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So it's outdoor patio time and your patio is non-existent. You're lacking interlocking bricks. You wish to have your folks over in the backyard, however they keep making a mess of your garden. In case you don't have the correct type of location for a raised solid wood patio, or perhaps prefer the look, interlocking patio stones can bring your backyard garden the style it requires, and keep you from having to fix up your lawn after an exciting celebration.
The initial step to consider within this process is the fact that installing patio stones is simply not an easy task. They're weighty, dirty, the process is time intensive, and also the results may vary on your skill level. Hiring a professional can sometimes be a great choice. To prevent fatigue on your end, maybe those same chums who keep ruining your lawn could visit and be useful for once! Kidding aside, professional help at any phase is advised to get your patio stones looking their best.
First use tent stakes and string to clearly outline areas you want the patio to cover. Get some of your bricks ready at this stage and commence lining them up along the string. Maintain about a Popsicle stick amount of distance between them. Useful tip; have Popsicle ready within your freezer; you can say it's a valuable measuring device for your project. Once you have your bricks arranged (plus your Popsicle eaten) you can begin fine-tuning them so that you have nice clean corners. This will save lots of time in the future since you will not need to cut them.
After you have the outline all set to go it's time to begin excavating. This is the time to get a lot of help. Maybe you could bribe loved ones with Popsicle? Dig down about 4 to 5 inches, and extend the excavated area about an inch beyond the string.
Next use a strong plastic edging around the perimeter. Tent nails may be used to keep it in place, ensure the top of it is line with the un-excavated ground level. Use string now to mark where the ground level is over your excavated area. This should help you keep it level while you install the patio stones.
The next phase is to use concrete, lime, or sand as an under layer. Most veteran installers find that lime is the best and most affordable option. Fill your excavated area with all the lime till it is about even with your string, and even it out with a metal rake. This again is when you're going to need those family as it is time to compact this under layer. A cinder block is effective, a compactor you possibly can rent works best. With this done level off the entire patio area employing a 2X4 piece of wood the length of your patio area.
Now the fun begins and your patio starts to take shape as it's time to place your bricks. Commence closest to your household and exercise. Pound each brick using a rubber mallet to ensure it is in position. Keep placing them until you have put to use each of the full bricks that you can. Employ a simple chisel to chop partial bricks. You should measure twice and cut once, it's a time and frustration saver.
Seeing that your patio is nearly done, it's really a question of filling everything in with sand by spreading it all across your new patio and sweeping it into every one of the cracks. That's it, the hard job is completed now settle-back, take it easy, enjoy the interlocking bricks of your new patio, and have just about any get together you would like with out worrying for your yards well being.
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Lack of common strategy may have caused longer, bloodier Civil WarPublic release date: 26-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Matt Swayne mls29@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State
Lacking firm ideas on how to fight and win the Civil War, Northern military commanders and politicians struggled to find a viable strategy, resulting in a long and horrendously costly conflict, according to a Penn State historian. This experience influenced how the U.S. Army thought about the art and science of war and how they selected leaders to design and execute military strategy in future conflicts.
The absence of a commonly accepted and shared body of military thought hampered the North's efforts to identify and pursue strategic objectives, plan military operations and choose leaders to successfully execute those plans, said Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor of American History. A lack of understanding about the complexity of war on a grand scale often contributed to poor planning, frequent leadership changes and long campaigns with high casualties during the war, she said.
A common belief that the writings of Antoine-Henri Jomini, a Swiss-born officer who served on the staff of Napoleon Bonaparte, served as the strategic foundation for most Civil War commanders is a misconception, according to Reardon.
"Marine Corps Brigadier General J. D. Hittle said in 1947 that many Civil War generals went to battle with a sword in one hand and a copy of Jomini in the other," Reardon said. "In fact, Jomini was just one voice among many voices in this search for a winning strategy during the war."
Reardon, who published her analysis in, "With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other" (University of North Carolina Press, 2012), found a number of direct references to Jomini in the popular press during the time, but found little evidence that ideas unique to him played a central role in the decision-making of officers during the war. She found only three references to the military theorist in the 128-volume "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies."
"The fact that Jomini was only mentioned three times in this comprehensive collection of primary documents bothered me just enough that I wanted to take a look at the subject more deeply," said Reardon.
Americans in the North also debated whether officers educated at military academies or officers born with innate genius for warfare made better senior commanders. People who favored the genius option cited George Washington and Andrew Jackson as examples of senior leaders who had limited military educations, but became solid commanders. Early in the war, West Point-educated generals, such as George McClellan, served as models for the pro-education side.
The lessons of the Civil War shaped American military policy and education for decades to come, Reardon said.
"There were lessons learned," Reardon said. "We learned very quickly we needed a body of professional literature and military theory that not only could be applied to the American military experience, but also fit with the American character."
After the war, the U.S. Army decided in favor of education, rather than military genius, as the preferred way to fill the ranks of senior leadership. For instance, the U.S. Army founded the Artillery School for officers of that branch in 1878 and General William Tecumseh Sherman named Emory Upton to head it. Upton, who rose from the rank of second lieutenant to major general in the Union Army during the Civil War, proved to be an excellent choice. His school became a model for American professional military education well into the 20th century.
The founding of the schools showed that the Army learned not to rely on military genius, as Reardon said, "What if someone starts a war and your genius doesn't show up?"
Reardon also said that Civil War generals faced a particularly thorny problem during the war of considering human elements that were not addressed by contemporary military theory. The works available to the generals of that era had little to say about the human elements of war.
Soldiers did not exist as individuals who became tired, thirsty, cold, or frightened and were portrayed as nameless and faceless entities, according to Reardon.
"This kind of literature did not meet the needs of generals who commanded armies of volunteers in a democracy," Reardon said. "As a consequence, they had to learn the importance of considering their troops to be their most important asset the hard way, and at the cost of many lives."
The book began as lectures prepared for the 2009 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture series.
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Lack of common strategy may have caused longer, bloodier Civil WarPublic release date: 26-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Matt Swayne mls29@psu.edu 814-865-9481 Penn State
Lacking firm ideas on how to fight and win the Civil War, Northern military commanders and politicians struggled to find a viable strategy, resulting in a long and horrendously costly conflict, according to a Penn State historian. This experience influenced how the U.S. Army thought about the art and science of war and how they selected leaders to design and execute military strategy in future conflicts.
The absence of a commonly accepted and shared body of military thought hampered the North's efforts to identify and pursue strategic objectives, plan military operations and choose leaders to successfully execute those plans, said Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor of American History. A lack of understanding about the complexity of war on a grand scale often contributed to poor planning, frequent leadership changes and long campaigns with high casualties during the war, she said.
A common belief that the writings of Antoine-Henri Jomini, a Swiss-born officer who served on the staff of Napoleon Bonaparte, served as the strategic foundation for most Civil War commanders is a misconception, according to Reardon.
"Marine Corps Brigadier General J. D. Hittle said in 1947 that many Civil War generals went to battle with a sword in one hand and a copy of Jomini in the other," Reardon said. "In fact, Jomini was just one voice among many voices in this search for a winning strategy during the war."
Reardon, who published her analysis in, "With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other" (University of North Carolina Press, 2012), found a number of direct references to Jomini in the popular press during the time, but found little evidence that ideas unique to him played a central role in the decision-making of officers during the war. She found only three references to the military theorist in the 128-volume "War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies."
"The fact that Jomini was only mentioned three times in this comprehensive collection of primary documents bothered me just enough that I wanted to take a look at the subject more deeply," said Reardon.
Americans in the North also debated whether officers educated at military academies or officers born with innate genius for warfare made better senior commanders. People who favored the genius option cited George Washington and Andrew Jackson as examples of senior leaders who had limited military educations, but became solid commanders. Early in the war, West Point-educated generals, such as George McClellan, served as models for the pro-education side.
The lessons of the Civil War shaped American military policy and education for decades to come, Reardon said.
"There were lessons learned," Reardon said. "We learned very quickly we needed a body of professional literature and military theory that not only could be applied to the American military experience, but also fit with the American character."
After the war, the U.S. Army decided in favor of education, rather than military genius, as the preferred way to fill the ranks of senior leadership. For instance, the U.S. Army founded the Artillery School for officers of that branch in 1878 and General William Tecumseh Sherman named Emory Upton to head it. Upton, who rose from the rank of second lieutenant to major general in the Union Army during the Civil War, proved to be an excellent choice. His school became a model for American professional military education well into the 20th century.
The founding of the schools showed that the Army learned not to rely on military genius, as Reardon said, "What if someone starts a war and your genius doesn't show up?"
Reardon also said that Civil War generals faced a particularly thorny problem during the war of considering human elements that were not addressed by contemporary military theory. The works available to the generals of that era had little to say about the human elements of war.
Soldiers did not exist as individuals who became tired, thirsty, cold, or frightened and were portrayed as nameless and faceless entities, according to Reardon.
"This kind of literature did not meet the needs of generals who commanded armies of volunteers in a democracy," Reardon said. "As a consequence, they had to learn the importance of considering their troops to be their most important asset the hard way, and at the cost of many lives."
The book began as lectures prepared for the 2009 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture series.
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