See in the night

A zebra crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing used in many places around the world. Its distinguishing feature is alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface, from which it derives its name. A zebra crossing typically gives extra rights of way to pedestrians. 

The crossing is characterised by longitudinal stripes on the road, parallel to the flow of the traffic, alternately a light colour and a dark one. The similarity of these markings to those of a zebra give the crossing's name. The light colour is usually white and the dark colour may be painted – in which case black is typical – or left unpainted if the road surface itself is dark. 

Anti-reflective material and patterning method

The invention provides an anti-reflective material comprising a salt of a carboxyl-terminated fluorinated alkyl polyether compound with a water-soluble amino compound. A resist pattern is defined by forming anti-reflective layer of the anti-reflective material on a photoresist layer, exposing the photoresist layer to a desired pattern of light, removing the anti-reflective layer, and developing the photoresist layer. A fine resist pattern having improved dimensional and alignment accuracies can be defined in a simple, efficient, reproducible manner without substantial environmental pollution. The invention is advantageously utilized in photo-lithography using photoresists.

Inventors:

Hatakeyama, Jun (Usui-gun, JP)
Umemura, Mitsuo (Usui-gun, JP)
Kishita, Hirohumi (Usui-gun, JP)

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Mirror arrangement for motor vehicles

A mirror arrangement for a vehicle having a functional device, control apparatus, and a mode switch located in a mirror housing is provided. An activation device is provided to activate the mode switch for maintenance of the functional device. Various embodiments and related methods are also provided.

Inventors:

Lang, Heinrich (Ergersheim, DE)
Witzke, Michael (Ansbach, DE)

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The concept inside a stamp

Different ways to comunicate the concept of the blog:

1_reflection

2_opacity

Alphabet

A- asphalt
B- blackboard
C- ceramics
D- dashboard
E- emerald
F- filter
G- glossy paper
H- hair
I- ink
J- jewel
K- knife's blade
L- lipstick
M- mirror
N- nails polish
O- oyster
P- peel
Q- quartz
R- rubber
S- skin
T- traffic signs
U- uniform
V- varnish
W- wood
X- X-ray
Y- 眼鏡 (Yǎnjìng)
Z- zebra crossing

"Reflection" in China

水影【shuǐ yǐng】
reflction of water

1. Poem

《夕望江桥》

梁 何逊

“风声动密竹，水影漾长桥。”

<see the bridge at sunset>

By xun He in Liang Dynasty 

"The wind was blowing the bamboo grove, and rippling the reflection of bridge in river. "

"The wind was rippling the reflection of bridge in river. "

2. Friction

《桨声灯影里的秦淮河》

朱自清

“从清清的水影里，我们感到的只是薄薄的夜－－这正是秦淮河的夜。”

<The Qinhuai River in the sound of paddles and shadow of lights>

By ziqing Zhu

"From the reflection of water, what we felt is just the night - this is the Qinhuai River."

"The night of Qinhuai River"

"Reflection" by Diane Chamberlain

Reflection  (1996)
A novel by Diane Chamberlain

From Publishers Weekly

Lightning strikes an elderly woman in the gripping beginning of Chamberlain's (Brass Ring) latest. Too bad the electricity ends there, as the story slackens into an unlikely, melodramatic, often sentimental tale of tragedy, unrequited love and forgiveness. The plot centers around Rachel Huber, a schoolteacher in her early 40s who has returned to her small hometown of Reflection, Penn., to care for Helen Huber, her long-estranged grandmother and the victim of that lightning bolt. The inhabitants of Reflection, it turns out, despise Rachel because of a tragedy that occurred 20 years earlier. She is harassed by store clerks, though the spunky owner of a beauty salon decides to forgive this prodigal daughter, despite the beautician having perhaps more reason than most to hate her. In time, Rachel reignites a romance with an old friend and secret love who's now an unhappily married Mennonite minister. Further secrets are brought to light, revealing that there's more to Helen than meets the eye. All this takes place without much discernible character development, however, making the sugar-coated finale that much more predictable.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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