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Difference Between long Column and Short Column

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The column is the most important component of RCC structure. Various types of columns are used in the structure. According to slenderness ratio columns are divided into two types: Short Column Long or slender Column Short column A short column is the one whose ratio of effective length to its least lateral dimension is less than or equal to 12. Then it is termed as a short column. ( l ef / b ) ?

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What Is Isometric Projection | Principle of Isometric Projections | Isometric Scale

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What Is Isometric Projection? Pictorial projections are utilized for presenting ideas that might be easily understood by persons, even with-out technical knowledge and training of multi-view drawing. The Pictorial drawing shows several faces of an object in one view, approximately as it appears on the eye. Principle of Isometric Projections. It’s a pictorial orthographic projection of an object where a transparent cube containing the object is tilted before one of those solid diagonals of

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NJ Transit Rail Ops Exec Dies April 18 of COVID-19 Complications

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Ray Kenny, 69, was tapped in 2019 to boost NJT operations, including positive train control deadline; line confirms that CEO Kevin Corbett is on home quarantine after positive test.

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The US Civil Rights Trail: How to plan a civil-rights themed road trip in the South

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After just 60 seconds of being yelled at, insulted and physically harassed while sitting at a mock-up of a lunch counter, I have to take off the headphones and leave. This uncomfortably immersive exhibit at Atlanta’s Centre for Civil and Human Rights recreates the intimidation faced by the young black men and women who staged lunch counter sit-ins across America’s South during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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NJ Transit Rail Ops Exec Dies April 18 of COVID-19 Complications

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Ray Kenny, 69, was tapped in 2019 to boost NJT operations, including positive train control deadline; line confirms that CEO Kevin Corbett tested positive and is on quarantine.

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Determined families build elephants out of hedge and ski slope in garden as they make the most of coronavirus lockdown

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A GRAN whose once-in-a-lifetime safari trip was ruined by coronavirus has instead created a 6ft elephant in the garden to ride on. Gail Blackwell, 66, had been planning a trip to Kenya with a friend when the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Gail swaps a safari for elephant topiary after her trip to Kenya was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis Credit:  Andrew Lloyd.

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Horrifying pictures show morgue set up at ­London’s new coronavirus hospital – as sunseekers continue to flout lockdown

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HORRIFYING pictures of a morgue set up at ­London’s new covid hospital emerged yesterday — a warning to sunseekers flouting the lockdown. Trucks have been hired to bring up to 40 coronavirus victims at a time to the makeshift facility at NHS Nightingale in the Docklands. A makeshift mortuary has been set up at the NHS Nightingale in the Docklands to cater for victims of coronavirus.

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Will white wine vinegar protect me from coronavirus? Dr Hilary answers your questions

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HE is the calm voice of the coronavirus crisis and has been offering his expert advice to the nation as we try to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. The Sun has teamed up with Dr Hilary Jones – Health Editor for ITV’s Good Morning Britain and Lorraine – so he can answer readers’ questions on Covid-19. The Sun has teamed up with Dr Hilary Jones to offer his expert advice to the nation Credit: Alamy Live News.

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Which is YOUR favourite? Nasa is running an out-of-this-world knock-out photography competition – featuring amazing pictures of Earth taken from space

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The competition is fierce in this public-vote photography contest – because all the entries are out of this world. ‘s Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition. The contest is called and has been set up to mark the 20th anniversary of the Earth Observatory, as well as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

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Coronavirus nurse makes heartbreaking decision to send ‘at risk’ daughter 300 miles away so she doesn’t infect her

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A SELFLESS nurse has spoken out about the heartbreaking decision to send her four-year-old daughter 300 miles away so she doesn’t infect her with coronavirus. Ashleigh Linsdell, 29, from Boston, sent her asthmatic child to live with her grandparents – admitting it was one of the hardest things she’s ever had to do. Ashleigh said it was an awful decision but says she can’t risk bringing the virus home Credit: Ashleigh Linsdell.

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Hotel Valencia Riverwalk review, San Antonio, Texas: Down by the riverside

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THE PLACE. When Hotel Valencia Riverwalk opened in San Antonio in 2003, the Texan city was abuzz about its first boutique hotel, but after 14 years it was getting a little frayed around the edges. After a $US10 million top-to-bottom renovation in mid-2017, however, it has reclaimed its title as one of the city’s hottest properties. Set on a quiet bend of San Antonio’s River Walk, a 24-kilometre urban waterway that weaves through the city centre, Hotel Valencia Riverwalk has heightene

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Things to see, do and eat in Chelsea New York City: Expert expat travel tips

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THE EXPAT. Serial expat Amanda Wight was lured by bright lights from her home in Millicent, South Australia, 15 years ago. Since winning the US Green Card Lottery in 2016, she now lives in the New York City neighbourhood of Chelsea, where she devises international strategy for the US Open. SEE. Chelsea is widely known as the art neighbourhood, with galleries at every turn.

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Queue no more: New York’s Empire State Building gets a revamp

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When we finally get to the 86th floor outside observatory of the Empire State Building and walk up to the railing to take in the jaw-dropping view of Manhattan, Jean-Yves Ghazi pulls back a little. “Believe it or not, I’m actually a little afraid of heights,” he admits. It’s an interesting confession from the man who is president of the Empire State Building Observatory.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

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Quackers! The wine estate that unleashes 1,600 DUCKS into its vineyards to keep them free from pests

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It’s a sight that sends visitors quackers. Vergenoegd Löw The Wine Estate in unleashes 1,600 Indian runner ducks into its vineyards to keep them free from pests. The ducks happily dine on snails and insects, which allows the estate to be less reliant on pesticides. Vergenoegd Löw The Wine Estate in South Africa unleashes 1,600 Indian runner ducks into its vineyards to keep them free from pests.

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Could bruises on your FEET be a sign of coronavirus? Doctors suspect a link after patients with chickenpox-like lesions on their toes test positive for the killer infection – as another study warns headaches and feeling dizzy may also be signs of COVID-19

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Bruising and lesions on the feet could be a sign of , doctors in suspect. Patients with either purple chickenpox or chilblain-like marks on their toes have tested positive for the killer infection. ‘Numerous cases’ have been reported in Spain as well as and , as the disease continues to rage across Europe. One of the first reported cases was a 13-year-old boy in Italy, whose lesions – initially thought to be caused by a spider bite – erupted and crusted over. .

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Utah, US: Brian Head Resort is one of the best ski resorts for families

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Whenever anyone compiles lists naming the world’s greatest ski resorts, it’s doubtful Brian Head ever features on them. But if you think that’s a disadvantage, then think again. Because the Vails and Whistlers and St Moritzes of the ski world are big and famous, hogging the travel pages of newspapers and ski magazines, they also tend to attract large crowds.

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THE ONE BOOK. Salem could have easily buried the darkest part of its history – the witch hysteria and trials of 1692 that led to 20 people being executed and another five dying in jail. But it seems to have embraced the notoriety – to the point where a large population of people who identify as witches has moved there. If you want to read up on it, then Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is the classic telling. .

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

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Travel tips and advice for the US: How to annoy a security agent at a US airport

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Decades ago, going through security was as simple as throwing your bags – everything still packed nice and neat – onto a scanner belt and then breezing through a metal detector. However, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, called for stricter security measures, and less than two months later, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created.

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Mum of three preparing dinner cut open a pepper – and found a smiley face inside

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Canada mass shooting death toll rises to 23 after police find four more bodies as it’s revealed gunman was ‘obsessed with mounties’, had an alcohol problem and was forced to shut his dental clinic during coronavirus

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The death toll is Canada’s deadliest mass shooting has risen to 23 after police said Tuesday they had discovered the bodies of four more victims. Gabriel Wortman, a millionaire alcoholic whose denture business was shuttered by coronavirus, was shot dead after a 12-hour killing and arson spree across Nova Scotia. . The 51-year-old gunman victim’s, who were scattered across the eastern province, include a 17-year-old, mountie Heidi Stevenson, a mother-of-two, an elementary school teach

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Almost a sixth of pregnant woman in New York have been found to have coronavirus in a small study. Researchers swabbed 215 mothers-to-be for COVID-19 when they were admitted to hospital to give birth. . A total of 33 patients – 15 per cent – tested positive. But almost all of them didn’t have any tell-tale symptoms of the coronavirus, such as a persistent cough or fever. .

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Churchill, Canada: The only place in the world where you can kiss a beluga

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STAFF at one of Britain’s worst-hit hospitals where one in four coronavirus patients die have said they are “frightened” in shocking new footage.

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Terminally-ill widow who wrote ‘affluent’ stepdaughter out of her will after toxic fights wins court battle

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A TERMINALLY-ill widow who wrote her high-living stepdaughter out of her will has blocked her court bid for a £75,000 slice of her cash. Maria Seviour, 56, was told by a High Court judge she did not have to hand a penny to her late husband’s daughter. Family handout image supplied by Champion News Service Ltd. Terminally-ill Maria Seviour, pictured with late husband Colin, has been told she does not to hand a single penny of inheritance to her stepdaughter.

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Real Madrid star Gareth Bale donates almost £1m to the fight against coronavirus with half going to NHS Wales and the rest to hospitals in the Spanish capital

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Gareth Bale has donated £500,000 to Wales and €500,000 (£440,000) to Madrid hospitals as both the UK and continue to fight against the. The donation to Wales was made to the University Hospital of Wales, where the player was born. & Vale Health Charity’s social media, Bale thanked all staff for their hard work and sacrifice during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!