Engineering reports found that thermal movement - the daily expansion and contraction of materials that all buildings undergo - as well as misalignment and tight precast joints from the original construction are the primary contributors to chipping concrete.

'We want to see the faces of our children. We want to see their smiles,' the mayor said, adding that parents with kids over the age of five could still send their children to school with face coverings if they wished.

The 10,523-seat arena opened in 1964 as an all-concrete structure built around two giant parabolas.

It has undergone numerous renovations over the years, including a $13 million project that was completed in 2009.

In Wake County, North Carolina, the school district began planning a reading tutoring program last summer. The program did not launch until November, and district officials last month said volunteers are tutoring fewer than 140 students - far fewer than the 1,000 students the program was designed to reach.

And with a population of over 1 billion and a 4000 year old history it has plenty to offer the visitor who is keen to understand and appreciate their surroundings. Some of China's most outstanding features include the famous Great Wall, and Panda Bears.

Unfortunately sometimes overlooked are the amazing Forbidden City and the Terracotta Warrior

Despite the city's reputation for obstinance, Adams said that New York business were 90 per cent in compliance with restrictions pandemic restrictions that were placed on them, including limited hours, restricted capacity for stores, worker safety protocols and other regulations.

The Colorado-based adventurer, who has worked with NASA in the past and currently teaches climate change at the University of Colorado Boulder, says traveling to non-tourist spots requires lots of preparation and having a satellite communication device is another key way of keeping safe. 

However, as mentioned, just about anyone, from interns to business professionals can gain a lot through programs such as these. The chance to learn a language through cultural immersion is an obvious benefit to studying in China. But China is also an amazing and diverse country, with 22 separate provinces, each with their own unique characte

In a recent online poll conducted by a nonprofit volunteer directory, it was found that the college students, especially those in their final years of studies, face unique dilemma.

They realize that in order to get a good job they need some prior work experience in some organization. In the absence of adequate entry-level credential, it is difficult to get through to any good organization. This is where Student Volunteer Programs come to their help and provide them with the much needed platform for prior work experienc

"Over the summer, we will begin the planning process for further ways to modernize the facility and substantially enhance the fan and student-athlete experience. I think folks are really going to be excited about all that we have in store."

In Georgia´s Fulton County, 3% of the district´s 90,000 students participated in tutoring programs this fall.

Most of the tutoring was offered by paraprofessionals during the school day, with one hired to give intense support in each elementary school.

'The Penny Ice Cap is one of the last remaining ice caps from the last Ice Age and our goal was to cross it, collect snow samples for pollutants along the way, and also make ground measurements to compare with what satellites were measuring at the same time. 

'The reason for the surveys was to find the best locations to collect sediment cores: you need soft mud near the glacier faces - not too close, for safety reasons, but also not where you can hit hard rock and break the piston corer. 

'Through this jolting experience I learned first-hand about the hunting society in northern Greenland; how life operates here above the Arctic Circle.

It was interesting to learn how the Inuit people of the Arctic have adapted to particularly harsh conditions yet have somehow made themselves comfortable with their surroundings. 

'Two years of pain, two years of heartbreak, of uncertainty, of business loss, of schools closing, of just conflict inside our households, but I said from  since the time I was elected I said that this virus was not going to define us, we're going to define ourselves.'

'We have become so boring as a city," he said. 'I want to become a city of excitement. We are looking to reinstate every parade, every festival, every block party. People need to get outdoors and enjoy our city again.'

"The progress that he made in just a couple months last semester working with his tutor was kind of far beyond what he was grasping and doing at school," said Jessica Blalack, whose 7-year-old, Phoenix, opted in to after-school tutoring.

'In addition to the volcanic hazards, there were other dangers one needed to be aware of at all times: bears (we saw fresh tracks), changing weather, and crevasses that were opening up due to the melting of overlying snow.