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Chris Christie isn't the moderate Republican he would like the public to think he is, but rather a union-busting bully with the corporate agenda in mind.
Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.
In his film, Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill unveils America's extrajudicial, covert, transcontinental battlefield.
The annual Ridenhour Prizes recognize acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society.
With the killing of Awlaki, the president of the United States became judge, jury and executioner for American citizens.
It wasn't easy, but artists, musicians and activists met Thatcher's brutal tactics with compassionate responses.
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Aid to neighborhoods populated by New York City's low-income residents and people of color has been largely absent.
The former Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate is sick of the greedy banking practices that led to the financial crisis.
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
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It is really quite easy. Choose the size that best expresses your concept.
All those reasons that the fellow gave you are minor surface reasons compared to the real one: People are largely printing big (and/or printing alternative processes) because everyone and their dog can take a technically sound picture with the highly-sophisticated equipment that is around for peanuts these days. They are pulling out all the stops to make themselves stand out as "real artists".
In short, it is an attempted and/or actual elitist thing...and I mean the word "elitist" without connotation.

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In Ireland, Speaker Boehner Talks Trade & Economic Ties, Pays Tribute to Berkeley VictimsJuly 03, 2015
DUBLIN, IRELAND – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) began a visit to Ireland Thursday with talks on trade, U.S.-Irish economic ties, and security challenges in Europe. Read More
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"The Obama administration is handing the Castros a lifetime dream of legitimacy without getting a thing for the Cuban people being oppressed by this brutal communist dictatorship." Read More
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Even though they have made him a Man of the Year, Mayor Bloomberg is not super-nice in GQ's Q&A with him. "This is a separate question you should ask me," he tells writer Lisa DePaulo. "What's the most annoying thing about the press?" Ooh! We know!, we said to ourselves. It's the long hours and crappy pay and the e-mails from your mom that say, "I have a great idea for a story for you to write! About your cousin!" Or maybe the fact that people are always insulting you to your face by referring to you as though you are part of some freaky Masons-like conspiratorial organization called "the press" or "the media" and acting as though CNN's decision to air a buttload of Anna Nicole Smith coverage during the war is somehow your fault, personally. Or, wait, sorry, that's being "the press." So tell us, Owner of a Media Company, what's the worst thing about "the press"?
"When an elected official runs for office and says they'll do something and they get elected, you should check and see whether they did it," he says smugly. "And you guys don't do that." Um, yeah, that never happens. But thanks for the tip. Now let's talk about how you're not running for president again! Have you really ruled it out? "I have ruled it out," he tells GQ. Great! Well, when you do run, we're going to remember you said that.
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Is bonus depreciation gone for good?
Congress recently passed a one-year tax extenders bill to retroactively restore a number of popular tax breaks, including bonus depreciation.
Bonus depreciation may result in substantial present value tax savings for businesses that already had plans to purchase or construct qualified property. Unlike section 179 expensing, you do not need net income to take bonus depreciation deductions. Further, bonus is not limited to smaller businesses or capped at a certain dollar level, but it is not available for used property, property used outside of the US, tax-exempt use property, or tax-exempt financed property. Also, many states are likely to opt out of this provision for state income tax purposes.
Bonus depreciation has generally been available since Sept. 11, 2001, with a period of expiration in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and has ranged from 30 percent to 100 percent over the years, as shown in this chart:
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Eligible property
Newly constructed or original use property with a recovery period of 20 years or less (real or personal), qualified leasehold improvements, certain computer software, and water utility property are eligible for bonus depreciation. Only new property is eligible for bonus depreciation; used property is not eligible.
Long production property
While placed-in-service dates for long production property generally are in effect for property placed in service before Jan. 1, 2015, only costs incurred before Jan. 1, 2014, are eligible for bonus—this is known as the progress expenditure rule. For example, a building owner contracts for $2 million of qualified tenant improvements and begins construction in 2013, during the 50 percent bonus window. By the end of 2013, they incurred $1.2 million. Construction is completed in 2014 and the improvements are placed in service in June of that year. Under the progress expenditure rule, $1.2 million is eligible for 50 percent bonus.
Long production property is property that has a recovery period of at least 10 years, an estimated production period of more than two years, or an estimated production period of more than one year and a cost of more than $1 million. Transportation property is tangible personal property used in the trade or business of transporting persons or property.
Qualified leasehold, retail, and restaurant property
Qualified leasehold improvements are generally bonus eligible, if made under a lease to the interior portion of a building occupied by a tenant and placed in service more than three years after the building was first placed in service. Qualified restaurant property and qualified retail improvement property are not eligible for bonus depreciation; however, under section 179, taxpayers may expense up to $250,000 of the cost for these improvements as well as qualified leasehold improvements. This benefit applies to property placed in service in 2012 or 2013. The treatment details for these three types of property are summarized below.
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|Half-year, straight-line
|Half-year, straight-line
|Half-year, straight-line
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|179 Eligible 1
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|Yes - 1/1/10-12/31/13
|Yes - 1/1/10-12/31/13
|Building Age Requirement
|3 years or older
|3 years or older
|3 years or older
|3 years or older
Landlord and tenant can't be related party, improvement must be to an interior portion of a nonresidential building, enlargement / elevators / escalators / common area / internal structural framework excluded
Improvement must be to an interior portion of a nonresidential building, portion of improvements must be open to the general public and used in the retail trade or business of selling tangible personal property to the general public, enlargement/elevators/escalators/common area/internal structural framework excluded
A building, or an improvement to a building, if more than 50% of building's square footage is devoted to preparation of, and seating for on-premises consumption of, prepared meals
1179 amount is limited to $250,000, phase out begins at $1,000,000 of qualified property. Qualified property does not include air conditioning or heating units. Total 179 amount for 2010, 2011, 2012, & 2013 is $500,000 and phase out begins at $2,000,000 of total qualified property.
Electing out of bonus and section 179
For taxpayers that want to spread out their cost-recovery deductions, one alternative is to elect out of bonus depreciation and selectively expense the cost of eligible acquisitions under section 179. Keep in mind many states have not adopted the recent higher federal section 179 limits, and there may be other restrictions to the deductions.
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NLRB v. SAVAIR MFG. CO.
- 1970-1979
Legal provision: National Labor Relations, as amended
Argument of Norton J. Come
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: We'll hear arguments next in number 72-1231, National Labor Relations Board against Savair Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Come, you may proceed whenever you're ready.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the Court.
This case is here on a writ of certiorari to the Sixth Circuit.
The basic question is, whether it is permissible for the National Labor Relations Board in the exercise of its broad discretion to establish the standards and safeguards for conducting a fair and free representation election to conclude that a union's offer to waive initiation fees for all employees who signed union authorization cards before the election, should the union win the election, does not tend to interfere with the employee free choice in the election.
The facts are these.
In September of 1970, pursuant to a representation petition filed by the Mechanics Educational Society of America, the Board conducted a secret ballot election among the production and maintenance employees of the Savair Manufacturing Company.
The Union won the election by a vote of 22 to 20.
The company filed objections to the election alleging among other things that union representatives had improperly coerced certain employees by leading them to believe that if they failed or refused to sign a card requesting an election and the Union were successful, they would be fined from to $20.00 to $200.00 before they could join the Union.
These objections were investigated and set down for hearing before a Hearing Officer of the Board who found that prior to the filing of the representation petition, Bennie McKnight, an employee supporter of the union, solicited employees to sign cards applying for membership in the union, which cards were to be used to support the petition as this Court note out those that generally, the Board requires a support of 30% in cards before it will process a representation petition.
McKnight told the employees that if they did not sign a card now, they would be subject to an assessment or a fine if the Union won the election.
When the employees questioned McKnight about the union's policy, he told them to call Alfred Smith, the Union Secretary-Treasurer whose phone number he gave them.
After the election petition was filed but before the election was held, Smith addressed the group of about 20 employees.
In response to a question about the assessment, he explained that it was the union's policy to waive initiation fees in organizing new shops but to require a small fee to be paid by the persons joining the union after a contract had been negotiated.
In fact, the union's constitution and by-laws provide for the local union to set the initiation fees, which in no event can exceed $10.00.
Smith added that there was no assessment or fine in our organization in regards to the situation of membership.
The only time the fine was imposed was for violation of the union's constitution or by-laws.
The Hearing Officer concluded that what the Union did through Smith and McKnight was to inform employees that an initiation fee would be waived in the eventuality of a successful election by the union.
He further found that whatever confusion may have re-existed with respect to the terminology utilized by McKnight, the union's policy was clarified at this initial organizational meeting at which Smith explained the union's policy when he held a subsequent meeting shortly before the election going over the same ground.
Unknown Speaker: How many were at the second meeting?
Mr. Norton J. Come: At the first meeting, there were about 20 employees and he indicated that about the same number were at the second meeting.
The first meeting was attended by the card signers.
He explained that those were the only names and addresses that he had and that's what the notice went out to.
There is no indication as to who in addition may have been present at the second meeting.
Following the Board's decision in DIT-MCO that a waiver of initiation fees prior to an election, is not an improper inducement for vote for the Union regardless of whether it was contingent upon the results of the election.
The Hearing Officer concluded that the union's waiver offer did not impair free choice in the election and recommended that the union be certified.
I should point out that DIT-MCO represents a reversal of the Board's earlier position in Lobue in which the Board had concluded that if the waiver was tied to the outcome of the election, it was improper.
Unknown Speaker: Do you have at least a copy of the cards in the record?
Mr. Norton J. Come: There is not a copy of the cards in the record.
What we do have in the record is a testimony by the union agent.
Unknown Speaker: It is not even among the -- It isn't either here?
It isn't here in any form?
Mr. Norton J. Come: No, it is not.
Unknown Speaker: But was it an application for membership?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Yes, it was.
It was an application for membership and that it authorize the Union to represent the employee in collective bargaining.
Unknown Speaker: And did it say that if the union won, membership fees would be waived?
Mr. Norton J. Come: No, the card did not say that.
It was a typical authorization card which, as I say, was an application for membership and it authorizes --
Unknown Speaker: Was it stated at the union laws the application was void?
Mr. Norton J. Come: No, it did not say that.
Unknown Speaker: So, I suppose the application still stands for the union laws?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Except that the union agent, Mr. Smith, testified that it was the practice of the Union not to collect any initiation fee.
Unknown Speaker: Practice?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Yes, sir.
Unless they won the election and they got a contract which is not a typical as I understand the practice of the union organization.
Unknown Speaker: But I think the employee was applying for membership?
Mr. Norton J. Come: He was applying for membership.
Unknown Speaker: And he could only get his -- even his dues would only be waived if the Union won?
Mr. Norton J. Come: His initiation fee would be waived if the Union won.
However, the Union is not in a position under the Act as I hope to, as I was planning to get to.
To compel an employee to pay initiation fees until (a) it wins the election, (b) it manages to negotiate a contract with an employer and; (c) gets a contract which has a Union Security Clause and that which requires the payment of dues and fees as a condition of continued employment.
Unknown Speaker: Well, can't the Union sue, at least as a theoretical manner, for back dues in court without enforcing it through a Union Security Clause?
Mr. Norton J. Come: I know of no such situations where they have done so merely on the basis of an authorization card of the client that we had here.
Unknown Speaker: Mr. Come, if the issue here were a little different.
If the issue were that of a card majority, will the Board's position be any different?
Mr. Norton J. Come: The Board's position as I understand it would not be any different.
I do think, however, that the fact that you do have an election here makes this an easier case because in terms of the employee who does not want the union and merely signs the card as a hedge.
He has a double insurance by voting "No" in the election.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Isn't it possible?
Isn't it conceivable that some of the 22 employees who voted against the 20 but decided to hedge by both signing a card and voting for the Union, so that if the Union won the election, they would be relieved of this fee obligation.
Isn't that what the case is about whether this is an improper inducement?
Mr. Norton J. Come: That is correct, Your Honor.
I think that that is the question.
I think that there's no question that it is an inducement to sign a union card.
The question is whether it's a type of inducement, which is likely to influence the employees' vote in the election.
For example, there's no question that if the Union promises to get the employees a wage increase if it wins the election, that may well be an inducement for the employees to vote for the Union in the election.
But that type of inducement the Board and the Courts have held is not the kind that would preclude a rational choice.
Now, in this area of what inducement is going to fall on which side of the line, I submit that that can often be a fine question.
Unknown Speaker: Well, what I gather Mr. Come, the Board then review at least initially thought that it fell on the side of coercive side of --
Mr. Norton J. Come: The Board felt that it fell in the coercive side not with respect to the waiver of the initiation fee.
The Board almost from the beginning has taken the position that an offer to waive initiation fees during an organizational campaign was a legitimate type of inducement and did not interfere with the employee free choice.
It serves the legitimate purpose --
Unknown Speaker: But what was in Lobue?
Mr. Norton J. Come: In Lobue, the thing that the Board felt it made it improper was that, in addition to offering to waiving the card of the Union furnished was a membership card, and at the bottom of it, it said, "The employee shall be entitled to put a paid-up initiation fee upon if the Union wins the election" with the addition of "if the union wins the election" that the Board felt tipped the scales.
Now, on reconsideration in DIT-MCO which was applied here, it was the Board's judgment that whether you exquisitely stated that the waiver would be effective if the union wins the election or you didn't as so state, didn't make any realistic difference because that fact would be understood in any event.
Because the way that the thing operates, as I explained before is that the only time that the Union is in a position to force an employee to pay an initiation fee is if it wins the election, it gets a contract and the contract has a Union Security Clause in it.
So, in effect, what the Board concluded in DIT-MCO was that it was really relying upon an artificial factor in making the propriety of the waiver turn upon whether or not the Union said nothing or whether they were candid enough to add that the waiver is effective only if we win the election.
Unknown Speaker: On that thesis, why doesn't the Union waive the initiation fee for everybody and not just card signers?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, I think that the reason that the union -- well, some do, I might say.
But generally, the reason why they do not is that they want to speed up the election campaign and get a quick election because the longer the campaign may be dragged out, not only the more expensive may it be but the more likelihood for other factors entering into the picture.
But the waiver serves the legitimate function as the Second Circuit pointed out in the (Inaudible) case which was solely a current case, I might point out, there was no election there.
That the waiver serves the legitimate purpose of removing what might have been an artificial barrier of the union membership namely, making employees pay before the Union has not only done anything for them but before the it's even certain that they're going to be there when they are going to be their bargaining representative.
Now, I might say that the DIT-MCO decision of the Board was approved by the Eight Circuit, and it was also approved by the Ninth Circuit in the Turner case in which it was also applied.
The Sixth Circuit here disapproved of the DIT-MCO decision largely as we read their decision because they felt that they had been locked in by their earlier decision in Gilmore.
Unknown Speaker: Well, they went beyond that Mr. Come.
The facts of this case indicates that Lobue and Gilmore, Gilmore enforced Lobue.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, I --
Unknown Speaker: By sound decisions.
Mr. Norton J. Come: I agree that they did go beyond that and I'm not resting solely upon that but --
Unknown Speaker: I don't know, I have difficulty, I read your brief there, I can't read Gilmore, and your decision there is saying they were locked in by Gilmore.
But I would say, frankly and candidly, I thought Gilmore and Lobue were rightly decided and DIT-MCO wasn't.
Mr. Norton J. Come: I think that they unquestionably came out with that holding.
However, in distinguishing DIT-MCO in that is the Eighth and Ninth Circuit's opinions, they pointed out that neither of those cases was the Court called upon but overrule a controlling precedent of its own.
And then earlier, they had sort of a thought that we were urging that merely because the Board had overruled Lobue, that ultimately --
Unknown Speaker: What year was Lobue?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Lobue, I believe was in 1954.
Unknown Speaker: And DIT-MCO?
Mr. Norton J. Come: DIT-MCO was in 1967.
Unknown Speaker: Thirteen years of changed membership?
Mr. Norton J. Come: I believe so, Your Honor.
Unknown Speaker: But it's twice yes.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Now --
Unknown Speaker: You really suggest that the hook there in the offer that "if the union wins, membership will be waived" they're just meanings.
Mr. Norton J. Come: That is correct, Your Honor.
Unknown Speaker: Although the Union must think it's an effective device, that wouldn't do it?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, I think that they --
Unknown Speaker: The point is that they wouldn't just do this for nothing.
They think it's effective enough to draw the attention to this and get favorable action of some employees?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, I think that they believe that to waive an initiation fee is effective for the reason it's a legitimate reason that I indicated.
Unknown Speaker: To get the 30 % and get the --
Mr. Norton J. Come: I get the 30% and there were no --
Unknown Speaker: In short, some people would vote for the Union who otherwise might not vote for the Union?
That's why they do it.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, there's some of that but there's also a factor, a large factor of those that may be favorable to the Union but are hesitant about signing because they don't want to incur --
Unknown Speaker: I would include those who didn't -- what I've said.
I mean --
Mr. Norton J. Come: However, granted that you have these complex factors.
I submit that the Board would cease an awful lot of these election cases is not unreasonable and in concluding.
Unknown Speaker: What do you suggest as to stand of the judicial review with that judgment of Board?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Whether the Board was arbitrary and capricious.
Unknown Speaker: That's the only standard?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Yes, Your Honor, because I think that it is within the area of the Board's discretion to establish the safeguards and standards for conducting a fair representation election.
Getting back to the point that I was making, that the likelihood that at least, this is at the Board's judgment, which I submit is a reasonable one.
That someone who was opposed to the Union would sign a card because of the inducement that initiation fees would be waived and then vote "Yes" for the Union merely to protect that contingent benefit is remote enough for the Board to have discounted for the simple reason that the voter who must be assumed to have some element of reason and be aware of the real world.
It cannot help but recognize that a "Yes" vote would not only, it might save him the disability of having to pay initiation fee or it would ensure that he would get a bargaining representative that he doesn't want.
And secondly, that the initiation fees are only the beginning because much more significant is a requirement of having to pay periodic dues whenever other assessments the Union might impose.
So, for those reasons, I submit that the Board could reasonably conclude that there was no improper inducement here.
Now my brother is going to seek to defend the court's decision on the further ground here that the Regional Director did not conduct an adequate investigation of the election objections.
Unknown Speaker: Mr. Come, before you get to that, was the Board switched from Lobue to its present rule accompanied by any rulemaking or notice or was it simply done by adjudication?
Mr. Norton J. Come: It was done by adjudication, Your Honor.
Unknown Speaker: Has the Board ever had a case of the employees who vote against the Union and who were then charged of the member initiation fees later who may declaim that this couldn't be done, that this was discriminatory by the Union?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Not to my knowledge.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Would it be reasonable to say that if an employee wanted to play it both ways, he'd sign the card, so as to hedge in that direction and then vote against the Union?
Mr. Norton J. Come: Yes, Your Honor.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Well then, if you concede that then hasn't the offer of the waiver of the initiation fee influenced the outcome, in his case?
Mr. Norton J. Come: I don't know that you could say that it has influence on it.
It might be carved.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Influenced, I was using it for time, sudden impact on the result.
If you have this unique and unusual fellow, it would be unusual to plan it this way.
Unknown Speaker: And if there are enough of them and then we ended up with the majority of cards.
We wouldn't even have an election?
Mr. Norton J. Come: What's that Your Honor?
If you have enough of them, you wouldn't have an election?
Unknown Speaker: There is influence which the Chief Justice speaks were sufficient so that the organizer ended up with the card majority.
We might not even have an election.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, if you're referring to the Gissel decision where the Board would give a bargaining or they're based upon cards that the --
Unknown Speaker: Then there is a possibility as I've said.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Well, the Board does not ordinarily give a bargaining order based upon cards have on an employer around for a labor practices.
Unknown Speaker: Gissel said -- Gissel indicates that the employer wants that he can have it (Inaudible).
Mr. Norton J. Come: That is correct, Your Honor.
Unknown Speaker: Mr. Come.
Mr. Norton J. Come: Yes, sir.
Unknown Speaker: I don't want to go in any great detail at this late point of the argument but, what substantial evidence do you find in this record just to contradict the testimony of the two witnesses who said they weren't coerced and that this charge was characterized as a final penalty.
McKnight, the fellow who was alleged to have done the coercing was not put on the witness stand.
And that the Hearing Officer at the end of the evidence reproduced in the appendix, have stated, as I read his testimony on page 79 and 80 that he has filed an input to McKnight on and he said, "I'm not going to take the testimony of Mr. Smith" which is clear as I say, Smith was offensive.
Mr. Norton J. Come: First of all, Your Honor, I believe that the testimony of individuals as to whether or not they were coerced or not even after the event both the Board and the Courts recognized this highly subjective and a very little provident value.
The test is whether or not the circumstances are such that you can objectively include whether it's reasonable to believe that there was coercion or not.
And the more I submit that the circumstances here warrant that influence.
Now, with respect to the statement of the testimony of Bridgeman and Rice, who are the two that the company relies on here.
The Hearing Officer follow on that Bridgeman's testimony was no probative value at all because of his propensity to confuse fine assessment and initiation fee.
And therefore based upon his testimony as a whole, he found no basis for believing that there had been a threat or a fine either before or after the election petition.
With respect to Rice, the Hearing Officer found and credited his statement and McKnight had mentioned the word "fine" prior to the filing of the petition but then he went on and define that Smith's explanations at the organizational meetings which were held shortly thereafter completely clarified the Union's position.
I just wanted to say that with regard to the failure to conduct an adequate investigation, the Court of Appeals examined that contention and found no merit to it.
Since my time is up, I have to refer the Court to our further position on that.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Very well, Mr. Come.
Mr. Solner.
Argument of Robert J. Solner
Robert J. Solner: Mr. Chief Justice and if the Court please.
My name is Robert Solner.
I'm the attorney representing Savair Manufacturing Company.
They're a small manufacturing concern located in Warren, Michigan.
There are two issues in this particular case and of course the first issue which the counsel has gone through in detail in the facts and I don't want to be redundant going over those facts.
Now, the main issue of this case and that's why we're here is because of this conflict among the Circuits.
This issue, as I see this issue, involves several cases that involve a little different set of facts in each one.
We talked about an authorization card in one.
In Gilmore, they said the card was immaterial.
Others they talked about what was said by the union representative as to the outcome of the election and the effect.
In our particular case, here onto this set of facts, there was an authorization card.
It's very clear for the record at the time that the Hearing Officer had testimonies on one page there that this was an authorization card and it actually was an application to join the Union.
Unknown Speaker: Why wasn't that it put on evidence, Mr. Solner?
At the time when we were here before the Hearing Officer.
The Hearing Officer, as I recall for the record asked for someone had when no one had one with them. However, the representative of the Union, Mr. Smith said that it was a standard authorization card.
I've never seen --
Unknown Speaker: I don't know what a standard authorization card is?
Robert J. Solner: I haven't seen one, so I didn't know myself but they explained what it said.
And it said something to the effect that "I authorize the MESA to act as my representative to bargain with" and there was a blank space and they fill in the company name and "That I hereto abide by and make application to join the Union."
And in the testimony of Mr. Smith, he made it very clear because I cross-examined him on this to whether this man could join the Union before the election.
Because they were getting these cards signed up and we're not talking about pre-petition for the petition was filed for the election.
These were cards that were signed after the petition and an election have been scheduled.
They were getting cards signed?
I asked him if he had a card signed if he could join, this man could join the union.
He made it very clear that there was merely an application until such time as they have a contract.
They could not belong to the union.
And once there they could not belong with the union.
He said, the only ones that he allowed to belong with the Union were they withdraw a card from a shop where they have had a contract or at the representatives of the union who were members, who were dues paying but they were actually business agents in that sort.
But the card itself was merely an application to join the union and it was this authorization card.
Unknown Speaker: But what if the Union never act on that application?
Robert J. Solner: Well, I assume as soon as they would negotiate a contract, then at that point, they would then say that all these people who signed cards don't pay any initiation fee.
They become members and of course, they close shop and they'll say that you have the check up system in the shop for the other employees to withhold of their initiation fee and their dues.
And those who have signed the card will get a waiver.
Of course, I am not in disagreement in the Respondent with the right of the Board of course to have a blanket waiver of initiation fees.
They don't themselves in a fear with the choice.
The Union was to waive for all, it's equal to all, and all participates the same way.
I agree with the Board's position in that regard.
However, in this particular case, this was where they obtained the card on economic inducement and based it on the outcome of the election.
For those people that signed the card and I'd say that's a moral commitment that that person is asked to make based on an economic inducement.
In other words, he has him sign the application, the union representative and say now, "Okay, you made a commitment to have these union representatives."
The side of this card is definitely, I think, material to the union's position of wanting this commitment because it leaves the employee absolutely no alternative.
He cannot afford not to sign the card because if he doesn't sign the card and the Union is elected then he is penalized.
Secondly, if he doesn't show an interest for the Union when he is asked to sign a card, then he may feel or after the union later when they get in and say, "This man didn't have the interest."
And there's a great deal of pressure put on these fellows between the time that the election was scheduled and that final date when that election was held to sign those cards because several of them signed it right at the last day just as a hedge.
Unknown Speaker: Mr. Solner, do you agree with Mr. Come as to the standard of judicial review of the Board's determination that this falls outside the line inclusion?
Robert J. Solner: No, I do not agree.
Unknown Speaker: What's your view of the standard of judicial review?
Robert J. Solner: Well, I think that they'll have conditions have to be equal for both parties.
In other words, they have to be equal for the employer or the union.
But they have to be clear of a free choice.
Unknown Speaker: That must be an argument then that coercion nevertheless always exists?
Unless everyone, all the employees have the same?
Robert J. Solner: That's correct.
That's what I'm --
Unknown Speaker: As a matter of law, then again.
Robert J. Solner: That's my position would be.
That it have to be a matter of law.
That it should be free, they should have -- that all parties should be equal in that treatment.
And that there's no difference if the -- I cannot picture an employer being able to be put in a position of saying, we want to show you our strength so we'll ask a man to come off the line, come in and sign a petition to say that we don't want the Union. (Voice overlap)
That employee would never exercise it.
Unknown Speaker: Would you say that any other constructs of the Act is wholly foreclosed by its language and legislative history?
Do you think there's no room for having a different view of what coercion is?
Robert J. Solner: Oh, no!
Certainly, they have, the Board has the right.
I'm not disagreeing with the law.
Unknown Speaker: Let's assume that there is a room for two views, two constructions of the Act under its language and legislative history.
Let's assume that there are two views and the other Board having held one view for 13 years, decide it wants to hold the other view, the other reasonable view.
What are we suppose to do about that?
Say that it's unreasonable but we have just -- by definition it says it might be reasonable?
Robert J. Solner: Well, If the Board is charged with the duty to conduct an election under conditions which give employees the freedom of choice and if the Board is setting those standards does that, then I assume that the Court can interfere.
What I'm saying under these facts however, is that they didn't give them that.
Unknown Speaker: But don't we have to say that that there's no other view -- no other tenable view of the act, construction of the Act before we can disagree with the Board here?
Is that the standard or not?
Robert J. Solner: I think so.
You have to interpret the Act to say that this Act gives a certain obligation on that Board.
And if that Board doesn't follow the Act and isn't following the Act, then it's a matter of law that they're not following the Act.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Well, if a reviewing court and the judges of the reviewing court reach the conclusion that it was contrary to ordinary human experience to say that this conduct on the part of the Union did not influence the result then it would be, it would follow; it was an arbitrary action and could be reversed.
Robert J. Solner: That's correct.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: The fact that they once have one view and now took another doesn't make both views permissible, does it?
Robert J. Solner: Under the facts and circumstances of the cases in which they reversed themselves, I'm inclined to think it could.
It could because they do say in effect that one is a card and doesn't affect the card once that it does.
I think you have to take a general principle and tie the two together to the case to understand which way they're going.
I don't think that Lobue and DIT-MCO have completely reversed each other.
I don't.
I think that if you study the facts of each case, they're different enough that I think the Board in dictum they said in effect they are reversing it themselves.
But I don't think they were really doing it for that reason.
I think it was based on the facts of the two separate cases.
But I think you're in a position -- this Court is in a position where it have to determine if they're going to set a full principle of what can be done or what cannot be done by the Union in regard to an election.
They have to set down whether the Board is acting arbitrarily.
They have to make that decision.
And I see that there is as certain commitment that means something would having to sign that card that the NLRB wants to ignore that and say, "Well, a man can sign a card and yet he can vote against the union and the signing of the card means nothing."
I think the fact that he is coerced into signing that card is some kind of a moral principle or he may not want to abide by but he has to, to protect himself and it may be against his own brain or against his integrity.
And I see that's not giving him a free choice and the full freedom in the right of having an election.
Secondly, there's a good question as to whether or not the obtaining of this card isn't a violation of the National Labor Relations Act, is an unfair labor practice in itself.
Under Section 158 of the National Labor Relations Act provides there, "The expressing of any views, arguments or opinions, or the dissemination thereof whether in written, printed, or graphic or visual form, shall not constitute of the evidence of an unfair labor practice under any of the provisions of this subchapter, if such expressions contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of a benefit."
Well, he is asked to sign something here and he certainly is either under the threat of reprisal in my set of facts because he was told the threatening of the fine, or he was given some kind of a benefit.
And if it's an unfair labor practice then it certainly doesn't give the man the freedom of choice and I think for that reason that there's another reason that this is an arbitrary decision on the Board in coming to the conclusion that they did.
Now, there's a second issue in my case that's a secondary issue.
However, it's one that I'm very concerned with because I was involved in it and I think the Regional Director has a certain obligation to investigate and make sure that this election is held and that this election is held under the conditions that there is freedom of choice.
We filed objections to the election for objections and at the hearing, there was no evidence produced as to objections number three as to certain promises were given to the employee.
There was a letter received by the District Director of the NLRB from an employee in which he said that he alleged a certain conduct that have been set forth was not necessarily be grounds for setting the election sides, as the buying of this or the union's promises of what it would accomplish if it were to be selected as the bargaining agent.
They replied to that letter and said in effect that there is -- Mr. Ridley was not a party of the proceedings and his objections were not timely filed, and that what was in there appeared to be extraneous to the objections filed to the company.
Well, I think that there are two things that they violated there.
One, I don't think they can hide it behind the technical requirement that the party be the Company or the Union to file objections.
I think that once they have had a letter like that, that alludes directly to the objections that they should bring that person in or at least allow him or tell him or notify him that he can appear at that hearing.
I think there's a second obligation, on their part, to notify the Company or the Union of this objection.
And that they -- of this employees -- so they can investigate it at that point to determine whether in fact, there was some conduct that went on that should be investigated to make sure that there was a fair and an impartial election.
And since there was no investigation, they did not allow this man to appear in effect by not telling that he had a chance to appear that they cannot certify this Union as the bargainer.
I thank you very much.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Thank you gentlemen.
The case is submitted.


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Frank Allen, farm manager and humane investigator at Animal Acres Sanctuary in Acton, California reveals the horrors of the dairy industry and its connections to the production of veal.
Dairy cows are artificially inseminated by means of the "rape rack" to remain in a cycle of pregnancy and childbirth so they can continuously produce milk. They are constantly hooked up to painful milking machines which often leads to the development of mastitis. Mastitis is is a painful infection of a cow's mammary glands that causes irritated and swollen utters that excrete blood and puss along with the milk.
The stress on their bodies is so great that they often collapse on the way to the slaughterhouse and must be dragged to their premature death at age 5. Their natural life expectancy is 25 years.
However, half of the calves born to dairy cows are male and cannot produce milk, rendering them useless to the industry. So what becomes of them? Veal.
Veal calves are separated from their mothers almost instantly. They live out the few short weeks of their miserable lives in crates so small they can't turn around or even lie down properly so their meat will be more tender. Veal calves are provided a protein-deficient diet in hopes of inducing anemia. This causes their meat to be a more "desirable" shade of white.
Still calves, these babies are given their first real opportunity to walk (if they even can) as they're led to their gruesome death at the slaughterhouse.
In this video, Frank visits a dairy farm in California that houses 380 cows. While there, a traumatized male calf, later lovingly named Sonny, catches his eye. He gets in touch with the owner of the dairy farm and has the baby released into the warm arms of Animal Acres.
Watch the video to see footage of the awful conditions at the dairy farm, but also the heartwarming story of an ex-veal calf's new life and friends in his happy home.
The dairy and veal industries are interlinked and depend on each other. However, all animal enterprise industries depend on YOU for support. These are cruel industries that thrive on the suffering of innocent animals and the unquestioning approval of the masses. Educate yourself. Go vegan today!
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thank you for people like this.
There is no way to protect animals without becoming vegetarian. But I say this, kindly.
There is no way to separate "good" farms from "bad" ones. Almost all production now is in factory farms, and ALL of them are FACTORIES.
Can you have veal unless a calf is kept confined? NO. The meat must be white and tender.
The condition of milk cows is an abomination. Do you want your girls growing breasts ahead of time, at age 8? They will, because of the hormones fed into dairy cows these days.
Feed your children fresh green vegetables, high in calcium, not dairy. After weaning from human mother's milk, there is no need for cow's milk for human babies. Real information that the dairy industry doesn't want you to know.
Am I a kook? NO. Only a woman who cares and researches such things.
No need to go vegetarian, just stop cruelty to animals and the way people are allowed to torture and abuse them. Animals can live useful lives providing us with milk and meat without the cruelty, mine do.
I didn't watch, I can't today have watched enough horror animal videos. I haven't eaten veal in years or lamb. I am working towards a vegetarian diet but for now I keep it organic. I am sorry these horrors keep happening and we seem to keep letting them happen. Abuse is abuse human or animal it shouldn't happen.
In the yesterday years, such practices of today never happened .... these practices of today would cause dead farmers to turn over in their graves
It's easier to get rid of meat from your diet, than milk. Unfortunately, dairy is everywhere and if you're not careful enough, you're consuming it without notice...
we are what we eat...
that's why people should consider a vegetarian or vegan diet!
those were just a few of the lucky ones just like in every situation there are lucky ones i just wish that the ones that are causeing this misorie and suffering to these animals can see this and know that there are those that will save these animals if given a chance and that they cauld be on the bad side of luck some day just like they are forceing these animals to be and that it would be nice if they were this lucky and cauld be saved by some kind persons and that they should stop this cruelty that they are doeing and make peace with them selfs just like howard lyman did
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A very rich man who "adopts" young women, allowing them to live in his mansion. The beauties pose as his "girlfriends", and are sometimes photographed for the men's magazine he publishes. Our heroine was abused sexually by her stepfather, who is now in prison. She, along with a number of other young women, lives at the mansion. Having been to college at no expense, she becomes top photographer at the magazine. She falls in love with both her benefactor's son and the head of security at the mansion. I'll admit it was a bit hard to believe that a young woman with her background would participate in a relationship with two men. It is understandable, I guess, that things could get confusing when three people are in the midst of sex-- the author forgot who was doing what to whom a few times.
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It's been exactly 2 years ever since Harry Styles broke up with her, but even time couldn't heal the scar left in Alex's heart. Now finally getting back up on her feet, Alexia Davis has lost a total of 35 pounds and is now known as: Noelle Alexandria Spencer... a spunky artificial blondie who models for a various amount of companies. Everything's changed, except for the outraging emotions she still feels towards her ex-boyfriend. With a plan for revenge in one hand, and a secret identity on the other.. Alexia is determined to teach Mr. Styles a lesson he will never forget.
DontJudgeMe4LIFE a year ago
I was LITERALLY sobbing when I read this. Its a wonderful book!
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oh yh baby! dont ever feel sorry for being yourself you are who you are and NO ONE can change that! if they dont accept you for you then they dont are not your true friend... BE PROUD OF YOURSELF!!!!
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It's all really Hugo story so far but you need to update I've been waiting for you to update. I found this story a year ago and it's till not done. But other than that it is perfect
Sabbyology 2 years ago
i may be sorry for a lot of things harry.. but i'll NEVER be sorry for being MYSELF. that was a nice line... let me use it sometime..LOL.
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Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and what better way way to celebrate than to read up on the greatest of drugs – love? Once thought to be ruled by the heart, much research has been done to show that the brain is truly responsible for seeking, attaining and keeping an object of desire.
Perhaps Cupid's real name is Dr. Helen Fisher, a researcher at Rutgers University and author of two books on the brain science behind attraction and love.
Two online summaries of her research can be found here:
Or, if you are a fan of TED Talks, here's her 2008 presentation:
The Tufts Libraries also hold a handful of books on the topic. Remember, requests from Tisch Library are free and can be made directly through the catalog. Call or stop by the desk if you need help!
- Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
- The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
- Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Speaking of the "love drug," stop by the 4th floor desk for some chocolate tomorrow! Chocolate contains caffeine (which increases the output of feel-good serotonin) and phenethylamine (which triggers the release of endorphins).
So, if you aren't in love, you can at least fake it with some chocolate, and if you are in love… keep riding the high!
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Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio
|Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio
The Karl A. Staley House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Municipalities and townships of Lake County
|Coordinates: 41°48′22″N 81°3′33″W / 41.80611°N 81.05917°WCoordinates: 41°48′22″N 81°3′33″W / 41.80611°N 81.05917°W
|United States
|• Total
|184.4 sq mi (477.6 km2)
|• Land
|43.7 sq mi (113.2 km2)
|• Water
|140.7 sq mi (364.4 km2)
|623 ft (190 m)
|Population (2000)
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Madison Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,428 people in the township, 15,494 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
Located in the easternmost part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
- Geneva Township, Ashtabula County - northeast
- Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County - east
- Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County - southeast corner
- Thompson Township, Geauga County - south
- LeRoy Township - southwest
- Perry Township - west
Several populated places are located in Madison Township:
- The village of Madison, in the center
- A small portion of the village of North Perry, in the far northwest
- The census-designated place of North Madison, along the lakeshore
- Part of the unincorporated community of Unionville, on the border with Harpersfield Township
Name and history[edit]
It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[4]
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. Currently, the board is composed of Chairman Max Andersen, Jr., and members Peter V. Wayman and Kenneth R. Gauntner,[5] and the Fiscal Officer Pro Tempore is Peter V. Wayman.[6]
Students enrolled in kindergarten through the fifth grade attend Madison Elementary North or Madison Elementary South and students in grades sixth through eight attend Madison Middle School. Local high school students attend Madison High School. Madison Township is also home to one of Lakeland Community College's three off-site centers.
Notable Places[edit]
A Frank Lloyd Wright home, the Karl A. Staley House. Built in 1950 in North Madison, the long "I-plan" house is made of stone, and has a mostly glass façade facing Lake Erie.
Rabbit Run Theater one of the few remaining barn theaters in Ohio is located in North Madison.
The Old Tavern located in the Unionville section of the township has been on the National Register of Historical Places since 1973, it is currently listed as an endangered historic site.
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Lake County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ Trustee Madison Township. Accessed 2014-12-06.
- ^ Clerk Home Page Madison Township, 2014. Accessed 2014-12-06.
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tant issues for animal health, human occupational safety, and efficient use of these animals in studies.
Forecasting needs must be done in terms of not only species but also the important characteristics: age and sex. To emphasize the age aspect, in studying diseases of aging and processes of aging in rhesus monkeys, we must keep in mind that it takes 25 to 30 years to grow an aged rhesus monkey. That fact is sometimes lost in discussions of supply-and-demand issues. One cannot make short-term shifts in trajectories in managing the supply of nonhuman primates.
Deliberate action pertaining to identifying needs and careful management of primate resources along these lines constitutes refinement, in itself, and will enable achievement of research goals with fewer animals in the long run. It will also lead to financial economy in this endeavor.
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The practice of engineering noise control demands a solid understanding of the fundamentals of acoustics, the practical application of current noise control technology and the underlying theoretical concepts. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides a comprehensive explanation of these key areas clearly, yet without oversimplification. Written by experts in their field, the practical focus echoes advances in the discipline, reflected in the fourth edition's new material, including: * completely updated coverage of sound transmission loss, mufflers and exhaust stack directivity * a new chapter on practical numerical acoustics * thorough explanation of the latest instruments for measurements and analysis. Essential reading for advanced students or those already well versed in the art and science of noise control, this distinctive text can be used to solve real world problems encountered by noise and vibration consultants as well as engineers and occupational hygienists.
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David A. Bies is now retired having served as a Reader and then Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide's School of Mechanical Engineering. He is an expert and widely published acoustics physicist who has also worked as a senior consultant in industry. Colin H. Hansen is Professor and Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide. With a wealth of experience in consulting, research and teaching in acoustics, he has authored numerous books, journal articles and conference proceedings on the topic.
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Fundamentals and Basic Terminology Introduction Noise-Control Strategies Acoustic Field Variables Wave Equations Mean Square Quantities Energy Density Sound Density Sound Power Units Spectra Combining Sound Pressures Impedance Flow Resistance The Human Ear Brief Description of the Ear Mechanical Properties of the Central Partition Noise Induced Hearing Loss Subjective Response to Sound Pressure Level Instrumentation for Noise Measurement and Analysis Microphones Weighting Networks Sound Level Meters Classes of Sound Level Meter Sound Level Meter Calibration Noise Measurements Using Sound Level Meters Time-Varying Sound Noise Level Measurement Data Loggers Personal Sound Exposure Meter Recording of Noise Spectrum Analysers Intensity Meter Energy Density Sensors Sound Source Localization Criteria Introduction Hearing Loss Hearing Damage Risk Hearing Damage Risk Criteria Implementing a Hearing Conservation Program Speech Interference Criteria Psychological Effects of Noise Ambient Noise Level Specification Environmental Noise Level Criteria Environmental Noise Level Surveys Sound Sources and Outdoor Sound Propagation Introduction Simple Source Dipole Source Quadruple Source (Far-Field Approximation) Line Source Piston in an Infinite Baffle Incoherent Plane Radiator Directivity Reflection Effects Reflection and Transmission at a Plane/Two Media Interface Sound Propagation Outdoors, General Concepts Sound Power, its Use and Measurement Introduction Radiation Impedance Relation between Sound Power and Sound Pressure Radiation Field of a Sound Source Determination of Sound Power Using Intensity Measurements Determination of Sound Power Using Surface Vibration Measurements Some Uses of Sound Power Information Sound in Enclosed Spaces Introduction Low Frequencies Bound between Low-Frequency and High-Frequency Behavior High Frequencies, Statistical Analysis Transit Response Porous Sound Absorbers Panel Sound Absorbers Flat and Long Rooms Applications of Sound Absorption Auditorium Design Partitions, Enclosures and Barriers Introduction Sound Transmission through Partitions Noise Reduction vs Transmission Loss Enclosures Barriers Pipe Lagging Muffling Devices Introduction Measures of Performance Diffusers as Muffling Devices Classification of Muffling Devices Acoustic Impedance Lumped Element Devices Reactive Devices Lined Ducts Duct Bends or Elbows Unlined Ducts Effect of Duct End Reflections Duct Break-Out Noise Line Plenum Attenuator Water Injection Directivity of Exhaust Duct Vibration Control Introduction Vibration Isolation Types of Isolators Vibration Absorbers Vibration Neutralizers Vibration Measurement Damping of Vibrating Surfaces Measurement of Damping Sound Power and Sound Pressure Level Estimation Procedures Introduction Fan Noise Air Compressors Compressors for Chillers and Refrigeration Units Cooling Towers Pumps Jets Control Valves Pipe Flow Boilers Turbines Diesel and Gas-Driven Engines Furnace Noise Electric Motors Generators Transformers Gears Transportation Noise Practical Numerical Acoustics Introduction Low-Frequency Region High-Frequency Region: Statistical Energy ANalysis


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Lemon Chicken Cavatelli With Artichoke Hearts
22 Apr 2009
|Bone in chicken breast halves
|1 Medium
|Olive oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Chicken broth
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|Grated lemon
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Crushed red pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Marinated artichoke hearts
|4 Ounce
|3⁄4 Pound
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Chopped flat leaf parsley
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
1. In a large frying pan, cook chicken and onion in olive oil over medium-high heat, turning, until chicken is browned and onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Add broth, lemon juice, lemon zest, and hot pepper. Drain marinade from artichoke hearts and add marinade to pan; reserve artichokes. Cook chicken, partially covered, until white to bone, about 20 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.
2. Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until tender but still firm, about 10 minutes. Drain in a colander.
3. Toss pan sauce with pasta, artichokes, and cheese. Divide among 4 serving plates. Arrange chicken on top, garnish with parsley, and serve
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General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion
General discussion of lightweight hiking/backpacking and other backcountry activities.
General discussion of lightweight hiking/backpacking and other backcountry activities.
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|day hike pack list
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|Most enjoyable way to start the PCT?
|GC-RRR All Over Again
|Beaver Bend/Oklahoma/Arkansas Area
|The Truth About Exercise M. Mosley
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|What's the snow line like in Yosemite / Sierra Nevada's about now?
|Leaving today for the CDT!
|Longest backcountry trails in a tropical/jungle area?
|Blackbeard & Destroyer's 2012 PCT Thru Hike... The Movie!
|Favorite Hikes/Campsites in the Adirondack region of NY?!?
|End of April in California... Where do I go?
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Reject The Voices That Warn Of Big Gov't And Tyranny?
On May 5, 2013, at Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech to the graduating class. In his speech, he included the below words:
"Still, you'll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule is just a sham with which we can't be trusted." (see below video)
Interestingly, if we journey back to June 28, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt, in his 5th Fireside Chat, included these words:
"A few timid people, who fear progress, will try to give you new and strange names for what we are doing. Sometimes they will call it "Fascism," and sometimes "Communism," and sometimes "Regimentation," and sometimes "Socialism." But, in so doing, they are trying to make very complex and theoretical something that is really very simple and very practical." (see below video)
Both of these Presidents, I'm sure, have claimed to be upholding our Constitution, and were/are discharging their duties according to the principles espoused by, and agreed upon by, the very men who brought this Constitutional Republic into existence. But, if that were the case, wouldn't the words of these Presidents also be similar in style and tone to the men who Founded the United States?
Please consider some of the very words, written by our Founders: