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Supreme Court will hear challenge to campaign finance law amendment
Davis, a Democrat, wanted to commit his fortune in 2006 to challenge Republican incumbent Thomas Reynolds for a congressional seat in upstate New York. Under the millionaire's amendment, Davis and other self-financing candidates must declare their intention to spend more than $350,000 of their own money, which he and others argue gives incumbents valuable intelligence. Davis, a businessman, ultimately spent $1.25 million of his own money, but Reynolds spent more than twice that and beat Davis by 52-48 percent in a heavily Republican district. Davis argues that the campaign finance provisions violate constitutional guarantees of free speech and equal protection. Last August, a Washington-based appellate panel disagreed. "It places no restriction on a candidate's ability to spend unlimited amounts of his personal wealth to communicate his message to voters, nor does it reduce the amount of money he is able to raise from contributors," Judge Thomas Griffith wrote for the U.S.
PICTURES: Eddie Whitham's archives - part 12
MIKE Gregory is the focus in this latest selection of pictures from the archives of Warrington photographer Eddie Whitham. A one-minute's applause for Mike Gregory, who died in November, 2007, aged 43, will take place at today's game between Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.
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Jury-rigged, jerry-built: Maybe a problem?
The word had popped up the week before in The New York Times Magazine article, "The Sleep-Industrial Complex," all about the mattress and pharmaceutical industries. The piece included a reference to a man who was such an enthusiast for Sleep Number Beds that he "jury-rigged something similar for his bulldog." On the subject of exactly how the dog expressed its preference for a particular Sleep Number, the author was silent. Jury-rigging is a term with nautical origins. "Rig" is one of those little words so short that it contains nearly infinite meanings (an early form of nanotechnology). One of its meanings is "the arrangement of masts, sails, etc., on a vessel." In the days of the tall ships, when a vessel on the high seas lost a mast in a storm or a battle, the ship's carpenter would fashion what was known as a jury mast from spare parts down in the hold.
Ponderings from PapaBear
I see that there are already many great blogs posted on last nights BCS Title Game and another recap is not needed. However, I have a few final thoughts on this game and the Buckeye season. First, congratulations to Les Miles and his LSU Tigers. They were the dominate team on both sides of the ball for the final three quarters of this game and are deserving Champions. For the past month I was slowly able to convince myself that the Buckeyes had a shot at a victory in this game. In order for them to pull off the upset they would of had to play the perfect game. Their overall team effort was certainly better than the one the they put forth in last years game against Flordia, but perfect they were not. Turnovers and really stupid penalties kept this game from being close and the final result was much the same as last year...A sizeable loss.
Tough Carbon Plan Could Hurt EU Industry
A plan to tighten the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme is likely to cause the loss of some heavy industries to global competition, EU officials have acknowledged ahead of the publication of the new legislation. The new rules on the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) are expected as part of a post-2012 climate change policy package due to be unveiled by the European Commission on 23 January. Brussels is planning to set an EU-wide cap on emissions from 2013 and change the current practice whereby member states propose their own quotas and the commission assesses them, according to a report in the Financial Times. The revised scheme should also eliminate free emissions allocations for the energy sector and refineries and instead put to auction "at least two-thirds of the total quantity of allowances in 2013", compared to the current level of less than 10 percent.
Today's Letters: Higher ed aims at the bottom line
I have held research appointments at several major universities in the country and in Europe. I also took a sabbatical at the University of South Florida for a year and taught courses at Hillsborough Community College. So I have a unique comparative perspective on the problems of education and research. Melanie Hubbard has it right on the button, and her article is long overdue. I bet USF and HCC have adjuncts teaching 70 percent of the credit load. Not only are they vastly underpaid and exploited, but they also get pressured and stressed from the students, who demand grades and advancement, and from the administration, which treats them like temporary workers without benefits, offices or respect. It's all about the bottom line. Students aren't paying for an education; they're paying for a degree.
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