A metal runner that improves the current-carrying capability of solder bumps used to electrically connect a surface-mount circuit device to a substrate. Details pertaining to perishable commodities for which reservations for purchase have been made in the past, are gathered and analyzed as are details pertaining to perishable commodities for which reservations for purchase are currently pending. The list of addresses can be used by the target base station to select a node which is common to both the old and the new communication path and to address this node directly without requiring a cross-over switch network query. A control means selectively controls the amplified spontaneous emission of the semiconductor optical amplifier. Embodiments can include networking ports, wired andor wireless, with which users can connect devices to the hub for data transfer, sharing, and collaboration. The composition contains a reactive monomer cross-linker, that facilitates cross-linking of the reaction product upon contact of the cross-linker-containing composition with a particle beam from a radiation source.