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Regular readers of Red Sox Monster will know that while I was born and raised in Western Massachusetts, I now call the state of Maryland my (sort of) home. It puts me in a precarious state for much of the year, leaving me to try and gather as much Sox-related news as I can via the Wild Wild Web, streaming Internet broadcasts and a variety of wild-eyed bloggers like yours truly.
There is one notable exception to this rule, however: The two trips the Sox make each season to Camden Yards, the beautiful home of the Baltimore Orioles.
After the jump, you'll find a comedy of photographs, observations and things you wouldn't read in the newspaper about yesterday's game. Don't worry, I won't get too high-brow for you.
1. NESN of the South: Not a fan of the Boston Red Sox.
While I was at the game yesterday, I watched most of Friday night's game on MASN, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. It's much like NESN, with the notable exception that instead of everyone's favorite crazy uncle, Jerry Remy, offering color commentary, viewers are offered the thoughts of Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer.
To say that Palmer's pro-Orioles bent is obvious is a bit of an understatement. In the matter of about three innings, he railed against David Ortiz for complaining about called strikes and the umpire for not giving Orioles ace Erik Bedard a wide enough strike zone. He also commented that the Red Sox paid a "$103 million posting fee" to acquire the services of Daisuke Matsuzaka. The last time I checked, the Red Sox paid a total of about $103 million for Matsuzaka -- and less than half of that was for the posting fee, which they will hypothetically be able to make up for in Asia in a flash with increased marketablity.
2. Red Sox fans in Baltimore are a friendly breed.
For all the stereotypes about Red Sox fans being an unfriendly bunch, the comraderie between strangers in Red Sox gear this weekend was striking. At Camden Yards, Sox fans by and large seek out their own, offering their own stories about how they ended up in Baltimore.
In the matter of about three innings, I ran into a family from Ware (including my buddy with the sign above), a 20-something man who grew up in Wilbraham and received a call from a 25-year-old friend from Granby sitting in a different section of the park.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Red Sox fans also brought signs noting where they traveled from to get to Baltimore. Among the towns I saw: Ware (above), Suffield, Conn. (left), Walpole and Providence. There were also plenty of Sox fans from other parts of the country, and many from Maryland itself. All in all, it's like going to a music festival on par with Lollapalooza, really.
3. Orioles fans, by and large, are nice to Red Sox fans.
This is myth that I'd like to squash, if only because I saw absolutely no major problems between the Capulets and Montagues that attended the game.
On my way up the escalator to my seats, a woman behind us from Baltimore said she was happy to have Red Sox and Yankees fans make the trip to Baltimore each year because "you shop in our restaurants, stay in our hotels and spend your money." Obviously, not all Orioles fans feel that way (check out one of the comments in this entry to see that), but the class that most of Orioles Nation (does such a thing exist?) showed was nice to see.
A notable exception to that class, by the way: After yesterday's game, I was one of thousands of Red Sox fans who walked from the park to Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor to get something to eat. On the way, we were stopped by a panhandler with an unusual way of soliciting money. Since we were all "away from Boston," as he put it, he was going to have our homes broken into if we didn't give him some money. Somehow, he delivered it with enough deadpan bravado that he managed to get about half the folks passing by to laugh.
4. Camden Yards siizzzzzzles when it's hot out.
One untold story from yesterday's game -- and many others in Baltimore, I assume -- is the way the heat and angry sunshine beated down on those in the bleachers.
I saw no fewer than three people collapse in the hallway during the game, and a fourth Sox fan sitting nearby was passed out cold, drunk and sunburnt when Kevin Millar hit his walk-off home run. I debated taking a picture of him for the blog, but let him off the hook.
5. Traffic is a pain, but infinitely better than what you see near Fenway Park.
Since I live near College Park, Md., and Washington, D.C., I left about two hours before yesterday's 1:35 start time to make sure we were situated early enough for the game. It didn't work as well as I wanted because there were so many extra fans in attendance, but we still got in our seats before the first pitch.
Parking for the game cost $8, as opposed to the $25 and up that is charged near Fenway Park. An added benefit: Since M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, is next door to Camden Yards, there is plenty of overflow parking available when there are big crowds at Oriole Park.
In case you were curious, here's a video of the area outside Camden Yards this weekend produced by WNST Radio in Baltimore, an AM sports radio channel. It captures the way Sox fans outnumber Orioles fans pretty clearly:
Oh, one other thing: Stay tuned today for another Red Sox Monster podcast. This one will focus on the weekend in Baltimore, obviously, with more observations on what life is like at Camden Yards, the sand-paper-in-boxers results Friday and Sunday, and what the Red Sox can do to get back on track.


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For the second time in three years, 22-year-old Vusa Hove is the area's No. 1-ranked male tennis player. The University at Buffalo senior was undefeated in winning three local tournaments this year, the Muny Men's Singles Championships and two tournaments at Miller Tennis Center.
Matt Kane, former Niagara University star, played two superb matches against Hove. The first was in the semifinals of the Muny Championships. At 6-6 in the first set Hove found himself trailing, 1-4, in the tiebreaker (first to win 7 points).
"I knew how badly Matt wanted to defeat me and he was playing exceptionally well," Hove said. "When you're the No. 1 seed there is a great amount of pressure on you. I tried to stay in the present and focus on playing without pressure."
Hove said he knew if he lost the next point he would be down by 1-5 and would be in severe trouble and was determined to play the rest of the set "as if my life depended on it."
From then on Hove played consistently on each point and waited for Kane to make mistakes. Before you knew it Hove was up, 5-4, and the pressure was now on Kane. Kane kept playing aggressively; but to no avail. He lost the tiebreaker and then the second set to lose the match, 7-6, 6-1.
Once Kane lost the first set it was evident that he was getting tight and losing his confidence. Even though he lost the match he had played superbly in the first set. The problem is that if you give Hove an opening your chances are slim and none in winning the match. In a tournament a week later Hove defeated Kane, 6-4, 6-4.
Hove was extremely complimentary in his assessment of Kane's tennis game. "Matt plays an all out aggressive game. When he is playing well he is a very tough player to play against," he said.
Kane replied, "Vusa is so mentally and physically strong. He is like a human backboard and his ground strokes are hit powerfully."
Hove's excellent game is complemented by his outstanding physical shape. He checks in at a solid 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds. The extra weight allows him to hit the ball extremely hard at all times. His incredible foot speed is due to his workouts four days a week in which he does speed drills and weight training up to three hours a day. He also plays hard singles 2½ hours a day six days a week.
To concentrate for entire matches as Hove does is mind boggling. Hove stresses that he listens to certain types of music before each match. He is also a firm believer in imagery. "I picture myself as Mike Tyson in his prime," he said. "I want to appear extremely confident at all times and put in my opponent's head that he will have to play his best tennis to defeat me."
However, don't think for a moment that Hove isn't magnanimous on the few occasions that he loses. "Even though I do not like losing I am realistic that it is going to happen," he said. "Even Federer and Nadal don't win every match that they play. If I lose I will congratulate my opponent and realize that I will have to work harder to defeat that player next time."
Hove gives much of the credit of his success to his coach Lee Nickell, the men's tennis coach at UB, and the opportunity to play in the highly competitive Mid-American Conference. "I love playing on the UB team and the team aspect," Vusa said.
This past season one of the highlights of Vusa's tennis career occurred in the MAC team semifinals against Ball State. The teams were tied, 3-3, and Vusa was playing the final match to decide who would advance to the finals. The score was 1-1 in sets and 4-4 in the deciding third set. Vusa won, 6-4, in the third set.
"The pressure was incredible at 4-4 and I have to admit it was one of the few times in my tennis career that I was very nervous," he said. "Winning for the team was the most wonderful feeling in the world."
Unfortunately, UB lost to Western Michigan in the finals.
Vusa has some long-term goals that he hopes to achieve. He is striving to attain the best record that he can in MAC play this season and then play in Future events and Challenger Events.
"By far, Vusa is the hardest working player I have been associated with in ten years and his results have been outstanding," said Nickell.
Two more titles for White
Ken White, an Elma resident, continues to amaze local followers of the game. Last weekend, he and Derek Acker, a South Wales resident, teamed up to win the 40 & Over Doubles in the National Senior Tennis Fiesta Bowl in Scottsdale, Ariz.
They defeated David Buterbaugh of Paradise, Ariz., and Gary Hattendorf of Tempe, Ariz., 6-1, 6-4, in the finals. The 50-year-old White also won the Men's 50 & Over doubles with partner Paul Smith of New Zealand, who formerly played Davis Cup for New Zealand. They defeated Steve Dawson of Carlsbad, Calif., and Sam Moore of Telluride, Colo., in the finals, 6-1, 6-4. The dual wins were his 14th and 15th national age group titles. Dawson earned a measure of revenge by defeating White, 6-2, 6-4, in the Men's 50 & Over Singles finals.
White has been the area's top ranked player three times and has been ranked in the area's top ten for almost three decades. He is the only All-American in tennis in UB's history and is also in UB's Sports Hall of Fame.
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Bedford, Mass. – November 19, 2013 – Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) has announced that Wayfare is the first EMEA-wide service delivery partner for its new Progress Pacific platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Wayfare provides cost-effective near-shore software solutions for a range of customers, including Rentokil and IAP, and partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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This last "note" is not musical but I thought I'd tack it on the end of this post just because. I must have this book. Must, must, must have it. I've never liked the idea of audio books but in this case it makes sense and I'm very tempted but I'll probably get the printed book because it's cheaper and because I like to read.


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VT will host mississippi valley state on December 10th and georgia southern on December 15th as part of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. No matter what, Tech will advance to the 4-team tournament in Vegas on December 22nd and 23rd – ARTICLE
What does anyone know about the 2012 guard from Maryland that has reportedly agreed to accept a scholarship to play at Tech? Techsideline has posted it on their site.
had seen this article:
but then I heard that it might not be a done deal yet.
Basically, coaches Byington and Williams are bringing aboard players they were recruiting for their previous schools.
The period for signing the letter of intent is over for 2012 and not till possibly November for 2013.
He would be applying for admission to the university which would be processed pending approvals for his scholarship offer, if such an offer has been extended.
Why doesn't Byington bring over Baru then?? He would be a huge big man for the 2013 season.
According to GobblerCountry's twitter, VT never made an offer to Stanback…
Shooting guard Melvin Johnson is back on the market after getting his release from University of Miami. He was very high on Virginia Tech's list of guards thy were recruiting.
Hey Les, any idea on who Melvin's favorite is now? He would be a huge pickup considering the Stanback news proved untrue and Wilbut seems prep bound.
If familiarity is any advantage, he was recruited by both Virginia Tech and College of Charleston. He wants to set up his two official visits within a month.
Virginia Tech may be going after this guy as well.
I certainly hope we can pick up Johnson. We lost Baru to CofC last year and it would hurt that much more if Johnson chose CofC over VT. I haven't heard much about that O'Brien kid, but we will take anybody at this point.
I'm two years out of college but if Coach Johnson needs me to suit up, I'm ready to go.
6'4″ & 175 lbs of fighting fury. Put me in, Coach!
He wouldn't be able to get into Tech. He was refused admission at Miami due to his test scores.
Am I the only one who wants us to save scholarships for getting players for 2013? I'd rather save up and get players we actually want instead of just trying to fill spots for this year. We NEED a good, solid big man in 2013 for the future. JVZ isn't gonna cut it
Coach Greenberg interview posted by the Roanoke Times' Mark Berman.
Two leading scorers from UCF are eligible to transfer & play immediately. One is 6'9″, Clanton, and the other is Marcus Jordan, son of Michael. Let's take 'em both.
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By Meredith Ward, Manager, Legislative and Media Affairs, IACP
n mid-September, the administration proposed a plan that includes $5 billion for "first responder stabilization." The plan allocates $4 billion for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program for hiring, rehiring, or retaining law enforcement officers. The plan also includes $1 billion for Department of Homeland Security grants for hiring, rehiring, or retaining fire fighters.
The IACP is very supportive of the COPS program, as it has proven to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to combat crime and violence in our communities.
The COPS program seeks to fund critical programs for combating methamphetamine production and trafficking; for tribal law enforcement; for fighting gun trafficking and reducing gang violence; for hiring school resource officers and establishing school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems to combat crime, gangs, and drug activities; for paying for officers hired to perform intelligence, antiterrorism, or homeland security duties; and for the recruitment of inactive military personnel to pursue the law enforcement profession.
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For many years now, the IACP has been working towards this goal. This proposal would provide law enforcement and other public safety agencies with the additional 10 MHz of spectrum that is necessary to support a nationwide, interoperable, wireless broadband network that will help them fulfill their mission of protecting lives in communities throughout the United States.
Law enforcement and public safety must have a minimum of 20 MHz of broadband spectrum to meet current and future needs and must have access to new technologies to perform increasingly complex duties. These technologies must have adequate and dedicated spectrum that is managed and controlled by public safety to ensure that they will be more secure and reliable than commercial broadband systems. The D-Block allocation to public safety and federal funding are essential if technology is to accommodate the critical needs of the U.S. law enforcement and public safety community.
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In mid-September, the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. H.R. 822, sponsored by Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) would weaken existing state laws by allowing an individual to carry concealed firearms when visiting another state or the District of Columbia as long as the individual is entitled to carry concealed firearms pursuant to the laws of his or her home state.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey testified at the hearing in opposition to the legislation. In his testimony, Commissioner Ramsey said, "We have a uniquely diverse nation. What works where I currently serve as commissioner in Philadelphia, and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, does not work for our neighbor across the river in New Jersey. Our laws for obtaining a permit are vastly different, based on well-debated decisions made at the state level. This bill would allow people to carry concealed and loaded guns in every state, without consideration for the minimum standards created by their governments."
The IACP is strongly opposed to H.R. 822 because it would severely undermine state concealed carry licensing systems by allowing out-of-state visitors to carry concealed firearms even if those visitors have not met the standards for carrying concealed weapons in the states they are visiting.
For example, some states require a person to show that they know how to use a firearm or meet minimum training standards before obtaining a concealed carry license. These states would be forced to allow out-of-state visitors to carry concealed weapons even if they do not meet that state's concealed licensing standards.
It is the IACP's belief that states and localities should have the right to determine who is eligible to carry firearms in their communities. It is essential that state, local, and tribal governments maintain the ability to legislate concealed carry laws that best fit the needs of their communities and apply to private citizens as well as active and former law enforcement personnel.
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You seem to have forgotten from the last time this idiotic topic came up: Street fighting is for losers. If you get into a street fight with a boxer you will lose. And so will the boxer. Because you are losers.
Anyone routinely getting into street fights over the age of 17 is pathetic. Fucking grow up.
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Did someone call boxing a sport? I guess now a days some people call it a sport. I guess some people think boxing is only as brutal as a Mayweather fight. Or a Canelo fight.
I remember many years ago when i tried to get someone into boxing and showed them some moves. They thought they could only fight in one style, which is the regular hands up and punch in true boxing technique. They seen some boxing but not privliged to see the brutality of boxing. And to be honest some of you that say boxing is a sport or that it is regulated have truly forgot just how brutal it can really be.
Truth be told we don't have many great boxers today, that bang, bang thank you mam type of style that makes many of you forget just how brutal boxing can be.
Has many of you read into the history of boxing?
Imo, once you have boxed and spared enough times, your instincts as a boxer come second nature. Any street fighting you knew as a kid you use it in a street fight with the boxing skills you have learned.
I see little kids get in fights, don't know how to fight (box) so what ends up happening they tackle each other to the groud and wrestle.
I respect what mma fighter do but the ground game is something you have to have grown up with in wrestling or learned later.
Fight like a man, used to mean stop trying to hug me trying to throw me down to the ground and stand up and throw with your fist.
Respect to the mma fighter and those that like mma as i do to boxing. But watching some documentaries on some fighters i have gained respect for the mma fighter, but it is imo a few levels lower compared to boxing. And with respect to a mma fight be a real fight... gloves or no gloves no likes to be punched and boxings brutality is not what it used to be because we in the Floyd era where boxing is what fighters are doing more of in the ring.
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I am 6.1 154 pounds, 20 year old. used to have red hipster type glasses that just screamed ''i can take that ****** , no problem, my gf will be so proud''. Practiced boxing for 2+ years .
So basically every Friday in the old town there was someone who would try to disrespect me because i looked weak and got more woman than they did. Anyway i have fought around 30-40 times on the streets and most of them ended up being the average ''looping right hand that you saw a day before'' joe. Once they get hit with few jabs they understand that they are in deep trouble . Some start hesitating, some go berserk but none can achieve anything. They just dont know how to punch, how to keep distance , they just hope that if they land i will fall.
One time when i got in a scrap with an mma dude everything was all right but of course when he felt that stand up ain't gonna cut it, he took me to ground. I felt him trying to lock my hand. My brains went, **** this **** no more fair play and i poked his eye. He let me go and I just rained punches until he asked me to stop which i did.
The other one was a security guard . A big ****er around 6.4 210 pounds. A grown man. My friends decided to hit casino for few minutes. I didn't have an ID on me so I waited with one of the buddies outside. Just smoking, waiting. Suddenly security guard bus arrives and tells as to go away. We ask why and the big **** just headlocks me. I spur out and yell at him ''what the **** are you doing ******''. He decides to hit my leg with his stick. Being the ****y bastard that i am, i start teasing him so he starts swinging with his stick. He catches my shoulders, legs and starts aiming for my head. I slip under one of those punches and catch him with a david haye type looping overhand right. Cheek bone cracks, he collapses and I kick him in the spleen. It is over, faces of surrounding guards are priceless, my lads rush out and lay a beating on all of them. I end up geting a 5k compensation.
No martial art can go hand to hand in a fist fight vs boxer, kicks are pretty useless on the streets. and this BS about being trained to catch a hand mid punch is garbage. Ain't nobody catching my jabs and straights. block or evade are only options. Different story is when a ground guy gets u in position where you can't cheap shot him. Than it is over for boxer.Bones break, tissue collapses, lights go out.
Closest fight that i have had vs average dude is when i was blackout drunk. Friend told me that it looked like a poor mans version of myself. Still won, afterwards got jumped by two of his friends a knee to the chest and chin. Felt backwards and hit my head against hinges. Woke up in the hospital.
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This started off as a shape and radial distribution experimental and ended up as a spiritual, therapeutic exercise. Every ring is a different facet of my self (inner and outer self). I've also learned stuff about after effect doing this experimental.
Most of the animation (about 90%) is handmade, all shapes are on different layers and manually placed and delayed. (There's one of the ring I used a repeater fonction)
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10 things lupus will never take from me: Part 1
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My sister had a caringbridge website. I felt so relieved that she had a place to go, not only to tell her story, but to let her know about how much we all cared about her. This blog made me cry, but in a good way, because she was so much about being positive. Thank you, Karin, for living the optimism Lisa had. Even though it's been a long time, I miss her so much. Please keep her positive spirit.
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Journalist James Brady is interviewing TV talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford at La Cote Basque, one of Manhattan's better restaurants. Brady samples the wine, recommends the fish and devotes most of his attention to the saucisson chaud. He does not write down a single note.
"Not necessary," he confides to a third diner who is with them. "I have a steel-trap mind. Besides, I only need three sound bites for my column."
Kathie Lee tells Brady that she considers "God a gentleman," and Brady says, "That's one." She mentions that she refuses to cut her nails to improve her golf game. "Two," says Brady between bites of hot sausage. Finally, she scoffs at reports that her husband, Frank, still a rugged athlete 26 years after retiring from football, has had cosmetic surgery. He had some fat removed from his eyelids so that it would be easier to insert his contact lenses, she says, clearing up the record. "Three."
The next day, Brady admits to his other luncheon partner that when he finally began jotting some notes for his column in Parade magazine, sound bite No. 2 eluded him. And could the spectator recall No. 3? The steel-trap mind of James Brady is not always fully engaged these days. At least not on the wisps of celebrity revelations. At 62, the man who once put celebrity gossip and gabble into the pages of Women's Wear Daily, the National Star and the New York Post and wrote a book (Superchic) about the elliptical world of fame and fashion, has momentarily turned away from the fluff that has made him famous.
It is almost four decades since Brady was a Marine lieutenant in Korea serving under Capt. John Chafee (now Rhode Island's junior Senator), but those far-off battles of his youth are the subject of his newest book, The Coldest War. The memoir, published in June, has gone into its second printing, has drawn good reviews and has been praised by combat veterans.
The Middle East dominates the news these days, and for many Korea has all but slipped from memory. For Brady, however, it remains "the most pivotal event of my life." He was 23 then, but "we were young boys, really," he says. "When we came out of the shelters and from under the helmets, when we bathed and combed our hair, we looked like babies."
Still, Brady has no trouble remembering—often in riveting detail—the shock of sudden death and common heroism, as well as the mundane facts of everyday life.
"Water was always short," he writes. "We melted snow in canteen cups over Coleman stoves.... Leftover coffee, just an ounce or two in the bottom of a cup, did for shaving. I was lucky, with a barely noticeable beard.... We never washed."
The book not only limns some hidden corners of combat, it also illuminates a side of Brady that few have seen. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Brady got his early moral schooling from his Catholic mother, Marguerite, now 96, and his education from the Jesuits who taught him about literature, philosophy—and discipline. "I was taught to say 'Yes, sir' and 'No, sir' before I ever joined the service," he says. His brother, Thomas, 56, eventually became a priest (and is now chaplain of the New York City Fire Department). His late father, James, a freight solicitor in the shipping industry, was all charm, and his mother was all business. When they split up, says Brady, "I was 9, and that was the worst thing that happened to me."
While attending Manhattan College, where he was an English major, Brady joined the Marine Reserve "in order to avoid the draft." Returning from Korea in 1952, he landed a job in New York City as a Macy's copywriter but soon hired on with Fairchild Publications, and in 1956 transferred to Washington, D.C., where he began covering Capitol Hill. He moved to London as a bureau chief, then to Paris where he learned his fashion lessons trailing couturiers like Coco Chanel.
For a time in the '60s and '70s, Brady seemed destined to climb the management ladder: He became publisher and editorial director of Women's Wear Daily, publisher and editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor of Rupert Murdoch's National Star. But notoriously stubborn, he couldn't avoid the feuds and squabbles that went with ambition and seven years ago stopped going to an office and began writing full-time.
Now Brady does a weekly potpourri of news and opinion for Advertising Age, a celebrity column for Parade and a column for Crain's New York Business, and has written five novels. Although his marriage to Florence Kelly Brady, a woman he married in 1958, fell apart gradually over the years (she now lives in Manhattan), it has been "a perfect life," he says contentedly.
Brady keeps a bare bachelor's apartment on Manhattan's East Side, but it is his Dutch Colonial house with its rough, unpolished decor in Long Island's well-heeled Hamptons that he considers home. He shares quarters there with daughters Fiona, 29, and Susan, 28, who are both in publishing, writing and editing. His Marine officer's hat is hung on the living room wall, occupying a spot higher and more prominent than the awards for his writing, editing or publishing pursuits. "It was a worthwhile war," says Brady, who has been an active advocate for a Korean soldiers' memorial in Washington. "We held the line."
For a long time, says Brady, he had tried to write about Korea as fiction, but it wouldn't work. "The truth is often eloquent," Brady says with a shrug. It is often more lasting as well.
Late in the book Brady recalls the summer he returned from the war and was notified by the Marine Corps that his foot-locker was waiting for him at Grand Central Terminal: "It was stored in the depot's cellar, down there where they held freight and kept lost luggage and such.... There, along with the lost baggage and my footlocker, were the coffins from Korea, stacked and tidy, each with its American flag neatly lashed on."
With memories like that, perhaps it's no wonder that mere celebrity sound bites sometimes float away these days.
Trading Gossip for Gunfire, Columnist James Brady Writes a Powerful Korean War Memoir
updated 10/01/1990 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 10/01/1990 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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what's the most bad english dubbed anime
When 4Kids entertainment licensed it, they had the same voice actors from other animes.
4Kids ruins the anime they dub... I never really liked them. Shaman King was ruined, all the Yugioh series was ruined, and even Pokemon! (Well, I am guessing on the Pokemon one because they probably did ruin it in some way! XD)
i totally agree with you
woow, slow down with the harshness.
I cant help it, they stink! Oh! BTW, I requested you on my friends list.
at least they show animes and keep up with them at least most of the time.
Make it 'for kids'. They dont even release un-cut boxes of them... though I am very happy that Funimation got the rights for One Peice... I miss Toonami!
it was going strong for a long time then they cut it off.
everyone complaines about 4kids voice actors.
I was watching appleseed on animonday this week and I thought the dubbing was bad.
Well, I like Appleseed, but I thought the dubbing was a little bit...whack. Also, remember Rurouni Kenshin? The voices didn't really seem to fit to me...I think they probably could have done a little better with that...right now, those are the only two I can think of. "You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever! "
i was probably being unfair since i couldn't get past the acting. i think if i was gonna give it a chance i would watch the newer one. isn't it called appleseed ex machina or something? i think i'd watch it because of the digital style of animation.
ugh... i can name one of them right now... and that's adventure duo. the english on that thing was bloody awful... "I am Darkness, BWA HA HA HA HA!"
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A culchee (Irish countryside resident i.e. anywhere outside Dublin in the 26 counties of the republic)term for Snogging.
"I was caught shifting your mans sister lastnight just before i got me langer out"
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The term for sticking ones tongue down ones throat aggressively
I shifted the face off her last night.Shifting
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Selling items or narcotics
"What's up?"
"I'm shifting some mandy"
"I'm shifting some mandy"
بواسطة carpetting إبريل/نَيْسان 9, 2015
The act of violently thrusting one's pelvic area forward, usually in the direction of another person. Often used my Minecrafters as a form of "virtual humping".
"Dude shift party in the fountain, gonna be shifting them so hard"
Best action ever Minecraft Shift Shifter
Best action ever Minecraft Shift Shifter
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another word for stealing in a shop or jacking from a shop
michael says to the shopkeeper "what the rasclat bombaclat man fink me shifting for, me was just buying some bombaclating orange juice for bombaclats sake, you fuking bombaclating talibane"
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Promise Zones?
January 25, 2014
Only five years into his tenure, President Obama has finally decided to do something about the economy....
MECURY2: Pretty much self-explanatory. Sorry I confused you.
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ToTEXASfromPA: "The Promised Zone is not about creating economic growth"--If I were you,and I'm glad I'm not, tell this to the people in these Promised Zones,and do it FACE TO FACE!When you're done, I'll call 911 for you!
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Cheyenne: Boy, Do I have a car for you and it also has no brakes! Put some meaning in your replies and make it worth commenting on.
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Bobbie2: So, what you're saying is this problem was only the democrats that caused this problem? There is a word for your comment, "Bulls***"!
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Reeder- People, I can take, it's the Liberal ideology I can't handle. An "Overlord" gov't picking winners and losers and demonizing it's opponents. Out right lies and "spin" from politicians on BOTH sides do nothing to support the greatness of our country and poison the minds of the electorate. Like Al Gore told the Blacks in Texas, "The Republicans don't even want to count you in the census." The sad part is that their minds have been so poisoned by the Libs that they actually believed him....
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"Better to be in a car with 4 flat tires," --Cheyenne
I don't believe that is the option. With sound fiscal policies, I believe there would be four good tires with a spare on that car.
When money is printed without collateral or backing behind it, it becomes diluted and worth less than it used to be.
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Better to be in a car with 4 flat tires, than to be an eager passenger on the S.S. Liberal, the submarine equipped with a screen door hatch.
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Who would have thought in just 43 comments and repies we would go from the "Promise Zone" to the "Twilight Zone"! Talking to these people on the far right is like riding in a car with 4 flat tires,"You're going nowhere fast,take the "commonsense bus" and tell the driver to step on it!!!
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"Therefore conservatives are jerks." - Chuck
As childish as that is, it's the best argument that liberals have.
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"he is following the workings of the conservative web bloggers." --CMReeder
CMReeder, I hate to disappoint you but it was all my own work; not part of collectivism orders comrade. Maybe you can Google, Bing, or Yahoo the group of words "Promise Zone AmeriCorps VISTA Maker Education Initiative Tides Center" and let me know if you can find them all together in some conservative web blogger. You will find several of them together in some news articles, blog, etc. but my browser never did find all them together. If there is a weak link in the association it is that Maker Education Initiative seems to be too wholesome to be part of Tides Center or that the links between AmeriCorps Vista and Maker Ed or Maker Education Initiative are still in developmental stages. If you took time to research it and wanted to pick on something, you could have pointed out these "not too strong bonds".
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Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure. – Robert LeFevre
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What is wrong with deep frying vegetables in lard?
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It is clear that Obama only helps people out when someone else is making the sacrifice.
That is the difference between Rand Paul helping people and President Obama helping people.
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I suppose comments from the right probably do seem like gibberish to anyone whose mind works on emotion rather than logic. It figures, since if they used logic, they wouldn't be leftists.
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Can you Mr. Zook seems you throw a lot of stones at liberals every chance you get. You have no love for liberals who are your neighbors.
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Texas isn't following the money he is following the workings of the conservative web bloggers.
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Sham, Reeder, Rick424, et al- of course I'm a bigot, homophobic, and anti-gay.... I'm a Conservative. I don't even have gay friends like I'm sure you guys have many. Why would I even try to make a case against you guys that I'm not. My Bible says, "Love your neighbor as yourself" which I do every day.... can you say the same, you know, cast the first stone being sinless?
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Nobud you ignored the playground gibberish of your fellow conservatives. Speaks volumes.
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Great research Tex. Soros and his Tides Foundation are hard at work to make our country a hedonistic third world country. With the decline of our culture and the denigration of the Christian religion, he will also use a compliant media and the Teachers Union to introduce "alternative lifestyles" and victim-hood into the culture. Television shows and elementary schoolbooks, even in pre-school, highlighting the LBGT lifestyles contribute to the breakdown of family and family values, those values which have made us the great nation we are.
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Mercury, your naivete is striking.... the Right has no ambitions to discredit our President. He has done it himself with out-right lies, distortions, cover-ups, violations of his Oath of Office, violations of civil and Constitutional constraints, and yes lies and more lies, and don't forget fraud. The only way he can continue is with the Senate Democrats who've sold their soul following his every dictate. But, he's even loosing his support among some Blacks. You think he's cool and hip because seeming nobody can touch him. Sounds like you've also sold your soul to an ideology over the welfare of all Americans. A huge "Overlord" gov't does not a great nation make!... unless you can show me where it did....
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What good is a "promise" zone from a President who promised you can keep your health insurance if you liked it?
I would not trust this President any more than a liberal would trust Bush based on WMDs!!!!!
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"Obama is a bum because he doesn't help people out,Obama is a bum when he tries to help people out"! You guys and girls on the RIGHT make your mind up! Remember, you have less than 2 years to discredit him so you better put a third shift on! He's still smiling and so am I!
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Promised Zone is not about creating economic growth; it is about government support of a political agenda. A huge wast of taxpayers money.
Maybe some impartial news organizations can start tracking this down. Williamsport S/G, you have been issued a challenge.
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Amreeka [film about social injustices] - Through a donor advised fund, Tides structured an MRI to support the film. In order to comply with the requirements of an MRI, Tides worked closely with the donor and the filmmaker to ensure that this feature film had an accompanying educational and social value, in addition to its entertainment value. (So were there any distortions of truth to make American more sympathetic to Muslims that can downplay the atrocities that sometimes occur in the radical Muslim world)
Emerging Practitioner in Philanthropy (EPIP) - see links to [Philadelphia] Generocity [Inspiration Hometown] and other organizations that are taught to be community activists, lobbyist and sophisticated beggars to get donations from individuals, foundations, and taxpayers. They are not focused on making a society of self-sufficient people; they are perpetuating the welfare and transfer of wealth [stealing] and supporting themselves off it.
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Honor the Earth - "We're able to promote environmental justice for Native communities using whatever strategies make sense — programs, advocacy, outreach, Grantmaking. Tides enables us to be creative and holistic in how we approach our work," said Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth.
Honor the Earth's Grantmaking and advocacy programs center on two areas: Environmental Justice—the defense of the homelands—and Indigenous Knowledge—proactive initiatives aimed at cultural and ecological restoration. Honor the Earth helps amplify the voice of hundreds of Native people and exposes thousands of non-Indian people to environmental justice issues faced by Native Nations.
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The Tirumantiram is a Tamil poetic work written in the fifth century by Tirumular and is the tenth of the twelve volumes of the Tirumurai, the key texts of Shaiva Siddhanta and the first known Tamil work to use the term. The Tirumantiram is the earliest known exposition of the Shaiva Agamas in Tamil. It consists of over three thousand verses dealing with various aspects of spirituality, ethics and praise of Shiva. But it is more spiritual than religious and one can see the difference between Vedanta and Siddhanta from Tirumular's interpretation of the Mahakavyas.[1][2] According to historian Venkatraman, the work covers almost every feature of the siddhar cult of the Tamils. According to another historian, Madhavan, the work stresses on the fundamentals of Siddha medicine and its healing powers.[3] It deals with a wide array of subjects including astronomy and physical culture.[4]
|The twelve volumes of Tamil Śaiva hymns of the sixty-three Nayanars
|Tiruvacakam &
|Tiruvisaippa &
|Periya Puranam
|Paadal Petra Sthalam
|Paadal Petra Sthalam
|Raja Raja Chola I
|Nambiyandar Nambi
In short, the Tirumandiram, strongly emphasizes on Love is God, (Anbey Sivam).[5]
The Tirumantiram is divided into nine chapters, 9 tantras (tantirams);
- 1. Philosophical views and divine experience, impermanency of the physical body, love, education etc.
- 2. Shiva's glory, His divine acts, classification of souls etc.
- 3. Yoga practices according to the eight-angled way of Patanjali.
- 4. Mantra, tantra, etc.
- 5. Various branches of Saiva religion; the four elements of Shaiva Siddhanta.
- 6. Shiva as guru bestowing grace and the devotee's responsibility.
- 7. Shiva linga, Shiva worship, self-control.
- 8. The stages of soul experience .
- 9. Panchadsara manthiram, Shiva's dance, the state of samadhi, etc.
- 10 "our body is temple, the breath is Siva, Nanthi, Natha and all"
The poems have a unique metrical structure, each line consisting of 11 or 12 syllables depending on the initial syllable. Tirumular discusses the four steps of spiritual progress; Charya, Kriya, Yoga and Gnana, the Shaiva Siddhanta concept of Pati, Pasu and Pasa where Pati stands for Lord shiva, Pasu stands for the human kind and Pasa stands for Maya (the desire), sadhana, Vedanta, the Upanishadic Tat tvam asi and other Vedantic concepts, the transcendental reality as emptiness (Sunya) devoid of any attribute and Tantrasastra (Shakti worship), chakras, magic spells and their accessories.
The section on Yoga, called "Shiva yoga", offers details not found in the Sanskrit text of Patanjali. The Tirumantiram describes means of attaining an immortal body (kaya siddhi), advocating a theory of preserving the body so that the soul would continue its existence (Udambai valarthen uyir valarthenae).
Tirumular as a moral philosopher teaches the ethics of non-violence (ahimsa), abstinence from slaughtering, meat and alcohol. He condemns coveting another man's wife but declares that "love is God", proclaims the unity of mankind and God and stresses the acquisition of knowledge.
The final section of the Tirumantiram, named Sunya Sambhashana ("Colloquy on the Void"), is full of metaphorical sayings communicating mystical and speculative thoughts, for example;
பார்ப்பான் அகத்திலே பாற்பசு ஐந்துண்டு
மேய்ப்பாரும் இன்றி வெறித்துத் திரிவன
மேய்ப்பாரும் உண்டாய் வெறியும் அடங்கினால்
பார்ப்பான் பசுஐந்தும் பாலாச் சொரியுமே.
There are five cows in the house of the Seer
Which without a cowherd wander everywhere.
If they were controlled and their thirst quenched,
Then they would give milk.
That's the superficial meaning. There is another meaning which should be understood.
1st Line: Says that in a seer's house there are five cows (Pancha budha's). The second word 'Agathiley' means, not inside the house; but inside a person (Agam-inside; Puram-outside) the house is compared to a person here. The five 'cows' are the five "pulans" the five "senses" (sensory organs and its functions:- Eyes - Vision,Reflexes - Feel/Touch, Ears - Hear, Tongue - Taste & Nose - Smell). So within a person exists the five senses.
2nd Line: There is no cattleman to control the animal. Because there is nobody (or nothing) to control them, they just roam "uncontrollably", here the five senses untamed, lead us to temptations! The five senses are untamed and roam uncontrollably. The five senses untamed is no less than a ferocious animal
3rd Line: If you know 'how to control' and if the 'rage' settles down,
4th Line: When the cows are tended by a cattleman all those five 'cows' will yield milk. Here the verses say that if all the five senses are controlled by a person it help one to get the "thiruvarul" which means "divine grace" (The five pulans are meant to be controlled to realise God) This is the actual meaning of the song.
If the five 'pulans' control us it means it is untamed whereas if we control the five senses it means it is tamed. If these 'cows' are controlled then they yield 'milk'. Or if one can control the five 'pulans'/ 'senses', then that will lead one to God's Anuboodhi (being with God).
The genuine seat of God is our human body, the human body as a threshold, a sacred passage to the Ultimate Reality, just as sacred rivers, temples and mountains are within us, sacred book TIRUMANTHIRAM says so <http://www.64tantras.com/index.php>
See also[edit]
|Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ^ The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti), Volume 2, page 1625
- ^ Saivism in Philosophical Perspective, page 31
- ^ A Short Introduction: The Tamil Siddhas and the Siddha Medicine of Tamil Nadu, page 7
- ^ A dictionary of Indian literature, Volume 1, page 393
- ^ The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5, page 3954
- A Short Introduction: The Tamil Siddhas and the Siddha Medicine of Tamil Nadu By Marion Zimmermann
- The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5 By Mohan Lal
- The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti), Volume 2 By Amaresh Datta
- Saivism in Philosophical Perspective: A Study of the Formative Concepts, Problems and Methods of Saiva Siddhanta By K. Sivaraman
- A dictionary of Indian literature, Volume 1 By Sujit Mukherjee
- The Tirumandiram, ISBN 9781895383614 (set of 10 volumes) English translation with commentary, 2010, T.N. Ganapathy et al.
- The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram, by T.N. Ganapathy and K.R. Arumugam, ISBN 9781895383218
External links[edit]
- Tirumantiram in English, translated by Dr. B. Natarajan
- Tirumantiram in Tamil Unicode format: Tirumantiram
- Project Madurai Homepage
- Shavism Homepage
- Thirumandhiram and Others
- Thirumandhiram
- Thirumandiram information by Marshall Govindan
- The Tirumandiram in English and Tamil with verse by verse commentary, in 10 volumes, by T.N. Ganapathy et al


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