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Cleaned EBP Sensor, now problems :( help
Hey Guys,
I decided to clean my ebp sensor and tube yesterday as it's never been cleaned or replaced since I've had the truck (7 years). Lots of gunk and soot came out. I decided to do it as proactive maintenance, and I was not having any problems with the truck. Guess I needed a project
I have been running VXCF4 strategy on my sct custom tunes and I believe it utilizes the ebp sensor so I figured it was something that should be done at some point.
I put everything back together perfectly and even threw in a new OEM blue air filter. When I started the truck there were no CEL and I immediately noticed a much deeper exhaust tone. I glanced down at my scangauge II and my VGT numbers shows 14 at idle. I drove it around and it had power but couldn't even hit 25lbs of boost at WOT. The VGT number increased when driving but was back to 14 when idling or coasting.
I figured I ruined the ebp sensor when I cleaned it, so I went to ford and picked up a new one, came home took everything back apart and when I pulled out of the new ebp sensor out of the package the threading was much smaller and too small to screw into the nut/ebp sensor tube.
At this point I had a hellava burn going.....so I decided to tune the truck with a tune off VXCF9 that is inferred (not using the ebp sensor) and it seems to
run good except now my boost is way to high, hit 34 and 35 (pegged my gauge) several times at full throttle. Also, my VGT numbers shows 41 at idle now not 14 like on the vxcf4 tunes.
I have never seen this high boost since I've owned the truck and don't think it's normal, so now I'm worried about overboosting. I got on it on the freeway tonight and it jumped up and bounced off 35lbs then started coming down then shifted and slammed back to 34-35lbs.
So before I take it to ford dealer, anyone have any ideas on my issue or have experienced this?
I also tried several other tunes on both strategy and both exhibit the same problem based on their strategy:
vxcf4 tunes= low boost, 14 VGT at idle, noticeable deeper exhaust tone (now due to possible bad sensor sending low vane position)
vxcf9 tunes & stock calibration = Really high Boost 32-35 at WOT, runs good other than that.
On a side note, I flashed back to completely stock on my sct tuner calibration (vxcf9) and hit 32lbs of boost on stock programming!!! This is what is really leads me to believe something aint right
Could unplugging and cleaning out the ebp sensor and tube cause more flow or something that would increase my boost even on vxcf9 without using ebp sensor?
Before I cleaned and possibly ruined the ebp sensor, when tuned on either strategy on any of the tunes I have, I would normally see 28-31lbs absolute max. I checked all my connections, everything is good, I'm really stumped on what the problem is.
Heres the difference in the two sensors: dealer said this was the one for my 2005 truck.
Thanks for any help, my truck information is in my sig,
Last edited by ebusa; 02-24-2014 at 07:43 PM.
It very well could be that you damaged the pigtail/wire harness while doing this. During my testing with tunes that utilized the ebp sensor... the truck would not run right if it was unplugged. Some tunes would not spool at all, while other would overboost the turbo like crazy. Very similar to what you are experiencing.
It should be pretty simple to see if it is the pigtail and/or if the sensor is bad. The first would be to use you monitor and drive around the truck. Make sure the ebp sensor is fluctuating relative to your driving style (low at idle, high at WOT). If the numbers are fluctuating properly then it is probably something else. If the number is stuck and does not move then it is probably the sensor and/or the pigtail.
Hope that helps
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He gave you the 03/04 EBP sensor - dummy should have known better!
The 14% isn't normal for the VXCF4. Usually this happens when it is frozen, a bad value is being sent (unit or wire but not disconnected (code), it is recalibrating, or a bad flash. In my case it was just because; I couldn't find a reason for the behaviour and I could select it with my AE to any desired position. Mine only did this for a few hours, intermittently, when I removed my solenoid for the KC 68 installation. It didn't do it for my stage 1, when I cleaned my turbo, nor when I took the KC 68 off for an internal inspection. There is no turbo relearn for this MY, but you may find that stopping and restarting the vehicle may help the recalibration when it moves toward and stays at 14%. However, as Charlie said, try using some contact cleaner and give the wires and plug a good inspection.
I just took a closer look at the pigtail and do see that one wire is chaffed enough that I can see bare wire.
Im going to get a new ICP pigtail (read that will work) install it and test with my existing ebp sensor. If i need to get a new ebp sensor i may have to get the newer style like shown in the pic and a new ebp tube/nut that will work with it.
Question , how does the system know you have had the vgt solenoid disconnected .
The repairs etc are performed with the key off (powered down ). Is there a mechanical
range that it settles into once installed and ran for awhile , that is disturbed once removed ?
What the OP is seeing is often seen when there is a leak or blockage of the EBP, or boost error throwing off the system. It could even be related to APS, MAF or even sticky or slow moving vanes. Until a trigger point to set a code is hit, usually only good observation will find the issue.
I cleaned my ebp and it went out soon after..
My early 05 has the 1/8 npt ebp by the thermostat housing. The later 05 have the 5/16 flare and sits under the deg as bottle..
Last edited by bondajb; 02-25-2014 at 05:32 PM.
Thanks for all the replies. I installed a new pigtail and ebp senson today and that fixed my issues.
Glad you got it all figured out
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What team worries you most in the Southwest Division?
Red Coleman: The Spurs remain the team to beat in the division. At this point, I'm halfway convinced that they will never retire, but instead just become zombies that continue playing beautiful, fundamental basketball for all of eternity. They did enough in the off-season to stay on top of the heap.
Jonathan May: Until the wheels finally come off, the Spurs remain the cream of the crop in our division. They, like Memphis, have not dramatically overhauled their team but have gotten better around the edges. It's hard to get much better than taking the NBA Finals to a Game 7.
Lee Eric Smith: San Antonio. Who else? I mean, seriously. I almost put Houston because of the Harden/Howard combo and ooh, they got stars on paper, but will it work? Thought about Dallas. "Nahhh." New Orleans Pelicans? Don't bring a bird to a bear fight. Like many of us do, I forgot about the Spurs. And every year, someone pays for forgetting the Spurs. Not me. Not this year.
Steve Danziger: San Antonio. The division may be tougher than ever this year, with the Pelicans and Rockets coming in as wild cards, but I'd put my money on old faithful to still be there when the dust settles.
Chip Crain: Call me crazy but I am becoming more concerned with Houston than San Antonio this season. The Spurs are aging while the Rockets have size, speed and superior outside shooting.
What teams worries you the most in the Western Conference?
RC: Although I think the Spurs and Thunder present the most obvious challenges to the Grizzlies having playoff success, it is the Warriors that make me pause more often than any other squad. Their addition of Andre Iguodala changes my view of them as a potential contender in the West. If they continue to develop Harrison Barnes as well, they will be very dangerous in April and May.
JM: Again, I think the Spurs are the team to beat in the conference. Oklahoma City is still searching for a replacement for Harden/Martin and the Clippers lack of interior depth and toughness will still be their weakness. The Warriors and Rockets are cute, but the gap between the Grizzlies and those teams last year was pretty significant and I'm not ready to leap-from them over Memphis just yet.
LES: San Antonio. Who else? I mean, seriously. I'd say now that the Western elite are the Spurs, Grizzlies, Clippers & Thunder (in no particular order). Houston is unproven, Golden State is at the edge. OKC gets Westbrook back, but loses Kevin Martin, so we'll see. Perhaps no other team upgraded the roster more than the Clippers, who are frightening on paper. But what team has proven they can dissect you with surgical precision year after year with cold and disciplined efficiency? The San Antonio Spurs. That's why they worry me.
SD: San Antonio. Going with old faithful again, here. The Grizzlies have been flat out incapable of executing against this team with any sort of regularity since upsetting them in the playoffs a few years ago. RAPM and WARP projections have Parker slowing down considerably this year, but I'm not buying it just yet.
CC: The Clippers have made serious upgrades at numerous positions and while thin on the front line which hurts against the Grizzlies the Clippers have top talent across their frontline and the playoffs are about the best five you can put on the court. If the Clippers can avoid meeting the Grizzlies in the playoffs for the 3rd straight year they could be a handful for everyone else.
Who's the most replaceable starter?
RC: The easy answer here is Tayshaun Prince after the addition of Mike Miller and the postseason success of Quincy Pondexter. For every other starter, the drop-off to their bench counterpart is noticeable enough to make fans and coaches alike sweat over it.
JM: Tony Allen. A lot of what TA does is irreplaceable, but when you look at the roster it is clear that Bayless and/or Quincy could step into the starting spot and the team could continue to succeed.
LES: Hmmm. Tricky question. I'd prefer to have more offense at SG, but seriously, who wants to take Tony Allen out of the starting lineup? And while I have a hunch that Tayshaun Prince will be much better this year with a full training camp, Quincy Pondexter seems ready to provide defense and a corner 3.
SD: Until further notice, I'm going to say Tayshaun Prince, but I believe he has the chance to be the most surprisingly good Grizzly this year. He's a master of the entry pass, which is such an undervalued asset on a team of bigs, and can still defend with the best of 'em for stretches. If that jumper comes around, my vote changes mid-season.
CC: Tony Allen. I know his defense is elite level but Tayshaun Prince's isn't too shabby either and QPon, Miller, Bayless and Franklin give the team more serious options at SG than at SF where rebounding and size are far more important.
Who's the least replaceable starter?
RC: This comes down to two players: Marc Gasol and Mike Conley. With the acquisition of Kosta Koufos, that has assuaged fears about a Gasol injury, which leaves Conley and the uncertain bench behind him that the Grizzlies have worked feverishly to bolster over the last month. No Conley = big issues for the Grizzlies.
JM: Mike Conley. Again, if only because of the options (or lack thereof) behind Mike, a serious injury would torpedo the Grizzlies hopes of returning to the Western Conference Finals, and perhaps even the playoffs.
LES: This would have been a tossup between Mike Conley and Marc Gasol, since so much of our offense runs off their tandem playmaking. But the Grizz added Kosta Koufos — Marc's best backup EVER, and we whiffed on Mo Williams. That means we may be leaning on yet another crop of unproven backup point guards (Nick Calathes? Tony Wroten?). And that means that Mike Conley is the least replaceable.
SD: Mike Conley. It was obvious last year that the Grizzlies offense was plain anemic last year when number 11 was off the floor, and his on court/off court stats are outrageous to back it up. Of course this is skewed by the fact that the Grizz have lacked a competent back up for years, but that may not have changed this off-season.
CC: Everyone is going to say Conley and he is needed but the position has depth with Bayless, Calathes, Wroten and Akognon capable of playing the position. Lose Zach Randolph and the team has only Ed Davis' potential and Jon Leuer manning one of the toughest places to play in the league. That's frightening.
What does Coach Joerger have to achieve to be viewed a success in his first season?
RC: I have the bar set at 50+ wins and the second round of the playoffs. Given the improvement of a few other teams in the West, I feel that both of those are reasonable expectations for a first-time NBA head coach who has a proven track record and a largely unchanged roster.
JM: Based on the way the team is constructed today, and assuming there are no major injuries, the team should get a Top-4 seed and home court advantage in the first round. If the team advances to the second round OR is knocked out in the first round of a very competitive series, the season will be a success. Anything beyond that would be a coup on the part of Coach Joerger.
LES: Joeger needs to lead the team to 55-60 wins, a top four seed and at least the Western Conference Finals. In other words, what Lionel Hollins did, not because he beat out Hollins for the job. He needs to win at that level quite simply because on paper, this roster is better than the one Lionel Hollins led to the WCF. The entire starting lineup is back, along with key reserves (JB, QPon) — all playoff tested. Ed Davis gets a chance to shine. Kosta Koufos means little drop off when Marc rests. Mike Miller brings shooting and championship experience. So it may not be fair, but to me, the WCF is the bar.
SD: Win. The Grizzlies have never faced higher expectations than they do this year. I say for Joerger to be considered successful, no worse than a close second round exit will be required. People expecting a dramatic change in style will be disappointed off the bat, though. The offense will get into sets earlier, but the roster is too big to play in the open floor all game.
CC: IF he fails to win more games in the regular season than last season (56) he could be catching some heat but to be a successful season he has to reach the Conference Semi-Finals at the least. Hollins won more games each season in Memphis and this year's team is deeper so adding at least 57 games and a semi-final appearance is a realistic bar for success.


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Existential Humanistic Institute holds its third annual conference this month11/10/2009
The Existential Humanistic Institute will hold its third annual conference this month, Nov. 19 – 21, in San Francisco.
Co-sponsored by Saybrook, the conference will have the theme of "From Crisis to Creativity Necessary Losses, Unexpected Gains," and will examine the paradoxical nature of life and our times.
Many significant thinkers in the existential-humanistic tradition will be participating. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Robert Stolorow, a world renowned intersubjective psychoanalyst, and author/co-author of numerous books including Working Intersubjectively, Contexts of Being, Faces in a Cloud, and his most recent Trauma and Existence.
Dr. Stolorow's keynote will be followed by a panel discussion between himself and EHI board members about the similarities and differences between intersubjective psychoanalysis and existential-humanistic therapy.
Also notable will be a presentation on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. by California State Assembly Majority Whip Fiona Ma, who will present a trailblazing talk on humanizing governance through improving communications skills among legislators. This will be part of a larger discussion of what EHI vice-president and Saybrook psychology faculty member Kirk Schneider calls "experiential democracy" – an attempt to supplement the standard legislative procedure by helping legislators to personally and experientially encounter issues of moral importance.
Human Science student Gail Ervin wins prestigious World Peace Fellowship11/10/2009
Gail Ervin, an environmental planner and mediator studying in Saybrook's Human Science PhD program with a concentration in Social Transformation has been awarded a prestigious Rotary World Peace Fellowship – one of only two people from the United States to receive the honor this year.
There are 24 fellows in all.
The fellowship involves an 11-week intensive conflict resolution certificate program, with field work in Nepal and along the border of Cambodia, which is fully funded by Rotary Foundation.
At Saybrook, Gail is studying how the global community of conflict resolution practitioners can use networks to fundamentally alter community discourses towards a culture of conflict resolution.
Joel Federman, who directs Saybrook's Social Transformation concentration, served as one of Gail's references for the award.
"Gail is a natural innovator and leader, who has extraordinary academic aptitude, commitment to service, initiative, and grace," Federman said. "We're thrilled that she has received this prestigious fellowship, and proud that she will be representing Saybrook among the community of international peace scholars and practitioners participating in the Rotary program."
Living a courageous life is like driving a car ...11/10/2009
You focus on where you want to go, instead of where you don't. Alison Shapiro explains on her blog at Psychology Today.
Two Alumni Publish Journal Articles: Dassie Hoffman, PhD '02 and David Whitsitt, PhD '0811/02/2009
Two alumni publish journal articles: Dassie Hoffman, PhD '02 and Bridgit D. Gaspard, Voice Dialogue: A Powerful Tool for Your Therapeutic Toolbox, Perspectives, The Professional Journal of The Renfrew Center Foundation. The Renfrew Center runs many facilities throughout the country and specializes in eating disorders. David Whitsitt, PhD '08, A Phenomenological Exploration of Coronary...
Alumna Dassie Hoffman, PhD '02 to Teach "Voice Dialogue for Mental Health Professionals" in NY11/02/2009
Dr. Hoffman will be teaching, Voice Dialogue for Mental Heath Professionals at The New York Open Center during the spring of 2010. The course offers CEC's from three professional organizations, beginning with Association of Humanistic Psychology, National Association of Social Workers, and the International Federation of Coaches. It will be taught in 5 week-end segments, because it is geared...
Shakespeare in ... lust?10/28/2009
It's a headline guaranteed to make any romantic smile: "Love, but not lust, inspires creativity."
That's the conclusion of a new study reported in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
In it, researchers asked 60 university students to imagine either casual sex with someone they were attracted to but not in love with, or a long walk with their beloved partner, and then put them through a small battery of tests that required logical thinking, and additional tests that required creative thinking.
Sure enough, the students who were primed with romantic feelings did better on the creative tasks.
Sadly for the romantics, Steve Pritzker, who co-chairs Saybrook's Creativity Studies program, says this research doesn't really make a case that love is a stimulant to creativity.
"It's pretty interesting stuff," he acknowledges. "But are a group of university students really a sufficient sample to make that conclusion?" Additionally, he notes, no baseline tests were taken to measure creative skills before the experiment: it's possible that one group was simply more creative that the other, even when they weren't thinking about long romantic walks.
"And," Pritzker adds, "how do we know that the extent of their romantic musings really did stop at long romantic walks? That nothing else happened in their minds? Are we at least a little suspicious?"
That question gets at the heart of the matter for Pritzker: it's very difficult to separate "love" from "lust" sometimes.
Tom Greening to receive 2009 Szasz Award10/28/2009
Throughout his long career – as a private practitioner working with Jim Bugental; as the editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology; as a faculty member at Saybrook, and at UCLA – Tom Greening has striven to live up to the charge of humanistic psychology: to enhance people's ability to experience freedom and meaning in their lives.
That's a mission he's even applied to the "mentally ill" – a term he has come to distrust as both a bad metaphor and as a means of tuning out the idea that we should even be concerned about the need mental patients have to experience freedom and meaning.
This month that work was recognized as Tom Greening was chosen to receive the 2009 Thomas Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties – an award named after the pioneering author (and Rollo May Award winner) who championed the idea that "mental illness" is a contradiction in terms.
How to solve a crisis before it happens10/28/2009
We know times are tough when eight New Jersey cities, famous for their independence, are looking to consolidate services and share resources. In fact, all along the East Coast, cities, towns, and villages that have been independent for hundreds of years are staring down the barrel of the financial crisis and asking if more efficient use of government resources can save them.
Which is a great question – but it's also one that they could have asked years ago, when real estate prices where high, resources were plentiful, and there were no financial crises limiting their options.
That's a head slapping fact for their residents, but it's also a problem that anyone who's worked in organizations is familiar with: they only prepare for the next crisis after it's already hit.
Can we do better? Is there a way that organizations can look at ways to improve themselves before there's a crisis?
"Yes, and that's good leadership and good management practice," says Gloria Burgess, a prominent business consultant and member of the LIOS faculty. "But having said that, not many companies do it."
Emerging education for emerging world citizens10/28/2009
There were two reasons for psychology faculty member Benina Gould to attend the Dalai Lama's Mind-Life Conference early this month. The personal reason is that she's a practicing Buddhist.
The professional reason was that the conference's theme, "Emerging World Citizens," dovetails almost perfectly with Gould's own research on how to educate people to become global citizens.
Gould is one of the few researchers examining how Muslim youth perceive their own choices, and has recently conducted surveys of the internet use of Muslim youth, and how it impacts their attitudes and perceptions, in Indonesia, Pakistan, and the United States.
Too often, Gould says, we try to shape children to the outcomes we want (whether " a successful career" or "not to support terrorists") without consulting them as part of the process – so she says she was thrilled to find a strong community consensus at the Mind-Life Conference to do just that.
"There's a feeling, even in America, that young people really have not done well with all the competition and the testing, that suicide rates have gone up, that there's all kinds of problems with prescription drugs and that alcoholism has increased dramatically," Gould says. "So I was very pleased to see contemplative education being looked to as an alternative, training teachers about doing mind-body work with young people, and taking a much more holistic approach."
Those hoping to improve outcomes for kids have their work cut out for them, though, as two themes at the conference made clear.
Don Moss elected to the board of the world's most recognized biofeedback certification organization10/28/2009
This month Don Moss, Chair of Saybrook University's Graduate College of Mind-Body Medicine, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA).
The editor of Biofeedback Magazine and a globally recognized expert in mind-body techniques, Moss operates two Michigan-based clinics providing psychological services and mind-body therapies, and lectures and trains on mind-body healing around the world. He now joins an elite group of healthcare professionals who are charged to maintain and uphold the standards and values of the oldest and most renowned certifying body for the clinical practice of biofeedback – and the only biofeedback institute recognized worldwide.
"One of the major challenges for integrative health is that consumers face very uneven quality in the alternative therapies available in their communities," Moss said. "Biofeedback is no exception. Many individuals give up on seeking help for their headache, anxiety or other problem, because a professional has provided ineffective biofeedback services, sometimes just a relaxation tape and an opportunity to use a biofeedback instrument without any therapeutic education and guidance. BCIA certification provides a gold standard for consumers, assuring them that their biofeedback therapist has a core of knowledge and skills sufficient for quality care."


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- The Sakai CLE is a an open-source system for collaboration, hence the acronym CLE (Collaborative Learning Environment). It can be used for LUC courses, research projects, student clubs, or any other group that has information they want to share with the larger LUC community.
- Sakai software is part of the Sakai Project (www.sakaiproject.org), a research and development project for creating open source collaborative tools for use in learning, research, and other types of distributed group work.
- The original participants in the Sakai Project were Indiana University, University of Michigan, MIT, and Stanford in partnership with UPortal and the Open Knowledge Initiative.
- Sakai has been adopted by over 350 institutions worldwide.
- Other private, four-year and above research universities using Sakai include: Boston University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Rice University, Seton Hall University, Tufts University, University of Dayton, University of Pennsylvania, Wake Forest University, and Yale University.
- Sakai is free (no licensing fees) and open-source (the code on which the platform is built is available for anyone to view). The code is built and maintained by the Sakai community which consists of all the organizations (universities, research institutions, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, e.g., Sakai-as-a-Service providers, etc.) which use and support Sakai. All Sakai members have the opportunity to contribute to the Sakai code or other aspects of Sakai development, e.g., documentation, training.
- Since the primary purpose of Sakai is collaboration and information sharing within the university and among academic/research institutions, Sakai gives you the ability to share your entire course/project or parts of your course/project with members of the university community who are not formally enrolled in your course or project.
- Sakai provides each member of the university community with a Personal Workspace in which university members can upload material for their personal use or to share with others in the university without having to be enrolled in a course or organization. Material uploaded to the Personal Workspace can be copied or moved into courses


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UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who came! Next Animanga Club meeting will be the FURUBA Reunion!
Kanpai! Its time to announce the next Animanga Club program. On March 15, AC will be meeting the Northeast Branch (Plymouth road and Nixon, the little shopping mall) and the theme will be Samurai.. or basically all anime involving samurai-like characteristics (think Samurai Champloo, as well as Bleach).
So what is your favorite Swordsman/samurai series? Favorite character? I would have to say Bleach right now (Byakuya certainly makes an impression on me.. cold, unfeeling and weird hair!).. but that's because I'm on Episode 44 of the series, and if I were rich, I would have bought all the books by now.
Also, what would you like to watch during the last part of the program? I'm partial to Bleach, but I'm open to bribes.. er I mean, suggestions.
I started Bleach, but couldn't really get into it. :x I like the manga for Peacemaker, it's pretty spiffy, and the anime's...okay. Hmm, I'm not exactly a /huge/ collector of "samurai" manga, but I have a lot with knights and such. Like Dragon Knights. *heart*
Does HunterxHunter count? Because...umm...a few characters use katana. :D;;; Bleh, totally in to that right now...
And Suikoden! There are always ninja characters in that. >w< ;
Hmm, I don't really know. Well, at least I'll be back from Boston in time, with....more untranslated manga! So I can show everyone D.Gray-man. ^^;
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ruroni kenshin but i havent read it in a while
"No one gets out of life alive."
Roruni Kenshin and, I know I should not, but, Samurai Deeper Kyo.
Yea im not the best at spelling
"It was then that I knew what had to be done. There was only one way to get Blackmage out; And it was two ways."-Fighter episode 658: Feeling blue
bleach is really good. the manga is much better than the anime though...the anime's full of fillers a lot. the problem is, you kinda hafta like both comedy, sadness and fighhting brawls to really love bleach...or you can be a total ditz and bawl-over-random-books-and-movies like me!
rurouni kenshin is probably the closest i ever read to samurai....and maybe peacemaker kurogane.


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Polk County Enterprise, May 2007
LIVINGSTON — Early voting in the May 12 elections is set to begin Monday, but local election officials say a new statewide voter registration system is simply not working.
Voters are strongly encouraged to bring their yellow registration card, according Polk County Tax Assessor-Collector Marion A. "Bid" Smith.
During Tuesday's Commissioners Court meeting Smith said he has not been able to print a voter list for any jurisdiction in Polk County. Smith and County Clerk Barbara Middleton have been able to load a list from two day's prior to the deadline onto handheld computers to assist voters who arrive at the polling sites without their certificate.
The Texas Secretary of State's office contracted with IBM and Hart Graphics in December 2005 to develop a web-based system that would comply with the federal Help Amercia Vote Act of 2002, Smith said.
The new system, the Texas Election Adminisration Management System, is far more restrictive than the software it's replacing, Smith said.
The system requires tax office staff members to enter the 911 address, as opposed to a descriptive address that has been acceptable in the past.
Smith's office also had a lot of trouble getting the new system to accept the 11,000 Escapees who vote in Polk County and use private mailboxes at the RV center.
"If a voter was in the system before the conversion, there's no problem," Smith said.
But anyone who registered or changed an address shortly before the March deadline may not be in the system, Smith said.
Voters can help make balloting go smoother by bringing their yellow registration card and some patience when they come to vote, Smith said.
Smith and County Clerk Barbara Middleton were able to obtain a list from March 8 or 9 that has been loaded onto handheld computers at each precinct.
That list should be fairly complete, officials said, except for voters who made changes just before the deadline.
"If somebody registered in the last two days, hopefully they have a certificate," Smith said.
The Secretary of State's office promised to assist the 240-plus counties that have switched to the TEAMS system, Smith said.
They said they would have extra support staff on duty from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 to noon, Smith said. But other tax assessors who have called the special 866 number say that number is not being answered.
"When you call the regular 800 hotline number, they tell you to call the 866 number. When they were told it wasn't being answered, the Secretary of State's staff member responded, Of course not. They're all in the war room solving other problems," Smith said.
Smith said his staff is only able to update about four records a day. One rural registrar uploaded a file that was still processing nine hours later.
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January 10, 2014
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Man jailed for stealing $25k, cigarette
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey on Wednesday denied bail to a man accused of stealing $25,000, a cigarette, a cigarette lighter and a silver bracelet from a shop.
Norval Cummings, of a Corporate Area address was ordered remanded when he appeared in court to answer larceny charges.
After pleading guilty, Cummings who remains in custody was ordered to return to the Corporate Area RM Court for trial on January 14.
Allegations are that Samantha McIntosh, the operator of the shop, had stepped out for a while. On return Cummings was seen stuffing an assortment of items into his pockets.
McIntosh said she managed to grab him but he escaped.
"Him box off me hand and him get away," she said.
In reference to the charges, RM Pusey stated that instead of simple larceny, it should have been robbery.
"If him push him hand in the shop, its breaking in," said RM Pusey.
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April 17, 2013
Actor and comedian Jay Mohr waded into the gun debate on Twitter after Monday's deadly terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon.
"What bothers me most about today is that we're getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change," the Jerry Maguire actor tweeted Monday night.
What bothers me most about today is that we're getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.
— Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) April 15, 2013
Mohr, who hosts a podcast and Jay Mohr Sports on Fox Sports Radio, followed it up with another tweet connecting the Second Amendment to a "culture of violence."
The 2nd Amendment lends itself to the CULTURE of violence we are living in. Stop blowing up my timeline w your gun/porn fetishes.
— Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) April 15, 2013
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Lakota Bakery Restaurant Review: If you blink you might miss the unobtrusive storefront housing this Arlington bakery. The cheery shop is run by Barbara Weniger and her counter staff of earnest high school students. There are cakes, brownies and cupcakes, but most people flock here for the cookies, which are a specialty. Flavors include Triple Sec bonbons, almond bridal, peanut butter sandwich, mint cream sandwich and hazelnut shortbread, to name a few. The macaroons alone --- chocolate, coconut, lemon or mocharoon --- are worth the drive.
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A two-tonne lighthouse optic has been lifted five miles over land and sea by a specialist team to help shine a light on one of Wales's most traditional and remote locations.
The Bardsey Island optic was flown by helicopter to its new home in Porth y Swnt (Welsh for 'gateway to the sound') – our new Coastal Tourism Centre for Excellence in Aberdaron, on Llyn. Once installed it will take the spotlight as the main installation for the public to enjoy.
The historic light has guided countless vessels and passengers safety through St George's Channel and the Irish Sea from Bardsey Island, famed for its pilgrimages and treacherous sea crossings, over to the mainland.
For more than 100 years the majestic optic sat on top of the 99ft tall lighthouse; however it needed to be replaced for a higher-tech LED solar energy version, so we stepped in to help find the light a new home.
Visitors to our centre will be able to see the striking structure up close at Porth y Swnt where it plays an important part in showing the Llyn Peninsula in a new and different light.
Exciting addition
Andy Godber, our Llyn operations manager, said: 'This is a really exciting addition to what has been a very exciting project. We're really thrilled to be looking after the optic and we believe it will complete the centre and really help visitors to the area to see Llyn in all its beauty and in a wonderful light.
'When the optic is reassembled in all its glory, it will play an integral part in interpreting this unique peninsula, and in so doing will inspire visitors to Porth y Swnt to explore the rest of Llyn's beautiful and historic environment.'
An expert team from Trinity House painstakingly disassembled the optic into 31 pieces and lowered it down the outside of the lighthouse, before it was packaged ready for its flight by helicopter to Aberdaron.
As part of the installation of the optic at Porth y Swnt, the centre will be closed from 2 to 4 June followed by a period of restricted access. The shop will remain open as usual.
Porth y Swnt Coastal Tourism Centre of Excellence on Llyn Peninsula is a first of its kind in Wales.
Located in the heart of Aberdaron, a traditional fishing village, visitors can use Porth y Swnt as a starting point to equip them with the knowledge to explore Llyn Peninsula's traditional Welsh way of life that is inextricably entwined with the sea, and with the Bardsey Island Lighthouse optic - soon to become the centre's star attraction.
Porth y Swnt has been funded via the Coastal Tourism Project led by Visit Wales, the tourism department within the Welsh Government, and supported through the European Regional Development Fund.
- If you are planning a visit, please remember Porth y Swnt centre will be closed from 2 to 4 June, followed by a period of restricted access due to the installation of the Bardsey Island Lighthouse optic. The shop will remain open as usual. Visitors can find out more by visiting our Porth y Swnt/Henfaes web page


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If you've eaten pork recently at any of New York City's more high profile restaurants chances are you've tasted the fruits of Bev Eggleston's labor. Eggleston, a protégé of Joel Salatin, the champion of small-scale ethical farming practices profiled in Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma, raises pigs, sheep and chickens on his Virginia farm and sells his exalted products (Frank Bruni called Eggleston's pork, "outrageously fine swine" in his review of Terroir) at Washington, D.C. farmer's markets and to dozens of top restaurants in D.C. and New York.
Writer Louise McCready spoke with Eggleston to learn more about his pigs, his upcoming NYC home orders program and plans for bringing live pata negra hogs to the U.S.
How is your New York business unique?
In D.C., we sell at farmers' markets because we feel like we're more local. In Manhattan, we have a strong wholesale presence but no retail, so we're developing a home orders program. We've added a twist to the home metropolitan buying clubs. Each month, you get an unknown quantity of unknown inventory. The EcoFriendly foodie is cognizant that they help us develop a product. We tweak the recipe and send it back to them a couple months later.
Does that mean you'd deliver a dish made from a Gramercy Tavern recipe?
Either the chef will find a recipe that he hasn't put on the menu yet, or it will be the place for a chef to try a new product. We have our meats, their recipe, and a hundred consumers who allow the recipe to get tested before putting it on the menu.
We're going to make sausages, dried salumi, sopressata, chorizo, both fresh and dried lomos, patés, soups, stocks, glacés, consommés, stews, and terrines. We're going to make things that come from the head, the hooves, the butt, the bones, and the knuckle such as thyme-infused and rosemary-infused pork lard I'll grind into sausage or sell as a spread.
When will you be ready to sell these products?
Probably this summer. Right now, our one processing plant is serving both cities. I want to give to New Yorkers what they're asking for - localized food.
What animals are you selling now and why are they special?
With beef, a double-muscle Piedmontese breed, which makes for a unique flavor and quality. We age the beef and grow it on grass only. Gramercy Tavern buys a lot from us, and Peter Hoffman and Danny Meyer both decided they wanted it to be in all their restaurants.
The Katahdin breed is a hair sheep bred that sheds short hair instead of big fluffy mats of wool, and has less lanolin and a lower fat content. A lot of Americans don't like lamb because the fat sits on your tongue and coats your mouth, but the Katahdin is mild, low in fat, and doesn't taste like mutton.
The Ossabaw, the Five-Way Cross (which we call the Farmer's Cross), and the Ossabaw Crosses are the three main breeds of pigs. We cross the Ossabaw with the Durock, a standard hog, and an older breed, called the Waddle. When we mix a Waddle with the Ossabaw, I call it the Waddabaw. Farmers' Cross with Ossabaw: Crossabaw. Berkshire with Ossabow: Berkabaw.
Most chefs prefer the Five-Way Cross because it's an all around killer pig. The Ossabaw and the Ossabaw Crosses need a customer and a chef who's ready to utilize that high fat content pig by making charcuteries or by using a lard based recipe.
Which chefs in particular like the fattier pig?
Michael Anthony at Gramercy Tavern and Ignacio Mattos at Il Buco. Other fatty pig lovers would be, of course, David Chang and Momofuku Ssam Bar chef Tien Ho.
Due to the recent increase in the price of Ibérico pata negra hams, have any chefs chosen to buy from you rather than import from Spain?
José Andrés, the unofficial Ambassador to Spain who's responsible for getting those hams imported through the USDA and approved, loves our Ossabaw pig because it's the American equivalent of the pata negra. He's going to help us import more breeding stock from Spain because the ones we got off Ossabaw island were there so long, they're inbred. We're in the planning stage right now of getting pata negra - not the hoof - the live animals.
Sample Eggleston's pigs at these restaurants in and around New York City: Blue Hill at Stone Barns,
Blue Hill,
Boqueria, Craft (Tom Colicchio's Crispy Port Trotter made Frank Bruni's list of Best New Restaurant Dishes for 2008), Craftsteak, Del Posto, Gramercy Tavern, Hearth, Il Buco, Inside Park at St. Bart's, Insieme, Lupa, Mercat, Momofuku Ko, Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ssam Bar, Savoy and Terroir (Marco Canora's Pork Blade Steak, was another of Bruni's top dishes for '08).
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"It's not about the bike," according to Lance, but it was definitely about the bike at the TríSpórt Duathlon in An Cheathrú Rua, county Galway yesterday. Gaelforce 2010 winner, Padraig Marrey, was fourth after the first 3.5km run, but a predictably strong bike leg saw him finish with a lead of over two minutes in 1:02:39. He was followed in second place with Patrick Quinn from Ennis Tri, who had the fastest opening run of the day.
The women's race was won by Mary Mulchrone in 1:14:20, and Maria Boyle of the organising club, TríSpórt, came in less than two minutes later to claim second.
The tough opening 3.5km run saw the field thin out very quickly, and a stiff north-easterly breeze challenged the cyclists over the 21.5km course.
Rónán Mac Con Iomaire of TríSpórt said that the club was delighted with their inaugural race, and that the reaction from participants was extremely positive.
"The run is hilly but with the amazing scenery of sea and stone walls, you know instantly that you're in Connemara," he said. "The sun stayed out and we're glad that the race panned out safely, and that we had such a high quality of participants at the head of the race."
"We're also delighted that we had so many new club members participating, especially when you consider that the club has only been established for a month."
TríSpórt are planning further events in Connemara later on this year, and will be looking to open 2012 with a bigger and even better duathlon. The recently-established club is also looking for members, and full information is available at trisport.ie
Race results are available at Precision Timing, and race photos are available here.


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Welcome to the Silent Wings website.
On this website you will find free software I wrote and information about restoring and flying vintage gliders.
The restoration of two-seater glider type Gö-4 (registration PH-206) of which I'm part-owner started in 1986 and lasted until 1990. Since then many fine flights have been made with it.
Since 2009 I'm restoring single-seater glider type K-8b (registration PH-1450) and its restoration is nearing completion.
The combination of aircraft and software may seem strange but they're my two hobbies.
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My wife and I are planning a NH hut traverse (Greenleaf - Zealand) this summer (July/Aug). We were trying to plan our packs, and we are thinking about what to bring along. Since spring is here, we can start hitting the trail. We are looking to do some dry-runs with the packweights on dayhike lengths.Should I just basically pack for an overnight, but without the shelter and sleep system, and less food?
Edited by joegeib on 04/19/2007 09:05:38 MDT.
Hi,Think you might want to contact the AMC for this one, but you might want to pack summer weight sleeping bags. Think they give you a wool blanket and that's it. It gets pretty chilly up there at night even mid summer. Probably wont need stove unless you plan on cooking on the trail, huts up there tend to vary in services offered.Have a great trip.Jim
I would take my regular day hiking kit with the addition of..-2 40-50 degree sleeping bags, change of cloths to wear around the hut and last but not least ear plugs
I'm going up into the huts from Thurs - Sat of this week; Madison Springs, Lakes of the Clouds, Mizpah Springs.With the weather looking to be in the 40s (lows in the 30s) with windy conditions (25+ mph), I'm wondering if I should pack heavier.Weather Reports:TWCNWSMWOI initially was going to pack a LS shirt, wind shirt, and fleece vest.Now, I'm thinking about packing my Marmot rain jacket and possibly my Mtn Hardwear Windpro fleece.I may just compromise and take the vest and rain jacket. That should keep me warm enough.I'm also packing running tights and rain pants for the legs, JIC.Are there any alternate suggestions out there?
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Joe, sounds like you have thought this out well, but here's my 2 cents.. I have not hiked that Hut to Hut traverse, but done similar hikes here. I always carry 1 emergency shelter and at least 1 summer bag for two hikers even if I plan to stay in a lodge which provides a bag. I carry a 9oz goretex bivy sack and a 1 lb down bag, both wide/long models which can accommodate two people in an emergency. Reason being I might get lost off trail, be stuck between huts due to an injury, or have to bail out on an escape route (non-trail route back to civilization) and so might have to bivouac.As for clothing, I recommend a system of 5 thin layers, just vary the thicknesses based on record lows. L/S base, windshirt, breathable(not windblocker) fleece 100 for on the go insulation, maybe a high-loft jacket for times when I'm stationary, and a WP/B rain jacket. If lows reach records I can double the fleece under the jacket. Maybe that's overkill for the altitudes and temps you expect in Summer? I thought it would be for Japan but last weekend I was at 3200 meters and the wind was whipping; with the windchill it was about -9F and I was wishing I brought my Thermawrap in addition to my fleece!
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Remember that Subway uproar over the 11-inch subway footlongs? Where I had talked about how after finishing Navy PT, all us Sailors bum-rushed Subway? Two New Jersey men are suing the company after measuring short subs at 17 stores. Good luck John Farley and Charles Noah Pendrack. You may need it. . .
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Good grief! I think their should be a law against frivolous lawsuits.
You would think a man would be used to saying, 'Yeah, baby, you bet this is 11″.' It's a man thang.
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Edward Snowden's whereabouts seem to be more fascinating to people than all the troubling things he's revealed. As tends to happen in cases like this, people are more interested in the character than in what he has to say.
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It's quite possible that Snowden did at one point edit something on Wikipedia. As Wales mentions, he certainly fits the profile of the average editor.
However, revealing personal information about editors, information that has now been explicitly made public, "outing" in Wikipedia parlance, is against the site's rules.
Plenty of "senior" editors were quite concerned by Wales' apparent call for digging out info on Snowden, if it exists. As things tend to on Wikipedia, the whole discussion degenerated.
In the end though, nothing came of it and there's no evidence of any kind that Snowden has ever edited Wikipedia.
But it's hard to see how any of this would be relevant to anyone. Even Snowden did edit the site, what would it tell us? He wouldn't have been able to disclose anything that wasn't documented elsewhere, as per Wikipedia policy. At most, we'd know what articles he edited, which doesn't really mean anything.


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Priority Questions - Bank Premises
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Dáil Éireann Debate
45. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give an update on his plans in terms of having the Bank of Ireland premises in College Green, Dublin, available for cultural use as a public building; and if he will give a timeline for the completion of this proposal. [5672/12]
47. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any contact or discussions between himself and-or his Department and the Bank of Ireland on making the Bank of Ireland premises in College Green, Dublin, available as a public building for use for cultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5507/12]
Deputy Jimmy Deenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 47 together.
I refer the Deputies to my previous replies on this matter. I met the chair and chief executive of the Bank of Ireland and had a constructive engagement on the issues. That positive dialogue is continuing with the Bank of Ireland.
At the time of my initial suggestion, the future ownership of the bank was in question. My raising of the issue was exploratory and it came to unintended public attention. Clearly, too, it caught the public imagination. This building was the first purpose-built parliament in Europe. [211]Completed in 1739, the building served as Ireland's Parliament until the Act of Union in 1801. By extension, the question of its future use was entirely appropriate, given its resonances throughout public, cultural and civic life in this country.
Ireland has a rich literary heritage, and this building was a forum for the great parliamentary orators of the 18th century. In more recent years, the building has provided the backdrop for many iconic moments, including the addresses by two great political orators of our time, Presidents Clinton and Obama.
Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan: Whether in the short or long term, I hope the Minister will push forward with the proposal to put the Bank of Ireland premises in College Green, Dublin, back where it belongs, which is with the people. I also hope that the whole area of College Green can be pedestrianised so that people can take back a bit of the city. Other cities like Barcelona, London, Amsterdam and Brussels have areas where one can sit down and relax without traffic noise blowing one out of it at every turn. There is a fantastic collection of buildings in College Green with brilliant views, but it is a shame that one never gets the chance to enjoy them. My main feeling when I am standing there is not to look at the wonderful architecture or the city that surrounds us; it is to get out of there as quickly as possible because I am either going to be run over or go deaf from the noise. It would be brilliant if the Minister could push forward with this. This will discommode some people but we get discommoded in rural Ireland as well and we try to deal with it. It would be brilliant if something like this happens and the Minister can push for it.
Deputy Jimmy Deenihan: I thank Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and agree with his vision, which is part of the vision I expressed to the Bank of Ireland. I presented a slideshow for them showing how the area could become a plaza like Trafalgar Square or Times Square in New York or the many examples in Paris, Madrid and Tiananmen Square. That could be our focal point and it is not overly ambitious to consider it. Dublin City Council has similar plans. The issue of traffic can be overcome.
This was part of our bid for the UNESCO city of literature designation. Our bid referred to considering providing a writers museum. This is nothing new and I am not the first to come up with that vision for the Bank of Ireland. In order to capitalise fully on the designation, we need a centre of literary excellence. We have a very good writers centre and writers museum but these are not of the magnitude to celebrate the achievements of our four winners of the Nobel Prize in literature, Heaney, Beckett, Yeats and Shaw, and the totality of expression running from Swift to our present-day writers making a major impact on the world stage. Members should try to agree to advance as much as possible. It is a site of approximately 1.5 acres under cover in the entire Bank of Ireland College Green complex. A small part of it would suffice to express the unique literary tradition of Ireland. I acknowledge the support of Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and agree with his vision for that part of the city, which should be shared among all of us in the House.
Deputy Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his reply. We were promised in the programme for Government that a social dividend would be returned for our massive investment in the banking system. I am disappointed there has been little movement on this issue. Has the Minister identified other sites as having potential for use for cultural purposes? On a related point, what steps has the Minister taken to secure the future of 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin? Does the Minister agree this is an unprecedented opportunity in the run-in to the 100th anniversary of 1916 to create a cultural quarter incorporating Moore Street and the surrounding streets and lanes, with the GPO at its centre, in the heart of Dublin city?
[212]An Ceann Comhairle: That is a separate question.
Deputy Sandra McLellan: It is similar. We will give it a go anyway.
Deputy Jimmy Deenihan: When it looked like Bank of Ireland was going into State ownership, it put the State in a much stronger position but that has now gone the opposite way. If it was to go into private ownership, it would be important that College Green is preserved so that it does not pass on to an international bank. We are in the early stages of discussion as regards the future of the Bank of Ireland College Green and we are considering iconic projects for 1916. This is something we should consider as a nation in full co-operation with the bank. The discussions I had with the bank have been quite positive but obviously it has major problems and challenges, not including the development of cultural facilities. Any input I can get from this House is welcome.
Regarding the social dividend, that is one of the reasons I pushed bank officials because if they co-operated with my Department and the Government there would be a dividend of goodwill for the bank, which it needs. It would also send out a very strong message internationally that the bank, despite the circumstances it is now in, the Government and people could combine to produce something iconic. In terms of the symbols of Ireland, the architecture of the Bank of Ireland building resonates with a lot of people around the world. It is a site one sees representing Ireland a lot. It was represented in images of State visits and dignitaries before independence and more recently during the visits of Presidents Obama and Clinton. It has been the location for some of the great moments in Irish history.
On 14-17 Moore Street, as the Deputy knows a decision was made by Dublin City Council and An Bord Pleanála before I became Minister. I have been asked to look at the buildings and see how appropriate the proposal made by the developer is. I have consulted widely. There is a very enthusiastic all-party Oireachtas joint committee which is responsible for the next decade of commemorations. We received presentations, visited the site and met those in favour of and opposed to the proposal, as well as those who have a bigger vision for the site.
I have requested advice from the National Museum and have an open mind. If the project does not go ahead it is unlikely we will see anything happening to the buildings in terms of preservation and conservation before the anniversary of 1916. It is not within the capacity of the Government to provide the type of funding required to upgrade the site to the design proposed by the current developer. The issue is under discussion. I will bring a report to the Oireachtas joint committee. Before I make any decision I will take the issue to Cabinet because I realise it is a major decision. It is not something I am taking lightly. Whatever decision I take will be endorsed by the Cabinet.
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NIOSH Programs > Respiratory Diseases > Evidence Package > 3. Interstitial Lung Diseases
3.1 Respiratory Diseases Induced by Coal Mine Dust3. Interstitial Lung Diseases | 3.1a) Verification that the Enacted Coal Mine Dust Standard Protects Miners
In 2004, there were 74,000 people, mostly males, employed as coal miners in the U.S., of which 57 percent were underground miners. Despite a long secular trend of decreasing employment in coal mining associated with mechanization, the number of coal miners has very recently been increasing because of enhanced production of coal due to high prices in energy markets associated with high energy demands in general. Coal mining operations vary in size from small operations employing fewer than 10 people to operations with several hundred employees. There is evidence that larger coal mining operations generally do better at protecting their workers from disease development.17
Both surface and underground coal miners suffer from dust exposure and associated lung diseases. In general, levels of dust in underground mines are greater than at surface mines, but certain occupations at surface mines are at high-risk for silicosis.18 Among underground coal miners, those who work where the coal is cut from the coal seam are at highest risk. This is especially true for the longwall19 mining method, where production levels are high, leading to dust levels that are hard to control. Dust levels in tipples where coal is sorted and cleaned may be high, but most others who handle coal in other settings (e.g. power station workers and dock loaders) do not appear to be at especially high risk of respiratory disease.
Coal mine dust has long been known to cause chronic respiratory disease but for many years little was done in the U.S. to prevent overexposure. For the 20 or so years following World War II, a period when mine mechanization grew rapidly, a population of between 150,000 and 500,000 underground miners regularly suffered exposures up to 6 - 8 mg/m3 of coal mine dust (compared to the current NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit [REL] of 1 mg/m3).20
As a result of these exposures, there was an epidemic of occupational lung disease in underground coal miners. In nine studies undertaken in various regions of the U.S. in the 1960s, the prevalence of CWP among those with 30 or more years in mining ranged between 10 percent and 60 percent depending on the coal field. The underlying cause of this broad range of prevalence by coal field is probably the type (rank) of coal mined at that time.21
Apart from the obvious benefits from reducing ill-health, impairment, and disability; reduction in dust exposures in underground coal mining should correlate with reduction in compensation costs. In 2005, there were 104,503 beneficiaries of the federal Black Lung Program for coal miners. The total amount awarded to these beneficiaries in 2005 exceeded $675 million. Although these numbers are trending downward, in large part due to long-term downward trends in overall employment, RDRP remains vigilant to changes and is working to minimize the number of coal miners who will become disabled in the future as a result of coal mine dust exposure.
A number of activities conducted by RDRP were initiated and continue under federal mandate. The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act was enacted in 1969, following a massive coal mine explosion at Farmington, West Virginia and the resulting public outcry and concern about high levels of injury and occupational disease in the coalfields. The Act mandated a battery of prevention-related measures, which included: strict dust control to a specific standard, a program of research into lung diseases related to coal mining, and implementation of worker medical monitoring of miners (with a voluntary medical removal program for miners with chest x-ray evidence of dust-induced disease). At the same time, Congress appropriated funding for a program of research and development of tools and methods for helping mining companies assess and reduce dust exposures in their mines.
Virtually all of the occupational health research relating to disease prevention among coal miners and coal mining operations in the U.S. over the last 35 years has been undertaken by RDRP, complemented by engineering and control technology research conducted by NIOSH Mining Research Program (formerly the U.S. Bureau of Mines). Coal mining-related laboratory and field investigations formed a major part of our activities from 1970-1990. Following the accumulation of a wealth of epidemiologic knowledge, the focus in human studies for RDRP has moved largely to ongoing disease surveillance and prevention. Laboratory investigations have continued to a lesser extent to the present, but a robust research program on dust assessment and control continues.
RDRP work addresses three objectives directed at disease assessment and prevention of occupational lung disease in coal miners: a) research into disease causation with the aim of verifying that the enacted coal mine dust standard protects coal miners; b) disease surveillance and monitoring to track the success (or otherwise) of the standard and to identify 'hotspots' of disease to effectively target focused prevention efforts; and c) research to improve coal mine dust measurement and control aimed at reducing dust levels in coal mines.
In summary, the three objectives are:
RDRP research showed that the current Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 2 mg/m3 (MRE equivalent) for respirable coal mine dust does not fully protect U.S. coal miners. Publication of this research in the 1995 criteria document, "Occupational Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust," (3.1a) was acknowledged by MSHA. Subsequently, MSHA implemented some improvements to the relevant regulations and increased enforcement (3.1c). RDRP's Coal Workers X-ray Surveillance Program has identified miners with radiographic evidence of pneumoconiosis and provided them with information that helps them seek work in less dusty environments. RDRP's development of the personal dust monitor provides real-time exposure measures to miners and will help with ongoing and future disease prevention.
Although MSHA has yet to reduce the PEL to match the current NIOSH REL of 1 mg/m3, the activities of RDRP, MSHA, and other stakeholders have resulted in significant reductions in the percentage of dust samples exceeding the MSHA PEL (from 44 to 49 percent c1970 to 9 to 12 percent c2000) despite large increases (up to 7-fold) in coal production. The prevalence of pneumoconiosis in underground miners with 25 or more years mining tenure fell from 35 percent in the years 1973-1978 to four percent in 1997-1999. However, CWP (including the potentially disabling advanced form of the disease known as progressive massive fibrosis) continues to occur and novel approaches undertaken by the Coal Workers X-ray Surveillance Program has recently identified counties in the coalfields with high rates of rapid pneumoconiosis progression among active miners. The reasons for this apparent rapid progression and continuing occurrence of progressive massive fibrosis are unclear. It may result from a combination of inadequacies in the present dust limit and its method of enforcement. These occurrences point to the need for continued surveillance and monitoring activities to track disease decline and to target enhanced exposure assessment and dust control.
17. Pon MRI, Petsonk EL, Wang ML, Castellan RM, Attfield MD, Wagner GR [2003]. Pneumoconiosis prevalence among working coal miners examined in federal chest radiograph programs - U.S., 1996-2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 336-340.
18. Banks DE, Bauer MA, Castellan RM, Lapp NL [1983]. Silicosis in surface coalmine drillers. Thorax 38:275-278.
19. Longwall mining comprises a cutting head that moves from side-to-side across a coal-seam for distances of up to 1450 feet. The cut coal falls onto a conveyor belt for removal from the mine. The machinery is protected by hydraulic roof supports, which advance behind the cutter as it moves through the seam. The result is immediate roof collapse and associated surface subsidence. Today, approximately 90 longwall operations account for 20 percent of U.S. coal production.
20. Attfield MD, Morring K [1992]. The derivation of estimated dust exposures for U.S. coal miners working before 1970. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 53:248-255.


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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - United States national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann was forced to replace injured defender Omar Gonzalez with Michael Orozco on his team's roster for the final two CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers.
Gonzalez suffered a hip strain while playing with the Los Angeles Galaxy last weekend in a 5-0 win over Chivas USA and had to be substituted at halftime, paving the way for Orozco to be recalled.
Orozco featured at right back in last month's 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica, but he has also spent time in the middle of defense and could start alongside Matt Besler in Friday's match with Jamaica.
The Americans have already secured a place at the 2014 World Cup and will conclude qualifying at Panama on Oct. 15.