TU Tuesday- Local

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-in-Schenectady-fires-3592197.php

On of the many cases of suspicious house fires in Schenectady started on Memorial Day weekend has been traced to a teen who has been "charged with arson... and the fire department is hoping a $500 reward will provide clues to other suspicious fires...". the 15 year old was arrested on Tuesday and faced numerous charges, with "two counts of fourth-degree arson, [and] a felony". So far, officials still expect more arsonists to exist. They are posting a $500 reward for clues on the suspects.

Fire Chief Michael Dellarocco said on Tuesday, "'An arsonist doesn't care about the life of a citizen or a firefighter so people should make sure they have a working smoke detector and be aware of what is going on in their neighborhood'". They are still advising people to be wary of suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.

There are many things that could cause instability in teens, such as issues with parents, and with others. More should definitely be done about things like this to get to the root of the problem, and to protect not only the teens but others as well.

21. Why is our military so important?

Our military is important because it protects the interests of our nation and upholds the liberating ideas of our nation all across the world. Without our military, there would be nothing to protect our best interests in other parts of the world, and our government would carry a greater burden themselves. Our military makes great sacrifices to ensure the longevity and well-being of our important investments that will undoubtedly make our country great and beautifully gilded. It allows us to impose our majestic presence to those less fortunate around the world, such as countries with plentiful natural resources but no way to harvest them because of their oppressive native rulers. Our military directly leads to the funding of science and technology, and creates many job opportunities. Thus, it is imperative that we, as citizens, help our own military out in the same fashion that they have helped some of us by reinforcing them with the $1 trillion in taxpayer money that they need to operate on in 2012. This small investment will no doubt be returned to our nation in time by the upholding of our values and business investments. Finally, without the military there would be no war, no expansion, no advancement, no growth, and no America. Foreign powers would dominate global affairs, and life would be terrible. America would be dragged down by them and they would cause massive inflation and joblessness. Without our military, life would be terrible.

What is Crippling Us?

Gatto and Bradbury both have very parallel views on the cons of modern society and about where trends are leading towards. Bradbury, in Fahrenheit 451, writes about how people in a society like ours shallowly entertain themselves with simplicity and ignorance. Gatto writes about the cause of these trends, which is education and a lack of it, or a lack of interest in it. Bradbury writes that people will become indifferent, and life will be diluted, with even the Bible. Faber remarks "I wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down?"(81). Gatto says that "could it be our schools are designed to make sure [the children never] really grows up?". Gatto's statement could be interpreted as an observation of how schools are falling behind the times, and not focusing on the correct points that define a character, which I agree with. Bradbury also writes much on the way people think. Thought becomes shallower and shallower until deep thought itself is basically banned. The third important thing Faber recites is "the right to carry out actions based on what we learn"(85). Gatto reinforces this idea with the fact that he has observed kids' desires to learn things that are beyond the classroom, and that "adults regularly conflate opposition with disloyalty". Both writers recognize the fine line that distinguishes the rights everybody should have, which is to take an initiative in their own lives, but I disagree with the statement that opposition is not disloyalty when the same kids being discussed by Gatto are kids that Bradbury believes will become shallow and narrow minded, and basically incapable of taking the initiative for themselves. In this circumstance, I think that opposition will surely mean disloyalty, as it does in most cases in our own school. No kid would revolt because they feel that they are not learning enough.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm

Tried and True

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My advice is that I would recommend dating a cat instead, because cats do not have the ability to change their facebook relationship status (having a complete lack of paw dexterity and all that), so people who base their conclusions on information gathered from facebook would be much better off. A few key points about this graph illustrate actual real life points though, which is that relationships are generally favored when there is a complete lack of any contact whatsoever between the two parties. It is good to break up before Christmas so that you don't have to give your partner an expensive gift. It is also good to break up during holidays for the same reasons, including the fact that you can save yourself some time and do what you want to do.

TU Tuesday Commencement Speech

J.K. Rowling is a witty and motivating writer who set a great example by climbing out of poverty and becoming ridiculously successful, although she remarks that "Poverty itself is romanticized only by fools". She believes that  people can be "driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success", and that failure is not fun, but it is necessary and builds the core of one's personality. To get over the fear of failure gives an overwhelmingly fresh and lightweight feeling. If you've lived too cautiously, "you might as well not have lived at all". J.K. Rowling has experienced a wider range of life than most average people, from severe poverty to amazing success. She believes strongly that every person should experience some sort of failure, but also that everyone should have an imagination. Imagination "is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."

Steve Jobs was another well known successful figure who had strong beliefs in success and failure. In Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Isaacson writes that Jobs, at an early age, "was fascinated by the need for perfection". Decades later, he would still have zero tolerance for the imperfect, and the average. 

Both of these people grew up in a less than wealthy life while they were young, but they brought themselves to success with determination and a lack of fear of failure. They both worked hard and wanted to help others for the greater good of humanity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGqp8lz36c&feature=related

http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537

22. If I Were an Advertiser Today

If I were an advertiser today, life would be pretty easy. It's really not hard to look around and see for oneself how easy it is to successfully market a product. Especially here, in the west, where we're basically a civilization full of lots of money. I would really like to be an advertiser, because it would be one of the most entertaining and rewarding jobs out there. And it's easy money. These days, there are even advertisements advertising programs that allow people to tell advertisers how bad their advertisements are. It's getting really ridiculous, admittedly, but it's still not getting any less profitable. And money is delicious.

Love to Know Slideshow

http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:Free_Writing_Prompts~4

Broke

If you were stranded far away from home and only had $20 in your wallet, what would you do?

If I were stranded far away from home and only had $20, I would buy a lighter for no more than $4 so that I could start a fire for the night with the remaining paper money I had, and then I would smelt the coins into something sharp so that I could kill food. Then, I would cook half of the food over the $15-or-so fire so that I could eat half of the food and give the other half to a dragon that could fly me home. Then I'd sell the dragon and become a billionaire. Then I'd buy a house in the place where I was stranded, because it must be an awesome place if it has dragons.

Creative Contest III

Lived happily ever after. The end.

Atheism: Atheism is a disbelief in the idea of God, or any form of deities. The term atheism originated in 16th century France, although its popularity grew only with the rise of science and religious tolerance. There are different forms of atheism, from a lack of theism to a strong agenda against theism. I disagree with the latter because although there is no scientific proof that God exists, there is also no 100% certain proof that God does not exist, and so it is a stalemate and neither side should try to convince the other. Therefore everybody is wrong until they are proven right, which would be never.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism

TU Tuesday- Classified

looking for new home for 2 albino rabbits all white with pink eyes asking 85 dollars for both must go together sisters 1 yr old lovable love being held and loved on will need your own cage comes with water bottle food dish food and timothy hay and some litter to start u off used to being in cage and let loose for play they do not chew or try to chew stuff lovable lil sisters call 235 1419 for more details ty

http://timesunion.kaango.com/ad-albino-rabbits/20441485

Fiction:
Buttered Rabbit Stew

I can't really think of anything to confess about when I need to most, I guess. Going to church isn't really a part of my usual schedule, y'know. Well, okay, I had a friend with two very delicious rabbits once. You see, my friend had "2 albino rabbits all white with pink eyes", and she wanted to sell them. It was a piece of work talking together. Maybe it was the keyboard or something, but my friend's spelling was a piece of garbage, and the syntax sucked. Well, anyways, it wasn't as high-quality as a restaurant or anything, but they were "1 yr old", and so I thought maybe they would taste like veal or something, like how cows taste better when they're young and have been confined in a box all their lives. I'm not sure why, but that's what I've been told. The only downside was that the two rabbits were to cost a total of "85 dollars" and had to go "together", as if the buyer were to keep them as a pet or something. Well, I figured I had some extra butter in the fridge that wouldn't be tasty by itself, so in the end I bought some rabbits and learned how to cook. It's not much of a confession, but I think it's a pretty cool story. Oh, and if you need somebody to cook meals for a religious gathering, I cook up a pretty delicious buttered rabbit stew.