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The FAQ below provides general information related to the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. For more detailed information, please refer to the Record of Decision or the Environmental Impact Statement documents. The Record of Decision also includes a more detailed FAQ section in Volume 1, section 9, Public Outreach and Comments Received on the Final EIS and Errata, and Record of Decision, Volume II, beginning on page A371.
The Arizona Department of Transportation finalized the public-private
partnership agreement with Connect 202 Partners on February 26, 2016. For more
information, see the For more information, see the official media release.
Currently, ADOT is in the process of acquiring the properties needed for the project. As part of that process, ADOT is initiating demolition activity on acquired properties along the freeway alignment. The demolition activity will remove structures on residential and commercial properties that ADOT has acquired.
ADOT will be working very closely with the city of Phoenix on specific start times for demolition activity and traffic control, including the posting of work zone traffic barricades and safety flagmen as necessary. Neighborhood access points will remain open during demolition activities. Security personnel will monitor all acquired properties throughout the demolition phase of the project to deter any criminal activity.
Freeway construction is scheduled to begin summer 2016.
The freeway is funded by state, federal, and local dollars. The final
design, construction and 30-year maintenance follows a public-private
partnership (P3), expediting construction and reducing the overall cost of the
project. ADOT finalized the P3 contract with Connect 202 Partners on February
26, 2016. The freeway will not be tolled.
For additional information on the public-private partnership process please visit the P3 page.
Although ADOT currently owns a substantial majority of the needed right of way along Pecos Road, approximately 400 total properties, including approximately 200 homes, will need to be acquired to construct the freeway. ADOT's property acquisition program includes working as early as possible with property owners and providing benefits to the extent allowed by law to cover actual, reasonable moving costs and related expenses. ADOT is required to pay market value for businesses and residential properties and will provide relocation assistance. Concerns about a specific property related to the South Mountain Freeway should be directed to [email protected] or 602.712.7006.
The city of Phoenix offers business retention and expansion services. For more information, please visit phoenix.gov/econdev/loop-202.
Right-of-way maps are available here; please check those carefully. Determination of the final right-of-way to be acquired will be made during the design phase and will involve coordination with local and regional governments.
To prepare for construction, ADOT has been contacting property owners whose properties will be impacted by freeway construction and is beginning the process to acquire properties within the freeway corridor. ADOT anticipates issuing purchase offers to property owners beginning in April 2015.
ADOT's property acquisition program includes working as early as possible with property owners and providing benefits to the extent allowed by law to cover actual, reasonable moving costs and related expenses. ADOT is required to pay market value for businesses and residential properties and will also provide relocation assistance.
Concerns about a specific property related to the South Mountain Freeway should be directed to [email protected].
During the demolition process each contractor is required to acquire a dust permit issued by the Maricopa Air Quality Department. During demolition the contractors are required to have a water truck on sight and to apply the water as specified by Air Quality regulations during the demolition phase. The demolition contractor will have an onsite superintendent to monitor dust mitigation compliance. Upon completion of the demolition the contractor will be required to apply gravel as a stabilization media. ADOT Property Management will enter this information into its dust database and will routinely monitor the property for any issues.
During the construction phase the construction contractor will utilize similar dust mitigation protocols outlined by the Maricopa Air Quality Department and will utilize water trucks during the construction phase and landscape the project in accordance with the contract agreement.
The Loop 202 (South Mountain Freeway) has been a critical part of the Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Freeway Program since it was first included in funding approved by Maricopa County voters in 1985. The freeway was also part of the Regional Transportation Plan funding passed by Maricopa County voters in 2004 through Proposition 400. The freeway is a key component of the region's adopted multimodal transportation plan and the Regional Freeway and Highway System and is the last piece to complete the Loop 202.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a Record of Decision (the final decision-making document for the project) selecting a build alternative on March 5, 2015.
The route for the freeway was determined through a multidisciplinary process to identify a range of reasonable alternatives that were studied in detail in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The study process involved identifying, comparatively screening, and eliminating alternatives based on:
While efforts to study project alternatives on Community land were attempted, the Community has long held a position of not allowing the freeway to be located on its land. For example, a coordinated referendum of Community members to favor or oppose construction of the freeway on Community land or to support a no-build option occurred in February 2012, and Community members voted in favor of the no‑build option. Therefore, the freeway cannot be located on Community land.
The study did consider a variety of transportation alternatives, modes, and strategies that would fit into the Regional Transportation Plan, including transit. The freeway option was determined to best meet the purpose and need for the project, following an extensive screening process which included evaluation of additional benefits such as system linkage, regional mobility, and consistency with regional and local long-range plans.
Public input was a vital component in the decision-making process and was solicited from project inception and through key milestones in the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) processes. The interests and needs of the public, along with all other social, economic, and environmental issues and impacts, were fully analyzed and included in the Draft and Final EIS. Comments made during development of the Draft EIS were used to adjust plans, explore new questions, or make changes—all within the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Public comments received on the Draft EIS were reviewed and addressed in the Final EIS document. Public comments received on the Final EIS were also considered and addressed appropriately in the Record of Decision.
More information about the entire public involvement process up to publication of the Final EIS is available in Chapter 6, Comments and Coordination, of the Final EIS.
One of the factors considered in the study was (1) the amount of truck traffic that would use the freeway and (2) its potential impact on the surrounding community. The MAG regional travel demand model forecasts approximately 10 percent truck traffic on the implemented South Mountain Freeway in 2035. The forecasted truck traffic is based on existing traffic studies and projected socioeconomic data. This percentage is similar to current traffic conditions on I-10 between Loop 101 and I-17 and on US 60.
The primary purpose of the freeway is not to create a "truck bypass" for downtown Phoenix. The freeway is part of a transportation system developed to improve mobility in the region by increasing capacity and providing traffic alternatives—including truck traffic—to other, already congested routes. Commercial trucks would use the proposed freeway. As with all other freeways in the MAG region, trucks would use it for the through‑transport of freight, for transport to and from distribution centers, and for transport to support local commerce. Like other "loop" freeways in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the South Mountain Freeway would be a commuter corridor, primarily serving automobiles and helping to move local traffic between the eastern and western portions of Maricopa County.
The South Mountain Freeway will be constructed as an eight-lane freeway (three general purpose lanes and one HOV lane in each direction). This change from the original 10-lane planning concept would still meet the transportation needs outlined in the proposed project's purpose and need criteria. There are no current plans to widen the freeway in the future.
The study team analyzed the below-ground option. In the western portion of the freeway, the option was determined to not be preferable because of the high water table near the Salt River and other physical features such as the Laveen Area Conveyance Channel, Roosevelt Irrigation District, and Union Pacific Railroad, that are not feasible for the freeway to pass under. In the eastern portion of the freeway, due to storm water flowing south off of the South Mountains, a below-ground option would not eliminate the need for mitigation for noise-related impacts and would also require:
Because the below-ground option would result in substantially greater costs and residential displacements, this option was eliminated from further study.
Traffic interchange locations will be approximately 1‑mile intervals, at major street crossings, listed below.
Van Buren Street
Buckeye Road
Lower Buckeye Road
Broadway Road
Southern Avenue
Baseline Road
Dobbins Road
Elliot Road
51st Avenue
17th Avenue
Desert Foothills Parkway
24th Street
40th Street
It is anticipated that most of the interchanges will be elevated, with the freeway's mainline elevated over arterial cross streets.
Federal restrictions prohibit intrusion of a federal project such as the proposed freeway into a park like South Mountain Park/Preserve, unless it can be shown that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to avoid such an intrusion. As documented in the Environmental Impact Statement, no feasible and prudent alternative(s) could be identified to avoid impacts on the park. Approximately one mile of the freeway will pass through the southwestern edge of the park. The amount of land in the park that will be affected by the freeway is 31.3 acres, which is less than 0.2 percent of the entire park.
The freeway will be designed to control storm water runoff and prevent flooding. The rates of discharge would not be greater than existing rates of discharge. Runoff from the completed freeway will be directed to existing and new drainage facilities. Existing drainage facilities with inadequate capacity will be improved to handle increased runoff flows. New runoff detention facilities might be required in some locations to limit the maximum rate of runoff released to existing drainage facilities.
In the western portion of the freeway alignment, drainage facilities ultimately discharge to the Salt River. In the eastern portion, existing drainage patterns from the South Mountains toward the Gila River would not be altered. Currently, drainage flows generally from the north to the south, passing under Pecos Road through a series of culverts following natural drainages/washes. Small drainage basins and channels on the northern side of the freeway to treat water quality and to meter and direct drainage flows under the freeway and onto the Gila River Indian Community land will function in the same manner as they are currently. ADOT has committed to continue coordination with the Gila River Indian Community on design of the drainage infrastructure through final design as well as other issues through the project development process.
Approximately 117,000 to 190,000 vehicles daily would use the South Mountain Freeway in 2035.
Air quality impacts were estimated through sophisticated computer modeling based on predictions of the amount and nature of traffic under worst-case scenarios. The emissions models are based on extensive emissions testing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conducted on thousands of vehicles representative of the ages and models of the vehicle fleet on the roads today
The carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM10) analyses demonstrated that the freeway will not contribute to any new localized violations, increase the frequency or severity of any existing violation, or delay timely attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards or any required interim emissions reductions or other milestones.
Since ozone is a regional pollutant, there is no requirement to analyze potential impacts and no possibility of localized violations of ozone to occur at the project level. The Maricopa Association of Governments is responsible for developing plans to reduce emissions of ozone precursors in the Maricopa area. The South Mountain Freeway is included in the Regional Transportation Plan that has been determined by the U.S. Department of Transportation to conform to the State Implementation Plan on February 12, 2014.
The emission modeling developed for the freeway showed that for the mobile source air toxics study area, there would be little difference in total annual emissions of mobile source air toxics emissions (less than a 1 percent difference) in 2025 and 2035. In addition, beginning in 2017, the new EPA Tier 3 vehicle and fuel standards will reduce tailpipe and evaporative emissions and reduce mobile source air toxics.
The Record of Decision discusses the air quality analyses in greater detail.
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Budget cuts loom, federal immigration officials are mum on North Texas release of detainees
Automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, near. What might that mean? Well, there are reports that illegal immigrants have been released around the nation into an alternative supervision program.
But in North Texas, officials at the regional office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement won't say if there are releases at the Rolling Plains Detention Center or at the Dallas County jail.
The cost of a stay at Rolling Plains can be about $70 a day, without transportation, a federal immigration spokesman just told us.
So that's quite a savings compared to the cost of say, wearing an electronic monitor, or reporting to federal immigration authorities, or their big contractor BI Inc. That can be about a fifth the cost–or even less, according to some. Dig into this report here for more.
(Some have long argued the government should go that route for those charged with civil infractions of immigration law. The counter-argument: An immigrant with unlawful status will disappear into America.)
Here's the official statement from ICE:
"As fiscal uncertainty remains over the continuing resolution and possible sequestration, ICE has reviewed its detained population to ensure detention levels stay within ICE's current budget.
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–, Wednesday, January, 07, 2009, (1:20am)
Attention, puny Earthlings! We in Australia will destroy your world:
Australia's use of coal and carbon emissions policies are guaranteeing the "destruction of much of the life on the planet", a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to Barack Obama.
The head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Professor James Hansen, has written an open letter to Barack Obama calling for a moratorium on coal-fired power stations and the use of next-generation nuclear power.
In the letter he says: "Australia exports coal and sets atmospheric carbon dioxide goals so large as to guarantee destruction of much of the life on the planet."
We do this deliberately. These are our goals. Or, at least, our preliminary goals.
UPDATE. "This makes me feel great," writes Bruce Russell. "I'm currently working on a project that will increase Australia's coal export capacity by over 60 million tonnes a year. Last year I was on another project that did much the same, so if we keep getting these projects, we could destroy much more than just the mere solar system. Watch out universe." Among other comments:
Awww, we're getting special recognition on the international stage for our lack of action on "climate change"! I don't think I've ever been so proud of my country! Thanks Mr. Hansen
I was so proud to be one of the leading per capita emissioners, but this....oh this is like winning a Nobel Prize without actually doing anything.
Beyond proud to be an Australian.
UPDATE II. The SMH attempts to make Hansen appear sane:
Leading NASA scientist, James Hanson, used an open letter to the US president-elect, Barack Obama, to single out Australia's coal exports as a significant cause of climate change.
Come on, chaps. He went a little further than that:
"Australia exports coal and sets atmospheric carbon dioxide goals so large as to guarantee destruction of much of the life on the planet," Dr Hanson said.
We've reached a curious point when even the SMH is downplaying enviro-doomism.
UPDATE III. Minerals Council spokesman Brendan Pearson corrects Hansen:
"Coal-fired power generation in Australia is probably less than half of 1 per cent of all global emissions, so he's got it completely out of perspective," he said.
Hansen's a warmenist. It's what he does.
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James Hansen has besmirched the appointment of Professor more than any other individual in the history of man kind.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:30am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (06:18am)
I dunno, I'd have to nominate Ward Churchill as the most disgraceful representative of academia in the history of humanity. It'd be close though.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (01:34pm)
Mankind is one word…
Basic spelling = basic intelligence.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:18pm)
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Wed 07 Jan 09 (01:34pm)
Mankind is one word…
Basic spelling = basic intelligence.
Pffft. You just don't "get" the specialised patios of the Blair Blog and the VRWC. Go pedal your pedantry elsewhere.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:21pm)
Patios? We upgraded to verandas years ago.
Perhaps Rudd isn't the fiscal vandal we'd assumed. Why the ransom he could demand would be astronomical! Easily enough to compensate for his wasteful spending thus far!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:40am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:04am)
Yes, ransom. Perhaps as much as....
Wed 07 Jan 09 (08:22am)
Yes! Begin the unnecessarily slow atmosphere poisoning mechanism!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (08:28am)
A million dollars and all the popcorn we want - to munch while we watch the planet die!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (11:07pm)
If the ransom were a million bucks, you could become a senator from a certain midwestern state.
Heute die Welt, Morgen das Sonnensystem!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:41am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:07pm)
Took me a moment to get my German mojo goin', there mojo. Very clever.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (05:36pm)
Roughly: "Today the World, Tomorrow the Universe!", for the Deutchically challenged.
Thu 08 Jan 09 (01:44pm)
Unless ...
"Today the edge of a sole, tomorrow the big ghettoblaster."
Thu 08 Jan 09 (06:01pm)
I'm familaire with Franglaise, but that was Deutschlisch.
I thought the Chinese were out to destroy the world with coal. Shows what I know.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:49am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (10:07am)
You are right SHTOM - China is the worlds major coal producer with 38.4%, then the USA with 17%, India third with 7.2% and then Oz with 6% - so why did Hansen feel compelled to single out Australia?? Surely China then the USA would have been more appropriate genuine targets?
Hansen (as usual) just did not bother to do the most preliminary of checks before writing to Obama. Hopefully one of Obama's staff will have the brains to check facts? I am forever optimistic.
Australian coal has already destroyed USA crops. Last summer there were millions of acres of corn, wheat, barely and hay in the USA. These crops are now all gone. If we want to survive, these fields will have to be replanted this spring. Thanks Australia!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:06am)
Thu 08 Jan 09 (09:24am)
Sure MQ, and then we evil Aussies will make sell enough coal to make sure those crops will be gone at the end of the next season, and the season after that too!
Careful there, SHT, everyone knows China is a "developing nation" and non-Western, therefore, above all criticism.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:12am)
"Much of the life on the planet" consists of disease germs and insects. Destroying them sounds like a good idea to me.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:14am)
Hansen depends on the ignorance of most Americans of the fact that coal exports from anywhere get burned in China, which has few obligations under Kyoto.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:31am)
I've come to the conclusion that James Hansen and Al Gore are both insane. And I'm not exaggerating.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:38am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (10:39am)
You're right. But in the way Hitler was insane. Intelligent and manipulative. But in the end, defeated by his own vanity, ego and a pathological inability to face unpleasant facts. Hitler was defeated inside his own head long before the Allies reached Berlin.
Same with Gore and Hansen - the seeds of their inglorious humiliation lie in their vanity and inability to face certain truths. Like for instance, that there is no provable evidence that human activity in any way affects the earth's climate.
I've said this before, and I'll say it until the day it happens - James Hansen is well on his way to replacing Richard C. Hoagland as the #1 science-y guest on George Noory's radio freakshow.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:48am)
Awww, we're getting special recognition on the international stage for our lack of action on 'climate change'! I don't think I've ever been so proud of my country! Thanks Mr. Hansen
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:50am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (09:55am)
Professor James Hansen, has written an open letter to Barack Obama calling for a moratorium on coal-fired power stations and the use of next-generation nuclear power.
Gee, just as Bob Brown, Penny Wrong, Garrett, Flummery and the other zealot ratbags were smiling and tilting their heads, this nong goes and mentions the unmentionable....
that Australia needs nuclear power!
Fool! Everybody knows Australia can get by on sun that doesn't shine, wind that doesn't blow and geothermal that doesn't thermal.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:13pm)
I happened to call some familly in North Sydney yesterday, and my half brother was just dripping sarcasm (or is that sardonism or chardonay?) about global warming, especially after I explained to him how the winters have been the past couple of years and the present one is shaping up.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:24pm)
Me too, Earth Destroyer!
Coal! Coal! Coal!
My new years resolution is to double my carbon footprint. I really want to warm this world! More people die from extreme cold than extreme heat, so I am doing my bit for humanity.
Maybe they'll give me the Nobel Peace Prize if I save enough people!
Oh, yes, that James Hansen: Gorean tool, attention-hog, climate-change shell-game operator, wannabe-global-warming-Grand-Inquisitor, and permanent tape-worm in the body politic. Don't get too cocky, Australia; I doubt that you can believe anything this guy says, so you guys might not actually have bragging rights when it comes to being the global grim reaper.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:16am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (12:36pm)
Do we still get to say Sorry?
We are good a that.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (01:00pm)
The only 'evidence James Hansen clearly demonstrates is the fact that The Amazing Criswell is alive, living under an assumed name, and working as a professor at NASA.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (02:26pm)
Good point Razor!
Maybe if Chairman KRudd says "Sorry" for our coal-fired power stations and coal exports, then all will be forgiven?
Wed 07 Jan 09 (05:43pm)
Didn't Hansen let the cat out of the bag in his letter to Obama?
It's all about redistribution of wealth - not about the science.
BTW, I guess Hansen's bringing this up with Obama because Rudd ignored the letter Hansen sent to him.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:21am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (11:14am)
Paco; according to the late Tom Burns [Labor, but don't hold that against him he was a very nice man] Rudd never answered his mail, and never returned phone calls. M Williams
Wed 07 Jan 09 (12:50pm)
Maybe if Hansen had signed his letter to Rudd as 'C. Blanchett' he might have got more response....
Wed 07 Jan 09 (08:40pm)
The open letter wasn't published Down Under because the newspapers there decided to go out of business and save trees.
(In the case of the SMH, shame over repeatedly misspelling Hansen's name also played a role.)
The copy Hansen posted to Canberra hasn't arrived because it was strapped on a porpoise to avoid the emissions attendant upon air mail.
Orstraya accounts for 8% of world coal production. So according to the good professor our 8% is killing the planet and the other 92% isn't. NASA has been taken over left wing wankers. If I were brain dead I'd watch Sunrise to see the idiot(sorry to those idiots who can't help it because they're just plain dumb) really perambulating his green credentials and the future for our children, blah, blah, blah.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:53am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (10:03am)
Not surprising at all, really. Considering that nearly everything else in Oz is lethal, why wouldn't your coal be as well?
Wed 07 Jan 09 (12:06pm)
True Steve, most foreigners have heard of our most common poisonous critters but have you hears of the 'Iri-Coal-ji' jellyfish? Or the 'Blue Ringed OctoCoal'. Not to mention the Common or Eastern Brown Coal, a nip from that sucker will see you dead before you hit the ground. It's no wonder our coal is going to destroy the world.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (12:17pm)
Not surprising at all, really. Considering that nearly everything else in Oz is lethal
Good observation Steve.
Especially our Labor governments - toxic might describe them better!
Bow down, earthling scum!!!!!! Forget penguins- we Aussies are the new master race! One false move and the planet gets it.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:59am)
Business opportunities created by the Australian Scourge:
1) Coal detectors and detection kits
2) Coal filters, household and personal
3) Full-body anti coal suits
4) The Idiot's Guide to Surviving Coal
5) Pills claiming to purge your body of coal
6) Sell yourself as "The Coal Expert"
7) Establish and run a coal victim's support group
8) Acquire grants to fund coal research
9) Acquire grants to create anti-coal classroom teaching aids
10) Force Australia to stop exporting coal, then sell them coal.
Now go out there make money!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (05:06am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (09:38am)
These are great ideas, but try replacing 'coal' with 'carbon pollution'. Your business will be instantly off and running since our government has already done the marketing for you.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (10:32am)
You're right Roger - it was around last July 10th I think that Wong first peddled the outrageous lie "carbon pollution".
They even ran those taxpayer funded ads - those urgent, breathless ads where the gormless announcer had the hide to tell us that we had to "do our bit to fight carbon pollution".
Goebells would be proud. Didn't he say that if the lie was big enough and repeated often enough, it will eventually become the truth.
If America picks a fight with Australia, try pointing to the ceiling. When Uncle Sam looks up, kick him in the nuts.
He falls for it every time.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (05:12am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (09:57am)
Another way is to suggest to remove coats and when he has his around his upper arms, give him one and run like hell.
James Hansen to Obama:
Bomb Australia Now!
Aussies want to kill the Earth;
Believe me, it's no joke,
We must defend the planet
With one decisive stroke:
We must destroy Australia,
There is no other way
To shut up Blair and Bolta
Before they have their say.
They both are worse than Nazis
And should exist no more
Because they mock James Hansen
And his prophet Gore.
So we proclaim a fatwa:
Denialists must die!
Death to those who dare oppose
The Earth, Al Gore, and I!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (06:03am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (09:41am)
Yup! Always brilliant, Lyle.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (11:54am)
Lyle, when's the book coming out of your collected works? Or do you have a website where your words of wisdom are stored for posterity? I'm hoping they make the HSC reading list! (Fat chance - you know the type that pick Oz Lit for Schools!)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (01:04pm)
Roger and Ron,
Thanks, guys. No website except the one with my paintings. No collected poetry. Catch them here or nowhere.
I did write an epic children's poem that would make a good book. I might actually try to get it published.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (03:45pm)
lyle ....paintings....presumably not houses, so you must be a yartist. But you're clearly not a lefty...I don't think I can get my head around this!!
Wed 07 Jan 09 (09:41pm)
Old Sailor Man, Lyle's website. Among my favourites.
Thu 08 Jan 09 (12:24am)
Thank you, ann, that was thoughtful.
Well, at least he's calling for nuclear power and not the latest green power fad, which is probably something to do with the energy generated as the moon bets bigger and smaller.
So credit where its due, team.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (06:09am)
Excellent. If y'all are going to destroy the solar system anyway, my driving and eating habits are moot. MOOT!
I'm going out for a steak. In Portland.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (06:19am)
Wed 07 Jan 09 (04:31pm)
I'm going out for a steak. In Portland.
Oregon or Maine?
Wed 07 Jan 09 (05:47pm)
Maine or Oregon?
Wed 07 Jan 09 (07:02pm)
Steak in Oregon, dessert in Maine.
Wed 07 Jan 09 (07:26pm)
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The Minnesota Wild will get a brief respite from the freezing temperatures blanketing the State of Hockey as the team travels to California for a back-to-back set with two teams atop the Pacific Division.
Tonight, the Wild takes on the Anaheim Ducks, leaders of the Pacific. It is the second of three meetings this season; Anaheim took the first contest 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 5 at Xcel Energy Center.
The matchup kicks off tricky few weeks, as the Wild will be on the road for seven of its next eight contests. Minnesota has been nearly unbeatable in the friendly confines of Xcel Energy Center (13-3-2), but hasn't faired as well outside of Minnesota. The Wild looks to improve on a 5-6-3 record away from home and the club is the only team in the NHL with at least 40 points and a road record below .500.
Tonight will be a milestone night for center Kyle Brodziak. The 29-year-old is set to skate in his 500th career game. Brodziak has 193 points (83-110=193) and 240 PIM through 499 games and leads the Wild this season in shorthanded TOI/game (2:48) and takeaways (26).
Yesterday, the Wild recalled forward Jason Zucker from the team's American Hockey League affiliate, Iowa. He skated on the wing with Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter at yesterday's practice. The 21-year-old has 12 points (7-5=12) and 49 penalty minutes (PIM) in 16 games with Iowa this season. Zucker has registered 15 shots in six games with Minnesota this season and owns seven points (4-3=7) in 32 career NHL games with the Wild.
Earlier today, the team assigned rookie blueliner Matt Dumba the Canadian National Junior Team in order to participate in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Malmo, Sweden Dec. 26, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014. Dumba has been the final player cut from the team for the past two seasons, but he's expected to be a big part of the team this year.
Minnesota took a 3-1 win at home on Sunday against the San Jose Sharks. Goaltender Josh Harding was the big story, stopping 37 shots on his way to his 16th win of the season. Zach Parise netted two goals (one empty netter) and Mikko Koivu scored the winner in the second period.
The Ducks' 5-2 win against the New York Islanders at home on Monday was the sixth straight game in which it earned at least a point. Anaheim was paced by Corey Perry's two goals, and also got tallies from Saku Koivu, Andrew Cogliano and Cam Fowler.
Meet the Fowl
The Ducks are the only team without a regulation loss at home; the team is 11-0-2 at Honda center. The victory pulled Anaheim even with the Chicago Blackhawks atop the League standings with 47 points, but Chicago reclaimed the lead by beating the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
The Ducks' top line of Ryan Getzlaf, Perry and Dustin Penner has done a lot of damage in the offensive end. Perry has goals in six straight games and 20 on the season. Getzlaf is on a 12-game point streak (six goals, nine assists). The line has 45 goals, the highest total among any three teammates in the League.
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The Ducks are participating in the Spark of Love Toy Drive. Kits for Kids donation drive is partnering with Choc Children's at tonight's contest.
Who's Hot
Marco Scandella tallied two assists Sunday to earn his first career multi-point game. He scored his second career game-winning goal with 1:48 left in regulation Thursday against Chicago and has four points (1-3=4) in his last four games. The 23-year-old defenseman leads Minnesota with a plus-9 rating and has totaled nine points (1-8=9) in 29 games this season.
Probable Wild Lineup
Zucker is expected to skate in his seventh game with the Wild this season:
The blue line will look the same as its last outing:
Between the Pipes
Harding is expected to get the start and is 3-4-0 with a 2.61 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and one shutout in seven starts.
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The first thing you look at are their top guys. Those guys are a threat every time their on the ice and they play you hard, too. They try to play a game where they try to break you.
- Yeo on the Getzlaf, Perry and Penner line
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Defensemen Nate Prosser and forward Mike Rupp are expected to be the healthy scratches.
Mikael Granlund is on Injured Reserve with an upper-body injury.
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C Saku Koivu is the older brother of Wild captain Mikko Koivu. RW Brad Staubitz accrued 246 PIM in 114 games for the Wild (2010-12).
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Minnesota begins its fifth of 13 sets of back-to-back games Wednesday. The Wild is 2-2-0 on the first night of consecutive games this season, and is looking for its first sweep. Minnesota is 1-2-1 on the second night.
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Aug. 10 — To the Editor:
Once again, the network and cable news programs have trotted out aging, retired Army and Marine Corps officers that do their best to marginalize the potential of air power. This disingenuous effort has been going on since the Air Corps started up the road toward independence from the Army 90 years ago. These experts, mostly protecting their own service's slice of the Defense pie, want the public and political decision makers to believe that air power can never be successful without having accompanying "boots on the ground." It is a fact that the Air Force cannot occupy terrain, but that is exactly why we have separate branches of the military. Air forces can rapidly bring massive and precise firepower into a combat situation to blunt momentum, destroy military hardware, buy time, support the ground elements of other nations and keep the airspace above contested areas free from enemy operations. All of that without the Army or Marine Corps on the ground.
The early promise of air power took many decades and a number of wars to mature, but since the 1990s, the United States Air Force, and Navy and Marine counterparts, have fielded aircraft, weapons and intelligence systems able to locate, identify, track and attack targets smaller than motorcycles with precise, collateral damage-limiting weapons. For those who can recall the images of the Highway of Death in the final days of Desert Storm, there should be little doubt as to the potential of our present day Air Force. A few months later, when No Fly Zones were established over Iraq, air power kept huge areas of that country demilitarized for over 10 years, refuting another Army-generated fallacy that air power is only worthwhile when supporting ground commanders and land operations. Had there actually been weapons of mass destruction under those No Fly Zones, air power could have dealt with those as well.
More recently, the Air Force was tasked to destroy the tanks, artillery, SAM missiles and aircraft used by forces loyal to Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya. The thousands of missions flown during that successful operation were done under the radar, with almost no press coverage, no credit and, importantly, no loss of American lives. The effort demonstrated, once again, that air power can be delivered from bases well away from the combat zone, without fanfare and with relatively small support requirements, much of which is already positioned in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific.
The current situation in Northern Iraq is well suited for the application of an air power option. The armored vehicles, captured by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from retreating Iraqi forces, would become lucrative targets on the roads leading to Irbil or other objectives. Concentrations of troops moving into position would be exposed by a wide variety of surveillance systems that could then facilitate attack by fighters, bombers and drones. Think of a No Drive Zone. Even artillery units, currently operating without fear of attack, leave signatures that could be rapidly targeted by air power assets. If the ISIS forces try to hide, they cannot conduct unhindered operations. Without heavy weapons, they would no longer have a significant advantage over the Peshmerga forces in the Kurdish areas of Iraq.
Beyond all that, the inherent capability of air power to be overhead potential targets within hours and days, versus weeks and months, may be the Air Force's most important contribution. As the national security apparatus works through options, and while Congress second guesses the president, courageous, dedicated, highly trained airmen can be quickly and quietly engaged, buying time for a thoughtful decision process. In addition, we would be aiding and giving hope to our friends and allies who are now dealing with a cancerous threat on the ground. Then, when objectives are met, or conditions change, there is no lengthy redeployment effort to orchestrate. We just stop.
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Now to the crux of the problem, my old pc had onboard audio with both a coaxial SPDIF and an optical SPDIF (TOSLINK) out to my receiver. The new pc only has an optical - Toslink - out to my receiver but I cannot get it to work. I have tried everything I know to try and get this to work but haven't been able to yet. BTW, this is for ALL pc sounds. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions? Thanks in advance


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Famous for its idyllic climate, California has the perfect weather for growing juicy, fruit-forward grapes. Under an expansive sky of brilliant sunshine, grapes develop rich, succulent flavors. The day's heat, however, is almost always dry and never lasts long, cooled in the evenings by the influence of nearby waterways. This allows the grapes to ripen slowly and linger on the vine well into the fall for rich, well-balanced flavors.With our red blend, we wanted to create a juicy wine with a pleasing sweetness and balanced brightness. To do this, we tasted through a selection of varietals and chose those that gave a good amount of red-fruit character. We found the Syrah, Zinfandel and Merlot and Grenache to be our plush, front-loaded fruit-bearers, while the Tempranillo added bright acids and structure. Oak aging, with predominately French oak, gave sweet vanilla and baking-spice notes that highlight the blend perfectly.


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Carrollton woman jumps to her death from Lewisville interchange
A 36-year-old Carrollton woman jumped to her death Wednesday from the State Highway 121 and Interstate 35E interchange in Lewisville.
Lewisville police began getting calls around 12:30 p.m. from motorists reporting that a woman was standing near the guardrail on the State Highway 121 overpass leading toward the southbound I-35E.
A state trooper who overhead the police dispatch call was first to arrive on the scene. "As he approached and began talking to her, she took off running and jumped off the overpass," said Capt. Kevin Deaver, of the Lewisville Police Department.
She fell approximately 70 feet to her death, landing on the shoulder of the roadway, he said.
The woman is not being identified pending notification of next of kin.
Traffic was tied up for about an hour when the southbound lanes in that section of the highway were closed.
While there have been a number of suicides at the LBJ Freeway-Central Expressway and Bush Turnpike-Central Expressway interchanges, Deaver said this is the first one that he could recall at that Lewisville location.


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Much as we adore the sharp handling and power offered by our Four Seasons 2010 Volkswagen GTI, it seems our Automobile of the Year can be made even better, as evidenced by VW's new GTI Excessive show car.
Billed as a sharper, more focused GTI, the Excessive's modifications largely focus on suspension tuning. Along with adding stiffer springs and dampers, VW's engineers widened the car's track by fitting 19-inch BBS wheels with substantial 35-mm offsets. Those wheels not only help the GTI's handling, but facilitate the installation of better brakes. We're told the Excessive uses 14.5-inch diameter discs up front, which are notably larger than the GTI's stock 12-inch rotors.
In order to fit the bigger wheels, designers had to attach 30-mm fender flares, which are finished in the same contrasting black finish used on the Excessive's custom side skirts, front lip spoiler, and rear diffuser. Volkswagen also added custom interior trim, revised front bucket seats, a unique roof spoiler, custom lower air intakes for the front fascia, and titanium-finished exhaust tips.
On that note, the exhaust system is the GTI Excessive's only power-enhancing modification. Volkswagen says the less restrictive design not only saves weight, but also manages to bump the output from the turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 from 200 horsepower to 213, while lifting torque from 206 to 211 pound-feet between 1700 and 5200 rpm.
Contrary to its name, we think the GTI Excessive is perfect — and if VW's execs feel the same way, the automaker could possibly launch an accessory pack with these very modifications in the near future.
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Definition of snooty in English:
adjective (snootier, snootiest)informal
Showing disapproval or contempt towards others, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class: snooty neighbours
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arrogant, proud, haughty, conceited, lofty, aloof, disdainful, superior, self-important, supercilious, exclusive;
snobbish, patronizing, condescending, affected, pretentious, elitist, snobby
informal uppity, high and mighty, la-di-da, fancy-pants, stuck-up, hoity-toity, snotty
British informal toffee-nosed
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Mexico's High Court Says Yes to Abortion
Mexico's Supreme Court has voted to uphold legal abortion in Mexico City, making the Mexican capital one of only a handful of places in Latin America that allow abortion without limitations in the first trimester. Here's the early AP story.
The law was considered historic when it was passed last year, according to this NYT story. Most countries in Latin America permit abortions only under very limited circumstances, notes the Times, like after a rape and to save the life of the mother, although abortion rights groups say that, in practice, women face hurdles in obtaining abortions even in those cases. Chile, Nicaragua and El Salvador outlaw abortion altogether.
The Roman Catholic Church had opposed the Mexico City law, buying a one-minute television advertisement to speak against abortion during prime time on Sunday night. And Magistrate Mariano Azuela, who was one of two justices to speak against the law, declared that life begins at conception. "I feel that a woman in some way has to live with the phenomenon of becoming pregnant," he reportedly said. "When she does not want to keep the product of the pregnancy, she still has to suffer the effects during the whole period."


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Bob Beauprez
Robert L. Beauprez was a Republican member of the House of Representatives representing the 7th District of Colorado (map) from 2003-2007. He declined to run for reelection in 2006 to pursue the governorship of Colorado. He was defeated in that race by Democrat Bill Ritter.
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Beauprez was born September 22, 1948 in Lafayette, Colorado. He earned a B.S. from the University of Colorado, and when he finished in 1970, went into the family dairy farming business. After his father and brother retired from farming in 1990, Beauprez bought a local bank, which has since expanded from one location to a dozen.[1]
Beauprez narrowly won his seat by 129 votes in the 2002 election.
Beauprez is a Republican candidate in Colorado's 2006 gubernatorial race, and has been endorsed in the Republican primary by sitting governor Bill Owens. His chief opponent was Marc Holtzman. On October 3, 2005, Holtzman accused Beauprez's campaign of stealing a "detailed list of Holtzman's friends and business associates." Beauprez's camp denied the charges. [2] Beauprez has also found himself saddled with the nickname "Both Ways Bob" after being accused by the Holtzman campaign of avoiding taking a stand on Referendum C, a Colorado ballot issue involving tax refunds.
2006 elections
Democrats nominated Edwin G. Perlmutter and Republicans nominated Rick O'Donnell to contest the November 2006 election for his vacant seat. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [3] Perlmutter was victorious and took over the seat.
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Beauprez was a recipient of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's ARMPAC campaign contributions. DeLay is being prosecuted on charges of felony money laundering of campaign finances and conspiracy to launder money. To date, Beauprez has not offered to return or donate to charity any of the $30,000 he received, despite calls to do so.[4]
Federal investigation
During Beauprez's 2006 gubernatorial campaign, the FBI began investigating whether he accessed a restricted federal database for information used in a television ad to attack his Democratic challenger, Bill Ritter. [5]
The ad suggested Ritter, a former Denver district attorney, accepted a plea bargain with an illegal immigrant arrested in Colorado who was later accused of sexually assaulting a child in California. The ad emphasized that the plea bargain did not require deportation. [6]
State investigators, acting on accusations of wrongdoing by Ritter's campaign, concluded the information came from the National Crime Information Center, a federal database for which only law enforcement has access. At that point, the FBI launched its own investigation. Using the database for any purpose other than law enforcement is a federal crime which carries a punishment of up to one-year in prison. [7]
The investigation is being conducted by the Justice Department's office in Cheyenne, Wyo. It was moved from the U.S. attorney's office in Denver, Colo., where it began, after authorities learned that a Denver-area federal agent may have been involved. [8]
Committees and Affiliations
Committees in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)
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Wikipedia also has an article on Bob Beauprez. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.
Articles and Resources
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- Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database
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- Beauprez: 121 Votes to Play With by Albert Eisele, The Hill, December 17, 2003.
- Steven Paulson, "Feds in Wyo. Take Over Colorado Ad Probe," Washington Post, October 27, 2006.
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BENTON -- Patsy Lee Anderson, 78, died March 28, 2012, at her home.
Born Oct. 29, 1933, in Chaffee, to the late Leo M. and Loraine Edna Matthews Halter, she was a secretary for attorney Tom Arnold, and worked in the county clerk and recorder's office in Scott County and for First State Bank of Belgrade. She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the Quilting Club in Belgrade.
She first married Harold Hahn. On Nov. 12, 1977, she married Fred Anderson who preceded her in death July 12, 2010.
Survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Terri Hahn of Benton; two daughters, Debra K. Stone of Bertrand and Tracy L. Spencer of Benton; a brother, Mick Halter of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Peggy Sullivan of Cape Girardeau; and eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m., with American Legion Ladies Auxiliary service at 7 p.m., today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Michael Casteel officiating.
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Butter, yogurt, ricotta, and other fresh dairy products have been made in home kitchens around the world for centuries. They are not difficult to make and require no complicated aging techniques. This book begins with simple, step-by-step instructions for making sour cream, buttermilk, créme fraîche, mozzarella, fresh goat cheese, and 10 other fresh milk products. Includes 75 recipes. 220 pages, 7" x 9". Softcover. Copyright 2008.


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Would you be willing to pay another one percent of your income for better roads?
Charlotte is hoping voters will vote 'yes' on that sentiment Tuesday.
The proposal would tax residents living in the city 1 percent while non-residents who worked in the city would be taxed at 0.5 percent.
But some individuals, both inside and outside Charlotte think it's too much.
Individuals like Neal Rohrs who doesn't live in the city but works there. He won't be able to vote for the proposal which he says is all the more reason to be against it.
"There's got to be a better way to get the streets fixed in this town," Rohrs said. "I don't know if it's better prioritizing or a better system but everybody in the building where my office is, none of us have the opportunity to vote in this."
Rohrs, president of the 'Stop Tax Increase In Charlotte' ballot committee, along with a couple dozen other individuals spent their Monday evening making calls to voters, trying to get their message out.
The phone bank was hosted by Americans For Prosperity-Michigan at Reidy's pizzeria in downtown Charlotte.
Field Coordinator Randy Wood said their message was clear.
"This is what we do, we fight tax increase," he said. "We've gotten a lot of positive feedback from taxpayers who are just fed up."
"Every time they go to the polls they're asked for more and more money out of their pocket to feed government and they're sick of it."
Meanwhile supporters of the income tax proposal point to the fact that 65 percent of Charlotte's roads are classified as being in 'poor condition,' according to a Department of Public Works Survey.
"There's a growing need for it," said Charlotte City Manager Gregg Guetschow.
"They get worse every year so we need money to do that and we have not been able to find adequate resources over the last several years to be able to fund streets."
Even so, Guetschow admitted he doesn't think the proposal will pass.
"We would be overly optimistic if we believed that the first time we put this before voters that they were going to pass it," he said.
Guetschow said if it gets defeated it'll more than likely be back on the ballot for the next election.
If passed though, the tax would bring in roughly $1.5 million in extra revenue, though city officials have said they'll only need about $500,000 for road repairs and maintenance.
When the proposal was presented to voters during a Charlotte City Council meeting in May before being placed on the ballot it was met with overwhelming opposition.


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Hollywood Fashion Tape's latest tool for removing bumps along the road to high style. 100% Natural pumice stone that cleanly and quickly removes all pills from both natural and synthetic knits without snagging or damaging fabrics.
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WASHINGTON — I'm a bit late to the topic, but the Washington, D.C., professional football team really ought to change its name. As encouragement for the franchise's stubborn owner, we should just stop saying the offensive word.
The term "redskins" — it's hard to write a column about a word without using it, I'm afraid — is a racial slur. Fans of the team, myself included, have pretended not to notice this uncomfortable fact for many years. Now we're beginning to confront it.


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Taylor County commissioners name new justice of the peace
ABILENE, Texas - The Taylor County Commissioners on Tuesday approved longtime Department of Public Safety trooper Bob Shea as the new Justice of the Peace.
Shea, who has served as a DPS trooper for 40 years, was selected from five applicants.
Shea will replace Justice of the Peace Mike Pueschel, who will step aside Monday. Although a date hasn't been set as to when Shea will be sworn in, he can assume his role anytime after Peuschel steps down.


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There's no doubt about it: We're hooked on the bottle. Bottled water has become an ubiquitous commodity for those seeking portable hydration. The average American uses 166 disposable plastic water bottles a year, according to Beverage Marketing Corp. statistics. At the same time, the proliferation of single-use plastic bottles has created an environmental hazard; the Container Recycling Institute estimates that eight out of 10 such bottles wind up in landfills rather than recycling centers. For many, refillable plastic bottles — such as the colorful, durable Nalgene Outdoor line, made with a plastic known as polycarbonate — have posed an environmentally friendly alternative. The reusable bottles have been a step toward preserving the planet while maintaining the convenience of portability.
But polycarbonate plastic has come under increasing scrutiny as a human health hazard. The popular plastic, notable for its light weight and ability to resist stains and odors as well as extremes of hot and cold, is widely used for food and beverage containers. It is also known to contain a substance called bisphenol A (BPA), which can mimic the neurotoxic effects of estrogen in the body. In animal studies, exposure to BPA has been correlated with a wide variety of abnormalities, including breast cancer, obesity, hyperactivity, miscarriages, and other reproductive failures. Though BPA can be found in numerous consumer goods such as dental sealants, CDs and DVDs, and eyeglasses, water bottles and baby bottles are of particular concern because research has demonstrated that BPA can leach into the contents, especially if the bottle is worn or if it is exposed to high temperature.
As a result, consumers have begun to call for a federal ban on BPA. Earlier this year, however, the United States FDA released a statement confirming the safety of BPA in food and beverage contact materials, citing the low levels of dietary exposure (3.7 parts per billion), which it considers several orders of magnitude below the levels known to cause toxic effects in animals. Yet some consumers don't want to take a chance or wait for conclusive human research before curtailing their BPA exposure. Many are switching to stainless steel bottles such as those manufactured by Klean Kanteen, whose revenues have leaped from $1 million in 2006 to $18 million in 2008. Stainless steel is an attractive substitute, since it's toxin-free, easy to clean, and 100 percent recyclable, while being just as durable as polycarbonate. In response to consumer demand for BPA-free alternatives, Nalgene is now phasing out production of its Outdoor line polycarbonate containers, though it stands by the safety of these products. Another company, Wellness Enterprises, is selling the Wellness H2.O water bottle — a personal, reusable container which features a filtration system that purifies and enhances tap water.
If you're not ready to wean yourself from your favorite polycarbonate bottle, take some precautions to prevent the leaching of BPA. Wash and dry it gently when new. Do not put it in the dishwasher, since harsh detergents can contribute to leaching. Use it to carry cold water only and don't let it sit in the sun — high temperatures increase the chances for chemical exposure. Be sure to replace it every six months, as worn bottles pose more of a hazard. Or, kick the bottle cold turkey and hop on the stainless steel train.
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With attention to an increasing percentage of mothers searching for natural baby products, conventional baby product powerhouse company Johnson's launches the Johnson's Natural line to reach out to health- and eco-conscious moms who are concerned about products that touch baby's delicate skin and affect the environment.
Johnson's Natural baby products range from $4.59 for 9 ounces to $6.49 for 18 ounces. Photo Courtesy Johnson's Natural.
The core products in the line include Johnson's Natural Head-to-Toe Baby Wash, Johnson's Natural Baby Shampoo and Johnson's Natural Baby Lotion. Each product in the Johnson's Natural line contains naturally derived ingredients from coconut, palm, palm cottonseed, soybean and sugarcane. Johnson's commits to sourcing sustainable palm oil for its products.
While Johnson's Natural products do not have third-party certification (such as USDA Organic or Natural Products Association), the company says that no natural baby care-specific certification system exists to meet the special skin care needs of delicate baby skin. Johnson's says it accepts zero allergic reactions, regardless of sample size of the test group, when screening its products and abides by company standards when formulating new products.
Johnson's Natural products lists its ingredients on its packaging. Each ingredient used in the Johnson's Natural line received a toxicity rating of 3 from or less from the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database, except for "fragrance," the catch-all phrase for trace amounts of synthetic and/or undisclosed ingredients, which scored an 8. The Environmental Working Group considers ingredients with ratings 0-2 "low hazard," 3-6 "moderate hazard" and 7-10 "high hazard." Johnson's is working to educate concerned moms about what "fragrance" means in relation to Johnson's Natural products. Look for more information soon about fragrance in Johnson's Natural products on the Johnson's website.
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White smoke and Spitting Oil?
I shouldn't be allowed to operate power tools anymore but whatever... I was mowing my yard when I hit a piece of hidden wood. A piece of wood jammed against the side of the lawnmower and the blade, which required me to flip it on its side and dislodge the chunk of wood. After I removed the wood, I put the mower back into its right position and took a break(it's hot out..). After my 45 minute break I went to start it to finish cutting and it was BELCHING out white smoke and leaking and spitting oil out of the muffler. My father and I took a look at it finding nothing, but I took off the air filter cover and there was also an oily residue in there, more than normal. What could be wrong with it?
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I had a whole tank of gas drain out of my timemaster while sitting in the garage for 2 days. I added gas and it barely started, then cut off after 20 seconds. It started a few other times for a short period, then blew out white smoke and drips of oil from the exhaust. What could be the problem here?
I have a craftsman Lt 1000 with a 16.5 hp briggs and stratton engine. I adjusted the valves and now the engine is smoking (white smoke) and blowing a little oil out of the exhaust.
Carburetor shut off not working. Drain the oil, pull the spark plug and let the gas evaporate. Put an inline shutoff on the gas line