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Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 10 (2015)
Polarization insensitive single mode Al2O3 rib waveguide design for applications in active and passive optical waveguides
A. Özden, M. Demirtaş, F. Ay
Both passive and active, single mode, wavelength and polarization insensitive design of Al2O3 rib waveguides on SiO2 substrate is reported. Influence of the waveguide height, etch depth, waveguide width and operation wavelength to the mode number, mode size, birefringence and polarization sensitivity were analyzed with Beam Propagation Method. Design parameters for targeted properties are computed for waveguide widths ranging from 0 to 10 µm, and for etch depth ranging from 0 to 0.5 µm for fixed waveguide height of 0.5 µm. A design window for a fixed width of 3.5 µm and etch depths between 0.325 to 0.375 µm is identified for single mode, wavelength and polarization insensitive operation of Al2O3 waveguides on thermal oxide. A novel rib TE mode selective filter design is also suggested as an output of the numerical simulations.
© The Authors. All rights reserved. [DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2015.15005]
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2007 in Iraq
Campaigns of the Iraq War
Military campaigns involving the United States
Military operations of the Iraq War involving the United States
Military operations of the Iraq War involving Iraq
Diyala campaign
Diyala province campaign
Part of the Iraq War
Soldiers take cover behind a Stryker vehicle during a firefight
Diyala Governorate, Iraq
U.S.-Iraqi strategic victory
New Iraqi Army
Peshmerga
Iraqi insurgency
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Maj.Gen.Benjamin R. Mixon
Maj.Gen.Ahmed al-Kozaee
Brig.Gen. Abdul Karim al-Obaidi† Abu Ayyub al-Masri
4,200 (U.S. forces)
20,000 (Iraqi forces)
2,000 (Peshmerga)[1] 2,000[2]
Casualties and losses
106 killed (U.S. forces),
300 killed (Iraqi security forces)
22 killed (U.S.-allied Iraqi militia)[3]
Total: 428 killed 1,070+ killed, 500 captured
2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006
Umm Qasr
Al Faw
1st Basra
Nasiriyah
Raid on Karbala
1st Najaf
Northern Delay
Viking Hammer
Samawah
1st Karbala
Al Kut
Hillah
Karbala Gap
Debecka Pass
Kani Domlan Ridge
Post-invasion insurgency
Al Anbar
1st Ramadan
1st Fallujah
Sadr City
1st Ramadi
Husaybah
2nd Najaf
CIMIC-House
Samarra
2nd Fallujah
Lake Tharthar
Al Qaim
Haditha
Steel Curtain
Tal Afar
2nd Ramadi
Together Forward
Diwaniya
2nd Ramadan
Amarah
Haifa Street
Karbala Raid
3rd Najaf
Imposing Law
U.K. bases
Baghdad belts
Baqubah
Donkey Island
Shurta Nasir
Phantom Strike
2nd Karbala
Phantom Phoenix
Insurgency (2008-2011)
2008 Day of Ashura
Ninawa
2nd Basra
2008 Al-Qaeda Offensive
Augurs of Prosperity
Abu Kamal
Camp Ashraf
Palm Grove
US withdrawal violence
Insurgent attacks of the
‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.
1st Baghdad
2nd Baghdad
3rd Baghdad
1st Nasiriyah
‡ Irbil
‡ Ashoura
4th Baghdad
Karbala-Najaf
1st Baqubah
FOB Marez
‡ 1st Al Hillah
‡ Musayyib
‡ 7th Baghdad
1st Balad
Khanaqin
‡ Karbala-Ramadi
1st Samarra
‡ 10th Baghdad
11th Baghdad
2nd Al Hillah
‡ 1st Tal Afar
2nd & 3rd Karbala
Makhmour
Abu Sayda
2nd Samarra
‡ Amirli
1st Kirkuk
21st Baghdad
§ Qahtaniya
22nd Baghdad
2nd Balad
23rd Baghdad
4th Karbala
Karmah
2nd Baqubah
Dujail
Balad Ruz
Baghdad-Muqdadiyah
2nd Kirkuk
2nd Tal Afar
3rd Baqubah
‡ 1st Pan-Iraq
2nd Pan-Iraq
‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq
Karbala-Baghdad
Tikrit
3rd Al Hillah
3rd Samarra
Al Diwaniyah
Taji
4th Pan-Iraq
The Diyala province campaign was a series of operations conducted by coalition forces against Iraqi insurgents and a number of bombing and guerrilla attacks against the security forces in Diyala Governorate of Iraq, with the purpose of control of the province.
2 Prelude
3 The Campaign
3.1 Baquba falls
3.2 Iraqi security forces under attack
3.3 Reinforcements arrive
3.4 Attack on Qubah
3.5 Khalis massacre
3.6 Diyala cut off, sectarian war intensifies
3.7 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment under fire
3.8 Operation "Arrowhead Ripper"
3.9 Al-Qaeda strikes back
3.10 The campaign ends
3.11 Mass graves
4 Further operations
In 2006, Diyala province had special significance for the insurgents. When Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, he designated Diyala has the capital of the Islamic caliphate he planned to establish in the country. He located his headquarters in a village north-west of Baqubah. In April 2006, on Saddam Hussein's birthday, insurgents launched a coordinated offensive throughout the province, attacking Muqdadiyah, Balad Ruz, Kanaan, Khalis, Khan Bani Sa'ad and the capital Baqubah. The insurgents used the rural areas east and southeast of the capital, from Balad Ruz to Turki as supply bases for their bombing campaigns in Baghdad and Diyala. They were also based in the Diyala river valley, northeast of Baqubah, where they fought for control of Muqdadiyah, an important line of communication to Lake Hamrin, Kirkuk and Iran. The insurgents also had control of the tribal areas of Khan Bani Sa'ad south of Baqubah to Salman Pak, south-east of Baghdad.[4]
Shortly after the insurgent victory in Baghdad after Operation Together Forward insurgents began, little by little, moving their resources from Baghdad, now more than 80 percent under insurgent control, and Al Anbar province, which was also almost completely under insurgent control, to the province of Diyala northeast of Baghdad. The first signs of increased insurgent activity in Diyala came after U.S. forces found an insurgent bunker complex near the village of Turki and fought a bloody battle. Also a few weeks later fighting between police and insurgents after an attack on Baquba's police headquarters shuts down the city, closing the university, schools and most stores, and clearing the streets of everyone, except a few who scurry about to stock up on food. At least 55 militants are killed in clashes in the preceding days, according to anonymous police sources. During the fighting a mass grave with 28 bodies was discovered. After that U.S. and Iraqi forces begin raids in the city. The morgue in the city reports by the beginning of December 2006 that it had received 102 bodies in the previous two weeks. After the announcement of a new attempt by the U.S. and Iraqi security forces to take back the streets of Baghdad the insurgents started to speed up their move and it is believed that the reason behind the little resistance found by the security forces in Baghdad during Operation Law and Order is that most of the insurgents have moved to Diyala.
Baquba falls
On Christmas Day, it was reported that the capital of the province, Baquba, had fallen under insurgent control. An Iraqi news cameraman went to the city and reported seeing hundreds of gunmen with AK-47s in cars and pickups parading through the city. There was no sign of the security forces except for the bodies of a few executed by the insurgents.[5][6] After that, there were increased insurgent attacks on the U.S. and Iraqi forces around Baquba and in the rest of the province.
In mid-January, U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted a series of raids that resulted in 93 insurgents killed and 57 captured.[7] Despite that, however, the insurgents had some successes early in the campaign, mainly when they shot down a Black Hawk helicopter on January 20, killing twelve U.S. soldiers. The helicopter was carrying mostly officers from the U.S. National Guard. The dead included a colonel who was the top American military doctor in Iraq.
In January 2007, it was reported[8] that Sunni insurgents were able to kidnap the mayor of Baquba and blow up his office, despite promises from American and Iraqi military officials that the situation in the city was "reassuring and under control". The city at its peak had over 300,000 residents, but a February 2007 report labeled the city a "ghost town" as most residents had fled.
Iraqi security forces under attack
In two separate incidents in the beginning of March, insurgents captured 32 members of the Iraqi security forces. The bodies of 14 captured policemen were found shortly after, and the 18 other soldiers and policemen were shown on television with a message that they would be executed. Suicide bombers continued to attack in Diyala, targeting not only military but also civilian targets such as a cafe in Balad Ruz, where 30 people were killed on March 7. The capture of policemen continued, with another 10 policemen captured and 1 killed when insurgents overran a police station in the town of Hibhib. The bodies of five of the policemen were found the next month. Also, 20 Iraqi soldiers and policemen were captured at the beginning of April and were executed several days later.[9]
On March 23, the provincial director of civil defense, Colonel Ahmed Kadhim Jawad, was killed in Khalis.[10]
Reinforcements arrive
On March 13, 700 men from the Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, which includes Stryker armored vehicles, were sent from Baghdad to Diyala as reinforcements to the 3,500 U.S. and 20,000 Iraqi soldiers already in the province.[11] The next day, as the first batch of the reinforcements was moving close to the outskirts of Baquba, the Stryker convoy was hit by machine-gun, RPG and mortar fire. In the ensuing chaos one American soldier was killed, 12 were wounded and two Stryker armored vehicles were destroyed.[12] The same day, in two other separate incidents, two more American soldiers were killed in the province.[13]
Attack on Qubah
On March 24, the U.S. military started operations to retake the Baqubah River valley. The operation started with an attack on the insurgent-held village of Qubah. Up to 13 Chinooks, Blackhawks and Apache gunships from FOB Warhorse flew in 241 soldiers on the edge of Qubah and heavy street fighting ensued as artillery fire provided cover firing into the surrounding palm groves. At the same time, a convoy of 19 Humvees, two Bradley fighting vehicles and several other vehicles were coming from the opposite end. The soldiers encountered several machine gun nests in the town. Some of the fighting was almost hand to hand. The Apaches occasionally strafed insurgent positions with cannons and sent Hellfire missiles into buildings soldiers were attacking from the ground. By sunset 16 insurgents were killed and 3 American soldiers were wounded in the initial clashes. But more fighting happened as the convoy tried to return to base. They were hit two times by roadside bombs. The Apaches identified the trigermen and killed up to 12 more insurgents. In one bomb blast 4 American soldiers were killed and 2 were wounded. By the close of the operation on March 24 only the town of Zaganiya was left as the last insurgent stronghold in the Baquba river valley.
Khalis massacre
On March 29, three suicide bombers in a coordinated attack on the mostly Shia town of Khalis killed 53 people and wounded 103. This coincided with a double suicide bombing in Baghdad on the Shaab area marketplace that killed 82 people, including many women and children, and wounded 138 others.
Diyala cut off, sectarian war intensifies
By early April it was reported that insurgents had taken control of the roads between Diyala and Baghdad. Large swaths of territory were in insurgent hands and the U.S. military was stretched thin. Meanwhile sectarian warfare intensified in the province with a total of 62 bodies being recovered between April 3 and 7. Most of the sectarian killings is done in revenge because after the mass killings of Sunnis by Shiites in Baghdad a large number of Sunnis fled to seek refuge in Baquba. That contributed to the ranks of the Sunni insurgents and also brought a greater sense of hatred toward the Shi'a population of Diyala. Also, even before Baghdad Security Plan, the Shi'a dominated military and police units in Diyala were conducting mass killings of Sunnis[citation needed]. Now, as Diyala has become a new safe haven for Sunni insurgents, like Al Anbar province which has already been overrun by the insurgents, that has changed were the Sunnis are striking back at the Shiites.[citation needed]
Because of the crackdown in Baghdad, many Shiite Mahdi Army units fled from the capital to Diyala where they took up positions in the western parts of the province and carried out attacks against American and Iraqi military targets.[2]
5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment under fire
One of the American units that took on the most casualties during the campaign was the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The squadron came to Iraq at the beginning of September 2006 with 330 men, but half-way through their deployment almost 100 men from the original roster had been killed or wounded, all in the province of Diyala. By April 23, the squadron lost 20 soldiers to hostile action in the province and more than 80 had been wounded. They took part in the bloody Battle of Turki before the campaign and had been constantly under hit-and-run attacks later on. 5th Sq 73rd Cav was then augmented with an Infantry Company from 2nd Bn 35th Infantry Regiment stationed out of Schofield Barracks, HI. Together they were known as Task Force 300. TF 300 conducted combat operations clearing the Diyala River Valley of AQIZ and IISI forces. With that the squadron became the only squadron of the U.S. Army to lose almost a third of its force in the Iraq war.[14] By May 11, 2007 the U.S commander in Diyala Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon said he needed more reinforcements, his current forces being unable to prevent further insurgent expansion and drive them from their stronghold of Baqubah.[15] By mid-2007 the Islamic State of Iraq, already holding Baqubah and most of the province under its control, declared its capital to be Baqubah. By now there was already strong evidence that the Islamic State of Iraq had moved most of its command and control operations to Diyala.
Operation "Arrowhead Ripper"
Soldiers from the 5th Iraqi Army Division, run through a smoke screen in Baqubah, Iraq, June 22, 2007, as Soldiers from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division follow.
Main article: Battle of Baqubah
In mid-June the U.S. mounted an offensive against Baghdad's northern and southern flanks. In the north an operation dubbed "Arrowhead Ripper" was started with air assaults under the cover of darkness in Baqubah. Heavy street fighting lasted throughout the first day of the operation, mainly in the center of the city and around the main city market. On the first day of the operation 22 insurgents and one U.S. soldier were killed. The next week saw U.S. forces trying to take Baqubah back from the insurgents. The attack on the city came from the west but was complicated by a maze of booby-trapped houses. It took the Americans a week before they secured 80 percent of the western section of the city. The insurgents already had intelligence that the U.S. army was going to attack the city and evacuated up to 80 percent of its principal leadership long before the operation. After a month of street battles the fighting ceased in large parts of the city but the town of Al Khalis, approx. 15 km to the north, seemed to have become a major restaging point for insurgents retreating form Baqubah, despite the nearby presence of significant US forces at FOB Grizzly and People's Mujahedin of Iran personnel at "Ashraf City". By July 9, the focus of operations seemed to have shifted to the Baghdad-Baqubah road SW of the town. On August 19, operation Arrowhead Ripper ended and Baqubah was largely secured by Coalition forces but still some insurgent presence remained in the city and surrounding areas but not in such large numbers as it was before the attack on the city.
Al-Qaeda strikes back
On September 24, a suicide bomber attacked a meeting of Iraqi high-level officials of Diyala province in Baquba. The attacker detonated a suicide belt inside the Shifta Shiite mosque in western Baquba during the daily breaking of the Ramadan fast. In all 28 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Among the dead were Baquba police Chief Ali al-Deylan and Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim al-Obaidi, commander of Diyala's police operations. Another slain official was Ahmed al-Tamimi, the head of the local Shiite Endowment, which administers Shiite religious facilities in the province. Two guards of the Diyala's Shiite governor, Raad Rashid Mullah Jawad, were killed. The governor himself was wounded and one of the dead guards was his brother. The dead also included Sheik Ahmed al-Tamer and Sheik Kanaan al-Faraj, both leaders of two former insurgent groups who became U.S.-allied Iraqi militias.
The campaign ends
By the beginning of October most of the heavy fighting had ended and the U.S. and Iraqi forces managed to clear out all remaining insurgent fighters out of the Diyala river valey. The American and Iraqi forces were in a position where they had not been for some time. They held most of the province and the remaining insurgent forces were in full retreat to the north and west, toward the cities of Kirkuk, Mosul, Baiji and Samara. For most of the campaign, until operation Arrowhead Ripper, the insurgents were always one step ahead of the Americans and their Iraqi counterparts and the coalition troops were at a disadvantage. But after Arrowhead Ripper was conducted and the capital city of the province, Baqubah, which was also the headquarters of the insurgent forces in the province, fell to coalition forces mid-August the tide turned and the insurgents were no longer in a position to adequately coordinate the fight. After almost eight months under insurgent control Baqubah was once again in coalition hands and in a month and a half all of the insurgent-held positions in the province crumbled before the coalition's advance. In the end the coalition managed to win an important strategic victory to secure the north-eastern flank of the capital, Baghdad, where heavy street fighting continued. The campaign's results came at a high price for both sides. More than 425 U.S. and Iraqi troops were killed during the fighting, including the Iraqi police commander of the province. Around 1,070 insurgents were killed and around 500 were captured, more than three-quarters of the whole insurgent force that was present in the province during the campaign. The number of coalition troops that were wounded, both U.S. military and Iraqi police and military, was at least 2,000. With that at least 10% of the overall coalition force present during the campaign was put out of action. Despite coalition claims that most of the province was secure, in reality a large part of the province came under the control of the 1920 Revolution Brigade, a former insurgent group that fought against the American military. The group switched sides in June, to become a U.S.-allied Iraqi militia, who were dubbed "concerned citizens" by the Americans. Most of the group's members are former members of Saddam's army and Ba'ath party, thus it is uncertain what will come out of the alliance that the coalition forces made with the militia. Al-Qaeda forces in Diyala had been crippled and they were no longer able to take and hold territory or wage war on the same scale as they previously enjoyed. However, some Al-Qaeda in Iraq cells remained in the province to continue to harass the Iraqi security forces and U.S. soldiers. This was evident when on October 27, a suicide bomber attacked a police base in Baqubah killing 28 Iraqi policemen and police recruits. Also, a day before that, insurgents captured in Baghdad 11 pro-US Iraqi tribal leaders, all from Diyala. Eight of the sheiks were later rescued. Three of their kidnappers were killed and four others detained in a bold rescue. Police also found the bullet-riddled body of one of the sheiks, about 50 yards (46 m) away from where the ambush took place. On the same day that the bomber attacked the police base 20 decapitated corpses were found in a village near Baqubah. These guerrilla tactics by remaining Al-Qaeda forces means that while the larger battle for overall control has already been won by the Iraqi and Coalition Forces, Diyala is still a contested province and is far from pacified.
Mass graves
After Coalition troops entered previously insurgent-held territories of the province they started to find in November large numbers of mass graves, mostly around Baqubah, which contained anywhere from 10 to 20 bodies. It was believed that the victims were civilians picked up by Al-Qaeda elements at check-points while Al-Qaeda was in control of the area. The bodies of more than 100 people were found in just one week. By late April 2008, more than 500 bodies were recovered.
Further operations
In January 2008 the Multinational Force Iraq and New Iraqi Army launched a new offensive (codenamed Operation Phantom Phoenix) in the region to eradicate the remaining insurgents in Diyala and the neighboring Salah ad Din Governorate.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - A bill looking to decriminalize marijuana and expunge certain possession convictions was introduced into the North Carolina State House of Representatives on Monday.
House Bill 766 would, if passed, "decriminalize possession of four ounces or less of marijuana and allow for the expunction of possession of marijuana offenses involving possession of four ounces or less of marijuana."
Marijuana is illegal in North Carolina and under federal law but it has been made legal in certain states for both recreational and medical uses.
According to the proposed bill, any person wanting to get their previous convictions expunged would file a petition to the Administrative Office of the Courts to be filed with the clerk of Superior Court.
State Representatives John Autry, Allison Dahle, Pricey Harrison and Zack Hawkins are all sponsors of the bill.


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Q: How to Refer to Excel Link Using Unique Identifier in VBA How do I refer to external workbooks in VBA using a unique identifier which doesn't change when the file is open? It works fine when the full filepath is included and no file with the same name is open. However when a file is open the complete form with the filepath does not work and the filename alone does not work.
I wanted to create an update Sub to update all the references and this mucks itself up if the spreadsheet is open (refer to point 2 below).
These are some reasons why I feel it should be possible:

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*It seems that in the manual link update menu there is only the filename to refer to;

*Also one can't open two workbooks with the same name, and thus if you open a source link then the cell references change from a file path to a file name (and it is this very thing which is causing an issue.

This is the code I currently has the updCellRef is a cell reference to the file-path (where I just want to use the file-name):
    Sub updateValues(updCellRef)
        updFilePath = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("INPUTS").Range(updCellRef).Value
        ActiveWorkbook.updateLink Name:=updFilePath, Type:=xlExcelLinks
    End Sub

To clarify this problem arose when I was using the above function to update values however when the source spreadsheet was open it is referenced by its file name alone. When it is closed it is referenced by its full file-path.
I'm using Excel Professional 2010 v14 with VBA v7.0
Note: I don't want to use any other software including Power Query as it can't be installed without admin rights.

A: This is an alternate way of referencing links.
Dim linkName As String, fileName As String, i As Integer

For Each link In ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources
    On Error GoTo tryName
    ActiveWorkbook.UpdateLink linkName

    If False Then
  tryName:
        i = InStrRev(linkName, "\") ' 0 if no "\" found
        If i > 0 Then
            On Error Resume Next ' to ignore error if fileName does not work too
            fileName = Mid(linkName, i + 1)
            ActiveWorkbook.UpdateLink fileName
        End If
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0 ' reset the error handling
Next

However link as before is a string of the filepath
Update
Can you post a screenshot of the Data > Edit Links to make it a bit more clear?

In my tests the first 3 links were fine, but the last one had problems.

A: There are two ways to add info to the filename to make it unique is either to open the file in Excel where it is seen to that no open files are sharing the same name, or to include the entire path. So you can not "refer to external workbooks in VBA using just the filename" unless they are open since there would then be uncertainty to which of all files sharing the same names you are refering to.
Here is the source at MS Office Support saying that "When the source is not open, the external reference includes the entire path"
Update: given the comments to the original question, I guess we are here:

*

*We are happy with the open files and any link to them which should be already updated since they are open

*We have a list of files which we like to force update to if we can find them through given paths and if there is not another file with the same filename open

Now try this:
 Sub updateValues(updFilepath As String)
    If Not FileInUse(updFilepath) Then
        ActiveWorkbook.UpdateLink Name:=updFilepath, Type:=xlExcelLinks
    'else workbook is open and Excel have automatically updated linke
    End If
End Sub

Public Function FileInUse(sFileName As String) As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
Open sFileName For Binary Access Read Lock Read As #1
Close #1
FileInUse = IIf(Err.Number > 0, True, False)
On Error GoTo 0
End Function

The file test function is courtesey of user2267971 answering this question also on how to test if a file is open

A: I can think about 2 scenarios that you may have here:
1. By the title I can guess the problem relies in the fact that, the workbooks that you are trying to refer to are within a sub folder in the parent workbook; if so, I have noticed that even when you give the full path, it works for a time and then it miss leads the path for it -it seems this is a bug (I don't know what triggers it though)-. Links only works in excel interface but, when you are tying to play with the hyperlink in vba it gives error because the full path has been cut off and this leads to an incomplete path -hence to verify it, it says is not longer valid-. I have no other solution that, when this happens, ask the user again for the path (use a master cell for all the process that rely on this to make it easier to fix/workaround). This may solve it in order to retrieve it by VBA. Just make sure the cell value has the full name for the workbook when asking for it-
    Sub Test()
    Dim HLToTest As String
        HLToTest = RetriveWBLink(Range("B2").Value)
    End Sub
    Function RetriveWBLink(WBName As String) As String
    Dim FileSystemLibrary As Object: Set FileSystemLibrary = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
        On Error GoTo Err01RetriveWBLink
        RetriveWBLink = FileSystemLibrary.GetFile(ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & WBName)
        If 1 = 2 Then '99. If error
Err01RetriveWBLink:
        'this may happen for new workbooks that aren't saved yet
        RetriveWBLink = "False"
        End If '99. If error
        On Error GoTo -1
        Set FileSystemLibrary = Nothing
    End Function

2. If (1) is not the case, this should solve it by retrieving the full path of the given WB (this is just going to update the link, doesn't matter if it's already open or not)
Sub Test()
Dim HLToTest As String
    HLToTest = RetriveWBLink(ThisWorkbook)
End Sub
Function RetriveWBLink(WBName As Workbook) As String
Dim FileSystemLibrary As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
    On Error GoTo Err01RetriveWBLink
    RetriveWBLink = FileSystemLibrary.GetFile(WBName.Path & "\" & WBName.Name)
    If 1 = 2 Then '99. If error
Err01RetriveWBLink:
    'this may happen for new workbooks that aren't saved yet
    RetriveWBLink = "False"
    End If '99. If error
    On Error GoTo -1
    Set FileSystemLibrary = Nothing
End Function

A: You could try something like below

*

*Test if the link is from an open workbook

*If it used, then use ChangeLink to fool Excel into making the update

*If not, run the existing code that works on closed book.

code
 Sub updateValues()
 Dim updFilePath As String
 Dim Wb As Workbook
 Dim bFound As Boolean

 updFilePath = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("INPUTS").Range(updCellRef).Value

 For Each Wb In Application.Workbooks
 If Wb.FullName = updFilePath Then
    ActiveWorkbook.ChangeLink Wb.Name, Wb.Name
    bfound = True
    Exit For
 End If
 Next

 If Not bfound Then ActiveWorkbook.UpdateLink Name:=updFilePath, Type:=xlExcelLinks
End Sub

A: I'm not saying this is the only way, but the easiest way I can think of is to actually open the workbook using something like this:
Dim wb as Workbook
Set wb = Excel.Workbooks.Open(Filename)

updFilePath = wb.Sheets("INPUTS").Range(updCellRef).Value
wb.Close

I understand your point, that if the spreadsheet is the same name as your open spreadsheet, it will puke.  Maybe a simple hack is to capture the filename of the active workbook, save it as a temp file, and then save it back at the very end.  I did say it was a hack.
I know you can access Spreadsheet data like a database using ADO through C# or MS Access, so I'm guessing it's also possible to do this directly from Excel.  That said, it hardly seems like less of a hack than the suggestion above.  I think ADO also has to read the entire spreadsheet even to process a single cell, so I don't think this saves you anything anyway.

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Reading Level: Contemporary Romance/New Adult
Ebook (ARC)
Self Pubbed 8/20/2013
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The twenty first century has seen an explosion in all kinds of crafting, with craft clubs springing up everywhere from New York to Notting Hill and now its Liverpool's turn to join the craft revolution with a new monthly event, Craft Creative.
Taking place every second Thursday evening per month (and the occasional Saturday afternoon) upstairs in Leaf on Bold Street, Craft Creative is an alternative platform to embrace traditionally old-fashioned activities with a modern, contemporary edge.
On Thursday 10th February 2011 from 6.30pm – 9.30pm and Saturday 12th February from 2pm – 5pm, Craft Creative will host its first events at Leaf on Bold Street. The two launches will be Valentines themed, where guests can make a homemade gift for their loved one.
The experts on the night will be Julie Yasities an experienced arts and crafts teacher from Widnes and Matthew Rhodes, Head chef at Leaf, teaching how to make Aphrodisiac Love Truffles in a homemade heart box, truelove hand-crafted valentines card and a beautiful heart shaped hanging mobile – all within a space of 3 hours, with all material provided and for only £7 each.
The monthly event is the brainchild of homemade craft enthusiasts Rebecca Christian, age 30 and Camilla Halstead, age 27 and is aimed at girls and guys of all ages, giving a social, stylish twist on craft making. Guests can enjoy drinks, meet new people, listen to music from a live DJ/musician, learn new skills and take home a gorgeous completed item.
Each event will have a local expert to teach new skills from embroidery, screen-printing, candle making, crochet, knitting, sewing or jewellery making. These traditional crafts will be used to make on trend items such as knitted ipod covers, cute frilly knickers, graffiti printed t-shirts or unique jewellery made from old vinyls… the list is endless.


Ari, is your character a female? Your avatar certainly looks like a chick.
yeah my character is female.
Oh, it looks like we started!!
Also, please send me wish lists if you have them.
I just decided to stick with the encounter and daily powers that looked the most powerful to me. They involve marking, though. If it becomes an issue with the other defender, I'll train out of them shortly.
I hope your paladin and my battlemind won't get in each other's way. My battlemind essentiall can only mark one enemy at time, but the mark sticks until the end of the encounter or if I switch targets. His strategy is to single out an enemy and have at him until he dies, kind of like a duel. It works best I think if he goes after the enemy controllers or if he kepts his allies near him.
Question, when you use a marking power like Call to Arms or Valorous Strike, can you choose to intentionally NOT mark an enemy (e.g. the one that my battlemind has marked)?
Many of my powers explicitly state that an certain enemies are subject to my divine challenge, which is a mark. I cannot control those. With so many people playing, it's likely we'll find ourselves separated in the battle, holding down different parts of the line. If it becomes an issue, I'll happily retrain. I just picked the powers that looked the most badass at the time.
Divine challenge is controllable, and it lasts so long as I attack or end my turn adjacent to the marked bad guy. I also took an at-will that marks on a hit. It's only the 1 encounter power and my daily that could cause any issues at this point.
My question was about the rules of marking powers actually. With push/pull/slide powers that also specifically state that the target is moved, the rules stipulate that you can choose to move a target some/all/or none of the spaces. I'm wondering if the same applies to marking powers. It would be great if it were.
I'm not certain. There isn't any wiggle wording in the character file the CB puts out. I'll have a look at my books when I'm at home.
if i wanted to write a short back story, would I be able to post it here?


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Оганаван () — село в марзі Арагацотн, на заході Вірменії. Село розташоване на правому березі річки Касах, на ділянці Аштарак — Апаран траси Єреван — Спітак. Село розташоване за 6 км на північ від міста Аштарак, за 31 км на південь від міста Апаран, за 1 км на схід від села Уши, 1 км на північ від села Карбі та 5 км на південь від села Арташаван.

Оганаван був заснований емігрантами з Мушу у 1928 р. Поруч з селом розташований монастир Оганаванк. Вартість проїзду у автобусі до Єревана становить 350 драм.

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Stile Antico sings at the 60th GRAMMY awards! The group are the only classical music performers to be invited to appear at this year's prestigious NYC ceremony. The performance will be streamed live internationally on Grammy.com, from 3pm to 6pm ET.
The group is nominated for the GRAMMY® awards for the third time, in the Best Small Ensemble Performance category.


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Trump goes off on bizarre tangent about fireworks at Mt. Rushmore: "What can burn? It's stone!"
News Analysis, Politics
by Rob Haffey
Rob Haffey
New emails show Trump's Stephen Miller proposed using trains to deport immigrants in Breitbart pitch
Donald Trump is a man cognitively and temperamentally incapable of solving the real problems facing the country he was elected to lead. Instead, he chooses to manufacture crises and then "solve" them so that he can claim victory. The trade war with China was one such Trump-created crisis and now he's taking credit for ending it. Earlier today, the president signed a deal with China to deescalate the economic tensions and reopen the markets of each country to each other.
Inevitably, Trump was given a microphone and ended up going off on one of his rambling speeches. Much of it was the kind of boilerplate stuff we've come to expect from his incoherent mind but one section about fireworks stood out as particularly bizarre. Trump noticed Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) and asked her to stand up.
"We're going to do a big fireworks display, right? Mount Rushmore. We're going over, I think I'm going to try to be there on July 4th," Trump said to Noem. "So the governor called, she ran a great race, a tough race. That was a tough competitor you had right? A big star. But she was a bigger star it turned out Lindsey. But she said 'You think we could get fireworks back at Mount Rushmore?" he went on, segueing into what would become the oddest, most random part of his remarks.
"I said 'Why?' They hadn't been there for like twenty years. I said 'Why?' Environmental reasons. I said 'You mean you can't have fireworks because of the environment?' Yeah, environmental reasons. I said 'What can burn? It's stone! You know? It's stone!" Trump said, trotting out the same level of ignorance he uses to talk about windmills.
McConnell admitted coordinating impeachment with Trump. Add your name to demand he recuse himself from the trial!
"So nobody knew why. They just said environmental reasons. So I called up our people and within about fifteen minutes we got it approved and you're going to have your first big fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. And I'll try and get out there if I can," said the president.
It goes without saying that Mount Rushmore and fireworks have nothing to do with Chinese trade but by now these kinds of non-sequiturs and weird tangents are to be expected and can be easily chalked up to Trump's infamously short attention span or perhaps a deteriorating mind.
What should be concerning is that once again Trump is taking action without understanding the facts of the matter. Of course people aren't concerned about fireworks burning the stone at Mount Rushmore. Trump has a cartoonish understanding of what's going on. The real concerns are tied to a US Geological Survey which concluded that past firework shows are likely responsible for concentrated levels of contaminants in the local groundwater.
"An environmental concern to water resources within Mount Rushmore National Memorial has been the annual aerial fireworks display at the memorial for the Independence Day holiday during 1998–2009. A major concern of park management is the contamination of groundwater and surface water by perchlorate, which is used as an oxidizing agent in firework displays," the report states.
It's likely that our habitually ignorant president doesn't know about these findings, but it's also entirely possible that he knows and simply doesn't care. The cavalier manner in which he dismissed "environmental reasons" as a valid argument against the fireworks is perfectly in keeping with his toxic worldview. This is after all the same man who once said climate change is a "Chinese hoax." It's not so much that Trump doesn't care about the environment, it's that he actively mocks anyone who does.
To Donald Trump, environmentalism is a weakness to be expunged and smeared and because of this man future generations will inherit a greatly lessened world.
Watch the clip below.
President Trump: "We're going to do a big fireworks display, right, Mount Rushmore… They haven't been there for like 20 years. I said, 'Why?' Environmental reasons. I said, 'You can't have fireworks for environmental reasons?… What can burn? It's stone.'" pic.twitter.com/oAN4TtpiGh
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2020
Rob Haffey January 15, 2020
BENCH PRESSED: Why did SCOTUS pay this ex Homeland Security Secretary millions?
VOUCHED FOR: Yup, this GOP Utah lobbyist just said the quiet part about public education out loud
OUT OF GAS: Marjorie Taylor Greene's petroleum proposal sputtered out miserably
BAR NONE: Disgraced ex-Trump attorney may need to look for a new profession
TAKING STOCK: GOP insurrection supporter's snidely named bill needs a new moniker
LOCK THEM UP: NYT's explosive report has Durham, Trump, Barr in hot water


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Drake will feature on the song "Going Bad" on Meek Mill's new album.
Meek Mill is set to drop his latest album, Championships, at midnight on Thursday.
And on Thursday, when the rapper released his tracklist full of features from artists like Jay-Z, Cardi B, and Future, one name particularly stood out.
Let's take a minute to remember how the feud began.
Meek Mill was referring to the song "R.I.C.O." on his album Dreams Worth More Than Money, which featured Drake.
After Meek Mill sent out a series of tweets about Drake, Drake responded with a diss track about his former friend, called "Charged Up." After a couple of days with no musical response from Meek Mill (but continued social media comments), Drake dropped a follow-up diss track, "Back to Back," which became instantly popular and even Grammy-nominated.
Meek Mill eventually released a diss track of his own, "Wanna Know," but in the court of public opinion, Drake had won their rap beef.
But it appears bygones can be bygones. Back in September, Meek Mill joined Drake onstage in Boston during the Aubrey & the Three Migos tour.
It was the first time the rappers had appeared in public together since their 2015 feud.
They even played a game of ping-pong together after the show.
Drake and @MeekMill playing ping pong after the show tonight.
According to a recent interview on Beats 1 radio station, Meek Mill said he lost the game to Drake, as well as a $100,000 bet.
"Healing and moving forward created one of the most electric and gratifying moments of my career," Drake wrote in an Instagram caption.


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Olympic ice dance figure skating preview: Battle for gold, battle for bronze
Posted: Feb 18, 2018 / 02:02 AM CST / Updated: Feb 18, 2018 / 02:02 AM CST
While Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir already have a gold medal in PyeongChang from the team event, they're back to regain their 2010 Olympic ice dance title.
Their main rivals – training partners Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France – sat out the team event, setting up an epic battle between the teams.
Meanwhile, the three U.S. dance teams in the field are among the top six best dance teams in the world. Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, the brother sister ice dance team, already won a bronze medal in the team event alongside Team USA.
The short dance is Sunday, February 18 in Primetime on NBC and NBCOlympics.com and the free dance is Monday, February 19 in Primetime on NBC and NBCOlympics.com.
Here are some names to know before the event kicks off:
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, Team USA
Credentials: Reigning U.S. national champions, first Olympic appearance is 2018
Buzz about Hubbell and Donohue: They share the same coaches and train in Montreal with their main rivals, Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and French couple Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron.
Season so far: Starting off the Olympic season, Hubbell and Donohue won at the U.S. International Classic in September. Then, they earned a bronze medal at their Grand Prix assignment in Canada and a silver at their Japan assignment. They qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth by a slim margin. They won their first U.S. national title in January and were named to the 2018 Olympic team.
Notes: The training mates could all be on the podium together, similar to the short dance at the 2017 World Championships. After the short dance at Worlds, Virtue/Moir were in first, Papadakis/Cizeron were in second, and Hubbell/Donohue were third. Due to a twizzle error in the free dance, Hubbell and Donohue dropped to ninth.
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, Team USA
Credentials: Three-time Worlds medalists, two-time U.S. national champions, 2014 Olympians, 2017 Grand Prix Final bronze medalists
Buzz about the Shib Sibs: The Shibutani's longtime training mates in Ann Arbor, Michigan were 2014 Olympic ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. They were the leading U.S. dance team for most of the past four years, only recently upset by Hubbell/Donohue for the national title in January.
Season so far: The Shibutanis began their Olympic season at their Grand Prix assignment in Russia, where they won a gold medal. Then, they competed on home ice at Skate America, winning again. They qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they captured a bronze medal and were the best of three U.S. dance teams in the field. At Nationals, they earned a silver medal and a place on the PyeongChang Olympic team.
Notes: Their free dance is part of a trilogy concept. In 2016, they used Coldplay's "Fix You," then for 2017, used a piece titled "Evolution." For the Olympics, they're performing to Coldplay's "Paradise," and say the story is deeply personal.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Team USA
Credentials: two-time Worlds silver medalists, 2015 U.S. national champions, 2014 Olympians
Buzz about Chock and Bates: They're a couple on and off the ice, and say that's given a new perspective to their athletic careers. They weren't a couple when they competed together at the 2014 Olympics, so they believe this experience will be all the more special for it.
Season so far: Chock and Bates earned silver medals at both of their Grand Prix assignments to kick off their Olympic season. They qualified for the Grand Prix Final and finished fifth. Then, at nationals in January, they won the free dance phase but earned bronze medals overall. They were named to the 2018 Olympic team.
Notes: Their poignant free dance is to a duet version of John Lennon's "Imagine," which has been well-received all season. Bates, competing at his third Olympics, was voted figure skating team captain by the members of the team. He competed in 2010 with a former partner.
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France
Credentials: two-time world champions, four-time European champions, Grand Prix Final gold medalists, first Olympic appearance is 2018
Buzz about Papadakis and Cizeron: Their lyrical, philosophical style has shifted the tide in ice dance, and their momentum gained after their Grand Prix Final win could carry them to the top of the Olympic podium. Also, they are the only ice dance team to crack the 200-point barrier, which they have now done four times.
Season so far: Papadakis and Cizeron began their Olympic season with a win at an event in Finland. Then, they competed in China and France on the Grand Prix series, winning both times. They went head-to-head with Virtue and Moir at the Grand Prix Final, where the French team won for the first time. They won their fourth straight French national title and in January, their fourth straight European gold medals.
Notes: The duo finished 13th at the 2014 World Championships, but then moved training bases to Montreal. They went on to win the 2015 and 2016 world titles, but were dethroned with their training mates, Canadians Virtue and Moir, bested them at Worlds in 2017.
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Canada
Credentials: 2010 Olympic champions, two-time Sochi 2014 silver medalists, three-time world champions, eight-time Canadian national champions
Buzz about Virtue and Moir: The legendary Canadian team famously trained with their biggest rivals in the lead-up to the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. They won two silver medals there (in the team and ice dance events) and took two seasons off from competition. They returned, choosing to train with their new rivals, Papadakis/Cizeron, and had a perfect, undefeated season in 2016-17.
Season so far: Virtue and Moir started their 2018 Olympic season with a win at the Autumn Classic. Then, they won both of their Grand Prix assignments in Canada and Japan. They fell to second behind the French at the Grand Prix Final and in January, won their eighth Canadian national title.
At the Olympics so far: Virtue and Moir carried Canada's flag into the Opening Ceremony. Soon after, they helped Team Canada win gold in the figure skating team event by performing their short and free dances. They won both phases.
Notes: Virtue and Moir carried Canada's flag into the PyeongChang Opening Ceremony. The current record for most medals won by any figure skater is four (shared by Gillis Grafstrom and Yevgeny Plushenko) but Virtue and Moir can stand alone with five by the end of PyeongChang. Their free dance to selections from "Moulin Rouge!" is a character-driven with an easily-accessible storyline for old and new audiences alike.
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, Italy
Credentials: 2014 world champions, three-time Olympians (2010, 2014, 2018)
Buzz about Cappellini and Lanotte: Instead of opening their Olympic season as planned, Cappellini and Lanotte had to withdraw from an early event due to Cappellini's finger injury. His blade sliced part of her finger and it required stitches and a splint. She may never get sensation back in her finger, but a more complete recovery would've squeezed their prep time for the Games.
Season so far: The Italians won a small event before debuting on the Grand Prix series, winning a bronze in Japan and a silver in the U.S. They qualified for the Grand Prix Final and finished sixth. They won another national title before competing at January's European Championships, where they placed fourth.
At the Olympics so far: Cappellini and Lanotte performed in the team event for Italy, where the team finished fourth overall.
Notes: Cappellini and Lanotte perform a more classical, theatrical style of ice dance. For example, their free dance is to the Oscar-winning "La Bella e Vita" soundtrack. From Italian, the title translates to "Life is Beautiful." They wanted to bring something with Italian flavor to the Games, and, it doesn't hurt that the 2018 World Championships are in Milan, Italy, in March.
Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, OAR/ Russia
Credentials: 2014 Olympic team event gold medalists, three time Olympians (2010, 2014, 2018), seven-time Russian national champions
Buzz about Bobrova and Soloviev: In the spring of 2016, Bobrova announced that she had tested positive for meldonium, the performance-enhancing drug that was added to the list of banned drugs earlier in the year. She claimed that she had not taken meldonium since it became banned and her suspension was lifted and none of her results were changed. They were not allowed to compete at the 2016 World Championships.
Season so far: Bobrova and Soloviev team earned two medals on the Grand Prix circuit to kick off their Olympic season. First, they captured a silver in Russia and followed it up with a bronze in China. Then, they won a small competition in Croatia before capturing their seventh national title. At Europeans in January, they upgraded to silver medals.
At the Olympics so far: Bobrova and Soloviev were on the silver medal-winning team event squad. They were the only holdovers from the Russian team who won gold in Sochi.
Notes: Russian athletes are competing as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" due to a sanction placed on the country by the International Olympic Committee for a widespread doping scandal.
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities closed a border entry point in southern Mexico on Saturday after thousands of Central American migrants tried to push their way across a bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala.
Honduran migrants waved their country's flag and sang the national anthem as they approached the bridge. At the height of the confrontation, Guatemalan authorities estimated 2,500 migrants were on the bridge or attempting to get on it.
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ROOKS COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – A central Kansas man is dead after a single-vehicle crash on a country road early Friday morning.
A Rooks County police report says 59-year-old Mark Hays of Woodston, Kan., was driving alone southbound on 25 Road.
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Japanese candlesticks, which have been enjoying the spotlight in recent years, are difficult to explain in one broad brush. Candlesticks draw on the same open-high-low-close data as do bars. Here the length of the bar, or "candle," is determined by the high and low, but the area between the open and close is considered the most important.
This area, the "body" of the candle, is filled with blue (or white for most charting programs) for closes higher than open, and is filled with red (or black from most charting programs) for down days. The wicks above and below constitute the "shadow" of the candle, or high or low.
No pattern is 100% correct, but these formations are often time incorporated into many mechanical systems and can provide as great information source for the naked eye.
*Change to hammer and hanging man made on 12-10-08.
Doji - When the open and close price is almost the exact same value and the tails are not excessively long. This formation can alert investors of a possible indecision and during oversold or overbought conditions can possibly signal for reversal. The bulls and bears are equally pushing the price.
Long-Legged Doji - You can recognize this formation by one or two long tails (shadows). This formation will sometimes alert that we have reached the top of the market or warn that the trend has lost sense of direction.
Gravestone Doji - This formation occurs when the open and close price is the same or near the low of the bar (period). Although this can be found at the bottom of a trend, this formation can be used to pick out market tops.
Hanging Man - This formation looks like a body with feet dangling... or a hanging man. This occurs when there is profit taking near market open, then a rally with a close at or near the open price. This formation can alert of a reversal and is typically found at the top of an up-trend. The longer the shadow, the greater the change is for a reversal.
Hammer - This formation is a short body with a tail that is twice the body's length. This occurs when there is a sell off near open, but then a rally supports a close at or near the open. This formation can alert of a reversal and is typically found at the bottom of a downtrend. The longer the shadow, the greater the changes are of reversal.
Spinning Top - This short body has sizable tables both on the top and bottom of the bar. This formation often times represents indecision and a standoff among the bears and bulls. There is little movement between the open and close, but both the bears and the bulls were active that trading day. After a long blue candlestick, a spinning top suggests weakness among the bulls. After a long red candlestick, a spinning top suggests weakness among the bears.
Bearish Engulfing Pattern - This formation is a major reversal pattern after the completion of an uptrend. After a blue candlestick, the next day will open above the previous day's positive close, throughout the trading day it will blow past the previous days open completely engulfing the previous day's movement.
Bullish Engulfing Pattern - This formation is a major reversal pattern after the completion of a downtrend. After a red candlestick, the next day will open below the previous day's negative close, throughout the trading day it will blow past the previous days open completely engulfing the previous day's movement.
Evening Star - This is a top reversal signal suggesting that prices will go lower. It is formed after an obvious uptrend. The 1st candlestick is a long blue box (usually when the confidence had peaked). This stick is followed by a small blue body, when the trading range for the day has remained small. The third bar (red) plows down at least 50% past the 1st day's bar signifying that the bears have taken control.
Morning Star - This is a bottom reversal signal suggesting that prices will go higher. It is formed after an obvious downtrend. The 1st candlestick is a long red box followed by a small blue box, when the trading range for the day has remained small. The third bar (blue) shoots up at least 50% over the 1st day's bar signifying that the bulls have taken control.
Dark Cloud Cover - This is a two bar formation that is found at the end of an upturn or at a congested trading area. The first bar is a blue (positive movement) bar followed by a red bar which reaches over the open of the previous days close and closes at least 50% down the previous days bar.
Piercing Pattern - This is a two bar formation that is found at the end of a declining market. The first bar is a red (declining movement) bar followed by a blue bar which opens (often gaps) below the previous days close and reaches at least 50% of the previous days bar.
You can learn more about Candlestick formations by visiting INO TV.