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Eggplant and Onion Noodle Salad with Warm Soy-Rice Vinaigrette
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Rice vinegar is mild and slightly sweet, so it's a good choice to pair with salty soy sauce in this Asian-style vinaigrette. Eggplant easily absorbs large quantities of oil. Salt it before cooking, and use a ridged grill pan to reduce the oil. Serve this salad warm or at room temperature with fish or chicken.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups)
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- Calories: 197
- Calories from fat: 12%
- Fat: 2.7g
- Saturated fat: 0.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Protein: 7.5g
- Carbohydrate: 38.8g
- Fiber: 6.3g
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- Iron: 2.3mg
- Sodium: 334mg
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- 1 pound Japanese eggplant, cut in half lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup green beans, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 mild red or green chile pepper, seeded and minced (such as Fresno)
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup (1/2-inch-thick) slices Walla Walla or other sweet onion
- 2 1/2 cups chopped bok choy stalks and leaves
- 2 cups hot cooked wide lo mein noodles (about 4 ounces uncooked)
- 1 green onion, cut diagonally into (1-inch) pieces
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- Place the eggplant halves in a colander, and sprinkle with salt. Toss well; drain 1 hour. Rinse well, and pat dry.
- Place beans in a large saucepan of boiling water; cook 4 minutes. Drain and plunge into ice water; drain. Place beans in a large bowl.
- Combine vinegar and next 6 ingredients (vinegar through chile pepper) in a microwave-safe dish, stirring with a whisk. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute.
- Heat a large nonstick or cast-iron grill pan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add eggplant halves to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until just tender. Remove from pan. Add onion to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until tender. Remove from pan. Cut eggplant halves diagonally into 1 1/2-inch-wide pieces. Coarsely chop onion. Add eggplant pieces, chopped onion, bok choy, and noodles to green beans; toss to combine. Add vinegar mixture, green onion, sesame seeds, and cilantro; toss well to coat.
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- COOKING METHOD: Grill Pan
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I've made a habit lately of studying the Amish. I use the word "study" loosely as this is not a simple curiosity of mine or some kind of theological experiment. My exploration flows out of a deep respect and admiration for their faith and spirituality.
We English (that's what the Amish call us outside their communities) recognize them because of their familiar beards, horse-drawn buggies, fine woodworking, or barn raisings, but there's a lot more to this group than sturdy furniture and firm dispositions. They have a lively, vibrant faith despite their archaic lifestyles.
The Amish (and their cousins the Mennonites, Brethren, and a few other groups) I have come to know are lovers and active makers of peace. They value simplicity above almost any other thing. They love their families and community, and they have a profound trust in God. This trust, employing a good Amish-German word, is called "Gelassenheit."
"Gelassenheit" is usually translated into English as "submission" or "to yield," but it is so much more. It is a total letting go of entanglements. It is a relinquishment of the self. It is an exchange of human, personal will for a "thy will be done" kind of life -- not a blind, hopeless fatalism, but a defiant and restful faith in God.
One Amish farmer summed up "Gelassenheit" like this: "We don't pray for rain," he said. "But we are thankful to God when the rain arrives." This perspective gives the Amish a completely different understanding of "the will of God" than most of the Christian universe.
Many of us have been taught, tacitly or overtly, that "God's will" is this magic be-all-end-all, which, if discovered, can end all the angst and indecision of life. So we chase after and fret over what God wants us to do, thinking there will be complete and total disaster if we miss the secret plan he has for us. We twist and writhe in the anguish of our decisions, never feeling good about any choice we make.
Finally, we conjure up all the bravado or foolishness we can muster, smile through gritted teeth, and give a direction a whirl. If it all works out, we praise God for his magnificent direction. If it is a belly-flopping disaster we scratch our heads, feel terribly ashamed, and blame God or our weak faith for leading us the wrong way.
The truth is, most Christians really want to do what God wants us to do; we want to do "the will of God." Equally as true, however, is this: There is no exact formula for finding this will. This does not sound very spiritual, but in my experience, finding God's will is as much about trial and error as it is about praying and seeking. And yes, sometimes it ends in a big mess.
Maybe we can take a cue from the Amish and neutralize the mystery of finding and doing God's will. Maybe we can learn to simply trust God with our life and our circumstances. Maybe, if we keep hitting the wall, we can stop, listen, and trust for a while. Maybe we can learn to yield our own wills, or at least stop using God's name to sanction our decisions.
Maybe we can stop putting ourselves through the torturous exercise of chasing after something we can't even define. Here is the thing the Amish can teach us: Rather than trusting an exact path and direction for your life, just trust God with your life. After all, God is bigger than your plans. God is stronger than your failures, and God never fails to reward those who seek after him. You can find peace by quit trying to figure out what to do for God and simply rely upon God.
Meister Eckhart, an old medieval mystic from Germany who knew a few things about "Gelassenheit" himself, wrote: "God wants no more from you than you letting go of yourself. Then you can let God be God in you." If that's not God's will, then I don't know what is.
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Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866), a "magnetic healer" whom Mrs. Eddy had studied with, was an originator of the basic idea that disease is all in the mind, a notion that Mrs. Eddy adopted as her own.
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Although the late night host has dropped by many times as a special guest in the occasional skit, he's never actually hosted the show on which he was a cast member for six years, from 1998 to 2004.
"I've never forgotten where I came from," Fallon said in a press release (via TVLine). "That's why I'm so incredibly honored to be hosting the 'Saturday Night Times' program December 17th on HGTV."
He also reacted to the news on Twitter, saying "I'm incredibly honored to be heading back to 8H where it all started. And by 'it' I mean Will Ferrell's awesome movie career."
According to NBC, the musical guest will be Michael Buble, who last appeared with Jon Hamm in February 2010.
Fallon hinted at something 'SNL' related in a very mysterious Tweet last week, saying "Fun announcement today. #SNL."
Alec Baldwin will host the season 37 premiere on Sept. 24 with musical guests Radiohead, while 'Bridesmaids' and Emmy-nominated 'Mike & Molly' star Melissa McCarthy will headline the next episode with musical guests Lady Antebellum.
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Dir: Chun Kim
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Going undercover doesn't always have to be gritty, macho and violent. It can also be funny. Like the "undercover boss" movies, stories of managers or other wealthy folks who disguise their identities to learn about the true conditions of their businesses. In Let's be Happy, Woo Fung is the son of a rich family who decides to go undercover in his factory to learn the trade from bottom up. This is also an odd-couple film from the Kong Ngee studio that features the company's top star Patrick Tse Yin as a "city bumpkin" giving advice to the naïve and sweetly urbane Woo, striking great comedy in the process. Like the stealth agents in Man on the Brink (1981) and City on Fire (1987), the undercover boss ends up taking up qualities of the domain into which he disguises himself, becoming more sympathetic to the working men and women who labors in his factory, not to mention winning the heart of one of his beautiful employees.
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Most people think online privacy is important, but police didn't get that message.
Law enforcement groups ranging from the U.S. Justice Department to local police departments are asking Congress to pass legislation that forces wireless phone carriers to save every text message customers send, reports CNET's Declan McCullagh.
Police say criminal investigations are "being frustrated" because companies don't retain information, or don't retain it long enough.
"Billions of texts are sent every day, and some surely contain key evidence about criminal activity," Richard Littlehale from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told Congress.
If new legislation is passed to update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, hard drive stock should skyrocket.
Phone carriers retain text message info for varying amounts of time. In 2010, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint did not store the contents of text messages. Verizon did for up to five days and Virgin Mobile kept them for 90 days. The carriers generally kept metadata such as the phone numbers associated with the text for 90 days to 18 months, CNET reports. AT&T kept that info as long as seven years.
Current law requires a search warrant be obtained before police can obtain emails, text and instant messages. Emails older than 180 days require only a subpoena.
A warrant is also required for a phone to be tapped by law enforcement agencies or for a physical document to be removed from a home. ProPublica has a nice article explaining all of this called "No Warrant, No Problem: How The Government Can Still Get Your Digital Data."
A warrant is not needed to get a list of phone calls made to and from a phone. The Justice Department is also proposing eliminating privacy protections covering e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and other services, arguing that police should be able to find out who people are communicating with online without obtaining a warrant.
Google, the only company asked to testify at the Tuesday hearing before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, wants online documents to have the same privacy protections as those "stored in a desk drawer," according to an article on AdAge.com.
"There is no compelling policy or legal rationale" for online documents having less privacy protection, said a Google legal representative.
Personally, I don't much care if cops are reading my text messages or emails. They'd get bored pretty quickly. But I think private citizens should be notified if police, or anyone else, requests that information.
March 20th, 2013
12:28 pm
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March 20th, 2013
12:32 pm
It might make the difference in a case where either justice is served or denied. If you don't have anything to hide, why worry about it? If you're voting PBO, you've already signed all your rights away…
March 20th, 2013
12:36 pm
If the law passes and all texts are stored, police say it will help them convict criminals.
Fine, that's all well and good. Since it will be easier to convict, we should offset the rising costs of mobile phone service that will result by downsizing police forces. Everybody's happy.
March 20th, 2013
12:40 pm
I don't think any of it should be made available. All of this digital data should be treated exactly like the conversation that it is. Private between the parties involved. Police had to perform "real" work prior to the digital age so they should be able to collect concrete evidence when there is a crime. They want the easy way out apparently.
March 20th, 2013
12:43 pm
"Police had to perform "real" work prior to the digital age so they should be able to collect concrete evidence when there is a crime. They want the easy way out apparently."
Spoken like a true perp.
March 20th, 2013
12:48 pm
The camel's nose has been in the tent and this will bring his head and foul breath in. The Fourth Amendment is being eviscerated and this will make it worse. There should be more outrage about this legislation than all the outrage about high capacity magazines and assault weapons bans. You don't have to prove you are in imminent danger to buy a weapon (2nd Amendment), why should I have "something to hide" to justify protecting my privacy against unreasonable search and seizure. I have the expectation of privacy if the data is not being held, or if I send it to only specific recipients, etc. just like my own home. I am with Google, it is private and should require a judge to pass judgement on a subpoena. Law Enforcement should not get a pass on this one, EVER.
March 20th, 2013
12:50 pm
This could SOLVE our unemployment problem! The gov could require not only the saving of all text messages, emails, twits, and record all phone calls; then without just cause hire 25,000,000 people to listen/read everything. I wonder who gets to monitor politician's communications?
Maybe we should also be required to all wear listening devices so the government could record all our speech. Maybe we should also be required to keep copies of all mail we receive from the Post Office and forward via Federal Expree to the Gov for their reading pleasure.
March 20th, 2013
12:50 pm
Next you will see devices added to cars that tell the police when you go over the posted speed limit, so they can mail you a ticket
March 20th, 2013
12:51 pm
@ Yag Kosher contribute or but out. Using argumentum ad hominem isn't even clever. What is your point of view about this article? Have enough courage to speak your mind.
March 20th, 2013
12:55 pm
First ALPR capturing photos of your car, storing the exact location, time and date of your travels and storing that info INDEFINELTY
March 20th, 2013
12:56 pm
As a domestic violence advocate, it has become increasingly important for my victims to have "proof" of threats from electronic media…….I say things like this SHOULD be available to the person who is on the receiving end of them, and in turn, could be passed on to law enforcement, the courts, or advocates such as myself. No one has time to look at every instance of electronic communication, but in cases where it is necessary for a victim, the information should be there simply for the asking!
March 20th, 2013
12:56 pm
once again, it's not your right to privacy when you are leasing the private technology used to have that conversation. Unless the wire, phone, hardware and software are all yours, you cannot claim rights to it.
No different than not having the "right" to drive a car on public roads.
March 20th, 2013
12:57 pm
Are they required to store voice communications? Those using email or texting for nefarious purposes would just change to different methods. On the other hand unfettered access to texts by the government of Iran was how they were able to conduct a crackdown on "dissidents" a couple of years ago.
This legislation would require storage of trillions of bytes of useless information on the chance that a few bytes would result in foiling crime.
March 20th, 2013
1:01 pm
Anyone who doesn't understand that privacy laws, and constitutional protections are important whether you are a criminal or not, is beyond stupid. These are the same people who would side with the invaders if the US were attacked. With that mentality or lack of, we'd still be a British colony, and they'd still be licking boots.
March 20th, 2013
1:06 pm
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"The Justice Department is also proposing eliminating privacy protections covering e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and other services, arguing that police should be able to find out who people are communicating with online without obtaining a warrant."
And WOW, onward into the Big Brother world, where you have no privacy from government.
Thank you Google for at least thinking in real/legal terms.
""There is no compelling policy or legal rationale" for online documents having less privacy protection, said a Google legal representative."
March 20th, 2013
1:32 pm
According to that logic then the police wouldn't need to get a warrant from a court to tap your phone lines. You might want to brush up on basic laws regarding one's right to privacy.
March 20th, 2013
1:33 pm
Yes, the number of milquetoasts in this society is downright appalling.
March 20th, 2013
1:41 pm
So with concepts like this for SMS, email, internet usage, Homeland Security buying 3000 tanks, 1.6BN rounds of ammo, dozens of drones – do those of us wary of increasing government reach sound all that crazy as the days go by? Your emails, texts, phone calls – one poster mentioned a device in your car to detect your speed – California wants to assess taxes on drivers with the same device – based on how much you drive. It's scary to me, I don't ever see these reaches decreasing, just liberty slipping away, one misguided attention at a time.
March 20th, 2013
1:43 pm
I am not concerned because I have anything to hide. I am concerned because I know that information is subject to interpretation. Information can be taken out of context or just downright misunderstood. For that reason, I am not in favor of this access by police.
Go Falcons !!!
March 20th, 2013
1:43 pm
steveo – a public road is not a private service you have leased. if you rent an apartment the police don't have the right to come in whenever they want because you don't own the property.
March 20th, 2013
1:45 pm
Seveo – your argument is frivilous. The government is who is asking to have the data saved….not the service providers. Last time I checked the government doesn't own any of the things you mentioned.
I Verizon wants the expense of saving everything ever sent using their service, then that's up to them. It's not the government's place to require a 3rd party to hold on to information they have no interest in having.
That's like asking a hotel to save all things discarded in it's rooms in the off chance that the garbage is needed for evidence.
March 20th, 2013
1:47 pm
Communism it is a coming.. Sure glad I am old. There will not be any privacy or freedoms left in this country in ten years.
March 20th, 2013
1:47 pm
The point is, how far will they go. I believe in catching the bad guys, but what are willing to give up to do it. It's all about personal privacy. We seem to be losing it all. Give the govt. an inch they'll take a mile.
March 20th, 2013
1:51 pm
They'll come up with some tragedy to change the public's view. It never fails every time they want to change the minds of the people they create a tragic event. We begged for more airport security and strip searches by the TSA.
March 20th, 2013
1:52 pm
As a retired LEO, I see both pros and cons but I have to agree with clanmack – digital data should be entitled to the same 4th Amendment protections as telephone communications. We do have an expectation of privacy when we communicate via text, email, tweet, or whatever new method comes along. Once we start giving up our rights, even if "you have nothing to hide", the question becomes "where does it end"???
March 20th, 2013
1:56 pm
Hmm, so if it was YOUR family member or loved one that was lets say, murdered. You're going to sit there and say to a detective, "No, I don't want you to have access to the person who killed my family member / loved ones text messaging. It's an invasion of their (the murderer's) privacy." I call BS! The only people that have anything to hide are the one's doing things that need hiding…jus sayin'
March 20th, 2013
1:59 pm
INVASION OF PRIVICY 101… Just look @ small town u.s.a. Here almost everyone knows everyone and you act like some cops are not dirty and would sell the info… Not to mention private photos of wives. I wish u ppl would open your eyes and see what your really voting on. This has hardly anything to do with murders and will be abused by the corrupt law especially in smaller towns where there is rarely even robberies… How about you sorry cops wanting to use cell phones to be nosey and do your job for you in ur 50,000 person town watch the first 48 those guys make the world a safer place not if some kid makes a pot buy… This is a joke GOOGLE stand up for us u have the means. God Bless America
March 20th, 2013
2:00 pm
they are in our life to much as it is
March 20th, 2013
2:06 pm
@Ignorance is…
It's not a matter of not wanting LE to have access to text and other digital data, it's a matter of requiring the same process as if it were telephone data – get a judge to sign off on a search warrant for that information.
March 20th, 2013
2:13 pm
This may bring back land lines.
March 20th, 2013
2:17 pm
To the low informationers out there with the comment "You shouldn't have anything to hide"….I suppose you don't mind just anyone reading your texts then do you, not just the fuzz.
March 20th, 2013
2:21 pm
What about telegraph service ?? Can they save & access that ??? What about pigeons ? What about sign language ? Stay off the grid as much as you can people !! Last days are upon us !! LOL
March 20th, 2013
2:22 pm
A warrant or subpoena IS still required. The police only want companies to make the date available for a longer period of time. Geez! How is this a violation of your 4th amendment rights when a judge is signing off on the warrant or subpoena. By the way, the 4th amendment only protects against UNREASONABLE search and seizure.
March 20th, 2013
2:23 pm
If you don't have anything to hide….why even have warrants?
The police should just be able to walk into your home at any time and take a look around? Only criminals wouldn't want them digging around in your private matters.
March 20th, 2013
2:31 pm
They already have access to this data with a warrant, no reason to change anything.
March 20th, 2013
2:35 pm
Do the police have any idea how much storage space and equipment it would take to store every text message? Archiving is a very high dollar suggestion. Rather than having a server room with ten servers, and (possibly) fifty virtual servers, they are asking companies to take on the cost of having an ever growing server population, and that's insane. We, as consumers, would absorb the cost. A cell phone bill that was $100 per month, can possibly be double that in order to pay for that infrastructure. Apparently, this is not thought through at all. Aren't cops supposed to be known for due diligence and proper investigation? If so, they'd know the ramifications of this type of request.
March 20th, 2013
2:37 pm
If you were wondering, YES, this is exactly what a POLICE STATE looks like. Put down your books on E. Germany, the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, etc. Amerika has its own flavor of oppressive/totalitarian state. Now shut up and salute the flag like you were taught in school.
March 20th, 2013
2:39 pm
F- that you Gestapo thugs!
March 20th, 2013
2:42 pm
The government is intrusive enough already. The police of today are nothing like they were even 20 years ago. This is an oppressive move by law enforcement. They're already thugs with a badge. Whats next?
March 20th, 2013
2:47 pm
John Burningham politician's communications would be excluded just like everything else. I'm tired of my rights being violated. Shouldn't it stay private it since if I communicate with paper and pen, I can just shred it and it is gone. Police can't do anything about that. I guess next they will want all calls recorded.
March 20th, 2013
2:49 pm
I only have two things to say, George Orwell 1984 and THIS IS REAL SCARY
March 20th, 2013
2:56 pm
This is a 4th Amendment issue and the idea that opposition to the police position should indicate someone is a "perp" is exactly the reason the police should have no access to any of the information sought. ALL text messages is just that – ALL! Messages absent criminal activity could still be used against an individual who is innocent of any crime.
In 1996 the police decided the identity of the Olympic Park bomber was a security guard, built a case on flimsy, at best, evidence and destroyed the individual's life. SURPRISE, the security guard was the hero and not the villain.
Can anyone possibly believe this is the only time someone falsely accused was destroyed by law enforcement's fixation? Of course this happens and only the high profile of the case cleared the accused in the Olympic case but left the public with the impression the guard was guilty.
You polyannas keep ceding your privacy and freedom for safety and eventually this will bite you or a family member.
March 20th, 2013
3:02 pm
There should also be mandatory drug testing for the entire population, daily…otherwise, it's just plain unfair to the potheads. This would create a lot of business! And…JOBS!!! Yeah, it's like a tax, but forget that part and just concentrate on the JOBS ok? So, now we can not only get everyones' text messages, but also lock up millions of people in a pre-emptive strike just for smoking pot or any other drug before they commit other crimes that they are obviously destined to commit. Every pot smoker I've ever met has been extremely violent and a scourge to mankind. Except me of course. Freedom isn't "free" people.
March 20th, 2013
3:02 pm
The govn't has been doing this a very long time. When the technology is available, the govn't will use it.
In 2000 I was in a dingy little server center looking at a macrovirus. On a computer controlling reels on servers recording every conversation. Sooo, Windows 98 back then. I'm sure only the "right" people have access to that information now. /s
Good luck with that. Anything that can be abused for a profit will generally be abused for a profit.
March 20th, 2013
3:07 pm
Let's have law enforcement make a big deal about the 2nd amendment but ignore the 4th, 5th and 6th.
March 20th, 2013
3:23 pm
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
March 20th, 2013
3:33 pm
Anyone ever read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?" Yes, I realize that this is legislation only to save the data longer, but I have no doubt in my mind that if it passes, the next step the government will take is to make it easier to access. @ A Cop, these aren't just "our" rights, they're your rights as well. Stand up and fight for the rights we were given by the great men that started this country. @ Everyone who says "if you have nothing to hide why do you care?" I'll tell you why, I don't want anybody, regardless if its the cops or my friends and family, gaining access to private information that was not intended for them to see; unless it has been ordered so by a judge, based on reasonable evidence. I am saddened that some people are so quick to trust the government. This country was founded on the rights of INDIVIDUALS and they are slowly being taken away.
March 20th, 2013
3:34 pm
I don't understand how some people are so willing to give up their constitutional rights.
To quote Bushy: "Anyone who doesn't understand that privacy laws, and constitutional protections are important whether you are a criminal or not, is beyond stupid"
March 20th, 2013
3:35 pm
About that device in your car……it is already here and will be required by the insurance companies very soon.


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There appears to be a major conflict—one that poses a real danger to the life and safety of building occupants—in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and 2012 International Residential Code (IRC). The 2012 IECC sets a mandatory blower-door-tested maximum air-infiltration rate at a tight 3 ACH50 (50 air changes per hour) in most of the country (climate zones 3 to 8) and 5 ACH50 in hot, humid regions (climate zones 1 and 2).
The problem lies in the fact that the new IECC/IRC also allows builders to install natural-draft gas appliances in these homes with no safety testing. There is a significant danger that negative pressure near combustion appliances will cause backdrafting, drawing carbon monoxide into the building. The IRC says that if your home meets the ACH50 standards of the IECC, you must comply with the ASHRAE 62.2 mechanical ventilation standard, which could be met with an exhaust-only system, but it says nothing about combustion appliance zone (CAZ) safety.
The IRC also says that if you have gas appliances in this home, you must comply with the fuel gas requirements of the International Mechanical Code (IMC), and the IMC says something weird: If the house is less than 4 ACH (50 or natural; it's not clear) you must have combustion makeup air so the fire can breathe. But there is nothing to address CAZ depressurization due to fans.
Now we have climbed through several codes, none of which makes this trail easy to follow, and we still don't have the assurance we need. Unless there is language in the IMC, or someplace else, that I'm not aware of, we have a threat to life and public safety.
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WE NEED TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST PSYCHOPATHIC DEGENERATE REPUBLICAN THEIVES LIARS AND WARMONGERERS AND THEIR "FREE MARKETS" (SLAVERY). THESE SOCIOPATHIC FAKE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE ACTUALLY FASCISTS AND WOULD BE SLAVE OWNERS NEED TO LOSE EVERY SINGLE ELECTION THEY ARE RUNNING FOR, OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE NO SOCIALIST SECURITY, NO FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR POLICE FORCES, AND YOU WILL END UP IN DEBTORS PRISONS. Trust me, America…you are under heavy duty mind control by nazi traitors/ republicans who hate everything that america stands for! THEY HATE OUR FREEDOM, (women's gays, workers, the poor and people of color)–THEY HATE OUR FREEDOM LIKE BIN LADEN DOES!
the only thing worse than too much government, is NOT ENOUGH GOVERNMENT—
You are extremely creative, very-very talented,and a real sharp cookie,so you would know best what future moves you will take !!! i'm really excited to VOICE-ROSEANNEARCHY !!! and i get what your reasoning is w/bill m,as he has been wearing a bit thin w/ me also. i still look forward to what guests he might have on.
WILL DO and thanks for your kindness !!!
dashus you are a doll and i really do appreciate your support so much–but the real thing I am doing is just getting the word out to people as best as I can. You can do it too—just concentrate on what is really being said…break free of mind control and organize with others who have done/are doing the same.
the website that's not up yet is to promote roseanne into office by use of poetry-a lot being done at local public events_ _ _!!!
This info is true-it is happening& we need someone to take charge- help in this forrest of decay-That someone is ROSEANNE-she can bring the around who really care about these issues & begin in solving THIS WORLDLY CRISIS,before All the good and decent go down w/ the horrible EVIL living amongst us.
just to chime in on pjs comment, not only coqui frogs for(perhaps for tonal mind control have been introduced, but the micro snails that transmit the lethal rat lung virus, the varroa mites and beetles attacking the bee hives, and now a worm boring into the kona coffee beans. all of these agricultural invasions have been initiated by the military via University of Hawaii. They have long been in cahoots, using the island and people of Hawaii as a giant experimental laboratory. And when they have ruined the agriculture here with bioengineered invasive lethal organisims and depleted uranium, then they will claim these islands as theirs. Already the slow genocide of the native Hawaiian people is occuring via diabetes and high blood pressure. the us gov owes these people so much that its easier to just put off paying them the millions they owe them till they can "eradicate the problem". No casinos to help make money for these indigenous people… they r screwed. God Bless The U.S. of Slay
We are in a culture war for sure—the rich against the poor–those with no culture at all, and no civility– against those who grow the food.
i have so many thoughts on topic here- & the other recent posts, waiting awhile in order to put sense to them_ _ _
hi there tim-no i do not have a website,but am working on one w/ some very creative friends,don't know when it will be up & running just yet.
I actually encourage people to convert to REALITY
We are in a culture war. Between spirituality and religion. The religious don't care about people they just want to keep the country religious because they are afraid. So when a bush or a Christine o donnell or a Romney or palin comes along and promises to uphold religion they get the votes. Very simple. I encourage us all to leave the churches and synogogues and join spiruality. It's you democrats who are still supporting churches and synogogues that are contributing to this problem!
prejesus: HAARP IS NOTHING COMPARED TO DAARPA–EVEN IF YOU RESEARCH DAARPA, YOUR COMPUTER WILL BREAK DOWN!
Gettin hit hard with mind control micro waves here in beautiful hawaii controlled human experiment island style, halburtons helping run some toxic geothermal wells that spew barium into the air and require a shit ton of oil to run, and im pretty sure the harrp thing has a set up here as in alaska and norway. also timothy, in the past few years a new frog specie was introduced here (accidentally), just on the east side of big island where the average income is a lot less then the other islands, anyway, this frog the coqui, starts up a loud peeping sound at dusk and as they multiply the high pitch TONE is said to be as loud as a dc 10 engine. until day break. some neighborhoods are so bad when i call on the phone its so loud we can barely talk. they multiply fast and since their arrival here , they have grown from the size if pinky finger nail to like thumb size. military presence so strong here , getting majorly fucked with.
Is that dashusland website yours? winkk
Dont forget what Machiavelli said-
"Fear is power"
As long a government instills fear in its citizens it will retain the power.
its so funny to me how they scream less govt.
right aftr the govt bailed outt their asses.
It makes no sense.
I've also read that mind control is gonna come in the form of Tones of sound. Not only words.
It's all about the vote.
Freedoms just another word, for nothin left to lose….nowadaze its more like" someone else to screw." Debtors prison reminds me of C. Dickens, so doesnt the enslavement of the working poor. Amerikkka should be well ashamed that lil bush and Robbama bailed out those lying bloodsucking assholes. How about paying off a few student loans while theyre at it? With prisons and the military as the employers of the future, who needs an education anymore?
and these so called people mentioned here are worshipped hands down,from all the other small-closed minds in droves,this is a serious ,unsettling form of the WORD worship at it's weakest point.
Not to mention they fund Bin Laden.


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It's YOUR AGri Business Show...looks at the concern from Wall to Washington and then some on the box car shortages.
Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch attended the session in Washington --- and if you believe railroad Execs -- they have some making up to do to show there worth to elevators and farmers in the Dakotas.
The Secretary joins us to talk about at 10:40.
Earlier --- our guests -- Travis and Roger Starks---Howalt McDowell--Rocky Boer -- Plains Commerce Bank --- and others to be aired --- talk about the issues --- and what they hope can be done about it.
Silvia Christen ---South Dakota Stockgrowers Association updates Farm Bill sign-ups -- and the wild west.
The State Public Health Vet ..Dr. Russ Daly updates us on the clinical signs of Equine Herpesvirus ----pigs and horses --- have us all concerned. More available at IGROW.org.
Scott Varilek---Commodities -Broker--Kooima Kaemingk--starts the week with grain basis still in rough shape, cash cattle Friday traded $150 to several packers--extremely tight numbers right now. Hog PEDV cases decreasing from the highs.
Craig Markhardt--Advana Mortgage has the loan quote--Todd Neuberger the Main Street to Wall Street report from Edward Jones.