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Why east indians buy all the motels
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#1 Sep 4, 2009
Don't you get tired of having to stay in a hotel owned by indians from overseas? The rooms stink like curry and all other kinds of shit and is full of cockroaches! They don't wash the sheets and the shit paper rolls are half full!
United States
#2 Oct 5, 2009
I am tired of staying in smelly hotels owned by indians!
United States
#3 Oct 10, 2009
Dam if I know buddy!
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Since: Mar 08
Elephant Butte, N.M.
#4 Oct 10, 2009
Okay, then why do you stay in these shit holes? There are plenty of other motels out there.
United States
#5 Oct 10, 2009
Igusse they happen to be the only ones on the highway with vacancys when you are traveling duh!
#6 Oct 10, 2009
same reason they drive cabs....easy job to perform without an education or training.
i've know mental retards...LSD brain damaged hippie cockroaches...loggers with grade 3 educations..ex con retreads..and other various pieces of human refuse who drove cabs.
yes ,and worked in hotel and motels as;..desk clerks dishwashers ..chambermaids ...and handymen.
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Since: Mar 08
Elephant Butte, N.M.
#7 Oct 10, 2009
There are also many that advertise they are American owned. Bottom line you get what you pay for. Quit whining.
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#8 Oct 10, 2009
When have you seen a dam sign saying this motel is american owned you shit head?
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#9 Oct 12, 2009
I don't like to smell that stinking curry that they eat! You can smell it in the rooms!
#10 Nov 8, 2009
I have had the occasion to where that was the only thing on that exit and have had both good and bad experiences with Indian ran motels, i have stayed at some that was excellent and some that was awful, but, even the ones that the room itself was excellent, it had that awful smell like they are cooking cat or something, thats my main issue with them but as i said sometimes thats all there is out there but at least they are usually more affordable than the big chain motels
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#11 Nov 8, 2009
They are taking over everything! send them back to bombay!
United States
#12 Jan 27, 2010
The rats and roaches are free and cost no extra!
#13 Mar 20, 2010
I resent that foreigners can come to america and dominate our motel industry. There are countries that do not sell property to foreigners and I think America should do the same. What is happening to our country? Stop immigration !!! Let America take care of it's own.
#14 Mar 20, 2010
I'm staying in a motel run by Indians cuz it's the only motel that will take a pet. I can't wait to get out... came here to start a job and can't move until I get my sign-on bonus after working 30 days. They don't apprecizate my business.
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#16 Jul 8, 2010
I stayed in a hotel owned by East Indians and there was no problems. No smells of curry, no rats,no vermin. It wasn't bad at all. I have been to High Class hotels and they had bedbugs, bugs,vermin,smelly rooms. So even the more expensive hotels have their problems too. Also I work in the Industry currently and the housekeepers do a wonderful job. I suspect guests also are at fault too.
Black Americans are messy in their rooms. Trashed and ruined like the Ghetto they came from. Marijuana joints, cocaine,"crack cocaine" has been found in rooms which they occupied.
East Indians tend to eat spicier foods. If you don't appreciate that, then don't be around it. They don't have to please you if you don't understand their culture.
I personally find the Japanese/Korean/Chinese guests the best guests in a hotel. Always clean,tidy,organized and they tip too.
Germans (I used to think were organized) are messy on the contrary. They aren't whom they seem to be.
American white males who are young as well as American young white female teenagers are horrendous in regards to cleanliness. Most come from well to do families where servants(or mom/dad) clean their spoiled brat rooms for them. Always messy and horrible rooms to deal with.
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#17 Jul 8, 2010
Well now buddy it seems that you don't know exactly where your loyalties lye! If you like these stinking foreigners then you just move over thar where they at and leave this U.S of A! You put down the blacks and you put down the whites as well but you kiss them forigners asses! Your kind ain't worth a hoot'n uh holler! I tell you!
#18 Jan 5, 2011
It's interesting to see all the assumptions made and all the hate generated. I think getting to know these people and in any case anyone that you have "hate" towards. I don't think you are giving anyone a fair chance by judging them like this. By the way, we're all immigrants if you go back far enough; the Native Americans were here first. Please consider what you type next time because you sound very ignorant.
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Since: Apr 07
Roy, Washington
#19 Jan 5, 2011
Debbie; please do a bit of research before you say that "Native Americans" were here first. There's a lot more to it than your blanket statement.
#20 Jan 6, 2011
we are the victorious settlers its ours.you can't have it back and for all the crying we are kicking AA illegals out in 2012.
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San Juan de Alicante Vacation Packages
Many of Alicante's attractions are close to San Juan de Alicante, so it is a convenient place to base yourself. The Alicante Golf Course and Albufereta Beach are just two of the popular destinations in the area. Two other interesting attractions that are within a short distance of San Juan de Alicante are Almadraba Beach and Campello Beach.
You'll find many unique museums, exhibits and venues in and around San Juan de Alicante. Discover the interactive and traditional museums and exhibit spaces the Archaeological Museum of Alicante and the Gravina Museum of Fine Arts. See the region's best and brightest live on stage at the Alicante Principal Theatre. Enjoy the wonderful artworks at the Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art.
Get active in the great outdoors at the many picturesque places nearby. Relax and enjoy the fresh air. Feel the breeze through your hair at one of the local beaches, for example Postiguet Beach.
Spots such as the Castle of Santa Barbara, the San Nicolas Cathedral and Plaza Carmen are popular places for visitors to San Juan de Alicante. The Alicante area features some fascinating relics from yesteryear; don't miss the Basilica of Santa Maria and the San Fernando Castle.
If you are ready to splash some cash, explore Boulevard Plaza, the Plaza Mar 2 Shopping Centre and the Gran Via Shopping Center.
To make the most of San Juan de Alicante, think about booking your accommodation at one of the area's hotel or serviced apartment options. If you're looking for great service and a comfortable bed, be sure to check out the Melia Alicante, the Hospes Amerigo, and the popular abba Centrum Alicante Hotel.


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United States Patent Inventor John A. Borges 601 Duane Avenue, Oregon City, Oreg. 97045 Appl. No 782,147
Filed Dec. 9, I968 Patented Sept. 14, I971 MACHINE FOR FINISHING CONCRETE SURFACES 14 Claims, I0 Drawing Figs.
[52] US. Cl.... 94/45 [5|] Int. Cl EOIc 19/22 {50] Field of Search 94/45 {56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,650,525 1/1953 Jones 94/45 2,957,396 10/1960 Bederman 94/45 $094,048 6/ I 963 Hudis 94/45 3,208,361 9/ I 965 Bidwell 94/45 3,368,466 2/1968 Rowe 94/45 3,452,654 7/1969 Kessel 94/45 Primary Examiner-Jacob L. Nackenoff A!t0rneyBuckh0rn, Blore, Klarquist and Sparkman ABSTRACT: A machine for smoothing the surface of newly poured concrete including a float which is moved across the concrete surface by a carriage traveling back and forth on an overhead frame spanning the surface. The float is vertically self-adjusting and reciprocates lengthwise as it moves across the concrete surface. The machine alsoincludes a tilt adjustment, pressure adjustment and skew adjustment for the float and means for lifting and lowering the float to the concrete surface.
PATENTEU SEP] 4 |97| SHEET 1 BF 3 JOHN A. BORGES INVENTOR BUB/(HORN, BLORE, KLAROU/ST a SPAR/(MAN ATTORNEYS PATENTEUSEPWBH 3.604.325
SHEET 3 OF 3 JOHN A. BORGES /N 1 5 N T 0/? B) BUCKHOHW, BLORE, KLAROU/S T 8 SPAR/(MAN ATTORNEYS MACHINE FOR FINISHING CONCRETE SURFACES BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION I. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a machine for smoothing and compacting the surface of concrete bridge decks, roadways and other slabs.
2. Description of the Prior Art The manual float method of smoothing the surface of newly poured concrete has been used for many years. Its purpose is to smooth and compact the concrete surface to prevent checking and to provide the slab with a smooth, even surface after shrinkage. The concrete surface is smoothed according to the float method after the slab has been rodded off to grade and contour and after the newly poured concrete has taken an initial set.
Heretofore the float method of smoothing concrete has been a hand operation using a straight wooden plank with plow handles attached to its opposite ends. According to this method, the slab must be spanned with two longitudinally spaced foot walks suspended above the slab and spaced or 12 feet apart. Two men, one on each foot walk and at each end of the plank, drag the plank across the slab, see-sawing the float plank as they move it across the slab. Additional help is often required to pull the heavy float plank with ropes across the slab.
The foregoing method gives good results only if the operation is performed by experienced, skilled persons at the proper time. Moreover, the time and effort required in moving the foot walks along the slab and in pulling the heavy, cumbersome float plank limits the use of the hand method to small pours of concrete. Nevertheless, highway bridge specifications of several states require that this type of float finish be used to attain small surface tolerances of, for example, one-eighth inch in 10 feet.
Machines have been suggested for smoothing the surface of concrete, but such prior machines have not been capable of duplicating or approaching the smooth and compact surface obtained using the above-described manual float finishing method.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a machine for applying a smooth float finish to the surface of concrete of a quality formerly obtained only by persons highly skilled in using manually operated wooden floats. The machine powers a long wooden float across a concrete surface to be finished while simultaneously reciprocating the float in a direction lengthwise of the float and while the float adjusts itself automatically to the contour and grade of the surface. The machine itself is powered for movement along the slab to be finished. Float tilting means are provided for changing the angle of attack of the float with respect to the concrete surface, and additional means are provided for skewing the float with respect to its direction of travel. A single operator controls the finishing operation, including the tilt of the float, and raising and lowering of the float with respect to the surface of the concrete, and the float travel from an operator's platform on an overhead carriage from which the float is suspended. The machine enables the smoothing operation to be carried out by one person, in a minimum time and with minumum effort, making practical the application of the float finishing method to large surface areas which heretofore could not be float finished practically by hand.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The foregoing features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a foreshortened side elevation of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the apparatus of FIG. I taken along the line 2-2 of FIG. I, on an enlarged scalc and foreshortened in width;
FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately along the line 33 of FIG. I on a scale slightly reduced from that of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 on thesame scale as FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 55 of FIG. 4 on the same scale as FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 66 of FIG. 4 on a scale enlarged from that of FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged elevational view, partly in section, of the lower float assembly portion of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 8-8 of FIG. 7 on the same scale as FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 9- I DETAILED DESCRIPTION General Assembly With reference to the drawings, FIG. 1 discloses the apparatus of the invention including a generally rectangular overhead frame structure 10 which spans the width of a section of newly poured concrete, bridge deck, highway pavement, or other slab 12, the surface of which is to be finished. The frame structure includes a pair of longitudinal side frame members 14 and end frame members 16 (FIG. 2) supported at each of its four corners by legs 17 on grooved wheels 18 which travel on a pair of tubular tracks 20 laid alongside the opposite sides of the slab. As shown best in FIGS. 2 and 3, side frame members 14 have inverted angle members affixed to their upper surfaces to define a pair of tracks 22 on which wheels 24 of a carriage 26 are guided as the carriage travels back and forth along the frame over the slab to be finished.
A long, straight, rectangular float member 28 rests of its own weight on the surface of the slab l2 and is dragged across the slab surface during movement of carriage 26 back and forth on overhead frame 10 to compact and smooth such surface. The float member is mounted for self-adjusting vertical movement and for see-sawing movement lengthwise of the float as it moves across the slab surface by a float mounting means 30 suspended by a pair of vertical hangers 32 from the carnage.
Float Assembly and Mounting Referring particularly to FIGS. 3, 7 and 8, the float member includes a long, straight wooden plank 34 having one of its flat broad surfaces in contact with and normally resting upon the surface of the slab 12 to be finished. The plank may extend for a length of 10 feet or more and has an upright metal channel member 36 bolted to the upper surface of the plank along its longitudinal centerline. The channel itself is capable of receiving metal weights whereby a variable pressure can be applied to the concrete surface by the float. The float mounting means 30 includes vertical slide means which permits the float plank to adjust itself vertically to the surface grade and contour of the concrete as it rides over the surface. Such slide means includes a pair of vertical slide rods 38 connected at their lower ends at 39 to the opposite ends of float channel 36 and a pair of vertical sleeves 40 carried by the mounting means 30 for slidably receiving slide rods 38. From FIG. 8 it will be evident that with this arrangement float mount 30 can travel in a straight horizontal path as induced by the carriage while the float follows an independent path determined by the grade and contour of the slab surface.
Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, each guide sleeve 40 is fixed, as by welding, to an enlarged end 41 of a threaded bolt 42 which extends through a horizontal pipe section 43 and is secured at its opposite end by a nut 44 which abuts an enlarged end 45 of pipe 43 to apply an adjustable tension to the bolt. In this manner guide sleeve 40 and thus the float structure can be provided with a certain lengthwise flexibility during reciprocation of the float to prevent damage to the float mounting and drive means. Each horizontal pipe section 43 is fixed to one of a pair of rectangular horizontally slidable members 47 mounted for sliding movement along an elongated guideway 48 of rectangular cross section.
Stub shafts 50 projecting from the opposite ends of guideway 48 extend through opposite end channel members 52, which, together with a pair of side channel members 54, define a rectangular box frame portion of the mounting means. Guideway 48 is secured to end members 52 of the box frame by nuts 56 threaded onto stub shafts 50. Stub shafts 50 also project through openings in the lower ends of the hanger members 32 and are limited in their longitudinal sliding movement by collars 58, 59 secured to stub shafts 50 on opposite sides of each hanger 32. This enables the entire mounting assembly 30, including the box frame and its supported guideway, slides, float guide means and float, to pivot together about the axes of stub shafts 50 from hangers 32.
The box frame of the mounting assembly 30 also supports a pair of angle members 61, 62 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, which together serve as a base to which a speed reduction unit 64 of an electric motor 66 is fastened to support both the speed reducer and the motor. Motor 66 drives a crank wheel 68 through the speed reduction unit, and the crank in turn is connected by a connecting rod 70 to one of sleeves 47 to translate rotary motion of the crank disc to reciprocating movement of the connected slide 47 along guideway 48. The driven slide 47 is in turn connnected by a tie rod 72 to the other slide 47 whereby both slides reciprocate in unison thereby inducing a see-sawing motion on the float as it is moved across the slab by the carriage.
Float Tilt and Lift Means As previously indicated, the entire mounting assembly 30 is mounted for pivotal movement on stub shafts 50 relative to hangers 32 to enable tilting of the float plank 34 horizontally in a fore-and-aft direction to change the angle of attack of the float plank with respect to the surface of slab 12. The means provided for tilting the mounting assembly includes a long vertical rod 76 shown most clearly in FIGS. 1, 3 and fixed at its lower end to one of side channels 54 of the box frame. Stub shafts 50 are offset on one side of the longitudinal centerline of the box frame, as clearly shown in FIG. 8, and rod 76 is offset on the opposite side of such centerline, thereby increasing the leverage effect of rod 76 and thus the ease of tilting the float assembly about the pivot axis of the assembly.
Rod 76 extends upwardly to an upper terminus above carriage 26. A horizontally disposed handlebar 78 is pivoted nearer one end than the other to the upper end of rod 76. The other end of the handlebar is connected by a tie rod 82 to the outer end of a horizontally extending bar 80 pivoted to rod 76 below the handlebar. Bar 80 is notched at intervals along its lower edge for selective locking engagement with an upwardly extending licking member 84 fixed to one of hangers 32 on the carriage. When notched bar 80 is lifted by handlebar 78 out of locking engagement with bar 84, the upper end of rod 76 can be moved easily horizontally, which in turn effects a pivoting movement of the float mounting assembly about the pivot axes of stub shafts 50 to change the angle of tilt of the float with respect to the concrete surface. When the desired tilt is achieved, the notched bar 80 is dropped onto locking bar 84 by pivoting the long end of handle 78 downwardly, thereby locking rod 76 and thus the float plank in their adjusted positions.
Means are also provided for lifting and lowering the float plank into contact with the surface of the concrete slab, as shown in FIG. 3.. Such means includes an upstanding frame structure 86 on a platform portion 88 of carriage assembly 26 and a hand-operated winch 90 mounted at operator height at the upper end of frame 86. A cable 92 on the winch drum (not shown) extends downwardly through the carriage assembly to a connection 93 with a pair of branch cables 94, 95, which diverge downwardly from connection 93 to connections 96, 97 with channel portion 36 of float member 28. By passing out or taking in cable 92 with winch 90, float plank 34 can be lowered to or lifted from contact with the slab surface. A spring 99 extends between main cable 92 and an arm on the frame to take up slack in the cables when the float is resting on the slab.
Carriage Assembly Carriage 26 includes an open rectangular base 98 formed of four channel members as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The base mounts axle members 100 which rotatably mount carriage wheels 24. The upper side of base 98 supports an annular turntable 102 having a channel-shaped cross section. Circular platform 88 is positioned within annular turntable 102 and is mounted in a manner whereby the platform remains stationary while the turntable may be rotated within limits. To this end turntable 102 includes a series of four brace bars 104 which radiate from the center of the space within the turntable to the inner periphery thereof where they are secured to annular channel 102. The brace bars are held together at the center of the turntable by an upper bearing plate 106. Brace bars 104 lie just beneath platform 88 and restrain the platform against any appreciable tilting movement.
A lower bearing plate 108 in face-to-face engagement with upper plate 106 is fixed to a pair of parallel and horizontally spaced angle members 110, 111 which extend the width of base 98 and are secured at their opposite ends to the side channels of the base. Thus the platform is-supported through the bearing plates and angle members by base 98. A stop bar 112 extends downwardly from the underside of platform 88 between angle members 110, 111 of the base to prevent movement of the platform 88 when turntable 102 is rotated. A kingpin 114 extends downwardly through an opening in platform 88, between brace bars 104, through bearing plates 106, 108, and between angle members 110, 111. The kingpin has a nut 116 threaded on its lower end which tensions the pin when screwed against washers 1 18 and a large abutment plate 120 fixed to the two angle members 110, 111. The nut has a pair of handle rods as shown in FIG. 4 to facilitate its loosening and tightening by hand.
When the kingpin is placed in tension by tightening nut 116, turntable 102 cannot be rotated. When the nut is loosened, the turntable can be rotated about the kingpin, while at the same time stop 112 prevents rotation of platform 88. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper ends of float hangers 32 are fixed to the rotatable turntable 102. Thus, by rotating the turntable slightly the entire float mounting assembly and the float can be oriented on a skew with respect to the direction of travel of the float and carriage across slab 12.
Platform 88 mounts not only frame 86 for the float lifting winch 90 but also a reversible electric motor 122 for powering the carriage back and forth on frame 10 across the slab. Electric motor 122 may be automatically reversed via limit switches (not shown), or its reversing action may be manually controlled by a control 124 mounted on winch stand 86. The carriage motor includes a pulley wheel 126 about which one wrap of a horizontally extending cable 128 is trained. As shown in FIG. 1, cable 128 is anchored at one end of frame 10 on a post 130, and is wound on the drum of a post-mounted hand winch 132 at the oppositeend of the frame to enable adjustment of the tension in the cable. Upon rotation of pulley 126 the carriage is pulled along cable 128.
Electric power for operating float motor 66 and carriage motor 122 is supplied from an external source such as, for example, a gasoline-powered generator near the machine, and is conducted to the carriage through a conductor cable 134 suspended from a support wire 136. Wire 136 is supported by high posts at the opposite ends of frame as shown in FIG. 1. A cantilever beam 138 on winch stand 86 suspends a spring support 140 from its outer end, and the support in turn supports a portion of support wire 136. Beam 138 also serves as a retainer and support for conductor cable 134 which may be wrapped about the beam as shown in FIG. 3 as it extends to control 124 and then to the motors.
Frame Adjustments Frame 10 itself contains several adjustments which increase the versatility of the machine. First, with reference to FIG. 2, it will be noted that each leg 17 is telescoping and includes an internal jack operated by a crank handle 142 at the top of the leg whereby the height of the overhead frame above the slab can be varied. Furthermore each leg 17 is rigidly affixed to one of the two box-shaped longitudinal side frame members 14 by a U-bracket 144. Bracket 144 is held in a preselected position along a side frame member by clamp bolts 145. By loosening the bolts, each leg may be slid along its frame member to any desired position to vary the effective length of the machine to accommodate any width of slab up to the maximum length of the longitudinal frame members. This same feature together with telescoping lower leg braces 146 at opposite ends of the frame enable the longitudinal frame members l4 and thus the carriage and float to be oriented on a skew with respect to the side edges of slab 12 while at the same time frame 10 is capable of travel lengthwise parallel to the slab. Setscrews 147 on the leg braces hold the leg braces at any desired length. The need for operating the frame on a skew is encountered in certain types of construction, such as on bridge approaches which intersect the bridge deck at an angle.
One wheel 18 at each end of the frame is powered by a chain and sprocket drive 149 from an electric motor 150 mounted on a platform 152 at the base of a leg 17. An appropriate control panel (not shown) may be mounted on one end of the frame for controlling the operation of the frame wheel motors 150 whenever it is desired to move the frame along the slab.
Operation In operation pipe tracks 20 are laid parallel and close to the opposite side edges of a slab 12 to be finished, such as a bridge deck or roadway. The frame is then set up for movement along the track intermittently by operation of wheel motors 150. The width of a section of slab that may be smoothed at one time is determined, of course, by the length of the float plank itself. The surface of the slab is not smoothed until after the slab has been poured, the fresh concrete has been rodded off to grade and contour either by hand or by any one of a number of finishing machines for this purpose, and after the freshly poured concrete has taken its initial set. When this has occurred, the float is lowered into contact with a section of the slab surface to be finished, using hand winch 90, and the float is allowed to rest on the surface under its full weight, which may be varied by securing weights to the float channel 36.
The carriage motor 122 and float reciprocating motor 66 are energized by the operator standing on platform 88. Carriage 26 moves back and forth on frame 10, moving float 28 with it across the surface of the concrete in a see-sawing motion. However, the control of the carriage and float motors is such that either motor can be operated independently of the other so that the float can be moved across the slab without a see-sawing motion if desired, or so that the float can be reciprocated lengthwise at one spot on the concrete while the carriage remains stationary. The pin and sleeve mount of the float enables it to conform to the general contour and grade of the concrete surface as it travels across the surface with its see-sawing motion.
The carriage travels back and forth across the same section of slab as many times as may be necessary to lay down and remove all high places and fill all low spots in the surface.
When the desired surface finish of one section of the slab has been obtained, the float is lifted from the surface using cable winch 90, the carriage and float motors are stopped, and the frame is moved longitudinally of the slab approximately'onehalf the length of the float. Thus, for example, if the float will smooth a 10-foot swath in one position ofthe frame, the frame is moved longitudinally at 5-foot intervals. When the frame has been moved, the entire operation is repeated, and then the frame is moved at subsequent intervals until the entire surface of the slab has been smoothed.
A single man can handle the entire operation with ease while riding the platform of the carriage. From the carriage, the operator has complete control of the operation of the carriage and float motors, float tilt and float lift.
Having illustrated and described apreferred form of the invention, it should be apparent to those having skill in the art that the same permits of modification in arrangement and detail. I claim as my invention all such modifications as come within the true spirit and scope of the following claims.
1. ln an apparatus for finishing a concrete surface including an overhead frame structure spanning the width of said surface and movable lengthwise thereof, and a carriage movable on said frame structure across said surface,
a float structure for smoothing the concrete surface comprising:
a float member adapted to engage the concrete surface,
float-mounting means positioned above said float member and mounting said float member so as to be self-supporting on said surface, said mounting means including vertical slide means interconnecting said mounting means and said float member so as to permit self-adjusting vertical movement of said float member as determined by the contour and grade of said surface while controlling horizontal movements of said member, said vertical slide means including vertically extending slide rod means and guide sleeve means slidingly receiving said rod means, one of said sleeve and rod means being connected to said float member and the other being connected to said mounting means, said mounting means including horizontally slidable means mounting said vertical slide means for horizontal reciprocation in a direction lengthwise of said float member,
float-reciprocating means carried by said mounting means for reciprocating said horizontally slidable means and thus said vertical slide means and said float member generally horizontally,
and means suspending said mounting means from said carriage whereby travel of said carriage on said frame moves said float member across the concrete surface during reciprocating and self-adjusting vertical movement of said float member.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said float member comprises an elongate flat straight member having leading and trailing edges as determined by the direction of travel of said carriage,
said reciprocating means reciprocates said member lengthwise,
said means suspending said mounting means including means mounting said mounting means for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis of said mounting means extending lengthwise of said float member,
and vertically movable means on said carriage and pivotally connected to said mounting means at a position offset from said horizontal axis for tilting said mounting means and thus said float member about said axis so as to change the height relationship between said leading and trailing edges.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 including winch on said carriage means for raising said float member from the concrete surface and for lowering said float member into contact with said surface.
4. Apparatus according to claim 1 including vertically movable means on said carriage and connected to said mounting means for tilting said mounting means and said float member about an axis extending generally parallel to a leading edge of said float member and winch means on said carriage for lifting said float member from the surface of said concrete.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1 including skewing means forvarying the angular orientation of said float member with respect to said concrete surface in a generally horizontal plane whereby said float member can be moved across said surface while skewed with respect to the direction of travel of said carriage, said skewing means including turntable means on said carriage shiftable about a vertical axis, said means suspending said mounting means being connected to said turntable means whereby shifting of said turntable effects a skewing of said mounting means and thus said float member.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said carriage included an operator's platform, motor means carried by said platform, pulley wheel means driven by said motor means, and pulley cable means for moving said carriage along said frame, and control means mounted on said platform for controlling the operation of said motor means and thus said carriage.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said float member includes an elongate, straight member having a broad flat bottom surface, lifting means on said carriage and connected to said float member for lifting said float member from the concrete surface, tilt means on said carriage and connected to said mounting means for varying the angular relationship of the bottom surface of said float member to the concrete surface to be finished, and tilt and lift control means accessible from said platform for controlling said lifting means and said tilting means.
8. An apparatus for smoothing a concrete surface comprising:
an overhead frame structure for spanning the width of the concrete surface to be smoothed and supported on wheeled legs at its opposite ends for travel lengthwise of said surface,
a carriage movable on said overhead frame structure across said surface,
an elongate float member for smoothing the concrete surface,
and float-mounting means depending from said carriage mounting said float member for self-adjusting vertical movement as determined by variations in grade and contour of said surface and for horizontal reciprocating movement lengthwise of said float member,
said float-mounting means including a horizontally reciprocative member slidable lengthwise of said float member, vertical guide sleeve means carried by said reciprocative member, and slide rod means extending vertically from said float member and slidable within said guide sleeve means.
9. Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said legs supporting said frame structure are extensible for adjusting the height of said frame structure above the surface to be smoothed.
10. Apparatus according to claim 8 including power means drivingly connected to at least one of said wheeled legs for driving said frame structure lengthwise of said surface.
11. Apparatus according to claim 8 including means for adjusting the position of said legs along the length of said frame structure for varying the effective length of said frame structure to accommodate varying widths of concrete surfaces and to enable the skewing of said overhead frame structure with respect to the direction of travel of said structure.
12. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said slide means permitting vertical self-adjustment of said float member includes an upright sleeve member carried by a horizontally reciprocative portion of said mounting means and an upright slide member extending upwardly from said float member and slidable within said sleeve member.
13. Apparatus according to claim I wherein said means for reciprocating said float member included a horizontal guide member, said horizontally slidable means being mounted for slidin movement along said guide member,
sai horizontally slidable means pivotally mounting said guide sleeve means,
said slide rod means being pivotally connected to said float member and slidable within said vertical guide sleeve means,
motor means carried by said mounting means,
and float drive means drivingly connected to said horizontally slidable means and said motor means for reciprocating said horizontally slidable means back and forth on said guide member.
14. Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said carriage comprises:
a wheeled base movable on said frame structure,
a turntable supported on said base for turning movement about a vertical central axis relative to said base,
and an operator platform supported by said base and restrained against turning movement relative to said base,
and hanger means extending downwardly from said turntable supporting said float-mounting means.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,604,325 Dated September 14 1971 Inventofls) JOHN BORGES It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 3, line 61, "licking" should be -locking; Column 5, line 29, "Setscrews" should be --Set screws--; Column 6, lines 70-71, claim 3, "including winch on said carriage means" should be -including winch means on said carriage; Column 7, line 16, claim 6, "included" should be --includes-; Column 8, line 25, claim 13, "included" should be --includes--.
Signed and sealed this 21st day of March 1972.
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SAN DIEGO -- Seattle quarterback Charlie Frye left the game with a knee injury in the fourth quarter. It was just announced he will not return to the game.
Frye went 16-for-26 for 189 yards and one touchdown through three quarters. The team was planning on playing him the entire game to see if he could be a viable option behind Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace. Wallace came in to replace Frye.


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Pelosi: Obamacare 'a liberation'
**Written by Doug Powers
During the "contradict the title of our show" segment this morning on CNN's Reliable Sources, Nancy Pelosi touted the liberating benefits of Obamacare:
But overwhelmingly for the American people, this [Obamacare] is a liberation . This is life, healthy life, liberty, the freedom to pursue your happiness which could be follow your passion for good rather than follow your policy and be constrained by your policy. It's about wellness. It's about prevention, it's about a healthier America.
A "liberation," not unlike the liberation in 1944 that was marked by Douglas MacArthur returning to the Philippines to… mandate that the Filipinos buy stuff they didn't want.
Video via Eliana Johnson at NRO:
A liberation… from your current health plan.
A liberation from working over 30 hours per week at the same job.
A liberation from your money.
A liberation from timely appointments.
A liberation from the doctor you'd been seeing.
A liberation from your medical privacy.
A liberation from your financial privacy.
What a twisted definition of "liberating." But, that's Nancy Pelosi.
Commence "liberation":
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Shorter Dr. Obama: O-care made a mess of health insurance so gov't needs to get more involved
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First off – let's note that the Prop 8 case was brought by a Republican plaintiff. Argued by Republican Ted Olson. And decided by a judge who was appointed to the Federal Court by a Republican president. Update: Judge Vaughn Walker was outed as gay. Then admonished by Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. A full court press ensued, read more here.
Recently, I wrote about my knack for Pot Stirring (read that first, if you're likely to knee-jerk at a pro-gay marriage piece) when it comes to the establishment GOP versus the establishment & grassroots evangelical conservative movement. The issue of gay marriage, or civil unions, or "protecting marriage" seems to be a place where some simply want to make a stand. Not just a stand – but a bare-knuckled, knock down, drag-out (pun intended) fight at the OK Corral. It's Tombstone time.
I don't get it. Many of the conservative arguments I've heard are so bigotry-laden, it defies description. As I have said before – given the Federal governments repeated failures to manage even the simplest of tasks, there seems to be no upside in asking the Feds to manage marriage as an institution. Some of the folks squawking about "limited government"- to include taxes, spending, health care, Medicaid, Social Security, Medicare, appropriations and virtually every oversight issue seem to be the same folks who want the Federal government to take control of one of the most personal decisions each of us makes.
Ask anyone who has a fiance or spouse that is a foreign national what the K Visa process is like. It takes FOREVER. It is inefficient, it's painstakingly ridiculous and tough on the relationship. Trust me on this – if your love & relationship survives the K Visa process – the 50 years you have together will be blissfully uncomplicated. The payoff is immeasurable, life with the man or woman we love is such a beautiful thing. However, the government's (mis)management of the process should give everyone clamoring for a federal amendment to the Constitution pause.
Yes, I am aware that the Republican platform calls for all kinds of things. No, I am not aware of a single presidential candidate from either party that gave a damn about what the party extremists, er, party base, thinks or inserts into the platform. Not in my lifetime anyway. It is an ugly and oft unspoken truth that the establishment gives the base the platform as a cookie, so they have a snack on which to raise money and organize. Don't get me wrong, in general principles, establishment folks do believe in the same issues – but we tend to be a bit more pragmatic than those demanding ideological purity.
Tell ya what, I'll submit to the ideological purity exam right after y'all stop screwing around on your wives, stop binge drinking in the hotel bar at every state or RNC party function, come out of the closet, stop whoring around, stop being racist, homophobic and general hypocrites. Oh, and when you stop the junkets to the Mariana Islands to check out the working (girls) conditions. Also, kindly please stop spending my tax dollars on creating temples in your name – you know, bridges, post offices, etc. When those tasks in all the varying degrees have been accomplished – then we can talk turkey about "protecting marriage." And how it is you have the moral consciousness to do so, above all others, who don't whore around. Who don't binge drink at party functions. Who don't act like morally depraved hypocrites.
Keep your vows, first. Then you can judge me for abiding by the Constitution. I actually believe the "All men are created equal" line. That means one group is not allowed to take away rights from another group. There is no State-sanctioned religion. So, much as I appreciate your religion does not allow for gay marriage – mine doesn't either – all one has to do is mosey-on-down-the-road to find a church and a pastor who will sanction marriage between two men, two women, or a man and a woman.
I am comfortable enough in my own skin to know that the man I love, who loves me, will always be mine. I also know that two men or two women getting married has no effect on my union. Our union has everything to do with us, with a life we co-create that is "ours." The more people who unite and define that for themselves, with honor and integrity, the better off our society will be.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, more than 40 states prohibited interracial marriage. President Obama's mother and father would have been barred from marriage. Ask anyone who entered into such a relationship before 1990 if it was difficult, they'll have stories. Ask folks who did so in the 1960s or before – and you will have your socks scared right off your feet. Prejudice and bigotry are the evil minions of ignorance.
Having a genuine religious objection to gay marriage is normal. I converted to Roman Catholicism several years ago, and it saddens me that my church has not yet reconciled with homosexual members of its congregation. It took hundreds of years to correct the serious wrong done to Mary Magdalene when she was painted a whore. Part of my daily prayers include reconciliation with the Holy Father for all who wish to be closer to Him, and to Jesus Christ. I would never pretend I speak for Christ, or that He speaks through me — I am far too ordinary. But I believe He loves all of us equally, I don't believe He would turn away from anyone of us if we came to Him honestly.
But that is faith. The state has no religion. Other churches do sanction gay marriages, and I am thankful. One of my favorite people in the world, one of my best friends, and a man who I admire to the highest order, is Charles. He is gay, he is in love and if he and his boyfriend wanted to marry — I would be honored to attend. I want happiness for him.
I want the federal government to worry about the Constitution. For instance, it would be nice if the Congress managed the 14 separate appropriations bills they are required to produce, rather than the ridiculous omnibus bills we are forced to accept year after year after year. (That particular offense is true of both parties) It would be nice if the Executive Branch would find a way to be more efficient, perhaps beginning with a rough, realistic approach with regard to the cost-benefit analysis for America's schoolchildren and the rather foolhardy Department of Education. I am also perfectly happy with the same scalpel carving out overspending, and the bizarre discretionary funds being spent at an always record pace at the Departments of Defense, Labor, Commerce and Energy. Interior too.
Perhaps after that set of Herculean tasks is completed satisfactorily, I might relent on my thoughts about the meddling of government in the legal contract between two people, that codifies their personal commitment to each other. I know folks who have inter-faith relationships, one a Catholic – the other a Jew, or an Anglican, or whatever combination… does the evangelical movement wish to prohibit these as well? Do they want gays to sit in a separate section of restaurants?
I have to believe that many of them do not understand that what they are arguing for is essentially, "Separate but Equal." As a girl who grew up in the early 80s, in suburban Atlanta…in Marietta, Chamblee, Smyrna and Dunwoody – I will say this: the post-Segregation era was not just ugly but FUGLY. The twenty years following the Civil Rights Act didn't make things perfect and Stepford-esque in a day. It was hard work. During my freshman or sophomore year, Henderson High School (which doesn't exist anymore) was shut down because of a inter-racial fight. Two very popular athletes, both from good families, fought over something. A girl, if memory serves. One was black, the other white. We were in a nice, middle & upper middle class neighborhood. (at the time, haven't been there in 20 years)Tensions were high, the police came. The school was on lock down. Cooler heads prevailed, everyone went home. Ignorance and fear ruled that say.
Frankly, the whole thing was stupid. My take at the time was simple: Get over yourselves already.
My take on the gay marriage issue is pretty much the same. But it comes with a catch: why do they want to take rights away from gays? who is next on their agenda? Women? Some will be angry at what I wrote there – but, you know, JD Hayworth has been talking about people marrying animals as a result of gay marriage. Talk about crazytown. They bring up polygamy too. Also absurd. 1+1=2. Nothing more.
Life has so many opportunities, so many blessings, so many adventures and challenges. Love, honesty, fidelity and faith are virtues we should teach our children. Fairness, justice too. Justice is not a dirty word, it is endemic to our nation's founding. The injustices suffered by our antecedents led to the Revolutionary War. It led to a war cry for freedom, equality and justice for all.
Let us honor them by honoring each other.
For another take, read Jason Pye's piece at United Liberty. Good stuff.
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Feb. 28, 2012
With the win the Owls remained undefeated on the young season an improved to 9-0. The 9-0 ledger is Rice's best start to a season since beginning the 1993 season with 14-straight wins.
Houston struck for the first run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Casey Grayson led off with a single to center field and he advanced second base on John Cannon's sacrifice bunt. Grayson scored on Zack Gibson's hit into center for a 1-0 Cougar lead.
The Owls came right back and took the lead in their next at bat. Michael Ratterree drew a one-out walk and moved into scoring position on a ground out. Ratterree hustled home on Shane Hoelscher's RBI single to left-center to make it 1-1, but Rice was not finished. Hoelscher scored from first base on a double to left-center by Ryan Lewis to put the Blue & Gray in front 2-1.
Rice took advantage of two Houston fielding errors for another run in the top of the sixth. Christian Stringer led off with a single through the right side. Two UH fielding errors on an attempted pickoff play allowed Stringer to move two stations to third base. He scored on a one-out single by J.T. Chargois for a 3-1 advantage. The Owls stretched the margin to 4-1 with another run in the seventh after two more UH fielding errors and a balk.
Junior right-hander Andrew Benak started on the mound for the Owls and allowed just the one run over 5.0 innings. He scattered three hits with four walks and struck out four. Benak was relieved by sophomore right-hander John Simms, who fired two scoreless frames with three strikeouts. Junior Tyler Duffey worked 1.1 hitless innings out of the bullpen before Chargois finished out the last two outs of the night for his team-leading fourth save of the season.
Rice head coach Wayne Graham, now in his 21st season at the helm of the program, liked what he saw of the pitching from both teams. The Owl bullpen meanwhile has not allowed an earned run in its last 15 innings over the last four games.
"Benak pitched solid," said coach Graham. "He had a quality start and we needed one. Their pitcher (UH junior RHP Austin Pruitt) was the ace of the junior college national champion, so he knows how to pitch. This was a tough one, and a good one to get. We have a lot of tough games up here (in the next few weeks).
The challenging schedule continues for the Blue & Gray this week. Rice next heads way downtown to play at Minute Maid Park over the weekend in the annual Houston College Classic (Mar. 2-4). The Owls meet longtime rival Texas on Friday's opening day of the tournament. First pitch with the Longhorns is set for 7:05 pm.
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Are you a regular on this thread? Because I can't imagine these dopes sticking around as you kill them with facts? I'm not naive. I know tea baggers are crazy but this is funny. Birther funny.<quoted text>
Looks like wattatawat actually has it right:
"The American Physical Society, which previously issued a highly alarmist statement regarding climate change, is to review it, and has appointed three climate realists to [address] the panel of six."
The three contrarians have just been invited to give their views to the panel, whereupon the panel, if they have any sense, will recognise the contrarians are wrong on climate science, just as the rest of the scientific community has already.
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There are 61513 comments on the Newsday story from Dec 14, 2008, titled Once slow-moving threat, global warming speeds up, leaving litt.... In it, Newsday reports that:When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore.
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#44866 Mar 21, 2014
Since: Apr 08
"the green troll"
#44867 Mar 21, 2014
Did he jump or was he pushed?
His latest blog post is an example of how he was just too embarrassing for anybody with the slightest contact with reality.
"The American Physical Society (APS) has signalled a dramatic turnabout in its position on "climate change" by appointing three notorious climate skeptics to its panel on public affairs."
If you trace the story back through a succession of stupid blogs, you find that the "sceptics" were not appointed to the panel, they were just invited to a workshop to express their views, along with other climate scientists.
#44868 Mar 21, 2014
No wonder rightuptheasshole was begging me to scare off the regular posters. He's getting killed in here.
Since: Apr 08
"the green troll"
#44869 Mar 21, 2014
As expected: No.
Scepticism is an alien concept to these fools who call themselves "sceptics".
#44870 Mar 21, 2014
from the opening remarks:
And the meeting's purpose is to explore through expert presentations and discussion the state of climate science, both the consensus view as expressed by several thousand pages of the IPCC AR5 Working Group 1 report that came out three months ago, but also the views of experts who credibly take significant issue with several aspects of the consensus picture. In doing this, the subcommittee hopes to illuminate the certainties and the gaps in our understanding of the physical basis of climate change for the subcommittee itself, for the APS leadership who are present here as observers, and, througha transcript, for the APS membership and the
broader public.
It remains to be seen what the panel presents. Just the same, this is a remarkable first step to an honest and full discussion that's been missing since the science was declared "settled".
btw, notice Dr. Koonin said, "... the views of experts who credibly take significant issue with several aspects of the consensus picture."
"Credibly"... that's really gotta bug you.
Since: Apr 08
"the green troll"
#44871 Mar 21, 2014
Yep. Post #2 is mine and quite a few since then.
I reckon most of them know what the facts are but are just looking for an excuse.
The "science isn't settled" sounds a lot better than "yeah, I know this is going to be bad for future generations, but I just don't care."
Since: Apr 08
"the green troll"
#44872 Mar 21, 2014
Nothing new here: the IPCC itself takes account of *all* the science.
What they don't take into account is the misinformation that Lindzen, Christy and Curry spread outside the scientific community.
And this panel won't either, because it is too well documented that these contrarians' theories have failed to convince the scientific community because the evidence is against them, and their misinformation to politicians and the public is wrong.
#44873 Mar 21, 2014
You're doing a great job. Rightuptheasshole has been stalking me on other threads so I wanted to mess with him. I see if you have this well in hand without me. I don't wanna spam your thread by fighting with him and his dim witted pals.
Have a nice weekend.
#44874 Mar 21, 2014
See ya soon, tea baggers.
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#44875 Mar 21, 2014
Why respond this way? Because you know you are a LIAR.
Read my posts carefully. Read both of them on this gossip.
I did not reply to you as I ignore you mostly. Why do you take it upon you? Is this your last hope in denial?
Desperate, huh.
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#44876 Mar 21, 2014
Time to put up or shut up for them.
Curry should provide the uncertainties quantitatively. Lindzen and Christie, too.
#44877 Mar 21, 2014
Goodness...will you ever not be in a snit.
Do run along... adults are talking here.
#44891 Mar 21, 2014
Right now I got litestick in my mouth and spacecadet in my rear!
Since: Jul 11
Location hidden
#44894 Mar 22, 2014
Mothballs brought it up, & all I did was elaborate. As most denier posts in here are usually Fox talking points of the day or week. All of which have been discredited but somehow Fox dusts them off and recycles them. Birther, Benghazi, Obamacare, and of course global warming with the east coast frozen over. All of which tea baggers love to hear even when it's moronic.
"I'm Hillary's Deplorable"
Since: Dec 08
Home, sweet home.
#44895 Mar 22, 2014
Three climate scientists; there is no consensus on how to mitigate climate change because its never been demonstrated.
United States
#44897 Mar 22, 2014
From ap.. North Carolina officials said they will now partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to pursue joint enforcement actions against Duke for Clean Water Act violations at the Dan River and other sites.
Duke, which serves much of west-central Florida after its merger with Progress Energy in 2012, operates 14 facilities in North Carolina with leaky, unlined coal ash dumps, all of which have been cited for polluting groundwater. Duke was also cited this week for illegally pumping 61 million gallons of contaminated water from two coal ash dumps into a canal leading to the Cape Fear River.
"The state's goal is both to clean up the Dan River and to protect public health and the environment at the other Duke Energy facilities around the state, and we are pleased to announce that the EPA will join us as we address these important issues," Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said.
Before becoming governor, McCrory worked at Duke for more than 28 years. Records show the company and its employees have provided more than $1.1 million to McCrory's campaign and GOP groups that supported his candidacy.
The scuttled settlement was initially tabled Feb. 11, the day after the Associated Press published a story highlighting what environmentalists criticized as a "sweetheart deal" for the governor's former employer.
The state took legal action against Duke only after a coalition of environmental groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center filed notice in January 2013 that they planned to sue Duke over its coal ash pollution under the Clean Water Act. The McCrory administration then used its authority under the act to file state violations against Duke and then quickly negotiated the settlement a move environmentalists contend was intended to shield the nation's largest electricity company from far harsher penalties it might have faced in federal court.
Federal prosecutors are now conducting a criminal investigation of the Dan River spill and looking into the relationship between Duke and the state officials charged with enforcing clean water laws. There have been at least 23 subpoenas issued since the spill, and a grand jury met this week at the federal courthouse in Raleigh
McCrory and officials at the state environmental agency, known by the acronym DENR, have ardently defended the proposed deal with the company, even as they abandoned it.
#44898 Mar 22, 2014
The atmosphere thanks you for the additional CO2 you spewed.
United States
#44899 Mar 22, 2014
No "poof"
Stop your vudu practice.
I want to live.
You are free to leave.
United States
#44900 Mar 22, 2014
Actually those three have to defend their records for history as well.
Who would want to do their graduate work with them at this point? Waste of time.
Your whole post is defenseless nonsense.
#44902 Mar 22, 2014
So the CO2 produced from your posts don't make it into the atmosphere?
Do you suck them up at the source? Holding your breath?
"I want to live"
So quit spewing out CO2 if it's already the crisis, you say it is.
Run along, hypocrite Topix won't miss you..
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How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a definitive account of the ideas, politics, and diplomacy that went into the historic decision to expand NATO to Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on the still-classified archives of the U.S. Department of State, Ronald D. Asmus recounts how and why American policymakers, against formidable odds at home and abroad, expanded NATO as part of a broader strategy to overcome Europe's Cold War divide and to modernize the Alliance for a new era. Asmus was one of the earliest advocates and intellectual architects of NATO enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism in the early 1990s and subsequently served as a top aide to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, responsible for European security issues. He was involved in the key negotiations that led to NATO's decision to extend invitations to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, the signing of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, and finally, the U.S. Senate's ratification of enlargement. Asmus documents how the Clinton Administration sought to develop a rationale for a new NATO that would bind the U.S. and Europe together as closely in the post-Cold War era as they had been during the fight against communism. For the Clinton Administration, NATO enlargement became the centerpiece of a broader agenda to modernize the U.S.-European strategic partnership for the future. That strategy reflected an American commitment to the spread of democracy and Western values, the importance attached to modernizing Washington's key alliances for an increasingly globalized world, and the fact that the Clinton Administration looked to Europe as America's natural partner in addressing the challenges of the twenty-first century. As the Alliance weighs its the future following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. and prepares for a second round of enlargement, this book is required reading about the first post-Cold War effort to modernize NATO for a new era.
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