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It's funny that all four worked at WNST. Too bad ego gets in the way at 1570 or that station could have really kicked ass.
Nestor seems to do a good job of unearthing talent, but a bad job of keeping it there. In addition to the above list, Michael Popovec, Terry Ford, Steve Hennessey, Casey Willett, Phil Backert, Bruce Cunningham and Aaron Wilson have all passed through Nestor's House of Hubris.
I can recall when Jeremy Conn was a pizza delivery boy and part-time producer for Forrester's morning show, working his way up to co-host, and then getting ousted along with Ford for their tendency toward sophomoric puns. They were a great foil for Drew Forrester who played the part of uptight straight man perfectly.
Couldn't believe the overraction the station had to a couple listener complaints. Although I'm sure there was more to that dust up than was reported. Hey, we're talking about a station owner who has had a fifteen-year feud with the baseball team because he was once disrespected in front of his girlfriend by a costumed cartoon bird.
Re: Anyone else sick of Mark Zinno?
zinNO! Awful. Only Haney, Long, Mills, Garceau are good. Terry Ford is funny, smart too. Younes is in the wrong Biz. Cerrato is good for radio, but can see why he was bad GM. He has always benefitted from being in the right place at the right time before he got to the Skins.
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People say stuff all the time about Nestor personally and I suppose some or all of it may be true, but I think it's reasonable and *right* for a Baltimore-area sports station to call the Orioles what they are. Giving them credit when credit is due (well, at least Drew does, and it isn't very often), but caring enough not to let go of the whip.
Are we supposed to stop caring?
Anyway. Pretty far OT.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
Re: Anyone else sick of Mark Zinno?
I never liked Zinno, a wannabe. I admired his service to our country.
Haney and Long are the only ones I listen to. I used to love Scott but he gets into too much
idle talk with his partner who is also lousy. On the day that Terps new basketball coach was hired
they didn't mention it in their first segment. Just idle talk.
Don't know if they ever did because I turned them off and never listened since.
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Re: Anyone else sick of Mark Zinno?
Really, WNST? You're the only one willing to say anything negative? Are you kidding me? Bashing the Orioles has become an equal-opportunity sport in Baltimore. Other than WBAL, the rights holder, what media outlets DON'T bash the team and ownership on air or in print anymore? Even sister-station 98-Rock's personalities take shots at the team. We all know that opening day is a rare chance to feel good about the team, and starting today we'll all go back to feeling negatively about a stadium filled with Yankees fans. We accept it.
I'll give WNST credit for bashing the team longer, and more incessantly than anyone else, but they are hardly the lone voice of protest they would like to lay claim to. Hell, they weren't even the only ones with an organized demonstration on opening day.
Add the fact that it's obviously personal between the team and station owner, and what you get, for me, is tiresome whining. Does the team deserve the criticism? Absolutely? Do I find any redeeming value in listening to WNST personalities dishing it out? Absolutely not. That act is nearly as tiresome as the team itself.
There is a phenomena in the fundraising world that allows organizations to immediately capitalize on disasters to raise money to help their cause. When when tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, oil spills, you name it, happens, organizations can often rally the public to sit up and do something that addresses the issue. But over time, when the memory of the negative event is no longer news, those organizations that attempt to beat the drum of negativity fail to raise money or interest in the cause. The public gets fatigued and tunes it out.
Not to make light of natural disasters by comparing them to Orioles baseball, but I think this is exactly what is going on with the Orioles and WNST. The station continues to hammer away with the same message that is no longer fresh. Until Angelos & Company produce another overt disaster the public, by and large, will have trouble feeling the outrage that WNST wants to promote. Maybe letting Adam Jones walk in free agency would do it. Until then, I think we're fatigued by WNST's message, and a little skeptical about what's motivating them to hammer away.
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Oh, they aren't the only ones ripping the Orioles. But as you say, Shas, they've been right on that point for a long time.
And for a very long time they were, for whatever reason, the only ones speaking the truth. In New York or Philadelphis or Chicago a team that awful would have been crushed for *years* by most major media outlets. For whatever reason it didn't happen here.
The tide is only very recently changing, as far as I can tell.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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I would say that it's been at least five seasons where you could go to any random media outlet in town and find as many if not more snide, negative comments about the team than positive comments.
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Hmm. I listen to a lot of sports radio and I haven't heard it that much, but there's no point arguing about it.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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Agreed. No point in arguing. I suppose we hear what we want to hear. If I were more pissed off at the team, perhaps the positive comments would stand out and rub me the wrong way more often. I'm kind of neutral, as in, I stopped caring. I'll tune into a game if I have time. I don't expect much out of them. I'm certainly frustrated about ownership mistakes over the years and about the lack of parity in MLB. But I know it won't change soon, so I don't get too upset. I think it would be more frustrating to be Browns fan, with a perennial loser playing in a league that is set up to allow bad teams to quickly become good. That would frustrate me to no end realizing ownership was so bad that my team can't even take advantage of the help the league is giving.
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If you imagined a scale where Neanderthal was at one end...and Renaissance at the other end, where would soldiering and sports talking fall? I'm pretty sure those two qualities would not sit next to wine tasting, sweater knitting, and poetry reading when it comes to Renaissance-man qualifications.


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July 09, 2009, 01:07:57 AM »
Mine isn't so much a pay it forward, as a "from the other side" story.
Years ago, we lived in a very small town in the mountains. A family we knew was having a very, very rough winter, and we knew Christmas was going to be pretty bleak for them. DH decided that he wanted to play Christmas Angel... we budgeted $150, gathered up two weeks of groceries, a turkey, and small presents for each of the four family members. The hardest part was getting it all to the front door without their dogs barking! (DH spent a week ahead of time dropping by at random moments and giving them jerky, so they figured he was a buddy).
Christmas morning, I had the little boy of the family in Sunday School, and we were talking about the gifts of the season. He was so excited to share about their Christmas morning, and the things that impressed him most were the supplies to make cookies, and that their Christmas Angel *must* have been sent by God, because only God would know that his Mom liked mint tea best, and there was a whole box of mint tea, and a new teacup.
Fast-forward almost a decade. We were living in a new state, and DH had been out of work for seven months. He was taking any small odd job he could for a bit of money, but even that was petering out. We were coming out of the grocery store with about $30 worth of stuff, which had to last about a week, and a small car pulled up in front of the door.
A smiling family of four inside rolled down the window and passed out a little white envelope. "Merry Christmas to your family, and God bless you!"
We were delighted to be given a card by strangers-- "Merry Christmas to you! God bless you, too!"
We talked about how good it felt to have a heartfelt, cheery wish given to us, all the way home.
When we unpacked the grocery bag, we sat down to read the card. Inside were tucked two $100 bills, with a small note about hoping it would be a blessing.
Well, yes. Yes, it was a blessing.
So we got to spend that Christmas knowing two things: how good and humbling it felt to be someone's Christmas Angel, and how good and humbling it felt to be the recipient of a Christmas Angel.
We've since had the chance to "deliver Christmas" again, and it's a tradition we really, really enjoy.
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July 09, 2009, 09:29:33 PM »
Liz, that made me cry. That was beautiful!
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July 14, 2009, 06:13:08 PM »
That made me cry too. I've always wanted to do that.
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July 14, 2009, 06:48:01 PM »
I've been paying forward for the guy who called 911 after my pickup rolled and he stuck with me til they arrived for quite a while now. (If he hadn't stopped it could have taken *hours* to find me)
Fittingly most of my opportunities have been automotive
Picked up a grandma, kid and poodle after their car broke down. Let them use my cell phone and drove them to a air conditioned restaraunt where they could wait
Bought a tank of gas for a woman in near-hysterics who needed to get home to another town and had just lost her wallet
Picked up a dog on the side of the road and brought it home
Stopped at several stopped cars to see if the occupants needed help.
I bought a tuna sandwich, bag of chips, lunchable, and a balloon for the guy with his kid at the shopping plaza who asked for grocery money. Gave them $20 in one dollar bills to so they could catch the bus home. Sure it might have been a scam, but the kid's eyes lit up so much at that spiderman balloon.
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July 14, 2009, 06:54:17 PM »
Decided make my Christmas project a donation to Operation Smile for a kid with cleft palate. Someone once left me a hundred dollars as a Christmas angel and it helped my family out in a big emergency. My dad was in the hospital several hours away and my mum didn't have a dollar left for the gas to get us there.
So I funded several dinners at work and made just enough for the cost of one operation. We got it sent out by Christmas and the little boy had his surgery. When I received the pictures months later, I cried. He was the best Christmas gift ever.
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July 14, 2009, 07:52:32 PM »
I had an angel help me and my kids this past Friday. I was at one Wally World in town, had a basket of groceries and realized I didn't have my wallet (luckily BEFORE I checked out). Left the cart with CS and ran out to the car.
Started scrambling, looking for my wallet when a woman comes up and asks if she can help. I tell her about the situation, but leave out that I left my cart inside and that it was full. She asked if I was getting diapers, and I confided in her that really, I had just come for bananas for JR, as they are his favorite right now. She slipped me some cash and I was just speechless. I was so grateful, as I had also gone in for diapers, but didn't want to say. She had handed me a $20 (I didn't check until she walked off, as I was grateful for anything). It was plenty to get Jr's diapers (he's allergic to Parent's Choice, so it actually does matter for him) and bananas.
She was gone by the time I looked up and locked my car.
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July 15, 2009, 04:58:41 PM »
A student at the university where I work just came in and handed me a $5 gift card to Starbucks. I'd helped her a few times with getting information she needed to return to college. I know she isn't really a stranger, but it still brought me to near tears, as I've had a really crummy day. I told her it wasn't necessary, as I was doing my job, but she told me that I'm always so nice and cheerful when she comes in, that she wanted to do something for me.
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July 19, 2009, 05:22:06 AM »
Mine is two acts in one. I was on my way to work, driving along on a going-flat tire, and I didn't realize it (it wasn't driving any differently yet), and a lady in a minivan pulled beside me. She honked, and once she had my attention, she told me through a series of gestures that it was going flat, which I really appreciated because it kept me from doing more damage to the tire. She hovered by me until I pulled all the way to the right side before she took off again. That was act one.
While I was biting back curses and clearing out my trunk to get access to my spare before I called AAA, I saw this sedan go by in the slow lane, pull over waaaay ahead of me and then steadily reverse towards me. The driver got out of his car and asked me if I needed help changing my tire. I said that I'd be calling AAA, and he said that it was really no problem, he didn't mind changing it for me.
So he did, as I thanked him profusely the entire time, and all he said was, "I'd hope that if it were my wife, someone would do it for her."
And then stored the flat and the tools in my trunk, gave me a smile, got in his car, and took off. I wasn't even late for work.
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July 22, 2009, 05:25:31 PM »
Yesterday, I stopped at a market (the name rhymes with Crater Doe's) and picked up a basket full of snack foods. As I was checking out, the nice young guy ringing me up was chatting away, telling me how much he loved one of the chocolate candies I was buying. I told him I was putting together a basket of treats for my dad, who fell and broke his hip a month ago. Dad's going through physical therapy and it's rough, slow going, but we're hoping he'll be able to come home soon.
We discussed what miracle workers the physical therapists were, and how he'd recovered so well after being badly injured in a car accident a year or so ago.
As soon as I'd paid, he said "wait a second", ran to the side of the store and came back with a big bunch of flowers for my dad "to cheer him up".
I was stunned, but managed to say thanks, thank you, this is so nice, thanks again, burbling like an idiot all the way to my car.
Dad loved the flowers.
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July 22, 2009, 09:07:11 PM »
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August 03, 2009, 02:16:22 PM »
OK this is my first post but I love this thread and would love to get it resurrected. Please accept my apologies if I do something wrong but I have two random acts of kindness I would like to share. Both occured when I worked as a cashier years ago. It was almost a good ten years ago but I still remember them, they meant so much to me.
The first was something that co workers did for me. I had lost my mother the year I started working there (I was 17) and I happened to mention to one of my supervisors that I wouldn't be getting a stocking that year because my mother wasn't around. Well I came in one day and they asked me to come into the office. I had gotten in trouble the day before so of course I was wondering what I did this time. They had all chipped in and had gotten me a stocking! I did start crying and it still warms to this day that they would do something like that. I honestly wasn't trying to do a pity party when I mentioned my mom. It was just sweet remembrances.
Another incident that happened was a couple from out of town had come into the store looking for various items. They were the sweetest couple and I tried to help them with what I could. Well they ended up leaving the man's wallet behind on accident. I had no way to contact them so I had my head cashier put it in the safe. The next day the woman came in and picked up the wallet. Nothing was really said, I was just glad they figured where it was at. Well about an hour or so later the gentlemen came in and gave me 20 dollars. I didn't want to take it but he insisted and told me that anywhere else they would have lost everything in the wallet. I didn't even look in the wallet (it was rather thick) other then to check out the ID. They were so nice to me it didn't even occur to me to take anything. He was just so appreciative that they got everything back. I was making min wage so every dime helped.
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The retail stories reminded me of when I worked at a coffee shop while I was going back to school (as an adult) for my Grade 12 before I went to college. We had regular customers, like all coffee shops do, and we would chat and they'd ask me how school was going and everything. When I finished my Grade 12 I wrote little thank-you cards to all those customers, thanking them for their support and encouragement and telling them that I'd been accepted into college.
One gentleman was a big, gruff senior man who used to be a cop. A couple of days later the former cop came into my store, congratulated me and held out his hand as if for a handshake. When I shook his hand he pressed a $10 bill into mine and told me to "go buy something nice." (I bought a necklace with it.) He's the same gentleman that gave me an Easter Lily one Easter and a box of chocolate-covered cherries for Christmas.
In that time period I also worked at a "smoke shop" - we sold cigars, cigarettes, pop, chips, etc. owned by the same people. I was over in that store and I was so proud of myself because that day I got 100% on a math test. I was showing total strangers
and this one guy said, "Wow. That's really good. Let me buy you a coffee for that." and he left and came back with a coffee for me. I was like, Going back to school really DOES pay off!
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August 03, 2009, 06:47:51 PM »
My mom was in the ICU at the local hospital, and I was with her virtually 24/7 because that was the only way she felt safe, and the hospital was fine with that -- never failed to send an extra meal tray for me, etc. One night was particularly bad, and I'd ducked out for a bit to try to clear my head, but I was just plain exhausted, and it was 5 am. I was sitting on a bench in the hall when someone in a coat went by, then circled around and came back. Took one look at me and asked when I'd last ate, then started herding me towards the cafeteria, which wasn't open yet. She was the morning cook, and had a glass of orange juice in front of me before she took her coat off, then made me french toast, scrambled eggs and yoghurt and fruit-- all an hour before she was supposed to have started work.
And it was just what I needed.
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August 25, 2009, 03:38:07 PM »
Mine are minor, but I'm still thankful for.
One time my group of friends were going out to get pizza, and after we ordered (Little Caesar's, they usually have a few premade pizzas which you can just pick up and go) we realized we left half the money back at friend's house. Someone behind us overheard us talking about how to pay, and gave us the rest. He insisted we keep the change.
Another time, we had an elderly man come up to us in a restaurant and offer me or BF a shake. Turns out he had a 2-for-1 coupon, he wanted a shake for himself, but his sweet wife didn't want one, so they went over to us. BF took it, we thanked him profusely.
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The other day I was on my commuter train, Florence to Siena, when a German girl behind me started talking to 4 ladies, Canadian as it turned out, across the isle.
She told she was going to do a 2 week master course cello at the Chigiana academy in Siena. And then, that she was robbed of her purse that morning the station of Rome.
In her purse were her documents, as much as 600 Euro (all the money she at on her) and her cell phone. Her parents were traveling so couldnt be reached anyway, but she wasnt able to call her sisters either because their numbers were on the stolen cell phone.
She hoped to be able to access the room she had rented, that they didnt want money right away, and that theyd give her something to eat. The academy had promised they would help, but wouldnt be open until the next day.
At this, the 4 women opened their wallets. Each took out 20-50 euro. And they gave it to the girl So you dont have to worry about sleeping and eating tonight.
The girl wanted to know where they would be staying in Siena, so she could pay them back, or at least play the cello for them to thank them.
Then the ladies told her they would be staying in Siena for the next 2 hours only, before returning to Florence again (I hate these see Europe in a week trips )
So they had known from the start they wouldnt get that money back.
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3 days ago we left Kuwait to move to Baghdad.
It's hard to explain how hard it is to prepare for a trip that is only the distance from Minneapolis to Fargo. Back home you just jump in the car and don't think much about it. Here, we go over every contingency that may happen, practice what your going to do if something does happen and then pray nothing does.
Before we left Kuwait, the main planning keys to moving safely are:
1- Travel in large convoys
2- Keep 100 meters between all vehicles
3- Have all the equipment you need in case of a breakdown
4- Drive fast! (It's hard to hit a moving target with mortars or RPGs.)
That was the plan... here's what happened.
Day one we had to go from Camp NY to place on the Iraq border called Navistar with 150 personnel and 40 vehicles. Only about 50 miles and fairly safe. It gives you a chance to work some of the bugs out. I think my vehicle had the first glitch. The tow chain we had on the front of my vehicle came off and was dragging on the road. It sounded like we threw a rod or broke something in the drive train. Not really a big deal but you don't want to fall out of the convoy; there is safety in numbers (rule 1). Right about that time, one of LT BBBB's(Kitch's edit) vehicles broke down. I forget what the reason was but it required a maintenance vehicle to go back and get it.
Breakdowns are a lot of work. Everything is done by self recovery meaning no one coming out to fix you; our unit has to do it as the rest of the convoy moves on. That means we leave 2 vehicles for security, 1 wrecker, 1 maintenance team, and the 1SG or XO. So we left the vehicles back to fix the broken down vehicle and within 30 mins they were back on the road.
Mean while we were having issues with the spacing of the rest of the convoy (rule 2). You can be too close together and you make an easy target or too far apart and you make it hard to control. 40 vehicles speeding down the road stretches out almost 3 miles if you do it right. It's hard to do.
We made it to Navistar fine and the wrecker towed in the broke vehicle shortly after we arrived. There we staged the vehicles for the next days move with every other unit going north. Basically it's a giant parking lot made up of 20 to 25 rows of 40 vehicles each. They served steak and lobster at the dinning facility that evening. We slept on or next to our vehicles.
Day two we had a departure time of 0345am. Starting at 0300am a convoy leaves every 15 minutes until every unit is on the road make one giant convoy (rule 1). Driving in the dark is fine by me. So we crossed the border about 0400 and went to weapon status amber. That means every weapon has a magazine loaded in but no round in the chamber. (Status red means round in the chamber and ready to fire.) Most Iraqis is the southern part of the country are friendly and no need to be shooting everything that moves.
By 0415am we had broke rules 2 and 4. There was a lot of traffic and sometimes we were going 5mph because a local was driving down the wrong side of the road or 60mph and playing catch up. Lot of radio chatter that morning in our convoy, radio checks or status checks. I think everyone finds it a little more comforting knowing someone can hear you on the radio and that you're not just alone in the dark in a hostile country.
As the sun came up, you can tell you're not in Kuwait anymore. Kuwait is a desert, sand for miles. Iraq is desert, but much greener and a lot more livestock (by livestock I mean camels and sheep). It's similar to driving across South Dakota in the early spring only instead of farm house they live in little tiny tents. And then we started to see people on the side of the road. The Highway was 6 lanes and traffic was fairy heavy, mostly military going north and civilian oil trucks going south. And the kids would stand right on the edge of the highway. Most would wave or give a thumbs up. But its scary seeing 3, 4, 5 year olds alone right up next to the traffic. Some of them would make a gesture to their mouth or shout "FOOD" in English. I think early in the year many of the convoys threw out mRE's or bottled water as a sign of good will. But now we don't do that. Let the humanitarian efforts do that. But it's hard not too... these people are poor, I mean the tent I go camping with is bigger than what these people live in. It's really a different world...
By 0800 we made our first pit stop for fuel and port-o-johns at Tillil. (Interesting fact about Tillil, its 2 miles from the ancient city of Er where Abraham lived) Most guys had already filled up an empty water bottle or two by this time. You got to go when you got to go and there ain't no stopping a tactical convoy.
Back on the road and the sand storm start up. We had been on paved road all morning, but when we got to the Euphrates River, it went to 6 lanes of gravel. The blowing sand is just like a blizzard only warmer. Visibility was less then 10 feet at times and we lost sight of vehicle in front of us many times. Which mean driving slow, rule 4, not good. 50 miles of these conditions and every vehicle has one or more guys outside in the gunner hatch or in the back of a vehicle taking the whole brunt of this in the face. The wind burn was brutal. But everyone did their job, covered their sectors of fire and no one bitched. Our gunner's rock!
12 hours after we start day two we arrive in Scania where would stay the night. It just another pit stop for food and fuel and a safe place to spend the night. The place is a hole and it would suck to be assigned to this joint. But they man the towers and walk the wire so our convoy can sleep.
Day 3 started off bad and I should have known that it wouldn't get any better. We were supposed to leave at 0700am, right behind a unit (1-303 Armor) with 3 serials of 50 vehicles each. It's the start of daylight savings today and whether they forgot to reset there watches or just missed they slot to move out, we didn't get to leave until about 0800am. The stretch of road from Scania to Baghdad is not friendly and convoys get shot at weekly or daily basis. Its only 75 miles and you really want to drive fast to be safe. Most everyone was feeling more confident and we were going to own the road, the best defense is a good offense. Weapon status was amber and each platoon was given the ok to go to red if they felt threatened.
And then LT XXX's(kitch's edit) vehicle (the lead vehicle) hit a civilian vehicle. No one was hurt but both vehicles un-drivable and had flat tires. They were going under a bridge and switching lanes when the civilian vehicle entered their blind spot from the rear. They shoved them in the center median and crushed their front end. Iraqi's know better than to pass a tactical convoy but they do it anyway.
As the rest of the convoy continued on, I pulled out to assist along with 2 security vehicles, maintenance teams and a wrecker. One of my jobs as XO is to be the claims officer for the battery and assess the monetary values to damage we do in country. If it's not tactically related, the army will pay out the locals for damage we cause. This was our first solo one on one contact with local Iraqis. And meeting up with a couple guys that we just ran off the road who may or may not like us wasn't something I or anyone else was looking forward too.
It ended up that they loved Americans and hated Saddam, every time they said his name they would stomp their feet and say "Saddam bad, no good" and that was the extent of their English. Even in the desert in the middle of a highway we drew a crew. After as much information as I could get from them and about their car they gave me a kiss and shook our hands may times. We had to leave them to fend for themselves and get back to fixing our trucks.
It took about an hour and half to get the two flats fixed. We came to find that our standard jack won't lift our new armored hummvees, too heavy. Our maintenance crew had to use the arm on the wrecker to lift the vehicle and swap out tires. Even then we still had to tow the vehicle.
As this was going on, the local kids started to approach and asked for PEPSI and food. They were four of them about 6 or 7 years old. And their English was better then the adults. We ended up giving them a few Cokes and all of our writing pens. The kids love pens and if you want to send anything, send more pens! Again, we can't give them food but they think pens are great and it's a nice gesture.
Back on the road, my vehicle was in the lead and we were an hour and a half behind, (remember rule 1?). We were out of radio range with the rest of the unit and knew that they had an escort to lead them in once they got to Baghdad. (It's a city of 5.5million people, an escort is a big help). If we didn't catch up we would be on our own. And of course we didn't...
By the time we reached the outskirts of Baghdad, the rest of the Battery had arrived safely. Early that morning we had been brief in Scania not to take the exit to Baghdad International Airport and go to the exit spray painted BIAP. And of course this was the exit we were supposed to take, but not knowing this, I move our little convoy up to the next exit that, on the map, showed a road cutting straight over to the airport. Map and road here really don't match up too well as we soon learned. We exited off a large over pass which instantly turn into a dirt road. It didn't take long to realize that this is not a place we wanted be in but the road was too narrow to turn the wrecker around because of the cannels on each side. We were only about 4 miles from where we need to be but the road suddenly dead-end at some local's house. These maps suck!! I'm sure it was quite a scene for the family to watch us get that wrecker to make a u-turn. Also, we came to find out then next day that there had been an RPG attack against the US compound not more than 500 meters from where we made the u-turn 30 minutes before we arrived.
So we ended up back tracking to the exit we were told not to take, which really was the right one. This road is the main highway through Baghdad, and at 2 in the afternoon it was like rush hour traffic. And guess what happens next...Sgt Soper's vehicle tire goes flat! This day can't get any worse. Our tires are run flats which mean you can drive on it for about 30 miles at 35 mph if it goes flat or until it starts to smoke and fall off.
So there we are, breaking rules 1 through 4, one towed vehicle and one with a flat and no where to stop and fix it. We made it to about 2 miles outside of Camp Victory when the tire did start to smoke and we had to stop. Luckily, traffic was a little lighter and there was a small shoulder on the side. We set up a road block, secured the area and let the maintenance team go to work. Pointing your .50 cal at vehicles really does make people slow down fast and we weren't about to let anyone mess with us this close to our destination.
With everything fixed, quickly found the rest of our unit who were a welcome site. We now call Camp Victory home and everyone is doing well. Despite what you see on news, everyone is secure and looking forward to our next year's worth of missions.
I miss everyone and can't wait to come home to where everything is normal again.
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Brevard, N.C. - Drew Schauss connected on six three-pointers in scoring a career high 25 points as the Tornados shot over 60.0 percent from the floor for the second consecutive game inside Boshamer Gymnasium in topping Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday afternoon, 88-75.
For the second time this season, the Tornados (5-21, 4-12 SAC) hit six consecutive three-pointers in a game as Gaither Hendrix, Schauss and Jermichael Tanner did not miss from behind the arc for more than five minutes in the second half to help Brevard offset a combined 55 points between Lenoir-Rhyne's (12-13, 8-8 SAC) D.J. Blackmon and Allan Jones as Brevard keeps their tournament hopes alive with their victory over the Bears.
Schauss was 9-for-14 from the floor and 6-for-8 from behind the arc in scoring a career high 25 points as Brevard shot 61.2 percent (30-49) from the floor in the contest. Hendrix added 18 points, drilling four treys as the Tornados shot 57.7 percent (15-26) from behind the arc as a team in the game. Tanner added a career high 16 points and four assists, while Dominique Pickett scored 11 points with three three-pointers in recording the win.
Blackmon led all players with 31 points, going 11-for-15 from the floor in the contest as Lenoir-Rhyne shot 55.6 percent (39-54) as a team in the game. Jones was also 11-for-15 from the floor in scoring 24 points and dished out five assists, while Bryce Hawkins added seven points off the bench as the Bears drop to .500 in South Atlantic Conference play on the season.
Tanner opened up the game with a three-pointer on the first BC possession, but Lenoir-Rhyne built the early lead, going up 7-3 on back-to-back baskets by Blackmon and Jones. The Bears held the lead through three ties in the first half, going up 13-12 on a pair of free throws by Hawkins before the Tornados took control of the ball game as Moose drove in for a layup with 11:21 on the clock to put Brevard up 14-13.
Pickett connected on a three-pointer on the next BC possession as Brevard built a double-digit lead in the first half as Schauss hit three consecutive three-pointers and Pickett drained another three from the left wing as Brevard went up 40-30 with 1:42 left in the half. The Bears closed out the half with a 7-2 run as R.J. McClure hit a jumper with seven ticks left before the break as Brevard held the 42-37 halftime advantage.
Jones opened up the half with a layup, cutting the Brevard lead down to three points, but the Tornados responded with their run from behind the arc as Hendrix drained three three-pointers, Tanner hit one from the top of the key and Schauss added two more treys as BC went up 64-49 with 13:51 remaining in the game.
Lenoir-Rhyne brought the game back to within single digits with under 10 minutes remaining as B.J. Beasley drove in for the layup with 9:47 on the clock, cutting the lead to 66-57, but Tanner answered with a jumper and Schauss hit another three-pointer to expand the lead back to 14. Brevard went up by as many as 17 points in the contest as Moose scored a layup off the assist from Hendrix with 2:37 remaining as the Tornados coasted to the 88-75 victory.
Brevard remains at home on Wednesday, February 22nd, as the Tornados host Newberry College on Senior Day as BC honors seniors Jermichael Tanner, Gaither Hendrix and Michael Gist in their final game in Boshamer Gymnasium. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Wolves is set for 8 p.m.


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Gasoline prices may remain high into summer
(Cleveland) - Gasoline prices in the Greater Cleveland area dropped 2-cents a gallon on average today, to about $3.39 a gallon.
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Spider Valve and M13: Shon Hinton's Go-To Tones
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By Shon Hinton Guitarist Shon Hinton is always in demand. His distinctive playing style can be heard on numerous R & B records, and seen on stage with Lil Wayne, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, and others. In this article, Shon sheds some light on some of his recent go-to tones. I've been using Line […]
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|Home > Guides > Core Developers Guide > Interceptors > Token Interceptor
Ensures that only one request per token is processed. This interceptor can make sure that back buttons and double clicks don't cause un-intended side affects. For example, you can use this to prevent careless users who might double click on a "checkout" button at an online store. This interceptor uses a fairly primitive technique for when an invalid token is found: it returns the result invalid.token, which can be mapped in your action configuration. A more complex implementation, TokenSessionStoreInterceptor, can provide much better logic for when invalid tokens are found.
Note: To set a token in your form, you should use the token tag. This tag is required and must be used in the forms that submit to actions protected by this interceptor. Any request that does not provide a token (using the token tag) will be processed as a request with an invalid token.
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She lost two stone, snipped her hair and wore a backless dress in the freezing cold last night – and it was all worth it, said Anne Hathaway, to play her "dream" role of tragic heroine Fantine in the film adaptation of Les Miserables.
The American actress sparkled on the red carpet of the film's premiere at Leicester Square last night in a silver pearl-studded gown.
The star was joined by director Tom Hooper and co-stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne.
She said the role of the factory worker who becomes a prostitute was "the sort of job you feel you should give your pay cheque back at the end of the week", adding: "It was such a dream and I can't believe I'm the girl that got to play Fantine."
Asked if she would have gone beyond the drastic lengths of cutting her brunette locks and slimming down to play her emaciated character, Hathaway added: "I didn't have to pull out my teeth, but no one asked, so yes, I would do anything."
Australian Jackman, 44, described London as the perfect place for the film's premiere, calling it "the spiritual home of the musical".
Acknowledging the difference between his past experience in musical theatre and the film making process, Jackman acknowledged that it had been a "different" experience compared with musical theatre, saying film was "more intimate".
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2 Days in Donegal
Thanks to our unusual spell of good weather I had the chance to photograph parts of Donegal that I had,nt visited before. I planned a two day trip with a long list of locations to visit. Foolishly I thought I would be able to cover Rosguill , Fanad and Inishowen along with Glenveagh , Poison Glen etc. I made a quick pit stop in Donegal town to buy some ordinance survey maps and hit the road.
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The Lucky Dip Box was a product sold at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.[1] Its name suggests that it was a package containing one or more random items that would be revealed only upon opening.[2] An advertisement for the product had the text "Weasley & Weasley" on it, with the upper "Weasley" featuring angelic graphics like rays of light, wings, and a halo, and the lower "Weasley" featuring demonic graphics like flames, a pitchfork, and a forked tail. This suggests that there was an equal chance of the surprise item being something good or bad.
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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Senate on March 14 voted 36-16 to pass HB 487, putting risk-reward entertainment machines under the control of the Georgia Lottery Corp. As previously reported by Vending Times, the House had passed the measure one week earlier. | SEE STORY
Greg Edwards, district attorney of Albany, GA, told radio station WALB that the legislation would make use of the Georgia Lottery's investigative arm to "track video poker activities." Leading Atlanta newspapers, TV and radio outlets continue to describe HB 487 as a video poker regulation.
However, a spokesman for the Georgia Amusement and Music Operators Association has advised Vending Times that the measure -- which GAMOA supports -- impacts adult redemption games. These devices are not poker machines, and "have been legal and licensed for years with a $5 per play prize limit, lowest in the nation," the GAMOA official said.
The spokesman also said Georgia's operators have been required to purchase master licenses and have been required pay per-machine fees since the early 1990s, and that games were divided into two classes some years back.
As reported earlier by VT, these features appeared to be new elements of HB 487. The bill classifies skill games as Class A machines, with $25 annual per-machine license fees, and those that accumulate points as Class B, subject to $125 per-machine annual license fees. The bill requires all Class B games to be linked to a central state-run computer by 2023.
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It sounds like your ingredients are not at room temperature when you are mixing everything together. For example, after you have creamed your butter and sugar, it is room temperature, light and fluffy; if you next add eggs that are cold, the butter will re-harden and look curdled. If the eggs are room temperature, the butter will remain smooth and fluffy. If you don't have time to let the eggs sit at room temperature, the eggs can be placed in a bowl of warm water for 10-15 minutes before using – this should take the extreme chill off.


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Former Badger and former Golden Eagle make Bucks Summer League roster
The Milwaukee Bucks announced their 2013 Summer League roster today. Former Badger Mike Bruesewitz and Golden Eagle Junior Cadougan both made the roster.
Bruesewitz averaged 6.4 ppg and 5.3 rebounds for the Badgers last year. Cadougan was a Marquette guard that put up 8.5 ppg and 3.8 assists last year.
The Bucks first summer league game is on July 13th at 9pm against Denver in Las Vegas.
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How did Miley Cyrus' fiance feel about her VMA performance?
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Miley Cyrus has caused quite the stir with her Video Music Award performance, but it remains to be seen whether the behavior will affect her personal life.
According to "The Mirror," her fiance, actor Liam Hemsworth, is among the many people who disapproved of Miley's twerking on live TV. Sources tell the British paper that Liam is "mortified" by the way Miley danced with Robin Thicke on stage.
Apparently Liam is embarrassed by the amount of attention his wife-to-be is garnering, particularly because he wants to be seen as "a serious actor."
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Tornados Split DH with Mars Hill, Take SeriesMarch 3, 2013
Brevard, N.C. –The Brevard College Tornados baseball team split a doubleheader with the Mars Hill Lions at Gil Coan Field on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-3 in the first game before rallying for the series win with a 5-2 victory in game two.
Game One – Mars Hill 4, Brevard 3
Mars Hill scored the game-winning run in the 5th on a Tyler Shuler RBI double after the Lions put together back-to-back singles with one out.
The Lions got to BC starter Brennan Daniels (L, 1-1) for four runs over 5.1 innings on the hill, and took a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 2nd.
Kody Spencer scored on a double play grounder in the 2nd after leading off with a double. BC tied it in the 4th on a Matt Proffitt fielder's choice grounder that scored Champ Stuart and an Eric Renegar single.
Game Two – Brevard 5, Mars Hill 2
BC starter Nick Blackwood (W, 1-1) held Mars Hill to just two runs (one earned) over seven innings in the complete-game effort, scattering nine hits and two walks while striking a pair.
BC jumped on Mars Hill starter Josh Dean (L, 0-3) for three runs in the bottom of the 1st on two runs and two hits. Kody Spencer lifted a sacrifice fly to score Aaron Goforth before Renegar and Alex McGee deliver run-scoring singles to give BC a 3-1 advantage.
The Lions made it a one-run game in the 5th after a BC fielding error, but the Tornados picked up a pair of runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a three-run lead into the 7th.
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Today is Thursday, April 25, the 115th day of 2013. There are 250 days left in the year.
Today's highlight:
On April 25, 1983, 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to a letter she'd written expressing concern about possible nuclear war; Andropov reassured Samantha that the Soviet Union did not want war, and he invited her to visit his country, a trip Samantha made the following July.
On this date:
In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term "America," in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal.
In 1862, during the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David Farragut captured the city of New Orleans.
In 1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain.
In 1901, New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways.
In 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded.
In 1945, delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
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Each time we meet we have an opportunity to expand our own awareness of how the geography and history of our communities shape our ministry. Building on work we have begun in Cedar Rapids, Newark and Lexington, this training event will introduce us to the communities and history of Koinonia Farm and Habitat for Humanity.
Koinonia Farm is a Christian farm community founded in 1942 in Americus, GA, which is the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity, as well as several other ongoing ministries. It is also still a working pecan and peanut farm, it still welcomes visitors, and it still strives to be the "demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God."
The schedule is still being planned, but we will use the time to build on the leadership foundation that is already in place, and to identify sustainable strategies for network development. We will explore how best to support the practical needs of our many ministries around the nine principle functions of Jubilee Ministry: Consciousness Raising, Designated Jubilee Centers, Training, Human Resources, Research and Evaluation, Publications, Network for Public Policy, Evangelism and Congregational Development, and Jubilee Ministry Grants.
Diocesan Jubilee Officers are strongly encouraged to make participation in this event a priority. To make that possible, a flat $100 registration fee will be charged for participation, and the Office of Social & Economic Justice will cover ALL the related travel and lodging expenses for those who register by September 1. Travel expenses will NOT be covered for those who register after that date.


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Parshah Kedoshim contains a plethora of mitzvot. One of the most famous is also one of the most vital. In the verse that begins, "You shall not take revenge or bare a grudge," we then learn "You shall love your neighbor as yourself, I am Hashem." This mitzvah, known as Ahavat Yisrael, obligates us to love all Jews.
What is the nature of the mitzvah of Ahavat Yisrael?
As explained by HaRav Avraham Yitzchak haCohen Kook (based on the Rambam), we are commanded to love every Jew unconditionally. This does not mean that we are required to agree with every Jew or to support their actions. Indeed, the Torah commands us to appropriately rebuke our fellow Jew if, because of our close relationship, we can help them return to the correct path.
But just as we love every family member unconditionally, we must love every Jew — our extended family. We must do what we can to help them and care for their needs. (The agricultural gifts for the poor discussed in this parshah are one example of this.)
Our requests in the blessings of the Amidah (the central part of every prayer service) are in the plural, as we are responsible for all Jews, spiritually and physically. And no matter the issues over which we disagree, we must never resort to hatred. The same verse that tells us about rebuking others also commands us, "Do not hate your brother in your heart." As HaRav Shlomo Aviner teaches, "Divided opinions — yes. Divided hearts — no!"
Once we achieve true Ahavat Yisrael, our love should then spread to the rest of humanity.
As Rav Kook noted in Orot Yisrael, achieving true Ahavat Yisrael is not easy. It is a holy effort that requires a combination of feelings, intellect and action. But as the Second Temple was destroyed due to boundless and groundless hate, the Third Temple shall be rebuilt through boundless love. All the mitzvot are required and critical. But the mitzvah of loving our fellow Jew is one upon which our complete redemption — and the redemption of the entire world — depends.
It is appropriate that we read this parshah the week of Yom Ha'atzmaut, the day when Hashem blessed us with a state in the land of Israel. Sometimes when we think about Israel, we think of arguments. Yet, those arguments are nothing compared with the true love that exists among its people. Who else would open its gates countless times, and at great cost, to Jews of different nations and colors? Who else has a country with so little poverty?
Who else could have an army where all kinds of Jews are willing to fight and die for one another? Who else could, despite the many challenges, work together to build a great and mighty nation that is the spiritual center of the Jewish people? And who else could then take this love of fellow Jews and use it in the service of all mankind in response to disasters worldwide?
Though Israel is not perfect, it is a nation based on the Jewish people's great love for one another — and Hashem's great love for us. Israel is Hashem's gift to the Jewish people and to all humanity. Truly, "Who is like you, oh Israel, one nation in the Land!"
May we all observe the mitzvah of Ahavat Yisrael and, through our love, merit to continue to progress to the complete redemption for which we all long.
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(Mentor) — Police in Mentor are looking for other possible victims of a man accused of trying to get a young girl to send him inappropriate photos on Facebook.
It started when a 12-year-old girl in Mentor contacted police saying another Facebook user had asked for inappropriate pictures. An investigator contacted the user, posing as a 14-year-old girl. During their conversation, the user solicited sex.
The News-Herald reports the user's profile led them to 30-year-old Troy P. Slapnicker of Mentor. He was arrested earlier this week and his computer equipment seized.
Slapnicker is facing a felony count of importuning. He's being held with a $100,000 bond. Online records had no attorney information.
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Toby Keith surveying damage back home, benefits in the works
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Toby Keith is back home in Moore, Oklahoma, assessing the damage. The country star says he'll be helping out his neighbors as the town recovers from Monday's devastating tornado. He adds that it's too early to have any details, but tells CNN's Piers Morgan there'll likely be at least one all-star fundraiser for the community.
Keith adds that there's plenty of interest in helping out. He says in just one day he's received "500 text messages from people all over the music world saying 'What are we doing?'," because stepping up in times of crisis is "just everybody's way."
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Thank you for inviting me to address you this morning.
I am Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. I want to thank Marc Katz, an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the RAC working on environmental issues, for his assistance in preparing this testimony. The Religious Action Center's work is mandated by the Union for Reform Judaism, whose 900 congregations across North America include 1.5 million Reform Jews, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, whose membership includes more than 1,800 Reform rabbis. The Religious Action Center has been the hub of Jewish social justice and legislative activity in the nation's capital for more than 40 years. I am also pleased to represent the Coalition on the Environment in Jewish Life, an umbrella group serving 29 national Jewish agencies as the Jewish community's most broad-based voice on environmental issues.
I am pleased to join the other distinguished members of this panel who, I'm sure, share my sentiments when I say, "At last!" At last the Congress is recognizing the importance of looking at the perspectives of faith, values, and environmental justice. At last, the Congress is recognizing the depth of concern and the breadth of activity among religious Americans on environmental issues. At last, our government seems to be beginning to address the global climate change crisis with the sense of urgency through science that the ethics of the crisis demand. From the perspective of the religious community, whatever else comes of this hearing, this is a very important day.
I have been working in and with the American faith community for 33 years. Often the diversity of religious practice and scriptural readings that exist within and between denominations of Judaism and Christianity have meant that we do not always agree on matters of morality and public policy. Those of you on the committee know all too well the diversity of voices in the religious community, and the even greater diversity of opinions—often conflicting—expressed by members of those communities.
But on issues that bear on the integrity of God's creation here on earth and, more specifically, the urgent need to address global warming and its particular impact on the poor, this degree of deeply shared unity is rare, resulting in our abiding resolve to work together. The urgency of climate change mixed with our strong scriptural mandates have connected our faiths and compelled us to act in unison to forge an answer to our climate crisis.
Now this is not just rhetoric or claim. In fact, religious communities have been actively engaged in this pursuit for some time. Whether it's the humorously titled program like the Evangelical "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign aimed at raising the moral concerns about fuel economy and pollution from vehicles or the Jewish community's, "How Many Jews Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?" that mobilized synagogues to install over 50,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs during this past Hanukkah, or a score of other national programs, the religious community has manifested its resolve and commitment to stewardship and the preservation of God's creation.
This commitment is being felt across the spectrum of religious life in America. It's happening at the national level, by major denominational governing bodies, and it's happening in the pews. Our congregants are taking the lessons they learn in our synagogues and churches and placing them "on the doorposts of their homes and upon their gates" (Deuteronomy 6:9) in the form of solar panels, wind turbines, and neighborhood recycling programs.
Care for God's creation is quickly becoming a central concern of the faith community generally and the defining characteristic and priority of the next generation of religious leaders. Preserving our natural world is a key component at the heart of what it means to be religious.
To be religious is to inexorably bound up with being a "light unto the nations" (Isaiah 42:6), a partner with God in shaping a better world. As children of God we have been endowed with wisdom and faith to vivify our tradition and pursue justice. Faced with the degradation of our natural world, we must embody the biblical command of bal tashchit, do not destroy, and when faced with a chance to correct our misdeeds, proclaim in one voice, "we will do and we will hearken" (Exodus 24:7).
These themes were powerfully captured in the recent public letter "Wonder and Restraint" from key leaders of all the streams of the American Jewish community:
"Two covenantal responsibilities apply most directly to the environmental challenges of our time. The first demands inwardness, the second, outwardness. The first fulfills the traditional Jewish role as a "holy nation," the second, as a "light unto the nations."
The first, in a word, is restraint: to practice restraint in our individual and communal lives. Judaism encourages this sensibility in many of its most fundamental metaphors and mitzvot. There is the restraint embodied by Shabbat, our central holy day of wholeness and not-producing. There is the restraint expressed through kashrut, dietary consciousness, which gives us an appetite for sacredness instead of gluttony.
There is the restraint expressed as bal tashchit, the injunction against wanton destruction that is rooted in the Torah's responses to the environmental ravages of warfare; and as tza'ar ba'alei chayyim, pity for the suffering of living creatures, requiring us to treat our fellow creatures as sentient beings, not as objects for exploitation.
There is the restraint required to fulfill the demands of kehillah — the communal and intergenerational obligations that Judaism applies to our wealth, our private property, our decision-making, and our salvation. In the tradition of Maimonides, modesty and open-handed generosity have long been hallmarks of Jewish life.
There is the restraint implied by sh'mirat haguf, protection of our own bodies and by pikuakh nefesh, the commandment to protect life at nearly any cost. There is the restraint mandated by s'yag l'torah, building a "fence around the Torah," which bids us to err on the side of caution when it comes to matters of life, limb and spiritual integrity — all of which are surely endangered by the destruction of biological diversity and the degradation of the biosphere, most obviously by the catastrophes likely to be induced by global warming.
In the Jewish mystical tradition, it is God who sets the example of restraint by practicing tsimtsum, self-withdrawal, in order to permit the universe to emerge into being. The mystics, drawing upon the Talmud (Chagigah 12a), linked this creation story to the appellation Shaddai, usually translated to mean "Almighty," but understood by mystics as the One Who said to the infant universe, "dai," "enough," and thus gave form and boundary to the chaos.
Today, we who are made in the image of Shaddai must emulate this act of tsimtsum if we want our world to persist in health and abundance. Human activity is now as consequential to the Earth and its wealth of species as glaciers, volcanoes, winds and tides —so we cannot persist in the illusion that the world is inexhaustible. Human activity has split the seas, brought down manna from heaven, cured pestilence, built vast tabernacles — so we cannot continue to quake and stammer at the prospect of assuming the responsibility given to us along with our power. Instead, we must transform ourselves from nature's children to nature's guardians by learning to say "dai ," "enough," to ourselves.
But not only to ourselves:for the second covenantal obligation that our Earth and our faith require is that we speak out, and speak truth, to the world's leaders.
We are obligedto contrast our religious and ethical values with the values of self-indulgence, domination, short-term national security, and money-worship that fuel the ravaging of the Earth.
We are obligedto oppose the political empowerment of religious fatalists who view our environmental crisis as a mark of Armageddon and a glad-tiding of redemption. We are obligedto support policies that ease poverty and spare the planet its ravages; that protect underdeveloped countries from serving as the world's environmental dumping grounds; that tie economic development to environmental stewardship; and that enable poor people to pursue sustainable economic lives.
We are obligedto withdraw support from corporations that act parasitically rather than symbiotically with the natural world, or that tamper with fundamentals of Creation without caution, without reverence, but solely for purposes of short-term profit and petty self-interest.
We are obligedto challenge the fever of consumption that drives unsustainable economic growth.
We are obligedto challenge public officials who deify property and wealth, reducing our living planet to a commodity.
We are obligedto seek peace and pursue it — to oppose easy recourse to military violence, outside of legitimate self-defense, not only for its destruction of human life and health, but also for its shattering impact on nature and natural resources.
It is precisely in taking these kinds of prophetic stances, lifting our voices to join protest to prayer, that we renew Judaism's capacity for stirring the rachamim, the womb-love, of God and of the human race, thus keeping the gates open to a healthy future for our planet and its inhabitants."
As you have previously heard, the birth of our religious environmental connection explicitly coincides with the creation of the world and humanity's charge to act as its caretaker and steward. With these shared beliefs the religious community has worked tirelessly to protect and preserve God's creation. However much common cause there has been in the past, though, we believe there is an entirely new dynamic and concern at work that will only strengthen this unity and resolve; our voice must be loudest, and clearest, when addressing the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable. This is not simply an issue of the environment; it is at the core of the religious community's passion for economic justice.
The book of Proverbs teaches us to "speak up, judge righteously, [and] champion the poor and the needy" (31:9). Extremes of weather have and will continue to have disproportionate impact on the world's poorest populations and we must be their voice. A 2004 UN report highlights this; wealthy countries constitute 15% of people who are exposed to extreme natural events, but only 1.8% who die from such events. We need only consider the record surface temperatures of the last 20 years or look into the faces of the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Those with the fewest resources get left behind and forgotten. Disproportionately, they are the ones forced to fend for themselves.
Thus, we must first prepare to aid those communities that will face difficulties as they work to adapt to the changing climate. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been clear that even in the best of scenarios, the earth is facing a 2-degree rise in temperature in the next century that will significantly change worldwide weather and precipitation patterns. We must do more for these communities, here and abroad, helping them switch to sustainable agriculture practices, urge fair trade practices, publicly finance renters' and home owners' insurance, and providing effective emergency assistance for those dislocated by weather-related events.
Already the religious community has acted as a leader in promoting worldwide climate justice, working with NGOs and charities like World Vision, Catholic Charities, Jewish Federations, and Church World Service to provide billions of dollars in aid to affected areas.
Yet as we provide these direct services, we are all too aware that it will take you, Members of Congress, to address the root of the problem through changes in policy. We must ensure that as we reduce emissions with a "cap and trade" program or carbon tax, sufficient revenues are in place to offset the rising energy costs and worker displacement, predicted in the CBO report, "Trade-Offs in Allocating Allowances for CO2 Emissions" (April 25, 2007). It is our moral obligation to provide for these populations by establishing programs to retrain them to work in our future energy marketplace. We must aid those less fortunate by providing energy and tax rebates and by helping lower income families weatherize their homes, thus lowering their need for higher priced heating.
The Talmud, a cornerstone of Jewish theology, elaborates on this, teaching us that on Adam's first night in the garden, God led him around saying, "Look at my works! See how beautiful they are—how excellent! For your sake I created them all. See to it that you do not spoil and destroy My world; for if you do, there will be no one else to repair it." (Midrash Kohelet Rabbah, 1 on Ecclesiastes 7:13). Humankind has a fundamental choice: are we going to continue to abuse the earth, or help to build our sanctuary for God to dwell (Exodus 25:8)?
The task of the Jew, the task of all people of conscience, is to ensure that God's mandate is heard today by all humanity. For this Earth is our garden, and this time we face not expulsion but devastation. And that we cannot—we dare not—allow, neither for our children's sake nor for God's.


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The most common score in basketball is 2-0. It tends to be the point of departure from which thousands upon thousands upon thousands of basketball games subsequently differentiate themselves. Yes, of course the game can break its goose eggs with a three-pointer from behind the line, or the enduring "and one" basket and free throw, or it can begin with one of two free throws made after a personal or technical foul. 1-0, 3-0: as far as basketball scores go these are baroque figures: one bland, one grand. But 2-0. One basket made inside the arc with no response yet from the other team. It's the primordial moment of the game in motion. The opening bell. The icebreaker.
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Nice shit atlok.. ive been watchin and searchin these threads for weeks before i signed up and your shit is dope..
Nice shit atlok.. ive been watchin and searchin these threads for weeks before i signed up and your shit is dope..
Snew I'm diggin' your shiv. Lovin; the "hello" stick, Gotta Rep anything that puts society to a standstill. Ohh and EVADE your handstyle is SICK!
HOLY SHIT ! Atlok has 7 fingers !
^ i like these because their simple but they have some substance
^and i wanted to do something like a octopus or a squid or something becuase they're fun to draw, its a jelly fish(these are the first ones)
i've been drawing for like a month and im pretty happy where im at so far, but i still need to put in alot more work, alot more...
some constructive crits would be nice :]
VD- visual destruction
Toke, the keif one is the most succesful out of all of them. It looks alot like yer tryin to create almost abstract characs which is awesome but with the jellyfish as well as the head thing.. id say take it one step further...
Click the picture above ^
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... agreed...
i remember wen i jus started out, some1 on this forum gave really good advice that helped me progress..............they said, "Look at the way clothes bend, it will help you furthur understand how to draw characters and people better."
this advice really helped me out, i looked at clothes and the functionallity of their parts and that helped me progress.........hopes it helps you guys out too
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visit my flickr:Originally Posted by poler
change the fish
this is my fish.....
n some others
*CoCANe* *NgC CReW*
thanks for all the help and support guys, i appreciate it
snew- what i was trying to do with the simpler ones was do as much as i could with as few lines as possible, i think once i eventually turn that corner that ill have some alright stuff
ill have new karaks in a couple of days
VD- visual destruction
another new version of my old character-
new manga style skull = dope
Thats hot..
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TOKE, the best are your jellyfish. I think what you need to do is work on some simple forms of jellyfish, with less tentacles and such. Stick with the jellyfish though.
Style in progress... I like it so far... very different. But any crits send 'em this way.