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struct osProductVersion;
class osFilePath;

// Infra:
#include <amdt_base_tools/Include/gtString.h>
#include <amdt_base_tools/Include/gtList.h>

// Local:
#include <amdt_os_wrappers/Include/osOSWrappersDLLBuild.h>
#include <amdt_os_wrappers/Include/osFile.h>
#include <amdt_os_wrappers/Include/osModuleArchitecture.h>

extern osFilePath* os_stat_applicationDllsPath;

// Defines the executed application configuration:
enum OS_API osExecutedApplicationType
{
    OS_STANDALONE_APPLICATION_TYPE,     // CodeXL stand alone application.
    OS_VISUAL_STUDIO_PLUGIN_TYPE        // CodeXL Visual Studio plugin.
};

struct WindowsStoreAppInfo
{
    gtString m_name;
    gtString m_userModelId;
    gtString m_packageDirectory;
    osFilePath m_logoPath;
    gtUInt32 m_backgroundColor;
};

OS_API bool osGetCurrentApplicationPath(osFilePath& applicationPath, bool convertToLower = true);
OS_API bool osGetCurrentApplicationName(gtString& applicationName);
OS_API void osGetApplicationVersion(osProductVersion& applicationVersion);
OS_API void osGetApplicationVersionFromMacros(osProductVersion& applicationVersion);

OS_API void osSetCurrentApplicationDllsPath(const osFilePath& dllsPath);
/// Retrieve the path to the DLLs that this app is using, if it has been set.
/// This is used when running as a Visual Studio extension, in which case the
/// CodeXL DLLs are not located in the same folder as the application executable.
/// \param specificArchitecture specifies if the retrieved path should be of DLLs with
///                             a specific architecture. DLLs specific to 64-bit architecture
///                             reside in <DLLs path>/x64 while 32-bit specific DLLs
///                             reside in <DLLs path>/x86
/// \return true if the DLLs path has been set
OS_API bool osGetCurrentApplicationDllsPath(osFilePath& dllsPath, osModuleArchitecture specificArchitecture = OS_UNKNOWN_ARCHITECTURE);

OS_API bool osCheckForOutputRedirection(gtString& commandLine, gtString& fileName, bool& appendMode);
OS_API bool osCheckForErrorRedirection(gtString& commandLine, gtString& fileName, bool& appendMode);
OS_API bool osCheckForInputRedirection(gtString& commandLine, gtString& fileName);

OS_API bool osSupportWindowsStoreApps();
OS_API bool osLaunchSuspendedWindowsStoreApp(const gtString& userModelId,
                                             const gtString& arguments,
                                             osProcessId& processId,
                                             osProcessHandle& processHandle,
                                             osFilePath& executablePath);
OS_API bool osResumeSuspendedWindowsStoreApp(const osProcessHandle& processHandle, bool closeHandle);
OS_API bool osEnumerateInstalledWindowsStoreApps(gtList<WindowsStoreAppInfo>& storeApps);
OS_API bool osDetermineIsWindowsStoreApp64Bit(const gtString& userModelId);
OS_API bool osGetWindowsStoreAppExecutable(const gtString& userModelId, gtString& exeFullPath);

/// \return the type of application we're running inside - standalone or Visual Studio plug-in
OS_API osExecutedApplicationType GetExecutedApplicationType();

/// By default the app type is standalone, so only the VS plug-in should call
/// this function to let interested code know we're running inside Visual Studio
OS_API void SetExecutedApplicationType(osExecutedApplicationType appType);

// This is used to get some of the predefined paths, which are relative to the iPhone app bundle.
#ifdef _GR_IPHONE_DEVICE_BUILD
    #include <amdt_os_wrappers/Include/osFilePath.h>
    bool osGetiPhoneApplicationSpecialPath(osFilePath::osPreDefinedFilePaths predefinedPath, gtString& fullPathAsString);
#endif

#endif  // __OSAPPLICATION


This aricle is on the founding member of environmentalist group Greenpeace, click here for the article on Sir Patrick Moore the Astronomer.
"[t]he environmental movement abandoned science and logic somewhere in the mid-1980s."
↑ Patrick Moore quoted in an interview in the New Scientist (1999), excerpted in Tom Bethell, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science 90 (2005).
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Welcome to the The Third Annual MBIP Invitational Miniature Golf Tournament! Before this year's tournament begins, I thought we'd go and pay our respects to the miniature golf course that was the home for the first two tournaments.
Wee Tee was Peoria's beloved miniature golf course for 68 years. Last year it closed and OSF is now building a health-care center for children here. You can see photos from the last day at Wee Tee by clicking here. I noticed the rocks in the parking lot and picked up a few for tonight's tournament. Sad to see Wee Tee gone, but times change and we must keep moving along!
We decided to come to Mt. Hawley Bowl for this year's tournament. Let's go inside and take a look around.
They have 24 lanes of bowling, an arcade, food and best of all, a bar! I stopped in to Kingpins for a pre-tournament beer and Bill served it up! This is a friendly place and you can see more photos of the bowling alley and Kingpins by clicking here and here. It's really nice in here, but we're not here to bowl or hang out at the bar, we're here for miniature golf, so let's go take a look at the course!
It's called Castle Miniature Golf Course because there's a 30 foot castle in here! It's really a beautiful 18 hole miniature golf course with bridges, lakes, stone walls and a fun atmosphere. Okay, time to meet the golfers!
It's the same crew as last year and we are from left to right: Yours Fooly, Jon, Amber, Joe and Adam.
Here's a photo of the two champions from last year's tournament. Jon was the champion and Amber was the runner up. Can they hold on to their titles? Keep on scrolling to find out!
No, not that kind of tea you silly Beatles! And yes, this joke never gets old, at least not for me!
Time to get this tournament into action! It takes balls to play miniature golf, so we each selected a color. I try to stay away from the blue color whenever I can! Buzzy handed out the golf clubs and we headed out the back door to the 18-hole golf course. There's the golfing rules and we'll just pretend like we didn't see rule number one and keep moving along here!
Here we go with the first swings on hole number one. Adam got the first hole-in-one right off the bat! He said he had been practicing and it looks like it's paying off already!
Attack Of The Satan Children!
A flock of screaming Satan children appeared out of nowhere, so we took a little break and let the little devils play through.
Okay, back to the tournament already in progress! It had rained earlier, but the weather cleared up and it's a perfect evening for miniature golf!
Uh, oh, looks like the Satan Children left their mark on the sixth hole!
We're at the midway point after the ninth hole and Adam has the lead. There's a three way tie for second place and of course, I'm in last place as always!
I really like this miniature golf course and it's nice to keep this tradition alive here!
There's the giant castle and we're getting near the end of the tournament!
This is the 18th hole and Amber got a hole-in-one here, congratulations, Amber! We started out with a hole-in-one and we end up the same way!
Adam is the 2018 MBIP Miniature Golf Champion! And Joe is this year's runner up, congratulations to both of them!
We went back to Kingpins for the awards ceremony. Adam got the top prize which is a bowling trophy from 1967! Both Adam and Joe got Wee Tee t-shirts in honor of the first two tournaments. Both the trophy and t-shirts were from Urban Artifacts, the home for all your bowling trophy needs! Jon came in third place and Amber and I tied for last place. Thanks for joining me in the loser's circle this year, Amber, it's not quite as lonely this way! We're holding our prizes which are rocks from the Wee Tee parking lot.
Adam sent me photo of the MBIP 2018 Bowling Trophy in a place of honor on top of his refrigerator next to his Lego Oscar statue! Very cool! Thanks to everyone at Mt. Hawley Bowl for hosting this year's tournament and thanks to Amber, Joe, Jon and Adam for a fun tournament and for being great sports! Looking forward to next year's tournament already!
Related Posts: The First Annual MBIP Invitational Miniature Golf Tournament and The Second Annual MBIP Invitational Miniature Golf Tournament.


Last weekend, we went on a family vacation to McCall, Idaho. McCall has been on my travel bucket list for years and I am so glad we finally got to go. McCall is a beautiful place and the perfect spot for a family vacation. We instantly fell in love!
We flew into Boise, Idaho and drove to McCall, which is about a 2.5 hour drive from Boise. The drive is really pretty so it went by quickly.
When we arrived in McCall, we visited Brundage Mountain. We rode the chair lift up to the top of the mountain. The boys loved the lift!
The view from the top was breathtaking! We hiked around and enjoyed the fresh mountain air.
After our hike, we checked into the Shore Lodge. Our room was steps away from Payette Lake. The boys loved the lake.
The Shore Lodge has a fun s'mores station on the beach every night and of course we made a few. S'mores on the beach are the best!
Look at that messy face! Maxwell loved them!
Oh, and another bonus about the Shore Lodge, they deliver fresh chocolate chip cookies to your room every night. My kind of hotel!
McCall is such a relaxing place and Payette Lake is a beauty!
We loved playing in the water. We went swimming, canoeing, and paddleboarding. The boys loved jumping off the dock too.
While we were at the Shore Lodge, I went to The Cove spa and had a hot stone massage. It was the BEST massage ever. Have you had a hot stone massage before? They are amazing! I don't think I will ever be able to go back to a regular massage. It was such a treat!
We went on a bike ride and hiked around Ponderosa State Park. The boys also visited the fish hatchery. They loved seeing the fishies!
We had dinner at Rupert's and loved every bite. The veggie risotto was amazing and we are still dreaming about the desserts. Josh said their key lime pie is the best key lime pie he has ever had. That means a lot coming from Josh because key lime pie is his favorite dessert. I really liked the upside down huckleberry peach cake. Huckleberries are everywhere in McCall and they were so good in this cake!
We had lunch at the Lake Grill at the Shore Lodge. The food was great and we loved eating outside on the patio. The view of the lake was awesome! And look at that burrata toast, hello!!
Everyone told us we HAD to go to Ice Cream Alley, so we did, and it did not disappoint. The servings were HUGE and the ice cream was tasty. Ice cream on vacation is a must!
Maxwell stole my cone, little ice cream thief:) The boys were in ice cream heaven!
We ate dinner at the Narrows, which is at the Shore Lodge. Oh man, this meal was amazing. We started with the potato corn chowder and beet citrus salad, both were delicious. Josh ordered the salmon and I had the sweet potato lasagna. We loved both of our entrees. For dessert, Josh had the Meyer lemon cake and I had the warm Nutella skillet cookie with toasted marshmallow ice cream. Don't worry, we shared with the boys:) Everything was so good!
Before we left McCall, we made sure we visited Stacey Cakes. For breakfast, we all split the cinnamon sugar bun, a giant cinnamon roll, and the huckleberry scone. There wasn't a crumb left.
I also tried the chocolate chip cookie and the Twixster cookie. So good!
We are head over heels in love with McCall. It is a great family vacation spot.
Our boys are already asking to go back! Hopefully soon!
Before we headed home to Salt Lake City, we stopped in Boise for a bit. We rode bikes all over the city, they have the best trails.
We ate lunch at Boise Fry Company. Idaho is famous for their potatoes and Boise Fry Co. has every kind of fry imaginable. They also a huge selection of sauces and special salts.
I ordered the vegan burger with sweet potato fries.
I also got a side of brussels sprouts. They were sooooooooo good!
We took the boys to Boise Zoo and they got to feed a giraffe. They were SO excited!
We ended our trip with a meal at Fork in downtown Boise. We went out with a bang because our meal was perfection! The grilled artichoke, BCS salad, and pesto artichoke ravioli were incredible. Josh also loved his pulled pork sandwich. But let's take a minute and talk about the best dessert ever invented, the salted caramel bread pudding. You guys, it was INSANE! I can't stop thinking about it. I HAVE to recreate this one so you guys can all try it, or you can just go to Boise and experience it NOW! It is worth the trip, trust me.
We are sad our Idaho trip is over, but we hope to go back soon. It is a great place to visit!
Thank you Visit Southwest Idaho for hosting us, our opinions are our own.
So much fun! Both Boise & McCall are great parts of this amazing state. This reminds me that we don't' travel south of us often enough.
Yes! to the bread pudding. Salted caramel anything is good but this looks stupendous!
Beautiful!! Hungry looking at the yummy food.
Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip. I live in Boise and play in McCall once in a while. They have a winter ice carnival with ice sculptures all over town, fireworks and a parade. You have to experience it! But book early, it gets very crowded but a lot of fun!
Yay!! Boise is beautiful and you were in my neck of the woods!! Boise is a great little city and a wonderful place to raise a family and enjoy life!! McCall is one of our favorite places to camp!!
My husband grew up here! ("Before it was cool," he says.) We love this little town!!!
Wow that looks and sounds like a wonderful vacation. I am from New Jersey and I am feeling the need to travel out west, soooo beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I can't believe how quickly your boys are growing up.
I love Fork, the grilled cheese and tomato fondue is to die for! Next time you visit try the pancakes at Pancake house, so good!!!!
What a fun trip!!! The boys are growing up so fast!
Your pictures are wonderful, so glad everybody had a good time. And the food pictures make me hungry now!
Wow! Is the sky really that blue in Idaho? It's absolutely beautiful! I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation!
Such wonderful pictures – the boys clearly had a great time. The salted caramel bread pudding looks amazing!
Hey girl this place looks amazing! It just makes me hungry reading what ya'll ate and seeing the pics! Yummy! Glad ya'll had fun!
Where is the recipe for this wonderful salted caramel bread pudding ??? Maybe you didn't get it ???? Many people would be so happy if you have it and give it to everyone !!!!!!!
So glad you enjoyed my backyard.
What a fabulous site. It's all just so beautiful & positive. Your photography is fabulous. I feel happier just having a look through.
This post makes me so happy! Every year on my birthday, my boyfriend fills the room up with pink and purple balloons, and it never fails to make me smile!
This is a nice place for family vacation, you have written a wonderful blog.


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Detecting Membrane Changes Using Neutrons
New Method For Drug Research
Jülich, 28 November 2017 – Drugs can alter the structure of cell membranes. This in turn can affect their function and cause undesirable side effects. The structural changes in cell membranes caused by drugs have not yet been sufficiently investigated. Researchers from Jülich, Garching (near Munich), Georgia, and France now want to change this. They have developed a new neutron research method which enables deformations of the membranes to be detected faster and more easily than previous methods.
Common membrane-active substances such as benzocaine (green) embed themselves into lipid bilayers and alter their structure. Neutron investigations are ideally suited for demonstrating such changes.
Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Cell membranes envelop the cells in the human body like a protective layer of skin. They are very thin – 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. Their basis forms a double layer of partly water-repellent molecules known as lipids. Lipids contain various protein molecules, which form passages, for example, to import nutrients and chemical messengers inside the cell or to release metabolic waste products. These passages are often the point of application for drugs.
For their investigations, scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich, Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching, Tbilisi State University in Georgia, and Laboratoire Léon Brillouin in Saclay (France) used a bilayer of soy lipids as a model system. The latter does not contain any embedded proteins but is otherwise very similar to the membranes of cells. A major advantage of this method is that it is easier to detect structural changes to the lipid film, which forms very evenly. Furthermore, the researchers were able to deposit these lipid layers on a flat surface for measurements, which also facilitated the interpretation.
In order to test their method, the researchers investigated how two widely used drugs impact on the structure of the membrane. They were thus able to demonstrate how the local anaesthetic benzocaine and the beta blocker propranolol either cause the model membranes to stiffen and become fragile or allow the formation of stalks between the two layers of the membrane. "Both effects are undesirable in physiological terms and could cause side effects in the event of an overdosage or the long-term intake of drugs," suspects Dr. Henrich Frielinghaus, who is responsible for the small-angle scattering diffractometer KWS-1 operated by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching. Such hypotheses cannot be proven directly using the new method. "The fundamental effect of the substances on the membranes can be clearly detected, however. Our neutron investigations can thus indicate whether further tests are worthwhile," Frielinghaus explains. The researchers can analyse around ten substances per day.
Effect of Benzocaine and Propranolol on phospholipid-based bi-layers;
G. Mangiapia, M. Gvaramia, L. Kuhrts, J. Teixeira, A. Koutsioubas, O. Soltwedel and H. Frielinghaus;
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7CP06077G
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In May of 2013, we were asked if we wanted to review the file of a little girl with a repaired Congenital Heart Defect, Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We had been waiting several months and were so ready for THE phone call. When our doctor reviewed the file, she told us about Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome (22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome) because approximately 15-20% of TOF cases are caused by the syndrome. We did a little research and always had it in the back of our minds that it was a possibility. Once we arrived home, we started to hit all of our medical appointments, pediatrician, cardiology and then finally, the chromosome test was ordered (FISH & Microarray). We had started to think the possibly was very strong. We got the call and the test was positive for the syndrome.
That really doesn't sound that scary does it? Oh, but the stigma that comes with that word! The good natured sympathetic, "I'm so sorry" and "You are so strong," comments can sometimes really have the opposite effect and make you feel awful. As Full Plate Mom says about her daughter, "she is not something we handle. She's not a burden we shoulder. She's not something we overcome. She's a little girl. A little girl we CHOSE to adopt. There are no guarantees in adoption. There are no guarantees in life. You get a diagnosis. You grieve. You search out the best answers. And then, you fight. You fight because…she's worth as much as any other child, and that's what we would do for any child." Yes, exactly!
What is my daughter's syndrome? It goes by many names but the most current medically accurate is 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q). What is 22q? First, let's start off by saying typically children and adults with the 22q11.2 deletion do quite well both medically and as members of their families and communities at large. Most are married, have children, jobs and live a "normal" life.
Every child born with 22q presents the possible 180 symptoms in a way that are unique to him or her. Many times, this scattered collection of issues impedes the proper diagnosis for years. Geneticists, cardiologists, and ENT's have only recently begun to recognize just how often these common issues can be directly attributed to this partial deletion of the 22nd chromosome.
The syndrome presents in a spectrum and some people are highly affected and experience many symptoms. Others may exhibit few symptoms and may go undiagnosed their entire life or until they have a child who has the syndrome.
After the diagnosis was confirmed for our daughter, I reached out to some other moms who shared great advice with me. 'Don't get overwhelmed with the "what if" and the future or you just might miss out on how amazing your child is right now!' And, 'take it one appointment and one medical need at a time.' I think these are great pieces of advice for anyone parenting a child with complex special needs.
I may never truly have the diagnosis "out of my head" but when I am with my daughter, I see the amazing girl she is, I don't think about 22q at all. It does NOT define her. I still chose not to share her diagnosis with many people besides teachers and doctors. There is a fear that others will choose to define her via a Google search before letting her have the chance to do it herself.
So far the symptoms Ashlyn has exhibited of the possible 180 include an extra bone in her thumbs, TOF, speech delays and small stature. She exhibits fewer symptoms than some children who have not been diagnosed with a syndrome at all. Who is Ashlyn? She's a silly, happy, strong willed, determined, sweet, funny, loving, stubborn, shy, willing to learn, observant (a bit of a tattletale), and just plain adorable little girl. None of that is a symptom, it's all HER and she's amazing! Our daughter may have a tiny missing piece but she certainly makes us feel complete.
Other symptoms may present in the future and she is monitored annually through the 22q Clinic at our local Children's Hospital. In a strange way that allows me to wrap my head around the possible list of symptoms. I know that some will never happen and others are a 'wait and see' but at least I know what to look for and why it is happening.
Many families who adopted children from China with this diagnosis did not know it ahead of time. They were mostly given genetic tests or diagnosed by a doctor after arriving home. Most of us China 22q families have children that have TOF or a cleft palate and even some came from the non-special needs program. If you suspect your child may have 22q or any genetic syndrome, request a FISH or Microarray chromosome test. The Microarray is more accurate as there have been cases of the FISH test missing the micro deletion.
There are many resources out there for 22q and they are only growing. There are summer camps, college scholarships, grants, active research studies you can join in, conferences, webinars and educational videos released regularly and the annual 22q at the Zoo Day to raise awareness. A favorite resource is the Dempster Family Foundation.
*All medical information taken from the Dempster Foundation, Center for VCFS and 22q Foundation and the American Heart Association.
Good to read about similar experience!
Thanks for sharing. This article is a great resource!
Ashlyn is absolutely precious, Stephanie. I was happy to read about your determination to see all the positives and take it one day at a time.
Thanks for this story! We just got the diagnosis (29 weeks pregnant) and I'm overwhelmed with so much of the doom and gloom on the Internet. It's so nice to read a positive story. Your girl is adorable.
Am a parent with a Baby girl with same condition and just as said above nothing is noticable apart from heart defekt but she is a strong beautiful girl Learning things at her pace and so far so good.


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China's Weibo CEO Charles Chao (center) stands with Robert Greifeld, Nasdaq CEO, moments after Weibo began trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol WB on April 17, 2014 in New York City.
The social network commonly referred to as the "Twitter of China" saw huge gains during its first day on the market in the U.S amid a particularly rough month for both IPOs and tech stocks. Shares of Weibo, a subsidiary of the Chinese Internet company Sina, leapt 19 percent Thursday, from an IPO price of $17 to $20.24 when markets closed.
Weibo, like Twitter, is a mostly public social network through which celebrities and ordinary Chinese people discuss news and personal happenings in their lives. The platform boasts 144 million monthly active users, 70 percent of whom use the company's mobile app. Also like Twitter, Weibo has debuted on the public markets as an unprofitable business. The company lost $47.4 million in the first quarter of 2014, though it posted a small profit in the previous quarter.
More broadly, Weibo was just a victim of bad timing, arriving on the market during an overall downturn in tech stocks that has seen the tech-heavy Nasdaq slide 6.5 percent from its March peak. Earlier Chinese IPOs this year, like the IT training company Tarena, have underperformed.
Weibo, though, managed to fight past these headwinds and achieve a successful offering. The strong IPO may ratchet up the fervor for Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant that is prepping a huge offering in the U.S. later this year. It could also provide some stability to the tech sector, which has yet to have a hugely successful IPO since Twitter's runaway success last November.