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New Two-Photon Technique Could Considerably Improve Precision of Nanoscale Measurements
Written by AZoNanoMay 7 2018
The University of Warwick and QuantIC researchers at Heriot Watt University and the University of Glasgow performed a study in optical sensing, which could considerably enhance the precision of measuring nanoscopic structures.
Artist's impression of photons entering beamsplitter, as per the technique. (Image credit: University of Warwick)
QuantIC is part of the UK National Quantum Technologies Program and is the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging.
The researchers used pairs of photons, which are essential components of energy that make up light, to develop a method that determines the thickness of objects that are less than a 100,000th of the width of a human hair.
In the latest technique, two near-identical photons are fired onto a component called a beamsplitter and their subsequent behavior is monitored - with some 30,000 photons detected every second, and 500bn in use during an entire experiment.
Identical photons tend to 'buddy up' and continue to travel together - the outcome of a mild quantum interference effect. As a result of this, the team's newly developed setup provides the same stability and precision as current one-photon methods that, owing to the equipment needed, are more expensive.
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Providing a host of promising applications, such as research to better understand DNA, cell membranes, and even quality control for nanoscopic 2D materials of one atom's thickness, for example, graphene, the latest study represents a major improvement on current two-photon techniques with up to 100 times better resolution.
In order to determine the thickness of a transparent object (any object through which a photon is able to pass easily), each pair of identical photons is fired along individual paths:
While Photon A continues into a beamsplitter, Photon B is slowed down by a transparent object prior to entering the same beamsplitter.
The possibility that the photons exit the beamsplitter together is subsequently recorded, thus enabling scientists to determine the thickness of the transparent object Photon B passed through.
The photons are more likely to leave the beamsplitter separately when the sample's thickness is increased.
Dr. George Knee of the University of Warwick's Department of Physics, who devised the theory behind the new technique, said:
"What's really exciting about these results is that we can now investigate objects down at the nanoscale with an optical sensor operating on a fundamentally different physical effect.
"Until now, so-called two-photon interference has not been able to achieve such great resolution, meaning that we are stuck with some of the downsides of the established methods based on single-photon interference - which requires more expensive technology than our new two-photon technique.
"We have managed to get a big improvement by tuning the interferometer into a more sensitive operation mode and removing slow drift by repeatedly switching the sample in and out.
"The advantages of being impervious to phase fluctuations and having large dynamic range mean that sensors such as ours could have a big impact on biological imaging and the associated research that it feeds into."
Professor Daniele Faccio, QuantIC co-investigator and lead researcher on the project, and whose two-photon sensing technology was used to create the data said:
"The results of our collaboration with the University of Warwick offer a range of potential uses, including research to better understand cell membranes and DNA as well as a quality control for nanoscopic 2D materials of a single atom's thickness, such as graphene.
We are excited to be advancing quantum imaging and helping to maintain the UK's position in the development of new quantum technologies."
Science Advances published the research titled, Attosecond-Resolution Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometry.
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Q: How to secure a camel cxf endpoint (https) in FUSE 7.6? We have been using camel-cxf service endpoints for multiple applications. They works well. Recently we have a need to secure these service endpoints. Therefore, we are adding   <httpu:engine-factory> configuration to the camel-context.xml.
We also configured FUSE 7.6 server to have the secure port at 8183 by setting

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*[FUSE 7.6 Install]/etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg file:
org.osgi.service.http.port = 8181
org.osgi.service.http.port.secure = 8183
org.ops4j.pax.web.config.file = ${karaf.etc}/undertow.xml
org.ops4j.pax.web.session.cookie.httpOnly = false
org.ops4j.pax.web.session.cookie.secure = true

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*[FUSE 7.6 Install]/etc/undertow.xml is correctly configured to point
to right keystore and truststore, etc.

Following is the camel-context.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0"
     xmlns:cxf="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint/cxf"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xmlns:sec="http://cxf.apache.org/configuration/security"
     xmlns:http="http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration"
     xmlns:httpu="http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http-undertow/configuration"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
     http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0
     https://osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0/blueprint.xsd
     http://cxf.apache.org/configuration/security
     http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/security.xsd
     http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration
     http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/http-conf.xsd
     http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http-undertow/configuration
     http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/http-undertow.xsd">

     <bean class="com.mycom.myapp.CamelRequestProcessor" id="myProcessor"/>
     <cxf:cxfEndpoint address="{{MY_HOST}}:8185{{MY_SVC_ADDRESS}}"
          bus="auditBus" id="myWebServiceEndpoint"
          serviceClass="com.mycom.myapp.MyWebServiceEndpoint" wsdlURL="wsdl/mySvc.wsdl"/>

    <httpu:engine-factory bus="cxf">
        <httpu:engine port="8185">
            <httpu:tlsServerParameters secureSocketProtocol="$(MY_SECURE_SOCKET_PROTOCOL)">
                <sec:keyManagers keyPassword="$(MY_KEY_PASSWORD)">
                    <sec:keyStore file="$(MY_KEYSTORE)" password="$(MY_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD)" type="JKS"/>
                </sec:keyManagers>
                <sec:trustManagers>
                    <sec:keyStore file="$(MY_TRUSTSTORE)" password="$(MY_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD)" type="JKS"/>
                </sec:trustManagers>
                <sec:clientAuthentication required="true" want="true"/>
            </httpu:tlsServerParameters>
        </httpu:engine>
    </httpu:engine-factory>

    <camelContext id="_myCamelContext" useBlueprintPropertyResolver="true" errorHandlerRef="myErrorHandler">
          <route id="_firstRuote">
               <from id="_from" uri="cxf:bean:myWebServiceEndpoint"/>
               <bean id="_processor" method="process" ref="myProcessor"/>
               <to id="_to4" uri="direct:otherEndpoints"/>
          </route>
     </camelContext>
</blueprint>

After we add <httpu:engine-factory/>section, the code is built and deployed to FUSE 7.6. Everything goes well. There is no error in the log, and the bundle starts normally. When I inspected the service at https://myhost:8183/cxf, the service is displayed in browser
Endpoint address: https://my host:8185/cxf/MyWebServiceEndpoint/<br>
WSDL : {namespace}MyWebServiceEndpoint   <--This is a link-->

However, when I click the WSDL link, it spins a few seconds, then displays "Unable to connect". It should display the WSDL file.
The browser address bar does point to the correct URL
https://myhost:8185/cxf/MyWebServiceEndpoint/?wsdl
Any help is greatly appreciated.

A: Your camel-cxf endpoint has
<sec:clientAuthentication required="true" want="true"/>
Which means your client(in this case a browser to load the wsdl) also needs to provide the private key(keystore).
Did you import truststore/keystore that you used for the camel-cxf endpoint into your browser?

A: The issue is resolved. The undertow configuration has to specify host as the following, which makes the port accessible:
<httpu:engine host="0.0.0.0" port="8185">

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Congratulations to all who took part in NFTE University training this year. 35 teachers and youth workers from Sligo, Donegal, Galway, Dublin, Roscommon, Leitrim, Tipperary and Belfast have participated in the Foróige Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship's interactive 2-day training course which equips trainees with the skills and expertise to deliver the NFTE programme to young people throughout the country. On successful completion of NFTE University, teachers and youth workers become a Certified Entrepreneurship Trainer or CET.
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Best of luck to all newly trained CET's, we look forward to the year ahead and meeting all of your budding entrepreneurs.


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Ailing Rajnikanth to fly to Singapore for further treatment
Chennai, Fri, 27 May 2011 ANI
Chennai, May 27 (ANI): Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, who is presently undergoing treatment at Chennai's Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC), will be flying to Singapore for further treatment on Friday night.
According to reports, Rajnikanth has been booked as a 'wheelchair passenger' on a Singapore Airlines flight. His wife Latha and daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya are expected to accompany him.
The 60-year-old actor was admitted to hospital on May 13 for a recurrent respiratory infection and gastrointestinal problems.
Doctors at the hospital have been maintaining that Rajni is recovering well, and is cheerful.
Rajnikanth, who suffered from viral fever and exhaustion recently, was admitted to the SRMC after being discharged from another hospital where he had been treated for allergic bronchitis and viral fever.
He had suffered from exhaustion on April 29, the first day of the shoot of his new period film 'Rana', co-starring Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. (ANI)
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Today on TV2, it's the Activate grand final, as the quest to find the next generation of top Kiwi chefs reaches boiling point.
Matt Gibb presides over the cooking show where the contestants need to rely on more than just their ability as a chef. They're also tested on their physical fitness and health knowledge as well. Only the best two teams remain to impress us with their cooking and brainpower, and Hebron Christian College battles Villa Maria College to make the best signature meal. Steve Logan and Shaun Clouston – the owner and head chef of Logan-Brown, one of the top restaurants in Wellington – join Matt as the special guest judges.
As the fast, funny, and inspiring quiz show concludes, which team will win the day and bag the glory for their school?
Popular teen cooking show, Activate, continues to delight and inform audiences, presenting creative culinary challenges to schools around New Zealand.
Quiz master, Matt Gibb, takes the students through their paces, in the show that pits two teams of three high school students against each other in the kitchen. Extra points, and a competitive edge, can also be gained by answering quiz questions, and completing mad challenges, comedy skits and fitness challenges.
Tune in this week as Aquinas College (Tauranga) faces Palmerston North Girls' High School (Palmerston North) in the kitchen to see who can make the best burgers.
TV2's popular teen cooking show, Activate, returns for a second series to Saturday mornings with a cupboard full of new recipes, new challenges and a new presenter. Studio 2's Matt Gibb is quiz master, in the show that tests two teams of three high school students against each other in the kitchen.
The format is simple but there's a lot packed into the recipe! In each episode, two teams of three young chefs representing sixteen High Schools from around New Zealand are given a basic meal to cook. They are allowed to change the recipe to give it their own spin, but have to be careful that what they substitute for flavour doesn't make the meal less nutritious. While they cook, quiz-master and host, Matt Gibb, poses questions relating to food and health, some of which are in the form of funny skits.
Judges Anna Sloan (Dietitian) and Ish Cheyne (Fitness trainer/Chef) award points to the teams' cooking, but the judging of the meals doesn't end there! Both teams have a last chance at scoring the winning points in the Final Fat Burner: All three members of each team pedal exercise bikes for 60 seconds at a constant speed in order to make their buzzers work to answer fast and furious questions worth vital points!
Made with the help of New Zealand On Air and TVNZ, Activate also received a substantial portion of its budget from SPARC. SPARC were delighted with the first series and were keen to see the show continue. Part of their aim is to get young people thinking about the food they eat by simply cooking it themselves. All the base meals on Activate are designed to be nutritious, delicious and cheaper than any takeaway meal.
Another addition to the salubrious format of Activate is Steve Logan and Shaun Clouston as guest judges for the Semi Finals and Final. Steve is co-owner of Logan-Brown, one of Wellington's most respected restaurants and he's no stranger to TV either. This award-winning restaurateur hosts popular TV One cooking show Hunger for the Wild with his restaurant partner, Al Brown. Shaun Clouston is Steve's Head chef at Logan Brown. With many years experience as top chefs between them, Steve and Shaun will raise the heat in the kitchens for the teams who make it through to the final stages of Activate.
TV2's new local show Activate is designed to inspire Kiwi teenagers to make healthy diet choices and get off the couch to exercise.
The show is a lively mix of cooking, interactive questions, silly challenges, sketch comedy and physical competition that will appeal to young an old. The key messages are simple: cooking from scratch is easy and fun once you know how and both healthier and cheaper than most fast food options.
The series was recorded with sixteen teams of three students from high schools all over New Zealand. The competition has fifteen-parts and sees winning teams advance to the overall Activate grand final to win a fantastic range of prizes.
Each episode focuses on one recipe and is divided into three parts: preparation, cooking and presentation. The teams are marked on their work in each of these parts by judges according to a range of different criteria such as teamwork, hygiene, healthy substitutions, taste, visual appeal and overall cooking skills. However, cooking only accounts for about half the available points; teams also have to find time to answer multi-choice questions, complete crazy kitchen challenges (like separating the most eggs or making the longest apple peel), as well as facing-off in a tough physical challenge posed by the Activate fitness guru.
Child obesity is fast becoming a national problem. Roughly 30% of New Zealand children are considered overweight, and 10% are considered obese. Nutritional ignorance, poor food choices and inadequate physical exercise are major causes. Activate is designed to be entertaining and eye-catching so it encourages young people to think about what they eat.
This week, Waiheke High School takes on Logan Park High School in Dunedin to cook Fajitas. Be watching Activate on TV2, Saturday 16 February at 9.30am to find out who cooks their way to glory!


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The behavioural neuroscience was founded in October 2010 at the Centre for Drug Research (CDR), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. We were given the mandate to establish a new behavioural neuroscience lab at this centre. We are the pioneer in this institution and embarked on a new niche area of research focusing on Behaviour Research in Addiction. We emphasize on behaviour neuroscience and striving to be a reference centre for those who are planning to participate in behaviour neuroscience in their research. Our concern is to understand the neural mechanisms of motivation, learning and memory especially in drug addiction and neurodegenerative disease. We have developed the Electrophysiology Lab focusing on brain activity (EEG) and in vivo synaptic plasticity. A technique known as in vivo microdialysis is developed at CDR to measure the dynamic changes on extracellular levels of neurotransmitters in the specific brain sites. Using this method, information on the correlations between the behavioural effects and neurochemical events could be possibly addressed. Examination on the involvement of systemic opioid, GABA, noradrenergic, dopaminergic and serotonergic system on these addictive behaviours enable comprehensive understanding of how brain mechanisms regulate these complex behaviours.
Current Research Projects:
Role of dopamine and its reflection in spectral frequencies of EEG in freely moving addictive rats
Behavioural research in addiction
Effects of psychoactive drugs on changes in spontaneous electroencephalographic (EEG) and behavioral activities in addictive animal models
Neural mechanism of mitragynine (a major indole alkaloid of Mitragyna speciosa) rewarding properties and neurochemical events in several discrete brain areas: potential treatment of opiate addiction
Evaluation of addiction severity and withdrawal effect in mitragynine treated rats
Neuroplasticity and role of cholinergic system in cognitive behaviour
Brain activity (EEG) and synaptic plasticity in chronic cerebral ischemia model
Neuroprotective effects of standardized Clitorea ternatea root extract for the treatment of memory disorders and improving cognitive behaviour in chronic cerebral ischemia model
Evaluations of neuroprotective activity of standardized ethanolic Orthosiphon stamineus extract to ameliorate cognitive alterations in Alzheimer's disease
Current PhD students (as main supervisor)
Mohamad Azmeer Effendy Md Salim
Rahimah Hassan
Nurul Aqmar Mohamad Nor Hazalin
Thenmoly A/P K Damodaran
Nurul Hasnida Mohammad Yusof
Current MSc student (as main supervisor)
Tiang Ning
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (FROM 2010)
Damodaran, T., Tan, B.W.L., Liao, P., Ramanathan, S., Keat, L.G., Hassan, Z. (2018) Clitoria ternatea L. root extract ameliorated the cognitive and hippocampal long-term potentiation deficits induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in the rat. J Ethnopharmacol., 224, 381-390.
Yusoff, N.H.M., Mansor, S.M., Müller, C.P., Hassan, Z. (2018) Baclofen blocks the acquisition and expression of mitragynine-induced conditioned place preference in rats. Behav Brain Res., 345, 65.
Hassan, Z., Bosch, O.G., Singh, D., Narayanan, S., Kasinather, B.V., Seifritz, E., Kornhuber, J., Quednow, B.B., Müller, C.P. (2017) Novel Psychoactive Substances-Recent Progress on Neuropharmacological Mechanisms of Action for Selected Drugs. Front Psychiatry, 8, 152.
Yusoff, N.H.M., Mansor, S.M., Müller, C.P., Hassan, Z. (2017) Opioid receptors mediate the acquisition, but not the expression of mitragynine-induced conditioned place preference in rats. Behav Brain Res., 332, 1-6.
Müller, C.P., Hassan, Z. (2016) The evaluation of new psychoactive drugs. Brain Res Bull., 126 (Pt 1), 1-2.
Suhaimi, F.W., Yusoff, N.H., Hassan, R., Mansor, S.M., Navaratnam, V., Müller, C.P., Hassan, Z. (2016) Neurobiology of Kratom and its main alkaloid mitragynine. Brain Res Bull., 126 (Pt 1), 29-40.
Yusoff, N.H., Suhaimi, F.W., Vadivelu, R.K. , Hassan, Z., Rümler, A., Rotter, A., Amato, D., Dringenberg, H.C., Mansor, S.M., Navaratnam, V., Müller, C.P. (2016). Abuse potential and adverse cognitive effects of mitragynine (kratom). Addiction Biology, 21 (1), 98-110.
Mustaffa, F., Hassan, Z., Asmawi, M.Z. (2016). Cinnamomum iners leaves as an alternative therapy for diabetes. Asian Journal of Biochemistry, 11 (1), 44-52.
Mustaffa, F., Hassan, Z., Asmawi, M.Z. (2016). Antioxidant activity of Cinnamomum iners leaves standardized extract. Asian Journal of Biochemistry, 11 (2), 90-96.
Harun, N., Hassan, Z., Navaratnam, V., Mansor, S.M., Shoaib, M. (2015) Discriminative stimulus properties of mitragynine (Kratom) in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 232 (13), 2227-2238.
Harun, N., Hassan, Z., Navaratnam, V., Mansor, S.M., Shoaib, M. (2014) Discriminative stimulus properties of mitragynine, an alkaloid derived from leaves Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom). Journal of Psychopharmacology, 28 (8), A88.
Mustaffa, F., Hassan, Z., Yusof, N.A., Razak, K.N.A., Asmawi, M.Z. (2014) Bioassay-guided antidiabetic mechanisms of Cinnamomum iners leaves extract. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 3 (6), 1924-1935.
Damodaran, T., Hassan, Z., Navaratnam, V., Muzaimi, M., Ng, G., Müller, C.P., Liao, P., Dringenberg H.C. (2014) Time course of motor and cognitive functions after chronic cerebral ischemia in rats. Behav Brain Res., 275, 252-258.
Kura, A.U., Cheah, P.S., Hussein, M.Z., Hassan, Z., Tengku Azmi, T.I., Hussein, N.F., Fakurazi, S. (2014) Toxicity evaluation of zinc aluminium levodopa nanocomposite via oral route in repeated dose study. Nanoscale Res Lett., 9 (1), 261.
Mustaffa, F., Hassan, Z., Yusof, N.A., Abdul Razak, K.N., Asmawi, M.Z. (2014) Antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic potential of standardized extract, fraction and subfraction of Cinnamomum iners Leaves. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6 (5), 220-225.
Mustaffa, F., Hassan, Z., Yusof, N.A., Abdul Razak, K.N., Asmawi, M.Z. (2014) Antidiabetic mechanism of standardized extract, fraction and subfraction of Cinnamomum iners leaves. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 26 (2), 209-214.
Manshor, N.M., Dewa, A., Asmawi, M.Z., Ismail, Z., Razali, N., Hassan, Z. (2013) Vascular reactivity concerning Orthosiphon stamineus Benth-mediated antihypertensive in aortic rings of spontaneous hypertensive rats. International Journal of Vascular Medicine, Article ID 456852.
Hassan, Z., Sattar, M.Z., Suhaimi, F.W., Yusoff, N.H., Abdulla, M.H., Yusof, A.P., Johns, E.J. (2013) Blunted endogenous GABA-mediated inhibition in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Acta Neurol Belg., 113 (3), 319-325.
Razali, N., Dewa, A., Asmawi, M.Z., Ismail, Z., Mansor, N.M., Hassan, Z. (2013) Vascular reactivity on aortic rings of spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with methanolic and water extracts of Ficus deltoidea. J Exp Integr Med., 3 (2), 93-102.
Hassan, Z., Muzaimi, M., Navaratnam, V., Yusoff, N.H., Suhaimi, F.W., Vadivelu, R., Vicknasingam, B.K., Amato, D., von HÖrsten, S., Ismail, N.I., Jayabalan, N., Hazim, A.I., Mansor, S.M., Müller, C.P. (2013) From kratom to mitragynine and its derivatives: physiological and behavioral effects related to use, abuse, and addiction. Neurosci Biobehav Rev., 37 (2), 138-151.
Hassan, Z., Dewa, A., Asmawi, M.Z., Sattar, M.Z. (2011) Assessment of vascular reactivity at different time-course on STZ-induced diabetic rats. J Exp Integr Med., 1 (3), 175-183.
Hassan, Z., Yam, M.F., Ahmad, M., Yusof, A.P. (2010) Antidiabetic properties and mechanism of action of Gynura procumbens water extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat. Molecules, 15 (12), 9008-9023.
Published Abstract
Nur Hidayah Kaz Abdul Aziz, Norhalida Hashim, Zurina Hassan (2017) Differential effects of parity, stress and fluoxetine treatment on locomotor activity and swimming behavior in rats. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 11(12), urn:dai:10.1999/1307-6892/80531.
Nor Fasihah Azam, Zurina Hassan, Hans C. Dringenberg (2014) The effect of permanent occlusion of common carotid arteries on electroencephalogram (EEG) in rat's brain. Archives of Pharmacy Practice, 5 (Supplement 1), S9.
Hasnida, N., Yusoff, M., Hassan, Z., Visweswaran, N., Müller C.P. (2013) Simultaneous monitoring of conditioned place preference and locomotor sensitization in mitragynine-treated rats. Behavioural Pharmacology, 24 (e-Supplement Abstract of the 15th Biennial Meeting of the European behavioural Pharmacology Society, La Rochelle, September 6-9, 2013) e58, October 2013.
Mohammad Yusoff, N., Hassan, Z., Navaratnam, V., Müller, C.P. (2012) Effects of acute mitragynine exposure on the establishment of conditioned place preference and locomotor activity. Front. Hum. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.208.00118.
Hassan, Z., Sofian, Z.M., Navaratnam, V. (2012) Changes in the spontaneous EEG and locomotor activity of freely moving rats in mitragynine-treated animals. Front. Hum. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.208.00042.
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Resubmit: that is the mantra of the tantra of getting funded!
I can't remember my early career days well enough to recall how I came to realize that proposals can and should be resubmitted if there is any indication (e.g., from the program director or reviews) that the project has merit.
The revision needs to be a serious one in most cases, and this is a good thing. There certainly are cases in which review comments are bizarre and the reasons for a proposal's rejection are difficult to understand, but even in those cases, the revised proposal is typically much better than the first version just because you've had more time to think about the research and may even have some additional ideas (or data).
Having a proposal rejected feels terrible, but if you still think it's a great project and you have an idea for how to improve the proposal, resubmit resubmit resubmit.


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One thing I always like to do is connect all of my writing. It's something I always have done (since I started writing at age four) and am likely to always do. It's quite nice because it creates an ongoing thread throughout all of my work. That way, when I'm at work writing about eCommerce, which is the kind of writing which many might consider to be boring or uninteresting, I'm still having a lot of fun because I feel like I am contributing to my overall body of work due to some tiny references which will go unnoticed to anybody else. It may not be the writing I am most passionate about, but, for me, writing is writing and I can get very enthusiastic about all of it. By connecting everything I write, also, I have the feeling that everything I write is worthwhile; even if it was a silly story I wrote half a decade ago, maybe one day I'll build upon it. I like to think of everything I write as equally worthwhile and this is part of what helps me with that feeling.


With a loan from Ecotrust Canada Capital and Community Futures, Courtenay Classic Printers has bought a new full-colour digital offset press that will bring a needed service to the North Island.
The new press will reduce the turnaround time of each job, attract new customers with new services, increase quality control, improve labour efficiency, decrease costs, and attract new talent to the workforce. In short, it will make the printer more competitive and profitable. The loan was made by Investment Mangaer Bill Girard in our Courtenay office. Bill often works closely with many lending clients on budgeting and financial analysis.
"With the help of Bill Girard we were able to come up with a cash-flow budget to determine our realistic working capital needs," says owner Kathy McIntyre. "In our line of business, it is a useful tool for seeing how money comes in and out on a monthly basis."
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It's been about a year and a half since I received my Magdalene calling to be a channel for the Divine Feminine. In hindsight, I can see that this calling had to begin with a big clear-out of bad programming/habits before I could actually function this capacity. It required a clear connection with/dedication to the Dark Mother (she appears to me as Hekate), and deep shadow work before I could progress on this path.
Now that much of past conditioning and shame has been cleared (I'm not claiming perfection!), I can see that I'm not alone on this Path. Many of us have been on a similar learning curve in 2018.
Over the past few days, I've reconnected with Mary Magdalene and rededicated myself to her tutelage, along that of Hekate.
It's not by coincidence that I'm writing this during the Dark Moon in December 2018, in the run-up to a powerful New Moon in Sagittarius. During this Dark Moon, those of us with eyes to see can all see what this past year has been all about. An 11/Justice year (2+0+1+8=11) has been all about bringing us into harmony so that we can better serve the Divine Feminine 1+1=2/The High Priestess. The keyword for this year has been discernment. We have learned to make better choices and in some instances we have been made to make really difficult choices.
On another level, this year is a TWENTY (Judgement) EIGHTEEN (The Moon). We have had to face many of our worst fears and had some big aha-moments/awakenings/epiphanies (Judgement). Thanks to these awakenings, so many of us have left the past behind in unprecedented ways and have no longing to turn back, whereas before we were on a loop, repeating bad old habits and patterns that we were only semi-conscious of.
2 & 1 & 8 (2018) also give us The High Priestess, The Magician and Strength. Compassion (Strength) has been the key to creating balance between the anima (High Priestess) and animus (Magician) within. Some of us – those of us who opened up to Her grace – have received complete heart chakra healing… It's not always been a straightforward and an easy process – The separate self/ego put up quite the fight!
The New Year, 2019, is a year of 12/The Hanged Man energy. The number 12 reduces to 3 (1+2=3) and is associated with The Empress (Gloria Mundi), as well as 21 The World (Anima Mundi). A new perspective – That of Those Who See With the Eyes of the Heart – is waiting to emerge. One that will demand sacrifices to turn things around but sacrifices must be made willingly or Nature herself will extract them from us. It's a year when we will have to adopt a new perspective on our relationship with Her/Nature… or we will be made extinct.
That a choice has to be made and that it has to be made decisively can be seen in the TWENTY (Judgement) NINETEEN (The Sun) numerology. There is a lot of Fire there and global warming will very much become a reality to all of us… Even to those who most adamantly put their heads in the sand.
2 & 1 & 9 (2019) – The High Priestess, The Magician and The Hermit – will see those who have opened their hearts to Her and integrated their animus-anima energy emerge as teachers and leaders of local and global movements. This is the year of spiritual warriors to step up to the plate, fully activated, conscious and empowered.
Finally, She has impressed on my heart to extend an invitation to end this year with daily meditations to open up to Her grace & guidance. Starting tomorrow on the New Moon in Sagittarius and until the end of 2018, devote some time to daily meditation, joining from the heart with Her and your fellow Magdalenes in a network of rose-scented blessings.
Perhaps you already meditate daily. In that case, all you have to do is set the intent to receive her grace and guidance for part of your meditation. Focus on your heart chakra. You may wish to use heart chakra-related crystals, colours and scents but this is not necessary to make the connection.
If you are new to meditating, please feel free to join in. There is no right or wrong way to do this, as long as you have a longing to connect with the Divine Feminine and be a vessel for Her grace on Earth. Simply show up and open up to receive. Focus on love and you can't go far wrong. Know that you are supported in prayer by others who seek the same.
If you are feeling this calling, you may also wish to join the Magdalene Order of the White Dove group on Facebook. This is a support group for Magdalenes and you can be as active or as much of a lurker as you like. There will be no daily assignments, just inspiration and loving support for the journey.


Let's be real for a sec: JoJo Fletcher was the best-dressed Bachelorette of all time. Don't @ us, it's honestly just a fact at this point. Not only did the 27-year-old find love at the end of her season, but she also gained 2.2 million Instagram followers and a devoted fan base obsessed with literally everything she wears. If you bought a Mochi Swim bikini or subscribed to FabFitFun just because she promotes it, then you're about to drop some serious cash on JoJo's new clothing line, Fletch.
Fletch, which officially launches its summer collection on Tuesday, June 13, has been "a long time in the making" for JoJo. "Doing a clothing line is something that I feel like I've always wanted to do," she explained. "When I was in high school I even thought about doing it, and even before I got into real estate I dabbled into the idea of opening up my own boutique, but the idea never came to fruition." But over the last two years, the former Bachelorette has taken risks, played around with her personal style, and worked hard to make her dream become a reality.
But which item in the collection is her absolute favorite? It was hard for JoJo to pick, but we made her choose one anyway! "I think one that everyone all around will love is the desert mini dress, it's that vintage, navy floral one that I posted for the very first photo on Fletch's Instagram," she explained. "It's a crowd pleaser, it fits amazing, the quality is great, it forms to your body no matter what size you are, and it's very flattering, so I think that one will be a hit."
With sizes ranging from XS to XXL and looks for every occasion, Fletch will become your newest obsession. Be sure to check out JoJo's official clothing line at shopfletch.com and get shopping!
In the meantime, check out JoJo Fletcher's best outfits from The Bachelorette for some fashion inspo below!
JoJo looking gorgeous in her 'Bachelorette' premiere Randi Rham dress. Way to dress to impress!
JoJo Fletcher in a McGuire Denim Hideaway shirt and suede pants for her date with Alex in Argentina.
JoJo wearing a Badgley Mischka Blushing Ballerina Gown at the end of 'The Bachelorette' season finale when she got engaged to Jordan Rodgers.
JoJo wearing a floor-length, blue Jay Godfrey dress.
JoJo wearing a beautiful polka-dotted Alexis dress for her one-on-one date with James Taylor.
JoJo wearing a BCBG MaxAzria red sequined gown for her 'Bachelorette' promo shots.
JoJo keeping it casual with a flower top and jeans.
JoJo looking cute in some athleisure.
All black look! JoJo wearing a black sweater, jeans, and booties.
JoJo wearing a cute winter look while on the ice.
JoJo looking stunning in a Étoile Isabel Marant Tayler Paisley Print Romper.
JoJo wearing a Bebe denim sleeveless shirt, white jean shorts, and cowboy boots.
It's hard to see JoJo's full outfit in this pic (no thanks to Jordan Rodgers!) but she's rocking a Zara jacket, white jeans, and ash boots.
JoJo wearing a floor-length black sequin dress.
JoJo wearing a blue and grey flannel.
JoJo wearing a leather jacket on her date with Jordan.


This article offers examples of implementation of parallel tasks, with a possibility to interrupt one of the sequence flows.
In some processes, different activities are executed at the same time. For example, consider a business trip, where all the documents are prepared at the same time as the travel allowance is being paid out. It is important to take into account the possibility to cancel the payment and, therefore, stop the preparation of documents.
Sometimes you need to interrupt similar parallel tasks when one of them is completed. Usually, this is implemented by means of the "First Response" mechanism. You can read more about it in this article.
Consider the example of the travel allowance, which is given out at the same time as the travel documents are prepared.
If the allowance is denied, the "Interrupt preparation" script is executed. It cancels the currently active task and attributes the True value to the Interrupt Task context variable.
tasks, search for one of the two corresponding transitions.
If you do not want the tasks that follow the interrupted task to be executed, use a conditional operation, read more about it here.
There is an easier way to interrupt a task: escalation by a script.
In escalations settings, set up the periodicity. For example, if you specify 1 minute, then the script will be executed once per minute. If at that moment Interrupt Task = TRUE, the task is interrupted.
This method, however, has one disadvantage: the task is not interrupted immediately, but only when the script is executed according to the timer.


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The latest election results show the Western Cape is all but lost to the ANC. But the ruling party came perilously close to losing Johannesburg and Tshwane. Now the game is on to wrest Gauteng - South Africa's economic heartland - from the ANC in the 2016 local elections, writes Natasha Marrian in Business Day.
The battle for control of Gauteng has only just begun. The results of the national and provincial election have thrown open the race for the province's metros, Johannesburg and Tshwane in particular, in the 2016 local government election.
The ANC's tally in the province fell by more than 10 percentage points, to 53.59% from 64.04% in 2009. Its seat allocation in the provincial legislature dropped from 47 to 40, while the Democratic Alliance — which obtained 30.78%, up from 21.86% in 2009 — increased its presence from 17 seats to 23.
ANC number crunchers will be poring over the figures this week, with a view to analysing what went wrong and where.
The ANC slipped to 52.3% in the City of Johannesburg in 2014, from 62.35% in 2009. In the 2011 local elections it won 58.56%. In Tshwane, it fell below 50%, to 49.31%, in 2014, from 59.95% in 2009 and 55.32% in the 2011 local government election.
The first step to taking a province is to win a metro, so 2016 will be critical for both the ANC and the DA, as a curtain-raiser to the ultimate battle for the province in 2019.
The DA obtained 32.37% in Johannesburg last week, from 21.79% in 2009 and 34.62% in the local elections in 2011. In Tshwane, it won 33.75% in 2014, up from 25.06% in 2009 and 38.65% in the 2011 local elections.
The race is close in Johannesburg, a key ANC stronghold, but in Tshwane it is wide open to challengers.
Now that the dust has settled, the ANC's provincial executive committee will meet on Monday to analyse the results. The DA is doing the same.
While the numbers are fascinating, the real drama will unfold within the two parties, particularly in the ANC, and this will have profound consequences for the next election.
The first question the ANC will be asking is who and what are to blame for the dramatic slide in the party's performance. It's a complex question with several elements to it.
It is worth recalling that the ANC leadership in Gauteng was the last structure standing after failing to back President Jacob Zuma in the party's 2012 elective conference.
There are two views on what went wrong in Gauteng, a cursory examination of views in the party on Sunday showed. The first is that the election result reflects disappointment in the performance of the government in the province, led by Mr Zuma's ally, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
Gauteng has two centres of power; the party leadership is not in the state, which is controlled by Ms Mokonyane, who is on the ANC's national executive committee but has to answer to the provincial leadership. This has developed into a complicated relationship, as evidenced in Bekkersdal on the West Rand, where the party leadership was given an ear after violent service delivery protests, but government leaders — also ANC members — were chased away in a hail of stones. ANC ally the South African Communist Party in Gauteng has called repeatedly for a single centre of power.
A second view is that the party leadership in Gauteng, led by Paul Mashatile and David Makhura, misread the mood and did not campaign sufficiently in ANC strongholds. This indicates "serious election campaign weaknesses" due to a failure to focus on "working-class areas", which were presumed to be "in the bag".
The answer to the "who is to blame" question will feed into another critical process to unfold this year: an internal ANC provincial election. While Mr Mashatile and his leadership core have a strong constituency in the province, the election performance provides political mileage for their detractors.
Regional conferences in the run-up to the main event will provide a litmus test of the extent to which the outcome of the polls has eroded the popularity of the current leadership. Members' attitudes will indicate whether the government under Ms Mokonyane or the party, led by Mr Mashatile, should be held to account. These attitudes will also be influenced by the posture of the national leadership.
But the ANC at national level would have to tread carefully; its performance also slipped in strongholds such as Limpopo (down from 84% to 78.6%), Mpumalanga (85.55% to 78.21%) and the Free State (71.2% to 69.85%), although to lesser degrees. Holding only Gauteng to account may appear politically expedient.
The party can ill afford a fractious leadership battle, with opposition parties salivating at the prospects of further eroding its support in 2016.
Newcomer the Economic Freedom Fighters secured more than 450,000 of its national tally of 1.16-million votes in Gauteng, and due to its understanding of the way the ANC works, as a party breakaway, insiders say it will benefit from any friction within the governing party.
The DA, too, will hit the streets in the next two months to begin its campaign, and is set to come up with its strategy for the 2016 election in the next month.
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Hope you have enjoyed sewing the first 2 dog themed projects (Boston Terrier and Siberian Husky), now get ready to sew the third one, a Jack Russell inspired Dog Coin Purse. This adorable Jack Russell Dog Coin Purse has 2 big round black eyes, a black round nose, and a little tongue stick out from the mouth. Just too cute to handle!
Akin to its peer (Boston Terrier Puppy Coin Purse), Jack Russell Dog Coin Purse shares the same body shape and size. It is a palm sized (3.5″ x 3.5″) cute dog little coin purse with zipper closure, suitable for keeping loose coins and some cash notes. However, if you prefer a larger size dog purse, you can always enlarge the template during printing and adjust the materials accordingly. Besides that it has a zipper closure on the top, it also has a zipper pocket at the back. I have made an instruction on how to sew on the zipper the easy way.
As you may have noticed, the coin purse shares the same shape as the key pouch, in other words, you may sew the Jack Russell Dog Coin Purse into a key pouch as an alternative. Please refer to the Siberian Husky Puppy Key Pouch on the how to.
When I first started designing the dog themed sewing project for the 2018 Year of Dog, my intention was just to come out with only one dog purse. However, I was so carried away because the inspiration just flew in over and over, hence, we ended up with four different species of dogs and another 4 animals as well. Please stay tuned while I prepare the write up for the rest.
Here is a sneak preview of what's coming up on the next pattern sharing. Can you guess what species of dog is it? Stick around and get ready to sew the 4th dog purse or pouch of this series. Till then, make the Jack Russell Dog Coin Purse by clicking the next page button below.
Free sewing pattern to make cute palm sized Boston Terrier inspired Puppy Coin Purse with zipper closure on the top and zipper pocket at the back. Template & detailed instructions which includes step by step photos for easy understanding.
Woof Woof Woof Happy Valentine's Day!!! May your day fills with love and peace. Coincidentally, it is also 2018 Chinese New Year - the Year of The Dog in 2 more days. We are all so excited to celebrate the festival with all the dog themed purses and pouches that have been shared here since January.
In conjunction with the Year of the Dog 2018, here is the second dog themed sewing project (2 more coming soon) - A Siberian Husky Puppy Key Pouch. Now you can keep your keys in the cozy key pouch and protect your items from being scratched or tangled up by the keys when placing them together in the bag or purse.
Hop hop hop, Cherry the Bunny Coin Purse is here to say "Hello" to all who visited Craft Passion. Cherry Bunny is a cute little rabbit with a pair of long lop eared in cherry red color, she is a cheerful bunny who loves to hop around playing in the bush. Besides, she is a smart, quick and very alert. Since Easter is approaching, let's hunt for the Easter eggs together.
DiDi Deer Coin Purse is about a palm sized 4" x 3.25" coin purse with zipper closure, suitable for keeping loose coins and some cash notes. However, if you prefer a larger size purse, you can always enlarge the template during printing and adjust the materials accordingly.
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Why are we bowing down to people who are not from the United States Of America. We let people come into the United States and boss us around. They can come over here and rub their religion in our face and we cannot do anything about it. We let them do what they want. then they say we are discriminating against them.
How often can we go over in another country and set up a church without problems or red tape. If we commit a crime over in certain countries what do you think happens to us. Do we get to sit on death row and live, watch tv, receive phone calls from loved ones. No, we may be put to death in a timely manner. Please don't take me wrong I have friends that are of different religions and nationality. And I mean friends. This is not intended as hate mail. I am a christian who believes everyone has rights.


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Dear Milford Public Schools Families,
As we all prepare for the new year, we are writing to you today to inform you that the last day for free meals for all students in the Milford Public Schools has been extended to Friday, January 6, 2023. Beginning on Monday, January 9th, our district will return to serving meals for purchase. If your family previously qualified through the Free/Reduced Price Application (filed during the 2022-23 school year), discounted or free meals for those children will not be disrupted. Letters to approved families for discounted (reduced price) or free meals have already been sent so if you have received one of these letters, you do not need to complete any additional forms. If you have NOT received a letter – or if you never completed a Free/Reduced Price Application this school year – we urge you to do so as soon as possible. The application, as well as other information, is located on the district website HERE.
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Q: Simplest possible oscillator (with some constraints) I'm interested in finding an oscillator circuit that meets the following constraints:

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*Runs on 9 volts or less

*Periodicity 100-1000 Hz or so

*Non-sinusoidal oscillation

*No inductors

*1 transistor or diode

*Caps/resistors as necessary, as few as possible

*All components easily available, like what you'd find at Radio Shack

Why do I care about these constraints? I'm a weirdo. (Sinusoids are "prosaic". Inductors are "messy". 2 transistors is "cheating".)
I found this, but is there something even simpler? (I think this is a sinusoidal oscillator anyway.)

A: Probably everyone knows about this 3-component oscillator- but it's hardly suitable for any serious application.

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

A: How about a unijunction (relaxation) oscillator e.g. 2N2646

See http://baec.tripod.com/DEC90/uni_tran.htm for design details


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Feb. 1, 2015 Updated: Feb. 3, 2015 1:25 p.m.
"My migraines are killing me!"
The 38-year-old mother of two came to me after suffering excruciating headaches at least monthly for the past eight years. She had been unable to explain the pain, which sometimes kept her home from work.
After ruling out magnesium deficiency and hormone imbalance, I determined through specialized lab testing that she had severe sensitivity to gluten, even though she tested negative for celiac disease and had no gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. I recommended that she avoid gluten for three months, and to her surprise, the migraines gradually dissipated. She has not had one for more than a year.
Gluten - which means "glue" in Latin - is a protein commonly found in wheat and other grains like rye and barley. It can be found in most processed foods because of its thickening and stabilizing properties.
When I first talk with patients about gluten intolerance, they often say, "I've already been tested for celiac disease and I don't have that." I explain that gluten sensitivity is much more than just celiac disease, a condition in which the immune system attacks and damages the small intestine.
In fact, gluten sensitivity is part of a broad spectrum, with celiac disease on one end and mild gluten sensitivity on the other. Many people fall somewhere in the middle, testing negative through traditional blood tests for celiac disease, but still experiencing silent inflammation and other harmful effects from eating wheat. They may even be asymptomatic or suffer only non-GI symptoms like my patient with migraines.
In medicine, this condition is called Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, or NCGS, which refers to patients who have gluten-related symptoms but not celiac disease or wheat allergy.
Possible symptoms reported in recent studies include digestive complaints such as abdominal pain, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, bloating and heartburn; and systemic symptoms like fatigue, skin rashes, headache, brain fog, depression/anxiety, limb numbness and joint pain.
The symptoms may appear anywhere from hours to days after ingesting gluten. NCGS patients may have GI and/or non-GI symptoms, and they usually improve on a gluten-free diet.
In our clinic, we practice functional medicine, which involves using specialized lab testing to evaluate and optimize the function of different body systems. As part of this, we can determine a patient's degree of gluten sensitivity using tests that go beyond the traditional "celiac panel." It can be very difficult to strictly eliminate gluten; more sophisticated testing helps us determine whether the effort may be beneficial and clinically justified for each person.
The gold standard for identifying gluten sensitivity is the elimination diet, in which a patient strictly eliminates gluten for three to six months and then reintroduces it, monitoring the effects. However, NCGS may be asymptomatic or have a great variety of manifestations, making it hard to assess gluten sensitivity this way.
Good digestion is a cornerstone of good health, and gluten sensitivity can be associated with other problems in the gut, including imbalances in the critically important 100 trillion gut bacteria comprising the microbiome, increased intestinal permeability (known as "leaky gut syndrome") or difficulty breaking down and absorbing fats.
We believe the best clinical approach is to identify and treat all imbalances as part of a comprehensive "gut repair program." Gluten intolerance is much more than just celiac disease, and identifying and addressing this issue may be remarkably helpful for a wide variety of symptoms and conditions.
Dr. Akil Palanisamy practices complementary/integrative medicine at the Institute for Health & Healing, which is affiliated with both Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation and California Pacific Medical Center . E-mail cpmcihhclinic@sutterhealth.org , or call (415) 600-3503.
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This could be read as Paul of Tarsus complaining about the existence of the start of 1 Chronicles. We feel ya, buddy.
According to the theologian Robert Charles , this passage was influenced by 1 Enoch 93:4.
And in it a man shall be saved; And after it is ended unrighteousness shall grow up, And a law shall be made for the sinners.
According to the theologian Robert Charles , this passage and 1 Timothy 4:9 were influenced by 1 Enoch 94:1.
And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein; For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation, But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish.
A statement used to imply that women should not be teachers or are otherwise inferior.
If you want to quote this for whatever reason, don't forget the leading 1. Otherwise, you get 2 Timothy 2:12.
According to the theologian Robert Charles , this passage was influenced by 1 Enoch 39:1.
And it †shall come to pass in those days that elect and holy children †will descend from the high heaven, and their seed †will become one with the children of men.
According to the theologian Robert Charles , this passage was influenced by 1 Enoch 9:4.
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On the border of Normandy and the Sarthe (Pays de Loire) "La Basse Cour" is 10 minutes from Alençon and the A28, 30 minutes north of Le Mans, 1 hour south of Rouen.
The house is in the village of Ancinnes is tucked up close to the Forest of Perseigne. This is a wonderful area to explore by car, on foot or by bike.
All rooms have en-suite facilities and overlook acres of gardens, countryside and woodland.


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Control over oil fields. Human trafficking. Saudi Arabia's sycophantic adherence to an ultra-conservative form of Sunni Islam.
What do these three concepts have in common?
They've all been given as the reason (or reasons) behind the Islamic State's skyrocketing growth in numbers and its fast-paced colonisation of Middle Eastern regions.
On December 2nd, the UK's House of Commons decided to order airstrikes against Daesh, as the militant group is mockingly known. Later that night, four Tornado jets took off from an RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, each armed with three 225kg Paveway bombs: high-precision projectiles designed to hit a static target. The static target turned out to be the Omar oil field in eastern Syria, in an attempt to slow the rivers of revenue IS gets from their oil business.
Despite their success, it's unlikely that the airstrikes did anything other than make the terrorist organisation even more attractive to potential recruits. The airstrikes may have dealt the group a superficial blow, but what the House of Commons failed to understand is that this is a drop in the ocean for IS, and it won't hurt them in any long term way.
Neither are crackdowns on human trafficking, or accosting Saudi Arabia over their religious consistency with IS' understanding of Islam.
There's a much better solution out there that anyone can be a part of. One that acts as a panacea for many of Syria's problems. One that can economically stimulate the war-torn state. One that can restore fertility to its land and supply productive work for its citizens.
Such a solution may sound impossible or fantastical, but it is very real.
Fight climate change.
Yes, that old thing. It might seem strange, but climate change is a core reason behind IS' success, and a large contributing factor behind its impressive growth numbers.
Recent droughts in Syria have devastated the region, damaging its infrastructure, leading to the spread of disease, and contributing to the insecurity and uncertainty that has crept in – making "a bad situation a lot worse," according to US Secretary of State John Kerry.
However, it has also crippled the economy and sent unemployment rates through the roof, leaving a lot of people jobless, homeless, and hopeless. This is where IS' recruitment strategy comes in – they lure out-of-work farmers and agricultural workers, who don't have a choice due to the state of their farms, into their ranks. This strategy has proved fruitful and rewarding, resulting in an upswing in recruit numbers, and an ever-growing number of people clamouring to join the terrorist group's ranks.
So, want to defeat IS, once and for all? Don't use so much water when you shower. Turn off the lights when you leave the room. Pull on a sweater instead of turning on the heater. You might just have dealt them a blow.
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Q: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of null" in on_change event I am finding the documentation for openerp 7 to be frustrating.
I am attempting to call a function from an on_change event to perform a calculation and place the result into another field within the same row.
from openerp.osv import osv, fields

class degree_day(osv.osv):

_name = "degree.day"
_columns={
    'date': fields.date('Date'),
    'high_temp': fields.integer('High Temp'),
    'low_temp': fields.integer('Low Temp'),
    'heat_degree_day': fields.integer('Heat Degree Day' ),
    'hw_degree_day': fields.integer('HW Degree Day' ),
}

def generate_degree_day(self, cr, uid, ids, high_temp = 0, low_temp = 0, context=None):
    """ On change of temperature generate degree day numbers
    @param high_temp: The day's high temperature
    @param low_temp: The day's low temperature
    """
    if not (high_temp and low_temp):
        return

    temp = 65 - (high_temp + low_temp) / 2

    if temp < 0:
        temp = 0

    heat_degree_day = temp
    hw_degree_day = temp + 5

<>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
<data>
    <record id="degree_day_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
        <field name="name">degree.day.tree</field>
        <field name="model">degree.day</field>
        <field name="arch" type="xml">
            <tree string="Degree Day List" editable="bottom">
               <field name="date"  />
               <field name="high_temp" on_change="generate_degree_day(high_temp, low_temp)" />
               <field name="low_temp" />
               <field name="heat_degree_day"  />
               <field name="hw_degree_day" />
            </tree>
        </field>
    </record>

    <record id="show_degree_day" model="ir.actions.act_window">
        <field name="name">Degree Day</field>
        <field name="res_model">degree.day</field>
        <field name="view_type">form</field>
        <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>
    </record>

    <menuitem name="Degree Day" id="menu_degree_day" action="show_degree_day"/>

</data>
</openerp>

A: OpenERP expect the onchange function to return the data in the following format
{
 'value'   : {
                '<field_x>': <value for field x>,
                '<field_y>': <value for field y>,
             }
 'context' : <Context dict>
 'domain'  : {
                'field_a' : <domain filter for field_a>,
                'field_b' : <domain filter for fied_b>,
             }
 'warning' : {
                'title': '<warning message title>',
                'message': '<Warning message>'
             }
}

context, domain, warning are optional. Value is mandatory and you can include the updated value for zero or more fileds in that vale dict.
In your case, at end of your onchange function, you may add
return {'value':{'heat_degree_day':temp,'hw_degree_day':temp + 5}}


Heaven is for Real author Todd Burpo told members of Samford University's Legacy League Thursday, Jan. 26, that his son Colton's approach to believing in heaven and God is like stating that two plus two equals four.
"It's just the truth," said Burpo, whose popular book recounts the story of Colton's journey into heaven while undergoing surgery in 2003.
Colton was four years old when he survived a serious illness to astound his parents with his vivid description of heaven, where he saw family members, including some he had never met. "He says I will have wings, but I will still be short," quipped Burpo, a pastor in Imperial, Neb.
Burpo said he waited eight years to write the book in order to protect Colton, who now often stays home to attend school when his parents, including mom Sonja, take to the lecture tour. "But, he gives a better interview than I do," said Burpo.
Burpo told about an ABC network interview with Colton that included a reference to scientist Stephen Hawking's stated view that there is no heaven. The segment ended with anchor Diane Sawyer asking viewers who they believed: a scientist or a 12-year-old. At the end of the broadcast, more than 80 percent of the respondents had sided with Colton, said his dad.
The author urged his Legacy League audience to be honest with God, to know that God is very personal, and know that God wants people to help those who need a lift.
"God wants to have a personal relationship with us, not a generic relationship," said Burpo, stressing that God values each person equally, and has "something important" for everyone to do.
A #1 New York Times best seller for seven consecutive weeks in early 2011, Heaven is for Real has spawned an illustrated Heaven is for Real for Kids book with scripture, and a DVD-based study and participants guide for use by churches and small groups.
Burpo's Birmingham schedule also included a talk at Samford as part of an evening of testimony and music. Both events were to benefit the Legacy League's scholarship fund for Samford students.


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Asia and Eurasia
Central Asia and the Ukraine Crisis
Timofei Bordachev , Darya Chizhova
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Central Asia's place in the constellation of Russia's foreign policy interests is determined by its geopolitics, features of the international political architecture and Russia's wide-ranging and multifaceted ties with the main states in the region. Central Asia is unlike other large parts of the former Soviet Union, such as its European part or South Caucasus. There is not a single Central Asian country for which confl ict with Russia could become a central element of their national foreign policy. Furthermore, political relations with all Central Asian states are traditionally friendly, which affects the prioritisation of issues and the specifi c steps that are being taken as part of Russia's policy in this region.
However, we should not turn a blind eye to multiple signs of potential destabilisation directed against the Central Asian states and their relations with Russia. There are disquieting internal processes stemming from the difficulties that the countries of the region are experiencing amid the military-political crisis in Ukraine.
Although, in general, they are in a better position compared to some of Russia's other neighbours, since external influence on their internal development and foreign policyties is limited by objective geopolitical circumstances.
With the onset of the Ukraine crisis in 2022, Russia's attention to events unfolding in even such a close and important region as Central Asia has understandably waned, and this is arguably one of the important setbacks that could have serious ramifications.
Following the collapse of the regime established by foreign interventionists in Afghanistan and the Taliban's (banned in Russia) return to power, and given the continuing tensions on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border and the acute domestic political crisis that hit Kazakhstan in the first half of January 2022, this region deserved to be in the focus of Russia's foreign policy priorities. Also, Central Asia's geopolitical location between the leading Eurasian powers makes it an object of considerable interest not only for Russia and China, but their opponents in the international arena as well. This interest manifested itself back when the global economy was open and cross-border trade and economic ties were flourishing.
Central Asia and the Ukrainian Crisis. Presentation of the Valdai Club Report
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Timofei Bordachev, Darya Chizhova
Central Asia's place in the constellation of Russia's foreign policy interests is determined by its geopolitics, features of the international political architecture and Russia's wide-ranging and
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Firstly, you need to ensure your initial user flow into the game allows players "Easy In". They quickly understand what they need to do, and how to accomplish it.
Secondly, sessions need an "Easy Out". Players need to slowly and subtly be prodded to leave the game to ensure they don't burn through your content or burn out in interest too quickly.
Thirdly, you need to ensure during a player's session they are making commitments to come back. Driving strong re-engagement and creating habits to return.
Lastly, I spoke about allowing players to return to the game naturally in search of surprising content or offers. Ensuring your game has cycling content throughout the day to pull players back like the masters of session design: Facebook and Twitter.
With these components you can build strong sessions that will last for months, even years.
To bring it all together, now it is about making these components feel natural and unrestrictive to the player.
When it comes to session design in free to play, the natural tendency is to add an energy mechanic. Energy is a cheap and simple way to pace players. They come into the game, have full energy and can only spend a specific amount of it before its time for the player to leave. Later on in the day, they receive a push notification telling them that their energy has refilled, they can play again! When completely depleted, energy can be purchased to play a few extra sessions, although energy is no longer is really an effective monetization mechanic.
Energy has always been a tacked on mechanic in many games. It's an aging industry standard that players are pushing back against. Players now demand that games don't feel nearly as restrictive towards when and how they play.
So what is the real issue with Energy?
Energy was necessary to create the "Easy Out": giving a players a reason to leave, and giving a strong reason to come back. However, this is not a player commitment — this is just them running out of a pacing currency and now having to wait for it to return. Players don't make a an opt-in commitment to return to the game when their energy runs out, instead they just feel they are being prevented from playing for no reason. Energy thus has a strong stigma, and I've seen large drops in user funnels when players realise their sessions are being controlled by such an arbitrary economy.
Energy sometimes just doesn't make sense in a game's theme. It costing energy to do every action feels weird. In previous social gaming environments this was the standard, but in today's mature mobile market energy being tacked on doesn't translate well.
Lives are taking some precedence in match 3 games or skill based mobile games. This makes some sense and translates well. If you fail, you lose a life. It's been a staple of the Arcade. It has meaning and players feel like they have an impact on how long their sessions will last.
I am convinced Lives remained a staple in even modern Nintendo's design because it created this "Easy Out". Giving a players a reason to walk away from a game when they were getting too frustrated by it. This made sure they would return another day to try again.
Energy works because it allows for many play sessions per day. With short refill timers for lives, player can keep coming back throughout the day with full lives and try again. However, since simulation games push players into much longer timers for benefits, simulation can pace their content a lot better. In the long run, a city building system is much better at pacing its content than an energy structure.
Pacing content with energy is difficult because highly engaged players can come back 20 times per day and have full benefit. The optimal would be that their benefit for returning would slowly taper off instead of grow in a linear way. So a hyper engaged player wouldn't blow ahead in the content compared to an average player.
What ends up happening in a game like Candy Crush is that you have to balance your games to ensure that regardless of engagement level, a player gets new content in a controlled, steady flow. But with energy and allowing players to come back with full benefit throughout the day, designers can end up pacing content for way too long for the average player. Conversely, they could just not care about these hyper engaged players ripping through their content and allow them to progress quickly. Yet these are your super fans — these are the players that would gladly pay you if given the opportunity!
A graph which the growth rate slows over time. The benefit for playing 10 sessions per day is higher than 1, but it grows at a much slower rate. Also for session length: Playing for 2 minutes has great benefit. Playing for 6 minutes has more, but grows at a slower rate. This is optimal for keeping players growth controlled, while still encouraging strong re-engagement.
Boom Beach have one of the best mobile sessions around.
Boom Beach follows the rule that the first session of the day is the strongest: your longer timers (buildings) have completed and you collect a majority of your resources.
Some players can come back a second time that day and get a similar benefit. Yet as the game grows these timers get longer which makes the second session less beneficial.
The benefit of coming back beyond this is mostly just to battle. This is the funnest part of the game. This can give some big currency rewards and random rare drops. However, the more you raid other player's bases, the more likely it is that you will be raided. This makes the benefit taper off as the day continues.
Clash of Clans even has a mechanic if you are active in the game, no one can attack you. This strongly recommends re-engagement for players that are paranoid about their resources, but because the game is still paced, they aren't progressing fast when they come back for these "defensive" sessions.
So this works for Clash of Clans and Boom Beach, but how do I apply it to other genres? Especially other genres that don't have a town building or simulation component?
Hearthstone does this beautifully where they really allow players to come and play as much as they want, but the currency is only tied to completed missions. Missions regenerate the next day.
Of course this only works if you are confident core mechanic can last this long. This is a feat only very few designs have pulled off. I've only really seen it in Trading Card Games and MOBAs (ex. DOTA or League of Legends). If you believe even the most engaged players won't bore of your core after playing it constantly for months, then you can consider opening it up without restriction. Especially if you're going after a more core or traditional gamer audience which is outspokenly negative towards obvious timers or energy mechanics.
A combination of lives and a randomly generated level list is a good way for players to manage their own sessions and prevent session burnout.
As I spoke about before, a game can allow for a list of missions to be randomly generated. Each has a different tradeoff between risk and reward given the player's current level in the game. This list is regenerated on a quick timer, so players can always come back to the game to search for "deals" on which level to pick on this list. Which level do I think I can beat, that will give me the best reward?
They make the call whether they go for broke on a difficult level or go for grinding missions with significantly less reward. You can subtly control the drop rate of these types of levels to ensure that players aren't going to get too many grinding levels and exploiting the session design this way.
With the life mechanic, players are adequately punished for losing a level. Adding urgency and making this a really interesting decision. Plus, with the "Shopping for levels" mechanic, the player has reason to come back throughout the day but is still restricted from always getting what they need.
Keeping your sessions flexible will make the game feel much less restrictive. This in turn will really make players feel that your game is something that will adapt to when and how they want to play. This attitude will turn into strong play sessions per day and much stronger longer term retention.


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Q: How can I echo a new row for each item in an array? I have tried searching other questions, but nothing seems to address this problem. I have an inventory report that displays each product number along with the quantity and the warehouse it is located in. The problem is, some products have multiple locations. Currently, the warehouse numbers are all listed in the same  element. I am trying to figure out how to create a new row underneath each product to display just one warehouse location per line. The following code is part of a function that is later called in the html to display the results in a table:
$total_qty = 0;
        $loc_tr = "";
        while($row2 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($get_inv)) {
            $total_qty += $row2[inventory_quantity];
            $loc_tr .= "WH".$row2[inventory_warehouse]." ".$row2[inventory_location]." (".$row2[inventory_quantity]."), ";
        }
        $loc_tr = rtrim($loc_tr,", ");
        $total_quantity += $total_qty;
        echo "".$total_qty."	$loc_tr
";

The variable $loc_tr is an array storing all of the warehouse locations. I have tried exploding the array but I'm not sure how to echo each item in its own row. Please let me know if I need to include more information in order to get an accurate answer-thanks!

A: Basically this:
while(...) {
   $loc_tr .= '
' . $your_stuff . '
';
}

Put the row/cell tags inside your loop.