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Hello lovely SQS'ers! This is about the recent trans* study called Injustice at Every Turn.
The recent survey/study Injustice at Every Turn was unveiled at a presentation this past May at the Center on Halsted. It was a great presentation—this is the largest survey done about the trans* community in history. What was pointed out to us that evening was that trans* people of color often face four times as much discrimination in all facets of life. But as you read the below article (thank you Tumblr folks) and the survey, remember that the survey ultimately shows that we are resilient. Trans* people are capable of overcoming many life-changing obstacles and situations.
Let's continue building community and advancing awareness.
The harsh reality is that whether they possess a J.D. or a GED, members of the African-American transgender community face severe discrimination, according to the recent study Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (pdf).The survey, the first of its kind, was a collaborationbetween the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Black Justice Coalition. It collected data from more than 6,500 transgender Americans and found that all transgender people face severe bias ranging from housing and health care to education and employment.
But when researchers took a deeper look at the discrimination that the black respondents faced (pdf) — all 381 of them — the data jumped out at them. "What was really poignant were these stark differences. In every case, black respondents fared worse than the nonblack respondents in the national survey," says Darlene Nipper, deputy executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "This is because black transgender people face anti-transgender bias coupled with structural and institutionalized racism."


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An area that once used to be the source of controversy near a 3,000-year-old native American village in Draper will soon have trains running past it at nearly 80 mph.
But before the trains arrive, the Draper City Council is trying to create a means to generate economic growth around the city's new train station through a Community Development Area Plan (CDA).
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The plan proposes that those who live or own property in the area surrounding the FrontRunner line at 12800 South Front Runner Blvd. (550 West) become part of the CDA to increase development and growth. The area would include an Ebay complex, commercial areas, dense residential buildings, walking and hiking trails. In 20 years, it is estimated to bring $1.2 million in proposed developmental value. The City Council presented an opt-in plan that would involve asking other tax entities, like school districts, property owners and the county to be a part of the CDA to help promote faster economic growth of the west end that wouldn't require any bonding or loans for infrastructure.
One resident out of the eight that showed up for various items on the agenda said he wasn't sure what to think about the plan.
"This is the first inkling I've got from Draper City as to what anyone is doing," he told the council. "We don't know how to respond at this point. We don't know what is going on."
Draper City Asst. City Manager David Dobbins, who presented the CDA, said it wouldn't do anything to taxes to those living in the proposed area, but it may add future value to properties and help pay back the city quicker for the cost of putting in the rail line.
During the public comment period, Shawn Benjamin, a resident who lives in the area of the CDA, urged the council to take time to research "urban design principles" similar to those in Daybreak to make good use of the development and make the CDA worth it.
"I think it behooves the council to understand what goes into good urban design."
City Council member Alan Summerhays said it would be good to learn those development basics. He agreed to go out to Daybreak and learn from how they have done urban development.
Benjamin, a resident who lives east of the FrontRunner line, said after the public hearing he figured the zoning of the area where he lived eventually would bring denser housing or commercial property.
"It doesn't bother me really," Benjamin said of having the CDA approved. "I have seen it coming."
He said the bigger question is whether or not a CDA should even be applied in a city and where.
Controversy came to a head about the location of the Draper FrontRunner line in 2010, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a cease work order to the Utah Transit Authority over concerns about dumping fill dirt near an adjacent archaeological Indian site.
UTA agreed to build its station and accompanying development farther north.
Transit officials have planned to have the 45-mile project between Salt Lake City and Provo ready to transport passengers on high-speed trains, ahead of schedule. After four years of construction, the new Provo to Salt Lake City FrontRunner line will begin hauling passengers on Dec. 10, including a new stop in Draper.
The line will also have eight new stations including: Murray, South Jordan, Draper/Bluffdale, Lehi, American Fork, Vineyard (to be added in the future), Orem and Provo.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A change of plea hearing for one of two brothers charged in a conspiracy to deal large quantities of methamphetamine was postponed after the defendant asked for more time to think about the deal.
David Cerna is charged in federal court with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. He was scheduled to change his plea to guilty at a hearing Tuesday in Fargo.
However, Cerna told U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson that he felt pressured to decide on the plea and said he's struggling with the decision.
Erickson postponed the hearing until later in the week.
Cerna's brother, Juan, pleaded guilty earlier Tuesday to a drug conspiracy charge. He faces life in prison.
Authorities say the conspiracy moved met from Texas to North Dakota and Minnesota.


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While studying biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa and working at a General Mills factory, Ashton Kutcher won a trip to NY in a modeling contest. He secured an agency contract within three days and booked campaigns with Calvin Klein jeans and Abercrombie & Fitch, where he met fellow model/future girlfriend of three years January Jones. His shaggy hair was perfect for That '70s Show, on which he plays hunky airhead Kelso for seven seasons. His good looks, sense of humor and growing fame with the teen set helped him land People's 50 Most Beautiful People list twice and numerous films like Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married and The Butterfly Effect. He's wears all three trucker hats (creator, host, producer) on the celebrity hidden-camera prank series, Punk'd. The show's such a huge hit that when he starts stepping out with Demi Moore, 15 years his senior, people wait for the punchline. It never comes as the duo got hitched in 2005, her daughters referred to him as "My Other Dad" and years of TMI tweets follow. He produced the matchmaking contest Beauty and The Geek for the CW and continued to bank mostly mediocre comedies (Valentine's Day, No Strings Attached). In 2011, he replaced Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men for a reported $650,000 an episode, but got divorced amid infidelity rumors. Things were looking up in 2012 when he started dating his '70s girlfriend Mila Kunis and is playing Steve Jobs in a biopic.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is Now a Trophy Boyfriend
Pulling a Clooney.
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Pulling a Clooney.
He is too good at it.
"Sin City's where you go in with your eyes open. Or you don't come out at all."
"I would do it for hours and act out every single line."
As tightrope walker Philippe Petit.
With 50/50 director Jonathan Levine.
Meet your potential Dream King.
His new variety show on Pivot.
Not who you'd expect.
Edgar Wright has interesting taste in superheroes.
Co-starring Scarlett Johansson and Tony Danza.
Three glorious, hip-gyrating men in one.
No, you can't meet her.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Nicki Minaj.
"It was a pretty tedious and time-consuming task."
The clip premiered during the VMAs.
Men be watchin' porn; women be watchin' rom-coms.
And the people all said sit down, sit down you're rocking the boat.
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Teach-In: Inequality Matters
September 20, 2012 in Event
Rising inequality all across our nation is a result of intentional economic policy changes that have been implemented in the past 40 years. This workshop will explore state and federal policies that contribute to the growing wealth divide in America; with a focus will be on the color of wealth and the disparate impact these policies have had on communities of color.
Corrine Fowler is the Director of the Campaign for Economic Justice. Corrine is a seventh generation native of Colorado and has studied and experienced the economic transformations that Colorado has undergone in recent decades and this has steered her commitment to economic justice. Corrine is dedicated to minimizing inequality and supporting public policies that will lessen the disparities for low-income populations and people of color. She has focused on social issues throughout her academic and professional career and is passionate about the need to educate and empower communities in order for them to advocate for policy changes that reflect the needs of all peoples. She has a background in public policy, nonprofit management, development, coalition building, and development. Corrine lives in Denver with her two wonderful boys and a crazy Goldendoodle, who provide her with continuing motivation to ensure that policies in Colorado are supporting all residents in the twenty-first century.
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Pac-12 lunch links: A big Duck
April, 30, 2012
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No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more
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Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
Well, I wake in the morning
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I got a head full of ideas
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- Arizona's former players were hit by bad timing -- in more ways than one -- with the NFL draft.
- Former Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict is headed for Cincinnati as a free agent. More on that here.
- A breakdown of California's NFL draft fortunes, which led the Pac-12.
- Colorado gathers in support of the Tuiasosopo family.
- While everyone wants to talk about Oregon's quartrbacks, this Big Body is worth noting.
- Oregon State coach Mike Riley's final thoughts on the spring game and spring practices.
- Andrew Luck will have some help getting comfortable in Indianapolis.
- UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince fell behind in the starting competition due to a bum shoulder.
- Where did USC's undrafted players end up signing as free agents?
- Utah has a handful of free agent signings, too.
- Washington's defense made a good impression in the spring game.
- Updates on some Washington State free agent signings.
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VALDOSTA—Dr. David C. Danahar has been named to the position of interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at Valdosta State University. Danahar's career in higher education leadership spans more than 40 years including president of Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) and provost and vice president for academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans.
Danahar began Aug. 12 and will serve through the 2013-2014 academic year. VSU contracted Danahar's professional academic services through the Registry for College and University Presidents, a nationally recognized interim placement service for senior higher education administrators.
"David was the top choice of every campus constituency," said VSU President William J. McKinney. "At a time when higher education demands visionary leadership at all levels, we are thrilled to have someone of David's experience and expertise to lead academic affairs."
Danahar began his academic career at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, where during a 15-year period he was professor of history, director of general education and associate dean of the College of Arts and Science. Following SUNY at Oswego, Danahar was dean of the College of Arts and Science at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.
Danahar served as president of SMSU for 10 years and guided more than $130 million in construction including a new Student Center, Regional Event Center and several residence halls. New undergraduate programs were added, and he was instrumental in the successful completion of a $23 million capital campaign.
Danahar retired from SMSU in 2011 and after 18 months was ready to extend his administrative career in higher education.
This is Danahar's first appointment with the Registry and he is looking forward to working on various projects at VSU including strategic planning and budgeting.
"I am here primarily to support the president and institution," said Danahar. "This is a beautiful campus; you can see that right away. I am impressed with the people I have met and have had a very good experience. The people are very gracious and supportive."
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Upon the death of Beethoven, Franz Schubert asked, "Who can do anything after him?" No one was more expected to answer that question than Johannes Brahms, who was widely regarded as the obvious heir to Beethoven's legacy. This season's Winter Festival reveals how courageously Brahms received the mantle of Beethoven, pairing striking parallels in their repertoire.
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Travel advice and ideas for exploring foreign places and their finer inhabitants
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Maxim Travel provides the best vacation ideas and advice that one can find without carrying a passport. Let the editors guide you around the globe, showing travelers where to go, what to do and who to avoid (or introduce to your buddies). The most interesting men are travelers so get up and get out there. Just be sure to follow our tips and share with us the photo evidence afterwards.


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Should you get a 7-year car loan?
A growing number of car loans will take nearly two presidential terms to pay off.
This post comes from AnnaMaria Andriotis at partner site MarketWatch.
The typical duration of a new-car loan rose slightly, to 64 months, in the second quarter of 2012, according to data released Tuesday by Experian. That's up slightly from a year ago and the highest since 2008. But in many cases, borrowers are signing up for even longer loans.
The biggest area of growth in auto loans is among those with repayment periods of 73 to 84 months, which accounted for nearly 16% of all new-car financing in the second quarter. At seven years, these loans last nearly as long as the average marriage ending in divorce, according to the U.S. Census. (Post continues below.)
But is signing up for these extended repayment periods worth it for borrowers?
That depends, experts say. Traditionally, such long-term loans have cost 1 to 2 percentage points more than the shorter-term options. However, a growing number of car manufacturers have recently started offering lower rates, says Alec Gutierrez, senior market analyst of automotive insights at Kelley Blue Book. In some cases, rates of 0% to 2% are available on loans of up to six years, he says. Before the recession, it was rare to find six-year car loans with rates under 5%, he says.
These loans are also now easier to come by, says Keith Leggett, a vice president and senior economist at the American Bankers Association.
During the credit crunch, many lenders pulled back on offering loans that ran longer than five years, but as restrictions eased in this sector, the extended repayment has been brought back, says Melinda Zabritski, director of automotive credit at Experian.
But just because seven-year car loans are available doesn't mean borrowers should sign up for them, experts say. For borrowers, the main appeal of longer repayment periods is that they offer lower monthly payments. But these loans also come with risks, including thousands more in interest over the life of the loan -- even at low interest rates.
For instance, a borrower who signs up for a four-year car loan of $25,714 at 4.63% (the average rate and amount financed on new cars) would pay about $2,500 in interest over the life of the loan. But a borrower who finances this amount at the same rate over a seven-year period would pay about $4,440 in interest.
In addition, borrowers should consider how long they'll keep the car. Those who plan to sell in three or four years but sign up for a loan that runs a longer period could end up owing more on the car than it's worth when they try to unload it.
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I couldn't even read the article after reading the title.
All I can say is if you are crazy enough to finance a car for 7+ years.. well you know the saying.."You just can't fix stupid!"
Financing a car for any length of time is not that intelligent to begin with. Save your money, purchase a beater and keep saving for a better car. Trade up and always purchase with cash. You may make a few mistakes along the way while learning what to look for in a used car, however they will far out way the mistake of finance charges, new car depreciation, and high monthly payments
I have six rules when thinking about buying a new car:
1. don't buy one unless you have done your homework, (IE) private financing, cost and type of vehicle and best pricing not pegged at what a car sticker indicates. That's what they hope to get and its always about twenty percent higher than a car is worth.
2. wait until the end of the year, then get a leased turnin with low miles at about half price of what it sold for new that same year.
3. Borrow money from a bank if you have too. Dealers tack about 2% on a new car just for handiling the credit.
4. When car is paid for, continue to pay into a special account and drive the car for at least 150,000 miles. Don't trade it in as you will be giving the dealer a big bonus just for trading.sell it private sale or give it to someone because that is what you do when you trade it in to a fast talking car salesman.
5. Put the money you have been paying each month into your 401K retirement account. It'll go a lot better when it's added to your regular retirement.
I've added 6000.00 every year since purchasing a ford cr. vic. in 2003
I still plan on driving 10,000 miles a year and its good for at least 200,000. If i keep it up, i should get at least 400,000.
6. Don't let a salesman try and sell you one you don;t need or can't afford just to make a nice commission.
good luck. Remember when you are in a dealers office, you are at their mercy.
One more thing...the way the Fed is creating money out of thin air I'm betting some pretty high inflation is on the way. If my wages even come close to keeping the pace with inflation then my car note is going to seem like nothing in a few years....
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After a year, Minneapolis police say detectives are close to catching the killer of a former Robbinsdale school teacher.
Police had a pretty good idea who did it from the start, and so did friends and family members who met with detectives a couple of weeks ago. Investigators believe the killer is someone who was close to Lois Swenson -- someone she had grown to fear.
Swenson was a woman of peace who met a violent end, murdered at the age of 76. When police arrived at her home to perform a welfare check last June, she had already been dead for a couple of weeks. The home was locked and there was no sign of forced entry.
"Lois is the same age as my mother, so it hits home with the detectives more than some other cases," Lt. Rick Zimmerman told FOX 9 News.
A year later, police are now saying they believe the killer is someone she knew.
"She'd help people get on their feet, and we believe someone may've taken advantage of that," Zimmerman explained.
Friends told FOX 9 News her murderer was someone she feared before her death.
"She said she was afraid, and she indicated who she was afraid of," Dale Renke told FOX 9.
Renke confessed it's still hard to believe that a woman who routinely took in boarders, refugees and people who were simply down on their luck would have that generosity turned against her.
"I was just thinking about her, this time she'd go dive in Dumpsters at colleges, match the socks up, wash them and give them to the poor," he recalled.
Yet, since the suspect knew Swenson, that makes the case all the more difficult. That's because any physical evidence found in the home, such as fingerprints, could be explained away.
While the investigation continued, Dianne Boushek and another longtime friend maintained a webpage in Swenson's memory, featuring pictures of the trips she took to Africa and Latin America.
"We kept her memory alive and we want to get this solved because it was so horrific a crime," she said.
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From sour patch roofs to melted candy lakes, the surrounding PSU community pulled out all the stops for this years competition.
There were 10 more entries this year than last year in it's three categories which are youth, adult and family.
The event is put on by PSU Alumni Services, who say it is a great way to bring in the holiday season while also involving the surround community with school activities.
"A gingerbread house, it's something we always see, but not necessarily what families do, so it gives them an opportunity to make a gingerbread house together as a family and to have youth and kids do a gingerbread house by themselves and it's open to PSU organizations as well and yeah, it's just a lot of fun," says Meagan Swafford, Assistant Director of PSU Alumni Services.
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24 April – 30 August 2010, Manchester Art Gallery, Free entry
Manchester Art Gallery is delighted to be staging A World Observed 1940 - 2010, the first major retrospective of the London-based photographer Dorothy Bohm, who is widely acknowledged as one of the doyennes of British photography. Born in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad) in 1924, she has lived in England since 1939.
This comprehensive exhibition brings together over 200 photographic images, many of them seen in public for the first time, tracing Dorothy Bohm's career which spans more than six decades and several continents. The absorbing show reveals a wide array of aesthetically striking yet deeply humane, visually sophisticated yet immediately accessible photographs that document a rapidly changing world in the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
A World Observed 1940 – 2010 opens with a selection of Bohm's work as a student at Manchester College of Technology (from which she graduated in 1942) and of the portraits she produced while working first at Samuel Cooper and then, from 1946, in her own Studio Alexander in Market Street, Manchester. These portraits will be displayed in a reconstruction of her studio, while a separate replica darkroom will demonstrate the now almost forgotten technique of black and white photographic processing.
The next section charts her discovery of open air photography when she began to spend time in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the artists' colony of Ascona, in the Ticino, Switzerland. By the late 1950s she had completely abandoned studio portraiture for so-called 'street photography'. With her husband Louis Bohm (a fellow émigré from Nazi Europe, whom she met when they were both students in Manchester) she travelled widely, and her work of this period provides fascinating insights into the changing face of post-war Europe, as well as the USA, the USSR and Israel.
The first time Bohm experimented with colour photography was in Mexico in 1956. The first cohesive body of colour work came, however, in the early 1980s, when she explored the potential of Polaroid photography to memorable effect. A small section of the exhibition will be devoted to this transitional period in her career. In 1984, on a visit to the Far East, Bohm used Kodak colour film for the first time, and thereafter abandoned black and white entirely. Since then, although the human figure in its natural setting is still the primary focus of her work and she continues to use photography in its purest, unmanipulated form, her approach has become more painterly and allusive, with an ever greater interest in spatial and other forms of ambiguity.
Exhibition displays also include some of the cameras that Bohm has used in the course of her long career, plus a selection of family photographs, books, past exhibition posters and examples of her correspondence with other photographers and artists.
In addition to her work as a photographic artist, Dorothy Bohm was intimately involved with the founding of The Photographers' Gallery, London in 1971, and was its Associate Director for fifteen years. Her exhibition Dorothy Bohm: Colour Photography 1984 – 94, held at the gallery in 1994, was one of its best-attended exhibitions ever. In 2009, Bohm was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
Dorothy Bohm has said about her work:
"The photograph fulfils my deep need to stop things from disappearing. It makes transience less painful and retains something of the special magic, which I have looked for and found. I have tried to create order out of chaos, to find stability in flux and beauty in the most unlikely places."
This major new exhibition has been curated by Dorothy Bohm's daughter, Monica
Bohm-Duchen, a freelance writer, lecturer and exhibition organiser, together with consultant curator, Colin Ford, writer, broadcaster and founding head (until 1993) of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum) in Bradford.
A 176 page catalogue accompanies the show, featuring 100 full-page reproductions and essays by Monica Bohm-Duchen, Colin Ford and Ian Jeffrey. Published by Philip Wilson, it retails at £14.95.
The exhibition will tour to The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich in 2011.
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Shoes for Afghanistan Update
Millions of people turn to Facebook Marketplace each month to sell their things, find great deals or ask for stuff from their friends. Last Friday I wrote about a particular Marketplace listing that caught our attention. Facebook member Tania was asking her friends for closed-toe shoes to help the women and children of Afghanistan. In the listing, she includes a heart-wrenching email from an American soldier (surgeon) who was treating patients with nothing to put on their feet in the freezing weather.
As a result of friends sharing the listing with friends, Tania received responses from around the world, including ours, offering Oodle's offices as a drop-off point for the shoes. My boss also offered to pay for the shipping to the American Hospital.
Since my blog post on Friday, Sun, Oracle and Cisco have started mini-drives. Audubon has also offered to be a drop-off point in Marin (in addition to EcoFabulous, which anted up shoes and its SF offices early on day one). Meanwhile, we received more than 200 pairs of shoes today here at Oodle that we quickly packed in boxes heading for the women and children who need them now.
If you are interested in donating shoes, please drop them off in one of the following locations – and feel free to share Tania's listing with friends as she hopes to keep the drive going all winter:
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Please consider recycling your shoes and getting them to the women and children who need them.
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"Lake Valley Legends" B&B-- where the legends come alive! Come and read about the legends that make Watkins Glen such a unique and historical area--we have them here. Our newly renovated 1910 house is spacious and beautifully decorated in French Country.
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How to Reinforce 2x6 Ceiling Joists to Handle Heavy Loadscomments (17) February 9th, 2011 in Blogs
That's Leo's delimma, as he explains in this Breaktime post. The recently completed 16- by 24-foot building has 2x4 walls and a roof with a 2x10 ridge and 2x6 rafters.
It was only after the building was up did Leom realize he hadn't figured in the added weight of the lumber on the ceiling joists.
"The 16-ft. 2x6s are there to keep the 2x6 rafters from spreading," he writes. "This is a pretty basic design, designed by an engineer and approved by the town. I only wish I mentioned it earlier that the attic might be used for storage. If I had mentioned it earlier what would I have done differently? I don't want a beam or posts running down the middle for obvious reasons."
If he doubled up every other joist, would it be enough to handle the weight of "a lot of hardwood." His engineer does, but what about everyone else?
A little sag, but it won't collapse
The 2x6 joists will sag, no doubt, says DanH. "They will probably not collapse, and the load will probably not compromise the structure. Many a garage has been loaded down for decades the way you suggest, and out-and-out failures are rare, in spite of the rather inferior garage construction techniques used 60-80 years ago."
But, DanH adds, that assumes Leom uses common sense and doesn't overload the overhead storage area with wood.
The sag could be reduced or eliminated by installing king posts, or Leom could sister 2x8s to the 2x6 joists to "roughly triple" the load-bearing capacity of the ceiling.
"Since this isn't a floor, then the allowable deflection tables don't really apply," adds Jigs-n-fixtures. "They are mostly there to keep people walking on the floor comfortable, or prevent inflexible flooring like ceramic tile, from being damaged. The structure would be sound with considerably more deflection."
Even a stack of wood a foot deep would mean a load of 50 lb. per sq. ft. (psf).
Engineer 10 is skeptical.
"Tell your engineer that another engineer says that doubling 2x6s doesn't work for heavy loads," he writes. "If he/she still insists that doubling is OK then ask for a signed and sealed letter to this effect."
Engineer 10 adds that a No. 2 2x6 over a 16-ft. span can carry 10 psf while a 2x8 will carry 20 psf. Sistering the two together means a load-carrying capacity of 30 psf.
"This is based on bending strength only not deflection, therefore a load larger than that will cause collapse," he writes. "The load can be considered permanent dead load since it will be there for months at a time which makes everything worse because of material fatigue.
"In addition to that the deflection will be so noticeable from below that it will look frightening to a casual observer."
I-joists would have been a good bet
Calvin suggests that I-joists would have been an alternative to consider at the start of the project. In his own garage, he used I-joists with 2x4 flanges for a 30-ft. clear span.
"No sistering or modification of I-joists to the existing situation," he says.
There's a problem with I-joists, Sandcastles points out. Leom is already concerned there isn't enough room between his double top plate and the roof to wedge in the additional 2x8s, and the minimum I-joist Sandcastles knows of is 9 1/4 in.
"You probably have to even more significantly trim the 9 1/4 I joist, cutting it more than manufacturers will allow," Sandcastles says.
Also, says Leom, the load rating for an I-joist is 100 psf live load, 20 psf for a dead load, and that doesn't help his situation much because lumber stored overhead for long periods of time is dead load.
Piffin had this variation on the I-joist option:
"What I would do is to add a 2x4 to the top and bottom of each joist, using glue and structural screws to convert each joist into an I-joist in place," Piffin writes.
"You could even possibly introduce a good crown to each by holding the bottom chord in place with a slightly long 2x4 post under the center as you install it. Do bottom chords first, then the tops. Leave posts in place until all fasters are in and the glue kicks well."
Or, use LVLs in a limited area
JAlden wonders whether Leom actually needs storage over the full 24-ft. length of the shop. Would, say, 8 ft of storage be enough for the amount of wood he has?
"If so, go buy 4 pieces of 9 1/4 inch [laminated venner lumber]," JAlden writes. "Last time I bought them they were about 3 bucks a foot so we are talking 200 dollars here.
"Cut the ends at the angle of your roof and see how long you can make them and still get some bearing on your top plates. You may get full bearing if you have some roof overhang to slide one side into. Get as much bearing as you can. Even half of the plate is sufficient.
"Sister these to every other 2x6 and you'll have 8 feet of beefed up area."
Come back next week to find out what Leo did to solve this deflection dilemma
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I would guess doing so every third ceiling joist would keep your dead load from making the ceiling joists sag.
Added bonus is you wouldn't be adding more material to the dead weight as you would be by adding more dimensional lumber to the whole equation.
Would look good too.
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In defense of those hesitant to call an engineer, too many engineers fail to do their job. Their job it to make sure that an assembly is 2-3 times stronger than it needs to be. Too often, they make it 6 times stronger than it needs to be. A century ago (back before engineers were terribly involved in construction), the engineer's marketing slogan was, "An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two." Having been a professional engineer for over a quarter of a century, I see fellow engineers designing things that are back to costing two dollars or worse. Not all engineers, or even most, but enough to give the profession a bad name.
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