Dr. Sandra L. Stotsky, professor emerita at the University of Arkansas, recently said that Renaissance Learning’s latest report revealed that a large number of college freshman are reading at a seventh-grade level.
Stotsky, who received her Ed. D. from Harvard, is a well-known and respected figure in the world of education. She served on the Common Core Validation Committee in 2009-10 and, along with colleague James Milgram, professor of mathematics at Stanford University, refused to approve Common Core’s standards, which she called “inferior.”
In a recent interview with Breitbart Texas, Stotsky said:
We are spending billions of dollars trying to send students to college and maintain them there when, on average, they read at about the grade 6 or 7 level, according to Renaissance Learning’s latest report on what American students in grades 9-12 read, whether assigned or chosen.
Stotsky also pointed out that as a result of students reading on a lower level of difficulty and complexity in high school, colleges now assign a lower reading level of books as summer reading to incoming freshmen.
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Customer Asks Pizza Shop Owner If He Can Buy a Slice for a Homeless Person — The Result Has Sparked a Chain Reaction of Good
See, patrons at Rosa’s Fresh Pizza are invited to buy $1 slices of pie for the poor, which are, in turn, given out to those in need free of charge.
It’s a program that shop owner Mason Wartman started last year after a customer came in and asked if he could buy a slice to help feed a homeless person. Naturally, Wartman said yes — but it’s what he did next that truly helped set an inspiring pattern in motion.
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The Vaccine Mafia
(NaturalNews) Australia’s vaccine zealots are the most rabid extremist wing of the vaccine medical mafia, and they’ve engaged in tactics like issuing death threats to vaccine educators to try to silence them. Now, they’re trying to get the Australian government to ban the travel visa of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, a pro-informed-consent educator who has conducted more research into vaccine adverse effects and safety risks than almost anyone else speaking out today.
Australia’s vaccine mafia, it turns out, is absolutely terrified that citizens of Australia might learn the truth about vaccine exemptions, toxic vaccine ingredients (like mercury) and the growing global epidemic of vaccine-damaged children.So they’re running a mafia-style censorship campaign to strong-arm speaking venues to cancel scheduled events where Dr. Tenpenny is scheduled to speak, and they’re even petitioning the Australian government to revoke Dr. Tenpenny’s travel visa, barring her from entering the country altogether.
In the process of all this, they are turning Dr. Sherri Tenpenny in a folk hero and attracting enormous global attention to the unethical tactics and censorship gestapo tactics used by the vaccine industry to silence educators.
The vaccine propaganda of modern medicine is so fragile that it cannot withstand even a single doctor who teaches informed choice
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Australia’s vaccine mafia, it turns out, is absolutely terrified that citizens of Australia might learn the truth about vaccine exemptions, toxic vaccine ingredients (like mercury) and the growing global epidemic of vaccine-damaged children.So they’re running a mafia-style censorship campaign to strong-arm speaking venues to cancel scheduled events where Dr. Tenpenny is scheduled to speak, and they’re even petitioning the Australian government to revoke Dr. Tenpenny’s travel visa, barring her from entering the country altogether.
In the process of all this, they are turning Dr. Sherri Tenpenny in a folk hero and attracting enormous global attention to the unethical tactics and censorship gestapo tactics used by the vaccine industry to silence educators.
The vaccine propaganda of modern medicine is so fragile that it cannot withstand even a single doctor who teaches informed choice
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Pizza Delivery Man Thought He Had Been Given a $7 Tip — but What the Car Dealership Did to Him After Has People Outraged
The deliveryman, identified in a Boston Globe report as Jarrid Tansey, an employee at Palace Pizza, can be seen on footage captured inside F&R Auto Sales in Westport, Massachusetts, Saturday, returning tip money he had been given during a previous trip to deliver food to the dealership.
The initial bill for the order of pizza and drinks came to $42 and some change and Tansey was reportedly given $50, comprised of two $20 bills and two $5 bills. The staffers apparently didn’t ask for change and the delivery man left with a $7 tip — or so he thought.
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Boom Goes The Dynamite: The Crashing Price Of Oil Is Going To Rip The Global Economy To Shreds
If you were waiting for a “black swan event” to come along and devastate the global economy, you don’t have to wait any longer. As I write this, the price of U.S. oil is sitting at $45.76 a barrel. It has fallen by more than 60 dollars a barrel since June. There is only one other time in history when we have seen anything like this happen before. That was in 2008, just prior to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. But following the financial crisis of 2008, the price of oil rebounded fairly rapidly. As you will see below, there are very strong reasons to believe that it will not happen this time. And the longer the price of oil stays this low, the worse our problems are going to get. At a price of less than $50 a barrel, it is just a matter of time before we see a huge wave of energy company bankruptcies, massive job losses, a junk bond crash followed by a stock market crash, and a crisis in commodity derivatives unlike anything that we have ever seen before. So let’s hope that a very unlikely miracle happens and the price of oil rebounds substantially in the months ahead. Because if not, the price of oil is going to absolutely rip the global economy to shreds.
What amazes me is that there are still many economic “experts” in the mainstream media that are proclaiming that the collapse in the price of oil is going to be a good thing for the U.S. economy.
The only precedent that we can compare the current crash to is the oil price collapse of 2008. You can see both crashes on the chart below…
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What amazes me is that there are still many economic “experts” in the mainstream media that are proclaiming that the collapse in the price of oil is going to be a good thing for the U.S. economy.
The only precedent that we can compare the current crash to is the oil price collapse of 2008. You can see both crashes on the chart below…
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Goods held hostage in West Coast port battle
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Brian Jablon runs Stansport, a company that supplies camping gear to businesses including: Amazon, Target, and Home Depot.
"Right now, there are 32 containers we have sitting out in the ocean we're waiting to get in the door," Jablon told me.
Lisa Foster is running into the same problem. She owns One Bag at a Time, which sells reusable shopping bags to retail stores.
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Rand Paul Hires Campaign Manager in Clear Nod to 2016 Run
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has hired a presidential campaign manager — in all but name — to direct his expected 2016 quest for the White House.
But, for the time being, Chip Englander, 33, will hold the title of senior adviser, The Washington Post reported.
Englander ran Republican Bruce Rauner's winning gubernatorial campaign in President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois. He managed a $70 million budget while avoiding social issues that might have alienated Democratic voters, according to the Post.
With the addition of Englander, Paul continues to consolidate his campaign team.
His chief political adviser Doug Stafford said, "Chip Englander has proved he is among the top managers in the business, as evidenced by the historic Rauner race and his 15 years of grassroots experience," the Post reported.
"America has intractable problems and it's going to take a transformational leader to fix them," Englander said. "Senator Paul is going to be the bold, transformational figure in this race."
Paul's non-interventionist foreign policy combined with his anti-tax, anti-big government domestic stance can create a non-conventional winning coalition, Englander told the Post.
"Some politicians run campaigns from television studios. That's not the way I do things, and that's not the way you win," Englander told the Post.
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But, for the time being, Chip Englander, 33, will hold the title of senior adviser, The Washington Post reported.
Englander ran Republican Bruce Rauner's winning gubernatorial campaign in President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois. He managed a $70 million budget while avoiding social issues that might have alienated Democratic voters, according to the Post.
With the addition of Englander, Paul continues to consolidate his campaign team.
His chief political adviser Doug Stafford said, "Chip Englander has proved he is among the top managers in the business, as evidenced by the historic Rauner race and his 15 years of grassroots experience," the Post reported.
"America has intractable problems and it's going to take a transformational leader to fix them," Englander said. "Senator Paul is going to be the bold, transformational figure in this race."
Paul's non-interventionist foreign policy combined with his anti-tax, anti-big government domestic stance can create a non-conventional winning coalition, Englander told the Post.
"Some politicians run campaigns from television studios. That's not the way I do things, and that's not the way you win," Englander told the Post.
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Flu vaccine not working well; only 23 percent effective
The poor showing is primarily because the vaccine doesn't include the bug that is making most people sick, health officials say. In the last decade, flu vaccines at their best were 50 to 60 percent effective.
"This is an uncommon year," said Dr. Alicia Fry, a flu vaccine expert at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was involved in the study.
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Yes, the Federal Reserve has enormous power over who is president
The arc of the political universe is long, but it bends towards monetary policy.
That's the boring truth that nobody wants to hear. Forget about the gaffes, the horserace, and even the personalities. Elections are about the economy, stupid, and the economy is mostly controlled by monetary policy. That's why every big ideological turning point—1896, 1920, 1932, 1980, and maybe 2008—has come after a big monetary shock.
Think about it this way: Bad monetary policy means a bad economy, which gives power back to the party that didn't have it before. And so long as the monetary problem gets fixed, the economy will too, and the new government's policies will, whatever their merits, get the credit. That's how ideology changes.
In 1896, for example, Republicans completed their transformation from being the anti-slavery party to the anti-inflation one. Back then, the U.S. was on the gold standard, but there wasn't enough gold. Miners had found so little of it that overall prices were falling, which was particularly bad news for anyone who'd borrowed money. That's because wages fall if prices do, so debts that don't become harder to pay back. The result was two decades of slower-than-it-should-have-been growth where the economy was in recession more often than not.
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That's the boring truth that nobody wants to hear. Forget about the gaffes, the horserace, and even the personalities. Elections are about the economy, stupid, and the economy is mostly controlled by monetary policy. That's why every big ideological turning point—1896, 1920, 1932, 1980, and maybe 2008—has come after a big monetary shock.
Think about it this way: Bad monetary policy means a bad economy, which gives power back to the party that didn't have it before. And so long as the monetary problem gets fixed, the economy will too, and the new government's policies will, whatever their merits, get the credit. That's how ideology changes.
In 1896, for example, Republicans completed their transformation from being the anti-slavery party to the anti-inflation one. Back then, the U.S. was on the gold standard, but there wasn't enough gold. Miners had found so little of it that overall prices were falling, which was particularly bad news for anyone who'd borrowed money. That's because wages fall if prices do, so debts that don't become harder to pay back. The result was two decades of slower-than-it-should-have-been growth where the economy was in recession more often than not.
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George Soros funds Ferguson protests, hopes to spur civil action
There’s a solitary man at the financial center of the Ferguson protest movement. No, it’s not victim Michael Brown or Officer Darren Wilson. It’s not even the Rev. Al Sharpton, despite his ubiquitous campaign on TV and the streets.
Rather, it’s liberal billionaire George Soros, who has built a business empire that dominates across the ocean in Europe while forging a political machine powered by nonprofit foundations that impacts American politics and policy, not unlike what he did with MoveOn.org.
Mr. Soros spurred the Ferguson protest movement through years of funding and mobilizing groups across the U.S., according to interviews with key players and financial records reviewed by The Washington Times.
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Top 5 Concealed Carry Handguns
Van Buren, AR --(Ammoland.com)- It’s often asked what I prefer as a concealed carryhandgun.
Many of my students ask for guidance for a reliable, comfortable model.
The truth is, it always comes down to the user and what feels right, but I have compiled a list of models I prefer with a little info about each:
HK45C / 745037-A5 The HK45 is a testament to the innovative and superb engineering of HK…This model just feels right. In terms of accuracy, I feel that the HK45 is one of the better shooting HK handguns I’ve used over the years (all of which have been spot on). Includes a standard rail for attachment of a light, which is a big plus in my book. The only modification I can suggest out of the box is adding some grip tape to the sides of the unit. A factory threaded barrel is available.
Sig Sauer P229 Scorpion This model is very comfortable. Traditional feel and an excellent fit and finish – I’ve been very impressed with some of the new SKUs from Sig and I think that ths Scorpion is by far my favorite. Comes in 9mm, there is also a threaded barrel option for those of you seeking a suppressable model.
Many of my students ask for guidance for a reliable, comfortable model.
The truth is, it always comes down to the user and what feels right, but I have compiled a list of models I prefer with a little info about each:
HK45C / 745037-A5 The HK45 is a testament to the innovative and superb engineering of HK…This model just feels right. In terms of accuracy, I feel that the HK45 is one of the better shooting HK handguns I’ve used over the years (all of which have been spot on). Includes a standard rail for attachment of a light, which is a big plus in my book. The only modification I can suggest out of the box is adding some grip tape to the sides of the unit. A factory threaded barrel is available.
Sig Sauer P229 Scorpion This model is very comfortable. Traditional feel and an excellent fit and finish – I’ve been very impressed with some of the new SKUs from Sig and I think that ths Scorpion is by far my favorite. Comes in 9mm, there is also a threaded barrel option for those of you seeking a suppressable model.
Md. couple investigated for letting children, 6 and 10, walk neighborhood alone
Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, of Silver Spring, say the investigation is an invasion of their privacy and infringes on their rights as parents, a local CBS affiliate reported.
“I grew up in New York City in the ‘70s and nobody hesitated to let their kids walk around. The only thing that’s changed between then and now is our fear,” Danielle Meitiv told the station.
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Fighting for the Second-Shift Worker
A conservative policy summit seeks solutions to help working Americans, not big business.
‘Let’s be defined by what we’re for and come up with solutions.”
That was the advice that newly elected Representative Barry Loudermilk (R., Ga.) gave the crowd yesterday on the first day of a two-day conservative policy summit organized by Heritage Action (of which I am CEO). He was in good company, as the summit featured nine members of Congress discussing innovative conservative policy solutions, such as the RAISE Act. Introduced by Representative Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), this legislation would remove union-imposed wage ceilings. Yes, you read that right: Conservatives are trying to help increase workers’ wages and are being opposed by organized labor.
The theme for our summit is “Opportunity for All, Favoritism to None.” In addition to the event, a new 192-page book emphasizes our goal, which is to advance conservative policies that ease the burdens on working families and create new paths to opportunity for all Americans. As Representative Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) put it yesterday, “For people like the second-grade teacher and the second-shift worker — that is who we’re supposed to represent.”
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‘Let’s be defined by what we’re for and come up with solutions.”
That was the advice that newly elected Representative Barry Loudermilk (R., Ga.) gave the crowd yesterday on the first day of a two-day conservative policy summit organized by Heritage Action (of which I am CEO). He was in good company, as the summit featured nine members of Congress discussing innovative conservative policy solutions, such as the RAISE Act. Introduced by Representative Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), this legislation would remove union-imposed wage ceilings. Yes, you read that right: Conservatives are trying to help increase workers’ wages and are being opposed by organized labor.
The theme for our summit is “Opportunity for All, Favoritism to None.” In addition to the event, a new 192-page book emphasizes our goal, which is to advance conservative policies that ease the burdens on working families and create new paths to opportunity for all Americans. As Representative Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) put it yesterday, “For people like the second-grade teacher and the second-shift worker — that is who we’re supposed to represent.”
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Concealed carry permit [Poll]
Should Gov.-elect Larry Hogan select a new state police superintendent who is likely to make it easier to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Maryland?
Funeral Arrangements For DFC John Brune
Funeral arrangements have been made for DFC John Brune. The funeral will be held at Holloway Funeral Home on Tuesday (1/20/2015) at 11 am, with viewings Monday night at 6pm and Tuesday at 10am.
http://www.hollowayfh.com/book-of…/…/Brune-John/obituary.php
White House Claims Power to Regulate, Tax Internet Without Congress
The White House dropped a bombshell on Thursday byannouncing that FCC already has the authority to take over regulating and taxing the Internet without Congressional approval.
Under “network neutrality” proceedings, the FCC could extend its 16.1% fee on interstate telecommunications services and relay fees to the Internet. The action would more than double the “universal service” revenue it collected in 2014, from $8 billion to $16 billion.
Although Congress has mandated the general nature of the federal universal service fund and telecommunications relay services, it is the FCC that has the sole authority to set the budget size and the fee structure to perform its regulatory mandate.
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Under “network neutrality” proceedings, the FCC could extend its 16.1% fee on interstate telecommunications services and relay fees to the Internet. The action would more than double the “universal service” revenue it collected in 2014, from $8 billion to $16 billion.
Although Congress has mandated the general nature of the federal universal service fund and telecommunications relay services, it is the FCC that has the sole authority to set the budget size and the fee structure to perform its regulatory mandate.
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Gallup CEO Blasts US Leadership "The Economy Is Not Coming Back"
The U.S. now ranks not first, not second, not third, but 12th among developed nations in terms of business startup activity. Countries such as Hungary, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Israel and Italy all have higher startup rates than America does.
We are behind in starting new firms per capita, and this is our single most serious economic problem. Yet it seems like a secret. You never see it mentioned in the media, nor hear from a politician that, for the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the total number of new business startups and business closures per year -- the birth and death rates of American companies -- have crossed for the first time since the measurement began. I am referring to employer businesses, those with one or more employees, the real engines of economic growth. Four hundred thousand new businesses are being born annually nationwide, while 470,000 per year are dying.
You may not have seen this graph before.
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We are behind in starting new firms per capita, and this is our single most serious economic problem. Yet it seems like a secret. You never see it mentioned in the media, nor hear from a politician that, for the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the total number of new business startups and business closures per year -- the birth and death rates of American companies -- have crossed for the first time since the measurement began. I am referring to employer businesses, those with one or more employees, the real engines of economic growth. Four hundred thousand new businesses are being born annually nationwide, while 470,000 per year are dying.
You may not have seen this graph before.
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BLACK COP KILLS 95 Year-Old WWII Vet Because He Refused Medical Treatment
The family of a 95-year-old WWII vet is filing a wrongful death suit against Park Forest police who killed the man last year, saying that he was “not a threat to anyone.”
The family of John Wrana, filed a $5 million lawsuit against six police officers and the Village of Park Forest in federal court Friday.
The family alleges that the officers should have known that a bean bag round, fired at point blank range, at 190 mph, would have killed the 95-year-old man.
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The family of John Wrana, filed a $5 million lawsuit against six police officers and the Village of Park Forest in federal court Friday.
The family alleges that the officers should have known that a bean bag round, fired at point blank range, at 190 mph, would have killed the 95-year-old man.
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County asks Atlantic Broadband to bring back WBOC
The letter, addressed to Sam McGill, local ABB vice president and general manager, reads, “We would like to take this opportunity to express our displeasure with the removal of WBOC Channel 16 programming from the Atlantic Broadband offerings for cable subscribers in Queen Anne’s County. We have had a number of residents call with concerns/complaints about this decision and we share their concerns.”
Commissioner Paul Comfort said he had spoken with McGill and was told Atlantic Broadband only has to offer one CBS station. Queen Anne’s County is in the Baltimore “must carry” region, so ABB only has to offer WJZ, Channel 13, out of Baltimore. ABB added WUSA, Channel 9, out of Washington, D.C., many years ago to meet viewer demands for area news and sports. With WBOC, the cable franchise was offering three CBS stations.
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Proposal Would Restore Wins for Penn State, Joe Paterno
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA on Friday announced a proposed agreement that would restore 112 wins by Penn State's football team that were wiped out during the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal and would put the late Joe Paterno back as the winningest coach in major college football history.
College sports' governing body announced the proposed deal weeks before a scheduled trial in state court on the legality of the 2012 consent decree it would replace.
The new deal would direct a $60 million fine to address child abuse be spent within Pennsylvania and would resolve that lawsuit.
The deal still must be approved by the NCAA and Penn State boards. Penn State trustees' chairman Keith Masser told The Associated Press that board members were having a private discussion early Friday afternoon about the lawsuit.
The announcement follows the NCAA's decision last year to reinstate the school's full complement of football scholarships and let Penn State participate in post-season play, and comes just days after a federal judge declined to rule on the consent decree's constitutionality. The proposed settlement does not discuss the validity of the original consent decree.
The NCAA said continuing the litigation would only delay the distribution of funds to sex abuse survivors.
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College sports' governing body announced the proposed deal weeks before a scheduled trial in state court on the legality of the 2012 consent decree it would replace.
The new deal would direct a $60 million fine to address child abuse be spent within Pennsylvania and would resolve that lawsuit.
The deal still must be approved by the NCAA and Penn State boards. Penn State trustees' chairman Keith Masser told The Associated Press that board members were having a private discussion early Friday afternoon about the lawsuit.
The announcement follows the NCAA's decision last year to reinstate the school's full complement of football scholarships and let Penn State participate in post-season play, and comes just days after a federal judge declined to rule on the consent decree's constitutionality. The proposed settlement does not discuss the validity of the original consent decree.
The NCAA said continuing the litigation would only delay the distribution of funds to sex abuse survivors.
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