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MCC reveals plans for a revolution in cricket
The revelation that three counties and the Marylebone Cricket Club have been plotting a revolution in the English game prompted a vociferous reaction last night.
MCC, Surrey, Hampshire and Lancashire have drawn up draft plans for a Twenty20 competition on the Indian Premier League model, with nine franchises based at the country's major cricket venues. All other first-class cricket would stop for 25 days as the competition took place. Players would be bid for at auction, with as many as four overseas players allowed per franchise. The three current domestic one-day competitions would be replaced by a 50-over competition played at weekends and a Twenty20 League played throughout the season on Friday evenings.
The quartet had planned to launch their manifesto at Tuesday's board meeting of the England and Wales Cricket Board but it was leaked yesterday. Tuesday's meeting will now be an explosive one. While the competition, it is claimed, could realise £85m annually, some of which would be passed on to all the 18 existing counties, those outside the charmed circle are bound to resist. The basic principle that all counties participate in domestic competitions is the bedrock of the existing domestic system.
Mark Newton, the chief executive of Worcestershire, said: "This is a huge surprise. We have been with these counties twice in the last week, talking about the future of Twenty20. I can't believe people would sit there and not say anything about this. I don't enjoy situations where you have to question people's integrity and, unfortunately, that is the situation we are in here.
"There was a chief executive's meeting on Wednesday and all 18 counties were generally in agreement about the way forward for Twenty20 cricket. There was an agreement that any competition would be based on the 18 counties. We have been told that the TV companies love the idea of a competition based on the 18 counties because we are creating something that already has an affinity. We have been told that the TV companies aren't interested in city-based cricket."
Tom Sears, the Derbyshire chief executive, echoed Newton, saying: "Our initial reaction is that we would be completely against this. We had been told by the ECB that the IPL franchise model was completely off the agenda and that they are looking at an EPL [English Premier League] with 18 first-class teams included. Then I hear that two of the ECB management board have signed this document, which is really worrying.
"It would completely change the landscape. We would see the rich getting richer and the have-nots fall further behind. The only way it could work for a smaller county like Derbyshire is if the sum we received was astronomical. If it is not, then we would never consider it."
Paul Millman, the chief executive of Kent, who will defend their Twenty20 title at the finals day later this month, said the plans sounded "far-fetched".
Not even all those counties who would benefit from the plans supported them yesterday. Paul Russell, the chairman of Glamorgan, said: "I believe this is wrong. It is a divisive, bootleg proposal which has been generated from self-interest. I don't think these forays into flights of fantasy and fairy-tale economics do anybody any good."
Giles Clarke, the chief executive of the ECB, said he "had not been involved with the proposals". Clarke, who was previously chief executive of Somerset, added: "I'm firmly in favour of 18 counties playing at their county grounds."
Earlier this summer he said: "Franchise sport has simply never worked in the UK. Tradition and history rather than Bollywood stars and glitz are the binding which persuade supporters to return, week in, week out, to our grounds."
The management board members referred to by Derbyshire's Sears are the MCC's chief executive, Keith Bradshaw, and David Stewart, the chairman of Surrey, whose names are on the leaked discussion document summary. The authors have done their best to head off objections. They stress "our proposal is based on evolution, not revolution. Cricket's history and tradition must be respected, and major forms of the game – notably Test cricket – must be protected and indeed enhanced".
It is hard to see such words being compatible with a competition that tears a chunk out of a season which already struggles to fit in seven Tests and 10 one-day internationals and which would leave nine county grounds empty except for the dozens of lesser players kicking their heels in high summer.
Bradshaw and Stewart also stress that all counties must benefit financially from the proposal and that the development of young players must be a feature. However, attempts to reserve 12 squad places for players trained in the UK would contravene current EU employment law.
There are also financial questions – do the sums add up? Are there really, with the UK heading towards a recession in which advertising and sponsorship budgets are the first to be cut, enough prospective owners out there to bring in £300m-£450m in franchise fees, given that the IPL raised $723m (£364m)? Will television, even with Sky and Setanta both bidding, pay £40m a year, given that the competition will, every other year, be up against a major football tournament? If they do, will it mean there less is invested in the established game?
As well as these questions the chief executives of the excluded counties will also ponder the long-term implications. Will this be the beginning of a two-tier structure?
"This is a proposal, it is a very exciting proposal, and it needs to be considered," said Paul Sheldon, Surrey's chief executive.
The general response suggests it will not be considered for long before being thrown out, but the proposals are indicative of the way Twenty20 is transforming the game. Bradshaw and Stewart noted "a window of opportunity", "a once in a generation chance". They will argue, on Tuesday, that they are seeking to head off an unofficial league, or beat another country to it. Either way, a situation could eventually arise where some players do nothing but tour the world, playing for various teams in a variety of Premier Leagues. Where would that leave Test cricket?
Glamorgan stake claim to Yorkshire's forfeited place
The fallout from Yorkshire's expulsion from the Twenty20 Cup took a twist last night when Glamorgan complained that the vacant quarter-final place should have gone to them rather than Nottinghamshire.
Yorkshire were disqualified by an England and Wales Cricket Board discipline commission on Thursday after fielding an ineligible player in their final group match victory over Nottinghamshire. Had Yorkshire been thrown out but the result against Nottinghamshire been allowed to stand, Glamorgan would have qualified for the last eight as one of the two best third-placed sides from the group stages. But the commission gave the points to Nottinghamshire, who will now face Durham to decide who will play Middlesex at Twenty20 finals day on 26 July. Kent face Essex in the other semi-final.
However, Glamorgan believe that the Laws of Cricket do not allow the ECB to hand Nottinghamshire the points. "We understand from our lawyers we have a pretty robust case," said Glamorgan's chairman, Paul Russell. "Law 21 specifically states that once the result of a game is correct it stands in perpetuity. It is not allowed for anybody to change the result."
Yorkshire, meanwhile, will appeal against their expulsion on the grounds that it is "manifestly disproportionate to the offence" and both cases will be heard at a new hearing in Taunton on Monday. Jon Culley
Twenty20 vision
A 25-day competition to run inJune and July from 2010. Noother first-class cricket to beplayed anywhere in the worldfor the duration of the event.
Nine teams to play 54matches in a round-robin format,followed by semi-finalsand final. Teams to be basedat the Category A grounds –Lord's, The Oval, Old Trafford,Trent Bridge, Edgbaston, TheRose Bowl, Sophia Gardens,Headingley, The Riverside.Teams to be auctioned asfranchises. Ten-year dealsestimated to cost an average£3.4m each.
"Icon players" (eg KevinPietersen, Andrew Flintoff) tobe allocated to "home"grounds. All others bid for atauction. Each squad of 15 or 16players. Minimum of three"young" players (Under-21 orUnder-23) in each squad andminimum of 12 "home-grown"players, who can also be"young" players. Initial salarycap per team to be £1.5m.
New company calledTwenty20 Ltd to be set up toadminister the competition,thus getting around theEngland and Wales CricketBoard constitutional requirementthat all 18 counties areinvolved in such competitions.
The teams would each make aprojected £500,000 profit perseason. A further £47.3mprofit would be dividedbetween the ECB, all 18counties, overseas cricketboards and the franchises.
The Friends Provident Trophyand NatWest Pro-40 Leagueto be scrapped and replacedby a 50-over competitionplayed at weekends. DomesticTwenty20 Cup to be replacedby a Twenty20 League playedthroughout the season onFriday evenings. CountyChampionship to remain, butprobably with fewer fixtures.No senior matches forduration of the new Twenty20competition.
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The female officer, who works at a women's facility on Rikers Island, was inside the diner with a man for just a short period of time before the message arrived. The couple had just ordered a cup of tea before witnesses said they abruptly got up to leave.
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Computerworld - Stocks of the new iPhone 3G at Apple Inc.'s retail stores continue to dwindle, with just 26% of the company's outlets showing they have devices to sell today.
As of 12:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, 48 of Apple's 188 U.S. retail stores showed any iPhone 3Gs available for sale, leaving 140 with no phones in hand.
Only nine of the stores in the U.S., or fewer than 5%, said they had all three models of the iPhone 3G -- the 8GB version in black, and the 16GB version in both white and black -- in stock.
Those numbers were down from stock-availability figures collected yesterday by a retired public relations executive, Jim Neal, who reported his findings to Fortune magazine, which used them as the basis for a posting to its site Tuesday morning.
Neal, who used the same Apple stock-checking tool that Computerworld accessed, found that as of 6 a.m. EDT yesterday, 117 stores had no iPhone 3Gs, and 27 had all three models still available.
The hardest-to-get model, according to Apple's tool, is the $299 black 16GB iPhone 3G, which is available at just 6% of the company's U.S. stores. The $299 white 16GB iPhone, on the other hand, is in stock at 20% of the stores, while the $199 8GB iPhone 3G is reportedly available at 22% of the Apple outlets.
The drop in the number of stores showing iPhone 3Gs in stock -- from 38% of all the U.S. stores yesterday to 25% today -- indicates that Apple underestimated demand on the new phone or wasn't able to pull enough units from its suppliers, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc.
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It's that time of year again, a time when Defunct Games celebrates the holidays by posting a daily theme article that should inform and delight gamers all over the world. This year we're taking a look at 31 of the best-known bonus stages in all of video games. Each day we're going to look at a different level and review it, while also trying to figure out what makes it tick. Join us as we post a new episode of the 31 Bonus Levels of Christmas every day leading up to the biggest holiday of the year!
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Swarms of colorful alien bugs fly in formation around the screen, hoping to avoid you gun fire. If you are
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good, you'll be able to hit every last one and receive a huge point bonus. There's no fear of dying, since none of these alien creatures use weapons or fly close enough to your ship. In total there are eight different bonus stages, each with different formation patterns and enemies to shoot down. Complete these missions and you could win up to 32,000 additional points.
The Verdict:
While fun, these stages work to highlight how crummy the alien's defenses actually
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are. Perhaps I'm putting too much thought into it; I tend to do that while fighting an alien invasion all by myself. Instead of focusing on my work, I invent backstories and an entire mythology around these nameless characters. In Galaga I'm a daring goat herder who enlisted in the space marines after his beautiful wife was killed by evil alien robot infected with the T-Virus. I team up with a random time traveling monkey set out to avenge my wife's death and save the world from food poisoning. When will that game get made?
Completely Missing the Point:
There is something kind of sadistic about the Galaga bonus stage. While I understand that we're in the middle of a war with colorful alien insects, the creatures in the bonus stages don't appear to be any real threat to our hero. They don't shoot or get in the way; they just dance around in formation. If anything these are the pacifist alien insects, and I feel a little guilty for trading their life for points. On the other hand, there's nothing better than putting your initials on the leader board (assuming your initials are "ASS").
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2/5/2014 Atlanta, GA Save This JobJob Summary FedBid is looking for an experienced marketer to execute all marketing and branding initiatives targeting the commercial market, from content creation and industry engagement to managing customer acquisition and partner programs. Achieve output, interactive and
2/5/2014 Vienna, VA Save This JobSunnyvale, CA, United States Job Type: Full-Time IP Infusion is an industry leader in the design and development of networking software solutions that enable new generation Software Defined Networks as well as classic routing and switching environments. The company provides a
2/4/2014 Sunnyvale, CA Save This JobTracking Code 1658 Job Description Silver Spring Networks is seeking a Global Solutions Manager for Latin America with networking industry experience and relevant regional markets expertise. The candidate will drive discovery and development activities related to prospective
2/4/2014 Redwood City, CA Save This JobWhen the Facebook platform was launched, did you dissect the killer apps built on top of it? When someone describes a vertical use case do you see the opportunities to capture large markets? When we say "bowling pin strategy"- have you actually read the book? Do you like
1/28/2014 San Francisco, CA Save This JobWebs is dedicated to helping small and microbusinesses establish a professional digital presence through free and easy to use online web applications. We are seeking a Product Manager who loves creating world class digital products, has a deep desire to understand and service the
1/26/2014 SILVER SPRING, MD Save This JobMark Andy is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager to assist management in the implementation of plant-wide continuous improvement objectives and serve as a change agent who leads teams to execute projects using a variety of continuous improvement tools and methodologies. If
1/26/2014 Chesterfield, MI Save This JobDescription Technical Implementation Manager The Company: As the market leader in Advertising Business Management, Operative?s core purpose is to connect people, processes and technology in a way that allows media and advertising industries to run an increasingly complex
1/21/2014 New York, NY Save This JobDescription The Senior Worldwide Training Manager will accelerate sales transformation for global sales and lead all communications with Sales and Partner communities. This individual should have strong experience in working with sales leaders to develop transformational
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1/20/2014 New York, NY Save This JobThe Technical Account Manager serves as an assigned resource to an assigned set of Platinum Support Services customers in a post-sales capacity. The TAM is the point person for deployment, implementation, maintenance and support for all Workshare products and solutions. Position
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Faron A. Weller, 25, Warfordsburg, was arrested for driving under the influence and fleeing police after he nearly struck a state police vehicle on March 5 around 7:21 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg.
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Blue Ridge Summit>> Four kindergarten students and a driver waited more than a hour Friday, March 7, inside a school bus with a power line draped on its hood.
Md. rape suspect caught by U.S. marshals in Chambersburg
A man wanted by police in Maryland since 2009 on rape charges was captured Thursday by a U.S. Marshals Service task force in Chambersburg, the marshals service reported.
Chambersburg >> The following marriage license applications dated Feb. 27 to March 6, 2014, are part of the public record at Franklin County Courthouse.
Franklin County jury weighs rape, other charges against Riojas
Chambersburg>> The Juan Pablo Riojas trial wrapped up Friday morning after both attorneys gave their closing statements to the jury.
Franklin County jury weighs rape, other charges against Riojas
Chambersburg>> The Juan Pablo Riojas trial wrapped up Friday morning after both attorneys gave their closing statements to the jury.
Two Waynesboro men arrested on child porn charges
HARRISBURG>> Two Waynesboro men were among five from Pennsylvania arrested by the state attorney general's office on unrelated charges as part of ongoing efforts to target the online sharing, downloading and distribution of child pornography, according to a March 7 news release.
Franklin County officials plan changes after audit cites overspending
CHAMBERSBURG >> Franklin County commissioners said they are making some changes in response to an audit but refute its claim that the county overspent more than $300,000.
State Line >> Northbound Interstate 81 will be restricted to a single lane on Thursday, March 6, starting at 9 a.m. for the cleanup of a month-old diesel spill.
Drifting snow accompanies storm
Franklin County>> Another three to six inches of snow Thursday night may top the 10 or so inches that communities shoveled earlier in the day, according to Franklin County Emergency Services Director Dave Donohue.
Riojas Trial: Victim testimony muddled by translation issues
Chambersburg >> The second day of Juan Pablo Rioja's trial was filled by the cross examination of the alleged victim in the case and expert witnesses who assessed evidence and psychological behavior.
Interstate 81 lane restriction planned near Maryland line for cleanup work
A section of northbound Interstate 81 just north of the Maryland line in Franklin County will be restricted to a single lane for most of the day Thursday, transportation officials said.
Alanna Hartzok seeks Democrats' nomination for Congress
Chambersburg>> A Fayetteville woman is seeking the Democratic nomination to represent Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District in Washington, D.C. Alanna Hartzok, a 65-year-old mental health professional, is circulating petitions in the district, which includes all of Franklin County.
State lawmakers tour Tuscarora schools
Bob Thomas, left, Franklin County Commissioner, talks about a political cartoon with Cuyler Todd, a junior at James Buchanan High School during Government Class on Wednesday.
Mobile home fire displaces four, kills family dog in Greencastle
GREENCASTLE >> A fire that completely destroyed a mobile home at 7071 Kuhn Road at around 9:09 a.m. this morning has displaced two adults and two children, according to fire officials.
Open auditions for a comedy spoof about Broadway will be from 2 to 5 p.m. March 15 in Laird Hall, Wilson College, Chambersburg.
CHAMBERSBURG >> Area pizzerias will battle it out March 8 for bragging rights as Franklin County's best pizza in the second annual Pizza Wars at Wilson College.
David Sciamanna to retire from Chamber of Commerce
The chamber has begun a search for an executive vice president, someone who will lead the Chamber's accreditation application process this year and who will succeed Sciamanna upon his retirement in late 2015.


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Do you think there's a connection between his support of President Obama and the fact that they're both black? Unfortunately some people support him just because he's black. Many of those are the same ones, though, that cry, "Race doesn't matter. Race doesn't matter.". What they meant was it shouldn't matter in how we deal with them, but it does matter, apparently, when they've got a chance for someone of their own race is a candidate for president. That's unfortunate, because it should go to the best candidate, and if race really doesn't matter, it shouldn't matter then either. Given Presdent Obama's immoral stance on issues, he should at no time be given the presidency of the United States and is completely unfit to serve in that office. It can't help but seem hypocritical that people vote for him when he is unqualified just because he's black.
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Oh and by the way, keep your illogical, godless, nonsensical, modern garbage off of us. We're not impressed nor swayed from our positions by the aggressive defense of godless and immoral principles.
You're kidding, right? What about the freedom and responsibility to not do what it takes to become a parent in the first place. The only people who have "forced" parenthood on them is themselves, by having unprotected sex in most cases. The way you "refuse" to be a parent is to not have sex. And that freedom should be exercised far more often. It's amazing how people don't want to own up to that. Babies don't just happen. It takes sexual intercourse for them to be conceived. Yet you've got people running around promiscuously acting shocked, stunned, and overwhelmed when the obvious consequence happens-that they knew all along could happen. They have unprotected and usually premarital sex and then when pregnancy occurs, it's like they stand there in a daze, "I don't know how it happened...". What they mean is, "I don't know how this consequence happened to me. I wanted to have all the sex I wanted and do what I want with my body (sound familiar?) and not have any repercussions at all.". It's have sex first, think about it later. What in the world? I know it happens, but the time to think about if you're ready to have and raise a child is before you ever even begin to have sexual relations with somebody. And that should only be done in marriage. God knew what He was doing when He restricted it to that. We act like God is just going around trying to kill people's fun and tell them what to do for no reason. No, He's trying to spare us some problems. How much better the world would be if we just followed His ways.
I'm shocked you're the father of three daughters and grandfather to five granddaughters and still have no more respect for life than you do, even if it's under bad circumstances. It's sad and wrong. God could use a baby in that case to bring blessing to a bad situation, to the mother and many others. Plus, as someone said, two wrong's don't make a right. And the wrong of killing someone is worse than the rape in consequence. Very few abortions are ever carted out because of rape or incest. Allowing abortion to stay legal as it is now would continue to allow people to get them for any reason. Your morals are absent, your care lopsided, and your thinking off. Far better than envisioning scenarios where your daughters or granddaughters could be raped and impregnated, would be standing like a rock for what is right in the Bible and teaching them to do the same.
I can't believe what I just read. You have got to be kidding to fuss at people who don't move over to allow people who want to go faster than the speed limit (NO ONE SHOULD BE GOING FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT!) to pass them while not saying really anything to speeders and bullies! A joke! People shouldn't be exceeding the speed limit and if they are, you certainly don' have to get over just to oblige them. That's stupidity and sheerly dangerous. Why in the world would you not address the problem of speeders, especially those who ride your bumper and try to force you over-sometimes even flashing their brights at you. You don't have to help people break the law. If the state law is to stay right unless passing, them it needs to be done for that reason. Not to help people go faster.
Yea! It's so good that these women are dressing respectably and not in a disrespectful way that promotes lust and can demean them. I don't believe the Bible has a super tedious dress code, but we are called to dress modestly. It's respectful to yourself and others, including your husband if you're married, to dress that way. The last line says it all, "I feel dignified."!
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The point isn't who pointed out security deficiencies. There really shouldn't be any. But even if there are you don't want it pointed out TO al quaeda or others who would be enemies of the U.S. That can just show them what would be possible places of attack.
OUTRAGEOUS! Here's the deal, this nun and the other criminals who participated in the break-in and vandalism of a federal facility of the nature of Y-12 should have serious charges against them, not to rule out treason. They broke into a weapons facility and broke the law just to make a point about peace- not to point out weaknesses in security!! This "congressman" who praised her should be driven from his office as fast as possible and never be given a chance to "serve" the American people again. What a travesty. This lady commits a crime and he praises her for a reason other than why she did it in the first place. He didn't make such asinine praise of her to show how uneducated and unamerican lawmakers can be, but he certainly proved that point. Perhaps we can throw him in jail and then praise him for pointing out weaknesses in our Congressmen. This lady deserves to be completely punished for what she did-not praised. By breaking into Y-12 she could have given our enemies the idea to do the same and perhaps give them the impression they could without difficulty. Her and her cohorts' actions could compromise the security of the entire nation- which constitutes treason or high treason in my opinion. They knew what the implications of their breaking into the facility would be or should have thought of them beforehand. Punish them severely along with the treasonous snake in the grass who had the audacity to insult every man, woman, and child in this country by daring to praise her.
A. This man should not have been beaten no matter what. B. I once had the same thing happen to me WHERE I LIVED for parking in an "inappropriate" space when the others were full. The tow truck driver tried to get money out of me even though I came out and told him the situation. I also had a car problem once in a bad area of town. A tow truck driver tried to jump start my car and after it didn't work and I was still stuck, he tried to charge me $25!!! He never, ever mentioned anything about charging me anything before helping and tried to just act like a good Samaritan. I think he even approached me. He didn't tow me anywhere and simply used equipment he already had. Beyond pathetic and extremely corrupt. C. Tow truck drivers are rightfully known for being unscrupulous. They overcharge people constantly and try to take advantage of people in bad circumstances. After towing your car they charge you an exorbitant amount to store it for you on a their lot, hoping you'll accumulate massive fees you can't pay and they'll get the car or you'll pay the fees. If they're about to tow you and you come right out to move it they still want their fees. We shouldn't just be upset about this man being hurt, but about the wrongs this industry commits every day of the week to many people.
I think that people in general need to look long and hard at the state of the charitable organizations (non-profit and for profit) they donate to. They need to make sure what they donate actually goes to who they donate it to and that their finances are sound (including that they aren't paying their employees an inordinate amount of money when they exist to help people, particularly underprivileged ones). If problems are found they need to hold those charities accountable and push until the problems are fixed. People donate money and other things for a reason. They don't do it to for people who work for those charities to receive a big salary instead if help going to those who need it.
It sounds like the smaller stores are not already existing because they are referred to as "new stores". If so, what in the world is this company doing filing bankruptcy when they are opening new stores and are planning no layoffs. Have they bankrupted themselves by doing business like this? You shouldn't be opening new stores if you can't afford it. And as much as I would hate people to be laid off, if you're in bad enough to file bankruptcy, or would be if you don't cut corners, you cut corners somewhere. A company should know better, but like so many other companies, the mindset seems to be one of a total lack of common sense and extreme greed. So while they can afford new businesses, apparently, and everyone gets to keep their jobs, they'll just file bankruptcy and keep on doing business as if they didn't file it. And if they don't pay their creditors as they should you know those amounts due are not hit going to simply be absorbed by their creditors and them take a loss. It'll be passed on to their other customers corporately and/or directly. Only in America.
Continuation of my comments, But black people are angry over slavery and segregation and seem to think they're constantly being discriminated against. I can see them feeling very apprehensive to white people because it's kind of like trying to trust someone when you've been in an abusive relationship and treated very poorly. I believe statistically there are more black people in prisons in the U.S. than other races. There are a lot of black people that commit crimes, are in gangs, and involved in bad activities, just as there are people of other races. So white people are extra careful in some cases, because it is a fact that statistically and based on certain situations, there is an extra danger factor sometimes. They're not discriminating, they're trying to be wise. It's not always discrimination, though sometimes it is and people have a bad view of black people, which is wrong. But sometimes black people try to make it discrimination and fuel the problem by constantly talking about race and blaming every bad thing that happens to them on white people treating them badly because they're black. Black people say they want equality, but that's not true when they raise an outrage at a black person's death but not a white one's. Or when they say race doesn't matter until there's a black president and they say how great it is to have a black president. Then race does matter to them, otherwise it wouldn't matter if you had a string of 50 black or 50 white presidents or anything else. Black people need to evaluate each persona and situation and not be angry or think the world owes them a living because of the things of the past. And white people need to make sure they are not looking at people of color differently or treating them differently without cause. All people need to do those things.
Most importantly, a young man is dead. That's terrible. I pray He knew the Lord and is in His presence now. And I'm sure God will take care of it, and hopefully so will the justice system, if there was wrongdoing on the part of the man who killed Trayvon Martin. Past that, the disturbing part is that there seems to be some black people who are outraged and expressing that outrage more than they would over other things, because the young man who died was black. Human life, of any kind and color, has equal value. There should be no extra outrage over the color of someone committing or the victim of a crime, as all people are worth just as much and a wrong is a wrong no matter who does it. Here's the gist of the problem, and a problem that's been going on in the United States for a long time. Black people are angry because of slavery. Black people were taken as slaves and treated terribly. White people did that, and it was absolutely wrong and awful. Before the civil rights movement, black people were again treated in a way that almost brings tears to my eyes. White people did that, and it was wrong. Those things are not being done now, though. And some people do still discriminate against each other, and that's wrong.
This is a joke. Traffic was not stopped for 10 minutes. Try hours. We sat in traffic for 20 minutes without moving before heading around to take another route, only to end up on yet another route of town which was also packed with people trying to leave Gatlinburg. It was like people couldn't leave the city.
This article makes it sound like they're suffering for not having a better student union. A theater and a ballroom and space for student groups to meet are hardly essentials. What about focusing on your EDUCATION and actually learning something? A student was telling me about a food services plan where they can eat anything they want anytime, at various restaurants on campus like Starbucks and others. A lot of them drive to school in better cars than most people in Knoxville and have a better lifestyle than most people in this city have or ever will. These students are hardly suffering. Most of them are unintelligent, ungrateful people who couldn't think their way out of a paper bag who are living on their parents' dime and have zero interest in learning anything. They will go on to become a blight on society and contribute absolutely nothing to it, but rather drain off of it. But at least they will have had a nice auditorium while they are pretending to get an education.
The item, while satirical, was disgusting. It made fun of children in poverty. The writer is the furthest thing from a journalist and this is another way the News Sentinel proves it's a poor example of a newspaper. Of course more effective than us calling it out for what it is, is the fact that the writer has to live with being the kind of person who would think even for a second that a starving child is funny or use them for a laugh. That is a punishment in and of itself.
Unbelievable. These kids can be taught what they need to using a chalkboard, chalk, and the books and materials they already have. They need an education, not to be entertained. Your argument is ridiculous not to mention expensive, admitting that you didn't even have such games when you were in school. You could apply that argument to anything saying that kids have to have a new flashy, way to learn math, science, etc. They have to have golden computers with every bell and whistle and tailored game sets for each subject because they "need to be challenged in new and exciting ways". That's absurd! Children may be spoiled now more than ever with short attention spans, but that doesn't mean they "need" some kind of special equipment or game sets to be taught. What they "need" is discipline and knowledge, which can be given perfectly well without expensive sets and gadgets. You don't need to coddle them, you need to teach them real knowledge and skills, giving them a basic education. And if they need bells and whistles to feel successful and at home in the classroom, something's wrong to begin with. Parents pay enough in school fees and trying to buy pointless and over-the-top items on a list of school supplies that some teacher's put together with no sense in their head or regard for a family's economic situation, to be asked to contribute even one more cent for their child's education, especially pointless fluff items.
The use of these cameras is extortion, whether for running a red light or failing to stop before turning right on red. It would seem to be nothing but a way for the government (police department) to make money. No one should break the law, whether there is a camera present or not. But sometimes there are extenuated circumstances as to why a driver acted the way they did. For instance, there are times entering a red light intersection when the light changes to yellow, after you've already entered the intersection, and then will just turn to red as you exit. Different intersections have different times before light changes and some intersections have a longer drive through distance. The problem is there is no officer there to explain the situation to and you get a ticket automatically. Conveniently, if you fight the ticket and lose, the fee is more than it would have been to pay the ticket in the first place. They know most drivers will pay the ticket anyway, guilty or not, and they'll get their revenue. It never goes on your record, so they have an easy way to charge you, get you to pay, and make their money. Did you know that every time red light cameras have gone up for vote to the public in the U.S. they have been stricken down? Every single time. And that they have been outlawed by at least two states, one being Montana. The governors of those states eliminated them for the entire state. That information was per a radio show a few years ago, there may be more states who've done so now. This is what the citizens of Tennessee should do: 1) Push the governor to outlaw these cameras across the state. 2) Push until red light cameras are placed on the ballots for voters and vote against them. 3) Thank the TN legislature for passing this law outlawing the tickets for turning right on red without stopping first. These are three great ways to get this problem taken care of.
I agree there are far more important things to be concerned about. And West Hills Elementary Principal's comment that the kids are all about recycling and saving the world is insulting. No, what they'll really be about in a few years, if sadly they're not partially already, is friends, music, movies, and tanning. They will be woefully unprepared to walk across the street, much less hold a job, pay bills, grow up and be adults, and be productive members of society. They will have no knowledge, common sense, skills, or decision making abilities. The principal and the children, as well as the parents, should be more concerned about reading, writing, math, science, and other actual educational areas and training than their parents' cars idling in the parking lot.
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