Or lonely and bored...
Posted on 12/27/2013 11:24:17 AM PST by honestabe010
In his press conference on December 20th, President Obama urged the House of Representatives to support the Senate’s immigration bill, which passed 68-32 in late June. Among the concerns cited by Americans who oppose reform are that immigrants will take their jobs, drive down wages, increase criminal activity, burden the welfare system, and reshape the cultural dynamic of the country. These concerns are mostly ill-founded. The legitimate concerns have real solutions, and a more open immigration policy will be a net benefit for all Americans...
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- A 2013 study by the American Action Forum states that "immigration reform can raise population growth, labor force growth, and thus growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”
- In 2013 the Bipartisan Policy Center came to similar conclusions. It makes the prediction that current provisions, as included in the Senate Bill, would raise GDP 4.8 percent over twenty years.
- According to the Immigration Policy Center, immigrant males between the ages of 18 and 39 (which constitute the greatest portion of the prison population) are five times less likely to be incarcerated than are natives.
- A 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that 92 percent of second generation and 96 percent of third generation Hispanics speak English proficiently.
- A 2010 Gallup poll revealed that Hispanics attend church services more often than non-Hispanic whites.
- Since an influx of immigrants means an expansion of the labor supply, many assert that the result will be less jobs and lower wages. However, as asserted by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, “The number of jobs in the United States is not static. It’s fluid, which is how we want it to be.”
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Meanwhile, ten feet below ground, the temperature is a constant mid-forties. That’s a little cool, but it’s a better base from which to start your heat production, than sero.
Or lonely and bored...
Or a galley oarsman.
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“Cut and Paste” only works on letters. Punctuation tends to get garbled.
Below ground/cave temp is generally the annual average for the region. I think up here that closer to 38 degrees.
Not sure I want to drill half way to the mantle just to get a decent heat pump going.
I AM an artifact. And thank you.
You’d think they’d switch sides to chain you to.
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris...
You only need to get below the frost line, and glom onto a chunk of thermal mass.
Then you can pump heat into or out of that same mass on an annual cycle. The extra heat of summer becomes the extracted heat of winter.
In your climate, I would supplement the heat storage by building a solar-gain window into the system. This could be like a cold-frame, but designed to absorb heat exclusively for storage underground. In theory, during certain parts of the year, you could get by with only circulating what you've got to where you want it. No compression needed.
I am an artifact too, if you switch a couple of letters around.
The dishes are done, my pills for the week are done been sorted *snort* and I have to finish that box! LOL! At least I’m in no rush now. ~~~
~~~ The boxes are ready to go! One large and one medium. I included some different styles of beaded jewelry that can either be used as templates or taken apart and used in something else.
Believe it or not, the dental clinic called, and I have an appointment for February 7! YAY!!!!
*happy dance*
Some sizes are so wacky. I’ve gotten used to having to try on clothes because of the crazy sizing. I’m a small in most things, size 8 in jeans.
We got snow, too, yet again. I’ve never been a warm weather fan, but I may have to consider.
At 5’9”, I’ve never fit into anything smaller than a 7, and that was when my son was a tot and I would eat only every 2nd or 3rd day. Don’t want to go through that again, though it would be nice to lose 30 pounds! LOL!
LOL
A long time ago I went through a period where I got down to a size 5, but for my body and bone structure, that was too thin. People used to ask me, “Are you eating?” *sigh*
I like myself better now-—smallish, but with decent curves.
It isn’t pretty is it.
That whole area is below sea level , so lack of dredging in the river chanels really causes problems.
I actually dreamed of a music video, can’t remember the lyrics since I woke up though.
weird.
I have clothes that fit from size 0 to size 8.
Kathleen’s had a growth spurt; she’ll need 3T clothes for spring.
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