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Grand Mercure The Hills LodgeUpscale hotel for business and leisure
Grand Mercure The Hills Lodge is a classic Tudor style building set in beautifully landscaped gardens, just a 30 minutes drive from the centre of Sydney. Conveniently located near the Norwest Business Park, the lodge features 97 rooms, a restaurant, bar, heated swimming pool, steam room, day spa and four function rooms for up to 200 delegates. Adjacent to The Hills Lodge is a recreational centre which includes a health club, indoor rock climbing, ten pin bowling, a childrens playground and cafe.
Grand Mecure Hills Lodge, is conveniently located in the heart of Sydneys North West, in Castle Hill. Access is via the M2 from the city and the airport, situated opposite norwest boulevard and a short drive will take you to two major shopping centres!
This hotel participates to Planet 21 and is acting in favour of Positive Hospitality.
Services in the hotel and nearby
- WIFI at the hotel
- Private indoor parking
- Public outdoor parking
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Wheelchair access
- Reduced mobility facilities
- Accessible bathroom
- Outdoor heated pool
- Fitness centre
- Massage
- Tanning salon (Nearby)
Services and practical information
- WIFI at the hotel
- Private indoor parking
- Public outdoor parking
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Wheelchair access
- Reduced mobility facilities
- Accessible bathroom
- Babysitting on request
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- Reception open 24 hours a day
- Dry cleaning / Ironing
- Laundromat
- Currency exchange
- Porter
Leisure and activities
- Outdoor heated pool
- Fitness centre
- Massage
- Tanning salon (Nearby)
- Babysitting on request
Golf (Nearby)
- Golf course 18 holes (Nearby)
- Golf practice facilities (Nearby)
- Golf lessons (Nearby)
- Outdoor tennis court (Nearby)
Other sports activities
- Basketball facilities (Nearby)
- Bowling
- Jogging track (Nearby)
- Skating rink (Nearby)
- 1 restaurant(s)
- 1 bar(s)
Room service
- Hot meals
- Cold snacks
- Opening hours : Week 05:30 - 23:00
- Opening hours : Week-end 06:00 - 23:00
Business services
- 4 meeting room(s)
- Copy/print service available
Hotel location
Cnr Windsor and Salisbury Rd
(Corner Windsor Rd)
Tel: (+61)2/96803800
Fax: (+61)2/98991182
- KINGSFORD SMITH At 40km / 24.86 miles - Shuttle paying
Currently, close to our hotel
Our rooms
We offer a variety of rooms starting with our Deluxe & Twin Share, with Disabled access rooms. We also have some self contained Suites, as well as several Superior Rooms & Suites.
Standard Room 1 Queen Bed
In the refurbished Standard Room, elegant decor blends with chic design and comfortable features, as well as broadband internet access, complimentary cable TV, a lounge, desk and laptop safe. Up to 2 adults. No rollaway.
Standard Room 1 Queen and 1 Single Bed
The fully refurbished Standard Room is extra spacious and offers Sealy 5 star beds as well as a sofa which folds out to sleep two. high-speed broadband, a laptop safe, desk, movies and cable TV also feature. Up to 5 adults.
Superior Room 1 Queen Bed
Step up to more upscale surroundings in the chic Superior Room. Make yourself right at home in all the extra space and enjoy an LCD TV, complimentary cable TV, a laptop safe and broadband access. Up to 2 adults. No rollaway
Superior Suite 1 Queen Bed
Enjoy real opulence in this exquisitely spacious suite. With stunning design and elegant décor, it offers Superior Room facilities, plus separate bedroom and lounge. Some with cooking facilities. Up to 2 adults. No rollaway.
Superior Room 1 Queen Bed and Balcony
1 Bedroom Apartment 1 Queen Bed
These 1 bedroom apartments feature 1 queen bed, a separate dining and living area with a double fold out sofa bed, and self contained kitchen. Can accommdate a rollaway bed for an extra AUD 20 per night charged at the hotel.
Superior Suite 1 Queen Bed
2 Bedroom Apartment 1 Queen and 2 Single Beds
- 97 rooms
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 4 rooms for people with reduced mobility
- 7 family rooms
- 9 connecting rooms
- Extra bed in room for child
- Extra bed in room for adult
- Crib on request
- Ice machine
- Air conditioning
- Data port in room
- Emergency exit map
- Safe deposit box in room
- Bathroom doors 32 inches wide
- Telephone
- Radio in room
- Crib on request
- Opening windows
- Remote control TV
- Direct dial telephone
- Work desk in all rooms
- Pay per view channel(s)
- Satellite/cable colour TV
- Manual temperature control
- Automatic temperature control
- Phone with 2 handsets in room
- High speed transmission line
- Iron in room
- RJ 11 outlet
- RJ 45 outlet
- Full kitchen
- Microwave in room
- Coffee/tea making facilities
- Minibar
- Shower
- Bathtub
- Toilets
- Hair dryer in bathroom
- Hair dryer at reception
- Keycard-operated door locks
- Audible smoke alarms in rooms
- Deadbolts and/or locks in rooms
- Smoke alarm in room
- Emergency info in rooms
- Voicemail
- Alarm clock
- Message alert
- Operator wake up call
- Automatic wake up call
Our restaurants and bars
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NOBLES RESTAURANTType of cuisine: International
Chef Mark Garratt has designed a menu to cater for everyone including fine a la carte dining as well as something for regular travellers who feel like something more relaxed such as pizza, pasta or the great Nobles Burger.
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Adjacent to the restaurant, Nobles Bar features a beautiful outdoor courtyard.
Your meetings and events
Our meeting rooms
- Number of meeting rooms: 4
- Maximum size: 182 m²
- Maximum capacity: 200
- Maximum banquet capacity: 170
Our customer reviews for Grand Mercure The Hills Lodge
Reviews collected from customers who booked on AccorHotels.com
Styled nicely, Charming, comfortable, well appointed & clean. Cosy bar & restaurant with Fireplace which was on when we were here. The food in the restaurant was excellent, of a high standard with a varied selection. A hidden jewel for the area
Dear Mikey - thank you for the wonderful review. Glad you liked the open fire it's definitely a great selling point while it is so cold. We look forward to welcoming you again soon. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
Quick and friendly check-in, well appointed, clean and comfortable room with good sized bathroom. Beautiful gardens and surrounds with little spaces for quiet contemplation. Secure parking. Well appointed dining room with fabulous wait staff providing a lovely evening dining experience and an unhurried and delicious breakfast. With a friendly and quick check-out to finish the visit off. As an AccorPlus member the extras were all provided without any prompting. An excellent stay!
Pleasantly surprised having stayed at this property for the first time. Good, clean, and spacious rooms. The check-in was very welcoming and friendly without going over the top. Breakfast could have had a better range.
A real "find"! I had a conference to attend in Castle Hill and found this place online, knowing nothing about it before. And it exceeded all expectations. Great service providing a shuttle bus to local business areas (unfortunately not running the morning I could have used it, but never mind!). Quiet, comfortable, spacious, and with great amenities. And lovely staff! Darlene at Reception was particularly helpful, and all were friendly and positive.
Dear Bronnie - thank you for the positive review and for acknowledging Darlene. Sorry the shuttle was not available, it had a little incident with a wall and was being repaired. It is back in action again. We hope to see you again. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
A very lovely spot and staff were very welcoming and helpful. The breakfast in the morning was yummy. Plenty of car parking spaces too. Great surroundings with garden and trees everywhere even though located in a semi industrial area.
Everything was great from the moment we checked in, to the comfy bed, and checkout was seamless. We were in a hurry when we arrived and needed a taxi and the girl at reception offered to call one for us without hesitation. Very good location, very pleasant grounds, nice room and big bathroom.
The Hills Lodge is the perfect base in Sydney for pleasure or business. We stay for 11 nights twice a year. The friendly Staff at Reception are most welcoming on our arrival and are always there if you require any assistance during your stay. The Restaurant has a good menu and the Staff are very friendly. The rooms are well appointed with comfy beds, good bathrooms, a work desk for the business person. The Superior Rooms are very good however we recommend the Balcony Room which is a little larger with an outlook over the pool.
Dear Rod - Thank you for the great review and acknowledging our new beds. We hope we continue to be your chosen hotel twice a year. We look forward to welcoming you on your next stay. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
Second time at the Hills Lodge. We couldn't fault the hotel. Service from front desk staff and restaurant staff was very helpful. The food was excellent and the helpful staff were always on hand to give suggestions and provide service. The restaurant was full as it always is on a weekend. The Room was lovely, quite large and en suite a good size. The room looked out over the pool and car park. They had just changed all the beds which was a bonus. If I had to pick a fault, There was no markings on the phones or in their in room folder to indicate which numbers connected to which department. All in all, another good stay here.
Dear Rusty - thank you for your positive review. Glad you enjoyed the new 5 star beds, we are in the process of rolling them out to all our rooms which should be completed in coming months. In fact one couple loved them so much they just bought one. Thank you for pointing out the phone numbers, we actually use a tent card beside the phone for numbers, so will check all rooms have them. We look forward to welcoming you again soon. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
A nice hotel reminiscent of a country club. Spacious rooms and bathrooms. Comfortable and clean. Our room was ready when we checked in just after midday, helpful as we had a family lunch to attend. Has a restaurant on site but we only had a continental breakfast which was adequate without being exciting. Has a nice looking swimming pool which we did not have time to try. They also offer a shuttle to two nearby business parks which could be useful for those doing business in the area. We did not notice any road noise from our room, however we were close to reception and the bar which could be a problem if the place was busy. Best to request a room further away. It is a good choice for the area and reasonably priced.
Dear Hylands - thank you for the positive review and comments. I am happy you enjoyed the country estate feel of our property, we spend quite a bit of time and effort on our gardens and must admit I do enjoy always adding to and watching gardens develop. We look forward to welcoming you again soon. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
Wheelchair accessible room was very good and easy to get around. We were disappointed that it took 1 hr 40 mins to be served dinner in the restaurant, however the food was lovely. We have checked in again for the return trip.
Dear Wendy - thank you for taking the time to review our hotel and offer feedback. Sorry there was a delay on dinner, we hope to have an improved experience with your next stay. Until then. Kind regards Malcolm Mathie - General Manager
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IN 15 torrid months, Malcolm Turnbull has squandered stellar polling numbers, wasted six months on incoherent "tax debates," let senior conservatives twist in the wind and almost lost an election. Enough is enough: incapable of governing, Turnbull has turned to the issue that cost him his leadership in 2009 — carbon pricing — and his repugnant signature policy, a republic. The Liberal Party must cut its losses, and cast this abysmal leader adrift.
In making Malcolm Bligh Turnbull leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister on 14 September last year, in a daylight ambush against a sitting but deeply unpopular incumbent, even Turnbull's most ardent acolytes must have known — in their heart of hearts — that there was a reasonable prospect their man would have to be replaced, and sooner rather than later.
With Turnbull now publicly contemplating timeframes to revive his repugnant signature policy — a republic in Australia — that time has arrived.
This column, whilst hospitably disposed toward Turnbull on a purely personal level, has been flatly and resolutely opposed to his return as Liberal Party leader ever since his eviction from the post in December 2009 and, if brutally candid, was never in favour of his ascension to the position in the first place.
We said as much back in February last year, when former PM Tony Abbott was about to survive the "leadership challenge by an empty chair," and were unequivocal about the fact that Malcolm Turnbull was no solution as Prime Minister.
It is a matter of record that reluctantly, and with deep regret, this column withdrew support for Abbott over his obstinate refusal to jettison his divisive, counter-productive Chief of Staff, Peta Credlin, some months afterwards, and it is a matter of history that his refusal to do so was ultimately responsible — in part, at least — for triggering the second, successful move on his position.
But at no time did we regard Turnbull, in any way, as a suitable replacement — anything but — and in fact, many of the risks this column warned were implicit in a Turnbull Prime Ministership have materialised to almost deadly effect.
The flood of new support Turnbull was supposed to bring to the Liberals never arrived; be it for the basic strategic mistake of failing to go to an immediate election, or the disinclination for lefties who genuinely like Turnbull to actually vote for him, the landslide victory many of his adherents believed Turnbull would deliver remains a fantasy.
What did arrive in its stead was a return of the flawed judgement and political tin ear that fatally tarnished his initial stint as leader; from botched reshuffles to the kind of elitist posturing (green tea and craft beer, anyone?) that is such a turn-off to the vast majority of voters outside the chardonnay-swilling latte belts of inner-city urban areas, it became readily apparent that Turnbull hadn't learned much in six years away from the Liberal leadership.
The failure to call an election for December 2015 is, with the benefit of hindsight, (although we said so at the time) the pivot point for the Turnbull government's fortunes; facing the charlatan Bill Shorten, whose leadership was to all appearances fatally damaged by the Heydon Royal Commission — and who was set to be dumped by his colleagues if he didn't take the face-saving path of resignation — Turnbull was spooked out of a December election following the AFP raid on the home of key lieutenant Mal Brough: the episode let Shorten off the hook, and allowed the ALP to take heart.
And as sure as night followed day, the Liberal Party's "march toward a return to opposition," which we also warned of last February, duly recommenced.
The wild, bold, hysterical lashing out (typified by "Utegate" during Turnbull's first stint as leader) was replaced with a form of stupefied inertia and the utter aversion to any kind of risk at all, as Turnbull wasted the first half of this year on an excruciating "reform debate" over tax that was neither a debate, nor led to any meaningful advocacy of genuine reform.
During that process, Turnbull hung his Treasurer (and putative future leadership prospect) Scott Morrison out to dry, with Morrison's long-term political future perhaps terminally compromised by his association with various half-baked tax proposals that were floated, allowed to be savaged by Labor, and hastily withdrawn; this was not conducive to the exercise of political authority, nor a posture of political strength in difficult parliamentary conditions, and it weakened the government significantly.
The reforms made to Senate electoral process, whilst admittedly an incremental improvement, were piddling, and extracted at great cost to the government in terms of what little goodwill it enjoyed from the Senate crossbench: that most (but not all) of the antagonised crossbenchers were re-elected constitutes an ongoing potential source of trouble.
But the campaign ahead of elections on 2 July was turgid, ineffectual, and a downright fiasco; it enabled the resuscitated Shorten to run rings around the Coalition. Had Shorten not overreached in the final ten days with his brazen "Mediscare" lies, it is likely Labor would have won.
As it stands, victory by a single seat is hardly a triumph of which Turnbull, nor the government generally, can be proud: reduced to three seats and a third of a percentage point more than Abbott achieved in 2010, it is difficult to argue the Coalition retains any kind of clear mandate at all.
There have been botched reshuffles and ministerial scandals — the latter largely the consequence of the former — as Turnbull's defective judgement and wide vindictive streak toward conservative Liberals has seen the government pay the price for the wrong people being elevated (or retained) on the frontbench; even now, there are political liabilities (George Brandis, take a bow) who continue to enjoy ministerial office purely on account of their fidelity to Turnbull when their political performance dictates otherwise.
And the faulty apparatus Turnbull inherited from Abbott — the inability to sell a message to the public, the ineptitude of Coalition "strategists" and "tacticians," the inability to fatally wound the imbecilic and unelectable Shorten, even after the union Royal Commission — continues even now to misfire unretarded, with the government incapable of turning even a victory (like getting its union accountability legislation through Parliament) into any kind of momentum-builder with the general public.
But it is the traditional Turnbull agenda — gay marriage, carbon taxes (of whatever variety), and a republic — that is the most insidious aspect of his unsuitability to be Prime Minister, and this agenda has, since the narrow escape on 2 July, now fully filtered back onto the Liberal Party playlist: and this agenda will cost the party dearly unless fundamental and drastic change is now taken.
Gay marriage has been allowed to become a political football in Australia for far too long; as regular readers know, the liberal in me says gay people should do as they like (provided, like the rest of us, it doesn't hurt anyone else) whilst the conservative in me resists on the basis marriage is at its genesis a religious institution that has never incorporated same-sex unions.
Even so, the only way to resolve such a fraught issue would appear to be to allow the public to decide; I actually think the French have the right idea on this, whereby all couples get the same legal union, and then those who choose to solemnise the act can do so in a religious or civil ceremony. The churches shouldn't be forced to marry gay couples if they don't want to. But this whole issue has been squibbed, with the task of getting a plebiscite through the Senate beyond the capability the Turnbull junta. Should same-sex marriage be legalised in a vote of Parliament on Turnbull's watch, it is likely to inflict enormous damage upon the Liberal Party politically as the direct consequence of a fundamental breach of faith with its core support base.
A couple of weeks ago — like a kid in a lolly shop, unable to contain himself — Turnbull sent another future conservative leadership prospect, Josh Frydenberg, out to fly the kite of "a different kind of carbon pricing" in the form of an "emissions intensity scheme;" at a time when electricity bills continue to rise, and Victorians face average further increases of $100 per household next year thanks to the closure of the Hazelwood power station, this was obsession and lunacy masquerading as "vision."
When the inevitable public backlash hit social and mainstream media channels like a tidal wave, Turnbull left Frydenberg to twist and dangle in the wind: just like he did to Morrison earlier in the year.
But desperate for an agenda, desperate to respond to naysayers and the critics, desperate to find favour from someone, somewhere — desperate, in fact, to be seen to be doing anything at all — Turnbull unwisely chose to use an address last night to the 25th anniversary function of the Australian Republican Movement to dust off the rancid old cheese of "a vision" for an Australia with an "Australian Head of State."
Readers can access indicative coverage of this odious call to arms from today's press here and here.
Never mind this change was roundly defeated at a referendum 16 years ago; never mind reputable public opinion polling shows support for retaining the monarchy surging, particularly among younger voters; and never mind the fact that there is no substance whatsoever behind the blather and hot air about Australia "growing up" and "taking its place in the world:" nobody suggests New Zealand or Canada are somehow immature forelock tuggers — and neither is Australia.
And of course, never mind the fact that the billions of dollars it would cost to turn Australia into a republic would achieve precisely nothing of any economic, political or social value; it wouldn't fix problems with Aborigines, the immigrant community, the poor, small businesses being priced out of their markets by rising costs, or the woeful state of the federal budget, which continues to haemorrhage almost a billion dollars per week.
No, in the world of Turnbull, this mad, bad, lefty trifecta — gay marriage, carbon taxes, and a republic — is something he was and is determined to pursue at any cost: even, in the case of a republic, at the risk of destroying the stability of the entire system of government Australia enjoys under its present constitutional arrangements.
No republican has ever provided a persuasive argument about how life would be better for ordinary, hard-working Australians were the Crown to be dispensed with; no republican has ever offered a convincing reason why fixing the real (and growing) socio-economic problems facing this country should be brushed aside to enable the expenditure of billions of dollars chasing a stupid Nirvana that doesn't even exist.
Australian Head of State? Look no further than the current Governor-General, or to most of the past ten of his predecessors: this entire nonsense is built on a false premise.
But be all of that as it may, this column made it very clear a year ago that it would take a "wait and see" approach to Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister — as much from loyalty to the Liberal Party as from any genuine desire to see him succeed — and even as it quickly became apparent Turnbull simply wasn't up to the job (as long suspected), we were gracious enough to describe that approach as more "wait" than "see."
Well, I think we have seen enough.
If Malcolm Turnbull contests another election as Liberal Party leader, the Coalition will be slaughtered; it isn't enough to rely on the abhorrent nature of the opposition "leader" to get the government across the line again, and after more than a year in the role it is clear Turnbull peaked in his first few weeks in office. In any case, it seems unlikely he can skewer Shorten from this point if he hasn't already managed to do so.
The transaction costs of any mid-term leadership change must be weighed against the realistic scope for such a change to provide the opportunity for political improvement; in this sense, I believe it is absolutely pointless for the Liberal Party to continue with Malcolm Turnbull unless it is resigned to a lengthy stint in opposition.
I am mindful, of course, that many of the problems that were meant to be solved by the last Liberal leadership change — strategy, tactics, mass communication, policy rigour — remain unresolved, and any further change now simply must be accompanied by a wholesale overhaul of the Liberal back of house once and for all.
But the Turnbull agenda — fuelled by the Turnbull style, which in turn is code for simply alienating conservative voters who constitute the great silent majority in Australia — is a guaranteed recipe for defeat: those voters who want it will vote for Labor and the Greens, and so will a great many usual Coalition voters (even if through preferences) in disgust unless the Liberal Party reconnects with its base.
The Turnbull experiment has been a failure, and its continuance will condemn the government to the electoral doom that seems its likely fate in about 18 months' time.
Whilst offering no opinion at this time as to whom the replacement should be, it is time for Liberal MPs to act: and to rid the party of the scourge of a Turnbull leadership that has plagued it, in actual form or in the shape of a stalking horse, for almost a decade longer than it should have been permitted to.


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The Past year has seen the emergence of some major issues in the football world and for the lawyers who work in the industry. In particular, the attention has focused on the proposed scrapping of the existing transfer system, which had been attacked by the EU for breaching European employment laws by restricting the free movement of employees.
Lawyers who work not only for Premier League clubs such as Leicester City (the "Foxes"), but also those who work for first, second and third division teams across the European Union, have been forced to tackle the delicate issues of the legal status of players, the restructuring of club contracts and compensation payments between clubs. Leicester City's head of legal Jonathan Waltho has been negotiating with the EU as part of a working group from the industry. He says: "We hope to try to source a compromise to protect the best parts of the current system, and solve the legal issues, potentially by creating a special status for sport in the Treaty of Rome and establishing a new system of compensation between clubs."
If the EU does not concur with the wishes of the football clubs, it could mean that players could leave at any time – even while under contract – and that their clubs would have little or no power to demand a transfer fee. This is a move that would essentially destroy the lucrative industry of inter-club transfers. It would be particularly detrimental to smaller clubs, which depend on the existing transfer system as their main financial lifeline.
The massive growth in television revenue, guaranteed by June 2000 in the form of the £1.1bn three-year BSkyB rights deal, is another important development. It could provide up to £25m per season to each of the Premier League teams. Waltho admits that for the sake not only of the team and its supporters, but for Leicester City FC's merchandising and many associated businesses, it is "incredibly important that Leicester City remain in the Premiership this season".
At this stage of the season, though, it seems that there is little chance of the team losing its Premier League slot, which it secured in 1996. The team was third in the table as The Lawyer went to press, despite the loss of its main striker Emile Heskey earlier in the season.
But players and their comings and goings are not the essence of Leicester City's legal work. Waltho says: "It's important to get across that we deal with things other than players' contracts. I'm a big fan of Leicester City, and it certainly helps when you love the product that you're selling. Footballers are the high profile, front line of the business, but it's mostly in the off-field business activities that my work comes in, with commercial agreements and the running of our conferencing centre."
Waltho left Denton Hall (now Denton Wilde Sapte) to begin work at the club in August 1998, just a few months after its reverse flotation into the smaller Soccer Investments plc. The move into becoming a listed plc was handled by Hammond Suddards Edge, the club's preferred firm, with the help of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Apax Partners & Co.
The majority of Waltho's work has focused on the club's two main projects: the selling of a 9.9 per cent stake in the club to technology company NTL, and the development of a new 40,000-seater stadium complex. He is currently working alongside NTL on a joint venture to make full use of the relationship and increase the club's online presence. "It's a joint venture to exploit our internet and e-commerce rights, allying NTL technology with our brand," says Waltho. "It means that we'll be able to drive our niche market – our supporters – online to a site because our name is associated with it."
The proposed new stadium, however, has led to a lot of outsourcing from the club's in-house legal department. Waltho recognised the need for specialists early on in the negotiations, which began in 1998. "The proposed new stadium called not only for lawyers, but for consultants and surveyors. We needed specialists to deal with issues like land acquisition, so we contacted Eversheds' Nottingham office. Construction, planning and property issues are being dealt with by Hammonds."
And in most areas, Hammonds is the firm of choice. Waltho says: "We have an historical link with [Hammonds]. They took us through our flotation in 1997. I have very good personal relationships with all the people there; they understand our business and are impressive in all the particular areas where we require advice. Hammonds is a good firm with a developing sports department, and for us it is an essential one-stop shop."
The areas that are generally outsourced are corporate work, specialist employment, IT and even some smaller work, such as liquor licensing. And although the majority of this is given to Hammonds, other local firms are also used for lower-cost work. "Our preference is to keep the work with one firm, but we do conduct annual reviews, and sometimes we decide that it's more cost effective to outsource certain lower-cost work, such as employment matters, to smaller local firms," says Waltho.
With such a small legal department, Leicester obviously outsources a lot of its work, though the exact percentage depends heavily on the amount of work already being dealt with by Waltho and on the amount of specialism involved. "I trained in the Milton Keynes and London offices of Denton Hall, working mainly in company and commercial work, although I worked a lot for Premier League clients. We had a good sports law department there," says Waltho. "If the specialists required are in this area then I'm well equipped to deal with them myself."
Because of his commercial and company experience, Waltho deals mainly on a day-to-day basis, with broadcasting agreements, sponsorship, merchandising, advertising, licensing and travel. His role as a business director, though, also involves him in issues affecting the club's conference and banking centre, printing arm, publication department and community office, as well as a number of other business areas. Waltho's job involves a lot of dealing with other solicitors and firms, deciding who is best to deal with a particular issue. "I deal a lot with law professionals. It's important to have a central source for dealing with everybody to help keep a handle on legal costs."
There are busy times ahead for the legal department of Leicester City FC. Much of its success depends heavily on the team's performance. According to Waltho: "A thriving team is a thriving brand. Currently we have a flourishing non-match day operation as well." And with the team continuing to do so well in the Premiership, the legal department will be dealing with increased demands for sponsorship deals and advertising, as well as overseeing the growth in its own merchandising and conferencing businesses.
Waltho believes that "Leicester City is not the exception; every football club should have an in-house legal department, someone with a grounding to give common sense legal control to protect the company."
He goes on to say: "Without internal controls, clubs can enter into contracts foolishly. It's not simply a case of lost money, but the effect of overlooked provisions and how the deal fits together for the company."
And he sees himself as just the man for the job. "When the job came up in-house for Leicester City, I applied. This was with the team I've always supported! It's wonderful being involved at board level in a highprofile area of the law. There's a wide variety of issues involved in working at a football club. So whether it's dealt with in-house or passed on to an outside firm, there's always a lot of work and areas of law to be covered."
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Berlin (dpa) – Global time will be set slightly forward by a "leap second" this summer in a small step for clocks that may cause a giant headache for the part of mankind that manages big computer systems.
The extra second will be tacked onto the final minute of June 30 to keep Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is measured by extremely accurate atomic clocks, in sync with astronomical time (UT1), which is based on the – somewhat variable – rotation of Earth on its axis.
Without the periodic addition of leap seconds, the difference between UTC and UT1 would continuously widen.
Scientists attribute this to the ongoing deceleration of the Earth's rotation, caused by natural phenomena such as tidal friction.
"At the moment the difference is 0.5 seconds," said Andreas Bauch, a physicist at the Braunschweig-based PTB (Physikalisch-Technical Bundesanstalt), Germany's national metrology institute and responsible for weights and measures. "In several weeks it will be 0.6 seconds."
By international agreement, the difference between UTC and UT1 must never exceed 0.9 seconds.
Leap seconds were introduced in 1972. There have been 25 of them so far. They are added on the last day of June or December and announced a half-year in advance by astronomers at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), who measure Earth's rotation and compare it with the time kept by atomic clocks in more than 70 national metrology institutes.
Atomic time defines a second as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of a cesium-133 atom, astronomical time as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day.
"If the difference weren't corrected, at some point the sun would rise in the afternoon," said Wolfgang Dick from the IERS Central Bureau in Frankfurt.
The correction can cause trouble, however. While most clocks make the leap without stumbling, some computer software don't. The leap second in 2012 paralysed a number of websites and temporarily knocked out the booking system of the Australian airline Qantas.
"It's amazing what a little second can do," Bauch remarked, pointing out that the more processes depend on integrated times, the greater the chance of a missed or faulty correction at a critical juncture.
Adverse chain reactions are conceivable in electricity grids for instance, he said, because calculations of current flow are made with a temporal resolution – or precision – of microseconds, or millionths of a second. The same goes for calculations of grid load.
A leap second causing an incorrect calculation that then signals an error could prompt a power-line shutdown – "an automatic measure meant to protect the high-voltage network".
A temporal resolution of milliseconds, or thousandths of a second, is used in air-traffic control, money-market transactions and satellite navigation.
"At such enormous orbital speeds, a discrepancy of a second would put (satellites') positions somewhere else altogether," Bauch said.
Safety-related systems could also be affected, noted Fiete Wulff, spokesman for Germany's Network Agency, which regulates and oversees fair competition in the country's electricity, telecoms and other markets.
"It has to be checked which systems are susceptible," he said.
For private companies, leap seconds bring the extra costs of having to alter clocks by hand. It's hardly surprising that leap seconds are not universally beloved, and abandoning them was formally proposed for the first time in 2001 by the United States.
"It's not normal for a specific issue like this to be on the agenda for 14 years, but the parties were, and are, at loggerheads," Bauch said.


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Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block the Bush administration's last-minute sale of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah near national parks and ancient rock art panels.
The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled an auction Friday to sell drilling leases covering more than 100,000 acres of wild land in eastern Utah.
Groups sue to stop Utah oil and gas drilling
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block the Bush administration's last-minute sale of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah near national parks and ancient rock art panels.
Report Finds Meddling in Interior Dept. Actions
The inspector general of the Interior Department has found that agency officials often interfered with scientific work in order to limit protections for species at risk of becoming extinct, reviving attention to years of disputes over the Bush administration's science policies.
In a report delivered to Congress on Monday, the inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found serious flaws in the process that led to 15 decisions related to policies on endangered species.
"The results of this investigation paint a picture of something akin to a secret society residing within the Interior Department that was colluding to undermine the protection of endangered wildlife and covering for one another's misdeeds," said the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Representative Nick J. Rahall II, Democrat of West Virginia.
Bush-appointed official twisted species data, report says
A disgraced Bush administration appointee known for twisting science and altering key endangered species decisions interfered with far more findings than earlier revealed, according to a federal probe released Monday.
The investigation, requested by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., showed that Julie MacDonald, former assistant secretary of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, manipulated decisions involving about a dozen additional species. In the Northwest, they included the northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet and bull trout.
"MacDonald's overreaching, and the actions of those who enabled and assisted her, have caused the unnecessary expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars to re-issue decisions and litigation costs to defend decisions" that turned out to be illegal, said the report from the Interior Department's inspector general.
TVNL Comment: Yet another example of the vile conduct of the Bush cabal. Lies, deception, and right direct harm to us and to our planet. These people are the most horrible lying bastards to ever control our government!
Administration Loosens Species Protections
The Interior Department yesterday finalized rules changing the way it administers the Endangered Species Act, enabling other government agencies to decide on their own whether a project would harm an imperiled species without an independent scientific review.
The agency received nearly 235,000 comments on the endangered species proposal, at least 208,000 of which were form letters decrying the rule.
"As the Bush administration fades off into the sunset, it continues to take brazen pot shots at everything in sight, including America's landmark conservation law, the Endangered Species Act," said House Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.), who said he would introduce legislation seeking to overturn the rule next year.
TVNL Comment: The Bush administration's legacy of death and destruction will continue to have a negative impact on this planet for a long, long time.
California Rules to Cut Diesel Truck Pollution Called Most Sweeping in U.S.
The California Air Resources Board today approved two diesel truck regulations that will dramatically cut the largest source of diesel pollution in the state and are the first of their kind in the United States, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The Air Resource Board estimates that the truck regulations are expected to save 9,400 lives between 2010 and 2025 and greatly reduce health care costs.
EPA Drops Rules Easing Controls on Power Plants
Six weeks before leaving office, the Bush administration is giving up on an effort to ease restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants, a key plank of its original energy agenda and one that put the president at odds with environmentalists his entire eight years in the White House.
President George W. Bush had hoped to make both changes to air pollution regulations final before leaving office on Jan. 20. In the midst of a coal-fired power plant construction boom, the rules would have made it easier for energy companies to expand existing facilities and to erect new power plants in areas of the country that meet air quality standards.
Fragranced Products Emit Toxic Chemicals
Steinemann put six different fragranced products - dryer sheets, a fabric softener, a laundry detergent, and three different air fresheners (one solid, one spray and one oil) - into an isolated, room-temperature enclosure and used gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify any volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that they emitted. She found that together, the products emitted almost 100 different VOCs, every one at levels higher than 300 micrograms per cubic meter.
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This is a discussion on Middle Of Back Carry? Anyone? within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; When I use that method, it IS very comfortable...and it works for me. I don't buy the 'dreaded' spinal injuries...if you carry strong side and ...
When I use that method, it IS very comfortable...and it works for me. I don't buy the 'dreaded' spinal injuries...if you carry strong side and slipped on your hip...what?...no injury then?
The last time I fell flat on my back was in college (40 years ago), I'd tell you about it, but I don't remember a thing!
My SOB holster is actually at about 5:00, not over the spine. I can sit, drive, ride my Harley, whatever...no problem. I guess I found that spot in the 'folds'...where the gun hides, and I can get it quickly.
Let my also clarify! I believe that I have seen some OWB/SOB's that I thought were awkward and unsafe for SD reasons. My weapon CANNOT be seen anymore than when I carry IWB/strong side (at 3:30).
Remember, my IWB carry strong side and SOB are only 1.5 hours apart...3:30 swings around to 5:00...I believe that we are experiencing a 'nomenclature' problem here...you have to see it to understand that it works.
Actually, if I were to get into a tussle...I would feel more comfortable with the gun at 5:00 than at 3:30...while rolling around on the ground...but that just isn't going to happen!
I know of several others who use that same carry method also. Printing?...of course it prints if you bend over, just like it prints if you bend to the side with strong side carry...or perhaps, just lift your hands over your head...
I'm very congizant of that fact, I make sure that I DON"T print.
OMO...others certainly vary...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Several years ago I thought that MOB carry would be sexy and heard all the conventional wisdom about injuring the back, uncomfortable carry, etc. But, I went ahead anyway and, much to my surprise, the conventional wisdom was pretty much true when you wore the gun centered over your spine. A real pain in the - - - as it were.
By he way I was carrying a Ruger hammerless SP101 with the 2.25" barrel. One day I just moved the holster a couple of inches to the right (I am right handed) and voila' it turned out to be a safe, comfortable, carry and I used it that way (beteen 4 & 6). As a holster for the middle of the back placement it sucks. As a holster for right of center it has worked well for me.
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Gazan killed in clashes along borderGazan rioters provoke soldiers near Gaza border, ignoring orders to back away and forcing troops to open fire.
Arab riots abound over Yom KippurOne rioter from Silwan, the home of the terrorist who murdered 2 last week, was killed.
Riots rage in Charlotte over police shootings1 civilian critically wounded in Charlotte, North Carolina riots after a black man was shot by police.
Haredim riot over draft-dodger arrestPolice report rioting haredim in Jerusalem near Kikar Hashabbat, after security forces arrested a youth for dodging the IDF draft.
Violent riots erupt at San Jose Trump rallyAmerican flag burned and Trump supporters harassed, cops brought in to make order as California heats up ahead of primaries.
Three Arab Rioters Killed Trying to Storm Gaza BorderOngoing clashes also leave 17 injured, as Gazans respond to Hamas calls to join in 'intifada' against Israel.
Abbas Supports 'Brothers who Defend the Temple Mount'PA chairman hints he backs Arab rioters on the Temple Mount, even as he claims he is against violence.
Watch: Undercover Special Forces Take Down RiotersArab rioters thought they had the upper hand - until some of 'their own' turned out to be elite Israeli soldiers. Watch:
Raw Footage: Security Forces Fend Off Rioters Near Bet ElDramatic video shows IDF, undercover officers driving back scores of Arab rioters north of Jerusalem.
Liberman: Arab Violence is an 'Organized Campaign'Yisrael Beytenu chairman warns that the wave of Arab violence goes beyond Jerusalem, calls on the government to act.
Arab Tries to Throw Firebomb at Security Forces in JerusalemBorder Policemen shoot Arab rioter in the leg in Issawiya after he tries to throw a firebomb at them.
Police to Impose Tighter Restrictions on Temple Mount EntryDue to ongoing riots, police announce that, effective immediately, only Muslim men age 50 and above can enter the Temple Mount.
Watch: How Palestinian Police Deal with RiotersProtesters picket PA police HQ in Bethlehem after viral video shows cops savagely beating teen protester.
Netanyahu to Ban: We're Maintaining Status Quo on Temple MountPM Netanyahu tells UN Secretary-General Israel is strictly maintaining the status quo on the Temple Mount, despite Palestinian incitement.
Israel Could Stop Nabi Salah Riots, But it Doesn't - Why?Video of soldier being attacked at Nabi Salah raises many questions - including how an illegal violent demo has been tolerated for 5 years.
Netanyahu to Probe Beitar Fans' BehaviorPM Netanyahu says he will launch a probe into a the behavior of some fans of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team who rioted at a match in Belgium.
Arab Rioters Unveil New Weapon to Fight Security ForcesSecurity forces called upon to disperse Palestinian riots in the Binyamin region discover a weapon other than rocks and firebombs.
PM on Riots: Legitimate Protests Yes, Violence NoThe riots in Tel Aviv Sunday by Ethiopian protesters have prompted politicians to comment on the situation.
Two-State-Solution? Try BaltimorePerhaps the US administration should fix America's inner-city problems first.
Watch: Angry Mom Beats Son for Taking Part in Baltimore RiotsFootage for rioting earlier this week shows how one mother tracked down her thuggish son and taught him a lesson - on live TV.
Egypt: 22 Killed in Clashes Between Soccer Fans and PoliceAt least 22 people killed when hardcore fans of a soccer group clash with Egyptian police before a game.
Watch: Arab Students Walk Out As Bennett Promises Tougher PolicyDozens of Arab students stormed out of an auditorium when Bennett outlined what Ayelet Shaked would do with the Public Security portfolio.
IDF on High Alert Ahead of Abu Ein FuneralIDF will send reinforcements to Judea and Samaria, in anticipation of riots during the funeral of Ziad Abu Ein.
Erdan Looks to Expel Jerusalem Arabs Involved in ViolenceInterior Minister says he is examining the possibility of revoking residency permits of those involved in terrorism, incitement.
Unrestricted Arab Access to Temple Mount to Continue FridayIsraeli police indicate they do not plan to bar young Muslim worshippers from Friday prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.
Police Seize Massive Weapons Shipment Headed for JerusalemThousands of fireworks, swords, tasers and other weapons hidden among Christmas decorations likely destined for Arab rioters.
Police Will Not Restrict Muslim Entry to Temple MountPolice announce that, unlike in previous weeks, they will not limit the entry of Muslim worshippers into the Temple Mount on Friday.
IDF: Soldiers Attacked with Fireworks May Open FireLegal Advisor for Judea and Samaria gives OK to fire at the attacker in life-threatening situations.
Top Israeli, PA Security Officials Meet in Bid to Restore CalmIsraeli, PA security chiefs in high-level meeting to discuss ongoing security deterioration in Judea and Samaria.
IDF Says Mob Did Not Scare Off SoldiersAn Arab video propaganda video shows an IDF jeep driving away as a mob of Arab youths descends upon it. IDF: we did it on purpose.
Baby Among Several Wounded in Arab Rock AttacksPolice battle rioters as rock attacks in Galilee, Samaria and Jerusalem leave at least 6 wounded, including a baby.
Police to Restrict Muslim Entry to Temple MountActing on intelligence information indicating planned riots, police will not allow Arab men below age 35 to enter Temple Mount.
Police to Restrict Temple Mount Entry on FridayPolice receive intelligence information about Arabs planning riots following Friday prayers.
Police to Establish New Task Force to Tackle Jerusalem UnrestAs 'silent intifada' rages with attacks against Jewish residents and Israeli security forces, police chief pledges new push to end violence.
Arab Rioters Fail to Force Jews from Jerusalem NeighborhoodArab extremists attack new Jewish residents of Kfar Shiloach with firebombs, rocks just hours after they moved in.
Abbas Calls to Stop Jews Visiting Temple Mount Using 'All Means'Palestinian Authority leader encourages continued violence at Judaism's holiest site, calls Jewish visitors 'settlers'.
IDF to Investigate Shooting of 13-Year-Old Arab RioterA mob attacked an IDF force after a military vehicle stalled. Commander opened fire, killing one of the attackers.
Policeman Injured as Arab Terrorists Attack Jews in JerusalemArabs continued their assault on the Jewish neighborhood on the Mount of Olives over Simchat Torah, using fireworks and rocks.
Police to Restrict Muslim Entry to Temple MountIsrael Police to restrict the entry of Muslim worshipers to the Temple Mount following intelligence information about planned riots.
Border Policeman Injured in Bomb Attack at Rachel's TombIncident occurred as dozens of Palestinian rioters hurled rocks, molotov cocktails at security forces stationed at holy site.
Jordan Blasts Israel for Responding to Riots on Temple MountJordan condemns the conduct of Israeli security forces who were responding to Arab riots on the Temple Mount.
Rioters in Jerusalem as Young as Nine Years OldArab children joining in violent riots, rock and firebomb attacks, as police crackdown on 'silent intifada' in the capital.
Arab Rioters Killed in Clashes with IDFClashes throughout Judea and Samaria as rioters answer Hamas's calls for violence against Israel.
Temple Mount Open to Jews on 9th Av for First Time in 3 YearsPolice entered the area and dispersed Muslim rioters. There were no casualties, and the police have remained in place to maintain order.
Arab Rioter Killed in Samaria as Hamas Calls for 'Intifada'Injuries, arrests as Arab extremists clash with security forces in Samaria and Jerusalem.
Four Palestinian Arabs Killed in Judea, SamariaBorder police attacked near Shechem, another incident near Beit Umar in Etzion Bloc. Two killed in each.
Arabs Riot Near Jerusalem, Attack Security ForcesThousands of Palestinian Arabs riot in Qalandiya, throw rocks, firebombs and use live fire against IDF and Border Police officers.
Jewish Institutions Seek Protection After London, Paris RiotsSynagogue and yeshiva administrators are seeking extra protection, after rabid anti-Israel riots over the past week
Route 6 Now a 'Rocky Road' for Israeli DriversA family driving home Saturday night on Route 6 was pelted by stones in a rock attack.
Police: 220 Rioters Arrested So FarPolice have arrested 220 Israeli Arab rioters over the past five days of rioting; they're prepared for a sixth night as well.
Watch: Arab Rioters Firebomb Joseph's Tomb in ShechemPalestinian Authority security forces reportedly deploy after attack to prevent further violence; riots part of countrywide unrest.
Mayhem in Arab Towns Continues; 100 ArrestedHundreds rioted in Tamra, Nazareth and Jerusalem. Police expect violence to continue into the night.
MK Regev Condemns Murder, But Says No Excuse for Arab RiotsLikud MK says 'murder is murder' regardless of ethnicity, but notes no comparable violence after three Jewish teens killed.
Israel Investigates Charges Police Beat US Citizen During RiotsJustice Ministry investigates allegations police severely beat an American citizen taking part in violent riots in Jerusalem.
US 'Troubled' by American's Beating by Police During RiotCousin of Arab teen murdered last week reportedly beaten during riots following his funeral after assaulting Israeli police.
Report: Murdered Arab Teen 'Was Burned Alive'PA Attorney General claims Mohammed Abu-Khder was still alive when he was set on fire; victim's cousin arrested for attacking police.
Norway Calls on 'Occupier' Israel to Show RestraintNorway's Foreign Minister warns against an escalation between Israel and the PA, says Israel has responsibility to show restraint.


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Later on that evening:
John finished brushing his teeth when his cellular device rang. He looked down and read: mom. He glanced over all his missed text messages and groaned.
"I cannot believe I let this happen to me."
He closed his bathroom door and walked into his living room. Raheem Bakare's Portrait of Love played.
He jumped on his couch and started to write all his emotions down.
"It'll be called LVE ruined, but I'll remove the o from love. Yeah... (he sharply exhaled) that's clever. Cause somethings missing. I feel like I missed a primary piece. The o creates the complete thought."
He looked around and was reminded of Nikki.
"She gave me all that I wanted but LVE."
He looked at the detail of his cabinets, and reminisced of their happier moments.
He took a deep breath and ignored another phone call from Denise.
"I'm not ready to face her yet." He stood up and turned off his lights. The warmth of his apartment in the pureness of darkness led him to cry.
"I let the perfect woman take everything from me. My life savings, sex and time. Diamonds on a silver platter weren't fucking enough. She had to steal the whole damn mine. I will never win."
John felt around for his kitchen in the dark. He turned on the light switch, and caught himself in a reflection.
"Look at me... I look like shit. Fuck Nikki!"
He reached into his secret cabinet and grabbed a half of bottle of Black Hennessey. He poured a glass of it over blocks of ice and stared into it. He whispered the words of the song as he rubbed his face.
"Lord, take the pain away."
He took a deep gulp and felt the burning intensity drip down his throat. A shine of white light brushed against his curtains as he heard an engine stop. He glanced out the curtains to watch Denise running towards his front door. He quickly grabbed the bottle and hid it. He grabbed the glass and walked over to the door. She knocked on it.
John said, "Dee, you can't come in. I don't want you to see me like this."


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Instagram's Hottest Girls In Yoga Pants
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Oh, yoga pants. Tightener of buttocks. Slimmer of thighs. How did we live without you for so long?
We gotta believe these Instagram stars are as equally appreciative of those flattering, hip-hugging garments as we are. After all, it's safe to say they owe some (all?) of their thousands of followers to these sexy selfies. If you want to be Insta-famous, just take a few queues from these Instagram cuties. Every selfie is made better with yoga pants.


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Empathy. It's a basic operation of the human imagination by which a person conceives of experiences not his/her own. It's thought to be one of those magic traits that supposedly separate us from barnyard animals.
Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, a former chairman of the agriculture committee, knows from farm animals. But when asked this week about his views on same-sex marriage, his reply did not express, perhaps, the full complement of empathy resident in the human heart.
"I'm not gay," Chambliss told Politico. "So I'm not going to marry one."
Without pausing to wonder where the senator comes down on voting rights for women, it's worth observing that Chambliss is not out of step with his party on this issue. As of Wednesday, the GOP officially believes that marriage "is between one man and one woman." Chambliss's remark was notable for its concision and catchiness, not for its policy view.
The Republican party, however, is now gravely out of step with the American electorate on the question of whether a man ought to be able to marry a man, and a woman marry a woman. Support for same-sex marriage was gauged at an all-time high of 58-36 in a Washington Post-ABC News poll published this week.
A watershed moment has arrived in the civil rights movement to go beyond civil unions. Next week the supreme court will take up two cases relating to same-sex marriage, considering the legality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, both of which define marriage as between a man and woman. The result could be a historic defeat of anti-gay-marriage legislation – or a major setback to the cause.
If the court follows the public in its acceptance of same-sex marriage, pressure will grow on Republicans who are not gay to show a little empathy, to conceive of rights that may apply to everyone, not just the self. Senator Rob Portman pointed the way by evolving on gay marriage last week.
But there's more at stake here than just the future of the Republican party. It's rather disturbing to think of the descent into filth that could take hold if the GOP does not evolve on gay marriage. The failure of empathy would only erase one more line separating us from the animals.
The next thing you know, it'll be man-on-dog.