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Raphael's masterpiece on view at MAM
She may be coming alone, but centuries of mystery have accompanied Raphael's "La Donna Velata" to Milwaukee.
It may be the tiniest exhibit the Milwaukee Art Museum has ever staged — featuring exactly one painting — but this solo turn of a Renaissance masterpiece is one of the most auspicious events to occur at the museum in recent memory.
The portrait "La Velata," as she is sometimes called for short, was once considered the most famous painting in the world. As of Saturday, she will be ensconced in one of the more intimate galleries of the museum's older wing.
A security guard will stand beside her at all times and only a limited number of people will be allowed into the gallery at one time.
So, who is this demure but quietly erotic beauty anyway? These centuries on, there is still rumor and intrigue associated with her.
Veiled in white, with her large, almond-shaped eyes looking directly at her onlookers, "La Velata" has variously been identified as the bride of a patron, the artist's fiancée and the final lover of the artist, who, if you believe the 16th-century biographer Giorgio Vasari, died when he was 37 after a night of excessive sex.
Many believe she is the same winsome woman who took a previous tour through the United States about five years ago, Raphael's "La Fornarina," which traveled to the Frick Collection in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The faultless skin of the two beauties, the cheeks flush with pink, the curves at the sides of the mouths and the large eyes bear an almost undeniable resemblance.
"La Fornarina," though, is nude, wearing little more than a turban and suggestively offers her left breast. She wears an armband bearing the name of the artist, in the way someone would get a tattoo paying homage to a lover today. There's no ambiguity. The painting, which hangs in the Barberini Gallery in Rome, is an image of passion and possession.
In recent years, "La Fornarina" has been increasingly identified by art historians as Raphael's mistress, a baker's daughter named Margherita Luti, and now there is growing belief that "La Velata" may be this same woman.
A small pearl hair clip appears in both portraits, which further supports the identification with Margherita, whose name means pearl in Italian.
"Clearly this woman was his great love," said Laurie Winters, director of exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum and an expert of earlier European art. "Now we can connect these two women and make a pretty strong case that it is the same woman."
By the time Raphael was 30, he was already a legendary artist. He was a sophisticated man, a poet and an intellectual. In certain ways, he was far more suited to society than his artistic elders, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. He was the one chosen for the ultimate job, as painter to the papal court. He painted several rooms in the Vatican's apartments at about the time Michelangelo was at work on the Sistine Chapel.
He became engaged to the niece of a powerful cardinal. But he never married her, though many years passed.
Perhaps this was because he met and fell in love with Margherita, from Siena. He didn't marry her either. She may have been considered beneath his station in life, and it might have been politically tricky to get out of his engagement. Tellingly, he left the majority of his estate to her at his death.
"La Velata," from about 1516, is thought to be Raphael's response to da Vinci's statement of ideal beauty: the Mona Lisa."
Raphael would have seen what is today the world's most famous painting when it was first completed, in Florence, and some years later in Rome. He would have been about 21 the first time. After that, his paintings of Madonnas became clearly influenced by da Vinci. There are striking similarities in the posing of the hands and the body, as well as the use of landscape as backdrop, for instance.
But it was after the second encounter, and some of his own successes, that Raphael seemed to take on da Vinci in a competition of sorts.
"What better way to do this than to take the woman he thought was incredibly beautiful, his love, and use her as a concept of ideal beauty?" said Winters, who believes Margherita is most likely the favored model whom Vasari referenced in his biography of Raphael.
"La Velata" was not a commission. Raphael, who was best known for his altarpieces and Madonnas, religious paintings of immense sweetness, painted this work for himself, it would seem.
In it, his sitter is framed by smooth silk, a veil typical of a marriage portrait. The edge is exposed briefly, next to her neck, creating an alcove of silk, skin and shadowy space in the painting.
She places her hand to her bosom, to her heart. Translucent silk gathers beneath her index finger, showing the slight pressure she's applying. Wisps of barely discernible, blood-red paint around the finger draw our eye to this spot, this precise place of enclosure or entry. That same red is picked up in the tip of her lip.
Her gown's opulent sleeve erupts like plumage. Silks and brocades swell open and sink into mounds and rivulets of volume and space. This sensuous undulation of fabrics, at least in abstract terms, may convey the complex psychology of this woman who looks back at us.
The arm, believe it or not, was a highly charged space in portraits of the time, a place for family emblems, for instance. It is also where Raphael would, a few years later, place a band bearing his name around the arm of "La Fornarina."
The exhibit of "La Velata" — unlike the exhibit of another damsel, da Vinci's poised "Lady with an Ermine," the centerpiece of the 2002 "Leonardo and the Splendor of Poland" show at MAM — is designed for a very focused experience. To see the depth in one great work takes time, Winters said.
It took more than a year of negotiations to secure the loan of "La Velata" from the Palatine Gallery at the Pitti Palace in Florence. Milwaukee will be its final stop. It also traveled to the Portland (Ore.) Art Museum, which organized the tour with the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture, and the Nevada Museum of Art.
The special exhibit of Raphael's "La Donna Velata" opens Saturday at MAM and will remain on view through June 6.
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This is well written article about La Velata, although am not able to come to MAM, so
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Thank you for the expert review of La Donna Velata and especially providing the high definition pairing with La Farnarina! It is an excellent example of going over the top without going overboard.
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I can't wait to see it. One tiny observation though, Margherita means daisy, not pearl. Pearl is perla.
Hi Claudia, you are one of several people who've raised this question about the translation of Margherita. I should have been clearer in my piece. In any case, the origin is from the Greek male name Margarites, originally from the Oriental word for pearl, alluding to its beauty and brightness. Only since the late Middle Ages has the Italian word margherita come to stand for the daisy plant. So, we are both right. It means both pearl and daisy. Thanks for raising the issue.
Hi ClaudiaA, I'm glad you raised this issue, since several others have, too. Margherita did in fact mean pearl 500 years ago. It is from the Greek. The male version of the name was translated to mean pearl. Only in the Middle Ages did Margherita come to mean daisy. So, at that time, the name would have referenced both the flower and a pearl.
Nearly missed her, but thanks to the reminder and urging by studio neighbor Greg Klassen, I made it just in time. Gorgeous work. And as curiously strange as I find these museum productions, I have to say I really loved the One Work Show. With the focus of a single work, the viewing was slowed- one could really feel the sensation of seeing and understanding the work.
La Farnarina's hair clip appears to be composed of a ruby and amethyst, in addition to a pearl. How does that conform with the theory that the hair clip identifies the sitter as Margherita Luti, do you think?


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I was just diagnosed with Bipolar disorder myself. Although I have had this for over 20 years I can' seem to break the cycles anymore. I have been put on so many medications through out my life that I could start my own pharmacy. I have been hospitalized 3 times with this just this year. I don't know if the correct medication is out there. I take lyrica but for nueoropathy for my diabetes. I am glad it works for you that is great. I now am taking cybalta and abilify for my disorder it seems to work for a couple of weeks but then the cycle came back. I don't know if there is help out there for me or not. But I will not give up. How much of the lyica are you taking currently? I just take 25 mg 3 times a day. Anyway I just need an online friend to walk with me in this battle and maybe together we can beat our disorder.
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As I understand it, Lyrica is unproven to treat Bipolar. Off label uses of Lyrica are sometimes prescribed,by some Dr.s, to treat Biplar. So although it hasnt been proven to help Bipolar, I guess some Dr.s believe it may help.
Was it a family practitioner or Pdoc who prescribed Lyrica? Im just wondering.
Anyways, welcome to the board. Glad you found us.
I am so sorry you are going through such pain (emotionally). I too have struggled with this for as long as I can remember. Age 7 at least. It seams all of the antidepressants I tried over a course of 16 years would dim parts of my bipolar and make other parts worse. I would switch medications every couple years becuase nothing was ever quite right either. Do you also see a Psycologist? I know that people who have bipolar don't only struggle with the cycles as it is but situations in your life can trigger them to be worse and more often. I really hope you find a good balance. Right now I am taking 75 mg of Lyrica 3 times a day.
I understand that it's never been proven but it's working and it has and does work for many other people. This medication was just a starting point since I felt so wonderful on it 4 years ago, he figured why not try it since it is sometimes used for bipolar (although not proven). Yes, it was a family practitioner but I am in constant communication with my Psycologist and although he cannot prescribe medicine, he agrees that this is a good idea. For right now it's working wonderfully. I feel great. I've only been on it for 5 days and I was due for a crash a couple days ago and I did feel a little down but it was so manigable.
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For the record Dr. Goldberg never suggested changing anything. That does emphasize something I'd like to point out. It sounds like you may be taking what your doctors are saying and misinterpreting them a bit, albeit unintentionally.
Above you mention you've made it through situations "according to your manic/depressive cycle" however you have only been on the medication five days, for a brief period during an outbreak of shingles and I really am not getting the sense you have any idea what bipolar is? You can predict a menstrual cycle with a fair degree of accuracy, some persons with bipolar can be triggered by seasonal changes or other events but have never heard of "set" days that can be pinpointed to the degree you are describing with the amount of inaccuracies in your post. Before you come on to a bipolar community and recommend to others that they should take Lyrica perhaps you should go to a Psychiatrist, (different from a family practictioner managing pain after a crash or a Psychologist) for an evaluation. Perhaps you misunderstood what the Psychologist was conveying? It's great that you have the pain under control and coping mechanisms to handle situations better than you did before.
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Just to clarify my comment on my earlier post...I did not say that Lyrica is unproven, or off-label, I said it was unstudied. A search of the medical literature on MedLine shows that there are no published clinical trials using this antiepilepsy medicine for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Until at least one study gets done, there is no way to know if it (or any drug) helps, hurts, or does nothing. At one time it was thought that all antiepilepsy drugs might have value for mood disorders, because three have been shown to (Depakote, Tegretol, and Lamictal). No other antiepilepsy medicines have demonstrated antimanic or antidepressant value, and a number have been shown to be the same as placebo, casting doubt on a "class effect." Pregabalin is a newish anticonvulsant and certainly deserving of study to determine scientifically if it does or does not possess clinically meaningful mood properties.
WebMD does not offer specific treatment recommendations and certainly does not advise anyone to change medicines. We are here just to answer general questions and make sure that medically correct information is circulating on the website.
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I am sorry if there was a misunderstanding.
See someone nmisinteruppted something someone wrote, because this personally literally hates the other person., The person who got the text was suppose to stay and help the person recoverying from surgery for 2 weeks. she literally refused to allow the person to eat, money and ways to get out and about.
I'm afraid I don't understand your question. Can you rephrase it?
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Second, I NEVER recommended that someone else take Lyrica for their bipolar. I am not a Dr. It works for me, that's all I said.
Third, I came on here looking for more people to connect with in my situation and it turned into all of you needing to be RIGHT about your knowledge of medication and bipolar.
I'm done here. Thanks for the "help and support"
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His family and friends mourn the loss of a great man. Father, son, husband, devoted brother and uncle, mentor and friend, he gave his all to those he loved and to his passions. Those who knew him will remember him for his strength and perseverance, and his lightness of spirit. In our hearts and minds we will always carry the memories of his stories, told with dancing eyes and a joyous laugh. A man of many laughs and many gifts, he will be sorely missed. He impacted many through his passions.
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DURHAM — Chancellor Debra Saunders-White has denied an appeal by fired N.C. Central football coach Henry Frazier III, nearly a month after a lawyer hand-delivered a letter asking for his job back.
Saunders-White, who is in her first year as chancellor, refused to reconsider the decision, Frazier's lawyer, Linda Kenney Baden, said.
The university fired Frazier in August, a week after he was charged with violating a domestic violence protective order taken out by his ex wife.
"The situation involving Henry Frazier has been and is a personnel matter," NCCU spokeswoman Ayana Hernandez said Thursday. "The university stands by its decision."
It was Frazier's second arrest in 18 months. He was arrested in May 2012 on a charge of assault, for which he received a prayer for judgment, according to court records. He was suspended from coaching after that incident but was reinstated when the university said his legal issues had been resolved.
In appealing his firing, Baden said NCCU violated a part of Frazier's five-year $225,500 contract that guarantees him due process before termination. Frazier is due in court Monday on the August charge.
"Needless to say, we are unhappy with the fact that a higher education entity, whose history is based on due process, justice and fairness, refused to pay heed to this basic fact and recognize that honoring a human right bestows dignity on a school and, not ridicule," Baden said.
In her letter rejecting the appeal, Saunders-White mentions a letter from then-chancellor Charlie Nelms to Frazier that said "any further incidents will be cause for more severe disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal."
Frazier was in the third year of his contract and was hired under Nelms, who abruptly retired at the end of the summer in 2012. According to NCCU, he is not entitled to any of the remaining $451,000 for the two years left on his contract.
"As a result of these events, the University is now tasked with the goal of restoring the reputation of the athletic program and the University to ensure continued success," Saunders-White said in her letter to the coach. "Your current arrest, and blatant disregard for University directives are inconsistent with a position charged with modeling behaviors for students."
Baden said Frazier will now concentrate on clearing his name through all legal venues.
"Any decision on what steps to take will be made with the interest of his minor children in mind, since the unilateral termination from NCCU deprived (his children) of the financial stability Coach thought he was giving (them) when NCCU recruited him to move from Texas with contractual promises of due process and fairness," she said.
The NCCU football team is 2-2 under interim head coach Dwayne Foster. Foster had coached under Frazier for seven years at Bowie State and Prairie View Universities.
The Eagles were 6-5 last year under Frazier and 2-9 the year before that.
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Written by Kerby Anderson
Pornography has been tearing apart the very fabric of modern society, but the problem has been made much worse with pornography's proliferation through the Internet. Studies show that 40 million adults regularly visit Internet pornography sites.{1} To put that in perspective, that is ten times the amount of people who regularly watch baseball.
When I first started writing about pornography in the 1980s, it was already a multi-billion dollar-a-year business mostly promoted through so-called "adult bookstores" and pornographic magazines. With the development of videos, DVDs, and the Internet, pornography has become ubiquitous.
The wages of sin are enormous when pornography is involved. Revenue from Internet porn exceeds by nearly a 2 to 1 ratio, the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC.{2} And sales of pornographic material on the Internet surpass the cumulative sales of all other products sold online.{3}
The current estimate is the there are over 4 million pornographic websites representing almost 400 million pages of pornographic material.{4}
Pornography is not just something a few men view in the late hours in the privacy of their homes. At least 70 percent of porn is downloaded during work hours (9 am to 5 pm). A percentage of those who do so admit to accessing pornography at work.
And pornography also affects those in church. According to Leadership Journal, 40 percent of pastors admit to visiting a pornographic website.{5} And at one Promise Keepers Convention, 53 percent of men admitted to visiting a porn site the week before.{6}
The impact pornography is having on young people is alarming. It used to be that when you would ask someone when they first saw pornography they would tell you a story about seeing a porn magazine at a friend's house when they were in middle school or high school. Now a child in grade school has already seen images that were only available in an adult bookstore a few years ago. At one time these images were inaccessible to youth; now they are merely a mouse click away. The average age of first exposure to Internet pornography is 11 years old. And the largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12-17 age group.{7}
How should we define pornography? What is the effect on individuals and society? And what is a biblical perspective on this? I deal with each of these questions in detail in my book, Christians Ethics in Plain Language.{8} In the next section, we address some of these questions.
How should we define pornography? Pornography has been defined as material that "is predominantly sexually explicit and intended primarily for the purpose of sexual arousal." Hard-core pornography "is sexually explicit in the extreme, and devoid of any other apparent content or purpose."{9}
Another important term is obscenity. In the 1973 Supreme Court case of Miller v. California, the justices set forth a three-part test to define obscenity:{10}
(a) The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.
(b) The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and
(c) The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
(a) The average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.
(b) The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and
(c) The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
What are the types of pornography? The first type of pornography is adult magazines, which are primarily directed toward adult male readers. The magazines with the widest distribution (Playboy and Penthouse) do not violate the Miller standards of obscenity and thus can be legally distributed.
The second type of pornography is video. Videocassettes or DVDs are rented or sold in most adult bookstores and the Internet. They have become a growth industry for pornography.
The third type of pornography is motion pictures. Ratings standards are being relaxed, and many pornographic movies are being shown and distributed carrying R and NC-17 ratings. Many of these so-called "hard R" rated films would have been considered obscene just a few decades ago.
A fourth type of pornography is television. As in motion pictures, standards for commercial television have been continuously lowered. But cable television poses an even greater threat. The Federal Communications Commission does not regulate cable in the same way it does public access stations. Thus, many pornographic movies are shown on cable television.
A fifth type of pornography is audio porn, which includes "Dial-a-porn" telephone calls, the second fastest growth market of pornography. Although most of the messages are within the Miller definition of obscenity, these businesses continue to thrive and are often used by children.
A sixth type of pornography is "cyberporn," or Internet pornography. Virtually anyone can download and view hard-core pictures, movies, online chat, and even live sex acts through the Internet.
Addiction to Pornography
Victor Cline, a psychologist, documented how men become addicted to pornographic materials, then begin to desire more explicit or deviant material, and finally act out what they have seen.{11} He maintained "that memories of experiences that occurred at times of emotional arousal (which could include sexual arousal) are imprinted on the brain by epinephrine, an adrenal gland hormone, and are difficult to erase. This may partly explain pornography's addicting effect."{12}
Other research showed that biochemical and neurological responses in individuals who are aroused release the adrenal hormone epinephrine in the brain, which is why one can remember pornographic images seen years before. In response to pleasure, nerve endings release chemicals that reinforce the body's own desire to repeat the process.{13} Kimberly Young, an authority on Internet addiction, found that 90 percent of those who became addicted to cyberporn became addicted to the two-way communication functions: chat rooms, newsgroups, and e-mail.{14}
Psychologists identified a five-step pattern in pornographic addiction. The first step is exposure. Addicts have been exposed to pornography in many ways, ranging from sexual abuse as children to looking at widely available pornographic magazines.
The second step is addiction. People who continually expose themselves to pornography "keep coming back for more and more" in order to get new sexual highs. James L. McCough of the University of California at Irvine said that "experiences at times of emotional or sexual arousal get locked in the brain by the chemical epinephrine and become virtually impossible to erase."{15}
A third step is escalation. Previous sexual highs become more difficult to attain; therefore users of pornography begin to look for more exotic forms of sexual behavior to bring them stimulation.
A fourth step is desensitization. What was initially shocking becomes routine. Shocking and disgusting sexual behavior is no longer avoided but is sought out for more intense stimulation. Concern about pain and degradation get lost in the pursuit of the next sexual experience.
A fifth step is acting out fantasies. People do what they have seen and find pleasurable. Not every pornography addict will become a serial murderer or a rapist. But many do look for ways to act out their sexual fantasies
In my book Christian Ethics in Plain Language, I discuss in further detail the issue of pornographic addiction as well as describe the social and psychological effects of pornography.
Defining the social effects of pornography has been difficult because of some of the prevailing theories of its impact. One theory was that pornography actually performs a positive function in society by acting like a "safety valve" for potential sexual offenders.
The most famous proponent of this theory was Berl Kutchinsky, a criminologist at the University of Copenhagen. His famous study on pornography found that when the Danish government lifted restrictions on pornography, the number of sex crimes decreased.{16} Therefore, he concluded that the availability of pornography siphons off dangerous sexual impulses. But when the data for his "safety-valve" theory was further evaluated, many of his research flaws began to show.
For example, Kutchinsky failed to distinguish between different kinds of sex crimes (such as rape and indecent exposure) and instead merely lumped them together, effectively masking an increase in rape statistics. He also failed to consider that increased tolerance for certain crimes (public nudity and sex with a minor) may have contributed to a drop in the reported crimes.
Proving cause and effect in pornography is virtually impossible because, ethically, researchers cannot do certain kinds of research. As Dolf Zillman said, "Men cannot be placed at risk of developing sexually violent inclinations by extensive exposure to violent or nonviolent pornography, and women cannot be placed at risk of becoming victims of such inclinations."{17}
Nevertheless, a number of compelling statistics suggest that pornography does have profound social consequences. For example, of the 1,400 child sexual molestation cases in Louisville, Kentucky, between July 1980 and February 1984, adult pornography was connected with each incident and child pornography with the majority of them.{18}
Extensive interviews with sex offenders (rapists, incest offenders, and child molesters) have uncovered a sizable percentage of offenders who use pornography to arouse themselves before and during their assaults.{19} Police officers have seen the impact pornography has had on serial murders. In fact, pornography consumption is one of the most common profile characteristics of serial murders and rapists.{20}
Professor Cass Sunstein, writing in the Duke Law Journal, said that some sexual violence against women "would not have occurred but for the massive circulation of pornography." Citing cross-cultural data, he concluded, "The liberalization of pornography laws in the United States, Britain, Australia, and the Scandinavian countries has been accompanied by a rise in reported rape rates. In countries where pornography laws have not been liberalized, there has been a less steep rise in reported rapes. And in countries where restrictions have been adopted, reported rapes have decreased."{21}
God created men and women in His image (Gen. 1:27) as sexual beings. But because of sin in the world (Rom. 3:23), sex has been misused and abused (Rom. 1:24-25).
Pornography attacks the dignity of men and women created in the image of God. Pornography also distorts God's gift of sex which should be shared only within the bounds of marriage (1 Cor. 7:2-3). When the Bible refers to human sexual organs, it often employs euphemisms and indirect language. Although there are some exceptions (a woman's breasts and womb are sometimes mentioned), generally Scripture maintains a basic modesty towards a man's or woman's sexual organs.
Moreover, Scripture specifically condemns the practices that result from pornography such as sexual exposure (Gen. 9:21-23), adultery (Lev. 18:20), bestiality (Lev. 18:23), homosexuality (Lev. 18:22 and 20:13), incest (Lev. 18:6-18), and prostitution (Deut. 23:17-18).
A biblical perspective of human sexuality must recognize that sexual intercourse is exclusively reserved for marriage for the following purposes. First, it establishes the one-flesh union (Gen. 2:24-25; Matt. 19:4-6). Second, it provides for sexual intimacy within the marriage bond. The use of the word "know" indicates a profound meaning of sexual intercourse (Gen. 4:1). Third, sexual intercourse is for the mutual pleasure of husband and wife (Prov. 5:18-19). Fourth, sexual intercourse is for procreation (Gen. 1:28).
The Bible also warns against the misuse of sex. Premarital and extramarital sex is condemned (1 Cor. 6:13-18; 1 Thess. 4:3). Even thoughts of sexual immorality (often fed by pornographic material) are condemned (Matt. 5:27-28).
Moreover, Christians must realize that pornography can have significant harmful effects on the user. These include: a comparison mentality, a performance-based sexuality, a feeling that only forbidden things are sexually satisfying, increased guilt, decreased self concept, and obsessive thinking.
Christians, therefore, must do two things. First, they must work to keep themselves pure by fleeing immorality (1 Cor. 6:18) and thinking on those things which are pure (Phil. 4:8). As a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov. 23:7). Christians must make no provision for the flesh (Rom. 13:14). Pornography will fuel the sexual desire in abnormal ways and can eventually lead to even more debase perversion. We, therefore, must "abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul" (1 Peter 2:11). Second, Christians must work to remove the sexual perversion of pornography from society.
1. Mark Penn, Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes (NY: Twelve, 2007), 276.2. Ibid., 277.3. George Barna, Boiling Point: Monitoring Cultural Shifts in the 21st Century (Ventura, CA: Regal, 2003), 223.4. Truth in Porn, www.truthinporn.org.5. The Leadership survey on Pastors and Internet Pornography, 1 January 2001, http://ctlibrary.com/9582.6. Today's Christian Woman, September/October 2003.7. Truth in Porn.8. Kerby Anderson, Christian Ethics in Plain Language (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2005), chapter 11.9. Michael McManus, ed., Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography (Nashville: Rutledge Hill, 1986), 8.10. Miller v. California, 413 US 15, 47 (1973).11. Victor Cline, Where Do You Draw the Line? (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1974).12. Victor B. Cline, Pornography's Effects on Adults and Children (New York: Morality in Media, 1990), 11.13. J. L. McGaugh, "Preserving the Presence of the Past," American Psychologist, February 1983, 161.14. Kimberley Young, Paper presented to 1997 convention of the American Psychological Association. A full treatment can be found in Kimberley Young, Caught in the Net: How to Recognize the Signs of Internet Addiction-and a Winning Strategy for Recovery (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998).15.Quoted in Kenneth Kantzer, "The Power of Porn," Christianity Today, 7 February 1989, 18.16. Berl Kutchinsky, "The Effect of Easy Availability of Pornography on the Incidence of Sex Crimes: The Danish Experience," Journal of Social Issues 29 (1973): 163-81.17. Dolf Zillman, "Pornography Research and Public Policy," in Pornography: Research Advances and Policy Considerations, ed. Dolf Zillman and Jennings Bryant (New York: Academic, 1989), 387-88.18. Testimony by John B. Rabun, deputy director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited children, before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 12 September 1984.19. W. Marshall, "Pornography and Sex Offenders," in Pornography: Research Advances and Policy Considerations.20. The Men Who Murdered, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, August 1985.21. Cass R. Sunstein, "Pornography and the First Amendment," Duke Law Journal, September 1986, 595.
Kerby Anderson is National Director of Probe Ministries International. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and from Georgetown University (government). He is the author of several books, including Christian Ethics in Plain Language, Genetic Engineering, Origin Science, and Signs of Warning, Signs of Hope. His new series with Harvest House Publishers includes: A Biblical Point of View on Islam and A Biblical Point of View on Homosexuality. He is the host of "Point of View" (USA Radio Network) heard on 290 radio outlets nationwide as well as on the Internet (www.pointofview.net) and shortwave. He is also a regular guest on "Prime Time America" (Moody Broadcasting Network) and "Fire Away" (American Family Radio). He produces a daily syndicated radio commentary and writes editorials that have appeared in papers such as the Dallas Morning News, the Miami Herald, the San Jose Mercury, and the Houston Post. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. (Click here for a full bio.)


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Rick Ungar, Contributor
I write from the left on politics and policy.
You have to want to be President awfully badly to purposely scare the hell out of parents whose children face illness and disability in their lives. You also have to be a perfectly despicable human being.
Appearing yesterday with his wife, Karen, on the Glenn Beck program, Rick Santorum joined his wife in 'revealing' that it was the passage of Obamacare that motivated them to enter into the presidential race.
According to Karen Santorum, "Because we have as you know a little angel, little Bella, special needs little girl, and when Obamacare passed, that was it, that put the fire in my belly."
Had that been the end of it, I'd have no problem whatsoever with Mrs. Santorum's comment. If Karen Santorum feels that there is a better way to protect the health and wellbeing of her child, it is not only her right but her responsibility to do everything she can on behalf of her little girl and every child out there in similar circumstances. I would fully respect her for the same even if I disagree with her assessment of what the law means to her daughter and others who suffer illness.
But it did not end there—not by a long shot. Instead, Rick Santorum chimed in his agreement by arguing that the health care law would ration care based on the 'usefulness' of an individual.
It's all about utilization, right? It's all about how do we best allocate resources where they are most effectively used? [...] Government allocating resources best on how to get the best bang for your dollars and it's all about utility. It's all about the usefulness of the person to society, instead of the dignity of every human life and the opportunity for people who love and care for people to give them the best possibility to have the best possible life.
I don't believe that Rick Santorum knows the first thing about dignity in a human life. He couldn't. If he did he could not possibly have made such a statement knowing how this would cause fear for so many when it is a complete lie.
Never mind that the ACA has made it possible for children like Bella Santorum to always access health insurance, without lifetime caps and without the possibility for exclusion because of being born with a tragic illness or disability. Never mind that, because of the ACA, children born into a lifetime of medical challenges will never again face a time when they are denied the health insurance necessary to pay for their expensive healthcare needs.
And never mind that we are left to scratch our heads in wonderment that leading organizations such as the American Association of People with Disabilities, National Organization For Rare Disorders, The Arc of the United States, and numerous additional widely recognized and respected groups whose sole purpose is to represent the needs of those Santorum tells us will be deemed disposable, have not only registered their support for the ACA, but have gone to the trouble and expense to actually file an amicus brief with the Supreme Court to defend the law.
Apparently, Santorum either believes that these organizations are led by the dumbest people alive; that they have entered into some sort of deal with the devil to sell out the very people they exist to defend for reasons that escape the rational mind; or he simply could not care less that his statements will be heard by people who are the parents of special children and that they will be terrified.
Let's take a look at the what law actually does and who it affects.
We have death panels already. They are the governing boards of health insurance.
Tell me, why does the AMA support Affordable Care Act if it is so harmful to Dr. and patients. It may be harmful to the doctors' pocketbook, but I have doubts even about that. I have doctor friends in countries with single-payer options and they are not hurting for money. In fact, they are quite happy. And on the plus side, people go into medicine for the love of it, not for the Mercedes.
Mary Arangua – just because you believe that abortions cause breast cancer doesn't make it true. Do you also believe that the sky is green? Or perhaps that the sun revolves around the earth? I would cite decades of medical research on the matter, but far be it from me to disturb your propaganda-driven myopic view with scientific fact. The beauty of America: everyone is free to be an idiot.
Patt Reid – this is an aside, but do understand that the AMA does not represent all doctors. There are many of us who staunchly refuse to join. I think of the AMA as a union boss, not always interested in the good of the workers. If the AMA supports something, chances are that I probably won't.
Having said that, I do agree with your initial statement.
And without Medicare?? Would these same ins. co's change anything..
pre-x, U&C, pre-approved, in network, hit your cap, experimental ect.. ect…
you know the drill. By the time it's all over, only the profit patients survive..
Yes, learn the truth.. all around……..
Mr. Ungar,
My comment was indeed sincere. Thank you. First of all, congratulations on having accomplished what no one in Congress was able to do, which is read the entire law. As Nancy Pelosi told us, "We have to pass the legislation in order to find out what's in it." 2,000 pages, 5 times from start to finish. I'm impressed. I concede, I have not read the whole thing, nor do I imagine I could navigate the legal gobbledy-gook and make perfect sense of it. After all, if Congress couldn't make sense of it enough to even know what they were voting on…
Regarding the neurosurgeon caller to the Mark LEVIN show (ahem, if you want to talk about a savage, Mr. Ungar, talk about Dan SAVAGE, the vulgar jackass who has harassed Rick Santorum in the most disgusting, vile, and vicious manner, all with the assistance of the Left and Google. There's a creep who should be locked up.), since there may be a question as to the caller's validity, I have no problem removing that reference from my article.
I think it boils down to this: You have faith and confidence in the government's plan, motives, and follow-through. I do not. As I said, a system which does not recognize the humanity of babies in the womb and instead allows for and encourages their destruction is not a system which will put the dignity of the human person above other considerations. If we can say that this life over here is not fully human or not really a person or not of an acceptable quality, then such pronouncements can be made about anyone of any age or stage of life. And it will happen… it's the inevitable conclusion we're sinking toward if nothing changes.
(Does this story horrify you? I hope so. Don't think for a minute it could never happen here. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/journal-editor-defends-pro-infanticide-piece-killing-newborns-is-already-le)
Rick and Karen Santorum likewise do not have confidence in government-run health care because, as they've said repeatedly, they know how our medical system already devalues their daughter's life and worth! They are not stupid enough to think it will get better when the government takes over. They've confronted our culture of death hundreds of times where Bella is concerned. As I've said, most babies like Bella are executed in the womb. The ones that are born are encouraged to be "allowed to die" in nice-sounding medical-speak. Euthanized, in plain talk and in practice, a la, the lethal dose of morphine.
I'm not naïve enough to expect to find it spelled-out in the ACA, "Only patients who are still useful to society will receive expensive medical care." But as we should all know, the devil is in the details and the fine print. The devil will also show up in the implementation, assuming the law goes unrepealed and all provisions are enacted.
"…when the provisions he is referring to have not yet even begun and are not schedule to do so for a few more years?" So you'd like us to just wait a few years and trust that patients will not be evaluated on a cost/benefit/value scale?
"What's more, should anyone try to get all " rationy", Congress has the express and specific right to reject any action taken by the IPAB."
And just how are Mr. and Mrs. Citizen supposed to get a Congressional remedy should their loved one be denied care for some "rantiony" reason? How long might that take? How many patients will be "rationed" out of care and out of this world in the meantime? And what makes you so confident in Congress's willingness to choose the individual over the system and the cost? Didn't help Terri Schaivo any. She had a family who loved her and WANTED to care for her, yet she was still starved to death by legal order.
President Obama has shown that he likes to hand down edicts and mandates. He has demonstrated with crystal-clarity that he will trample on Constitutional rights, if necessary, in the process. Here's a newsflash: Birth control is NOT health care. Fertility is not a disease, nor is pregnancy. Women do not NEED the Pill. In fact, artificial hormones have been proven to carry significant health risks and cause serious complications for women. It's also high-time society acknowledged the danger faced by everyone due to residual hormones showing up in the water supply, and the soil. Women do not need artificial hormones to manage their fertility.
The government, however, seems to have a tyrannical interest in managing the population and controlling the birth rate, and saving money on all that costly prenatal care, and so birth control is suddenly so vital to women's well-being as to be required, and further, to be given to women for free. Are kids or adults who need heart medication to stay alive getting it for free? What about more mundane mediciness – like my thyroid medication or the antibiotic for my kid's strep throat? Those aren't free, nor do I expect them to be. But they're necessary and actually treat real diseases. Not so for birth control. Yet that's the altar Obama says we must all bow before.
Pelosi, Reid, and Sebelius are all in lock-step with his dictatorial demands. These are the folks you think we should trust to look out for the needs of the most vulnerable? If so, then I guess you agree with them. Be careful.
And what about those most vulnerable, Mr. Ungar? Which children do we protect and which do we kill? Which children will YOU so valiantly protect? Who is human and who isn't? I already know Obama's answer to that question (and Pelosi's, Reid's, and Sebelius's) and that in itself is evidence that Obamacare will afford no protection to those whose lives are not deemed worthy. That IS evidence, Mr. Ungar, that his vision of "health care" is not the kind of care that respects the dignity of the human person.
"Nobody knows what may happen in the future, but there is no evidence, of any kind or nature, to support your claims or Sen. Santorum's claims." Actually, with common sense and wisdom, we can reasonable predict what will happen based on what happens now, and based upon the philosophies of those in power who are creating the laws. We are the worst sort of fools if we ignore such evidence.
Jen, doesn't your friend serve as an EXAMPLE of EXACTLY what Ungar is describing, and that you say does not exist, namely someone who fears that the Affordable Care Act will be detrimental to the future of her children? Parents of disabled children fearing what will happen if the ACA is not repealed is precisely what Ungar is SAYING are being stirred up.
How can you simultaneously say that parents of disabled children are NOT "losing sleep" over fears of the impact of the Affordable Care Act, and then give a link to a parent who is doing just that? You are proving HIS point!!
Now, apparently you also believe those parents' fears are well founded. If so, the way to address that would be to argue WHY you think that the Affordable Care Act would do what Santorum claims it will do, even though all actual advocacy organizations for special needs children welcome the way it has greatly expanded the access that such children have to care.
Addressing why you think Santorum's, and your friend's, fears are valid is different than claiming people are NOT scared of the impact of the ACA. On the point that some parents are, in fact, frightened, it seems to me that you and Ungar agree.
Rick, I waited, and then found this, which is put out by a Canadian Libertarian group, (too many influences to figure out if this is biased or not). Have no idea what fraser institue is, but they are putting forth facts. I apparently get confused by facts, no matter how silly I am.
Dranove and Millenson critically analyzed the data from the 2005 edition of the medical bankruptcy study. They found that medical spending was a contributing factor in only 17 percent of U.S. bankruptcies. They also reviewed other research, including studies by the Department of Justice, finding that medical debts accounted for only 12 percent to 13 percent of the total debts among American bankruptcy filers who cited medical debt as one of their reasons for bankruptcy.
As for the notion that greater government involvement in health insurance will reduce bankruptcy, it is helpful to compare personal bankruptcy rates in the United States and Canada. Unlike the United States, Canada has a universal, government-run health insurance system. Following the logic of Himmelstein and colleagues, we should therefore expect to observe a lower rate of personal bankruptcy in Canada compared to the United States.
Research on both sides of the border shows that the majority of debt among bankrupt consumers in both Canada and the United States is composed of non-medical expenditures and therefore has little to do with health insurance coverage.
Yet the evidence shows that in the only comparable years, personal bankruptcy rates were actually higher in Canada. Personal bankruptcy filings as a percentage of the population were 0.20 percent in the United States during 2006 and 0.27 percent in 2007. In Canada, the numbers are 0.30 percent in both 2006 and 2007. The data are from government sources and defined in similar ways for both countries and cover the time period after the legal reforms to U.S. bankruptcy laws in 2005 and before the onset of the 2008 economic recession.
This is important, because the 2005 reforms produced U.S. legal standards for bankruptcy filing that are now very similar to Canada's. Before 2005 it was much easier to file for bankruptcy in the United States, making cross-border comparisons prior to the legal changes meaningless. Further, in 2008 the United States was harmed by massive systemic home mortgage defaults that did not occur in Canada because of differences in mortgage lending practices. U.S. mortgage defaults would have been correlated with increased bankruptcy rates. Therefore, Canada-U.S. comparisons in 2008 are not valid because the data is skewed by other policy differences unrelated to health insurance.
Aside from universal single-payer health insurance, there are few other significant health, social, or legal policy differences between the two countries that could be causally linked to bankruptcy rates. Both countries have employment insurance programs that provide income support in the event of job loss. In fact, unemployment occurs with roughly similar frequency among Canadians and Americans. National unemployment rates in 2007 were 5.3 percent in Canada versus 4.6 percent in the United States.
Researchers found that medical spending was a contributing factor in only 17 percent of U.S. bankruptcies.
Drug insurance is also structured almost identically, so exposure to drug costs is similar in both countries. While the entire Canadian population is universally eligible for publicly funded insurance for hospital and physician services, only about one-third of the Canadian population is publicly insured for prescription drugs. In Canada, as in the United States, low-income people, disabled populations, and seniors are eligible for separate publicly funded drug programs, while most employed people obtain drug insurance as a benefit of employment, and the rest of the population pays cash.
Access to medical care for people who experience long-term unemployment, disability from illness, and chronic low-income status is also practically the same in both countries, being facilitated by non-profit, publicly funded community health centers and public programs such as Medicaid in the United States and government-run systems in Canada.
The truth is that the majority of debt among bankrupt consumers in both Canada and the United States is comprised of non-medical expenditures and therefore has little to do with health insurance coverage.
On the rare occasion that medical debts do partially contribute to bankruptcy, they likely accumulate from patients' demands for the kinds of expensive, cutting-edge or end-of-life treatments that would never be covered by government insurance anyway. It is a fact that many of these same types of expensive treatments are increasingly not insured by government healthcare in Canada.
Indeed, if we define medical bankruptcies the way Himmelstein and colleagues did for their study in the United States, we find such bankruptcies also occur in Canada. Survey research commissioned by the Canadian government found that despite having a government-run health system, medical reasons (including uninsured expenses), were cited as the primary cause of bankruptcy by approximately 15 percent of bankrupt Canadian seniors (55 years of age and older).
There is no objective evidence to indicate that a government-run health care system in the United States will reduce personal bankruptcies. The U.S.-Canada comparative analysis strongly suggests that bankruptcy statistics are being exaggerated and distorted for political reasons.
Brett J. Skinner


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Children are the face of Minnesota's homeless.
On any given day, 70% of our guests are kids - newborns to teens.
The Family Place is the only day shelter for families with children in Ramsey County, MN.
We offer safety, opportunities and encouragement to help move our guest families from despair to hope, from uncertainty to stability.
What's New at The Family Place?
A Million Dollar Idea From The Family Place
To add to St. Paul's greatness my idea is to increase by forty the number of available shelter beds in St. Paul. It has been said that a community is as strong as it weakest member. With this idea in place St. Paul will be known as a city that cares for those who are ready to be made strong!
In the latest Wilder Statewide Survey on Homelessness it is reported that the largest increase was in the number of people using emergency shelters, which was up 27 percent from 2009. The need has increased while the number of beds available has not increased; this means that more families are being turned away from shelter on a daily basis. We cannot speculate where the families turned away spend the night or the next days of their lives. We can ask the question that remains unanswered; are they safe in our city?
Words Do Matter
Dear Friends,
The Family Place is conscientiously altering language. Simple adjustments of verbiage can positively change the way situations are viewed. We are hoping that the language modification will be recognized and cultivated in the community not just here at The Family Place.
In the coming months, we will use families transitioning to a new home, as we no longer want to label the families as being homeless. Also, the families will no longer be called 'our clients or our guests,' but rather, families are participants accessing services and programs offered at The Family Place. We are optimistic that the change will help foster respect as families grapple with trying circumstances.
You might say, "What does it matter?"
"Words do matter. Our lives begin to end the day
we become silent about things that matter." – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Words mend. Words restore confidence. Words communicate.
Thank you for caring and supporting The Family Place.
February Recap: Three Expressions of Love
Click here to read three inspirational stories of love in support of The Family Place:
1. 13 year-old Emily Albert-Stuaning's Hope for a Better Day concert
2. Two suburban moms gift move-in packages to Family Place kids
3. Suprise appreciation dinner for Family Place leader, Margaret Lovejoy
Big Thanks and Big Giving on Thanksgiving Day!
Thanksgiving Day at The Family Place was filled with caring volunteers from UBS, and great food served at Dixie's on Grand. Staff members Cassie Hauck and Wendy Haynus traveled with the families via public transportation who are currently in our care to Dixie's for a wonderful meal of traditional fixings was served and thoroughly enjoyed!
As we count our blessings, let us remember that it is community services such as this that makes all the difference in the lives of those less fortunate. The Family Place would like to thank its staff, the many UBS volunteers and Dixie's owner Peter Kenefick, for making the day one of immense happiness for families living without a permanent home.
Thank You
As of today, we have received or have been promised almost $250,000 in cash and $30,000 in gifts!
The Family Place Staff sincerely thanks those who responding to a desperate call for help and donated after November 1st. Your contributions, both big and small, allowed us to remain committed to those less fortunate.
Give to the Max Day Update
Thank you so much for donating to The Family Place on Thursday, November 15. We are very grateful to have received over $17,000 in donations, including a $5,000 matching grant from The Emil J. and Emily D. Slowinski Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation.
Pioneer Press Feature: "St. Paul: Daytime homeless shelter lends a hand but faces funding challenge"
On December 3, Pioneer Press featured an interview with Executive Director Margaret Lovejoy about the importance of The Family Place and its funding challenges.
In 2001 -- using a small retirement fund to bolster contracts with Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota -- Lovejoy opened the Family Place, now located behind the First Baptist Church in downtown St. Paul.
Other attempts at a daytime shelter in the city -- one that catered specifically to families with children, rather than all comers -- have faltered and failed.
Lovejoy, 69, knows the feeling. In the past, she has had to raise money for the facility, and this year is a little worse, she said.
Giving is down, and the loss of a $20,000 grant has given her a $53,000 shortfall in her $475,000 annual budget. She likely will need to cut into her full- and part-time staff of 14 unless the shortfall is made up by the end of the year, she said.
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Thank you to those who made our anniversary event a success!
A special thanks to those who made our Progressive Salad bar anniversary event a success. Volunteers for the evening came from Medafor, Inc—they served salad ingredients to the 100 guests in attendance. It was a wonderful evening in support of The Family Place.
MPR News Broadcasts "Margaret Lovejoy's Family Place"
On January 5, MPR News broadcast an interview with Executive Director Margaret Lovejoy about The Family Place and its important role in the community.
"I heard a child one cold January morning say to his mother, 'How will I find you after school?'" Margaret Lovejoy remembers.
The child was homeless. The words were jarring. And Lovejoy was spurred to look beyond sadness and pity. Today, The Family Place, a St. Paul daytime drop in center for the homeless, stands as a testament to how she strives to help those who often don't have anyone else in the community to turn to. (MPR Photo / Jeffrey Thompson)
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Even if you have a high tolerance for whimsy, "Mood Indigo" may still be too much.
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The first part in a four-part series on what film can teach us about the relationship between Israel and Palestine.
A remembrance of actor Dave Legeno, by screenwriter J.D. Zeik.
The first part in a four-part series on what film can teach us about the relationship between Israel and Palestine.
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A film is a terrible thing to waste. For Roman Coppola to waste one on "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is a sad sight to behold. I'll go further. For Charlie Sheen to waste a role in it is also a great pity.
I stop not: For Bill Murray to occupy his time in this dreck sandwich is a calamity. Of Charlie Sheen, we've seen more than enough, at least until he gets his act together. But there's a sad shortage of Bill Murray performances, and his work here is telephoned in as if Thomas Alva Edison had never been born.
Sheen plays a caricature of his public persona in a production design beyond his wildest dreams. Elliot Hostetter. Remember that name. The feverish colors and images that he conjures up in "Charles Swan" are the reason I kept watching, ready to examine every scene for its look but not its content. At times I caught myself trying to look beyond the actors, annoyed that they were blocking valuable background space.
Every detail has been pushed to 11 on the "Spinal Tap" scale. Take Charles' classic Cadillac. Its seductive curves have been restored not merely to how it looked coming off the assembly line, but to represent how it looked in its designer's imagination. On one side, Charles has painted two eggs. On the other side, two strips of bacon. What were you expecting? A horse and carriage?
Near the beginning of the story, Charles' girlfriend, Ivana (Katheryn Winnick), leaves him. So distraught is he that he packs her shoes in a plastic bag and hurls them over the side of Mulholland Drive. This sets in motion a chain of events that ends with the Cadillac parked in a swimming pool with Charles inside. I pitied the automobile.
Swan the Third owns a design studio, that, in the 1970s Pop Art style, has a giant toothbrush leaning against a wall. The loss of Ivana leads to him indulging an orgy of the sexual hunger that must have inspired her exit through the gift shop. Curiously, although he encounters countless beautiful scantily undressed young women in both life and his fantasies, his primary object doesn't seem to be the stake but the sizzle. Scantily Attired. You remember her. On the old Bob and Ray radio program, she was the never-heard twin sister of Natalie Attired.
After the swimming pool incident, Charles suffers an unspecified chest attack, and experiences hallucinations. One involves Ivana's group, the Secret Society of Ball Busters. In one hallucination, Charles and his best friend, Kirby (Jason Schwartzman), are on horseback in the Old West and come upon Ivana and other almost nude Indian maidens who beckon them forward before warrior women on horseback attack them with bows and arrows.
That's when we see Charles' agent, Saul (Bill Murray), step forward to offer advice. The name Saul is possibly a homage to the great designer Saul Bass, which may be obscure for today's audiences but nowhere near as obscure for them to recall that Charles Swan is the name of the hero of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
Watching the movie, I found myself thinking at the screen: Give it up, Charlie Sheen. It's getting old. The purpose of this film didn't last long enough for it to justify being released.
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The settlement comes less than a month before the scheduled beginning of the trial, in which $840 million in damages was sought from Apple.
Judge signs off on the $20 million partial settlement agreed to last year in the suit involving Lucasfilm, Pixar, Intuit.
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$600 room for rent in Lynnwood Seattle Area
Awesome location for you to rent a room in this quiet, tidy house near Edmonds Community College and bus lines--parking, perfect for students and those who are just moving out of their parents home for the first time or saving up money.
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$500 room for rent in West Seattle Seattle Area
I welcome you to be guests in this amazing multi level beach house. I have been responsible hard for the last month on this unusual house and the rooms. In honor of his 70th birthday, this room is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix and his hometown, Seattle (AKA the Emerald City.) You will enjoy the most gorgeous view of downtown. The Space Needle and the new ferris wheel on the downtown pier are clearly viewable from your bedroom window (and your personal balcony!). True to the reputation of my other ...
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$500 room for rent in Gig Harbor Seattle Area
One bedroom for rent in a 2 bedroom apartment. ground floor with patio and yard out back. washer/dryer/dishwasher/fireplace/pool. Cable T.V./ internet access/unlimited long distance. Within walking distance of 3 shopping malls on bus route 100. Utilities included. Completely furnished. call Carol Listing ID 1902188.
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$750 room for rent in Other King Cty Seattle Area
We have a 5-bedroom house in the Maple Leaf neighborhood. Its 10-15 minutes from downtown with good traffic, and 5-10 minutes from UW; easy access to I-5 and bus lines 73&77.
We are responsible and in our 30s , and operate a hair studio out of our home that will not be an issue for you in terms of noise or privacy based on your room location.
The private guest room contains a queen bed, small fridge, microwave, coffee/tea, tv/cable, WiFi & sink/mirror with a large closet & dresser. ...
Lrg Room w Storage for Rent - Shared Utilities
Available now, one large room with large closet and storage on a lower level of a split level house. Floors are brand new Oak print laminate, and the closet is lit from the inside.
You will share a beautifully remodeled bathroom, living room with wood burning stove, and a kitchenette with one other female tenant. Common areas include laundry room with high efficiency washer/dryer and the upstairs kitchen.
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$700 room for rent in Renton Seattle Area
I am renting a 2 bedroom town home in Renton. I am a female and I have 2 small well behaved dogs. Some storage will be available. Keep the place fairly clean and quiet.
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$550 room for rent in Auburn Seattle Area
Share New Home for Just $550 Uts Paid! (Green River College)
Share beautiful new home, nicely furnished dining room, living room, greatroom, washer/dryer., $550 per month includes all utilities, internet and basic cable. Month to month, first months rent plus $100 cleaning deposit to move in. Nice quiet neighborhood, Auburn address between Kent and Covington, easy access to Hwys 18 and 167. open minded friendly; best suited for single without pets. Please contact Michael for viewing. Be sure to ...
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Bright and airy townhouse with lofted ceilings and lake front views. This two bedroom, two bathroom townhouse is fully furnished and ready to seamlessly accommodate guests. Large kitchen includes stainless steel appliances and greenhouse window. Living room is open concept with gas fireplace, two story windows and balcony. Several extras including washer/dryer, whirlpool tub, free parking, cable and WIFI. Beautiful office area on second floor with sweeping water views.
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So, i have a 25ft camping trailer, with all the amenities.....Power, T.V. Septic, Water, located on my property as i live in the house, but am renting out the trailer space for help with income. The trailer is clean, dry, has a new single bed that i installed, so you wont have to make bed up every night! It also has couch area for sitting as well as kitchen table, with more seating. Bathroom has a small bathtub, as well as a shower. The home has its own entry, behind the ceder gates shown above. The ...
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Room Available 8-2-2014 ALL UTILITIES PAID $500 a month $100.00 non refundable cleaning Deposit Will hold room till move in 12 mins to Madigan Gate 12 min to 512 freeway Easy access loading and unloading in a huge home Private Room Smoking is ok In your own room This is a split level home. The basement studio is rented out to a E-5 The room you would have is next to also a E-5 Only other room is my and my other half's (Vet) he's never here he works and goes to college at tacoma tec. I'm posting on ...
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$750 room for rent in Queen Anne Seattle Area
Comfortable, spacious room with big closet available in refurbished turn-of-the-century house. Beautiful views from deck overlooking the green belt and Puget Sound. Full kitchen, bathroom with shower and bathtub. Listing ID 2446459.
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Roommate Wanted to Share our House
New painted and furnished very large private secure bedroom (164 SF) in a happy house for immediate rent in quiet and safe house in Kenmore/Bothell area.
1- Complete furnished room,Kitchen,Laundry,Dinning and Living rooms,all you need your clothes.
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I need to move out, so someone needs to take my spot at this apartment. My share of the rent is $350. Not much. Your own room, shared bathroom with one other roommate. The apartment has a washer and dryer inside our unit (no quarters!). There's a fireplace for the winter and there's also a deck. One roommate is 18, and there's a couple that's 20/21. Please be around this age. There is Internet for your use, aswell as Netflix or Hulu.
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Newburyport, MA — Margaret "Peggy" (Moylan) Carter, age 81, lifelong Newburyport resident, died Friday, November 2, 2012 at Country Manor Rehab & Nursing Center in Newburyport, with her loving family at her side.
Born in Newburyport, December 22, 1930, she was the daughter of the late James and Eleanor (Lunt) Moylan and attended Immaculate Conception grammar school and high school.
Margaret was a proud member of the Women of the Moose Chapter 307 since 1948 and served as a Deputy Grand Regent for Massachusetts. She was also a member of the Horton Terrace Tenants Council and a lifetime communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church.
Her love of the Moose and dedication to volunteering was surpassed only by her love for her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Peggy is survived by her two sons, James H. Stone and wife Patricia of Salem, NH and William Carter and wife Diane (Dee) of Newburyport; her daughter, Laurinda Martel and husband Michael of Merrimac; her five grandchildren, Cassandra Viau, Allison Stone, Brian Stone, Brittany Martel, and Rebecca Martel; three great-grandchildren, Aubrielle Martel, Madeline Viau and Isabel Viau, along with two step grandchildren, Courtney Dealmeida, Jamie Dealmedia and three step-great-grandchildren, Jessica Brown, Jake Brown and Jaiden Dealmeida.
ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting hours at the Elliott, Woodworth & Rogers Family Funeral Home, 35 Green Street, Newburyport, will be Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. at the Immaculate Conception Church, Green Street, Newburyport. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery will be private for the family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Peggy's memory to Moose Charities, c/o Moose International, 155 South International Drive, Mooseheart, IL 60539.


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The Redskins have increased the price of general admission tickets and parking for the 2013 season, the team announced Thursday.
The price of "most seats" will increase by "no more than 10 percent," a team-issued press release stated. Parking will be $40.
General admission ticket and parking prices were unchanged for the previous seven seasons.
The acquisition of quarterback Robert Griffin III last April, followed by the team's first NFC East Division championship in 13 years, invigorated the fan base in 2012. Any ticket demand increase that might have spawned is met by a decrease in supply.
Team management reduced the capacity of FedEx Field to 85,000 from 91,704 in 2010, according to the Redskins' 2010 and 2012 media guides. The stadium still is the largest in the NFL.
According to the team's press release: "Fans will be treated to a number of upgrades to FedExField in 2013, including parking and public safety initiatives as part of the Redskins commitment to create a safe and enjoyable fan experience both inside the stadium and in the parking lots."
The period in which fans can renew season tickets begins Monday, Feb. 4.