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29 Sep 2011
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:25 pm
Hi all
im now currently 2 days after egg transfer and due to test on november the 2nd which seems like such a long way away
looking for others who are at a similar stage to share the wait with
best of luck.to all xx
09 Aug 2011
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:52 pm
My otd is 1st Nov, had blast transfer on 19/10.
Fingers crossed for us both xx
Me 34, DH 36. TTC 2 years. Endometriosis and male factor
Natural bfp- MC 7 weeks Nov 09
Clomid bfp- TFMR 13 weeks March 2011 (t21 & incompatible with life)
October 11 Array CGH ICSI Notts - BFP
OTD 1/11/11- BFP please stay and be healthy
2 frosties
29 Sep 2011
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:42 am
only 24 hrs in it betwedn us ...how r u finding things ? I had 2 blasts put back on satuday morning ive not felt to bad but the pessaries have really bloated me up and im starting to get back ache off them to no spotting or anything though so far so good good luck to you also xx
16 May 2011
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:23 pm
Hi Lisa, Ayla!
I had transfer of 1 top quality blastocyst on Sunday. Was given a otd of 9th November, which is a bit ott imo, so I will be testing around 4th or 5th.
I'm feeling quite uncomfortable today, so maybe the pesseries are making me bloat too? Also, my breasts hurt a lot, which must also be down to the pesseries.
Good luck girlies!
1 = 04/11; 2 = 07/11; 3 = 09/11; 4 = 07/12; 5 = ICSI + immunes 02/13; 1 Blast: EDD 30/10/13
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:09 am
Hello - jumped over from other posts. My otd is 3rd November and I am struggling at the moment. Finding it hard to be positive but I'll post seperate to on here as I don't want to depress anyone else. Fingers crossed everyone xx
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
16 May 2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:42 pm
Don't be daft, webbo, that's what we're here for!
let it all out.
I'm feeling pretty awful today myself. Everything just aches/hurts. Can't describe it properly. It feels tight, or maybe scrunched into a ball, or something! Stretched out on sofa with one of my cats snuggled on my legs.
Hurrah for the 2WW!?!
1 = 04/11; 2 = 07/11; 3 = 09/11; 4 = 07/12; 5 = ICSI + immunes 02/13; 1 Blast: EDD 30/10/13
10 Oct 2011
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:19 pm
Hi everyone. I had transfer on Thursday, 20th Oct, our OTD is 4th November. It seems like a life time away.
I feel completely un positive. I feel premenstrual, snappy and crampy.
Good luck everyone else.
12 Apr 2010
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:20 am
Hi I had my fet on 17 Oct & test on 1 Nov. time is dragging so slowly! Trying to keep busy. The usual side effects down to the very yucky pessaries!! I did have a dizzy spell yesterday & I got quite excited??!!! Strange girl...!!!
Good luck to everyone. Hope we all get the + we all hope & dream of
Claire xx
TTC since Jan 2008
M/C - Nov 2008
ICSI - July 2010 = BFN
FET - Jan 2011 = BFN
ICSI - May 2011 - OHSS = 8 embryos frozen
FET - Oct '11 = BFP 1 November 2011!!!
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:07 am
Thanks Sarah. I don't seem to be having any side effects from the pessaries other than I am a proper misery guts. Keep getting a slight twinge around the appendix area which is scaring me to death that it's going ectopic again but I guess it's a bit early and I'm over sensitive.
Ginge's-monkey - Congrats on the 2ww. Totally relate to how you are feeling hence ny kick up the bum post I put on the 2ww forum.
Clairebeary - Lol, don't we all analyse every little twinge and symptom. I woke up the other morning feeling sick as a dog but put it down to being hungry though I have never in my llife woke up feeling hungry?! But I think it's way too early to get any symptoms like that anyway? Time is most definately dragging!
AFM - still trying to find my PMA and struggling a bit. I kind of feel if I prepare now for failure, it won't hurt so much when it actually happens? I need to stop though as it's upsetting my DP who is nothing but positive. Hope you're all well today
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
03 Feb 2011
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:09 pm
Hi Ladies
I hope you don't mind me joining you although my OTD is on the 29th October.
I had a 6 day blast (FET) on the 19th hence why I only need to wait 10 days before I test.
I had a tiny bleed on Monday and I am pinning my hopes on that being implantation bleeding but after 2 failed cycles already I can't get positive about anything so I am on board with you Webbo. My DH hasn't a clue what to say to me so he generally keeps out of my way which is actually fine by me.
I hate these pessaries as they are giving me period type pains constantly so I don't know whether they are or not, it's driving me mad
Anyway I wasn't going to join a thread this time as it hurts when other people are getting their BFP around me and I can't understand why it couldn't be me but I am driivng myself around the bend not having someone to talk to.
I am just going to have a nice warm bath now to see if that will help with my tummy pains so good luck to everyone and speak soon
Jo x
Me - 40 DH 44 TTC 8 years
1st cycle 2 fresh transferred Jan 2011 - BFN
2nd cycle - 2 blasts OTD 03/07/11 - BFN
1 blast 19th oct - OTD 29th Oct - BFP
03 Feb 2011
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:17 pm
Thought I'd bring this over from my last cycle, I hope it doesn't make you all as paranoid as me
1dpt ..embryo is growing and developing
2dpt... Embryo is now a blastocyst
3dpt....Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day
4dpt.. Blastocyst attaches to a site on the uterine lining
5dpt.. Implantation begins,as the blastocyst begins to bury in the lining
6dpt.. Implantation process continues and morula buries deeper in the lining
7dpt.. Morula is completely inmplanted in the lining and has placenta cells &
fetal cells
8dpt...Placenta cells begin to secret HCG in the blood
9dpt...More HCG is produced as fetus develops
10dpt...More HCG is produced as fetus develops
11dpt...HCG levels are now high enough to be immediately detected on
this is what happens in a 5dt :
0dpt... Embryo is now a blastocyst
1dpt....Blastocyst hatches out of shell on this day
2dpt.. Blastocyst attaches to a site on the uterine lining
3dpt.. Implantation begins,as the blastocyst begins to bury in the lining
4dpt.. Implantation process continues and morula buries deeper in the lining
5dpt.. Morula is completely inmplanted in the lining and has placenta cells &
fetal cells
6dpt...Placenta cells begin to secret HCG in the blood
7dpt...More HCG is produced as fetus develops
8dpt...More HCG is produced as fetus develops
9dpt...HCG levels are now high enough to be immediately detected on
Me - 40 DH 44 TTC 8 years
1st cycle 2 fresh transferred Jan 2011 - BFN
2nd cycle - 2 blasts OTD 03/07/11 - BFN
1 blast 19th oct - OTD 29th Oct - BFP
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:31 am
Hi Jomosh - a real pleasure to have you with us and thank you for posting the update regarding stages - I was actually wondering about that yesterday ironically but that's answered my question - thank you.
Congratulations on your ET - sounding good with a 6 day blast!! If the bleed you had was minimal and hasn't been back since, that is also sounding positive!!
Lots of good luck vibes coming your way xx
I'm glad that you have chosen to join a thread and a little honoured that you chose this one. I think it does help. I have been able to rant, laugh, cry and chat to other ladies, all of whom totally understand where I am coming from without criticism and that is priceless.
Like you, my DP says he understands but he doesn't, not fully so it is really helpful to know that there are people on here who "have your back"
I haven't had a single symptom with the pessaries? Other than foul moods but that might just be me in general! Lol. I hope the bath worked and do pop on regular for a natter. xx
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
16 May 2011
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:33 am
Hi Jomosh & webbo
I had an awful day on Tuesday with cramps and twinges and pain, and I felt really low and negative. But since then, other than the constant boob-ache, I have nothing at all. So I worried then about the symptoms and now I worry about the lack! Can't win. My DH is being pretty good, and we've both pretty much had enough now! But still, they never quite understand fully, do they?!
Thanks for the 5dpt list, I was only just looking at the other one and trying to work things out. So, if I had a 5day transfer on Sunday, does that mean I could test on Tuesday?!
I know what you mean about it being hard when others get a bfp and you don't. The worst part about this time, being my 3rd go is everyone else saying "third time lucky" all the time. I know they mean to be nice and positive, but it doesn't actually help.
Ah well, must keep busy.
Hugs all round!
1 = 04/11; 2 = 07/11; 3 = 09/11; 4 = 07/12; 5 = ICSI + immunes 02/13; 1 Blast: EDD 30/10/13
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:30 am
Hi Sarah
Sorry you're having a bad time with the pains. Like you say, worrying about having no symptoms then worry when there are some. I'm still having none at all so it makes me feel low and worried as I'm getting nothing, though I do have to buck up a little bit as it has started to affect my DP which is not fair after all he has been through.
I guess people say that to you as they don't know what else to say but you're right, it doesn't help much, nor does it make you feel any better.
I am so switched off at work it's unreal. I've hardly done anything in 3 days!! Can't concentrate and realy don't want to be at work at all right now but hey ho - we plod on.
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
27 Mar 2008
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:19 pm
Hi Ladies
Can I join you too? Hi to Sarah as we were on the cycle buddies thread
I had 2 x 8 cell embryos put in at 3 days old last Thursday. Im constantly symptom spotting but I last had 2 FET cycles which are compeltey different in terms of aches and pains. Ive had no aches pains or anything. Then only thing Ive started to get yesterday and today is sore boobs but I dont know if it is just because I have started feeling them as not noticed before! Im going mad as you can tell.
I have been getting mild AF aches which come and go too. On my first fresh cycle I didnt get to test day as I started my period at day 10 ish so if I make it past the weekend I will be happy
Sorry to waffle so much but Im at work and just need to vent off! Arrggghh Lol
Anyway PMA to all you ladies. Lets hope we get some BFP on here x
Baby Thomas born 22/10/12
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:51 pm
Hi Katie
You're most welcome here. Congratulations on your little travellers. Lets hope that the achey boobies are a good sign
I've not had symptoms either on this fet cycle but my fresh one I did and mine was a BFP (but sadly ectopic)
I'm sure you'll make it to otd - keep us posted. You're not waffling - I am at work too but i have done bugger all whatsoever as I can't concentrate and they pretty much leave me alone, hence on here all day! Lol.
I would love to see all of us ladies get a BFP - fingers crossed to everyone. xx
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
28 Oct 2011
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:25 am
Hey ladies
just a quick hello to see how everyone is getting on ? Sorry ive not been on for a few days but my account wont let me on for some bizarre reason so ive had to re register
so this is my new user name.
Hows everyone feeling ? If your anything like me your pulling your hair out waiting
ive not really had any obvious symptoms but then again ive bloated up quite badly off the pessaries so i dont think i would notice any anyway. I had a few twinges aches and pains at the beggining of the week but i put that down to my body adjusting to all the medication we have to take.
Im trying to remain positive but its so hard when you have suffered with infertility for long to ever be able to imagine actually seeing a bfp.
Webbo how r u anyway ? Got worried on the other thread when we never heard off you after your egg transfer wishing you the best of luck i test on wednesday not looking forward to it to be honest cant stand the thought of seeing a bfn
but it has to be done so ill let the hubby do it haha im sure the look on his face will tell me all xx
17 Feb 2011
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:07 pm
Hey Lisadaz. Good to hear from you
Yep - pulling out hair, don't have much left! Otd is 6 days away yet and it is dragging so much. Like you, other than a bit of bloating, I haven't really had much symptom wise but last night had AF type aches and scared to death it is coming. I would be due today and I am regular as clockwork so worried that is what the ache was all about
I have also been told by the nurses that the drugs wuold prevent me bleeding at all so even if it fails, I won't know until I take my test? Not sure which is harder - AF coming so you know it's not worked or having to wait for negative test on otd!
Sorry if I disappeared from another thread. I have been on so many lately that my watched threads box got a bit full so if I have any that haven't had any activity for a while I delete them from my watched list.
Great to hear from you anyway and lots of good vibes all round for BFP's
Me 35 partner 33
CARE Northampton
ICSI - BFP 22/05/11 but bleeding
Confirmed Ectopic and MC 05/06/11
FET cycle OTD 03/11/11 BFN
28 Oct 2011
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:10 pm
Its it funny how my test date is before yours ? Im sure u had transfer before i did
16 May 2011
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:01 pm
Hi all
Really not doing well on the pma front. Convinced myself yesterday I wasnt preg,based on no empiracle evidence other than being pregnant just never happens to me and that the aches all stopped.
'Celebrated' this by cleaning windows and ironing net curtains! Then as I had started ironing I finished the clothes off too. All this after 2 20 min walks following a week on the sofa. By 4pm I wad utterly knackered and aching again! Still got aches today. And my back hurts. No idea what any of it means. Don't normally ache until after I start bleeding on a normal af.
It's all just too frustrating, not knowing. And still a week to go before testing!
Hope you're all doing better than me! Lol
1 = 04/11; 2 = 07/11; 3 = 09/11; 4 = 07/12; 5 = ICSI + immunes 02/13; 1 Blast: EDD 30/10/13
27 Mar 2008
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:06 am
Hi Ladies
Well not sure what is going on with my body at the moment. I started spotting yesterday just brown and hardly noticeable and a little bit this morning, I wonder if it is too late for implantation bleed? I had bad period pains all day yesterday so think it probably is period on the way
I tested this morning and it is BFN so will test again tomorrow and hope no bleeding starts
This process never gets any easy
Sarah - hope your PMA is back? you need to try take it easy after you busy day yesterday x
How is everyone else doing?
Baby Thomas born 22/10/12
09 Aug 2011
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:22 am
Hi ladies,
BFP! We are so happy can't believe it.
It is 16 days after EC and 18 days after trigger so it is a true result isn't it?
I've had a light brown discharge for a week now, it must be implantation? I had a brown/ yellow discharge all the time I was pg last time so I don't think it is anything to worry about.
Me 34, DH 36. TTC 2 years. Endometriosis and male factor
Natural bfp- MC 7 weeks Nov 09
Clomid bfp- TFMR 13 weeks March 2011 (t21 & incompatible with life)
October 11 Array CGH ICSI Notts - BFP
OTD 1/11/11- BFP please stay and be healthy
2 frosties
16 May 2011
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:11 am
Congrats Ayla, that is wonderful news! And a few days early, too, which must be nice.
And from what you have said, Katie should take heart! Discharge seems to mean little, one way or the other, unless t is a lot of bright red colour!
I had a very emotional day yesterday. Quite weepy. Spent all night being woken by a splitting headache, so not feeling brilliant this morning, despite the extra hour! Going to do my best not to think about 'things' today. DH is being great by making me rest after Friday. Sofa it is then, and what else are Sunday's for?!
1 = 04/11; 2 = 07/11; 3 = 09/11; 4 = 07/12; 5 = ICSI + immunes 02/13; 1 Blast: EDD 30/10/13
28 Oct 2011
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:01 am
Hey ladies jusy a quick update ....i myself have been admitted to hospital with ohss
But on the bright side they did a blood hcg on me and it is currently at 80 :)still cant quite take it in or believe it but im 15 days past my hcg trigger so really hoping and praying that this bfp is for keeps my consultant here is happy to confirm it as possitive but my head isnt just quite yet .
Congrats to u alya wishing u a happy healthy pregnancy xx
best of luck to everyone else think possitive
27 Mar 2008
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:27 pm
Wow 2 BFP woo hoo, congratulations lisadaz99 and Ayla you are officially pregnant ladies
. Sorry to hear about the OHSS Lisa and hope you recover quickly now your being looked after
Sarah - Yes I should take notice Lol. Dont want to get hopes up too much though! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
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Before an experiment can be performed on the SGM beamline a valid experimental permit must be issued by the CLS User Office (CLSUO) and signed off by one of the beamline staff. In addition, all participants must have performed a Beamline Specific Orientation (BSO), which is provided by the beamline staff. This will provide users with information regarding the hazards involved with a synchrotron experiment and brief them on the safety features found at the SGM. If there is no valid experimental permit present or no one with a completed BSO present, operation of the beamline if forbidden.
Several hazards exist for people working around the SGM these include:
People working on the beamline should be aware of the possibility of injury from any of these systems at any time. Any unsafe apparatus or practices should be reported to the Heath, Safety and Environment (HSE) department.
Photons are provided to the SGM beamline by a pure permanent magnet undulator with a period length of 45 mm and a peak field of > 0.84 T at 12.5 mm gap. This undulator is the first of two undulators in straight 11. The other is the 185 mm period undulator for the Planar Grating Monochromator (PGM) beamline. The SGM undulator is comprised of 252 permanent NdFeB magnets, mounted on a jaw like structure that can open to 293 mm and close to 12.5 mm. The intensity and energy distribution of photons from the insertion device is controlled by setting the gap to produce the desired magnetic field between the poles of upper and lower magnets. The relationship between the undulator gap and the photon energy is shown below in Figure 3.
While the soft xrays are deflected down the beamline, the higher energy radiation is either absorbed by the mirrors themselves, the mirror tanks and associated hardware, a large lead block (called a pig) or the walls of the primary optical enclosure (POE). In addition, these mirror have two different coatings – silicon on the top half and carbon on the bottom half – so they have to be moved vertically depending on which stripe is desired – silicon stripe for doing carbon analysis and carbon stripe for doing silicon analysis. See the appropriate section in the Operation Procedures chapter for information on changing the stripe.
Grating | Line Spacing (/mm) | Energy Range | Coating |
LEG | 600 | 250-700 | Ni |
MEG | 1100 | 450-1250 | Au |
HEG | 1700 | 750-2000 | Au |
The M3 mirror is used to collect the light from the first two mirrors and focus it vertically on the entrance slit. The beam is deflected vertically by 2 degrees by this mirror. The entrance slit, gratings and exit slit comprise a dragon type monochromator [1]. Light coming through the entrance slit illuminates one of the three spherical gratings. The grating angle can be controlled with great precision to pass the desired photon energy through the exit slits. This energy is determined from the grating equation,
where m is the diffraction order, λ is the desired wavelength, d is the grating spacing and θi and θd are the angle of incidence and angle of diffraction of the light.
Mirror | Profile | Surface |
M1 | Planar | Si/C |
M2 | Planar | Si/C |
M3 | Cylindrical (R=224.0 m) | Si/Rh |
M4 | Toroidal (M=118.7 m, S=0.070 m) | Au |
M5 | Toroidal (M=118.7 m, S=0.070 m) | Aukk |
Specifications for the three gratings used on the SGM are given in Table 1. The efficiencies of the gratings are inversely related to their line spacings so the total flux at the endstation is greatest for the LEG and decreases for the MEG and HEG.
The exit slit gap is the adjustable from 0 to 500 microns and is the primary instrument used for controlling the beamline energy resolution. By decreasing the slit size the range of photon energies that can pass through the exit slit is also reduced, improving the resolution but also reducing the total flux of photons passing through the slit to the endstations. The exit slit also has to translate along the beamline as the photon energy changes. This is due to the spherical shape of the grating, which focuses the beam at a different distance from the grating depending on the angle of incidence/energy.
The monochromatic light passing through the exit slit is refocused by M4 onto the first endstation area (EA1) and then refocused again onto the second endstation area (EA2) by M5. Table 2 shows gives more information on the mirrors used in the beamline.
Electrically isolated blades at the leading edge of each of the five mirrors produce a photoelectric current that is proportional to the flux of photons hitting these blades. The feedback from these systems was critical in the alignment of the beamline. The current produced in these blades is monitored as a function of mirror position to determine the optimal location of the mirrors.
Io mesh ladders before each of the endstations provide flux information on the xray beam at the endstations. These devices are critical for normalization of the signals k measured at the samples. They are also the best systems to quickly check on the status of the beamline. Typically, the meshes in these ladders allow 85% of the beam to pass and are made from gold because it resists contamination better than most other materials.
Contamination on these meshes is a serious problem because it produces misleading current increases at the photon energies corresponding to the absorption edges of the contaminants. The signals from the two meshes are referred to as EA1 Io and EA2 Io, for the meshes before the first and second endstations, respectively.
A video system that monitors the visible portion of the beam or the visible light produced as a result of xray stimulation. Cameras are located at the variable aperture mask, exit slits and endstations. Additional cameras can be added at the entrance slit and monochromator chamber if necessary. Video feedback is extremely valuable as qualitative check on the beam. A light phosphor coating on the exit slits glows brightly and indicates the relative intensity of the beam as shown in Figure 2. Video is also useful in the alignment of the sample with the photon beam.
Control of the SGM is provided through the use of the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS)[3]. EPICS is a distributed control system meaning that there are a number of different computers, connected together over a high speed network, that work in concert to monitor and control the various components of the beamline. More specific information on the CLS control system can be found in the CLS Control System Overview and Technical Specifications document[2]. An individual parameter of the control system is called a process variable (PV). An example of a PV is 'BL1611ID1:Energy', which is the PV that represents the beamline energy. Changing this PV invokes a process that moves the motors on the undulator, grating and exit slit to the proper positions to produce light of the desired energy at the endstation.
IOC | Applications | Function |
IOC1611-433 | picoammeter | Picoammeters control |
IOC2408-303 | idMotors | Insertion device control |
IOC2400-106 | machProtection | Machine protection, vacuum, water flow, water temperature, and valve control |
IOC1611-427 | Energy | Beamline energy calibration and coordination |
smMotors | Low level VME motor control | |
beamline | Optical element motor coordination | |
HVCAENx527 | High voltage power supply controls | |
softIoc | Beamline status flags, picoammeter, coordination, valve coordination | |
IOC1611-415,416 | NA | Ion pump interface |
IOC1611-417,418,419,420 | NA | Cold cathode gauge interface |
IOC1611-407,408,423,424,425,426 | NA | Motor driver interface |
Process variables are generated and handled by software running on computers called inputoutput controllers (IOC). For the beamline to work properly, several different applications must be simultaneously running on multiple IOCs. Table 3 outlines the different IOCs and the applications that are required for beamline operation.
Photons in the soft xray region of the electromagnetic spectrum are easily absorbed by air. This means that the photons need an evacuated path to travel down from the undulator to the endstation and all optical elements have to be under vacuum. The result is the that vacuum at the beamline endstation is connected to the vacuum system in the storage ring, booster and linear accelerator. Thus, a sophisticated machine protections system is required to ensure that a vacuum accident at the endstation does not affect the storage ring and interrupt all experimental operations. The vacuum system on the SGM is divided into 17 separate sections by pneumatic valves. Each of the valves is interlocked to the pressure sensors in the two sections upstream and downstream of it's position. The pressure sensors in each section consist of a thermoconductive gauge (TCG), for pressures between atmospheric pressure and 10−3 Torr, and a cold cathode gauge (CCG) for pressures between 10−3 and 10−10 Torr. When the pressure in any section exceeds a threshold value, the valve is automatically closed.
A network of three photon shutters, in conjunction with a single safety shutter, are used to ensure that <NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED>
Calibration of the undulator gap was initially based on the measurements made at the CLS magnetic mapping room. Coordination of the undulator is required so that it will produce the greatest intensity of the desired photon energy. This is done by changing the gap between the upper and lower jaws of the undulator. The function relating the gap setting, g, in mm to the photon energy, hν, of the peak of the undulator output as provided by the CLS undulator group is
Here, l is the desired harmonic and A1, A2, and A3 are parametric fit parameters. This function is shown in Figure 3 for the first and third harmonics with values of 0.1430, 36.01 and 1776 for A1, A2, and A3.
The grating calibration, relating the angle of incidence of the beam onto the gratings, θi, to the desired photon energy, is determined from Equation 1 to be
In this equation, d is the grating spacing (space between two consecutive rulings) and θm is the included angle of the monochromator. The included angle is defined by the positions of the entrance slit and exit slit and is equivalent to the angle between the incident beam and the diffracted beam. For the SGM, θm is 175o and the values for d are 1/600, 1/1100 and 1/1700 mm.
The grating encoder value, xg , is related to θi through a sine arm linkage with an arm length of S, so
where Cg is the number of encoder steps per millimeter. Using this relationship the position of the grating encoder, xg, can be found for any desired photon wavelength, λ, as is shown in Figure 4. On the SGM, S is 510 mm and Cg is 2.45e5 /mm. Note that for xg = 0, λ = 0, or the photon energy is infinite, indicating that this is the zero order position. Also note that
has been used to convert wavelength into photon energy.
To relate the distance between the exit slit and the grating, rd, commonly referred to as the exit arm length, to the photon energy is given by
where ri is the distance from the entrance slit to the grating and R is the radius of curvature of the grating. This formula is derived from the Rowland circle geometry[1] which restrains the exit slit, grating and exit slits to points on a circle with radius R. Then the position of the exit slit encoder, xexs, is then given by
with roffset being the distance between the grating and the zero position of the encoder , and Cexs being the number of encoder steps per millimeter. This relationship is plotted for the SGM energy range and each of the SGM gratings in Figure 5. A value of 70.48 m is used for R and 1.5 m is used for ri.
Calibration of the SGM was performed using a photoionization chamber and a Scienta SES100 photoemission endstation. Several absolute energies were determined through the comparison of gas phase photoionization spectra for Ar, CO, N2 and Ne with previously published spectra. With the beamline set to these known energies, photoemission spectra of a gold sample were obtained using the Scienta. Then the beamline photon energy was scanned through the entire range (250 to 2000 eV) in 10 eV steps and a photoemission spectrum was taken at each point. Through a comparison of the energy of the gold Fermi level, between the photoemission spectra taken at the known photon energies with the spectra taken at the intermediate photon energies, the absolute energy of the beamline was determined at 10 eV intervals. At each intermediate energy the grating encoder feedback and optimized values for the undulator gap and exit slit position were recorded.
A theoretical calibration was done by applying equations (2), (4) and (6) with parameters determined from the specifications of the beamline[*1]. This provided a rough calibration that was used for much of the commissioning process. However, this initial calibration lacked accuracy so an experimental calibration was produced by fitting equations (2), (4) and (6) to the Scienta data using the least squares method. A closed loop feedback system is used to set the beamline components to the precise locations indicated by the calibration relationships. This system operates by driving a motor towards a target encoder position, then checking to see if it was successful in reaching that position. If it is not, it will try again. Parameters such as the deadband and maximum number of retries can be adjusted to optimize the control loop. This system is implemented in the motor driver software and improves the precision and repeatability with which the motors are controlled.
Energy scanning is accomplished using the CLS dataacquisition program. Dataacquisition makes requests to set the beamline energy PV, 'BL1611ID1:Energy', waits until the beamline is ready, then records the value of a number of PV's or other information in the data file. Dataacquisition has the capability to perform nested scans of any variable on the beamline. For example, the high voltage on a detector could be scanned at each energy setpoint during a XAFS scan. More information on dataacquisition can be found in the software manual.
When a call is made to change the beamline energy, from either the beamline interface program or from dataacquisition, a calculation of the required setpoints of the undulator, grating and exit slit is made and the setpoints are applied. At this point the beamline status PV, 'BL1611ID1:ready', is set to 'MOVING'. The status of the motors driving the undulator, grating and exit slit are polled at a frequency of 100 Hz to determine when they have stopped. When all three are stopped and report that the movement was successful,'BL1611ID1:ready' is set to 'STOPPED'.
The time it takes to acquire a single data point in a scan can be broken down in to the dead time, τDead, and the dwell time, τDwell. The dead time can them be broken down further into the network overhead, τNet, the computing time, τComp, and the mechanical movement time, τMove. Thus, the time it takes to measure a single point, τTotal, can be represented as
The parameters τNet and τComp are nearly constant, varying only slightly with the computer processor usage and network traffic. The SGM beamline shares a dedicated 1 Gb virtual local area network (VLAN) with the PGM beamline, so it is unlikely that there could be too much variance in the τNet time. It may be possible to affect τNet if there was a very high bandwidth application running on a computer in the VLAN or if there was a errant process or virus that was flooding the network. τComp could be increased if any one of the control system computers became overloaded. The primary beamline IOC runs the Linux operating system which is not a real time system so it is impossible to guarantee that the beamline operations will be executed with a given priority. Therefore, if the computer becomes overloaded, calls to update the beamline energy or get feedback on the beamline status, or any other operation requiring the IOC, could be delayed. During typical beamline operations the beamline IOC is operation at less than %1 of it's full capacity, and even when the system is stressed by executing multiple simultaneous requests it never exceeds %5.
The dominant source of dead time is τMove, which is the time required to move the undulator, grating and exit slit into the requested positions. When a new energy is requested all three elements begin to move simultaneously. Since it is unlikely they will all finish at the same time, τMove will be determined by the element that takes the longest amount of time to finish moving. Figure 6 shows the status flags of the beamline, undulator, grating and exit slit during a scan. It can be seen that the last component to complete it's movement is the exit slit. This is not always the case. From Figure 5 it is apparent that the exit slit travels different distances for the same energy step size depending on the energy of the beamline. For instance, to go from 250 eV to 255 eV the exit slit has to move farther that it does to go from 390 eV to 395 eV.
To improve the beamline scanning rate τMove would have to be decreased. This could be done by increasing the speed of the motors driving the exit slit and grating. This would, however, have an effect on the accuracies of these mechanical systems and may not be possible. For most applications increasing the scanning rate would not be advantageous due to the length of time required to change samples. Most users of the SGM are limited to a maximum number of samples, not by the scanning rate of the beamline, but by the amount of time it takes them to change and align the sample. Therefore, improving the current scanning rate would not help the overall throughput of the beamline until a better sample handling system is in place.
Every experiment requires a valid permit. If no valid permit is found at the beamline health and information centre, the floor coordinator has the right to shut down the beamline. The permits are generated through the user office proposal system and contain, among other things, a list of people involved in the experiment and a list of samples. The beamline staff should bring the permit to the beamline at the start of the experiment and verify that the list of samples on the permit is accurate and that all safety related issues are in order. The beamline staff will also verify that all of the members of the experimental team have received the Beamline Specific Orientation (BSO). Once the beamline staff are satisfied that the permit is accurate, they will sign it and ask a member of the experimental team to sign it. The user should only sign it if they feel that the experiment is ready to proceed safely.
Individual user computer accounts are generated for all valid permits. The accounts allow users to operate the beamline and store their data in a secure, externally accessible location. The accounts are named according to their proposal. For instance, if your permit is number 7-1501, then you will log in with the username 7-1501. The first time you log in you will use the password 'Welcome1'. The system will then prompt you to enter a new password. The password has to be at least 8 characters and must contain at least one number and upper case letter. Be sure to remember your password for future visits. If there are any problems with accessing your account, you can e-mail the ITC help desk (helpdesk email yet to be determined). When you log in to your account for the first time it is populated with links, icons, directories and files required for your experiment. To access your data remotely, type the following into any web browser:
When promted for the username, enter
For example, email@example.com, then enter your password.
Performing a standard XAS experiment on the SGM involves the use of the SGM Solid Sample Analysis End-station (SSA). This end-station can be configured with a fluorescence yield (FLY)detector, a X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence (XEOL) lens, a Total Electron Yield (TEY) monitor, a Residual Gas Analyzer (RGA) as well as other temporary instruments. The chamber has a side chamber, or load lock, used to transfer samples into measurement position. Moderate to high vacuum is maintained on the chamber at all times by a turbo pump and an ion pump. The load lock has it's own turbo pumping system and another turbo is found just upstream of the main chamber on the diagnostic chamber. The end-station is separated from the rest of the beam line by a pneumatic vacuum valve that is interlocked to the pressure gauge in diagnostic chamber. In the event of a vacuum failure the valve will close to protect the beam line vacuum.
Running an XAS experiment involves getting the sample into the measurement position, configuring the beam line for a scan and running the scan. The most demanding part of the experiment tends to be getting the sample into position or transferring the sample so this will be discussed at length. Alignment of the sample to the beam is accomplished with the aid of the zero order light and is fairly routine. The SGM beam line interface software, called IDAV (Integrated Data Acquisition and Visualization), is used to configure the beam line, run the scans and perform preliminary data analysis.
The factors that have to be considered when preparing samples include the following:
Each year there are hundreds of different research groups coming and going from the CLS and each group brings in different samples. Although very few samples actually present a significant hazard, the sheer number of samples implies that vigilance is required in sample handling. This is why all of the samples that you wish to measure must appear on your permit and be approved by the CLS Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) group. All samples must be stored safely and clearly labeled to prevent accidental exposure or dangerous chemical reactions. It is the responsibility of the visiting scientists to be familiar with all hazards associated with their samples and to communicate these hazards to others working in the vicinity. This includes the beamline staff and users on other beamlines that are sharing the lab space. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be available for all sample materials with any hazards and it is the users responsibility to familiarize themselves with the MSDS of all CLS materials they work with in the CLS lab space.
On the SGM SSA chamber samples can be powders, crystals, bulk material or films on different substrates. The sample size is limited by the sample holder system. Samples should be no larger than 10 mm^2, or in the case of circular shaped samples, 16 mm in diameter. Samples should not extend more than 6 mm from the sample disc when mounted or they will interfere with the transfer mechanism. Metal samples can be welded to the sample discs and most others can be affixed with conductive, double sided carbon tape. Carbon tape will be supplied by the beamline.
It is important to consider the concentration of the element under study when preparing samples. Low concentration samples are more difficult to measure and require more careful preparation. Never place a sample with high concentration of the element of interest on the same sample disc as a sample with a low concentration of that same element. Contamination of the low concentration sample with the high concentration sample can easily occur.
The SGM sample holder system was upgraded in April 2009 to accomodate sample cooling and motorization. Upgrades were also done to the beamline interface, IDAV (Integrated Data Acquisition and Visualization), to allow for control of the sample position and for saving and restoring the sample positions. These upgrades required a completely new sample transfer system. A system based upon the omnicron style pincer and sample clip was chosen.
It is possible to damage the endstation, manipulator or transfer arm while doing the transfer. Please keep the following things in mind when transferring:
Never use force. It is possible to damage the manipulator and transfer arm by applying too much force to the transfer arm. If something doesn't seem to fit properly, do not keep trying to get it to fit by using additional force. The system was designed so that very little force is required so if it seems to be jammed just stop and try to improve your alignment.
This section will describe the beamline interface and provide instructions on how to use it effectively.
When you sit down at the beamline interface computer, be sure to log in using your user account information. If there is no one else logged in, a login prompt should be visible on the screen. If there are multiple windows, perhaps the beamline interface, on the screen, than it is likely that someone else logged into the computer. Follow the instructions for logging on to User Accounts.
Once you are logged in to your own account, you can start IDAV by clicking the icon on the desktop:
The IDAV interface should appear:
The interface window is divided into a primary control area and a notebook page style area. The primary control area contains controls for turning the beam on and off, setting the beamline for visible light, controlling the slits and setting are reading back the photon energy. The notebook pages are used for monitoring and setting other beamline parameters including the undulator harmonic, the scan configuration and the high voltage system.
To set up a scan configuration, click on the "Scan Config" tab.
Click on the "Load Config" tab and navigate to the 'Configuration Files' directory in your home directory. For standard experiments, select the "Default_Configuration_for_Dataacquisition.config" file. This will setup the beamline for TEY and FLY x-ray absorption measurements. A default energy range and step size will be filled into the region boxes. Click on the two boxes labeled "use auto-suffix" and "use auto-numbering". Your interface screen should now look like this (note the two check marks for auto-suffix and -numbering, and the filepath against "Load Config"):
Setup the directory where your data will be stored by clicking on "Set Output" box. You should store your data in a subdirectory of your home directory. You can create a new subdirectory using the following button:
When you are in the folder you want to use, click on "Select Directory" to apply that directory as your storage directory.
Enter the desired filename in to the text box on the "Scan Config" page. A file number and .dat suffix will automatically be added when the file is written.
Note: if you perform the above steps out of sequence, you may lose the filepath and filename, and possibly also the selection of auto suffix and auto numbering. If you are having problems check that:
a) the correct filepath is displayed b) the correct filename is displayed c) both auto-suffix and auto-numbering have check marks.
Now set the desired energy range and step size you wish to scan. You can easily add and remove regions using the "Add Region" and "Delete Region" buttons. Copy the "BL1611-ID-1:Energy" string from Region 1 into new regions. Be sure not to use same end and start value for subsequent regions, as the beamline will stop scanning at that point.
Let's assume you have succesfully transferred a sample into the endstation, and have it facing the beam. You need to launch the endstation camera program, if it's not already running. On the interface window, click on the "Cameras" tab, and select camera 3.
To make sure the beam is hitting the sample, you can use visible light from the beamline. This is acheived by setting the monochromator to transmit the Zeroth order of diffraction - i.e. to allow specular reflection - and is thus often referred to as "zero order" light. Click on the "Visible Light On/OFF" button. You will see three things happen (and hear at least one other):
1) The Energy Feedback will start to increase dramatically. We are setting the grating to allow specular reflection, which the software interprets as a very high photon energy. This will take a good few 10s of seconds.
2) The entrance slit will move to its fully open position (250 ?m)
3) The exit slit will move to its fully open position (400 ?m)
When the mono reaches the visible light setting, the Beamline Status tab will show "stopped".
The things you might hear are the EA1 and EA2 window valves closing - these have a glass insert that allows visible light through but blocks the X-rays. This is important as full zero order undulator light may damage your sample.
There should now be a white light spot visible on your sample. If there isn't check: a) there is still beam b) that there is ~10-7 A on the EA1 Io mesh (EA2 will be blocked by the window valve). You can find the EA1 Io signal by clicking on on the "SSA endstation" of the interface window. c) the chamber lighting is off. Sometimes the bright light in the chamber makes it hard to observe the beam spot.
Select the "SSA Endstation" tab in the beamline interface. Using the manipulator controls, move the sample into the beam. Note that the zero order light is a good guide of where the x-ray beam will be, but not a representation of the beam size. The exit slits are opened to 400 ?m to allow the maximum intensity of visible light through to the sample in the zero order configuration. The exit slit will likely be closed to less than 100 ?m for most measurements, so the actual spot size will be smaller. Also note that since the visible light is going through a crown glass viewport (to block x-rays) the position of the x-ray beam can be slightly different than the position of the visible light. However, this difference is very small and so the x-ray beam should hit the sample somewhere inside the spot where the visible light beam is hitting the sample.
Now hit the "Visible Light On/OFF" tab again. The energy feedback will return to the set point, and both slits will return to their set points.
Let's take another look at the interface window, with the "Adv. Controls" tab selected:
Make sure that: a) The three tabs in the "Energy Tracking" section are all white, and not grey. b) End station "ea2" is selected c) The undulator scan mode is set to "scan"
The posters at the beamline show the ranges and relative fluxes of the three diffraction gratings in the beamline. Make sure the scan range you want is covered by the grating selected. As a rough guide:
Note that where the energy ranges of two gratings overlap, the higher of the two will give better (sometimes much better) resolution, but less flux. The data on the beamline posters give a good idea.
To change the grating, click on the tab of the grating you want. You will be asked if you're sure, and then the grating selection mechanism will start. This is entirely computer controlled, and will take a few 10s of seconds, during which the Beamline Status tab will show "moving". When in position, it will change to "stopped". The selected grating tab will be white.
Note that if you do not match the undulator harmonic with the grating as per the table above, you may get very little flux. To change the harmonic, click on the button you want. Again you will be asked to confirm, and then the undulator will move. This will take a few seconds, and again the Beamline Status will show "moving".
Let's take another look at the interface window with the "Scan Config" tab selected:
To set the scan range you want, edit the "Start", "Delta" (step size) and "End" in the "Region 1" line above. You will now need to turn on the Fluorescence detector. Click on the "HV group is Off" button. You will see "All HV is off" change to "Some HV is ramping up" and the tab changes from grey to yellow. When the detector is fully on, this changes to "Some HV is on" and stays yellow.
Now click on the "Beam On" button. You will hear one or more valves open, and after about 3 seconds you will see "BEAM OFF" change to "BEAM ON". There are now X-ray photons hitting your sample.
Now click on the "Acquire" button. You will see a new window pop open, which will show the data as it is acquired:
Note that it may take several seconds for the scan to start - three devices have to move to set a photon energy: the undulator (which tracks with the photon energy), the diffraction grating, and the exit slit. During this time the Beamline Status will show "moving".
The CLS employs the Ocean Optics QE65000 for measuring optical emission from samples. The QE65000 is a Czery-Turner type spectrograph with a thermo-electrically cooled CCD and allows for collection of relatively weak optical emission between 200 and 800 nm (check these numbers-TZR). The input to the spectrometer is a SMA905 fiber optic coupler. A large (600 to 1000 micron)scientific grade fiber optic couples the spectrometer to a SMA905 fiber optic feedthrough. Inside the chamber a 5mm collimating lens collects the photons from the sample and passes them through a short, unjacketed, 1000 um fiber to the feedthrough. The chamber video camera is also a key part of the XEOL system as it gives quick feedback on the XEOL intensity and the stray light level in the chamber.
The SGM is equipped with a Scienta SES100 photoemission spectrometer. It is located on the first endstation, EA1, of the beamline which is maintained at high to ultra high vacuum pressures at all times. The SES100 has four main components: the analyzer, the power supply, the CCD detector and the computer. XPS measurements can be performed in standalone mode, using just the Scienta computer, or in beamline integration mode, where the beamline data acquisition system is used to control the Scienta.
In standalone mode the beamline is set to a constant photon energy and the spectrometer is operated independently from the beamline. The user workstation close to the endstation is equipped with the Scienta PC as well as a standard CLS OPI. A KVM switch at the workspace can be used to switch the left monitor from displaying the left of two screens of the OPI to displaying the Scienta computer output.
In the beamline integration mode, the Scienta is being triggered to acquire by the IDAV interface. The XPS data is acquired as per the configuration that is currently active on the Scienta interface. When the XPS scan is finished, the data is assembled and sent back to the IDAV interface as an EPICS waveform record. At this point, all configuration of the Scienta is done using the Scienta interface and the only thing that EPICS does is trigger the scan to start, wait for the scan to stop and read back the data. In the future, support for more advanced options, such as setting the XPS scan range, integration time, resolution and others, will be incorporated into the XAS-XPS capabilities.
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The restaurant manager, I never know his name but I think it begins with M. He is a wonderful host, gives great customer service, runs the restaurant like clockwork, has eyes in the back of his head and is the true 'face' of the hotel. It is fair to say that all of the staff are lovely and there is a real family atmosphere in the hotel.
May 23rd, 2012
"We really enjoyed the use of the swimming pool and Jacuzzi it truly made our stay feel luxurious. The staff were great and it was in a great location for the rail station and Crystal Palace Football ground. We really enjoyed our stay and will definitely recommend it to our friends and visit you again."
- Alison, May 10, 2011
Just wanted to write a quick note to say thank you so much to everyone at CPH for Saturday the 10th. All the staff were fantastic and so helpful.
Can you please pass on to all from the kitchen to the reception how good they were and everyone has commented how great your hotel is. Especially the gentlemen who were in charge of our event on the evening (I didn't catch their names but there were 2 of them and they were fab!!)
Thanks also to you for all your help.
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December 21st, 2011
I'd also just like to thank everyone at Croydon Park for their help during our stay, and during the exam on Friday.
Yet again the service we received in every aspect – room set up, catering, bar, check in, etc – was first class.
All of the staff are so friendly and helpful and make it a pleasure to use Croydon Park.
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My Croydon Park Hotel experience last month was a class of its own. The ability of the hotel to create a personal experience and demonstrate attention to your individual needs without stalking is amazing. The entire staff base feel like one connected (happy) family - simply amazing. My return is for sure to see the finish lobby refurbishment and definitely recommend this hotel.
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Very friendly helpful staff. Room comfortable and clean. Food good. I would recommend and return myself. Many thanks.
Thank you for making our evening a very enjoyable one. Can you please also thank the restaurant manager and his team for excellent service and organisation.
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We came to your christmas party last night and I just wanted to say how much we enjoyed it, the best christmas venue we have used. The food was excellent. Please pass on our thanks to the Chef. We will certainly be coming again.
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At our event, your waiters, manager & security arrangements were impeccable and commendable – we didn't want for anything. I was very impressed.
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The buffet was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. SJ and I both thoroughly enjoyed it and to be honest, I wish I had not had the main course but just kept having the starter as the fish dishes were absolutely delicious!!!! Your hotel is really the best one that our staff have ever stayed in - honest!!!! Very kind Regards,
I would like to express my thanks for the excellent and professional service that was extended to my colleagues and our clients in Oscars Brasserie on the evening of Friday 27 April 2012. We were very pleased with the service, food, attention and warmth that was bestowed upon us, which resulted in a very pleasant evening. We are looking forward to seeing you all again on Friday 25th May 2012.
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A young Puss in Boots (Anotnio Banderas) is an orphaned kitten that makes his home at an orphanage in San Ricardo with his adoptive mother and best friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Perpetual outcast and lofty dreamer, Humpty, and his made blood brother, Puss, have their fair share of run-ins with the Comandate (Guillermo del Toro!) and the law. One such incident tears the duo apart, forcing Puss to go on the run as a wanted feline.
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We haven't made any secret of our general disdain for headphones endorsed by hip-hop artists. Not that we have anything against hip-hop artists, nor is there any good reason why hip-hop 'phones should sound bad. It's just that many of them do.
In last year's celebrity headphone test, we didn't dig the Soul by Ludacris SL300WB at all, and had a mixed reaction to the Beats Pro and Skullcandy Roc Nation Aviator. But our not-unpleasant experience with the Sync by 50 SMS-WS got us thinking that maybe someone in the hip-hop world was starting to understand that while crazy, bass-heavy tonal balances may be initially impressive, they're not something most of us want to live with on a day-to-day basis.
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I love the form factor of on-ear, or "supra-aural" headphones — the kind where the ear pads press against your ears' pinnae instead of surrounding them — because they usually fit easily into my laptop computer case. But I've had a problem finding a model comfortable enough to wear for more than an hour. What's more, I've found no on-ears whose performance compares to that of a good over-ear (or circumaural) headphone — until now.
When I first encountered the Exodus from House of Marley, during our test last fall of celebrity-branded headphones, I didn't expect much. I assumed the company had put all its effort into the Exodus' stunning styling, and little into sound quality.
We first got a look at speaker maker PSB's new headphone, the M4U 2, at the 2011 CEDIA show, and Brent Butterworth liked what he heard from an early version.
Surely there's never been such a vast display of headphones in the history of the universe as at CES 2012. From super-high-end models to bottom-feeder stuff, there was something for every budget and every taste.
We got a chance last night to check out a new, Phillipe Starck-designed over-the-ear Bluetooth headphone from Parrot, who've worked previously with the designer on their signature tower-format iOS docks.
Mention noise-cancelling headphones and most people think of large, over-ear models like the Bose QC15. Comfy as those big cans can be, they're waaaay too big to slip into a pocket or purse. But not all noise-cancelling headphones come in cases sized like jumbo donuts at the State Fair. In fact, a few manufacturers have added noise-cancelling technology to their in-ear monitors (IEMs), using a little "lump in the line" to house the needed electronics.
One might fairly ask, though: Do IEMs really need noise cancelling? After all, when used with tips that fit your ears properly, IEMs completely seal off your ear canals. However, IEMs do most of their noise-blocking at frequencies above 1 kHz. Below that, they're not so effective at keeping the noise out.
While custom-colored headphones have been a fixture now for a while courtside (or wherever celebs are to be found), Fanny Wang have introduced a custom program across their entire headphone line.
Visitors to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest that ended yesterday got to see two shows in one.
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The SL300, the long-awaited flagship model in Chris 'Ludacris" Bridges' Soul headphone line, finally makes its way to major retail chains nationwide today, so pretty much everybody who can make it to a Best Buy or has an Amazon account should have a chance to see if Luda's put his money where your ears are.


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Transliteration machar |
Pronunciation mä·khar'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun |
Root Word (Etymology) Probably from אָחַר (H309) | |
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Strong's H4279 - machar
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) tomorrow, in time to come, in the future a) tomorrow (as the day following the present day) b) in future time
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 52
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Strong's H4279 - machar
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Why won't PlanetSide be the next game you'll abandon like Darkfall, AoC, Vanguard, EQ2 PvP, etc.
Why won't PlanetSide be the next game you'll abandon like Darkfall, AoC, Vanguard, EQ2 PvP, etc.
Reason #1: Planetside1 was a great game and this has most of the same devs.
Reason #2: I realized a bunch of things about running guilds that I think should make playing PS2 more fun. (Splitting leadership, giving people opportunities to lead and organize events)
Reason #3: Planetside2 is free to play and so there will be more stupid people and no obligation to pay a subscription.
Reason #4: Each Flower in the guild simply makes us stronger... there's no 40 man or whatever limit on how many people we can bring. Along with this, a level 1 is perfectly able to kill a level 20 every single time because there are only "sidegrades", not upgrades.
Reason #5: MMOFPS games are always fun no matter how bad they are (WWIIOnline, etc). If we do this right, we will have a great time.
I'm not gonna go into why those other games didn't work out, but I think the main reason is that they were essentially just EQ1 clones. From what I've seen so far, Planetside2 seems like Battlefield3 in a MMO setting.
Teamspeak server down, planetside 2 cancelled
it's over
All suckedOriginally Posted by Gusy
next challenger approach
AoC was fun for a lot of reasons, but I'll give you that one of them was the leadership.
Leadership and Conan are the reasons
itt gusy is mad that he has a child and can no longer play games with us
No Kaga, but yea.
It is a solid fact that Gean is super-cool, honest, but game after game I've noticed that every one of you except Lostboy has quit hard and fast.
I know you all have a bagload of MMO experience, but I own my destiny, and other than Fry, If I made it big, I would hire Lostboy first.
Every indie MMO has a popularity curve that drops off fast, and if you are running said MMO, it is hugely important to "fix" this. But after that, you need valid input. Almost every one of you are outside that curve.
Last edited by Gusy; 04-28-2012 at 07:12 AM.
did you ever check out sahaja meditaiton gusy
You know what? I make a lot of shitty posts after even just one or two beers, and the first thing I do after having a few is jump on here.
It is true that you'll all quit Planetside after a few weeks, but that's no excuse to make a shitty post. I apologize.
I played the first PS1 consistently for 3-4 years, I even had my own outfit (Pirate & Cowboy Alliance) once most of the original people I played with quit. I plan to keep this outfit going whether or not people from Notacult play- MMOFPS games are my favourite type of game and if PS2 is as good as PS1 then I'll stick with it for a few years at least until a better MMOFPS comes out. ESPECIALLY when you realize that this game is going to be free to play.
Don't apologize... We need people back and posting =( I was just joking man!
I remember playing EQ2 PVP with you and we stayed with that for a bit even though it sucked... I feel like a lot of what makes us quit is so many of these games are disappointing. I think those of us planning on playing PS2 are gonna have such a hard-on for it that we will stick with it no matter what. It's free too, which will allow people to play it as 'something to do' like League of Legends. No one wants to pay 15 bucks a month for a game they don't want to play but tons of people will hop on a free game for no reason besides they're bored! It could be a potential FoH place of congregation where people meet and make friends and then play other more specific games together, etc.
hohoho i posted what geandily posted p much without reading
Teamspeak Crew is still alive... BARELY
It's weird. I'm starting to wonder if I've ever really played an MMO with FOH.
I played EQ on SZ and spoke to FoH once or twice, not knowing anything about them.
I played PvE EQ2 and liked it until I didn't.
I read the Fansy stories because we had to switch to WoW and I got to pick the server, for once.
I enjoyed pooprockets and spam and gkicks as a spectator, who wouldn't?
I got to 60 and FoH decided that raiding was not cool and we could not get our epics.
Not naming names (Blart) but we were devastated and cried our eyes out (not literally) and left.
We started a guild and had fun for a long while, but never FoH fun. Let's say FoHfun/2.
Next I played many games "with" FoH but they quit after 30 days, every one.
From most-memorable to least:
EQ2 (Learned that Gean was not at all a dick like I thought, and that Fastinyo was exactly as cool as I expected him to be, but would never put up with me)
Darkfall (I would say that FoH presence was anti-FoH. Though saying that FoH has changed, or otherwise acted against it's own policies, is the cliche way of proving that you aren't Zen, I mean FoH)
(I eat more crackers because I'm hoping to gain cracker weight. They have rosemary, which might be good for you.)
that's it....
I had a lot of fun playing Mortal with Trelin, and by "with" I mean he gave me some advice and gold.
I need to give a shout out to Vanguard world design. Wasted on no one looking.
By the way guys, Darkfall is the best thing since EQ. The only thing it doesn't have is any sort of support or interest or playerbase.
And if not that, Mortal was really pretty good. You should try out some of these games made by small companies thinking they can run MMOs.
This is the golden age. One day you are going to look back on yourself and kick yourself that you never tried these. Mortal even has a small map.
Even Vanguard had a kickass world but effed up at bringing players together. One day I'll show you a better way.
It's weird, you are like roving gangs of miscreants, but you only rove to the newest thing. None of you are dumb. We could have so much fun scheduling 1 month to play MUD1 or, shit any good game together.
Which is my point? You are ADD. I've met tens of people who aren't, and I am one of them. Lostboy is NOT add, and there may be others, but they don't post a lot.
So does this mean you'll be playing Planetside for a month?
I hear you though. In my zillion hours of online play time, I've spent 0.01% of it with FoH. The main reason is that I almost only play video games during daytime hours. The secondary reason is the "geezer curve" -- for every ten years of age younger than me that my fellow gamers are, their hand-eye coordination and impatience are increased by 150%.
Of that 0.01% of time though, it was always fun.
I figure new yorker is like a liberal shred (old wife shred not new wife).
If you play planetside I'll roll with you even if you're bad. We can find ways to cheat/lame our opponent to win.
I pretty much like any game we play...until its just me and 1 other person and then i quit ...with much saddity...
just cancelled my swtor subscription today. Playing Tera now...not sure why but the chat is very fun and you can attack anyone you want outside of the towns plus you can play with an xbox 360 controller and its like hack and slash action combat. is different, very azn but fun who knows how long itll last. but whatever i already have like 8 hours of playtime. couple more weeks ill have played the 50$ game and 1 month cost...and who knows maybe it gets better. gotta try it earnestly or ill never know.
At least 50% of my video game time since 2000 has been spent with FoH members. During the EQ days I pretty much always grouped with FoH or at least talked in guild chat. Afterwards I was always on teamspeak.
I've never understood why more of you gusy dont come to teamspeak! Is it Bhauk's talk of aliens and spiritualism, Kaga's loud noises? My constant complaining? You guys should join once in a while, we play a lot of different games... Mount and Blade, Sins of a Solar Empire, Left4Dead, and best of all, this horrible Korean made basketball MMO with a community made up entirely of 14 year old urban youths. "yo get da rebound stupid fu kking scrub"
I'm with NYGuy tho- any game that FoH plays together is ALWAYS fun. Darkfall was fun until everybody quit listening to Beastro and we never really got organized into a big group together :\
Along with that, I like Gusy's idea: We pick a game and just play it together. #1 priority in our next game should be to stick together and come up with fun stuff to do as a group.
Sort of, you get a skill that flags you for like 5 min and allows you to attack anyone. You can use it whenever you want, if you hit it and attack someone who isnt also flagged it gives you infamy which makes you stay flagged. I don't really understand the infamy yet but i do know that flagging yourself makes it so you can attack other players regardless of whether they are also flagged. so its more like you go "hey guys im about to be a cock!" and then you turn red and start slaying newbs.
I think that when people start getting elected to be president of areas they can set the npc guards to attack certain infamy levels and stuff like that.
If Planetside2 beta hasnt started by the time I'm back in Vancouver (the 20th) I shall purchase this game and play it with you fellows.
I played Star Wars with Crying Eyes for about an hour once and then never saw him again. It was fun. I thought he was some strange person swearing at me and questioning my manhood until I realized O SHIT IT'S THE I AM F U C K GUY. I'll probably let my Star Wars lapse too.
What does shred mean?!
yah i fell off the star wars bit cuz of the whole newborn thing, but shes like over 2 months old now so basically takes care of herself. and when i went back to star wars after ( last week) it was all deserted and the changes they had implemented addressed none of the important shit so people are evacing. still liked it but it was just not a long lasting mmo after storyline stuff.
Yeah the questing/leveling part was done really well... albeit it required almost no grouping and basically felt like a singleplayer game.
The game just didn't encourage any community interaction :\
The reason I went back to playing WoW is that it's the one game I can reliably connect with the same friends in even after seven years of playing it.
But I'm ok with soloing too and even prefer it most of the time. A shame that Crying Eyes left SWTOR because once I realized that he wasn't a RL serial killer he was cracking me up with his relentless badgery. Too bad.
I come off murdery at first? la~
follow me to tera! here is my master list of reasons why i like Tera
1.) you can kill steal
2.) you can kill anyone outside of the towns if you dont care about being pvp flagged
3.) it has very very trollable general chat. fags be angsty bro.
4.) the combat is actually mildly engaging, blocking and evading is up to you not skill based, this makes pvp more interesting. with patience and vigilance you can defeat superior leveled and geared players with your leet skills.
5.) you can play it from a recliner with your xbox controller and set up linked chat exclamations that say "suck my diccckkkkkkkk" or "Don't cum inside me you faggot" when you push a button.
6.) only 49.99 which is not that bad.
7.) the game is appealing to pedos and furries...and who doesn't love screwing with those pervturds?
No games for me! Computer is broken. Keeps BSODing... It's either the hard-drive, a corrupted windows install, or faulty RAM. My bet is on RAM, but I havent had the time to run a memtest yet.
I'm leaving on the 12th and wont be back until the 21st so I won't be able to sort it out until I get back
WTF I just had bad RAM! which one of you kissos gave my and gean's computer RAM aids?


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I'm looking for suggestions for a golden wedding present in the plant line. Prfereably shrub or tree, possibly native(?) or could be fruit tree. It will be for a garden in Suffolk. thanks Will
Will, what about a crab apple? I'm very fond of crab apples, they are good small garden trees with blossom and useful fruit - 'Golden Hornet' would be nice for a golden wedding, white blossom and large yellow fruit that makes great crab apple jelly.
Will - I advise you to go to the plant selector feature on this site and key in the aspect and soil type then put golden in the foliage or flower colour. You'll get all sorts. Friends of mine bought golden roses for their parents - a whole bed of them.
Crocus do a good line in citrus bushes and trees.I have just ordered a lemon tree for a wedding present.Came in two days,packed superbly.They are on the website.They work in conjuction with Wisley.Hope this helps.
The rose 'Golden Wedding' is very popular and easily available.
For my parent's most recent wedding anniversary I gave them a [i]Myrtus communis[/i]. It is said to be dedicated to Venus, the goddess of love, which I thought very romantic. Their plant was not large, but I put it in a pretty container and wrote out a page about the folklore connected with it. They seemed delighted and the plant has been well cared for. [Edited on 15/01/2007]
hello, i hope you have found your golden wedding plant now, but i have just have found a fab site that is really good go to www.giftaplant.com, they have masses of plant gifts for a golden wedding you name it they cover all the anniversaries by the looks of it .. I have just order something for my friends ruby wedding, and it come beautiful packed. the service was excellent. highly recommended


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