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France would end its intervention in Mali only when political stability and an election process had been restored to the chaotic West African country and Islamist groups had been wiped out, French President Francois Hollande said yesterday, raising the prospect of a drawn-out engagement in hostile desert terrain.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said a "relentless" fight with Islamists was continuing and France would stay "as long as necessary".
Mali is in political disarray after a coup last year and the fall of the vast northern desert to Islamist groups who operate a drug trafficking and kidnap economy in several Sahel countries.
French air raids continued "day and night" in the vast area seized by the Islamist alliance, which combines al-Qaeda's north African wing, AQIM, with Mali's home-grown Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mojwa) and Ansar Dine rebel groups.
Mr Le Drian described an implacable fight against the Islamists, who were "agile, determined, well-equipped, well-trained" and could easily hide in the desert.
He said that since Saturday, round-the-clock French air raids had been aimed at stopping the Islamist advance southwards towards the capital, Bamako, and destroying training camps, command structures and any rear bases in the north.
France is to boost its troop level from 1700 to 2500.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is considering significant military backing for France's drive against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mali, but its support for a major ally could test US legal boundaries and stretch counter-terrorism resources in a murky new conflict.
The United States is already providing surveillance and other intelligence help to France and may soon offer military support such as transport or refuelling aircraft, according to US officials, who stressed that any assistance would stop short of sending American combat forces to the volatile West African nation.
Direct military aid to Mali is forbidden under US law because the weak rump government there seized power in a coup. US moves are further complicated by uncertainty about which militants would be targeted in an assault.
"Our goal is to do what we can," said Defence Secretary Leon Panetta during a visit to Spain.
"The fundamental objective is to ensure that AQIM – al-Qaeda – never establishes a base of operations in Mali or anywhere else."
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Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old soldier in Washington, won't be winning any Father of the Year awards anytime soon. He got custody of his 4-year-old daughter a few weeks ago, and he's already facing charges of second degree assault on a child. Why? When his daughter couldn't recite her ABCs, Tabor and his girlfriend "held her down on the counter and submerged her head into the water three or four times until the water came around her forehead and jawline." Those are his words. To put them into more commonly used terms—he waterboarded her. And the poor thing ran and locked herself in a closet because she was so scared. Apparently, this wasn't the first case of Tabor abusing his daughter. Let's just hope the girl's mom will be picking her up shortly. [Newser]


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In partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Environment, The North American Centre for Leadership in EPR at the Recycling Council of British Columbia presents the 2010 EPR Workshop, November 2-3, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.
B.C. supported the CCME's Canada-wide Action Plan for EPR in October 2009. Contained in this plan is a list of products targeted by Canadian jurisdictions, including;
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While many of these product categories are already regulated in BC, the Ministry of Environment Service Plan 2010/11 - 2012/13 commits to adding 2 new products every 3 years to B.C.'s Recycling Regulation, as well as a commitment to the CCME Canada Wide Action Plan Phases, listed above.
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- Hiking trip to the Jebel Toubkal Ascent (4167 meters) the top of North Africa
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After an early breakfast at the hotel in Marrakech, our driver will pick you up and take you to the heart of Morocco's High Atlas mountains, the trek starts from Imlil (1740 meters), a small Berber village located at 1740 meters above the sea level, at 67 km on the south west of Marrakech, here you will meet the team who will accompany you during this amazing adventure, the driver will drop you off in the village, the muleteers will deal with your luggage, food and all other equipments that we usually provide for our clients, within half an hour you start the walk with an experienced mountain guide through the Berber villages following a mule track which will take you to the mountain hut via the shrine Sidi Chamhrouch (2500 meters) where you will have your picnic lunch prepared in advance by our cook, after lunch and a short break, continue towards the refuge (3200 meters), as the mules walks faster, the muleteers and cook, will pass over and will be waiting for you at the hut or camp, get a tasty mint tea upon arrival while you will enjoying the scenic Mountain surrounded the based camp. The hot shower is available to clean your body and be ready for the next day.
Option: the night could be spent on the tent but in summer time.
Day 2: Toubkal refuge - Toubkal Summit - Imlil
Wake up early to avoid the sunny way, breakfast around 5.00 am and start the ascent climb at 5.30 am, each one of you may need to pack his own pack-lunch, step by step until you get to the point above the hut where you have a short break with nuts, water and oranges etc. After 3h/4h walking up the hill, you will be able to see all the high atlas mountains like a view from the air, stunning view of the green valleys and Berber villages, a break of 45 min on the summit will allow to take pictures and enjoy the views before heading down to the hut, a diversify lunch will be ready for you there. After lunch you walk down hill towards Imlil by the same route but you have an option to stay on the hut 2nd night depending to your flight time and holiday schedule (to be informed in advance if needed). Pick up from Imlil and return to your Riad in Marrakech or the airport.
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (March 10, 2009) – A schedule of 26 overnight stakes races worth an aggregate $1.3 million for the 2009 meet was announced Tuesday by Kevin Greely, Arlington Park Vice President of Racing and Racing Secretary. The overnight stakes slate kicks off on opening day with the Timeless Native Stakes at one mile over Arlington's Polytrack synthetic surface.
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Wood had told the university in the 1980s that it would receive a gift sometime after his death, but he made no mention of the sum. Wood died in May 1991 at the age of 87. He was survived by his second wife, Georgina, and it wasn't until after her passing in 2005 that Wood's estate released the gift to the university.
"It was certainly a very pleasant surprise," said Robert Marley, dean of the College of Engineering. "Mr. Wood was truly one of the great unsung heroes of American aerospace engineering."
Wood put no restrictions on how his gift was to be used. The College of Engineering is using $503,000 to create the Lysle Wood Distinguished Professorship, which will be for a professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. The other $496,000 will be used to benefit the entire college through equipment and facilities endowments. The endowments are expected to earn 4 percent annually.
Wood was born in Renville, Minn. in 1904, one year after the Wright brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. He grew up in Terry, Mont., and dreamed of being a forester, but then became fascinated by automobiles, according to a Seattle Times obituary.
He earned a mechanical engineering degree in 1925 from what was then Montana State College in Bozeman. After graduation, he headed straight to Detroit for a career in auto manufacturing with Packard Motor Co.
Wood like cars, but hated Detroit, and in less than a year he had moved to Seattle and gone to work for Boeing.
"I didn't know an aileron from an elevator about airplanes," Wood said in a 1970 MSU Collegian profile. His first job was drafting and operating a blueprint machine.
He would spend the next 45 years with Boeing, retiring in 1970 as corporate vice president of customer requirements. It was a position he would reach even though his formal education ended with a bachelor's degree.
During his career, Wood worked on some of the most famous aerospace and aeronautical projects in American history. He helped design the world's first pressurized commercial aircraft, the 307 Stratoliner. He also helped design the 314 Clipper flying boat.
During World War II, he played a key role in designing the B-17 and B-29 bombers. In the late '40s and early '50s, he was chief engineer and oversaw development of the B-52 bomber and the Boeing 707, America's first commercial jetliner.
In 1953, Wood was picked to head the company's new pilotless aircraft division (later called the Aerospace Division) where he oversaw design of the Minuteman ICBM missile and the enormous first-stage booster for the Apollo spaceship and the moon-photographing Lunar Orbiter. He became the division's vice president in 1965.
Wood earned a private pilot's license in 1960 and in his retirement flew a Cessna to Alaska and the Yukon Territory for fishing and camping trips.
He was named one of MSU's Centennial Alumni and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1952.
"Mr. Wood was an extremely talented and visionary engineer whose accomplishments can serve as an inspiration to all," Marley said. "It's wonderful that we can honor his memory through this endowment to support faculty and students."
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Mark Bresciano admits expectations on the Socceroos to perform at the World Cup are a little high, but says the team are ready to shock in Brazil.
Hundreds of fans gathered at Sydney Airport on Wednesday to farewell the Australian squad ahead of their lunchtime flight.
Superstar Tim Cahill drew the biggest cheers as he walked through the crowd with his 26 teammates, led by coach Ange Postecoglou and Football Federation Australia boss David Gallop.
Midfielder Bresciano, heading to his third World Cup, said he was just as excited for Brazil as he'd been before his previous campaigns.
"It's always a dream going to a World Cup, regardless if it's your first or third," he told reporters.
"I guess the expectation is maybe a little bit high (this time) because, in the last nine or 10 years, we've been very successful as a nation.
"Saying that, we know that we are going to Brazil in a very tough group but we're going to go there and just try and do our country proud and do ourselves proud and try and shock the world."
Bresciano said fans shouldn't be disheartened by the side's lacklustre 1-1 draw with South Africa on Monday night, given most players weren't in the best physical condition following an intense training camp.
"Obviously, it is disappointing because you always play a game to win, and the fans want to see their country win," he added.
"But I don't think that'll make a difference.
"As a nation, we've always felt the support from our fans and I think we're going to see that in Brazil."
With Australia the worst-ranked team in the tournament, they are unsurprisingly at long odds - upwards of $750 - to win the title.
Asked whether they were a worthy investment, Bresciano quipped: "You could put a dollar on it."
The Socceroos will be one of the first teams to arrive in Brazil ahead of the showpiece and all eyes are set to be on the Australians.
But Bresciano believes it will work in their favour.
"I think it's worth getting there as early as possible - just to get the feel of the World Cup, get a feel of the atmosphere and get to know where we're travelling ... so you can focus on your training leading up to the friendly game and obviously the World Cup," the 34-year-old said.
The squad, to be reduced to 23 on June 2, face Croatia in a warm-up on June 6 ahead of their World Cup opener against Chile a week later.


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Mike's Murder
By Chandler McMillin
One look, and it's obvious that Mike and his father are a nightmare pairing straight out of a Stephen King story. Dad's muscle-bound and clad head to toe in hunter's camo; he's just back from a morning in the duck blind. Mike's a narrow-trunked sapling with hair moussed into lemon spikes over an inch of black roots. Elaborate tattoos run the length of both forearms, and there are enough silver loops in his ears to bind a spiral notebook.
These two might as well be from different planets.
Mike spent last night at the Shelter, one of three run by the juvenile justice folks. The cops removed him from home yesterday, after his father had finished tossing him around their living room.
"We've patched things up," the father assures me. "Mike's mother is flying back from Texas tonight."
Apparently, she made the mistake of taking a three-day holiday with her sister. Combat broke out between the menfolk within forty-eight hours.
Mike sits silently in the next chair, looking resentful. He and his father avoid eye contact.
"Yup, he'll be all right once his mom gets home," the dad drones on. I sincerely doubt that.
Mike's furious with his father. It's the sort of fury that spills out at every crack in the conversation. You don't see this sort of purified hatred in adults. As if all the pain and frustration of his young life crystallized into this frozen arrow of bile, pointed right at his dad's head.
The old man's got his own mad going. Mike apparently backed out of a father-son hunting trip at the last minute, embarrassing his dad in front of his buddies and calling up a host of past disappointments. Back home, they went at it, shouting and cursing. When Mike finally took a swing, the real battle started. Neighbors called the cops.
"I never put my hands on any of my boys before. Never," Mike's dad swears, holding up an imaginary bible. I don't believe that for a minute. He knows he could have twisted the boy up like a balloon animal. "I admit I lost my temper. It's just that he gets right up in your face…" He falls silent.
"Anything you want to say to your father, Mike?" I ask.
The boy grimaces. "Sorry." Loquacious with me a half-hour ago, he now seems to have run entirely out of things to say.
Mike leaves the room to pack up his stuff. "It's just that nothing I do is good enough for that kid," the older man complains. Funny—last night Mike said exactly the same thing about his father.
Family therapy didn't help, but I suspect that's because these two spent their energy trying to change each other instead of themselves. The father feels that things were going pretty well until Mom left on her trip. In contrast, Mike's opinion is that home is hell, all the time. It's hard to believe they're talking about the same family.
"We'll work it out," Mike's dad says with confidence. He shakes my hand. At the door of my office, he stops and turns again, an afterthought. "Listen, I've got a gun collection at home. A big one. It's my hobby. I was wondering, do you think I should put a lock on the gun cabinet?"
I'm startled. "Well, yes. I do."
"It's not that I'm worried about my son," he rattles on. "But some of those friends of his are weirdos. Spooky-looking. Crazy eyes," he adds, for emphasis.
"I'd lock those guns up," I repeat. "Better yet, put them in storage. Somewhere away from the house."
Now he's surprised. "Mike wouldn't hurt a fly, you know, but I was thinking just as a precaution…"
I realize he isn't getting it. I pop up from my chair, close in, put a hand on his shoulder and squeeze. "Look, if it were me, I'd pack those guns up and get them out of the house tonight."
He gives me a funny look. "You really think that's necessary?"
"Yes." Raising my voice.
"Okay, okay." No doubt thinking, what's this guy's problem?
Mike's waiting on the stoop. The two wander down the walk to a dusty Range Rover. Dad is smiling. He pats the boy's arm, lightly. Mike recoils.
It occurs to me that he probably won't move the guns, and may not even bother with a lock.
Five days later—right after morning report, so not quite 8 AM—Deputy Darrell Salcedo shows up. Same look as always: slicked-down hair and Texas cowboy boots along with the uniform. Coffee in one hand and a photo in the other. "Remember this kid?"
"Sure. Mike something. You brought him in Thursday night. He left Saturday morning. "
"Arbuckle," Darrell supplies. "Michael Arbuckle. He's in the wind again. Mother says he hooked up with a girl while he was here."
I buzz my assistant. Jocko immediately recognizes the boy in the photo. "Yeah," he confirms, "he partnered up with Ella Cranbury."
The deputy makes the face every cop in El Norte makes when somebody mentions that family. "Well, the mother says she was over at his house on the day."
"On what day?" I ask.
"The day he shot his father."
Jocko's stunned. "Shit," I mutter. "I told that idiot to move those guns."
"Mom's in bed and hears this loud bang about 3 AM," the deputy reports. "Found her husband on the floor in the den, no sign of the kid, gun lay a few feet away. It's a Cosmi Autoloader. That's a $10,000 shotgun," he adds, with admiration. "Now Papa's in ICU and we're lookin' for Mike."
I finally get it. "That's why you're here. You want me to talk to the Cranburys for you."
He grins. "Well, they sure as hell won't tell us anything." True dat.
"Department'll pay your gas," Darrell offers, then reconsiders. "Well, mileage, anyway."
After he leaves, Jocko insists I'm nuts to think old woman Cranbury or her sisters will tell me where the girl is.
"I know where she is," I laugh. "The same place her brothers used to go when the law was hunting them."
The trailer's an old Airstream that sits in a clearing off a rutted track. When the rains come—if they ever come—it will be impassable. We're not far from town, but it feels like the middle of the national forest. Very little wind and you can barely smell the last of the fire smoldering to the south.
Years ago it belonged to a hermit. When he died nobody came to claim the body, so Wally and Windy Cranbury dug a grave out back and turned the trailer into their own personal refuge. We went there to drink in high school. Now the twins were locked up, in separate institutions – the authorities had learned from experience.
Door's locked. I bang on it. "Ella," I call out. "It's Frankie. I brought donuts." A minute later she's standing there in the doorway, topless, in pink bikini underpants. I give her a threatening look. She disappears inside and reemerges in tee shirt and dirty cutoffs.
We take seats across the picnic table. She roots through the bag and comes up with something chocolate frosted with a cherry center. "Ooohhh," she exclaims happily. "You got the good ones." The donut's gone in less than ten seconds. She helps herself to half a fritter.
"You know why I'm here?" Not really a question.
"You want Lemonhead," she states, between gulps. The name I get: Mike's hairstyle. "Too late," she says simply. "He'll be out of state by now."
I figured that. "The cops'll want to talk to you."
"When I'm ready." The fifteen-year-old momentarily vanishes, replaced by a savvy forty-year-old ex-con. Glimpse of the future, I suppose.
"You two go to the house to have sex?"
She giggles. "Mike's not into girls." Ahah. "He gave me money," she explains. "To help me out."
"What time did you leave his house?"
"Maybe ten that night." She hesitates. "Is his father dead?"
"Not yet. In a coma."
"Good," she says finally. "He's a shit."
"Did Mike shoot him?"
She hoots. "Mike's scared to death of guns."
"What about you?"
A look of genuine surprise. "I don't have to shoot nobody. I got brothers for that."
Good point. "So who did it?"
"I don't know." Then, coyly: "I bet I know who Mike thinks did it."
So do I. "His mama."
She nods. "See, if he runs, they chase him and leave her alone. If they catch him, he's still a minor, right?" A pause for breath. "At the Shelter he was talking about California."
And if he makes it that far, they'll never find him.
It's a reasonable hypothesis. I only met his dad the once, and even I can begin to understand his family's desire to shoot him.
"You're not as dumb as you look," I inform her.
Ella grins back. "You neither. Tell you what," she says, serious now. "I'll go down tomorrow and sign a statement. But don't give this place up, huh? Pretty please?"
"I cannot make promises to a dangerous criminal," I say. Her laughter follows me all the way back to the car.
Later that day I catch up with Darrell Salcedo as he finishes one of the online training courses beloved by his employer. "That course any good?" I ask.
He rolls his eyes. "Oh yeah. I'm a changed peace officer. You find her?"
I shake my head. "Not exactly. She heard I was looking and called. Wouldn't give up her location. But promised to come in and give you guys a statement." I hesitate. "By the way, she claims the boy didn't do it."
Darrell snorts. "Was she there? Can she prove that?"
"Then we'll file it with the rest of the invaluable public input." Pointing at the wastebasket under his desk.
"Any other suspects?" He does some more eye-rolling. Guess not.
I take my leave. Turns out the evening counselor didn't show and Jocko's got a softball game, so I'm covering. Can't be late.
I don't bother mentioning Ella's hideout.
We're already short of places where it's safe to be a kid.


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On March 8, a long season comes to a close as the Big 12 teams converge at American Airlines Center to determine the 2013 conference champion. Ranked first in both major national polls, the Baylor Lady Bears have already clinched the Big 12 regular-season title with a 14–0 conference record, making them the early favorite to repeat as back-to-back champions of the conference—and potentially the nation. Leading the Lady Bears, power forward Brittney Griner recently became only the eighth player in Division I history to score 3,000 points after uncovering the hidden 300-point line under the floorboards. Though Baylor has dominated the regular season, the tournament is still up in the air, as 27 Big 12 games this season have been close affairs decided by single-digit scores. Currently tied for second in the conference, both Iowa State and Texas Tech continue to stay in the picture, and West Virginia has proven a dangerous underdog, capturing three victories over ranked opponents this season—including a 68–66 win over the Cyclones.


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A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.
A close copy of a natural ecosystem, it is perhaps the most ecologically friendly way of gardening open to us.
It is also a low-maintenance way of gardening. Once established there is none of the digging, sowing, planting out and hoeing of the conventional kitchen garden. The main task is picking up the produce!
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At City Hall
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2014 06:00 am
We�re No. 1 (again)
St. Albert topped another list of best small cities in Canada.
Cities Journal, which offers a city rankings portion of its website along with other online articles, ranked St. Albert as the best small city in Canada.
Much of the website�s lists appear to focus on the U.S.
The No. 2 spot went to Lacombe.
St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse noted in an email he�d just spent a day in Caledon, Ontario, which was in the top 10 of Cities Journal list and is ranked by Maclean�s as the safest community in Canada.
�We cannot take these rankings for granted and must learn from others in Canada what they do to be the best they can be, then reapply that learning here,� Crouse said, adding he�s encouraging the rest of council to learn about other programs and policies in a variety of areas so they can bring that knowledge back to the city.
"We need to be proud of and thank those thousands in our community who work to make our community the best place we can be. Each of these rankings establishes pride, and encourages us to be the best we can be,� he said.
Take it or leave it
The city�s annual Take it or Leave It event is running this Saturday morning in the Servus Credit Union Place parking lot.
On June 7, drop off items that can be reused between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Items can be picked up between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The city�s website notes at 1:45 p.m. the remaining items will be taken to the landfill.
Items like tires, toilets, building materials, propane tanks, barbecues and mattresses will not be accepted, the city�s website says.
Materials will be inspected prior to acceptance.
Participation is free, though donations for the food bank are requested.
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- Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur were left out of the Oscars' memorial montage. What's a gal have to do to get some attention in this town, anyway? (Dlisted)
- And now the big question from last night's Oscars: Did Samuel L. Jackson accidentally swallow a lemon during Mo'Nique's acceptance speech? (Bossip)
- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin brought all of the vigor to the Oscars that their combined 120 years could muster up. (Starpulse)
- George Clooney grew his hair out for his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. Smart move, George; she clearly has the upper hand in that relationship. (PopEater)
- Kathryn Bigelow made her ownage of ex-husband James Cameron complete by scoring a better seat than him at the Oscars last night. She had better makeup too. (Huffington Post)


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:: Paul William Ray - Last Drinks, One More Night
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Sometimes when you hear the words country-ballad you shudder. Images of Billy Ray Cyrus and such flash before you, and you really can't help but groan. But Melbourne singer Paul William Ray shows that these two words put together need not be a bad thing. Ray's latest EP 'Last Drinks, One More Night' is mostly made up of ballads… and it sounds sensational. Opening track 'Last Drinks' reveals some amazing guitar work and vocals and as the EP goes on you really do start to realise that Ray has some of the best male vocals that this country has ever seen. 'Your Favourite Song' is an amazing ballad while the piano in 'Alive' adds a new element to the country sound. 'Good Times' is worthy of a few listens while the story-telling make-up of 'The Valley' combines with a good Aussie sound and it is easily the best album on the EP. Ray even manages to pull off a modern lullaby with 'Sleep', which caps off a truly sensational EP. Paul William Ray has delivered one of the EPs of the year with 'Last Drinks. One More Night'. This shows that country doesn't have to be a nasty word.


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In Michigan, Rep. Gary Peters is happy to be seen eating deli sandwiches with President Obama while talking to constituents about increasing the federal minimum wage. In North Carolina, Sen. Kay Hagan is building upon campaign infrastructure put in place by the Obama team in two successive presidential cycles.
change Obama's mind about the federal oil-drilling prohibition in the Arctic wilderness.
All are Democratic candidates in 2014, but they're not of one mind when it comes to the role they want the head of the party to play in their election efforts.
Vulnerable Democrats would be happier if Obamacare were polling better with constituents and the president's popularity wasn't slipping downward. But they can't just wish him away -- and might not do so even if they could.
For one thing, the White House can still be valuable ally. Obama is raising millions of dollars for Democrats. He endorses candidates when they want his blessing, and he steers clear if his presence isn't a net plus in tough races. And veterans of his presidential election team are beginning to share key donor and voter data with Democratic candidates, all of whom believe money and organization will be essential if turnout among young progressives, minorities and unmarried women appears to be an uphill climb come November (a warning Obama himself has voiced).
GOP strategists are skeptical that organization and money can help Democrats this year. They know the president's poor job approval ratings and voter worries about the economy and Democratic policies pose risks in the midterms. And they look upon their opponents' political gyrations vis a vis Obama with glee.
The president's greatest asset to his party, however, is his ability to raise money for Democratic campaigns, which have outpaced Republican ones this year. While running his own re-election race in 2012, Obama's campaign irked congressional and local Democrats by keeping the cash to itself. This year, Obama has been sharing the wealth, actively fundraising for the Senate and House campaign committees.
On Wednesday, for example, he will attend fundraisers in Texas for those two committees. He has committed to a dozen such appearances, and has already done dozens for the DNC since his re-election in 2012. (And it can use the money, too, as the DNC enters this campaign season in debt.) Obama is traveling to the Lonestar State to give the keynote address at summit marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Houston. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis will also be present, and has said she welcomes the president and would not shy from a photo opportunity.
Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the president has been especially helpful at the grass-roots level through online fundraising.
"When the president puts his name on those e-mails, it shatters the records that have been shattered," the New York congressman said. "There's no question that the president helps to animate our base, and we will be asking him to use all the tools in his toolbox and our toolbox to further encourage and inspire and motivate our base."
With 2014 turnout among Democrats expected to be low, some party leaders think Obama's campaign infrastructure will be more valuable than money.
"I do not believe fundraising will be key in November. I think organization will be key," Rep. Jim Clyburn told MSNBC recently. "And if we can get the White House to come in, or at least the president's political operations, to help us at the state and local levels the way they did in Ohio and Florida [in 2012] -- the mechanisms they put in place were just great."
The president has repeatedly acknowledged the turnout challenge ahead, and how it could make the difference in which party controls Capitol Hill next year.
"We need to hang on to the Senate," Obama said at a recent fundraiser in Chicago. "We need to pick up seats in the House. We need to make sure that the public knows very clearly what is at stake in this election, and it's hard during midterms because Democrats have a tendency to get really excited during presidential years and then during the midterms we go into hibernation."
Democratic control of the Senate is integral to the remainder of Obama's time in office, as the House isn't like to turn over. But the White House and Democrats also know that making gains in state capitals is also important, especially given the role state legislatures will play in redistricting down the road.
"Where I think mistakes are made in these off-year elections is when we keep our focus on what's happening in this building, and who in this building is up for re-election," Clyburn told RCP outside the House chamber. "What happens [in the states] effects the seats in this hall. I don't think we see that. The people who can make my life miserable are the people who draw the lines in the state legislatures."
Democrats have several pickup opportunities in governors' races in states Obama carried in 2012, and coordinated campaigns could help drive turnout. So, too, can ballot initiatives. Michigan, for example, is one of several states where an increase in the minimum wage will be up for a vote in November. (Obama is pushing for a federal increase to $10.10 an hour, and the White House and Democrats hope this issue draws Democrats to the polls.)
That's why Peters, who is running for Michigan's open Senate seat, was glad the White House invited him to join the president on a swing through Ann Arbor to talk about the issue. After lunch at the popular Zingerman's Delicatessen, the pair traveled together to the nearby University of Michigan campus, where the president began a base-rousing speech by mentioning Peters and other members of the state's congressional delegation.
Peters, whose district includes the Detroit suburbs, is locked in a tight race with likely GOP nominee Terri Lynn Land. Many Democrats running in 2014 would have avoided the public and private face time Peters shared with Obama (they were followed at each stop by a pool of national reporters as well as constituents snapping pictures).
For Peters, the appearance made political sense. The president won his state twice and is more welcome there than in other swing or red states, where Democrats are hoping to hang on to their seats. The candidate was all over the newspapers and airwaves in the Detroit market, pushing an issue that resonates particularly well with voters there.
"The president can play a major role in letting people know what the stakes are in the election ... and the fundamental differences," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who chaired the House Democrats' campaign arm in 2010. "If he is out around the country talking about those issues just like he did in Michigan, that will be a big boost to our candidates."
The minimum wage is also an issue in North Carolina, whose vulnerable senator, Hagan, is a co-sponsor of legislation in the upper chamber to increase it. While the president will elevate the issue across the country, Hagan wants to do so without him in her state, where Obamacare's unpopularity is dragging her down. She can also offset that downward pull by taking advantage of the president's campaign infrastructure, which includes precious data on voters and a volunteer base, all of which helped propel him to victory in the Tar Heel State in 2008.
Democrats are building on Obama campaign data across the country, and believe their digital operations can make the difference in some key Senate races. The Democratic National Committee now houses voter information data from the campaign, which has become a 501(c)(4) called Organizing for Action. State parties and campaigns have access to this data for varying fees.
Democrats hope that these get-out-the vote tools will enable them to make the midterm electorate -- which tends to be older, whiter and more conservative -- look more like the presidential ones of recent years. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is also planning to spend $60 million on field organizing.
The party got its first taste of the difficulty ahead when a special election was held last month in Florida's 13th District. Democrats had a financial advantage in that race, in which the health care law took center stage, but blamed their two-point loss on low turnout. Democrat Alex Sink's campaign didn't receive Obama's Florida campaign volunteer list until a month before the election, and relied on an email list Sink had cultivated through her previous run for governor. Operatives are confident candidates will be able to access the voter and volunteer information they need in time for the November elections.
Candidates typically "just don't have a comprehensive list of volunteers or prospects, and that's one way the administration and OFA can help," said one Democratic operative. "Lists and organization are every day either growing stronger or getting weaker. It's like a muscle -- you have to work it out to get it to continue strengthening, or otherwise it's losing steam."
Bigger challenges on that front come in states like Arkansas and Alaska, where Democrats haven't been competitive on the presidential level in decades and where Democratic incumbent senators are up for re-election. In these places, the vulnerable candidates are hoping to use the president for contrast from their own positions. (Obama, for his part, has offered to stay away if it helps the Democrats' prospects.)
In Arizona, Democratic Rep. Ron Barber doesn't want any help from the president in mobilizing voters, and said he will depend instead on the field operation he has been cultivating, collecting data from early voting registration records. "We're taking the responsibility for winning this election and getting the voters out on our shoulders," he said.
But an Obama event Tuesday on paycheck fairness might be of interest to Barber, who is a co-sponsor of equal pay legislation in the House. Obama will sign two executive orders associated with equal pay, part of a coordinated effort with Democratic campaign committees to push an issue intended to mobilize base voters, especially women, and to help raise money.
RealClearPolitics' Alexis Simendinger and Adam O'Neal contributed to this report.
Caitlin Huey-Burns is a congressional reporter for RealClearPolitics. She can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @CHueyBurnsRCP.


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The annual Family Christian Camp, "TRAI TÂM GIAO," returns to Conyers for the fifth year, the second time held at Camp Westminster off Lake Rockaway Road.
In a press conference, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed hopes that an effort to expand the curbside recycling program in Atlanta makes not only the city of Atlanta greener but transforms the state of Georgia into the leading state in the nation with the smallest carbon footprint.
Starrsville United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Taylor, the church's first female pastor, recently packed her bags and joined a team of eight people to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, and help train a group of Kenyan pastors. Almost 100 miles away from the capitol, Taylor and her team reached Nakuru where the United Methodist training actually took place.
Dr. Rev. Susan Martin Taylor has so many names and titles, I wasn't sure how to properly address her. Pastor Susan assured me that she answers to just about anything.
The newest set of phone numbers about to crop up using the new metro Atlanta 470 area code will seem strange at first, but for residents in the greater Atlanta area setting up a brand new phone number, they will only have to accept that as the other area codes, 770, 678, and 404 are no longer available.
While the area code 470 first appeared to me on a personal level this weekend, 470 is actually not so new, having been first activated in 2010.
The Perseid meteor shower is anticipated to be at its peak in the next few nights with a predicted 60-100 brightly, colorful meteors shooting through the sky per hour.
Scarlett Temple, of Social Circle, is looking forward to sharing with others her personal testimony and calling to serve the Lord through her music ministry.
Most people, when they first meet me, automatically assume that I was born and raised here in America because I do not speak with an accent - except for a slight Southern one. I also pause when someone asks me where I am from, not knowing if they're inquiring about my origins or my nationality. So then, I usually break out into the Cliff Notes' summary of where I was born and how I came to Atlanta. Then the usual response in return is, "Oh. I was just wondering if you're from Georgia. That's all..."
A lot of who we are today can be traced back to who our ancestors were. The quest of delving into the past to find our ancestors is not a new activity but genealogy as a hobby has definitely gain popularity with such easy access to records and archives that can be found on various Internet databases and other genealogy websites dedicated to helping people trace their lineage.
Adrian and Elaine Brown and their three youngest children were one of the first families that entered the Newton/Rockdale (NewRock) network of the nationwide Family Promise program, which involves a network of 13 churches in Newton and Rockdale counties taking turns to house families in need a week at a time.
Paul Casola, the former pastor of the Passion Community Baptist Church in Covington recently launched a new church in Conyers.
Given the horrific events Casola has endured, he could not be faulted for losing faith.
Rockdale County parks and recreations offers great amenities and with the recent construction of the South Rockdale Community Park of East Fairview and soon to be completed Lorraine Trailhead, there's more reason to explore the new trails and get a little closer to nature.
The South Rockdale Park, which officially opened last September, features three Adirondack shelters that are available for rental year round.
Some area students got an early jump start on summer, when their school groups were invited to Walt Disney World to perform and attend educational programs.
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I've tried making bolognese sauce a few times in my life and was never impressed. I blamed the bolognese. But what I should have been blaming were the recipes I was trying. Today I have a recipe that is divine and completely changes how I feel about homemade bolognese sauce. This past Christmas I found myself with a half a pound of ground veal left over from making Swedish meatballs. I searched around the web for recipes to use up the veal and happened upon this recipe for veal bolognese from Food & Wine. I didn't follow the recipe exactly but used it as a guide and oh my GOODNESS the resulting sauce was so, so good and flavorful and wonderful and, well, I am finally impressed by homemade bolognese sauce.
I think one of the reasons the sauce was so good was because I used half veal, half regular ground beef. But I'm quite certain the sauce will still be uber delicious with straight ground beef, as the veggies and spices are what really make this sauce shine. If you want to use veal, by all means do. But ground beef alone is a-okay.
Click here for the original recipe, which also includes butternut squash, which I am sure is delicious! Below is my version of homemade bolognese sauce, with some modifications from the original recipe.
Oh, one more note! I used a rigatoni-like pasta instead of spaghetti and really liked that shape of pasta with this sauce. Use whatever pasta you like, but the rigatoni is quite delicious.
- 1 pound ground beef or veal (or half pound of each)
- 2 slices of bacon, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup minced carrot
- ½ cup minced celery
- ½ cup minced onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced or pushed through a garlic press
- Kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground sage
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil OR 1 tablespoon fresh basil (chiffonade)
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 2 15-ounce cans petite diced tomatoes
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ¾ cup cream
- Pepper
- In a large cast-iron casserole (or pot), cook minced bacon in the olive oil over medium heat, for about 5 minutes until bacon is well cooked, stirring occasionally.
- Add the carrots, celery, and onion. Sprinkle evenly with a pinch of salt and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes. Add the fresh garlic and stir.
- Add the ground meat along with the sage, parsley, bay leaf and oregano. If using dried basil, add that now as well. Season evenly with a few pinches of salt. Cook until meat is cooked through and no longer pink, stirring regularly.
- Add the wine and cook until the wine has reduced significantly, about 3-5 minutes. Add UNdrained tomatoes and cook until liquid is reduced by about half, around 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken stock and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaf. Add the cream and, if using fresh basil, the basil. Stir and add salt to taste if needed. Finish off with a few shakes of pepper.


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EDN photo by Phil Banker / Dancers with the USA Chin Woo Lion and Dragon Dance troupe delighted the crowds Saturday afternoon during the Ennis Cultural Music Festival. The city's second such festival was a collaboration between the Ennis Arts Commission and Union Pacific Railroad.
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NEWPORT's Big Sing event raised £1,600 for charity More than 300 people packed out Newport Cathedral to take part in the event, and the Rotary Club of Newport, who organised it, handed over the cheques on Tuesday.
The concert raised money for the Children's Hospital Wales in Cardiff and Newport Cathedral's Emergency Fund, who received £800 each.
The concert saw performers from across the city perform a series of popular tunes.
Favourites belted out by the Dorothy Adams Singers and the choir of St Julian's Primary School included Jerusalem, Love Divine and Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer.
The choirs were accompanied by Jeremy Blasby, the cathedral assistant organist, and members of the Caerleon Comprehensive School Brass Quintet, with the Bishop of Monmouth, the Rt Revd Dominic Walker, and the mayor of Newport, Cllr John Guy, among the guests. A presentation was made at St Julian's Primary School nativity musical on Tuesday to LATCH by Year 3 pupil Luke Ash, who spent several months being treated at the children's hospital last year.


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91 Ideas For Better Living With A Home Freezer
The front cover is yellow with fresh food floating on a white background towards the freezer. The back cover is yellow with a line drawing of a refrigerator, range, and home freezer. Below that is Kelvinator -of course!, the company name and address, and Form No. 672, Part No. 1116502 and Printed in U.S.A.. There are ideas on how to use your home freezer for cooked foods, seafood, meats, vegetables, poultry, bread, and dairy and eggs. There are line drawings and photos. There are no page numbers.View this piece: jpg pdf
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Kelvinator Refrigerators
Publisher: Kelvinator Division, Nash-Kelvinator Corp. (Detroit, Mich.)
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Language: English
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Citation: 91 Ideas For Better Living With A Home Freezer. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=3812


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Type of Document Dissertation Author Shao, Qiming Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-0215103-220227 Title Studies on Rice Transformation and the Use of Transformed Plants Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2003-01-24 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis research was conducted to enhance utilization of the Liberty herbicide resistance transgene in rice. Non-lethal methods to determine the sensitivity of transgenic rice plants to hygromycin B and Liberty were developed, tested and used in this research. Four homozygous transformed plants were selected to make reciprocal crosses with their non-transformed parent cultivars Taipei 309 and Nipponbare. Their resistances to Liberty and hygromycin B were controlled by the closely linked single dominant genes bar and hpt. Some non-resistant phenotypes in the F2 populations were due to gene silencing. The bar gene in some of these plants were allelic and some were non-allelic. When seven independently transformed homozygous transgenic plants with bar and hygromycin genes from Taipei 309 and Nipponbare were crossed reciprocally, progeny evaluations showed five allelic locations among the seven transgenic plants. Twenty additional homozygous transgenic plants from independent transformation events were crossed reciprocally with the previous seven transgenic plants. Evaluation of F1, F2, and F3 populations showed that some of the genes were allelic, but most of them were non-allelic with two or more pairs of genes being expressed. The functional foreign gene (bar) appeared to be restrictively inserted into the rice genome in some cases and was not randomly inserted and expressed.
Three to five repeated backcrosses were made using transgenic plants as the donor and current cultivars as the recurrent parents. The results from selected progeny rows, and two-years of yield tests with selected lines, indicated that the target bar gene could be transferred to lines similar to commercial cultivars from homozygous transformants in 4-5 years of backcrossing, giving lines similar to the recurrent parents based on phenotype and yield potential.
Liberty herbicide has antibiotic characteristics and suppressed growth of several rice fungal pathogens and Burkholderia glumae in in vitro tests. Liberty had a short residual activity against Rhizoctonia solani in field tests, but single applications of Liberty after disease development had started in the field significantly reduced sheath blight ratings and yield loss. Control of sheath blight by Liberty was equal to or better than that given by the registered fungicide Quadris.
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If you have a mission you have been working on, it is often hard to get it tested properly and into the rotation for TTs and FS. The purpose of this thread is to make this process easier, all you need to do is put the file on mediafire and post in this thread. Criteria that need to be met below
Test it for basics first. It would be nice, even if it doesn't work as expected, if people get to shoot things in a TTesque manner.
Name it properly. Folk naming scheme is rather helpful, if it really isn't a Folk mission use this - http://www.herosquad.org/arma2/new-missions/ (increase version numbers with each release)
Your post should be like so
Name: What your mission is called
Filename: What the PBO is, it helps me find them
Players: This is number of rough number of people for a good playtest. The max number should be above
Island: Cherna/taki etc
Premise: A quick one liner add anything extra re scripts etc here too.
Name: Midnight Riders
Filename: [co07]midnight_riders_v4_oa
Players: 3 or so
Island: Zargabad
Premise: Heli insert at the villa to secure evidence and eliminate aziz. Vehicle respawn and BAF assets.
We can then have a look at a mission after the TT session hopefully with a few people still around. If everything works okay then we know we can use it in sessions from then on. If things don't quite work we can re-add it to this thread and retry it.
If your mission gets played after TT then create a [Mission] <Your mission name> thread on the forum for discussion about it.
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As the voice of the precast concrete structures industry, PCI has established a sustainability committee to provide leadership through education, sharing of green building practices using precast concrete technology, and best practices in the plants. PCI oversees a certification program that ensures quality and standardizes practices for precast plants and erectors, and has recently launched a sustainable plants program. A key initiative of PCI and its sustainability committee is the development of similar guidelines for sustainable practices and plant operations.
Precast concrete contributes to green building practices in significant ways. The low water-cement ratios possible with precast concrete (in the range of 0.36 to 0.38) mean it can be extremely durable. The thermal mass of concrete allows shifting of heating and cooling loads in a structure to help reduce mechanical-system requirements. Because precast concrete is factory-made, there is little waste created in the plant (most plants employ exact-batching technologies) and it reduces construction waste and debris on site, reducing construction indoor air quality concerns. The load-carrying capacities, optimized cross sections, and long spans possible with precast concrete members help eliminate redundant members, and concrete readily accommodates recycled content.
The primary ingredients of concrete -sand, gravel, and cement- are mineral based. When mixed with water, the cement chemically reacts to create a crystalline matrix with a high compressive strength. This matrix binds the sand and gravel together, creating concrete. Unlike other construction materials that can rust, rot, or otherwise degrade when in the presence of moisture, concrete can actually get stronger if there are unhydrated cement particles available to react with the water.
Precast concrete is different because it is made in a factory by highly experienced personnel who apply stringent quality-control measures. In the factory environment, precasters are able to achieve consistency in temperature and moisture and low water-cement ratios that are not possible in field-fabricated concrete. Precast concrete can easily attain strengths of 5000 psi to 7000 psi or more, with densities that minimize permeability.
The thermal mass of precast concrete absorbs and releases heat slowly, shifting air conditioning and heating loads to allow smaller, more efficient heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Insulation is often used in architectural panels and sandwich wall panels to increase thermal efficiency, with continuous insulation (ci) in walls being possible. The resulting savings are significant—up to 25% on heating and cooling costs.
Precast concretes fresh and in-place performance can improve when several common industrial byproducts are added. Fly ash, slag, and silica fume, which would otherwise go to landfills, can be incorporated into concrete as supplementary materials. These by-products can also reduce the amount of cement that is used in concrete.
Reinforcement is typically made from recycled steel. (Steel is one of the most recycled building materials, and can be reused again and again.) Insulation and connections within the precast concrete also contain recycled content.
Precast concrete members are unique in that they are individually engineered products that can be disassembled. Designers can easily plan future additions to buildings, because the precast concrete components can be rearranged. Once removed, precast concrete members may be reused in other applications.
Precast concrete is also friendly to downcycling, in which building materials are broken down, because it comes apart with a minimum amount of energy and retains its original qualities. An example of downcycling would be the use of crushed precast concrete as aggregate in new concrete or as base materials for roads, sidewalks, or concrete slabs.
While the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, concrete and cement are not the same. Concrete is a building material, a composite of aggregates including sand and gravel, plus cement, water, and other materials. Cement is a key ingredient of concrete, typically making up 10% to 12% of the volume.
Cement does what its name implies-it cements the aggregates and other ingredients together. A fine powder that is usually gray or white in color, cement is hydraulic, meaning it chemically reacts with water. As the concrete components are mixed, cement helps turn the mixture into a flowable, formable emulsion, finally binding the components, as the concrete cures, into the rock-like substance used for everything from simple sidewalks to sophisticated skyscrapers.
Portland cement is a typical ingredient of concrete, and the most widely used type of cement. It was invented in the early nineteenth century and named after the fine building stones it resembled that were quarried in Portland, England. The innovation of portland cement marked a milestone in the construction history, as it created a far stronger bond than the plain crushed limestone of the day. Today it remains the best-performing and most economical binder used in concrete.
SCMs are used in concrete as cement replacement and/or to modify the properties of the fresh or hardened mixture. The ingredients are typically the by-products of other industrial processes, including fly ash, which is left over from coal burning power plants, and slag, which is produced during the production of steel. Other examples include silica fume and calcined clays.
As industrial by-products, some SCMs may not be part of an ideal future. As sustainable development extends to other industries, less and less of these materials may be available to be recycled into concrete. In the meantime, SCMs offer an opportunity to improve concrete performance with a recycled material that would otherwise have to be disposed of in landfills.
SCMs work with cement to bind the aggregates and other concrete ingredients, and can improve concrete's fresh properties as well as its strength and durability. Light-colored SCMs, such as white silica fume or metakaolin, are used in architectural-face concretes. It is important to note that although metakaolin is lighter in color and can be substituted for portland cement, it is not an industrial by-product and it requires energy to manufacture. In fact, replacement of portland cement with this material may not reduce the environmental impact of the concrete.
Certain SCMs, such as fly ash, may alter the color of the concrete or delay set times, which may be offset by chemical accelerating admixtures. SCMs work through either hydraulic or pozzolanic reactions.
These terms describe how concrete sets and then hardens. Hydraulic reactions occur when a reactive ingredient is mixed with water. Cement is hydraulic, and so are Class C fly ash and certain types of ground-granulated blast-furnace slags. Pozzolanic reactions occur in the presence of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), which is a by-product of the hydration of cement. Class F fly ash, silica fume, calcined clays, and most slags are pozzolanic.
Both hydraulic and pozzolanic reactions increase the strength and durability of finished concrete, and alter the fresh properties of concrete.
Precast concrete is made in a factory, where a dedicated batch plant produces a specially designed concrete for precast concrete products such as structural beams, columns, and double tees; architectural cladding; and wall systems. Aggregates usually come from nearby quarries, and cement and other ingredients are often supplied by local manufacturers.
The mixed concrete is placed into a form around reinforcement and, often, prestressing strands that provide load-resisting camber to the finished precast concrete member. After the member is cured, the precast concrete product is stripped from the form and moved to the precasters yard for finishing and storage until it is ready to ship to the jobsite.
PCI Producer Members meet local and state ordinances and emissions requirements. Initiatives within the industry include:
Typical concrete contains approximately 10% to 12% cement by volume. The cement chemically reacts with water to bind together the aggregates and other ingredients of the concrete. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), cement production contributes between 1% and 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions through the burning of fossil fuels and process-related emissions.
The amount of cement used in precast concrete may be reduced by up to 60% through substitution by supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). The amount of cement substitution possible is affected by the mixture design requirements, the products and processes of individual precast concrete manufacturers and plants, and the local availability of materials.
Since 1975, the cement industry has reduced CO2 emissions by 33%. Today, cement production accounts for less than 1.5% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, well below other sources such as electric generation plants for heating and cooling the homes and buildings we live in (33%) and transportation (27%). In 2000, the cement industry created a new way to measure CO2 emissions. Recently introduced guidelines allows for greater use of limestone as a raw material in cement, ultimately reducing CO2 by more than 2.5 million tons per year. By the year 2020, plans call for further reduction of CO2 emissions to 10% below the 1990 baseline through investments in equipment, improvements in formulations, and development of new applications for cements and concretes that improve energy efficiency and durability.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) developed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating systems to assist with market transformation to a more stable, efficient, and environmentally sound approach to design and construction. The LEED products are voluntary, consensus-based systems used as standards for certification and design guides for sustainable construction and operation.
LEED 2009 includes a growing portfolio of rating products serving specific market sectors:
Note: With its rigorous metrics, LEED rating systems are emerging as a key means to measure sustainable design practice. Other paths include Green Globes and Energy Star.
The LEED 2009 rating system assigns points to aspects of sustainable performance in seven categories:
To achieve LEED certification, project teams must satisfactorily document achievement of all the LEED prerequisites and a minimum number of points. Project teams submit design concepts and plans to the USGBC, often assisted by a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP). USGBC assigns an expected rating to the project, and gives a formal rating after the team completes a construction submittal.
LEED 2009 for New Construction, Core & Shell, and Schools certifies buildings to four levels of increasing sustainable performance:
Precast concrete:
Precast concrete and other materials contribute to LEED points by providing performance and properties that are measured by the LEED program. At this time, PCI endorses potential precast concrete contributions for up to 20 LEED points (see LEED Project Checklist) and possibly more, depending on the project.
For a detailed discussion of precast concrete's contributions to green building practices, including LEED points, please refer to "Achieving Sustainability with Precast Concrete" by Martha VanGeem, CTL Group, which was published in the January–February 2006 issue of the PCI Journal.
Sustainable Sites credit 7.1 is intended to reduce heat islands, meaning the thermal gradient difference between developed and undeveloped areas. The heat-island effect is partially attributed to the dark surfaces of roofing and paving, and the additional heat in developed areas increases HVAC loads and contributes to the creation of smog. Reducing heat islands minimizes impact on microclimate and human and wildlife habitat.
Precast concrete parking structures that place at least 50% of the spaces under cover (for example, underground, under a building, or under a deck or roof) can reduce this effect. Any roof used to shade or cover parking must have a solar reflective index (SRI or albedo) of at least 29. In addition, high-albedo vertical precast concrete wall surfaces reduce the heat-island effect.
Yes, under the recycled content credit MR 4.
Credit MR 5 applies to all materials extracted, processed, and manufactured within a 500-mile radius of the project site.
Projects earn Innovation and Design credits when they demonstrate exemplary performance in a recognized LEED credit area, or bring new approaches and technologies such as carbon-fiber reinforcing that reduce weight and embedded energy and advance sustainable design. Because of its significant contributions to LEED, and its inherent green characteristics, precast concrete offers an excellent platform on which creative project teams can base their sustainable design plans.
By reducing the amount of materials and the toxicity of waste materials Precast concrete can be designed to optimize (lessen) the amount of concrete used in a structure or element.
As one example, the use of carbon-fiber reinforcement or insulation can reduce:
The United Nations Brundtland Commission Report (1987) defined sustainable development and urged the world to take note: "Sustainable development is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." A growing global population is straining the finite resources available on the planet. Sustainability seeks to balance the economic, social, and environmental impacts, recognizing that population growth will continue. Sustainable development brings this evaluation to the design and construction industries, which have significant potential to reduce the negative impact of human activities on the environment.
According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), buildings in the United States consume nearly 10% of the world's energy, and over 30% of the total energy and more than 60% of the electricity in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that 51% of electricity comes primarily from the burning of coal, a fossil fuel that produces significant greenhouse gases during combustion.
With energy costs increasing, and concerns about environmental impact growing, the U.S. government is adopting green building programs. In addition, an increasing number of states are offering tax benefits for green public buildings, and large corporations are moving toward sustainable design for their facilities to reduce operations and maintenance costs.
The U.S. Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE) defines green buildings as those that:
demonstrate the efficient use of energy, water, and materials limit impact on the outdoor environment provide a healthier indoor environment.
Studies show that green buildings offer improved air quality and more access to daylight in addition to energy and cost savings. The USGBC estimates that green buildings cost 8% to 9% less to operate, and have a 7.5% greater building value.
The USGBC cites an initial cost premium of anywhere from 0% to 2% for green buildings in the United States. As project teams become more experienced with building green, these costs should decrease. Generally, a 2% increase in construction costs will deliver a savings of 10 times the initial investment in operating costs for utilities (energy, water, and waste) in the first 20 years of the building's life.
The financial payback of green building practice is measured in operating and maintenance savings over time offsetting initial costs of sustainable features. The payback varies from project to project, depending on the implemented sustainable features and other factors such as availability of materials and expertise of the design team. However, experienced design professionals maintain that green buildings do not have to cost more than non-green buildings.
Source: HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design
Most project teams perform a comprehensive life-cycle cost assessment (LCC) prior to defining their sustainable goals for the project. The LCC predicts how long it will take to recoup additional first cost.
More and more local, regional, and national government agencies require sustainable building practices or LEED certification. The Wall Street Journal reported that Michigan, Washington, and Arizona adopted guidelines to produce buildings that are more energy efficient and environmentally sensitive. The General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Army, Department of State, Department of Energy (DOE), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are adopting LEED or similar green-building standards. Twenty-five states including California, New York, Washington, and Oregon have adopted LEED, as have over 100
Gases that trap solar heat in the earth's atmosphere and contribute to global mean temperature are considered greenhouse gases. They take their name from the "greenhouse effect," the term that compares the heat-trapping gases to the glass panes of a greenhouse for the way they warm the atmosphere. According to the National Energy Information Center, "Many gases exhibit these greenhouse properties. Some of them occur in nature (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide), while others are exclusively human-made (like gases used for aerosols)." Some greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide, have more of an impact on global warming than carbon dioxide. In fact, methane (CH4) has 25 times the impact on global warming potential compared with carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (N2O) has 298 times the impact on global warming potential compared with carbon dioxide (CO2).
Studies show that human activities are rapidly increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which in turn is increasing global mean temperature. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cites climate models predicting the effects of higher temperatures, including rising sea levels and greater frequency of heat waves and floods. These events could have severe impact on the biosphere, human health, political stability, and economic development.
A carbon footprint is the quantification of energy-related emissions from human activity expressed in units of carbon dioxide (CO2). It includes all the heat, light, power, refrigeration, and transportation emissions associated with the harvesting, manufacturing, use, and disposal of a particular material, product, or service.
Carbon footprints are most closely linked to the burning of fossil fuels. The USGBC estimates that in the next 25 years, CO2 emissions from buildings will grow faster than those from any other sector of the economy, with commercial building emissions predicted to increase 1.8% through 2030. New commercial buildings will add an estimated 12 million metric tons of CO2 per year.
Sustainability and quality are closely linked. PCI quality programs such as the PCI Plant Certification Program have been utilized for nearly 50-years. Specifying PCI Certification may result in reduced waste material associated with defective product and better assurance of manufacturing to optimized designs.
Certification is part of an integrated, comprehensive, continuously improving quality system specific to the products or systems being addressed and directly linked to a substantial body of knowledge. Only a technical institute, like PCI, can provide all of the essential components for a comprehensive quality system intimately connected to the evolving body of knowledge for the industry it serves. This is the only way to ensure the highest levels of safety, quality, and client satisfaction.


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Jun 17, 2013 9:50AM
Watch: ATL Twins in 'Upper Echelon' by Travis Scott ft. TI & 2 Chainz
The Yeezus contributor debuts his new video.
21-year-old rapper/producer Travis Scott worked with Kanye on Yeezus tracks including 'Black Skinhead', 'New Slaves' and 'I Am A God'. Yesterday he released his self-directed video for 'Upper Echelon' which features collaborators TI (Travis is signed to Grand Hustle) and 2 Chainz. The David Lynchian visuals also feature teenage t-shirt design prodigy/Donda creative consultant Jalil Peraza, as well as Harmony Korine muses the ATL Twins, who basically play themselves.
Moral of the story: never go into the woods alone.


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The lengthy preview opens with some key moments from the previous season before showing what Carrie has been doing after she underwent electric shock therapy.
The first 20 minutes of "Homeland" season 2 premiere episode have been made available online ahead of the show's return on Showtime. It offers a catch-up to the first season by including some scenes from the first season, before featuring Carrie who spends most of her time tending her garden and teaching ESL to Arabic speakers.
No matter how hard she tries to avoid the stress of hunting terrorist, it's not long before she is dragged back into the risky job. Brody's political career is also highlighted in the video as he now becomes a sitting congressman in the House of Representatives.
"She's in a better place. She's sort of stabilized, and cocooned herself at her sister's house, who's looking after her," Claire Danes dished on what happened to her character after undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder. "She's gone through a full course of therapy and she's taken more responsibility for her condition and really committed herself to being well."
The Golden Globe-winning actress went on telling The Hollywood Reporter, "And then of course, just as she's managing that, she gets the call, and that is ruptured, that relative health. And she goes, fairly begrudgingly, and then gets intoxicated again, and realizes that she's going to have to find a way to reconcile her bipolar condition with her love for her work."
To see the first episode in full, fans should wait until Sunday, September 30 when the second season premieres at 10 P.M. ET/PT on Showtime.


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Flat Johny has arrived at the HP testing facility. Flat Johny you are lucky, what a great opportunity to go behind the scenes at HP. HP loves having Flat Stanleys visit. Today, Flat Johny helped out with testing and got to hang out with cool HP employees. Go Flat Johny!


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Enough Is Enough with MTA's Appalling Business Practices
Statement by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (R,I,C,WF – Sag Harbor)
June 25, 2009
The Empire Center for New York State Policy released their findings yesterday in regards to the payroll of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Not only does the release disclose that more than 10 percent of the MTA's workforce took home over $100,000 a year, it also shows that many employees are making in the range of $79,000-$150,000 over their base salaries. This new revelation about the MTA is appalling since they recently came to the state for a bailout because they could not afford to keep themselves afloat. This bailout, which I adamantly opposed and voted against, was passed, giving the MTA a free pass to act just as recklessly with their finances as they have in the past. It is absurd that while New York's taxpayers are forced to bear the MTA's financial burden they are paying out salaries well above the base pay for those positions. The MTA needs to be forced into being responsible with their finances but with the state bailing them out they have no incentive to do so. I call on the Governor and my colleagues in the state legislature to join me in opposition to the MTA's continuous disrespect for New York's taxpayers. As the governing officials of New York State, we need to force them to reform their business practices so that they are spending within their means and in a way that the public transportation system is not negatively affected.


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Senate Minority Leader McConnell brutally spelled out the GOP's priorities one day after President Obama's inauguration, which was to ensure that Obama is "a one-term president."
His second priority is protecting "your (Republican) brand." That's right — the reason to worry about a downturn that could kill millions of jobs and wipe out what's left of our retirement and housing values is that it might interfere with GOP positioning.
During the national debt ceiling negotiations, President Obama offered Speaker Boehner a 10-year budget deficit spending cut deal which offered $6 of spending cuts for each $1 of revenue. Speaker Boehner agreed with that plan. Speaker Boehner could not sell their plan to the Teabaggers in the U.S. House of Representatives. The plan did not meet their agenda of more tax breaks for large corporations, less government environmental regulations, small government, cut spending on the poor, seniors, student loans, etc.
Yes, Mr. Krueg, the U.S. government almost failed to pay its bills because of the Teabaggers in Congress. President Obama's jobs bill was not a joke! It balanced spending and debt reduction.
During the last three months of George W. Bush's administration, 700,000 jobs were lost per month per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was OK?
President Obama has made numerous efforts to negotiate bipartisan economic plans, only to be met by stonewalling, obstructionist Republicans in the U.S. Congress. They are hypocrites and only care about protecting "your GOP brand."
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