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Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reformby Bradley A. Smith
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At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated. In Unfree Speech, he presents a bold, convincing argument for the repeal of laws that/i>
At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated. In Unfree Speech, he presents a bold, convincing argument for the repeal of laws that regulate political spending and contributions, contending that they violate the right to free speech and ultimately diminish citizens' power.
Smith demonstrates that these laws, which often force ordinary people making modest contributions of cash or labor to register with the Federal Election Commission or various state agencies, fail to accomplish their stated objectives. In fact, they have worked to entrench incumbents in office, deaden campaign discourse, burden grassroots political activity with needless regulation, and distance Americans from an increasingly professional, detached political class. Rather than attempting to plug "loopholes" in campaign finance law or instituting taxpayer-financed campaigns, Smith proposes a return to core First Amendment values of free speech and an unfettered right to engage in political activity.
Smith finds that campaign contributions have little corrupting effect on the legislature and shows that an unrestrained system of contributions and spending actually enhances equality. More money, not less, is needed in the political system, Smith concludes. Unfree Speech draws upon constitutional law and historical research to explain why campaign finance regulation is doomed and to illustrate the potentially drastic costs of efforts to make it succeed. Whatever one thinks about the impact of money on electoral politics, no one should take a final stand without reading Smith's controversial and important arguments.
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Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
Kathryn Jean-Lopez
David C. W. Parker
Daniel J. Silver
Gerald F. Seib
"A sustained defense of free speech against those who would burden it with rules that run counter to the intentions of the founders . . . A stirring defense of First Amendment against the depredations of the reformers."Ira Stoll, Wall Street Journal
"A much needed does of realism which has relevance far beyond America. He challenges the prevailing assumption that political problems may usually be remedied by ever larger doses of public subsidy and rules. . . . Even those who disagree with Bradley Smith's political stance will do well to remember his powerful arguments that the legislative cures for the ills of campaign and party financing are sometimes worse that the disease."Michael Pinto-Duschinsky,Times Literary Supplement
"A must-read for anyone wanting to make sense of the campaign-finance debate."Kathryn Jean-Lopez, National Review
"Enlightening and entertaining . . . To say the least, there are many who will disagree with Smith's findings and conclusions. But this is a marvelous contrarian view: moderate in tone, elegant in language, clever in argument."Publishers Weekly
"Smith is ultimately a First Amendment absolutist, urging that any limitation on campaign contributions restricts free speech. Both opponents and supporters of McCain-Feingold should spend some time with this thoughtful study."Booklist
"A timely read . . . One by one, [Smith] dismantles the girders on which campaign-finanace reform now stands."The Washington Times
"Smith's presence on the FEC drives advocates of campaign finance reform to distraction and Unfree Speech makes quite clear why. . . . For Smith, it is vital to keep in mind what is at stake, which is freedom of speech itself. The constitutional issues cannot be swept aside."Daniel J. Silver, The Weekly Standard
"Mr. Smith is a member of the Federal Election Commission, an agency created for the sole purpose of enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act. Mr. Smith believes not only that the act doesn't work, but that it also undermines democracy. Moreover, he's convinced that virtually all attempts to regulate campaign finances are bad for society. . . . Mr. Smith's fundamental argument, though, is that there is no way to limit the expenditure of money on politics without violating the free speech rights of those who want to spend it."Gerald F. Seib, The Wall Street Journal
"Unfree Speech is an important and valuable contribution to the money and politics literature. . . . [A] well-argued and well-presented counterreformist argument."David C. W. Parker, Congress and the Presidency
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Chapter One
On May 31, 1972, a two-page ad appeared in the New York Times that featured the headline "A Resolution to Impeach Richard Nixon as President of the United States." The ad, which cost a total of $17,850, was paid for by a group consisting of several lawyers, at least one law professor, a former United States senator, and a number of other citizens of modest prominence, calling themselves the National Committee for Impeachment. In addition to criticizing President Richard Nixon, the ad recognized an "honor roll" of several congressmen who had introduced a resolution that called for the president's impeachment. The United States Department of Justice moved swiftly, getting a federal district court to enjoin the National Committee for Impeachment and its officers from engaging in further political activity. The committee, argued the government, was violating the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 because its efforts had the potential to "affect" the 1972 presidential election, and the committee had not properly registered with the government to engage in such political activity.
United States v. National Committee for Impeachment was the first enforcement action ever brought under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), which, as amended, remains our basic national campaign finance law. The case made plain the extent to which FECA was one of the most radical laws ever passed in the United States; for the first time in history, Congress had passed a law requiring citizens to register with the government in order to criticize its office holders.
The case also illustrates the inextricable link between political speech and political spending. For the government's hook in its effort to quiet the National Committee for Impeachment was not the committee's actual speech but its expenditure of money to advertise that speech. The government did not attempt to argue that the defendants had no right to speak out about impeachment or other subjects, or that the contents of the ad were libelous or defamatory. Rather, it argued that the Committee for Impeachment was barred by law from spending more than $1,000 to disseminate its views. But as the case shows, speech costs money. If the government can regulate or limit expenditures to fund speech, it can effectively regulate or limit the corresponding speech. Virtually any effort to communicate with a mass audience requires an expenditure of money, whether that expenditure goes to advertise in a newspaper or on television, rent a hall or pay for a permit for a public rally, publish a newsletter or handbills, or simply to purchase a soapbox and bullhorn. It was the expenditure of moneya quite modest amount, reallythat made the speech of the National Committee for Impeachment potentially persuasive to voters, and that served as the foundation for the government's claimed authority to regulate that speech.
In the summer of 1976, Edward Cozzette and a handful of friends organized the Central Long Island Tax Reform Immediately Committee (CLITRIM). The group was unaffiliated with any political party or candidate. Cozzette and his friends contacted National Tax Reform Immediately, an unincorporated committee affiliated with the conservative John Birch Society, and obtained information on the voting record of their local congressman, Representative Jerome Ambro. They then spent $135 to print copies of a bulletin that included a photo of Representative Ambro and a list of twenty-four of his votes in congress. Each vote was identified as being "for lower taxes and less government" or "for higher taxes and more government." Twenty-one of the twenty-four votes fell into the latter category. The bulletin urged readers, "if your representative consistently votes for measures that increase taxes, let him know how you feel. And thank him when he votes for lower taxes and less government." CLITRIM members distributed copies of the bulletin at a commuter rail station, shopping centers, and at a public meeting at which Representative Ambro appeared.
On August 1, 1978, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) sued CLITRIM in federal court for violating the terms of the Federal Election Campaign Act by distributing Representative Ambro's voting record in the summer of 1976. Is this what Americans want in the polling data that seems to show overwhelming support for "campaign finance reform"? Is it right that a handful of Americans could be sued in court for spending $135 to publish and distribute truthful information about the voting record of a candidate for federal office? If not, what went wrong? Can it be avoided in the future?
In the end, the cases against both CLITRIM and the National Committee for Impeachment were dismissed by federal appellate courts, which ruled that the First Amendment to the Constitution prohibited enforcement of the Federal Elections Campaign Act against the defendants. Yet each case is, in essence, still alive, for in each of the last several congresses bills have been introduced, and even passed in the U.S. House or Senate, that would regulate, limit, and in some cases ban exactly the types of behavior engaged in by CLITRIM and the National Committee for Impeachment. And why not? In each case, the dismissal of the charges hinged on the fact that the literature in question did not specifically urge readers how to vote. Had either CLITRIM or the National Committee for Impeachment specifically urged readers to "vote against" a candidate for office, the Supreme Court's jurisprudence would have allowed the government actions against them to proceed. The speakers' First Amendment rights would have been pushed aside because of the allegedly "compelling" government interest in preventing corruption, or the "appearance of corruption," in the ensuing election.
But would there really have been a threat of corruption if CLITRIM had urged voters specifically to "vote against Jerome Ambro," as opposed to merely criticizing Ambro's voting record? And why should it be unlawful, as it is today, for a group of individuals to contribute more than $5,000 to a challenger's campaign that urges voters to "vote against the president this fall," but not to impress upon voters, as the National Committee for Impeachment tried to do, that the president's actions are so deleterious as to merit not merely defeat at the polls but impeachment once in office? Was the government not correct in believing that a two-page ad in the New York Times that urged voters to support impeachment of the president had as much potential to affect the outcome of the upcoming election as a $5,000 donation to the campaign of George McGovern, Nixon's opponent? Would McGovern, had he been elected, not have felt a debt of gratitude to the National Committee for Impeachment? Could not this debt of gratitude have had the potential to influence McGovern's actions as president? Wouldn't this be "undue" influence obtained through the expenditure of money?
Curiously, soon after the decision in United States v. National Committee for Impeachment, the Supreme Court held in the case of Buckley v. Valeo that, because of the compelling government interest in preventing "corruption" and the "appearance of corruption," the Constitution does not prohibit legislation that limits individual citizens to giving no more than $1,000 directly to a presidential candidate. But doesn't a $17,850 newspaper ad urging not the defeat but the impeachment of his opponent pose the same "threat of corruption?"
On April 27, 1988, Margaret McIntyre and two others stood outside of Blendon Middle School in the town of Westerville, Ohio, passing out handbills. Inside, employees of the Westerville public schools were holding a meeting to rally public support for an upcoming vote for higher school taxes. McIntyre, whose son attended Westerville schools, was passing out a handbill that criticized certain wasteful practices of the school board and listed various promises that the board had made, and allegedly later broken, since a previous tax-hike campaign. McIntyre had created the fliers on her home computer and paid to make several hundred copies at a local printing shop. She signed some of the fliers in her own name and others as "Concerned Parents and Taxpayers." After observing McIntyre, J. Michael Hayfield, an assistant superintendent in the Westerville school district, approached her and told her that her distribution of handbills violated state law. McIntyre, however, carried on. The tax increase was eventually defeated. Several months later, Hayfield filed charges against Margaret McIntyre for violating the Ohio Elections Code by distributing "anonymous" campaign literature, and McIntyre was fined by the Ohio Elections Commission.
The state law under which Margaret McIntyre was charged, found guilty, and fined is, unlike the FECA, relatively old; it dates back to the first wave of campaign laws passed in the United States in the early part of this century. The law was rarely enforced until the 1970s, however, when Watergate helped to foster an explosion of both new laws and media attention related to campaign finance. McIntyre's actions would seem to be the very core of First Amendment activitytrue grassroots activism by a single, middle-class, suburban housewife. Yet the State of Ohio forced McIntyre to litigate against her punishment for six years before she was finally granted relief by the United States Supreme Court, which held that McIntyre's activities were constitutionally protected. The Supreme Court pointed out that anonymous political activity has a long and honored place in American history, with past practitioners including, among others, Abraham Lincoln and the authors of the Federalist Papers. Unfortunately, McIntyre herself never saw her final triumphshe died during the course of the protracted legal proceedings.
During the litigation, one argument put forth by the state in defense of the statute was that enforcement was necessary in order to insure the integrity of state's campaign finance laws. After all, if campaigning can be done anonymously, how can the state keep track of who is contributing how much and to which campaigns? If it cannot do that, what is to prevent some people from spending or contributing large sums of money to support a candidate's bid for election? If a few Margaret McIntyres get caught in the way, is that not a small price to pay to assure "clean" elections? And, indeed, the Supreme Court's opinion included language to indicate that such anonymous speech might not be permitted in a candidate electiona position explicitly adopted by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in a concurring opinion.
In the fall of 1998, Suffield, Connecticut resident Leo Smith was mad. The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives appeared poised to impeach President Bill Clinton, and Smith didn't like it. On his computer, he designed a web page that urged viewers to "support President Clinton" and to defeat Connecticut Congresswoman Nancy Johnson, a Republican who was supporting the impeachment bid. He included links to other political sites critical of Republicans. He felt that he had done his part to participate in one of the great political debates of the day. And then Smith received a call from the campaign of Johnson's opponent, Charlotte Koskoff. Smith discerned that the Koskoff campaign was concerned that his website put both him and the campaign in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Smith sought an advisory opinion from the Federal Election Commission.
In the ensuing advisory opinion, the FEC concluded that Smith's establishment of a web site counted as an independent expenditure in favor of Johnson's Democratic opponent, and so was subject to the reporting requirements of FECA. There would be no more unregulated grassroots activity for Smith, lest his efforts corrupt, or create the appearance of corrupting, Representative Johnson or her opponent.
Unlike Margaret McIntyre, Leo Smith did not pursue his case to the Supreme Court, and if he had, he would probably have lost. Yet why should McIntyre's speech have greater constitutional protection than the speech of someone such as Leo Smith, simply because it related to an issue separate from any candidate campaign, whereas Leo Smith's speech criticized the actions of a person running for office and urged voters to defeat that candidate at the polls? Would it matter if Smith had spent thousands of dollars to design and promote his web site? If so, why? And if Smith's speech is subject to regulation, as the FEC claims, then we find ourselves in the curious position of providing greater constitutional protection to internet pornography, which is protected from regulation by the First Amendment, than to internet political speech. Can this be how the nation's founders intended the First Amendment to be applied?
For nearly twenty years prior to 1996, Steve Forbes had written an opinion column in each issue of the business magazine that bears his family name. Before that, the column had been written by Forbes's father, and before that, by Forbes's grandfather, all the way back to the founding of the magazine in the early part of the century. In 1996, Forbes declared himself a candidate for the presidency of the United States. As a candidate, he continued to write his monthly column in Forbes magazine. He never discussed his candidacy, but he did discuss subjects such as abortion, taxes, term limits, the gold standard, and that most passionate of political issues, interleague baseball play. In September 1998, the Federal Election Commission instituted an action against Forbes, Inc., the publisher of Forbes. The FEC calculated the value of the columns to Forbes's presidential campaign at $94,900, and argued that by publishing the columns, Forbes, Inc. had violated the legal prohibition on corporate contributions to candidates. Oddly, Steve Forbes had already spent some $28 million of his personal fortune, largely made through Forbes, Inc., on his campaign.
As a candidate, the FEC argued, Forbes lost the right to speak to the public through his magazine columns, unless his campaign paid Forbes to publish the columns. In other words, as a candidate, Steve Forbes had fewer rights under the First Amendment than he did before declaring his candidacy. Such a theory seems preposterous, for it is hard to imagine a time when one would more want or need to exercise First Amendment rights than when one is running for office. Thus it was not altogether surprising when, just two months after filing suit, a rather embarrassed FEC, with three new commissioners on board, dropped its enforcement action against Forbes, Inc. Yet dropping the enforcement action raised questions as well. For it is clear that Forbes, Inc., or any other publisher of a newspaper or magazine, could give editorial space to writers other than the candidate to support or oppose various candidates for president or other federal office. Why should publishers have this power, but not candidates themselves? Why should a publishing corporation be able to devote substantial resources to supporting or opposing a candidate when a nonpublishing corporation cannot? This publishing dilemma raises other questions, such as whether to regard Internet web pages as publications. If a web page is considered a publication, should Leo Smith's Internet activities be exempt from reporting requirements? Or is the difference that Leo Smith has less First Amendment protection because he doesn't operate his web site for profit?
These five casesthe National Committee for Impeachment, Edward Cozzette and CLITRIM, Margaret McIntyre, Leo Smith, and Steve Forbesare each problematic in their own way, yet they are not atypical of the world we have created in an effort to regulate campaign finance. Indeed, in many respects they barely scratch the surface of the intractable dilemmas that mark efforts to regulate campaign finance. None of the actions of any of these people posed any serious danger of political corruption, by any stretch of the imagination. It is true that the first three were all vindicated in the courts, that the FEC chose not to pursue Smith (although Smith closed his web site) and that the FEC dropped the Forbes case. Yet in each of the last several congresses laws have been drawn up, and in many cases nearly passed, that are far more restrictive of political speech than anything under which any of the above individuals were charged. If the polling data is accepted at face value, Americans approve of such restrictions on political speech and, in fact, would like to see more of it.
Meanwhile, pressure is growing for a "final solution" to the problem of First Amendment limits on government power, limits that forced the charges against the National Committee for Impeachment, CLITRIM, and Margaret McIntyre to be dismissed. In 1997, thirty-eight U.S. senators voted for a constitutional amendment that would have essentially repealed the First Amendment when it comes to political speech: the amendment would have allowed Congress to impose "reasonable" restrictions on political speech. The amendment also had considerable support in the House. Richard Gephardt, the minority leader in the House and a supporter of the amendment, went so far as to tell Time magazine, "What we have is two important values in direct conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy." Similarly, New Jersey Representative Bill Pascrell, responding to a witness's comment that "the First Amendment promises us free elections," is reported to have replied, "I find that to be ludicrous." Could it possibly be true? Are free speech and healthy campaigns incompatible? Is the idea that the government should not interfere with what and how much is said in political campaigns really "ludicrous"?
Or consider these comments from former Common Cause president Ann McBride. Appearing on national television in 1996, McBride stated, "at the same time there are efforts to regulate them, [you] have oil and gas companies, [you] have trial lawyers, [you] have all the major interests that have an outcome in the election and an outcome in policy being able to pour this money in ... they want access to influence in the political process. It's corrupting."
Are efforts to persuade fellow citizens how to vote "corrupting," or are they the essence of democracy? Consider the implications of McBride's statement. She is arguing, in essence, that those persons and interests that are affected by government policies and possibly subject to government regulation must give up their right to try to influence government policy. This is a far cry from "no taxation without representation." In fact, McBride seems to suggest that the very possibility of taxation ought to deprive one of the right to representation: "It's corrupting."
If the five cases discussed above indicate that something is wrong with the laws we have passed in an effort to regulate campaign finance, the words of Minority Leader Gephardt, Representative Pascrell, and Ann McBride indicate that perhaps our entire approach to the issue has gone dreadfully astray. It is hard to believe that one of the highest-ranking members of the United States House of Representatives would state that free speech and healthy campaigns are in irreconcilable conflict, without the slightest public outcry in response. It is hard to imagine how more than one-third of the U.S. Senate could vote to repeal the protections given by the First Amendment to political speech, with no more public debate or press coverage than is given to a routine highway funding bill. But it is true, and it is more believable once we recognize that this is the end result of a long and determined campaign to cheapen some types of political speech.
As long ago as 1989, Columbia Law School professor Martin Shapiro bemoaned the fact that "almost the entire first amendment literature produced by liberal academics in the past twenty years has been a literature of regulation, not freedoma literature that balances away speech rights." During the intervening years, the nature of that scholarship has grown still more radical. Today, in the pages of some of the nation's most prestigious law journals some of our most talented young legal scholars are arguing that the Constitution permits, or perhaps even requires, a ban on all partisan political speech, except to the extent authorized by a grant of government speech vouchers. If this seems like idle speculation from the ivory tower, it should be noted that what today are mainstream prescriptions for campaign finance "reform" were, just a few decades ago, considered equally radical, and that one such advocate, Edward Foley, formerly of the Ohio State University School of Law, was appointed Ohio state solicitor in 1999 by a conservative state attorney general.
When statements such as those of Richard Gephardt and Ann McBride can be made by prominent persons in national news media and create no stir at all, something has gone wrong with the way in which we think about political campaigns. This book is an effort to explain what has gone wrong, both at a political level and in constitutional doctrine. This is a book about campaign finance, but unlike most such books, it is not full of breathless innuendo about alleged "corruption" in politics, nor is it replete with cocktail party factoids aimed at making it seem as though political spending is beyond all control. Rather, this book asks the reader to reconsider the entire intellectual framework around which most of the nation's campaign finance regulation has been built. It asks the reader to begin by considering the possibility that virtually everything that the typical American knows, or thinks he knows, about campaign finance reform is wrong. And unlike most such books, it concludes not with any grand new scheme for "closing loopholes" or regulating the system, but for the readoption of a radical old approach to the question of campaign finance regulation.
Part I of this book explores how we arrived at our present state of campaign finance regulation, and how our existing efforts at regulation have not always worked as planned; Part II discusses the constitutional issues surrounding reform; Part III discusses the future of campaign finance regulation. In discussing this future, Part III suggests that we are rapidly approaching the day of reckoning, when we must either jettison our traditional First Amendment liberties, as Gephardt and others ask us to do, or we must pull back, and return to the system of campaign finance "regulation" envisioned by the framers of the Constitution and enshrined in the First Amendment. I remain confident that when the American people understand the options available to them, they will choose the system chosen by the founders. This book is intended to present those optionsplainly, if not always simply, for the issues are complexto the people.
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Got this puller set on sale to pull out my 12 HP Briggs & Stratton flywheel to replace the busted up ring gear attached to it. It took several tries using an air driven impact gun set at 90 PSI to pop out that stuck flywheel. The puller did its job and did not break. The included washers need to be replaced with thicker stronger ones because they will take very little PSI to bend. I had to use some thicker ones I had to complete the job.
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Unbaked Peach-Berry Crumble
When you want a lovely summer dessert but don't feel like fussing (or baking) this unbaked peach-berry crumble just the thing. I particularly like this with raspberries, if they're available. Adapted from Vegan Holiday Kitchen. Photos by Susan Voisin.
No-Bake Vegan Cocoa Maca-roons
These no-bake macaroons are filled with all manner of nutrient-dense goodies, including nuts, nut better, dates, and of course, coconut. Not to mention a nice dose of maca powder, which not only lends its malty flavor, but its energy-boosting benefits. If you're unfamiliar with maca, or just want to leave it out, no problem — see the alternative following the recipe. Photos by Evan Atlas. more→
Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
A two-ingredient classic dessert — how can you go wrong? Strawberries and dark chocolate are just made for one another. Though this hardly even qualifies as a recipe, there are are a few tips and tricks that make this come out just right. more→
Unbaked Fig Bars
It's amazing to me that a dessert this good can be free of refined flour or refined sugar. These fig bars have all of the chewiness and sweetness of traditional Fig Newton cookies, but they're made with wholesome almonds, oats, and real dried figs. From Choosing Raw: Making Raw Foods Part of the Way You Eat by Gena Hamshaw. Reprinted with permission from Da Capo Lifelong, © 2014. Photos by Hannah Kaminsky. more→
Coconutty for Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies taste every bit as sweet and indulgent as a cookie should, but they're surprisingly nutritious. Walnuts contribute healthy omega-3 fatty acids, while coconut lends its anti-inflammatory properties and cacao nibs give the cookies a little antioxidant boost. Whether for benefits or for the taste, I enjoy these cookies both as midday snacks and as dessert. From Choosing Raw: Making Raw Foods Part of the Way You Eat by Gena Hamshaw. Reprinted with permission from Da Capo Lifelong, © 2014. Photos by Hannah Kaminsky. more→
Unbaked Fudgy Brownies
You won't believe how easy it is to make these unbaked vegan chocolate brownies, rich with nuts and sweetened with dates. They're flourless, gluten-free, and altogether rich and yummy. Recipe from Plant Power: Transform Your Kitchen, Plate, and Life with More Than 150 Fresh and Flavorful Vegan Recipes by Nava Atlas. ©2014, published by HarperOne, reprinted by permission. Photos by Hannah Kaminsky. more→
Awesome Almond Chia Pudding
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Nutty Chocolate Protein Bars with Chia Seeds
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You can bet on any of the races that are running up and down the country without ever having to leave the comfort of your home. If you choose to bet on a race that is several hours ahead you will more than likely be given the SP (starting price) but with events that are about to start shortly you can get the individual dogs odds, giving you a clearer picture of what is going on at the racetrack.
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Tote Betting If you choose to bet at the actual Greyhound Stadium instead of placing an online bet most stadia are signed up to The Tote Betting System.
This means that your bet is placed into a pool system that everyone can bet into, the amount of your return is then determined by how much money has been bet into the entire pool, this works in a very similar way to the National Lottery, the higher the pot the higher the prize.
With greyhound races limited to six runners the odds can obviously be fairly short in comparison to that of horse racing, so the Tote offer an array of bets to offer the punter better odds.
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Very much like horse racing the greyhound equivalent offers punters the chance to enter the Tote Jackpot. In order to be successful you have to pick the six winners of six chosen races. If nobody is successful on winning the Tote Jackpot on the chosen night then the fund will rollover to the next chosen meeting.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Saturday, August 8, 2015
Hudson Warehouse: Titus Andronicus
at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
This is Shakespeare's bloodiest and most violent work and traditionally was one of his least respected plays.
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
NY Classical: Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
at Castle Clinton (in The Battery), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Once a free and open society, Vienna is bitterly divided between high morals and the greed of commerce. Disguised as a monk, the Duke wanders the land, prying into the daily lives of…
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
Celebrate Brooklyn: tUnE-yArDs / Shabazz Palaces
at Prospect Park Bandshell (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
tUnE-yArDs' 2011 record Whokill is hailed as a modern classic, with a lo-fi tapestry of beats, guitars, and horns weaving around her unmistakable, fearlessly belting voice.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts
Shakespeare in the Park: Cymbeline
at Delacorte Theater (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Cross-dressing girls and cross-dressing boys, poisons and swordfights and dastardly villains all take the stage in this enchanting romp about the conquering power of love.
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
Ranger's Choice: Little Red Lighthouse Lantern Tour
at Little Red Lighthouse (in Fort Washington Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Space is limited and participants are chosen through a lottery. To register for the lottery, please visit www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register on Wednesday, July 29th.
Category: History, Tours
Movie Night: All the Ladies Say
at Target Bronx Community Garden, Bronx
8:15 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
"All The Ladies Say" is a film that highlights the lives of six iconic female street dancers from San Jose, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Movies in the Parks: Big Hero 6
at St. James Park, Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks for free, family-friendly movies in our city's parks!
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies
Perseid Meteor Shower
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
The wonders of the universe are ready to be discovered and New York City Parks are the perfect place to stargaze and explore the night sky. Our Urban Park Rangers will be your…
Category: Nature, Astronomy
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Exhibit: Oh Sit! 14 Sculptors Consider the Chair
at Tower Plaza (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
NYC Parks is pleased to host Oh Sit! 14 Sculptors Consider the Chair will be on view through November 8, 2015 in Highbridge Park located in northern Manhattan.
Category: Art
NYC Parks Beach Volleyball Tournament 2015
at Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk, Brooklyn
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Face off in NYC's ultimate summer competition! NYC Parks invites you to register for a volleyball tournament on beautiful Coney Island Beach.
Category: Sports
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Book your room at Novotel Sydney Rooty Hill
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with 2 restaurants and indoor pool
This family-friendly Rooty Hill hotel is located in the suburbs, within 3 mi (5 km) of Blacktown International Sportspark and Nurragingy Reserve. Featherdale Wildlife Park and Wet'n'Wild Sydney are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
2 restaurants, an indoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include 2 coffee shops/cafés, a conference center, and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
All 160 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, LCD TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers. 24-hour room service, minibars, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Novotel Sydney Rooty Hill33 Railway Street Rooty Hill NSW 2766
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Hotel Amenities
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at one of the 2 coffee shops/cafés. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. Novotel Sydney Rooty Hill features an indoor pool and a fitness center. 4 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers concierge services, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Novotel Sydney Rooty Hill is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Number of floors - 6
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- Total number of rooms - 160
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- Air conditioning
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Menu 33 - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
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Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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need some suggestions for muslim girl names. i have no idea...
help with girl names
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Just google "Muslim girl names" and you will find a lot of websites with lists. Go through the lists and write down the ones you like (good sound, good meaning, etc). Double-check the meanings of the ones you like, because sometimes the sites are wrong. Show your list to DH and insha'Allah you can choose a few favorites together!
what preferences do you have?
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله
We are going through same thinking.. :)
we decided one boy name yaay :)
now hoping to decide girls aswel soon.. In Sha Allah. lets see what gender is coming :)
ill suggest some :
Eeshal: flower in heaven
Aaiza: pious lady
thank you sisters.. rabz i really like eeshal. such a pretty name.
girlin... i want like religious names.. or atleast that will get my dh n inlaws approval
yes i liked eeshal in the first place :)
but my cousin is esha so my dh not agreeing :( also my best friend named her daughter Eshal in Oct :(
If I have another girl someday I would love to name her Summayyah insh Allah, who was the first martyr of Islam. My daughter's middle name is Iman or you can spell it Eman, which means faith. My SIL named her daughter Zaynab, which is the name of the Prophet's (saws) daughter.
"We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race."
-- Kofi Annan
i always liked the name maimouna (one of the prophet's (pbuh) wives).
other "religious" names - khadija, fatima, zaineb, mariam, hajar/hagar, aisha, hafsa, hind, sara, amatullah, asma/esme, doaa, aya, iman, ruqayyah, om khalthoum.
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله
thank you so much ladies, i love all the names you suggested.
i love (Jenna) its is a beautiful name, and its from the quran.
theres also:
and the list goes on.. good luck!
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Wega Arts Presents Six Wisconsin Artists
We are inviting everyone to come and support our local artists. Save the day for the wine and cheese reception on September 25th. Please invite your friends!
The Wega Arts Gallery at the George Gerold Opera House
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Diplomats insisted Sunday they were closing in on an agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programme despite the failure to clinch a long-sought deal in high-profile, marathon negotiations in Geneva.
Israel meanwhile doubled down on efforts to avert a "bad deal," as Tehran insisted it would not abandon its "right" to enrichment and Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was neither "blind" nor "stupid" about the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions.
Hopes had soared after top world diplomats rushed to Geneva to join talks, but faded as cracks began to appear among world powers when France raised concerns over a heavy water reactor being built at Arak.
But diplomats insisted they were zeroing in on an agreement to lift some of the crippling sanctions on Iran in return for the freezing of much of its nuclear programme, and planned to meet again on November 20.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia -- one of six world powers negotiating with Iran, said Tehran had been "decisive" in the "very substantial" talks aimed at renouncing "threats and sanctions".
His British counterpart William Hague -- who also attended the Geneva talks -- said it was "vital to keep the momentum" and insisted "a deal is on the table and can be done."
The pause in talks has given a window of opportunity for opponents, particularly Israel, to derail the deal, which sees Iran's nuclear programme as a threat to its existence.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would do all it could to keep the so-called P5+1 group of world powers -- Britain, France, the United States, Russia and China plus Germany -- from striking a "bad and dangerous" deal with Iran.
The short-term deal would have reportedly frozen or curbed some of Iran's nuclear activities, which Israel and the West suspect are aimed at developing the ability to build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which insists its programme is entirely peaceful, would receive limited relief from sanctions battering its ailing economy while the two sides worked on a comprehensive agreement.
Israel asks 'Why the rush?'
Israel -- the region's sole if undeclared nuclear-armed state -- fears an agreement would remove sanctions while allowing Tehran to enrich uranium and advance work on the plutonium reactor at Arak.
"I asked them what was the rush? I suggested they wait," Netanyahu said, recounting conversations with leaders of the United States, Russia, France, Germany and Britain.
"I hope they reach a good agreement, and we will do all we can to convince world powers to avoid a bad deal."
The hardline Iranian Kayhan newspaper warned in an editorial that "rushing into an agreement would prompt the enemies to think Iran is desperately in need of one, and therefore is ready to give major concessions."
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani sought to allay such concerns as he pleaded for the conservative-dominated parliament's support.
"There are red lines that must not be crossed," ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.
"The rights of the Iranian nation and our national interests are a red line. So are nuclear rights under the framework of international regulations, which include enrichment on Iranian soil."
Kerry offered similar assurances about the US position, saying Washington is "not blind, and I don't think we're stupid," and insisting there is "zero gap" between the White House and its commitment to Israel.
Diplomats have seen a window of opportunity for the decade-long nuclear talks following this year's election of Rouhani, a reputed moderate who has vowed to engage with the West.
Rouhani hopes to bring about the lifting of US and European sanctions that have more than halved Iran's oil exports, created serious obstacles in repatriating petrodollars and provoked rampant inflation.
One of the main stumbling blocks in the most recent talks was the Arak reactor, which is at least a year away from becoming operational but would eventually give Iran a second route to an atomic bomb by producing plutonium as a by-product.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif did not rule out further talks over the reactor.
"We insist on our (nuclear) rights and technology but at the same time we are prepared to remove concerns of the other parties," he said, adding Iran "does not want anyone to think we seek weapons through enrichment or the heavy water" facility.
Final say on Iran's nuclear work rests with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had expressed support for Iranian negotiators but also voiced pessimism about a breakthrough in the talks, citing decades of hostility and mistrust.