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Aggregate concrete is made of inert granular materials, which include gravel, sand, crushed stone, cement and water. However, aggregates vary in qualities. A good quality should be strong, free from other compounds, strong and hard. Quality of aggregate is what determines whether it is a good surface preparation tools. Aggregate makes up 60 to 75 percent of concrete in volume. They are categorized into coarse and fine concretes. Fine concretes are products of crushed stones or sand. Either sand or crushed stones are sieved through 38 inch sieve to meet the requirements of fine concrete. On the other hand, course aggregate are those particles considered greater than 0.19 inch. Coarse aggregate is mainly composed of gravel and with smaller quantity of crushed stones.
There are different kinds of gravels used in making aggregate concrete. Natural gravel is dredged or dug from riverbanks, sea floor and along the lakes. Crushed gravel is a product of crushed cobbles, quarry rocks and gravels. Usually, only hard stones are crushed to make gravel. Concrete can also be recycled from used mixtures as long as they are clean and have the required granules. The type of concrete is determined by its use. Places where heavy commercial vehicles or cars use, have different concrete aggregate to those only used by human being.
After harvest, concrete is sorted, processed and then screened. The remaining material is washed and graded. For commercial purpose, the mixture is separated through gravitational floatation and jigging to enhance quality. Processed aggregates are stored in minimal segregation and degradation to secure them from any possible contamination. It is important to note that concrete grades determine their use and commercial pricing. Apart from grading based on granular properties, characteristic of aggregates such as hardened properties, proportion of the mixture and economy influence quality of concrete aggregate. Other factors considers in aggregate selection include, grading, durability, texture and shape of particles, moisture and absorption capacity.
Concrete grading depends on the distribution of aggregates and determination of particle size. It is vital in aggregates since it determines the use of aggregate, workability and durability of concrete. Despite the difference in grades, a good ratio of other concrete components, usually, result to a quality concrete and perfect surface preparation tools. However, when gap graded aggregate are stated, some particular size of aggregates are omitted. Gap grading is used to come up with uniform aggregate texture for some specific applications. However, close monitoring of mix proportions is vital to avoid particle segregation. The size of aggregate particles have a lot of impact on fresh concrete than hardened concrete.
Angular, rough textured and elongated particles consume more water to produce than rounded, smooth and compact textured aggregate. Water cement ration must as well be checked to come up with proper mixing ratio. In most cases, flat and elongated particles' ratio in concrete are maintained below 15 percent of the total aggregate. Concrete unit-eight is a measure of the volume of graded concrete and that occupied by the voids. When selecting aggregate, the rate of their water absorption is taken into consideration as this is determined by particle weight and the weight of voids.


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HOUSTON, Mar. 3 -- South African Petroleum Refineries (Pty) Ltd. (SAPREF), a joint venture of Shell SA Energy and BP Southern Africa, has selected Fluor Corp., Aliso Viejo, Calif., to provide engineering, design, procurement, and construction management services for a clean fuels project at its SAPREF crude oil refinery in Durban, South Africa, the largest crude oil refinery in South Africa.
The SAPREF LION (large increase in octane number) project will produce fuel with no lead and a reduced sulfur content to meet South African requirements by Jan. 1, 2006.
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Man seen running from flipped SUV on East 162nd Street
CLEVELAND - Cleveland police are trying to locate the person responsible for crashing an SUV into a utility pole and leaving the flipped SUV in the middle of East 162nd Street just north of Tarkington Avenue.
Around 2 a.m. Monday, a neighbor said he heard the crash and looked out the window and saw a man crawling out of one of the windows.
The man ran down the street then returned to get something from inside the car before running off again, according to the neighbor.
Police are continuing to look for the driver.
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3 charged with possessing drugs in traffic stop
A Naples woman suspected of concealing a crack pipe in a car and hiding prescription pills in her bra was arrested Friday, along with two companions.
Collier County sheriff's deputies arrested Wendy Johnson Vasquez, 39, of the 5700 block of Painted Leaf Lane, Golden Gate, during a traffic stop after the vehicle in which she was riding ran two stop signs.
Deputies said she admitted to shoving a crack pipe between the car's center console and driver's seat. After her arrest, she stated she had four pills wrapped in clear plastic hidden in her bra, but "they were not hers," according to an arrest report. Poison Control later identified the pills as clonazepam, a controlled substance, the report said.
Also arrested during the stop was Jeffrey Morrell Stone, 55, of the 5700 block of Painted Leaf Lane, who deputies observed eating a white substance, which he spit on the ground. A deputy's drug-sniffing dog alerted to the presence of narcotics in the car. Because deputies found a crack pipe at his feet, they charged him with possessing narcotics paraphernalia.
Another crack pipe was found in the purse of a third passenger, Kristina Lydon, 30, of the 3100 block of SW 42nd Street, the report said. Although she was not the driver of the car, Lydon was arrested on suspicion of driving while her license was suspended. Deputies observed her driving a different car to the vehicle.
The driver of the car was given two warnings for running the stop signs, but was not charged.
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Benefits of heijunka
Benefits of heijunka
Heijunka is a Japanese term for production leveling or smoothing. This is a production technique that promotes a more efficient process and results to less wastage in terms of materials, personnel, and/or labor cost. The basic concept of
heijunka is to level out the so-called variance of orders from customers. By means of analyzing customer behavior and production output, companies will be able get a better idea on how much of one thing should be produced in a given day rather than depend on how much is ordered on a daily basis. With this principle, heijunka can provide various benefits including:
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With a smoothened production process, each member of the production team will know what to do and how much to contribute for each and every day. This alone will make the heijunka technique give efficiency to all parts of production. This could also lead to lower labor costs as employees will not have to render overtime every now and then.
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When the variance in order is determined and the production goal is set for each and every work day, every member of the production team will also be able to work more efficiently. Having the same goal and knowing how much effort is expected will make the production process more efficient. Production leveling will also result to a more balanced use of resources including machinery and people. And with a more efficient process, there will also be fewer wastage and unsold items.
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With a controlled production environment provided by heijunka, customers' needs are better met. Despite variances in the orders every single day, the production process will not be affected as enough goods are to be produced every single day with some goods designated as reserve stocks for days wherein the customer order is high. When supply is harmonious with demand, it only results to happier customers.
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These seniors from Alcovy High School show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Friday night's football game against the Newton County Rams. Newton's Head Football Coach Cortez Allen organized a tribute to breast cancer victims prior to the kickoff in honor of his first cousin Yolanda Hollard who died of breast cancer. AHS Seniors in the pink are, l-r Luke Hall, A.J. Reese, Austin Williams, Dominic Lewis (with horn), T.J. Campbell (white hair), Johnny Dahman and Josh Beddington. - Staff photos by Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith
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The popular appeal of the strong, intelligent Saint Teresa of Avila, combined with the selfless compassion of the more recent Mother Teresa, have fused to give this second-tier classic a somewhat noble, religious image. Although the origins of the name are uncertain, it has been prevalent particularly in forms Theresa, Teresa, and Therese throughout Europe for centuries.
Mother Teresa was born Anjeze/Agnese Gonxhe; when taking her vows, she chose to be named after Thérèse de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries, but because another nun in the convent had already chosen that name, she opted for the Spanish spelling Teresa.
A Top 100 name until the 1960s, reaching Number 32 in 1956, Theresa fell off the list completely in 2011, while the sleeker Teresa still holds at Number 719; it was as high as Number 18 from 1961 to 1963.
Currently, a leading character on The Mentalist is Teresa Lisbon.
Short forms Tess,Tessa, Tressa, or Tea are more popular now than the old Terry or Tracy. An interesting variation is Tereza, as in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Mia Farrow's sister Theresa is known as Tisa.
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Espada Jury Appears Deadlocked
After more than a week of deliberations, the jury in the corruption trial of former state senator Pedro Espada Jr. and his son appears to be deadlocked. The two are accused of siphoning off hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charitable health clinic for personal gain.
"We...cannot arrive at a unanimous decision concerning the defendants," the jurors said in a note to Federal Judge Frederic Block. The jury had been deliberating for eight days.
Block gathered the jury in the courtroom and issued an "Allen Charge" — a set of instructions to the jury to deliberate a final time, to try and reach a unanimous verdict. He told them that could mean deciding some counts but not others.
"It doesn't have to be all or none," Block said.
He also asked them to continue considering all evidence and examining their own beliefs, and he said there's no reason to expect a future jury could do any better than the current one at coming to a conclusion.
Outside the courthouse, Espada attorney Susan Necheles said it's clear that some jurors feel that her client is not guilty and that the jury is deadlocked.
"We think the judge gave a fair charge to people telling them to stick with their beliefs, and if they're unable to decide, at that point, the judge will declare a mistrial. That's what we expect to happen," she said.
Noting the length of the trial and the publicity surrounding it, Espada said his "heart goes out" to the people in the jury room committed to justice. He added the prosecution failed to prove their case.
Espada admitted the trial is not yet officially over and the fact that the jurors are in disagreement is not new. "Obviously, notes had been proffered from them. So, this doesn't come as a surprise," he said. "And so we must respect where they're at at every moment, and at this moment their work is not completed."
The jury has gone home for the day and is expected to return Thursday.
During deliberations, reports emerged from the jury room of cursing, screaming and name-calling. On Friday, Block met privately with one juror who sent a note to the courtroom characterizing deliberations as "hostile."
The trial has lasted seven weeks. A hung jury could lead to the declaration of a mistrial and re-trying the case.


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Just over two weeks after it went on sale for $99, Apple's colorful new iPhone 5c has been reduced.
RadioShack and Walmart have announced price cuts on the new mobile device, CNN reported.
On Friday, Walmart slashed its price from $79 to $45 through the holidays, while RadioShack plans to give customers $50 gift cards to apply towards the iPhone 5C through Nov. 2. ...


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I really like #1 on this list.
It inspired me to go pick up Dan Kennedy's No B.S. Wealth Attraction book off of my bookshelf and go to Chapter 9 titled - Be Somewhere.
I think you might like what he says in it Carol . . .
In the midst of one of his dark periods, when the news media was filled with stories of his financial demise, Donald Trump talks about feeling like just staying hidden at home but instead strapping on his tuxedo and going to an important gala--because he knew he could not possibly gain by staying home.
At a time, some 25 years or so ago, when I was captain of a company everyone in its industry knew to be in deep and dire financial circumstances, I considered skipping that year's convention. But I didn't. It might have been less stressful, less embarrassing, and more comfortable to stay home. But I couldn't possibly gain doing that.
I put myself where it was at least possible that good, productive, profitable things could happen, and they did.
Hopefully, you aren't in the upside-down financial condition I was, or Donald Trump was, at the above mentioned times. But regardless of your circumstances, you have to make a point of putting yourself in places where opportunity can occur.
My father passed on a pair of cuff links to me with the letters YCDBSOYA. They stand for: You Can't Do Business Sitting On Your Ass.
Although this refers to personal movement and placement, such as the meetings, conferences, cocktail parties, and community events you attend and make yourself visible at, it also goes far beyond that.
As example, consider this book and the other 14 books I have written and had published. For more than 14 years I have been on bookstore shelves without interruption. I have worked hard to make that happen.
I can assure not for the royalty income paid to me as an author; that represents less than 2% of my income. I want to be on those bookshelves because people discover me there, people who might never discover me otherwise.
They become Inner Circle members and newsletter subscribers, attend seminars, become private clients, or bring me other opportunities. Being there on bookstore shelves has both directly and indirectly enriched me by millions of dollars.
I can specifically identify more than a dozen long-term clients who have each spent between $100,000.00 and $300,000.00 with me. I have been sought out for speaking engagements purely because a corporate executive bought and read one of my books.
For me, being somewhere includes being on bookstore shelves, being in the book which is now in your office or home.
And you being here Carol and all throughout the other social media you partake in is another example of Being Somewhere.
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Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters say they feel sympathy for the families of those who were killed in the Newtown shooting. However, that doesn't stop them from focusing on their main goal: attacking US banks in an attempt to get the Innocence of Muslims movie removed from the Web.
"Originally, we sympathize deeply with families of the schoolchildren victimized by the horrible happening of Sandy Hook Elementary school. It's very clear that a system which its rulers and capitalists are the owners of weaponry big companies never care about occurrence of these events," they wrote.
In their latest statement, they highlighted the fact that the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks they launched against the website of several US banks last week were successful, but they have also emphasized the fact that their capabilities allow them to do much more.
"The attacks will be persistent till eliminating injustice and stopping the insults to the prophet of mercy and removing the offensive film, and we are sure that we will reach to our goals," they said.
They claim that the attacks they will launch this week will be just as "wide" as the ones from the previous week. They will target a number of "5 major banks," but they haven't revealed their names.
"The 5 major US banks will be attacked and we subsequently suggest that from now on they prepare their context of sorrowfulness to the customers of banks because of inaccessibility," they said.
A few hours after the statement was published, the public website of Wells Fargo became inaccessible to some customers.
"We are aware that some folks are having access issues w/ the site. You can also bank at our stores, ATMs & at 800-869-3557," Wells Fargo representatives wrote on Twitter.
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Momo Restaurant
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Rajamani, M and Asok Kumar, S and Vimala Maharajan, S (2003) Quality of the cysts of Artemia franciscana collected at Tuticorin with observations on growth, maturity and sex ratio of the offspring. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 50 (4). pp. 479-488.


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The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents
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Entertaining, up-to-the minute, and easy-to-use, "The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents" features a short, lively biography of every president from George Washington through the winner of the 2012 presidential election, plus a chapter on Election 2000 the "year of the chad." It includes concise descriptions of the major events, issues, and achievements of each administration, and is fully illustrated in black and white with engravings, cartoons, and photographs. In-print and updated after every presidential election since 1968, it's an easy-to-use, affordable alternative to hardcover home reference books like National Geographic's "Our Country's Presidents" at $24.95. An invaluable resource that the whole family will turn to again and again, "The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents" is American history in a nutshell.
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Analyst: WWDC keynote a "non-event"
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PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster is calling Steve Jobs' keynote at this week's WWDC (Worldwide developer conference) a "non-event." Saying that Leopard will be a catalyst for Mac market share gains starting in the December 2007 quarter, a new research note from Munster said that the keynote was "relatively light" on announcements beyond Leopard features -- apparently regarding the announcement that Safari will now be a Windows product as insignificant. Munster said expectations for WWDC were low, but Wall Street was hoping for an unexpected new product to be introduced.
Instead of focusing on the Safari announcement, Munster pays significant attention to the Windows integration afforded by Boot Camp in Leopard -- particularly the point that a download will no longer be required to use the function, which will instead ship as part of Mac OS X 10.5.
Regarding Safari Windows, Munster says Apple will use the iTunes as Trojan horse for spreading the Safari Web browser in an effort to gain market-share from Internet Explorer.
Finally, Munster comments on Steve Jobs' claim that 500 million copies of iTunes for Windows have been downloaded so far, suggesting a larger installed base for the software than previously. The firm now estimates that there are 200 million Windows iTunes users, compared with a previous estimate of 130 million.
PiperJaffray maintains an outperform rating on shares of Apple Inc.


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In these tough times making good school design decisions has never been more difficult or more important. To find out how some of the nation's top architects and administrators are coping with these challenges attend Architectural Record's Schools of the 21st Century Symposium. It will be held Friday, April 9th, at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago, the day before the NSBA Conference. The event is free of charge and is being presented with the support of McGraw-Hill Education and the American Architectural Foundation.
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Little Green Schoolhouses
The massive schools construction program currently underway provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create buildings that will influence the lives of students for decades to come
High-performance schools—those that integrate the best in today's design strategies and building technologies—and can also referred to as "green" or "sustainable"—can help us make the most of the opportunity presented by today's massive school construction programs. What is a high-performance school? While there are many variations, in general high-performance schools are healthy, productive, and comfortable environments for students and teachers, that provide high levels of acoustic, thermal and visual comfort. Their windows and skylights admit generous amounts of daylight, and the buildings are safe and secure. There are other advantages. They are cost-effective to own and operate because they use durable products and systems. Their systems and materials are chosen using life-cycle cost analysis, rather than the cheapest first-cost. During design, energy analysis tools are used to optimize the building's performance, and after construction its equipment is "commissioned"—fine-tuned so it operates correctly. High-performance schools are available for use by non-students during hours when the school is not in operation, and community participation during design is encouraged.
Newark Science Park High School, recently opened by the architecture firm Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, in Newark, New Jersey, allows students to observe its sustainable features firsthand. These include photovoltaic panels, geothermal and energy- recovery systems. Photo ©Brad Dickson/Chun Lai Photograph.
These buildings also use highly-efficient heating, cooling, and lighting systems fueled by renewable sources where possible. Their site planning is environmentally responsive, controlling such things as glare from parking lot lights and stormwater runoff, and their plumbing systems make efficient use of water.
While creating a school that achieves all these performance objectives may sound challenging, it is actually very straightforward. It does, however, require an integrated, whole-building approach during the design process—an approach that establishes high performance as a top priority from the very beginning. Key systems and technologies—the "building blocks" of a high-performance school—must be considered holistically, and their selection is optimized based on their combined impact on the comfort and productivity of students and teachers. The result will be an entire facility that is optimized to achieve long-term value and and operational efficiency.
Harley Ellis Devereaux, an architecture and engineering firm, and Greenworks Studio, a sustainable design consultant, recently completed Charles H. Kim Elementary, a CHPS school in Los Angeles.
Light shelves bounce light through short windows onto classroom ceilings, and shade the glass below (left).
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It is worth noting that high performance does not mean "high-tech." Optimizing a school's performance does require creative thinking and diligent management, but highly-complex systems or cutting-edge technologies are emphatically not required to create a high-performance facility.
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The key to creating a high-performance school is to start out by making high performance a top priority for the project. There are many guidelines available for helping designers and educators achieve these objectives (a box on page 26 contains web links to these organizations as well, as others which are referred to in this article.) Of course, the design and construction process must be managed effectively. Luckily, there are two solid process management strategies available as well. A school development team can use a rating system to help guide the design process, or it can use an interactive-management approach based on a series of questions asked at each stage of the design process, to keep the team constantly focused on the building blocks of a high-performance school. At the time this article was written, the best-known means for evaluating the performance of green buildings in general is the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System. Its new LEED for Schools Rating System will be released in the spring of 2007. The "CHPS Criteria," produced by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, also has an excellent assessment method. The best-known question-based system is contained in the "High Performance School Buildings Resource and Strategy Guide" published by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). Whichever approach is used, the key is to set high performance as a critical goal early in the process, make sure that the design team has buy-in from key decisionmakers along the way, and that everyone stays committed.
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Railway posters have huge appeal for the modern audience, but just what explains this continuing interest? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam are testament to the creativity of the railway company marketing departments and the posters tell us not only about railway history and technology, architectural and engineering accomplishments, but also about the cultural and social significance of the railways. The influence of the railway industry on our cities and coastlines, and on the development of leisure time and holiday resorts, can be seen in the recurring images of ramblers, bathers and idyllic tourist destinations. This book explores the changing styles and functions of the railway poster from the early pre-grouping days through to the inter-war 'golden age' and nationalised British Railways.
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WHEN religious are gathered to discuss among others issues on peace, we take it as their obligation that they must do first and foremost, as it is not only their commitment to the vows that they have made but that it is their way of life, supposedly. That is why it behooves the religious sector and even the academe who are mostly silent on the Bangsamoro issue, that the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) with the dynamic leadership of Fr. Joel Tabora, spearheaded the multisectoral forum on the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
The humanity gathered at ADDU for this very timely discussion have witnessed the meeting of minds, with the presence of no less than some members of the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by no less than its Central Committee Vice Chairman Ghazali Jaafar. Also in full force were members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) who intently listened as Fr. Tabora gave a brief but concise background of the Moro rebellion, and the succeeding speakers which include no less than the youthful GPH peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer.
This kind of gathering had happened several times in the past, as it's almost like a dé•jà vu all over again. And though most of our sceptical and perhaps cynical fellows would probably say, we have done this not once but many times in the past, "there's nothing new" now in this exercise, we still hold this as a positive sign towards that "illusive" peace that for decades, generations have been yearning for.
Still, it gives us hope to see such kind of efforts, because we all care not only for ourselves but for the next generation to come.
That is why it is necessary for us to come together, especially those among the academe, who are teaching our children to learn from the mistakes of our generation, to set our orientations straight.
But it seems that not many among our educators have put premium on learning from our mistakes, as I can sense, being an educator myself, a seeming cold-shoulder attention that the academe is affording the on-going peace processes in our midst, especially on this particular isue on the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
We cannot afford to be left out of the talks, because we all are here in our beloved Mindanao, and this particular peace process of our generation has a great implication on the continued existence of the next generation.
It is indeed such a laudable move for ADDU to open wide the avenues for peace by spearheading this historic event in our time, an effort that will chart a better course for our children to take.
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In a shocking incident, a 62-year-old retired government employee from Bharatpur in Rajasthan has been arrested for allegedly raping his two daughters since their teens, reports said on Thursday.
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"He used to show the girls pornography and then rape the two daughters. He even took them to places like Jaipur and Agra in the name of outings. He booked them into hotels and then raped them,"said Anshuman Bhumiya, Superintendent of Police, Bharatpur.
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The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, is the first to examine a group of youth over time to see how a genetic risk factor interacts with a child's environment to influence behavior.
"We found that involved and supportive parenting can completely override the effects of a genetic risk for substance abuse," says study co-author Gene Brody, Regents Professor in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences. "It's a very encouraging finding that shows the power of parenting."
Brody and his colleagues, who include UGA Institute for Behavioral Research director Steven Beach and University of Iowa Associate Professor of Psychiatry Robert Philibert, focused their attention on a gene known as 5HTT that's involved in the transport of the brain chemical serotonin. Most people carry two copies of the long version of the gene, but those with one or two copies of the short version have been shown in several studies to have a greater likelihood of consuming alcohol and other substances and to have higher levels of impulsivity and risk taking.
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You might start seeing more visitors with conference nametags wandering around town or stepping out of motorcoaches if the new strategies promoters are using to lure these types of groups to the Grand Strand work.
The Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and lodging properties with lots of meeting space have tweaked their recruiting tactics in recent months aiming to bring more groups and conventions to the beach – just as that segment of travel starts to slowly rebound nationally after years of drastic cutbacks amid the wobbly economy.
Group business – which mainly includes annual conventions, meetings, sports events and motorcoach tours is a small sliver, about 10 percent, of the overall number of visitors to the Grand Strand each year – leisure vacationers dominate, of course. But most meetings happen in the spring and fall, making it an ideal type of business for the Grand Strand to supplement the busy summer season, experts say.
"It seems like the perfect match," said Bill Geist of Zeitgeist Consulting, which studied the Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau's efforts and suggested ways to improve a few months ago. "They are meeting when you need rooms."
Promoters have tweaked their efforts to get groups to the beach, shifting more advertising online, dropping trade shows that didn't entice groups to come here and adding more shows that have scheduled appointments with prospective groups instead of staffing a booth hoping a meeting planner will stop by.
And some of the main meeting hotels have done something that would have been unheard of just a few years ago amid a fiercely competitive environment: They pooled money and went together to pitch the Grand Strand to meeting planners in major cities, including Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Memphis and Chicago. That four-city tour wrapped up just before the holidays, and local hotels already are following up leads from those visits, they said.
The goal of the collaboration was to share costs to meet with planners they might not be able to see otherwise, while luring more group business to the beach. It's a shift from the competitive tradition in which meeting hotels were reluctant to promote the groups meeting there, afraid another property might try to take that business. Each property advertised and promoted separately.
"We got out of that mindset," said Sabena Dayton, sales and marketing director at Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation, where half of the business is from groups, down from 60 percent a few years ago. "It's going to benefit everybody.
"It really got our name out there. It definitely paid off."
The new tactics come as meeting business is starting to pick up nationally, experts say. During the recession, businesses pulled back on attending conferences, but it's starting to return. Geist predicts a 3 percent to 5 percent increase in meetings this year.
"People realized that they have to meet," Geist said. "There is no other way to network, solve problems."
Grand Strand meeting properties also expect this year to be better than 2011.
Kingston Plantation, where group business was up 3 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, expects about 10 percent growth this year and already is seeing signs of the meeting business picking up with more government retreats and some associations coming back, Dayton said. This week, more than 700 people met there for the Southeast Regional Reading Recovery Association.
"It's definitely on the incline," Dayton said. "A lot of people have gotten out of being scared [because of the economy]. Groups are coming out of their shell saying, 'We have to have these meetings to be successful.'"
But many of the meetings across the country aren't as lavish or long as they used to be, and planners often are looking for affordable destinations, which benefits the Grand Strand, he said. Meetings and conventions provide the biggest opportunity for the beach to grow group business, Geist said.
"That is really the one we will focus more strongly on," said Danna Lilly, sales director at the Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. There's opportunities out there…. It is turning around all over. People are starting to book groups, book business again."
The CVB has shifted money to online ads, which officials say contributed to a 48 percent increase in traffic to the group website last year. In 2009, 45 percent of the CVB's advertising was in print; it's 10 percent this year. The CVB spends about $1 million a year on advertising, attending shows, bringing planners here to experience the area and other marketing, Lilly said. Last year, the CVB produced a new video showing off the area to meeting planners.
Hotels with significant meeting space applaud the shift in promotion and say inquiries are up and prospective groups can get information about the area easier now online. But there are still challenges for the beach to be a major player in the meetings market, including its reputation as just a place to go on vacation – not a likely place to have meetings – and the difficulty for some to fly here, experts say.
The beach needs more flights, especially during the spring and fall when most meetings happen, as well as Interstate 73 to make it more convenient for drive-in business, said Cindy Hull, sales director at the Myrtle Beach Marriott at Grande Dunes.
"The hurdle is getting people in here," she said. "People want easy access."
Geist said that shouldn't deter the beach, because it can still cater to regional groups. The biggest challenge is convincing meeting planners that the beach can be more than a place to play and has the space and amenities to cater to groups, he said. He suggested the CVB hire more sales representatives to go after business, increase its public relations and schedule more one-on-one sessions with meeting planners.
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Syria has been given one week to declare its stock of chemical weapons, and the country must immediately allow in international inspectors, US Secretary of State John Kerry after talks in Geneva with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Saturday, after the third day of intense negotiations, Kerry said that arms inspectors should be on the ground in Syria by November with the goal of eliminating the country's chemical weapons by mid-2014.
"Providing this framework is fully implemented it can end the threat these weapons pose not only to the Syrian people but also to their neighbours," Kerry told reporters at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after they wrapped up three days of talks in Geneva.
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