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What to expect after you apply for admission to NCTA
- Pay the $45.00 application fee.
- You will receive your acceptance letter once the application fee is processed.
- Registration/Orientation Packets will be sent out in late March.
- Housing packets will be sent out by April 6th.
- Set a time to meet with your advisor to register for courses, or attend one of our New Student Registration Days.
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New Student Registration dates for the Fall 2016 are set! Registration packets will be mailed to all admitted freshman by mid-March 2016.
Once you have been admitted, you will have the option of registering for one of our three New Student Registration Days where we will be available to help you register for classes.
This is a come and go event so... please join us any time between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. CST.
New Student Registration Dates
- April 17, 2017
- June 19, 2017
- July 17, 2017
NCTA Education Center
404 E. 7th Street (corner of Siminoe and University streets)
Curtis, NE
Please RSVP to Vicky Luke by clicking here.
What to expect at New Student Registration Day:
- Learn about what to expect during your time at NCTA
- Meet with an academic advisor to develop a class schedule/degree plan
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- Meet some of your future classmates
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Platinum Sponsor:
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"A Night of Celebration"
Holiday Preview Gala 7pm – 10pm
$150 per person
lively party kicks off the holiday season in style. Attendees can dance
to the tunes of Band Together, feast on delicacies catered by
Festivities and enjoy the open bar and the Festival's signature martini
bar. There will also be champagne "take-a-chance" to win jewelry donated
by Henry C. Reid & Son Jewelers. Tickets to this event, sponsored
by Moffly Media, begin at $150 per person.
are some of the Items for this years' Silent Auction: Henry C Reid
Jewelry; NYC Package (limousine + "Michael & Kelly"
Tickets (2) + bottle of champagne); McLaughlin Purse & "sip &
shop" opportunity; Gucci Sunglasses; Scheilan (made in Italy) evening
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Moffly Media is offering a special rate on a Fairfield Living magazine subscription to all Gala ticket holders!
Friday, December 5
"Let's Build A Snowman"
Children's Event 5pm -7pm
$15 per adult, $10 per child, 3 and under - free.
Cherish being together as a family and enjoy dinner, building a snowman and even a surprise visit from Santa at this magical event!
Special thanks to A & S Italian Fine Foods, Billy's Bakery, The Pantry and Sunny Daes. The event is followed by an old-fashioned Christmas stroll to watch the annual tree lighting at the Fairfield Town Hall. All children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be Take-A-Chance items at the Children's event for an American Girl Doll or Boys Bike donated by Zane's Cycles!
"Christmas Around the World"
Fabulous fare, wine and beer from different countries 7pm -10pm
$75 per person
Saturday's night will celebrate "Christmas Around the World" and is sponsored by Serendipity Magazine. This event will be an evening celebrating the cultures of different parts of the world with food pairings representative of those continents. Catered by Carl Anthony's in Monroe, there will be food stations representing North America, South America, Europe and Asia; wine donated by Stew Leonard's; and Guinness's new blonde lager beer. There will be a DJ for dancing and entertainment. Attendees can also bid on sports-themed and luxury silent auction items. Here are some of the Items for this years event:Ranger Tickets (4) for Monday 8th December, 2014 at 7pm (section 112 row 21) v Pittsburgh Penguins; Dinner for 2 with Lisa Lampanelli at The Friar's Club in NYC; Michael Kors Bag; Clint Dempsey signed soccer shirt & sweatshirt; Chicago Cubs Tickets (4); Pete Rose signed baseball; Henri Bendel Bag.
Sunday, December 7
"Holiday Tea" Enjoy high tea with those special people in your life 12 Noon – 2pm
$50 per person
The Holiday Christmas Tea is back. A formal Tea provided by The Royal Tea Company featuring Victorian gingerbread; Christmas cream puffs; scones with jam and cream; and their famous Royal Trifle, recently featured in Bon Appétit magazine. There will also be a variety of tea sandwiches – almond chicken, egg, cress and cucumber – all enjoyed with soothing Darjeeling tea from Bigelow Tea. In addition to tea, there will be white wine and sparkling wine graciously donated by Joseph Gintoli and water donated by Poland Spring. There will also be a take-a-chance for a beautiful piece of jewelry from Henry C. Reid & Son Jewelers. Tickets are limited and this event sells out quickly.
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What size ejector pump do I need?
I don't know how deep my basin is but it's laid in a concrete basin below grade and has a 20 1/2" lid. It services a full bath and laundry. The pump in there is from 1993 and I'm thinking it's best to replace it when I take ownership of the house. I haven't pulled it out yet.
I would like to get a Zoeller but unsure which model. There are many to chose from. Advice?
edit - i actually posted this last month but didn't get a response and forgot about my post. So this is a bump.
What is the head pressure that the pump has to overcome to achieve gravity?
I like the Zoeller 267, but I'm not following the sizing chart on the Zoeller website. Money is not an option here. Best quality for my needs.
At any rate, when you're reading the chart, basically on the bottom it's showing you flow rate in gallons per minute, and on the left side is your elevation that you have to overcome. If you look again, you'll see that as the elevation increases, the gallons per minute decrease. In your situation you really have no need for something fancy or expensive.
I do however prefer a pump that has a pigtail style float rather than the one attached to the side of the pump with a rod.
use a 1/2 HP zoeller shark grinder pump.
It should look like this.
All these pumps can carry water up 10 feet at a certain GPM, but which is correct for my application?
You said one bath, right? Your max input if your shower is letting loose, the sink is on, and the toilet is running full bore is somewhere around 10 GPM.
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Amidst the brilliance and the buffoonery, the action and the abuse, the goals and the grotesque, Roy Hodgson has gone relatively unnoticed over the festive period.
But, ahead of the Football Association's 150th anniversary and the crucial remaining qualifying games for Brazil 2014, the England manager has been doing the media rounds.
The most interesting interview he gave was to Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme, in which he insisted England could win the World Cup and that there was no shortage of talent for him to select from.
Apparently, he could name '30 or 40 players' off the top of his head without even resorting to a large group of up-and-coming youngsters.
Even allowing for the fact that it is his job, that is still some going.
Of the 198 players to start the nine-game Boxing Day programme in the Premier League, only 59 were available to Hodgson. That is just under 30 per cent – and that is about standard.
Six of those 59 started for Aston Villa, thumped 4-0 by Tottenham to complement their 8-0 hammering at Stamford Bridge.
Another six started for struggling Southampton.
Yes, Hodgson can field a decent team, put together a decent squad. But, going into 2013, the dearth of international-class English players is truly frightening.
Hodgson used Chelsea's success in the Champions League as proof that the implausible can happen. If he meant it would take a freakish series of events for England to triumph in Brazil, he was spot-on.
It's called clutching at straws.
Should they make it to the finals – and that is, by no means, a given – England's prospects have rarely been bleaker. Last week, I suggested Wayne Rooney's importance is undervalued and that he remains a genuinely world-class operator. Many of you disagreed and he hardly helped with a poor performance at Swansea.
Fair enough. But there is no disputing Rooney is still the first name on Hodgson's teamsheet.
Compare that sort of lack of competition with the personnel riches of Spain.
Ahead of the transfer window opening on Tuesday, there has been talk David Villa will come to the Premier League.
Villa was part of the victorious Spanish team at World Cup 2010. Of the starters in the final, seven were from Barcelona, three from Real Madrid and one from Villarreal.
Their first-choice eleven would still be overwhelmingly – if not exclusively – drawn from La Liga.
But Villa's possible arrival made me wonder if Spain could get together a team from the Premier League that could give England a game.
See what you think. Pepe Reina; Cesar Azpilicueta, Ivan Ramis, Carlos Cuellar, Jose Enrique; David Silva, Mikel Arteta, Santi Cazorla, Juan Mata; Fernando Torres and Michu.
No place for David de Gea – he would have to settle for a place on the bench alongside the likes of Javi Garcia and Oriol Romeu.
Think it is safe to say that lot would give England a game.
The stark fact of the matter is that English talent has NEVER been as squeezed by imported players as it is right now. Strangled, even.
The Premier League say its Elite Player Performance Plan – which will allow their clubs to hoover up the best young talent from all English clubs – will benefit the national team.
Alternatively, you might just find the best English youngsters are stockpiled at clubs where their way into the first team is blocked by swathes of foreign players recruited with the riches the latest TV deal brings.
Yep, it makes for an exciting league.
But it leaves the England manager doing what many have had to do before him.
Clutching at straws.


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R.I.P Mildred Vorpahl Baass
Former poet laureate of Texas Mildred Vorpahl Baass passed on November 4th. She was 95.
From Victoria Advocate:
She lived through the Great Depression, served behind the front lines in World War II, was widowed, remarried and a mother to two daughters.
And Mildred Vorpahl Baass, Poet Laureate of Texas from 1993 to 1995, wrote about it all.
"The world is so beautiful. There is poetry everywhere. And I am from the school of poetic expression that feels poetry should express beauty, should not be base or vulgar," she said in the Stoneflower Literary Journal, Volume 1.
Baass, of Victoria, died on Nov. 4 at age 95, still writing poetry, said her daughter, Nancy Baass.
She wrote poems in a variety of styles, from free-verse to sonnets, and wrote on multiple subjects, from the horrors of war to sea shells on Padre Island.
"That is what poetry she said was all about, was trying to reach people and to express experiences that we all share, and to put it into words that are poetic," her daughter said.
Nancy Baass said they traveled all over Texas and the United States after she was named Poet Laureate, living up to her mother's slogan, "Have poem, will travel."
"We called it our poetic great adventure," her daughter said. "We went all over Texas – towns we had never heard of."
She said they even bought a Winnebago to make life on the road easier, going as far away as Pennsylvania for Baass to speak.
Carol Sowa, Baass' oldest daughter, said her mother's death will leave a gap in the family.
"She was a wonderful, vibrant person that always had a sense of wonder and excitement for a variety of things in life," Sowa said. "When we went on family vacations, we always had to stop at every historical site … and explore things."
Full obit here.
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Two artists are going to duke it out every weeknight at 9:00 but you have to vote for your favorite! The winner will move on to the next round and if they win for a week straight, they move into the KISS it or DISS it Hall of Fame! But only YOUR vote determines the winner!
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Cottage in Flaujagues close to Saint Emilion, River Dordogne, Bordeaux & several good restaurants
Olive Tree Cottage was once part of a winemakers house. Nestled in a small hamlet, just a few minutes walk from the village winery, shop and local restaurant, it is the perfect place from which to explore the vineyards, rivers and medieval towns of the Gironde and Dordogne regions.You will find everything provided to make your holiday carefree and relaxing. Fully equipped kitchen, big floodlit pool and bikes for you to pedal off on mini adventures. In the heart of the Bordeaux wine region between Bergerac and the silver beaches of the Atlantic coast, you will find lots of things to do. Canoeing and fishing on the Dordogne, jet skis, lovely vineyard walks, fabulous shopping in Bordeaux, history and a wealth of wine in picturesque Saint Emilion and great family run restaurants where you can sample the delicious local dishes of duck, steak and fabulous fresh seafood. We are also 5 mins drive from the wedding venues at Chateau Rigaud & Chateau Soulac and only an hour from Stade de Bordeaux, venue for the Euro 2016 football matches.
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About the Owner
About Luigi
My wife Gail and I had idyllic holidays here as our children grew up, canoeing and fishing on the River Dordogne, spending lazy days on the beaches at Arcachon and basking in the warm summer evenings as tasty beef steaks grilled on the barbecue. We get a real thrill helping our guests get the best from their stay here in our corner of La Belle France. Whether it be arranging a visit to Chateau de la Riviere for a tour and tasting of their luscious wines, or organising a gentle paddle down the River Dordogne in a canoe. When our guests are happy we are happy.
Luigi purchased this cottage in 1988
Why Luigi chose Entre Deux Mers
We love wine and just feel happy being so close to the vineyards of Saint Emilion, but also our local wine which is less well known but goes down a treat.
But there isn't just the wine, there are great markets, days out on the fabulous beaches of the Atlantic, really quaint towns and villages to explore, and when we want the buzz of the city, we can be in cosmopolitan Bordeaux in less than an hour.
What makes this cottage unique
Our guests love the pool and garden which has exotic plants like palms and banana.
Though we are in a small hamlet, there is somewhere to see and explore for every day of the week and six good restaurants all within 10 minutes drive, including our local which is only 5 minutes walk.
Guestbook comments from the owner
Thanks for your friendly welcome and the extra gestures of hospitality you have given us.
We have enjoyed the two weeks in your gite enormously. We have had a really relaxing time, the setting is beautiful and the gite really well equipped.
We had a fantastic holiday-thanks so much. Hope to do it again sometime in the future.
Guestbook comments from the owner
Thanks for your friendly welcome and the extra gestures of hospitality you have given us.
We have enjoyed the two weeks in your gite enormously. We have had a really relaxing time, the setting is beautiful and the gite really well equipped.
We had a fantastic holiday-thanks so much. Hope to do it again sometime in the future.
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My husband and I had a wonderful stay at Olive Tree for our honeymoon - Luigi and Gail couldn't have been more accommodating and everything had been thought of! We definitely hope to come back! Thanks!
Beautiful accommodation and lovely hosts!
Apologies for our late review!
We stayed here last Summer and fell in love with it. It was exactly as described, quirky, clean and comfortable. Lovely owners. On our list to return in the near future
Wonderful place for totally chilled out holiday.
This is the 3rd time we have stayed at Olive Tree and fully intend to go back next year. Rural location but close enough to local facilities to enable shopping etc. Luigi and Gail are a lovely couple who make you feel at home and provide a wonderful place to stay. We park up the Motorbike and use the Bicycles (provided FOC) to get around when we can be bothered! Would certainly recommend to anyone who wants a relaxing holiday but there is stuff to do if you want it.
The addition of the pool for use of Cottage and Barn this year was an added bonus.
Charming, peaceful cottage with pool
Our cottage was spotless, comfortably furnished and well equipped in the kitchen. A nice touch from our hosts was a welcome pack full of goodies with a bottle of wine. The location was perfect for us because we wanted to visit the wine growing regions near St. Emillon. Beautiful Chateaus nearby for some wine tasting, exploring Bergerac and Bordeaux.Our favourite restaurant was L'Ardois where Luigi helped us to arrange for a taxi.We can recommend this lovely cottage and the owners always at hand if needed for any help.
Excellent relaxing location
A very clean and comfortable characterful house, with a warm welcome from the owners which included some essentials coffee, milk wine to get started, a lovely touch. Every thing one needed was in the kitchen, and for eating outside. Two hammocks for relaxing in, and a new pool was adjacent to the house. Location is good for touring, St Emilion well worth a visit. A very good hyper market is within an easy drive and an Intermarche' is in the local town. Quiet garden, great weather and lovely discreet owners, recipe for a super holiday!
Lovely property in a nice, quiet location.
We were fortunate to enjoy a week of perfect weather. Gail and Luigi were really helpful. The bed is comfortable, the kitchen very well equipped, garden is lovely and that was the best welcome pack that we have ever seen. A great place to stay.
From the Owner
"We love wine and just feel happy being so close to the vineyards of Saint Emilion, but also our local wine which is less well known but goes down a treat. But there isn't just the wine, there are great markets, days out on the fabulous beaches of the Atlantic, really quaint towns and villages to explore, and when we want the buzz of the city, we can be in cosmopolitan Bordeaux in less than an hour."
Activity and Interests
Special interest holidays:
We would be delighted to make appointments for you to visit a chateau. Our favourite is Chateau de la Riviere, a true fairytale castle with wondrous cellars that stretch for miles under the chateau and vineyards, or the splendid Saint Emilion estate at Chateau Fonplegade where you get taken round the vineyard in a very cool 4 wheel drive buggy.
Waterparks with sandy beaches, pedaloes, jet skis, cafes and restaurants are becoming more popular in our area. Our favourite at Lac de Cadie is only 5 mins away by car.
90 mins in the car will get you to the endless silver beaches of the Atlantic coast, the mighty Dune de Pyla, Europe's highest, and the delightful bay of Arcachon.
Bordeaux airport 60 mins, Bergerac airport 35 mins. Saint Malo 449km, Le Havre 558km and Calais 772km.
A car is helpful, but some guests have used our bikes as an alternative.
Car hire available at both airports.
Fly with Easyjet, Ryanair, Flybe & British Airways. Flights available from Belfast, Bristol, Liverpool, Luton, Gatwick, E Midlands, Edinburgh, Stansted, Birmingham, Exeter & Southampton. Check schedules for your nearest airport.
Village of Flaujagues with shop, restaurant, bar & post office 5 mins walk.
Castillon La Bataille with banks, pharmacy, street market, supermarkets, 10 mins drive. Saint Emilion, 15 mins drive. Bordeaux, 40 mins drive. Bergerac, 30 mins drive. Atlantic beaches, 90 mins by car. Wedding venues at Chateau Rigaud & Chateau Soulac only 5 minutes, Mouliets et Villemartin 5 mins, Juillac 5 mins.
Further Details:
Flaujagues has shop, bar and restaurant 'a La Ronde' and is only 5 mins walk. Castillon La Bataille, famous for its battle which ended the Hundred Years War in 1453 is 10 mins by car and has a typically French street market, good food shops, banks, pharmacy, doctors, several supermarkets and good restaurants. Saint Emilion is a truly stunning medieval village. You will love its narrow cobbled streets, towers, churches and superb range of wine shops, as well as some great places to eat. Bordeaux has a brilliant new tramway system which makes it a must for shopping, art galleries, museums, great architecture and exciting riverside summer festivals.
Bergerac is always worth a visit. For a little activity you can use our small fleet of bikes around the quiet country lanes, fish on the River Dordogne, or hire canoes for a gentle paddle downstream. Stroll or cycle around the beautiful lake at Lac de la Cadie or follow the Pierre Loti vineyard walk.
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
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|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
|Event Price
24 Jun 2017 - 1 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Late summer
2 Sep 2017 - 29 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Spring 2018
5 May 2018 - 29 Jun 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Summer 2018
30 Jun 2018 - 31 Aug 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Late Summer 2018
1 Sep 2018 - 26 Oct 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
My Standard Rate
4 night minimum stay
for 4 nights
Additional pricing information
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Booking Notes:
When you book we will ask you to pay a 25% deposit and complete a booking form. Payment can be made by cheque or internet banking. The balance is due 10 wks before the holiday. You will then have access to our online holiday information website which is packed with our recommendations for things to see and do, where to shop and where to seek out the best restaurants.
Changeover Day:
changeover day is Saturday, but out of season this can be flexible.
We ask you to arrive between 4 & 5pm (this can be flexible if you expect to arrive later) and leave by 10am.
Notes on prices:
Prices are for the property per week in UK Pounds and are fully inclusive, so no extra charges for linen or cleaning etc.
Included free is a welcome pack containing fresh bread, cheese, pate, butter, jam, fresh milk, tea, coffee, sugar and some tasty snacks to go with the beer and bottle of wine. In cooler months a charge will be made for logs, electricity and gas for heating when used.
Payment can be made either by internet bank transfer or by cheque to our UK address in Gloucester.
Owner's Cancellation Policy
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From the Owner
"Our guests love the pool and garden which has exotic plants like palms and banana. Though we are in a small hamlet, there is somewhere to see and explore for every day of the week and six good restaurants all within 10 minutes drive, including our local which is only 5 minutes walk."
Property Type
- cottage
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided
- Living Room ...
- Parking
- Towels Provided
- Washing Machine
- Wood Stove
- Coffee Maker
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Toaster
- Dining Area
- DVD Player
- Satellite / Cable
- Television
Pool / Spa
- Communal Pool
- wheelchair inaccessible
Location Type
- village
- churches
- forests
- restaurants
- water parks
- winery tours
Leisure Activities
- horse riding
- paddle boating
- scenic drives
- sight seeing
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- groceries
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- fishing
- freshwater fishing
- golf
- mountain biking
- swimming
- tennis
Floor Area
- 120 m²
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath with Shower
- really spacious en suite bathroom with shower and wc.
- 1 Bedroom, Sleeps 2
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Double Bed
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 2 (1 Bedroom) Notes on bedrooms: Bedroom with double bed. Original exposed oak beams & ample storage for your clothes.
- Bicycles ...
- Golf ...
- Garden
- Barbecue
- 2 bicycles
- Self-catering
House Rules
- Max. occupancy: 2
- not suitable for children
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Okay, I am growing my 3a/3b, shoulder length hair out. (I want my hair to eventually be down to my belly button). It is very hot where I live right now (desert), and I want to put my hair up, and also want to put my hair up in buns and ponytails as protective styles. However, I have heard (and am deathly afraid of) hair loosing its curl pattern from being stretched too often/too much. Is this true? Please say it's not so. I am not planning on stretching and slicking my hair back harshly with a bristle brush like some women do to get that sleek look, or anything- I just want to gently pull my hair back while wet, put it in a ponytail or bun, and leave it alone. I do NOT want the front/top part of my hair to be straighter than the rest of my hair. I don't know..maybe I'm wrong and just being paranoid. :? Please let me know if this is true, and if you've ever experienced it or what to do to avoid or whatever you know! Thanks in advance. ;-)
When you put it up in a bun, see if you can do it without an elastic and just use bobby pins. Scarves can work as pony tail holders with a softer hold too I've heard.
So not true. I slick my hair back, I braid it, I put it up in a bun. The curls pattern will appear looser or even straighten when I take down my hair from these styles but ince I wash it, the curls are back.
I think it really depends on how strong your hair is and how tight you're putting the ponytail. It's too bad scrunchies aren't in fashion because those seem really gentle :)
But, I don't think you'll have a problem, as long as you're not yanking on your hair and keeping it healthy.
You could try clips too for pinning hair up or back.
Thanks soo much for answering all of you. :) I guess ill just be very careful when bunning and putting my hair up. Seems easy enough!
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Thermal Evaporation Synthesis and Properties of ZnO Nano/Microstructures Using Carbon Group Elements as the Reducing Agents
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- Lv, H., Sang, D., Li, H. et al. Nanoscale Res Lett (2010) 5: 620. doi:10.1007/s11671-010-9524-2
ZnO nano/microstructures have been formed by thermal evaporation method using ZnO powders mixed with carbon group elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn, or Pb) as the reducing agent. For cases of mixed precursors of ZnO/C, ZnO/Si, and ZnO/Ge, the pure ZnO nano/microstructures are realized, while for ZnO/Sn (ZnO/Pb) systems, the phase of Pb2O3(Zn2SnO4) generally are represented in the ZnO products. The appearance of Pb2O3(Zn2SnO4) is attributed to the lower melting point and higher vapor pressure of Sn (Pb) in the heating and evaporation processes. The morphologies and sizes of the products are controlled by adjusting the growth regions and/or introducing gaseous argon. Room temperature (RT) photoluminescence spectra indicate that the intensity (peak position) of the ultraviolet emission is increased (redshift) due to the existence of Zn2SnO4 phase in the ZnO products. The Pb2O3(Zn2SnO4) phase in ZnO nano/microstructures plays a important role in enhancing the saturation magnetizations of RT ferromagnetism with respect to the case of pure ZnO products fabricated by the precursor of mixed ZnO and graphite.
KeywordsZnO nano/microstructures Thermal evaporation Reducing agents of carbon group elements Growth mechanism Optical and ferromagnetic properties
In recent decades, great interests have been focused on zinc oxide (ZnO) since it has a wide band gap and large exciton binding energy. ZnO nano/microstructures have led to some important applications, for example, in the fields of UV laser with low threshold [1, 2], field emission array [3, 4], surface acoustic wave device [5], transistor,[6] and biosensor [7, 8]. For the synthesis of ZnO nanostructures, thermal evaporation method has been widely used. The reducing agent of graphite was generally mixed with ZnO powder to fabricate pure nanostructural ZnO at a temperature of 1,000–1,100 °C [9, 10]. Due to the introduction of carbon, ZnO precursor (melting point: 1,975 °C) is reduced and the Zn and ZnOx (evaporated at <500 °C) are formed, which subsequently combined with oxygen to synthesize ZnO products. Recently, our group [11] reported that besides the conventional graphite, a variety of metallic elements can be used as the effective reducing agent to achieve pure ZnO nano/microstructures by the thermal evaporation method. It speculates that the elements in the periodic table that have relatively small ionization energy can be used as new reducing agents. It is therefore essential to thoroughly understand the more new reducing agents to extend the researches on numerous fabrication and application of ZnO.
In this paper, we systemically study the synthesizing ZnO nano/microstructures using carbon group elements, i.e., graphite-C, silicon-Si, germanium-Ge, tin-Sn, and plumbum-Pb as the reducing agent. The heating temperatures (Theat, the critical temperature for thermal reducing and vaporizing the source) for the sources of ZnO–Si, –Ge, –Sn and –Pb systems are lower than the conventional graphite, which is related to the strong reducibility of these new additions. It is found that due to the more activity of Sn and Pb than C, Si, and Ge, the oxides of Sn and Pb appear in the corresponding products. The growth mechanism and optical and magnetic properties of the samples are investigated.
The experiments were carried out in a horizontal tube furnace under atmospheric pressure. To further study the growth behaviors of the products, the growth with and without introducing gaseous argon (Ar) were proposed. Mixed ZnO and the reducing agent (graphite, Si, Ge, Sn, or Pb) powders (mass ratio: 1:1) were placed at the end of a slender one-end sealed quartz tube. After the furnace was heated up to the setting temperature (Theat), the quartz tube with raw materials was inserted into the furnace. Si strips were used as the substrates and placed downstream from the source to the open end of the tube at relatively low temperatures (estimated based on a carefully calibrated temperature gradient by a thermocouple). After growth for 1.5–2 h, the samples were drawn out and cooled to room temperature (RT).
The series of experiments were performed for various mixed powder precursors (i.e., ZnO-graphite, ZnO–Si, ZnO–Ge, ZnO–Sn, and ZnO–Pb) at their corresponding Theat of 1,100, 850, 700, 800, and 800 °C, respectively. In the experiments, we examined the variation of morphologies and sizes of the products grown at different growth temperatures (Tgrowth) and with (without) introducing gaseous Ar.
The crystal structures of the products were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD, Rigaku D/max-rA, with Cu Kα radiation). The morphology and composition of the products were characterized using scanning SEM (JSM-6480LV) equipped with electron energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX). Raman scattering spectra were measured by a Renishaw inVia Raman microscope with an argon laser (λ, 514.5 nm) excitation. PL measurements were carried out excited by a 325 nm line of He–Cd laser. Magnetic hysteresis loops of the samples were measured using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM, LakeShore Model 7410) with the maximum field of 28 kOe. The above examinations were all performed at RT.
Results and Discussions
The Raman spectra taken from samples, synthesized by the precursor of ZnO–Sn, collected close to the open end of the tube at a Tgrowth of 600 °C and near the source at 750 °C are shown in Fig. 3d and 3e. For the former sample (Fig. 3d), pure ZnO can be obtained, as its spectrum shows E2H mode of ZnO. However, for the latter sample (Fig. 3e), a peak at 668 cm−1, which is assigned to the well-known peak of Zn2SnO4[15], is presented in addition to the E2H mode of ZnO, which means that Zn2SnO4 appears in the sample. Combining the results of Raman spectra, XRD, and EDX, it is demonstrated that the composition and structure of the samples vary at different growth positions, where the Tgrowth and vaporized sources are different. Figure 3f shows the Raman spectrum of the product formed by the reaction source of ZnO–Pb. The E2H mode of ZnO is presented; however, no signals from Pb2O3 are found in contrast to the observations in the corresponding XRD and EDX spectra. On the one hand, the content of Pb2O3 in the product is small to be hardly observed in Raman spectrum, and on the other hand, Raman signals excited by laser beam with small spot size (~1 μm) are weaker with respect to XRD spectroscopy that performed for the whole sample.
Theat and intrinsic properties of the carbon group elements for synthesizing ZnO nano/microstructures
Reducing agent
IE = (IE1 + IE2; kJ mol−1)
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4.0 × 10−11
2.0 × 10−11
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As reported in previous literature, impurity of Sn [18, 19] was intentionally doped in the ZnO nanostructure products synthesized by adding SnO2 in the mixed powders of ZnO and graphite heated at high temperature of 1,100 °C. In our cases of the precursor of ZnO–Sn or ZnO–Pb heating at a low Theat of about 800 °C, there are a number of Zn2SnO4 and Pb2O3 appearing in the final ZnO products, as demonstrated by XRD, EDX, and Raman spectral characterizations. This can be attributed to the facts that the melting points (vapor pressures [20] at Theat) of Sn and Pb are significantly lower (higher) than that of graphite, Si, and Ge, as listed in Table 1. Besides Eqs. 1 and 2, SnOx or PbOx were also derived from Sn or Pb vapor (by A + O2 → AOxx < 1). After the reduction–oxidation reactions between ZnO and SnOx (PbOx), SnO2 or Pb2O3 was formed. Note that for the case of ZnO–Pb (as shown in Fig. 1d and 1e), ZnO nano/microwires were generally formed on a film-like structure mainly consisting of Pb2O3 that were preferentially deposited prior to the following ZnO-based products. Additionally, using Sn as the reducing agent, the Zn2SnO4 compound formed by ZnO reacted with SnO2 was deposited at a high temperature (~750 °C) on the substrate that was adjacent to the source material (Fig. 1a). In the zone close to the open end of the tube, pure ZnO nano/microstructures were deposited at a lower temperature of 600 °C (Fig. 1b). This is because few Sn and SnOx diffuse into the zone near the open end of the tube after complete reaction with ZnO. It is suggested that morphologies, sizes, compositions of products, as discussed above, are strongly effected by the used reducing agent, deposition region (temperature and vapor concentration), with/without introducing gas. These parameters are favorable for achieving the controlled growth of ZnO-based nano/microstructures for numerous applications.
In summary, nano/microsized ZnO have been grown via a thermal evaporation process using ZnO powders mixed with carbon group elements (graphite, Si, Ge, Sn, or Pb). It is noteworthy that the Theat for the cases of Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb is lower than that of graphite due to the smaller ionization energy of the new additional elements. On account of the high vapor pressures of Sn and Pb, the phase of Zn2SnO4 or Pb2O3 is found in the ZnO nano/microstructures fabricated using ZnO–Sn or ZnO–Pb as the precursor. The RT PL spectral results reveal the doped Zn2SnO4 is favorable for increasing the intensity ratio of the NBE-related UV emission to the visible deep-level emission, meanwhile, a redshift appears for the UV emission due to BGR effect. The ZnO nano/microstructures containing some impurities of Pb2O3 or Zn2SnO4 show RT ferromagnetic with enhanced saturated magnetizations with respect to the case of pure ZnO products.
This work was financially supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET).
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I've just stumbled across your blog today and would like to thank you for being brave enough to publish your accomplishments as well as struggles. I've found articulating my emotions to be the hardest part of coping with EDs. Personally, I've been struggling with eating disorders for about 10 years. For the latter half of those years bulimia has taken over my life. I have just recently sought out help from a team of psychologists/nutritionists/psychiatrists - but have found the therapy to be overall unsuccessful. I really appreciate the strength that you have to write these meaningful and equally helpful posts in such open forum. I had a few questions for you that I hope are not triggering or too personal to answer: first being, have you ever had any issues with purging blood or esophageal tears? second, do you have any other favorite blogs that you find helpful in trying to recover from ED?ReplyDelete
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I really hope that you see this
Like you I have also been in the midst of my illness for over 10 years
I've made very little progress up until the last few months and I've been trying hard to regain some semblance of a normal life
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plankton i like that as a whole, its well balanced, but each letter alone i kinda dont like, cept the a i like dah-one!
Some good entries in this one. I tried capital letters this time. I know, risky, right?
I like sruls's R and nouveau's Z!
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obviously i'm pointing out a total bite...there is no competition between you and I sir.
and i aint runnin my mouth homie im calling you out on a fucking bite you idiot
...and you spelled it wrong bitch.
keep running your mouth on the internet to look good in front on people.
we all can look big behind the keyboard.
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a new entry
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That little R/K leg is MAD common in the west coast, dude.
Not really biting if everyone and their mom uses it.
ive used that kick in the R and Ks before but i would consider it biting still, which is why i stopped doin it and thought up some other shit.... but the first one from prea was way better...
ay wgone u gonna poll this shit???? its the 4th and i think we have like 13 entries, were supposed to poll at 10 yo
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Special presentations that salute Birmingham's civil rights foot soldiers and the four girls will be made in Kelly Ingram Park. Spike Lee's documentary "4 Little Girls" will be shown and followed by a panel discussion.
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A Fostoria man is accused of taking pictures of juveniles in a restroom at the city's swimming pool. The Review-Times reports officers were called to the pool Tuesday afternoon to investigate. Officers took a cell phone from the suspect. The 22-year-old man was not arrested, but was ordered to never return to the pool.
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Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist?
Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed.
For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Zero. I know what "share" means, and definitely zero things.
I'm lucky to post 1 thing a week on Facebook, sharing things almost never happens.
Wooter to blame for sellout: SumDuud
Sellout time: 8:11:25 AM Central Time
I have FB. Log into it maybe once a month, if that.
It depends. Games call their posts "share." If those count, it's probably close to 100.
j5 wrote:nun
You share nuns on facebook? That sounds durteh.
Mavyn wrote:You share nuns on facebook? That sounds durteh.
You can't call out someone's misspelling with another misspelling.
j5 wrote:guilty
We should totally be friends!
I rarely share, and I don't just go around liking products and pages.
I express all of my opinions here, in Woot's forums.
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New nuns or old?
The old ones hit.
I don't have a Facebook account, I'm staying off the grid. Oooh wait, by posting this I guess I'm on the grid now....
dontwantaname wrote:New nuns or old?
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Carolina Panthers
2009 record: 8-8 (Third in NFC South)
Vic CarucciWith inexperienced quarterback Matt Moore as their starter, the Panthers will struggle. Their defense isn't likely to help.
Prediction: 5-11, last in NFC South
Steve WycheIf Matt Moore doesn't perform immediately, calls for rookie Jimmy Clausen could unsettle an already fragile situation.
Prediction: 6-10, last in NFC South
Pat KirwanPanthers will lean heavily on running game and Matt Moore will be adequate. Offense lacks receivers and defense needs a pass rush.
Prediction: 6-10, third in NFC South
Bucky BrooksThe Panthers will take on John Fox's gritty personality to claw their way to respectability behind wins over some of the NFC's top teams.
Prediction: 8-8, third in NFC South
Jason La CanforaIf Matt Moore doesn't turn the ball over, they can be competitive. Best rushing tandem in the NFL, and I like some of the youngsters on D.
Prediction: 8-8, third in NFC South
Michael LombardiToo young and not enough depth to play well the entire season. Will show flashes of being a good team, but Matt Moore is still very young.
Prediction: 6-10, third in NFC South
The number of wins Matt Moore has in eight starts. That's a good sign for the Panthers, who are relying on the young quarterback to take over and lead the team after veteran Jake Delhomme's departure. Should he falter, Jimmy Clausen awaits.
Dwayne Jarrett
Jarrett has been penciled in as the complementary receiver to Steve Smith since his arrival as a second-round selection in 2007. A tall, rangy receiver with the size and athleticism to win jump ball situations, Jarrett has the potential to fill the void, but he has yet to fulfill expectations. Few expect him to emerge as the team's No. 2 receiver when the dust settles following camp.
Jon BeasonBeason ranks as one of the top middle linebackers in the league. He shows outstanding instincts flowing to the ball, and is a tackling machine at the point of attack. Although he is one of the premier players at his position, Beason's versatility has prompted the team to move him to weak-side linebacker. He will serve as the designated playmaker in the Panthers' Cover 2 scheme. Though he will still play in the middle in some sub-packages, the move outside should result in more impact plays.
Williams is still the oneDespite the heroic efforts of Jonathan Stewart down the stretch in 2009, DeAngelo Williams remains the best fantasy running back in Carolina. Before injuring his ankle, he was on pace for close to 1,400 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. A committee is imminent, but Williams will be the better option.
Three pivotal games
Oct. 24 vs. San FranciscoThis matchup with the 49ers will be the Panthers' fourth home game in six weeks (including a bye), and their playoff hopes will likely ride on how they perform in that early stretch. San Francisco is considered a team on the rise, but for Carolina to make a postseason run it will have to defeat clubs like the 49ers.
Nov. 14 at Tampa BayThe Panthers swept the Buccaneers last year and doing so again this season could be crucial to staying in the playoff hunt. With Tampa Bay hopeful of rising up the ranks in the NFC South, Carolina will have to dig in to make sure that doesn't happen. Overtaking New Orleans and Atlanta will be difficult enough than to have to worry about the Bucs.
Dec. 12 vs. AtlantaIn order for their Week 17 showdown with the Falcons to really matter, the Panthers will probably have to win this home game three weeks earlier. Carolina has beaten Atlanta at home in each of the past two years, and with the Panthers having only two out of their last six at Bank of America Stadium, they can't afford to drop this one.


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webizing TaskJuggler
Going over my calendar bookmarks I rediscovered TaskJuggler:
TaskJuggler provides an optimizing scheduler that computes your project time lines and resource assignments based on the project outline and the constrains that you have provided. The build-in resource balancer and consistency checker offload you from having to worry about irrelevant details and ring the alarm if the project gets out of hand.
Sound like this tool might be applicable to the hard problem of scheduling meetings with various constraints.
It seems to have a declarative project description language:
flags team resource dev "Developers" { resource dev1 "Paul Smith" { rate 330.0 } resource dev2 "Sebastien Bono" resource dev3 "Klaus Mueller" { vacation 2002-02-01 - 2002-02-05 } flags team } resource misc "The Others" { resource test "Peter Murphy" { limits { dailymax 6.4h } rate 240.0 } resource doc "Dim Sung" { rate 280.0 } flags team }
What might that look like in N3, i.e. in RDF that the tabulator could browse around? (See the N3 primer to get a feel for RDF and N3.) What would it take to webize the Taks Juggler?
Also... how does the taskjuggler consistency checker relate to OWL consistency checkers like pellet?
RDF, Microformats, and Javascript hacking in person at the 'tute
My regular schedule of working group meetings and conferences had a gap in April, and my list of reasons to chat with Ben was growing, and we're recruiting some UROPs to work on the tabulator project this summer, so I flew up for a visit to MIT.
I didn't have any particular appointments the first day, so I used the few spare minutes on the T between the airport and MIT to scare up contacts using my handheld gizmo. It turned out Aaron was in town and available for lunch in Harvard Square. We talked about life in start-ups, standards orgs, and research. He suggested layout stuff from Java and Apple should make its way into CSS and offered to write up a few details.
I spent much of Thursday with Ben working on javascript hacks to explore calendar data in RDFa. We did some whiteboard noodling about RDFa and microformats. He showed me the JavaScript shell, which is pretty cool... it gives a read-eval-print loop and tab completion in firefox... just like a lisp machine ;-) Elias dropped by and mixed in some javascript hacking he's been doing to connect SPARQL with the google calendar. Ben and I didn't get around converting my itinerary to RDFa like we planned, but we got pretty close; he sent out a New RDFa demo the next day. That same day, he came down to meet with me again, but I had to go work on a DARPA report, so we were trying to figure out next steps, and he came up with a cool idea and sent it out: Proposal: hGRDDL, an extraction from Microformats to RDFa. Elias and I did some whiteboard noodling too, in the neigborhood of JSON and templates and microformats.
Elias is learning more than he ever wanted to about calendars and timezones. It's like Dougal Campbell said to microformats-discuss:
My server is in timezone A, but I live in timezone B, but I'm posting information about an event that will occur in timezone C. Shoot me now.
On this trip, a Samsonite Dimension Notebook Case from SAM's replaced my aging W3C bag in my travel kit. I think I like all the little pockets and such, but I'm not sure; sometimes I miss the simplicity of one big compartment. I'm sure that I'm not happy that my Kensington K33069 Universal AC/Car/Air Adapter stopped working somewhere between MIT and MKE.
That's one of the reason that I always pack some light reading on dead-trees. I enjoyed escaping into Scott Lasser's Battle Creek on the way home. Baseball and fathers. Good stuff.
On GData, SPARQL update, and RDF Diff/Sync
The Google Data APIs Protocol is pretty interesting. It seems to be based on the Atom publishing protocol, which is a pretty straightforward application of HTTP and XML, so that's a good thing.
The query features seem to be less expressive than the SPARQL protocol, but GData has an update feature, while the SPARQL update issue is postponed. Updating at the triple level is tricky. I helped TimBL refine Delta: an ontology for the distribution of differences between RDF graphs a bit, and there's working code in cwm. But I haven't really managed to use it in practical settings. My PDA's calendar has an XMLRPC service where I can update a whole record at a time, just like GData. I assume caldav does likewise.
The GData approach to concurrency looks quite reasonable. I haven't studied the authentication mechanism. I hope to get to that presently.
citing W3C specs from WWW conference papers
As I said in a July 2000 message to www-rdf-interest:
There are very few data formats I trust... when I use when I use the computer to capture my knowledge, I pretty much stick to plain text, XML (esp XHTML, or at least HTML that tidy can turn into XHTML for me), RCS/CVS, and RFC822/MIME. I use JPG, PNG, and PDF if I must, but not for capturing knowledge for exchange, revision, etc.
And as I explained in a 1994 essay, converting from LaTeX is hard, so I try not to write in LaTeX either.
The Web conference has instructions for submitting PDF using LaTeX or MS Word and (finally!) for submitting XHTML. (The WWW2006 paper CSS stylesheet is horrible... who wants to read 9pt times on screen?!?! Anyway...) So when the IRW 2006 organizers told me they'd like a PDF version of my paper in that style, I dusted off my Transforming XHTML to LaTeX and BibTeX tools and got to work.
My paper cites a number of W3C specs, including HTML 4. The W3C tech reports index/digital library has an associated bibliography generator. I fed it http://www.w3.org/TR/html401 and it generated a nice bibliographic reference from an RDF data set. I'm interested in the ongoing citation microformats work that might make that transformation lossless, since I need not just XHTML, but BibTex. What I'm doing currently is adding some bibtex vocabulary in class and rel attributes:

 [HTML4]

Le Hors, Arnaud and Raggett, Dave and Jacobs, Ian Editors,  HTML 4.01 Specification , W3C Recommendation, 24 December 1999, <tt class="number">http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224</tt>. Latest version available at http://www.w3.org/TR/html401 .

When run thru my xh2bib.xsl, out comes:
@TechReport{HTML4, title = "{ HTML 4.01 Specification }", author = {Le Hors, Arnaud and Raggett, Dave and Jacobs, Ian}, institution = {W3C}, month = {December}, year = {1999}, number = {http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224}, howpublished = { \url{http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224} } }
I think I should be using editor = rather than author = but that didn't work the 1st time I tried and I haven't investigated further.
In any case, I'm reasonably happy with the PDF output.
Access control and version control: an over-constrained problem?
For a long time, when it came to sharing code, life was simple: everything went into the w3ccvs repository via ssh; when I commit WWW/People/Connolly/Overview.html the latest version is propagated out to all the web mirrors automatically and everybody can see the results at http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/. I can also write via HTTP, using Amaya or any command-line tool with PUT support, e.g. curl. The PUT results in a cvs commit, followed by the same mirroring magic.
We have a forms-based system for setting the access control for each file -- access control to the latest version, that is; access to older versions, to logs and the rest of the usual cvs goodies is limited to the few dozen people with access to the w3ccvs repository.
To overcome that limitation, Daniel Veillard set up dev.w3.org which conforms more to the open source norms, providing anonymous read-only CVS access and web-browseable history. There is no http-based access control there, though CVS commit access is managed with ssh.
The downside of dev.w3.org is that it doesn't support web publishing like w3ccvs does. http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2001/palmagent/event-test.html is the cvs history of event-test.html, not the page itself. The address that gives the page itself is http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2001/palmagent/event-test.html?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/html;%20charset=iso-8859-1. And every GET involves cvs reading the ,v file. And of course, relative links don't work.
For the SWAP project, we use a horrible kludge of both: we commit to w3cvs, and every 15 minutes, dev.w3.org is updated by rsync.
Then I have a personal web site, where I run Zope. That gives me thru-the-web editing with revision history/audit/undo, but at the cost of having the whole site in one big file on the server, and no local goodies like cvs diff. Ugh. I'd like to switch to something else, but I haven't found anything else that talks webdav to iCal out-of-the-box. Plus, I can spare precious little time for sysadmin on my personal site, where there's basically just one user. I was really reluctant to use flickr.com URIs for my photos, but their tools are so much nicer that the alternative is that I basically don't publish photos at all. Plus, the social networking benefits of publishing on flickr are considerable. But that's really a separate point (or is it? hmm).
As I wrote in a January item, we're using svn in DIG. DIG is part of CSAIL, which is a long-time kerberos shop. Public key authentication is so much nicer than shared key. I can use cvs or ssh over ssh to any number of places (mindswap, microformats, ...) with the same public key. But I need separate credentials (and a separte kinit step) for CSAIL. Ah... but it does propagate svn commit to http space in the right way. I think I'll try it ... see data4.
I'd rather use hg, which is peer-to-peer; it's theoretically possible to use svn as an hg peer, but that's slightly beyond the documented state-of-the-art.
busy day in #microformats
Last month at SXSWi, I met up with Ryan King and we seemed to be on the same wavelength about developing test cases for microformats. A couple weeks ago, we started using mercurial/hg to share microformats code, tests. I try to sync up with Ryan once a week or so. We had another busy day today.
We're still struggling a bit to shed our CVS habits and learn hg's push/pull/merge routine, but we're getting quite a bit of coding and testing done, as you can see in hg.microformats.org.
We talked a little about line lengths and tabs/indenting and various other open source housekeeping details.
I looked over some experimental code that Brian has added for  support. I simplified one big XPath expression and fixed a bug while I was at it, I think.
Brian's code is ahead of the specs when it comes to  but it works really well, in for example, the SXSWi hCalendar/hCard/google-maps mash-up so I expect it'll get added to the specs and tests.
Earlier in the week, prompted by a #swig discussion of MicroModels, i.e. GRDDL and microformats, I collected some notes in the microformats wiki on profile URIs to reflect some discussions we had in Austin.
Consensus and community review in open source and open standards
Consensus is a core value of W3C and lots of other open standards and open source communities. I used to think that a decision where almost everybody agreed except a few objectors was an example of consensus. That was based on my experience in the IETF, with its "rough consensus and running code" mantra. Then I learned that this is quite a stretch with respect to the normal dictionary meaning of "consensus".
The debian community seems to be examining the meaning of "consensus":
Many things are done on behalf of the project without every individual member supporting them - for instance, Mark is vigorously opposed to Debian UK being granted a trademark license, even though Branden (and therefore the project) granted one. The key difference here is the difference between consensus and unanimity.Matthew Garrett 2006-04-04
Definitions of "consensus" vary. The wikipedia article on
consensus has a good synthesis:
Achieving consensus requires
serious treatment of every group member's considered opinion.
W3C's consensus policy formally distinguishes the case of even one objection from consensus:
The following terms are used in this document to describe the level of support for a decision among a set of eligible individuals:
- Consensus: A substantial number of individuals in the set support the decision and nobody in the set registers a Formal Objection. Individuals in the set may abstain. Abstention is either an explicit expression of no opinion or silence by an individual in the set. Unanimity is the particular case of consensus where all individuals in the set support the decision (i.e., no individual in the set abstains).
- Dissent: At least one individual in the set registers a Formal Objection.
In some cases, even after careful consideration of all points of view, a group might find itself unable to reach consensus. The Chair may record a decision where there is dissent (i.e., there is at least one Formal Objection) so that the group may make progress (for example, to produce a deliverable in a timely manner). Dissenters cannot stop a group's work simply by saying that they cannot live with a decision. When the Chair believes that the Group has duly considered the legitimate concerns of dissenters as far as is possible and reasonable, the group should move on.
That last bit is important, since "you can't schedule consensus," another lesson I learned from Michael Sperberg-McQueen. And we do try to schedule our deliverables.
The RDF Data Access Working Group (DAWG) has been working on SPARQL for quite a while now. Our first public release was October 2004. Since then, we have handled comments from a few dozen people and tried to reach consensus with them. We weren't always successful. Our request for Candidate Recommendation shows the outstanding formal objections, each one of which got reviewed by The Director. Though W3C did grant that request for Candidate Recommendation status for SPARQL today (yay!), we need to go back over some of the comments and make test cases and maybe some clarifications. I hope that, in the process, we can address some of the concerns of those with formal objections and achieve consensus with them.
Also, I remember a time though I can't confirm from The Tao of IETF or any of the other records that I searched when people and companies who wanted to deploy new technology on the Internet were expected to submit their proposal for community review before deploying widely. I wrote a message on squatting on link relationship names, x-tokens, registries, and URI-based extensibility to www-tag in April 2005, with concerns about several mechanisms which were deployed, some at giga-scale, as far I can tell, without any community review. I think I'll repeat just about the whole thing:
When somebody wants to deploy a new idiom or a new term in the Web, they're more than welcome to make up a URI for it...
"[URI] is an agreement about how the Internet community allocates names and associates them with the resources they identify."webarch
We particularly encourage this for XML vocabularies...
The purpose of an XML namespace (defined in [XMLNS]) is to allow the deployment of XML vocabularies (in which element and attribute names are defined) in a global environment and to reduce the risk of name collisions in a given document when vocabularies are combined."webarch
But while making up a URI is pretty straightforward, it's more trouble than not bothering at all. And people usually don't do any more work than they have to.
There is a time and a place for just using short strings, but since short strings are scarce resources shared by the global community, fair and open processes should be used to manage them. Witness TCP/IP ports, HTML element names, Unicode characters, and domain names and trademarks -- different processes, with different escalation and enforcement mechanisms, but all accepted as fair by the global community, more or less, I think.
The IETF has a tradition of reserving tokens starting with "x-" for experimental use, with the expectation that they'll shed the x- prefix as they're registered by IANA. But it's not really clear how that transition happens.
Witness application/x-www-form-urlencoded. A horrible name, perhaps, but nobody has enough motivation to change it. It's been all the way thru the W3C process... twice now: once for HTML 4 and again in XForms. Hmm... I wonder if it's registered... nope.
A pattern that I'd like to see more of is
- start with a URI for a new term
- if it picks up steam, introduce a synonym that is a short string thru a fair/open process
I'm not sure where the motivation to complete step 2 will come from, but if it doesn't come at all, that's OK. Stopping with a URI term is a lot better than getting stuck with something like x-www-form-urlencoded.
Lately I'm seeing quite the opposite. The HTML specification includes a hook for grounding link relationships in URI space, but people aren't using it:
when Google sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when we rank websites in our search results.google Jan 2005 announcement
By adding rel="tag" to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is an author-designated "tag" (or keyword/subject) of the current page."technorati RelTag
What are the prefetching hints?
The browser looks for either an HTML <link> tag or an HTTP Link: header with a relation type of either next or prefetch.mozilla prefetching FAQ
Google is sufficiently influential that they form a critical mass for deploying these things all by themselves. While Google enjoys a good reputation these days, and the community isn't complaining much, I don't think what they're doing is fair. Other companies with similarly influential positions used to play this game with HTML element names, and I think the community is decided that it's not fair or even much fun.
Deployment of the technorati RelTag thingy seems much more grass-roots, peer-to-peer. But even so, it's only a matter of time before we see a name clash. So perhaps it's fair, but it doesn't seem wise.
I think all three of these are cases of squatting on the community resource of link relationship names.
Should all new link relationships go thru the W3C HTML Working Group? No, of course not. The profile mechanism is there to decentralize the process.
Should W3C run a registry of link relationship names? That seems boring and inefficient, to me. It can't possibly cost less time and effort to apply for a W3C-registered link relationship name than it can to reserve a domain name and run a web server, can it?
If Google and Mozilla really want the community agree to these short names, I'd be happy to see them use the W3C member submissions process.
A step forward with python and sshagent, and a walk around gnome security tools
At the August PAW meeting, I dropped a pointer in IRC to sshAuth.py, my attempt to use sshagent to make digital signatures. I started on it 2003/09, and I banged my head against a while for quite a while trying to get it to work.
Last night, while noodling on calendar synchronization and delegation, I took another run at the problem; this time, it worked! Thanks to paramiko:
from paramiko import Agent, RSAKey, Message
import Crypto.Util.randpool
import binascii
data = "hoopy" # data to sign
user = "connolly" # salt to taste
# get my public key
authkeys = file("/home/%s/.ssh/authorized_keys" % user)
authkeys.next() # skip 1st one
keyd = authkeys.next()
tn, uu, other = keyd.split()
keyblob = binascii.a2b_base64(uu)
pubkey = RSAKey(Message(keyblob))
pool = Crypto.Util.randpool.RandomPool()
a = Agent()
agtkey = a.get_keys()[0]
sigblob = agtkey.sign_ssh_data(pool, data)
print pubkey.verify_ssh_sig(data, Message(sigblob))
That skip 1st one bit took me a while to figure out. I have 2 keys in my ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. I wonder if sshAuth.py would work with that fix.
I also took a look at the state-of-the art in password agents and managers for gnome. revelation looks interesting. I'm still hoping for something like OpenID/SXIP integrated with password managers like the OSX keychain.
I took notes in the #swig channel while I was at it. I got a kick out of this exchange:
04:44:59 <Ontogon_> dan, are you talking to yourself? 04:45:32 <dajobe> he's talking to the web
hacking soccer schedules into hCalendar and into my sidekick
When I gave a microformats+GRDDL talk early this month, I listed my kid's soccer schedules on my wish list slide.
Those soccer schedules are now available. No matter how badly I need them in my sidekick calendar in order to coordinate other family activities, I couldn't bear the thought of manually keying them in. The bane of my existence is doing things that I know the computer could do for me.1998,2002
One of the schedules is in PDF. I toyed with a PDF to excel converter and with google's "view as HTML" cache feature but didn't get very far with those. But the other schedule is on a normal database-backed web site.
It took just 91 lines of XSLT to put hCalendar markup to the page. Each event was a row; I added a tbody element around each row so that I could use the row element as the class="description" element. I used an ASP recipie to figure out how to just add an attribute here and there and leave the rest alone. I didn't get the AM/PM XSLT code right the first time; silly, since I've written it before; I should have copied it, if not factored it out for reuse.
My PDA/cellphone is a t-mobile sidekick. There's a very nice XMLRPC interface to the data, but it went read-only and it's not supported, so I use a ClientForm screen-scraping hack to upload flight schedules and such to my PDA. hipAgent.py (in my palmagent project) gets its data thru a simple command-line interface or thru tab-separated text files. I had a set of eventlines.n3 rules for reducing RDF calendar data to tab-separated format, but its timezone support is quirky and it doesn't handle multi-line descriptions. So I bit the bullet and integrated cwm's RDF reader via the simple myStore API into hipAgent.py. I was simple enough:
elif o in ("--importRDF",):
import uripath, os
from myStore import load # http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/
addr = uripath.join("file:" + os.getcwd() + "/", a)
kb = load(addr)
importTimedRDF(number, passwd, kb, icon
from myStore import Namespace
RDF = Namespace("http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#")
ICAL = Namespace('http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/icaltzd#')
for ev in kb.each(pred = RDF.type, obj = ICAL.Vevent):
titl = unicode(kb.the(subj = ev, pred = ICAL.summary)).encode("utf-8")
progress("== found event:", titl)
when = str(kb.the(subj = ev, pred = ICAL.dtstart))
dt = when[:10]
ti = when[11:16]
loc = kb.any(subj = ev, pred = ICAL.location)
if loc: loc = unicode(loc).encode("utf-8")
desc = kb.any(subj = ev, pred = ICAL.description)
if desc: desc = unicode(desc).encode("utf-8")
progress("a.addTimedEvent", dt, ti)
a.addTimedEvent(dt, ti,
titl, desc,
'minutes', 60, #@@hardcoded
So I succesfully loaded son's soccer schedule into my sidekick PDA calendar:
- GET the schedule
- tidy it
- add hCalendar markup (vevent, description, summary dtstart, location) using XSLT
- convert to RDF/XML using a GRDDL transform for hCalendar, glean-hcal.xsl
- load into sidekick using hipAgent.py
The folks running the DB-backed web site could add hCalendar markup with even less hassle then I did (though they might have to think a little bit to produce well-formed XHTML), at which point I could reduce the first 4 steps with GRDDL (either via remote service or by adding GRDDL support to hipAgent.py or to cwm's myStore.load() function).
no more life in a textarea: MozEx and emacs to the rescue!
I have been living in a textarea since I started this blog, always a little nervous, knowing that firefox doesn't know that integrity is job one. That is: Firefox doesn't guarantee to save all work, by default; I don't consider that a big bug; it's a browser, not an editor, after all. I outsourced bookmarking to delicious because that's knowledge capture, and I don't rely on my browser for that.
But as TimBL has been saying since at least as far back as his 1998 design issues note,
If you think surfing hypertext is cool, that's because you haven't tried writing it. If you have found your bookmarks/favorites have become a more and more important part of your life, that's because you have learned to put up with the simplest form of hypertext editing there is as a compromise.