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My BMW Remote App Goes Android
by Gabriel Bridger October 6, 2011 October 6, 2011
A few weeks back we told our US readers how to get access to the iOS app My BMW Remote. The app lets you locate your car, send directions and lock and unlock it from anywhere in the world. But there 's only one issue (beside it not being officially available in the US): it was iOS only. That 's a problem no more with the official release of the Android version.
Official Release: The BMW Group doesn't only offer solutions for the integration of Apple smartphones; in the future, smartphones based on the Android operating system should also be able to use the BMW and MINI apps. The first step along this road is the Android version of the My BMW Remote app, which controls the same remote functions as its iPhone counterpart. In addition to opening and closing the car, the driver can also use the Climate Control function to access the car's climate control system and activate its auxiliary ventilation or heating. Added to which, the driver can use the Flash Light or Horn Blow functions to gain a visible or audible reminder of their car's location (not available in all markets). If the car is out of sight and earshot, it can still be located by the Vehicle Finder function within a radius of up to 1,500 metres. A map then guides the driver to the car. Google Local Search rounds off the portfolio of functions. Here, customers can use the Google search function or the smartphone's address book to send relevant Points of Interest (POIs) to the car's navigation system. The e-mobility-specific remote functions of the BMW ActiveE, such as battery charging from outside the car, will also be available for Android phones, as will the upgrade for the My BMW Remote app – slated for introduction in autumn 2011 – which adds the Real-Time Traffic Information (RTTI) function.
Android is currently the fastest-growing software platform for smartphones and tablets. As open-source software, it can be adapted to and used on a wide range of devices from different manufacturers. It is here that the challenge lies for the BMW Group developers. Different resolutions, not to mention the technical requirements and particular characteristics of the different devices, have to be taken into account in the development process. And that means the testing phase for Android phones is far more extensive and time-consuming than for apps for the iPhone, which only comes in two variants. Adapting the graphics as required is also a complex business. Android places different demands on the user interface and operating architecture. To this end, the user interface has to be adapted to the look and feel of Android phones, without making too many changes to the familiar and well thought-out appearance of the app. Here, the design of the Android user interface has already incorporated feedback from existing My BMW Remote app users and allows it to integrate new functions even more easily.
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Norwegian deep house producer Simon Field is back with the new single Shake The Tree on London's Perfect Havoc label. But Simon is also much more than a talented music producer. He is the perfect example of a 2019s one-man DIY music machine as he also curates one of Spotify's most popular indie playlists of his own.
Simon Field's Ibiza 2019 playlist has a whopping 220,000 followers. It's one of the few artist curated playlists with so many followets as it's neither a Spotify editorial nor label owned one, The playlist generates Simon some 40,000 monthly Spotify plays for his own tracks among the total 96 songs on the playlist. We caught up with Simon to ask him a few questions about building a strong Spotify trademark playlist of your own.
Alex Esser, HMWL: Hello Simon! Congrats on a new amazing release! How are things in Oslo today?
Simon: Well, Oslo is frozen over after a few days of snow, we´re down to mins 10 to 12.. brr. Good time of year to be in the studio and create some Ibiza vibes.
Alex: Tell us about your Ibiza 2019 Spotify Playlist? When did you start it and what was the original reason to do it?
Simon: Well, started it around 2015.. so its been up there for a while. This was on rise of Tropical House, and to be honest I hate that… its not at all house. So I collected all my favorites in the playlist and used to argue with friends what´s house.
Alex: Did you see the immediate growth of followers or did they come gradually once you hit a certain amount of plays / followers?
Simon: Not at all. In fact I didn't know I had followers before a few months later. This playlist was not made to "harvest" followers or be click bate but more a music passion thing. My online mixtape. An ID card for my artist kinda. Ones I realised that it was growing I started to look for opportunities to grow it further. Also I got more thorough on the curation.
Alex: What's your take on the overall mood of a playlist one want to create? I've heard you compare it to a DJ set where you want to be very selective with songs and build up the mood gradually?
Simon: To me its about taste and absolutely about build, highs and low. I would like the transition between tracks to be as smooth as possible not to scare the listener or keep the mood so he does not change playlists or go looking for something else.
Alex: Did you manage to figure out how the Spotify search results work? is it the amount of Active Listeners compare to total followers on a playlist that determines which playlist appears at the top of the search when someone searched for "Ibiza"?
Simon: Well, I´ve spoken to Spotify and they obviously will not tell what goes into the search rank. I think streams is the main ingredient ie NOT the follower-count. The only thing that follower count does is to impress others. So totally pointless.
Alex: Some indie editors would argue that one should never change the first 10 tracks of a playlist in order not to break the pattern and scare away some long time followers. How do you feel about that?
Simon: Well, tbh there are as many curation strategies as there are playlists. My thing has been to always start with something know or catchy or something that is typical for the playlist. Just like a DJ set you give people something familiar or really catchy to pull the in and make them stay on.
Firstly, the playlist should be relevant for you as artist. For me it's like creating that record shelf where you want your record to be in. That could of cour, of course,nre shelf, although all the major genres are pretty much taken. But if you are doing Psyco-trash-chill, you are in luck cause that's not taken.
Secondly Spotif,y is not a discovery platform. It does not convert to anything but streams. There are plenty of artists with 2-3M monthly listeners on the platform and at the same time only 500 Facebook followers. So my recommendation is go for mood. People will buy into a mood and there is already search volumes for all sorts of moods. Sad, happy, angry etc.
Lastly, I would recommend updating your Playlist weekly. In fact. I would recommend listening to your playlist at least a couple of times a week. If you get tired of a track, just delete it. That will also give you an idea of kinda tracks you are missing (uptempo, downtempo etc) as well as give you a feel of when you would skip something.


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Q: lost in debug ... can't stop execution I am trying to understand why an installation file hangs up using Windbg, but I am at a point where I can't stop the execution.
As background, I had already been able to install this program on the same PC, but for some reason I had then uninstalled, and now I can't re-install it (I tried to clean up everything from the old installation, incl. registry). Now this setup.exe starts and stays idle among the running processes without doing anything.
But let's go to the actual question. I am trying to use Windbg for the first time (I only had some practice with the old 8086 debug at DOS-time :-), so please bear with me if I'm asking something straightforward).
I have tracked the code up to a point where I have a RET code. I am able to stop the debugger at the RET instruction, but as soon as I "step into" the RET, the execution starts and does not stop, while I was expecting it to just go to the instruction following the previous CALL. From how I see things, it seems that after the RET the execution goes somewhere else ... how is it possible? Also, just before the RET there is a SYSCALL that I don't fully understand ... can it have an impact?
This is the portion of the code I am examining at the moment:
ntdll!NtTerminateThread:
00007ff9`fc8b5b20 4c8bd1          mov     r10,rcx
00007ff9`fc8b5b23 b853000000      mov     eax,53h
00007ff9`fc8b5b28 f604250803fe7f01 test    byte ptr [SharedUserData+0x308 (00000000`7ffe0308)],1
00007ff9`fc8b5b30 7503            jne     ntdll!NtTerminateThread+0x15 (00007ff9`fc8b5b35)
00007ff9`fc8b5b32 0f05            syscall
00007ff9`fc8b5b34 c3              ret
00007ff9`fc8b5b35 cd2e            int     2Eh
00007ff9`fc8b5b37 c3              ret

I am stuck at the first RET instruction, at address 5b34.
At this time, this is the stack call:
00000000`0203fc38 00007ff9`fc86c63e ntdll!NtTerminateThread+0x14
00000000`0203fc40 00007ff9`fc8d903a ntdll!RtlExitUserThread+0x4e
00000000`0203fc80 00007ff9`fc86c5c5 ntdll!DbgUiRemoteBreakin+0x5a
00000000`0203fcb0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x45

so my understanding is that execution should continue at address 00007ff9`fc86c63e. However, even if I add a BP at this address, or if I just go for a trace, the execution continues and keeps running some idle loop until I hit the "pause" button in windbg, after which it resume at a completely different address.
In case the registers are relevant, here are some of them:
rax: 353000
rbx: 0
rcx: 0
rdx: 0
rsp: 203fc38
rdi: 7ff9c8d8fe0
rip: 7ff9fc8b5b34

So, eventually, where am I wrong? How can I see where the code goes after this RET?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Bob

A: when a thread exits the execution wont return to the return address
the system is free to schedule another thread that is ready in the process
the stack shows NtTerminateThread on the stack it is a function that does not return
__declspec noreturn foo (...) ;
btw when you say it goes elsewhere do you mean the app keeps running and is not terminated if so hit ctrl+break and check what other threads are doing
ie if usermode ~*kb should show all the threads callstack
answering the comment about where it goes
process is a collection of threads
each thread has a stack and each thread gets a bit of time to execute from the scheduler (thread quantum)
each thread that has a lower priority can be preempted by threads xxxx ,yyy ,zzz with higher priorities by interrupts by apcs , dpcs etc
when a thread has completed its quantum or is preempted by some vip cavalcade happening to travel on the road that this poor thread is walking
a trap is made _KTRAP and this poor threads position EIP is filled into it and put in a waiting threads barricade
when the vip cavalcade's dust has settled police open the barricade and let the poor thread walk from where it stopped
for such gory details you may need a kernel debugging setup and may need to control your process from a kernel debugger
when you hit the return os sees the thread is dead and has no return address
so it checks the !ready threads and selects the highest priority thread and provides it a quantum to enjoy
so before hitting the return address check what all other threads are doing in your app set an appropriate break on threads of interest and hit the return when the other thread executes its quantum your break will get hit

A: You're looking at the wrong thread!
From the partial output you supplied seems like you're attaching to a running process (rather than start it from the debugger). To break into a running process the debugger injects a thread into the target process that basically contains a hardcoded int 3 instruction and not much more.
It does it by calling ntdll!RtlpCreateUserThreadEx (the internal undocumented native parallel of CreateRemoteThread) supplying ntdll!DbgUiRemoteBreakin as the start address for the new thread.
The sole purpose of this synthetic thread is to generate the breakpoint exception. This exception causes the operating system to stop running the target process and passes control to the debugger. After it does this it's not needed anymore and it commits suicide.
What you're supposed to do at this point is probably switch to your thread of interest using ~s command, set breakpoints and then continue execution.
If try to step through this synthetic thread it will just end, and then the process will continue doing whatever it was doing before you broke into it, which is pretty much the opposite of what you want,
That's what this stack means:

00000000`0203fc38 00007ff9`fc86c63e ntdll!NtTerminateThread+0x14
00000000`0203fc40 00007ff9`fc8d903a ntdll!RtlExitUserThread+0x4e
00000000`0203fc80 00007ff9`fc86c5c5 ntdll!DbgUiRemoteBreakin+0x5a
00000000`0203fcb0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x45

ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart is the real user-mode entry point of all user-mode threads and you can see that it just called ntdll!DbgUiRemoteBreakin after which you continued a bit until the thread finally ends itself.

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Great Neck Teen Launches Sock Drive for The Homeless
Timothy Bolger - November 16, 2020
After seeing homeless people on the street in New York City as a child, Jackson Southerland researched the biggest needs of those living in shelters and used his inspiration to launch an annual sock drive.
Despite Progress, Homelessness and Hunger Persist on Long Island
Timothy Bolger - November 4, 2019
The dovetailing issues of homelessness and hunger are not going to solve themselves. And thousands more Long Islanders are at risk, studies show.
The INN: Long Island's Enduring Refuge Provides Shelter From Life's Countless...
The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) is a volunteer-based nonprofit whose mission is to address hunger and homelessness on Long Island by providing food, shelter, long-term housing and supportive services for all those in need. It operates a network of 14 soup kitchens, in 21 locations, serving more than 300,000 meals annually. It runs three emergency shelters in Nassau County—two designated as refuges for homeless families, the other for homeless men. The INN provides 23 formerly homeless families with long-term housing throughout Long Island, offers housing and supportive services to homeless veterans, and works to resolve homelessness overall and ultimately empower families' self-sufficiency. The INN's latest facility, its Center for Transformative Change (CTC), is a one-stop resource center helping individuals successfully navigate multi-tiered, multi-agency services so crucial for the homeless, unemployed or destitute to get back on their feet.
Homeless Man, 28, Found Dead On Beach Near Port Jefferson Harbor
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A 28-year-old homeless man's lifeless body was discovered on a beach near Port Jefferson Harbor Thursday, Suffolk County Police said. A Village of Port Jefferson constable found the body of Marlon Lewis, 28, who apparently drowned, at approximately 1:45 p.m. March 17, police said. Sixth Precinct officers responded to the scene, and describe Lewis as homeless.
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2.. Use the Microsoft Office Update detection tool to detect and install the Office System 2003 Beta 2 Technical Refresh.
When I use the detection tool no update is found, I also can not find the technical refresh as a downloadable file. But Outlook 2003 does not work.
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Once you experience an unfortunate event, you realize how useful and necessary insurance is. Before anything happens, you have the impression that you're paying "for nothing" and you think it's too expensive. And once something has happened, it's often harder to become insured and the premium is too costly.
For the same reason, when a lot of people shop for personal insurance, they only look for the lowest premium, and they overlook the fine print. Yet, in terms of insurance, the devil is often in the details.
They don't hesitate to pay for a warranty on their electronics and don't think twice about insuring their cars, but when it comes to their life or their income, it's a completely different story! Just having an insurance policy isn't enough either: you need to make sure that you understand all of the clauses in a policy and that they are adapted to your situation.
In case of premature death, what will your loved ones receive? That's a question that few Quebecers are able to answer, even if four out of five of them hold life insurance. I've also noticed that disability insurance is frequently omitted from personal coverage. However, you are more likely to suffer a disability than die prematurely. If you're sick and you can't make any money, what will happen?
Or their working life! It's not just when you're sick or old that you need to think about life or disability insurance. By then it's too late, and few insurers are ready to take this risk, at least without making you pay for it.
It is obviously important to insure your assets, but what about protecting your quality of life and that of your loved ones?
As a matter of fact, that's the role of an insurance broker. Financial planners are here to identify clients' needs and to help them figure things out by asking the right questions. See, people incorrectly think that their debts will disappear when they pass away and that bills will stop piling up when they're sick.
Financial planners present a clear picture of what will really happen if they get cancer and can't work throughout their treatment while having to cover the cost of their care and medication. For example, is the 50% of their income covered by their insurance enough? Probably not. Contrary to popular belief, it's not unheard of for your cost of living and expenses to increase during a disability! Clients then have the responsibility of contacting an insurance broker, who will help them select the right product for their needs. We can also make referrals if they don't know where to go.
What perspective can financial planner provide on my insurance coverage?
Financial planners have an overview of their clients' financial situations. We can make calculations according to different scenarios to ensure that the coverage is adequate.
If you happen to get sick, you get the chance to rest and recover without worrying about financial hardship.
Our loved ones are also exempt from all of the debts we've taken on during our lives. A big relief for those who are already grieving.
The amount paid under insurance is generally tax exempt, meaning that the money is transferred completely and directly to the beneficiaries. This is particularly beneficial for the surviving spouse and children, who can only take advantage of tax rollover in the case of an inheritance.
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The Transporter of the Front Line LuAZ-967 (ЛуАЗ-967)
Manufacturer LuAZ (Lutsk automobile plant)
Model name The Transporter of the Front Line LuAZ-967 (ЛуАЗ-967)
Body style 3 door phaeton, 3 passengers
Car layout 4 × 4. all wheel drive
MeMZ-967, 4 cyl. 0.89 L. 27 hp.
Max speed 75 km/h on the road, 3 km/h on water
The LuAZ-967 was the Transporter of the Front Line, a small Soviet four-wheel drive amphibious vehicle. Light enough to be air transportable, it had a 400 kg (880 lb) payload over most terrain.
The design originated after the Korean War, when the Soviets saw a need for small off-road vehicles comparable to the American Jeep, to supplement the overly-large and -heavy GAZ-69s then in service. It was to be used by Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) for casualty evacuation, munition supply and the transport of light armaments.
Developed at NAMI (the National Automobile Institute), the prototype, known as NAMI 049, was completed in 1958. Unlike the Jeep, it had a Fibreglass body, four-wheel torsion bar independent suspension, and permanent four-wheel drive with locking hubs. It had a wheelbase of 1,800 mm (71 in), a ground clearance of 280 mm (11 in), and was powered by a 22 hp (16 kW; 22 PS) MD-65 motorcycle engine (copied from an Orbita motorcycle). Trials proved it underpowered, and the body too fragile.
A second prototype, the NAMI 049A, had a 746 cc (45.5 cu in) V4 MeMZ 965 engine (selected for use in the ZAZ-965), steel body, and rear wheel drive (with optional drive to the front wheels). The torsion bars were replaced with a coil spring setup. It weighed 1,350 kg (2,980 lb), with a 37 hp (28 kW; 38 PS) MeMZ 967A engine, and was able to pull a 300 kg (660 lb) trailer; it could cross a 58° gradient, and top speed was 47 mph (76 km/h).
It was produced between 1961-1975 at Lutsk automobile plant - LuAZ. It was succeeded by the LuAZ-969В, LuAZ-969, LuAZ-969М and the LuAZ-1302.
The LuAZ 967M had a MeMZ-967A 887 cc (54 cu in) gasoline engine from the ZAZ automobile. An air-cooled, carbureted ohv V4, it developed 37 hp (28 kW) at 2,250 rpm.
A 4+1 speed transmission has separately engaged crawl gear. Unlike many small military vehicles, it was a front wheel drive 4×2, the rear axle was selectively engaged only when 4×4 was needed.
The watertight steel body had 4-wheel independent suspension with torsion bars and 285 mm (11 in) of ground clearance. The driving controls were on the truck's centerline, both the controls and the windshield could be folded down for a lower profile.


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Konami Reveals Additional Metal Gear Solid Legacy Content
By Marshall Lemon Legacy Author May 6, 2013
The PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid collection now includes a familiar game from 1987.
Note: The original story states that Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake were new additions to the collection, but these were already included in Metal Gear Solid 3 HD Edition. The art book is the only new material being added to the collection. We apologize for the confusion.
The Metal Gear series is one that can be overwhelmingly complex for newcomers, and it's not hard to understand why. The story has been ongoing since the 1980s without a single reboot, and frequently references the convoluted history of its previous entries. That makes news of the Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection all the more appealing for anyone hoping to brave Solid Snake's journey from start to finish. Even better are details appearing on Konami's websites detailing bonus content not mentioned in the original announcements. Specifically, both Western and Japanese versions of the set now include Hideo Kojima's original Metal Gear games, while the game's Japanese website mentions an 100 page art book by Yoji Shinkawa.
For those keeping count, this means that the Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection includes Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, all four core Metal Gear Solid games, the MGS: VR Missions, MGS: Peace Walker, and two full graphic novels. The attached image of the Japanese edition shows that multiple Blu-Ray discs are required to store it all, and even then two entries (including Metal Gear Solid) will use off-disc download codes. It's not entirely clear whether North American audiences will get an art book of their own, but so far the option doesn't appear to be ruled out.
The Legacy Collection still doesn't include every single Metal Gear game (we'd need Twin Snakes to truly impress the fans) but it's still an impressive compilation for newcomers and series veterans alike. The Japanese release date has been set for July 11th, so hopefully we'll all be able to sneak around in digital boxes within a few months.
Source: Konami, via Metal Gear Solid.nl


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Seasonal enjoyment by riding the rubber dinghy or swan boat with family and friends during the summer to enjoy the cool current. Have a great conversational time, enjoy a relaxing time in the boat.
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CONNIE BARLOW is an author of popular science books and articles, and developer of THE GREAT STORY website. Connie's 2001 book, The Ghosts of Evolution (Basic Books), was Amazon.com's top-recommended science book for several months. Her previous books, Green Space, Green Time: The Way of Science (Copernicus Books), Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life (MIT Press), and From Gaia to Selfish Genes: Selected Writings in the Life Sciences (MIT Press), all explore the nexus of science, meaning, and inspiration.
She is founder and webmaster of Torreya Guardians, a community of botanists, naturalists, and others dedicated to ensuring the persistence in the wild of America's most endangered conifer tree: Torreya taxifolia. The group's efforts in moving this tree northward in a time of rapid climate change have been showcased in Orion and Audubon magazines. Science journals (e.g. Nature and Science) and national media (e.g., New York Times and The Economist) have reported on this group of citizen volunteers as leading the way for "assisted migration" of climate-endangered plants.
In the 1990s she contributed articles to Wild Earth magazine toward encouraging others in conservation to develop "deep-time eyes" by way of learning the history of evolutionary change and paleoecological interactions. In 2014, she launched her videoblog series promoting forestry-climate activism, "Climate, Trees, and Legacy".
No longer writing science books, Barlow has retired into full-time forestry-climate activism. She occasionally creates videos on evolutionary and ecological themes (and, since 2012, also on climate change), which she posts on her youtube channel, "ghostsofevolution". In 2017 she volunteered as web archivist and occasional videographer for the five elder climate activists known as the Valve Turners, who undertook stunning and deeply moral actions against tar sands pipelines in 2016.
written by Barlow; foreword by Paul Martin.
Anthology of classic and contemporary essays, assembled and edited by Barlow.
PDF of chapter by Connie Barlow in Gaia in Turmoil: Climate Change Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis, edited by Eileen Crist and H. Bruce Rinker, 2009, MIT Press.
A contributed essay to the 2004 volume, Forest Canopies, edited by Bruce Rinker and Meg Lowman. Based on Connie's 2001 book, The Ghosts of Evolution. Full text.
Cover story for the Fall 2003 issue of, Earth Matters, newsletter of the Northwest Earth Institute.
Annotated list of a wealth of examples in which evolution has brought forth the same form or function in life on multiple occasions and in distinct lineages. Full text.
See also story in Smithsonian Magazine.
Click the VIDEO at right for a 5-minute, visually rich (and playful!) introduction to these concepts. A PBS short VIDEO in 2013 also references Connie's book.
"Open Systems Living in a Closed Biosphere: A New Paradox for the Gaia Debate" (with Tyler Volk), 1990, Biosystems 23(4):371-84. technical paper: Abstract. See editor's acceptance letter (by Lynn Margulis) image left.
SERMON VIDEO 2018: "Grief and Gratitude in a Time of Climate Change"
Connie Barlow's guest sermon (26 August 2018) for a Unitarian Universalist audience in Michigan conveys the anxiety and suffering of friends in Colorado, California, and Washington who are suffering yet another summer of forest fire danger, smoke, and flash flood warnings. Her message: Environmental damage (and consequent fear and anxiety) out West is clearly "21st Century." But climate change is mostly an abstract understanding in Michigan — where environmental concerns and calamities are still "20th Century".
2014 VIDEO: Connie Barlow presents: "Forest Trees in Climate Peril"
A 45-minute talk that Connie delivered in Prescott, Arizona, is the single best place to begin learning how rapid climate change is endangering even common trees of American forests — and why our descendants will need to step in and help those trees disperse seeds farther north than birds and mammals can transport them.
"The Torreya taxifolia USF&WS Recovery Plan Process: An Opportunity to Shift to a Deep-Time Perspective of Native Habitat" 2010 in PDF.
What We Are Learning" about Torreya's northward habitat needs.
The Economist, 2015. "The Torreya Guardians were at first seen as 'eco-terrorists spreading an invasive species', remembers Connie Barlow, the group's chief propagandist. She rejects that charge, pointing out that she is only moving the tree within America. She also thinks that drastic action of this kind will soon be widespread: 'We are the radical edge of what is going to become a mainstream action.' Online access: "A Modern Ark: To save endangered species move them to more congenial places".
New York Times, 2014. "In 2008, Connie Barlow, a biologist and conservationist, helped move an endangered conifer tree in Florida north by planting seedlings in cooler regions. Now she is working in the West. "I just assisted in the migration of the alligator juniper in New Mexico by planting seeds in Colorado," she said. "We have to. Climate change is happening so fast and trees are the least capable of moving." "Building an Ark for the Anthropocene".
Educational VIDEO series to document the citizen science projects of the all-volunteer Torreya Guardians in human-assisted migration of America's most endangered conifer tree, Florida Torreya, northward in this time of rapid climate change. Connie Barlow founded the organization.
Climate is warming too fast for large-seeded plant species to migrate north via the animal partners (e.g., squirrels) that have dependably dispersed seeds for millions of years. In 2008, a group of citizen-naturalists (Torreya Guardians) legally planted 31 seedlings of the endangered Florida conifer Torreya taxifolia within private forests in the mountains of North Carolina. Connie Barlow reports their learnings during the first five years.
First video of best practices discovered by Torreya Guardians in attempting to plant seeds directly into the soil of wild forest in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Preliminary results confirm that both methods (planting beneath heavy, flat rocks and planting beneath a thatch of branches) were 100% effective in deterring squirrels. However, the results are mixed for voles. This video chronicles Connie's visit to the site 17 months after planting. Here she locates and upends the flat rocks to look for signs of germination, intact but non-germinating seeds, and tunneling by voles resulting in seed loss.
Annotated list of all episodes in this video series, or via titles at right: CLICK LEFT: 42-minute VIDEOBLOG launching Connie's educational video series, "Climate, Trees, and Legacy" in 2014. Here she introduces a learning and action series for citizen activism in helping trees adapt to climate change — species by species, decade by decade. This "assisted migration" in a time of unprecedented climate shift will be increasingly necessary in the decades ahead. Foresters can create the maps to show us where species will need to move to. But we citizen naturalists will play a complementary role in ensuring that the full diversity of genotypes keeps pace with a warming and drying continent. Human action will mimic what birds, rodents, and other native seed dispersers have been able to accomplish on their own in previous periods of Earth history, when warming occurred at a slower pace.
Summer 2016 Connie experimented with "coyote-style" and "elk-style" assisted migration of Alligator Juniper seeds into northern New Mexico. Multi-part video series accessible through her "Climate, Trees, and Legacy" page.
ABOVE LEFT: August 2018 Connie delivers a "Story for All Ages" about stages of life of Monarch Butterflies at People's Church (UU) of Ludington, MI.
urban construction a half-century ago).
Below left, in a Redwood forest in California. Below right with a Coast Redwood planted 70 years ago near Seattle, Washington.
Connie's photoessay of a paleoecological "sacred site of the epic of evolution".
Connie's photoessay of her 7-week interaction with a "sacred site of the epic of evolution".
August 2008 commentary on the historic "assisted migration" of 31 seedlings of this endangered plant to private lands in the mountains of North Carolina, by Torreya Guardians. Click for PDF.
"Paleoecology and the Assisted Migration Debate: Why a Deep-Time Perspective Is Vital"
Click for link to interview.
SEE ALSO Connie's eco-advocacy work in Audubon Magazine, May/June 2010, in an article titled "Guardian Angels."
Essay co-authored with Paul S. Martin and published in the Winter 2005 issue of Wild Earth, in PDF.
Review of book by Hazel Delcourt, published in Winter 2004 issue of Wild Earth magazine. Full text.
Published in the Summer 2002 issue of Wild Earth magazine, this article is grounded on the 2001 book by Tim Flannery, The Eternal Frontier. It presents the 65 million year deep time story of the North American Continent, questioning what it means to be native to this continent: spiritual implications and practical recommendations for conservation biology. PDF.
VIDEO LEFT: "Mammoths, Overkill, and a Deep-Time Perspective on Pleistocene Extinctions"
Connie Barlow summarizes the world-wide paleontological evidence in support of the Overkill Theory of "extinction of the massive", proposed by Paul S. Martin, in this "Coming Home to North America" program delivered as a keynote presentation in 2004 in Lexington Kentucky (EarthSpirit Rising Conference).
RIGHT: Click for annotated charts used in Connie's North America overkill presentation.
Published in Trees for Life Engagement Calendar, 2001. Retyped for online publishing in 2010, with lots of photos added (including photos of Connie's mentor Paul Martin and memorabilia from the "Mammoth Memorial Service" that the two conjured up together and held at the Mammoth Site in Hot Spring SD, 1999. PDF.
"Aldo and Me", September 2000.
CLICK LEFT: 5-minute VIDEO (left) of Connie reading Leopold's "On a Monument to a Pigeon" at the Passenger Pigeon Monument in Wisconsin.
36 minute AUDIO of Connie reciting four items in honor of evolutionary ecologist Aldo Leopold (who envisioned the first designated wilderness in the world: the Gila. In September 2000, Connie sat on a log in the West Fork of the Gila and recited into a tape recorder 4 parts: (1) in-the-moment observations of the immediate surrounds, (2) "We Live in a Mythic Time": unpublished advocacy piece in behalf of the newly rewilded Mexican Gray Wolf (submitted to the Silver City Daily Press), (3) Connie's favorite excerpts from Aldo's A Sand County Almanac, and (4) Connie reciting the essay she wrote for the Trees for Life annual engagement calendar (published 2001, see above).
Click for the youtube playlist of Nature-Celebrating Videos by Connie Barlow.
Barlow and her husband, Michael Dowd, were awarded "Religious Humanists of the Year" at an event associated with the Unitarian Universalist 2016 General Assembly. (Barlow's section begins at timecode 6:33 and ends at 17:36).
VIDEO: "Your Brain's Creation Story"
In August 2009, Connie Barlow (with Michael Dowd) were theme speakers at a Unitarian Universalist summer camp in Puget Sound, Washington. Connie took the lead in the illustrated presentation on the practical lessons and uses of evolutionary brain science for improving our lives — and for provisioning children and teens with an evolutionary perspective that can help them make better choices and develop healthy habits, despite having inherited "mismatched instincts" that pose challenges in modern-day life.
Click LEFT for 54-minute VIDEO on YouTube.
Click LEFT for 31-minute VIDEO.
Originally published as an entry in the 2004 Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (edited by Bron Taylor), Barlow's article was cited in the Wikipedia entry on Aldo Leopold: "Science writer Connie Barlow says Leopold wrote eloquently from a perspective that today would be called Religious Naturalism." This same citation sentence also appears in the religious subsection of the Loren Eiseley Wikipedia entry.
Guest Blog by Connie Barlow on the ThankGodforEvolution.com website.
Sermon delivered by Connie Barlow on 8/31/08 at Cedar Lane Untarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Maryland. Click here for PDF or mp3 AUDIO.
Guest blog by Connie Barlow on Michael Dowd's, Thank God for Evolution website, responding to the 2008 North Carolina U.S. Senate race, in which one candidate posted a negative campaign ad that implied her rival was an atheist.
GOAL: to create a new governmental or nonprofit, voluntary group Health Insurance policy that (1) honors death as a natural / sacred part of the life process, and (2) distributes the financial savings thus accrued between group members (80%) and charities chosen by the dying or their guardians (20%). Click for PDF.
Guest blog by Connie Barlow on Michael Dowd's, Thank God for Evolution website, that focused on the pregnancy scandal of teen TV star Jamie Lynn Spears, as a current event platform for appreciating the practical benefits (self-understanding, compassion) for promoting an understanding of the ongoing discoveries of evolutionary brain science and evolutionary psychology.
"Death Through Deep-Time Eyes" presentation in Ashland OR, 2009.
Essay published in the Spring 2004 issue of EarthLight, in PDF.
Written for this website, and to support the "We Are Made of Stardust" ritual also on this website, this document provides an easy introduction to the broad outlines and fascinating details of how the various chemical elements were created in different kinds of stars. Full text or PDF.
Click for the webpage that is the annotated list/links of all 7 videos (filmed and edited by Connie Barlow).
A fragment of a sermon on religious naturalism, delivered extemporaneously by Connie at Sunday services at Unitarian Universalist churches. Full text.
Entry written for the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, edited by Bron Taylor, published 2005. Full text.
singing her stardust song, "In the Beginning"
Written for the "Metareligious Essays" page of this website, this personal essay shows how the Great Story can enrich the experience of religious naturalism. Exemplars of this tradition include Julian Huxley, Aldo Leopold, Loren Eiseley, and Annie Dillard; in PDF or on-screen. Note: The Wikipedia entry on Aldo Leopold credits Connie Barlow for identifying Leopold as a religious naturalist: "Science writer Connie Barlow says Leopold wrote eloquently from a perspective that today would be called Religious Naturalism." This same citation sentence also appears in the religious subsection of the Loren Eiseley Wikipedia entry.
This was an early, less formal draft of the essay above. Because it includes memories of my participation in the "Mammoth Memorial Service" in South Dakota (and because it is more free-flowing and less directed toward serving as an example of religions naturalism), I have preserved it as a separate, unpublished document in PDF.
Reflections on a natural death and hospice. PDF. NOTE: The "Clouds" stress-reduction audio mentioned in this text is available through NewHealthVisions.com.
2013: "How Religion Is Failing Our Youth"
2012: "Evolution: The Next Generation"
2011: "Modern Women with Stone-Age Instincts"
2009: "Your Brain's Creation Story"
2008: "Evolution: Truth, Beauty, and Utility"
2008: "Evolution Now: A Manifesto for our UU Congregations"
Cedar Lane UU Church Bethesda, MD (PDF).
2006: "An Evolutionary Celebration of Death"
2005: "What Is Our Cosmic Task?"
2003: "Is This Not Divine?"
"Failing Our Youth: A Call to Religious Liberals"
Excerpt: "Here lies an extraordinary opportunity for theologically progressive institutions to do what the fundamentalist churches cannot. Liberal churches can offer the youngers an evolutionary worldview that delights children in their wonder years, offers immensely practical insights and guidance for those going through puberty (by teaching them about "mismatched instincts" and "supernormal stimuli"), and empowers teens to ponder the meaning of life — and their life — as they edge toward adulthood."
8-9 month curriculum for provisioning 3rd and 4th graders in liberal religious, Montessori, or private-school sessions with a coherent, meaningful, and fun worldview. 28 major events in the 13.7 billion year story of the Universe are celebrated, in order, one or two per week. For each, the child selects a representative bead, culminating in the final project of stringing them together into a loop or necklace. Crucial are that the final 2 events/beads pertain to the child's own birth — and hope for their future. Click here for PDF.
12-part curriculum for assisting middle school youth in the life passage from childhood ("Explorers in the Garden") to early adolescence ("Thespians at the Oasis"), which uses the understandings drawn from the 2008 book by Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul, and using scene-by-scene the Disney movie The Lion King as a beloved bridge and focus for the middle school mindset. Overview and full curriculum available for free viewing and downloand.
This story is a non-picture book, designed to be read interactively to a child (ages 6 through 11, along with any post-teen, playful adult). The goal is to meaningfully and memorably convey a mythic tale through which the deep understandings, thanks to the scientific worldview, of the creative role that death plays at all scales of the cosmos can be grasped by both head and heart. Download in PDF. Click here to listen to free online AUDIO of Connie reading aloud this story.
From 2006 - 2009, this program created by Connie (but grounded in the evolutionary data offered by Richard Dawkins in his 2004 book, Ancestor's Tale) was the primary kids program she delivered personally at more than 40 church and private school settings. In November 2009, she made the entire curriculum available online for free download. See VIDEO below of Connie presenting this program to kids in 2011.
80-page PDF of lesson plans for teaching elementary-age children our relationship to stars and the Universe.
Click on image left to watch Part 1 of a (two-part) 90-minute VIDEO of Connie presenting "Ancestor's Tale for Kids" to a mixed-age group of children in 2011 at a Unitarian Universalist church in Georgia, USA.
After the video starts playing, we recommend you click on the YouTube button in the lower-right part of the picture screen. That will take you to the video's full YouTube page. From there, you can read the long text caption that summarizes the highlights. On the YouTube page, click on the gray "Show more" directly below the truncated text.
Notice that the text summary includes a full TABLE OF CONTENTS with linked timestops (in blue), which you can click to advance instantly to that portion of the video.
The Part 2 VIDEO of Ancestor's Tale for Kids opens at confluence #11. Two minutes into that program a child asks why some people don't believe in evolution. Watch Connie's imaginative response!
LEFT: Connie with Montessori children in Houston, 2005, leading the "We Are Stardust" glitter ritual/song.
RIGHT: VIDEO: Connie speaks of Great Story Beads at Unitarian church service in 2014 (4 mins).
ABOVE LEFT: 5-minute VIDEO of Connie Barlow speaking to adults on how the science of "stardust" (especially when presented evocatively to children) can help modern peoples recover a deeply felt relationship to "ancestors" in the night sky. See also "From Stardust to Us", The Spiral, 2001: a PDF Report (co-written with children's book author Jennifer Morgan) of guiding children at "The Walk Through Time" exhibit.
ABOVE RIGHT: 7-minute VIDEO: "Story for All Ages" at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, NJ (October 2013). Connie improvised a story to accompany a guest sermon by Michael Dowd ("The Future Is Calling Us To Greatness"), and used these props: her necklace of Great Story Beads, Michael's long strand of Great Story Beads, the "Earth from Space" stained glass window in the sanctuary, a pair of Hubble Space photos she has on poster board, and the children themselves.
AUDIO of a 6-minute Story for All Ages that Connie delivered at the Sunday morning service of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Indianapolis in September 2014. Here she uses leaves of a tuliptree and nuts of a walnut tree she collected that morning on the church grounds to (a) help the kids appreciate identify and enjoy these trees and (b) gently introduce them to the idea that their generation will need to help such trees move north in tandem with a changing climate.
"We Are Stardust: The Epic of Evolution in Children's Religious Education"
Long version of a chapter contributed by Connie Barlow to a 2009 book edited by Unitarian Universalist minister Fred Muir. The book is The Whole World Kin: Darwin and the Spirit of Liberal Religion, published by Skinner House Books. Connie's chapter is a summary of her work and philosophy in bringing the Epic of Evolution into religious education for children.
Advance the video at right to 1:00 minute into the program for a sample reading from Connie's chapter.
"Evolution Now: A Manifesto for Our UU Congregations", sermon by Connie Barlow delivered August 2008 - a plea for Unitarian Universalists (and other liberal religious folk) to ensure that we give our children a coherent, inspiring creation story to guide their lives and love for all of creation. Click to listen online or read in PDF.


William (Bill) J Falman Sr., 95, passed away quietly December 15 at Three Rivers Healthcare in Norwich Ct. Born January 19, 1923, Bill was a lifelong resident of Norwich. A veteran of World War II, Bill was a member of the Army Air Corp and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater, stationed in India. A master carpenter by trade, Bill was a long time employee of the American Thermos Company, where he was in charge of building and ground maintenance. In addition to building several homes, he also made furniture, three wooden boats, and later in life, walking canes. Bill enjoyed a large vegetable garden, and always maintained a meticulous lawn and landscape. Not one to waste time, he always seemed to be involved in some project or repair activity. He took pride in his work, and often stated "That a project worth doing is worth doing right". He loved to hear and tell jokes, and was seldom a wall flower at gatherings of friends and family. Bill was predeceased by his wife Phyllis, and is survived by his daughter Carol Watson, and sons William and Paul, along with four grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, as well as one sister. Calling hours will be on Thursday, Dec. 20, from 11AM to 1 PM, followed by a Funeral Service at the Labenski Funeral Home 107 Boswell Avenue Norwich. Burial with military honors will follow in Saint Joseph's Cemetery Norwich. In lieu of flowers Memorial Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association 200 Executive Blvd S #4b, Southington, CT 06489. Please visit www.labenskifuneralhome.com to leave an online tribute or condolence.
I can't see a Thermos lunch box without thinking about Uncle Bill. I can't remember a visit that didn't involve an endearing chubby-cheek squeeze to say hi and I love you. I don't remember family reunions without special fun with Uncle Bill, Grandpa (Uncle Ernie), and their sons and a German song or two. What great fun when we were able to be in town!
Keeping loving memories close, tucked in my heart.
I have many fond memories of my childhood spending time with Uncle Bill. Whether it be fishing, boating at Sandy Point, or bringing my cousins to meet with my Dad and I to attend the races at the Speedbowl. Nobody in our family could ever forget the great summertime family picnics at Uncle Bill's back yard. I also remember all the teasing and joking he loved to do to all of us young kids at the time. I pray that you rest in peace and happily meet up with Aunt Phyllis in a better place.
In Memory Of William J Falman Sr.


General Cox began his day with crews preparing to head out on mobile feeding units to provide food, hydration, and emotional and spiritual care. Workers from across the United States and Canada continue to serve in Houston supporting efforts in the affected area. Twenty (20) mobile kitchens and response teams, with an average individual capacity to serve 1,000 meals per day, continue to provide hot meals, snacks, and hydration to Hurricane Harvey survivors, in addition to cleanup kits and other supplies.
General Cox was joined by Majors Kent and Melody Davis, Area Commanders for the Greater Houston Area Command, Lt. Colonels Ronnie and Sharon Raymer, Divisional Commanders for the state of Texas, and Commissioner Don Bell, Territorial Commander of the Southern Territory of The Salvation Army. After mobile feeding unit crews headed out, the General visited with families in a Houston community working to recover after severe flooding. Salvation Army mobile feeding units had been there for several days distributing meals, supplies, and food boxes. "I spoke with families who were devastated. It was especially frightening because these people were already vulnerable and living in the margins," said General Cox.
The General's last stop in Houston was The Family Residence in midtown.The center provides a place of safety and healing for women and children 365 days a year. Many of the residents are victims of domestic violence, crime, and generational poverty. In addition to the families already in the program, the Residence took in displaced families during this crisis. The General also had an opportunity to visit the adjacent Young Adult Resource Center (YARC), that addresses the needs of a growing number of young adults ages 18 to 25 experiencing homelessness.


The Beryl-spangled Tanager is a colorful, tropical bird that inhabits the tropical regions of the north to northeastern South America. Tanagers can often be found in mixed-species flocks. This genus of tanagers is considered canopy dwellers, and will most often be found in the tree canopy. T. nigroviridis has three subspecies.
Beryl-spangled Tanagers can grow to about 11 inches in length and weigh up to about 40 g. It is mainly black with bright green to bluish green speckles, sometimes appearing like scales, which cover much of its body including the breast and wings.
Tanagers' diet typically consists of fruit. They have also been known to pick insects from leaves and the underside of branches. They forage most often between 2 and 9 m above the ground.
This species of tanager inhabits the Andean moist montane cloud forests. They reside in elevations between 900 and 3000 m, although they are most numerous between 1500 and 2400 m. Their range stretches across Venezuela, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Brazil.
The Beryl-spangled Tanager builds cup nests constructed of mosses, usually in a tree fork. Eggs will appear in March. The female averages a clutch size of two eggs. The eggs are creamy white and speckled with brown and lilac. The eggs are incubated for a period of 13 to15 days. Both the male and the female will feed the nestlings insects and fruit. The young chicks will fledge the nest 14 to 20 days after hatching.


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Cummings Funeral Service
David E. Flink, 80, formerly of Clayton
CLAYTON, NY — David E. Flink, 80, formerly of Clayton, passed away Monday morning, March 16, 2020, at The Grand, Batavia.
Born Feb. 15, 1940, a son of the late Eric S. and Amy J. Armstrong Flink, he was a graduate of Wachusett Regional High School, Holden, MA.
He began his career with the Worcester (MD) Fire Department in 1972 and retired as a Lieutenant in 1996. He then moved to Clayton.
David was a member and acolyte in the Episcopal Church.
He enjoyed golfing, boating on the St. Lawrence River, and fishing.
Surviving are his four children, David R. (Dolores) Flink, Worcester, MA, Darlene M. Bruce, N Brookfield , MA, Douglas E. (Lisa) Flink, Auburn, MA, and Sara (William) Anifantis, Spencer, MA; 14 grandchildren and several cousins. His life partner, Maureen E. Littlefield, died on Aug. 11, 2019, and David is also survived by her children, Michele (Douglas) Sheley, Langhorne, PA and Monica (Kevin) Carmichael, LeRoy, NY.
He was also predeceased by a sister. Jean M. Flink, 1970.
A memorial service and burial in St. Mary's Cemetery will be at a time and date to be announced.
Arrangements are entrusted with Cummings Funeral Service, Inc., Clayton.
Online condolences may be posted at www.cummingsfuneral.com.
Donations in his name may be made to either the Thousand Islands Foundation, Margaret Maser Scholarship Fund, PO Box 1000 or Clayton Food Pantry, c/o St. Mary's Church, 521 James St., both in Clayton, NY 13624.
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Trope, Pages with broken file links, Authority Tropes,
Superhero Tropes
Cops and Detectives
The Commissioner Gordon
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The Commissioner Gordon is a Reasonable Authority Figure that acts as an ally to the local Superhero and provides the chief connection between the Superhero and the official authorities. In other words, he's the one in charge of the Bat Signal. He's often a police detective or commissioner, but mayors, district attorneys, and other government officials can fill role too. Whatever his job, he'll be trying to do good through legal and mundane means, while the hero's methods will be more exotic, and possibly (though not necessarily) illegal.
If the Superhero is loved and accepted by the community and the government, the relationship can be open and public. If the hero is in the "hated and feared" category, their relationship will probably be a source of political conflict for The Commissioner Gordon. He'll try to to keep it a secret or downplay it.
How helpful the character really is can vary. He could be a bumbler that would doom the city if he didn't have someone helping him. When played straight, he'll be either a valued teammate or a begrudging ally. He'll make short work of most routine crime, but when a Super Villain or monster starts attacking the city, he know it's time to pick up the red phone and call his partner.
A related trope appears in Private Detective series, where the detective always has a Friend on the Force. Compare also to the Inspector Lestrade, who brings seemingly unsolvable cases to the Great Detective.
Examples of The Commissioner Gordon include:
The President from Super Milk-chan -- Living embodiment of a Stupid Boss, usually causes the same problems he needs solved.
Dan Dastun from The Big O mixes elements of this with Vitriolic Best Buds in his relationship with Batman Expy Roger Smith.
Soichiro Yagami in Death Note.
Batman, of course, is the trope namer, and the various media include numerous different versions--much as the exact rank and function of The Commissioner Gordon as a trope varies depending on how cynical or idealistic the series is. In Batman: The Animated Series, for example, he's the commissioner by the time the story starts and is hesitant but supportive towards Batman; in The Batman, he's the new commissioner and the one that is responsible for changing the police department's behavior toward the Bat. In the Darker and Edgier Batman Begins, he's a lowly sergeant--lieutenant, though, by the end of the film--and possibly the only completely honest cop in Gotham PD (and even then "no rat", although he says there's no-one to rat to). (He becomes commissioner in the second film after Loeb's death and collaring the Joker.)
The Batman also featured, for the first two seasons, both Ethan Bennett (a personal friend of Bruce Wayne, who had a tragic accident and underwent a, er, Face Heel Turn) and Ellen Yin, before Gordon came along. What happened to Ellen Yin, you ask? Good question.
Batman's sidekick Robin has had a few of these over the years; on his first solo adventure he befriended an ex-DEA agent who was on the same case as he was. When his book went solo, he encountered Sheriff "Shotgun" Smith, and recently he's been allied with rookie Officer Jamie Harper.
Batwoman, who has replaced Batman as the starring character in Detective Comics, seems to be growing this relationship with Captain Maggie Sawyer, head of the Major Crimes Unit. They are still feeling out their relationship, having had only a single brief meeting while "on duty" as of Detective Comics #862, but the scene was juxtaposed with Batman meeting with the real James Gordon to highlight the parallels. Of course, considering that Maggie was previously seen hitting on Kate Kane when the two met at a society ball, their relationship might spread into areas that Batman and Gordon never went...maybe.
Batgirl's police contact in the ongoing Batgirl series is Detective Nick Gage, an officer newly arrived in the Gotham City Major Crimes Unit. She also knows the real Commissioner Gordon both in and out of costume, as she is being mentored by Barbara Gordon, his daughter; her working relationship with Jim is relatively minor, mainly greetings-in-passing as they go to various emergencies. An unusual twist in the Batgirl/Gage relationship is the age disparity and Batgirl's infatuation with the detective, since this makes the real Gordon uncomfortable when he sees the obviously-teenage Batgirl clearly flirting with the thirty-something detective. It did, however, lead to one of the greatest line's Jim Gordon has ever uttered:
Batgirl: (As she swings by Gage and Gordon, giving Gage a smile and a small wave) "Hey, you!"
Detective Nick Gage (Off Commissioner Gordon's look) "What?"
Commissioner Gordon: "'Hey, you'?"
Gage: "No one raises an eyebrow when you talk to Batman."
Gordon: "I'm pretty sure Batman's legal, detective!"
In the comic Ex Machina, The Great Machine tries to establish a working relationship with the commissioner of the NYPD. She tries to beat him to death with a nightstick and when he gets her to stop smacking him she explains that his most recent "heroism" sent two of her officers to the hospital with injuries that could have been fatal. When The Great Machine drops his superhero act, runs for mayor under his real name and wins, he keeps the commissioner on, explaining that she was one of the first people to make him realize that his acts of heroism were not helping the situation and he needed to change tactics.
Captain Josh Winters from Jon Sable Freelance.
Commissioner Eustace Dolan from The Spirit.
When DC began publishing The Spirit, a not-quite-in-any-continuity Batman/Spirit crossover featured Dolan and Gordon as friendly rivals.
Classic Superman had Inspector Henderson (originally from the radio series, then the George Reeves TV series, before becoming a Canon Immigrant). The current version has Inspector Maggie Sawyer and Lieutenant-Inspector Dan Turpin of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit.
With Maggie in Gotham and Dan retired and possibly a fatality of Final Crisis, a new Inspector Henderson is now head of the Metropolis Metacrimes Division.
In mainstream continuity Spider-Man has had a whole parade of police liaisons. The most famous are probably Jean DeWolff and George Stacy. They're both dead now. The closest fit post-BND is Captain Watanabe, who is Genre Savvy enough to give Spidey the benefit of the doubt when it looks like he's killed someone in an issue where several supposedly dead people are reappearing (naturally, Mysterio was behind it all).
His current police liason is Carlie Cooper. Which is odd because Carlie's discovering Spider-Man's secret identity is what ended her romantic relationship with Peter Parker!
The Golden Age Starman had Woodley Allen of the FBI (the uncle of his Love Interest) and Inspector Bailey, as well as Billy O'Dare (although, as a beat officer, he was more of a Sidekick). His son, the Modern Age Starman had O'Dare's son, Clarence, the police department's official Superhero Liason Officer (and eventually Comissioner), and his four siblings.
During his run as one of the writers of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tristan Huw Jones introduced NYPD Liutenant Gordon Miller, who has a cooperative relationship with the turtles when it comes to street-level crime, particularly those related to The Foot and the gang war portrayed in "City at War".
Shvaughn/Sean/Shvaughn Erin, the Legion of Super-Heroes Science Police liason.
Kommissarie Pontus Kask in Bamse - if you count Bamse as a superhero, that is.
In All Fall Down, ex-superhero Plymouth fills this role for Sophie, training her in the use of her powers and coordinating her efforts with the US Government.
Officer Albrecht from The Crow becomes Eric's biggest ally in his Roaring Rampage of Revenge. Unfortunately, his aiding a vigilante eventually gets him suspended, at which point he takes a more active hand in things.
Karrin Murphy of The Dresden Files could probably count. As head of Chicago's Special Crimes Unit she is more or less Harry Dresden's liaison to the Chicago Police Department.
As of Changes, she's probably finished playing this role.
Police Commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick who acted as both ally and antagonist to Richard Wentworth in The Spider.
Subverted by Police Commissioner James "Wildcat" Gordon (yes, really) in The Whisperer series of pulp stories. He's actually the Whisperer himself.
Detective Hardin is Gordon for Kitty Norville. She treats a loose werewolf like a serial killer, and a fight for dominance between rival vampires like a gang war as soon as dead bodies turn up, so she has to go to the local publically-acknowledged werewolf for advice sometimes.
Subverted in Brimstone, where the main character Ezekiel Stone finds one initially who then turns out to be a demon herself. Yay.
Commissioner Gordon from The Sixties Batman TV Show is a example so straight, it could be a parody.
In Person of Interest, Detective Carter eventually becomes a secret one of these, after spending most of season one as the Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist.
Inspector Roger Brook in the Modesty Blaise strip.
In the various adaptations of the property, The Green Hornet has had his own The Commissioner Gordon:
In the radio series, the Hornet saved Police Commissioner James Higgins from a blackmail plot. Higgins returned the favor by rendering the Hornet covert assistance and funneling him information. (The fact that Higgins was a friend of the family of Britt (the Green Hornet) Reid served to cement that relationship after Higgins learned the Hornet's true identity.)
In the 1966 TV series, District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon knew that Daily Sentinel publisher Britt Reid was also The Green Hornet, and worked closely with the Hornet while maintaining the pretense of being after the Hornet, who was officially a wanted criminal. (William Dozier, producer of the series, was also producer of the contemporaneous Batman series, and converted Police Commissioner Higgins into DA Scanlon in order to minimize the similarities between the shows.)
In the 1990s NOW Comics Green Hornet comics (which spun the Hornet story into a multi-generational saga), Police Commissioner Higgins was the ally of the first Green Hornet (Britt Reid I, the radio Hornet). The second Hornet (Britt Reid II, the TV series Hornet and nephew to the first Green Hornet) worked with DA Scanlon. The third Green Hornet (Alan Reid, nephew of the second Hornet) didn't serve long enough in the role to develop much of a relationship with Scanlon (he was killed on his first mission as the Green Hornet), but his successor as the Green Hornet (Paul Reid, his brother) worked with Scanlon until the latter's retirement. When Scanlon retired, Paul's cousin Diana Reid ran for and won election as Scanlon's successor, and she continued the close association with the Green Hornet that Scanlon had developed.
City of Heroes has a whole host of detectives, all of whom are Shout Outs to television/film detectives. The relationship is completely open, with calls for superhero help going out over the police radio.
Detective Mosley of New Orleans PD, is this, as well as a childhood friend to protagonist Gabriel Knight.
Twilight Heroes has Officer Rand as questgiver.
"The Mayor" from The Powerpuff Girls -- A Stupid Boss. His level-headed and Sexy Secretary, Miss Bellum, fits a bit more.
Mayor Blank from The Tick -- a relatively straight example, in a very weird world.
Commissioner Barbara Gordon, from Batman Beyond. The former Batgirl takes over her father's job, and was initially bitterly uncooperative to Bruce (implied to have been her lover at some point in the past) and his young protege. She warms up a little to his protege after he saves the life of her husband.
Cosgrove, on Freakazoid, who was sort of a The Commissioner Gordon parody. Then again, what wasn't a parody on that show?
Captain Fanzone from Transformers Animated. Okay, so he doesn't like machines much, but he's on their side, probably because they're rather more adherent to the law than Decepticons are.
Agent Fowler from Transformers Prime.
In keeping with the general superhero parody motif, Darkwing Duck had one of these: J Gander Hooter, head of the secret agency SHUSH. You're not cleared for what the letters stand for. This is highlighted when Hooter is taken out of action, leaving his number two in command: Grizzlikov, a by the book sort of guy who loathes Darkwing. Note that the real police in Saint Canard aren't overly fond of Darkwing.
Swat Kats had Callie Briggs, the Deputy Mayor. Sweet, sexy, and the heroic version of The Woman Behind the Man. When trouble threatens, Ms Briggs puts down the paperwork [1] and contacts the two mechanics/garbagemen/vigilantes with access to air force military hardware. She also openly flirts with them when they come out in their civilian guises after her car breaks down.
Not that she knows it's them, though.
Mighty Orbots had Rondu, who was literally A Father to His Men because one of them was his daughter!
The Zeta Project had Agent Lee develop into this after the title character saved her life at great personal risk to himself. Unfortunately, she's not in as much power as most examples on this page, so actually helping him out is difficult. By the time Agent Bennett shows shades of this, the series is almost over.
In Gargoyles, Detective Eliza Maza and later her partner Matt Bluestone are allies of the Gargoyles.
In South Park, Sergeant Yates is this to Mysterion. The Coon also tried to invoke this with him, with less success.
Pretty much every Global Guardians Campaign had a The Commissioner Gordon. Some of the more popular ones were Aaron Stonebender (Mayor of Key West, Florida), Abigail Farmer (Chief of Police for Mobile, Alabama), Archibald Pertwee (Her Majesty's Liason to Majestic), and Captain Fiorello Le Guardia Perconte (Commander of the 52nd Precinct, New York City).
Mayor Haggar in the Weebl and Bob "Team Laser Explosion" episodes; he usually only calls to say that he's been kidnapped.
Red Panda has a reluctant one in Chief O'Mally.
Shadow Hawk from Epic Tales has Lt. Luke Bennet.
In the Whateley Universe, there's SWAT Captain Tilley of the Boston Police Department, who has officially deputized all of Team Kimba (after the fact), even though they're underage.
The Fellowship from The Questport Chronicles has the Lord of the Supreme Council.
↑ "Mayor Manx hasn't filed an ounce of paperwork in years!" as she notes when informing the Metallikats that she'd been the one to deny their parole requests along with the attempted bribes
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Le monastère d'Evangelístria d'Áno Pediná () date d'avant 1700 et est de style traditionnel de Zagorochória ().

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Le côté nord-est présente une impressionnante muraille semblable à celle d'une forteresse. Les cellules des moines se trouvent du côté sud. Son église principale, le catholikon, dédiée à l'Annonciation, construite en 1793, est une basilique spacieuse dotée d'une coupole et un narthex. Les fresques, peintes en 1809 par Lazaros Papaioannou et Lazos Kanikis, furent financées par Christodoulos et Aikaterini Marinos, un couple de mécènes de Kapesovo. Les mêmes artistes réalisèrent des icônes représentant le Christ, l'Annonciation et l'Assomption de la Vierge. Deux autres icônes signées des orfèvres Christodopoulos de Kónitsa et Giorgios Papadimos de Kalarrýtes représentent la Vierge. Le monastère abrite également une relique datant de 1809, œuvre de Christodopoulos Pantazis, ainsi que deux reliquaires en argent des artistes Pontiokis de Kalarrýtes, père et fils.

L'iconostase et la chaire, en bois sculpté dont les parties centrales sont plaquées d'or, datent du .
C'est dans ce monastère que  est devenu moine.

Entre 1820 et 1822, le monastère a été au centre d'une controverse entre le sultan Mahmoud  et Ali Pacha. Vers le milieu du , il avait acquis une grande fortune et en 1857 le monastère d'Agia Paraskevi lui fut annexé. En 1930, il est devenu une dépendance du monastère de Vella.

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Developmental processes of plant germline are strictly regulated in angiosperms, to complete seed production during a short limited season. Synchronous male meiosis within a same anther, resulting in simultaneous production of pollen grains, is an example. Our group previously identified a rice protein, MEL2, regulating proper timing of meiosis transition. However, the mechanisms are largely ambiguous yet.
This paper identified RNA consensus sequences that MEL2 preferentially binds in vitro. Searched for the rice genome, the consensus-like sequences were frequently found in 3′-untranslated regions (3′-UTR) of 249 genes. Proteomic analyses revealed that several proteins that altered their amounts in mel2 mutant anthers were supposed to function in meiosis, and that the 3′-UTRs of their corresponding mRNAs contained MEL2-binding consensus-like sequences. These results suggest that MEL2 regulates meiosis transition via translational control of meiotic target mRNAs.
This is a collaborative work with National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) and Kanazawa University. This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI and JSPS Bilateral Program.
MEL2 protein binds uridine (U)-rich RNA sequences in vitro.
(A) 10-nucleotides RNA consensus sequence that RNA recognition motif (RRM) of MEL2 preferentially binds in vitro. Top values indicate the percentage of a prior residue (T, A, G or C) in each position.
(B) Electrophoresis mobility shift assay. The RNA-band position was shifted only when MEL2-RRM was mixed with consensus RNA sequence labeled with the fluorescense (red arrowhead). Mobility was significantly affected in the mutation-induced consensus (open arrowhead).


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cement, sand water ratio for flooring
Concrete and mortar can be made from a mixture of masonry sand and either Portland cement or masonry cement. Screed - 1 part cement and 3 to 5 concreting sand. When converted into kg =.25×1440=360Kg. For any batch size, the most important thing is to keep the water/cement ratio. The difference is in the workability of the concrete. To produce a cubic yard of 4000 psi concrete, you have to adjust the concrete mixing ratio to: As you can see a little more cement and a little less sand is (Learn My Fast Method), How To Resurface A Concrete Pool Deck | Repair Pool Patio Surface DIY, How To Repair Spalling Concrete Patios & Driveways - Video Tutorial, DIY Epoxy Concrete Crack Repair - What I use - How I Repair Concrete, How To Resurface Badly Damaged Concrete (Walks, Patios, Driveways). Add the water to the sand-cement mixture until the mix is thoroughly damp, but damp only and not wet. The mix ratio of 1:2:3 consists of 1 Part cement, 2 Parts sand, and 3 Parts stone (plus some water) to make a concrete mix you can use for most any building project. For bedding under the slabs use 5 parts sharp sand, 1 part soft sand and 1 cement. reach full strength at or around 28 days old. of water.). Concrete resurfacing is less expensive than demo and redo, Click here to read our PRIVACY POLICY and our DISCLAIMER NOTICE. Floor screeds. Below is an example of a sand to cement mix ratio recommendation from a cement manufacturer. In the winter, the sand is quite moist, with a high moisture content. Mixing sand and cement by hand like this is a great way to make enough mortar for DIY projects. 18 cubic feet of gravel. Accurate concrete mixing ratios can be achieved by measuring the done by keeping it wet after the first day until the concrete is 7 days The 1-2-3 ratio's make up is described right in its name. For wall: A good solid surface is recommended to reduce water being absorbed by the mortar mix. not available) you can mix your own on site either by hand, using the tools above, or by using an electric concrete mixer like the one in the link above. I'll show you my method for pouring a garage floor in 17 minutes. To mix cement, start by combining 1 part cement, 2 parts sand, and 4 parts gravel in a large bucket or wheelbarrow. Complete video tutorial step by step, If you have spalling or salt damaged concrete, this page will teach you how to repair and resurface it. The cement or mortar is mixed by first adding a portion of the water. Water. The floor of a tile shower, ... if needed, following the basic ratio of 5 parts sand to 1 part Portland cement. old. For some types of floorings, a maximum of 2 mm would be acceptable, taking into account the surface preparation necessary to receive the flooring. These are some tools that make mixing concrete easier, for mixing in and transporting the concrete. For wet mortar recommended water-cement ratio varies from 0.4 to 0.6. To make concrete there are four basic materials you need: Portland strength by 28 days. Materials required are 7 nos. or 0.784 bags. Lime is also a common additive to the mix. garages. bucket of cement, 3 buckets of sand, 3 buckets of stone, and 1/2 bucket strength of the concrete mixture. A correction for bulkage has to be taken into account. With this simple formula, it is easy to estimate the amount of cement consumption required for brick masonry. If the wall is going to be exposed to lots of wind and rain you'll need the mix to be stronger, so use 1 part cement to 1/2 part lime and 4 parts sand. 15 Mpa This is a low-strength concrete mix and is suitable for house foundations that are not reinforced, and for boundary walls and freestanding retaining walls.. To make 1 cubic metre of 15 Mpa concrete you will need to mix 5 1/2 bags of cement with 0,75 cubic metres of sand and 0,75 cubic metres of stone. For ordinary cement concrete flooring ratio of 1:2:4 (1cement:2sand;4stone aggregate20mm) is generaly used. If you are looking for construction cost calculator then have a look on it here. Curing the concrete can be dry materials using buckets or some other kind of measuring device. Cement needed would be = (50/0.153)x 0.12 = 39.21 kgs. Knowing the weight of the materials and how much water to use One of the best concrete mix ratios is 1 part cement, 3 parts sand, and 3 parts According to StructX, the recommended ratio for flooring is 3:1 (parts sand to parts Portland cement). Mortar - 1 part cement, 4 to 5 parts building sand. As long as you're consistent you'll get a good strong mix. should help you determine how much cement, sand, and stone to purchase Wet volume = 1m3 Step by step guide plus video repair tutorial. Quantity of cement sand require for flooring depends on mainly two factors: 1) thickness of cement mortar & 2) cement sand ratio for flooring. what is the 1:2:3 mix ratio for concrete? Thinking of starting your own concrete business? Alternatively, one can also use 1 part cement, 1 part lime and 4 to 5 parts building sand. Use Portland Cement to create beautiful sculptures. Introduction. Too much cement can cause clumping and make the mixture difficult to spread, while too much sand can create a weak mortar. When making your own concrete it's important to use the correct concrete mixing ratios to produce a strong, durable concrete mix. EXAMPLE: A project that takes TEN 80 lb bags of concrete mix, means you need 800 lbs of material. Water is added next, you need to check the moisture of the sand. Mixing water with the cement, sand, and stone will form a paste Thanks! proportions of the ingredients the same. There are many proprietary screeds on the market and information about these can be obtained from the manufacturer. The volume 2of 1 bag cement is 0.035 cum. fill an area 52 square feet and at 5 inches thick, it will fill an area Lime is also a common additive to the mix. My course: How to form and pour a concrete slab just like the pro's do. For very small projects, such as setting a mailbox post or doing i.e. inches thick. If you liked this, please share. The strength of this mix ratio is good for most concrete slabs, footings, steps, and foundation walls. Next, make a small crater in this mixture and add half a bucket of water. Pouring concrete floors fast takes certain steps and planning for a successful pour. You can double or triple the If you've ever thought of installing your own concrete slab but didn't know how or was unsure of the proper steps to take, well now you don't have to worry. To that end, this ratio is made up of 1 part cement powder, 2 parts sand, and 3 parts washed aggregate. As a professional I use epoxy concrete crack repair products all the time. The way you measure the ratio could be in shovels, buckets, or wheel barrows. good for most concrete projects. A higher water-cement ratio is required if more sand is used in the mix to maintain the grout flowability. A good general purpose concrete mix combines one part Portland cement, 2.5 parts sand, three parts gravel and 0.5 parts clean water. Bulkage of Sand is not taken into account. Sand needed would be = (230/0.153)x 0.12 = 180 kgs or 5 cft. one cubic meter of the cement-sand mixture weighs 1540 kg cement cube is 1300 kg substance in a cube of sand - 1625 kg The ratio of cement to sand in solution 1 to 3 Or... 1 cubic meter of concrete will require approximately 7.15 bags of Portland cement, .48 cubic meters of sand, and .51 cubic meters of gravel. The solution is mixed using a mixer or nozzle on the drill. measuring the cement, stone, and sand, you will have a consistent concrete mix Admixtures must be added as per suppliers specifications. The addition of hydrated lime makes the concrete more plastic-like when it's wet and stronger and more durable after the concrete hardens. strength of the concrete, after it cures, will be inversely proportional to the The mix ratio of 1:2:3 consists of 1 Part cement, 2 Parts sand, and 3 Parts stone (plus some water) to make a concrete mix you can use for most any building project. (For the mix proportions given previously, you'd use 1 Watch my video talking about what concrete mixing ratios it takes to achieve 3000 psi, 3500 psi, 4000 psi, and 4500 psi concrete. Basically this means the more water you use to mix the concrete A 1:3:3 mixing ratio calculates to 115 lbs of cement to 343 lbs of sand and 343 lbs of stone. For estimating purposes, you can make about 1 cubic yard of The best ratio is 1 part silica sand to 2 parts cement, 1 part latex, a small amount of microfibers and 4 parts water. The ratio of aggregate to Further, water requirement depends on any admixture added to mortar to improve its workability. Answered March 8, 2017. An alternative ratio is one part cement, two parts sand and three parts gravel with enough water added until the mixtures reaches the consistency of thick mud. How to form and pour a concrete slab just like the pro's do, How To Pour A Garage Floor In 17 Minutes! Step 3 Continue to turn the mixture over and over with the shovel or hoe and begin to add a small amount of water. Mix 3 parts dry sand to … Here's my tips and tutorial on how to quickly repair cracks and spalls in concrete. However, mix proportions of 1:4 cement to sand is widely applied which comply with British Standard (BS12). Sufficient water should be added to make a plastic, workable, cohesive mix – a little drier than mortar or plaster (drier mixes may be used if mechanical compacting equipment is used). The sand tends to make the concrete a little more easier to work with. For other types of flooring, especially thin floorings, or where no flooring is to be applied, it would be appropriate not to have any changes in level across joints. Conventional cement-sand mortar is mixed on the basis of a ratio of 1 part cement to 3 parts sand with the addition of water at the rate of 0.5 liters per 1 kg of cement. Mix ratio is = 1:3 ( one part is cement and 3 part is sand) Total proportion = 1+3= 4. As mentioned above, SABS 0190 recommends 130 litres of sand. Part of sand = 3/4 calculation:- we know that while we calculate dry volume of cement mortar cofactor 1.33 is multiply in wet volume of mortar considering wastage of mortar and thus volume increase. Quantity of Water. Resurfacing damaged concrete is a good way to renew the surface and make your concrete look new again. that will bind the materials together until the mix hardens. 1 part soft sand, 2 parts sharp sand, 1 cement, half part lime is optional. sand to cement is an important factor in determining the compressive More water, cement or sand can be added if the mixture is too wet or dry. The strength can be increased upto 2.0 N/mm2 by decreasing one portion of sand. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING EVERYTHING-ABOUT-CONCRETE.COM. Add 3 parts sand and 1 part masonry cement. The basic mix ratio for concrete is one part water, two parts cement and three parts sand. required to produce this stronger concrete mix that is great for I'll show you the actual concrete batch plant ticket with the cement, sand, and aggregate break downs for the yards we used. Sachit Gupta. It is reported that, for traditional screeds a mix proportion of 1:6 Portland cement: sand/aggregate is a normal range that is commonly used. For a standard mortar mix this normally on a ratio basis (usually around 3 or 4 parts building sand to 1 part cement) recommendations vary – but you don't want the mixture to be too wet or too dry. Water can then be added at any desired volume to achieve the desired consistency. Lime comes in 50-pound bags. At 6 inches thick a cubic yard of concrete will Similarly when your choice is screed mix, then 1 part cement and 3 to 5 part concreting sand is good enough. The basic mix ratio for concrete is one part water, two parts cement and three parts sand. Such a mix This creates white stain problem. The way you measure the ratio could be in shovels, buckets, or wheel barrows. Generally, when the stone ratio is more than the sand, this concrete cures a little stronger than a 1:3:3 ratio. The less sand the rockier the mix is going to be. As a quick answer, a concrete mix ratio of 1 part cement, 2 parts fine aggregate (sand) and 4 parts course aggregate will cover most general domestic jobs. To make smaller batches of concrete, use the same Curing is an important step to take for the concrete to achieve full After drying the solution with beacons, the surface is moistened with water. Laying tiles traditional way by applying sand-cement mixture in lump at tiles' back will create voids underneath the tiles and water can seep through. An alternative ratio is one part cement, two parts sand and three parts gravel with enough water added until the mixtures reaches the consistency of thick mud. These concrete mixture ratios are designed for the concrete to Example calculation Estimate the quantity of cement, sand and stone aggregate required for 1 cubic meter of 1:2:4 concrete mix. By The If for example, you placed a 25 kg bag of cement, you would therefore need 100 kgs of sand to give you that one to four ratio. © Copyright 2020 | everything-about-concrete.com | All Rights Reserved. Make sure to use the proper dimensions (Feet and Inches, or Meters and centimeters) to get accurate results. It doesn't cost you a penny and helps support the site THANK YOU! Will teach you each and every step you need to take to successfully install any size concrete slab. Masonry sand is usually sold loose and delivered by a truck, and it's measured by the mounded shovelful. requires only the addition of water to create fresh concrete. Cool things you can make by mixing your own concrete. It may be applied onto either a solid in-situ concrete ground floor slab or onto a precast concrete floor unit. A cubic yard of concrete will fill an Water needed would be = (56/0.153) x 0.12 = 44 liters. The sand and cement are then poured into the water, and the mixture is stirred for several minutes. When mixing aggregate I tend to put some water in the mixer first, add the first third of the sand/aggregate, then the cement, add a little more water if needed then the rest of the sand/aggregate. that's 65 square feet. For custom cement and mortar recipes, which result in concrete and mortar of varying strengths, Portland and masonry cement are measured by the bag. What Mix Ratios to Use for Concrete of Varying Strength? (It takes about forty 80-pound bags of (very fluid) the weaker the concrete mix. ingredient you add to the mix. This will give you a mixture that is the consistency of clay. Is the Coronavirus Crisis Increasing America's Drug Overdoses? So according to ratio stated above for 1 bag of cement … Will 5G Impact Our Cell Phone Plans (or Our Health?! 1. Given that the sand cement ratio is 1:5. Ans. These are the actual concrete mix ratios for 3000, 3500, 4000, and 4500 psi concrete that I use to pour concrete floors, patios, pool decks and more. When you click on any link from everything-about-concrete to Amazon or other affiliate sites and purchase a product, E-A-C receives a commission on the sale. A floor screed is usually a cementitious material made from a 1:3 or 1:4.5 ratio of cement to sharp sand. Masonry cement comes with lime already included. Below you can use this concrete mix ratio calculator to determine how many cubic yards and bags of concrete mix it will take to do your project. Sift sand through a 1⁄4 in (0.64 cm) wire screen. Concrete - 1 part cement, 2 parts concreting sand and 3 parts 20 millimeter aggregate. Using the manufacturer's recommendations, place the cement, sand, (aggregates if making concrete), and water into separate plastic buckets. This page includes affiliate links. cubic feet. Once you know how many cubic yards or meters (or how many bags) it's going to take, you can figure out the weight and proportions of cement, sand, stone from there. For more on concrete slabs see the information below: WHAT IS THE CONCRETE MIX RATIO OF 3000, 3500, 4000 AND 4500 PSI CONCRETE? of 50 kg bag of cement, 0.42 m 3 of sand and 0.83 m 3 of stone aggregate. For older period homes, a lime-based should be used instead of cement. ), The Secret Science of Solving Crossword Puzzles, Racist Phrases to Remove From Your Mental Lexicon. The less water you use to mix A 94-pound bag is standard. Part of cement = 1/4. Mix dry ingredients well, then add the water and keep mixing until everything is … Large Batches of Concrete Mixes. Fact Check: What Power Does the President Really Have Over State Governors? The most common mortar mix ratio for wall plastering is 1:6, here 1 part is cement and 6 part is sand in a workable amount of water. Whereas if you plan to use mortar mix for walls, then the ideal cement mortar ratio for plastering would consist 1 part cement and 4 to 5 parts of building sand. Plaster/Render - 1 part cement and3 parts plastering sand, or 1 part cement, 1 part lime and 3 parts plastering sand. Return from Concrete mixing ratios to Concrete slab, Return from Concrete mixing ratios to Everything About Concrete home page.
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