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Getting the facts straight: a growing number of people have been led to believe that an airliner did not hit the Pentagon on 9/11. However, in this case the "official version" of events is irrefutable.
The priest "looked out just as the plane clipped all overhead sign and then toppled a light pole, injuring a taxi driver a few feet away," recounts investigative author James Bamford in his new book A Pretext for War. "A second later, American Flight 77 smashed into the gray concrete wall of the Pentagon. The jet hit with such force that it penetrated four of the five concentric rings of corridors and offices surrounding a gazebo in the center court, long nicknamed Ground Zero."
"I saw it crash into the building," testifies the priest. "There was an explosion and a loud noise, and I felt the impact. I remember seeing a fireball come out of two windows.... I saw an explosion of fire billowing through those two windows. I remember heating a gasp or scream from one of the other cars near me. Almost a collective gasp, it seemed."
That "collective gasp" was wrenched from the throats of numerous witnesses who--like Father McGraw--saw the crash with their own eyes, heard the explosions with their own cars, and felt the percussive aftershock with their own bodies.
"Did you see that?" exclaimed Aydan Kizildrgli, a student from Turkey who had also been snarled in traffic. Notes Bamford: "Traffic along the highway came immediately to a halt as people jumped out of their cars and began putting their cell phones to their ears. Stunned and dazed, Kizildrgli left his car on the road and began walking aimlessly for half an hour."
Also among the eyewitnesses were Dan Creed and two colleagues from Oracle Software, who, seated in a car near the Naval Annex, watched in horrified wonder as the hijacked plane dived, leveled off and struck the Pentagon next door. Telling his story to the Phoenix, Arizona, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Creed recalled the dreadful events. "It was no more than 30 feet off the ground, and it was screaming. It was just screaming. It was nothing more than a guided missile at that point," said Creed.
Moments later, the plane struck the Pentagon, killing all 64 of its passengers and crew. The crash took the lives of another 125 people on the ground. "I can still see the plane, I can still see it right now. It's just the most frightening thing in the world, going full speed, going full throttle, its wheels up," Creed recalled.
Frank Probst, an employee of the Pentagon Renovation Program Office, was outside the Pentagon on the morning of September 11, 2001. In an interview with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Probst gave his own eyewitness account. He had been watching live television coverage of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center tower in one of the construction site trailers.
Around 9:30 a.m., Probst left the trailer and (as paraphrased in an ASCE report) "began walking to the Modular Office Compound ... located beyond the extreme north end of the Pentagon" for a 10 o'clock meeting. Approaching the heliport, he looked over and saw "a plane flying low over the Annex and heading right for him." Understandably, Probst "hit the ground and observed the fight wing tip pass through the portable 750 kW generator" that provided backup power to a portion of the Pentagon. He saw the right engine take out "the chain-link fence and posts surrounding the generator." The left engine, he said, "struck an external steam vault before the fuselage entered the building."
Probst described to the ASCE how, "as the fireball from the crash moved toward him," he ran toward the South Parking Lot. He said that he fell down twice, and while running, "fine pieces of wing debris floated down about him." He only saw "fire and smoke within the building at the point of impact."
The ASCE also interviewed Don Mason, another employee of the Pentagon Renovation Program Office. At the time of the crash, Mason was "stopped in traffic west of the building," according to the ASCE account of his story. "The plane approached low," flying "directly" over him, "possibly clipping the antenna of the vehicle immediately behind him" It also "struck three light poles between him and the building."
Mason, the ASCE recounted, said that he saw his colleague Probst "directly in the plane's path, and he witnessed a small explosion as the portable generator was struck by the right wing." He also recalled "seeing the tail of the plane" as it entered the building, followed by a "fireball that erupted" upon the plane's impact.
With eyewitness testimony like this, it's hard to see how anyone could believe that American Airlines Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon. Shockingly, though, that's just what a growing number of people have been led to believe. A number of Web sites claim that the twin-engine Boeing 757 did not crash into the Pentagon. Their theories range from truck bombs and pre-set on-site explosive charges to remotely controlled aircraft and missile attacks.
It is not just the events of 9/11 at the Pentagon, however, that have people scratching their heads. Americans are inundated each day with a veritable torrent of information, both true and false. There has been a marked proliferation of 24-hour news channels, a renaissance in talk radio, and a deluge of information on the Internet. Moreover, there has been an explosion in consumer goods and an accompanying explosion in advertising related to those goods and services. We are bombarded with claims and counterclaims. Oftentimes it is exceedingly difficult to separate the hype from the truth.
The problem applies to alternative news media as well as mainstream media. The former are wont to publish all manner of conjecture and theory, often based on only the slimmest, often misconstrued, bits of "evidence." For instance, it is true that our nation and our liberties are threatened by a cabal of establishment Insiders bent on creating a socialist world government (see the article on page 20). Many alternative media outlets, however, persist in perpetuating "conspiracy theories" that are untrue and misleading. This is particularly true of the assertion that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon.
Americans mindful of the dangers threatening the founding ideals of this nation need be especially cautious in such matters. The hazards can be illustrated by applying Gresham's Law. In economics, this law teaches that bad money drives out good. In the information society, bad information drives out good information. The proliferation of misinformation causes the dilution of good, factual information. Valuable information on actual cover-ups, for instance, is discredited when other alleged, but non-factual and misleading, conspiracy theories are given undue currency. In short, bad conspiracy theories discredit all assertions of conspiracy, making for fertile ground in which actual conspiracies thrive.
The assertion that American Airlines Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon achieved notoriety following the publication in France of l'Effroyable Imposture by French journalist Thierry Meyssan. The book, published in the U.S. as 9/11: The Big Lie, was an immediate sensation in France, becoming, as Time Europe noted, that nation's number one best-seller. The book has since catalyzed an explosion of Web sites and alternative publications making similar claims. For his part, Meyssan claims that the official explanation of the Pentagon's damage--that the hijacked airliner crashed into the building--is "a loony tale constructed in bits and pieces, one lie leading to another."
Instead of providing an alternative explanation, however, he simply demanded that the U.S. come clean. "The official version is only propaganda," he wrote. "But the facts remain that 125 persons died at the Pentagon and that an airplane carrying 64 passengers disappeared. What became of American Airlines flight 77? Are the passengers dead? If so, who killed them and why? If not, where are they? The U.S. administration should address all these questions."
Such questions, of course, ignore publicly available evidence, including the fact that some passenger remains were found. Diagrams presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers, in its report entitled The Pentagon Building Performance Report, show the relative positions of passenger remains found within the damaged structure of the Pentagon.
By applying certain principles, it is possible to evaluate the validity of a given news report, press release, advertisement, conspiracy theory, or other claim. In fact, the 9/11 crash at the Pentagon provides a sort of laboratory with which to demonstrate these principles of critical thinking.
Evaluating Meyssan's Work
In essence, Meyssan states that there is no evidence for the official version of events, then assumes on that basis that the official version must be false. Historian David Hackett Fischer categorizes such reasoning as "the fallacy of the negative proof," wherein a person argues that "'there is no evidence that X is the case,' and then proceeds to affirm or assume that not-X is the case." In such instances all that is proven, Fischer notes, is that there "is no evidence of X."
Unfortunately for Meyssan, there is plenty of evidence regarding what happened at the Pentagon on 9/11. The U.S. government did, in fact, answer Meyssan's questions in the form of the "official version" of events. By asking such questions in l'Effroyable Imposture, published in the U.S. as 9/11: The Big Lie, Meyssan makes a ham-handed, almost absurd, attempt to lead readers to conclude that no explanation for that day's events had yet been offered.
Having come under fire for 9/11: The Big Lie, Meyssan and his organization released a subsequent book, Pentagate, that more fully develops his critique of the attack on the Pentagon. The analysis provided in Pentagate makes attempts on multiple fronts to convince readers that the conventional explanation of the damage at the Pentagon is faulty. According to the book:
* Witness testimony indicates that a missile was responsible for the damage. "In all cases," the book concludes, "these testimonies concerning the sound and the trajectory also correspond perfectly with the manner in which a missile flies in the final phase of flight, just before it strikes its target."
* There is no debris from the plane, and the wings, which should have sheared off, are nowhere to be seen.
* The damage at the Pentagon could have been caused by a missile but not by a plane. "The building was not smashed into as if it had suffered from a classic plane crash," Meyssan writes in Pentagate, "but was perforated as if struck by a missile."
* Civilian sources did not know where Flight 77 was after 9:09 a.m. on 9/11. Consequently, civilian flight control, the FAA, "could not have known that the plane turned back [toward Washington, D.C.] since it had become, by the agency's own admission, invisible to its eyes...."
* The U.S. military did not destroy the plane, despite having the capability to do so.
By attempting to develop these five points in greater detail, Meyssan attempts to lead readers to the conclusion that a missile, fired by the U.S. armed forces, hit the Pentagon.
Consistent Witness Testimony
A very basic means of judging the validity of any story is the ability to identify multiple named witnesses who each attest, in consistent fashion, to the various "facts" at issue. How does Meyssan measure up to this requirement? The answer: not very well.
In fact, though he asserts that the Pentagon was hit by a missile and not an airplane, he does not cite even a single witness claiming to have seen a missile. His only "evidence" for the missile theory are descriptive similes used by witnesses who attested to seeing a plane but who compared the plane to a missile. For instance, he quotes USA Today reporter Joel Sucherman, who saw the plane as it raced toward its target. According to Sucherman, "whoever was flying the plane made no attempt to change direction. It was coming in at a high rate of speed, but not at a steep angle--almost like a heat-seeking missile was locked on its target and staying dead on course."
Meyssan also quotes another USA Today reporter, Mike Walter, who saw the plane crash into the Pentagon. As to the plane's behavior, Walter recalled that he saw "a plane, a plane from American Airlines. I thought: 'That's not right, it's really low.' And I saw it. I mean, it was like a cruise missile with wings." Based on these and other witnesses who described the plane's behavior by using missile similes, Meyssan concludes, "In all cases, these testimonies concerning the sound and the trajectory also correspond perfectly with the manner in which a missile flies in the final phase of flight, just before it strikes its target."
If the witnesses are not saying that they saw a missile, what are they saying? Sucherman, in stating that the plane seemed "like a heat-seeking missile" that "was locked on its target" was not saying that it was a heat-seeking missile, but was simply describing in an emphatic manner the fact that the plane did not deviate from its course. The same applies to Mike Walter's statement that he saw "a plane, a plane from American Airlines," which "was like a cruise missile with wings." To anyone with even a basic grasp of the English language, Sucherman and Walter are speaking metaphorically. Either Meyssan does not understand the use of metaphor in English, or he is being disingenuous.
The Scene of the Crime
The most intriguing points of the theory proposed by Meyssan and others that the Pentagon was not struck by a jetliner are to be found at the scene of the crime. According to Meyssan, the damage to the building was not extensive enough to have been caused by a giant airliner moving at speeds of more than 350 mph (more than 500 mph according to the "official version"), and there are no discernable pieces of the aircraft remaining, as should have been the case if the Pentagon was hit by a plane. Both claims are based on misinterpretations and factual errors.
As to the extent of damage at the Pentagon, in 9/11: The Big Lie, Meyssan provides an aerial photo showing the collapsed section of the outer ring of the Pentagon with an outline of a jetliner superimposed on the image. Referring to this graphic, he writes: "If one superimposes the plane's outline onto the satellite photo ... it can be seen that only the nose of the Boeing entered the building. The fuselage and the wings remained outside." He goes on in this vein, stating: "The plane was stopped dead, without its wings having struck the facade. There is no visible trace of any impact except that from the Boeing's nose. We should thus be able to see the wings and the fuselage outside, on the lawn in fact."
In his subsequent book, Pentagate, he argues that the scale of the damage to the facade of the building was too small to have been caused by the Boeing airliner. This estimation is based largely on an analysis of a photo taken prior to the building's collapse that shows the entry hole punched through the building. In the photo the entry hole is visible extending to the top of the second floor and ending just shy of two of the third floor windows. Only the top of the hole, corresponding roughly with the level of the second floor, is visible. The lower portion of the impact site is entirely obscured in the photo by a heavy jet of water being sprayed across the building's facade by a fire truck.
Meyssan alleges from this that the entry hole was too small to have been made by a Boeing 757. "The impact itself is nevertheless quite narrow," he writes. "It extends from ground level to the first floor of the building (about 25 feet high). [Note that what Americans refer to as the second floor, Europeans call the first floor.] Its width corresponds to that of two windows above (about 17 to 20 feet wide)." He concludes: "The aircraft that passed through this orifice thus measured less than 17 to 20 feet in diameter. That could correspond to the passenger cabin of a Boeing 757-200 which in fact measures 11.5 feet. But this plane also possesses wings that give a total breadth of 125 feet." The inference, of course, is that Flight 77 could not have caused the damage to the facade of the Pentagon.
In fact, the photo presented as evidence by Meyssan in support of this analysis is misleading, because the ground floor of the building is obscured. Other photos were taken of the facade before the collapse that show much greater damage that does fit the profile of an aircraft. Damage below the two windows cited by Meyssan and extending through the floor above ground level clearly corresponds to the entry point of the fuselage, while to the left and fight of this area damage caused by the wings is clearly visible.
Though the Pentagon survived the impact remarkably well, the plane cut a vast swath of destruction throughout the affected portion of the structure. The building, it should be noted, is built of steel rein forced concrete and masonry throughout, supported by narrowly spaced, spirally reinforced concrete columns varying in thickness from 14 to 21 inches, with the larger columns, naturally, to be found in the first story.
The load-bearing columns support a slab, beam, and girder system of flooring. While not a fortress, the construction of the Pentagon is substantial and massive. The building is constructed of 680,000 tons of sand and gravel that were used to make the steel-reinforced concrete. Each of the live sides of the building then contains more than 100,000 tons of structural building components.
The Boeing aircraft, by comparison, weighed nearly 100 tons and, like any aircraft. was of much lighter aluminum and composite construction, as befitting a vehicle meant to fly.
The American Society of Civil Engineers described the impact site and the damage in their comprehensive report on the crash. According to the report, "Most of the serious structural damage was within a swath that was approximately 75 to 80 ft wide and extended approximately 230 ft into the first floor of the building. This swath was oriented at approximately 35 to 40 degrees perpendicular to the exterior wall of the Pentagon. Within the swath of serious damage was a narrower, tapering area that contained most of the very severe structural damage. This tapering area approximated a triangle in plan and had a width of approximately 90 ft at the aircraft's entry point and a length of approximately 230 ft along the trajectory of the aircraft through the building."
No Evidence of a Missile
Because Meyssan misleadingly downplays the damage to the building, he is able to argue that the damage was caused by a missile. But here again is another example of faulty logic. In a section of Pentagate written by Pierre-Henri Bunel, the author notes that the damage at the Pentagon "resembles the effects of anti-concrete hollow charges...." There is no witness testimony presented indicating that anyone saw a cruise missile.
Though many people saw an American Airlines plane fly into the Pentagon, no one is quoted as having seen a military plane launch a missile and there is no indication that one was fired either from land or sea-based launch systems. The assertion that a missile damaged the Pentagon is based solely on the fact that the explosion and resulting damage at the Pentagon have some similarities with those caused by cruise missile warheads.
In a sense, this argument takes the form of what historian David Hackett Fischer calls the "fallacy of the possible proof." This fallacy, Fischer notes, consists of attempting to demonstrate that a proposition is true or false solely "by establishing the possibility of its truth or falsity." For instance, it is possible for it to snow in North Dakota on June 1. It does not follow from this possibility that it did actually snow in North Dakota on June 1. Similarly, it is possible that a missile hit the Pentagon. Unfortunately, admitting the possibility of such is not the same as proving that it actually happened--particularly when eyewitnesses, including those cited by Meyssan, unambiguously reported seeing a plane.
To take it to the next step and prove that such an event actually occurred, it would be necessary to cite evidence supporting the assertion. It has already been noted that witnesses unambiguously reported seeing a plane hit the Pentagon and not a missile. Likewise, there is no physical evidence that would both support the missile theory and undermine the official explanation that Flight 77 was responsible for the damage.
Meyssan attempts to skirt this issue, but faulty logic again thwarts his analysis. He cites the statements of firefighters who stated, "The only way you could tell that an aircraft was inside was that we saw pieces of the nose gear." He then quotes Arlington County fire chief Ed Plaugher, who in a statement to the press on September 12, 2001 said, "We have what we believe is a puddle right there that the--what we believe to be the nose of the aircraft...."
A few lines later, Meyssan makes the critical leap in logic. "In contrast to the fragile nose of a plane, the heads of certain missiles are extremely resistant. This debris that firemen said they saw and that they had trouble identifying as the nose of the plane could well have been the warhead of a missile." What is the fatal flaw in this statement? The warhead happens to be the portion of the weapon that contains the explosive charge. Had a missile detonated inside the Pentagon, there would not be a warhead remaining to be found by fire-fighters. Meyssan can't have his cake and eat it too.
Moreover, though Meyssan argues that there is no debris from the plane located near or inside the Pentagon, witnesses have attested to the existence of such debris, and some of that debris even appears in the photographic record. In addition to landing gear, engine components, and the plane's "black boxes," chunks of aluminum and other plane debris were found inside the damaged section of the building.
Occam's Razor
There are still other problems with Meyssan's analysis. He notes correctly, for instance, that Flight 77 was lost to FAA controllers after the hijackers turned off the plane's transponder. He insists, however, that because the controllers lost the flight, no evidence exists that the plane was turned toward Washington. This, too, is not true. In fact, the 9/11 Commission Report points out that, "According to the radar reconstruction, American 77 reemerged as a primary target on Indianapolis Center radar scopes at 9:05, east of its last known position. The target remained in Indianapolis Center's airspace for another six minutes, then crossed into the western portion of Washington Center's airspace at 9:10."
In yet another example of the "fallacy of the possible proof," Meyssan alleges that because the U.S. military did not prevent Flight 77 from reaching the Pentagon, despite the fact that it is the most powerful and sophisticated military organization in the world, the U.S. armed forces must, therefore, have purposefully facilitated the attack. Strictly speaking, this absurd suggestion fits the basic description of a "possibility." Once again, however, the necessity of an event does not follow from its possibility.
Overall, however, the Meyssan theory fails its most important test. A 14th century philosopher, William of Occam, formulated the principle ("Occam's razor") that the best explanation of observed phenomena is the simplest. Of the two competing explanations for the events at the Pentagon and on Flight 77, one posits that the plane struck the building at a high rate of speed causing both the disintegration of the plane and the destruction on the ground. The other, Meyssan's theory, argues that the plane did not hit the Pentagon but disappeared. Not only does the extant evidence run counter to this theory, but it does not account for some of the observed phenomena, does not explain what happened to the plane and its passengers, and is manifestly more complex.
It is safe to say that the thesis advocated by Thierry Meyssan, that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon, is a tour de force of obfuscation and misinterpretation. Meyssan has nevertheless attracted a bevy of adherents who have based their own interpretations and theories on his. Just how prevalent this theory has become can be confirmed quickly with a Web search. Such a search turns up very little useful information but returns a veritable mountain of misinformation.
This, in fact, underscores the problem. Modern society is awash in a rapidly expanding sea of information, and it has become increasingly more difficult to identify information that is reliable, factual and useful. Nevertheless, it is essential to identify reliable information sources and carefully evaluate their material. What is the background of the source? Does the source have a track record of reliability? Is the story verifiable? Are witnesses named, or are they anonymous? Does the story match known or observed phenomena, or does it run counter to these? Are there elements of the story that you know to be true--or know not to be true? Has the source consistently employed fallacious reasoning?
Failure to carefully weigh the reliability of information sources by asking these and other questions exposes patriotic Americans to the possibility of being misled and marginalized, an outcome to be avoided if the tide toward collectivism is to be reversed.
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Have you been looking for a new cooler for your processor? Are you big into overclocking and you want the most efficient way to cool your overclocked dual or quad core CPU? Maybe you are not ready to venture over into the side of extreme cooling, and want to stick with air cooling. If so, you are in luck, Cooler Master has just released their V8 CPU Cooler. This cooler is like nothing else that is currently out on the market. Its huge (No surprise there), can be used with multiple platforms (LGA775, AMD 754,939,940and AM2), and looks like it can cool anything you can throw at it with 180 watts worth of capacity. The Cooler Master V8 Cooler features four separate fin arrays with a center mounted fan to maximize it's cooling abilities. I am interested to see exactly how well this cooler works and how well it's going to cool an overclocked Intel quad-core CPU. Will it be the one to finally pull the TRUE off it's pedestal and become the new king of the hill, or will it be another pretender with high expectations?
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Now that we have seen the package for the Cooler Master V8, I am interested in seeing how the cooler was kept in place during the shipping process, and what she looks like. When you open the package up, the cooler is in a molded plastic package to keep it from moving around during the shipping process, as well as to help prevent any fins from being damaged. Included with the cooler are the warranty card, a user manual and an accessory box.
Inside of the white accessory box, you find everything that is needed for the installation of the Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler. You may be wondering what comes in that package. Well, when you open it up, you are going to see that there is a back plate for the Intel Socket 775 CPU, one of the more common CPU sockets on the market right now, and there is a bag that contains everything else that you are going to need. Inside of this bag, you are going to find another smaller bag that contains all of the screws/bolts to mount the cooler with, a tube of thermal paste, two mounting brackets for the Socket 775, as well as the mounting bracket and back plate for the AMD side of things.
Now that we know exactly what the Cooler Master V8's package looks like and what comes packaged with it, we are ready to take one of the first looks at the Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler.

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I have a beautiful burgundy 7-speed Cruiser. The upright riding position makes it easy to ride for hours. I have a bike rack in the truck bed so we can take our rides to parks or concrete trails anywhere. I expect this baby to last many, many years and it sure looks like it will!
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Having been an avid mountain biker for years I was skeptical of getting on anything that remotely resembled a "casual" bike. However, with a 2 1/2 year old son who is just learning to ride, I was looking for something I could jump on in flip flops to cruise the bike path with him rather than clip into. Much to my surprise, this is now my favorite bike in my garage. I've thrown some ape hangers on it and now ride this bike almost every day. I commute to work, hang with the family, and run to the food store with a trailer I have made from the frame of my son's tow along kiddie trailer. This bike is awesome. It is what it is - I'm not taking it off road or training with it, but for a bike that is just FUN to ride, you can't beat it.
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So much for being honest in my reviews. Apparently my review of this bike was censored for saying that the crank isn't far enough forward to be a true flat footer like the Townie. Or maybe it was the bikes tendency to throw its chain when making the big step from first to second gear. This even though my overall review was positive and I love my bike. Just thought we were suppose to be honest. Oh well...
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The last time I rode a bicycle was nearly 20 years and 50 pounds ago, and the Cruiser 7D is proving to be a good choice for returning to the world of human powered vehicles. This is a very low tech bike with a one piece crank and steel (I think) hubs, but that's exactly what some of us want. And while the crank isn't far enough forward to be a true flat footer like the Townie, the riding position is very comfortable with the WIDE handlebars and big (like mine) cushy seat. My only complaint is with the big gap between 1st and 2nd gears. Not only is it too big of a change while riding, but it's apparently almost too much for the derailer to handle as I've had the chain go slack and come off the crank a few times. Having said that, I already find myself enjoying rides of 10 to 15 miles at a time on the improved trails that follow the rivers and connect the parks around Ft. Wayne IN.[...]
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- Radon can accumulate in the ambient air of closed rooms. Particularly harmful are its short-lived progeny which can deposit in the respiratory tract. Alpha radiation that accrues during decay can promote lung cancer.
- According to statistical risk calculations, nearly 1,900 deaths yearly are due to indoor radon in Germany. Within the European Union, 20,000 deaths yearly can be attributed to indoor radon.
- A permanently increased radon concentration in ambient air of 100 Becquerel per cubic meter increases the lung cancer risk by about 16 %.
The inert gas radon can easily leak from the underground and spread in the air or solute in water. Due to the dilution effect, the radon concentration in free air is very low. In closed rooms, however, radon can accumulate in the air.
Thus, indoor concentrations are usually higher than outdoors and can be extremely high in underground mining. This is the reason why health effects were first observed in miners working underground. Meanwhile, they have also been proven for smaller concentrations possibly occurring in dwellings.
What health risks are associated with radon?
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As early as in the 16th century, an unusual accumulation of lung cancer was observed in underground miners in Schneeberg in the Ore Mountains and was named "Schneeberg disease". At that time, it was not known that the disease was lung cancer and what was its cause. Four centuries later, it was shown in a series of miners' studies that radon and its progeny are a causal factor for bronchial carcinoma. The International Association for the Research in Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) classified radon as a human carcinogen in 1988. As a consequence, the question arose whether also lower concentrations, such as usually found in dwellings, might pose a health risk to the population.
In the 1980s, more than 20 large epidemiologic studies were conducted in Europe, North America and China to directly investigate the lung cancer risk of radon in dwellings. Among them were two large studies from Germany. The studies have meanwhile been finished and published. They consistently show an increased risk of lung cancer from indoor radon. The risk estimates are very similar to those of the miners' studies at comparable exposures.
European studies on lung cancer and indoor radon
The largest and most valid study is the combined analysis of 13 European studies, published in 2005 (Darby et al. 2005 and Kreuzer 2005). Overall, 7,148 lung cancer cases and 14,208 controls were included. Radon concentrations in the current and past homes of the participants were measured for at least six months. Furthermore, all individuals were questioned in detail about their smoking history and other potential risk factors for lung cancer.
The time-weighted average radon concentration for dwellings of the last 35 years was calculated for each individual. All risk analyses considered the most important confounders such as age, gender, smoking and region.
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The results of the combined analysis of 13 European studies constitute the basis for the re-evaluation of radon-induced health risks by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and the German Commission on Radiation Protection (SSK) in 2005, as well as for the current assessment by WHO (WHO, 2009). We present a summary of the results here.
According to the present results, radon is considered a cause of lung cancer in smokers and non-smokers.
The association between radon exposure and lung cancer risk is linear without indication for a threshold, meaning that the lung cancer risk increases proportional with increasing radon concentration. When accounting for uncertainties in the retrospective exposure estimation the risk increases by about 16 % whenever concentration increases by 100 becquerels per cubic meter (Bq/m³). Accordingly, compared to a person without any radon exposure, an individual exposed to a long-term radon concentration of 100 Bq/m³ has a 16 % higher risk for lung cancer, an individual exposed to 200 Bq/m³ has a 32 % higher risk, and so on.
Even when restricting the risk analysis to participants with less than 200 Bq/m³, the linear risk model demonstrates a statistically significant risk. When considering only never-smokers, a statistically significant increase in risk of about 10 % is found.
The table below shows the probability of dying from lung cancer by age 75 years as a function of radon concentration for never-smokers and current smokers who smoke about one pack (15-24 cigarettes) per day. The following assumptions are made:
- The lung cancer risk of a current smoker of one pack per day is 25 times higher than that of a never-smoker.
The linear risk increase is 16 percent per additional increase of 100 Bq/m³ in radon concentration, independent of smoking status.
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|Deaths per 1,000 current smokers
Source: Darby et al. 2005
Number of lung cancer deaths caused by radon
The proportion of lung cancer deaths caused by indoor-radon in Europe was roughly estimated in the pooled European analysis.
According to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), the population-weighted mean of radon concentrations in dwellings in the European Union is about 59 Bq/m³. Assuming a linear increase in risk of 16 % per 100 Bq/m³, indoor radon causes nine % of all lung cancer deaths and two % of all cancer deaths in Europe. In absolute numbers, this results in about 20,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the European Union caused by radon (Darby et al. 2005).
The average indoor radon concentration in Germany is 49 Bq/m³. According to latest estimations, indoor radon causes about five % of all lung cancer deaths in Germany. In absolute numbers, this means that 1,900 lung cancer deaths per year can be attributed to radon (Menzler et al. 2006).
Smoking and radon
The radon-induced risk increase from the baseline risk is comparable for current smokers, ex-smokers and never-smokers. However, since current smokers and to some extent ex-smokers have a much higher baseline risk for lung cancer, an equally high relative risk results in a much higher absolute risk for smokers than for never-smokers. The majority of radon-induced lung cancer deaths therefore concern current and ex-smokers.
The table at "risk assessment" shows the probabilities of dying from lung cancer by age 75 as a function of radon concentrations separated for never-smokers and current smokers of one pack per day. The risk for ex-smokers who stopped smoking less than 10 years ago is approximately 80 % of the risk of a current smoker of one pack per day.
In a group of 1,000 current smokers, assuming a radon concentration of 800 Bq/m³ one can expect 216 lung cancer deaths by age 75, compared to 101 lung cancer deaths at 0 Bq/m³ (hypothetically). In 1,000 never-smokers under the same circumstances, the number of expected lung cancer deaths increases from four to nine.
Bochicchio F et al. National radon programmes and policies: The RADPAR recommendations. Rad Prot Dosimetry 2014; 160(1-3): 14-17.
Darby S et al.: Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies. BMJ 2005 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38308.477650.63
Kreuzer M: Radon in Wohnungen ist wichtigster Umweltrisikofaktor für Lungenkrebs. UMID 1/2005, 12-14 (in German)
Menzler S, Schaffrath-Rosario A, Wichman H E, Kreienbrock L: Abschätzung des attributablen Lungenkrebsrisikos in Deutschland durch Radon in Wohnungen. Ecomed-Verlag, Landsberg, 2006 (in German)
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EU project "Radon Prevention and Remediation (RADPAR)"
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On the website Radon Prevention and Remediation -RADPAR you can find the final report of the EU project and a corresponding brochure (see also Bochicchio F et al. National radon programmes and policies: The RADPAR recommendations. Rad Prot Dosimetry 2014; 160(1-3): 14-17).
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"There is no such word as 'can't,' " Elsa Moegle Jennings says. "It's all in your mind. If you want to do something badly enough, you can."
"There is no such word as 'can't,' " Elsa Moegle Jennings says. "It's all in your mind. If you want to do something badly enough, you can."
Jennings should know. She's been doing one amazing thing after another for a long time. On Dec. 29, she will turn 100 years young.
Jennings, who is a summer resident of Hendersonville, has been a lifelong trailblazer and remains active today. She was one of the first women students accepted to The Juilliard School (then called Institute of Musical Art) and in 1936 was the first woman harpist to graduate from Juilliard.
An only child, Jennings was born in Jersey City, N.J., to two musicians — her father was a violinist and her mother a pianist. Her father died when Jennings was only a year old, and he had a dream that his daughter would become a harpist.
"My mother bought me my first harp when I was 9 years old," Jennings recalls. Later, she received a grand harp, "the big one," and it took both her mother and her to move it. "It's much easier now because they have wheels on them," she observes.
Jennings made her professional debut in 1934 at age 17 at Steinway Hall. Tickets to the performance were $1.65.
But as a child, she was also active in sports, enjoying horseback riding, fishing, swimming, boating and archery.
"I still love to swim and fish and boat," Jennings says. "Yesterday, I was in the lake in my little outboard boat and the engine wouldn't start to get me back to shore. So I rowed myself back."
After graduation from Juilliard,
Jennings headed the harp department at Marymount College in New York, then began touring. Her early experience and training with symphony orchestras gave her a broad vision, led by conductors including Leopold Stokowski, Alexander Smallens and Albert Stoessel.
"I toured with Michael Strange, John Barrymore's former wife and a poet, for a year and a half," Jennings recalled. Among her many concert performances, Jennings played at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and at the White House, by invitation from Eleanor Roosevelt.
Her mother traveled with her. For 20 years, they toured the country, clocking 200,000 miles while living in an Airstream trailer and traveling in Jennings' reconfigured car so that her concert harp could fit into what was once the back seat.
"We would stop at a gas station, get gas, and park overnight, all for one dollar," Jennings remembers, laughing.
While fishing in Delray Beach, Fla., Elsa Moegle (pronounced MOO-glee) met Victor Jennings. They both loved to fish and lived near each other. She was 37, he was 67. They were married in 1951.
"We had 25 wonderful years together," Jennings says with a smile.
He was an inventor of looms for the commercial textile industry. She quit touring about a year after their marriage. They traveled around the world, beginning with a honeymoon in Bermuda.
"There was a hurricane, so our honeymoon was cut short," she recalls. "But we visited every continent together including every country in Europe and in Africa."
While keeping their home in Florida, the Jennings moved to Asheville in 1961, where her mother lived until her death in 1972. They moved to Hendersonville in 1971. Victor died seven years after their move here.
Jennings still lives in the stone home they bought. Her neighbors call her "the go-go girl."
Jean Perdue, a friend of Jennings' through their church, says, "Elsa is amazingly alert, active and interested in everything and everybody. Without a doubt, Elsa is the most interesting person I know."
Perdue adds, "I count my time with Elsa a blessing. Elsa is small in stature, being less than 5 feet tall, but oh so very big in every other way. What an inspiration she is to all who are fortunate enough to know her!"
Until two months ago when she had a stroke, Jennings lived by herself. Twelve days after having the stroke, Jennings boarded a cruise to the Bahamas. And she takes no medications, she states proudly.
She also maintains a home in Florida. "I spend my winters down there and my summers here," Jennings says.
She is a member of the Society of Four Arts in Lantana, which affords her plenty of opportunities to dress up. "I really love sequined clothing," she confesses.
And she still travels. Her favorite places to visit include Africa, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Middle East, Mongolia, Thailand and Burma.
Friend Margie Richards wrote of her, "We love Elsa. We miss her when she's gone, and she's always on the go!"
Future trips include a two-week visit to Canada in the early fall and a journey in early 2014 to Dubai to celebrate her century mark. She will celebrate her centennial birthday in Florida.
To what does Jennings attribute her longevity? "I have good genes," she responds immediately. "My mother died in her 80s, and my Swiss grandparents died in their 90s."
"I eat good food, too," Jennings says. "Fruits and vegetables, fish and meat. Last year, I weighed 157 pounds, but I cut out lunches and now I weigh 103 pounds."
The petite Jennings says she "feels great."
"I stay busy, too," she says. "I love arts and crafts, including jewelry making; needle arts like knitting, crocheting and macram�; tile mosaics; and china painting." She also loves shopping at thrift stores.
Because of macular degeneration, she stopped driving at age 96.
Last year, she attended Camp Dogwood with the Lions Club, where she enjoyed horseback riding, fishing, boating, hiking, tubing and playing wee-tee golf. She received the Silver Star award at the same camp in 2011.
Her final piece of advice to living a long, happy, active life?
"You must not be a pessimist," she says. "Don't worry; just take care of it when it comes."


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text: The Drum Major Instinct, a sermon delivered by Dr. King at the Atlanta Ebenezer Baptist Church, frames the "instinct" as being responsible for the social ills of the world. Dr. King proclaims that racial inequality in America and the war in Vietnam are the result of nations engaging in a "bitter colossal contest for supremacy." He suggests that the only way to end this "suicidal thrust" is to abide by an altered definition of the instinct – the definition of Jesus Christ. He ends by stating that Jesus wants us to stride for greatness, as long as we are great in love, moral excellence and in generosity.


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Any football fan can tell you the year's biggest game, the Super Bowl, will be played Sunday.
Any football fan can tell you the year's biggest game, the Super Bowl, will be played Sunday.
This is the 48th edition of the game that has become America's biggest sporting event. Forget the Daytona 500, The Masters, the World Series or college basketball's Final Four � nothing compares to the Super Bowl.
At 55, I'm old enough to remember the first Super Bowl, which was played Jan. 15, 1967 in Los Angeles between the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers. I was 8 years old at the time. The Packers won that game that was simply known as the AFL-NFL Championship Game.
By the time the New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts in the third championship game, the title Super Bowl had been attached to the game and a piece of Americana had been born.
I was more interested in playing and doing things boys do than watching those early Super Bowls. I remember watching few minutes of the games before running outside to play with my friends.
I guess you could say I grew up with the Super Bowl and as both the big game and I grew my interest and love for the game increased. By the time I was in middle school the game was a must see event, and I've rarely missed watching the game since.
I have watched the Super Bowl from the lobby of my college dorm and the comfort of my own living room.
My church in Knoxville would have Super Bowl parties after the Sunday evening service. One member would tape the game while the service was being held and afterwards everyone would gather in the Fellowship Hall to watch the replay until we caught the game in real time. I loved those Sunday evenings with friends.
The 1984 Super Bowl is one I barely remember, but will never forget. I was working as an assistant manager at a McDonalds in Tifton, Ga., that year when the Saturday before the game a crew member came in and I jokingly told her I was going to call in sick the next day because she was working.
I woke up that next morning three kinds of sick to my stomach. And yes, I had to call in sick on Super Bowl Sunday.
My favorite Super Bowl was Super Bowl 44 or, if you are into the Roman numerals, Super Bowl XLIV. The New Orleans Saints, a team I've pulled for since they first came into the National Football League, won that game over the Indianapolis Colts, led by my favorite player, Peyton Manning.
Manning will be back in the field Sunday to lead the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks and I'll be pulling for Denver. I will be watch Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin closely as he played his high school football at Gulf Breeze and becomes the second player from my alma mater to make the big game.
The Super Bowl turns 50 two years from now and I'm not a kid any more. These days when I get my hair cut there is my grey hair on the floor than the brown hair it used to be.
Yes, I'm getting older, but the Super Bowl seems to be getting better. The players in this year's game are young enough to be my sons and it won't be too many more years until they'll be young enough to be my grandsons.
I'll be watching the big game Sunday as I have for so many years. Yes, the Super Bowl has be woven into the fabric of our nation and into the fabric of my life as well.
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The article assumes that they had one at some point in time. Looking at the US's History, I would say that we have never been a "moral" country.
2) Marijuana - to paraphrase my dad, I say legalize it and then tax the hell out of it. I don't believe this "gateway drug" crap.
Religious freedom to join the Orthodox Church means that America is good, and that I'm wrong about it having failed. Ok, can't argue with that logic, you've bested me!
No, I'm talking about basic morality. Remember this country started out as one of the biggest slave nations and was one of the last in the Western world to end the horrific practice. Not to mention that it was a full hundred years later before minorities were finally granted equal protection under the law. In the 19th century, prostitution and drug usage was just as rapant as it is now as well. Just because basic etiquette was enforced up until the 1960s is meaningless considering that most of the country didn't consider Black Americans(or Southeastern Europeans(Catholics and Orthodox), Asians, Hispanics for that matter) as equal human beings.
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Installing a Mid 80's GM Bench Seat In a '53 F-100
By John Niolon
After searching the salvage yards and finding a primo set of Caddy 60/40 – 6 way power seats, paying the man and lugging them home, I had a revelation. They look like a sectional sofa in the cab of a truck. These seats are BIG. Plenty comfortable…. Infinitely adjustable… but BIG !! So the search went on.
The Ford Truck Nationals at Pigeon Forge is like a walk through Sears & Roebuck Catalog of truck parts and ideas. Virtually every part sold for 53-56 trucks can be seen over that four days. You can walk and browse and go back and compare and look some more. There are hundreds and hundreds of combinations of parts, pieces and unique ideas, too much in fact. There are too many choices. But, if you're looking for seat ideas, this is the place to go. From stock seats to import bucket seats…ReCarro and Glides… even Kirkey racing seats. But for installation ease and general comfort the Mid 80's Chevy truck bench seats are the overall choice. They are readily available, their backs fold forward for access to the area behind the seat (good storage), seat belt installation is easy and you could fill the bed of your pickup with the number of them you could buy with the money for one set of Glides.
Mine came from a local Van & Truck Conversion shop. It's in good shape and $50.00 brought it home. It will need a new set of covers… but hey… the whole interior will be have to be done anyway.
Fitting the seat to the cab….
The seat is a perfect fit in the cab. There is approx. 1-1/2" clearance on each side to the doors. Place the seat in the cab. Move the seat as far back as it will go on its slide and then set the distance you want to keep between the seat and the rear cab wall. If you are going to put in upholstery, remember to factor that in also. Make sure the seat is sitting square in the cab. A quick measurement from the back wall to the seat frame on each side will check this. Also check the distance from the seat frame to the door cowl. They should be the same on each side.
Adjusting the seat….
Sit in the seat … hopefully your steering column is installed and functional. Check out the feel. How is your visibility ?? Are you sitting too low ?? Does your arm hang on the window comfortably? Mine was about 2" too low. Trial fits with 2×4's and shims of different thicknesses determined the amount. Your height and weight will have a role in this formula also. Is someone else going to drive your truck I had to consider that the seat must adjust to a comfortable position for my 5′ wife. The seat had to be pushed a little forward to get the slide to move it close enough for her comfort. There was plenty of adjustment in the seat slide for my 6′ frame to be comfortable also.
There is a raised rail across the cab floor. This was where the old stock seats bolted in. The front of the new seat frame was on this rail while the rear was on the cab floor. I cut a two pieces of 2×2 square tubing to the length of the seat frame. Then with a portable band saw, I removed a notch for the raised rail. I then marked the four mounting holes on the cab floor and also on the two pieces of tubing. I planned on using 7/16 hardware so my holes were drilled to �". A drill press is the best way to keep the holes plumb when drilling through the tubing.
There is a reinforcing channel that runs under the raised rail at the front of the seat. A bolt, flat washer, lockwasher and nut were adequate to hold the seat at the front. At the rear of the seat I used bolts, large fender washers, lockwashers and nuts. In the future the fender washers will be replaced with a flat plate that will reinforce the floor pan area under the seat and the seat belt mounting bolts. I think it would take a heck of a collision to tear the seat from the truck but plate is cheap and safety should be a concern.


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There are cars strewn throughout the street that will allow you to take adequate cover while you clip enemy after enemy. Your foes are represented on the HUD as red dots, so you can see their general locations simply by consulting the HUD if you're lost. No one here is equipped with anything especially powerful, though a few enemies will have assault rifles, especially the enemies lining the roofs of the street. As usual, auto-lock on is your best bet, since it will help you locate hard-to-see enemies behind cover. When all of the foes are dead (so that no more red dots are on your HUD), the game will instruct you to reconnect with the guy you're to protect, who is represented thereafter as a turquoise dot on the screen. Once you reconnect with him, get into any car along the street.
Once in your car, four more red dots will appear on your HUD. These represent cars full of gunning enemies, and the game will instruct you to lose them. Since you're in Algonquin, which is a borough littered with straight streets, doing so is surprisingly easy -- just speed along one of the roads until the red dots no longer appear on your HUD. When that happens, the game will then redirect you to your final location, still in Algonquin, located off of Liberty Lane at the south side of the borough. Successfully arriving there will complete this rather dangerous mission.
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Zimmerman Trial Jury Selection Continues
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A pool of 40 prospective jurors will be whittled down starting today in a second round of questions from prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial. The former neighborhood watch captain is charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in a gated community. Zimmerman says he feared for his life.


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A remarkable couple has developed a fantastic record of war heroes from a Chesterfield village in time for people to research the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One.
Sally Mullins and her husband were so moved by the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission they set out in 1998 to build a comprehensive body of work about the Great War and Brimington's soldiers and fallen soldiers.
Sally said: "With little knowledge of the men of our village who fought and died we put our new computer to the test."
As they recorded 120 names from the Brimington Memorial Gates it became apparent there were more not recorded and following research and visits to over 30 cemeteries in France and Belgium they produced the website www.brimington-memorial.co.uk. They also visited Talbot House, in Belgium, where soldiers stayed and they said it was like walking in the footseps of heroes.
The website has names and backgrounds of many soldiers including Sidney Lawrence Baker, of Station Road, Brimington, who was killed in Ypres and Pte Horace Fred Stott who was Brimington's youngest soldier to die at 17 years-old.
Survivors also get a mention including Killamarsh-born Sgt Fred Greaves who received a Victoria Cross medal and lived and died in Brimington in 1973. Sally explained over 800 men linked with the village joined-up, or were conscripted from 1916 but the actual number of men who lost their lives during the war has officially not be accurately recorded. Almost every road in Brimington was affected by the war. Burnell Street lost six young soldiers, Queen Street lost eight and Victoria Street lost eleven.
Sally added: "There is still Germany, Gallpoli, Jerusalem and Africa to go to before we can really complete our task."


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The Octagon Varispeed series is Bitzer's first line of intelligent compressors. According to company sources, its highlight is the integrated suction-gas-cooled frequency inverter. This system significantly lowers operating costs and ensures reliable and effective performance, even at high ambient temperatures. The maintenance-free frequency inverter and the easy installation and configuration are just some of the many benefits offered by the Bitzer compressor series. Bitzer's Varispeed series is UL approved and can be applied with R134a, R404A, R507A, R407C and R22. bitzer.de/ circle 153
The ERC generation of parametric controllers are designed to increase energy efficiency and reduce production costs. The ERC refrigeration controller offers:
• steady operation in harsh environments (triple moisture protection)
• voltage protection algorithms for trouble free compressor operation in all climate conditions
• special algorithms for optimization under poor power supply conditions.
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Emerson Climate Technologies is releasing a new version of its E2 supervisory controller for retail facilities. The new version of the E2 offers open BACnet communication protocol, enabling retailers to interface with more devices. In addition, the new version of the E2 offers native integration with Emerson's multi-zone infrared refrigerant leak detection device.
The E2 supervisory controller now comes equipped with 128 MB of RAM and a 500 MHz processor, providing retailers with faster application access and greater data logging capacity. A widened screen displays a system status bar containing a convenient breakdown of system advisories, network connectivity status and system configuration. The addition of a USB port enables system backup to preserve set points and other configurations.
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Master-Bilt's Parallel Glycol Rack Refrigeration uses an energy efficient refrigeration system lowering energy consumption of the refrigeration system by as much as 25%. According to company sources, the digital controls on the system provide greater precision, diagnostics, data logging and monitoring capability. master-bilt.com/
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Kysor/Warren's innovative distributed scroll system has been redesigned with serviceability and improved life cycle climate performance (LCCP) in mind. Sources say the distributed scroll system reduces refrigerant charge up to 40% compared to a traditional centralized rack system and features a 35% reduction in brazed joints, drastically lowering the potential for leaks compared to the prior generation product. The space saving design maximizes merchandising space by eliminating the need for a machine room. Additionally, the reduction of field brazing joints results in easier installation. Hinged front doors provide quick access to scroll compressors.
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The American Standard ductless system provides a home comfort solution when retrofitting older homes, cooling or heating new rooms, spot cooling and heating and building new construction. It also provides the highest quality of comfort and reliability for homeowners who want a dependable comfort solution with enhanced flexibility. The systems are available in mini- and multi-split applications. americanstandardair.com
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Johnson Controls expands the Coleman Echelon series and LX series product lines to include ductless mini-split air conditioners and heat pumps.
Coleman mini-splits come in either single-zone units, providing individualized comfort in a single room, or multi-zone units, connecting a single outdoor unit to up to five indoor units, providing comfort in multiple areas. The mini-splits use a wireless remote controller with a built-in temperature sensor that controls and satisfies the cooling or heating set point temperature where the remote control is located.
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Daikin AC introduces the new 8-zone multi-split system (RMXS48LVJU) targeting light commercial and whole-house residential markets. The 4-ton 8-zone system is an energy-efficient (up to 18.8 SEER, and 11.3 HSPF) high-capacity heat pump system incorporating Daikin's famed VRV technology, with the ability to connect from 2 to 8 indoor units with a single, compact outdoor unit. The inverter-driven compressor provides precise capacity adjustments for efficiency and accuracy in comfort control, and allows long piping lengths (up to 180-ft. to the branch provider, over 440-ft. total loop) for added installation flexibility. daikinac.com circle 160
LG Electronics USA introduces a multi-zone duct-free split heat pump system that provides heating and cooling for up to eight separate zones, while increasing overall capacity by up to 50% compared to previous LG multi-zone models.
The new LG "Multi F Max" system (LMU540HV) increases capacity to a nominal capacity of up to 54,000 btuh, from the previous multi-zoned system capacity of up to 36,000 btuh. Adding branch distribution to LG's Mult F product family also effectively doubles the number of potential temperature control zones available, now offering up to eight individual zones for customized comfort. lghvac.com circle 161
Johnson Controls adds ductless mini-split air conditioners and heat pumps to the Luxaire Acclimate series and LX series product lines.
The mini-split systems' smaller footprint eliminates the costs and hassles of installing ducts and bulky air handlers. The mini-splits use a wireless remote controller with a built-in temperature sensor that controls and satisfies cooling or heating set point temperatures wherever the remote control is located. joinluxaire.com
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Mitsubishi Electric has introduces new systems that are ENERGY STAR-rated and qualify for federal tax credits.
The MSZ-GE09NA and MSZ-GE12NA systems with wall-mounted indoor units feature high SEER and HSPF ratings. The MSZ-GE systems offer:
• Single-zone cooling-only and heat pump models in 9,000, 12,000, 15,000, and 18,000 btuh capacities
• All Heat Pump indoor units are also compatible with the MXZ-B Series multi-zone system
• High efficiencies of up to 20.5 SEER.
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Trane's new ductless systems provide a cost-effective home comfort solution for retrofitting older homes, adding new rooms, spot cooling and heating and new construction where ductless systems are preferable to a ducted system. They are also designed to provide the high quality and reliability homeowners have come to expect from Trane. The systems are available in mini- and multi-split applications. A brand of Ingersoll Rand, Trane is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2013. trane.com/
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Johnson Controls adds ductless mini-split air conditioners and heat pumps to the York® Affinity series and LX series product lines. Most models in the Affinity series are ENERGY STAR® certified, with Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratios (SEER) ranging from 16 to 27 to ensure energy-efficient performance and comfort.
The mini-split systems' smaller footprint eliminates the costs and hassles of installing ducts and bulky air handlers. Single-zone mini-splits provide individualized comfort in a single room, while multi-zone models connect a single outdoor unit to as many as five indoor units, providing comfort in larger areas. yorkhvacdealer.com
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The Three Pillars of Sustainability are Environmental, Social, and Economic demands. Sustainable development is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". This requires the reconciliation of all three pillars, which are not mutually exclusive, and can be mutually reinforcing.
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There are other greenhouse gases that are not counted in U.S. or international greenhouse gas inventories:
These gases are transparent to incoming solar (short-wave) radiation but block infrared (long-wave) radiation from leaving Earth's atmosphere. Therefore, they trap radiation from the Sun and warm the planet's surface. As concentrations of these gases increase, more warming occurs than would happen naturally.
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States reports EIAs latest annual emissions data.
1 Based on "global warming potential."
A Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc. The carbon footprint is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent.
To calculate your carbon footprint, click here.
Alternative Fuel Vehicles are vehicles that use low-polluting, non-gasoline fuels, such as electricity, hydrogen, propane or compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, methanol, and ethanol.
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Water Efficiency Strategies:
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Masterpiece Classic "Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2 - Somewhere Over The Rainbow" On the eve of war, Beryl and Harry face a race against time to get married. Meanwhile, Mr. Prichard makes a decision, which throws the running of the house into chaos, until an old face lends a helping hand. And, as Lady Agnes returns to London, a dark discovery has explosive consequences for all inside Eaton Place. Part 6 of 6G
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New Tricks "Bank Robbery" Family ties might be the undoing of police informant Pete MacKintyre, who returns to the U.K. for his son's 18th birthday after a full 17 years on the run. The UCOS team wrings some fresh evidence from him that might help solve the old crime - if they can work through the contemporary rivalries and complicated connections.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S1 E1)" On the brink of the modern era, the inhabitants of Downton Abbey face a more immediate change - Lord Grantham loses his heir and his daughter Mary loses her fiance when the Titanic goes down. The family and its army of servants are thrown into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a handsome lawyer with novel ideas about country life. Part 1 of 4G
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Land Girls After a farm accident, Connie challenges Vernon to a farmers-versus-land-girls competition. At the military hospital, Joyce worries about her husband's recovery.G


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Success Coaching at the University of Hawaii Community Colleges
C3T Hawaii Program offers a variety of student support servicesUniversity of Hawaiʻi
C3T Hawai'i Communications Director
Susan A. Lee, 8089565852
Marketing & Communications Director
Students like Kelli Yamamoto had no idea what to expect when she was assigned a success coach. "I thought they were just going to share testing strategies with me. They did that and so much more. My coach gave me words of encouragement to not give up which meant so much to me. It's like having your own personal counselor," shares the Kapi'olani Community College Health major who is a wife, mother of three, and juggles multiple jobs.
InsideTrack, an organization dedicated to improving outcomes in higher education, is providing one-on-one, executive-style coaching to help students in the C3T Hawai'i Program balance the demands of school, work and family life. Coaches support students in developing the skills and habits they need for long-term success.
The University of Hawai'i Community College system, using a $24.6 million Department of Labor grant called C3T Hawai'i is targeting education and employment needs in the agriculture, energy and health industries. The seven Community Colleges, service 34,000 students across the state and provide InsideTrack coaching to more than 2,000 students to boost graduation rates and ensure their students have the appropriate skills to obtain high-wage, high-level employment.
"Our industry-focused, employer-driven programs are designed to increase college completion rates and provide job opportunities to the C3T participants," said Erika Lacro, chancellor of Honolulu Community College and principal investigator for the C3T grant program. "The partnership with InsideTrack enables us to provide a complete pathway to obtain the skills and education necessary for high-wage and high-skill employment."
Driven by the positive results from the InsideTrack program, the Community Colleges are developing their own coaching programs to extend the value of coaching to more students.
For Sabrina Sullivan, academic coaching coordinator at Leeward Community College, coaching has many benefits. "Students benefit from coaching by having an extra level of support and personalized attention."
Students receiving coaching are contacted on a weekly basis. Coaches work with each individual on improving effectiveness in and out of the classroom, building leadership skills, creating life balance, boosting self-confidence and developing goals for the future.
"I believe that once students understand how beneficial coaching can be for them during their academic journey, students will gain the confidence they need to reach their fullest potential," shares Sullivan.
C3T Hawai'i is a $24.6 million grant awarded to the University of Hawai'i Community Colleges through the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. To learn more about C3T Hawai'i, visit http://uhcc.hawaii.edu/c3t. Listen to the rest of Kelli's testimonial here.


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Opinion: Obama's Dream Act
ImmigrationWorks USA president Tamar Jacoby on the prospects for immigration reform during a second term Obama administration. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Lipscomb University women's soccer coach Jenger Parrish has announced the signing of Carol Ann Bowker of Arlington, Tenn.
Bowker, a graduate of Bolton High School, played four years on the varsity soccer team. She also played junior varsity softball for two years, serving as a manager for the softball team for one year.
Bowker's athletic awards include being named the school's 2004-2005 Female Athlete of the Year. She was also named the school's Outstanding Athlete for the Fall of 2004 overall at the school in both the male and female categories. She served as team captain in 2004. She was named to the All-District Team in 2002. She was the Most Valuable Player on the team in 2001. IN 2003 she was honored with the Softball Coach's Award, In 2003 Bowker was named to the Sports edition of Who's Who Among American High School Students.
Bowker also played for the West Tennessee Futbol Club, serving as team captain for 2003-2004.
Academically, Bowker also won numerous honors. She was a Top Ten Student from 2002-2004, a member of the National Honor Society (2003-2005), the National Beta Club (2002-2005), the National Art Honor Society (2004), Who's Who Among American High School Students (2001-2004), National Honor Roll (2003-2005) and the National Society of High School Scholars (2003).
She is the daughter of Carol and Rick Bowker. Her older brother, Adam, is a pitcher at the University of Tennessee-Martin.


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The Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commissions (IJEQC) form a statewide network of independent screening panels for judicial candidates. The voluntary statewide screening process for evaluating judicial candidates was established in 2007 by the New York State Unified Court System.
Under Part 150 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts, a Commission in each judicial district "shall review the qualifications of candidates for public election to the Supreme Court, County Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, New York City Civil Court, District Courts and City Courts" within its district. Each Commission has 15 members, named by the Chief Judge, the Presiding Justices, the New York State Bar Association, and local bar associations. Four commissions have been established to review the qualifications of candidates for judicial office within the Second Judicial Department, one each for the Second, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Judicial Districts. (See List of Commission Members).
Appendix A to Part 150 sets forth the guidelines and procedures for the Commissions, including an overview of the information to be provided by each candidate.
Candidate Questionnaire
Candidates who wish to have their qualifications reviewed by a commission in the Second Judicial Department must submit an original and 15 copies of the completed Questionnaire. An Addendum Page is provided for answers that require additional space. (If you use more than one page, please number them, accordingly.) In addition, all candidates must submit, as a separate document, one original release (no copies required) for information from the Grievance Committees. All sitting and former judges must also submit, as a separate document, an original release (no copies required) for the Commission on Judicial Conduct. Please submit to:
Vivian Dearie, Director
335 Adams Street, Suite 2404
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(see Instructions). The Questionnaire requires the candidate to identify the judicial vacancy sought (2018 Public Notice and Vacancy List).
The DEADLINE for Questionnaires for candidates for judicial office in the Second Judicial Department is May 30, 2018.
Upon receipt of a completed Questionnaire, an investigation of the candidate's qualifications and background will begin. After completion of the background investigation, the commission will schedule an interview. Subsequent to the interview, the commission will vote to determine whether the candidate is qualified for election to the office he or she seeks. At the conclusion of the process, the commissions will publish an alphabetical listing of candidates found qualified and of those found not qualified as required by § 150.5(e) of the rules of the Chief Administrative Judge (22 NYCRR 150.5[e]).
The Commissions are not intended to supplant or interfere with the work being conducted by bar association screening panels. Instead, they provide an independent assessment from a neutral body sponsored by the judiciary.
Mandatory Campaign Ethics Training
Candidates should also be aware of the Mandatory Campaign Ethics Training Program. Incumbent and non-incumbent candidates for elective judicial office must complete a two-hour campaign ethics training program. Please call 212-428-2526 to register for training. For more information on judicial campaign ethics matters, please visit the Judicial Ethics Campaign Center Website or call the Center directly at 1-888-600-5232.
How Long Do the Ratings Remain in Effect?
"Any candidate found qualified for election to a judicial office shall be deemed qualified for that judicial office for three years in the absence of any new information that may have a negative effect on his or her qualifications and background." 22 NYCRR 150 App. A §3(B).
Any candidate not found qualified for election to judicial office shall be deemed not to be qualified for that judicial office for one year from the date of submission of the candidate's application to the commission.
Thus, if a candidate is not listed as qualified for the current year, you may need to check the lists for up to two prior years to determine whether the candidate has been rated.


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If cooking is not your thing, chefs in Las Vegas are working on a variety of offerings for Thanksgiving Day dinners. You can find turkey and dressing on many menus, but there are also equally tempting if offbeat offerings.
During Thanksgiving week, Border Grill at Mandalay Bay will give some Mexican flavor to an American holiday.
"Thanksgiving and all the ingredients that go along with this time of the year really fit into Latin cuisine," said Executive Chef Mike Minor. "When mole was first invented in [the Mexican state of] Puebla, the first protein to ever be introduced to mole was turkey. So it really ties in."
Minor has created a spread that, for appetizers, features turkey albondigas (meatball) soup ($9) and butternut squash empanadas ($10)
"Turkey albondigas is something that is an ancient recipe in Mexico," he said. To the broth he also adds carrots, cabbage and tomatoes.
Besides squash, Minor's holiday empanadas will include cotija cheese, shallots and roasted garlic. He tops them off with a pumpkin seed mole.