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A field demonstration project in North Carolina shows that this robust moisture control method also offers significant energy savings.
Wall-vented crawlspaces are widely used in building construction throughout North America. Approximately 250,000 new homes are built on crawlspaces every year, and an estimated 26 million such homes are already in existence.They are cheap to build; functional in terms of providing a level foundation for flooring on sloping sites; and popular as spaces in which to locate plumbing, ductwork, and heating and air conditioning systems. Unfortunately, wall-vented crawlspaces can also host a variety of serious moisture problems. Closed (also called sealed or unvented) crawlspaces represent both a new business opportunity and a risk management tool for many different stakeholders in the construction industry, from pest management companies to building performance contractors and foundation specialists.As complaints and legal action related to mold growth in homes have increased, homeowners, tenants, and the construction industry have become much more aware of the need to control moisture in homes.This awareness is prompting a growing number of owners and builders to invest the additional time and money required to install closed crawlspaces in both new and existing homes.
In response to these growing concerns, Advanced Energy has undertaken a multiyear effort to document how various crawlspace ventilation and insulation strategies affect moisture levels and energy use in houses in the southeastern United States.Another primary goal of this research has been to demonstrate practical, easily transferable, and clearly understandable crawlspace construction techniques that would solve a multitude of moisture problems and would be at least energy neutral; at best, we were hoping to reduce energy consumption for space conditioning.When the project began in the fall of 2001, we did not know whether the interventions would show energy savings. Some of us had our fingers crossed against the possibility that the moisture solutions might actually cause an increase in energy consumption. We were pleasantly surprised when measurements showed the techniques to be very beneficial for both moisture control and energy efficiency.
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The 12 homes studied in this project are located in the same development in Princeville, North Carolina. Six houses are built, side-by-side, on each side of one street.All are the same size—1,040 ft2— with the same floor plan and window schedule.The development was built on controlled-fill soil to elevate it above the 100-year floodplain, which added to the uniformity of the site soil conditions, and each home site was graded to provide proper drainage.
The study homes are broken into three groups of four homes each: one control group and two experimental groups.We reduced duct leakage and house leakage to comparable levels across all the groups.Average duct leakage varies from 51 CFM25 to 68 CFM25 for these groups, which represents rates of 5%–7% CFM25 per square foot of floor area. Dividing the leakage by the conditioned floor area lets us use a consistent target across many different sizes of home.Average house leakage varies from 0.22 to 0.27 CFM50 per square foot of envelope area. Insulation deficiencies were corrected in all houses, and heat pump refrigerant charge and system air flow were measured and corrected as needed in all houses.
All the houses have a fresh-air ventilation intake integrated with the HVAC ductwork. A 6-inch insulated flex duct from outside routs air through a 1-inch pleated media filter and then connects directly to the return plenum.Whenever the HVAC system is operating,40 CFM of filtered fresh air is mixed into the return airstream, conditioned, and then distributed to the house. No fan-timing or fan-cycling controls are used in the mechanical system.
The four control houses have conventionally vented crawlspaces, with 11 8 inch x 16 inch foundation vents. Each house has a 6-mil polyethylene ground cover that is mechanically secured to the soil with turf staples. The seams are lapped approximately 6 inches but are not sealed. The ground cover extends completely to the foundation wall and intermediate piers, covering 100% of the soil.Although the building code allows a reduction in the amount of wall venting when a ground vapor retarder is present, all 11 foundation vents were retained. (Note that current North Carolina code does not require the ground vapor retarder, since these vents provide the net free area to meet the 1:150 ventilation area to crawlspace area requirement.) The floors of the control houses are insulated with well-installed R-19 Kraft-faced fiberglass batts.
The crawlspace vents of the experiment homes were sealed with rigid polystyrene foam and mastic or spray foam. Each of these closed crawlspaces has a sealed, 6-mil polyethylene liner covering the floor and extending up the foundation wall, stopping 3 inches from the top of the masonry to provide a termite inspection gap.The seams of the liner are sealed with fiberglass mesh tape and mastic, and the edges are sealed with mastic and mesh tape to the foundation wall or intermediate piers.The liner is mechanically secured to the soil with turf staples and to the foundation wall with a furring strip.
Mechanical drying in the closed crawlspaces is provided by a 4-inch duct that delivers 35 CFM of conditioned air to the crawlspace from the supply plenum whenever the air handler is running. As designed, the extra air simply exfiltrates through the crawlspace perimeter wall. No fan-timing or fancycling controls are used in the mechanical system, and no stand-alone dehumidifiers are used for moisture control. A balancing damper permits adjustment of the flow,and a backflow butterfly gravity damper with a nonmetallic hinge prevents movement of air from the crawlspace into the supply plenum when the system is off.
Four of the closed crawlspaces are insulated with R-19 kraft-faced fiberglass batts in the floor, and the other four are insulated with 2 inches of R-13 foil-faced polyisocyanurate foam on the perimeter wall and on the band joist.This closedcell foam was installed with a 3-inch gap between the top of the foam and the bottom of the sill plate, to allow for monitoring of termite activity, and there is a second gap at the bottom of the foam insulation to prevent ground contact and wicking of moisture into the foam insulation. This foam meets the ASTM E84 and Factory Mutual FM 4880 requirements of the International Residential Code for use without a thermal barrier. The ground vapor retarder is attached to the inside surface of the foam insulation with fiberglass mesh tape and mastic.We specifically did not install the wall insulation in the typically recommended form, which specifies wall insulation to 24 inches below outside grade or horizontally on top of the soil in from the foundation wall for 24 inches. Instead, the bottom edge of the crawlspace wall insulation extends only 3 to 6 inches below outside soil grade level.
Instrumentation and Data Collection
We have been recording outside air temperature and moisture content using three battery-operated data loggers distributed across the development in locations shielded from rain and direct sun. We used the same type of logger to record conditions inside each house and inside each crawlspace. Measurements were recorded at 15-minute intervals. The house data logger was placed at the center of the house in the HVAC return closet, and two loggers (one extra for redundancy) were located together in the center of the crawlspace on the support beam for the floor joists.We measured wood moisture content on a 60-day interval at ten locations in each crawlspace, including sill plate, band joist, floor joist, center beam, and subfloor readings.
After seeing the potential for energy savings during a billing analysis in early 2003, we outfitted all 12 houses with electricity submeters to record exact energy consumption by each home's package unit heat pump system. The whole-house meter and the submeters are read monthly.
The crawlspace experiment has been monitored for more than three years as of this writing. Ongoing measurements clearly indicate that the closed crawlspaces consistently outperform the wallvented crawlspaces in terms of both moisture control and energy use.What follows is a cross section of our findings from a one-year period ranging from June of 2003 through May of 2004. Monitoring of these crawlspaces will continue until March 2005.
Moisture Performance
Typical problems we see regularly in wall-vented crawlspaces include condensation on air conditioning ducts, water lines, and insulation; standing water on top of the ground vapor retarder; stained walls from water penetration and efflorescence; and water-saturated soil inside the crawlspace. The presence of liquid water, which supports the germination of mold spores, along with high relative humidity (RH) for extended periods of time, makes a vented crawlspace in the Southeast an ideal location for mold growth and wood decay to take hold.
The closed crawlspaces in our project perform notably better than the vented crawlspaces with regard to RH and wood moisture content (see Figures 1 and 2). The fact that the framing lumber in the closed crawlspaces stays below the 12% wood moisture threshold is notable, not only because it reduces the likelihood of surface mold growth but also because dry lumber is less attractive to termites and very inhospitable to Southeastern species of wood-boring beetle pests.
As fate would have it, 2003 was the wettest year in recorded history in most of North Carolina, while 2002 was a record-setting drought year. In the summer of 2003, the RH in the vented crawlspaces stayed above 70% almost all the time, while the closed crawlspaces reached similar humidity levels only 5% of the time (see Table 1).
Clearly, the closed crawlspaces provided far better performance under the harshest conditions than the vented crawlspaces did under even the mildest conditions. These results highlight the fact that even a carefully installed and maintained ground vapor retarder covering 100% of the soil is not sufficient to control crawlspace moisture levels in a vented crawlspace.Well-constructed, extensively wall-vented crawlspaces without water intrusion and with a 100% vapor retarder ground cover may prevent wood rot in crawlspaces, but moisture control would be even worse in typical vented crawlspaces, given the usual poor quality of ground vapor retarder installation and maintenance in general construction.
During any warm season here in Princeville, the outside air contains more moisture than the air in the vented crawlspaces and instead of providing drying potential, contributes moisture. Consider this: The average dew point of the outside air at Princeville during the summer of 2003 was 73°F. This corresponds to relatively moderate conditions of 88°F and 60% RH. When that air goes into the crawlspace and encounters any object that is cooler than 73°F, the RH peaks at 100% and the water vapor in the air will condense on that object just as it would on a cool drink set out on the porch railing. Supply ducts (55°F- 65°F), water pipes and tanks (55°F- 65°F), and even the floor of the crawlspace (65°F-70°F) and the wood framing above (70°F-78°F) can experience this condensation, especially if the homeowner likes to condition the house to temperatures below 72°F. Even if conditions aren't bad enough for condensation, the RH of the air entering the crawlspace will still easily reach levels of 90% or higher for prolonged periods of time.
From our dew point measurements, we observed that the closed crawlspaces stay moister than the vented crawlspaces in winter. Limiting the moisture swing seen by the house over the course of the year reduces the likelihood of common cosmetic problems like shrinking and swelling of hardwood floors and trim carpentry and cracking or nail pops in drywall.
Energy Performance
Going beyond our expectations, the closed-crawlspace houses exhibit clear energy savings over the control houses (see Figure 3).This is true even for the four closed-crawlspace houses with wall insulation where we provided a termite inspection gap and did not install the insulation either down 24 inches below grade or 24 inches horizontally onto the crawlspace floor, as is typically recommended in energy codes and design guidelines.
For the 12 months analyzed, the floor-insulated closed-crawlspace houses have used an average of 15% less energy for space conditioning than the control houses. This represents a savings of approximately 870 kWh, or roughly $87, per year for each household.The wall-insulated closed-crawlspace houses have used, on average,18% less energy than the control houses over the same 12-month period. This represents a savings of approximately 1,030 kWh, or roughly $100, per year for each household.
By the luck of the draw, the control houses ended up with higher occupancy numbers and more children than the experiment houses. While we could and did control for the variables of climate, site drainage, architecture, insulation, shell leakage, duct leakage, and mechanical equipment performance, there remain variations in base- load consumption and occupant thermostat settings among the groups that may be significant due to the small sample size.
We did not submeter the appliance, lighting, water heating, or exhaust fan loads, but noted that the total baseload use in the control houses was significantly higher—10%-20% in any given month—than that in the experiment houses over the entire year. The extra occupant and baseload in the controls would theoretically increase the need for cooling in the summer and decrease the need for heating in the winter.The difference in baseload use between the controls and the floor-insulated experiment houses is about the same in both summer and winter, which suggests that the surpluses offset each other in terms of heat pump energy used and saved in the control houses to compensate for the difference. However, there is more of a difference in baseload consumption between the controls and the wall-insulated experiment houses in the summer than there is in the winter, which makes the summertime wall-experiment house performance look better.
A review of the interior house data indicates that the control houses were operated 1°F –2°F cooler than the experiment houses in the summer and 1°F–2°F warmer than the experiment houses in the winter.To normalize the heat pump energy consumption with regard to these differences in thermostat setpoint,we graphed average temperature difference between outside and inside for each house in each month and plotted that against the kWh consumption for space conditioning for that house in the same month. The trendlines for each group of houses indicate the same seasonal patterns of performance that we observed in the raw submeter data.
We have not administered a formal survey of occupant comfort, but we recently had an experience that indicated that the crawlspace's moisture performance may also affect the occupant's thermostat settings. In June of this year, we modified the vented control crawlspaces to test a new version of a closed crawlspace.We installed a crawlspace supply duct to provide supplemental drying, as was done in the other closed crawlspaces. When we returned to the site four days later, one resident (who rarely adjusts her thermostat) excitedly told us that the day after we improved her crawlspace, she had to turn up her thermostat because she felt too cold in the house!
This project is scheduled to conclude after the winter of 2004-05, when we will test one final configuration to assess the energy impact of 24 inches of foam insulation installed horizontally on the ground of the wallinsulated, closed-crawlspace houses. Final results and additional analysis will be posted on the project Web site, www.crawlspaces.org.
We're very excited about the degree of performance improvement shown by the closed crawlspaces, especially considering that our control houses represent the best possible performance of wall-vented crawlspaces.The vast majority of newly built vented crawlspaces are not installed or maintained to the standards used for this project.We believe that the findings of this study will transfer well to houses whose geometry and geography are similar to those of the study homes. However, additional consideration and study are required for houses in other locations or with different geometry.The energy results seem to indicate that wall-insulated closed crawlspaces will perform best in cooling-based climates; it seems likely that floor-insulated closed crawlspaces will perform best in heating-based climates.Of course, these homes have shallow foundations,and we have not tested crawlspace foundations with deeper footings, such as may be found farther north.A wall insulation strategy may prove to perform best in such houses.We won't know with any certainty how well the improvements in moisture and energy performance will transfer to houses in other climates until a number of such houses are actually constructed and monitored.We are now starting up a project to gather those data in multiple climate zones. This project will also demonstrate the ability of the production housing market to incorporate closed crawlspace technology into their construction processes.
Currently we find that the energy benefits of closed crawlspaces are not completely predicted by popular energy analysis software packages, so it may be some time before closed crawlspaces get their due respect when builders choose house specifications aimed at achieving a certified minimum energy rating.We hope that our research findings will spur refinements in the analysis tools, and that in the meantime the data will reinforce the argument that consumers can improve their homes by building or retrofitting a properly closed crawlspace. Data from a subset of two highly instrumented houses in the project are being used to validate a hygrothermal modeling tool under development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Initial construction costs associated with building closed crawlspaces will almost always be more than for traditional wall-vented construction. As the new construction methods are evaluated by both builders and researchers, it will be important to factor in the value of reduced callbacks for moisture and mold complaints, the perception of enhanced value by the consumer, and the resulting improvement in sales price and volume, and reduced legal action. Reduced maintenance; a reduction in costly, long-term repairs; and significant energy savings will enhance the value of closed-crawlspace construction to the consumer. Other Advanced Energy research is focused on the potential indoor air quality (IAQ) and health impacts of closedcrawlspace construction, which could indicate a whole new class of benefits from this technology.The future could include insurance premium savings for houses built on certified closed crawlspaces.
One specific measure of IAQ that we have addressed in this project is radon risk. Long term radon monitoring was performed in all the crawlspaces and conditioned areas. Slightly higher average concentrations were found in the closed crawlspaces, with measurements averaging 0.5 picocuries per liter (pCi/l) in the vented crawlspaces and 1.1 pCi/l in the closed crawlspaces. The radon measurements in the conditioned space do not show any difference correlated with the type of foundation they are on; all houses average approximately 0.5 pCi/l with a maximum reading of 0.7 pCi/l in any house. The commonly accepted action level for radon remediation is 4 pCi/l. We believe that a closed crawlspace should be thought of as a short basement when it comes to radon mitigation, since similar measures are applicable for assessment and control of risk where needed.
Professionals seeking to install closed crawlspaces face a formidable learning curve to be successful. As with all aspects of the construction industry, choosing the correct materials, tools, and techniques is only half the battle; training and quality assurance are also critical to ensure that the right work is performed the right way at the right time. A good closed crawlspace must be designed properly with regard to control of internal and external water sources from the very start of construction.You must choose a drying mechanism—conditioned air supply or a dehumidifier, for example— for long term, active moisture control. Other important design issues include pest management, combustion safety, fire safety, proper insulation, and radon control, if applicable.
Implementation requires close coordination with building officials, since the building codes are lagging behind this technology, and many current codes provide only a tortuous compliance path for closed crawlspaces. During our work to set up the houses in this study, the scattered and conflicting nature of different building code elements governing closed crawlspaces became evident. For closed crawlspaces to be practical for both builders and code enforcement officials, we are recommending a separate section in the code that is specifically dedicated to these construction methods.We have helped the North Carolina Building Code Council and code services staff to draft new code language for closed crawlspaces with the assistance of the North Carolina Structural Pest Control Board, the National Pest Management Association, and several installers of closed crawlspaces across the state.The draft language has been approved by the Building Code Council and is now under final review by state agencies before it becomes available for use.
Pricing contracts, and managing the safety and training of employees, are both especially important when one is developing and offering any new service. In closed-crawlspace work, coordination with other trades becomes an even greater factor, since they will be literally walking all over that work to do their own.As one example of pricing, closed crawlspaces in one North Carolina market, assuming a 2,000 ft2 house, range from $4,200 for a simple, new-construction project to $6,700 for a complex retrofit project. Including wall insulation adds $1,500–$3,000 to the sale for these examples, minus the cost of floor insulation if it is a new construction project. Complexities that increase the price over the simple baseline include the extra length of perimeter for houses with lots of angles, the number of support columns that break up the floor of the crawlspace, and a sloping grade that requires additional material and fitting on the crawlspace walls. Retrofit complications can also include existing water problems, contaminated or damaged materials, and debris that must be removed before the work starts.
Closed crawlspaces clearly represent both a new business opportunity and a risk management service for the shelter industry. Firms that rise to the challenge of implementing specifications and procedures for installing closed crawlspaces as a moisture control technique will be able to profit from the knowledge that they are also giving their customers the benefit of energy savings.
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Last updated at 14:19, Friday, 02 December 2011
I read with interest the letter signed "Irthington Residents in support of Carlisle Airport" (The Cumberland News, November 18).
Airport development is supported by 58 per cent of Irthington parish residents; as a quick look in the recently distributed Irthington Parish Council Community Plan Report 2011 shows.
As a member of the parish council responsible for this plan (written after consulting every home in the parish), it is apparent that people are generally in favour of positive airport development, but do not want an industrial estate built in open countryside.
For the last five years the Stobart Group has been asked on a number of occasions to consult with local residents, as most people were uninformed as to what was coming (you may remember a previous "letter to the Editor" signed by 57 Irthington residents looking for more information).
I was one of the individuals involved with this door to door survey and of the 60 approached, only one person was happy with everything to do with the Airport and two declined to comment.
Following on from this Stobarts were invited to a public meeting in Newtown Hall, organized by Irthington Parish Council, but they declined to attend and city councilors only attended after initially refusing to do so.
This meeting was well attended, which allowed the parish council to better gauge the local feeling and respond accordingly to the city planning department as an official consultee (available on CCC website).
At a later date and after the end of the statutory window for public consultation on the application, Stobarts organised a "drop-in session" during working hours. This meant that most people, myself included, were unable to attend.
Those that did, like Gordon Brown, were invited to leave when they asked uncomfortable questions.
The above letter makes a number of unsubstantiated claims and shows little evidence of its authors having read either the planning application, or any of the contradictory accounts published by The Stobart Group in relation to their intentions for what is presently Carlisle Airport.
The authors' concerns over supposedly misguided individuals unaware of their actions and attempting to prevent economic growth couldn't be further from the truth. It's about sustainable investment in suitable locations.
Any planning application of this magnitude is going to provoke comments and this particular application, in so far as it is possible to determine what is being proposed, would carry many negative consequences.
Most of these could be alleviated if the regional distribution centre was built in a more appropriate location such as Kingmoor where there are 88 hectares available.
I make no apologies for being "vocal" in raising my concerns but in fairness the applicant is hardly a shrinking violet.
Anyone can raise anything relevant with CCC as part of the planning process. But if "the authors" wish to make themselves known, our parish council meets every month and is open to members of the public for dialogue on all local issues and subjects of interest. We regularly have city and county councillor surgeries beforehand.
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- So Gordon Brown of Irthington is not opposed to the development of Carlisle Airport (The Cumberland News, November 25). You could have fooled me.
From the very start of Stobarts taking over from Dr Haughey, he has campaigned energetically against the development of the airport.
I can't remember his first complaint – was it to do with rented fields? – which made Stobarts change the planning application.
Now Gordon goes through it with a fine tooth comb, finds a minor technical point and goes to court twice and fails but persists and goes a third time and wins, thereby costing the council a fortune in legal fees.
Without the interference of Gordon and his NIMBY friends the airport would by now be up and running with a runway that would have kept aeroplanes from flying over Irthington.
This time he does not mention the jumbo jets he frightened us with before or the transport business but says there won't be enough aircraft to make the airport viable.
Just be honest with yourself Gordon and say you do not want the airport and leave it at that.
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Distance 1.5 MI / 2.41 KM SOUTH to Hotel
Taxi Fee From Train Station: £8.00 (GBP)
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Distance 0.1 MI / 0.16 KM WEST to Hotel
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Heathrow Airport (LHR) is Europe's busiest hub. Located 16 miles/26km (west) from the hotel, expect a road transfer time of 45 minutes to one hour depending on the traffic. Taxi fee: approximately £100. Taxis (London Black Cabs) are available with no advance booking from dedicated taxi ranks at each terminal. Larger vehicles are available on request; please book in advance via the Concierge. There is a train shuttle service called the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station. Trains run every 15 minutes between 5am and 11.40pm with a journey time of 15 minutes. The fare is £18.00 for Single Express Class. Allow up to 10 minutes to walk from each airport terminal to the main station. Once in Paddington station you may reach the hotel by taxi, fare: approximately £10. Total journey time to the hotel is approximately 50 minutes. London Underground - the 'Tube' - also runs regular services into central London. Fare: from £4.50. Take the Piccadilly Line direct to Hyde Park Corner station. From there the hotel is five minutes' walk. Complete journey time: 50 minutes. Please note that a busy road junction separates the Underground station from the hotel so your route is via underpasses. If you are carrying a substantial amount of luggage the short journey will be a little difficult. Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the second largest airport in the South of England, located 31 miles/52km (south) from the hotel. Road transfer time is around one hour and 15 minutes. Taxi fare: £129. Larger vehicles are available on request; please book in advance via the Concierge. A train service called the Gatwick Express runs every 15 minutes from 5.50am until 00.50am. Fare: £16.90 for an Express Class Single ticket. Journey time 35 minutes to Victoria station. You will be able to purchase the ticket on the train from the conductor; credit cards are accepted. Once at the station, take a taxi to the hotel, fare: journey time 10 minutes. The Gatwick Express is a fast and efficient way to travel to central London; however, should you be travelling with a substantial amount of luggage you will find this journey a little difficult, as luggage porters are not widely available at either station. London City Airport (LCY) has a runway surrounded by water located in the regenerated Docklands area. It's served by regional and international airlines. Located 11 miles/17km (east) from the hotel, road transfer time is around 45 minutes. Taxi fare: £79. Larger vehicles are available on request; please book in advance via the Concierge. The train service is the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) running westbound from 5.31am until 00.21am to Bank station, fare: from £4.00. The train journey is not direct so you will need to change at Bank station for the Central Line to Holborn station, then change for the Piccadilly Line to Hyde Park Corner. Expected overall journey time is 50 minutes, but is only recommended if you have a small amount of luggage. This airport has a terminal for private aviation. Stansted Airport (STN) serves a number of popular budget airlines such as EasyJet and Ryanair. Located 40 miles/65km (north-east) away from the hotel, road transfer time is around one hour and 15 minutes. Taxi fare: £129. Larger vehicles are available on request; please book in advance via the Concierge. A train service runs every 15 minutes from the airport terminal to Liverpool Street station between 5.30am and 00.30am. Fare: £18.80 Express Class Single ticket. Journey time 45 minutes. Once at the station take a taxi to the hotel, fare: approx imately £129; journey time 20 minutes depending on the traffic. Stansted has a terminal for private aviation.
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cloud9quest wrote:I cant speak for other folks but i will be hosting a benefit at the porter in L5 so i need to get out early. Its called pints for pups and we will be tapping the only keg of Bell's ORACLE (double IPA) in the state of georgia. so y'all should come on out and have some dank brew and help out the homeless dogs of georgia. there will be great auction and raffle items to win (for you gambling folk) and of course beautiful slutty animal lovers to take home too.
Clunck wrote:take home women that wanna hug furry creatures.
cloud9quest wrote:#43 will leaving with some loser tomorrow from perk
Steve Adams wrote:Bring whatever you're left with to Lenora tomorrow night.
Steve Adams wrote:I'm looking for some bag tag action Friday afternoon at Redan. 4:30PM
cloud9quest wrote:Steve Adams wrote:I'm looking for some bag tag action Friday afternoon at Redan. 4:30PM
Rich Meade wrote:Just to clarify my position on Sunday...
I'm going there to play dubs. If I know Dubs isn't going to happen, then I won't be going.
Part of the reason I even mentioned being at Redan Sunday was to encourage the turnout for Dubs. NOT replace it with a challenge match.
If it changes to a challenge match, I won't be there, and will practice at Alexander instead.
If 20 people show up, and as a group decide to just play singles... that's fine with me.
Rich Meade wrote:lol... doesn't matter now... I don't have the #1 tag anymore...lol
Go chase after Carlos now!
crguanaco7 wrote:#1 tag will still be present tomorrow at redan at 10am.
jritger wrote:#2 tag will be @ Perkerson tomorrow, 5:30pm.
Chris, do you have #1? If so I'm coming for ya!
Pulverizer wrote:#007 will be at Deerlick Thursday May 3rd about 4:00 pm.
Rubiks wrote:I'll be playing singles this Sunday afternoon following P-nut dubs at Redan. I don't want to take the #1 to Texas, so someone needs to win it from me on Sunday.
jritger wrote:Somebody needs to win that #1 tag off Chris before he moves to Austin, his last round is today !
Can't Hit Open Putts wrote:The #8 tag will be in the Panama City FL area for the next 3 weeks. (3 weeks at the beach! I know, life is rough!) If anyone is down that way, I'll gladly take the challenge. CHOP
Can't Hit Open Putts wrote:#8 is back in town and looking for a challenge Thursday mornimg around 9:45-10:00 at Alex. I have until 12:15 before I have to pick up the kids. Any takers??
Steve Adams wrote:Can't Hit Open Putts wrote:#8 is back in town and looking for a challenge Thursday mornimg around 9:45-10:00 at Alex. I have until 12:15 before I have to pick up the kids. Any takers??
Bring that tag to Lenora in the afternoon.
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keith johnson wrote:I wish you well and hope things pick up for you once the football season is over.
People will be all over helping when you are at the pouring concrete stage - before that, not so much.
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A Charles County grand jury has indicted a 74-year-old Prince George's County man on counts of negligent and criminal vehicular homicide for the deaths of a Waldorf woman and her daughter in a three-vehicle collision last summer in Bryans Road.
Jackson Tutt of Fort Washington has been charged with causing the June 24 accident that killed Marquetta McGee, 36, and her 7-year-old daughter, Jan-Nae Woodard.
Tutt was driving south on Indian Head Highway north of Lewis Place in Bryans Road that day around 3:21 p.m. when his 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe drifted into the median and crossed into the northbound lanes.
Tutt's truck first collided with a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer and then slammed into the driver's side of McGee's 2003 Nissan Altima.
Jan-Nae, a first-grader at William B. Wade Elementary School in Waldorf, was sitting in a booster seat directly behind her mother. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
McGee died after spending a week in critical condition at the shock trauma unit at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly.
Tutt also was flown to the shock trauma unit but was released after being treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
The Trailblazer's driver, William Green, 60, of Indian Head was not hurt in the accident, but his wife, Mattie Green, 63, suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Fort Washington Medical Center, where she was treated and released.
Officers determined Tutt had been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
An investigator with the Maryland State Police crash team said following McGee's death that it could take up to six months for the team to complete its reconstruction report and for the Charles County State's Attorney's Office to review the case and decide whether to file charges against Tutt.
Crash team investigators presented the case before the grand jury Jan. 18. Jury members returned an indictment charging Tutt with two counts each of negligent vehicular manslaughter and criminal vehicular manslaughter.
An arrest warrant was issued, and Tutt turned himself in Wednesday at the state police La Plata barrack.
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St. Mary's County Commissioner Dan Morris (R), a former law enforcement officer, advised the public Tuesday not to shoot guns into the air. His remarks came in response to recent comments by Vice President Joe Biden (D).
During a Feb. 19 during a Facebook Town Hall event, Biden said, "I said, Jill, if there's ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, walk out, put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. I promise you whoever's coming in is not going to."
Morris said, "If you're a citizen of St. Mary's County, do not do that. Do not fire two rounds into the air because you'll be responsible for what comes back down. Don't run out on the balcony and don't fire two shots into the air."
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Pax River has the social media bug.
An admiral in charge of thousands of employees doubles as a blogger. Another Tweets. Public affairs officers are Facebooking, and uploading videos to YouTube.
"It's an easy fast way to get the word out to people who are following you," said Doug Abbotts, a spokesman for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
While younger audiences tend to favor social media, it works with most folks at Pax River, Abbotts said, because so many people are at their desks, in front of computers, rather than on the floor, fixing parts or delivering goods — the case at some military bases.
Rear Adm. Randy Mahr has reached out to those workers through the NAWCAD Commander's Blog, which publishes weekly. It's also visible to the public at www.navair.navy.mil/nawcad. Blog topics often urge readers to consider when it's time to pat each other on the back and when it's time to step up their game.
"When a co-worker is ostracized from meetings based on gender, or subjected to comments about their looks, and these comments are condoned by those present, we have a problem," Mahr wrote last month. "One voice can say we are all in the arena together and we won't tolerate that attitude."
The post led to a conversation with members of the workforce about feeling included, or excluded, and how to earn respect. One writer responded that "layers of management" had made her feel like her opinion was buried in the politics.
Mahr replied, "This kind of discussion is why I wanted to start this blog in the first place ... I absolutely agree with you that some of the best ideas out there are not going to come from the people sitting in offices with doors on them."
In the next blog post, Mahr wrote, "I was talking with a retired Master Chief this week about his daughter who is attending a college where a professor has a very low opinion of the military. It frustrates her to hear him make statements that she knows, from her father's life, aren't true. She knows men and women in uniform serve to answer a great calling and without people like her father, the world would be a different and more dangerous place."
The Chief of Naval Information gave Mahr special recognition for his work.
Vice Adm. David Dunaway just started in September but he's already Tweeting. "Congratulations AT1 Wesley Meredith and YN2 Joseph Traw — NAVAIR's Sailors of the Quarter. Well done!" Or, "Two great town halls in Pax yesterday and two more today. Excellent questions from the crowd."
Social media is best used when writers want mass engagement and feedback, and for the information to be shared, said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Servello, a spokesperson in Virginia who has helped the Navy shape news coverage and social media efforts. "You have to know your audience. You have to know what your goal is."
Obviously, admirals can't have conversations with each employee. But through their writing, they have the potential to reach each person at a command, Servello said.
NAVAIR Facebook posts include photos of the day, details on aircraft, graduations and special awards. And videos, which often highlight technology, like unmanned aerial vehicles and the F-35 fighter jet, garnered more than a million views on YouTube.
The Navy began to heavily use social media as a communication tool around 2009, Servello said. Since then, sailors and Marines in the Atlantic to the Pacific, the horn of Africa and the Middle East, have plugged into Navy social media. So have their loved ones and folks who are just interested in all things Navy.
Navy spouses took part in a social media campaign to protest plans this year regarding an Enlisted Review Board process that would force about 3,000 sailors to "separate" from the Navy. Facebook accounts, such as "ERB Sailors," now post job openings and offer a support group without boundaries.
Social media also provided a sounding board for military family members, who complained when a ship held crew members onboard at least 13 hours as officials attempted to collect urine samples for drug testing, according to the Navy Times. About 2,100 sailors waited so long that cars parked on the pier in Newport News, Va., were towed and evening plans took a turn for the worse. Navy spouses posted on the ship's Facebook page, messages such as, "Thank you USS Lincoln for ruining my Friday and anniversary."
With a more positive outlook, Servello, a Leonardtown High School graduate originally from Hollywood, said he expects Navy social media to play a growing role in sharing information. Soon, he expects the first unmanned aerial vehicle will fly off an an aircraft carrier and that social media could have a role in sharing that information.
He encourages Navy social media users to keep security in mind, never providing anything an enemy could use against them. But, he said, those are similar types of challenges the fleet faced when phones and email first came to ships.
"I look at it as an opportunity," Servello said. There are hundreds of thousands of spokespeople out there talking about work that's under way. "It helps tell the story of the Navy."


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One of St. Mary's County Commissioner Todd Morgan's traffic concerns is the safety on St. Andrew's Church Road, for vehicles making a left turn to the trash and recycling center in California.
The Maryland State Highway Administration looked into the matter and reported back to the St. Mary's commissioners last week. But the agency reviewed the wrong section of the state road.
Morgan's concern is for those making a left turn onto Old St. Andrew's Church Road, where Route 4 bends to the right with a slumping shoulder that drivers use to get around those turning left. Maryland SHA reviewed a straight section of Route 4 at the intersection of the road to the St. Andrew's Landfill. The distance between the two intersections is almost a half-mile.
Asked about the matter Tuesday, Morgan (R) checked with the state. "State highway looked at the wrong place," Morgan reported back. "The concern I've had all along was the turn into the transfer station."
There are skid marks on Route 4 at Old St. Andrew's Road where drivers slam on their brakes, he said, to avoid hitting left-turning vehicles.
"They'll go back and do the study," Morgan said, which should take another 30 days. "People make mistakes. We need to make sure to rectify the mistake quickly."
The state's traffic data on Route 4 in 2011 was a daily average of 17,340 vehicles between Route 235 and Indian Bridge Road. Data from 2012 should be updated next month.
In reviewing the intersection on Route 4 to the St. Andrew's Landfill, Maryland SHA said, "Review of crash data for the most recent 3-year period did not reveal an identifiable crash pattern. As a result, we are unable to comply with your request for 'Watch for Left-turning Vehicles' warning signs at the intersection of MD 4 and St. Andrew's Landfill."
The Feb. 8 letter from Lee Starkloff, district engineer with SHA, said maintenance crews would trim vegetation blocking the guide sign for the landfill and refresh pavement markings in the area.