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Learning About the Equator
Invite students to study some of the hottest places on Earth;the tropical rainforests, diverse cultures, and bustling cities along the 25,000 mile-long equator
By Linda Scher, Nathan Katzin
- Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Invite students to study some of the hottest places on Earth;the tropical rainforests, diverse cultures, and bustling cities along the 25,000 mile-long equator
Getting Started
Did you know that the rainforests along the equator are home to more than half of the world's plant and animal species? Use this fascinating fact as a fun introduction to your unit. First, share several informational texts about the rainforest with your students, such as Kristin Joy Pratt's A Walk Through the Rainforest (Dawn, 1992). Then encourage students to learn more about one rainforest species that calls the equator home. Children can research their species in the library or online and then write a short paragraph about it. Finally, invite students to dress up like their plant or animal and share their research with the class. They will learn what a special environment the equator is!
Rainforest Dioramas
Almost all rainforests, one of our planet's most unique and amazing habitats, exist on or near the equator. Have your students learn more about rainforests by bringing in articles from magazines such as Science World and National Geographic. Then invite them to create a diorama of an Amazon rainforest that includes the canopy, understory, and forest floor. First, divide the class into three groups. Give each group a box that is the same size and shape. Then assign each group a different layer of the rainforest. Encourage the groups to learn more about the layers by visiting www.smm.org/sln. (Search "strata.") Have each group create a diorama of their layer, labeling the species found there. When all group dioramas are completed, stack them on top of each other to create a class model of a rainforest!
Make a Difference
Rainforests are home to more than half of all Earth's known plant and animal species. However, clear-cutting of forests, road building, and slash-and-burn farming are rapidly destroying them. To learn more about why tropical rainforests are important and the reasons for their disappearance, students can visit www.rainforestpreservation.org/educt.htm. Then have students write a letter or design a card to send to a lawmaker or the local newspaper giving their opinions on rainforest preservation. Remind students to explain why they are writing, back up their opinions with facts, draw conclusions, and describe what action they want the reader to take. For a list of rainforest agencies, check out the Rainforest Action Network (www.ran.org).
Rainy Math
Weather forecasting at the equator is a snap-most days the outlook is the same: warm with a very good chance of rain. Students will learn more about the equatorial climate and practice their predicting and research skills with this activity. First, have teams of two students look up the average monthly precipitation in the capital city of an equatorial country. This information can be found online at www.weather.com. Then, based on these averages, encourage teams to predict how much precipitation will fall in one week. Students can check their predictions by recording the precipitation each day. At the end of the week students should add up their results and compare them to their original guesses. What accounts for the differences between their predictions and the amount of actual precipitation? As a class, graph all teams'results.
Never-Ending Summer
Explain to your students that at most places along the equator, the temperature and amount of sunlight are constant throughout the year. This means no seasons, hardly ever any snow, and no need for daylight savings time. To demonstrate this fascinating fact visually, have students place a rubber band around the middle of a basketball or soccer ball to make an "equator." Then place small pieces of colored tape on the top and bottom of the ball to represent the North and South poles. Have one student support the ball by placing fingers at each of the designated poles. Darken the room and have another student shine a flashlight directly at the "equator." Make sure the poles are pointing straight up. The flashlight should be held several feet away from the ball and at the same height as the rubber band. Students will notice that the light striking the ball is most intense or direct at the equator and is less intense and more indirect closer to the poles. Next ask the student holding the ball to first tilt the North Pole and then the South Pole slightly closer to the flashlight to show students the effects of the change in the angle of the Earth's axis relative to the sun as the Earth travels around the sun in the course of the year. Point out that throughout this cycle the areas near the equator receive the most intense light.
Countries of the Equator
The equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati. Challenge your students to create a display about these unique and varied cultures. First, have teams of two students draw the name of an equatorial country from a grab bag. Then, using the Countries of the Equator Reproducible, below, invite them to complete an illustrated brochure that tells about the country they have chosen. The brochure should include the country's population, official language, average rainfall, and a picture of the country's flag. When finished, fasten the brochures together in the order above. The result is a super sized display that takes the viewer on a journey along the equator step by step!
Equator Map Hunt
The equator anchors the latitude and longitude grid system that helps us find any place on a world map. Help students understand the function of this imaginary line using the Equator Map Hunt Reproducible, below, which challenges students to find several equatorial cities on a map. To extend, ask students whether each city is in the northern or southern hemisphere, and record their answers in a t-chart.
Linda Scher and Nathan Katzin are education writers based in Raleigh, NC. Linda Scher's most recent professional book is Candidates, Campaigns & Elections (Scholastic, 2004). Nathan Katzin's most recent professional book is Instant Social Studies Activities: The Gold Rush (Scholastic, 2002). This article was originally published in the April 2004 issue of Instructor.
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This is a discussion on Long Range Rifleman's Hunt - Eastern Cape South Africa within the GREAT DEALS on Hunts Worldwide forums, part of the HUNT AFRICA category; Have you wondered how your loads and bullets will perform on big and small African game animals at distances of ...
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Long Range Rifleman's Hunt - Eastern Cape South Africa
Have you wondered how your loads and bullets will perform on big and small African game animals at distances of up to 400 yards?
Would you like to get a lot of shooting done in Africa and get a uniquely South African hunting experience, true hospitality and good food without burning a hole in your pocket?
Ive just returned from a hunt in the Eastern Cape and was offered the following by the landowner
A cull hunt with a difference is available near Steynsburg in the Little Karoo - Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is a wide open area part mountain / part grasslands approximately 3 hours drive from Bloemfontein and 4.5 hours from Port Elizabeth. Shooting distances will vary between 200 and 400 yards so this is not a hunt for the 45-70 enthusiasts out there but if you have a flat shooting rifle capable of bringing down a wildebeest sized animal and you know how to use it, it is a wonderful opportunity to hunt 15 animals during the day in their natural habitat and test not only your own shooting skills but also your rifle and bullet performance.
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Cost of Hunt - $3,500 per hunter. Observer Rate - $120p/d. Ideally 4 PAX but we are flexible so please contact us to work out a deal.
Mostly females will be hunted with the odd male in between. You can have all the skins / horns sent back to you should you wish to do so and also hunt trophy animals of available species at the following prices:
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Sandra never read horror novels or watched horror movies, because everything scared her. Or rather, when she was young, just about everything scared her, so she never watched thrillers or slasher movies, much less read anything by King or Straub or Lovecraft. Her imagination was easily ignited, and the line between fiction and reality, for her, was much too malleable. Often, after a vivid dream, it took her days to come to terms with the fact that the dream was indeed a dream, and not something more—an alternate reality, a prophecy, a message from dead persons known or unknown. Nevertheless, when she was thirty years old, she had an idea for a horror novel or movie or perhaps both. The entire thing, she decided, would take place during the day. The only other scary movie she could think of that also took place during daylight hours was Jaws, and that didn't count, because the world underwater, as we all know, is much like night. Sandra's movie would be light the entire time, and, even better, the night would be the time when everyone—all those oppressed by the terror—would rest. Everyone would get a good night's sleep each night. Happy with that initial innovation, Sandra was very satisfied. As a reward for having such a good brain, she walked to her fridge and made herself a sandwich with two types of bread, and speared it with a toothpick. All she needed now was to decide what exactly would be scary, and how people would die or be torn apart or maimed. She stood, eating her sandwich, and then had another revelation: What if no one died? Couldn't that be scary, in its own way? It certainly would be unexpected. Now, she felt, she was onto something. A horror movie that took place during the day and in which no one was killed. But what would it be about? What would happen? The movie, she figured, could feature many surprises—people jumping out from closets and jabbing things quickly. That could be made suspenseful throughout, with the audience not knowing exactly when, for example, the jumping-out and jabbing-at would happen. But then again, wouldn't it be kind of scary—and better all around—if you didn't know when or where jumping-out would occur, and also didn't know whether or not such things would occur at all? Imagine watching the movie, fully expecting that something would happen, only to sit waiting, throughout, thus becoming ever more tense? She had now put down her sandwich, because her head was working too quickly and brilliantly; she dared not distract it with chewing. So: an all-daylight horror movie with only the pretense of suspense, only the promise (to be broken) of chases, of danger and violence and untimely death. She would have her characters wander throughout, talking tensely—or laconically!—eyeing each other and every doorway warily. Or perhaps with great nonchalance. What if, she thought, with a revelation that almost knocked her legs out, what if her characters walked calmly through their lives, without threats, without suspense or shadows, expecting nothing and receiving nothing? Now, she thought, that is horror.
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Tea For Two And A Piece Of Cake is a heartwarming love story about a plain Jane sort of woman, whose life is suddenly turned upside down, only to be reordered once more with the help of a good friend.
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Tea For Two And A Piece Of Cake features Nisha as the protagonist. She is portrayed by Shenoy as a woman who feels plain, imperfect, and plump, and as a woman in whom no male would take interest in.
Life throws a loop one day when she loses her job, which she valued more than anything else in her life. And just as she relinquishes all hope, fate sends Nisha a life saver in the form of Samir Sharma. Rich, Ivy-league educated, and dashing, fate really smiled at Nisha, as soon afterwards the pair head to the marriage altar.
Alas, the mundaneness of domestic life throws a new wrench into Nisha's happy life. Slowly but surely, her relationship with Samir begins to change, and even more so when two children come into the picture. After eight years of marital bliss and the security that comes with marriage, Samir's announcement comes crashing down on Nisha and her world. Samir reveals that he wants to leave Nisha for another woman, a younger one at that.
After recovering from the shock, Nisha struggles to gather herself together and leaves with her children. It is when her friend Akash enters the picture, that the plot of Tea For Two And A Piece Of Cake changes to a positive tone. As Nisha regains her self confidence and pieces together the shattered remains of her life, her friendship with Akash deepens. But Nisha's past never fails to haunt her nor does she feel it appropriate to burden the young Akash with her problems.
Tea For Two And A Piece Of Cake was published in 2012 by Random House India. It was in the top five bestsellers list in India for 2012.
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Preeti Shenoy is a bestselling author, poet, blogger and artist. Some of the other titles by her are Life Is What You Make It, The Secret Wish List, and 34 Bubblegums And Candies. She has a lucid writing style which is easily understandable. Shenoy's success as a writer earned her a spot on the Forbes long list for the most influential celebrities in India. Apart from writing, Shenoy teaches underprivileged children English and Mathematics. She also conducts workshops on creative thinking and crafts. She has written regularly for Reader's Digest and Times of India. Shenoy is married and has two children. She resides in Bangalore with her family.
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Once again Preeti Shenoy has managed to surprise me. And How! Usually authors tend to follow the same pattern of thoughts and plot for all their books but this is where Preeti stands apart from the rest.
Tea for two and a piece of cake is very different from not only her earlier works but also from the other books in the market. As she had done with her previous book, Preeti dares to go off the beaten track once again, this time to explore different facets of human relationships, be it love or friendship.
Simply yet eloquently written, the story flows smoothly, but at a very fast pace. It is a gripping tale, and you really dont want to put the book down till you reach the end. But what really sets it apart is the way she has handled and described the intense emotional journey of the protagonists. As you read on, you realize the fragility and complexity of human relationships and that sometimes relationships just don't fall into the norms and regulations prescribed by our society- and it really does not matter that they don't !
Tea for two is not your regular love story about Love lost and found. This is a very bold and unconventional book; a book that explores the fabric of human relationships and forces you to question your very beliefs and perceptions about them.
Definitely worth a read !
I am wary of reading books by Indian Authors as they seem to be trying to prove to the world how cool they are, use some hip language and slang...and they think have a masala pot boiler on their hands.
I recently picked up Tea for two ...and started reading yesterday...And before I knew it I was staying up to finish the book...The story line is not unusual but Preeti's portrayal of the characters and her language warmed me up to the book.She uses simple language, isnt dramatic and seems to have her feet firmly on the ground.
The protaganist is a woman I can identify with, someone who I could be friends with and someone who has lived her life as she wants and doesnt make excuses for herself.She lives life on her own terms, whether she wants to go on a drinking binge,partying with a good looking guy or living it up in Bali or where ever..She made her bed and she likes it that way.
No rona dhona and gyaan in this book and no looking down on this woman's morals which is what I liked...With Preeti's writing it seems like we are moving towards an India where women can do as they please and be responsible for it without having to ponder about the world looking down upon them with dismay.
The second half of the book dragged and was predictable but still it was readable.
Its definitely a recommended read on a flight journey home or on a night you want to do some light reading
To start with, let me remember you a statement that you would have heard or read "All is fair in war and love" (from the JAB WE MET- Movie).
The Film makers say "We have conceived the movie in a different dimension and blah blah blah".but those movies would have got one more spicy item dance and unwanted scenes. There would be few movies which actually mean it. We love it and the makers do mean what they say and this applies to this book
Before reading the book, I had no idea about the story.As I have read all preeti shenoy's books, I beleived that "this is gonna be something unusual" and It was. You would heard about this word "Triangular love story". I should say this "A Cup of Tea and Piece of cake" is a right angled triangular love story :) and you would know it at once you have read the book. The story has two parts and they are narrated with extra-ordinary situations with perfect vocabularies.
This Story revolves around Nisha,Samir,Aakash,some friends and Tea (:)). Nisha should be a girl we would identify in our neighbourhood.A girl who loves to be loved.A girl who loves his work and little emotional towards it
I received this book today afternoon and just finished reading it.
The book is one of those rare books where story is not just a story written from author's perspective,but a book where each line is true to character..I have always believed that being true to yourself is most important thing in life and writing a book true to its character is most difficult thing in book writing
I received my book around 12 which was my lunch time and started reading it after lunch and to my surprise there was no sleep in my eyes which I usually have after lunch.. I was into the world of "Nisha" the main character and I was loving each line, each character..
I always believed that relationship is the most complex things in this world and when it comes to marriage it always becomes more complex. You do not know how some small issues keep getting bigger and the whole relationship gets strained..But the book depicts this thing in a beautiful manner and with sophistication. The small details which turns the marriage life into a troubled relationship is beautifully depicted.
I have read lot many books in last few years and it amazes me the way this story touches my heart.It almost feels like a candle of compassion,pain, happiness burning in my heart and I am just standing beside the lead characters of the novel and simply wishing them happiness for their life . Thanks for giving this experience.. because I rarely get such experiences and today I got one of those through this book...
"A crisis situation comes in life just to make things better and more beautiful..."
Tea for two and a piece of cake, plus, of course, conversation... These small moments are what make life worthwhile.
The book starts in Mumbai, where the lead character â Nisha-the-plump-plain-Jane lives. Her life takes an audacious turn in mesmerizing Bali leading to bizarre twist of events to happen again in Mumbai. A complete roller coaster emotional rideâ¦
The aromatic and apt portrait of a middle class and high class Indian society is commendable. You will see this world through the eyes of Nisha. Get ready with your tea as she will go on and on and on⦠There are moments when Nisha is talking to herself in her mind⦠thatâs the best part⦠Not a single word is going to bore you.
The characters are justified fittingly in their own way. The story is fast paced. Every chapter has something to talk about making the reader wonder what will happen next. I knew how the book will end but the writing style, the narration, and the way things happened one way or the other, kept me hooked. The language is simple. She writes in vibrant colors.
Trust in me in all you do
Have the faith I have in you
Love will see us through
If only you trust in me
Why donât you, you trust in me?
Come to me when things go wrong
Preeti righteously says, âMusic always adds magic to loveâ. This unusual story has all the chapterâs titles with the names of the songs. I have heard some and have a vague idea about others. It did lead me to something which we call love (in a very unusual yet appreciative / obliged way). This concept will surely be cherished by all the readers.
Preeti shenoy has done a good job, the novel is more overly a nice and interesting book.
Its mostly a girlish novel but b...
Good read. As it is for all Preeti mam's book. Good flow of story from mid till the end. Specially the end was great. Hope to...Read More
Each sub increase the curiosity, hungriness to grab the story along with lovely romantic song lyrics really wonderful Book I lo...Read More
i like the way of storytelling and the emotions broughtup..superb.As usual preeti shenoy rockz with her fictioned unusual love...Read More
Preeti Shenoy does it yet again with her super writing skills and makes me believe that Indian writers do have what it takes!!...Read More


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Lindsey Loll and Justin Burkhardt, Fargo, announce their engagement.
Parents are Steve and Michelle Loll, Wahpeton, N.D.; and John and Shelly Lynn, and Ray and Lori Burkhardt, all of Fargo.
Lindsey graduated in 2004 from Wahpeton Senior High School and in 2009 she graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. She is a family strengthening specialist at Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, Fargo.
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As the Super Bowl was played in Indianapolis (Giants Win! Giants Win!), and Indianapolis always billed itself as the World Capital of Motor Racing, here are some thoughts about that city:
- When I wrote above that it was the capital of motor racing (past tense), that's true. it really isn't any more. The Formula One race has gone off to what it thinks are greener pastures and although the Indianapolis 500 seems – seems – to be recovering its former glory, interest in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race has fallen off dramatically.
But Indianapolis cleaned up real good, and put on its best bib and tucker, and produced a Super Bowl celebration (never mind the great game) that was smashing by all accounts.
Which means that while they can continue to call the 500 "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," from now on Indy will be known as Super Bowl City.
The reason they got the Super Bowl in the first place is because it's officially a football town. It's an Indy 500 town for the month of May and there's still interest in basketball (primarily at the high school and college level throughout the state) but as IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, who lives there now, told me last summer:
"Eleven months of the year, this is a Colts town. It's Colts, Colts and more Colts."
Football City, U.S.A.
- When I first made the trek to Indianapolis in 1967, it felt like a holy pilgrimage. My heart started beating faster the moment – the moment – I first caught a glimpse of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a place I'd seen in photos and in the movies and on TV.
It was two days before the 500 and I was with friends and we drove over and parked the car about a mile away because you couldn't get near the place. If they thought there were crowds in downtown Indy the last few nights, they should have been outside the Indianapolis Speedway the first day I was there because – although you could move – you were nearly always bumping into somebody.
Sixteenth St. was closed, as was Georgetown Rd. (for anyone not familiar with the place, the Speedway is at that intersection) and all you could see were people.
It was glorious.
- Some things never change.
I do have to say that they gouge the hell out of you in that town. With the exception of Montreal at Grand Prix time, I have never seen a place so nastily expensive as Indianapolis for the 500.
When we first went, we had to take a room for three nights at about double the regular rate. That was situation normal until the late 1990s when, because of the IRL/CART split, people pretty much stopped travelling to Indy for the race.
So, for a few years there, they couldn't give hotel rooms away. Not only did they scrap the minimum stay, the hotels and motels were undercutting each other to get people to register.
But now that the race is regaining its lustre (and with the arrival of ex-F1 stars like Rubens Barrichello ratcheting up the talent level, it should start attracting the Europeans again), they'll soon be up to their old tricks and will start gouging again. You watch.
I say this because of what happened for the Super Bowl. As Andrew Brandt wrote for the Huffington Post:
"The one complaint appears to be with the scarcity of hotel rooms, especially downtown. Less exclusive hotels with rooms still available (nearly an hour away from the city) require 4-night minimums and are charging premiums upwards of seven times typical rates."
What? $500 a night for a Super 8 room in Anderson, Ind.? I'd sleep in my car first.
- That, of course, is the rub. Indianapolis is not a big city. It doesn't have that many good hotels downtown. And it's not a particularly healthy place economically. The suburbs might be okay - Carmel, and the like - but the city itself is suffering.
Yes, it has a mammoth – and extremely well-to-do – medical research facility (Methodist Hospital) and several large universities (Purdue, Butler) but the manufacturing is mostly gone and large parts of the near-downtown are places where, frankly, you don't feel all that comfortable.
In fact, when there isn't football on, the area around Lucas Oil Stadium is not someplace you could describe as tourist-friendly at certain times of the day.
Having said that (and yes, there are places in every big city – including Toronto – where you're not going to go unless you absolutely have to), Indy still has a big pull for me.
It's breathtaking to walk into the State Capitol building. Ditto the five-block area around the national headquarters of the American Legion, which is called the Indiana War Memorial Plaza. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a wonderful place to visit. (The international pharmaceutical company we all know as Eli Lilly was started by a young soldier, a Civil War veteran and pharmacist named – you guessed it – Eli Lilly, who worked in a small drug store. His story is on display in that monument). And the White River Canal Park is close to downtown and a delightful place to go for a walk.
Of course, I always have to drive around to see where Jim Hurtubise's speed shop was located on Sixteenth St. (the building is still there) and where the legendary White Front tavern stood (I parked behind it once, after it closed, and walked over to the Speedway), the addresses in the city where Johnny White and Bob Sweikert lived decades ago when they were both alive and racing and, yes, several times to Crown Hill Cemetary to visit the graves of Ronnie Duman (one of my all-time favourite racers) and Chuck Rodee (I met him when he raced a midget at the CNE back in the Sixties).
But no, I have not been to the grave of John Dillinger, which is at Crown Hill, nor to those of Benjamin Harrison (he was once President) or James Whitcomb Riley (although it's kind of hard to miss his) but I have been to Tony Bettenhausen Jr.'s and Cannonball Baker's and that's good enough for me.
- Talking about the name Bettenhausen, on the second day of that first trip way back in 1967, on the day before the 500, we noticed a large crowd gathered in a circle around something near the back of a parking lot at a Holiday Inn that used to be across the street from the Speedway. (Much of the land is vacant there; properties have been bought up over the years by the Speedway and the buildings demolished. There is constant talk about high-end condominiums and/or a high end hotel but that's all it's ever been: talk.)
In any event, my buddy Rick Clare and I wandered over to see what was up and it was a young Gary Bettenhausen and a friend finishing loading his racing car onto an open trailer behind his pickup truck. They were getting ready to head out to the nearby Indianapolis Raceway Park for the Night Before the 500 USAC midget races, which continue as a tradition to this very day.
But here's the reason I remember those few moments so vividly. Back then, racers really were Gods. There must have been 50 to 60 people standing around that race car and those two boys and nobody - nobody - said a thing. We just all stood there and looked at Gary Bettenhausen and his racing car.
In awe.
- Okay, I'll wind this up with one of my favourite Indy stories.
Years ago – not my first trip to Indy but my second or third – I discovered the famous St. Elmo Steak House in downtown Indianapolis. It is, without doubt, one of the finest steak houses you will find anywhere. You can cut the filet mignon in that place with the side of your fork, it's usually that tender.
Five or six years ago, on the eve of qualifying weekend, my sweetheart and I and a great racing reporter named Tim Tuttle went there for dinner. Michael Andretti brought his team in for a private party (Dan Wheldon, Tony Kanaan) and a few other IRL personalities joined them, notably Dario Franchitti and his wife, Ashley Judd.
Now, here's the thing about actors (not original thought on my part, by the way; I am just repeating what others have said): they want to be somebody else, which is why they are actors. And if you've ever spent any time with actors (as I have, although not recently), they are always, and mostly, on stage. In short, they are usually playing some kind of a role.
Anyway, at a certain point in the evening (the Andretti party was downstairs in the restaurant), Ashley Judd came up to use the washroom. As she passed our table, she was limping – noticeably. My wife saw this and wondered what she'd done to herself.
Five minutes later, she passed by our table on her way back to the party. My wife tapped my elbow, interrupting a conversation I was having with Tuttle.
"I just noticed something," she said.
"What's that?" I replied.
"Ashley's still limping," she said.
"So?" I said.
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A force majeure or termination provision addresses the conditions under which a party may terminate an agreement without liability. Some are better than others. Many mainly protect the hotel or convention center. The language focuses on events that make it "illegal or impossible" for the hotel or facility to "provide facilities or services." Such provisions are unlikely to allow a group to cancel and terminate its agreement without penalty because, for example, attendees are unwilling or unable to travel. A better force majeure provision would state:
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Long Term Closures:
- 10/12/2013 - 05/01/2014 -- Full closure of 84th Street onramp to I-94 westbound
- 10/12/2013 - 05/01/2014 -- Kearney Street eastbound closed from 84th to 76th streets
- 10/12/2013 - 12/01/2014 -- On-ramp from Watertown Plant Road to Highway 45 northbound closed
- 10/31/2013 - 10/31/2014 -- Mainline median turn lane of Highway 100 northbound closed from Theodore Trecker Way to to I-94
- 10/31/2013 - 10/31/2014 -- Single lane closed from off-ramp to I-94 eastbound to Highway 100 northbound
- 10/31/2013 - 10/31/2014 -- Single lane closed from on-ramp from I-94 eastbound to Highway 100 northbound
- 11/01/2013 - 08/30/2014 -- Left lane of O'Connor Street westbound closed from 73rd to 79th streets
- 11/11/2013 - 11/07/2014 -- Left lane of Highway 100 southbound closed from off ramp to I-94 westbound to Theodore Trecker Way
- 12/09/2013 - 11/24/2014 -- Full closure of ramp from Wis 100 northbound-S. 108th Street to I-94 eastbound
- 01/05/2014 - 10/01/2014 -- Full closure of on ramp from Waterotwn Plank Road to Highway 45 southbound
- 01/05/2014 - 10/01/2014 -- Two left lanes closed of offramp to Watertown Plank Road to Highway 45 southbound
- 01/05/2014 - 09/01/2014 -- Full closure of offramp to Watertown Plank Road to Highway 45 northbound
- 01/06/2014-06/20/2014 -- Mainline median turn lane closed at West Watertown Plank Road to Highway 100 southbound
- 01/06/2014 - 06/20/2014 -- Full ramp closure -- on ramp from Watertown Plank Road to Highway 45 northbound
- 01/06/2014 - 10/01/2014 -- Full closure of Watertown Plank Road eastbound and westbound from Discovery Parkway to Swan Boulevard
- 03/24/2014 - 04/18/2014 -- Ramp Right lane closed from West National Avenue to I-894 westbound
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Racine County:
- County C Bridge over I-94 closed until late fall 2014
- I-94 east (southbound) reduced to two open lanes at WIS 20 until late fall 2014
Kenosha County
- I-94 west (northbound) exit ramp to WIS 50 closed until mid-summer 2014
- WIS 50 entrance ramp to I-94 east (southbound) closed until mid-summer 2014
- I-94 west (northbound) reduced to two open lanes from WIS 158 to County E until late fall 2014
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Milwaukee County
--South 35th Street Bridge
Traffic patterns on the South 35th Street bridge between Lincoln and Oklahoma changed on the evening of March 26.
After 7 p.m., all northbound and southbound lanes over the bridge will be closed. DPW crews will re-stripe the northbound lanes to provide two-way traffic -- one lane of traffic moving northbound, one lane moving southbound.
The new two-way traffic pattern will begin later tonight and will be effect in time for the Thursday morning commute.
The current southbound lanes will be closed to through traffic to allow for damage assessment to the bridge following a train mishap on Monday, March 24. This traffic pattern will be in effect until further notice.
--Stadium Interchange Work
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 11, the ramps from both westbound and eastbound I-94 to northbound US 41 will be closed. The US 41 southbound Wisconsin Avenue entrance ramp and the US 41 northbound Wisconsin Avenue exit ramp will be closed. The I-94 entrance ramp from Mitchell Blvd. and the I-94 exit ramp to Mitchell Blvd. will be closed. The Vliet/State St. entrance ramp to US 41 will be closed.
In the overnight hours of Thursday, Friday and Monday, demolition will take place. Both northbound and southbound US 41 will be closed.
Ramp closures are scheduled between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. There will be signage to alert motorists of closures and detours. These closures are weather dependent and subject to change.
--South 27th Street
Beginning March 27, the city of Milwaukee will reconstruct South 27th Street from West Howard Avenue to the Union Pacific Railroad bridge near West Dakota Street. Site preparation work began on March 17 with full reconstruction beginning on the 27th. The project completion date is expected to be Nov. 15.
--Hoan Bridge
--01/31/2014 - 06/01/2014 -- Full closure of North Harbor Drive southbound from East Chicago Street to Polk Street.
--01/04/2014 - 11/30/2014 -- Full ramp closure of off ramp to Jackson Street to I-794 eastbound.
--01/04/2014 - 11/30/2014-- Full ramp closure of on ramp from Fourth and Broadway streets to I-794 eastbound.
--12/21/2013 - 11/01/2014 -- Full ramp closure of on ramp from North Jackson Street to I-794 westbound.
--12/21/2013 - 11/01/2015 -- Full ramp closure of off ramp to North Milwaukee Street to I-794 westbound.
--11/04/2013 - 11/01/2015 -- Full ramp closure of on ramp from Lincoln Memorial Drive to I-794 eastbound.
--St. Paul Avenue Bridge
Starting Sept. 3, work will begin on the St. Paul Avenue bridge over the Milwaukee River.
Detour for eastbound traffic on St. Paul Avenue: Note two-way traffic on a portion of Clybourn St.
- Turn left (north) onto North Plankinton
- Turn right (east) onto Clybourn Street -- this normally one-way westbound street will now have one lane of traffic flowing eastbound during this project
- Turn right (south) onto North Water Street
- Turn left (east) onto St. Paul Avenue
Detour for westbound traffic on St. Paul Avenue:
- Turn right (north) onto North Water Street
- Turn left (west) onto Clybourn Street, now a two-way street during the project
- Turn left (south) onto North 2nd Street
- Turn right (west) onto St. Paul Avenue
-- The DOT will begin resurfacing of WIS 100/Mayfair Road between Silver Spring Drive and Burleigh Street on Monday, March 3. The work is expected to continue until late fall.
-- The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will begin resurfacing work on US 41 (Appleton Avenue) from WIS 190 (Capitol Drive) to North 107th Street. Work is scheduled to begin Monday March 31 and to be completed in late fall.
Ozaukee County
A bridge rehabilitation project on I-43 between Sauk Road and the north Ozaukee County line in Ozaukee County is expected to start on July 15, and work will continue through 2014. The work during this construction season consists of the rehabilitation of 4 bridges over I-43, including Sauk Road, North Woods Road, County B, and WIS 32/County H.
The bridges will be closed to through-traffic during construction, except for the WIS 32/County H bridge north of downtown Port Washington, which will be staged in halves to allow for two-way traffic. A short-term series of overnight closures are scheduled for this summer, as well. Additional work during 2013 includes shoulder repaving along northbound and southbound I-43, which will require Monday-Friday lane closures. The project will shut down for the winter in late November. Work will resume in the spring of 2014.
Racine County
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is scheduled to close the County C Bridge in Racine County as part of the WIS 20 Interchange reconstruction project beginning this week. Starting Tuesday April 1 at 7 a.m. the bridge will be closed to traffic until late Fall 2014. Motorists who would normally use County C can use WIS 20 as a detour during the closure.
Demolition of the County C Bridge is expected to begin Wednesday night April 2 through Monday April 7. The work will also require multiple overnight freeway closures on I-94 from County K to WIS 20. There will be adequate signage to direct motorists to proper detours.
The WIS 20 Interchange project this year includes a reconstruction of the County C Bridge over I-94, the I-94 West (Northbound) Bridge over WIS 20, entrance and exit ramps to and from I-94 West (Northbound), and I-94 West (Northbound) mainline at WIS 20. The project is expected to be complete late Fall 2015.
Washington County
--The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will begin work on WIS 28 from US 45 to 144 in Washington County. Work will begin on the six-mile stretch on March 24. The work is expected to continue until the end of the year.
Beginning Monday, WIS 28 will be closed to thru traffic. Eastbound traffic will be detoured via US 45 south, CTH H east, and WIS 144 north.
Parts of WIS 28 will be reconstructed while other parts of the road will be resurfaced. The bridge over the Milwaukee River will be replaced. The project will include the smoothing out of hills and improving sight distance for motorists. These improvements are expected to enhance motorist safety.
Improvements to sewer and water mains will be in the initial stage of the project with bridge work expected to start in May.
--The DOT will begin work in March on 1.1 miles of WIS 144 from Overlook Drive to County NN / Arthur Road in the Town of Polk. The project includes the reconstruction of the existing interchange into a diamond interchange along with a new structure over US 41.
Waukesha County
Works begins on Highway 83 from Perkins Road to Glacier Pass on Feb. 6. Work is expected to continue until late fall.
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