புகையிரதப் பாதைகளில் ஆமைகளுக்கு கடவைகள்

தெற்காசிய நாடுகளில் மனிதர்களின் பாதுகாப்புக்கு கூட முறையாக அமைக்கப் பெற்ற புகையிரத பாதுகாப்பு கடவைகள் இல்லாத நிலையில் ஜப்பானில் நடந்த சம்பவம் கீழே.

ஜப்பானில் சிலவேளைகளில் ரயில்கள் தாமதமாகும். இதை கண்டறிய முற்பட்ட போது தண்டவாளங்கள் திசைமாற்றும் பகுதியில் இறந்த ஆமைகளைக் காணக் கூடியதாக இருந்தது, எனவே ஆமைகள் சிக்கிக் கொள்வதால் உடனடியாக திசை மாற்ற முடிவதில்லை.

தண்டவாளங்கள் திசைமாற்றும் பகுதியில் அகப்பட்டுள்ள ஆமை.

ஆகையால் ஆமைகளின் இறப்புகளை கட்டுப்படுத்தவும் புகையிரத தாமதங்களை தவிர்க்கவும்  தண்டவாளப் பகுதியில் குறித்த இடைவெளிகளில் ஆமைகளுக்கான கால்வாய்கள் அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன.

தண்டவாளப்பகுதியில் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள கால்வாயினூடு ஆமைகள் செல்லுகின்றன.

Winners of Australia Architect (AIA) Awards 2014

A surf club and a mental health facility are among the winners of this year's National Architecture Awards in Australia.

The award, given out by the Australian Institute of Architects, says "community-oriented projects" dominated this year's competition.

Here is a selection of images of winning and shortlisted buildings

1-Kerstin Thompson's House at Hanging Rock - built on a steep slope - won the Robin Boyd award in the category for new houses

2-This boatshed and surf life-saving club in Bicheno - the work of Birrelli architects - won the award in the category for Small Project Architecture

3-The Australian Plant Bank - by BVN Donovan Hill - was shortlisted in the category for Public Architecture

4-The winner in the Public Architecture category was The University of Queensland Advanced Engineering Building - a joint venture by Richard Kirk Architects and HASSELL. The building also won in several other categories.

5-The North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club was also shortlisted in the Public Architecture category. The wave-like building is the work of Durbach Block Jaggers in association with Peter Colquhoun

6-The interiors of the Sustainable Industries Education centre in South Australia earned a place on the shortlist for MPH Architects and Architectus

7-Room 11 Studio were shortlisted in the Urban Design category for this riverside community park in Tasmania, known by its acronym, GASP!

Last Test

Variety of Wallpapers

Are You a Nervous Presenter

Use These Four Tips to Feel Confident.

It is said that all people fear two things - death and public speaking. Having to present in front of others can be nerve-racking - even for experienced speakers. You are not going to find the answers in your Communications Plan. Here are some tips to help you feel more confident.

1. Prepare

Nothing gives you as much confidence as being prepared. Of course, you need to know the content, but you should also understand the structure of your presentation and how you will move from point to point. You don't need (or want) to memorize the presentation, but you don't want to forget things either.

You should rehearse the presentation multiple times. This could be in front of a safe audience, or even saying the words to yourself. You don't want to read content from a slide, but having the overall session framed by some slides with bullet points can keep you on topic and make the presentation more comfortable.

2. On the day of the presentation.

• Get yourself mentally and physically prepared.
•  Get a good night's sleep
• Eat a healthy meal
• Try to free your schedule, so you're more relaxed
• Before you present, spend 15 minutes going over your presentation one last time. You should have a copy of your presentation that you can review.
• Relax

3. Use confident body language

• Much of your message is relayed through your body language.
• Make eye contact with people
• Appear confident using an open stance. Stand tall.
• Smile and let your personality shine
•   Walk around a little
• Vary your voice and use slow, open hand gestures.
• Speak slowly and carefully, but passionately. If you're enthusiastic about the topic, then your listeners will be as well.

4. Look for opportunities for interaction

Encourage interaction with others during your presentation. When others talk for a few seconds, it takes the focus off you and lets you clear your head and focus on the key points ahead. Interaction also keeps the audience engaged.

Public speaking is one of the hardest things to master. If you prepare carefully, have a great mindset and are enthusiastic, you will deliver a great presentation.

Stunning Railway Stations of World

Antwerpen-Centraal
Architects: Louis DelaCenserie, Clement van Bogaert
The station’s main building, one of the world’s most impressive rail “cathedrals”, was built after the completion of the vault and the platforms.
From 1998 to 2007, the station was converted from a terminus into a through station.

ChhatrapatiShivaji Terminus

Architect: Frederik William Stevens

The station’s entrance gate displays sculptures of a lion and a tiger, symbolizing Britain and India respectively.

The building, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was completed in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

Gare de Liège-Guillemins
Architect: Santiago Calatrava S.A.
Thanks to this high-speed station, Liège is now only 39 minutes from Brussels, approx. 1 hour from Cologne, around 2 hours from Paris and Frankfurt, and approx. 3 hours from London.
The station is one of the busiest in Belgium as it is used by around 15,000 people every day

Gare de Strasbourg
Architect: Johann Eduard Jacobsthal, Jean Duthilleul
The huge glass roof covering the façade of the historical building was added in 2007 as part of the station’s refurbishment.
The Gare de Strasbourg is the second-largest train station in France

Gare do Oriente
Architect: Santiago Calatrava S.A.
The building was constructed in 1998 as a transportation hub for the Lisbon World Exhibition.
With approx. 75 million passengers per year, it is one of Portugal’s busiest stations.

Grand Central Terminal
Architect: Warren & Wetmore
Grand Central is a "terminal", not a station, because trains terminate there, mainly on stub-end tracks.
In 1968, the Penn Central Corporation proposed an office tower to be built over the building. There was little hope that the building could be saved until Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis stood in front of the building and urged the preservation of the historic site

HundertwasserBahnhof
Architect: Hubert Stier, FriedensreichHundertwasser
The original station building from 1887 was refurbished for the World Exposition from 1998 to 2000 by FriedensreichHundertwasser.
The station was one of Hundertwasser’s last projects as he died in 2000.

King’s Cross Railway Station
Architects: Lewis Cubitt, William Cubitt, John McAslan + Partners
King’s Cross Railway Station was built as the London hub of the Great Northern Railway and is the terminus of the East Coast main line.
The building has an important function in Joanne K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” novels: Platform 9 ¾, the starting point of the “Hogwarts Express”, is located in the station and can be accessed through a secret entrance in the brick-wall barrier between platforms 9 and 10.

 Rotterdam Centraal Station
Architects: Sybold of Ravesteyn, BenthemCrouwel, Meyer en Van SchootenArchitecten, West 8 Landscape Architects BV
The building was officially reopened on 13 March, 2014 by King Willem-Alexander.
The station sees about 110,000 passengers per day, and offers 750 car parking places as well as 5,200 bicycle parking spaces.

 Southern Cross Railway Station
Architects: Grimshaw Architects, Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd
The original building was constructed in 1859 and formerly known as Spencer Street Station. A vast redevelopment of the station was completed in 2006, adding a dune-like roof that covers the station’s whole city block.
It is Melbourne's third-busiest railway station with approx. 16.8mn passengers per year.

WTC Transportation Hub
Architect: Santiago Calatrava S.A.
The railway station, which is currently under construction in New York, is due for completion in 2015.
The Hub's roof looks like wings made of glass and steel. They will allow natural light to enter the building.

Excel Tip (Multiplication)

Quantity surveyors, Accountants and others who are always/often using the MS Excel, sometime they used to feel uncomfortable when accessing Excel. Because of time. There are expert using many formulas in excel, it will save the time & to be accurate.

Here one small tips added, when multiplying the 2 or more cells if we use the normal formula like =ROUND(C6*E6,3)[See the Figure No.1], we wants to paste on every cells, only where required. Unless if we tracked that formula, then it will show 0.000 value, where multiple factors’ cells are blank.

Table No.1

To avoid this, the following formula will useful.=IF(C6="","",C6*E6) [See the Figure No.2],

Table No.2

Try it on your work.