Q: A number of schools, school districts, science museums, universities, and engineering-oriented groups hold spaghetti bridge building competitions. Find one in your area and sign up. Some competitions have various categories for different types of bridges. Make sure you identify what type of bridge you want to build for the competition and enter it into the correct category. Spaghetti bridge building contests have unique rules about sanctioned building materials, size limitations or restrictions, types and sizes of weights, etc Be sure to read and follow all of the rules carefully. You don't want to get disqualified. You can find inspiration for your spaghetti bridge by looking at actual bridges around the world. Bridges are unique feats of engineering, with each one being built to very exact specifications. As such, looking at real life bridges can give you some great ideas to outdo the competition when the time comes. Each spaghetti bridge building competition is different and, as such, will employ a different system of applying weight to the bridge to make it collapse. It is wise to start preparing early and to use the same type and placement of weights to test the strength of the bridge you will build. While some bridge competitions require that you build your bridge on-site, others may require you to bring an already built bridge to the competition. If this is the case, make sure you have a safe and effective way to move your bridge from point A to point B without breaking or weakening your bridge.
A: Identify where to compete. Read the rules closely. Look for inspiration. Practice. Be careful when moving your bridge.

Q: Go to www.soundcloud.com and click the orange "Sign-up" button on the top right corner of your screen. A pop-up screen will appear. You'll have three options for creating an account: you can sign up using Facebook, Google+, or email. If you want to use Facebook, click that option, and you'll be redirected to an authorization screen, where you'll choose whether you want to receive email updates from Soundcloud and agree to the terms of use and privacy policy. Fill out the form, then click "Sign up." If you want to use Google+, click that option, and you'll be prompted to authorize Soundcloud to access your Google+ account. As with the Facebook option, you'll also have to agree to Soundcloud's terms of use and privacy policy. Fill out the form, then click "Sign up." If you want to use email, click that option, and you'll be prompted to type your email. Choose a password, confirm it in the next box, and then agree to the terms of use and privacy policy. Click "Sign up." If you choose this option, you'll also need to choose a username. Once you're signed up, Soundcloud's welcome screen will ask you to choose genres you want to hear from the categories available. If you don't want to bother with this task right now, you can choose "skip and finish" to bypass it. Check your email for a message from Soundcloud regarding the verification process. Click the link provided in the message. Your account is now created!
A: Sign up for Soundcloud. Choose your favorite kinds of music and audio. Verify your account.

Q: The first thing to do is identify the chart that you are looking at. Look to the top left hand corner of the chart and you will see the ticker designation, or symbol. This is a short alphabetic identifier, generally three or four letters long. For example, the symbol for Ford Motor Company is "F" while the symbol for Forward Industries is "FORD". It is important to have the correct symbol when looking up information on a company. You can search for tickers by company online. There may also be a time and date for the chart. If you are using charts online they can be updated frequently or even in real-time. This can be daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Depending on where you are accessing the chart, you may be able to choose between these different views. Looking at these different timescales will help you identify longer and shorter-term trends, and see when the stock has formed "consolidations." Consolidations are periods of stable prices (very little movement). Remember that the horizontal X-axis always shows the time period (left to right). Note the price on any given day and look for consolidations in the days that follow. Note whether they form above or below the price in question. There could be consolidations both above and below. When they are above, the consolidations signify resistance to the price moving up. When they are below they show resistance to downward movement and are referred to as "support". Stock traders often use support levels as opportunity to purchase a stock anticipating a rebound in price. Traders use resistance levels as indication that the stock price will decrease. Just below the stock designation in the top left hand corner of the chart, you should see the summary key. This will give you the key information from the chart in numerical values that you can read quickly. The amount of information included in the summary key will vary depending on the chart. It should at least give you the latest price, and the price moving averages. It may also tell you about the volumes traded. The chart itself will be divided into two sections, the larger upper section and the smaller lower section. The upper part of the chart tracks the changes in the price the stock has been traded at over the period covered by the chart. This may be shown with a line, bars, or with markers known as "candlesticks." The prices are shown along the vertical Y-axis. Often these markers will be colour-coded. For example, if the stock closed up on a particular day, the marker may be black. If the stock closed down it may be marked in red. In the bottom section of the chart, you will see the information on the volume of stocks traded. This is a crucial indicator, which helps you to determine when there is particular momentum, positive or negative, in the market. Like the pricing, the volume traded bars may be color-coded. The color refers to whether the closing price is up or down from the closing price of the previous day. A decrease is generally reflected in red and an increase is green or black. A closing price identical to the previous day's may be gray or black. The color-coding is not fixed, so be sure to read the chart carefully and consult the key. Watch for thinly traded stocks, or stocks that are traded at a low volume. These stocks are difficult to move and often cannot be sold without major loss. You must also be aware of false signals, which make it appear as though a declining stock is about to go back up, but it is in fact going to keep falling. This may be due to timing lags, irregularities in data sources, smoothing methods, or calculation errors. The moving averages are a key tool in stock analysis. A moving average is a calculation of a stock average price of a period of time that is constantly adjusted as time goes by. As a consequence, it is a lagging average that is intended to smooth out price fluctuations over a specific period of time. On a chart these are generally indicated by lines which cut across the chart. The averages shown will depend entirely on the particular chart you are looking at, and you may be able to select different averages to view. The moving average helps smooth out any major fluctuations in price. They provide a clear general indicator of the change in price of the stock over time. Moving averages can help identify a trend pattern, but there may be some lag as they refer to past prices.
A: Identify the chart. Choose a time window. Note the summary key. Track the prices. Note the volume traded. Look at the moving averages.

Q: The measuring cup used must be for fluid ounces if measuring a liquid. Dry cups will not give as accurate of a reading because they are designed to measure weight instead of volume.. Choose a measuring cup that measures in ounces or can be easily converted to it. Lay the cup on as even of a surface as possible, like a table. Avoid holding the cup in your hand while measuring, as the reading will be slightly off. Fill the measuring cup until it reaches slightly underneath the level you are hoping to reach. Squat down until you are about eye level with the line to check your measurement, as looking from above can give you a warped measurement. While measuring liquid ounces, you may notice that the top of the surface is not even and may curve along the edges. This curve is called the meniscus. For the most accurate reading, the bottom (not the top) of the meniscus should reach the desired line.
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Use a fluid measuring cup if you are handling a liquid. Place the measuring cup on a flat, stable surface. Pour the liquid to approximately the desired line. Adjust the measurement until the bottom of the meniscus reaches the line.