There has been much recent discussion about the perceived laziness of developers in the rush to release games and the glitches and bugs that arise from such hastiness. The latest blockbuster releases, in their intricate complexity often provide wide-ranging glitches, from the game-destroying problems of Civilisation III to the sometimes hilarious bugs of the Sims.
Despite inspiring some genuinely funny moments such as above, programming errors can be infinitely frustrating, especially when someone in an online multiplayer game is unfairly beating you due to one of these exploits. Thank goodness then for patches, modern gaming's knight in shining armour. Patches fix everything that testers missed out on and also allow for additional downloadable content to be accessed (or worse, bought) by the public.
The problem many have with this system is that developers have apparently become lethargic and miserly in their testing process, and instead rely upon the gaming consumers and their many outlets of frustration such as internet forums for their game quality feedback. I too used to be annoyed that I was being sold the incomplete game and felt sorry for those that did not have access to an internet connection. I can certainly see the pitfalls of such a mechanic, although I have recently finished developing a game of my own and my perspective has changed somewhat.
Having spent the early stages of my 14-week development time enjoying the conceptualisation and designing of the game, the final four weeks came around far too quickly, with much left to do. As it was for a university deadline, I had about as much room for release date negotiation as developers do with their publishers. Although everything was planned to a timetable, inevitably certain aspects overran, even after allowing for some time lag. The end result was a game that had compromised sections and workarounds for problems I could not solve in time. The testing and debugging stage was squashed into a day and although I think everything is OK, I'm sure a large audience would find some bugs.
Needless to say, Molyneux was right when he was banging on about game development ruining lives and relationships. Perhaps in yesteryear games would have had sections cut if they did not work 100% to avoid errors, or release dates would slide beyond original announcements. This would mean we wouldn't get the AAA titles in time for Christmas, we would be let down and untrusting of the PR teams and would also never get to experience additional content like map packs or Nazi zombies.
Instead of complaining and moaning that we are getting incomplete games and that patch culture breeds lethargy, perhaps we should embrace the concept, with many of the perks outweighing the flaws in my opinion. This is the first time the public are truly involved in game development; our opinions, our complaints and our gaming habits determine the content of DLC and patches. Developers are listening. It is inexcusable for the worst of the bugs to slip though the testing net, and I empathise with offline gamers entirely but I think maybe it is time to give developers a break.


"Harsh Blood" is a good name for a band. That said, no, I don't think so.
Harsh Blood is the name of my Metallica cover band.
Beans just came back from a vacation. The more, the merrier!
No harsh blood here. Welcome back!
Nice! More folks coming back! Woohoo!
She has her own smiley. That says a lot about the group. No issues with me. WB!
I love it -she asks and I just barge in and sit on the couch. Sweet just isn't in my blood.


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Ten years apart and see each other!
As soon as this statement came out, Jun Moxie heart had a shakes and looked up. Yun Biechen, that was the same as Han Fengxue and Li Juetian three people testifies, let the Dongfang Aristocratic Family make the vow!
Unexpectedly, at the crucial moment of this Jun Family revenge, he appeared again here!
Mei Xueyan's eye is a lightning-fast shot! What she saw was not Yun Biechen, but the rough man next to Yun Biechen! The body of the big man was shocked. When looked up, when was in contact with Mei Xueyan's cold eyes, the body of grandiose suddenly shivered and shivered. The eyepupil was in the expression of startl and guilty... Profound Beast group, Pengqun suddenly burst into a burst of day whistling, and the volumes were everywhere. But this whistling has not yet reached the commanding heights, Mei Xueyan has been unusually angry, eye-horizontal, tyrannical momentum has been crazy overbearing rushed over, rushed into the Peng group, unrelenting when the bow cap!
"Boss, you..." The big man screamed sternly, suddenly ran out, ran all the way, came to the front of the Profound Beast group, stood trembling and stood awkwardly, just because the former partner in The eyes have long since lost his presence!
Mei Xueyan looked at the people in the direction of the distant place Silver Blizzard City. It seems that there is no more people in front of him. He Chongxiao facial expression is complicated and low, Xiong Kaishan doesn't look away. Hu Liede Hóu qī and other people are "Squeaky" , spit, and turned around.
The thoughtful Beast Kings, they only know that once the Old Second, the former Roc King, had already left the Heaven Punishment Forest, deviated from the responsibility he should shoulder, betrayed the ancestral legacy, that is the downright traitor, It's not the brothers of them!
Not to mention the role of Heaven Punishment Beast King as a human mount, but the entire Heaven Punishment's great shame!
As Mei Xueyan's words fell, the audiences had no more joy than before, and they were full of anger, especially Roc Clan's newly formed Roc King, looking at the former numerous Roc King. The eyes are full of anger and disdain, and there are severe points of sorrow!
It has long been lost that it was a paragraph left by a senior of the Heaven Punishment before the many generations. In this passage, the Heaven Punishment numerous beasts, which has been discriminated against, has always been regarded as a golden rule, firmly engraved in the heart of every generation of Profound Beast!
Therefore, since ancient times, ten thousand years have passed, Heaven Punishment Profound Beast has rarely become a human mount! It can even be said that there is almost nothing! Until the Mei Xueyan generation, there is a different number! Heaven Punishment Roc King, a big fanfare of this has distinguished right from wrong taboo!
The owner of the Roc King whispered the Heaven Punishment and became the mount of human first Supreme Yun Biechen.
So Mei Xueyan decided not to accept it! Such a huge shame, but it happened at the time of oneself rules Heaven Punishment! Moreover, after the injury and retreat, when the entire Heaven Punishment was temporarily chancellor by Roc King, he took the pick and became the human mount!
Heaven Punishment numerous beasts are even more unacceptable. During the period of Mei Xueyan retreating healing and Roc King accidentally leaving Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment Forest has fallen into the name of its own Heaven Punishment ominous place, the weakest and most gloomiest time, many High Grade Profound Beast also had an accident during this time, and even Beast King fell a few!
The name of Heaven Punishment ominous place, almost in name only!
This is definitely something that neither Heaven Punishment Profound Beast can understand or forgive!
Roc King trembled, standing in front of the wall-provoked Profound Beast group, facing a partner who had been in the same place, life and death, he clearly felt a utmost alienation, an indescribable repel! Those brothers who used to be close relative to near, and the brothers who lived together at night, looked at themselves as the sharpest sword. The Ninth Level peak flight Profound Beast, which has not yet been shaped, even blows up all the hairs and looked at them hostilely!
He is very clear, that is the attitude to prepare for the battle!
Looking at this scene, he is more clear, this group, this life can never go back!
Roc King, for a time, his face was gray, step by step staggers retreat, the burly body, at this moment, like the wind and the fall of the leaves, helpless, withered and decayed... Silver City people finally came to the near.
The first person is Han Yanyao, she holds four spiral tablets in her arms!
Since the Sword Peak, the four spiral tablets have been made in the night system, and the Foreign Elder has been brought up. In the battle of the future, no matter whether Jun Family wins or loses, she will hold these four spiral tablets out!
If the Jun Family is unfortunately defeated, she will hold the spirit tablet and go to Yellow Spring with Jun Wuyi!
If the sky has eyes, Jun Family will eventually win, this is the spirit tablet that needs to be honoured with the blood of Xiao Family!
Pay homage to the unyielding soul!
Winning and defeating two roads, she has turned these two roads into one!
"Hey! Mother!" Han Yanmeng yelled at the surprise, and spread his feet and flew over. All the way to the arms of Xue Shuangqing, City Lord's wife Xue Shuangqing clung to the long-lost youngest daughter, bursting into tears.
"Hey, my little Meng'er... the mother's careful liver, the mother can be considered meet you again..." Xue Shuangqing picked up the daughter, looking at the daughter's delicate little face, wanting Look at the owner's daughter, wandering outside, is it black, is it thin? Is there any wrongs... In the past few months, for this missing daughter, Xue Shuangqing has long known how to try Many times of supple intestines inch, now the daughter finally innocent returns, she naturally wants to have a good look, relatives.
To her surprise, this youngest daughter was not thin or black, but somewhat full, white face, revealing two healthy blushes, between the eyes, more original Shy... shy? Xue Shuangqing heart in a stares.
Xue Shuangqing looked at her daughter's long story and said that although was dissatisfied in the discourse, was full of joy in the eye pupil, and was a little embarrassed. The satisfaction feeling overflowing from the heart was nothing but shelterless. Leeway, could not help but a sinks in the heart, powerless sigh... Jun Family...don't tell me really a bottomless pit? Don't tell me to trap your two daughters? this little brat is still the scorpion of Jun Wuyi... This is worse than the generation... On the other side, Dongfang Wenxin and Jun Wuyi have been rescued by Jun Moxie with Spiritual Force, but they are not able to hang tears, Third Master Jun The facial color regains indifference, but the two lines of clear tears are all signs of no end.
Han Yanyao slowly walked over with the spiral tablet. There was only a sadness on his face, long hair drifting in Snow Wind, his lips twitching, wanted to say something, but finally said nothing, she was just quiet. Looking at Dongfang Wenxin in a state of extreme sadness and sorrow, and then slammed down.
The voice of Dongfang Wenxin was very trembling. Just after a sentence, suddenly the two men hugged in the same place and burst into tears.
For a long time, the two talents were separated by others' persuasion, Han Yanyao was pulled hard by Dongfang Wenxin, and the two stood side by side. Jun Wuyi's gaze Since the appearance of Han Yanyao, has left the beautiful woman. At this moment, the eyes of the two people are finally in the same place.
But only a slight touch, but as quickly as the horror of the rapid removal, the two in the eyes, the moment is full of tears. It was just a light touch, both of them felt the deep sorrow of the opposite party in the eyes, and the deep word like the sea, heavy mountain!
Instantly, the two hearts of two people are as tearing up the general ache!


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Amazon Wants to Hire 50,000 People, but Only 20,000 Actually Applied Yesterday
With low unemployment and many other options for workers, the online giant faces a recruiting challenge.
By Bill Murphy Jr.@BillMurphyJr
Amazon held a massive hiring event yesterday, hoping to make on-the-spot job offers that would help the company fill 50,000 positions, in a much-publicized event the company called Amazon Jobs Day.
But while lines were long at many company facilities, Amazon said not enough people showed up and applied to reach the total goal. About 20,000 people put in applications, a company spokesperson told me last night, which resulted in "thousands of job offers extended to candidates and more to come in the next few days."
Granted, 20,000 is still a very big number. Reports suggested erroneously the company wanted to fill all 50,000 jobs in a single day, but that would have been simply too ambitious. That figure would have equaled roughly a third of the entire number of private sector jobs created in the United States in June, for example.
Here's the company's full statement last night, from John Olsen, Vice President of Amazon's Worldwide Operations Human Resources:
"We are very pleased with the results from Amazon Jobs Day. A record-breaking 20,000 applications were received on this day alone with thousands of job offers extended to candidates and more to come in the next few days. We continue to process candidates at events across the country and expect that to continue over the coming days. We're excited to welcome these new employees to the Amazon team!"
Overall, Amazon pledged earlier this year to hire 130,000 people by the middle of 2018, which would bring its total workforce at about 300,000. An Amazon spokeswoman said, "We continue to process applications from candidates who attended Jobs Day as well as those who have applied online for other locations and we expect to continue doing so over the coming days." But the company faces challenges in recruiting workers. For one thing, the unemployment rate in the United States was just 4.3 percent in May, the lowest it's been in 16 years.
As we've pointed out previously, the starting salaries for the jobs Amazon is trying to fill range from about $11 to $14 an hour, depending on the job duties and location. Most of these jobs require manual labor in some potentially difficult conditions, the company discloses in its job descriptions.
But they offer medical benefits and even tuition reimbursement--from the first day of employment for full-time workers. And a lot of people interviewed in the lines at a dozen Amazon facilities yesterday sounded very eager to join the company.
"Yes, I am desperate. I really need a job," Tim Clemens, who got up at 3 a.m. to ensure he was the first person in line at an Amazon facility in Illinois, told Fox Business.
Amazon reported on its own events via Facebook Live. "The benefits, the opportunities, the pay--the starting pay, let me point that out. What more could I ask for?" one man told an interviewee in the Amazon broadcast, reporting he'd been offered a job on the spot.
Separately, a woman interviewed at a hiring event in New Jersey told an interviewer, "I'm extremely excited. I've been looking for work. ... For me to be able to come here today and have this opportunity, I'm blessed. I feel very grateful today."
Here are some of the scenes from Amazon Jobs Day around the country:
Clarification: An earlier version of this column mischaracterized Amazon's time frame for filling the 50,000 jobs it was hiring for on its August 2 Amazon Jobs Day event. It doesn't have a specific deadline.

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Q: How to get query on two big tables be optimized? The query is in Impala on Cloudera Cluster:
Two tables are involved, one 500 million and the other 900 million
query:
create table Citz0063.${VERSION}_pas_prev_ah partitioned by (date_pull) stored as parquet as
select pas.acct_num,  max(ah.date_pull) as prev_ah_date_pull,pas.date_pull
from Citz0063.v201810_pas_test pas
inner join Citz0063.v201810_ah01 ah on ah.id_acct=pas.acct_num and cast(ah.date_pull as int)<=cast(pas.date_pull as int)
group by pas.date_pull,pas.acct_num;

Result has 400 million records.
During the query execution, I notice there are 13 stages in the plan and one of the stage generate a table of 14 billion rows.

Thank you very much. Any suggestion/clue are appreciated.

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Steve Bannon wants to take down GOP establishment, but supports their tax plan
While Steve Bannon is going after Jeff Flake, he's happy with the tax plan Flake is behind
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2017/10/18/steven-bannon-wants-to-take-down-gop-establishment-but-supports-their-tax-plan/
Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon has officially declared his war against the Republican Party establishment — but still wants to help President Donald Trump pass his tax reform plan.
"It's an open revolt and it should be. These people hold you in total contempt," Bannon told an audience at a fundraiser for Kelli Ward, a far-right Republican who is opposing Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona in their party's primary next year.
"When they attack a Donald Trump and Dr. Kelli Ward, it's not Donald Trump and Kelli Ward they're trying to shut up," Bannon said. "It's you they're trying to shut up."
Bannon's stemwinder for Ward is part of a larger plan to field a challenger against every Senate Republican facing reelection in 2018, except for one — Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
In order to fend off the threat posed by Bannon, Republicans are doubling down on their effort to pass tax reform, with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina telling reporters on Tuesday, "If people see us delivering on health care and taxes . . . all of our guys and gals are going to win. But if we go into 2018 saying, 'well, we just don't have enough Republicans,' Bannon will beat 'em all or come close to beating 'em."
Although Bannon did not get everything he wanted in the current tax reform bill — including a border adjustment proposal and raising the top tax rate for individuals — his adviser Andy Surabian told The Hill, "Steve's primary goal is to actually help the president advance his agenda, which is what this whole thing is truly about."
Surabian added, "I think the effect of what Bannon is doing will result in senators being a lot more likely to vote for tax reform and vocally support the entire Trump agenda now to show that they are with the president."
Matthew Rozsa is a breaking news writer for Salon. He holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. His work has appeared in Mic, Quartz and MSNBC.
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The Honor 9 employs a 5.15" LTPS IPS LCD screen - a notch bigger than the 5.1" IPS-NEO unit on the P10, but keeping the same 1080p resolution. There are 428 pixels per inch on this particular screen and they are compiled from the familiar RGB subpixels.
Our measurements on the Honor 9's screen revealed deep black levels and high maximum brightness of 522 nits. Those excellent stats made for a great contrast ratio of 1479:1. This is a good improvement over the 5.2" screen on the Honor 8.
Regarding color reproduction accuracy, the Honor 9 screen is less than stellar with an average deviation (DeltaE) of 5.6. Some of the colors are a bit colder (blueish) than they should be, but you can achieve excellent color accuracy (DeltaE of 3.7) by just opting for the Warm color tone from the Settings menu.
The Honor 9 screen demonstrated great potential for outdoor use in our sunlight legibility test. A score of 3.289 is a very good achievement for an LCD panel and means the screen will do great even in the brightest of days.
The Honor 9 is powered by a 3,200 mAh battery, sealed as expected. The phone ships with a charger capable of outputting 5V/2A and 9V/2A, with the maximum power of 18W. It will replenish 33% of a depleted battery in 30 minutes, while a full charge takes just a few minutes north of two hours.
The Honor 9 posted a very good score of 77h, and it performed admirably across all of our test routines - video, call, web, and standby. The Kirin 960 coupled with the EMUI 5.1 once again turned out a very good combo.
Our endurance rating denotes how long a single battery charge will last you if you use the Honor 9 for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. We've established this usage pattern so our battery results are comparable across devices in the most common day-to-day tasks. The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritties. You can also check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.
The Honor 9 supports LTE-Advanced with 3-carrier aggregation, Cat.12 LTE for theoretical speeds up to 600Mbps down and 150Mbps up, 9 LTE bands, four 3G bands, and the usual quad-band 2G.
There's full-fledged Wi-Fi support - a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, with Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot support. You also get Bluetooth v4.2 for peripherals, A-GPS, GLONASS, and Beidou for positioning, and NFC for, well, near field communication, right.
The Type-C USB port only adheres to the USB 2.0 spec (480Mbps theoretical) and not USB 3.0 or 3.1.
There's also an analog 3.5mm headphone jack, and an IR blaster to take control of your home appliances. What the Honor 9 lacks is FM radio support.


This guide is intended for publishers who want to use the Google Mobile Ads SDK to load and display ads from Chartboost via mediation. It covers how to add Chartboost to an ad unit's mediation configuration, how to set up Ad Network Optimization (ANO), and how to integrate the Chartboost SDK and adapter into a Unity app.
Sign up for a Chartboost account and log in once your account is verified. Click the + APP button on the left sidebar. Fill out the form and click Save to add your app to Chartboost. If your app supports both Android and iOS platforms, you need to add each of them separately.
Create a new campaign to enable ads for your app by navigating to Campaigns > Publishing from the left-side menu and click Add a Campaign (or Add Campaign at the top right corner of your dashboard if you already have other campaigns) and choose Network Publishing when prompted.
Enter a Name for your publishing campaign. Select the Platform that your app supports. If your app supports both platforms, you need two Campaigns, one for each.
Then, add your app to the Apps Publishing this Campaign. Click Save to finish adding the campaign.
You'll now obtain all the parameters that will be used in setting up the ad unit ID in the next section. In your Chartboost dashboard for your app, navigate to App Settings > Basic Settings to locate your App ID and App Signature.
AdMob requires the Chartboost User ID and User Signature for setting up your AdMob ad unit ID. You can find these parameters on your Chartboost dashboard by navigating to Tools > API Explorer. Your User ID and User Signature are located under the Authentication section.
You need to add Chartboost to the mediation configuration for your ad unit. First sign in to your AdMob account.
Navigate to the Mediation tab. If you have an existing mediation group you'd like to modify, click the name of that mediation group to edit it, and skip ahead to Add Chartboost as an ad source.
In the Ad Sources card, select Add Ad Network. Then select Chartboost.
Enable the Optimize switch. Enter your User ID and User Signature obtained in the previous section to set up ANO for Chartboost. Then enter an eCPM value for Chartboost and click Continue.
Next, enter the App ID and the App Signature obtained in the previous section. Also, enter an Ad Location (such as "Game Over Screen") that uniquely identifies this placement in your app.
Chartboost Ad Locations (Named Locations) are simple names representing a place in your app where you want to show an ad. AdMob sends requests to the location specified in the settings. Once requests are sent, Chartboost will add the location to its dashboard for reporting purposes.
Note: AdMob is able to estimate CPMs for the top three Ad Locations in your Chartboost app. All other locations will be represented with a blended CPM.
In the Chartboost dashboard, your Ad Locations can be revealed in the Basic Settings page by clicking Advanced Settings. See the Chartboost's Named Locations guide for more details.
Finally, click Done to add Chartboost as an ad source, and then click Save.
Give your mediation group a name, and select locations to target. Next, set the mediation group status to Enabled. Then click Add Ad Units.
Next, enter the App ID and the App Signature obtained in the previous section. Also, enter an Ad Location (e.g., "Game Over Screen") that uniquely identifies this placement in your app.
In the Chartboost dashboard, your Ad Locations can be revealed in the Basic Settings page by clicking on Advanced Settings. Please see Chartboost's Named Locations guide for more details.
Finally, click Done to add Chartboost as an ad source, and click Save.
If you don't check this setting, the Chartboost adapter passes back the reward specified in the Chartboost UI.
Download the latest version of the Chartboost SDK and extract the chartboost.jar to the Assets/Plugins/Android directory of your Unity project.
Download the latest version of the Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for Chartboost and extract the GoogleMobileAdsChartboostMediation.unitypackage from the zip file.
Download the latest version of Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for Chartboost and extract the GoogleMobileAdsChartboostMediation.unitypackage from the zip file.
In your Unity project editor, select Assets > Import Package > Custom Package and find the GoogleMobileAdsChartboostMediation.unitypackage file you downloaded. Make sure that all the files are selected and click Import.
No additional code is required for Chartboost integration.
Test ads can be enabled for your app from Chartboost's dashboard under the APP SETTINGS > Basic Settings, as shown below.
Once test mode is enabled, you can request ads using the ad unit ID created earlier and receive a Chartboost test ad.
That's it! You now have a working mediation integration with Chartboost.
No additional steps are required for iOS integration.
The section below shows you how to enable or disable personalized ads for Chartboost.
The Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for Chartboost version 1.1.0 includes the Chartboost.RestrictDataCollection() method. The following sample code restricts data collection for Chartboost. If you choose to call this method, it is recommended that you do so prior to requesting ads via the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
See Chartboost's GDPR article for more details.


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New Brain-Like Computing Device With Electrochemical "Synaptic Transistors" Simulates Human Learning
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By Northwestern University April 30, 2021
Artificial synapse artist's concept.
Like Pavlov's dog, device can be conditioned to learn by association.
Researchers have developed a brain-like computing device that is capable of learning by association.
Similar to how famed physiologist Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to associate a bell with food, researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Hong Kong successfully conditioned their circuit to associate light with pressure.
The research will be published today (April 30, 2021) in the journal Nature Communications.
The device's secret lies within its novel organic, electrochemical "synaptic transistors," which simultaneously process and store information just like the human brain. The researchers demonstrated that the transistor can mimic the short-term and long-term plasticity of synapses in the human brain, building on memories to learn over time.
With its brain-like ability, the novel transistor and circuit could potentially overcome the limitations of traditional computing, including their energy-sapping hardware and limited ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time. The brain-like device also has higher fault tolerance, continuing to operate smoothly even when some components fail.
By connecting single synaptic transistors into a neuromorphic circuit, researchers demonstrated that their device could simulate associative learning. Credit: Northwestern University
"Although the modern computer is outstanding, the human brain can easily outperform it in some complex and unstructured tasks, such as pattern recognition, motor control, and multisensory integration," said Northwestern's Jonathan Rivnay, a senior author of the study. "This is thanks to the plasticity of the synapse, which is the basic building block of the brain's computational power. These synapses enable the brain to work in a highly parallel, fault tolerant, and energy-efficient manner. In our work, we demonstrate an organic, plastic transistor that mimics key functions of a biological synapse."
Rivnay is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering. He co-led the study with Paddy Chan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hong Kong. Xudong Ji, a postdoctoral researcher in Rivnay's group, is the paper's first author.
Problems with conventional computing
Conventional, digital computing systems have separate processing and storage units, causing data-intensive tasks to consume large amounts of energy. Inspired by the combined computing and storage process in the human brain, researchers, in recent years, have sought to develop computers that operate more like the human brain, with arrays of devices that function like a network of neurons.
"The way our current computer systems work is that memory and logic are physically separated," Ji said. "You perform computation and send that information to a memory unit. Then every time you want to retrieve that information, you have to recall it. If we can bring those two separate functions together, we can save space and save on energy costs."
Currently, the memory resistor, or "memristor," is the most well-developed technology that can perform combined processing and memory function, but memristors suffer from energy-costly switching and less biocompatibility. These drawbacks led researchers to the synaptic transistor — especially the organic electrochemical synaptic transistor, which operates with low voltages, continuously tunable memory and high compatibility for biological applications. Still, challenges exist.
"Even high-performing organic electrochemical synaptic transistors require the write operation to be decoupled from the read operation," Rivnay said. "So if you want to retain memory, you have to disconnect it from the write process, which can further complicate integration into circuits or systems."
How the synaptic transistor works
To overcome these challenges, the Northwestern and University of Hong Kong team optimized a conductive, plastic material within the organic, electrochemical transistor that can trap ions. In the brain, a synapse is a structure through which a neuron can transmit signals to another neuron, using small molecules called neurotransmitters. In the synaptic transistor, ions behave similarly to neurotransmitters, sending signals between terminals to form an artificial synapse. By retaining stored data from trapped ions, the transistor remembers previous activities, developing long-term plasticity.
The researchers demonstrated their device's synaptic behavior by connecting single synaptic transistors into a neuromorphic circuit to simulate associative learning. They integrated pressure and light sensors into the circuit and trained the circuit to associate the two unrelated physical inputs (pressure and light) with one another.
Perhaps the most famous example of associative learning is Pavlov's dog, which naturally drooled when it encountered food. After conditioning the dog to associate a bell ring with food, the dog also began drooling when it heard the sound of a bell. For the neuromorphic circuit, the researchers activated a voltage by applying pressure with a finger press. To condition the circuit to associate light with pressure, the researchers first applied pulsed light from an LED lightbulb and then immediately applied pressure. In this scenario, the pressure is the food and the light is the bell. The device's corresponding sensors detected both inputs.
After one training cycle, the circuit made an initial connection between light and pressure. After five training cycles, the circuit significantly associated light with pressure. Light, alone, was able to trigger a signal, or "unconditioned response."
Because the synaptic circuit is made of soft polymers, like a plastic, it can be readily fabricated on flexible sheets and easily integrated into soft, wearable electronics, smart robotics, and implantable devices that directly interface with living tissue and even the brain.
"While our application is a proof of concept, our proposed circuit can be further extended to include more sensory inputs and integrated with other electronics to enable on-site, low-power computation," Rivnay said. "Because it is compatible with biological environments, the device can directly interface with living tissue, which is critical for next-generation bioelectronics."
Reference: "Mimicking associative learning using an ion-trapping non-volatile synaptic organic electrochemical transistor" by Xudong Ji, Bryan D. Paulsen, Gary K. K. Chik, Ruiheng Wu, Yuyang Yin, Paddy K. L. Chan and Jonathan Rivnay, 30 April 2021, Nature Communications.
The study was supported by the National Science Foundation (award number DMR-1751308), Hong Kong's General Research Fund (award numbers HKU 17264016 and HKU 17204517) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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package com.painless.clock;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;

import com.painless.clock.spirit.SpiritManager;

public class LiveWallpaperService extends GLWallpaperService {

	@Override
	public void onCreate() {
		super.onCreate();

		// register battery
		final Intent intent = this.registerReceiver(new BroadcastReceiver(){
			@Override
			public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
				processBatteryIntent(intent);
			}
		}, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED));
		if (intent != null) {
		  processBatteryIntent(intent);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public Engine onCreateEngine() {
		return new ClockEngine(this);
	}

	private void processBatteryIntent(Intent intent) {
		final int level = intent.getIntExtra("level", 0);
		final int scale = intent.getIntExtra("scale", 100);
		Globals.battery = level * 100 / scale;
		Globals.batteryCount = Math.round(Globals.battery * 24L / 100);
	}

	private final class ClockEngine extends GLEngine {
		private final ClockRenderer renderer;
		private final SpiritManager spiritManager;

		public ClockEngine(Context context) {
			spiritManager = new SpiritManager(context);
			this.renderer = new ClockRenderer(spiritManager);

			setRenderer(renderer);
			setRenderMode(RENDERMODE_CONTINUOUSLY);
		}

		@Override
		public void onVisibilityChanged(boolean visible) {
			super.onVisibilityChanged(visible);
			if (visible) {
				spiritManager.start();
			} else {
				spiritManager.stop();
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void onSurfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
			renderer.shutdown();
			super.onSurfaceDestroyed(holder);
		}
	}
}

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- [x] Get everything actually working again @mitchell
- [x] Validate config in createAuth (e.g identityField and secretField exist on the list) @mitchell
- [x] Implement graphQLSchemaExtension properly based on config @mitchell
- [x] Secure Admin paths with `secureFn` if it is provided @mitchell
  - [x] Except `publicRoutes`
  - [x] Implement no access UI
  - [x] Make no access UI look nice @jed
- [x] Put generating Auth Admin UI Pages in the package, add them with `getAdditionalFiles` @mitchell
- [x] Load Admin Meta from an API route @mitchell
  - [ ] With good HTTP caching headers
  - [x] Protect it with the `secureFn`
  - [x] Make it synchronously available on all pages
- [x] Write `withItemData` wrapper for sessions @noviny
  - [x] Session functions will need enough API to execute a query
- [x] Pass session in context as `session` @mitchell
  - [x] Remove `authentication` property from context and the usages of it
  - [x] Pass this as an arg on access control? -- yes
- [x] Implement signout @jed
  - [x] Only generate the endSession mutation if session.end exists
  - [ ] Create UI for the signout page
  - [ ] Only generate the signout page if the config is enabled
  - [x] Add a signout button to the Admin UI when the config is enabled
- [.] Implement forgotten password & magic links @molomby
  - [x] Define the list/fields
  - [x] Add the mutations (auth, get reset token, get magic link)
  - [x] Don't error on failure; create types/union type; `UserPasswordAuthSuccess { item token } UserPasswordAuthFailure { code message }`
  - [x] Refactor the list and field validation into `validateConfig()`
  - [x] Build out redemption mutations
  - [x] `Auth` to return set of fields (to be added to the list); move fields def from example app
  - [x] `withAuth()` to configure the list config directly
  - [x] Add suffix to config; use for types, mutations, field names, etc.
  - [ ] Add config for `validUserConditions` as an optional set of GraphQL filters; slightly refactor loading of item(s)
  - [ ] Fix the `withAuth` destructuring around fields
  - [ ] Hooks – See notes in HOOKS.md
    - [ ] Review/revise the [existing hooks](https://www.keystonejs.com/api/hooks#authentication-hooks)
    - [ ] Implement hooks for the auth, reset pass and magic link
    - [ ] Support rate limiting use case
  - [ ] Generate the UI if it is enabled
  - [ ] Wire up the UI
- [ ] Implement init first user @mitchell
  - [x] Generate the UI if it is enabled
  - [x] Add the check for (no users?) => redirect
  - [x] Lock down with (any users?) => nope
  - [x] Correctly render the field views for the fields defined
  - [x] Create the user
  - [ ] Add second screen for following / subscribing to Keystone
  - [ ] Set up something somewhere for us to collect the data
- [ ] Write documentation for createAuth @molomby

# Backlog

- [ ] Handle session token authorisation header use case
- [ ] Review the API that session functions get, try not to provide the keystone instance
- [ ] 2FA
- [ ] Social Auth


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Man who stopped fight honored in Atlantic City
By Shawnette Wilson
Atlantic City, NJ (WTXF) - The man who interrupted a street fight in New Jersey captured in a video viewed millions of times on social media has been honored.
"Whereas Ibn Ali Miller displayed strength, courage and leadership and a positive example to youth," said a City Council member about 26-year-old Ibn Ali Miller who was moved to tears as he was honored during an Atlantic City Council meeting this evening.
He stood alongside the same two teens he did a few days ago when they were captured on cell phone video squaring off in the middle of the street as a crowd cheered them on to fight. Miller was walking by and stopped the fight from happening by simply talking to the kids about character and consequences.
The video went viral with nearly 30 million views and more than 700,000 shares. Celebrities Snoop Dogg and Lebron James gave Miller a shout on social media because of what he did.
"A couple of days ago, I was thinking it was cool to fight in front of my friends. I need this fame. It doesn't mean nothing at all, so I want to say thank you again," Mobley said.
Miller praised his mother who was there with him tonight for instilling values in him that help him stay on the right path.
"Think about the best thing that can happen and the worst thing that can happen because either side has consequences," Sabrina Winters said.
Miller hopes others who see the video also learn something about the power of words when dealing with young people.
"They don't need basketball. They don't need dances. They don't need programs to teach them how to do a back flip. They need character building," he said.
After the meeting, Council President Marty Small took the teens and their family out to dinner at Docks Oyster House.
"We've had a our fair share of negativity with political wars, violence, financial issues and everything so this was a good positive light on the city of Atlantic City," Small said.
Manhunt underway for suspect in brutal murder of NJ hunter
Gov. Cuomo threatens NY tax hikes without $15B in federal aid
Police: 3 killed, 1 wounded in shooting in upstate NY


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Q: Vuetify Calendar: is there a way to remove the time interval from the event label I am using Vuetify to create a calendar app. I would like to get rid of the time interval before each events. The following image would demostrate my intention here:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/uvFlk.png
Here I would like to only leave the name of the event displayed and the time value like "22:15" or "11 Uhr" should be removed. This should apply for all types of calendar: month, week and day. The events are not all-day-events but I still want to not display the time interval.
By checking the API documentation I found the prop "show-interval-label" which is unfortunately not working.
I wonder if there is a way to achieve this.
Thank you.

A: You would have to use slots (please refer to the official documentation).
In your case it should be something like:
<v-calendar
  ref="calendar"
  v-model="value"
  :weekdays="weekday"
  :type="type"
  :events="events"
  :event-overlap-mode="mode"
  :event-overlap-threshold="30"
  :event-color="getEventColor"
  :show-interval-label="showInterval"
  @change="getEvents"
>
  <template v-slot:event="{ event }">
    {{event.name}}
  </template>
</v-calendar>


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package com.rocksolidapps.core.uithread;

/**
 * @author Skala
 */
public class NotImplementedThreadException extends RuntimeException {
    public NotImplementedThreadException() {
        super("Please implement thread");
    }
}


Jerry Moon started Icebreaker started in 1995 in New Zealand after discovering merino fabrics while traveling around New Zealand. He is still the CEO of Icebreaker 22 years later, and the company pioneered merino wool as a fabric for outdoor hiking.
Personally, I love the Tech Lite Crew Cut t-shirts from Icebreaker, and I have them in my ultralight packing list.
When Do Icebreaker Have Sales?
Icebreaker puts out clothing each season, so you'll find great deals during their end-of-season sales.
What Type of Clothes do Icebreaker Sell?
Icebreaker sells a full range of men's, women's and kid's clothing from hiking gear to sports gear to lifestyle clothing.
Where Can I Find Discounted Icebreaker Clothing?


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The Enduring Question of Palestine
Mouin Rabbani In: 300 (Fall 2021)
The guiding mission of MERIP's founders was not centered around cultivating a better understanding of the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Rather, their magazine consciously emphasized the range and diversity of progressive and revolutionary struggles throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Yet the centrality of the Palestinian cause and national movement to the region's politics, and of Israel to US Middle East policy and regional counterrevolution, meant that Palestine figured prominently in MERIP's coverage from the very outset. For similar reasons, Palestine also featured regularly in its analysis of broader themes and issues, such as the Lebanese conflicts, gender politics, the arms trade and militarism and the human rights movement.
Cover by Jim Richter.
The very first issue of what was then known as MERIP Reports in fact featured a prescient article on Israeli policy toward the occupied Palestinian territories and its attitudes about a diplomatic settlement entitled "Divide, Delay, Conquer." With minor revisions, this short piece would have been right at home in any of the subsequent issues produced by MERIP.
MERIP was established in the immediate aftermath of Black September, the 1970 defeat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and its expulsion from Jordan by the Hashemite monarchy. Some of MERIP's founders had witnessed the onset of fighting during a trip to the region. The meteoric rise of the Palestinian guerilla organizations after the 1967 Six-Day War had resonated powerfully with the era's zeitgeist, and their national movement quickly achieved iconic status throughout the region and in Third World solidarity movements. In this context, the PLO's military defeat in 1970 had an impact on the morale of progressive movements comparable to Israel's crushing 1967 victory.
In response, MERIP—its early views on Palestine influenced by Fawwaz Traboulsi and particularly his 1969 New Left Review article, "The Palestine Problem: Zionism and Imperialism in the Middle East"—organized discussions at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC to take stock of Black September's multiple repercussions. The published transcript of the final session provides a valuable window into the spirit of the times. More interestingly, it demonstrates that the self-identified young radicals of MERIP from the outset eschewed any partisan alignment of their organization and its publication with a particular Palestinian faction.
As the 1970s progressed, issues such as the PLO's highly controversial 1974 adoption of a political program that laid the basis for its subsequent acquiescence to a Palestinian state confined to the Occupied Territories, and fierce debates about the respective roles of political and armed struggle, created deep fissures within the Palestinian national movement. Here again MERIP did not agitate for or against a particular position or faction. Instead, during the mid-1970s it significantly enriched its readers' understanding of developments by featuring a series of incisive essays contextualizing the issues, as well as through interviews with Palestinian leaders arguing both for and against the proposals being hotly contested within Palestinian ranks.
At a time when most analysis of the Palestinian national movement was highly focused on the PLO in exile and Palestinian communities in the Arab diaspora, MERIP distinguished itself with a regular focus on Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and within Israel. A lengthy 1975 essay on "Survival Strategies of Arabs in Israel" by Sharif Kanaana, together with a 1976 contribution by Sabri Jiryis, "The Land Question in Israel," enabled readers to grasp the background and context of growing Palestinian activism inside the Green Line, culminating with Land Day in 1976. In the decades since, MERIP has continued to regularly feature coverage of this pivotal Palestinian community, its confrontations with escalating Israeli racism and internal dynamics.
At a time when most analysis of the Palestinian national movement was highly focused on the PLO in exile and Palestinian communities in the Arab diaspora, MERIP distinguished itself with a regular focus on Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and within Israel.
MERIP was similarly early to grasp the broader significance of developments within the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories that prior to 1982 and arguably until 1987 many viewed as peripheral to Palestinian affairs. Thus, MERIP Reports (which was renamed Middle East Report in 1986) consistently offered reporting and analysis of Israeli policy and Palestinian resistance. Particularly noteworthy in this respect are Sheila Ryan's brilliant 1974 analysis of "Israeli Economic Policy in the Occupied Areas: Foundations of a New Imperialism," Joan Mandell's pathbreaking and comprehensive 1985 essay, "Gaza: Israel's Soweto," the extensive coverage of the development of the Palestinian National Front (such as interviews with deported PNF leaders in 1974 and 1976) and of Palestinian efforts in the Occupied Territories to confront the autonomy scheme hatched by Israel, Egypt and the United States in 1978 at Camp David. Together with additional articles, such as Joost Hiltermann's 1985 "Mass Mobilization: The Emerging Trade Union Movement in the West Bank," MERIP's regular readers were well-prepared for the 1987–1993 Intifada, which it extensively covered in the May/June 1988 issue "The Uprising," the September/October 1988 issue "The Uprising: The Next Phase" and the May/June 1990 issue "Intifada Year Three."
Joan Mandell, "Gaza: Israel's Soweto," MERIP Reports 136/137 (October-December 1985)
As the first Intifada gave way to the Oslo Accords era, MERIP was quick to recognize the relationship as one of "Palestinian Authority, Israeli Rule," and in 1996 accurately assessed that Oslo's transitional arrangements had for all intents and purposes become permanent. MERIP authors writing for Middle East Report and, since 1999, Middle East Report Online (MERO) provided incisive reporting and analysis on the twists and turns of the Oslo process, its impact on Palestinian society and the transformation of Palestinian politics, including within both Fatah and Hamas. Catherine Cook's 2003 reports were among the first to demonstrate, rather than merely assert, that the West Bank wall was but one more massive land grab conducted under the pretext of security.
MERIP from its earliest days also provided robust coverage of Palestinian affairs in Lebanon, Jordan and elsewhere, including a special issue on the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and another devoted to the 1983 PLO schism. Closer to home, MERIP at various times engaged with the representation of Palestinians, most prominently with Edward Said's landmark 1978 essay, "The Idea of Palestine in the West." It was also among the few US publications to publicize forensic scholar Norman Finkelstein's demolition of the Joan Peters fraud, featuring perhaps the only interview with him as well as a review of Peters by Said.
During most of its existence, and particularly when it was a monthly publication, MERIP's magazine featured Palestine on its cover at least once a year, and significantly more often between the covers. The analyses, interviews and reviews, often solicited from well-regarded authors from its extensive regional and international network, typically brought refreshing insights to the subject. Palestine was also the subject of MERIP's first primer and two of its earliest books—the edited collection Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation and Palestine in Crisis: The Struggle for Peace and Political Independence After Oslo by Graham Usher—which remain widely consulted to this day. In view of MERIP's deliberately regional focus, this extensive coverage speaks to the abiding centrality of Palestine in the region and to progressive agendas more broadly.
[Mouin Rabbani, a MERIP contributing editor, is an independent researcher and analyst specializing on the contemporary Middle East. He is a co-editor of Jadaliyya.]
Mouin Rabbani "The Enduring Question of Palestine," Middle East Report 300 (Fall 2021).


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Only joking!!! I thought I would share with you a little picture from a short video clip that I have been putting together, showing Doctor Who's TARDIS materialising in the grounds of Evesham High School!!
Yep, I do have WAY too much time on my hands!
I hope you like the few changes that I have made to the Captain's Blog.
It's funny actually because I spend so much time at the school trying to make sure the kids don't access this site (via proxies etc.) from the school network, and now here I am - a member myself!
So, if you're a Bebo member, look me up and feel free to invite me as a friend!!
I've done another music video for a Commodore 64 remix which I wrote a couple of years ago. This one is "Action Biker" and was written originally by the legendary Rob Hubbard.
I have renamed this remix "Action Biker - The Laidback 'Vince Clarke-esque' Remix" and also features a video showing the complete game, from start to finish. I was able to record myself playing the game, and I finished it in a pretty respectable 24 minutes. Of course, the video doesn't go on THAT long!!
As promised, here are a selection of partial-panoramic photographs that I took while walking the Malvern Hills. I haven't done any major enhancements on them yet apart from adding a bit more colour saturation, just so that I can post them on here sooner rather then later.
I also have quite a few 360º panoramics which will be available to view shortly on my Panoramics website.
I did it!!! I've walked 9.67 miles up, along and down the Malvern Hills! You can view my route by clicking on one of the Google Map images above.
As you can imagine, the views were incredible. I took loads of pictures and panoramics while I was up there, and I will hopefully post them on here in the next couple of days.
Here is a picture of myself on the Worcestershire Beacon (the tallest part of the Hills at 450 metres).... Ok, it probably wasn't the best idea to take a picture of myself with the sun in view, but it does make a rather dramatic image!!
I left home at 9.00am this morning, and finally got back at 18.30pm. I am knackered so I'm off to go and have a long soak in the bath!
Well, it has taken me over six years to finally get round to doing it, but tomorrow morning I'm off to walk the length of the Malvern Hills, all on my own!! I'm not sure if I am going to be able to walk the full 13km, but I'm eager to take some panoramic shots from the highest point (1395ft above sea level) and see some gorgeous views of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloustershire.
And, in other news, what with Valentines Day just round the corner (and because I'm just a big ole' romantic at heart), I've treated Michelle to a brand new phone for her Valentines present.
Her phone is now a nice shiny (and pink) Samsung G600, and I hate to say it, but it means she has a better phone than my contract one - although, one of my contracts finish at the end of the month, meaning I'll be able to get a better one than hers!!!!!!!!!
Just a quick post today to say - Happy Birthday Kieran.... 3 today!
I said it last year, so I will say it again - - You're one year closer to getting your pension!


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Q: How to Install Multiple Packages in one DNN Manifest File? I'm writing a custom module for DNN 9.2 and am unable to install the compressed file into my local DNN instance.  I feel that this due to the manifest (DNN) file for the solution.  The manifest contains numerous <package> node, one for each module I need to install.  A sample of the manifest is as follows:
<package name="Modoule1" type="Module" version="0.0.2">
  <friendlyName>Module1</friendlyName>
  <description>Display store links like cart/order history/account/help.</description>
  <iconFile></iconFile>
  <owner>

  </owner>
  <license src="License.txt"></license>
  <releaseNotes src="ReleaseNotes.txt"></releaseNotes>
  <azureCompatible>true</azureCompatible>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency type="CoreVersion">09.00.00</dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <components>
    <component type="Script">
      <scripts>
        <basePath>DesktopModules\MyModule</basePath>
        <script type="Install">
          <path>Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider</path>
          <name>00.00.01.SqlDataProvider</name>
          <version>00.00.01</version>
        </script>
        <script type="UnInstall">
          <path>Providers\DataProviders\SqlDataProvider</path>
          <name>Uninstall.SqlDataProvider</name>
          <version>00.00.01</version>
        </script>
      </scripts>
    </component>
    <component type="Module">
      <desktopModule>
        <moduleName>Module1</moduleName>
        <folderName>Module1</folderName>
        <businessControllerClass>ModuleSolution.Components.FeatureController</businessControllerClass>
        <supportedFeatures>
          <supportedFeature>IPortable</supportedFeature>
          <supportedFeature>ISearchable</supportedFeature>
          <supportedFeature>IUpgradeable</supportedFeature>
        </supportedFeatures>
        <moduleDefinitions>
          <moduleDefinition>
            <friendlyName>Module1</friendlyName>
            <defaultCacheTime>0</defaultCacheTime>
            <moduleControls>
              <moduleControl>
                <controlKey></controlKey>
                <controlSrc>DesktopModules/MyModule/Module1.ascx</controlSrc>
                <supportsPartialRendering>False</supportsPartialRendering>
                <controlTitle>Module Content</controlTitle>
                <controlType>View</controlType>
                <iconFile />
                <helpUrl />
                <viewOrder>0</viewOrder>
                <supportsPopUps>True</supportsPopUps>
              </moduleControl>
              <moduleControl>
                <controlKey>Module1 Settings</controlKey>
                <controlSrc>DesktopModules/MyModule/Module1Settings.ascx</controlSrc>
                <supportPartialRendering>False</supportPartialRendering>
                <controlTitle>Module1 Settings</controlTitle>
                <controlType>Edit</controlType>
                <iconFile/>
                <helpUrl/>
                <viewOrder>0</viewOrder>
              </moduleControl>
            </moduleControls>
          </moduleDefinition>
        </moduleDefinitions>
      </desktopModule>
      <eventMessage>
        <processorType>DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.EventMessageProcessor, DotNetNuke</processorType>
        <processorCommand>UpgradeModule</processorCommand>
        <attributes>
          <businessControllerClass>MyModule.Components.FeatureController</businessControllerClass>
          <desktopModuleID>[DESKTOPMODULEID]</desktopModuleID>
          <upgradeVersionsList>00.00.01</upgradeVersionsList>
        </attributes>
      </eventMessage>
    </component>
    <component type="Assembly">
      <assemblies>
        <assembly>
          <name>MyModule.dll</name>
          <path>bin</path>
        </assembly>
        <assembly>
          <name>Library1.dll</name>
          <path>bin</path>
        </assembly>
        <assembly>
          <name>Library2.dll</name>
          <path>bin</path>
        </assembly>
      </assemblies>
    </component>
    <component type="ResourceFile">
      <resourceFiles>
        <basePath>DesktopModules/MyModule</basePath>
        <resourceFile>
          <name>Resources.zip</name>
        </resourceFile>
      </resourceFiles>
    </component>
  </components>
</package>

The DNN extension installer states
Zip File Upload Failed:
An unknown error has occured. Please check your installation zip file and try again.
Common issues with bad installation files:
Zip file size is too large, check your IIS settings for max upload file size.
Missing resources in the zip file.
Invalid files in the package.
File extension is not .zip.
Check that you are logged in.

No errors are written to the EventLog table in the DNN database.
How do I modify the above to ensure the manifest file is properly formed?

A: I use the following format for multiple packages.
<dotnetnuke type="Package" version="5.0">
  <packages>

      <package name="xxx" type="Module" version="01.00.00">
         //rest of nodes
      </package>

      <package name="xxx" type="SkinObject" version="01.00.00">
         //rest of nodes
      </package>
  </packages>
</dotnetnuke>

If that still does not work get another module's .dnn file and compare for missing nodes etc.


EXPLORATORY work has begun on a planned tunnel for the AVE fast track railway near Ronda.
The Olive Press can reveal that an engineering company has been undertaking preliminary geological studies north of Ronda.
The company Gondor SL is digging down to 160 metres to investigate the rock formation at two sites in the hills above Arriate.
The moves confirm that it is apparently full speed ahead to bring the network south from Antequera to Algeciras, as the Olive Press revealed earlier this year.
It has also just been announced that the line between Bobadilla and Algeciras is to be shut down for up to six months from the end of October.
An alternative bus service is to be put on to all the towns, including Ronda, Gaucin and Cortes, for the duration.
Renfe has confirmed that the works are not just for crucial maintainance, but according to Europe Press, to prepare the line for high speed trains.
It was announced last year that hundreds of properties bordering the existing railway line from Ronda down into the Genal Valley are to lose land.
For the last six months, workers have been upgrading the existing line, adding new tracks and electrifying them.
An engineer working at the Puerto del Monte site above Arriate revealed last night: "We have gone down to around 130 metres so far and the geology looks good.
The company, which has worked on other AVE lines near Barcelona and more recently Zamora, has so far spent a month in the area.
The workers, who are renting a house in Setenil, started in Almargen last month and will then move onto further exploratory work above Cuevas delBecerro.
The Line should be finished by 2014.


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Barnes Hits Opponents (And They Hit Back)
Wednesday, Roy Barnes criticized gubernatorial candidates from both parties for taking $93,771 worth of football and basketball tickets from Georgia and Georgia Tech lobbyists. Barnes said, "It sends a bad signal for legislators and governors to come down here, living high on the hog and seeing championship games and everything else, and not pay. Let them pay." [Aued, Blake (2010-1-14). Barnes blasts tickets as lobbying tool. Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved on 2010-1-14.].
Barnes' comments kicked off a round of rebuttals that could only be described as the equivalent of the scene from the Family Guy Star Wars parody "Something, Something, Something Dark Side" where a rebel pilot attempts taking on the entire Imperial fleet only to be blasted out of the sky.
Here's a sample of what was said by Democrat and Republican gubernatorial hopefuls:
"For Roy Barnes to pretend that he, as Governor, walked into Sanford Stadium like a normal person without perks or special treatment is laughable," [Eric]Johnson's campaign manager, Ben Fry, said in an e-mail.
"Roy should leave talk of ethics to those with a shred of credibility on the issue," [Karen Handel spokesman Dan]McLagan said.
Barnes "has taken more money from special interests than anyone in the history of the state," [DuBose]Porter said, referring to the $20 million Barnes spent on his failed 2002 re-election campaign and $2.7 million he raised last year to return to the governor's mansion.
"When Roy was Governor, state universities gave away tickets, but now he attacks others for accepting the same tickets he used to give away," [Thurbert Baker campaign manager Jeff]DiSantis wrote in an e-mail. "As usual, Roy thinks the rules are different for him."
Roy Barnes has a big bulls-eye painted on his back right now. His opponents, even members of his own party, are out for blood.
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For years, Miss Felicia Murdock's every thought and action have been in pursuit of becoming a minister's wife. When the minister she'd set her sights on has other ideas, she decides something in her life needs to change--and soon--before she wastes any more time pretending to be someone she's not. If that means spreading her wings and embracing a more lively way of life, who's to say nay?
Grayson Sumner, Lord Sefton, has had more than enough of spreading his wings and only hopes to settle into the life of a respectable New York gentleman. Prompted by some friends to lift the spirits of the disappointed-in-love Miss Murdock, he is surprised to encounter an adventurous young lady with an unfortunate knack for stumbling into troublesome situations.
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Breast Cancer Risks On The Job A 'Neglected Area'
Some women working in industries such as automotive plastics and food canning may face higher risk of breast cancer than those in other occupations, say Canadian researchers who are trying to fill gaps in what they call a neglected field.
Investigators in Windsor, Ont., compared 1,006 women diagnosed with breast cancer to 1,147 women of the same age without the disease in southwestern Ontario. They used interviews to investigate their occupational histories.
The researchers concluded that premenopausal breast cancer risk was doubled in the automotive plastic manufacturing and food canning industries, but experts questioned the credibility of deducing such as large effect from a small population.
The "exploratory" study "contributes to one of the neglected areas: occupational risk factors for breast cancers," Jim Brophy of the department of sociology, anthropology, and criminology at the University of Windsor and his co-authors conclude in Monday's issue of the journal Environmental Health.
"The identification of several important associations in this mixed industrial and agricultural population highlights the importance of occupational studies in identifying and quantifying environmental risk factors and illustrates the value of taking detailed occupational histories of cancer patients."
Brophy said the evidence suggests the need to re-evaluate occupational exposure limits by regulators.
Women working in the automotive plastics industry described an injection moulding process that involves taking molten mixtures that exposed them to vapours and mists from plasticizers, pigments and flame retardants. These included compounds that have been identified as carcinogenic.
Brophy's team also found an elevated breast cancer risk among women working in farming, metal working like foundries, tool and dye shops. Those employed in casinos, bars and race tracks, where secondhand smoke exposure was common, were also at higher risk.
When the U.S. Institute of Medicine reviewed causes of breast cancer last year, it concluded the most consistent evidence of a link with increased breast cancer risk were from ionizing radiation, combination estrogen-progestin hormone therapy, and greater postmenopausal weight.
"But for many other factors, the evidence from human studies is more limited, contradictory, or absent," the U.S. researchers said.
For other factors, they said the evidence suggests a possible association, meaning no cause-and-effect relationship can be drawn. Exposure to secondhand smoke, nighttime shift work and exposure to chemicals such as benzene in some workplaces, were included in that category.
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Paul Demers, head of the Occupational Cancer Research Centre in Toronto, has worked on trying to determine which Canadian industries have the highest exposure to carcinogens in the workplace.
A more reliable model takes a population and watches what happens over time.
"We're often looking backwards in time because we need answers now," Demers said.
Demers called for more investigation "to see whether those [associations] are real or not."
Brophy's study could not identify exactly which chemicals the women were exposed to because many of the plants have since closed and records were not kept.
Not knowing the amount of exposure is one of the main limitations of the research, said Martin Yaffe, a senior scientist in imaging research at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, where he focuses on detecting breast cancer.
"Nevertheless, this work provides evidence for what may be an important cause of breast cancer — environmental exposure in the workplace," Yaffe said in email.
"In this case it may be possible, by knowing the carcinogenic potential of certain chemicals, to limit exposure to them by using alternative materials or by implementing appropriate safety measures, and in that way reduce the incidence of some types of breast cancers."
Dr. Steven Narod, a Canada Research Chair in breast cancer research at the University of Toronto, cautioned that the women with breast cancer in the study and those without weren't well matched in terms of their educational levels.
"I don't think there's any real evidence that's substantial enough that should raise concern among women that they're at high risk of breast cancer based on their occupation," Narod said.
"There's been no compelling evidence yet which is strong enough that we should regulate workplace exposures with breast cancer," he added.
Demers said even if research isn't definitive, governments can encourage employers to switch to less toxic chemicals.
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Sandy Knight, 53, of Burlington, Ont., who worked in the plastics industry in Windsor from 1978 to 1988, would like to see safer substitutes used for carcinogens when possible.
When Knight was diagnosed with premenopausal breast cancer in 2000, she was angry about her previous smoking, drinking and stress.
Then Brophy's team asked her about what she was exposed to on the job.
"They started giving us the facts and everything they found out and then it started to be 'Wow, maybe we better look into this further and stop blaming ourselves and look at the environment and the workplaces,'" she recalled.
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A new state-of-the-art archaeology themed play experience – first revealed by Armagh I in July last year – has been officially opened at the Navan Centre.
Navan Fort on the Killylea Road is one of Ireland's most famous and important archaeological sites.
And this £180,000 development offers both a new indoor and outdoor family experience for visitors.
Speaking at the official opening, Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Councillor Darryn Causby, said the Navan Centre will prove to be an even bigger hit with families with the addition of this "amazing new family-friendly archaeology play experience".
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"This fantastic new experience will enable visitors to learn about people of the past, a unique and engaging way to learn about our history in one of Ireland's most historic sites," he said.
"Both the indoor and outdoor facility provides a safe and fun environment for visitors and families to enjoy and over the coming months a series of archaeological events are planned. This marks the completion of a number of investments planned for the premier tourist attraction to enhance the visitor's experience."
Archaeology is a way of learning about people who lived in the past; where and how they lived, what they believed and the effects they had on our environment. It is an interactive experience where visitors can learn about the area while trying to put various world recognised sites into the time line and using the hand held detectors to see what might be hidden below ground.
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About a week into cloth diapering Henley, we had learned which ones we loved and which we hated. The Grovia worked once or twice but then started leaking every time. We haven't used that one since. The gDipaer is ok, it doesn't leak or anything but it's usually one of the last ones I grab. We were doing laundry every day with this stash, especially since the BumGenius doesn't have a cutout for the umbilical cord so we couldn't even use that one until recently. With our stash only consisting of 8 useable diapers, we decided we needed a few more. We loved the Lil' Joeys and the Swaddlebees so I ordered two more of each bringing our total to 14 now since she has lost her umbilical cord and can use the BumGenius. Here is our current working cloth diaper stash for the newborn stage (missing a few that are dirty or that she is currently wearing).
We use both of these to put under her when we change her. Her new thing lately is to pee right when I take the diaper off of her. Using these under her keeps up from changing the changing pad cover over and over again.
Henley hates when the wipes are cold and it really wakes her up which isn't good for middle of the night diaper changes. We soak the wipes in the homemade wipe solution that I made here and it works great.
California Baby Diaper Cream: her little bum has had a little red spot on it and this cream cleared it up really quickly. Only downfall is that despite this cream being "cloth diaper friendly", it clogged our diapers and was causing repelling (no absorbency and therefore leaks!). We had to strip the diapers yesterday and now they are back working great---lesson learned.
Coconut Oil: We are now using this to prevent any rashes before they get there.
Alcohol and Q-Tips: To clean her umbilical cord before it fell off.
Hand sanitizer: It's important to clean my hands after poopy diapers but it's really inconvenient to get to the sink without really disturbing her so I have been using this organic hand sanitizer while standing next to her and it works great.
With all of this, we are currently going about a day and a half between laundry washings. It's actually not too bad. Our wash routine is to throw all of the dirty diapers and wipes into the washer and fill with cold water. We let them soak for 20-30 minutes in the cold water. We run a rinse cycle to clean out all of the cold water. We then add two scoops of Rocking Green Laundry Detergent and wash with hot water. All of the diapers and wipes get two cycles in the dryer and then are ready to go.
Overall, this process has been really great and I love it. With the help of my hubs, we really haven't noticed it being too much more work and I think it's so much better for her in so many ways. We don't wear scratchy paper and plastic underwear so why should she?! The diapers are cute and functional and work really well.
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Imagine being the only woman on a crew of 20. Clare Scanlan doesn't need to imagine. She often is that person.
Clare has run her specialty painting business Scanlan & Makers for 2 years, but she's been working in the industry for over 10. With a fine arts background, she started work matching colours at a paint shop after finishing her painting degree and knows her way around a paintbrush. She's mastered working with difficult finishes, unusual substrates and even old-school paint techniques like colour-matching by eye, lime washing and traditional glazing techniques.
Her unique style gets her a lot of attention from designers and architects. You may start noticing her work across Melbourne as she's worked on projects at some pretty famous restaurants and buildings around the city.
You'd think she fought her way to the top, but she'll tell you that the only reason she is where she is, is because of the network she's built over the years.
1. You'll get further, faster.
Clare said that so much of what she used to start her own business was from her strong connections to Porter's Paints and Dulux network, as well as the Likeminded Painters Facebook group, and other groups for artisans and women in trades.
"When I was trying to get Scanlan & Makers off the ground, I trawled those groups for the inside word. I would run everything from complicated paint systems to really obvious business questions by my close industry friends in a massive effort to 'fake it 'til you make it'. I distinctly remember inheriting some half-coated structural steel mid-winter and hassling anyone and everyone I knew in the business to guarantee a coating system in writing. No one wanted to touch it, but I got my warranty in the end and the finish turned out beautifully. Without my networks, there would have been a whole lot more time spent in the 'faking it' camp, that's for sure."
Clare used networks like goodwork and the Tradie Ladies to meet people that she might not interact with in her everyday life, and leveraged the power of word-of-mouth marketing.
2. You'll have a shoulder to lean on.
Everyone has tough days/weeks/months and not every job goes to plan. Clare told us that it's great to call other women tradies she's met when she's had a bad day because her friends who aren't tradies "are great support, but sometimes they just can't relate." She said that often she feels better about a situation knowing that someone else has been through something similar.
3. You can learn a thing or two.
"I learn so much from people who aren't painters. Often as painters, we need to know how to flush a wall to the same standard as a plasterer or square up a joint like a chippie. I've learned a lot from mentors and other people I've worked with. It's important to keep those relationships alive even after you leave a job site and it's great when they can help you with tricky issues on the job as well."
4. You'll get the help you need when you need it.
Think you can get those 200 square metres of Lime Wash finished by yourself in 2 days? You'll need to call on the help of mates when you're in a pinch. Clare said she has a trusted group of painters — women and men — that she can call for advice or if she needs to get a big job done fast.
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