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- 06-18-13 10:39 PM #1Cadillac Owners Member
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Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
Last week an ATS manual arrived at my dealer in Canada. Vin D0176871 A 2.0 MT Que and Sunroof. I was excited to take it for a test drive. I was the first to drive it, with 4km on the odometer. I only drove around the block as I had driven many auto ATS's during the search for MY car.
During my first drive I noticed that at any throttle above 5% the car had an extreme loss of power and the engine light came on. I returned to the dealer and informed my sales rep that there was something wrong with the car. He stated that it was still in delivery mode and therefore had the power disabled. He assured me that this would be rectified during PDI.
I continued with the purchase of the car and took delivery last night. My wife drove it home and complained that she prefered our cruze as it was smoother. I then drove it. There was some thing terribly wrong with it. It idled very rough and had no power at all and kept trying to stall. It felt to me as though it were only running on 2 maybee 3 cylinders.
I imeditally returned to the dealer and they gave me a loaner for the night.
I got a call from my sales rep today asking me to return his Regal (the loaner) and pick up a rental. He explained that they needed a special scan tool to read the codes out of it and that will not arrive until tomorow.
I went into the dealer. I picked up the rental from the service manager and asked him for a status update on my car. He told me that they were sending pictures of the engine internals to tech support as they have no idea what is wrong with it.
My car has Under 20Kms on it.
1. Had a major issue right off the truck.
2. Clearly no one checked it after my test drive last week.
3. Exactly what does the dealer inspect during the PDI? I paid for PDI, if that doesn't catch internal engine failure then what is the point?
4. Clearly the sales guy is hiding the facts from me.
I am quite upset that my $40K purchase is spending it's first two days ownership with its engine spread across a shop. And I am stuck driving a crappy (by comparison) rental car.
1. Has Cadillac customer service been any actual help to any of you?
2. Anybody else have anything like this?
3. Is there any chance I can make the dealer give me my trade back and take their broken car back?
I am open to any suggestions.
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
My mother had a similar situation with a 2012 Subaru Forrester. With less than 2K miles on it, her car was losing oil...After the dealer had the car for a week, it was discovered that the engine block was cracked. The car was delivered that way. She fought Subaru Customer Service hard and at the end of the day, they bought the car back for the exact amount that was paid and sold her a new one.
You should fight this, both the dealer as well as GM do not want the bad press.
- 06-18-13 11:03 PM #3Cadillac Owners Member
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1: On this form, absolutely not. Don't waste your time.
1a: Call Cadillac.
3: Not sure about where you are, but in Texas you have a 3 day buyers remorse clause.
- 06-19-13 04:43 AM #4CTSCHICK Guest
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
If you were the first to drive the car since it was taken off the delivery truck then the Pre-delivery inspection probably wasn't completed
The PDI is just taking the car out of transport mode, checking the battery and fluids, install certain items that arent installed during shipping, visual inspection and then checking all of the functions along with a quick test drive.
They only pay the tech about an hour so to do it depending on the car.
Then a cleaning or detail job.
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
I'll give you 50 to 1 odds the salesman lied to you about the car just needing to be prepped. He wanted you to be stuck with the problem rather than him losing a sale and the dealer being stuck with a car they couldn't sell.
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Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
I have never heard of an engine being in "delivery mode". That's B-S!
- 06-19-13 12:21 PM #7Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
What I don't understand is why the OP would buy a car without fully getting to test drive it. Delivery mode shmelivery mode. I want a real test drive or you lost a sale. It's like trying on a pair of sneaks that still have the paper in them.
I don't care what the laws or provisions are, if I drove away in a car that had a major issue it would go right back. And I'd demand a replacement. Not just a fix.
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
1. turn on the emergency flashers
2. start the car, but do not remove your finger from the pressed start button for about 15 to 30 seconds.
3. looking at the DIC while your finger is pressed on the start button, tell us forum members what you see.
repeat to undo, this works with engine on or off
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
My Wife called the service department today at 3:00. They still had no idea what is wrong with the car. She told them they better have our Jeep there cause we will be having it back. The service guy responded with ill have some one call you about that.
at 5:30 I went into the dealer and spoke to the service manager who admited they still have no idea what is wrong with it and will need some more time. He tried using the excuse that they are soo new and their techs are inexperienced with them so it may take some time. To which I responded you gys are luck to have me buy you a 45k dollar training aid. then I ask who I speak to about not buying the car.
I had a meeting with the sales manager. Who assures me that he wants me to be happy, that it is not to late to back out of the purchase and he can do so very easy. He asked me for one more day to see what he can do to keep me happy. ( the problem is there are no MT ATS's in my province). He swears that I can back out after tomorow. Technically tomorow is day 4.
I leased the car and the sales manager claimed that fear of a lemon should not effect my decision to keep it since it will be under warrenty for the entire lease. I reminded him that while it is broken i am driving a base verano. No leather No Nav No XM and no power. (terrible car) while paying and insuring for a Cadillac.
I gave them 24 HRS.
We shall see what happens.
I am completly prepared to close my account and let the finance company (GM) repossess it from the dealer. If I am not happy tomorow there is no way in hell that thing will be in my driveway.
Horrible for this to happen.
Re: Sad First Post. My ATS is having open engine surgery at 10 miles. :(
I apologize for the experience you have had at the dealership with your ATS. Have you contacted our customer care team in Canada yet? If you haven't I would suggest speaking with them concerning this issue. Here is their number: 1-800-263-3777. Please keep us updated concerning this issue. Thank you very much for your time.
Gregory W.
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Former world champion and three time silver medallist Brian Joubert of France stood tall in the practice rink at high noon here yesterday and with calm and class responded to charges by Canada's Patrick Chan, who the previous day suggested Joubert was an excuse-making sore loser.
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Chan's comments were in regard to Joubert saying Canada's Jeffrey Buttle didn't deserve to win the gold medal last year at Worlds in Goteborg, Sweden because he didn't do the quad.
The term sore loser had to be translated to Joubert, who speaks excellent English.
"You know, I said about Jeffrey Buttle that he did a very good competition last year, did no mistakes. I did a big mistake in the short program so I was sixth after the short program. It's normal.
"I was disappointed to see a world champion without a quad -- but Jeffrey Buttle's was very good skating.
"When I did my first world championship in 2002, maybe 15 skaters were able to do a quad in the short program. Now we can see the difference," he said of the reduction in numbers of skaters who do the four-rotation toe loop in the new scoring system.
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(Host) The Douglas Administration wants lawmakers to repeal a law that could lead to tougher pollution targets for Lake Champlain.
The repeal idea has the support of business groups and some lake communities. But environmentalists say tighter controls are needed because the current clean up effort is not working fast enough.
VPR's John Dillon reports:
(Dillon) The push to repeal the lake law came just after the state released an audit that officials say shows some early success in cleaning up Lake Champlain.
Governor Jim Douglas talked about the audit at his weekly news conference.
(Douglas) ``I thought it was very encouraging, very positive, a few areas that require some additional attention. But several of the programs that we have in place were listed as national models.''
(Dillon) But the 135-page audit of the governor's Clean and Clear program also called into question whether the $65 million effort is working as planned.
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(Dillon) But Anthony Iarrapino, a lawyer with the Conservation Law Foundation, says lawmakers should reject the repeal idea.
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(Dillon) CLF argues that some towns along the lake could do more to reduce phosphorus coming from sewage treatment plants. But the Vermont League of Cities and Towns - along with the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce - say that's a very expensive solution. The groups also want the legislature to roll back last year's Lake Champlain law
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BOSTON -- Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have corrected a flaw in cancer cells that lets them evade the normal cell-death process, and as a result they eliminated leukemia cells from mice. With this achievement, the researchers confirm that a key anti-cell-death molecule called BCL-2 is required by many types of cancer cells to survive, and that silencing it with designer drugs may prove to be an effective new avenue for cancer therapy.
Using drugs to manipulate apoptosis, or "programmed cell death" in cancers "is a new paradigm that hasn't been well explored yet," said Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, in the laboratory of Stanley Korsmeyer at Dana-Farber. "What better way to kill cancer cells than targeting the molecules that directly control their survival?"
Letai is the lead author and Korsmeyer, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is the senior author of a report published in the Sept. 21 issue of Cancer Cell. The other authors are Mia D. Sorcinelli and Caroline Beard. The report describes an experiment with laboratory mice genetically modified to be highly prone to developing leukemia. The mice were also modified so that the BCL-2 protein could be turned off by adding an antibiotic to the animals' water.
The scientists observed 28 mice, which, at 5 to 7 weeks of age, had developed leukemia. Fourteen were given the antibiotic in their water to turn off the BCL-2 genes. Within three days, the treated animals had a decline in leukemia cells and their white blood cell counts became normal within 10 days.
There was no such improvement in the untreated mice, whose cancers resisted death because of their active BCL-2 genes: they all died by just over 100 days of age. By contrast, five of the mice with silenced BCL-2 genes survived for over 200 days, and one of them lived more than a year. The findings confirmed a previously untested notion that cancer cells could not maintain their malignant behavior – growing out of control, invading normal tissues, spreading to other parts of the body – in the absence of BCL-2, and, further, that muzzling that "survival" molecule in cancer cells would allow them to self-destruct.
"This is the first specific evidence that removal of an apoptotic defect by itself can kill cancer in a living organism," said Letai. Apoptosis is a normal quality-control process within cells. In response to signals from their environment or signals from their own internal damage-sensors, a series of molecular interactions cause cells to release a lethal chemical that destroys them. Through apoptosis, the body can rid itself of cells that are no longer needed or are superfluous in embryonic development, or have sustained damage to their DNA and therefore should not live to reproduce.
But in cancer, despite the cells' damaged DNA and other abnormalities, the self-destruct signals are blocked by proteins belonging to the BCL-2 family: these molecules act as a check on apoptosis, and cancer cells take advantage of their inhibitory effect by making an excess of BCL-2 proteins. As a result, the death signals never reach their targets and the cell continues to live on and proliferate uncontrollably.
Overexpression of BCL-2 has been observed in many types of cancer, and was first discovered in lymphoma cells. Scientists speculated that overactive BCL-2 might be required by cancerous cells to survive in the face of the apoptosis process attempting to kill the cells, but the question hadn't been directly tested.
The experimental results provide strong support, the authors wrote, for the theory that blocking BCL-2 would be toxic to cancer cells. While mice lacking BCL-2 throughout their lives show abnormalities including altered regulation of their immune response, said Letai, their survival nonetheless suggests that treating humans with a BCL-2 inhibiting drug for a defined period of time should be tolerable. Drugs that block BCL-2 exist but have not been tested in humans, but Letai and his colleagues are working with a drug company on the preclinical development of such a drug.
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Rumored 'Carter V' Tracklist
Ah, the perfect leaked photo. Grainy. From a distance. Bad lighting. But possibly revealing to the Carter V tracklist and features, which include Drake & Game ("Intro"), Kanye West ("No Answers"), The Weeknd and Future ("Not a Chance"), Nas ("Forty"), Bun B and J. Cole ("Can't Trust 'Em"), Meek Mill ("Kill 'Em"), Rich Homie Quan and Birdman, plus, Young Thug ("They Ain't Wit Us").
Apparently this is from engineer Mike B's studio. This one's making its rounds on the interwebs, but there's no confirmation that this is the official Carter V tracklist just yet.
Am I the alone in hoping for a "You ain't got the answers Sway!" sample on "No Answers"?


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A favourite Andre Agassi tale?
Many years ago, perhaps even as far back as 1997, Agassi was answering questions at a post-match press conference in the United States.
These can often be a bore, for subject and inquisitors, but Agassi had a reputation for being what is known as good copy. That is, he usually had something interesting to say.
An American writer asked Agassi a long-winded question, along the lines of "Andre, at 30-all and 2-3 in the second set, you played a crosscourt volley into the net when the other guy was stranded in the forehand corner ... (and so on for some time until) ... why did you play that shot?"
Agassi looked the guy up and down and replied: "Why are you wearing a brown shirt with yellow pants?"
But no one was laughing this week when Agassi admitted taking crystal meth 12 years ago, and lying to the sport's governing body, who accepted his lame, transparent excuse.
Reactions to Agassi's admission broadly fell into two camps:
* Those who happily forgive and forget, time to move on, no harm, no foul etc;
* And those who took a dimmer view, of the man and his sport. That - to use the vernacular for drug cheats - Agassi is dirty, guilty of a cheap ploy to flog his autobiography, Open. If that's so, he's done himself no favours.
The idea that Agassi, a multi-millionaire winner of eight Grand Slams, actually needs some extra money is a stretch, so why'fess up? What's to be gained?
Outwardly nothing, but perhaps inside there was a sense that there was a dark corner in his life on which he wanted to shed some light.
At one point in the book, Agassi writes of hating tennis - "hate it with a dark and secret passion, and always have".
Hoovering this powdered crap up his nostrils off a coffee table would not, he's bound to have reflected, be one of his finer moments. If that was the motivation for the confession, good for him. Top sportsmen and women often battle inner demons.
And if part of Agassi wanted to get on with the rest of his life with a clean sheet, fine. But did he really need to bare his soul at US$31.99 ($44) a pop? The problem with giving Agassi a pass on this is the accompanying message that if you're big enough you can lie with impunity and get away with it.
Blame it on his mate Slim, whose spiked soda drink Agassi used as an excuse at the time. And where is Slim in all this? His name has been besmirched all these years. Has Slim been speaking to his legal advisers? This is America, after all.
But at the ATP headquarters, there should be a pile of embarrassed sideways glances. Somewhere out there, a senior official or two, will be thinking "uh oh". These are the people who accepted Agassi's explanation at face value.
At that time, the ATP hadn't signed up to the WADA testing programme, therefore there were no independent checks. For some time tennis was bedevilled by talk of loose standards and blind eyes.
Was Agassi - who won five of his eight Grand Slams post his admitted P period - simply the highest profile of a raft of prominent players with white-rimmed nostrils?
Even this year the sport accepted the excuse of French player Richard Gasquet who claimed he tested positive for cocaine by kissing a woman who had been using it, at a nightclub. As you do. At some point you can see Agassi parking himself on Oprah's couch, welcomed on by a studio full of those whooping, hollering types. He'll get the big hug, he might even shed a "forgive me America" tear.
His record is intact and his place among the greats safe. But he'll always have a mental asterisk beside his name. Along with the question, why? Or more pertinently, why now?


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Bernice Rosen died of heart failure on May 3, 2013. She was 85.
Bernice was born March 24, 1928, and raised in New York, N.Y., to Ida and Meyer Kurtz. Bernice was the first of her family to graduate from college.
She met her husband, Hyman Rosen, when they were both working at Saks Fifth Avenue. They married in Brooklyn and had a wonderful life together. They relocated to California in 1975 to retire, but never stopped being involved in the community. She was a part of the Congregation B'Nai Harim at the Nevada County Jewish Community Center.
She is survived by her son Michael David Rosen; daughter Irene Rachel Rosen; sister Sydney-Anne Brown; grandchildren, Rebekah and Ben Martin, Megan and David Rosen.


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To me this was like the mystery 2 pack but with one extra sample. I received a small sample of the Jurlique brightening serum, a small bottle of nail polish, and a coastal scents eye shadow four-pack sample that I already received in my June Birchbox.
I was disappointed considering the description says that it features three deluxe samples that the staff hand selects.
Also, I don't think this should be with a $75+ order. I think this should be exactly like the mystery 2-pack but for ACE members where you add it to your cart if you qualify and then you can still use a promo for either another item or for a discount.
I took a gamble and opted for the Aces Bonus Pack with my order because I've never tried it before. So disappointed. Never. Ever. Again.
The problem is unlike the two free samples if you spend 35 deal, you have to substitute your promo code to get this deal. So instead of using the NEXTBOXFREE code (or any other of the many bonus codes I had available), I figured I'd try this one. The products are a little better than the kind of samples you get in the two free for 35 deal, but you have to give up a promo code for extra points or other deals which is absolutely positively not worth it.
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I love Birchbox because of the skin and hair care products! If I wanted cheap makeup I would have just stuck with the *other* monthly beauty box that delivers nothing but that. More than disappointed in my stupid decision. Trashing the lip gloss and giving everything else away.
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I received my Ace Sample pack yesterday and was a little disappointed. While the samples were nice (small Jurlique Serum, small DDF serum and a Microderma mitt for the face) I was not impressed with the selection. The Jurlique serum was practically empty. It seems to me like it is just a pick two with an extra product. In order to receive this pack you have to give up any discount code you have available or anything else in the bonus shop. If it worked like the Pick Two where you just add it to your cart and could still use your discount code or get an additional product from the Bonus shop then it would be worth it to me.2
I love the surprise of the extra Birchbox samples (I've added on the other sample pack for non-Aces before), but this set was a dud. All 3 samples were ones I've already received in my monthly Birchbox - one of which was eyeshadow in which I had purchased the full-size. It would be nice if Birchbox had a way to see what you've already received and/or purchased and surprise you with something new.3


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Dr. Jack Forbes was and continues to be an inspiration for young Native scholars throughout Indian Country. His passing/crossing-over is only a minor limitation as the impact of his work does and will continue to be felt for generations. His services will be a celebration of his life and work as traditional for such a prominent Native person. Please forward a long the information below to others and be sure to do something wonderful to celebrate the life and work (scholarly and creative) from Prof. Forbes.
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I was on the train commuting to work in the morning when I discovered this information. I was not sure how to deal with such a strong impact. My first thought was to notify my Department (I work within a Native American Studies Department). However, my colleagues already knew the information. The remainder of the day was left in a scholastic haze as I informed my classes of this news that certainly did and will continue to affect Native American studies. It came as no surprise that the students were not as captured as I by this profound information. Yet, they were informed and how they dealt with the information was up to them. The academic tide has been turned, the steps forward now need to be made by those of us who remain and seek to advance the work that Dr. Forbes began.
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LUBBOCK, Texas --- Due to the threat of poor weather conditions in the Lubbock area on Saturday, the No. 11 Baylor softball team will play a doubleheader with Texas Tech on Friday, April 6, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Baylor leads the all-time series with the Red Raiders, 29-7, as the Lady Bears have won six straight in the series and 10-of-11. The Lady Bears swept the last time the teams met in Lubbock in 2005, claiming wins of 9-7 and 10-2, as Baylor owns a 9-2 advantage all-time against Texas Tech on the Red Raiders home field.
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|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
The Patriots drafted its fifth cornerback in three years, selecting Virginia's Ras-I Dowling.
Dowling was ranked as the No. 1 cornerback by ESPN's Todd McShay following the 2010 NFL Draft. Dowling missed the majority of the 2011 season with a broken ankle and nagging hamstring and knee injuries. When healthy, Dowling was effective for the Cavaliers.
As a junior, Dowling recorded 58 tackles with three interceptions. At 6-1, Dowling is the tallest Patriots cornerback, and is the first corner over 6-foot that Bill Belichick has drafted with New England. Dowling is very long, and is a natural athlete in coverage. However, his injury concerns are something that dropped Dowling into the second round of the draft.
Dowling will join 2010 first rounder Devin McCourty, Leigh Bodden (who is coming off a season-ending injury), and Kyle Arrington.
Below is a scouting report on Dowling from fftoolbox.com.
Dowling's size is what makes him such an attractive cornerback. At 6-2 and 200 pounds, Dowling has more size than most corners, but he does not lack the coverage skills or the speed to keep up with most NFL receivers. His size could also mean Dowling could play some safety and that versatility, not to mention his great cover skills, make him a very attractive prospect. Dowling's lack of playing time during his senior season has hurt his stock, but Dowling could have been a borderline first round pick last year. He needs to prove that his knee injury is healed sooner or later, but NFL scouts can look at his junior season and know that they have a quality player who is worthy of a late first round selection.
The Patriots have picks 56 and 60 left in the second round.
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First the engine. This was built by my firend who owns FAST in Sunset. Fuel Air Spark Technology. We took a clean low mileage old school 360 and stripped it down. took the bore.30 over stock. put in a new set of flat top pistons, added a Mopar Purple RV performance cam for tougue, a double roller timing chain. Then a dual plane performer intake and performer carb. Then a Mopar Performance dist on top. This engine runs like a top!
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THE two great political traditions of liberalism and conservatism have underpinned the expansion of human freedom. With its emphasis on individual rights, personal choice and limited government, liberalism is rightly regarded as the philosophy that provided the framework for the acceptance of political and economic liberty.
Economic liberalisation has improved the living conditions for hundreds of millions of individuals around the globe, and the free market still remains the best hope for overcoming the poverty in which so much of the world remains mired.
Conservatism, on the other hand, hasn't had such a good press.
Some of the problem is with terminology. When the words social and conservative are put together, the usual image conjured up is of Big Brother censoring choice and casting moral judgement.
Often, those in academia or in the media who are neither liberal nor conservative, but who are simply left-wing, attempt to portray every social policy question as one between social conservatives and social liberals. Certainly there are many differences in the community over social issues, but to frame social policy debate as having only two sides is wrong, just as it is to label those sides as either conservative or liberal.
In its true sense, and as expressed by its most significant theorist Edmund Burke, conservatism is actually a political philosophy. Political conservatives are not resistant to change but they are opposed to change for the sake of change. If change is undertaken, the case for change must be clearly articulated.
Changing political arrangements is particularly perilous. Systems of government affect every single person in a society, and the consequences of change in those systems are unpredictable and potentially irreversible. But at its core, conservatism is not really a philosophy about change. Despite what their opponents might argue, conservatives are not obsessed with maintaining the status quo.
Opponents of conservatism use similar tactics to those employed by critics of economic liberalisation when they claim that economic liberals are concerned only about money.
The basis of political conservatism is the recognition that the best way to make decisions is to allow individuals to make decisions for themselves. Individuals will act according to their own biases, preferences, traditions, and their collective and personal histories.
The knowledge gained from the accumulation of those individual experiences will be a far better guide to future conduct than anything that could be provided by an external authority.
Political conservatism is profoundly democratic because it embraces the idea that in the masses there is wisdom.
Individuals themselves not only know what is in their best interest, they also understand their own situation better than anyone else and, perhaps most importantly, they know what they don't know. Such information might be imperfect, but it will still be better than anything that could be collected by government.
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Some of the explanation is that because of the connotations associated with social conservatism, political conservatives have been reluctant to espouse their position openly.
Another reason is that, in Australia, there is no intellectual heritage of conservatism as exists in Britain and the United States.
Also, it should not be forgotten that economic liberalisation of Australia in the 1980s was forced upon the country as a result of an acute financial crisis and, perhaps fortunately, no such crisis has yet occurred to our political system. (1975 was a product of one political institution, the Federal Parliament it was not the outcome of our political system as a whole.)
The consequences of Australian political conservatives having gone missing are profound.
Increasing regulation that hands decision-making powers from individuals to government means that company directors can't run their businesses, farmers can't manage their land, and consumers can't make choices.
The gains of two decades of economic reform are being undone by regulation. The community simply cannot afford to have political conservatives missing from the public debate.
John Roskam is the executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs.
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NYDN – Romanian police are looking for a gang of young thugs who swung a terrified elderly woman around in circles. One man spins the old lady round twice despite her screams for help. The men recorded the incident, which has now made its way online, reports Metro. The footage shows a gang of up to six men hanging around outside a bar in the village of Jilava, close to the capital Bucharest. As the woman walks past, one of the men picks her up and spins her around repeatedly. The woman runs off as the young man boasts to his friend about his muscles. Egged on to do it again, he chases after the old lady and spins her for a second time. Police say they are making enquiries and press charges once they have identified the men in the video, reports Metro.
Jmac working for the Daily News and the Metro now? Or do these newspapers just make shit up for an article now? Like there is absolutely no way the police are making inquiries because this is the fakest video on the internet since Jmac's last video. If you think thats actually an old woman you're dumb AF. That means "As fuck." Black twitter taught me that. I mean what the fuck is she wearing handles underneath her coat? Let me just grab on to this old woman's shoulder pads here and spin her around because we're Romanian and crazy! Get out of my face. Fuckin Jimmy Kimmel is underneath that jacket.


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By Doug D
From: Park City, Utah
Aug 28, 2007
|We linked the first two pitches of Borderline with a 70. And linked Blazing Saddles and did it in one. Great climb.
By Peter Spindloe
From: North Vancouver, BC
May 26, 2008
It would be easy to miss the first bolted belay on Borderline. After you pull up through some trees on the first pitch and get to a great ledge, look around the corner to the left. The bolts are there, presumably to make pulling rappel ropes easier. I could easily imagine missing them and building a gear belay. On our way down there was another party who had missed them.
As Andy mentioned, for the second pitch of Blazing Saddles, save a piece or two for after you pull the roof. .75 Camalot is perfect, but some large nuts work too. This is definitely the most strenuous part, so the ideal would be to have two .75s and place one at the lip and one between the lip and the anchor.
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From: Seattle, WA
Aug 24, 2008
|Did this route to free an enticing yellow cam. Um LOOSE SHIT on this route strange since it is so popular..Stepped on a block that nearly missed my belayer. Be careful.
By Andy Laakmann
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From: Bend, OR
Jul 30, 2009
I agree with Danielle. I did the route again and there are definitely some sketchy loose blocks. I'd bring 3x#0.75 camalots if you are squeemish, and save 2 of them for the roof and topout. A stiff 10b for Squamish.
#3 camalots did not fit in the left/bigger crack... A #4 would fit, but you are better off bring more tight hands pieces and placing them in the right crack.
Watch out pulling your ropes... as they like to snag at the base of p2.
By claytown
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 8, 2011
|you could take new #4 camalots and sew up the fist crack at left if you didn't want to mess with .75s / #1s and #2s behind the flake. I disagree with placing a piece or two above the roof as this will get your rope stuck if it sucks in there. Maybe my method wasn't amazing either (placing a .5 right above the #4 crack in the roof then running it out to the anchors) but it does allow the rope to run through the crack instead of across the edge of the lip for the second. Amazing money pitch that shouldn't be missed! You can climb the whole thing on a single 70 and manage to rap back down to the start of borderline (use the tree tat rap partway up borderline P1).
By Colin Parker
From: Idyllwild, CA
Aug 11, 2012
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|We climbed this a couple weeks ago and I'd like to confirm that the loose stuff has been removed. Other than the massive flake, this thing is secure. Also, one more vote for linking the pitches.
By AJV
Jul 10, 2013
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|YEEEEHAW! The second pitch is among the best I've done in Squamish.
By Mark Roberts
From: Vancouver, BC
Jul 30, 2016
rating: 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
Excellent route. We approached by the first two pitches of Borderline for a fun four-pitch outing, shady and cool on a hot hot summer day. Mostly easy jamming in the range from 0.75 - #3 Camalots, very little need for anything smaller (though you'll want a single rack down to a red C3 or equivalent.) Recommended a #4 though, I used it to bump up the left crack of the money pitch for its entire length.
p1 (p1 of Borderline): A few in-your-face bolt-protected face climbing moves off the ground get your attention right away. After you pass the second bolt the climbing gets much simpler and more straight forward as you jam through a dihedral for another 30m or so. After a sustained section of red Camalots and mantling past a tree, look out left onto the face to find a bolted anchor with rap rings. Very fun climbing. ~40m, 10-.
p2 (5.8 variation of p2 Borderline): Easy climbing that continues up the dihedral feature. Continue up until you have 5.0 jugs for your hands to traverse right. A few tricky and steep 5.8 tips locks (good feet) take you up to the tree roots. Mantle up to The Terrace and traverse right until you can sling a tree underneath Blazing Saddles proper. ~30m, 5.8
p3 (p1 of Blazing Saddles): Pretty chill and straight-forward jamming, again in a dihedral, easier than I was anticipating. Jam up to a small roof, chimney for a few moves, find a place to step left and stem securely, then move left past the tree to a bolt anchor with raw bolt hangers. If you're heading up and want to do something nice for the community, take up some beefy quicklinks and chains for rappelling ease. Some people have left a bunch of tat on the hangers, we rapped off the tree. Honestly, since rapping is the only option this station should be properly set up for it. If I do the route again soon I'll put some up. ~25m, 5.9
p4 (p2 of Blazing Saddles): This pitch is absolutely stunning. Exceptional quality jamming, thugging and problem-solving. The climbing up to this point is generally very pleasant, but this pitch is a blockbuster. After gingerly climbing past the massive flake poised directly over your belayer, begin a 20m battle up a fists-to-wide-fists splitter on the left and a fingers to thin-hands flake on the right up a steep (feels slightly more than vertical?) wall to an adequate rest under the roof. Undercling out the roof (easier than it looks), and pull the roof on ring-locks, jamming and laybacking up sustained rings to chain anchors. Pulling the roof felt really hard for the grade to me, and would agree that an extra 0.75 is a good thing to have on the pitch. ~30m, 10+
Rappel to The Terrace, then walk south until you see a trail branching off right to the Quicksilver & Philistine Groove chain anchors. Rappel down in 2 raps using an intermediate bolted anchor that is hard to see when beginning rapping.


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Kate Beckinsale Is Paranoid Over Her Breath
Quitting smoking could help her curb that bad breath paranoia. Then again, Kate Beckinsale may have something else to worry about that's a little more concerning. Doesn't she look really skinny in these photos? She may want to layoff on some of her workouts that she's been doing.
Kate Beckinsale makes sure her mouth is minty fresh before she kisses her co-stars – because she is paranoid she has bad breath. The actress uses peppermint oil to taste good before puckering up on-screen.
However, Beckinsale, who is who is married to director Len Wiseman, has revealed she once had a painful peppermint mishap before shooting one scene.
She said: "I use pure peppermint oil before kissing scenes, but I got it in my eyes once and the shoot had to be delayed for an hour after they puffed up."
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The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens took their celebration off the field with a $2 million afterparty. With Hov and Bey in attendance, Ray Lewis joined Mary J. Blige on stage for a lesson on his victory dance. Welcome to the winner's circle.
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After the Ravens' victory Sunday, Hennessey's new spokesman, Esco toasted to the champs at New Orleans' Republic for Hennessey's Super Bowl afterparty. Here's a few clips from his performance.
Shortly before the power outage, Beyoncé performed a medley of hits for the Pepsi halftime show and brought out Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams for a Destiny Child's reunion. Great job, B.
Before kick-off of Super Bowl XLVII, Alicia Keys took center field of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for the National Anthem. Prior to that, J.Hud and the Sandy Hook Chorus sang "America The Beautiful".
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As the Super Bowl nears, the commercials are already pulling in. And showing off the fancy moves, Usher joins others in this extended version of an all-new Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class commercial. rap-up
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