The preparation of this concept required a full review of the existing dwelling and how it related to the site. The site analysis revealed a requirement in a large increase in floor area – 3 new bedrooms, kid's play area, bathrooms, large garage and entry could take place in front of the existing dwelling. With consent of the planning authority, approval was granted to bring the facade forward.
The introduction of the central courtyard and the conceptual adoption of this by the client enabled a practical separation of the kid's bedrooms/bathroom areas, general living and the upstairs master bedroom. The existing palette of dark stained western red cedar cladding, anodised aluminium window frames was carried through in the new work, yet the block type form established from bringing the front of the dwelling forward and its western orientation influenced a design decision to create a complex series of openings in this facade.


Travel to enjoy Alentejo by bike. I recommend, at least, 4 days. You can do it in more days stopping and visiting the places along it (beaches, castles, monuments, restaurants, scenic views, ...).
Small traffic, good pavement, highway when the national road is not interesting (Alcácer do Sal to Lisbon, for example, where the national road has lots of 50Km/h traffic lights and lots of slow traffic).
In this roads (most of them at least) we can go faster or slower at your own speed of comfort.
It is possible to do it all or only parts of it, for example, you may not go to Cape Espichel and Troia.
I recommend that you do and stay at Lisbon –Troia – Minas S. Domingos - Elvas - Lisbon. You can stay more than one day at each place to explore and rest.
Note that if I would go by car maybe I would use shorter routes.
You can do it all in one day or in several days stopping and visiting the towns along it (castles, monuments, beaches, ...).
Small traffic, good pavement, highway when the nacional road is not interesting (Setubal to Lisbon, for example, where the nacional road has lots of 50Km/h traffic ligths and lots of slow traffic).
In this roads (most of them at least) we can go faster ou slower at our own speed of confort.
It is possible to do it all or only parts of it, for example, don´t go to Troia and Cape Espichel. You can go from Lisbon to Montemor-o-Novo, then Alcacer do Sal and return to Lisbon by the highway (I prefer to use the Vasco da Gama bridge instead of 25 of April bridge), this is one of my favorits.


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<?php

namespace Mockingbird\View;

use Silex\Application;
use Mockingbird\Model\Currency;

/**
 * Mockingbird helpers.
 */
class MockingbirdHelpers
{
  /**
   * @var \Silex\Application
   */
  protected $app;

  /**
   * The constructor.
   *
   * @param \Silex\Application $app
   */
  public function __construct(Application $app)
  {
    $this->app = $app;
  }

  /**
   * Formats cash according to currency.  For currencies other
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   * @param Currency|null $currency
   * @return string
   */
  public function c($amount, $currency = null, $sign = false)
  {
    $default_currency = $this->app['mockingbird.model.currency']->getDefaultCurrency();
    if (!$currency) $currency = $default_currency;

    if (!$sign) $amount = abs($amount);
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    {
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    return $result;
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  /**
   * Same as c(), but with fancy formatting (green/red label).  Link optional.
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   * @param float       $amount
   * @param Currency    $currency
   * @param string|null $link
   * @return string
   */
  public function cc($amount, $currency = null, $link = null)
  {
    $result = ($link ? '<a href="' . $link . '" ' : '= 0 ? 'pos' : 'neg') . '">';
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  }

  /**
   * Renders <option> tags with available accounts.
   *
   * @param integer $selectedid Id of account that should be marked selected.
   * @return string
   */
  public function renderAccountOptionTags($selectedid = null)
  {
    $accounts = $this->app['mockingbird.model.account']->getAllAccounts();
    $result = '';
    $lasttype = null;
    foreach ($accounts as $_account)
    {
      if ($_account->getIsdebt() && $_account->getIsCredit() && $lasttype != 'credit')
      {
        if ($lasttype) $result .= '</optgroup>' . "\n";
        $result .= '<optgroup label="' . _t('CREDIT_ACCOUNTS') . '">' . "\n";
        $lasttype = 'credit';
      }
      if ($_account->getIsdebt() && !$_account->getIsCredit() && $lasttype != 'debit')
      {
        if ($lasttype) $result .= '</optgroup>' . "\n";
        $result .= '<optgroup label="' . _t('DEBIT_ACCOUNTS') . '">' . "\n";
        $lasttype = 'debit';
      }
      $result .= '<option value="' . $_account->getId() . '"' . ($_account->getId() == $selectedid ? ' selected' : '') .
          '>' . htmlspecialchars($_account->getTitle()) . '</option>' . "\n";
    }
    if ($lasttype) $result .= '</optgroup>' . "\n";
    return $result;
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  /**
   * Renders <option> tags with available categories.
   *
   * @param integer $selectedid Id of category that should be marked selected.
   * @return string
   */
  public function renderCategoryOptionTags($selectedid = null, $user = null)
  {
    $categories = $this->app['mockingbird.model.category']->getAll($user);
    $result = '';
    foreach ($categories as $_category)
    {
      $result .= '<option value="' . $_category->getId() . '"' . ($_category->getId() == $selectedid ? ' selected' : '') .
          '>' . htmlspecialchars($_category->getTitle()) . '</option>' . "\n";
    }
    return $result;
  }

  /**
   * Renders <option> tags with available currencied.
   *
   * @param integer $selectedid Id of category that should be marked selected.
   * @return string
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  public function renderCurrencyOptionTags($selectedid = null)
  {
    $currencies = $this->app['mockingbird.model.currency']->getAll();
    $result = '';
    foreach ($currencies as $_currency)
    {
      $result .= '<option value="' . $_currency->getId() . '"' . ($_currency->getId() == $selectedid ? ' selected' : '') .
          '>' . htmlspecialchars($_currency->getTitle()) . '</option>' . "\n";
    }
    return $result;
  }

  /**
   * PHP Calendar (version 2.3), written by Keith Devens
   * http://keithdevens.com/software/php_calendar
   * License: http://keithdevens.com/software/license
   * Doesn't include
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   *
   * @param integer $year
   * @param integer $month
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			$content .
                     '	';
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Firefighters were called to Southwater following a gas leak at a home this afternoon.
Two crews attended the incident in Ash Road at about 12pm after a member of the public reported a 'smell of gas' in the area.
A spokesman for the fire service said gas provider SGN had confirmed there was a leak.
Engineers were sent to the scene and made the gas supply safe.
No action was taken by firefighters and they left at about 12.20pm.


Lisbon Terrace is a 24-unit family development with a mix of townhomes and apartments. Each unit is fully furnished with energy efficient appliances and a washer and dryer. It offers a great residential community with great attention to detail, incredible quality, great location and numerous amenities.


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Toyota doubles down on hydrogen with new 400-mile Mirai
All-new, second-generation Mirai is proof that Toyota still believes in hydrogen as the future
Such is the popularity of electric cars you might be forgiven for thinking battery power will be the only option once internal combustion has been outlawed.
But Toyota is keen to show drivers there is another way, and has just revealed an all-new hydrogen-powered car to prove it.
How to hydrogen fuel call cars work and what are the benefits?
The second-generation Mirai is an all-new car that resembles nothing of its Prius-like predecessor, and includes a third hydrogen tank which Toyota says increases range to 403 miles – a 30 percent improvement on the old Mirai. Built on the same platform as the Lexus LS, the new Mirai is intended to be more luxurious than the original, but Toyota says the price will be reduced by around 20 percent.
Although Toyota hasn't given it a price just yet, that reduction would suggest a price from just under $50,000. For that, buyers get an attractive four-door sedan with a luxury, high-tech interior featuring a 12.3-inch touchscreen display with Android Auto, a head-up display, and seats that are both heated and cooled.
Toyota has worked to improve the efficiency of the fuel cell, reducing its size while also increasing its power reserves, up from 114kW to 128kW. The smaller cell has created space for a third hydrogen tank, which is sat in the middle of the car where the transmission tunnel would normally be. This is joined by a pair of smaller tanks beneath the rear seats and under the trunk.
The new Mirai is likely to be priced from around $50,000Toyota
As well as cutting the price and upping the range, Toyota also hopes to increase sales ten-fold compared to the original Mirai, which sold just 11,000 units worldwide between 2014 and 2020. Toyota says it has created a new production line for the Mirai and its fuel cell, dramatically speeding up the build time compared to the original Mirai, which was assembled by hand as and when orders were placed.
Also key to that success will be in the public's adoption of hydrogen power, and the widespread availability of refuelling stations. For now though, the infrastructure to make hydrogen cars as successful as battery-powered vehicles simply isn't there, with filling stations counted in the dozens instead of the thousands.
As of March 2020, there were just 45 hydrogen stations in the US, with 43 of those in California. It's a similar story in Europe, with fewer than 100 stations in Germany and around a dozen in the UK. Japan, home of Toyota and fellow hydrogen car maker Honda, has over 120 hydrogen stations, but even that is a tiny number compared to gas stations and EV chargers.
There is also the issue of how hydrogen is made, as it doesn't always come from a clean and renewable energy source. So, while these cars lack a large battery pack containing mined lithium and cobalt, the cleanliness of their energy source can vary. And because hydrogen needs transporting, there are distribution efforts not required by electricity.
An upmarket interior features a 12.3-inch touchscreen and Android AutoToyota
As we explained in more depth here, hydrogen vehicles are seen as the long-term goal by some car manufacturers, like Toyota, who see today's hybrids and battery-powered vehicles as a stepping stone towards the mass adoption of hydrogen.
These cars drive in a very similar way to other electric vehicles. But instead of relying on a large battery that takes a long time to charge, they create electricity to drive their motors using an on-board hydrogen fuel cell.
This cell can be refuelled in around the same time it takes to put gas or diesel in a car, making them more time-efficient than EVs and their hour-long charging requirements. While hydrogen cars have a tailpipe, all that is emitted is clean water.
Further adding to the car's cleanliness credentials, Toyota claims the new Mirai cleans the air as it drives along, removing 100 percent of particulates, sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide from the air it drives through.
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#ifndef PHP_JSON_PARSER_H
#define	PHP_JSON_PARSER_H

#include "php.h"
#include "php_json_scanner.h"

typedef struct _php_json_parser php_json_parser;

typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_array_create_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *array);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_array_append_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *array, zval *zvalue);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_array_start_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_array_end_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *object);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_object_create_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *object);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_object_update_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *object, zend_string *key, zval *zvalue);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_object_start_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser);
typedef int (*php_json_parser_func_object_end_t)(
		php_json_parser *parser, zval *object);

typedef struct _php_json_parser_methods {
	php_json_parser_func_array_create_t array_create;
	php_json_parser_func_array_append_t array_append;
	php_json_parser_func_array_start_t array_start;
	php_json_parser_func_array_end_t array_end;
	php_json_parser_func_object_create_t object_create;
	php_json_parser_func_object_update_t object_update;
	php_json_parser_func_object_start_t object_start;
	php_json_parser_func_object_end_t object_end;
} php_json_parser_methods;

struct _php_json_parser {
	php_json_scanner scanner;
	zval *return_value;
	int depth;
	int max_depth;
	php_json_parser_methods methods;
};

PHP_JSON_API void php_json_parser_init_ex(
		php_json_parser *parser,
		zval *return_value,
		char *str,
		size_t str_len,
		int options,
		int max_depth,
		const php_json_parser_methods *methods);

PHP_JSON_API void php_json_parser_init(
		php_json_parser *parser,
		zval *return_value,
		char *str,
		size_t str_len,
		int options,
		int max_depth);

PHP_JSON_API php_json_error_code php_json_parser_error_code(const php_json_parser *parser);

PHP_JSON_API int php_json_parse(php_json_parser *parser);

int php_json_yyparse(php_json_parser *parser);

#endif	/* PHP_JSON_PARSER_H */


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Banning the Box on those Old Job Application Forms
Managing the Modern Workplace
V&E International Labor & Employment Resources
Cross-border Employment Issues
Defamation and TCPA
Employee Evaluation
ERISA and Employee Benefits
Executive Contracts and Compensation
Non-compete
Christopher V. Bacon
While employment lawyers like myself — and the EEOC — have long cautioned employees against automatically asking job applicants about their criminal history, few companies would think twice (absent advice of learned counsel) about asking "Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor?" on their standard job application forms. After all, who wouldn't want to know if a potential hire has a problem with drug abuse, violence, or … honesty? The question about criminal convictions has been popularly considered a good test of job applicants' honesty and integrity. In fact, employers are often more inclined to pass up a candidate who lies about a minor offense than a candid one with a more serious offense in the distant past.
While such questions on application forms are still legal in Texas (where I live), Texas employers doing business in other states are quickly learning that they can face stiff penalties if they ask those questions elsewhere. Currently, twelve states — California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — have passed "Ban the Box" laws that prohibit private employers from asking questions about conviction history on job applications. Many large cities — including New York City — have similar laws. A number of other states are in the process of considering such laws.
The biggest challenge for multi-state employers is whether they should use different job applications in different states or a uniform job application that passes legal muster in all states. Most of the states that have adopted these Ban the Box laws still allow employers to make inquiries about a candidate's criminal history, but only after a conditional offer has been made or — in a few cases — after the employee has been invited to an interview. The hope is that employers who learn about a conviction later in the process will be less likely to summarily dismiss an ex-offender if they have spent some time getting to know the candidate.
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The list of games for their Games with Gold program for the month of March has been released. Xbox Wire has the skinny on the games we can all enjoy this coming month, and they reveal that April should prove especially fruitful for gamers.
Rayman Legends, Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite will be gracing the Games with Gold lineup for this March.
It looks like the Xbox One will be graced with a single title again, though one that's rather enjoyable, Rayman Legends. For the Xbox 360 you're choices are Tomb Raider from March 1st through the 31st and Bioshock Infinite from the 16th of March through the 31st.
Rayman Legends (ordinary Xbox Live price $39.99) is a 3.4 GB download.
Tomb Raider ($19.99) is a 6.57 GB download.
BioShock Infinite ($29.99) is a 6.49 GB download.
It seems as if the Xbox One is stepping up the quality of their offerings when it comes to their free Xbox Live Gold subscription games. The three aforementioned games are all generally positively reviewed and should provide a great experience. The underlying monetary value rarely actually is related to the fun one can have. But this month, it might be worth it to check out those free games.
Now if they'd only adopt the same principles as the PlayStation Plus and have those games remain free until your subscription runs out. Now that would make Games with Gold that much more lucrative.


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Boko Haram: DJ Cuppy visits Borno, wants 'humanitarian action' for children
By Abbas Jimoh | Published Date Aug 29, 2019 12:23 PM
L-R: Director, Advocacy and Campaign, Save the Children (STC), Nigeria, Amanuel Mamo; STC Global Ambassador and Board Member STC African Advisory Board, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola (DJ Cuppy); Country Director, STC Nigeria, Deirdre Keogh; and Senior Philanthropy Adviser, STC, UK, Keith Kibirango at the briefing on humanitarian situation in North East Nigeria. PHOTO BY: Abbas Jimoh.
Ms. Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has called for urgent humanitarian actions for victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, especially Borno state.
Ms. Otedola, who is a Save the Children Global Ambassador and Board Member of Save the Children's African Advisory Board, made the call yesterday in Abuja, at a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the North East following a decade-long insurgency, after visiting Stabilisation Centres and other places in Maiduguri.
DJ Cuppy, who is also a daughter of Femi Otedola, Nigeria's billionaire businessman and philanthropist, said the Humanitarian Needs Overview estimates that there were 2.2 million school-aged children and teachers in North-eastern Nigeria who need immediate education in emergency support.
"Over 800 schools, primarily in Borno state, are still non-functional mainly due to inaccessibility as a result of insecurity. These children's education cannot wait.
"Around Nigeria, there are millions of 'young DJ Cuppy's' who do not know their own strength and their ability to change the world because of where they are born," Ms. Otedola said.
She noted that everyone should provide a conducive environment for Nigerian children to learn, be protected and grow up healthy.
She said, "As philanthropists, we all say we want to make the world a better place, but we often talk with no action. Today, I decided to act. Myself and my team flew out and visited the Stabilization Centre operated by Save the Children in Maiduguri, Borno state.
"This morning, I was able to observe and learn about childhoods that come to an early end, significantly because of ill-health, malnutrition, exclusion from education, child marriage, early pregnancy and violent death, especially in conflict affected regions in Nigeria, like Maiduguri.
"I was able to meet first-hand some of these children, their families and listen to their heartbreaking stories of not only what it's like to survive within the ongoing conflict, but of hope for their receiving care and treatment.
"Without treatment, one out of every five children will die of severe acute malnutrition. I have seen at the Stabilization Centre today, but there are still many more children to save."
Also speaking, the Country Director, Save the Children, Nigeria, Deirdre Keogh; and the Director, Advocacy and Campaign, Save the Children, Nigeria, Amanuel Mamo said it is important for all to act to alleviate the plights of the victims of the insurgency, especially the children.


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'A milestone': Pulwama gets unprecedented power transmission boost
By Junaid Nabi Bazaz on 1:25 am November 30, 2021 No Comment
Srinagar: Pulwama has become the first district in Kashmir that can supply power at transmission level almost 40 percent more than the existing capacity. This means that if there are any power cuts in the area, the constraints are at the distribution level, not the transmission level.
Power supply in Kashmir is received first by the transmission lines, administered by a separate department, from a power creation source, and then later fed to the distribution lines, administered by another department. Power reaches households through the distribution lines. Until now, the distribution wings had always blamed the lack of transmission capacity as the main reason for unscheduled power cuts.
What the situation of power cuts in the district will now be remains to be seen.
Hashmet Qazi, the head of the transmission wing of the Power Development Department who played a key role in Pulwama district having surplus capacity at the transmission level, told Kashmir Reader that about 255 MVAs is now the total transmission strength of the district. The new project has added 160 MVA to the existing 95 MVA, making the total 255 MVA.
Pulwama district, which has a population of about six lakh, is spread over 1100 sq km and has peak demand of power at about 150 MVA. The lowest demand remains around 70 MVA, as per latest figures. Now the distribution can supply up to 255 MVAs, a major development in the power sector in Kashmir Valley.
The project has also become the first Gas Insulated System to be installed by the power department itself. Earlier, it was done by Starlite, a private company, which had first installed the GIS project in Jammu and Kashmir. This also means a shift in technology from the Air Insulated System.
In GIS, land required for the installation of the system is almost four times lesser. It also takes less time for installation, and rarely develops short circuits, another reason for power cuts, as against the existing AIS.
"It is a milestone," said Qazi. "I believe it will ease the lives of people to a considerable extent."
As per the current arrangements, the Pulwama district has mostly un-metered areas, where 2-hour power cuts take place after every six hours. During the night, the power usually remains uncut. It remains to be seen what change in the power schedule the new transmission capacity will have. Qazi said that not only Pulwama, but Srinagar areas will also benefit from it because of the cascading effect of the project.
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BEIJING - FDI inflows for February surprised to the upside at 6.3% y/y (consensus: -4.8%), marking the first year-over-year increase since June 2012. Together with the out-turn in January, the FDI inflow of the first two months declined by 1.3% y/y, indicating modest stabilisation. Investment from the EU increased notably (34% y/y) during January-February, while investment from US (-5.4%) and Japan (-6.7%) remained weak. At the same time, FDI outflows more than doubled in January/February over the previous year's period. www.bbva.com (ATI).


In addition to collecting and storing raw metric values, the Cloudera Manager Service Monitor and Host Monitor produce a number of aggregate metrics from the raw metric data. Where a raw data point is a timestamp value pair, an aggregate metric point is a timestamp paired with a bundle of statistics including the minimum, maximum, average, and standard deviation of the data points considered by the aggregate.
Individual metric streams are aggregated across time to produce statistical summaries at different data granularities. For example, an individual metric stream of the number of open file descriptors on a host will be aggregated over time to the ten-minute, hourly, six-hourly, daily and weekly data granularities. A point in the hourly aggregate stream will include the maximum number of open file descriptors seen during that hour, the minimum, the average and so on. When servicing a time-series request, either for the Cloudera Manager UI or API, the Service Monitor and Host Monitor automatically choose the appropriate data granularity based on the time-range requested.
The Service Monitor and Host Monitor also produce cross-entity aggregates for a number of entities in the system. Cross-entity aggregates are produced by considering the metric value of a particular metric across a number of entities of the same type at a particular time. For each stream considered, two metrics are produced. The first tracks statistics such as the minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation across all considered entities as well as the identities of the entities that had the minimum and maximum values. The second tracks the sum of the metric across all considered entities.
An example of the first type of cross-entity aggregate is the fd_open_across_datanodes metric. For an HDFS service this metric contains aggregate statistics on the fd_open metric value for all the DataNodes in the service. For a rack this metric contains statistics for all the DataNodes within that rack, and so on. An example of the second type of cross-entity aggregate is the total_fd_open_across_datanodes metric. For an HDFS service this metric contains the total number of file descriptors open by all the DataNodes in the service. For a rack this metric contains the total number of file descriptors open by all the DataNodes within the rack, and so on. Note that unlike the first type of cross-entity aggregate, this total type of cross-entity aggregate is a simple timestamp, value pair and not a bundle of statistics.
Just like every other metric, cross-entity aggregates are aggregated across time. For example, a point in the hourly aggregate of fd_open_across_datanodes for an HDFS service will include the maximum fd_open value of any DataNode in that service over that hour, the average value over the hour, and so on. A point in the hourly aggregate of total_fd_open_across_datanodes for an HDFS service will contain statistics on the value of the total_fd_open_across_datanodes for that service over the hour.
Aggregate data points returned from the Cloudera Manager API appear as shown in this section.
These differ from non-aggregate data points by having the aggregateStatistics structure. Note that the value field in the point structure will always be the same as the aggregteStatistics mean field. The Cloudera Manager UI presents aggregate statistics in a number of ways. First, aggregate statistics are made available in the hover detail and chart popover when dealing with aggregate data. Second, it is possible to turn on and turn off the display of minimum and maximum time-series streams in line charts of aggregate data. These streams are displayed using dotted lines and give a visual indication of the underlying metric values data range over the time considered, entities considered or both. These lines are displayed by default for single stream line charts of aggregate data. For all line charts this behavior can be turned on and turned off using the chart popover.
The stats function can be used to access aggregate statistics directly in tsquery. For example, select stats(fd_open_across_datanodes, max) where category = service and serviceDisplayName = "my-hdfs-service" will return a single time-series stream containing the just the maximum statistic values from the fd_open_across_datanodes stream. The following statistics are available through the stats function: min, max, avg, std_dev, and sample. See tsquery Language for more details on the stats function.


Will you learn anything from your New Year resolutions?
December is usually a time for reflection and January is normally the time for planning and looking to the future, I suppose that's where New Year's resolutions come from. Personally, I don't usually bother with them because I have normally forgotten all about them by the 2nd January.
Life quickly takes over and were back in the swing of work, deadlines, budgets, schedules etc and all the well meaning plans go somewhat adrift. There is a tendency to carry on a little longer when it comes to dieting to correct over-indulgence during the festive season, I've even heard a few friends say they are abstaining from alcohol for the month of January – I could probably do with paying heed to both of these disciplines, but I probably wont!
I was in a discussion today about ongoing personal development and the need for everyone to continually learn and develop. Widening your knowledge base and expending your areas of expertise is critical for survival in today's fast changing world and I'm a great supporter of the concept of life long learning.
It occurred to me during my conversation that an excellent New Year resolution would be to commit to attending the New Media Breakfast each month during 2014. Yes, it probably seems like a shameless pitch for our monthly event but it's not intended to be. Personally, I get lots from the preparation of these events as do my team, and I learn a great deal about what really matters to people during the Q&A sessions.
It doesn't need to be the New Media Breakfast but you should consider regularly attending something that will stimulate the mind, provoke some thought and increase your knowledge.
I know many of the attendees from previous breakfasts have enjoyed excellent networking and been able to make new and valuable connections in the process. So, whilst your New Year resolution may be to starve the body and get back to full fitness, it's worth considering feeding the brain and meeting some like-minded people in the process.
Our January breakfasts are in Edinburgh on the 16th January and in Glasgow on the 31st January, you can get full details here.
I would love to see you at either event and at future breakfasts during 2014.


Stuttering at the Conference Day 4 – Last day – Hello. I stutter.
Well today the NSA annual conference came to a close. It's been a really amazing experience that definitely blew away any expectations that I had. I'm not sure what I really thought would happen before I showed up — maybe some seminars, sitting and listening, talking to a few people here and there.
Next year's conference is in Chicago. I've already made up my mind that I'll go. Whatever has to be done for scheduling, so be it. (Besides, many of the Middle East airlines fly direct to Chicago). I want to listen to others talk about stuttering again. I want to see the friends who I met over the past week. I want to be moved to tears — as I was twice today. I want to be mentally exhausted at the end of each day again. I want to scribble furiously in my little notebook as yet another speaker blows my mind with a new attitude or outlook that I never considered.
I want to meet new people, and I want to feel comfortable again in a room of a thousand people who get it.
I really wish I had gone to this conference when I was in high school. I'm not sure how different my life would have been, but I would have known that I wasn't the only one. I would have known other kids going through the same experiences. I could have gone to seminars with adults who could have mapped out the next few years — the college years. I would have talked to people about all the uncertainty, the fear of speaking, and how it'll be fine at the end of the day. I didn't do all of that, but I'm doing it now. I'm 35, and I'm less covert in my stuttering as before. And that's fine to come out on my own terms. And it's even easier being here to see how others have done it, and how others have embraced it.
I'm going to go back over my notes over the next few days and see about how to relive some of the magic … I think I'll devote a week to each day of the conference and elaborate on workshops and ideas that were presented. By all means, if you have any comments or stories, do send them along. As I said before, this site has only just started, and we've got a lot to cover.
This is awesome. I'm glad you had a positive experience and are already thinking about next year. I love Chicago; it's a great city with plenty to do. Do I sense a road trip coming up???


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Gateshead 1 Welling 1: Heed still in possession of play-off place
Gary Mills says Gateshead must become more ruthless if they are to realise their dream of a return to the Football League.
Gateshead manager Gary Mills (Image: Action Images / Ed Sykes)
The Tynesiders remain fourth in Skrill Premier, still in possession of a play-off place.
But while they are unbeaten in eight league games, last night's 1-1 draw with Welling United was their sixth stalemate during that spell.
And to add to Mills' disappointment, his side spent the middle hour of the game wasting a hatful of opportunities.
"It's frustrating," he said.
"We created chance after chance in the first half especially.
"We didn't start the game well but when that happens you just hope to come through with a clean sheet until you get going.
"That didn't happen, we conceded, so it became a challenge and a fight.
"But for 75 minutes we dictated it, we just couldn't take our chances and it's ended up costing us two points."
It might well have been more, given the Heed's slow start.
On 10 minutes Joe Healy headed in Ross Lafayette's right-wing cross.
But the hosts began to dominate, James Curtis, Marcus Maddison, James Brown and JJ O'Donnell all going close and Welling keeper Lee Butcher escaping punishment when seeming to handle John Oster's effort outside the area.
Then, Maddison's free-kick was saved, O'Donnell nodded the rebound onto the bar and after Ben Clark's shot seemed to be blocked by a stray hand, Oster fired across goal.
Maddison, finally, equalised with a 49th-minute penalty after being felled by Healy, but his side never pressed on thereafter.
And Mills said: "It's deja vu, we've been here before.
"We've got to be more ruthless. We dictate games for long spells but football's about taking your chances."
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I know that there are people on various websites who claim that it's possible but I've always been skeptical about it (I'm skeptical about most metaphysical things) but I trust the people on this forum and I want to know your input about it.
Here's my experience; a year and a half ago when I got introduced to sleep OBEs, I thought it was a joke but I still wanted to try it out for myself because who doesn't want to float in mid air??? I was exhausted when I went to bed, and as I was laying down, I imagined a rope above me and envisioned myself climbing that rope. Then something strange happened to me, I felt my entire being vibrate from under my skin and I felt a cooling sensation originating from my brain and trickling to the extremities of my body and I stood there in awe for 30 seconds and then I freaked out and physically pulled myself up to open up the lights because I was SPOOKED and that was it. I don't know if it was my imagination or the first phase of sleep OBEs but I never had the courage to try it again. I guess that I am afraid to meet entities that no one else can see while I'm floating or to never come back to my body and be in a permanent coma and the idea of seeing my sleeping body from a third person point of view kinda freaks me out, it's as though I am a ghost who is looking back at it's corpse.
Re: Has anyone here ever experienced an OBE while asleep?
I've had several partial separations from my body but never a full blown OBE. My first experience was in 1973 about 2 weeks after learning how to meditate. I got half way out while lying in bed waiting for sleep to come. I was so surprised by what was going on because I had never even heard about such a thing before, so I didn't consciously do anything to prompt it to happen. In the years since then I've also detached completely except for my head, and I was never able to make the final break from the body; that was frustrating because I so much want to have an OBE.
Just curious, was this your first attempt? If so, I'm impressed. You might want to look into Robert Monroe's experience. His first book, Journeys Out of the Body, detailed his spontaneous OBEs back in the 1950s (I think), when such things weren't well known. He thought he had something wrong with him that was responsible for them, and was very frightened at first. He took careful notes over the years, and those notes became the book. He's written other books that are fascinating as well, but I don't want to spoil it by telling you too much. There are also some youtube videos of him - good stuff. He became the pioneer in using sound waves to alter brainwave activity ( he calls it Hemisync), which is detailed in his first book. I think it was he that coined the term out of body experience.
Now there all kinds of books out there on the subject, and your particular approach is one of the techniques that are recommended. Unfortunately, none of them worked for me. Whenever something did happen to me it was always a spontaneous event.
Yes, it was my first and only conscious attempt so far, I wanted to try it out just for laughs because I thought it was bunch of nonsense and I wanted to prove to myself that it was impossible but I didn't think it would work (or at least that I'd feel something that I never felt before) and that's when I switched from being relaxed to being terrified of myself and what I have done, and I wanted it to stop because I didn't feel ready to experience something as strange as this. I don't know if I can do it as quickly if I try it again because this time, I believe in it and so I am afraid of what I could see in ghost form, it's an intense fear of the unknown thing, I am a cowardly person.
I've read somewhere that people who can lucid dream have an easier time to achieve an OBE. When I was very little, I used to have nightmares where I was being tortured and killed and after dying in my dreams, I would instantly wake up breathless and terrified out of my mind but my whole body was paralyzed, including my throat so I couldn't scream to wake my parents up so I'd just stare into the ceiling in total fear until I could move. To avoid this unpleasant experience again, I taught myself how to wake up from my dreams before they get too unbearable, like when something goes terribly wrong, I start to question it because it doesn't feel right and realize that it's too horrible to be real life and I know that the quickest way out is to pinch myself in my dream to wake up safe in my bed.
Your experience sounds disturbing to me, lol! Actually, the ''spiritual'' body detaching itself from the physical body is the most disturbing aspect of OBEs for me; I don't want to see how I look like in ghost form, I don't even want to see my body as if I isn't mine but someone else's, and I don't want to meet up with spirits either, good or bad, I just want to experience what it is like to fly into outer space but I want it to be in this world, not in my dreams. I've had plenty of flying dreams before and they're the best ones imo, but I think that an OBE can feel more real than a dream, it's not like a memory but more like something that you experience in The NOW, if that makes sense. I'm going to the city tomorrow, and I'll visit a bookstore to see if they have some of these books in stock.
I would instantly wake up breathless and terrified out of my mind but my whole body was paralyzed, including my throat so I couldn't scream to wake my parents up so I'd just stare into the ceiling in total fear until I could move.
I had many such experiences as a child (and a few as an adult), and it was indeed frightening when I was young. I learned later, however, that this is something called "sleep paralysis" and it is actually quite normal and when it happens I no longer panic. In fact, it's something that happens each night to everyone, but sometimes the mind wakes up while the body remains asleep. The paralysis is the body's way of ensuring that it doesn't move about during sleep, so it acts as a kind of self-protective measure. It's my understanding that when sleep paralysis happens it is an opportunity to have an OBE provided you can relax and not give in to fear.
This is what was so startling when it first happened. My "astral body" began moving up through the physical body longitudinally so that my "feet" were where my physical hips were and with my astral vision I could see the top of my physical head. It was very very strange, and when I realized what I was seeing I instantly snapped back into my physical body because I was so shocked.
Most of my other experiences are when I'm lying in bed, usually early in the morning, and I feel my legs or arms "floating" away from my physical body, although these experiences haven't happened very often. When they do happen, however, I try to see if I can completely detach, but I always end up stuck at the head. I've had a few experiences of lucid dreaming too, and when they happen I prove to myself that my body is still asleep by willing myself to fly. It's a great feeling. Lucid dreams are supposed to be prime opportunities to have a full blown OBE.
Your description is so creepy! Did your astral body look the same as your physical body? Do you have any tips on how to not be afraid of your astral and physical body merging and separating? OBEs aren't dangerous, right? I think that horror movies about ghosts taught me to be afraid of this. I know that there's nothing to be afraid of, but I don't see how anyone can achieve a complete OBE without being completely relaxed.
I had similar things with sleep paralysis. But it isn't anything to be afraid of. It's actually an amazing thing when we hone it. We can allow sleep paralysis in in a nice relaxing way and from that state the mind can enter the dreamscape.
I've had a few, but not recently. I would be sleep and wake up and I would be near the ceiling, kind of spinning around but my body was in the bed. I didn't like it I don't want to detach from my body like that. I also used to have the sensation I was rocking back and forth partially in and out of my body that was a very very soothing feeling and I enjoyed it. Kind like a baby being rocked to sleep.
I've also experienced sleep paralysis which is scary it comes with a sense that something or someone else is in the room. That usually seems to happen when I'm extremely exhausted, but thankfully doesn't happen often. I learned if I stop trying to move or scream and just relax it leaves.
I've also woken up and seen things I really wish I hadn't seen lol. Scared the crap out of me so much I don't care to retype about it in detail :-/.
I feel I should balance out Blissrun's comment with my own interpretation of the higher realms (e.g. The dream reality). I feel the higher realities are a more immediate and vivid reflection of ourselves. In physical reality all aspects of our being are reflected on reality e.g. If we feel afraid we are more likely to encounter things that we fear, if we are angry we are more likely to be angry to others, making them angry and reflecting our own anger back to us. This can be quite a slow and indirect process here in waking life.
However, in dream realities and other higher realities the reflect is far more rapid and vivid. It is also very new and new things can be quite intimidating. So if you are afraid of the higher realities, the fear within you will manifest itself to you - rapidly and vividly. You will create demons to frighten you. But these things cannot hurt you and are simply lessons to help you navigate beyond your fears - to realise that you are in control and are safe and creating this experience for yourself. Instead of choosing fear of these realms you can choose to love and embrace them. Then they change into the most extraordinary beauty. You can choose to use them as guides for your spiritual progress, and then they will become that for you.
To me it sounds like your own fears were being reflected back to you blissrun. And now you are reflecting that same fear onto this forum by expressing it. Which is a good thing as it gives us all an opportunity to learn from it. But I think it's important to emphasise that we create what we experience. We are experiencing all aspects of ourself. That is what life is (in my opinion). So i wouldn't want to scare people away from the higher realities. Personally I've found them extremely valuable in my own development, even the frightening stuff - maybe even especially the frightening stuff. It helped me overcome my fear of fear. When you can stare your deepest fears in the face when they are manifest vividly in front of you and say "I'm not afraid of you - can't you be more frightening?" it is a powerful feeling - a valuable feeling.
Well stated Zen. I agree with your take. We are explorers at heart in an unlimited universe of being. Fear challenges us, protects us, makes us stronger, and teaches us a great deal about the nature of life and our condition at present. Thanks for being the pioneer that you are and sharing your journey and insights.
I wasn't trying to scare anyone. Those were my honest accounts of those experiences. If I caused them I have no idea how and if there was anything to learn from them it missed me. I didn't find anything useful or beneficial about those experiences, personally and still haven't been able to shake off how much they freaked me out. I just realized this thread was asking about obe experiences while sleep, I think mine were especially disturbing because I woke up and was fully awake.
blissrunn14 wrote: I wasn't trying to scare anyone.
I didn't say you were. I said the fear within you resonated from you onto this forum - and that is a good thing in my opinion. I believe we all have fear within us, no matter how spiritually advanced we are. It's a beautiful thing - a divine guidance.
blissrunn14 wrote: Those were my honest accounts of those experiences.
I don't doubt your authenticity - I don't doubt that of anyone.
blissrunn14 wrote: If I caused them I have no idea how and if there was anything to learn from them it missed me.
We cause everything we experience. Our life experiences are a reflection of us - every aspect of us - every belief we hold on every level of our being. Being anything causes that thing to be.
blissrunn14 wrote: I didn't find anything useful or beneficial about those experiences, personally and still haven't been able to shake off how much they freaked me out.
That's fine. I was offering a way of balancing the situation. You didn't value the experience - that's fine. But that doesn't mean that others would have similar experiences to you if they ventured into the higher realms. Leaving your post without offering my own experiences may have made the higher realms look like a frightening place. This is restricting as it makes the wealth of experience on offer there harder to get to - the fear restricts access to the experience, and also increases the likelihood that the experiences gained from there will be negative e.g. if you think the higher realms will be dangerous, then you will create them as dangerous for yourself - which is a valuable experience, but not necessarily a pleasant one. It could just as easily be pleasant, so I figure I'd promote how pleasant it can be as a balance to you putting forward your own negative experiences.
blissrunn14 wrote: I think mine were especially disturbing because I woke up and was fully awake.
Yeah I've had some disturbing things happen while I've been fully awake. Some absolutely amazing and beautiful things too. Much more with the amazing and beautiful things. Every experience is what we make of it. If you fear these experiences they're more likely to come back to you as something fearful. If you learn to love them and appreciate the lessons of them they are capable of transforming as your beliefs about them transform. The demons are in us. Not outside us. The angels are in us. Not outside us. It is we that create. There is no outside world to fear, only the inside reality to explore.
These are just my opinions born of the subjective interpretation of my life experiences. There is no pressure on anyone to believe or not believe this. You interpret reality in your own way. Through that interpretation you create your life experience. Your way is yours. My way is mine.
These experiences are really cool and gives you insight about the spirit world which is our permanent home. But still these are just temporary experiences. It's not something that really changes you(except maybe the frequent and advanced travelers it can make difference in their awareness) If anyone wants to experience these things it's better to use easy methods that doesn't take your time in daily life. I think Michael Raduga has good methods for anyone who wants to see and experience the "permanent home" (Spirit World) easily before they leave their rent houses(physical bodies) permanently. In the last years I started have this entering to the blackness/void experiences before I find myself in a location.


From Kim Kardashian to Justin Bieber: Can you guess which celebs these fans have spent thousands on surgery to look like?
Collectively they've spent hundreds of thousands to look like Kim Kardashian and co, but what do you think?
Birmingham-born Jordan James Parke hit the headlines this week in his surgical quest to look like Kim Kardashian, but the 23-year-old isn't the only one splashing the cash on surgery to look like their favourite star.
Combined these fans have spent more than £300,000 to look like their chosen celebrities, but how successful have they been?
Jordan has spent £100,000 on more than 50 cosmetic procedures, including Botox, lip and cheek fillers, laser hair treatment, eye brow tattoos and Lord knows what else. Sadly, though, he still looks nothing like a Kim Kardashian of the Midlands.
With a £11,000 NHS nose and £25,000 worth of personal debts, 'Britain's vainest man' Sam's mission to recreate the Joey Essex look has left him looking a little less than reem.
Sadly the showbiz lifestyle Sam dreams of has also left him at risk, after he was recently attacked during a visit to Essex – with his attackers shouting: 'There's only one thing worse than Joey Essex, and that's a Joey Essex wannabe.' Harsh.
When 24-year-old Toby spent a reported £70,000 to become a Justin Bieber lookalike, he sadly didn't factor in that a teenage Bieber hadn't quite finished puberty.
Whereas he initially had the look of a young Justin, his frozen face is forever stuck in the past as his celebrity icon has left the baby days behind him and continued maturing into a man.
It seems identical twins Mike and Matt weren't too happy as a duo, and set out to make Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt their triplet – by er, splashing a combined £20,000 on noses to match the star.
Something tells us their mother won't have been best pleased!
It's not just the blokes who are after the celebrity look and lifestyle, though. Yet for Kelly her quest to become Jennifer Aniston was prompted by a need for revenge, not vanity.
After a painful split from her ex husband, she parted with over £15,000 on Jen-inspired implants, liposuction and nose job to make her ex jealous – because that was apparently a good idea?
Hmm! What do you guys think?


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If you're interested in any of our papers, please click the [download] or [request preprint] link after each abstract. If you request a reprint, it will be emailed to you immediately. If you prefer to email me to discuss any of our work, please do get in touch (see contact details in the sidebar).
Dynamic strain propagation in nanoparticulate zirconia refractory
ME Jones, S Fearn, R Winter, F Yuan, AR Lennie, JE Parker, SP Thompson, CC Tang
J Appl Cryst 48 (2015) 386
Residual and intrinsic strains in granular materials have been studied extensively. However, understanding the dynamic strains that cause these resultant residual strains is key to developing better strain-resistant materials. This investigation demonstrates a method for characterizing dynamic strain propagation in granular materials. The specimen is a zirconia based refractory composed of sol-gel-derived zirconia nanoparticles in a potassium silicate glass binder. In situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction in flat-plate geometry is used to characterize the sample structure on timescales of the order of 1ms. A 125W CO2 laser is used to strain the sample with a 25ms pulse length. To compensate for the poor flux on this timescale, a pump-probe method is repeated 1000 times and the resulting data are subsequently re-binned to improve statistics. A Gaussian weighting function is also used to introduce better contrast between strained and unstrained frames. TOPAS Academic is used for fitting with a Le Bail model in batch mode. Lattice parameters and sample height are refined during fitting, along with a Lorentzian line width for extracting microstrain broadening. Microstrains, epsilon, in the range of 1.01% < epsilon < 1.46% are reported on a 1ms timescale. [request reprint]
Yttria-zirconia coatings studied by grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering during in situ heating
K Hoydalsvik, T Barnardo, R Winter, S Haas, D Tatchev, A Hoell
Phys Chem Chem Phys 12 (2010) 14492
The morphology of sol-gel derived dip-coated yttria-doped zirconia films containing variable amounts of yttria has been studied using in situ grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) whilst heated incrementally to 1000C. A procedure to analyse in situ GISAXS data has been devised which allows a quantitative analysis of time-dependent GISAXS data tracing processes such as chemical reactions or manufacturing procedures. To achieve this, the relative positions of the Yoneda peak and the through beam are used to fix the vertical q scale when the sample thickness is subject to fluctuations due to chemical reactions or deposition processes. A version of Beaucage\'s unified model with a structure factor from Hosemann\'s model for paracrystals describes the yttria-zirconia film data best. It is interpreted in terms of particles forming from a polymeric gel network and subsequently agglomerating into larger units subject to Ostwald ripening as both size and average separation distance of the scattering objects increase. The sample with the highest yttria content shows progressive surface roughening from 850C which may indicate the onset of chemical segregation. [request reprint]
In-situ double ASAXS of the sintering and calcination of sol-gel prepared YSZ ceramics
T Barnardo, K Høydalsvik, R Winter, CM Martin, GF Clark
J Phys Chem C 113 (2009) 10021
Yttria stabilised zirconia xerogels are heat treated to temperatures of 1000oC, and the evolving structures are analysed using anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS) across two absorption edges. Homogeneous nanocrystals (~10nm in size) begin to grow at temperatures above 390oC for pure YSZ, whilst the presence of a silica matrix inhibits nucleation until 780oC. Anomalous effects haveshown the zirconia plays the dominant role in crystal growth, and varying concentrations of yttria do not affect the nucleation temperatures, or average size of the individual particles. The difference between scattering factors, necessary for accurate ASAXS analysis, is also investigated. Relations for this analysis were derived from X-ray absorption spectra - conducted as part of the small-angle scattering investigations. [request reprint]
Li conductivity of nanocrystalline Li4Ti5O12 prepared by a sol-gel method and high-energy ball milling
W Iwaniak, J Fritzsche, M Zukalová, R Winter, M Wilkening, P Heitjans
Defect and Diffusion Forum 289 (2009) 565
Spinel-type structured Li4+xTi5O12 (0<x<3) is actually one of the most promising anode materials for Li ion batteries. In its nanostructured form it is already used in some commercially available Li ion batteries. As was recently shown, Li diffusivity in microcrystalline Li4+xTi5O12 with x=0 is rather slow. In the present contribution the Li conductivity in nanocrystalline samples of the electronic insulator Li4Ti5O12 prepared by different routes is investigated using impedance spectroscopy. The mean crystallite size of the samples is about 20 nm. The ionic conductivity of nanocrystalline Li4Ti5O12 obtained by mechanical treatment is higher by about two orders of magnitude compared to that found for a material which was prepared following a sol-gel method. The latter resembles the behaviour of the microcrystalline sample with an average particle size in the μm range rather than that of a nano-crystalline ball milled one with a mean crystallite size of about than 20nm. The larger conductivity of the ball milled sample is ascribed to a much higher defect density generated when the particle size is reduced mechanically. [request reprint]
Determination of the optical band-gap energy of cubic and hexagonal boron nitride using luminescence excitation spectroscopy
DA Evans, AG McGlynn, BM Towlson, M Gunn, D Jones, TE Jenkins, R Winter, NRJ Poolton
J Phys: Cond Mat 20 (2008) 075233
Using synchrotron-based luminescence excitation spectroscopy in the energy range 4-20eV at 8K, the indirect Γ-Χ optical band-gap transition in cubic boron nitride is determined as 6.36±0.03eV, and the quasi-direct band-gap energy of hexagonal boron nitride is determined as 5.96±0.04eV. The composition and structure of the materials are self-consistently established by optically detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and both x-ray diffraction and Raman measurements on the same samples give independent confirmation of their chemical and structural purity: together, the results are therefore considered as providing definitive measurements of the optical band-gap energies of the two materials. [request reprint]
Laser-heated high-temperature NMR: A time-resolution study
R Winter, AR Jones, RN Shaw-West, M Wolff, P Florian, D Massiot
Appl Magn Reson 32 (2007) 635
The time resolution achievable in in-situ high-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance experiments is investigated using laser heating of refractory materials. Three case studies using 27Al in alumina nanoparticles, 29Si in silicon carbide and 23Na in a glass-forming mixture of sodium carbonate and quartz have been conducted to distinguish the cases of (a) a fast-relaxing, high natural abundance nucleus, (b) a probe nucleus with low abundance and low spin-lattice relaxation rate, and (c) a complex and changing system of industrial relevance. The most suitable nucleus for in situ high-temperature studies is one with high abundance but slow relaxation because the differential relaxation time between hot and cold parts of the sample effectively removes the signal from the cold material. There is no \'in situ penalty\' from the diminishing Boltzmann polarization at high temperature since this effect is balanced by a corresponding increase of the spin-lattice relaxation rate. [request reprint]
In situ SAXS studies of the morphological changes of an alumina-zirconia-silicate ceramic during its formation
D Le Messurier, R Winter, CM Martin
Small-angle X-ray scattering is used at two energies, one either side of the zirconium K-edge, to probe the in situ formation of an alumina-zirconia-silicate ceramic. The use of energies either side of the edge allows the decomposition of information regarding the scattering from the zirconia particles from that of the glass matrix. Porod slope data show how the nanoparticles progress from being relatively isolated particles to becoming agglomerates as the pore network in the glass collapses. The shape of the agglomerates resembles the pore network of the glass at low temperature. The Guinier radii of the particles show the growth of the agglomerates past the Littleton softening point, whilst still resolving the primary particles. [download]
Energy-dependent in situ small-angle x-ray scattering study of nano-ceramics
R Winter, D Le Messurier, CM Martin
Crystallography Reviews 12 (2006) 3
Energy-dependent small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements near the Zr-K absorption edge of a nano-scale alumina-zirconia-silicate ceramic are reported. The in situ experiments cover the temperature range from 250 to 725oC, during which the sol-gel prepared nano-particles consolidate and the glass matrix phase begins to soften, leading to a compaction of the ceramic. The dominant scattering mechanism changes from a surface-fractal type to a mass-fractal type linked to direct contact areas between nano-particles and matrix. The energy-dependent data identify the zirconium-bearing phase as dominant in the high-q range. The experimental data are placed in the context of recent advances in in situ anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS) and some experimental problems and solutions of near-edge scattering are discussed. [request reprint]
23Na, 29Si, and 13C MAS NMR investigation of glass-forming reactions between Na2CO3 and SiO2
AR Jones, R Winter, GN Greaves, IH Smith
J Phys Chem B 109 (2005) 23154
The glass-forming reactions between sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and silica (SiO2) have been investigated by 23Na, 29Si, and sup>13C magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy. The multinuclear MAS NMR approach identifies and quantifies reaction products and intermediates, both glassy and crystalline. A series of powdered batches of initial composition Na2CO3·xSiO2 (x=1,2) corresponding to a sodium metasilicate (Na2SiO3) and sodium disilicate (Na2Si2O5) stoichiometry were investigated after periods of isothermal and nonisothermal heat treatments at different temperatures. Analysis of the 23Na quadrupolar coupling parameters has identified the early reaction product in all cases as crystalline Na2SiO3. In the non-isothermal experiment, this reaction is preceded by an early silica-rich melt phase formed around 850oC. The early reactions are controlled by solid-state Na+ diffusion across the reaction zone in the grain interface layer. Crystalline Na2SiO3 precipitates in the interface layer, increasing its thickness between the Na2CO3 and the SiO2 grains and slowing down the rate of Na+ migration. This creates a secondary phase, which is temperature dependent. At low temperatures, where Na+ migration is impaired, the production of Na2SiO3 ceases and silica-richer phases are precipitated. In the case of the sodium disilicate batch, where excess SiO2 is present, a secondary reaction of Na2SiO3 with SiO2 forming a glassy phase is observed. A transient carbon-bearing phase has been identified by 13C NMR as a NaCO3- complex loosely bound to bridging oxygens in the silicate network at the SiO2 grain surface. [request reprint]
Tracing the reactive melting of glass-forming silicate batches by in situ 23Na NMR
AR Jones, R Winter, P Florian, D Massiot
J Phys Chem B 109 (2005) 4324
The kinetics of the reaction of batches of powdered quartz and sodium carbonate was studied by in situ 23Na nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy using a laser-heated probe. We show for the first time that the technique allows one to study solid-state reactions at high temperatures with good time resolution and without the risk of quenching artifacts. The reaction is controlled by solid-state Na+ diffusion across the grain interface. Independent of the batch composition, the first reaction product is crystalline sodium metasilicate, Na2SiO3, even if the temperature is high enough for much of the composition space between silica and metasilicate to be above the equilibrium liquidus. Fast Na+ diffusion allows the reaction front to cross the grain interface and form the solid product before liquid intermediate equilibrium products can be formed. This purely solid-state reaction slows down as the thickness of the interface increases; the reaction is more deceleratory than published models suggest. If excess quartz is present, it reacts in a second step involving a liquid film wetting the excess grains. Once this reaction has started, it pulls the reaction into the thermodynamic regime, which leads to an increase even in the rate of the first step leading to intermediate solid metasilicate. [request reprint]
Interfacial structure of annealed alumina-zirconia-silicate nanoceramics
D Le Messurier, N Sissouno, AR Vearey-Robert, S Evans, DA Evans, R Winter
Mat Sci Technol (London) 20 (2004) 975
An alumina-zirconia nanocomposite has been produced using the chloride sol-gel method and embedded into a silicate matrix by dispersing the nanocomposite into a powdered silica glass and subsequent annealing. The resultant nanoceramic was subjected to 27Al magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), leading to a core-shell type model of the interfacial region. Initially the particles are agglomerated with the shell containing mainly atoms of octahedral coordination and the core aluminium atoms of tetrahedral coordination. Upon annealing the agglomerates break up, causing a change in the coordination of the aluminium atoms. As the atoms diffuse into the matrix, the ones that were initially in the shell change to be tetrahedrally coordinated, and therefore increase the overall population of tetrahedrally coordinated aluminium atoms within the interface. [request reprint]
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November 27, 2016 Leave a comment Dating
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Women, on the other hand, prefer guys closer to their own age. In September, a study of 12, Finns reaffirmed what prior research had already established. Certain facial features, like smile lines, can be charming. There is more of an end game. Sexual maturity, the way that they carry themselves — for me something about it screams woman. Contact us at editors time. By Anita Hamilton. Get our Health Newsletter. Sign up to receive the latest health and science news, plus answers to wellness questions and expert tips. Please enter a valid email address.
I am a man in most 40 million singles: chat. Do you can a daughter now that i am a family. For life? Basically have been hit on with him too. Should i met the time. These grown men to be happily ever grow up and tall.
Your 20s are supposed to be messy and vulnerable that way. compelled to share a few things that I wish a year-old had told year-old me. Until pretty much this year, I've managed to date guys who were in various.
Be selfish, have fun and explore the world. The data show a trend toward individualism in this generation, as well as evidence that iGen teens are taking longer to grow up than previous generations did. One of the ways this shows up in their behavior is dating — or not: In large, national surveys, only about half as many iGen high school seniors vs.
In the early s, nearly three out of four 10th graders sometimes dated, but by the s only about half did. Being committed shuts that down very fast. We will often just leave our partner because we are too young to commit. And what other phrase has increased? Twenty-year-old Georgia college student James feels that way.
What do you say about the reverse? I mean, I can see why an older man would want to date a younger woman — physically that is, but why would a year-old woman want to date a man 45 or more? I can totally understand why older men go for younger women. Time creates wisdom — but it also creates responsibilities and complications — mortgage, kids, career, etc.
Older men often date younger women, but everyone can benefit when I asked my friend Trevor, a year-old mathematician, what he made of it. It'll be a while before I date a guy 20 years younger than I am, since right.
Sep 22, 6. Sep 22, 7. Sep 22, 8. Sep 22, 9. Sep 22, If she old enough That's all that matters. Leave the over thinking to the dry dicks. Just like its the perfect age for a 37 year old or a 47 year old I don't like the idea of a "half adult". Either you are a full fucking adult or you are a child. Fuck the gray area. Too much of an age gap? I might be getting a bit ahead of myself here when it comes to this girl, but I'm just curious what you guys think about the age thing.
I don't think it's particularly inappropriate, I just think you might find a hard time finding things in common, particularly if she's living on campus and all her mates are students. Personally, I find people that age men and women too annoying to take seriously, but horses for courses. I just think you might find a hard time finding things in common, particularly if she's living on campus and all her mates are students.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man over 30 must be in want of a significantly younger woman. Just because we acknowledge this fact, though, does not mean we do so without a certain amount of derision and judgment. From the Instagram commenter who felt the need to remind Zach Braff that he is 44 after the actor dropped a cutesy emoji under a post from year-old girlfriend Florence Pugh to the collective eye-roll aimed at Leonardo DiCaprio every time the actor steps out with a new subyear-old girlfriend, the internet loves to hate an eyebrow-raising age gap.
The problem with this narrative, as comedian and writer Anya Volz pointed out in a Twitter thread last weekend, is that it tends to paint men at the northern ends of these age gaps as inherently predatory, rendering the younger women on the opposite sides helplessly preyed-upon victims of male exploitation instead of conscious, self-determined agents who are more than capable of pursuing older men as willfully and actively as older men pursue them.
It's a well-worn plot in good old Hollywood, on and off screen. Even Annette Bening and Warren Beatty have 20 years between them — though But, she added, for all that women who date younger men are venerated as.
When Keanu Reeves 55 was dating visual artist Alexandra Grant 46 many praised the rare example of a Hollywood star being in an age-appropriate relationship. The actor has never dated a woman older than 25, despite having had eight girlfriends since he himself was that age. In news that will surprise no-one, the results show that men are far less restrained when it comes to age. Click to enlarge. For women the most appealing age is slightly higher, with sex partners aged from 35 to 44 the most widely desired.
Both genders are more selective when it comes to the age of someone they would enter into a relationship with. The fact that the two sets of figures are so much closer together for women than they are for men shows that fewer women are willing to stray outside their preferred relationship age for the sake of a sexual dalliance. The results show that men are far more willing to stray from their own age range than women are.
When I was younger I got my heart broken by an older woman. No matter what I said, or what nice things I did for Karen, she was out of my league since I was younger. Karen was a 17 year old junior, and I was an incredibly good looking and intelligent 16 year old. This is exactly what my mom told me every time I brought her cupcakes.
A fifth of a 20 year old's age would be four years, for example, so they could date someone between 16 and 24 (four years older or younger). Based on this system.
It is simultaneously cast as consistently fun and ultimately tragic; essential for fulfilment but only truly acceptable in the past tense. A lot of my friends are in relationships, so when it gets to the weekend and I'm asking what everyone is doing, suddenly every man and his dog is off to Center Parcs. You can't help but think, what am I doing? I worry for the men who don't have people around them that they can talk to about feeling alone.
I can see why the suicide rate among men my age is so high because it can really feel like you've failed at life. We're being boxed into identities or stereotypes that we feel uncomfortable in, or that wider social gender stereotyping has created in the first place. Skip navigation! Story from Relationships. The reality is quite different. As women, depending on when we were born we know precisely what single life in our late 20s and 30s looks like: a heady mix of Bridget Jones , Carrie Bradshaw and, more recently, or rather more refreshingly, Lizzo.
What is it about inter-generational love affairs that seem to set tongues wagging? Two people share their experiences. A famous couple sits together at a sporting event: is this headline worthy?
The old rule of determining a socially-acceptable age difference in partners Generally, I feel like years junior or senior is considered.
This post comes to us via Carly Jacobs of Smaggle fame. Follow along with her awesomery on Facebook or Instagram! At the ripe old age of twenty-six, my delicious man is four years younger than me, making him a slightly cringe-worthy twenty-two. While this age gap is not shocking, it sounded a lot worse four years ago when I was twenty-two and he was… um… eighteen… anyways…. I must preface this manifesto with a disclaimer that not all behaviors outlined below have been displayed by my man.
Only some…. You made your choice.
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With the right boundaries, a coed living situation will turn out fine.
More and more universities offer coed housing, and high rent prices after college mean you may end up with an opposite-gender roommate. Living with a roommate is already tricky, but sharing space with someone of the opposite gender creates totally new issues, such as setting a dress code and handling a potential romantic interest between the two of you. With the right strategies, you can avoid awkwardness, conflict and miscommunication.
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