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With our All-Area teams released tomorrow, it's fun to look back at former winners of some of our superlatives. Here's the list of the last 25 winners of the SportsDayHS defensive player of the year award.
There are a few standouts on this list of great high school players.
Jesse Armstead, a nine-year NFL veteran, might be one of the best defensive players ever to come out of the North Texas area. Joe Bowden and Keith Mitchell had solid NFL careers, as would have Sergio Kindle if not for injury.
Mario Edwards Jr. played a role on Florida State's national championship team, while Wylie's Nikita Whitlock, now at Wake Forest, was named to the ACC first- or second-team for the third straight season.
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1983;Charles Washington;DB;Spruce
1984;Lafayette Turner;DB;Carter
1985;Brian Love;DB;Irving MacArthur
1986;Paul Shabay;LB;Hurst L.D. Bell
1987;Joe Bowden;LB;North Mesquite
1988;Jesse Armstead;LB;Carter
1989;Margene Simmons;LB;Arlington Lamar
1990;Huntley Bakich;LB;W.T. White
1991;Keith Mitchell;DE;Garland Lakeview Centennial
1992;David Carmona;DT;Richardson
1993;Robert Jones;LB;Waxahachie
1994;Matt Brown;LB;Arlington
1995;Marcus Sanders;LB;Mesquite
1996;Josh Spoerl;LB;North Mesquite
1997;Marcus Mosley;LB;South Oak Cliff
1998;Kevin Young;DE;Duncanville
1999;Brandon "Booger" Kennedy;DT;Terrell
2000;Brandon Villarreal;LB;Allen
2001;Aaron Harris;LB;North Mesquite
2002;Stephen Hodge;DB;Lake Highlands
2003;DeMarcus Granger;DT;Kimball
2004;DeMarcus Granger;DT;Kimball
2005;Sergio Kindle;LB;Woodrow Wilson
2006;Youri Yenga;DE;Euless Trinity
2007;Spencer Reeves;LB;Skyline
2008;Nikita Whitlock;NG;Wylie
2009;Jackson Jeffcoat;DE;Plano West
2010;Tanner Rice;DE;Coppell
2011;Mario Edwards, Jr.;DE;Denton Ryan
2012;Daeshon Hall;DE;Lancaster


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"Modern enterprise demands a data center solution that can be rapidly deployed, without sacrificing any of the core design principles of a Tier 4 capable data center, including high availability, adaptability, security, energy efficiency and redundancy," explains Brian Lendrum, business development manager of Datacentrix's Infrastructure Optimization Solutions business unit."Datacentrix has identified infrastructure optimization solutions as one of its core strategic initiatives, and based on this focus, established a partnership with Cannon Technologies. Through this affiliation, we are able to help drive down the costs of operating a data center by providing modular, yet highly robust and secure Tier 4 data center solutions that can decrease energy costs while maximizing precious floor space."The modular Cannon solution reportedly allows for the maximization of data center space by being adaptable to the amount of space available, is highly customizable and can be expanded on a just in time basis as and when required. It is delivered in a flat pack format that allows for rapid deployment - within a matter of weeks, rather than the months needed for traditional brick and mortar solutions.In addition, it utilizes the CannonCool data center cooling solution, which includes passive climate control, rack cooling or liquid chilling of high performance equipment, and can be designed to meet precise requirements. The CannonPower range of power solutions enables temperature and environment monitoring, which provides for real-time measurement and control, with alarms and pre-programmed actions based on temperature and humidity measurement at multiple points within each rack, plus measurement of electricity usage at the per-equipment level within each rack. This reporting is all made possible through the Cannon T4 Data Center Manager (T4 DCM) software suite.The Cannon Technologies solution makes use of a complete range of racks and accessories, including Smart Cab, a preconfigured intelligent cabinet, ServerSmart Cab, Smart Net, mini cabinets, Cannon patching frames catering for high density patching frames for copper and fiber plus multimedia, as well as wall-mounted 19-inch cabinets.From a security perspective, CannonGuard offers the remote and local management of security at rack level, including fingerprint, palmprint and iris scanning. Datacentrix is also able to supply Cannon T4 Data Center PODs, which feature complete "cocooning" solutions for aisle-containment, and the more efficient management of cooling and PUE (power usage effectiveness).
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Oswego State vs. Brockport
March 30, 2012
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|Britt Leone
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|Chris Porten
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|Connor Khammar
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|Ian O'brien
|10 (0.455)
|Current Record
|Oswego State
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|Riley Austin
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|Alex Austin
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|Bryon Palmer
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|Jesse Elliott
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|Nate Thomas
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|Cory Banwaree
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|OSWEGO, N.Y. - The Oswego State men's lacrosse team suffered (7-1, 0-1 SUNYAC) its first loss of the season in the conference opener to Brockport (5-5, 0-1 SUNYAC), 12-5, Friday afternoon.
Winning the opening face-off was key to Brockport's strategy. It held the ball for over three minutes in the Laker defensive zone before Riley Austin finally scored with an assist for Alex Austin. The Golden Eagles dominated the first period, scoring three more off the sticks of Nate Thomas, Jesse Elliott and Riley Austin. The first quarter ended with the score at 4-0 in Brockport's favor.
A penalty on Brockport early in the second allowed Oswego State to get on the board when Cody Hoose (Fr., Syracuse, N.Y.) scored the marker off a pass from Chris Porten (So., Auburn, N.Y.). Just over a minute later, senior Britt Leone (Schenectady, N.Y.) capitalized on another man-up advantage for the Lakers, cutting the Golden Eagle lead to 4-2.
Brockport's Thomas answered the goal with one of his own with about nine minutes to go in the second. Alex Austin finished up the scoring in the second with two unassisted goals for the Golden Eagles, putting the score 7-2 at halftime.
Oswego State started strong in the third, winning a face off and getting it immediately into the Brockport zone. Less than a minute later, Porten scored a goal for the Lakers after being on the receiving end of a pass from Hoose. Brockport's Riley Austin responded to make the margin five goals at 8-3.
Leone found Connor Khammar (Fr., Syracuse, N.Y.) for his tenth goal of the season for Oswego State with 7:16 to play in the third, but Golden Eagle Bryon Palmer answered back minutes later. With a minute left in the quarter, Leone scored his second goal of the day, unassisted, to make the score, 9-5, heading into the fourth.
Brockport controlled much of the action in the fourth quarter., as it scored all three fourth quarter goals. The first came from Bryon Palmer followed by both remaining goals being score by Riley Austin.
Oswego State's goalie Ian O'Brien (Sr., Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) played all but the waning moments of the game, recording ten saves in the losing effort. Cory Banwaree picked up the win in the cage for Brockport after posting eight saves.
The Golden Eagles owned a decisive 25-11 advantage in ground balls, and tallied 11 turnovers compared to 19 for the home team.


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Ph.D in Natural Language Understanding or related field with experience in analyzing conversations
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We seek a talented researcher in dialog systems and natural language understanding to work on a variety of problems such as effective communication and engagement between humans and conversational agents, modeling conversation structure, algorithms for robust processing of spoken language. The successful candidate will be an essential part of the CHAT (Conversational Human Agent Technology) group, a new, exciting effort in the Intelligent Systems Lab at PARC that focuses on everything around conversation: how does one model the interactional layer of a conversation, how can an artificial agents communicate effectively and engagingly with a human, what can one infer from the conversation between humans. Such problems require knowledge and understanding of social sciences as well as broad knowledge of Natural Language Understanding and Artificial Intelligence techniques. Our team is multidisciplinary and allows for collaboration among researchers in a variety of fields as well as leading faculty in universities.
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Posted by norbert on 4/30/2013 6:55:00 PM (view original):I think it just shows when you promised the start not that he is actually expecting starts.
Posted by tigerpark135 on 4/30/2013 9:52:00 PM (view original):but doesn't it show promised start under the freshman column only? and if the kid is now a sophomore you would know not to start him. Its a good tool to track your recruiting habits.
Posted by gt_deuce on 4/30/2013 8:13:00 PM (view original):Posted by norbert on 4/30/2013 6:55:00 PM (view original):I think it just shows when you promised the start not that he is actually expecting starts.That's a little confusing, then. Because what if THIS season, I promise some subset of incoming recruits various PT/Start situations. How will I then know which promises were in effect NOW and which were just old, stale promises that were no longer required to be in effect?
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Lymph nodes are small clumps of immune cells that act as filters for the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system runs throughout the body (like the circulatory (blood) system) and carries fluid and cells.
The lymph nodes in the underarm (the axillary lymph nodes) are the first place breast cancer is likely to spread.
Figure 4.4 shows the location of the axillary lymph nodes.
Lymph node status is highly related to prognosis.
Cancer found only in the breast (lymph node-negative) has the best prognosis. Prognosis is poorer when cancer has spread to the lymph nodes (lymph node-positive). The more lymph nodes that contain cancer, the poorer prognosis tends to be [6].
For a summary of research studies on lymph node status and breast cancer survival, visit the Breast Cancer Research section.
About 40 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have cancer in their axillary lymph nodes [8]. These lymph nodes can sometimes be felt during a physical exam, but this does not take the place of a pathologist's exam of the lymph nodes removed during a biopsy.
During a physical exam, a health care provider feels under the arm to check if the lymph nodes are enlarged. If they are, it is likely the cancer has spread. However, if the provider does not feel enlarged lymph nodes, this does not mean the nodes are negative (cancer-free).
The pathologist checks the nodes under a microscope. Nearly one-third of women with negative lymph nodes based on a physical exam have nodes with cancer found during the pathology exam [9]. And, some women with enlarged nodes during a physical exam have cancer-free nodes [8]. Thus, a pathologist's exam is needed to determine lymph node status.
Sentinel node biopsy is the most common way to check the axillary lymph nodes for cancer. Research has shown it is a good method to assess lymph node status [8-15]. A meta-analysis that combined the results of 69 studies showed sentinel node biopsy correctly predicted lymph node status in 96 percent of women with breast cancer [10]. And, the chance of missing a positive lymph node (false negative rate) was low (about seven percent) [10].
With a sentinel node biopsy, the surgeon injects a radioactive substance (called a tracer) and/or a blue dye into the breast near the tumor. The first node(s) to absorb the tracer or dye is called the sentinel node(s). (The sentinel node(s) is the first place breast cancer is likely to spread.) The surgeon locates the sentinel node(s) by looking for the node that has absorbed the tracer (using a special device called a gamma probe) or the dye (which turns the lymph node(s) blue). The tracer or blue dye identifies one to several (usually fewer than five) nodes as the sentinel nodes. The surgeon removes the sentinel node(s). A pathologist checks the node(s) for cancer cells.
If cancer is not found in the sentinel node (the sentinel node is negative), it is unlikely that other axillary lymph nodes have cancer.
If the sentinel node does contain cancer cells (the sentinel node is positive), more nodes are sometimes removed with a procedure called axillary dissection (see more below). The goal of axillary dissection is to check how many lymph nodes have cancer. This may help determine if a person will have chemotherapy after surgery. It also reduces the chances of cancer returning in the axillary lymph nodes. Some people with a positive sentinel node may not need axillary dissection.
Axillary dissection removes more tissue than a sentinel node biopsy. Because it disrupts more of the normal tissue in the underarm area, axillary dissection is more likely to affect arm function and cause lymphedema. For this reason, sentinel node biopsy is the preferred first step to check lymph nodes.
Learn more about lymphedema.
In some cases, an axillary dissection instead of a sentinel node biopsy is advised. This usually occurs when:
The accuracy of sentinel node biopsy is still under study in people who have locally advanced breast cancer.
Although still under study, early findings suggest sentinel node biopsy may be a good way to assess lymph node status for those who get chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy) [8].
For a summary of research studies on sentinel node biopsy and lymph node status, visit the Breast Cancer Research section.
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Code of Conduct in the web marketing industry is a must-to-follow entity. The code of conduct in this industry is quite a norm, whether written or unwritten, and is maintained by almost everyone related to the industry. We maintain a code of conduct which follows the motto of 'do not deceive' and is applied to everyone related to our work. The code of conduct is there to be followed by clients, the visitors, search engine optimizers and almost everyone. The motive is to avoid any malpractice in terms of business ethics which can bring the whole process in any kind of disrepute.
We maintain simplicity in our work and thrive in delivering what has promised. We are not here to make the pigs fly with the implementation of SEO. We promise in re-engineering your site to make it perform better and bring in better traffic flow. We endeavor in putting the relevant keywords into place to enhance the user experience. This makes the site more relevant for the visitors. The code of conduct should guide the SEO in improving the content quality and not to hide or disguise things. The more the transparent the process is the better the results are in terms of ranking, traffic, conversion and returns.
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To answer the question fully, it is important to know what you WANT to do. What type of accounting career are you interested in?
Regardless, I think it's important to know that "CPA" can be viewed as a specific "job" such as being someone's public accountant, who gives tax advice, prepares financials, etc. for an individual or another company. You also can have your "CPA", an important credential in the accounting field, but not practice as a public accountant. In other words, you can earn your CPA license and designation and not BE a public accountant, working for a CPA firm.
Obtaining your CPA is arguably the top credential in the accounting field. I would strongly encourage anyone who wants a career in accounting, to obtain the CPA designation as it is a sign of your commitment to your career, a demonstration of your intelligence and overall motivation, that employers often require, or at a minimum prefer.
There are many accounting career paths and having the CPA gives you credibility in all of them. The rules for getting your CPA still vary somewhat by state, so you don't always have to get your Master's in Accounting to get it. Simply having an undergraduate degree with extra credits to get you to 150 in total is often enough (sometimes obtained with a double degree or as a result of changing degrees).
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What I like about my job is the fact that I am always challenged. I never walk away from work thinking I had a boring day which is really fantastic. What I sometimes dislike about my job is that by always being so challenged, sometimes it is hard to come home and turn off work. However, since I have been in my career, I have found things that I like to do (e.g. meeting friends for dinner, working out, talking a walk, watching a movie, etc) which give me the ability to turn off work leading to a healthy balance between my work and personal lives.
I don't think it is difficult to obtain a job in the profession today as long as you put effort into getting a good education and obtaining the certifications to back up the education. Plus, a good work ethic and a willingness to learn go a long way towards securing a good job in the accounting profession.
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Can love and honor conquer all?
Mark Helprin's enchanting and sweeping novel springs from this deceptively simple question, and from the sight of a beautiful young woman, dressed in white, on the Staten Island Ferry, at the beginning of summer, 1946.
Postwar New York glows with energy. Harry Copeland, an elite paratrooper who fought behind enemy lines in Europe, has returned home to run the family business. Yet his life is upended by a single encounter with the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale, as they each fall for the other in an instant.
Harry and Catherine pursue one another in a romance played out in Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. Catherine's choice of Harry over her longtime fiancé endangers Harry's livelihood and eventually threatens his life. In the end, it is Harry's extraordinary wartime experience that gives him the character and means to fight for Catherine, and risk everything.
Not since Winter's Tale has Mark Helprin written such a magically inspiring saga. Entrancing in its lyricism, In Sunlight and in Shadow so powerfully draws you into New York at the dawn of the modern age that, as in a vivid dream, you will not want to leave.
"Three decades after his seminal Winter's Tale, Helprin offers another sprawling novel in which New York City is the participatory backdrop of a love story that begins as an American idyll only to be vexed by a legion of postwar anxieties. One day in 1946, Harry Copeland — recently of the 82nd Airborne and heir to his father's leather goods company — spots Catherine Hale, a well-heeled songstress with a Bryn Mawr pedigree. The two fall immediately in love, despite the objections of Catherine's powerful fiancé, and Catherine's career is savaged in the fallout of this star-crossed affair, which, from Penn Station to the Ritz and back to Harry's heroics behind enemy lines, swells to operatic grandeur over the course of 700 pages, drawing specters like anti-Semitism and the Mafia into its orbit and concluding with a desperate, violent scheme that will bring Harry's wartime expertise to bear on his sense of justice. And yet, neither love nor New York has ever seemed less complicated: despite excellent set pieces, Helprin's prose is often ham-fisted, his characters thin, and his invocations of Gotham Americana jingoistic. Still, there's fun to be had, particularly when Gatsbyesque descriptions of 'the great financial houses' run for pages, but subtlety is not the author's strong suit, and the lack of moral ambiguity in his larger-than-life characters registers as a missed opportunity. Agent: Wendy Weil." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"A fine adult love story — not in the prurient sense, but in the sense of lovers elevated from smittenness to all the grownup problems that a relationship can bring." Kirkus, starred review
"In this prodigious, enfolding saga of exalted romance in corrupt, postwar New York, resplendent storyteller Helprin creates a supremely gifted and principled hero....Helprin's suspenseful, many-stranded plot is unfailingly enthralling. The sumptuous settings are intoxicating." Booklist, starred review
"In its storytelling heft, its moral rectitude, the solemn magnificence of its writing and the splendor of its hymns to New York City, the new novel is a spiritual pendant to Winter's Tale, and every bit as extraordinary." The Wall Street Journal
"If [Helprin's] latest novel is a book out of time, perhaps it holds clues as to where the novel ought to go from here." Esquire "
"Helprin's delightful new novel is a 705-page mash note to Manhattan in the years immediately following World War II....Wise, saturated with sensory detail and beautifully written, Sunlight celebrates the unquenchable bliss of existence." People magazine
"Passionate, earnest, nostalgic, and romantic....Throughout the novel he splashes down paeans to virtue and beauty you'd have to be heartless not to enjoy." The New York Times Book Review
"In Helprin's rhapsodic rendering...In Sunlight and in Shadow is at heart a romance, not just the romance of two attractive young people but the romance of life itself." Los Angeles Times
In Sunlight and in Shadow is a sensational and perfectly gripping novel: a love story, a tribute to the fighting spirit of World War II, a hymn to the majesty of New York. The Washington Post
"Helprin is gifted at writing about war — not just combat, but the vastly complex and contradictory world that surrounds combat — and the passages describing Harrys wartime experiences are...lyrical, thrilling and at times astonishing....In Sunlight and in Shadow, like all of Helprin's novels, exists to remind us that...it is sometimes wiser and more fulfilling to cherish our deepest ideals than to mock them." Chicago Tribune
"In the long sweep of his textured, absorbing look at life in New York City in the middle of the 20th century, Mark Helprin talks about many big issues, yet always gives them a human face....Precise yet transcendent turns of phrase put readers right beside the couple as they deal with the circumstances...[of] a literary love story that rivals those celebrated in earlier classics. And Helprin has demonstrated once again the ability to make readers experience what Harry tells Catherine everyone must have: 'the friction, the sparring with the world, that you need to feel alive.'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch
An epic love story set in post-war New York by the bestselling author of Winter's Tale.
About the Author
Mark Helprin is the acclaimed author of Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, and numerous other works. His novels are read around the world, translated into over 20 languages.
Table of Contents
Prologue vii
Boat to St. George: May, 1946 1
Overlooking the Sea 12
Her Hands and the Way She Held Them 24
The Moon Rising over the East River 30
Catherines Song 45
In Production 55
And There She Was 68
What Youre Trained to Do 92
Georgica 102
Distant Lights and Summer Wind 119
Overcoats 135
Changing Light 145
Billy and Evelyn 152
Conversation by the Sea 174
Gray and Green 188
The Abacus 196
The Glare of July 201
The Whole World 213
Spectacles 220
The Gift of a Clear Day 232
The Beach Road 241
Young Townsend Coombs 248
The Settee 261
The Economics of Hot Water 272
The Wake of the Crispin 284
Speechless and Adrift 310
The Evening Transcript 316
Lost Souls 333
James George Vanderlyn 353
Baucis and Philemon 360
Crossing the River 375
The Highlands 405
Pathfinder 412
Glorious Summer 436
Vierville 468
Snow 480
Catherine 520
Counsel and Arms 536
Office in Madison Square 574
The Train from Milwaukee 585
Red Steel 597
A Passion of Kindness 603
The Letter 623
In the Arcade 652
Catherine Rising 670
The Horse and His Rider He Hath
Thrown into the Sea 694
In the Arms of an Angel 712
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Gay man will not become president of city's Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Catholic World News - August 16, 2010
Following consultation with Archbishop Robert Carlson, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Louis will not permit a man who has lived in a homosexual relationship for two decades to run for the society's president. The society serves the poor in eastern Missouri.
"I was told that I could not run for president because my living relationship goes against Catholic moral teaching," said Jeffrey Goldone, vice president of the society's board of directors.
"The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has a regulation that members running for president live a life according to Church teaching," said Archbishop Carlson. "I clarified what Church teaching is in the matter of homosexuality."
"We serve all people without discrimination," added Zip Rzeppa, the society's executive director. "And please note we are not discriminating against Jeff Goldone, a man who has done much good. He disqualified himself for the position of president by choosing to live a lifestyle of illicit sexual union, which falls outside the teachings of the Catholic Church, and outside the qualifications of the Society's international Rule."
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Aug. 16, 2010 11:45 PM ET USA
"I was told I could not run for president because my living relationship goes against Catholic moral teaching"--he makes it sound like said moral teaching is news to him. Well...considering the vapid, watered-down instruction most Catholics receive (usually from the pulpit), I wouldn't be surprised if such teaching were news to him!
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The Legion of Mary, which grew out of the SVP Society, has the following requirement for membership (p.80, Legio Mariae, 1993): "1. The Legion of Mary is open to all Catholics who: (a) faithfully practise their religion...." I assume this is not a requirement for SVP membership?
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"illicit"? Try "immoral", "evil", or "ojectively sinful"! The word "illicit" implies that the situation could otherwise be valid...why is everyone so afraid of the gay agenda? It's terribly uncharitable to not fully represent Catholic truth before them.
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Never mind, old chap. As a consolation prize, you can be a Lutheran pastor.


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Green Building News
Green Building News October 2002
October 22, 2002
Study Investigates Moisture Damage in Newer Multi-level Multi-family Structures
The City of Seattle released a technical study of moisture damage in newer buildings conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL). This research seeks to expand the knowledge base for regional builders, owners and officials concerned about significant moisture damage encountered in recently built multifamily structures.
ORNL researchers have completed computer simulations of the hygrothermal performance of 35 wood-frame exterior wall systems used in the Seattle area. Among their findings:
- confirmation that insulation requirements have a marginal effect on wall performance;
- the importance of controlling interior relative humidity below 60 percent for most of the year; and
- the importance of selecting building materials that allow walls to dry to both the interior and the exterior, provided interior conditions allow drying to the inside.
The simulations mark Phase I of a continuing study, and provide a preliminary assessment of typical walls used in multifamily construction in Seattle. Phase II will develop a database of the properties of construction materials. Phase III will seek ways to improve water management capabilities of wall systems through both field work and computer modeling. Phase I of the study is available from the Seattle DCLU web site.
Green Power Sales Triple in Northwest
The amount of "green power" purchased by retail customers in the Northwest more than tripled since last year, according to a report released by the Renewable Northwest Project (RNP). Entitled, Powerful Choices, the report summarizes the retail green power programs that are allowing customers to invest directly in a clean energy future. Twenty-three Northwest utilities are offering customers a choice of an environmentally preferred power source -- wind power, solar power, landfill gas power or low-impact hydro power.
Customer retail green power purchases help to push the market forward for the construction of new renewable energy projects. During the past year, Northwest green power customers purchased the equivalent of the annual output from 94 (600 kW) wind turbines.
Since last year, the number of customers buying green power has more than doubled. New state legislation enacted in Washington and Oregon has significantly increased the number of green power programs and options being offered in each state. In addition, increased general awareness of the benefits of buying green power and more sophisticated marketing techniques have contributed to higher sales and customer participation.
The report outlines each utility offering and features strategies for building a successful green power program. The report also includes:
- Discussion of the effect of recent legislation on retail green power programs; the importance of investing in renewable energy; the elements of green pricing programs; green power marketing strategies; and lessons learned from established programs.
- An "at-a-glance" profile of each program the offering, price, and marketing strategies.
- A "snapshot" comparison of program products, prices, residential participation rates, and average monthly sales.
- Resources for learning more about green power programs.
"Northwest customers are demonstrating their support for renewable energy by signing up for green power in increasing numbers," said Rachel Shimshak, director of RNP, a regional renewable energy advocacy organization. "Along with utility investments in renewables, customers are using their choices to help create a clean energy future," she added.
University of Colorado at Boulder Wins Solar Decathlon
The University of Colorado at Boulder took first place in the Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Decathlon, officially bringing an end to the 10-day competition among university teams from around the country. The University of Virginia captured second place, while Auburn University took third.
The Solar Decathlon ran from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Teams from 14 universities competed by building homes that blend aesthetics and modern conveniences with maximum energy production and efficiency. In appearance, the homes are a mix of traditional and modern, but all are powered entirely by the sun and incorporate state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies.
For the competition, the solar decathletes had to figure ways to harness the power of the sun to supply all the energy for an entire household, including a home-based business, along with the transportation needs of the household and business.
Each house, limited to roughly 500 square feet for purposes of the competition, were judged on 10 criteria to determine which most efficiently employed solar energy for heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, appliances, computers and charging an electric car. The teams competed in the 10 contests simultaneously.
DOE provided each team with a $5,000 stipend toward the construction of their solar house. The teams raised the rest of the money they needed to design, construct and transport the houses to Washington, D.C. BP Solar contributed discounted solar panels as well as advice on solar power systems, money for building the Solar Village and volunteers. The Home Depot contributed free and discounted building supplies for the Solar Decathlon teams, advice on construction, money for building the Solar Village and volunteers. EDS contributed wireless communications and Internet services for the Solar Village, as well as financial contributions and volunteers. Other sponsors were the American Institute of Architects and the National Renewable Energy Lab.
Lowes Foods Stores Receive Energy Star Label
Five of the Lowes Foods supermarkets have received the ENERGY STAR® label, which recognizes buildings that are among the top 25 percent in the nation in terms of energy performance. Lowes Foods has also been named an ENERGY STAR partner, reflecting its commitment to the continuous improvement of the organizations energy performance.
Reducing energy consumption is a priority for Lowes Foods, said Gary Watson, vice president for business support at Lowes Foods. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to operate a supermarket for lights, refrigeration, and to run computerized checkout systems. By finding ways to eliminate energy use, we contribute to a healthier environment in the neighborhoods in which we do business, and operate our stores more efficiently.
Energy conservation measures put in place by Lowes Foods include using the latest technology for HVAC, air-intake systems and refrigerated cases, motion sensors and time clocks to regulate light fixtures and appliances, and building materials that provide maximum insulation.
The conservation measures put in place by Lowes Foods will save enough energy to power 444 homes for one year and result in a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 10,000 tons annually.
The Lowes Foods stores that have received the ENERGY STAR label are located in Chapel Hill, Clayton, Cornelius, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Lowes Foods is in the process of having additional stores certified by the EPA for the ENERGY STAR label. In addition, each new store built by Lowes Foods is being designed to meet the ENERGY STAR criteria. The company opened five stores this year and has plans to open another six in 2003. These stores use nearly 50 percent less power for their light systems than is allowed by current standards.
Forty-one Companies Honored for Environmental Excellence
Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker selected 41 companies for the 2002 Governors Award for Environmental Excellence. The award recognizes the best of Pennsylvanias businesses, municipalities and organizations for their efforts to protect the environment.
"The winners of the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence are real-life examples of how we can all work together to save the environment," Gov. Schweiker said. "These winners have brought innovative thinking to our efforts to reduce pollution and preserve our resources."
"Results like this just don't happen overnight or by themselves -- it takes a team effort," Gov. Schweiker said. "The award-winning leadership of these companies and organizations is improving the environment and improving the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians."
Among the 41 recipients were three green building material manufacturers:
CollinsWood's Kane Hardwood operating unit received the Governor's Award for Environmental Sustainability, which is presented to the company or organization that best embodies the three elements of sustainability: environmental improvement, economic development and positive social change. Kane supports the production of wood on a sustained, renewable basis. The company is committed to the total health maintenance of the forest ecosystem on its more than 120,000 acres of forestland. The company invests in research, mapping, planning and training that promotes environmentally responsible practices to ensure an abundance of natural resources for the next generation.
PPG Industries received their award for its Pure Performance line of Pittsburgh Paints architectural paints. Pure Performance paint was developed to meet the needs of the "green building community" while maintaining the premium performance requirements of architects, engineers, professional painters and homeowners. Pure Performance was the first premium paint to earn the independent, environmentally friendly "Green Seal Class A" certification, according to David C. Cannon Jr., PPG's vice president, environment, health and safety. The paint is a low-odor, premium interior latex coating that contains no volatile organic compounds (VOC). This permits Pure Performance paint to be applied in occupied structures, including homes, hospitals, schools, retail and commercial offices. The coating also has an anti-microbial agent that prevents formation of mold and mildew on paint surfaces.
National Gypsum Companys Shippingport, Pa., wallboard plant uses byproduct gypsum from nearby First Energys Bruce Mansfield Plant to manufacture wallboard. The byproduct gypsum is produced as the power plant scrubs its high-sulfur coal emissions.
Instead of using gypsum rock, the Shippingport plant operates around the clock and uses 100 percent byproduct gypsum at a rate of 70-80 tons per hour. In the past, this material was dumped in First Energys Little Blue Run landfill. The byproduct gypsum is transferred from the power plant to the wallboard plant by a 1.5-mile conveyor system.
As in other National Gypsum plants, the Shippingport operation recycles in several other areas as well. Waste wallboard goes back into the system, and trimmings from paper rolls are sent to the companys paper product plants for recycling. And, National Gypsum produces its wallboard facing papers from recycled paper at its four paper mills.
Process wastewater is recycled, resulting in zero discharge. All storm water generated at the Shippingport site is treated in sedimentation ponds prior to discharge. Dust collected in the facility's baghouse system is recycled into the process. The state-of-the-art baghouses are designed for particulate removal efficiency greater than 99.9%.
Parts washing solvents used in maintenance activities, waste oils, spent vehicle batteries and scrap metal are sent to third-party recyclers. All combustion sources are equipped with low NOx burners to reduce emissions.
The Governor's Environmental Excellence Award was created in 1996 and honors organizations, businesses and individuals for positively impacting Pennsylvania's environment. The awards are presented in four categories: energy efficiency, land use, education and outreach, and resource protection.
Facility Managers Are Leaning toward Green
Environmental concepts are catching on with facility managers, according to a study conducted by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) for DuPont Antron®, a business unit of DuPont Textiles & Interiors.
The survey indicates that 69 percent of facility managers are implementing green building concepts and 58 percent use or plan to add environmental criteria to vendor and product selection. The statistics reveal that facility managers are moving away from evaluating sustainability simply by recycled content and are adopting a broader approach that addresses all stages of a products life cycle.
Fifty-one percent have implemented or plan to apply practices that consider product life cycle analysis and 94 percent believe that a product is sustainable or green if it is manufactured in an environmentally favorable manner. While facility managers are implementing the use of recycled content products in their facilities, more believe that lower total environmental impact is a better indication of sustainability. Ninety-eight percent of facility managers believe that sustainability will become an increasingly important issue for the facility management profession in the future.
The total environmental impact of DuPont Antron® nylon was evaluated by Scientific Certification Systems earlier this year, which resulted in Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification of the product. Environmentally Preferable Products are defined as products and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared to other products and services that serve the same purpose. DuPont Antron® was evaluated by the following criteria: product performance, total environmental impact of product manufacturing, use of green energy in the manufacturing, protection of safety, health and the environment and end-of-life responsibility.
Knauf Receives Third-party IAQ Performance Certification
Knauf Fiber Glass building insulation products (batts, blankets and Summit Blowing Insulation) have received GREENGUARD indoor air quality (IAQ) performance certification. Knauf is the first fiber glass insulation company to achieve GREENGUARD Certification, which designates low emitting products. To achieve certification, Knauf's products could not exceed a concentration of 0.05 ppm of formaldehyde and 0.50 mg/m for total Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
To gain GREENGUARD Certification, a product is tested using stringent environmental chamber methods and meets GREENGUARDs Indoor Air Quality Standards. These standards are based on IAQ purchase requirements used by the State of Washington and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certification is a multi-stage process that includes raw material and manufacturing facility reviews, annual certification testing and quarterly monitoring tests.
Maytag Flying Town Residents to Washington, DC for Celebration
Last month, almost the entire town of Bern, Kansas, traveled to Washington, D.C. to celebrate a landmark study showing the dramatic energy saving potential of energy efficient clothes washers.
Maytag Corporation flew Bern's residents to Washington to mark the 5th anniversary of the Bern Clothes Washer Study. In a controlled study in the water-short farming community of Bern, DOE found that 103 Maytag-donated Neptune horizontal-axis clothes washers saved, on average, 56 percent of the energy and 38 percent of the water used by the machines they replaced.
"The Bern Washer Study set a precedent by showing that energy efficient appliances -- especially those with the Energy Star label -- can benefit the nation by significantly conserving water and energy," said David Garman, the Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. "This private sector/government study exemplifies the way that business and government can work together to promote energy- and dollar-saving technology."
The Assistant Secretary also presented the citizens of Bern with a DOE special recognition award, and commended them for their outstanding support and leadership in energy efficiency and water conservation.
The success of the study contributed to the widespread adoption of clothes washers certified by ENERGY STAR, a joint DOE-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program that partners with manufacturers, retailers, and utilities to label and promote the most efficient products available in the marketplace.
Just before the study in 1997, ENERGY STAR qualified washers made up 3.74 percent of all clothes washers sold in the U.S. Now, after the second quarter of this year, that figure has grown to 16.7 percent. In 2001 alone, Americans purchased 767,737 ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washers, which will save 6.6 billion gallons of water and 199 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
Bern was chosen as the site for the original study because of its arid climate and scarcity of water. In 1997 DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory collected and analyzed over five months of data on more than 20,000 loads and nearly 70 tons of wash done in a wide range of real-world conditions. Since the study began, the 103 donated Neptunes have saved enough water each year to fill the town's water tank 17 times, and enough energy to light every house in the town for six weeks.
Maytag's Neptune washers save a significant amount of water and energy by operating on a horizontal axis, instead of a vertical axis like most clothes washers manufactured in the U.S. The front-loading tub fills halfway with water, while baffles scoop up the water and shower it down on clothes from above. Sensor technology closely monitors incoming water temperature, which comprises a large amount of the energy savings.
Portland Saves Water by Replacing Toilets
The city council of Portland, Oregon has authorized funds to replace toilets at 5,000 apartment complexes with low flow models. The pilot project has the potential to save more than 30 million gallons of water and hundreds of thousand dollars in water and sewer bills each year.
"Conservation is one of the quickest, cheapest ways to lower utility bills as well as reduce pressure on water supplies and sewage treatment capacity," said council commissioner Dan Saltzman. "This program offers owners a simple solution to reduce their water and sewer bills while upgrading their property. In many cases, the savings alone will cover the cost of the new toilet within a year."
Over the next four months, the Portland Office of Sustainable Development's Multifamily Assistance Program (MAP) will work with the owners of 5,000 apartment units to replace old toilets with new water efficient models that use two to three times less water. City program costs will be covered through an agreement with the Efficiency Services Group of Portland General Electric.
Water savings from ultra low flow toilets in a typical apartment range from 7,000 to 13,000 gallons per year, with annual water and sewer bill savings of $59 to $106. Within a year or two, owners pay for the retrofit in water and sewer bill savings. The program will run in tandem with a $45 rebate offer from the Portland Water Bureau for installation of water efficient toilets in properties serving lower income households.
The program will also promote recycling of the replaced toilets, with plans to divert the 187 tons of toilets from the landfill and into recycled, reusable road fill material.
The rebate program, "provides a great opportunity to assist our customers who do not directly pay their water/sewer bill, typically a difficult audience for us to target," said Judi Ranton, program manager for the Portland Water Bureau. "Owners and property managers will recognize the immediate benefits of providing their tenants higher efficiency toilets."
Study Shows Training and Certification Results in Substantial Energy Savings
Commercial facility operators and building managers can significantly reduce their costs for electricity, fossil fuels and water by completing courses in building energy performance, according to a new study released today by Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
The findings were the result of an evaluation of the Building Operator Training and Certification (BOC) program, a competency-based curriculum for building operators that NEEP and its sponsors launched in 2000 to improve operation and maintenance practices that impact the energy efficiency of commercial buildings. Since its inception, the BOC has trained more than 500 students and certified over 425 of those in energy efficient building performance. In order to be certified, building operators must demonstrate competence in evaluating building energy consumption, HVAC equipment inspection, lighting surveys, indoor air pollutant sources and pathways, and facility electrical distribution.
The evaluation found that, on average, the facilities served by students who completed the BOC curriculum saved, on an annual basis: · 0.5 kWhs of electricity per square foot · 1.95 MMBtu (million British Thermal Units) of fossil fuels (gas/oil) per 1,000 square foot · 0.162 gallons of water per square foot
At current retail energy prices, those savings translate to an estimated savings of $20,000 per facility per year.
According to Fouad Dagher, a lead senior engineer of National Grid in Northborough, Mass., one of the founding sponsors of the BOC program, the evaluation results validate the program in a way that every commercial building owner and operator can recognize and appreciate.
Its one thing to be able to talk about energy efficiency and all its related benefits, said Dagher. Its another to be able to tangibly demonstrate that learning about building energy performance in a course like the BOC will result in substantial energy cost savings for your facility. This evaluation shows us the very real benefit of optimizing a buildings energy performance.
Several BOC graduates lent their voices to the program evaluation, testifying to the effectiveness of the program in improving the energy performance of the facilities they operate.
The BOC Course opened my eyes to preventative maintenance items that were being overlooked, and reinforced maintenance practices that were already in place, noted Joe McPherson, maintenance manager at Pease International Airport / Pease Development Authority (PDA) in Portsmouth, N.H., where he is responsible for more than 58,000 square feet of facility space and more than five million square feet of grounds. It gave me a renewed interest in the work that Im doing, and Ive tried to pass this on to my crew. Its at the forefront of the individuals mind when they come back from the course, encouraging them to dig further into the specifics of their facilities. You develop a new relationship with your facilities.
Since taking the BOC course, I have been able to save money, save energy, and improve occupant comfort at my facility, added Chris Mozian, process control systems engineer for the Bayer Corporation in Berlin, Conn. For example, I have spotted inefficient filters on new equipment and installed better ones to increase the life of the HVAC units.
The evaluation, conducted by Research Into Action, Inc., of Portland, Ore., included telephone surveys of BOC students, qualifying supervisors, teachers, administrators and sponsors. Among students and supervisors, 80 percent were satisfied with the BOC program, while 90 percent said the training has led to improved comfort or savings of energy or money.
New York Enacts Net Metering
Governor George E. Pataki signed net metering legislation that will encourage farmers to sell excess electricity generated through the use of anaerobic digesters to utilities. This new legislation will make the installation and operation of anaerobic digesters more economically feasible for New York farmers, while providing them with an important tool to address environmental concerns and to reduce their energy costs.
Net metering laws already exist for electricity generated by solar panels on homes. The new legislation would expand those laws to include technically qualified farms as potential "net metering" customers who generate power from methane.
New York's dairy and livestock farmers face stringent federal, State and local regulatory pressures to control nutrient runoff into streams and eliminate the odors associated with manure management. Methane released from New York State's agricultural industry represents a source of greenhouse gas emissions. By anaerobically digesting the manure, capturing the methane, and combusting it to generate electricity, the result is reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Estimates indicate that with net metering rules in place, the farms most likely to operate digesters to generate electricity could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 40,000 metric tons of carbon equivalent, or about the equivalent of removing more than 32,000 cars from the State's roadways.
Net metering offers farmers a way to reduce operating costs, while generating additional cash flow as a result of selling electricity to utilities. Anaerobic digestion also gives farmers the opportunity to profit from compost sales and the use of nutrient-rich liquids in lieu of high-cost synthetic fertilizers.
Washington State Adopts Sustainable Practices
Gov. Gary Locke signed an executive order calling for sustainable environmental practices for all state agencies. The goal is to use human, environmental and economic resources more wisely, including the use of energy efficient products, recycled materials and conservation programs.
The executive order will guide Washington state governments long-term sustainability practices and strengthen the states economic and environmental vitality. This includes using the states $1 billion in purchasing power for environmental products and conservation.
Locke signed the executive order following the first meeting of the Governors Sustainable Washington Advisory Panel at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. The advisory panel consists of representatives from the public and private sector who will focus on developing an action plan for a sustainable Washington.
The executive order directs state agencies to establish sustainability objectives and prepare a biennial sustainability plan to modify their practices. It also calls for the Office of Financial Management to designate a person to assist state agencies in meeting their goals and establishes an advisory council to advise state agencies on how to apply sustainability measures to government operations.
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August 20, 2012
By J.D. Foster, Ph.D.
The tax extenders bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee on August 2 took important, albeit small, bipartisan baby steps: two forward followed by one big step back. The two steps forward were the committee working toward avoiding a component of Taxmageddon and making the effort to begin sorting through the long list of small, expiring tax provisions and dropping those of inadequate merit. The big step backward is that the bill would raise taxes. The committee approved the bill by a vote of 19–5, which means that five Republican Senators joined with the Democrats to raise taxes.
Finance Committee passage is just the first step, which leaves time for improvement. When the bill is brought to the Senate floor, Members should look to further pare the list of retained provisions. They should then expand one or more of the most meritorious remaining provisions, such as the deduction for higher education expenses, so that the overall product does not raise taxes. The tax extenders bill should be revenue neutral, which would make it an excellent model for tax reform in 2013.
Taxmageddon is the $500 billion tax hike slated to take effect on January 1, 2013.[1] It has four main components:
Many of the tax extenders should be extended, including the Research and Experimentation (R&E) tax credit, the deduction for certain higher education expenses, and the ability to make tax-free distributions from an individual retirement plan if the distributions are for charitable purposes. However, many others should have long since expired.
Congress's task should be to extend—or, better, make permanent—the worthwhile provisions and weed out those that lack sufficient merit. In years past, Congress lazily extended these provisions en bloc.
To its credit, the House Committee on Ways and Means has held hearings beginning the weeding process. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D–MT) and ranking member Orrin Hatch (R–UT) followed a similar path developing their bill and, in the process, eliminated 21 provisions from the list. More could be done, especially killing off the various alternative energy credits, but both the Finance and Ways and Means Committees have made a good start.
The great flaw in the Finance Committee tax extenders bill is that it raises taxes. This is not apparent in the official Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) scoring, which suggests that the bill actually reduces taxes by some $205 billion over 10 years.[2] The explanation for this, which should surprise no one, is simply that often in Washington, down is up and right is left.
Allowing a tax provision to expire means a change in some taxpayers' burdens. If the provision reduces taxes, then its expiration means that it is a tax hike. If the R&E tax credit expires, for example, then those companies that would otherwise qualify for the credit in 2013 would see their taxes go up. If the deduction for higher education expenses expires, then some families sending their children to college would lose the deduction and thus pay higher taxes.
The confusion traces back to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) indefensible practice of constructing the revenue baseline—the JCT's starting point for all revenue analysis—with the assumption that all of the Taxmageddon provisions will go into effect. CBO assumes a massive tax hike as the starting point. Then, when Congress seeks to extend current law and thereby prevent a tax hike, the official scoring shows a tax cut.
The CBO practice is all the more indefensible because it is inconsistent with how it constructs the starting point for spending. When it comes to spending, the CBO generally assumes that current policy will be extended: Spending gets current policy; revenues get current law. This is one time when the Obama Administration gets it right and Congress, through the CBO, gets it wrong.[3] President Obama would allow some expiring provisions to expire, and these expiring provisions are then accurately included in his budget as tax hikes. Other provisions that he would extend, like the tax extenders, are correctly shown as being deficit neutral.
Extending current tax law is not a tax cut. Allowing revenue-reducing tax provisions to expire is a tax hike. The Finance Committee would allow some tax extenders to expire; therefore, members voting in favor of the bill voted to raise taxes. What the committee should have done instead, and what the Senate should do when the bill comes to the floor, is identify those provisions that should expire, tally up the revenues involved, and offset the resulting tax increase by strengthening other provisions, leaving the overall bill revenue neutral.
For example, the Senate could increase the deduction for higher education expenses or increase the rate for the alternative simplified R&E tax credit. Either way, the net result would be to strengthen a good tax provision while eliminating poor provisions—all without raising taxes.
The Senate Finance Committee bill is not perfect, but it is a good start. When the bill comes before the full Senate, Members should first carefully consider the remaining list of extenders with a view to culling the herd even more and then strengthen those remaining provisions that are of greatest merit to produce a revenue-neutral bill. The House should soon follow suit with its own revenue-neutral mini-tax reform as a warm-up to greater tax reform efforts in 2013.
J. D. Foster, PhD, is Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]Curtis S. Dubay, "Taxmageddon: Massive Tax Hikes Coming in 2013," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 3558, April 4, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/04/taxmageddon-massive-tax-increase-coming-in-2013.
[2]Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, "Estimated Revenue Effects of the Chairman's Mark as Modified to the Provisions of the 'Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012,'" JCX-70-12, August 2, 2012, https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=4482 (accessed August 8, 2012).
[3]J. D. Foster, "Obama Gets a Tax Issue Right—Is Congress Next?," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2941, June 18, 2009, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/06/obama-gets-a-tax-issue-right-is-congress-next.
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9850 / 9860 Back Button **FIX**
This is my experience with the 9860 back button problems and how I seemed to fix it and how you can too.
We bought 3 - 9860 phones back last Sept. and one had the problem in about Nov. and another one in Feb/March.
What i did figure out early on is that if you press the back button and it did not work, while holding it down simply rub another finger over the send button and Voila it would work.
This was great to get it to work temporarily, however quickly became a pain having to use 2 hands every time i needed to do a simple function on my phone.
I am in the electronics field and quickly realized that the trouble was not as much with the back button as much as it was with the SEND button. Think about it... how often do you press the SEND button? I never did I don't place or receive many calls, but these buttons seem to be connected somehow and when the SEND button connection is bad it seems to make the BACK button not work.
We had 2 of 3 phones with this problem so this is what I did to fix both. The First one i took apart to see what i could see and to find out if there was a loose connection etc. The buttons are a sealed unit underneath and do not come out to be cleaned or checked.
I took cleaning alcohol and poured it over all the keys and proceeded to press all the keys numerous times working more with the SEND key then the others. I then took compressed air and blew air into the keys to dry out any remaining alcohol.
After reassembling the phone it has been GREAT and no more BACK button issues since the cleaning.
The second phone (which was decidedly worse) I decided to do the same thing except NOT taking it apart. But PLEASE remember take the battery out first if not you could seriously damage your phone.
After taking the battery out I poured cleaning alcohol over the keys on the front side and again repeatedly pressed the buttons concentrating more on the SEND button. i was surprised to find out that this has fixed the second phone as well.
I am not sure if this fix will stick but i can tell you with 2 phones that could not use the back button we are happy with this fix. I was starting to hate this phone but now i love it again.
Sorry for the long post but i wanted to give some history to this problem.
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Thanks for the post! :-)
- 05-17-12, 11:48 AM Thread Author #3
It has now been a week since this fix and these phones are working perfectly and the fix is holding. I hope others find this useful for broken back buttons on their phones.
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Works so far!
Wow, I just tried this and so far all buttons seem to be working perfectly. I had gotten used to (not really) the two hand operation, but this feels like a miracle.
I soaked some alcohol onto a cotton ball and then slowly squeezed it to drip a few drops into the button 'seams', then clicked/pushed them a few times. After that I wiped off the excess, blew some compressed air and-too make sure- shook/swung it a few times to get all the liquid out.
Worth a try, if it makes things worse later we won't know for a while, but it's already 'broken' so.. what's there to lose?
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Doesn't alcohol eat plastic?Sent from me using my fingers. Be pantless in 5K. Febreze - for more than smells.
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Alcohol with an acetate will. if you are going to go so far as to clean it with something. Get some QD electronics cleaner is the parts department at wallyworld. Don't spray directly on the device. Spray heavily into a qtip and rub around the button opening.
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I tried this fix, sadly it worked for 24 hours and is still a problem. I decided to go back to previous OS versions, first with the latest official 7.0. and then with a leaked 7.1
With the first no change, but with the second the buttons started working. After I finished updating the few apps i have installed, the problem came back. That's why I think this may be RAM associated ( I only have 512 where later versions of the 9860 have over 700).
In any case I have ordered a front cover complete, from Rounded.com
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Just tried this on my 9860 that has the back button and menu button not working issue. So far it works. Lets see if it lasts... till at least BB10 comes out!BlackBerry Z30 running BB10.3.1
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isopropyl alcohol is for cleaning. Scooter, the reason is the buttons are all tied to a matrix with each button having a different resistance value. so when you press a button a voltage is induced, a combination of buttons will produce an even higher voltage. This way, only a certain number of inputs are electronically designed to produce the effects you want. If you have radio control buttons on your steering wheel, then the same principle is applied. vol+, vol-, mute, ch+,ch- all produce a different voltage on the same circuit. So if a button with a higher voltage is stuck, the lower voltage ones don't seem to function.Z30 STA100-5 10.2.1.1925 T-Mobile
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not that this has happened to my 9860 yet but many thanks to the OP. Atleast I know what to do now when i encounter this!!


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Cornerback Chris Carr and fullback Ryan D'Imperio were back in uniform as the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up a short week of practice on Tuesday.
Carr had been sidelined the previous two days because of back spasms. D'Imperio missed Friday's exhibition loss to San Diego because of a shoulder issue and hadn't practiced since.
The only four players not dressed for practice were defensive backs Mistral Raymond (lower-back spasms), Josh Robinson (concussion), Marcus Sherels (ankle) and Andrew Sendejo (ankle).
Coach Leslie Frazier said those four will be held out of Thursday's preseason finale at Houston, as will most starters.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sleepiness is often overlooked as a major contributor to vehicle crashes. The National Sleep Foundation's 2009 Sleep in America poll shows that 1% or as many as 1.9 million drivers have had a car crash or a near miss due to drowsiness in the past year. Even more surprising, 54% of drivers (105 million) have driven while drowsy at least once in the past year, and 28% (54 million) do so at least once per month.
"People underestimate how tired they are and think that they can stay awake by sheer force of will," said Thomas Balkin, Ph.D., Chairman of the National Sleep Foundation. "This is a risky misconception. Would there be 1.9 million fatigue-related crashes or near misses if people were good at assessing their own ability to drive when fatigued?"
"The problem," says Balkin, "is that although we are pretty good at recognizing when we feel sleepy, we do not recognize the process of actually falling asleep as it is happening. The process robs us of both self-awareness and awareness of our environment. All it takes is a moment of reduced awareness to cause a crash."
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