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'Emperor I' is very close to 'Bloodgood' in appearance and will take on very similar seasonal color changes. Bright red new spring growth, followed by deeper burgundy full season color and scarlet/orange in fall. Exact coloring can be influenced by soil conditions, siting and the characteristics of the clone providing the graft stock but it will be pretty similar to that described above. Try Googling under either of those cultivar names for seasonal images for additional clarification. |
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43 The people are saying that this land will be like a desert where neither people nor animals live, and that it will be given over to the Babylonians. But fields will once again be bought in this land. | 43 Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, 'It is a desolate waste, without men or animals, for it has been handed over to the Babylonians.' |
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My 7 foot x 7 foot little garden house with its cement floor and peaked roof is not a shed. Ted and a talented builder friend, Jeff, lovingly made it for me. Ted saved a 2′ solid wood door, that I painted yellow and salvaged some old windows. With some new materials, but mostly old materials they made my little garden house. I use this little garden house to work with plants, harden off plants in the spring and once in awhile in the winter I go out into the little garden house and jump on a rebounder (an expensive little trampoline). The rebounder is low impact exercise and said to improve your immune system. Once in awhile it is good to jump around and look at the garden.
This is the back view of the little house and end of the garage that lines the north side of my garden. The wall was so bare I took an old window and in the inside of the window painted curtains and geraniums in pots. A couple of years ago a hail storm broke one of the panes. The 3 little bird houses attracted wasp nest. So last year they went!
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Engaging the Broader Scientific Community in ToxCast™
Carrie Arnold
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January 2015 | Volume 123 | Issue 1
On the Cover
Emergency situations are prime settings for outbreaks of diseases spread by fecal–oral transmission. In times of scarcity, water tends to go first to drinking and cooking, while hygiene often gets short shrift. Having adequate water is not enough, however; health-protective behaviors are critically important for preventing the spread of waterborne diseases.
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January 2015 | Volume 123 | Issue 1
The WASH Approach: Fighting Waterborne Diseases in Emergency Situations
Wendee Nicole | A6
In Search of "Just Right": The Challenge of Regulating Arsenic in Rice
Charles W. Schmidt | A16
ToxCast™ Wants You: Recommendations for Engaging the Broader Scientific Community
Carrie Arnold | A20
Also see McPartland et al., p. 1
Inner Workings of Arsenic: DNA Methylation Targets Offer Clues to Mechanisms of Toxicity
Lindsey Konkel | A21
Also see Argos et al., p. 64
"Exported" Deaths Attributable to Short-Term PM10 Exposure: Factoring the Impact of Commuting into Mortality Estimates
Julia R. Barrett | A22
Also see Baccini et al., p. 27
Potential Mitochondrial Toxicants: Tox21 Identifies Chemicals of Interest
Carol Potera | A23
Also see Attene-Ramos et al., p. 49
Building a Robust 21st Century Chemical Testing Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Recommendations for Strengthening Scientific Engagement
Jennifer McPartland, Heather C. Dantzker, and Christopher J. Portier | 1
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Indoor Environmental Exposures and Exacerbation of Asthma: An Update to the 2000 Review by the Institute of Medicine
Watcharoot Kanchongkittiphon, Mark J. Mendell, Jonathan M. Gaffin, Grace Wang, and Wanda Phipatanakul | 6
Proximity to Natural Gas Wells and Reported Health Status: Results of a Household Survey in Washington County, Pennsylvania
Peter M. Rabinowitz, Ilya B. Slizovskiy, Vanessa Lamers, Sally J. Trufan, Theodore R. Holford, James D. Dziura, Peter N. Peduzzi, Michael J. Kane, John S. Reif, Theresa R. Weiss, and Meredith H. Stowe | 21
Commuting-Adjusted Short-Term Health Impact Assessment of Airborne Fine Particles with Uncertainty Quantification via Monte Carlo Simulation
Michela Baccini, Laura Grisotto, Dolores Catelan, Dario Consonni, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, and Annibale Biggeri | 27
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Effect of Exposure to Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles on Production of Free Fatty Acids and Lipid Metabolites in the Mouse Small Intestine
Rongsong Li, Kaveh Navab, Greg Hough, Nancy Daher, Min Zhang, David Mittelstein, Katherine Lee, Payam Pakbin, Arian Saffari, May Bhetraratana, Dawoud Sulaiman, Tyler Beebe, Lan Wu, Nelson Jen, Eytan Wine, Chi-Hong Tseng, Jesus A. Araujo, Alan Fogelman, Constantinos Sioutas, Mohamed Navab, and Tzung K. Hsiai | 34
Effects of the Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical DDT on Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Amy L. Strong, Zhenzhen Shi, Michael J. Strong, David F.B. Miller, Douglas B. Rusch, Aaron M. Buechlein, Erik K. Flemington, John A. McLachlan, Kenneth P. Nephew, Matthew E. Burow, and Bruce A. Bunnell | 42
Profiling of the Tox21 Chemical Collection for Mitochondrial Function to Identify Compounds that Acutely Decrease Mitochondrial Membrane Potential
Matias S. Attene-Ramos, Ruili Huang, Sam Michael, Kristine L. Witt, Ann Richard, Raymond R. Tice, Anton Simeonov, Christopher P. Austin, and Menghang Xia | 49
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Perfluorochemicals and Human Semen Quality: The LIFE Study
Germaine M. Buck Louis, Zhen Chen, Enrique F. Schisterman, Sungduk Kim, Anne M. Sweeney, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Courtney D. Lynch, Robert E. Gore-Langton, and Dana Boyd Barr | 57
Gene-Specific Differential DNA Methylation and Chronic Arsenic Exposure in an Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Adults in Bangladesh
Maria Argos, Lin Chen, Farzana Jasmine, Lin Tong, Brandon L. Pierce, Shantanu Roy, Rachelle Paul-Brutus, Mary V. Gamble, Kristin N. Harper, Faruque Parvez, Mahfuzar Rahman, Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman, Vesna Slavkovich, John A. Baron, Joseph H. Graziano, Muhammad G. Kibriya, and Habibul Ahsan | 64
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Modification of the Association between PM10 and Lung Function Decline by Cadherin 13 Polymorphisms in the SAPALDIA Cohort: A Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis
Medea Imboden, Ashish Kumar, Ivan Curjuric, Martin Adam, Gian Andri Thun, Margot Haun, Ming-Yi Tsai, Marco Pons, Robert Bettschart, Alexander Turk, Thierry Rochat, Nino Künzli, Christian Schindler, Florian Kronenberg, and Nicole M. Probst-Hensch | 72
Genistein Disrupts Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Human Uterine Endometrial Ishikawa Cells
Shannon Whirledge, Linda T. Senbanjo, and John A. Cidlowski | 80
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Preconception Maternal and Paternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Birth Size: The LIFE Study
Candace A. Robledo, Edwina Yeung, Pauline Mendola, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Jose Maisog, Anne M. Sweeney, Dana Boyd Barr, and Germaine M. Buck Louis | 88
Prenatal Exposure to Phthalate Esters and Behavioral Syndromes in Children at 8 Years of Age: Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study
Yin-Ju Lien, Hsiu-Ying Ku, Pen-Hua Su, Suh-Jen Chen, Hsiao-Yen Chen, Pao-Chi Liao, Wei-J. Chen, and Shu-Li Wang | 95
Prenatal Phthalate Exposures and Anogenital Distance in Swedish Boys
Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Fredrik Carlstedt, Bo AG. Jönsson, Christian H. Lindh, Tina K. Jensen, Anna Bodin, Carin Jonsson, Staffan Janson, and Shanna H. Swan | 101
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Variation in Urinary Flow Rates According to Demographic Characteristics and Body Mass Index in NHANES: Potential Confounding of Associations between Health Outcomes and Urinary Biomarker Concentrations
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i am about 70 kg with a size 9 boot, im looking for a board that will be good for everything in the park and be really good for jumps. what size board would be best for me?
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If you want an all-around good size I would go for something around a 150-152. You are pretty light and you have a lot of options,but I would def say go for something in that ball park. If you like your board a lil smaller because you mainly ride park then go for something like a 148-150. If you go too big, it might throw you off a little in swing weight. Im 6'/165lbs and I ride a 154 for my everything deck, but mainly ride park as we do not have mountains in Ontario :( Hope this helps brotha
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I used 11 blooms in this work that had that "Oldie" feel to it. The roses I used are Precious Dreams, Star Magic, Jeri Jennings, Joyce Barden, Louise Clements, Mariposa Gem(Half Open), Rainforest, Dresden Doll, Fuzzy Wuzzy Red, Night Moss, Paint Brush and last Scarlett Moss.�Enjoy--Ron
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General Motors Co. (GM:US), the world's largest automaker, named a new advertising agency for its Chevrolet brand as part of reorganizing the company's marketing efforts aimed at saving $2 billion over five years.
The Chevy business will go to Commonwealth, a newly created joint venture between Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC:US)'s Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.'s McCann Erickson Worldwide, GM said today in a statement. Chevrolet, GM's largest brand by unit sales, previously used 70 ad agencies around the world, the carmaker said.
"This is the first time that two large marketing communications holding companies have come together to form a single company," Joel Ewanick, GM's chief marketing officer, said in the statement. "Commonwealth will be based right here in Detroit, and its only focus will be on strengthening and growing Chevrolet into an iconic global brand."
GM will look at the "Chevy Runs Deep" campaign with the intent of deciding its future by midyear, Ewanick said during a conference call with reporters.
"No decision has been made on 'Chevy Runs Deep,'" he said. The company will examine "what do we do with the theme line. Do we need a theme line? And if it is, is it 'Chevy Runs Deep?'"
Ewanick said the slogan has started to see "traction" in some markets outside the U.S.
Goodby had held Chevrolet's ad business in the U.S. while McCann was the brand's agency in many global markets, including Brazil and China, GM said. GM in January disclosed that Aegis Group Plc (AGS)'s Carat was selected as the company's agency for media planning and buying.
The $2 billion in savings will occur over five years, Ewanick said in the statement, "with a portion used to take advantage of key global marketing opportunities and strengthen the focus on our global Chevrolet brand, and a portion hitting the bottom line."
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Radiation is energy that is sent out from a source. Radiation exposure occurs when a person is exposed to this energy.
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Ole Miss looks to keep quality wins coming in tourney
For the purposes of padding a postseason resume, teams could do a lot worse than playing in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. (May 20, 2014, Page 6)
Offense leads Rebels past Arkansas St. 16-9
JONESBORO, Ark. — Ole Miss jumped out to a quick start with a four-run first inning and raced past Arkansas State with three big innings as the 11th-ranked Rebels (38-15) defeated Arkansas State (29-23) by a score of 16-9 Tuesday night. (May 14, 2014, Page 8)
Rebel bullpen unable to hold off USM
The start of Wednesday night's game against Southern Mississippi looked to be a carryover from last weekend against Kentucky with No. 10 Ole Miss jumping out to a quick 4-0 lead. The Golden Eagles had other ideas, coming back to tie the game three different times and eventually defeating the Rebels 7-6 at Oxford-University Stadium. (May 1, 2014, Page 10)
Six-run fourth keys Rebs' win over Racers
Ole Miss catcher Austin Knight admitted Murray State's barrage of pitchers made it hard for the Rebels to get in an early rhythm at the plate. But the bats didn't stay quiet for long. (April 10, 2014, Page 2B)
Ole Miss eases past UAPB 11-1
Ole Miss' baseball team gave the children something to cheer about Wednesday afternoon. (April 3, 2014, Page 9)
Rebels' early lead overtaken by Eagles
PEARL — Coming of a sweep of Missouri this past weekend, No. 13 Ole Miss was carrying some hot bats with them to Trustmark Park. But as the temperature cooled Tuesday evening, so did the Rebels, who lost to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles 5-3. (March 26, 2014, Page 8)
Ole Miss walks off again against ULM
Ole Miss' baseball team has had a flair for the dramatic this week. (February 27, 2014, Page 9)
Bianco hopes healthier 2014 team leads to more stolen bases
The Rebels were not good thieves in 2013.
After talking about being more athletic and, in turn, looking to create more runs by being aggressive on the base paths a year ago, Ole Miss actually took a step back. (more…) (June 13, 2013, Page 2B)
With class intact, Bianco expects more competition
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When I was a young college girl attending theatre school, I was not the fabulous and ultra savvy Hollywood Assistant you see before you. I was awkward, shy and one of three burgeoning thespians that didn't want to be an actress. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to be cool enough to capture the attention of these gregarious classmates of mine for longer than two seconds of discussion period in which any personal opinions I had of Bertolt Brecht were very soon overshadowed by someone else's deep connection with the reading material. I thought, out of every student at that school, I was the most forgettable.
I changed my major two years into it, but before I did, I got to see some good, solid, provocative college theatre, including a performance of Equus by Peter Shaffer. The play itself has been getting a lot of press recently because Harry Potter shows his unmentionables on stage with a horse for the performances of it in London and now Broadway. The nudity is a required part of every performance of Equus, or at least it should be, and my college's staging of the show was no exception. There are two things I remember about the show: 1) there were these amazing horse masks that were welded out of iron, and 2) the star of the show's penis.
OK, that makes me sound pretty pervy, especially since there wasn't really anything remarkable about his penis. The star was attractive, yes. But I guess I hadn't really seen a lot of penis back then, so this very public unveiling of penis was particularly memorable.
Flash forward to yesterday. I'm at the Target in West Hollywood, picking up some toilet paper and a pot and some new shoes when I hear someone call my name. I turn around and it's the guy! The guy whose penis I will always remember!
But wait a minute... How did he even know my name? Like I'd mentioned earlier, I envisioned myself as this ugly duckling of the theatre school, always on the perifery of the social scene. I can't remember one moment in which I made an impression on anybody.
I tried to play down how flattered I was that he'd remembered me and that he felt inclined enough to even call out to me while I passed him at a department store. My high pitched "Heeeeeyyyy!" is pretty hard to downplay.
"How are you!" I exclaimed. "It's been years!"
"Has it?" he asked thoughtfully. "Ah, yes. I suppose it has."
"What are you up to? Are you still acting?" I inadvertently remembered seeing him get naked on stage. I had to try hard not to literally shake the memory out of my head while I talked to him.
"Ah, well, it's been REALLY slow, you know, because of the strike coming up and everything. But yeah. What about you? You still acting?"
I laughed to myself, satisfied that I was, in fact, as unmemorable as I thought. "Oh no, I never wanted to be an actor. I wanted to write. So I'm doing that, but you know... not professionally or anything, you know, just workin..." Shit. Shit. Shit. I've said too much. Damn it.
"Where are you living now?" He didn't see me kicking myself. Good.
"I'm in Hollywood, you know that little residential area near the canyon. You?"
"Ah, I'm in Silverlake. You know, it's good, just too many chopped haircuts for me."
"You know, it's funny, I just got my haircut today and I was going to go to a barbershop in Silverlake, but I thought I wasn't ready to jump into the whole hipster look thing, so I went someplace else and got some bangs." Why can't I just shut up?
"Ah, well. They're very pretty. You look very well." There was a pause as he gave me a sort of charming side smile. "Are you on facebook?" he asked.
"YEAH! You should come find me on facebook!"
"Yeah, I'll find you on facebook. See ya."
I breathed a sigh of relief, but only to myself, as there were other Target shoppers about and I didn't want them seeing how flustered I'd just become. And also, I hoped they couldn't recognize how big of an asshole I am since I couldn't remember the guy's full name. I was too busy thinking to myself, "I've seen your penis!"
But ha! You do have a clear memory of his penis so you know that's something.
Very fun read. And your private reaction to having talked about your writing, " Shit. Shit. Shit. I've said too much. Damn it." Verrrry funny.
But then, penii delight me in general.
...I grew up in Silverlake, so this is just too fun for me.
Swimming along in a tuna school.
There is a better verbal intercourse,
based on more inner sensations? Yes.
Open. It's exquisite. Better than biological.
Of course, we are humans who are attraction.
I am saying:`No relation will survive, if 'dead'...
It's best to Know a inward Beauty in one-another.


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Jeff Bishop, representing the Port Commission, issued a factually flawed pitch for community support for an LNG terminal while simultaneously taking a swing at Jordan Cove project manager, Bob Braddock, as well as taking pot shots at a "small, but vocal, minority of industrial development opponents". Written as an open letter to "Port District Residents" and printed as an oddly skewed ad in today's The World, the missive is a treasure trove of ammunition for LNG and pipeline opponents not just in Coos County but everywhere.
The letter is so rich with sparkling gems and pearlescent glimmers of shimmering truths amidst the dredge spoils of 'beach enrichment' obfuscation it will take several posts to cover it all. A commonly voiced complaint amongst Port observers is that the commission make fast and loose with public meeting laws. So a big question is when did the Port hold a "public" meeting directing Bishop to make these specific claims on their behalf? And how much did it cost to run a half page ad?
In another highlight, Bishop claims, "…$3 billion/$3.5 billion investment in an import LNG terminal and pipeline would generate property taxes for Coos County estimated at $12 million to $15 million per year." This is simply untrue. The county will not receive a penny in tax for Jordan Cove terminal because it is sited in an urban renewal district (and an enterprise zone). Coos County would receive property tax revenue from the pipeline but according to County Commissioner Bob Main, "Cost, most generally, does not equal value because many economic factors will affect value in the market place". [More on this in upcoming posts]
The real gold nugget for landowners threatened by the pipeline is the pitch to use the 'import' terminal as a "dual-use facility", as in "export" terminal that will seriously undermine several key assertions of the "millions of dollars in the regulatory and permitting processes to date". Primarily, in order to acquire land easements via eminent domain, the project must prove a public "need" and exporting demonstrates just the opposite. Bishop may just have cost Jordan Cove Energy Partners millions if they have to rewrite their original application to include exporting and goodness knows what that will do to the pipeline. [More on this in upcoming posts]
Bishop also appears to take issue with points made on this blog recently. "The claim that the proposed LNG terminal site on Coos Bay's North Spit is unstable is also not factual. Verifiable geotechnical studies have shown the typical sand ridges comprising portions of the Oregon Coast have been there for eons…". He goes on to say, "…the available evidence demonstrates the proposed LNG terminal can operate safely, and if constructed as engineers have planned, the terminal could survive a magnitude 9.0 earthquake".
First, geologists have determined the magnitude and approximate dates, every 500 years or so, of mega-thrust 9.0 subduction earthquakes in this region, by measuring observable shifts in the sand and strata. For some pictorial evidence of relatively recent earthquakes, click here.
Further, Environmental Condition 52, of the FERC Final Order, dated December 17, 2009, directs Jordan Cove to "submit a final engineering design that includes detailed seismic specifications and other measures to mitigate the impacts of seismic hazards" and that the "LNG terminal design is currently at the Front End Engineering Design stage.." We believe FERC is still awaiting these engineering designs. [thanks to Jody McCaffree for this info]
Bishop's faith based belief engineers can out-design acts of God ignores the fact engineers are mere mortals and prone to error. The expensively engineered Tacoma Narrows Bridge fell in a spectacular fashion, November 7, 1940, just four months after it opened because engineers neglected to factor in wind induced resonance. (see amazing video).
Before that, in 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed just hours after being inspected by the designer and sent 12.5 billion gallons of water flooding into the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.
There was the tragic O-ring failure that blew up the Space Shuttle Challenger at lift off and the flying booster rocket foam that damaged heat protective tiles destroying the Columbia upon re-entry.
The Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway collapse in Kansas City, Missouri, the Hubble Telescope and its flawed $100 million mirror, the Hindenburg, the Titanic and Chernobyl to name a few, all were rigorously engineered by the greatest minds of their day, reviewed, received permits and more inspections and still failed catastrophically.
If these examples aren't recent enough, consider last summer's BP Oil spill in the Gulf. A forensic study of the BOP (blowout preventer) "giant stacks of valves installed on top of land and sea wells to help maintain control during unexpected pressure changes" determined that BOPs fail to work in a blowout.
The report cast fresh doubt on the effectiveness of BOPS and renewed calls for a redesign of the devices, including proposals for redundant pipe-cutting components and more powerful rams.
Do they work at all?"It isn't clear from this report that blowout preventers can actually prevent major blowouts once they've started," said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee.
DNV, the forensic firm, recommended the oil industry further study whether shear rams can "complete their intended function" and completely cut drill pipe, no matter where it is in the well hole. It said that those conclusions should be incorporated in the design of future blowout preventers and used to modify those already deployed.
Despite this knowledge the Department of the Interior and the Obama administration have issued twenty five new deep water drilling permits in the Gulf.
Bishop's frustration with NIMBY people "who have decided their view of the future for the south coast is what must be adopted" is also felt by the targets of his tirade who feel his view of the "south coast is what must be adopted" and is as "skewed" as his letter. Far from being "anti-industrial development" most port district residents simply want a diversity of investments that show a reasonable and timely return on investment, rather than throwing all the eggs into the LNG basket.
We want sustainable industries that do not damage the environment for future generations or require the acquisition of private land by eminent domain. Jobs that come with a price tag of devalued property along a pipeline route or eliminates jobs because oyster beds and fish spawning habitat are destroyed are too expensive and will not return the investment made by the public. If a container port were financially feasible and could support itself and pay off its infrastructure costs in a reasonable amount of time, everyone would be in favor. Everyone.
Unlike Bishop, and his compliant and incurious commissioners, many port district residents have questions. Further, we would like to see the Port move out of the 19th century with its unhealthy dependence upon finite fossil fuels and into the abundant and renewable 21st century. Instead of digging its heels into a bygone era hoping to survive in a highly competitive market look beyond the traditional maritime model to exploit the unique features of the area and redefine what it means to be a successful port. The fall of great civilizations is generally attributed to the failure of leaders to adapt to the needs and pressures of a changing world.
In a later post I will address some points regarding Bishop's claims that capitalizing on disaster struck Japan will somehow help the US economy and balance the trade deficit. (The image of a vulture picking over carrion came to mind when reading that part of the letter). Further, Bishop's claims about "recent technological advances utilized in natural gas production are resulting in significant new volumes of gas throughout North America" probably means hydraulic fracturing… {more in a later post]
Seventh in an Occasional Series
Jordan Cove Must Explore All Market Opportunities
April 2011
To Port District Residents
In a recent story in the World (3/17/2011) concerning the Jordan Cove Energy Project, Bob Braddock's comments were frankly disappointing given the catastrophic events in Japan and the serious challenges Japan faces in meeting its critical energy needs. Braddock expressed his opinion that exporting natural gas was "… a stupid idea."
Mr. Braddock's position is incredibly short-sighted when considering the state of the U.S. economy, and in light of the positive benefits that could accrue for Oregon's south coast if Jordan Cove were to convert its proposed terminal to a dual-use facility. It is apparent that natural gas markets worldwide are changing rapidly and for very legitimate reasons.
The devastation in northeast Japan from the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami is heart wrenching, and those events, combined with the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plan have wreaked havoc on the region's residents, and on Japan's economy.
However, the combined disasters have resulted in both the Japanese government and Japan's energy sector re-evaluating nuclear power and actively seeking additional natural gas sources. The Japanese have always been resilient, and the people and the nation will recover and prosper.
Currently Japan imports about 97% of the natural gas used for industrial operations, commercial uses, power generation and residential application. There are 28 LNG receiving terminals throughout the country, with another five under construction and one in the planning stage.
Coincidentally, recent technological advances utilized in natural gas production are resulting in significant new volumes of gas throughout North America. Of course this bodes well for domestic gas availability, and given increasing international demand, there could be advantageous export opportunities, not only for North American gas producers, but these exports also would significantly help the U.S. balance of trade deficit due to continuing import volumes, while decreasing dependence on nuclear energy.
If Coos Bay harbor were the site of a dual-use LNG import/export terminal there would be significant benefit to the region in terms of long-term property tax revenue and well- paying jobs.
It must be noted that the LNG storage tank at the Sendai City Gas Shinminato terminal, at the epicenter of the earthquake and tsunami, sustained no damage from either event. There was damage to ancillary equipment at the facility, but the terminal should be back in service supplying gas to the region within four to six weeks. It is doubtful the nearby nuclear plant will ever return to service, and there are questions about whether it should.
The other important fact to note is that the engineering design and construction used for the Shinminato LNG tank is much the same as that proposed for the lower Coos Bay's North Spit LNG terminal.
However, the community will continue to be exposed to scare tactics and misleading information from the small, but vocal, minority of industrial development opponents who have decided their view of the future for the south coast is what must be adopted, rather than having the region benefit from an economy balanced by several strong economic sectors, including revitalized maritime commerce.
The LNG sector of the international energy industry has a remarkable safety record. This record is well documented and irrefutable. The facts are there to examine, even as some people choose to distort the disclaim them. LNG transportation by marine tanker is safe and continues to increase.
The claim that the proposed LNG terminal site on Coos Bay's North Spit is unstable is also not factual. Verifiable geotechnical studies have shown the typical sand ridges comprising portions of the Oregon Coast have been there for eons, while upper dune layers shift with the wind, the compressed/compacted sand below, and underlying sandstone and other layers are extremely stable and will easily and safely support LNG tanks and other structures. Additionally, engineering analysis indicates tank integrity will be further enhanced by the piling system that will support and tether the tanks inside a high-walled containment enclosure.
All the available evidence demonstrates the proposed LNG terminal can operate safely, and if constructed as engineers have planned, the terminal could survive a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. The Oregon Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction also has modeled various tsunami scenarios and those have been presented to the community at Port Commission meetings. This computer modeling shows minimal impact to the proposed LNG site from a tsunami created by an earthquake of similar magnitude to what hit Japan's northeast coast.
It is unfortunate that other critical infrastructure in the community has not been constructed to the same high standards. And it is self-evident that a dialogue must take place in order to deal with this situation.
After assessing the safety and security issues, the question that should be uppermost for the community is "what would be the financial benefits from multi-billion dollar infrastructure investments and what jobs will be here as a result of these huge investments?"
The Jordan Cove project and the Pacific Connector pipeline component have invested millions of dollars in the regulatory and permitting processes to date and they continue to move forward with additional permitting requirements. Now may be the time for them to consider other options, such as a dual-use facility, and the benefits that type of facility could bring to the south coast.
The estimated $3 billion/$3.5 billion investment in an import LNG terminal and pipeline would generate property taxes for Coos County estimated at $12 million to $15 million per year. Construction would create approximately 800 aggregate jobs through the 36 to 42 month construction period. An import terminal would create a minimum of 60 permanent jobs, while a dual-use facility would create at least 100 jobs. Additionally, there will be another 50 to 75 jobs created directly associated with the terminal operations.
Consider what an investment in the neighborhood of $4 billion/$5 billion for a dual-use facility would generate in property taxes.
At a recent U.S. Congressional hearing, I was pleased to represent the American Association of Port Authorities and provide testimony about the significant benefits of exports in revitalizing the U.S. economy and creating jobs. Oregon's bay area could also benefit in the short- and the long-term if the Jordan Cove facility became a dual-use LNG terminal.
Perhaps it is time for this community to take a stand on the future in maritime commerce in the Coos Bay harbor and to tell the NIMBY faction that the marine and industrial development can and will be compatible with tourism, sport and commercial fishing, forestry and lumber manufacturing and other components of the local economy.
Marine commerce was once a driving force in the region, and there is a history of beneficial trade between the Coos Bay harbor and ports in Japan. When marine commerce helped drive the local economy there was money for schools, parks, law enforcement, better roads and public facilities, and a quality of life for everyone that was much better than it is today,
It can be that way again, if the community wants prosperity, and a vigorous, viable, multi-faceted economy.
Jeff Bishop
Chief Executive Officer
This is the seventh in a series of letters to the community from the Board of Commissioners and Chief Executive Officer of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. These letters will address various economic development projects and issues as they relate to the vision, mission and goals established by the Board.
13 Responses to "Port CEO Jeff Bishop takes out ad and rants against Braddock and "NIMBYS""
Jeff Bishop has had more than his share of hairbrain ideas that have left Coos County picking up the tab. How about the nickle mining plant in Coos Bay a short timer that went bankrupt and left us with a superfund site cleanup Hum!
He also brought strip mining to Oregon. Never in my 60 years did I think they would allow strip mining. They left town quick and the county got stuck with a bunch of road work upgrades bridge work and they never paid any taxes Hum!
Than we have the railroad to no where because it only goes 5 MPH. The bridges are bad and there is many more ties that need replacement. Too cut cost they did not install concrete rail ties. Is this anyway too run a railroad? Hum!
Now he is trying too sell his biggest pitch yet. Stay tuned they may remove a couple of cities off Oregon map. Stupid is as stupid does,
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I understand Jeff Bishop, Chief Executive Officer International Port of Coos Bay has had his letter to the editor run in The World twice. That should tell you something right there, they only run mine once, if at all.
Sounds like Jeff needs to get on board with running that Natural Gas line out highway 101, where there, as in his plan, the benefactors of a terminal will be government and businesses.
I wish Jeff could have been a little more descriptive, and maybe later in the series he will, that some of these facilities he talks about on the North Spit may be located in the Coos County Urban Renewal Zone, or an Enterprise zone,
All of those zones have tax structures which benefit the Business, not the locale property tax paying citizen. When adding tax base, to government, some of that may not happen for 15 years out. Adding tax base, not everyone sees that part of the plan as a benefit to the community.
More jobs, yes short term construction, much of the labor imported. Local business will benefit from additional spending in the economy.
The natural resource, the commodity coming in and through the terminal or out of terminal does not stop along the way to benefit the community with a cheaper sources of energy. Others may not share your vision to export our natural resources to benefit the world and business corporations, while we slip into mandated lower thermostats for home heat, higher energy cost and subsidized alternate energy sources while our dollar is devalued in our pocket which government borrows and prints money to subsidize.
I understand while there is already infrastructure to the North Spit, Natural gas line, (paid for by property tax payers) and water from the Coos Bay North Bend Water Board, some of those cost and infrastructure paid by current rate payers.
Now if you were proposing the construction of an energy plant, producing cheap electricy to be used in Coos County and the extra to be exported to other parts of Oregon, using this Cheap Natural Gas moving here and there through our community, then I could get behind that idea.
Looked at your electric bill lately?
I would have to assume that the American Institute of Architects, Sustainable Design Assessment Team that recently did an assessment of our area would also be considered by Mr. Bishop to be included in with the NIMBY crowd since their recommendations do not line up with the Port's narrow vision of building their entire development house of cards centered on the Jordan Cove LNG project….
The Design team recommended that our area look beyond extraction-based industries; think green; share resources among communities.
The World did an overview of the report here;
http://www.theworldlink.com/article_060a665e-f9fa-11df-8fac-001cc4c03286.htmlThe full report is available at http://www.aia.org, search Coos County.
Of course, with the Jordan Cove project you also have those pesky hazard and security zones of the LNG tanker ships and that will include the marine slip even when a ship is not at the dock per the Coast Guard Water Suitability Assessment.
In addition, a recent request from FERC requires Jordan Cove to revise their facilities vapor dispersion "exclusion" zone analysis to be in compliance with Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 193 and the July 7 and 16, 2010 written interpretations issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). I have to wonder if these agencies will also be accused of spreading scare tactics and being industrial development opponents when the truth comes out?
Jordan Cove's tsunami study was uploaded to FERC on 12/1/2008. You can go to this link and get the report and view the little movie's that were made of tsunami scenarios;
On page 10 of the report, Mr. Yinglong Joseph Zhang, Ph.D. states the following;
"…The hydrodynamic model used in this project assumes the structures (jetties, barriers, dunes, etc.) are immobile throughout the tsunami event, which may not hold true especially during larger earthquakes…."
Too often, tsunami experts predict tsunami impacts assuming static current land conditions and ignoring possible co-seismic subsidence. The possibility of co-seismic subsidence should be examined by a multi-disciplinary team of experts before something as potentially dangerous as an LNG import terminal is placed in these subduction tidal zones.
Since there was no consideration given to potential earthquake damage, liquefaction or subsidence that may occur just prior to a tsunami inundation event, and since these issues have never been fully addressed despite repeated request from the public, Mr. Bishop's letter shows that he really doesn't know what he is even talking about…….
Public comments and scientific documentation found in the FERC library for the Jordan Cove Energy Project have raised all these concerns in detail.
Where in the holy hell would one citizen owner of the port of Coos Bay start to respond to the Bishop tome. "Fact" is a foreign word to this dude. Has he intentionally misled he boss – the citizens of Oregon owners of the Port? Or is he so removed from port activities that he is unaware of fact. He certainly gives us good reason why he was – and may still be – searching for something different in life. Hopefully he will locate a position elsewhere soon. With this crap, he has managed to piss off friend and foe.


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Management of human resources
The new Public Service Act
The new Public Service Act provided the department with greater flexibility and discretion to adopt resource management policies more attuned to our needs. A key aspect of the Act for us was the change of status of locally engaged staff in diplomatic missions overseas, for whom the department has primary responsibility. Under the Act, locally engaged staff are no longer regarded as employees of the APS. We took the opportunity of this development to launch a comprehensive review into management of our locally engaged staff. The review, which will be completed during 200001, is exploring the implications of the new Act, and will recommend ways in which the department may be able to exercise more flexibility in employment arrangements for locally engaged staff.
We also took advantage of section 24 of the Act to extend certain terms and conditions of employment to non-continuing departmental employees that were previously only available to continuing employees.
The department focused closely on people management and training and development strategies during the year. A major priority for both the Senior Executive and staff was the negotiation of a new certified agreement for 2000 to 2003. Reallocation of the departments resources as well as productivity gains allowed the department to give improved pay and conditions of service for all staff.
Certified Agreement 20002003The departments second Certified Agreement, covering a three-year period from 1 July 2000, sets salaries and conditions for our staff. The agreement was negotiated over several months, culminating in a ballot in April 2000 that saw 71 per cent of employees voting in favour. The negotiations enabled staff representatives and management to update core conditions of service for all departmental staff. Key features of the agreement are:
The Secretary launched the departments key policy statement on human resource management, A Strategic Plan for People Management, in September 1999. The policy highlighted the need to offer staff professionally rewarding career opportunities, incentives for high performance, attractive conditions of service, and fair and transparent staffing processes. It also noted the importance of the systems and tools available to the department to achieve those outcomes, including promotions, overseas postings, performance management and the mechanisms available to help cover skills gaps in the organisation.
To develop and maintain a flexible workforce, the department continued to use a number of specific measures. We employed generic selection criteria in annual promotion-to-level selection processes. (These processes are open to external candidates as well, and enable us to engage staff from elsewhere in the APS or the private sector). We also deployed staff by broadband rather than APS classification, thereby ensuring that employees have greater choice of placement and postings options, and that managers have a wider range of candidates to select from in filling a vacancy internally. Details of the departments broadband structure are contained in the description of the Certified Agreement 20002003 on page 187. Finally, where there was a need for specialist skills the department conducted separate, smaller-scale selection processes. In most cases, despite being considered as specialist recruits initially, employees who have entered the department in this way are engaged as continuing employees.
The department continued to enjoy high retention rates and a very healthy level of interest in vacancies advertised. Over 2 500 graduates applied in April 2000 for the departments 2001 graduate intake (around 25 positions). There were continuing difficulties in recruiting and retaining professional accounting staff. The department is looking at strategies to address this.
The department continued to encourage employees and their supervisors to identify any skills gaps and deal with them through either formal courses or on-the-job training and by encouraging all staff to devote at least five days a year to training and development activities.
We introduced in November 1999 a training and development strategy that set out the principles and processes involved in staff development. This strategy better connected individual training and development and the performance management system with the annual performance appraisal process used to identify individual training needs for the next year. The new strategy also identified priority areas for the departmental training program and introduced reporting systems to ensure that the best use is made of available resources.
For planning purposes, the strategy identified three main categories of training: leadership and management; professional knowledge and skills; and capacity in key languages. The department increased the use made of web-based training delivery systems during the year. We developed new programs for distance learning and course outlines for use by overseas posts and State and Territory offices covering leadership, management and professional skills.
The strategy envisaged a continuing role for the departments Administrative Officer Development Program, offering junior staff who have shown management potential a structured series of job placements in our corporate functional areas over two years. Participants are then in a position to apply for posting to consular and administrative roles in overseas posts. Another new program established under the training and development strategy was a professional development awards scheme, which offers more senior officers the opportunity to undertake fully or partly funded secondments or study leave, where these activities are demonstrably of relevance to the departments work.
We restructured our training program for graduate trainees during the year by replacing the existing post-graduate academic course (the Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade) with a more practical and focused in-house program. Trainees are now exposed to two years of on-the-job training, case studies, professional skills development and tertiary-level courses in relevant disciplines, such as international law, economics and public sector management.
Divisions in Canberra continued to offer to interested staff training programs fostering the development of particular professional skills and knowledge, for instance, short courses covering multilateral trade and consular issues.
Staff welfare
The departments operating environment provided a significant challenge for our staff welfare resources. Through our Foreign Service Medical Unit we were involved in managing the medical evacuation of 68 people from overseas posts, almost all of them departmental employees or dependants. We maintained seven medical clinics attached to posts.
Our Employee Assistance Program continued to promote staff morale by offering counselling services to departmental employees and their families in Australia and overseas. We incorporated specialist psychological services into the selection process for Bougainville peace monitors and our graduate trainees. We also offered support services to employees and families in NukuAlofa and Suva following an aeroplane crash in which an AusAID employee and a locally engaged staff member died.
The department also maintained the Staff Welfare Network, which includes the Family Liaison Officer in Canberra and the Community Liaison Officer network at 29 overseas posts. Work undertaken by the network included processing and coordinating reunion visits and compassionate travel (for example, when a parent of an employee overseas dies), as well as providing support to medical evacuees and those employees and dependants evacuated from posts in times of civil unrest.
We made efforts through the year to ensure that employees enjoyed a safe and healthy workplace through the promotion of sound occupational health and safety (OH&S) principles. We encouraged interested staff to undertake training courses to qualify as OH&S representatives or to upgrade existing skills. Details of the departments occupational health and safety performance are at Appendix 5.
Streamlining human resources management
In July 1999, the department introduced PeopleSoft HR as our new Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS). This powerful system provided greater accountability, functional reporting capacity and flexibility for managing staff in the new accrual-based environment. The system met the challenges of the new Public Service Act by focusing on employee rather than position management, helping us to re-deploy staff rapidly. PeopleSoft also incorporates a system under which staff are able to access a range of services electronically.
The Employee Self-Service systemThe Employee Self-Service (ESS) system, available to all departmental employees in Australia, allows staff to lodge their leave and higher duties allowance forms electronically from their workstations. Managers can then deal with these applications electronically. Staff can also use ESS to view salary details, leave balances and personal data. The system offers considerable advantages over its predecessors, particularly in the way it links directly to the payroll system, reducing the need for manual intervention by pay and conditions staff. In April 2000, a ready reckoner was made available through ESS to enable staff to estimate the Overseas Living Allowance payable at each post. Previously these calculations had been undertaken centrally. |
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Criterion Files #36: Desperation Ignites Cautious Calamity in 'The Wages of Fear'
Criterion Files By Adam Charles on May 11, 2011 | Comments (2)"Think they pay you to drive? They pay you to be terrified."
It's the line that inspires the title. Four men behind the wheel of two trucks without shock absorbers or any special balancing mechanics and driving across unpaved terrain for hundreds of miles with everything in their path from two-ton boulders in the middle of the road to rotten wood acting as their road extension to pivot over a precipice…all while each truck lugs enough nitroglycerine to reduce mountains to piles of pebble. With the prevention of that much destruction contingent on such undisturbed sensitivity a boulder in the middle of the road is the least of their concern to stay alive. In a case like that a large rock is no match for an invisible pothole that need only be inches deep to separate all of you from the rest of you.
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Health beliefs before and after participation on an exercised-based rehabilitation programme for chronic knee pain: Doing is believing
1 Rehabilitation Research Unit, Kings College London, London, UK
2 Faculty of Health Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
3 Department of General Practice & Primary Care, Kings College London, London, UK
4 Institute of Health Service Research, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, UK
5 Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL Medical School, London, UK
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010, 11:31 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-31
Published: 11 February 2010Abstract
To explore the health beliefs, experiences, treatment and expectations of people with chronic knee pain, and investigate if, how and why these change after taking part on an integrated exercise-based rehabilitation programme - Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritis knee Pain through Exercise, ESCAPE-knee pain.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with people with chronic knee pain, before (n = 29) and after (n = 23) participation on the programme. Thematic analysis was used to document people's baseline health beliefs, attitudes and cognitions, and to see if how and why these changed after completing the programme.
Initially people had poor understanding and negative, fatalistic beliefs about the management or prognosis for knee pain. Following the programme the majority of participants had positive experiences describing improvement in pain, physical and psychosocial functioning, greater knowledge and understanding of their condition and treatment options, and in their ability to use exercise to control symptoms. Beliefs about the causation and prognosis of knee pain were unchanged, but their concerns about possible dangers of exercise had decreased, they appreciated how exercise could reduce symptoms (treatment beliefs) and their confidence in their ability to use exercise to effect improvements (exercise self-efficacy) increased. These improvements were attributed to the content and structure of the programme, and the care and guidance of the physiotherapist. Several expressed a need for on-going support.
ESCAPE-knee pain appears to achieve improvements by increasing people's treatment belief in safety and the utility of exercise to control symptoms, rather than alteration in their beliefs about causation or prognosis.
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March 21, 2010
Foundations Risk Losing Their Independence in Obama Era
The phrase "public-private" partnership has begun to give me the willies. More and more, in the Obama era it seems to signal a reduction in the independence of the nonprofit world generally and the foundation world particularly, and a concerted push to align the use of philanthropic resources and energies with those of government—especially the government that President Obama heads.
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Tuesday, August 17
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Attendance: 33,664
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jon Garland threw seven scoreless innings and bested Chicago starter Randy Wells to help the San Diego Padres edge the Cubs, 1-0, in a pitchers' duel at Wrigley Field.
Garland (12-8) allowed four hits and struck out three for the Padres, who have won the first two contests of this four-game series and have also captured eight of their last nine overall.
"Jon gets in a groove and continues to progress as the game goes on," said Padres manager Bud Black. "
San Diego increased its lead atop the NL West to five games over San Francisco, which lost to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Wells (5-11) allowed the one run on three hits with six strikeouts for the Cubs, who have lost five of their last seven overall.
The Padres scored the only run of the game in the first inning. Jerry Hairston, Jr. led off with a single and moved to second when Miguel Tejada walked. A long fly out off the bat of Adrian Gonzalez saw Hairston tag-up to third and the bases were loaded after Ryan Ludwick was hit by a pitch. The next batter was Chase Headley, whose groundout brought home Hairston.
In the bottom of the second, the Cubs had runners on first and second with no outs, but Blake DeWitt grounded into a double play and Koyie Hill struck out.
Chicago had a runner in scoring position with two outs in the third, but Aramis Ramirez flied out. Xavier Nady led off the bottom of the fourth with a double, but Alfonso Soriano grounded out, DeWitt popped out and Hill looked at a called third strike.
Garland was perfect over the next three innings.
Padres reliever Mike Adams came on for the home portion of the eighth. Kosuke Fukudome drew a one-out walk and moved to third when Starlin Castro singled, but Marlon Byrd grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.
"They have a good pitching staff," said Nady. "Obviously their bullpen is very good, and that's one of the main reasons they are in first place."
San Diego closer Heath Bell yielded a leadoff single to Ramirez in the bottom of the ninth before he struck out Nady and Soriano. DeWitt then drilled a slider to deep right field, but Ludwick made a leaping catch against the ivy to preserve the win.
"There is a brief moment when you get scared, but you track the outfielder, you track the ball, and then the ball is in the glove, and it feels great," said Black.
Bell earned his 36th save of 2010.
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Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery (Paperback)
Anger . . . Jealousy . . . Gluttony . . . Sloth . . . Lust . . . Greed . . . Pride . . .
These are the seven deadly sins, the roots of crime throughout human history. Greed and lust are Two of the Deadliest.
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has gathered nearly two dozen chilling, boldly original stories, each published for the very first time in this outstanding collection. In addition to tales from some of today's top starsincluding Laura Lippman, Susan Wiggs, Marcia Muller, Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Elizabeth George herselfTwo of the Deadliest showcases work from an impressive array of exceptional newcomers, as together they explore the dark depths women and men will sink to when driven by passion, avarice, and a lethal hunger for power.
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Elizabeth George is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels of psychological suspense, one book of nonfiction, and two short story collections. Her work has been honored with the Anthony and Agatha awards, the Grand Prix de LittÉrature PoliciÈre, and the MIMI, Germany's prestigious prize for suspense fiction. She lives in Washington State.
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Hi. New member here. I have a problem/question and am hoping someone with knowledge or experience can help. Problem: Have a one story house with 10 ft ceilings with heat pump. The return air and supply air vents are all in the ceilings. Cooling in summer is fine. Heating in winter is terrible. Even when the outside is around 40 the inside will never get above 60. Well, near the ceiling is about 85 or so while at the normal person hight level where the thermostat is is around 60. When outside is around 20, inside is around 45. (I have disconnected the auxiliary heating of the heat pump. Long story.) Question: been thinking to get a second unit working with gas installed in the crawl space under the floor. AC/HP is in the attic. 1. Would this work? We are frustrated and cold. Please help. Thanks. |
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- Posted by formulaross (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 22:24
What about bringing the heat down with a slow-running ceiling fan? |
The first place I rented had 10ft ceiling in the kitchen. Changing the light bulbs were so much fun. Anyway, it had a ceiling fan and that helped a lot. |
- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 22:37
Ceiing fan and reconnect the auxiliary. |
We have three ceiling fans: one in master bedroom, one in family room and one in the office. All three are running constantly. And so is the AC fan. Unfortunately the numbers that I gave you were for when the fans are running. |
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- Posted by countryboymo (My Page) on Sat, Feb 8, 14 at 23:49
I would attempt to get either the supplies or returns close to the floor. Maybe making one main duct going down into the crawl and then branching out to the rooms and boxing it in. The best would be to keep the conditioned air out of the crawl if there is a area that connects all of the rooms together box it to there and make vents into each room from it? Duct sealing and home sealing are next on the list. |
Thanks for all the replies. When the air near the ceiling is around 85 degrees, as far as the heat pump is concerned it is heating the house to 85 degrees. I think we have stratification and air distribution design problems. |
When the air near the ceiling is around 85 degrees, as far as the heat pump is concerned it is heating the house to 85 degrees.Your HVAC system should be responding to the temp reading at the thermostat, not at the ceiling ... is the thermostat mounted at/near ceiling height? I have 9' ceilings in some areas, 10' in others (living room and master bedroom). Don't have any problem maintaining the target 70°F even at outdoor temps in the upper 20°Fs. I do keep a floor fan running in the living room, blowing past the thermostat toward the MBR. |
- Posted by Bumblebeez (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 9:36
You might consider adding a gas fireplace. I use ours to heat the main living room/dining kitchen with 14 and 9 foot ceilings and can easily get the heat in the seventies- even when it is very cold outside. I also use ceiling fans set to reverse on low. The thermostat heat pump is set at 57 and I rarely turn it higher, preferring the fireplace- it's cheaper and I use electric blankets at night or a ceramic portable heater to warm where I am sitting for long periods. |
- Posted by albert_135 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 14:36
Tangent questions: Why was the place constructed with ten foot ceilings? What was the original climate control? |
Is the floor well-insulated and air-sealed? If not, that might be the best path to comfort. Are the ceiling fans rated large enough for the rooms? |
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After President Obama set up a bipartisan commision to tackle the $13.7 trillion dollar national debt, the heads of that commision put out some ideas today — and managed to offend pretty much everyone. Among their suggestions: reducing Social Security payments to the well-off, limiting how much mortgage interest and charity donations you can write off, a higher gas tax and a third fewer military bases overseas. So tonight we ask you: What would you cut?
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World's Best Boss: 5 Reasons Rick Ross Is Winning Right Now
5. He never stops working.
Truthfully, if "Aston Martin Music," off his 2010 album, Teflon Don, was the only thing popping for Ross right now, he'd still be sitting pretty and counting plenty of checks. But the guy simply refuses to take a break. This week's "New Music Week"—which features Ross & Co. dropping a new track everyday—has already generated enough buzz on the radio and on the Internet to serve as great promo for the Self Made album. And we dare you to find a week over the course of the last year where Ross didn't put out at least a freestyle, a video, or a song. You just won't find it. It's the one reason Rick Ross is winning—and why he'll continue to win if he keeps it up.


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18 Good Movies to Stream on Netflix This August
Features By Nathan Adams on August 1, 2014 | Be the First To CommentAugust is hot and sticky, to the point where many days it gets too uncomfortable to go outside even after the sun has gone down. That's where a reliable air conditioner and a Netflix account come in handy. There's bound to be at least a couple days out of this month where you just want to draw the shades, crank up the AC and avoid the sun. But what movies to stream while you're in seclusion? Start with this list of new additions to the service, which are all worth a look. As always, click on the films' titles in order to be taken to their Netflix page, where you can add them to your My List.
Celebrate Freedom with 12 American Movies From the Criterion Collection
Criterion Files By Landon Palmer on July 4, 2012 | Comments (1)Of the 600+ films in The Criterion Collection, almost 200 are listed as from the United States. While not all of these films are explicitly thematically based around life in the US, the American selections for the Collection do make up a mosaic of diverse perspectives on life in this country, proving that there is no sustainable solitary understanding of what it means to be an "American," but there exists instead an array of possibilities for interpreting American identity. What the American films do have in common, though, is provide proof that excellent films have been made in the US for quite some time. So, after exhausting yourself with Independence Day Parades, firecracker-lighting, and Budweiser, settle down with a great American movie. Here are a dozen great titles from the Criterion Collection about "America" and "freedom" in the many senses of those terms.
Or You Will Die Tryin': 22 More Of The Most Impressive Monologues In Movie History
Cinematic Listology By David Christopher Bell on February 10, 2012 | Comments (22)You heard me – I'm dumping practically everything I can think of at you, and no doubt I'll still miss a few. In fact, there's one I am intentionally leaving out just so I can watch the angry comments and laugh like a Disney villain. Honestly, though – after having my memory jarred by all the comments on my first installment of 14 of the Most Impressive Monologues in Movie History, I couldn't not make another one of these. So here are, once more, some movie monologues out there that really stick out from the rest.
Year In Review: The 11 Best Criterion Releases of 2011
2011 Year In Review By FSR Staff on December 28, 2011 | Comments (4)This was a hell of a year in The Criterion Collection. Between films about phantom carriages, angry jurors, beasts and beauties, stranded astronauts, international revolutionaries, and great dictators, Adam Charles and Landon Palmer found their wallets empty and their cinephilic obsessions sated. Here are their eleven favorite releases and upgrades of the year…
This Week In DVD: November 22nd
Features By Rob Hunter on November 22, 2011 | Be the First To CommentHappy Thanksgiving everyone, and welcome to a mostly turkey-free edition of This Week In DVD. Two big releases hit shelves this week that on the surface couldn't be further apart, but in actuality share at least two things in common… both Conan the Barbarian and Super 8 are fun but incredibly flawed. Also out this week are a couple forgettable horror movies from Asia, a mediocre film with a fantastic lead performance (or two), a must own Criterion title and more. As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. The Adventures of Tintin: Season One Young Tintin is an intrepid reporter constantly on the trail of bad deeds and bad guys as he sets out to solve mysteries along with his dog Snowy and a group of oddball friends and acquaintances. This short-lived series from the early nineties is loosely based on the classic French creation (and shares some specific story elements with the upcoming movie). The adventures are entertaining and filled with action, and they feature elements that never talk down to kids including murder, drug smuggling, alcoholism and more. So yeah, it's my kind of cartoon.
Legendary American filmmaker Sidney Lumet passed away today of lymphoma at the age of 86. Lumet has had a long and distinguished career directing films and television. Perhaps what's most remarkable about Lumet's filmography is that he made good movies in nearly every single decade that he worked, and the time between his first film and his last film was exactly fifty years (1957-2007). Lumet, in short, embodied American film history from the 1950s to now. Lumet started out as a child actor on Broadway. After returning from service in WWII, he started directing television programs like Playhouse 90 and Studio One, before making a television version of the play 12 Angry Men before turning it into his first feature film in 1957. Much of Lumet's career can perhaps be characterized as a series of firsts. For example, his film The Pawnbroker (1964) was the first studio film to seriously deal with traumatic memories of the Holocaust and with Jewish guilt, as well as the first to have significant frontal nudity. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) was one of the first studio films with an open homosexual as its main character. Lumet was known for challenging censorship and pushing boundaries throughout much of his career.
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Features By Loukas Tsouknidas on October 12, 2008 | Comments (19)Every week, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: 12 Angry Men.
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