Ten Good Things the Samsung Note 8 can do

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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

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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

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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

English Premier League Round 24

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The heat is on in the English Premier league. One team is threatening to run away with the title. 

Manchester City is the team to beat. 

Last Saturday, they gave a strong warning to other title aspirants by beating Tottenham Hotspur, 3-0. It was a convincing victory.

Manchester City currently leads the Premier League by 7 points with a game in hand.

Title chasing Manchester United lost ground as they were pegged back in a 1-1 draw with West Brom.

Leicester City laid down their top 4 credentials. They beat Champions, Liverpool 3-1, to take 3rd position on the table with only goal difference separating them and Manchester United.

Chelsea have not lost any game since they appointed their new manager. They continued that form when they defeated Newcastle by 2-0. Chelsea are now fourth on the premier league table.

Liverpool meltdown continues. They were beaten 3-1 by Leicester City. Liverpool slid to sixth on the table with 40 points.

Arsenal came back from their string of poor results to beat Leeds United 4-2 at home.

WestHam and Everton remain teams to watch out for in this season’s English Premier League.

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HOW TO CONNECT XBOX ONE CONTROLLER TO WINDOWS 10 PC

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When it comes to game controller connectivity to windows-based PC, the Xbox controller ranks number 1.

X box one controllers can be connected to PC wirelessly using Bluetooth or with a compatible USB cable.

Not all Xbox one controller have Bluetooth connectivity.

An Xbox controller with Bluetooth has the area around the Xbox logo button on the controller smoothly integrated without any joints with the body of the controller.

Xbox controller with Bluetooth

An Xbox controller without Bluetooth has the area around the Xbox logo button demarcated from the rest of the controller body.

Xbox controller without Bluetooth

Nevertheless, both types of controllers can be connected to PC using a compatible USB cable.

To connect wirelessly to PC make sure the Xbox one controller is Bluetooth enabled and fix the batteries.

Also make sure your PC is Bluetooth enabled and powered on.

Press and hold the Xbox button and the wireless connection button simultaneously for 3 secs. until the Xbox button begins to blink as shown.

Now on your PC go to, show Bluetooth devices and click on it.

If the Xbox one controller is not shown, click, add Bluetooth device.

It will show the  Xbox wireless controller

Click on it to connect.

There you are, the Xbox one controller is connected wirelessly to your PC and ready to play games.

This controller will also work with a USB cable

To connect with a USB cable,

Just connect the Xbox one controller to PC with a compatible USB cable and you are good to go.

If your Xbox one controller doesn’t connect, then your windows operating system may need to be updated. You can also download the Xbox driver from Microsoft.com.

It is best to have your PC connected to the internet while you connect your Xbox controllers for the first time so that the necessary drivers can be automatically downloaded while installing.

Road Construction Within Housing Estate

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Road construction  within a housing estate is necessary to provide standard access road and driveways into private dwellings. This type of road construction  is on a small scale. The construction of these types of roads will be discussed under three aspects;

  1. Setting out
  2. Earthworks 
  3. Pavement construction.

Setting out

Setting out means the establishment of center, width, existing level and formation level of the road. This activity is usually carried out after top soil removal. The layout can include straight lengths, turning bays and intersection curves. Drainage positions must  be adequately set out as well.

Road center  points, widths and levels can be set out using traditional methods with the aid of levelling instrument/ theodolite/ total station, ranging rods,levelling staff, measuring tapes, pegs, markers and so on.

Earthworks

 After proper setting out has been done. Existing  and formation levels, determined and marked out, earthworks can begin. Earthworks involve the movement of earth to and from sections of the road in such a way that the formation levels/ design levels of the road is achieved. This process is also carried out for the road’s drainage as well.

Pavement construction 

The earthworks prepare the subgrade. Once drainage and other buried services have been installed, pavement construction can commence. There are two types of pavements; flexible and rigid pavements.

Flexible pavements consist of materials that are applied in layers over the subgrade. Rigid pavement consist of concrete slab resting on to of a prepared subgrade the construction of flexible pavement should consists of the following layers.

Section of a typical flexible pavement

A sub base layer of about 100mm thick on the subgrade. The sub base can consist of crushed stone or dry lean mix concrete followed by a surfacing layer of asphalt which can be around 60mm thick.