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J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng. vol.54 no.2 Midrand ene. 2012
Prediction of the debonding/ slip load of composite deck slabs using fracture mechanics
J Mahachi; M Dundu
The aim of this paper is to develop equations that can be used to predict the load at which debonding or slip occurs in composite deck slabs, failing as a result of shear bond rupture. Debonding is the separation of the bonded steel plate from the concrete. The expressions are based on end-slip of the shear span occurring prior to ultimate load. Shear bond failure is considered to be a result of breakdown of mechanical and frictional resistance force between the steel and the concrete interface. Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) is assumed and the eccentric axial force transmitted by the steel deck is calculated using rotational congruence. The theoretical debonding load results are found to be comparable with experimental results, and to be of use in formulating the response of composite slabs when subjected to fatigue load.
Keywords: composite decks, debonding, shear bond failure, linear elastic fracture mechanics, fatigue
Composite steel deck floor slabs consist of concrete cast on top of cold-formed profiled steel sheets (Krige & Mahachi 1995). The steel deck is made by cold-forming structural grade sheet steel into a repeating pattern of parallel ribs, and the concrete, which may be either lightweight or normal weight, is then poured onto the decking, usually by pumping, to make up the composite system. Metal decking acts both as permanent formwork for the concrete, eliminating the need to provide props, and as tensile reinforcement for the slab. The integral composite action between the steel deck and the concrete is provided by mechanical interlocking devices (embossments) capable of resisting horizontal shear and preventing vertical separation of the steel/concrete interface. This form of slab construction is particularly popular for multi-storey buildings and bridge construction, when rapid construction is required.
Tests carried out by a number of researchers (Ekberg & Schuster 1968; Schuster & Ekberg 1970; Luttrell & Davison 1973; Porter & Ekberg 1976; Wright et al 1987; Mahachi 1997) have shown that generally the two materials exhibit complete interaction at relatively low loads. The load vs vertical mid-span deflection is linear up to the point when loss of interaction between the two materials occurs. The loss of interaction has been attributed to loss in shear bond. Determination of the debonding load is important, since it has been observed in fatigue tests (Mahachi 1994, 1995) that subjecting composite slabs to fatigue loads above the debonding load generally results in shear bond rupture. The debonding load is also important for serviceability, since deflection of the slab should be such that slippage does not occur at working loads. This paper will focus on the development of the debonding load for two steel deck profiles manufactured in South Africa, i.e. the Bond-Lok and the Bond-Dek.
The Bond-Lok and Bond-Dek floor slabs are one-way spanning slabs and are designed to carry uniformly distributed loads. They provide permanent formwork/shuttering to the wet concrete floor with an attractive flat ceiling on the underside and are able to span up to 3 m, unsupported, thus saving on the props utilised. The Bond-Lok decks have plain cold-rolled profiled steel sheets with male and female ribs that interlock. The deck has some form of re-entrant or dove tail angle, which prohibits vertical separation of concrete and steel deck due to the interlocking shape. When used with concrete, the system forms a composite slab, with the ribs bonded to the slab. A chemical bond is also formed with the ribs and flat section of the unit. The Bond-Lok tested in this investigation had a cover of 320 mm, gauge thickness of 0.92 mm and a trough depth of 50 mm (Figure 1(a)). To prevent rusting, galvanised surface coating with an average thickness of 0.035 mm (Z275) was bonded on both surfaces of the metal deck.
The steel deck profile for the Bond-Dek is trapezoidal in cross-section, as shown Figure 1(b). This figure also shows the dimensions of the Bond-Dek specimen that was tested. Both surfaces of the profile were galvanised with a 0.015 coating to prevent rusting. The shear connection in Bond-Dek is more reliable than that of the Bond-Lok, because of the embossments that project from the corrugations. The embossments run across the webs and provide good mechanical shear connection. The profile of the Bond-Dek is further stiffened by longitudinal grooves that run along the steel deck flanges to reduce the effects of buckling during construction loading. Both composite systems have been fire-tested by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSlR) in South Africa and have qualified for a rating of two hours. For normal applications of Bond-Dek steel floors, no additional reinforcing other than a light mesh for shrinkage control is required, typically 193 mesh.
The behaviour and strength of composite slabs are often governed by the horizontal shear load at the interface of the steel deck and the concrete. Shear connection between steel and concrete is normally achieved by chemical adhesion, frictional resistance and mechanical interlock, collectively. The bond thus attained depends on panel geometry, thickness of the steel sheeting and concrete, surface conditions of the steel deck and types of embossments or rolled dimples that project from the steel deck into the concrete.
In this analysis, equations to predict the load (Pd) at which debonding occurs are developed using linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). LEFM is assumed since concrete does not behave plastically under tensile situations. The horizontal slip resistance requires two experimentally determined parameters to model the interface slip, i.e. the coefficient of friction, , and the shear strength parameter, τ. The analysis is performed on a simply supported composite deck slab subjected to static point line loads. When subjected to loading, a discrete crack is assumed to form and propagate in the concrete under one of the loading points as shown in Figure 2.
The following assumptions will be made in the analysis:
1. The crack is assumed to propagate vertically upwards from the bottom.
2. Within the regime of LEFM, a linear elastic law will be assumed for concrete, and a rigid-plastic constitutive law for steel. This assumption can be considered valid since debonding normally occurs in the linear elastic regime.
3. The interface slip consists mainly of mechanical interlock and friction. The effect of the adhesion bond is assumed to be negligible.
4. Debonding of the steel/concrete interface occurs before the ultimate load.
In order to calculate the rotation in a cracked element, subjected to a bending moment and/or axial force, it is proposed to use the "Compliance Approach", suggested by Okamura et al (1973, 1975) and Carpinteri (1984). For this approach to work, the composite cross-section is converted to an "equivalent" rectangular section by transforming the section so that the bending stiffness about the X-X axis remains the same, as shown in Figure 3. In the transformed section, the steel area is assumed to be concentrated at a height h from the bottom, and a crack of height a, penetrating through the thickness of the model.
Consider a small element of the slab of length as shown in Figure 3, subjected to an opening external moment M. Under the external moment, LEFM assumes that the force transmitted to the concrete increases with increasing moment until slippage or yielding of steel occurs. Due to the influence of the moment an eccentric axial force Fst will be induced in the steel deck. The force transmitted by the steel deck to the beam can be estimated by the principle of rotational congruence. This force is expected to increase linearly as the moment increases, until debonding occurs. The stress intensity factor K1 for a rectangular section (width b and height d) that contains an edge crack of depth a, subjected to a bending moment Mx about the centroid of the section has been shown by Okamura et al (1973, 1975) to be given by:
where, the function of the relative crack depth ζ is for ζ < 0.7 and IMAGEM AQUI
Similarly, the stress intensity factor K2 for a rectangular section subjected to an axial force Fx acting at the level of the steel has been shown by Okamura et al (1973, 1975) to be
Whilst an uncracked section behaves as a perfectly fixed joint, a cracked section behaves as an elastic joint. Using a rotational congruence approach similar to that used by Okamura et al (1973, 1975) and Carpinteri (1981) for reinforced concrete, the rotation φ of the crack due to an applied bending moment Mx and an axial force Fx can be evaluated by the principle of linear superposition as
Parameters and are the compliances of the member due to the existence of the crack and can be derived from energy methods by considering the moment Mx and the axial force acting together to give
At the point of slippage the net rotation φ = 0 since the applied bending moment to open the crack and the axial force from the steel deck, to close the same crack, are of the same magnitudes. Setting φ = 0 in Eq (5) yields the angular compatibility equation:
From Figure 3, the applied bending moment Mx = M - Fst(d/2 - h) and the axial force Fx = -Fst. Substituting Mx and Fx in Eq (8) gives
Rearranging Eq 9 gives the indeterminate force Fst as a function of the applied moment M, that is
From Eq (11):
Substituting Eq (12) into Eq (10) results in
Now consider the equilibrium of horizontal forces, along the shear span as shown in Figure 4.
In the figure Lc is the overhang length, Ls is the shear span and Ft is the interface force. If a load P is applied to the composite system (see Figure 1), then the slab is subjected to a two-point line loading, with each point load of magnitude P/2. For horizontal equilibrium, the interface force is Fi given by
where Fc = Force in the concrete. The limiting force F1 at the interface is due to the mechanical interlock and friction (Patrick & Bridge 1990; Schuster & Ling 1990) and is given by
where V is the clamping force due the vertical reaction, At is the interface area, im is the mechanical shear strength parameter and the coefficient of friction. As long as Ft < F1 no slippage occurs. This implies that the limit force for slippage to occur is
It can be deduced from Eqs (14), (15) and (16) that debonding starts to occur when
Substituting Eq (17) into Eq (13) yields
Eq (18) can be solved to obtain the maximum loads that can be applied to the slab before debonding starts to occur.
Fatigue tests were carried out by Mahachi (1997) in order to determine the response of composite Bond-Lok and Bond-Dek slabs to fatigue loading. Initial experimental tests involved the determination of the maximum ultimate static load, as well as the load at which debonding occurs. It was necessary to determine the load at which slip occurred, since applying a fatigue load above this resulted in immediate failure or a failure after a few hundred cycles. Typical section and material properties of the tested specimens are given in Table 1.
The shear bond parameters (mean shear stress per unit horizontal area (xm) and coefficient of frication ()) were established using the test method, developed by Patrick & Bridge (1990). The slabs were cast on the laboratory floor, and after 28 days the slabs were lifted onto the testing platform. In all tests, the composite slabs were one-way spanning and simply-supported on a span of 3.5 m. Tests were conducted using centre-line loading and two-point-line loading. The line loading was applied across the width of the specimen. For the two-point line loading, the shear span was maintained at 1.2 m. During testing, readings were taken of the vertical mid-span deflections and the horizontal differential movement or slip between the steel sheeting and the concrete slab using LVDTs and dial gauges. Typical graphs of the load vs mid-span deflections and end-slip for the Bond-Lok are shown in Figure 5.
Similar load-deflection graphs were developed for composite Bond-Dek slabs, and were documented by Mahachi (1997).
Substituting V and M in Eq (18) for a slab subjected to a two-point loading, with a shear span Ls yields the total load:
If, however, the coefficient of friction is neglected, then and Eq (19) reduces to:
From Eq (19) it can be observed that the effect of is to increase the load at which debonding occurs, particularly for shorter spans.
Eq (18) is valid for:
Using a value of = 0.2 and Tm = 0.095 JV7mm2 (determined as suggested by Patrick & Bridge 1990), the shear span for the Bond-Lok can be shown to be greater than 19 mm (Ls > 19 mm). This implies that Eq (18) is valid for all practical span lengths. A plot of Eqs (18) and (19) is shown in Figure 6. From the figure, the debonding load increases with decreasing shear span, Ls. Also, the effect of friction is greater for shorter spans than longer spans. As the shear span increases, the debonding load approaches a constant value of 6 kN. Values of the shear span (Ls), overhang length (Lc), average depth of the specimens (de) and the average position of the steel area ha are given in Table 2.
The equivalent sections of the Bond-Lok and Bond-Dek were calculated using the bending strength criteria. The equivalent widths (be) for the Bond-Lok and Bond-dek were found to be 307 mm and 590 mm respectively. Using the shear values of rm = 0.095 VV7mm2 for the Bond-Lok and rm = 0.12 mm2 for the Bond-Dek, the theoretical loads (Ptd) were calculated (see Table 2). It can be seen from this table that the theoretical debonding loads and the experimental loads (Ped) are acceptably close. Also the effect of the coefficient of friction is to increase the debonding load by only 1% to 2%, which is significantly small.
The use of fracture mechanics enables the calculations of the debonding load Pd to be carried out without recourse to several experimental tests. This formulation requires only two experimentally determined input parameters, i.e. the coefficient of friction and the shear strength per unit area τη. However, the effect of the coefficient of friction is negligible compared to shear strength. It is anticipated that using non-linear elasto-plastic fracture mechanics will enable the determination of the ultimate load without embarking on several experimental tests.
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A few weeks ago, the World Bank and the Korea Development Institute convened a global conference on the science of delivery. Several development institutions assembled including the Gates Foundation, the Grameen Foundation, UNICEF, the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, and the mHealth Alliance. We discussed development opportunities and challenges when focusing on the extremely poor, including experiments in health care, how technology is reducing costs and increasing effectiveness, and the difficulty of moving from successful pilots to delivery at scale.
The consensus in Seoul was that a science of delivery underscores the importance of a data-driven and rigorous process to understand what works, under what conditions, why, and how. Too often in international development, we jump to conclusions without understanding counterfactuals and assume we can replicate success without understanding its constituent elements.
Our two units (World Bank Institute and World Bank's ICT Unit) focus on integrating technology and innovative processes into World Bank-supported programs to tackle global challenges — from youth employment, food security, and climate change to water, sanitation, health, and education. This has made it clear to us that there are no blueprint solutions. Even when we know what works in one context, we need to adapt and adopt solutions and pay close attention to implementation as a science (some call it an art).
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2. End-user preferences matter. We shouldn't assume we know what "users" want or need (whether they are patients, students, or water users) without asking them and allowing them to make informed choices. Too often we over-supply what people don't need (e.g. prostate surgeries in the United States) and under-supply what they want (a better quality of life).
3. Complex problems don't fit neatly into sector-specific boxes or correspond to the way experts and expert-led institutions are organized. Places like the World Bank have practices dedicated to health, education, water, and transport, for example. But the challenge of youth unemployment is about education, labor markets, private sector development, and access to finance. It doesn't fit neatly into any one box and requires multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder teams to identify binding constraints and leverage strengths from government, the private sector, and civil society to 'unblock' them.
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Development needs a much more robust learning-by-doing approach to solve vexing challenges with (rather than for) clients. This requires humility and the courage to admit what has not worked. What if we could publish an annual learning from failure report and use failure as an opportunity to iterate and improve outcomes? What if our data was open for all to see throughout project implementation, recognizing that solutions can emerge from unexpected places? Why can't we assemble multi-disciplinary teams with expertise in areas which include behavioral science, technology, and impact evaluation to work with sector experts on the hardest delivery challenges?
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Dear Aleem,
Good to see you use the term "positive deviants" an important concept tool little employed.
While i agree with you we need to learn as we execute, it is also important to plan for the amount of time that is needed for learning. At PRAN we did a pilot, and moved on to the next big thing before systematically learning what we had achieved.
Dear Aleem,
We worked on a small pilot project using mobile phones to survey monthly beneficiaries who are part of a DFID funded extreme poverty livelihoods programme in Bangladesh. The pilot was a success and we eventually rolled it out on across the programme - a smart phone based monitoring system that surveys every month on a census level over 100,000 beneficiary households! More information can be found here: http://www.shiree.org/extreme-poverty-monitor/cms-2-monthly-snapshot/
The data we receive from the field is processed in real-time and the results of the data available on a visualisation dashboard. The really unique part is that the visualisation not only allows the user to see trends across the country, but has been designed as a MANAGEMENT tool - so you can identify outliers households who are 'failing' and then give targeted support. A so-called learning-by-doing approach.
Whilst not a perfect system, it is possible to go from a pilot to full scale in a short space of time!
Hello Colleagues, I do like to echo your opinions, it is real the fact that one-size does not fit all, and fully agree that some technical experts need raise awareness the value process expertise, iteration, and the challenges of implementation. The stakeholder analysis and client-oriented strategy is the key element for making the successful practice. It do need to analysis why it is successful and the other doesn't work.
I do hope there is a open platform for this kind information sharing and exchange.
Interesting to see ... thank you it's well done!
confirming Allems and Chris reported principles.
Programs have to accommodate frequent changes of plans and decisions by the independent groups. It becomes clear that only those support organizations that attempt to institutionalize learning mechanisms have a chance to reach their goals, which may also be changing in the process.
Public service agents had particular difficulty accepting the concepts of reflection and self-reflection, generally due to their top-down training and work in hierarchies. They tend to:
• be inclined to emphasize their status and find it difficult to accept the poor as equal partners in development,
• be trained to convince the participants (or worse, to use authority) and they often do not see how ineffective these methods have been.
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As a gift for my 40th birthday, my wife got me the awesome 2nd gen. iPod Touch. I've been playing with a Graphing Calculator app, experimenting with various video encoding curves.
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Hi Ive been tinkering with FirstLight and Cineform stuff to convert my Canon 60D footage and tweak colors.
Im still trying to understand the encode curve... your manual says 'most cameras' use 2.2... and I tried that setting.. but for some reason - I really like the Log90 setting better on all the footage... I still display at gamma 2.2 because I know my monitor is putting that out.
Can you explain the encode Log90 a bit? What is this setting really used for... and is it ok to use it based on what Im seeing? or am I just introducing problems by tinkering in places I should not be?
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Wow! Such and old post to comment on.
You are doing nothing wrong, and I to sometimes mess with the workspace curves to begin a color correction. This particular change acts a gentle contrast reduction, somewhat expanding the perceived dynamic range.
Workspace curves are needed as FirstLight generally doesn't know how the source originally converted linear light to image data. We need to know how to convert back to linear or mathematically correct white-balance and exposure controls, all other operations are unaffected. This is a creative process, so mathematically correctness is not all that important.
Sorry for the old posting post! :)
Just that I was digging for some deeper explanation of Log90 and this was all I could really find...but glad to hear it from the scientists themselves that its a-ok to use a Log90 curve on footage that probably was not captured in Log90 format... I wonder where I can find out the 'actual' gamma capture curve of specific Canon cameras? I don't think thats written anywhere in the docs for these cameras... hmm.
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An event in a narrative is a change or transformation from one state to another.
An event refers to a process rather than a state of being, though this is many times hard to discern in a text, as most sentences seem to refer to processes. However, for an event to occur, some alteration must take place--relying on contextual clues is crucial to determine this change.
"There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!'...it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and, burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again."
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- This is an example of an event because it describes the action of Alice going down the rabbit hole and suggests a metamorphosis in both her outlook and her physical position in the story.
Critical Debates
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With recent amendments to the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 (re-named the Clery Act), we are now able to publish our campus safety information for the university community via the World Wide Web. The University of Vermont's annual security report includes statistics for the previous three completed calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by UVM; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report includes institutional policies concerning alcohol and drug abuse, crime prevention, the reporting of crime, sexual assault, and other important information and resource referrals. You can obtain a copy of this report below or by contacting the Department of Police Services (802-656-2027).
To view a report, first select the type, and then select the date range from the menus below.
Crime & Fire Log
A hard copy of the Crime & Fire Log is available for public inspection during University Business Hours at UVM Police Services at 284 East Avenue.
The UVM Police Services assigns an incident number for all reportable activities, both criminal and non-criminal. Crimes are in chronological order.
According to Federal Law, an institution may withhold any of the required fields of entry, i.e. the nature, date, time, location and/or disposition if any of the following conditions apply:
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By Connie Cass
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The voting law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power is now outdated, the Supreme Court says.
Whether that's a marker of racial progress or proof of backsliding will be hotly debated. But neither side denies that remarkable changes were wrought through the nearly half-century-old Voting Rights Act.
As the issue moves to Congress, a look at the law's history:
15th AMENDMENT
The right to vote, for American men at least, was supposed to be guaranteed when the 15th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War.
The amendment says: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Freed slaves began voting and even winning office, but former Confederate states came up with tactics to evade the 15th Amendment.
These literacy tests, poll taxes and other discriminatory laws, as well as intimidation and violence, continued for decades. In 1940, only 3 percent of eligible blacks in the South were registered to vote, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Nearly a century after the amendment was ratified in 1870, the civil rights movement forced the nation to acknowledge the injustice.
Activists who tried to help blacks register in the South in the 1960s were met with violence. The fatal shooting of a demonstrator by a law officer in Alabama inspired the idea of a march to the state capital on March 7, 1965.
Hundreds of marchers on their way to Montgomery were clubbed and tear-gassed by state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma. TV news cameras captured what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
Protesters across the country rallied in support of the marchers. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. flew to Selma to lead demonstrations. And President Lyndon Johnson seized the momentum to propel the Voting Rights Act through Congress.
He signed it into law on Aug. 6, 1965.
The law outlawed racial discrimination against voters in local, state and federal elections.
Some entire states, as well as counties in other states, were subjected to special federal enforcement, based on a formula used to weigh their record on voting rights. They had to get approval in advance before they could make even minor changes to voting laws, such as moving polling places.
The enforcement provisions were originally seen as emergency measures that might be allowed to expire in 1970 if no longer needed.
But lawmakers extended the provisions in 1970, 1975 and 1982. In 2006, Congress voted overwhelmingly to keep them another 25 years.
"We've made progress toward equality, yet the work for a more perfect union is never ending," President George W. Bush said as he signed the legislation.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Tuesday effectively halts enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, unless Congress updates it.
The court said Congress has failed to adjust the law to reflect decades of strides toward racial equality. The United States now has a black president; a black justice sits on the Supreme Court. And 48 years after "Bloody Sunday," Selma is governed by a black mayor, Chief Justice John Roberts noted, writing for the court's conservative majority.
The Supreme Court decision means that a host of state and local laws in covered jurisdictions now can take effect without Justice Department approval. Prominent among those are voter identification laws in Alabama and Mississippi.
The other covered states are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota, and some local jurisdictions in Michigan, are also included.
Enforcement coverage has been triggered by discrimination not only against blacks, but also against American Indians, Asian-Americans, Alaska Natives and Hispanics.
Under the law, jurisdictions can break away from federal oversight if they show a clean record on voting rights for 10 years. Towns in New Hampshire were released in March.
President Barack Obama said the Supreme Court decision was a disappointing setback. He called on Congress to act to rectify the situation.
The Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate find few points of agreement these days, however. And Congress did nothing in response to a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that warned lawmakers that the Voting Rights Act's enforcement formula needed to be updated.
Unless Congress acts, there will be no deterrent to changes that would undermine voting rights, such as redrawing districts to dilute the power of minority voters. Voters can still use lawsuits to challenge such changes.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing in dissent, said throwing out effective enforcement was akin to "throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
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There was no systematic recording of any sessions at the 2008 Midwinter Meeting, nor is there a systematic archive of handouts or other program materials. However, handouts, podcasts, blog posts, and other information may be archived by committees, and will be posted here as they are located.
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A Baltimore grand jury indicted a city police officer on Thursday on charges that he had a sexual relationship with a girl who was a minor, according to a statement by the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office.
The indictment charges Frederick Allen with two counts of sex abuse of a minor and a third degree sex offense for the sexual relationship between June 2005 and September 2006.
The officer has not been arrested and no arraignment date has been set, the statement said.
"Fred Allen's alleged actions are shameful and do a great disservice to the hard work of the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department," said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, in a statement.
The state's attorney's office would not release any other details about the charges and did not answer questions about whether the alleged abuse occurred while Allen was on duty. The indictment said that Allen was supervising the minor when the abuse occurred.
Police officials said the department has moved to suspend Allen without pay.
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The great seal was designed in 1934 by Earl Pellerin, the first professor of architecture, and later, the first dean of architecture at Lawrence Tech. The allegorical figure on the left, wearing academic garb, represents "theory," and the figure on the right, controlling a governor on a piece of machinery, represents "practice." The "V" hidden in the foliage above the shield first appeared to signify Allied victory in World War II, when many Lawrence Tech alumni, faculty, and students played leadership roles in the region's contributions as the "Arsenal of Democracy." The motto "Theory and Practice" is in English rather than the heroic Latin to signify the bond between the University and its working constituents.
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Set a deadline and award an Edmodo Badge or participation points for those who join in time.
Create a scavenger hunt of Edmodo activities that every student needs to complete. Check out this example from Edmodo teacher, Melissa Butler.
Promise to install a fun Edmodo App in the group if the entire class signs up by a specified date.
Break up the class into groups and create a friendly competition–the first group to get all of its members on Edmodo wins!
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Tell them that there is app availavle as well to sign up!
If you post homework, assignments, and challenges on there, as well as encourage them to use it to post homework questions, it will definitely get them on there. It's also handy for if you're running out of time in class and you can just say "I'll post the homework on Edmodo" without having to make your class late.
I think edmodo is cool and it will be good for kids including that i am a kid
I put up videos and along with the video, tell the students that those who watch it and write down 3 facts that they learn, they will get extra bonus points on their next test. I do not let the students know when they are going to be there so that they have to get onto Edmodo every night to check.
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For your 5th birthday we decided to take a family trip to San Antonio. Not only is this your 5th birthday, but each day of the week fell just as it did the year you died. We relived each day and the memories of that week. It was an emotional week.
We drove to Austin on Thursday so we could watch the bats fly out from the Congress Street bridge and eat famous Austin food. Our plan was to get up early and drive into San Antonio and spend your birthday at Sea World - of course wearing our We remember Adrian Joseph "A.J." MEND shirts. Friday morning we got up and got on the road....and I-35 was a parking lot!
After sitting through traffic for a bit we decided to exit and go to the Natural Bridge Caverns and just go to Sea World Saturday instead. We detoured through the winding country roads and arrived at the Caverns about 15 minutes before the next tour left. We hustled in to buy tickets and get the boys to the potty. The standard announcement "The next tour will be leaving in XX minutes, please meet your tour guide out on the terrace" was being made. We were sitting on the terrace looking at the beautiful scenery around us as yet another announcement was made...although this one was slightly different. "The next tour will be leaving in 5 minutes, please meet your tour guide, A.J., on the terrace."
My heart skipped a beat and my eyes welled with tears...was my imagination playing tricks on me? No, about that moment a young 21ish year-old young man walked up with a name tag reading A.J. I began trembling...this was not part of our plan...we were supposed to be at Sea World today...and we're not, we are here with a tour guide who has YOUR name.
I could barely contain myself. I walked up to him and told him through the tears "Can I take a picture of your name tag? I have a son who died 5 years ago today...and his name is A.J. and we were not supposed to be here, we were supposed to be at Sea World, and we are here instead...and God knew you'd be our guide...and we're here...and not there!!" He smiled at me with an expression of "OH WOW" and read my shirt "Amber Zuckerman remembering Adrian Joseph "A.J." and said "My name is Andrew James". He instantly ushered Eli and Alex up to the front of the tour group and we began.
A.J. took special care to point out the awesome cool stalagmites giving us a rather VIP experience. After we were done, I was in the gift shop and A.J. came up to me...by then it had all sunk in. "So let me get this straight, you weren't supposed to be here today? You were supposed to go to Sea World, but instead God directed you here? With me as your tour guide? Can I ask what happened to your son?" So as I stood there sharing your story with this young man, all I could think about is how amazing God is. It is your 5th birthday...somehow we survived 5 years...and God keeps showing us signs that renew our trust, our faith, and our hope....
...and once again, God detoured our plan - for His plan!!!
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You said "Hello" in the most special way!
For your 5th birthday we decided to take a family trip to San Antonio. Not only is this your 5th birthday, but each day of the week fell just as it did the year you died. We relived each day and the memories of that week. It was an emotional week.
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Happy 5th Birthday! (MEND Newsletter tribute)
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Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud is an island in Cuba.
Victoria, [1] is the local periodical.
Flora and fauna[edit]
The large American crocodile and the smaller, endangered Cuban crocodile both inhabit the island.
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Cubana de Aviación, from La Habana. The prices are going to change in 2007-01/02, increasing from 20' pesos to 90 something. Reservations are imperative, with at least 5 days in advance. Note: most Internet sources are outdated, Aerotaxi doesn't fly to Isla de la Juventud anymore.
By boat[edit]
Bus from Ciudad de La Habana (Estación Central de Ómnibus) to Batabanó (Habana province, south of the capital): 5 CUP for everybody (Astro bus). Go to the small ticket office of the NCC company (hard to find, better ask where it is) in the Estación Central de Ómnibus. You get a reservation for Batabanó (if you pay in CUC, you'll have reserved places so you this reservation is a guarantee to leave) plus a ticket for a right to go on the bus (you pay inside). I'm not sure about the bus leaving hours, but they seem to be in the morning (09:00-12:00?).
The boat ("Kometa" catamaran) costs 50 pesos per person (25 for children of less than 12 years of age):
No reservations needed to go to the island. Best to buy a ticket with one day in advance for the return (or you'll have to wake up at 5 A.M. to leave at 12 A.M.). 1 to 2 boats daily, excepts on Sundays. The trip isn't a experience per se (modern, long, highly cooled air, can't go on deck...). No bicycle can be brought on the island. Knifes and the such must be checked in (free, secure and minimal loss of time).
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An old Lada with a driver will cost you 35-40 CUC a day. There are only 2 official car taxis on the island, the rest are bicitaxis. You can also rent a bicycle by the hour or the day.
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Nice beach near Nueva Gerona. Poorly managed as of 2006-12 (rotting algae on the beach) but nice sea. There's a key about 1 km away from the beach (Cayo de los Monos) that can be accessed through vigorous swimming. It's also a nice place for sportive diving.
Nice 20 min hike to the hills that oversee Nueva Gerona. Physical but nice. Ask for directions to get to the base of a hill (near "la Cueva del Agua") then just go up following trails when you find them. The base of the hill is filled with rubbish heaps but the top and the middle are nearly pristine.
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Serious Green: Top 10 U.S. Food Policy Locations
If you're starting to feel overwhelmed by all the recent talk about food policy, local eating, and industrial farms it might be time to stop reading and just look at some photos. Over at the blog U.S. Food Policy: A Public Interest Perspective, Parker Wilde has rounded up the top ten U.S. Food Policy Destinations that are an effect of (or are affecting) current food policy in the U.S. today.
Wilde, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University is a food economist and teaches classes on food policy. He highlights the small farm that Michael Pollan made famous in The Omnivore's Dilemma along with the world's largest pork slaughterhouse. What makes his choices so effective is that he's paired the locations with Google Map satellite shots. Actually getting to see these different locations is what makes an impact.
Be sure to check out the comments, where others have contributed their own top locations, such as a cattle feedlot with 100,000 cows. I'd add a neighborhood with no access to fresh produce, the small farm where I worked in college, and the new White House garden as signposts of U.S. food policy today and a hope for the future of US food policy tomorrow. What would your top locations be?
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The new version is sporting a bunch of bug fixes as well as some new/updated features.
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Engaging: Symantha + Kenlon
We are so looking forward to Symantha & Ken's wedding tomorrow!
They are such a fun couple, just check out their engagements by Duane Peck Photography!
Ken's a video producer & Symantha was all about having a driving concept for their big day, so once we heard the words old Hollywood cinema & a love for Mad Man that was all we needed!
Can't wait for all the amazing details to transpire on Friday...did I mention there will be a cinema style candy concession station & a star studded aisle?


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Bratz Rock Angelz will empower fans of the wildly popular line of fashion dolls to explore their own "passion for fashion" in a unique interactive adventure game. Fans will be immersed in the Bratz World as they embark on a series of voyages in search of intriguing stories to inspire and create their very own fashion magazine. Bratz Rock Angelz lets you slip into the shes of any of the four Bratz Girls. You can customize all of the Bratz girls hair, make-up, and outfits as you shop for the latest fashions and travel to exotic International locations to investigate the hottest stories to create your own fashion magazine. Bratz Rock Angelz literally brings the toy franchise to life by letting players chat face-to-face with the Bratz characters in their own world.
Also known as: Bratz Rock Angels
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 4, 2005
Publisher: THQ
Also available on: PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube
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Inspiring Hero and Soldier Quotes
This Veteran's Day, we honor those who have so bravely served this country.
America is founded on the principle of freedom, justice, and liberty for all. Our nation's soldiers serve every day to protect our country and its ideals.
On Veteran's Day, take a sacred moment to remember the those who sacrifice their lives every moment to achieve peace and democracy.
Read quotes by John F. Kennedy , Maya Angelou, and more on how our veterans are heroes that embody this country's best qualities.
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IC student association's campaign goes national
Two students help African children gain access to education.
Global Frederick Startup '56 is "sort of like Santa Claus" to kids in South and Central America and Africa. by Greg Ryan '08
Frederick Startup '56 didn't want to leave, and Ruddy Acebo, the eight-year-old girl clinging to his leg, didn't want him to leave, either. She, her parents, and Frederick had just enjoyed an afternoon of sightseeing,...
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It was a frigid Saturday evening in November, yet small beads of sweat dripped from Emily MacDowell's forehead. The young alumna was finishing preparations for an event she'd begun...
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Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to install a new, permanent bailout fund a year earlier than planned, a sign that the continent still struggles to find the right cure for its sovereign debt crisis.
At a meeting in Brussels last night, the Eurogroup decided to launch the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and provide it with a volume of €500 billion ($650 billion).
Criticism came quickly. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the fund should be boosted to €750 billion ($976 billion). Europe needs "higher firewalls," said IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in a speech at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin on Monday.
The German government promptly rejected the suggestion. Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country was doing everything needed to save the euro, but that a boosting of the rescue fund is unnecessary at this point of time. Germany supplies €22 billion ($28.5 billion) in cash and €168 billion ($218.5 billion) in guarantees to the ESM. Germany has shouldered the largest share of this bailout funding so far.
The backdrop to the current argument is the ongoing debate about the priorities in solving the euro debt crisis. Germany insists on budgetary discipline as the main tool. Before Ms. Merkel commits to spending more money on bailing out ailing economies, she wants to see implementation of the fiscal union she pushed through at the last EU summit in December that would give Brussels more control over individual countries' budgets. By March, member states are supposed to have ratified the union, subscribing to the German idea of austerity.
Critics of Merkel's position say that thrift is not the answer, nor does Europe have time until March. Mrs. Lagarde, who on Sunday met with Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, was clearly not satisfied by the outcome of that meeting.
"The longer we wait, the worse it will get," Lagarde said in her speech on Monday. "We must all understand that this is a defining moment. It is not about saving any one country or region. It is about saving the world from a downward economic spiral."
The IMF warned on Tuesday that the euro area would fall into a "mild recession" this year. The eurozone's economy is expected to shrink by .5 percent, according to the IMF's revised forecast released today.
Lagarde appealed to Germany to fulfill its leadership role. She urged the chancellor to accept financial risk-sharing in the eurozone – possibly in the shape of so-called eurobonds – and an increased engagement of the European Central Bank (ECB) to provide capital to indebted economies as well as to private banks.
"It's a bit of a gamble," says Christian Dreger, an analyst at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin. "The German government tries to force its European partners into fiscal discipline as long as it can. But rather sooner than later it will have to give in and think about growth programs. In the meantime though, Germany profits from the crisis – its bonds are in high demand."
At their Brussels meeting the EU finance ministers also discussed the stalled negotiations on a debt swap deal between the Greek government and its private creditors. Talks in Athens about the amount of Greek sovereign debt private lenders would have to write off and about the interest rate lenders would get on new bonds ended on Sunday without a result.
The finance ministers backed Greece, which is asking for an interest rate of about 3.5 percent, while the investors ask for at least 4 percent. The aim of the deal is to reduce the Greek sovereign debts of €350 billion ($454 billion) by about €100 billion ($130 billion). But negotiations have been going on for seven months now and if an agreement is not reached within days, a Greek default seems inevitable.
Some observers think the country should prepare for that event anyway. "Even if the haircut for Greece was 100 percent, it would not solve the problem," says Robert Halver, analyst at Baader Bank in Frankfurt. "Greece does not have a viable business plan. Let them leave the euro, restructure, and come back reinvigorated in 10 years time."


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Evening Primrose Oil Your Natural Side soothes, hydrates and nourishes any type of skin. Calms and soothes the sensitive skin, problematic skin, skin prone to redness and allergy. Provides protection against external factors. Does not clog pores.
It is ideal for dry and strongly dry skin, delicate baby skin, sensitive skin, mature skin with signs of aging. For skin that needs firming, problem skin, scaly, contaminated, prone to clogging. For dry and damaged hair and nails.
Evening Primrose Ooil is obtained by the cold pressing of the evening primrose seed (Oenothera Biennis). This plant originally native to North America, is now widespread worldwide. It can also be found in Poland.
Cold pressed, unrefined, Organic.
Bottle with spray.
How to Use:
as a face cream - take a small amount of butter to massage the face, neck and neckline. To enhance the effect, you can mix in your hand with your favorite oil or with hyaluronic acid in the gel - it will moisturize your skin and make it look velvety smooth.
as a body lotion - massage a small amount of butter into the skin. You can mix the butter with any oil to ease the application. Massage the selected body parts - warm up any amount of butter and then massage the selected body parts. You can mix previously with any base oil to make the application easier,
strengthens the action of the cream/lotion - Mix butter with your favorite cream or lotion just before use, and then massage into the skin,
mask for the hair - warm butter, put on dry hair at least 20 minutes before washing, then wash your hair with shampoo without SLS. To enhance the effect, apply for a longer period, eg for the all night,
to protect the ends of the hair - to regenerate and protect the hair tips from harmful weather conditions, tangles and treatments (such as straightening), rub a small amount of butter into dry or wet hair ends,
perfect for the hard skin - massage a small amount of butter into the hard places on the skin like elbows or knees. You can use avocado butter also as regenerative treatment for cracked heels or dry hands. For this purpose, before bed, massage the butter into the heel of the skin/hands and then put on cotton socks/gloves. You can also additionally wrap your feet / hands with foil,
as a mask for hands - massage a few drops of oil in your hands as needed. You can use this oil also as a regenerative treatment for the palm. To do this, before bed, massage more oil in your hands, then put on cotton gloves,
as a nail conditioner - a few drops of oil massage in your nails and skin. In this way, you will rejuvenate, strengthen and moisturize damaged, brittle nails.
Oenothera Biennis Seed Oil
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I have a pleasure to welcome you in this great place, which I am the initiator. With the help of a design support I homesteaded, hopefully a welcoming and useful 'area' of the internet - I hope you will enjoy your visit.
The impulse to create this 'corner' may seem somewhat prosaic, because as the saying goes "if you cannot have what you love, you love what you have" - you import it. Love for natural cosmetics made, that I started to look for all kinds of eco-brands. It turned out that many precious pearls comes from the country of my origin. Poles have created the fantastic natural cosmetics. However, products that were potentially desired by many were unreachable where we live now - in UK. We would like to share with you the good coming from the green warehouses.
All this in order to bring us closer to the green side of the force - more about that in "Our Mission".
Patrycja Pieglowska - I'm leading the supply line of our store, organizing promotions and similar events, preparing deliveries, dispelling doubts and mitigating any disputes.
Lukasz Pason - design, build and ongoing technical support of the store.
The EcoEuphoria brand was born from the merging of dreams, passion and love for (mainly) natural cosmetics. Our motivation was a desire to improve the quality of our life in general. Starting from the diet, through exercising the body and mind to care for the environment, good relationships with people and care for the body and soul in the end. We are not entirely all over it, but the desire to experience our short road of life on earth – at the highest level possible – is pushing us towards new, fresh solutions. We believe that you want give what is the best for you, your family and friends. Therefore, no matter if we start from the diet, or cosmetics, it's important that we want to make changes, we are trying and testing if the nature is good for us. We are here to help you in these tests and evoke a smile on your face - even for a moment. We try to give you what is the best, healthy and safe (also for our environment) and to encourage you to "taste" but the choice is always in your hands.


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BUFFALO TWP — Freeport School District parents with delinquent student lunch accounts should pay up or face an impact on their credit reports.
The school board voted last week to hire Creditech, a branch of Berkheimer and Associates, to serve as a collection agency for the many student lunch accounts that are in arrears.
Ryan Manzer, Freeport's business manager, said students will neither be shamed for having a delinquent account nor refused a basic lunch, but the growing number of delinquent accounts must be addressed.
Manzer said the total negative balance from delinquent lunch accounts is now $15,000.
The contract with Creditech begins on Aug. 15, and accounts with more than a $25 negative balance will be sent to the company on that date.
If parents pay their students' accounts or set up a payment plan with the district before Aug. 15, their account will not be sent to Creditech.
Those who wish to pay their account can send a check to Freeport School District, c/o Food Services Director Cassandra Mielke, 624 S. Pike Rd., Sarver, Pa. 16055.
Mielke can also set up payment plans, provide free and reduced lunch forms, or answer any questions at 724-295-5141, extension 1252.
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Green considering an earlier decision
DB Wesley Green of Lithonia, GA had said he will wait until July 1st to make his announcement at The Opening at Nike's headquarters in Oregon. But he tweeted earlier this week that he is thinking about going public with a commitment sooner than that.
Green visited USC last week with his father and afterwards listed the Gamecocks as his favorite ahead of Ole Miss, Tennessee, Clemson and Georgia. His recruiting adviser Clifford Browning said Tuesday afternoon USC impressed Green in several ways. "He likes the defense and he likes the facilities and the education," Browning said. "He really likes coach Ward and likes the way he runs the defense."
Browning said Green previously had told him he would visit Georgia for Dawg Night, and he also planned to visit LSU, Tennessee and Ole Miss.


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Introducing a new, limited edition capsule collection: Made In Italy For American Eagle Outfitters. Our new line is the perfect mix of effortless street style and edgy pieces that you'll love to wear day in and day out in so many different ways. Read on to learn more and shop your soon to be favorite looks now.
From printed soft pants and camo muscle tees to graphic maxi skirts and monochromatic minis, you can see how the designers were inspired by the street style of Italy in every single piece of this limited edition collection. Whether you wear the pieces on their own or mix and match them together, your effortless style is sure to be unmatched. Plus, they're all designed in one size for style that's completely effortless… and the line is made especially for you.
Want an even bigger glimpse into this exciting new line from AEO? We have behind the scenes interviews with its key stylists and designers just for you. Start out by watching our exclusive interview above with our Manager of Styling, Lauren R., to preview the new must-have pieces for spring and the inspiration that started it all.
"It speaks to this girl who is confident, chic. She's overall stylish, but really looking for comfortable items, and we've got them here." – Lauren R.
In addition, one of our design interns, Katrina P., had the chance to join our design team that traveled to Italy for the experience of a lifetime! When asked about the inspiration behind the line, Katrina said, "We wanted to create a line that made new fashion statements and new trends easy and accessible. We like to call them 'no brainer' pieces."
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So, I tried something the other day that I said I would never try because I was always afraid it would make me go crazy. I'm talking about acid.
Now, I've tried Ecstasy (great), MDMA (even better), coke (eh), speed (never again), shrooms (yes please), and I'm a big ol' pot head. In all of the situations, I've taken the aforementioned substances in safe environments with friends and knew what to expect. But by far, the worst feeling one was acid. I feel asleep and woke up right when it was kicking in and immediately knew what was going on and did not like it. It wasn't that I have a bad trip, I just didn't like the way it made my body feel. I couldn't trust any of my senses and that was the crux. Walking was weird because my equilibrium was off. I just want to be in a dark room looking at pretty pictures. I felt like a drug addict. It was barely half a hit and I honestly couldn't imagine taking more.
So GTer's, what are some of your best/ worst experiences with recreational drugs? To round it out, my best adventure was the first time I tried E. I was in college and one of the most beautiful guys that I was friends with knew I was rolling. So he lightly dragged his fingers down my face and kissed my forehead as he whispered, "Enjoy" in my ear. Just thinking about it now, more than 10 years later makes me smile =)


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Slow Cooker Pulled ChickenI love slow cooker "pulled chicken" because of its versatility. Not only is it good piled on rolls and buns, but its great rolled up in tortillas, stuffed into taquitos, tacos or burritos, or if you're trying to reduce carbs a bit, piled up in lettuce cups and topped with coleslaw or for barbecue pizza.
It's also okay to use a mix of chicken here, including those infamously every-popular boneless, skinless chicken breasts, though I personally prefer to use bone-in chicken and most often, chicken thighs because those are the most flavorful to me. Mixed pieces also work very well. It takes literally seconds to pull the skin off and once it stews, removing the meat from the bone is super easy too.
Kitchen Bouquet and Colgin brand Liquid Smoke are both pantry staples here in my kitchen, and really, in this part of The Deep South for those folks who still do a lot of scratch cooking. I use one or both of them regularly in many of my sauces. Kitchen Bouquet is a browning and seasoning sauce made from caramelized vegetables and it's used to enhance sauces and gravies. Liquid Smoke, which is like a liquid form of condensed smoke, adds a smokey flavor to the sauce. Each add their own elements of flavor, but if they aren't something you keep on hand or can't find, simply omit the two.
Of course, the fastest and easiest method for a pulled chicken is to buy a rotisserie chicken and a bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce, but I hope that you'll give this homemade version a try sometime. The sauce is really no trouble, and the slow cooker does all of the work. Here's how to make it.
|Pulled chicken topped with red barbecue slaw.
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Recipe: Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 5 hours | Yield: About 6 to 8 servings
For the Sauce:
For the Chicken:
- 1 cup of chili sauce or ketchup
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon of yellow or brown mustard
- 1/8 cup of apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons of hot sauce, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon of Kitchen Bouquet, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon of Liquid Smoke, optional
- 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, packed
- 2-1/2 pounds of bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- Cajun/Creole seasoning, to taste
- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
- 1/2 tablespoon of butter
- 1-1/2 cups of chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon of chopped jalapeno, optional
- 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
Whisk together the sauce ingredients; set aside. Season the chicken to taste on both sides. Heat oil and brown chicken, turning once to brown both sides. Remove and set aside. Melt butter into the drippings, add the onion, jalapeno and garlic, cook and stir until slightly cooked and softened. Add the sauce to the vegetables. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the slow cooker and pour the sauce on top. Cover and cook on low for about 5 hours or until cooked through and meat easily shreds from the bone.
Remove chicken and once cooled enough to handle, remove bones and shred. Bring sauce up to a boil and combine the cornstarch with a splash of water to make a slurry. Stir the slurry into the boiling sauce and let boil for 3 minutes, stirring a few times. Return the chicken to the sauce, toss to coat and turn off cooker. Taste and add salt and pepper, only as needed.
Cook's Notes: Serve chicken on buns or rolls, topped with a vinegar coleslaw, if desired, use in tacos and burritos, or serve in lettuce cups. For a great burrito, combine pulled chicken with leftover Mexican or Spanish rice, seasoned black beans and cheese; roll in flour tortillas. For taquitos, roll chicken in softened corn tortillas, secure with wooden picks and deep fry. Platter, top with finely shredded lettuce, cheese and salsa.
For the Instant Pot: Prepare as above. Seal pot and set to high for 10 minutes. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release any remaining pressure. Hit cancel and remove chicken. Turn pot to saute and add the cornstarch slurry and finish recipe as above.
Coke Chicken: Substitute Coca-Cola Classic for the chicken broth.
BBQ Ranch Chicken: Add in one packet of dry Ranch salad dressing and seasoning mix.
Red Barbecue Slaw: Adapt your regular vinegar slaw by adding barbecue sauce or ketchup, to taste, and a few dashes of hot sauce and/or dried red pepper flakes.
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All of your ways and all that you do are seen by the eyes of the Lord, and He is thinking about where you are going. ~Proverbs 5:21 This verse makes me tremble because sometimes I don't think much about where I'm going. If I did, maybe I wouldn't act the way I do sometimes; Something to think about...... ~Pastor Lynn
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We covered what guys think of cleavage on last week's episode of our hot YouTube series, Sexy vs. Skanky. And now we're all about quick fixes for your bad hair days.
This week, SVS co-hosts Lyndsey Rodrigues and Mike Cannon join forces with Cosmo Beauty Director Leah Wyar to chat about what men think of of different hairstyles.
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* How to fight frizz
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