The present invention is directed to a method for the generation of periodic curved structures in a basic support material such as the basic layer for the magnetic bit cells of a magnetic storage device. A paper frame member 1 supporting a vibrating plate is paper-skimmed and formed. The nodes each have a local clock and mechanisms for maintaining time synchronization among the local clocks by transferring timing data packets via the sub-nets. In one embodiment, the pivot for the pump control ring is located radially outwardly from a conventional location, to allow for a discharge recess to be formed in the control ring, adjacent the discharge port, and extending past the pivot to the pump outlet. A status representation of the entities and at least one attribute graph based on one of the attributes from the entity list are presented. The system allows a data analyst to efficiently identify information of interest in a very large dynamic data set up to multiple petabytes in size.