AR started this thread in politics and religion but it dont really fit in there. And I have alot to say on this matter as I am riled.
United States builds a Wall of America
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Architectural concrete walls, with original artwork or other graphics cast in relief in the surface, are gaining in popularity for a variety of public and commercial projects, including retaining walls, bridges, privacy walls, and sound barriers. The desert wall that runs along the Pima Freeway, called The Path Most Traveled, ranges in height from 20 to 60 feet and is adorned with nearly 100 abstract and representational desert-inspired motifs, including prickly pear cacti 40 feet tall and giant lizards 67 feet long.
Giant lizards and cacti, accented with acrylic stains, are part of the desert theme portrayed on the Pima Freeway wall. Original art created by Carolyn Braaksma of Denver.
Such large-scale, bas-relief images in concrete are possible with the use of custom formliners molded from original art. Scott System, a Denver, Colo., inventor and manufacturer of reusable elastomeric urethane formliners, is the first company to perfect this process on such a grand scale, says Dana Scott, marketing director. Her father Buck Scott founded the company in 1969 and has patented more than 20 different products for the concrete construction industry.
In addition to providing all the liners for the Pima Freeway project, Scott System has worked with other community groups, architects, and transportation departments across the country to turn imposing gray concrete walls into aesthetically pleasing art forms. These ornamental walls are now enhancing highways, subdivisions, beaches, parks, and airports.
A Scott System employee puts the finishing touches on a master mold of a fish graphic with a background pattern of ashlar stone.
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Scott System Transforming plain concrete walls into original art is often a collaborative effort, says Dana. The process begins with the design team agreeing on a vision for the project, and then artists are commissioned to create conceptual drawings. Once the design is approved, the artist produces a three-dimensional prototype (usually of modeling clay or polystyrene foam) from which a casting is made to produce a liner in the reverse image of the original work. The liners are attached to the inside of the wall forms into which the wet concrete is placed. When the forms are removed after the concrete sets, the transferred design is revealed. At this point, acrylic stains can be applied to provide accents of color. Or the concrete can be integrally colored before it?s placed into the forms.
Unlimited design possibilities
The elastomeric urethane used to produce the liners is highly durable and moldable. ?You can achieve a really high degree of detail with the urethane because it?s a liquid synthetic rubber when poured, so it picks up all the detail. We even used the material to lift the image from a quarter, and you can see all the detail cast in the concrete,? says Dana.
Size is also no limitation. The urethane is flexible, so huge liners can be produced without any seams. ?For one company, we made a one-piece liner that was over 100 feet long,? says Dana. But she notes that most of the liners are more manageable in size. ?It seems that more highway projects today are using mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls that consist of 5x5-foot concrete sections. So we often end up making liners to fit those forms, and the design carries from one panel to another, like a puzzle.?
Scott System also produces formliners that replicate the textures of natural stone and wood. These liners are cast off the actual materials, resulting in a high degree of realism. Other liner patterns offered include brick and block, fractured fins, and flutes.
A concrete retaining wall along the San Tomas Aquino/Saratoga Creek Trail in Santa Clara, Calif., displays a wildlife mural created by artist Linda Patterson.
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Scott System ?We still supply these standard patterns, but we really like to get involved with the art projects,? Dana emphasizes. The artists she works with enjoy the challenge as well, and some have even become specialists in concrete wall art. Artists new to the process, however, can get assistance from Scott System mold makers, who will help them replicate just about any design imaginable.
Current projects
Scott System is currently producing custom liners for two major highway expansion projects?one in Denver, Colo., and the other in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The T-REX (Transportation Expansion Project) in Denver includes 19 miles of highway expansion and light-rail construction on Interstate Highways 25 and 225. As part of this ambitious project?slated to be finished in 2007?concrete sound-barrier walls are being installed with design elements depicting Colorado?s geography and wildlife, including giant buffalo, soaring swallows, and aerial views of farmland. Surface Strategy LLC and Big 3D Productions of Colorado created the art for the project.
Another highway wall?to be unveiled within the next year?runs along a two-mile stretch of Corpus Christi?s Crosstown Interchange, which connects State Highways 358 and 286. This 2,500-square-foot MSE wall displays cast images of indigenous fish (including sailfish, crab, and marlin) projecting from an ashlar-stone-patterned background. Scott System made 78 different molds in 10X5-foot dimensions to produce formliners for the job, based on the original designs of Texas DOT landscape architect Stephen Walker.
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Giant lizards and cacti, accented with acrylic stains, are part of the desert theme portrayed on the Pima Freeway wall. Original art created by Carolyn Braaksma of Denver.
Such large-scale, bas-relief images in concrete are possible with the use of custom formliners molded from original art. Scott System, a Denver, Colo., inventor and manufacturer of reusable elastomeric urethane formliners, is the first company to perfect this process on such a grand scale, says Dana Scott, marketing director. Her father Buck Scott founded the company in 1969 and has patented more than 20 different products for the concrete construction industry.
In addition to providing all the liners for the Pima Freeway project, Scott System has worked with other community groups, architects, and transportation departments across the country to turn imposing gray concrete walls into aesthetically pleasing art forms. These ornamental walls are now enhancing highways, subdivisions, beaches, parks, and airports.
A Scott System employee puts the finishing touches on a master mold of a fish graphic with a background pattern of ashlar stone.
[credit]
Scott System Transforming plain concrete walls into original art is often a collaborative effort, says Dana. The process begins with the design team agreeing on a vision for the project, and then artists are commissioned to create conceptual drawings. Once the design is approved, the artist produces a three-dimensional prototype (usually of modeling clay or polystyrene foam) from which a casting is made to produce a liner in the reverse image of the original work. The liners are attached to the inside of the wall forms into which the wet concrete is placed. When the forms are removed after the concrete sets, the transferred design is revealed. At this point, acrylic stains can be applied to provide accents of color. Or the concrete can be integrally colored before it?s placed into the forms.
Unlimited design possibilities
The elastomeric urethane used to produce the liners is highly durable and moldable. ?You can achieve a really high degree of detail with the urethane because it?s a liquid synthetic rubber when poured, so it picks up all the detail. We even used the material to lift the image from a quarter, and you can see all the detail cast in the concrete,? says Dana.
Size is also no limitation. The urethane is flexible, so huge liners can be produced without any seams. ?For one company, we made a one-piece liner that was over 100 feet long,? says Dana. But she notes that most of the liners are more manageable in size. ?It seems that more highway projects today are using mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls that consist of 5x5-foot concrete sections. So we often end up making liners to fit those forms, and the design carries from one panel to another, like a puzzle.?
Scott System also produces formliners that replicate the textures of natural stone and wood. These liners are cast off the actual materials, resulting in a high degree of realism. Other liner patterns offered include brick and block, fractured fins, and flutes.
A concrete retaining wall along the San Tomas Aquino/Saratoga Creek Trail in Santa Clara, Calif., displays a wildlife mural created by artist Linda Patterson.
[credit]
Scott System ?We still supply these standard patterns, but we really like to get involved with the art projects,? Dana emphasizes. The artists she works with enjoy the challenge as well, and some have even become specialists in concrete wall art. Artists new to the process, however, can get assistance from Scott System mold makers, who will help them replicate just about any design imaginable.
Current projects
Scott System is currently producing custom liners for two major highway expansion projects?one in Denver, Colo., and the other in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The T-REX (Transportation Expansion Project) in Denver includes 19 miles of highway expansion and light-rail construction on Interstate Highways 25 and 225. As part of this ambitious project?slated to be finished in 2007?concrete sound-barrier walls are being installed with design elements depicting Colorado?s geography and wildlife, including giant buffalo, soaring swallows, and aerial views of farmland. Surface Strategy LLC and Big 3D Productions of Colorado created the art for the project.
Another highway wall?to be unveiled within the next year?runs along a two-mile stretch of Corpus Christi?s Crosstown Interchange, which connects State Highways 358 and 286. This 2,500-square-foot MSE wall displays cast images of indigenous fish (including sailfish, crab, and marlin) projecting from an ashlar-stone-patterned background. Scott System made 78 different molds in 10X5-foot dimensions to produce formliners for the job, based on the original designs of Texas DOT landscape architect Stephen Walker.
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A torch can make a hole in this in five minutes big enough to drive a tank through.
This will not work.
We got to have a wall . Put design sensors into the wall so that a signal is sounded if the wall is breached in any way.
A wall made of concrete.'
The Wall of America
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uh doesnt RAYMOND have something to do with concrete.
Hey RAYMOND how much would a good big chunk of concrete cost anyways ?
Hey RAYMOND how much would a good big chunk of concrete cost anyways ?
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Then we set up warning sirens for anyone that gets within 100 yards of the wall. Sensors trigger this continuously
Of course the warnings would need to be in spanish so the illegals would understand the warnings and not get shot.
WARNING
You are now entering within the restricted border of the United States of America. Do not enter here now. This is your final warning.
We will shoot you.
If you have no business here in the US do not continue.
We will shoot you.
If you are a criminal and are going to come into the United States to cause trouble for our citizens here and bring shame on yourself and your family, go back now.
We will shoot you.
If you are coming here to work and are entering the United States illegally , go back now.
We will shoot you.
If you are a terrorist and are intend on bringing harm to our states and our people.
We will shoot you.
Go Back , Go Back , beware of the pirhana.
Of course the warnings would need to be in spanish so the illegals would understand the warnings and not get shot.
WARNING
You are now entering within the restricted border of the United States of America. Do not enter here now. This is your final warning.
We will shoot you.
If you have no business here in the US do not continue.
We will shoot you.
If you are a criminal and are going to come into the United States to cause trouble for our citizens here and bring shame on yourself and your family, go back now.
We will shoot you.
If you are coming here to work and are entering the United States illegally , go back now.
We will shoot you.
If you are a terrorist and are intend on bringing harm to our states and our people.
We will shoot you.
Go Back , Go Back , beware of the pirhana.
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we get the best surveyors in the country to mark where the fence line will go.
This first step could be accomplished with the right men and equipment.
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in this illustration
Running Fence crossed fourteen roads and the town of Valley Ford, leaving passage for cars, cattle and wildlife, and was designed to be viewed by following 65 kilometers (forty miles) of public roads, in Sonoma and Marin Counties.
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The reason we dont have a fence up already is basically just a matter of pride.
We have made our reputation tearing down walls. Not putting them up.
But this is not deviding a country. It is protecting its borders which is our soverign right.
The Statue of Liberty comes to mind.
And besides. America is a great country and no one will want to harm us.
We have made our reputation tearing down walls. Not putting them up.
But this is not deviding a country. It is protecting its borders which is our soverign right.
The Statue of Liberty comes to mind.
And besides. America is a great country and no one will want to harm us.
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There are 25 windows in the crown which symbolize gemstones found on the earth and the heaven's rays shining over the world. The seven rays of the Statue's crown represent the seven seas and continents of the world. The tablet which the Statue holds in her left hand reads (in Roman numerals) "July 4th, 1776." The total weight of copper in the Statue is 62,000 pounds (31 tons) and the total weight of steel in the Statue is 250,000 pounds (125 tons). Total weight of the Statue's concrete foundation is 54 million pounds (27,000 tons). The copper sheeting of the Statue is 3/32 of an inch thick or 2.37mm.
Wind sway: winds of 50 miles per hour cause the Statue to sway 3 inches (7.62cm) and the torch sways 5 inches (12.70cm).
On October 28th, 1886 was inaugurated. President Grover Cleveland accepted the Statue on behalf of the United States and said in part: "We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected."
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A lottery for America. Build the American Wall
Since most states now have the lottery already in place, we will have a multi million dollar lottery that could get to 250 million dollars for the winner.
And with the profits from the lottery we build and buy the wall.
Every mile of it and all the towers.
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volunteer workers can be brought in, in teams from each state .
In groups of 20-30 from a city around the country. To volunteer to help America build the wall. People can take a weeks vacation or time off from work with pay , to go build the wall.
GM can send the largest group and the next thing that you know everyone is using GM products to build the wall. Trucks are needed and GM has trucks. Get them trucks that are sitting on the lots into action for a good cause. Send the trucks to the freedom wall.
It would be the first thing that we as Americans had ever done for our own country in a long long time. Since so many of us give freely to other countries and do not always have good intentions back to us to show for it.
I dont know maybe I am getting a little carried away.
it seems simple enough
In groups of 20-30 from a city around the country. To volunteer to help America build the wall. People can take a weeks vacation or time off from work with pay , to go build the wall.
GM can send the largest group and the next thing that you know everyone is using GM products to build the wall. Trucks are needed and GM has trucks. Get them trucks that are sitting on the lots into action for a good cause. Send the trucks to the freedom wall.
It would be the first thing that we as Americans had ever done for our own country in a long long time. Since so many of us give freely to other countries and do not always have good intentions back to us to show for it.
I dont know maybe I am getting a little carried away.
it seems simple enough
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we cannot in America guarantee that every mexican can come into this country and live. The mexicans that are here legally will always have jobs, and so will their childrens children. They are americans the same as everyone else.
It has to end somewhere, and that somewhere is probably painful for many families leaving loved ones behind. Its not a easy matter.
The leagal mexican american citizens should also volunteer to build the wall. All americans would participate in a demonstration of hard work, good will, and keeping our families safe from harm.
It has to end somewhere, and that somewhere is probably painful for many families leaving loved ones behind. Its not a easy matter.
The leagal mexican american citizens should also volunteer to build the wall. All americans would participate in a demonstration of hard work, good will, and keeping our families safe from harm.
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The construction of a railroad through the rugged terrain of the area during the era of the mid-1800's proved to be a difficult task. In the years before the invention of the steam shovel, jack hammers and other modern construction tools, the construction of the many fills, cuts and tunnels the route required was performed by men using picks and shovels, supplemented by mules and wagons. The majority of the laborers hired for the job were said to be newly freed black slaves from Virginia, while many of workers on the Engineering Corps were retired officers from the Union and Confederate forces. One of the C&O's major construction projects during the course of building the rail line was the construction of the Big Bend Tunnel at Talcott, WV. This mile and half long tunnel was the site where the legendary John Henry is said to have engaged in a contest against a steam-powered drill.
On January 29, 1873, following four years of ponderous work, the railroad construction crews working eastward met with their counterparts that had been building westward at a point about three-fourths of a mile east of Fayette Station on the north side of the Gorge. The formidable task of completing the rail line was at last achieved. Later that day, a special train loaded with distinguished guests and officials of the C&O, that had left Richmond, Va. on January 23, 1873, arrived at the Hawk's Nest railroad bridge, where a ceremonial observance of the driving of the last spike took place to officially dedicate the completion of the rail line. The train continued on after the ceremony, reaching Huntington later the same day, where a gala celebration was planned. Although many contemporary historians have written about the great ceremony that took place in Huntington that night, the Huntington Herald Dispatch reported a very different story. According to the newspaper's account, a failure occurred along the route of the telegraph wires, and word of the train expected arrival time did not reach the City of Huntington in time. When the special train arrived at the Huntington Station, a very small number of people were on hand to greet the train and its guests, on that very cold and damp night in January.
The C&O's westward expansion was completed at a cost of $23,394,263.69, a enormous amount of money for that period of time. The railroad line was not open to freight traffic until March of 1873 with passenger service being started on April 1st of that year. However, it was not until June that trains could run with regularity. The completion of the line had been somewhat rushed. In places along the route temporary or makeshift methods of construction had been utilized. Following the official opening of the line several sections of track had to be relaid. Many permanent fills and retaining walls were not constructed until after the rail line was completed.
During these early years of operation the C&O experienced constant problems with rock slides blocking it's tracks. A huge rock slide that occurred in 1875 that blocked all rail traffic for three weeks. For many years, the line was not very profitable. Although a good amount of freight was being hauled by the railroad operational problems and costs cut into the company's profits. Adding to the company long list of problems was the fact that the even the most "modern" locomotives in use during this early period were tiny and not very powerful. In 1878 the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was sold under foreclosure and reorganized as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, with Collis P. Huntington assuming the office of President of the reorganized road.
Despite all of the difficulties experienced by the railroad, the completion of the line had allowed the development of the coal industry in the New River Gorge to begin. The first shipment of coal via the railroad was made by the New River Coal Company from it's Quinnimont mine in September of 1873. By the end of the century, coal would become the commodity of greatest importance to the C&O, a great portion of which was being produced by mines located in Fayette County.
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Americans can do just about anything that we set our minds to doing.
On January 29, 1873, following four years of ponderous work, the railroad construction crews working eastward met with their counterparts that had been building westward at a point about three-fourths of a mile east of Fayette Station on the north side of the Gorge. The formidable task of completing the rail line was at last achieved. Later that day, a special train loaded with distinguished guests and officials of the C&O, that had left Richmond, Va. on January 23, 1873, arrived at the Hawk's Nest railroad bridge, where a ceremonial observance of the driving of the last spike took place to officially dedicate the completion of the rail line. The train continued on after the ceremony, reaching Huntington later the same day, where a gala celebration was planned. Although many contemporary historians have written about the great ceremony that took place in Huntington that night, the Huntington Herald Dispatch reported a very different story. According to the newspaper's account, a failure occurred along the route of the telegraph wires, and word of the train expected arrival time did not reach the City of Huntington in time. When the special train arrived at the Huntington Station, a very small number of people were on hand to greet the train and its guests, on that very cold and damp night in January.
The C&O's westward expansion was completed at a cost of $23,394,263.69, a enormous amount of money for that period of time. The railroad line was not open to freight traffic until March of 1873 with passenger service being started on April 1st of that year. However, it was not until June that trains could run with regularity. The completion of the line had been somewhat rushed. In places along the route temporary or makeshift methods of construction had been utilized. Following the official opening of the line several sections of track had to be relaid. Many permanent fills and retaining walls were not constructed until after the rail line was completed.
During these early years of operation the C&O experienced constant problems with rock slides blocking it's tracks. A huge rock slide that occurred in 1875 that blocked all rail traffic for three weeks. For many years, the line was not very profitable. Although a good amount of freight was being hauled by the railroad operational problems and costs cut into the company's profits. Adding to the company long list of problems was the fact that the even the most "modern" locomotives in use during this early period were tiny and not very powerful. In 1878 the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was sold under foreclosure and reorganized as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, with Collis P. Huntington assuming the office of President of the reorganized road.
Despite all of the difficulties experienced by the railroad, the completion of the line had allowed the development of the coal industry in the New River Gorge to begin. The first shipment of coal via the railroad was made by the New River Coal Company from it's Quinnimont mine in September of 1873. By the end of the century, coal would become the commodity of greatest importance to the C&O, a great portion of which was being produced by mines located in Fayette County.
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Americans can do just about anything that we set our minds to doing.
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Scott-Atlanta said:
Dont even worry about Canada, if we could just this done for the Mexican border...........
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Yeh but what would keep the illegal mexicans from flying to Canada and then walking in that way.
Shut it down ................feel the pain..... Gain freedom......
Yeh but what would keep the illegal mexicans from flying to Canada and then walking in that way.
Shut it down ................feel the pain..... Gain freedom......
