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What Do Glenn Beck's Friends Think About Jews?
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Glenn Beck once said that no one is "more pro-Jew than I am." Next week, Beck will hold his "Restoring Courage" rally in Jerusalem to encourage people to "courageously stand with Israel."
But several prominent endorsers of his rally -- as well as the supposed experts that inform Beck's views on Israel and the Middle East -- have taken controversial positions about Jews and Judaism. Some have pushed Jews to accept Jesus as their savior, while others have made overtly anti-Semitic statements.
Billy Graham
John Hagee
Joel Rosenberg
Tim LaHaye
Franklin Graham
Billy Graham
"A lot of the Jews are great friends of mine. ... But they don't know how I really feel about what they're doing to this country"
Billy Graham appears on a list of supporters of the Restoring Courage rally that Beck's team touted in an email to Congressional offices. In March, Beck recounted how he had been trying to secure a meeting with Graham for a long time, and was finally able to sit down with him. Beck said that he was given a "gift" by Graham, which he explained that he was not ready to "share" yet, but Beck believes this gift is "the answer."
In 2002, the National Archives released several hundred hours of Nixon tapes, including several that feature conversations between Graham and then-President Nixon. In one 1972 conversation, Graham said:
GRAHAM: A lot of the Jews are great friends of mine. They swarm around me and are friendly to me, because they know that I am friendly to Israel and so forth. But they don't know how I really feel about what they're doing to this country, and I have no power and no way to handle them.
Graham made other controversial comments in his conversation with Nixon:
In the conversation with Nixon, the Southern Baptist evangelist expressed disdain for what he saw as Jewish domination of the media.
"This stranglehold has got to be broken or this country's going down the drain," Graham said, agreeing with Nixon's comments earlier in the conversation.
"You believe that?" Nixon says in response.
"Yes, sir," says Graham.
"Oh boy. So do I," Nixon agrees, then says: "I can't ever say that, but I believe it."
"No, but if you get elected a second time, then we might be able to do something," Graham says, reassuring the president. [Associated Press, March 2, 2002]
Following public outrage over his comments, Graham apologized, saying that though he had no recollection of making the comments in question, "they do not reflect my views and I sincerely apologize for any offense caused by the remarks."
From the Associated Press:
The Rev. Billy Graham has apologized for a 1972 conversation with former President Richard Nixon in which he said the Jewish "stranglehold" of the media was ruining the country and must be broken.
The conversation was among 500 hours of Nixon tapes released by the National Archives. Most were recorded between January and June 1972.
"Although I have no memory of the occasion, I deeply regret comments I apparently made in an Oval Office conversation with President Nixon ... some 30 years ago," Graham, the prominent Southern Baptist evangelist, said Friday in a statement released by his Texas public relations firm. "They do not reflect my views and I sincerely apologize for any offense caused by the remarks." [AP, March 1, 2002]
John Hagee
"I am not now nor have I ever been Dual Covenant!"
Controversial pastor John Hagee -- whose long history of odious comments includes blaming Hurricane Katrina on a planned gay pride parade in New Orleans -- was a guest on Beck's Fox News show several times, and has also appeared on Beck's radio program in recent weeks. In July, Beck gave the keynote speech at the Washington, D.C., summit for Hagee's group, Christians United for Israel.
Hagee also appears on the list of rally supporters Beck's staff sent to Congressional offices last month.
In 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain was forced to reject Hagee's endorsement after revelations that Hagee once suggested that in order to encourage the Jewish people to return to Israel, God had allowed Adolf Hitler to perpetrate the Holocaust. As reported by The Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain on Thursday repudiated the presidential endorsement of the Rev. John Hagee after learning about a sermon in which the megachurch pastor from San Antonio declared that God allowed the rise of Adolf Hitler because it resulted in returning Israel to the Jewish people.
This week, a new controversy over his preaching began when a video started circulating of a sermon, delivered in the late 1990s, in which Hagee calls Hitler a "hunter," a reference to the Book of Jeremiah, which quotes God saying he "will restore" the Jews "to the land I gave to their forefathers."
"Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter," Hagee says in the sermon. "And the Bible says -- Jeremiah writing -- 'They shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill out of the holes of the rocks,' meaning there's no place to hide. And that will be offensive to some people but don't let your heart be offended. I didn't write it, Jeremiah wrote it. It was the truth and it is the truth. How did it happen? Because God allowed it to happen. Why did it happen? Because God said my top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel."
When asked what McCain thought of the remarks, spokesman Tucker Bounds responded with an e-mail from the candidate denouncing Hagee. "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them," McCain said. "I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well." [The Washington Post, May 23, 2008]
In a 2008 interview with Ami Eden of JTA, Hagee was asked if he believes "Jewish suffering is a form of divine retribution," and responded, "No, I do not. I learn from the Bible that the children of Israel were punished by God for their iniquities. But I do not presume to explain Jewish suffering in modern times. I only seek to alleviate it."
Christians United for Israel has a firm policy against proselytizing to Jews. In a 2010 column, Hagee explains that, "the first rule adopted by Christians United for Israel was that there would be no proselytizing at our events":
Given the history of Christian antisemitism, I am not at all surprised that many in the Jewish community are skeptical of Christian support for Israel. Some worry that our efforts are motivated by a desire to convert Jews. Others posit that our Zionism is tied to an effort to speed the second coming of Jesus. Both of these allegations are flat wrong. All we ask of our Jewish friends is that they get to know us before they judge us harshly on the basis of myths such as these.
Like all people of faith, we Christians firmly believe that our religion is true. But we also believe in religious freedom and have enormous respect for the Jewish faith. The first rule adopted by Christians United for Israel was that there would be no proselytizing at our events. CUFI exists only to honor and support the Jewish people, never to convert them.
Hagee is nonetheless outspoken about his belief that "the Jewish people" will "recognize Jesus as the Messiah" at "the end of the Tribulation." From Hagee's most recent book:
A second reason for this great display of God's awesome power is to testify to His beloved Jewish people that He alone is their God. Through their miraculous deliverance, the hearts of the Jewish people will begin to soften toward the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
[Hagee excerpts Ezekiel 39:22-29]
Note carefully that the Jewish people at this point in time do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. The Bible is very clear that this will happen at the end of the Tribulation, when the Jewish people...
"will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for his firstborn." - Zechariah 12:10
That is the day, the Scripture declares, when "all Israel will be saved" (Romans 11:26). [Can America Survive? pp. 242-243]
Hagee has been criticized by some evangelical Christians over comments he has made that have been interpreted at a tacit endorsement of "Dual-covenant" theology, which posits that the Jewish people have a special covenant with God and do not need to accept Jesus as Messiah in order to be saved and reach Heaven.
But in a June post on his ministry's Facebook page, Hagee responded to the "unsubstantiated rumors" and announced that "I am not now nor have I ever been Dual Covenant!"
I am writing in response to your concerns regarding unsubstantiated rumors that I believe in Dual Covenant. I am not now nor have I ever been Dual Covenant! I have been preaching the gospel for more than half a century. Nearly every Sunday for over 53 years, I have stood in front of Christian audiences to clearly proclaim the glory of our Lord, Savior and Messiah, Jesus Christ. For more than 30 years, these weekly sermons have been beamed to millions around the world on Christian television.
I was surprised and somewhat disappointed to learn that some people are interpreting my unconditional love and support of the Jewish people through numerous Night to Honor Israel celebrations throughout the country as a rejection of this most essential Christian belief that Jesus came to earth as the Messiah as promised in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Given my long years of preaching the gospel to so many, it simply never occurred to me that anyone would question my belief in the fundamentals of the faith (Acts 4:12).
Over the centuries, Christians have been quick to condemn the Jews for their faith and this destructive approach has led to replacement theology and the viewpoint of some that God has rejected and broken covenant with the Jewish people. These ill-fated concepts, in turn, opened the door to a vicious Christian anti-Semitism that led to the Crusades, the Inquisition, countless pogroms, and ultimately the Holocaust.
I have challenged this misconception by highlighting a distinction that has been long recognized in Christian theology between the role Jesus played in His first coming and the role He will play in His second coming. Jesus came the first time as the suffering Messiah, as exemplified by His persecution, rejection and crucifixion. Jesus will come back as the reigning Messiah, who will rule the world from His throne in Jerusalem as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In numerous speeches and books, Hagee has asserted that he believes the Second Coming of Jesus is close. Hagee's latest book is titled Can America Survive? 10 Prophetic Signs That We Are The Terminal Generation and lays out his evidence that the generation alive now will be the one to witness Rapture, the Battle of Armageddon, and the Second Coming.
Last year, Beck hosted Hagee during an edition of his Fox News program that he said was going to give us a "look at the news" through the "prism" of a "few brave preachers" that are examples of "people that need to start standing up." During the show, Beck plugged Hagee's "excellent" book, Can America Survive?, and said that "a lot of the pieces that have never been here for the prophecy are here now."
Joel Rosenberg
"Jews are turning to Jesus in record numbers, and they are getting excited about His Second Coming."
Beck has hosted End Times-obsessed author Joel Rosenberg on his radio program and his now-defunct Fox News show. Rosenberg also features prominently Beck's documentary "Understanding the Holy Land," which gives a history of Israel through the lens of its role in End Times prophecies.
During a February appearance on Beck's show, where Rosenberg was invited to discuss the prospect of an Islamic caliphate, Beck introduced Rosenberg by saying, "Everybody who is on my program today are friends of mine and I've known for a long time. And they're friends because they will tell you like it is." Beck also described Rosenberg as an "expert on the Middle East." Beck's website features Rosenberg's most recent novel, The Twelth Imam, in its "Recommended Reading" section.
Rosenberg writes extensively about the various "signs" indicating the Second Coming of Jesus Christ may be imminent (including the "supersign" that was the "rebirth of Israel in 1948").
On his website, Rosenberg is described as "a follower of Jesus Christ with a passion to make disciples of all nations and teach Bible prophecy."
In a section about his "spiritual journey," Rosenberg celebrates the "record numbers" of Jews "turning to Jesus" and "getting excited about His Second Coming":
Not long ago I was in Israel doing research for my fourth novel, The Copper Scroll. I was having coffee at the King David Hotel with the head of a Messianic Jewish congregation. As we looked out over the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives, I asked him, "In 1967, when I was born, how many sabras - native Israeli Jews - believed in Jesus?"
"Maybe five, maybe six," he said.
"How many Israeli Jews overall in 1967 believed Jesus was the Messiah?" I asked.
"Based on my research, less than two hundred," he said.
Worldwide, there were only a couple of thousand Jewish believers in Jesus.
How much the world has changed since then. Today, there are between 7,000 and 10,000 Jewish believers in Jesus in Israel alone, and worldwide, conservative estimates put the number at somewhere between 75,000 to 100,000. Some believe the number is closer to 250,000. What a startling increase, and my father, and I, and three of my four sons are part of those numbers, part of that dramatic trend. Jews are turning to Jesus in record numbers, and they are getting excited about His Second Coming.
Which leads us back to the question I am asked so often, "How can a Jewish person believe in Jesus?"
It is simple, really. By coming to the realization that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Messianic prophecies set forth in the Jewish Scriptures. By realizing that Daniel 9:27 says that the Messiah had to come before the Second Temple would be destroyed, and Jesus did just that (and predicted the Temple's destruction as well). By believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth that that Jesus' death on the cross served as a once-for-all-time sacrifice to wash away your sins, and that His resurrection from the dead is proof of His divinity, proof that He is who He says He is: the only way to heaven. And by accepting that Jesus really is the Anointed One we Jewish people were waiting for - come to love us, come to save us, come to give us hope and purpose and a new, abundant, transformed life, better than we could have ever hoped for, dreamt of, or imagined.
He is coming back soon. Maybe sooner than you think.
In a post on his blog, Rosenberg suggests that the only way Arabs and Israelis can reach a lasting peace is for "Jesus Christ -- the Prince of Peace -- to change men's hearts and reign in our hearts":
The only way to make lasting, comprehensive peace between Israelis and Arabs is for Jesus Christ -- the Prince of Peace -- to change men's hearts and reign in our hearts. Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers" so I'm all for diplomatic efforts that don't defy the Scriptures. But what I really love is to meet Arabs and Jews who once hated or despised each other but have come to faith in Jesus and have developed a deep and sincere love for their neighbors and their enemies. Only the Holy Spirit of God can do that.
Unfortunately, Arab believers in Jesus are far too often ignored, overlooked, or even rejected by Western Christians who love Israel. But I strongly believe we are supposed to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus. We need to encourage and pray for Arab believers, as well as Jewish believers. I haven't always done a good job of this, but I'm personally working on building more and better relationships with my Arab Christian brothers and sisters. Jesus loves them dearly; so should I.
During a speech at the 2011 Epicenter Conference in Jerusalem, Rosenberg laid out how he believes we are fast-approaching Rapture and the return of Jesus Christ. Discussing the events of the post-Rapture Tribulation, Rosenberg explains that "only falling upon the name and calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that's the only way that we can be saved."
A bit later, Rosenberg said that when Jesus Christ physically returns to earth, there will be "no opportunity to say, 'Is this your First Coming or your Second?'... You have to make that decision before then and if you've never made that decision, I pray that today will be Day of the Lord, as you receive him into your heart."
ROSENBERG: This is an intensifying time of shaking in the world -- literally, massive earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as spiritual and geopolitical and financial shakings that the Lord takes the world through.
Why? To get people to stop - to let go of any political, philosophical, religious, intellectual ideas that they are holding on to that are insufficient for salvation. The Lord is going to shake the world hoping that we will say, whatever we were holding on to, whatever we were trusting is insufficient for peace now in our own hearts and to get us through difficult times - nor is it sufficient to get us into heaven. Only falling upon the name and calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that's the only way that we can be saved. The only way we can find peace.
So the last days of that whole sweep of history, intensifying in the period we are in now, building toward the Day of the Lord. Okay, so what then is the Day of the Lord, and the similar constructions: That Day, or The Day. What does it mean? Well, this phrase is the Biblical term to refer to the culmination of the Last Days. It's the actual, physical, literal, Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This will include the day that the Lord wins the Battle of Armageddon. This is the day that the Lord literally wins the Battle of Jerusalem. This is the day when the Lord Jesus Christ's feet literally, actually, physically touches down on the Mount of Olives, splitting the mountain in two.
This is the Day of Great Judgment, at which point there is no opportunity to say, "Is this your First Coming or your Second?" This is that moment where you have already given your final answer - it is locked, as the game show refers. You don't have that opportunity at that moment when the Lord is touching down to say "Okay, I'm in." You have to make that decision before then, and if you've never made that decision, I pray that today will be Day of the Lord, as you receive him into your heart. And of course, the Day of the Lord sets into motion Jesus Christ reigning from this city, setting up his millennial kingdom. His actual, literal, thousand year reign.
It's one of the most extraordinary prophetic events described in the scriptures in all of human history, and it will come to pass here in this land, in this city, and soon.
Rosenberg's spiritual journey was featured in an edition of the Jews for Jesus publication Issues, and Rosenberg touts an endorsement from Stephen Katz of Jews for Jesus on his website:
Joel Rosenberg was our guest speaker for a special evangelistic event we recently hosted. A spell-binding story-teller, Joel easily kept people's attention and often had people laughing out loud as he described how God is using him in these days. I appreciate the fact that Joel makes God the hero of his stories rather than keeping the attention on himself. Joel really gives his listeners great insight on current events and people go away asking the kind of questions that lead them to God.
Stephen Katz
Jews For Jesus
Rockville, Maryland
Nevertheless, in a 2010 article for American Thinker, Richard Baehr writes of his interview with Rosenberg, "Rosenberg does not believe that evangelical support for Israel is related to an attempt to proselytize Jews":
Rosenberg does not believe that evangelical support for Israel is related to an attempt to proselytize Jews. At the same time, he said that evangelicals cannot check "Jesus at the door," since Jesus was so central to their lives, and they would not want to shut the door to those who might find what Christian believers had found for themselves. Rosenberg said that while very few Jews convert to Christianity, there are many Muslims who became Christian -- a story that is not often told, which in part explains the ferocious response to Christian minorities in some Islamist states.
Tim LaHaye
"[T]he Lord will once again deal specifically with the nation of Israel, bringing the Jewish people to faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah they rejected almost two thousand years ago."
Tim LaHaye is the co-author of the hugely popular Left Behind book series about the End Times, as well as several non-fiction books about how the Second Coming is probably imminent. Like Rosenberg, LaHaye is featured in Beck's documentary about Israel, "Understanding the Holy Land." The documentary discusses the history of Israel, mostly through its role in fulfilling End Times prophecies.
In a 1999 article for Slate, Jeffrey Goldberg writes that "of all the evangelical leaders I have interviewed, LaHaye is capable of some of the most anti-Semitic utterances." Goldberg quotes LaHaye as saying, "Some of the greatest evil in the history of the world was concocted in the Jewish mind":
There is only one road to salvation for Jews, and that road runs through Jesus, LaHaye told me. To his credit, though, LaHaye doesn't believe that the Antichrist will be Jewish. He will be a European gentile, who will kill lots of Jews. "The Jews will be forced to accept the idolatry of the Antichrist or be beheaded," he said. This will take place during the seven-year Tribulation.
Jewish suffering, though, is divinely ordained. Even though the Antichrist will not be Jewish, Jews are still capable of great evil and have often been punished for their evil, LaHaye explained. "Some of the greatest evil in the history of the world was concocted in the Jewish mind," LaHaye told me, for reasons that aren't entirely clear--he knew what the name "Goldberg" generally signifies. "Sigmund Freud, Marx, these were Jewish minds that were infected with atheism."
I asked LaHaye to tell me more about the Jewish mind.
"The Jewish brain also has the capacity for great good," he explained. "God gave the Jews great intelligence. He didn't give them great size or physical power--you don't see too many Jews in the NFL--but he gave them great minds."
Of all the evangelical leaders I have interviewed, LaHaye is capable of some of the most anti-Semitic utterances, which is troublesome, because he is also the most popular author in the evangelical world. [Slate, November 5, 1999]
Like Hagee, LaHaye believes that the only way Jews can reach salvation is by accepting Jesus.
In his book Are We Living in the End Times?, LaHaye describes the period of Tribulation as a "terrifying period of seven years in which God pours out His wrath on a rebellious and unbelieving mankind" and also the time in which the Lord will bring "the Jewish people to faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah they rejected almost two thousand years ago."
The Tribulation is a terrifying period of seven years in which God pours out His wrath on a rebellious and unbelieving mankind. It is also "the time of Jacob's trouble," in which the Lord will once again deal specifically with the nation of Israel, bringing the Jewish people to faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah they rejected almost two thousand years ago. [Are We Living In The End Times?, page 153]
Franklin Graham
"All around us, we see the signs. The needs are great. Our work is urgent. The time for evangelism is short."
Billy Graham's son, Franklin, also appears on the list of supporters for Beck's Restoring Courage rally. Franklin Graham is a prominent evangelist, and delivered the invocation at President George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. He is the president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse, a Christian organization that does humanitarian work around the world. Samaritan's Purse has also been involved in efforts to persuade Jews to accept Jesus.
In addition to providing aid and running relief projects around the world, Samaritan's Purse seeks to "promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ."
For over 40 years, Samaritan's Purse has done our utmost to follow Christ's command by going to the aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ.
The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Graham, like so many of the other religious figures who shape Beck's views on Israel and the Middle East, thinks the Second Coming of Christ is approaching. Writing about the humanitarian work of Samaritan's Purse in their 2009 Annual Report, Graham says that there are signs that "Jesus Christ will soon return," so the "time for evangelism is short":
The Bible tells us in Matthew 24 that widespread earthquakes are a sure sign--along with wars, famines, persecution, hatred, false prophets, and increased wickedness--that Jesus Christ will soon return. All around us, we see the signs. The needs are great. Our work is urgent. The time for evangelism is short.
However, Good News is dawning. "He who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come" (Matthew 24:13b-14).
Thank you for standing firm with Samaritan's Purse as we work to reach a dying world with the message of eternal life in Jesus Christ. May God richly bless you.
Samaritan's Purse has also been directly involved in efforts to convert Jews to Christianity. A 2004 article in the Samaritan's Purse "Prayerpoint" magazine details how the organization provided 1,000 Bibles to a group seeking to convert Russian Jews to Christianity. The article proclaims that "many are coming to faith in Jesus -- Yeshua in Hebrew -- as their promised Savior and Redeemer."
In partnership with a Russian Messianic congregation, the Omega Project began by mailing 60,000 postcards offering Bibles to Jews in a remote Siberian city. More than 2,600 responded to the offer. Cards are now being sent to Jewish households in other Russian cities, and more than 7,000 have asked for Bibles. Samaritan's Purse provided 1,000 of these Bibles to help meet the demand.
Through this ministry, Russian Jews who might never have picked up a traditional Bible are reading God's Word for themselves. And many are coming to faith in Jesus -- Yeshua in Hebrew -- as their promised Savior and Redeemer.
"I read the Messianic prophecies featured at the back of the book and realized that Yeshua is my Messiah," said a young Jewish man in Moscow. "Now, as a follower of Yeshua, I live to tell others'"
Describing the effort in an annual report, Samaritan's Purse writes that they "shared Christ's love in other parts of Russia by funding the printing of 1,000 Bibles for Russian Jews":
Samaritan's Purse shared Christ's love in other parts of Russia by funding the printing of 1,000 Bibles for Russian Jews, helping build a playground for children who survived the terrorist attack in Beslan's School Number 1, and supporting two Christian coffeehouses where young people can hear Gospel music and the Good News of eternal life.
From an Omega Project leaflet promoting their program to provide "A Bible For Every Russian Jew":
Oliver Willis contributed to this report.
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For a plastic doll, Barbie can be polarizing. Emiliano Paolini and Marianela Perelli discovered this recently when their exhibit "Barbie: The Plastic Religion" at POPA gallery in Buenos Aires was cancelled. "Given repeated anonymous threats concerning the event, the artists decided not to exhibit his work, fearing for the physical safety of visitors," a notice on the gallery's website announced.
The 33 pieces in the controversial collection are each one-of-a-kind, and they include Barbie dolls as the Virgin Mary; Joan of Arc; Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction; and the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico. Ken becomes Christ on the cross, Buddha, Moses, St. Sebastian and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The sculptures represent figures from Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Argentine folk religion. The Muslim prophet Muhammad is not included in the series—the artists told Reuters that since Islam prohibits the creation of his image they omitted him out of respect.
Questions of taste and faith have been raised by Argentine Catholic Priests, Italian Bishops, and Hindu Clerics, much to the surprise of the artists. "We have a sanctuary in the kitchen that has more saints than the Vatican," Paolini told the Associated Press. Some have accused the artists of grandstanding—disrespecting religion in order to gain notoriety. They disagree.
"The true message of our work was mutilated by magazines and television. That's a shame. The media is killing our art." (Source)
The sculpted dolls are additional portrayals in the canon of religious iconography, weighted down with the 55-year legacy of a plastic girl and her boyfriend.

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Hi there, I've received the print version recently and started reading. I have a few mechanical questions for the first characters.
Floating Skull has his variable Curses as a Reaction. But Reaction to what? I keep seeing powers with Reaction in many publishings, including Green Ronin ones, but no indication of when they trigger. Was it meant to be obvious?
Bookbinder's Check Required limitation looks interesting but I'd like to make sure I get it right. Since she has Skill Mastery, and as indicated in the descriptive text, she can use a Routine Check for some of her powers like Teleport. Considering her skill ranks, she ends up with a 25 routine result (15+10), meaning she's 9 above the DC of 15, meaning she effectively has Teleport 9 most of the time, right?
Now, if she wants to reach Teleport 13 or anywhere in-between, she needs to roll, but risks getting a low roll too. Ignoring the 1 which would be an automatic failure, she could get from Teleport 2 (roll of 2 + skill 15 = 17, beats DC of 15 by 2) to her maximum, the whole range basically.
Am I right on all this so far?
Finally, let's say she rolls a 4, meaning she can use Teleport 4. Since her power has Limited to Extended, I interpret this as her only being able to teleport a distance of rank 4+8, 12, or 16 miles. Let's say she hopes to teleport way beyond (thus her rolling), how would you play that? Does she simply fail and remain where she is, or does she end up near a book about 15 miles away, quite far from her intended destination? I'm going to guess this may be up to GM fiat, depending on the needs of the plot but I'm still curious
As for some of her other powers:
- Her Post/Precognition through books is limited by "appropriate book". What's appropriate for what? Does she need a book about WWI to look in the past of that era? How would she look in the future then? Would she need a book on the topic she's interested in such as a book about Presidents of the USA allowing her to see who's going to be the next President? I'm also assuming the other books she uses (Bookbinding/Summon) are fictional. Do these have any use with Post/Precognition?
- Bookbinding is a really interesting power and it's rather amazing that it is actually stated out. That said, it seems very much like a plot-power to me, especially in its ability to remove PCs from fights (and not just!) for a possibly long period of time, and for the fact resisting it is based on "solving" the stories, which sounds like whole adventures in itself. What did the authors have in mind for this power?
All that said, I'm really enjoying this team of very interesting characters. Love the relationship chart.
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Topic: Coruscant attack 2 - Big ends
Okay, so last CA ( 1 ) , Bareth and Inyri died in an unsolved problem. The building exploded, killing hundreds, near it. So, now you can make your own character. ( SOS haruhi, if you want to play this RPG, you have to use capital letters, full stops, and commas etc. Okay? ) Good. So, so far, Daric and his friend Vvyk are escaping to Taris to trade some things of theirs to other items. Daric is still sad and upset about leaving his wife and 3 kids, and pet cat. They are travelling to a Taris Merchant, a Klatoonian, called Dizcer...........
Name: Daric Rern
Age: 29
Power: 60/60
Rank: Jedi Counsellor
Expierience: 70/89
Weapon(s) : Green lightsaber, armour, blaster pistol, the force and 4 concussion grenades.
Friends: Dizcer, Vvyk
Daric put his cards down. He had put the ship on automatic pilot. He and Vvyk were playing Pazaak. Beads of sweat trickled down Daric's neck. He put a card down. Then Vvyk put a card down. Then Daric......DAMN! He threw the cards onto the table. Vvyk smiled. " looks like I win again, Daric! " He started to laugh. Daric pointed his blaster at him. " okay okay! sheesh! I surrender! " Daric lowered the blaster. Daric was bored. The trip was going to take a looong time. A very, very stressful long time. He went over to the computer screen, and continued flying................


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From Dr. Bob's Nightmare:
"I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons:
1. Sense of duty.
2. It is a pleasure.
3. Because in so doing I am paying my debt to the man who took time to pass it on to me.
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
From The Big Book... page 129: "It is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics. During those first days of convalescence, this will do more to insure his sobriety than anything else."


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The Brookstone Beer Bulletin tipped us off to the fact that brewer Trumer Brauerei of Berkeley, CA, has created a fun video featuring a Rube Goldberg device made from Trumer product and paraphernalia.
The Trume Pils Rube Goldberg Machine! Inspired by the Rube-Goldberg-Machine we were able to recreate the brewing process in a new way. Just as the video focuses on fine tuning, we also take the smallest details in mind when brewing our beer! Prost.


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The Swimovate Pool Mate hit the swimming scene last year with a bang and this year they made it even better. The Swimovate Pool Mate Pro not only tracks your workout on the watch itself, but it can also download your workout to your computer.
The watch contains motion
sensors to automatically monitor the
motion of your arm when swimming so you don't have to worry
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relax and swim. The Pro package includes a download pod that plugs into
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transfer the data via Infrared link to the pod and your PC.
In addition to the statistics
for the overall session it will record
the same data for each individual set so you can see how all these
metrics change through a swim session. You can even time your rest
periods between sets. All data is stored in a large memory in the watch
for review during or after a swim session (over 100 LOGS can be stored
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Artist Biography - Pavel Büchler
Though he asserts that his artistic practice is about "making nothing happen," Pavel Büchler produces installations, videos, sculptures, and works on paper that stimulate the mind through keen wit and conceptual rigor. With economy and elegance, Büchler repurposes a range of abandoned objects, including broken pencils, ashtrays, and paint chips, and obsolete technological devic...es like slide projectors and tape recorders, into visual puns through which he offers new ways of perceiving nature, culture, art, and the everyday. Büchler's The Problem of God (2007) exemplifies the profound meaning he creates through the simplest interventions. The work consists of an old magnifying lens inserted into a worn book so that it magnifies one word, which, as Büchler's title suggests, is the problem of God: "invisible."Read More
Czech, b. 1952, Prague, Czech Republic, based in Manchester, United Kingdom
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Over my many years in practice I've acquired certain strongly held sentiments about diabetes, all of which are based on my motto:
Rule your diabetes; don't let it rule you!
- If you have diabetes and you want to succeed you need to take charge of your health. Don't be passive about your diabetes care!
- Be part of a health care team (including a dietitian, nurse educator, family physician, eye specialist, and, when needed, other specialists including a diabetes specialist, foot specialist, and so on) even if you have to assemble your team yourself.
- Stay current on how to manage your diabetes so that you can engage in meaningful discussions with your health care providers ensuring you are getting the best possible care.
- Don't underestimate the power you have to control your diabetes: healthy eating, regular exercise, and weight control are incredibly powerful weapons.
- Having diabetes does not make any food forbiden; not cake, not ice cream, not alcohol, nothin'. So never feel guilty about having these things (in appropriately limited quantities of course) and don't let others make you feel guilty either. Having diabetes is not meant to be a punishment!
- Know what tests should be done and how often they should be done. Know what your test results are, what they should be, and what is to be done if your tests are abnormal.
- Be wary of medicines; be far warier about not taking medicines that you should be taking to protect your health.
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Cuts leave Marines to use GI Bill
Two U.S. senators are planning to introduce an amendment that could reinstate the recently suspended tuition assistance programs.
�We cannot put the burden of addressing our long-term fiscal challenges on the backs of our service members,� Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., said via an announcement on the amendment. �The tuition assistance program gives our best and brightest the opportunity to continue developing their skills while on active duty, which will ultimately lead to smoother transitions to civilian life.�
The Inhofe-Hagan Amendment, introduced by Hagan and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., could potentially reinstate tuition assistance.
In a letter from Hagan to Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel, she expressed concern about the recent decision to stop the tuition assistance program.
�Tuition assistance also enhances the professionalism of the active, guard and reserve forces by helping service members more fully develop their skills, serves as an important too to retain them in the military and prepares those who choose to leave the military for a successful transition into the civilian workforce,� wrote Hagan.
The Marine Corps tuition assistance program is a thing of the past now that sequestration is in full swing, leaving many service members to use their G.I. Bill�s to pay for school while on active duty.
�Tuition assistance offered me a way to get ahead on my education without dipping into my G.I. bill,� Cpl. David Hanson said. �My standings as a Marine also were elevated as my command recognized I was making legitimate self-improvement efforts.�
The Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, said that the Corps will stop enrolling personnel in the tuition assistance program � a program in use by thousands of Marines seeking their college degrees. That leaves troops to either use their G.I. Bills to pay for school or wait until they are discharged to obtain an education.
For Hanson, 25, of Rockville, Md. and an assaultman with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, tuition assistance has been how he has been working toward a bachelor�s degree in homeland security while maintaining his career.
�I won�t be able to do it again,� Hanson said. �And that is frustrating. It wasn�t a benefit I was aware of when I enlisted, but tuition assistance has definitely been part of my long-term education plan.�
Hanson says tuition assistance offered more than fiscal assistance.
�Who wouldn�t love their employer to pay for a basic post high school education?� Hanson said. �To have this benefit cited to you as a reason for joining, to use it and really recognize its worth, it�s definitely upsetting that it�s being taken away. It�s free money fiscally in exchange for just being in the military.
�It was a perk, a good reason to join. With tuition assistance gone it�s going to arrest the progress of potentially excellent scholars, minds for business down the road and demoralize those who signed up for this advantage.�
There will be negative implications of this decision, said Hanson.
�There�s simply going to be more military personnel sitting on their hands waiting to get out instead of educating themselves and remaining in the military,� Hanson said.
With plans to stay in the Corps, Hanson will be one of many who will finish their careers and then pursue their education in order to reap the full benefits of the G.I. Bill, such as book and housing allowances.
�If you look at the goal of the Marine Corps, it�s to make good Marines, in turn making more productive citizens when they get out,� Hanson said. �Due to these cuts it�s taking away from being a smarter Marine and a more educated civilian.
�And by being a scholar while you�re in, you make it easier to transition back into the civilian world, which is a major concern during the draw-down.�
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I have helped many friends since 2002 with their bladder and valve repairs. I am looking to see if anyone else has had problems with the new Cabrinha bladder material. It is much thinner than previous bladder material.
My friend has a 2012 14m Cab' Switchblade which uses the thinner material. He is an experienced rider and never abuses his kites. He is also a dedicated to Cabrinha having rode their SBs since 2008 and owning several, Contras too.
3 weeks ago he blew the leading edge while pumping it on the beach (only 1/2 way pumped up). I helped him pull the LE whereas I remarked "WTH?? - this material is super thin!!". The LE experienced a blow out near a strut 8 inches away from a valve. Upon inspection of the blow out it was a typical "stretched out and blew" scenario. Upon inspecting the entire LE we saw several small stretches (aneurysms).
The local Cab' dealer filed a warranty claim for a replacement leading edge bladder BUT Cabrinha had NO LEs in the entire USA for a 14m so they sent it to the BLADDERMAN in Florida who repaired it. Cabrinha asked the dealer to ask the rider how he put away his kite - did he roll or fold it? - he said he folded it - Cabrinha said that was the problem - you must take care and gently roll it.
I have never heard this in my life and think it is a BS answer
Two days ago we reinstalled the repaired LE. We inspected the LE for no twists and no voids, massaged the LE into position to get any wrinkles out and after pumping it up 1/2 way it blew out this time in a different spot. When we contacted the dealer she said .... Oh, you installed it wrong. Another funny answer IMO
The purpose of this email is to see if anyone else has had problems with the LE (I am not slamming Cabrinha because I think they make great kites. I DO BELIEVE that using this lighter material for the sake of reducing a few grams or weight is a big mistake)
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Students serve as interns with federal and state judges. Under the supervision of a judge, law clerk or staff attorney, interns perform research, draft documents and observe courtroom proceedings to expand their knowledge of how our court systems operate.
Judicial Field Placement 'puts things in perspective'
Maureen Orth, L'16
Second-year law student Maureen Orth aspires to be a litigator, and just halfway through law school, she's well on her way.
"While you learn a lot in your first year, there's a lot that you don't understand until you've actually seen it," Orth said. "Getting to be in the courtroom and getting to see different proceedings has really helped flesh out my academic coursework and understand how it all fits together."
Through KU Law's Judicial Field Placement Program, Orth works with Chief Magistrate Judge James P. O'Hara of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, a 14-year veteran of the bench with private practice experience. Her duties include observing proceedings, writing orders, reading motions and getting feedback from the judge and his clerks.
"You have unique access to judges at the state and federal level, and equally exciting, you have access to his or her clerks," Orth said. "I'm getting feedback on my writing from those same people who are researching and writing for the judge. That is an invaluable experience to get in law school."
Ultimately, the field placement offers students the hands-on experience employers are seeking in addition to an understanding of theory and case law. "There are few things more valuable that KU offers than the clinic and field placement experience," Orth said. "You're working on court orders and doing research that affects someone's actual case, as opposed to the hypotheticals in class. It puts things in perspective."