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EA is the target of an anti-gay letter-writing campaign.
The company has received "several thousand" letters objecting to its inclusion of same-sex relationships in recent games.
According to report in GamesIndustry International, the letters have been sent to a cross-section of senior leaders at EA, often carrying a threat to boycott EA games unless it changes its policy.
The company says it will continue to include LGBT characters in its games, as options. EA's chief spokesperson Jeff Brown said, "Every one of EA's games includes ESRB content descriptors so it's hard to believe anyone is surprised by the content. This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment."
Recent EA games like Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic have included options for characters to engage in same-sex as well as heterosexual relationships.
Many of the letters come from Florida, base of the Florida Family Association, which recently posted a call to action against SW:TOR's LGBT content, and which claims that "extremists" forced EA to include the content.
Brown added, "EA has not been pressured by any groups to include LGBT characters in our games. However, we have met with LBGT groups and sponsored industry forums to discuss content and harassment of players in online forums. In short, we do put options for same-sex relationships in our games; we don't tolerate hate speech on our forums."
Thanks GamesIndustry International.
Colin Campbell is an award-winning games journalist based in California. Follow him on Twitter and at IGN.


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A new book that chronicles the entire 1,700-year history of a country house in Tring has just been published.
Pendley Manor is now a hotel and conference centre and was previously home to BBC showjumping commentator Dorian Williams.
But the book charts its history back to the time of the ancient Britons and Romans.
A Perspective on Pendley: a history of Pendley Manor explores the reign of England's last great heathen king, Penda.
Penda sired a child at 77, died in battle at 80 and seems to have given his name to the village of Pendley – which is recorded from the fourth century AD.
Bob Little's book also tells the story of how Sir Robert Whittingham demolished medieval Pendley and built the first manor house in its place.
The book explores the time in which the Andersons occupied the manor. The family facilitated the illicit union that produced US president George Washington.
Mr Little said: "Along the way, Pendley Manor acquired some peacocks, a famous Shakespeare Festival, a couple of ghosts and a host of stories.
"Many of these stories are unrecorded but some, at least, have come down to us through the ages – and are told within this book."
Mr Little first visited Pendley as a boy to watch one of plays at its famed alfresco Shakespeare Festival.
He said: "Researching the book, writing it and bringing the whole project to fruition has been a time- travelling adventure.
"It's offered intriguing and sometimes enlightening glimpses into various historical periods – along with an idea of the part that Pendley played in influencing those periods.
"The research has revealed fascinating insights into the characters, now long dead, who've shaped the manor's history. Hopefully, this book will yield up at least some of these insights to its readers."
The book is available from Pendley Manor, www.amazon.co.uk and other distributors. To learn more about it, ring Mr Little on 01727 860405.

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The IRS will start dealing with returns this week. Starting Wednesday, the tax men (and women) will process paperwork filed online, around the same time as the agency will begin looking at paper returns that came in snail mail.
The IRS will start dealing with returns this week. Starting Wednesday, the tax men (and women) will process paperwork filed online, around the same time as the agency will begin looking at paper returns that came in snail mail.
It�s a late start to the tax return � and, more importantly, the tax refund � season. The IRS pushed back its processing date this year, a move the government blamed on last-minute rule changes related to the fiscal cliff squabble between Congress and the White House.
Preparers say taxpayers are accustomed to getting their forms in and, in some cases, their money back by now.
But the behind-schedule system is not the only bump on this year�s tax-return terrain.
The loan: Rare, revised and a potential rip-off
The practice we used to call a �rapid refund� was and is actually a loan secured by tax refunds.
Regulatory and consumer groups have been railing against the practice for years. And even many of its advocates thought we�d seen the last of those high-interest cash advances.
That is, until a scant few preparers started advertising the refund anticipation loan again this year.
Instant Tax Service is the one local office whose corporate parent company is advertising �Instant Refund Anticipation Loans� this year.
Local offices made headlines over customer complaints and Department of Justice allegations that preparers misled customers in 2012.
Eden Kidane, who owns the Charlotte and Gastonia branches, would not go on record and did not respond to e-mails about this year�s refund loan offerings.
An employee in the Gastonia office refused The Gazette�s request to examine the list of fees posted there.
Nationally, the Justice Department accused the company of using �instant refund� advertising as a way to lure more customers than it could afford to offer loans.
The chain�s preparers often had denial rates of more than 90 percent, says the National Consumer Federation of America.
The consumer group warns those kinds of �phantom RALs� could appear this year to �bait-and-switch� customers who don�t qualify for loans but end up paying high preparation fees.
Also a red flag: The lenders funneling their loans through tax preparers this year are not banks.
In other states payday lenders filled in the gap left when government regulators stopped banks from issuing the loans.
North Carolina law attempts to bar payday lending but some fringe, non-bank lenders can offer refund loans here.
The lender partnering with Instant Tax Service is GTP Financial out of Cincinnati.
The only contact information the company publishes is an email address and emails were not returned this week. So it isn�t clear what interest rate the company charges.
But in 2012, Republic Bank, the last of the banks willing to offer refund loans, charged $61.22 for a refund anticipation loan of $1,500, according to the National Consumer Law Center.
That equals 149-percent interest.
Injustice or necessary evil?
Local preparers who have long made the quick cash available say it serves a purpose in a low-income market.
Consumer advocates bash refund loans for their high interest and the fact they target the country�s lowest earners.
It�s easy to call that injustice, but many people need the money and need it quickly, say preparers.
When it�s a matter of keeping a car from being repossessed or avoiding eviction, it�s hard to turn down even a high-interest advance.
This year�s Social Security tax increase, which means less money in every paycheck, can also put low-income workers in a bind and make the fast money more appealing this after-Christmas season.
The 2-percent hike doesn�t sound like much. But it makes a difference to people without a safety net.
�We�re seeing anywhere from $30 to $180 less in people�s paychecks,� says Carla Burton of the Liberty Tax Service office in Mount Holly.
You can reach Business Editor Ragan Robinson at 704-869-1833.
What should you pay a tax preparer?
That depends largely on how complicated your tax return is and where you live. That said, here�s a look at normal pricing.
The average national cost to prepare a Form 1040 and state return without itemized deductions.
The average cost in North Carolina and other south Atlantic states to have a preparer file an itemized Form 1040 with the required paperwork, along with a state tax return.
Source: National Society of Accountants
How do you pick a preparer?
It�s not foolproof but the Better Business Bureau does grade accountants and preparation services. The marks are based largely on customer complaints and the company�s response to them.
If you�re using a tax preparation service that�s part of a chain, the Better Business Bureau suggests you do your homework.
Many of the national names have locally owned franchises so satisfaction and practices can vary. BBB often offers grades for individual locations.
Who�ll do your taxes free?
The Gaston/Lincoln CASH coalition will prepare free returns for taxpayers with household incomes less than $51,000. Call 704-879-1325 or 704-862-7934 for information.
Go to IRS.gov and click on the Taxpayer Advocate Service link for more information about free help with taxes.
What else is new?
The government is stretched for cash, points out Carla Burton at Liberty Tax in Mount Holly.
That means they�ll be paying attention to credits such as Earned Income Credit, which can be worth up to $5,800 for low-income families. Anyone used to qualifying can expect a closer look at their situation and might be expected to provide more proof. Taxpayers are subject to fines this year if they don�t double check and do more to prove eligibility, Burton says.


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DUE WEST, S.C. -- Autumn Lau had a game high 24-points, along with nine rebounds, two steals and two blocks to lead the Cobras to a 64-57 victory over the Flying Fleet of Ersking College on Saturday (Feb. 2) in a Conference Carolinas competition. The win improves Coker to 12-8 on the year, and 8-6 in league play.
The competition proved to be evenly matched as both teams exchanged points in the early minutes of the game. Neither team could separate larger than a margin of five, until Coker went on an 8-3 run to end the half and took a 32-24 lead into the locker room.
The Cobras were able to continue that run into the second half to stretch their lead to 11-points within the first two minutes. The Flying Fleet however, went on an 11-0 run of their own to tie the game at 39 with just 10-minutes remaining in the competition. Coker's offense countered and scored 25-points in the final 10-minutes to secure the win.
Amber Lau was second in scoring for the Cobras with 11-points. Amber also had a team high four steals, five rebounds, and three assists. Heidrun Kristmundsdottir tallied up eight points, and Priscilla Fenty was second in the rebound category with seven on the day.
Coker will return home on Wednesday (Feb.6) to face Barton College in a Conference Carolinas game. The game will begin at 5:30 p.m.


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This is the kind of story that just makes you feel good all over. About 12 years ago, my aunt presented me with a very old bible that was found in my grandparent's house in Dayton, Ohio. When my grandfather passed away, my aunt and mother were cleaning out the house, and happened to find it. My aunt knew I was into genealogy, so to me it went. The bible had been time worn, and was falling apart.
Although I couldn't find a publication date, I'd guess it dates from the turn of the century. It contained a few obituaries cut from newspapers, and several pages of assorted of births, deaths and marriages (some from the 1800s). That information is hard to come by, and would be solid gold for that family. Historic surnames listed in the bible include Morton and Grey (in addition to Hughes). The bible clearly at one time belonged to Walter Louis Hughes (b. 1912) and his wife Emma (Lee), who were from Maysville, Kentucky, located in Mason County:
Walter's parents were Walter Hughes Sr. and Bertie (maiden name unknown). Walter had migrated with his wife and children from Kentucky to Dayton, Ohio, and probably lived in the house my grandparents eventually bought, or one of the houses they owned. Walter and Emma had a large family—I counted at least 10 children in the Bible (Goldie, Mary, Emma, Ruth, Walter III, William, Joyce, Audrey, Michael, and Trenia). Walter's obituary was cut out & placed in the bible:
At that time, online resources were few. Afrigeneas was one of the first major sites to focus on African-American centered genealogy and using Afrigeneas, I posted my information looking for these families. Amazingly, I got an email back from Mary, whose mother was from Maysville and a Hughes cousin in this family. She was thrilled and excited. Her mother is also involved in preserving Maysville African-American history.
After that, I dropped the ball. I don't know what happened. Probably just the stuff of life, but nothing else happened. A few months ago, while preparing for a renovation, I came upon the Bible again, buried deeply in my basement. Fortunately, I had printed out the email from Mary and placed it in the box, but that was from 2002. I called the numbers, feeling awful about not having sent it when I had the chance.
But as the spirits would have it, Mary's phone numbers were the same! I called and she remembered our correspondence all those years ago. I absolutely believe the spirits have a hand in it when something like this happens. I sent the Bible immediately, because I know if that were about my family, I'd just about die to have it. I also digitized the pages. Even though the Bible is not in the immediate family (i.e., one of Walter & Emma's children), I feel really good that is within the extended family and back in Kentucky where it belongs. I wanted to post it here just in case any of Walter or Emma's descendants decide to do an internet search one day on their family.
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Editor's note: Danielle McGuire is the author of "At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power." She is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at Wayne State University, and a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She lives with her husband and two children in metro Detroit.
By Danielle McGuire, Special to CNN
(CNN) - In 2011, Rosa Parks was in the news, six years after her death. An excerpt from a breathtaking essay she wrote in the 1950s about a "near rape" by a white man in Alabama was released to the public. The handwritten narrative detailed Parks' steely resistance to a white man, "Mr. Charlie," who attempted to assault her in 1931 while she was working as a domestic for a white family.
It was late evening when "Mr. Charlie" pushed his way into the house and tried to have sex with her. Having grown up in the segregated South, she knew all too well the special vulnerabilities black women faced. She recalled, for example, how her great-grandmother, a slave, had been "mistreated and abused" by her white master.
Despite her fear, she refused to let the same thing happen to her. "I knew that no matter what happened," she wrote, "I would never yield to this white man's bestiality." "I was ready to die," she said, "but give my consent, never. Never, never." Parks was absolutely defiant: "If he wanted to kill me and rape a dead body," she said, "he was welcome, but he would have to kill me first."
Does that sound like the Rosa Parks we know?
Some of the guardians of Parks' legacy have said it is not, and insist the essay was fiction. But by dismissing the writings as fiction, it retains the popular image of Rosa Parks as a simple seamstress whose singular and spontaneous act launched the civil rights movement that brought down the walls of segregation.
This popular presentation of Parks as a quiet but courageous woman, whose humble righteousness shamed America into doing what was right has become a mythic fable present in nearly every high school history textbook, museum exhibit, and memorial.
December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks arrested
She has been imprisoned by this tale, frozen in time as a silent and saintly icon whose only real action was to stay seated so that, in the words of her many eulogists, "we could all stand up."
This overly simplistic story makes it impossible to imagine her essay about Mr. Charlie as anything but fiction.
But what if we knew more about the real Rosa Parks—a militant race woman and sharp detective whose career as a human rights activist spanned seven decades?
It's time to free Rosa Parks from the bus.
Rosa Parks had a history of being defiant, and her fierce response to Mr. Charlie in the essay echoes her lifelong history of resistance to white supremacy. She learned about racial pride and self-defense at her grandfather's knee in the 1910s.
Sylvester Edwards was a fan of the Jamaican-born black nationalist, Marcus Garvey, and delighted young Rosa with stories of Garvey's greatness. She was especially proud of her grandfather's willingness to defend himself and his family from the daily terror of the Ku Klux Klan in Pine Level, Alabama.
"Whatever happened," she said, "I wanted to see it … I wanted to see him shoot that gun. I wasn't going to be caught asleep." This spirit of defense and defiance, she said later, "had been passed down almost in our genes' that a proud African-American can not accept "bad treatment from anybody."
In the 1930s, Rosa Parks joined her husband Raymond and others in secret meetings to defend the Scottsboro boys—nine young African-American men accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. In the 1940s, they hosted Voter League meetings, where they encouraged neighbors to register even though it was a dangerous task. In 1943, she joined the Montgomery NAACP and was elected branch secretary. The job required Parks to investigate and document acts of racist and sexist brutality.
It was in this context, in 1944, that Rosa Parks investigated the brutal gang-rape of Recy Taylor, a black woman from Abbeville, Alabama.
Parks took Taylor's testimony back to Montgomery, where she and other activists organized the "Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor." They launched what the Chicago Defender called the "strongest campaign for equal justice to be seen in a decade." In 1948, she gave a fiery speech at the state NAACP convention criticizing President Harry Truman's civil rights initiatives. "No one should feel proud," she said, "when Negroes every day are being molested."
Foot fatigue played no role when she refused to relinquish her seat on December 1, 1955. "There had to be a stopping place," she said, "and this seemed to be the place for me to stop being pushed around. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen, even in Montgomery, Alabama."
Constant death threats forced her to leave Alabama in 1957. When she arrived in Detroit she continued working as an activist. Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked to secure "Black Power," fought for open housing and against police brutality, railed against the war in Vietnam, and campaigned for George McGovern. She was an ardent fan of Malcolm X and Robert F. Williams, a militant NAACP leader from North Carolina who advocated "armed self-reliance." She admired Williams so much that she delivered the eulogy at his funeral in 1996.
Given Parks' history, her defiance of "Mr. Charlie" in 1931 makes perfect sense and fits within a larger context of resistance to the inhumanity of racism and sexism. Instead of a tired seamstress who tiptoed into history, Rosa Parks was a woman who marched proudly with strength, conviction, and purpose.
It is this Rosa Parks that we ought to celebrate and honor. Her history as an active citizen engaged in the most pressing issues of her time - especially racial and sexual violence –can teach us how to do the same in ours.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Danielle McGuire.
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I knew this about Rosa Parks and it is pleasing to see it retold !
That was a good story and I have no doubt some of it is true.
But back several years ago, I ran across a story stating that the real Rosa Parks was a sixteen year old pregnant run away with a history of trouble. When the story of a black girl being arrested for defying the rules on a bus, started to get national attention ... they covered up the real Rosa Parks and replaced her with a 20 something women with a clean record and she is the one shown in the pictures and now has a statue in the white house of obama.
I didn't think it was very important at the time, and it was well before I got interested in the computer, so to my dismay I don't have a copy of the article ... but, my memory is still good.
What do you think ?
In the words of Rodney King can we please all get along!!! I'm not trying to be funny, but we can' t get along in a dam chat session or blog or forum. Really be human be nice and be respectful do a random act of kindness. Lets stop being so hateful. These are people's own thoughts and opinions.
Slavery, bigotry and racial brutality did not begin or end in the southern United States. They are ongoing and evolving human traits shared by all races and are as old as cognition itself.
So you had a bad day or many. Me too. This country can not keep laying down to every person who is inconvienced. Big deal. Do what you are supposed to do and stop complaining. MOVE elsewhere if you don't like it!
All I can say is really!
yawn....but there is a bridge in MGM named after her...
Why are so many acting all haughty over something funny. It was not created to be mean or hateful but to be fun. People are becoming so holier than thou – but I'll bet if I hung around you, I would find all the skeletons in your closet, we all have them and do you know why, because we are human! so get over yourselves.
did it ever occur to people that not all africans that left africa did so as a slave. africans most certainly could build boats and sail out of that continent as freepeople. free black christians did this to escape the black muslims (persians and moorish empires) that we selling their own people in droves to the british! heck all throughout the 1600-1700s black african slavers called the barbary pirates kidnapped and raped over 1,250,000 innocent irish men women and children and sold them to the us virgin islands to pick sugar cane,. they were even owned by BLACK slave owners. yes black folks.....your ancestors were also slavers. race based slavery is only 400 yrs old as where slavery itself is thousands of years old.
Rosa Parks was not simply african american. she was an american woman of a multiracial background. she was not only african, but she was also cherokee and european. you see what the black community NEEEEEEEEDS to stop RIIIIIGGGHHHHHTTTTT now is the use of the one drop rule. racist slave owners coined the term one drop rule to oppress black people, so WHY do you pick up their torch and run with it? ARE YOU THAT STUPID???!! our president is multiracial. KEY WORD BEING MULTI!
'You people ' REALLY?????? That is a broad and most unintelligent statement.
Africans and African -Americans should not accept the "Black" racial clacification, when used, it is a curse.
what if they are creole? NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE FROM AFRICA!!!! man READ A HISTORY BOOK WRITTEN BEFORE 1970 PLEASE!!!!!
did it ever occur to people that not all africans that left africa did so as a slave. africans most certainly could build boats and sail out of that continent as freepeople. free black christians did this to escape the black muslims (persians and moorish empires) that we selling their own people in droves to the british! heck all throughout the 1600-1700s black african slavers called the barbary pirates kidnapped and raped over 1,250,000 innocent irish men women and children and sold them to the us virgin islands to pick sugar cane,. they were even owned by BLACK slave owners. yes black folks.....your ancestors were also slavers. race based slavery is only 400 yrs old as where slavery itself is thousands of years old.
i never had the opinion that Rosa Parks was a quiet but courageous woman...what she did defied the word quiet...
her actions were taken loudly and clearly.
Nobody can agree with anybody for any reason someone always has to disagree and there is no reasoning with him/her
Nobody cares about the Rosa Parks we didn't know? She stood up to oppression and years of abuse. She told the white devil, "I'm not gonna sit at the back of the bus!" which is really stupid, "you have to sit at the back because of your skin color? This story is pointless and stupid and probably has a personal agenda behind it. Sorry editor, your not gonna discredit anyone with this stupid story. Try harder.
@Joseph then why read the story, like I said before a white person won't say anything to a black person but hide behind a computer in which I call a internet coward. BE A MAN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE.
What about all the other African Americans who were arrested for violating this law. We glorify and honor Parks, but only because the whole act was a publicity ploy by the NAACP. It was not some brave act by a lowely woman. They deserve credit for what the stunt achieved, but we shouldnt be honoring Parks as some hero who stood up to segragation and an unjust law when so many others stood up and went to jail or were beaten who violated the law out of their own principles, and not as some NAACP stunt.
Mike I agree with you. There was a women in Texas that refuse to move on a bus, way before Parks. Park's incident just came at a opportunity time for the NAACP To crate a march. She wasn't an outgoing or congenial women. She was invited to speak a NAACP banquet, she refuse to meet with some children prior to the banquet and only came down minutes before she was schedule to speak. It seem that she wasn't familiar with what was written on the paper before her. After her lousy speech she left with a women who had accompany her, and was never seen again.
"They're incapable of adapting to civilized society" wrong incapable to adapting to a civilization of brutal domination. Seems as if someome has an inferiority complex.
To those at CNN that allow this hate to continue to be spewed, yet delete rebuttals of these evil comments are just as corrupt as those racist that allow such filth. Shame on CNN for not removing the racist rhetoric from your website! You deserve to be in the HALL OF SHAME! You continue to promote this mess by allowing it to continue.
And only an ignorant and naive fool would think to make such a blasphemous comment. Its always the people that benefited from bigotry and racism that support it. Sorry to burst your little fantasy bubble, but just because something is "law" doesnt make it right.
Sorry, but I think that's a foolish thing to say. Perhaps you need to consider what "the law" is that's being broken before making such a statement. Just because something is "law" doesn't make it fair or just. There are plenty of old laws still on the books that are laughable, and I'm sure most, if not all, of us break those laws on a regular basis.
It's easy to read between the lines here. Rosa Parks hated white people. That doesn't mean she didn't have a right to fight off a rapist, or not give up her seat on a bus. Be she sounds like a bitter racist who probably despised any white person who tried to do anything nice for her, too. I see nothing but your ordinary everyday racist here masquerading as a saintly angel from heaven.
OK......I get it.
Any Black person who is an activist for (racial) justice is a racist.
Thanks for clearing that up for everyone here 😉 .
@ Retired Army Officer so we just suppose to let white people keep running over black people?
Umm, thundercat, that was sarcasm!
So if that were true, and I strongly disagree that it was, did she not have a right to be? She as well as all other blacks were surrounded by hate driven by ignorance.
No, you guys don't get it. 'Being a racist' whether she was or not, is never a justifiable characteristic. You can hate all the people that have harmed you and put you down, and maybe 95% percent of them were a certain race. What isn't right is to say, oh well this person is Purple. I hate all purple people, even though this one hasn't done anything to me.
Yes, you can generalize, for instance, I don't walk into the ghetto, predominately filled by black people at night out of fear of being harmed, but that doesn't mean every black person I meet I hate.
You can't ever justify being a closed minded racist towards ALL people of one color, regardless of what has happened to you.
There is a tremendous amount of logic and compassion in your post. I, for one, appreciate it.
Were you alive in the south during that time? Do you know what life was like then? The segregation that still existed? The unfairness?
Are you serious? Did you read the same article I did?
Apparently, you have never experience any kind of racial profiling or prejudice in your life to say something like that. I'm glad Rosa Parks gave all her energy to fight for racial equality.
So people hated Germany during WWII, Look at what they were doing!! You had to have been there!
A fascinating read! Thank you for introducing me to the side of Rosa Parks that I never knew. I'll respect her memory more than ever now.
"This overly simplistic story makes it impossible to imagine her essay about Mr. Charlie as anything but fiction."
No it doesn't.
Wow – great article. I learned something. Thank you Ms. McGurire and bless you Rosa Parks!
Wasn't she mugged by a bro when she was in her 80's. She freed her people to mug and kill and walk away free. Thanks
Your wording is a bit racist, but I tend to agree with you. This country has gone to hell in a handbasket since the civil rights movement. There is too much crime, especially among black males.
She was robbed by a kid who had NO idea who she was. I'm sure he was instructed in her importance once he got to jail.
Yes she was, in Detroit, but if I remember correctly he did not walk away free.
Stop blaming blacks for your problems in this country ,white leaders destroyed this country. Poor white trash always blaming someone else for your problems .
Wow....you read the hateful posts on this site and then you go to a story about gays and read the hateful posts on those sites. It is true what they say.....bigotry is bigotry....it doesn't matter if it is against women, blacks, gays, jews or catholics. How sad that some people feel a need to hate so much.
"bigotry is bigotry....it doesn't matter if it is against women, blacks, gays, jews or catholics. How sad that some people feel a need to hate so much."
You forgot – ...might as well add Asians, Hispanics, Caucasians, people over 60, Republicans, Democrats, Obama, Bush, etc., etc., etc....
Konrad... As a Black woman, I can't help but to LoL at your comments, while shaking my head. Was that really meant to incite?? If so, it's not working. Just shows how a computer screen & keyboard can cause you to be bolder than normal.
Thanks you James Earl Ray
It says something that you feel comfortable in your vilification of half the human race but you can't bring yourself to type the word "damn". THAT would be going too far!
I know about it all, a lot of people do and the rage about the media ignoring it is building. Sooner or later, this rage is going to explode and these left wingers at CNN and other networks and in the government are going to have to answer.
violence by young black gangs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls, or in other public places have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles, and other places across the country. Both the authorities and the media tend to try to sweep these episodes under the rug.
I know about it, and there are many more heinously brutal murders by blacks just like it. It's one incident in a list that is to long to name and these people get no voices from these malicious left wing media outlets. If one were to only watch this so called main stream news, you would never know these murders and rapes happened.
violence by young black gangs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls, or in other public places have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles, and other places across the country. Both the authorities and the media tend to try to sweep these episodes under the rug.
Since when?
A great true story, I have heard some of this from Rosa years ago. I first met her in in summer of 1960 at a S.N.I.C.K meeting at a camp on Mt Eagle, Tennessee. (I was 18) As you state she was not this little demure lady, she stood up for here rights. She gave me a great honor. She said," I like you white boy", and just smiled. I would hope for more to be said about Marcus DuBoise (sp) and many others. Thanks to you and CNN.
Most gangs, regardless of race, are violent.
Don't think the media has swept them under the rug – I've definitely heard of the flash mobs. Haven't heard of any recent events. The real crime that is generally swept under the rug are the billions of dollars of fraud from white collar criminals. One of them, the Medicare fraud by that dialysis center, is on CNN. 99.9% of them aren't publicized. There are serious problems in the Af Am community and culture right now, but which should you be more outraged about? Being mugged for that $50 in your wallet or having $5,000 of your yearly taxes being embezzled to buy fine French wines for some corporate fat cat?
Thank goodness we have you to bring all of that to light.
that's a lie,blacks rarely commit crimes against white people.
Who cares about what you have to say Who Cares !!
As if there isn't enough rape, murder and violence against white people already, CNN instigates more hate for white people by recycling 60 year old incidents. What CNN is doing is a crime.
Where are the articles and "opinions" about the hundreds of thousands of white victims of black violence, many of whom were children or old women? There is more than can possibly be reported yet you have never reported even one of their stories. This is because CNN condones this rape, crime and murder because this is a racist propaganda network.
That isn't what is portrayed in this article. The article is merely news about a writing found from Rosa Parks. If you have an issue with CNN please explain to me why you are on their site, because I just don't see the point in wasting your time on a website you supposedly hate.
LaneyMaee.............you are so right. Well said.
You sound crazy and prejudice. White crimes towards blacks far out weigh any crimes blacks committed towards white people. Over 400 years of murders, rape, beatings, ect.
Nice fantasy attempt to justify a victim mentality, Mack. 400 years ago it was 1612, and there was no United States yet. Try to get an education to justify that outrage...
Maybe he means pre-US? He's perfectly correct about the date – the West Af slave trade was established in the 1600s by Europeans. Blacks aren't the only race to get screwed by Europeans, though.
You can't disregard history. White people have gotten away with (or covered up) way more horrible crimes against blacks, past and present and you will never hear about them, but apparently it's a problem when a white crime against black story is highlighted. I appreciate Ms. McGuire for putting this article out there. I only wish there were more stories that came to light.
We were made in the image of God, so if we are subhuman, you are calling the heavenly father subhuman, and you will answer for it at the judgment. PS, I feel sorry for you, and your lack, period.
No one knows what God is. As far as we know, he's completely non-human. Also, since he's the "creator," then that means he's female since only females can create life. As for being made in God's image, that refers to intelligence, not form.
That's an interesting take on it, but I'm pretty sure that's not what 70% of Americans believe given their belief in creationism and extreme resistance to evolution or being included in the primate group.


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Is the summer-long drama surrounding the American Idol judges finally coming to an end? Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban are reportedly joining Mariah Carey on the judging panel. Randy Jackson is moving into a mentoring role.
American Idol is dead set on four judges for the upcoming season
because it worked so well the last time, presumably to compete with newer and hipper singing competitions like The Voice and The X Factor, so there is still one vacant spot.


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Townley appeared in all 21 games during her senior and final season with CSUN ... led team with seven goals, 15 points and three game-winning goals ... named to All-Big West First Team for second-straight year, becoming only third player in school history to earn league's First Team honors in consecutive seasons ... also named to NSCAA All-West Region Third Team ... departs school as the all-time leader in career goals (22) and points (48) ... finished career with 11 game-winning goals, tied for the eighth-most in Big West Conference history ... earned two Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors during the season ... earned first on Sept. 13 after she headed home game-winning overtime goal against Kansas ... received second weekly award of the season after setting new school record for career points in Matadors' 2-0 victory over Cal State Fullerton ... set new school record for career goals in CSUN's 1-0 victory over UC Riverside on Oct. 17 ... also had goals against Saint Joseph's, Seattle, Pepperdine and UC Davis ... earned only assist of the season in Matadors' 2-0 victory at Cal Poly ... finished career with 107 shots, the sixth-most in school history ... appeared in 79 career matches in five-year career, the most in school history.
Townley appeared in all 20 matches, making 19 starts, for CSUN ... named to All-Big West Conference First Team after tying a school record with nine goals on the season ... also picked up first two career assists to finish with team-high 20 points on the year ... led Big West Conference with five game-winning goals, three of which came against league opponents ... the 20 points ranks tied for third in school history for a single season ... scored first goal of the season in Matadors' 3-0 victory over LMU on Aug. 27 ... scored at Creighton on Sept. 4 ... picked up first game-winning goal of the season in Matadors' 1-0 victory over Vermont on Sept. 6 ... also had game-winning goal in 1-0 victory over Hawai'i on Sept. 18 ... had game-winning goal in league-opening 3-2 win over Cal Poly on Oct. 2 ... scored vs. UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 4 ... picked up game-winning goals at UC Davis (Oct. 11) and UC Riverside (Oct. 16), both 1-0 CSUN victories ... recorded first career assist vs. UC Irvine on Oct. 25 ... added second season assist vs. Long Beach State on Nov. 1 ... tied school record with goal in Big West Playoffs vs. UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 5 ... finished year with 38 shots, the fifth-most in school history for a single season, putting 21 on-goal ... had season-high six shots vs. Vermont.
Played in 16 matches for Matadors, making four starts ... finished with four goals, three of which were game winners, and eight points ... the three game-winning goals tied for third in the Big West Conference ... picked up game-winning strikes in back-to-back games, scoring at Cal State Bakersfield on Aug. 31 and at UNLV on Sept. 5 ... registered third game winner of the season at Saint Mary's on Sept. 14 ... tallied her final goal of the season at Arizona on Sept. 21 ... finished year with 17 shots, 10 of which were on net.
Townley received a medical hardship waiver after participating in only four games before injuries cut her season short.
Townley came off the bench in 18 matches as a freshman ... posted two goals and one assist for five points ... scored in her first collegiate match in a win against Northern Arizona on Aug. 25 ... had a three-point contest with a goal and an assist in a victory over Idaho on Sept. 12 ... 11 of her 12 shots were on goal.
Townley prepped at Highland High School in Palmdale, Calif. ... helped the Bulldogs to 43 wins and back-to-back Golden League titles in 2005 and 2006 ... earned a pair of all-league honors, including first-team accolades as a senior ... set school record for most assists in her senior year ... also ran track one year ... graduated in 2006 with a 3.0 grade point average.
Born on May 6, 1988 in Camarillo, Calif. ... parents are Susan and Michael ... has two brothers, James and Nathan ... favorites include actress Rachel McAdams, the band "Taking Back Sunday" and the movie "Dumb and Dumber" ... says the best thing about being an athlete is being part of a team, while the toughest is the commitment ... superstitions include secret handshakes with friends before the match ... majoring in communications.


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Law enforcement sources tell us the Seaside Heights PD busted Snooki moments ago for disorderly conduct. The details of that conduct are unclear.
We're told Snooki -- real name Nicole Polizzi -- is currently in police custody.
Earlier in the day, Snooki was partying on the beach with a beer bong ... only she was filling it up with Coca-Cola. We're told she was also seen at a local bar taking "body shots."
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Income-Based Repayment and the economics of higher edComments
GULC professor Philip Schrag has a forthcoming review of Brian Tamanaha's Failing Law Schools that criticizes Tamanaha for failing to acknowledge that Income-Based Repayment, especially in its new form that will become available to most law students as early as next year, "solves" the problem that law degrees now cost much more than they're worth. (Tamanaha responds here).
In his book Tamanaha presents the case of Sarah, a hypothetical graduate making an entry-level salary of $63,000 (this was NALP's — needless to say quite inflated — "median" salary for the class of 2010). Tamanaha points out that if Sarah has $100,000 in law school debt she will be unable to service that debt via the standard ten-year repayment plan, and she will still struggle to do so under the 25-year extended payment option. "In 2007, however," Schrag announces, "the United States Congress solved Sarah's problem," by creating IBR.
The new version of IBR, Pay As You Earn (PAYE), has been fast-tracked via executive order by President Obama, who is displaying either a touchingly naive belief in the investment value of higher education, or a ruthlessly cynical willingness to exploit that belief. PAYE reduces the loan payments graduates must make from 15% of disposal income (defined as income beyond 150% of the federal poverty line) to 10%, and reduces the period of payment prior to debt forgiveness from 25 to 20 years (it remains 10 years for those who qualify for PSLF by working in the non-profit sector).
Schrag argues this program makes law school eminently affordable for graduates making moderate incomes, without regard to their debt levels, and that thus it undermines the central thesis of Failing Law Schools, which is that law schools are failing because they cost too much.
Indeed from the perspective of universities in general and law schools in particular, IBR appears to be the budgetary equivalent of manna from Heaven. Note that, if she remains eligible for IBR, it makes literally no difference whatsoever how much money Sarah borrows as an undergraduate and while in law school: she will make exactly the same total loan payments over the next two decades in any case.
Let's see how this works. Using this handy calculator (which Schrag warmly recommends to prospective law students), we will assume that Sarah gets a $60,000 entry-level job, and that her income will increase by an average of 3% per year over the next 20 years, i.e., she will be making around $108,000 20 years after graduation. If Sarah incurs $100,000 of total educational debt (this assumes all the debt is IBR eligible, which for people who entered college after 2007 it almost certainly will be), she will initially make loan payments of $360 per month, which will rise to $470 after ten years, and be up to $632 when she is making a six-figure income after 20 years in the program. She will make a total of $116,200 in payments over 20 years — the calculator estimates that this is equivalent to about $65,000 discounted to present value — which all go toward interest. In fact she will not have paid nearly $30,000 in the interest she owed on her loans, meaning that she will have $128,775 in debt (all the money she borrowed and then some) written off when her loan is forgiven. This debt will be treated as income by the IRS, and she will have to pay the tax on it to the extent that her net worth exceeds the forgiven amount (Or something like that. Consult a tax law professor or better yet a real lawyer to get the gritty details).
Note that $100,000 in total educational debt is a far lower figure than will be incurred by people currently applying to law school. I estimated recently that the average educational debt of members of the class of 2016 who graduate from private law schools and incur educational debt will be around $205,000. How much will Sarah pay if she graduates with $205,000 in IBR-eligible debt? The answer is $116,200. Her payments will be exactly the same — but after 20 years the government will write off nearly $400,000 ($396,299.07) in unpaid principal and interest (Again, $200,000+ educational loan balances will be typical for people now entering law school by the time they graduate, and $300,000 balances will be far from rare).
Is this a good deal for Sarah? That, as we shall see, is far from clear. What is clear is that it's an unbelievably fantastic deal for law schools. You don't need a Nobel prize in economics to figure out what will happen to the cost of law school if that cost no longer bears any relationship whatsoever to what a significant portion — indeed quite possibly a majority — of law graduates actually end up paying for their degrees. (As Matt Leichter recently pointed out, a huge percentage of law graduates going forward are going to be IBR-eligible. He also quotes the rather Zen-like economic aphorism that "debts which can't be repaid, won't be.")
But let's leave behind the world of law school administrators, who are no doubt fantasizing even now about opening taxpayer-subsidized International Environmental Space Law summer programs in Ravenna, and return to Sarah. Does IBR make law school a good idea for her?
Well . . . consider what our hypothetical graduate has been hypothetically bequeathed :
(1) A real job.
(2) A real job that pays $60,000.
(3) A real job that will lead her to make an average of between $60,000 and $108,000 every year for the next 20 years.
That, to put it mildly, constitutes a terrific career outcome for the average current law graduate. How good of an outcome?
Percentage of all 2011 ABA law school graduates who were reported to acquire jobs paying $60,000 or more: 21.4%
Percentage of all 2011 non-T-14 law school graduates who were reported to acquire jobs paying $60,000 or more: 17.6%
How many of these people are going to stay continuously employed as lawyers for the next two decades, while averaging at least COL raises over that time? In other words, how many Sarahs are law schools graduating right now?
There are a whole lot of problems with Schrag's claim that IBR is a good thing for law students (let alone for the public as a whole, which of course is picking up this particular bill), but I'll leave those for another day. Here I'll stick to a much simpler and more fundamental point:
Sarah's real problem is that she's not getting a job, or if she does get a job it's not paying $60,000, or if it does pay $60,000 she's not going to be able to keep it.
Law professors tend to live in a bubble where they imagine that Sarah's hypothetical career path is a typical outcome for people who don't make the big bucks in Big Law. That's why arguments about "affordability" end up assuming a series of can openers, consisting of solid salaries, career stability, and other features that have very little to do with what the large majority of current law graduates can realistically expect to obtain in return for taking out ever-more enormous piles of taxpayer-funded debt that will never be repaid.
And of course IBR has implications for the financing of higher education in general that go far beyond the world of legal education. Total outstanding student debt has grown from around $220 billion in 2000 to around one trillion dollars today (more if you count accrued interest, which the government doesn't). Half of all student loans aren't even being paid at present, either because they're in deferment, forbearance, delinquency, or default. This simply isn't a sustainable economic model, but it's an all too characteristic example of how we finance the American Way of Life by making future generations bear its present costs.


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jane Eyre Shrugs from Old Shirts
16 comments:
- Balancing said...
those turned out great! I haven't tried this yet but repurposing a shirt in this way is on my "pinterest" list... LOL. Thanks for sharing it!
- February 29, 2012 at 7:14 AM
- Inspired by Family said...
such a great idea!
- February 29, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- Kellie said...
Bravo! Very cute!
- February 29, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Shiloh said...
Those are both really cute. I am definitely going to try it.:)
- March 1, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Truly Myrtle said...
These are fabulous!!! I going to make one for ME!
- March 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- Just Jaime said...
Great idea! I love that is reuses stuff I already have!
We're just starting a link up party and love it if you'd share there (if you are interested): http://www.waywardgirlscrafts.com/2012/03/wayward-weekend-week-6.html
- March 3, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- maarnietvangrijs said...
Great idea, love it!!!! Thanks for sharing, I wanna try this!
- March 3, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Etcetorize said...
So cute! and they look super easy! I'd love for you to stop by Etcetorize and share this project at the linky party going on right now: http://etcetorize.blogspot.com/2012/03/make-it-great-monday.html
- March 5, 2012 at 4:08 AM
- Janny said...
This is very cute! I bet I could do this in one nap time!
- March 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Steph @ Crafting in the Rain said...
Really cute! Sometimes I need a way to add sleeves! :)
- March 5, 2012 at 3:51 PM
- Jennifer said...
Love these shrugs! We muct have pinned the same thing :)I made a couple of these back in the fall. Featuring these tomorrow! Thanks for linking up to Pinned it, Made it! Be sure to drop by and grab a featured button.
- March 5, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- Kammy's Korner said...
wow, I haven't seen this idea before. Great job, pretty sure I need to pin this! :) Would love for you to share it over on the Korner for Trash 2 Treasure Tuesday. http://kammyskorner.blogspot.com/2012/03/trash-2-treasure-tuesday-22.html
- March 5, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Kendra said...
This is so cute and creative! Kudos!
- March 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM
- Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts said...
Thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday - you were featured today!
Mandy, www.SugarBeeCrafts.com
- March 7, 2012 at 6:36 PM
- Kaysi said...
Those are awesome!!
- March 8, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- AmieAnn said...
I just adore these! I grabbed an old sweater of mine and have it earmarked to make one of these! You guys both look awesome in yours!
Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party!
- March 11, 2012 at 8:01 PM


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The quest for practice-based, evidence-based tools continues, and progress is being made, said director of the AMA s PRA policy Charles Willis at the SACME fall meeting, held Nov. 6 in Boston. Here s what s been happening.
The physician-directed, interactive Internet CME pilot project, started in December of 2000, is an attempt to capture, as learning, use of professional literature at or near the point of care using technology. The four pilot participants SKOLAR Inc., UpToDate Inc., American College of Physicians Physician Information and Education Resource system, and MerkMedicus have been popping along.
The SKOLAR system includes a faculty review of every physician credited under its system. Unfortunately, the company was bought out in the midst of the project, but it is continuing its participation in the program, Willis said.
UpToDate s system, which as of last winter when I last reported on it awards an hour of credit for each hour spent using the system, has had the highest volume of participation so far, he said. The PIER system, which links PIER s database to an EMR to track physician behavior at the point of interaction, is not certifying for credit at this time. All he had to say about the MerkMedicus system is that it is being offered for free.
Finding a non-time-based metric
The AMA Task Force on Self-Directed Self-Initiated Learning is still interested in finding a metric other than time (i.e., an hour of learning for an hour of credit). Learning instead should be associated with searching on a specific topic, documented through search criteria, with credit increases awarded based on the level of engagement, such as how many sources are consulted through the system, Willis said. So far, the average interaction in a point-of-care search is two to three minutes, so they re using it when they need quick answers.
Physicians would be credited, using time as a gross measure, when they answered several questions, such as describing what the clinical question was, the resources consulted, and how the information was applied to practice. This could be done after the actual interaction, and it would be up to the physician and/or provider to choose how much info they want to provide.
Draft credit metrics
An initial inquiry would be a small increment of PRA Category 1 credit: 0.10. A deeper search would require documented physician response to the above questions on clinical question, resources, and application to practice. This would garner the learner 0.50 credits.
Willis stressed that this would continue to use providers to track and award credit and ensure the integrity of the content according to PRA definitions and ACCME content validation guidelines. While the final stage would link to documented practice cahnge, that would most likely fall into the realm of the performance improvement arena, rather than CME, he said.
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The Hope College women's soccer team is projected to finish third in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in the league's preseason coaches poll.
MIAA coaches chose reigning league champion Calvin College as the 2013 preseason favorite. The Knights received seven of eight possible first-place votes. Alma College and Saint Mary's College received the other first-place votes. Coaches could not vote for their own teams.
Coach Leigh Sears' Flying Dutch totaled 25 points in the poll, trailing Calvin (nine) and second-place Alma (18). Saint Mary's College (28), Adrian College (31), Kalamazoo College (43), Olivet College (52), Trine University (58) and Albion College (60) rounded out the poll.
MIAA teams will begin non-conference action Friday, Aug. 30, with the first league games set for Monday, Sept. 9.
Hope kicks off the 2013 season with two nonleague games in Ohio — Aug. 30 at Denison at 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 31 at Kenyon at 2 p.m.
The Flying Dutch's home opener is Friday, September 6 against Elmhurst (Ill.) at 7 p.m. at Van Andel Soccer Stadium.
Click here to read a preseason outlook for the Flying Dutch in women's soccer.
Poll Results (first-place votes in parenthesis): 1. Calvin (7) 9 pts. 2. Alma (1) 18. 3. Hope 25. 4. Saint Mary's (1) 28. 5. Adrian 31. 6. Kalamazoo 43. 7. Olivet 52. 8. Trine 58. 9. Albion 60.


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Geez, I figured that he had died by an accident or something but not by suicide. You gotta be really messed up to do something like that. He seemed really successful and had an Oscar nomination, but I guess it's really hard to know what's going on with people.
Well you could say the same thing about Aimee Mann or any other artist that sings about depression or anything negative. But you don't see always seem them taking their own lives. Sometimes there's just a lot more going on beneath the surface than what we think. Miss Misery must have really had a lot to do with his own life.
I think he had an alcoholism problem.