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Ground water heat pump + natural gas
Long time reader but just registered for some help on my specific home HVAC setup.
Recently purchased a new home that is around 15-16 years old. The house had some sort of energy audit by the previous owner and he had extra insulation and some other things done.
The HVAC consists of a Goodman 95% efficient nat gas furnace as well as a ground water source heat pump (can't recall the brand at the moment). I'm fairly certain there are no electric heating strips used. When the thermostat is set emergency mode, the nat gas furnace kicks on.
Throughout this whole last year even after having everything check out last year I'm still left wondering how best to use this system. The previous owner said he ran in EM mode all winter (Michigan) and stated he figured it to be cheaper (?). Maybe offset electric costs? I ran mostly using the heat pump last winter, after having it checked out. This winter I am running EM mode just natural gas trying determine differences. I have a rising electric bill (instead of going down!) and now a gas bill on top of it all. I know electric usage is relative my family's habits but I tell you I am pretty anal about shutting things off when not in use, even minimal lighting at night!
This winter and last I run a constant temp all the time, whatever feels comfortable to us. This year it's been at 67 day and night. The blower runs 24/7 which concerns me but the temp seems to remain rock solid. I don't think the blower is stuck on as I can turn the temp down and the blower will turn off. I'm assuming the blower is maintaining more constant temps throughout the house but I don't know if it is adding to my electric bill (versus turning on and off with the furnace). Filters are change religiously.
If I go back to "normal" mode on the stat using the ground water source pump as the primary can I efficiently utilize set back temps? Everything I read says set it at one temp and leave it. But I wish I could somehow get a better balance of the two heat sources I have available to me or at least use them most efficiently. My wife and I are out of the house ~10hrs a day during the week so that is a lot of time for a possible setback temp but I'm not sure how much is safe or cost effective.
I have a lot of questions I don't even know how to ask still. I specifically asked the HVAC tech ahead of time I wanted familiarization but I didn't get much. I know he did some maintenance a year ago and repeatedly mentioned how good things looked when he cleaned them. A pressure meter was installed that has a floating bead to show active water pressure. He also did something with the fan wiring I think to increase it or something...not quite sure.
I keep wondering if I need a better tstat to handle these two types of heat sources? I would assume that it is ok to handle them since the previous owner was not the kind of guy to skimp or do things half-.... I looked up a bunch of info on it and can't remember the model honeywell it is at the moment.
Thanks to all who take the time to read and comment on this long post! Any input is GREATLY appreciated!
You have a geothermal heat pump and a 95% efficiency gas furnace? If that is true, then I agree the previous owner did not skimp on the HVAC equipment.
What are your current gas and electric rates? This will help determine which fuel is cheaper to operate.
What are your annual heating costs? If find it curious you have the two most economical systems to heat a house yet you set the thermostat to 67 degrees. Do you like it that cold in the winter?
Depending on the blower you have, running it 24/7 will use a lot of electricity. You should let the fan operate in auto mode and save a lot of money.
Don't assume anything about your thermostat. I have read about the most expensive systems being installed with an inappropriate thermostat. Post the model number for comments.
Now your asking me to do math which an IT guy should be able to do but this one sucks at it LOL. I need to dig into it more but I'm thinking the electric rates would be lower. I think I can look and see what last years electric usage was, we have a smart meter now but not sure how far it goes back. I don't remember electric going as high as it is now, and I was using just the geo thermal then. Nat gas bills where next to nothing last year, but do have hot water heater, dryer, I think that its it on gas when not using furnace.
The temp is based on comfort level honestly. Its just my wife and I. I could go warmer but it just isn't necessary and I am cold wuss by nature.
The blower has always been in auto mode, I've checked it multiple times throughout the year and even switch to on and auto again. It will spin down, or it did the last time I checked it if I drop the temp. I'm just wondering if the tstat keeps the circulation going constant in order to kick the furnace on less? We do have a finished basement so in the summer constant circulation may be beneficial(?) but in the winter I'm not so sure. I don't need the basement heated necessarily. There are a good number of returns, a larger one in each level and main level in each bedroom, I keep all the doors open.
-I will get the model info tonight and reply with that. I didn't know if there might be more "advanced" tstats available now that might better handle my equipment. When playing with things last year I did find that the nat gas will kick on if I increased the temp quite a bit (not sure how many degrees) while running in normal mode with the geo-thermal as the primary.
Even with my zero knowledge of HVAC it seemed odd to me as well to have a 95% gas furnace on top of a ground water heat pump... And to top it off "they" found the gas more efficient. Both have met our needs in terms of heating so far between this winter and last.
Thank you for your time.
Natural gas prices are low right now. I suspect it costs less to heat your house with the gas furnace. The rates will determine if this is true or not.
I am not sure what your thermostat is doing with respect to the blower. Do you have a humidifier? If yes, it may be turning on the blower to circulate the air through the humidifier.
No humidifier. The furnace, or some function of it actually removes moisture from the air. There is a pump...device that shoots water through a hose from the furnace equipment to the sump drainage. It is not constant and not a lot when it happens. I suspect to keep the basement dry.
I'm really throwing myself for a loop here... Studying the graphs more I guess i'm only using slightly more electricity for last month compared to a year ago. And actually a bit less gas! I know the first part of the winter I used nat gas last year before I had the geo thermal checked out but I am sure I was using geo in January...maybe not. I may be making a bigger deal out of the costs part of this than it is.
I will have to try to watch/listen when the excess water is pumped away to see if the blower is running at that time. I think I have become used the the air sound/movement so that it is not as noticeable, that and I am always down in the basement when the water is being moved so I will check for this.
The model of my tstat is a Honeywell FocusPRO TH6000 Series.
I actually emailed the previous owner and he was kind enough to call me last night. It sounds like his reasoning for using the natural gas over the geo thermal is that one year the pump went out. I didn't get (nor am i knowledgeable enough to assume) if this was the actual well pump or a pump in the geo thermal unit. I'm thinking the well pump feeds the geo thermal. There is also underground sprinkling and he said he ran it every day for 5-6hrs (several zones, large yard) so he was working that pump pretty good. I am not running the sprinkling anywhere near as much. So it almost sounded like that scared him away from burning out another pump as well extending the life of the geo by only using it for cooling.
He did have it all figured out cost wise and said it was costing just over $800 a year in gas...but prices fluctuate.
Still debating if I should go back to using the geo but use setbacks, the nat gas will kick in to accomodate for larger drops but will this wear the system?
I did test the tstat again last night by dropping the temp and the blower will stop if I drop it several degrees. I set it to drop to 65 at night and during the hours we are away at work but that is only 2 degree drop so I'm not sure how much difference it will make but it will prevent the blower from running 24/7. Should I have a larger drop? I wouldn't go below 65 I would up the "at home" temp if anything.
Also any thoughts using geo as primary (the way the stat would normally operate) and using setbacks? Seems like I always read that setbacks are not good with geo but in my case the backup source is not electric strips but the nat gas.
Thanks for any help.
You should have separate pumps for the geothermal and "underground sprinkling". I'm a bit surprised that the well serves multiple purposes. I thought geothermal required it's own dedicated well or else you experience the problem of the water being depleted like happened here.
I could be wrong (likely) I am really not knowledgeable in this area...for that matter the previous owner may not be either and was rambling a lot. It *sounded* liked he thought whatever pump went out was due to excessive use and he mentioned the sprinklers. I don't know that water was actually depleted from the well, sounded like just a pump failed or overworked.
I guess what I'm trying to get out of this is if I can use my geo thermal with setbacks, assuming the nat gas will kick in when necessary (it will I have obvserved this) OR if I should just use the nat gas furnace at 95% efficiency.
If the geo is more efficient I don't want to not use it based on the worry of the previous owner that the pump will fail again. If it does, I of course have the gas furnace as unfortunate as it would be to have a failure I still have another option. If the geo did somehow in fact lead to the failure of the main well pump, then I would reconsider. I think from my digging and trying get info for insurance purposes, that my geo is open-loop so that water may in fact come from the main well right?
You touch upon an issue that is sometimes overlooked. If your energy costs are identical for the gas heat and heating with the ground source heat pump, you are better off using the gas furnace since you will have less wear on the more expensive equipment.
If the energy cost is different, you get into some slightly more challenging calculations. In order to make the best comparison, you need to know the life time and repair costs for your equipment.
That makes a lot sense, and may be what the previous owner found and was trying to tell me. He specifically mentioned prolonging the life of the geo by using just for cooling in the summer. The furnace appears to be fairly new and the geo "unit/pump?" which sits in the same utility room is fairly small and looks a bit older, perhaps originally installed with the house (1997). He left me with a good bit of records so I might be able to verify that.
Maybe for now I just run the gas and program a few degrees of set back temp during the day?
There is no harm is having a large set back with a gas furnace. I use a set back of 71 to 64 degrees at night. The temperature rarely ever gets down to 64 degrees, but even if it did there would be no harm.
I was hoping one of the geothermal guys would comment on your set up. My gut tells me the geothermal system has some issues. You should have it serviced in the spring so you can keep cool in the summer.
Assuming that gas is the way to heat, It would be good to have an expert's guidance on how much inactivity is good for the ground-source system. Even if it is not to be used for heating, it is possible that it should be turned on and run in that mode during cool weather periodically to keep the system in good shape.
I used to run night time set-backs into the 50s at night and to 50 during the day when I lived in cold climes. I don't mind, even like, sleeping in cool conditions. I do, however, like it warm when it is time to get up.
I moved a pretty good Honeywell, set-back thermostat 5 times before Katrina finally killed it. It was used on gas heat-only, oil heat-only, and then on three gas heat/cooling systems. Four of them were in houses that I was renting.
First of all what make/model geothermal heat pump do you have? Do you have an 'As Built Book' that should be in the mechanical room detailing the design of the ENTIRE system and ALL initial measurements at start up when things were (supposedly) running right?
What ARE the correct details of your ground heat exchange system? How many and how deep are the boreholes, if vertical? Is it open loop? If so, how deep is your well? Is your gas furnace a single speed blower or variable speed?
If your system is open loop, a big factor affecting efficiency would be the depth of the well and the power required to pump the water up from a deep well as this is not a closed, balanced system as any closed loop system is, pressure of water pumped up equals pressure of water being pumped down, more or less, like an elevator with counter weights to balance out the load.
Some things just don't add up. You mention an 'under ground sprinkler'. If this is part of your geothermal system then it is known as a 'soaker hose' and while sometimes installed in vertical borehole systems, it is more common for horizontal loops that are more likely to be affected by extended periods of dry weather. Its purpose in horizontal loops is to rehydrate the ground and increase conductivity with the geothermal piping. Horizontal loops may also be more prone to areas with voids between the soil and the ground loops during extended periods of dry weather. This is less of a problem with vertical boreholes as they're more likely to pass through the undisturbed overburden into solid rock and hopefully fissures with water passing by.
Sounds like the previous owner installed a GREAT system. What does this meter with a float actually measure, feet of head, PSIG, or GPM? Is it made by Blue-White or Dwyer? What does it say exactly when the system is running?
I'm not a big believer in set backs with heat pumps. Even a basic T-stat can do a good job. You can experiment to get an understanding of how things work. However, my own experience with our own geothermal set up is to 'set it & forget it', don't 'micro-manage' the system and just let it do its thing. I KNOW our system runs more efficiently when I leave it the hell alone (which I often won't) - and I'm supposed to be the expert!
Regarding the reliability of the geothermal system, it should be able to run for YEARS without any problems. Don't be afraid to use it!
I'll try to answer some things as best I can and comment on all these items (appreciate all the input!)
I had everything checked out/cleaned last year, there are no functionality issues that I can tell. I used gas for part of the winter last year and also the geo, both heated just fine, geo also cools just fine. It just worried me that the previous owner used the gas rather than the geo when I had assumed geo is so much more efficient.
He ran the tstat in EM mode to force gas only (which is what I am doing now). I would like to use the geo if it makes sense to.
Is it safe for the equipment to run geo with a setback? Maybe a large enough setback that the gas does the leg work in order bring the initial temp back up, then the geo maintains?
The home is very well built and sealed, energy audit was done and insulation in key areas was added. The previous owner did all this and left me with a packet of info on all of it.
The geo is a Bard, I'll have to double check the model. I know nothing about how the loops are run and honestly I'm still not 100% on the open vs closed. I will ask the previous owner who installed the geo therm unit and maybe I can get some answers. There is a manual about the unit but I don't recall seeing much more than that regarding the loops and such.
Fairly certain the blower is variable. When I have the temp the same 24/7 it it is constantly moving air but at pretty low even speed.
The sprinkling may be an unnecessary variable I/he threw in here. It is not part of the geo system as far as I know. Previous owner mentioned the lawn sprinkler system and that he watered every day for 5-6hrs (large yard) and that this may have led to whatever pump went out that he had to replace. The way he explained it made me think that the main well was feeding the sprinklers, geo, house, everything and the figured he had overworked it or something. Maybe this isn't how it works and these things all have their own pumps.
The meter the tech installed last year I think shows PSI and when I have pulled the ring to make it show a reading it always between 5 and 6, normally around 6. I think this is good?
I'm trying to understand why the owner would install a nice new nat gas furnace on top of the geo but I think it all goes back to whatever pump failed and him thinking that it would put less stress on it. -I'm glad to have to have options! But wondering how/if/should I try to figure out a way to utilize both? Smarter tstat?
I know there are a lot of holes here and I apologize for that.


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Rev. Peter Friedrichs: Moses & Pharoah
I was speaking to one of the residents of Occupy Philadelphia last week, and he told me that we are living in "Pharaohnic times." This phrase has stuck with me, and I think it's deeply insightful. While not enslaved like the Israelites in Egypt, many populating the Occupy encampments around the globe, and those in sympathy with them, feel that they have no control over their lives. They feel trapped by and powerless in a society that keeps them impoverished and systematically oppressed. Those lucky enough to have jobs are working just to get by, with little hope for the future. Many people – those who have lost their homes or their jobs, and those who have never had either – are at real risk for their very survival. There is a pervasive sense of hopelessness, and a perception that no matter how hard they work, Pharaoh – in this case the gaping, ravenous maw of "Wall Street" – will never be satisfied. They are caught in a system whose heart has been hardened.
For years these modern-day Israelites waited for Moses to lead them out of this Egypt and into the land of milk and honey promised to them so many generations before. Four years ago they saw a man emerge from the rushes whom they thought might be their savior. He offered them the thing for which they yearned most deeply: Hope. And then their hope dissolved like so much morning mist, as their Moses encountered the harsh reality of Washington politics. God, apparently, had not invested him with the power to persuade Pharaoh to let his people go.
And so, the people were faced with a choice. Wait for a true savior to emerge, or save themselves. Wait for another Moses to call Pharaoh out, or take matters into their own hands. The cry of the people at Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philadelphia and Occupy Oakland is the cry of Moses: "Let our people go!" They seek nothing less than the peaceful overthrow of the Pharaohnic system that holds them captive.
As a person of faith, I am called to side with the Israelites. To speak truth to power. To echo and amplify their cry for justice. To encourage them – to offer them courage – as they hold up a mirror to the callous society that enslaves us all with the enticement of easy credit and the illusion of prosperity just beyond our grasp. This ragtag army of activists camping out in public places across the country seeks an audience with Pharaoh, that his hardened heart might be changed. This is what draws me to Occupy week after week. I stand in support of the many Moses's in our midst.
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Israelites in a pretty dire situation at the moment with a rapidly arming Iran per the UN's Arms Control Report. I hope you stand with them.
I smile inside myself at this apt symbolic comparison, between the ancient Israelites, and the modern parallel.
Thank you for keeping the flame of hope and compassion alive in a very ancient biblical context. Your words inspire, and in your modern interpretation of the story of slavery and liberation, you remind me of one of my people's rabbi's. I am Jewish.
In the long run, I think justice might find a way, but much pain is in store before this happens, whether by police men and continued corporate injustices, or in being fully recognized by every facet of this society. This too parallels the ancient Israelites before Moses, as they suffered again and again in the wilderness of Sinai, before they reached the Promised Land, famished of food and drink, quarreling and fighting, and grappling with sin and the fact of one generation dying before reaching the end. Continue the metaphor. It is good.


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Key Features: 4.8in display;
1.5GHz dual-core processor;
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Manufacturer: Samsung
The Samsung Ativ S is the company's new flagship Windows Phone 8 handset. With a 4.8in screen, microSD slot and similar styling, you could consider it the Samsung Galaxy S3 of the Windows Phone market.Samsung Ativ S Design
While HTC and Nokia have chosen to go for bold, colourful designs for their Windows Phone 8X by HTC (HTC 8X) and Nokia Lumia 920 handsets, Samsung has gone for a rather more sedate look. The back is finished in a faux brushed metal while the front has a shiny grey look. It would be quite nice and smart if it didn't have that same slightly lacklustre plasticky vibe as the Galaxy S3.Samsung has got the button layout and overall handling right, though. Down the right hand side are the power and camera buttons (oh that the Galaxy S3 had a camera button), while on the left is the volume control. All are easy to feel and have a defined action, unlike the HTC 8X whose buttons are too flush with the handset making them difficult to find.
Samsung Ativ S Specs
Unlike both Nokia and HTC's flagship Windows Phone 8 phones the Samsung Ativ S does have a removable backplate. Not only does this mean you can easily swap the battery if needs be but under here there's also a microSD slot, which allows the storage to be expanded.There's also a fast processor tucked away in here. The Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon is only a dual-core chip but it's actually mighty fast so should keep this phone feeling nice and nippy. This is backed up by 1GB of RAM.
Elsewhere you've got a rear-facing 8MP camera that also shoots 1080p video and front facing 1.3MP camera. We gave the cameras a quick go in our hands on time at the Windows Phone 8 launch and they seemed par for the course at this high-end of the market.
NFC, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 4G are all also on board so all your latest wireless comms are taken care of.


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Having witnessed firsthand the poverty in Haiti before the earthquake, it is not hard to imagine the struggles the Haitian people have to endure in its aftermath. As the dust has settled, solar powered electricity has emerged as a viable alternative to kerosene lanterns and is being widely deployed in Haiti as the rebuilding efforts progress.
Hundreds of solar companies and community groups have donated solar products to Haiti but the effort has been slow when compared to the need. Charitable organizations and small businesses are working to provide low cost basic light, mobile phone chargers and radios to the Haitian community which can be charged by small portable solar panels. Something as simple as a solar cell phone charger and light with rechargeable batteries power by solar can make a difference.
We believe that electricity in Haiti and the developing world is a fundamental human right. Solar is helping to lift families out of poverty by providing clean safe lighting so children can read at night in a non-polluting kerosene free home environment safe from open flames creating micro-enterprises.
One such micro-enterprise is Haitian businessman Alex George. In the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated his country Alex Georges recalls both the darkness and the light writies Marianne Lavelle in an article from National Geographic. From the Port-au-Prince house where he had been meeting with his business partner, Georges remembers stumbling into chaos: human suffering and a cloud of dust so thick that he could not see across the street.
But he also saw that at night, even though the shaken city had no electricity, there were bright islands of light beneath the solar powered battery street lamps that his company had installed at two sports fields. People were drawn to the glow of the solar lights and began to set up camps there.
Georges believes that solar energy can do more than provide temporary refuge for Haitians; he thinks it can be a permanent boon to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
As the co-founder of Energies Renouvelables, a three-year-old Port-au-Prince business that has manufactured and sold more than 500 LED solar street lights with battery storage in 58 towns and villages throughout the island, Georges is one of a group of advocates and entrepreneurs pushing for greater use of solar, renewable, and other small-scale off-grid solar energy in the rebuilding of Haiti.
Before the earthquake, Haiti had one of the lowest rates of electricity access in the world, with only 12.5 percent of its population of nine million connected to the grid. Those who had money relied on small diesel fuel generators for electricity. The cost of diesel spiked after the earthquake, putting that form of power generation even further out of reach for most Haitians.
"Why saddle people with the variable costs and operating costs of diesel fuel?" asks Jigar Shah, chief executive of the Carbon War Room, the climate change advocacy organization founded by Virgin Atlantic billionaire Richard Branson. His group has calculated that solar and other small power systems could be installed throughout Haiti at a cost of $400 million, a fraction of the $11.5 billion in rebuilding funds that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for over the next decade.
Vijay Modi, an energy systems expert at Columbia University's Earth Institute, which works to advance sustainable development, says that portable solar and renewables can, indeed, play an immediate role in meeting the emergency electricity needs of Haiti. But Haiti also has urgent energy needs for cooking, in addition to the lighting and cell phone charging solutions that solar can provide.
Solar renewable energy advocates working on the ground in Haiti agree that more efficient use of wood and charcoal will continue to be used in the short term for cooking, although biochar (charcoal from agricultural waste) could be a more environmentally friendly solution. They also worry about the use of kerosene for lighting in addition to the harmful fumes, the fire hazard is acute in the tent camps where so many Haitians are now living.
The tent camps, in fact, have turned to portable solar energy for yet another pressing need security. Soon after the quake, renewable energy access specialist Richenda Van Leeuwen, of Washington, D.C., organized a donation by the Good Energies Foundation of 6,500 solar light systems that can be used now in tents and later transferred to new homes.
Van Leeuwen, now working on relief in Haiti, says that solar lighting has been vital in addressing the issue of assaults. Only last week, Amnesty International reported that sexual violence against women and girls was widespread in the camps, and called for more action from emergency responders and authorities. At least 35,000 solar lamp systems have been distributed to improve lighting in the camps so far, and Van Leeuwen says the International Organization for Migration is ordering 30,000 more to help with protection of women and girls in particular.
With Haiti's infrastructure in tatters, and funds being raised around the world, many believe it is an ideal time to deploy new power for Haiti. For example, last summer, the nonprofit Partners In Health successfully had a solar system installed in its clinic in Boucan Carré, Haiti.
Although the clinic maintains its diesel generator system as backup and to ensure reliable power in its operating room and for the higher energy needs of its x-ray machine, its diesel fuel expenses have been slashed. After the quake, in fact, Partners asked the Washington, D.C. based Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), which was supported in part by the Good Energies Foundation on the Boucan Carré project, to accelerate a plan to install solar in five of its other clinics in Haiti.
"It's very low maintenance, there's no local pollution, no carbon dioxide, no noise," says Bob Freling, executive director of SELF. "We have not completely dispensed with diesel, but reduced their reliance. It really empowers people."
There have been other solar donations with an eye on empowerment. FTL Solar has donated three large custom solar tents to be used by charities; these provide not only light but a source of income, since the charities will be able to earn money by setting up stations where people can pay to have their cell phones or batteries recharged.
Renewable energy activist and film producer Nicole Hansen, president of Green Galaxy Enterprises, helped coordinate the donation, remembering that she saw the solar tents in action at the site of films under production around Hollywood.
But Georges, of ENERSA, and company co-founder Jean-Ronel Noel, believe that what Haiti needs beyond donations of finished solar products is the money to build up its own capacity to make and local installers for small solar systems. The pair, after studying engineering, business administration, and solar fabrication in Canada, have trained 18 young men as solar technicians and are training a group of 10 more in hope of expanding their work force.
ENERSA workers have not only manufactured solar panels, lamps, charging stations, and streetlights, they've taken them to villages so remote that the equipment had to be hauled by donkey. "Solar is life-changing for people who did not have electricity whatsoever" to have the access to solar light, says Georges. "Children can study, and parents can meet and just socialize after dark. Solar can change the life of communities everywhere, instantly."


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I've hiked several of the high peaks in the Adirondacks. It's been an on-the-back-burner goal to do all 46 of them. Maybe because I am getting closer to decrepitude it is feeling more compelling. Or maybe because running a marathon has been taken off the to do list because of my feet the idea of completing the 46 feels like my best shot at denying aging. Did I mention, though, that I had excruciating pain in my right knee while descending Algonquin last September? I led with my left leg all the way down. Boy, was I lame. Two weeks later, though, I was able to hike Azure Mountain with no pain.
On Father's Day, the day before we were to go climb Cascade Mountain, Julia, Bob and I went for a couple of loops at the Rand Tract, a favorite place where we walk the Popster and enjoy the finest of Syracuse's parks, the wooded hill above the duck pond at Webster Pond. There are a couple of steep sections, maybe a tenth of a mile or so for each of them. The whole circuit isn't much more than a mile. Not strenuous. I wore my crocs in my constant desire to test footwear against my metatarsalgia. BIG mistake, I think. On the way down the first steep section, probably at .8 miles, my knee started killing me. NOOooo!!!! How was I going to make it down 2 miles of Cascade?
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Day 2. After a night of trying to convince myself my knee felt fine and I could do Cascade I talked sense into myself. We climbed Owls Head, a little pimple of a peak downstream from Cascade Mountain. It has nice views at the top, something I crave on my Adirondack trips and a small consolation for missing a high peak peek. No knee trouble on the steep sections of the half mile trail return. My VFFs (Vibram Five Fingers) are very sure footed. I think perhaps my crocs were too loose and my attempts to be sure footed affected my whole body, especially, maybe, my knees.
So, will I attempt Cascade this coming week? Why not?
Everyone we met on our hike was in great spirits. Look at the day! How could it be
otherwise? As we started down the "mountain" we met a retired teacher who was an insatiable hiker. He had had a heart attack a few years earlier, though, and wasn't doing high peaks anymore. He was a wealth of information about hiking with limitations. One spot he told us about was Split Rock Falls on the Boquet River on Route 9 just north of the intersection with Route 73 past. We expected a bit of a hike but it was right by the side of the road. We met a few Hasidim in the parking lot. That was a first. The men were in their Brooklyn finest hiking clothes but they were game to see what all the cars were attracted to. The lady of the group ventured to wade at the top of the falls. They were ultimately heading for Lake Placid which made me wonder if there was an iPhone app for kosher restaurants. Of course there was a family and friends playing in the water with colorful tubes and little dogs. It wouldn't be summer on the river by the road without them.
On the way home we stopped at Upper Works above Tahawus to show Bob. This abandoned mining community near Newcomb is RICH with history. We met a man who had grown up in Tahawus, he pronounced it somewhat like "Toss", who had a lot to say about life there as a kid. His father worked for the mine and retired to South Colton. I thought he had said the village was moved in the 90s to get at what was supposed to be a very rich vein of titanium but that the vein ran out in a couple of years. He left in 1960 to join the Navy. Other histories I have read since returning home put the Tahawus move in the 60s. I must have confused what he said. Either way, the Upper Works, not a part of the Tahawus settlement, was our destination that day. Many a person, including Theodore Roosevelt, have started their treks to Marcy or other peaks from Upper Works. My Iroquois trip started there. Our friends from Quebec come in numbers enough to have their own sign about using bear cannisters!
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> July 19th, 2013The 1990s were a great time for video games, as developers were able to create engaging franchises for the first time. Some of those titles proved so popular that we're still seeing new entries. But hey, as long as they're still good, who's complaining?
- Kirby floats back in on Kirby's Epic Yarn. "Yarn" is the keyword here, as it looks like the entire game was literally stitched and crocheted by a very imaginative grandmother. Over 50 levels, gamers engage in the same side-scrolling gameplay that they'll recognize from yesteryear, but with a few interesting twists (for example, Kirby can now roll his enemies into balls of yarn, and transformations now take place at predetermined times, which allows for more in-depth levels catering to the new form's special powers).
- Nintendo's flagship Italians, the Mario Bros., return in one of their most traditional outings yet, New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The game isn't based off of any particular classic title, but long-time fans will recognize the major points. Princess Peach kidnapped? Check. The villainous Bowser (King Koopa)? Check. Simultaneous multiplayer gameplay? Check. Waitwhat? Yes, direct tv ann arbor, even though simultaneous multiplayer hasn't been featured since the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade game, it's back here. The game also features a "Super Guide" feature in which Luigi will appear and guide the player through the level after they die eight times.
- The raddest hedgehog in video games shines in two new titles. First, there's Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, available on iOS, Playstation Network, WiiWare, and Xbox Live Arcade. This traditional 2.5D platformer loses the excess characters and gameplay dynamics that have diluted the series in recent years, making Sonic the only playable character and offering all the ring-collecting, dash-spinning, and loop-de-looping you could ask for. The other new title is Sonic Colors, which features both 2D and 3D stages. For the first time in a 3D Sonic game, Sonic can transform into Super Sonic after collecting 50 rings. Sonic can also get special abilities by collecting Wisps, an alien species being farmed by Dr. Eggman.
- The Metroid series has always been strong, but Metroid: Other M is one of the best yet, and also one of the most different. Simply put, the game is a battle from start to finish, with humongous, deadly enemies backing you into a corner at every turn. There are still hidden items to find for eager explorers, and the graphics make every battle feel as real as possibleand well-worth your hard-earned dough.


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Submitting to the narcissistic impulse
I laughed out loud when I read my colleague George Jonas' Saturday column.
Background: Every year-end, newspaper columnists are asked to submit what they think are their best (or most thematically representative) columns for a shot at an industry award.
This year, an editor instructed me to provide a cover letter in which we were to inform the judges how our columns "inform, engage, persuade, educate, entertain," why we considered our opinions to be "well-reasoned," and to explain how our work spurred "readers' responses or debate."
In Jonas' words, we were to provide a "sales pitch" on why our particular work deserved an award. Jonas wrote: "Maybe it's generational, but I can't pitch myself for an award."
I laughed because just the day before, I had sent in a few 2012 columns I was proud to have written, but with the caveat, "I am not writing an accompanying letter about why I am so worthy of an award, because it sticks in the craw."
Yes, George, it is a "generational" thing. We both grew up in the days before self-promotion was a social norm: Before the "Me" decade (the 1970s), before Oprah, before MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, before Time magazine made "You" the Person of the Year, and (thank God) before the publication of Diane Mastromarino's 2003 book, The Girl's Guide to Loving Yourself: a book about falling in love with the one person who matters most . . . You (in which can be found this priceless pearl of advice: "Loving yourself means knowing how great you are and not letting any person, any place, or any thing ever get in the way of that." Echh).
I know it can be a tiresome habit for older people to gripe about the self-centredness of today's youth and romanticize the virtues of yesteryear's parenting. But it is a fact, not my imagination, that our culture has become steadily more narcissistic since the concepts of character building and objective standards of excellence fell by the wayside, steamrollered by our obsession with "feelings" and (unearned) self-esteem.
As far back as 1979, when his exploration of the phenomenon, The Culture of Narcissism, was published, formidable social-critic Christopher Lasch could see that psychiatry's imperialist appropriation of child-rearing was creating "a state of superimposed anxiety" on parents. Instructed that they must do nothing to hamper their children's self-esteem and freedom, parents were robbed of their confidence in imposing rules and boundaries.
Fortunately for me, Dr. Spock (my copy of his book Baby and Child Care was in tatters by the time I was finished consulting it) and Hilda Bruch, author of Don't Be Afraid of Your Child (1957), were still spokespeople for a more traditional school of parenting. I'm happy for that. I'm temperamentally unsuited to the "authenticity" school of child-rearing, in which "all feelings are legitimate," and it is more important for children to express how they feel than to learn how to spell.
Happy ending, I'm pleased to report. The next day, he presented me with a new, carefully crafted and thoughtfully reasoned essay. |
Some groups have resisted the trend toward obsessing over self-esteem — including the religious, and certain immigrant cultures. This includes many East Asians. Tiger Mom author Amy Chua takes an extreme position, but her instinct to combat the general culture's encouragement of unearned self-esteem is spot on.
I wasn't a Tiger Mom, but I was quite tough on my children. I remember my son asking me to look over an essay he'd written in high school. I have a very clear memory of saying to him, "This is crap. It looks like you wrote it in half an hour. And from the style and tone of this paragraph" — I see myself sternly jabbing at it — "you no doubt ripped this off from some magazine. Am I right?" Mortified, head low, he shuffled out of the room.
He knew I was correct. Still, the response was overkill, even for me, I thought. I'd squashed his ego and his confidence. He'd hate critical writing from then on.
Happy ending, I'm pleased to report. The next day, he presented me with a new, carefully crafted and thoughtfully reasoned essay. He ended up as a professional writer and editor. And so I'd conclude, based on this one admittedly anecdotal data point, that the tough love school is better than the current approach — one that finds nothing odd about the solicitation of cover letters to judges explaining, without a smidgen of shame or embarrassment, why one is God's gift to journalism.
Barbara Kay "Fictional drivel." National Post, (Canada) 9 January, 2013.
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Many dryland alfalfa fields have been sitting dormant for weeks. Yet they could start to regrow if rain falls soon, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist.
How to manage such fields will depend on when that rain comes and if it's enough to support regular growth rates, he says. "Since we are approaching the usual winterizing season for alfalfa, alfalfa should be allowed to grow without any harvest until mid-October. About the only exception to that recommendation might be to consider a salvage harvest or a stimulation harvest."
A salvage harvest may be warranted if: 1) your alfalfa has gone fully dormant due to drought, 2) there is enough standing growth to harvest economically, and 3) that standing growth is starting to drop leaves. It doesn't matter if it rains or not. Harvest shouldn't hurt the stand and will give you some needed feed.
A stimulation harvest would involve cutting off any standing crop immediately before or as soon as possible after a heavy rain to encourage new shoots. Regrowth may develop a little faster without the influence of a standing crop. Cutting isn't necessary, but it might help regrowth.
"It's been a tough year for alfalfa and without rain some of it may not survive the winter," says Anderson. "Even with rain, plants will need adequate time to winterize and provide for a better crop in 2013."


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LEGO Summer Camp Preview at Play-Well Marin in San Anselmo
June 12, 2013
Posted by pamela |My kids love LEGOs, so naturally we're big fans of Play-Well, the amazing LEGO activity center in San Anselmo. Play-Well operates on the belief that kids learn best through play, and their activity center is a fantastic place for children to explore, problem solve, and create through the world of LEGO. My kids always have so much fun here they don't even realize they're learning about engineering!
Play-Well will be holding a free preview of their summer camp offerings on Sunday, June 16, from 1–5 pm. This summer, kids have the opportunity to create with more LEGO than they know what to do with. With access to over 100,000 pieces of LEGO, they can tinker, experiment, invent, and explore engineering in a fun safe atmosphere through play.
During the preview you can:
- Get a tour of Play-Well Marin and find out about their workshops, camps, and parties (their birthday parties are fantastic!)
- Enter the LEGO BattleTrack Challenge and participate in other fun LEGO games
- Enter a FREE raffle to win LEGO prizes
- Play with thousands of LEGO pieces
Play-Well Marin is located at 216 Greenfield Avenue in San Anselmo, right off the Miracle Mile. For more information visit www.play-well.org, call (415) 460-5210, or visit their Facebook Page.
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And I am. Tentatively.
Legal experts are opining that it "immediately transformed the national debate over the issue." And a National Review piece coming out in favor of state-approved same-sex marriages adds some weight to that claim.
Is this the turning point? I hope so. Will that bear out in six months or a year? That I'm less certain of. Already, organizations on the religious right are drafting plans to disenfranchise a sexual minority whose very existence makes their skin crawl. They will do whatever they can to achieve this end. If the Proposition 8 repeal and the placid existence of equal marriage laws in other states has changed the climate enough, perhaps there won't have to be a years-long, emotionally-charged battle ahead.
We'll see.
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Another day, another opportunity to fete the queen ogle Kate Middleton's fashion sense.
Today's event was the annual Order of the Garter service, a procession that honors the appointments to the oldest British Order of Chivalry.
But enough about the most respected, noble and elite men and women (including the sovereign, only 24 members are allowed at any one time) in England's service—what we really want to know is, what was Kate wearing?!
MORE: Attention eligible bachelors: Pippa Middleton is back on the market!
For the third time in as many days, Middleton, who was rolling relatively solo for the event—Prince William was gussied up in his finest velvet robe and plumes to walk in the procession as one of the order's newest members—once again hit the mark on her sunny day outing.
As per usual, she donned a requisite fascinator (from Philip Treacy, who else? milliner Rachel Trevor-Morgan), which perfectly coordinated with her Katherine Hooker dove grey dress and Buxton coat, which featured embellishments at the sleeves and waist. She accessorized with a simple matching clutch, grey suede court shoes, diamond stud earrings and a matching cross pendant.
Meanwhile, though she and Wills rode from Windsor Castle to the chapel together in an open air carriage (along with Prince Charles and Camilla), both men were part of the procession, leaving the two duchesses to watch the pomp and circumstance from the sidelines.
They were joined by Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Sophie of Wessex. So, you know, just your average day out with the fam.


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Finally finally finally. I did a fast and a colon cleanse. Above is the machine at work. On me. Yes!
As it turns out, I'm as healthy as I suspected (yay!), and though it was good to see the dead worm go (anti-parasite medicine, after India, here I come again), I don't feel the urge to rush back. The big news is that I can fast; I've always been so afraid to even try. OK, I only did it for two days, but hey, that's the longest I've ever gone in my life. And what I noticed was how amazing food tasted after that. So the fasting, now that's another story.
Since time immemorial, fasting has been a tool of spiritual seekers. Now I feel, finally, it is one that is open to me. If I can ever access it. Meanwhile I'm going to finish the Tutmak brownie (not as good as at Kaffe) and Indian chai (better than Kaffe).


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What kind of crumb would dump eye drops in someone's drink as a prank? I think the most we ever did to each other in college was dump sugar in a beer when it was unguarded. That was a hoot, but harmless.
Going any further than that seems downright cruel. What the heck is wrong with some people?


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4 This is Just Dance for kids and they will love it!dragonlord | 20/02/2011 | See all dragonlord's reviews (442)Top 10 Reviewer Top 10 DVD Reviewer Number 1 Games Reviewer Top 10 Music Reviewer Top 100 Books Reviewer Top 100 Clothing Reviewer We as a family really enjoy the Just Dance games especially my partner and daughter. Dance Juniors is made by the same people Ubisoft and there are over 40 fun tracks for you and your family to enjoy together. Up to four players can play at the same time and there is a good mixture of different types of songs. Upbeat dance hits unclude "ABC" by the Jackson Five, "Holiday" by Madonna and "Surfin' U.S.A" by the Beach Boys which are all recorded by kids. There are some fun tv dance hits such as "Hot Potato" by the Wiggles. Last of all old favourite songs which will remind you of your childhood whilst you were at school. These are as follows: "Old MacDonald Had A Farm", "When The Saints Go Marching In", "If You're Happy And You Know It" and "Wheels On The Bus". If you and your family like Just Dance and Just Dance 2 then your children will love Dance Juniors like my five year old daughter does!
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4 Good for the kidsGigglechick | 21/01/2012 | See all Gigglechick's reviews (3)Our 5 year old loves this but it's probably better for a slightly (or quite a bit) younger child because of the high proportion of kids' songs (like the Wiggles stuff and Happy Birthday). The controls are easy for her to work and she can pick the songs she wants without any problem. It's not up to the same standard as the xbox kinect dance games because of the limitations of the wii against the kinect but all in all this is a good game for the kids.


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Morning session: 8:00am - 12:30pm $35.00
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Search for prettiest teenager in Nigeria ends
The search for the prettiest teenager in Nigeria came to a glamorous end on the 9th of Feb as Miss Ogun , Princess Adesile was announced as the Miss Omolewa 2014 taking over from Miss River's Chisom Obike.
She walks away with a year modelling contract , brand ambassadorial deals with top fashion labels in Nigeria including PinkBollar , Adunni Oge, Yinka Olaniyan designs , Abeni M amongst others. Miss Anambra Chidera Edoh and Miss Bauchi Peace clinched the runner up positions.
Ayotunde Fabamwo , the CEO of House of Twitch organisers of the event says 'i am really looking forward to working with Princess, she constantly proved herself during the camp period as being part of a young generation of young adults that want to make a difference in the world'
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I had never thought that I was gay before, I had always liked girls so being with guys would have been out of the picture. My first actual experience was with my friend Chase but him and I had grown up together and he is now openly gay. We pretended we were married and we had fake sex, we pretended to kiss but never actually did, and we grabbed eachothers butts. That was it, never anything more.
Then one summer I had met a friend, he was black, hot as could be. His sexy body was perfect leading down to a juicy black cock, big as could be. We were both in 7th grade, he was visiting family only for the summer, he lived out of town. We hung out at a waterpark all day and then went back to his house. We were wathcing a movie and suddenly I wanted to mess around the same way i did with chase so i got on top of him and told him that this was what i did to the girls as i started to hump his ass. We then compared dick sizes and humped cock to cock but nothing more than that. I had to go home and he had to move back for the school year.
He came back the next summer and we did the same thing, went to the waterpark and this time I was going to stay the night at his house. Somehow we got to messing around again and this time we were a bit older,. We were playing with eachothers cocks and finally ended up kissing. I came for the first time in my life all over him and his bed. I was so embarrassed because I had no idea what was happening.
Since then he comes down here a few times a year and we finally get to hang out and have our secret sexy affairs. We now have fucked in the ass and that was amazing, and we give eachother head and it has become a pretty routine thing. I will always remember the first few times though, when we really had no idea what we were even doing.
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