a picture of Zelda won a pet-food contest at a local store and drew raves from friends in a holiday card, Gardner knew she had something special on her hands. The former advertising director created Zelda Wisdom, and the company has made millions selling greeting cards, calendars, books, and other merchandise ever since.
duncan hines
For most of his adult life, Duncan Hines had nothing much to do with cake. He was a traveling salesman for a printing company, a job that had him crisscrossing the United States -- and eating constantly at restaurants. That inspired him to self-publish a book, "Adventures in Good Eating," in 1936, when he was 55. He became such a successful restaurant critic by the time he was in his 70s that his name was slapped on foods including ice cream and, of course, cake mix.
richard adams
Like many British men who came of age around World War II, Richard Adams spent some time in the military, then joined the civil service while he raised a family. But it was a story he told his girls during a car ride, about a bunch of rabbits in search of a new home, that would eventually make him famous. He put pen to paper and wrote "Watership Down," published in 1972 when he was in his 50s. It went on to sell millions of copies, officially kicking off his career as a prolific novelist.
ronald reagan
Ronald Reagan's success on the world stage sometimes obscures the fact that he didn't get into politics until he was in his 50s. Until then, as most know, he was a prominent actor who got his start as a sports announcer. Also easy to forget is that Reagan aimed for and missed the Republican nomination for president twice, once in 1968 and once in 1976, before he was finally successful in 1980. When he was elected at age 69, he was the oldest president to take office. (That's a record he recently lost to Donald Trump, who took office at 70.)
mommy choi
Mommy Choi, a native of South Korea, came to the U.S. to attend art school, but ended up staying when she fell in love. She raised two children -- one of whom would become chef Roy Choi, who got his start with a gourmet Korean taco truck -- and ran a restaurant to help support the family. But after her kids were grown, at age 71, she decided to try her own hand at becoming an entrepreneur. That led to her new business, Mommy Sauce, which sells Korean-inspired sauces online and at groceries in Southern California.
peter mark roget
Roget spent most of his life as a physician and a teacher, but he also struggled with depression. One way that he coped? By making long lists that he used to categorize and classify words and their synonyms and antonyms. It was this habit, of course, that would eventually make him famous. In his early 70s, he published the first edition of the now eponymous Roget's Thesaurus. It's never been out of print since and has sold tens of millions of copies.
olga kotelko
A teacher who at one point taught 10 grades in a one-room schoolhouse, Kotelko was an athletic child but didn't take up sports seriously again until she was retired. A stint in a slow-pitch softball league led her to dabble in track and field at age 77, but her training quickly turned serious. Eventually, she earned nearly two dozen world records in her age category, in events including shot put, long jump and javelin.


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