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Drupal's out-of-the-box user management, collaboration features, and content management capabilities make it a natural fit for use as an Intranet. It easily integrates with employee account management systems like Active Directory and Central Authentication Service by way of the LDAP module or CAS module. Drupal's core collaboration modules such as Forum and Comment, combined with numerous collaboration modules available in the Drupal community, offer organizations the ability to create a rich social business experience. In addition, its highly configurable content and file management features provide the ability to build an Intranet tailored to meet unique asset management needs.
For organizations needing enhanced user management, Drupal presents a variety of options. For those that already run Drupal as a web content management system, user management across the enterprise can be enhanced by adding single sign-on capability using one of a number of module options.
In fact, Mediacurrent helped a leading global open source software company migrate their Intranet from a legacy wiki technology to Drupal while implementing LDAP authentication and single sign-on for 5000 employees. LDAP authentication allowed employees to login to the company's network and automatically authenticate with the Intranet. No additional Intranet login was required.
Drupal facilitates collaboration. In terms of enterprise content management, Drupal's rich feature set provides users the ability to exchange information via forums, streams, webforms and commenting. When combined with social networking modules for microblogging (Statuses), voting (Flag, Vote Up/Down, Fivestar, Rate), and following/friending (Flag Follow, Flag Friend), Drupal is capable of running as a full blown social business platform.
Mediacurrent partnered with Pegasystems to do just that - combining various social modules to create a collaborative destination for Pegasystems' Developer Community. The Developer Community caters to numerous developers that use the Community for sharing knowledge about Pegasystems' software products. It was originally running on a homegrown ASP application that performed sluggishly; updating content was time-consuming and there weren't any features that allowed users to collaborate. Mediacurrent implemented the Advanced Forum module, private messaging and enhanced user profiles to promote user interaction and content contributions.
Drupal eases data management throughout the enterprise. Widely known as a CMS, Drupal is fully capable of file and asset management. Its out-of-the-box content versioning feature automatically saves new versions of content that can be easily rolled back if needed. Adding the Diff module provides a granular view of any text and/or field values that changed from one version of content to the next. Furthermore, on-site and external media asset libraries can be managed using the Media module. If a defined publishing workflow with sophisticated access control is required, the Workbench suite can be utilized (it seamlessly integrates with Media). Drupal's developer community supplies many other asset management modules that work with 3rd party services like Amazon S3 and Brightcove.
Another Intranet component that's important when dealing with large amounts of corporate data is a strong search feature. Technologies like Apache Solr and Google Search can be plugged into a Drupal Intranet. Mediacurrent implemented the easy-to-configure Google Search Appliance (GSA) module on the open source software Intranet mentioned earlier, giving the organization's users the ability to search over 70,000 pages of Intranet and other corporate data that had already been indexed by the GSA. Integrating the GSA was as simple as filling in a couple of form fields and clicking Save.
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Mediacurrent used Open Atrium as a foundation for building Ad Giant's MODsocket product. MODsocket is a digital platform for managing advertising and marketing resources. Open Atrium was a logical choice as a technical foundation for MODsocket because its out-of-the-box group and case management features would have otherwise needed to be configured from the ground up.
Drupal's wide selection of collaboration and user management tools, combined with its modular and flexible framework, make it a sound fit for use as an Intranet technology. Because its technical architecture was crafted with customization in mind, Drupal often surfaces as the logical cost-effective choice. What technology is your organization using for its Intranet? Is it meeting the needs of your business?


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American Realism and Engaging Syria
By Leon T. Hadar
Also published in The Globalist « Show Fewer
Although you wouldn't know it by Washington's refusal to talk with Syria, the country is becoming increasingly important to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. As Leon Hadar argues, the United States should realize that maintaining diplomatic ties with Syria could help Washington advance its interests on many fronts—including Iraq, Lebanon and peace with Israel.
Contrary to the neoconservative spin that depicts Syria as a member of a coalition of Islamist political movements and regimes, Syria is, in fact, a Western-style republic whose leadership is committed to a secular nationalist ideology of the Ba'ath (the Arab Renaissance) party.
The party was founded by Syrian Christian intellectuals in the 1940s and ruled Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein. The Ba'athist doctrine promotes secularism, socialism and Arab nationalism.
Change of constitution
Islamist political groups reflected the secularist trend in the country's provisional constitution that ignited riots. The constitution was later amended and now insists that the Damascus' interest in cooperating with Washington could help them kill two birds with one stone—fighting al-Qaeda and distancing themselves from Tehran. president be Muslim but does not make Islam the state religion. Islamic jurisprudence, however, is required to be a main source of legislation.
The constitution and the judicial system in Syria—like Syrian society—is an amalgam of Ottoman influences and modern secular tendencies (imported from France) as well as Islamic values. Hence, not unlike in Israel, religious courts in Syria handle personal and family issues.
Christian Arabs, who compose 10% of the population, have played a prominent role in the political and economic life of the country, which also has small non-Arab minorities—including a politically restive community of Kurds.
Islamic Fundamentalist Threat
If anything, the Syrian Ba'ath regime, especially under the rule of the current president's father, has regarded Islamic fundamentalists, led by the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood movement, as the main threat to its power. Between 1976 and 1982, the fundamentalists—who used violence, including terrorism, as part of a campaign to oust the Ba'athists—challenged the government.
The Ba'athists were able to suppress the revolt with considerable brutality, as demonstrated by their leveling of Hamah in 1982. It is not surprising therefore that the Syrian leaders have been very worried over the rising power of Sunni fundamentalist groups in the Middle East and, in particular, over the terrorist threat posed by al-Qaeda and its networks.
Ties with the United States
At the same time, the Syrians also recognize the danger that their growing ties to the Shiite fundamentalist regime in Tehran could help radicalize the Sunni majority in Syria. That explains Damascus's interest in cooperating with Washington—an action that could help them kill two birds with one stone—fighting al-Qaeda and distancing themselves from Tehran.
What has been surprising is the failure of Washington to comprehend that reality, instead taking steps that made it more likely that Syria would work with Iran to secure its interests in the region while at the same time helping to strengthen the Syrian Islamist opposition forces that want to oust the Ba'athists from power.
Confronted with the threat of isolation and perhaps even "regime change" by Washington, Syria sees its partnership with Iran as a way of counterbalancing U.S. and Israeli power.
Securing their Fate
Assad knows that Iranian hegemony in the region or a growing conflict between an Iran-led Shiite bloc and an Arab-Sunni coalition would threaten his Ba'ath regime, led by members of the minority Alawite sect (an offshoot of the Shiite denomination) that controls a majority of the Arab-Sunni population.
Hence Syria's long-term strategic interests lie in preserving the status quo in the region, a goal it shares with Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Opportunity for Rapprochement
An American administration that refrains from applying a Manichean and dogmatic-ideological framework through which it considers U.S. interests in the Middle East—in which it supposedly is leading a struggle against the Evildoers, the Axis of Evil or Islamo-Fascism—and recognizes that its relationship with movements and governments in the region has to consider first and foremost concrete U.S. national interests, would have to conclude that maintaining diplomatic ties with Syria—a leading Arab nation-state in the Levant, bordering Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Turkey—could help Washington advance its interests on many fronts including Iraq, Lebanon and peace with Israel.
Ending Syria's political and economic isolation could create the conditions for the resumption of negotiations between Israel and Syria, as well as between Israelis and Palestinians, that could eventually lead to peace and security for Israel.
Model for Peace
Syria could demonstrate its commitment to peace by closing down the offices of Hamas and other radical Palestinian groups and by forcing Palestinian leaders who reject peace to leave Syria. In return, Israel should respond favorably to Syrian entreaties to settle the dispute over the occupied Golan Heights
There is a model for Israeli rapprochement with other Arab regimes: Israel achieved peace with Egypt in 1979 and has enjoyed good relations with Jordan since 1994. There is no reason why a similar accord cannot be struck between Syria and Israel.
The Regional Balance of Power
In a more general sense, a decision by Syria to distance itself from Iran would ensure that the balance of power in the region does not shift still further in Tehran's favor.
Should Iran's power continue to grow, that could lead to a regional war between the Arab-Sunni governments and an Iran-led Shiite bloc that would be devastating to the region and a threat to U.S. interests.
Every effort should be made to encourage Syria to end its partnership with Iran and to join the moderate Arab camp led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Editor's Note: This feature is excerpted from the Independent Policy Report, "A Diplomatic Road to Damascus: The Benefits of U.S. Engagement with Syria" (Oct. 2007), with permission of the Independent Institute.
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International Days of Action to Defend the Rojava Revolution
By maslauskas on January 7, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )
by Internationalist Commune of Rojava
# RiseUp4Rojava – Defending the revolution together
Call for Global Days of Action on 27 and 28 January 2019
On January 27th, exactly four years ago, the city of Kobane in northern Syria was freed from the hands of the gangs of the so-called Islamic State after months of fierce fighting by the courageous fighters of the YPJ and YPG. At that time, we poured onto the streets in our millions, day after day, week after week, to express our solidarity with the Kobane resistance and to compel the world to act. Nonstop, powerful actions outside the Middle East gave the comrades fighting in the city courage to continue and forced the international powers to act.
The weeks of resistance in Kobane became a symbol of the will, power and hope brought into the world by the young Rojava revolution. Through this resistance, Rojava's principles of direct democracy, an ecological and collective economy, and the liberation of women became known around the world. Kobane has become a symbol of international solidarity and common struggle – our solidarity across borders and ideological differences, as democrats, socialists, feminists and eco-activists. Countless emancipatory forces united their voices in defense of Kobane. And so, the revolution in Rojava has become an inseparable part of the history of these forces all over the world.
For four years we have gone through ups and downs together, shared successes and losses, grief, suffering, anger, pain and joy. We have seen how the darkness of IS barbarism has been driven out of Manbij and Raqqa, and witnessed the building of a completely new social order. Today, after many years of tough struggle, the Democratic Federation of Northeast Syria has been proclaimed, one-third of Syria has been liberated and the Islamic State is on the verge of complete defeat.
However, during this time we also witnessed the invasion of Afrin by the fascist Turkish army and its Islamist mercenaries and faced the deadly silence of the world community over the occupiers' crimes. We have lost many valuable friends along the way and yet never given up our courage.
Despite many difficult challenges, we did not let ourselves become divided. We have always stood shoulder to shoulder together, learning, building a new society and defending this revolution together. We have constantly emphasized that democratic, feminist, socialist and ecological forces are our only allies in the struggle for a different world. And in the defense of Kobane, the liberation of Raqqa, and the resistance of Afrin, our isolated voices have become a common call for another world. Together we have grown into an indispensable force that the rulers of the world can no longer ignore.
New declaration of war against Rojava and the societies in Northeastern Syria
Today, almost a year after the beginning of the fascist Turkish state's fierce war of aggression against Afrin, almost four years after the liberation of Kobane from IS, the revolution faces perhaps its greatest challenge yet. The fascist AKP / MHP regime under Erdogan has again declared war on Rojava. Their words are clear and leave no room for doubt: the revolution must be destroyed once and for all. And in the campaign for public opinion, in the media and behind closed doors where regional and imperialist powers are negotiating the future of the peoples of northeastern Syria, this war has long since begun.
In these negotiations we hear the voices of the rulers, talking over the heads of the people of Syria and Rojava. They are concerned only with the redistribution of Syria's wealth and land. Cities such as Idlib and Manbij, whole regions and peoples: all are carved up and traded for one another by the imperialist powers. The people themselves have no voice in this process. Yet it will be they alone who end up suffering when the Islamist gangs of Turkey get the green light to invade, to murder and plunder. And if Russia and the US allow the airspace of the Turkish Air Force be opened for extensive bombardments, it will be they alone who die.
Despite the inception of ethnic cleansing, the settlement of Islamists in Rojava, and gross violations of international law, the Western world is silent once again. And what should these states be expected to say, if their tanks, airplanes, helicopters, drones and assault rifle sales do skyrocket thanks to another war in Turkey? We know only too well that we can expect nothing from them. To these states, war, death and destruction mean nothing but profit. It was they who provided Turkey with arms to turn against its own population for decades. And they were the ones who made the war against Afrin possible.
This reality has not changed to this day. Despite superficial distortions in bilateral relations between individual states, international support for the Erdogan regime continues unabated. Without the red carpets for Erdogan, financial aid, arm deliveries and secret service cooperation in the fight against the democratic opposition in Turkey, Turkish fascism could not survive a single day more. But so long as the money continues to flow freely, human rights, peace and freedom are in scarce supply. To trust the humanity of the ruling powers in this situation is nothing short of madness. And so we do not want to waste our breath calling on these powers to intervene.
We call for: organizing – protest – civil disobedience
Our call is to all those who dream together with us of another world and are ready to fight for them. We address all revolutionaries, all those who regard themselves as democrats, anti-fascists, feminists, all those who stand up for an ecological future. If we don't do it, nobody will. By defending the Rojava revolution together, we defend all our hopes. And that's why, in the spirit of liberation of Kobane, the World Kobane and World Afrin Days, we call for:
* Let's organize resistance committees in our neighborhoods and cities to defend the revolution
* Let's come together and protest on the streets to send a clear signal of our solidarity with the revolution in Northeast Syria on 27 January. Let us remember together the resistance and liberation of the city of Kobane.
* Let's use determined and creative actions of civil disobedience to interrupt the production and export of arms, and the daily life of the political parties responsible for the deals with the Turkish regime on 28 January. Let's make visible the identities of those who benefit from the war, those who finance and drive it.
Together we will make 27 and 28 January two days of global resistance against Turkish fascism. Together we will intervene in the numbing routine of war and oppression, expressing our solidarity with various forms of action. Together we will show that this revolution is not alone!
Let us stand shoulder to shoulder against fascism!
Long live the international solidarity!
The revolution in Rojava will be victorious! Fascism will be crushed!
Internationalist Commune of Rojava
Democratic Federation of Northeast Syria
To sign the call with your name, please send an e.mail to us internationalistcommune(at)riseup.net
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Tagged as: # RiseUp4Rojava, Afrin, anti-fascism, civil disobedience, Erdogan, International Solidarity, Internationalist Commune of Rojava, kobane, Kurdistan, Organize, Raqqa, Revolution, Rojava, solidarity, Syria, Turkey, YPG, YPJ
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Our goal within this podcast is to see what all this excitement is about. We want to understand what it is that everyone seems to be loving! The podcast mainly focuses on L.O.L dolls and also mentions toys such as Kinder egg, where the enjoyment appears to lie in the unwrapping and reveal of the toy.
In this podcast, I came back to Forest Town Primary School to discover what teachers and most importantly what the children think of Simbrix. I want to find out how students are using Simbrix in their day-to-day learning and the benefits teachers have seen with children at all levels of learning.
We find out that Simbrix isn't just a toy, it's a building block for children to learn and explore their inner creativeness. Visiting Forest Town Primary School I had the pleasure to talk with the students who use Simbrix as learning tools.
I learn how the school has employed using Simbrix to grow and develop students learning and the other benefits for special needs children to relax and maintain focus in lessons.
We asked the question about whether Simbrix is better than Lego, and in this podcast, we discuss with Sean Brass, a teacher from Neil M. Ross elementary school about how he transformed Simbrix pixel art beads and gave them an educational purpose than just a 'creative puzzle'.
As the 'thought leader' of innovation and education of his district in Alberta, he always wants the best for his students. In this interview, we get to meet Sean and find out how education has become more of a passion to him, than just a career choice.
For parents and educators, it's really important to keep up to date with what children are being taught and the effects on their future career paths. The term 'STEM' is currently very popular in education circles – but what does it mean? Where is it from? How does it affect children's education and careers?
The inventor of a new pixel brick toy gets interviewed by the 4th grade children at the Neil M Ross Catholic Elementary School, Alberta, Canada.
In an effort to help his pupils make the connection between the lessons at school, need for creativity and resilience, Mr Sean Bass their teacher and leader of innovation in teaching for the Albert school district, invited Assim Ishaque, the inventor of Simbrix over to talk to his class via video conference call.
In this fifth podcast, Minecraft – what non players need to know!
Michelle is a Teaching Assistant at Primary School in Nottingham, married with two children.
She explains how Liam was drawn to Simbrix in a Harry Potter theme 'comicon' festival and found something that continually brings him moments of calm – especially important for him as he is being assessed as being on the Autistic spectrum.
In this second episode, Michelle explains how she has been using Simbrix to help some children open up about their emotions.
The shapes and colours of the brix engage her student and help to break the ice and build trust between the educator and pupil.
In the third podcast, We talk about the fidget spinner craze came and went in 2017. Michelle tells us how pupils at her school reacted to them and why they were liked. We discover that 'craze toys' are not always useful for growing curious minds.
She explains how Liam, her son and self-confessed super fan, found comfort in Simbrix during a short hospital stay and how they provide a lovely calming effect for the parents as much as the children.
We often get asked about the 'instructions' for Simbrix – or lack of them, but it seems that children have their very own unique view on instructions….fascinating. Hope you enjoy this as much as we have.
In our final podcast with Michelle, a teaching assistant and mum of two boys, we talk about what drew them into Simbrix and how we compare with Lego.
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Introducing the RCE Emerging Investigators Series
By Sophie Redman, Editorial Assistant.
Since the first issue of Reaction Chemistry & Engineering in 2016, the journal has showcased two special issues dedicated to work carried out by researchers in the earlier stages of their research careers:
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators 2017
We hope the reaction engineering community has found these issues to be valuable, both in the high quality of the articles and in drawing attention to newer voices in the community. The journal editors and Editorial Board consider these issues in particular to have been highly successful.
In light of the disruption to research programmes worldwide in 2020 we have taken the opportunity to reassess the format of this initiative.
We are now excited to announce the launch of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series.
In place of a dedicated journal issue, Emerging Investigators papers will be published throughout each year. We anticipate the following benefits to this change:
No fixed submission deadlines allowing more flexibility for authors
Continual exposure of exciting work from early-career members of the community
Greater emphasis and focus on individual authors and research groups
We hope for this to help address the immediate concern of disrupted research schedules, while also offering a better service to our authors and readers well into the future.
What is not changing?
While we will no longer dedicate a specific journal issue to our Emerging Investigators, all other aspects of this initiative will remain the same. This includes:
Eligibility criteria (see below)
A dedicated web page for published articles alongside our other collections
Rigour and speed in peer review
An overall objective to showcase the full diversity of cutting-edge research carried out by newer voices in the reaction engineering community worldwide.
The Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series will also remain an invitation-only initiative, with nominations curated by our Editorial and Advisory Board members. We will however consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit.
The Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Editorial Office will contact nominated Emerging Investigators throughout the year.
Regarding eligibility, contributors must:
Publish research within the journal scope
Currently be an independent research leader
Have not been featured as an Emerging Investigator in a previous Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators issue or series article.
Have either a) received their PhD no earlier than 01 January of the year 12 years prior to the year of submission, or b) have no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience on 01 January in the year of submission when taking into account any career breaks.
(For example: for submission in 2021 an eligible contributor must have either a) a PhD awarded on or after 01 January 2009, or b) no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience by 01 January 2021)
Authors previously featured as Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators may with no restriction be co-authors on subsequent papers in the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series, but they may not be the sole eligible corresponding author, and will not be featured as Emerging Investigators more than once.
Contributors will be required to confirm their eligibility by sending their CV to the journal editors.
Footnote on our Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award
You may note that the eligibility criteria for the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series are the same as for the annual journal Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award.
Read more about the 2019 winner Prof. Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler
All papers published as part of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series will automatically be considered for this award, unless the featured author is a previous winner of this award.
Subsequent papers published in the journal by previously-featured Emerging Investigators will still qualify for consideration for the Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award if they meet the Award criteria, unless the featured author is a previous winner of this award. Their subsequent papers will however not be eligible for inclusion in the Emerging Investigators Series. For authors in this situation we repeat the following guidance:
To have your paper considered for the annual Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award, indicate when prompted upon submission of your revised manuscript if a corresponding author of the paper fulfils these criteria. Multiple eligible authors of a winning paper will share the prize fund equally. You can contact the editors at reactionchemeng-rsc@rsc.org if you have any queries.
2019 RCE Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award Winner: Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler
It is our great pleasure to announce Professor Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler (TU Graz, Austria) as the winner of the inaugural (2019) Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award.
This is in recognition of her leadership of the paper
Development of customized 3D printed stainless steel reactors with inline oxygen sensors for aerobic oxidation of Grignard reagents in continuous flow
by Manuel C. Maier, René Lebl, Philipp Sulzer, Josef Lechner, Torsten Mayr, Matej Zadravec, Eyke Slama, Stefan Pfanner, Christoph Schmölzer, Peter Pöchlauer, C. Oliver Kappe and Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler
React. Chem. Eng., 2019, 4, 393-401
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00278A
Part of the special issue Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators 2019
This paper is free to access until 31 December 2020.
Please join us in congratulating Professor Gruber-Woelfler!
About the winner
Assoc. Prof. Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler studied technical chemistry at Graz University of Technology, Austria with a focus on chemical engineering. After her PhD dealing with organometallic catalysis, she did her Post-Doc in the area of continuous processes for the synthesis and purification of active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished her habilitation (venia docendi) in the field of Pharmaceutical Engineering in 2018.
Since 2007 she is the head of the research group "Continuous Processes" at the Institute of Process and Particle Engineering, Graz University of Technology and since July 2017 Deputy Director of the Center of Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CCFlow) in Graz. Her current projects deal with heterogeneous (bio)catalysis for API synthesis, design and optimization of continuous processes, reactor design including additive manufacturing as well as real-time analyses.
An interview with Professor Gruber-Woelfler
Can you briefly summarise this paper?
In this paper our concept for the development of different customized 3D printed stainless steel reactors is presented. Starting with a 3D printed micro CSTR cascade as a tool to determine the reaction rate and in combination with computational fluid dynamics simulations, a split-and-recombine reactor was designed with novel 3D printed three-dimensional structures and adapted exactly to the requirements of aerobic oxidations of Grignard reagents.
What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment?
Although these are currently definitely challenging times, I am really excited about technologies such as additive manufacturing and computer aided design and optimization. In combination with a genius and interdisciplinary team, there are currently so many fascinating possibilities to improve and redesign traditional approaches.
Where do you see the field of reactor engineering in five years?
As already mentioned, the fields of continuous processing, computer aided design and optimization, additive manufacturing and real-time analyses will get even more important in chemical reactor engineering. Currently, modern reactor manufacturing is often compared with the LEGO® technology. However, 3D printing is even better because you have almost unlimited possibilities to design your own LEGO® bricks or the complete set-up.
How do you feel about Reaction Chemistry & Engineering as a place to publish research on this topic?
The journal of Reaction Chemistry & Engineering is definitely an open-minded place where the mentioned topics are published and shared with a large readership.
How do you like to spend your time when not doing research?
When not doing research or teaching, I try to spend maximum time with our kids outdoors.
Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom for those beginning their research career?
Every single project as well as every phase in life has its ups and downs. Even if others tell you that your way might not be the direct one, keep your track and continue walking and you will soon enjoy the view from the top.
The aim of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award is to recognise a researcher in the earlier stages of their research career for their leadership in reporting original research published in the journal.
The journal Editorial Board award this prize annually, selecting the paper which they find to demonstrate the highest quality of research, as well as importance to the advancement of the field of reaction engineering, out of all qualifying papers published in the journal each year.
In order to be eligible for this award, the candidate must:
Be listed as a corresponding author on the paper
Have either a) received their PhD on or after 1st January of the year 12 years prior to the award year (2007 for prize year 2019) or b) spent no more than an equivalent amount of time in research when taking into account any career breaks.
Not be a previous winner of this award
In order to choose the winner of the 2019 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award, a shortlist of articles that were published throughout the year were selected by the editorial office and then subsequently assessed by the journal's Editorial Board members. The winner was selected based upon the significance, impact and quality of the research.
The winner of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award will receive an engraved plaque and a travel bursary of £500 to use towards a meeting (or meetings) of their choice.
To have your paper considered for the 2020 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Paper Award, indicate when prompted upon submission of your revised manuscript if a corresponding author of the paper fulfils these criteria. Multiple eligible authors of a winning paper will share the prize fund equally. You can contact the editors at reactionchemeng-rsc@rsc.org if you have any queries.
Flow Chemistry Webinar
Learnings from Developing a Multistage Flow API Process, a Chemists Perspective
22nd June 2020 3pm
Biography of the speaker
Mark Hughes obtained his degree and D.Phil on Natural Product Total Synthesis from Oxford University. After a brief spell as a Medicinal Chemist at Wyeth pharmaceuticals he joined Smith Kline and French as a Synthetic Chemist. Mergers and site moves took him into process chemistry and reaction modelling and eventually continuous processing.
Flow chemistry offers a number of potential advantages for pharmaceutical synthesis:
• Enabling chemistry that is difficult to scale in batch.
• Improved process control leading to better reproducibility.
• Increased process velocity.
The webinar will present the "obvious in hindsight" challenges encountered in developing multistage continuous processes from the perspective of an organic chemist, whilst highlighting some of the benefits and engineering solutions! No assumptions of prior experience of continuous reactors will be made! This webinar will not directly address regulatory implications.
Registration for the webinar
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Outstanding Reviewers for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering in 2019
We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.
We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.
Dr Milad Abolhasani, NC State University, ORCID: 0000-0002-8863-3085
Dr, Marcus Baumann, University College Dublin, ORCID: 0000-0002-6996-5893
Prof. C. Oliver Kappe, Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, ORCID: 0000-0003-2983-6007
Dr Matthew O'Brien, Keele University, ORCID: 0000-0002-1943-2351
Dr Regis Philippe, Laboratoire de genie des procedes catalytiques, ORCID: 0000-0001-5228-9510
Dr Thomas Helge Rehm, Fraunhofer Institute for Microtechnology and Microsystems IMM, ORCID: 0000-0001-6437-8465
Dr Brandon Reizman, Eli Lilly and Company, ORCID: 0000-0002-9122-221X
Dr Karen Robertson, University of Nottingham, ORCID: 0000-0002-0719-5854
Dr Kehua Yin, University of Virginia, ORCID: 0000-0003-2391-5329
We would also like to thank the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering board and the ChemEng community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.
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2018 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Hot Articles
This collection of articles highlights the hottest articles published in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering in 2018, as selected by the editors. Congratulations to all the authors whose outstanding articles are featured, and we hope you enjoy reading them.
Integrated plug flow synthesis and crystallisation of pyrazinamide
C. Daniel Scott, Ricardo Labes, Martin Depardieu, Claudio Battilocchio, Matthew G. Davidson, Steven V. Ley, Chick C. Wilson and Karen Robertson
DOI:10.1039/C8RE00087E
Batch–flow hybrid synthesis of the antipsychotic clozapine
N. C. Neyt and D. L. Riley
React. Chem. Eng., 2018, 3, 17-24
DOI:10.1039/C7RE00146K
A hierarchical approach to chemical reactor engineering: an application to micro packed bed reactors
Stefano Rebughini, Mauro Bracconi, Anthony G. Dixon and Matteo Maestri
DOI:10.1039/C7RE00195A
OpenFlowChem – a platform for quick, robust and flexible automation and self-optimisation of flow chemistry
Nikolay Cherkasov, Yang Bai, Antonio José Expósito and Evgeny V. Rebrov
DOI:10.1039/C8RE00046H
Metal-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen: mechanisms, recent advances and perspective
Jun-Hao Zhou and Ya-Wen Zhang
Efficient kinetic experiments in continuous flow microreactors
Kosi C. Aroh and Klavs F. Jensen
React. Chem. Eng., 2018, 3, 94-101
Laser irradiated vortex fluidic mediated synthesis of luminescent carbon nanodots under continuous flow
Xuan Luo, Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Al-Antaki, Kasturi Vimalanathan, Jillian Moffatt, Kun Zheng, Yichao Zou, Jin Zou, Xiaofei Duan, Robert N. Lamb, Shujun Wang, Qin Li, Wei Zhang and Colin L. Raston
Optimum catalyst selection over continuous and discrete process variables with a single droplet microfluidic reaction platform
Lorenz M. Baumgartner, Connor W. Coley, Brandon J. Reizman, Kevin W. Gao and Klavs F. Jensen
Optimization of the high-throughput synthesis of multiblock copolymer nanoparticles in aqueous media via polymerization-induced self-assembly
Amy A. Cockram, Robert D. Bradley, Sylvie A. Lynch, Patricia C. D. Fleming, Neal S. J. Williams, Martin W. Murray, Simon N. Emmett and Steven P. Armes
DOI:10.1039/C8RE00066B
Rapid, selective and stable HaloTag-LbADH immobilization directly from crude cell extract for the continuous biocatalytic production of chiral alcohols and epoxides
J. Döbber, M. Pohl, S. V. Ley and B. Musio
React. Chem. Eng., 2018, 3, 8-12
Welcoming Anita Maguire to the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Editorial Board
By Hugh Cowley, Development Editor.
We are delighted to welcome Professor Anita Maguire to the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Editorial Board.
Anita is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Director of the Analytical & Biological Chemistry Research Facility, and Vice President for Research & Innovation, at University College Cork, Ireland.
Anita's research interests are within synthetic organic chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, and a key feature of her research team is extensive interaction with the pharmaceutical industry both within Ireland and internationally.
Anita undertook undergraduate and postgraduate studies at University College Cork (B.Sc., 1985; Ph.D., 1989), focusing during her studies on asymmetric catalysis in reactions of α-diazoketones. Following postdoctoral research in the Facultes Universitaires, Namur, Belgium, and subsequently at the University of Exeter, she returned to Cork in 1991 initially as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, then as Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in 2002, and then as the first Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2004. In 2011 she was appointed as Vice President for Research and Innovation at University College Cork. She was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bergen from 2011-16. Her research interests include asymmetric synthesis, including transition-metal catalysis and biocatalysis, the development of novel synthetic methodology employing α-diazocarbonyl compounds, organosulfur chemistry, and continuous flow chemistry, and the design and synthesis of bioactive compounds with potential pharmaceutical applications. Anita is a co-PI in the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC). She is the inaugural Chair of the National Forum on Research Integrity and was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2014.
Please join us in warmly welcoming Anita to the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Editorial Board!
Top 10 most-read Reaction Chemistry & Engineering articles – Q1 2019
By Olly Hill, Editorial Assistant.
This month sees the following articles from the last 12 months in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering that are in the top ten most read during January- March 2019.
Continuous flow synthesis of a pharmaceutical intermediate: a computational fluid dynamics approach
Cameron T. Armstrong, Cailean Q. Pritchard, Daniel W. Cook, Mariam Ibrahim, Bimbisar K. Desai, Patrick J. Whitham, Brian J. Marquardt, Yizheng Chen, Jeremie T. Zoueu, Michael J. Bortner and Thomas D. Roper
React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 634-642
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00252E
Continuous low temperature synthesis of MAPbX3perovskite nanocrystals in a flow reactor
Xinxing Liang, Robert W. Baker, Kejun Wu, Wentao Deng, Dominic Ferdani, Peter S. Kubiak, Frank Marken, Laura Torrente-Murciano and Petra J. Cameron
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00098K
Coupling CFD–DEM and microkinetic modeling of surface chemistry for the simulation of catalytic fluidized systems
Riccardo Uglietti, Mauro Bracconi and Matteo Maestri
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00050F
Enhancing selectivity and efficiency in the electrochemical synthesis of adiponitrile
Daniela E. Blanco, Aaliyah Z. Dookhith and Miguel A. Modestino
React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 8-16
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00262B
Detailed kinetics of substituted phenolic species in pyrolysis bio-oils
Matteo Pelucchi, Carlo Cavallotti, Alberto Cuoci, Tiziano Faravelli, Alessio Frassoldati and Eliseo Ranzi
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00198G
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00032H
Continuous-flow liquid-phase dehydrogenation of 1,4-cyclohexanedione in a structured multichannel reactor
M. Arsalan Ashraf, Julia Tan, Matthew G. Davidson, Steven Bull, Marc Hutchby, Davide Mattia and Pawel Plucinski
React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 27-40
Revealing quantum mechanical effects in enzyme catalysis with large-scale electronic structure simulation
Zhongyue Yang, Rimsha Mehmood, Mengyi Wang, Helena W. Qi, Adam H. Steeves and Heather J. Kulik
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00213D
By Laura Fisher, Deputy Editor.
Professor Marcus Baumann, University College Dublin ORCiD: 0000-0002-6996-5893
Professor Geoffrey Bond, Brunel University
Professor Richard Bourne, University of Leeds ORCiD: 0000-0001-7107-6297
Professor Rajamani Gounder, Purdue University ORCiD: 0000-0003-1347-534X
Professor Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler, Graz University of Technology ORCiD: 0000-0002-6917-4442
Professor Ryan Hartman, New York University ORCiD: 0000-0002-5364-9933
Professor C. Oliver Kappe, University of Graz ORCiD: 0000-0003-2983-6007
Dr Matthew O'Brien, Keele University ORCiD: 0000-0002-1943-2351
Professor Victor Sans, University of Nottingham ORCiD: 0000-0001-7045-5244
Dr Kehua Yin, GlaxoSmithKline ORCiD: 0000-0003-2391-5329
We would also like to thank the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering board and the reaction engineering community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.
If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre
The following articles in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering from the last 12 months are in the top ten most read during October – December 2018.
Why not take a look today and blog your thoughts and comments below.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 94-101
Automated separation of immiscible liquids using an optically monitored porous capillary
James H. Bannock, Tsz Yin (Martin) Lui, Simon T. Turner and John C. deMello
In-line separation of multicomponent reaction mixtures using a new semi-continuous supercritical fluid chromatography system
Daniel E. Fitzpatrick, Robbie J. Mutton and Steven V. Ley
DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00107C
Statistics of the network of organic chemistry
Philipp-Maximilian Jacob and Alexei Lapkin
Profile: Timothy Noël, 2017 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigator
To celebrate the publication of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2019 Emerging Investigators special issue, the editors caught up with 2017 Emerging Investigator Professor Timothy Noël.
Timothy Noël received in 2004 his MSc degree (Industrial Chemical Engineering) from the KaHo Sint-Lieven in Ghent. He then moved to Ghent University to obtain a PhD at the Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Synthesis (2005-2009). Next, he moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald. He currently holds a position as an associate professor and he chairs the Micro Flow Chemistry & Synthetic Methodology group at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests are flow chemistry, homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis. His research on photochemistry in microfluidic reactors was awarded the DECHEMA award 2017.
Read Professor Noël's 2017 Emerging Investigator papers A sensitivity analysis of a numbered-up photomicroreactor system and Safety assessment in development and operation of modular continuous-flow processes.
Your 2017 Emerging Investigator research paper focuses on numbering-up a photomicroreactor system. How has your research evolved from this article to your most recent work?
The numbering-up papers that we published both appeared in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and these publications represent work that we are still proud off. The solution we developed was really easy and it comprised only components that were commercially available and inexpensive. That is a deliberate strategy in our group as we hope that this facilitates uptake of our technology in academia and industry. In this specific case, it was very encouraging to see that the technology was rapidly picked up by quite a number of colleagues to scale their chemistry.
In recent years, we focused more on the harvesting of solar energy with our luminescent solar concentrator-based photomicroreactors and we will publish in the near future some exciting updates on that work. Also we got involved into automation to develop e.g. automated platforms to carry out reaction screening or to cope with specific issues such as variable light conditions due to passing clouds.
We started about three years ago with electrochemistry in flow and this is something that we will work on more in the near future. We have some upcoming work that we are very excited about and I believe that electrochemistry can become as important as photochemistry. It is my firm belief that also electrochemistry requires a technological impetus to make it scalable and widely applicable.
What do you find most challenging about your research?
I think one challenging aspect of our research is the interdisciplinarity as we combine organic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis with chemical engineering and flow chemistry. If you want to excel in all these fields, it is quite a challenge to keep track of everything and make sure we have the right people in the group that can take on this challenge. Actually, I am super-proud of my team, they really embrace these challenges and they surprise me every day with their creative solutions.
In which upcoming conferences or events may our readers meet you?
I will attend the yearly flow chemistry conference in Cambridge, organized by the Flow Chemistry Society, which is a must-go-to meeting if you work on Flow Chemistry. I am also going to the ACS meeting in Orlando, where I intend to speak during both flow and non-flow sessions. I am also attending the Beilstein meeting on Electrochemistry and the Lab on a Chip meeting in Amsterdam. Besides that, I also give quite a few seminars at academic institutions and in companies. Discussing our work with colleagues in the field is one of the things I really love about my job.
How do you spend your spare time?
I have three kids so I spend quite some time with my family. If I have some "Me-time", I really love to do sports as my job is most of the time quite static. In addition, I also want to learn something about things that I am not an expert in, so I read lots of books and listen to podcasts which deal with history, politics, philosophy, psychology, etc.
Which profession would you choose if you were not a scientist?
A psychologist, I really love to listen and talk to people. Also in my daily job, I really want to know the person behind the researcher.
Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?
Do something that you are passionate about and try to be different in your approach. Science nowadays is getting increasingly more competitive and the struggle for financial funding is extremely fierce. If you do not truly love what you are doing, you will rapidly lose interest and confidence and eventually you will probably give up. Therefore, it is important to use a different approach that sets you and your team apart. This allows you to really investigate thoroughly what you are doing without being scared of getting scooped. But it is important to never give up and to keep working hard every single day, even if grants get rejected and the results are not as great as you hoped for. Sooner or later you will find something really cool and you will realize it was all worth it.
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Tony Blair "godfather" for Rupert Murdoch's children
Roman Catholic Tony Blair was "godfather" for two of Rupert Murdoch's children during baptism in the river Jordan.
Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch both serve the Pope in Rome as Papal Knights.
I the Magazine Vogue it is exposed that the former Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair was "godfather" for Rupert Murdoch's two children with his third wife.
The baptism took place in the river Jordan in Israel, a year ago.
The British media has raised serious objections, and Wales Online has the following:
"The revelation has raised questions about what kind of role a godparent plays in a 21st-century, post-religious world".
Kjelde: Wales Online.
This is the story from The Independent, that exposes anger in the UK in regards to the knighthood of Murdoch, given by Pope John Paul II.
Source:: The Indepentent
I have earlier got pepper for claiming that freemason Tony Blair gives secret orders to world leaders, who also are Bildeberger's or Papal knights.
Blair who turned Roman Catholic some years ago, is one of the highest illumenatis. Most likely He takes orders directly from the Black Pope, the Jesuit general in the Vatican.
It is not easy to prove this, since the freemasonry is a secret society.
That Blair came to bless his order brother Murdoch during a baptism ritual in Israel, is a good lead.
Wikipedia gives another important lead:
"In 1967 Murdoch married Anna Torv, a Scottish-born cadet journalist working for his Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph (not to be mistaken for the actress Anna Torv of Fringe who is the elder Torv's niece). During his marriage to Torv, a Roman Catholic, Murdoch was awarded the KSG, apapal honour."
Rupert Murdoch, left, and Cardinal Edward Egan at the Alfred E Smith fundraising dinner in New York.
KSG is the short form for "The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great"
Now the puzzle starts to give us a picture. Both Blair and Murdoch are Papal knights.
Murdoch is divorced twice, and married trice. Murdoch was divorced from his Roman Catholic wife in 1999, and married a director of his own Media empire.
But the damage was done. Murdoch was caught up in the games of the high ranking Vatican faithful.
There are many interesting aspects of the Blair-Murdoch relationship:
What religion do the Murdoch's follow? His third wife is from China.
How can Roman Catholic Tony Blair bless the children to a man who has been married trice?, and is divorced from a Roman Catholic?
If Blair and the Murdoch's now, secretly, have converted and become Baptists, where does the demand for a "godfather" arise?
A better example of a secret freemansonry baptism ritual. we will not get so easily.
The truth is that both Blair og Murdoch are iluminati's , and help the Pope to build the new One World Religion.
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Nebraska basketball players take stand against white nationalist's disturbing video
Sergio Higgins
After mulling a boycott, the Nebraska men's basketball team has made a decision to wear a t-shirt saying "Hate will never win" Saturday before a game against Rutgers, in protest of a white nationalist on campus.
[Nebraska coach Tim] Miles said the vote was lopsided against a boycott.
So on Friday, after Nebraska basketball players saw the video, the team chose to take action by agreeing to wear T-shirts with the slogan, "Hate Will Never Win" across the chest. You can hear his comments live on AM 590 ESPN Omaha on The Bottom Line with Mike'l Severe, or watch them streaming on 3NewsNow.com or on the 3NewsNow Facebook page. The players also were making a video rejecting racism and hate that will be shown on the Pinnacle Bank Arena screens during the game.
They just want to make a strong stand, he said.
Much of Nebraska's basketball team is comprised of black players, and Kleve said in one of his videos that the Founding Fathers didn't care about the opinions of Mexicans or African Americans.
Nebraska spokeswoman Leslie Reed said the group that released the initial video was Antifa Nebraska and is not a campus-affiliated group. Miles responded to the tweets: "I love these young men!" About 300 students turned out for a rally Wednesday to oppose hate speech. Miles, who attended the rally, said his players chose not to go.
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Some students called for Kleve to be kicked out of school.
Miles said he sensed after a Monday night road win in Minnesota that his players were subdued. "It hit close to home. The neighbor says, 'This isn't supposed to happen here'".
"I'm proud of the guys", Miles said.
Nebraska players are taking a stand against racism and violence.
"I think we're in a good place right now", Miles said.
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Lookalikes Crash Olympics Opening Ceremony
Kim Yo Jong is the first member of the North's ruling dynasty to visit the south since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Kim, who is said to be very close to her brother, was promoted to the North's powerful politburo previous year .
LeBron James: This is what I really think about Isaiah Thomas
We saw some major deals, mostly surrounding the Cavaliers , and have some things to wade through with players switching teams. The Raptors have a good thing going, having won all four games of a four-game homestand, all four wins in decisive fashion.
Student sexually assaulted in school, teacher held
Nevertheless, the parents have continued their protest outside the school which has disrupted the traffic at Rashbehari Avenue. The mother came to know that her daughter was being sexually harassed on Thursday when the child refused to go to school.
Olympics: Ski star Vonn vows to win for late grandfather
Yet when it comes to the Olympics, Vonn has a solitary gold medal, in her favoured downhill, from Vancouver eight years ago. I've had a lot of ups and downs since Vancouver (2010), but I feel like I'm coming into these Olympics on a hot streak.
Grading The Deal: Cavs Add Rodney Hood, George Hill
Johnson had played a minor role off the bench for the Jazz this season, averaging 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Hood (6-8, 206, Duke) was originally drafted in the first round (23rd overall pick) in the 2014 NBA Draft by Utah.
Elon Musk promises Tesla will drive itself coast-to-coast in six months
It may eventually aim for Model Y capacity of 1 million, as it designs the Model Y factory to avoid the issues around Model 3 . SHIFTING TARGETS: Tesla delivered 103,181 vehicles previous year , up 35 percent over 2016 and ahead of its targets.
President Trump Blocks Release of Dems FISA Memo
White House spokesman Raj Shah says the president "will respond soon" with his decision to the House intelligence committee. He said Trump is still "inclined" to release the memo in the interest of transparency if revisions are made.
'Trump' and 'Un' thrown out of Olympic Games ceremony
Pence meant to counter "what Prime Minister Abe rightly called a "charm offensive" around the Olympics" by the North, he said. It is the third Winter Olympics being held in Asia after the 1972 Sapporo Games and the 1998 Nagano Games.
Start-up guru Mahesh Murthy held; cops say technical arrest
Murthy said the lady sent him Christmas greetings on 25 Dec'16 on WhatsApp to which he replied with the kiss emoji. Complaints against Mahesh Murthy, dating back to 2003, came to light around April 2017.
Procedure After Judge Loya's Death Violated Criminal Code, Supreme Court
We sincerely hope you will use your good offices to serve the cause of justice", they told the President. Two petitions asking for an investigation into Judge Loya's death are being heard by the Supreme Court.
What Tony Dungy thinks of Josh McDaniels backing out on the Colts
It doesn't matter if you're the first out of the box and everybody praises you or you are the last one to make the hire. He went on to be the head coach of Kansas, where he went 6-22 in two-plus seasons and was sacked once again in 2014.
Elon Musk's Tesla burns $675.3m in largest ever quarterly loss
For now, we can only thank Elon Mask and the Falcon Heavy for ferrying our dreams into the depths of space. They take a long time to produce, he said, especially since the company began making them out of titanium.
Terrorists attack Army camp in J&K's Sunjwan, one soldier injured
Jammu's Inspector General of Police SD Singh Jamwal said suspicious movement was noticed at around 4.55 am on Saturday. A JCO and a girl were among the three injured in a terrorist strike at an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir .
Investor Gauge: Watching the Levels for Lands' End Inc (LE)
Considering this risk/reward calculation, the company now scores well below-average in its industry group compared to its peers. Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Patterson-UTI Energy by 26.7% during the third quarter.
No US plans for bid for '26 Olympics
He thanked the survivors for their bravery and the judicial system for convicting "the monster who committed these awful acts". Nassar, who also worked at Michigan State, had been the national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics since 1996.
Jones piles the pressure on 'third-choice' Patchell
England would have lost more than one test by now under Jones if it weren't for the abrasive edge he has instilled in his squad. Richard Wigglesworth , who plays for Quins' London rivals Saracens, the European champions, provides bench cover.
Congress Will Have a Second Shutdown, Thanks to Rand Paul
But for now, the general expectation is the House will find the votes to pass the spending and budget bill. House Speaker Paul Ryan , who backs the bill, predicted the Republican-controlled House would pass it.
Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho reveals all about Luke Shaw's 'evolution'
United are second in the table, 13 points behind leaders Manchester City . It's hard to play a midfielder with more potential than Paul.
Kris Jenner Grills Scott Disick About Dating Sofia Richie in 'KUWTK' Promo
"Is it Sofia?" Kris asked, before Scott confirmed he was officially dating the daughter of Lionel Richie . Kris Jenner is not so sure about this romance between Scott Disick , 34, and Sofia Richie , 19.
Treasury bond yield spike spooks stock market bulls
Other European markets also suffered on Friday, with Germany's Dax falling 1.4 percent and France's Cac 40 shedding 1.25 percent. Many investors justified that by pointing out that interest rates were low and few alternatives looked like better investments.
Hyundai highlights philanthropic efforts over cars in Super Bowl ad
Overall though, I think this year's commercials were just a weak group saved by the revolutionary Tide campaign. In what might be the most amusing of the bunch, David Harbor explains why every ad is actually a Tide ad .
United States stocks tumble as Dow sheds another 1000 points
Apple's guidance, for one, left a lot to be desired, while Alphabet's quarterly profit missed Wall Street's consensus. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite followed the Dow as it fell - dropping 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent respectively.
Budget deal hits turbulence in House from Pelosi, conservatives
McConnell said Wednesday he's following through on his promise for a debate that "will be fair to all sides". She continued: "Our plea to the speaker is for us, for ourselves, to honor the values of our founders".
Sioux City in Winter Weather Advisory beginning 3 pm Thursday
The average temperature at Bradley International Airport will come in at 25.2 degrees, which is 0.9 degrees colder than normal. This amount is also expected to be higher for those in higher elevations and closer to the mountains.
Rays to announce move to Tampa, new stadium site
The Rays announced during a press conference on Friday that they officially intend to move the team from their current St. The Rays are a regional asset, and it will take regional support to ensure baseball remains in Tampa Bay.
Former Roar midfielder Liam Miller passes away
Celtic were among a number of Miller's former clubs to pay tribute to the midfielder. My thoughts are with his family". "Thoughts and prayers with his loved ones".
GM Bob Quinn, Lions Agree to Contract Extension
With that said, general manager Bob Quinn knows exactly what he's getting in Patricia and must believe it is worth the wait. Patricia was officially announced as the team's head coach Monday after the Patriots' loss in the Super Bowl.
Activision Blizzard Outguns Wall Street Views For Holiday-Sales Quarter
KeyCorp set a $83.00 price objective on shares of Activision Blizzard and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. State Board Of Administration Of Florida Retirement System invested in 1.01 million shares or 0.18% of the stock.
Bermuda Becomes First Country in the World to Repeal Same-Sex 'Marriage'
The prohibition will also mean that Bermuda-registered cruise ships won't be able to host same-sex weddings. However, the new act has been criticised by worldwide human rights groups.
Silverware would make Chelsea's season a success, says Hazard
Or that Italian football will not show a little more respect to one of its most passionate - and successful - football sons. Giorgio Chiellini has revealed how demanding Antonio Conte can be in training and on match day.
Prince Harry and Prince William's secret step-sister
Government mandarins are reportedly in talks with Harry to invite both the current President and the former or neither. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for the big day; they just had to wait for a nod from the couple.
Father who attacked Nassar will donate GoFundMe money
Margraves asked the judge if he could have time alone with Nassar; when the judge refused, Margraves lunged at Nassar. When the judge told him that would not be possible, Margraves lunged at Nassar, but was restrained by security.
'House of Cards' and 'The Wire' Star Reg E
In 2000 he was in the movie American Psycho and following that he was in the movies Pootie Tang and S.W.A.T . He won an Emmy in 2015 for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for " House of Cards ".
President Trump Tweets That He Has Signed Spending Bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan urged Congress to avoid a "second needless shutdown in a matter of weeks - entirely needless". The deal also spends more on other administration priorities, including infrastructure and the opioid drug epidemic.
Wall Street Bounces Back In Day Of Volatile Trade
Stocks swung dramatically between gains and losses Friday, an appropriate end to a week that featured numerous big point swings. Stocks posted sharp losses Thursday with the Dow shedding 1,032 points, as higher interest rates continued to rattle investors.
North-South ties warm at Winter Games, but United States maintains cold front
Luger Erin Hamlin carries the American flag as she leads USA athletes into the stadium during the parade of nations. A few years later, a North Korean agent allegedly was responsible for blowing up a South Korean plane.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi Stages Hours-Long Speech About House Spending Bill
The bill is expected to clear the Senate but is likely to face opposition in the House of Representatives. ET, and wrapped the speech a little after 6:10 p.m.


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by Lindsey Robinson Sanchez; Updated October 05, 2017
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How to Renew My Passport While Outside of Canada
Whether you live in France or abroad, getting your French biometric passport requires an appointment, several documents and a patience. Only French citizens can have French passports, and all French passports are issued from France. Biometric passports, also called e-passports, contain a chip in addition to a photo and printed information to verify your identity. To apply for your passport, you'll need to visit your country's French embassy or your regional consulate, or your town hall if you live in France. French passports are valid for 10 years for adults 18 years and older, and five years for children.
File a declaration of loss or theft of your passport at your consulate, if your passport was lost or stolen. You will need this declaration before you can get your new passport.
Book an initial appointment with your consulate, either online or by phone. If you live in France, your town hall may also issue your passport. Your initial appointment may require weeks of waiting, depending on your consulate, so schedule in advance.
Show an ID or official document with a photo to confirm your identity at your appointment. If you have a secure national French ID or an old biometric passport, you will not need to show proof of French citizenship For all other IDs, you will need to show proof of your French citizenship with a copy of your birth certificate, naturalization documents or confirmation on the International Register of French Nationals.
Give proof of residence at your appointment. You can use your old passport, a driver's license or non-driver ID, a document showing property ownership or rental lease, utility bill, house insurance statement or an authorized letter indicating you're a student, if you live in a dorm. If you live abroad and you're already on the International Register of French Nationals living abroad, you will not need a proof of residence.
Stand for your photo, which will be taken on-site, and provide your fingerprints. Children younger than 6 will not need to be fingerprinted.
Pay the fees for your passport. The fees vary based on the consulate, and you may be charged more if you are not already on the International Register of French Nationals. Contact your consulate for fee information.
Return to the same place where you had your initial appointment to pick up your passport. All passports are issued from France, so depending on your location it may take several weeks to receive your passport.
Children younger than than 18 years old will need a guardian present, along with proof of guardianship, to get a passport.
If your passport is lost or stolen and you need a replacement immediately to travel, your consulate may issue a temporary emergency passport or a laissez-passer to re-enter France. Contact your consulate as soon as possible, as the replacement process may still take several days.
France in the United States: Embassy of France in Washington: Consulates of France in the US
France in New York: Consulate General of France in New York: Biometric Passport
Lindsey Robinson Sanchez, from Bessemer, Ala., has written for the "Troy Messenger," "The Alabama Baptist" and "The Gainesville Times," where her work was featured on the AP wire. She has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Florida. She writes style, beauty, fitness, travel and culture.
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literalists are such @$$#0les . sure hes not a genie in disguise? Maybe he should of asked him to do him a solid? you cant pull those shenanigans with a solid.
We used to have a dog that would do this.
My dad had him wait outside while he went to get coffee, and left him a coat to sit on. He came back out, and the dog was still there, but he'd let someone take the coat.


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