Over a century ago, Oscar Wilde joked that America's only tradition was its youth. This was a distinctly European joke; Asians could not have found it funny. In Chinese culture, tradition is not just the most important thing, it is the only ...
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It's that time of year again: The time to purchase new calendars for the upcoming year. I usually keep track of my to-do list in a weekly portfolio, one that has ten lines for each day. If I have more things to do than ten each day, well ...
Tags: calendars, Chalkboard Calendars, Colorful Dry-Erase Calendars
Tomb Sweeping Day, also called "Cold Food Day", is the most important day for people to offer sacrifice to ancestors. It started from the Zhou Dynasty, with a history of over 2500 years. Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, ...
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Natural stone flooring is may be more of an investment but nothing can surpass the beauty and richness of its natural features. Natural stone is durable and adds value to your home. They’ll last as long, if not longer, than your house ...
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UK-Friday 14 September saw the inaugural PLASA Golf Day at the Drift Golf Club in Surrey,organised by PLASA with assistance from White Light and Delta Sound,the proceeds of the day went to Light Relief. Teams were entered by companies ...
University of Glasgow and UniversitéParis researchers have demonstrated for the first time RF performance of 50nm gate-length diamond field-effect transistors(FETs)[Stephen A.O.Russell et al,IEEE Electron Device Letters,published ...
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When I first approached this feature I thought that a test of several power options would be the right way to deliver some useful verdicts on performance and value. Then the reality sunk in about the vast range of options available and the ...
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For retailers today, it's an exciting but challenging time. The e-commerce revolution has created a newly empowered consumer – the 'always-on' consumer – who has higher expectations for the retail shopping experience than ever ...
Industrial Floor Screeding Cementitious industrial floor screeds can be applied from as little as 3mm thick,these are used to upgrade existing floors to give a new improved look to your industrial flooring,commercial flooring or domestic ...
Researchers in Switzerland and the USA have reported the first large-signal performance for a gallium nitride on silicon(GaN-on-Si)high-electron-mobility transistors with output power density of 2W/mm and associated peak power-added ...
Tags: GaN/Si, HEMTs, high-electron-mobility transistors, frequency performance
Subtle Differences So smooth is both visual and tactile, looking and feeling differently in different places, with different results from different tools, and sometimes different results with the same tools—in different woods. How do ...
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There is nothing quite so wrenching and traumatic as having to get out of a warm, comfy bed, put your cosy feet on a cold carpet and walk across the room to switch off a light. Not even poverty. Not even murder. However, help could soon ...
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20 June 2012 First 40GHz 2.5W/mm output performance of GaN/Si HEMTs Institute for Electronics,Microelectronics and Nanotechnology(IEMN)in France has demonstrated high-power-density nitride high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs)on ...
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When building a new home or remodeling an existing home, flooring choices are everything. With pets in the home, this becomes even more important, because pets are just as hard, if not harder, than people on flooring surfaces. What are the ...
Bentley EXP 9 F is a compelling new take on the Grand Touring Bentley–a vehicle that feels equally at home at an opera gala performance,on the sand dunes and the overtaking lane of the autobahn. "From a designer's ...
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