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Builders LondonA basic guideline is the rule of 6: * At least 6 bags of Portland cement per cubic yard. * No more than 6 gallons of water per cubic yard. * A minimum of 6 days curing time, while keeping concrete moist by misting several times each day. * When concrete will be subjected to freezing and thawing, an air content of 6% is necessary. * For most applications such as concrete steps, sidewalks, floors, driveways, etc, mix using this 6 part ratio; 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts sand, 3 parts gravel or crushed rock. In addition to accurate mixing, properly pouring concrete involves several aspects: screeding (leveling), vibrating (eliminating voids in the slab), troweling (finishing the surface), and jointing (adding expansion joints for large slabs to expand and contract without breaking or cracking). 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Diabetes 'may increase Alzheimer's risk' data: 10.04.08 Developing diabetes in middle age may significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's, scientists claim. 2. Sugar offers bankers television lesson data: 19.03.08 Promoting the fourth series of 'The Apprentice', Sir Alan Sugar says that investment bankers could learn basic business tenets from the BBC show 3. 'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig data: 10.04.08 Archaeologists say they have broken through to a layer which could help to explain why Stonehenge was built. 4. John McCain: Israel's enemies threaten us all data: 19.03.08 The success of Hamas and Hizbollah in the Middle East is not only a danger for Israel, but also a threat to US national interests, said John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate. 5. Max Mosley to face confidence vote data: 10.04.08 Max Mosley will face a vote of confidence as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) by a secret ballot, the FIA said on Wednesday. 6. Arrests made in killing of Russian reporter data: 07.04.08 Tajik police have detained two men suspected in the murder of a Russian television reporter who was found stabbed in a Moscow apartment with a belt around his neck, an official said Saturday. 7. Osama bin Laden 'aide' wins deportation fight data: 10.04.08 The Home Office's plans to deport terrorist suspects were dealt a blow when Abu Qatada, the preacher once described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe", won his fight against being sent back to Jordan. 8. 'Seven dead' in Karachi violence data: 10.04.08 At least seven people are killed and a dozen wounded after rival groups of lawyers clash in Pakistan, police say. 9. Beijing pollution 'not a danger' data: 07.04.08 Olympic chief Jacques Rogge claims air pollution in Beijing will not endanger athletes' health at the 2008 Games. 10. Gurkha vets seek equal rights data: 19.03.08 Gurkha veterans are protesting at Parliament calling for the right to remain in the UK. 11. Gloria Taylor data: 10.04.08 Mother of Damilola Taylor who rose above her grief to campaign for the underprivileged. 12. Schools 'recycling' incapable teachers data: 07.04.08 Schools are simply "recycling" bad teachers rather than removing them from the classroom, according to a new report. 13. Tributes paid to Anthony Minghella, dead at 54 data: 19.03.08 Tributes are flowing in to Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning British film director who has died from a haemorrhage after undergoing routine surgery last week: 14. French commandos are dispatched to help rescue crew of yacht data: 10.04.08 Elite French troops have been dispatched to East Africa to bolster an effort to free the crew of a yacht that was seized by pirates off Somalia, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Monday. 15. Kosovo adopts a new constitution data: 10.04.08 Kosovo adopts a new constitution, to come into force in June after an expected UN handover of powers. 16. Mug shots at the touch of a button for police data: 19.03.08 Police on the beat will use hand-held computers to take fingerprints and view a national database of criminals' mug shots under a high-tech revolution that has been unveiled. 17. Birmingham City bosses Karren Brady and David Sullivan arrested in football probe data: 10.04.08 Karren Brady, the Birmingham City managing director, and David Sullivan, the club’s co-owner, have been arrested as part of the investigation into alleged corruption in football. 18. Worrying lack of economic growth in Italy becomes a campaign issue data: 10.04.08 Specific demands from northern industrialists and business leaders - for lower taxes, increased incentives to spur growth, a streamlined bureaucracy - have intensified as the election approaches and as new data has confirmed Italy's designation as the sick man of Europe. 19. BP and ConocoPhillips to build gas pipeline to United States and Canada data: 10.04.08 BP and Conoco will initially spend $600 million in the next three years to drum up support for the Alaska project, which they said would be the largest-ever private-sector construction project in North America. 20. Paul Routledge: Class snobs taint hunt for Shannon data: 19.03.08 Mystery surrounds the fate of Shannon Matthews, the nine-year-old girl missing in Dewsbury for more than three weeks. 21. Obama calls for Beijing boycott data: 10.04.08 Barack Obama urges President Bush to consider a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, as the US leg of the torch relay is held. 22. The promise of qualifying in Malaysia data: 27.03.08 23. Comaneci no longer inspires Romanian gymnasts data: 27.03.08 Romanian girls no longer dream of being Nadia Comaneci -- that is the hard fact facing the country's women's gymnastics coach. 24. Millions strike in Greece to protest plan to overhaul pensions data: 27.03.08 The national strike on Wednesday - the third since December - capped nearly a month of labor unrest that has brought power blackouts, heaps of uncollected garbage and transport disruption. 25. Ben-Hur star Charlton Heston dies data: 07.04.08 Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his performance in the Hollywood epic Ben-Hur, dies aged 84. 26. A12, 'worst road' in Britain, subject to inquiry data: 10.04.08 The A12, voted the worst in Britain, is to be investigated by a former transport chief who only six months ago spent more than two hours stuck in traffic on the route. 27. Greece braced for pension strike data: 19.03.08 Greece is expected to grind to a halt as public workers hold a general strike against proposed pension reforms. 28. Izbasa dazzles on the floor to win gold data: 07.04.08 Romania's Sandra Izbasa picked up her second gold medal in as many days when she tumbled to glory on the floor exercise at the women's European gymnastics championships on Sunday. 29. Leading figures mark NI Agreement data: 10.04.08 Some of those who helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement are in Belfast to mark its 10th anniversary. 30. Polly Hudson: Named.. but not shamed data: 07.04.08 Unlikely style icon of the week |