Archive | August 2012

Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone; First Draft: Comment Request

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 166 (Monday, August 27, 2012): “The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the first draft assessment documents titled, Health Risk and Exposure Assessment for Ozone, First External Review Draft; Welfare Risk and Exposure Assessment for Ozone, First External Review Draft; and Policy Assessment for the Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards: First External Review Draft. The Agency is extending the comment period by 31 days to provide stakeholders and the public adequate time to conduct appropriate analysis and prepare meaningful comments on these first draft assessment documents. The original comment period was to end on September 11, 2012. The extended comment period will now close on October 12, 2012.”

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2009 Ford Flex Water Leaking Through Sunroof | CarComplaints.com

I’ve been noticing an intermittent, unpleasant odor for a couple of months in our 2009 Ford Flex – just thought it was from some things the boys left in the vehicle? After an overnight rain couple of weeks ago, though, I got sloshed by water on my pants from a large drip at the driver side windshield pillar (A-pillar) at the top of the molding where it meets the headliner. Finally did a number of online searches today and it appears to be a noted problem on a number of forums, but mostly at:

  • The passenger side A pillar, 
  • Coming through the air vents in the ceiling next to the rear DVD player, or
  • Clogged drain lines at rear hatch door. 

The post below, though, describes my situation exactly:

2009 Ford Flex Water Leaking Through Sunroof | CarComplaints.com:

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I got to checking things this morning. Apparently, there is a leak at the sunroof seal that lets water seep into the plastic forms within the headliner base at the front of the sunroof. Also noticed that the three velcro pieces that hold the headliner up to the roof are loose and under a lot of strain (i.e., won’t stay in place even after reattachment…) Here’s a link to some photos of the problem to make it easier to understand what I’m talking about.

Here’s a link to a Ford schematic for the sunroof, which shows the drain lines. Still looking to find the drain holes in the basin/trough, though, to run some guitar string / piano wire into for unclogging…

I’ll contact the dealer this week to see what the fix is. Being out of warranty, I’m sure it will be expensive. Hopefully, they’ll have a description of what to do so that I can take care of it myself. Might post a follow-up if anything good to share.

Posting Cover Songs on YouTube: Music Licensing Law Explained | DIY Musician

If you try to monetize your videos on YouTube, you’ve probably received an email from them with the subject “More information needed to consider your video monetization request”.  The content will include:

Thanks for submitting your video(s) for monetization.

At this time, we are unable to approve your video(s) for monetization because we do not have sufficient information regarding your commercial use rights. We may consider your video(s) for review provided you verify that you are authorized to commercially use all of the elements of your content. This includes video, images, music, video game footage, and any other audio or visual element. Learn more about what kind of content you can monetize on YouTube. If you have used third party content in your video(s), please review this article with suggestions on how to claim commercial use rights.

If you can provide information confirming commercial use rights to your video(s), submit information below:

We’ve provided replies after looking at various legal forms, etc., but had been struggling to find good information about proper copyright permissions for posts of Jon’s cover songs to YouTube. This article was the most helpful (so far) in providing some answers –

Posting Cover Songs on YouTube: Music Licensing Law Explained | DIY Musician:

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