davedlg

Amen. I have worked as a traffic engineer. Traffic lights are notoriouslly dangerous and inefficient. Putting a signal on a high speed roadway is a recipie for very serious accidents. Roundabouts are more efficient in almost every aspect. I really don't understand why we use the traffic signal as the cure all solution in the US. Seems like every other country in the world has the roundabout thing figured out...why can't we? Another thing that really pisses me off...the nonpermissive left turn arrow. You know the one where you are sitting there waiting to turn left, no traffic in sight, but you can't turn because of that damn red left turn arrow. Those are WAY overused in typical suburbia.

Here's mine. The left monitor is a picture I took backpacking this summer and the right picture is from a 500' high cliff looking down at camp on a river trip I did this summer

I've got a full photoshop version, but I agree with AggieDave... Send it to me and I'll see what I can do. davedlg AT gmail DOT com

smart move. Unforutnately when you win a lottery they put you on TV & newspapers in order to sell more lottery tickets. Now every asshole in the world with his hand out knows you just won $100 million. Hire an actor to play you and give them a fake name. I'm sure the lottery people could deal with it.

Breckenridge...as far as the ski areas themselves go, you won't notice much of a difference as a beginner. But, Breck has a great town at its base and lots to do besides skiing! They also have a good ski school for the kids.

All else being equal, the one with the cypres because it's worth more. I know TSA will give people trouble because of the cypres every so often, but you can almost always get on the plane with the rig. I wouldn't let that influence my decision to carry or not carry a rig on board. I really don't like the idea of trusting the baggage monkeys with something that costs as much as a rig...

Okay, here is a "clean" version of the doccument.

that has a word macro virus attached to it.... DONT OPEN IT..my antivirus flagged it the instant I hit open.

Find out if your city has an ordinance that specifies how many people can occupy a rented space (most do). File a complaint with the city about the number of people in and around the house. Or, report the house to the police for illicit drug dealing and/or prostitution activity. That's sure to bring some unwanted attention

What? Something's not right there... That's about as likely as a skydiving harness "breaking".

Unless your water velocity is high, you could probably do that. Even if you have got high water velocities, you could dump some large rocks upstream of the fill to create and eddy in the water to get your fill material. The difficulty would be in ensuring an adequate base for the crane with water flowing through the site. You'd have to weigh the cost of the barge based crane and pile driver vs. the cost of filling in the water environment and potentially losing some of the material.

Depending on how deep the river is you could backfill against the sheetpiling with soil or structural backfill, or if it is deep use a cofferdam arangement and fill with rocks like the above poster said. Just keep your dewatering going throught the construction process because there will always be water that gets through in this kind of work.

Well, if it's just for a class project then you don't need to worry about all the caviats about soil type and such. I would drive a temporary steel sheet pile wall sround the peremiter first thing...say about 20 feet deeper then the bottom of the channel. Then dewater the channel and the soil below it. Well point dewatering is probably a good bet for the soil. The dewatering will probably need to be continuous throught the construction process. Next set up your forms and pour your concrete wall just inside of the sheet pile wall. The concrete will need to extend pretty deep into the channel to cutoff the water, or you could incorperate a subgrade sheetpile cutoff wall with the concrete wall and save on some concrete costs. If you know how to do a flownet analysis, that can help you determine how deep you have to go with the cutoff wall. Once you have your concrete and cutoff walls in place then backfill against them and you are good.

It all depends on the makeup of the soils and the river itself, but in general the structure cannot sit directly on the reclaimed area. The structure will usually need to be supported on piers and / or caissons. The fill itself should be a non-swelling soil that has a very uniform gradation. You would need a geotechnical engineer to check all of that out. The new waterway embankment will need to be armored against scour with riprap, concrete, or some other kind of reventment. This all needs to be designed depending on the velocity of water in your design event. A steel sheet pile cuoff wall may be incorperated to prevent groundwater from innundating the reclaimed area. There is a lot of federal government paperwork that is associated with this kind of work. You would definatly need a 404 permit from the US army Corps of engineers to place fill in the channel and you would need a Letter of Map revision from FEMA to assure you are not adversely changing the floodplain. If there are any wetlands that will be impacted, then you would need a wetlands permit from the EPA. edit to add: I just read your profile and realized you are in Australia, so all of the federal stuff above wouldn't hold, but I'm sure your government has their own regs..

LUCKY! Seriouslly, without being in the military, that is the best deal I have ever heard for flight lessons. And being in the military has it's own "cost"...

I'm jealous that you can fly for free! I've spent the last 7 months paying $85/hour for the plane and $35/hour for instruction for my private pilot. I'm finally about ready for my check ride. By free, do you mean that you aren't paying the instructor, only plane time, or are you really not paying a dime? Either way, take advantage of the free flight lessons as much as you can - you'll never get a deal like that again!

Hey! Great Pics! I'm glad you got to get up to the high country albeit not the route you had hoped for. At least you got up there before the last few days. After tommorow, you'll probably need snowshoes or skis to get up to those places.

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Neither does my flight school. We have one. Actually, who's calling a Cirrus 'high-performance', anyway? Funky controls doesn't have anything to do with high performance. A Cirrus SR-20 (the kind that crashed today) is a 200 horsepower plane. By the FAA's defination a "high performance" aircraft is any plane that exceeds 200 horsepower. So a cirrus is technically not a high performance aircraft, but just barely.

Looks like the Boulder police making headlines again... It seems like that police department tends to find itself in national news about every other month for one thing or the other. I remember one snowy drunken night in college on the pearl street mall after the bars had closed becoming involved in a massive snowball fight. Probably about 50 of us were involved. Cops showed up and just stood around and watched. Somehow I think writing 50 $250 tickets for "releasing projectiles" to a bunch of drunken college kids wouldn't have gone over as well.

...so partly cloudy describes the same condition that partly sunny does. The only difference is partly sunny is used during the daytime, partly cloudy at night. I never woulda thunk...

Is the glass half full or half empty?

I get to drive across Kansas this afternoon

Or 3000 20-minute CRW jumps...

I agree with the earlier posts that UHAUL will rent a piece of crap to you that will break down at the worst possible moment. Penske has much better equipment...way worth the extra cost if you are going cross country. Definatly get the insurance...it's cheap and can save you a ton of money if you get into a "situation" Driving the truck isnt too difficult. I used to train college freshman to drive busses and I saw all kinds of drivers pick it rigut up. Remember to take the turns wide and be aware of where your rear tires are going at all times. Keep in mind that on a longer vehicle your rear tires will not follow the track of you front tires when you are driving around curves. Also be very alert when driving as to where other vehicles are...the blind spots on a larger vehicle can be much bigger then you are used to. If you are towing a car, avoid getting into a situation where you have to back up at all costs. If you have never backed a trailer, it will be very difficult. That said, you will probably find yourself in a "must back up" situation at some point. You will find that backing to the left (driver's side) is much easier then to the right because you can see where the trailer is going. To back the trailer, I always taught people to place your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel and move it the direction you want the trailer to go...go slowly and be very careful not to overdo it...trailers jackknife very quickly on longer vehicles. Do several pull-ups if you have to in order to get things straight.