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Say Anything
The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
October 23, 2009
"Duuuuude, I'm gonna rock so fucking hard. I'm gonna rock hard as hell, dude!" said the teenager behind me at The Vic Theatre in Chicago as we waited for Say Anything to take the stage. Now, I wouldn't consider myself a "super fan" like the young man that couldn't stop talking about how hard he intended to rock. However, I am quite a big fan of Say Anything. Every time they've been to Chicago since 2006, I've been there. I've enjoyed them at The Congress Theatre, The Metro and The House of Blues. This was the first time Max and the boys headlined at The Vic and it is not a show I will soon forget!!
It's rare for Say Anything to sell out in Chicago and The Vic is a smaller venue than the others they have played. This time around they did sell out and I could tell the moment I stepped off the Belmont bus. The kids attending the show invaded the intersection of Belmont and Sheffield. It was like a Say Anything street festival, except the only vendors were ticket scalpers!
More photos of Say Anything after the jump…
The crowd seemed rather bored with the openers and the buzz of conversations filled the venue, rather than the music. Well, until Say Anything's lead singer, Max Bemis, snuck out to play guitar with his wife's band, Eisley, for one song. Max's brief appearance sent the crowd into a frenzy. Once he disappeared the anticipation and impatience grew. Eisley performed a couple more songs and once they left the stage, the kids started chanting. The crowd was ready. Finally, the lights dimmed. Pieces of the cartoon inspired metropolis set began to light up. The crowd squealed with delight, the moment was finally upon us. The infectious beat of "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" began to play, the stage lit up, the roar of the crowd was deafening and out came: Max Bemis (vocals), Alex Kent (bass), Jake Turner (guitar, backing vocals), Parker Case (keyboard, guitar, backing vocals), Jeff Turner (guitar, backing vocals) and Coby Linder (drums).
The boys rocked matching outfits, obviously inspired by the cover of their upcoming self-titled album, Say Anything, that comes out November 3rd. Holy makeover, Batman! The guys looked more like a polished boy band than the emo/punk/indie band I was used to. They wore crisp white shirts, black slacks, matching tennis shoes and almost identical clean cut, slicked back haircuts. Not only did they look even more in sync (Haha, get it? 'Nsync! HAHA) than before, but it turned out they played the same way. They took their places on stage. Max began to belt out the lyrics to "Wow…", but it was hard to hear him over the audience. Where did all these fans come from and how did they know all the words? I already mentioned that I've been to many Say Anything shows, but this show, this crowd – the vibe was unreal! It was unlike any other Say Anything show I've been to. The band was extremely animated. Say Anything has always put on energetic, fun performances, but they really stepped it up this time around. The crowd hung off of every word, lyric, note that came out of Max's mouth.
They proceeded to rock out old and new songs alike. The set list went like this:
"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"
"Alive with the Glory of Love"
"It's a Metaphor, Fool"
"Shiksa (Girlfriend)"
"Hate Everyone"
"Yellow Cat/Red Cat"
"Have at Thee"
"This Is Fucking Ecstasy"
"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"
"Mara and Me"
"Slowly Through a Vector"
"The Futile"
MINI FINALE (Max Solo)
"Admit It!!!"
The band was incredibly tight and played better than I can remember. They interacted with each other more and more with each song. It genuinely looked like they were having a blast. As they neared the end of "Shiksa" Max had an all-knowing smirk on his face while looking down at the pit, I think at that moment he began to see that this sold-out Chicago crowd was filled with super fans. The energy that exuded from the stage bled into the pit which bled up into the seats and right back to the stage. I've never seen Say Anything command a crowd like they did at The Vic. The band members really took turns multitasking this time around as well, especially Parker. He went from keyboard, to guitar, to singing, to dancing and back – all in one song. I think this is an excellent representation that these guys are really working on honing their craft. Alex also got to take a turn singing and joined Max in belting out "Have at Thee". Many members of the band chimed in singing during the new song, "Mara and Me". These guys bounced off the walls as the show went on. They acted out parts of songs with their instruments. They jumped, flipped around and just rocked harder than I've ever witnessed.
There was a hilarious moment when Jake flipped, almost fell off the stage and almost knocked Parker and his keyboard over. There was a brilliant save by Parker and Jake ended up landing on his back between Parker's legs. Meanwhile, neither stopped playing. What a save!! Max was also blasted in the face with a bottle of water. Max later thanked the fan that made that rude gesture, it turned out Max was hot and the water helped to cool him down. Who knew something so rude could be appreciated? Once the band finished "The Futile" they left the stage and everything got dark. Immediately the crowd began chanting, "ONE MORE SONG!!" There were screams, squeals, whistles and yells from every fan in the venue. Suddenly, parts of the set started lighting up. Once again, the crowd erupted with cheers and to their delight was one Mr. Max Bemis and his acoustic guitar. He dedicated a song, "Crush'd", from their forthcoming album to his wife. It was a tender lovely performance that ended with Max putting his microphone into the audience to let them finish the song.
As soon as Max finished "Crush'd" his band members joined him on stage for the actual finale. They rocked through "Spores", but everyone went crazy when they began to play "Admit it!!!" The high energy performance ended with an endless number of stage divers, crowd surfers galore, a kid restrained by security for trying to sing with Max, Max being restrained by security as the crowd tried to pull him into the pit. Once again, since this crowd was obviously full of super fans, Max threw his mic into the crowd as they finished the song. Literally, kids held the microphone in the pit and finished singing "Admit It!!!" It was amazing and definitely one of those special shows that many of these kids will remember for years to come. I am very happy and thankful that Say Anything still chooses to perform "Admit It!!!" as their finale. The irony of the crowd of wannabe hipster kids singing that song never ceases to amuse me. Let's get a little objective now, shall we? First and foremost – I am so proud of Say Anything and how far they've come. Pardon me while I become a jaded, old Bitter Betty for a moment…
I think they've jumped the shark a little bit. I've listened to the few songs released from their upcoming album. Despite reports that this album is more "mature" and a progression, I find it to be less mature and a bit boring. However, my opinion is solely based on hearing "Hate Everyone", "Property" and "Eloise". These new songs don't speak to me like the songs on "…Is a Real Boy", "…Was a Real Boy" and "In Defense of the Genre" did. "Mara and Me" has promise as does "Crush'd", but they lack the grittiness that I'm used to getting from Say Anything. That grittiness has always been packaged in an up tempo, poppy package, but still had more edge lyrically than any other emo band out there. Something is missing from these new songs. I hope I can change my mind once I hear the new album in its entirety, but I'm not counting on it.
The new matchy-matchy clean cut look is cute, but if I wanted to see five or six clean cut guys in matching outfits, well, I'd go see the Backstreet Boys or New Kids on the Block. Can ya feel me? Again, I am so proud of Say Anything, but I liked them less polished and a little more punk. I find this exact moment in Say Anything's career to be most like Green Day and Blink 182 right as they were about to hit it big. Say Anything would be catapulting to the number one slot on TRL and holding on to it, ya know, if there still was a TRL. Long story short…
This was the best and most heartbreaking Say Anything show I have ever attended. Go see them if you want to attend an extremely tight, entertaining, fun and catchy emo/pop/punk show. If you're a long time fan, be prepared to be a little bipolar (like Max) and simultaneously love/hate this new super polished incarnation of Say Anything.
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Vendor donates to scholarship fund for veterans
Posted on September 26, 2013
Three days a week during ArtPrize, Grand Valley student Steve Brown can be found downtown with his hot dog stand selling Michigan-made soda and hotdogs for a special cause.
Ten percent of his profits will be donated to benefit the WGVU LZ Veteran Scholarship.
Brown, who served a total of 11 years in the U.S. Army and National Guard, is back in the classroom to earn a degree in criminal justice. Currently, he works for Steven Lipnicki, assistant dean of students, assisting with the Veteran's Network, which helps veterans on campus and in the community.
Brown said he is amazed at the support and advocacy that the university gives to veterans to make it possible to return back to school.
"Many veterans are facing physical and psychological disabilities, like PTSD or memory loss, and it can make it very difficult to receive a college degree, but Grand Valley provides so much support to help them succeed," he said.
Brown will staff his hot dog cart Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through the end of ArtPrize, October 6.

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A lot of food claims to be real, but it's never really made clear what the alternative to that is. For example, if you read the ingredients on a jar of mayonnaise and a jar of REAL mayonnaise, you'll see they're exactly the same-- soybean oil, eggs, latex house paint, hog semen. If there's any difference at all it's usually that "fake" mayonnaise contains modified corn starch and xanthan gum-- two thickening additives with the nutritional value of sawdust. They're what you add to a vat when you want to turn 300 pounds of food into 500 pounds of food-scented pudding.
"Real" has very little meaning in food. You can say a cat food has REAL chicken flavor because your cat doesn't know how to call you liar and cat owners are so used to puns that they can't spot horrible violations of language. But sometimes "real" on a food implies actual legal classification and not that one or more ingredients were replaced with quick-dry cement.
For example, on a box of Chips Ahoy!, the words "REAL CHOCOLATE Chip Cookies" appears next to a worried cookie with a face that says he wasn't ready to deal with the existential burden of finding out there was a debate about whether or not he was real.
A quick check of the REAL CHOCOLATE ingredients, and I see that it's made of five things, no one knows what two of them are, and chocolate isn't first. That's like saying Tila Tequila's breasts are "real" because one of them is filled with actual cadaver fingers.
From the FDA's perspective, "real chocolate" means a candy with actual cocao fat in it, the thing that gives it its creamy texture and a melting temperature of human mouth. This doesn't quite add up either, since a Chips Ahoy! cookie takes 3 weeks to break down inside a mouth and has the texture of ancient brick. If you throw a Chips Ahoy! cookie into the ocean, the sea level drops 11 inches around the world. They added a nervous face to their mascot to warn consumers that this food will put up a struggle if you try to digest it.
Aside from Chips Ahoy!'s obvious misunderstandings of the words "real," "chocolate," and "cookie," there have been many controversial semantic arguments about what is and isn't chocolate over the years. In 2007 the FDA tried to reclassify standardized chocolate to include products that had no cocao fat in it, and it quickly turned into a war. You might be able to trick fat people into disposing of political prisoners by calling their remains "McNuggets," but don't you dare try to call chemically flavored vegetable fat "chocolate." After months, the FDA lost the battle and now if you replace cocao fat with a different oily by-product of man's hubris you're not legally allowed to call it chocolate. It seemed like a victory at first, but by the end of this sentence they'll realize that they pissed off the organization in charge of regulating how much cockroach debris is okay to leave in a candy bar. One day they're going to use food descriptions against us and force Chips Ahoy! to rename their product, "Mass insect graves and rodent droppings in bleached wheat flour."
Fat Free!
Almost every sugary candy calls itself "A FAT FREE FOOD," as if we're idiots. Why would we think there's fat in a Lemon Head? Is some mad man running loose in your factory and putting a drop of love handle in every box? Of course candy is fat free-- it's technically everything free since edible glue and corn syrup aren't food groups.
Are you insecure, candy? Because you don't see gravy bragging about being sugar free. This label is so irrelevant to consumer health that I think it's only there so doctors can laugh when they ask you questions about how you got diabetes. If someone is really stupid enough to need a fat free label on their candy, it does more harm than good from a marketing perspective. They're probably telling the clerk, "Red Vines are fat free? Fuck that, give me the pizza. I didn't come to the movies to work out."
And nothing's worse than vegetables that are proud of themselves for not having fat. Way to go, fat free refried beans. You managed to get smashed into a can before a time traveler from the '40s put lard in you. And while I'm on the subject, stop labeling things "vegetarian" when there's no reason they wouldn't be. The only thing that clearly labeled vegetarian products do is make life easier for vegetarians, and if that's what they wanted, they wouldn't have done hormone therapy to turn their penises into flowers.


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Investing 101: Don't Be Fooled by Corporate Jargon
My goal was not to be cynical. While I do believe the majority of CEOs do conduct themselves with some modicum of honesty and integrity, the Enron bankruptcy taught us to appreciate the things CEOs say with a bit of skepticism until the evidence proves otherwise.
In this article, we will uncover ways investors can pick out "management speak," also known as "corporate jargon," or words that sound good but are often filled with superfluous non-achievements. Let's find the true meaning of vague statements like, "We're taking action to improve execution" so that investors can arrive at what it is that really moves the business and company forward.
Take, for instance, that particular quote above, which was coined by former BlackBerry
In fairness, though, Heins is not alone in "talking the talk." For instance, although IBM
As with the vague statements made by Heins, in response to recent threats to explain IBM's recent 4% revenue decline, the company's CEO Ginni Rometty said, "We're going after higher margin businesses." Investors seemed content with the statement. What does that even mean?


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I would love to get Wire's setlist if anyone has it.
I would love to get Wire's setlist if anyone has it.
The Birds
Grounds For Divorce
Neat Little Rows
Lippy Kids
Station Approach
Open Arms
One Day Like This
crystal castles anyone?
Angus & Julia Stone
I Sing This Song for Love
For You
Do I Love Her?
And The Boys
Just A Boy
Private Lawns
Yellow Brick Road
The Presets
Talk Like That
Down Down Down
A New Era (aka A New Sky)
If I Know You
Are You The One
This Boys In Love
New Song
Kicking And Screaming
My People
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I don't think Gnarls Barkley songs count as "covers" for Cee-Lo
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Trentemoller is missing "Miss You" in between "Vamp" and "Take Me Into Your Skin."
anyone with The Joy Formidable's?
I just came in here wondering the same thing. I just want to know what cover songs they played. One of them was reallly badass. anyone know?
Superfan will be in front of the Fonda masturbating furiously to a photo of him taking a photo of a band. Set is from 8:05 to approximately 8:05:15. Guest list only.
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Probably "The Hammer" 'cause that song's fucking awesome. I know they played at least that and "Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass" off their new album, Strange Weather, Isn't It? Pretty sure they also played "Must Be the Moon" but can't recall exactly.
anyone here have the duck sauce setlist?????????
December 10 - Children of Bodom/Abbath
December 16 - 18 - Day For Night
January 30 - Sleep
July 3 - Roger Waters
01. Paradise Engineering
02. Summer Song
03. One Step
04. The Afterlife
05. Beam Me Up
06. I Walked Alone
07. Utopia
08. Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire)
09. Tripped And Fell In Love
10. Psychic City
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so I guess the gameplan to beat the Knicks now is to insult Melo, because he doesn't
like to be dissed, and it will affect his game.
and Melo lovers will defend him every step of the way. smh.
no one's jumping off the Melo bandwagon, every fan who bleeds O&B wants Melo to perform
at his highest level to take the Knicks to the crown.
it ain't gonna happen when he's so easily dissed.
props to Garnett and Pierce for figuring that out.


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Check for other tickets
The absolute first thing you should do before filing a ticket is to make sure that there aren't any other tickets that represent the same problem. Remember to at least search first. If you do find a ticket describing the same problem, feel free to vote it up. Only if the ticket doesn't exist yet should you file your own.
One issue per ticket
It's also important to note that you should only describe one issue per ticket, don't try to combine multiple issues into a single ticket, as the developer will want to track them separately.
Ticket type
The next thing you have to do is figure out what kind of ticket you're filing.
- Defect - this is when you find something wrong in the software you're using that causes an error to appear, acts unexpectedly, or just seems wrong.
- Enhancement - this is when a feature you want is missing from the project that you would like to see.
- Task - this is primarily set by developers themselves, if they need to complete some task.
- Patch - this is for other developers to submit their own fix or feature.
- Other - something that doesn't fall into the other categories.
Ticket name
Next a proper name should be given to the ticket. This will be what most people see, so try to make it descriptive but not too long. It's meant to be a one-line summary.
Don't name your ticket "Enhancements" or "Suggestion" or anything like that, specifically describe what you're referring to.
Ticket level
The level dictates how crucial a bug is. Use your best judgement here and realize that not every little thing is critical.
Ticket description
The description is important.
- When describing defects, go into as much detail as possible on how to reproduce the issue, what occurred, what you expected, any errors you received, etc. If the developers can't reproduce the issue themselves, fixing it is near-impossible, so make it count.
- When describing enhancements, go into as much detail as possible as you can for that. Describe how you want the new enhancement to look, act, feel, etc. The less thinking the developers need to do, the more they can just code.
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Background Check v. ND Criminal History Record Check
A background check is not the same as a criminal history record check. When you apply for a job or an apartment, you may be told the company or landlord will conduct a "background check." If you want to be a foster parent or a licensed professional, then you are required to obtain a "criminal history record check."
- A background check is often just a search of publicly available online records (such as court records, sex offender registries and other, unofficial, sources), cross-referencing only by the person's name. These public records may have data for more than one person with the same name or may be out of date. If you have a question about information included on a background check report, you must contact the private company directly.
- A ND criminal history record check, however, is a search of confidential law enforcement databases, cross-referencing by the person's name, date of birth, social security number and other specific identifiers (including fingerprints). The extensive cross-referencing ensures that the result relates only to that person, even if the person has used several names or there are other individuals with the same name. Pursuant to the North Dakota Century Code, only the ND Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) can supply a Criminal History Record Check.


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We know exercise does a body good...but now there's news that it may be good for memory, too!
Researchers at The Cooper Institute have found evidence that being physically fit in mid-life...may lower your risk for Alzheimer's Disease and other types of dementia later on.
Records were reviewed from nearly 20-thousand healthy, middle-aged adults who had taken a treadmill test as part of a regular health clinic visit.
Based on how long they were able to run, participants were divided into categories of the most fit ...or the least fit.
They were then followed past the age of 65 to see who developed dementia.
Those who were the most physically fit earlier in life were much less likely to develop dementia than those who were less fit.
The findings do not go as far as to suggest a specific level of fitness that people need to maintain to
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Toronto police say they arrested Leonard Nwafor on an extradition warrant in the Canadian city on Wednesday.
TORONTO -- An American fugitive convicted in a $1-million health-care fraud scheme in California was arrested Wednesday in Canada.
Police said Leonard Nwafor was detained on an extradition warrant at his Toronto residence. The U.S. Marshals Service contacted Toronto authorities in August to seek their help in finding Nwafor and issued the extradition warrant last month.
Nwafor was convicted on two counts related to health-care fraud for submitting false claims to Medicare through his Los Angeles-based company in 2008. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, most of the claims were for power wheelchairs costing up to $7,000 each that were not required by patients.
Federal prosecutors said he made more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, the U.S. government's health-care program for the elderly and disabled, and received more than $500,000 in payments.
Nwafor fled California after the conviction. In 2010, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution and $25,000 in fines.
He was also ordered to forfeit more than $500,000 in stolen funds to the U.S. government.
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Authorities believe he had been living in Canada since he fled.
Nwafor was also wanted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which had placed him among its 10 most-wanted fugitives.
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Last week I shared with you the year-to-year comparison of the funding for elementary and secondary education. If you haven't seen the breakout please visit our budget page on the Illinois State Board of Education web site at http://www.isbe.net/budget/default.htm.
I believe the 2004 legislative session proved to be a significant one for education not only because of Senate Bill 3000 but also because of the other more substantive legislation that passed. Our Governmental Affairs division has done a Legislative wrap-up of the session, which can be found at (http://www.isbe.net/gov-relations/pdf/end_of_session_04.pdf).
In the wake of the General Assembly's exit, there have been a few new stories that I would like to comment on.
week began with an article that was moved on the newswire and carried statewide
regarding Senate Bill 1553 and the changes to the teacher certification process
this week, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed legislation that increases the
compulsory attendance age. There was a news article that included a broad
overview of the legislation, but even better was an article by the Chicago
Tribune, but it failed to run in the downstate edition of the paper. The point
made in the Tribune story that our legal staff researched was this: the last
time the compulsory attendance age changed was
issue that had generated a lot of press has been the $6.3 million budget cut to
the ISBE budget in the area of assessment. ISBE is barred from assessing
students beyond the subject areas required under the No Child Left Behind Act. NCLB currently includes
Last week we shared with you the aggregate assessment information, which at first glance we have a lot to be proud of, especially when we focus on the narrowing of the achievement gap. The news coverage was generally positive and it should be. However, because of the assessment cuts, I remain cautiously optimistic that our students will be spending the proper amount of time on subject areas that will NO longer be subject to state assessment.
We also released an area of our website where schools, which participated in the 2003 data verification process, can review their updated AYP Page from their School Report Card. While I was very pleased at the number of schools that saw their AYP status change for the better, I was also saddened that we still had schools that did not correct all of their data and therefore still failed to make AYP. Last year was a tough one, it being the first year that we were held accountable for test participation in the students' subgroups, and all of us can admit that there were a lot of growing pains.
Let's not revisit last year, unless we take the hard lessons that were learned with us. Below you will see a lot of important information about the current correction window for administrators and deadlines for School Report Card information. None of us need a second year; where people stay focused on AYP, let's keep them focused on the strides and improvements that we are making, as the preliminary aggregate assessment data illustrated this week.
Also included in today's message:
SB 2349 – Impact on General State Aid
Public Act 93-0845 was signed into law on
HB 4225 Status – Special Education Extraordinary
As of today a decision on HB 4225, which changes the distribution method for Special Education Extraordinary funding, has not been made by the Governor. Due to the current August 15 statutory date for filing Special Education Pupil claims, we have reminded staff in the Governor's office of the importance of making a decision on this bill. In the interim you are advised to prepare your 2003-2004 Special Education Extraordinary claims as normal and transmit by the statutory deadline (August 15th).
Adequate Yearly Progress Calculations
Under the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001, states are required to make annual Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
determinations. Recently, Secretary of Education Rod Paige provided additional
flexibility to states in certain provisions related to calculating AYP. In order to apply the provisions,
amendments to the
In response to the new provisions for calculating
participation rates,
Changes in how schools are identified for school improvement status were also approved by USDE. Previously, a school or district that did not make AYP for two consecutive years, regardless of subject area, were identified as in need of school improvement. The approved amendment to the accountability plan classifies a Title I school or district that fails to make AYP for two consecutive years in the same content area (reading and mathematics) as being in need of improvement.
There are three conditions for making AYP and a school or district must meet ALL three of the requirements.
1. Achieve At Least A 95% Participation Rate In State Assessments For Reading And Mathematics For The All Group And Subgroups (Subgroups include the following categories: American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, White, Multiracial/ethnic, IEP, LEP, and Low Income).
2. Reach The Meeting And
Exceeding Performance Targets For The All Group (40% For 2004) And All Subgroups
(37% For 2004) In
3. Reach The Targets For One Other Indicator:
Attendance rate for elementary and middle schools (89% in 2004)
Graduation rate for high schools (66% in 2004).
(Note: When Calculating Unit District AYP, Both Attendance And Graduation Rates Are Included.)
REMINDER: Report Card Data Due by
The school report card data collection form (ISBE 86-43)
is available online via IWAS.
Please enter, verify and approve all the data for your school(s) by the
due date which is
SchoolHouse Update (2004 Assessment Data Corrections)
The first window for verifying 2004 state assessment
data on Pearson's SchoolHouse system closed on
During the second correction window (July 27 -
When the second window closes on
There will be NO additional
opportunities after
Changes in Local Professional Development Committees
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Frankly, this may be the strongest and deepest group in the Draft.
Kevin Minter - 1st/2nd
Sean Porter - 2nd
Chase Thomas - 3rd
Niko Johnson - 3rd/4th
Jon Bostic - 4th
Kevin Reddick - 4th/5th
Vince Wiliams - ??
AJ Klein - ??
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Teamskate's Liberty Skate Park is moving into its construction phase and celebrates the occasion with a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, May 10, at 1 p.m. at the future skate park site on Darbee Lane and Grant Street.
After many years of fundraising and a prolonged search for the best possible location, the skate park has found its home in an underused section of the Village of Liberty municipal parking lot on Darbee Lane. A site-specific proposal by renowned skate park design firm Pillar Design will be realized over the next months to become a recreational environment that satisfies all skill-levels of skateboarders and bmx-bikers.
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Whatever Happened to Predictability?
The first week of the season is nearly over and it has already been a doozie. Just imagine what the rest of the year has in store!
However, since it's Friday, I wanted to take a second and focus on what Friday's used to mean to me. Yep, that's right. TGIF on ABC!!!
To recapture that spirit, here's a little ditty from Mr. Full House himself, Bob Saget. Listen in as he dispels a persistent little rumor that just never seemed to go away.
Thank goodness it's Friday.
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Of course Danny Tanner wasn't gay. His wife died. And he just couldn't get over it. Until of course, he had a few girlfriends later on in the show. Plus, how do we know he wasn't doing Rebecca behind Jesse's back. After all, they did work together on "Wake Up San Francisco" or whatever it was called. His obsessive cleanliness? Well, some guys are just like that. Jerry Seinfeld being one of them. And Jerry has had numerous girlfriends throughout the show, some being super models. Whom he picked carefully, and then got caught picking a little too carefully…
OK, I had heard that Saget can be a bit of a potty-mouth in his stand-up act, but there's still something that just seems wrong hearing the f-bomb come flying out of the mouth of Mr. Full House and AFV. Nonetheless, it seemed to me that the lyrics didn't exactly confirm or deny the truth of the rumor, just raising more questions in my mind. Hmm.
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Oh, and predictability is just so…predictable. Sort of boring, actually.
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TGIF!! That is the first time I've heard Mr Full House swear ever!! Crazy stuff.
If I watched TV on Fridays, I'd maybe catch an episode of Sabrina. I just thought Melissa Joan Hart was, like, really cute.
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Category: Osteology
Posted on: December 15, 2007 12:52 PM, by afarensis, FCD
This is equal parts funny (that people were taken in by it) and sad (because it doesn't say much about scientific literacy). The hoax revolves around a picture of a giant skeleton. The picture was part of a photo manipulation contest but rapidly took on a life of its own. Here is the picture:
According to the person who created the photo:
IronKite started with an aerial photo of a mastodon excavation in Hyde Park, New York, in 2000. He then digitally superimposed a human skeleton over the beast's remains.
The later addition of a digging man presented the biggest technical challenge.
"If you look, he's holding a yellow-handled shovel, but there's nothing on the end," IronKite said.
"Originally, the spade end was there. But [it] looked like it was occupying the exact same space as the skeleton's temple, making the whole thing look fake.
"Now it looks like he's just holding a stick, and people don't notice. It's funny."
IronKite also altered the color of the man's clothing to create a "uniform tie-in" with the white-shirted observer peering down from the wooden platform.
What happened next is that a number of media outlets and internet sites reported the find as real. People from various religious backgrounds around the world believed it because it confirmed religious myths about giants in the past. As the National Geographic article puts it:
David Mikkelson of Snopes.com said such hoaxes succeed when they seem to confirm something people are already inclined to believe, such as a prejudice, political viewpoint, or religious belief.
A hoax also needs to be presented "in a framework that has the appearance of credibility," he said in an email.
The "ancient giant" has both elements, according to Mikkelson.
"It appeals to both a religious and a secular vision of the world as different and more fantastic than mere science would lead us to believe," he said.
Because worm eating fungi and tool using chimps aren't fantastic enough...
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Oh come on it's obviously a hoax. Look what happens to humans any bigger than 7.6". Yao Ming for instance. Injuries galore & another season off. A bi-pedal structure isn't made to carry umpteen hundred kgs on 2 legs. And regardless, if we know the ins and outs of multiple species of dinosaurs from ANCIENT fossils, then how is the existence of these monoliths even possible? We'd know all about their existence even down to their diet. It'd be common knowledge and interest as well as a TV show.
2000 years ago or so, anyone over 6.4" would have been massive, so Goliath was probably the earliest NBA 2 guard in history.
One thing these nutters can't fabricate is the God they worship because it's already been done. Perhaps photoshop will bring out a new deity package?
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
And we'll agree to disagree on the geneology. Pointless, because I'm a Bible student and you hate God's word. so no wonder you lack understanding.
And yes, any religion that is against Jehovah is wrong. It was that way back in the garden of Eden and it continues into our day. That is just the way it is Paco.
As far as the death of billions of people, again, you clearly miss that Jehovah is granting all of these people an opportunity to keep their lives. That is why the good news must be preached in the entire inhabited earth... BEFORE THE END COMES!! That is a loving provision by God, that you are trying to turn into the opposite for whatever reason beknownst to yourself. The same way noah built the Ark for those in his day, Jehovah is allowing in a similar way today. BUT IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. Jehovah will not make anyone worship him. But it is his right to give life only to those who choose to worship him. So in effect, the Billions of people that may die, will bring it on themselves. They don't have too.
And lastly, pay attention. It's already happening. True worship on earth has been restored, the preaching work is being done on the grandest scale in human history, and the world is in a state of decay like no other time in history. How long will you be foolish enough to not take heed? Mathew 24 is happening pal, like it or not. The real sad thing is, when Jehovah does bring the end, he says everyone will have to know who he is. So when that time comes... everyone in denial will no longer be able to deny. That will sting. Could you imagine what those in Noah's day felt like when they laughed at Noah for building the Ark and then it finally rained? There are gonna be a lotta people wishing they took Jehovah a lot more serious.. And very soon.
How did the Christians in 70 ce survive the purge of Jerusalem? because they heeded Bible prophecy. How did the Jews know when to look for the Messiah? When he would appear? Bible prophecy. is the place where ancient Babylon inhabited yet? Is it a thriving world power anymore? No other book has accurate prophetic word. Only those with keen interest in God's word and workings does he reveal the truth too. So again, no small wonder why you're lost. You don't care.
What scientific facts disprove that the Good news is being preached? What scientific facts disprove that the christians survived 70 ce by bible prophecy? Stop it with the science already, k? At some point, I would think a lightbulb would go off, and instead of replying so quickly you would ask yourself how did they know? Why is it that millions of people died in 70 ce because they did not heed jesus warning, yet the ones who did, lived?
That alone tells me there must be something to this Biblical prophecy. And I don't need to be a scientist to come to that logical conclusion.
How could life come from something without life?
Why do animals and plants reproduce ONLy according to their kinds?
If Humans descend from inferior monkeys, why did not a single superior apeman survive?
How can altruism be explained by the theory of the survival of the fittest?
Does mankind have any real hope for the future?
The floor now belongs to science. Thanks you.
And it still didnt answer the last questions i had.
probably because they dont have them.
It been fun!
[B]Questions left unanswered by evolution
How could life come from something without life?
How does God come from nothing? He must have come to being from not being.
Why do animals and plants reproduce ONLy according to their kinds?
Because if they crossbred there would be too far of a genetic difference, something that would be unable to live.
If Humans descend from inferior monkeys, why did not a single superior apeman survive?
Humans didn't. They deviated from a common ancestor with modern primates.
How can altruism be explained by the theory of the survival of the fittest?
Altruism is nonexistent, its an illogical fallacy used by people to, guess what, gratify themselves, further supporting the fact that altruism is bogus.
Does mankind have any real hope for the future?
No. No meaning to life. You're worthless. You're as valuable as dirt. Live with it. We are not special. We are not unique. We are nothing.
That's a philosophical question and irrelevant to the topic.
Evolution does explain altruism quite clearly. It is found in most complex dynamic population groups. It is seen frequently in chimpanzees and other higher primates as well as elephants and dolphins. Survival of the fittest does not always mean survival of the fittest individual.
Can you answer this question? Why does the fossil record show a gradual change in life from the most simple organisms occurring 3.5 billion years ago to more complex lifeforms occurring more recently?
As the video stated, this FACT alone (among mountains of other facts) completly disprove the creationist's theory. Life was not created all at once approximately 6,000 years ago. The bible is wrong here. If the bible is wrong about creation, how can it be right about the end of the world?
There is so much evidence for evolution and ZERO evidence against it. As Jerry Coyne said, you are either preverse to not believe evolution is true, do not have enough information on the subject, or you are so blinded by your faith that you don't want to.
"evidence" has been created by a guess! an educated guess! Put creationism in schools and you would see these ridiculous theories fly out the window. Creationism has no voice anymore and therefore it will always be looked at as nonsense unless someone really compares the two theories to which makes the most sense. Many have gone down the road of investigating creationism and in the end they believed in it.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Viewing life at a glance from the surface and without any knowledge of biology, genetics, astronomy and archeaology, one might think that creationism makes sense. Hence why the book of genesis was written. People didn't have any knowledge of these subjects when it was written.
ID has zero evidence to support it. Evolution has mountains (literally) of evidence to support it and zero evidence against it. This is why creationism is losing its voice. Because people are beginning to realize how ridiculous creationism is, when presented with the facts. The only people that believe in creationism are either uneducated or they don't want to believe because for some reason they need to feel special.
So are you a sheep since you follow others thoughts on evolution? Because you did not come up with the concept.
Science is your God, and Evoltion just helps you explain why it is. We all serve SOMEBODY!
And creationism is losing it's voice because the Father of the lie still rules. Not because the free world just became so intelligent and wise. I know you would like to believe as such, but quite simply, the bible foretold this exact time, and everything is happening just as it was written. But hey, You're smarter than us, who needs fables?


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The second annual Big Eddy Film Festival will be held this weekend in Narrowsburg at the Tusten Theatre from Friday to Sunday. The festival will include 28 films, from feature films, to documentaries, to shorts and animation. There will be something for everyone.
The festival opens with the Tribeca Films release "The Truth About Emanuel," directed by Francesca Gregorini and starring Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Frances O'Connor and Alfred Molina.
All of the films were selected by director Tina Spangler and a screening committee. Eight of the film selections have a local connection to Sullivan County and/or the Delaware River region.
Opening-night film tickets cost $15. All other individual tickets cost $10. All-access festival passes cost $125. Produced by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Big Eddy Film Festival aims to advance the traditional art of storytelling by showing the newest and best independent films from around the world and our own backyard. For a complete list of films and more information, visit www.BigEddyFilmFest.com [2].
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"The Truth about Emanuel"
(opening night feature) Friday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m.
Director: Francesca Gregorini
"The Truth about Emanuel" is a darkly comic yet dramatic story of a young woman (Kaya Scodelario), troubled by the death of her mother during childbirth. Emanuel feels a strong connection to her new neighbor (Jessica Biel), a single mother with a newborn, and through their budding friendship, she unwittingly enters a surreal, fictional world, in which secrets are revealed. The film, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, co-stars Frances O'Connor, Alfred Molina and Aneurin Barnard.
"Commie Camp"
Saturday, September 21 at 12 noon
Director: Katie Halper
As Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck rage against the supposed indoctrination of today's children by "extremist" liberal institutions, Commie Camp shows what really goes on at one these training camps. Comedian and filmmaker Katie Halper returns to her socialist Jewish summer camp, Camp Kinderland, which, since 1923, has been preaching the gospel of peace and social justice for all. The film follows articulate and hilarious nine year olds during a recent summer, as they consider the world, from Harriet Tubman, to Hiroshima, to water-boarding. The timely film demonstrates respectful and reflective transmission of human values and rebuts the distortions of the right-wing extremists.
Saturday, September 21 at 5 p.m.
Director: Amy Nicholson
A documentary about greed, politics and the land grab of the century, Zipper chronicles the battle over an American cultural icon: Coney Island. Small-time ride operator Eddie Miranda, proudly operates a 38-year-old carnival contraption called the Zipper in the heart of Coney Island's gritty amusement district. When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie and his ride become casualties of a power struggle between the developer and the City of New York over the future of the world-famous destination. Be it an affront to history, or simply the path of progress, the spirit of Coney Island is at stake. In an increasingly corporate landscape, where authenticity is often sacrificed in the interest of economic growth, the Zipper may be just the beginning of what is lost.
"Hide Your Smiling Faces"
Saturday, September 21 at 7 p.m.
Director: Daniel Carbone
"Hide Your Smiling Faces" vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend's mysterious death. The event ripples under the surface of their town, unsettling the brothers and their friends in a way that they can't fully understand. Once-familiar interactions begin to take on a macabre tone in light of the tragic accident, leading Eric, 14, and Tommy, 9, to retreat into their wild surroundings. As the two brothers vocally face the questions they have about mortality, they simultaneously hold their own silent debates within their minds that build into seemingly insurmountable moral peaks. "Hide Your Smiling Faces" is a true, headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth, as well as the calluses that one often develops as a result of an unfiltered past.
"Knuckle Jack"
Saturday, September 21 at 9 p.m.
Directors: John Adams and Toby Poser
Jack is a small town foul-mouthed drunk with an artistic gift for thievery. Haunted by a youthful tragedy, he passes through his days in a lonely haze, robbing wealthy weekenders' homes only to score more drugs, booze and bitterness. When Jack is asked to care for his eight-year-old niece, Frankie, for one hot Catskills summer, his crooked patterns are challenged. But Frankie is navigating her own troubles and just may be the accomplice—and catalyst—Jack is waiting for. Knuckle Jack was shot in and around Roscoe, NY.
Sunday, September 22 at 2 p.m.
Directors: Merete Mueller and Christopher Smith
"Tiny" is a documentary about home, and how we find it. The film follows one couple's attempt to build a tiny house from scratch, and profiles other families who have downsized their lives into houses smaller than the average parking space. Through homes stripped down to their essentials, the film raises questions about sustainability, good design, and the changing American Dream.


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DUBUQUE—The Central College men's and women's track and field squads shattered four school records in a banner day at the Iowa Conference outdoor championships Friday.
Morgan Darrow (senior, Newell, Storm Lake HS) led the charge for the Dutch. Darrow won the shot put competition for the second consecutive year en route to a new school record with her mark of 45 feet, 11.75 inches. Immediately following the shot she dominated the hammer throw for the second year in a row with a toss of 178-2, resetting her own school record as well as claiming the conference record.
"Morgan has always stepped up at the conference meet," said coach Joe Dunham. "But this was probably the best I've ever seen her. Nobody was going to beat her today."
Caitlin Wilson (senior, Oakland, Riverside HS) grabbed a victory with the conclusion of the heptathlon (4,520 points) and was second in the high jump (5-2.5). Morgan Sharp (junior, Grinnell) earned a pair of all-conference medals with third-place finishes in the heptathlon (4,155 points) and long jump (17-2.25).
Elsewhere, Mel McDermott (junior, Britt, West Hancock HS) was fifth in the 10,000 meters (40:07.2), Bry Pierce (freshman, St. Clair, Mo.) was sixth in the shot put (40-11.75), and Hilary Hotz (freshman, Fort Dodge, St. Edmond HS) took seventh in the heptathlon (3,727 points) and eighth in the high jump (4-10.5).
A number of Central women also advanced out of preliminary rounds to Saturday's finals. Felicia Coleman (junior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) earned spots in the 100 meters (2nd, 12.11) and 200 meters (4th, 24.77), with her 100-meter time resetting Carla Huddle's 1979 school record of 12.14. Allie McBroom (freshman, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) advanced in the 400 meters (8th, 1:00.02), Megan Stoulil (senior, Pocahontas) made the 100-meter hurdles final (8th, 15.63), and Emily Saville (freshman, Cedar Rapids, Linn-Mar HS) will run the 800 meters (9th, 2:22.29).
Dutch men sweep throws—Along with Darrow, the Central men combined for a sweep of the first-day throws with Phil Miller (senior, Vinton, Vinton-Shellsburg HS) winning the shot put (55-0) and Tyler Crouse (senior, Hedrick, Pekin HS) taking the hammer throw (187-8). Miller cracked former teammate Matt Graber's 2010 record of 54-8.25. And both marks will likely be accepted to the national championships May 24-26 in Claremount, Calif.
"We're going to have very good representation at the national meet after today," said Dunham. "It's going to be fun having a lot of athletes there."
Ethan Miller (senior, Seymour) earned a pair of all-league medals for finishing second in the long jump (23-9.5) and third in the high jump (6-8.75). Phil Miller was third in the hammer throw (171-9) and Aaron Fuller (junior, Aberdeen, S.D., Roncalli HS) was third in the decathlon (5,973 points). Both were all-conference performers.
Elsewhere, Jason Mauer (freshman Grundy Center) took fourth in the long jump (23-1.25), Josh Fleming (junior, Caseyville, Ill., Collinsville HS) was fourth in the shot put (48-1.75) and sixth in the hammer throw (164-2). Breighen Powell (senior, Wellman, Mid-Prairie HS) and Connor Freeman (freshman, Urbandale) took fourth (5,903 points) and fifth (5,773 points) in the decathlon, and Brian Green (freshman, Lake City, South Central Calhoun HS) was eighth in the long jump (21-10.75).
A plethora of Dutch men advanced through the preliminary rounds to Saturday's final. Allen Scovel (senior, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) moved on in the 100 in spectacular fashion, clocking the fastest time of the preliminaries (10.6) and cracking David Ellingson's 1990 school record of 10.64. Scovel also advanced in the 200 meters (21.75). Mitch Wagoner (sophomore, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS) also made it in the 100 meters (third, 10.85) and 200 meters (fifth, 21.89), along with Logan Danko (junior, Centerville) in the 100 meters (fourth, 10.92) and 200 meters (second, 21.65). Kyle Wood (senior, Newton) advanced in the 200 meters (21.6) and 400 meters (fourth, 49.89) and Trevor Veach (senior, Grinnell) will run in the 400 meters (eighth, 50.33). L.J. Lipscomb (freshman, Johnston) will contest the 800 meters (third, 1:58.09), along with Ben Schornack (junior, Urbandale) in the 800 meters (seventh, 1:58.09) and Alex Edwards (freshman, Knoxville) in the 800 meters (fifth, 1:55.55). Ethan Miller is the top seed in the 110-meter hurdles (14.65), with Eric Larson (freshman, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) also advancing (fourth, 15.03), and Miles Barton (freshman, Cedar Rapids, Washington HS) will run the 400-meter hurdles (seventh, 57.17).
"This was probably the best first day of conference we have ever had since I've been here at Central," said Dunham. "I give a lot of credit to out coaching staff and obviously to the athletes. They came ready to go today."
After six events, the Dutch women are sitting in second place with 59.5 points. Defending champion Wartburg College leads the nine-team field with 71. The Dutch men are atop the standings after five events with 69 points. Wartburg is second with 62.
Inclement weather forced the men's 10,000-meters and both 4x800-meter relays to be rescheduled for Saturday morning. They will be contested beginning at 10 a.m., along with the second-day field events. The remainder of the running events beginning at their regularly scheduled time of 1 p.m.
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Sometimes people have arguments they don't want to have in order to shore up some principle they wish they didn't have to defend. Actually, most debate can probably be characterized this way, though it doesn't always nestle up against outright absurdity the way that the argument I will speak of here is so prone to do, namely the argument that something called "Determinism" means that something else called "Free Will" cannot exist.
This is a rather hot debate right now, largely because advocates of the "incompatibilist" or "hard determinist" view I have just described believe they smell blood in the water and have moved in for the kill. Sam Harris, the smartest man who was ever wrong about everything, has a recent book out on the topic ("Free Will,") and Jerry Coyne, the smartest horse ever to be led to water while steadfastly refusing to drink, has made this topic a regular staple on his blog.
The conversation has lately found its way into the pages of the Chronicle of Higher Education, which recently featured five essays on the debate by Coyne and some of the top names in neuroscience and philosophy of mind.
The philosopher Russell Blackford has, in response, started blogging about these essays at The Philosophers' Magazine. I think Russell is essentially on the right track, but his argument is strangely timid, given the grave and gross contradiction in the incompatibilist view, that I'm obliged to pick up where he leaves off.
Russell asks us to imagine that it is in our power to save a child who is drowning in a nearby pond. We, for some reason, do not attempt to save the child, who dies of drowning. In such a case, is there any value in relating to the grieving parents the incompatibilist view, that we could not have acted other than we did, because all of the causal factors that preceding this moment were not changeable by us? It is an absurdity. The only answer that any interested party wants to hear from us in such a circumstance is what our reasons were for not saving the child. This is an inescapable aspect of the human condition; in fact we would not recognize as "human" any member of any species with the power of rational reflection who did not offer a reason for its actions. By "reason," here, I don't mean an objective, external description of the physical conditions that led to the present moment, such as we might observe in an MRI, but the internal moral reasoning which which our behavior is consistent.
Russell concludes that, having been given the incompatibilist story that Determinism precludes our having acted other than we did, "the parents are likely to reply that it's not that I couldn't have chosen to act otherwise, but that I merely didn't want to act otherwise."
This is an inarguable conclusion. There may be outliers, for whom we might allow that no other action was conceivable: young children who haven't learned empathy or impulse control, people with unprocessed trauma, people with lesions or tumors that impair rational reflection--but these are the exceptions that prove the rule. They are notable as deviations from the norm, where the presumption of moral reasoning ability does not apply. In normative cases we are all accountable to each other for our actions, which is to say we are expected to give an account of our behavior, and be subject to the judgment of others for it. To refer to the alleged inevitability of our behavior is an irrational category error, failing to address the question that has been asked of us, which is social, not physical. It is as though someone has asked of us if we will drive them to the hospital tomorrow, and we responded with the probability of supervening physical forces. Perhaps there will be an ice storm. Perhaps the hospital will be destroyed by invaders from Mars. But these are not relevant to the question, which is a social and moral one.
Now, here the incompatibilist may double down, seeing a crucial weakness in our argument. What we are trying to establish, insists the incompatibilist, is the scientific truth or falsity of free will, not the social truth of moral accountability. Our thesis is that our choice-making faculty is a mere appearance, a self-flattering illusion, perhaps a spandrel, perhaps an important adaption, but nonetheless a figment with no actual empirical or ontological foundation.
The correct response, which I would have preferred to see Russell issue, is this: If that's the intellectual barricade you want to die on, Incompatibilists, that can be arranged. Just be warned that what you stand to lose is far greater than archaisms like "the soul" or the Ghost in the Machine. What also must perish, when choice and volition are cleansed away, is reason itself, and all the flows from it, including the "scientific" method, "free" thinking, and philosophical naturalism generally.
John Pieret has been making this point consistently over the last few years at his blog Thoughts In a Haystack, though to my knowledge he has never spelled out the critique in full. If he did, it would go something like this. If we grant that determinism applies to mental processes like thought and reflection--that these, like all events, are the effects of prior causes--and that "hard determinism" precludes any mechanism whereby we might influence the causal chain that gives rise to our thoughts, then thinking is not something we do but something that happens to us. We can witness our thought processes in the theater of our minds, but cannot actively participate in them. In Coyne's own words: "To assert that we can freely choose among alternatives is to claim, then, that we can somehow step outside the physical structure of our brain and change its workings. That is impossible."
Thought, then, is an epiphenomenon, a kind of apparition that exists without any influence on the physical world. It is something that happens, as an after effect of prior causes, but not something we can actively "do," since this would imply a violation of laws of causation. The clear implication of this, of course, is that reason, reflection, evaluation and judgment are likewise things that happen without our ability to influence them. "Automatons" (Coyne's word) cannot, on their own, "apply" logic to any given proposition, lacking the ability to choose among competing assertions. This has rather terrible connotations for our ability to do philosophy (with epistemology being a particular problem) or science. It is difficult to see how any conclusions we might call "scientific" or "rational" could be given any higher status than those we might call superstitious or fallacious, since in no case do we have any power to evaluate them as good, bad, sound, preposterous, or even as green ideas sleeping furiously. To do so would require an ability to "choose among alternatives," which Coyne has already declared "impossible."
This of course makes "hard determinism" self-refuting, since it is derived by means of faculties (empiricism, rationality) it later declares to be physical impossibilities. Like most doctrines preceded by the word "hard," we can now dispense with it as misguidedly over-simplistic. What, then, is the way out of the forest? There are still, after all, serious questions to asked about "free will." Just how "free" is it? What is the source of this freedom? I think a couple of short answers must suffice as a sort of bookmark. The first is that trying to make human agency "compatible" with determinist physics is an over-zealous impulse toward reductionism. Each level of description has its place, and needs its own language to be properly understood. We don't need to call natural selection an illusion because it is not couched in the language of Newtonian physics. In the case of human agency, the price of trying to describe all of reality under the determinist rubric is, as I've shown above, far too high; we are asked to give up our humanity in the process.
The second bookmark comes from Iris Murdoch (one of the 20th century's most under-rated philosophers, IMO.) She rightly asked where the myth of "free will" comes from, and theorized it as a narcissistic and infantile desire, promoted most strongly by Existentialism, to exercise what Sartre called "total freedom." It is a myth that needs revision, not by turning the dial all the way in the other direction, such that humans are akin to thermostats, but by contrasting the existential focus on action and decision with the important role of observation, reflection and evaluation, without which action tends toward empty posturing. This outlook may even help explicate some of the puzzling aspects of neuroscience that fuel arguments like Harris' and Coyne, like the now famous Libet studies that suggest some of our decisions are already made before we are aware of having made them. Here's Murdoch, two decades before Libet's famous consciousness studies, and two years before Deecke and Kornhuber's studies on "readiness potential:"
If we ignore the prior work of attention and notice only the emptiness of the moment of choice we are likely to identify with the outward movement since there is nothing else to identify it with. But if we consider what the work of attention is like, how continuously it goes on, and how imperceptibly it builds up structures of value about us, we shall not be surprised that at crucial moments of choice most of the business of choosing is already over. This does not imply that we are not free, certainly not. But it implies that the exercise of our freedom is a small piecemeal business which goes on all the time and is not a grandiose leaping about unimpeded at important moments. The moral life, on this view, is something that goes on continually, not something that is switched off in between the moral choices. What happens in between such choices is indeed what is crucial. (my emphasis)This outlook seems to me to do double duty, not only helping us understand the nature of will, volition, or agency, but also how we can go about continuing to enhance it, as we have on the long journey from pre-verbal primates to the present day. Which is to say that the topic of agency is synonymous with the topic of humanism, of humanity itself, and needs just as vigorous a defense.


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Originally Posted by iamjmph01
I said it in another post but ill say it here to. Naruto is being a selfish idiot. Sasuke is an enemy of Konoha. He has killed a Hokage (even if he tricked his way in Danzo WAS named 6th Hokage) and has stated the he will kill everyone in Konoha to "purify" and restore the Uchiha clan. He attacked the raikage's brother in Kumo. He is working with Uchiha Madara. Naruto claims to want to be Hokage. He needs to starting working for Konoha's best interests, not what he desires.
He should learn the lesson taught by his fathers example, for the good of Konoha, he gave his soul to the shinigami and burdened his son with the Kyuubi. Did he WANT to die? Did he want his son to be hated? Since Gaara wasnt the first ichibi jinchuriki he had to of known how they were treated.... Did he WANT his son to grow up without his father? Im going to take a leap of faith and say no. But for the good of the village he put aside HIS desires and did what was needed. Naruto needs to do the same. If he cant figure it out himself then someone else needs to point that out.
I truely hope this isnt going to end with naruto saving sasuke, them beating madara together, returning to Konoha, and they all live happily ever after, Naruto as Hokage, with his "best friend" as his most trusted advisor with peace reigning in the elemental nations.....
I completely agree. Naruto needs to grow a pair... there are times when difficult decisions need to be made. Why the hell is he holding back Kakashi, the leader of the squad and putting him in a vulnerable position against an S-ranked ninja? Naruto's "little friendly interests" need to be put aside for now; Konoha's interests and the Shinobi world's interests are whats important right now. And that is to kill Sasuke Uchiha. Simple
Originally Posted by Narutofan123457
maybe he could do something like a low scale rasenshurikan... that move damages the opponent's chakra system, making it so they can't use chakra. It doesn't kill them though...in my opinion, that'd be pretty cool, but I doubt it'll happen.
That's called fuuton: rasengan.
I really enjoyed this chapter. My anticipation was definitely worth it.
Best moment is definitely Karin's "Forget it, I'm done with you" - go Karin! Teach something to Sakura, would ya? Karin also makes it pretty obvious that Sasuke doesn't have a lot of chakra left - this clash isn't going to last long.
Another neat moment was when Naruto grabbed Kakashi and ran by him with a rasengan...I kinda laughed because Kakashi looked kinda shocked. I know he was trying to protect them from having to fight a former comrade (Sakura had proven she couldn't handle it) and was likely about to kill Sasuke, but I think Naruto almost needed to give one last ditch effort and prove that he has made is decision. I bet Kakashi won't be too pleased with him though...
Also, the exclamation points from Kakashi and Sakura as Naruto spoke were pretty awesome. I forgot that Sakura didn't know about Itachi. And Kakashi looked beyond shocked when Naruto said he understood how Sasuke felt. He looked almost terrified actually.
I also really liked how Naruto brought up the fact that he and Sasuke could easily have been in each other's shoes. I feel like a good portion of this chapter took place in Naruto's head and wasn't actually a conversation (which was kind of confusing...there's no way they could have actually had that conversation is there?), but still, I'm glad he acknowledged that.
And honestly...could he not have put one more sentence in this chapter?! I really want to know what Naruto's final decision is, what option number 3 is (because, frankly, I really don't have much of a clue of what it might be). Kishi has really built it up here.
Predictions...Itachi will definitely be mentioned at some point very soon, and I feel like his mysterious gift to Naruto will soon be revealed. I think Naruto will tell Sasuke that he spoke to Itachi. The clash will end soon, in one way or another. Probably be a bit more talking. We'll see the results of clashing the chidori and rasengan together, finally. And maybe we will see Yamato. I want to see him figure out Naruto is not there anymore! In any case, I can't wait for next week!
The chapter was quite nice but something that ennoyes me is that naruto still has no answer its already to chapters since they talk about him finding an answer!! which is bothering me......anyways im quite sure the next chapter will be quite surprisingly dull! im quite sure he will start talking about break sasukes bones to bring him back to konoha, were he mostlikely will be brought to jail! its just not intertesting anymore! before it was hard to predict what would happen in the next chapters but since some time its just easy and always boring T_T..............
it was an okay chapter...itachi's gift will activate a forbidden jutsu to seal sasuke's eyes...
the problem is...sasuke could use itachi's eyes as replacement
the turn around.... sasuke will feel as if he is living for himself and itachi because of the new eyes...ease his desire for revenge...(itachi's eyes giving him a new light to darkness) hahha
Originally Posted by Steinbiz
if naruto's answer isn't kill or get killed, then what is it???? we've been waiting for this for so long, c'mon kishi don't let us down. naruto said he'll know his answer when he see's sasuke way back after the pain fight.
If naruto isn't going to be a victim (killed by sasuke) nor will he be the one to kill sasuke, then his answer would be something like "Saving Sasuke even if it meant sacrificing his own life for that purpose" ^_^
My Prediction:
Naruto's 3rd option is to somehow handicap Sasuke, either by blinding him or something, somehow removing his ninja abilities.
But the poisoned Kunai is important...they wouldn't have mentioned it if it wasn't going to affect Naruto.
Itachi's "secret gift" is going to activate (agreeing with another person) sealing Sasuke's sharingan, or at least saving Naruto's ass if he does get poisoned bad and it looks like Sasuke will kill him.
If Naruto is hurt or if Sasuke is hurt (or both!)...Madara will show up. Definitely.
Oh and one more thing...Karin said she only gave him a little bit of Chakra, enough for this last Chidori it seems, even if Sasuke isn't hurt badly after this attack, he is still going to be powerless - maybe even seriously going blind. So I don't know how the blindness factors into my prediction (the blindness he was experiencing last chapter, not from anything Naruto or anyone does to him)...
We shall see!!!
What do people think?
Originally Posted by notgoma
If naruto isn't going to be a victim (killed by sasuke) nor will he be the one to kill sasuke, then his answer would be something like "Saving Sasuke even if it meant sacrificing his own life for that purpose" ^_^
Sory for the spam but just to make my point clear. Offering his own life intentionally to change Sasuke's way of thinking isn't equivalent to getting killed by Sasuke It's naruto's choice to die and give up his own life to save sasuke from being totally engulfed by evil. This is how things usually happen: The only time a bad person realizes his mistake is when he experiences near defeat (powerlessness). However, to do this naruto has to go all out. Take note that it is even harder to defeat the opponent without killing him (as opposed to killing him).
hmm... remember... kakashi said in the past that rasengan is more powerful than chidori so ..naruto rocks )
and i think karin will do something :-? to 'stop' or to convince him(sasuke) to stop i think...
also ... will be great if itachi will appear again
I was expecting some touching words from Naruto that will be quite emotional, but its the same thing that had happened in the Valley of the Dead except that nine tails is mentioned. The manga is worth reading. However had not Sasuke and Naruto met, then it will be too boring. The conversation between Naruto and Sasuke made it special.
Aobut the poison kunai. What if Sakura apply the poison at the tip of kunai and the side of the kunai cuts Naruto face, eh? :D
Originally Posted by arty
hmm... remember... kakashi said in the past that rasengan is more powerful than chidori so ..naruto rocks )
and i think karin will do something :-? to 'stop' or to convince him(sasuke) to stop i think...
also ... will be great if itachi will appear again
Don't think Karin will be able to convince Sasuke. The only one able to convince Sasuke will be Naruto(may be using Itachi's power).
We may see Itachi, who knows? Hopefully, lets wait
Better than I expected, I was expecting 16 pages of dialogue rather than the given 6
486 Naruto will poke his forehead just like Itachi, and Sasuke will come back to the leaf
Originally Posted by twistedlink
486 Naruto will poke his forehead just like Itachi, and Sasuke will come back to the leaf
and Naruto will teach him more ninjutsu and how to become one who is a blessing for others :D
naruto's answer is to handicap sasuke and take his eyes also so that he cannot harm anyone
Originally Posted by arty
hmm... remember... kakashi said in the past that rasengan is more powerful than chidori so ..naruto rocks )
Actually, he said that Chidori is more powerful than Rasengan, since Rasengan is just chacra, and chidori has lightning element.
But Fuuton: Rasen Shuriken is more powerful than Chidori/Raikiri, because wind beats lightning.
Otherwise, Kakashi would just have used Rasengan instead of Raikiri every time he uses that tech(Kakashi can do Rasengan if he want to, remember?).
So he probably said that FRS would beat Chidori, but i do agree that Naruto rocks
One side note: Is it just me or does it looks like Naruto did a very weak Rasengan, kinda like the one Konohamaru did during the Pain arc?
It seems that way, but Sasuke`s Chidori looks a little weak too, so maybe he noticed and did a weak one so that he wouldn`t overpower Sasuke`s Chidori?
My prediction for Naruto`s answer:
Naruto: I... will save you and protect Konoha!... Just like i promised Itachi.
Sasuke: ?!...
About Itachi`s gift. He said that he hoped Naruto would never have to use it. Maybe instead of: "I hope you`ll never have to use it to kill Sasuke and protect Konoha", he meant: "I hope you`ll never have to use it to stop Sasuke", Like: "I hope Madara never turns Sasuke on the wrong path and make him go against Konoha so that you`ll have to use this power to stop him".
Maybe Itachi was hoping that Sasuke would stop his seek for revenge after he killed Itachi(him) and go back to Konoha. But if Madara got his hands around him he would help Naruto with his "power(s)" to stop Sasuke without killing him.
In other words, maybe he hoped that Sasuke wouldn`t make the wrong choice and go against Konoha, that`s why he hoped Naruto would never have to use this "power(s)", because he hoped Sasuke would come back to Konoha by himself after he defeated Itachi.
So i believe that the "power(s)" Itachi gave Naruto only can be one of two things:
1: Naruto gets some kind of power(s) to counter some or all of Sasuke`s MS techniques (with his (Sasuke`s) own eyes or when he takes Itachi`s eyes) or something simular to the 1st Hokage`s wood-techniques or some unknown techniques(cause he clearly had some powers to counter Madara`s MS and EMS techniques).
2: Itachi himself comes out of the crow he put inside Naruto as something like Minato in Naruto to lectur Sasuke and help Naruto or he comes out of the crow he put in Naruto like he uses some kind of recarnation techniques and comes back to life without his sickness(which died in his original body which died in the fight with Sasuke). That would have been awsome, and i think that it`s not impossible to happend
Any thoughts?
Rasengan is stronger than any other chakra tech, its ultimate shape manipulation, the 4th didnt make it for its looks as a perfect sphere, it gives maximum possible power for the chakra put into it.
However when you start adding elements things change, as rasengan has no element.
Either way rasengan is more powerful than chidori, hospital roof, sasuke made a medium sized hole, naruto made tiny, sasuke smirked, and ran off, and saw the back of the water tower naruto hit and its entire back was blasted.
Rasengans like a bullet, it spins real fast and its impact is super sharp at front and drags through to the back, bullet wounds do the same, tiny at impact, massive at exit.
Is this the final battle we're talking about?
Hopefully not, coz it's kind of on the lame side, not the epic one.
Anyhoos, seems like my predictions partly correct. There were conversations bet the two (though Naruto hasn't mentioned his experience with the pervy sage's loss Xd).
Of course, Sasuke will be stubborn and left unconvinced. So, Naruto said he's gonna make a third choice.
Anyway, regarding the kunai that grazed Naruto's face, I think Naruto won't succumb to that. Kyuubi's chakra is poison enough that he's enduring. But, if he's gonna be affected with such poison, then I'm gonna murder for otherwise turning out the situation and doing a good job on letting Sasuke have his chances to flee. PFF!
Regarding the third choice, I hate to say but I'm guessing it's gonna be saving Sasuke. Naruto could prolly[?] knock him out. Seems like stoned Sasuke will be pwned due to major exhaustion and near-blindness (well, he's blind IMO).
Another thing: Itachi's gift to Naruto may prolly show up. But again, it's too soon and I don't think this would be the final battle between the two (keeping my fingers crossed).
Originally Posted by iamjmph01
I truely hope this isnt going to end with naruto saving sasuke, them beating madara together, returning to Konoha, and they all live happily ever after, Naruto as Hokage, with his "best friend" as his most trusted advisor with peace reigning in the elemental nations.....
Dang, I think this is partly gonna happen. I don't think Naruto will kill Sasuke. He's definitely gonna do anything just to save Sasuke. Indeed, homo, I mean, brotherly[duh] love is in the air. lololol
My favorite page: NarutoBase.net - Naruto Manga Chapter 485 - Page 9
FINALLYYYYY! Someone just woke up from her manly lust! This is epic. Sakura should tune into her! Xd Xd Xd
Omg naruto is gonna make sasuke a frog!!! This is the third answer!!!!!!
I like this chapter. Well, as always though.
About the Kunai issue, I thinks it's a fair fight, since Sasuke too is a bit exhausted with his past battle between Danzo and any other opponents he fought with. Naruto too, in his side, will be a much tougher fight, because he has to face with a lot of decision. Also, Naruto is not wearing his konoha's head gear, ( I think left that one in scape from Captain Yamato ). I'm sure this would be great fight, since both fighters now are not representing their sides in Konoha.
I just can't wait for the next episode again. @_@
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~ Peggy
"The civil authority has been, ever from the days of Herod, the enemy of Christ. The question, now pending, is whether the Church shall admit to ministry those only who, according to the dictation of the civil power, are fit for the office."
~ Bishop Hogan of Kansas City MO, excerpted from an address to parishoners after his arrest under the provisions of the Missouri Test Oath (which was subsequently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court by just one vote)