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A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, office tower, apartment block, or block of flats, is a tall building or structure used as a residential and/or office building. In some areas they may be referred to as "MDU" standing for "Multi Dwelling Unit".
High-rise buildings became possible with the invention of the elevator (lift) and cheaper, more abundant building materials. The materials used for the structural system of high-rise buildings are reinforced concrete and steel. Most North American style skyscrapers have a steel frame, while residential blocks are usually constructed out of concrete. There is no clear definition of any difference between a tower block and a skyscraper though a building lower than about thirty storeys is not likely to be a skyscraper and a building with fifty or more storeys is certainly a skyscraper.
High-rise structures pose particular design challenges for structural and geotechnical engineers, particularly if situated in a seismically active region or if the underlying soils have geotechnical risk factors such as high compressibility or bay mud. They also pose serious challenges to firefighters during emergencies in high-rise structures. New and old building design, building systems like the building standpipe system, HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning), fire sprinkler system and other things like stairwell and elevator evacuations pose significant problems.
Thomas William "Tom" Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English film, television, radio, and stage actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and he rose to prominence through a number of TV roles and more recently major film roles. He played Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor, Captain Nicholls in Steven Spielberg's World War I film War Horse (2011), and also Freddie Page in the British drama The Deep Blue Sea, alongside Rachel Weisz. He played author F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris (2011). He returned to his role as Loki in The Avengers (2012) and is set to reprise the character again for Thor 2 (2013).
Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to parents Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother from Suffolk, England. He is the middle child with two sisters, Sarah (oldest), a journalist in India, and Emma (youngest), is also an actor. He was raised in Wimbledon, in his early years, and later in Oxford. When Hiddleston was 13, he boarded at Eton College, at the same time that his parents were going through a divorce. "I think I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing." He went on to act at The Dragon School in Oxford, then continued on to the University of Cambridge, where he earned a double first. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005.
Mark Kermode (born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician and a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He contributes to Sight and Sound magazine, The Observer newspaper and BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews with Simon Mayo on Friday afternoons. He also co-presents the BBC Two arts programme The Culture Show and discusses other branches of the arts for the BBC Two programme Newsnight Review. Kermode writes and presents a film-related video blog for the BBC.
Kermode, born Mark Fairey in Barnet, North London, England, attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent boys' school in Elstree, a few years ahead of comedians Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas and David Baddiel and in the same year as actor Jason Isaacs. He was raised as a Methodist, and is now a member of the Church of England.
Mark Fairey's parents divorced when he was in his early 20s and he subsequently changed his surname to his GP mother's maiden name by deed poll. (Neither of them is related to the literary critic Frank Kermode.)
Actors: Marki Henderson (actor), Jack Stecher (actor), Michael Babbitt (editor), Ken Foxx (actor), Matt Whitnack (actor), Sherwood Jackson (actor), Victor Joyner Jr. (director), Victor Joyner Jr. (writer), Victor Joyner Jr. (producer), Victor Joyner Jr. (producer), Victor Joyner (actor), Demetrius Askew (actor), Troy Brady (actor), Kelvin Hill (composer), Jonathan Perry (actor),
Plot: Ben Henderson had it all full ride to the number one college in the country, but lost it when a fight with a local hustler gone wrong kills his best friend. Years later his son B.J. is the number one player in the country and also has gotten a full ride to the same school as his father, has everything set for his further when Butch a local thug wants him to play for his summer league team. As he pushing towards his destiny will he relive his father's past or will his father be able to save him.
Keywords: basketball“Second Chances Never Fail”
Second Chances Never Fail EP
So give me just one more chance to kiss your lips
To keep me satisfied, I’m holding on tonight
So take off your shoes and listen to the words I have to say
I’ve got more advice to last the night of emptiness
Oh say, I’ve got important questions on my mind
If I ask you oh so truthfully, will you promise not to lie
Promise not to lie
Just one more chance to kiss your lips
To keep me satisfied I’m holding on tonight
With every second that we share
I’ll be right there beside you
Now here’s a rule of thumb
You take no second chances
Don’t be afraid, I just hate the way you’re keeping me around
Oh no, I’ve lied to you again
Here we are once more
I’m at my knees, begging you to stay
Just one more chance to kiss your lips
To keep me satisfied I’m holding on tonight
With every second that we share
I’ll be right there beside you
So here I stand, alone
So broken down, I’m waiting for your phone
Call all your friends
To tell them you’re so deserving
Well, I don’t deserve you
So give me
Just one more chance to kiss your lips
To keep me satisfied I’m holding on tonight
With every second that we share
I’ll be right there beside you
I’ll be right there beside you
I’ll be right there…
All songs written and composed by Jon Reyes, Michael Maughan, Sean Hoang & Garrett Hudson
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