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The parents of owner of the home greeted us at the door where she proceeded to tell us what we could/could not do at the home. No shoes allowed. Wear the booties provided. The beautiful rooftop terrace in the photos...do not go out there, there was a flood, it has not been repaired and it is dangerous.
You can swim in the pool, but it is NOT heated and in Seattle where the temp was not above 75 in July - the water stayed in the 60s. Needless to say, our pool "parties" were cancelled. The hot tub needed to be turned on from a room in the basement and it may or may not have be maintained, it was hard to tell. Not worth chancing it to get in the nasty water not knowing what was in it. The room where you had to go into repeatedly to turn on the hot tub had leaking water on the floor and electrical running all over the place, and access to the room was inside the house on the other side of the house.
Do not use the griddle in the kitchen, it is broken. Do not use the "presidential" table in the dining room as it is too expensive to have anything happen to it. There is soap in every bathroom, but it is the same soap bars left from each previous guest. The basement smells of mildew. The beds are horribly uncomfortable. The linens are old. The garage cannot be used as it is full of supplies and junk.
There were all kinds of drywall that had been water damaged inside the house where you could tell that the house had been let go to such a state of disrepair it was having major water leaks.
After just a couple uses of the downstairs toilet on our first night, it plugged. Upon searching, we found no plunger anywhere in the house. We were surprised and disappointed to learn the owner kept $300 of our security deposit in order to have a plumber fix the problem. If there would have been a plunger they could have easily fixed it. They did warn us that the plumbing was not up to par in the house and we tried to honor that.
This owner is putting false and fabricated reviews on the vbro.com listing to make it seem like they actually have happy customers. Don't believe the BS. I have photos of all of this if you need to see it. It is not at all like the photos on the vbro.com listing http://www.vrbo.com/244621.
The owner was very confontational on the phone and in emails when we disputed the keeping of the deposit.
Yes, it was nice to have the family all under one roof, but if we had to do it again, we would choose the hotel.
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Nov 03, 2010 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
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PaparazziGnome automagically takes a screenshot (including your user interface) whenever you level up, gain an achievement, or kill a boss. It has no configuration options or ingame slash command. Screenshots will be take after a small delay of 1.25 seconds, and after taking one screenshot it will wait 120 seconds (2 minutes) before it takes another one, no matter what happens. While you are in combat it will never take a screenshot as triggered by a boss kill, so it won't take multiple... | |||||
PlaguePuppets |
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Postmaster |
Jun 28, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Postmaster is a simple (and craptasticly coded) addon that automates mass mailing to members of your guild. Here's step-by-step instructions: Open your mailbox Go to the "Send Mail" tab Write in a subject and the body (no sender) Execute /postmaster <guild rank>[+?] Wait for it to finish (you can't do -anything else- while it's mailing) The syntax for the slash command is simple; <guild rank> is for example "Member", "Class Leader", and similar (without the quotes). If you end the command... | |||||
ShuffleThoseIcons |
Jun 28, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
ShuffleThoseIcons is a small addon that tries to do one thing, and not do it very well. I don't know why I wrote it, really, but here it is. Oh, wait; yes I know: So many people have been whining about "BigWigs should mark this and that on X and Y encounter", so here's a tool so you guys can do it yourself. So it's like SimpleBossWhisperer I guess, in that it scratches an itch some people have that shouldn't be implemented in BigWigs proper. Although we already support having 2 icons in... | |||||
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SimpleTankFrames |
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!SurfaceControl |
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Allows you to set overrides for LibSharedMedia-3.0 and LibSink-2.0, so that any addon that uses them are forced to use the values you set in !SurfaceControl. Note that it requires that addons listen for the LibSharedMedia_SetGlobal callback, so if it doesn't work for your addon then please report it to the author for that addon, and not me :) If you wish to request a feature or report an issue with !SurfaceControl, you can do so on the project page on wowace.com. If you wish to help translate... | |||||
TormentMePlz |
Jul 07, 2011 | Rabbit | Inactive | ||
Note that this addon has not only NOT been tested, it is also DRYCODED - which means the author has not even loaded up WoW with it running. Of course, as soon as it has been tested, you can feel safe to do the same. Until this message has been removed I am not really interested in feedback. TormentMePlz is an addon that automates the shards during the Baleroc encounter completely by automatically scanning your raid for melee/ranged and assigning them automatically to move in on the shard... | |||||
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:11 AM | #1 |
Would you pay $450 for a retrofitted iBook G3?
Some dude is selling a retrofitted iBook for $450. Here are the specs:
1024x768 display G3 466MHz 576MB RAM 64GB SSD DVD-RW Internal AirPort New battery Also, the overall machine is in excellent cosmetic condition - practically as if it was just taken out of the box. Would this be a decent buy in any shape or form? I obviously have no illusions of doing anything fancy, but this would be a nice addition to a collection and maybe I'd drag it out every now and then for doing some word processing.
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:23 AM | #2 |
I would never pay that much for a clamshell,even with the wild upgrades...but if it's something you really want,and you have the extra $$$...why not.
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:25 AM | #3 |
I'm not nostalgic, I don't collect... I wouldn't pay money for a non-Intel Mac, not even sure you could pay me to take one.
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Jan 29, 2013, 05:09 AM | #4 |
nah, could get a decent PMG5, intel mac mini, or gen1 macbook air for that kind of money, so no.
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Jan 29, 2013, 05:48 AM | #5 |
If you're a hardcore collector and you don't mind to spend such money why not. If it's really in "just out of a box" shape OFC. Original box and accessories would be nice too.
Personally I'd find more fun in modifying it myself (and I'd love to do that with my 466, but so far I can't get needed LG LCD cable). |
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:00 AM | #6 |
Doesn't sound like he actually did a whole lot of "retrofitting" to it. If it were an Intel system in a clamshell case, then it would most likely be worth that and possibly much more. But an "upgraded" G3? Probably not.
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:15 AM | #7 |
Never. This is a bad buy.
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:25 AM | #8 |
Hell no. My 4,1 Macbook, 2.1GHz, cost $399. I stick in a $120 128GB SSD, 6GB memory, even without those upgrades, it's cheaper, and will obliterate the G3 in performance in every single way you can think up.
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:28 AM | #9 |
Nope - the only things that I see there that would really bump it up in price from a standard clamshell are the new, higher-res display and the SSD. However, whereas these would make it more pleasant to use, it would still be a fairly miserable experience for daily usage. Plus, if you're looking for a collector's machine, realize that this machine is nowhere near original any longer.
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Jan 29, 2013, 08:06 AM | #10 |
From a collector's point of view, it's worthless. Collectors want mint, stock items.
You would put an SSD in it to make it faster, not more valuable. And the upgraded screen is nice, but again, it's still a G3, which means it can't stream any video and it's going to be slow even with the SSD. It's not practical for any use other than turning it on to show friends.
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Jan 29, 2013, 08:31 AM | #11 |
$450 isn't even worth it for you to use it every now and then. What are you thinking?! Go get an iPad instead.
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Jan 29, 2013, 09:13 AM | #12 |
I wouldn't pay $450 for ANY PowerPC Mac. For this, not more than $50 myself, $100 max for anyone else and that wouldn't be a great deal.
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Jan 29, 2013, 10:37 AM | #13 | |
No, seriously, no. He's trying to rip you off. Get instead a White Macbook 13.3"
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Jan 29, 2013, 11:22 AM | #14 |
The specs indicate it is a clamshell iBook with Firewire, but those only have an 800x600 display. I am always leery of people selling stuff and they don't know the specs.
As a piece of hardware, it would be worth the cost of shipping to some people. As a collector's item, well, as pointed out, people want it in pristine condition with all the original stuff. It is basically worth whatever you would want to pay for it. Given it has a new battery (worth $50???) and a 64GB SSD (worth $80??) full 512 MB RAM module (worth $30???)...it isn't worth much more than the amount one could salvage from it. FYI, some color iBooks were less common than others, so a Lime green one may be worth $50 to somebody. |
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Jan 29, 2013, 11:34 AM | #15 |
They upgraded the screen. If you have the right parts you could do it. Still, pretty cheap.
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Jan 29, 2013, 11:59 AM | #16 |
I'll sell you an iBook with a 1.33 GHz G4 processor, 1.5 GB of RAM, and a 1024 x 768 display for $750.
But no, I wouldn't take the clam shell for half the price. I'd have no use for it, and I'm not sure it would be worth what you'd pay for it ten years down the line.
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Jan 29, 2013, 02:25 PM | #17 | |
And that's the real problem. It doesn't have a value to collectors today, so most certainly no collectible value in 5-10 years. Which would be fine if it were at least usable today, but it's really not. It's not like taking a G4 iBook or PowerBook and doing similar upgrades. Those machines can still get quite a bit of use out of, but G3's are long past their expiration dates unless all you do is check email and do word processing. Browsing isn't going to be that great and anything with Flash/Java/ or streaming video is not going to work well if at all. I had a G3 Pismo, great machine in it's time, but that became so outdated it really couldn't be used for any current things even a few years ago, and it was more powerful than the clamshell.
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Jan 29, 2013, 02:52 PM | #18 | |
$450 is overkill, I agree. I'd prefer to mod it myself instead of buying modded one. It would cost a lot less and would give me a lot more fun. But It's me, someone else could have different priorities. Useability? My Clamshell serves as jukebox and light web browsing machine - yes, it's still possible with G3 optimized Camino, even in 800x600. Running 10.4.11 and OS 9. Still great machine for some OS 9 games. All depends on needs. |
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Jan 29, 2013, 03:19 PM | #19 | |
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:06 PM | #20 |
Never. That's $1/MHz.
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Jan 29, 2013, 04:10 PM | #21 |
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Jan 29, 2013, 06:57 PM | #23 |
I agree that it's too expensive.
On the other hand, a fresh lime green iBook with a watch-able screen would be the baddest notebook at your local Starbucks.
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Jan 29, 2013, 07:38 PM | #24 |
I know it has its appeal, but count me among those who did not like that iBook at all. I don't know what it is about it, I like the G3 iMacs just fine, but those iBooks are not my favorites. I'd much rather rock a Pismo.
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Jan 29, 2013, 07:59 PM | #25 |
Yeah its too high,but if you really really want it and trust me ive been there you could talk him WAY WAY down or ebay has them for $100-150 and you could mod it exactly the way you want it and that is a good feeling ,for that price maybe some gold plating? platinum charger tip? diamond keys j/k
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| UpdatedThe Xinhua news agency says a classroom building and two farm houses have been buried in the landslide, which also trapped another person, in Zhenhe village in Yunnan province.
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| UpdatedAt least 28 people in northern India have died in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy overnight monsoon rains and about a dozen others are missing.
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Landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed eight people in Indonesia's eastern Maluku province.
Two more people have died in landslides caused by Typhoon Saola in the Philippines, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12.
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| UpdatedTroops have begun flying in supplies to thousands of people cut off by landslides and torrential rain in south west Japan.
A storm has dumped half-a-metre of rain in just eight hours in southern Japan, killing several people.
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| UpdatedThe Kings Highway, linking Canberra and the New South Wales south coast, will be closed at Clyde Mountain today for more roadworks at the site of last month's landslide.
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| UpdatedThe Kings Highway linking Canberra and the New South Wales south coast has reopened after being blocked by a landslide for almost a week.
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| UpdatedThe Kings Highway linking Canberra and the NSW south coast will remain closed for several more days as rubble from a landslip is cleared.
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The only hip-hop act on the ticket, Aesop Rock did his genre proud. Joined on stage by DJ Big Wiz and Rob Sonic, the East Coast MC, who relocated to SF three years ago, laid down beats and rhymes spanning a decade of his influential hip hop. Along with last year's hit "None Shall Pass" and "Daylight" from the 2002 EP, the show featured some seriously impressive "turntabilism" from DJ Big Wiz. "This is gonna make your skulls come out of your head," said Aesop. "This is a pretty nice DJ." Yeah.
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Even as the villagers are coming to grips with severe water crisis, the outbreak of diarrhoea, commonly known as Gastroenteritis (GE), has dealt a double blow. Medical records say 57 people had been affected, out of them 25 admitted in various hospitals. People from surrounding habitations were also getting jittery over the likely spread of GE.
As one enters the village, hub of activity was a make-shift medical camp at the Village Panchayat Office. A lone lady doctor who works at the sub-centre was handling all the patients.
Five-year-old Byragula Pushparaj had to be physically carried to the camp. Both his parents had left for work leaving the boy behind. He had been vomiting and having loose motions for the last three days. After administering IV fluids, the doctor sent him to Primary Health Centre at Piduguralla in a 108 ambulance. The village has no PHC and the sub centre does not have facilities for treating patients.
The outbreak of G.E was only to be expected in a village where people draw water from a highly contaminated watertank spread over five acres. Water from this tank percolates into a deep well near by from which water was being pumped to overhead service reservoir.
"We are forced to drink water from this well as the four bore wells in the village had gone dry," rues a resident Gurram Venkateswara Reddy. His daughter, Vijayalakshmi, an MBA student was too affected by GE. She was treated for three days at a private hospital in Piduguralla.
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The tank had not been cleaned for past several years. Hyacinth growth, use of water for washing clothes and animals too had contaminated it.
"Cleaning the tank at a cost of Rs.3 lakh was included in the list of works to be taken up in the next phase of NREGP. We will complete the work by the end of June so that the tank was replenished with the rain water," said Mandal Development Officer G. Siva Prasad.
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Gillian Jennifer | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:26 |
I know people do special things for those they love, but some people do not seem to understand why, could that be that they have never loved. People tell me I am too soft with my youngest he is 22, but hey, I love him, he needs my help, and I can give it, what is the price of a tax disc compared to a life, no comparrison (spelling) I love to help others if I can and when I can I do, but I am not a soft touch, I just love, is there anything wrong with that? |
unsub | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:29 |
Nothing wrong with that at all. It is the best feeling in the world to know that you are really loved - I try to tell or show the people dear to me as often as possible. |
Barrie | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:29 |
There is nothing wrong with doing that |
Barrie | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:31 |
Love is a big word and can mean lots of things |
Gillian Jennifer | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:34 |
I believe in showing love today, as who knows what tomorrow brings XX.. |
Barrie | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:36 |
Always remember tomorrow never comes , So do what you need do to today |
Dermot | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:38 |
Take away love & our earth is a tomb. |
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Barrie | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:45 |
Love is to be together, share your joys and sorrows, understand each other, provide space to each other, but always be there for each others need |
Lindy | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:53 |
Gillian, |
AnnCardiff | Report | 7 Jul 2008 22:57 |
nothing at all wrong with being loving and giving - what kind of a world would it be without loving and giving people in it. And I don't mean giving in the material sense, in giving of yourself to help others - I do all I can to help others in need - not setting myself up to be Mother Theresa here by the way!!! - but my family and friends are very dear to me and I would give my last to help any of them if I could. |
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~~~~~~~~~to Ann~~~~~~~~ |
Gillian Jennifer | Report | 7 Jul 2008 23:04 |
Love is what keeps the world exisiting what with all the murders, and devastation, heres to love and long may it live XX.. |
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and so say all of us Gillian!! |
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Raulie Wayne Casteel, the Wixom man accused of shooting at 23 motorists along the Interstate 96 corridor in October 2012, testifies Monday in Livingston County Circuit Court in Howell. (Lisa Roose-Church/Daily Press & Argus)
Howell �A Wixom man police say is the Interstate 96 corridor shooter who terrorized motorists in October 2012 testified Monday that he was prompted to randomly shoot at cars after receiving �coded messages� during Detroit Tiger baseball games.
Attorneys will present closing arguments on Tuesday in Livingston Circuit Court in the case of Raulie Wayne Casteel, 44, charged with terrorism, assault and firearms offenses in 21 shooting incidents across Livingston, Ingham and Shiawassee counties in October 2012. No one was injured in any of the incidents where motorists reported their vehicles were struck by gunfire.
The shootings put the region on guard for weeks before a multi-agency task force of federal, state and local law enforcement announced an arrest.
During his testimony Casteeladmitted several years of frustration over his inability to find a job and also to being �paranoid� of what he thought was a government conspiracy directed at him and his family since 2009. He said the shootings also came after concern he was being monitored for unknown reasons.
�It was to get rid of the demon, so to speak, � Casteel calmly testified, referring to the shootings.
The married, unemployed geologist, who testified for more than two hours said he returned to Michigan in 2012 after he lost his job in Kentucky in 2009. He said his former employer and the U.S. government were working together to blackball him from other employment.
Additionally, he testified �advance technologies� � possibly satellite signals � were being used to injure his family and caused his wife to have two miscarriages, his three-year-old daughter to experience skin rashes and lesions, and killed his family�s cat.
�It sounds crazy. ... I was paranoid,� testified Casteel, who said since his November 2012 arrest and being placed on medication in jail he has not experienced any of the past feelings.
Under cross-examination by assistant state attorney general Gregory Townsend, Casteel insisted that he carried a handgun to protect his family and himself and while he knows guns can injure people, it was never his intent to kill anyone or to terrorize anyone but was �instantaneous.�
Casteel said one of the shootings occurred while he was listening to a Tigers baseball game on his car radio and suffered anxiety at seeing a �long line of cars� driving in his direction.
He said he recalled listening to one pre-game broadcast discussing baseball hitters �aiming at shadows� or �shooting at shadows.�
�To me it meant shooting at cars,� he said.
Casteel is charged with assault with intent to murder in one shooting involving a restaurant owner�s vehicle. Investigators recovered two firearms from Casteel after he was taken into custody.
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Casteel has already pleaded no contest but mentally ill to similar shootings at motorists in Oakland County where he is to be sentenced Thursday for multiple counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.
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The story is told by an omniscient third-person narrator. The narrator is not a character in the story, but can look down on the events and know and see everything that is happening, and has information that the characters themselves do not have.
The narrator is more interested or in Sylvia's thoughts and feelings than is shown to any other character. The story is primarily told in the past tense with three shifts into present tense.
The narration of this story has been a source of discussion that has divided critics. From the eNotes critical overview, "The matter of shifts in narrative stance has likewise been controversial. It was seen first as a weakness. ...More recently, the shifting has been regarded as an interesting and effective choice...".
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Public Health Threats from Cars and Heavy Duty Vehicles – Why We Need to Protect Federal Clean Air Laws
Executive Summary
Air pollution continues to be a serious health problem in America, and one for which our transportation system bears a large responsibility for. While the nation has undeniably achieved significant success in reducing air pollution since Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, the news isn't all positive. Recent studies have shown strong evidence linking air pollution with public health problems like asthma, cancer, and heart disease. Nearly half of all Americans - more than 130 million people - still live with unhealthy levels of air pollution.[i] And new findings contained in this report show that air pollution has actually gotten worse in dozens of metropolitan areas over the last decade.
Federal efforts, along with federal transportation funding aimed at reducing the health risks from air pollution, have started to make a difference, but must be protected and strengthened if the nation's initial progress is to be sustained. Even so, some in Congress and the Bush Administration are proposing to make drastic changes to clean air laws and programs that could severely undermine current and future progress towards cleaner air. These changes could seriously jeopardize ongoing efforts to protect public health from air pollution. This report:
Provides an overview of the latest scientific evidence linking poor air quality to public health problems including asthma, cancer, and heart disease;
Determines which populations and places suffer the most from air pollution in the U.S., in addition to analyzing the trends in air pollution over the last decade;
Quantifies the role that transportation plays in the nation's air pollution problems; and
Illustrates the importance of federal laws and federal funding – in particular the federal Clean Air Act and clean air money available under the federal transportation law – in reducing the health-related risks from air pollution.
Air Pollution and Public Health
For many years, air pollution was viewed as a visual nuisance. But as the twentieth century progressed, our understanding of air pollution evolved considerably. As a result of several highly publicized air pollution events, including the Donora, Pennsylvania fog, where 17 people died and nearly half the town's 14,000 residents became sick from a severe air pollution episode in 1948, researchers began to acknowledge that air pollution was also a significant threat to public health.[ii]
Congress responded in 1970 by passing the Clean Air Act. In 1990, they approved a significant set of strengthening amendments to the Clean Air Act aimed specifically at reducing air pollution from cars and heavy duty vehicles since it was increasingly evident that underestimating transportation as a major source of air pollution had been a significant factor in the failure of many air pollution control plans. In February 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court also upheld the right of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use health-based air quality standards.
Recent medical research has linked air pollution to a host of public health concerns including asthma, cancer, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, birth defects, and even brain damage.[iii] Air pollution has been found to shorten life expectancy, and not just for sensitive populations such as those with asthma, but for the general population as well.
New research and studies documented in this report also show that:
Asthma rates are growing significantly in the U.S. population, increasing 59 percent from 1982 through 1996 (see the Appendix, on page 55, for the percentage of adults with a lifetime prevalence of asthma by metropolitan area);
Transportation-related air pollution, specifically ground-level ozone and particulate matter (PM) from cars and heavy duty vehicles, has been found to severely exacerbate asthma in both adults and children;
Exposure to air pollution in the form of ozone and particulate matter increases the risk of heart disease;
Living in neighborhoods with proximity to higher traffic volumes has been linked to increased cancer risk; and,
Large segments of the U.S. population, in particular minorities, children, and the elderly, are especially vulnerable to the health effects of air pollution.
Places with the Worst Air Pollution
Where you live makes a tremendous amount of difference in how much air pollution you're typically exposed to. In terms of regional air pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) produces a daily Air Quality Index that tracks air pollution levels for five primary pollutants and has become a standard part of weather forecasting throughout the U.S. Every year, the EPA publishes an annual survey detailing how many times each region's Air Quality Index exceeds a score of 100, the standard for generally unhealthy air which is often translated into a "Code Orange" day or worse (Code Orange days indicate that air quality is unhealthy for children, older adults, and people with respiratory disease). The chart below shows the ten regions with the highest total number of days exceeding a score of 100 for generally unhealthy air over the last three years (for a listing of the fifty metropolitan areas with the highest number of days of unhealthy air quality, see Table 1, on page 26 in the full report).
Metro Area
Total Number of Days of Unhealthy Air Quality
(2000 to 2002)
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
Fresno, CA
Bakersfield, CA
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
Sacramento, CA
Pittsburgh, PA
Knoxville, TN
Birmingham, AL
Houston, TX
Baltimore, MD
Recent Trends in Air Pollution
Air quality has improved significantly since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970. Yet almost half of all Americans – over 130 million people – still live in areas that violate federal health standards for air pollution,[iv] and we now understand that even modest amounts of air pollution at levels lower than current federal health standards can have significant and detrimental impacts on public health.[v] In some larger metro areas, air pollution routinely reaches unhealthy levels nearly twice a week, and in 52 larger metropolitan areas (for which data was available), air quality was unhealthy at least once a month during the period 2000 to 2002. In short, while significant progress has been made in reducing air pollution nationwide, many regions and millions of people still live with poor air quality that poses a significant threat to public health.
STPP's own analysis of the last ten years of air quality data collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows that the number of days of unhealthy ozone pollution (or smog) levels nationally has held just about steady over the last decade (ozone is the only air pollutant of the six major pollutants that the U.S. EPA has collected data for in a consistent manner over the last decade, allowing for comparisons over time). Some metropolitan areas have shown significant improvements in ozone pollution, and nowhere have these changes been more dramatic than in California. While several regions in California – Los Angeles in particular – still have some of the worst air pollution problems in the country, they have also made some of the most significant gains using a combination of air pollution reduction strategies in addition to relying on a strong regional planning agency (known in southern California as the South Coast Air Quality Management District) dedicated exclusively to fighting air pollution.
But in 30 larger metropolitan areas, in 20 states, the number of days of unhealthy ozone has increased over the past decade (see Table 2, on page 28). In all but three of these places, both the number of days of unhealthy levels of air pollution, and the population have grown. In other words, not only is air pollution getting worse in these areas, but more people are breathing it. The table on the next page shows the ten metro areas with the highest growth in the number of days of unhealthy ozone levels.
Number of Days of Unhealthy Ozone (Smog) Levels
Avg 1993-1997
Avg 1998-2002
Percent Change
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC
Akron, OH
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Memphis, TN-AR-MS
Youngstown-Warren, OH
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
Transportation Is a Major Contributor to Air Pollution
Cars, buses and trucks are a major source of pollutants that can significantly degrade air quality. Transportation is responsible for more than 50 percent of carbon monoxide, about 34 percent of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, and more than 29 percent of hydrocarbon emissions (which combine with NOx in sunlight to form ozone or smog). Transportation (on-road sources only) also accounts for as much as 10 percent of fine particulate matter emissions.[vi] The chart below ranks the ten major metropolitan areas in the U.S. with the highest percentage of air pollution from transportation sources (see Table 3, on page 31 in the full report for a ranking of major metropolitan areas).
Percent of all Criteria Pollutants from Transportation
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
San Antonio, TX
Austin-San Marcos, TX
Dallas, TX
Hartford, CT
New York, NY
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
Columbus, OH
Denver, CO
New emissions standards, routine vehicle inspections, and clean technologies established and implemented by the Clean Air Act have had great success in cutting vehicle emissions per mile driven. It's estimated that emissions of criteria pollutants per mile driven have fallen by more than 90 percent since 1970.[vii] But at the same time, the number of miles driven, and the number of trips made by cars and trucks has skyrocketed, growing 162 percent and 57 percent, respectively, since 1969.[viii] Should this pace continue, the growth in driving will substantially undermine much of the emissions reductions made possible by technology improvements from cleaner cars and more efficient engines.
Transportation-related air pollution impacts not only public health, but also exacts a huge price tag in terms of economic costs. Depending on how you value a life, the public health costs of pollution from cars and heavy duty vehicles have been estimated between $40 billion and $64 billion per year. The bulk of these public health costs are attributable to premature death, accounting for 77 percent of costs. The remainder is attributable to non-fatal illnesses.[ix]
STPP has calculated specific public health costs from transportation-related air pollution for every major urban area in the U.S., the results of which can be found in Table 4, on page 36 in the full report.
Federal Efforts to Clean the Air Have Made Progress
Amendments to the Clean Air Act passed in 1990 have helped reduce air pollution from transportation by requiring that transportation plans be consistent with, or "conform to," state efforts to reduce air pollution. This process, referred to as air quality conformity, currently applies to both short-term (three years out) and long-term (20 years out) plans for metropolitan transportation projects and programs. The law requires that metropolitan areas re-evaluate those short- and long-term plans every two and three years respectively.
The air quality conformity process has been critical in getting transportation planners and air agencies to work cooperatively to find transportation and air quality solutions. Frequent updates can also focus public attention on transportation planning and help the public appreciate the need for investments in public transit and other alternative transportation modes. Most importantly, the conformity process has led to increased investments in cost-effective pollution-reducing transportation strategies that support more diverse travel choices.
To help states and metropolitan areas cut pollution from cars, buses and trucks, in addition to meeting the goals of the Clean Air Act, Congress established the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) when it passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in 1991. Under that program, states have spent over $11 billion in federal funds over the last 11 years to provide greater mobility and improve air quality in non-attainment and maintenance areas. Of that, more than $5 billion has been used for public transit projects.
The CMAQ program provides a dedicated source of federal funds to help states meet the air quality standards set under the Clean Air Act. Though the total amount of funding available under the CMAQ program is just a fraction of what the federal government provides to the states each year for transportation projects, the CMAQ program enjoys broad support from a range of interests, including local elected officials, transportation and air quality administrators, business and community groups, and the public.
Together, the Clean Air Act and the CMAQ program have provided critical tools for local officials trying to reduce air pollution and provide cleaner transportation options. As noted above, aggregate emissions of criteria pollutants have been cut by 25 percent over the last several decades. Places which have made the most of the CMAQ program have been even more successful in improving air quality. California in particular has taken full advantage of the CMAQ program, and spent those funds on improving mass transit service, switching to cleaner fuel engines, and other emissions reduction programs. As a result, the number of days of unhealthy ozone pollution levels in California's larger metro areas has declined by 27 percent.
Proposals to Undermine Federal Clean Air Laws
Despite the progress made under the Clean Air Act and the air quality funding made available under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program under the current federal transportation law, the Bush Administration and some in Congress have authored proposals to exempt many areas from Clean Air Act requirements, delay implementation of the new air quality standards, weaken the conformity process, and undermine the CMAQ program.
Specifically, those proposals would reduce the frequency with which transportation plans must be reviewed for their air quality impacts and excuse metropolitan areas from having to consider the long-term air pollution impacts of transportation projects. Some congressional proposals would allow major road projects to advance even if they don't conform with the air quality plan, thereby ensuring the failure of the air quality plan. Other proposals would eliminate federal review of the adequacy of air quality plan emission limits, allowing huge increases in motor vehicle emissions even though it guarantees the plan will fail and thus endanger public health.
At the same time, the federal air quality funding available under the CMAQ program is threatened by a dilution of its funding, as 135 new counties become eligible for funding under new U.S. EPA clean air standards. The Bush Administration's proposal for fiscal year 2004 cuts CMAQ funding by seven percent. While overall the Administration proposes increasing CMAQ funding by slightly over nine percent over the next six years, it will not be nearly enough to meet the new demand for funding and address the seriousness of the pollution problem from the newly regulated fine particulate pollution as well as from transportation-related air toxics, another major health threat. Under the new EPA standards for ozone and fine particulate pollution, the need for air funding is expected to grow by 33 percent.
Congress should reject efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act, undermine the conformity process, and underfund the CMAQ program. With new medical research illustrating the breadth and the severity of public health problems as a result of poor air quality, the nation must do more – not less – to protect all Americans from air pollution. Below are recommendations which can help fulfill the goal established by Senator Max Baucus (MT) that "...transportation plans and programs also serve as part of the pollution control strategy for the metropolitan area."[x]
Report Policy Recommendations
(1) Protect and strengthen clean air laws and air quality funding made available through the federal surface transportation law
Significantly increase federal funding available under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) when Congress renews the federal transportation law this year. Funding should be increased significantly over current levels, proportional to the new demands from new areas and new pollutants covered under the revised national air standards.
Require proportional spending authority for CMAQ over the life of the new surface transportation bill.
Reject proposals to weaken the Clean Air Act and undermine current requirements that ensure transportation projects and programs conform to air pollution reduction plans.
(2) Strengthen the role of regional planning agencies in order to reduce transportation-related air pollution
Direct CMAQ funding to local areas served by metropolitan planning organizations that do not meet federal air quality standards (including maintenance areas). Air pollution is often a regional problem, and these regional agencies are best suited to design and fund transportation programs that can help clean the air.
Increase the funding available to metropolitan planning organizations for planning activities that will help reduce air pollution, including the modernization of air pollution models to better account for the impacts of "induced traffic."
Encourage and provide adequate funding for the use of scenario planning tools that can help states and regions model the air pollution implications of different transportation and growth scenarios 10, 20 or 50 years into the future.
(3) Encourage a balanced approach to reducing air pollution that emphasizes cleaner vehicles and more convenient transportation options
Increase guaranteed funding for mass transit projects and operations, as well as for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and other investments in non-motorized travel options.
Maintain a fair and equal federal cost share (known as the federal "match") for all types of transportation projects, preserving the current law's federal match ratio of 80 percent for public transit projects.
Promote higher fuel economy standards for all vehicles, in particular SUVs, and fund research and deployment of cleaner and more fuel efficient engines for trucks and buses.
Increase commitments to transit-oriented retail and residential development, and make these factors key criteria for new mass transit ("New Start") projects.
Executive Summary Endnotes
[i] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Latest Findings on National Air Quality: 2001 Status and Trends. September 2002. http://www.epa.gov/air/aqtrnd01
[ii] Statement of McCabe, W.M., Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA. October 26, 1998.
[iii] American Lung Association. Annotated Bibliography of Recent Studies on the Health Effects of Air Pollution. October 11, 2002.
[iv] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Latest Findings on National Air Quality
[v] Daniels, M.J., Dominici, F., Samet, J.M., and Zeger, S.L. Estimating Particulate Matter-Mortality Dose-Response Curves and Threshold Levels: An Analysis of Daily Time-Series for the 20 Largest U.S. Cities. American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 152, No. 5, pp. 397-406, September 1, 2000.
[vi] U.S. EPA. Office of Transportation and Air Quality. "Mobile Source Emissions: Past, Present, and Future." www.epa.gov/otaq/invntory/overview/index.htm
[vii] Replogle, Michael, Sept. 17, 2002. "Response to Questions for the Record Concerning Transportation and Air Quality" Follow up to July 30th, 2002 hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
[viii] FHWA. Highway Statistic Series, Summary to 1995, 1996-2001. www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/index.htm
[ix] FHWA. Addendum to the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study Final Report. May 2000. www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/hcas/addendum.htm
[x] Baucus, October 27, 1990, §16969-76.


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The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that about 61 percent of the continental U.S. remained in some form of drought as of Tuesday, down less than a percentage point from the previous week. That number has been above 60 percent largely since July. More than 21 percent of the lower 48 states are in extreme or exceptional drought, the two worst categories. That's down slightly from the previous week. All of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota are in drought. But some areas in the Southeast are emerging from drought after heavy rains since Christmas Day. Conversation GuidelinesBe KindDon't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Share KnowledgeBe truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about. Stay focusedPromote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic. Report TroubleHelp us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it. read the full guidelines here » Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Crime, sexual abuse, property fires, automobile accidents, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides. |
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EDIT: Thanks a bunch for the feature in the Treasure Hunt!
The idea for this movie came to me in a flash (pardon the pun), and I knew I had to make it. Don't ask me what this means. I know, but I can't really explain. I know that it's not an environmental message, though.
Also, Firth makes some pretty amazing music, as well as movies. Go check his shit out.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars September 9, 2010
i like it
its sad but with a positive attitude. it like my attitude on life. i think it very deep and philisophical especialy for such a short running time
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars November 30, 2009
Very sad
Oh yeah, I've listened to all of Firth's music so this would sound familiar. I like how you made it look like the tree was made of blood (the red lining around the white bone) to give it a personality. I think that this is fortunate to show up in the Treasure Hunt, as it's one of Tom Fulp's favorites now! I congradulate you for making a really deep story that had such a short running time. It was emotional the whole way through and told a lot about not just the life of a tree, but our lives. May our hope and love never die.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars November 27, 2009
I liked it
This was a nice flash you made here,the animation was great as was the music and the concept of it was a bit sad with the tree but the message that it sent was creative about how the tree will always come back,overall this was a solid flash that i enjoyed very much.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars November 21, 2009
Pretty good
Overall pretty good. I like the simplicity of it. Though the animation is not complex, it did the job. I think the art could be cleaned up a bit, and I think you might have a little too much influence from David Firth (Not talking about just the music; "So 2005" was a great choice for this flash.)
I liked whatever message I picked up from the flash, as well.
All in all, you did a really good job.
Rated 5 / 5 stars November 18, 2009
view and review and rereview
I view it a lot of time and I am still not bored it is one of the things that make that this site is so good
Ce film est une pure merveille, un chef-d'%u0153uvre je ne sais pas trop quoi dire c'est beau poétique et il y a un petit message dedans de plus l'ambiance créée par la musique est superbe je ne peux dire qu'une seule chose devant ce court-métrage d'une qualité qui est relativement bonne : WOW
If this is in français it's because I didn't find the words in english to express it
I hate the world "french", it is ugly but français (say the good way(it mean without an english accent)) is a beautiful word