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Bill Gates, the genius mind behind Microsoft, has been far more active in social and political issues as of late. The Inquisitr has reported on the latest news pertaining to Gates' progressive endeavors for a better world after his time trying to perfect the computer operating system. One of Gates' serious endeavors was providing low-cost birth control for developing countries. After that, Gates pursued a more social act of humanitarianism by being a "Secret Santa" to a Reddit user, giving the user a "Christmas Miracle."
Now, Bill Gates is back on innovating tech for developing countries again, and it resulted in something no sane person would ever do: drink human poop. Sounds disgusting, right? However, the human poop was actually transformed into something tasty: a glass of delicious drinking water.
According to Laughing Squid, Bill Gates drank a glass of water processed from human feces by the Janicki Omniprocessor, a machine designed to turn human waste into drinking water, electricity, and ash. Jointly developed by Janicki Bioenergy and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, its goal is to provide the three outputs described earlier to developing nations.
Bill Gates himself provided a more personal account on his blog on Gates Notes. In it, Bill writes about watching piles of feces going up a conveyor belt, dropped into a large bin, making its way through the machine, being treated by removing the water from the human feces, then water purification just before tasting. Afterwards, Bill Gates gave a personal approval through the following statement.
"The water tasted as good as any I've had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It's that safe."
Bill Gates even provides a valid reason why anyone would want to turn waste into drinking water and electricity. At least 2 billion people use toilets that aren't drained properly. Others simply defecate out in the open, which leads to an array of horrific consequences, such as diseases and and poor sanitation. Said consequences are estimated to kill about 700,000 children every single year. Others who do survive the nasty conditions never fully develop mentally and physically.
The Janicki Omniprocessor is just the initial step in providing a better way for supply the world with water and electricity. Bill Gates made it clear it may take many years before the innovative invention is used around the world. Let's hope that many years translates to just a couple, because if the machine can deliver what was shown in the video on a grand scale (metropolitan cities for example), the Janicki Omniprocessor may be the answer to the upcoming clean water shortage and energy crisis.
Now that you know that Bill Gates has created a machine that turns human poop into drinking water, what are your views? Would you drink a glass of purified water that came from human poop?
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May 17, 2020
Emergency caesarean simulator to help junior doctors
Desperate Debra
medical manikins
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The life-size device is the first of its kind to allow junior doctors to practice the difficult procedure
For the first time, junior doctors will be given the chance to practice an emergency caesarian procedure using a life-size simulator called Desperate D...
An emergency caesarian is often called for following the baby's head becoming stuck in the mother's pelvis. From this difficult position, the head is required to be pushed back into the uterus before an incision is made in the abdomen to retrieve the baby.
This highly complex and intricate procedure is often an unwelcome shock to doctors who are thrust into the situation for the first time in a real-life scenario. While the training should prepare the doctors for such an eventuality, the advantages that a real-life simulation would give trainees could be invaluable.
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British medical team and manufacturers, Adam,Rouilly developed Debra, realising the need for the training manikin, given that 10-20 emergency caesarians are carried out every day.
"Of all the women who reach full dilatation, somewhere between about two and five percent will end up needing this type of operation," explained Andy Shennan, professor of obstetrics at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital.
Shennan was also a pivotal figure in developing the projects and further expressed the significance of Debra:
 "Because caesareans are any time day or night, it is very likely that the doctor who's doing this is not that experienced and may not have come across a similar delivery before. So the first time you're exposed to this problem is often in a real-life situation.
"There are other teaching models a bit like it, but certainly nothing that mimics the difficulty of getting the head out during a caesarean."
The device, designed by Dr Graham Tydeman of NHS Fife, has received so much critical acclaim upon its unveiling that it is now thought that it will be used to further refine the procedure, as well as using it as a benchmark for future birth simulators.
"The model is really attractive in the sense that you don't have lots of calibration and electronics and keyboards and things to go wrong, which has been an issue with other models," asserted Gabriel Ogwo, product development manager at Adam,Rouilly.
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Jun 24, 2021
Jvion launches AI-powered map to tackle mental health crisis
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Jvion's new interactive map uses AI to predict areas most vulnerable to poor mental health
Clinical AI company Jvion has launched an interactive map of the US that highlights areas that are most vulnerable to poor mental health.
The Behavioral Health Vulnerability Map uses Jvion's AI CORE™ software to analyse public data on social determinants of health (SDOH) and determine the vulnerability of every US Census block group.
Vulnerability refers to the likelihood that residents will experience issues like self-harm, suicide attempts or overdoses. The map also identifies the most influential social determinants in each region, to show the social and environmental conditions that contribute to mental illness.
As an example, the map shows that Harrison County in Mississippi has a 50% higher suicide rate than the rest of the state. It also shows a high percentage of individuals in the armed forces at a time when active duty suicides are at a six-year high, along with a high prevalence of coronary artery disease, arthritis, and COPD, all chronic illnesses that are linked to a higher suicide risk.
The map also shows Harrison County has a high percentage of Vietnamese Americans, who studies suggest have high rates of depression and may be less likely to seek help from mental health professionals.
The map was built using the same data and analytics that Jvion used to create the COVID Community Vulnerability Map, which was launched towards the start of the pandemic.
With this new map, Jvion is aiming to tackle the growing mental health crisis in the US. "At a time when so many Americans are struggling with their mental health, we're proud to offer a tool that can help direct treatment resources to the communities that need it most," said Dr John Showalter, MD, Jvion's chief product officer, who led the development of the map.
"For too long, the healthcare industry has struggled to address social determinants of health, particularly in the context of behavioural health. Our hope is that by surfacing the social and environmental vulnerabilities of America's communities, we can better coordinate our response to the underlying conditions that impact the health and wellbeing of people everywhere."
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Solar Panels over Canals in India, which prevent Water Evaporation and Increase Panel Efficiency
Solar energy is eco-friendly, but it generally requires a large amount of land. An option in India is to transform the country's waterways into gleaming solar-panel pathways. Prime Minister Narendra Modi increased India's solar investment target to $100 billion, claiming that solar power will account for more than 10% of the country's overall energy mix by 2022.
Solar Panels over Canals in India
Solar systems require a lot of land in India, which is also one of the world's most highly populated countries, contributing to almost 17.7% of the global population.
Due to the scarcity of large tracts of land, energy firms are concentrating their efforts on installing solar panels above irrigation canals and rivers, on walls, and even offshore in reservoirs.
Solar plants built on canals have two key advantages: efficient, inexpensive land usage and reduced water evaporation from the canals.
A ten-megawatt plant has conserved 16 hectares of land and might avoid 90 million liters of water from evaporating every year. In addition, the lower temperatures caused by the water bodies beneath the canal-top plants increase panel efficiency by around 2.5 – 5%.
However, there are certain drawbacks. The cost of building canal-top solar plants is higher than that of conventional solar plants. Because the water below increases the danger of corrosion, the supports must be galvanized with a protective zinc coating.

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Nitrogen emissions from car exhaust and industrial sources might be increasing forest fires across the California desert by fueling the spread of invasive grasses, according to a new report by the Ecological Society of America. Agricultural nitrogen is also causing groundwater contamination in the state, the report concluded.
Most nitrogen in the atmosphere is trapped in an inert form that is unusable by most plants and animals. In nature, bacteria in the nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants, such as soybeans, must convert this bound nitrogen into a form that plants and animals use to grow.
But cars and power plants emit a form of nitrogen and oxygen called NOx, which falls to the ground when it rains or snows, said Eric Davidson, a soil ecologist and executive director at the Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Mass., who led the study [PDF]. Unlike atmospheric nitrogen, NOx emissions deposit nitrates, which are readily taken up by plants.
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In California, weedy, non-native grasses are edging out native plants in desert areas such as Joshua Tree National Park, and NOx is likely to blame.
"The native plants in the desert were not adapted to have that extra nitrogen, so they don't really grow all that much better, whereas these exotic grasses have evolved to make use of that nitrogen," he said.
The grasses are highly flammable, unlike the bare rock, soil and islands of shrubs that used to predominate, Davidson said. As a result, "an ecosystem that once hardly ever had a fire in it now has fire more routinely."
NOx emissions from cars have been steadily decreasing in recent years, thanks largely to the spread of catalytic converters that trap most of the pollutant. Increased regulation has kept emissions in check, even as the number of cars on the road grew, he said.
By contrast, agricultural nitrogen generation, either from dairy farm manure or fertilizer, is largely unregulated.
"A quarter of the nitrogen that is in California in a particular year ends up in the groundwater," said Tom Tomich, director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, which is leading the California Nitrogen Assessment.
Farmers use nitrogen-based fertilizers on their crops and have to anticipate how much fertilizer will be needed to grow their crops in the coming year. "A relatively cheap insurance policy is to apply a little bit more than the crop is going to need," Davidson said.
The trouble is that about half of the fertilizer isn't taken up by the plants, but seeps through the soil and into groundwater or washes into streams, Tomich said. The Central and Imperial valleys have high levels of nitrates, a form of nitrogen that can cause blue baby syndrome.
No one approach could slash nitrogen groundwater contamination, Tomich said.
"There are a lot of practices that collectively could make a difference, but there are many small parts to add up," he said. Some techniques could include increased drip irrigation and better management of manure from dairy farms.
Still, California's groundwater issues are unlikely to go away. "Even if the nitrates going into the groundwater were to suddenly stop completely, it would be decades before we saw the effects of that in terms of our groundwater nitrate contamination." Tomich said.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2011 — To the surprisingly inventive uses for banana peels which include polishing silverware, leather shoes, and the leaves of house plants, scientists have added purification of drinking water contaminated with potentially toxic metals. That's the topic of the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series.
It actually points out that minced banana peel performs better than an array of other traditional purification materials.
Gustavo Castro and colleagues note in the podcast that mining processes, runoff from farms, and industrial wastes can all put heavy metals, such as lead and copper, into waterways. Heavy metals can have adverse health and environmental effects. Current methods of removing heavy metals from water are expensive, and some substances used in the process are toxic themselves. Previous work has shown that some plant wastes, such as coconut fibers and peanut shells, can remove these potential toxins from water. The researchers wanted to find out whether minced banana peels could also act as water purifiers.
They discovered that minced banana peel could quickly remove lead and copper from river water as well as, or better than, many other materials. A purification apparatus made of banana peels can be used up to 11 times without losing its metal-binding properties, they note. The team adds that banana peels are very attractive as water purifiers because of their low cost and because they don't have to be chemically modified.
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We've fallen in love with our virtual assistants – Cortana, Siri, Alexa, and "Hey Google." We use them in our homes, our cars, and when we're out and about with friends. Wouldn't it be great if there was a virtual assistant that would help sellers do their jobs? Wait..there is. It's the Relationship Assistant for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and InsideView is proud to be the first partner to integrate our intelligence into it.
What is the Relationship Assistant?
The Relationship Assistant uses artificial intelligence (AI) to track and analyze your daily activities, opportunities, and communications, and suggests actions to take in the form of action cards. When you log into CRM, you see a carousel of action cards for the day displayed in order of priority. You can choose to take action, discard, or snooze. When you take action, and as you move through Dynamics 365, you receive additional action cards based on exactly what you're doing right then and there.
The assistant reminds you of upcoming activities, suggests things that might need your attention, and alerts you to opportunities and threats. The action cards provide summary information, links to related records, and actions for quick response.
 1. Summary content
 2. Actions
 3. Snooze
 4. Dismiss
Why Relationship Assistant is a must-have for smart sellers
1. Helps you prioritize
The Relationship Assistant helps you solve one of your biggest headaches – knowing what to focus on first. Have a large opportunity coming due? Owe someone a proposal? Or perhaps a sales development rep just opened an opportunity for one of your targeted accounts? These important items need your prompt attention and Relationship Assistant makes sure they are top of mind.
2. Saves you time
No need to search for the documents and information you need to complete these activities. You can rely on the Relationship Assistant to put everything you need right in front of you. Need to open the opportunity? Just click on the link. Want to re-read a related email? The link is right there. Multiply that over and over by the number of activities throughout your day and then consider the extra selling time you'll gain with the Assistant doing your busy work.
3. Prevents unpleasant surprises
Imagine being questioned by your boss for missing a proposal due date. Or worse, losing an opportunity because you forgot to answer a prospect's question. Perhaps you don't need to imagine it. Ouch! The Relationship Assistant can make sure these unpleasant surprises are a thing of the past by reminding you of critical due dates… without your having to set up reminders or to-do lists.
4. Keeps you a step ahead of the competition
When a key account or prospect experiences a major business event, such as being acquired or acquiring another company. This can represent a potential loss or an opportunity to grow your business. If you know about it before your competition, you can reach out first to provide a solution, make a sale, grow the account, or prevent a loss.
5. Goes where you go
The Relationship Assistant is as mobile as you are. In fact, it's even more central to the mobile experience than on your desktop. When you log into the Dynamics 365 app, you are greeted with your action cards. Imagine this. You have an appointment in 30 minutes? See who's attending, open the related opp, send an email to attendees, or get a map and directions.
These are just a few examples of how the Relationship Assistant can make your life easier and propel your success.
At InsideView, we've been using AI since our inception to aggregate, analyze, and validate data and insights. We use it to know which insights to deliver, where, and when. Today, we're pleased to extend our use of AI as the first partner to integrate into Dynamics 365 Relationship Assistant. InsideView data and insights have been embedded in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM Online since 2013. What makes this new integration exciting is how it surfaces the insights. The assistant pushes the information into the forefront of the seller's workflow. And it goes a step further by suggesting actions based on those insights.
For more information about Relationship Assistant and our integration with it, you can read our press release, contact _EMAIL_, or visit us at CRMUG Summit, booth 427, next week.


Bayes's theorem
Let's start considering the following example:
A screw factory has two machines, the $$M1$$, which is old, and does $$75\%$$ of all the screws, and the $$M2$$, newer but small, that does $$25\%$$ of the screws. The $$M1$$ does $$4\%$$ of defective screws, while the $$M2$$ just does $$2\%$$ of defective screws. If we choose a screw at random: what is the probability that ir turns out to be defectively?
As we have seen, we could solve the problem using the theorem of the total probability. Remember that it was the same as to use a tree to solve it.
Let's look now at the problem from another point of view. If we know that a screw is defective: what is the probability that it has been made by machine $$M1$$?
In other words, we are wondering for the conditional probability $$P(M1/D)$$. On the one hand, for the definition of conditional probability, we have that:
$$$P(M1/D)=\dfrac{P(M1\cap D)}{P(D)}$$$
On the other hand, if we represent our problem in a tree, we see that we can compute $$P(M1\cap D)$$, since it is the probability of the colored branch: to be made by $$M1$$ and to be defective.
Remember that the theorem of total probability is: $$$P(D) = P(M1)\cdot P(D/M1) + P(M2)\cdot P(D/M2)$$$ So we obtain: $$$P(M1/D)=\dfrac{P(M1)\cdot P(D/M1)}{P(M1)\cdot P(D/M1) + P(M2)\cdot P(D/M2)}$$$
In our example, $$$P(M1/D)=\dfrac{0,75\cdot 0,04}{0,75\cdot 0,04 + 0,25\cdot 0,02}=0,857$$$
What we have done to solve this problem can be generalized through the Bayes' theorem.
 - Bayes' Theorem:
 Let $$A_1,A_2,\ldots, A_n$$ be a partition of the sample space and $$B$$ uan event associated with the same experiment. Then, we have that: $$$ P(A_i/B)=\dfrac{P(A_i)\cdot P(B/A_i)}{P(A_1)\cdot P(B/A_1)+\ldots+P(A_n)\cdot P(B/A_n)}$$$
Let's see how to apply it.
We have three boxes with light bulbs. The first one contains $$10$$ bulbs, with $$4$$ of them broken; in the second one there are $$6$$ light bulbs, and only one broken, and in the third one there are three broken light bulbs out of eight. Now we want to ask ours: If we take a broken bulb what is the probability that comes from box $$1$$?
Let's remember that $$C1$$, $$C2$$, $$C3$$ represent boxes $$1$$, $$2$$ and $$3$$. Also $$F = $$ "broken bulb", for what $$\overline{F}=$$ "not broken bulb".
Now, we are only interested in the top branch of our tree.
We are interested in $$P(C1/F)$$. From Bayes' theorem, $$$ P(C1/F)=\dfrac{P(C1)\cdot P(F/C1)}{P(C1)\cdot P(F/C1)+P(C2)\cdot P(F/C2)+P(C3)\cdot P(F/C3)}$$$
In our case, $$$P(C1/F)=\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot \dfrac{4}{10}}{\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot \dfrac{4}{10} + \dfrac{1}{3}\cdot \dfrac{1}{6}+\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot \dfrac{3}{8}}=\dfrac{\dfrac{4}{30}}{\dfrac{113}{360}}=\dfrac{48}{113}=0,425$$$
that is to say, $$42,5\%$$.
Suppose we have $$250$$ doctors from Europe meeting in a conference. Among these $$115$$ are Germans; $$65$$, French, and $$70$$ Englishmen. We also know that, $$75\%$$ of the Germans, $$60\%$$ of the French and $$65\%$$ of the Englishmen are in favour of using a new vaccine for the flu. In order to decide whether the vaccine is finally used they agree on the following: among all the doctors they select at random three doctors, who answer if they are in favour or not (with replacement). Remember that with replacement means that a doctor can be selected all three times (or two times). The vaccine is approved out of these three picks, at least two agree on using the vaccine. We are now interested in: If we pick a doctor randomly and he is in favor of using the vaccine: what is the probability that he is French?
Let's consider the following events: $$A =$$ "German doctor", $$F =$$ "French doctor", $$I =$$ "English doctor", and $$V =$$ "to be in favor of the vaccine" (and therefore, $$ \overline{V}=$$ "o be against the vaccine").
We represent our problem in a tree.
We are looking for $$P(F/V)$$. From Bayes' theorem, $$$ P(F/V)=\dfrac{P(F)\cdot P(V/F)}{P(A)\cdot P(V/A)+P(F)\cdot P(V/F)+P(I)\cdot P(V/I)}$$$
In our case, $$$P(F/V)=\dfrac{\dfrac{65}{250}\cdot 0,6}{\dfrac{115}{250}\cdot 0,75 + \dfrac{65}{250}\cdot 0,6+\dfrac{70}{250}\cdot 0,65} =0,228$$$


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Tassie devil ranks in world's worst sounds
The sound of a tasmanian devil has featured in a list of the world's most horrible sounds.
Over 1.1 million votes were analysed by Professor Trevor Cox of the University of Salford in the UK.
Voting took place via Internet site sound101.org.
Coming in at number 11 out of 34 sounds was the tasmanian devil, which was considered a more horrible sound than the dentist's drill.
Vomiting topped the list, followed by microphone feedback, with babies crying and a "horrible scraping sound" tying for third place.
Fingernails down a blackboard, considered an awful sound by many people, came in at 16th.
Professor Cox says he is driven by a scientific curiosity about why people shudder at certain sounds and not others.
"We are pre-programmed to be repulsed by horrible things such as vomiting, as it is fundamental to staying alive to avoid nasty stuff but, interestingly, the voting patterns from the sound did not match expectation for a pure 'disgust' reaction," he said.
"Similarly, the sound of fingernails down a blackboard has been compared to the warning cries of monkeys - again, something that humans might instinctively respond to because of our ancestry.
"So we examined whether the voting patterns for the scraping sounds were consistent with an evolved response.
"But only for the worst scraping sound were the results consistent with the hypothesis of an evolved response."
Professor Cox is now planning a similar experiment to rate the most pleasant sound in the world.


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The characteristics and distributions of near-surface bottom sediments and of nutrients in the sediments provide information on modern sediment and nutrient sources, sedimentation environments, and geochemical reactions in the tidal Potomac system, Maryland and Virginia. This information is fundamental to an improved understanding of sedimentation and eutrophication problems in the tidal Potomac system. The tidal Potomac system consists of 1,230 square kilometers of intertidal to subtidal Potomac mainstem and tributary streambed from the heads-of-tides to Chesapeake Bay.
Tidal Potomac sediments are dominantly silt and clay except in local areas. An average sediment sample is about two-thirds silt and clay (fine) particles and one-third sand (coarse) particles. The mean of the median size of all samples is 6.60 phi, or 0.010 millimeters. Sorting generally is poor and the average sediment is skewed toward the fine tail of the size-distribution curve.
Mean particle-size measures have large standard deviations. Among geomorphic units, two distinctly different size populations are found; fine (median phi about 9), and poorly sorted (sorting about 3) sediments in the channel and the smooth flat, and coarse (median phi about 2), and well sorted (sorting about 1) sediments in the shoreline flat and the irregular slope. Among mainstem hydrologic divisions, an average sediment from the river and the estuary division is coarser and more variable than an average sediment from the transition division.
Substantial concentrations of total carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus, and limited amounts of inorganic carbon, ammonia nitrogen and nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen occur in tidal Potomac sediments. An average tidal Potomac sediment sample weighing 1 kilogram contains about 21,000 milligrams of total carbon, 2,400 milligrams of total nitrogen, 1,200 milligrams of total phosphorus, 600 milligrams of inorganic carbon, 170 milligrams of ammonia nitrogen, and 2 milligrams of nitrite plus nitrate nitrogen. Total carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus have an average ratio by weight of 18:2:1 and an average ratio by atoms of 94:8:1.
Nutrient concentrations and nutrient ratios have large ranges and standard deviations. Nutrient concentrations usually are closely related to particle size; large concentrations are characteristic of fine sediments in the channel and the smooth flat, and small concentrations are typical of coarse sediments in the shoreline flat and the irregular slope. Concentrations typically decrease from the river division to the estuary division.
Mainstem and tributaries show no statistically significant difference in mean particle-size measures or mean nutrient concentrations. Tributaries do not contribute large quantities of sediment with diverse texture or nutrient content to the Potomac mainstem. Particle-size measures and nutrient concentrations in the mainstem are significantly related to hydrologic divisions and geomorphic units; that is, particle size and nutrients vary significantly along and across the Potomac mainstem. Lateral variations in particle size and nutrient content are more pronounced and contribute more to significant relations than longitudinal variations contribute.
The mean values for the median particle size and for the percentage of sand indicate significant variations among hydrologic divisions for samples from a geomorphic unit, and among geomorphic units, for samples from a hydrologic division. Sediments of channels and smooth flats in the river division commonly are coarser than sediments of channels and smooth flats in the transition and the estuary divisions. Shoreline flats in the estuary division are coarser than shoreline flats in the river division. Shoreline flats and irregular slopes in each hydrologic division generally are significantly coarser than channels and smooth flats. Relations between particle-size measures and geomorphic units show progressively larger cor
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M is called the Intelligent Composing and Performing System. M is a Mac OS X version of a program first published by Intelligent Music in 1987.
Composing music with M is radically different from writing music on paper or recording into a tape recorder or MIDI sequencer.
Instead of merely playing back what you've already composed, M becomes a part of the actual process of composition. You enter your basic musical ideas and materials as melodies, chords, and rhythms, and then work with M to transform those ideas into finished compositions.
M's powerful tools and musical controls let you work so quickly and interactively that the line between composing and performing becomes blurred. You're composing and performing at the same time, and with a vast array of controls.
You can control your music by clicking and dragging the mouse on the computer screen, by "conducting" in a Conducting Grid, by pressing keys on your computer keyboard, or by playing specific notes on your MIDI keyboard.
When working with M, you hear the musical results of everything you do while you're doing it, so you can try new things and explore musical ideas without the computer getting in your way.
Here are some key features of "Cycling '74 M":
· A variety of sophisticated recording and note editing techniques.
· Controls for the selective re-ordering and randomization of musical material.
· A capability for automating changes in MIDI velocities, note densities, rhythms, legato-staccato articulations, and accents.
· "Snapshots" that store and recall any configuration of screen controls, and Slideshows, which are sequences of Snapshots.
· A performance system which allows you to "conduct" by dragging the mouse within the Conducting Grid, or to control the program from a MIDI keyboard, or to perform by selecting screen controls with the mouse.
· For sound output directly from the computer, a Core MIDI compatible synthesizer application.
· For external MIDI I/O, a MIDI interface is required. M 2.7 uses OS X Core MIDI for MIDI input and output.
· Saving disabled.


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Water tank cleaning process is extremely important to perform since over the course of time water tank may accumulate all sorts of dirt, germs, and other hazardous substances that can be a source of health hazards for the users. Water is one of the major sources of spreading diseases and unclean water from the storage can affect the whole building. Similarly, the build-up of dirt inside the water tank will reduce its capacity over the course of time and it can lead to the blockage of the valves of the water tank as well. This will affect the supply of the water in the building and may even lead to damaging the water tank itself.
Therefore, we recommend users to perform a regular water tank cleaning process at least once or twice a year. This will ensure that unclean water due to the presence of harmful substances inside the water storage may not become a source of health hazards for the residents. Similarly, it will help maintain the proper supply of water in the building. In this article, we will explain a water tank cleaning process with the help of which users will be able to clean the tank in a short time without requiring the services of professionals.
Draining the water from the water tank
In the first step of water tank cleaning, users will have to drain the water inside the water tank so that it is more convenient to perform the cleaning process. In order to remove water from the tank, we recommend users to open the outlet or valve of the water tank so that the water inside the tank flows out of it. However, opening the valve might not be able to remove all the water inside the tank since the valve is usually present at a height above the base of the tank. Therefore, in such cases, we recommend using a vacuum sucker of any type in order to remove all the water present inside the tank.
Performing the cleaning process
On removing the water from inside the water tank, we recommend users to follow the steps given below in order to perform the cleaning process in an effective manner:
- We recommend using an appropriate cleaning agent in order to perform the process. Therefore, users should obtain a standard cleaning agent capable of cleaning and disinfecting the water tank.
- Now, wash the inside of the water tank with the help of a power washer so that it can remove sticky material from the wall of the tank.
- Now, apply a scrubber in order to remove dirt, grime, germs, etc. present on the inside wall of the tank. We recommend using a long scrubber with a handle for the purpose since it will be able to reach the bottom of the tank as well.
- In the next step, apply the cleaning agent with the help of the long handle brush on all parts of the tank. Perform the scrubbing again in order to ensure the proper functioning of the cleaning agent.
- In the end, wash the water tank again with the help of clean water. Now, drain the water tank again by performing the draining process.


Sailor's Life at Sea & A Little Poetry
Lesson Plan
 1. Students learn about sailors' everyday life around 1900 by analyzing a poem and recruiting poster.
 2. Students interpret poems and poster art as historical evidence.
 1. Read background sheet, poem, and poster.
 2. Discuss question sheet in groups or complete answers individually.
 3. Classroom discussion to follow.
 4. Students use the historical poem as a model to compose their own poems.
 These poems may be e-mailed to the Museum.
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In Act II scene 1 of Molière's 1668 comedy Amphitryon, the servant Sosie is trying to explain to his master Amphitryon that he has seen his doppelgänger but Amphitryon refuses to believe him, here is the extract:
Oui, moi : non pas le moi d'ici,
Mais le moi du logis, qui frappe comme quatre.
Te confonde le Ciel de me parler ainsi!
I don't understand what Amphitryon is trying to convey. Is he saying that he wishes Sosie to be humiliated in front of the Heavens for talking to his master in a such a manner? He's using subjunctive so it's similar to "May God have mercy on me" and "Te" is the object so it could be "May the Heavens humiliate you". The sentence doesn't start with "Que" so it's quite confusing.
Also, my teacher says that exclamation point and the use of "confondre" means that Amphitryon hopes for an irrefutable conclusion in the form of blackmail. But since I don't understand the sentence, I don't understand how the explanation works either.


What Should Firms Be Doing To Attract The Best Young Talent?
All indicators agree: until 2030, the number of skilled jobs needed in the global economy will exceed the number of available candidates. The war for talent is raging and companies are not sure they will win it.
What should firms be doing to attract the best young talent?
Not offer a career but an exciting, international, entrepreneurial and meaningful adventure.
Companies must take into account the aspirations and behaviors of this new generation of talent, even if they are sometimes paradoxical.
Large companies are not only competing with each other to recruit the best talent, they are also competing with the entrepreneurial drive of young people who are creating or joining human-sized organizations and start-ups, to learn and grow faster.
To attract the best young talents companies must offer "fast track" or "rotational programmes" as early career development, that allows young talent to develop and take up challenges that have impact and meaning.
Companies must also capitalize on their specificities: collective dynamics and learning from other employees.
Young talents do not necessarily seek to work in non-profit associations or NGOs but want their employer's Social and Environmental Responsibility to really be reflected in their missions. The next issue is, how do young people approach looking for placements/first jobs, where do they search, and what are their expectations during the recruitment process?
To look for internships and first jobs, young people mainly use their universities' career intranet platforms (48%) then the companies' websites (39%) and their personal network (35%).
71% of young people also ask for transparency on the recruitment process. Young graduates are used to instant application responses and want more fluidity during the recruitment process, i.e. speed and simplicity when applying.
They no longer want to complete an application form when they have already sent the same information in their CV. They would rather write a quick motivation email than a long cover letter.
74 % find it important to receive a personalized reply.
They want to get feedback for each step of the application procedure. In particular, they want a debriefing of their interview performance when they are not selected in order to improve.
Another important issue is the importance of transparency in job offers, personalization and offering a range of application processes
Before applying, information found on the company is often decisive: 80 % of young people carry out research on the company culture before applying and 78% believe that the company culture influences their application.
Recruitment communication must adapt to these new requirements. Corporate discourse must be less stereotyped: more specific and more sincere.
They want updated, documented job offers and transparency in salaries. They would like the offers to be more detailed and reflect the company's culture and values.
During the application process, young graduates want a personalized "candidate experience" that makes them want to get involved in the company because they will feel "unique".
Finally, how are social networks impacting the recruitment process?
87% of students and recent graduates are already registered on at least one professional social network. Among them, 78% consult their account at least once a week and 3 students among 4 read their news feed.
Companies can no longer be satisfied with a presence of their employer brand only on personal social networks, they must also communicate on professional networks and have content adapted to this target of young, qualified and demanding talent.
81% read the news and the company page before applying.
Social networks have an impact on the decisions of young talents before they apply.
They make it easy to check that companies' promises match the realities experienced by young graduates already employed in the company. The experts are their ex-peers.
However, this digital presence does not exempt companies from establishing direct contacts with students: job and career fairs, campus presence, educational partnerships, business games…
This generation needs human relations and mentoring and coaching.
In conclusion, in a globalized, fluid and graduate-friendly job market, employer brands need to be proactive and sincere in order not only to attract and recruit but also to retain and engage these talents.
About the author: Manuelle Malot is the Director, Alumni Careers, and NewGenTalent center, EDHEC. Manuelle is a specialist in graduate recruitment and career management. She is an author and recognized expert on new generation career and workplace trends. She has more than 25 years of experience advising both executive professionals and organizations on the changing world of work.
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text: Balranald was settled in 1847 and proclaimed a town in 1851, and it was an important livestock-ferrying point in the 1860s. It was gazetted a municipality in 1882 and became a shire in 1957. Balranald serves a region of sheep, cattle, wheat, and irrigated fruit farming; lumbering and mining are also local activities. It is located on the Sturt Highway about 420 miles (675 km) southwest of Sydney and is served by the rail system of the state of Victoria. The closest rail link to the New South Wales system is at Hay, some 85 miles (135 km) east. Pop. (2006) local government area, 2,441; (2011) local government area, 2,283.


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Taking research methodology seriously involves thinking about how we design research projects, how and why we use particular methods, and wider issues about the nature of research. The topics pages on this site seek to address these different areas by the exploring the conceptual, political and ethical dimensions of research on religion, key issues in research design and a range of methods and approaches that researchers studying religion might use.
Each topic page has a downloadable discussion paper or structured exercise which introduces key issues. The topic pages also provide additional resources, including sample studies, bibliographies, or links to other relevant websites. They have been designed to be a useful reference point for individual researchers as well as providing materials for courses in research methodology and the study of religion.


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What do hierarchical workplaces look like?
In hierarchical workplaces, everyone knows who's boss. Employees might be encouraged to feed into decision-making processes, but ultimately either a single figure or a small body of people seen as the most qualified or deserving of decision-making power call the shots. Whether it's a simple top-down management system or more complex cross-project teamwork, there's a clear understanding of where everyone fits into the hierarchy, and how much authority they have.
What do horizontal workplaces look like?
In horizontal workplaces, everyone's involved in making decisions. There's no clear chain of command from top to bottom; responsibility is shared across the workplace, and everyone's got an equal say. Because everyone's got the same amount of influence, they're usually also expected to contribute an equal amount of time, energy, and dedication.
How do we work out what structure is best for our workplace?
So what kind of workplaces are best for the economy? Depends what we're aiming for, and what suits us as individuals. Some workplaces are aiming to make a profit, others to provide a service or bring about social change. Hierarchical and horizontal organisations have different values and assumptions about efficient organisation, human motivation, and the importance of a sense of ownership.


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The Office of Academic Quality (OAQ) acts as a centralized point of contact and service related to all curriculum quality assurance processes across the college. OAQ helps to facilitate continuous quality improvement by overseeing academic policy, and ensuring that changes at any credential level are embedded and operationalized in all related processes and procedures.
In supporting student success, OAQ:
- ties curriculum to Ministry guidelines and standards
- provides curriculum support and resources to academic areas
- oversees and facilitates all curriculum processes
- enables evidence-based curriculum decision-making
- acts as a link between the academic areas and relevant stakeholders
The Office of Academic Quality (OAQ) can provide a number of resources with regard to curriculum development and design, work with program teams on curriculum development, and assist with answers to questions about forms, approvals, deadlines and more.
A culture of academic excellence through continuous quality improvement.
To enhance and implement comprehensive academic policies and curriculum processes that inspire best practices and contribute to the quality of the educational experience.


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Role: MIS Analyst Retail Operations
Qualification: Any Graduation or above
Experience: 5+ years in MIS
Send your CV to : _EMAIL_
MIS analyst Retail Operations
- Create and design reports from existing information systems and analyse the results for management decision making.
- Read raw data and create daily / weekly / monthly MIS reports, Preparing & implementing actionable reports for different frequencies (Daily, Monthly, Quarterly, etc.)
- Generate timely and accurate reports for analysis. Creating MIS/ Dashboard report and presenting it to the concern Department.
- MIS reporting by using MS Excel & Advance Excel like Pivot, Lookup, Conditional formatting at Operational level.
- Produce time sensitive information and provide actionable data that will assist Senior Management in planning and managing the core functions of the business.
- Analyze large sets of data and measure against historical performance
- Participate in cross-functional meetings to resolve recurring business/internal issues.
- Be active part of process automation and MIS automation in the new software environment
- Provide recommendations to update current MIS to improve efficiency and consistency in reporting.
- Perform data analysis for generating Sale and Cost reports on periodic basis.
- Provide strong reporting and analytical information support to management team.
- Generate both periodic and ad hoc reports as needed by management.
Functional Area: Retail/ FMCG
Reporting to: Group MD
Employment Type: Permanent/ Full time
Salary: plus Expat benefits


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The tomb of Tutankhamun gave us a clear idea of the complete equipment of a royal tomb of the Pharaonic era.
Not only were funerary items placed in the tomb, but objects used during the lifetime of the king were also placed there for use in the hereafter.
This model of a grain mill is made of wood and was preserved in the tomb with its grinding stone. The symbolic use of this miniature mill by the king in the afterlife is obvious. He had intended to secure wheat for his bread in case no offerings would be presented to him.
A miniature model of a granary full of seeds was also found in the tomb.


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One of the most difficult roles the Human Resources Department is faced with is managing an employee's need for leave while remaining compliant with "the Bermuda Triangle of leave laws" which exists in the space between workers' compensation laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). In this practical webinar, you will learn how to navigate various employment laws including workers' compensation laws, the FMLA, and the ADA.
Upon course completion, you will be able to:
- Recognize the interaction of the ADA, FMLA, and workers' compensation laws
- Describe the purposes of the three laws and why they often conflict
- Identify the areas of interplay between the three laws those employers need to consider when managing employee absenteeism
- Explain the overlapping processes of ADA, FMLA, and workers' compensation and determine how they can run more smoothly.
- Explain the ADA interactive process – key to avoiding the Bermuda Triangle
- Steer clear of stinging jellyfish: the DOL, the EEOC, and state administrative agencies


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The Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function (PNLF) is a model consisting of a (non-normalized) Probability Density Function of the Luminosity of Planetary Nebulae. With it, planetary nebulae are used as Standard Candles, using the fact that there is a (rough) maximum brightness of planetary nebulae, which can be used in the manner of distance-determination of the Brightest Star of a galaxy, the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function, or a Brightest Cluster Galaxy in a Galaxy Cluster.
Typically, observation is carried out for an [O III] Forbidden Line (Wavelength 500.7nm), which is produced by planetary Nebulae and can be observed from the ground, and established as from a planetary nebula, i.e., other possible sources eliminated. By observing a number of them in a Galaxy, the distance to the galaxy can be estimated based upon the brightest of the group. The function is typically stated in a way that relates a Distance Modulus to the Apparent Magnitude of this line from the galaxy's brightest planetary nebulae.
Planetary nebulae occur throughout galaxies, including easy-to-view portions, which makes them better for this than some other such standard candle candidates within galaxies.
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Activity for Kids: How to Make Personalized Wrapping Paper
If you still have wrapping to do and need to keep your little ones occupied, how about having them help you decorate gifts? Creating personalized wrapping paper is a fun activity that will help kids practice their fine motor skills and develop their creativity (and grandma will surely LOVE it!)
Here's all you need:
- Wrap the gift in butcher paper (white paper would work as well)
- Outline the name with glue
- Have your child tear up tissue paper and make little balls, placing them on the glue until the name is done.
- Decorate: add stickers, make glitter designs, ribbon, etc. You can also add a photograph that the person can save!) Another cool idea? Use paint to make hand prints!
- Place under the Christmas tree!
Of course, this activity is also a great activity to practice language skills. You can ask questions about colors, shapes, letters, etc.
For more Christmas activities check out my free Christmas printables in Spanish!
Have a wonderful Christmas!


Friday, 31 July 2020
Ballonts VI; back from the brink, or still lead balloons?
Over the years, many readers expressed how sorry they were to learn that ballonts, i.e. lighter-than air lifeforms, were almost impossible to achieve on an Earth-like planet. The only way you can have a ballont on such a world is to shape it similarly to actual balloons on Earth: they have to be very, very large. What I had badly wanted was ballonts as aerial plankton floating through forests, or small ballont'seedlings' released by their parent organisms, or something tiptoeing over the plains, as in the previous post. Such ballonts were an integral part of the Furahan menagerie, until I sat down to do the math. The sobering results are to be found here, here and here.
With that knowledge in mind, I was quite surprised to see a video showing a very small balloon on YouTube. I copied two stills from it to show you, but advise you to see it on youTube.
The video shows a very small balloon, of a size that would lend itself very well to a ballont! Was I wrong to think that small ballonts, or small balloons for that matter, are impossible? The video's narrator says that the balloon weighs 0.3 grams and needs only "naught point five eight litres of helium to float". The video shows a hand releasing a string, or so we assume, as I do not see the string in question, and the image of the balloon then rises. That sounds like a strong assertion that the balloon actually goes up into the air when released. But the video was made for advertising purposes, and advertising and truth are not the best of friends. Beware: the part where the balloon rises after being released looks like an animation rather than live action, and in the rest of the clip there is no actual video of the balloon floating.
Luckily, they showed numbers: the video specifies a volume of helium, of 0.058 L. Volumes do not depend on weight or mass, so I suppose they meant the volume of the inside of the inflated balloon, as that seems the only thing that would make sense. We can easily find out how large a sphere should be to take up 0.058 L. Turn that into cubic meters, apply the equation for the volume of a sphere (4/3 x pi x R^3 with R as the radius of the balloon), and you get a radius of 0.024 m, or a diameter of 4.8 cm for the balloon. That looks like the size they showed in the clip. Very well, but how much mass can that volume of helium actually lift?
Well, under'standard' circumstances, meaning 20 degrees centigrade and one atmosphere, the density of helium is 0.179 kg per cubic meter, and of air 1.2019. From that it is easy to calculate the mass of 0.058 L of helium and of 0.058 L of air. Subtract the two, and that is the mass you can lift. You get 0.059 gram. That is almost nothing! Mind you, for a balloon to work it must first lift the mass of its own envelope. In this case, the envelope has to have a mass LESS than 0.059 gram, or else it cannot float. Good luck with that. I am beginning to think that the balloons in the clip were not kept aloft by a bit of string, but that they were held up by a length of stiff wire.
Still, I wondered if there was anything to be done about the physics. In my previous models, I had used the characteristics of PET for the membrane of the balloon, because that is a strong material that will not let even gases escape. Unfortunately, PET has a density of some 900 kg per cubic meter, so it is only a bit less dense than water.
Click to enlarge; copyright Gert van Dijk
Here is my old model again. The x-axis shows the radius of spherical balloon in cm and the y-axis shows mass in grams. A balloons works if there is a mass difference between the displaced air and the gas inside the balloon. If that difference is larger than the mass of the membrane, you get lift. In the graph, the red line shows lift: if the values are negative, the balloon sinks, and if they are positive, it floats. This PET-balloon will not float if the radius is smaller than 25 cm; that is a big balloon. Actually, that is MUCH bigger than the balloons you can buy for parties. The membrane of latex balloons must weigh a lot less than the one in my model.
Click to enlarge; copyright Gert van Dijk
Here is the same model, but now the membrane is magically completely massless. That helps a lot! Mind you, that third power is still being difficult: a balloon with a radius of 10 cm can still only lift 5 g. To lift just one gram, you need a radius of 6 cm. Even without such a weightless membrane you cannot have truly small balloons. This raises the question what the mass of a typical children's balloon is, and how small manufacturers can make them?
I asked balloon manufacturers, and they were friendly enough to reply. It turns out that helium balloons of 9 inches can float, and that 5 inch balloons are the smallest ones to float. But they do so weakly and only for a short while, because the helium leaks out though the latex. Now, I refuse to use illogical mediaeval units of measurement, so I will substitute 12.5 cm for the width of five working men's thumbs held next to another. That is a radius of 6.25 cm. The manufacturer told me that the weight of such a balloon is roughly 0.7 g, if made out of white latex. The colour affects the weight.
Well, that makes sense if you compare it to the magical massless membrane: the magical one could lift one gram with a 6 cm radius, and now we find that the actual weight of the membrane of a balloon of that size is 0.7 g. That leaves 0.3 g for lift. That is just enough.
Today's lesson is that physics still conspires against ballonts. A secondary lesson may be that advertisers can waste your time. I knew that already. Sigh.
PS this is an additional figure I had prepared but not posted. However, it ties in so well with Abby's comment below that I decided to add it.
Click to enlarge; copyright Gert van Dijk
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Tabulae Mortuae III (Archives XIII)
Clich to increase; copyright Gert van Dijk
 It is with some trepidation that I show you this particular dead painting. (If you wish to see more, just use the search function to find 'Archives'.) It is one of the oldest in the series of paintings that later became the Furaha universe. The subject is neither thought out well nor painted well. The sky used to be ochre, but I secondarily, after a year or so, decided to paint it over with bluish tints to improve the demarcation of foreground and background. That helped a bit, but not enough. I admit that I have now decreased the contrast of the background digitally to improve the sense of depth in the painting.
At the time of painting I was still enamoured of ballonts (there are many posts on this blog about 'ballonts'). I was exploring what you could do with them. So here is a ballont species with the ability to hover a bit above the ground, tiptoeing from stem to stem if it chose to do so. If endangered, it was supposed to be able to release its hold and shoot upwards like a cork in water. I did not stop to think how such animals would be able to regulate the upwards force of their balloon. Perhaps it could contract its bladder forcefully, decreasing its volume and compressing the gas inside.
Anyway, I remember that the tree (?) in the background started out as a gigantic slug-like creature moving across the landscape with interesting mushroom-shaped organisms on top. When the painting was redone, I transformed it into a sessile lifeform, but the mushrooms stayed. These can obviously tilt or bend in such a way that they deflect the wind. Although I have no idea what these mushroom organs are actually for, I still like the idea of them forming a buffer against the wind.
You will not be surprised to learn that the tomatl did not make it into the modern, more sensible, Furaha universe. Now they do, and the quality of the paintings have improved too, or so I like to think. It was fun to simply paint whichever shapes suggested themselves, without wondering whether they made any sense or not. Progress...


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Objective: The recovery after general anesthesia is influenced by the choice of inhalational agent. Stimulations might make patient's agitate. However, the recovery using no touch technique might be safer. In this study, we compared the recovery time, awakening end-tidal concentration, and respiratory complications among inhalational anesthetics in pediatric patients using no touch technique, retrospectively. Material and methods: The subjects were pediatric patients aged 3 months to 11 years under general anesthesia using sevoflurane, isoflurane, or desflurane. Background, awakening end-tidal concentration, respiratory complications, the time of eye open, body movement, and extubation were recorded. Results: A total of 170 patients were included in the study. There were no respiratory complications during emergence. Awakening end-tidal concentration in desflurane was 0.98%, sevoflurane (0.39%), and isoflurane (0.25%). In patients received desflurane, the time of body movement, eye open, and extubation were significantly shorter than patients who received other anesthetics (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The recovery from desflurane was significantly shorter among three inhalational anesthetics with no touch technique. In addition, no airway-related complication occurred. Clinical relevance: The recovery from desflurane might be useful to predict emergence by end-tidal inhalational concentration.
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Reconstructing 3D models from their projection images has been an interesting research topic in computer vision and geometric modeling. In this paper, we review several methods that generate octree models of objects from their silhouettes in images. The complexity analysis of the algorithms is developed and presented. It is concluded that the performance of the algorithms depents mostly on the number of starting images and the object shapes through their number of faces and concavities.
Franquesa, M.; Brunet, P. Analysis of methods for generating octree models of objects from their silhouettes. "Revue internationale de CFAO et d'infographie", Gener 1997, vol. 12, núm. 1-2, p. 33-65.


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U.S. Department of Justice: Supporting Male Survivors of ViolenceDeadline: June 17, 2015
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks innovative proposals that will create equal access to both system and community-based service providers for male survivors of violence, particularly boys and young men of color, to catalyze a national commitment to better serve these individuals. OVC is particularly interested in proposals that seek to strengthen victim service providers' knowledge and skills, resulting in innovative programs and practices that foster a better understanding among criminal and juvenile justice systems and guide service providers around the needs and rights of these boys and young men. OVC seeks applications that address one of the two purpose areas identified below:
- Purpose Area 1, Demonstration Projects: This solicitation will fund demonstration sites that put in place evidence-based models and practices to provide trauma-informed, comprehensive services for male survivors of violence, particularly boys and young men of color, and their families and supporting policies.
- Purpose Area 2, Technical Assistance Providers: This solicitation will be used to select up to two distinct technical assistance (TA) providers to support the demonstration sites in the following categories: (A) Comprehensive TA: To deliver comprehensive information, training, and technical assistance to support the demonstrations sites, including subject matter expertise, training on identified topics, and peer-to-peer learning exchanges; and (B) Communications TA: To assist the demonstration sites with outreach efforts aimed at educating stakeholders and the broader community on the adverse effects of trauma and violence as well as the importance for community and system-based services to communicate and develop consistent policies, procedures and messaging to enhance efforts to reach and identify victims and survivors.
Eligibility: Varies by purpose area:
- Purpose Area 1: Eligible applicants for the demonstration project are limited to: state and local
agencies; federally recognized tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations); faith-based and community-based organizations; and colleges or universities (including tribal institutions of higher education) that demonstrate an understanding of the area of victimization and support services described in the solicitation.
- Purpose Area 2: Eligible applicants for funding to provide technical assistance to the demonstration projects are private nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities or public agencies (including tribal nonprofit organizations and tribal institutions of higher learning).
Amount: Varies by purpose area:
- Purpose Area 1: 8-12 awards of up to $1,000,000 each for a 36 month project period.
- Purpose Area 2: Up to 2 awards of up to $1,000,000 each for a 36 month project period.


How Mentoring Can Overcome Tech Management's Big Challenges
What are the biggest challenges in software development? According to a new report, two things in particular dominate development teams' bandwidth and time: Capacity and sharing knowledge. That makes mentoring a crucial skill for teams facing any kind of production or scheduling crunch.
By 'capacity,' Coding Sans' State of Software Development 2020 Report means the ability of a team to handle its workload—an issue that's often solved by hiring more developers (if that's possible) or improving the existing team's skillset.
Sharing knowledge is another huge issue, especially on massive teams with a mix of junior and senior developers. Here's Coding Sans' full percentage breakdown:
"Mentoring is an underutilized tool among software developers; it's worth looking into how to set up a system for it," is what the report suggests for tackling the knowledge-sharing issue. "Beyond that, pair programming and code reviews are the most obvious. You can also use brown bag lunches to move it into a less formal environment or company hackathons to sharpen up your developers while letting them have fun."
Mentoring and knowledge-sharing is key to bringing solid developers aboard a team in the first place. Last year, a national survey from Instructure (and conducted by The Harris Poll) suggested that 70 percent of employees are somewhat likely to accept a job with a company that's known for investing in employee learning and career development. Report after report makes it clear that developers and other technologists are always interested in boosting their skills however they can.
But mentoring effectively is often easier said than done. Senior technologists who find themselves in the role of mentor (and/or team leader) have to go out of their way to make lessons and examples relevant to the junior members they're instructing. "The last thing you want to hear as a mentee is an example that is irrelevant to your experience," Ameesh Divatia, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley data security specialist Baffle, told Dice last year in a conversation about mentorship. "You want to have a relatable example. Draw lessons from history, but don't dwell so much on the past."
For mentors, carefully listening to mentees' concerns and issues is also key, even though it can sometimes prove challenging when everyone is rushing toward a tight deadline.
Mentees, meanwhile, must be proactive when it comes to knowledge-sharing; if they don't know something, they need to say that. We only learn through feedback and trying things out; passivity just slows that flow of knowledge throughout the team.
While the stereotypical image of mentoring is a one-on-one relationship between mentor and mentee, there are several other ways to share knowledge, including:
Reverse mentoring: When younger technologists share their knowledge of new technologies with their more-established peers.
Group mentoring: In which younger team members share knowledge among themselves, or rely simultaneously on the same senior member.
Micro-mentoring: Quick mentoring sessions, hosted on an ad-hoc basis, designed to target specific challenges/issues.
Speed mentoring: Somewhat like micro-mentoring, this is when mentees take what knowledge they can from quick meetings with senior technologists—whether within the company, or at larger events such as tech conferences.
With COVID-19 forcing many technologists to work from home, and thus manage teams remotely, it can be difficult to find the time and bandwidth (literally and metaphorically) for mentoring. Nonetheless, the effort can pay off, as mentoring can translate into a group's capacity and collective knowledge.


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Determinants of Technology Adoption: Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up
We estimate the role of benefits and peer effects in technology adoption using data from randomized distribution of menstrual cups in Nepal. Using individual randomization, we estimate causal effects of peer exposure on adoption; using differences in potential returns we estimate effects of benefits. We find both peers and value influence adoption. Using the fact that we observe both trial and usage of the product, we examine the mechanisms driving peer effects. We find that peers matters because individuals learn how to use the technology from their friends, but that they do not affect individual desire to use the cup.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w14828
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Preparing the Documentation Record
The information contained in this section is organized into these subsections:
- The Task
- Keeping a Running Score
- Gather Maps and Diagrams
- List and Cite References
- Identify HRS Data Gaps
- Notes on the Final Product
- Common Problem Areas
- Obtain and Read all site information. Keep clean copies of all references you might use.
- Take notes and organize them by source or pathway.
- Keep a running score.
- Identify sources and significant pathways.
- Gather maps and diagrams.
- Identify HRS data gaps.
When you document a site score, you will move back and forth among these tasks.
Keep a Running Score
Back-of-the-envelope scoring will focus your attention on the HRS implications of the information you are gathering.
- Is a number "at risk" because it lies near a breakpoint on an HRS table? For example, see Table 2-6 of the HRS rule, page 51591.
- The more important an item of information is to the score, the better the quality of information should be.
- "Killer" issues are those that can drop the score under 28.50.
The attempt to score the site will also focus attention on what information is still missing.
- Refer to Appendix D: Map Specifications For The HRS Documentation Record
of the Regional QC Guidance for NPL Candidate
- Choose a base map and annotate it with site-specific information (i.e., sources,
site boundaries, locations of targets).
- Present pathway-specific maps (i.e., tax assessor's parcel maps,
geological cross-sections, and Wetland Inventory Maps).
- Insert maps within the text of the documentation record.
- Aerial photographs may be useful to show historical conditions.
- Maps should be reproducible, legible, and to scale.
List and Cite References
List only the references you use in the documentation record. (Be sure to use all references that EPA might need to justify listing the site.)
- Every assertion of fact must be referenced in the documentation record.
(Example: Ref. 9, p.43; Ref. 24, p.B-158.)
- Use a recognized style for the list of references in the documentation record.
- The HRS rule is always Reference 1 and the Superfund Chemical Data Matrix (SCDM) is always Reference 2.
- References should be numbered sequentially as they appear in the documentation record.
Identify HRS Data Gaps
Review each HRS factor for completeness of documentation.
Are any data of inadequate quality?
- Pay particular attention to the significant pathways and to data that are important to the site score.
- Develop technically accurate rationale when data are questionable.
- Compare all data to the breakpoints in the HRS tables.
- Look for conflicting assertions or for differences in the numbers that are reported.
- Review the analytical data carefully for all critical samples.
- Do not use inadequate or unsupported data. It only slows the process down.
The identification of data gaps will focus on further information gathering.
- Every assertion and fact can be challenged.
- The HRS score begins at zero and rises as you present evidence that supports
a higher score.
- Every assertion of fact must be referenced and every professional judgement
presented with a clear, documented rationale.
- You are writing for the general public...which includes everyone from local
citizens to lawyers to consulting engineers.
- Weave the facts together into a "story" that states EPA's case for placing the
site on the NPL.
- Most documentation records are written in the WordPerfect format, but
PREScore or any other format that presents the information in an
understandable and defensible manner is acceptable.
- Do not include extraneous information that might be challenged.
- Read references, organize information, rough out scores, identify data gaps, then develop a plan for closing the data gaps.
- Watch for eligibility issues that have not been previously caught.
- Ask for guidance in special cases and work closely with other experienced co-workers.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for.
- v. To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- n. Sorrow; regret: "To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won" ( Elizabeth Pond).
- n. Any of various aromatic southwest Asian or Mediterranean plants of the genus Ruta, especially the ornamental R. graveolens, having bipinnately compound leaves that yield an acrid volatile oil formerly used in medicine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
-. To cause to grieve; make repentant, compassionate, or sorrowful; afflict: often used impersonally with a personal pronoun.
- To repent of; feel remorse for; regret; hence, to suffer in expiation of: as, to rue one's folly or mistakes.
- To feel sorrow or suffering on account of; suffer from or by; experience loss or injury from.
- To have or take pity on; feel sorry for; compassionate.
- To repent of and withdraw, or try to withdraw, from: as, to rue a bargain. See rue-bargain.
- To be sorrowful; experience grief or harm; suffer; mourn.
- To repent; feel remorse or regret.
- To have pity; have compassion or mercy: often followed by on or upon.
- n. Sorrow; repentance.
- n. Any plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, the common or garden rue, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, and elsewhere common in cultivation. It is a woody herb of bushy habit, 2 or 3 feet high, with decompound leaves, the leaflets of a bluish-green color, strongly dotted. The flowers are greenish-yellow and corymbed, and are produced all summer. The plant has a strong disagreeable odor, and the leaves are extremely acrid, even producing blisters. In antiquity and the middle ages rue was highly esteemed as a medicine, and was believed to ward off contagion. It has the properties of a stimulant and antispasmodic, but accompanied by excitant and irritant tendencies. It is not now officinal, but continues somewhat in popular use. In medieval folk-lore it was a common witches' drug. From its supposed virtues, or by association with the word rue, repentance, it was formerly called
- n. archaic Repentance, regret.
- n. archaic Pity, compassion.
- v. obsolete, transitive To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
- v. obsolete, transitive To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
- v. transitive To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
- v. archaic, intransitive To feel compassion or pity.
- n. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used in medicines.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
- n. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
- v. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
- v. obsolete To cause to grieve; to afflict.
- v. Prov. Eng. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
- v. obsolete To have compassion.
- v. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
- n. obsolete Sorrow; repetance.
- v. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
- n. (French) a street or road in France
- n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- n. European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- n. leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
- Old English hrēowan, perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja ("to distress, grieve"), from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch rouwen, German reuen. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English ruen, from Old English hrēowan, to affect with grief, and hrēowian, to repent.Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rūta, probably from Greek rhūtē. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Calculation of Pump Lift in Special Pipeline for Cooling Tower
Author：Trlon Views: Time:2020-11-11
The calculation of the pump head of the special pipe for cooling tower should be the system resistance (the sum of the resistance of pipes, fittings, and condenser), the height difference between the water level of the cooling tower's catchment plate and the cooling tower water distributor, the required pressure composition of the cooling tower water distributor, and Additional 5%-10% margin. The mistake that designers often make is to calculate the height difference of the system as soon as they see the open system. Although the cooling tower is an open system, because the cooling tower comes with a water collecting pan, which is equivalent to a water tank on the roof, this part of the hydrostatic pressure is offset by the static pressure required for the rise of the water supply pipe, so it only needs to be included in the cooling tower chassis and cloth The height difference of the water pipe is fine.
Take the cooling tower of an air-conditioning project as an example: 2 water pumps + 2 cooling towers are connected in parallel, with a design flow of 400t/h and a head of 40m. The following problems are encountered during debugging: When a single pump is running, if the pump outlet valve opening is greater than 30%, the pump will vibrate violently, the pressure gauges before and after the pump will be bounced, and the ammeter of the power distribution cabinet will be bounced: if the pump outlet valve is less than 25 %, the water pump can basically operate stably, the ammeter shows 90A. After calculation, when the current is 90A, the pump flow is assumed to be 400t/h, and the efficiency is 70%, and the head is about 17m. The designer probably includes the height difference between the cooling tower and the water pump into the head, so the pump head is larger. Times. Fortunately, the valve is opened too small, otherwise the pump may burn the motor.
Let's look at another situation: In actual engineering, due to many reasons, cooling towers are not allowed on the roof of the building, and the condenser is set up at a high place, forming the system shown in Figure 5.
In this system, when the water pump stops running, the cooling water in the pipeline returns to the tower to form a vacuum, resulting in a siphon and backflow, and the water collecting pan of the cooling tower will overflow. Certain measures are generally taken during design, such as installing a vacuum break valve at the top of the cooling water pipe, as shown in Figure 6. Or set a vent pipe at the top, as shown in Figure 7. The article "Hydraulic Analysis when the Cooling Tower is in the Bottom of the System" in the fourth issue of "HVAC" in 2003 proposed that when the system height is too high, an electric valve should be installed at the inlet of the cooling tower to prevent the water from flowing out when the system stops running. The author thinks that it is not convenient and simple as shown in Figures 6 and 7.
Let's analyze Figure 7 below. First, suppose that the resistance of section ab is hab, the resistance of section bc is hbc, the pump lift is H, and the required outlet water pressure of the cooling tower is hlq.
The first case: h2=hbc+hlq, the pump lift of the pipeline only needs to overcome the height difference between the resistance of the ab section and ab, that is, H=hab+h1+h2. At this time, the height of the snorkel h3 can be 0, this Is an ideal situation.
The second case: when h2 hbc+hlq-h2, water will not flow out of the snorkel.
The third case: h2>hbc+hlq, the pump head only needs to overcome the height difference between the resistance of ab section and ab, the head H=hab+h1+h2, h3=0. However, a large amount of air is mixed in the effluent water of the cooling tower, and the pump lift is wasted, which increases the power consumption, which is not an economical way. In summary, the first situation is rare, the second situation is common, and the third situation should be avoided as much as possible. In order to make the system operate normally and economically, the height of the system should not be too high. Detailed calculations should be made during the design. When the third situation occurs, it can be avoided by increasing the resistance of section bc.


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Using "Capture Current State" to Automate Dimensions with iLogic.
iLogic in 2021 introduces the ability to add dimensions to drawings and to capture the state of selected geometry on a drawing view.
In this example I'm going to show you how to create a linear dimension. In the image below I have named some faces (right click on practically any geometry and select "Assign Name"), using the new tools in iLogic, I can now easily place a linear dimension between these 2 faces.
In the drawing environment, simply select the geometry you wish to use and then right click and choose "iLogic" then "Capture Current State".
The information that you need is now copied to your iLogic clipboard.
Note that if you have not already named the geometry, you can still "Capture Current State" from the drawing, you will be prompted by Inventor, letting you know that the underlying geometry is going to be edited.
In a new iLogic, rule, simply paste in the info about the 2 lines from my iLogic clipboard (purple). Note that we have pulled through Face 1 and Face 2.
Next navigate to the new "Drawings" section of the snippets and double click on "Linear Dimension".
Delete the first 3 lines as they are not needed (the are duplicates of the info from our clipboard)
The last line of code looks like this, we need to replace "namedGeometry1" with the information from Face1 and Face2.
Dim linDim1 = genDims.AddLinear("Dimension 1", VIEW1.SheetPoint(0.5, -0.1), namedGeometry1)
If we just put in Face1 we will get something like this, just as if we had chosen Face1 in the interface.
Dim linDim1 = genDims.AddLinear("Dimension 1", VIEW1.SheetPoint(0.5, -0.1), Face1)
If we include Face1 and Face2, we get the following:
Dim linDim1 = genDims.AddLinear("Dimension 1", VIEW1.SheetPoint(0.5, -0.1), Face1, Face2)
Here's the full code that I used to get the linear dimension between Face1 and Face2:
Dim Sheet_1 = ThisDrawing.Sheets.ItemByName("Sheet:1")
Dim VIEW1 = Sheet_1.DrawingViews.ItemByName("VIEW1")
Dim Face2 = VIEW1.GetIntent("Face2")
Dim Face1 = VIEW1.GetIntent("Face1")
Dim genDims = Sheet_1.DrawingDimensions.GeneralDimensions
Dim linDim1 = genDims.AddLinear("Dimension 1", VIEW1.SheetPoint(0.5, -0.1),Face1,Face2)


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Wages, Productivity, and the Dynamic Interaction of Businesses and Workers
This paper exploits a new matched universal and longitudinal employer-employee database at the US Census Bureau to empirically investigate the link between firms' choice of worker mix and the implied relationships between productivity and wages. We particularly focus on the decision making process of new firms and examine the role of both learning and selection. Our key empirical results are: (i) We find substantial and persistent differences in earnings per worker, output per worker, and worker mix across businesses within narrowly defined industries, which remain even after controlling for other observable characteristics. (ii) We find that new businesses exhibit even greater heterogeneity in earnings and productivity than do mature businesses, but that they adjust to the mature business pattern as they age. The adjustment process, while different for earnings and productivity, is consistent both with firms learning as they age and with the exit of mistake' prone firms. (iii) The dynamics of the reduction in productivity heterogeneity of new firms as they age is both complex and very different from the dynamic reduction of earnings heterogeneity.
Haltiwanger, John C. & Lane, Julia I. & Spletzer, James R., 2007. "Wages, productivity, and the dynamic interaction of businesses and workers," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 575-602, June. citation courtesy of


My Brother is always in my Heart.
1. Never make a companion equal to a brother. Hesiod
2. A sibling is a lens through which you see your childhood. Ann Hood
3. Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other. James Patterson
4. When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. Antisthenes
6. Brothers are what best friends can never be. Unknown
7. A friend is a brother who was once a bother. Unknown
9. Your brother is always the first male friend you will have in your life. Ritu Ghatourey
10. When your son grows up, become his brother. Arabic proverb
11. True brothers are never blood-related. But born of the spirit. Lailah Gifty Akita
13. A brother is a friend God gave you; A friend is a brother your heart chose. Unknown
14. Stop for a moment and realize how lucky you are to have one. Maxime Lagacé
17. Do you know what friendship is… it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand. Victor Hugo
18. You are not my friend, you are my brother, my friend. Jaroslaw Jarzabowski
20. Equality lies only in human moral dignity… Let there be brothers first, then there will be a brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers. Fyodor Dostoyevsky


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Matteotti, Giacomo (jäˈkōmō mät-tāôtˈtē) [key], 1885–1924, Italian Socialist leader; the outstanding opponent of the Fascist regime during its early days. He was a member of parliament, and his murder by Fascist hirelings precipitated a parliamentary crisis that Mussolini overcame by disavowing the murder and by tightening police control. With the crushing of the opposition aroused by Matteotti's assassination, Mussolini's dictatorship may be said to have begun. The murderers and their accomplices received only nominal sentences.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Timeless Teachings in a Changing World
 The goal of Ridgewood Middle is to provide all students at all learning levels with exceptional knowledge, skills and experiences especially in mathematics, science and technology for continued study and employment in these and other areas. Students will have the requisite background to pursue advanced academic studies in high school and continued experience (technical college), or advanced academic study (2 or 4 year college).
There are three principal objectives:
1. To improve access to and knowledge of technology for students, including a decreased student to computer ratio and state of the art software and hardware.
2. To enhance professional development of teachers and students in both discovery-based, student-centered instruction and in technology proficiency.
3. To expand effective coordination of Ridgewood that engages the community and industry to participate and support the Science Technology Engineering & Math (S.T.E.M) Initiative.
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Musicological Research Seminar
Lecture: Anna Wang
【Date】12/4(五) 14:30
【Date】12/4(五) 14:30
【Speaker】Anna Wang (Harvard Ph.D. candidate)
I research how intuitions about "musicality" are modulated by a listener's cultural commitments. That is, I consider the question: why are certain musical structures and performance practices considered "well-formed" or "expressive" by the standards of certain communities, while others are not? To address this question, I bring music analytical and ethnographic approaches together to delve into perceptions of musicality that have historically lain outside of the cultural purview of North American music theory. My dissertation centers around my fieldwork among huangmei opera and koa-a opera communities in China and Taiwan, respectively, from whom I study how notions of phrasal, tonal, and temporal logic can vary widely depending on one's sociopolitical bearings and philosophical disposition. I use my platform as co-chair of the SMT Analysis of World Music Interest Group to advocate for the disciplinary inclusion of a far wider breadth of cultural frameworks. I am also a guest editor of Engaging Students 8: Beyond Western Musicalities, a special volume which reflects on the ethics and logistics of diversifying music theory pedagogy and provides open-source teaching modules that foreground repertoires and frameworks from beyond the West. I am currently a doctoral candidate in music theory at Harvard University. Before that, I obtained my B. Mus from McGill University with majors in Piano Performance and Music Theory and Analysis.


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The Milky Way
The Milky Way, or simply the Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy that forms part of the Local Group.
A great deal of the galaxy's history has been shaped by the xel'naga, a species from beyond the galaxy who traveled to the Milky Way, where they seeded life on countless worlds and uplifted numerous species such as the zerg and protoss.[1] They have been referred to as "the most powerful species the galaxy has ever known."[2] Nevertheless, they met their end at the hands of the zerg.[1]
Currently, protoss, zerg, and humanity stand as the galaxy's dominant species.[3] In a possible future however, the galaxy was "cauterized" by the Dark Voice, paving the way for it to shape all life in its own image.[4][5]
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The Milky Way as seen from Moria's star system
The galaxy can broadly be divided into its center/core, its spiral arms, and its fringe—the points of origin for zerg, humanity, and protoss, respectively.[1] Areas of space can be further sub-divided through sectors, quadrants, planetary regions and star systems.
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 4. Gillen, Kieron (w), Hector Sevilla (p, i). "A Ghost Story." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2 (paperback binding), pp. 122-169. Tokyopop, January 1, 2009. ISBN _PHONE_-8.
 5. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, In Utter Darkness (in English). 2010-07-27.
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