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With cotton prices below 50 cents a pound for much of the growing season, a brief presentation by USDA-ARS researcher Phil Bauer drew plenty of attention from South Carolina cotton farmers.
Bauer showed the group two 10-foot tall stalks of sunn hemp. Growers looked with little interest until he mentioned the gangly plants produce 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The USDA researcher has been growing the green manure crop since 2004.
Cotton growers are not alone in their search for lower fertilizer input costs, especially nitrogen. Volatile nitrogen prices over the past two years, combined with uncertainties over using municipal waste and poultry litter, has led many growers to seek more natural sources.
Sunn hemp was planted in July of 2004 at the Pee Dee Agricultural Research and Education Center in Florence, S.C. It is a perennial, tropical legume that grows rapidly. It was harvested after the first frost of the season, producing over 200 pounds of nitrogen that first year.
"We are looking at sunn hemp primarily as a cover crop. It is a tropical legume that is an annual, which we think is a good thing because it fits in well with crop rotations in the Southeast. It has to be grown in the summer, perhaps after tobacco or maybe early corn. Or, you can plant it after wheat and have the whole summer to grow it," Bauer says.
A problem is that it won't go to seed here and seed costs are high, the USDA researcher says. At 50 pounds of seed per acre, the cost is well over $100 per acre, he adds.
He planted the variety Tropic Sun, which is non-toxic to cattle. Other varieties have shown toxicity to animals, so growers should be aware of potential problems there, Bauer points out.
"We are looking at several locations to grow seed. Puerto Rico looks like the closest site to the U.S. Sunn hemp doesn't flower in South Carolina until early September, then the frost gets it before it sets seed," Bauer says.
Sunn hemp has also been grown for biomass. It has more energy than switchgrass and being a perennial, growers in the Southeast can produce three times the biomass of other crops, he notes.
Bauer planted a new crop of sunn hemp at the research station in late May of 2009. The samples he showed cotton farmers in mid-August were already over eight feet tall.
Though Bauer let his crop of sunn hemp go full season, it can produce well over 100 pounds of nitrogen in 60 days. It can produce organic matter yields of as much as three tons per acre of air-dried weight within 60 days if growing conditions are favorable. In addition, it is resistant to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.)
Bauer says the crop is highly adapted to the Southeastern U.S. It is adapted to well-drained soils that range from coarse to fine in texture, but not dense clay. It will grow in infertile as well as fertile soils with a pH from 5 to 7.5.
Sunn hemp seed should be broadcast and covered or drilled about one half to 1 inch deep in a well-prepared, weed-free seedbed. A soil test should be taken, and fertilizer and other soil amendments applied as recommended. If growers can't or won't soil test, a standard treatment is 100 to 150 pounds per acre of P2O5 applied as superphosphate, 0-20-20 fertilizer or the equivalent.
Sunn hemp is fairly drought tolerant, but needs at least an acre inch of moisture for optimum growth. Though Bauer let his crop grow until frost, optimum usage for nitrogen may come from plowing the crop under after 60 days or so of growth.
At this growth stage, nitrogen content is high and decomposition is rapid. If allowed to grow too tall or become over mature, sunn hemp becomes fibrous and will be difficult to turn under. If soil moisture is at the correct level and the plants are succulent, sunn hemp can be plowed (a single plow will usually do a better job than multiple plows), rotor-tilled with a rear-mounted tiller, or disked with a heavy disk. Mowing before turning under may be beneficial, especially if the crop is over four feet tall.
In tests in the Florida Panhandle sunn hemp has produced over two tons per acre of dry biomass and up to 125 pounds of nitrogen.
In Alabama, USDA Researcher Wayne Reeves grew sunn hemp for 9-12 weeks in the summer. His crops produced over 2.5 tons of biomass and over a hundred pounds of nitrogen.
A primary focus for researchers in recent years has been to use sunn hemp as a nitrogen source for cotton growers. If recent interest at the Pee Dee Research Station is an indication, sunn hemp could find a place among Carolina cotton growers.
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Re: Gigacrete
August 27, 2015 10:48PM
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Not meaning to be too negative here... but, anyone who has carried a 4x8 sheet of plywood by themselves, in any wind, knows exactly what I'm talking about. It's interesting that there isn't video of the Bahama house being built, and there is video of a house being built inside a large, windless building. I'd like to see this concept be successful, but I think until I see a real construction video, I'm worried that something might be being hidden. Maybe it's as simple as adding another few workers, or waiting for super calm days... maybe...
Re: Gigacrete
August 28, 2015 10:28AM
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Beyond being the guinea pig for an untested system, make sure to do some competitive due diligence before putting all of your chips on the table.
It looked interesting-ish, but the achilles heel is the mechanical fastening of walls to bottom channel. Rust, in hidden fasteners, is not your friend.
We had a client price out the Giga system for a house on St. John, and even at STJ concrete prices, the plaster and concrete **in place** would cost less than the Giga system delivered to the site.
Back to the good old tested cast-in-place concrete.
Re: Gigacrete
August 28, 2015 02:37PM
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Actually, rust is a non issue as the entire assembly is sealed by coatings, hence, not exposed to water or air. In addition, unlike Portland-based coatings, waterproof GigaCrete coatings are unaffected by salt spray and don't crack. Extensively tested. Lest we forget, these coatings are also ideal over CMU. Indeed, concrete block walls require no mortar between the blocks if the surface of the stacked blocks is coated with GigaCrete on both sides. No rebar required, either. That's how strong these coatings are. There's nothing like them on the market today. There are plans for a factory in the USVI. That should bring the costs down, not to mention creating job opportunities and export distribution.
Las Vegas Company Plans St. Thomas Alt-Concrete Factory
Virgin Islands Daily News (St. Thomas)
May 18 -- ST. THOMAS -- GigaCrete Caribbean LLC , a new subsidiary of the Las Vegas -based alternative concrete manufacturer, announced last week that it will set up its operations in St. Thomas , anchored by a factory and a model house. ...
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Re: Gigacrete
August 30, 2015 01:19PM
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Walls R-22 with 6-inch EPS panels coated. Roof R-46. These are minimum values as thicker EPS panels can be deployed. There are interior access panels for electrical and plumbing.
Parenthetically, ICF has become an increasingly popular method of construction. This ICF house (recently sold for $2.2M) is in Marin County, California, and overlooks SF bay. It was built using GigaCrete coatings over ICF, inside and out, including faux stone facade. PlasterMax is world's only code approved interior coating to replace drywall over ICF, as PM is fire rated. Fragile drywall is of course notorious for mold issues.
"4 br, 3 ba, 3061 sq ft solid concrete ICF home
Separate 484 sq ft solid concrete ICF garage
Gigacrete Plastermax Interior Venetian style plaster walls & ceilings
Gigacrete Stuccomax exterior stone and stucco walls"
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Re: Gigacrete
September 19, 2015 05:53PM
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These are pictures of the first GigaCrete GigaHouse erected in USVI by GC subsidiary GigaCrete Caribbean LLC, St. Thomas. Opportunities for local job creation and export as this technology spreads and planned USVI factory gets up and running, not to mention availability of affordable, high quality, energy-efficient housing that resists hurricanes (200 mph), water, salt, insects, vermin, rot, mold and mildew.
ps. There was a full page advertisement about GigaCrete technology on page 17 of Island Trader (August 20, 2015). Calls it "the global game changer in the building industry."
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Re: Gigacrete
September 19, 2015 08:03PM
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A photograph album on Facebook features a sequence of ca. 30 full size pictures showng, step by step, the assembly and finishing (with high psi non-Portland mineral-based PlasterMax & StuccoMax) of a GigaHouse--GigaCrete Caribbean HQ at entrance to Humane Society. Starting with a thick poured concrete slab and utilities, the simplicity of the construction is the beauty of it.
Note thickness of insulating EPS panels and the clever patented design eliminating thermal bridging. Note also threaded hurricane anchors poking at intervals through the track. These anchors, embedded deeply into the slab, will securely bolt the steel roof frame (and the house itself) to the concrete base by means of steel connector rods.
The album starts here. Clicking on "+27" in the first photo links to the sequential picture show.
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Re: Gigacrete
September 21, 2015 05:03PM
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Re: Gigacrete
September 21, 2015 08:50PM
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"Concrete pads or slab foundations are preferred for fastest installations" reads the parent company website.
In another place, it states, "Roof to foundation anchors are used to tie down the roof through mechanical steel connections to the foundation via all-thread, coupling nuts and expansion anchors set into the concrete slab or footings."
Probably a good idea to contact GC Caribbean for definitive answers. The 08/20/2015 issue of Island Trader (page 17) has e-mail and local phone number
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Re: Gigacrete
October 15, 2015 07:55PM
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Moving on up. None other than Forbes magazine ran a big piece on GigaCrete today. Forbes is the most widely read business magazine in the world beating Fortune Magazine both in print circulation and online viewers. There are 25.2 million unique readers of forbes dot com.
Plaudits to GigaCrete Caribbean LLC (St. Thomas), licensed distributor of GigaCrete, Inc. products for Bermuda, the Caribbean, and South America. GCC built the first GigaHouse in USVI recently and plan to set up a local factory.
Ahead of the curve, GCC arguably moves into position to bring needed jobs and export opportunities to USVI, not to mention fast-build, affordable, hurricane-proof housing.
"A Storm Proof Bulletproof 'Concrete' with Few Competitors"
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Re: Gigacrete
October 16, 2015 10:26AM
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This line from the Forbes article seems to sum it up for me, "...cost him roughly 15 percent more than a traditional cement-build".
It's a stretch here to afford cast in place concrete construction, so why spend a 15% premium on top of that just for better insulation? Solid concrete has been proven to weather storms pretty well, and local crews are familiar with the methods, and it's time-tested, unlike giga. The claim that you could "eat" the product doesn't hold up for me either, I prefer food.
Saving $600 a month on A/C costs doesn't make the math work - let's just say his house would cost $1 Million to build in concrete, so he spent an extra $150,000 [15%] to try out gigacrete. At $600 a month savings, it'll take 20 years to pay off the upcharge in electricity savings - whereas adding insulation to the typical concrete structure would be less expensive with a quicker payback. Could also spend $40k on solar panels and make out far better.
Despite all of the hard selling, I'm not sold. Talk to me again once the costs are on par with wood frame and plywood siding.
Re: Gigacrete
October 16, 2015 12:23PM
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A million dollar house it ain't. This is the GigaHouse on Great Exuma Isle, Bahamas.
The owners rent it to vacationers at a cost of $400-450 per night. They all love it. It's exceptionally QUIET as well as comfortably cooled by only one aircon unit, not the two or three the owners had figured upon. The house and rooms within are virtually soundproof. Outside noise from passing traffic or construction noise is practically eliminated. Electricity is expensive there, and we all know how frugal renting vacationeers are with electricity when it's included in the deal.
Owners are therefore saving themselves big bucks not to mention that their house, because of outstanding qualities inherent in the construction, has developed a favorable cachet, and word is spreading fast. Zero to low maintenance, to boot. Something for financiers and builders of vacation homes and resorts here to think about. Further, Hurricane Joaquin pounded the dwelling for 2.5 days with 130-150mph winds. No damage whatever. Safe and comfortable inside, too.
Owners paid 15% above because everything had to be imported, shipped F.O.B. Las Vegas. With a USVI GC factory in play, costs will drop quite substantially. GCC estimates cost at 30-50% cheaper than concrete and build time 40% faster than concrete.
Alas, concrete is yesterday's technology in these applications. With a job-creating, export-enhancing factory in operation, the market will settle the issue of which technology is better value, better quality, better strength, and better weatherproofing for the money.
As a footnote, the edible metaphor is in graphic contrast to how toxic and unhealthy Portland cement actually is, not to forget woefully ungreen . Even breathing in the dust is quite ill advised. It's loaded with carcinogenic silicates. GigaCrete however is safe, green, and nontoxic.
In any case, as V. Hugo wrote, "Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come."
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Re: Gigacrete
October 16, 2015 12:34PM
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Everything has to be "imported, shipped F.O.B. Las Vegas" for the Virgin Islands right now too. So, it will still be more expensive than concrete here too.
The promise of a GigaFactory is wonderful, of course, but come back on the board and tell us all when it's actually in place and the product is finally competitive with concrete. Until that point, paying more to be a guinea pig, especially when the price drop is just around the corner, seems like a dumb idea.
Re: Gigacrete
October 16, 2015 01:57PM
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Keep in mind that materials for the Exuma GigaHouse were shipped to the Bahamas which, unlike USVI, is not US soil. There are Bahamian duties and taxes to consider. The Bahamas recently amended their duty schedule in light of a newly imposed VAT tax. Therefore, using the 15% premium argument for USVI is inapplicable.
USVI imports most of their stuff, too. As said, talk to Phil at GCC GigaHouse HQ, and get the skinny. Who knows? It might lead to new opportunities not now on the radar.
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Re: Gigacrete
October 16, 2015 02:06PM
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Re: Gigacrete
October 17, 2015 11:03PM
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Oh, another guinea pig now using the GC quick-build system. lol This time it's Fortune 500 Davita Healthcare, $12 billion annual revenue and 58,000 employees, for their new dialysis centers.
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Re: Gigacrete
October 21, 2015 09:21PM
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A bit of history being made as work on USVI's first GigaHouse, not understatedly a revolution in housing, nears the finish line. The exterior is done and plastering with the unique interior coating proceeds apace. See image. Years hence, they may say in USVI, this is where it began.
Intersection of Humane Society Rd. & Market Square East. (St. Thomas)
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Re: Gigacrete
October 09, 2017 12:30AM
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In hopes of a stronger and more resilient USVI to rise from the current calamity. After all, the human spirit is indomitable.
Following Hurricane Irma, Phillip Smith, Project Manager of GigaCrete Caribbean (GCC), posted a short FB video (q.v.) reporting the storm's minimal impact on a GigaCrete "GigaHouse." This particular building on STT serves as GCC office & model unit. It was erected in 2016 on a parcel across from Cost U Less on Weymouth Rhymer Hwy. There is another completed GigaHouse (privately owned) at Frenchman's Bay. Neither house suffered structural or significant damage.
A third GigaHouse, a 2-storey structure, is under construction in Hull Bay area, and a fourth, in kit form, has lately been delivered to GCC HQ.
A fast-build GigaCrete GigaHouse is an immensely strong, hurricane-resistant house featuring next-generation if not revolutionary 'green' materials.
Phil's video can be seen here:
Re: Gigacrete
October 09, 2017 07:04PM
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For the skinny, call Project Manager Phil Smith 1-340-690-3316.
Only to add there's value added by energy efficiency; low maintenance; resistance to earthquakes/hurricanes; no drywall or wood; no mold, mildew, insect or efflorescence issues; and peace of mind when Mother Nature strikes. GigaHouse R28-60 insulation cuts overall electricity consumption dramatically.
On a prepared concrete slab, the shell can go up in days. Using simple tools and step ladder, only basic mechanical skills needed for assembly. All components are hand carryable. The exclusive mineral-based non-Portland coatings won't shrink or crack, are easily applied and extremely strong. Some people call a GigaCrete house "home sweet fortress."
Phil would be the man to talk to.
Re: Gigacrete
October 10, 2017 08:16AM
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Maybe I'm wrong here, but aren't the Force 10 homes on St Croix put up by Ken Mashburn Construction several years ago, the same thing? These Force 10 homes came unassembled in a Sea container from Australia, had all the materials needed - Mashburn's crew assembled them on site to create a hurricane proof home.
Re: Gigacrete
October 11, 2017 01:18AM
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Good question.
The Force 10 and GigaCrete building systems are different animals in respect to materials, methods and complexity..
Force 10 wall panels, for example, are modular structural insulation panels produced in a factory. Said panels are formed by bonding cellulose fiber cement sheets to both sides of a steel frame. Unit is compressed as polyurethane foam, treated with fire retardant, is injected into hollow cavity of frame. (F-10 R-19 vs. GC R-28+)
Videos linked below depict the GigaCrete bulding system.. Video 1 shows step-by-step construction of the GigaCrete Caribbean office/demo near Humane Society. Video 2 examines how the steel-frame / EPS shell is set up.
As Forbes magazine put it, the "secret sauce" are the coatings. GigaCrete's incredibly strong proprietary coatings bonding naturally to EPS panels encapsulating the patented steel stud frame help explain why GigaCrete homes endure cat 5 hurricane winds and gusts without much bother.
1) Hurricane Tested GigaCrete QuickBuild System STT
2) GigaCrete Insta-Shell
Other GigaCrete related videos
Forbes article re GigaCrete (2015)
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The Cubs say they will update the fun at the ol' ballpark this season, although I don't know how you do that with Ian Stewart at third base.
One thing is, the Cubs want to update the music in Wrigley Field. So, yeah, Castro Gangnam Style.
The Cubs also have plans for the "conductors'' of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame'' during the seventh-inning stretch.
No, they're not going to kill the paean to Harry Caray, and I'm fine with that. I know that some people hate the whole thing and think the Cubs should do away with it. Not me. I like rooting for someone to botch the song and then give a great interview.
And that's also the problem. The second half of that double-play combination, I mean. The interview, also frequently known as verbal waterboarding.
Used to be, these "singers'' became the guests that never left. They remained seated with a live microphone until the Cubs finally made three outs. Len Kasper and Bob Brenly had nowhere to go with some of these agonizingly uninteresting people. God forbid there should be a Cubs rally with Jeff Gordon sitting in the "Wrigley Stadium'' booth.
Let me be clear: This is not on Kasper and Brenly. They're pros. They know how an interview should go. They also apparently know when it should end.
The Cubs made a change several years ago when they allowed Kasper and Brenly to hustle idiots, bores and mumblers out of the booth before the end of the seventh inning, and that happened plenty of times, believe me.
Now the Cubs say that not every singer will be invited for the interview, like the Cubs are Johnny Carson and the stand-up comic is hoping to get waved over to the couch.
This is monumentally stupid, even for the Cubs. Mean and insipid columnists -- I'm just guessing here -- are already planning the piece for the first so-called celeb who gets dissed. Sorry, Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald, we don't think there should be another "Footloose,'' so get out and take the guy from "Storage Wars'' with you.
Here's the rule: If you don't think your seventh-inning singer should be invited to do the interview, then don't invite that person to sing in the first place. Duh.
The Cubs said they would establish new standards for their version of Harry Karaoke. The Cubs also said staff members will try to teach the singers. Teach them what and when, I don't know. But pick a lane: The guests either have to know their Cubs stuff or they get briefed on how the thing works.
No wonder the seventh-inning episode can come off so badly. The Cubs don't know what they want and apparently don't have anyone in charge of saying no.
The answer is simple: Pre-interview. Talk to the potential singers before you book them. Talk to every single one, and I mean talk. No email, texting, or public relations people.
It's the way people used to date. The boy called the girl, they had a conversation, and they each made a decision about going further. Have the Wrigley kids ask their parents.
It's just that simple for the producer of the seven-inning stretch. If you want to quiz potential guests like you're Steve Guttenberg in "Diner'' to see if they know baseball, the Cubs and Harry's various degrees of drunkenness, then fine. Do it. Make that commitment. Set that as a standard and stick with it. Don't be afraid of hurting someone's feelings by saying no. Look, you work for the Cubs, and my God, who ever feels worse than a Cubs fan?
If the guest already knows the game and the Cubs, then great, sweetheart, have your people call my people, and let's do Wrigley.
If the guest doesn't cut it, then sorry, baby, I'll have my voicemail call your voicemail to say you're just not right for the part.
Whatever, just stop booking guests on eYeesh.com
You get bad interviews because you get bad interview subjects because the producer did a bad job. Kasper and Brenly knew how to interview people. I assume Jim Deshaies will be equally adept. But stop forcing them to put whipped cream on road apples. Vet the interview subject by doing an actual interview with the actual subject.
I can't believe the Cubs do that with all their guests because there are just too many guests who act as if they've never been interviewed before. Speak UP, would you? If these boring guests got through an actual pre-interview process, then fire the pre-interviewer right now and send handwritten notes of apology to Kasper, Brenly and everyone watching.
Look, the Cubs appear on two local TV outlets that host interview shows. Those shows have producers who do this pre-interview drill daily. Hel-LO.
If the Cubs want to change things, then fine. I'm all for making it more interesting, and what wouldn't be more interesting while Ian Stewart is at the plate?
If those changes involve raising the bar, then great. It should've been there all along, or at least evolved to that point.
You're the Cubs. You're marketing a brand. You're not Ricki Lake taking every "name'' who comes through the talk show car wash.
It's obvious and painful when the interviewers and/or the subjects are, pardon the phrase, out of their league or out of place. Set professional standards that match the professionalism of Kasper.
Sorry, Miss World. This is a no-go. But we'll always have 2011, and hey, this will give you more time to solve world hunger.


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James MacGregor Burns, historian and FDR biographer, dies at age 95
PITTSFIELD -- James MacGregor Burns, the renowned political scientist, historian and author of more than 20 books including biographies on Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday morning at his home in Williamstown. He was 95.
Burns died peacefully in his sleep, according to his son, Stewart Burns of North Adams.
A 1939 Williams College graduate, Burns is the college's Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus. He taught political science at Williams from 1947 until his retirement in 1986.
Stewart Burns said his father "lived a full life" and was active both physically and mentally until November 2011, when he suffered a series of falls. He skied and played tennis into his 90s, Stewart Burns said. His last book, "Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed The World," was published in the fall of 2013. He wrote or co-wrote a half dozen books after the age of 80.
"When we made a film about him, we asked him how he would grade his life and he gave it an A-plus," Stewart Burns said. "Although he had disappointments and a few ups and downs, he felt he lived a very full and fortunate life until the last year and a half when everything changed."
In a letter posted on the college's website, Williams College President Adam Falk referred to Burns as "one of the best known and most influential faculty members in the college's [221-year] history."
"It's fair to say that a great many people first heard of Williams through his work," Falk wrote. "Few Williams faculty, if any, have ever left a stronger legacy -- at the college and in the world more broadly."
Born in Melrose on Aug. 3, 1918, Burns grew up in Burlington and attended Lexington High School before he enrolled at Williams. Stewart Burns said his father went to Williams because it was the farthest he could get from home while still attending college in Massachusetts.
"It was a beautiful area, and far enough away from home," Stewart Burns said. "There were also people there who were great public intellectuals. He had heard about these people."
Stewart Burns said his father became interested in government when he "fell in love" with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs of the 1930s that expanded the federal government's role in public affairs.
James Burns wrote two books on Roosevelt. The second volume, "Soldier of Freedom," a study of FDR's stewardship of the country through World War II, won both the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1971 and the National Book Award.
Lynn Bassanesse, the director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y., said the historical site has lost a "wonderful friend."
"James MacGregor Burns was the pre-eminent historian of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a dear friend to the Roosevelt library," Bassanese said. "His work will continue his wonderful legacy, but he will definitely be missed."
Burns was a frequent visitor to the Roosevelt Library and Museum.
"He was a dear man, as nice as he could be," Bassanesse said. "He always took the time for anyone who approached him to talk with them."
Burns wrote the first biography of Kennedy, "Kennedy: A Political Profile," in 1960. Kennedy campaigned for Burns when he ran for Congress in 1958.
Burns specialized in political science at Williams, where he was editor of the school newspaper, the Williams Record, and headed the Garfield Club, where non-fraternity students ate and lived.
After working in a congressional office, Burns began his doctoral work at Harvard in 1940. He married his first wife, Janet Thompson, in May 1942 following her graduation from Radcliffe College. The couple raised four children, David, Stewart, Deborah and Mecca Antonia Burns. During World War II, Burns served as a combat historian in the Pacific. He left the U.S. Army in late 1945, and received his doctorate from Harvard two years later.
As a member of the Williams faculty, Burns twice chaired the college's political science department. He was a pioneer in the interdisciplinary field of leadership studies, which was launched by the publication of his book "Leadership" in 1978, and co-founded the International Leadership Association. Burns co-authored many editions of the widely used political science textbook, "Government by the People."
The longtime Williams College professor helped coin two adjectives now common in politics: "transformational" leaders, or those with a vision to change the world, and "transactional" leaders, those with the cunning to get things done.
The words were used constantly during the 2008 presidential race, with the "transactional" Hillary Rodham Clinton battling the "transformational" Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.
An informal adviser to many presidents, Burns was a liberal Democrat.
When he ran for Congress he was defeated by Pittsfield Republican Silvio O. Conte. It was the first victory for Conte who held the seat for 16 terms until his death in 1991.
In the Democratic primary, Burns defeated fellow Democrat William Stapleton of Holyoke, who had tried to smear Burns by calling him a "communist" and an "atheist," Stewart Burns said.
"My father had done such good groundwork that apparently he realized the only way he could beat him was through McCarthyism," Stewart Burns said.
"Even though it was 1958 and people thought McCarthyism was stronger earlier in the decade it was still strong later in the decade," Stewart Burns said. "Any reference to it could be very damaging."
Burns traveled to the Soviet Union in 1957 where he was arrested in Leningrad after photographing a group of street urchins. He was detained briefly in a political prison before being released.
"He went [to the Soviet Union] partly to show his foreign policy credentials," Stewart Burns said, "and that came back to haunt him."
Burns leaves his longtime companion and collaborator, Susan Dunn; his three surviving children, Stewart Burns, Deborah Burns and Mecca Antonia Burns; and his close friend and former wife, Janet Thompson Keep; four grandchildren; several in-laws; his friend and colleague, Kurt Tauber; many nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews; countless students and colleagues that he mentored over the years; and the numerous caregivers who cared for him during his final year.
A family burial service will take place shortly. It will be followed by a public memorial service in Thompson Chapel at Williams College in September.
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An international Lisp conference in New York City, organized by the ALU.
Ca. 40 speakers and 100 attendants.
Event starting date: Saturday, 11 October 2003
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Movie fans and adrenaline junkies alike will be pumped up by this 2009 Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series offered by Mercedes-Benz of Laguna Niguel in Southern California. That's because in addition to boasting 661 horsepower, it was previously owned by actor Sylvester Stallone.
According to Amy, a salesperson at Mercedes-Benz of Laguna Niguel, Stallone bought the Black Series new from a different dealer. The high-performance coupe's CARFAX report shows it wasn't titled until 2011, suggesting it may have been available for a long time before the actor pulled the trigger. But once he did, he didn't spend a lot of time behind the wheel.
"He must not have driven it much," said Amy, who noted the coupe's 1,300-mile odometer reading. "It still looks like a new car, too."
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Windows NT turned 20 years old today. From a 1998 story about NT, written by Mark Russinovich, "I'll take you on a short tour of NT's lineage, which leads back to Digital and its VMS OS. Most of NT's lead developers, including VMS's chief architect, came from Digital, and their background heavily influenced NT's development. After I talk about NT's roots, I'll discuss the more-than-coincidental similarities between NT and VMS, and how Digital reacted to NT's release."


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Destined to join Baroja Rioja Seleccion as a favored red party wine?
I've opened two bottles of this screwcap fruit bomb from the Longbottom family in Padthaway, Australia; Chris Ringland, winemaker. (I paid all of $9.99 plus tax. How do they even get it to the USA from Australia for that?) A blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Shiraz, 11% Merlot weighing in at 15% alcohol by volume. Very dark opaque purple wine. Scents full of ripe dark berries (black currant, blackberries.) Juicy, flavorful wine. The fruit masks the plentiful alcohol with luscious berry nuances. Had with beef stew and with bacon. A little of the Shiraz pepper reveals itself but the lack of tannins is surprising for the amount of Cabernet Sauvignon present in the blend. The C.S. probably dominates but it does reflect the blend of red varieties and would not be mistaken for a Bordeaux. Feels like extracted particles are present but is still an enjoyable, quaffable wine (for those like me who can be attracted to both Old World and New World wines). Recommended as an inexpensive party wine or for those who enjoy the occasional New World fruit bomb. Not overly oaked.


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A Fun Look at Filling Out Your Bracket
Last year, according to an MSN survey, sixty percent of people said they would fill out a bracket for March Madness. It's a fact that Americans live and die for this time of year to see if their teams they pick can survive and advance all the way from the first round of games to the championship game.
Americans have bracket contests in their offices, colleges, and with their friends, and usually bet money or just play for fun.
Let's take a look at ways of filling out your bracket if you want to be funny, or just want to do it for fun.
First off, if you're a fan of small school, or a small state that is jubilant that your team went dancing, you might pick them to win a national championship. Pick South Dakota for example. You are a student, diehard, or just love supporting your state. Plus, you couldn't be more proud of your state for going dancing in the NCAA tournament. Don't worry I'm not trying to poke fun at South Dakota; it is my home state, too.
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Third, this one is for girls usually, but you could pick a championship team based off the best color.
Fourth, pick all upsets and hope one turns out to be big for you. Remember when George Mason or VCU made the Final Four? They were both 11 seeds.
Just don't pick a 16 seed to beat a one see. It's never happened.
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|2010-06-01, 17:33
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It IS possible that Mikoto was capable of convincing them to stop the experiment. It doesn't really make a difference here. SHE felt that she could not. One can accuse her of not trying hard enough, but that can be attributed to her mental state if need be (The events of this arc have driven Mikoto to slight insanity. She even hallucinates!)
I'm not sure how they can cap this arc off in a suitably epic way since the conclusion has already been shown. Unless some surprise is pulled I think the rest of the arc can only hope to at-best be a deconstruction of Mikoto's character. Not that this is WHOLELY a bad thing, but awesome fights are good too.
|2010-06-01, 19:25
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Anyway, I'm looking forward to Mikoto's character development. It would be interesting to see what exactly moved her to drop her lone wolf act and work together with her Sisters to beat Accelerator.
That, and I'm expecting Touma's fight in Mikoto vision to look fairly interesting as well.
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|2010-06-07, 07:30
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they couldn't or rather they shouldn't change much the development of Touma. The only thing they could change is the view point of Mikoto or rather explain her "stand" on the matter. How will she react and what would she do.
btw what date is it now in railgun? and how many hours or days left before touma beat the crap out of Accel.
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But the novel is.... and it's hard to detail it. I just wonder on when this part happen on the novel or manga. So we could speculate on what would happen or guess on when would their big event on the bridge.
I just love that part. First time seeing mikoto cry in front of touma looking so weak their.
I wonder what would saten and uiharu would play their part on this time of the story.
|2010-06-07, 08:38
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Well if Kuroko doesn't know, then it's highly probable that Saten and Uiharu doesn't too. Plus I feel that they'll be stumped if they saw Misaka Mikoto, the one Saten and Uiharu idolized, go into a breakdown like that.
I feel very sad, really, to see how much she's been hiding to everyone.
|2010-06-07, 08:49
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.... if they wouldn't know. I wonder how would they feel. Just seeing mikoto troubled in a little worry of misaka turn into like "that" in the last chapter...... maybe that's why kuroko help touma to go inside tokiwadai because she couldn't do anything.... now I wonder
|2010-06-07, 09:48
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I hope that the fight between Touma and Accelerator got re-write/improved into better scene (from Misaka POV). The Index manga version was kinda decent, not epic enough for my taste. After all, so far all the fight in Railgun didn't disappointed me.
and maybe the writer going to troll on us by skipping the entire fight between Touma and Accelerator and concluded from the Misaka's own mouth "Touma defeated Accelerator and save the Sisters..I am happy.. THE END" in one page.
|2010-06-07, 10:11
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I'm hoping that Touma gets an epic showing against Accelerator, one because this is the manga version so the violence and action won't be censored, and two because Mikoto vision.
|2010-06-07, 10:22
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hahaha it better if that happens....like we all see the same sh!t but Mikoto see Gar fighting of Touma! =P
|2010-06-07, 10:31
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The truth is..... I'm kinda tired if they do the whole accel and touma fight. I would love to see what mikoto do after touma left her crying at the bridge.... how did she make up her mind to follow him and on what's on her mind while seeing touma all bloody fighting for her.
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It's August 20.
|2010-06-08, 01:05
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Kuroko flag seems impossible to raise.
Anyway I'm waiting for the next Touma-Kuroko interaction. It should be very interesting.
|2010-06-10, 00:24
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Well from here on it would be difficult to introduce new material. Even Chapter 31 was basically a rehash of the Index stuff.
On the OTHER hand, Touma does lose consciousness at several points in this arc. We have no idea what happens during those time frames. In theory something awesome could be stuck in there.
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Thermaltake BigTyp 14Pro Review
With the new year now upon us, you may be thinking about upgrading a few of your components to bigger and better things. Well we all know that if you are looking for the best possible performance from any piece of hardware, you are going to want to overclock it. We also know that the easiest piece of hardware to overclock and brag about is the processor, however the one downfall of overclocking your processor is the fact that the increased voltages coupled with the increased frequencies create more heat. This is exactly where Thermaltake comes into play with their new BigTyp 14Pro CPU Cooler. This massive piece of hardware is fastened on top of your processor and will help cool it; what more could you want? I am curious to see how well Thermaltake's newest BigTyp cooler is going to be able to cool the Q9450 in comparison to the other coolers that are currently on the market.
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The retail packaging for the Thermaltake BigTyp 14Pro has its own unique design to it; the front of the package is where you are going to find out the main information about the cooler, however you are also going to be able to see the fan that is installed atop the cooler through a cutout in the cardboard. The top left hand corner of the package is where you are going to find the Thermaltake Logo proudly displayed. At the bottom left hand corner, you are going to find a nice picture of the cooler displayed with the logo to the right of the image. Under the logo you are going to see the main features that Thermaltake wanted everyone to know about its cooler. When you take a look at the back of the package, you are going to see that the cutout theme has wrapped around to this side as well. The back is where you are going to find the "application view" along with the "Operation Diagram", which will help you decide if this cooler is going to be too large for your specific setup. The next side of the package is where you are going to find multiple images of the cooler itself to help describe it and show off its main features, which are described above. The final side of the retail packaging is where you are going to find all the specifications about the cooler you will need to know, such as its weight, the overall dimensions, and the air pressure the fan can create.
Thermaltake took all the necessary precautions to keep the BigTyp 14Pro safe during the shipping process as they used a piece of molded plastic to keep the heatsink in place and prevent anything from hitting it and causing structural damage. Not only is the BigTyp 14Pro encased in the molded plastic protector, but the accessories box is also placed inside.
Inside of the accessories box, you are going to find two different plastic bags; one is full of the mounting hardware for the LGA775 socket, while the other has the mounting hardware for the AMD sockets. Thermaltake has also included a plastic wrapper full of thermal paste in case you do not have any on hand. Also included inside the accessories box are the installation instructions and warranty card.
Now that we have an idea of what the Thermaltake BigTyp 14Pro looks like and how it is packaged, let's take a nice close look at the design of it.


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Environmental regeneration in Himalaya: concepts and strategies
Central Himalayan Environment Association and Gyanodaya Prakashan, 1985 - Political Science - 468 pages
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Problems of Landslides in the Himalaya and Future Directions
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SALISBURY, N.C. – The Coker women's golf will conclude its fall season next week at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational (Oct. 14-15) hosted by Catawba College at the Country Club of Salisbury.
Representing Coker in the tournament will be Taylor Demby, Amber Harman, Mallory Thompkins, Krista Thorpe, and Tensley Clowser.
Leading the Cobras will be sophomore Taylor Demby, who shot a two day total of 156 earlier this week at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate. Demby earned a top-15 finish with her performance.
Mallory Thompkins enters the event with a season average of 82, and is coming off a top-25 finish of her own at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate. Rounding out the Coker lineup is Clowser with an 85.5 average, and Thorpe and Harman with 86.5 and 90 averages respectively.
Sixteen regional teams will compete in the 36-hole two-day tournament. The Cobras are set to tee-off Monday morning.


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Full shoes rock smuggler
In the basement before dirt
Hopscotch walk muddler
Parted smirk with mirth
In a place with no character
We (they) find a shiny coin
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Are insignificant to a point
No spokes in the wheel; full circle
Disdain, now, no wound to 'oint
The Players show empathy to Ros and Guil, no disjoint ;
they are also at the mercy of the elements i.e. Hamlet
They desperately avoid blunder and blood red moist
However they can't undo fate with any willed choice
Lifestyle of livelihood
Real-life social effect
In that case I'm dead
Fractionally: Yes
They've been gone this whole time
stuck with inquistion in purgatory
They relive this act on track
This fact amends the story
We see it in un-, sub-, and supernatural forces:
They are caught in between.
And so on…


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Adobe, West Tower
345 Park Avenue - West Tower
San Jose, CA 95110
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The Adobe Towers are the headquarters buildings for software giant Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe partners with Cushman & Wakefield to provide their facilities management services. The buildings consist of three corporate headquarters buildings with a combined total of 939,358 square feet of office space, resting atop 938,473 square feet of semi-enclosed parking garage, five stories above ground and two stories below ground. The West Tower was completed in 1996, the East Tower in 1998, and the Almaden Tower in 2003. The buildings are 18, 16 and 17 stories high respectively.
Driven by a core belief that corporations have a responsibility to their local community and the global environment, Adobe Systems Incorporated has consistently taken a strong, pro-active approach to resource conservation, waste reduction, environmental protection, and sustainability with its use of state-of-the-art technology.
In 2001, California experienced an energy crisis. Like many large California companies, Adobe responded to the governors request to reduce energy use by 10%. Not satisfied with just meeting that goal, however, Adobe determined to make controlling energy use in the workplace an essential component of its long-term planning.
Since that time, the Cushman & Wakefield team, on behalf of Adobe, has implemented over 64 energy and energy-related conservation projects at a cost of $1.4 million with an annual cost savings of $1.2 million. Some of the projects included in the conservation effort include installation of variable frequency drive's on main supply fans, centrifugal chillers and other large motors, occupancy control of HVAC for 201 conference and meeting rooms, occupancy controlled stairwell lighting, rescheduling of garage fans and lighting operations, retrofitting first generation T8's to latest generation T8 lamp and ballasts, installation of occupancy controlled plug load strips in all offices, rewiring of lighting circuit zones and installation of real-time monitoring technology in order to effectively participate in state sponsored Demand Response programs, to name just a few.
In addition to the ENERGY STAR labels, Adobe Towers has been recognized by California's Flex Your Power program as "Best Overall" for Best Practices in Energy Management for Commercial Office Buildings in the State of California, by the Association of Energy Engineers as Energy Project of the Year, and all three towers have been certified as Green Buildings at the platinum (highest) level in the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB).
Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by Adobe Systems, Inc. or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
Building Owner:*
Adobe Systems, Inc.
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Year(s) Labeled (Rating):
2004 (75)
2005 (75)
2006 (85)
2007 (75)
2008 (79)
2009 (86)
2010 (98)
2011 (100)
2012 (91)
2013 (82)
2015 (88)
Facility Type: Mixed Use Property
Total Floorspace: 391829 sf
Year Constructed: 1996
Contract Type: None
Technologies Used:
|Stage 1-Recommissioning
|Stage 2-Lighting
|Stage 4-Fan Systems
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MADISON, Wis.—Private school tuition would be tax deductible under a provision added to the state budget.
The Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday approved creating the new tax deduction for tuition expenses of up to $4,000 per year for elementary school students and $10,000 for each high school student. The deduction would begin in 2014.
It is expected to cost the state $30 million.
Republicans have pushed for private school tuition tax credits in the past as a way to help all families in the state send their children to private school, not just those who qualify for the more generous vouchers.
The tax deduction proposal is not as generous as a tax credit would be.
The proposal comes at the same time Republicans are proposing expanding the voucher school program statewide.