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JLC: Concrete Basics
Journal of Light Construction article by foundation engineer Brent Anderson says concrete doesn't have to be complicated, but it's important to get the fundamentals right. (PDF) Free Registration Required
PCA: Detailed Info On Concrete Basics
Portland Cement Association site provides detailed info on concrete and cement manufacturing, aggregates, admixtures, placing, finishing and curing.
PCA: How Concrete is Made
Portland Cement Association describes how concrete is made.
PCA: Online Thesaurus of Concrete & Cement Terms
Portland Cement Association online searchable thesaurus provides a list of accepted terminology for all aspects of cement and concrete. It displays not only the terms, but also the relationships to other terms--Broader, Narrower, or Related.
PCA: Overview Of Concrete Products
Portland Cement Association site offers a good overview of the various types of concrete products avaiable.
Education & Training
PCA: Concrete & Cement Education Courses & Resources
Portland Cement Association provides cement and concrete education courses and resources including education foundation, professors' workshop, online courses, cement industry courses, concrete industry courses, customized training, and general information.
Industry Information
World Of Concrete: Concrete & Masonry Industry Trade Show
World of Concrete is the annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries. Featuring indoor and outdoor exhibits with suppliers showcasing innovative products and technologies, demonstrations and competitions, and a many education programs.
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CAC: Cement Association Of Canada
Cement Association of Canada represents Canadian cement producers, is the national and regional voice of the cement industry, and provides industry news, information and resources on cement and its applications.
CCC: Concrete Council Of Canada
Concrete Council of Canada brings together national and provincial industry associations and representatives from the full spectrum of Canada's cement and concrete manufacturers. Its mission is to advance the industry's leadership in sustainable construction and promote the social, environmental and economic value of concrete, concrete products and concrete systems within the country. Membership includes various independent organizations from Canada's cement, ready-mix concrete, precast concrete, concrete pavers and concrete pipe industries.
PCA: Portland Cement Association
Portland Cement Association represents cement companies in the United States and Canada. It conducts market development, engineering, research, education, and public affairs programs.
Information Sources
CAC: Canadian Resource Site On Cement & Concrete
Cement Association of Canada provides information and resources on cement and concrete including industry, manufacturing, applications, technical resources, and more.
CAC: Purchasable Concrete Design Handbook
Cement Association of Canada sells the Concrete Design Handbook that covers many aspects of the structural design of conventionally reinforced and prestressed concrete buildings. $230 CDN
Concrete BC: Technical Reports On Concrete
Concrete BC, formerly BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association offers general information articles on selecting and using concrete.
Concrete Network: Buyer Guides For Buying Concrete Supplies
Concrete Network offers information about buying concrete products including stamps and skins, countertop supplies, polishing products, and more.
Concrete Network: Resource Site On Concrete
Concrete Network resource site provides details of many applications for concrete, including interior floors, interior concrete, outdoor concrete, as well as sections on foundation repair/waterproofing, building with concrete, maintaining concrete, green building with concrete, and other concrete info, plus free design catalogues.
Fine Homebuilding: Guides to Working With Concrete
Fine Homebuilding articles provide tips and techniques for forming, pouring, and finishing concrete for various types of home construction or remodeling project.
MIT: Concrete Science Research Briefs
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub allows access to their concrete science related research briefs.
PCA: Resource Site On Concrete & Cement
Portland Cement Association provides information and resources on cement and its various applications in concrete, stucco, masonry, pavements, and more.
Issues & Performance
Concrete BC: Essential Solutions For Sustainable Building & Infrastructure
Concrete BC online guide Rediscover Concrete: Essential Solutions For Sustainable Building & Infrastructure, provides considerations for using concrete as a sustainable product. (PDF)
Concrete BC: Guidelines For Concrete Placement Planning, Field Testing, Sample Collection
Concrete BC Association online Best Practice Guidelines for Concrete Placement Planning, Field Testing, and Sample Collection is a planning tool for field testing and sample collection of Portland cement concrete. (PDF)
Concrete Network: Changes To Concrete Mix During Cold Weather
Concrete Network describes some possible changes to concrete mix during cold weather.
Concrete Network: Concrete Delamination
Concrete Network describes delaminations in concrete slabs, what causes them, and how to avoid them.
Concrete Network: Concrete Discoloration Causes & Countermeasures
Concrete Network describes common causes of concrete discoloration and what countermeasures to take to avoid the problem.
Concrete Network: Concrete Moisture Problems
Concrete Network says water vapor from the floor can make rooms more humid, which can be a concern with new tighter home construction. In extreme cases, when you started with wet concrete or when the ground beneath the slab is very wet, the floor can actually be damp and slick and moisture will condense beneath objects placed on the slab.
Concrete Network: Contractors Guide To Efflorescence
Concrete Network provides an overview of major efflorescence issues, preventative measures to control conditions that encourage efflorescence, and remedial suggestions.
Concrete Network: Hot Weather Concreting
Concrete Network provides an overview of hot weather concrete placement, with tips on mix design, handling, and finishing.
Concrete Network: How To Fix Spalling Concrete
Concrete Network provides expert tips on fixing spalled concrete
Concrete Network: How To Protect & Cure Concrete In Cold Weather
Concrete Network describes how to protect and cure concrete in cold weather.
Concrete Network: Pacific Northwest Concrete Pouring Tips
Concrete Network provides tips for pouring concrete in different seasons in the Pacific Northwest.
Concrete Network: Pouring Concrete in the Rain
Concrete Network describes steps to take to prevent rain from ruining your concrete project.
Concrete Network: Preventing Concrete Cracks
Concrete Network provides information on how to prevent concrete from cracking.
Concrete Network: Protect Concrete From Stains
Concrete Network describes how to prevent stains from construction-related activities on a newly poured slab intended to be an exposed concrete finish.
Concrete Network: Repairing Cracks In Concrete Floors & Slabs
Concrete Network provides information about concrete crack repair including troubleshooting cracks and choosing repair materials, how-to tips for fixing cracks, and tips for how to prevent concrete cracks.
Concrete Network: Tips For Preparing To Place Concrete In The Cold
Concrete Network provides tips for preparing to place concrete in cold weather, including how to deal with frozen ground.
Concrete Saskatchewan: Concrete & The Environment
Concrete Saskatchewan describes how concrete is green including environmental benefits, economic benefits, social and quality of life benefits, and concrete mix options.
Construct Connect: Is Greener Concrete the Key to Sustainable Construction?
Construct Connect provides a few examples of how stronger and more environmentally friendly concrete is being researched and developed.
Construction Canada: Concrete Still Outperforming in Sustainability Era
Construction Canada says as modern society shifts to a circular, carbon-neutral built environment, concrete continues to deliver best-in-class performance as a building material.
CS Hub: Concrete Building Design Optimization for Reduced Life-Cycle Costs
Concrete Sustainability research brief Concrete Building Design Optimization for Reduced Life-Cycle Costs and Environmental Impacts explains how combining tools such as the CSHub-developed Building Attribute to Impact Algorithm with optimization methods can help identify the best ranges for key design parameters. (PDF)
Fine Homebuilding: Efflorescence & Spalling
Fine Homebuilding describes how efflorescence and spalling can contribute to results that can turn a promising project into a headache.
For Construction Pros: Tips For Pumping Concrete In Cold Weather
For Construction Pros describes how to prevent or deal with concrete freezing in the concrete pump, which can stop the flow of concrete through the pipeline.
GBA: Making Concrete More Sustainable
Green Building Advisor podcast discusses whether or not it is possible to take the carbon sting out of concrete as we know it, or is it up to green builders to find substitutes.
GBA: Reducing Hefty Carbon Footprint Of Concrete
Green Building Advisor says bit by bit, innovators are chipping away at environmental downsides of concrete.
GBA: What Is Capillary Tendency Of Concrete
Green Building Advisor online forum offers opinions on the capillary tendency of concrete.
GreenBiz: MIT Weighs Lifecycle Impacts Of Concrete
GreenBiz says cement's carbon intensity can often lead to harsh judgments of concrete as a building material, but research from MIT's Concrete Sustainability Hub says that looking at every phase of the life cycle is necessary to a fair judgment. "Conventional environmental assessments often overlook one or more of these phases, leading to incomplete results and inadequate conclusions," the study said. For example, the total life cycle, global warming potential for concrete is the same as, or lower than, designs in steel or wood.
IRC: Durability Of Concrete Under Winter Conditions
Canadian Institute for Research in Construction report may be of value as it discusses the durability of concrete under winter conditions, if building in the interior and northern areas of the province. 1969 (PDF)
IRC: Fire Performance Of High-Strength Concrete Structural Members
Canadian Institute for Research in Construction presents research results comparing fire resistance of highstrength and normal-strength concrete columns and offers guidelines for improving fire resistance of high-strength concrete structural members. (PDF)
ISO: New ISO Standard Deals With Concrete, Sustainability, Environment
International Standards Organization standard ISO 13315-1:2012, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures Part 1: General Principles, aims to provide the basic rules on environmental management for concrete and concrete structures.
JLC Forums: Cold Weather Concrete Pour
Journal of Light Construction forum offers some useful advice on admixtures and other ways of protecting fresh concrete from the cold.
MIT: Concrete Sustainability Hub Research Center
Concrete Sustainability Hub is a research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The CSHub addresses the sustainability and environmental implications of the production and use of concrete. Its research aims to fine-tune the composition of concrete, reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its production, and quantify its environmental impact and cost during the entire lifespan of an infrastructure or building project.
MIT: Exploring Effects of Moisture & Drying on Cement
Massachusetts Institute of Technology study investigates capillary-induced deformations in cement's porous structure.
NY Times: Concrete Made With Slag & Ash Is On The Rise
NY Times article says to reduce the environmental costs of concrete, developers are replacing some portland cement with recycled materials such as coal ash and blast-furnace slag. Free registration required
PCA: Fire Resistance Of Concrete Homes
Portland Cement Association technology brief, explains fire resistance of concrete homes and fire properties of foam insulated concrete forms.
PCA: Overview On The Durability Of Concrete
Portland Cement Association provides an overview on the durability of concrete.
PCA: Resilient Construction with Concrete
Portland Cement Association describes how concrete can be incorporated in several key aspects to make projects more durable and disaster resistant. For example, concrete wall, floor and roof systems offer structural strength and wind resistance while hardened exterior finishes for walls and roofs of a home or business provide strength and security.
PCA: Working Safely With Concrete
Portland Cement Association gives tips on protecting the head, eyes, back and skin when working with or near concrete, which should benefit your employees or trades.
Rediscover Concrete: Canadian Resource Site On Sustainability Of Concrete
Rediscover Concrete site was created by the Canadian cement and concrete industry to provide information on the sustainability of concrete.
ACI: Guide To Evaluation Of Strength Test Results Of Concrete
American Concrete Institute purchasable Guide to Evaluation of Strength Test Results of Concrete discusses variations that occur in concrete strength and presents statistical procedures useful in interpreting these variations with respect to specified testing and criteria. $53 USD
Concrete Construction: Troubleshooting Problems Of Concrete Surfaces
Concrete Construction provides archive of articles that answer common questions about concrete products, installation, finishing, maintenance and repair.
Concrete Network: Cleaning Concrete
Concrete Network describes how to choose a concrete cleaner or degreaser, and how to clean exterior concrete, concrete floors, and concrete countertops.
Concrete Network: Concrete Curing
Concrete Network provides concrete curing tips and information.
Concrete Network: Concrete Joints In Slabs
Concrete Network describes concrete joint types, where to locate joints in concrete slabs, special considerations for installation, and related information.
Concrete Network: Concrete Replacement Conditions
Concrete Network describes when concrete may need to be removed, as there are certain conditions under which using a patching compound and resurfacing product will result in merely a short-term fix.
Concrete Network: Five Categories Of Concrete Cleaners
Concrete Network provides nformation about concrete cleaners and degreasers for concrete-related applications including pH-netural cleaners, acid cleaners, alkaline cleaners, enzymatic cleaners, and specialty cleaners.
Concrete Network: Free Idea Catalogs On Concrete Uses
Concrete Network offers free catalogs with design ideas for concrete floors, patios, pool decks, concrete homes, sinks, countertops, and more.
Concrete Network: How Concrete Is Poured & Placed
Concrete Network provides a step-by-step overview of placing concrete on residential projects.
Concrete Network: How To Remove Concrete Oil Stains
Concrete Network explains how to get oil stains out of concrete.
Concrete Network: Installing Control Joints
Concrete Network online video describes some concrete groover tools and how to install control joints.
Concrete Network: Maintaining Concrete
Concrete Network provides online how-to information for maintaining concrete slabs, floors, and countertops.
Concrete Network: Modern Palette For Indoor Concrete Style
Concrete Network says interpretations of modern style vary from utilitarian and industrial to sleek and bold. Concrete can achieve all of these modern design variations by permitting large geometrical patterns and shapes, while conveying an industrial look using subtle shades of gray. (PDF)
Concrete Network: Online Concrete Slab & Footing Calculator
Concrete Network site provides these handy online calculators for a quick calculation of how many cubic yards you require for both slabs and footings.
Concrete Network: Overview Of Concrete Testing
Concrete Network provides an overview of concrete testing including typical fresh concrete tests, sampling, temperature, slump tests, air content, density, making test cylinders, and effect of selected testing.
Concrete Network: Resource Site On Concrete Repair
Concrete Network provides an overview of repairing concrete including evaluating the problem, cause of damage, repair materials, surface repairs, crack repairs, structural repairs, and more.
Concrete Network: Testing Hardened Concrete
Concrete Network provides different tests to consider when investigating problems with hardened concrete in order to identify the cause and come up with the appropriate solution.
Concrete Network: Urbanite Is Reusing Old Concrete
Concrete Network describes Urbanite, broken pieces of unwanted concrete leftover from a demolition project, that can be used for patios, walkways, flower beds, fire pits, and more.
Fine Homebuilding: Concrete Against Siding
Fine Homebuilding says you should be concerned about placing new concrete in direct contact with the fiber-cement trim-or most siding and trim materials, for that matter.
Fine Homebuilding: How To Compact Small Concrete Projects
Fine Homebuilding describes how to compact small concrete projects by running the shoe of your sawzall (without a blade installed) along the sides of the form. The vibrations will settle the concrete and get rid of the voids.
Fine Homebuilding: How to Pour Concrete on a Slope
Fine Homebuilding says the best way to pour concrete on a slope is to order it low-slump, which is concrete with a low proportion of water.
Fine Homebuilding: Resurfacing Damaged Concrete
Fine Homebuilding online video describes how to prepare the existing surface, mix, apply, and finish a concrete patch.
IRC: Removal Of Stains From Concrete Surfaces
Canadian Institute for Research in Construction report has a chart that lists many different types of stains and how they can be removed. 1972 (PDF)
JLC: Concrete-Slab Drying Time
Journal of Light Construction describes how long it takes a fresh concrete slab to dry out before flooring can be put down.
PCA: Purchasable Book On Design & Control Of Concrete Mixtures
Portland Cement Association sells Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, the reference book encapsulates all there is to know about cement and concrete since the material was used in the mid-1750s to build a lighthouse. This go-to-guide for anyone who works with concrete, from designers to builders to contractors and students, contains overviews of building standards, references, and research. $79 USD
RMCAO: Concrete Construction Troubleshooting Tips
Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario online Concrete Construction Troubleshooting Tips defines problems and solutions, and offers a conversion table and concrete quick specifications. (PDF)
Sakrete: Online Calculators For Concrete Footings
Sakrete online tool estimates amount of bagged concrete needed for piers and footings.
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Architect Magazine: Seven New Technologies From 2014 World Of Concrete
Architect Magazine describes seven technologies from the 2014 World of Concrete show that challenge the notion that the construction industry is reticent to change and sustainability.
BD&C: 9 Concrete Innovations
Building Design and Construction describes nine new products and case studies that represent the latest breakthroughs in concrete technology.
Concrete BC: Listing Of BC Suppliers Directory Of Concrete & Related Prodicts
Concrete BC lists their members from BC who supply concrete and related products. (PDF)
Concrete Producer: 2012 Most Innovative Product Winners From World of Concrete
World of Concrete 2012 exhibitors submit products to compete in Hanley Wood's Most Innovative Products contest. It combines World of Concrete attendee voting with expert evaluations to give both Attendees' Choice and Experts' Choice awards to products exhibited at the show.
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By Onesphore Sematumba, Pole Institute, July 2011
1. As long as the towns are calm…
On Tuesday 19 July 2011, the population of Shabunda, in the province of South Kivu, eastern DRC, committed an act that was unusual in Congolese culture. Exasperated by the insecurity it has been exposed to over the past few years and the de facto slavery it is subjected to by the Rwandan rebels of the FDLR, the population tried to prevent the return to Bukavu of an important delegation which had come to their area for a brief visit. With inadequate means, men and women from this martyred town blocked the road and threw stones to try to prevent the visitors from leaving. The delegation included Roger Meece, United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), and Marcellin Cishambo, the Governor of the Province of South Kivu. The delegation was only able to leave thanks to the police firing to disperse this manifestation of long contained anger.
By daring to attack two symbols of power, the population expressed that they were sick and tired of insecurity and in despair about being abandoned by those who are supposed to ensure their safety.
Two days before, it was the fishermen working on Lake Tanganyika who issued an ultimatum - or strike notice - if the harassment they were suffering from a local Maï Maï group did not cease. "General" Yakutumba's Maï Maï group had in fact threatened to board any fishing vessels that did not pay them a monthly fee of $500. These fishermen also expect a minimum of protection from the government to be able to shuttle between Uvira (South Kivu) and Kalemie (Katanga) to ensure their livelihood.
In Beni territory, in the northern part of North Kivu, whole villages are being abandoned by the population because of an attack warning delivered to them by Ugandan rebels from the ADF- NALU. Further south, in Lubero territory, men in military uniforms abducted Doctor Paluku Mukongoma from his consulting room at Oïcha hospital in broad daylight. He disappeared at 16:00 on 1st July 2011 and has not been seen or heard from since.
As for the crossing of Virunga National Park from Rutshuru territory to Lubero territory, travellers put their lives at risk; the road is frequently blocked by highway robbers who operate with impunity on a route that is important for the economy of the province of North Kivu. The perpetrators of these acts are often attached to the Rwandan FDLR, but very poorly paid soldiers of the regular army and idle youths in search of subsistence also operate under this label.
This is unfortunately not an exhaustive portrait for entire areas of the Kivus and Eastern province in particular are under the heel of foreign rebels who escape practically all government controls. More details? 7 of the 8 territories in South Kivu for example. This fact is nonetheless usually obscured as if there were an unspoken consensus that, as long as everything is calm in Kinshasa and in the other major towns, the rest of the country and the population is of no importance!
Given this situation, speaking of elections is something of a provocation for the men and women who live with their worldly goods in bundles on their heads and whose life expectancy is literally "a renewable term of twenty four hours".
This being said, the elections will be held and must be held not only because, as Ivoirian writer Ahmadou Kourouma wrote in his novel Pending the vote of the wild beasts: "the croaking of frogs does not stop the elephant from drinking" but also because the representatives elected in 2006 have reached the end of their terms of office, which must be renewed or new representatives elected for 2011-2013, otherwise the attractive democratic front erected with the International Community will be in danger of crumbling.
2. The CENI's millions
If we are to believe Mr Daniel Ngoy Mulonda, chairman of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), all the lights are green, just over four months from D day, 28 November 2011, when all Congolese citizens of voting age will once more slip their precious ballot papers into the ballot boxes to choose the future President of the Republic and members of parliament.
In less than four months from its effective installation, the figures produced by the CENI, it must be said, are quite impressive. It has succeeded in exceeding its self-assigned target of 31 million voters, including 3 million in Kinshasa, which represents almost 6 million more than in 2006. Another achievement, to be chalked up to the Congolese government, is the $110 million in funding found for the CENI to date. If we add to this the funds assigned to the CENI's predecessor, the defunct Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), the government's share in the funding of the 2011-2013 electoral cycle amounts to $190 million, the DRC's ambition being to contribute 60% of the budget instead of the 10% in 2006. Another sizeable contribution: France has just trained a first contingent of 500 Congolese policemen out of a total of 1,000 to be assigned to policing the elections, for a budget of 2 million Euros. In exchange for these phenomenal sums, the CENI promises irreproachable elections - free, transparent, democratic and on schedule.
3. The stakeholders and the issues at stake
By definition, at an election, "the population concerned transfers, by a majority vote, to chosen representatives or agents, legitimacy for holding the power assigned to the function occupied, through the intermediary of a political contract." [1] The population therefore plays a key role and constitutes the main actor in the electoral scenario, whereas the candidate seeking election negotiates legitimacy, a term of office, and tries to sell a social project which, if it is accepted by the voters, constitutes the basis of a contract. What about the Congolese experience?
First let us remember that, contrary to broad opinion, the 2006 elections were not the first to be held in the Congo. There were others, before that, under the country's various regimes and successive denominations. As journalist Marie-Soleil Frère observes, "… even before independence, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Republic of Zaire between 1974 and 1998) held municipal elections in 1957, communal elections in December 1959 and legislative elections in May 1960. After the country gained independence on 30 June 1960, the Congolese people were called to the ballot box to ratify the constitutional referendum in 1964, for the legislative elections in 1965 and the constitutional referendum in 1967. Then elections were held under the single party system - MPR - in 1970, 1975, 1977, 1982 and 1987, and for the referendum on the new constitution of Zaire in 1973. Mobutu Sese Seko, the sole candidate, was elected by the citizens in 1977 and 1984."
The DRC therefore does have a history of elections, but this has evidently not left an indelible impression on the collective memory for two main reasons. The first is that elections around the time of independence happened before most of today's Congolese voters were born; the second is that elections in the time of Mobutu were so farcical they were a joke and the voters forgot all about them as soon as they stepped out of the polling station. For more than forty years, the population has been swindled and their power confiscated by elites who quickly reversed the roles, turning the voters into beggars and the elections into a big market for fools where votes were exchanged for crates of beer, yards of cloth and scarves with the portrait of the candidates on them as well as other similar trivia.
The same people are voted in again and business runs as usual!
The 2006 elections were an opportunity for the Congolese "Primary Sovereign" to win back the power that had been taken from it by repositioning itself as mandatary instead of beggar. This was not the case. The candidates, all imbibed with the Mobuto culture that the majority had helped to implant, flooded the people with crates of beer, sacks of flower, bales of cloth, headscarves and other trinkets against a background of empty rhetoric and speeches that were often demagogic, sometimes inflammatory. The day after the elections, the population realised, a tad late, the extent of the damage: for a few short-lived gifts they legitimised, for five long years, those same men and women who had been defrauding the country since 1960; fathers sitting in the Senate while their children debated in the National Assembly, a minister removed from office who gave his place in the government to his wife. Lastly, an East-West spilt was remarkable according to the votes gained by the two challengers in the second round of the presidential elections, Jean-Pierre Bemba having collected all the votes in the west and Joseph Kabila in the east.
This fragmentation at national level barely concealed the more insidious divisions, at the level of the communities, consequences of a vote that was ethnic in several regions. In fact, in a situation where the State has failed in its traditional missions of ensuring basic security and minimum services such as health care and education, the bonds between families, clans and ethnic groups operated as protective structures for individuals and regulated social life and, in a way, political life. The candidates largely played on the ethnic fibre, inviting the populations to vote for "their child", "the son/daughter of the land", sometimes adding the promise of defending your brothers and sisters against the "others". In Goma, we still remember the campaign of a provincial member of parliament who swore he would not shave his beard until "all the Rwandans in North Kivu go back home", alluding to the Congolese people speaking "Kinyarwanda". At the end of this term of office, the honourable gentleman still has his flourishing beard and can gamble with it again in the coming month for another term in parliament.
For, unfortunately, this divisive scenario may well be repeated during the electoral cycle. First of all, at the top: We will certainly witness an inflation of candidates for the presidential elections as in 2006 when the Congolese people had a choice of 33 candidates in the first round. Their agendas were vague but each candidate claimed a "home territory" corresponding to their birthplace, the contest was reduced to a race for fixing territorial boundaries rather than a combat of ideas. For example, the candidacy of two biological sisters – same father same mother, as they say here - in Bas Congo appeared incongruous to some, when in fact the two ladies belonged to different political parties. Later, in the second round, we witnessed a re-composition of national territory through the buying up of land with a view to the final victory. Two major blocks were formed. Furthermore, the Alliance for the Presidential Majority supporting Joseph Kabila, which included important players from the west, including the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) of the patriarch Gizenga, which had stocked up on votes in his native Bandundu and the Union of Mobutist Democrats (UDEMO) of Nzanga Mobutu, the son of Marshal Mobutu himself, who had been toppled by Joseph Kabila's father. This surprise alliance allowed the MPA to gain votes in the province of L'Equateur, fief of the other finalist, Jean-Pierre Bemba. The latter, who had filled up on votes in the capital, was counting on his block, the Union for the Nation (UN) to win the presidential seat. But for lack of a significant ally in the mountains in the east, he lost the election, with 42% of the votes. Subsequently, his past as a rebel leader caught up with him. Accused of crimes committed by his troops in the Central African Republic, he was arrested while staying in Belgium and transferred to The Hague where he will be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Orphaned and divided, the young opposition in the Congo will play only a marginal role in institutions dominated by the Head of State's henchmen.
The 2011 scenario appears to be more complicated. First of all because the rules of the game have changed since January with the hasty revision of the Constitution by a National Assembly under the influence of the current Head of State and candidate for his own succession, Joseph Kabila. According to the new provisions, the presidential election will now take place in one round only, irrespective of the winner's score. In spite of the uproar caused by this constitutional tampering in the opposition and within Civil Society, the powerful Catholic Church in particular, nothing can be done. The irruption into the arena of two opponents whose possible alliance in the second round could push the current President into an unfavourable runoff certainly counted for much in this revision. First of all, there is Etienne Tshisekedi. The old leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) declared himself a Presidential candidate, after boycotting the ballot in 2006. With Jean-Pierre Bemba held by the ICC in The Hague, Kinshasa, plus the two provinces of Kasaï (in the centre), could well swing towards the old opponent. Then there is the effervescent Vital Kamerhe, former Secretary General of the presidential party and former Chairman of the National Assembly, today at the head of an opposition party, the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) and of the Alternance Vital Kamerhe (AVK) coalition, which will hunt for votes on the same Kivu territories where Joseph Kabila was voted in in 2006 when the main propagandist was… Vital Kamerhe.
The mining province of Katanga (South-East), Joseph Kabila's native province, seems to fall naturally to him through the support he enjoys from local leaders such as the President of the Provincial Assembly, Kyungu wa Kumwanza, infamous for the pogrom against the Kasaïens under Mobutu, the wealthy national member of parliament Jean Claude Muyambo and the equally wealthy governor Moïse Katumbi Chapwe. The latter, who announced that he was retiring from politics completely at the end of this term of office, continues to declare his loyalty to the Head of State. Bas-Congo (far west) will certainly open its arms to the candidate supported by the Bundu dia Mayala party of member of parliament Ne Mwana Nsemi whose ambitions of autonomy are a secret for no-one. As for the province of L'Equateur, home of the Mobutus and Bembas, it will be bitterly fought over, as neither of the clans has a potential presidential candidate.
In a context like this, the most likely scenario would have been a consensus among the opposition around a joint candidate and programme to face up to the candidate in the presidential camp and thereby avoid a dispersal of the votes and the division of the electoral territory. Such a schema does not yet seem to be emerging, with each opposition party believing its hour of glory has arrived. Other candidates have even been announced, including Dr Oscar Kashala, who came fifth in 2006, and François Muamba, a dissident from Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC. This cacophony arising from the war of egos is surely beneficial to the outgoing President who will only have to win the first round in 2011, irrespective of the number of Congolese citizens who vote in his favour. However, an opposition alliance at the last minute is not totally impossible nor is a vote against the president in power who has not kept his promises in terms of security and improving the living conditions of the population. In this eventuality, the new elected representative would face the challenge of sticking back together the territories of the country and preventing it from falling back into the situation it was in prior to 2002, so fragile remain the balances in DRC.
An incomplete process: when will the local elections be held?
We are embarking on the 2011- 2013 electoral cycle when in fact the 2006 elections were never completed. First there was a constitutional referendum, the presidential election, the direct suffrage for national and provincial legislative elections and indirect ballots to appoint senators and provincial governors. And then, nothing else. The urban, municipal and local elections, which were scheduled, were never held, whereas they would have served as an impetus to the decentralisation preached by the new Constitution. It all took place as though, according to the logic of the strictly vertical pyramid in place since independence, the grassroots institutions, especially in the rural areas, were of no political importance whatsoever. Unless it was a deliberate strategy on the part of the elected powers. In fact, while the populations were deprived of an opportunity to choose local representatives who would have been all the more accountable to them that they would not have abandoned them to go and do politics "elsewhere" – once elected, the members of parliament took up their positions in the national or provincial capital and only came back at the end of their term of office to ask to be voted in again – the fact that local elections were overlooked allowed those in power to appoint, by decree, the local administrators (mayors, local counsellors, territorial administrators and district commissioners). This administrative apparatus could repay the favour by possibly influencing the vote of the administered in favour of the candidates in power who put them in their current positions. According to the current schedule, the local elections will be held in 2013, at the end of the process, with all the risks of "forgetting" them again, unless the memory of Pastor Ngoy, the current chairman of the CENI, is more reliable than that of Abbé Malumalu, the ex-chairman of the defunct CEI. Again, the volatility of the security situation in the countryside will have to be taken into account, where even foreign armed rebels such as the FDLR have been enrolled and could influence the process, either by disturbing the elections through military activism, or by distorting the results with their votes when we know that in DRC resident foreigners, just like expatriate Congolese, do not have voting rights.
What is a political party for?
Meanwhile, although the electoral campaign hasn't started yet, they are all sharpening their weapons for the elections. On the pretext of mobilising citizens to have them register to vote (enrolment), the future candidates have come back to "their bases" and, killing two birds with one stone, have implanted their current parties. For, in the meantime, most of the national members of parliament have joined other groups or created parties intended to procure themselves another term of office. This inflation of parties will certainly add to the confusion and the divisions mentioned above, as the vast majority of Congolese people are not well enough informed to navigate through the labyrinth of acronyms, especially when the standard-bearer (the local son/daughter) is –already!- calling on the voters to vote for someone else, in the presidential elections. As was recently remarked by an analyst of the political life in North Kivu, "in 2006 we elected members of parliament; in 2011 they have all become political parties"!
This migration from one party to another, this continuous quest for a "moral authority" and fertile creation of acronyms (the Interior Ministry has to date counted 400 political parties) illustrate the words of Mr Djoli Eseng'ekeli:
"The political parties in the Congo, in the past and today, remain ephemeral and fragmented. They are circumstantial, the property of individuals, essentially urban, with no precise vision of a political agenda nor clear ideological foundations; they are "everything but the kitchen sink" with connotations of tribalism, regionalism, opportunism and nepotism." [2]
4. A history of shattered illusions
On 30 June 1960, the Congolese people celebrated an independence they were expecting miracles from. The next day, 1st July 1960, no miracle happened and the witnesses of this era assure us that, on that day, the country began a dangerous backward slide. In 2006, the descendents of the witnesses to independence and the survivors of the backward slide were jubilant, on the occasion of the first free, democratic and transparent elections. Didn't the candidates promise us, during speeches doused in beer and decked out in scarves, "a country more beautiful than before" the day after the vote? Peace, bread, water, electricity and jobs, nothing was left out in the string of promises. Five years later, there is great disillusionment and tangible disgust. "I won't be voting, it serves no purpose other than to make those in power wealthier", states someone who was disappointed in 2006. A feeling that is largely shared, despite the observed keenness to get on the voters roll and the noisy processions that welcome and accompany the politicians at the airports and docks during their pre-electoral tours. The enthusiasm for registering on the voter's roll is due to the fact that voting cards act as provisional identity cards, and registering to vote therefore confers a civil status that is as much of an incentive to the Congolese as the possibility of voting. As for the mobilisation of the politicians' followers, no-one is fooled: It is proportional to the financial capacity of the candidate who fills the tanks of the motorcyclists with petrol, rents trucks and buses, and gives food and drink to anyone who turns up.
The overall impression is therefore that "the elections serve no purpose", not even for giving birth to an embryo of democracy. The embryo could only grow in a milieu where the population has sufficient political culture to dare challenging their elected representatives who, as we said above, owe them their legitimacy and are therefore indebted to them and accountable to them. Efforts should therefore be made to accompany the Congolese people towards this political culture, which starts with the setting up of a global education system resolutely oriented towards training the citizen, which is unfortunately not the case at present. Furthermore, the rebellions such as those witnessed in South Kivu where the population in despair expressed their discontent with those who owe them protection, are a small step in the right direction. For we believe that without a small dose of "constructive revolt", no positive changes could occur for the Congolese.
Onesphore Sematumba
July 2011
Translated by Linda Herbertson
[1] Source: Internet, Wikipedia.
[2] DJOLI Eseng'ekeli, quoted by OBOTELA RASHIDI N., "Elections 2011: Profil des candidats et des partis politiques", in Congo- Afrique no. 456, p,415.


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UNStudio has swept the competition for the New Budapest Bridge, a much-needed bridge over the Danube in the south of the city. Coated in a reflective white paint, the landmark bridge will serve as a gateway between Ujbuda and Csepel, and help spur further development in the surrounding post-industrial area. The multi-use bridge "enables sustainable transportation" and will accommodate road, tram, pedestrian, and cycle crossings. Created in collaboration with Buro Happold Engineering , the New Budapest Bridge proposal was selected by the Municipal Government of Budapest in the first international bridge design competition in Hungary for over 120 years. Conceived as a welcoming symbol, the contemporary cable-stayed bridge features angled pylons that mimic the "inviting gesture of hands," said Ben van Berkel. "It was essential that the bridge would be in harmony with Budapest – which owes much of its configuration to the surrounding landscape – and its future vision. It was also important that the bridge enable unobstructed views below and above the bridge deck." Related: Unusual Dutch bridge embraces flooding in a thought-provoking way With a main span of 711 feet, the bridge stretches over 1,600 feet from shore to shore. The white paint finish will reflect the surrounding environment and give the bridge an ever-changing appearance. In addition to catalyzing nearby development, the project aims to make the area around the Budafoki interchange more human and urban friendly. + UNStudio Images by VA Render
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Energy infrastructure of the past, like oil refineries and rigs, aren't typically considered beautiful. But as the world transitions to more renewable sources of power, what if utility-scale energy installations could double as art ? That's the dream pursued by the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), which holds a design competition every two years to present visions for energy-generating art able to power hundreds of homes. 2016's winners included ethereal sailboats that harvested wind for power and fog for water, and a whale-inspired design generating wind, solar , and wave energy . LAGI just announced the location for their 2018 competition: Melbourne , Australia. LAGI is being sponsored by the State of Victoria to bring their 2018 contest to Melbourne, a city which hopes to be net zero by 2020. Artists, scientists, engineers, designers, and other creatives from around the world will be invited to submit designs tailored to the area for large-scale installations that add to the beauty of the area while generating clean energy . Related: Land Art Generator Initiative Santa Monica winners address California's energy needs and drought One goal for these designs is to show how renewable energy installations, like solar and wind, can be integrated into the nature and culture of a region. LAGI2018 is part of Victoria's Renewable Energy Action Plan under Action 13, which calls for "supporting important artistic and cultural sustainability events." 2016's top three winners included teams from Japan, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. The last four competitions – Dubai/Abu Dhabi in 2010, New York City in 2012, Copenhagen in 2014, and Santa Monica in 2016 – garnered over 800 submissions from more than 60 countries. The competition will launch in around six months, in January 2018, with submissions due in May. Public exhibitions will introduce some of the ideas to the people of Melbourne and nearby cities. According to LAGI, "2018 will be a year to celebrate the beauty of our sustainable future!" + Land Art Generator Initiative Images via Wikimedia Commons and courtesy of the Land Art Generator Initiative
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There's nothing quite like curling up with a good book. Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS imbues those feelings of comfort into their design of "Library As Home," the winning entry in the 110,000-square-meter Shanghai Library East Hall competition held by the city government. The cylindrical library draws inspiration from Chinese traditional architecture and culture while maintaining a contemporary design. In addition to winning first prize in the Shanghai government's 2016 International Young Architects Design Competition, "Library As Home" recently won a Jury Prize from the 2017 Architizer A+Awards in the Institutional Unbuilt category. "Library as Home, envisions a library as a large house for all, with a rich variety of environments that Shanghai's citizens could appropriate as their own," said Eric Bunge, co-principal at nARCHITECTS. Connection with nature was emphasized in the design. The architects connect each of the library's four open levels to exterior gardens and views of the city, while natural light flows into the building from all sides. The slightly staggered four levels comprise the Patio, Living Room, Atelier, and Study. A variety of spaces are offered, from private and quiet study areas to open spaces geared to social gatherings. Related: This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community The cylindrical library is envisioned with a checkered pattern facade that draws inspiration from terra-cotta printing blocks. The tiled facade would feature a glazed exterior to reference the pages of a book and the opposite side that faces the interior would be left unglazed to show off the natural terra-cotta color. The library's compact urban form extends a large street level and sub-surface plinth below the park level to minimize the footprint of parking and to open up the area for landscaped public space. + nARCHITECTS
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Revolving solar-powered home for veterans wins California's first tiny house competition
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Powered by eight 330 Watt Sunmodule solar panels , the self-sufficient tiny home stores its energy in saltwater batteries that are the first to be Cradle-to-Cradle certified, and the Colossus solar tracking mechanism increases its absorption efficiency by 30 percent. In addition to being completely off-grid, the tiny home on wheels is also beautifully designed for surprising comfort. A transforming Murphy bed in the bedroom maximizes space during daylight hours, the full-sized kitchen has a seating area and fold-out table for the same reason, and the wet bathroom uses a dry-flush toilet to eliminate black water. Related: KODA is a tiny solar-powered house that can move with its owners rEvolve House is not only about as green as they come, with small planters on the facade and a spiral staircase leading to a rooftop terrace, but also boasts deep humanitarian intentions . "The tiny house provides the first step in the journey of empowering veterans to evolve their independence and is a safe haven for them to acclimate and begin training their dogs prior to returning to their respective homes," the students write in their design brief. "The Tiny House Competition – Build Small and Win Big" is a new competition in the Sacramento region, challenging collegiate teams to design and build net-zero, tiny solar houses, writes the organizer, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD). "The event, held Saturday, October 15 at Consumnes River College, was open to all colleges and universities in California. Participation promoted an interest in energy conservation, energy efficiency and green building and solar technologies." + rEvolve House Images via Joanne H. Lee/Santa Clara University
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Biodesign Competition winners announced – algae takes center stage
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When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting new discipline which integrates the best ideas from nature with the cutting edge of modern technology, fostering technological breakthroughs that could allow us to live better lives, more in harmony with our environment. We recently invited architects and designers from all across the world to submit their wildest visions for a Biodesigned future, and they delivered so much creativity and ingenuity that it was extremely difficult to narrow it all down to a short-list and then determine a winner. From algae structures, to aquaponic fish homes, to self-healing homes, we were thoroughly impressed by the entrants of our Biodesign Competition . And the winner is… GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Chlorella Oxygen Pavilion by Adam Miklosi Designer Adam Miklosi was inspired by the concept of symbiosis to create a futuristic oxygen bar called the Chlorella Pavillion which would allow tired people to enter, relax, and fill up on energizing, oxygen-rich air. Miklosi proposes piping living algae through the structure to create a swirling "algae fountain" throughout the exterior and interior of the space. Like all photosynthesizing organisms, algae naturally consumes CO2 and produces oxygen through respiration. Humans relaxing (and breathing) in the space would give the algae the CO2 it needs to survive, and, in turn, the algae would give Chlorella Pavilion visitors an extra oxygen boost. HEALING SPACES CATEGORY WINNER: Chlorella Oxygen Pavilion by Adam Miklosi The Chlorella Pavillon was the category winner for 'Healing Spaces' in addition to being selected by the judges as the Grand Prize Winner. Designer Adam Miklosi's algae pavilions are built with molded beech wood and covered with a semi-transparent isolating film. Each pavilion is designed to live and breath interdependently with humans using photosynthesis – exhaled carbon dioxide and fresh oxygen mixes in the central algae fountain. The algae-filled water then circulates in tubes spiraling around the structure that soak up sunlight. Each pavilion is meant to be a "temple of relaxation" in a hectic urban environment. HOUSING CATEGORY WINNER: Self Healing House by Edwin Indera Waskita Designer Edwin Indera Waskita's Self-Healing House explores the value of social sustainability by fostering communities in which humans, animals, plants, and the environment benefit from a mutual symbiosis. The proposal transforms marginalized city spaces into dynamic and productive zones (like urban farms ) to ensure positive and sustainable social growth. The Self-Healing House relies on community participation to improve both the quality of life of inhabitants and ecological balance, and it benefits residents through improved resource distribution. The Self-Healing House is wrapped in an "ecological skin" of mosses and plants which provide a source of food and water for birds. In exchange, by depositing new seeds and plant life, birds will encourage new growth of the skin. HONORABLE MENTIONS: Aquaponic Future Housing by Mihai Chiriac: Aquaponic Future Houses are 3-story homes made out of 3D-printed biodegradable vegetable-based bioplastic , housing living plants and fish in a closed-loop system, where the plants feed the fish, the fish feed the plants, plants produce oxygen for the home's inhabitants and the fish produce food. In order to create a more sustainable environment, the building uses built-in hydroponics and aquaculture for growing food at home. The home is intended for neglected urban spaces to help urban dwellers live a greener, healthier life. Jellyfish Lodge by Janine Hung: The Jellyfish Lodge proposes to rehabilitate the world's most polluted river slums by removing waste , treating water, growing food, and purifying air all through solar power. The structure's jellyfish-inspired tentacles will remove garbage from the water while testing water toxicity levels, and microbial digestion chambers within the design will break down harmful microorganisms before returning treated water to the river. An aquaponics system would produce food for nearby residents. Oculus emergency shelter by Chalmers University of Technology: Oculus is a prototype for a rapidly deployable shelter inspired by the Beehive house – a traditional Syrian dwelling with bionic geometry. With a focus on material efficiency, the Oculus is a small den-style single-family unit made of expanded polystyrene (EPS). The dwelling consists of 29 rings set inside each other to form a stepping shell structure. The prototype was developed by 4 students at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden focusing on material efficiency, off-site manufacturing and low-tech assembly. It was developed as a case study through work with the Al-Zataari camp in Jordan. Algaevator urban revitalization by Jie Zhang: The Algaevator inserts an algae farm into a weather-tight, transparent and lightweight roofing system that can be used in abandoned buildings to help revitalize urban environments. The algae can be used for various applications in consumer products and alternative fuels. The Algaevator's funnel shape optimizes sun exposure for algae production and can also harvest rainwater for additional sustainability. Hybrid Fibrous Morphologies by Ruxandra Gruioniu: Ruxandra Gruioniu's Hybrid Fibrous Morphologies project seeks to create a new bio-integrative material system out of fungus. Gruioniu experimented with fusing living and non-living matter to develop a cost and energy-efficient architectural solution that resembles the biological model. Fungus is a very simple multicellular microorganism consisting of numerous filaments (hyphae) that have the ability to branch out and reconnect with each other to form a biological transport network over a manmade structure, such as a metal lattice. Urban Pure BioTower Dennis Dollens: Urban Pure: BioTowers are environmentally-friendly buildings for housing, schools, or offices. The design for the towers was inspired by the shape of plants and trees to support healthy living. Enhanced using synthetic biology, AI, and biorobotics, BioTowers "eat" air pollution while contributing energy and green spaces to modern cities. + Inhabitat Biodesign Competition
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Giant paper boats use holographic photovoltaic cells to boost California coral growth
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A team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania envisions a bold new world where giant paper boats float off Santa Monica Pier, harnessing solar energy to revitalize California's coastal ecology. Another finalist of LAGI 2016: Santa Monica , an international design competition that promotes renewable energy and public art, Paper Boats is designed to harness solar energy using concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), reflectors, and Holographic Planar Concentrator (HPC) technology. Unlike other energy and water-generating designs, this energy is redirected to accelerate coral growth. And if you are weary of designs that don't yet exist, note that LAGI's competition guidelines require all entries to be technologically and physically feasible. In this way, Paper Boats, The Pipe, and other LAGI designs symbolize potential applications of existing technology . "Throughout the years, over-hunting and over-fishing of some key species have allowed purple urchin to graze on the kelp without competition, Christopher Makrinos, Stephen Makrinos, and Alexander Bishop write in their design brief. "This has led to "urchin barrens," which offer little in the way of genetic diversity, food, or nesting habitats. Paper Boats has reversed this trend by establishing pockets of coral and kelp (once commonplace here) within underwater "shipwreck" frames that anchor each boat to the historic breakwater." The team adds that in a process known as accretion, the "shipwrecks" mirror the sculptures above, promoting coral growth . A trickle of direct current electricity produced by the sails, or solar collectors, flows through the rebar, and accelerates coral growth that is said to be five times faster than normal. Paper Boats designers say that accretion was first observed by Wolf Hilbertz. Related: Solar-powered pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California Every boat has four sails. The outer shell uses Fresnel lenses to direct light, while the sail as a whole acts as a concentrated photovoltaic collector . It has an annual capacity of 2,400 MWh. Holographic photovoltaic cells beneath the sails use laser-etched glazing and bi-facial silicone panels to harness sunlight from both directions "with incredible efficiency." The iridescent sails refract light, a special bonus for people visiting Santa Monica Pier during sunset. "The solar panels are attached to a ceramic-cladded aluminum framework," the designers continue. "The structure conceals the CPV conduits and acts as a passive heat sink. A trickle of energy is diverted to the "shipwrecks" before entering the main conduit." "This small charge provides a catalyst for coral growth, strengthening the local marine ecosystem ." + LAGI 2016: Santa Monica
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Solar-powered Pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California
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"LAGI 2016 comes to Southern California at an important time," write Rob Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian, co-founders of the Land Art Generator Initiative . "The sustainable infrastructure that is required to meet California's development goals and growing population will have a profound influence on the landscape. The Paris Climate Accord from COP 21 has united the world around a goal of 1.5–2° C, which will require a massive investment in clean energy infrastructure. For this particular competition, LAGI asked designers to submit proposals that incorporate either an energy or drinking water component, since they are inextricably intertwined, or both. Khalil Engineers from Canada chose to power an electromagnetic desalination device using solar power . And – in keeping with the public art and educational aspect of LAGI's overall environmental and social crusade – The Pipe is a beautiful design that allows people to seamlessly interact with their source of drinking water without any of the unpleasant side effects typically associated with energy generation. Related: Gigantic solar hourglass powers up to 1,000 Danish homes "Above, solar panels provide power to pump seawater through an electromagnetic filtration process below the pool deck, quietly providing the salt bath with its healing water and the city with clean drinking water," the design team writes in their brief. "The Pipe represents a change in the future of water." According to Khalil Engineers, their design, a long gleaming thing visible from Santa Monica Pier, is capable of generating 10,000 MWh each year, which will in turn produce 4.5 billion liters (or 1.5 billion gallons) of drinking water. Given the current drought throughout California , and the dearth of water in general, a variety of urban micro generators such as this can complement utility-scale energy generation. "What results are two products: pure drinkable water that is directed into the city's primary water piping grid, and clear water with twelve percent salinity. The drinking water is piped to shore, while the salt water supplies the thermal baths before it is redirected back to the ocean through a smart release system, mitigating most of the usual problems associated with returning brine water to the sea." The winners of LAGI 2016 will be announced on October 6, 2016 at Greenbuild 2016 . + LAGI 2016: Santa Monica + Khalil Engineers
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Monstrous goldfish found in Australian rivers were released as pets
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Australian researchers are warning of a new, invasive threat to the continent's native wildlife: goldfish that were abandoned by their owners and released into the wild. Most of us think of goldfish as a small and harmless species, but apparently Western Australia's rivers contain just the right conditions to allow the fish to grow into two kilo monsters that wreak havoc on the local ecosystem. There are a number of reasons why these fish pose such an environmental hazard. For one, they tend to eat the eggs of native species. But even when they aren't directly affecting the reproduction of other fish, they're releasing a nutrient-rich waste into the water column which creates dangerous algae blooms . They're also carriers of nasty diseases that don't naturally occur in Australia's waters. Related: Great Barrier Reef tourist pollution may be causing turtle-specific herpes outbreak It's believed that pet owners who dump unwanted fish in local waterways are to blame. The practice is called "aquarium dumping." Once they are released into the water, they breed at a rapid rate, taking over the area. Because they can travel quite far, up to 230 kilometers per year, they're incredibly difficult to eradicate. In fact, scientists from Murdoch University are calling them "one of the world's worst invasive aquatic species." This isn't the first time pet goldfish have caused an ecological crisis. In 2013, researchers at Lake Tahoe in the US found abandoned goldfish that had grown over and foot and a half long terrorizing the waters. Via Gizmodo Images via Murdoch University
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Beautiful Våler church in Norway pays homage to a 19th century church that burned down
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Here's what the environmentally-friendly cemetery of the future could look like
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Did you know there is a DeathLab at Columbia University ? Operating under the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation , DeathLab pursues sustainable designs for futuristic cemeteries, and they recently won a design competition for a concept that would turn the traditional cemetery into a beautiful memorial forest lit by a constellation of biomass-powered "stars." Not only would the idea be a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one, but it is also much more environmentally friendly than our current system. Read the rest of Here's what the environmentally-friendly cemetery of the future could look like
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Release Notes: Live Optics for PURE (April 4, 2019)
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This release of PURE is a LIMITED PREVIEW release. The arrays used for testing were minimal.
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- March 22, 2019
- Initial Release
- XLSX report for configuration and performance
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- XLSX direct output from the API
- XLSX report for configuration and performance
- Collector provides the choice of config only or config and performance
- Performance data is historical data
- Provide the choice of 1hr, 3hrs 42 hrs or 7 days of historical performance data
- Initial Release
Known Issues
The following known limitations should be considered when using Live Optics to assess a PURE storage array.
Testing has been limited to version 1.0.1 therefore it is possible there may be variations in the output that will cause problems or failures. If a failure exists please open a support ticket and provide as much detail as possible about the customer environment.
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The following steps are required if you would like Turbonomic to provide migration or application scale out decisions across your private and public clouds.
1) Target a supported Cloud Provider
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2) Configure a Merge Policy
Configuring a merge policy between datacenters lets you expand the boundaries for where your VMs and Applications are allowed to live. In a hyrbid datacenter, VMs are allowed to migrate between on-prem locations and public cloud locations.
a) Go to the Policy Tab
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f) Expand Physical Machines by Datacenter and use the Shift or Ctrl keys to multi-select the datacenters you'd like to merge.
In my example, you can see I've selected 2 on-prem datacenters and Softlayer's Dallas locations.
Click OK and Create to implement your merge rule.
3) Configure Action Settings
In order for a migration between datacenters be considered, Move and Storage Move actions must be set to the same action policy.
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f) Click Apply Settings Change. Existing actions will clear from the user interface for a few minutes and then pop back up.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger plans to complete his transfers early this summer to avoid a situation similar to last season's deadline day chaos, according to a report in The Sun.
Wenger has already indicated a change in his transfer strategy this summer, saying he would use his funds on two or three "quality" players, instead of buying youngsters or squad players as he usually does.
The Arsenal boss admitted the timing of his 2011 dealings were "terrible" as he had to sign Andre Santos, Per Mertesacker and Mikel Arteta on deadline day, with Arteta's transfer being approved only minutes before the window shut.
The report also says Wenger hopes to wrap up the signing of German forward Lukas Podolski, from Cologne for £11million, before the weekend.
With just one year left in club captain Robin van Persie's current contract, making the Dutchman sign an extension is also a top target for the North London club as they prepare to break their wage ceiling to keep Premier League's leading goalscorer at the Emirates.
Meanwhile, some of the club's highest earners along with a few squad players will be put up for sale by the end of the season as Arsenal look to effectively manage their wage bill.
Russian captain Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh, Manuel Almunia, Sebastien Squillaci, Nicklas Bendtner, Denilson, Carlos Vela and South Korean skipper Park Chu-Young are all set to leave Arsenal this summer, according to a Daily Mail report.