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Worcester Bosch 4000 Boiler Review, Prices & Features
By Myles Robinson Updated on 23rd January 2023 Posted on 28th December 2022 // Boiler Reviews
Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 Review
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Should you buy Worcester Bosch Grenstar 4000?
Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 Review: Everything you need to know about Worcester's 4000 boiler range
The Worcester Bosch Greenstar boiler range is one of the latest boilers from one of the top manufacturers in the UK.
Replacing the legendary Greenstar i range, the Worcester 4000 combi boiler has picked up where this has left and then added some more features on top, as you would expect and if you were to ask a boiler engineer which is one of the most installed boilers, we think you'd be on to a pretty safe bet to put your money on the Worcester Bosch 4000 boiler.
Use this online tool to get a price on a Worcester 4000 boiler – Click here
With glowing reviews from homeowners and a consistent place in the Which? Best Buy choices, this leading boiler manufacturer places quality at the top of their company aims.
Click Here for a Worcester 4000 combi boiler quote – Including our exclusive 12 years warranty for the price of 10!
Video: Worcester 4000 Boiler Review
Available in just 2 outputs of 25kw and 30kw, the Worcester 4000 combi boiler is perfect for small to medium-sized homes. Find out more now:
This new model is available as both a combi and a system boiler range, and it was launched in May 2021 and obviously, we need to know, right now, what this replacement offers above the Greenstar i?
Well, there's a new technology, a sleek design, and a compact size and in fact, this new kid on the block has everything it needs to become Worcester Bosch's latest top seller. It has fast become one of the top selling gas boilers in the UK
The new Worcester 4000 is the old Greenstar i replacement
So, it came as a bit of a surprise when they decided to mothball their best-selling boiler, the Greenstar i, so to take that bold decision, we knew that Worcester Bosch must have something special up their sleeve, and they did, in the form of the Worcester 4000. Hailing new technology to increase energy efficiency, keep bills down and give your more control over your heating, the 4000 is arguably the best-selling combi boiler right now and sits comfortably in the mid-range price bracket.
The new 4000 had to be better than the old one, so with features galore, you can be sure that this mid-range combi boiler will be perfect for most small to medium-sized homes in the UK, and not only that, if you are looking for a replacement for an old Greenstar combi, then don't let the looks put you off, the internal fittings and fixtures are all in the same place, it just has a new body kit.
A mid-range model
Hydrogen ready boiler (20% blend)
Quieter operation compared to the Greenstar i
Compatible with Worcester Bosch controls and products such as Nest, tado and Hive
An excellent choice for small to medium-sized homes
Easy access for servicing with its removable side panels
Maximum of a 10-year guarantee
ErP rating 94%: A-rated
Dimensions: 710 x 400 x 310
Worcester Bosch 4000 combi boiler review
For smaller homes with one bathroom, getting the best combi boiler with an instant hot water supply is a great choice. The Greenstar 4000 combi boiler is available in two different power outputs which ensures that it is suitable for more homes in the UK. The Greenstar 4000 is ideal for kitchen cupboards, but we always suggest measuring up first!
Worcester Greenstar 4000 25kW combi boiler
The Worcester 4000 25kw great choice for smaller homes with up to 10 radiators and the 25kW combi boiler provides a flow rate of 10.5l/min and heat output of 25kW. If you have a home with 2 bathrooms then you should definitely go for the higher output 30kw version and in the right home, these combi boilers can save you hundreds of pounds every year on your utility bills.
Get the Worcester 4000 25kW version with full installation now
As you may have already guessed the Worcester 4000 25kW version is selling like hot cakes already and although it is less popular than the 30kW version, it may be a good idea to get your new boiler installed during the warmer months while demand is low and prices are low too. You can get a fixed price quote online now for the 25kw 4000 at Boiler Central now.
The Worcester 4000 30kw combi boiler is ideal for small to medium-sized homes with up to 16 radiators. That extra 5kW of power increases the flow rate up to 12.3l/min which means that these combi boilers can cope with homes with 2 bathrooms too, so if you have higher hot water demand then we suggest that you go for the 30kw version over the 25kw.
Get the Worcester 4000 30kW version with installation now
The Worcester 4000 30kw is one of the best-selling boilers right now and you can get this 30kw combi boiler installed in your home with Boiler Central right now. As the Greenstar 4000 30kw version is so popular at the moment ensure you get yours fitted before the winter rush and enjoy our low summer prices.
Worcester Bosch 4000 system boiler review
The Worcester Bosch 4000 system boiler is ideal for larger homes with more than one bathroom or when you may find that a combi just isn't able to provide the hot water you need. That's when a system boiler comes in with its hot water storage cylinder. It can produce lots hot of water, very quickly to many outlets.
There are five different power outputs available for the Worcester 4000 system boiler as below:
Worcester 4000 System 12kW
Boiler efficiency is high up on the list for both boiler manufacturers such as Worcester Bosch and every homeowner. When we have an efficient boiler, it burns less fuel, which, in turn, means that fewer carbon emissions are released into the atmosphere.
This, in turn, is great news for the environment as carbon is believed to be a key reason behind climate change.
There's another significant advantage too, in that your hard earnt cash isn't going to going to be going up in flames in boiler inefficiency.
What does the efficiency level mean?
Both the combi and system models achieve an impressive 94% level of efficiency.
Efficiency levels are calculated by assessing how much of the fuel, so the gas, LPG or oil, is turned into usable energy and then how much is wasted during the heating process.
At 94% efficiency, that means that just 6% of the energy used to heat the water is lost during the heating process. And you'll see that 6% as the gases being emitted via the flue pipe. If we think about this in financial terms, for every £1 you spend on energy to heat your home, 6p of that is lost to the heating process.
All new boilers now need to be at least 90% efficient, but in the past, it wasn't unusual for boilers to have efficiency levels of between 60 to 70%. If you currently have an old boiler, 40% of your energy costs could be wasted! Now is the time to get a new boiler quote.
What is the Worcester Bosch 4000 ErP rating?
All of the boilers in the 4000 range, both system and combi, achieve an ErP rating of 'A'.
ErP stands for the Energy Related Products Directive. Launched by the EU, its main aim I to phase out all inefficient household appliances. The ErP makes it easier to know which products are more efficient, resulting in reduced carbon emissions and the opportunity to save on energy bills.
So, that means that boilers must be labelled with their certified efficiency level, and that goes from G, which is the lowest level of efficiency right up to A+++ for the highest efficiency.
The directive also introduced Ecodesign, a set of new regulations that manufacturers have to follow. This meant that those heating systems that didn't meet the required standards had to be phased out by the boiler manufacturers.
Worcester 4000 boiler- Key features reviewed in detail
Simple switch
Do you want all the great features of a new boiler but none of the hassles of installation? Well, Worcester Bosch has done everything they can to make it as pain-free as possible with what they've called Simple Switch. That means that you're looking at seamless swapping out for the following boilers:
Greenstar i Junior combi (2005 – 2013)
Greenstar Si combi (2005 – 2013)
Greenstar i ErP (2015 – 2021)
Greenstar i System (2005 – 2015)
Greenstar i System ErP (2015 – 2021)
Quick tap
When you turn on your hot water tap, what do you do while you wait for the heated water to appear? Wait impatiently? Run your hand back and forth through the water, waiting for that flow to go from cold to lukewarm and then finally to hot? And all the time that cool water is running into the waste pipe.
Quick Tap allows you to turn your hot water tap on and then immediately turn it off. That tells the boiler that you need hot water. Wait for just twenty seconds, turn the tap back on, and you'll have hot water flowing straight away.
No more wasted time stood at the sink waiting for the hot water to arrive and much less wasted water.
Enhanced levels of efficiency
The Greenstar 4000 is the most environmentally friendly boiler available from Worcester Bosch. This is a boiler that can modulate at 1:10. That means that the power output can be reduced to 10% of its maximum output.
So, a 30kW boiler can drop down to 3kW when there are low demand levels on the heating system. Not only does it make the 4000 incredibly efficient, but it also means lower fuel bills and less wear and tear on the boiler.
Greater control
Taking control of our heating needs to be made easy, and that's precisely what Worcester Bosch has done. With Bosch EasyControl, the Greenstar 4000 can be controlled wirelessly no matter where you are. It also allows you to track your energy usage. Drop the temperature even by just a single degree and then see the impact on your energy bill.
Then there are thermostatic radiator valves. Installed onto each radiator, they allow you to set the temperature for each individual room. Prefer your bedroom cooler and your living room warmer? Now you can have that with Bosch EasyControl; all set up from the app on your mobile phone.
If you have Alexa or Google Home Assistant, then you can also control the heating with voice commands.
99.9% recyclable product packaging
Yep, you read that correctly. The Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 comes in 99.9% recyclable packaging. This is a company that has already made a strong commitment to reducing the impact that they have on the environment. They've already achieved carbon neutral status, but it looks like that's not good enough for them!
Full-colour text display
The LCD display panel combined with push-button controls make the 4000 much easier to programme and find information about the boiler status. This may seem like a relatively minor detail, but if your boiler isn't working as it should, the last thing you want to deal with is confusing information.
Intelligent filling system
This is a feature that's been carried through from the Greenstar i range. The intelligent filling system is a software programme that ensures that the boiler pressure is always at its most efficient level.
So, that means that if the pressure is lower than it should be, the internal filling valve will open, and it automatically fills the heating system to the correct level and then switches back off again.
If the pressure becomes too low, so maybe through a leak in the heating system, then it will alert you to the problem
The intelligent filling is only available on the Greenstar 4000 combi boiler and not on the system version. This is an optional extra also, so if you need to repressurise your Worcester bosch combi boiler and you don't have this, you will need a filling key.
The Greenstar i was already quiet when it was operating, so it is pretty impressive for the 4000 to make even less noise. The combi version, for example, operates at 45dB. With a normal conversation being around 65dB and a vacuum cleaner being 75dB, the 4000 is not going to be annoyingly noisy.
Check out the full range of Worcester Bosch boilers & prices here as they do have more options in terms or price and outputs.
Is your boiler futureproof? The Greenstar 4000 is!
The UK is known for having a world-leading gas network, and because of that, we've all become very reliant upon it. In fact, 85% of homes and businesses use natural gas for their heating needs, including their hot water supply and for cooking.
The problem is that if we're to tackle the climate emergency, then we need to dramatically reduce our household carbon emissions. But, to do that we need to stop using natural gas.
The Energy Savings Trust estimate that household carbon emissions just from our heating, need to drop from close to 3 tonnes a year right down to 138kg, and that needs to happen by 2050.
If a blend of gas and hydrogen is pumped through the gas grid, that could save nearly 6 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. That's the equivalent of 2.5 million cars being taken off the road.
Like all of the Worcester Bosch range of boilers, the Greenstar 4000 can already run on a 20% hydrogen blend. With a government commitment in place to make this happen by 2025, you'll be able to relax knowing that there's no need to make any alterations to your heating system.
How long is the Worcester 4000 warranty?
The warranty with the Worcester 4000 new boiler is there to give you peace of mind in your new purchase. Should anything go wrong, then you know that you can simply call the manufacturers helpline, and an engineer will be dispatched as soon as possible.
However, there are some significant differences between the warranties offered by different boiler companies. And of course, there's also the need to take a close look at the small print in the terms and conditions!
For the Greenstar 4000, Worcester Bosch offers a generous guarantee of up to ten years. So, that's:
Standard guarantee – 7 years
Guarantee when a Greenstar System Filter is fitted – 8 years
Guarantee when a Greenstar System Filter is fitted, and payment made of £150 – You can get 10 years
12-years if you order this boiler from Boiler Central*
Like any top boiler brand, you must ensure that you get your boiler serviced every year to ensure that the warranty is kept valid. A boiler service is worth it not only for the warranty, but it will also keep your 4000 as energy efficient as possible over its lifespan.
Is there many Worcester 4000 boiler problems?
Due to the Worcester 4000 range only coming out in 2021, there have not been any major problems except supply issues. Worcester have had significant supply issues with the 4000 model and also the Worcester 2000 combi boiler range due to microchip shortages which is a knock-on effect from COVID-19.
Over the last few months of 2021, Worcester had pretty much run out of all 4000 models and had stopped production until they could get hold of these microchips. This is the same for the 2000 model too.
So yes, there is huge problems with this new Greenstar range boiler, but only due to supply issues. We have not had any problems with the actual boilers installed in customers' homes, so that's a big plus.
Worcester 4000 vs Worcester 8000
We get asked quite a lot if there is much point in upgrading from the 4000 to the 8000 Greenstar range, so hopefully, this will help settle your mind.
Just to give you some overview, the Worcester 2000 is the entry-level range, the 4000 is the mid-range and 8000 boilers are the top end of the Greenstar lineup.
They are all excellent boilers that will last for years to come and each need a full article on why they are a good or bad choice for your property. You can view the Worcester 2000 boiler review here and the Worcester 8000 Style review here and the Worcester 8000 life review here.
However to summarise, if we had to choose between the 4000 or 8000, the 4000 would be chosen if price and boiler size was an issue, as the 8000 is more expensive and is much larger in size.
If you want to consider other manufacturers then check out our head to head in the Worcester 4000 vs Viessmann Vitodens 050 comparison review.
Worcester Greenstar 4000 manual
If you are looking for the Worcester 4000 manual, you can view this here
As with all cover, whether that's a guarantee or a warranty, it's essential to understand the terms and conditions. For the Greenstar 4000, you need to ensure:
The boiler must be installed and commissioned by a competent and officially certified installer such as a Gas Safe registered engineer
The boiler must be registered within 30 days of the boiler installation
The boiler is installed into a domestic home
A gas safe engineer must service the boiler on an annual basis – see boiler service costs here and find out how you can get a service plan with our boiler cover
Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 – Should you buy one?
We must admit that we were more than a little surprised when Worcester Bosch decided to replace their top-selling boiler replacement range. But now that we've seen the specification for the 4000, it all makes much more sense.
This is a boiler that's been carefully designed to give you all the functionality you need while still being incredibly user friendly to use and providing high levels of efficiency. We're in no doubt that the 4000 will become the next top-selling boiler in the Worcester Bosch range.
So, is the 4000 the right model for you? We think it's got a huge amount of appeal for small to medium-sized homes. However, getting a personalised quote is a great way of being provided with a choice of boilers that are going to meet your heating and hot water needs.
You can then ensure you get the best new boiler cost from Boiler Central, which are 5-star rated on Trustpilot with 1,000s of reviews.
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logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

import nengo
import nengo_spinnaker
import numpy as np

def test_probe_passnodes():
    """Test that pass nodes are left on SpiNNaker and that they may be probed.
    """
    class ValueReceiver(object):
        def __init__(self):
            self.ts = list()
            self.values = list()

        def __call__(self, t, x):
            self.ts.append(t)
            self.values.append(x[:])

    with nengo.Network("Test Network") as net:
        # Create an input Node which is a function of time only
        input_node = nengo.Node(lambda t: -0.33 if t < 1.0 else 0.10,
                                label="my input")

        # 3D ensemble array to represent this value
        ens = nengo.networks.EnsembleArray(500, 3, label="reps")

        # Pipe the input to the array and probe the output of the array
        nengo.Connection(input_node, ens.input,
                         transform=[[1.0], [0.0], [-1.0]])
        p_ens = nengo.Probe(ens.output, synapse=0.05)

        # Also add a node connected to the end of the ensemble array to ensure
        # that multiple things correctly receive values from the filter.
        receiver = ValueReceiver()
        n_receiver = nengo.Node(receiver, size_in=3)
        nengo.Connection(ens.output, n_receiver, synapse=0.05)

    # Mark the input Node as being a function of time
    nengo_spinnaker.add_spinnaker_params(net.config)
    net.config[input_node].function_of_time = True

    # Create the simulate and simulate
    sim = nengo_spinnaker.Simulator(net)

    # Run the simulation for long enough to ensure that the decoded value is
    # with +/-20% of the input value.
    with sim:
        sim.run(2.0)

    # Check that the values are decoded as expected
    index10 = int(p_ens.synapse.tau * 3 / sim.dt)
    index11 = 1.0 / sim.dt
    index20 = index11 + index10
    data = sim.data[p_ens]

    assert (np.all(-0.25 >= data[index10:index11, 0]) and
            np.all(-0.40 <= data[index10:index11, 0]) and
            np.all(+0.05 <= data[index20:, 0]) and
            np.all(+0.15 >= data[index20:, 0]))
    assert np.all(-0.05 <= data[:, 1]) and np.all(+0.05 >= data[:, 1])
    assert (np.all(+0.25 <= data[index10:index11, 2]) and
            np.all(+0.40 >= data[index10:index11, 2]) and
            np.all(-0.05 >= data[index20:, 2]) and
            np.all(-0.15 <= data[index20:, 2]))

    # Check that values came into the node correctly
    assert +0.05 <= receiver.values[-1][0] <= +0.15
    assert -0.05 >= receiver.values[-1][2] >= -0.15

if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_probe_passnodes()

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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
J. C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences and Director, Center for Macromolecular Engineering
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Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D., professor in the department of chemistry at the Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, is an internationally recognized polymer chemist who is highly regarded for his vision, his leadership in education and his many collaborative research efforts that have yielded significant innovations in polymer chemistry. He is perhaps best known for the discovery of atom radical transfer polymerization (ATRP), a novel method of polymer synthesis that has revolutionized the way macromolecules are made.
Education and Career Accomplishments
Matyjaszewski was born in Konstantynow, Poland in 1950. He received his doctorate from the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1976 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida in 1977. From 1978 to 1984, he was a research associate of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 1984 to 1985, Matyjaszewski held appointments at the University of Paris, first as a research associate and then as a visiting professor. In 1985, he joined Carnegie Mellon, where he founded and currently directs the Center for Macromolecular Engineering. The Center for Macromolecular Engineering is funded both by an active consortium and government agencies, including the National Science Foundation (http://www.cmu.edu/maty/). In 1998, Matyjaszewski was appointed the J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences. In 2004 he was named a University Professor, the highest distinction faculty can achieve at Carnegie Mellon. A short bio is available here. A more detailed bio is available here.
From 1994 to 1998, Matyjaszewski served as head of the Department of Chemistry and assisted in recruiting additional faculty with strengths in polymer chemistry. At the same time, he formed a research consortium with various industrial corporations to expand the understanding of controlled radical polymerization, including ATRP, and accelerate the transfer of this technology to different commercial applications. A second consortium, formed under his leadership in 2001, continues and expands these efforts, training university and industrial scientists in procedures for responsive polymeric material development. Over 60 companies from Europe, Asia and North America have been members of these consortia. Matyjaszewski is a co-inventor on 61 issued U.S. patented technologies, holds 154 international patents and has 36 U.S. patent applications pending approval.
One of the leading educators in the field of polymer chemistry, Matyjaszewski has 15 current doctoral students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. He has mentored more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students since joining Carnegie Mellon. He has authored 23 books, 98 book chapters and more than 1104 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His work has been cited in the scientific literature more than 102,000 times, making him one of the most cited chemists in the world.
Matyjaszewski has received numerous awards for his work, including the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, the 2015 International Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences; 2017 Medema Lecture Award (Polymer Technology Netherlands); the 2014 National Institute of Materials Science (Japan) Award, the Inaugural AkzoNobel North American Science Award (ACS) 2013, the 2012 Société Chimique de France Prize, 2012 Dannie-Heineman Prize from the Goettingen Academy of Sciences 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2011 Japanese Society for Polymer Science Award and 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. He has been honored by the American Chemical Society with their 2014 Charles Overberger Award (ACS); inaugural 2013 AkzoNobel North America Science Award, 2011 Herman F. Mark Award, 2011 Applied Polymer Science Award, 2007 Herman F. Mark Senior Scholar Award, 2004 Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science & Engineering, 2002 Polymer Chemistry Award, and the 1995 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award. He also received the 2005 UK Macro Medal for outstanding achievements in polymer science, 1995 Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists and a 1989 Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. In 2010, he was elected as Fellow of the American Chemical Society, in 2006, he was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, in 2014 he was elected a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and in 2019 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). He is also a member of Russian Academy of Sciences and honorary member of Chinese Chemical Society and Israel Chemical Society.
Matyjaszewski's work has been well recognized in his native country of Poland. In 2012 He received Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal from Polish Chemical Society and in 2004, the Annual Prize of the Foundation of Polish Science, referred to as the Polish Nobel Prize. In 2005 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Science, and in 2007, he received an honorary degree from Lodz Polytechnic and in 2016 from Poznan University, in Poland. He has also received honorary degrees from the University of Ghent, Belgium, Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Athens, Greece, Polytechnic Institute in Toulouse, France, Pusan National University, South Korea, Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France: Universite P. & M. Curie, Sorbonne, France.
Abbreviated CV
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
CRP Consortium
Papers for CRP Members
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Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization
Features of Controlled "Living" Radical Polymerizations
Development of Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization
About ATRP
Development of ATRP
Understanding the Mechanistic Parameters
ATRP: The Chemistry
Fundamentals of an ATRP Reaction
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
ATRP in Protic Media
Catalyst Development
Structural Characterization of an ATRP Catalyst Complex
Kinetic Studies on ATRP
Solvent Effects and Selection of a Catalyst for Aqueous Media
Iron Based ATRP
Catalyst Reduction and Catalyst Removal
Catalyst Reduction
Biphasic Catalyst Systems
Polymerization in Mixed Solvents
Catalyst Removal
Preparation of Functional Materials
Synthesis of Well Defined Macromolecules
Linear copolymers
Block copolymers
Graft copolymers
Incorporation of Functional Groups into Polymers
Direct polymerization of functional monomers
Post-polymerization modification of monomer units
Use of functional ATRP initiators
End-group transformation chemistry
Molecules with Specific Architecture
Densely grafted linear copolymers
Star copolymers
Hyperbranched structures
Networks/Gels
Cyclic Copolymers
Nanostructured Materials
Linear Hybrid Copolymers
Hybrid Brush Copolymers
Spherical Particles
Flat Surfaces
Conducting Polymers
Carbon Nanostructures
Properties of Well-Defined Macromolecules
Molecular assembly of block copolymers
Brush Macromolecules
Functional Particles
Functional Biomaterials
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Palestine entered last Friday's game in need of a win in the worst way, having dropped three consecutive games, including its first two district games.
The Wildcats were fortunate enough to have senior running back Irric Deyon on their side, as he carried them to victory.
Deyon rushed for 309 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries leading Palestine to a 38-13 win over Bullard, and for his efforts, he is the ETSN.fm/Dairy Queen Offensive Player of the Week.
He follows last week's winner, Malakoff's Judd Miller.
Palestine (4-3, 1-2 in District 9-4A Division I) kept feeding the ball to Deyon, and it all added up to a much-needed victory.
For the season, Deyon has rushed for 815 yards and seven touchdowns, while averaging more than six yards per carry.
Deyon and his Palestine teammates are of this week, but return to action Oct. 21 at home against Chapel Hill.


I concur with Tim Pryor's letter regarding the Mendon Town Board's ruling on NYS Real Property Tax Law section 487. At recent Board meetings, it became clear that at least some Board members were not fully familiar with the law, especially the fact that the exemption applied to only a percentage of the increased value resulting from the added system – not a complete relief from taxation. This is a concern, as is the fact that the Board never explained the law, or its thinking on same, on the official Town website. It is therefore impossible to know how they presented the law as they discussed it with Mendon residents or even how the Board reached its decision.
During discussion of the resolution by the Board at its July 17 meeting, most Board members said they had spoken with various Mendon residents, who were near unanimous in their opposition to the tax exemption.
The general belief seemed to be that the exemption applied only to businesses (not accurate), probably not local businesses, and that residents feel that they "pay my taxes" and no break should be given to anyone else. Mr. Hagreen suggested that the assessor "probably" would not increase the assessment of any homeowner who constructed a system for his or her home. He said a solar system might be viewed by potential buyers as a benefit or, instead, an eyesore. This position poses two problems. First, it requires the assessor to ignore and disobey the law. Second, any part of a home; a pool, a deck or even siding – could be viewed by potential buyers as a benefit or not. Does the assessor then put a value on none of the property's features?
It is impossible to know what any given assessor might do. Will he or she increase your assessment? Increase yours but not your neighbors? By how much? I told the Board there will be no recourse if you believe the assessor increased your assessment because of a solar, wind or biomass system. A Court will be required to dismiss any argument based on section 487 because the Town opted out of the law.
And this does not even go to the argument of promoting sustainable energy. The Board made pains to say it favors sustainability, but this ruling contradicts those statements.
The Mendon Town Board recently took action to brand our town as a community that clings to the past and shuns the future. I refer here to the recent Board action that exempts the town from Section 487 of the Tax Law, which encourages residents to install alternative energy systems such as solar, wind or methane recycling (usually from animal waste).
Section 487 exempts homeowners and others who install alternative energy systems from an increase in their tax assessment based on the added value of the installation. Since 1991, New York has provided this real estate tax exemption, along with additional income tax incentives, to encourage investment in alternative energy systems.
In recent years, these incentives have been under increasing attack by coal, oil and gas interests which have begun to resent the competition from clean energy. The Mendon Town Board's legislation, which eliminates the exemption, is part of a state-wide effort to thwart clean energy promoted by the Koch family and other Big Energy interests.
Section 487 also allows towns to opt out of the exemption, and thus tax alternative energy installations. This is what the Board just did. The Town Board (which came up with this notion when some if its members attended a seminar paid for with tax money) claims that the tax incentive is unfair to citizens who do not have alternative energy systems. I have yet to understand how the tax incentive in unfair, as any citizen can take advantage of it, no one is penalized for not taking advantage of it, and the Board has not offered any factual support for its claim.
For my part, I cannot see how the Town of Mendon will benefit from the new law. It does not affect existing systems, which are grandfathered by the state law. By its own admission, the Town will not increase the assessment of any new system attached to a private home. The Town is also not likely to gain from assessing any new solar farm or similar installations, because the Board's action will discourage the establishment of alternative energy systems in Mendon. "Some local governments are opting out of RPTL § 487 so they can tax these multimillion-dollar projects and generate additional property tax revenue. However, these jurisdictions may find that they will not actually collect … more tax revenue from solar or other renewable energy systems because the systems may not be built if they are fully taxable, " NY SUN explained.
There are clearly some negatives associated with the Town Board's decision. First, Section 487 allows towns to negotiate Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreements with parties installing alternative energy systems. PILOT projects are a popular and workable way for towns to gain some income from otherwise tax exempt projects. Passing this law has eliminated that option.
Second, by threatening increased taxes on farm-based methane generation systems, Mendon discourages the installation of waste management systems which reduce water pollution and turn waste into energy that can be used on site and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Finally, and perhaps most important, the town is sending a message to the rest of the world that Mendon is comfortable living in the past and has no interest in promoting a sustainable future.


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Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq: Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface
Ke Tian, G. Munger, Roger Leblanc, O. Fichet, B. Desbat, R. Delhaes
Following the homodoping strategy, which consists of mixing two amphiphilic derivatives of the same electroactive compound, one in the neutral state whereas the other is ionic, we have carefully investigated the mixed monolayers by in situ experiments. Using surface pressure isotherms together with surface potential technique but also visible-UV and IR spectroscopies we have characterized the molecular organization. We have shown for the first time that for a given range of mixtures mixed valence clusters likely to be TCNQ-type dimers are formed at the air-water interface.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
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Tian, K., Munger, G., Leblanc, R., Fichet, O., Desbat, B., & Delhaes, R. (1993). Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq: Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 234(1), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259308042914
Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq : Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface. / Tian, Ke; Munger, G.; Leblanc, Roger; Fichet, O.; Desbat, B.; Delhaes, R.
In: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol. 234, No. 1, 1993, p. 187-192.
Tian, K, Munger, G, Leblanc, R, Fichet, O, Desbat, B & Delhaes, R 1993, 'Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq: Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface', Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 234, no. 1, pp. 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259308042914
Tian K, Munger G, Leblanc R, Fichet O, Desbat B, Delhaes R. Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq: Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 1993;234(1):187-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259308042914
Tian, Ke ; Munger, G. ; Leblanc, Roger ; Fichet, O. ; Desbat, B. ; Delhaes, R. / Molecular organization of mixed monolayers (C18S)2 dithiolium-tcnq : Dodecyl-tcnq at the air-water interface. In: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 1993 ; Vol. 234, No. 1. pp. 187-192.
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Nwoya is een district in het noorden van Oeganda. Hoofdstad van het district is de stad Anaka. Het district telde in 2020 naar schatting 236.000 inwoners op een oppervlakte van 4.710 km².

Het district werd opgericht in 2010 door afsplitsing van het district Amuru. Het grenst aan de Oegandese districten Omoro, Oyam, Kiryandongo, Bulisa, Pakwach en Amuru. Het district is onderverdeeld in 1 town council (Anaka) en 7 sub-counties.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Intervene in Currency Markets
By Stuart Yeomans • October 25, 2012
Hong Kong's Monetary Authority (HKMA) has intervened in the currency markets for the third time in less than a week, selling a total of HK$6.63bn (US$855m) to halt the rise of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar.
Hong Kong currency pushes up against the upper limits of its trading band of US$1 to HK$7.75
The mechanisms that govern Hong Kong's currency board, by which the Hong Kong dollar's exchange rate is linked to the US dollar, mean that the central bank must buy US dollars when the Hong Kong currency pushes up against the upper limits of its trading band of US$1 to HK$7.75.
In an attempt to halt appreciation of the local currency after it hit HK$7.75, the lower limit of its trading band to the U.S. dollar. The HKMA started selling Hong Kong dollars in the foreign exchange markets on October 19 2012. This was the first of such a move, the central bank had made since December 2009.
The link of the Hong Kong dollar to the US dollar was put in place in 1983 when negotiations about the future of the British colony after 1997 had sparked nervousness in the local business community.
In 2005 Hong Kong committed to keep the exchange rate between HK$7.75 and HK$7.85. The link has given Hong Kong companies stability in commercial contracts while tethering monetary policy to that of the U.S., where borrowing costs are being held down to spur hiring and prop up the housing market. Hong Kong's jobless rate is near a four-year low and home prices are at all-time highs, as Bloomberg reports.
Property prices in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world as local and mainland Chinese investors have rushed to buy apartments in the city as a hedge against inflation.
'The city had $301.2 billion of foreign-exchange reserves as of the end of September, amounting to about eight times the currency in circulation. The holdings grew 8.5 percent in the past year', Bloomberg reports.
According to Bloomberg, the analysts said that the strong inflow of money into Asian currencies and stock markets has been prompted by increasing investor appetite for emerging markets as they sought better returns. In a recent note to clients, HSBC said that the more "equity-oriented" currencies such as the Indian rupee, the Korean won and the Taiwanese dollar had outperformed as money had flowed into local stock markets.
The recent strength in the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar was in line with other Asian currencies because the US. Federal Reserve's quantitative easing measures had also weakened its own currency. Stella Lee, president of Success Futures & Foreign Exchange Ltd. in Hong Kong, said to Bloomberg by telephone that "there could be more intervention" in Hong Kong.
According to the Financial Times, over the past couple of years, the fact that the dollar peg allows the local central bank little latitude to curb asset price inflation in the city through raising interest rates, for example, has led to calls from HKMA's previous Chief Executive Joseph Yam, to reconsider the currency mechanism. ANZ said that it remained confident that the system would stay in place for the foreseeable future. "The intervention suggests that the HKMA will continue to defend the HKD peg," it said. "The currency reserve is sufficiently strong to defend against not only normal capital flow but also speculative pressure . . . The HKMA intervention and recent strength of the HKD will probably be temporary and successful."
Government officials, however, have stressed that the linked exchange rate serves the city well by giving the financial centre the stability it needs. The lack of convertibility of the Chinese renminbi also makes it an unlikely currency for the Hong Kong dollar to be linked to despite the strong economic ties between China and Hong Kong.
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The Pennsylvania State Archives does not collect or compile family surname files or indexes.
If I am just beginning my family research in Pennsylvania, where should I start?
Begin your family research by compiling oral family histories then visit a local genealogical library like the Genealogy room of the State Library or local or regional historical society. There you will usually find family name files, published family histories or published original records and indexes (i.e. tax records, ship lists, and church and cemetery records). If you need original documentation of family records visit your county courthouse (deeds, wills, tax records, estate papers etc.), State Archives (military records, microfilmed county records, and original 1906-1913 birth certificates and 1906-1968 death certificates), or the Division of Vital Records (birth and death records after 1906).
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The Pennsylvania State Archives has federal population census enumerations only for Pennsylvania for each of the decennial censuses between 1790 and 1930, with the exception of the 1890 census, which was destroyed in a fire in 1921. The State Archives staff does not search federal census records. To obtain copies of census records please contact the National Archives, Washington, D.C., 20408.
Where can I find Pennsylvania vital records?
On January 1, 1906, birth and death records began to be officially recorded by the Commonwealth. Prior to 1906, records were not required to be maintained except in a few exceptional cases. During the years 1852 to 1854, the Register of Wills for each county was required by law to keep records and indexes of births, deaths and marriages. Copies from 49 of the 64 counties existing at that time are maintained at the Archives; however, returns are not inclusive for these years. There are no returns for Blair, Clarion, Clinton, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Jefferson, Lebanon, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Sullivan, or Wyoming County. From 1893 to 1906, birth and death records were recorded and maintained by the Clerk of the Orphans Court at the various county courthouses; however, many individuals failed to comply with this law. The Clerk of the Orphans Court or the County Marriage License Clerk has kept marriage licenses since September 30, 1885. (Some vital records from this period may be reviewed on microfilm at the State Archives but State Archives staff cannot search them.)
County records, or unofficial sources such as newspaper files, church registers, family Bibles, and gravestone inscriptions must be used to obtain data for earlier years.
Original birth certificates for 1906-1913 and death certificates for 1906-1968 are available at the State Archives. Birth certificates dating 1906-1911 and death certificates dating 1906-1967 are available for free to Pennsylvania residents through Ancestry.com Pennsylvania. For certified copies of birth and death certificates, 1906-present, and for birth and death records that have not been transferred to the State Archives, contact the Division of Vital Records, P.O. Box 1528, 101 South Mercer Street, New Castle, PA; telephone: (724) 656-3100.
How can I access county court record information?
Aside from visiting the individual county courthouse, some court records from most of Pennsylvania's counties have been microfilmed and are available for viewing at the Archives.
Do you have tax records?
Most yearly tax rolls for Pennsylvania counties are available at the individual county courthouses or historical societies. However some have been microfilmed and are located at the Archives. Within each county, the records are arranged by township, then by the first letter of the taxpayer's last name but not further alphabetized. They are not indexed. While tax rolls generally do not include genealogical data and will not explain family relationships, they will provide information on the amount of land and personal property owned. They are useful for determining when someone came to a county, how long they resided there and when they left the county or died.
Does the Pennsylvania State Archives have old newspapers?
To locate obituaries or other topics, the State Library of Pennsylvania has an extensive collection of Pennsylvania newspapers.
The State Archives does not have copies of old newspapers except for a small amount of special collections microfilm in Manuscript Group 262.
Does the Pennsylvania State Archives have adoption papers?
The State Archives does not have access to adoption records. These are restricted according to Pennsylvania State law. Interested parties should contact the Clerk of the Orphans Court in the county where the adoption occurred.
Where do I find land records?
Land transactions between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and individual land purchasers are located in Record Group-17 Land Office Records. In order to successfully conduct research with the state land records the researcher must first identify the full name of the land purchaser, the applicant, the warrantee, or patentee; the county in which the land was owned; and the approximate date of the transaction. As a general rule, state land records are not going to provide extensive genealogical information about the purchasers of land, for example, personal data such as the person's nativity, age, marital status, or occupation. They can be used, however, to document the presence of a particular settler in a specific place at a given time, a good starting point to begin or continue a family history.
Another place to find transactions of land is the Office of the Recorder of Deeds within each county. The conveyance of land between two or more individuals is documented by the recording of a deed. The 1706 "act for the acknowledgment and recording of deeds" provided that within 6 months every deed or conveyance of real property had to be acknowledged by two witnesses before a justice of the peace or the recorder of deeds or his deputy.
Where can I find military records?
Military records are found in several Record and Manuscript Groups. View our Military Records section for information on the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Pennsylvania National Guard, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border Campaign, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam Conflict.
Does the State Archives hold pension records for veterans of the Revolutionary War?
Yes. There is an online name index to Revolutionary War pension records at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
Where can I find records of coal miners?
The Pennsylvania State Archives has coal-related records of various types for the years 1886-1973, which document activities in both the anthracite and bituminous mine districts. A very limited number of coal mine personnel records are present in our collections, as well as a few collections relating to individual mining concerns. For a complete overview of the mining records housed at the Archives, visit our Coal Miners section under Genealogy.
Where can I find cemetery records?
Cemetery records are usually found at local historical societies, libraries, or church or cemetery archives.
Does the State Archives hold records of indentured servants?
No, but an annotated bibliography of published sources containing such information is available.
Does PA State Archives have old newspapers?
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No matter that the logo of Radio Nacional de Venezuela is "With truth in front!", it just says that they can't find the file.
No apology to Mr. Capriles, no apologies to those that have been insulted directly by the article, no apologies to those Venezuelans offended by its contents. Like in most fascist Dictatorships, history was changed, removing the page and I am sure that Adal Hernandez will receive some sort of promotion for a job well done, he was just too public about it.
The revolution has no shame!
While many act surprised over the latest news that Chavez needs another operation, the Devil is not. This is what I had been expecting and it is happening later, rather than when doctors that I have talked to with have suggested. As a matter of fact, I was preparing to write various electoral scenarios, including a "more likely" one in which Chavez deteriorates between now and the October election. That is the scenario now.
And things will change for both the opposition and Chavez. Capriles should stay on course and focused, but there should be multiple plans B, because there are many possibilities to derail this election, if and when Chavez were to be incapacitated.
What is clear is that the medical news had to be rather bad for Chavez to change his strategy all of a sudden. The strategy from day one has been to tell the country after the fact and hide the precise diagnosis. Clearly, this has to be because if we were told what it was that was found last year in June by the doctors who operated the Venezuelan President, we would have had a very clear picture that his life span would be quite limited.
Thus, it is my belief that what was found in Cuba, which is clearly not news, as it coincides which many press reports from even a few weeks ago, including El Pais, O Globo, Veja, Robert Noriega and Bocaranda, has to be more than a simple "lesion" (injury or damage) the curious word used by the Venezuelan President.
The news simply derails the attempt to project a "healthy" Chavez. He will have to go under the knife for a complex gastrointestinal procedure that is likely to sideline him for a while. These procedures are quite difficult, recovery is not easy and Chavez has been taking many drugs in the last few months. Recall the first operation almost killed him. The expectations can't be very good for such a dramatic change of strategy to take place.
Will he also anoint a possible successor as Vice-President? That would be a dramatic signal.
It was quite funny to have Diosdado Cabello, President of the National Assembly and William Izarra, Minister of Information, denying the President was sick, barely hours before the President decided to give the news from Barinas. Were they out of the loop? Unlikely. More likely they were out of the "new" loop, they had not been told of the change in strategy.
With a young Capriles going around Venezuela (He spent the weekend checking out the beaches in a bathing suit, as Venezuelans vacationed during Carnival) and having obtained a strong mandate, there will be a strong contrast with a recovering Chavez, who will likely be out of the limelight for a while after being operated and whose recovery carries a lot of uncertainty.
But there are pitfalls and traps along the way. From no rules of what happens if a candidate becomes incapacitated late in the election, to the non-democratic nucleus of Chavismo, there are many dangers in the way to the election.
The opposition should continue its strategy, but should be very watchful of the pitfalls and the treachery. They have to remember that Chavismo has little democratic roots, that the Cubans and the Generals have a lot to lose, that Chavismo is expert at having the Supreme Court rule their way when things are not well defined.
And until the October 7th. election takes place, there are very few rules in place. Watch out!
All the rumors have been confirmed, Chavez has another tumor "in the same place" and has to be operated. He came out to "deny" the rumors by confirming that they were all true.
Such a polite and respectful President!
–Why did the Court give top priority to this injunction over others waiting?
–The candidate requesting the material be preserved did not argue that there were any irregularities.But he did say the "voting notebooks" were a fundamental proof of the results. The CNE has never used or considered the notebooks to be proof of anything and the Supreme Court has said that the proof s in the actas and machines..
–It was well-known and announced by both MUD and the CNE that the "voting notebooks" would be destroyed.
–The voting notebooks only contain the name, ID numbers, fingerprint and signature of the voter, they are not used in a recount. For that one uses the actas and the voting machines. These were not destroyed, only the notebooks because they contain the identity of those that voted and are thus pro-opposition.
–A similar injunction in a 2008 internal election of Chavismo's party PSUV was rejected because it would violate confidentiality.
–The case was considered as one of protecting the "diffuse and collective" interests of the people, but it was only one candidate that introduced it, it would have been enough to order only the material from those polling stations to be preserved. At the same time, you could violate the "diffuse and collective" interests of 3 million voters, to preserve the interest of a single person, which is really what the case is all about.
–The party bringing the injunction to the Court did not express any inconformity with the results on Sunday and his lawyer happens to be a member of Chavez' PSUV party.
–Burning the "voting notebooks" in no way violates candidates Velasquez' political rights as he argued. In fact, the primaries are a private agreement, Mr. Velasquez can still register to be a candidate if he feels like it.Additionally, Velasquez accepted the rules when he registered to run, they included no fingerprint machines, optional use of the ink and the burning of the notebooks.
–Strange that the decision is from the Constitutional Hall of the Court, not the Electoral hall as it should be.
–The decision was not even reviewed, it had errors on the date twice as if it was made in 2011. Was it ready before Sunday?
–Bocaranda on Monday night knew the decision was coming and wrote about it for his Monday column, this was just hours after Velazquez introduced his injunction.
Clearly, the Government wanted to induce fear in voters for the October election, creating another Tascon/Chavez-like fascist list. It was all manipulated and ordered from above once the three million avalanche became known.
This time, the smarts were on the side of the opposition, while Chavez' mediocre buddies in the Supreme Court handled the matter badly from a legal point of view.
That's what happens when you don't believe in "meritocracies"…like Chavez explicitly said yesterday: "Meritocracy will never return to Pdvsa".
Hugo, don't be so sure, tic, tac, tic, tac.


WRc is conducting a research programme for the National Rivers Authority on the occurrence of pesticides in major aquifers. Several analytical methods for pesticides in aquifer materials have been developed as part of the contract. This report describes a multi-residue analytical method for the determination of acid herbicides in sandstone and chalk aquifer materials. The method is based on the principle of extraction into a solution of calcium hydroxide, partition into dichloromethane after acidification and determination by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) as the methyl esters or ethers. The method has estimated limits of detection for each herbicide of between 0.02 and 0.09 microg/kg, depending on recoveries, moisture content and interferences from the aquifer material. The format of the description of the method follows that adopted by the Standing Committee of Analysts in the series Methods for the Examination of Water and Associated Materials.


Oliver Peoples in 3 different looks!
Hi guys! As usual, for the thursday post, some ideas about what to wear in order to make these amazing Oliver Peoples sunglasses even more special.
Three different looks, three different outfits, three different girls… three different frames! But, always, the best!