Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Collins, who has played for the Atlanta Hawks and several other NBA teams, announces he's gay in a Sports Illustrated article.
"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center," former Atlanta Hawks player Jason Collins announced this week in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. "I'm black. And I'm gay." Collins goes on: The revelation came just weeks after former NBA Coach Phil Jackson said in an interview that he'd "never run into" a gay pro basketball player. This week, Hawks managers weighed in on Collins' announcement. "We have great respect for Jason and his message today. Creating an environment where we support, respect, and accept our players' individual rights is very important to us," Hawks Managing Partner and NBA Governor Bruce Levenson said in a statement. "Jason represented everything that we look for as a member of the Atlanta Hawks and we are proud he wore …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Has math changed so much that your help is confusing your child more than helping him or her?
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Tuesday, April 30
According to a recent story by The Daily Mail concerning parents’ ability, or more like inability, to help their middle school-age children in the UK, there is a problem. The Daily Mail reports that only one in 20 can do the math required to help their child with homework. It’s not that the parents aren’t smart, it’s just that methods have changed so much since they were in school that they can no longer explain it. They can still get to the same answer, the students just cannot understand how they got to it. According to the article, the government in the UK is considering reinstating tried and tested techniques to tackle this problem. So what about here in the U.S.? Is the math homework your middle schooler brings home the math you did …
Friday, April 26, 2013
The FBI last week released photographs of two men suspected in the April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon, leading to them being quickly identified.
Authorities last Thursday announced they were seeking two men they believed may have been responsible for the April 15 bombing that occurred at the Boston Marathon. Photos were shown of the suspects, taken off surveillance videos, and within 48 hours the men were identified — one was dead and the other on the run. In the manhunt and eventual arrest of the remaining suspect, additional explosives were found and authorities believe more attacks were planned. Many believe without the surveillance evidence, the alleged bombers would not have been identified and possibly more deaths incurred. The question here is, does this indicate there is a need for more surveillance cameras throughout our cities? What do you think?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a cybersecurity bill that allows corporations to share customers’ personal data.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 288 to 127 last week, according to The Huffington Post. This allows corporations to share customers’ personal data with other companies and even with the U.S. government. The bill, if it completes its passage through Congress and is signed into law, would allow this sharing even if the company has signed a contract vowing that it will not share the information. The Huffington Post reports the president said he would veto the bill if it made it to his desk. As it stands, the bill makes this provision the standard, even over any agreement, and protects the entity violating the agreement from being held accountable…
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
If so, you could be saving money, according to GoBanking Rates.
GoBankingrates.com put out an article recently noting that the cost of feeding a family of four has risen from $601.50 in 2003 to $830 in 2013. That would be a 38 percent increase over the last decade. It doesn’t cost quite as much, however, to eat out, according to GoBanking rates. “When comparing the cost of a 10 oz. rib-eye dinner (with soup, salad and asparagus) from Outback Steakhouse with that of the homemade version, Outback was $2.53 cheaper,” said GoBankingRates expert contributor, Stacey Bumpus. “And comparing seafood alfredo (with unlimited salad and breadsticks) at Olive Garden to making it at home, Olive Garden was $3.79 cheaper.” While it may be healthier to eat at home, it apparently is no longer cheaper. Knowing this, will …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Or since he is a naturalized American citizen, should he be tried in a civilian courtroom?
Now that the city of Boston is breathing a sigh of relief and trying to get back to normal a week after the Boston Marathon bombings, the political debate on what to do with the alleged bomber who survived begins. Greer-Taylors Patch reports that even before the capture of Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev Friday night, the fallout had begun. On his Twitter feed, Sen. Lindsey Graham drew criticism for suggesting the suspect be treated as an enemy combatant and not be granted his Miranda rights. Intelligence experts and media said there was no way the suspect would not be given his Miranda rights. The Obama Administration has a clear policy of treating suspects on American soil with the normal judicial process, they said. Treating the suspect as a …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Whether or not the media has shown bias in the coverage of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's trial had many people offering an opinion this week. What do you think?
Friday, April 19, 2013
It is now known that this was likely a case of international terrorism.
In 2001, plans were on track for an immigration overhaul. That was until Sept. 11, 2001. Following the 2001 terrorist attacks, any possibility of immigration reform died. Now, more than 11 years later, the issue was finally back on the table. A “gang of eight” senators has been huddled together for the last few weeks with hopes that a bipartisan immigration plan could be developed. The Huffington Post reported that these senators, equally divided between Republican and Democrat, are set to unveil an immigration bill that is supposed to secure the border, fix the issues with legal immigration, shore up workplace enforcement and institute some form of legalization for the millions of people who are here illegally. The Huffington Post, …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
It has been rolled out slowly since October 2012, but those who hadn’t converted voluntarily since then are being switched over now anyway.
The LA Times reports that not everybody is happy with the new compose feature on Gmail, but the product manager for the company, Phil Sharp, says it's faster and easier to use. If you haven’t seen it already, it is a pop-up screen, a little “like G-chat, only larger” Gmail claims. In explaining the new system, Sharp says it helps when you’re writing a new e-mail and have to reference another one. In this new system, you don’t have to save it as a draft, open the old one, then go back to your draft. You can do a search or be watching new mail come in as you’re composing a new message. The problem is, as we’ve learned with Facebook, we don’t like change. Once we’ve got use to a system, we like it to stay that way. So what do you think of the…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Four girls, two black and two white, are attempting to finally bring an end to the practice of segregated proms in Rochelle, Ga.
When four girls from Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Ga., decided it was time for them to be able to attend prom together, Melvin Everson, Republican executive director of the Georgia Commission of Equal Opportunity, offered his support. Up until this year, there has always been two proms for the students from Wilcox County High — one for white students and one for non-white students. According to Snellville Patch, the four students, two white and two black, were not happy that they would not have been able to attend prom together. "We live in rural south Georgia, where not too many things change," the girls wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to an integrated prom. "Well, as a group of adamant high school seniors, we want to make a …
Good Grief Y'all
7:21 am on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I fully agree with you, Skalawag. What a poor example of womanhood she is, and she's no leader, just a mouthpiece. I usually avoid anything about her, but did click on a brief report. She does provide good material for the late-night comics. I like to be in the know on the jokes :D Thanks . . . my good Dad was a great role model for his sons and daughters. more ›