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Tikkun's Spiritual Response to the Assassination of Osama bin Laden
From Peter Gabel, Associate Editor:
There is no question that Osama bin Laden, as the leader of al-Qaida, was implicated in or directly responsible for the deaths of many, many people, most likely including the more than 3,000 American and, women, and children who were killed in the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. But it was nevertheless upsetting and shocking to witness the exultation in the media last night when bin Laden's killing was announced. Never should the killing of a human being be an occasion for such celebration — even in circumstances that involve actual self-defense against mortal danger. Not only does such a raucous display of pleasure in response to the killing of another disrespect the sacredness of every human life; it also inherently undermines the moral character and worthiness of those responsible for the death itself. If the United States seeks to place itself on a higher moral ground than those who commit immoral acts against our people, we must all conduct ourselves in a way that manifests our empathy and compassion for all of humanity, for every human person, and also manifest our awareness of the tragic distortions in human relations across the globe that still hurl human beings into the horrors of ongoing violence and war.
President Barack Obama's statement to the American public and the world announcing bin Laden's death was far more sober and expressive of human depth than was the unseemly cheering of major media figures in the hour preceding Obama's address, or the crowd shouting "U.S.A, U.S.A" outside the White House gate with the kind of hardened false elation in response to a killing that often is seen on the face of hatred. Nevertheless, we wish President Obama had at least included one phrase that said, "Even though we never take pleasure in the loss of a human life…" before stating why he felt bin Laden's death was important and just.
From Rabbi Michael Lerner:
I agree with Peter Gabel, and would only add the following:
The Jewish tradition has much to say on the killing of our vicious and even murderous enemies. When Pharaoh's troops were drowning in the Reed Sea as they sought to re-enslave or kill the Israelites, the angels began to sing praises (the Hallel prayers: Psalms 113-118). God proclaimed:
"My children (the Egyptians) are sinking in the sea, and you are singing praises?" Yet God did not silence the Israelites, knowing that at that moment it would be hard for humans not to celebrate the death of an oppressor. Nevertheless, the Jewish tradition then instituted two practices in accord with God's response: First, that the Hallel prayers would be cut down to a partial saying of some of the psalms on the last six days of Passover. And second, that when we do the Seder on Passover and recite the plagues that were used against the Egyptians to get them to free the Jews, we put our finger in the cup of wine, symbolic of our joy, and dip out a drop of wine for each plague — this symbolizes that our cup of joy cannot be full if our own liberation requires the death of those who were part of the oppressor society.
It is the loss of this consciousness by almost every society on the planet that is a real source for concern and mourning. For far too many people, the war on terrorism seems to be an extension of the football games where we cheer on our team: "USA! USA! Hey, you are tough!"
The task of spiritual progressives at this moment is to reaffirm a different consciousness — to remind ourselves that we are inextricably bound to each other and to everyone on the planet.
The struggle against terrorism will not be won through killing, no matter how many people we assassinate. It will only be won when we in the West can show genuine love, caring, and generosity toward everyone else on the planet.
Now that Osama is dead, let's get our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan now! The money saved from that alone would make a great down-payment on the Global Marshall Plan we badly need (and we could start it in the Middle East). Congressman Keith Ellison has already introduced this plan as House Resolution 157.
I understand very well the need for self-defense in a violent world, as well as the rage and upset felt by many, including me, at the murder of innocent civilians on September 11 and on many other occasions. Within the current distorted framework of military conflict in which we are to some degree entrapped, I also understand the strategic importance of capturing or, if there is no other way to stop them from sending more murderers to kill innocent civilians (and every other possible route has been tried), then self-defensively killing the leaders of those who seek to kill or terrorize our own people. But the fact remains that it is through new policies of generosity and caring for others, not through killing the bad guys, that we will create a world of peace. To the extent that Americans celebrate the death of bin Laden because they believe that it will bring peace to the world, I want to acknowledge the goodness and decency of that aspiration. Yet we as spiritual progressives must simultaneously help our fellow Americans, indeed, our fellow human beings in every society, see that it is the path of nonviolence and the Strategy of Generosity that is the only path toward lasting peace on our planet.
So this is a moment to pray that this new consciousness will spread quickly through our planet, and a moment when all of us can and should renew our dedication to promoting a spirit of love, caring for others, and true generosity. Let us pray that that becomes the path of all countries on our planet.
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59 Responses to Tikkun's Spiritual Response to the Assassination of Osama bin Laden
The messages from the articles on this page are wonderful in that they remind us to respect "human life" because if today we celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden – then by the same token – every other human's life could be celebrated because there is always someone who hates the dead/victim/etc. person. I am with Rabbi Lerner in praying that becomes the path of all countries on our planet.
Thank you Tikkum for sharing such wonderful insight with us at large.
Thank you for your essays. When I saw the photos of Americans jubilantly celebrating the death of bin Laden, I immediately remembered the photographs of Arabs celebrating the 9/11 attacks. We Americans then were shocked! Shocked, I tell you, about those barbarians, in our smug sense of moral superiority. I felt a mix of admiration for Team USA, the brave men that carried out the mission in Pakistan along with sadness that this is just another turn of the wheel. As you pointed out, swatting mosquitoes, even the very biggest & baddest ones, will never bring peace. Indeed, we must begin to drain the swamp. Well said!
I am having a hard time squaring the sense of righteousness about our duty to defend ourselves when we have the blood of close to a million people, most all of them innocents, on our hands. Not to mention that we have left the earth in Iraq so full of toxic waste that the remnants of our occupation is causing enormous numbers of birth defects and cancers in the next generation. What have we really gained by taking yet another life?
Well said
In the main, I agree with the sentiments expressed.
I even agree that President Obama's response was more measured than the crowd's response. But, then again, practically any response would have been more measured.
But one aspect of Obama's presentation disturbed me greatly: when he said that "justice had been done."
To characterize as "justice" someone being killed without trial cheapens the very meaning of the concept of justice.
It is very much of a piece with the president's previous assertion than he can order the killing of any American whom he has deemed a "terrorist." Or, for that matter, the harassment of peace activists by the U.S. Justice Department, as has taken place recently in certain cities in the midwest.
In fact, I can understand the unthought-through, visceral reactions of the crowd more easily than I can accept the administration's deliberate and carefully articulated policies of handing our summary "justice."
I can understand your feelings here based on our values of due process and a fair trial for all. I believe this case is an extreme exception where the perpetrator publicly plead guilty without the formality of a trial — and there was no conceivable alternative, in the widely-held view of justice, than a death sentence.
Professor Gabel and Rabbi Lerner: The Americans were cheering the justified killing of Osama Bin Laden who has murdered thousands of Americans, as well as causing the deaths of thousands of his fellow Muslims. Your condemnation of these Americans illustrates that you are out touch with reality and lacking in compassion for the thousands of Americans who have lost family members at the bloody hands of Bin Laden and his fellow travelers. Under analysis, we should not celebrate Purim as we recognize the death of the evil Haman. Likewise, according to your worldview, we should condemn the State of Israel's warranted execution of Eichmann. I turned to the Tikkun website to see if you had the audacity to criticize the joy shared today by millions of Americans. Predictably, you showed that you had more sensitivity to the Jihadists than to your fellow Americans. There is a little more justice in this world for at least one day. I am disappointed that you can not recognize the same.
Amen to David Lloyd's comments. Bin Laden was killed in a war that he declared and that he launched on 9/11, murdering several thousand innocent civilians at the World Trade Center. Michael Lerner's comments give liberalism a bad name.
I think the oprobrium heaped on the celebrations is a little over the top. It was celebration of the death of a tyrant. If Hitler, Stalin, were dead would people mourn? Would some who were threatened or oppressed by them not have huge grins on their faces?
That being said, perhaps a follow up article could look at the degree to which media driven shallowness equates such milestones with "victory." That is a far more complex word, in a very complex world. We look for a nice "mission accomplished," but it is not that simple.
Do we leave posthaste and let the Taliban take over? Is that fair to the women of Afghanistan and those who don't follow the Taliban's edicts? Do we stay when their is
clearly a duality to Pakistan's role, on the one hand helping us against Al Quaida, on the other hand protecting–and in many cases supporting–Taliban and Al Haquani network fighters who are killing our troops.
The fact that some readers may not like our tactics does not make our opponents nice people–a counter lesson apparently not learned from the Vietnam era.
The sad fact is that the forces of pacifism have never liberated a death camp, did not stop massacres in Rwanda or Darfur, and if massacres are averted it is usually through
troops on the ground. That is the reality of history. (E.g. a group of Friends met with Himmler in 1938. Unfortunately, while he was polite with them and did not ship them off to a KZ camp, it seems to have done little–my history suggests that the same Mr. Himmler's victims still alive at the end were saved by the troops on the ground, not by parachuting pacifists. So it was with the camps holding Muslims from Bosnia who had not been massacred. Don't recollect that the Dutch witholding force in Srebrenica did much for the muslim men.
Not all troops are evil, unless you are the type of person who believes that if you have to kill one SS man to save a school full of children from being immolated it is one death too many–in which case we will never agree. Sorry, but when the bell tolls for someone of that ilk my only thought is "does he even deserve that recognition?" Don't recall all those wringing their hands about the nature of Mr. Bin Ladin's death spending as much time in remorse about the children he advocated sending in as live bombs, or the civilians he so cavalierly condemned to death.)
Thank you, David Lloyd for so aptly articulating what I said in earlier in a shorter comment that went unpublished. It appears that Tikkun only wanted to publish responses it agrees with. Shades of the old Nazi newspapers!
I am a WWII vet and I also celebrated the death of Hitler, was I bad and wrong for that, too?
Dear Mr. Lloyd—-
Who is it that determines if a person is to live or die? The President of the United States, the Governor of a State, the head of a congregation, or you as an individual? When someone decides that it is "just" to take a life, is there to be no questioning of that decision? Although you may believe that Bin Laden was guilty of crimes punishable by death, that fact has never been proved. The revision to the account that was published today, that Bin Laden was unarmed, is particularly troubling. If you believe that this country has the right to assassinate individuals who we think have committed crimes, then we are already on the fast track down a slippery slope. If and when all the facts are disclosed, we may see that the actions of the Navy Seals constituted a violation of international law.
Dear Mr.Lloyd,
Speaking of justice, It has been alledged that Bin Laden was the person responsible for 9/11 I for one along with many other people here and abroad have serious questions regarding 9/11 Either way innocent till proven guilty is the foundation for American jurisprudence.
I agree with this article. I would like to add that the photo accompanying this article was not necessary for the same reason described in this article.
I just want to say I appreciate these articles about the killing of Bin Laden – watching the news on TV, I was quite sickened by the idea of going out to kill someone and then rejoice the killing with celebrations and 'patriotism' – I am no fan of someone who murders many innocent people (Bin Laden) but this seems plain and simply wrong – and the ideas that Bin Laden held will probably continue, and his assassination may spur on newer recruits to these ideas. I thought about making an analogy to Hitler, and I suppose I do believe that the world became safer for Jews at least after he was dead – and I may have applauded his assassination – so I don't know quite where I get my morality now – except maybe that I also believe that the killing of another human being is inherently wrong unless in self-defence – and should not be rejoiced like this, which reminds me of spectator sport during the Roman Empire -
"Never should the killing of a human being be an occasion for such celebration". Maybe not, but since there was no humanity in Bin laden, that's pretty much a mute point in this instance. He was an evil, soulless monster who deserved to die. He was also a coward to the end, hiding in caves then hiding behind a woman. The world is much better off without him. Even his own son rejected his beliefs and had nothing to do with him, he even moved to Egypt to distance himself from him. The people of the USA, especially New Yorkers, have every right to celebrate his demise considering what he did to them. Yes, the Bible says turn the other cheek, but it also says an eye for an eye, and in this case, an eye for an eye was exactly right. What everyone seems to be dismissing is the fact that he could have allowed himself to be captured, then he wouldn't have been shot. Funny how that little piece seems to be left out when people get on their soapbox. At least now he'll be burning in hell which is exactly what he deserves.
I will consed that killing Ben Lauden may have been necessary but celebrating that killing or any killing is morally wrong. It incourages others to kill. It delutes the inner hatred of killing and can incourage some to take up the "cause" of killing those they disagree with.
While I agree that the demonstrations were a bit unseemly, I think that you are both being way too moralistic and shaming. In general, the response has been much more sober. It would have been better to praise the courage of the soldiers or re-affirm the goodness of America.
The assassination of Bin Laden, must be viewed for its consequences. In the last 10 years our military engagements from Iraq to Afghanistan have given war a bad name in the arsenal of american policies to counteract terrorism. This incident I fear will be used to finally justify all that sacrifice in terms of lives money and that intagible fear put in the hearts of our enemies.
I can hear the "lessons" of military preparedness and counterinsurgency strategies being given a new life, at least for a while.
A lot is rightly said about what is wrong but little is said about how to correct the wrongs.I believe we must start in the homes of America and with parents aware of love, compassion and humility. These virtues seem to be eroding in our society and to restore them, some effort to educate students in a school course how to instill love in their children of the future must be initiated. This is the onlly tangible method I can think of to somehow introduce universal virtue .Thank you.
Celebrating the death of a human being is, I agree, a terrible thing.
I cannot speak for the rest of the celebrating masses, but I was not celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden, I was celebrating the overdue penalty he deserved for his crimes.
I would have preferred to have him captured, jailed and humbled, rather than killed, but he brought it upon himself. He had it coming, unlike the thousands he was directly responsible for killing.
I do not believe in God or prayer. I believe in justice. In this case, justice could be served in only two ways. Imprisonment or death. Osama Bin Laden chose death.
I believe many, like me, were celebrating that justice was served.
So well said and I feel a great deal of gratitude for your strength and courage in doing so….. you deserve the Nobel Prize, Rabbi Lerner…your work is so valuable. Thank you!
Who are we who 'celebrate' a killing of a human being?
There is an excellent article in The Independent by Geoffrey Robertson (Why It's Absurd to Say that Justice was Done) which points out that this assasination was in violation of basic principles of international law. It was itself an act of terrorism. And it will feed anti-American sentiments throughout the Arab world.
I felt sadness…the wild celebrations of this
assassination was so primitive, tribal and hate-filled…I was unhappy at the hate-filled execution of Saddam…all this hatred will continue the murderous tendences promoted by those who will profit from it all…but, cleary,love is coming in..my American friends are sad, not exultant…..thank you Rabbi Michael Lerner
I am so glad to have read this – I felt exactly the same way once the news came out, and yet this piece really articulates the issue very clearly. Thanks for your words!!
There are some that feel that justice was served. Bin Laden, being on the FBI most wanted list was not wanted for the destruction of the three towers in NYC. Osama approved of the terrorist action but admitted that he did not plan it – or maybe he did. We'll never know now that he was assinated and that action condoned by the President of the United States. This is U.S. justice, a photo op for the President to say he killed the bad guy. Like the towers themselves that were shipped out leaving very little evidence of how the towers fell, Bin Laden was also dropped into the sea. If in fact he was really killed, will this assuage our fears of future terrorism? I was personally dissappointed as this is not my kind of justice.
The Bible portions related by the Rabbi seem to speak for sobriety AND celebration; not just one or the other. Who would argue with that wisdom?
I completely agree with the moral and spiritual depth embodied by this article. Thank you Peter and Rabbi Lerner ror taking a stand on this, so strongly and so articulately. Martin Luther King's wisdom affirms yours."I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate,… adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that" Martin Luther King, Jr
Thank you both for putting some balance into the world perspective. I agree with the comment about the photo–unnecessary to show it. It is high time to put our backs into getting US and Nato forces out of Afghanistan–the great justification of the Bush years is now gone. Much of the Moslem world is in a new and indeterminable state of change in which progressive forces for democracy have rebuked tyrannies. Lets do some work here at home against our own corruption and lack of democracy!
Thank you Tikkun, for once again providing depth and insight, which seems to be so very lacking in the knee-jerk reactions of the Americans who cheered the killing of Bin Laden. I understand that it might bring a sense of closure to anyone who was directly affected by the 9-11 attacks, but what it is needed now, is exactly what President Obama exuded – a calm sense of the gravity of the moment and the bigger picture – that we are not at war with Islam, which I'm glad he reiterated.
Thank you for this thoughtful piece. It says eloquently what I was trying to express to my family (not as articulately) last night, a sadness at the arena sport reaction to such a grave and serious action.
Tsedek, Tsedek Tirdof — Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue — Deuteronomy 16:20
A balanced article, both vis-a-vis the euphoria that has understandably swept across the USA and vis-a-vis the excessively critical stance of many non-American pundits.
I would, however, add that it may have been extremely dangerous to have taken bin Laden alive, as this would probably have provoked widespread hostage taking, aimed at getting him released.
I am, however, disturbed by the top speed disposal of the body at sea, as this has prevented the public identification of the remains and provided fertile ground for those who will inevitably assert that the US Navy Seals got the wrong man.
I am not an expert on Islamic burial customs but, as former president of my local Chevra Kadusha, I've had some involvement with the Moslem burial ground which abuts our own.
My understanding is that the Islamic insistence on speedy disposal of the body is no more absolute and unwavering than that of Judaism.
On the other hand, burial at sea is, I understand, considered un-Islamic unless it occurs in the context of a long sea voyage.
If I am correct, then the disposal of the body will have both created grounds for a new and destructive myth and risked offending pious but not necessarily militant Moslems.
The most important question now is whether the killing of bin Laden will help the United States and its allies disengage from their unwinnable war in Afghanistan.
The British Raj at the height of its power could not subdue the place. Nor could the Soviet Union. All we can achieve by contiunuing to "stay the course" is inflict more misery on that unhappy land and upon ourselves.
It's time to declare 'victory' and move on.
Another smoke screen as to why we are really in Afganistan it is all about G-O-D..Guns Oil and drugs…Oh BTW vast mineral deposits of Lithium which lie underneath the soil in Afganistan…
War is always about taking something another has. Why didn't America respond to the genicide in the Sudan? I was stunned. After Hitler we said "Never again" and yet here we are again. It seems to me we only offer up help when there is someTHING to gain…oil or some other form of wealth. I can't hold my head up when we go charging off to war in the name of some ficticious human compassion…in truth it is oil or some other commodity we are after.
As Geoffrey Robertson wrote in "The Independent": "When the time came to consider the fate of men much more steeped in wickedness than Bin Laden – the Nazi leadership – the British government wanted them hanged within six hours of capture. President Truman demurred, citing the conclusion of Justice Robert Jackson that summary execution "would not sit easily on the American conscience or be remembered by our children with pride – the only course is to determine the innocence or guilt of the accused after a hearing as dispassionate as the times will permit and upon a record that will leave our reasons and motives clear". He insisted upon judgment at Nuremberg, which has confounded Holocaust-deniers ever since."
Hate has a way of turning people into what they were fighting. When we fight long enough, and desperate enough, we become what we despise.
Love and compassion are tools of a long term and certain lasting victory, but lack the instant gratification of hate.
That our society chooses so poorly, and in retrograde to how we have acted in the past, is a sign of moral decline.
MIchael Scheuer, former chief of the 'bin Laden Section' at
the CIA, wrote that bin Laden demanded two things.
1) An end to US support for Israel and 2) A withdrawal of
all US military troops from the Mideast.
bin Laden felt that Israel had become overbearing and
dangerously aggressive, and that the US had obvious imperialistic plans in the Mideast.
Frankly, I wonder how many Arabs feel the same way he
did. The 9/11 attack was meant as a retaliation for many attacks by us or with our support on innocent
people in the Mideast. Why is this not discussed by our
Killing bin Laden is another symbolic gesture reminiscent
of the capture of Saddam. The underlying hatred of the US is untouched and left to fester. When will we come to
terms with our grievous actions and repent?
Bin Ladin was EXECUTED by a courageous American team, not assasinated.
I suppose there were hand-wringing moralists prattling about how wrong we were in celebrating the news about HITLER'S death at the end of WWII; get REAL.
The deaths of both these monsters simply saved the world time and money in avoiding their trials.
Consider that any Belief System, including yours is like driving an armored vehicle through REALITY. +++Gale Boulton
Be careful celebrating anyones death. Germany celebrated the Jews death for what they did to the Reichstag.
As another poster asks what happened to justice?
Just as was said about the Palestinians in Gaza seen celebrating the 9/11 attacks, those seen celebrating in the streets represent a small portion of American society and should not be held up as a generalization of American sentiment. Rather, like myself, I believe many more Americans felt a sense of relief that Bin Laden was killed. Do we really believe a "trial" of Bin Laden would have been any more fair or just. This would not have been like putting Eichmann on trial in the early 60′s, but much more like a circus. What happens next? I'm not even sure our leadership can answer that in these early days after Bin Laden's death. Much of that depends on the response from Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Thank you for your articles.
The following article provides Thich Nhat Hanh's spiritual response to the attack on America, which I find deeply insightful: http://theconversation.org/archive/thich.html
He concludes by saying: "To develop the drop of compassion in our own heart is the only effective spiritual response to hatred and violence. That drop of compassion will be the result of calming our anger, looking deeply at the roots of our violence, deep listening, and understanding the suffering of everyone involved in the acts of hatred and violence."
I was once told that for the past 2000 years, we were to learn the Golden Rule, and that for the next 2000 years, we are to learn, "We ARE thy neighbor. All is one!"
May the path of higher consciousness prompt us to see what is being mirrored within us and to practice compassion…for all. The victims and the perpetrators.
And may we ask: What is needing to emerge and evolve within us so as to create a more peaceful, compassionate, and consciously evolving world?
Let's try this
Work hard to move America back to railway based distribution, therefore removing America from the conflagration about to take place in the Middle East over oil. Reconfigure US transport energy consumption to mode share model seen pre-WWII, when America was a lending not a borrowing nation.
Americans claiming faith and moral certitude have long had a blind spot about our undue call on world oil resources. Viet Nam was about Indonesian (Royal Dutch Shell) oil, and was where America really got past redemption on transport choices.
Stonings and beheadings under shariah are carried out too often to make news or merit the attention of the good Rabbi and his lucrative organization, but certainly the ominous and inevitable bloodletting over oil just ahead deserve some attention.
Tikkun knows how to reach information aimed at facilitating all due haste US shift in transport that allows pull back from the oilpatch before we are caught in the maelstrom. Tikkun cannot acknowledge scripture declaring hooks in the jaws of nations including the USA, because that opens the doors to some serious rethinking on a number of things more than just preserving happy motoring. Daniel 4 V 15 is a warning and a clue for the clueless.
Perhaps the overarching emotion is "relief"–a sense that this man whose thoughts and actions were so evil will no longer be able to spread his vileness throughout the world.
Then there is "gratitude"–to the US Navy and other military personnel who risked their lives to bravely carry out the mission that eliminated Osama Bin Laden's poisonous presence among us, and to the current and past presidents of our nation that they persisted in the pursuit of this monster.
Certainly there is "wariness", a sense that the multitudes of people who have adopted the hateful ways of Bib Laden–there are so many, some who profess faith, others who claim no faith at all–will regard this monstrous man as a martyr and follow in his footsteps.
But is there "joy"? Not for me. The life of Osama Bin Laden was shameful, disgusting, hypocritical, and vicious. He brought about his own death, the hatred he unleashed finally coming full circle and destroying him as he basked in his suburban mansion enjoying the life he denied to others.
The removal from the earth of such scum is just and appropriate. It is a duty required of the strong so that those unable to defend themselves may live on. This is a time of reflection, not joy; a time to be cautious rather than boastful; and a time to seek peace while refusing to tolerate terror.
"It will only be won when we in the West can show genuine love, caring, and generosity toward everyone else on the planet'"??? a rather elitist view of the West as the great source of peace love and tolerance, not to mention a strongly Christian 'turn the other cheek' philosophy. in no way do i condone the celebration of bin laden's death, nor do i believe peace can emerge from the wishes of one side of a conflict. that kind of position leads to the insistence that israel continue to withstand the terrorist murder of its children silently, while we take a holier than thou position, since it's not our children who have been slaughtered.
An excellent suggestion by Mr. Boulton. Why don't we fine tune the American system of justice and simply execute or jail people without a trial? Why incur that expense? In fact, why not then execute those we have determined to be guilty without a trial? Why should our financially strapped government have to pay to incarcerate criminals? "Off with their heads", I say. Will mistakes be made? Of course, but isn't it worth the savings in precious taxpayer dollars? So a few innocents are put to death…are we going to wring our hands over this? As Mr. Boulton says, get REAL folks. If there are any questions about guilt or innocence in a particular case, refer the matter to Boulton. He will have an answer
The death of Bin Laden changes little in the world picture. Another person will come and fill his shoes (Isn't that the lesson from Spielberg's film "Munich"?)
When we root out the fundamental causes behind the strife on this planet, then we will have something to celebrate.
Thank-you for that truth!
I was afraid you might say something as silly as there shouldn't be jubilation at the demise of bin Laden.
Although not having the same level of achievement as Hitler he certainly would've caused the death of millions if he could have.
So are you saying Jews should not have been jubilant to hear of the death of the Fuhrer?
Did not the Maccabees dance and celebrate their victories?
In response to Rabbi Lerner and others, may I remind you that on Purim we celebrate the deliverance of the Jews and the death of the one who was out to destroy the Jews.
Capture and an international fair trial would
provide greater justice, education, and understanding than what was done.
However,I was given pause by the comment that a wave of hostage taking might then
have occurred. I would appreciate comments on that issue.
Rabbi Lerner should be in a place of mr. Pearl and mr. Gabel should be in a place of mr. Pearl's wife to teach us to love our enemies. Our enemies are not yeshiva boys. Thank you, Hilary!
When the power of love overcomes the love of power only
then will we have peace. Knowing completely the difference between the 'Ego' and 'Our Spirit' in our actions, will inevitably be the difference between our transcendence or our demise. Ultimately knowing that only 'We' are creating our beingness, our relationships, and our life paths and taking responsibility for that will be a blessing. .Honoring the zero-point field in which we are all intimately connected will complete the transition….if we could only spread the word….
The death of any individual is an abhorrent affair. Yes, we should no more mourn the killing of Hitler than Bin Laden, but by the same token, he was not alone in his endless desire to kill Americans, or anyone who didn't agree with him. As long as we remain a killing machine, we are not much better than those we attempt to assassinate. It is time for us to offer peaceful solutions not just to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, but Palestine, Israel, and every country suffering ethnic
strife. The only way to end war is to wage peace. You can't end war by waging war. It has never succeeded. The celebration is premature. We have not yet gotten rid of those who would oppress us by peace. Until then, people will hate us. If we can offer a means for all people to be treated equally in our own country, as well as overseas, that's when we will see an end to war. We must get rid of the health insurance companies that waste 80% of the taxpayer's dollar. We'd have no more deficit if we got rid of them and voted for HR 676. We need to salvage
social security. If we are as a nation to discover what ails us, we need to cure all ailments by recognizing healthcare is a fundamental right. Those who say there are death panels with single payer healthcare don't realize that's exactly what is happening under the private insurers. Who are we as a nation to judge how others live their lives, when we can't keep our own veterans healthy?
In the article of May 2, 2011, by Peter Gabel and Michael Lerner, concerning Bin Laden's death,I concur with your comments, but I am surprised that your usually careful reporting used the term "Americans" in defining those who died.
More than 10% of those killed were foreign nationals representing 115 nations.
This distorted view is too often expressed by less knowledgeable or overzealous politicians and reporters, or do only American lives count?
…For far too many people, the war on terrorism seems to be an extension of the football games where we cheer on our team: "USA! USA! Hey, you are tough!"…
Perhaps this is backward?
Gladiator SPORTS seem to be an extension and promotion of WAR ???
lot is rightly said about what is wrong but little is said about how to
correct the wrongs.I believe we must start in the homes of America and
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The University of Nebraska announced on Wednesday that it will add sand volleyball as a women's intercollegiate sport, beginning with the spring 2013 competition season.
The addition of sand volleyball to Nebraska's list of sport offerings, gives the Huskers 24 intercollegiate programs, including 14 women's teams and 10 men's teams. Sand volleyball is the first sport Nebraska has added since women's rifle began competition in the 1998-99 season.
List of sand volleyball schools
Sand volleyball was approved as an NCAA Emerging Sport for women in 2009 and began play in the 2011-12 school year. Fifteen schools sponsored varsity teams in the spring of 2012, the first season of competition for Division I schools. The inaugural AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball Championships were held last April in Gulf Shores, Ala., and that site will host the championship from 2013 to 2015.
More than 20 schools are currently sponsoring sand volleyball, with that number expected to grow in the coming years. When 40 institutions in Division I and II have sponsored varsity programs for one year, the NCAA will sponsor an NCAA Championship in the sport. Should funds be approved for a championship in the next budget cycle, the NCAA would host its first national championship in the spring of 2016.
Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst said the majority of the groundwork for the addition of sand volleyball was completed before he took over his position last week. The final steps to Nebraska's sponsorship of sand volleyball were approved by the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference over the past few days.
"Coach Osborne and Coach Cook had discussions about the possibility of adding sand volleyball over the past few months and things came together quickly in recent weeks," Eichorst said. "We are excited to sponsor a sport that is beginning to emerge on the national level, and plan to grow with the sport in the coming years. Our volleyball program has a remarkable record of success over a long period of time, and we hope to add to that legacy through our sand volleyball team in the years ahead."
Nebraska Volleyball Coach John Cook said the growing popularity of sand volleyball made the addition of the sport at Nebraska an attractive option.
"We have talked a great deal about our vision for sand volleyball," Cook said. "We plan to start small and grow as the sport continues to develop. We understand the challenges in terms of our location, but we have a good plan on how to manage our sand volleyball team and grow with the sport."
Nebraska does not intend to offer scholarships for sand volleyball players, but all members of the Huskers' court volleyball team may participate in the sand season. Sand volleyball teams may have a maximum of two coaches, and Cook said he and assistant coach Dan Meske will fill those positions.
Cook said the time together during the sand season should be a benefit for volleyball student-athletes, and it also opens open additional playing opportunities.
"This is a great opportunity for our student-athletes to work on their game and continue to develop their skills. It is a fun sport and a lot of young women have aspirations of playing sand volleyball after college, and this gives them a chance to prepare for that career."
Sand volleyball teams are required to play at least eight dates with three of the competitions being dual matches. The maximum number of competitions is 16 dates. Cook said Nebraska does not plan to hold any home competitions in the 2013 spring season. The Huskers will begin sand volleyball practice later this week.
Eichorst indicated that he does not foresee additional adjustments to Nebraska's sports sponsorship makeup in the future.
Sand Volleyball Q&A
When is the sand volleyball season?
Sand volleyball is a spring team sport. The Division I playing season starts the first Thursday in March and ends eight weeks later or the end of the school year, whichever comes first.
What is the format of play?
Each school will field five doubles teams ranked by ability. Each doubles team plays against the corresponding team or teams from other schools. In a dual meet, the winning team is the school winning three of the five matches. Individual matches are two sets to 21, with a tiebreaker set to 15, if needed. All sets are rally scoring and must be won by two points. Tournament play will include multiple schools playing in consecutive dual matches. Some events will also include a pair's tournament to allow doubles teams to play across flights.
Can court volleyball players play on the sand volleyball team?
Yes, they become two-sport athletes and must abide by the rules governing all two-sport athletes in terms of training hours, i.e. no more than 20 hours per week.
How is the sport of sand volleyball different from court volleyball?
Beyond the differences in number of players on a side and surface for competition, sand volleyball is officiated much differently than court volleyball. No open handed tipping is allowed and setting is called so tightly in sand volleyball that the bump set is more popular than the overhead set. Also, the block touch counts as the first of three allowable contacts. Another difference is that coaches may only speak to players or give them any kind of input or feedback during timeouts and between sets. Also, to mitigate the impact of wind and sun, the players switch sides of the court every seven points in a 21-point set and every five points in a 15-point set.

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Peng Wang lays tile Wednesday inside the new Kobe Sushi restaurant, which is scheduled to open next month in the Marketpalce at Centerra in east Loveland. (Photo by Craig Young)
Loveland resident Amber Tilton and her 9-year-old daughter, Aislinn, enjoy some frozen yogurt Wednesday outside the Menchie's shop in the Marketplace at Centerra. Behind them, work progresses inside the new Kobe Sushi restaurant that is scheduled to open in August. (Photo by Craig Young)
Tera Robben, right, and her daughter Holly Leppert with Robin Event Rental hang signs inside a tent while setting up for the Loveland Loves BBQ, Bands and Brews event in downtown Loveland on Thursday, July 12, 2012.
A home that survived the High Park fire is surrounded by charred forest Wednesday off Davis Ranch Road.
Celebrating her 102nd birthday, Herdes Berquist, left, shares a laugh with Rose Christensen, who said "I was asking her for some longevity secrets." Berquist celebrated with friends and family Thursday at The Sterling House in Loveland.
Youngsters hang out on the grass under a giant umbrella while eating frozen treats and listening to a story being read by Stansberry Elementary School principal Grant Waaler during a get-together Tuesday, July 10, 2012. From left to right are Shane Meese, 11, Isaiah Hildebrand, 10, Devon Evert, 10, Micaiah Hildebrand, 10, and Shelby Olson, 10.
Stansberry Elementary School principal Grant Waller, back left, reads a book aloud to youngsters gathered at the Loveland home of one of his students during a summertime get-together Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Lizz Roth holds some of her favorite vinyl records Tuesday at Downtown Sound, a new store that sells and repairs vinyl records, turntables, guitars, amplifiers and more opened Tuesday and is co-owned by Roth and her parents Veronica and Ed Roth.
Vintage vinyl records mark sections at Loveland's new record store, Downtown Sound.
Gaius Buckley, 7, hits a tennis ball off the launchpad toward the green Tuesday while playing SNAG, Starting New at Golf, on the new course at Cattail Creek golf course in Loveland. He and other kids in the golf lesson program at the course got to try out the new course before it's grand opening which was hel Tuesday afternoon. The SNAG course, designed to make learning golf easy and fun, will be open daily starting today operating from 11:00 am until close.
Recent rains have rusted charred metal debris like this kitchen stove from a home that was destroyed off Davis Ranch Road in the High Park fire area.
Water runs high in the Big Thompson River Monday after a few days of heavy rain as Drew Delaney, 13, left, and Anthony Manzanares, 13, walk along the Recreation Trail under Railroad Avenue Monday in Loveland.
A charred tree is silhouetted against the sky Monday off Davis Ranch Road in the High Park fire area. High Park fire victims gathered Monday for a meeting with county officials who provided information about dealing with the fire's aftermath.
Patti Ellmann holds a metal teapot Monday found in the rubble that was left after her home burned in the High Park fire. Below are antique items given to her by her mother-in-law. She found the teapot on a hike with her parents when she was a child so she was thrilled to find it had survived the fire.
Traffic passes Sunday along US 34 in front of The Dam Store after being halted Saturday evening for flash flooding and rockslides. The Dam Store has seen a drop in business during July due to wildfire smoke, safety concerns and media coverage according to its owner, Micah Noyes.
Steven and Deanna Chavez, from Cheyenne, Wyo., try to choose the right-sized moccasins for their children Sunday at the Big Thompson Indian Village. The couple routinely travels to the area and have not been deterred by media coverage, wildfire smoke or inclement weather.
Jason Lombard, left, from Loveland, buys a pie and chats Sunday with Colorado Cherry Company employee Nonie Degemann, right, also from Loveland. Lombard has found himself in the Big Thompson Canyon more often, doing his bike riding in Rocky Mountain National Park, instead of Fort Collins.
Herb's Medicinals owner Kevin Ballinger poses Friday, July 7, 2012 in one of the dispensary rooms in the business located at 435 Mountain Ave. in Berthoud.
Crossroads Church staff member Michelle VanAusdall, left, answers questions for Marie Medrano and Omar Guzman about items needed to be donated for victims of the recent High Park fire. A trailer has been set up in front of the church located at 5240 N. Taft Ave. for donated items. Visit http://www.crossroadscolorado.com for more information about donating goods or money.
Kayla Sterner, left, and Kate Mattes share an umbrella as they walk together in downtown Loveland during an afternoon rainstorm after having coffee at the Coffee Tree.
World War II vet John Mihalek plays with a machine gun on the Consolidated B-24 Liberator on Friday morning. Mihalek was a nose gunner on a B-24 Bomber in WWII. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is one of three WII aircraft on display this weekend at the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport.
Athletic trainer Erika Rice, left, works with Sarah Ross of Loveland during a session Thursday. Rice, who works at Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies in Fort Collins has been selected by the US Olympic Training Center to work during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
Loveland High School athletic trainer Jessica Metcalf, left, Thompson Valley's Lindsey Jacobson and Mountain View's Nick Frei pose together in the athletic training room at Mountain View on Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Josh Davis and 7-year-old Ty Diesing play with a flying disc Wednesday afternoon while hanging out with friends and family members at Loveland's North Lake Park.
Dylan Tippmann of Loveland, back to camera, gets a goodbye hug from Kauline Sidinger of Denver as some members of a gathering of former youth group members leave their picnic spot at North Lake Park on Wednesday. The group has been coming to the park on the Fourth of July for 14 years.
Fireworks explode in the air over Lake Loveland at North Lake Park during the City of Loveland's annual Independence Day celebration.
Jacob Pitts, left, Margaret Gruca and Jared Hannig enjoy the shade of a tree near Lake Loveland in North Lake Park while Gruca tends to the barbecue grill. The friends, all Fort Collins residents, were hanging out at the park Wednesday afternoon before the Fourth of July fireworks show.
Annetta Maestas, left, looks on while Rubi Renteria leaps in the air to return a shot while playing volleyball with friends and family at North Lake Park on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Kyle Bellisario, 10, left, Steven Bellisario, 12, and Kevin Binder, 8, have playful battle along the shore of Lake Loveland while playing together Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Josh Gischel, 6, left, and his brother Jack, 3, sit together at North Lake Park on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 while waiting for the annual fireworks display over Lake Loveland to begin.
Devon Smith, 16, left, tosses a horseshoe while playing a game with Jenn Platzek and Mark Garrison at North Lake Park on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Junior pyrotechnician Jon Platt, right, and lead shooter Michael Feinberg from Angel Light Pyrotechnics out of Pierce, Colo. set up fireworks at North Lake Park on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the City of Loveland's annual fireworks display Wednesday over Lake Loveland in celebration of Independence Day.


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Chinese Artist Kang Yi Receives Hickeys As Performance Art
In an unusual exhibition of art last month, Chinese performance artist Kang Yi stood, nearly naked, on a raised podium in an auditorium in Guangzhou. With his arms outstretched and tied to a wooden plank across his shoulders, Kang remained completely still as a woman doled out hundreds of hickeys on his chest, abdomen and arms.
The woman, a female art student, continued to bite and bruise Kang with her lips for an hour and a half before dousing him with basins of water at the end of the performance, according to news website and online forum Iyaxin.com.
In the work, Kang, who is known for his controversial performance art, aimed to inspire others to choose a traditional path of love.
"It's a critique of the concept of chaotic love," Kang told reporters after the performance, Shanghaiist reports. "I hope that my art piece will call out to today's youth to seek out the excellent genuine love and feelings of traditional China."
Wearing white bikini-like underwear, Kang was almost completely nude on stage, providing ample room for the hundreds of hickeys. He also donned tree roots in his hair to signify time and tied three roasted chickens to the plank across his shoulders that positioned his body into a cross-like shape.
Although only a few dozen witnessed the live show, videos of the work (like the clip seen above) were quickly circulated on China's micro-blogging sites.
A writer for website Beijing Cream criticized Kang's work, writing that the demonstration was confusing.
The shock value itself of Kangs piece is not enough. Use of public nudity and self-mutilation is not new to the Chinese performance scene. Zhang Huan covering himself in honey, sitting in a public toilet, and waiting for the insects to descend upon him is a prime example of great art. Kang, on the other hand, makes a spectacle of himself without considering the audience as viewers, onlookers, voyeurs at all.
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The famine in Ireland between the late 1840s and early 1850s is well documented in countless publications so there is no need to discuss it on this blog. Hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to the United States during those years to escape the conditions in Ireland. In fact 606,594 people from Ireland are documented as landing at New York between the years 1846-1951.[1]
The information below is taken from ship manifest records at the US National Archives in Washington DC.[2] In all, 17 people with the Buggy surname are listed as having arrived in New York between 1846-1851. Most are single people but there are some families in there, with two children, names unknown, born during the trip across the Atlantic ocean. A woman with the occupation of 'wife or married' is married to the man directly above her name. The two unknown children were born to the women above their names.
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[1] http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639&cat=GP44&col=1002&popup=Y Accessed 8 September 2010
[2] Archives.gov. Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine [online database] The National Archives and Record Administration Washington D.C., 2010. Original Data: Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine documenting the period 1/12/1846 – 12/31/1851


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GTA 5 cheats and essential money-making tips (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
GTA 5 may have been remastered but some things never change, and the latest editions include all of the cheat codes you might have enjoyed causing havoc with last year. As well as the typical player-orientated cheats you'd expect in a GTA game, such as invincibility, faster movement and so on, there are also world-changing codes to mess around with too. You might want to change the weather, for example, or tweak the effects of gravity and friction. You can also spawn a decent range of vehicles to help you get out of trouble quickly.
The important thing to remember before you apply any of the cheats in this article, however, is that you will not be able to earn any more trophies or achievements once you've activated them and saved your game. It also takes a little patience when it comes to entering these codes correctly. We recommend using the directional pad rather than the stick, and making sure you use very deliberate presses - at least until you've got the hang of inputting them a little faster.
Vehicles and money
We've got all of the most important codes you need on this page, but here are some useful sections about spawning vehicles and making a lot of quick cash.
GTA 5 - cars, bikes, helicopters, planes, codes
All of the cheat codes you need for conjuring up an emergency helicopter or two.
All of the cheat codes you need for conjuring up an emergency helicopter or two.
GTA 5 money guide - stock market, Lester missions, LCN, BAWSAQ
Our quick guide to capitalizing on Lester's missions, and ensuring you have a massive pile of seed capital to throw into the game's stock markets.
Our quick guide to capitalizing on Lester's missions, and ensuring you have a massive pile of seed capital to throw into the game's stock markets.
GTA 5 PC - vehicles, player, weapons, world
Every single cheat code for the newly-released PC version of GTA 5, in one place.
Every single cheat code for the newly-released PC version of GTA 5, in one place.
Player cheats: invincibility, health, armor, weapons and more
Sometimes it's nice to watch a well-crafted rampage work its way naturally out of GTA 5's sandbox, while on other occasions you just want to load up on character boosts and get stuck into some immediate anarchy. Commit these codes to memory, and you'll never be stuck for instant fun again.
Drunkenness: Drinking may make you feel like a god in the real world, but in GTA 5 it's only going to make you look and play like a fool. It adds a fun new twist to the typical rampage though.
|Triangle, Right, Right, Left, Right, Square, O, Left
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|Y, Right, Right, Left, Right, X, B, Left
Fast Swimming: Bailed out of a plane without paying attention? If you need to get out of the drink nice and fast, this code will help you get back to shore in a jiffy.
|Left, Left, L1, Right, Right, R2, Left, L2, Right
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|Left, Left, LB, Right, Right, RT, Left, LT, Right
Fast Running: If you've pulled yourself out of the water and need to continue your sprint on land, fire up the Fast Running cheat code to escape the attention of the police.
|Triangle, Left, Right, Right, L2, L1, Square
|Xbox 360 / Xbox One
|Y, Left, Right, Right, LT, LB, X
Give Parachute: If you find yourself needing this cheat then you've probably left things a little bit late, but if you can enter it quickly enough it can still save your behind. Take our advice and pick one of these up before heading out to go BASE-jumping - it'll all end in tears otherwise (not to mention blood, and assorted flappy bits).
|Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, R2, Left, Left, Right, L1
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|Left, Right, LB, LT, RB, RT, RT, Left, Left, Right, LB
Give Weapons & Ammo: Can't be bothered to make your way to the nearest AmmuNation? In that case, make use of the rapid weapons code. Note only will it give you an arsenal of weapons to play with, it'll also top up your ammo if you've run out halfway through a fight.
|Triangle, R2, Left, L1, X, Right, Triangle, Down, Square, L1, L1, L1
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|Y, RT, Left, LB, A, Right, Y, Down, X, LB, LB, LB
Invincibility: If the cheats we've shown you so far aren't quite cheaty enough for you, you can always just activate GTA's God Mode. Nothing on earth can harm you once this code's been activated, so go nuts.
|Right, X, Right, Left, Right, R1, Right, Left, X, Triangle
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|Right, A, Right, Left, Right, RB, Right, Left, A, Y
Max Health & Armour: Using these cheat codes will prevent you from earning any more Trophies or Achievements, but if you really can't beat a mission in the game then you can always activate this code to grant your character more armor and health.
|O, LT, Triangle, R2, X, Square, O, Right, Square, L1, L1, L1
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|B, LB, Y, RT, A, X, B, Right, X, L|B, LB, LB
Super Jump: The name of this cheat code is pretty self-explanatory. Switch it on, then leap up in the air to give yourself a slightly bigger view of the action at hand. You can also use this aerial boost to access spots you're struggling to reach by more traditional methods.
|L2, L2, Square, O, O, L2, Square, Square, Left, Right, X
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|Left, Left, Y, Y, Right, Right, Left, Right, X, RB, RT
Recharge Special Ability: If you've played through much of the story, you'll have learned that each character can make use of a special skill for a limited amount of time. If you tap this code in quickly, you'll be able to top your special ability all the way up.
|X, X, Square, R1, L1, X, Right, Left, X
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|A, A, X, RB, LB, A, Right, Left, A
Skyfall: Make sure you're wearing a parachute before mucking around with this cheat, otherwise you'll find yourself sky-high with no safe way back down to earth. A machine gun for when you're floating down is optional, yet highly recommended accessory.
|L1, L2, R1, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right
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|LB, LT, RB, RT, Left, Right, Left, Right, LB, LT, RB, RT, Left, Right, Left, Right
Slow-Motion Aiming: Another self-explanatory cheat code is Slow-Motion Aiming. If there's too much heat for you to handle, activate this cheat and give yourself a little more time to pick off all the threats around you.
|Square, L2, R1, Triangle, Left, Square, L2, Right, X
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|X, LT, RB, Y, Left, X, LT, Right, A
Wanted Level - Raise: If life is just a little too sedentary for your liking, and you want to spice things up nice nad quickly, tap this code in to raise your wanted level by one star each time. It's also a handy way of spawning some of the game's most powerful law enforcement vehicles - assuming you can grab 'em before you die, that is.
|R1, R1, O, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right
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Wanted Level - Lower: Conversely, if you're finding yourself struggling to fight the police, you can use this code to bring your wanted level down incrementally. Useful if you've made use of the previous code to spawn a police vehicle, and now want to merrily go about your way unmolested.
|R1, R1, O, R2, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left
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|RB, RB, B, RT, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left
Weapon cheats
Explosive Melee Attacks: Activating this code will ensure that all of your melee combat hits pack a particularly powerful punch.
|Right, Left, X, Triangle, R1, O, O, O, L2
|Xbox 360 / Xbox One
|Right, Left, A, Y, RB, B, B, B, LT
Explosive Rounds: This cheat is capable of turning even the most primitive pistol into a terrifying display of explosive firepower. An essential addition to anyone's arsenal of cheat codes.
|Right, Square, X, Left, R1, R2, Left, Right, Right, L1, L1, L1
|Xbox 360 / Xbox One
|Right, X, A, Left, RB, RT, Left, Right, Right, LB, LB, LB
Flame Rounds: Another way to spice up your combat is to add this fiery effect to all of your bullet shots.
|L1, R1, Square, R1, Left, R2, R1, Left, Square, Right, L1, L1
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|LB, RB, X, RB, Left, RT, RB, Left, X, Right, LB, LB
There are only a handful of world-changing cheat codes in the latest Grand Theft Auto - and they're unlikely to give you much of a helping hand - but they're fun enough to mess around with nevertheless. Here's how to switch all of them on, and what you can expect by doing so.
Weather and world cheats
Change weather: The codes below can be used to cycle your way through all of the weather patterns available in GTA 5. There are nine to play with in total, and the next use of the code after the ninth attempt will send you back to the beginning.
|R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square
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Change gravity: You can use this code to mess around with GTA 5's gravity and send cars skidding through the air before clattering back down to earth. Handy too if you want your jumps to last a little longer.
|Left, Left, L1, R1, L1, Right, Left, L1, Left
|Xbox 360 / Xbox One
|Left, Left, LB, RB, LB, Right, Left, LB, Left
Friction: Turning this code on causes vehicles to start slip-sliding all over the place. Probably an effect that's better observed than experienced directly.
|Triangle, R1, R1, Left, R1, L1, R2, L1
|Xbox 360 / Xbox One
|Y, RB, RB, Left, RB, LB, RT, LB
Slow Motion: Just as the name suggests, turning this on will cause time to slow all the way done for absolutely everything and everyone in the GTA 5 sandbox. You can increase the effect of this cheat by applying the code repeatedly - the fifth use of it returns everything back to normal though.
|Triangle, Left, Right, Right, Square, R2, R1
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Former University of Georgia standouts Brian Harman and Harris English have committed to play in the RBC Heritage.
Harman, a Savannah native, will make his fourth Heritage start in the 45th annual tournament set for April 15-21 at the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.
Harman made his first Heritage appearance as a high school junior on a sponsors exemption in 2004 and played the 2006 event after he won the Players Amateur at Belfair Plantation.
Following an All-American career at Georgia, Harman made his first PGA Tour start as a professional in 2010. He tied for fifth at last year's Barclays and shattered the course record with a 61 in the second round at the Honda Classic.
English made his first Heritage appearance last year and finished in a tie for eighth. He followed that up with two more top 10s during his rookie season.
The Valdosta, Ga., native has tied for ninth at the Sony Open and tied for seventh at the Tampa Bay Championship this season.
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After having issued a statewide Red Flag Fire Weather Alert, South Carolina forestry officials have been battling blazes all day around the state.
At 4:37 p.m. forestry officials were working a brush fire near Fish Road near Lebanon Road in Berkeley County, according to South Carolina Forestry Commission spokesman Scott Hawkins. The fire was contained at 5:39 p.m., which means it's no longer spreading, but still burning, Hawkins said. Two units from the forestry commission were are on the ground and one plane was also offering visual support earlier, Hawkins said. The blaze burned about 80 acres of forest area, according to the commission's website.
Around 3 p.m. a brush fire burned about five acres near 855 Zion Road in Cross, Local fire departments were also on the scene. Two forestry units were on the site, Hawkins said. The fire began at approximately 2 p.m. and it was contained at 3:02 p.m., according to Hawkins. It was caused by debris burning, according to the forestry commission website.
Also, firefighters were battling another blaze in Moncks Corner this afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m., the Whitesville Fire Department along with assisting fire departments were on the scene of a fire on South Live Oak Drive.
It's unclear where or how the fire began. Fire department officials could not be reached by phone. A shed may have caught fire, according to a law enforcement source. It's also unclear if the fire is out yet.
A brush fire burned in Charleston County in McClellanville near Highway 17 and Bellfield Road. The 2.2-acre fire was caused by debris burning, according to the state agency website.
Also, Summerville Fire Department put out a small brush fire in the median near Target on North Main Street at around 3:30 p.m. Fire officials believe that one was started with a discarded cigarette butt.
Forecasters have been warning that this weekend's dry, warm and windy weather will increase the danger of wildfires in South Carolina.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission sent an email announcing that a statewide Red Flag Fire Weather Alert was in effect as of 12 a.m. this morning.
At around 3 p.m. the S.C. Forestry Commission reported 36 fires around the state.
The commission also notified its employees that they should be prepared for the possibility of extra fires starting today.
The National Weather Service says highs should be in the upper 70s in much of the state, with winds gusting to 30 mph and humidity below 30 percent. The most dangerous conditions for fires to spread will be along the coast.
Forestry officials ask anyone thinking about burning yard debris to wait until after it rains again.
A Red Flag Fire Weather Alert does not outlaw debris burning in most unincorporated jurisdictions, but it is an advisory which strongly encourages South Carolinians to postpone burning. Nearly half of all wildfires in our state begin as escaped debris burns.
Some local ordinances do ban burning during a Forestry Commission Red Flag Alert.
The Forestry Commission issues Red Flags when weather conditions support the spread of fire, outdoor activities are expected to rise, and allocation of agency resources is strained.
Earlier this week, Williamsburg County suffered a nearly 400-acre wildfire which required the use of seven Forestry Commission tractor plow fire suppression units.
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|2008-08-08, 13:18
|Link #1321
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
edit: excuse me, I meant to say "Third" instead of "Second.
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|2008-08-08, 13:42
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Silent Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Netherlands
Age: 32
|2008-08-08, 13:56
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
The original meanings of "1st world, 2nd world, 3rd world" were
US and allies (mostly Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia) == 1,
Iron Curtain and Communist countries (mostly Soviet Union/China) == 2,
Everyone else == 3.
It is purely a US-centric Cold War definition and has nothing to do with tech/soc/cultural status.
Today, the terms are meaningless, though the "3rd world" label still gets tosses around a bit as a pejorative.
|2008-08-08, 21:05
|Link #1325
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Age: 29
Similarly, in the list of countries by HDI (Human development index), China is surrounded by countries like Columbia, Jordan and Venezuala, rather than by countries like Finland or Canada. They are only slightly higher than Fiji, Jamaica and Iran.
If we then turn to something like poverty, China has managed to drastically reduce the number of people living on less than $1 dollar a day, however, the amount of people living under $2 dollars a day is still 35%, which is more than Brazil, Mexico, Romania, and even South Africa (by a small margin).
I think perception of China is being altered a bit by all the hyped news articles about economic growth and images of Beijing and Shanghai. Let's not forget to look at the country as a whole.
|2008-08-08, 22:00
|Link #1326
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
Then again, I already admited this, saying that China is at the top of the "Third World" struggling to climb into the "First World". China is f*ck*d up in many respects (yes I have, briefly, visited both good and the bad areas of China), the good is often vastly outweighed by the bad. But, I am increasingly optimistic for their future. Knowing some of their recent past (one of my earliest friend's parents escaped from Mao-led China (after losing their own parents), so I partially grew up with a macabre understanding of the "Cultural Revolution") I can't help but look at the recent developments as an amazing turning point in their history (then again, maybe I am too optimistic).
|2008-08-08, 23:50
|Link #1327
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Age: 29
Yeah, when comparing GDP it's always most useful to use per capita figures when determining development. Because places like China and India are very large with many people, and when you compare total GDP or purchasing power it seems like they are competitive with the top, but when you use per capita figures it's a very different story and there's still a large gap. However, I agree, that China (and to some extent, India, Brazil, etc) are definitely pushing the boundaries of what we consider "third world". Also, I guess China would be "Second World" due to it's communist influences (Seriously, the three world system is messed up).
|2008-08-29, 22:56
|Link #1329
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Trinidad.....anyone get me out of here !
I think my new religion is Bruce Lee's concept on fighting. Take what is good and abandon what is bad. I'll take and own all of the good points of religion that I think is good not what anyone thinks is good and make it my own. The bad points of religion I will ignore and keep it out of my being because sometimes religion can be boring and what they ask of you is too much. I prefer something more interesting !
|2008-08-30, 09:16
|Link #1331
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: United States
Age: 26
I strongly believe that all faith must first exist in the self. I would think it to be extremely difficult to truly have faith in others without first having faith in myself. If there's one thing I can be certain about in terms of faith, it's just that. Other than that, I really am undecided on the bigger question, although the way I've been brought up seems to have me leaning towards some kind of God.
I don't necessarily believe in a perfectly omniscient God (I need to do a lot of thinking on that still), but at the very least a kind of deity with an understanding and compassion towards all living things beyond that of the capacity of most individuals. It is for a similar reason that I've felt so strongly about Jesus Christ. I may not exactly agree with Catholicism 100%, but I think Jesus deserves a lot of credit for acting so faithfully on his own beliefs on human beings. His example helps me be more patient with people in general, really.
|2008-08-30, 09:57
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I consider myself a Roman Catholic, but I'm not a practicing Roman Catholic, per se...I'm terrible at completing my Sunday obligation, since I pretty much only go to Mass for Christmas and Easter, and I don't make the best Catholic example, since I use the word "goddamn" like I never knew what a goddamn sin was in the first place...But I still believe in the core beliefs of Roman Catholicism, that Mary was the Virgin Mother, Jesus is our Lord that died for our sins, and all that good stuff...I get pissed off at people who arrogantly bash religion for no logical reason just as much as I hate uber-religious people who shove religion into people's faces without giving people the proper chance to believe for themselves, since religion can only be believed and not enforced...
I'm actually going to my brother's Communion today...There's my obligation for the day...
|2008-08-30, 10:36
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Don't forget your lunch!
These "hyped" news articles have a good deal of truth in them. It took Great Britain hundreds of years to get to it's current economic standing, took the US about a hundred and some, and so on. All of the nations you mentioned began industrialization at least a hundred years ago China began mass industrialization post-World War II (somewhere in the 50s..58 I believe) and in 50 years, they have managed to accomplish what took even the oh so mighty Western countries hundreds of years to do so, that is, create a large and powerful middle class. The US's own middle class sits around 25-50% while China's has been at 19% (2003 numbers) and growing rapidly.
Albeit, China has a long way to go. But if any country is going to turn a 1.3 billion strong population into a massive consumer economy, it's going to be China.
Also, on topic with religion, I am a practicing Protestant (Presbyterian).
|2008-08-30, 11:22
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Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
Speaks for me too, except i lay off the swearing an can't mix 'Jesus' or 'God' with any other expletives (i just cringe)
Go one sunday a month, (or two if i'm good) - actually reading there forces me to go since I've a duty to maintain, lol.
but then i work 2 sundays a month too, so almost every day of the week, i wake up by alarm. :\
(Lie in.... what's that?)
But it helps me some sundays esp if i've not been for a while, kinda refreshing for me to tune into my spirituality and my sense of morals and personal goals in quiet reverence
To the post below me, that may/may not get deleted by admin, I bolded part of that quote and I think i'm more likely to know my own gender than you....
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|2008-08-30, 16:42
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Redeye Ninja
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: England
Age: 29
I'm Atheist I guess, I practically hate christianity after having it's beliefs forced upon me since the day I was born.
Schools and everything was christian an roman catholics, it was torture. If we didn't believe that the Bible was 100% the truth then we'd end up getting shouted at or something. It dulls the mind at that age to be forced to believe in only one perspective of everything.
The lifestyle I follow is mainly based on buddhist beliefs although that's only for a pure lifestyle perspective not religious.
I remember my RE exam it asked me a question on 'World Peace', so I wrote that Christians should kill every other person that doesn't have the same beliefs in order to create the perfect race. Then as time went on, sins will be repaid as long as they force their children into the same beliefs and eventually everyone will believe in the same thing and there will be the perfect race.
|2008-08-30, 16:49
|Link #1337
~*Eternal Bakaness*~
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cheesecake wonderland
I have no religion yet I think a god does exist, and I dont really plan to 'find' a religion.
And please don't try and make me convert to your religion please? (I'm talking about my BF constantly trying to convert me into a christian....)
|2008-08-30, 18:43
|Link #1338
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
|2008-08-30, 18:52
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Jigoku Shoujo
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: House of Twilight
Shinto,the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion.Shinto
priests perform Shintorituals and often live on the shrine grounds.Priests are
aided by younger women (miko) duringrituals and shrine tasks.Miko wear
white kimono, must be unmarried, and are often the priests'daughters
Most of the population of Japan follow this religion.
|2008-08-30, 23:21
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I hate it when people claim that they're Atheist when they're actually Antireligionists, against the entire concept of religion itself...True Athiests are actually open to the concept of religion, but deny the existence of any higher deity such as God...
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Quite a variety of August stories made our Top 10 list for last month. Let's get right to it:
1. New York mosque controversy echoes anti-Catholicism of another era (Aug. 20)
2. Use of new Roman Missal to begin in US at Advent 2011 (Aug. 20)
3. Papal Masses in Britain will use some new English texts (Aug. 19)
4. Conversion: Ancient prison went from pagan to sacred Christian site (July 30)
5. Pope will not accept resignation of Dublin auxiliary bishops (Aug. 11)
6. Impact of Mother Teresa's work, prayer still felt 13 years after death (Aug. 26)
7. Vatican welcomes US plaintiffs' decision to end abuse lawsuit (Aug. 10)
8. Benedictines sue in federal court for right to sell caskets they make (Aug. 16)
9. Papal visit to Great Britain to include much more than beatification (Aug. 18 — the full trip schedule)
10. 'God Squad' logo may change, but priest's mission remains the same (Aug. 19)


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"… one like unto the Son of man,… His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow… And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead." Revelation 1:12-18
Suggested Further Reading: Matthew 22:41-46
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow." When the Church described him in the Canticles she said "His locks are bushy and black as a raven's." How do we understand this apparent discrepancy? My brethren, the Church in the Canticles looked forward, she looked forward to days and ages that were to come, and she perceived his perpetual youth; she pictured him as one who would never grow old, whose hair would ever have the blackness of youth. And do we not bless God that her view of him was true? We can say of Jesus, "Thou hast the dew of thy youth;" but the Church of to-day looks backward to his work as complete; we see him now as the ancient of eternal days. We believe that he is not the Christ of 1800 years ago merely, but, before the day-star knew its place, he was one with the Eternal Father. When we see in the picture his head and his hair white as snow, we understand the antiquity of his reign. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." When all these things were not, when the old mountains had not lifted their hoary heads into the clouds, when the yet more hoary sea had never roared in tempest; ere the lamps of heaven had been lit, when God dwelt alone in his immensity, and the unnavigated waves of ether, if there were such, had never been fanned by the wings of seraphim, and the solemnity of silence had never been startled by the song of cherubim, Jesus was of old in eternity with God. We know how he was despised and rejected of men, but we understand, too, what he meant when he said, "Before Abraham was, I am." We know how he who died, when but a little more than thirty years of age, was verily the Father of the everlasting ages, having neither beginning of days nor end of years.
For meditation: Glory in the paradoxes of Christ—seen as old, yet young; God and man; A.D. yet B.C.; David's Son, yet David's Lord; a Shepherd, yet a Lamb; the Master, yet a Servant; the Great High Priest, yet the Sacrifice; the Immortal who died and rose again!
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Lukeyboy wrote: If you can't ride a bike fast enough in a 60kph zone in the middle lane of a built up area and then claim the lane (abeit riding to the left or bang in the middle) they shouldn't even be on that section of road in the first place. In Queensland its legal to ride on the footpath. Either try to match the speed of the traffic around you/posted speed limit or find a new route through that area/ride along the footpath to rejoin futher up the road instead of dordling blind in the middle lane.
Why should a cyclist have to travel on a footpath, where the safe speed would probably be <10km/h, instead of on a road where they can do 30km/h+?
The speed limit isn't a minimum, it's a maximum safe speed for that road and there is no law saying you have to go at the speed limit.


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Bomb Threat at Texas A&M University
Evacuations are underway after a Code Maroon indicating a bomb threat was issued at 11:34 a.m. Friday on the Texas A&M campus
"Code Maroon: Bomb threat received for campus in general. Evacuate campus by foot immediately. Do not use a vehicle."
Later, people on the main campus were asked to go north to Church Street or south to Anderson Street.
Texas A&M spokesman Lane Stephenson says the the school received a call about the bomb threat at about 11:30 a.m. He didn't immediately have any other information about the threat.
The school says all classes were canceled and the evacuation will remain in effect until further notice.


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Quote from: Ninja1 on August 31, 2009, 11:27:28 AMHow tall are you? Tall dudes can do dreads. Short dudes are advised to remove them. This perplexingly makes sense.
How tall are you? Tall dudes can do dreads. Short dudes are advised to remove them.
As a black female with dreads (I understand the gender bias for women with dreads) I am all for black men keeping their hair neat and professional. In order for the powers that be to be tolerant of other cultures, it may require black men with dreads to refuse to cut them if that's not their desire. I know a couple of my good friends who cut their dreads for a job they ended up hating anyway, and it was evident from the outset. If an employer has a problem with your hair during the interview process, best believe that's only the tip of the ice berg. That employer may STILL discriminate against you until you realize it wasn't ur dreads at all, its just the culture of that job does not embrace the diversity they may be advertising. I personally cannot stand it when people only see dreads in the limited sense, the big Rass dreads that grow out like tumble weeds. There are a variety of ways dreads can be kept, and if you ever seen a professionsl man or woman with dreads, it adds a polish and poise to their look and demeanor. Since we live in a tight job market, I understand the consequences of a man who refuses to cut his dreads for a job, we simply do not have the luxury right now. But, this problem will not go away once the economy gets better, you may still be confronted with individuals (black or white) who cannot get over your dreadlocks or have negative, LIMITED, connotations about it. My lil bro will be growing his dreads soon, my mom has dreads, and so do I. Just like gay rights and women's reproductive rights, people need to learn to accept and embrace individuality and its up to US dreadheads out there to demand our respect too.
Unfortunately people fail to realize that dreadlocks is more than a hairstyle for many people, it is a lifestyle. Lifestyle choices are constantly being questioned, challenged, and unacknowledged by people who may not have an appreciation or tolerance of one's choice......No I would not condone crazy hair colors and Mohawks as a professional way of wearing one's hair. One should not compare those extreme styles to dreadlocks
He's very young (oh, and also he's fairly short). He's a local DA working in a majority-minority local court. I personally think it probably helps the office's status in the neighborhood to have someone clearly attuned to his heritage working for the state and not for the defendants. Also, doesn't hurt that he's hot.