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The grants, to be given through the Legal Access Job Corps initiative established by ABA President James R. Silkenat, will range from $5,000 to $15,000. The grants are not intended to be an ongoing source of funding but are meant to start projects that can be sustained by other resources.
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"The ABA's catalyst grants will help nurture innovative programs that bridge the unmet legal needs of our society and the unmet employment needs of our young lawyers," Silkenat said.
The grants are intended to foster initiatives that achieve objectives similar to those of existing programs that employ new lawyers to serve the legal needs of poor and moderate-income individuals. As part of the Legal Access Job Corps initiative, the ABA has created a comprehensive catalog of such programs, which include legal incubators that provide resources for new lawyers who start their own practices to serve moderate-income clients, postgraduate fellowships, and initiatives to ensure the availability of legal services in rural and other underserved communities. An ABA short video – "Be the Change" –highlights how such programs help employ underutilized lawyers while serving those who need a lawyer's help.
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Pippa Middleton stepped out in a bright top this morning for another day at her London office. Her commute is becoming a regular chance to show off her fashion preferences, which have included lots of chic summery pieces — yesterday, Pippa made the trek in a multicolored dress from Zara. Pippa earned admirers far and wide after looking gorgeous at her sister Kate's wedding just under a month ago. It seems that, out in LA, the producers of Glee even took notice. Rumors in the UK suggest that the show's writers may be planning a tribute to Pippa's now-renowned derrière after Chris Colfer's character, Kurt, announced that he's spending his Summer writing a musical called Pip, Pip, Hooray! about her life.
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In Pope Benedict XVI's new book, he doesn't just absolve Jews for the death of Jesus.
He tells who did it.
As the book, "Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two: Holy Week—From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection," goes on sale today, many are seeing it as not only a scholarly exposition of the last days of Jesus Christ, but also savvy move by a modern religious leader who knows that his words affect not only Catholics, but people of many faiths.
"Now we must ask: Who exactly were Jesus' accusers?" Pope Benedict writes. "Who insisted that he be condemned to death? We must take note of the different answers that the Gospels give to this question. According to John it was simply 'the Jews.' But John's use of this expression does not in any way indicate — as the modern reader might suppose — the people of Israel in general, even less is it 'racist' in character. After all, John himself was ethnically a Jew, as were Jesus and all his followers. The entire early Christian community was made up of Jews."
Pope Benedict, writing the book under his name Joseph Ratzinger, then identified the "Temple aristocracy" as those who instigated Jesus' death. He said it was "precisely indicated" and "clearly limited."
Jeffrey R. Chadwick found the pope's explanations impressive — in part because the Pope's conclusions aligned with Chadwick's research. Chadwick is an associate professor of church history and doctrine at BYU and professor of archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at the BYU Jerusalem Center — and in 2005 wrote a chapter in the book "The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ" about who killed Jesus.
"What caught my eye was who the Pope identified as the guilty party: The Temple aristocracy," Chadwick said. "'The Jews' of the Gospel of John are in fact the Judean political establishment which was run by and controlled by the Sadducees."
Chadwick said many commentaries on the life of Jesus pair the Sadducees together with Pharisees, another party of Jewish leaders. But the New Testament tells a different story. "For the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, the Pharisees drop off the radar screen. They don't even appear to have been involved after the arrest of Jesus," Chadwick said. "The Pharisees and Sadducees were much further apart than, say, the liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans are today. They just didn't work together on anything. To pair them up as a bi-partisan opposition to Jesus is just simply not supportable."
However, Colleen McDannell, author of "The Spirit of Vatican II" and the Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah, thinks that Pope Benedict is engaged in more than just a scholarly examination of the death of Jesus. She sees a push by conservative Catholics, such as Pope Benedict, to downplay the revolutionary ideas that came four decades ago from the Second Vatican Council — and how that move could have unintended consequences. "There is a cultural war going on. Not so much on the parish level, but among Catholic writers and intellectuals," she said. "The Pope and his ilk have been downplaying the importance of the second Vatican council. But if you downplay the council, you are also going to downplay the major change, which was the attitude of the Catholic Church as an institution towards the Jews. And so what is happing now, is that the Pope is in some ways, with the conservatives, reaping what they sowed. ... If you don't take the second Vatican council seriously, you have to reiterate those parts of the documents that you think are important."
One of the Vatican II documents McDannell is referring to is the Nostra Aetate, a proclaimed by Pope Paul VI in 1965. It said that although Jewish authorities pushed for the death of Christ, "still, what happened in His passion cannot be charged against all the Jews, without distinction, then alive, nor against the Jews of today." It also said that "the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God."
Robert P. George, a leading conservative Catholic intellectual and author who teaches at Princeton(and a member of the Deseret News editorial board), said Nostra Aetate wasn't really a new declaration. "The teaching of the church had always been that the responsibility for the death of Christ ultimately lay with each sinner, and that means every human being … and it was for our sins that Christ died," George said. "But certainly the prejudice against Jews historically associated with Christian teaching was taught, in many cases even by church men. But that doesn't mean it was the teaching of the church. It was just the individual beliefs of some that the Jews had special responsibility for the death of Christ. And that was formally and decisively repudiated at the Second Vatican Council."
George said Pope John Paul II, who spoke Yiddish, had a special bond with Jewish people and went beyond Nostra Aetate. Pope John Paul declared anti-Semitism as a grave sin and called the Jews "our brothers" in the faith.
George also said that Pope Benedict "is looking to make gestures of his own." The Pope has issued the new book in his own name as author and not as an official Papal document — thus making it a more personal expression. "He found a way to make a personal gesture — speaking in his own name, Joseph Ratzinger, not as Pope."
David Elcott, is the Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and has worked in the past on interreligious dialogue for the American Jewish Committee. He sees the Pope's gesture as an acknowledgement that he doesn't just write for the Catholic Church but realizes that his words are also significant for those outside the church. "When the Pope writes this book, he understands this very well," Elcott said. "He is doing a beautiful homiletic on the text. This is exactly what I would expect to see. Of course, the power is that he is the Pope. And in doing this, this becomes normative for the Catholic community."3 comments on this story
Chadwick said there is one more way that his and the Pope's identification of the Sadducees adds a new twist to the debate. At the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish temple in A.D. 70, the Sadducees were virtually wiped out as a result of the Jewish uprising against the Romans. "The only Jewish party that survived the war with Rome were the Pharisees," Chadwick said. "What that means is that there are no Jews today anywhere who are descendants of the Jews who plotted against and essentially brought about the death of Christ."
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text: Bark But No Bite? Antigua Talks Tough On WTO Gambling Case, But No TRIPS Remedy18/06/2014 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentShare this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)IP-Watch is a non-profit independent news service and depends on subscriptions. To access all of our content, please subscribe now. You may also offer additional support with your subscription, or donate.The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda again had strong words today for the United States' seeming incalcitrant refusal to change its law or pay up in a World Trade Organization case it lost for blocking the island nation's online gambling business. But Antigua stopped short of any direct threat to use the weapon it was given by the WTO dispute settlement panel: to stop protecting US intellectual property rights in the amount of the damages. Antigua has the right to not protect US$ 21 million per year for each year the US blocks its gambling services. This is a cross-retaliation solution because of the lack of substantive trade in other areas between Antigua and the US that would not also harm Antigua to target.But despite charging that the US is remiss in its obligation to pay, Antigua at today's WTO Dispute Settlement Body meeting refrained from raising the spectre of lifting protections for US IP rights.In its vitriolic statement, Antigua complained that the US has indicated that its compliance with the decision is optional, and to date has failed to make any payment to Antigua despite its obligation to do so."The facile excuses presented in the past are completely without merit, and the United States as well as every other member of this body knows it," Antigua's statement said. "We understand that this is all orchestrated to frustrate us to cause us to tire and slink away into oblivion."US stakeholders after the WTO decision painted Antigua as a pirate nation bent on stealing US IP rights, despite the choice of cross-retaliation being fully authorised by the WTO dispute panel.Antigua again raised the question of whether the WTO dispute procedures are working, especially for small countries. This was the strong message at the last DSB meeting (IPW, WTO/TRIPS, 26 April 2014).Trinidad and Tobago made a statement in support of Antigua and Barbuda.The dispute dates back to 2003 when Antigua and Barbuda requested consultations with the US regarding measures applied by central, regional and local authorities in the US affecting the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services from Antigua and Barbuda.In December 2007, the DSB arbitrator ruled that the annual level of nullification or impairment of benefits accruing to Antigua and Barbuda was US$21 million and that Antigua could request authorisation from the DSB to suspend the country's obligations under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the same amount annually.At the DSB session of January 2013, according to the WTO, Antigua and Barbuda requested that the DSB authorise the suspension of concessions and obligations to the US in respect of IP rights. The DSB agreed to grant such authorisation.However, the authorisation had not been used so far by Antigua and Barbuda.Share this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)RelatedWilliam New may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com."Bark But No Bite? Antigua Talks Tough On WTO Gambling Case, But No TRIPS Remedy" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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The St. Marys Museum's popular seminar series starts the 2013 portion of its program on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Museum. The topic is Caring for Historic Photographs.

This seminar will give participants practical advice about evaluating the significance and historic context of their old photographs and how best to preserve them. Each participant is invited to bring one photograph and to explain why it is significant. The samples can be photographs of ancestors, a family home or other building, a landscape or a street scene.

Mary Smith, who has worked with the Museum's photograph collection for many years, will lead a short discussion about what makes these photographs valuable. She will also explain some contextual clues that Museum staff use to try to determine the date of a photograph.

Marianne Ferguson, who is herself a photographer and who works as a volunteer to help digitize the Museum's photograph collection, will demonstrate how to scan old photographs safely and create electronic folders to store them so that they can be easily retrieved for reference. She will also show how to "touch up" an electronic copy of an old photograph to get rid of distracting marks such as stains and wrinkles without damaging the integrity of the original.

A highlight will be Curator/Archives Assistant Amy Cubberley's hands-on workshop in the second hour, demonstrating the best archival methods for preserving personal photographs. Participants will be able to practise on the photographs they brought with them to the seminar.

Registration is now open for this session. Cost is $10 for Museum members and $12 for non-members. Pre-registration is necessary so that materials for the hands-on portion can be prepared. Visit the Museum during open hours: 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or call 519-284-3556 to reserve a place.


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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Tommy John labored on pitching mounds in the Major Leagues for 26 years, and Trevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres in now in his 10th year on those same mounds. But they have more than that in common: both have strong ties to Little League Baseball. During the Little League Baseball World Series (Aug. 16-25), Tommy John and the parents of Trevor Hoffman will be honored by Little League Baseball with two of its most prestigious awards. Tommy John will receive the Bill Shea Distinguished Little League Graduate Award on Sunday, Aug. 25, before the World Championship game at 6:30 p.m. Mikki Hoffman will accept the George and Barbara Bush Little League Parents of the Year Award for herself, and on behalf of her late husband, Eddie, at the annual CNA Little League Baseball Awards Breakfast on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 8:30 a.m. at the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport.
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The play's subject is death, approached from the complementary perspectives of ad man Jeff (Frederick Weller) and photographer Carrie Ann (Sarah Paulson), two attractive, intelligent, unhappy New Yorkers. She hasn't picked up a camera since her father died; he hates his job, and hates even more that he's good at it. Their conversations are variations on those we've all had, but wittier, more poetic, skipping over the boring parts. They speak with, not at, each other, a distinction few contemporary playwrights master. In his sparkling dialogue and its underlying gravity, Dinelaris is like a sad-eyed Aaron Sorkin. (This is meant as a compliment.)
He runs into trouble, though, in trying to incorporate a third viewpoint. In addition to Carrie Ann, the watcher, and Jeff, the conflicted participant, we get Terry (Matthew Rauch), the unrepentant doer. He's written and played like a refugee from a Mamet play. Amazingly, this isn't the problem, for Dinelaris nails the bilious, rapid-fire dialogue and Rauch the delivery. The issue is that the character runs out of steam then vaporizes. There's no satisfaction in his relationship to the other characters or the play's themes.
Neither this nor the thin writing of two luxuriously cast supporting roles—Dominic Chianese as Carrie Ann's father, Adriane Lenox as a photography teacher—compromises the overall effectiveness of the portrait. Director Will Frears frames it all nicely and has assembled an excellent group of interpreters, including Ian Kahn (warm and convincing as the doctor/friend who must give Jeff some very bad news), Kelly McAndrew (sharply entertaining as his wife), and Halley Feiffer (a strong, sweet comic presence in multiple roles). Paulson is, as usual, technically skillful and a touch cold. But Weller is nothing short of a revelation, shedding his smug man-child staginess to give a performance as funny and vulnerable as it is adult.
Other than Weller's breakthrough performance, there aren't many surprises in this play about two damaged people healing one another. Except, of course, the main one: how well a magician—or playwright—can do his job while working in plain sight.
Presented by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St., NYC. Oct. 5–Nov. 1. Tue.–Wed., 7 p.m.; Thu.–Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. (212) 279-4200 or www.ticketcentral.com. Casting by Telsey + Company.


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Waxahachie Journal Features "If the Devil had a Wife"
I would like to tell you about a book which details one of the most fascinating stories about Texas and about a man and his family who became a Texas legend, particularly in South East Texas and to anyone who has ever attended the University of Texas!
It is a story about, good, bad and evil! It is a story about how those with power and wealth feel they are above the law, yet also and perhaps more importantly about the growing role of some in the legal profession condoning, perpetuating and being complicit in criminal activities.
To begin, William Henry Stark and his wife Miriam, came to Texas in the early 1880s, originally from Pennsylvania, they settled in the small town of Burkeville Texas, which was the center for the Texas timber boom at that time. With his knowledge of timber, by the turn of the century, he and his partner, G. Bedell Moore, had made a massive fortune in the lumber business. Henry J. Lutcher and G. Bedell Moore built the first "big mill," with a daily capacity of 80,000 to 100,000 board feet. For the next half century, Lutcher and Moore set a high standard for quality lumber, advanced technology, and leadership in civic projects. They had amassed a huge fortune in timber, land, oil, cattle and more by the 1920's.
I had heard stories from many old timers in Newton, Hemphill and surrounding small towns, Burkeville was a boomtown with over 15,000 residence most of whom worked as lumberjacks. There was company housing, a company store and more. One man told me the story of the day he and his crew cut down two huge bull pine trees over 150 foot tall. By the time they had trimmed the two tress they were almost 9 foot in diameter and over 90 foot long. He said they had use two flat cars to ship them to the mill in Orange Texas. The two huge trees were to become huge building beams and were destine to be shipped to New York.
H.L. Stark was W.H. Stark's only son and heir to the Stark family fortune upon the death of this father. From all accounts we have read, he was a dynamic amazing man, generous and philanthropic.
The Saturday Evening Post referred to him as the "Angel of the Longhorns" in a lengthy article detailing his tenure as both student and University Regent. From early days when he bought burnt orange blankets with "Longhorns" appliquéd across the back, then draped them across the football players as they sat along the bench – a move designed to force the name change from "Varsity" and "Steers," to his generosity in furnishing the Longhorn band with new uniforms and instruments, to chairing the successful Memorial Stadium construction drive in the midst of tough economic times,
Lutcher Stark was a mover and a shaker. And he did it his way, not only contributing funding for the projects but making certain it was done according to his standards. Even before plans were announced for a concrete stadium to replace the wooden bleachers of Clark Field, he traveled to California and filmed construction of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to use two years later when work began in Austin on a similar horseshoe-shaped facility to be built in two stages: the first, with the east and west stands in place for the opening in 1924; the second, the addition of the north side in 1926 to complete the horseshoe.
But the story about this family actually begins around 1939. H.L. Starjkhad three wives, Nita which was his true love, Ruby which was his second wife. And Ruby's sister Nelda who was Mr. Starks third and last wife and the devil incarnate according to the book! The book is "If the Devil had a Wife" written by Frank Mills. The books details the rise of the Stark amily, their fortune, their family and fortune and the tragedies perpetuated upon it by some of the meanest and most calculating individuals ever to take a breath in Texas rivaling any of the outlaws and desperados of in Texas history!
"If the Devil had a Wife" It is the untold "true" story on the life of H J Lutcher Stark(1887-1965) and the last 22 years of his life.
Additional Information
The Stark Foundation Rebuttal Website to the book "If the Devil had a Wife".


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Better known for their lack of diplomacy, a group of Somalian Pirates have turned their focus from the high seas to the high courts. They contest that with vessels plying the waters around Somalia now all accompanied by armed guards, the navy or both, that this is infringing on their only marketable commodity: other people's vessels.
"This is a restriction on our trading rights," said Captain Jack Al-Bluebeard, owner of the pirate ship Sally Anne the Second. "Other countries have natural resources that they exploit, we are doing no different. By arming their vessels and killing our hard working pirates, these shipping companies are illegally restricting our trade."
According to Al-Bluebeard, the waters around Somalia are much like fishing waters to other countries, to be exploited. The ships passing through it are fair game.
"In our case," said Al-Bluebird, "we are doing the equivalent of 'mining' the sea. It just so happens that what we are mining, or fishing for if you prefer, is other people's vessels."
The group, who call themselves Hijackers Not Pirates, which has a pithy acronym in Somalian, are requesting that the World Trade Organisation step in and remove all the armed protection on the ships so that they can be picked off once more by the hard-working pirates.
"Until the World Trade Organisation agrees to our terms," said Al-Bluebeard, "we shall be imposing sanctions on any country that refuses to remove the weaponry from their shipping. We still have a number of ships awaiting ransom, and we'll be holding on to them for the foreseeable future. We might send the crew back if we can find enough A5 waterproof envelopes."


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The Human Development Report 2006, launched on 9 November in Cape Town, South Africa, is subtitled Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis. The report highlights that clean water and sanitation are amongst the most powerful drivers for human development. Access to water and sanitation extends opportunities, enhances dignity and helps create a virtuous cycle of improving health and rising wealth. The report highlights poverty, unequal access, wars, migration and unsustainable consumption patterns as the main contributors of the water crisis. It puts forward the important message that we are in the midst of a crisis in water and sanitation that overwhelmingly affects the poor. A crisis, in which too many people do not have access to enough water under the right condition to live.
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Save Energy By Checking Your Fridge Door GasketsMonday, April 28th, 2014
As the weather warms, it's a good idea to make sure your fridge is operating as efficiently as possible. A simple check of the door gaskets can determine whether or not they're sealing properly. If the seal is not ideal, cool air leaks out and your fridge will have to work extra hard to keep foods chilled. Thankfully, a quick cleaning is often enough to return your fridge door gaskets to factory-new condition. Shirley explains in this handy quick tip.


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The Celtics are on the brink of eliminating the Atlanta Hawks from the playoffs so, unsurprisingly, C's fans are pretty optimistic about the team's chances.
With three tries at closing out Atlanta before turning their attention to the Chicago-Philadelphia winner, Doc Rivers and the Celtics will have their work cut out for them against a team with its back against the wall.
Additionally, Al Horford has returned to the Hawks lineup and may be hoping to turn the tide of the series.
NESN.com Celtics writer Ben Watanabe hosted a Twitter Q&A session Tuesday afternoon to discuss some of the problems remaining for the Celtics and, if you dare, who to keep an eye on in preparation for future action. Fans used #NESNLive to join the chat. Check out a transcript of the conversation below.
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On The Road Again ... and again and again and again
By Tom Larson
Sun Tribune
The U.S. Postal Service was created almost 232 years ago, in July 1776. Vern Wevley's been kicking up dust on area roads as a rural USPS carrier for almost four decades.
But for some reason, some of his co-workers think it's been longer than that.
"Do you remember Ben Franklin?" asked Pat Schneider as they prepared for their routes.
Wevley shakes his head and grins.
"I get all these things," he said.
But not any longer. The ribbing now will have to come from his wife, daughters and grandchildren.
Wevley has retired after almost 40 years making the rounds throughout the area in winter storms, beautiful spring days and oppressively hot summers.
"One guy I used to work with, Alvin Nelson, used to say, 'I'd like to linger longer, but I can no longer linger,'" Wevley said.
Wevley, 62, graduated from Morris High School in 1964. He served in the military and was stationed in Vietnam for a year, beginning during the Tet offensive in 1968.
He spent another 13 months in Thailand, then returned to attend what is now Alexandria Technical College. Wevley earned a degree in accounting, and that's what led him to the Postal Service.
"I didn't like sitting behind a desk all day, so this works out great," he said. "I sit at a little desk for awhile and then I get to get out and see the country."
Wevley started as a substitute carrier, working construction during the summer and bartending at night. He also remained in the National Guard and the Air Force Reserve for 34 years until retiring.
In April 1974 he carried his first mail, and he became a full-time carrier in August 1977.
His first delivery car was a Dodge Dart, and since then he's driven pickups, station wagons and mid-size cars. Nine in all, by his count. Wevley used to buy them new, but then figured out it was more economical to buy used cars with about 100,000 miles on them and put another 100,000 on them.
His days consisted of 129.5 miles of driving, which seems reasonable until realizing he makes about 300 stops per day.
In 2004, he received a plaque and a pin from the National Safety Council for logging 1 million miles for the Postal Service.
The stories Wevley experienced are no doubt countless.
One day, he approached a box that had its flag up, meaning the owner had mail for him to pick up. Wevley didn't really look in the box; he just reached in to retrieve the mail and he felt something furry. And it was moving.
"(The owner) had his kids put a couple of kittens in the mailbox," Wevley said. "He thought it was funny, and I said, 'Maybe, but I almost had the big one.' "
Wevley was twice pulled over by the State Patrol, once when a trooper demanded to speak to the driver.
"I am the driver," Wevley said.
Once the befuddled trooper figured out why Wevley was in the right-side seat, she let him go and beat a hasty retreat.
On the other occasion, a trooper hit his lights and waved Wevley to the roadside. He went through his mind what he might have done wrong -- maybe a broken tail light or brake light. Nope.
"He pulled two letters out of his pocket," Wevley said, "and he asked, 'Would you mail these for me? It'll save me a trip to the post office.' I said, 'You betcha!' "
And Wevley remembers the funny characters and the good folks who went out of their way to make sure the mail was delivered.
"I've been stuck in the snow and people have pulled me out many different times," he said. "There are a lot of good people in this part of the state who help you out."
Wevley and his wife, Leona, have three daughters -- Julie, Lisa and Mari.
Lisa and Mari live in the Moorhead area, and that's where Vern and Leona will move to be closer to the daughters and three grandchildren. Vern said he expects he'll look for a part-time job, and he'll continue to live by the wishes he routinely extended to others over the years: "May your tires stay round," he said, "and may your engine stay running."


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Rebellion's Sniper Elite franchise is a little trickier to quantify than your average, run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up. While not strictly esoteric, the World War II-based blaster doesn't pack the same universal appeal as other third-person offerings such as Gears of War or the more recent Resident Evil titles. No, what Sniper Elite does is find its own niche, snuggly camping down between the accessibility of its contemporaries, while injecting enough nuance to leave its own unique mark on the market. With Sniper Elite III however, Rebellion has upped the ante considerably, utilizing larger environments to allow for greater strategic freedom than ever before while remaining pleasingly user-friendly. Oh, and that's not forgetting the iconic kill-cam cinematics, which announce your kills with a grisly, bone-shattering punch.
This latest entry marks a radical departure from Berlin-focused Sniper Elite V2, with the action instead taking place in the sun-baked warzones of Africa. Gamers find themselves in the well-worn boots of Karl Fairburne, a grizzly, hardened sniper who's on the hunt for a Nazi super-weapon that can potentially turn the tide of war in favor of the flagging Third Reich. Still, you won't find yourself really becoming too attached to the game's story or protagonist; Fairburne is virtually indiscernible from every other cookie-cutter, stoic military grunt that has graced war shooters over the years, and the only thing that defines his character is his ability to slay copious amounts of Nazis. Fortunately, what Sniper Elite III lacks in narrative it more than makes up in adrenaline-pumping, satisfying gameplay.
The introduction of more open environments really gives the bread-and-butter sniping action a shot in the arm. Whether it's rocky mountain bases, airfields, or high-tech facilities, gamers have a wealth of tactical depth to exploit. While your sniper rifle is your main weapon, Sniper Elite III doesn't funnel you down a linear path and force you to utilize what it wants you to. Nope, gamers are free to employ whichever tactics they feel necessary, whether that be picking off you foes from a distance with your trusty rifle, mowing down foes with a Thompson, or surreptitiously slitting their throats with a knife. It's immensely satisfying to know that the game is open to your own play style, and there's an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment when you put a plan into action, and have it succeed. Indeed, Sniper Elite 3 has a personal touch that not many shooters can achieve.
As touched on in my hands-on preview last month, relocation is at the heart of Sniper Elite III's DNA. Picking off a foe with a well-placed headshot will do the job cleanly and efficiently, but if you linger for too long, you'll be swarmed by the enemy. As such, you must have it away on your toes and reach a safe distance where you can camp down and go for another kill. This is true of any weapon, be it a sub-machine gun or sniper rifle, as the noise you create when firing is enough to alert anyone nearby. Still, it's the sniping that really gets the blood-pumping, and this is where I had the most enjoyment out of the game, as it plays to Sniper Elite III's strengths; this is a slow, methodical shooter, where patience and planning will get you through in one piece.
Bloody kill cams will dominate much of your experience, with successful shots offering a sweeping, cinematic view of the bullet transitioning from the barrel of your weapon into the unfortunate cranium, testicle, heart, kidney, or other vital body part of your victim for an X-Ray view of the round's devastating impact. Limbs spasm, bones shatter, and organs are obliterated during these visceral sequences, and though they can be skipped by hitting X, they never feel intrusive, and actually accentuate the feeling of accomplishment with every kill. Vehicles also get in on the action this time around, with Fairburne able to target vulnerable areas such as fuel tanks, rewarding you with a similar kill cam-style viewpoint of your target's mechanical innards getting ripped to shreds, usually resulting in a massive explosion.


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Whether it's willing your team on by chanting and cheering, or intimate post-match interaction with players, no sport connects fans to the action quite like soccer. And if you're a sports fan in Vancouver, there is no better soccer experience than a Vancouver Whitecaps FC Major League Soccer (MLS) match with a group of your friends, colleagues or clients.
There is good reason that soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and that buzz is emerging quickly here in Vancouver with Whitecaps FC, who now play in MLS – the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada and one of the fastest growing leagues in the world.
"I can feel my heart pumping just thinking about how exciting the game was," stated Sonya Black, a group leader from the 'Caps inaugural 2011 MLS season.
When you go to a 'Caps match, you're not just a spectator. You play a major role in motivating the players to get a result on the field.
"Everyone had their scarves and jerseys on...there was a bustling vibe amongst the group and in the stadium," remembers group leader Bahar Saadat. "It was great to share a new experience with our group. It was like our own little team, which created its own presence."
How do you go about booking a group to a Whitecaps FC match? Your first step in booking your group is calling your friends and choosing the Whitecaps FC match you want to attend. The next step is calling our ticket office at 604-669-9283 ext. 5. The final step is to come to Bell pitch at BC Place, and enjoy the excitement of Vancouver Whitecaps FC soccer.
"It was constant energy from start to finish of the match and I completely recommend this experience to anyone who's thinking about going," added Geoff Taylor of the Sauder business club of Vancouver.
For more information on Whitecaps FC group tickets, visit //www.whitecapsfc.com/tickets/group-tickets.


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"The Justice Department appreciates the diligent work of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in completing its review of the FBI's use of Section 215 orders in 2006 and is pleased that the OIG report recognizes the critical importance of these tools to the FBI's conduct of national security investigations.
"As the OIG report notes, the process for obtaining Section 215 orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) involves multiple levels of review. These reviews are designed to protect the privacy and civil liberties of Americans and ensure that applications comply with statutory requirements. To ensure that the Justice Department and FBI are taking full advantage of this tool, the Justice Department's National Security Division (NSD) has augmented the number of attorneys handling Section 215 applications and is collaborating with the FBI to increase the efficiency with which requests for Section 215 authority are prepared. We appreciate the OIG's finding that this careful approach has not caused any harm to national security and that, when circumstances required immediate collection, the FBI and the NSD were able to work together to obtain Section 215 authority expeditiously.
"Finally, we are pleased that the OIG report confirms that there were no illegal uses of Section 215 authority in 2006. While the report notes two instances in which a third party over-produced records in response to a court-authorized Section 215 request, the FBI did not solicit the additional business records in either case and, therefore, cannot be faulted for the recipients' production of records beyond the court order. Indeed, in both instances cited by the OIG report, the FBI took steps necessary to ensure that the over-produced information would not be used."


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Anyone else experiencing this? Always wondering if there is a win waiting for me!
Anyone else experiencing this? Always wondering if there is a win waiting for me!
I use yahoo as 2nd email, went and checked, my worked just fine.
No problems with mine. I use it for my contests entries, so go there a few times each day to clear out junk mail.
I can access Yahoo mail but I do keep getting an error message that they are experiencing random technical difficulties.
I couldn't access my email last night or this morning. I also had a scrolling problem so I was pretty much out of business. However, in clicking around in desperation, I accidentally got it back. I think they probably fixed it right then instead of me doing something that worked. GL
I keep getting an message saying my mail can't be accessed but if I click on mail it comes up. Hope you get back up and running soon.
mine has been working ok
Try using google chrome or firefox, I had to switch to a different browser, was having the same problem.
I have had a lot of problems with Yahoo e-mail lately. Since they switched the format and styles of e-mail. It worked better for a few days at a time then didn,t. Did the updates that I could do and that did not help. Then haven't been able to access mail at all for a week or so. Have switched to g-mail as primary.
I have encountered multiple problems with Yahoo since the switch..scrolling, accessing..even my settings had been changed from my original Yahoo. *sigh* I use gmail as a backup.
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God's Gift of Imagination
STUDIO CITY, Calif. – Pastor and author Erwin McManus, founder of Mosaic Church in Los Angeles, told hundreds of current and aspiring entertainment industry professionals that God's gift of imagination is license to create at the highest level during the keynote session at the Biola Media Conference Saturday.
"I am so convinced that part of the artistic process, part of the power of being a storyteller is to resonate with the voice that calls humanity back to the God who always calls us to Him, to silence all the voices that tell us what we lack," said McManus. "I don't want us to spend our lives worrying about all the stories that others are telling about us."
In his recently released book, The Artisan Soul, McManus pens "a manifesto for human creativity and the beginning of a new renaissance." During his talk at the conference and in his book, he "not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence, but reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of art." It is evident that he celebrates the spiritual process that can help people discover their true selves. McManus demonstrates that "we all carry within us the essence of an artist."
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DUI - Will it keep me out of Canada?
I was convicted of DUI last month. I want to visit Canada for one week. Will I be allowed to enter into there country with this DUI on my record?
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Re: DUI - Will it keep me out of Canada?
You will be allowed to enter Canada, but if you are stopped by the Royal Canadian Police and your license is not valid you may have problems. If you license is suspended in Ohio, it is suspended all over.
Have a great time in Canada.
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THE NSW government is being urged to suspend mining exploration licences granted by disgraced former Labor minister Ian Macdonald until investigations by the state's corruption watchdog are complete.
It comes as the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) heard further allegations of questionable practices by Mr Macdonald in relation to his decision to open the Bylong Valley, in central NSW, to mining operations.
Mr Macdonald, the former resources minister, is accused of favouring his former cabinet colleague Eddie Obeid by granting an exploration licence over the Mt Penny tenement in the Bylong Valley, where the Labor powerbroker and his family owned property.
The Obeids and their associates allegedly stood to make $100 million from the decision to open the valley to exploration.
On Tuesday, Labor leader John Robertson said he had written to Premier Barry O'Farrell asking that he suspend all mining exploration licences being investigated by the ICAC.
He said the opposition would offer "full bipartisan support" for any legislative changes needed to enable the licences to be suspended.
"We want to make sure that no one can benefit or profit from these licences and the way they've been issued until such time that ICAC has reached its conclusions," Mr Robertson told reporters in Sydney.
Greens NSW mining spokesman Jeremy Buckingham welcomed the Labor Party's stance, and said the Greens would table a motion in parliament on Wednesday calling for the suspension or termination of the exploration licences.
The calls for a suspension came as a former deputy head of the Department of Primary Industries told the ICAC he was surprised at how fast the Bylong Valley was opened up to coal mining.
Alan Coutts, department deputy-director general from 1997 until November 2008, said he was concerned at the pace of the expressions of interest process linked to the issuing of mining exploration licences in the coal-rich area.
The inquiry has previously heard Mr Coutts and Mr Macdonald clashed repeatedly over the rush to open 11 areas of NSW to coal mining.
"I was surprised and, I guess, concerned mainly about how we would manage this process in the timeframe that we were being asked to manage it," Mr Coutts told the inquiry.
"Putting out expressions of interest and doing them properly, you've got to be diligent, and the more you rush things, the more you can make mistakes.
"I was concerned that we weren't going to be put in a position where we could manage this process properly."
Earlier, Mr Macdonald's former deputy chief of staff, Jamie Gibson, told the inquiry it was Mr Macdonald's idea to shut out larger companies from bidding for mining licences over the area.
Both Mr Macdonald and Mr Obeid have been suspended from the Labor Party over corruption allegations.
Meanwhile, more than 250 residents in Sydney's inner west have called for the ICAC to look into Mr Obeid's involvement in the redevelopment of Balmain Leagues Club.
It follows testimony by former Labor MP Frank Sartor, who previously told the corruption watchdog that he had received calls from Mr Obeid lobbying for the redevelopment when he was planning minister.
Balmain Leagues Club spokesman Danny Munk has rejected the need for ICAC involvement, saying the suggestion "that there is something underhand going on is offensive and unfair".
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Xenorazr CONTRIBUTOR (4.5)Where Dream Theater's journey truly begins......tiesthatbind (5)Dream Theater rectify the mistakes of their debut, and create a classic album in the proce...The Door Mouse (4.5)...battleinthenorth (4)An excellent effort that more than redeems the band for their uninspired debut and hits so...
temporary (5)...Thor (2)CONTROVERSY ALERT1...Altmer (4)...Kaden (5)...
Breaking news! Band is boring.
Album Rating: 2.0so boring
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffI love Another Day
Love this album, but the review's a touch too fanboyish.
Actually, screw touch, it's positively reeks of it.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffBoring? Of course that would come from someone who is digging evergreen terrace
Album Rating: 4.0Another Day is a good song, but Pull Me Under is my favorite from this album. If you want to have a rating system out of five, adjust your scores accordingly instead of having 5.5/5 and 6/5. That isn't fanboyish, it's just dumb. Having all of them at 5/5 would be fanboyish.
Album Rating: 2.0sba4life evergreen terrace is so much less of a yawnfest than dream theater
Album Rating: 4.0Interesting review. Surprising that with as much love you give it, it only earned a 4.0 instead of a 4.5 or 5.0...but oh, well.
You'll definitely want to avoid paragraphs like these:
"OH. MY. GEE. Best song on the entire album and one of my favorite songs of all time by any band. The middle of the song is just...orgasmic. Pure ear sex. There's nothing more I can say about this song. YOU MUST LIKE THIS OR YOU DON'T LIKE MUSIC IN GENERAL.6/5 (By the way, I think this song activates a different part of the brain that's never been activated before in order to "get" this song"
Album Rating: 5.0this review is pretty terrible but the album is amazing
Album Rating: 4.5breaking news! curseworship likes men
Album Rating: 2.0yeah totally because he doesnt like an uber gay band like dream theater
Album Rating: 4.5good review....agreed on metropolis and learning to live as being the strong points of the album but i'd say learning to live is the best and then metropolis
Album Rating: 4.5love you qwe
Album Rating: 2.0ilu2manbro
Album Rating: 5.0excellent album!
good from start to finish.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffSorry about the whole "rating songs higher than 5" thing, I just felt like I needed to get the point across. On another note, I don't usually review songs by their structure because 1) it takes too long and 2) it's what everyone else is doing. I like to be different in my reviews. Anywho, thanks for all the feedback!
Album Rating: 4.0decent review, if not a touch fanboyish. I love this album, though i think AWAKE blows it away.
Album Rating: 4.5i found this review really annoying. awake and sfam are better than this
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffAwake is. I like Learning To Live too much to say SFAM is better
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffI feel like such a douchebag now. This album has grown on me so much and is now one of my favorite albums of all time. BTW, Another Day is amazing. I don't know what I was smoking when I wrote this review.
5 out of 5.
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It's been a long-time coming, but the Linux port of the award-winning high-end Lightworks non-linear video editor is moving along.
The Linux port has taken much longer than originally anticipated when plans were laid in 2010. Now in 2013, they are still doing alpha testing with a small, exclusive sub-set of Linux users.
For those wondering about the current state of Lightworks on Linux, RedShark has posted a new video showing the state of the video editor on Ubuntu. The video is embedded below.
The Linux beta is said to be "very close."


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Published February 28, 2005
Turner Sports and the NBA won't begin negotiating a new television deal until this spring, but battle lines already are being drawn.
No matter how much promotion Turner throws at TNT's exclusive Thursday night broadcasts, it is the matchups that drive NBA ratings. That's why Turner is expected to demand the rights to broadcast more games of any one team when both sides begin talking on a new deal after the regular season ends in April.
Turner is now allowed to broadcast a maximum of nine games of any one team, and the network gets the national exclusive broadcast rights to six of those nine games. Teams can broadcast Thursday games locally if they have appeared more than six times on Turner, creating side-by-side NBA programming in their markets.
That's not enough for Turner, which is in the third year of a six-year agreement that pays the NBA $365 million annually for the exclusive rights to Thursday night broadcasts. Turner recently announced that it was increasing its minority stake in NBA TV, a sign of a growing business relationship between the league and the network that dates back to 1984 when Turner began airing NBA games.
The NBA, mindful that its teams don't want to give up an abundance of local broadcasts to Turner, is expected to balk at Turner's request.
"It's a sensitive issue for teams," said Adam Silver, president of NBA Entertainment.
"The NBA wants to protect its local broadcasts of teams," said Turner Sports President David Levy, "but I'd like flexibility."
The issue is of greater concern for top NBA teams that already have high national profiles and generate strong local ratings, resulting in lucrative local broadcast revenue. For example, the NBA champion Detroit Pistons have seen ratings increase 9 percent this season on Fox Sports Detroit and 35 percent on its over-the-air carrier WDIV. Each Turner exclusive Pistons broadcast cost the team between $100,000 and $300,000 in local broadcast ad revenue, said Pistons President Tom Wilson.
"It's a big price to pay and we all mumble and grumble, but it is like revenue sharing," he said. "There are some years when we aren't on [Turner] that much and then the national deal helps us."
For nonexclusive nights when Turner and local carriers have side-by-side broadcasts, local ratings drop 40 percent, Wilson said.
"Ratings deteriorate and for teams using ratings to sell, it comes at cost," he said.
In the 2002-03 season, the first of the current six-year deal on Turner, the NBA generated a 1.2 regular-season rating, followed by a 1.4 rating last season. So far this season, the NBA is tracking to a 1.3 rating on Turner.
Levy also said that when the two sides begin talking, he will push for more starting times of 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Eastern time for Thursday night doubleheader broadcasts. It's a time slot that brings the highest ratings on TNT.
Last year, TNT had 30 games in the Thursday night 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. start times. This season, TNT has 40 games in the more favorable 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. starts and will push for the right for more scheduling flexibility.
The network also wants to get away from its early week broadcasts. This season, TNT will have just three games on Monday and Tuesday nights compared to seven Monday and Tuesday broadcasts last season.


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I only owned Taurus revolvers and they all had issues, some minor and some serious. I've since sold all of them and never gone back, that was almost ten years ago. Last year I got a chance to spend a day with a more recent example from Taurus, the famed Judge. It had a terrible trigger, very stiff cylinder latch and a sticky ejection rod, all problems I had with the ones I owned.
While some people have great experiences with Taurus firearms, I've found them to be the
pig wearing lip stick
of the gun industry. They sure look good sitting in that case, sometimes even better than the more expensive S&W or Ruger sitting right next to it. But in the end, its function over form every time when it comes to guns.
My opinion is purely based on experience; I'm not part of the "never owned a Taurus but I bash them anyways" conspiracy I hear so much about.
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Senator Montgomery Gives Accolades to Woman of Distinction, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson upon the occasion of being honored in conjunction with Women's History Month 2014 in the State of New York
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to those women of achievement within the Empire State who have made strong contributions to their communities and who inspire others through their model citizenship; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its longstanding traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, upon the occasion of being honored in conjunction with Women's History Month 2014 in the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, Women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made invaluable contributions to the growth and strength of New York State in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS, Each year, the State of New York officially sets aside time to recognize the achievements and lives of such exemplary women, representatives of the wide-ranging and vital roles women have played in the historic development of this great Empire State and its communities; the theme of this year's commemoration is "Celebrating Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment"; and
WHEREAS, Theoretical physicist Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has been described by Time Magazine as "perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science"; the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,New York, she has consistently epitomized the values of character, courage, and commitment in her unwavering service to her peers, colleagues,and fellow citizens; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has helmed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 1999; under her luminous leadership, this esteemed educational institution has transformed into a top-tier technological research university with dramatic increases in research awards and freshman enrollments, as well as hundreds of new faculty, and major capital projects completed; and
WHEREAS, In addition to academe, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has held senior leadership positions in government, industry, and research; before assuming her current post, she was chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; in addition, she serves on the United States Department of Energy's Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; and
WHEREAS, A multifaceted woman, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson also serves on the boards of the Smithsonian Institution, the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, M.I.T. and major corporations; and
WHEREAS, This extraordinary scientist and educator holds an S.B. in physics and a Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) where she was the first African American woman ever to earn a doctorate in the field; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the entire period of her service to her community, the State of New York, and the nation, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has stood constant in dignity, good grace and humor; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is pleased to have this opportunity to express its highest admiration for Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, and to wish her continued success in all of her future endeavors; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when individuals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our attention, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of the great State of New York; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commend Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson upon the occasion of being honored in conjunction with Women's History Month in the State of New York; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson.


text: I have quite a substantial collection of Disney Music and really love listening to it. (I currently have Splash Mountain playing here at work) So anyone here listen to Disney Music regularly? The most recent acquisition was the Alice in Wonderland (new movie) soundtrack. But I especially love the parade and firework show soundtracks.


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62-Year-Old Good Luck Charm Cheering On the Bulldogs Today
The entire nation is gripped with Grand Final fever as the Western Bulldogs prepare to take on the Sydney Swans today at the MCG.
It's the biggest day on the footy calendar, and for Kate Langbroek's devoted Bulldogs' family, this is the biggest day in 55 years (or 62 years if the Bulldogs win).
The last time the Western Bulldogs won a Grand Final was in 1954, and Kate Langbroek's mother-in-law was at the game and witnessed the 51-point defeat over Melbourne.
Maree Lewis sat in the crowd as a little girl holding a doll with a special blue, white and red sock, knitted by her grandmother.
When Kate saw how exultant her mother-in-law was to see the Western Bulldogs through to the Grand Final, she resolved to get her tickets to the match today.
Yesterday, Kate broke the news to Maree that this special family heirloom will hold a spot with her today in the crowd at the MCG.


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Free Speech wins in Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court just lessened the influence of those "shadowy groups with harmless-sounding names" President Obama warns against.
We'll see how the Democrats' rich donors like the sunlight.
In a 5-to-4 majority, the high court, complementing its landmark 2010 Citizens United ruling, has again made it clear trying to prevent people financing their own political speech in the 21st century is as repressive as restricting the sale of soapboxes to stand on and speak from in centuries past.
"Money in politics may at times seem repugnant to some, but so, too, does much of what the First Amendment vigorously protects," Chief Justice John Roberts declared in Wednesday's McCutcheon v. FEC decision.
"If the First Amendment protects flag burning, funeral protests, and Nazi parades — despite the profound offense such spectacles cause — it surely protects political campaign speech despite popular opposition."
Because caps on the total amounts individuals can give to candidates and the parties "intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to exercise 'the most fundamental First Amendment activities,'" the majority struck down the $123,200 limit now in place on contributions during any two-year election cycle.
Writing for the court's liberals, Justice Stephen Breyer argued the ruling "understates the importance of protecting the political integrity of our governmental institutions" and "will allow a single individual to contribute millions of dollars to a political party or to a candidate's campaign."
But what about Americans who want to finance the speech of candidates who believe some of our governmental institutions have become too powerful? ...
Now that the public will be able to see more money going directly to candidates, we can expect the debate to focus more on ideas. Which means the left will lose.
— Investor's Business Daily