For extraordinary heroism and courage above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Third Marine Raider Battalion during action against the enemy Japanese Forces in the Solomon Islands area on November 9, 1943. While his platoon was engaged in the defense of a vital road block near Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville Island, Private First Class Gurke, in company with another Marine, was delivering a fierce stream of fire against the main vanguard of the Japanese. Concluding from the increasing ferocity of grenade barrages that the enemy was determined to annihilate their shallow, two–man foxhole, he resorted to a bold and desperate measure for holding out despite the torrential hail of shells. When a Japanese grenade dropped squarely into the foxhole, Private First Class Gurke, mindful that his companion manned an automatic weapon of superior fire power and therefore could provide more effective resistance, thrust him roughly aside and flushing his own body over the missile to smother the explosion. With unswerving devotion to duty and superb valor, Private First Class Gurke sacrificed himself in order that his comrade might live to carry on the fight. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country.
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Legendary Welterweight MMA fighter BJ PENN has decided to retire after his last fight with Nick Diaz in which he lost via decision. Nick Diaz is a highly skilled boxer and just out classed BJ in striking. Diaz also posses a ridiculous cardio that most men couldn't keep up with. BJ stated in his post-fight interview. "Joe, this is probably the last time you see me in here," He told Joe Rogan. "I want to perform at the top level. … I've got a daughter. I've got another daughter on the way. I don't want to go home looking like this."
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What is up with the Chowdah Heads? Man takes his wife apple picking, walk 1/2 mile from their car and get lost. They call the apple orchards main line and no one answers, so they call 911 for rescue............
Well thats what happened to former on-air meteorologist for a Boston news station, Mark Rosenthal. Lost and scared as night fell was upon him. A half mile from their car...smh.....wth.....jfc....
This morning i set out on a ten mile run i have been looking forward to all week. As i set my GPS watch and and took of, i was sure i was going to use all i have learned reading to make this an excellent run. Before i knew it; I was slogging along,in pain and wishing the run was over. What happened? I lost my focus, i was thinking about what i was going to get my wife for Christmas,i was thinking about work, i was thinking about my knee pain but i completely lost track of what i was actually doing at the moment. I recognized i was doing this and i got my stride back and ended up finishing the second half of my run with a renewed vigor. I finished my run 12 minutes faster then last weeks run. Refocusing on the moment rather then a million other things; changed the entire experience. I kept thinking about the quote below as i ran.
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October 13th marks the 236th birthday of the U. S. Navy, which was originally founded in 1775 as the Continental Navy. Two hundred years later, in 1775, Proceedings issued a Bicentennial salute, featuring excerpts from past articles which described the birth and growth of the Navy during the Revolutionary War. Below is an excerpt from Charles O. Paullin’s article, “Origin of the Continental Navy,” which was printed in November 1927:
In the summer of 1775 the need for a Continental Navy was less urgent than that of an army, and the establishment of a navy was not discussed
So we all remember how Brian Wilson pretty much single beard-idly demolished the Phillies a couple years ago. Now Brian Wilson is back slaying Chalupas on the small screen at Taco Smell. Besides the legendary Charles Darwin'esq beard, he actually suggests going Black Ops on a Chalupa. This guy is Legend! End of Story. I wonder if knows the real whereabouts of Techno Viking....
Now i gotta go call up my inner deliciousness........
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I read this book a couple months ago and it was a great read. Dean Karnazes tells an incredible tale of his exploits as a ultra-marathoner. His tale is one of the greatest i have read of a mans metamorphosis since Kafka. Speaking of Kafka, Karnazes does a lot of quoting of Dostoyevsky one of my other favorite authors, but that really has nothing to do with Kafka, yet it does, how profound.....
What i liked about this book :
Running is the most liberating sport there is as far as i am concerned. Running is 90% mental and Dean Karnazes really puts the mental aspect into perspective. He kind of paints a picture of how life imitates running, and vice versa.
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This year, on the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks i will be running the 9-11 Heroes run. I have always "wanted" to do "something" for a cause. I have always wanted to get off of my ass and stand/stand up for something, a cause greater then myself. I joined the military when i was 17 and served my time honorably and when i got out i kind of had the attitude (welp, i did my part) but i have always had a nagging inside so this year i am making the change. This year i am going to start doing more. Its the least i can do.
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This is not a suggestion to see this flick. This is a Fu*ckin Order. This movie is Red Dawn Meets First Blood. You will be on the edge of your seat and thinking the whole time what would you do. Who can you trust? How far can you run? How surrounded are you?? If you like action,guns and suspense then you will love this movie.
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Not my normal read but i have to admit this book was an excellent read. Written and intended for the young adult reader, this was a very quick read. My sister was going on and on and on about it and when i saw it was listed on the Kindel store for $4 something i just bought it. I read it in a couple of days and was no disappointed for one second.
The Hunger games take place in a post catastrophic America (Panem). The Strong Central GOVT invented The Hunger Games to keep its citizens under control. The games consist of 2 children(tributes) from every region of Panem to participate in a till death battle that is televised and mandatory for every person in every region to watch.
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Since i was a boy and my older cousin Scott who i always idolized would imitate Quint from Jaws while eating a saltine cracker quoting verbatim:
I have always been fascinated with the USS Indianapolis and her crew. So i purchased this book to get down and dirty with what happened. Talk about a horrifying ordeal. The ship sank in minutes, not hours not a day and a half, minutes. The guys who survived the torpedo explosion found themselves in the pacific, some in their underwear from either being asleep during the attack or just plain had their pants blown off.
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On the urging of my wife i read this book. I must say i was pretty angry with the author Amy Chua for about 80% of the read . The author demonstrates her own personal way of raising children (the Chinese way). Her philosophy is stark contrast to the way Western parents raise their children. I was very offended by her system of parenting until i read this : On applauding her dog on doing a very basic low end dog obedience command :
"That's the difference between a dog and a daughter,I thought to myself later. A dog can do something every dog can do - dog paddle for example-and we applaud with pride and joy.Imagine how much easier it would be if we could do the same with daughters!But we can't; that would be negligence"......
Born to run is one of the most fascinating book i have ever read. The author wants to be a runner, but continually hurts himself. He goes off in search of the Tarahumara Indians of Northern Mexico who are notorious ultra-marathoners who can run 50-100 miles after a night of drinking beer . McDougall finds a the great Caballo Blanco and learns how to run barefoot and becomes an ultra marathoner himself.
You will also learn about running by scientifically breaking down legends of running. The Kenyan Marathoners who rack up marathon wins by their stride. The African Bushmen who have an ancient technique for hunting that involves about 5 middle age men, a pack of migratory animals and running an animal to exhaustion (persistence hunting) because the animal can not sweet like humans. There is a cast of some of the most eccentric characters and they all have one thing in common:Running.
This is an excellent read, a great story wrapped in a warm toasty bun of science.
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My wife heard about this, and as she is one who is highly enticed by things that go bump in the night or give a person chills, she loved it. She asked me to read it because it was that good; so i obliged.
The star of this book is a little boy. He has a serious illness that was misdiagnosed and to make a long story short, he dies in the operating room and then is brought back to life. The rest of this book is about the things he says he experienced when he died. He went to heaven, met his sister who was miscarried before he was born and many many other very peculiar things for a little boy to make up.
One can not read this book without thinking what was the motive. So with that said you can either look at it as the father of the star of the book is either cleverly trying to make some dough or Heaven is for real. Its your choice.
The book made me think a little bit. At the same time i read this; Bio Channel was running a series of "I Survived beyond and back" which is the retelling of people who have been legally dead for minutes and their stories of what they saw when they were dead. Their stories were all very similar to this book. They all became true believers after they died. Coincidence? I have no idea.
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