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text: What do expect from a decorated Communist? This is almost as ironic as Schwarzenegger making multiple millions from movies where he wielded firearms by the dozens portraying thousands of acts of wanton violence and then turns around and becomes another rabid Kalifornia anti-firearms advocate. At least Bolton has the right idea. Kalashnikov backs weapons control There are about 100m AK-47s and variants worldwide The inventor of the infamous AK-47 assault rifle has backed stricter gun controls as a key small arms conference gets under way on Monday in New York. Mikhail Kalashnikov said he backed UN moves to halt the illicit distribution of small arms. The Control Arms campaign will hand a petition to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the start of the two-week Small Arms Review Conference. The campaign's report says there are about 100m AK-47s and variants in use. It calls for a new international treaty to apply "global principles" to the sale of arms. 'Poorly regulated' In giving his backing to the Control Arms campaign, Mr Kalashnikov said: "When I watch TV and see small arms of the AK family in the hands of bandits, I keep asking myself: how did those people get hold of them?" It is not the designers who must ultimately take responsibility for where guns end up - it is governments who must control their production and export Mikhail Kalashnikov Profile: Mikhail Kalashnikov The retired general, who invented the rifle in 1945, blamed a "lack of international control over arms sales" for allowing the weapons to fall into the hands of "aggressors, terrorists and all kinds of criminals". The campaign's report, produced by Amnesty International, Oxfam International and the International Action Network on Small Arms said the AK-47 was the world's most poorly regulated small arms weapon. It says 82 countries have them in their state arsenal and 14 nations manufacture them. The rifle fires 600 rounds a minute, is reliable and available for as little as $30 in some parts of Africa. The campaign's petition has one million signatures from 160 countries - representing the number of people killed by guns since the last UN conference on small arms in 2001. GUN FACTS Eight million guns made every year 800,000 destroyed annually 25% of $4bn annual global small-arms trade is illicit Guns used in 60-90% of direct-conflict deaths in 2003 6% of suicides and 40% of homicides involve guns Source: UN Small Arms Review Conference Its report says light arms are killing 1,000 people a day. The "global principles" that the campaign proposes would be non-binding, but would allow governments to bring violators to account more easily. The UK has made a similar proposal and has the backing in principle of the US and others. But US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton made it clear Washington did not want to go beyond a programme adopted five years ago to curb the illicit sale of light weaponry. "We don't see any need for treaties or agreements coming out of this," he said. Link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5116124.stm


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Mastroianni, who was Oscar-nominated, truly shines in this wildly funny, darkly humorous Italian comedy, which was a huge international hit.
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If you're in the mood for a cynical, time-traveling Italian vacation, you couldn't do much better than this.
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Years ahead of its time.
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[A] deeply amoral morality tale.
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A brilliant comic performance from Mastroianni which has been compared to the deadpan style of Keaton.
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Skillfully written, with a penetrating, almost brutal glimpse of Sicily and its antiquated way of life, it has been directed by Pietro Germi with lagless pace and consistent incisiveness, evoking constant chuckles rather than isolated guffaws.
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Wickedly funny black comedy satirizes Italy's antiquated institutions.
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Murder has rarely been as mirthful (cinematically speaking, of course) as in this uproarious Italian comedy.
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It is the most subversive jab at Mastrioanni's chauvinist characters possible, circumstantial metaphysics in which the lecher is targeted by the very film he inhabits.
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a black and silly exercise in hilarity
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The cast are perfect, the always watchable Mastroianni excelling in a tailor-made role.
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This is one of the funniest pictures the Italians have sent along.
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The Five Most Common Complaints about the Workers' Compensation Process are:
1. "My Claim Was Denied."
The initial denial of a claim is a major issue in workers' comp cases. Insurance companies are under pressure from their clients (employers) to keep premium costs as low as possible. They carefully scrutinize claims for opportunities to deny or reduce benefits. The more claims they pay, the higher the premiums they must charge their clients.
2. "It's Taking Too Long to Process My Claim."
A contested workers' comp claim may take up to two years to finalize. A claim can stall out for several reasons. Pre-hearing discovery and depositions can be lengthy and time consuming. Having to seek additional opinions to establish maximum medical improvement (MMI) can also prolong your claim.
3. "The Settlement Amount Isn't Fair."
This is a frequent complaint. Workers' compensation laws don't normally allow compensation for pain and suffering. Settlement offers and administrative judge's awards are limited to partial wage reimbursement, medical bills, and in some cases, set amounts for loss of limbs, permanent debilitation, and other cases of severe loss.
4. "My Employer Fired Me Because I Can't Return To Work."
An employer cannot legally terminate a worker because he files a workers' compensation insurance claim. The situation becomes difficult when a doctor certifies a worker as able to return to work and the worker disagrees with the doctor's opinion. Once an injured worker is medically cleared to return to work and he refuses to do so, an employer has the right to terminate him (barring termination due to race, color, creed, gender or sexual preference).
5. "I'm Still Suffering from Pain and Discomfort."
Pain is subjective and impossible to accurately measure. While a doctor may diagnose an injured worker as reaching maximum medical improvement, the worker may disagree. If the MMI diagnosis or allowed recovery time are not acceptable, the best thing to do is seek another medical opinion.
Filing a Complaint
If you have credible evidence that your claim was denied as a result of fraud, administrative error, or other irregularity, you can contact your workers' comp administrative office and request a complaint form. (Each state has a unique version of the form.) When you file a complaint, it goes through a review process. If your complaint has legal merit, it may support your case and influence the amount of your settlement.
Common Reasons for Claim Denials
There are a number of reasons your claim may be denied. Among the most common are:
1. Failure to Promptly Notify Your Employer of Your Injury
You must immediately (or as soon as reasonably possible) notify your employer of your injury. Under your workers' comp insurance coverage, your claim doesn't begin until you report your injury to your employer. While each state has its own time limitations, it's usually about 30 days.
2. Failure to File Your Claim within the Statutory Time Period
Reporting your injury and filing your claim are two different processes. There is a statutory time period in which you must formally file your workers' comp claim, referred to as the Statute of Limitations period. Missing that filing period is grounds for denying your claim.
Each state has its own filing period. For example, in the State of California, you must file your workers' comp claim within one year of the discovery of your injury. The State of Florida's filing period is within two years of the employee's injury, or the date by which the employee should have discovered the injury.
3. Your Injury Occurs Outside of Employment
Your injury must occur while performing your work duties on your employer's premises, or off-site while pursuing the duties assigned to you by your employer or supervisor. If your injury occurs before or after normal work hours, even if you are volunteering your services to complete a work task, your injury may not be covered.
For example, if you sprain your ankle while walking to a deli to pick up lunch for yourself or your coworkers, your claim will probably be denied. However, if you are also picking up lunch for your boss, there's a chance (but no guarantee) your injury may be covered.
4. Your Injury Occurs While You Are Under the Influence
Regardless of how hard you work, how long you've been employed, or what type of work you're doing, if you are under the influence of illegal narcotics or alcohol when you're injured, expect your claim to be denied.
Technically, you don't have to be fall-down drunk. If proof exists that self-ingested illegal narcotics or alcohol are even a small factor in your injury, your claim will probably be denied. Even if you are under the influence of prescribed medications at the time of your injury, your clam may be denied.
5. Your Employer Disputes Your Injury Claim
An employer may dispute your claim by stating that your injury is pre-existing, it occurred outside of the scope of your employment, or that your injury is faked. As an employee, you are responsible for proving the legitimacy of your injury.
6. Your Medical Condition Isn't Covered
Most workers' comp insurance claims based on a mental health issue are initially denied. To be covered, you must be able to link your mental issues to a specific event, such as a trauma you experienced while working. Most states cover psychiatric injuries from specific events, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Even conditions arising over time, such as depression and severe anxiety, may be covered.
The difficulty is convincing the insurance company your mental health issues are directly linked to your job duties. This requires clear and convincing medical evidence, such as a descriptive diagnosis and prognosis of your condition from a licensed psychiatrist.
7. Your Injuries Aren't Serious Enough To Be Covered
What you think is a debilitating injury may not be considered as serious by your employer or the insurance company. Your injury must limit or fully prohibit you from completing your job duties. You may injure your back while loading boxes, but if the pain is only temporary your claim will likely be denied. Even if you believe your injury is debilitating, you won't convince the insurance company unless you have a doctor's opinion to back you up.
Appealing a Denied Claim
Having your claim denied can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to end there. You have a right to dispute its denial. The denial letter you receive should include an explanation of your workers' comp insurance coverage, your appellate rights, and notify you of the deadline for filing your appeal. State deadlines vary, but are usually between 30 to 90 days.
Missing the filing deadline for your appeal can end any possibility of getting compensation. Be sure to review the workers' comp regulations and appellate deadlines in your state.
Reopening a Workers' Comp Claim
Reopening a workers' comp claim is altogether different than appealing one. Reopening a previously closed claim is possible under some conditions. The most common are:
- Your injury has recurred, worsened or become aggravated.
- The lighter alternate job duties or job no longer exist.
- New evidence proving your injury claim is found.
- New evidence shows the compensation award was inadequate or unjust.
- A legal or administrative error caused an unfair result.
- Fraud is discovered.
Time limitations for filing a request to reopen your claim are set by each state. They can range from three to seven years from the date your original claim was denied – not the date of your original injury. Some cases are considered closed when a full and final payment is issued and a release is signed. In these cases, neither you nor your insurance company can reopen the claim.
The process of reopening a denied claim varies from state to state. It usually requires filing an application with the Workers' Compensation Commission in your area. (Your state may have a different name for the Commission.)
Contact them and request the appropriate form required to reopen your claim. Be sure to follow the rules set out in the form. You must state the reason for your request and provide supporting documentation. You may need to include a copy of your denial letter. For example, if your injury has worsened since you filed your original claim, send in a new medical evaluation diagnosing your condition and linking it to the work event which was the basis of your original claim.
Reopening Your Claim after the Statute of Limitations Period Has Expired
Most state laws allow workers' compensation appellate judges great discretion in setting the statute of limitations period. Generally, judges define the statutory periods in favor of the claimant, especially when it has technically expired. The nature of many injuries makes determining the onset of an aggravation or worsening of a previous injury tough to establish.
Although legally possible, reopening a previously closed workers' comp claim is extremely difficult. Most workers' compensation commissions are already overloaded with claims and will look for any reason to refuse your request. Insurance companies always oppose reopening old claims, especially when there's a chance they will have to pay not only the claim, but also compensate you retroactively.
Because of the challenges against reopening a claim, it's a good idea to consult with a workers' comp attorney. In some cases, retaining an attorney for the original claim could ensure a better outcome. Perhaps it won't even be necessary to go through the appellate process.
The Role of Attorneys
The initial filing of most workers' comp claims can be handled without an attorney. When you believe your claim is being unnecessarily delayed or has been unfairly denied, you may need legal assistance. Most workers' comp attorneys will not charge for an initial office consultation. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by visiting with one or more.
Case Studies:
Insurance Carrier Denied Payment
In this case, the plaintiff (the Special Disability Fund), is refusing payment to a workers' comp insurance carrier due to a late filing of a request-for-payment form.
Insurance Company Denying Benefits
If you are employed in one state and injured in another, will you be covered? In this claim, the insurance carrier is denying an employee's benefits because he was injured in another state.
How Much is Your Injury Claim Worth?
Find out now with a FREE case review from an attorney…
Visitor Questions on Issues with Work Injury Claims
What if workers' comp refuses surgery but I'm still injured? I work in the underground coal mines & injured my knee. I've gone through therapy & knee injections but nothing is helping. My doctor says I need surgery to fix problems. Workers' comp says they read my MRI as a pre-existing injury or something that has occurred over time. But I've never had any other... Read More >>
If I quit my job, what happens to my workers comp claim? I'm on workers comp for a brachial plexus injury and am scheduled for an independent medical exam (IME) next month. I have been doing light duty work for 20hrs/week for about 2 months. I have been thinking about quitting my current job because I hate it. I didn't like the work I was doing before... Read More >>
Can I get workers' compensation for sexual assault at a hotel? The company I work for had all workers stay at a hotel in Houston for training and orientation. My assigned roommate sexually assaulted me during my sleep. I awoke to find him performing oral sex on me. I filed a Houston police report and have a detective working my case. I am trying for workers'... Read More >>
Forced to return to work? My husband broke his lower back (L2) 4 months ago. His last doctor visit states that the L2 is fully healed, and now he has physical therapy twice a week. He might be able to go back to work on the 9th of February. He is still in quite a lot of pain. Even his... Read More >>
Workers' comp not approving my future medical treatments? My workers comp case settled February 2012. It took the State Comp Insurance Fund eight months to approve my evaluation appointments with a pain management doctor, a specialist for my TMJ, and an internal medicine doctor. All three doctors recommended treatment which was never approved by workers comp but also never denied. I was told... Read More >>
Only receiving TTD payments up to 16 weeks for soft tissue injuries? I slipped and fell at work September 10, 2014, resulting in multiple injuries, including torn ligaments in my knee and ankle, which workers' comp pays for up to 8 weeks. The accident also resulted in 2 disc herniations, lumbar radiculopathy, and sciatica. I have not received any TTD (Temporary Total Disability) payments since November 9,... Read More >>
Stopping benefits after 14 years of treatment for an industrial injury? I fell into a hole in the floor 14 years ago while working as an insulator, hyperflexing my neck, back, and lumbar regions. This affects my central nervous system. My diagnosis is cervical spinal stenosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, somatic dysfunction of my cranial, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, and fibromyalgia from nerves that fire even... Read More >>
Still temporarily disabled after 4 years? I was injured on the job moving tables at the high school district in June of 2010. They admitted fault. I tore my labrum and had other injuries to my left shoulder, and I've had 1 surgery so far. I won a case against the school district and received future medical coverage for my left... Read More >>
How do I get workers' comp to start paying a weekly disability? Three months ago I fell at work and injured my knee. I developed a blood clot that was treated and went away. The pain and instability have not. After 3 months of a variety of medicines to help with pain and swelling, the Dr. took me off of work altogether to undergo a physical therapy/... Read More >>
Payments cut-off due to operating a company, but making no income? My Fiance has his own construction company. He was asked to help another contractor (who was licensed and insured) to complete putting on a metal roof of a church. He fell off the church and landed on his fee,t but it broke his tendons and tibial plateau bone in his knee. He finally got surgery... Read More >>
Multiple injuries at work but only receiving partial benefits? I'm wondering what my claim is worth. I sustained a work related injury to my Left Shoulder & Right Hip. The insurance company denied the shoulder injury (even though I had a previous work related claim on the same shoulder in 2009). But at the same time, the insurance company accepted the claim for my... Read More >>
Workers compensation payments cut off before fully healed? I've worked in restaurants for 25 yrs. I fell at work and was injured by a fellow employee trying to catch me as I fell – he got hold of my thumb only and pulled me up by it, hence pulling my tendons and ligaments. After 3 cortisone shots, that provided only temporary relief so... Read More >>
Is it necessary to go to the ER directly from work after an injury? My niece's boyfriend cut his finger on a saw at his place of work. He went home and had my niece take him to the ER for stitches. To qualify for workers compensation benefits, wouldn't he have to be taken to the ER by someone from work or have her come pick him up and... Read More >>
Injured at work but benefits denied for pre-existing condition? I was working in medical in Texas on a contract with a contract agency. I worked one Sunday & while turning a patient I felt a pop in my neck, then a sharp pain down the right side. I continued to have pain while I was working. When I got home, I was in a... Read More >>
Doctor ordered chiropractic treatment without an MRI… My wife injured her neck and back at work. Her workmans compensation company denied coverage for an MRI and the doctor scheduled chiropractic care at the request of workers comp. My wife finally had an MRI a year later and it showed she has bulging discs at her C3, C4, and C5. She has numbness... Read More >>
Constant Pain After Cervical Spine Fusion… I had cervical spine fusion surgery in 2011 on my neck and I've been in pain ever since. I had a plate inserted with 6 screws in it. I now get a lot of head pain and pressure and shoulder pain. I deal with depression because of this and the daily pain pills don't work,... Read More >>
Back Injury at Work 21 Years Ago… Back in early 1991 or 92′ I injured myself at work. I opened a Workers Compensation Fund claim and received treatment and therapy. I was off work for about a month and half to almost two months. Fast forward almost 20 yrs, and in mid-March I started to experience a pain in my back. I... Read More >>
Dispute of Chiropractic Treatment… I received chiropractic care to the point of "ad nauseam" (per my attorney). We have settled on an amount to close both of my BWC cases. The chiropractor's office sent a letter to my attorney requesting that he "take into consideration the $35,000.00 of medical bills that are outstanding". A change of diagnosis was being... Read More >>
Cut Off from Workers Comp Benefits… I am a Doctor of Chiropractic and was injured at my practice in December 2008. I was helping a patient off the table when they started to fall, the patient grabbed me around the neck and my neck and shoulders was severely injured. I've been receiving workers comp payments for 2 yrs. I saw all... Read More >>


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Anthro Illustration - Horse by theDeathspellWatch
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A commission from over at GWGuru for an illustration of an anthro character. I hadn't really done anthro seriously before, and it seemed like an interesting challenge. The character sounded quite cool to draw, and I have always had a thing for horses. Took me ages, mainly due to a 2-months art block that hit me halfway through completion The anatomy was a bitch, and there are still a few things which are a bit off, but overall I'm quite happy with it
Awesomeness to the max, she looks very epic, and still very beautiful like a horse, good job.
thank you :3
Welcome, I forgot to say how I also like the fact that she's muscular. Too many twig-thin female warriors.
Fuckin hell horse morphs are awesome
Very Beautiful :3
I don't see many horse warriors in anthro
This is wicked.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by TheRH, Oct 8, 2010.
Is there are way I can hack my phone so I can move apps to the SD Card?
There are devs working on custom ROM and kernels first but nothing yet about apps to sd. Keep an eye out on SDX for more!
I will have to keep an eye on that site. Thanks for the link.
There is a thread about this starting to work but some bugs being worked out. I am hoping it works soon. My wife's 8gb sd card is a class 6 so absolutely no issues there. Just waiting to reformat it til I know it is all working.
Oh, it'll work if I have to fork the kernel myself. I've figured out how to do it and I'm trying to get ixane to respond, with a change that is needed in the init script. I can make the change and reinstall the kernel (which I have done to mine) but unless he incorporates the change, it won't persist across updates.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Directed by Antonio Centomani, this film with audio in Italian (original language) was premiered in 2014. This movie, whose libretto belongs to Carlo Finale and Antonio Centomani, was produced in Italy. You can watch L'aquilone di Claudio online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Italian at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
Rating: 5 by 12 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Barbara Bacci, Valentina Bruscoli, Luigi Diberti, Irene Ferri, Giuseppe Gandini, Fioretta Mari, Massimo Poggio, Renato Raimo, Federico Russo, Rita Statte, Diego Verdegiglio and Milena Vukotic.
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The original audio of L'aquilone di Claudio has dialogues in or Italian, it was produced in Italy.
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Flight 1549: First Miracle of the Obama Era
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Is it any coincidence that the miracle of flight 1549 happened mere days before the inauguration of Barack Obama? There's simply no other explanation for a miracle of this magnitude.
As further proof of O-vine Intervention, look at this photo of flight 1549 in the Hudson River and you'll see something interesting:
Now look what happens when we enlarge only that portion of the picture:
It was an Obamiracle! I'll give Obama credit for not mentioning his heroics yet and letting the pilot get a little attention.
Hopefully this is only the tip of the miracle iceberg! If Obama can save an airplane and all the passengers, surely he can get a check to Peggy can't he?
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text: Human Rights Observatory Iraq - Car bomb kills TV presenter in Tikrit Reporters without borders Reporters Without Borders condemns Salahaddin TV presenter Kamiran Salaheddin's murder last night in the centre of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad). Aged 35 and the father of two children, he was killed at around 9 p.m. by a bomb placed under his car. "We offer our condolences to Salaheddin's family, friends and colleagues," Reporters Without Borders said. "The Iraqi authorities must do everything possible to ensure that those responsible for his death are brought to justice. His murder must (...)Read complete article© Reporters without borders - Tuesday, April 3rd 2012


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So you've developed a shiny new website to perform a particular function for your customers. It replaces a working, but rather visually dated, site.
What are the most important things to do before you put it live?
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I'm about to begin a study on compressible reacting flows that will be applied to rocket engine injectors (very high reynolds numbers, high compressibility, transient, etc) and was wondering the abilities or limitations of the rhoReactingFoam solver? I am unfamiliar with these types of simulations so any help would be great. I have read a few publications regarding compressible reacting flows where the authors utilized what was called a loci/CHEM code (http://www.tetraresearch.com/loci_chem.html) but I'm not sure how easy this would be to get access to and use relatively easily. I am going to contact the folks on that site I linked to but it would be great if I could use a built-in solver in OF.
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Unanswered: triggers and linked serevrs in MySQL
Hi all,
I am using MSSQL as a middleware server and MySQL as Enterprise Server.I established linked server from MSSQL to MySQL and i written triggers on MSSQL tables to access MySQl tables.Thats working fine.But,i have to make similar arrangement between MySQL to MSSQl and I have to write triggers on MySQL tables to update in MSSQL tables.Can any one suggests how to do these setup.
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You can use triggers in MSSQL to connect to a MySQL database and execute SQL..... COOOOOOOOOOOL!
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Hi aschk,
Thanks for the reply,What you said is correct and it is working fine.But i want to use MySQL to SQL [not SQL to MySQL].I want to triggers in MySQL and that triggers should connect to SQL Server and do the modifications


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The Law Society has launched a public affairs unit to be headed by new recruit Nicky Edwards.
Edwards was previously the head of public affairs at National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) and General Social Care Council. She has been brought on board to manage four public advisors covering parliamentary liaison, speeches, briefings and stakeholder communications.
Edwards said her new team will add to the Law Society's capacity to be the voice of a profession that is central to the success and well being of Britain in the 21st century.
"Public affairs are becoming increasingly important as expert knowledge is needed to inform public policy at the earliest stages of debate," she said.
The news comes as Ofcom finance chief Rona Chester joins the Law Society as financial director and Bar Standards Board director Mark Stobbs becomes director of legal policy next month.


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FPSF 2014 Schedule and App Now Live (Plus, Some Cancellations…)
Yes, yes, yes, yes. The kind folks who run the Free Press Summer Festival popped up today, less than a month before this year's festival kicks off (Saturday, May 31st, & Sunday, June 1st), to release two very, very awesome things: the official schedule for the festival and the mobile app for the festival.
The first is excellent to see, of course, because now all those heatstroke-anticipating festival-goers can actually schedule their day. I'm more psyched, though, to see the FPSF-ers updating the mobile app they debuted last year. I found the app massively useful last time around, I have to say, especially with the timetable-format schedule within the app, where I could easily see what was going on right freaking then at any stage throughout the festival; that helped me make quick decisions as to where I needed to hustle on over to, without having to futz around with a paper schedule or remembering beforehand to print out my own customized schedule (which I didn't do one year, and I ended up having to take a photo of a schedule at the fest and squint at it the whole damn day).
The map isn't yet functional, unfortunately, but that was damn handy last year, as well (as was the solar system method of stage-naming, which I liked a whole hell of a lot and which they appear to be sticking with this year). I'm liking the social media integration, too; not only can you see any Twitter/Facebook/Instagram posts on FPSF, but it looks like you can post directly from there, without having to jump over to some other app. When it comes to apps, I'm all about having everything in one place.
Oh, and a little Pro Tip for those iPhone users who downloaded last year's app: if you deleted the app after last year's FPSF, like I did, reinstalling the app from the App Store will get you back the old app. What you have to do is reinstall the app, then update it to the latest version. That had me confused for a few minutes, so I figured I'd share…
Now for the Bad News: while scanning through the schedule, I realized that there were some names missing. Here's who was on the original list who I'm not seeing on the lineup any longer:
- The 1975
- Sky Ferreira
- Syd Arthur
- Benjamin Booker
- Feathers
- Beat King
(I almost put DJ Fredster on this list, as well, since he's nowhere in the actual schedule, but I think that's an oversight on somebody's part, because he is still listed in the overall lineup. None of the folks above are.)
It's not totally unexpected, of course — with any long-planned festival thing like this, some people are going to fall off the schedule — but I will admit to being pretty bummed, especially about The 1975, who I missed seeing twice last year, both here at home and while on vacation in London, and about Syd Arthur, who fellow SCR staffer Jason Smith had raved about a while back. Dangit.
Overall, though, it still looks like a pretty damn good lineup, and they've added some new folks, like Sylvan Esso, Twin Shadow, and the jaw-dropping "Welcome to Houston" supergroup (which includes Bun B, Slim Thug, Devin the Dude, Z-Ro, Paul Wall, and Mike Jones, and dammit, my brain just exploded again while typing that), so it all kinda-sorta balances out, right? Whatever happens, I know I'm psyched. Keep your eyes open for the annual randomly-selected previews, which will be kicking off very soon…


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Juan Nicasio won't survive as a starter. He is far too … normal. He has some positive things in his repertoire. Things that will keep him getting chances, such as fastball command and the ability to throw strikes. But those are not enough to solidify a rotation spot with a team for more than a year or two.
Last night, he lasted six innings and actually provided a quality start for the Colorado Rockies. However, if you watched the game intently, you would share the same concerns I have. The main question being, does he have any other pitch besides a fastball?
Nicasio's pitch breakdown last night was 75 fastballs, 15 sliders and four change ups. That has been about an average outing for Nicasio this year and when you watch him you can see why. His fastball is an above average pitch. It sits low to mid 90's and he can command it to both sides of the plate. But his two off-speed pitches are both below average offerings. The slider he can throw for a strike but it has minimal break. His change up is not much better and he doesn't locate it very well.
Nicasio has had problems lasting through the 6th inning in games this year. He has no problem getting ahead of hitters, but he can't put them away once he gets ahead. Hitters will foul off his breaking pitches and wait for the fastball. They also will see the fastball so many times in their first and second at bats against him that by their third at bat they have him timed pretty well and knock him out of the game.
I see Nicasio profiling more in long relief, a spot the Rockies have really struggled this year. In this role, he likely won't face a lineup more than one time through which will allow his fastball to be effective and he won't need his secondary pitches as much.
If he wants to stick in a rotation someday, he needs to develop a breaking ball that can actually get swings and misses. Until then, I suggest the Rockies move him to the bullpen.
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DISRUPTION to patients will be kept to a minimum during work on a new roof at Borders General Hospital.
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QoS-Driven Reconfigurable Parallel Computing for NoC-Based Clustered MPSoCs
Reconfigurable parallel computing is required to provide high-performance embedded computing, hide hardware complexity, boost software development, and manage multiple workloads when multiple applications are running simultaneously on the emerging network-on-chip (NoC)-based multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs) platforms. In these type of systems, the overall system performance may be affected due to congestion, and therefore parallel programming stacks must be assisted by quality-of-service (QoS) support to meet application requirements and to deal with application dynamism. In this paper, we present a hardware-software QoS-driven reconfigurable parallel computing framework, i.e., the NoC services, the runtime QoS middleware API and our ocMPI library and its tracing support which has been tailored for a distributed-shared memory ARM clustered NoC-based MPSoC platform. The experimental results show the efficiency of our software stack under a broad range of parallel kernels and benchmarks, in terms of low-latency interprocess communication, good application scalability, and most important, they demonstrate the ability to enable runtime reconfiguration to manage workloads in message-passing parallel applications.
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Keywords: Networks-on-chip (NoCs) ; NoC-based multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoC) ; parallel computing ; quality of service (QoS) ; runtime reconfiguration
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July 2017; volume 313, issue 1
REVIEW | The Cardiorenal Syndrome-Integrative and Cellular Mechanisms
REVIEW | Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
RESEARCH ARTICLE | Cardiac Excitation and Contraction
- Sarcolemmal distribution of ICa and INCX and Ca2+ autoregulation in mouse ventricular myocytes
This study shows that in contrast to the rat, mouse ventricular Na+/Ca2+ exchange current density is lower in the t-tubules than in the surface sarcolemma and Ca2+ current is predominantly located in the t-tubules. As a consequence, the t-tubules play a role in recovery (autoregulation) from reduced, but not increased, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release.
RESEARCH ARTICLES | Heart Failure: Novel Therapeutic Pathways Emerging from Basic Science
- Interaction of 12/15-lipoxygenase with fatty acids alters the leukocyte kinetics leading to improved postmyocardial infarction healing
This study determined that 1) deletion of 12/15-lipoxygenase (LOX) promotes the generation of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, the cytochrome P-450-derived metabolites in postmyocardial infarction (post-MI) healing; 2) acute exposure of fatty acids to 12/15-LOX−/− mice drives leukocyte (neutrophils and macrophages) clearance post-MI; and 3) metabolic transformation of fats is the significant contributor in leukocyte clearance to drive either resolving or nonresolving inflammation post-MI.
- Cardiac myofibrillar contractile properties during the progression from hypertension to decompensated heart failure
This novel study systematically examined the power-generating capacity of cardiac myofilaments during the progression from hypertension to heart disease. Previously undiscovered changes in myofibrillar power output were found and were associated with alterations in myofilament proteins, providing potential new targets to exploit for improved ventricular pump function in heart failure.
- V̇o2 kinetics associated with moderate-intensity exercise in heart failure: impact of intrathecal fentanyl inhibition of group III/IV locomotor muscle afferents
Inhibition of locomotor muscle afferents results in rapid primary-component O2 uptake (V̇o2) on-kinetics accounting for the decreased O2 deficit in heart failure (HF). This study revealed that abnormal musculoskeletal–neural afferents couple with pulmonary and circulatory dysfunction to provoke impaired exercise V̇o2 in HF. Steady-state V̇o2 cannot properly phenotype abnormal muscle afferent contributions to impaired exercise V̇o2 in HF.
RESEARCH ARTICLES | Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Hypoxia-mediated regulation of the secretory properties of mitral valve interstitial cells
This study demonstrates that hypoxia regulates extracellular matrix secretion and the remodeling potential of heart valve interstitial cells. Expression of hypoxia-induced factor-1α plays a role in these effects. These data highlight the potential role of hypoxia as a physiological mediator of the complex function of heart valve cells.
- Shear-mediated dilation of the internal carotid artery occurs independent of hypercapnia
Shear stress dilates the internal carotid artery in humans. This vasodilatory response occurs independent of other physiological factors, as demonstrated by our transient CO2 test, and is strongly correlated to shear area under the curve. Assessing carotid shear-mediated dilation may provide a future avenue for assessing cerebrovascular health and the risk of cerebrovascular events.
RESEARCH ARTICLES | Muscle Mechanics and Ventricular Function
- Desmin loss and mitochondrial damage precede left ventricular systolic failure in volume overload heart failure
This study provides new evidence of early onset (24 h) and continuous (4−12 wk) desmin misarrangement and disruption of the normal sarcomeric and mitochondrial architecture throughout the progression of volume overload heart failure, suggesting a causal link between desmin cleavage and mitochondrial disorganization and damage.
- Quantitative cardiac phosphoproteomics profiling during ischemia-reperfusion in an immature swine model
We used Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation technology to investigate the phosphoproteomic changes that occur in cardiac tissue under ischemia-reperfusion conditions. The results of this study provide an extensive catalog of phosphoproteins, both predicted and novel, associated with ischemia-reperfusion, thereby identifying new pathways for investigation.
- Ultrasound biomicroscopy validation of a murine model of cardiac hypertrophic preconditioning: comparison with a hemodynamic assessment
We successfully developed an ultrasound biomicroscopy protocol for the serial assessment of aortic bandings and the relevant left ventricular pressure in a murine model of cardiac hypertrophic preconditioning. The protocol may be of great importance in the successful establishment of the hypertrophic preconditioning model for further mechanistic and pharmacological studies.
RESEARCH ARTICLES | Signaling and Stress Response
- MK5 haplodeficiency attenuates hypertrophy and preserves diastolic function during remodeling induced by chronic pressure overload in the mouse heart
MAPK-activated protein kinase-5 (MK5)/p38-regulated/activated protein kinase is a protein serine/threonine kinase activated by p38 MAPK and/or the atypical MAPKs ERK3 and ERK4. MK5 immunoreactivity was detected in adult ventricular fibroblasts but not in myocytes. MK5 haplodeficiency attenuated the progression of hypertrophy, reduced collagen type 1 mRNA, and protected diastolic function in response to chronic pressure overload.
- Cardiac hyporesponsiveness in severe sepsis is associated with nitric oxide-dependent activation of G protein receptor kinase
The main novelty presented here is to show that septic shock induces cardiac hyporesponsiveness to isoproterenol by a mechanism dependent on nitric oxide and mediated by G protein-coupled receptor kinase isoform 2. Therefore, G protein-coupled receptor kinase isoform 2 inhibition may be a potential therapeutic target in sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction.
RESEARCH ARTICLES | Vascular Biology and Microcirculation
- Imaging and modeling of acute pressure-induced changes of collagen and elastin microarchitectures in pig and human resistance arteries
This is the first study to quantitatively relate pressure-induced microstructural changes in resistance arteries to the mechanics of their wall. Principal findings using a pig model system were confirmed in human arteries. The combined methods provide a strong tool for future hypothesis-driven studies of microvascular pathologies.
- Endothelial cAMP deactivates ischemia-reperfusion-induced microvascular hyperpermeability via Rap1-mediated mechanisms
Here, we demonstrate that 1) stimulation of cAMP production deactivates ischemia-reperfusion-induced hyperpermeability in muscle and endothelial cells; 2) VEGF mRNA expression is not enhanced by brief ischemia, suggesting that VEGF mechanisms do not activate immediate postischemic hyperpermeability; and 3) deactivation mechanisms operate via cAMP-exchange protein activated by cAMP 1-Rap1 to restore integrity of the endothelial barrier.
- WNT5A regulates adipose tissue angiogenesis via antiangiogenic VEGF-A165b in obese humans
Wingless-related integration site 5a (WNT5A) negatively regulates adipose tissue angiogenesis via VEGF-A165b in human obesity.
- Chronic hypoxia attenuates the vasodilator efficacy of protein kinase G in fetal and adult ovine cerebral arteries
Using measurements of contractility, protein abundance, kinase activity, and confocal colocalization in fetal and adult ovine cerebral arteries, the present study demonstrates that long-term hypoxia diminishes the ability of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) to cause vasorelaxation through suppression of its colocalization and interaction with large-conductance Ca2+-sensitive K+ (BK) channel proteins in cerebrovascular smooth muscle. These experiments are among the first to demonstrate hypoxic changes in BK subunit abundances in fetal cerebral arteries and also introduce the use of advanced methods of confocal colocalization to study interaction between PKG and its targets.
RAPID REPORT | Mining Natural Products for Cardiovascular Benefits
- Acute beetroot juice supplementation on sympathetic nerve activity: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study
The hemodynamic benefits of dietary nitrate supplementation have been attributed to nitric oxide-mediated peripheral vasodilation. Here, we provide proof of concept that acute dietary nitrate supplementation using beetroot juice can decrease muscle sympathetic outflow at rest and during exercise in a normotensive population. These results have applications for targeting central sympathetic overactivation in disease.
RAPID REPORT | Vascular Biology and Microcirculation
- S-nitrosylation of VASP at cysteine 64 mediates the inflammation-stimulated increase in microvascular permeability
Here, we demonstrate that S-nitrosylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) on C64 is a mechanism for the onset of platelet-activating factor-induced hyperpermeability. Our results reveal a dual role of VASP in endothelial permeability. In addition to its well-documented function in barrier integrity, we show that S-nitrosylation of VASP contributes to the onset of endothelial permeability.


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North Korean marksman Kim Jong Su became the first athlete to lose an Olympic medal for doping at Beijing Games.15 August 2008
BEIJNG - The chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) admitted Friday that athletes who lie about their age remain almost impossible to catch but said the low number of doping cases at the Olympics so far was a sign of a change of attitude to doping.
On the day that North Korean marksman Kim Jong Su became the first athlete to lose an Olympic medal for doping, Professor Arne Ljungqvist said it was a positive sign that this had happened seven days into competition.
"I've not expected that many cases to occur during the Olympic Games, we usually have 12 cases or so. But this time many federations have conducted intensive out of competition testing before the Games and we have seen the consequences of that," the Norwegian told a news conference.
"It's encouraging and shows that hopefully the athletes here competing are clean."
In the run-up to the Olympics, athletics' ruling body, the IAAF, provisionally suspended seven female Russian athletes, including middle-distance runner Yelena Soboleva, for allegedly tampering with their urine samples.
However, Ljungvist was not so optimistic about catching athletes who lie about their age, a problem most contentious in women's gymnastics where controversy has raged over the true age of some of the Chinese competitors who secured team gold for the host nation on Wednesday.
He Kexin is 16, the minimum age for Olympic eligibility, according to her passport but Chinese media has reported her as being as young as 14, while Jiang Yuyuan was also reported as being under 16 in a list of junior competitors from the Zhejiang Province sports administration.
"This is a problem when you have an age limit that there is a temptation for manipulation. How to prove this is scientifically very difficult," said Ljungvist.
"There are ways but it is not a scientifically or legally accurate way of doing it. It can be plus or minus two years and can be manipulated using certain substances."
The age issue apart, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed there have been 2,203 doping tests to date, with 1,250 of those coming before the Olympic Games started, with Kim the first to lose a medal as a result of a failed test.
Kim won bronze in the men's 10-metre air pistol last Saturday and followed that up with a silver in the 50m pistol on Tuesday but loses both after testing positive for the beta-blocker propranolol.
"He has been excluded from the Games and disqualified," IOC communications director Giselle Davies said, following Friday's IOC Executive Board meeting on the issue.
Jong's disqualification means Tan Zongliang of China takes silver in the 50m and Russia's Vladimir Isakov is promoted to bronze.
In the 10m air pistol, American Jason Turner now takes bronze.
Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who finished 59th in qualifying for the women's all-around gymnastics, also failed a dope test and was disqualified but Ljungqvist, said this was more likely due to error.
"This is probably a result of poor information given to the athlete involved," he said.
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North Korea offered to declare all its nuclear weapons programs and disable them by the end of the year in return for energy aid, the South Korean nuclear envoy said, raising hopes for quick progress in international efforts to eliminate the North's nuclear armament. The North Korean offer came only hours after the nuclear monitoring agency for the United Nations confirmed that the North had shut down all five of its declared nuclear facilities, as it had promised to do in a February agreement. That news gave an added push to a new round of six-nation talks with envoys from the United States, North and South Korea, China, Russia and Japan.


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier resigned on Monday after admitting that he had left classified documents in an unsafe place, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
Bernier had been under increasing pressure to quit amid revelations that a former girlfriend was suspected of being linked to figures in organized crime.
"Minister Bernier has learned and informed me that he left classified government documents in a non-secure location. This is a serious error. (He) has accepted his responsibilities in offering to resign," a grim-faced Harper told reporters.
Harper gave no further details and it was unclear whether Bernier had left the documents with Julie Couillard, the former girlfriend. An interview with her was set to be shown at 9:00 p.m. EDT on Monday on Canadian television.
Bernier, who took over the job last August, had also been under fire for a series of recent gaffes.
Most notably, he embarrassed Ottawa in April by openly suggesting that Afghan President Hamid Karzai replace the governor of Kandahar province. Canada has 2,500 troops based in the southern Afghan city.
Bernier was the first minister to quit the cabinet under a cloud since the Conservatives won power in January 2006. Harper said Trade Minister David Emerson would take over as foreign minister on a temporary basis.
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This article discusses the use of stress skin insulated structural panels for timber frame and other construction. We describe the history and current uses of stress skin structural panels or SIPs, the properties of SIPs and their fire safety, R-value, and durability or life expectancy. We also give details of how SIPs are constructed, how they are sold, and we list the current manufacturers and sources of stress skin insulated panels (SIPs). Illustration at page top and accompanying text are reprinted/adapted/excerpted with permission from Solar Age Magazine - editor Steven Bliss.
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While stressed-skin insulated panels, currently referred to as SIPs or structural insulated panels have been in use in the U.S. since the 1930's, builders continuously call for more pre-manufactured components.
Home buyers and regulators demand greater energy efficiency in new homes. This was true in 1964 when the U.S. FPS studied the durability of stressed skin panels, it was still true in the 1980's when we looked at the use of stress-skin panels in Solar Age Magazine [September 1986] and it remains true today, more than eighty years since the US FPL began studying SIPs.
Photo (above-left) U.S. Forest Products Laboratory Structural Insulated Panel based prefab houses developed in 1937, built for study and evaluation.
Stress-skin panels are used to wrap around structural timber frames, to sheathe the roofs of cathedral ceilings, and even to build the entire building shell. All of the stress-skin panels for residential construction use similar components. They have polystyrene or polyurethane foam cores and are faced on either side with a "skin" - generally plywood, composition board, OSB, or drywall. But standardization ends there. Beyond the basic material options, stress skin panel products take off in a variety of directions that affect cost, performance, and durability.
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What is an SIP or stressed skin panel or structural insulated panel?
Quoting from the 1960's US FPL study cited later in this article:
Fundamentally, the [stressed skin insulated panel or SIP] system uses panels made of framing members to which plywood sheets or other facing materials are bonded either by glue-nailing or gluing by other types of pressure.
The gluing of these skins causes them and the framing members to act as an integral unit: therefore, under loading, the skins are stressed.
The use of the skins, structurally, allows a reduction in size of the framing material, and the elimination of sheathing and interior finishing materials reduces the weight of the construction considerably.
If it is desirable, the panels may be used only as a structural unit and any type of' exterior or interior finish may be applied.
The sketch of a structural insulated wall panel in cross section shown at left is from the above US FPL study. [Click any image to see an enlarged, detailed version.]
Roof panel SIPs used for roof covering on the 1936 US FPL study homes were nominal 6-Inch thickness units incorporating an air space between the top of the insulation and the underside of the roof deck.
Back in 1986 foam panel user and virtuoso timber-framer Tedd Benson characterized the competition between styrene and urethane foam based stress skin insulated panels: "It's a war out there between the styrene and urethane panel manufacturers!" Not quite a war, but the rivalry was and remains hot. The conflicts between competing types of insulating foam in building products in general have focused mostly on
The vast majority of the stress-skin insulated panels use polystyrene - commonly called beadboard - for the simple reason that it is much cheaper than urethane foam.
William Porter of W.H. Porter Company, Holland MI, a producer of both types of panels indicated that in the 1980's beadboard-filled stress skin insulated panels were selling 10 to one over urethane foam based panels. Those who want the urethane, said Porter, are looking for higher R-values, "... but don't want to go to a foot-thick stress-skin panel."
Our photo (above, left) from the original Solar Age stress skin panel article illustrates wrapping the house with stress-skin panels with drywall on the interior and OSB on the exterior. If heavy siding is used or the exterior is shingled, the OSB has to be strapped. [Click any image for an enlarged, detailed view.]
Inch for inch, a urethane foam core stress skin panel may cost twice as much as a beadboard panel. But compared by R-value the differences are small, said Amos Winter of the urethane-panel manufacturing firm Winter Panel Corp. in Brattleboro, Vermont.
An average 5 1/2-inch foam core stress skin panel filled with beadboard cost [1980's prices] from $1.75 to $2.20 per square foot, said Winter, compared with $2.20 for a 3 1/2-inch urethane stress skin foam core panel with comparable R-value. Urethane foam offers R-6 to R-7 per inch (according to most sources) compared with beadboard's R-3.8 per inch. How well either product holds its R-value over time is another bone of contention. [See INSULATION R-VALUES & PROPERTIES and POLYSTYRENE FOAM INSULATION and URETHANE FOAM Deterioration, Outgassing for current details.]
Urethane foam insulated panel loyalists are skeptical of the performance of beadboard insulation in a fire. Said one builder, "I just wouldn't feel safe in a house that would melt in a fire."
The problem, says Amos Winter, "... is that beadboard panels will fail structurally when the foam starts to melt at around 200 degF, whether the panels burn or not." He says that the melted styrene (it flows at around 250 degF) will feed a fire like molten wax from a candle.
Urethane foam burns more like wood, he says. It stays intact until it burns through. Winter believes that a styrene foam insulated panel system is more acceptable if it has fire-stops throughout and full structural supports - for example, a system with full 2-by splines at all panel joints and edges.
Our photo (above, left) from the original Solar Age stress skin panel article illustrates the installer improving the thermal performance of the stress skin panels by filling joints with one-part urethane foam.
Either type of insulated foam panel can be made to comply with the 15-minute thermal-barrier requirement. But the codes were not written [prior to 1986] "... for a system that melts." says Winter.
William Porter, who makes both beadboard and urethane foam core stress skin panels, points out that both will burn at higher temperatures. He feels that the code requirement for 1/2-inch drywall on studs and 1/2-inch wood on ceiling panels is adequate. Using just drywall on a ceiling stress-skin panel is unwise, anyway, says Porter, because the panel could sag if the drywall ever got wet.
Styrene stress-skin foam core panel supporters counter by arguing that melting temperatures [of the foam insulating core] don't occur in walls or roofs under normal conditions or even during small fires. One manufacturer, Enercept in Watertown SD, says that its panel with drywall and waferboard on the interior surface passed the UL "corner test" intact. In that Underwriters Laboratories fire test, a 35-pound wood pile is ignited in a full-scale mock-up building corner. This type of test is challenged by Winter. He says it isn't representative of condition in a real fire because the space is not enclosed.
Discussions about long-term performance of stress skin panels are equally contentious. Under moist conditions, says Porter, urethane expands slightly as it ages and styrene beadboard contracts. "Too much of either is not desirable," he says.
In a batch of urethane panels produced early on in the 1980's, the foam shrunk and warped the panels, said Winter, who removed and replaced them.
The foam core panel shrinkage problem was solved, he says, by improving the chemistry of the foam insulation. The message is clear: Urethane foam "needs a good cook" to insure good performance.
Our photo (above, left) from the original Solar Age stress skin panel article shows an employee of Atlas Industries, Ayer MA, preparing stress skin foam insulated panels by routing out space to allow spline inserts where panel edges meet. The company has produced stress skin insulated foam core building panels since the mid 1970's.
More important to the durability of stress skin panels is the longevity of the foam core itself and the bond of the foam insulating core to the facing materials of the panel. Many distrust the life expectancy of 1-pound density styrene beadboard, which has a soft, breakable consistency. To get a good bond, the adhesive must penetrate into the beadboard, says Winter. He prefers urethane adhesive with beadboard cores. Urethane, on the other hand, is difficult to bond to because the cells on the surface are cut open "like cracked egg shells".
See Stressed Skin Panel Performance After Twenty-Five Years of Service. Quoting from that document's summary, and recognizing that panels, foam insulation, and adhesives have surely improved since the original 1962 study:
Wall panels used in construction of a prefabricated house, built in 1937, were removed in 1962 to determine their performance characteristics after 25 years' service. The panels were evaluated for stiffness and bending strength, and the glue joints in the plywood and between the plywood and the framing members were evaluated for shear strength. Replacement panels. placed in the prefabricated house in 1962, were evaluated to equivalent design loads of 20 pounds per square foot prior to being placed in the house. Panels of a construction similar to the replacement panels were evaluated to failure.
The panel stiffness evaluations showed that span deflection ratios at design load, both for panels removed after 25 years' service and for recently fabricated panels, exceeded by several times the normal allowable design values for walls. Failing load also exceeded design values by factors of more than 10.
Evaluations of plywood in shear, after the conventional exterior-type boil-dry cycle test, indicated relatively little change in quality of the glue joints after 25 years' service. Results of dry shear tests of the casein-glued joints between plywood and the framing members showed little evidence of deterioration.
The panels were designed and maintained to control moisture effects and the entry of water during the 25 years' service.
There are as many ways to fashion stress-skin foam core building panels as there are manufacturers. With some foam core panels, the urethane is best foamed in place between the sheets, providing its own integral bond between the cured foam insulation and the panel surfaces. More commonly, the plastic foam insulation core is laminated to the sheets of the panel with a contact adhesive or a pressure-set adhesive.
Our photo (left) from the original Solar Age article shows stress skin panels and timber frame components for a completely pre-cut kit house using polystyrene panels and a simplified timber frame system sold by Northern Energy Homes.
"Laminating [foam core insulated building panels] is tricky", says Porter. "If you haven't made a mistake you haven't been in the business long." At one point, he says, his company used an adhesive with a plasticizer that dried up over time and eroded the bond to the stress skin panel. Most glues are sensitive to air temperature and moisture content. They require industrial-type clamping to get good performance.
If laminating is difficult, foaming stress skin panels in place is even more so, says Winter, a veteran urethane foamer. The process is technically complex, chemically volatile, and as much art as science.
The manufacturers do seem to agree that it's best to avoid home-grown stress-skin insulated building panels - particularly if the panels will bear structural loads. The bond of foam to facing is what transfers the loads to the panel skin and gives the panels their strength.
As for the best skin material for stress-skin foam core panels, there is little agreement. Timber-framer Benson experimented with plywood on the exterior. He says he had problems with the plies delaminating. By the early 1980's he had switched from waferboard panels to Oriented Strand Board (OSB) because it is stronger and holds nails better than the waferboard.
All panel facing materials have to be strapped, he says, to receive heavy sidings, because there are no studs.
Another timber-framing company, Northern Energy Homes [photo above] tried waferboard panels before switching back to plywood skinned panels. The waferboard had a "negative appeal to clients" and the savings in cost over plywood were marginal.
On the interior face, Northern Energy Homes uses either 3/4-inch T&G Pine or 1/2-inch drywall. The 1/2-inch drywall is backed by 1/4-inch waferboard - there to keep the panels a uniform thickness and to provide a nailbase for interior trim. With just a drywall skin, hanging finish materials such as kitchen cabinets can present a problem. Tedd Benson has 2x4's custom fitted into the kitchen stress-skin wall panels where wall and base cabinets will attach. For lightweight items, he says, molly bolts into the foam work just fine.
Like most building products, "an insulated stress-skin building panel is only as good as its installation," says Benson. The key is having a good system to attach one panel to another. Most stress-skin panels use some spline system to get continuity between panels.
Our photo (left) from the original Solar Age article illustrates a bowed-roof cape design using structural panels on a home from Winter Panel Corp.
How finicky one must be at the stress skin panel joint is a matter of judgment. A full wood spline - for example, a 2x6 for a nominal 6-inch foam core panel - is the most common treatment at a joint. A full spline nailed through from both faces, and sometimes glued, provides good structural continuity.
But the stress-skin panel joint is a weak link thermally. This will often result in "melt lines" or "frost lines" showing on the roof. Full splines can also lead to cracked drywall joints on the building interior if the wood spline swells during the first winter.
To beef up the stress skin panel joint thermally, many have switched to a double-spline system. This improvement is still vulnerable to thermal, air, and moisture leaks. To bridge the gap thermally, Benson intentionally leaves a 3/8-inch gap in the foam between the splines. The gap is foamed through 1/4-inch holes drilled about every 10 inches from the outside. Northern Energy Homes uses a 1 1/2 x 2-inch foam spline to get thermal continuity. Its panels are slightly beveled, leaving a gap on the outside to be foamed for an airseal.
Stress-skin roofs face another nuisance. Sometimes roof shingles refuse to lie flat over the stress-skin panel joints. The cause is attributed to expansion of the waferboard, which buckles the shingles. This problem has also been reported on conventional roofs with waferboard roof sheathing.
One solution, reports Winter, is to seal the waferboard edges with roofing cement and then wet down the roof to "condition" it to its normal moisture content. Some waferboard manufacturers are said to be responding to the problem by preconditioning their panels. Tedd Benson says that his solid foam-to-foam joint seems to prevent this problem, which he blames in part on moisture that escapes and condenses under the shingles.
Stress-skin building panels can't beat the cost of conventional building systems. But they are carving out a niche in the market for low-energy houses. Stress skin should be come more competitive since the costs of labor and materials for conventional buildings are increasing faster. Most would agree that stress-skin panels are used to their best advantage in manufactured and pre-cut panelized housing, where the increased material costs are offset by labor savings and quicker scheduling.
Enercept pre-cuts homes to the customer's plans. The company supplies a complete system through a dealer/contractor network. Enercept's building construction system is frameless with patented wood and metal connectors for wall and roof stress-skin panels. Vertical loads are picked up by thermally broken studs placed in the panels 4-feet on center. Once the foundation is in, an average house shell can be completed in two or three days, says Enercept's Ken Norberg.
The W.H. Porter Company markets some insulated foam core stress skin panels with a tubular-steel octagonal frame. It's aimed at the recreational and vacation-home market. Most of Porter's panels are sold for roofs of conventional houses, and some for site-built panelized homes. Porter sees great promise for OSB-faced roof stress-skin panels that can san up to 24 feet. "There's no better product," he says, "for cathedral ceiling applications."
Northern Energy Homes supplies completely pre-cut house packages - using styrene core foam panels and a simplified timber frame. "Each piece is pre-engineered and pre-cut for each house," says Northern Energy's Richard Clancy. "This way," he says, "we don't leave our technology up to the contractor." The standard package includes such energy amenities as Heat-Mirror windows, integrated night insulation, and ground water heat pumps.
Other companies garget specialty markets for stress skin insulated building panels. Several pre-fab sunspaces use foam-core stress-skin panels for end-walls and roof sections. Energy Saving Products, a company that specializes in indoor swimming pool equipment, markets stress-skin insulated panels for swimming pool enclosures. The company's Rita Welebob says urethane panels are viewed as a one-step solution to problems caused by rusty nail heads and soggy insulation.
While no figures were available in the 1980's, manufacturers reported rapid growth over the middle of that decade. Enercept's Ken Norberg forecasted growth from 50 to 100 percent per year in stress skin panel use in the mid 1980's.
No one speaks as if stress-skin building panels are panaceas. But arguments and rivalry aside, everyone predicts a bright future for the foam core panel system that can provide structural integrity, exceptional energy performance, and freedom from moisture concerns.
This article is reprinted/adapted/excerpted with permission from Solar Age Magazine - editor Steven Bliss.
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