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The Ho Chi Minh People's Committee has asked the government for permission to plan for the construction of Thu Thiem No. 4 Bridge under the build-transfer (BT) model and has selected three investors: the Phat Dat Real Estate Development Corporation, the 620 Infrastructure Development and Investment Corporation, and the 168 Construction and Development Corporation.
The three investors built the My Loi Bridge in the Mekong Delta's Long An and Tien Giang provinces with investment capital of over VND1.4 trillion ($63 million).
Thu Thiem No. 4 Bridge has investment capital of more than VND5.2 trillion ($234 million), excluding interest costs. It will link the southern and eastern parts of Ho Chi Minh City, easing traffic jams in Binh Thanh, Thu Duc, Binh Chanh, and Nha Be districts and Districts 7 and 8.
Under the BT model, as an investor in the bridge Phat Dat can develop its projects in seven land plots and many other outstanding plots in the center of the city.
Last year the city's Department of Traffic and Transportation asked the city's People's Committee for permission to allow investors to study the construction of the Thu Thiem No. 4 Bridge to connect Districts 2 and 7.
The key project of constructing a bridge across the Saigon River is part of efforts to develop the city by 2020.
Five bridges and a tunnel will connect the Thu Thiem urban area in District 2 with other regions of the city. The Thu Thiem No. 1 Bridge and the tunnel under the Saigon River have been open since 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Early this year work also began on the 1.5 km Thu Thiem No. 2 Bridge, with total investment of VND3 trillion ($150 million), which is expected to open in 2018.
The Thu Thiem New Urban Area is located to the east of the Saigon River, opposite District 1, on a total area of 657 ha. It is to be a new modern central district, enlarging the existing center of Ho Chi Minh City. The city's People's Committee continues to call for other investors to develop projects in the urban area.


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Believe it or not the Pizza hut in Hong Kong created a new cardboard box which can project any movie or TV show you want using your smartphone.
According to The Verge, it is called as Blockbuster Box, and it was designed by Ogilvy Hong Kong for a Pizza Hut marketing stunt, Yum Brands' Pizza Hut chains are running a promotion that allows pizza-loving cine-Philes to combine their passions in a new way.
How does it work?
In Hong Kong, the chain's customers can order the special Blockbuster Box, which has a new feature which has a cut-out hole in the side of the box. Of course, you'll need a very dark room to be able to make out anything from the "projector," and insert the lens into the side of the pizza box; then you'll need a smartphone to power the experience. After you place your smartphone in the center of the Blockbuster Box, the lens will magnify your smartphone's display and project it onto the wall.
Yes you need to have Netflix, or else Pizza Hut has cleverly printed a QR code on each box that can be scanned to download a free movie from your smartphone. And also you'll probably want to have some Bluetooth speakers or a spare audio cable handy if you want to actually hear the movie, as your smartphone will be inside the box when the projector is in use.
There are four different styles of Blockbuster Box, with each corresponding to the genre of the free movie that comes with it: There's the Fully Loaded box for action movies, Slice Night for scary movies, Hot & Ready for your romance, and Anchovy Armageddon for the sci-fi fans.
Pizza Hut has limited to Hong Kong stores as of now, so unfortunately we'll have to wait and see whether Pizza Hut decides to offer its special boxes in other countries and also it might consider me eating a pizza hut pizza.

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Above all else, ODESZA was unexpected. Before the electronic duo racked up hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify, before they were headlining massive festivals like Coachella and Snowglobe, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight were two college students mixing beats together at Western Washington University.
Though it's been nearly five years since their debut album, Summer's Gone, was released, ODESZA's shift from an after-school hobby to one of the largest defining voices of indie EDM today remains surreal.
"You don't become a musician to be seen, at least for me," Mills says. "Especially for producers — we all came from being kids in our bedrooms, making weird beats. And suddenly you're supposed to be on camera, and talking, and charismatic, and fun, and all these things that are expected of someone in the public eye. And you just want to be making music."
Thankfully, between being on camera and maintaining their charisma, ODESZA did manage to make some new music. Their third album, A Moment Apart, was released this past September, the duo's first studio album release in three years. A Moment Apart has ODESZA's usual airy electronic melodies, now heightened with swelling orchestral samples and features from artists such as Leon Bridges and Regina Spektor. For Mills, the album is the "cinematic soundscape" ODESZA was always striving for, but never able to accomplish until now. "It was something we've always wanted to approach but never really had the means to — to have a full on orchestra and choirs and stuff like that. A Moment Apart isn't a reinvention as much as it is a mature growth."
This "cinematic soundscape" is best understood in the context of the album's opening track, a one-minute spoken word piece aptly titled "Intro." Featuring only a rhythmic ticking sound and a sample of dialogue from the film Another Earth, "Intro" seamlessly morphs into what Mills calls the "epic, sprawling, string instrument moment" of the second song. Despite its brevity and unconventional lack of instrumentals, Mills cites "Intro" as the song he connects to most in the album, saying that the track attempts to "make you feel like you're getting ready for a ride."
Although ODESZA invests extensive effort into its live performances — Mills claims that he and Knight spent months developing new visuals and theatrics for their upcoming fall tour — A Moment Apart is intended to be listened to alone, rather than with a raucous concert crowd.
"A Moment Apart, for me, is stepping away from all the noise to self-reflect," Mills says. The record evokes the feeling of being "at a party, and you don't really want to be there. And you just step outside and close the door, and you stop hearing the inside [of the party] and you look up at the moon by yourself. That one moment by yourself to just step away from all the noise — that's really what it's about."
As much as Mills savors these moments of private introspection, years of working and touring with Knight has given him a strong appreciation for collaboration with others. While Mills laughs at the media's portrayal of his and Knight's relationship, comparing their group photoshoots to "getting a picture taken with your brother everywhere you go," his respect for ODESZA's creative partnership is sincere.
"With Clay I feel like we're learning every day from each other," says Mills, "From personal choices, and things we find online — we show each other different plugins and synths and ideas and songs." Mills stresses the importance of recognizing each other's skills when writing music together, stating that "there has to be a mutual respect in a duo. There's a trust. If someone feels really strongly about something, you trust that they are making the right decision because it's a collaborative effort." Following their penchant for the unexpected, through working together ODESZA has crafted a moment apart.
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Nothing close on Santana
It's looking more and more like Johan Santana will not be traded before the Winter Meetings adjourn Thursday.
The Twins had conversations with the Boston Red Sox again Wednesday, but according to sources, nothing was imminent on that front as the Red Sox have been unwilling to come up with what it will take to get the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner.
The Red Sox have offered Minnesota multiple packages. One consists of center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, shortstop Jed Lowrie and right-hander Justin Masterson. The other would consist of lefty Jon Lester, center fielder Coco Crisp, Lowrie and Masterson.
The Twins didn't blink when the Yankees pulled out of negotiations after their offer of pitcher Phil Hughes, outfielder Melky Cabrera and a prospect for Santana was not accepted. New York's exit may have opened the door for other teams, including the Mets and Dodgers, to enter the Santana sweepstakes.
The Mets made an offer for Baltimore lefty Erik Bedard on Tuesday and were turned down. Adding Santana to a rotation that already includes Pedro Martinez, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hernandez, John Maine and Mike Pelfrey would give the Mets a formidable staff, but at this point, it is unlikely they have a suitable package to offer Minnesota for Santana.
Reds considering Prior
Cincinnati's search for arms has the club taking a hard look at Cubs right-hander Mark Prior.
Prior, coming off right shoulder surgery, won't be able to pitch before May at the earliest, and perhaps not until August. But he is expected to pitch in 2008, and the Cubs have until Dec. 12 to offer him arbitration. He would be eligible for free agency after the 2008 season, so it is understandable, considering that and his health issues, that the Cubs might entertain offers for him, especially if they can address a need.
The Cubs are looking for a left-handed-hitting outfielder. The Reds have a few players who fit the bill, including Josh Hamilton, a player the Cubs claimed in the Rule 5 Draft before trading him to Cincinnati.
Jones in LA
Andruw Jones was in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The free-agent center fielder flew to the City of Angels on Tuesday, but it is uncertain whether Jones went west on business (like a physical from the Dodgers) or was merely there for an unrelated visit.
The Dodgers met with Jones' agent, Scott Boras, on Tuesday. The Royals are also among the teams to have made offers to the 10-time Gold Glove Award winner.
Inge drawing interest
Now that Miguel Cabrera is coming to Detroit, the Tigers are listening to offers for third baseman Brandon Inge, with the Dodgers and Phillies among the teams inquiring about Inge. A sticking point might be Inge's contract and whether the Tigers will pick up part of it, as Inge is owed $19.1 million over the next three seasons.
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Jim Hendry has finally figured out a strategy for getting Prior to sign: threaten him with Dusty "The Shredder" Baker!
Anyone here the rumor that the Tigers have approached the Mets and discussed a possible trade for Dontrelle Willis, and even Pudge? That's very convincing because D-Train is a good starter, and a team finally approached the Mets, instead of the Mets approaching them.


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One Night of Sin
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Bandipur was once a prosperous trading centre, as its charming building with their neoclassical facades and shuttered windows. Originally a simple Magar village, Newars from Bhaktapur settled here in the early nineteenth century, taking advantage of its malaria-free location to develop it into an important stop on the India-Tibet trade route. The heart of Bandipur is the medieval-looking Bandipur Bazaar that sweeps in a gentle curve along the top of the hill in an east-west axis. The stone paved main street is lined with compact town houses with ornate windows and doorways and roofs of tin or slate. All along the street, a covered veranda extends in front of the rows of houses providing shade in summer sun and monsoon rain.
Day 01: Drive to Bandipur village by private car/coach, short hike to Kulingkot or Ramkot – 3 hours – back to Hotel for overnight.
After breakfast at the hotel, drive leisurely to south-west of Kathmandu on the Kathmandu/Pokhara highway. The drive is about three and half hours approximately 150 km. As you come out of the Kathmandu valley and on reaching 'Nagdhunga' (the highest point in this highway), one can have a very clear view of the western Himalayas, on a clear day. Starting from Langtang in the east and Dhaulagiri in the west. The drive is through a winding and scenic road through the side of Trishuli river. Upon arrival at Bandipur, checkinto hotel for quick shower or refreshing time. Start a short trek, ts is easy hike to the west of Bandipur. It passes through Muchuk Village from where you can also visit Mukundeswari. Ramkot is a typical Magar village with traditional round houses, untouched by modern development offering an opportunity to experience authentic lifestyle of rural Nepal. From here, one can go to Chabdi Barahi, a pilgrimage spot which can be reached after two hours of easy hiking.
Day 02: Excursion to Jhargaoun village – 4/5 hours – – back to Hotel for overnight
After breakfast start trek to Jhargaun, a lovely place lies on the isolated area of Bandipur. Jargaun lies on the east side of Bandipur, we will take a shortcut trail to make our walking hour short by switching the trail via village, school and some time walking through small jungle. The trail provides panoramic views of Annapurna range plus the peak of Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Langtang and the valley of Marshyangdi. It is also an opportunity to get a closer look of Newali cultural life that reflects the refined civilization of the Kathmandu valley. In the winter October to February the temperatures at day time would be between 18-21 degree Celsius and morning and evening temperatures would be 2-3 degree Celsius.
Day 03: Bandipur – Kathmandu or Pokhara
After breakfast, visit remaining villages of Bandipur. These villages are populated only by Magar and Gurungs. Gurungs and Magars who are renowned as one of the leading martial races in Nepal. Since the middle of 19th Century they have served with pride and distinction in the Nepalese, British and the Indian armies. Their homeland is the southern flanks of the Annapurna-massif, bounded in the east by the Buri Gandaki River, and in the west by the Kali Gandaki River. Around lunch time drive back to Kathmandu or to Pokhara.
Private trek Arrangement cost:
1 pax: US$480 per person
2 pax: US$360 per person
3-5 pax: US$320 per person
6-9 pax: US$280 per person
10-15 pax: US$240 per person
Sgl Supp: US$ 80
Cost Includes:
01: All meals and accommodation in best available hotel in Bandipur during Bandipur stay
02: Short hike from Bandipur for 2 nights 3 days
03: Service of private trek guide
04: Accident insurance for staffs
05. Private car or van or coach according to the group size from Kathmandu/Bandipur/Kathmandu
Cost does not include:
01: Personal nature expenses like Alcoholic and bottled beverage, laundry, and tips.
02: Hotel accommodation, sightseeing and meals in Katmandu
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Stephen Merchant, the gangly, low-key counterpoint to Ricky Gervais' barreling id, has announced his first-ever stand-up comedy tour, titled Stephen Merchant Live: Hello Ladies… Merchant, of course, has been performing stand-up long before he met Gervais, but this is the first time he's planning on taking his act on the road. Well, on the incredibly short path, anyway: His "tour" includes only one U.S. date, a stop at New York's Town Hall on Dec. 20 that will be filmed for an upcoming DVD release. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
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Stepping back from a full-on career to allow for other experiences, whether it's child-rearing, caring for a family member or pursuing voluntary work, can be an enriching choice, but it's always a challenge.
The term 'juggling' is a cliche, and for good reason; it neatly sums up the feat of balancing paid employment and other (often more difficult) duties in an ongoing, everyday manner.
It's not only the logistics one has to be on top of, but also the ability to constantly adapt to different 'headspaces'.
Looking after a boisterous three-year-old is very different from sitting working at a desk in a silent house.
While I relish that contrast, it does require a certain flexibility.
Sometimes these worlds feel so far apart it's disorientating; at other times, spending time with a little person makes you feel better equipped to deal with the 'real' world.
Interestingly, Sarah Travers has said she is leaving her BBC position to spend more time with her family and to pursue other career opportunities.
My career has flourished since I left the security of a full-time staff position for the uncertainty of being self-employed.
A lot of that must be down to the fulfilment I derive from seeing more of my family and avoiding a daily commute.
So congratulations to Ms Travers for taking the plunge - I salute her bravery and ability to see beyond a dream job.
For, like the old saying goes, it seems that you rarely regret the opportunities you jumped at - only those you didn't.


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Mike Massé & Friends
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Mike Massé and Friends return to The Cutting Room for two nights of Epic Acoustic Classic Rock in an intimate setting.
Don't miss this amazing show of Mike performing some of the best classic rock songs of all time acoustically: the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, U2, and many more. Mike is an internationally acclaimed artist, whose arrangements are praised for their originality and emotional impact. His YouTube video views are in the MILLIONS. Legends of rock have expressed their love and gratitude for his renditions of their finest works. Toto cites Mike's cover of 'Africa' as their favorite. From the 60's to the 90's, there will be something in the concert from each era.
Mike will be joined by several talented friends and collaborators you may have seen on his widely viewed YouTube channel, including Sterling Cottam, Bryce Bloom and more. Photo by Bart Natoli jackstalk.com.
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November 30, 2011Reviewer: Richard in California* I started using Ribose about a month ago. I feel it helps with recovery after the workout. Before I started using the supplement, I felt a little drained the next morning. I don't feel that way any more.
As for the product, I made the mistake of buying ta differnet brand before I did my research. I thought I was getting a good deal on the 'sale price' of $18 for 100 grams. Roughly equals .18 cents a gram.
I found the NOW product on Netrition for far less. I bought the 1 pound container for about $38. Roughly equals .08 cents per gram.
For the same amount, you would pay roughly $81 for other brands. In these times, I try to same every penny I can. Hope this helps.This review is specific to Ribose(D-Ribose) Powder
August 02, 2010Reviewer: Louis W in New York* This is another good Now product. I use this ribose as a substitute for sugar or artificial sweeteners in my protein shakes, chocolate concoctions, etc. To me the taste is nice and sweet and natural with no bitterness. Also, it seems to give me a nice energy boost if taken before workouts, especially for sprinting.
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Instead of entrusting a handful of engineers to design and build, why not open it to a world of engineers, or those who are enthusiastic about all things engineering?
Thanks to low-cost cloud computing, it is all possible. Collaborative engineering design was seen as far back as 2008 in the automotive industry, the company involved was Local Motors.
Founded in 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona, Local Motors became an open-source motor vehicle design and manufacturing company.
Source: Local Motors | Image: The first 3D printed car – Strati
After seeing how Ferrari, GM and Tesla went from design to manufacturing, founder of Local Motors, Jay Rogers, came up with a plan to get vehicles designed and to market more quickly. They opted for designing the car of the future through 'co-creation', using collaborative teams from all over the world.
They originally employed student designers, but these resulted in various setbacks. The founders then decided on crowdsources designs from teams around the world that had the necessary expertise. The teams included engineers, car enthusiasts, innovative minds and creative professionals.
Those designs that met the CAD requirements for 3D printers and deemed the best car designs were up-voted by the 'community'.
In 2008, the company and its many co-creators around the globe designed the world's first crowdsourced car. Once the winners were picked, they began printing their first car; the Strati was born. Local Motors explained that it only took two-three-day weekends to manufacture the car.
Once a car is designed the community can opt to buy the car. Local Motors then builds a micro-factory in a town or city and begins the manufacturing process. By 2014, the company had eighty-three employees and three manufacturing micro-factories.
According to Sam Ismail's book 'Exponential Organizations', the traditional car manufacturing company spends US$3 billion bringing a new car to market, whereas Local Motors might spend US$3 million. (Although traditional car manufacturers do push out more cars per annum.) Nonetheless, an improvement in organizational structuring and manufacturing could eventually drive the cost of production down for traditional vehicle manufacturers too.
Local Motors recently announced its latest mobility project; a 3D printed bus named Olli. The bus is a self-driving vehicle powered by IBM's Watson. The company uses its micro-factories to manufacture the buses.
Continued crowdsourcing
Local Motors' micro-manufacturing processes soon began to influence some of the largest and oldest stalwarts of engineering.
In 2014, General Electric (GE) saw the benefit to Local Motors' crowdsourcing efforts and wanted in on the fun. GE linked arms with Local Motors in a partnership that would see a community of "engineers, scientists, fabricators, designers and enthusiasts" co-create items with GE that would eventually go to market.
GE Executive Director of Global Innovation Steve Liguori said:
"At GE over the past years, we've refined our approach to innovation, focusing on R&D as well as co-creation, open collaboration and partnership, which has allowed us to engage new audiences; a new era of manufacturing is dawning — and with Local Motors, we are pioneering the future of work, fast tracking a new model for the manufacturing industry, and improving and expanding GE's product offering to better meet future customer needs."
General Electric appliances – pertaining to the cooking industry – were co-created by an open-source, collaborative network of engineers and other professionals. This network, known as FirstBuild, utilizes rapid prototyping. They create prototypes from the most up-voted items designed by the community of contributors and then run tests on them.
Another crowdsourcing service engaging freelancing engineering professionals is CADCrowd . Entities can pick their favorite items from a list of freelancing engineers or engineering teams who are looking to score money from their designs.
Those who are willing to pay are looking at engineering designs for a range of uses, from wringing water out of a sponge mop to step ladders.
Works Cited
"Blog | Local Motors." Launch Forth, launchforth.io/localmotors/blog/.
"GE, Local Motors Partner to Pioneer New Model for Manufacturing Industry · Local Motors." Local Motors, localmotors.com/press-release/ge-local-motors-partner-pioneer-new-model-manufacturing-industry/.
Exponential Organizations, exponentialorgs.com/.


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Joe stars Nicolas Cage as Joe Ransom, an ex-con who hires men to help clear woodland of weak trees so that the land owner can plant stronger trees. Normally, he just hires other ex-cons who will hang about waiting to be picked for a day's work, so it's different to find 15-year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan) wanting to pitch in.
Gary needs direction in his life, as he only has an ever-drunk father for company, while Joe also needs direction as he drifts through life, only attracting attention from those who want to do wrong by him.
I was really looking forward to this as it's one of a number of indie films released this year which have been criminally ignored by my local Odeon in favour of unbelievable dross like Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie!
However, Joe rather meanders on from one scene to the next. We get that he is like the father that Gary wishes he had, but apart from having skirmishes with the law, and an ongoing beef with local redneck Willie-Russell (Ronnie Gene Blevins), there's nothing else in the way of a story.
It's also very slow in the first hour, so when hoping for a more engaging second half, I instead got a slightly more interesting second hour with Nicolas Cage turning in a bit of angst occasionally, but overall, aside from an amusing turn from Ronnie Gene Blevins, despite the promise of gritty drama, this is no new Blue Ruin, one of the best dramas of the year.
And all with a Southern drawl which can't always be made out, especially when there are no subtitles.
The film is presented in the original 2.35:1 widescreen ratio and in 1080p high definition and has no defects on the print, bringing Joe's grim hometown to life perfectly.
Soundwise, the audio is in DTS HD 5.1, but, as this is a drama, little use is made of the rear speakers. In fact, I can't remember anything specific. Just dialogue and ambience is there to be heard, and that's fine.
When it comes to the extras, there's not much to shout about. Just a brief Making-of featurette (11:15), led by the director and featuring clips mixed in with chat from the cast and crew, including from Gary Poulter (Gary's father, Wade), who sadly died shortly after filming ended. There's also a trailer (2:04) in the original 2.35:1 ratio. Both are in HD, which is a plus, but that's it.
The menu features clips from the film set to a short, looped piece of backing music, and there are no subtitles which is very annoying, given the aforementioned situation re: Southern drawl!, and when it comes to the chaptering, I feel one should come every five minutes on average. Curzon, like many other distributors, usually go for a low 12 however long the film.
Very poor presentation, overall, Curzon.
Joe is out now on Blu-ray and DVD, and check out the full-size cover by clicking on the packshot.
Detailed specs:
Running time: 118 minutes
Cat.no: CFW133BD
Year: 2014
Released: October 6th 2014
Chapters: 12
Picture: 1080p High Definition
Sound: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Widescreen: 2.35:1 (ProRes 4:4:4 (1080p/24))
Disc Format: BD50
Director: David Gordon Green
Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Christopher Woodrow
Screenplay: Larry Brown (based on the novel by Gary Hawkins)
Music: Jeff McIlwain and David Wingo
Cast :
Joe: Nicolas Cage
Gary: Tye Sheridan
Wade a.k.a. G-Daawg: Gary Poulter
Willie-Russell: Ronnie Gene Blevins
Connie: Adriene Mishler
Junior: Brian Mays
Earl: Aj Wilson McPhaul
Wino: Elbert Hill Jr
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Border Between Ukraine and Crimea
This image shows us the border between Ukraine and Crimea, a peninsula.
Crimea is connected to the mainland of Ukraine by the 5–7 kilometre (3–4 mile) wide Isthmus of Perekop, visible on the left although slightly obscured by clouds.
To the West we can see the Bay of Karkinit in the Black Sea, while the Sea of Azov is visible to the East.
The waters between the Sea of Azov and the Isthmus of Perekop appear more shallow and filled with sediments, making the water a greenish-tan color.
This area is known as the Sivash Sea, or Putrid Sea. It is a salt lagoon, about 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), extending along the northeastern coast of Crimea.
It is separated—except at the Genichesk Strait—from the Sea of Azov by the Arabat Tongue, a narrow sandspit circa 70 mi (110 km) long; the Perekop Isthmus separates it from the Black Sea in the north.
The sea is a complex system of shallow inlets, straits, and sandbars. The water, which has a salt content of up to 20%, has been the source of table salt and of several chemicals, including bromine.


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In a recent article, an Oklahoma City Public School audit reveals a devastating pattern of racism in education. The audit was requested by new Superintendent of Schools Rob Neu. Oklahoma City Public School teachers can avoid the perception of racism in education by utilizing The Raccelerate Racism Formula.
According to the article, the most common reasons for suspension included disruptive behavior, defiance of authority and fighting, according to the district.
The audit also found discrepancies in how students are punished for the same infractions within the same school.
"While one student may be given one day of suspension for an incident, another student may be suspended 10 days for the same offense," the audit found. "This is supported by the average length of suspensions across the district."
The difference in suspension rates between races is dramatic at some schools.
At Taft, 52.5 percent of black students have been suspended as of March of this school year, compared with 24.8 percent for Hispanics and 25.2 percent for whites.
At Jefferson Middle School, the audit shows 31.6 percent of black students and 14.7 percent of white students were suspended through March.
Suspension of Hispanic students at Jefferson increased during the same period, from 10.8 percent to 14.7 percent.
John Marshall Middle School had the largest discrepancy in suspensions between white and Hispanic students.
The audit shows 18.8 percent of Hispanic students have been suspended so far this year, compared with 10.4 percent of white students. The audit also shows 20.9 percent of black students have been suspended.
At U.S. Grant High School, 44 students never returned to school after being suspended, according to the audit.
In some cases, the school created obstacles that prevented students from enrolling, according to auditors who spoke with parents.
"Also when called, parents indicated they were told there was no space to enroll at Grant or student would waste time since late in year," the audit said.
The audit also found several schools referred too many students to alternative education programs.
Since 66% of the most common reasons for suspensions involved interactions between students and teachers it will benefit teachers to use a process that avoids the racism in education label. Many suspensions begin with the teacher submitting a discipline referral for student behavior. Teacher can use the Raccelerate Racism Formula as a tool to determine if they could possibly become label as a teacher who enforces racism in education.
The Raccelerate Racism Formula
The Raccelerate Racism Formula has roots from The Raccelerate Phenomenon. The Raccelerate Racism Formula provides schools and teachers a formula for determining possible racism in education against students in their school or school district. The symbol for the Raccelerate Racism Formula is denoted: RRF
School Version
RRF = In (Number of Students Suspended)/ Total Number of Students) + 5.4
In = Natural Log
The Raccelerate Racism Scale is a 0 to 10 numerical scale.
|Possible Racial Problem
Teacher Version
RRF = In (Number of Student Discipline Referrals)/ Total Number of Students) + 5.4
In = Natural Log
The Raccelerate Racism Scale is a 0 to 10 numerical scale.
|Possible Racial Problem
Oklahoma City teachers can avoid the racism in education label by utilizing The Raccelerate Racism Formula and The Raccelerate Racism Scale.
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Most accidents are caused by driver error – so taking the advanced driving test is a great way to minimise your chance of an accident.
Traffic accidents account for almost half of the accidental deaths in the UK. According to the Royal Society of the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), these are the largest single cause of death and injury to young adults.
While the standard driving test may seem rigorous, it is really only a basic test. It doesn't cover driving on motorways, or night driving, for example.
Reducing error
Mistakes by drivers cause 95% of accidents on the road, RoSPA statistics show. So improving your driving skills is one of the best ways to reduce the chances of you or anyone else being hurt in an accident.
You can learn about defensive driving and 'the art of avoiding preventable accidents' by taking an advanced driving course and test. Advanced drivers are 25% less likely to be involved in an accident, RoSPA says.
The Advanced Driving Test is run by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), and other organisations also run their own tests.
The principles of advanced driving
The IAM course uses driving principles first pioneered and applied by the Metropolitan Police. The System of Car Control, or 'the System', is a way of driving that allows you to approach all situations and negotiate all hazards on the road in a methodical and flexible way.
An advanced driving course will teach you that safety must always override all other aspects of driving. Even when you are in a hurry, position and speed must always be sacrificed for safety. Basically, if you put your car in danger, you will fail the advanced test.
If you learn the System efficiently:
your handling skills will be properly co-ordinated
your observation will improve
your driving will be smooth and safe
you'll drive with little bounce or roll on the road, making it comfortable for passengers
wear and tear on your vehicle will be reduced, as your driving will be smoother
Preparing for the advanced test
assessment of your driving abilities
insight into your bad driving habits
training from experienced advanced drivers
support to help you prepare for the test
convenient arrangements for training sessions
Some groups also offer social activities as well
Driving like this has the added benefit of using fuel in the most economical way, so it will also save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.


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Detroit's Dan Cleary scores late goal to lift Wings past Kings 6-4
DETROIT - After falling behind a goal early in the third period, the Detroit Red Wings were almost exactly where they wanted to be.
Dan Cleary scored with 1:34 left about two minutes after Jiri Hudler tied it and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-4 Saturday night.
"I think we play way better when we're down a goal. When the chips are down we find a way to tie it or win it," Cleary said. "We just have to get that urgency and mindset early in games when we're ahead or even."
Hudler and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist, and Andreas Lilja, Mikael Samuelsson and Kris Draper added goals for Detroit. Nicklas Lidstrom had three assists, and Ty Conklin made 22 saves.
"I thought we showed a lot of character," Lidstrom said. "Especially in the third period, when we were down,"
Dustin Brown and Kyle Calder had a goal and an assist each and Trevor Lewis and Alexander Frolov also scored for Los Angeles. Jarret Stoll had two assists, and Jonathan Quick made 30 saves.
"We had the win with three, three-and-a-half minutes left ... they got two goals at the end," Quick said. "It was disappointing."
Cleary beat Quick, who was screened by Hudler, from along the left wing boards. Draper added an empty-net goal.
"We talked about putting pucks on the net. That was pretty much our game plan," Cleary said. "Huds made a good play putting the screen on, I made sure I got it on net and it went in."
Hudler's 13th goal tied it at 4 with 3:43 left. He put the puck in during a goal-mouth scramble.
Brown's 13th gave Los Angeles a 4-3 lead 2:25 into the third period. He converted a 2-on-1 break with Stoll by scoring from the bottom of the right circle.
"You know you're going to have a tiger by the tail when you've got a young team like that going in the third period," Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock said. "They probably didn't think they were going to win coming into the game and now they have a chance."
Each team scored in the final 1:20 of the second.
Samuelsson put Detroit up 3-2 when he put in Lidstrom's rebound after Lidstrom intercepted Drew Doughty's pass from the corner in the high slot.
Calder tied it just 16 seconds later with his fourth goal when he tapped in Stoll's rebound after Stoll cut in off left wing.
Lewis opened the scoring just 1:46 into the game when the rebound of his shot was accidentally knocked in by Red Wings defenceman Brian Rafalski. Datsyuk tied it at 8:40 with his 11th goal when he converted a give and go with Tomas Holmstrom by sliding the puck past Quick from in front.
Lilja gave Detroit a 2-0 lead with 7:38 left in the opening period with his first goal, a slap shot from the right point. Frolov tied it just 31 seconds later when he slid the puck past a sprawling Conklin after moving across the slot for his 14th goal.
Notes: Los Angeles D Kyle Quincey was claimed off waivers from Detroit before the season. ... Detroit G Chris Osgood missed his second game with a sore groin. He also had the flu. ... Kings G Erik Ersberg missed his third game due to a sore groin. ... Los Angeles C Derek Armstrong missed his sixth game because of concussion-like symptoms. ... Lidstrom's three assists moved him past Larry Robinson into eighth place on the NHL career list for points by a defenceman (959). He has 744 assists, putting him eighth on the NHL list among defencemen, passing Denis Potvin.


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Flood bill could top $70M
Municipalities across Manitoba are already looking past the floods many are still facing towards the cost of repairs.
With about 590 municipal roads closed, many of them washed out or damaged, along with bridges and culverts, the repairs are going to be expensive.
The damage bill in 2009 was $70 million, and provincial officials expect the tab this year to be the same or higher because the water covered more territory.
Depending on its size, the repair of a culvert could cost up to $500,000, said Doug Dobrowolski, president of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.
He expects some of the biggest bills will be in the Roblin and Duck Mountain areas because of the geography there.
The province said Wednesday that 23 rural municipalities have states of local emergency in place, down from 32 last week.
The 262 students of the Wawanesa School, closed Tuesday, will return to class on Monday in temporary classrooms set up in spaces such as the town hall and local rink.
Almost 2,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, largely because they lost safe road access to their homes and communities.
The Red River will crest in Winnipeg on April 30, when the crests of the Assiniboine and Red rivers are forecast to coincide within the city, the province said. Sustained high flows are expected for a prolonged period all along the river, but "the upper range of the forecast peak for the Red River is now below 2009 levels for all points on the river."


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Punter Hunter Breunig
- Updated: October 17, 2016
Not everyone has the opportunity to play the glamorous positions like quarterback or middle linebacker. With that being said, every position is equally important in contributing to the success of a franchise, and no one knows that better than kicker and punter Hunter Breunig.
He aspired to continue his work in kicking following his collegiate career. Prior to this season, a former coach informed him of the talent encompassing the Raiders. In his first season, "Leg 1" (as the team affectionately refers to him) has grasped the real meaning behind being a Racine Raider.
"It's all about coming together as a team and everyone has already bought into the goal of winning a national championship," according to Breunig.
Breunig spent his days growing up in a town just north of Madison called Lodi. He grew up on a farm that his parents own. Occasionally, he prefers being secluded from the rest of the world, and the farm allowed him to hide out when he was younger. Nowadays, he lives in Mequon where there is plenty to do every day.
On game day, Breunig tends to sleep in before heading to the Wooden Goose in Mequon for a huge breakfast. Upon arriving at Historic Horlick Field, he cancels out the world with loud music (perhaps from his favorite artist Luke Bryan) and prepares himself for another hard fought game. His parents, Vernon and Darcee, and girlfriend, Katie, can be seen in the stands at most games.
Breunig has worked as a landscaper this summer. His favorite part of the job is being outside and working with great people. He's looking forward to obtaining a "big boy job" in the upcoming months.
Outside of work and football, Breunig enjoys hunting and fishing as well as playing softball. Ever since he was little, he has cheered on the Green Bay Packers. He also happens to keep up on his physique. How many kickers do you know can bench press 425 pounds?
In football, Hunter looks up to Marquette King, the punter for the Oakland Raiders. Hunter says he came from nowhere and is now a top three punter in the National Football League.


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Sony Ericsson's latest Android smartphone has gone on sale in the US, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, and it is now available SIM free from a number of retailers in the US.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray comes with Android Gingerbread 2.3 and it features a 3.3 inch multi-touch touchscreen display, and also comes with Sony Ericsson's Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine.
Other specifications on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray include a single core 1GHz processor, plus Sony's 8.1 megapixel camera which feature's Sony's popular Exmor R sensor, and it can record HD video in 720p, there is also a front facing VGA camera for video chat.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is now available in the US, SIM free for $424.99 from New Egg and other online retailers.
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Eagles Of Death Metal Speak Out For First Time Since Tragic Bataclan Gig
The Eagles of Death Metal – the band who were performing in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris when terrorists stormed the venue and opened fire – have released their first full statement since the horrific events of Friday night.
The band members all escaped unscathed from the attack, however their colleagues Nick Alexander, Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser and Manu Perez were among the 89 people inside the venue murdered by the terrorist gunmen.
The band released the official statement on their Facebook page today.
While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France. Our…
Posted by Eagles Of Death Metal on Wednesday, 18 November 2015
They wrote:
While the band is now home safe, we are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France. Our thoughts and hearts are first and foremost with our brother Nick Alexander, our record company comrades Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser, and Manu Perez, and all the friends and fans whose lives were taken in Paris, as well as their friends, families, and loved ones.
Although bonded in grief with the victims, the fans, the families, the citizens of Paris, and all those affected by terrorism, we are proud to stand together, with our new family, now united by a common goal of love and compassion. We would like to thank the French police, the FBI, the U.S. and French State Departments, and especially all those at ground zero with us who helped each other as best they could during this unimaginable ordeal, proving once again that love overshadows evil.
All EODM shows are on hold until further notice.
Vive la musique, vive la liberté, vive la France, and vive EODM.
129 people were killed across the French capital in the coordinated terrorist bombings and shooting on Friday night.
In the aftermath of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall, a campaign has been set up to get the Eagles of Death Metal's cover of 'Save A Prayer' to number one in the music charts.
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Email is on the way out
It's a threat as old as (digital) time. But when it comes to internal company communication, the days of email are numbered.
Enter the era of team messaging.
A brief history of team messaging in the workplace
Way back in the stone age of the internet, there was AOL. Anyone remember when cable modems first became a thing with always-on internet and the AIM Away Message became an art form?
Some companies let employees run AIM for quick interoffice communication. But in terms of business conversations taking place via instant message, the trend really started with Skype: groups of employees IMing each other in Skype and Skype for Business. If you needed a quick answer on something and didn't want to go through the rigmarole of starting an email, writing a subject line, using proper grammar, and waiting for a response, you Skyped the person. (If you're looking for alternatives to Skype, here are a few options.)
And then came the evolution.
Where AIM and Skype predominately revolved around one-on-one or small group conversations, shiny new messaging apps, such as RingCentral Glip, hit the scene. These intuitive platforms provided an easy way for teams of colleagues to communicate with each other in real time, leveraging fun social media habits like hashtags and the ability to tag other users. Tech departments latched instantly, and soon so many other departments and entire organizations followed suit that new team messaging apps reared their heads, such as Slack and HipChat, and Microsoft and Facebook launched their own competing tools, along with roughly 29-trillion-and-2 others. Sites like Huffington Post started publishing articles such as "7 Workplace Chat Apps to Keep Your Team in Sync."
Team messaging was now an official part of interoffice culture.
And internal email communication found itself clinging on for dear life.
Why team messaging is the better way
If you haven't yet abandoned email for a real time messaging solution, this section will attempt to convince you why you should.
My main argument is organization.
Better organization
In the world of email, unless you have some rules in place to automatically sort your communication for you, unread messages live in one central place. Regardless of topic, probably based on time received, you have one long string of messages to respond to.
So, you read one email, and it's about one particular topic. Then you read another on a different topic. Then four messages later you see a response to the original topic. Then you're onto a third topic.
Maybe you replied to one of these emails only to see, seven unread messages later, that a colleague already said something similar. Or that the conversation went in an entirely different direction. This is a terribly inefficient way to work.
Companies are building email apps specifically to combat this calamity by turning messages into to-dos, letting you snooze messages, and touting the holy goal of "inbox zero."
But they miss the point. Getting to inbox zero doesn't make your process any more efficient. It doesn't allow you to quickly converse with a colleague and then get back to being productive. It still carries the same inherent issues referenced above, and snoozing an email only succeeds at kicking the can down the digital street.
Direct, real-time communication through a team messaging tool genuinely solves the problem. In most of the options out there, Slack and Microsoft's offerings included, conversations are separated into specific threads. Meaning instead of having to jump in and out of mindsets to read through your emails in time-received order, you can go to a certain thread to read all communication about that specific topic. Simpler, cleaner, better organized. Way, way more efficient for how our brains work.
Net result: You end up getting more work done. You spend less time in epic email exchanges and more time planning, coordinating, accomplishing.
Better collaboration
At Arc Intermedia, we practice integrated digital marketing, which means our efforts work hand in hand with each other. Our search-engine-optimization tactics occur alongside paid search campaigns and content marketing strategies. As a result, members of different departments need to closely collaborate.
Sometimes one of us needs a quick answer on a subject. Other times we need a team brainstorm to find a solution. These scenarios and more are all better handled through a team messaging tool than email. Always.
There are many competing tools out there and our choice is not Slack or Microsoft Teams. It's RingCentral and I think their homepage title says it all:
In my opinion as a project manager of writers, designers, programmers, media managers, and more, Glip took what worked with other platforms and expanded upon it with useful and simple features. We prefer it to similar tools because in addition to allowing for direct, real-time communication in public and private forums, it also tightly integrates tasks and notes. This allows us to keep all our internal communications in one unified place—whether it's a detailed conversation, notes from a hearty brainstorm, or a set of to-dos with due dates, everything we need lives in a single tool with desktop and mobile notifications.
Maximum efficiency: No more having to switch mindsets as we jump from various topics in email. No longer having to wait for someone to catch up to email in order to get a response. Fast, direct, useful interaction.
As soon as we started using Glip, we wondered how we ever got anything accomplished before. Never have we collaborated as effortlessly and felt as well connected as we do now.
Tips of the trade
To give you some insight into how you might want to use a collaborative team messaging program for your company, I'll give a brief overview of how we at Arc Intermedia use Glip:
- Every overarching project for every client gets its own thread, or team as it's called in Glip.
- Employees who work on that project get invited to the team. We bring in others as needed, and, whenever they want, they can leave the team and potentially rejoin it later.
- Anything a teammate really needs others to act on or respond to becomes a task. Tasks get organized into categories and, if necessary, are assigned a due date.
- When we really need someone's attention, we @mention them, resulting in a different notification sound and a different color badge next to that team within the app.
- Every morning the team goes to their dashboard, which lists all their open tasks and recent @mentions, helping us know where we're needed. We can also treat our own task list like a to-do app, reorganizing our tasks in whichever priority order we prefer.
- Important notes and links get stored on the handy sidebar, or shelf, of every team, so we always know where pertinent information lives.
- We also have threads specifically for non-work fun, like talking about TV shows, music, animals, and even a dedicated forum for Batman discussions.
- Did I mention Glip has built-in video chat for when we need to do more than type?
Glip has completely replaced our internal email. We've achieved inbox zero because we literally have nothing in our inbox from our colleagues. Now I know that when I receive a new email message, it's either an outside party trying to reach me, or it's junk. Sometimes the outside party's message is junk (shhhhh).
It has made work life so much better.
Where email is still needed
It is still the great equalizer for external communication. Glip does allow you to have unlimited guest users, so you can bring outside entities into your Glipping fold, but for the most part, clients, vendors, partners, associates, etc. aren't likely to utilize your internal communication program. So email is still the unifying tool everyone uses. You always know if you email someone's active email address, and they aren't purposely ignoring you, they'll get the message.
Which is why email marketing is still very much alive.
Company newsletters, new promotions, special discounts—these are all emails you should still be sending. We're big proponents of marketing automation and drip campaigns, where a visitor to a website completes a form and is added to an email distribution list, and a platform automatically sends that user preselected email messages based on timing and/or actions performed by the visitor.
This is a great way to use email to market your products and services. But when it comes to fast, simple, effective internal communication, nothing at the moment beats collaborative team messaging programs.
And when it comes to collaborative team messaging programs, nothing beats Glip.


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Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Becoming History Detectives Using Shakespeare's Secret
Is the case closed on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? Student history detectives explore the evidence for and against one of the possible alternatives, Edward deVere, using the novel Shakespeare's Secret plus a variety of online sources.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Comparing a Literary Work to Its Film Interpretation
Students will really get into the swing of things as they analyze the text and film versions of Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Pit and the Pendulum."
Grades 6 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Careers Using the Internet
Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
Grades 4 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Friendship With Bridge to Terabithia
Students make predictions about Bridge to Terabithia and its characters, complete character studies, and relate the characters' experiences to their own as they identify ways to make and keep friends.
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Writers' Workshop: The Biographical Sketch
Students use the faces and places they learn about in their research to write a biography about a contemporary or historical figure.


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IPL 2017: KKR eye resurgence against in-form Pune Supergiants in play-offs race3 min read . Updated: 03 May 2017, 02:05 PM IST
KKR suffered their heaviest defeat of the IPL 2017 season against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game, while Rising Pune Supergiants has won its last 2 matches
Kolkata: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) would look to put behind the disappointment of a heavy defeat when they face a resurgent Rising Pune Supergiant in an Indian Premier League clash on Wednesday.
While KKR suffered their heaviest defeat of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game, Pune seem to have found their mojo in the business end of the tournament, having registered consecutive wins in their last two matches.
Looking unstoppable with a hat-trick of wins and enjoying a two-point lead over Mumbai Indians, KKR's winning streak was stopped by Sunrisers.
KKR will now be under pressure to secure the magic number of 16 points and seal their place in the knock-out stage after Mumbai became the first team to secure a play-off berth.
The manner of KKR's defeat in the rain-interrupted match could be a reality check for the Kolkata outfit that looked heavily reliant on their top-order batting.
Opting to bowl, KKR first had to deal with the combined assault of centurion David Warner and Kane Williamson to concede 200 for the first time this season.
In reply, KKR's batsmen had no answer to SRH's 209 and were eventually restricted to 161 for seven as the team slumped to its third defeat of the season.
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Barring Robin Uthappa, who made a valiant half-century, no other KKR batsmen lived up to the challenge, exposing the chinks in their middle and lower order.
The confidence of skipper Gautam Gambhir, who had said during the toss against Sunrisers that they are "comfortable chasing so no point changing" the playing eleven, is bound to take a hit and he will be forced to ring in changes.
KKR so far has been cashing in on their top-order with Sunil Narine's hit-and-miss experiment at the top. When Narine gets going, there is no stopping KKR as more often than not Gambhir and Uthappa have capitalised on the starts.
But in the event of a failure of the trio, the likes of Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan must take up responsibility. Pandey has been in form and needs someone to lend support but KKR have struggled so far at number 6 and 7, the most crucial positions in a limited overs format.
Be it Sheldon Jackson or Suryakumar Yadav, none has delivered and has been a big letdown for KKR and Jharkhand's Ishank Jaggi might just get a look-in.
Colin de Grandhomme too has failed to make any big impact as Gambhir may tinker with their overseas line-up as well.
Also read | IPL 2017: Delhi Daredevils beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets
Shakib Al Hasan has been sparsely used this season with solitary appearance and it's high time that Gambhir must start trusting the star Bangladeshi all-rounder before he returns home for national duty.
Pune, on the other hand, are on the ascent from the bottom-half of the table and now find themselves placed securely in top four with a four-point lead over fifth-placed Kings XI Punjab.
Million-dollar Ben Stokes proved his worth with the bat when he hit his maiden Twenty20 century (103 off 63 balls) with less than three weeks to go for the final.
IPL's costliest player, Stokes, led a 162-run chase while batting at number five in a one-man show against Gujarat Lions in their last game.
Their top-order read 4-6-4-0 with the team 42/4 inside power play but Stokes' calculated innings sealed a thrilling chase in the penultimate delivery.
All eyes will once again be on India's most successful Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has shown that he is still in his prime when he led a 177 chase with an unbeaten 61 against Sunrisers.
Dhoni also contributed with a valuable 26 in their match-winning fifth wicket partnership worth 76 runs. His fans in Kolkata will also want him to do well but at the same time will want KKR to back on winning track and seal the play-off berth.
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Rising Pune Supergiant: Steve Smith (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ashok Dinda, Mayank Agarwal, Faf du Plessis, Ankit Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Dan Christian, Lockie Ferguson, Imran Tahir, Jaskaran Singh, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Kumar, Ben Stokes, Washington Sundar, Milind Tandon, Manoj Tiwary, Adam Zampa, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishwar Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Shardul Thakur. Match starts at 8pm. PTI
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This study is a joint project of the International Renaissance Foundation and the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe implemented as part of a broader international research project on "Region, Nation and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Reconceptualization of Ukraine".
A history teacher plays a very important role in history education in schools. S/he is the one shaping students' understanding of the past. Most of the existing research though has focused only on textbooks as tools in transmitting stereotypes or cultivating a tolerant attitude towards representatives of other nationalities. In rarer cases, the focus of research shifts to school students as recipients, while the role of teachers in interpreting textbook information in the teaching process remains unresearched. However teachers, like students, are not a homogeneous group – they vary in values, mindsets, and practices that are often determined by the relevant social environment. Our project aimed to fill the existing gap and hence shifted the focus to school teachers and their personal experience of history teaching. The project's target audience comprises three groups of secondary school teachers: 'traditional' teachers in public schools, innovative teachers, and history teachers in national minority schools.
Based on focus group discussions with history teachers in regular schools and national minority schools in 13 Ukrainian cities (Lviv, Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Simferopol, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Uzhhorod, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv), we aimed to identify innovative strategies and the degree of stereotypization in teaching history in schools. In the course of the project, we conducted 14 focus group discussions and put them together in an online archive (there's open access only to their transcripts, language of conversations was either Ukrainian or Russian or both). The field part of the study took place in December 2011 – January 2012. The project was led by Dr. Victoria Sereda.
Reference to the collection: Based on the materials of the UStories project of the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, collection "Stereotypes, Tolerance, and Strategies of History Teachers".
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Going to bed we have always considered as one of the most sober, serious, and solemn operations a man can be engaged in during the whole twenty-four hours.
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With a young lady, it is altogether a different sort of thing. When bedtime arrives, she trips up stairs with a candle in her hand and—if she has had pleasant company during the evening—with some agreable (sic) ideas in her head. The candle is placed on the toilet and her luxuriant hair speedily emancipated from the thraldom of combs and pins.
Woman wearing corset, brushing her hair, half-length portrait, standing, facing front 1899 (Library of Congress)
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A man, of course, under the same circumstances, acts quite differently. Every movement in his chamber indicates the coarse rough mould of his fallen nature.
When all is ready he snuffs the candle out with his fingers like a savage. For a few moments he thinks of all the peccadilloes he may have committed during the day—vows a vow to amend soon—grunts—turns over—stretches himself—then all is silent—and then the heavy snoring of the slumberer. (sic)
Is there not something preternaturally solemn about sleep? A something about it of dread and apprehension? The recumbent position—the closed eyes—the parted lips —the pallid countenance—the operations of the mind suspended, and the breath alone indicating that vital principle.
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We are wanting to remove the wall that separates our living room and family room. We are almost certain it is load bearing ( wall has large beam underneath which you can see from the crawl space and the floor joists are perpendicular to the wall) the wall is roughly 10-12 ft long. It has a plumbing stack running right in the center. Was also wanting to know if a column could be built around the plumbing stack to hold the load or if it would be about the same cost to reroute the plumbing and put in a beam. Just a rough estimate. Needing to know about how much money we should be looking at having to spend.
Below are a fair number of links (some with other links as well) to a bunch of previous similar questions with answers - of course, each case is unique and you would need a Structural Engineer or Architect (who generally has a Structural on-staff or affiliated with them) depending on whether you want just an open-span structural support solution to give to a contractor (and use as the design documentation that will be needed for the building permit) or if you want architectural design elements included in the design or not.
On the plumbing stack - if a vent pipe or single drain line or such I would just move it fi feasible - if the main stack it can commonly be incorporated in or tacked onto the side of a column (upsized to accomodate it), but bear in mind any problems in that stack in the future within the column area will be a bear to fix - so moving it would be preferable if reasonably feasible - perhaps another reason to get an Architect involved in your case. If the stack is incorporated with the column, I would emphatically recommend it be run in a chase on the SIDE of the column or in the middle of two paired columns with at least an inch clearance all around, not be built into the interior of the column itself - that way for repairs one can just tear into the drywall or remove a wood facade to access it, not have to support and then cut into the column itself. Of course, putting it in between two columns or alongside one makes the overall column larger - but generally a structurally-sized column looks too small to the eye anyway. You can also build it into the middle of a decorative curio column or mirror surround or plant or CD/DVD storage tower or such, or the middle support of a double arch if that looks better for your decor, even if an intermediate column is not needed there - and for a 10-12 foot span usually it can readily be done with a free span without intermediate column. There are also 2-part decorative fiberglass, acrylic, and resin columns of various designs (latin, greek, roman, fake wood, etc) made to be put around pipes and ducts and fire standpipes and such for just this purpose (commercial items used mostly in public buildings and hotels and such) - you can also build a fake finished wood column around a pipe if desired. I have seen one where they turned the facade around a forced air vent into a panelled and corkboard family photo gallery and collage. There is even one rather garish hotel that had "lava lamp" type surrounds made to go around utility ducts and pipes and such in their foyer/atrium area, and some of the Vegas hotels have fancy columns and such reflecting their decor around support columns and utility runs that could not reasonably be moved out of the large open floor areas, or were run into when they open multiple areas up into an open floorplan. An architect should be able to help with concept ideas and design on things like that, if desired. I would not recommned, however, the one I saw where they actually incorporated a main support column in the middle of a ceiling-height fishtank - nightmare when it cracks or leaks because of variations in the load on the beam causing movements of the tank seams.
Of course, if you want that to be all open space, rerouting the plumbing is the solution - pretty easy if just a vent stack say from a washer or sink. If actual drain stack from upper floor bathrooms or such then you are into more work - probably more like typically $1000-2000 very rough ballpark additional to do that with a full stack (assuming wood or steel stud frame construction and wood floor joists). Almost certainly cheaper to leave the pipe there and build a real or fake column (or surrounding architectural element) there than to relocate it - but the aesthetics may well make the decision for you.
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