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I have discovered a very high level of moisture in my attic and as a result the insulation a near the gable end is very damp and i now have mold all in my attic.
I suspect that the Furnace vent that was installed on the lower attic/roof which is placed approximately 15inches away from the gable wall/siding of the 2nd story attic is the source of the moisture/mold. I have witnessed hot steam/humid air venting out of this pipe and due to its proximity of the upper attic and siding I suspect this is how the moisture is coming in. I have gone out there on dry days and the siding was dripping water like it had just rained. As you can see form the attached photos the vent is placed very close. The second photo is from the inside of the upper attic on the opposite side of that wall. You can see the wall itself is very damp and the insulation in that area is a different color/damp. Can anyone tell me if 1. They believe this is in deed the source of moisture and not poor attic venting? I only moisture build up on this gable wall and the insulation elsewhere is dry. 2. Is this vent placement against code? I am not an HVAK installer just a common home owner but I have done several searches and found references to NFPA 54 stating ""..so that the flue gases are directed toward brickwork, siding, or otherconstruction, in such a manner thatmay cause damage from heat orcondensate from the flue gases" 3. if this was installed incorrectly is the company that did the work legally liable for correcting the problem and fixing the damage caused? I used a very large company and had ever permit pulled and passed inspection by the city. |
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I'm not an HVAC, nor construction pro, however I suspect that this is in fact your source for the moisture problem. Did this problem exist prior to the install? I am not a believer of coincidence. Looking (and judging) by the pitch of the roof, I would have to say that the vent is not high enough for proper draw. It goes without saying that it is TOO close to the exterior wall. If in fact you had this inspected by a city, village, etc. inspector, I would HIGHLY doubt their overall integrity and intelligence. And yes, you do have recourse. The beauty of inspections - it protects you and keeps the contractors on their toes. Good luck! |
What is the location of the furnace? What furace do you have? What is the efficiency rating? |
- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Tue, Feb 21, 12 at 0:29
What type of ventilation does your attic have? Ridge vent? Vented soffits? Can you see the baffles in the attic at the eaves? Poor ventilation 12 months of the year is the more likely suspect to the moisture in your attic rather than a furnace that operates 5 months out of the year. |
Your venting situation may only be compounding another preexisting problem. I don't see any metal flashings installed between the roof where the vent stack is and the adjacent wall. Moisture may be infiltrating at this point. I also see a very low roof vent next to the vent pipe. Does this get snow covered in winter and become useless? Consult a building inspector, an engineer or the permits department again to properly resolve ALL the issues. SR |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 10:56
the vent flashing is incorrectly installed. instead of being attached on top of the shingles the top and sides up to or past the pipe hole should have been under the shingles to keep water out. the wall to roof of the next attic in the picture you can wrap the pipe for the heater vent I would correct the flashing of both it would help to know what climate you best of luck |
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The idea that the presence of some other brain-related disability could limit David's mental-health treatment troubles Tomski, who has known the Mallamo family since 1996. Even if David does have fetal alcohol syndrome, she points out, he's also been repeatedly diagnosed with a host of mental maladies that are included on the Medicaid list: anxiety disorder, explosive personality disorder and attachment disorder, to name a few.
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Bechtold acknowledges that separating brain from mind is a tricky business. "There's no question that it's difficult," he says. "Part of it is based on family history, but even that can be problematic. Someone will say, well, 'His grandmother was bipolar.' Maybe she was, maybe she wasn't. Unless you've got good clinical records on Grandma, you're just making the best judgments you can.
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I found a previous post where Travis talks about bumping the heat up to 300 dome to get cook time down to 1 hr per lb approx. I read where guys cut the point off to get cook time down as well. I thought about this, but I still want to cook the point and get my burnt ends. I plan on starting the cook tommorow afternoon as we are planning on a 6 P.M. feed Sat. night. I would prefer to have to wrap and cooler the wonderous hunk of meat then have people waiting. what to do what to do
If there's one thing I've learned, both from experience and reading all the brisket posts I've read on this forum, it's that there is no such thing as planning a brisket cook and perfect timing. In fact, I think most of the time I've seen briskets cook in much less time than the expected 1 to 1 1/2 hours per pound so, that's what I'd anticipate in your case. If I were you I'd put it on closer to midnight. You can always bump the temp up in the morning if you think you're going too slow and even wrap it to speed things up if necessary.servicceguy said:i was planning on putting it on the egg at 6 pm tommorow night, then I should be assured its done by time everyone wants to eat. I just dont want to be done at noon on Sat and have to have it rest for 6 hours. A 1-2 hour rest in my opinion is best, so if I start at 6 Fri. night and it goes for 21 hours or so, 2 hours of rest puts me in the perfect time. I just want to make sure I can get it done in that time. Last one I did this size seemed like it was done in 13-14 hours, but it was windy and I had a hard time staying below 290.
I put the brisket on at 10 last night with a dome reading of 250 and a grate temp of 216-223. Internal temp shot up to 135 within a couple of hours and then has been creeeping ever since midnight. As of 6:30 this morning internal temp on the flat is 167 deg and sloowwwwwly creeping up. I have another 12 hrs to spend getting the internal to 190. shouldnt be an issue.
Any crazy things you folks have done to the point for burnt ends?
Nolaegghead, thanks for the tip of shutting the top vent wayyy down, I was afraid i would snuff out the coals. At approx 4 am our ambient temp dropped 20 deg or so and that really made the egg internal temp do a whoopty wooo, but it came out of it and so far so good. When the temp did this, I did open the fan restriction as it was running a lot. I bumped vent on fan housing to 1/4 -3/8 inch and tightened the DFMT to a 1/16 inch of opening at best. So far, so good.


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By Jeff Walsh, Oasis Editor
March 1996
Before I was born, Janis Ian was making beautiful music. And with her spare, acoustic recent album "Revenge," the tradition continues. Going into the interview, I was more familiar with her humorous and poignant columns in The Advocate. For some reason, although I had picked her CDs up in stores, I never bought them.
When her publicist sent me a review copy of "Revenge," my first realization was what great music I had been missing. Quickly thereafter, I felt fear. I was about to interview a Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter based on listening to one of her albums, once.
That fear disappeared when Ian answered the phone. She was friendly, receptive, and even through the phone exude her incredibly warm personality. Apparently, I'm not the only person coming to her music by way of her writing, and she's glad people are finding her either way.
Breaking her silence
Ian, 44, of Nashville came out as a lesbian several years ago, near the release of her previous album "Breaking Silence," which also serves as the name of her column. Since I was most familiar with her writing, that's where we started. I was shocked to learn her stint as one of The Advocate's best columnists in recent memory almost didn't happen.
"The Advocate column was really as much an accident as anything else, I think. An editor decided for some unfathomable reason that I would be a good writer, and I had never written any kind of prose," Ian says. "I really had zero interest in doing it. I thought it would be really time-consuming and a royal pain in the ass."
But Ian agreed to meet the editor for lunch with her partner, Pat, a law school student, in tow. Ian says her motivation for the meeting was clear: free lunch. Ian went to the bathroom, and says she was shocked when she returned a few minutes later.
"My partner had a list of due dates and (my editor) had a list of topics. I had sort of been committed," Ian says. "That's really how it started, with the understanding that if I ever wrote anything that we were all really unsatisfied with, we would run it as a black-bordered page and I could say 'This column sucks.' And that's kind of how it stayed."
Ian's frank, funny take on lesbian life began March 1994 and has proved to be controversial. Feedback over her columns always peppers The Advocate's Letters section, from both the supportive and offended. "It's certainly a daily lesson in how seriously people take themselves," Ian says. "I did a Christmas column that was pretty obviously tongue-in-cheek, and I was really surprised at how upset some people got.
"But the only thing I've regretted is when I did a column about lesbian chic, and there were a few women who felt like I had taken an issue with people being overweight, and that wasn't the issue," she says. "I was bothered that people misinterpreted that, because I wouldn't want people to think I felt like that."
The overwhelming response to her column has made writing it a "little more frantic," she says.
"Because the response has been so big, that kind of weighs on me now and then, especially with all the other stuff I'm in the middle of," she says. "Like this week, I have to finish two of them because I have to go to Germany."
Ian says she has always been a reader of The Advocate, despite constant community criticism of the publication for being too male-oriented. "When I was a kid, it was literally the only thing you could read, the only thing available for a gay person," she says. "I disagree with them a lot of the time, but in terms of my own stuff, my original deal with them was that there would be no censorship for anything other than literary style. And they've never suggested I do something or not do something."
Meet Mr. Lesbian
One editor's suggestion Ian did take was referring to Ian's partner in the columns as Mr. Lesbian. The nickname has appeared in nearly every column, often providing the final laugh or sarcastic closing remark. It was a nickname that began on The Howard Stern Show, on which Ian has appeared three times.
"I was doing the Howard Stern New Year's Eve show, and this guy was trying to suck up to me because I was a judge," Ian recalls. "He said, 'This must be Mr. Ian,' and Pat went for his throat. I said 'Calm Down,' and said 'Call her Mr. Lesbian, for God's sake.'
"So, we started joking about it, and when I wrote that first column, because it was about Howard, that came up and was in," Ian says. "The editor called and thought it was a brilliant device. So, we left it in."
Ian says she is a fan of Stern, despite his hot-and-cold popularity in the gay community. "I like that he says what he thinks. Howard, to me, is really blatant," she says. "He's very clear that he's doing this because he likes being wealthy, he likes being famous and that's all he cares about. That's refreshingly honest in this industry.
"Most of the people I've met who criticize his show, like Linda Ronstadt, who just blabs off at the mouth about it, have never seen nor heard the show," Ian says. "I always find it fascinating when people are willing to commit themselves to being that nasty about something when they don't know what they're talking about."
Just as she uses "Mr. Lesbian" as a device in her columns, Ian is quick to throw out a joke and then follow it up with a more heartfelt sentiment. Melissa Etheridge is a huge fan of Ian's, and cites her as a musical influence. How does Ian react to this? "I wish I had Melissa's bank account," she says, laughing. But then, she thinks about it more, and says: "It's always peculiar when you spent your life looking up at other artists and suddenly people are telling you they look up to you. That's a strange thing."
"It's real different now"
Ian says she never went through any major grief over her sexuality. "I always knew I was gay, it was pretty obvious," she says. "I read 'The Well of Loneliness' when I was about 11, and I had some confusion because I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be a guy, so maybe I'm not gay.'
"You really didn't use the word (gay) then, and we're looking at 1962 to 1963. We used homosexual for everybody," she says. "The books were very dismal, and yet I knew a couple of gay people. You didn't talk about it, but I knew that they were gay. I'd see people on the street when we went into New York, in the Village, where two men would be holding hands."
Ian slept with her first girlfriend when she was sixteen and a half. She thought finally sleeping with another girl would confirm she was gay. It didn't. "I thought I would sleep with somebody of the same sex and go 'Aha! I am gay,'" Ian says, but adds that "the sex wasn't real good, but the love was."
When Ian was 18, she read "Patience and Sarah." After reading that book, she recalls saying, "Oh well, I am gay."
Ian says being openly gay in the 90s is so much different from being gay in the 70s. "When I had my first girlfriend, my first intense, live-in relationship, I must have known maybe two other gay couples," she says. "I think the most amazing thing about being out and gay in the 90s is just that you know so many more people. It's such a non-issue for so many more people. It's not like in the 70s where, if you stated it for almost anyone, you would immediately risk forfeiting your job, if you were in the middle of the street you risked them running you over, and a crowd gathering and stoning you to death. It's real different now in that sense."
A different side of Ian
I was out of non-music topics at this point in the interview. It couldn't be avoided any longer. So, I tell Ian the first thoughts I had when I heard her album. I told her that when I heard "Tenderness," which features an easy tempo and her soothing, lilting voice, I was sorry -- sorry I was single, and didn't have anyone to be in bed with, cuddling, while the album continued. It was just so easygoing and touching, that only having a half-naked guy in bed with me could have improved it.
"Aww, how sweet," Ian says. "That very nice, and that would be a good thing to be able to do."
I then admit that I had no clue what I was going to hear when I first played her CD. Her columns are always a little raucous and playful, but her music was a whole new Ian -- one of a mature, practiced songwriter I need to hear more of.
"You thought you were buying a Romanovsky and Phillips record?" she asks, laughing. She said she intentionally keeps the two writing styles distinct, with their own voices.
"I think it's really hard to sometimes, but you have to keep your lines clear," she says. "I try to keep my other writing separate from the Advocate writing. Because The Advocate is really gender-specific, and specific to those issues, and it's reaching a very specific audience talking about those issues. Whereas the songwriting has got to be more universal, since probably 70 percent of my audience as a songwriter and singer is overseas."
Ian says her audience has always had more gay men than women, at least among those she could discern as being visibly out. But more gay women are starting to come to the shows, and the attitudes of the gay men in the audience are also changing.
"The identification used to be so strongly with the Judy Garlands and the Edith Piafs, the traditional victims," Ian says. "That's really changed, and gay men don't seem to need to self-identify to that anymore, which I think is great.
"I know I draw a really varied audience. I know record companies are always kind of shocked," Ian says. "I get a lot of transvestites lately, I don't know why. I also get a lot of baby butches because they read the articles in The Advocate, and a lot of them are not familiar with my music at all. It's such an eclectic audience."
"It does get better"
Since younger people might see Ian as a role model, does she have any advice for them? "I guess my advice would be that it does get better and much easier as you get older," she says. "It's a horrible clichŽ, but it is true, particularly the gay issue within your family. When you're a teenager, they can still keep telling themselves it's a phase that you're going to outgrow. And when they see you in a relationship for four or five years, it's difficult to say that."
Ian's definitely had an interesting life. Aside from making some incredible music, she was touring at age 14 with a song "Society's Child," about the pressures of a white teenage girl dating a black teenage boy. The song was banned, and people yelled "nigger lover" at her. But she had some friends who would look out for her, people like Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. It seems like a surreal youth, but to Ian, it's just her life.
"When you're hanging out with somebody, they're not an icon. It doesn't occur to you to think of them that way," she says. "You're just hanging out."
Now in her 40s, with a loving partner of over six years, Ian's sweet soul is evident in her writing and music. Both are highly recommended to help people break their own silence, and eventually get their own revenge.
Janis Ian is allowing Oasis to reprint the following Advocate columns, which she hand-picked:


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I gather from reading some posts in this forum that some or perhaps even many have been victimized by barking dogs. That profile fits me well, as I have been victimized by irresponsible dog owners nearly every single place I have lived (mostly in Southern California).
Fortunately, I was able to confront 4+ irresponsible dog owners in my community of residence during the past year, and it meant preparing to go to court in one case. Fortunately, that dog owner came to her senses, realized I was serious, and so were 8+ of my neighbors, and she did what it took to quiet a very hyperactive barking dog. She is definitely the exception. Most dog owners do nothing, and scoff at those of us who want nothing more than legally enforceable peace laws. Does anyone have additional resources, groups, and strategies for resolving dog barking? Meantime, the research, resources, information, strategies, scholarship, and group-level discussions at www.barkingdogs.net have been a great resource and encouragement to me, should anyone want to check it out. The largest problem, it seems ot me, is not the lack of laws, but the lack of enforcement of existing laws that very clearly state that dog barking is indeed a disruption of the peace. |
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You might check the laws in your area...in most of our cities, it is not considered breaking the noise ordinance unless it it exceeds 15 continuous minutes and I think (not sure) that is only during "off peak" hours. |
- Posted by onewebfoot (My Page) on Fri, Oct 20, 06 at 1:30
Thanks. For what it's worth, I got results from "prosecuting" dog owners by video-documenting their offenses (which Animal Control forced me to do), and preparing a case for a county District Attorney. The DA's primary concern was additional witnesses. In other jurisdictions, no question, it varies. I'm a full-time telecommuter. I got the phone number of the primary offender. I got her attention. My point - the legal system is largely useless, except when the many loopholes and hoops through which it makes victims jump are fulfilled. In short - both Cops and DAs are comprehensively worthless. Prove me wrong (though you might actually agree).... |
What did the dog owner do to quiet his offender? In our neck of the woods the limit is 10 minutes of continuous barking. |
- Posted by onewebfoot (My Page) on Fri, Oct 20, 06 at 10:32
The owner did three things. First, she put a bark collar on the dog (a sheltie - she has two). Only one sheltie was psycho (still is). Second, she reduced the dog's ability to go outside at will. Third - she hired a dog psychologist entailing multiple "therapy" sessions (I kid you not). Hundreds of thousands of people are starving in many locations on this planet, and Southern California dog owners are hiring dog psychologists. Somewhere in this mix, combined my escalated neighborhood campaign and legal maneuvers against her (with hoop jumping implied on my part), she got this horrid beast under control. |
Wow, I'm impressed! I read barkingdogs.net, due to my own barking dog issues (neighbor has a doberman that they leave outside in the morning and evening that barks pretty continuously). But I'm always too much of a nervous Nellie to do much of anything about it, so I just deal. I really don't like confrontation, and I keep hoping someone else will take up the reins and handle. So far, no one has. Buying new windows has helped a lot... |
A barking dog is a unhappy dog. If a dog is just barking to be barking, it's either hungry, sick or bored silly. My dogs only bark when someone comes to the door. Why do irresponsible, ignorant dog owners throw a dog in the yard and expect it to entertain itself? |
- Posted by quirkyquercus (My Page) on Tue, Oct 31, 06 at 11:20
You all just aren't set up. A 100 watt PA speaker mounted under the front steps is fairly effective at reminding everyone and everything within one mile that the barking is bothering you. And if you turn the volume all the way up it scares the crap out of door to door solicitors. That way you don't have to be "victimized" any longer. |
- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 8, 06 at 15:11
"Why do irresponsible, ignorant dog owners throw a dog in the yard and expect it to entertain itself?" They are ignorant of the fact that crate training or indoor confinement during the work day is NOT cruel and that their leaving the dog outside all day IS. I work from home and I truly hear the misery that the local barking dogs feel. Boredom too but mostly misery. It doesn't change the fact that I feel victimized by them and I definately agree that enforcement of existing laws is a huge problem. |
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The Kelly Cup at PPL Park — Finally
On Saturday night after the Union game, the Casa Soccer League's two best teams will play the Kelly Cup at PPL Park. For the area's biggest amateur adult league and the memory of the murdered Shane Kelly, this is a good day. PSP's Dan Walsh explains.


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More than 30 years after the Clean Air Act set a national goal of cleaning up dirty air in major national parks and wilderness areas, conservationists don't see progress but they do still see a yellowish haze caused by old power plants and factories with outdated pollution controls.
Last week, the Environmental Defense Fund and National Parks Conservation Association sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce deadlines for the states to adopt Clean Air Act plans. To date, only a handful of states have submitted the required plans to comply with the law. The two groups say coal power plants and factory emissions continue to obscure views at national parks across the country.
The groups also say that Bush administration proposals will weaken pollution rules for new factories and power plants looking to build upwind of national parks. A report by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), called "Dark Horizons," says the rules would make it easier for developers to build new plants that would threaten air quality in at least 10 national parks, including Virginia's Shenandoah, Colorado's Mesa Verde and North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt national parks.
The move by the administration is both surprising and troubling, said Mark Wenzler, clean air and climate program director for the NPCA and author of "Dark Horizons".
Bush "made a real effort to get more appropriations for the national parks and every Earth Day you'd find him in a national park…but then behind the scenes, there have been no fewer than four actions to undermine air quality of the national parks," Wenzler said.
These actions by the federal government appear geared to allow coal plants continued leeway to pollute, he explained.
The rush to bring more coal plants online — more than 100 coal power plants are in development across the nation — would worsen greenhouse gas emissions and permit the mining and burning of coal to release a dangerous chemical burden on the air, soil and streams in the national park lands, according to the report.
Loosening the federal air quality rules also would allow existing coal plants that lack modern pollution control devices to continue to "inflict severe pollution damage on the national parks" instead of retrofitting their smokestacks to better control emissions as required by the Clean Air Act.
Notes the report, "the Bush Administration regulations issued in 2006 exempt hundreds of outdated power plants from upgrading their pollution controls."
Toxic pollutants from coal plants produce acid rain that can severely damage vegetation and human health, and emissions that include mercury, which persists in the environment and travels up the food chain, affecting wildlife and ultimately humans.
"If we fail to stop this plan (to loosen regulations), our children and grandchildren will inherit national parks with sick and dying trees, parks with fish so laden with mercury that they are unsafe to eat, and parks where visitors cannot hike without risking an asthma attack," the "Dark Horizons" report said.
The National Park Service and every EPA regional office has opposed the administration plan to weaken the clean air rules, but the federal EPA appears unswayed, according to the report.
Wentzler and the non-profit NPCA are urging the next administration to move in the opposite direction by upgrading pollution controls and pursuing clean energy alternatives to reduce the pressure to keep old coal plants in service and add new ones.
"It's going to be a good decade before we see this have a meaningful effect, but as long as we get started early in this new administration I think that's what we need to do," he said.
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There are a lot of guides about the pickup height for singlecoil and humbucker pickups but there is very little guideline on active pickups. I have had my pickups in the default position since I bought my guitar (Ibanez RGA) but they have slowly lowered over time and I think I should find out some more detail about tone before changing them. I play a variety of guitar styles: Metal, Funk and Blues mainly. Are there any heights that work for all or which are best for certain ones. I need the best sound quality too and the right balance of high/low frequencies. Thanks
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Both of these points apply independently from the fact that you have an active pickup. Active pickups still use magnets and coils just like other pickups, so all of the points you have read elsewhere about pickup height will also equally apply to active pickups. The best advice is just to go ahead and try out some changes until you get a feel for a sound you like. As stated, your question asks for the "best" sound quality and I think this makes the question too subjective to give a definitive answer. |
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For more than 40 years, the Action Center, a human-service non-profit, has stood as a beacon of hope to the homeless, near homeless and working poor of Jefferson County. It has help thousands of families and individuals break the cycle of poverty and improve their lives and their community.
The Action Center (originally called Jeffco Support Inc.) was started by the Jefferson County Human Relations Council May 20, 1968 at Applewood Valley United Methodist Church as an information and referral service. The idea was to provide basic human services to residents of Jefferson County on an immediate basis and in a non-judgmental environment. Formal partnership with Church Women United began in May 1969. This marked the birth of intervention services, which remains to be the core of our mission today.
The earliest programs included a furniture bank and several food and clothing banks located in churches throughout the county.
As it became evident that members of the community were struggling more during the holidays, Santa Shop distribution was initiated in 1972 and one year later, more than 600 children received gifts. This was the first sign of what is now a myriad of prevention programs. By 1976 more than 1,300 children received gifts from Santa Shop.
In the winter of 1971, a total of 21 families were helped with food. By the end of the 70's, numbers increased to nearly 130 families served in the months of November and December respectively.
In 1975 Jeffco Support Inc., changed its name to Jeffco Action Center and emergency services personnel increased to two full-time positions in 1979. This was the beginnings of what is now a counseling corps of staff and volunteers totaling nearly 50 people.
By 1986, the Action Center was serving 14,491 food pantry clients and 3,811 shelter clients. Bringing a close to the 1980's was the birth of a new medical clinic as a joint venture between Jeffco Action Center and First Baptist Church of Lakewood. Today we partner with many agencies to help support connection programs – one of which is the Estes Street Community Clinic.
The growth of the facilities coincided with growing community needs and by 1993 more than 28,000 five-day supplies of food and more than 146,000 articles of clothing were given away annually. The end of the 90's marked the first School Supply distribution and the dedication of a new shelter in 1997.
Mag Strittmatter was named Executive Director in early 2006 and continues to serve.
Under the direction and leadership of Mag Strittmatter, the Action Center has been able to successfully weather the last five years which brought the second worst economic recession this country has ever seen. Demand for services has jumped 40 percent since the beginning of 2008 and the Action Center is now serving more than 28,000 individuals each year. In 2013 the Action Center distributed 60,969 five-day supplies of food, provided 5,995 nights of shelter and helped 4,068 children through Santa Shop.
The corp. of volunteers that originally set out to help their friends and neighbors make ends meet has developed into an ever-growing army of volunteers that help in each and every area of operation. Today, more than 80 volunteers work at the Action Center each day, with a total of more than 4,000 annually. The dedication of volunteer hours donated equates to more $2 million dollars worth of time – the equivalent of an additional 30 staff members.
In 2011, the Action Center forged a pathway through two new frontiers. A new Capital Campaign was organized and launched, seeking more than $6 million dollars to fully renovate and expand the Action Center to a campus of three buildings over the course of approximately five years. Additionally, a new logo and brand was developed, introducing a new name – The Action Center.
This fresh new face of the organization will allow us to continue to broaden and strengthen program and service capabilities into the future as we deal day-in and day-out with the new normal of nearly 160 households each day.


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The CTA's Red Line ends at 95th Street. The CTA plans to extend it to 130th Street. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Updated: March 2, 2013 11:45AM
CTA President Forrest Claypool said Wednesday he's convinced that a public-private partnership will be a piece of the puzzle when it comes to finding the $1.5 billion needed to extend the Red Line to 130th Street.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel campaigned on a promise to complete the five-mile extension but the CTA has not yet figured out how to pay for it. Instead, the financially-strapped mass transit agency has hired Goldman Sachs to investigate what's known in the industry as a P3 or "public-private partnership." What the CTA is considering is nothing like the widely-despised, 75-year, $1.15 billion deal that privatized Chicago parking meters. The CTA is not talking about selling off assets or privatizing operations. Instead, private contractors with a breadth of construction expertise would be hired to design, build, bankroll and maintain the Red Line extension for a fixed price. When it's done, the CTA would run it. "A big international company — oftentimes with a local partnership — [is] willing to take a greater share of the risk in the belief they can deliver the project faster and cheaper than if you go through the normal processes governments have to go through. That's what's going on in Denver right now," Claypool said. "They accept the risk up-front and, if there are cost overruns, they're on them — not on the taxpayers. They believe they have a more competitive business model." Claypool said the private sector response to the Red Line extension and a proposed, Red and Purple Line overhaul with a pricetag as high as $4 billion has been enthusiastic. He firmly believes it'll be part of the mix. But he said, "Public-private partnership is one small piece of large infrastructure project…It is one part. It's not a substitute for public money. It is not a substitute for public investment. These projects usually need local, state, federal, and private dollars to work. Denver is a good example of that." Claypool was asked whether CTA riders using a Red Line extension to 130th could some day be asked to pay higher fares in exchange for the longer ride. At one point Claypool said, "We try to maximize all revenue sources." Then, he said, "Fares are completely unrelated. This is infrastructure." Emanuel pointed to new stations being built at 95th Street, at Wilson, at Loyola, and at Clark and Division — and all of the slow zones the CTA is eliminating. He also talked about hundreds of buses and rail cars being purchased or rehabilitated.


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My Two Cents: What a bunch of pussies! What's next, no contact at all? I thought this was a game for rugged men not prima-donnas and divas afraid of injury. To be fair, it's not the players that want this, just the league and owners who want to protect their investments (athletes). Well geniuses, let's see how much profit you turn when the game is played on a 100-yard mattress with flags dangling from the wastes of your slowed-down stars in their inflatable sumo costumes. Players know the risks when they put their jerseys on, they don't have to play but they choose to regardless. I should write an article on this bullshit. Americana has been damn near emasculated by even entertaining this idea! End Two Cents.
It's one of the most anticipated moments in sports. Cameras go off, towels swing around heads and teams' chances to win are dead even.
If you haven't caught on yet, I'm describing the opening kickoff of a football game.
Kickoffs, kickers and kick returners alike will always be a part of NFL football.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara begs to differ. He believes in a future where kickoffs will no longer be a part of the NFL.
"There's no consensus on it right now," Mara told Giants.com. "But I could see the day in the future where that play could be taken out of the game. You see it evolving toward that."
No, Mr. Mara, I don't.
It scares me that a member of the NFL Competition Committee has such a terrible view on one of the most exciting aspects of football.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his campaign to make the league safer at all costs is slowly turning the most physical sport into a game of two-hand touch. Last year, NFL owners voted to move kickoffs up from the 30-yard-line to the 35.
Five yards has changed so much.
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Gracing the publication's December 2012 cover, the Alvin Kean Wong Designare Homme editorial embraces daring menswear ensembles that marry elegance with an air of fun. From Jeremy Scott's Bart Simpson sweater to Prada's sleek suiting, this editorial features a wardrobe designed with the eccentric urbanite in mind.