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A device for exchange and/or reaction between at least two fluids is taught and described herein comprising at least a first space of selected thickness and including side walls defining a first chamber provided with a central part at least partly recessed for a first fluid flow and at least a second chamber for a second fluid flow, the first and second chambers being separated by a first exchanging wall adapted to ensure exchange and/or reaction between fluids of thermal and/or mass transfer type.
1. A device for exchange or reaction between at least two fluids, comprising tightly stacked modular blocks, each modular block comprising a first chamber for the flow of a first fluid and a second chamber for the flow of a second fluid, said first and second chambers being separated one from the other by a first exchange wall suitable for an exchange or a reaction between the fluids, wherein each modular block comprises a first spacer with a recessed center part forming said first chamber, the second chamber being formed between said first exchange wall and a second exchange wall, said first and second exchange walls being stacked one to the other and said second exchange wall being an independent wall or a closed side wall of a second spacer, and wherein each spacer and each exchange wall is provided with two or three holes in one of its ends and two or three holes in its opposite end for supplying the fluids to said first and second chambers and for collecting the fluids from said first and second chambers.
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This application is a continuation of PCT Application No. PCT/FR02/01416, filed Apr. 24, 2002, which claims priority from French Patent No. 0105578, filed Apr. 25, 2001, which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
The invention relates to the field of exchange and/or reaction between fluids, whether it concerns the exchange of calories or frigories, for example, by heating or cooling, or exchange of constitutive elements, for example by filtering or separation or absorption or desorption, or injection of a product(s), or a chemical reaction.
Numerous devices and numerous plants have been proposed to ensure the aforementioned exchanges (or processing). Most of them, whether they function continuously or intermittently, are designed so as to ensure a single function in a satisfactory manner, without the possibility of carrying out other functions. In a reactor functioning in an intermittent mode (for example, of the "batch" type), it is usually difficult to heat or cool reactants at the elected control level, even if this type of reactor is fitted with a double shell system or a coiled piping elements. Among the exchangers functioning continuously, are found, heat exchangers of the said "plate" and "tubes and calenders" types.
In the plate heat exchangers, only non-loaded fluids or very slightly loaded fluids may be dealt with, because of the reduced spacing between plates. On the other hand, they permit a relatively easy maintenance, because of their dismountability, but the volume defined between plates is reduced and dependent on the mode of plate manufacturing. In the tube and calender heat exchangers, it is possible to deal with loaded fluids by adapting tube diameters, but the maintenance connected, in particular, with pipe choking is difficult. Moreover, the presence of tubes makes these heat exchangers relatively bulky, which limits their applications.
In addition, neither of these types of heat exchangers are adapted to the other types of processings, such as filtering or separation. For these types of processings (or exchanges) which are not specifically thermal, there are numerous plants, but they are complex, bulky and poorly adaptable to processings different from those for which they were designed.
The object of this invention is to provide a different solution from those known.
To that effect it proposes an exchange system between at least two fluids, where it is provided, on the one hand, at least a "thick" first chamber, defined by the side walls of a first spacer, recessed so as to enable the flow of a first fluid and, on the other hand, at least a second "thin" or thick chamber for the flow of a second fluid, the first and second chambers being separated by a first exchanging wall enabling the exchange and/or a thermal reaction and/or by mass transfer, between fluids flowing in the first and second adjacent chambers.
The volume and the arrangement of the chamber determined by the spacer are variable. Consequently, the spacer may be completely or partly recessed, or define at least two independent subchambers. In the latter case, the subchambers may be defined by machining or forming.
In this way, a heat exchanger and/or a reactor capable of processing a fluid in a reduced volume is created, providing also the advantages presented by the plate heat exchangers. In addition, according to the type of exchange wall used between the first and the second chambers (plate or diaphragm), the processing may be either thermal or "physical" (filtering or separation of constitutive elements), or simultaneously thermal and physical. The processing may also be chemical if a reactive material is placed in the first chamber, or a mixture of materials, or if a reactant is introduced, such as a catalyst. The elements comprising these materials may be fixed on a side wall, or hung between two attached (or stacked) plates, or be inserted within the volume of the spacer chamber. Injection nozzles may be considered to enable injection of one or several reactants in a chosen area of the chamber.
The invention may be used for endothermic or exothermic reactions.
Numerous embodiments may be considered for the device according to the invention, and namely:
In each embodiment integrating a spacer fitted with a closed side wall, the latter may be formed by machining (or recessing) or by attachment to an inserted plate, of the same material as that of the spacer or of another material. The attachment may be permanent (by welding, brazing or gluing) or temporary (stacking with interposition of a gasket).
According to another feature of the invention, at least some of the plates forming an exchange wall are fitted with fluid disturbing devices, so as to encourage the thermal exchanges between the first and the second fluids. The disturbing devices may be formed on plate surfaces, for example, by pressing, or attached to the plate surfaces. Alternatively, the disturbing devices may be placed in the chambers.
According to yet another feature of the invention, at least one of the spacers may include means for fluid injection, such as a nozzle enabling the introduction of a third fluid into the chamber of this spacer. One can be also plan for several nozzles destined to introduce fluid(s) or product(s) into chosen different locations of a spacer.
According to yet another characteristic of the invention, at least one of the spacers may include an attached static mixing element, such as for example a vortex, or metallic foam, or a catalytic foam or lining, or also a vortex generator or a stirrer, such as for example the fins of the "Offset strip fins" type. But it is also possible that a spacer includes several elements similar to those mentioned above, including elements enabling different functions. This or these elements might be included in, or realised in the form of an insert of the cartridge type.
The fluid flow within a chamber may be either practically parallel to the closing plates (or side fronts), and in one pass, or not linear because it follows a flow path, for example step by step, destined to increase the time it is present within the chamber, for example. Such a path may be defined by additional cells placed in the chamber.
According to yet another characteristic of the invention, at least one of the spacers may be constituted by assembling (or juxtaposition) of at least two sub-spacers, possibly of different dimensions. The volume of the chamber thus determined is chosen in function of flow parameters in particular: load, viscosity, residence time and likewise.
The invention can be applied in many ways, and in particular in the field of thermal and/or chemical processing of a first liquid or fluid, especially foodstuffs or chemicals, or the field of separation or mixing of components of a first complex fluid, for example by filtering.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent after checking the detailed description hereunder in conjunction with the drawings attached, on which
The drawings attached are, essentially, of a certain character. Consequently, not only may they be used for completing the invention, but also for contributing to its definition, as the case occurs.
In the description that follows, reference will be made to a fluid processing device loaded with particles. Of course, this is only one application among numerous other ones, which is in no way exhaustive.
First, refer to
In the illustrated example, the first fluid enters the first chamber 2 through an inlet 3 formed in a part (here it is the "upper" part) of the first spacer 1. This inlet 3 is supplied by a first supplying circuit 4 which is, for example, connected to a reservoir containing a first fluid to be processed.
The first spacer 1 comprises, on the other hand, in another side wall (here in its <<lower>> part) an outlet 5 connected to the supplying circuit 4 for driving out of the first chamber 2 the first fluid processed in it.
In the example illustrated in
The second spacer 7 comprises additionally an inlet 8 (here it is formed in a side wall of its upper part), supplied by a second supplying circuit 9 with a second hot or cold fluid, as well as an outlet 10 (here formed in a side wall of its lower part), connected to the said second supplying circuit 9 to drive out the second hot fluid once it has flowed within the second chamber 6.
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This plate 11 is tightly placed between the first 1 and second 7 spacers. Preferably, this plate 11 is of metallic type and comprises the disturbing devices 15 (represented on
Moreover, and as illustrated, the first 1 and the second 7 spacers include each a first opened side wall 12, 13 so as to allow for the fluids to lap against the parallel sides of plate 11 which closes the first 2 and second 6 chambers. Each spacer 1, 7 includes, additionally, a second closed side wall 13, placed practically in parallel to the first opened side wall 1. Alternatively, the first 12 and second 13 side walls of each spacer could be opened, the second side walls 13 of both spacers so being closed by a plate of the type 11 of plate forming the thermal exchange wall.
The first 1 and second 7 spacers and the plate 11 placed between these spacers form a modular block B. As illustrated in
Furthermore, a device of this type could be used to ensure a mass transfer between the first and second fluids, or a heat exchange and a mass transfer. To this end, the heat exchange plate 11 is substituted by a diaphragm chosen in function of the type of exchange desired. This may be, for example, a filtering diaphragm which authorizes only a one-way passage of a given constitutive element of the first fluid towards the second, in view of separating constitutive elements or a mixture of constitutive elements. Such a diaphragm may be either inserted between both spacers 1 and 7, or previously attached to one of either spacer.
On the other hand, it is also possible to provide an attached (or insert) element 14 (shown in dotted line) inside one of the first 2 and second 6 chambers. Such an insert may, for example, be constituted of a cartridge including a processing material such as a catalytic foam or a reactant. It may also be a vortex generator, or a stirrer. Otherwise, when several modular blocks Bi are serially and/or in parallel mounted, the successive chambers may include inserts of different types.
As illustrated in
It is also possible to use identical first 1 and second 7 spacers.
At least one of the first and/or second spacers may also comprise means of injection (see
Such nozzles are particularly adapted to devices equipped with a cooling circuit for exothermic reactions or a heating circuit for endothermic reactions, such as, for example those illustrated in
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This first chamber 22 is determined by the practically parallel first 26 and second 27 side walls. Of course, these side walls could be differently inclined, for example significantly opposed, relating to a vertical direction. The first side wall 26 is formed so as to define at its outer face a second chamber 28 destined to receive a second fluid. The spacer 21 comprises, therefore, a second inlet 29 connected to a second supplying circuit 30 with a second fluid and a second outlet 31 for driving the second fluid out of the second chamber 28.
In the simplest configuration, the device is a heat exchanger which only includes one spacer 21 and a plate destined to cooperate with the outer face of the first wall 26 of the spacer 21 to define the second chamber 28 (or in other words, to ensure sealed closure of the chamber 28). The example which is illustrated in
As a consequence, in this example, the first 25 and second 31 outlets of the first block B1 respectively supply the first 23 and second 29 inlets of the second block B2 and so on, the first 25 and second 31 outlets of the last modular block (here B4) being respectively connected to the first 24 and second 30 fluid supplying circuits.
It is obvious that in the example illustrated in
A parallel distribution of co-current or against-current type may be considered.
The device illustrated in
A modular block Bi is therefore constituted here of a plate 32 and a spacer 21. The blocks Bi may be serially (as illustrated) mounted and/or in parallel, as in the example of
In this example, each spacer 41 constitutes itself a modular block Bi. Here, four modular blocks B1 to B4 are serially mounted, outlets of one supplying inlets of the other. But, alternatively, the blocks could be mounted in parallel.
The outer face of the first side wall 42 of a first block determines with its outer face of the second side wall 43 of the following block a second chamber 46. In other words, each outer face, which is not placed at one end of the device, determines a second "half-chamber". The second chambers 46 determined by the second 43 and first 44 side walls of the spacers 41, placed at both opposed ends of the device (in fact, B1 and B4), are each closed by a plate 53, so that both second chambers 46 they jointly determine at the ends of the device, are approximately twice smaller in volume than those of the other second "intermediate" chambers 46.
The device of
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In the example illustrated in
In this example, a spacer 61 and two plates 64 and 65, which determine a second chamber 66, constitute a modular block Bi. Here, three modular blocks B1 to B3 were serially mounted, but, of course, they could be more numerous, and/or mounted in parallel or mounted serially and in parallel.
The spacer 61 of the first block B1 comprises an inlet 67 connected to the first supplying circuit 68 with a first fluid, so as to supply the first chamber 62, and an outlet 69 to drive the first processed fluid out of the first chamber 62. In the same way, the plates 64 and 65, which determine the second chamber 66, comprise an inlet 70 connected to a second supplying circuit 71 with a second fluid to supply the said second chamber 66, and an outlet 72 to drive the second fluid out of the second chamber 66.
Of course, in this example, the spacers 61 have first and second side walls opened and destined to be closed by one of the plates 64 or 65 of a previous block, or by a final plate 73. An end plate, acting as an inlet plate, may enable the full framing by the first and last channels of the second fluid supplying circuit.
Alternatively, as illustrated in
In the examples illustrated in
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All that has been indicated in the description relating to the first example of the device illustrated in
Four examples of insert realization are shown in
Otherwise, as mentioned previously, in all the examples of the devices previously described, tightness between consecutive spacers or between a spacer and a plate may be ensured either through a sealing means (a flat peripheral gasket or an o'ring, metallic or not, located on one of the two elements), or by gluing or welding.
Furthermore, the different spacers may be made of a polymer type material, for example PEEK (English acronym for PolyEtherEtherKetone). But numerous other materials may also be considered, such as, for example glass, ceramics, or metal (stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, for example). The embodiment of these spacers depends on the material(s) used: machining and/or welding and/or forming and/or pressing.
Moreover, the flow of fluid inside the device may be either completely alternate (upwards/downwards/upwards/downwards . . . ), which corresponds to a "serial" flow, as previously indicated, or partly alternating (upwards then downwards or downwards then upwards), which corresponds to a "parallel/serial" flow type. More generally, all the combinations of serial and parallel/serial modes may be considered (the illustrated examples are not exhaustive). It is also possible to consider a subdivision of a spacer chamber into two parts, as illustrated in
As has been previously described, and as illustrated in
It is also possible to use spacers (opened or closed) with six supplying collection inlets, of the type of that illustrated in
As it was previously indicated, the first chamber may present different conformations. Among others, it may be rectangular, circular or oval. But it may also contain some disturbing devices, or guides 120 which may determine a flow path for the first fluid, as illustrated in
Finally, for questions of maintenance, it is preferable that the devices according to this invention be of the "one-piece" type, and assembled by means of tie-rods at which end nuts are screwed on. So, by pressing plates and/or spacers one against the other, a tight assembly is constituted that does not need any welding or gluing and, due to this fact, allows for quick dismantling. Of course, it could be quite possible to consider the use of brazed or welded plate heat exchangers. But such a heat exchanger comprising stacked plates, simply assembled by pressing them one against the other, may be cleaned more easily. Moreover this type of modular assembly is particularly advantageous and can be adjusted or adapted to changes of use.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments of devices described above which are given only as examples, but it comprises all the alternatives that may be considered by those of the art within the scope of the claims hereunder.
The invention has thus been described as applied to devices for fluids containing particles. But it is obvious that numerous other fluids, or mixtures of fluids of any kind, are concerned by the invention, and especially foodstuffs, chemicals and metallurgy. As a matter of fact, the invention enables chemical reactions to be permanently controlled via heat exchange as well as by injecting one or several reactants. Moreover, the fluids may be in liquid, gaseous, solid/liquid or liquid/gaseous forms.
Furthermore, the invention also applies to desorption and to absorption, these operations being ensured independently from other the operations previously mentioned, or in complement to them.
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Gay Couple Together 61 Years, Waiting to Marry in New York
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Marriage—and Nothing Less—in Rhode Island
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Freedom to Marry Commends King & Spaulding for Dropping Defense of Discriminatory DOMA
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But now the plucky home improvement store concept has soured on expanding in Kansas City and elsewhere.
The reason? It depends on what day you catch Menard Inc. spokesman Jeff Abbott.
He has told the Kansas City Business Journal at various times at various times that the Wisconsin-based company feared the way federal lawmakers behaved themselves during the fiscal cliff, and thus put off plans to put stores in places like Independence.
He was more animated with the St. Charles County Suburban Journal when explaining why the store would shelve its plans for a store in O'Fallon on the east side of the Show-Me State.
"I'm very sorry, but we are a family owned business and with the Obama Administration scaring the dickens out of all small businesses in the USA at present, we have decided not to risk expansion until things are more settled," Abbott told the paper in a December 10 story.
Menard Inc. isn't exactly a small business, hitting the No. 42 spot on Forbes' list of largest private companies in 2011 with revenues a shade north of $8 billion, but whatever.
The Pitch couldn't catch Abbott Tuesday, but noticed in Wednesday's Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City agenda that Menard Inc. had asked to nix an earlier agreement for public assistance for a planned store in Kansas City North at Missouri Highway 152 and North Green Hills Road.
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Hurricane Katrina knocked out real-time weather alerts for much of the Gulf Coast, according to officials from Internet weather service provider WeatherBug, a company that feeds data to the National Weather Service.
But NWS, WeatherBug and telecommunications company officials have labored to restore communications at stations that transmit weather information.
WeatherBug, which shares observations with NWS through a public/private partnership, reported that 50 percent of its weather stations were not functioning shortly after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
Additionally, NWS reported that most of the agency's weather radio transmitters were not emitting signals.
But as of last week, about 70 percent of the weather stations in areas hit by Katrina were functioning, WeatherBug officials said. As repair crews restore power and Internet service in affected areas, many stations are coming back online.
Officials said most of the malfunction issues in Louisiana, for example, were the result of power and communications outages. Initially, officials didn't know if the problems were because of outages or if Katrina had blown roofs off stations, said John Doherty, senior vice president of professional services at WeatherBug.
Sensors installed on top of WeatherBug's stations monitor 27 weather conditions, including humidity, wind direction and wind speed. More than 300 stations were in the hurricane's path.
"We want to go in and fill in the gaps," Doherty said. "The whole purpose is to be prepared for another storm or a chemical explosion. This is more preventive than anything else."
WeatherBug officials are building nine new sites to complete the network's coverage in New Orleans and Gulfport and Biloxi, Miss.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather radios, which announce NWS warnings and forecasts in emergency situations, were not working because the storm damaged the radio transmitters' communications system.
Most of the automated stations were operational. But communications to the radios, which run on BellSouth and MCI landlines, weren't working, said Martin Garcia, an electronics program manager for NWS' Southern Region.
Only one of the NOAA weather radio transmitters was responding.
However, the MCI/BellSouth landlines were back up by Sept. 9, leaving only three NOAA weather radio transmitters without communications in Gulfport and Baton Rouge and Burris in Louisiana, Garcia said.
"The [telecom] companies have been doing an outstanding job out there," Garcia said. "That they were able to have them back up by Friday was pretty awesome."
At press time, NWS officials did not know when communications would return to the three sites, but they anticipated quick support from the telecom companies.
In Boothville, La., and at New Orleans' Lakefront Airport, however, NWS' automated weather stations are underwater, Garcia said. Sensors at those stations will have to be replaced or refurbished, officials said.
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
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|Lemon juice
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|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), chopped
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Firmly packed brown sugar
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|1 , beaten
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|All purpose flour
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Combine dates, water, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and walnuts in small bowl.
Set aside.
Cream butter or margarine in mixing bowl; add brown sugar gradually and combine until light and fluffy.
Add egg and mix well.
Stir in 1 teaspoon lemon juice and vanilla.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; sift into creamed mixture.
Blend well.
Chill dough thoroughly.
Divide in half and roll each portion into rectangle 1/4 inch thick on floured pastry cloth.
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Posted on: October 30, 2010 3:43 pm
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Carolina survives, pressure on Gators, Dawgs
Posted on Jerry Hinnen
For once, it appears that the famed late-season "Chicken Curse" afflicting South Carolina -- which seemed to rear its ugly head in the first half of their match-up with Tennessee -- has passed the Gamecocks by, for at least a week. If any team was cursed in the second half, it was Tennessee, who 1. lost fumbles on two of their first three possessions of the half, including a muffed punt 2. saw Tyler Bray throw a simple pick-six on the other possession early in the half 3. had a punt bounce off the leg of a Carolina player setting up a punt return ... directly into the arms of a second Gamecock player.
Ultimately, though, it's not luck that has players like Alshon Jeffery and Marcus Lattimore on the Gamecock roster, and it was those two who made the difference. Jeffery turned a routine 10-yard slant route into a 70-yard touchdown after Bray had tied the game at 24 with a rope of a touchdown to Denarius Moore , giving Carolina a 31-24 lead. Lattimore made sure it stood up, punishing the Vols on an 8-play, 77-yard touchdown drive that sealed the win. Tennessee can feel good about Bray's surprising performance (9-of-15, 2 TDs) and that they didn't fold when Carolina appeared to take control of the game in the third quarter, but the team with Jeffery and Lattimore was always going to be the better team today.
As a result, the pressure is on Georgia and Florida -- with Carolina's win, it's official that the loser of today's World's Largest Cocktail Party is out of the SEC East race . For the Dawgs and Gators, it's win, or go metaphorically home.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: October 30, 2010 11:59 am
Game day weather updates, Week 9
Posted by Adam Jacobi
Here's the weather outlook for all of today's important matchups. It's most certainly fall across the land today, and while most stadiums are staying dry, the wind is a real factor in several of the games. Will it affect the passing games of the undefeated teams playing on the road today? All times are Eastern.
Noon kickoffs
Tennessee at No. 17 South Carolina, 12:00, Columbia, SC: Low 60s, clear
No. 20 Oklahoma State at Kansas State, 12:00, Manhattan, KS: Low 60s, clear
Afternoon kickoffs
Georgia vs. Florida, 3:30, Jacksonville, FL: Mid 70s, partly cloudy, breezy
No. 5 Michigan State at No. 18 Iowa, 3:30, Iowa City, IA: Low 60s, partly cloudy, windy
No. 7 Missouri at No. 14 Nebraska, 3:30, Lincoln, NE: Mid 60s, clear, windy
No. 15 Arizona at UCLA, 3:30, Pasadena, CA: Low 60s, rainy
Evening kickoffs
No. 3 Auburn at Ole Miss, 6:00, Vicksburg, MS: Low 60s, clear, breezy
No. 25 Baylor at Texas, 7:00, Austin, TX: Low 70s, clear, breezy
No. 8 Utah at Air Force, 7:00, Colorado Springs, CO: Low 60s, partly cloudy, windy
No. 1 Oregon at No. 24 USC, 8:00, Los Angeles, CA: Mid 60s, cloudy, early chance of rain
Late night kickoffs
Colorado at No. 11 Oklahoma, 9:15, Norman, OK: Low 60s, clear, breezy
No. 4 TCU at UNLV, 11:00, Las Vegas, NV: Upper 50s, partly cloudy
Posted on: October 30, 2010 3:09 am
Former UF player died of cardiac arrest
Posted by Adam Jacobi
The Florida Gators community was stunned earlier this year when Lamar Abel, a former walk-on defensive tackle, died suddenly at the age of 21. Foul play was never suspected or anything, but that doesn't make Abel's passing any less sad for those who knew him.
Now, over five months after Abel died, the Gainesville medical examiner has finally released a report that concludes Abel died of cardiac arrest, according to the Orlando Sun Sentinel. The official ruling is "natural/sudden cardiac arrest," to be precise, and while that doesn't give a "why" (like an enlarged heart or other congenital defect), sometimes there isn't a "why" to be found. Personally, I've lost a friend in essentially the same way; he was 23, a good athlete in high school, and had sudden cardiac arrest while at work one day. There wasn't anything anybody could do, and no evident cause for his heart to stop. It just, you know, happened.
At any rate, there's no telling exactly how much comfort is to be derived for Abel's friends, teammates, and family that he died of natural causes rather than as a result of a destructive habit, but it's something, and having as many answers as possible goes a long way in dealing with grief in situations like these.
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Posted on: October 29, 2010 3:22 pm
The Saturday Meal Plan: Week 9
Posted by Tom Fornelli
The Saturday Meal Plan is a helpful guide put together for you to maximize the results of your college football diet. Just enough to leave you feeling full, but not so much you spend your entire Sunday in the bathroom.
Doctors have long said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but these doctors obviously didn't have the Saturday Meal Plan in mind when they came up with that load of poop. I mean, the morning slate has been pretty light all season, but this week? Wow, it's barren. I wouldn't normally ever say this, but if there was ever a Saturday morning to get all those chores around the house done that you've been putting off, this would be it. Besides, you're going to need some room in your stomach to eat all the candy you decide to keep from the trick or treaters on Sunday.
Still, if you insist on it, here are your options.
Main Course - Cincinnati vs. Syracuse - Noon - ESPNUSee? I told you. I wouldn't normally recommend the Big East to anybody, but this really is the most important game on Saturday morning. Syracuse has been one of the bigger surprises of the season, and if you ever want to check them out without sacrificing better games, than this week is your best chance to do so.
Both the 'Cuse and Cincinnati are still very much alive in the Big East race, and the conference does still get that automatic BCS berth, so I guess that makes this game worth your time.
Side Orders: I suppose that when Jacory Harris is playing quarterback for Miami there's always a chance that the Hurricanes could be upset, so I guess that's reason enough to tune into Miami and Virginia on Saturday morning. Or you could go with Illinois and Purdue! Oh how exciting that will be! Though, truth be told, Illinois is one of those teams that may be a lot better than is record indicates. I would have made Kansas State and Oklahoma State the main course, but since it's not being televised nationally, I just couldn't. Still, if it's on in your area, I suggest finding it.
Main Course - #14 Nebraska vs. #7 Missouri - 3:30pm - ABCUnfortunately, the two biggest games of the day will be played at the same time on Saturday afternoon. It was tough to choose between the two for the main course, but since the winner of this one is basically a lock to win the Big 12 North, I chose this.
Missouri jumped out last weekend and showed the country that they are, in fact, a legit undefeated team by knocking off Oklahoma, but this game may be even tougher. It's one thing to defend your home turf, it's another to go into a hostile environment and take down a strong Nebraska team.
Well, unless your Texas, but the Longhorns are stuck in some kind of bizarro dimension this season.
If the Tigers can win in Lincoln, then barring something crazy, they'll continue climbing the BCS rankings and reach the Big 12 title game undefeated with the conference and possibly a shot at the national title on the line.
Side Orders: Of course, if the Big Ten is more your thing, then you can't go wrong with Michigan State and Iowa. This game is the last true roadblock between the Spartans and an undefeated season, as they don't have to face Ohio State this season. Also, while the Hawkeyes lost last week, they're still in the hunt for the Big Ten title as well, but a loss in this game would wipe away all hopes. Or maybe you'd prefer Georgia and Florida. The game doesn't have the normal hype considering neither team is ranked right now, but whoever wins this game has a good shot to win the SEC East. The loser is just about done.
Main Course - #24 USC vs. #1 OregonThis is your best option on a Saturday night that is a little light compared to the last few weeks, but anytime you get a chance to watch Oregon play, you should take advantage of it. This team is just fun, and considering the amount of smack that has gone back and forth between the Ducks and Trojans this week, it's that much better.
If the Ducks annihilate USC on Saturday night, they also have a chance to impress those computers and jump Auburn in the BCS rankings. Also, since USC isn't allowed to go bowling this season, or win the Pac-10, they don't have much left to play for aside from possibly knocking the Ducks out of the title game.
Side Orders: ABC's other prime-time game this weekend is Ohio State and Minnesota. Seriously, the only thing I have to say about that game is pray you get Oregon and USC in your area. If you don't, flip on over to Ole Miss and Auburn because watching Cam Newton run over dudes is always a good time. There's also Washington and Stanford, or you can check out Penn State and Michigan. In other words, there's nothing fantastic, but there is plenty of quality on Saturday night.
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Odds are that it won't be televised in your area, but if it is, take some time out to watch TCU and UNLV. Believe me when I say that TCU is just as good as Boise State or any of the other undefeated teams in college football these days, they just don't get as much national television exposure. So, if you can, do yourself a favor and find this one. It might just change your mind about who should be playing for a national title, and who shouldn't be.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Auburn, BCS, Boise State, Cam Newton, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Jacory Harris, Kansas State, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Saturday Meal Plan, Stanford, Syracuse, TCU, Texas, UNLV, USC, Virginia, Washington
Posted on: October 28, 2010 7:12 pm
Edited on: October 28, 2010 7:13 pm
Channing Crowder is ashamed of the Gators
Posted by Tom Fornelli
If you can't tell by reading my name up there, I am a white male. I'm also a white male that played in various sports as a youth, and was never quite able to shake off the stereotypes that are typically attached to the white "athlete." Much like Wesley Snipes once told us in a movie, white men can't jump. I can jump, just not very high. I'm also not all that fast. In fact, my Little League baseball coaches took to calling me "Lightning" because they thought they were funny. I just thought they were douchebags.
As I grew older I became more comfortable with my lack of athleticism and caucasion limitations. I accepted them for what they were. When I see fast, white linebackers playing in the NFL or in college, I don't get jealous, I'm just happy somebody is out there helping the cause. Not all people feel this way, however. Take, for instance, Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder. The Florida alum knows what is wrong with his former team these days, and it hit him when he saw those white linebackers running down John Brantley.
"They don't have an identity," Crowder told reporters immediately after last week's game at Green Bay, which followed Florida's 10-7 loss to Mississippi State. "They don't know what — John Brantley don't know what he wants to do. He can't outrun anybody. I saw him get run down by a white linebacker last week, which was a disgrace to all Florida football history."
But if Mike Pouncey was playing quarterback, who would snap the ball over his head?
To be fair to Crowder, while I don't necessarily agree with the way he goes about saying it, I totally concur with his assessment of what the Gators are doing on offense. John Brantley is not a running quarterback, yet Steve Addazio and Urban Meyer insist on treating him as though he is. So I don't think it's fair to blame Brantley, nor compare him to Tim Tebow, because he isn't Tim Tebow.
Also, just for kicks, I'd like to see Crowder have a race with Brian Urlacher. If he can't win that one, then he obviously shouldn't be playing linebacker in the NFL.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: October 28, 2010 4:10 pm
Edited on: October 28, 2010 4:27 pm
SEC Title Hunt Preview -- Week 9
Posted by Jerry Hinnen
As the regular season winds to a close, we'll break down the conference races and let you know what scenarios are needed for your favorite team to grasp that automatic BCS berth. In the SEC, we'll shake down each division race first then make an insanely premature prediction. Agree? Disagree? Got any good haikus? Leave 'em all in the comments section below. For the ACC edition, click here .
West DivisionAuburn (8-0) (5-0)
Alabama (7-1) (4-1)
Mississippi State (6-2) (2-2)
Arkansas (5-2) (2-2)
Ole Miss (3-4) (1-3)
Week 9 Preview
With Auburn sitting a game up on their bitter Alabama rivals but a full two or more on the rest of the field -- thanks to head-to-head tiebreakers over LSU , Arkansas , and Mississippi State -- it looks like there's not much stopping an Iron Bowl meeting (Nov. 26, only on CBS!) for all the Western marbles. But we're not there yet. There are plenty of reasons a team calling itself the No. 1 team in the country has lost on the road each of the last three weeks, and an awful lot of those reasons are in play again this week as emotionally-drained Auburn travels to Ole Miss . Houston Nutt has enjoyed a ton of success against favored Auburn teams over the years, and with Jeremiah Masoli now in what appears to be firm command of Nutt's offense, the Rebels have the ability to take advantage of the Tigers' often-porous defense.
But the Rebels are also struggling to stop the run in SEC play, giving up 162 yards per game, and that's after playing Vanderbilt and before playing Auburn (who has rushed for more than 300 yards in their last four SEC outings). If the Tigers come out focused enough to execute in their punishing ground game, they should wear down a Rebel defense that has sagged in several second halves.
If Auburn does come away with the win, Arkansas and Mississippi State will be all but eliminated even with wins over Vanderbilt and Kentucky , respectively; they would need to run the table, see Auburn to lose to both Georgia and Alabama , and get enough other help to squeeze into a three-way tie that would avoid the head-to-head dilemma. Much more likely is that when the smoke clears, next week's critical game between LSU and Alabama (both of whom are on byes this week) will either help set up a winner-take-all Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa ... or, if LSU wins, bring Auburn within one win of clinching the West.
Week 9 West Winners -- Auburn, Arkansas, Mississippi State
West Favorite -- Auburn
East DivisionSouth Carolina (5-2) (3-2)
Georgia (4-3) (3-3)
Florida (4-3) (2-3)
Vanderbilt (2-5) (1-4)
Kentucky (4-4) (1-4)
Tennessee (2-5) (0-4)
Week 9 Preview
The most muddled division in all of college football should gain some clarity this week when Georgia and Florida play a de facto elimination game in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party (3:30 ET this Saturday--only on CBS!). Assuming South Carolina holds serve at home against reeling, winless Tennessee , the loser will find themselves at least two games behind the Gamecocks with only two games remaining on Carolina's slate. Though either team could still hope for a three-team (or even four-team) tie at 4-4, there doesn't appear to be a way for this Saturday's loser to win that tiebreak.*
The Gators do have the advantage of controlling their own destiny, while Georgia will need help even with a win. But it's Mark Richt 's team that comes in as the Vegas favorite after destroying the Volunteers, Commodores, and Wildcats over the previous three weeks. The Dawg offense looks rejuvenated with A.J. Green back in uniform, changes along the offensive line leading to better holes for Washaun Ealey and the rest of the Dawg ground game, and Aaron Murray coming into his own as the trigger-man in charge. The Gators remain mired at 89th in the country in total offense, and unless Urban Meyer has worked some miracles during his team's bye week or the Gator return game reprises its magic from the LSU loss, it's difficult to see how Florida scores often enough to keep pace.
If Georgia does win, there's still a long road to the division title, though; they'd have to either defeat Auburn on the road in Week 11 or hope Carolina loses to Florida in Gainesville and Arkansas at home. But neither scenario is that far-fetched, meaning the East would stay muddled for at least a few more weeks.
One thing we can say: with Kentucky and Vanderbilt both major road underdogs this week (at Miss. St. and Arkansas, respectively), their brief run as legitimate players for the divisional title appears to be over.
*Since South Carolina would be the first team eliminated from that tiebreak, thanks to their divisional loss to Kentucky. After that, it's Florida vs. Georgia head-to-head.
Week 9 East Winners -- South Carolina, Georgia
East Favorite -- South Carolina
Insanely Premature ACC Championship Game Prediction - Auburn 35, South Carolina 31
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Posted on: October 27, 2010 3:00 pm
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Meyer Paraphrased: 'Time to play, Chris'
Posted by Chip Patterson
Florida wide receiver Chris Rainey's time away from the field appears to be coming to an end. After being suspended indefinitely for his aggravated stalking arrest last month, Rainey has returned to practice this week and could see his first bit of playing time since Florida's 38-14 victory over South Florida on September 11. As least that is the way it sounds from head coach Urban Meyer's comments on Wednesday.
"As of now, he's done everything he's supposed to do," Meyer said on the SEC teleconference. "What is today? Wednesday? Tomorrow is the deadline that I set with him and myself, and I'll just do a thorough check again tomorrow of everything we asked him to do."
Rainey has completed the required community service in his deferred prosecution agreement, and the junior from Lakeland, FL will likely be looked to for an immediate impact for a stagnant offense. Rainey could fill in as the big-play threat that has been missing with speedy running back Jeff Demps being limited by a sprained foot for nearly five weeks. That will come as welcome news for the Gators, losers lost three straight games.
After being reinstated to the team on October 10, Rainey was back on the sideline to witness the Gators' 10-7 loss to Mississippi State. Now with a week of practice under his belt, Rainey will no doubt be looking to make up for lost time on the field against Georgia. The Gators can still make a run at the SEC East Division title with a win over South Carolina on November 13, but cannot afford any more conference losses if they plan on being in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game.
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Posted on: October 25, 2010 1:00 pm
Georgia's come a long way, baby
Posted by Jerry Hinnen
It was just three weeks ago, after a humuliating 29-27 defeat at Colorado (the same Colorado, incidentally, that's currently sharing the Big 12 North basement with winless Kansas ) that the question wasn't if Mark Richt would be relieved of his head coaching duties at Georgia , it was when : midseason, after another flogging at the hands of Florida in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party? Or at year's end, after defeats to bitter rivals Auburn and/or Georgia Tech ?
Richt might still find himself in hot water if he can't get past the Gators, Tigers or Yellow Jackets, but after three emphatic wins over fellow SEC East rivals Tennessee , Vanderbilt , and Kentucky , Richt's ship officially appears righted and the Dawgs find themselves just a game out of the divisional lead. How complete has the Dawg overhaul been? Despite Georgia's 3-17 record against Florida since 1990 and losses by a combined 90-27 score the past two seasons, Vegas oddsmakers have installed the Dawgs as 3-point favorites over Urban Meyer 's reeling Gators for this week's annual grudge match.
The odds on that decision were probably off the board following the defeat in Boulder, a loss that newly-installed Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity doesn't seem to have entirely forgotten about just yet. From the Department of Backhanded Compliments, McGarity's thoughts on the Dawgs' season to-date :
No doubt McGarity is sincere in his respect for Richt's ability to change course and willingness to (successfully) improvise once that improvisation became necessary.
But his recognition that Richt failed to have the program going in "the right direction" coming out of preseason practice (particularly given Richt's track record for slow starts) suggests that as far as Richt has brought the Bulldogs the last three weeks, if he can't bring them past the worst Florida team of Meyer's tenure with a squad playing as well as any in the SEC (Auburn excepted), we still won't be certain how much longer Richt will be allowed to bring them anywhere. If a coach who can admit his mistakes is nice, a coach who doesn't make them in the first place is better.
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The Obama Administration Apologizes To The People Attacking Our Embassy
Barack Obama has pursued his foreign policy with the habitual incompetence that he's shown in the domestic arena, but he's been a little luckier there. The military came to him and said, "We know where Osama is. Are we allowed to kill him?" He said "yes." Iraq didn't implode when we pulled out despite his incredibly foolish decision to set a timeline.
That's where Obama has been lucky.
Obama is also losing the war in Afghanistan via a half hearted effort, ridiculous rules of engagement, and another timeline that is propping up the morale of the Taliban. Our relationship with Pakistan, an unstable country with nuclear weapons, is also disintegrating because of Obama's weakness. Additionally, he's doing nothing to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, which would trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and could very well lead to a terrorist setting off a nuclear bomb in an American city. He's also damaging our relationship with Israel, helping the Muslim Brotherhood rise in the Middle East, bowing to dictators, and he worked on the same side as Al-Qaeda to defeat Gadaffi, who apparently made a fatal mistake when he chose to work with America in the war on terror.
The Democrats BRAGGED about that disaster during their convention. How's that working out for us?
(Hawkins' note: Four — updated report) American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya after militants stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American made film that depicts Prophet Mohammad as a fraud and womanizer.
Anger over the film that some believe insults the Prophet Muhammad also provoked protests in Cairo Tuesday, where demonstrators climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy, took down the American flag and replaced it with a black flag.
…The group that attacked the consulate is called Ansar al Sharia, according to Libyan sources. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but did not mention the movie as motivation. The group is close to al Qaeda ideology and exists in east Libya.
Say what you want about Gadaffi, but if he were there, no one would have touched that embassy and those four State Department employees would be alive today.
Then, there's Egypt where Obama's terrorist friendly pals in the Muslim Brotherhood are running the show.
In Cairo, dozens of protesters scaled the embassy walls and took down the flag from a pole in the courtyard. After trying unsuccessfully to burn it, they ripped it apart and replaced it with a black flag bearing Arabic writing. Reports that the black flag was from al Qaeda were not confirmed.
Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman, said today the United States was working with Egyptian security to restore order.
…David Linfield, an embassy spokesman, said that no guns were involved.
"No one fired," he said.
They damn sure should have fired before they let the American flag be torn down on 9/11 and, we don't know for sure, be replaced with Al-Qaeda's flag. Of course, it's no surprise that the same Obama Administration that bows to foreign dictators already had this sniveling missive posted — on 9/11 of all days.
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
Of course, the Obama administration being the Obama Administration, it followed that up with Tweets from US Embassy standing by the statement AFTER the attack.
This morning's condemnation (issued before protest began) still stands. As does our condemnation of unjustified breach of the Embassy
We condemn the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims–
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Gutsy call.
Now, they're changing their tune after Mitt Romney has landed on the timid, limp, Carteresque response of the Obama Administration with both feet.
I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.
Maybe instead of trying to turn 9/11 into a national day of service, he could call for it to be a national day of bowing and apology to radical Muslims because we "made them" hate us.
Update #1: We should cut off every last dime of aid to both Egypt and Libya in response to these attacks. We're pumping billions of dollars into two hostile nations that regularly use their government controlled press to spew hateful anti-American propaganda. What happened at our embassies was a direct result of that.
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Debunking False Claims About Health Reform, Jobs, and the Deficit
January 7, 2011
Proponents of repealing the health reform law (the Affordable Care Act) argue that that the law will increase deficits -- contrary to the Congressional Budget Office's finding that it will reduce deficits by $143 billion over 2010-2019 and by about $1.3 trillion over the following decade [1] -- and that it will "kill jobs." Independent evidence provides no support for either argument.
Moreover, House Republican leaders' charges that CBO's cost estimate is "rigged" by biased assumptions CBO was forced to use are demonstrably false. At a time when the nation faces serious long-term fiscal challenges, the notion of congressional leaders rejecting CBO estimates they find politically inconvenient and promoting their own partisan estimates instead has far-reaching, and disturbing, implications.
Claims that the health reform law relies on budgetary gimmicks to reduce deficits are false. [2]
- Claim: The law uses a gimmick to make it appear fiscally responsible: its biggest spending increases don't take effect for four years, so CBO's cost estimate for the first decade (2010-2019) includes ten years of revenue increases but only six years of significant spending. The unstated implication of this charge is that in subsequent decades, when ten years of revenue increases are accompanied by ten years of spending increases, the law will greatly increase deficits.
Fact: There is no gimmick here, and this charge is groundless. CBO estimates that the law will reduce deficits not only over the 2010-2019 decade, but in the second decade and subsequent decades. In fact, the law will reduce deficits by more in subsequent decades than in the first decade, because its most important cost-saving measures are phased in and produce larger savings over time.
- Claim: CBO's cost estimate double-counts the Medicare savings and additional Social Security payroll tax collections that the law will generate, because these savings and revenues could not both help pay for health reform and improve Medicare's and Social Security's finances.
Fact: This, too, is a canard. In estimating the law's impact on the deficit, CBO counted the Medicare savings and Social Security revenues only once. The financial status of the Medicare or Social Security trust funds is a different matter, distinct from CBO's estimate of the impact of the legislation on the budget deficit. The skilled CBO experts did not double count, as anyone familiar with budget estimates knows.
- Claim: CBO's cost estimate is misleading because it doesn't include $115 billion in additional discretionary spending that Congress must provide to implement health reform.
Fact: The health reform law contains authorizations for a variety of grant and other programs, and CBO has estimated that if future Congresses chose to fully fund these authorizations -- which Congress is under no requirement to do -- the total expenditures involved would amount to $115 billion over ten years. But the large bulk of this amount is neither required nor necessary to implement the health reform law, and much of it doesn't even reflect new expenditures. As CBO has stated, more than $86 billion is "for activities that were already being carried out under prior law or that were previously authorized."[3] CBO has noted that the law's actual implementation costs -- that is, the cost that federal agencies will incur to administer the law -- will be roughly $10-20 billion over the first decade.
- Claim: CBO's cost estimate inappropriately includes savings from the new CLASS long-term care insurance program.
Fact: Congressional leaders deliberately crafted the health reform bill so that it would be fully paid for without relying on savings from CLASS Act premiums. The CBO estimate clearly shows that if one excludes the net revenues of $70 billion from CLASS Act premiums, health reform still reduces the deficit by $73 billion over the first ten years.
- Claim: CBO's cost estimate for health reform is misleading because it doesn't include the cost of the "doctor fix," or fixing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula for physicians.
Fact: The cost of fixing the SGR formula is entirely unrelated to health reform, as can easily be proved -- all of the cost of fixing the SGR formula would remain if health reform were repealed. None of that cost can be attributed to health reform.
House Republican leaders' attacks on CBO are unprecedented and inaccurate.
- When CBO estimated[4] this week that the House Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act would increase the deficit by roughly $145 billion over 2012-2019 and by about $230 billion through 2021, House Speaker Boehner described the estimate as merely CBO's "opinion" and implied that Democrats had forced CBO to produce misleading figures, saying that "CBO can only provide a score based on the assumptions that were given to them."
- In fact, over several decades, the House and Senate Budget Committees, along with presidential administrations of both parties, have developed procedures that CBO uses to prepare cost estimates. In estimating the cost of health reform or its repeal, as with any estimate, CBO uses these longstanding, bipartisan procedures -- not assumptions specified by the sponsor of the legislation. Thus, Speaker Boehner's charge is flatly incorrect.
- Up until now, congressional leaders of both parties have acknowledged CBO's professionalism and recognized its critical role as a neutral arbiter in budget matters. They have accepted CBO's cost estimates, even when those estimates have proved inconvenient for their side. This wholesale attack on, and rejection of, a CBO estimate for a major piece of legislation by the leadership of the House or Senate is unprecedented.
Claims that health reform will destroy jobs by harming the economy are sharply at odds with the findings of leading non-partisan experts. [5]
- House Republicans have charged that the bill will destroy jobs by adding greatly to businesses' costs. In fact, health reform is unlikely to raise most businesses' health insurance premiums. CBO estimates that it will reduce premiums for employers with more than 50 workers -- who account for 70 percent of the total insurance market -- by up to 3 percent by 2016. For small employers, the estimated change in premiums ranges from an increase of 1 percent to a reduction of 2 percent. [6]
- Similarly, Moody's Analytics says that the Affordable Care Act's "net long-run impact on the economy will be minor" and that any disincentives from higher Medicare payroll taxes "will hardly make a difference." [7] Moody's also points out that "there is the potential for the new law to reduce 'job lock,' when workers stay in a particular job because they are afraid of losing their insurance. . . . If the bill works as planned, Americans will be more able to switch jobs and open new businesses." The result would be a more productive economy.
- The health reform law may also have other positive impacts on the economy. Expanding health coverage improves health outcomes by helping people obtain preventive and other health services and improving continuity of care. [8] CBO has suggested that this could enhance the nation's economic productivity.[9]
- While health reform will "reduce the amount of labor used in the economy by a small amount," according to CBO, this will happen because some workers who now work mainly to obtain health insurance will decide to work somewhat less, not because employers will eliminate jobs.
[1] Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office, Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, March 20, 2010.
[2] For more detail, see Paul N. Van de Water and James R. Horney, "Health Reform Will Reduce the Deficit," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 25, 2010.
[3] Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office, Letter to the Honorable John Boehner, January 6, 2011.
[4] Ibid.
[5] For more detail, see Chad Stone and Paul N. Van de Water, "No Evidence That Health Reform Is a 'Job Killer,' " Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 6, 2011.
[6] Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office, Letter to the Honorable Evan Bayh, November 30, 2009.
[7] Augustine Faucher, "Healthcare Reform Doesn't Alter the Outlook," Moodys' Analytics, March 26, 2010.
[8] Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet, and Stephanie Peterson, How Does Insurance Coverage Improve Health Outcomes?, Mathematica Policy Research, April 2010.
[9] Congressional Budget Office, "Box 2-1: Effects of Recent Health Care Legislation on Labor Markets," The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2010.


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