Results of 2020/2010 Champions League Round of 16

The first leg, round of 16 matches of the UEFA champions league have concluded. PSG, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Bayern and Dortmund look set to qualify for the quarter finals.

Barcelona lost at home to PSG by 4 goals to 1. PSG need to be very carefully as Bacelona have shown that they have the ability to come back in situations like this.

Liverpool is almost certain of qualification. They just have to avoid defeat at home to Leipzig in the 2nd leg.

Chelsea did a determined hard fought win against Atletico they only need a repeated performance against them at Stamford bridge.

Bayern easily displaced Lazio 4-1, I don’t think Lazio has got any chance of qualification.

Porto edged Juventus in the first leg, but they still have a lot of work to do in the 2nd leg.

Manchester City are in cruise control and should not have any problem qualifying for the quaters.

Real Madrid beat Atalanta in their away match, they should have no problem in the next match at home.

Dortmund just need a repeated performance at home in the second and they should qualify.

But it should be said that there are no guarantees in the champions league. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

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English Premier League Roundup. Round 25

Manchester City continue their runaway to the title as they beat Arsenal 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium. They are 10 points clear of 2nd placed, Manchester United.

Manchester United and Leicester City both win their games to stay in the race for the title. Their inconsistencies will see Manchester City win the title.

Chelsea lost points in their race for top 4 as they were held 1-1 by Southampton. West Ham capitalized on this by beating Tottenham 2-1 to go 4th.

Liverpool continue their downward spiral as they again lost at home to Everton.

See full Results below.

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Why You should get the Galaxy S21 Ultra

Galaxy S21 Ultra

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra was released January 29, 2021. It is the most advanced Samsung Galaxy phone till date and very expensive. 

Should you buy the  Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, these are reasons you should;

  1. It is the most advanced Android Phone Yet.
  2. It can take pictures and shoot videos at 108MP with a selfie camera of 40MP
  3. It’s a 5G phone, so you can browse and download at lighting speed.
  4. The Galaxy S21 Ultra is compatible with the S pen; Great!
  5. With its powerful CPU, GPU and RAM, multitasking and playing high ended games is very easy and smooth.
  6. If you are a YouTube content creator, good news; with Galaxy S21 ultra you can record videos at 4k and 8k resolution. 

Note: The S21 ultra does not ship with a charger (you have to buy seperately or keep the ones you already have), no memory tray and no wired earphone slot. Although compatible with Spen, there is not slot to fix the pen within the phone.

Don’t buy the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra if;

  1. If you are on a budget; It’s very expensive. The official price starts at $ 1,199. About ₦493,795.88. Think well before you buy.
  2. Your memory needs are High. No memory expansion tray as with the previous S series. You have to make do with the phone’s built in internal memory except You go for the  S 21 that comes in 256GB and 512GB memory which is more expensive.
  3. You are not an High end phone user.If all you do with a phone is just make calls and perform other simple tasks, then you don’t have to buy this phone. 

 Galaxy S21 Ultra Full specifications.

Body: 165.1×75.6×8.9mm, 227g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminum frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins), Stylus support.

Display: 6.80″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1500 nits (peak), 1440x3200px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 515ppi; Always-on display.

Chipset (International): Exynos 2100: Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G78 MP14

Chipset (USA/China): Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm): Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680; Adreno 660.

Memory: 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM

OS/Software: Android 11, One UI 3.1.

Rear camera: Wide (main): 108 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, 1/1.33″, 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, Super Steady video; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 70mm, 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/4.9, 240mm, 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 10x optical zoom.

Front camera: 40 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.7µm, PDAF.

Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.

Battery: 5000mAh; Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0, Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W.

Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); Stereo speakers; NFC; FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent); Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support), ANT+, Bixby natural language commands and dictation, Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), Ultra Wideband (UWB) support.

Ten Good Things the Samsung Note 8 can do

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

1.The note 8 can shoot 4k pictures and videos with its 12MP dual cameras. It also has an 8MP front camera to take quality HD pictures and Videos.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8, dual camera, fingerprint scanner, heartrate reader

2. The note 8 can do what is called desktop experience. In this process a monitor and keyboard is connected to the note 8. The phone itself will serve as processor and storage. When set up this way, you can do desktop jobs such as typing, browsing, picture editing, printing just as it’s done with a desktop PC. The dock required for this connectivity is sold separately.

Note 8 desktop experience

3. Samsung Galaxy note 8 is water resistant. So if your phone mistakenly drops in water, quickly take it out and continue as usuall.It is also dust resistant.

4. In addition to fingerprinting authentication, you can sign in to your note 8 using your face.

5. If you don’t know, your note 8 phone can charge wirelessly. It is compatible with many wireless charging dock brands.

6. The phone features an S pen that writes just like when you write on paper.

7. If you are an artist, or you like to draw; good news, with its new improved S pen you can create stunning high quality artwork with ease.

8. With its Octa Core processor running at 2.35GHz and 6GB RAM, you can run very demanding apps and multitask seamlessly with your Note 8.

9. Because you have this phone, you have access to a wide range of high quality in app purchase apps and games for free on Google play and Samsung stores.

10. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes with a heart rate reader. So gaining insight into the health of your heart is at your fingertips.

11. With its powerful Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery, the samsung note 8 hardly runs out under pressure.

12. Finally, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 can stream music to pairs of Bluetooth earpieces at the same time. 

Typical Imposed Loads for Residential Buildings

Typical live loads of different types of buildings. Handy information for civil or structural engineers.

Self contained dwelling units;   1.5 kN per meter squared.

For public buildings where there is a tendency for many people to be in the building at once. For example;boarding houses, lodging houses, guest houses, hostels, residential clubs and communal areas in blocks of flats Boiler rooms, motor rooms, fan rooms and the like including the weight of machinery;  7.5kN per meter squared.

Communal kitchens, laundries;  3.0kN per meter squared.

Dining rooms, lounges, billiard room ; 2.0kN per meter squared.

Toilet Rooms; 2.0kN per meter squared.

Bedroom, Dormitories; 1.5kN per meter squared.

Corridors, hallways, stairs, landings, footbridges; 3.0kN per meter squared.

 Hotels and motels Boiler rooms, motor rooms, fan rooms and the like, including the weight of machinery ;  7.5kN per meter squared.

Assembly areas without fixed seating, dance halls, Bar; 5kN per meter squared.

Assembly areas with fixed seating;4kN per meter squared..

Corridors, hallways, stairs, landings, footbridges, etc; 4kN per meter squared..

Kitchen Laundries; 3kN per meter squared.

Dining rooms, lounges, billiard room; 2kN per meter squared.

Bedrooms., Toilet rooms ; 2kN per meter squared.

Strength of Common Building Materials

Building materials

Here are strength of some common building materials based on BS 648. This is useful information for civil/structural engineers

Asphalt 

Roofing 2 layers; 19 mm thick,  42 kg per meter square.

Damp-proofing; 19 mm thick, 41 kg per meter square.

Roads and footpaths; 19 mm thick 44 kg per meter square.

Bitumen roofing felts 

Mineral surfaced bitumen;     3.5 kg per meter square.

Blockwork 

Solid per 25 mm thick stone aggregate ;  55 kg per meter square.

Aerated per 25 mm thick;        15 kg per meter square.

Board

Blockboard per 25 mm thick;   12.5 kg per meter square.

Brickwork 

Clay, solid per 25 mm thick;     55 kg per meter square

Medium density Concrete, solid per 25 mm thick;   59 kg per meter square.

Cast stone;  2250 kg per meter cubic.

Concrete 

Natural aggregates;   2400 kg per meter cubic.

Lightweight aggregates (structural); 1760 + 240/ −160 kg per meter cubic.

Flagstones 

Concrete 50 mm thick;   120 kg meter square.

Glass fibre 

Slab, per 25 mm thick; 2.0–5.0 kg meter square.

Gypsum panels and partitions 

Building panels 75 mm thick;    44 kg meter square.

Lead 

Sheet, 2.5 mm thick;    30 kg per meter square.

Linoleum 

3 mm thick; 6 kg per meter square.

Plaster

Two coats gypsum; 13 mm thick;    22 kg per meter square.

Plastics sheeting (corrugated);   4.5 kg per meter square.

Plywood

per mm thick;    0.7 kg meter square.

Reinforced concrete;     2400 kg meter cubic.

Rendering 

Cement: sand (1:3), 13 mm thick;   30 kg per meter square.

Screeding 

Cement: sand (1:3), 13 mm thick; 30 kg per meter square.

Slate tiles 

(depending upon thickness and source);  24–78 kg per meter cubic .

Steel 

Solid (mild); 7850 kg per meter cubic.

 Corrugated roofing sheets; 10 kg per meter square per mm thick.

Tarmacadam ;

25 mm thick 60 kg per meter square.

Terrazzo; 

 25 mm thick 54 kg per meter square.

Tiling, roof 

Clay; 70 kg per meter square.

Timber 

Softwood;  590 kg per meter cubic .

Hardwood; 1250 kg per cubic meter.

Water; 1000 kg per meter cubic.

Woodwool

 Slabs; 25 mm thick 15 kg per meter square.

Note: to convert to Newtons per millimeter square; Multiply the amount in kg by 10 and then divide by 1000