A Checkup On Health Care Markets

Looks at key attributes of the healthcare markets in fourteen communities in order to gain a better understanding of how to help communities drive and sustain high-quality health care for patients with chronic illnesses

Conceptual design study of advanced acoustic composite nacelle

Conceptual nacelle designs for wide-bodied and for advanced-technology transports were studied with the objective of achieving significant reductions in community noise with minimum penalties in airplane weight, cost, and in operating expense by the application of advanced composite materials to nacelle structure and sound suppression elements. Nacelle concepts using advanced liners, annular splitters, radial splitters, translating centerbody inlets, and mixed-flow nozzles were evaluated and a preferred concept selected. A preliminary design study of the selected concept, a mixed flow nacelle with extended inlet and no splitters, was conducted and the effects on noise, direct operating cost, and return on investment determined

Operational experiences and characteristics of the M2-F2 lifting body flight control system

M2-F2 lifting body flight control syste

Why Limits on Contributions to Super PACs Should Survive \u3ci\u3eCitizens United\u3c/i\u3e

Soon after the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC, the D.C. Circuit held all limits on contributions to super PACs unconstitutional. Its decision in SpeechNow.org v. FEC created a regime in which contributions to candidates are limited but in which contributions to less responsible groups urging votes for these candidates are unbounded. No legislator voted for this system of campaign financing, and the judgment that the Constitution requires it is astonishing. Forty-two years ago, Buckley v. Valeo held that Congress could limit contributions to candidates because these contributions are corrupting or create an appearance of corruption. According to the D.C. Circuit, however, Congress may not prohibit multi-million-dollar contributions to satellite campaigns because these contributions do not create even an appearance of corruption. The D.C. Circuit said that a single sentence of the Citizens United opinion compelled its result. It wrote, “In light of the Court’s holding as a matter of law that independent expenditures do not corrupt or create the appearance of corruption, contributions to groups that make only independent expenditures also cannot corrupt or create the appearance of corruption.” This Article contends that, contrary to the D.C. Circuit’s reasoning, contributions to super PACs can corrupt even when expenditures by these groups do not. Moreover, the statement that the D.C. Circuit took as its premise was dictum, and the Supreme Court did not mean this statement to be taken in the way the D.C. Circuit took it. The Supreme Court’s long-standing distinction between contribution limits and expenditure limits does not rest on the untenable proposition thatcandidates cannot be corrupted by funds paid to and spent on their behalf by others. Rather, Buckley noted five differences between contributions and expenditures. A review of these differences makes clear that contributions to super PACs cannot be distinguished from the contributions to candidates whose limitation the Court upheld. The ultimate question posed by Buckley is whether super PAC contributions create a sufficient appearance of corruption to justify their limitation. This Article reviews the statements of candidates of both parties in the 2016 presidential election, the views of Washington insiders, and public opinion polls. It shows that SpeechNow has sharpened class divisions and helped to tear America apart. The Justice Department did not seek Supreme Court review of the SpeechNow decision. In a statement that belongs on a historic list of wrong predictions, Attorney General Holder explained that the decision would “affect only a small subset of federally regulated contributions.” Although eight years have passed since SpeechNow, the Supreme Court has not decided whether the Constitution guarantees the right to give unlimited funds to super PACs. A final section of this Article describes the efforts of members of Congress and candidates for Congress to bring that question before the Court. The Federal Election Commission is opposing their efforts, offering arguments that, if accepted, would be likely to keep the Court from ever deciding the issue

Forcing lettuce

Citation: Poston, Adeline. Domestic science in negro schools. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1907.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: In the last few years, forcing lettuce for winter use, has become a very profitable business in different parts of the country. To be successful, the forcing houses must be located close to a good and steady market. A city of 10,000 ought to demand sufficient lettuce to support a fair sized lettuce business. A town of half that size makes a combined forcing and greenhouse business very profitable. The sale of lettuce is not necessarily confined to the home market as it can be shipped to very good advantage. For long shipments it is usually placed in barrels, the cabbage headed varieties stem up, while the open bunch is placed on its side. In warm weather the packed lettuce must be ventilated, while in cold weather the barrels or boxes should be lined with paper. The season for forced lettuce north of the 35 parallel, extends from October to April or even to May. This extends over the greater part of the year, and gives plenty of time to raise three crops. The forcing house does not need to stand idle during the spring and summer, as other things may be grown, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, onions, cabbage, etc. Various things cat in this way be started and disposed of to small gardeners for early gardens. Lettuce may be grown without much trouble if it is carried on in the proper manner. There are several points to be considered, some rather small but nevertheless quite important