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Nickelodeon Universe / American Dream Discussion Thread
p. 32 - AWESOME DreamWorks Water Park trip report!
By Airtime&Gravity,
This is awesome! Fingers crossed for lap bar trains on the Takabisha clone rather than typical Gerstlauer OTSRs.
This. I might've actually enjoyed Takabisha, with its fairly impressive layout, if it had lap bars.
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I don't know, guys... I'm having a hard time making up my mind.
coneyislandchris
I ended up visiting the Dreamworks Water Park for the second time this past Thursday. Wait, what, second time?! Believe it or not, I was one of the few people that managed to sneak a visit in during t
For what it's worth, I visited the park this past Wednesday with my daughter. After our inaugural visit back in 2019, where she just missed being tall enough to even ride the Shredder, we made the dec
Are they going to put these two coasters indoors? It's going to have to be a pretty hugea$$ building as Takabisha is a pretty decent sized coaster. If so, then I can see myself traveling the 2 1/2 hours in the winter just to ride this thing!
Jump on the train from Harrisburg and enjoy the weekend in the city! Meadowlands is sure easy from Penn Station!
I could see myself making the drive a few times in January-March when all the other parks are closed in the area if they can enclose it. Takabisha's max height is in the ballpark of Mindbender, which they enclosed in Edmonton so it's definitely possible.
The most recently released plans (from 2013-2014) had the whole amusement park being indoors.
ElvisLuv
Location: NWA via Memphis
Only thing outdoors is an Observation wheel, though I think with the Star Flyer in Orlando going right next door there, I can see more of this type of combo in the future.
Ccron10
Location: Hershey
I dug a little more and found a website for a structural engineering firm that has a few photos of drawings for the building for the theme park and water park as well as a list of rides to be included in both sections.
It seems to fit as it has the Takabisha clone and spinning coaster around it and it has the ProSlide attractions. There's a couple more photos on their site as well: http://www.structure1.com/project/american-dream-mall/
^ Thanks for sharing! The water coaster looks to have a lot of drops packed into that layout.
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Sorry if this was mentioned already as I totally haven't been following this project since anytime there is an update someone chimes in to say "it'll never happen" but looking at these photos do I see there is also plans for a "Short Loop Coaster" (Larson Loop?), a "Suspended Family Coaster", as well as a "Surf Rider"? A "spinning drop tower"? Also, does that say "Unicoaster"?
I'll definitely visit if this actually does happen.
Yes that does say Unicoaster. Those are really fun flats. I really liked the one at Belmont Park a few summers back. The Short Loop Coaster appears to be the long flat ride in the bottom left. I have a feeling that's probably a Larson Looper like you suspect. The only other coasters with a footprint like that and loop are the free flies, but I imagine they would have called it a 4D coaster if that were the case.
I'm also excited by the Sky Fly.
Does that train always run now? I went for usc vs Syracuse and had to bus it from seacaucus. Or are they still waiting for this project to make it daily?
Does that say "Air Race"?
Assuming this is still the plan and it doesn't change 500 times this looks like an awesome ride lineup. F*ck... I should know better than to actually get excited about this f*cking Mall
Dombot
Yeah, the park looks freaking astounding, but given the history of progress of this place I just can't help but feel...
I can understand people being concerned about the never-ending delays. But look at the current facts. Construction had started up again, track is delivered, Triple Five has created two wonderful indoor parks. Even if does take a few more years, it will be worth the wait.
Also found a link to a webcam facing the theme park area. Might not be a bad idea to bookmark it for when the vertical construction begins as the Gerstlauer coasters will be front and center. It looks like those white support beams laying on the ground might be supports for the roof structure so vertical construction might not be too far off (barring any delays of course).
http://www.earthcam.net/projects/americandream/meadowlands/
a "Surf Rider"
A knock-off FlowRider? Eww, gross.
Blatch
Holy hell, this introduced me to that new coaster being a Takabisha clone.
This sounds like an awesome idea, as I do like shopping malls in most varieties. I could probably plan a comprehensive trip of New Jersey out of this. The aboslute tallest coaster and the steepest coaster drop, all within a few days' time...
I think it might be one of those stand up Disk-O rides that Zamperla makes, but it does look like the water park might have a Flow Rider though.
You're saying maybe "Surf Rider" is referring to something else completely? I just know whatever that blue square on the far left of the water park (shaped like a FlowRider Double) is supposed to represent, it's definitely not an actual FlowRider.
http://www.rideentertainment.com/press-release/american-dream/
Article talks about the two new coasters. Claiming that both with be world records.
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Yeah, "Surf Rider" is more than likely a name for Zamperla's "Surf's Up" flat ride. Given that there's an Air Race in there, it's not too far of a stretch to assume that they'll have more than one Zamperla ride amongst their collection.
Doubtful... if that were the case it would probably be up in the "coasters" section with the loop coaster. Then again, maybe they mislabeled it by accident and forgot to put it there.
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SurfRider is also the name of the current generation of Intamin Half Pipe coasters.
LeoBruz199
^He's right.
Maybe they're cloning this ride from my previous home park?
From Intamin's official YouTube Channel
Actually, my first thought was an Intamin "Surfrider", just like they already have at Nick Universe, especially since its listed in the dry park on that map.
The Short Loop Coaster appears to be the long flat ride in the bottom left. I have a feeling that's probably a Larson Looper like you suspect. The only other coasters with a footprint like that and loop are the free flies, but I imagine they would have called it a 4D coaster if that were the case.
Apologies as I don't know where this screenshot came from but its floating around the FB coaster groups. Looks like what we thought might be a Larson Loop is actually a Skywarp. Funny after so many people suspected Great Adv may get one.
American Dream has sent us a press release announcing that the upcoming Nickelodeon Universe theme park at the mall will feature two record-breaking Gerstlauer coasters!
The indoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park at American Dream will feature two record-breaking roller coasters by Gerstlauer. They consist of an intertwined Launched Euro-Fighter with a beyond-vertical drop and a Spinning Coaster whose cars rotate on a vertical axis as they move along the track.
"Featuring the best in family and adult entertainment, Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream has been designed to appeal to customers of all ages. By working with the best partners in the business, our park experience will be highly themed and offer one of a kind rides by Gerstlauer," Don Ghermezian, President Triple Five.
The Euro-Fighter boasts the world record for the steepest roller coaster drop, while the Spinning Coaster will hold the titles of the world's tallest and longest free spinning roller coaster.
"These two coasters, appealing to thrill seekers, will break three world-records combined! Gerstlauer has far exceeded our expectations with these new to market coasters and we're excited to have them on this journey with us," commented Gary Hanson, a management consultant at Triple Five.
"We have worked on many projects, but this will be unlike anything we have ever designed. Visitors to Nickelodeon Universe at American Dream are in for a great ride," said Siegfried Gerstlauer, Managing Director of Gerstlauer Amusement Rides.
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This undated photo shows al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP)
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One Syrian serviceman was killed in a shelling attack staged by militants operating in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone at positions of government troops in the Aleppo governorate, chief of the Russian Reconciliation center for conflicting sides Vladimir Savchenko said on Friday.
"During the day, shelling attacks were reported at the settlement of Qudehi in the Aleppo governorate and Aleppo's western suburbs. One Syrian serviceman was killed in Qudehi," he said.
According to Savchenko, officers of the Russian reconciliation center had a meeting with local government officials and representatives from the reconciliation committee in the Deir ez-Zor governorate. "The meeting focused on problems of restoration of social infrastructure facilities," he noted.
Apart from that, officers of the Russian center conducted two humanitarian operations and delivered about 900 sets of food products to the Rif Dimashq and Homs governorates.
It is completely clear how well is working Russia-Turkey agreement, but for terrorists supported by Turkey. Let us wait to see where is Russia limit of tolerance. So far, Putin is saying that the agreement is more than fine, it is a matter of fixing something here, something there, and so on.


NAIROBI: An outspoken member of Kenya's opposition accused of treason for taking part in a mock swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga was deported to Canada late Tuesday.
The move came in defiance of a High Court order that he be presented before a judge on Wednesday.
Miguna Miguna, a provocative firebrand and member of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, was forced onto an international flight on Tuesday night.
"Miguna denounced his Kenyan citizenship years back, acquired Canadian citizenship and never bothered to reclaim Kenyan citizenship in the legally prescribed manner neither did he disclose that he had another country's citizenship despite being a lawyer who should have known better," said interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka in a tweet Wednesday.


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Tuesday 1 January 2013
Ukraine To End Military Draft
Ukraine says it is ending the practice of compulsory military service in 2013 and will move to a system of recruiting contract personnel.
Ukraine: Man Dies In Grenade Blast
Ukrainian media reports say a man was killed when a grenade he was carrying detonated at a local university in the western city of Chernivtsi.
Yanukovych Appoints New Ministers
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has appointed a new cabinet following the dismissal of the previous government after October's parliamentary elections.
Former Porn Star Undeterred In Her Battle For EU Asylum
Anastasia Hagen may be the first porn actress to seek asylum in the European Union. But the Ukrainian mother-of-three says that checkered past is well behind her now. She's fighting an uphill battle for asylum in the Czech Republic, saying she could face prison and the splitting up of her young family if she's returned to Kyiv.
Former Ukrainian Porn Star, Persecuted At Home, Battles For EU Asylum
Anastasia Hagen may be the first porn actress to ask for asylum in the European Union. The Ukrainian mother of three fled to the Czech Republic last year after criminal charges were leveled against her under tough new laws on pornography. Hagen is now battling deportation from the Czech Republic, where her asylum request has been rejected.
Ukraine Cold Spell Kills Dozens
Ukraine's Health Ministry says 37 people have now died from the severe cold spell that hit the country this month.
Freeze Frames
Bitterly cold temperatures and blizzards are making life painful across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Health authorities in Kyiv say at least 37 people have died in Ukraine from causes attributed to cold weather. In Russia's Far East, temperatures have plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius. (17 PHOTOS)
Kyiv To Press Putin For Gas Deal
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych is expected to try to secure an agreement for Kiyv to pay a lower price for Russian natural gas during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 18.
Judge, Family Beheaded In Kharkiv
A judge in Kharkiv, Ukraine and three members of his family have been murdered -- all of them beheaded.
Ukraine Resignation To Protest PM Pick
Acting First Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky has resigned from Ukraine's interim government to protest Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's reappointment for a second term.
Tymoshenko Trial 'Compromised'
A top U.S. law firm's analysis of the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has found that her defense was "compromised to a degree that is troubling under Western standards of due process."
Fisticuffs In The Ukrainian Parliament
Fistfights broke out in Ukraine's new parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in successive sessions on December 12 and 13, as opposition lawmakers tried to block access to the podium following disputed elections and rumors of defections poisoning the air. (19 PHOTOS)


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/*!
	@file
	@author		Albert Semenov
	@date		09/2008
*/
/*
	This file is part of MyGUI.

	MyGUI is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
	it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
	(at your option) any later version.

	MyGUI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
	along with MyGUI.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef __MYGUI_RESOURCE_MANAGER_H__
#define __MYGUI_RESOURCE_MANAGER_H__

#include "MyGUI_Prerequest.h"
#include "MyGUI_Singleton.h"
#include "MyGUI_Enumerator.h"
#include "MyGUI_XmlDocument.h"
#include "MyGUI_IResource.h"
#include "MyGUI_Delegate.h"
#include "MyGUI_BackwardCompatibility.h"

namespace MyGUI
{

	class MYGUI_EXPORT ResourceManager :
		public Singleton<ResourceManager>,
		public MemberObsolete<ResourceManager>
	{
	public:
		ResourceManager();

		void initialise();
		void shutdown();

	public:
		/** Load additional MyGUI *_resource.xml file */
		bool load(const std::string& _file);

		void loadFromXmlNode(xml::ElementPtr _node, const std::string& _file, Version _version);

		/** Add resource item to resources */
		void addResource(IResourcePtr _item);

		/** Remove resource item from resources */
		void removeResource(IResourcePtr _item);

		typedef delegates::CDelegate3<xml::ElementPtr, const std::string&, Version> LoadXmlDelegate;

		/** Register delegate that parse XML node with specified tag (_key) */
		LoadXmlDelegate& registerLoadXmlDelegate(const std::string& _key);

		/** Unregister delegate that parse XML node with specified tag (_key) */
		void unregisterLoadXmlDelegate(const std::string& _key);

		/** Check is resource exist */
		bool isExist(const std::string& _name) const;

		/** Find resource by name*/
		IResource* findByName(const std::string& _name) const;

		/** Get resource by name*/
		IResource* getByName(const std::string& _name, bool _throw = true) const;

		bool removeByName(const std::string& _name);

		void clear();

		typedef std::map<std::string, IResource*> MapResource;
		typedef Enumerator<MapResource> EnumeratorPtr;

		EnumeratorPtr getEnumerator() const;

		size_t getCount() const;

		void   reloadFontResource() const;

	private:
		void _loadList(xml::ElementPtr _node, const std::string& _file, Version _version);
		bool _loadImplement(const std::string& _file, bool _match, const std::string& _type, const std::string& _instance);

	private:
		// карта с делегатами для парсинга хмл блоков
		typedef std::map<std::string, LoadXmlDelegate> MapLoadXmlDelegate;
		MapLoadXmlDelegate mMapLoadXmlDelegate;

		MapResource mResources;

		typedef std::vector<IResource*> VectorResource;
		VectorResource mRemovedResoures;

		bool mIsInitialise;
	};

} // namespace MyGUI

#endif // __MYGUI_RESOURCE_MANAGER_H__


February | 2007 | Dan Moore!
The folks at cleancode have written an article on embedding a GWT widget in Tapestry. (It's actually from June 2006, but still might prove useful.) They used the widget I wrote for Colorado HomeFinder and documented on my blog.


Congratulations October 2016 MVP awardees!
Please join us in welcoming 862 new and renewing Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals–MVPs!
Over the past year, these exceptional community leaders have demonstrated their deep commitment to helping others make the most of their technology, voluntarily sharing their passion and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products. The MVP Award is Microsoft's way of acknowledging and supporting their outstanding contributions to the community.
Whether it's through blogs or books, speaking engagements or Microsoft Channel 9 videos, user groups or forum participation, MVPs help an average one million Microsoft customers every day.
MVPs are recognized each quarter in one or multiple award categories for this annual award. This quarter eight MVPs were recognized in two award categories, ranging from Cloud and Datacenter Management and Enterprise Mobility to Data Platform and Office Development.
Altogether, there are nearly 4,000 MVPs. They are nominated by Microsoft, other community members, or in some cases themselves. Candidates are rigorously evaluated for their technical expertise, community leadership, and voluntary community contributions for the previous year. They reflect Microsoft's global community, today coming from more than 90 countries and speaking more than 40 different languages.
And if you know (or are!) an awesome community leader, go here to make a nomination.
Got my MVP Award for the First Time. Thank You Very Much and Really Proud to be a part of the elite community!!
Was very exited to receive the award first time. congratulations to all new and renewed MVPs !
Thank you to the MVP Award program. I'm glad to be part of this increadible team.
Congratulations to all, Well done! and Thank you.
got my first mvp award. great!


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d i s t r i c t E I G H T
T H E
Group Bio /
Recordings /
CDs Info /
Karl Hempel - Bass
B. Karl Hempel manages a busy schedule performing oratorio works, requiems and masses as a member and soloist with the Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men. He also sings with several Washington, DC, and Baltimore area professional ensembles, including Cathedra, the Washington Bach Consort, the Baltimore Opera Chorus, The District Eight, and others. Receiving his Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory, Karl studied opera in the studio of Stanley Cornett. His operatic roles include Pistola in Verdi's Falstaff, Bacchus in Purcell's Masque in Dioclesian, Figaro in Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro, and Luther, Crespel, and Shlemil in Offenbach's Les Contes D'Hoffmann.
A native of Cape Cod, Karl has toured and studied extensively throughout Europe and Russia, singing in celebrated venues such as the Great Hall at Moscow Conservatory, Capella Hall in St Petersburg, St Mark's Basilica in Venice, St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Tirana Opera House in Albania, St John's Smith Square, Westminster Abby, in London and many other notable halls and churches canvassing the British Isles, Europe, Russia and Siberia. He has been coached and tutored extensively in vocal technique and performance style with such renowned professors as Dale Moore, Craig Timberlake, Dorothy Richardson, and Louise McClelland.
© 2020 by Chris Dudley
Mailing:  43965 Eastgate View Drive, Chantilly, VA 20152
Info@TheDistrictEight.org


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Q: Commas are not allowed inside page item value? APEX I am trying to pass a full name from 1 page to another.
But when I type 'Tyler, Brown' inside my text field and redirect to the next page.

The value that is left becomes 'Tyler'

What does apex not allow commas inside value of page item?
is there a way to go around this?

A: Commas are used to separate multiple item values in an Apex URL, e.g.
http://host/ords/f?p=100:1:1234567890::::P1_ITEM1,P1_ITEM2:value1,value2

Typically you shouldn't be passing user-entered data via the URL - e.g. save the value in a table and pass a system-generated ID for the record instead.
If you must pass a value like this via the URL, you can surround it with backslashes (\), e.g.
http://host/ords/f?p=100:1:1234567890::::P1_ITEM1,P1_ITEM2:\value1,with,commas\,value2

Source: https://stewstools.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/apex-column-linking-with-data-that-includes-commas/ (note: the links in this old article are dead, but I've tested the method myself on Apex 5 and it works)

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NanoLiquids
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https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-18-CE92-0011
NanoLiquids: Property Changes of Multiphasic Fluids by Geometrical Confinement in Advanced Mesoporous Materials
Fluids confined in nanometer-size porous geometry exhibit unique properties that have no equivalent in the corresponding bulk systems. As such, they deserve an extensive interest for their high potential of technological innovation. In this context, the scientific community has been encouraged to improve the ground basis knowledge of nanoconfined liquids. During the last decade, an impressive number of physico-chemical properties have been studied when confining a fluid in a mesoporous medium. As a whole, it appears that the nature of the surface-liquid interaction and the geometric parameters of confinement readily affect the phase behavior, structure, dynamics and fluid flow, leading to original physico-chemical phenomena.The next step in the field would be to direct the (new) properties of nanofluids in a desired manner. Many of the studied systems comprised a single fluid phase confined in a 'passive' porous material, which is seen as a bottleneck to such developments. For this reason, the intension of the NanoLiquids project, is to explore the properties of new systems that would allow for an unprecedented control of interfaces based on the nanoconfinement of multicomponent fluids into functionalized porous materials with periodically alternating surface chemistry. Starting from examinations of the mesoscale structure and dynamics of the bulk binary systems the physico-chemical properties of mixtures confined in tailored mesoporous media shall be explored. In particular effects such as microphase separation, enhanced gas solubility and confinement-induced changes in the fluid rheology as well as the interplay of these phenomenologies will be in the research focus. These studies will be possible only by the combination of an extensive number of complementary methods and skills in physics and chemistry, both experimental and numerical, encompassing temporal and spatial windows that range from the molecular to the macroscopic scales and provide a strong added value to the proposed French-German collaboration.
Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany) and L'Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR, France).
Michael Fröba, Universität Hamburg
Patrick Huber, Technische Universität Hamburg
Denis Morineau, CNRS - Université de Rennes 1
Job Title: Postdoctoral position in experimental physics - Rennes (France)
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a PhD in the field of physics or chemical-physics and a prior experience with condensed matter studies and characterization methods (such as neutron scattering, dielectric spectroscopy, calorimetry). An experience related to the thermodynamics, dynamics and structure of liquids, glassforming systems or molecular nanomaterials will be considered as an advantage.
The postdoctoral project is hosted by the Institute of Physics of Rennes, a CNRS-University joined unit. Rennes is located in Brittany (France), c.a. 1h30 by train west from Paris.
The announcement of the position is valid until the position is filled.
Starting date: September-November 2019
Qualifications: Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics, Chemical Physics
Project term: 12-24 months
Location: Institute of Physics of Rennes, University of Rennes 1, FRANCE
Contact: Denis Morineau
Properties of Water Confined in Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: Nanoimprinting the Local Structure
J. Benedikt Mietner, Felix J. Brieler, Young Joo Lee, and Michael Fröba
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 12348 (2017).
Microphase Separation of Binary Liquids Confined in Cylindrical Pores
A. Razzak Abdel Hamid, Ramona Mhanna, Ronan Lefort, Aziz Ghoufi, Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Bernhard Frick, and Denis Morineau
J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (17), 9245 (2016).
Soft Matter in Hard Confinement: Phase Transition Thermodynamics, Structure, Texture, Diffusion and Flow in Nanoporous Media
Patrick Huber
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 103102 (2015).
02.12.2021 During the DESY Science Day 2021, we were introduced as a new research group at DESY.
05.11.2021 Our publication Dynamic Kerr and Pockels electro-optics of liquid crystals in nanopores for active photonic metamaterials appeared in Nanoscale.
22.10.2021 Our article Wafer-Scale Electroactive Nanoporous Silicon: Large and Fully Reversible Electrochemo-Mechanical Actuation in Aqueous Electrolytes has been published in Advanced Materials.
26.07.21 Article on "How water wets and self-hydrophilizes nanopatterns of physisorbed hydrocarbons" published in the Journal of Colloids and Interface Science.
We present experiments and computer simulations on the wetting behaviour of water on molecularly thin, self-assembled alkane carpets of dotriacontane (n-C32H66 or C32) physisorbed on the hydrophilic native oxide layer of silicon surfaces during dip-coating from a binary alkane solution. By changing the dip-coating velocity we control the initial C32 surface coverage and achieve distinct film morphologies, encompassing homogeneous coatings with self-organised nanopatterns that range from dendritic nano-islands to stripes. These patterns exhibit a good water wettability even though the carpets are initially prepared with a high coverage of hydrophobic alkane molecules. Using in-liquid atomic force microscopy, along with molecular dynamics simulations, we trace this to a rearrangement of the alkane layers upon contact with water. Water molecules displace to a large extent the first adsorbed alkane monolayer and thereby reduce the hydrophobic C32 surface coverage. Thus, our experiments evidence that water molecules can very effectively hydrophilize initially hydrophobic surfaces that consist of weakly bound hydrocarbon carpets.
14.06.2021 Nanostructuring of materials leads to completely new, often surprising properties; this makes them highly interesting for new fields of application and technologies. However, whether these materials can be processed into robust components and thus find their way into applications depends very much on their mechanical properties. These are usually particularly difficult to determine without changing them through the measuring process or even destroying the materials. Within a German-French research team we have now developed a non-contact and non-destructive measurement method using laser ultrasound in such a way that the elastic properties of nanostructured materials can be characterised in detail. The results are reported in an article entitled "Laser-excited elastic guided waves reveal the complex mechanics of nanoporous silicon" in the journal Nature Communications (see also the DESY/TUHH press release: German/English).
11.05.2021 The article "Synergistic and Competitive Adsorption of Hydrophilic Nanoparticles and Oil-Soluble Surfactants at the Oil–Water Interface" has been published in Langmuir. An illustration from the article is featured on the cover of the current Langmuir issue.


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Palm Harbor riders in bicycle lane seriously injured after teen driver enters their path, troopers say
Provided by FHP
EAST LAKE, Fla. - Three Palm Harbor residents were riding their bicycles Thursday morning when a teen driver entered their path, sending all riders to the hospital, troopers said.
The crash occurred around 8:29 a.m. at the intersection of East Lake Road and Trinity Boulevard. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 16-year-old girl from New Port Richey was heading south on East Lake Rd. and stopped at the left turn lane at the Trinity Blvd. intersection.
Meanwhile, the two riders of a tandem bicycle – a 65-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman – and a 64-year-old bicyclist were heading north in a "designated bicycle lane," FHP reported in a news release.
As they approached the intersection, troopers said the driver turned left and into their paths. Both bicycles collided with the right side of her vehicle.
READ: Mom, boyfriend arrested for child abuse after 2-year-old girl critically injured, Clearwater police say
All three riders had serious injuries following the crash and were taken to nearby hospitals.
Troopers did not say whether the driver was cited. The 16-year-old was uninjured.


Hi, I'm keen to learn more about the 'push' & 'pull' feature in RLM Pro but can't find much documentation.
l have looked at the link below but the links to the sample files don't seem to work - I just get a screen of random characters.
can anybody point me to some good resources?
Try using a different browser. That will fix your issue.
Did you try right-click on the buttons and then select Save As?