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LEXINGTON, Ky. — This was always somewhat of a free swing: eighth-seeded Colorado State vs. the Goliath of this NCAA Tournament — No. 1 overall seed Louisville.
Swing, the Rams did.
And missed.
The hurricane that is Louisville's pressure defense blew right through the frazzled Rams on Saturday, eventually swarmed CSU under and led to a season-ending, 82-56 loss for the Rams at Rupp Arena. After winning a game in the tournament for the first time in 24 years, then losing to Louisville, the Rams finished 26-9 — closing an era of CSU men's basketball that will be remembered as fondly as any four-year period in program history.
"I started talking to the team and I just broke down crying," said CSU coach Larry Eustachy. "That's how much I'm going to miss these guys that we won't have back next year. They're just a special group and I'm very honored to be a part of it."
But Saturday, almost everything that was thought to be an issue that could get the Rams beaten turned out to be problems they couldn't solve. A relentless press by Louisville (31-5) forced a season-high 20 turnovers by CSU and turned those into 24 points.
As is usually the case for any team playing the Cardinals, that was the story of the game.
"I thought we tried really hard," Eustachy said. "I haven't seen a team that good (since) … I can't remember. They just were relentless. We just had no answer in spite of our effort."
Getting back to the NCAA Tournament will be tougher next season as the Rams lose their entire starting five, all seniors, and instantly become one of the nation's younger, more inexperienced teams. Eustachy has been outspokenly bullish about the future of his team, and he will have to make it happen to get CSU to a third consecutive NCAA Tournament — something never done in school history.
Still, this day, this season, this tournament, has been about Dorian Green, Wes Eikmeier, Greg Smith, Pierce Hornung — and, to a lesser extent, Colton Iverson. The first four came to CSU on the belief they could turn a moribund program into a winner.
They leave the Rams having done just that.
"It's hard to look back, but I know we've done some special stuff," Green said. "I'm just fortunate to be a part of it."
Said Eikmeier: "Coach said it after the game, this is probably the greatest season in school history. It couldn't happen for better guys or a better group than our seniors. It was a great ride."
In their time together, CSU went from a cellar-dweller in the Mountain West to nearly winning the conference championship this season. All five seniors had the biggest roles in authoring a school-record 26 wins this season.
CSU's 81 wins over the four-year period ties the fourth-year seniors atop the school's all-time list. They started postseason play in the CBI Tournament in 2010, moved up to the National Invitation Tournament in 2011 and went to the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2013.
CSU's seniors left the program in much better shape than they found it when they arrived. That's what will make them among the most revered players in CSU basketball history. A blowout loss to Louisville — arguably the nation's best team — won't change that.
Against the Cardinals, CSU never got its game going. The Rams battled even on the boards while giving away the turnover stat. Speed and constant harassment from a hands-on Louisville defense sucked the life from the Rams.
CSU had a 16-14 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half, but the Cardinals went on a 12-3 run. After that, the Rams never threatened the Cardinals. By halftime, Louisville had 18 points off 11 turnovers by CSU and led 45-31.
Offensively, the Cardinals lived in the paint, outscoring the Rams 34-12 there on a variety of ways: on post-ups, through dribble penetration or on fast breaks.
Meanwhile, the Rams struggled to get shots up. For much of the game, they had more turnovers than shots made. Once the Rams fell behind, they never got back within striking distance.
"They pressure you, get into you and use their quickness to their advantage," Hornung said of the powerhouse Cardinals.
In the end, this was a tip of the cap — to Louisville for being as great as advertised, and to a group of hardworking, pioneering CSU seniors who in four years may have ushered in the start of the best period of basketball their school will ever see.


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In a neighborhood of suburban redbrick homes in southeastern Pennsylvania, Gurnoor Tucker has just visited a house where a man in a red muscle shirt barked that his vote would be for Trump. Tucker is coming up to a porch where a young woman will say she's eager for Nov. 8, and another where a guy with a golden retriever will soon shut the door in his face.
Regardless of the reaction, he smiles while asking people if they know where to vote on Tuesday. If no one answers the door, he leaves a post-it as a reminder to cast a ballot.
Tucker was supposed to be at a competition with his dance team this weekend. Instead, he and 85 other Columbia University students trekked about 140 miles west of Manhattan to Reading, Pennsylvania, for four and a half days of advocacy during their Friday to Tuesday school holiday. They're stumping for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, senate candidate Katie McGinty, and congressional candidate Christina Hartman. Forty-three pairs of canvassers are knocking on about 80 doors a day — or 3,440 in total.
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"At this point, it's not just choosing a candidate for their policies, it's choosing the type of culture we want for the next four years," Tucker said. "Like Obama always says, democracy's on the ballot. Love is on the ballot. There's so much else just aside from the candidates, and it would not be right of me to sit out on this one, because I believe that the best way to make change is to go out there."
Elections activism is a tradition that began decades ago at Columbia when undergraduates demanded a break from school over election weekend because they felt it was their responsibility to be on the streets motivating voters. Now Columbia University Democrats (CU Dems) continues the legacy.
"I think that the civic duty of Columbians, in terms of history, would be more in line with promoting Jill Stein or someone like that," said Matt Malone, a junior at Columbia. "Why I'm here, and I've gotten the sense why a lot of other people are here, is less that we feel like Hillary is the savior of all saviors and more that avoiding Trump is our main goal."
While Laura Tutunikov, also a junior at Columbia, agreed that preventing a Trump presidency was her first priority, she added, "I do really believe in Hillary. She's very experienced and very competent."
Reading is the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania and is situated in Berks County, a highly competitive area in a swing state. In 2012, Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama by 962 votes in Berks, while Obama won by almost 17,000 in 2008. In the primaries, Clinton lost to Bernie Sanders by just over a thousand votes and Trump dominated the county.
Tucker said CU Dems chose Reading for their annual campaign trip because it's a city "where we feel like our contribution can actually make a huge impact."
CU Republicans didn't endorse Trump and the group was not out canvassing.
Columbians aren't the only ones who have inundated Berks. On Sunday, a bus of students from D.C.-area schools came to canvas for Clinton. With so many volunteers lately, some residents are getting annoyed.
"These people have been targeted really hard, like really hard," Columbia sophomore Zina Precht-Rodriguez said. "A lot of people I've talked to have just been aggravated by the fact that I was there. And someone even said yesterday, 'I was voting for Hillary, but you guys have come to my door so many times that I might not now.'"
"A lot of people have called it harassment," she added.
In situations where she's felt unwanted, she's tried to explain why she traveled out of state to their stoop.
"I was like, I'm really, really sorry, and I could totally understand why you would be annoyed, too," she said. "But in retrospect it's because your vote really matters, and it's really tight. And America is watching you."
The volunteers are approaching registered Democrats to remind them to vote on Tuesday. They're not trying to convert Trump-Pence supporters to the Clinton camp. But neighborhoods are politically mixed and people move, so households that used to be Democratic have now switched parties. The students have seen a lot of Trump-Pence signs.
Tucker was canvassing with a friend on Saturday when he noticed how many locals openly supported the Republican ticket.
"It was a little bit of a culture shock," he said, "because we knew that there were a lot of Trump supporters out there. There are people who are angry with the country, the way it is. But just seeing it in front of us —seeing regular suburban people who could have easily been our neighbors had we lived here being vocal Trump supporters — I have to say, it was really surprising."
Things get interesting when the canvassers happen on an undecided voter. Tucker said that's their big opportunity to nab another ballot punch for Clinton. He mentioned one man whose wife was all in for a female president, but who was still choosing which candidate would earn his vote when Tucker rang the doorbell.
"It's definitely harder to pitch to the men — pitching them Hillary Clinton, and not only that, but there's two other women on the ballot with her as well," he said. "It's not like that man ever said anything rude, but you can tell there's definitely a discrepancy in how he views candidates and how his wife views it. My expectations are that no one in their right mind who respects women and believes in women's rights should ever even consider supporting Trump. It should be a clear decision."
Sometimes the canvassers stumble upon a Democrat who's voting Republican this election cycle.
Malone and Tutunikov remembered one older man who told them he was disillusioned with Obama and wanted something different. Tutunikov said she followed up with questions about what she perceives as Trump's disrespect toward women.
"He was like, 'Yes, he's a racist and a sexist, but I want change. I want a raise at my job.' Things of that sort," she said. "He was saying that he knows what will happen if Hillary is elected, but he doesn't know what will happen if Trump's elected, so he's going to take the gamble because he's 60 and doesn't have much to lose."
Despite the occasional run-ins with people who oppose their views, Columbia's canvassers said they've been treated mostly with respect, and sometimes with open arms.
Tucker, who's a Sikh and wears a turban with a beard, met an elderly woman on Saturday. He said that like a grandmother she reached toward his face and patted his cheeks.
"She looks up at me and she's like, 'Oh my god, you're so beautiful. I'm so glad you're on our side, that we can have so many people working for the same causes I believe in.' And that just warms my heart," Tucker said.
All of the students come from different backgrounds. Malone is a math and linguistics major; Tutunikov also does math with a second major in economics; Precht-Rodriguez focuses on American studies. Tucker splits his time between economics and history.
"We're training ourselves to become leaders of the future," Tucker said. "The world is constantly changing, and our generation, millennials, we're in this weird place where we're on the crux of leaving the institutions and starting to join the real world, where we shape these institutions. And so it's super important for us to get involved, be civically engaged, understand politics, understand what issues are important, understand what different communities are facing. Because one day it's going to be our responsibility to keep this world great, or to make it better."
To politically apathetic or disillusioned millennials, Tucker said, "if you can't find ways to enact change, you're not looking hard enough."
Tucker added that, "everything's a work in progress. And if we're in our 20s and we start now, well, think about how far we can get when we're older."
Precht-Rodriguez talked about what her activism will mean to her if she wakes up to a Clinton victory on Wednesday, which would mean she helped elect the nation's first female president.
"That is a huge deal to me, and if it's not a huge deal to anyone else, then that's kind of crazy."

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John Adams to George Walton0 comments Posted by HCPS at Friday, September 25, 2009
New York, September 25, 1789
Dear Sir,—
The duplicate, via Charleston, of your letter of the thirtieth of August, never reached my hand till a day or two before the nomination took place to the office of judge of the district of Georgia. As I had the pleasure and advantage of a particular acquaintance with yourself, and the misfortune to know nothing at all, but by a very distant and general reputation, of the gentleman nominated, I should have been ill qualified to make an impartial decision between the candidates. I feel upon all occasions, I own, a particular pleasure in the appointment to office of gentlemen who are now well affected to the national constitution, who had some experience in life before the revolution, and took an active part in the course and conduct of it.
Union, peace, and liberty to North America, are the objects to which I have devoted my life, and I believe them to be as dear to you as to me. I reckon among my friends all who are in the communion of such sentiments, though they may differ in their opinion of the means of obtaining those ends. I will not say that an energetic government is the only means; but I will hazard an opinion, that a well-ordered, a well-balanced, a judiciously-limited government, is indispensably necessary to the preservation of all or either of those blessings. If the poor are to domineer over the rich, or the rich over the poor, we shall never enjoy the happiness of good government; and without an intermediate power, sufficiently elevated and independent to control each of the contending parties in its excesses, one or the other will forever tyrannize. Gentlemen who had some experience before the revolution, and recollect the general fabric of the government under which they were born and educated, and who are not too much carried away by temporary popular politics, are generally of this opinion. But whether prejudice will not prevail over reason, passion over judgment, and declamation over sober inquiry, is yet to be determined.
I am, &c.
John Adams.
(Source: http://oll.libertyfund.org/)
George Washington to Benjamin Franklin0 comments Posted by HCPS at Wednesday, September 23, 2009
New York, September 23, 1789
Dear Sir,
The affectionate congratulations on the recovery of my health and the warm expressions of personal friendship which were contained in your favor of the 16th. instant, claim my gratitude. And the consideration that it was written when you were afflicted with a painful malady, greatly increases my obligation for it.
Would to God, my dear Sir, that I could congratulate you upon the removal of that excruciating pain under which you labour! and that your existence might close with as much ease to yourself, as its continuance has been beneficial to our Country and useful to Mankind. Or, if the united wishes of a free people, joined with the earnest prayers of every friend to science and humanity could relieve the body from pains or infirmities, you could claim an exemption on this score. But this cannot be, and you have within yourself the only resource to which we can confidently apply for relief—a philosophic mind.
If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain; and I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that so long as I retain my Memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration and affection by Dear Sir Your sincere friend and Obedient Humble Servant
G. Washington
(Source: http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/)
George Washington on Treaties With Native Americans35 comments Posted by HCPS at Thursday, September 17, 2009
September 17, 1789
Gentlemen of the Senate.
It doubtless is important that all treaties and compacts formed by the United States with other nations, whether civilized or not, should be made with caution and executed with fidelity.
It is said to be the general understanding and practice of nations, as a check on the mistakes and indiscretions of ministers or commissioners, not to consider any treaty negotiated and signed by such officers as final and conclusive until ratified by the sovereign or government from whom they derive their powers. This practice has been adopted by the United States respecting their treaties with European nations, and I am inclined to think it would be advisable to observe it in the conduct of our treaties with the Indians; for though such treaties, being on their part made by their chiefs or rulers, need not be ratified by them, yet, being formed on our part by the agency of subordinate officers, it seems to be both prudent and reasonable that their acts should not be binding on the nation until approved and ratified by the Government. It strikes me that this point should be well considered and settled, so that our national proceedings in this respect may become uniform and be directed by fixed and stable principles.
The treaties with certain Indian nations, which were laid before you with my message of the 25th May last, suggested two questions to my mind, viz: First, whether those treaties were to be considered as perfected and consequently as obligatory without being ratified. If not, then secondly, whether both or either, and which, of them ought to be ratified. On these questions I request your opinion and advice.
You have, indeed, advised me "to execute and enjoin an observance of " the treaty with the Wyandottes, etc. You, gentlemen, doubtless intended to be clear and explicit, and yet, without further explanation, I fear I may misunderstand your meaning, for if by my executing that treaty you mean that I should make it (in a more particular and immediate manner than it now is) the act of Government, then it follows that I am to ratify it. If you mean by my executing it that I am to see that it be carried into effect and operation, then I am led to conclude either that you consider it as being perfect and obligatory in its present state, and therefore to be executed and observed, or that you consider it as to derive its completion and obligation from the silent approbation and ratification which my proclamation may be construed to imply. Although I am inclined to think that the latter is your intention, yet it certainly is best that all doubts respecting it be removed.
Permit me to observe that it will be proper for me to be informed of your sentiments relative to the treaty with the Six Nations previous to the departure of the governor of the Western territory, and therefore I recommend it to your early consideration.
Go WASHINTON
(Source: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/washpap.htm)
War Department Act [HR-7]2 comments Posted by HCPS at Monday, September 07, 2009
August 7, 1789
[I] BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, that there shall be an executive department, to be denominated, The department of War, and that there shall be a principal Officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the department of War, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined in, or intrusted to him, by the President of the United States, agreeably to the Constitution, relative to Military Commissions, or to the land or naval forces, ship, or warlike stores of the United States, or to such other matters respecting Military or Naval Affairs, as the President of the United States shall assign to the said department, or relative to the granting of lands to persons entitled thereto, for Military Services rendered to the United States, or relative to Indian Affairs: And furthermore, that the said principal Officer, shall conduct the business of the said department, in such matter as the President of the United States shall from time to time, order or instruct.
[2] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that there shall be in the said department, an inferior officer, to be appointed by the said principal Officer, to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the Chief Clerk in the department of War, and who, whenever the said principal Officer shall be removed from Office by the President of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy, shall during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records, books, and papers, appertaining to the said department.
[3] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that the said principal Officer, and every other person to be appointed or employed in the said department, shall before he enters on the execution of his Office or employment, take an oath or afffirmation, well and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him.
[4] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that the Secretary for the department of War to be appointed in consequence of this Act, shall forthwith after his [Page 2029] appointment, be entitled to have the custody and charge of all records, books and papers, in the Office of Secretary for the department of War, heretofore established by the United States in Congress assembled.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate
Approved August the Seventh 1789
President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison0 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, September 06, 2009
Paris, September 6, 1789
Dear Sir,
—I sit down to write to you without knowing by what occasion I shall send my letter. I do it because a subject comes into my head which I would wish to develope a little more than is practicable in the hurry of the moment of making up general despatches.
The question Whether one generation of men has a right to bind another, seems never to have been started either on this or our side of the water. Yet it is a question of such consequences as not only to merit decision, but place also, among the fundamental principles of every government. The course of reflection in which we are immersed here on the elementary principles of society has presented this question to my mind; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living;" that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it. The portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases to be, and reverts to the society. If the society has formed no rules for the appropriation of its lands in severalty, it will be taken by the first occupants. These will generally be the wife and children of the decedent. If they have formed rules of appropriation, those rules may give it to the wife and children, or to some one of them, or to the legatee of the deceased. So they may give it to his creditor. But the child, the legatee or creditor takes it, not by any natural right, but by a law of the society of which they are members, and to which they are subject. Then no man can by natural right oblige the lands he occupied, or the persons who succeed him in that occupation, to the paiment of debts contracted by him. For if he could, he might during his own life, eat up the usufruct of the lands for several generations to come, and then the lands would belong to the dead, and not to the living, which would be reverse of our principle. What is true of every member of the society individually, is true of them all collectively, since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of individuals. To keep our ideas clear when applying them to a multitude, let us suppose a whole generation of men to be born on the same day, to attain mature age on the same day, and to die on the same day, leaving a succeeding generation in the moment of attaining their mature age all together. Let the ripe age be supposed of 21. years, and their period of life 34. years more, that being the average term given by the bills of mortality to persons who have already attained 21. years of age. Each successive generation would, in this way, come on and go off the stage at a fixed moment, as individuals do now. Then I say the earth belongs to each of these generations during it's course, fully, and in their own right. The 2d. generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbrances of the 1st., the 3d. of the 2d. and so on. For if the 1st. could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not the living generation. Then no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of it's own existence. At 21. years of age they may bind themselves and their lands for 34. years to come: at 22. for 33: at 23 for 32. and at 54 for one year only; because these are the terms of life which remain to them at those respective epochs. But a material difference must be noted between the succession of an individual and that of a whole generation. Individuals are parts only of a society, subject to the laws of a whole. These laws may appropriate the portion of land occupied by a decedent to his creditor rather than to any other, or to his child, on condition he satisfies his creditor. But when a whole generation, that is, the whole society dies, as in the case we have supposed, and another generation or society succeeds, this forms a whole, and there is no superior who can give their territory to a third society, who may have lent money to their predecessors beyond their faculty of paying.
What is true of a generation all arriving to self-government on the same day, and dying all on the same day, is true of those on a constant course of decay and renewal, with this only difference. A generation coming in and going out entire, as in the first case, would have a right in the 1st year of their self dominion to contract a debt for 33. years, in the 10th. for 24. in the 20th. for 14. in the 30th. for 4. whereas generations changing daily, by daily deaths and births, have one constant term beginning at the date of their contract, and ending when a majority of those of full age at that date shall be dead. The length of that term may be estimated from the tables of mortality, corrected by the circumstances of climate, occupation &c. peculiar to the country of the contractors. Take, for instance, the table of M. de Buffon wherein he states 23,994 deaths, and the ages at which they happened. Suppose a society in which 23,994 persons are born every year and live to the ages stated in this table. The conditions of that society will be as follows. 1st. it will consist constantly of 617,703 persons of all ages. 2dly. of those living at any one instant of time, one half will be dead in 24. years 8. months. 3dly. 10,675 will arrive every year at the age of 21. years complete. 4thly. it will constantly have 348,417 persons of all ages above 21. years. 5ly. and the half of those of 21. years and upwards living at any one instant of time will be dead in 18. years 8. months, or say 19. years as the nearest integral number. Then 19. years is the term beyond which neither the representatives of a nation, nor even the whole nation itself assembled, can validly extend a debt.
To render this conclusion palpable by example, suppose that Louis XIV. and XV. had contracted debts in the name of the French nation to the amount of 10.000 milliards of livres and that the whole had been contracted in Genoa. The interest of this sum would be 500 milliards, which is said to be the whole rent-roll, or nett proceeds of the territory of France. Must the present generation of men have retired from the territory in which nature produced them, and ceded it to the Genoese creditors? No. They have the same rights over the soil on which they were produced, as the preceding generations had. They derive these rights not from their predecessors, but from nature. They then and their soil are by nature clear of the debts of their predecessors. Again suppose Louis XV. and his contemporary generation had said to the money lenders of Genoa, give us money that we may eat, drink, and be merry in our day; and on condition you will demand no interest till the end of 19. years, you shall then forever after receive an annual interest of1 125. per cent. The money is lent on these conditions, is divided among the living, eaten, drank, and squandered. Would the present generation be obliged to apply the produce of the earth and of their labour to replace their dissipations? Not at all.
I suppose that the received opinion, that the public debts of one generation devolve on the next, has been suggested by our seeing habitually in private life that he who succeeds to lands is required to pay the debts of his ancestor or testator, without considering that this requisition is municipal only, not moral, flowing from the will of the society which has found it convenient to appropriate the lands become vacant by the death of their occupant on the condition of a paiment of his debts; but that between society and society, or generation and generation there is no municipal obligation, no umpire but the law of nature. We seem not to have perceived that, by the law of nature, one generation is to another as one independant nation to another.
The interest of the national debt of France being in fact but a two thousandth part of it's rent-roll, the paiment of it is practicable enough; and so becomes a question merely of honor or expediency. But with respect to future debts; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19. years? And that all future contracts shall be deemed void as to what shall remain unpaid at the end of 19. years from their date? This would put the lenders, and the borrowers also, on their guard. By reducing too the faculty of borrowing within its natural limits, it would bridle the spirit of war, to which too free a course has been procured by the inattention of money lenders to this law of nature, that succeeding generations are not responsible for the preceding.
On similar ground it may be proved that no society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation. They may manage it then, and what proceeds from it, as they please, during their usufruct. They are masters too of their own persons, and consequently may govern them as they please. But persons and property make the sum of the objects of government. The constitution and the laws of their predecessors extinguished them, in their natural course, with those whose will gave them being. This could preserve that being till it ceased to be itself, and no longer. Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19. years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right.
It may be said that the succeeding generation exercising in fact the power of repeal, this leaves them as free as if the constitution or law had been expressly limited to 19. years only. In the first place, this objection admits the right, in proposing an equivalent. But the power of repeal is not an equivalent. It might be indeed if every form of government were so perfectly contrived that the will of the majority could always be obtained fairly and without impediment. But this is true of no form. The people cannot assemble themselves; their representation is unequal and vicious. Various checks are opposed to every legislative proposition. Factions get possession of the public councils. Bribery corrupts them. Personal interests lead them astray from the general interests of their constituents; and other impediments arise so as to prove to every practical man that a law of limited duration is much more manageable than one which needs a repeal.
This principle that the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead is of very extensive application and consequences in every country, and most especially in France. It enters into the resolution of the questions Whether the nation may change the descent of lands holden in tail? Whether they may change the appropriation of lands given antiently to the church, to hospitals, colleges, orders of chivalry, and otherwise in perpetuity? whether they may abolish the charges and privileges attached on lands, including the whole catalogue ecclesiastical and feudal? it goes to hereditary offices, authorities and jurisdictions; to hereditary orders, distinctions and appellations; to perpetual monopolies in commerce, the arts or sciences; with a long train of et ceteras: and it renders the question of reimbursement a question of generosity and not of right. In all these cases the legislature of the day could authorize such appropriations and establishments for their own time, but no longer; and the present holders, even where they or their ancestors have purchased, are in the case of bona fide purchasers of what the seller had no right to convey.
Turn this subject in your mind, my Dear Sir, and particularly as to the power of contracting debts, and develope it with that perspicuity and cogent logic which is so peculiarly yours. Your station in the councils of our country gives you an opportunity of producing it to public consideration, of forcing it into discussion. At first blush it may be rallied as a theoretical speculation; but examination will prove it to be solid and salutary. It would furnish matter for a fine preamble to our first law for appropriating the public revenue; and it will exclude, at the threshold of our new government the contagious and ruinous errors of this quarter of the globe, which have armed despots with means not sanctioned by nature for binding in chains their fellow-men. We have already given, in example one effectual check to the Dog of war, by transferring the power of letting him loose from the executive to the Legislative body, from those who are to spend to those who are to pay. I should be pleased to see this second obstacle held out by us also in the first instance. No nation can make a declaration against the validity of long-contracted debts so disinterestedly as we, since we do not owe a shilling which may not be paid with ease principal and interest, within the time of our own lives. Establish the principle also in the new law to be passed for protecting copy rights and new inventions, by securing the exclusive right for 19. instead of 14. years [a line entirely faded] an instance the more of our taking reason for our guide instead of English precedents, the habit of which fetters us, with all the political herecies of a nation, equally remarkable for it's encitement from some errors, as long slumbering under others. I write you no news, because when an occasion occurs I shall write a separate letter for that.
(Source: http://oll.libertyfund.org/)
Treasury Act [HR-9]7 comments Posted by HCPS at Wednesday, September 02, 2009
September 2, 1789
[1] BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, that there shall be a department of Treasury, in which shall be the following officers, namely; a Secretary of the Treasury to be deemed head of the department, a Comptroller, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Register, and an Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury; which assistant shall be appointed by the said Secretary.
[2] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of public credit; to prepare and report estimates of the public revenue, and the public expenditures; to superintend the collection of the revenue; to decide on the forms of keeping and stating accounts and making returns, and to grant, under the limitations herein established, or to be hereafter provided, all Warrants for monies to be issued from the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; to execute such services relative to the sale of the lands belonging to the United States, as may be by law required of him; to make report and give information to either branch of the Legislature, in person or in writing, (as he may be required) respecting all matters refered to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office; and generally to perform all such services, relative to the finances, as he shall be directed to perform.
[3] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to superintend the adjustment and preservation of the public accounts; to examine all accounts settled by the Auditor, and certify the ballances arising thereon to the Register; to countersign all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be warranted by law; to report to the Secretary the official forms of all papers to be issued in the different offices for collecting the public revenue, and the manner and form of keeping and stating the accounts of the several persons employed therein; he shall moreover [Page 1976] provide for the regular and punctual payment of all monies which may be collected, and shall direct prosecutions for all delinquencies of officers of the revenue, and for debts that are or shall be due to the United States.
[4] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that it shall be the duty of the Treasurer, to receive and keep the monies of the United States, and to disburse the same upon Warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the Comptroller, recorded by the Register, and not otherwise; he shall take receipts for all monies paid by him, and all receipts for monies received by him shall be endorsed upon Warrants, signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, without which warrant so signed, no acknowledgment for money received into the public Treasury shall be valid: and the said Treasurer shall render his accounts to the Comptroller, quarterly, (or oftener if required) and shall transmit a copy thereof, when settled, to the Secretary of the Treasury, he shall moreover on the third day of every Session of Congress, lay before the Senate and House of Representatives fair and accurate copies of all accounts, by him from time rendered to, and settled with the Comptroller as aforesaid, as also a true and perfect account of the State of the Treasury; he shall at all times, submit to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller, or either of them, the inspection of the monies in his hands, and shall, prior to the entering upon the duties of his office, give bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller, in the sum of One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, payable to the United States, with condition for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and for the fidelity of the persons to be by him employed, which bond shall be lodged in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States.
[5] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that it shall be the duty of the Auditor, to receive all public accounts, and after examination to certify the ballance, and transmit the accounts, with the vouchers and certificate to the Comptroller for his decision thereon: PROVIDED, that if any person whose account shall be so audited, be dissatisfied therewith, he may within six months, appeal to the Comptroller against such settlement.
[6] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that it shall be the duty of the Register, to keep all accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, and of all debts due to or from the United States; to receive from the Comptroller, the accounts which shall have been finally adjusted, and to preserve such accounts with their vouchers and certificates; to record all warrants for the receipt or payment of monies at the Treasury, certify the same thereon, and to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury copies of the certificates of ballances of Accounts adjusted as is herein directed.
[7] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that whenever the Secretary shall be removed from office by the President of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy in the office of Secretary, the Assistant shall during the vacancy, [Page 1977] have the charge and custody of the records, books, and papers appertaining to the said office.
[8] AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that no person appointed to any office instituted by this Act, shall directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of Trade or Commerce, or be owner in whole or in part of any Sea Vessel, or purchase by himself, or another in trust for him, any public lands or other public property, or be concerned in the purchase, or disposal, of any public securities of any State, or of the United States, or take or apply to his own use, any emolument or gain for negotiating or transacting any business in the said department other than what shall be allowed by law, and if any person shall offend against any of the prohibitions of this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and forfeit to the United States the penalty of three thousand dollars, and shall upon conviction be removed from Office, and for ever thereafter incapable of holding any office under the United States: Provided that if any other person than a public prosecutor shall give information of any such offence, upon which a prosecution and conviction shall be had, one half the aforesaid penalty of three thousand dollars, when recovered, shall be for the use of the person giving such information.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate
Approved September the Second 1789
President of the United States
John Adams to James Lovell0 comments Posted by HCPS at Tuesday, September 01, 2009
New York, September 1, 1789
Dear Sir,—
I have not yet answered your letter of the 26th of July. You guess well; I find that I shall have all the unpopular questions to determine, and shall soon be pronounced hostis republicani generis. What they will do with me, I know not, but must trust to Providence. You insinuate that I am accused "of deciding in favor of the power of the prime, because I look up to that goal." That I look up to that goal sometimes, is very probable, because it is not far above me, only one step, and it is directly before my eyes, so that I must be blind not to see it. I am forced to look up to it, and bound by duty to do so, because there is only the breath of one mortal between me and it. There was lately cause enough to look up to it, as I did with horror, when that breath was in some danger of expiring. But deciding for the supreme was not certainly the way to render that goal more desirable or less terrible, nor was it the way to obtain votes for continuing in it, or an advancement to it. The way to have insured votes would have been to have given up that power. There is not, however, to be serious, the smallest prospect that I shall ever reach that goal. Our beloved chief is very little older than his second, has recovered his health, and is a much stronger man than I am. A new Vice-President must be chosen before a new President. This reflection gives me no pain, but, on the contrary, great pleasure; for I know very well that I am not possessed of the confidence and affection of my fellow-citizens to the degree that he is. I am not of Cæsar's mind. The second place in Rome is high enough for me, although I have a spirit that will not give up its right or relinquish its place. Whatever the world, or even my friends, or even you, who know me so well, may think of me, I am not an ambitious man. Submission to insult and disgrace is one thing, but aspiring to higher situations is another. I am quite contented in my present condition, and should not be discontented to leave it.
Having said too much of myself, let me say something of you. The place of collector would undoubtedly have been yours, if the President could have found any other situation for your friend Lincoln. It was from no lukewarmness to you, I am certain; but the public cause demanded that Lincoln should be supported, and this could not be done any other way. If, after some time, any other permanent place should be found for him, you, I presume, will come in collector. He sailed yesterday, in good health, for Georgia; and may heaven prosper him with all happiness, honor, and success! It is a very honorable embassy, and will produce great and happy effects to these States.
I am, &c.
John Adams.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Exploring Ubuntu Recovery Mode
Then, I remembered about the recovery mode. Rebooted the machine and I pressed escape to get the standard grub screen as shown below.
Selecting recovery mode showed the following screens. ( The second figure below shows the remaining part of the recovery screen which is hidden from the first screen.)
Later I rebooted again and re-entered the recovery mode again to find out what capabilities it offers.
The recovery screen offers you the following menu entries on ubuntu 9.04 .
a) Try to make free space - this is useful if your machine is stuck for the want of free disk space.
b) Dpkg - If you select this option you can repair broken packages. Very useful ,if the system is stuck after a package installation.
c) fsck - if the system is stuck with file system error you can try this option.
d) grub - You can update the grub boot loader from this option.
e) netroot - Your TCP/IP network settings will be enabled and system will drop to a root shell.
This option is useful if you are trouble shooting network related issues.
f) root- Plain old root shell . Suitable for editing config files.
g) xfix - This option will try to reconfigure your X window system
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- busstoped said...
I often had to Do this because of bad updates but a word of advice to all ubuntu users get a copy of the Xubuntu live Cd because sometimes Ubuntu fails and Xubuntu can Pick up the pieces.It seems to Boot where Ubuntu won't
- August 10, 2009 at 4:01 AM
Just FYI for your future edits of /etc/sudoers: Don't edit /etc/sudoers directly. Edit it with visudo, which will check the syntax and help avoid this sort of problem. Of course, you'll still need sudo to run visudo.
- August 10, 2009 at 12:14 PM
You should always use visudo to modify
/etc/sudoers. The modified file will not be saved unless it is syntactically correct.
To use visudo, you have to (horrors of horrors) use a root terminal and the command line interface. If you do not want to do such a thing, then you should not be fiddling with /etc/sudoers! As always, make a backup of the original file before starting to edit. /etc/sudoers is readable only by root.
Open a terminal, enter 'sudo su', then 'visudo'. Visudo is a version of the vi text editor, which takes a bit of learning to use correctly. If you are not familiar, practise with its cousin vi before launching on visudo.
Yes, it is not simple and user-friendly, but sudo and sudoers are serious matters and are not playthings - as you learnt the hard way.
Also the familiar advice: print out and read the man pages for sudo and visudo before playing with fire.
And if you haven't got visudo on your machine, get it from the repository.
- August 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- Tedy said...
I just curious why entering recovery mode doesn't need login password? Can we configure it so that everytime we drop to root shell it prompt us with authentication login?
- August 26, 2009 at 6:27 AM
@Tedy: Yes. You set your root password. I would not recommend doing this, however (1), as it may provide a false sense of security.
The root account is disabled by default, and for good reason, as it deters people from logging in as root (2); "recovery mode" is only accessible when a user has root access or when a user has physical access to the system and can choose the option via grub. Setting a root password makes it easier for an attacker who does not have physical access to gain root privileges (3) when your system is running normally (i.e. not in recovery mode).
That said, if you want another way to deter people from logging in as root from recovery mode, you can set a grub (4,5), bios, or hard drive password, which would prevent access to any boot options in the first place. You would have to type in a password every time you boot your computer, though.
1. RootSudo - Community Ubuntu Documentation - Enabling the root account
2. Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks: The Root Password Rumour
3. RootSudo - Community Ubuntu Documentation - Benefits of using sudo
4. Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - [ubuntu] How do I lock down the recovery shell...
5. Idea #20047: "drop to root shell prompt not secure" - Ubuntu brainstorm
- August 28, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- DIPANJAN said...
hi this is Dipanjan
I have a serious problem...
I changed the "Refresh Rate" in the display settings in my ubuntu 9.04
and after that my screen just went off...giving a comment of "low frequency"
I have gone to the recovery mode but cant find the solution by going to the menu of"restore Graphics"
bt of no use..
please help
- December 10, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Mackenzie said...
No need to "sudo su ; visudo" Just "sudo visudo"
- December 21, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Once I have the 'recovery screen' up, how do I navigate it? How do I select an option and execute it? My screen just goes dodgy whenever I try pressing any buttons.
- April 19, 2010 at 9:51 PM
Thank you, it helped me. To start the virtual machine in recovery mode I had to press Shift instead of Esc, though.
- December 19, 2010 at 2:08 AM
- Trish Kelry said...
From Ubunto recovery i have no words to say his awesome work.Again a usefull and reliable recovery that you've published.Thank you so much for this kind of information!
repair dbx file
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Car Replacement Light Bulb Size Guide – 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt
When you need to replace the headlight, turning signal or parking light bulb on your 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, finding out what the replacement size you need can be a time consuming task. Whether you want to replace your headlamp bulb with a HID (High Intensity Discharge) Headlight Kit or replace your interior lighting bulbs with LED (Light Emitting Diode) bulbs, we're here to help.
The Modified Life staff have put their heads together to provide our visitors with a free replacement bulb size guide for your 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. The resource includes car light bulb sizes for headlamps, turning signals, parking lights, reverse lights, brake lights, corner lights, sidemarkers, license plate lights, interior map lights, dome lights, vanity mirror visor lights, trunk lights and more.
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2006 Chevrolet Cobalt Light Bulb Replacement Guide
High & Low Beam Headlamp Light Bulb Size: 9007 or 9007 HID Kit
Parking Light Bulb Size: 3157LL
Front Turn Signal Light Bulb Size: 3157LL
Rear Turn Signal Light Bulb Size: 3057
Tail Light Bulb Size: 3057
Stop Light Bulb Size: 3057
High Mount Stop Light Bulb Size: 912
Fog/Driving Light Bulb Size: H11 or H11 HID Upgrade Kit
License Plate Light Bulb Size: 194
Back Up Light Bulb Size: 921
Front Sidemarker Light Bulb Size: 194
Rear Sidemarker Light Bulb Size: 194
Map Light Bulb Size: 2825
Dome Light Bulb Size: 562
Step/Courtesy Light Bulb Size: 212-2


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Rickey Smiley has taken the world by storm with his unique blend of comedy and originality. The Rickey Smiley Morning Show is a mix of laughter, community outreach, social political awareness and celebrity news.
Funnyman Rickey Smiley is known for making millions laugh for over 20 years. Smiley has earned a reputation for delivering for audiences on and off stage. With the distinct ability to take everyday observations and turn them into comedic gold, Smiley is a standout in the entertainment world and one of the few "clean" comics amongst the upper echelon of contemporary great comedians.
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alhamdulillah... i pass the medical check-up at last.
just a minor arrhythmia.
no need to worry much eventhough it bothers me much.
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crunchy coleslaw
- 1 cup whole-egg mayonnaise
- 1 ½ tablespoon malt vinegar
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- ½ (1kg) white cabbage, thinly sliced
- 3 carrots, peeled and grated
- 4 green onions (scallions), trimmed and sliced
- Place the mayonnaise, vinegar and brown sugar in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add the cabbage, carrots and green onions to the mayonnaise mixture and toss to combine. Serves 4.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis team rolled past Grand Rapids Community College by a 9-0 score on Wednesday (Oct. 10).
The Bulldogs swept the Raiders in both singles and doubles action as they improved to 8-4 overall this seasoe.
The match was the first of four scheduled home contests this week for the Bulldogs at the Racquet and Fitness Center. FSU opens a three-match weekend homestand against Ohio Dominican on Friday (Oct. 12) at 3 p.m. (ET).
The Bulldogs also host Ashland on Saturday (Oct. 13) at 10 a.m. (ET) before facing Tiffin in the league regular-season finale on Sunday (Oct. 14) at 11 a.m. (ET).
Below are the complete match results:
Ferris State 9, Grand Rapids Community College 0
Oct 10, 2012 at Big Rapids, Mich. (Racquet & Fitness Center)
|Singles competition
|1. Ana Jan (FS) def. Gina Johnson (GRCC) 6-0, 6-0
|2. Tabitha Simpson (FS) def. Taylor Curtis (GRCC) 6-0, 6-1
|3. Laurence LeBlanc (FS) def. Madeline Mcllhargey (GRCC) 6-2, 6-2
|4. Janie Sell (FS) def. Jen DeMint (GRCC) 6-2, 6-1
|5. Julia Fusik (FS) def. Aubrey Kemme (GRCC) 6-0, 6-4
|6. Jessica Swanson (FS) def. Julie Daukss (GRCC) 6-1, 6-1
|Doubles competition
|1. Ana Jan/Tabitha Simpson (FS) def. Gina Johnson/Jen DeMint (GRCC) 8-0
|2. Laurence LeBlanc/Julia Fusik (FS) def. Taylor Curtis/Madeline Mcllhargey (GRCC) 8-1
|3. Sydnie Sine/Janie Sell (FS) def. Aubrey Kemme/Julie Daukss (GRCC) 8-1


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Fully upholstered seat cushions allow you to flip the cushion over or move it if it is starting to look squashed or deflated.
A classic sofa that adapts perfectly with all decor styles from traditional to contemporary. Dark brass nailheads adorn the oversized panel arms, adding a touch of transitional glam and keeping the sofa from looking too basic. Included fabric pillows are available in body fabric, contrasting fabric pattern, or two-sided pillows with both. This style is also available as a sleeper sofa.
The 7565 Transitional Sofa with Large Rolled Arms and Brass Nailheads by Craftmaster at Story & Lee Furniture in the Leoma, Lawrenceburg TN and Florence, Athens, Decatur, Huntsville AL area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Teavana Debuts iPhone App
Teavana Debuts Perfect Tea Touch App For iPhone
(from a press release)
Make the perfect cup of tea with Teavana's Perfect Tea Touch app. The Perfect Touch iPhone App provides everything needed to enjoy Teavana's fine loose leaf tea, create a perfect tea blend, make a perfect cup of tea, find a local Teavana store, shop on the website, and share favorites through social networking sites and email.
Teavana's Perfect Tea Touch iPhone app times your steep with music and graphics.
The app features:
A tea timer with specific instructions for Teavana teas or generic tea instructions.
A tea blending tool that suggests other teas to blend with favorites. A great way to discover new tastes!
Detailed information on Teavana teas including ingredients, steeping instructions and health benefits.
A 'favorites' function to bookmark Teavana tea information for quick access anytime.
A store locator that finds the Teavana stores nearest you.
A musical tea timer offering unique sounds depending for each type of tea steeped.
A social networking function, allowing sharing of favorite tea blends on Facebook, Twitter or via email with friends.
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New Ferrari showroom inaugurated in Wuhan, China
November 23rd, 2011, Wuhan – Ferrari opened a new showroom in Wuhan, the most important city in Central China. As the company's first new automobile showroom in the region, the opening marks another milestone of Ferrari's business development in the Chinese market.
Situated on the Bund of Hankou along the Yangtze River, the new showroom is right on the junction of the Yanjiang Avenue and Lugouqiao Road. This showroom has a modern all-glass façade which displays the complete Prancing Horse range, with the FF, 599 GTB Fiorano, 458 Italia and California.
On the day of the inauguration, Mr. Edwin Fenech, President & CEO of Ferrari Greater China, underlined to the numerous enthusiasts and VIP guests present how the opening of the new showroom is the first step of the marque's presence in Central China.


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Five flower children turned responsible adults reunite at Woodstock.
June 13, 2005
Last week, five friends who attended the 1969 Woodstock Festival gathered in the upper New York State town for a reunion, remembering the fun they had at the concert and catching up on what has happened to them in the 36 years since the famed love-in. As the five grown-up flower children reminisced, the recalled how each had a nickname--one being dubbed Happy--and how great the music was at the event. They also remarked that each now has a very responsible position that seems a long way from the carefree days of the concert--and that each came a long way, with no two traveling the same number of miles, to return to Woodstock. Given the clues below, can you reminisce with the five by finding each's full name, 1969 nickname, current career position, and distance traveled to return to Woodstock?
Jean, who isn't the woman whose nickname was Dancer, traveled 200 more miles than Ms. Wilcox to attend the reunion; both say Jimi Hendrix was their favorite performer at the original concert.
Ms. Barkley didn't come the fewest--300--miles.
The woman who had the nickname Saffron traveled twice as far to the reunion as Ms. Hardin, who isn't Carol.
The woman whose nickname in the '60's was Krazy Kat, who isn't Ms. Wilcox, and the woman who is now a U.S. Representative were both students at Summerset College in 1969.
The woman once nicknamed Tattoo traveled 200 miles farther than the one who is now CEO of Moon Microsystems; they both name Janis Joplin as their favorite Woodstock performer.
Neither Alice nor Linda is the woman who is a TV anchor today.
Ms. Hardin isn't the one who is now a police chief.
Teresa's nickname in 1969 wasn't Tattoo.
Carol traveled 200 miles farther than the U.S. Representative to get back to Woodstock; the U.S. Representative says her favorite artist at the 1969 event was Arlo Guthrie.
The woman whose nickname was once Dancer, who isn't Ms. Davis, and the TV anchor brought along photo albums chronicling the adventures of the five at the festival.
The woman who came the most distance, who isn't now a TV anchor, traveled 1,000 miles to attend the reunion, coming farther than the woman who had the nickname Krazy Kat.
Alice, who isn't the newspaper editor, and Ms. Simon both remember staying awake for 72 consecutive hours to catch all the concert acts.
Ms. Davis isn't the reunion attendee who is now a CEO.
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First the good news and a thank you. To all the actors, script-writers, production people and executives who put their talent and time to work last week to join the Entertainment Industry Foundation's iParticipate TV campaign to celebrate volunteering — thank you. Keep it coming.
It was an extraordinary moment that put the voice of volunteers at the center of an emerging national conversation. The high-profile campaign embraced ideas that have been reshaping volunteering for over a decade and is an important tipping-point in the effort to help millions of local nonprofits, schools and civic institutions, like you, unlock the possibilities of volunteer service.
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