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The For Pros By Pros titles are compilations of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, selected by the editors of the magazine and organized by subject. New articles from recent issues of the magazine have been added to this edition of Foundations and Concrete Work. Updated and redesigned throughout, this book gives builders the very best and current information..
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Foundation work is not the glamorous side of home building It is hard, dirty work. But it's also the work upon which all other work rests, and so a good foundation is critical to every home. No source of knowledge on foundations and concrete work is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of Fine Homebuilding magazine.

This latest edition from the editors of Fine Homebuilding is the biggest and most authoritative volume yet on the subject. At 288 pages with more than 400 illustrative on-the-job photographs and drawings, Foundations and Concrete Work distills centuries of hands-on builder-tested methods and techniques as the finest builders in the country pass on the hard-won trade secrets for better construction.

From a thorough survey of concrete basics through forming and pouring foundations to keeping a basement dry, Foundations and Concrete Work will serve as the definitive guide to the subject.

Written by builders from all over the country, these articles are quite literally advice from the trenches..
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This is the book the enemy doesn't want you to read.... We ARE in a war for our survival War Footing is a blueprint to not just survive this threat, but vanquish it. -- Dr. Monica Crowley

America has been at war for years, but until now, it has not been clear with whom or precisely for what. And we have not been using the full resources we need to win.

With the publication of War Footing, lead-authored by Frank Gaffney, it not only becomes clear who the enemy is and how high the stakes are, but also exactly how we can prevail.

War Footing shows that we are engaged in nothing less than a War for the Free World. This is a fight to the death with Islamofascists, Muslim extremists driven by a totalitarian political ideology that, like Nazism or Communism before it, is determined to destroy freedom and the people who love it.

Mr. Gaffney and his esteemed colleagues offer ten specific steps that Americans, as individuals and as communities, can take to ensure their way of life and safety and the future well-being of their children and grandchildren. These steps include detailed recommendations about how to:

-- Know the enemy

-- Really support U.S. troops

-- Provide for the country's energy security

-- Stop investing in terror

-- Equip the country for war at home

-- Counter the mega-threat: an EMP attack

-- Secure U.S. borders and the interior against illegal immigration

-- Wage political warfare

-- Launch regional initiatives

-- Wield effective diplomacy

This book is a highly readable and definitive owners manual for the War for the Free World. Whether we like it or not, every American owns a stake in its outcome. War Footing tells us how we can make sure it comes out right.

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Christian Footings is an examination of presuppositions for Catholic thought as well as an introduction to the most important Catholic thinkers of our time..
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A college degree is the key to opportunity and economic success in America today, a fact that has brought new attention to questions of college access and affordability. Footing the Tuition Bill explores fundamental questions about the purposes of federal student loans, how well traditional arrangements work, and how innovations might offer guidance for rethinking the design of financial aid. This collection of studies examines why the private postsecondary lending market has emerged, what it looks like, and the possibilities and tensions it poses for the future efforts to ensure that the doors of college are open to all Americans..
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Big and proven strategies for small businesses Business owners, consultants, freelancers, and other entrepreneurs are all looking for easy-to-implement, cost-efficient ways to go up against the big guys. They can now get tips from an expert--Debra Koontz Traverso--an entrepreneur herself who coaches others to success. This book gives them a powerful equalizer for winning business that would traditionally go to players with bigger staffs and established reputations. Despite the splash created by big budget ad campaigns, the fact remains--big business can't always do the job. Its Achilles heel? One-size-fits-all service coupled with often inexpert sales help. Outsmarting Goliath helps small businesses defeat larger competitors. This book shows how a single phone call, a cleverly crafted letter, an impressive catalog, a winning ad, or a skillfully prepared face-to-face presentation can influence customers to abandon big brand name products and services and embrace small business products and services that better address their needs. With these proven how-to strategies, small upstarts will capture more clients and challenge the Goliaths!

How to go Toe-to-Toe:
* Choose a name and location that scores big in consumer confidence
* Project a big image with a small staff
* Use everyday materials--billing, status reports--to build your image
* Produce major league marketing materials
* Capitalize on the Internet as the great equalizer
* Learn when to go with your strengths and when to seek assistance.
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A discussion of various foot and ankle problems and injuries commonly found in runners and other athletes. Written by the medical director of the Peachtree Road Race & Atlanta Marathon who also coordinated podiatry services for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics..
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This ringbound book provides a superb introduction to basic bridge concepts, fully illustrated with over 90 color photographs and over 45 detailed line drawings. It provides information on bridge components and elements, bearings, piers, abutments, bridge mechanics, foundations, footings, culvert structures, shapes and arches, and more. This authoritative reference on bridge design is excerpted from the Federal Highway Administration Bridge Inspector s Reference Manual (BIRM), published in December 2006. Contents include: Bridge Components and Elements - This topic presents the terminology needed by inspectors to properly identify and describe the individual elements that comprise a bridge. First the major components of a bridge are introduced. Then the basic member shapes and connections of the bridge are presented. Finally, the purpose and function of the major bridge components are described in detail... Most bridges can be divided into three basic parts or components, deck, superstructure, and substructure. The ability to recognize and identify basic member shapes requires an understanding of the timber, concrete, and steel shapes used in the construction of bridges. Every bridge member is designed to carry a unique combination of tension, compression, and shear. These are considered the three basic kinds of member stresses. Timber Shapes. Planks. Beams. Concrete Shapes. Cast-in-place Flexural Shapes. Pre-cast shapes. Iron Shapes. Compression Members columns, arches, piles. Steel shapes, rolled shapes. I-beam, box shapes. Cable-supported bridges. Pin, riveted, bolted, welded connections. Splice connections. Decks, deck materials. Deck joints, drainage, appurtenances, signing, lighting. Superstructure, elements. Arch bridges, cable-supported bridges. Movable bridges. Bascule bridge, swing bridge. Lift bridge. Floating bridges. Culverts. Bearings, sole plate, masonry plate. Bearing types sliding plate, roller, rocker, pin and link, elastomeric, pot, restraining, isolation bearings. Substructure, abutments, piers and bents. A bridge is designed to carry or resist design loadings in a safe and economical manner. Loads may be concentrated or distributed depending on the way in which they are applied to the structure. A concentrated load, or point load, is applied at a single location or over a very small area. Vehicle loads are considered concentrated loads. A distributed load is applied to all or part of the member, and the amount of load per unit of length is generally constant. The weight of superstructures, bridge decks, wearing surfaces, and bridge parapets produce distributed loads. Secondary loads, such as wind, stream flow, earth cover and ice, are also usually distributed loads. Bridge-roadway interaction, non-composite, composite. Foundations shallow foundations commonly referred to as spread footings, deep foundations. Culvert characteristics A culvert is a structure designed hydraulically to take advantage of submergence to increase water carrying capacity. Culverts, as distinguished from bridges, are usually covered with embankment and are composed of structural material around the entire perimeter, although some are supported on spread footings with the streambed serving as the bottom of the culvert. Culverts may qualify to be considered bridge length. Rigid, flexible. Compaction and side support. Culvert shapes circular, pipe arch and elliptical, arches. Box sections, multiple barrels. Frame culverts. Culvert materials. Precast concrete. Cast-in-place concrete. Metal culverts. Masonry. Timber. Culvert end treatments. Wingwalls..
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On Equal Footing began as an oral history project sponsored by the Institute for the Medical Humanities, which is located at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Over the course of three years, Antrece Baggett, instructor at Houston Community College, interviewed Mr. Mease about his role in the desegregation of Houston and about his life in general. What emerged was a portrait of a remarkable individual: An African-American man who grew up in an all-black coal mining town in Iowa, rose to the rank of captain in the segregated U.S. military during WWII, chose a career in public service, and wound up in Houston, where in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s he became an agent for peaceful desegregation in the major southern city. Quietly working with powerful white civic leaders, such as John T. Jones and Roy Hofheinz, and effectively neutralizing obstructionists, like police chief Herman Short, Mease joined the forces that allowed Houston to avoid the racial violence experienced by other U.S. cities at the time. Quentin Mease built the first black YMCA in Houston and served as executive secretary for twenty years. He was founding member and first president of the Houston Area Urban League, the first black member of the Downtown Rotary Club, and the first black person on the Hospital District Board, which he also chaired. Today, a hospital in Houston is named after Quentin Mease, and he continues to be an active community leader, chairing the Harris County Hospital District Foundation and sitting on the board of the Texas Medical Center. He is 91 years old..
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