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NFPA Journal , March/April 2010
By Guy Colonna
On January 29, 2003, a giant explosion ripped through the West Pharmaceutical Plant in Kinston, North Carolina, killing six and injuring dozens. Less than a month later, on February 20, an explosion and fire killed seven at CTA Acoustics in Corbin, Kentucky. And on October 29 of that year, an explosion at the Hayes Lemmerz International plant in Huntington, Indiana, damaged the facility and severely burned two workers, one of whom later died.
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All three incidents were blamed on combustible dust. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) found that the explosion at West Pharmaceutical, which made pharmaceutical equipment, was the result of the ignition of polyethylene dust. At CTA Acoustics, which produced fiberglass insulation for the automotive industry, the CSB determined that resin dust in a production area was probably ignited by flames from a malfunctioning oven. And at Hayes Lemmerz, which made cast-aluminum automotive wheels, the CSB attributed the explosion to accumulated aluminum dust.
The trio of explosions heralded an awakening in the industrial and enforcement communities to the dangers of combustible dusts. In its investigation reports from these incidents, the CSB highlighted NFPA's five combustible dust standards, including NFPA 654, Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids. In each report, the CSB stated that compliance with the provisions of the voluntary consensus standard could have limited the consequences of these incidents. The level of awareness about combustible dust hazards continued to grow when 14 workers perished in the February 2008 fire and explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia.
NFPA 654, which provides requirements for hazard identification and hazard control to protect against combustible dust fires and explosions, has often been characterized as the fundamental dust explosion prevention standard, since it applies to non-specific combustible dusts, including plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile fibers, and paper products. Today, NFPA 654 provides a framework from which to address combustible dust hazard identification and control.
Currently developed by the Committee on Handling and Conveying of Dusts, Vapors, and Gases, NFPA 654 prescribes a step-by-step approach, beginning with characterizing the properties of the combustible particulate solid. These steps form the core requirements of the standard and are the subject of many of the changes implemented by the committee during the current revision process. As part of the regularly scheduled revision, the committee finalized proposed changes to the definition of combustible dust and to requirements applicable to the hazard assessment, explosion isolation, fugitive dust control and housekeeping, control of ignition hazards, and contractors.
Sharpening the definition Hazard identification begins with recognizing what materials are combustible dusts. NFPA 654 currently includes a broader concept—combustible particulate solid—to stress that even larger solid particles can, through handling or processing, be broken down into the finely divided solid form that creates the most critical condition associated with combustible dusts. The dusts become a problem when they are suspended in air at the optimum concentration in the presence of a viable ignition source, and where confinement occurs, either in process equipment or a building or structure. Without all these conditions, the dust or solid is still capable of combustion, but the nature of the combustion does not yield an explosion. The importance of the combustible dust characterization is evident through the history of the revisions to NFPA 654 and the changes to the specific definition of combustible dust.
Beginning in the 1970s, the definition of combustible dust included criteria based on particle size that was established as 420 microns or smaller in diameter. The size criteria provided a qualitative basis to evaluate solids that are more likely to form dust clouds. A U.S. Standard Sieve is used to screen for the proper particle size threshold but can exclude non-spherical solids, such as flakes, chips, and fibers. The committee addressed this exclusion with a revision of the definition in the 2006 edition of the standard. The Committee proposes to further revise the definition for 2011 as follows: "Combustible dust is a combustible particulate solid that presents a fire or explosion hazard when suspended in air or the process-specific oxidizing medium over a range of concentrations, regardless of particle size or shape." Annex material supports the definition by explaining the traditional use of the particle size threshold and how the new definition addresses the importance of surface-area-to-volume ratio in determining the behavior of various solids.
NFPA 654 protects lives and property from dust explosion hazards and flash fire hazards. The most significant revision introduced in the new edition deals with defining those areas where either hazard exists. The standard relies on a trigger that prompts the application of specific protective measures once it has been determined that an explosion or flash fire hazard exists. Since the 1980s, the qualitative trigger has been the nominal layer thickness of combustible dust accumulations. NFPA 654 has used a 132-inch (2.5-centimeter)dust accumulation to define a hazardous area.
Though simple in principle, the dust accumulation layer thickness approach raises a number of questions during implementation. One of the most common questions relates to the differences in accumulation layers that can apply based on the bulk density of the specific dust, which is best described as how compressed a dust layer becomes. The hazard areas in the proposed new edition are now based on two sets of equations: a simplified set for both dust explosion and dust flash-fire hazards, and a theoretical set of equations that are derived from the partial volume methodology defined in NFPA 68, Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting.
The simple equations reduce both relationships to the product of a numerical constant and the floor area of the facility. The simple equations establish where a dust hazard exists without extensive dust testing or building analysis. From earlier editions of the standard, such a criterion involved a dust accumulation of 1 kilogram/square meter distributed over a surface area equivalent to 5 percent of a building. The committee's goal was to retain some of the traditional qualitative criteria related to the 132-inch (2.5-centimeter) definition.
The committee derived the two simplified equations by applying conservative properties to the complete (theoretical) equations with the results being single constants. The complete equations for dust explosion hazard area and dust flash-fire hazard area originate from the partial volume equation in NFPA 68, which adjusts the amount of venting needed when the design scenario presumes the combustible dust mixture fills only a part of the enclosure.
The committee acknowledged industry best practice by including a new section on incident investigation. An investigation will be required with this new provision any time a fire or explosion causes property damage, production shutdown time, or injury. A similar requirement already exists in NFPA 664, Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities. This provision ensures that owner/operators will respond to incidents and learn from them.
The importance of housekeeping The investigations conducted by the CSB and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) into the recent combustible dust incidents reveal a lack of housekeeping as a contributing factor in many of the incidents. With combustible dust explosions, the secondary explosions are often the cause of the most significant damage. Secondary explosions result from the introduction of the accumulated dust into the dust cloud that can then be ignited by the initial source of the fire or explosion. Thus, housekeeping represents a major factor in controlling the amount of accumulated dust that could be entrained into a potential secondary explosion.
As a result, the revised provisions in NFPA 654 focus on facilities that are intended to operate with less than the dust accumulation levels defined in the new dust hazard evaluation equations. A planned inspection process must be implemented in order to evaluate the dust accumulation rates in the facility and to determine the housekeeping frequency needed to maintain accumulations below established thresholds. The standard now also provides an option for those facilities that are intended to operate above the dust accumulation levels, such as facilities that require a documented risk evaluation to determine the housekeeping frequency that ensures the accumulated levels can be controlled by installed protective measures.
In a related matter, the committee has also clarified the hierarchy to be followed during cleaning. Since the 1970s, the standard has provided guidance regarding the use of the most common cleaning methods, including sweeping, vacuum cleaning, blowing down, or water wash-downs, but without any preference. As the investigation reports demonstrate, improper cleaning methods can be as potentially dangerous as no cleaning. The committee established in this revision that vacuum cleaning is the preferred method, to be followed by sweeping or water wash-down. Blow down using compressed air or steam is permitted, but only after the other methods have been used or when the other methods result in a greater personal safety risk. Use of the blow down method requires that other factors be considered, including a restriction on the air or steam pressure and the use of protected electrical equipment in accordance with NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code®.
The committee added a new section on contractors and subcontractors to address another factor common to industrial incidents, including those involving combustible dust fires and explosions. These new provisions require contractors to possess appropriate credentials attesting to their qualifications and to be specifically trained in the installation, testing, and maintenance of systems and equipment on which they are working. In addition, the contractors must be trained on facility safe work practices, such as lockout/tagout, hot work, housekeeping, and personal protective equipment use, and the emergency response and evacuation plan.
There are a number of other changes proposed to the revision of NFPA 654 that have not been included in this discussion. For more details on the complete changes and proposed new text, the Report on Proposals (ROP) and Report on Comments (ROC) for the Annual 2010 revision cycle for NFPA 654 can be found at www.nfpa.org/654.
The next step in the revision process will be the submission of any Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM), which must be provided to NFPA Standards Administration by the April 9, 2010, deadline. Two other NFPA combustible dust projects, NFPA 664 and NFPA 484, Combustible Metals, are beginning the revision cycle. Both these documents will be reporting in the Annual 2011 revision cycle. In addition to the activity on these NFPA standards, OSHA will continue its efforts to develop and publish a comprehensive federal standard for combustible dust hazard process safety in the workplace. The recent tragic losses suffered by the various industries reported by the CSB and OSHA over the past decade highlight the importance of the work of the NFPA committees as they develop the best practices that protect life safety and property so that these practices can be implemented and enforced.
Guy Colonna is division manager of Industrial and Chemical Engineering at NFPA.


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'Houses of Knights Hospitallers: Maltby by Louth, Skirbeck and Lincoln', A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 209-210. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38046 Date accessed: 08 March 2014. Add to my bookshelf
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HOUSES OF KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS 60. THE COMMANDERY OF MALTBY BY LOUTH Preceptor of Maltby 61. THE COMMANDERY OF SKIRBECK 62. THE COMMANDERY OF LINCOLN Footnotes
Though the knights of St. John held a good deal of property in Lincolnshire at the dissolution, only a small part of it had come down to them from their early endowment. They had but two commanderies in the county (or perhaps three) before 1312, when the property of the Templars passed into their hands. Of these the earlier was that established at Maltby during the reign of Stephen by Ranulf, earl of Chester, (fn. 1) a considerable benefactor of many religious houses in Lincolnshire.
This commandery does not, however, seem to have been a very large one. Its master was accused in 1275 of unjustly citing his men before the warden of the hospital in London, and of wearying them out with trouble and expenses until they were willing to do whatever he pleased. He was accused at the same time of appropriating a free warren in Tathwell. (fn. 2)
In 1338 there was still a 'Bailiwick' at Maltby, having a squire as preceptor, and with him two brethren, a knight, and a squire; there were three corrody-holders as well, dependent upon the revenue of the commandery, which amounted to 174 mks. 6s. 8d., and the expenses of the house and hospitality, and other outgoings being 75 mks. 6s. 6d., there were 99 mks. 10s. 2d. clear, to pay into the common treasury. (fn. 3)
The smaller commandery at Skirbeck was, it is supposed, afterwards united with that of Maltby.
The original endowment seems to have included the parish church of Maltby, with lands at Maltby and Tathwell, and half a knight's fee at Rauceby. (fn. 4) At the dissolution the preceptory of Maltby, with the advowson of churches and of the chapel of Skirbeck, was valued at £34. (fn. 5)
William de Hambleton, (fn. 6) occurs 1338.
The commandery or bailiwick of Skirbeck is said to have been founded originally as an ordinary hospital, and to have been handed over to the hospitallers about 1230 by Sir Thomas Moulton. (fn. 7) In 1338 twenty poor people were maintained in the infirmary; there was a preceptor in charge, and a chaplain to serve the house. It was stated at that time that the endowment of the bailiwick consisted of the manor of Skirbeck only, with the chapel of the manor, and of Winstow (then let to farm); that its revenues amounted only to 126 mks. 11s. 7¾d., of which 118 mks. 11s. 8¾d. went in expenses and the support of twenty poor according to the ordination of the lord of Moulton, the founder of the house; and that it had been difficult even to raise sufficient for this during the last sixteen years, because of severe inundations. (fn. 8) There were two corrodyholders attached to the house, both chaplains. It seems that the revenue had already diminished, if it had really a few years before sustained four priests as well as the twenty poor in the infirmary and relieved as many as forty who came every day to the gate. (fn. 9) As time went on, and the value of land became still less after the great pestilence, this house apparently ceased to have a separate existence, and became merged in the preceptory of Maltby. (fn. 10)
The only preceptor whose name survives is John of Steeping, who occurs 1338. (fn. 11)
In a charter dated 1257 (fn. 12) mention is made of a house which was of the fee of the hospitallers of Lincoln. This would seem to imply the existence of a bailiwick or commandery there at the beginning of the thirteenth century, but if this is correct, it had ceased to be when the survey of 1338 was taken.
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Perhaps someone could help me figure out what is going on with my iTunes Match. I purchased it about a month ago and it's been working great until today.
Earlier today I added a new album to iTunes. When the album appeared on my iPhone, only about half of the songs had the album artwork with it, even after waiting a few minutes. I'm OCD about this kind of stuff so to try and fix it, I turned off iTunes Match on my iPhone and then turned it back on. After turning it back on, none of my music in my entire library has album artwork and also none of my playlist are showing up. Does anyone know why this is happening, or how this fix this? Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Exactly the same problem here
At least I am not alone with this problem.
My album artwork status is as follows: iTunes: All there iOS Devices: Nothing there in the lists and small previews, some are there in the large views. Also happened today after deactivating and activiting iTunes Match on the iOS devices. I am using iTunes 11, iOS 6 music app and iTunes Match. Tried everything in iTunes and iTunes Match - I think this is a real Bug with iTunes Match and the new iTunes 11. |
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No problems here. Still working as intended.
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However, at one point I created a new iTunes library and enabled match on it and it worked flawlessly. I only have problems on iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, and AppleTV all have no artwork or playlist). This leads me to believe that it is a bug with iTunes 11/iOS.
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Solved for me
For me this turned out to be a temporary issue. After 8 hours or so, I again deactivated and activated iTunes Match on the iOS devices - now it started working again > about 50% album arts were loaded automatically. The others I got with tipping on the album symbol.
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I won't link to any stories or posts about Democratic foreknowledge of America's renewed dedication to torture. You know where to find them. The fact that the leadership of the party is committed to establishing a secret, extrajudicial, international gulag in which to indefinitely detain prisoners and torture them to extract mostly false confessions is indicative that the party itself is committed to such principles, and that those "good Dems" routinely pimped by Atrios and Kos and the rest of the gang of internet enablers are mere feckless outsiders without power, influence, or significance. To cast a vote for any Democrat at the national level is to cast a vote directly for the torture of other human beings. It is not acquiescence or acceptance; it's endorsement. If you call yourself a Democrat, you're a torturer. If you vote for Hillary Clinton, you're a torturer. There you go. Simple as that. This is not a complex moral equation. There were members of the Nazi party who did not personally approve of the elimination of European Jewry through genocide. There were members of the Soviet Communist Party that did not personally approve of the purges and the gulags. But they signed their names.
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32 comments:
- LA Confidential Pantload said...
IOZ, statements like these show that you're objectively pro-terrorist. Worse, you're objectively PRO-RALPH NADER!
- AlanSmithee said...
Butbutbut...the Dems promise to lower college tuition by up to 4%! That PROVES they're better than the republicans!
- IOZ said...
- Anonymous said...
Fun comments on this very subject.
- bluestar said...
Feel free to mock me, but I'm curious to know if you think Kucinich's hands are covered in blood as well. He wasn't one of the four Dems who were briefed. He's tried to get Cheney impeached. He says what he actually believes and doesn't hedge. And, perhaps most importantly, is ignored by almost the entire Democratic establishment.
This isn't a "more and better Democrats" argument, but based on this post it seems like you would paint Kucinich with the same brush as the 99% of Democrats who are craven supporters of torture. Am I wrong? - 3:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
Interesting IOZ, do you think that a non-voting American citizen is less culpable for the torture and empire building done by the Federal government than a citizen who votes for one of the two major parties?
I mean, you still live here, you still pay taxes, you do not violently oppose the government, you still have a job and participate in the national economy, I bet you even consume goods that were produced in an immoral manner. . . are your hands really any cleaner than someone who spends 30 seconds in a voting booth?
- the_system said...
Feel free to mock me, but I'm curious to know if you think Kucinich's hands are covered in blood as well. He wasn't one of the four Dems who were briefed. He's tried to get Cheney impeached. He says what he actually believes and doesn't hedge.
There were members of the Nazi party who did not personally approve of the elimination of European Jewry through genocide. There were members of the Soviet Communist Party that did not personally approve of the purges and the gulags. But they signed their names.
- the_system said...
...those "good Dems" routinely pimped by Atrios and Kos and the rest of the gang of internet enablers are mere feckless outsiders without power, influence, or significance.
I mean, this isn't to agree or disagree with IOZ or anything, but you people do actually read his posts before you start asking "tough" questions, right?
And YF. No offense brother, but whether or not IOZ provides more or less tacit support for torture than a Democratic voter is entirely immaterial to the issue of whether or not voting for Democrats constitutes tacit support for torture
Just sayin'... - 4:11 PM
- Aaron said...
Voting for Kucinich means Pelosi as majority leader. Voting for Feingold means Rockefeller as Intelligence Committee chair. I'm all for contrarianism when possible, but this episode does give some clarity to these longstanding arguments.
One of the things that may be worth musing about, is how far complicity can be extended. If you don't vote Democrat, but don't say anything publicly? If you go to demonstrations, but don't engage in effective action? If you don't expatriate yourself?
When I travel, all anyone knows is that I'm American. These debates may reflect little more than the narcissism of small differences. - 4:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
T_S: Well, if participation in the American economy is a tacit endorsement of torture (which I think it arguably is), then I wonder if act of voting is really an aggravating factor?
If I'm a bad person for being an american citizen, am I at all a worse person for voting for a major party?
- Nate said...
I guess Bradrocket is young and this has never happened to him before. Bill Clinton got my cherry when I was an idealistic college student.
- IOZ said...
Yeah. He didn't talk to me at school the next day either, and then he called me fat in front of his friends.
- the_system said...
If I'm a bad person for being an american citizen, am I at all a worse person for voting for a major party?
Oh, obviously. Of course. What a silly question.
But in fairness, I think that the point our host is making here is that, in spite of the constant stream of netrootsian rhetoric, voting for Democrats is voting for torture, just like voting for Republicans. - 5:10 PM
- dan said...
At least non-voters don't help legitimize the two party system, for whatever that's worth. At least they can say they didn't help grant the gov't a popular torture "mandate." TPTB need their (weakening) claim to legitimacy -- why help them bolster this claim?
As for practical differences, not much unless it happens on a massive scale. - 5:18 PM
- bluestar said...
I don't think your snide refutation is as strong as you think it is, mr. the_system.
Trying to fight the system has to count for something. Kucinich is doing more than "not personally approving" of what our government is doing.
I don't understand why you feel the need to be a complete asshole to make your points, the_system.
I take it back- don't feel free to mock me. - 5:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
mr bluestar . sure kuchinicj was FIGHTING the system when he meekly agreed to vote / follow / support kerry .
i have yet to hear from him that he will only support fellow Dems who are with him in principles / ideals .
i am glad he is raising the issues but one has to seriously ask the question how much it is ( or will end up ) as to keep unhappy masses in line for the party .
badri - 6:38 PM
- the_system said...
I don't think your snide refutation is as strong as you think it is, mr. the_system.
I didn't refute anything, snidely or otherwise. I only pointed out that our host answered your questions about what he believes about people like Kucinich before you ever even asked them, in the same post you replied to.
Again, you do actually read this stuff before you post, right?
And really, if you can't take a little snark with your special pleading, then boy are you in the wrong place.
Not At All Assholeishly,
MR. the_system - 6:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
The Kucinich question is pretty easy to answer, people: If he's against torture, he'll become an independent immediately, because there is no denying that the party he currently belongs to is pro-torture. If he doesn't switch parties, then he's cool with torture.
- the_system said...
Party Pooper.
- Exhibit B said...
In years past, when the Democrats were out of power and therefore untested, and the stakes were not so high as democracy versus American-style fascism, it was still possible to say that people like Ralph Nader wanted to "make things worse" and "heighten the contradictions" so that people would vote the Revolution into office instead.
Now that the Demcrats have had a majority and mandate for a year, and look what they've done with it, Democratic "loyalists" like Denis Kucinich (and many blog commentators) are the ones who want things to get worse before getting better.
"We gotta elect an overwhelming majority of pro-torture Democrats who will continue all the Bush policies, in spirit if not the letter; then 2 or 3 elections from now, the voters will finally be ready to replace all of them with real liberals like me."
Yeh-RIGHT. - 7:28 PM
- stephanie g said...
So if I wish to stop contributing to "the machine," as it were, I should perform one of the following lifestyle choices:
1. Leave the country.
2. Move to a bunker in rural Alabama.
3. Shoot myself in the head.
I think it'd be easier for me to just support torture. Someone show me how to place the electrodes on the testicles and I'll be off. I've always wanted to do this in my personal life for more sensual reasons but hey, if I can get paid by Uncle Sam that just makes it that much better. - 2:22 AM
- strasmangelo jones said...
Are we back to IOZ's "drive slow in the fast lane - FOR THE REVOLUTION!!!" thing again?
- Anonymous said...
strasmangelo jones:
Why do I get the feeling you didn't get the point of that whole metaphor? Oh right, it's because you apparently can't read. I'll reiterate: The Democratic Party is pro-torture. This cannot be disputed by reasonable, thinking adults. Dennis Kucinich is part of the Democratic Party. So is Russ Feingold. So are a lot of guys who pwoggies point to as "the good ones". If they're anti-torture, they'll become Independents ASAP. It's fantastically simple, and yet so many of you, as before, throw up your hands and say "But what are we to do? Move to the Moon??"
Here's what you do, you fucking lemmings: Stop supporting torture by supporting the Democratic party. Use some of that disposable income to donate to a third party who will actually uphold the progressive ideals you claim to embrace. If no such party exists, start it and convince your friends to join it and donate money too. If you're not willing to do that, shut the fuck up with your hand-wringing. - 10:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
I finally figured out what I think bugs me sometimes about IOZ, even while agreeing anywhere from 80 to 100% with the substance of what he says on a given issue.
One can, I think, disagree about the level of complicity shared by, say, a tax paying non-voter versus a tax paying voter. And we can ALL agree that none of the options on offer promise much in the way of actually changing the system, short term. And we can agree that what one might call the IOZ position - opt out of the electoral system, speak up, continue to live here, pay your taxes, avoid violent resistance - is, morally, a perfectly valid response.
What rankles is the level of his condemnation of people who genuinely are anti torture and non-interventionist, yet make a clear eyed decision to do what little they can to try to influence events in a positive manner through the electoral system. By all means, argue that what they are doing is futile; I'm increasingly convinced that it is. By all means, rail against the vast majority of elected Democrats who are indeed morally compromised at best. By all means, jump all over those "progressives" who are willing to compromise on torture, for example, to get a marginally better domestic policy.
But to suggest that EVERYONE who is trying to effect change through the electoral system is not just deluded, but morally compromised, is a step too far. Democratic politicians who voted in favor of the torture bill. yes, they are torturers. Democratic politicians who knew about the torture and remained silent. Yes, they are torturers. People who vote Democratic because they like their domestic policies, with out regard to their positions on torture? Torturers.
But Democratic politicians who voted against the torture bill, and who weren't briefed on the torture, and the people who are voting for those people. Call them deluded, call them naive, call them ineffectual, call them a lot of things, but they aren't torturers. - 12:24 PM
- the_system said...
But to suggest that EVERYONE who is trying to effect change through the electoral system is not just deluded, but morally compromised, is a step too far.
Oh, I won't "suggest" anything, I'll happily say it outright: Anyone "trying to effect change" through the electoral system by becoming (or voting for) a Democrat or a Republican is morally compromised.
The Democratic Party is institutionally committed to the same broad imperial agenda as its Republican counterpart, an agenda that necessitates a tacitly pro-torture policy stance, among a thousand other unsavory bits. Denis Kucinich, no matter how sincere his stated desire that the United States not torture, cannot "effect change" in that regard from within the Democratic Party. If he made any serious attempt to do so, he'd be thrown under a bus. All that remains to sincerely anti-torture Democrats, then, is to lend an anti-torture veneer to an objectively pro-torture political party. Yet still they sign on the dotted line. The phrase "morally compromised" is entirely fair in this instance, methinks.
The frustrating thing about the so-called progressive movement being spearheaded by the likes of Kos is that its partisans unashamedly and unreservedly believe in the essentially limitless potential of endless, absurd rearrangement of the political furniture to effect what in reality would be monumental changes in the national character. More and Better Democrats!
It's a tawdry little fairy tale, so utterly divorced from everything that we know about the operation and overall disposition of human institutions that it would be pitiful if it weren't so contemptibly effective at absolving the supposed agents of all this change; the Obamas, Feingolds, Clintons, Pelosis, ad inf. of any responsibility to genuinely play the part. Wouldn't want to jeopardize the next election after all, which, it just so happens, is also the most important election ever, times infinity plus one!!!
But shit, what do I know? All hail President Clinton!
(Now with 100% more vagina!) - 1:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
By that standard anyone who continues to live here and pay taxes is morally compromised. None of us in this country have clean hands.
I actually agree with most of your post. It's the remaining 10% that I don't. Whether it's an important 10%, I'm not so sure, but for the record, to put it as bluntly as possible:
Anyone who thinks that voting for either major party is going to fundementally change the broader imperial agenda is, of course, kidding themselves. But the alternative courses of action are pretty clearly equally impotent. The question then becomes: what does one do in the face of such impotence? The fact is that, if you really want to get down to basics, EVERY possible response, aside from perhaps leaving the country, is, at some level, morally compromised.
Personally, I pick the IOZ opt out (but speak loudly) option. But I don't think that you can say that the person who tries (however futiley) to work within the system to at least ameliorate the horror is any MORE morally compromised than someone who opts out, or makes empty gestures at third parties (which is, if possible, an even more impotent response, given that the American people overwelmingly support the imperial venture).
I'm not going to waste anybody's time by rehashing old arguments, but sometimes it does make a difference which imperialist makes the decisions. To make this conctete, while ALL of the presidential candidates are horrible by any decent moral standard, Guilliani is, I think, pretty clearly in a class of his own. While things could, and probably will, get a whole lot worse with any of them, with Guilliani you have a roughly 99% chance that a billion people will die in a nuclear holocaust. I mean, that COULD happen under someone else's watch, but with Rudy it's pretty much guarenteed.
Now, one could argue that it doesn't make ENOUGH of a difference to justify participation in a corrupt system; all I'm saying, ultimately, is that, given that ALL of us (that is, anyone living here and paying taxes) is morally compromised to a significant extent, we should cut people at least a little slack regarding their decision as to how to deal with a pretty hopeless situation. - 4:25 PM
- Mr.Fundamental said...
that is one heck of a leap of faith, there 4:25.
subvert the troops.
support the taxpayers!
But we, too, need to accept our responsibility. Thoreau went to jail because -- in protest of the war and as a refusal to participate in it -- he declined to pay his taxes. I myself, though I oppose the war, am no tax resistor. In other words, when the authorities order me to cough up (or, rather, when they confiscate the war machine's cut directly from my paycheck), I utter nary a peep.
The laws and mechanisms under which I do this are designed precisely to exculpate me, to diminish my own sense of my responsibility. But whether the law treats me as a child, an object, an idiot or a victim, still I am responsible as I pay for what I hate. - 6:40 PM
- the_system said...
But the alternative courses of action are pretty clearly equally impotent.
Yes, but impotence and overt complicity are separate things. At the risk of being pedantic...
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are committed to the ideal of American Empire. This commitment exists at the institutional level and persists independently of the predilections of individual party members. As such, while it is permissible and perhaps even encouraged in the name of good, old-fashioned propaganda value for a Denis Kucinich to, say, publicly disapprove of US torture policy when the other side gets caught with its hand in the cookie jar, for him to try to actually do something about it is expressly forbidden because the existence of such a policy is vital to the interests of the Empire.
His very membership in the Democratic Party thus precludes him from taking meaningful action. And he is fully aware of this, which is why he's done absolutely nothing to seriously rock the boat. The man isn't some guerrilla operative using the Democratic Party as a means of slipping his real agenda past some imaginary gatekeeper. He's a fucking Democrat, whether he approves of torture or not, and his primary interest is the perceived health of his party and his status within it.
While it's true that I pay taxes and that perhaps I haven't the backbone to face the consequences of refusing to do so, the Democratic Party doesn't get to appropriate my principles and use them as window dressing to disguise the fact that it shares not a single one.
Those of us who refuse to play may not accomplish much, but at least we make it harder for the people running the game to lie about what the game is. Which so far is precisely one more thing than the legions of Progressive voters and politicians have managed to do. - 7:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
at least we make it harder for the people running the game to lie about what the game is.
Really? Maybe that's where we disagree. Seems they don't have much problem lying, even with people opting out and spreaking the truth.
But again, I'm not criticizing your approach; as I said, I mostly share it. I just don't think that your condemnation of the people who don't share that approach is entirely fair. (Which isn't to deny that many, if not most, so called progressives deserve any insult that you can fling at them).
Parenthetically, I also disagree on some of the details - for instance, I don't think that support of torture is "vital to the interests of the Empire." On the contrary, I think that that was one of the many ways in which the current administration (inadvertantly) undermined the long term interests of the empire. But I'll grant you that that disagreement doesn't have much substantive meaning, as the Democrats certainly have been deeply complicit in that policy. - 7:24 PM
- the_system said...
On the contrary, I think that that was one of the many ways in which the current administration (inadvertantly) undermined the long term interests of the empire.
I'll agree insofar as more-or-less shouting the fact that you're torturing people from the rooftops in some twisted and nonsensical attempt to demonstrate your tough-on-terror bonafides is probably generally unwise. Then again, I never said our masters were especially bright.
But as a means of controlling the native populations of our various and sundry foreign conquests, torture is where it's at, man. Don't leave home without it. - 7:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Re torture as a means of controlling the locals - actually, I think historically torture has been more a means of controlling internal dissent. I'm not sure that it's terribly efficacious as a means of controlling a restive colony.
The means for doing that ... well, history may not be much of a guide, since technologically the balance has changed, and not in favor of the imperial power (which is why empire is not just immoral these days, but probably, in the long run, unwise as well, but I digress). In the past 100 years or so, the main way that restive colonial populations have been successfully controlled is the application of extreme indiscriminate violence, to an extent even exceeding that practiced by the United States. Ironically, if one is going to pursue empire, the most extreme of the pro empire crazies may be right - the problem is that we haven't gone far enough. But that doesn't mean torture, which just inflames the victim populations, it means wholesale slaughter of civilians.
Of course, that's a morally horrifying conclusion, and one of the many reasons not to pursue empire in the first place. There is reason to believe that the extreme but not entirely indiscriminate application of violence currently practiced by the United States, torture included, manages to be at the same time both morally horrifying AND counterproductive.
Of course, the "dovish" side of the empire consensus (and yes, I'm using the term ironically) favors other, marginally less violent methods of control, which might also be more "effective." (And, yes, that's one reason why supporting the Democrats is arguably morally dubious - their version of empire may (and I emphasize may) mean fewer dead bodies, but, by being more effective, may be more persistent.) Of course, that may still be preferable to, say, Rudy, "Armageddon" Guilliani.
But this meandering post has gone far afield from where I started, so enough for now. - 8:51 PM
- the_system said...
actually, I think historically torture has been more a means of controlling internal dissent. I'm not sure that it's terribly efficacious as a means of controlling a restive colony.
You're right, of course, but those massive displays of indiscriminate violence just wouldn't play very well on the teevee. And lord knows some fuckup with a cell phone camera would wind up getting the whole thing.
Ah, how one pines for the good old days when you could even get God Hisself to endorse that shit. - 9:35 PM


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Latham, NY, September 22, 2008 – Understanding cultural differences is a key factor in providing health care in today's society. Differences arise from many sources – socio-economic class, ability, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age – and can lead to unexpected professional challenges.
On Monday, Oct. 20, the New York State Nurses Association is hosting a daylong workshop, "Stirring the Melting Pot: Cultural pluralism in health care," in its conference center at 11 Cornell Rd., Latham, N.Y. The session is designed to help nurses and other healthcare providers explore their own and others' attitudes toward and responses to diversity.
The workshop will be conducted by J.W. Wiley, director of the Center for Diversity, Pluralism and Inclusion, and a lecturer in philosophy and minority studies at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
"This experience will leave participants with a more profound knowledge of diversity, social justice, and the multiple identities we all have but don't often consider," says Wiley. "We will utilize film clips as snapshots of social realities, combined with research studies that address issues of social injustice."
The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lunch and all course materials are included in the $155 registration fee ($125 for NYSNA members; $80 for students enrolled in basic nursing education programs). Registered nurses who complete the workshop will be awarded 6.5 continuing education contact hours.
For more information and online registration, visit www.nysna.org or call 518-782-9400, ext. 277.
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By Levy Joffrion Becky Babcox Is 'Woman of Year' The Car Care Council Women's Board has announced that Becky Babcox is the third annual "Aftermarket Woman of the Year." The announcement was made during the 2006 Women's Board reception Oct. 31 during the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo in Las Vegas.
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Schools Need Funding, Support The I-CAR Education Foundation's 2006 school survey revealed that lack of funds is the biggest issue confronting career and technical schools and colleges today. A full 40.9 percent of schools surveyed are seriously affected by this problem.
In addition, lack of support from school administration and local employers is another key area threatening schools today. Greg Brink, a collision repair instructor at Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill., agrees. "It is important that the collision industry supports collision repair programs. Many schools are closing programs or not funding them properly. We need help from the industry so we can train future technicians with the skills needed today."
Clark Plucinski of True2Form Collision Centers and chairman of the Education Foundation board of trustees, said: "Whether you are a repairer, insurer, auto manufacturer or supplier to this industry, the schools and young people they teach need your help."
Mitchell 1 Introduces Guide Mitchell 1 has announced availability of its 2007 Emission Control Application Guide (ECAT07) for domestic and import cars, light trucks, vans and Class 'A' motor homes with gasoline engines, model years 1966-2007. It provides vehicle-specific emission system information for repair shops that perform smog inspections.
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Auto Glass Expo at NACE Auto glass experts exhibited their products and services at the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) recently with the inclusion of the Auto Glass Expo (AGX) this year. In addition, the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council held its annual meeting in conjunction with NACE at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Whether repairers perform their own glass work or use outside sources, they need to know about the latest products and standards. As part of the Auto Glass Expo, a number of live demonstrations were held throughout the NACE show.
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Harpers Ferry National Historic Park surrounds the town, providing visitors with tours, museums, hiking and biking trails, and restored 19th century streetscapes --- all within easy walking distance of the living history village. Harpers Ferry is a place for all seasons where you, your family, and your friends can savor the delights of Harper Ferrys unique history and exquisite geography throughout the year. Each month offers its own beauty and charm, as well as a special array of events and activities. "Journey back" into history and to historical Harpers Ferry again and again....
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Friday, October 09, 2009
401ks & Bond ETFs
First is this blog post from BusinessWeek about average 401k balances that was a followup from earlier in the week. Depending on how one looks at the numbers, whom they exclude (like workers in their twenties maybe) the average balance ranges anywhere from $86,000 to as low as $12,000. A median calculation came in around $43,000.
Anyway you look at it these numbers are depressingly low. Taking the high number, $86,000, how long does it take you to make that much money and how long does it take to spend $86,000 on common living expenses? Forgetting the taxes owed upon a normal withdrawal I doubt the typical person could get four years of expenses out of $86,000 unless they have baloney for lunch every day and macaroni and cheese for dinner.
So the first four years is covered (not really) what about the other 25 or 30? Everyone learns at a very early age that they need to save money. I'm not sure whether people start out on the right path as adults and then fall off or if they never make it on to the path when they start out but this is a real problem and based on the way the mortgage bailouts are being handled any attempt to fix the savings shortage may come at the expense of people who do the right the thing WRT to their saving habits. I'm thinking something like means testing for social security benefits. If you have a pile of money then no payout for you as an example.
On a different note IndexUniverse reported that iShares filed for a couple of new bond ETFs including the iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond Fund (CLY) which will tack an index that combines US Corporates and Yankee bonds. Yankee bonds are issued in other countries in US dollars. Depending on the issuer it is a way of offering stability to bond holders or effectively going short US dollars. FT Alphaville has had several posts recently about Germany issuing Yankee bonds.
If this fund ever makes it to the market you may read some commentary that says it is a way to buy foreign bonds without taking currency risk. That may deserve a not so fast my friend. If a bond issued in dollars will generally be serviced by a US dollar income stream then currency risk is very unlikely. Is a bond issued in dollar and paid for with a USD income stream really a foreign bond? If however it really is an attempt by the issuer to take advantage of what looks like an obvious trade in the dollar and the dollar has another massive rally like it did a year ago (counter trend or not) then the bond, more correctly the issuer, could be negatively impacted.
I'm not saying these are crazy risky just pointing out that if an issuer is betting on a lower dollar the bet will at times be wrong. The fund could actually be quite interesting, I just don't think it would be immune from currency risk.
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- Jim L. said...
Roger: I agree that means testing Social Security may be one way to address its projected shortfalls as well as the anticpated savings deficits. However, means testing also changes Social Security from an income insurance program to a welfare program. We already have welfare programs that subsidize the "improvident" (pardon the Scrooge tone), and I think Social Security should retain its non-welfare characteristics. Therefore, I favor such corrective actions as extending the retirement age, removing the cap on the Social Security tax, and reducing benefits across the board when necessary. In other words, keep the program self-funding and consonant with the original design of the system.
- Roger Nusbaum said...
right or wrong I do not expect social security to be there for me when i turn 70 in 2036. this belief makes raising the cap very unpalatable to me. that one would kick me square. paying in the $16k is ok because i'm used to it but paying more? ouch. yes, talking my own book.
- Anonymous said...
If someone wants dollar denominated foreign bonds they should buy a hedged foreign bond fund. It doesn't have the issuer currency risk.
Just look at USD issued Brady bonds from EM countries as an example. When the USD strengthens the issuer has to spend more local currency to buy USD to pay the bond coupon. A huge USD strengthening can cause defaults. Luckily for the countries that issued them they have a lot of USD reserves because we export USD through our trade imbalance and being the world's reserve currency or our current run up would have really hurt EM countries with Brady bond issues. - 6:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
Would you be interested in an option where the government simply totaled everything that you'd paid into SS and returned it to you at retirement, tax free, with some nominal interest accrued? In effect, the program would then have acted as a lifetime forced savings account.
You'd then invest your lump sum in lieu of receiving SS payments. You wouldn't have to worry whether the program would be there when you retire, and lifting the cap would only put more money into your pocket at retirement. In the meantime, the government would have use of your money to pay those who chose to continue receivng traditional SS payments and not elect the lump sum option. - 7:45 AM
- Stephen Drone said...
I don't think you can call the average 401k account balance "depressingly low" until you know the average age of the account holder.
I'm guessing it would probably still be low, but keep in mind there are tons of minimum balance accounts owned by people who have a full pension, tons of minimum balance accounts for young people now that large companies automatically start accounts for you on hiring you, etc. - 7:47 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
anon, the way you frame it yes i would rather have something than my expectation of zero.
- Anonymous said...
anon 7:45--When I retired, that's essentially the choice that my employer gave me. I could either take a lump sum, which most retirees at my company chose to do, or a traditional retirement annunity with depressingly small payments. Given the frequency with which employers are stiffing their retirees, I'm very glad that I took the payout.
- Mt said...
I'd not be surprised if every single thing became means-tested. We already do this with federal income tax, state income tax, education and charity. Soon throw in healthcare and SS.
To date, these items have all used annual income. I don't know if it is possible for them to start considering total assets or net worth. I don't personally plan to have significant annual income in retirement, so it is only the asset-based approach that I'm afraid of. If you didn't already know, there are other countries that tax a percentage of your assets each year.
On the other hand, I have a feeling that anything that hits the pockets of old-timers is unlikely. They are the voters and political contributors. - 8:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
SS *is* means tested. The more you put in the lower the returns in actual amounts. Then there is the taxes on SS income. 40 years ago there weren't any.
- Anonymous said...
Social Security means testing?
I contributed to social security for over thirty years, but do not qualify for ONE PENNY of ss because of my defined benefit pension earned as a school administrator. My wife, a teacher, also is not able to receive ss due to the same defined benefit "means test".
This is due to provisions in the 1986 tax reform act.
Together, we contributed several tens of thousands of dollars into the ss fund, but will receive zip, zero, nada.
Frankly, you can shove means testing up your a _ _.
- Banker said...
I cannot see how SSI will not be around. I understand that it is way underfunded but I think the Government will (they will have no other choice) find some way to get the money.


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A woman who suspected her roommate of torturing her cat installed a spy camera and caught the abuse on videotape.
Police arrested 25-year-old Jordan Bean Tuesday on a charge of animal cruelty after Alanna Jenkins did some preliminary undercover work.
The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/W22WuI ) reports Jenkins was suspicious because her belongings were often misplaced when she returned from work. So she installed the camera.
Police say the video shows Bean entering Jenkins' room and "actively" hunting the cat, named Chompers. The cat is seen hissing and moaning before Beans catches it and wraps it in a towel. Bean then seemed to smother the cat while holding her down with "all of his weight."
Bean told police he chases the cat and wraps her in a towel.
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Conservation and Development of Resources For the benefit of present and future generations, the State and its political subdivisions shall conserve and protect Hawaii's natural beauty and all natural resources, including land, water, air, minerals and energy sources, and shall promote the development and utilization of these resources in a manner consistent with their conservation and in furtherance of the self-sufficiency of the State. All public natural resources are held in trust by the State for the benefit of the people. |
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Management and Disposition of Natural Resources The legislature shall vest in one or more executive boards or commissions powers for the management of natural resources owned or controlled by the State, and such powers of disposition thereof as may be provided by law; but land set aside for public use, other than for a reserve for conservation purposes, need not be placed under the jurisdiction of such a board or commission. The mandatory provisions of this section shall not apply to the natural resources owned by or under the control of a political subdivision or a department or agency thereof. |
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Agricultural Lands The State shall conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency and assure the availability of agriculturally suitable lands. The legislature shall provide standards and criteria to accomplish the foregoing. Lands identified by the State as important agricultural lands needed to fulfill the purposes above shall not be reclassified by the State or rezoned by its political subdivisions without meeting the standards and criteria established by the legislature and approved by a two-thirds vote of the body responsible for the reclassification or rezoning action. |
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General Laws Required; Exceptions The legislative power over the lands owned by or under the control of the State and its political subdivisions shall be exercised only by general laws, except in respect to transfers to or for the use of the State, or a political subdivision, or any department or agency thereof. |
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Marine Resources The State shall have the power to manage and control the marine, seabed and other resources located within the boundaries of the State, including the archipelagic waters of the State, and reserves to itself all such rights outside state boundaries not specifically limited by federal or international law. All fisheries in the sea waters of the State not included in any fish pond, artificial enclosure or state-licensed mariculture operation shall be free to the public, subject to vested rights and the right of the State to regulate the same; provided that mariculture operations shall be established under guidelines enacted by the legislature, which shall protect the public's use and enjoyment of the reefs. The State may condemn such vested rights for public use. |
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Water Resources The State has an obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of Hawaii's water resources for the benefit of its people. The legislature shall provide for a water resources agency which, as provided by law, shall set overall water conservation, quality and use policies; define beneficial and reasonable uses; protect ground and surface water resources, watersheds and natural stream environments; establish criteria for water use priorities while assuring appurtenant rights and existing correlative and riparian uses and establish procedures for regulating all uses of Hawaii's water resources. |
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Environmental Rights Each person has the right to a clean and healthful environment, as defined by laws relating to environmental quality, including control of pollution and conservation, protection and enhancement of natural resources. Any person may enforce this right against any party, public or private, through appropriate legal proceedings, subject to reasonable limitations and regulation as provided by law. |
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