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This presidential race for us is over for me.
And we will suspend our campaign effective today.
We are not done fighting.
Rick Santorum is here right now this is his first TV interview since suspending his presidential campaign senator thank you for joining us.
It's great to do with -- OK so I'm not done fighting Al what does that mean.
You know there is a lot of people out there who who I've heard from that are you know very concerned about where this country's going going forward and I think we provided a voice for them those two.
-- feel like they're out there and you know economically.
And that nobody's really talking about then there was talk and giving them the opportunities that.
That the other parents and grandparents had and same thing with the values of our country you know -- -- you some regret I talked about our founding principles that declaration independent our constitution that.
It would mean it's great building a country based on the greatness of our people and I think there's a lot of folks who.
We're concerned that that message is gonna be lost in the shuffle and we're gonna who out there and continue to talk about it.
-- -- -- 53 so in four years Jamie was still very young man so this is -- -- and the Kelly Sarah had agreed that this kind not over feeling -- admits over this time -- -- -- suspended but.
Now -- free and well I you know you still be a young man.
Yeah I feel like young man and offend and hopefully -- give me Shearson now this will let you put a couple years obvious that I I feel pretty -- I do -- that feel like.
More importantly.
You know there are a lot of issues out there that I care very deeply about that I think we introduced into the into the debate and I think the that the values that that I talked about throughout the course of this campaign.
Are ones that did -- look good for us to do as well as we did.
In -- -- the overwhelming.
Odds that we faced on a variety of different fronts.
I think shows that there's still a lot of people in this country who still believe in the in the things that made this country great.
So does not erase at -- about the -- one of his quotes actually uses -- as far as I see is that the media that in part that you -- the media some part of the blame -- response they have they want to characterize it for your campaign ended.
All know I I I think what I said I went through sort of the reasons that.
We decided that that really couldn't continue one was money.
You know after Wisconsin it was it was very very difficult to raise money.
But one of the reasons for that it was the media narrative that the race is over I mean it was just you know -- -- doing an interview on the Sunday before in Wisconsin.
On meet the press and I think it was twelve different questions what was the same question.
You know such and such captain are you -- rather race next questions such as I've -- -- -- out -- race.
It was just this the the entire week leading up to to Wisconsin was.
When he's getting now the race why -- you still in the race.
Is over that and and so then that was what can this continue reported on every network not just every network was.
This narrative that it was -- impossible and then it was just a matter of time and it's hard to cut through that and and we were we're fine very very difficult to do that.
If speaker Gingrich had gotten now let's say a month ago.
Do you think you'd still be in -- race -- is it was that a factor.
Well -- he certainly.
You look at.
Think Wisconsin for -- we lost by about 55 or six point something like that and that's pretty much what speaker -- got -- look at Carson Paula picked up twelve points in that race and in most of the polls showed that that we would do better among those voters and governor Romney would do and you know but it -- There are a lot of factors I mean you can't he can't look at that a lot of one but.
You can't do that I thought -- not bad break through camp he was right at the get go with Iowa if -- quote won Iowa the night Iowa and yeah.
Instead of it I think you I think you would have had a little more wind behind it says I don't know what would -- mean you would -- other troubles along the way they had thought that was a bad Graham we've we.
Had our share of good breaks and bad breaks and in you say why you know you blame the media I don't blame the media media was doing what they thought was -- story and that's why things have found is that you know you can you can go rotten.
And talk about the things you want to talk about and I do.
And you know that's not necessarily what people here and and that's you know that's I take responsibility for that if we didn't do -- good enough job in communicating their message.
You can't rely on the media to do that for you.
To be nice if they would but you can't and and so you've got to go out and and just figure out ways to to effectively communicate that message and I think we did a good job a lot of fronts but I think on a lot of friends we could have done a better job.
When you made the decision to get out eight called governor Romney did was conversational.
You know it's who I've talked to governor Romney a lot throughout the course this campaign -- -- that a lot of conversations they know we've had you know thirty so I think 35 contests and -- to his credit I hopefully remind you know every time one of us would would win or -- would call the other.
And and so we we -- I did what I thought was the proper thing to do was to give him a heads up.
As to what I was doing so he would be prepared.
Because a news get on a plane would be off a plane and probably -- -- these questions and so let me know what I was doing and I -- very gracious.
And you wish you the best in cities like to sit down and chat with me and I said look forward to do that have you spoken to call about congressman Ron Paul speaker Gingrich I have not talked to either one of -- how.
Well I mean I haven't talked to Carson Paul other than the basic and any time during the campaign and did I have he had traded emails but we haven't we haven't had a chance of talking.
Hard feelings with the -- -- I -- never understand this is like.
I all the bruise and it goes -- people say the worst things about each other news campaigns.
Hopefully -- is at worst I'll let you know exactly of people I mean it hit -- in these campaigns are rough let me see the UCC ads against Joseph OSHA didn't like.
Yeah like.
In my feeling is that he got to keep got the ball and I involves what's best for the set up bruised feelings.
I don't allow myself that let that had a one of the great things is this was not my first rodeo I've been I've been battered and bruised in campaigns in the past and that actually I think -- served me well allow me keep pretty much of -- level head with maybe exceptions to.
We we we went through this with that I think I -- -- great spirit I felt.
Feel good the whole way I was so encouraged by the great people that I met -- -- is telling you off camera.
Now -- -- the last real campaign -- I had was in Wisconsin.
I had a great time in your state we just wonderful wonderful folks that we didn't we before that was Louisiana.
I mean just there's people how to live I mean it's just we we just had a lot of fun -- who -- went as I just felt better better better about this country and and don't and -- and have actually no regrets.
Is there anything -- could whenever someone gets something wrong about me and I think you know I'd like to really tell the real story is there anything the media set up by you or any imposition -- that you know what that is not enough time on programs this is and it really deserve rubbed the wrong way that they really got wrong about union mine.
-- I you know the the the narrative that somehow I was this angry guy and that somehow I've got this you know I'm on this you know angry temperamental.
I encourage you talk to anybody on my staff anybody that works it may it tucked him in and talked to my if my kids are here -- that I -- just not who I am I mean I'm a passionate guy.
I care a lot about the future of this country and yes I can get pretty in -- -- -- and and passionate but.
You know I've.
I I think I'm a pretty good got to be around him -- got to have a beer with go ball and with then.
And that that's sort of who I am but that doesn't mean that you don't you have to put your game face on and and and when you're when you're out there fighting for big things.
-- You've taken -- you give.
He got a -- -- put on the armor and go right to left the course the you know what -- right now I'm just trying to.
Decompress here a little bit try to figure out how to put food on the table for this event is discussed and I haven't had an opportunity to discuss anything with either any of the candidates.
Who are still in the race and so -- my my sense is right now.
Just try to figure out what I'm gonna do and and how -- do it and one way or another we're gonna stay active and involved and in trying to take.
The the energy enthusiasm around what we were talking about and -- and that the people that that I still think.
Want to have a voice for what their concerns are and go out voiced those concerns and hopefully rally people to to make some big changes in the fall -- -- -- Novella.
And she was not passed last weekend so was -- -- -- don't she's doing great effect we Karen Karen has been working on a.
Knew little video that we're gonna post up on our web site here pretty soon just to give you a little bit of a little bit more of an insight as to who she is in.
It's been that's been an amazing thing in this campaign -- -- the the number of people who came out.
In this campaign and all of -- rallies we had you know people with disabilities would come people who bring their kids who were disabled.
You know holding up signs you know I'm -- -- -- little disabled kids and and it was said it was -- so heartwarming to us than he was -- us someone at least they saw.
Who you know reflected their struggles -- they were going -- in their life.
And gave dignity to this to the work that they were doing in the relationship they had with with children who were special and and with with not just children but with adults who were special and it was.
You know there's probably a lot of reasons why we ended up in this race obviously one of them was not to win it but that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't a valuable effort to do and there weren't good things that came from it.
-- thank you good luck sir thank you.
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FRIDAY, February 28, 1873.The Lieutenant Governor, at half-past nine o'clock, took the chair. The reading of yesterday's minutes was dispensed with.Mr. Scott's introduced a joint resolution [No. 12] authorizing the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary and Auditor of State, or a majority of them, to close the contract for purchasing the ground belonging to private parties lying in the State House square, and directing an appropriation of $19,500 for that purpose to be incorporated in the specific appropriation bill.The joint resolution parsed by yeas 34, nays 0, with the title "A joint resolution confirming the purchase of additional ground whereon to erect a new State House."Mr. Wadge introduced a joint resolution [S. 13] ordering the sale of swamp lands to be suspended, except south of the National road, which was passed the Senate by yeas 39, nays 0.On motion by Mr. Scott, the bill [H. R. 87] to amend several sections of the common school law of March 14, 1867, in relation to school trustees, and adding supplemental sections thereto, was read.Also the bill [H. R. 360] to appropriate $150 for the distribution of the report of the Superintendent of Public instruction. Also the bill [H. R. 493] to amend section 8 of the township business act of February 18, 1859. Also the bill [H. R. 416] to amend the act of March 9, 1867, to authorize township school trustees and trustees of towns and cities to levy taxes for school purposes, &c. Also the bill [H. R. 55] to amend the common school law of March 6, 1865, and adding supplemental sections. Also the bill [H. R. 382] relative to the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instructionit shall be $2,000; were severally read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education, and made the special order for ten o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. Daggy's bill [S. 203] for an act authorizing the appointment of resident trustees to receive and manage trust funds held in other States for persons residing in this State, was read the third time and passed the Senate by yeas 36, nays 0.
Mr. Gregg's bill [S. 169] authorizing the organization of voluntary associations and prescribing their object and powers, was read the third time.
Mr. Gregg explained that this bill is to add to the act authorizing voluntary associations power to create what is known as building associations, in which men can lay a foundation for homes, which societies are very beneficial in their results.
The bill passed the Senate by yeas 39, nays 1.
Mr. Steele's bill [S. 188] to enable executors and administrators to enforce partition of decedents real estate in certain cases, and declaring an emergency, was read the third time and passed the Senate by yeas 41, nays 0.
Mr. Dittemore's bill [S. 173] to authorize school trustees of incorporated towns and cities to sell school property within its limits, was read the third time, and passed the Senate by yeas 38, nays 0.
Mr. Scott's bill [S. 187] to amend section 1 of an amendment act regulating weights and measures, same as the present law except that seventy pounds of coal shall be a bushel, was read the third time.
On motion by Mr. Carnahan, and by consent, the bill was amended so as make forty-five pounds of green apples constitute one bushel.
The bill passed by yeas, 32; nays, 7.
Mr. Orr's bill [S. 193] supplemental to the plank, McAdam and gravel road act of May 12, 1852, was read the third time.
Mr. Orr explained that this bill was to authorize the purchasers of plank, McAdam or gravel roads sold on execution, to form themselves into a corporation.
The bill passed by yeas, 28; nays, 10.
Mr. Daggy's bill [S. 204] to amend section 15 of the act of May 31, '52, prescribing the manner of compelling officers to give new bonds, etc., was read the third time.
Mr. Daggy explained the only change to be to cover the examination of bonds filed in the auditor's office, and compel good bonds to be filed in all cases in the county.
It was passed by yeas 36, nays 0.
Mr. Smith's bill [S. 223] to amend section 16 of the act of May 6, '52, concerning real property and the alienation thereof, was read the third time.
page: 215[View Page 215]The bill passed the Senate by yeas 28, nays 11.
Mr. Rhodes' bill [S. 218[ to encourage the destruction of foxes, was read the third time and passed the Senate by yeas 30, nays 14.
Mr. Boone's bill [S. 217] to authorize the satisfaction of mortgages in certain eases, was read the third time.
Mr. Boone explained that where the surviving husband or wife is the sole legatee and all debts are paid off the surviving party may enter satisfaction of record of any mortgage, when the same has been paid.
The bill passed the Senate by yeas 41, nays 0.
Mr. Friedley's of Lawrence, bill [S. 223] to legalise certain acts of Notaries Public, after the expiration of their commissions, was read the third time, and passed the Senate by yeas 40, nays 0.
Mr. Steele's bill [S. 289] to fix the salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court (at $4,000 from January 1, 1873) was read the third time.
The bill passed by yeas 38, nays 10.The Senate took a recess till two o'clock.
Mr. Friedley, of Scott, introduced a bill [S. 338] for an act to amend section 40 of the act dividing the State into counties, etc., approved June 17, 1852, concerning the boundary line of Jennings county. It was referred to the Committee on County and Township Business.
On motion by Mr. Brown, the bill [H. R, 36] to amend sections 1 and 6, of the act of February 13, 1851, to incorporate the Franklin Insurance Company, was read the second time.
Mr. Sleeth moved to amend by reserving to the Legislature the right to repeal or amend any section of this act.
It was agreed to and the bill was passed to the third reading by consent.
Mr. Fuller's bill [S. 258] for an act to prevent betting on elections, was read the third time, and passed the Senate by yeas 28, nays 17.
Mr. Beardsley's bill [S. 245] to provide for the letting of the State Printing to the lowest bidder was read the third time.
Mr. Dwiggins moved to recommit the bill with instructions to so amend as that contractors shall furnish all material, and strike out all that refers to a Superintendent of Public Printing. He desired that when the public printing is let the contractor shall furnish the material to do the work.
Mr. Brown moved to instruct the committee to strike out from the enacting clause and insert a substitute in lieu[being the bill H. R. 526.]Mr. Slater moved to lay both amendments on the table.
Mr. Brown demanding a division of the question -
The Senate laid the amendment [Mr. Brown's] on the table by yeas 32, nays 14.
The amendment instructions [Mr. Dwiggins'] was also laid on the table by yeas 34, nays 12.
On motion by Mr. Brown, and by unanimous consent, the bill was amended so that the contract shall not be let to non-residents of the State nor the work done outside of the State.
Mr. Brown moved to refer the bill to the judiciary Committee with instructions to provide that the contractor shall furnish all materials.
Mr. Dwiggins moved further instructions to report in thirty minutes the amendment providing that the Superintendent of Printing shall receive $6 a day for such time as he shall be necessarily and actually employed.
Mr. Fuller demanded the previous question.
The Senate seconded the demand, and under the operation of the previous question, Mr, Dwiggins' motion to recommit was rejected by yeas 19, nays 26.
The motion to refer [Mr, Brown's] was also rejected by yeas 11, nays 35.
The question then recurring on the passage of the bill, it was passed the Senate bv yeas 36, nays 10.
Mr. Brown moved to suspend the order of business so that the House amendments to the Joint Committee's bill [S. 238] redistricting the State for judicial purposes, abolishing the Court of Common Pleas, etc., may be taken up. The motion was agreed to by yeas 26, nays 17.
Mr. Dwiggins moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made by the House, and on that motion he demanded the previous question.
The demand for the previous question was seconded - affirmative 24, negative 19.
The House amendments were now read and concurred in by yeas 25, nays 19, as follows:
Yeas - Armstrong Beardsley, Beeson, Bowman, Brown, Carnahan, Chapman, Daggy, Dittemore, Dwiggins, Francisco, Friedley of Scott, Glessner, Gooding, Gregg, Howard, Hubbard, Miller, Neff, Oliver, Orr, Ringo, Rosebrough, Wage, Williams - 25.
Nays - Bird, Boone, Bunyan, Cave, Collett, Daughery, Fuller, Hall, Harney, Hough, Rhodes, Sarnighausen, Scott, Slater, Smith, Steele, Stroud, Taylor, Winterbotham - 19.
Mr. Brown moved to reconsider the vote, and lay this latter motion on the table.
The latter motion was agreed to.
Mr. Williams raised the point of order that the bill has to have 26 votes.
The Lieutenant Governor overruled the point of order, stating that on concurrence twenty-six votes are not required.
Mr. Gooding ottered the following:
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the desk of each Senator, the Lieutenant Governor, elective officers, and reporters three copies of the Brevier Legislative Reports of the recent special session of the General Assembly.
On motion by Mr. Wadge, the resolution was amended by including the laws and journals of the last session.
The resolution, as amended, was adopted.
The Lieutenant Governor announced the committee on the part of the Senate to prepare a bill for the building of a new State House, viz: Messrs. Scott, Hall, and Chapman,
Mr. Smith offered a joint resolution [S. 15] directing the Attorney General to bring suit against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company, and for other purposes connected therewith, in the Superior Court of Marion county, for the recovery of whatsoever sum of money may be due from said company to the State for the use of the common schools, and to prosecute the same to final judgment without delay. It also directs the prosecutor of the Sixth Judicial circuit to dismiss the proceedings in quo waranto now pending in the Owen Circuit Court against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company as soon as the suit herein provided for has been instituted.
On motion by Mr. Glessner, it was laid on the table by yeas 25, nays 20. Messrs. Brown, Collet, Daggy, Dittemore, Dwiggins, Gooding, Glessner, Gregg, Hall, Harney, Hough, Scott, Slater, Steel, Thompson and Ringo making explanations, which will appear in the Appendix to volume XIV of the Brevier Legislative Reports.
The Senate then adjourned till half-past nine o'clock to-morrow.


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SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni military officials say eight people have been killed in two suspected U.S. drone strikes in Abieda valley in central Marib province.
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Can an umpire call service fault?
Is an umpire allow to call a service fault? please let me know which section of the rule allow the umpire to call a service fault. I have always thought th eumpire is not allow to call a service fault because of parallel effect. Anyone to help me out on this one?
RE: Can an umpire call service fault?
interesting question!
the following are exerpts from the official rule. so in other words, no, the umpire cannot overrule the service judge, but however, if the umpire get sick of him/her, he can kick him/her out.
17.3 The service judge shall call service faults made by the server should they occur (Law 9)..
17.5 An official's decision is final on all points of fact for which that official is responsible.
17.6 An umpire shall:
17.6.4 appoint or remove line judges or a service judge in consultation with the Referee;
10-16-2000, 07:23 PM #3Andrew Guest
RE: Can an umpire call service fault?
Can an umpire call service fault in the absence of a service judge or does he or she have to appoint a service judge if there is doubt?
RE: Can an umpire call service fault?
oh, i see what you mean. when the umpire is sitting so high up, he won't be able to tell if the service is over the waist or not. that make sense. i guess for club competition where the umpire is sitting down low, or sometimes even just standing, he can possible be the service judge too. but he also has to watch the receiver. that will make it difficult.
The umpire can call service faults when he sees an incorrect service whether a service judge is there or not. When there is no service judge he will have to, because as umpire he is responsible for the duties of other officials, including those of the absent service judge, to be carried out properly.
It is also generally excepted that foot faults made on the centre line from the SJ end of the court can be called by the umpire because the service judge will be unsighted on that line. Other service faults that the umpire will call, are time faults, like waiting too long before starting the forward movement. I have called a few of those myself. In any other case I would find it very hard to imagine that an umpire would call service faults whilea service judge is present. I have certainly never done this myself and also never had it happen to me working as a service judge.
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Under normal circumstances the umpire will also have to notice the receiving player and make sure he/she does not move before the serve has been struck. To do this, the umpire will have to pay attention to both the serving player's hand/racquet and at the same time the receiving player's body.
Due to the amount of attention and time judgement the umpire has to make in this case, it would be very hard for the umpire to focus on a third variable which is the serving player's quality of serve (whether if it is above the waist, or if the racquet has been held with the head down or up etc.).
So technically the umpire can make a service fault call by himself without the serving judge's intervention but that would not be an easy task and thus it is better for the serving judge to do his job. Although in the absence of a serving judge, such calls will be hard to justify unless the umpire is directly focusing on a serving player whom the umpire has suspected of repeatedly making such fault services.
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This is my second story, I will admit that my first story was well horrible. Like before I take all comments to make this story better, good or bad. The Trip of a Lifetime It all started in the summer of 2005, I'm on my way to see my girlfriend in Texas. Unfortunately it was six states away. So I had a long drive ahead of me. While I'm driving I notice a Volkswagen Beetle on the side of the rode with two beautiful girls. So deciding to be a gentleman I pull over and offer to lend a hand. We made our introductions and I found out their names were Jessie and Taylor. Now let me tell you about myself and these incredible beauties. My name is Chris but everyone calls me CJ. I'm 19 years old and I'm about 6 feet tall and of average build. I wouldn't say I'm great looking but I get by. Now onto the girls, I found out they were best friends and were on their way to Florida for Spring Break. Both were 18, but now on to their physical looks. Jessie was about 5'4" with brown hair and these amazing green eyes that could hypnotize you. I would guess a 34c bust. Now Taylor had this sweet southern girl look to her, I'd venture a guess that she was 5'6" with blonde hair and bright blue eyes. And a bust size of around 32b. Back to the story. So as I look at their vehicle and notice they are low on antifreeze, so it was a simple fix. But in their eyes, I was a hero, haha. They insisted on buying me dinner as it was quite late I didn't refuse. As we were eating and getting to know one another better, I feel Taylor's hand start stroking my dick through my pants. All the while my head is screaming at me "You have a girlfriend and shouldn't be allowing this" yet another part of me says "Its not cheating if your in a different area code". So after the bitter feud inside my head and much flirting on all our parts, the little head of my body won the war, and we ended up sharing a hotel that night. As soon as we got into the hotel the girls proceeded to rip my clothes off as well as theirs, I noticed my estimations on the size of their breast was correct. I licked and sucked on their hard nipples, as they tugged on my shaft and fondled my balls. Soon enough I'm on my back laying on the bed, as Jessie starts licking the head of my cock. While she continues her fellato on my member, Taylor straddles my face with her pussy dripping wet. I lapped her juices up quickly and attacked her clit with a passion. Tasting her sweet nectar sent me over the edge as I came down Jessie's throat. As I sat there regaining my energy, the girls decided to have fun on their own. And I wasn't going to complain as I watched the show unfolding in front of me. The night continued with many different variations of insertion, by the morning I had successfully penetrated all six holes cumming in Jessie's mouth and pussy. And cumming in Taylor's ass because she informed me that she was not on the pill. We went our separate ways in the morning after exchanging numbers and addresses. After several more hours of driving I finally arrived in Texas to see my girlfriend. So I decide to call her up and it goes straight to voicemail. I was curious but not really bothered about this fact, figuring she was busy. I decided to head to her dorm room and surprise her when she got back. As I got to her room I noticed her roommate reaching the door. So Megan (the roommate) let me in, unfortunately the scene before us was unbearable. My girlfriend was in the middle of a sandwich, with one guy on each end. Needless to say I stormed out. I know it may seem hypocritical that I can have a threesome but she cant, but I wasn't thinking. On my way out I heard screaming and a door slam but surprisingly it was from Megan and not my girlfriend. So Megan caught up with me and was crying asking me if she could talk to me somewhere away from where we were. I wasn't quite sure why she would be upset with my girl doing two dudes. So we started walking to this park near by and she was crying the whole way. We finally settled on a bench, where she proceeded to cry on my shoulder and tell me one of the guys screwing my girl was her boyfriend and she didn't want to go back to her dorm that night. Sensing this opportunity before me I offered for her to stay at my hotel and I would sleep on the floor so she would be comfortable. She thanked me profusely and we were on our way. We got to the hotel and ordered a pizza while we watched a movie on tv. As we went to bed I was just getting comfortable on the floor when Megan says I could join her if I want, that I might feel a lot better in the morning too. I immediately jumped into the bed and settled in next to her. Once again she thanked me for letting her stay and started to kiss me, which I could only return the favor. As we were kissing my hands began to explore her body, my finger lightly trailing her slender neck. Only stopping at her magnificent breast ( I later learned were a 36c) before trailing down to my prize a beautifully shaved pussy. I sat there rubbing her clit and she expertly worked on my cock before I asked her to ride me. She slowly climbed on top of me kissing my chest up to my mouth as she delicately lowered herself on to me. The feeling of her tight pussy wrapped around my cock was indescribable as she rode me up and down, slowly at first but eventually picking up the pace the more excited she got. As I started to fuck up into her, the moans emitting from her body got louder and louder. Megan started riding me faster and harder, sensing her orgasm nearing I rubbed her clit which sent her over the edge cumming all over my cock, which triggered my own explosion deep into her. She collapsed down onto me and asked how long I was staying, which my answer was that it was supposed to be a week but I didn't know now that my ex was with other guys. Her response was that my plans didn't need to change because of my ex and that I should stay so me and her could get to know each other better. |
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Alternative Policy Instruments and Institutions
Developing public standards is not the only way for government to seek what safety standards have to offer. Government can also attempt to
influence the development of private standards. Since private standards cover literally thousands of subjects unlikely to be regulated by government in the foreseeable future, this strategy may have a much greater effect on public safety than government could ever hope to achieve through the small number of standards that survive the political process and the courts. Unfortunately, standards policy has been almost silent on other methods of improving private standards-setting.
Safety standards interact with a host of other policy instruments and influences. Harter and Eads observe that liability law, workers compensation law, information, and wage differentials are among the array of instruments that affect workers' health and safety.[14] However these instruments and institutions are evaluated on their own account, they affect standards-setting and hold the potential for improving it indirectly. Harter and Eads emphasize the importance of taking these instruments and institutions into account when analyzing a specific policy space: "Policy instruments coexist and interact. Modifying one does not represent the adjustment of an isolated instrument, but a shift in the constellation of instruments and institutions affecting private behavior."[15]
It is beyond the scope of this study to examine the role of these "external" forces independent of their effect on safety standards, although they should certainly be considered in any analysis of specific standards. OMB raised such issues in the grain elevator proceedings, appropriately questioning whether the force of liability law and insurance provided sufficient incentives for safety. But, as Harter and Eads suggest, changing these policy instruments will probably alter the standards-setting system. These need not be mere side effects. They might form the basis for useful, purposeful changes in standards-setting. The case studies suggest many important linkages between these policy instruments and standards-setting. Several policy instruments and institutions whose relevance to standards-setting was suggested by the case studies are discussed below.
Reforming Liability Law
Liability law is probably the most widely recognized policy instrument that affects private standards-setting. It was an important influence in several of the case studies. The debate over "tort reform" encapsulates the familiar arguments about whether the direct effects of liability law hamper public safety objectives.[16] The case studies add to that debate by suggesting that liability law has undesirable effects on standards-
setting. At least two reforms seem in order. Both would help ensure that improvements in standards are encouraged, rather than discouraged, by the law. These two changes would probably have a larger impact on private standards-setting than any aspect of the various "standards policies" offered in the past ten years.
First, improvements made in a standard should not be admissible in cases concerning mishaps prior to the improvement . Although there is some support for this position in the law, "the growing tendency," according to UL's general counsel, "is to admit into evidence post-accident revisions to standards."[17] This can only discourage improvements in standards. UL would be more willing to upgrade its standard for metal chimneys if doing so did not create the implication that thousands of existing chimneys are, by UL's apparent admission, inadequate. Similar concerns were apparent when the NFPA's Agricultural Dusts committee added provisions for motion-detection devices to the appendix of the standard in 1973. These provisions might have been made mandatory but for the implication that facilities without such devices were below the generally accepted industry practice. Protecting standards-setters and businesses against liability for making improvements would certainly advance public safety objectives.
Second, in assessing the reasonableness of the risk attendant to a product or process, the law should consider overall effects, not just specific incidents. In other words, the law should not impose liability when overall social benefits clearly outweigh specific adverse effects. This argument has been advanced in connection with innovation by individual firms such as drug companies.[18] There are implications for standards-setters as well. The most persuasive reason why AGA did not require the oxygen depletion sensor on space heaters without prodding by the CPSC—a reason never committed to paper in either the public or private proceedings—is that companies were afraid that an occasional failure of the device would create new liabilities. Similar fears have slowed the introduction of other technologies, from vaccines to antilock brakes, that would unequivocally increase overall levels of safety. The perverse result is that standards-setters rationally avoid some actions that would make the world safer because, unfortunately, these actions might also increase exposure to liability.
Loosening Antitrust Law
Though not thought of as an instrument of public safety, antitrust law is often considered a proper tool for controlling private standards-
setting. Strengthening the influence of antitrust law is always a popular proposal. (Who wants to defend "trusts" or "combinations"?) Such proposals are particularly popular because more substantive suggestions for controlling private standards-setting are lacking. In the area of standards and certification, the FTC houses some of the strongest advocates of increased antitrust scrutiny. These staff attorneys place their hope in stricter antitrust enforcement largely because the proposal to regulate standards-setting by rule was abandoned by the commission under President Reagan.
There are two reasons for restraining this enthusiasm for controlling private standards-setting through antitrust law. First, reducing one type of error often increases another type. Stricter antitrust enforcement would probably eliminate some of the worst standards currently in use, but it would probably also eliminate some of the good ones. This study suggests that producers are increasingly crying "antitrust" to intimidate standards-setters from taking socially desirable actions. Stories about antitrust law inhibiting otherwise desirable actions are almost as common in the private sector as those about liability law. Certain metal chimney producers raised this argument with UL and were effective in keeping UL from upgrading the standard, even though research results from NBS support such a move. Antitrust considerations were also instrumental in keeping AGA Labs from adopting ODS technology that was produced by only one company. Increasing the strength of antitrust law may well decrease the propensity to upgrade private standards.
The second reason for restraint is that antitrust law threatens to heap undesirable administrative costs on the private sector. That is practically the intention of those pushing the due process argument. As two members of the Supreme Court realized in the Indian Head case, "insisting that organizations like NFPA conduct themselves like courts of law will have perverse effects."[19] One effect is that due process itself can be exploited for anticompetitive reasons. The number of appeals to NFPA's Standards Council has increased to the point where it threatens to overburden the system. Higher administrative costs are likely to result in fewer standards and less frequent updating. The antitrust influence also threatens to burden the private sector with perhaps the worst aspect of public regulation: the judicial second-guessing that follows on the heels on most standards. The current level of discussion about antitrust and standards-setting is uninspired, relying on contrived distinctions that classify NFPA as "commercial" and the CPSC as "political."[20] At the very least, antitrust doctrine should be reexamined
in a manner that recognizes the relevant institutional similarities and differences between public and private standards-setting. It should also be recognized that proposals to strengthen antitrust enforcement might actually be counterproductive, eliminating more desirable standards than undesirable ones. As Maitland argues, there are good reasons to permit more collective action by business organizations.[21] Whether a loosening of sorts is possible without allowing an undue amount of undesirable activity is worth examining.
Public Information Systems
Perhaps the most promising possibility for government action suggested by this study is an information strategy. The government has a clear comparative advantage in generating two types of information particularly important to setting safety standards: applied research and feedback on real-world experience. The private sector is lacking in its capacity to generate such information. Government overcomes the "free rider" problem that plagues private efforts to produce so-called public goods. Government is also the only avenue for collecting vital information such as medical records that are otherwise protected by privacy laws.
The potential for influencing private standards-setting with information about real-world experience is significant. The private sector has demonstrated its willingness to alter standards in light of relevant information. A former CPSC voluntary standards coordinator cites numerous examples where the private sector responded to public information. Liability law also helps provide an incentive for the private sector to respond to injury information. Unfortunately, it also provides a countervailing incentive against collecting it. What you know can hurt you. In any case, the incentive to respond depends on the quality of information. Industry feels no need to respond to many of the existing CPSC data because they are so clearly inadequate.
Perhaps the most influential government organization involved in collecting information is the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB has no decisionmaking power, but its recommendations carry considerable weight. The NTSB was split off from the FAA "so that the same person … was not both promulgating civil air regulations and investigating the accidents they might cause."[22] Avoiding this "conflict of interest," whether real or imaginary, seems to have bolstered the NTSB's clout. The FAA adopts many NTSB recommendations in short
order. Others are eventually adopted under pressure from members of Congress who use these authoritative recommendations to register support for the popular cause of aviation safety. "Without the NTSB," muses a lobbyist for the Association of Flight Attendants, "the FAA could turn all of these issues into technical mush." Devoting a specific organization to the collection and analysis of injury data would probably improve standards-setting in other areas as well.
Government could also exert a more positive influence on private standards-setting by doing more applied research. Most private standards-setting organizations would gladly replace various "engineering judgments" with decisions based more on science—so long as someone else shoulders the research costs. Voluntary associations such as NFPA do almost no applied research; they do not have the resources. Testing labs occasionally conduct such research, but seldom in connection with a single standard. Perhaps the best policy for government is to increase funding for the National Bureau of Standards. Not only does NBS have the necessary technical capability and reputation to conduct useful research and development, but it offers the right institutional setting for developing an intelligent research strategy. The cases demonstrate that prolonged NBS involvement can help improve private standards. The agency combined its technical knowledge and reputation to bring about beneficial changes in NFPA 211 and ANSI/AGA Z21.11.2. "Engineering needs a loyal opposition," argues Edwin Layton in a prominent book on the profession.[23] Engineers face issues that are technical and political, in an organizational context that profoundly shapes personal incentives. They can best be kept in check by other engineers with the technical knowledge and institutional independence to challenge them. The National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) fits the bill, although its budget is still minuscule compared to its potential agenda.[24]
Engineering Schools, Insurance Companies, and Other Influential Institutions
There are a host of institutions at the periphery of this study that obviously play an influential role in the achievement of public safety objectives. These institutions interact with private standards-setting in ways that are not well understood and deserve more attention. The rest of this chapter contains speculation about the policy implications of the influence of three "external" institutions on private standards-setting.
The discussion is organized in decreasing order of speculativeness. That is, the institutions most peripheral to the case studies, about which only the most tentative statements are possible, are discussed first.
Engineering Schools . One important institutional influence on standards-setting comes through engineering education. The influence is diffuse and difficult to measure but nevertheless important in shaping the ethics that predominate in the private sector. Engineering education has been criticized for being too narrow in focus.[25] This study does not examine the details of engineering education, but it supports the conclusion that revisions might improve private standards-setting. A greater educational emphasis on economic trade-offs and human factors might improve the reasonableness of standards in two ways, respectively making them less demanding when the benefits are low and more demanding when human factors account for significant injuries.
Building Code Organizations . By design, this study also concentrates on "paired" public and private cases. In reality, however, private standards typically come in connected pairs or interlocking webs. The tendency of the private sector to separate product standards from installation and use codes is exemplified by the division of labor between UL and NFPA. The symbiotic relationship between these organizations is somewhat mysterious, and at times problematic. Matters are complicated further by the process through which these standards most often become law: municipal building codes. Building codes draw on the efforts of NFPA and UL, as well as those of various regional building code conferences—organizations that draft model building codes. The importance of the linkages between all these standards is clear. How to improve building code enforcement and achieve better coordination between installation codes and product standards is not. Perhaps the recently abandoned federal housing code deserves reconsideration. Possibly the government should institute a mechanism for bringing together those who write installation codes and product standards. Without improvements in the enforcement of building codes or the integration of design and use standards, it appears likely that some improvements in private standards will ultimately prove ineffective.
Insurance Companies . Insurance companies are also key actors affecting public safety. Not only do they spread risk, but, through
insurance underwriting, they determine which risks are insurable and at what rate. If premiums accurately reflect risk, then insurance can help internalize externalities and improve public safety. Several major standards-setting organizations, including UL and NFPA, trace their origins to the insurance industry. Safety standards help insurers in two ways: (1) they provide convenient underwriting criteria, and (2) they promote general loss control. But what about the reverse influence—that is, how insurance companies affect standards-setting? Two possible influences are indicated by the case studies. Both seem rather weak, however, suggesting the potential for improvement.
The first way insurers affect standards-setting is with information. Insurance companies identify problems and manage information. In theory, they should be able to provide standards-setters with helpful data on the size and nature of various hazards because insurers pool information on claims through institutions such as the Insurance Services Organization. In practice, however, insurers apparently contribute little useful information to standards-setting efforts. An insurance company representative testifying in favor of the CPSC woodstove rule was embarrassed by questions about the actual magnitude of the problem. In an analysis of residential fire insurance, David Hemenway concludes that "the insurance industry has not been especially helpful in providing useful [loss control] data." He suggests several policies that might improve the situation, but all require further study."[26]
Second, as one of the primary users of safety standards, insurers are potential watchdogs for the quality of these standards. Unlike many participants in standards-setting whose interests are vested in particular products, insurance companies have a purer motive: reducing losses. Insurers certainly make use of these standards. Product liability insurers require compliance with UL and AGA standards. Some grain elevator insurers require compliance with NFPA 61B. But the case studies suggest that insurers are not very demanding users of private standards-setters. They are seldom involved enough in the details of particular hazards to know a good standard when they see one. Insurers play almost no role in the NFPA committees on aviation fire safety, even though individual fires can be catastrophic. The grain elevator standard is sadly lacking in critical areas of grain elevator safety, but reinsurers are apparently unaware that more effective standards for safety are possible. Moreover, in neither the grain elevator case nor the woodstove case does it appear that the premiums charged by insurance companies reflect differences in risk. Airline
officials also contend that their premiums have nothing to do with their loss control efforts.
This study suggests that insurance companies could improve the quality of private standards if they were more demanding. A small reinsurance company was apparently instrumental in getting UL to change its requirements for metal chimneys. But the low priority that many insurance companies seem to place on loss control has been noted by Hemenway.[27] How to maximize the potential of insurance as a regulator of risk has long been a puzzle in the area of workers compensation. Somehow, the critical role of insurers as assessors and regulators of risk should be more widely recognized so that these issues are addressed in various areas of public safety.


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