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IamA Former Army Paratrooper. I served with the 173rd Airborne during OEF VIII and fought in the Battle of Wanat. Some of our guys were featured in Restrepo, Korengal and the new one The Last Patrol AMA
Some people thought I should do an AMA, talking about it is cathartic for me and the questions help me think about things in ways I wouldn't otherwise. I was with Chosen Company, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington were embedded with our sister company Battle and went on to make Restrepo etc. Their AO (area of operations) was in the Korengal valley while ours was a little ways over in the Wygal Valley. We were involved in a lot of intense fighting and large battles, two of the men in Chosen company were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during those battles. Our last mission was to a village called Wanat. At dawn we were attacked by 200-400 enemy fighters and by the end we had lost 9 men in my platoon and 27 were wounded, myself included. It was one of the deadliest firefights of either war.
E: I really appreciate everything, the interest means a lot. I did my best to answer everyone but I feel like a zombie right now so I think I'm gonna rack out. A bit embarrassing that everyone I know saw this but whatever haha. If I got anything wrong then let me know, I tried to stay in my lane. EE: Sorry some douche bag went through and downvoted everyone.
EEE: Heres a video of some silly shit from the early parts of the deployment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfX8LvUItkQ
Light winds and soft landings.
Matthew R. Kahler, 29, of Granite Falls, Minnesota
Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, of Aiea, Hawaii
Israel Garcia, 24, of Long Beach, California
Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, of Snellville, Georgia
Jason M. Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Washington
Jason D. Hovater, 24, of Clinton, Tennessee
Matthew B. Phillips, 27, of Jasper, Georgia
Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, of Haw River, North Carolina
Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, of Florissant, Missouri
Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Kentucky
award papers for proof: (if you want more let me know)
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CantonaTheKing178 karma
I show Restrepo to my 12th grade classes in order to give them some idea of the war in Afghanistan and the men who serve there.
Do you feel that the movie is fairly accurate in its representation? [If you've seen it.] Also, if you had to explain in as few sentences as possible what your experience was like there, what would that/they be?
I'm looking for first-person accounts to provide to my students in order to give them some perspective.
And: glad you're back. Hope you're better. Thank you.
chosen_few322 karma
Yes, it's very accurate. I've seen it, I was on Rock Avalanche and I'm in the book "War" that Junger wrote.
It's rough. Walking those mountains every day wears on you, the constant threat of getting shot wears on you, the boredom wears on you. The brotherhood keeps you alive, not only that it makes it the happiest time of your life. The fight gets in your blood and you love it, then someone you love gets hurt and you hate it. It's a constant shift from the absolute best feelings a human can feel to the absolute worst.
docalypse105 karma
Hey Chosen Brother,
I was the medic in 1st platoon. I don't really have any questions for you specific to Wanat, but I just wanted to say hey.
How are you holding up man? If you need to sort shit out, or need an ear, PM me and I'll shoot you my contact info. I was a little late to the battle on QRF, but I remember experiencing plenty of that battle even after we got there. It helps to talk about that stuff, but even more when both truly understand wtf really happened.
chosen_few24 karma
Haha I'm alright, how you been brother?
two_off84 karma
What were your reasonings / inspirations for originally enlisting?
chosen_few258 karma
I uh, liked to party. I made some really stupid decisions in high school. Started dating an extremely jealous college chick who was convinced I was banging chicks in the bathroom or some shit so she'd always come pick me up. Ended up just stopped going and stayed with her, then dropped out. 10th grade. I started feeling really shitty, it was hitting me that I really was worthless. I had done nothing, I was doing nothing but living off this crazy bitch. I was crazy liberal back then, I'd have NEVER joined the army. I could NEVER kill someone, that's not me you know? Then one day I woke up, looked around and decided to do something. I loved my country (that's why I hated on it so much, I wanted to "fix" it) and the way I looked at it - it might as well be me out there getting shot up instead of someone worth a shit. If I could fill one spot then that felt noble to me. A lot of it was I wanted to actually take care of this girl I was with, I wanted to support her and give her shit. So I enlisted. Bitch left me right before basic saying "I can't wait 3 months".
mysoldierswife56 karma
Do you feel like it gave you your confidence back?
Also, do you ever think about wanting to deploy again?
chosen_few86 karma
Hm. Well yea I guess it did. I mean I didn't have any reason to be confident.
Yes, every day. I got medically retired though and it's really not easy to get back in, I've tried quite a few times. I thought I was over it but nostalgia creeps in and I feel like a made a huge mistake getting out
coolnoah67 karma
What's your scariest story to tell with it?
chosen_few230 karma
I mean that's Wanat. It felt like the world was exploding. Hundreds of RPGS slamming, dishka fire, rpk, pkm, ak grenades everything. The world just fucking erupted. The adrenaline and love for my dudes carried me through it, I just wanted them to stop getting shot for fucks sake. The radio was blaring, you couldn't keep track of the casualties, it seemed like fucking everyone. When I made it up to the OP, it seemed quiet. I don't know, still maybe - just a little ways away was just this massive fight so it's not like you can't hear it. Everyone up there was dead except for Pitts who was really fucked up, just there alone holding it down. The stillness scared me, it just felt wrong. Then some rpgs and machine gun fire hit us all. A couple guys were thrown over a sandbag wall and the guy with me was I mean...mortally wounded and screaming and I realized I couldn't feel my leg and my hand didn't work. That's when I was the most terrified I have ever been in my life. Those seconds before I snapped out of it was just blank terror. I knew I was going to die and I wasn't ready, I was still 20. But you snap out of it, keep fighting and make sure that shit doesn't happen you know?
Thenewalexander44 karma
How were the afghan soldiers in that firefight?
chosen_few140 karma
they hid and sometimes shot wildly in the enemies general direction.
Cadetsumthin45 karma
I'm sorry...but those guys were worthless. I could never trust them.
OnBathSaltsAMA57 karma
The only time they actually aim is when they're shooting US DoD personnel on the FOB.
chosen_few31 karma
ASG murdered our platoon sergeant.
CaptainSnacks13 karma
If it's not inappropriate to ask, what happened to the guy that killed him? I can't imagine y'all were very happy about it.
chosen_few25 karma
He ran, never saw him again. It was the middle of the night and we couldn't find him. I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that they caught him but I can't say if it's true or not.
BetweenTheWaves16 karma
Could you perhaps give us an insight into the combat capabilities of the Afghan soldiers? Were they properly trained? Did they seem just as terrified in some of that combat?
chosen_few22 karma
No, they weren't properly trained. They could sometimes work a gun and sometimes point it the right way. There were a few that were good but by and large, worthless. Yea, they were scared as fuck and they showed it.
I think a lot of the problem was discipline and the corruption in the ANA. Officers didn't get there because they excelled at anything or were competent, they got there because their family had money. Their guys knew it and didn't respect them at all. It was just a clusterfuck.
iceax4 karma
How did it happen that there were hundreds of fighters able to ambush you, was it an intelligence or recon slipup or something else?
chosen_few7 karma
Terrain more than anything else. If you went there you'd see it immediately. We had to build it where we could, were there was an area big enough and someone would sell us the land
mysoldierswife63 karma
How's your unit been since then? My husband is Army, and they're losing more guys now that they're home (suicide & alcohol related), and have nothing good to say about the VA. What's your experience been?
chosen_few106 karma
I don't really fuck with the VA. I went once, they did some in processing crap then scheduled my appoint for a billion years later. I just never went back
Actual-Situation57 karma
I recently sat next to a former SF man who was seriously wounded and almost died (as in should have died but miraculously survived). The past 8 years of his life since have been marked by extremely high risk activities, he has nearly been killed several times in amateur car street races, adrenaline sports, etc.
My question is - after your experience do you feel that you also may have a bit of a "bug" for adrenaline - or a need for it? Do you think that your assessment of risk/reward has been altered by your experience or (if you don't know) are you concerned about it?
chosen_few98 karma
Nope. I really want to live, for like fucking forever lol. My outlet was always more through drinking and sex. A lot of my guys are like that though, hell a few are SF now
WheelyBob13 karma
Do you still jump ever?
chosen_few16 karma
nah that shit's expensive
Memphians48 karma
Since the stories of the interpreter visa problems have gone viral, do you have any anecdotes of an interpreter that you or your team worked with? Do you know what happened to him/them?
chosen_few106 karma
Yes!!! I've stayed in contact with one of my terps since then. He actually got to the States about a month ago. Wonderful guy, I couldn't be happier.
LordPoshington41 karma
I gotta ask - what was it like to come home after being in that firefight?
chosen_few164 karma
I'll be honest, it was weird. I didn't go straight home though, I got out of the hospital as soon as I could. Refused IV pain killers since you can't leave if you're on them*, pestered the shit out of the doctors, I mean I got out pretty quick. I took a bus from Landstuhl Germany back to Vicenza, Italy which is ~10 hours or so. As soon as the bus pulled into base all the guys that were left and not escorting bodies home were there banging beers on the bus screaming at me to "get the fuck off that bus airborne" lol. Being in the hospital and being away from them killed me so I was ecstatic, one of the best feelings in my life. I didn't process what had happened right away, I don't know I just couldn't. I partied my ass off, hobbling around the streets of Italy bleeding everywhere haha. Then it starts to creep in, the drinking got darker - I started getting angry and mean. I started breaking down and pushing people away. Things just got really dark for a minute. I guess when the smoke cleared I realized something had broken, I was harder and colder than I was before. It makes you see the world differently, at least in my case it did.
LordPoshington24 karma
Thanks so much for answering! You said that you were injured - do you mind telling us how/where?
chosen_few54 karma
in and out through the shoulder, could have been a bullet or shrapnel. big chunk of shrapnel hit my right calf, some other shit hit my left thigh and some shrapnel broke my left wrist.
zzerocool39 karma
Would you ever consider taking MDMA as a method for treating PTSD?
chosen_few187 karma
only if you're buying
TroubleshootenSOB35 karma
Did you do the 250ft tower at jump school? Seems like the fucking thing is always broken as I hardly find anyone else who also got to do it.
chosen_few36 karma
haha it was broken for me too
E: they were using it, I saw a dude from one of the earlier classes hung up there running back from lunch. wasn't reassuring.
entropyincrnt35 karma
I was also in Chosen Company on that very same deployment, I was in 1st PLT Weapons Squad, under SSG D(his rank at the time) when we first got there (things changed), which platoon/squad were you in?
I've also done this kind of thing with a large group of my friends, so I get where you're coming from. Also good on you for sharing it with the Reddit community. Hope you're doing well man. Chosen Few, Airborne.
chosen_few30 karma
Did you hit me up on facebook?
E: We made out in DC right?
EE: nvm I forgot you were passed out for that. disregard
entropyincrnt10 karma
We did more than make out bb ;)
chosen_few3 karma
jaykyew32 karma
What was your opinion of the documentaries? Did you think that they accurately portrayed what life was like for you guys over there?
chosen_few67 karma
Restrepo is by far the most accurate thing I have seen as far as what our experience was like. I mean that's Battle Company, but we were just a couple klicks away. The mountains look the same, the living conditions were the same so it really hits home for me. I know a few of those guys pretty well and they all agree that it's extremely accurate.
DanielFdC26 karma
How do you cope with having been in such a fight? Besides ama-ing on reddit. Did you feel fear during the fight or are you in a zone?
chosen_few43 karma
I was in a zone. There wasn't any fear until I got hit, the slapped the adrenaline right out of me and it took a few seconds to get my shit together and come back to the fight. Even after though I was just fighting to survive and not out of the...hell battle lust is a good a phrase as any, that carried me before.
nerdpowerACTIVATE5 karma
I was just wondering, how exactly did getting hit take the adrenaline out? Most people feel more of an adrenaline rush when being hurt/wounded. Was it because of the severity if the wound?
I'm not American, so I don't really feel like I can say thank you for your service, but it's still very powerful(and inspiring? I don't know) to read all this. So I guess I might as well say thank you anyways
chosen_few14 karma
The best way I can describe it, or find something somewhat analogous would be, say you're all amped up and freaking out and then someone slaps you really hard and it jerks you back into reality. Does that make sense?
battle_hard25 karma
You know I served with the 173rd 2/503 Battle Company for 2 1/2 years for part of OEF 9 and 10. Was Chosen, Cocaine Company when you were there as well?
chosen_few29 karma
Welllllllll we may have started that when we got back. Lots of strippers and coke there for a while haha. One of our dudes ended up getting caught and kicked out, he actually passed away in a car accident a few years back. Sad stuff.
princemyshkin8622 karma
You mentioned, "I was a crazy liberal back then". Has being in the military changed your personal politics?
chosen_few93 karma
Absolutely. I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about. Once I got there and saw it with my own eyes, I mean I definitely changed my personal politics. Still pro choice, pro gay marriage and all that but I've shifted much farther right
Springpeen20 karma
Did you have much interaction/cooperation with Canadian forces? If so, in what ways did you cooperate, and what was your opinion of them as individuals and as fighters? I have several friends in Canada that served in Afghanistan and have always been curious of the interaction between different coalition forces.
chosen_few43 karma
I'm sorry nah we were pretty isolated. It was just our guys there, there wasn't anyone else around. I did talk to a few Australians in kuwait when I went on leave that were really fun dudes. I didn't get a chance to serve with any of the other countries armies but I've always heard good things.
skankman15 karma
chosen_few203 karma
we don't talk about the ana -_-
god damn worthless motherfuckers. YOUR HELMET IS ON BACKWARDS. NO ABDULLAH YOU CANNOT WEAR AN ORANGE SHIRT ON PATROL. WHAT YOU DO YOU MEAN YOU FORGOT YOUR GUN
iceax7 karma
Was drug use among your afghan fighters a problem? I have heard that they smoked opiate-laced hash constantly and simply refused to stop.
chosen_few6 karma
Yea it was definitely a problem. I dont mind smoking, I'm not exactly a stranger to it. Its not appropriate in a war zone
OdoyleStillRules18 karma
What was it like getting the Bronze Star? Did you enlist like many other young men do, hoping to see the shit and be a hero, or were you just hoping to do your time and get out?
chosen_few39 karma
Man, I ended up leaving while they were doing the paperwork. I was at Walter Reed and it got sent over there. Motherfuckers lost it. I never got "awarded it", I just got the paperwork and then ordered my own from the national archives. Which I've since lost. I don't give a fuck about it really lol
A little of both. I really just wanted to do my time and get out, do what I could and not let my guys down when they needed me. The first little while when we got in country though nothing fucking happened for us and I got a little ancy, I just wanted to get it over with and know what it was like. It uh picked up soon enough though haha
Supersuntoucher18 karma
chosen_few79 karma
"fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" when I had to get up on the truck to reload the mk19 there were rounds hitting the glass next to my legs, all around me really. I knew for a fact I was going to get shot in the asshole. I thought about my obituary saying I died from a gun shot to the asshole.
the hardest part was when it was all over. reading the names of the people who had died.
GiveMeTheTickleStick17 karma
In Restrepo they showed their CO meeting with the local elders to try and rebuild relations in the community, did your company hold these meetings as well and did you find that they helped your standing in the area? Also how much, if any, contact did you have with surrounding US forces?
chosen_few32 karma
Definitely. Pretty much what we did most of the time, and yea I mean some shuras (the meetings with the elders) are more productive than others. We only have so much to give, food, blankets, building projects etc. The food and blankets we'll give really anyway, it's not that a big a deal and it just a sign of good will. The building projects and shit though, what they really want and what can actually help them - we just can't do if the taliban/aaf/enemy whatever are just going to blow it up or kill the people we give the contracts to. We need their help to make it safe enough, but they also run the risk of getting their throat slit. It makes it hard and over the years it just gets harder and more complicated.
iamliztaylor16 karma
I don't have a question but what a small world. My brother in law was in Chosen Company before this event and then was with the 81st (?) Scouts. (Or 82nd?)
chosen_few26 karma
Nah, I can't say I knew him. Like Cav Scouts? I don't know anything about them other than they wish they could be infantry lol (just kidding).
We have Scouts though too and they're really squared away dudes. Work in smaller teams, our makeshift SF teams kinda. You've gotta be on your shit to get to go to scouts. If that's the case then probably 82nd.
MD8215 karma
First thank you for serving. Second how similar is the modern airborne to say something like Band of Brothers? What type of planes do you use and is it the same parachute deploys as soon as you're out the door?
chosen_few24 karma
yes, it's pretty much exactly the same. We didn't do a combat jump or anything. The person below you isn't quite correct. The 173rd did a combat jump into Iraq but it wasn't into contested territory or anything, it was a secured air base. Also there was one in Panama I believe. The 82nd gets real pissy about it because it's not a "real" combat jump lol.
I was never there for a combat jump though
PharaohJoe10 karma
chosen_few20 karma
not quite true. the 173rd jumped into Iraq and there was a jump into Panama. My 1SG during the deployment was actually on both so he had two mustard stains
Sketchin6915 karma
How many men did the American forces have in that battle against 200-400 Taliban?
chosen_few29 karma
about 40. 42 I think. We were also at the bottom a valley and they had the high ground. It was rough
just_some_tech12 karma
First of all, I want to thank you for your service. What you guys do is difficult, dangerous and often, I believe, under appreciated. So, Thank you.
You mentioned in a reply to LordPoshington, that you realized that something had broken, and that you were harder and colder than you were before. Is this something that troubles you? Do you miss being the way you were before this happened, or do you see it as a change in yourself that you accept and carry with you?
Also, do you believe that you have access to any and all resources you may need to help you deal with life afterwards?
Thanks for doing this AMA.
chosen_few25 karma
In a way I guess I miss it. I don't laugh as easily, I'm not as goofy as I used to be. I think it happened for a reason though, life is kind of a bitch and I think I can accept that a lot easier now. It's who I am, I don't know..I don't think I would want to be the way I was before.
Yea I mean there are tons and tons and tons of resources. I've met some really awesome people that have helped me out and to the point where it's my own responsibility. Not to mention those places are so goddamn backlogged with shitheads who thought they heard a mortar somewhere so now they need money and a hug.
MisterWonderfool11 karma
First and foremost, Thank You.
How was the food while you were deployed?
chosen_few29 karma
haha not that bad. Mostly we got what are basically big ass MREs that our cook would heat up. MREs can be pretty fuckin good, they're not the t-rats or whatever from vietnam. Hell we got this giant ass bag of frozen hamburgers and the mountains of afghanistan get cold, really really cold so they stayed frozen. A buddy had one of those multi fuel camping stove things so I ate nothing but hamburgers for like a month.
LiberAnimus3 karma
Did you have a chance to eat the cow that was stuck in the fence? Haha
chosen_few9 karma
Haha no but we did go to the Korengal to do a joint op mission and we heard the story from the guys in the dfac (cafeteria thing). It was pretty funny seeing it play out on Restrepo
We did eat a cow but we cheated and bought the cow first.
TrxpThxm9 karma
First of all, thank you for going to fight on behalf of those who won't/can't. I sincerely appreciate your service to our country. You mentioned in a previous post that at one time you would never be able to join the Army, let alone kill someone. This may seem voyeuristic and/or morbid but I noticed in a lot of combat footage the fighting is distant; did you kill any bad guys up close?
chosen_few16 karma
Yea Wanat we were close, hand grenade range. One guy breached the wire at the OP, he got himself very dead. Our first platoon at ranchhouse and then on nov. 9th fought up close too.
Armymedic06048 karma
I went to AIT with Restrepo. He was an awesome friend and brother. Many good times at the river walk with hime! And ? So the bot doesn't remove this again?
chosen_few3 karma
That's awesome man, I never got the chance to meet him but I know everyone who did really loved him a lot.
drifli7 karma
Have you read "The Outpost" by Jake Tapper?It is about COP Keating and took place in 2009. Pretty sure it is a valley or two over from where you were.
chosen_few6 karma
I haven't, COP Keating sounds familiar though
Healing_touch7 karma
I wanted to start off by saying thank you for your service. Not everyone can be a hero, but volunteering to be in a possible hostile environment isn't something everyone is willing to do. I appreciate the sacrifices servicemen and women have made over the years, personal, career or limb and life. From a daughter of a long line of military men, I mean it deeply.
When did it ever start to get real? Like was there a time when the danger felt far off and non immediate?
What was something the experience gave/changed for you? Do you look at certain things differently now?
If an average joe like myself were to approach you on the street (assuming we knew you were military) how would you like that conversation to go? Some people appreciate the thanks while others seem almost offended.
Thanks for the AMA! Stay strong (:
chosen_few16 karma
The realness came and went for me. You just kind of do it. I really think humans can acclimate and adapt to an incredible amount of shit. There were times though were I was a 19-20 year old kid again and I'd look around like "holy shit, I'm in Afghanistan." It comes in waves I guess. Getting ready for missions, waiting on the flight line for the birds to come in were the most nerve racking times, and it would be that way until you landed somewhere and hopped out. Then you were in it and couldn't really afford to think about that stuff.
Haha and I don't know. I do appreciate that people care, I'm not going to get offended because someone was just trying to be nice. Haha you'd say thanks, I'd say thanks and then we'd smile and go about our days having had a nice interaction with a stranger. People that get pissy about that are weird to me.
mrkarateman7 karma
I'm in Army ROTC right now, I just watched Restrepo the other day. Can you offer me any advice? Either about officers you worked with, both good and bad, or just a better understanding of life in the "Real Army." Thank you for your service.
chosen_few14 karma
haha I think these guys got it. Listen to your NCOs, they know what's up.
_bount6 karma
Could you describe your first time in combat?
chosen_few14 karma
I'll try. We hadn't seen shit, Battle was getting into it a lot. Able company was getting into it a lot. We ended up with the first "shift" at the battalion fob and nothing happened there. Then we just went on a patrol one day, ended up staying out at an abandoned house, my squad pulled overwatch on the ridge above it. It wasn't my turn for guard so I was asleep when it started, I opened my eyes and heard a few explosions and saw tracers shooting over me. I layed as flat as I could, got my shit on, grabbed my weapon and moved to this rock outcropping for cover. There were a few more rpgs, some gun shots but I honestly couldn't see where they were coming from. Didn't fire a round. I was sooo mad at myself lol.
It's not a real exciting story I guess haha.
WheelyBob4 karma
What was the biggest fuck-up logistical fuckup from someone up the chain that you guys experienced?
chosen_few10 karma
speedballs were always a clusterfuck. it's basically a bodybag filled with ammo, water, mres, batteries, whatever. They fly in with a blackhawk and kick it out the door. We needed water, we got batteries. We needed mres for 20 people we got mres for 9 and the other element got mre's for 20.
Not to mention I'm almost positive they were trying to hit people with those motherfuckers
johnstanton4 karma
It's not hard to notice that the term "hero" appears overused, without much sense of proportionality.
For example, a soldier takes fire and is randomly shot and killed, and his friends, family and media will invariably deploy the term. A comrade might stay forward alone to provide covering fire while his platoon strategically withdraws, carrying their wounded. He too may be labelled a hero. Another might fall on a grenade thrown into a foxhole, in order to minimize the casualties, and they too could be labelled a hero.
But it seems to me that the term becomes diluted and therefore superficial and meaningless if it's just deployed willy nilly for each of these three very different scenarios.
If you recall, in Junger's War, he has this discussion, which he ends with a description of a historic Fire Chief, who characterized "heroism" as something that occurs when people sign-up to be fire fighters, cops or soldiers, and that everything else beyond that is simply doing the job.
What kinds of conclusions do active duty soldiers come to when discussing what constitutes a hero?
chosen_few15 karma
I think the term "hero" is entirely subjective. For me, I think if you die in service to my country then you're one of my heroes. You don't have to agree. You may see it as diluted or overused but when I say they are a hero to me, I mean it. It may seem that way to people after more than 10 years of war but the sacrifices that are being made right this second are just as great as the ones that were made at the beginning. The public getting bored with it doesn't change anything at all.
crispsix4 karma
Did you know Josh Brennan?
chosen_few4 karma
I didn't. My platoon sergeant was very good friends with him though. It was tough watching him deal with Brennans death. He ended up getting killed also.
alent12344 karma
were you stationed in vicenza? is it still SETAF or did they rename it? some of the old times i served with are now civilians on base
chosen_few4 karma
I don't think it is. If I'm not mistaken they changed to AFRICOM and they moved the base. This was all happening as I was leaving though, I wasn't really there for it.
Wopasaurus4 karma
Kinley or Cristal??
Burn or Rip Its???
Asking the hard-hitting questions here...
chosen_few3 karma
I only know rip its!
Solid_s0ap3 karma
In Restrepo and parts of Korengal, some of the dudes mentioned that Chosen got hit hard, was that Wanat they were speaking of?
Also, what do you find most difficult dealing and fighting in that elevation compared to light infantry ops on lower terrain?
chosen_few8 karma
Yea, probably Wanat. We had a few really large battles though. Wanat was by far the biggest and worst for the battalion though
johnstanton3 karma
One of the themes that Sebastian Junger explores in War is the age-old issue of European armies, documented up till now from the time of Roman legionnaires, and no doubt the armies of Hannibal and Agamemnon prior to that, where the ranks are largely populated by the poor, the disaffected - those escaping something or hoping for something more, and certainly having nothing left to lose.
The narrative is that those with the least to lose are encouraged to choose a perilous path essentially to ensure the prosperity of the wealthy, who are so focused on their own self-enrichment that they barely have any consciousness of anyone else.
Junger describes young, small-town men with little education or means, trained and shaped to be effective in a hilltop fire base, who, if they survive to return home, are jettisoned by an apparently uncaring society, and left to fend for themselves, with no real means to transition the enormous gulf beneath their feet.
Thus has it been with every army, after every war, forever.
I'm not pointing fingers at the U.S. military here, because, again, this is an age-old issue, one that still exists today certainly in the U.S., in Canada, and in Britain, and perhaps to a degree in the other NATO states (who however may have more sophisticated social supports).
It sometimes feels as though we have learned nothing about war and its consequences for our soldiers, over the last two thousand years.
The age old notion of you-broke-it, you-own-it surely applies. There is no way that governments can justify homeless veterans with PTSD. At a minimum, every veteran should be on the military payroll while they transition at a reasonable rate to civilian life. This should include retraining, education, and incentives for businesses hiring vets.
The cost of war is more than guns and ammo, and we have to start budgeting for the real cost...
Do veterans have discussions on this theme? What is their prognosis? Given the seemingly inadequate supports afterwards, do they feel its been worth it?
chosen_few6 karma
I mean I don't know. "young, small-town men with little education or means" doesn't describe a lot of our guys. My guys came from every walk of life you could think of. Now some are economists, going into politics, business owners, chemists, nurses, SF guys, police officers, dudes are going to Berkeley, commercial fishing boat captains, one dude just bought a lovely house in a picturesque italian village, business consultants flying all over the world, the list goes on. I mean yea some guys have a rough time but a lot are doing extremely well too. There are resources out there if you want to look for them. Some dudes really need help but it's a mistake to think of us as all broken, poor and desperate.
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What is your favorite dinosaur?
chosen_few5 karma
brontosaurus. how can they be that big and still look cuddly?
TheGreatestPanini3 karma
Favorite patriotic song/cadence?
chosen_few11 karma
I'm not even sure what the name of it is, "airborne ranger" maybe? My buddies in a foxhole etc. Then Ol king Cole, there were some great ones in airborne school but I think they were the just the sergeant airbornes personal ones, I haven't heard them since.
And blood on the risers of course
Also, I feel really dumb talking about cadences. I used to hate them sooooooooo much.
TheGreatestPanini2 karma
Why did you hate them?
chosen_few7 karma
It's like getting an army tattoo while you're in the army. It's just...kinda dorky. Now that I'm out I miss em
Sig4863 karma
Thanks for doing this AMA man. I come from a Military family and my best friend is a new butter bar in the Marines.
Firstly, Thank you so much for stepping out there and putting yourself on the line for others. It may never seem like that's what you did, and from what I've read of vets they are always hesitant to feel that way. But you certainly did do just that. I cant thank you enough for that.
Whats your current outlook on the idea of folks joining the armed services?
Thank you again for your time today and for your service.
chosen_few4 karma
More power to them. Do your research and make sure you know what you're getting and what you're getting into.
CuriousMischief3 karma
As the friend left at home, how can I help returning vets? What was the biggest help to you?
I have several friends who are currently on tour in the middle east and Africa. One is actually a Load Master and has transported your unit more than once. The other is first cav, infantry. I know the Load Master has seen some shit. The Cav guy is on his first tour but things are escalating.
I feel kind of useless, because there is no way I can understand without experiencing it, but that's not gonna happen.
chosen_few4 karma
Just be a good friend. You said it, there's no way you can experience it and that's not really requirement. Understanding it isn't a requirement. If you're just good friend then all your bases are covered in that aspect you know?
legsleeves2 karma
What MOS?
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thatguyfred2 karma
Did you have any TACP/JTACs with you or was it JFOs and ECAS? If you had any with you what did you think of them in general?
chosen_few5 karma
We had JTACs, they rarely ever went out with us or anything. Honestly they were a pain in the ass IMO. We just had to go through them to get fixed wing air support approved. I don't see any reason why our FO's couldn't have gotten the training to deal with fixed wing and we could have saved a lot of time. I'm sure they're great dudes, I met one that did go out with us on a conop and he seemed like a good dude. I liked him anyway. In my experience is was just an extra that we had to go through to get the air support we needed.
IrishEv2 karma
why did you join the airborne? if you could go back would you still join the army? would you chose a different MOS?
chosen_few8 karma
Because someone once told me "If you ain't airborne, you ain't shit". Haha it looked kinda badass so I decided I was gonna do it. If I went back I would do it again in a second. and fuck no.
ZXRider2 karma
Did you ever come across any Iranian troops and if yes how were the interactions with them?
Were you ever stationed in the Persian Gulf and if yes is it as hectic as the media makes it seem?
Thank you for your service.
chosen_few7 karma
Nah man, I'm sorry. Neither one
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What do you do in your free time now? When you weren't paratrooping. And what goes through your mind as your paratrooping into combat?
chosen_few5 karma
Haha well I never jumped into combat. when jumping i pretty much thought, at least the first couple times "1-2-3-4...oh god is it open? why isn't it open?" whoosh "thank fucking god".
My free time consists of netflix I guess? Going to the park with the kiddo, on the weekends I try to get us out to something cool; an air show, the zoo etc.
metalone1872 karma
hey bro do you know Aaron davis? He was my room mate when I was in the hospital. He got hurt in that battle.
chosen_few7 karma
Yep! I love that dude. He's cool as shit right?
Seannypoland1 karma
Did your ex bitch get an sti or std since? I hope she did.
chosen_few1 karma
nah she got married. She really had the most wonderful tits I think I've ever seen. That's rude haha, nah we're just not good together, I'm not upset anymore. Wish her the best
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I've heard several rumors that the observation post in the Wanat valley was scheduled to be closed, and that this closing was delayed due to assets being reappropriated to search for Bowe Bergdahl.
Do you know if there is any truth to that? Do you have any particular feelings about his actions?
chosen_few5 karma
I'm gonna say it's not true. I mean there wasn't a post in Wanat. Our mission was to set one up for the incoming unit.
kmoh741 karma
First off, thank you so much for your service. I thought Restrepro was a great movie and saw how deadly the Korengal valley was. After facing death in the face, do you have a bucket list that you want to start knocking off?
chosen_few16 karma
Yep but it's all weird sex stuff so I don't think I should go into details.
No, I don't know. I just want a quiet life, it's just me and my son these days so just being able to give him what he needs. Watching him grow up happy, see where he wants to go with his life and help him get there.
shenanigans9251 karma
What advice would you give a 28 year old wanting to enlist or go to OCS? Would you say do it or that its too old?
chosen_few1 karma
Hell no, not too old at all. some of our best guys were older, hell honestly the older guys are usually better.
the_anus_is_on_you1 karma
Why is it OK for you talk about your time in the military while this guy is getting in trouble?
chosen_few2 karma
I wasn't on a secret operation, I wasn't in a special forces unit and my fights have been dissected by the media a million times over.
mRNA-1 karma
Thank you very much for doing this AMA, and especially for your service and your sacrifice to our country. I would like to ask a few questions,
What builds camaraderie the most, other than surviving/helping each other during a firefight?
What is your favourite/or best MRE?
What were some unexpected reactions from villagers? I hear that it takes them a while to trust American/Foreign soldiers, even though we mean well and try to do the best for them.
chosen_few1 karma
living together, working together, partying together, training together. We did everything together. By the time Wanat had happened we'd been inseparable for almost 2 years. Our platoon was really close. We all actually got to meet up in July for Pitts Medal of Honor, best time I've had in years. It was like we had never been away, just immediately we picked up where we left off
Chili Mac, obviously.
The interactions with villagers varies wildly from village to village. One village you're laughing and joking around and smiling, a 1000 meters down the road at the next village they all go inside and shut the door and the kids throw rocks.
karmanaut1 karma
Could you please provide additional proof? There is nothing to show that the papers in your images are actually yours.
Edit: in addition to what is posted publicly, OP has sent some additional proof to the mods.
chosen_few5 karma
Yea, anything at all you need. I didn't really want to put my name out there and they're digital copies. If you give me a second I can take some pictures and send them to you if that would be ok?
karmanaut4 karma
Sure, if you'd like confidential verification that would be fine. You can send the pictures to the mods here. The easiest thing would be pictures of the medals and papers and all that with a note that says "Reddit /u/Chosen_few" or something along those lines.
Sorry for the suspicion, but we've seen a number of attempts to impersonate military veterans with copies of paperwork found online.
chosen_few5 karma
I don't even know where my medals are man, I got these coins at Pitts medal of honor ceremony though
Definitely though and I appreciate it. Ill send some stuff to the mods as well


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PCB Creator's Digital Library Management for Circuit Boards: More Than a Few Shelves
Table of Contents
When you hear the word "components", it's natural to think about ICs, LEDs, resistors, and all the other electronic hardware that goes into building a PCB. But in terms of PCB design software, there is a lot of information that goes into any component. Every component has an associated symbol, footprint, pin arrangement, and other properties that are used by your PCB design software.
With so many components available on the market and with electronics companies producing new components, managing a component library becomes one of the important duties of a PCB designer. Designers commonly create customized components for use in their electronics design library, including footprints and simulation models.
Bringing this information together so that you can take your PCB from the electronics design library to production requires the best design software on the market. When you work in a unified design environment, your design software will seamlessly integrate your components libraries with your schematic library, and updates to your components libraries are easily passed to your schematic.
Managing Your Digital Libraries
Library management is a broad term that refers to managing components, suppliers, life cycles, and schematics for use in your design. With the massive number of components on the market, no one has time to compile information in these libraries on their own. There are many companies that specialize in creating software that compiles this information for you, making you more productive and allowing you to spend more time on your designs.
Component libraries contain more than just a long list of part numbers. A great component library should contain associated schematics symbols, footprints for your layout, SPICE models for use in simulations, and electrical specifications. These libraries also include 3D models for use in a 3D viewer. When all of this information is compiled in a single interface, it greatly streamlines the design process.
Component libraries also need to contain associated supplier information, including costs, lead times, and suitable replacements. This gives you the information you need to generate parts lists and a bill of materials for your manufacturer. Your bill of materials generation tool needs to take information directly from your design before you move to production. You owe it to your circuit board to manage your vias, copper, and components as effectively as possible.
Managing your electronics design libraries takes more than just maintaining lists of components and schematics. Your libraries need to synchronize with component supplier information and life cycle management tools. Life cycle management tools give you the information you need to replace obsolete components with suitable replacements. All of these tools work best when they are integrated into a single environment, rather than being separated into different modules.
Supplier data access in Altium Designer
Realizing Where the Pain Comes From
Some PCB design software packages allow you to create new libraries that contain a specific list of components that you use often. When you have a component library that grows to thousands of components, updates to components are almost never seamless when you use software that operates with disparate component models. Digital library design should be created with users and user intention in mind, with access to the resources and knowledge required from the library.
Translating between updated versions of your software can wreak havoc on your component library. An update can change the file structure of your component library, forcing you to organize and update your components manually. Some software packages have a components information system that helps you manage your libraries, but you have to purchase this as an add-on. There is no reason such a critical tool shouldn't be included in your PCB design software.
Library management is about more than just updating footprints and symbols in schematics. You need to leverage supply chain availability and lifecycle information to ensure your designs remain up to date. Imagine opening up that PCB you created 6 months ago and sending deliverables to your manufacturer, only to find that half of your parts are unavailable or obsolete. Lifecycle states allow you to catch and replace obsolete parts in your designs.
Unified Digital Library Management
Working in a unified design environment means more than just presenting all the tools you need in a single piece of software. Data management in a unified design environment uses unified component models that can be reused when you define new components. These component models should serve as templates for new components, saving you time when you need to add new capabilities to your design and your part library.
Your design software should also increase your productivity by providing updates to component libraries and supply chain information. Designers shouldn't have to spend time scouring the internet for component updates or supply chain information, and they shouldn't have to rely on an unreliable 3rd party service for these critical updates. A unified design environment also allows you to seamlessly transfer any updates onto your schematics.
If you need to make revisions to the footprint of a unified component, your PCB design software should present a visual side-by-side comparison of your footprint changes. Any symbol, pin arrangement, and schematic changes should be easy to compare as well. The same idea applies to component templates. This ensures that component changes within your component library will be accessible to everyone in your organization.
Many components share common properties, such as capacitance, mounting style, and rated voltage. When you work with a great component manager, you can assign these properties to individual components easily within a single interface. As well as adding them individually to each component, you can also use the Parameter Manager command to add them to multiple components. Your circuit board and your digital library design can be managed for effective content creation and storage.
Accessing the schematic in Altium
Library Management in Altium Designer
If you're looking for the best component library management tools, you need a PCB design software package like Altium Designer. Working in a unified design environment links your component libraries, schematic libraries, component models, simulation tools, bill of materials, and layout tools within a single design interface. Whether checking your circuit for vias and component placement or understanding the needs for a rigid-flex PCB, software matters.
Designers should spend more time designing and less time searching for supply chain information or relying on an external service to provide updates. With Altium Designer, your supply chain information, library updates, and new components can be delivered directly to you through the design software. Changes to components in your library are easily applied to your schematic and layout. You'll have peace of mind knowing that your data is up-to-date and easy to manage.
If you work in Altium's unified environment, changes to component libraries easily propagate to the rest of your schematic and layout. Component modifications can be applied individually or in batches within a single intuitive interface. The search features allow you quickly sift through a massive component library and locate only the components you need for your design. Manage your circuits better with a stronger digital library design system.
Altium wants you to succeed as a designer. They also want your design experience to be streamlined and productive. If you ever need help with your designs or with the software, you can access the AltiumLive forum, video library, and webinars provided by industry experts. Altium's dedication to its customers sets them apart from other PCB design software companies.
Now you can download a free trial of the PCB layout software that you want to use for your designs. Talk to an expert at Altium today if you want to learn more about how Altium Designer can help you manage your digital library design.
Start the journey to switch over to Altium Designer today.
"I decided to move from both Orcad Capture/Layout and National Instruments Circuit Design Suite to Altium for the following reasons:
1. Massive component libraries, updated on a regular basis
2. Ease of use of both the Schematic and PCB design modules
3. Simulator capabilities4. Price"
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Back in 1990, CBS tried to make a TV show spin-off of the popular Uncle Buck movie. It was cancelled after one season. Now, ABC is trying their own. Will it be a success in the ratings? Cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
On Uncle Buck, Buck Russell (Mike Epps) is a fun-loving but irresponsible guy who needs a job and a place to stay. By happy coincidence, his brother Will (James Lesure) and sister-in-law Alexis (Nia Long) need his help. Their nanny has just quit and they need someone to take care of their children, Tia (Iman Benson), Miles (Sayeed Shahidi), and Maizy (Aalyrah Caldwell).
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
7/6 update: ABC has cancelled Uncle Buck after one season of eight episodes. Details here.
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Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an "*"). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the new Uncle Buck TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for second season?


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Sweden bans experiments on great apes and gibbons
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Rights Sweden;
additional comments by
Thomas Geissmann, Gibbon Research Lab., Zürich
April 2003
According to a press release from Animal Rights Sweden (see original text below), Sweden's Board of Agriculture and National Board for Laboratory Animals has recently issued new regulations banning experimental research on great apes and gibbons. According to the press release, Swedish researchers will still be permitted to use apes in non-invasive behavioral studies.
Because no experimental research on apes is currently being conducted in Sweden, the ban may not have any noticeable effects. According to Per-Anders Svärd of Animal Rights Sweden, however, the ban is considered to be of great importance, as it represents a first step towards the recognition of the moral and legal rights of animals suffering in experiments. Effective in June, the new legislation marks an ideological victory for the animal rights organization.
Similar regulations outlawing experimental reseaarch
on apes already exist in Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
The legitimacy of using other animals stands unchallenged. This author finds it positively surprising, however, that - for once - gibbons are actually recognised as being apes and are included in the new regulation.
Sweden bans experiments on Great Apes. Press Release, Animal Rights Sweden, April 10, 2003. http://www.djurensratt.org/articles/article.asp?id=615
Sweden Bans Experiments on Great Apes
|Press Release, Animal Rights Sweden, 10 April 2003
Sweden's Board of Agriculture together with Sweden's National Board for Laboratory Animals recently decided on new regulations for using animals in research. One of the most important changes is that great apes and nine species of Gibbon apes will be exempt from use in experiments from June this year. Only non-invasive behavioural studies of these animals will be allowed in the future.
"No great apes or gibbon apes are currently used in experiments in Sweden, but the ban is still a matter of great ideological importance," says Per-Anders Svärd, Campaign Manager at Animal Rights Sweden, the country's largest animal rights organization. "The decision marks an important shift in official policy, since it implicitly recognizes the individual moral worth of primates. Hopefully, the ban can be seen as a first step towards extending moral and legal rights to millions of other animals suffering in experiments."
Animal rights organizations all over the world have been campaigning to end primate experiments for several years. The Swedish ban will undoubtedly generate hope and enthusiasm within the international community of activists struggling to end primate experimentation in their respective countries.
"By raising public awareness through persistent campaigns, activists have been able to push back long-standing prejudice surrounding the moral standing of primates. There are no excuses for using primates in experiments, and this is finally beginning to sink in - even at the level of policy-making," concludes Per-Anders Svärd.
For more information, please contact:
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Chad Ettmueller was hungry. He was hungry enough that the "Wicked" sandwich from Which Wich wasn't enough, despite its five meats and three cheeses. So he ordered twice the meat, bringing his sandwich to a Dagwoodian ten servings of meat and three layers of cheese.
That was where the trouble started, because when he went to take his first bite, his jaw unhinged like a goddamned snake. Unlike a snake, however, he was unable to snap it back into place, despite punching himself in the face several times.
Ettmueller ultimately had to go to the hospital to have his jaw surgically manipulated back into place. Now mostly recovered, he's good-natured about the whole thing, and has no plans to sue.


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Here's an easy test: Ask if he or she 100% understands the algorithms that help them decide among potential investments.
If they respond with "Yes, of course," chances are they're stretching the truth.
When we're being honest with ourselves (and our clients), financial professionals will admit that though we're excited by new technology, we have limited insight into how sophisticated algorithms reach their conclusions. That bugs us — no one likes to admit they don't understand something.
Computer scientists, for all their brilliance in creating algorithms, can't always clarify things for us, either. They design the models and continuously improve them with what's known as training data — information that shapes how algorithms analyze future data inputs. But after that, a model can take on a life of its own, using multiple computations to find patterns indiscernible to the human brain. We can measure the model's accuracy; asking the algorithm to tackle questions to which we already know the answers. But we can't ask machines to, as your elementary school math teacher might say, "show their work."
Of course, this issue isn't limited to finance. It applies to nearly any space where machine learning is revolutionizing business or, in some cases, game play. In 2016, an artificially intelligent system upended conventional wisdom in the world of Go, an ancient Chinese board game. AlphaGo beat renown Go champion Lee Sedol in a five-game series. The series' most iconic moment? When AlphaGo made its 37th move in the second game, placing a stone on the fifth row from the edge of the board.
Commentators freaked out about this move because it made no sense; humans had never played Go that way. We're learning that AlphaGo was able to see enough different ways that the game could unfold where that move could turn out to be a smart one. But we're not 100 percent sure as to how or why.
Uncertainty sits better with computer scientists than with financial professionals.
Yet we can't ignore that machine learning models are accurate and efficient, performing analysis with more speed and less manpower than ever thought possible. And then there are the insights they provide that no human ever could, from an unprecedented winning strategy in Go to exciting advances in industries ranging from medicine1 to agriculture2. Even when we don't have the answers to "why," we must carefully forge ahead, using proven tools to inform our decisions.
We can also anticipate a future where there is greater transparency in machine learning. In finance, as we speak, computer scientists are working to help answer our "why" questions. State Street uses machine learning to recommend what research is most pertinent to our clients' interests. Our developers recently isolated a key factor influencing our model's decision-making. When it reviews a client's research history, it gives the most weight to reports that inspired interaction. Did the client bookmark a report or share it with others? If so, our algorithm finds similar research to top the client's reading list.
We believe that, as time goes by, more solutions like this will emerge, providing veritable windows into the "minds" of the machines. We may never fully comprehend the multiple iterations and computations performed by the most complex algorithms, but we'll get pretty close. In doing so, we'll finally be able to answer more "why" questions…without setting a single pant leg alight.
1. Paschalidis, Y. (2017, May 30). How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-machine-learning-is-helping-us-predict-heart-disease-and-diabetes
2. Hardy, Q. (2017, Aug. 23). 3 Ways Companies Are Building Business Around AI. Retrieved https://hbr.org/2017/08/3-ways-companies-are-building-a-business-around-ai
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Video Transcript: How to Beat Cancer with Ancient Medicine (Part 2)
If you missed part 1, watch it here!
Reishi mushroom. Now this is really a long term immune aid. It helps your immune system as well as your adrenal glands. Reishi, when it was consumed, was known as the mushroom of immortality. This is something that people just consumed daily.
This is one of the most powerful adaptogenic herbs on the planet. A lot of time we use that word adaptogen. What adaptogens do is they help your body better adapt and deal with stress. Here's the thing to know though. There are so many different adaptogens. Astragalus is really an adaptogen for your upper GI. For your upper digestive system. Similar to licorice root is an adaptogen for your upper GI. Reishi is more of a true adaptogen for your adrenals and kidneys there as well. By the way, there's loads of anti-cancer studies on the benefits of both astragalus and reishi. And then andrographis.
In Chinese medicine, it was known as "the king of the bitters." If you taste andrographis you will know why, okay. Its like, there was a little commercial years ago. Remember bitter beer face. You guys remember that commercial? I mean andrographis is so much more bitter. So andrographis, an amazing herb that also activates your immune system. If you want to strengthen your system to really kill off a virus or a parasite or overcome cold and flue andrographis is amazing. And also its a natural anti-inflammatory.
So a really great herb to be used there for your immune system. Inflammation. Turmeric, frankincense, and when I say frankincense, I'm talking less the oil, more in the powder form from the resin. And its called boswellia, okay. And then ginger. There's some other amazing anti-inflammatory. Skullcap, cat's claw, rosemary. Rosemary is actually a very powerful anti-inflammatory. These are some of the most important, but I'd really encourage you, I mean there is so much medical research both in the U.S. and in the Middle East and India on using turmeric to fight cancer.
We all know it has a couple compounds. One of those being curcumin, which has anti-inflammatory properties. It also has a lesser known compound called tumerone, which is found more in the oil of turmeric. Tumerone has been shown in medical studies to help regenerate nerve endings and regenerate stem cells of your brain. I think a lot of future of medicine is going to be in stem cell research and using stem cells but again, here's the great news is you don't need to do stem cells necessarily, whether it's a synthetic form or something from another person.
You can boost your body's own stem cells to doing things like fasting and consuming more turmeric. Candida. Talked about this earlier. We've got to get rid of—Candida is something that so many people have. You can know if you have candida if you stick out your tongue and if you have a white coating there. That's candida. And so these herbs are very, very effective, and again, I see this all the time. Patients will have, and again I'm not in practice anymore, but when I worked with patients in the past or I still talk to a lot of people today and work with them on their health, and I see a lot of times they'll go into their doctor and sometimes it's a conventional doctor, but sometimes it's a natural doctor and the natural doctor still will think, "Okay I need to treat this with a natural antibiotic and we've got to cut sugar out of the diet."
And those things are great, okay. Cutting sugar and adding in something that's antimicrobial, caprylic acid or oil of oregano, but that's not enough if you really want to get rid of candida. Remember this. Are you changing your environment? Just think about all that time. You got to change the environment and dry up the dampness. So things that will do that are again bitter foods.
Pau d'arco, amazing to take as an herbal tea or capsule tincture, Pau d'arco. I really like it as a tea. Sage, oregano. When you take Pau d'arco, I recommend typically taking it with something like a cinnamon tea because Pau d'arco is very cooling. Its' super bitter but cooling and cinnamon's a little bit warming and bitter as well. Good to take together. Ginger is great to take with these. Sage really helps dry up dampness and of course, oregano.
More antimicrobial, a little anti-dampening too for candida. But these are some really, really good ones to take. Pau d'arco is also amazing for anti-parasites. Here's the thing. If you have a parasite or lyme in certain areas, they like to live in this dampness. They love to live in sort of like—we'll get infections on our organs and this will happen so again that being said, these are some herbs that can really help combat those things. If you know that you've got yeast or candida or an issue with dampness.
Adrenal and thyroid health.
So in Chinese medicine if you have hypothyroidism, and I was talking to my buddy earlier about this, Dr. Chris Motley, we were talking about taking care of your thyroid and today here's what happens in our medical system. Somebody will go into their doctor with low thyroid markers and the doctor will say, "hey here's some Synthroid." You're not changing your environment. To them, here's what health is. What something says on a test. In Chinese medicine, it's now like "how is your body actually doing?"
Not just— Changing a number on a test, that does not mean you're healthy. You're healthy if your body is functioning optimally, you're feeling good, and everything's going well in your body. Not if a number has changed on a test. And so in order to heal your thyroid, typically your thyroid issues can be related to one's emotions, your emotional health. So if you're having fear in your life. If you're feeling stuck. Low self esteem. Sometimes lack of identity. These things actually can cause some thyroid issues. But also in Chinese medicine, hypothyroidism was known as low chi and low yang. Well how do you boost your chi and yang? Well chi is very much like "I'm self confident. I feel good about myself." It's working on your self confidence.
But ashwagandha is a chi and yang-boosting herb, which is why ashwagandha is probably the most effective herb period for hyperthyroidism. And there are others that are chi and yang-boosting. There's rehmannia, which is a great chi-boosting herb. Here's what chi, by the way if you don't know what chi is, chi is this: It's how full is your battery. Chi in Chinese medicine was known like your adrenals, how much energy do you have? What are your adrenal glands at right now?
If you pull out your iPhone, is it at 80%? Is it 50? Is it 20%? Where's your battery at? But they use the word "chi" for that in Chinese medicine. And so if somebody has lots of energy, you wake up, you were well rested, you maybe went on vacation. You just feel good. Your chi is pumped up. You haven't slept well. You're exhausted. You're walking around— They say as you get older too your chi can lower and you start to get rounding. It's kind of like low self esteem.
That's low chi verses self confident, I feel good. I feel— So again one of the biggest keys to heal the thyroid and adrenals is this: It's self confidence. It's feeling good about yourself, doing things to do that and then boosting chi and yang. You boost chi with specific types of adrenal and thyroid boosting foods. It's a lot of foods that are dark. Dark blue and purple and greens. Seaweed, blueberries, raspberries, black rice, these foods that are very dark and nutrient dense tend to be very, very good from the adrenals and thyroid.
But ashwagandha is one of the best. Reishi is amazing. Here is another amazing thing. Look at that reishi mushroom there. You know what that looks like as an organ? It looks identical to your kidneys. There's a principal in Chinese medicine, if you eat something that looks like an organ, it nourishes that organ. That's how God made it. Isn't that amazing. God made it so simple.
Hey if you want to help your brain, eat a walnut, because it literally looks like a hemisphere of your brain. You want to help your eyes? Eat a carrot. You cut it in half, it literally looks like the circles around your eye. You want to help your blood. You squeeze some beets, it looks like blood. Beets help your blood. You know what medical research has shown this over an over again. Reishi looks like your kidneys, which is right where your adrenals sit, which is why reishi is known as one of the ultimate adrenal tonics.
Rehmannia, another amazing herb, probably the most prescribed herb in Chinese medicine for adrenal fatigue. It's a great one there. By the way ashwagandha, a lot of you guys, how many of your guys have heard of ashwagandha? Most of you? If I would've asked you that 10 years ago, nobody would've raised their hand.
Here's something I'm excited about. Most people don't know what rehmannia is. In 10 years, people are going to know what rehmannia is and andrographis and Schisandra and dong quai and all these other herbs that have been used for thousands of years in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine that we haven't brought over and started using today and it's going to be so amazing for our health.
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
Looks like I get two votes!
Unlike some other bloggers, I was aware that the elections were being conducted by the Electoral Reform Society (it does say say so on the invitation to stand which was sent out a couple of weeks ago) and having participated in many elections organised by them in the past, I have no worries that the election will be fair and well organised.
I am also pleased to see that the election will be conducted by Single Transferable Vote. Back when I was a member of the Liberal Party and the Electoral Reform Society, I recall that our rallying cry was somewhat slow to catch on: What do we want? Single Transferable Vote in Multi Member Constituencies! When do we want it? Well, once the House of Commons has been reformed, constituency boundaries redrawn, and the voting punlic educated....
I am not as pleased as might be expected to see this:
'... For fairness and practicality, the election is on the basis of one vote per licence.' People who jointly own a boat should '... agree how your vote is used with your partner'
In the interests of practicality, maybe; it is hard to see how anything else could be done. But fairness? That airy statement about agreeing with your partnerbis far too glib - partners often disagree about many things, and this may call forth conflicting personal loyalties. And what about shared ownership boats, where there are not just two partners, but a dozen or more.
And this seems to confirm what I had wondered about - as the holder of two licences, it would appear that I (and indeed Alan Fincher!) get two votes. This of course would far more easily be overcome, by limiting any individual licence holder to one vote.
All this earnest discussion, of course, presupposes that the Council itself, and the four 'boaters' on it, will have a significant role. We probably might just as well argue about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
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Don't knock the "two votes if two boats" thing, if that is indeed what ends up being the case.ReplyDelete
It guarantees I could end up with at least double the worst result I might otherwise have got.
(All assuming I don't cock up the voting, of course!).
A vote per boat is reasonable enough. An owner of two boats is evidently a committed boater, and should know what's what.ReplyDelete
I assume owners of hire fleets, with, potentially, dozens of votes, are disqualified by not being private boaters.
Or how about using the BCN Challenge handicap approach and getting a part vote for a shorter boat (72ft = 100%)...ReplyDelete
Yes one vote per boat seems OK, but I agree with you "What about share boats" That is a shame that those boaters are not going to be heard.ReplyDelete
After all they are all boaters so do have a right to a vote!
did you see this?ReplyDelete


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text: Description Reviews The Number Of Books:1 Size 6 X 9 / Pgs.304 Translator: Rasheed Barbee / Publisher:Authentic Statements Publications Excerpt: "Whoever recites Soorah Al Kahf on the day of Jumu'ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next" Declared authentic by Shaykh Al Albani The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: Whoever recites Soorah Al Kahf as it was revealed, he will have a light on the Day of Judgment, from his place to Mecca. And whoever recites ten verses from the end of it then when the Dajjal appears, he will not harm him. And whoever performs wudoo and says: 'Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; praise be to You. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except You; I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance), it will be written for him in a parchment, and it will be placed in a seal, and it will not be broken until the Day of Judgment. Declared authentic by Shaykh Al Albani 2 Reviews Show Reviews 5 Tafsir of Surah Kahf Posted by Maryam on 3rd Jul 2020 Alhamdulilaah I really can't comment on the revision as of yet, until I read it. 5 Jumu'ah readings Posted by Unknown on 29th Jan 2016 I purchased this as a study guide for my Jumu'ah reading of the Soorah. Wonderful. Alhamdullilahi Rabbil Alamin.


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In case you missed it, the new Pennant Lapel Pin ($8.50) hit the KH Shop this past Tuesday. Each pin is 1-1/2" long and die-cut in the shape of the Kill Hubris modern pennant. As a reminder, the modern pennant is also featured on Shirt Eight ($32) and matching Pennant Mug ($12.50), which are available together as the Pennant Pack for the discounted price of $38.50.
Check out all the new KH products, including the Pennant Lapel Pin here.
Two new tees released today at noon Central in the KH Shop, just in time for Christmas.
Shirt Nine ($32) is a photo-realistic twist on the classic cool of the Rat Pack:
And Shirt Ten ($32) is a minimalist, Latin presentation of the Kill Hubris motto "Confidence + Humility = Grace," available in 2 colors - Denim Blue and Nautical Red:
Check out all new KH products, including Shirts Nine and Ten, here.
As a reminder, the Kill Hubris Black Pack released at noon Central last Thursday.
If purchased separately, the black leather Logo Key Fob, produced for Kill Hubris by Edison Mfg. Co., is $30 and the matching Script Bracelet, also by Edison, is $36. They can, however, be purchased together for the discounted price of $56. The option to bundle can be found in the drop-down menu on either product page.
See all new products, including the Black Pack, here.
Two new leather accessories will release this Thursday, October 31st, at noon Central in the KH Shop.
The leather Logo Key Fob will make its return, this time in black, and will be individually priced at $30. Each Fob was handmade in the U.S. by Edison Mfg. Co. and can function as a belt clip using the hand-set nickel-finish snap.
Releasing alongside the new Fob will be the matching Script Bracelet, individually priced at $36. Also handmade in the U.S. by Edison, this 3/4"-wide bracelet features the Kill Hubris script wordmark laser etched in 2 locations and also fastens with a hand-set nickel-finish snap. It will be available in 2 wrist sizes: 7-1/4" (Small) and 8-1/4" (Large).
Although they will be available for purchase individually, the Fob and Bracelet also make up the heavily-tweeted Black Pack and will be available together for only $56 - a 15% savings.
The heavily-tweeted Pennant Pack released at noon Central today.
If purchased separately, Shirt Eight is $32 and the Pennant Mug s $12.50. They can, however, be purchased together for only $38.50. The option to bundle can be found in the drop-down menu on either product page.
See all of this summer's new products here.
The second wave of Summer 2013 products (less formally, the "Pennant Pack") is set to release this Friday, June 5th, at noon Central in the KH Shop.
The Pennant Pack includes Shirt Eight ($32), a modern take on the traditional athletic pennant:
And matching 15-oz. ceramic Pennant Mug ($12.50):
If bundled, the Pack can be had for $38.50.
Two new products for Summer are set to release this Friday, June 21st, at noon Central in the KH Shop.
Shirt Seven ($32), a patriotic flip of the Kill Hubris logo in the colors of summer, is the perfect choice for 4th of July kit:
And the second offering in the Kill Hubris Home line, the long-teased Eucalyptus Spearmint Logo Hand Soap ($10):
Ready to get these into circulation. See you at your computer (or my house) Friday at noon Central.
The iPhone 4/4S Hard Cases are officially sold out. Extremely grateful to everyone who picked one up.
DODOcase recently produced a small run of custom iPad 2/3/4 cases for the Kill Hubris inner circle. Turns out there's one left over and, as a thank-you to those who follow and support on Instagram, it's up for grabs.
Handmade in San Francisco using traditional bookbinding techniques, this case features a black Moroccan-cloth exterior (with Smart Cover functionality), bamboo iPad tray, and light blue bookcloth interior.
The Kill Hubris logo is debossed on front cover:
And our Elephant Mascot has been screen-printed onto the bookcloth lining:
All entrants' names will go into a hat and the winner will be drawn and announced the evening of Friday, June 21st. Winner will then have 24 hours to respond with contact info or another name will be drawn.
Good luck and feel free to spread the word.
All St. Patrick's Day friends-and-family exclusives have been delivered or mailed.
A toast to you all. I appreciate your continued support.
Because Apple releases a new generation of the iPhone approximately every 2 seconds, the iPhone 4/4S Hard Case is now eligible for the Near-Obsolescence discount. Originally $25, you can now grab either case for only $15.99.
For those of you not looking to re-enact "Jingle All The Way," the KH Black Friday Sale is now live. Use code "BLACKFRIDAY" for 25% off of everything in the KH Shop through Monday, including the brand-new Elephant Mascot Sweatshirt Throw.
This Friday, November 23rd, is the commercially-recognized beginning of the holiday shopping season - Black Friday. Not to be outdone, beginning Friday everything in the KH Shop will be 25% off through Cyber Monday using coupon code "BLACKFRIDAY" at checkout.
In related news, the Elephant Mascot Sweatshirt Throw ($35) drops on Black Friday, supplementing the previous Fall releases. 50" wide x 60" tall, the heather grey Throw is made of a soft cotton-poly sweatshirt blend and features an embroidered applique and custom care label.
Close-up of the 2-3/4" x 5-1/2" fill-stitched applique.
Custom woven care label.
If you've been eyeing anything lately, this will be a good time to enjoy significant savings. Sale applies to all products in the KH Shop, including the new Throw.
Two new products for Fall are set to release this Saturday, October 27th, at noon Central in the KH Shop.
The Military Watch Cap will be available in 4 colors: black, charcoal, navy, and olive. Each is 100% wool, dual-layered, and made in the U.S. to Department of Defense specifications.
The Logo Key Fob, produced for Kill Hubris by Edison Mfg. Co., will be available in Saddle Leather ($27). Each is handmade, also in the U.S., and can function as a belt clip using the hand-set nickel-finish snap.
Can't wait for everyone to see these. Plan to be at your computers (or my house) Saturday at noon Central.
I've always loved the figurine sets that pantomime the old maxim, "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." The first covers his eyes, the second covers his ears, and the last covers his mouth – simple but meaningful.
It was with that message in mind that I doodled this concept for Shirt Four in the spring of 2010 in a hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota:
Over time, that rough sketch has matured into a couple of finished products.
The original colorway:
And the 1st Anniversary Limited Edition in desert camo:
If you missed the first installment of Director's Commentary on the Kill Hubris logo tee, check it out here.
This Friday, June 1st, marks Kill Hubris's 1st birthday. To celebrate, 5 new products are set to release: 2 anniversary-specific drops and 3 general releases.
First, best-selling Shirt Four returns for the 1st Anniversary (in very limited quantities) in a Disruptive Pattern Material colorway perfect for summertime: Desert Camouflage.
Second is a bracelet commemorating the 1st Anniversary, hand-made exclusively for Kill Hubris by Good Wood NYC. Also in limited quantities.
General releases are:
Shirt Six (World's Fair)
Hardcases for the iPhone 4 and 4S
And, finally, lapel pins featuring the Kill Hubris elephant mascot.
All of the above will release Friday at noon Central in the KH Shop.
The following tees have been restocked. All sizes (S-3X) now available.
Thanks for your patience.
In case Sneak Peek One left you wanting, here are a few of the DFW locals appearing on upcoming special edition tee - Kill Hubris Art House One. All hand-drawn by Heather Abbott (aka The Good Child):
Bottom left: Heather
Bottom right: Biggs (from Unkommon Kolor)
Top: Sam with the Hair (also from Unkommon Kolor)
More details, including release date, coming very soon.
Exciting times, folks!
2012 not only brings Kill Hubris' first anniversary (this summer) but also the launch of its first special edition series – Kill Hubris Art House.
The plan is for Art House releases to be yearly special editions designed by an admired artist, and first up is Dallas' own Heather Abbott (aka The Good Child).
Heather's positive message and the playful style of her designs really resonated from the first time I came across her brand online. Plus she was super cool when I reached out with a few how-to questions around the time of the KH launch and, when I finally met her at Texas Teezilla, she was even warmer in person and her tees even doper than they look online.
Heather had a ton of great ideas for Art House designs and, once we decided on the one we wanted to run with, the collaborative process was a ridiculous amount of fun. The result shows love to some familiar faces (and some not so familiar... yet) in the Dallas, Texas, indie clothing scene.
Here is the first look at the hand-drawn font Heather came up with for this design:
More info coming later in the week…
A couple of weeks ago, The Good Child and I got together with Word of Mouth Shirts to talk Art House One. This is what we said:
Enough teaser pics, right? Right.
Okay so, without further ado... the first full image of KH Art House One - Locals Only, designed for Kill Hubris by The Good Child:
The featured D/FW locals are:
Like all Kill Hubris tees, Art House One has a screen-printed care label in the neck and a woven logo tag on the right sleeve.
Art House One - Locals Only will drop next weekend and will be priced at $28. Limited to 60 pieces, 50 will be available right here in the KH Shop and Heather will have 10 for sale in The Good Child Shop.
I'd like to thank Heather for all her hard work on the concept and design, as well as everyone who supported the project by agreeing to appear. And shout out to Bobby at Word of Mouth Shirts who already has his tee but cemented his journalistic integrity by not blogging it.
If you missed the two sneak peeks, check them out here and here.
When I first started brainstorming logos for Kill Hubris, I really only knew one thing for certain: I didn't want to rely on including the full name as descriptive text. I wanted a recognizable image that could grow with the brand and stand on its own. But what to do for a baby brand with no name-recognition yet?
I admit, I was a little overwhelmed. But as I bought several books, discovered mind-mapping, and combed the web for insight into the process of a graphic designer (I'm not one), I was immediately taken by the use of negative space to form the true subject of an image. (This post on David Airey's blog "Logo Design Love" has some great examples.) I loved that the negative-space approach placed confidence in the viewer, that it engaged them, and, if it was done right and was interesting enough, that they would engage back long enough to make letter-sense of the shapes.
Thankfully the logo has been well-received, and watching the look of recognition come over someone when their eyes fall on the image just right has been one of the most rewarding things I've experienced so far with the brand.
One of my earliest concept sketches from March 2010:
Which ultimately became Shirt One:
The Saddle Leather Logo Key Fob is officially sold out. Extremely grateful to everyone who picked up some KH for themselves or loved ones this holiday season. Lord knows there's no shortage of places to spend your hard-earned money this time of year.
Big news folks! When the clock strikes midnight tonight, we are releasing Shirt Five, also known as "3D." To celebrate the occasion, we're participating in a couple of Black Friday sales.
The first is a huge Black Friday indie group sale hosted by Adam at I Am The Trend. You can use the code "IATT" at checkout all day Friday for 25% off your entire order from the KH Shop.
If you're stuck in Best Buy or at the mall all day Friday, Bobby at Word of Mouth Shirts is sponsoring another 25% off code good for a whole week (Black Friday through next Thursday, December 1st). To take advantage of that one, use the code "WORDFIVE" at checkout.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
We just posted TWO new giveaways on Facebook, so head over there and enter! Both feature brand-spanking-new items not yet available to purchase.
First, you could win a 5-pack of our new vinyl stickers featuring the KH elephant mascot:
Second, you could win one of each of our Reminderbands. They come in Red, Black, Gunmetal Grey, and Baby Blue.
Both giveaways will close this Friday, July 29th, so don't sleep! Cool? Cool.
Time for an update:
Our Facebook and Twitter giveaways have both concluded. Thanks to everyone who "Liked" and followed us and congratulations to Joseph McFarland and @freeking3 on their new tees.
Also, thanks to overwhelming support during our Grand Opening, we are currently sold out of Medium in Shirts Two and Three but have ordered more from our printer. Will blog ASAP when we they are re-stocked.
In honor of Memorial Day, we're extending our Grand Opening Sale through Monday! Please check out our Shop and enter the coupon code "LAUNCH" at checkout to receive 20% off of your entire order.
We are open for business! To celebrate, we're having a week-long Grand Opening sale in our Shop to celebrate.
Everything is 20% off. Just enter the coupon code "LAUNCH" at checkout to apply the discount. Also, how about a free shirt for our 76th "Like" on Facebook and one for our 76th follower on Twitter? Yep. Sounds like a plan.
After a lot of planning, scheming, and dreaming, our first batch of shirts is ready to be released to the public. Over the next couple of weeks, you will begin to see more activity on this site and you will get the first glimpse of these releases. We have put a great deal of work into them and we are proud of the results. We took our time to make sure that we were satisfied with the overall quality of the product, all the way down to the finishing details, and we hope that it shows.
We encourage you to check out our Shop and subscribe to our mailing list and this blog. We'd also appreciate any love you want to give us on Facebook and Twitter as well. You never know what might come your way as a thank-you.


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Don't get stuck with costly sewer line repairs or sewage backing up in your new home. If the house you are buying is more than 20 years old it's recommended you have the main sewer line inspected. Main sewer line repair can be upwards of $10,000, so it's important to know before you buy a house if the main sewer line is damaged or needs to be replaced. A camera inspection of the sewer line can identify problems such as root intrusion, cracks, breaks, crushed lines, obstructions, and misaligned joints in the pipe. Inspection includes a video of the sewer line and report with recommendations on needed repairs. Call or email us and request a sewer line inspection.
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text: Please Feed the Unicorns at #apimeetup February 23, 2011 Recently I presented a brand new presentation titled Please Feed the Unicorns at the @apimeetup held at the @Apigee office. The goal being to bring attention to various methods of building a better developer community around your API platform by empowering, incentivizing, and recognizing the community Unicorns. Please Feed the Unicorns from API Meetup on Vimeo. Please Feed the Unicorns View more presentations from Abraham Williams [View the story "Please Feed the Unicorns" on Storify] Related articles Feb 23rd Open API Meetup: API Outlook for 2011 (apigee.com) Your API Sucks: Why Developers Hang Up and How to Stop That (apigee.com) Share Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Labels api communication community development presentation Labels: api communication community development presentation Location: Apigee Corporation, 360 Ritch St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA Share Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Post a Comment


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Firefighters are Never Off-Duty
Four West Pierce Fire & Rescue personnel were recognized and received accolades by Chief Jim Sharp at tonight's Board of Fire Commissioners meeting for their heroic actions, all while off-duty.
First, Captain Garret Smith received a merit award for his assistance to a Tacoma police officer who was struggling with a man. Captain Smith recognized this as he was driving by, stopped and assisted the office and another off-duty police officer to restrain the man.
Another merit award was given to Firefighter Troy Heidal who was attending Firefighter/Paramedic Rob Mayzak's (also an employee with WPFR) daughters' birthday party. During the party, one of Mayzak's family members suddenly fell to the ground from her chair. Mayzak and Heidal quickly recognized the woman was in cardiac arrest and jumped into action until Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One arrived and transported her. At the meeting, Mayzak stood in front of the board and described the day's events to the crowd and thanked Heidal for his help.
Finally, Captain Mark Tinsley and Firefighter Jonathan Tinsley were recognized for their actions while out with their families one afternoon in Thurston County. The Tinsleys were sitting in a parking lot near a gas station when they noticed a man acting strangely walking nearby. The man then approached a woman who was pumping gas, punched her in the face and knocked her to the ground. The woman's husband ran to help her, where the man punched him in the face, also knocking him down. At this point, Jonathan ran to the gas station and tackled the man, where he kept him subdued until police arrived. Police asked Jonathan to keep the man down until additional officers were able to assist. Mark called 9-1-1 as the situation unfolded and kept Jonathan's children safe, who were with them at the time of the incident. Tonight, Jonathan received his third Valor award and Mark received a letter of commendation for their heroic actions.
Chief Sharp echoed his thanks to all who received awards tonight for not only stepping in and assisting those in their time of need, but also for making WPFR proud.


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Amar'e Stoudemire dominated, shooters hit their shots, Shawne Williams (!) came alive off the bench, and the Knicks defended pretty splendidly. The Hornets were missing David West and Chris Paul's mojo, but I'm still pretty impressed with a road win against a good team.
Your recap will be up some time tomorrow, depending on how early I pull myself out of bed. Thanks to everybody who commented in the game thread. Great win, y'all. 11-9!