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The founder Giulio Marangoni founded the Istituto Artistico dell'Abbigliamento Marangoni (Istituto Marangoni) with the objective of training professionals and technicians specializing in the field of fashion. Istituto Marangoni has never stopped believing in the value of training, constantly updating its programmes to ensure they are in line with Italian and international market needs.Istituto Marangoni has opened four new schools: London in 2003, Paris in 2006, Shanghai in 2013, and Milano Design in 2014. Istituto Marangoni now announces the opening of the new School of Fashion, Art & Design in Florence, scheduled for October 2016.
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Coding Practice - Spiral traversal of an array
Conceptually, it is convenient to visualize data in several dimensions: e.g. we commonly think of images as 2D and video as 3D. However, at the byte-level, data is just a one-dimensional array of bytes. Going from the conceptual representation to a byte-level representation is known as a traversal.
Traversals are very common in problem areas such as image processing. For example, a simple scanline traversal goes like this:
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 3. If we've reached the bottom right corner, stop. Otherwise, go down one row, start at the very left of the image.
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There are other traversals, such as the Z-curve and the Hilbert curve. While they are more complicated, they reduce the entropy of the resulting sequence, allowing it to be compressed more effectively.
This week's problem is to implement a slightly unusual traversal. The goal is to traverse matrix elements in a counter-clockwise "spiral" given some starting row and column. Here's what it looks like:
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FAQ: Which Actress Played The Role Of 'stands With A Fist' In The Movie "dances With Wolves"?
Who played stands with fists in Dances With Wolves?
Dances with Wolves (1990) – Mary McDonnell as Stands With A Fist – IMDb.
Who were the Indian actors in Dances With Wolves?
Prominent castmembers included Graham Greene, a member of the First Nations of Canada, as Kicking Bird, Tantoo Cardinal, of Canada's Metis people, as Black Shawl, and Native American actors including Rodney A. Grant (Wind in His Hair), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Chief Ten Bears), and Wes Studi (as a Pawnee tribesman).
Why was Stands With A Fist bleeding?
After Dunbar discovers Stands With A Fist far from her tribe, who is bleeding profusely from having accidentally cut her thigh too deeply in a widow's ritual, he loads her onto his horse and takes her back to her encampment.
Did they really kill the buffalo in Dances With Wolves?
For the buffalo kill sequences, the Dances crew rigged Mammoth with a Steve Martinesque strap that made it look as if arrows were piercing his hide. Wire-and-fur dummies were used to represent the fallen animals. Considering the awesome logistical challenges, the eight-day shoot was remarkably free of mishaps.
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How did Stands With A Fist husband died?
She was found by Kicking Bird (Graham Greene), the Medicine Man of the peaceful Sioux tribe, who, with is wife, raised her as one of their own. When her husband is killed in battle, Kicking Bird imposes a period of mourning where she must remain until he releases her.
Was Kevin Costner's daughter in Dances With Wolves?
Kevin Costner's daughter Annie Costner, playing Stands With A Fist as a child, is seen running away from the Pawnee party that killed her family in the dream sequence.
Is Dances With Wolves Based on a true story?
No, 'Dances With Wolves' is not based on a true story. However, the community life of the Native Indians depicted in it has a lot of similarities with real-life. In fact, the film is an adaptation of Michael Blake's eponymous novel, which contains many fictional aspects of Dunbar and his exploits.
Was two socks a real wolf?
Two socks the wolf in the movie, was actually played by two wolves. One was called Buck and the other Teddy.
How much money did Kevin Costner make on Dances With Wolves?
The film did so well it made Kevin Costner personally around $40 million. Dances with Wolves went on to take around $424 million at the domestic box office, proving that Costner was right to make the movie. It's estimated that Kevin Costner went on to make himself $40 million from his original investment.
What was Kevin Costner's Indian name in Dances With Wolves?
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Did they really speak Sioux in Dances With Wolves?
"We had the best caterers in the entire universe," quips Mary McDonnell. Before filming began, McDonnell had to learn to speak Lakota, the Sioux language.
What happened to Stands With A Fist?
She gets lost in the wilderness until she eventually gets adopted by a Sioux tribe led by Ten Bears and given the name "Stands With A Fist". As she grows up, she marries a young Lakota, but he dies, leaving her devastated.
How do you say stand with a fist in Lakota?
Why couldn't Dances with Wolves and Stands With A Fist be together?
Why couldn't dances with wolves and stands with a fist be together? It would endanger the tribe. Dances with wolves because he talks like them.
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Le Landeron is located in Switzerland
Le Landeron
Le Landeron
Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°4′E / 47.050°N 7.067°E / 47.050; 7.067Coordinates: 47°3′N 7°4′E / 47.050°N 7.067°E / 47.050; 7.067
Country Switzerland
Canton Neuchâtel
District Neuchâtel
 - Total 10.31 km2 (3.98 sq mi)
Elevation 434 m (1,424 ft)
Population (Dec 2013[2])
 - Total 4,513
 - Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code 2525
SFOS number 6455
Localities Combes
Surrounded by Cressier, Enges, Gals (BE), La Neuveville (BE), Lignières
Twin towns Solothurn (Switzerland)
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Le Landeron is a municipality in the district of Neuchâtel in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.
Model of the old town of Le Landeron
South gate of the town
Le Landeron is first mentioned about 1209 as Landiron.[3]
The first traces of human habitation near Le Landeron were the remains of a pottery workshop (961-957 BC) discovered on the banks of the Thielle. At Les Carougets there is a grave from the late Bronze Age, a Roman villa and traces of the foundations of huts from the Early Middle Ages. Furthermore, several Roman statuettes have been discovered, including Hercules, a rooster and what may be a peacock.[3]
Middle Ages[edit]
The name Le Landeron appears for the first time around 1209, as a place name mentioned in the fishing rights of the neighboring Benedictine monastery of St. Johannsen in Erlach. Since it was given as a place name, it appears that the area where the town now stands was not inhabited. The nearby houses were up in the Jura hills and were grouped under the name Nugerol. The area around what is now La Tour was once the site of a fortification, which was destroyed around 1309. The Duke of Austria forbade anyone to rebuilt the fortifications. On 1 September 1325, Rudolph IV of Neuchâtel bought the Le Landeron meadow in the Thielle valley. In 1328-29 he built a fortified town there. The town was founded to protect the eastern part of the county of Neuchâtel and to control the streets and waterways of the Jura foothills. Le Landeron took the old rights of Nugerol which were comparable to those of citizens of Neuchatel. In 1350 Count Louis of Neuchâtel officially recognized that these rights applied to the town. In 1373, the new mistress of the town, Varenne of Neuchâtel, granted it some additional rights and it became the capital of the Barony of Le Landeron. However, in 1424, the Barony came back under the direct rule of the Counts of Neuchatel. They retained the right to rule themselves as a mostly independent town. They had their own town banner and a town council in which the citizens of Cressier appointed a third of the members.[3]
Early modern age[edit]
In 1449 Le Landeron entered into a treaty with Solothurn that was to shape the religious affairs of the town. During the Protestant Reformation, the town's rulers were supported by Solothurn when they chose to remain by the old faith. Of all the neighboring municipalities, only Lignières converted to the Reformed faith in 1556. Since then, Le Landeron has stubbornly defended its religious particularity. The town remained loyal to Marie, the Duchess of Nemours during her conflicts with her step-daughter over the inheritance. After the extinction of her line in 1707, Le Landeron submitted to Frederick I, King of Prussia after he threatened military force.[3]
Modern Le Landeron[edit]
After the founding of the Republic of Neuchâtel in 1848, the towns of Le Landeron and Cressier began to separate. Then, in 1868, they separated completely and each town granted citizenship in town to all residents. During the 19th century the traditional farming and wine growing town began to change. The Jura water correction drained the surrounding swamps and opened up much of the valley to agriculture. In 1869-70 a train station was built and industry moved into the town. The first industries to settle in Le Landeron were parts suppliers for the watch industry. While the old town has preserved its compact and fortified appearance, many new homes were built on the Jura slopes. Because of the number of immigrants from Reformed areas into the town, they founded a Reformed parish in 1894. During the 20th century agriculture declined in importance (in 1910 there were 320 agriculture jobs while in 2000 it was only 45). Every year since 1973 one of the largest antiques markets in Switzerland (Fête de la brocante) is held in Le Landeron. In 1974, the town was connected to the A5 motorway. In 1991 one of the five secondary school regional centers of the Canton of Neuchâtel (Les Deux-Thielle) was opened in town. At the beginning of the 21st century it is a residential community with numerous, especially in the microtechnology industry, specialized small businesses and possessed the second-largest wine growing region in the canton.[3]
Le Landeron and Lake Biel
Le Landeron has an area, as of 2009, of 10.3 square kilometers (4.0 sq mi). Of this area, 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi) or 39.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi) or 43.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi) or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.[4]
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 41.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.5% is used for growing crops and 13.0% is pastures, while 8.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[4]
The municipality is located in the Neuchâtel district, on a rocky moraine island in the middle of the swampy Thielle valley near Lake Biel. The largely French-speaking town lies at Switzerland's language border with the German-speaking canton of Bern.
In 1875, Le Landeron and Combes were merged and the municipality was officially known as Landeron-Combes until 1966.[5]
Coat of arms[edit]
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Or on a pale Gules three Chevrons Argent, and Azure two Pike nainaint proper.[6]
Old town of Le Landeron
Le Landeron has a population (as of December 2013) of 4,513.[2] As of 2008, 17.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[7] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.8%. It has changed at a rate of 1.3% due to migration and at a rate of 3.4% due to births and deaths.[8]
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (3,587 or 84.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (328 or 7.8%) and Italian is the third (91 or 2.2%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.[9]
As of 2008, the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population was made up of 1,734 Swiss men (39.0% of the population) and 436 (9.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,920 Swiss women (43.2%) and 354 (8.0%) non-Swiss women.[10] Of the population in the municipality, 1,135 or about


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The Aqua Dragons backer carded kit allows children to use their own container, a clean jam jar or plastic tub for example,to grow Aqua Dragons at a pocket money price. This product can also be used as a refill kit for underwater world. Just add water and the Aqua Dragons miraculously hatch in only 2-3 days and can grow up to 2cm long. AQUA DRAGONS FAQ 1. Are they really alive? Yes, the Artemia salina (which is the scientific name for what we call Aqua Dragons) are live organisms and they need you to care for them. 2. What temperature should the water be? The ideal water temperature range for hatching is 21 to 27ºC. It is important that the water is at this temperature in order for your Aqua Dragons to hatch and during the first delicate week of life. 3. How many Aqua Dragons should hatch? A difficult question; it depends on the water, the temperature, the number of microscopic eggs that were in the packet, so could be between 10 and 50. 4. Do I have to change the water? No, the water has a special ph and salinity level that is established by the contents of the eggs sachet. So don't change the water! However the water does evaporate so you can fill up, slowly using room temperature bottled spring water in small quantities each time. Do not use tap water. 5. How do I oxygenate the water? We recommend that you shake the water before adding the eggs so that it is oxygenated well from the start then begin using the pipette to oxygenate the water. Squeeze and release the pipette to let air into the chamber. Put the pipette tip in the water and then squeeze again to blow the stored air into the water. Repeat this for 30 seconds every few days. 6. How often should I feed my Aqua Dragons? The amount you feed should correspond to the number of Aqua Dragons you hatch. If you have only a few Aqua Dragons, feed every 4-5 days. If you have a large hatch of 20+ Aqua Dragons feed every other day. 7. Do Aqua Dragons like sunlight? Yes they love it, just make sure you don't leave them in the direct sun where the water would overheat! 8. Do Aqua Dragons bite? No... actually they don't have a mouth; they eat through their wings which work like gills. 9. How long do Aqua Dragons live? Each Aqua Dragon can reach adult hood at one month and can live for up to 90 days, however if you care for them well you may see that they reproduce so you could have life in the tank for much longer. 10. How big do Aqua Dragons grow? Up to 20mm but this may take up to two months. 11. What do I do if one of the dragons dies? When an Aqua Dragon dies it will float down to the bottom of your habitat and slowly biodegrade. In effect they become part of the habitat so it is not necessary to remove them. 12. Initially I had lots of hatchlings but now I am left with just a few adults? Not all the Aqua Dragons that hatch will survive into adulthood, otherwise we'd be overrun! It's normal and natural for many to hatch and for only some to make it through to adulthood. 13. The water is dirty, what do I do? This is normally due to over-feeding. Stop feeding until the Aqua Dragons have had time to process all the food in the tank. It could take a week or so for the water to become clear again but the water won't become bad, because it is salty. 14. Can Aqua Dragons live in my regular fish aquarium? As they are small, regular fish will eat them, so do not introduce them into your home aquarium.
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Can Sea Turtles Breathe Underwater? Sea turtles cannot breathe underwater and need to come to the surface for air. They can hold their breath underwater for as long as 4-7 hours if they are resting or sleeping.
How do sea turtles hold their breath for so long? seeking jellyfish for prey. Since they are cold-blooded, sea turtles have a slow metabolic rate. This slowed metabolism allows them to stay submerged for long periods of time. The hibernating turtles breathe without surfacing by absorbing dissolved oxygen through their skin and cloaca.
Can you drown a turtle? Yes, absolutely. Although turtles can remain underwater for long periods of time, they cannot breathe underwater. Under the right circumstances, turtles can drown.
How long can sea turtles sleep underwater without taking a breath? Sea turtles can hold their breath for several hours, depending on their level of activity. If they are sleeping, they can remain underwater for several hours. In cold water during winter, when they are effectively hibernating, they can hold their breath for up to 7 hours. This involves very little movement.
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How do sea turtles breathe air?
Just like other reptiles, sea turtles have lungs. They have a slightly different structure than mammalian lungs, but work just as well when it comes to exchanging gases (oxygen and carbondioxide). The lungs are located right under the carapace and the vertebral column.
Do turtles poop out of their mouths?
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Why do turtles sleep with their head out?
If you notice your pet turtle sleeping with its limbs out, it's generally nothing to worry about and simply indicates that your turtle is attempting to absorb heat. The most important thing is to maintain a temperature of 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit within your pet's aquarium, and to monitor the oxygen level carefully.
Why do turtles scream?
The sound is caused from the turtle blowing the air out of its lungs so it has room inside the shell for the head and neck. If something startles the turtle and he moves the head in quickly, they all make this sound. They can also make this sound when they try to pee or poop.
Should you cut your turtle's nails?
In fact, at most you only need to trim the turtle's nails twice per year. Most turtle owners trim their turtles' nails just once a year. If the turtle's nails/claws are overgrown, it's easy to notice. Apart from trimming the nails, you might as well consider trimming the beak in addition, if you have a tortoise.
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Can a baby turtle drown?
Yes, baby turtles can drown, just like adult turtles. The chances of baby turtles drowning are a little more than that of adult turtles because of their weak bodies and inexperience. The primary reason for baby turtles to drown is the basking dock. Also, baby turtles can drown if you have a large tank with deep water.
Do sea turtles yawn underwater?
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Can turtle pee kill you?
Do turtles fart?
Tortoises and turtles do fart! Farts can range in size and sound just like humans. They will probably not be as loud but they can be just as pungent. The tortoises' diet contributes to their farts as well as the amount of gas build-up they experience during the day.
What animal can hold its breath for 40 minutes?
Sloths don't do well on the ground, as their weak hind legs mean they have to pull themselves along. However, their strong long arms make them excellent swimmers. They can even hold their breath for up to 40 minutes!
Which animal can stay underwater for 30 minutes?
Head-lice are quite pesky little pests and have extremely small lungs. However they can hold their breath underwater for an amazing THIRTY MINUTES.


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Flesh is the soft part of the body of a person or animal which is between the skin and the bones. In ordinary speech, it typically contrasts with bone, as in the merism flesh and bone. It mainly refers to skeletal muscle and associated fat, though it includes all other internal soft tissue. The softness of a human body is generally attributed to flesh, although muscles can also give a notion of hardness.
The word "meat" is normally used instead if animal flesh is intended as food.
In some instances, the term "flesh" will be used to describe the soft interior of fruits, usually the part that is eaten.

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 2. If turning off the camera and turning it back on again does not fix the problem, back up the internal memory of the camera using a computer and format the built-in memory of the camera.
 If an error code displays while using a memory card
 1. Turn off the power of the camera, then remove and reinsert the memory card a few times.
 2. Turn the power back on and see if the problem is solved.
 3. Insert a new memory card.
 4. If issue is still not fixed, back up your memory card using a computer and format the memory card in the camera.
 NOTE: The memory card may not be recognized by the camera if it is formatted using a computer. Use the camera instead to format the memory card.
 5. Inspect the memory card for any physical damage, dust, or other foreign material that may interfere its operation.
 - If any physical damage is found, the memory card should be discarded.
 - Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the recording media. If using a Memory Stick media, you can use a pencil eraser to clean the metal contacts.
 - Test the memory card using another device to make sure that it is working properly.
 - Use a different memory card to check if the issue is not caused by a corrupt file in the memory card.


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Middle school students win STEM competition
A team of Dorseyville Middle School students recently won first place at the Hack the Ram competition. The students are eighth-graders Steven Hu, Kanisk Prakash and Siddarth Srinivasan, and seventh-grader PJ Hart.
Hack the Ram was a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) 12-hour invention marathon. The purpose of hackathons is to create technology with like-minded peers in a collaborative environment. As part of the contest, students were tasked to come up with a way to support environmental/green initiatives. They were then given 10 hours of "hacking time" to create a website, app, program, robot or other technology initiative to support the theme. The Dorseyville Middle School students developed a prototype website that provided information on common recycling errors, enabled individuals to search for nearby recycling centers and also for those centers to post their information, and enabled individuals to calculate their carbon footprint. The Dorseyville students each won a GPS drone for their efforts.
The competition was held January 27, 2024, at Pine-Richland High School and was open to students from grades 6-12 from across the greater Pittsburgh area.


The Bomb Flower is a small blue plant that grows next to lava pools. They only grow on smooth stone or netherrack with lava adjacent to the block they're planted on. The plant itself can be harvested by breaking a fully grown Bomb Flower with a pair of shears.
Upon being punched, the flower will drop a small blue Bomb, which will consequently detonate. If you place water nearby before the bomb detonates, it will deactivate the bomb and allow you to pick it up, but the water will destroy the plants. This is a useful method of obtaining the bomb required to craft the Bomb Bag. Mining the block underneath the plant with cause the bomb to activate, and will destroy the plant. You can also make the bomb drop by hitting it with a magic boomerang, which will start the fuse but will not move the bomb. If a bomb detonates close enough to a fully grown bomb flower, it will activate the bombs from the flower too, and they will explode almost instantly.
After the Bomb Bag is obtained, you can harvest bombs by simply left clicking the activated bomb while holding the bag.
If you place a block on top of the bomb flower, it will break the plant and the bomb will activate. Same goes for covering up the lava source the bomb flower is connected to. You can't even place a non-solid block such as a slab or glass over the source, so be careful!
 - Fully grown bomb flowers seem to disappear (only visibly; the physical "block" is still there) as soon as you place the crosshairs over it, making harvesting difficult.. (Turn off/Hide NEI "Highlight tips" to fix this.
 - The Bomb Flower was inspired by the Legend of Zelda.


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Animal Crusaders helping homeless animals
Whether it's decorating bed covers for the cats, or helping train the dogs with treats, a group of elementary school students from Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy in Alexandria is dedicated to improving the lives of homeless animals.
The students call themselves the Animal Crusaders and they're regular volunteers at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.
"I'm helping them find homes and making them better habitats where they are right now," says Animal Crusader Linnea Bow.
Sometimes, the Animal Crusaders make toys for cats. They even read to the animals.
The shelter says the animals directly benefit from this interaction with the children.
"It's good to introduce animals and children together because animals get used to having children around and become more adoptable to families," says Youth Volunteer Coordinator Lindsay Halgerson.
And the students are learning the rewards of giving back a lesson they're apparently sharing with their friends.
"They love the animals and are excited to come and want to help and telling their friends about animal crusaders and that's the best thing," says teacher Anne Marie Harris-White.
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A Christmas Carol
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A miser would be someone who hoards their money and refuses to spend it even on necessities. The word applies to Scrooge, in that he hoards the coal in the office needed to work because he doesn't want to spend more, refuses charity for the poor and destitute, and begrudges Cratchit wages for the holiday. Scrooge even conserved the wood he needed to keep a fire going in his own home. He had to sit very close to it, in order to receive any warmth.
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A Multi-Scale Model for Nickel-Based Oxygen Carrier in Chemical-Looping Combustion
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The selection of oxygen carrier (OC) particles is crucial for the development of chemical-looping combustion (CLC) technology. Common OC particle models often involve first-order chemical reactions with respect to the concentration of fuel gas, which may not be able to account for the complex reaction mechanisms taking place on the contacting surface between gas and solid reactants. In this work, we apply a multiscale modelling framework on NiO-based OC particle in order to explicitly consider and understand the effect of reaction kinetics. The proposed multiscale model consists of gas diffusion model and surface reaction. Continuum equations are used to describe the gas diffusion inside OC particles, whereas mean-field approximation and kinetic Monte Carlo methods are adopted to simulate the microscale events, such as molecule adsorption and elementary reaction, occurring on the contacting surface. These sub-models communicate through a boundary condition that defines the mass fluxes of both reactant and product gas species. Surface reaction mechanisms and the corresponding reaction rate constants considered in the present work are obtained from a systematic density functional theory (DFT) analysis. The qualititive comparison with experimental data available in the literature suggests that the kMC-based multiscale model is able to provide better results than the MFA-based counterpart. A sensitivity analysis on the rate constants of key elementary reactions, length of intra-particle pore, and particle porosity was conducted to assess the effect of reaction kinetics and mass transport on the overall reaction process and validate the proposed multiscale model. The simulation results show reasonable tendencies and responses to changes in these modelling parameters, which indicates that the proposed multiscale modelling scheme on OC particle is suitable. To the author's knowledge, this is the first implementation of a multiscale model in CLC technology.
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Huabei You (2019). A Multi-Scale Model for Nickel-Based Oxygen Carrier in Chemical-Looping Combustion. UWSpace. _URL_


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Paper cutouts are incredibly delicate. The slightest misstroke can cause them to crumple, rip and tear. If you've ever tried making a paper snowflake, you know how easy it is to accidentally bend or crease the paper. However, a scalpel is a precision tool used in surgeries (among other things) to slice through delicate tissue, so it also makes a great tool to make paper cutouts.
Here, you'll find some insanely intricate paper cutouts that were created using a scalpel. The artworks have immense detail and precision, so check these out!


text: We address anomalous transport phenomena in arrays of semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots): Transient power-law decay of current as a response to a step in large bias voltage applied across the array, as well as memory effects observed after successive applications of the bias voltage. A novel phenomenological model of transport in such systems is proposed, capable of rationalizing both anomalous transport and memory. The model describes electron transport by a stationary Levy process of transmission events and therefore requires no time dependence of system properties. The long tail in the waiting time distribution gives rise to a nonstationary response in the presence of a voltage pulse. Noise measurements agree well with the predicted non-Poissonian fluctuations in current. We briefly discuss possible microscopic mechanisms that could cause the anomalous statistics in transmission.


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Actions and subactivities can be organized into Swimlanes in the Activity diagrams. Swimlanes are used to organize responsibility for actions and subactivities according to the class. They often correspond to the organizational units in a business model.
Swimlanes limit and provide a view of the behaviors invoked in the activities. They consist of one or more partitions and can be vertical or horizontal.
An Activity diagram can be visually divided into Swimlanes, each separated from the neighboring Swimlanes by vertical or horizontal solid lines on both sides. Each Swimlane represents a responsibility for part of the overall activity, and may eventually be implemented by one or more objects. The relative ordering of the Swimlanes has no semantic significance, but can indicate some affinity. Each action is assigned to one Swimlane. Transitions can cross lanes. The routing of a transition path is non-essential.
Swimlane representation can be customized by changing its symbol property values. Press Alt + Enter to open the appropriate dialog. Each property is described in the description area on this dialog.
To create a Swimlane
 1. On the Activity diagram palette, click the Vertical Swimlanes button Vertical Swimlanesand then click an empty space on the diagram pane.
 2. If the Represent Properties dialog opens, select the properties you want to display as Swimlanes in the diagram (see the following figure) and click OK. Otherwise, a few empty Swimlanes are created.
 The Represent Properties dialog opens, if:
 1. The Activity diagram is owned by a classifier, for example, a Class, Component, Use Case.
 Selecting properties to display as Swimlanes
You can also create a Swimlane by dragging one or more properties, Actors, Classes, or Instance Specifications from the Containment tree to the Activity diagram pane. Partitions for each element are created as well.
To set representative elements, do one of the following
 - Open the Specification window of the Swimlane and click the cell of the Represents property value. Then click and select the element. Click OK when you are done.
 - From the Containment tree, drag the representative element to the partition on the diagram.
To add an additional partition, do one of the following
 - On the diagram, right-click the Swimlane, select Insert Swimlane and then Insert Vertical Swimlane or Insert Horizontal Swimlane.
 - From the Containment tree, drag one or more property, actor, class or instance specification elements to the Swimlane on the diagram.
To draw multidimensional Swimlanes
 1. Draw a vertical Swimlane.
 2. From the Swimlane shortcut menu, select Insert Horizontal Swimlane.
 3. Insert as many horizontal and vertical Swimlanes as you need.
To add model elements to a Swimlane
 - If a Swimlane is already drawn in the Activity diagram, drawing an action (or any other element) highlights the Swimlane in blue. This means that the action shape depends on the Swimlane symbol.
 If the model elements depend on a Swimlane symbol, they are deleted if the Swimlane symbol is deleted.
 Example of multidimensional swimlane
To rearrange Swimlanes, do one of the following
 - Drag any of the Swimlanes to the direction where you want it to be.
 - Click the heading of any Swimlane and use the displayed control arrow to move the Swimlane left, right, up or down.
 Example of 'Move Swimlane Left' Control
To delete a single Swimlane entirely, do one of the following
 - Click the header of the Swimlane, then press Delete.
 - Click the header of the Swimlane, then press Ctrl + D.
 - Right-click the header or any empty space on the Swimlane, then select Delete Swimlane.
To delete all Swimlanes and their contents entirely
 - Click any empty space on the Swimlanes, then press Ctrl + D.
To delete Swimlanes without deleting contained elements, do one of the following
 - Click any empty space on the Swimlanes, then press Delete.
 - Right-click the headers or anywhere on the Swimlanes, then select Delete All Swimlanes, Keep Contents.
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text: A graphical description of the change in the role played by each of the scapulohumeral muscles with respect to spatial joint position is presented. Moment arms were collected from a biomechanical model using the tendon travel method. Data cover elevation and flexion in a space between the frontal plane and a plane of elevation 60 degrees anterior to this. Segments of a given muscle were seen possibly to exhibit antagonistic moment components in relation to others, emphasizing the importance of muscle segmentation in biomechanical models. Graphical description of muscle function in conjunction with electromyographic studies enables a more complete assessment of active muscle function in relation to arm motion and position. In cases of attenuated muscular function, this also offers a means of detecting which muscle is involved and which other muscles possess compensating potential. Two examples illustrate the use of this data, particularly to clarify clinical issues.


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Responsible Gaming
Responsible Gaming is a rational and judicious choice of the gaming options which takes into account the player's personal circumstances and situation and prevents the game from becoming a problem. Responsible Gaming involves an educated and informed decision made by consumers with the sole purpose of entertaining and enjoying themselves, where the value played never exceeds what players can afford.
Responsible Gaming is a leisure and entertainment activity and never interferes with social, professional or family commitments.
Responsible players:
1. Responsible players play for fun, not for money. They are aware that they may be lucky and win, but they may also lose.
2. Playing responsibly means making decisions based on facts, keeping control of the time and the money players want to spend.
3. Playing responsibly makes the gaming activity a pleasant and enjoyable experience, with no risk of harm to players, their family and/or friends.
How to play responsibly:
1. Play for fun, not for money or to escape from problems.
2. Do not pursue or try to recover losses.
3. Play for fun, enjoy yourself when winning, but take into account that you may also lose.
4. Do not borrow money to play.
5. Play only the amount of money you decided to use for entertainment. Do not use the money you usually need for your fixed expenditure, such as food, transportation, etc.
6. Self-control decreases at times of emotional crisis: avoid playing at those times.
7. Do not let gaming affect your relationship with family and friends.
8. Set a time and money limit to play.
9. The only measured game is the enjoyable game.
Also interesting…
1. Do not mix up responsible gaming with safe gaming.
2. Do you know what problem gaming is?
3. And pathologic gaming?
4. We have provided a space for you on the web site, where you may make enquiries and exchange opinions.
5. Do you want to receive advice about playing in a more controlled fashion?
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Information Retrieval and E-Service: Towards Open Information Retrieval
Proceedings of International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM)
The concept of Information Retrieval (IR) could be extended towards an Open Information Retrieval (Open IR) approach. Open IR gives users a wider range of access methods when retrieving business objects (e.g. projects, products, skills, people, deliverables…) using Web applications. Open IR is based on the concept of the "Entity", as defined in the Hypertopic model. The Hypertopic model is a knowledge representation language we propose for mediating various "socio-semantic Web" applications, using topic maps co-constructed by members of a community. We briefly describe in this paper how Hypertopic "Entities" can be viewed "semiotically", depending on various topics and points of view. We describe how entity-based Hypertopic maps can be used to facilitate users' search efforts. For this purpose, we illustrate Open IR in the field of e-commerce: we examine complex features which could be proposed on electronic market places to describe/retrieve entities such as products proposed by multiple providers. Keywords: knowledge engineering, e-commerce, e-market place, information retrieval, socio semantic web.


Emacs: Manage Split Windows
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This page is a tutorial on managing split windows in emacs.
First, know the basics:
PurposeCommand NameKey
split top/bottomsplit-window-belowCtrl+x 2
split left/rightsplit-window-rightCtrl+x 3
unsplit alldelete-other-windowsCtrl+x 1
remove current panedelete-windowCtrl+x 0
cycle cursor to next paneother-windowCtrl+x o
wildly split emacs screen
Wildly split emacs screen. From top to bottom: calendar, Unicode, shell, hex editing mode, HTML mode, file management, calculator.
Note: in emacs, a "window" is technically called a "frame", while a pane in a split window is called "window".
Adjusting Split Pane Size
You can adjust the split pane size by dragging on the mode line bar in the middle. For windows split left/right, drag the status bar at the split point.
Or, you can use keys. Here's the commands:
enlarge-windowCtrl+x ^increase height
shrink-windowdecrease height
enlarge-window-horizontallyCtrl+x }increase width
shrink-window-horizontallyCtrl+x {decrease width
shrink-window-if-larger-than-bufferCtrl+x -shrink a window to fit its content.
balance-windowsCtrl+x + make all windows same width/height
Most of these commands also take a argument. You can call universal-argumentCtrl+u】 first then type a number. If you use these commands often, you probably want to give them a easier key. 〔☛ Emacs: How to Define Keys
Save Split-window Config for Current Session
winner-mode lets you revert to a previous pane configuration. (in emacs 23.2 () or later)
Example use:
 1. Call winner-mode to turn it on.
 2. Call split-window-vertically.
 3. Call split-window-horizontally.
 4. Now, remove all split panes by calling delete-other-windows.
 5. Now, you can go back to previous split pane config by calling winner-undoCtrl+c 】. There's also winner-redoCtrl+c 】.
If you want this functionality always, put in your emacs init file:
;; ability to revert split pane config. Call winner-undo 【Ctrl+c ←】 and winner-redo 【Ctrl+c →】
(winner-mode 1) ; in GNU emacs 23.2
Save Split-Window Config
You can save split-window config to register, like this:
Note: this doesn't work when you restart emacs, even if you have desktop-save-mode on.
Save Split-window Config Across Sessions
Use revive.el by HIROSE Yuuji. It's in emacs MELPA package repository. 〔☛ Emacs 24 Packages (ELPA) Tutorial
First, install it. Then, call save-current-configuration. It'll generate a file at ~/.revive.el.
To restore, call resume.
Swap Buffers Among Panes
If you want to swap buffers among your current split panes, install buffer-move.el by Lucas Bonnet. It's in emacs package repository MELPA 〔☛ Emacs 24 Packages (ELPA) Tutorial 〕.
(thx to Mark Hepburn and John D Cook)
Flow Buffer Side-by-Side
See: Emacs: You Have Widescreen? Have Screen Flow Side by Side
Move Cursor to Different Panes by Arrow
By default, you can move cursor to the next pane by calling other-windowCtrl+x o】. The default key is hard to use. Also, there's no key to move cursor to previous pane.
You can put the following in your emacs init file. It'll let you move cursor by {【⇧ Shift+】, 【⇧ Shift+】, 【⇧ Shift+】, 【⇧ Shift+】}.
However, you'll lose shift select.
;; use Shift+arrow_keys to move cursor around split panes
;; when cursor is on edge, move to the other side, as in a toroidal space
(setq windmove-wrap-around t )
Move Cursor to Previous Pane
alternatively, you can put the following in your emacs init file:
(defun move-cursor-next-pane ()
 "Move cursor to the next pane."
 (other-window 1))
(defun move-cursor-previous-pane ()
 "Move cursor to the previous pane."
 (other-window -1))
You can give them easy keys, such as {【Ctrl+3】, 【Ctrl+4】}. 〔☛ Emacs: How to Define Keys
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Children Learn To Play Tennis
In 2018, over 300 children in the CVRD participated in our Learn to Play Tennis Program led by Art Hobbs and his coaching team.
Children enjoy learning to play tennis.
- bring a wide range of physical, social and emotional abilities.
- participate in a wide range of activities in support of overall physical, social and emotional development.
- demonstrate being good sports.
- observe people of all ages enjoying and improving their tennis playing.
- observe and support their children in their tennis lessons.
- give input and feedback to our coaching team so that we ensure children have a positive learning experience.
Adults Learn to Play Tennis
Many individual adults and groups of adults participate in Adult Learn to Play Tennis lessons and group lessons.
Adult lessons meet specific needs - play tennis with children and grandchildren, prepare to play in tournaments, prepare to play in league matches, and prepare to play in social tennis. These lessons are FUN!
For additional information, go to the menu above.
An overview of the Learn to Play Tennis Program (LTPT)
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Is Gelatin Halal? What about Bovine sources?
"Is gelatin Halal? What if it is from a bovine source but not slaughtered according to shari'ah"
Gelatin, as far as my research has shown,
does not go through a chemical or molecular change in which it is modified into another substance.
Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolysed form of collagen, without any chemical or molecular transformation. Basically the collagen of the animal is washed (with peptides and other substances added), and through this process the collagen is broken down and processed into another form, whether that be liquid or solid. There is no transformation that renders it into a totally different and separate substance.
Looking at Gelatin Sources
Based on this, you have to look at the source:
 1. Naturally, fish and vegetable sources are completely acceptable.
 2. Bovine sources (as well as any other animal with is Halal to eat) are acceptable
 - if that animal was slaughtered in a manner acceptable to the Shariah.
 - If the gelatin is from an animal slaughtered or killed incorrectly, then it is not permissible.
 3. If it is from Porcine sources, it is categorically forbidden.
and Allah knows best
updated 09/30/2012
To add a little more context, I thought I'd add this from the above linked Wikipedia article:
While there are many processes whereby collagen can be converted to gelatin, they all have several factors in common. The intermolecular and intramolecular bonds which stabilize insoluble collagen rendering it insoluble must be broken, and the hydrogen bonds which stabilize the collagen helix must also be broken The manufacturing process consists of three main stages:
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Pine trees may help create smog, acid rain
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Could pine trees be making things worse? Latest research suggests they contribute to smog
Rather than being a global warming solution, pine trees may be inducing smog and acid rain by releasing vast amounts of nitrogen oxide into the air, researchers have discovered.
Under some circumstances, needles from Scots pine trees can release nitrogen oxides directly into the atmosphere, according to a report in today's issue of the journal, Nature.
A team led by Professor Pertti Hari of the University of Helsinki in Finland, conducted experiments with new pine shoots from Pinus sylvestris, measuring the amount of nitrogen oxides they emitted when exposed to sunlight.
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), along with hydrocarbon gases and sunlight, are the three ingredients needed to make photochemical smog that clogs the skies of many urban centres, as well as acid rain.
The researchers were surprised to find NOx produced by the pine needles, and that levels rose when shoots were exposed to ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. While the amount produced was insignificant on a local scale, "our findings suggest that global NOx from boreal coniferous forests may be comparable to those produced by worldwide industrial and traffic sources," said the authors.
Other scientists were cautious. "I would like to see a more qualitative estimate of how significant that might be in comparison to all the other sources of nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere," said Associate Professor David Griffith of the atmospheric chemistry research group at Australia's University of Wollongong.
While the gases produced by pine trees could in theory deliver as much air pollution as worldwide industrial emissions, in reality most trees do not grow in air that has the very low background levels of nitrogen oxides needed for the trees to emit NOx in the first place.
"If there are already nitrogen oxides in the air, there will be a net uptake, they will be taken up by the trees," he told ABC Science Online.
The study did show for the first time that forests can produce two of the three critical ingredients for smog, and it had been previously established that trees produce hydrocarbons. "No-one has recognised before that they also produce the nitrogen oxides," said Griffith. "Once you put both those ingredients together you can form photochemical smog."
But the amount of nitrous oxides required for this to happen are in the order of tens of parts per billion, and the research has only found levels of one to three parts per billion, he said.
"What I can't judge is how significant this would be globally," he added. "It's going to be a local effect. Nitrogen oxides don't have a long lifetime in the atmosphere." By comparison, nitrous oxides have a very long lifetime, and can spread all over the world.
Australia does not have a lot of boreal or 'needle tree' - forests, because they tend to exist in high latitude areas. But the findings could be relevant on a local scale in Australian pine plantations, Griffith said.
Large scale planting of pine trees to act as 'carbon sinks' has been promoted by some, the theory being that fast-growing trees absorb and retain carbon dioxide from the air. Carbon dioxide is widely cited one of the major contributors to global warming.
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You can authenticate a Zuora v2 element instance in one of two ways:
- Basic authentication, where you supply the user name and password of the Zuora user.
- Custom, where you provide the Client ID and Client Secret of the OAuth client associated with the user. See the instructions below to create an OAuth client.
Create an OAuth Client
To use the Custom authentication workflow, you must create an OAuth Client for a user and record the Client ID and Client Secret.
To create an OAuth client:
- Log in to your account at Zuora.
- Click your username at the top right and navigate to Administration Manage Users.
- In the OAuth Clients section, enter a name for the OAuth client.
- Click Create.
Record the Client ID and Client Secret.Note: Make sure that you capture the secret because you cannot access it again.


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If you've ever been to a Chinese restaurant, you've most likely received a fortune cookie at the end of your meal. You've also probably wondered how they managed to get that tiny slip of paper into a hard, closed cookie.
Should you not have seen a fortune cookie, let me describe one for you. They are small, hard golden cookies that can fit into the palm of your hand. But there's one thing that makes them unique: they're folded into a butterfly shape to create a pocket holding a ½" x 2" paper "fortune."
Fortune cookies often come at the end of a meal in a Chinese, and sometimes Japanese, restaurant. Traditionally, the fortunes were Confucian phrases about life (Confucius was a famous Chinese philosopher from the 6th century BC—over 2500 years ago!). Nowadays, the fortunes inside the cookies contain just about everything from quotes to advice. Some companies even let you write your own fortunes! Often, they are written in both English and Chinese, and may have lottery numbers and smiley faces on them.
Before we get to how fortune cookies are made, let's try to find out where they originated. The history of fortune cookies is a little murky. Some think that modern-day fortune cookies were inspired by 14th century Chinese rebels against Mongol invaders. Legend says that a Taoist priest and his followers sent messages hidden inside of traditional Chinese moon cakes (Chinese pastries stuffed with lotus seed paste) to inform rebels about potential uprisings against the invaders. Others believe that the fortune cookies have Japanese roots in traditional tsujiura senbei (rice cakes with paper fortunes stuffed inside), made at the Hyotanyama Inari shrine in the 19th century. Another group of fortune cookie enthusiasts thinks that the idea started around the same time, but in this instance by Chinese railroad workers in America who would hand out cakes stuffed with holiday wishes.
The invention of fortune cookies as we know them today is just as difficult to pin down. Most people nowadays believe that fortune cookies were created by a Japanese man named Makoto Hagiwara in 1914 in San Francisco. Hagiwara owned what is now called the Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden, where he served tea and fortune cookies. However, many still hold to the popular belief that fortune cookies were invented by a Chinese-American named David (Tsung) Jung, who owned the Hong Kong Noodle Company in Los Angeles. He claimed to have stuffed the cookies with passages from the Bible and handed them out to unemployed men near his bakery in 1918. In 1983, the debate between the two confectioners came to a head in the Court of Historical Review in San Francisco when their dispute was decided by Judge Daniel M. Hanlon, in favor of Hagiwara.
So, just how did these two gentlemen manage to get fortunes inside their cookies? Well, the process is actually very simple, and relies on the basic chemistry of a common ingredient—sugar. The batter for fortune cookies is usually composed of sugar, flour, water and eggs. When warm, the dough is flexible and can be molded into many shapes. When the baked dough cools though, the sugar hardens into a crispy, shiny cookie. Originally, bakers would mix the dough, pour it out into 3" circles, bake them, quickly place a fortune in the middle and use chopsticks to fold them into the familiar shape before they cooled.
In 1974 fortune cookie manufacturing changed forever. Edward Louie, the owner of the Lotus Fortune Cookie Company in San Francisco, invented a machine that could insert the fortune and fold the cookie. In 1980 Yong Lee created the first fully automated fortune cookie machine, called the Fortune III. Modern machines follow the same steps of handmade fortune cookies: they mix ingredients, pour batter into 3" cups which are then covered with metal plates to keep the batter flat and bake for about 3 ½ minutes. Vacuums then suck fortunes into place, use metal fingers to fold the fortune in half to trap the fortune inside, bend the cookie into shape, and cool and package the final cookie. Now fortune cookie machines like the Kitamura FCM-8006W can make up to 8,000 cookies in an hour!
Fortune cookies are a prominent part of Asian-American cuisine and have filtered into popular culture as well. People create customized fortune cookies to send funny messages to friends and family—and sometimes to even propose marriage to a loved one! They are even used in advertising campaigns for corporations. Even though popular belief says otherwise, modern fortune cookies are as American as baseball and apple pie.
- Fortune cookies in The Oxford companion to American food and drink. Edited by Andrew F. Smith. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2007. p. 233.
- Lazarus, David. Changing fortunes. The San Francisco chronicle, Aug. 7, 1999: p. B1 and B8.
- Lazarus, David. Unfolding the origin of a confection. The San Francisco chronicle, Aug. 7, 1999: p. B8.
- Lee, Jennifer 8. The fortune cookie chronicles: adventures in the world of Chinese food. New York, NY, Twelve, 2008. 307 p.
- Moore, Scott. Now you know column. Smart cookie. The Washington post. March 14, 2003: p. C12.
- Sugars in The Science of bakery products. Edited by W.P, Edwards. Cambridge, Eng., Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007. pp. 215-216.
- Tompkins, Joshua. Who invented the fortune cookie? American Heritage, v. 56, Feb./Mar. 2005: 14-15.
- United States Patent _PHONE_: Apparatus for making a food product -
Patent for Edward Louie's original fortune cookie machine
- United States Patent _PHONE_: Fortune cookie machine
Patent for Yong Lee's popular fortune cookie machine.
more print resources...
Search on "baked products," "baking," "Chinese restaurants," "Chinese American social life and customs," "cookery Chinese," "cookery Japanese," "food in popular culture," "food habits," "fortune cookies," "Japanese Americans social life and customs,"
in the Library of Congress Online
A fortune cookie. Photo courtesy of Colin Robertson.
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Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company. Photo courtesy of biskuit.
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Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
New Year's feast. Chinatown, New York City Jan. 26, 1906. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Aa hostess at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park offers a cookie to a squirrel. From the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Japanese woodcut print showing several women and a waitress in the Miyamoto shop. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.


Distance Between Centerville, UT and Logan, UT
How many miles? 71 Miles / 114 Km
How many times? 1 hour 9 mins
Distance, Gas Consumption and Emission Notes
Distance from Centerville, UT to Logan, UT is 71Miles or 114 Km. You can get this distance about 1 hour 9 mins. If you want to planning travel with plane for 57 Miles or 92 Km, You can get this distance about 37 mins.
The estimated cost of gas to get between Centerville, UT and Logan, UT is $7.47.
* Average US MPG used for calculations is 21.6 MPG.
* Coordinates of Centerville, UT is 40._PHONE_, -_PHONE_ and coordinates of Logan, UT is 41._PHONE_, -_PHONE_


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1964 Guerrero earthquake
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The 1964 Guerrero earthquake occurred on July 6, 1964 at 07:22 UTC (01:22 local time). The earthquake was located in Guerrero, Mexico. The magnitude of this earthquake was given as Ms 7.4, or ML 7.2.
The earthquake affected the states of Guerrero and Michoacán. 40 deaths were reported. The most affected places included Ciudad Altamirano, Cutzamala, Coyuca de Catalán, Tanganhuato, and Huertamo. The earthquake was also felt strongly and caused panic in Mexico City.
Coyuca de Catalán was seriously damaged. The city hall was destroyed. The majority of the houses there were seriously damaged and became uninhabitable. There were great cracks on the ground.


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Students will have only one username and password for use with MyRCC / E-Learning and Pharos. Email and Moodle will have the same username but the password will be different. We are working toward only one username and password for everything.
Student Username Format
Student username will be first initial, middle initial (if applicable), last name. Your username will be used to log in to MyRCC, Pharos, email, and Moodle.Student Username are made up of the first initial followed by middle initial (if provided) and then last name
- example: John J. Smith = jjsmith (all lower case and nospaces)
- example: Jane J. Smith = jjsmith1 (in case of duplicate, a number will be added incrementally)
- example: Jane Smith = jsmith (if no middle initial provided)
There is a default password to be used the first time you log in to your MyRCC account. The default password is:
- The first 4 digits of your student number
- The last 2 digits of your birth year
- The first initial of your first name (upper case)
- The first initial of your last name (lower case)
example: John J. Smith
student ID #: 118123
birth year: 1987
password = 118187Js
Password Reset Tool
RCC MyID is a web-based application which enables you to reset your Network password or unlock your account for the following systems on campus:
- MyRCC / E-Learning
To access RCC MyID:
- Go to RCC MyID at _URL_
- Using the link above, log in with your RCC username and password.
- You will be asked to enroll, this process must be completed to be able to reset password or unlock account.
- When you choose to reset your password your MyRCC, Pharos and E-Learning password will be reset.
Student Email and Moodle passwords are not available through the RCC MyID web-based application.
Please Note: For new students it will take 24-48 hours after you are admitted to generate/ display your login information. RCC MyID Enroll process consists of choosing security questions.


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The UISlider control offers a way to continuously get values from the user within a range of set values. In the Interface Builder library of controls, there is only a horizontal version of the slider, with no obvious way to change its orientation. In this blog, we'll learn how to rotate the slider control to a vertical orientation. So let's get started!
Start Xcode, choose "Create a new Xcode project," and select the Single View Application template. Click Next, name the project VerticalSlider, and choose options as shown:
Click Next, choose a location to save the project, and click Create.
Open ViewController.xib, and place a slider control on the view. Adjust the Minimum, Maximum, and Current values to 0, 360, and 0 as shown below. Also drag a UILabel control to the view, stretch it out and center it, and set the text to 44 points. Change the text in the label to "0", and center the text in the label.
Now open ViewController.h and make changes as shown here:
_USER_ ViewController : UIViewController
_USER_ (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UISlider *slider;
_USER_ (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *display;
- (IBAction)sliderValueChanged:(UISlider *)sender;
We've added outlet properties for both the slider and the label. Normally, we would not add an outlet for the slider, but in this application we want to change some properties of the slider object (make it vertical): we need an outlet to do that.
We've also added a method to detect a change in the value of the slider control. Reopen ViewController.xib, and wire up these properties and methods as shown here:
Make sure that the Value Changed event is selected in the slider.
Now open ViewController.m and make these changes to the file:
_USER_ ViewController ()
float r = d * (M_PI / 180);
- (IBAction)sliderValueChanged:(UISlider *)sender
self.display.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", (int)sender.value];
CGAffineTransform labelRotation = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
labelRotation = CGAffineTransformRotate(labelRotation, [self degrees2radians:sender.value]);
self.display.transform = labelRotation;
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
CGAffineTransform sliderRotation = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
sliderRotation = CGAffineTransformRotate(sliderRotation, -(M_PI / 2));
self.slider.transform = sliderRotation;
// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
return (interfaceOrientation!= UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown);
After synthesizing the properties, we define a helper method, degrees2radians:, that converts a floating point number of degrees to radian measure. As humans, we tend to think of angles in degrees, but radian measure is used exclusively in most (if not all) graphics libraries. The conversion is simple: 360 degrees == 2π radians, so 1 radian == 2π / 360 degrees. Factoring out the 2 gives us π / 180. We can therefore convert degrees to radians by multiplying the number of degrees with π / 180.
Look next at viewDidLoad: (we'll come back to sliderValueChanged: in a moment). After calling through to super, we apply an affine transform to the slider's underlying view. This is possible because a UISlider (like all controls) is a descendent of UIView: UISlider ← UIControl ← UIView. As we already know, views can be transformed in a number of ways: they can be moved, scaled, and rotated.
First, we get a transform matrix by setting a local variable to the identity matrix. We then alter this matrix by applying a rotation transform (CGAffineTransformRotate) to it through -(π / 2) radians (-90 degrees). This value is then assigned to the transform property of the slider, which rotates the slider by 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction. Higher values on the slider will therefore be "up."
The default center of rotation for a UIView object is the center of the view, calculated as the width of the view / 2 and the height of the view / 2. This transform therefore performs rotation about the center of the control. (If we want to rotate about another point, we must set the rotation point on the view's layer.)
In sliderValueChanged:, we set the text of the label to the value of the slider as an NSString, formatted with the slider's value cast to the integer type. We then apply a rotational transform to the label, converting the slider's value (degrees) into radian measure.
Run the application, and note that both the text and angle of the label change as the slider thumb is moved up and down:
(Of course, the slider itself is oriented vertically, which is the whole point of the blog!)
There is nothing that says the orientation of any control can't be at an arbitrary angle, for example, we could have oriented the slider at 45 degrees:
But such orientations are confusing to the user: changing in two directions at once (both horizontally and vertically) implies a change in two independent variables. Unless there is a very good reason to do this, keep the slider in either the default horizontal orientation, or the


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Is there a way to execute a line of code only if multiple statements are false?
I have an inventory:
inventory = {
 {"Images/Category 1/pistol1.png", false},
 {"Images/Category 1/machinePistol1.png", false},
 {"Images/Category 2/shotgun1.png", false},
 {"Images/Category 2/assaultRifle1.png", false},
 {"Images/Category 3/sniperRifle1.png", false},
 {"Images/Category 3/rocketLauncher1.png", false}
And I'd like to write a function that executes a line of code if all those statements are false, but obviously executes something else if even one of them is true.
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You can use a variable, and assume it's true
local IsEverythingTrue = true
-- the **for** statement is a loop. It will allow us to operate
-- the same way on any number elements in inventory.
-- _,v stands for variables that we are going to read from inventory table
-- we can't do it directly, however; **ipairs** function will prepare it so
-- _ will hold numerical index of each element (1, 2, 3 and so on);
-- we don't use it, though, so I put in a placeholder name
-- v will hold every value, so your two-element table
for _,v in ipairs(inventory) do
 -- if any value of v[2] is false, break
 -- v[2] is equal to inventory[_][2]
 -- if not v[2] can be written as
 -- *if value of v[2] isn't true*
 if not v[2] then
 -- in this case, after first non-true element has been found
 -- we know that not every one is true, or there is at least one false
 IsEverythingTrue = false
 break -- we don't have to check anything else
Then use that variable in expression
if IsEverythingTrue then
 -- do something
 -- do something else
If you want it to execute with multiple falses, just count them. Add local falseCount = 0 at the beginning, and change break for falseCount = falseCount + 1.
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That seems awfully complicated... I actually managed to solve it just now by using if (inventory[1][2] == false and inventory[2][2] == false and, etc, etc... Not the prettiest code, but it seems to work – Cleverbird Jan 17 '13 at 11:25
_USER_ What if you'll want to add something to the inventory? You will need to add another clause to your if statement. My approach is just a for loop, which will work regardless of number of elements in inventory. Besides, you can put this code into function, just like you wanted to. – Bartek Banachewicz Jan 17 '13 at 11:43
_USER_ it seems you don't understand some really basic concepts of programming such as loops thus I recommend reading some tutorials or documentation first. – Miszy Jan 17 '13 at 11:48
The thing is, I need to be able to understand the code myself, and I really cant tell what that snippet of code really does. I'd rather not blindly copy paste code, without knowing what it does. – Cleverbird Jan 17 '13 at 12:04
_USER_ that's not a problem. You should've asked for clarification at once. – Bartek Banachewicz Jan 17 '13 at 12:13
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OpenDCL 7.0 is now officially released as a stable version after over 2 years of development and testing. The new release adds support for AutoCAD, Bricscad, and ZWCAD+ on Microsoft Windows, giving the growing number of lisp developers a user interface framework with the same cross platform support as their programming language.
Archive for the 'Studio/Editor' Category
The Localization Project for OpenDCL has begun. He's a screenshot of the first pass at translating the properties window to German.
Other languages are currently underway.
If you'd like to help out in the translation process, please follow this link and let us know.
Over the last few builds (alpha 3-5), there have been a number of new features that have been added to OpenDCL 5. Here is a quick recap if you haven't been keeping up. Remember these new functions are still an Alpha work in progress, so make a backup before converting your existing projects. (Click on the thumbnail images below to see an enlarged version of them. Some are short videos showing the new stuff in action)
- Palette forms are now available.
- Here you'll see how to insert the palette in the editor.
- Most controls have a new Drag & Drop framework that allows them to handle the Drag & Drop events without any Lisp code at all.
- Most controls now have a transparent background.
- Now you can import an image with a transparent background into a picture box. Set the background color of the image to 192,192,192, then set the picture box background to transparent.
- A new delay function has been added: (dcl_DelayedInvoke ). This function executes a command after a set period of time (specified in milliseconds). If the command name starts with "c:", it will call the lisp function with that name. It also runs in the background, so you can keep working in Acad while the timer is still running. Unlike (command ".DELAY") where it freezes Acad & waits until the timer is done. This can be used for things like splash screens or other time-controlled activities, maybe a file system watcher or a chat application.
- Check boxes now support three states, and their 'Value' property is no longer a boolean, but an integer (0 = Unchecked, 1 = Checked, 2 = Indeterminate). Therefore, if you had code that checked whether a check box was checked via (if (dcl_Control_GetValue ) …), you'll need to change this to (if (= 1 (dcl_Control_GetValue )) …)
As Owen mentioned in his last post, OpenDCL 4.1 now supports Windows Visual Styles. So what's that mean? As you've probably noticed, each major version of Windows comes with a new set of visual styles or themes (Win2000, XP,


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Volatile Excel Functions
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|Volatile Functions & Actions||User-Defined Functions||Repetitive Calculation||Version Timing Comparison|
A Volatile Function in a formula in a cell makes that cell be
always recalculated at each recalculation even if it does not
appear to have any changed precedents.
FastExcel measures Workbook Volatility by comparing the time for a Recalculation to the time for a full calculation, and allows you to measure worksheet volatility by comparing the sheet recalculate time with the sheet full calculate time.
Excel's Volatile Functions.
Some of Excel's functions are obviously volatile: RAND(), NOW(), TODAY()
Others are less obviously volatile: OFFSET(), CELL(), INDIRECT(), INFO()
Some are volatile in some versions of Excel but not in others: INDEX()became non-volatile in Excel 97.
A number of functions that are documented by Microsoft as volatile do not actually seem to be volatile when tested:
INDEX(), ROWS(), COLUMNS(), AREAS()
and CELL("Filename") IS volatile although a MSKBN article says its not.
One particular syntax of SUMIF is volatile in Excel 2002 and subsequent versions. This occurs when the size of the first range argument is not the same as the second (sum_range) argument.
For example =SUMIF(A1:A4,">0",B1) is volatile whereas =SUMIF(A1:A4,">0",B1:B4) is not volatile. Both of these formulae will reference cells B1:B4.
Presumably this volatile behaviour was added to give correct results when B2:B4 were changed. Thanks to Luke Wisbey for letting me know about this behaviour.
Using a volatile function in a formula will flag the cell containing the formula as volatile, even if the volatile function never gets executed:
=IF(1<2,99,NOW()) will always return
99 and the volatile NOW() function will never be called, but the cell
containing the IF formula will be treated as volatile, (thanks to
Stephen Bullen for pointing this out).
You can download volatileFuncs.zip for a test workbook that you can use to test if a function or formula is volatile.
Dependents of Volatile functions.
Direct dependents of volatile functions are always
Indirect dependents of volatile functions are not
IF(), CHOOSE(), AND(), OR()
The IF and CHOOSE functions only execute ONE of the available choices. This is called short-circuiting:
If you create UDFs One, Two and Three each of which contain a debug.print or MsgBox statement so that you can see what is being executed then:
The AND and OR functions always execute ALL the available choices:
If the One(), Two() and Three() UDFs return 1,2 and 3 respectively then:
Volatile only at Workbook Open
References to UDFs where the UDF itself is located in an XLA or external workbook are flagged as dirty when the workbook containing the reference is opened: if calculation is Automatic they will be recalculated at workbook open, if calculation is Manual they will be recalculated at the next recalculation.
Using INDEX as the second part of a range reference, for example A$2:INDEX(A$2:A$8,7,), will also cause the reference to be flagged as dirty when the workbook is opened. (Thanks to Bill Wood for spotting this).
Because a cell has been flagged as dirty the workbook will also be flagged as Unsaved so you may get an unexpected prompt to Save the workbook when closing it.
Conditional Formats are volatile.
Because conditional formats need to be evaluated at each calculation any formulae used in a conditional format is effectively volatile. Actually conditional formats seem to be super-volatile: they are evaluated each time the cell that contains them is repainted on the screen, even in Manual calculation mode, although VBA functions used in conditional formats will not trigger breakpoints when executed by the repaint.
Volatile Actions: Actions that trigger calculation
Selecting any filtering criteria when using Autofilter will flag ALL the formulae in the autofilter range as uncalculated, even if none of their precedents have changed and even if you select exactly the same filter criteria as before. This can cause Autofilter calculation to be extremely slow.
Clicking Row or Column Divider
If calculation is set to Automatic clicking or doubleclicking a row or column divider will trigger a recalculation. But manually changing the height or width of a column or row will NOT trigger a recalculation.
In Manual mode these actions do not flag the workbook as requiring calculation.
Inserting or Deleteing Rows, Columns or Cells, or Moving Cells
Insert or Delete Rows or Columns or Cells, or moving Cells (using
Drag/Drop or Cut/Paste) anywhere on a Sheet, even to the right or
below the Used Range.
Then these cells become flagged as uncalculated.
Adding, Changing or Deleting Defined Names
Any action taken to add, delete, change or alter a defined name or its refersto property will trigger a recalculation.
Renaming Worksheets and Changing Worksheet Position
Changing the name of a worksheet or moving it will trigger a recalculation
in Automatic mode.
Deleteing Worksheets, but not Adding Worksheets
In Automatic mode deleting a worksheet will trigger a recalculation, but adding a worksheet will not.
Hiding or Unhiding Rows in Excel 2003
In Excel 2003 hiding or unhiding rows will flag the selected rows as uncalculated, even if no rows were actually hidden or unhidden. If calculation is automatic this will trigger a recalculation. This behaviour is a change from previous versions. Hiding or unhiding columns does NOT flag the column as uncalculated.
Probably the reason for the change is that the SUBTOTAL function in Excel 2003 has an option to include or ignore hidden rows, so Excel needs to be able to trigger a dependency recalculation by dirtying the cells when a row is hidden or unhidden.
Opening a.CSV file
Whenever you open a.CSV file, either through VBA or File-->Open, a recalculation of all open workbooks will be triggered, even if calculation is in Manual. Switching off.EnableEvents does not stop this recalculation. The only way I have found to prevent this recalculation from happening is to use VBA to switch Worksheet.EnableCalculation to False for each worksheet that you do NOT want to be calculated.
Each iteration of Goal Seek triggers a recalculation.
See evaluation circumstances for the circumstances that will cause a formula to be evaluated.


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Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Superordinate goals, in psychology, are goals which can only be achieved by the contribution and co-operation of two or more people or groups must.
Muzafer Sherif (1953) performed a study involving a group of boys at a camp that were in opposition to one another. He was able to successfully bring these two groups together by using a superordinated goal. The end result of the study was bonding of both groups.
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Let $X$ be an algebraic variety, $S \subset X$ its singular locus, and $x \in S$. Say that $x$ is good if for any neighborhood $U$ of $x$, any top differential form $\omega$ on $U \setminus S$ and some resolution of singularities $U' \rightarrow U$, the pullback of $\omega$ to $U'$ is regular.
An obvious necessary condition is that $S$ is of co-dimension at least 2. An example of a good point is $(0,0,0)$ in the variety defined by $x^2+y^2+z^2=0$. An example of a singular point which is not good is $(0,0,0)$ in the variety defined by $x^4+y^4+z^4=0$.
Here is the question:
Is the notion of good point related to other properties of singular points?
We are mainly interested in the case when $X$ is complete intersection.
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The condition you want is very close to having rational singularities.
Definition: A variety $X$ of characteristic zero has rational singularities if it is:
 1. Cohen-Macaulay and,
 2. for some resolution of singularities $\pi : Y \to X$ we have $\pi_* \omega_Y = \omega_X$.
Now, let me explain why condition 2. is essentially the one you described. If $S$ is codimension 2, then $\omega_X$ is actually defined to be the pushforward of $\Omega^{\dim X}_{X\setminus S}$. In other words, $\omega_X$ is exactly those top forms coming from the smooth locus. Since $Y$ is a resolution and hence smooth, $\Omega^{\dim Y}_Y = \omega_Y$.
The statement that $\pi_* \omega_Y = \omega_X$ simply says that any form from the smooth locus of $X$, also comes from a form on $Y$. Which is exactly what you want.
It is worth noting that this definition is independent of the choice of resolution. In particular, if it holds for one resolution, it holds for all.
For further reading I would suggest Singularities of Pairs by János Kollár.
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Thank you very much for your answer. There is one thing that I did not understand. Do you mean that if $X$ is Cohen-Macaulay and regular outside subvariety of co-dimension 2 then it is good? This will mean that the variety defined by $x^4+y^4+z^4=0$ is good, and I think that it is not true. Or do you mean that if $X$ is Cohen-Macaulay and have rational singularities than it is good. Thank you again, Rami Is it true that the variety defined by $x^4+y^4+z^4=0$ does not have rational singularities? – Rami Feb 3 '12 at 22:37
I've tried to clarify things. But also, if $X$ has rational singularities it is good. Rational singularities implies Cohen-Macaulay and being regular outside a set of codimension – Karl Schwede Feb 3 '12 at 23:50
Sorry for bothering you again, but I still have some qustions: 1. When you discuss direct image do you mean direct image in the derived category or in the abilian category of sheaves? 2. You say " $ω_X$ is actually defined to be the pushforward of $Ω^{dim X}_{X∖S}$." Why it is true? Do you mean that it is true whenever S is of co-dimension 2 or only under certain conditions that are satisfied in this case? what condition? I only see why it is true in the case that X is Gorenstein and only on the level of the abilian category. This should be enough for me but I still want to understand. – Rami Feb 4 '12 at 4:00
I think $\omega_X$ is the unique line bundle on $X$ extending $\Omega^{d}_{X^{\textrm{sm}}}$, where $d$ is the dimension of $X$ and $X^{\textrm{sm}}$ is the nonsingular locus of $X$. The existence and uniqueness of $\omega_X$ are actually not so easy; see Chapter 6.4 in Liu's "Algebraic geometry and arithmetic curves" for a general discussion. In general, if you have a good enough morphism $X\to Y$ of schemes, there exists a unique line bundle $\omega_{X/Y}$ (called the relative dualizing sheaf of $X\to Y$ I think) extending the line bundle $\Omega^r_{X^{sm}/Y}$, where $r$ is the rel. dim. – Ariyan Javanpeykar Feb 4 '12 at 7:34
1. I don't mean the derived pushforward. I mean the ordinary pushforward. In characteristic zero, one also has Grauert-Riemenschneider vanishing which makes $R \pi_* \omega_Y = \pi_* \omega_Y$. 2. This is not trivial, but it's true as I stated it, the Gorenstein condition is not needed. Whenever S has codim 2, $\omega_X$ is the pushforward of the top forms from the smooth locus, the point is that $\omega_X$ is always S2 and it agrees with the top forms on the smooth locus, thus it agrees with the pushforward from the smooth locus. – Karl Schwede Feb 4 '12 at 12:54
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T Score
The term t score has different meanings in different settings:
 - In introductory statistics, t score is often used synonomously with t statistic.
 - In psychometrics, a t score is a type of standard score computed by multiplying a z-score by 10 and adding 50.
 - In bone density tests, a t score compares bone mineral density to a reference mean.
Often, the meaning is clear from the context. In educational research, the psychometric definition generally applies. In papers on osteoporosis, the bone density definition is probably the intended definition.
Sometimes, though, the meaning is not clear. Some statistics texts use the term to mean "t statistic". Others use the psychometric definition.
To avoid confusion, the Stat Trek website avoids the term "t score". It uses "t statistic", instead.
See also: Student's t Distribution


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[Breaking Down Wooo UT] 19 Lamps? Surprised at Odd Number [Part 6]
Nikkei Electronics Breakdown Team started analyzing the ultrathin backlight unit. After observing the optical sheets, we looked into the light source.
The thickness of an LCD panel greatly depends on what light source and what locating method are employed. Hitachi explained it had employed an EEFL (external electrode fluorescent lamp), a kind of fluorescent tube, for the light source and used the "direct method," which locates the lamps behind the panel.
That gave us a hint. We thought we would surely find multiple lamps (EEFLs) under the optical sheets. To confirm it with our own eyes, we removed the four sheets and the diffuser panel. It certainly was the direct method. There was an array of slim lamps beneath the display.
"What? Nineteen?" cried an engineer, breaking the silence of the Breakdown Team, which was impressed that the sight was exactly as expected.
Apparently, 19 lamps were used in it. We heard most 32-inch LCD TVs use 10 to 14 lamps. Is the engineer being amazed at the larger number of lamps in there? To reduce the thickness of a backlight unit, however, it is a sure formula to increase the number of lamps.
The engineer continued, "An odd number of lamps is rare."
I see. He was surprised that the odd number of lamps was used.
The engineer began to guess why Hitachi had chosen to use the odd number of lamps.
- [Breaking Down Wooo UT] Hitachi's 35mm LCD TV Arrives [Part 1]
- [Breaking Down Wooo UT] 'It's So Simple' - Rear Chassis Removed [Part 2]
- [Breaking Down Wooo UT] Mysterious Cream-colored Sheet [Part 3]
- [Breaking Down Wooo UT] 'Stunned' by Ultrathin Power Board [Part 4]
- [Breaking Down Wooo UT] '4 Sheets' in Ultrathin Backlight [Part 5]