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All Blog Posts Tagged 'quality' - Home Energy Pros 2015-10-09T09:29:48Z http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profiles/blog/feed?tag=quality&xn_auth=no Furnace Filter: Cleaning And Replacing Is A Must! tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2015-08-26:6069565:BlogPost:186627 2015-08-26T11:30:00.000Z Awen Thomas http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/AwenThomas
Have you ever learnt anything from Home Alone, aside from how to have a great weekend for the family, it's that furnaces are alarming. Yet, what's much scarier than the storm cellar staying, red hot mammoth itself is the outcomes of not staying aware of filter cleaning and evacuation.

A clean filter extends the furnace's life, upgrades the general execution, enhances the…

Have you ever learnt anything from Home Alone, aside from how to have a great weekend for the family, it's that furnaces are alarming. Yet, what's much scarier than the storm cellar staying, red hot mammoth itself is the outcomes of not staying aware of filter cleaning and evacuation.

A clean filter extends the furnace's life, upgrades the general execution, enhances the indoor air quality, and eliminates vitality bills. Also, since the whole process takes not exactly an hour and you likely won't even start to sweat, why not deal with it immediately?

Vacuum the floor encompassing the furnace to free it of earth, clean, and dust bunnies. Furnaces filter the air from both your home's warming and cooling framework, so the deposit developer can develop.

Turn off the furnace. This is imperative and protections against damage.

Find the administration board, which in most furnaces can be found on the lower front or side. Open it delicately with simply your hands, or if fundamental, utilize a screwdriver to painstakingly slacken any stray pieces.

Close to the admission outtake blower fan, you will see the filter a rectangular, lattice screen with a springy look. It is embedded either vertically or on a level plane close to the admission outtake blower. Delicately slide the filter out.

Eyeball the cross section screen for cocoa or dusty development. Can you see through it? If not, it's an opportunity to unadulterated. Indeed, even the filter has some clarity, you've experienced this much inconvenience as of now, it doesn't hurt to in any event wipe it down with a sodden material.

Whether you have to clean the filter or supplant it relies on upon the kind of filter. Hose down reusable plastic or metal-confined filters in a utility tub, the terrace, or in the carport. Give it a chance to dry totally before reinserting into the furnace. In the event that the filter is made of fiberglass or has an expendable cardboard casing, discard it. Note the size, and buy another filter accessible in the neighborhood handyman shop.

Try not to utilize the furnace until another filter has been cleaned or introduced.

In shutting, consider this brief thought on perpetual versus dispensable filters. Albeit changeless filters cost more and oblige a more exhaustive cleaning, they stay for a longer period. Dispensable filters, then again, are simpler to keep clean, yet, since a change happens every now and again, it's best to keep a few close by. All furnace filters have a Minimum Efficiency Report Value (MERV) rating; the higher the MERV rating, the profitable filtration. Utilize the MERV rating to pick the best furnace for your needs, be it mechanical, electrostatic, electronic, or HEPA. Hypersensitivity sufferers, think about introducing as an allergen-lessening filter on your next routinely planned cleaning. A wide range of filters have their upsides and downsides, it descends to what's best for your home's necessities and that you are so eager to keep the framework clean and running at top execution.

 Some Useful Information about Furnace Air Filters tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2015-05-21:6069565:BlogPost:181683 2015-05-21T18:13:25.000Z Ottawa Furnace Filters http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/OttawaFurnaceFilters
There is not much we can do about the air pollution outside of a house in Ottawa, Canada, but we can do something about the air pollution in your home, emanating from your furnace and air conditioning systems. It does not matter if you live in Montreal, Gatineau Canada, Mississauga or the GTA, OttawaFurnaceFilters.ca has you covered to help you breathe clean air, wild paying less at wholesale prices.

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There is not much we can do about the air pollution outside of a house in Ottawa, Canada, but we can do something about the air pollution in your home, emanating from your furnace and air conditioning systems. It does not matter if you live in Montreal, Gatineau Canada, Mississauga or the GTA, OttawaFurnaceFilters.ca has you covered to help you breathe clean air, wild paying less at wholesale prices.

If you are looking for the M1-1056, Lennox Healthy Climate, Five Seasons or the ReservePro 16x25x5 to buy, we have all kinds of furnace air filters that are on the market. The tightly sealed homes we build today (in Canada and even in the National Capital, Ottawa) allow indoor air pollution to build up, but there is something you can do about your air quality. As weird as it sounds, air pollution can be worse inside your home in Canada than outside.

Today's Ottawa homes are becoming more airtight, and while this saves you money on your furnace heat and your air conditioning bills, it also means any air pollutants in your home have a much harder time escaping. Your home can trap pollen, mold, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and dust mites. We even add to the problem by contributing tobacco, wood or cooking smoke, pet dander, insecticides, toxins emitted from air fresheners, carpets, glues, household cleaners, paints, varnishes, press board furniture, and much more.

In fact, we breathe in about 50,000 of these pollution particles with every breath and we take 20,000 breaths a day! While we are unable to do much about the air quality outside of your home, we can do something about the pollution inside, where most people spend the majority of our time.

You can improve your indoor air quality and eliminate airborne particles with a pleated media filter; furnace air filters and HEPA air cleaners are great additions to homes with allergy sufferers and so are HEPA air filters. Remember, the higher the MERV rating the better protection the filter will provide you and your family. Save Your Lungs and Your Wallet – Improve Your Indoor Air Quality to buy your Furnace Filters Canada with OttawaFurnaceFilters.ca Poor indoor air quality can affect the overall efficiency and life expectancy of HVAC equipment.

In fact, poor air filtration can shorten the lifespan of your system by up to seven years! Five Seasons Filters can help. What can be done? The answer is simple, change your furnace air filter and get an annual furnace and air conditioning cleaning, to make your furnace and air conditioner last forever! Not changing your filter often enough can have serious consequences on the lifespan of your furnace and air conditioning. A Lack of sufficient airflow can strain your furnace components, such as your blower motor, and cause your furnace to drag.

Your blower motor will overheat, which will cause your heat exchanger to crack. A cracked heat exchanger is dangerous because it can allow Carbon Monoxide to be released into your home, which is very dangerous, and this can be costly to fix. A furnace that is overworked, trying to push air through a clogged filter, will have a significantly reduced life span.

Did you know that a mere 1/32nd of dirt and dust accumulation on the inside vanes of a blower motor can reduce air flow through your home by up to 30%? A 1/32nd accumulation on a coil or heat exchanger can reduce your home heating and cooling efficiency by up to 16%. Your furnaces and air conditioners are probably the most expensive appliances in your home and if poor indoor air quality is causing them to run inefficiently, you could be costing yourself hundreds of extra dollars in energy bills and break downs.

At OttawaFurnaceFilters.ca, we offer Premium-Quality Furnace and Air Conditioning Filters Canada to buy and we are a dealer of some of the top Brand Names in the filter industry like Five Seasons, ReservePro, Lennox Healthy Climate and M1-1056 at Low-Price in Canada!.

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 Importance of Airtight Ductwork in Air Testing tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2015-03-17:6069565:BlogPost:177675 2015-03-17T10:39:07.000Z Lee Blanchard http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/LeeBlanchard
For building a home which is free from massive air pollutants, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of the air tightness testing inside ducts on the wall. Duct sealing, insulation and leakage are important points which are monitored by quality air testing solutions like Southern Assessors in UK.

While examining air quality and pressure, the following must not be neglected:…

For building a home which is free from massive air pollutants, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of the air tightness testing inside ducts on the wall. Duct sealing, insulation and leakage are important points which are monitored by quality air testing solutions like Southern Assessors in UK.

While examining air quality and pressure, the following must not be neglected:

Proper air testing shows that all those ducts which are either round or rectangular in shape must be sealed carefully as they always do not stop the passage of air.

A well-qualified air leakage test shows that sheet metal when used into ducts is also unable to stop 100% air leakage.

Air testing companies have found out that ducts which effect into low air leakages always leads to energy conservation, as they operate with the help of small fans.

An effective air tightness test can only be built if the seams and linings around the ductworks are sealed powerfully and they do not get withered by environmental forces.

Building air tightness testing is important to understand the longevity of the ductwork. Ducts of heaters, HVAC systems, coolers and humidifiers should be checked thoroughly for the internal and external insulation.

Mastic materials and tapes made of fibreglass should be used to encourage air tightness in buildings

Air bubbles should not gather near the joint of the ducts and they should also be strapped and connected very well to the materials of the wall.

How can the duct performance be enhanced?

According to notable air testing services, the duct performance can be enhanced if the following factors are kept in mind:

If the ducts are heat and pressure resistant

Air quality testing services like Southern Assessors also point out that metallic ducts and galvanized ducts are different, and so are ducts made from PVC. So they must be engineered accordingly to detect air leakage testing

airtight buildings are always impossible to build if the ducts are not cleaned and maintained regularly

air testing south of England is conducted regularly to understand the concentration of air leakage done through duct and air cooler pipes

 Definitive Guide for Improving Indoor Air Quality – Air Testing tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2015-03-09:6069565:BlogPost:177604 2015-03-09T10:48:43.000Z Lee Blanchard http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/LeeBlanchard
Indoor air testing and detection of impure particles suspended in the air are definitely a laborious task but in order to keep a building and the rooms of a house safe and pollution-free, there are serious needs of air quality testing. We often tend to ignore the fact that due to air impurities almost more than seven million people die in the world every year due to respiratory ailments caused by moulds, termites, carpet dusts, pesticides and even room…

Indoor air testing and detection of impure particles suspended in the air are definitely a laborious task but in order to keep a building and the rooms of a house safe and pollution-free, there are serious needs of air quality testing. We often tend to ignore the fact that due to air impurities almost more than seven million people die in the world every year due to respiratory ailments caused by moulds, termites, carpet dusts, pesticides and even room fresheners.

There are many reputed air testing companies UK whose findings have revealed an astonishing fact that the rate of polluted air in the indoor areas is larger than the concentration of polluted air in the outdoor areas.

What are some of the common allergens which must be removed from homes?

Air testing services like the Southern Assessors have found out that there are active methods of improving indoor air quality:

Proper air leakage tests must be conducted to understand and remove the primary and secondary source of pollutants

air quality testing services also recommend to turn off heaters and air coolers once in a week to allow the smooth flow of natural air inside a room

air testing in buildings also point out how strategic areas like the bathroom, kitchen sinks, building basement and the attics are areas which are prone to mould growth

Building a comprehensive air-tightness test is necessary to understand where pollutants and termites are breeding, and to wipe them with disinfectants or vinegar

Reputed air testing companies also point out that it is important to vacuum clean corner of rooms and balconies to stop the free flow of dusts

 Why Is RESNET Limiting Its Options for Improvement? tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2014-10-02:6069565:BlogPost:167650 2014-10-02T18:34:22.000Z Allison A. Bailes III http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/AllisonABailesIII
In case you haven't heard, last year RESNET created a task force to look at ways to improve the consistency of results among certified home energy raters (aka HERS raters). In mid-August, executive director Steve Baden sent an email about the latest developments in the process. He also attached a document titled…

In case you haven't heard, last year RESNET created a task force to look at ways to improve the consistency of results among certified home energy raters (aka HERS raters). In mid-August, executive director Steve Baden sent an email about the latest developments in the process. He also attached a document titled Quality Improvement Working Group RESNET QA Options (pdf) that outlines the areas of consensus and gives three options for changing the way quality assurance (QA) is done. Unfortunately, there's a glaring omission from the list.

The need for improvement exists

We've been a HERS rating provider, now called HERS QA provider, since 2009. We serve independent raters from Arizona to Maine, and we make sure our raters know what they're doing and do things right. Because we don't let them get away with not meeting the HERS Standards or ENERGY STAR new homes program guidelines, we hear their complaints about raters with other providers who aren't such sticklers. Here's one I got this summer:

It's getting more and more frustrating on our end and is to the point where [one local HVAC company] is not wanting to bid on projects with a builder that has [our company] as the raters. Meanwhile, [that HVAC company] is pushing paperwork / installation issues through other raters that are apparently not having any issues getting Energy Star.

Yes, there are problems. Not all are egregious violations. Part of what's motivating RESNET is that if you hire several raters to come into a home to do a rating, you'll get a spread of results that's broader than it should be. Apparently, some of the big production builders that build homes in different markets have experienced this when they build the same home in a similar climate and get different results when different raters rate the home.

When a provider does QA on their raters, the results for the HERS Index are supposed to be within 3%, but different providers and QA Designees (QADs) don't always interpret the standards the same way. Each one has their ways of doing things and might emphasize or de-emphasize certain aspects of the rating process. So you can have variance in the results even without malfeasance.

RESNET's oversight of providers has improved but...

The HERS rating industry is set up to have QA of raters done by their providers. Providers are accredited by RESNET, which oversees and does QA on the providers. Energy Vanguard Energy Ratings has to submit an annual report to result documenting the results of the QA we do. In our first three years as a provider, however, RESNET wasn't doing a lot of oversight. One of those years, we never even got a report back from RESNET about how we did with our annual report. Also, despite RESNET having guidelines calling for enhanced oversight or field visits to providers, we haven't had any of that. (We're getting our first online review this fall.)

That's definitely changed, though. Laurel Elam took over as QA Manager for RESNET, and she's on the ball. In the past two years, she's not only looking carefully at the reports submitted by all providers, she's acting on what she finds. Here's what a recent email from RESNET announced about the process:

The reviews found numerous instances where providers fell short of complying with RESNET quality assurance provisions. As a result 43 Rating Quality Assurance Providers were placed on administrative probation. An additional 56 Providers had findings that needed correction to be compliant with RESNET Standards.

That's great! I'm happy to see that RESNET is starting to hold providers to the requirements in the HERS Standards.

But, it's still not enough. Laurel is doing a wonderful job and RESNET is lucky to have her, but she's not a technical person. She's never been a HERS rater and isn't a QAD. I don't think the QA Manager needs to have those qualifications, but RESNET has to have technical people involved in the oversight process. They do have at least one technical person, Abe Kruger, who assists on a contract basis, but he's not fulltime.

What RESNET has been doing over the past two years since Laurel took over is the important step of making sure the t's are crossed and the i's dotted. What RESNET has not been doing is looking at the words and seeing if there should even be a t or an i in them or maybe if they should have used a different word altogether.

In other words, RESNET needs to dive in deep enough to determine, not only if providers are doing enough QA and keeping records properly, but also if their QA process is good enough to assure the quality of ratings. A big step here would be to repeat some of the rating data file QA done by providers on raters.

Providers are required to do this for 10% of all ratings done by a rater, so RESNET, it seems to me, should be doing this for some percentage of every provider's file QA. RESNET wouldn't have to travel for this, and I think it would turn up a lot of problems and force all providers to make sure they do it right.

The 3 options

Back to the Quality Improvement Working Group now. This process has been going on since last year, and they recently released a document outlining the issues and their options for improvement (pdf). Here they are:

RESNET staff do all QA on raters and ratings.

RESNET creates a pool of contractors to do all QA on raters and ratings.

RESNET contracts with a pool of third-party regional QA contractors to do all QA on raters and ratings.

I can't see RESNET going with number 1. They probably won't want to do the work involved with number 2 either. I think, if they continue down this path, they'll probably go with number 3, and we'll have ICF, CSG, and ClearResult doing all the QA.

All three of these options take QA away from the current providers. The task force and working group have said they want all QADs to act as "agents of RESNET." Providers will still exist but will not do QA anymore.

It's an important document for the future of the HERS rating industry. Please read it, think about it, discuss it, and participate in the public comment process. Unfortunately, the deadline for public comment was at the end of August. RESNET gave an unusually short 10 days for comments, whereas they normally allow 30 days.

The glaring omission

Let me state again that this process is necessary. RESNET definitely needs to do something improve the consistency and quality of the HERS ratings being done. The list of consensus items in their recent document has some good points. For example:

"QA contractors should not be performing QA on Raters and ratings where a conflict of interest exists."

"The RESNET Home Energy Rating and QA processes must be more clearly defined to achieve greater consistency."

"Qualifications of the companies and/or individuals who provide QA services, including accountability, must be more stringent and more clearly defined to create greater consistency and quality in how QA is delivered."

Unfortunately, they seem to think that because the majority of providers also do ratings, no providers should be doing QA. I beg to differ. There are a few of us who are providers but do little or no ratings. Energy Vanguard does a handful of ratings per year, nearly all for Habitat for Humanity, many of them pro bono. We made the decision early on not to compete against our raters. Building Efficiency Resources (The BER) is another company with this model, and so is Southface.

Why is RESNET ignoring the benefits of this model? Rather than including only options that take QA away from providers, why not have a fourth option that allows providers to do QA but not on any ratings they do themselves? This is the fox-in-the-henhouse issue people have been talking about for years because of all the big providers that do their own QA.

This model can work, but it requires RESNET to take the next step I described above and look not only at providers' administrative compliance but also technical compliance. As a member of the recently disbanded RESNET QA committee (replaced by the new QA committee tasked with creating an ANSI standard), I've been saying this over and over. The current structure can work but RESNET needs to do more thorough QA on providers.

What happens when QA is taken away from providers?

If RESNET continues down the current path and chooses one of the three options above (probably the third), why would anyone want to be a provider? The big rating companies will probably continue, but there's not much in it for small providers like ours. We'll become document chasers and discipline enforcers, and I have no interest in that.

If RESNET chooses one of the three options above, I think QA could actually get worse for independent raters. Many providers do more than the minimum QA. In our providership, we look at nearly every REM/Rate file that gets sent to us, not just the 10% required by RESNET. Will the new QA companies do that?

And providers won't know as much about QA if they're not doing it. When raters call them up to ask questions, providers won't know as many of the answers. They may even steer raters in the wrong direction because the QA companies may do things differently.

The collapse of QA

Another problem with the three options above is that it could lead to the collapse of the QA process from three levels to two. Right now it's RESNET => providers => raters. It seems like RESNET thinks that handing all the QA off to "independent" QA companies (or RESNET staff) will solve all the problems so the collapse won't matter. I think they're wrong. Let's keep three levels and beef up RESNET's QA, which will reverberate all the way down.

I don't think the folks on the task force and the working group have fully considered all the options or the consequences.

Two changes that could make all the difference

The following two changes are really all RESNET needs to do to improve the QA of HERS ratings:

Providers should not be allowed to do QA on their own ratings.

RESNET should do more technical QA on providers.

The latter is what I was talking about above when I said RESNET should redo some percentage of each provider's rating data file QA. Combined with the great job Laurel Elam has been doing with administrative QA, this could would allow RESNET to discover problems that might otherwise never be found.

Let's get it right

If you're a home energy rater, QAD, or provider, please get involved in this process. Read the documents. Check out the resources I've listed below. And most of all, let your voice be heard.

External Resources

RESNET quality improvement process

The BER's webinar on an alternative path

The BER's white paper on quality improvement

Texas HERO's response to RESNET's quality improvement process
 The Importance Of Furnace Cleaning and Maintenance tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2013-11-07:6069565:BlogPost:140385 2013-11-07T01:35:09.000Z Matthew Zajechowski http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/MatthewZajechowski
As the trees start to lose their leaves and the temperatures begin to drop, we tend to turn our home heating system on for comfort. However, what most people don't realize is that, like any other appliance, our furnace also needs regular care in order to perform at its highest as well as to last longer.

First: Clean up your Furnace

Regardless of what type of furnace you have, …

As the trees start to lose their leaves and the temperatures begin to drop, we tend to turn our home heating system on for comfort. However, what most people don't realize is that, like any other appliance, our furnace also needs regular care in order to perform at its highest as well as to last longer.

First: Clean up your Furnace

Regardless of what type of furnace you have, performing regular maintenance is the key for efficient out comings and money savings. Since dirt is the biggest enemy of your furnace, as it wastes fuel and considerably lowers your furnace's efficiency, you can save you a lot of money on heating costs as well as avoid expensive repairs in the future simply by keeping your furnace clean.

Because dirt affects all three basic components of your furnace: the filter system, the blower and the motor, your furnace filter should be replaced or cleaned at the beginning of the heating season and about once a month during periods of continuous in order to keep your home cleaner and to prevent dirt and debris from getting into your blower and damaging it.

Furthermore, you should also clean your furnace's duct system. A clean duct actually does improve the indoor air quality (IAQ) of your home as well as the efficiency of your furnace. Besides having a better IAQ, a clean duct system reduces the presence of house molds and allergens, eliminates unnecessary dust in your home, provides better airflow in your home, and helps to reduce energy costs.

Next Step: Addressing the ducts

I lost count of how many people I know that have never cleaned the air duct system in their homes. Although these giant sheet metal tubes are, many times, invisible to our everyday lives, they play a very important role in our heating and air conditioning systems.

Since the air and heating systems run in a cycle where a large tube runs cool air from inside the house to your furnace, that heats it, and then pushes it back through another set of tubes into each room of your home, the ducts carrying the cool air tend to be a bit dirtier than those that transport the warmer air. Besides that, we have the dirt and dust caused by the shedding of skin and hair that makes its way in from the outside, along with debris and, if you have a pet, you will more likely to see a higher volume of those particles in your home. On top of that, if you live in a humid climate area, the likelihood of mold developing in your home and in those air filtration systems is pretty high. Therefore, keeping your air filtration systems clean is essential for increasing energy efficiency as well as improving the IAQ of your place. Although the ducts should be cleaned regularly, here are some particular times when such cleaning is a must:

You just moved in — Regardless if your home was just newly constructed or if it is an older one, when you first move in, it is always a good idea to perform a duct cleaning.

The air flow doesn't feel right — If the hot air is not flowing through the vents properly, it may not be receiving enough air on the other end due to a blockage. After performing a filter replacement, if the flow is still weak, then you should look into duct cleaning.

There is water in your ducts —Moisture buildup within ducts can lead to mold issues, which can cause several health issues; so, if you find water in your air system, you should have your ducts cleaned as a safety precaution, and if you find mold in your ducts, then it is essential that you have them cleaned or replaced immediately.

While heating systems are usually trouble-free and easy to maintain, some aspects of furnace up keeping can be very complex and they should be handled by professionals. If you are not sure where to go and who to call, check this website first.


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... check in, just time to dump our bags & off we went for a walk around the town we went to a museum, a shrine, the Takayama festival float exhibition hall, we then went to the old part of town. We had a beautiful tea not far from there. When we got back from tea we had another spa, getting used to it (in the nude) still lots of laughs. It's now 9.00 and ready for bed. Ran out of battery so no pictures of ...
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Monsanto is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation based in the United States. They are the world's leading producer of Roundup®, a herbicide with the active ingredient glyphosate.
Monsanto is also the largest producer of genetically engineered (GE) seeds on the planet, accounting for over 90% of the GE seeds planted globally in 2003. Monsanto introduced a genetically modified product (Roundup Ready Soybeans) that were resistant to Roundup. The first crops introduced were soybeans, followed by corn in 1998. "Roundup Ready" crops greatly improved a farmer's ability to control weeds, since glyphosate could be sprayed in the fields without harming their crops.
TRANSLATION: Roundup Kills Everything except the genetically engineered crop. The seeds are engineered to resist the Roundup herbicide and further, the toxic (weed killing) residue of Glyphosate remains on the Roundup Ready seeds are genetically modified to withstand the herbicide toxicity. This is also the primary purpose of ALL genetically modified seeds, to resist pest's – drought – and most importantly pesticide and herbicide.
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Seeds that are "Roundup Ready" will survive Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide while killing everything around it.
WOW – Great Idea right? WRONG! when these crops are harvested, they contain high levels of glyphosate and it doesn't just go away. Millions of gallons of this have been sprayed all across the U.S. – for years! Corn crops are treated this way too. The Corn is fed to animals, used in cereal and many other products… in fact, you probably know that corn products are in 75% of the things you buy at the grocery store and all of these products have traces of herbicide.
In addition, because weeds are pretty "smart" – the ones that used to die from the RoundUp herbicide treatments don't die anymore. They have adapted and become tolerant of the product that used to kill them. Sources confirm that as many as 20 new types of weeds nicknamed "SuperWeeds" have been found growing in GMO crop sites. (SOURCES)
Throughout its history, Monsanto has developed chemical products which have eventually become controversial or been banned, including DDT, Agent Orange, Bovine Growth Hormone, and PCBs.
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I can not be leave that our government would allow such a crime. How dare they allow such bull.Yea kill us all off.Who cares, I do.Who are you shame, shame, shame.
People need to wake up and realize what is actually in our food. No one likes to read labels, too time consuming? It infuriates me when I talk to people about such things and they brush me off. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help
Ok, I don't like it. I hear everyone complaining but what is the solution? Should we all plow up our yards and grow our own foods? Where do we buy seeds that are not genetically modified? Have you stopped buying food at the grocery store? How do you know what you are buying and where is was grown and who processed it? Where the people who processed the food healthy and their hands clean? When did the labels on food become the truth? Who could understand words they can't pronounce let alone spell. The words on labels are a different language. I have enough touble understanding simple English. If you don't like what the government is doing are you involved to change it or just complaining? I am not complaining, I am just asking questions. The politicians have to eat it too. None of us get off this planet alive, except Neil Armstrong. Give me solutions not complaints.
Tsk tsk.. They don't want you to be educated about what is in your food. They FEAR you actually knowing. Of course we would immediately understand that GMOs cause sickness and disease [cancer!?!] And then it's a domino effect. No GMO illness equals less Dr visits equals less trips to the pharmacy equals no $$$ for pharmaceutical giants equals no/less Campaign donations equals broke busted politicians… Simple as I can lay it out. Keep the American people sick so the American Politicians stay rich.. PATHETIC!!!!
It is critically important that we all take this seriously! Yes, READ LABELS and buy non-GMO and organic as much as possible!
Your very life depends on it!
You write "Sources confirm that as many as 20 new types of weeds nicknamed "SuperWeeds" have been found growing in GMO crop sites." but you seem to have forgotten to include any of these sources. Could you possibly fix this to give this article some more credibility?
Great information, thanks!
This is the first time visiting your site. I like what I see, so I just want to thank you! I've been trying to find out what & who is Monsato (for awhile now)! Finally I got lucky (I call it fate)! I came across your site, & at last I can understand clearly, who's Monsato! I knew for years, how extremely dangerous Roundup is, but I had no idea Monsato is the leading producer of Roundup! Yikes! I thought Monsato was a group of farmers (like a union), that are okay with planting GMO a seeds! They're roots go far deeper! This is real scary! I live in Hawaii, & they always say, "buy from our local farmers"! Is there somewhere, or something I could do to find out what local farms or farmers are connected with Monsato? Or what supermarkets to shop at, where I can buy safe, GMO free produce from? Are only organic produce safe to eat? I recently started to learn & apply a more healthy lifestyle for my family & I, so I'd appreciate all info!😍Sorry, about bombarding you w/so many questions, but I love the way you write & explain everything (even your replies in the comment section)!!😍😃Thank u again for all your great info & your help & dedication to spread knowledge & awareness to everyone who wants to learn!
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I've got a navigation view with a table view in it, listing some videos. When a row is selected, it loads MPMoviePlayerViewController and inits it with a video from file URL. When I go back to the table view, the movie is still playing. I tried getting the underlying MPMoviePlayerController and giving it a "pause" message in the viewDidDisappear method, but this doesn't seem to ever get called (NSLog statement in method never appears). So I'm sure there's a simple way to tell MPMoviePlayerController via MPMoviePlayerViewController to stop playing it's movie programmatically, right?
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Campos, Hillhouse, Beimer finish in Top 5; Rubio takes seventh
RICHARDSON, Texas -- It was their finest hour of their first season. And there are still two huge tests to prepare them for the finals.
The Southwestern Assemblies of God University men's cross country team defeated a seven team field at the University of Dallas Invitational on Saturday morning. The first place finish was impressive among a host of experienced clubs.
SAGU's women's team came in fourth against six college teams. It was their best effort of their young, inaugural season to date.
The Lions' finished the 6K meet with 33 points, which was 25 points better than the University of Texas at Tyler (58). The University of Dallas took third, followed by Texas Wesleyan University.
The University of Texas at Dallas harriers finished fifth, with Jarvis Christian College and Arlington Baptist College rounding out the competition.
Each team's top five runners to finish were given points by their place in the field.
The Purple Pride had individuals come in second, fourth, fifth, seventh and 15th.
Jose Campos (Luling, Tx / Luling HS) was the second runner to cross the line, doing so in 19:54. He has been SAGU's first in every meet so far.
B.J. Hillhouse (Brookshire, Tx / Royal HS) was fourth overall, just six seconds after Campos.
Brad Beimer (Waxahachie, Tx / Waxahachie HS) came in fifth at 20:12.
When Juan Rubio (Rockdale, Tx / Rockdale HS) breezed past the line at 20:44, four of the top seven finishers wore purple and gold!
Christian Yglecias (Cameron, Tx / C.H. Yoe HS) came in 15th (21:47). Luke Flattery (Springfield, Mo / Central HS) hit the tape in 20th (22:17).
A total of 47 men entered and SAGU blazed the course in the briefest of times.
The short course is known as a "No PR" layout. A tougher than normal layout meant that racers were unlikely to set "personal records" due to the strong-features lining the track. The invitational was a 6K, shorter than the normal 8K, but more than plenty in the rugged category.
Head Coach Jason Covarrubias has entered both SAGU teams in next weekend's (October 26) NAIA Mid-States Classic in Winfield, Kansas.
Over 30 men's teams competed in the event a year ago, including eight from the Sooner Athletic Conference.
It will be a great tune-up for the SAC meet on November 9 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
SAGU has already qualified for the National Christian College Athletic Association Nationals, with a collaboration of members primairly from the NAIA and the NCAA's Division 2 and 3.
It will be held near Dayton, Ohio on November 16.
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The Vineyard Cottage was originally part of a traditional stable block and has recently been extended and refurbished, retaining the exposed beams and split stable-style front door. Shaded in summer by an old quince tree with wisteria, roses and honeysuckle growing around the front, the cottage is situated in the courtyard at The Vineyard, an 18th century converted barn in the attractive, peaceful village of Clifton Hampden, South Oxfordshire which is four miles from Abingdon, eight miles from Oxford and only an hour from London.
The cottage has its own large, private south facing terrace, partially shaded by a pergola, where grapevines and roses trail and the only sounds you here when you wake in the morning are the birds singing and the trees rustling in the breeze. A teak table with four comfortable chairs with cushions, a sun umbrella and a Weber barbecue will help make the most of sunny days and long summer evenings. (The terrace is accessed via six steps and so is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible).
The second bedroom and bathroom are situated on the ground floor. The beds in this room can be arranged as one single bed, twin beds or a queen size bed. This room could also be used as a study if you are here on business, visiting the University or the European School in Culham. Please advise on booking which layout you would prefer.
Babies and children are welcome. Please notify us in advance if you would like to use the travel cot, baby bath (tummy tub), changing mat, highchair or safety gate for the stairs. Children will love watching the chickens, the visiting ducks and rabbits grazing in the adjoining paddock and the Red Kites circling overhead.
There is a free wi-fi connection, an i-pod dock, local guide books, novels, family games and dvd's for adults and children available for your enjoyment.
Freshly laid eggs are often available from our hens. A basic supply of tea, coffee, sugar, biscuits, olive oil, kitchen and toilet rolls, washing up liquid and dishwasher tablets are available. A bottle of wine is provided for bookings of a week or more.
Environmentally friendly and non-animal tested cleaning products are used wherever possible.
10% discount on repeat or longer bookings.
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|Nearest airport: Heathrow Terminals 1/2/3 74 km, Nearest railway: Culham 2 km
|Family friendly
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|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|DVD player
|Central heating, TV, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
|Double beds (2), Single beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Balcony or terrace, BBQ
|Secure parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Wheelchair users
The Oxfordshire region
We are situated in a very convenient position in South Oxfordshire only an hour from London and Birmingham and just 15 minutes from Jct 7 on the M40.
Oxford city centre is a twenty minute drive away and is perfect for a weekend of sight-seeing and shopping. There is a fantastic choice of restaurants, cafes and shops of all kinds, including the Covered Market with its plethora of speciality boutiques and delicatessans, many famous museums including the Bodleian, Natural History and the charming Pitt Rivers. Admire the beautiful architecture of the College buildings and the peaceful Botanical Gardens. There are several organised walks around the city and colleges including a highly recommended free walk. There are several themed walks following in Morse's footsteps or Tolkien, Lewis Carroll and C.S. Lewis. Children would be thrilled to see some of the locations where the Harry Potter films were made. Booking in advance is advisable for some of these walks as they quickly fill up during holiday periods (not necessary for the free walk). There is a Literary Festival in March.
The park and ride at Redbridge makes travel into the city easy and parking much cheaper.
A drive into the Cotswolds is a lovely way to spend a relaxing day visiting beautiful villages like Burford, Broadway or Bampton with their honey coloured limestone houses and enjoy the breathtaking scenery along the way. There is Blenheim Palace, the White Horse near Uffington, the neolithic stone circle of the Rollright Stones, the Cotswold Lakes around Lechlade, the Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford or Cogges Manor Farm Musuem in Witney to name just a few of the attractions. The perfect way to round off any day out would be to have a cream tea in one of the many welcoming tea rooms.
Bicester Village outlet shopping centre is only a half hour drive away, for designer shopping at affordable prices.
The River Thames is close by for fishing and boating and the local pub The Barley Mow (as mentioned in Three Men and a Boat by Jerome K Jerome) is a short walk away and serves local beers and food and has an enclosed garden.
Walking is a favourite local pastime especially on the towpath along the Thames. The village shop/post office sells basic groceries, newspapers, milk, freshly baked bread, croissants and there are several large supermarkets just a short drive away.
Abingdon is the oldest inhabited town in England and its museum of local history on the main square was recently completely refurbished and is now accessible to everyone, with a cafe in the basement. There is a regular Farmers' Market in the main square in the summer and this is also where special royal occasions are uniquely celebrated with bun throwing by the Mayor from the top of the museum. Here too, you will find plenty of shops, restaurants and cafes where you can relax and watch the world go by.
Other local attractions include the World championship Pooh Sticks contest held annually in Little Wittenham, Thomas the tank engine and his friends can sometimes be found at the Didcot Railway Museum and there is a beautiful Arboretum in Nuneham Courtenay which is open all year round (weekdays only in the winter) but has a particularly magnificent display of bluebells, rhododendrons and azaleas in spring and spectacular autumn colours.
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By Amy Phillips and Mike White on March 2, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. EST
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The Scion Rock Fest pulverized the city of Atlanta on Saturday, with just about every single awesome metal band on the planet crammed into the Masquerade for a ridiculously badass day of music. Mastodon capped off the blitzkreig, performing songs from their forthcoming album Crack the Skye, and welcoming special guest Scott Kelly of co-headliners Neurosis to the stage. Boris, Krallice, Harvey Milk, High on Fire, Baroness, Torche, Coalesce, and Converge all helped melt faces.
However, the Scion Rock Fest wasn't completely free of drama. Chicago black metal band Nachtmystium, originally scheduled to play the fest, were absent from the lineup. According to a statement from frontman Blake Judd-- first posted by Brooklyn Vegan and later verified via a press release-- Scion's parent company Toyota kicked Nachtmystium off of the bill because of the band's alleged associations with Nazism. "A troubling, and unjustly-applied notion that we are, or ever have been, in any way, a 'Nazi' band or a political band on any level, is completely absurd and we are disgusted that there is someone out there who really believes we are of this ilk," he said.
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According to Decibel, these accusations have dogged Nachtmystium for years, due to the fact that their first album, Reign of the Malicious, was released by the NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal) label Unholy Records. As Judd told Decibel in 2006, "In the past, we've had some indirect ties to labels and bands that are part of the NS scene. At one point not too many years ago, it wasn't uncommon for NS labels or bands to trade and work with non-politically motivated bands and labels because at the end of the day, we're all trying to promote, release, and be involved with music—all politics aside. Today it seems like there's less of a connection, at least for me and my label. We don't oppose people's right to be 'NS' or whatever—that's a personal choice, and if you live in the USA, you have the right to that opinion. Even though I personally, my band(s) and my label have absolutely no interest in being a part of that scene, I will ALWAYS take their side when it comes to their freedom of speech being imposed upon."
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By Tom Breihan on January 21, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. EST
Scions look like shoeboxes with wheels, and for some reason they're usually the exact same color as orange Tang. They're like Honda Elements except somehow less cool.
And yet the company must have at least a few incredibly cool people working for it. Because Scion, as a brand, has promoted something like a million really good rap shows over the past few years, and now they've managed to assemble basically every great underground metal band in America and a few from abroad for an Atlanta festival that I really wish I could attend. And this thing is free. So for the anonymous Scion marketing cogs about to rock, we salute you.
The Scion Rock Fest will happen on February 28 at Atlanta's Masquerade, and it's got a hell of a one-two punch at the top of the bill: hometown conquerors Mastodon and brutal Bay Area doom-sludge originators Neurosis, the latter of whom average something like two shows a year and who are so good onstage that they will make you cry.
But the Scion Rock bill goes way deeper than those two bands. Also near the top of the bill, we've got Matt Pike's thundering power trio High on Fire, Japanese shoegaze-metal mainstays Boris, and corpsepainted Norwegian black metal warriors 1349.
And if you like bands who play stoned, bluesy Southern rock the way Robert E. Howard's gods of the abyss would, then this festival is pretty much a must-see. In addition to Mastodon, the bill includes Baroness, Torche, Harvey Milk, Kylesa, and Rwake. That's a whole lot of uber-distorted bottleneck guitar right there.
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-- Chicago's Nachtmystium, who made Show No Mercy metal correspondent Brandon Stosuy's album of the year and who committed black metal heresy by adding saxophones and spaced-out Floyd homages to their atmospheric swamp.
-- Atlanta's own Zoroaster, who play so agonizingly slowly that it becomes an event every time the scary-looking drummer smashes his floor toms and who are sort of terrifying when you're high.
-- Brooklyn's Krallice, math-noise kingpin Mick Barr's black metal side project, which proves Barr's experimental shredding rules even harder when it's pressed into the service of something resembling structure.
-- Fresh-faced thrash revivalists Toxic Holocaust and Warbringer, who totally wear bullet belts.
-- Plus Wolves in the Throne Room, A Storm of Light, Cryptopsy, Withered, Skeletonwitch, Salome, Suidakra, Tyr, and Alestorm.
This is going to be so awesome. The only real question is: Where's Genghis Tron in all this?
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Nick Cave's Son, 15, Dies in Fall From Cliff
July 15, 2015 at 8:40 a.m. EDT
Ghostface Killah Slams Action Bronson: "Who Gives You the Right to Even Mention My Name?"
July 20, 2015 at 12:28 p.m. EDT
Steve Albini E-Mail About How Much He Hates Dance Music Turned Into Billboard Advertisement
September 29, 2015 at 11:17 a.m. EDT
Dr. Dre Streams New Album Compton
August 6, 2015 at 8:03 p.m. EDT
Kanye West Receives Video Vanguard Award From Taylor Swift, Delivers Epic Speech at VMAs
August 30, 2015 at 10:53 p.m. EDT
Four Stabbed at David Guetta Show in Las Vegas
September 20, 2015 at 11:22 a.m. EDT