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Wendy Davis Stumbles on Abortion Among Texas HispanicsThe major part of the Democrats' strategy to wrest Texas from the grip of the GOP is to appeal to the rapidly growing Hispanic population. Michael Barone suggests that they have stumbled very badly by choosing Wendy Davis to run for governor.
President Obama Abases Himself on 'Funny or Die' to Hawk ObamacareOne hardly knows what to think of President Obama appearing on a "Funny or Die" segment with Zach Galifianakis of the "Hangover" movies fame in order to hawk Obamacare? It is a new low in the history of self abasement.
Obamacare Loses in Special Florida Congressional ElectionThe victory of Republican David Jolly in the special election in the Florida 13th Congressional District over Democrat Alex Sink can only be seen as the first of many repudiations of Obamacare to take place in the 2014 election cycle.
CBS News Loses Sharyl Attkisson, Star Investigative Reporter, Due to Liberal BiasThat CBS News has a liberal bias should come as no surprise to anyone. That one of its star reporters, Sharyl Attkisson, has been obliged to resign from that organization due to that liberal bias should raise a few eyebrows.
Bossy Women Try to Ban the Word 'Bossy'On the one hand, teaching young girls to be self assertive is a good thing. On the other hand, trying to ban a word like "bossy" smacks of – well – being bossy. Indeed one suspects a hidden political agenda behind the campaign.
The Ghost of Ron Paul Haunts Rand Paul on the Ukraine CrisisSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, is surely in the top tier of Republican candidates for 2016, having won the CPAC straw poll once again. But, as US News recently reported, he has a problem that is close to home indeed.
Bob Gates Warns Against Military Cutbacks in a Dangerous WorldIf there is a greater example of exquisite timing than the Obama administration's announcement of massive defense cuts just before Putin marched into the Crimea. This has not escaped the noticed of Bob Gates, former defense secretary.
Union Discovers Belatedly What a Horrible Deal Obamacare is for WorkersHaving passed Obamacare to find out what was in it, at least one national union representing hundreds of thousands of low wage workers in the hospitality industry is predicting disaster for its members.
Condi Rice Explains Why Russia Invaded the UkraineWhen Condoleezza Rice, one of the smartest women ever to be in public life, became George W. Bush's second secretary of state, some wondered why. Dr. Rice is, after all, a Soviet affairs expert, knowledge that was surely irrelevant in the modern age.
Turning Water (and a Few Other Ingredients) Into WineThe Gospel of John tells the story of how Jesus Christ, while attending a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee, got the host out of a fix by transforming water into wine. Now two entrepreneurs propose to do it for in the 21st Century – sort of.
Dark Invasion -- Chapter ThirteenGabriella Doria, having survived a Nazi vampire hunter in World War II Venice, embarks on her latest mission, to meet and turn Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to the allied side before the invasion of Europe
State Department: No Need for Palestinians to Recognize Israel as a Jewish StateIf State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki is to be believed it is not the position of the United States government that the Palestinians actually recognize Israel as a Jewish state for there to be a final peace agreement.
Senate Democrats to Hold All Night Session on Climate ChangeWith Vladimir Putin marching through the Crimea like Hitler through the Sudetenland, the economy continuing to sputter, and Obamacare devouring all in sight, Senate Democrats are preparing to hold an all night session on—climate change.
Sarah Palin Channels Dr. Seuss to Zing ObamaDuring her keynote address at the 2014 CPAC convention, Sarah Palin, former governor, former vice presidential candidate, and most powerful female politician on the planet, channeled Dr, Seuss to taunt President Obama.
3D Printed Heart Monitors Could Save Countless Lives From Cardiovascular DiseaseOne of the problems with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators is that they tend to be one-size-fits-all. According to a recent article in MIT Technology Review, this limits their functionality and the information they can gather.
De Blasio's Jihad Against New York Charter Schools Helps Andrew CuomoThe old conventional wisdom was the Bill de Blasio represented a resurgence of the far left wing in the Democratic Party due to his election as mayor of New York. The new conventional wisdom finds the old one alarming.
Rick Perry Comes Out for 'A Little Rebellion' at CPAC 2014What a difference two years make. During the 2012 presidential primaries, Gov. Rick Perry's health problems caused some rather embarrassing moments during debates and on the stump. But clearly those issues are now behind him.
Rand Paul Champions Libertarian Themes at CPAC 2014Sen. Rand Paul's speech before CPAC wisely avoided mention of foreign policy, an area in which his position has become weaker thanks to the Russian rape of the Ukraine. Instead he stuck to libertarian red meat about liberty vs. security.
Marco Rubio Makes a Much Needed Foreign Policy Address at CPACSen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, addressed the CPAC convention with some much needed truths about foreign policy and the danger the world faces from multiple threats even if many in the United States are war weary.
Why Chris Christie Got a Standing Ovation at CPACSome political observers are surprised that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did not get booed when he addressed the CPAC convention. He had not even been invited in 2013, after all, and conservatives are still irked at his embrace of Obama.
Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders May Run for PresidentSen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, is toying with the idea of running for president in 2016, perhaps first in the Democratic primaries against Hillary Clinton, but also ultimately in a third party run, just as Ralph Nader has done several times.
Crush Russia by Developing Oil and Gas ResourcesInvestor's Business Daily lays out a strategy that will humble Russia for Vladimir Putin's rape of the Ukraine. The good news is that it will also afford the United States and Europe some measure of energy independence.
The Lois Lerner IRS Scandal Kabuki Dance ContinuesCongressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, thought he had a promise by Loris Lerner, the former IRS official at the heart of the tea party harassment scandal, to finally testify.
Barack Obama's Three Mistakes Concerning the Debo Adegbile NominationPresident Obama made three mistakes concerning the nomination of Debo Adegbile to head the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. Each of these mistakes is going to cost him severely.
The Elana Novels by Sylvia Louise EngdahlSylvia Louise Engdahl is most famous for two of her earlier works, young adult science fiction novels featuring a girl named Elana, who is a member of an advanced humanoid race which intervenes in the development of less developed worlds.
Rep. Alan Grayson Accused of Physical Assault by Estranged WifeIt seems that Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida has been accused of conducting his own personal war on women by none other than his estranged wife, who accuses him of physically assaulting her, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
2014 Texas Primary RoundupThere are a number of takeaways to consider from the results of the 2014 Texas Primaries. Quite a few races have already been decided for the fall, but there were at least two interesting runoffs that resulted as well.
Hillary Clinton Compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf HitlerFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems to have changed her mind about Russia and Vladimir Putin in the wake of the Rape of the Ukraine. Out is the reset button and Putin as a partner for peace. In is Putin as – Adolf Hitler.
Sarah Palin Taunts Obama on Putin, Energy PolicyFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who predicted the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in 2008 as a vice presidential candidate, took to the airways on the Sean Hannity show to taunt President Obama and offer some political wisdom.
Tax Reform to Be Prime Ingredient for Republcans in 2016Tax reform will likely be part of any platform for a Republican running for national office, especially the presidency in 2016. Along those lines, Rep. David Camp, R-MI has offered his own plan that flattens rates and lowers deductions.
Hillary Clinton and the Rape of the UkraineWith the Rape of the Ukraine proceeding apace, Politico asks the obvious question, how does this affect the presidential prospects of Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state and architect of the so-called "reset" policy toward Russia?
Now Those Obama Defense Cuts Don't Seem like Such a Good IdeaRealClearPolitics notes the remarkable juxtaposition of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's announcement of deep defense cuts with Russia's invasion of the Ukraine. Does one have something to do with the other?
What to Do with a Problem like Vladimir Putin?Now that Vladimir Putin has occupied the Crimea, tearing up treaties, and humiliating the Obama administration, the question arises, what to do now? The Washington Examiner's Michael Barone has some helpful suggestions.
Obama Pressures Israel to Stop Killing Iranian Nuclear ScientistsOne of the ways that Israel has been trying to impede Iran's drive to obtain a nuclear weapon has been to assassinate that country's nuclear scientists. But it seems that policy ran counter to President Obama's appeasement approach.
Take a Day Trip from London to Portsmouth HarborPortsmouth has been an English naval port since before the Napoleonic Wars. The historical harbor contains a number of ships from the history of the Royal Navy and other attractions that make it an excellent day trip from London.
The One Percent Prepare to Flee New York CityAccording to the New York Post, New York City's mad cap Sandinista Mayor Bill de Blasio is about to find out a truth that conservatives have known all along, that bashing the rich can only go so far.
Joe Biden Tries to Recruit a Canadian for ObamacareJust to illustrate how desperate the Obama administration is to sign up as much people for Obamacare as possible, the Weekly Standard tells the story of how Vice President Joe Biden tried to recruit a visitor from Canada.
Why the Ukraine Crisis MattersAs of this writing, President Obama is demanding that Vladimir Putin remove his troops from the Crimea, that part of the Ukraine that he seems intent on gobbling up. Or what is a question that has been left discretely unanswered.
Now Harry Reid is an Issue in the 2014 Obamacare WarsNow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has become an issue in the 2014 midterm elections, thanks to his quiet rant on the Senate floor that suggested that Americans complaining about Obamacare are all liars.
Texas Tea Party Denounces Steve StockmanThe Hill newspaper is reporting that a number of Texas tea party leaders are denouncing Rep. Steve Stockman for his lackluster and dysfunctional campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
How Sarah Palin Foretold the Russian Invasion of the UkraineBack during the 2008 campaign, as then Senator Barack Obama was in full hope and change mode, then Gov, Sarah Palin warned the American people that if Obama were to be elected president, Russia might invade the Ukraine.
The Funky Chicken is a Different Kind of Fast Food PlaceIf you were to take the standard fast food chicken concept, make sure you use farm raised, natural, free-range birds, offer them deep fried or roasted, and add in a vegetarian chicken-like product called Gardein, it would be like the Funky Chicken.
Study: Offshore Wind Farms Could Diminish Hurricane DestructionAccording to a story in Ars Technica, Stanford researcher Mark Jacobson suggests that offshore wind farms could have the happy side effect of cutting down on the destructive force of hurricanes.
Is Hillary Clinton Healthy Enough to Run for President?The potential candidacy of Hillary Clinton has run into another problem that has nothing to do with Benghazi, her left wing ideology, Obamacare, or even scandals reaching back to her husband's administration
Russia's Putin Takes a Great Risk in Any Ukraine Military AdventureAs of this writing, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is making preparations to take the conflict in the Ukraine to the next level. While 150,000 Russian troops maneuver along the border, jets scream overhead.
Senator Boxer Thinks the Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cause Cancer or SomethingWith the barriers to the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline falling one by one and the president actually promising a decision in a couple of months or so, opponents of the project have become increasingly desperate.
Arizona Gov, Jan Brewer Prudently Vetoes Same Sex Marriage BillArizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, has vetoed SB1062, the amendment that its proponents state would have protected businesses from being sanctioned for exercising the religious beliefs of their owners but opponents stated was anti-gay
Harry Reid Thinks All of You Obamacare Victims Are LiarsOne has to hand it to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He has stumbled upon a unique way to spin all of the horror stories about Obamacare, of the millions of people bereft of health coverage and placed at risk of their lives. He denies it is happening.
The VA Eliminated the Veterans' Health Exam Backlog by Destroying ItThe Daily Caller is reporting that the Department of Veterans Affairs has come up with a unique way of dealing with the backlog of vets waiting for medical exams at VA hospitals. They deleted the records of the requests.
Sebelius: There was Never a 7 Million Enrollee Goal for ObamacareHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is employing a technique often used in the old Soviet Union and popularized in George Orwell's novel "1984" by revising the enrollment goals of Obamacare downwards.
Kesha Rogers, Lyndon Larouche Follower, Leads for Democratic Nomination for Senate in TexasRecently the Texas Tribune and the University of Texas took a poll of many of the candidates running for a number of offices in the primary to be held in Texas March 1. One standout is the race for Democratic nominee for United States Senate.
Charles Krauthammer, Climate Change HereticUsually when one reads something in the newspaper that one finds irksome, one might curse or even write a strongly worded letter to the editor. A group of environmentalists have hit on something new, however, with Charles Krauthammer.
House Republican Tax Reform Plan Flattens Tax Rates, Soaks the RichThe Washington Post notes that the House Republicans seem to have settled on the broad outlines of a tax reform proposal that is familiar to most who have followed the issue, but with a twist to attract liberal support.
How Harold Ramis Made Defiance of Authority Seem Positively SweetDuring a certain time in history, from about 1978 through the 1990s, if a movie made you laugh hysterically, chances are that the late Harold Ramis had something to do with it. Quite a few of his films made defiance of authority seem positively sweet.
Obama Prepares for the Next Big War by Slashing DefenseWhile the upcoming Obama budget proposal is going to constitute an "end to austerity" (whatever that means), that will not be true of the military. Indeed there will be nothing but austerity for the military, especially the Army.
The Real Reason Oliver Stone Won't Make an Obama MovieWhen asked recently whether he would like to make a film biop of President Barack Obama, movie director Oliver Stone, who has done Nixon, JFK, and George W. Bush, demurred, saying that, "I don't think he's that interesting enough."
Piers Morgan, Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way OutThe joke going around about Piers Morgan losing his prime time spot on CNN is that all two of his viewers are going to be disappointed. That is not entirely true. Conservative bloggers are going to lose a source of material to be outraged about.
Ted Nugent Apologizes for 'Subhuman Mongrel' Remark Even Though Obama Used Similar LanguageRocker and gun enthusiast Ted Nugent has apologized for calling President Obama a "subhuman mongrel." However it seems that the president himself used the term "mongrel" to describe African Americans in a 2010 appearance on "The View."
Obama: Who Will Rid Me of the Meddlesome Tea PartyWhile there is no smoking telephone call or email directly tying President Obama with the IRS campaign to intimidate conservative and tea party groups, he did subtly suggest such actions should take place in word and deed.
Democratic Senate Candidate Goes After Mom with CancerRep. Gary Peters, D-Mich, a candidate for the United States Senate, has gotten himself into a fight with a Michigan mom named Julia Boonstra who has cancer and, like many millions of Americans, was kicked off her health insurance due to Obamacare.
Regime Change in the Ukraine: Chaos or a New Birth of Freedom?Within a day or so of a deal that was supposed to end the protests in the Ukraine, that country's president, Viktor Yanukovich, was obliged to flee Kiev, leaving the capital in the hands of the opposition.
CBO: Obama Stimulus Package a Drag on the Economy in the Long TermThe good news is that the massive $800 billion stimulus package did provide a short term boost to the economy, according to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office. The bad news is that in the long term, it will drag the economy down.
Texas' Rick Perry Vs. Illinois' Pat Quinn in the CrossfireAn article in the Daily Caller recounts how Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat battled it out on a recent episode of CNN's Crossfire hosted by Newt Gingrich and former Obama aid Van Jones.
Ted Nugent Kerfuffle Reveals Liberal HypocrisyTed Nugent, the venerable rocker and gun enthusiast, said something utterly horrible and unacceptable about President Obama recently. It has caused an entertaining kerfuffle in Texas and has given Wendy Davis' supporters something else to talk about.
Enterprising Girl Scout Does Brisk Cookie Business Outside Pot DispensaryWhile observers are still mulling over the effects of legal marijuana, an enterprising girl scout has illustrated one happy side effect, that being an economic stimulant, by setting up shop to sell cookies outside a San Francisco medical marijuana dispens
The Democrats Will Likely Lose the SenateHow likely is it that the Democrats will lose the Senate? Sean Trende, writing for Real Clear Politics, uses a model that tracks losses with the president's approval rating and finds that it is very likely.
FCC Study of News Gathering Raises First Amendment ConcernsAccording to Fox News, conservatives and civil libertarians are alarmed at a proposal by the FCC to insert researchers in news rooms across the country to find out how news stories are selected and reported.
Sarah Palin Endorses Katrina Pierson in Tea Party Bid to Unseat Pete SessionsSarah Palin, the most powerful female politician on the planet, has made one of her first endorsements for the 2014 campaign season, putting her support behind Katrina Pierson, a tea party activist who is challenging Rep. Pete Sessions.
FDR Would Have Built the Keystone XL PipelineOne thing that the aggravating delays of the Keystone XL pipeline have done is to reveal the mindset of the ruling class when it involves building big projects. It is a sobering reminder of how politics hampers commerce.
Obama White House Dithers While the Ukraine, Venezuela BurnsTwo uprisings, on opposite sides of the world, are proving the limits of tyranny and the eternal desire of people for freedom. People in both the Ukraine and Venezuela are in open revolt against their governments.
The CBO Says that Hiking the Minimun Wage is a Job Killer, Causing Outrage and ConsternationOne of the strategies that the Democrats have hit upon to save off electoral apocalypse is to go all out to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. But the Congressional Budget Office has confirmed what must economic literates know about the idea.
Obama Fighting with Democrats Over Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade ProposalPresident Obama is venturing to Mexico to meet with the president of that country and the prime minister of Canada to discuss trade, a subject about which he seems to be more enlightened than his fellow Democrats.
'Noah' and 'Son of God,' a Tale of Two Bible MoviesBreitbart's Big Hollywood has a story about two upcoming movies based on stories from the Bible, one a big budget, star laden special effects extravaganza called "Noah" and one a smaller film "Son of God" about the life of Jesus Christ.
Secession Fever Hits New York, with a TwistAccording to the Washington Times, secession fever has come to New York, but with a twist. The proposal would not so much split the state into two states, but rather two autonomous, self governing regions.
U.S. Navy Ships of the Future to Be Armed with Lasers, Rail GunsThe Associated Press is reporting that the United States Navy has entered the realm of science fiction with the imminent deployment of a combat laser cannon on the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base.
The Democrats' Obamacare Strategy Will Be to AttackPolitico is reporting that the Democrats have hit upon a new strategy concerning the Obamacare debacle. Having proven unable to defend the indefensible, the Democrats have decided to go on the attack.
The Left and the Far Left in the Democratic Party Prepare to Fight it OutWhile much of the media is rubbing its hands with glee over the perennial struggle between the Republican establishment and the tea party, the Washington Post notes the gathering storm happening in the Democratic Party.
How Comedians Are Making 'Climate Change' a JokeOne can figure out that the "science" of climate change has fallen on hard times when its chief defenders are not actual scientists, but rather a pair of comedians, Bill Maher and Bill Nye the former "science guy," according to Politico.
Video Recording Muggings and Other Crimes Should Be EncouragedThe social media age has brought to rise behavior that is at once vicious and incredibly stupid. The UK Daily Mail recounts an example of this when a gang of teenagers viciously attacked a disabled military vet while filming the atrocity.
Carl DeMaio, a Gay Republican Running for Congress with His Partner by His SideNeither politicians who campaign with their admiring spouses or, the times being what they are, openly gay politicians running for public office are uncommon. But Carl DeMaio, a Republican, has combined the two by campaigning with his male partner.
Obama Claims CA Central Valley Drought Caused by 'Climate Change'President Obama ventured to California's Central Valley and, since even he could not imagine that George W. Bush could control the weather, pronounced that the drought afflicting that once lush farmland was caused by "climate change."
Poll: One in Four Americans Unaware Earth Revolves Around the SunThe whole creation vs. evolution kerfuffle is bad enough. But according to a poll of 2,200 American adults conducted by the National Science Foundation, one in four Americans are unaware that the Earth orbits the sun.
Galveston, Texas Researchers Grow a Human LungCNN is reporting that researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas have grown a human lung in the laboratory. This points the way to a new frontier in health care, regenerative medicine.
Tennessee Auto Workers Reject Union MembershipThe effort by the United Auto Workers at a Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee has fallen short. There are a number of reasons for this which organized labor should take to heart if it wants to prosper.
Space Exploration: American Freedom, Power, Leadership, and ExceptionalismIf there is any current example of American exceptionalism, that belief that the United States is a unique country, based around an idea rather than tribal affinities, it is its space program. No other country has had its citizens walk on the moon.
New Report Highlights Human Rights Abuses of Palestinians by PalestiniansWhen one hears of human rights abuses against Palestinians, Israel usually takes the blame from the western media. But the Washington Free Beacon highlights a new report on human rights abuses by Palestinians against Palestinians.
Is the Gun Control Debate About to End?Did a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit just point the way toward ending the gun control debate, for all practical purposes, once and for all? Perhaps so, because it struck down a San Diego law banning concealed carry.
Environmentalists Enter New Militant Phase Against Keystone XL PipelineRecently a group of masked environmental radicals descended upon the home of Mark Maki, an executive of a company involved in the Keystone XL pipeline, bearing torches and threatening signs and berated him for that involvement.
Illinois Congressman Wants to Put the Obamas on a DietMore than one commentator has noted the sumptuousness of the royal feast that President Obama gave in honor of French President Francois Hollande, something that would have graced the table at the Versailles during Louis XVI's reign.
Wendy Davis' Abortion Flip FlopWendy Davis, the Democratic Texas state senator who is running for governor, became famous for her filibuster against a bill that banned late term abortions in the Lone Star State. Now she is for the ban – sort of.
Charles Seife's Jihad Against Human Space Flight Defies Scientific ConclusionsNow that Robert Park is in the winter of his life and James Van Allen is dead, an unlikely person named Charles Seife, not a scientist but rather a professor of journalism, has taken up the banner of the jihad to destroy NASA's human spaceflight program.
Texas Firms Exported More High Tech Products Than California Companies in 2012Silicon Valley in California has long been synonymous with high tech innovation and strength. But that image took a hit recently, thanks to a recent report that revealed that Texas has surpassed California in technology exports.
San Diego Elects Republican Mayor in 'Bellwether' Special ElectionThe Wall Street Journal suggested that the special election to fill the unexpired term of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner would be a bellwether for 2014. If so, the final results should have Democrats worried.
Shirley Temple's Best Adult Role was Philadelphia Thursday in 'Fort Apache'Shirley Temple, who recently died at the age of 85, is best known for his 1930s series of films as the little mop haired "America's sweetheart," whose charming ways did a little bit to ease the pain of the Great Depression.
How a Suicide Bombing Class Ended with a Big KaboomJust to demonstrate that happy news can come out of the Middle East, albeit in a macabre way, is the New York Times story of how a suicide bombing class sponsored by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Iraq went horribly wrong.
Iranian Naval Incursion into North Atlantic Less of a Joke Than it SeemsAccompanied by blood curdling rhetoric, Iran is sending two ships of its navy, a destroyer and a cargo ship, across the North Atlantic and as close to the coast of the United States as possible. Or so it says, according to USA Today.
Obama Delays Obamacare Employer Mandate Because He Wants to and Because He CanPresident Obama has decreed that the employer mandate for most companies under Obamacare is to be delayed until 2016. He did this not because the law or the Constitution says he could. He did so because he wants to and he can.
'The Walking Dead' Returns for 2014 with 'After'"The Walking Day" returned with the first episode of the second half of season four, entitled "After" which refers to what happens after the fall of the prison. For some people it was a chance to learn and grow.
How Politics is Making California's Drought WorseThe Washington Post is reporting that the drought that is now afflicting California is hurting farmers the most, forcing many into bankruptcy. However neither Sacramento nor Washington seems to have a clue about how to alleviate matters.
Hillary Clinton Secretly Favors Single Payer, Canadian Style Government Run Health CareA new portrait of Hillary Clinton, based on the recently released papers of a close friend, a political science professor named Diane Blair, reveals little that is new about the once and possibly future presidential candidate.


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Definition of iliac in English:
Syllabification: il·i·acPronunciation: /ˈilēˌak
- Of or relating to the ilium or the nearby regions of the lower body: the iliac arteryMore example sentences
- Aneurysms of the infrarenal abdominal aorta and iliac arteries coexist to such a degree that they may be considered a single clinical entity.
- At this level the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta into common iliac arteries has almost been completed.
- This dilation may extend into the iliac arteries or above the renal vessels.
early 16th century: from late Latin iliacus, from ilia 'entrails'.

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Budgeting for the Future:
Fiscal Planning Tools Can Show the Way
Almost every state should adopt a much more rigorous approach to their long-term budget planning. This report ranks the states on the degree to which they use ten proven tools to help states chart their fiscal course accurately and make mid-course corrections when needed.
The report's findings cut across regional and partisan divides: Connecticut, Maryland, and Tennessee incorporate most of the ten tools into their budget process, for example, while New Jersey, Oklahoma, and South Dakota incorporate the fewest .
"People across the political spectrum can agree on the need for good fiscal planning," said Senior Fellow Elizabeth McNichol, co-author. "It can improve a state's business climate, help it cope with economic ups and downs, and make government more effective." Read more
Related: Press Release | State fact sheets | National fact sheet | Spreadsheet of Table 1 (topline findings) | Spreadsheet of Appendix tables | Media Briefing
State and local governments are the main source of funding for K-12 education, public colleges and universities, health care, transportation, public safety, and many other services — including services for low-income and other vulnerable residents. They finance these services mostly through taxes and fees, primarily income and sales taxes. (Not every state has an income and sales tax.) Unlike the federal government, states must balance their budgets on an annual basis.
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The Center's State Fiscal Project works with state officials and state-based nonprofits to develop responsible budget and tax policies that take the needs of low-income families into account. We provide information and technical assistance on a variety of issues, including strengthening state tax systems, state budget priorities, and making low-income programs more effective. We also help state nonprofits understand how federal budget and tax decisions affect states and their residents.
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DreamWorks Feature Linux and Animation
I have maya 2011 and would
I have maya 2011 and would love to learn how to use it to the max! any hints or pointers?
information on linux
is 3-d studio max compatible with Linux OS?
3DS Max for Linux
3D Studio Max is not publicaly available for and linux OS because to say linux OS is a very broad comment.
As of now there are over 300 different linux distributions. A distribution is a linux "bundle". These bundles are specially designed to do what ever you want. That is why linux software is distributed in the form of source code. This source code is compiled on your linux distro and therefor is fitted like a glove to your machine.
The reason they don't have 3D Studio Max for ;inux is because they don't want to release their source code, as this it cost money and they don't want to give away their secrets.
But for big compainies like DreamWorks SKG I'm sure that Autodesk would be more than willing to sell them a working linux version (source code).
So the short version is:
3DS Max for linux is for big developers only.
I need 3D Max Software
I need a 3D Max Software bacause is my job
I need 3D Max Software
I need a 3D Max Sogtware bacause is my job
speaking English fucking
speaking English fucking assholes
Not all linux apps have to be free
Proprietary applications are distributed in binary form for linux.
3d studio max is not availible for linux only because YOU (and other users) didnt ever request linux support from the 3D studio's developers.
Or you were simply to few.
3D MAX on LINUX
There are many ways to get 3D Studio Max working on Linux,
WINE is almost like an emulator just like VMWARE. Which will emulate Microsoft. Meaning you can run All of your fancy Microsoft software on LINUX*
Linux and source code
That is not entirely true.
Many softwares come nowadays in binary form for Linux. There are commercial softwares that run on Linux and don't have they're source code open to the public.
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That means that if AutoDesk really wants to release 3D Studio for Linux, they can, and they don't risk losing any of their "secrets".
Java Virtual Machines are
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True to say that even some Linux Distro's are not free neither 100% open source. RedHat Enterprise edition, SuSE are examples.
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hi i always admired with computer animation, and CGI and would like to know the kinda software used, where can i get the resources and who can i refer to..
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how do you get hold of basic 3d animation software. how do you get into the business. please tell me
Get Blender!!
You should start out by downloading blender;
This is a free 3D animation and modelling tool...
www.blender.org <--- It may be difficult to use, but all of them are!
Maya is what dreamworks use, Maya unlimited v6.0 is very expensive, you could buy it to learn it, but it's so expensive that the chances of you being put off by it's difficulty outweigh any good stuff.
If you really want to learn Maya, I would advise going to university, I think it was Brighton Uni that does courses in 3D Visualisation if your interested (and in the UK).
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I'd like to learn from your tecnics.
I love cartoons but here in my country we don
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1 teaspoon dried parsley
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Through our programs in literary studies and writing, we offer an education in humane letters based on the principles of writing and the literary traditions of English in Great Britain, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
Our offerings include a major and a minor in literary studies and a major and a minor in writing with tracks in either creative or professional writing. We also offer a Master of Arts in English Studies and Communication, a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and courses that fulfill requirements for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree, with or without a concentration in English. New to our offerings is also an undergraduate minor in TESOL.
Congratulations to the following English majors who have received the College of Arts and Sciences Lumina Award for students who have completed 84 credits at Valparaiso University with high scholarly achievement.
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See our course descriptions, especially of topics courses such as
English 200--topics this spring include Going Home, Faith and Crisis, Where Stories Come From, Innocence and Experience, and Made in America: A Nation of Immigrants.
English 390 (Topics in Literature)--topics include Global Literature: A Search for Identity and From Parable to Paradox: The Poetry of Faith
English 493 (the senior seminar in English literature). The topic this spring is Self and Narrative in Victorian Literature.
Stay tuned for announcements concerning the following winter and spring events:
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Books and Coffee series of book reviews, weekly from 4-5 Thursdays, 1/16-2/20. Cozy up in the winter months and hear VU faculty staff review best-selling books. A 40+ year tradition!
Wordfest Jennifer Cognard-Black visit Feb. 5. Cognard-Black is a fiction writer and critic of Victorian-era literature.
First annual Shakespeare week, March 17-21, 2014, including residency by Actors for the London Stage, who will perform As You Like It. The week is sponsored by Christ College and the departments of English and Theatre.
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From the January 28 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Fox News' Special Report made the startling claim that Republicans' alternative health care plans "cover everyone," even though almost none of them have been examined by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for their effects on Americans' insurance coverage.
On January 17, Fox's chief national correspondent Jim Angle promoted Republican healthcare plans serving as alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, saying "all Republican plans, one way or another, would cover everyone, including those with pre-existing conditions." Angle also specifically hyped the plan of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA):
Contrary to Angle's rosy depiction, the reality of Republicans' alternative health care plans is that they're unlikely to cover more Americans than Obamacare. In November 2009, the CBO analyzed a failed health care reform plan that then-Minority Leader John Boehner offered in place of the House Democrats' plan. The CBO found that, after 10 years, the share of Americans with insurance coverage would be unchanged:
By 2019, CBO and JCT estimate, the number of nonelderly people without health insurance would be reduced by about 3 million relative to current law, leaving about 52 million nonelderly residents uninsured. The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019 would be about 83 percent, roughly in line with the current share. CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the amendment's insurance coverage provisions would increase deficits by $8 billion over the 2010-2019 period.
Fox News avoided acknowledging that many young adults are anxious to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act exchanges (ACA or Obamacare), even though recent surveys show that many young adults are likely to buy health insurance under new Affordable Care Act provisions.
During Fox's evening news program Special Report with Bret Baier, correspondent Jim Angle reported on this week's roll out of new state health insurance exchanges that were implemented under the ACA. After the prepared package aired, host Bret Baier asked Angle, "What do we know about the young and their inclinations to buy insurance or not?"
Angle dodged the question, instead answering, "Now we know of widespread reports their rates will soar over what they could pay now on the open market." He concluded, "We don't know what the young will do, but we do know the numbers they're looking at."
While Angle refused to acknowledge it, polls reveal many young adults are eager to buy health coverage.
A Reuters poll of uninsured Americans found that one-third of young adults "said they are 'very' or 'somewhat' likely to buy insurance through their state's exchange."
Fox News has repeatedly misrepresented Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposal to reform the filibuster and is conflating his current plan with a broader one that Reid clearly rejected.
Reid has announced he will confront current GOP filibusters on seven presidential nominees, including leadership positions for the Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), in addition to the Democratic members of a bipartisan slate to staff the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If Republicans continue to refuse to allow an up-or-down vote on these nominees to the executive branch, Reid has indicated he has backing from his caucus to change Senate rules and eliminate this specific type of filibuster.
Chief National Correspondent Jim Angle, however, continued Fox News' recent misleading coverage on the topic and confused the proposal with one that would also require up-or-down votes for judicial nominees, a change Reid has currently ruled out. During the segment, Angle repeated GOP talking points that President Obama "is getting faster nominations than [President George W.] Bush did" and that the proposed rule change resembles one that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell floated in 2005. From the July 15 edition of America Live:
The Equal Pay Act was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by President Kennedy to prohibit wage discrimination based on sex. Fifty years later, as the issue of gender income inequality continues to affect America, conservative media figures have consistently tried to downplay and minimize these concerns.
Breitbart.com and National Review Online (NRO) are using today's Equal Pay Day holiday to misinform about gender wage inequality. Right-wing media have routinely downplayed and obscured legitimate concerns about wage inequality.
Equal Pay Day was created by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. According to a White House proclamation released on Equal Pay Day in 2012, "National Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year, reminding us that we must keep striving for an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work."
Breitbart.com and NRO both posted a video today that claims the gender wage gap is a myth, positing that the gap fails to account for women's choices, which are primarily responsible for any discrepancies in salary. The video comes from the conservative Independent Women's Forum, a group The New York Times described as "a right-wing public policy group that provides pseudofeminist support for extreme positions that are in fact dangerous to women."
Although the wage gap has decreased since the 1963 passage of the Equal Pay Act, women's earnings remain far below that of men. A report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) found that "in 2011, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 77 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 23 percent." According to the National Women's Law Center, the wage gap for minority women is even worse: African-American and Hispanic women make 64 and 55 cents for every dollar their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts earn. The claim that personal choice is responsible for the gender wage gap has also been debunked, mostly recently in the AAUW's 2013 Gender Pay Gap Report.
Breitbart.com and NRO's misleading claims about gender wage inequality follow a long trend of right-wing media's misinformation on equal pay. Here are just a few examples since 2012:
Fox News pushed long-debunked myths about health care reform in order to promote Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) reported plans to repeal the law as part of his upcoming budget.
Conservative media have denigrated solar energy by denying its sustainability, ignoring its successes, and arguing the U.S. should simply cede the solar market to China. Yet this booming industry has made great strides, and with the right policies can become a major source of our power.
Fox News chief national correspondent Jim Angle provided a misleading fact check of Mitt Romney's ad claiming that Chrysler is sending a Jeep production line to China. Angle cherry picked a line from Chrysler's CEO to portray Romney's ad as accurate. In fact, Chrysler has made it clear that Romney's claims are false.
In response to Romney's Jeep-to-China television ad, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne sent an email to shareholders on October 30 explaining that Romney's claim is "inaccurate" and "Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China." Marchionne added that Chrysler is planning to "return Jeep production to China, the world's largest auto market, in order to satisfy local market demand," and explained that Chrysler intends to add Jeep jobs in the United States.
But during his "fact check" of Romney's ad on America Live on Friday, Angle claimed that "the head of Fiat-Chrysler confirmed exactly what the Romney ad said," because the company stated it "had intended to return Jeep production to China, the world's largest auto market in order to satisfy local market demand."
Marchionne's statement was not the only one issued rebutting Romney's claims. In a statement on October 25, Chrysler wrote on its website that "Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China." The Romney campaign went ahead with its television ad in Ohio on October 27 despite this statement. Then, on October 30, Romney doubled down on the Jeep attack on Tuesday with a radio ad in Toledo, Ohio, the site of a Jeep plant. That same day, Marchionne sent his email to Chrysler shareholders.
In addition to Chrysler, there has been strong criticism from GM, fact checkers, and local media in Ohio of Romney's false claims that Jeep is sending U.S. jobs to China. On Tuesday, GM spokesman Greg Martin stated: "No amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the U.S. and repatriating profits back to this country." PolitiFact rated Romney's claim "pants on fire" false, and The Washington Post's resident fact checker, Glenn Kessler, gave the ad "four Pinocchios."
Fox previously attempted to hide the backlash to Romney's ad.
Fox's Jim Angle trumpeted a study from the Tax Policy Center to claim that President Obama was wrong when he said that Mitt Romney's tax reform proposal raises taxes on middle-income households. In fact, in two different assessments of Romney's proposals, TPC has maintained that his plan would result in higher taxes for middle class Americans.
On Happening Now, Angle asserted that while an earlier study from the center corroborated Obama's assertion, TPC "later issued a clarification" that "concluded that there is no reason why a reform proposal, quote, 'would have to raise taxes on middle-class households.' "
But the authors of that second TPC study -- which explored what would happen if Romney outlined two additional deductions and loopholes to close -- affirmed their earlier conclusion that Romney's tax proposals would necessitate raising taxes on middle-income households:
A recent TPC paper examined tradeoffs among revenues, progressivity and tax rates in tax reform. It concluded that, under certain assumptions, any revenue-neutral plan along the lines Governor Romney has outlined would reduce taxes for high-income households, thus requiring higher taxes on other, even if the plan's financing is as progressive as possible, given the available tax expenditures.
This paper addresses questions about that study and discusses new estimates that incorporate the taxation of municipal bond interest and the taxation of inside buildup in life insurance vehicles. These additions do not change the basic results.
TPC went on to add: "Adding these two provisions to Governor Romney's list of tax preferences potentially on the chopping block would thus not reverse the basic conclusion of our paper: simultaneously pursuing the five goals noted above would make the tax system less progressive, even if the tax expenditures used to finance the proposals are reduced in the most progressive way possible."
In its original study, TPC had similarly stated that "a revenue-neutral individual income tax change that incorporates the features Governor Romney has proposed ... would provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers."
But there is one crucial point Angle appears to have missed in his rush to indict Obama using TPC's supposed final verdict on Romney's tax goals.
Angle claimed that TPC said Romney's proposals wouldn't necessitate raising taxes on middle-class households and that, in fact, "there is no reason why a reform proposal, quote, 'would have to raise taxes on middle-class households.' "
Fox News dismissed the fact that women are paid less than men as "not a national problem." In fact, studies consistently show that an earnings discrepancy between men and women persists, even when accounting for a variety of factors.
Fox chief national correspondent Jim Angle claimed on the September 26 edition of Happening Now that U.S. Census data cited in a campaign ad for President Obama do not show that women receive unequal pay for equal work.
Angle's assertion rested on a statement from U.S. Census Bureau spokesman David Johnson who recently stated: "We don't have a way of measuring equal pay for equal work. We try to compare the earnings of full time, year-round work between men and women."
Angle trumpeted the statement to mean that it's "not true" the assertion that women earn on average 77 cents for every dollar men earn. Angle also explained away the discrepancy by saying women often work less hours than men and that it's "the result of personal choices."
He added: "Now there may be some discrimination somewhere but it is not the national problem President Obama says he's fixing. In fact, analysts say young female college graduates now often make more than men."
In a September 2011 study, the Census Bureau found that in 2010, "the female to-male earnings ratio was 0.77, not statistically different from the 2009 ratio," and added:
In 2010, the median earnings for men was $47,715 and for women $36,931. In 2010, the female-to-male earnings ratio of full-time, year-round workers was 0.77, not statistically different from the 2009 ratio.
This finding is highlighted in an Obama campaign ad that Angle held up as an example of an ad that Obama would agree is "a little over the top."
But while the Census' conclusion was based on a comparison of all fully employed men's and women's salaries, the findings certainly don't negate the fact that wage equality is a significant national problem.
From the July 24 edition of Fox News' Special Report:
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Fox News' reporting on a July Ernst & Young report critical of President Obama's tax policies repeatedly referred to the organization as "non-partisan," even though the study was sponsored by industry groups opposed to Obama's policies - a fact that was not mentioned during Fox's reporting.
The Ernst & Young report, which was highlighted by Republican House Speaker John Boehner, claimed several policies that would result in higher marginal taxes paid by high-income earners would harm the economy. During his Special Report segment on the study, Fox's chief national correspondent Jim Angle touted Ernst & Young as an "independent research organization" and "a non-partisan group."
Later during the program, host Bret Baier followed suit, describing the organization that prepared the report as an "independent research organization" that is "non-partisan."
But what Angle and Baier never told their viewers is that the report was "[p]repared on behalf" of partisan, conservative-leaning industry organizations that have opposed Obama administration policies, including the Independent Community Bankers of America, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the United States Chamber of Commerce.
A look at the history of the study's sponsors shows just how partisan they are.
Fox News' chief national correspondent Jim Angle attacked President Obama's call for a fairer tax code, claiming that the wealthiest Americans shoulder most of the federal tax burden, while the rest pay very little. However, the rich pay a larger portion of federal taxes because their income has ballooned in recent years, increasing the total amount they pay. Additionally virtually all Americans pay some kind of tax.
After hosting claims that the EPA acted "lawless[ly]" by regulating greenhouse gas emissions, Fox News' flagship "straight news" program Special Report has ignored an important court ruling that undermines Fox's narrative.


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Researchers Find People Are Born Leaders
January 29, 2013 by UPI - United Press International, Inc.
LONDON (UPI) — British researchers say they've found it's at least partially true some people are born leaders, thanks to a specific DNA sequence.
Dr. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve of the University College London School of Public Policy, who led an international team at Harvard, New York University and the University of California, said about a quarter of the observed variation in leadership behavior between individuals can be explained by genes.
"We have identified a genotype, called rs4950, which appears to be associated with the passing of leadership ability down through generations," lead author De Neve said in a statement. "The conventional wisdom — that leadership is a skill — remains largely true, but we show it is also, in part, a genetic trait."
To find the genotype, the researchers analyzed data from two large-scale samples in the United States, available through the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Framingham Heart Study.
They compared genetic samples of about 4,000 individuals with information about jobs and relationships and found there was a significant association between rs4950 and leadership.
Leadership behavior was measured by determining whether or not individuals occupied supervisory roles in the workplace.
The study, published online in Leadership Quarterly, found although acquiring a leadership position mostly depends on developing skills, inheriting the leadership trait can also play an important role.


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JerseyF1 commented on the post, Alonso moves forward as Massa takes penalty 1 year, 3 months ago
It reminds me more of the Olympic badminton, in which two teams played badly intentionally to try to get a better route to the final.
Would the stewards have had scope to not hand […]
Keith Collantine commented on the post, Alonso moves forward as Massa takes gearbox penalty 1 year, 3 months ago
@alexde I have to admit that's what I was reminded of when I first heard the rumours.
dragoll commented on the post, Video reveals Schumacher's start-line blunder 1 year, 7 months ago
@alexde I still have a chuckle when I think of DC sliding into the pit wall entry at Adelaide :P