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"FOREWORD:
The primary purpose of this manual is to provide background information for those engineers responsible for utilizing soil stabilization as an integral part of a pavement structure.
Information is included which will allow the pavement design engineer to determine the thickness of stabilized layers(s) for a pavement in a specific climate and subjected to definable highway traffic.
The construction engineer will find information on quality control, specifications and construction sequences.
The materials engineer has been provided with information that will allow the determination of the type and amount of stabilizers that are suitable for a particular soil.

The manual has not been written to endorse one type of a chemical stabilizer over another.
Nor is it intended to provide the specific features of one manufacturer's products.
Rather, it explains the general characteristics of chemical soil stabilization and offers a method for evaluating the benefits of chemical stabilization versus the conventional mechanical stabilization operations.

A thorough study of the manual should enable the engineer to recommend where, when and how soil stabilization should be used.
It may also act as an aid in solving problems that may arise on soil stabilization projects."

"List of Figures"
"List of Tables"

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose and Scope
Purpose
Scope
B. Background
C. Definitions
General Definitions
Definitions Associtated with Lime Stabilization
Definitions Associated with Lime-Fly Ash Stabilization
Definitions Associated with Asphalt Stabilization

II. SELECTION OF STABILIZER TYPE
A. Introduction
B. Review of Existing Guides
Criteria for Lime Stabilization
Criteria for Cement Stabilization
Criteria for Bituminous Stabilization
Criteria for Fly Ash Stabilization
Combination Stabilizers
C. Summary of Chriteria for Selecting Stabilizing Agents

III. LIME STABILIZATION
A. Introduction
B. Types of Lime
C. Soil-Lime Reactions
Cation Exchange and Flocculation-Agglomeration
Soil-Lime Pozzolanic Reaction
Carbonation
Summary
D. Soils Suitable for Lime Stabilization
E. Typical Properties of Lime-Stabilized Soils
Uncured Mixtures
Cured Mixtures
Strength Properties
Deformation Properties
Shrinkage
Durability
F. Selection of Lime Content
Approximate Quantities
Detailed Testing

IV. LIME-FLY ASH STABILIZATION
A. Introduction
B. Types of Fly Ash
C. Soil, Lime-Fly Ash Reactions
D. Soils, Suitable for Lime-Fly Ash Stabilization
E. Typical Properties of Lime-Fly Ash Stabilizd Soils
Admixtures
Compressive Strength
Flexural Strength
Durability
Bending Resistance
Autogenous Healing
Fatigue
Poisson's Ratio
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
F. Selection of Lime-Fly Ash Contents
Approximate Quantities
Detailed Testing
Laboratory Testing Program

V. CEMENT STABILIZATION
A. Introduction
B. Types of Portland Cement
C. Soil-Cement Reactions
D. Soils Suitable for Cement Stabilization
E. Typical Properties of Cement-Stabilized Soils
Compaction Characteristics
Strength
California Bearing Ratio
Deformation Characteristics and Moduli
Poisson's Ratio
Fatigue Behavior
Shrinkage
Summary
F. Selection of Cement Content
Approximate Quantities
Detailed Testing

VI. ASPHALT STABILIZATION
A. Introduction
B. Types of Asphalt
Asphalt Cements
Cutback Asphalts
Emulsified Asphalts
C. Mechanicsms of Asphalt Stabilization
D. Soils Suitable for Asphalt Stabilization
Fine Grained Soils
Coarse Grained Soils
E. Typical Properties of Asphalt-Stabilized Soils
Stability
Durability
Fatigue Behavior
Tensile Properties
Stiffness
Summary
F. Selection of Asphalt Type and Asphalt Content
Approximate Asphalt Quantities
Detailed Testing
Example Problem

VII. COMBINATION STABILIZERS
A. Introduction
B. Combination Stabilizer Reactions
Lime-Cement Combinations
Lime-Asphalt Combinations
Lime or Cement-Emulsified Asphalt Combinations
C. Selection of Stabilizer Content
Approximate Quantifies
Detailed Testing
D. Limitations and Precautions
Climatic and/or Construction Limitations
Safety Precautions

VIII. REFERENCES
Appendix A. Summary of Various Strength-Based Mixture Design Procedures for Lime Stabilized Soils

Appendix B. pH Test on Soil-Cement Mixtures

Appendix C. Determination of Sulfate in Soils - Gravimetric Method."

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"Please type the ISBN/ASIN as (B000ITSPQ4) in the Amazon's searchable engine box, if you are interesting in the Volume 1: Pavement Design And Construction Considerations."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1
"Foreword:
The primary purpose of this manual is to provide background information for those engineers responsible for utilizing soil stabilization as an integral part of a pavement structure. Information is included which will allow the pavement design engineer to determine the thickness of stabilized layer(s) for a pavement in a specific climate and subjected to definable highway traffic.
The construction engineer will find information on quality control, specifications and construction sequences. The materials engineer has been provided with information that will allow the determination of the type and amount of stabilizers that are suitable for a particular soil.

The manual has not been written to endorse one type of a chemical stabilizer over another. Nor is it intended to provide the specific features of one manufacturer's products. Rather, it explains the general characteristics of chemical soil stabilization and offers a method for evaluating the benefits of chemical stabilization versus the conventional mechanical stabilization operations.

A thorough study of the manual should enable the engineer to recommend where, when and how soil stabilization should be used.
It may also act as an aid in solving problems that may arise on soil stabilization projects."

"List Of Figures
List Of Tables

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose and Scope
Purpose
Scope
B. Background
C. Definitions
General Definitions
Definitions Associated with Lime Stabilization
Definitions Associated with Lime-Fly Ash Stabilization
Definitions Associated with Cement Stabilization
Definitions Associated with Asphalt Stabilization

II. SELECTION OF STABILIZER TYPE
A. Introduction
R. Review of Existing Guides
Lime Stabilization
Fly-Ash Stabilization
Cement Stabilization
Asphalt Stabilization
Combination Stabilizers
C. Summary of Criteria for Selecting Stabilizing Agents

III. PAVEMENT THICKNESS DESIGN
A. Introduction
B. AASHO Interim Guide
Terminal Serviceability Index
Typical Strength Coefficients
Soil Support
Regional Factor
Traffic Loading
Use of the Design Charts
Applicability to Stabilized Bases
C. Multilayer Elastic Design
Typical Materials Properties
Traffic Loading
Design Criteria
Fatigue Resistance
Multilayer Computer Programs
Other Elastic Layer Design Approaches
Shell Method
Chevron Method
Discussion of Chevron Procedure
D. Other Pavement Design Methods
California Method
Asphalt Institute Method
E. Subbases for Rigid Pavements
F. Minimum Layer Thickness

IV. CONSTRUCTION
A. Introduction
B. Mixed-In-Place
Subgrade Stabilization
Subbase and Base Course Stabilization
C. Central Plant
Receiving and Storage of Materials
Mixing
Hauling
Spreading
Compaction
D. Safety Precautions

V. EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
A. Design Example 1
B. Design Example 2
C. Design Example 3

VI. REFERENCES
Appendix A. Quality Control
Appendix B. Guide Specifications
Appendix C. Cost Data And Economic Analysis
Appendix D. Energy"

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"Please type the ASIN/ISBN as (B000ITSRHG) in the Amazon's searchable engine box, if you are interesting in the Volume 2: Mixture Design Considerations."

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This brief proto-novel is given the full scholarly treatment in this critical edition; imagine a 450-page book devoted to one episode of "South Park." There's an English translation with the Latin on facing pages, and a wealth of commentary. S&M is a coarse, scatological work, but it underscores the fact that prose fiction has always been a rebellious, subversive genre.

This book gives a great insight into how to build your classroom into a safe scientific space. The chapter on dialogue journals sent not only my science class in a new direction, but also my math class!! What a terrific find!

THE FRAMING OF POLICIES,THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE & THE LEGISLATIVE

The book provides extensive coverage of current state-of-the-art (academic) research on information systems outsourcing. An excellent introduction succeeds in relating the 13 articles (each by different authors). Even though the perspective is clearly from a scholarly point-of-view, the topics and articles are all accessible for the interested (OS) specialist and consultant. If you need a quick overview _and_ thorough introduction into current OS topics you desparately need that volume. It is _not_ a cookbook for CIOs seeking arguments pro or con outsourcing or how to craft RFPs. It is a tool which can unfold its strength in the hands of an apt consultant.

I would like to get the address of Lian Kwen Fee or at least to send my E address to Lian.

This is a great resource for any school undergoing planning for the use of instructional technology. I utilized it a few years ago and plan to use it with my school's technology committee this year as we craft a Technology Plan.

Those two words define the regime that ruled Russia from 1917 to 1987. The Russian Revolution was unique in that it was not Russian but international from the beginning. Ideology itself rests on preset notions of right and wrong and the nature of people. The ideology accompanying the Revolution was based on sweeping assumptions that led to sweeping predictions and promises. But, since the assumptions were wrong, the promises never materialized - a fact conventiently overlooked by partisans of Marxism.

The author begins in Tsarist Russia, takes us through WWI in which Lenin was honing his skills as a propogandist. (He made the claim that Russian armies were shattered whereas they won on 3 of the 4 fronts in the war.) The Revoution itself is reviewed along with a more detailed look at Lenin who Wolfe calls the "architect of 20th century totalitarianism." By this he means two things: Maintaining control through sheer force both externally and internally and, more important, the state of continual revolutionary conflict against mythical or imagined enemies - Jews, the "rich", Tsutsis, Christians...

Human beings cannot maintain such fervor for every - they desire normalcy. The chapter, "The Age of Diminishing Dictators" discusses the decline in belief in ideology after Stalin. The response to the Revolution when great things were not forthcoming was the same as Christianity's when Jesus failed to return - they looked to the future. "Some day" we will overtake the West. "Soon" we will have more wealth than the Unites States. "Your children" will live in a worker's paradise.

A wonderful chapter on Soviet historians is included which details the degree to which the state attempted to control every facet of human existence - telling people what was real and what was not be accepted (even if true). Wolfe states that all totalitarian states impose a "blackout" on their peoples, denying them information from the outside world while feeding them constant propoganda. With the advent of modern communications it became impossible to ration knowledge and worldwide communism came to an ignoble end.

William Simon's is an extraordinary lifestory, and reading his memoir, published posthumously this year following his death in 2000, was thoroughly enjoyable. Simon's life had so many incarnations -- prescient Wall Street trader, principled public servant (energy czar and treasury secretary), conservative intellectual, pathbreaking merchant banker, champion of the U.S. Olympic movement, philanthropist, intrepid adventurer, Eucharistic Minister -- that it's hard to fathom one person leading such an eclectic, richly diverse life.

Known for his sharp opinions while in public office, Simon is largely magnanimous in recounting his life experiences. For example, he declines to elaborate on the reasons for his falling out with a longtime colleague and business partner, saying only that he trusted someone he thought was his friend. He pulls no puches, however, in expressing outrage at wrongheaded government decisions, such as the 1989 FIRREA Act (which suddenly made struggling S&Ls insolvent), Pres. Carter's Olympic boycott (which accomplished little other than prompting Soviet retaliation four years later) and foolish government meddling in the oil market (rationing, price controls, etc. which largely created the 1970s energy "crisis").

The memoir offers several colorful, revealing anecdotes. For example, Simon's pointed counsel to Ronald Reagan, urging him to drop former Pres Ford from consideration for the Vice Presidency. (I never heard or read of this before; Lou Cannon makes no mention of it in his new biography of Reagan's pre-presidential years.) Also, Simon's confrontation -- nearly leading to blows -- with an inebriated Vice President Rockefeller. This is fascinating stuff.

Equally fascinating are the chapters on Simon's pioneering role in the use of Leverage Buyouts to restore underperforming companies to sound profitability. Simon eschewed hostile LBOs, preferring to work cooperatively with, and empowering, management, and deftly abandonded the business when it attracted a surfeit of "takeover artist" capital in the late 1980s.

Simon's separation from, and reconcilliation with, his wife of 40 years is particularly poignant, as is his ministry to indigent AIDs patients and other destitute people. The caring and compassion behind a gruff -- sometimes mercurial exterior -- is palpable.

William Simon led an amazing, noble life. Emulating such an extraordinary human being is beyond the reach of most of us. But thanks to this new book, we can at least read about and admire him. Highly recommended.