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Illinois school report cards due out tomorrow
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Thursday's release of "report cards" on school performance will show a drop in the percentage of students passing the Illinois Standards Achievement test last school year.
But that doesn't mean teaching or student performance has actually fallen. Rather, the decline in scores is a result of the state board of education's decision to toughen the grading scale for grade schools so it matches that used by high schools.
This year, only 62 of 863 districts achieved growth benchmarks set under federal No Child Left Behind law, down from 152 last year.
But if the old scoring method were still in use, more students would actually have made gains.
The change is part of the state's preparation to adopt more rigorous learning standards in the 2014-2015 school year.
Southern Illinois food pantry says it's needs more food
ANNA, Ill. (AP) — Officials at a southern Illinois food pantry say they're in dire need of help to keep their shelves stocked.
The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reported Saturday that the Shawnee Development Food Pantry in the Union County town of Anna suspended operations for two weeks earlier this month because there was no food to give away.
Officials say that's the first time in 20 years that the pantry has had to close its doors.
A truckload of food arrived a few days ago, and should last until the end of the week. But officials say they'll have to close again if no more food arrives.
They say the pantry typically serves about 200 households monthly, but that number has climbed as high as 335 households as more young families seek help.
Illinois prison officials: two meal-a-day plan more costly upfront
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Serving Illinois prisoners two meals a day instead of three was supposed to save the state money.
But Corrections Department officials told lawmakers this week it will cost $200,000 per prison to implement the "brunch" program.
Corrections spokesman Tom Shaer now says the main goal is to reduce inmate movement - a cost savings - and avoid serving breakfast in dark morning hours.
Prisons in Robinson and Galesburg have begun the program and the Mount Sterling lockup will follow soon. Shaer says the rest of the two dozen state prisons could follow after Jan. 1.
Prison director S.A. "Tony" Godinez said in early 2012 it would save $2 million in the following year. Shaer says there might be savings down the line but security is the top concern.
Chicago man gets 30 years in drugs, firearms case
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced an Illinois man to 30 years in prison for convictions on narcotics and firearms charges.
Thirty-five-year-old Joel Rivas was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced the sentence Thursday.
Rivas was convicted in July of drug charges, including conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and illegally possessing two guns.
The former Elgin resident was living in Chicago when he was arrested in 2010. That's when authorities say they found cocaine, marijuana and guns in an Elgin storage unit.
Prosecutors claimed that Rivas and another man, Ismael Miranda, distributed wholesale amounts of cocaine and marijuana to customers in Illinois between 2007 and 2010.
The 36-year-old Miranda pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Governor Quinn not discouraged by lack of votes during veto session
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn says he's not discouraged that lawmakers came away from two days of their fall veto session without tackling any of the major issues on their agenda.
The Chicago Democrat says the days were valuable for discussion to "lay a foundation" on the state's pension crisis and same-sex marriage.
However, neither issue came up for a vote before lawmakers left town.
They'll be back next month. Quinn says that'll be the time to take votes.
A bipartisan panel has been tasked with coming up with a solution to Illinois' nearly $100 billion pension problem, but the panel has been stalled on a plan that would save an estimated $138 billion.
Meanwhile, advocates and opponents of legalizing same-sex marriage both held rallies this week in Springfield.
Illinois lawmakers consider change to puppy "lemon" law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawmakers are working to change a small mistake in Illinois' new pet "lemon" law.
Democratic state Sen. Dan Kotowski, the legislation's sponsor, told a Senate committee that there was an error in the legislation that was passed by both houses last spring.
The amendment to the law allows owners to return a pet or be reimbursed for veterinary costs if it is discovered an illness was not disclosed by the seller. The original legislation said pet stores would have to pay owners up to twice the cost of the pet to offset treatment costs. Kotowski told a Senate committee that number should be changed to require reimbursement to match the cost of the pet.
The measure passed the Senate and now heads to the House.
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After getting off to a sputtering start Tuesday, the schedule on Wednesday is shaping up to include a hearing on gambling and more requests by state agencies for additional funds.
Horsemen and officials from the Illinois racetracks want lawmakers to authorize a law that allows for online betting. And lawmakers are reviving talks on a larger gambling bill that stalled this spring.
Tuesday also saw a gay marriage rally as part of an effort to make such unions legal in Illinois.
Lawmakers have yet to address the state's $97 billion pension shortfall and tax incentives aimed at keeping Archer Daniels Midland Company's global headquarters in Illinois.
Illinois veterans could have easier access to medicinal marijuana under bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sick military veterans who want medical marijuana would get it more easily under legislation that's getting committee approval.
The House Judiciary Committee sent Rep. Lou Lang's bill to the floor for consideration.
The Skokie Democrat is the sponsor of Illinois' first law legalizing the use of medical marijuana. Gov. Pat Quinn signed it in August.
But it requires a sick person to get a letter from a doctor. Veterans home doctors are federal employees - barred from approving cannabis use.
Lang's legislation would allow veterans to get a letter from the Illinois Department of Public Health certifying he or she has a condition that qualifies for marijuana treatment under the law.
The committee voted 10-6 to move the bill to the House floor.
Illinois bill would impose stiffer penalties for gun crimes
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The measure would require a 3-year prison sentence for illegally packing a loaded gun. Felons and gang members could get 10 years in prison.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made it a legislative priority because of rampant gun violence in Chicago.
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Yeah, THIS. I'd say if they're going to count the likes of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, or the Sports Pegasi, they should count Iron Will.
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I don't think Silver Spoon or Diamond Tiara are villains really. Antagonists, like Iron Will so yeah they should be removed.
Eh, I think in order to have a truly expansive and epic "villain" poster, we need to count the regular old antagonists as well. Using only the "true villains" would mean we'd have Nightmare Moon, Discord, the Windigoes and the Changelings and that would be it. Maybe the Flim-Flam brothers, but you could argue that they were just trying to drum up business, that it wasn't done out of malice.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon I can actually understand. They may be fairly harmless on the grand scale of things (certainly compared to the likes of Discord, Nightmare Moon and the Changeling queen), but they're still intentionally cruel to AppleBloom and the CMC. Iron Will, IMO, was merely misjudged by Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They kept calling him a "monster", and though he had a threatening demeanour (part of his act as a self-help guru), he was perfectly fair and reasonable when it came down to it. And it wasn't his fault that Fluttershy carried out his advice to an alarming extreme.
No matter - looking at that poster again, it seems that a number of the featured characters are just generally intimidating things they put on to fill up space. Cerberus and the Manticore seem even more out of place than Iron Will when you consider their roles in their respective episodes.
Eh, I would say his original advice can be pretty extreme:
"Never apologize when you can criticize"? NEVER apologize? And when you have an opportunity to be critical, you should always take it? That's pretty harsh, man.
All I personally interpret that to mean is that you shouldn't feel obliged to apologise for your actions when someone else was at fault. I'm not saying that I necessarily agree with Iron Will there, but I don't believe that his advice automatically translated to "Be a loud, hateful dick in general." Maybe he did put too much emphasis on being aggressively assertive rather than politely standing your ground, but in the end he certainly wasn't the monster that Rarity and Pinkie Pie pegged him for.
Say, what was that post about Apple Bloom speaking in Norwegian?
lol I had a mental note to correct this but that was over a week ago and left it hanging.
I totally meant antagonists yet somehow I still said villains.
Oh gosh so sorry guys, I didn't mean for you to get into a debate over this XD
So to make up for it, I'll post some d'awww.
And interestingly I came across this as a related video, I just totally agree with his logic.
It reminded me of the discussion we had a few weeks back.
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So is Chrysalis the queen AND mother of the Changelings (the ones featured in "A Canterlot Wedding"). I mean, if the designers were really going for the insect motif.


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I performed the update on a 1.17 installation and it seemed to go smoothly. Now, however, I'm unable to access the store front-end or back-end. Nor can I access the downloader to rerun the process. I'm seeing the following error:
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As an adjunct to my prior post, I'm quite certain that the database upgrade process has already run, because MySQL was hogging the CPU for about 2 minutes while all the db schema changes were being made. (This db has 50k customers) That said, the tone of the error, on the surface at least, indicates to me that Magento might believe it hasn't been done and is trying to do it again.


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Having trouble getting your children to eat right?
Does your child attempt to subsist on Goldfish crackers and Cheerios?
Does your child express fear when offered a new food?
People like Cheri Fraker and Alicia Hart may be able to help.
Fraker, a therapist with the Center for Selective Eating and Pediatric Feeding Disorders at Koke Mill Medical Center in Springfield, and Hart, Family and Resource Coordinator at the Autism Program in Charleston, gave a presentation on picky eating recently at Helen Matthes Library in Effingham.
With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, Fraker gave the handful of parents in attendance some ideas on why their child might be a picky eater.
Fraker said picky eating manifests itself in a number of ways.
"They might not be getting enough liquid, or they may only be eating limited food groups," she said.
"Other children have problems tolerating foods with multiple textures."
Fraker said the vast majority of picky eaters have a medical condition that makes eating a variety of foods painful.
"Only 3 percent of our patients have behavioral feeding problems," she said. "The rest are bio-behavioral.
"There's something wrong with them like acid reflux or a swallowing issue."
But Fraker said the prognosis is good, with the right kind of treatment. She is a member of an interdisciplinary team that treats more than 500 children per year, some from as far away at Italy and Turkey. Other team members include a pediatrician who specializes in gastrointestinal disorders, other specialist physicians, pediatric dietitian, various types of therapists and nurses, and psychology and social work professionals.
"It takes a team to treat a child," Fraker said.
Fraker said feeding disorders begin in infancy. Some of the early-warning signs include the inability to swallow saliva, liquid spilling from mouth, the inability of the baby's lips to seal around a nipple, and the inability of cheeks to help move food in mouth.
Fraker said there's a number of products that can help babies successfully feed, including modified bottles, nipples and cups. She said using the right feeding products is important, as well as developing a feeding schedule
But she added that the vigilant parent can catch early-warning signs of a feeding disorder.
"Be aware of the signs of allergies and GI disorders and treat it appropriately," she said.
Fraker said therapists use the Kedesky and Budd Scales of Selectivity to determine the scope of the program and develop an intervention plan. The scales measure degree that the child refuses food, the role of food texture in their selection process, the volume of their aversion, persistence to intervention, and the consequences of their problem.
Fraker also talked about the timetable for a child to develop its appetite.
The baby's primary source of nutrition includes breast milk, formula and rice cereal in its first 12 months. From there, the child should be able to progress to what she calls "first table foods" such as graham crackers, vanilla wafers, toast, cheerios, pancakes or mashed table foods.
But that transition comes with a warning, Fraker said.
"Lumps or mixed textures are often most difficult for the sensitive child," she said.
Fraker said one of the key early warning signs that a child may be a problem eater is gagging. Determining when the child gags is important, she said.
For example, does the child gag at the sight or smell of food, when it is touched, when it enters the mouth, during chewing, or during the swallow?
Fraker said gagging before eating typically denotes a sensory disorder, while gags during the swallow could indicate problems with the body's swallowing mechanism, as well as sensory issues. Gagging during the swallow could also indicate esophaegal problems, such as inflammation to irritation.
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Leah has a passion for pixels, specialising in satellite image processing and remote sensing. Her role within Blue Ventures involves working with Trevor Jones to integrate satellite imagery into the Blue Forests' projects, in particular using remote sensing techniques to support the northwest Madagascar REDD+ project.
With an MSc in Geophysics from Imperial College London, Leah has been working with satellite imagery since 2004. It was her love of volcanology that led her into the science, spending several years studying volcanoes using data from satellites. But a move to Australia, with its lack of active volcanoes, resulted in diversification into the environmental and commercial fields. For the last 6 years she has been working for various consultancies, creating satellite-derived products to answer real-world questions. Applications include habitat classification, vegetation dynamics, geological mapping and sub-benthic stratification, at sites all over the world. It was her keen interest in the application of satellite data to REDD+ projects that brought her to Blue Ventures and Madagascar.
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Any doulas out there in Southeast PA or Northern DE offering your services free for families in need by any chance?
My husband is unemployed, and we are barely making ends meet with my income. Our baby was a "surprise", it's our first one, and we're taking it as a great blessing despite our current economic obstacles. That being said we really can't afford a doula, but I really do need one (my husband will be at the birth, but to be honest, he will stress me out more than help me, and I am feeling overwhelmingly clueless).
I am due 11/30 and planning to use the Birth Center in Bryn Mawr, PA. I have made several attempts to get in touch with PALS, but they have not returned any of my phone calls. I start birth classes next week, and the Birth Center expects me to have a birth partner, but my husband has no way to attend, and I don't really have any friends/family able to help (doing this all on my own really). So I am in a bit of a bind.
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The Routes of El Legado of Andalusi
The Legacy of al-Andalus is a public foundation of the Andalusia regional government. Its aim is to promote and disseminate the cultural patrimony of Andalusia, paying particular attention to the artistic expression and monuments of the Hispano-Moslem period.
Dates and country
Incorporated into the programme "The Council of Europe Cultural Routes": 1997
Country: Spain
The objectives set by El Legado Andalusí Foundation are based on the reassessment and dissemination of the Spanish-Muslim civilisation by means of its art and culture and historical and social relationships with the Arab world, the Mediterranean environment and the Latin America.
The activities we are developing to achieve these objectives include the promotion of cultural and rural tourism, traditional arts, the protection and restoration of our vast heritage of monuments and art.
These aspects can be found in the Routes of El Legado Andalusí, which are historical and traditional roads travelled along in years gone by historical travellers that will increase the number of tourist activities available in inland Andalusia. The Routes of al-Andalus take in more than two hundred towns throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
(Photo: The Alhambra in Granada, Spain)
The routes of El Legado Andalusi
The routes are as follows:
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Route of Washington Irving, from Seville to Granada - Map
Route of the Nasrides, from Navas de Tolosa (Jaén) to Granada - Map
Route of the Almoravids and Almohads, from Tarifa (Cádiz) to Granada - Map
Route of Alpujarras, from Almería to Granada - Map
Route of Ibn al-Khatib, from Murcia to Granada - Map
Route of al-Mutamid, from Lisboa – Huelva to Granada - Map
Route of al-Idrisi, from Algeciras to Granada - Map
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Aubrey O'Day came into the limelight thanks to the Sean Combs show of "Making the Band". She caught the attention of the audience with her resilience and made it to the band after quite some challenges. However, she was soon spat out of the group for making some not so-good choices and ever since, has attracted a lot of attention from fans and paparazzo alike. One of the reasons why she has received a lot of focus has to be the fact that she has had a lot of transformations which were never there when she first burst into the limelight.
The first noticeable change about Aubrey is her boob. The beauty used to be somewhat flat around the chest but in recent days, has a more pronounced bust. While she has completely denied ever going to the plastic surgeon, it is clear that no amount of exercise would make the breasts add increase in size so incredibly!
According to this article, she is also rumored to have had butt implants. Indeed, she flaunts her backside more often nowadays and it seems perkier. Wearing a bikini to the beach has become more fun-filled events for her as she has a great body to flaunt there! In fact, the very first time that her appearance drew a lot of attention is during her photo shoot at Complex Magazine which happened in 2008. Her butt was seen to be tighter than normal but people in her circles attributed this to workouts.
Her face has had many changes as well. The most obvious of these are her plush lips. Initially, Aubrey had slim lips but today, when you look at her, this part of her body seems a lot more enticing. She seems to have gotten some injections done to enhance the beauty of her lips.
Even though she denies any rumor of plastic surgery, it is speculated that she must have had her cheeks implanted as well. Her cheeks are noticeably rosier than they were previously. Aubrey seems to have had a brow work done because her eyes look rejuvenated as well. The singer/dancer was cute when she came into the limelight but the many changes that she has had leave little doubt that she opted for numerous procedures to enhance her appearance. Amongst the facial features that she has had changed, the rhinoplasty rumors appear to be easiest to substantiate. Look at her nose and you will realize that it is a little more perfect than it was when she was in the "Making the Band".
The extent of her cosmetic surgery is said to have encompassed her teeth. The pearly whites, to some people, seem to have had a touch of cosmetic dentistry. However, these claims are also hard to substantiate.
Regardless of the rumors milling about concerning her appearance, she seems not to have lost any fans. In any case, there are speculations that she has been approached by many plastic surgeons hoping to get her to endorse their work. Of course, the most natural response in such circumstance is that she flatly refuses. After all, how would she recommend the work of a plastic surgeon when she tells all and sundry that her body transformations are due to hitting the gym and eating right?


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'Before Midnight': Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater Tease a Fourth Movie
Reuniting at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor and director along with Julie Delpy discuss the continuing saga of Jesse and Celine.
Fans of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Richard Linklater's films co-starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as star-crossed lovers, will certainly be riveted by the director's latest installment, Before Midnight, which delivers the same talky romance as the first two movies but with a giant -- and brutal -- helping of marital discord.
Although the trouble-in-paradise plotline exposes cracks within the facade of a seemingly perfect union of two soulmates, Jesse and Celine, Delpy -- who co-wrote the film along with Hawke and Linklater -- says she's not worried about alienating Before devotees.
"This one is romantic too but in a different sort of way," said the actress on Monday, joining Hawke and Linklater at a panel ahead of a Before Midnight screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.
"I think people want things that ring true and we tried to make this film ring true -- keep it romantic but not in a romantic way that's, you know, 'Oooh, people are getting married!'" she noted. "Romanticism is not necessarily just one typical, 'this happens, this happens, they get together,' boom. End of film."
The ending of Before Midnight echoes those of the previous films, which closed on notes of ambiguity and, in the case of 2004's Before Sunset, longing and sexual tension as Jesse decides whether to stay in Paris with Celine or catch his flight home to the U.S., where he's got a wife and son.
"I've always thought it should be erotica," said Hawke of the trilogy, which rolled out beginning in 1995 with Before Sunrise and includes a raw and emotionally-charged love scene in the third act, which opens in limited release May 24.
"I'm like, 18 years of frustration!" declared Hawke, to which Delpy quipped: "On that level, you haven't aged at all."
(Throughout the discussion, life imitated art as the two bantered and bickered much like they do in the movies, but always with the joking rapport of longtime friends. "We have chemistry because we're actors," Delpy explained. "We don't live together. We don't have sex. ... We love each other.")
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As for the possibility of another installment (which would see Jesse and Celine in their early '50s), Linklater said: "There were threads to the others. You can't see [Before Midnight] and not know that that's conscious. We're tying it, loosely, to the other two but it wasn't a summation. ... People have different opinions, but it's definitely not a final vibe, I don't think."
He added: "There might be another one, who knows? At least we don't have to think about it for five years."
Chiming in to big laughs, Hawke -- possibly alluding to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- joked: "It has to do with these Mayan temples. In Rome."
The Greece-set Before Midnight, which Linklater secretly filmed last summer with cast and crew notified just three weeks' ahead of time, debuted to massive buzz and critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Shortly afterward, Sony Pictures Classics acquired domestic and U.K. rights for somewhere in the ballpark of the mid-seven figures, making it one of the biggest deals of the fest.
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08:08 AM ET 01.31 | As role models go, Dennis Rodman may not immediately leap to the minds of parents. Just imagine a book authored by [Rodman] being read to children during "story time" at a local library. It's a scene that could soon become a reality in a library near you. On Wednesday, the basketball Hall of Famer's children's book, "Dennis The Wild Bull," was released, and Rodman's influence is noticeable right off the bat. The cover is basically Rodman, only in bull (how clever!) form, as it shows a large red bull with red hair, two nose rings, a tattoo and red stubble under his chin. "They'll see me, literally see me. They'll say, 'Wow, this is just like him,'" said Rodman, a member of the Bulls for three seasons.
He is still on my favorite 5:
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anybody who would expose their children to this nutcase other than to show them what not do in life should have their kids taken away from them. he is the most overrated basketball player ever and a useless human being to boot. just because he could rebound does not make him a great player,there is more to the game than just that in case anybody forgot.
"As role models go, Dennis Rodman may not immediately leap to the minds of parents."
How about NEVER leap to parents minds as a role model!
saw his ex selling his jersey on a pawn stars......she looked a little weathered
I missed that eposide but wnated to see it.
saw his ex selling his jersey on a pawn stars......she looked a little weathered
Kinda patio furniture left outside after several storms?
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Well, no one does it better than Sarah Palin. She called out Democrats for "demeaning women" and treating them like cheap dates with the fictional War on Women, while giving good swift kick in the pants to Republicans. She said they need to start articulating the values of true liberation espoused by their party: independence, a strong work ethic, family, faith and freedom. "If the boys are not up to the challenge, conservative women are happy to lead the charge." Tony Lee at Breitbart.com gives the best recap of the speech I've seen, so check it out: Palin Slams Liberals for Treating Women Like Cheap Dates.
Please, Don't Say Anything Stupid
We conservatives are getting creamed with this War on Women lie and yet we sit back waiting for the Left to get tired or ashamed of bashing us over the head with it. As long as it's working for them, they're not going to stop. And trust me: it's working. It's high time we fight back.
Read MoreOutrage on O'Reilly Over Economic Meltdown
This--the economic implosion--is what happens when government sticks its nose in and tries to meddle around to achieve a particular, redistributive outcome. It wasn't a little blip. It was a catastrophe.
Read MoreThe Very Real, Yet Utterly Absurd, War on Christmas
The "War on Christmas" is an utter absurdity, championed by those who claim we are somehow an atheistic nation and that any display of faith surrounding a faith-based holiday, in a faith-based nation is a violation of their Constitutional rights.
Read MoreThank God for Freedom's Warriors
We live in the freest, most prosperous and generous nation on earth, but only because of the warriors willing to fight and die to protect the blessings we claimed over two hundred years ago. Today, and I hope every day, I won't take the gift of being an American for granted.
Read MoreAre Subsidies the Cure-All, or the Beginning of the End?
Is anyone else bothered by the seemingly constant emphasis on subsidies as the cure-all for unaffordable insurance plans individuals are being required to buy? While far fewer than they're suggesting will actually qualify for the subsidies, it seems rather unsettling, to say the least, that the government is trying to push so many into a form of dependency. I find it galling. The government is not just making people aware of this option, we're pretty much forcing them to enter the cycle of dependency. You MUST have health care. If you cannot afford it, come to us. we will help you. Yes. The nine most terrifying words in the English language: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
This is not an inconsequential moment in our nation's history. Not only are we watching the government take over one-sixth of the economy, but we about to witness as a portion of free Americans--many of them young, filled with ambition, hopes and dreams--submit themselves and their future to the will of the state.
New Low for Democrat Strategery: Sex Antics in VA
The Virginia Democratic Party and Terry McAuliffe have reached a new low in campaign strategery--their campaign theme this week: oral sex. Yes, that's right. In case all their inane rantings and ravings about the "extreme" and "dangerous" Ken Cuccinelli have not sufficiently distracted from any genuine discussion of the issues, they hope this will do the trick.
Read MoreNotice: My Insurance Plan Cancelled and Feds Want Me on the Dole
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Read MoreDemocrats Running Scared on Obamacare
There is powerful new leadership rising up in the Republican Party--not dependent on special interests or corporate lobbyists. You bet the Democrats will call them crazy. Why? Because no one scares them more.
From Middle America: "This (Obamacare) is Crap!"
"The system is corrupt, and it's screwing people. . . .Obama can take off that $6,000 suit he's wearing and help pay for my health care. Why is it okay for him to tell us what to do with our money, but no one can tell him what to do with his?
Read MoreFreedom Will Never Reign for Young Blacks in Face of Divisive Tactics, Political Calculation
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Read MoreCulture of Violence Will Be Ignored After OK Killing
Those who will or already have reduced the brutal slaying of Christopher Lane to an issue of gun control don't want to deal with the complicated, tough issues involved: a culture of violence promoted by gangs that are recruiting and preying on young people and destroying lives, rap lyrics glorifying killing, rampant drug use among kids, and schools that are hotbeds of violence.
The murder of Chris Lane was not just senseless violence, or some random tragedy. He was targeted. We don't yet know why. But he was intentionally slaughtered. The killing is indicative of a cultural crisis across our society. This happened in DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA. Population: about 24,000. According to news reports, the Crips have been in this part of small town America for a couple years, and kids are cowering in their homes because they're being recruited and threatened with death if they don't join.
One of the accused was 15. He's in school--think teachers didn't realize he was troubled, in a gang, violent, possibly using and/or selling drugs?
Our teachers see what's happening. They know drugs are rampant, they know rap and a culture of violence are stealing our children. They put their lives on the line every day to go into these places and try to offer a better future to our young. But they are given no back up, no useful tools to deal on a daily basis with the crisis (think the current "mediation in lieu of consequences" fad would have impacted Lane's killers?) because we as a society would rather shout about racism and guns than deal with the problems destroying a significant portion of that generation.
It's much easier to offer up gun control as a panacea that will fix the problem of violence in our society--particularly for the left. That way, they don't offend Hollywood, the music industry, teachers unions, Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. They just offend the NRA. But we all know gun control won't touch The actual problems. With hundreds of millions of guns in circulation in the US, restrictions only keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
Look, this is hard. It will take a painful, courageous self-examination of where we are as a nation--the fact that we are sacrificing a generation because we're too scared to talk about tough issues of popular culture, poverty, schools filled with violence, drugs and no discipline, and yes, race. Because we've been conditioned by academia and the media to see it as politically incorrect and insensitive--ok, as downright racist--to dare to talk about violence by blacks or other minorities and the destructive forces profiting off that violence.
Is our president going to lead us courageously into that discussion? One can only hope. He's the one to do it. But given his track record of not addressing these issues with seriousness, but instead stirring the racial pot when it suits him (Columbia police "acted stupidly" in the Henry Louis Gates incident; and If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."), don't hold your breath.
Massive Student Debt and No Jobs: Obama's "Fun" College Tour
Will Obama and Biden's "fun" college romp address dramatic tuition spikes, bleak job prospects, and the deteriorating quality of a college degree? Nah. Hey, it's all in good fun.
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Sneaky Delay in Obamacare Can Backfire
Mid-term elections are in 2014, and Americans would be royally ticked going to the polls as Obamacare sinks its teeth into businesses, and in turn, employees and consumers. So Obama is delaying implementation until those elections are safely over. Impact avoided. And yet. . . could the delay instead be a rallying cry for those opposed to Obamacare and its destructive consequences? Could what was intended by the Obama Administration for political gain turn into their political disaster? Of course. But there's a big "if."
Read More"Unlikeable Obama:" Fox News Poll Shows Major Shift
When only a third of the American people trust the government and half think the government is listening to their phone calls and reading their emails, there is a problem.
Fox News released a poll today with plenty of alarming information for the Obama Administration: 71% believe the federal government is too powerful, 66% think the IRS should be abolished or massively reorganized, only 43% approve of the job the President is doing, and my personal favorite: 82% believe the Founding Fathers would disapprove of the current goings-on in Washington, DC. Ya think?
But a particularly striking revelation of the poll is that now a majority of Americans disapprove of Obama himself. That's the "likeability" factor and it's important. Particularly to this President. Currently, only 47% of the American people view the President favorably. Those who view him unfavorably: 51%. A majority. That's a first.
That "likeablity" enabled Obama to rest on the goodwill of the American people when he was pushing measures they either weren't too sure of, or just downright didn't like. Now, in the wake of the numerous scandals and as the effects of Obamacare are being felt, that goodwill is evaporating. The President is going to have a tougher time pushing aspects of his agenda the public find questionable or objectionable. That's one reason we'll see more of the executive fiats, such as the regulation into oblivion of the coal industry.
Not only do the American people distrust government (a very big deal given that Obama's entire agenda banks on the belief that government is good), but they are beginning not to trust him--or what he says. They used to trust him, as they did when he said Obamacare would lower health care premiums, that the deficit was under control, that middle class taxes would go down, or that a video was responsible for the murder of our Libyan ambassador. But then they realized he just wasn't being straight with them. In fact, it appears he was taking them for fools. Now, when Obama says things such as, "Ignore voices warning of government tyranny," that actually alarms more people than it placates. Particularly when days later it is revealed that the IRS targeted the President's ideological opponents.
It has been Obama's practice to say one thing even though the facts say quite the opposite. To get away with it, he has relied on the goodwill of the American people, and on his own previously powerful "likeability." Up until now, most folks have just gone along with whatever he says--because they trust him and like him. But it appears that the scales are falling away. We can only be mocked so many times before even we profoundly busy and distracted (and perhaps gullible) Americans take heed. The continued scandals, the refusal of the President to handle them forthrightly, and the great awakening of a weary nation are going to take a heavy toll. Declining "likeability" is an important indicator of just how heavy it will be.
The Left: Leaving Women Defenseless
As the case of the ex-UVa worker who pled guilty Tuesday to attempted abduction and sexual assault of a 19-year-old reminds us: liberals claim to care about the safety of women, yet they leave them to their own devices (or whistles and call-boxes) to protect themselves from unimaginable horror.
Read MoreTruth Averse Obama Deceives Americans on His Budget Numbers
Obama: Despite IRS, AP, Benghazi cover-up, "Reject voices warning of tyranny"
Obama calls on us to "Reject these voices" that warn of tyranny. Now we face the Benghazi cover-up, IRS scandal and AP phone records seizure. Ignore these voices, is more like what the President is saying. Pretend you don't hear their warning, and then dismiss evidence that those warnings were not so crazy after all.
Read MoreMedia Giving Bombers a "Lone Wolf" Pass?
The media--and the Obama Administration--know that if the bombings are tied to radical Islam (and the only way you can say they weren't is to ignore the mounting evidence), that will open up a broader discussion in this country about the increasing threat here from those who have been radicalized--how it's happening, who is doing it, and who is financing it. That's actually a discussion that needs to happen, yet the media and the administration seem determined not to let it.
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I do not usually expect a suburban hotel to charge for parking.
I enjoyed my stay at this hotel. Even though surrounded by a large office park with major companies, it seems very quiet and secluded. It is only a couple of minutes to a major highway, making access to San Francisco or Stanford very easy.Clean, modern.
Thin construction let noise in from outside and hallway.
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No refrigerator in rooms. Absurd $20 a night parking fee!!!!!
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Testing out a sort of thick, bold style of outline and color to use for character tokens for Voices in the Wilderness, an RP I'm in with rouecinnamon, sunstrike, and others. I ended up doing this all in one go yesterday afternoon.
Still kind of up in the air about the armor design for Gunnhild, but it's getting there - I'm just kinda mashing ideas together and seeing what works. I need to study armor more to make something that looks… armor-y, while still retaining that fantasy kick. I still need to come up with a helmet design for her too.
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THIS is it. The next 2 weeks will decide the fate of the Bears for season 2007
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I'm writing a research paper for my Advanced Comp. class, and I'm using the question "What is good art / beauty?", but I fear that this question may not lead to any real new argument, but rather just a listing of opinions with no new answer.
I'm trying to narrow this question down to a better question that would lead to a substantial answer and offer a chance for just as much research. I am curious of anyone's opinion on this question of how to narrow it down, as well as to how you would define good art / beauty?
Also, any suggestions of good articles online about this would be useful.
OH GOD NOT AGAIN...!!! *flees*
...and there are many more useless endless pointless time-devouring threads just like that. Search around. Have fun.
Oh, but if you're interested in, say, a scientific view of the concept of "beauty", I recall Scientific American did a series of articles on that once. http://www.scientificamerican.com/
Just search for "beauty". (Might have to sift out some articles on the beauty industry, though.)
How about "how has the concept of beauty changed over the past 100 years?"
Or "is beauty still relevant in the fine arts?"
You could replace "beauty" with "quality" in either of those, as well. Both of those have been popular buzzwords in art theory/criticism for the past few generations, you should have no trouble finding sources.
Thanks, but I'd rather eat glass, wash it down with Drano, and call it a performance piece than get involved in another one of those discussions.as well as to how you would define good art / beauty?
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Beauty is something you experience. For every person, there will be an unique experience and as soon as somebody tries to define it to someone else, an opinion is formed.
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The best thing about questioning beauty and quality is that there isn't an answer. Everyone comes up with their own answer, and the variety of answers leads to a great variety of art - something for everyone. So the way to grow isn't to think of the one correct answer, but to answer it for yourself.
Also, is this a highschool paper or a college/gradschool thesis? For a highschool level paper, I think it'd be sufficient to describe a couple different positions for/against certain art, and the pros and cons. Looking up the introduction from Gombrich's A History of Art would give you plenty of historical examples, and it's a fun, simple read.
Thanks so far guys, I'm getting a good idea of how to narrow it down into a more historical research sort-of paper now. And this is for a 400 level college class (my Advanced Composition class). The assignment is to write a ten-page research paper on any topic really.
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Perhaps you could look at history and see what people have thought was good art during different times and write about that.
You might want to pick up a copy of the Umberto Eco book " History of Beauty"
Like all philosophies which have been pursued by rigorous, thoughtful and interested people over spans of centuries, certain lines of thought have become well trod because they are fruitful and fulfill certain requirements (i.e. Following them creates beautiful things, the philosophy is self-consistent and corresponds to reality and can be implemented as engineering, etc.) And while the question "which line of thought is the correct one" is open to argument, good answers exist for all the major lines.
It is true that an artist who is not intellectual/purely intuitive may find some aesthetic, by sheer happenstance, he finds beautiful, which he becomes attached to and develops and which becomes associated with his name. This will seem like "the next new thing." But generally the philosophy which explains why his aesthetic is beautiful will already exist. The gamut of all possible graphic gestures and all possible arrangements of these gestures that may appear on a flat surface are comprehensible... infinite in variety, but falling into finite categories of understanding.
"Personal Aesthetics" is therefore much more a product of personality than a question of "what is beauty." With every identifiable new style that comes along, Aesthetic Philosophy does not need to be rewritten from scratch.
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It would be cool to read an analysis of how the meaning of art has changed over time.
This was an interesting video http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=201043 on the topic. Takes us from the distant past to explain how certain things were considered beauty and why.
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http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=192127"Everything must serve the idea. The means used to convey the idea should be the simplest and clear. Just what is required. No extra images. To me this is a universal principle of art. Saying as much as possible with a minimum of means."-John Huston, Director
I think all really great art has a common quality that sets it apart from all other sad attempts at art. Something that, if you look for it, you will find in all the paintings you consider to be your favourites. Some people will argue that it's hard to put your finger on this quality, or that what it exactly is differs from person to person. But it's really quite simple: it's full plate armour.
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I want to say that I fully *support* the idea of a 10-man raid, btw. =) I pay just as much as anyone else, and it would be nice to see the end-game content for myself.
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