![]() "Projects" support - keep separate projects for different phones, text types, each with own options and fonts.Java book with file support allows for choosing a file encoding (european, eastern and unicode encodings are available).Unicode (for hieroglyphic languages) and Middle East support (Middle East languages are supported partially in current release).For phones redundantly asking for access confirmation a caching mode is available, less questions asked.Flash Card support: on modern phones (supporting JSR 75), install BookReader once, then read text files or FB2 book files off flash card or phone "disks".Multiple text formats supported: creates books from PDF, MS Word and other files (shows plain text only in current version).Fully configurable controls: both in the Shell and in Java book, assign favorite actions to any key or sensor screen tap area.Touch screens supported: tap screen to selects a menu item, scroll text or trigger a menu item bound to one of 9 screen tap areas (of 3x3 matrix).Different fonts can be chosen for menu and book.Search in book text and in internet using phone browser (via configurable search engine).Various hyphenation and word wrap styles.Chapter recognition: Shell auto-detects chapters and Table of Contents is added to the book.Displays pictures in text (if a book was created from HTML file).Autoscroll - by page, by line, smooth (by pixel) scroll.Displays rotated text (clockwise, counter-clockwise) - hold your phone as it suits you best.Allows for smooth fonts (if a book was created on Windows XP having ClearType on) Supports multiple fonts including Windows fonts, shows books in your language even if your phone has no national fonts. ![]() * Install JAR file (Java book) onto the phone, like any app or game, run it and you'll see the book text. * Add e-books from computer disk (if your phone does not support reading books from phone flash card/internal memory) * In this shell, select your phone model, set up fonts, options and all things configurable * Download program archive to a PC computer running Windows or Linux+Wine, unpack it and run the Shell.exe ![]() JAR Books created by the Shell - Each JAR Book contains book text and viewer program for the book. TCBR Shell - program for Windows PC that creates JAR books. ![]() TequilaCat Book Reader is a software suite consisting of 2 parts: ![]()
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After all, financial institutions have spent years encouraging customers to sign up for mobile alerts via SMS about suspicious transactions, and to expect the occasional inbound call about possibly fraudulent transactions.Īlso, today’s scammers are less interested in stealing your PayPal login than they are in phishing your entire computer and online life with remote administration software, which seems to be the whole point of so many scams these days. It’s no accident that one of the most prolific scams going right now - the Zelle Fraud Scam - starts with a text message about an unauthorized payment that appears to come from your bank. It’s remarkable how well today’s fraudsters have adapted to hijacking the very same tools that financial institutions have long used to make their customers feel safe transacting online. 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Once the book has been stored offline, the creator is free to make any changes to the contents of the book even without an internet connection. Formatting features are also available in abundance here, including the ability to add page breaks wherever necessary. As a rule, all books created on this app must pass EPUB validation. Once your book is ready, you can share it over email or even open it on a standard eBook app. Users can also categorize chapters into different groups or even add internal links to other chapters in the book. Writers can customize information pertaining to the book such as author, description, title, publisher, as well as subject. Moreover, the app allows you to create unlimited number of chapters also includes support for the WYSIWYG Cover Editor. You can choose to give it your own title, and add elements that are completely unique to your writing. This is an excellent app for all aspiring writers as it gives you ultimate control over the content you write. 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This is an excellent app meant for kids that can help you create eBooks in no time. 4 Best Book Creator Apps for Android in 2023 BookTraps So without waiting any further, let’s have a look at our list. ![]() This is why decided to talk about some of the best book creator apps available for the Android platform. There are multiple book creator apps available for Android devices today, although not every app is perfect. While the format has now changed to eBooks, writing your own books on a mobile device is fairly easy. Books are an essential part of the learning experience for any child. ![]() ![]() ![]() As your coop expands, new solutions may be necessary, so feel free to come back often and try out new things! We hope you enjoyed learning how to build a chicken feeder of your own that both you and your chickens can enjoy for years to come. As you contemplate which design will be right for you, remember that it might be advantageous to construct several over time. PVC Feeder Materials: PVC tubes, 1/2-5 gallon buckets, zip ties. That way I can fill the PVC tube with feed and it will come out into the bucket. The feeders featured on this list are all affordable, and many can be assembled quickly with materials already on hand. If you’ve been a chicken keeper for any length of time, you’ve probably improvised some sort of DIY feeder for your flock. To make it easier for the birds to get their food, put a couple of bricks right next to the drinker. Silicone or pvc cement around inside and out, put the top on the bucket and you're set I also added an 'extension' to the end of the elbow that the chickens stick their heads in to get the food to make the hole a bit smaller and also so that they have to go farther in. To secure the drinker to a steel mesh fence, you’ll need some iron wire. The title of this YouTube tutorial tells you everything you need to know it’s a video that teaches you how to make a chicken feeder from PVC pipe that won’t cost you more than 12 and only takes five minutes to complete. In any case, order some fittings and caps and attach them to the pipes. DIY Automatic Chicken Feeder Simple PVC Design 5-Minute Build For 12. The ideal chicken automatic waterer system. Our chicken automatic feeder cups can also be installed with 5/16ID+7/16OD tube. Besides, this project can always be turned into a feeder. Easy cleaning chicken water feeder simply use a 3/8' drill bit to create holes. ![]() Next place the bucket in the bottom of the plant base so the top of the bucket is still up. Make sure the bottom edge of the holes are no higher up than 1/2 from the very bottom of the bucket. Plus, you can customize the design so that it better fits the size of your flock and the design of their coop.So far, we’ve been mostly covering feeders, but how about a low-effort PVC chicken drinker? We bet you have some leftover PVC pipes from a previous project. How it’s done: To make the Chicken feeder drill several holes about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch diameter around the bottom of the bucket. New Chicken Feeder Poultry Pro Feeder DIY Port PVC Gravity Fed Chicken Feeder. ![]() Shop-bought solutions can cost $30 and more, but with a few basic tools and provisions like a plastic bucket or PVC pipes, you can create your own at a fraction of the cost. DIY Chicken Feeder Rain Proof Poultry Feeder for buckets. Final ThoughtsĬhickens are messy eaters and they create a lot of waste in the food and seed that they flick onto the ground around their bowl. The project does require some experience with DIY projects. The plan contains all the details that you need to build the feeder, and they’re pretty straightforward. ![]() It’s designed so that only your chickens can get the food inside it. in a trough feeder that is filled manually with a 5-gallon bucket. I wanted to be able to feed from outside the coop And keep plenty off feed available for them. For those that tend to have trouble with other animals getting in their chicken food, this interesting feeder may work wonders. When the young chickens are ready to live without supplementary heat they are moved. Updated 3 min read Article Reviews (4) Gallery Leave a rating I have seen bucket feeders and PVC feeders But Haven't seen one like this. ![]() ![]() ![]() According to Records of Three Kingdoms, the relationship of the three men was described to be as close as brothers. When Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Pingyuan County, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were made " Senior Major" (别部司马) under Liu. Together with Zhang Fei, Guan Yu joined Liu Bei and participated actively in fighting the Yellow Turban rebels in northern China. He met Liu Bei, who was recruiting volunteers to form a civilian army to suppress the Yellow Turbans Rebellion. Five years later, he arrived in Zhuo Commandery ( present day Zhuozhou, Hebei). Guan Yu fled his hometown at the age of 23, after slaying a local despot named Lü Xiong (呂熊). He married Lady Hu and his son Guan Ping was born in 178. Guan Yu was born in the year 160, and like his ancestors, often read the classics Book of Changes and Spring and Autumn Annals. It was written that Guan Yu was actually born from a family of scholars. ![]() No details of the time of his birth are found in historical records until the late Qing Dynasty, when the tomb of Guan Yu was discovered, bearing some details of his family. Guan Yu was born in Xie County, Hedong ( present day Yuncheng (运城市), Shanxi). ![]() Statue of Guan Yu in Zhuge Liang's temple in Chengdu Biography Early life He traditionally dons a green robe over his body armour, as depicted in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A wooden replica can be found today in the Emperor Guan Temple in Xiezhou County, China. ![]() Supposedly, Guan's weapon was a guan dao named Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which resembled a halberd and was said to weigh 82 catties (about 18.25 kg or 40 lbs). He had a dignified aura and looked quite majestic.”Īlternatively, the idea of his red face could have been borrowed from opera representation, where red faces depict loyalty and righteousness. “Xuande (Liu Bei's style name) took a glance at the man, who stood at a height of nine chi, and had a two chi long beard his face was of the color of a zao, with red lips his eyes were like that of a phoenix's, and his eyebrows resembled silkworms. While his beard was mentioned in the Records of Three Kingdoms, the idea of his red face may have derived from a later description of him in Chapter One of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where the following passage appears: Guan is traditionally portrayed as a red-faced warrior with a long lush beard. He is a figure in Chinese folk religion, popular Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and small shrines to Guan are almost ubiquitous in traditional Chinese shops and restaurants. Guan was deified as early as the Sui Dynasty and is still worshipped by many Chinese people today, especially in southern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and their descendants overseas. Guan is respected as an epitome of loyalty and righteousness. After he died he sought refuge with a Buddhist master and quickly obtained liberation whereupon he became a protector of the DharmaĪs one of the best known Chinese historical figures throughout East Asia, Guan's true life stories have largely given way to fictionalized ones, mostly found in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms or passed down the generations, in which his deeds and moral qualities have been lionized. Also known as the " Lord with the Magnificent Beard," he is usually depicted with a red face ( symbolizing extreme courage and loyalty) and holding a long-handled sword known as a " guandao." He is regarded as a Taoist saint and god of war and martial arts. Historically, he was a legendary military general (160-219 CE), loyal to Emperor Liu Bei. Guan Yu: Dharma Protecting deity who helps practitioners with worldly matters. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to The Collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, of which Liu Bei was the first emperor. Guan Yu ( Wade-Giles spelling: Kuan Yu) ( died 219) was a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. ![]() ![]() ![]() This enabled the centrifuge to be used as a “dynamic flight simulator,” capable of accurately reproducing the sensations experienced by pilots in various flight maneuvers. The dual-gimballed gondola, mounted to the arm on rotating bearings, allowed the test subject to be oriented in various positions relative to the applied G force. (The oblate sphere gondola was later replaced with a 10-foot-diameter sphere.) A 4,000-horsepower electric engine at the other end whipped the arm around a huge chamber. A high-performance centrifuge, a machine that could produce high acceleration and thus high G-forces by rapid rotation, was the only solution.īy July 1950, inside a giant round 11,000-square-foot building at its Johnsville facility, the Navy had completed the world’s largest centrifuge, which consisted of a 10- by six-foot oblate sphere steel ball, or gondola, at the end of a 50-foot arm. In his 2006 book Getting off the Planet: Training Astronauts, Randall Chambers notes, “Very early in the space program, amusement park rides were considered as possible research vehicles to study acceleration forces.” But Chambers, the scientist who trained all the early astronauts, soon realized that such machines wouldn’t take the extreme forces and sustained abuse needed to conduct serious studies on humans. For almost 50 years-it ceased government operation in 1996-the centrifuge was the world’s most powerful and versatile tool for studying the G forces that are an inescapable part of flight. ![]() The Johnsville human centrifuge-the machine everyone loved to hate-was operated by the Navy at its Naval Air Development Center (later the Naval Air Warfare Center) in Warminster, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. Apollo 11’s Michael Collins called it “diabolical.” Time magazine referred to it as “a monstrous apparatus,” a “gruesome merry-go-round,” and, less originally, a “torture chamber.” John Glenn called it a “dreaded” and “sadistic” part of astronaut training. ![]() |
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