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I am 21 and considering breast implants. I am 5'3", 115 pounds, and have small breasts. If I'm lucky I can find a 32 or 34A sized bra that fits. Ideally, I would like to increase my breast size to a 34 or 36B. I like the idea of saline breast implants because they are less expensive and safer if they leak. However, I want my breast implants to look natural. Since I only plan to increase breast size from an A-cup to a B-cup, it is more likely that saline implants could look more natural?
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Will small saline implants be hard to detect?
MoreNatural? Most breast augmentations should look natural, generally the smaller the implant the more difficult it is to tell if there is an implant. Going up only one cup size would probable mean an implant in the 250cc area.
The small saline implant we are discussing would have a natural appearance and most likely change the Breast from an A to a B cup.
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Can saline implants result in a natural look if enlarging the breasts by just 1 size?
Saline implants can result in a very natural look, especially if placed behind the muscle. But a lot of factors contribute to achieving a natural look. These include the size of the preoperative breasts, the condition of the skin, chest proportion, presence or absence of sagging,and the degree of enlargement desired. You should have a comprehensive talk with your plastic surgeon who should be Board Certified for best results.
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You certainly can get a "natural look" with a saline implant augmentation, although you do increase your chances by using silicone in my opinion. A natural result would be likely if the implants are placed under the muscle. You should also be aware that implants can change the cup size but not the chest size (32, 34, etc.).
Can saline implants look natural
Yes, saline implants can look natural. placing the implants behind the pectoral muscle and not making the implants too large should be able to achieve that goal.
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Thank you for the question.
Yes, it is possible to achieve a "natural" look after breast augmentation with saline implants. The variables involved include the amount and shape of existing breast tissue ( to cover the breast implants), the positioning of the breast implants in the ideal pocket behind the pectoralis muscle/ breast tissue and the skill of the plastic surgeon involved.
Generally, I agree with your assessment that a smaller implant will more likely result in a "natural" look.
Prior to proceeding with breast augmentation surgery it will be very important to communicate your size goals with your surgeon. In my practice I find the use of goal pictures to be very helpful. I have found that the use of words such as "natural" or "B cup" or "fake looking" or "top heavy" means different things to different people and therefore prove unhelpful. Also, as you know, cup size varies depending on who makes the bra; therefore, discussing desired cup size may also be inaccurate.
I use intraoperative sizers and place the patient in the upright position to evaluate breast size. Use of these sizers also allow me to select the breast implant profile (low, moderate, moderate plus, high-profile) that would most likely achieve the patient's goals. The patient's goal pictures are hanging on the wall, and allow for direct comparison. I have found that this system is very helpful in improving the chances of achieving the patient's goals as consistently as possible. By the way, the most common regret after this operation, is "I wish I was bigger".
I hope this helps.
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Breast implants and natural appearance
In using a saline implant, it depends on the amount of your own breast tissue that you have padding the implant. If you can feel your ribs through the side of your breast, then you will be able to feel the edge of your implant when you get implants.
Using a smaller implant to go up only one cup size will make it more likely that your implant will be well covered and padded by breast tissue.
If you have little breast tissue of your own, then there isn't a a whole that can be done to conseal the implant and avoid rippling.
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The Black Keys Fan Lounge recently focused on the inspired rich purple lighting design at The Black Keys' New York Terminal 5 show.
Mike Grant is the man responsible for the skillful coordination of the lighting for The Black Keys on tour.
Mike and I worked together at a music venue in Chicago years ago, that's how we first met. I think I actually introduced him to The Black Keys' music (he would have heard it sooner or later anyhow), and to return the favor he recently introduced me to Patrick before a show! It was a very cool thing for him to do, and a dream come true for me. Mike's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
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1. How long have you been working for the Black Keys, and how in hell did you land such a sweet gig?
About three years now. Their previous sound engineer and I worked together at a venue in Chicago, and his original recommendation was unable to do the gig due to previous engagements. I said I'd love to do it, and things seemed to work out.
2. What are all of your duties and responsibilities (job description), and how have they changed since you first started?
As far as the touring part goes – getting everything set up and running that involves lighting and set pieces, focusing lights to their positions, running the light show and then tearing it all down, etc. The only thing that has really changed is that we're now doing bigger things in the show because it's possible to do so.
3. How does the lighting gear for a show/tour get chosen? Does the band give you guidelines, or just let you do whatever?
I have certain things that I like to use, but I also like trying out new fixtures and moving light sources around. I'll draw up a design from ideas that we talk about, and then we just pretty much go back and forth until the final set is drawn up.
4. Are the lights controlled realtime during the show? Is it planned ahead of time or do you just freestyle/wing-it?
Well, yes and kind of yes. I control the all lights at a desk at 'front of house' (normally next to the sound board). As far as winging it goes, if there's a song that should look a certain way, the major 'theme' of the song will stay the same, but something like, I might lay off a part that's normally busy because that's just how it feels that night. Or the complete opposite. Being able to improvise stuff is pretty key.
5. Where do you get your inspiration for the lighting? Does the band give you any guidance, or do you have total control?
I'm into color, it's cool. Sometimes just looking at a shade of something can put you in a different mood. That alone is, I guess, an inspiration of some sort. Just trying to work with music and putting a visual touch on it. Well, it's more just when ideas pop up. Sometimes someone will think of something and it gets put in, or sometimes it just fades out and gets discarded. I always try and ask if everything is alright for them on stage, and if it feels right to them. If there's something that needs to be changed, I work with it. Other than that, it's mostly just what I think it should look like.
6. Did you have to go to school for this? Do you have to practice at all?
No. I kind of got thrown into lighting, and it just got my attention. You can go to school for it, and I would probably recommend it, but I always feel that field work is the best way to see how it's done. Not really practice, but plan. I'll practice sometimes during sound check, as like a trial run to see if there is anything I need to fix.
7. Are you a fan of The Black Keys' music? How long have you been a fan?
Yeah, since 2003 I think. I'm pretty sure that's when that show was. Shit's tight.
8. Does being a fan make the job easier? Harder? How so?
I would say easier. It's always more enjoyable to work with something that you're interested in.
9. Do you have a favorite show or tour (and why)? Most memorable moment(s)/experience(s) on the road?
New Years in Chicago last year was pretty sweet. Cold as fuck, but sweet. We also had a really cool tour when it was split with Jessica Lea Mayfield for the first half and Royal Bangs on the second half. Between the three groups, it was a lot of good people traveling around together.
10. Do you work for any other bands? Are you in any bands?
At the moment, no. We've been pretty busy. I play in a couple of bands, one being Dream Teens, the other is Young Moons. It's pretty rad stuff.

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I am training for FLM and stupidly ran the Silverstone Half on Sunday at MP -35s and now my thighs are rock solid and are painful walking and especially moving downstairs.
I know I am not injured, but dos anyone know of anything I can do to clear my muscles of all of the lactic acid, etc that is causing the pain as I want to be running a 10 miler tomorrow night.
BTW, I did manage a 2 mile run last night at 1 min per mile slower than I usually run. Not really helped this morning though.
Thanks for any advice given.
The lactic acid will have cleared within a couple of hours of the race.
What you have are micro-tears to the muscle fibres and you just have to wait until they heal.
Thanks for the advice guys.
Had a massage Tuesday night, never felt so much pain (in a kind of pleasurable "don't stop even though it hurts" way).
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Then this subject line came along: NutLiquor Peanut Butter Vodka.
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Thoughts on the first, second and third team's performance?
Also, How did the TE's look?
Thoughts on the first, second and third team's performance?
Also, How did the TE's look?
OLine was pretty bad right down the line... Even causing Eli to rush a throw which was picked off. Couldn't run ball at all. DJ had a few nice ones early then he went really bad, DW had couple nice gains?
Didn't throw hardly at all to the TEs. I only remember one play for about 8 yards to bennett. Other then that nothing.
First team defense was absolutely DOMINATING. Jets couldn't do anything. 4 or so sacks. JPP a beast. Hosley had an awesome 77 yard pick six and some nice PRs. However he was seen in a walking boot after game.
First team offense moved ball well. Should of had ten points but there Ws no call when Cruz was mugged in endZone. Seconds were good Joe M with acrobat Td. Douglas and Randall with SIck catches.
Second team D had some good things as well orozco, rivers, Hendricks, Marshall and others..Kicking game was outstanding. Weatherford with great punts. Tynes with some bomb kickoffs and 4-4 on FGs with a few 40+ yards tight down middle. One was 45.
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
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Eli will be throwing the ball a lot his year.
Bad very bad, Beatty won't be any better with back issues going up against Orakpo D ware and Cole.
Run blocking just wasn't there. I thought the second/third team Oline looked so much better than last week. But they were improving on what was a clusterfk against the Jags.
not that others haven't mentioned it but, the OLine looked like *** out there.
no push at the point of attack
no holes
at one point the leftside got a push but the Back ran through the 4 hole and got ate up
the jets 34 was coming off the ball and the pocket was folding--- the boys and skins run a 34 and the birds run that wide 9 crap so draw your conclusions there.
if this is the way, Gilbride might want to start thinking Spread more often...that or max-protect
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yeah, but Coughlin appears to like that deep-ball throw off the playaction as well so a strong or at least effective run game should be emphasized
(I just don't see them going with 4 WRs)
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Ok, here's a new one for you. For the second night in the last five nights I've woken to my OH shaking me awake because I've been screaming. I have nightmares often (if not every night then every other night) and this doesnt feel quite the same. I am literally terrified when I wake up, I dont recognise Fred as I'm waking and I'll be terrfied of everything, everyone and every sound from that point on for ages. Somehow I managed to lie in the dark and get back to sleep after maybe ten minutes of panicking the first time, this time I've been awake for maybe forty mintues now, literally too scared to do anything else but sob and squeal and gasp at every movement my partner makes and every creek of the door.
When I first woke up I was convinced there was something evil in the room which was going to either come and get me, rip Fred away or possess him to attack me. Most un-characteristic. Mostly stuff like this I can control to a degree, I rationalize it but that's gone out of the window. I feel much better now, but I'm still too scared to turn off the light, lay down and sleep. I'm too scared to go downstairs and be on my own too so I'm screwed really.
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One additional note, when you start the engine feel the exhaust first. If it's warm, it means the owner started the sled prior to you coming so when you start it it will turn over easy. Obviously there's no way to make it cold again without waiting awhile, so just bring it up to the owner and see his reaction if it is warm. Besides, if it's EFI then it should start in 3 pulls MAX when cold.
Couple things to note here. It is beat, there is no doubt about it, which is why its cheap. Compression is fine. And yes, hoods are flimsy on all sleds, but you should be able to lift it on one side without worrying about it snapping. The dent in the exhaust worries me, it may need replacement. The ski is a minor issue. Besides the dent, the suspension is most likely shot. It should go back up when you get off. And, 81mph is slow for a 700. Ask him if he ever really pushed her.
For the price however, it is still worth it, even if you have to replace some things.
Rear suspension should not need to be replaced, but the shocks will need to be rebuilt. Compression is do-able but will need rebuild in about a thousand miles or so. The pipe should be replaced, but if you're going SLP anyway, that shouldn't be a problem. 81mph max? For a 700 it should go 90-100 in it's sleep. If it was ran into a tree to bend the pipe, then the body panels would've needed to be replaced?... That could be why the hood is scratched or missing pieces (probably bought used).
I'd say on a 2006 they'd have rebuildable shocks. For those, I would take them to a private guy...watch CL and you'll probably see an ad or two from guys who rebuild shocks for usually around $40 or so, which isn't too bad. I'd say there's good reason for the low price, but overall it isn't too bad. EFI sleds, when cold, should start in 2 pulls, so maybe he did start it before? Once warm they start in 1 pull but I think most newer EFI sleds are first pull takes readings and primes it, 2nd pull starts it? I know it's warmer now than it is in the winter so it will start easier, but 2 pulls is usually what EFI sleds take. Just a thought...hard to say if he did or not. For the speed thing, 81 mph is pretty good for that sled. It has a long track and tall paddles. Those 2 things cut down majorly on top end speed. It's a mountain sled, so it's geared a tad lower I would think, which would also reduce top speed. Speed doesn't matter for a mountain sled though. Climbing ability and how easy it is to throw around are way more important. Overall I'd say it's not a bad deal.
the 06 700 is actually a 755, and is built in the problematic 900 engine block. They only built that 700 for one year. That may be something you want to consider when you buy. If I had to decide between an 04 Edge 800 carbed or that 700, i would forgo the IQ chassis and stick with the Edge. I had an 04 800 with a 151" track, it was a really nice sled. Had I not had an issue one dark and stormy night, I would probably still be riding it.
The IQ is a nice chassis, but the stellar player in 06 is the 600. It's a great sled, lots of power. The HO EFI model makes about 4 HP more than the carbed model and doesn't require jetting. In 07, the 700 cc engine is based on the 600 block and is a VERY reliable engine with lots of power. There is a ton of difference between an 06 and an 07 when it comes to talking Polaris engines, you may want to do a bit of reading and go into the purchase with your eyes wide open...
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I've been critical of Diehl's play before, but I won't say a word about it again. Diehl is a true giant.
Let's go Giants!
I've been critical of Diehl's play before, but I won't say a word about it again. Diehl is a true giant.
Let's go Giants!
Sounds like an ok Diehl to me.
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First of all, Diehl needs a pay cut and he knows it. But how many people do we need to restructure to keep Cruz? Is everyone going to chip in and restructure to resign Nicks and JPP next year? Are Cruz, Nicks and JPP going to restructure when we need to resign other new players in 3 to 5 years. Restructuring is not a pay cut -- we'd just being paying more money to these players next year unless they're cut.
If Cruz doesn't sign with another team this offseason, then he'd better sign a long term contract with the Giants this year and not plan on playing out the year to get to UFA status next year. If he doesn't sign long-term with his hometown team this year where his fellow players are offering to restructure left and right to keep him, and make oodles of money in the process, then I say trade him.
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How can he restructure when he will be in the final year of his contract?
A guy in his last year, willing to decrease his pay, TWICE, for the Giants organization...man I just cant say enough about this guy. So tired of all the Diehl bashing, the guy has been a key part of this offense for a decade. Now in his last payday hes willing to give money up to help the team. Diehl you are going down in my book, right up there with Lomas Brown, one of my all time favorite Giants OLineman.


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Kind of a tough one. I sold my 81 Firebird that had a strong running earlier 400 a few months back and my current driver is an 83 El Camino with a stock rebuilt 500 Cadillac in it.
I really enjoyed the 400 in the Pontiac, it had a lot of the same traits as the Cadillac; lots of low end torque, reliable and relatively speaking decent economy. Neither engine in stock form really winds up to tight.
Personally I like the idea of the 400 and 4 speed ..its just a fun combination. You can also add Tri-Power to it which Ive always had a soft spot for. Even as a non-original unrestored car it would probably be worth more with a Pontiac motor in it.
The torque on the 400 is impressive (for the displacement), but nothing compared to the big inch Cadillacs. Like the Cadillac guy you talked to indicated, I think if you go the 472 route I think you will be disappointed if you go back to the 400.
If you go the Caddy route at a minimum you will want to replace the stock nylon timing chain set and put a set of valve seals in it, while youre there put in a set of decent springs and the engine will be able to go to 5000 RPM. With the right gear set (3.00-3.50 range) 5000 will be plenty.
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Jonathan Perelman is the VP of Agency Strategy and Industry Development at BuzzFeed. At BuzzFeed he will work closely on all aspects of the business, with a particular focus on educating advertising agencies on the BuzzFeed platform and ad products. Prior to BuzzFeed, Jonathan spent six years at Google, most recently as the Global Lead for Industry Relations. He was responsible for brand identity initiatives and relationship management within the advertising and media industries. This also includes aligning Google's business and public policy priorities. Google's Operating Committee awarded the prestigious OC Award to Jonathan for his work on mergers andRead More
Brian's passion is pioneering new technology developments and catalyzing the evolution of mobile paradigms. As the CEO and Co-Founder of APX Labs, Brian uses his background in national intelligence systems and computer engineering to position APX Labs as a competitive business in mobile application and wearable computing development for the enterprise. He previously served as the Chief Technology Officer of Mav6, where he was involved in the development of emerging networking technologies and embedded systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications in government and the military intelligence. Brian spent more than a decade working as a field operations officer andRead More
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Ricardo Vaz Te paid young West Ham team‑mate Ravel Morrison the ultimate compliment today when he declared: "He is the biggest talent I have ever seen."
Morrison scored against Everton on Saturday and the 20-year-old midfielder was again on target in this third-round Capital One Cup win, scoring after just 19 seconds.
Matt Jarvis added a second after seven minutes but after Cardiff levelled through Craig Noone and Peter Odemwingie, transfer-listed Vaz Te headed a late winner.
"Ravel is the biggest talent I have ever seen and I have played with players such as Nani," said Vaz Te. "It's up to him to become as good as he can be.
"He has to stay focused, keep improving, keep learning, he has to show the desire and commitment because in this life you can't settle, you have to strive for more. It's up to him."
Vaz Te also spoke about the decision to ask for a transfer just before deadline day and the frustration of not being a regular in manager Sam Allardyce's team.
"Obviously I enjoy playing," said the Portuguese striker. "That's the reason I came here to West Ham and the reason why I am in this business.
"I can only keep knocking on the manager's door and saying I deserve to play and I am ready.
"I've been asked to play in different positions and I've done that as much as possible for the benefit of the team and tried not to be selfish but this season has been quite frustrating because I haven't been the first option and I think I deserve to be.
"I was happy to get 90 minutes against Cardiff though and I just have to keep on going and show I deserve to play.
"I expressed my desire to leave because I want to play, I'm not 18 any more. I have huge respect for everyone. I didn't say I wanted to leave to hurt anybody — I just want to play.
"The transfer request was to show I just want to play but if I can't do that here, I have to move.
"People sometimes take too long to move on but I don't have time for that. If I know I'm not going to play then I have to move on. My attitude is always the same, to work hard, improve and get in the team."
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This script is pretty simple, it connects to a remote computer and grabs the BIOS class. It then connects to the Dell support page for the remote computer's ServiceTag. If the computer is a Dell, it grabs the BIOS revision listed on the page. The inspiration came from reading the Scripting Guy blog about comments. (http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/05/16/add-excellent-comments-to-your-powershell-script.aspx)
- $BiosRev = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credentials
- # Shortened URL for the Dell Support page, fileid=441102, appears to be the identifier for BIOS downloads
- # I tested this on a few different models of Dell workstations.
- $DellBIOSPage = "http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=RC956904&l=en&s=hied&releaseid=R294848&SystemID=PLX_960&servicetag=$($BiosRev.SerialNumber)&fileid=441102"
- # This HTML code immediately preceed's the actual service tag, you can see it when you 'view source' on the page
- $DellPageVersionString = "<span id=`"Version`" class=`"para`">"
- If ($BiosRev.Manufacturer -match "Dell")
- {
- $DellPage = (New-Object -TypeName net.webclient).DownloadString($DellBIOSPage)
- # Assuming that Dell BIOS rev's remain 3 characters, I find where my string starts and add the length to it
- # and the substring returns the BIOS rev.
- $DellCurrentBios = $DellPage.Substring($DellPage.IndexOf($DellPageVersionString)+$DellPageVersionString.Length,3)
- }
- If (($BiosRev.SMBIOSBIOSVersion -eq $DellCurrentBios) -eq $false)
- {
- # Something more interesting might go here, perhaps to actually download the latest installer
- Write-Host "For the latest bios for $($ComputerName)"
- Write-Host "Please visit $($DellBIOSPage)"
- }
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Commenting on the final report of the Independent Commission on Banking published today, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'These proposals will make banking safer, even if on a timescale that gives the banks too many opportunities to lobby for loopholes. The government must legislate speedily to ensure that the plans are not watered down.
'But they will not do enough on their own to turn banking and finance into the engines of recovery and economic growth that we desperately need. Real banking reform would put new sources of investment such as a national investment bank and proper green investment bank at its heart.'
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- Congress 2011 will be held at the TUC's Congress House in central London this year. The event runs over three days from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 September. The deadline for free media accreditation has now passed. Media passes may still be processed but may to be subject to delay. ALL applications for media passes now cost £50. You can apply online by visiting www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-19831-f0.cfm Wi-fi will be available free of charge throughout Congress House during the conference.
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Sklair, Leslie (2002) Globalization and management: the role of the transnational capitalist class. In: Joynt, Pat and Warner, Malcolm, (eds.) Managing Across Cultures: Issues and Perspectives. Thomson Learning / Cengage Learning, London, UK, pp. 269-280. ISBN 9781861529732
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What's all this about Blackpool!
Photos are fantastic almost professional looking. But not sure I like all these snidy insinuations about Blackpool. What you trying ta say? Still you must miss it as you keep bringing it up! You're getting as bad as your big brother - know what I mean
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We started early at Mc-e-dees with a coffee, no sugar for me and a sugar and cream one for ames. Yucky I know but thats her....... With our coffee we I had a sausage mcmuffin....a muffin with squirty american cheese and squirty sausage stuff and not forgetting the mc-e-dees speciality of squirty god-knows-wot sauce.
Now after a dull boring journey around Lake Ontario we finally arrived.....yes at niagara but not at the glorious falls you all know of but at some way backward town somewhere on the USA-Canada border
Now most people would have jumped on the shuttle to the falls but im a skinflint and wouldnt pay the seven bucks for it so we set off in the right random direction as usual. It was a long long walk alongside the niagara river. Now the niagara is quite a wide river with huge amounts of yucky brown scum floating in it, rather like when you boil a ham prior to roasting.
After sometime we emerged out of the ghost town of niagara in to the circus they call the falls....can someone tell me wot frank-of-stein has to do with waterfalls, or superman or the turtles or any of the rest of that shit..... Trust me niagara is the worlds most tacky theme park city...or as most people of my rather less polite generation would put it... a shithole!!
Now after our long walk it was time for a sit down...... Amy had left the zimmer-frame at home so needed a rest!!!!! So a quick stop in Tim Hortons for another coffee (and no doughnuts this time......the stories of lardy boy will come in a few enteries time)
So after our initial disappointment we went for a closer look at the falls
Now it was lunchtime yummy soup and sarnie from more retarded Tim Horton staff...... after which it was excess time, time to really hear the thunder and fell the power of the falls. We got a maid of the mist trip, so it was time to don our sexy blue ponchos and pile on a dinky tin boat and be driven right into the heart of the falls. Like having an elephant piss on you only much more amazing.
And that was that!!!!!!!!!


text: I am not a mechanic but undertsand most mechanical things but my 99 Savana Van, 5.7, has noise when I accelerate under any kind of load coming from what I believe is the differential. A higher pitched whining rattling noise. At the same time,the other day when installing my new stereo the guys jammed my parking brake all the way down while working and then put the new speaker wires over the release so when I released the brake and gently tried to reverse the truck was locked, without any heavy revving I stopped,found the problem,released the brake and reversed out to this incredible grinding noise from under my truck - I was pissed and crawled two blocks away toamechanic who said it was probablt the ujoints, replaced them,checked the drive shaft, started truck,sameproblem, check diff oil, full of oil, used a stehtoscope to listen to the tranny and there was a hell of a noise but decided to crawl home - the last few days I have been driving slowly and I still get the grinding noise in first gear but it disappears in second and above but still have the whining diff" noise under load which actually has been going on for a few months - I have had 5 different answers, frommechanics,all contradicting each other, I dont want to buy a new tranny if I dont have to, one mechanic drove it and said it sounds okay and shifts okay but the noise is from the diff - does anyone have any idea what this could be - I cant believe on tursaday when I crawled two blocks I thought I had blown my trans but it is running okay,especially if I gently accelerateto second gear but I still have the whining noise under any kind of load. Questions; what kind of tests/checks can I do to discover what is happening- should I take th oil out of tranny and diff and check for shavings or will that destroy what is left - HELP Please


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Question on tire size
Bilstein's were just installed along with the rough country spacers. The ride is so much better.
I'm now looking into tires and sizes. I've looked in the forums and the threads and I couldn't find answers to my questions. Hopefully someone will be able to help out.
I'm going to eventually get a 2" rough country lift. My questions have to do with tires. Right now I'm running stock 235/65/r17. The tire sizes I have noticed on this site for people running a 2" lift is 265/70/r17, 255/70/17, and/or 255/75/17.
Since i'm running stock, obviously going to any one of these size tires will affect gas mileage. How much of a difference? Also, is one size better than the other in terms of height/width? My final question has to do with my spare? Will any of these sizes fit where the spare tire goes?
Thank you all in advance for your help.
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Edison Seeking Energy Storage to Meet California RequirementAndrew Herndon
Edison International, the owner of California's second-largest utility, will seek contracts for at least 50 megawatts of energy-storage capacity to ensure long-term energy supplies in the Los Angeles area.
The company's Southern California Edison utility must procure the energy storage resources as part of a plan to supply as much as 1,800 megawatts of electrical capacity in the area, according to an e-mailed statement today from the San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission.
The requirement is the first of its kind for a utility in the state, according to Janice Lin, executive director of the California Energy Storage Alliance, an advocacy group.
"It's a first. It's pretty big in that regard," Lin said today by telephone. "A whole lot of different types of companies are eyeing this market, with particular great interest from traditional power plant and renewable energy developers."
The requirement is separate from a 2010 law that requires regulators to set energy storage mandates for utilities in 2015 and 2020. Those mandates are expected to be finalized by October, Lin said.
Edison's applications for the Los Angeles-area energy storage resources are expected to be submitted in late 2013 or early 2014, according to a commission filing. The amount of energy storage added may be more than 50 megawatts, because the commission also authorized the utility to procure as much as an additional 600 megawatts from energy efficiency, demand response, distributed generation or energy storage resources, according to the filing.


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Like maintaining your physical health, finances fitness takes consistent effort and discipline.
Amy Clover, the founder of the self-help site Strong Inside Out, is a friend of mine who knows all about physical fitness. Amy overcame her debilitating clinical depression and obsessive compulsive disorder through exercise. Her mission is now to help other people discover their inner strength. Recently, she and I chatted about getting physically and financially fit, and how similar the principles are.
I want to share them to help you kick-start the journey toward healthy body and finances. So get your sweatbands and dolphin shorts on, and let's get to work.
Moderation is key. You hear it all the time: The secret to a healthy diet is moderation. Amy lives by and teaches her clients something she calls the 90 percent principle, which means that 90 percent of the time, you eat healthy (whole or minimally processed) food, and reserve the 10 percent for anything else your heart desires, like chocolate covered pretzels.
Trying to cut yourself off altogether is a recipe for disaster. Without moderation, people become more likely to give up because it is too difficult to resist all the goodies you love.
The same thing goes with your finances. How many times have you said "I'm going to stop eating out," or "no more Starbucks for me," only to find yourself giving in to the next invitation? You can allow yourself a little treat, but set a dollar limit to it. When you're out of that money, you're done. Keeping yourself within limits allows you to strategically plan for other purchases and savings for goals.


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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important in some types of cancer.
The news, being announced in a paper published online in Nature Cell Biology, adds to the understanding of the role of stem cells in embryonic heart development, and how that process could be manipulated to create new heart muscle in the future. This paper also provides another example of how the same signals controlling stem cells in the embryo are those that can cause human cancers, providing new insight into treating this devastating disease.
"These findings reveal an unexpected cross-talk between two important proteins that together regulate the growth of many types of stem cells, including cardiac stem cells," said Deepak Srivastava, MD, senior author and director of Gladstone's cardiovascular research. "More than 35,000 babies are born each year with congenital heart defects, and there are nearly 5 million adults who suffer from heart failure in the United States. We hope that our research can lead to new hope for all those impacted by these diseases."
Further, these findings underscore the value of the "basic" research -- the kind in which Gladstone specializes -- in which scientists focus on improving our fundamental understanding of biology. Basic research is not necessarily targeted at a specific drug target, for example, as "applied" research often is. But basic research does often lead to breakthroughs that can significantly improve human health.
"We weren't at all focused on cancer as we created and carried out our experiments," said Chulan Kwon, PhD, who led the work at Gladstone and is now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "But it is gratifying that while expanding our basic knowledge of how these two proteins interact, we have increased the chances of being able to offer new solutions for those suffering from colorectal cancer."
In the paper, Dr. Srivastava and his colleagues describe how Notch and Beta-Catenin, the two proteins in question, together contribute to the regulation of cell growth and fetal development. When the protein called Notch interacted with Beta-Catenin, it results in degradation of Beta-catenin, which in turn regulates the growth of both stem cells and cancer cells. Conversely, when Notch and Beta-Catenin didn't interact, stem cells expanded out of control. Disruption of the balance of these two proteins can lead to a malformed heart during embryonic development. And in adults, over-active Beta-Catenin can promote abnormal cell growth in the intestinal wall, opening the door for colon cancer.
Dr. Srivastava, who is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF), said his group has already begun additional research meant to uncover what other proteins impact Notch and Beta-Catenin in the body. Gladstone, which is affiliated with UCSF, is a leading and independent biomedical-research organization that focuses on cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease and viral infections.
"We hope that this research will lead us to new potential therapies for cancer, and towards a better understanding of heart defects in newborns," said Paul Cheng, who co-led the study and is an MD/PhD student at the UCSF School of Medicine and who works at Gladstone.
Other scientists who participated in the research at Gladstone include Isabelle King, Peter Andersen and Vishal Nigam. Funding for the research came from a wide variety of organizations, including the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, the William Younger Family Foundation, and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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text: This presentation summarizes the conceptual framework and some initial data analyses for a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project to develop models of the relationships between human behavior, energy use, climate change and national/international security. A brief history of social science in energy research is provided, followed by methods and data from an approach involving Consumer Lifestyle Analysis. Growth patterns in energy usage in the residential and personal travel sectors are illustrated, along with the indirect energy requirements to support that usage. General research needs in the area of behavior are discussed, some potential behavioral tools identified, and potential modeling approaches are characterized. The presentation is intended to stimulate discussion regarding potentially productive directions for research in social-behavioral science and energy usage, modeling approaches, and policies to address climate stabilization Thomas Sanquist is a staff scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He is trained in cognitive and physiological psychology, and his work focuses on research and engineering applications of cognitive and social psychological data and principles to problems of energy, security, and climate change. Dr. Sanquist received a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan, and an MA and PhD in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. For more information about this seminar, please contact: Rick Diamond(510) 486-4459


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So, I am strongly inclined to believe that I must be missing something here, because this post by Mike Mandel – hat tip Tyler Cowen – seems wrong in almost every single respect. Like Mandel's original this post also got out of hand. I tried to cut a bit, but this is still what I got.
Let me hit on some highlights.
Mandel says
Based on my analysis, I estimate that the actual productivity gains in 2007-2009 may have been very close to zero. In addition, the drop in real GDP in this period was probably significantly larger than the numbers showed. I then explore some implications for economic policy.
Its my understanding the BEA backs out productivity gains from GDP gains. So, it doesn't make sense to say that industry level productivity is inaccurately measured and therefore GDP is wrong. It can makes sense that productivity is inaccurately attributed to the wrong industry – a conclusion we will explore more below.
The only way to get GDP wrong is either to miscount the number of goods and services sold in the US or to misestimate the price index of final goods – not intermediate goods.
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If productivity was rising, then the job loss was due to a demand shortfall and could be dealt with by stimulating aggregate demand. That, in turn, helps explain why the "job problem" didn't seem so urgent to the Obama administration, and why they spent more time on other policy issues such as healthcare and regulation.
This is backwards. The Obama administration focused on aggregate demand despite the surge in productivity. Imagine that productivity GDP actually grew during 2007 – 2009 despite a sharp rise in unemployment. That would indicate that productivity was growing like gang-busters. However, economists would be stumped. A pure NGDP guys like Summers would be forced to say "what recession"
Someone who leans heavily on industrial production numbers like myself would likewise be scrambling for an explanation. In the end we would have to say that this represents a "deep structural shift within the US economy."
The productivity surge in other words helps the structural case because it is saying that we can in fact do more with less, not just that we are buying less.
Mandel again
With a little bit of figuring, I can calculate the performance of the top 10 industries versus the rest of the economy. So the top 10 industries had a productivity growth rate of more than 6% per year during the financial crisis, while the rest of the economy had negative productivity growth. So clearly if we want to understand the mystery of the productivity boom, we need to understand how these industries apparently did so well while the economy was tanking.
I like this approach, I do. I think deconstruction is key to unmasking what productivity means. However, I think Mandel is pushing it too far. Especially, in light of what he writes later.
Let's start with primary metals, which includes steel, aluminum, and other metals. According to the BEA's official statistics, real value-added in the primary metals industry–steel, aluminum and the like–rose by a total of 5.3% from 2007 to 2009 (this is a cumulative figure, rather than an annual rate). If this statistic is correct, this is a truly amazing performance by an industry which went through tough times over the past twenty years. The performance is especially inspiring given that the auto industry–one of the biggest customers for steel–was completely flattened by the crisis.
But a look at physical output–steel and aluminum production, measured in tons–tells a much different story. In fact, over this two year period, steel production cratered by more than 40%. Aluminum production wasn't hit as badly, but it too fell. And the Federal Reserve's industrial production index for primary metals fell sharply as well.
Unless I am missing something what is going on is pretty clear. As the price of raw materials rose in the lead up to the recession measured productivity stalled. As prices collapsed measured productivity soared.
On one level this is completely real because it measures the extent to which we are getting more out of labor. If suddenly someone discovered a new deposit of virtually unlimited raw materials that would be a wonderful improvement for most workers. It wouldn't be an innovative increase in productivity but it would represent more low-hanging fruit in Tyler's words.
On another a deeper level is represents the resilience of American production. Essentially, it saying when raw materials became more scarce we found a way to make do make the same amount with less, then when bounty returned we produced more.
Mandel goes on to make more or less the same point about computers
First, real gross output fell by about 6%. If you think of that as sales of domestically produced electronics equipment, adjusted for inflation, that sounds about right. Second–and this is the weird one–the official data apparently shows that intermediate inputs fell by 27%. In other words, to produce 6% less gross output over the course of two years, manufacturers managed to figure out a way to use 27% less inputs, both imported and domestic, in only two years.
This apparent fall in intermediate inputs is what drives the entire stellar productivity performance of the industry. So now we must ask ourselves the question: Is it reasonable that domestic electronics manufacturers could achieve such efficiencies in only two years that they could produce almost as much output with so much less input? In theory, I guess it can't be ruled out.
We would expect that as U.S. IT hardware companies outsourced more and more of their manufacturing and services to Asia, the ratio of intermediate inputs to output would have gone up. After all, the IT industry is the world champion in outsourcing. But when we look at the data, we see something weird.
Again here cost is a potential driver though the gains are even more firm here than in materials. In materials we might argue that as China begins to rebuild those productivity gains will actually reverse. In computers not so much.
More Mandel
The official data are even harder to believe when it comes to imports. We all know that anything electronic that you buy is packed full of imported components. But according to the official numbers, imported intermediate inputs have been falling as a share of gross output, to well under 10%. Odd.
Is this really odd? I don't know the real number but certainly the tech guys make it sound as if the actual cost of the "stuff" that goes in your phone is like $10, which is why the price of all phones eventually tends towards zero.
The cost of phones they say is the cost of engineering, design and programming. They use early adopters to make back those costs and then once they are done they sell the last few units at production costs which are barely distinguishable from zero.
To the extent Apple can squeeze it suppliers while producing really high valued products this seems like the essence of productivity growth. We have both lower input costs and higher value for the consumer.
Mandel even has a graph that shows this
He says
This makes no sense at all. It simply doesn't fit with the evidence of our eyes.
Really? It seem perfectly consistent.
I have been saying for a long time that we are reaching the end of "stuff." Indeed, that is part of our structural problem. Bigger isn't better anymore. So the people whose job it is to provide the actual parts are not only less essential but outright unwanted. There really are areas where we are reaching zero marginal product in the gross manipulation of materials. That is the bending of steel and shaping of plastic.
What is valued are those products in a smarter configuration. Better recipes, I think Arnold Kling says.
Mandel in his explanations says
Three, in product categories with declining prices and rapid model changes–such as cell phones, computers, consumer electronics–the official import price indices underestimate the size of the price decline for product categories with rapid model changes (I call this the 'Nakamura-Steinsson effect,' after the two economists who discovered it). The reason is simple–when a new model of an imported good is introduced, the BLS typically treats it as a new good, and misses all the price decline from one model to its successor
Now you are speaking my language. If what are really saying is that the productivity gains are happening in foreign county then I can buy that.
However, this still shouldn't affect final GDP or productivity per hour of US workers. An improvement in the terms of trade, which is what Mandel is identifying, is a productivity improvement for US workers. Its not based on US innovation, but it does lead to more output per US worker.
Mandel goes starts his conclusion
First, the measured rapid productivity growth allowed the Obama Administration to treat the jobs crisis as purely one of a demand shortfall rather than worrying about structural problems in the economy. Moreover, the relatively small size of the reported real GDP drop probably convinced the Obama economists that their stimulus package had been effective, and that it was only a matter of time before the economy recovered.
A more accurate reading on the economy would have–perhaps–cause the Obama Administration to spend more time and political capital on the jobs crisis, rather than on health care. In some sense, the results of the election of 2010 may reflect this mismatch between the optimistic Obama rhetoric and the facts on the ground.
Again this seems confused. Measured productivity growth undercuts the demand story. The small size in the fall of real GDP, wasn't mis-measured even if everything Mandel says is true.
Here I think we finally have a meeting of the minds
But there's a broader issue as well. As we saw above, the mismeasurement problem obscures the growing globalization of the U.S. economy, which may in fact be the key trend over the past ten years. Policymakers look at strong productivity growth, and think they are seeing a positive indicator about the domestic economy. In fact, the mismeasurement problem means that the reported strong productivity growth includes some combination of domestic productivity growth, productivity growth at foreign suppliers, and productivity growth "in the supply chain' . That is, if U.S. companies were able to intensify the efficiency of their offshoring during the crisis, that would show up as a gain in domestic productivity. (The best case is probably Apple, which has done a great job in managing its supply chain for the iPod, iPhone and iPad and extracting rents).
From an economic and policy point of view, there's a big difference between purely domestic productivity gains, productivity gains at foreign suppliers, and productivity gains 'in the supply chain'. The benefits of domestic productivity gains will like accrue to the broad array of production and nonproduction workers in the U.S. The benefits of productivity gains 'in the supply chain' will likely go to the executives and professionals, both in the U.S. and outside, who set up, maintain, improve, and control supply chains. That's a much smaller, globally mobile group. And the benefits of productivity gains at foreign suppliers? Well, that depends on how much power U.S. buyers have vis-a-vis their suppliers…that is, competitiveness.
Ok, yes and no.
Its definitely the case that intensifying the efficiency of your offshoring supply chain would show up as a productivity gain, and that is completely consistent with what the statistics are supposed to tell us.
On Mandel's second point, that this means that gains are likely to accrue to supper stars – maybe. It depends on how rare supply chain thing management skills are. If everyone and his brother where Skypeing China to get the lowest input price then would expect broad gains in the US economy.
If it takes special skills and contacts to penetrate the offshoring market then rents will accrue.
Further, if only certain products are offshorable, then those who own the limiting factors of their production will benefit disproportionally.


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Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:52:28 -0400
Good day Statalist,
I'm unable to locate a solution to transform logit coefficients and then
output the transformed values using -estout- and -esttab-.
How would one do the following:
1. Compute the Interquartile Range (IQR) for each continuous variable,
2. After estimating a logit model - multiply the IQR value and the
logit coefficient (b) for each respective continuous variable in the
logit model,
3. Then exponentiate the product computed in step 2,
4. Replace the logit coefficient reported for a continuous variable in
-esttab- with the exponentiated value from step 3.
For example:
(Note: Just as an aside, I'm using -svy- command as my data contains
sampling weights.)
svy: logit hins age female score
eststo m1
esttab m1 using hinsmodels.csv
Where hins is a binary (0/1) variable for health insurance status, age
is age in years and a continuous variable, female is a binary variable
for sex (0=male / 1=female), and score is standardized test score and a
continuous variable.
I greatly appreciate anyone pointing me in the direction of a solution.
RV Rikard
Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University
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Assemblywoman quits GWB committee amid GOP criticism over her Christie comments
A Democrat on the George Washington Bridge lane closure investigative committee stepped down from the panel on Friday, one day after she said on national television that Governor Christie should consider resigning for his administration's role in the bridge scandal.
Republicans had seized on her comments, arguing they showed she had made up her mind about the investigation before all the facts could be uncovered.
In a statement announcing her resignation from the panel, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Mercer, stood by her criticism of the Christie administration.
"As we all learn more - particularly with the most recent public release of information surrounding the George Washington Bridge lane closings - about the bully environment and brazen callousness and disrespect this administration has shown toward the people of our state, I have become even more disgusted," Watson Coleman said. "In fact, I find it disturbing."
She appeared on the MSNBC show "PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton" on Thursday and criticized the culture within the Christie administration.
"This really is what they're all about, transactional deals, dismissiveness, remarks that are totally, totally unacceptable in a civilized society," she said on the program. "And you know what? The governor needs to think about resigning, and he needs to take all his friends with him because this is sickening."
Most Democrats have drawn a line between condemning the administration's involvement and asking for the governor's resignation. No evidence has yet emerged showing Christie was personally involved.
Earlier on Friday, Republicans were already calling on Watson Coleman to remove herself from the 12-member committee.
"I think it would be a good idea for her to step down as a member of the legislative investigative committee," said Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, R-Morris. "There is no way the public can have trust in the work of this committee as long as she remains involved."
Alongside her resignation, Watson Coleman questioned the presence of state Sen. Kevin O'Toole, R-Essex, on the investigative committee. O'Toole's name has appeared in two documents connected to the bridge scandal, but there is no indication that he was involved in the lane closures.
"Those who criticize me for speaking my mind should take a long hard look at their hypocrisy and lack of credibility," Watson Coleman said in her statement. "Questioning my standing while keeping silent on the role one committee member - Sen. O'Toole – played in this situation, as it unfolded, is both inexcusable and dishonest."
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, D-Secaucus, said he will announce a replacement for Watson Coleman soon. He praised her as "a leading voice for progressive causes."
Watson Coleman recently announced she is running for Congress in Central Jersey's 12th district, whose current representative, Democrat Rush Holt, is retiring. The district, which includes Princeton and Trenton, is considered safe for Democrats. She is running against two other Democrats, both of whom are also members of the state Legislature.
Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, R-Morris, said the congressional race might help explain why the comments were made.
"Bonnie is running for Congress," Carroll said. "In that district, the one who is the nuttiest leftist is going to win the primary."
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Ms. FOXX. Well, thank you, Mr. Garrett. I appreciate your taking the lead in organizing this Special Order tonight to give us an opportunity to talk about the health care bill that has been proposed by President Obama and Speaker Pelosi. It has certainly gotten a good bit of news in the last few months.
In the news that I watch on a regular basis, particularly in the last few days, we have heard a lot about the health care bill and, as you indicated, about the impact or the possible impact on the election that is being held in Massachusetts today to fill a vacant Senate seat. I think it is very important that we continue this debate, even though there may not be many people watching this, because generally people who are watching C-SPAN, I think, are very interested in what is going on politically in the country, and probably most people are watching what is happening with the outcome of the election in Massachusetts. It has been about 45 minutes now since the polls closed, and I know, when I was watching, just before I came to the floor, the comment was made that it probably won't take long to get the results of the election as Massachusetts is a rather small State, and they have good reporting mechanisms. So we will probably hear, and I think, for months, will continue to debate whether this very, very ill-advised bill that has been proposed has had an impact.
I speak often to groups, school groups, and I always like to talk about the Constitution because it is so important to our country and to why we are the country that we are. No other country in the world has had such an endearing and enduring Constitution as we have had. If you type out the Constitution on 8 1/2 -by-11 paper, double spaced, like you would a term paper, it only turns out to be about 18 pages long. It's rather short as constitutions go. Many countries have constitutions that are thousands and thousands of pages. I think one of the geniuses of our Founders was that they were able to write a very short Constitution that has stood us in good stead for over 200 years, and it continues to stand us in good stead.
One of the things I always point out to the students when I talk to them is the first three words of the Constitution. I wish I had a poster, but I don't. Even in the original document, these three words were written larger than the other words: ``We the People.'' The Founders wanted the people of this country to be in charge of our government. They knew about the tyranny of a king, and they knew about the tyranny of a parliament. They never wanted those tyrannies to be visited upon the American people again, so they wrote a preamble that started that way: ``We the People of the United States.'' That's what we need to focus on here in the Congress all the time.
I agree with my distinguished colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett), which is that, every time we vote, we should ask ourselves: Is my vote going to be a vote that supports the Constitution as I swore an oath to do? I think that is very, very important.
I also think that the 10th Amendment to the Constitution doesn't get nearly the kind of attention that it deserves. The First Amendment gets a tremendous amount of attention, as it should; but all of our amendments are extremely important, and I think it's worthy to point out that in the over 200 years since the Constitution was adopted that we have only had 27 amendments to the Constitution, and we haven't needed a lot of amendments to the Constitution. We've had opportunities to adopt other amendments, and we haven't done so. I want to point out the 10th Amendment and read it, because I think, again, it's so important to this discussion that we're having on why the proposed health care bill is unconstitutional.
The 10th Amendment says, ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''
The Founders did enumerate certain things that the House should do, that the Senate should do, that the President should do, and those things that are not enumerated by the Constitution are left to the people and are left to the States. Nowhere in the Constitution do we read the words: The government shall provide for health care. Nowhere. In fact, the words ``health care'' are nowhere in the Constitution. In fact, the Constitution says in the preamble that the people are ``to provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare.'' Well, the main job of the Federal Government is to provide for the common defense. Unfortunately, we have gotten far, far away from that notion.
Most of the things that have been done by the Federal Government which are unconstitutional, in my opinion, have been done for good reasons. They're not malevolent reasons, but they're wrong. We should not be funding education, for example, and some of us who are here tonight have talked about that in the past. We certainly, I don't think, should be mandating that individuals in this country purchase health insurance on penalty of being put in prison. It is ridiculous that we have people contemplating that in this country. It is a tremendous overreach of power.
I want to point out something that my good colleague has pointed out, which is the issue of our being penalized for the absence of something as opposed to actions. Not buying health insurance will get a citizen in trouble in this country. Never before has that happened.
I want to point out something that the President has said and that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who are pushing this terrible bill have said.
They said, Oh, when the American people understand what's in this bill, then they will like it. Well, that in itself, to me, is a condemnation of the bill. The bill that has been voted on in the Senate they didn't have a chance to read, and what's being negotiated now between the House and the Senate is being done behind closed doors by a very small group of people--all in secret. Well, if the bill were put out there now, the American people could decide: Do they like the bill or not like the bill? They're saying, from what they know and from what we know and from what had been proposed in the bills in the House, we know that the bills have bad elements in them, and that's what the American people are reacting to--the elements that we know which are bad.
The additional sad situation that we face is that there is a lot that has been agreed to by four or five or six people that nobody knows anything about. That is not the way to operate in a republic. That is not the way this Congress should be operating nor should our President be a part of that.
We have ample evidence from good constitutional scholars that this is not good.
[From the Wall Street Journal, Jan. 2, 2010]
Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional
(By Orrin G. Hatch, J. Kenneth Blackwell and Kenneth A. Klukowski)
President Obama's health-care bill is now moving toward final passage. The policy issues may be coming to an end, but the legal issues are certain to continue because key provisions of this dangerous legislation are unconstitutional. Legally speaking, this legislation creates a target-rich environment. We will focus on three of its more glaring constitutional defects.
First, the Constitution does not give Congress the power to require that Americans purchase health insurance. Congress must be able to point to at least one of its powers listed in the Constitution as the basis of any legislation it passes. None of those powers justifies the individual insurance mandate. Congress's powers to tax and spend do not apply because the mandate neither taxes nor spends. The only other option is Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce.
Congress has many times stretched this power to the breaking point, exceeding even the expanded version of the commerce power established by the Supreme Court since the Great Depression. It is one thing, however, for Congress to regulate economic activity in which individuals choose to engage; it is another to require that individuals engage in such activity. That is not a difference in degree, but instead a difference in kind. It is a line that Congress has never crossed and the courts have never sanctioned.
In fact, the Supreme Court in United States v. Lopez (1995) rejected a version of the commerce power so expansive that it would leave virtually no activities by individuals that Congress could not regulate. By requiring Americans to use their own money to purchase a particular good or service, Congress would be doing exactly what the court said it could not do.
Some have argued that Congress may pass any legislation that it believes will serve the ``general welfare.'' Those words appear in Article I of the Constitution, but they do not create a free-floating power for Congress simply to go forth and legislate well. Rather, the general welfare clause identifies the purpose for which Congress may spend money. The individual mandate tells Americans how they must spend the money Congress has not taken from them and has nothing to do with congressional spending.
A second constitutional defect of the Reid bill passed in the Senate involves the deals he cut to secure the votes of individual senators. Some of those deals do involve spending programs because they waive certain states' obligation to contribute to the Medicaid program. This selective spending targeted at certain states runs afoul of the general welfare clause. The welfare it serves is instead very specific and has been dubbed ``cash for cloture'' because it secured the 60 votes the majority needed to end debate and pass this legislation.
A third constitutional defect in this ObamaCare legislation is its command that states establish such things as benefit exchanges, which will require state legislation and regulations. This is not a condition for receiving federal funds, which would still leave some kind of choice to the states. No, this legislation requires states to establish these exchanges or says that the Secretary of Health and Human Services will step in and do it for them. It renders states little more than subdivisions of the federal government.
This violates the letter, the spirit, and the interpretation of our federal-state form of government. Some may have come to consider federalism an archaic annoyance, perhaps an amusing topic for law-school seminars but certainly not a substantive rule for structuring government. But in New York v. United States (1992) and Printz v. United States (1997), the Supreme Court struck down two laws on the grounds that the Constitution forbids the federal government from commandeering any branch of state government to administer a federal program. That is, by drafting and by deliberate design, exactly what this legislation would do.
The federal government may exercise only the powers granted to it or denied to the states. The states may do everything else. This is why, for example, states may have authority to require individuals to purchase health insurance but the federal government does not. It is also the reason states may require that individuals purchase car insurance before choosing to drive a car, but the federal government may not require all individuals to purchase health insurance.
This hardly exhausts the list of constitutional problems with this legislation, which would take the federal government into uncharted political and legal territory. Analysts, scholars and litigators are just beginning to examine the issues we have raised and other issues that may well lead to future litigation.
America's founders intended the federal government to have limited powers and that the states have an independent sovereign place in our system of government. The Obama/Reid/Pelosi legislation to take control of the American health-care system is the most sweeping and intrusive federal program ever devised. If the federal government can do this, then it can do anything, and the limits on government power that our liberty requires will be more myth than reality.
With that, I would like to yield back to my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett).
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