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By Charlie Rosen
What do you think of Ricky Rubio's decision to forgo his NBA career for at least two years? Is this player really worth the wait? — Anonymous
From what I've seen and heard of him, Rubio does indeed have incredible court vision and is an outstanding passer as well. However, he lacks strength, a consistent jump shot and the ability to play acceptable defense. And, yes, since he backed out after the T-Wolves had reached a buyout agreement with his Spanish team, it was strictly Rubio's decision to avoid playing in the NBA for the time being.
One key consideration in this whole business is that Rubio didn't exactly distinguish himself when playing against Team USA last summer in Beijing. As a result, I think the kid is just plain afraid to go up against NBA players for 82 games.
The fact that his competitive fire doesn't burn hot enough for him to want to play against the world's best hoopers says something significant about Rubio's makeup. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he never played in the NBA.
Indeed, he's hardly worth the trouble and the wait. Ramon Sessions is a much more accomplished NBA point guard than Rubio will ever be.
Now I can fully respect an analyst or writer's opinion when it is actually logical…even if I don't agree with them. But a couple of things ring particularly petty and illogical to me with this article.
- The lack of strength and a consistent jump shot seems to be a given for anyone of High School age. Isn't that why the NBA didn't want High Schoolers joining their ranks? It was either that they weren't ready or to protect GMs from making stupid decisions. The point is that Rosen tries to make it seem like this will always be the case.
- Apparently the money issue had nothing to do with it. I mean what is about half or more of your annual salary…small potatoes I say.
- I love how Rosen drops words to spin things like "one key consideration"…"just plain afraid" and then ends it with "Indeed, he's hardly worth the trouble and the wait."
Man I wish that I could just make crap up and then hang my conclusions on them…dripping with cynicism of course. I just love the double standard. Any American High School graduate isn't ready to play in the NBA…but Ricky should be. I wish he had come over, simply from the standpoint that the question of whether he would come over would be behind us. Of course it would become a whole new kind of circus. But I digress. Do you think this is just Rosen's way of justifying why the NBA isn't going to miss Rubio next year (or apparently ever)? It kind of has that petulant child tone to it.


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Hi everyone!
I am doing a mobile game project and I am wondering if anyone could give me some clues or lines of codes for my "High Score" screen. I am quite novice to game programming. Below is my visualization of my "High Screen" score:
When the player has successfully completed a level, a screen will appear to say "Mission accomplished". Clicking on "continue" will present the player another screen where he will be informed of his position if he managed to be in the top 5. He can also type in his name by deleting default name "Kiran" using the "clear key" on the handset and typing using the keypads. The default name "Kiran" gives the player the option of skipping the step if he does not feel like typing his name. By pressing "continue" the player will see the "High Score" screen. However, if the player failed to make to the top 5 position, he will still see the end of the game screen but after pressing "continue" he will see the another screen which will inform the player that he could not finish in the top 5 position. Continuing from that screen will also bring the player to the high score screen.
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recycled and environmental materials, is working with fresh handmade cosmetics company Lush. This environmentally conscious retailer and product producer has chosen to outsource the recycling of its black plastic cosmetic pots from shops based in Northern England, to Remarkable, either for new pots or new products.
Remarkable was founded by the eco-inventor and environmentalist Ed Douglas Miller, who is dedicated to helping UK retailers become more environmentally responsible with their packaging and recycling of waste materials.
The team behind the major cosmetics company Lush is already committed to "closing loops" and reducing waste output in helping to safeguard the environment. This has involved Lush working closely with various packaging suppliers and local companies to reduce waste and find sustainable systems for the future.
According to Remarkable, the partnership with Lush is a perfect match, given that both companies hold the same values, namely that caring about the environment should be a top priority. Lush always prefers products to be displayed and sold unwrapped, with 46% of its products currently on the shelves being "naked," allowing them to use fewer preservatives and less packaging in as many ranges as possible. The team at
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Lush black plastic product pots are washed, made into small plastic chips and melted back into new pots or used in new products.
cosmetic products we think carefully about the journey it undertakes, both in getting to us and when it leaves. Many councils don't have a process in place to recycle all different types of plastics, however we do know that all plastics can be recycled; it's just a case of finding someone with a system in place."
Currently, polypropylene plastic (PP) is not recycled by all local authorities, which led Lush to approach Remarkable to see if the eco-manufacturer could help. This resulted in Miller inventing a whole system to use the Lush black plastic product pots as recycled stock for other packaging and as backing for promotional badges.
Lush continues to encourage its customers and staff to be more involved in their eco-values, and so created a scheme whereby any black product pots and plastic bottle tops are asked to be returned back to the stores once empty. These waste items are then distributed to either the Lush pot manufacturer in Poole, or the Remarkable eco-factory in Worcester, where they are washed, made into small plastic chips and melted back into new pots again for use in store.
Lush also ran a campaign to highlight the problems with plastics in the environment, which they hoped
One new use for recycled stock was a limited edition gift set called the Cyclist Repair Kit.
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Can you believe what the agents are doing to try and 'out' wait for a 'better' contract. Rookie/Injured players report July 27, Monday and Knowshon, Robert, Phonze, Darcel, Davis, and Tom will not be there.
Here is the problem. The agents do not know how much to ask for because only the two QB's have been signed out of the first round. They are waiting for someone in the middle of the first round to sign. So why not Robert Ayers agent? The DP posted the approximate bonus's last week so why all the mystery. WELL, the agent has to get the last nickle or he will look bad.
So are these players holdouts? I say yes because they could easily just tell the agent get me to camp or I change agents.
The new CBA will solve this with the rookie salary cap.


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Response from Eileen - Dear Tess, I am so sorry for the loss of your animal companion. Yes, the little feather was a sign that your "little angel" (her words) was safe and doing just fine on the other side of the veil. My angel Alonya tells me animals often tend to use things in nature, such as feathers, to let us know they are still with us in spirit. They also like to come to us in dreams.
Your dog tells me that she was like a little angel for you and your family and that her work there was done and her body was tired. She wants you to know that animals have an easier time with passing on than humans do, and that it was okay that she went when she did. She said it was no accident you rescued her from that pipe. All is and was as it was meant to happen. You were being guided to that pipe, and because you listened to that guidance, many lives were changed for the better. So acknowledge yourself for that good work you did. I can see them applauding you as I write this.
She tells me she is feeling good on the other side, has others who play with her and keep her company until you join her again. She tells me she comes to see you from time to time to check on you because the connection and the love is never broken, never gone. She knows you are sad and that you miss her. She wants you to know she is still alive and to just think of her as just being in another room, and she is waiting for you with the rest of your family on the other side. Your angels promise you that the two of you will be together again.
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One man is dead and three suspects remain on the loose following a home invasion Monday morning in the northwest part of the valley.
It happened at about 10:15 a.m. on North Rainbow Boulevard near Cheyenne Avenue.
The apartment complex, La Ventana, was locked down for hours on Monday as Metro police pieced together the events that led up to a gun fight.
Police said it started when the couple that lives in the apartment heard a knock at their door.
"A man, woman and their infant child (were) at home when they heard a knock at the door. Upon opening the door, at least three or four suspects entered the home in an apparent home invasion," said Metro's Lt. Ray Steiber.
Police said it turned into a gun fight as soon as the suspects entered the home. Numerous shots were fired between the suspects and the residents. It was a gun fight that spilled out to the parking lot.
"The suspects then fled in a vehicle which was later recovered inside the parking lot," Steiber continued.
One suspect was transported to UMC Trauma, where he died. The other suspects remain on the loose, rattling the nerves of neighbors.
"I still have another two months on my lease but this is gonna happen anywhere. You've got crazy people all over the country, so it really doesn't matter. I'll still live here," said neighbor Julie Clair.
Metro still hasn't determined if the suspects knew the victims or if those victims were random targets.
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Questions raised over lease handed to school board member
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. - The 41 Action News Investigators uncover the Excelsior Springs School District handed a lease worth more than $90,000 to a company owned by one of its own school board members. It's also not the first time the Excelsior Springs School District has been embroiled in conflict of interest allegations.
The Excelsior Springs School board wants to use an empty store front at 1000 North Jesse James Road to house an alternative program for troubled high school students. The district aimed to open the program by January 2014.
The building is part-owned by Excelsior Springs School Board Member Matt Hartwig.
He and his brothers own Triple H Leasing, LLC. The company submitted a proposal to the board to lease the building to the district for three years for $32,000 per year.
Matt Hartwig's signature is the first of two signatures on the proposal; the other signature is of relative Scott Hartwig.
During its October 14th meeting, the school board approved starting the alternative program. It also approved accepting Triple H Leasing's offer. The district received one other proposal which was $1,000 a month more expensive. The district did not publicize the need for a lease nor did it put the lease out for a public bid.
The move alarmed some community members like Ken Fousek.
"What bidding procedure are you using to lease the building?" Fousek asked. "It seems there was a little bit of self-interest with a member of the school board being one of the bidders."
The 41 Action News Investigators made open records requests and started asking the district questions about the deal on November 5th. The next day, on November 6th, Hartwig submitted an email to District Superintendent Dr. Lacy which stated:
It has come to my attention, but members of the community that there could be a perception of conflict of interest in the District leasing a building I have one-third ownership in to house the Tiger Path project. While I am aware or (sic) the Board Policies that allow such a transaction to take place, and that you followed all of those policies in obtaining our proposal. I think it would be best if I removed our building from consideration. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause the project and hope you will be able to locate another suitable site.
The 41 Action News investigators made repeated attempts to interview Hartwig and Dr. Lacy about the deal. Lacy told us by email, "There will be no on camera interview. You are not a mediator."
So, reporter Melissa Yeager attended the school board meeting to ask questions on behalf of taxpayers to find out more about how their money is being spent.
During public comment, Yeager read aloud the section of Missouri State law pertaining to board members doing business with their respective political entities.
Missouri state law statute 105.458 section 2 states that no member:
Sell, rent or lease any property to the political subdivision or any agency of the political subdivision for consideration in excess of five hundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or in the case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless the transaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let or a sale made after public notice and in the case of property other than real property, competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowest received;
Despite repeatedly seeing board members and Dr. Lacy whispering to the side, no one on the board answered questions about why they approved such a measure and whether they plan to change board policies to better reflect Missouri state law.
However, Hartwig's relative Scott did speak up.
"They didn't have to, contrary to what the lady mentioned….they followed policy. They didn't have to have a competitive bid," Scott Hartwig argued.
Hartwig re-submitted the deal to the board on behalf of Triple H Leasing, LLC. He told the board he hoped they would still consider the property as a spot for the Tiger Path facility.
"We (the Hartwig family members who own Triple H) all agree we would like to retract that letter and basically have consideration for the property that was proposed and approved last month," Scott Hartwig said referring to the email his brother Matt sent rescinding the deal.
The only discussion of the item came from whispers between Dr. Lacy and board president Tray Harkins that were not audible to the public.
Harkins then moved to table Hartwig's email rescinding the proposal.
The board voted 4 to 1 in favor of tabling the measure and by doing so, move forward with the lease.
It's not the first time the Excelsior Springs School District has been embroiled in allegations of conflict of interest.
Fousek and Excelsior Springs resident Rick Moore raised questions last year about whether a contract for Astroturf at the district's Miracle Field benefited the son of a staff member.
The Excelsior Springs school district hired an attorney to conduct an investigation.
The district disclosed in January 2013 that it had spent more than 35 thousand dollars on that investigation. The district claimed in a press release it cleared employees of the district from any wrongdoing.
After reviewing a copy of the investigation, the 41 Action News investigators were not permitted to ask any follow up questions about the methodology of the investigation.
You can read a copy of the report here: http://bit.ly/1bvMF8A
Meanwhile, the staff member at the center of Fousek and Moore's allegations filed a civil lawsuit against the two.
Fousek told 41 Action News he continues to be frustrated with the lack of transparency by the district about how they use taxpayer money.
"It doesn't have to be an adversarial relationship that you need a lawyer, that you need a researcher and you need a detective and you have to do your own research on the internet to find some simple answers," said Fousek regarding his struggle to get answers from the district.
By email, Dr. Lacy quote two Excelsior Springs School Board Policies which he said allowed him to select a property without going through the bidding process.


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GLAMORGAN seam bowlers Huw Waters and John Glover, both from Cwmbran, have signed new contracts to keep them with the Welsh county until the end of the 2014 season.
Medium-pacer Waters played for Usk Cricket Club with the Monmouth School student making his Glamorgan debut in 2005.
The 25-year-old returned to action this year after missing most of the 2011 season with a serious back injury.
And Waters has been in impressive form this campaign, particularly in the LV County Championship, recording a career-best 7-53 against Hampshire during the narrow two-wicket defeat in April at the Swalec Stadium.
Speaking about his decision to renew his contract, Glamorgan's head of elite performance Matthew Mott said: "Huw's had a fantastic season, especially after the frustrations of last year.
"He's consistently one of the better bowlers on the county circuit, a fantastic pro who is committed to Glamorgan, so this is a great boost for the club."
Former Llantarnam School pupil Glover made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU in 2008 while studying at the university.
The following summer he took 5-38 against Durham which earned him a trial and a subsequent place on Glamorgan's playing staff.
The 22-year-old Glover returned career best figures of 4-76 in the 31-run defeat to Hampshire at Southampton at the end of May and then played an important part in Glamorgan's exciting three-wicket championship victory away at Northamptonshire, hitting 21 runs off 17 balls.
Mott said Glover is a player to watch out for: "John's emerged this year and bowled well consistently.
"He's got a great temperament and his match-winning score at Northampton showed off his all round skills.
"Although he's still inexperienced, he seems to get better with every game he plays."
Mott added: "The club continues to finalise its squad line-up for the 2013 season, but securing these two players is a real boost for the team. "We believe both Huw and John have a big part to play in our future."
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If you've seen the advertisements and promos you'd think Bridge to Terabithia is about a "Lord of the Rings"/"Narnia"-style fantasy world. Nothing could be further from the truth. The movie, based on the 1977 Newbery Medal- winning novel by Katherine Paterson, is actually a heart-breaking and beautiful story about loneliness, loss, and the transformative power of imagination.
On the one hand, we have Jess -- a boy from a hardworking but poor family with four sisters who feels neglected because nobody has time for him. And on the other, we have his new neighbor Leslie Burke -- a rich kid whose parents are too busy working on their novels to have a whole lot of time for her. The two kids face-off against bullies at school - including the evil Janice, an 8th grade terror so bad she demands a dollar to use the school restroom. In the woods behind their home, they create Terabithia -- a fantasy world where Jess and Leslie are the King and Queen, pinecones become grenades, a dog becomes a Troll tracker, and squirrels become armored fur balls.
Parents take note: Terabithia features some nasty bullies and scary monsters. The concept of Terabithia being an imaginary world designed to give these powerless children some power in their lives will sail over the heads of younger viewers. That's not so bad in itself, but understanding it is crucial to appreciating the marvelous and bittersweet, but also tragic, ending. Make sure your kids are mature enough to handle a pretty emotional film, and then bring lots of tissues.
This is an amazing movie -- sure to stick with viewers for years to come. The direction, script, pacing, and especially the performances are all superb. Everything is handled brilliantly and with taste -- from the reason why Janice the bully is so mean to the love both sets of parents have for their kids -- despite the fact that life's problems and hurdles leave little time for bonding. Bridge to Terabithia is an incredibly touching movie and an instant classic.


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Here (below) is the next and only other chapter from my aborted past race manuscript (see my last post) that I want to put up. It's about the loaded class-race issue of affirmative action and you will notice again I do not think you can fully understand race or class alone — without the other — in the American experience…. For what it's worth, I will be talking about race (and class and empire/foreign policy and gender and…) in my next position as a visiting history professor. I do all the unjust authority structures and their interrelatedness…a far and radical cry from the narrow "identity politics" of which I am so falsely accused…..
Understood to mean special hiring and school-admission preferences for racial and ethnic minorites and women, affirmative action has sparked more political controversy than any other Amercian racial policy during the last 35 years. From its emergence as a consequence of and elite response to the civil rights struggles and urban race riots of the mid-and late-1960s, affirmative action has provided something of a litmus test for measuring Americans' perspective on race and race relations in the United States. Those who believe that racism continues to provide a major obstacle to black equality tend to be in favor of affirmative action for African-Americans. Those who think that the US has essentially achieved color-blind equality of opportunity for its black citizens tend to oppose affirmative actin for blacks.
Not surprisingly given the racial perception gap mentioned in the last chapter, public opinion for or against affirmative action tends to divide sharply along racial lines. A poll conducted by CBS and the New York Times in December 1997, for example, asked 1,258 Americans what they thought should happen to affirmative action programs for women and minorities over the next few years. Eighty percent of the 173 black respondents said that affirmative action but there was a sharp racial divide. Eighty percent of the 173 black respondents but just 35 percent of the 933 whites polled said that affirmative action programs should be continued. An additional 45 percent of whites felt that affirmative action programs should be phased out and 13 percent said the programs should be ended immediately.
Still, American public opinion on affirmative action is far from black and white, either racially or ideologically. A considerable number of American whites support the policy. More than a few African-Americans, including one current justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (Clarence Thomas), oppose affirmative action. Many who believe that blacks are still significantly victimized by racism see affirmative action as counterproductive and misguided policy that actually deepens black subordination and the the social and economic stigma of race. Others are sympathetic to affirmative action for African-Americans but think that the policy should be at once broadened and decolorized to include special preferences for people of economically disadvantaged backgrounds regardless of their race, ethnicity, language or nationality.
The phrase affirmative action dates from the centuries-old legal concept of equity. Under that concept, justice is often best achieved not by rigidly following strict legal rules in all cases but my implementing what is fair in each particular situation. The phrase affirmative action first appeared in American policy history as part of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act. In that important piece of labor legislation, it meant than an employer found to be discriminating against union members would have to stop discriminating and also take affirmative action to employ the victims of discrimination in the positions they would have held without the employer's anti-union bias.
In the spheres of American race relations and civil rights policy, the term affirmative action first appeared in an executive order that was issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and slightly revised by President Johnson in 1965. This order required that businesses holding contracts with federal government not discriminate and also take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin." An important section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act empowered courts to order affirmative action in cases where an employers was intentionally engaged in the denial of employment and promotion on the basis of race.
As originally formulated in these federal rules, affirmative action was not connected to the idea of special preferences for African-Americans or any other disadvantaged group. It meant only that government would direct employers to undertake corrective actions to ensure that their employment policies were technically color-blind and that employers rewarded and punished employees solely on the basis of workers' individual attributes without regard to race and other group distinctions. It was concerned mainly with cases of intentional racial discrimination on the part of employers.
As it developed in the courts, workplaces, colleges, and in federal civil rights agencies, however, affirmative action came to mean race-conscious rather than color-blind policy. Affirmative action came to refer to a model of hiring and higher-educational admissions whereby employers and unviersitites hire, promote, and admit with an awareness that race is a real and relevant group distinction. It meant that employers would recruit, hire, retain, and promote an adequate "representative" number of racial minorities rather than just treat each prospective worker or student as an individual. Affirmative action de-emphasizes concern with discriminatory racist intent on the part of individual employers or academic and to empahsize the achievement of proportionate overall representation of minorities in workplaces, occupations, and educational institutions. It has tended to de-emphasize or at least qualify accepted standards and traditional "white" and "middle class" concepts of merit.
Affirmative action's advocates have tended to argue that these race-conscious departures from standard color-blind ideals are necessary to compensate African-Americans for the crippling legacy of institutional and cultural racism in the US – the long history of negative and hardly color-blind anti-preferential treatment that blacks have received at the hands of the majority population. They have also tended to note that many special preferences continue to exist in American society (hiring preferences for veterans and admissions preferences to the children of alumni at prestigious Ivy League schools for example) and generate nothing like the cloud of controversy that surrounds affirmative action for blacks.
Legally, affirmative action for blacks has been on the defensive for at least the last 13 years. The policy was first upheld by the Supreme Court in the landmark 1978 case Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California. While the decision ruled against the use of numerical quotas to reserve a specific number of seats for blacks, it accepted the use of racial preferences for minorities in university admissions. The Bakke ruling maintained that the inclusion of black and other minority students would Ten years later in City of Richmond v. Croson, however, the Court concluded that affirmative action was "a highly suspect tool" for enforcing equal opportunity. In responding to a lawsuit challenging Richmond, Virginia's practice of setting aside 30% of the city construction funds for black owned firms, the Court ruled that affirmative action must be subject to "strict scrutiny," meaning that it is unconstitutional unless racial discrimination can be definitely proven to be "widespread throughout a particular industry."
A legal lightning bolt flashed in March 1996, when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Hopwood v. The University of Texas Law School suspended University of Texas' affirmative action program, ruling that Bakke was invalid and that racial preferences of any sort are unconstitutional. The 5th Circuit Court ruled that racial diversity in education was not a legitimate public goal. The U.S, Supreme Court let the ruling stand by refusing to hear challenges and in 1997 the Texas Attorney General announced that all "Texas public universities [should' employ race-neutral criteria." That same year, California voters enacted Proposition 209, which banned all forms of affirmative action in the state and the state of Washington followed with a similar referendum in 1998. Florida Governor Jeb Bush banned race as a factor in college admission at public universities in his state in February 2000.
The highest court in the land has yet to make a definitive post-Bakke ruling on these recent state measures. As this book goes to print, however, it is preparing to rule on racial admission preferences at the University of Michigan. That university has so far received two very different rulings from federal – one upholding affirmative action as a tool for increasing diversity in the university's undergraduate student body and the other shooting down the use of affirmative for that (or any other purpose) at the university's law school.
While the policy itself is now very much on the political and legal defensive, the intellectual debate about affirmative action remains alive and well. In what follows, we will view just a few of the key flash points in a remarkably wide-ranging and multi-colored dialogue about one of the most hotly contested social policy issues in United State history.
1. Affirmative action for blacks is politically doomed in the United states because the notion of preferential treatment and targeted outcomes for a specific racially defined group violates basic American values.
The essence of the American value system is a strong belief in open and fair competition between and among individuals regardless of group identification. This American Creed embraces equal opportunity but does not endorse efforts to generate equality of results between and among different different groups.
If there is one universally held idea in American political culture, it is "utilitarian individualism." This idea holds that the good society emerges from the free competition of self-interested individuals. Americans see their country as a purely individualistic and color-clind land of opportunity in which meritocracy rules: one deserves all that one can attain only on the basis of their purely individual talent and effort. The only legitimate guarantee granted to Americans is a "fair shake" in the competitive pursuit of wealth and happiness.
Because affirmative action violates these core principles it has never received majority support in the U.S. It arose only the very unusual circumstances of the 1960s, as an effort by top policymakers and employers to find a way to quell the racial violence and related urban disorders of that decade the current decline in the policy's legal status is consistent with its underlying unpopularity, which is rooted in the individualist American Creed.
Beyond the official American story line of color-blind individualism and equal opportunity, American history has witnessed more than 350 years of special negative preference (deprivation) for blacks. That dark history has created black social and economic conditions and capacities so dire that the concept of equal opportunity is simply insufficient for African-Americans. Centuries of discrimination against blacks have called for decades of discrimination in favor of blacks in order to level the playing field. As then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson put it in 1965, "you do not take a person hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say 'you are free to compete with all the others' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair."
At the same time, it is disturbing and suggestive of racial double standards on the parts of affirmative action's critics that other forms of preferential hiring and academic admissions persist relatively free of public criticism. Examples include the relatively uncontroversial practices of giving preferences to military veterans in government hiring, preferential hiring and promotion of family members and relatives (nepotism) in the private sector, and glaringly elitist "legacy admissions" in the nation's leading colleges and universities. Under standard practice, schools like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton give special admissions preference to the sons and daughters of their alumni, who happen to very predominantly wealthy and white.
It is perfectlty legitimate and understandable for blacks to think in terms of group demands, grievances, and solutions like affirmative action. Group identity has been essentially imposed on African-Americans by longstanding racism. For most of American history it has worked to blacks' profound disadvantage and it is only right that for once it work to their advantage.
2. Affirmative action is invalid because it simply replicates through inversion the evil of racial discrimination to which it claims to be opposed.
In America whites once set themselves apart from blacks and claimed special privileges for themselves while denying them to others. Now, through affirmative action, blacks do the same. If it was unfair to treat blacks unfairly, it is equally wrong to give them preference and thereby to treat whites unfairly.
Affirmative action unjustly tilts a by-now-level playing field in African-Americans' direction. Under its rules, whites are wrongly punished for the social and political sins of earlier generations of whites. It is especially unfair to single out whites for "reverse discrimination" in a period of history when the evil of white racism has been corrected. Now that equal opportunity has been granted to blacks, society has no legitimate for punishing whites. As many whites like to say in criticizing affirmative action, "Why should I suffer? My family didn't enslave anyone and I'm not a racist." Two wrongs don't make a right
It is highly misleading to equate the discrimination that some whites have experienced at the hands of affirmative action during the last three decades with the centuries of discrimination experienced by African-Americans. The two forms of "unfairness" simply aren't equivalent. Blacks have been subjected to nearly two-and-a-half centuries of enslavement and then more than a century of third-class citizenship. They have suffered rampant legalized discrimination, severe economic exploitation, education deprivation, toxic cultural shaming, and more.
The real-world playing field, moreover, remains heavily tilted for whites and against blacks. Nearly a half century after Brown v. Board of Education, for example, black children tend, through no choice of their own, to attend highly segregated primary and secondary schools that are less well-funded, equipped, and taught than those attended by whites. It has also been demonstrated repeatedly that the standardized tests, which play such a key role in determining who goes to what colleges are heavily, biased in favor of people of more affluent and white backgrounds. The SAT and ACT primarily measure accidents like birth, social status, race, and access to libraries, museums, travel, and opportunity to take expensive ACT and SAT preparation classes, not innate ability or actual merit.
Finally, critics of affirmative action often fail to see the fundamental difference in the thinking and goals behind affirmative action's "reverse racism" and the original white racism that made affirmative action necessary in the first place. Discrimination against whites under affirmative action is the unavoidable product of a policy whose primary goal is to cure the historical cancer of racism. Nothing of the sort can be said for the ideas that advanced and justified the unfairness experienced by blacks since the 17th century in America.
Like chemotherapy, affirmative action is strong medicine whose harmful side effects (in this case reverse discrimination against whites) are unavoidable in order to cure the larger cancer – a system of racism designed for and by whites. Equating affirmative action's reverse discrimination with historical white racism is to equate a cure with the disease.
3. Affirmative action has caused more harm than benefit to the black community.
The practice of giving special preference to blacks hurts the black community in number of ways. It attacks black self-esteem by operating on the condescending assumption that African-Americans are incapable of achieving on the basis of their own individual merit. It subjects successful blacks to the widespread suspicion among that they owe their position not to their abilities or hard work but to special favors. It feeds negative white stereotypes about black abilities by placing certain African-Americans in positions they are not ready to successfully fill.
It feeds white political hostility to the cause of color-blind equal opportunity for blacks by creating resentment especially among economically disadvantaged whites who see no reason why they should not enjoy special compensatory preference extended to even middle-class blacks. Ironically, while contemporary black civil rights organizations tend to strongly defend the policy, many early civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, were very dubious about the political wisdom of embracing racial preferences for blacks. They felt that such preferences were likely to alienate large numbers of whites and destroy their commitment to the fundamentally color-blind goals of the civil rights movement.
Affirmative action creates the illusion of a sweeping societal change that has put all blacks on an equal footing with whites. In reality, however, it has worked primarily to the advantage of a small minority of economically privileged African-Americans. This elite minority within a minority has become increasingly removed, socially and geographically for the urban mass of highly disadvantaged blacks. The later no longer benefit, as they once did, from the visible role models, assistance, and race leadership that the black middle-class used to provide to the entire black community when that class lived in greater proximity and acted in greater concert with poor blacks.
Meanwhile, in an age when their mostly unskilled labor power is no longer valued, the truly disadvantaged black masses suffer continue to suffer profound economic and cultural deficits – including poor schools, low job skills, weak family structures, widespread substance abuse, rampant incarceration and more – that place them in no position to take meaningful advantage of the opportunities afforded by affirmative action.
To argue that affirmative action divides blacks and whites is to forget that policy never would have been developed if the races had not been so divided in the first place. To argue that affirmative action leads whites to see blacks as inferior is to ignore that it arose to cure the effects of the prejudice that gave rise to that stereotype in the first place.
To say that affirmative action hurts its black beneficiaries' self-esteem is to beg the question of white racism's certainly greater and more powerful challenges to blacks' ability to love themselves and each other. It is also to ignore polling data showing that only 4 percent of well-off African-Americans – the most likely segment of the black population to have benefited from affirmative action – think that the policy hurts blacks.
The notion that affirmative action has placed blacks in academic and occupational places they are not prepared to handle finds little support in an exhaustive research project conducted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The foundation looked at the student records, career outcomes, and life histories of more than 80,000 students admitted to 28 selective colleges in the Fall semesters of 1951, 1971 and 1989. Written up in William G. Bowen and Derek Bok's widely read and critically acclaimed book The Shape of the River (1998), this project found that black students admitted to prestigious schools through affirmative action came in with strong educational backgrounds and abilities, graduated in large numbers, and did very well after leaving college. It also discovered that affirmative action improved both black and white students' ability to live and work with people of other races.
There is little evidence that the contemporary black middle class is any more isolated from or antagonistic to their less privileged fellow African-Americans than in previous eras. It is clear, however, that successful blacks are much more likely to donate time, money, service to poor black communities than privileged whites are to assist poor communities of any color. The best response to the fact that many blacks are unable to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by affirmative action is not to abolish racial preferences. It is, rather, to raise the floor of opportunity for the truly disadvantaged African-Americans with improved public education, job training, job expansion, and the like.
4. Affirmative action for blacks and other minorities in college admissions should be replaced by a policy that changes the criterion for college admissions preferences from race to socioeconomic status. Affirmative action in this area should be changed from a race- to a class-based preference.
Granted that true equal opportunity does not actually exist in America and that an advantaged elite enjoys the greatest amount of real opportunity, the disadvantage suffered by the mass of non-elite people is less racial than socioeconomic. It is both wrong and preposterous for college admissions offices to privilege the son or daughter of a wealthy black doctor over a white child whose parents are coal miners and high school drop outs.
Since blacks are disproportionately poor relative to whites, moreover, an admissions policy based on economic class will tend to generate a large number of black college students. It will achieve increased black representation – the main goal of race-based affirmative action – without causing the alienation of whites from the goal of black equality that is generated by racially specific affirmative action. It will provide ground for alliance and cooperation between economically disadvantaged people of different skin color, something that would be conducive to the advocacy of policies that help the black community's significant number of truly disadvantaged people.
Class inequality is a significant barrier to equal opportunity for tens of millions of economically disadvantaged American whites and blacks. Still, race continues to be a significant disadvantage even for the minority of blacks who are otherwise privileged in American society. Thanks to persistent racial discrimination and bias, even middle- and upper class blacks and their children continue to experience significantly diminished access to opportunity, especially when compared to whites of the same socioeconomic status. Racism is a persistent fact of American culture, independent of social and economic status. Its effects are reduced by the acquisition of wealth but they are still great enough in numerous key areas, (including access to housing, quality education, jobs, loans, services, and more) to justify racially specific compensation regardless of socioeconomic status.
At the same time, it is very unlikely that shifting from race-sensitive to class-based admissions would help black college admissions or black status in general. Universities would find such an approach very hard to pay for, since admitting poor students usually requires significant outlays of needs-based financial assistance by colleges. It would add little to black college enrollments since blacks make up less than a third of all the poor children in the country. To make matters worse, poor blacks are much less likely than poor whites to excel in school. This means that class-based admissions would be much more likely to help whites than blacks.
Class based admissions, finally, would make it more difficult for the most selective colleges and universities to recruit the most talented black students to be prepared for positions of leadership in government, business, and the professions. Those students tend to come from relatively privileged socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Q. What precisely is the policy called affirmative action and how has the meaning of the phrase and policy changed over time?
Q. Opponents of affirmative action claim that it stands in hopeless conflict with core American social and political values past and present? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Q. Have you ever heard a friend, relative, neighbor or immediate family member express an opinion about affirmative action for African-Americans? Carry out a survey of family, friends, neighbors and/or classmates. Do you find differences in their knowledge about and/or attitude towards affirmative action? If yes, how do you explain those differences?
Q. What brought affirmative action for African-Americans into being? Why did it emerge, in your opinion?
Q. How do you explain the highly controversial nature of affirmative action? Who tends to support affirmative action and who tends to oppose it? Is the difference in opinion purely racial?
Q. How would you describe the current legal status of affirmative action for African-Americans? Use a library or the Internet to find descriptions of the key court cases from Bakke to the present and construct a time line showing the trajectory of legal interpretation on this important issue.
Q. Imagine that you are a new black student at a prestigious university like Harvard or Princeton and that affirmative action is at least part of why you gained admission. Would you be willing to tell your classmates? Why or why not? Would you make a distinction between white and black students in terms of what you revealed? If so, why?
Q. Imagine that you are a white student with high ACT and/or SAT scores who was turned down for admission at the leading university in your state and that you had good reason to believe that African-Americans with lower test scores had been admitted at least in part because of affirmative action? Would your consider yourself a victim of reverse discrimination? Would you undertake legal action against the university? Explain your reasons for your response.
Q. List and describe three other forms of group-based preferential treatment besides affirmative action for blacks in America. Evaluate these group preferences in comparison with affirmative action. On what basis do you find each of them either more or less justified than affirmative action for African-Americans?
Q. Imagine that you are an employer in a metropolitan area that is half-black and half-white. Imagine further that your workforce is only 5 percent African-American. Would you make an effort to increase the black percentage of your workforce? If no, say why. If yes, say why and what methods would you use to bring that increase about? Would those methods include affirmative action? Why or why not?
Q. Some opponents criticize affirmative action as reverse discrimination, arguing that "two wrongs don't make a right." Do you agree or disagree? Provide evidence for your opinion.
Q. On what grounds do opponents of affirmative action for blacks claim that the policy produces more harm than benefit for African-Americans? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Q. On what grounds do some opponents of affirmative action for blacks argue that it should be replaced by preferences for economically disadvantaged persons, regardless of race? Do you are or disagree? Why?
Q. Has affirmative action achieved its basic goals in the United States?


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Reliance Natural Resources Ltd on Thursday said in a statement that the gas supply agreement between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) was an integral part of the scheme of reorganisation of the Reliance group, as approved by over two million Reliance shareholders and the Bombay High Court.
This arrangement between RIL and RNRL for sale and purchase of gas was made at the same time as the award of the gas supply contract by NTPC to RIL, the release said.
Accordingly, the price of gas under the gas supply agreement between RIL and RNRL is the same as the price for gas supply by RIL to NTPC, with the gas price being discovered through a process of international competitive bidding. The gas price reflected an arrangement for firm take-or-pay gas contract for a period of over 17 years, which cannot be compared with spot prices or shorter-term contract prices, the RNRL statement said.
Reports on Wednesday had suggested that the Centre was opposed to sale of gas by RIL to RNRL at a wellhead price of $ 2.3 per MBTU even as gas from Panna Mukta fields where RIL is a stakeholder was offered to GAIL at $ 4.8 per MBTU.
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The reports had said that sale of gas by RIL to RNRL at $ 2.3 per MBTU would lead to revenue loss of Rs 25,000 crore over a 15-year period to the government. The government's earnings comes by way of 10 per cent royalty earned on gas produced from domestic fields.
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Sid's Smokehouse is perfect for those passing through Aptos and is also a destination spot that others drive miles to reach.
Located at the former location of , the restaurant offers the aroma of melt-off-the-bone meat and sweet barbeque sauce.
Even though I'm not a big meat-eater, the barbeque smell made my stomach growl for a hearty, satisfying meal—just the type of food that Sid's offers. With everything from smokehouse meat to pizza, sandwiches and salads, everyone in the group is sure to find a dish to satisfy his or her taste buds.
While perusing the menu, I started with a green iced tea. The first sip shocked me as it was sweetened and I expected the somewhat bitter nature of green tea. The following sips were like candy.
My mom and I always split dishes whenever we go out to restaurants. At Sid's Smokehouse this was no different. We ordered a side of sweet potato fries, a bowl of Matt's famous chili and the special BBQ chicken salad.
Sweet potato fries are much healthier than potato fries because they are more concentrated in vitamin C and vitamin A which are powerful antioxidants necessary for daily health. Whenever they're on the menu, we're bound to order them.
Sid's passed the test of having good sweet potato fries. They were thin and crispy, compared to others I've had in the past that were thicker and softer.
The award-winning chili was filled with everything and anything a chili should have. The combination of house-cured bacon, pork, beef, chopped brisket and bell peppers offered the hearty component with a shocking surprise of chipotle and pickled jalapenos. To top all that off it was loaded with cheddar cheese, onions and bacon.
No wonder it was the second place winner in the Boardwalk's 2011 Chili Cook-Off. For not being a huge meat-eater, this chili was impressive.
As a special on the Fourth of July, a BBQ chicken salad featured crunchy romaine lettuce, cucumber, tender smoked chicken and tortilla strips with BBQ sauce and ranch dressing. Despite sounding quite rich, this salad was the perfect addition to the rest of the meal. The chicken melted in my mouth.
All of the flavors meshed together to make a perfect meal.
Before paying the check, waitresses offer customers warm, moist towels to refresh their hands after a potentially messy meal. How they spoil you!
Co-owners John Siddall and Dave Paradise opened Sid's Smokehouse in the Aptos location on Mother's Day, May 13. Originally a restaurant in Lake Tahoe, Paradise said the neighborhood of the old SmoQe BBQ was a perfect place to test out their sports bar concept.
"It's good will. People want something good to be in their neighborhood," said Paradise. "If people want something to be done right, they'll wait for you."
Paradise said, "People have different opinions on different types of smoked food. They are very happy with Sid's."
Paradise and Siddall renovated the entire restaurant with a new wrap-around bar, equipment and kitchen. What used to be a place where you ordered from the counter or got take-out became a sit-down restaurant with an inviting feeling.
"The huge feedback is in how we run it with the table service and the bar, the whole atmosphere," said Paradise.
If you're ever passing through the area or are craving some savory smokehouse meat, stop by Sid's Smokehouse, located conveniently off Highway 1.
Open Sunday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The address is 10110 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Call 831-662-2227 for information or take-out. Visit the website to view the menu.
Check back Thursday for more on some changes coming to Sid's menu.
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Vermont Recap Part 1
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Thanks for the memories 2013
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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society raises funds to support research, programs, and services; Saturday's Walk MS attracted over 300 San Angelo residents willing to help the cause.
It took one woman almost six year to be diagnosed with the disease, but now she says she takes her symptoms one day at a time and has participated in the walk for the past two years.
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I'm posting way, way, way more than usual.
It appears that Notre Dame's quest for football independence is coming to a glorious end. Inviting Syracuse and Pitt to the ACC is a convoluted and cunning way to force UND's hand into the ACC. Oh, and adding Syracuse and Pitt also destroys the Big East.
When Syracuse and Pitt were initially invited to the ACC over the weekend, my first thought was "thank you Baby Jesus that we won't have to play football in a new look MEAC in 2013." My second thought was, "why in the world would Clemson, FSU, UNC, and Duke be on board with this move?" By joining the ACC, Syracuse's and Pitt get conference stability, increased revenue, and better leadership, academic peers, among other benefits. But, what does FSU or Clemson or Duke really get from this move? Conference realignment is about football and increasing TV footprints to generate higher revenue streams. So, to increase football revenue the ACC added two marginal (sorry SU) football schools that happen to have excellent basketball squads? Inviting SU and Pitt would likely have little, if any, value-add in terms of football. This low value-add would decrease revenue sharing among existing members. There is an argument that the ACC could make that by adding SU and Pitt is way to preempt the B1G from getting the jewels of the Big East. This would also prevent the ACC from decreasing to 10 members if the SEC comes for Clemson/FSU/Miami. But, if SU and Pitt were already in the B1G the ACC could get some combo of UConn/Rutgers/WVU and achieve the same goal if any ACC schools defected to the SEC. The Big East football members are sadly fungible assets.
That was until last night. Frank the Tank wrote back in June, 2010 that there is an option in clause in the Big East Contract. When the conference re-negotiated its agreement in 2003 the basketball only schools placed an "option clause" in the new contract. In essence, this clause states that if two football members of the Big East leave, the basketball schools will exercise this option that splits the conference in two. Exercising the clause, thereby creates a new league and destroys the Big East. If the conference is split, the basketball members even retain their NCAA payout credits from games played in the Big East. (Ed. note, if this is true, you've got to be fucking kidding me). I don't know if this is correct, but it seems awfully coincidental that the ACC invited 2 BE football members when other options may have existed.
So, if the Big East breaks apart where would UND park their Olympic sports? The B1G and ACC sure as hell won't invite UND unless its in all sports. Frank talks all about where UND would put their other sports, but for many reasons it won't be in the new "Catholic Conference." So, this will force UND to join either the ACC or the B1G as full members to save their Olympic sports. With Syracuse, Pitt, and BC all in the ACC it seems that Notre Dame would "fit" better in this league instead of the B1G.
Then with the Big East no longer in existence, the ACC will be the only big time (and likley only BCS) conference on the East Coast. They don't have to compete any more with the Big East for TV viewership, recruits, sponsors, etc, etc. This way, the ACC can now renegotiate the ESPN contract. The ACC is now firmly in the drivers seat. It feels great to be in a conference that is protecting its constituents rather than waiting for others to act. Standing alone, Syracuse and Pitt as individual schools don't add a thing in football. SU and Pitt are simply worth more as non-members of Big East, rather than anything else. So, by inviting them it crushes the Big East, likely forces UND to join, and gives the ACC hegemony over the East Coast.
When NCAA President Mark Emmert said that the conferences were playing Monopoly and should slow down, this demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the realignment issue. The conferences aren't playing Monopoly, they're playing Risk. And the ACC just moved its pieces up and down the East Coast.
I don't know that option clause exists. But, I wouldn't be surprised. It seems like a Big East type thing. It would also seem strange that the ACC just happened to invite two Big East fb schools. Further, this option clause totally demonstrates the ineptitude of the Big East as a whole. The Big East was really just a house of cards. Pull out two cards and the thing collapses. By allowing the conference to dissolve with a loss of two members shows that the football members had no power in this awful cabal. Of course, the basketball members had a mechanism to stay intact. The conference kowtowed to Providence and would do anything to protect the BB school's rights. I'm thrilled that SU is now in the ACC instead scrambling (like UConn) to get out.


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An East Lyme man was arrested after a home invasion and domestic-related incident in Clinton Saturday night, police said.
Kevin J. Dorothy, 30, broke into a home on Walnut Road at about 8 p.m. "by breaking a locked exterior door," police said.
Once inside the home, police said Dorothy got into a fight with the homeowner, who was one of two people in the residence. The other person was Dorothy's wife, police said.
The homeowner suffered "moderate face and head injuries" and was taken to an area hospital. He has since been released from the hospital.
Dorothy was charged with home invasion, second-degree burglary, second-degree assault, second-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Dorothy, who was released on a $10,000 bond, will be arraigned at Middlesex Superior Court in Middletown on Monday.
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An owner has expressed her disgust after her pet was shot in the face when sitting in the garden.
Bruce, a 3-year-old French Mastiff, had to have a pellet removed from his left cheek after it became lodged underneath the skin.
His owner Caron Byrne, of Mill Hill, Haverhill, can't believe someone targetted the animal while it sat in the garden at her home.
She said: "When I take him out for walks he's always on a lead. The only other time they're outside is in the garden.
"The worst thing is that it happened when he was sitting just outside our home.
Caron discovered Bruce's injury after stroking him and feeling the dried blood on his face. Her son James, 26, removed the pellet and the animal has now made a full recovery.
Caron, 45, also has another French Mastiff, Blossom, and two black and white cats Vieira and Vinnie.
She rescued Bruce and Blossom from a home in Bristol in November 2013 after finding the pair on Gumtree.
The 45-year-old has always kept animals at home, and said it has not been the first time that one of them has come home with an injury from an air rifle.
She has lived in Mill Hill for 12 years.
Caron said: "My dogs don't even bark when somebody comes in the door. My partner's grandson who's 3 comes and plays with them and rides on their backs like horses.
"I walk them when there's hardly anyone around in the evening or early morning because people get spooked by the size of them."
A police spokesman said: "Crimes such as this are extremely cruel to the animal concerned and could have resulted in more serious injuries.
"We would appeal to anyone with information about this incident to come forward and we will be pursuing all lines of enquiry."
The incident happened between 8am and 2pm on December 18.
Anyone who witnessed any suspicious behaviour in the area, or who has information relating to this incident, is asked to contact PC Rupert Beynon at Haverhill Police Station on 101.
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A Colorado woman was impaled by a light pole after she crashed because she was texting and driving.
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Police in Charlotte were called to several locations of a tax service agency after large crowds showed up looking for money they were reportedly promised.
The crowds began to gather at the Instant Tax Service at 1520 West Boulevard in Charlotte on Friday afternoon, as well as the Instant Tax Service location a few miles away on Freedom Drive.
The Better Business Bureau in Charlotte says they have had several complaints about the company at locations in Gastonia, Rock Hill and Charlotte.
The Gastonia location sent out refund checks to customers who filed their 2011 taxes only to have the checks bounce at the bank.
Other locations promised customers their refund checks Friday but no checks were to be found.
Instant Tax Service was accredited by the BBB in January of 2010.
People in the crowd told WBTV that they had filed their taxes with the company and were told to come pick up money today. When they arrived, the business was closed and no one was in the building.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers arrived on the scene attempting to calm the crowd and take statements from customers who feel they were ripped off.
But it remains unclear just what the issue is in getting frustrated customers their tax refunds.
On Thursday the Internal Revenue Service issued an alert to tax professionals warning them to expect delays in tax refund checks due to a system upgrade.
Anyone who filed their taxes with a tax professional between Jan. 17-24 can expect at least a week delay in receiving their refund.
The typical time to process a tax return is 6-10 business days, according to the IRS. Returns filed between Jan. 17-24 can expect a timeframe of 14-16 business days.
However, there seems to be a bigger issue at Instant Tax Service. Several customers said the company lured them in back in December by handing out $50 and $100 in cash as "Christmas bonuses" for choosing to do business with the company.
Several customers said multiple radio and television advertisements promised customers would get their tax returns faster by going through Instant Tax Service. Some are even alleging the company filed their taxes without ever looking at their W-2 forms, a practice condemned by the IRS.
As of Friday night, most customers were promised they would see their money in a week. Some reported Instant Tax Service was taking as much as $800 from their return as payment for filing their taxes.
The IRS says the fastest way to get your refund is to file through e-file using direct deposit.
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