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I am currently trying to draw a point with the ArcGIS Javascript API.
Pretty much like this example, _URL_ except the point will not be drawn with the mouse, but from an javascript object.
If we look at the code, we see that a geometry object/array is passed in the function.
function addToMap(geometry) {
 var symbol = new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol.STYLE_SQUARE, 10, new esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol.STYLE_SOLID, new dojo.Color([255,0,0]), 1), new dojo.Color([0,255,0,0.25]));
 var graphic = new esri.Graphic(geometry, symbol);
If someone could write the structure for that object, and a method to draw the point (such as a button, with an onclick event, containing fixed xy coords)
Dumping geometry looks like this _URL_ (ouch!)
This code will be used in a GPS tracking experiement, where I'll pull the current position from a database every 20 seconds or so. (details will not be covered in this post)
Bonus question: How do I convert long/lat to xy coords from the sample?
I use UTM zone 29N, wkid: 32629
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Adding a point from a button click can be as simple as:
dojo.connect(dojo.byId('pointButton'), 'onclick', function() {
 map.graphics.add(new esri.Graphic(
 // Point coordinates are 0, 0
 new esri.geometry.Point(0, 0, map.spatialReference),
 new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol()
And the pointButton node is:
Click to add a point.
To add a point when the map is clicked is pretty straightforward as well:
dojo.connect(map, 'onClick', function(evt) {
 map.graphics.add(new esri.Graphic(
 new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol()
Live example showing both here: _URL_
Regarding converting from lat, long to another coordinate system: if you're converting to or from lat, long to web mercator, there are client side methods available to do this: esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator and esri.geometry.WebMercatorToGeographic. If you need to convert from lat, long to something other than web mercator, then the geometry service's project method is the way to go.
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Thanks a lot. Drawing the point works like a charm. In the conversion, I have been trying the geometry service's project method. The map I'm using is based on UTM zone 29N, wkid 32629. Using the geommetry service only gives me "X" = NaN, "Y = NaN". Any ideas? I tried the exact same code on the world map _URL_ (wkid:102100), worked fine. – Ragnar123 Aug 3 '11 at 12:20
It works with 32629 or 102100. I posted an example to a similar question a while back here: _URL_ – Derek Swingley Aug 3 '11 at 14:00
Yes, I see it works with 32629 and 102100, but how about conversion from 4326 to 32629? I keep getting NaN values – Ragnar123 Aug 3 '11 at 18:26
It should still work; maybe you should create a new question so you can provide your code and, ideally, the URL w/URL parameters that is being sent to your service. – Derek Swingley Aug 3 '11 at 19:52
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Each of the geometry types has a constructor that builds a new geometry object from JSON -- for example: Point. There's an example of a Point JSON object on that page.
For your second question, the recommended approach is to use a Geometry Service to reproject the point from SRID 4326 (long/lat) to the map's native coordinate system. See here for an example.
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Thank you, looks good. Will try, and return with either further questions or a checkmark :-) – Ragnar123 Aug 1 '11 at 15:22
If you're using the 1.4 or later API, why wouldn't you use the esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(geometry) method instead of calling the geometry service? – kenbuja Aug 1 '11 at 17:52
_USER_ - I didn't realize they had that, thanks! I agree, that would definitely make more sense if you are converting between geographic and Web Mercator. – mrohlf Aug 1 '11 at 19:08
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Sounds like your specific problem is that you have a lat/long coordinate and you need to place that on the map as geometry. Use the esri.Graphic(geometry, symbol, attributes, infoTemplate) constructor to make your graphic to put on the map.
If you follow the API reference sample, creating a point graphic from a lat/long is pretty straightforward.
But, if you are pulling the point from a database using a web service, then it might be more straightforward to use the json example right below it. Have the web service construct the point json rather than constructing it client side. If you need to modify any part of the json after it is returned by the service, you can do that client side on the json before passing it to the graphic constructor.
var myPoint = {
 "Plant":"Mesa Mint"
 "title":"Vernal Pool Locations",
 "content":"Latitude: ${YCoord}Longitude: ${XCoord}Plant Name:${Plant}"
var gra= new esri.Graphic(myPoint);
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Damage Threshold is a combat statistic in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout Tactics. It was removed in Fallout 3, leaving Damage Resistance as the only armor statistic. However, it was restored in Fallout: New Vegas, before being removed yet again in Fallout 4.
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Imagine that there is an amount of damage that armor directly subtracts from damage… a "threshold" of damage, if you will. While a small percentage of damage may get through even the thickest armor, damage threshold can effectively neutralize a lot of small arms.J.E. Sawyer
Fallout: New Vegas mostly moves away from the exclusive use of Damage Resistance (DR) in Fallout 3, towards Damage Threshold (DT). Like in previous games, DT can function as an outright subtraction: if a shot is fired with a damage value of 40 against a DT of 10, then 10 damage will be ignored.
However, the sequence of calculations differs compared to previous games. DR is applied first. The value after this adjustment depends on any DR a player character has, which is capped to a DR of 85 (85%); however, DR above 80 does nothing, so the theoretical cap is 80.
DT applies after that, with a limit: the final damage taken cannot be lower than 20% of the base attack; if lower, it is overwritten to 20% instead.[1] For example, with 80 DR, DT will not do anything; however, with 70 DR against an attack of 10 damage, a DT of 1 will reduce the damage taken from 3 to 2, and DT above that will not help. Provided that a character's DR is 79 or less, any amount of DT is theoretically useful. Applying the previous example to an incoming attack of 100 damage, 70 DR and 1 DT would reduce damage instead from 30 to 29 - a much less significant reduction than 3 to 2.
So, to evaluate the earlier example, if an attack of 40 damage hits a character with 85 DR and 10 DT, the damage is first reduced to 6 (40 × 0.15 = 6), and then reduced by 10. The final result (-4) is less than 20% of the base attack (40 × 0.20 = 8), so the damage taken is raised to 8 instead.
Damage which is reduced to below the 20% minimum value is indicated with a shield icon next to the health bar (either the player character's, or the non-player character's). When all of an enemy's DT (if it is not 0 to begin with) is overcome with armor piercing attacks, then a broken shield icon will appear in its place instead. The shield icon is shown during V.A.T.S. and on the health bars once damage has been inflicted upon a target and will remain for 3 seconds afterwards.
The default value for DT is set at 0; this is then modified mainly by the DT value of armor and clothing worn. Other attributes can affect the DT value of a character, both permanently or temporarily. Perks and consumables can increase the player character's DT, while the Kamikaze trait reduces it. When attacking, the use of ammunition can modify the target's DT either way, with hollow point generally increasing their DT, and armor piercing decreasing it.
Difficulty and critical damage impact
As with the player character's damage, the difficulty multiplier of incoming damage is applied after the damage resistance and damage threshold calculations. For example, a regular deathclaw does 125 damage and Very Hard difficulty's inbound damage multiplier is ×2. If the player character has no DT and DR, the damage dealt is 250. If the player character has 40 DT and no DR, the damage becomes (125 – 40) × 2 = 170.
Unlike the difficulty multiplier, the critical damage is applied before the damage threshold calculations as it counts as the base damage. The deathclaw mentioned above deals an additional 125 damage when it crits, leading to an attack power of 250 on Normal difficulty. With 40 DT, the player character suffers from 210 damage instead, leading to 420 damage on Very Hard difficulty.
While unimportant in such a case, it becomes vital when the enemy has a low attack power, which is reset to 20% of the base damage due to the cap mentioned in the previous section. For example, a young deathclaw does 40 damage and if the Courier's DT is 40, the attack will deal 8 (40 × 0.2) damage on Normal difficulty. However, when a young deathclaw crits, it deals an additional 40 damage resulting in 80 total damage. With the player character's DT applied, the final damage becomes 40, surpassing the 20% cap and dealing the raw damage. On Very Hard difficulty, it leads to 16 (non-crit) and 80 (crit) damage, respectively.
Comparison between Damage Threshold and Damage Resistance. Implications
DR factor becomes much more important in extreme cases. Vanilla deathclaw (like any other enemy) will completely ignore the DT factor if the Courier has 80%+ DR (Med-X + Slasher + Battle Brew combo gives 85%) and deal 50 damage on very hard difficulty in any case, against any DT index, as the damage cannot be lower than 20% of its basic attack ((125 × 0.2 = 25) × 2 (very hard difficulty multiplier) = 50); its critical damage will be capped at 100 instead (compare to 500 raw crit damage against the Courier with no protection and 420 damage against the courier with 40 DT). The armor indicator will appear upon the hit as well, confirming the deathclaw is dealing it's minimum possible damage.
It means that when the Courier has to deal with high damaging opponents (like said deathclaws), the most reliable method is to increase DR to its maximum wearing no armor at all for faster movement – or the armor with the best possible buffs[2]. If the player has no Battle Brew (→ 50% DR), then, against the said deathclaw, 37.5 DT is needed to cap creature's damage to its minimum (125 × 0.5 = 62.5; 62.5 – 37.5 = 25).
As a more extreme example, take Legendary bloatfly from Old World Blues add-on. Its plasma damage is set to 300 (equal to that of deathclaw alpha male), becoming plain 600 on very hard difficulty. However, with 80%+ DR it's attack power is capped at 60 at normal and 120 at very hard difficulty, making it possible to survive several blasts for a high-level Courier. With 50 DT and no DR, surviving its attacks dealing 500 damage on very hard difficulty ((300 – 50) × 2) is possible only on a very high level. With 50% DR and 50 DT, the damage becomes 200 ((300 × 0,5 – 50) × 2) on very hard difficulty.
Interestingly, although no DT and DR of 50% makes very hard difficulty experience equal to no armor experience on normal difficulty, the DT factor alters the picture. If the normal difficulty deathclaw hits the player with no DR and DT of 40, it deals 85 (125 – 40) damage; however, the very high difficulty deathclaw hitting the Courier with 50% DR and 40 DT results in 50 damage instead (125 × 0,5 – 40 = 22,5; → override to 125 × 0,2 = 25; 25 × 2 = 50 (very hard multiplier applied)).
To sum up, high DT is enough against lowbut fast-damaging opponents (e. g., any fast-firing humanoids) unless they don't get critical hits; however, enemies with powerful attacks (mainly deathclaws and humanoids with explosives or single-action high-end weapon) should be countered with maximum DR instead.
 - Despite DT being the determining factor for armor in Fallout: New Vegas, when repairing armor, merchants will list DR instead. All armors when viewed from the repair screen have a DR of 0. This is fixed in patch 1.1.1.
 - In Fallout: New Vegas, the only articles of clothing that provide DR are the rebreather, which is acquired during the quest Volare!, the Vault 11 jumpsuit and the Scientist outfit.
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 2. It is important to note that, due to a bug, any armor worn with high DR will receive immense amount of damage when hit and degrade extremely quick. This makes no-armor choice much more preferable.


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Algorithm to clone a tree is quite easy, we can do pre-order traversal for that. Is there an efficient algorithm to clone a graph?
I tried a similar approach, and concluded we need to maintain a hash-map of nodes already added in the new graph, else there will be duplication of nodes, since one node can have many parents.
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modified bfs/dfs where nodes are copied when they are marked as "visited"? – Oren Jan 26 '13 at 12:00
Depends heavily on the data-structure. – Zeta Jan 26 '13 at 12:11
Graph traversal on wikipedia. Relatively big article that might give you something. – ᴋᴇʏsᴇʀ Jan 26 '13 at 12:17
_USER_ Assuming graph is represented as Adjacency Matrix – Amit Jan 26 '13 at 12:29
_USER_ DFS/BFS with flag in original graph will help me to not visit the node again. But in the new graph i do want a link between the current node and a node already added in the graph. Since the already added node has more than one parents. Think of it as some social network graph where in you will have mutual friends. – Amit Jan 26 '13 at 12:32
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It suffices to do a depth first search and copy each node as it's visited. As you say, you need some way of mapping nodes in the original graph to corresponding copies so that copies of cycle edges can be connected correctly.
This map also suffices to remember nodes already visited in the DFS.
So in Java you'd have something like:
class Node {
 // Contents of node...
 Data data;
 //... member declarations like array of adjacent nodes
 final ArrayList children = new ArrayList<>();
 // Recursive graph walker for copying, not called by others.
 private Node deepCloneImpl(Map copies) {
 Node copy = copies.get(this);
 if (copy == null) {
 copy = new Node(data);
 // Map the new node _before_ copying children.
 copies.put(this, copy);
 for (Node child : children)
 return copy;
 public Node deepClone() {
 return deepCloneImpl(new HashMap());
A different approach is to put an additional field in each node that points to the copy if there is one and is null otherwise. This merely implements the map by another method. But it requires two passes over the graph: one to make the copy and another to clear these map fields for future re-use.
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Your hash map approach seems viable if you had some quick way of uniquely identifying every node.
Otherwise, you would be best off if you:
 1. used data-structure to store graph that allows you to store "is duplicated" unique flag directly in every node (for example, 0 not duplicated, 1 to numberOfNodes for duplicated nodes),
 2. traversed nodes (via BFS, DFS) taking care of the already duplicated nodes and reconstructing all connections from the starting graph.
Both your starting graph and finishing graph should have corresponding unique "is duplicated" flag in every node, so you are able to reconstruct connections from starting graph properly. Of course, you could use "is duplicated" flag and "unique identifier" as separate variables.
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As you copy nodes from the source graph, place each node in a map (thus numbering the nodes from 1 to N).
As you paste nodes in the destination graph, place each node in a map (again numbering from 1 to N, but with mapping in reverse direction for reasons that will be clear soon).
When you find a backlink in the source graph, you can map that backlinked "source copy" node to an integer i using the first map. Next, you use the second map to lookup the integer i and find the "destination copy" node which needs to have the same backlink created.
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I just realized this is pretty much the same answer Gene posted above, but with the Node<->Node map exploded into two maps. Oh well. :-) – The111 Aug 10 '13 at 0:24
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Primary school bans anti-bullying book after mum complains about racist language
Friday, 19th January 2018, 10:28 am
Updated Friday, 19th January 2018, 10:28 am
A primary school has banned an anti-bullying book after a mum complained about the word 'P***' being used in a chapter about racist abuse.
Jay Desai, 39, claimed she was horrified when her nine-year-old daughter was told by teachers to read 'Deadly Letter' by Mary Hoffman.
The book, published in 1990, tells the fictional story of a girl called Prity who had just arrived in England from India.
During a three-page passage in the book, the word 'P***' was used to describe Prity's abuse at the hands of school bullies.
Greswold Primary School in Solihull, West Mids., has now removed the book from the library after Mrs Desai lodged a complaint with headteacher Karen Scott.
Mrs Desai, of Solihull, said: "I don't know how it was published in the first place let alone distributed to schools.
"It makes comments about white people - all again very disgusting especially when the book is aimed at six and seven-year-olds.
"The school have been excellent in the way they dealt with the issue.
"They listened to my opinion and took on board my concerns.
"In certain situations, if being someone was being bullied, the book could be great as it shows how a child feels when they are being bullied.
"But I don't think that particular word should be used in a book, especially one aimed at children."
Mind your language
Mrs Desai even tweeted the author about her concerns but Mrs Hoffman defended her choice of language.
In a statement, she said: "I am very sorry if anyone was upset or offended by my book, which was the opposite of my intention.
"I wrote the story partly to highlight casual racism which begins even in primary schools.
"My husband is half-Indian, I have three mixed-race children, now adults, and have been fighting racism all my adult writing life."
Parents whose children attend the school, which caters for 332 pupils aged 5-11 and rated 'Good' by Ofsted last year, were split on the decision to ban the book.
One dad, whose son attends the school, said: "Having read the book with my son, I think the word 'P***' as awful as it is, is appropriate.
"The word is used in the context of bullying and kids should learn from an early age that this word is not acceptable under any circumstances.
"I'm disappointed the school has bowed to pressure and banned the book from their library. Racism should be tackled head on, not swept under the carpet."
Racism lessons
Another mum added: "I think kids of ten or 11 need to be taught racism but young kids should be protected.
"It's like swear words, you wouldn't tell a six-year-old off for swearing because they don't know what they're saying but older kids need to be told what is ok to say."
Publishers Barrington Stoke defended the book, saying the context of the word 'P***' being used was appropriate.
A spokesperson said: "As publishers, we have every confidence in Mary's ability to tackle the difficult subject of playground racism and bullying truthfully and with sensitivity.
"The use of this offensive term is challenged in different ways - and there is absolutely no sense in which the word is seen as acceptable.
"Our belief is that this story shows a proper, nuanced understanding of the issues involved in a way that we hope is appropriate for young readers."


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One of the things we'll often try to do is reduce the number of database queries. In Django, this is most often done by using the
select_related queryset method, which does a join to the related objects, thus returning the data from those, and then automatically creates the instances for those objects.
This works great if you have a foreign key relationship (for instance, you are fetching Employee objects, and you also want to fetch the Company for which they work).
Tt does not work if you are following the reverse of a foreign key, or a many-to-many relation. You can't
select_related to get all of the employee's locations at which she can work, for instance. In order to get around this, Django also provides a
prefetch_related queryset method, that will do a second query and fetch all of the related objects for all of the objects in the initial queryset. This is evaluated at the same time as the initial queryset, so works pretty well during pagination, for example.
But, we don't always want all of the objects: sometimes we might only want the most recent related object. Perhaps we have a queryset of Employee objects, and we want their most recent EmploymentPeriod. If we just want one field from that object (their start date, for instance), then we can do that using a subquery:
employment_start = EmploymentPeriod.objects.filter( employee=OuterRef('pk'), ).order_by('-start').values('start')[:1] employees = Employee.objects.filter( company=company, ).annotate( start_date=Subquery(employment_start) )
We can go a little bit further, and limit to only those currently employed (that is, they have no termination date, or their termination date is in the future).
employment_start = EmploymentPeriod.objects.filter( employee=OuterRef('pk'), ).filter( models.Q(finish__isnull=True) | models.Q(finish__gte=datetime.date.today()) ).order_by('-start').values('start')[:1] employees = Employee.objects.filter( company=company, ).filter( # New Django 3.0 feature alert! Exists(employment_start) ).annotate( start_date=Subquery(employment_start) )
We could rewrite this to remove the OR, perhaps by using a DateRange annotation and using an overlap: but we'd want to ensure there was an index on the table that postgres would be able to use. Alternatively, if we stored our employment period using a date range instead of a pair of date fields, but that makes some of the other queries around this a bit more complicated.
But this does not help us if we want to get the whole related object. We could try to use a
Prefetch object to obtain this:
Employee.objects.filter( company=company, ).prefetch(models.Prefetch( 'employment_periods', queryset=EmploymentPeriod.objects.order_by('-start')[:1], to_attr='current_employment_periods', ))
But this will not work: because the filtering to the employee's own employment periods is not applied until after the slice. We could do the ordering, and then just select the first one as the current employment period, but we would then still be returning a bunch of objects when we only need at most one.
It would be excellent if we could force django to join to a subquery (because then we could use
select_related), however that's not currently possible (or likely in the short term). Instead, we can turn our
EmploymentPeriod into a JSON object in tha database, and then turn that JSON object into an instance of our target model.
class ToJSONB(Subquery): template = '(SELECT to_jsonb("row") FROM (%(subquery)s) "row")' output_field = JSONField() current_employment_period = EmploymentPeriod.objects.filter( employee=OuterRef('pk') ).order_by('-start')[:1] employees = Employee.objects.filter( company=company ).annotate( current_employment_period=ToJSONB(current_employment_period) )
This gets us part of the way, as it turns our employment period into a JSON object. Let's try turning that JSON object into an instance:
class EmployeeQuerySet(models.query.QuerySet): def with_current_employment_period(self): current_employment_period = EmploymentPeriod.objects.filter( employee=OuterRef('pk') ).order_by('-start')[:1] return self.annotate( current_employment_period=ToJSONB(current_employment_period) ) class Employee(models.Model): # field definitions... objects = EmployeeQuerySet.as_manager() _USER_ def current_employment_period(self): return getattr(self, '_current_employment_period', None) _USER_.setter def current_employment_period(self, value): if value: self._current_employment_period = EmploymentPeriod(**value)
And now we can query and include the current employment period (as an instance), without having to have an extra query:
>>> Employee.objects.with_current_employment_period().current_employment_period
To improve this further, we could allow assigning an
EmploymentPeriod object to the value (instead of just the dict), and if that is the case, we could write that value to the database, but that's probably going to play havoc with constraints that would prevent overlaps.


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Haemul pajeon (seafood scallion pancake)
Type Jeon
Place of origin Korea
Main ingredients Batter (eggs, wheat flour, rice flour, green onions)
Cookbook: Pajeon Media: Pajeon
Hangul 파전
Hanja 파煎
Revised Romanization pajeon
McCune–Reischauer p'ajǒn
Pajeon is a variety of jeon with green onions as its prominent ingredient, as pa literally means 'green/spring onion' in Korean. It is a pancake-like Korean dish made from a batter of eggs, wheat flour, rice flour, green onions, and often other additional ingredients depending on the variety. Beef, pork, kimchi, shellfish, and other seafood are mostly used.[1] If one of these ingredients, such as squid, dominates the jeon, the name will reflect that; ojing'eo jeon (오징어전) is'squid jeon.'
Pajeon is usually recognizable by the highly visible green onions. It is similar to a Chinese green onion pancake in appearance but is less dense in texture and not made from a dough.[1] It is not to be confused with bindaetteok, which is a mung bean pancake.
Seafood pajeon[edit]
In Korean, a seafood pajeon is called haemul pajeon (해물파전). Various seafood are used in the batter and toppings, e.g. oysters, shrimp, squid, clams.[2]
Dongnae pajeon[edit]
Dongnae pajeon
Dongnae pajeon is named after Dongnaesung (동래성), a former fortress in the Joseon Dynasty and now a district in the city of Busan. Dongnae was a prominent battleground during the Imjin War[3] and legend says the people of Dongnae threw green onions while defeating the invading Japanese soldiers. Dongnae pajeon was made in honor of the victory.[4]
The dish was also presented at the king's table and became popular when the Dongnae market flourished in the Joseon era.[5]
Dongnae pajeon is usually made from a batter of rice flour, glutinous rice flour, eggs, and gochujang. Soft spring onions, beef, clams, mussels, oysters, shrimp and other seafood are also added.[5]
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Other countries[edit]
 1. ^ a b (Korean) Pajeon at Doosan Encyclopedia
 2. ^ Goldberg, Lina "Asia's 10 greatest street food cities" CNN Go. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11
 3. ^ (Korean) Dongnae Fortress at Doosan Encyclopedia
 4. ^ (Korean) Dongnae pajeon at Doosan Encyclopedia
 5. ^ a b (Korean) Dongnae pajeon - Dongnae Pajeon Research Group, Dongnae-gu office
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CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
at Harvard University is Le Corbusier's only building in North America, and one of the last to be completed during his lifetime. Made possible by a gift from Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter, it was completed in 1963, with the intent to house the art-making programs of Harvard College under one roof and to symbolize the Universitys visible recognition of the importance of contemporary art. The undergraduate visual arts program, the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES), was created five years later, accepting its first honors concentrators in 1968.
Le Corbusier designed the Carpenter Center at his Paris studio with the collaboration of Chilean architect Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente; the on-site preparation of the construction plans was handled by the office of Josep Lluís Sert, then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Its wonderful collection of concrete forms bring together many of the design principles and devices from Le Corbusier's earlier works: the ondulatoires from La Tourette; the brise soleils from Marseilles unité d'habitation; and the original Five Points from the 1920s, here re-imagined as if the Villa Savoye had been exploded inside out, with ramp and curved partitions extending into the environment.
Le Corbusiers landmark building was designed to be a laboratory for creative and critical thinking. With its prominent architectural promenade, its enormous ondulatoires or curving windows, its open and intersecting floor plan that encourages perpetual exchange between the exterior and interior of the building, Le Corbusier envisioned the Carpenter Center as an extraordinarily welcoming building that promotes the constant flow of movement, light, energy, and ideas. Its conception of art is inherently democraticall students have the capacity to create, and the capacity for creation should engage all other aspects of the University and its activities. By design, the building embodies a vision of community where the arts, sciences, and humanities do not speak separate languages, or inhabit separate cultures, but rather must constantly challenge and engage one another in a common space where experimentation, whether in the scientific or artistic sense, brings students, critics, and practitioners together in thought and discussion.
In May 2013, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts will celebrate its 50th anniversary as an architectural and artistic landmark. Programming throughout Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 will showcase the Carpenter Center's vibrant history in diverse and creative ways that highlight the uniqueness of the building and its contributions to the artistic life of Harvard University while celebrating Le Corbusier's synthesis of art and architecture.

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A Kontakion (also kondakion, kondak, and kontak; plural kontakia, kondakia) is a type of thematic hymn in the Orthodox Church and other Eastern Christian churches. Originally, the kontakion was an extended homily in verse consisting of one or two proemia (preliminary stanzas) followed by several strophes, usually between 18 and 24. The kontakia were so long that the text was rolled up on a pole for use in the services -- the genesis of the name kontakion, which means "from the pole" in Greek. It is typical of the form that each of the proemia and strophes end with the same refrain. Acrostics are also a hallmark of this hymnographic form.
In current practice, the kontakion has been greatly abbreviated. Only the (first) proemium and first strophe are sung or read after the sixth ode of the canon at orthros. The proemium alone is sung at the Divine Liturgy, following the troparia, and most other services of the daily cycle. The kontakion is not sung at vespers.
According to tradition, Saint Roman the Melodist wrote the first kontakion, the Kontakion for the Birth of Our Lord, by divine inspiration. Legend aside, Roman established the kontakion in the form it retained for centuries, and he is the most famous composer of kontakia.
- Today the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent One,
- And the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable One!
- Angels with shepherds glorify Him!
- The wise men journey with a star!
- Since for our sake the Eternal God was born as a Little Child!
- —Kontakion for Christmas, Roman the Melodist
- Find kontakion on OrthodoxWiki - See the pages on saints or feast days for other Kontakion.


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FICE-100 ice radar is a hybrid ice radar, which is connected to Furuno FAR-2xx7/FAR-2xx8 ARPA navigation radar without affecting any of its properties or performance. Ice radar's principle of operation is the opposite of the navigation radar, so it is not suitable to the actual navigation. It requires its own processor and device in order to be efficient, due it's different calculation algorithms.
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Iceradar FICE-100 is refined radar technology specifically suited for ice navigation. The ice radar is useful for ships of all sizes operating in icy conditions. The device is connected to the vessel's navigation radar and the device utilizes the navigation radar signals and calculates the radar algorithms for the water / ice interface.
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Of New Testament origin: from a post-classical Latin personal name, a feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Priscus 'ancient'. Priscilla was the name of a woman with whom St Paul stayed at Corinth (Acts 18:3), referred to elsewhere as Prisca. The name was in regular use in the late 16th century and enjoyed a modest vogue in the 19th century.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tiler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German ziegel 'roof tile' (Old High German ziagal, from Latin tegula), German Ziegel. In the Middle Ages the term came to denote bricks as well as tiles, and so in some cases the term may have denoted a brickmaker or bricklayer rather than a tiler.


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A beautiful lava tube in the National Park Thingvellir
Gjábakkahellir (aka 'Little Girl's Cave') is a 360 meter long lava tube located in the National park Thingvellir.
It is easily accessible as there is only 50 meter walk from the road to the opening of the cave and once inside it has all the typical features of a lava tube, the lava falls and shark tooth stalactites being particularly impressive.
The cave floor is covered with large rocks that have fallen from the cave ceiling in the cooling phase of lava field and participants will in places have to use both hands and feet to navigate through the rough terrain.
The cave was first discovered in 1907 when workers were preparing a road between Thingvellir and Geysir for the King of Denmark which at that time ruled Iceland as a colony.
Since then more than a dozen of caves have been discovered in the area and one of those appears just as a hole into the ground within a 20 meter distance from Gjábakkahellir.


77 Sunflower Quotes To Fill Your Life With Sunflower Joy.
Sunflowers are special plants in that they always face the sun all day long till the sunset. The 77 sunflower quotes below will inspire you to do the same in your life.
There are several life lessons sunflowers can teach us concerning life and the attitude we must have during the darkest moments in our lives.
Even on cloudy days, sunflowers will always face that direction of the sun in anticipation of its arrival as the quotes about sunflowers below will illustrate.
You too must not give up on what you want in life just because you are not seeing light yet at the end of the tunnel.
So if you want your life to be filled with sunflower joy, here are the 77 sunflower quotes to help you develop a sunflower altitude in life that will take you places most can only imagine.
77 Quotes About Sunflowers.
1. Be optimistic and cheerful as sunflower and live blissfully. Trialsandtests.
2. Allow yourself to blossom fully like a sunflower. Trialsandtests.
3. Just as sunflowers need the sun to grow, you as well need love to flourish. Trialsandtests.
4. When you see a sunflower, remind yourself that your time to bloom will come. Trialsandtests.
5. Learn to rise above the ground of mediocrity and average. Trialsandtests.
6. Let your life be as beautiful and blissful as a sunflower. Trialsandtests.
7. Stand tall and find your sunlight even in the darkest days. Trialsandtests.
8. Happiness is the sun you must always face just as the sunflower faces the sun. Trialsandtests.
9. Let your life shine with joy like a sunflower in broad daylight. Trialsandtests.
10. We all have sunflowers inside of us waiting to shine at the right time. Trialsandtests.
11. Only under the right circumstances will the sunflower inside you blossom. Trialsandtests.
12. Even on the darkest days, sunflowers always face in the direction of the sun. Trialsandtests.
13. Life only becomes beautiful if you learn to adopt the sunflower mentality. Trialsandtests.
14. Only he who adopts a sunflower mentality will live blissfully ever after. Trialsandtests.
15. He who wants happiness in his life must consult a sunflower. Trialsandtests.
16. Be happy as a sunflower is on a sunny day. Trialsandtests.
17. If sunflowers can be happy with themselves. Why can't you? Trialsandtests.
18. Sunflowers only need the sun to be happy and bloom and nothing else. Trialsandtests.
19. Life sunflowers, true friends shine with you in all situations. Trialsandtests.
20. Be positive in all situations and not when things are just good in your life. Trialsandtests.
21. Stand tall like a sunflower even in times of adversity. Trialsandtests.
22. Let joy be the sunshine in your life. Trialsandtests.
23. Like a sunflower, learn to be grateful even in your darkest days. Trialsandtests.
24. Sunflowers face the sun even on cloudy days because they are positive. Trialsandtests.
25. Always seek positivity in all situations even on cloudy days in your life. Trialsandtests.
26. And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood. William Cullen Bryant.
27. Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower. Vera Nazarian.
28. A sunflower field is like a sky with a thousand suns. Corina Abdulahm.
29. She is a sunflower! She brings hope to people. Avijeet Das.
30. A sunflower teaches us so much about love. Samrah Ahmad.
31. Do you know where the sunflowers' lights go when they die? Adriani Putri.
32. We are all golden sunflowers inside. Allen Ginsberg.
33. All flowers are beautiful in their own way and it's like women, too. Miranda Kerr.
34. Sunflowers end up facing the sun but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there. J.R.
35. Turn the face to the sun and the shadows follow behind you. Maori Proverb.
36. The sunflower is the favourite emblem of constancy. Thomas Bulfinch.
37. Her smile puts the sunflower to shame. Jerry Spinelli.
38. Her heart bloomed sunflowers so she would always face the sun. Gemma Troy.
39. Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing. Dr Seuss.
40. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony D.
41. Like a sunflower, live on purpose. Samuel Zulu.
42. Be unified in whatever you do like a sunflower. Samuel Zulu.
43. If we are united like sunflowers, we can achieve anything. Samuel Zulu.
44. You will never see a sunflower competing with its kind for sunlight. Samuel Zulu.
45. Why can't we be like sunflowers and stop the comparison disease? Samuel Zulu.
46. Follow your light and not someone else's. Samuel Zulu.
47. God is like the sun we need to flourish the way sunflowers do in the sun. Samuel Zulu.
48. Choose to shine, no matter your circumstances. Samuel Zulu.
49. Be bright and fill your life with positive vibes. Samuel Zulu.
50. Sunflowers won't be what there are called if they didn't face the sun. Samuel Zulu.
51. Be the reason why others feel motivated to shine their own light, too. Samuel Zulu.
52. Stand tall and see above the crowd. Samuel Zulu.
53. Sunflowers teaches us though we are different, we need each other. Samuel Zulu.
54. You are beautiful. So, let that inner beauty shine for all to see. Samuel Zulu.
55. Fill your life with sunflower joy. Samuel Zulu.
56. Let's lift each other up during hard times the way sunflowers do on cloudy days. Samuel Zulu.
57. You can make a difference if you choose to shine your light. Samuel Zulu.
58. Remember, dreams start small just as a sunflower comes from a seed. Samuel Zulu.
59. Fill your heart with love and joy so that others can be inspired to do the same. Samuel Zulu.
60. If you are like a sunflower you will shine your light even in the darkest days. Samuel Zulu.
61. If there is no light where you are, why can't you be that light other looks up to? Samuel Zulu.
62. Sunflowers never stray from the sun. you too must not stray from God. Samuel Zulu.
63. Where ever life plants you, blossom with elegance like a sunflower. Samuel Zulu.
64. And here the sunflower of the spring burns bright in the morning's beam. Ebenezer Elliott.
65. Make it like a sunflower. Steve Jobs.
66. Tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun. The Beatles.
67. Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun. Kahlil Gibran.
68. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Suzy Kassem.
69. The sunflower is mine, in a way. Vincent van Gogh.
70. Let a hundred flowers bloom. Mao Zedong.
71. Sunflowers are like people to me. Joan Mitchell.
72. Let us dance in the sun, wearing wildflowers in our hair. Susan Polis Schutz.
73. The road to freedom is bordered by sunflowers. Martin Firrell.
74. Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. John Harrigan.
75. Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace. French Proverb.
76. Look at the sunny side of everything. Christian D. Larsen.
77. You look beautiful as a sunflower and charming as a rose. Avijeet Das.
Hope these 77 sunflower quotes have taught you vital life lessons about sunflowers that you will apply in your life. Take care.
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What is European Food Like?
People want to know the ins and outs of something before they try it and so, it's no surprise people ask what is European food like. While we're all familiar with things like fish and chips or various kinds of pasta, there is a whole world of European foods. Remember that European food goes from Britain to Russia, that's a lot of dishes that could be on a menu.
If you're unsure as to what is European food is like, let's go over some of the differences and why there is not a totally clear cut answer. Remember though, reading about food is always different than experiencing it.
The Differences
Every region has its thing and European food is no different. The dishes tend to be heavier on meats, flour, and starches. Bread, beef, lamb, noodles, butter, potatoes, all things common in European foods that aren't as prevalent in others. Salad is also a major part of the cuisine, as is a particular order to the meal. While many cultures have an order to their meal, European cuisine was very much about appetizers being served one way and needing to have a particular sense of flavor to dessert being the same. It is now common practice for appetizers before meals, as you well know.
Things like rice and corn have become part of European foods but, they aren't traditionally nor are they staple. It comes from cultures moving around the globe and trading cooking tips. Overall though, that is the core of European food.
Every Place is their Own
What is European Food LikeJust because European cuisine tends to have ingredients in common doesn't mean it is all the same everywhere. Asian foods have similar spices and ingredients but, Korean and Chinese foods are wildly different. The same goes for European cuisine.
Italian food is different than Greek and French food is dissimilar from the British. Every country and culture has its own history, developing their own cuisine over the centuries. So, asking what European food is like can be rather difficult. You'd have to ask what each country's food is like, though there may be similarities as noted above.
The best way to find out what European food is like is to try authentic European food. You can travel the world from your plate, tasting the history of each culture and what they've brought to the table. Quite literally.
More than a Continent
Counties like Germany and Poland have their own dishes as does Spain and Italy. Europe is more than a continent, it's a land filled with dozens upon dozens of histories. Each has its own flavors and while some areas have more in common than others, each has its specialties as well. The French, for example, are known for their rich desserts. The Germans for their sausages, and the Italians for their pasta.
It's all European cuisine.
There are Central European cuisines, Eastern European cuisines, Northern European cuisines, and Southern European cuisines. That would give you a closer taste evaluation but, Serbian foods would still be different than Albanian. That's like saying food in New England is just the same as food in Kentucky. Different regions have their own spin, though they may come from similar roots.
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The Instant Pot Says On No Timer( What It Means And Solution)
When you get an instant pot, you get an appliance that can cook different food. That way, you save yourself from buying many appliances for cooking different food and end up saving some space in the kitchen.
The best part is the appliance is easy to use. But just like any other thing once in a while you may come across some challenges trying to operate it. An example, the timer may at times seem like it's not working, but at the same time the instant pot reads ON.
When this happens, you don't have to call a technician or start looking for the warranty card to take the pot back. These are some minor issues you can fix yourself without spending anything. This article is here to help you understand why they happen and how you can fix the issue.
Why is Your Instant Pot Timer Not Starting?
The instant pot is easy to use. It has direct functions with preset time. The operation required is minimum as compared to other appliances. If the timer is not starting it's probably something minor or, normally, it's just taking its time to start.
Gaining pressure
When using the pressure cooking function, after you put the food and close the lid, the pot will read 'ON'. But it takes a while to start the pot as it is first gaining pressure.
The process of gaining pressure is different with different foods. Some will gain pressure and start the timer fast, while others will take a lot of time to gain pressure. At this point, there is nothing much you can do as long as the food has water in it give it time as the timer will start with time.
Blown fuse
If the instant pot timer is not starting completely, it could be a blown fuse. Instant pots have an electronic fuse that helps in controlling the flow of current in the instant pot. When the current is high than required, the fuse cuts the current.
In case the fuse is malfunctioning, it may lead to the timer not starting. An example, it may interfere with the current going to the pot and supply less power and cause the timer not to start but the display reads ON.
In extreme cases, the timer may not start at all.
If this is the case, buy another fuse and replace the old one and your instant pot will work just fine. You can check on the manual on how you should go about replacing the fuse.
Not Plugged in Properly
In case the instant pot is not starting at all you should start by checking if the instant pot is plugged in and if yes, if it's plugged in properly.
Most instant pots come with a detachable cable. At times the cable may not be connected, and you don't know. So in case it's not starting, start by checking the connection to ensure it is connected.
The plug could also be loosely attached to the pot and hence not enough current getting to the instant pot system. At this point, the pot may read on, but the current getting in is not enough to start the timer.
Before starting an instant pot, ensure it is plugged in and tightly plugged to ensure it functions smoothly.
Not connected or a bad connection
Instant pots need electricity to function. If there is no power connection or the power connection is not smooth, the pot may not start or even start, but the timer may not function.
In case you experience such a problem, check the connection to see if it's smooth and uninterrupted. If that's the case, wait for the connection to get back and use the pot then.
The power flow is inconsistent
We all have experienced inconsistent power supply. One minute there is power the next there is no the next there is, but it comes in low voltage, and all the bulbs are dim.
When this is happening, not only the bulbs are affected, but appliances too are affected. An example, the instant pot may fail to start or start but not open the timer.
When this happens, all you can do is wait for the power to get back to its normal voltage to operate.
The water is taking time to heat
After you have filled the instant pot with food and water and closed the lid for pressure cooking, the next step is to start the pot for it to cook. But the timer doesn't go on immediately.
At this point, the display may be reading on, but the timer is yet to start. The pot is taking time to heat the water so it can produce the steam that helps in creating pressure in the pot that helps in the cooking process.
Confirm with the manual
If you have tried all the above and nothing seems to work, it's time to confirm with the manual. Check on the troubleshooting section to see if there is something that can help.
Instant pots are not exactly appliances and for that case don't require experts to help with the minor issues. After going through the manual, you may find something you can do to fix the pot and the timer.
Reset or restart the instant pot
When you are cooking two meals in a roll, you may need to reset the instant pot before cooking the next meal. This is because after cooking the first meal, the pot remains on the temperature and the time you had previously set.
All you need is to reset the instant pot, and the timer will work just fine and cook your food smoothly.
The setting is out
The setting on the instant pot could be out of order and thus causing the on but no timer issue. There have been many complaints about this. It could be someone who interfered with the settings unknowingly.
The solution is pressing the reset button on the instant pot, and the pot will work just fine. If you can't see the reset button as different models have different structuring, you can check on the manufacturing guide to see how you can restart the instant pot.
An instant pot takes around 10 to 15 minutes to reheat every time you are using the pressure cooking function. The time is for the pot to heat up and bring the pressure level up.
After that time, it is when the timer start. Every time you are cooking a meal that requires a 5 minutes timer, you should have in mind it will take more than that due to the time used in preheating.
Tips to have in mind when using an instant pot
Immediately you get your instant pot the first thing you should do is read the manufacturer's manual and ensure you understand it.
The instant pot comes with many different buttons that all perform different tasks. If you haven't read the manual, the buttons can be confusing, and the whole cooking process can get stressful and frustrating.
Pressure cooking uses water to produce steam which in return helps in raising the pressure levels in the pot that helps in the cooking process. This means, ensure you add water to the food no matter what you are cooking. At least add a cup and a half to the food to prevent burning the food.
Every time you are setting your cooking time with an instant pot, always add a few minutes to the cooking time as the pot takes time to preheat the pot and also takes time in releasing the steam naturally.
An instant pot tends to boil food so good. At some point, it can lead to overcooking of food. Due to this, ensure you set the exact right time. If it means releasing the steam manually do so as the time you take to release the steam naturally the cooking process is still happening just that it's a little bit slow.
Do not be afraid to explore with your instant pot, try a different recipe, and change temperatures and timing. That's how you come up with the best recipe and food. All you need is to be careful and don't try recipes that are prohibited like deep frying.
The convenience that comes with an instant pot is on the next level. But at the same time, you may experience some minor issues. The good part is you don't need to get someone else to fix the problems for you. You can do it yourself.
Using the information above, you can fix a timer to work. But in case the issue becomes major, and you are not sure you can handle the issue get an expert to avoid causing more damage.
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Importance sampling for analysis of direct detection optical communication systems
Mandayam, Narayan B.
Optical Code Division Multiple Access; Importance Sampling; Efficient Simulation Techniques
Analytical solutions of the performance of optical communication systems are difficult to obtain and often, Monte Carlo simulations are used to achieve realistic estimates of the performance of such systems. However, for high performance systems, this technique requires a large number of simulation trials for the estimates to be in a reasonable interval of confidence, with the number of trials increasing linearly with the performance of the system. We apply an importance sampling technique to estimate the performance of direct detection optical systems, where the "gain" of importance sampling over Monte Carlo simulations is shown to increase linearly with the system performance. Further, we use this technique to study the performance of optical communication systems employing avalanche photodetectors as well as fibre-optic code division multiple access systems (FO-CDMA). We also show that the quick simulation technique developed can be used for a wide variety of coding schemes, and for the first time, we present a comparative analysis of the performance of FO-CDMA systems employing optical orthogonal codes and prime sequences. In all cases, it is shown that importance sampling simulations require less than 50-100 trials for estimating error probabilities of 10-10 and below.
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How Much Does Photochemical Etching Cost? - tmnetch
How Much Does Photochemical Etching Cost?
The photochemical etching, often known as chemical etching, is the latest metal designing model using chemistry and photo-etch technologies. In this process, the concerned metal is completely cleaned and deoxidized for processing. Then a photochemical material is applied to a metal sheet, which is sensitive to light.
After the coating, the whole metallic sheet is exposed to UV exposure to create the customized scanned designs provided by the clients in DXF or CAD format. Areas exposed to the light become hard. And the dark areas become softer that are removed from the metal sheet, and we get the desired metallic designs.
The chemical etching process is quicker, more efficient, and burr-free than laser cutting and metallic stamping processes. You can get all metallic designs and signed labels on metallic sheets using this chemical etching technique. If you prefer chemical etching over laser cutting or metallic stamping, you will save hundreds of bucks for bulk orders.
Let's see how much does photochemical etching costs.
 - How Much Does Photochemical Etching Cost?
The overall cost of photochemical etching is based on several factors like the material of selective chemical etching metal, the thickness of metal, the photoresist and the relevant photo etching chemical, the concerned labor, and the other maintenance cost of this whole chemical etching process. Let's dive into some deeper cost calculations per factor.
1. The Sum of Materials
The collective sum of concerned materials is a major factor that defines the overall cost of photochemical etching for a specific metallic design. Several materials are involved in the whole process, like a specific chemical etching metal, the cleansing agents, and the concerned metallic sheets. For example, Nickel and Brass would be cheaper than exotic metals like aluminum and steel.
2. Technical Costs and Process Time
There are many technical processes involved in the photo etching process like:
 - Cleansing and deoxidizing the metal
 - Smoothly applying a photo resistant chemical
 - Passing through UV plates
 - Drying and development.
Many technical machines are involved in the whole process. Further, the thick metals would take more time and consume more electricity than thin sheets. So advanced technical costs and the overall processing time increase the overall cost.
3. Overheads
There are several overheads or associated processes that stabilize the main process and improves efficiency. Several additional factors like managing a safer place and reliable metal transportation are needed for a smoother metal etching or photochemical machining to avoid any cracks or burr.
4. Labor
For any company, having efficient and responsible labor is important to maintain the product's quality and avoid risks. Therefore, any bigger company won't compromise on the labor cost for such sensitive processes like photochemical metal designing because there are many sub-processes like metal sizing, cleansing, printing, developing, etching, and stripping.
5. Standard Service and Administration Costs
There are some extra costs of standard service and administration involved to ensure the output quality. The UV exposure machines, covered plates, drying unit, development unit, and all the photochemical materials should be maintained, cleaned, and kept dust-free every time.
Photochemical etching is a better economical choice in metallurgy, where many specific metallic designs and tools are demanded every day. There are many other commercial uses of the chemical etching like brand signage and metallic labeling or product descriptive labeling over metallic sheets.
It is much more efficient and cost-effective than other laser cutting and metallic stamping techniques. Still, it demands extensive experience and sheer excellence to get the desired designs keeping the tolerance level minimum.
So, always choose an experienced photochemical etching supplier like TMN Etch that has been working for more than a decade and partnered with many famous brands like Panasonic, SONY, DELL, Huawei, Siemens, and Mercedes, etc. TMN Etch assures you the most accurate photochemical etching service.
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 Any type of algebraic structure on subsets of $S$ that is defined purely in terms of closure properties will be preserved under intersection. Examples are σ-algebras, π-systems, λ-systems, or monotone classes of subsets.
 Note however, this does not apply to semi-algebras, because the semi-algebras is not defined purely in terms of closure properties (the condition on $A^c$ is not a closure property).
 $S$ is said to be a semi-algebra if it is closed under intersection and if complements can be written as finite, disjoint unions:
 - If $A,B∈S$ then $A∩B∈S$.
 - If $A∈S$ then there exists a finite, disjoint collection $\{B_i:i∈I\}⊆S$ such that $A^c=⋃_{i∈I} B_i$.
 In "the condition on $A^c$ is not a closure property",
 - what does "the condition on a set operation such as taking complement is not a closure property" mean?
 - What is the meaning of "closure properties"?
 How do you see the family of semi-algebras (aka semi-rings) of sets isn't closed under intersection?
 2. Michael Greinecker also commented: The family of semi-rings on a set are not closed under intersections.
 BTW, if I am correct, the concept of a semi-algebra of sets is the same as semi-ring of sets in Wikipedia.
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The family of all bounded intervals is a semi-ring on $\mathbb{R}$ but not a semi-algebra (since the complement is unbounded and hence not a finite union of bounded sets). – Michael Greinecker Jan 6 '13 at 0:47
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Closure properties can be formulated in terms of concepts from universal algebra. Let $X$ be the underlying set (in our examples, $X$ is a famly of sets itself). Let $I$ be an index set, $(\kappa_i)_{i\in I}$ be a family of cardinal numbers and $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ a family of function satisfying $f_i:X^{\kappa_i}\to X$ for all $i$. We say that $C\subseteq X$ is closed under $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ if we have for all $i\in I$ that $f_i(x)\in C$ for all $x\in C^{\kappa_i}$. One can show that the family of sets closed under $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ forms a Moore collection.
Let's look an an example: Let $U$ be a set and $X\subseteq 2^U$. We let $I=\{s,c,u\}$, $\kappa_s=0$, $\kappa_c=1$, and $\kappa_u=\omega$. We identify constants and nullary functions, so we can let $f_s=U$. We let $f_c(A)=A^C$ for all $A\in X$, and we let $f_u(A_0,A_1,\ldots)=\bigcup_n A_n$. That $X$ is closed under these three functions means simply that it contains $X$, is closed under complements and countable unionsit is a $\sigma$-algebra.
Now, one cannot write down semi-algebras this way, since there is no unique decomposition of the complement into disjoint sets. If $\mathcal{S}$ is a semi-algebra and $A\in\mathcal{S}$, then there exists a number $n$ and sets $B_1,\ldots,B_n\in\mathcal{S}$ that are disjoint and such that $A_c=B_1\cup\ldots\cup B_n$. Now if there exists a unique such family and if this family only depended on $A$, we could write down this property as closure under some functions in the following way: We let $f_{c_1}=B_1,\ldots, f_{c_n}=B_n$, and for $m>n$ we let $f_{c_m}=f_{c_n}$. We use the last condition because we have no a priori bound on how many sets are needed. But these sets are not a function of $A$, so this property can not be viewed as a closure property.
Here is an explicit example (taken from Alprantis & Border) that shows that the intersection of sem-algebras might fail to be a semi-algebra: Let $X=\{0,1,2\}$, $\mathcal{S}_1=\big\{\emptyset, X,\{0\},\{1\},\{2\}\big\}$, $\mathcal{S}_2=\big\{\emptyset, X,\{0\},\{1,2\}\big\}$, and $A=\{0\}$. We have $\mathcal{S}_1\cap\mathcal{S}_2=\big\{X,\emptyset,\{0\}\big\}$, and $A^C=\{0\}^C=\{1,2\}$ is not the disjoint union of elements of this intersection.
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Thanks! (1) How is $C\subseteq X$ closed under $(f_i: X^{\kappa_i} \to X)_{i \in I}$ related to the example for semi-algebras? (2) For semi-algebras, why do "there do no unique decomposition of the complement into disjoint sets (even then, one would need a hack)" and "a function can have only one value" matter? What is "a function"? – Tim Jan 6 '13 at 14:33
_USER_ I've edited it and hope have clarified these issues. – Michael Greinecker Jan 6 '13 at 22:19
Thanks! I edited some places I thought were typos. Feel free to edit again if I am wrong. I was wondering if the definition of a set operation having closure property comes from some references? – Tim Jan 7 '13 at 14:02
_USER_ All things closure operations I learned from the Handbook of Analysis and its Foundations by E. Schechter. – Michael Greinecker Jan 7 '13 at 14:13
Thanks! Besides the two books, what other books in analysis do you recommend? – Tim Jan 11 '13 at 21:36
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The Portis Gold Mine, located in the northeastern corner of Franklin County, was the first mine in the Eastern Carolina Belt (composed of Warren, Halifax, Franklin, and Nash Counties) and operated intermittently from about 1835 to 1936. The Portis gold deposit was in the rocks of the Spring Hope Formation in the eastern slate belt. The primary mining method has been identified as "hydraulicking" 15 to 30 feet of surface material, but recovery was hampered by the region's sticky clay. The total amount of gold mined is unknown. In 1884 the estimate was more than $1 million, and in 1972 one geologist projected that up to $7 million worth of gold was mined in that area.
By the end of the nineteenth century, gold in the Portis mine was difficult to find and there were no profits to be had. The final attempts to extract gold were by the Norlina Mining Company, which brought in heavy mining equipment and constructed an assay lab, a main building for the crushing equipment, a dormitory, a superintendent's house, a blacksmith and machine shop, and a six-million-gallon reservoir for the water required by the gold recovery process. The cost of the mining operation exceeded by one-third the value of the gold recovered, and the mine was closed in 1936.
P. Albert Carpenter III, Gold Resources of North Carolina (1972).
Richard F. Knapp, North Carolina Gold: A Selected Bibliography of Mining History, Technology, and the Reed Gold Mine (1978).
Thilbert H. Pearce, "The Portis Diggings," The State (1 Apr. 1972).
Bruce Roberts, The Carolina Gold Rush (1971).
Sketch of Portis Mine, North Carolina Maps, North Carolina Collection, UNC Libraries: _URL_
Gold Mines, NC Historical Marker E-89: _URL_
1869, 1870 Act to incorporate Portis Gold Mine in Franklin County: _URL_
1876,77 Bill to extend Portis Gold Mine in Franklin County: _URL_
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text: Motivated by potential financial savings, four-day school weeks have proliferated across the United States in recent years, reaching public schools in 25 states as of 2018. The consequences of the four-day school week for students, schools, and communities are largely unknown. This paper uses district-level panel data from Oklahoma and a difference-in-differences research design to examine the causal effect of the four-day schedule on school district finance and academic achievement. Results indicate that four-day weeks decrease districts' federal and state revenues and their non-instructional and support services expenditures. Decreases are concentrated specifically in food services and transportation expenditures and amount to approximately 1.36% of the average four-day district's budget. I find no detectable effect of the four-day week on academic achievement.


text: Phenylalanine ammonia lyases (PALs) belong to a family of 4-methylideneimidazole-5-one (MIO) cofactor dependent enzymes which are responsible for the conversion of L-phenylalanine into trans-cinnamic acid in eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. Under conditions of high ammonia concentration, this deamination reaction is reversible and hence there is considerable interest in the development of PALs as biocatalysts for the enantioselective synthesis of non-natural amino acids. Herein the discovery of a previously unobserved competing MIO-independent reaction pathway, which proceeds in a non-stereoselective manner and results in the generation of both L- and D-phenylalanine derivatives, is described. The mechanism of the MIO-independent pathway is explored through isotopic-labeling studies and mutagenesis of key active-site residues. The results obtained are consistent with amino acid deamination occurring by a stepwise E1cB elimination mechanism.


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The Craft Revival project's primary objective is to create a web-based digital history documenting the Craft Revival movement that occurred in western North Carolina from 1895 to1945. A main component of the project is a virtual collection of documents, photographs, craft objects, and artifacts that tells the story of the Craft Revival. This virtual collection consists of digital surrogates that reside together in a database, maintained by Western Carolina University's Hunter Library.
Most of the original materials used to produce the digital images in the virtual collection are housed in seven partner institutions. You can access partner collections through their finding aids here:
- John C. Campbell Folk School Collection Guide
- Museum of the Cherokee Collection Guide
- Penland School of Crafts Collection Guide
- Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Collection Guide
- Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection Guide
- WCU Hunter Library Special Collections Collection Guide
- WCU Mountain Heritage Center Collection Guide
Individual collection guides for each of the project's partner institutions give information about each institution, general information about their collections, and specific information about the collections from which materials were selected for the Craft Revival virtual collection.
A collection policy provides guidance for what materials are selected, digitized, and included in this virtual collection.


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Count Departures Across the Simulation
Use the _TAG_ or _TAG_ output signal from a block to learn how many entities have departed (or arrived at) the block. The output signal also indicates when departures occurred. This method of counting is cumulative throughout the simulation. These examples use the _TAG_ output signal to count departures:
Count Departures per Time Instant
Suppose you want to visualize entity departures from a particular block, and you want to reset (that is, restart) the counter at each time instant. Visualizing departures per time instant can help you:
 - Detect simultaneous departures
 - Compare the number of simultaneous departures at different time instants
 - Visualize the departure times while keeping the plot axis manageable
Use the Instantaneous Entity Counting Scope to plot the number of entities that have arrived at each time instant. The block restarts the count from 1 when the time changes. As a result, the count is cumulative for a given time instant, but not cumulative across the entire simulation.
Count Simultaneous Departures from a Server
In this example (open modelmodel), the Infinite Server block sometimes completes service on multiple entities simultaneously. The Instantaneous Entity Counting Scope indicates how many entities departed from the server at each fixed time instant during the simulation.
Reset a Counter upon an Event
Suppose you want to count entities that depart from a particular block, and you want to reset the counter at arbitrary times during the simulation. Resetting the counter can help you compute statistics for evaluating your system over portions of the simulation.
The Entity Departure Counter block counts entity departures via a resettable counter. To configure the block:
 1. Decide which type of events you want to reset the counter. The choices are:
 - Sample time hits
 - Trigger edges
 - Value changes
 - Function calls
 These resources can help you choose which type of events:
 2. In the Entity Departure Counter block, indicate which signal-based events cause the counter to reset:
 - To reset upon sample time hits of an input signal, set Reset counter upon to Sample time hit from port ts.
 - To reset based on a trigger edge in an input signal, set Reset counter upon to Trigger from port tr. Then set Trigger type to Rising, Falling, or Either.
 - To reset based on a change in the value of an input signal, set Reset counter upon to Change in signal from port vc. Then set Type of change in signal value to Rising, Falling, or Either.
 - To reset upon function calls, set Reset counter upon to Function call from port fcn.
 3. If you want to specify an explicit priority for the reset event, select Resolve simultaneous signal updates according to event priority. Then enter the priority using the Event priority parameter.
 4. Click OK or Apply. The block now has a signal input port.
 5. Connect an event-based signal to the signal input port.
During the simulation, the block counts departing entities and resets its counter whenever the input signal satisfies your specified event criteria.
Reset a Counter After a Transient Period
This example (open modelmodel) counts entity departures from a queuing system, but uses a step block to reset the counter after an initial transient period.
Associate Each Entity with Its Index
Use the Entity Departure Counter block with Write count to attribute check box selected to associate entity counts with the entities that use a particular path. The Nth entity departing from the Entity Departure Counter block has an attribute value of N.
For an example, see Set Attributes.
For an example in which the Entity Departure Counter block is more straightforward than storing the _TAG_ output signal in an attribute, see Sequence of Departures and Statistical Updates.
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