What is the Difference between Headhunting and Recruitment?
While headhunting is a specialised job, recruitment is more functional in nature. Recruitment can be handled by a team of in-house recruiters or by professional recruiting firms, whereas headhunting needs the active involvement of the board of directors of the company, including the top management.
The terms recruitment and headhunting are often used interchangeably, but are they exactly the same things? If not, what is the difference between recruitment and headhunting?
To begin with, both of these are very different in many ways. To find out the difference between recruitment and headhunting, let us first understand what each term means.
What is hiring or recruitment?
Recruitment is best defined as the exhaustive process of sourcing and finding the right candidates from out of a pool of job seekers to fill up open job positions in the company. Therefore, recruitment is mainly about filling up vacant positions in the company with qualified and right-fit candidates.
This involves a broader process of sourcing, screening, recruitment and selection of candidates for the company, wherein, a recruiter or a team of recruiters and hiring managers work together to fill up positions.
So, when one uses the term "recruitment", it doesn't generally mean recruitment of the top management. As discussed, the term is mainly used to fill up the lower ranks rather than for filling the top executive roles.
The people involved in recruiting often serve as the link between the employer and the job seekers, providing their services to both the parties.
What is headhunting?
Allow us to explain this with an example: Salil Parekh is the CEO of Infosys. Before joining Infosys as the CEO, he served as the deputy CEO of Capgemini, another software technology firm.
How did Mr Parekh land the job as Infosys' CEO? What happened here was, Salil Parekh was headhunted by Infosys to spearhead their software technology business.
This transition materialised because Mr Parekh was already a big name as the member of the group management board at Capgemini, and was leading the business as deputy CEO. At the time he was headhunted by Infosys. So, his experience in the second most executive role at the software technology firm became a desirable skill for headhunters at Infosys. They were sure that he was perfect to lead the company as their top executive.
Hopefully, this example has properly explained headhunting. In simple terms, headhunting is also referred to as executive search and is often associated with the process of scouting and recruiting individuals for the top management positions in the organization. Headhunting, essentially, means the process of finding exclusive or highly skilled candidates for top-level positions.
Therefore, headhunting is an exclusive process limited to hiring one or 2 top people for the company, unlike recruiting, which is usually a mass hiring drive.
Headhunting is more a proactive process, wherein, the employer is looking for an eligible candidate regardless of whether the candidate is currently actively searching for a new job or not. This type of hiring is generally undertaken by the top management such as the board of directors, chairman, HR head, and other executive members of the organization.
Headhunting vs Recruitment
Now that both the terms have been understood, let us check the major difference between recruitment and headhunting.
 - Scope of open job positions
The scope of job positions is the most significant distinction in headhunter vs recruiter or headhunter vs recruitment agency.
In general, headhunters focus on hiring for limited open positions only. The purpose and scope of the headhunter are limited only to those top open job postings, which they are required to fill. The headhunting is generally done by the company board members or the top management, to fill the executive-level roles. These are top roles and, hence, are hard to fill as they usually require top experienced and highly skilled candidates who have had considerable experience working in top positions of other companies.
Whereas, recruiters are individuals or firms who undertake the overall recruitment or hiring process of the company. In general, recruiters have a wider scope of scouting for candidates as they have to fill a comparatively large number of positions. They are usually concerned with hiring for entry-level, lower-tier or middle-level job positions. They mostly hire for several different roles. Recruiters usually have a wider knowledge of the industry as their primary job is recruiting candidates.
 - The kind of job
When we talk of headhunter vs staffing agency for recruitment, it boils down to the kind of job each one recruits for. The headhunter's role is often limited to hiring for a singular role. For instance, if the company wants or needs to hire a CFO or the HR head, then the headhunting will most probably be done by the board of directors.
They will appoint one of the directors as the headhunter who will be in charge of the search committee that will scout for eligible candidates. In order to hire for CFO level roles, sometimes, the chairman and/or MD could also be present during the selection process. When the vacant position is filled, the process of headhunting is dissolved.
The recruiting team is generally an in-house, full-time team of the HR department or are hired professional recruiters whose sole purpose is recruiting and all activities associated with the process of hiring. They handle the overall recruitment process of the company, such as job ads posting, sourcing for candidates, candidate engagement, interview, selection and onboarding of new employees.
 - Time to hire
This is the major difference in headhunter vs recruitment agency. In general, recruiters or a recruitment agency has to deal with a large number of job applicants for given job positions. Therefore, they comparatively spend less time on each candidate as they have to entertain a large number of candidates. Their focus is on quantity rather than the quality of recruitment. The faster they fill the jobs the faster they earn.
As headhunting is generally about filling top-level positions, they are more focused on quality rather than quantity. Top positions require the person to be the best in the industry, therefore, headhunters are entrusted with the job to search for the best in the respective skillset. Thus, one needs to invest considerable time and effort in finding the perfect candidate, right from gathering information about prospects, rapport building, until the final selection of the candidate.
Therefore, sometimes headhunters spend months researching a particular prospect only to switch later to a different prospect due to minor differences in the key required and existing skills. So, headhunters must find the perfect candidate before finalizing the job offer.
Headhunting and recruitment are poles apart in their scope and functions. While headhunting is a specialised job, recruitment is more functional in nature. The recruitment activity can be handled by a team of in-house recruiters or by professional recruiting firms, whereas headhunting needs the active involvement of the board of directors of the company, including the top management, as the job positions are more to do with the executive level roles.
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Preferences and Choice
Leander Otto Wiesheu
Student thesis: Master thesis
"Preference" and "Choice" are assumed to be intimately related. A common assumption is that preferences determine choice and that choices reveal preferences. The most preferred option will be chosen. In the present paper, these assumptions will be critically assessed. This will be done by discussing the formal properties of the preference relation and by discussing the underlying action-theoretic assumption of the thesis that the best available option is chosen. The phenomenon called "weakness of the will" will pose a problem for this interpretation. It will be concluded that preferences and choices cannot generally be defined in terms of each other.
EducationsMSc in Philosophy, (Graduate Programme) Final Thesis
Publication date2020
Number of pages41
SupervisorsThomas Poulsen


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Mining Large Graphs
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Recently, there is an increasing need for mining graphs with the rapidly growing social networks, Internet applications and communication networks. Among all these real-world applications, graphs are ubiquitous and contain tremendous useful information in every aspect. In this thesis, we focus on studying graph structures and apply the knowledge from graph structures to a number of fundamental data mining tasks. In this thesis, we propose a hash-based compression framework to efficiently and effectively cluster graph objects in the stream scenario. We then extend it to the graph clustering problem with side information. We propose a novel optimization framework DMO, which can dynamically optimize the weights of graph distance and side information distance metrics. The hash-based compression framework consumes constant storage spaces and the mining process can be scalable to massive graphs with side attributes. We then study the graph structures from another perspective, i.e., positive and unlabeled learning in graphs. We derive an evaluation criterion to estimate the dependency between structural features and labels, and then propose an integrated approach that concurrently updates both graph feature selection and class label assignment. By using structural features from graph objects, the experimental results shows that the proposed integrated framework significantly outperforms the previous methods. As graph structures are very useful for understanding the nature of graphs, we further extend our analysis to online social networks. We explore five social principles and concepts that represent a variety of network characteristics and quantify their relations with social roles and statuses. We propose a novel probabilistic model SRS, which can integrate both the local social factors of individual users and network influence via neighbors in a principled way.

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A Short History of PC Power Supply Voltage Rails
Let's clear up any confusion about the term "rail". A voltage "rail" refers to a single voltage provided by the PSU (short for power supply - actually it stands for power supply unit). An ATX PSU has one 3.3 volt rail. It also has one 5 volt rail. The 3.3 volt rail has its own circuitry in the PSU which generates the voltage. It also has a lot of wires and connectors to distribute the 3.3 volts to any hardware which needs it. The 5 volt rail has its own separate set of circuitry, wires, and connectors to deliver 5 volts. Modern ATX12V PSUs may have as many as four separate 12 volt rails. Each 12 volt rail has its own set of wires and connectors just like the 3.3 and 5 volt rails. The 12 volt rails just happen to be generating the same voltage as each other.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Replacing Windows Applications – the Safe Way
[This post courtesy of Ian Prest]
Many folks are probably familiar with the System Internals Process Explorer, which enables users to see all the processes on the system, and provides much more detail than the built in Task Manager that comes with Windows.
One of the neat features of Process Explorer is the option to replace Task Manager so when you (or the system) launches Task Manager, Process Explorer opens instead:
You may also notice that once you have replaced it, that you can simply un-replace it. You might think that under the covers this is replacing taskman.exe with procexp.exe. It is not. Windows Protection will replace procexp.exe with taskman.exe at it's next available chance. What Process Explorer is actually doing, is "faking" to debug Task Manager.
This is a much better way to replace applications in Windows, because it doesn't actually touch the original executable. Instead it launches the "debugger" application and passes in the path to the original executable as the first argument. Process Explorer just swallows this argument and launches itself instead.
So let's say that you're more of a fan of Notepad2 instead of Notepad (due to the awesome text highlighting), and you'd rather windows launch Notepad2 instead of Notepad when opening things in clear text. You can manually do what Process Explorer does programmatically.
Warning: Editing the Registry can cause serious problems and the utmost care should be taken. I am not responsible for a broken machine.
Here is how we can do this. Assuming you downloaded and installed Notepad2, follow these steps:
 1. Open Regedit, and navigate to this location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\
 2. Create a new KEY for the name of the executable, for example "Notepad.exe" (without the quotes).
 3. In this new Key, create a new string value called "Debugger" without the quotes, and give it the value of the path to Notepad2. E.g. "c:\Program Files\Notepad 2\Notepad2.exe"
At this point you can run "Notepad.exe" and you'll notice that Notepad2 opens with all sorts of garbage in it. This is because Notepad2.exe is passed the path of Notepad.exe, and Notepad2 is opening Notepad.exe for editing. Clearly we don't want this, so we can use a "/g" which is a Notepad2 command to go-to line.
 1. Change the "Debugger" string to "c:\Program Files\Notepad 2\Notepad2.exe /g"
Now Notepad2 will be launched with the command to go to line "c:\windows\notepad.exe" which it translate to line 0, and you have a blank document. Voila!
Moral of the story, if you can tell the application your launching to ignore the argument after it, you can launch the application instead of the built in Windows Application, such as Notepad.exe
Want to go back to the built in application? simply delete the "Debugger" string-value.
Why is this better than replacing the executable itself?
 1. You keep the original file, so you can always go back to it
 2. You don't have to worry about Windows Protection
 3. You don't have to reboot


Oklahoma Attorney General Tells Court Medication Abortion Bans Are Constitutional
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt argues in a brief filed last week that his state's law regulating medication abortion is not a universal ban on the procedure, but even if it were, such a ban would be constitutional, The Oklahoman reports.
The brief was submitted to the Oklahoma Supreme Court in response to questions asked by the U.S. Supreme Court about Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, a case the Roberts Court is considering adding to its docket that challenges a 2011 Oklahoma law that purports to ban the off-label use of medicines for the purposes of ending a pregnancy. The Oklahoma law directs doctors to only prescribe RU-486 or any other "abortion-inducing drug" as authorized by the protocol spelled out on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved label. The U.S. Supreme Court has expressed an interest in weighing in on whether or not states may go as far as Oklahoma in regulating, or banning altogether, specific abortion procedures.
The Oklahoma law was originally challenged in state court, where a coalition of reproductive rights supporters argued that the law is so badly drafted that it would effectively ban the use of all medication abortion pills, including preferred treatments for safely ending an ectopic pregnancy. Furthermore, the challengers argued, even if some medications fall outside the ban, the law's requirement that practitioners follow FDA protocol in administering those medications place women's health significantly at risk, since those protocols are severely outdated and subject patients to dosing requirements that can be as much as three times the necessary amount. A lower court agreed, and struck down the law, blocking its enforcement.
Attorneys for the State of Oklahoma appealed to the state supreme court and argued that the law does not effectively ban the use of RU-486 nor does it forbid the use of methotrexate to end ectopic pregnancies. But instead of ruling on those specific issues, the supreme court, in a brief opinion, ruled that the state law conflicted with federal Supreme Court rulings protecting a woman's constitutional right to choose abortion and upheld the lower court's decision to block the law.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the challenge, but not until the state supreme court clarified which medications are regulated under the law.
In his brief, Attorney General Pruitt defended the law, claiming the law requires providers to follow the FDA protocol, given "concerns" over the safety of off-label use of drugs like mifepristone to induce abortion, and is therefore not a ban on the procedure. Furthermore, Pruitt argued, the Supreme Court has previously upheld bans on specific abortion procedures like the federal "partial-birth abortion" ban, so even if the 2009 Oklahoma law does ban all medical abortions, it should still be considered constitutional.
Once the state supreme court clarifies this question of whether the law is a total ban, the Roberts Court will decide whether to consider the matter further.
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A ringer box is a telephone signaling device housed in a bell box or subscriber set (subset). It usually contains an electromechanical gong and was used with most early desk stand telephones, including the candlestick telephones and the Western Electric model 102 and 202 telephones, which were too small to hold a ringer or other needed electrical components. Many pay station telephones also used a separate ringer box.
Ringers were commonly placed in the same housing as the subscriber set, which consisted of other electrical components, such as induction coils, capacitors, and, if required, a magneto generator. The subscriber set interfaced a telephone set to the telephone network, while magneto generators where used in manual service station to generate a remote ring signal.
In 1936, the Western Electric Model 302 telephone was the first widely used Bell System telephone to include the phone ringer and subscriber set inside in the same housing as the telephone set.
A ringer box consists of bells or gongs and an electromagnetically-driven clapper which strikes the gongs when actuated. The electromagnet of the clapper responds to the alternating current sent from a central office exchange or another phone via the telephone network wiring. The direct current required by the telephone's audio circuitry is blocked with a capacitor before entering the ringer to prevent the ringer from being triggered by circuit interruptions and pulse dialing. Typical ring voltages are in the range from 60 to over 100 Volts, and alternate at a frequency of 20-30 Hertz.
Almost all telephones manufactured since the Model 302 telephone was introduced, have an internal phone ringer.


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Xcel Energy's summer energy-saving tips
Although Xcel Energy's generation resources are sufficient to meet increased demand anticipated from another hot summer, customers are encouraged to find ways to reduce electricity usage, especially on hot days. This reduces potential strain on the regional power grid and helps customers save money and lessen their environmental impact.
Recent news about potential power shortages within Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the power grid serving downstate Texas, has elevated concerns about system reliability among Xcel Energy customers and stakeholders. Xcel Energy's Texas and New Mexico service areas are part of the Southwest Power Pool in the eastern electrical grid, which is a separate electrical grid from ERCOT, according to a news release from Xcel.
Tips on conserving power can be found at xcelenergy.com. Those tips include:
■ Raise the thermostat setting from 72 to 78 degrees, providing a savings of up to $25 per month.
■ Turn off unnecessary lighting and install compact fluorescent light bulbs. CFLs use 75 percent less energy than traditional bulbs, they last longer, and can save up to $55 over the life of the bulb.
■ Run washing machines, dishwashers and clothes dryers with full loads.
■ Change air conditioning filters.
■ Use ceiling fans to cool the home.
■ Use a whole-house or attic fan to draw in cool nighttime air and push out hot air during the day.
■ Plant trees for shade. Shading the home with deciduous trees can save up to 8 percent on cooling costs.

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Sheep farming, an ancient and iconic institution in rural Wales, is coming under threat from a number of different angles.
Sheep-raising once dominated Britain's economy and played a significant role in the country's industrial development. In 1660, in fact, wool accounted for two-thirds of the nation's exports. While the wool industry has largely vanished from the landscape, lamb production remains a significant endeavor, particularly in Wales -- as recently as 2009, sheep accounted for almost one-fifth (19 percent) of Welsh agricultural output.
About 13,000 sheep farms still operate in Wales today, with about three times as many jobs related to raising of lambs.
On the whole, British sheep meat exports accounted for about 10 percent of global lamb trade.
In a report for the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust, Arwyn Owen -- farm manager at Hafod y Llan, which is owned by the National Trust, in North Wales -- noted that the climate and poor soil of Wales precluded the development of agricultural crops, but was ideal for livestock farming.
But now, dropping lamb prices, declining production, foreign competition, the euro zone financial crisis, rising feed costs, reduced government subsidies and global warming, among other issues, may conspire to endanger a lifestyle that has defined the Welsh culture and economy for centuries.
The Farmers Guardian newspaper reported that average lamb prices have dropped almost one-third over the past year, putting extreme pressure on Welsh sheep farmers.
"I understand the frustration the current situation is causing for producers, with many of the factors, such as the weather and exchange rates, clearly outside the control of the Welsh government," Deputy Agriculture Minister Alun Davies said. "While it is ultimately for the sheep industry to ensure it produces what the market requires, the Welsh government will provide increased support to help lamb producers achieve the efficiency and profitability we all agree is required."
Davies also said he had asked authorities to provide sheep farmers with technical assistance.
"These services are key to helping farmers drive down costs and deliver modern, thriving, profitable businesses," he said.
However, farming union officials warn that the danger is urgent -- that slipping prices will slash incomes by more than half for many Welsh sheep farmers.
Ed Bailey, president of the Welsh branch of the National Farmers Union (NFU-Cymru) said that while breeding flock has been increasing in recent years (after a loss of more than 1-million breeding ewes in Wales between 2001 and 2009), he is worried about the future.
"Despite the fact that I remain optimistic for the long-term prospects of the Welsh sheep industry, I am however concerned that recent events will make a number of producers consider their future plans," he told the Shropshire Star newspaper.
Wales also needs to find more export markets for its lamb as the appetite for mutton in Europe appears to be falling. The financial pinch on the continent, particularly France, one of the top markets for Welsh lamb, has also hurt the business.
One alternate possibility is China, which already accounts for a large portion of the global market.
Indeed, according to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 80 percent of lamb produced in 2010 was consumed by the developing world, including China, which accounts for 30 percent of consumption.
Closer to home, a potential exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union, some speculate, could also doom the Welsh sheep industry.
The Daily Post newspaper reported that Emyr Jones, president of the Farmers' Union of Wales, warned that if Britain pulled out of the EU – which may be put to referendum by Prime Minister David Cameron's government -- it would drain some £500 million ($786 million) out of the British economy, requiring every sheep farmer in the country to generate an extra £40 per lamb just to compensate.
"The EU injects around half a billion a year into Wales' rural communities through the CAP," Jones said, referring to the EU's direct subsidy payment scheme, the Common Agricultural Policy.
"Without that money our rural communities would collapse. The UK government has made it clear it will not provide that half a billion if we exit the EU. But it has not explained how our economy will make up for the loss of that money."
Such a scenario, Jones warned, would lead to the closure of abattoirs and trigger job losses.
Agriculture Minister Davies also expressed alarm over the British government's proposals to cut CAP payments.
"This is critical funding that will help underpin not only individual farm businesses, but the wider rural economy," he noted.
Some factors hurting Wales' sheep industry are beyond anyone's control.
For example, bad weather, which can exacerbate the already high costs of production and distribution.
"Last year was one of the wettest summers in the UK since records began and slowed the rate at which farmers were able to get their lambs ready for market," Dai Davies, chairman of the Welsh red meat development agency, Hybu Cig Cymru, told the Shropshire Star.
"This delay has meant more domestic lamb coming onto the market at the same time as cheaper lamb from other countries traditionally comes into the UK. The competition on supermarket shelves has meant the market value of lamb in the UK has dropped, while the delay in finishing lambs has led to an increase in costs."
Davies added: "At this time of year, most farmers will need to use concentrates to finish lambs because they may not get the necessary nutrients from grass alone — but this cost has increased significantly with some suppliers quoting prices 25 percent higher than last year."
Climate change also poses a potentially grave threat to Wales' sheep.
An animal geneticist, professor Mike Bruford of Cardiff University's School of Biosciences, told Wales Online that if temperatures rise over the century by the magnitude expected, the country's current stock of lowland sheep need to either adapt or disappear.
"I think they [lowland sheep] are vulnerable on two counts," he said.
"First, because they have lower genetic variation and because they are more [in] control over sires. Secondly, because the prediction is that the temperature variations [are] going to be much higher at lower altitudes -- I think they are vulnerable, yes. If you look at the sheep in the south of Britain, below the M4 corridor [from London to South Wales] and at sea level, the predictions are really quite stark. I think you're going to need different sheep. It is a bit like an 'adapt or die' message."
So, will Wales' sheep farms go the way of the legendary coal mines, which have virtually disappeared?
Owen, for one, does not think so, striking a cautiously optimistic tone.
"Despite all the economic pressures, there are still young people keen to start farming," he said.
"It has always been difficult to make a living from sheep production and virtually impossible without [government] support payments. However, sheep play a crucial role in shaping the landscape and sheep farming delivers much more than just food. In my opinion, society is increasingly recognizing that sheep farming underpins a range of outputs which are difficult to value, including nature conservation, clean water, water storage, carbon storage, iconic landscapes, recreational access and the Welsh language. For this reason I believe that there will continue to be support payments albeit in a continually evolving framework."
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This is my line of code and Wordpress Theme Checker tells me "Text domain problems. You have not included a text domain!" I have included one though, as you can see. What could be the problem here?
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_x() is for string with a context. So your second argument is just the context, and there is no text domain.
$string = _x(
'%1$s %2$s - %3$s %4$s', # string to translate
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Explain all numbers in your context parameter.
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$output.= ''. /* translators: comments widget: 1: comment author, 2: post link */ sprintf(_x('%1$s %2$s - %3$s %4$s'), get_avatar( $comment, 48 ), ''. get_comment_author_link(), ''. get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID). '', ''. get_comment_date('l, j F Y'). '', 'thst'). ''; Ok I got it now. the text domain needed to go at the very end since the other things in the middle are numbers. Thanks! – charlenemasters Feb 14 '13 at 10:48
No, use a context parameter and a text domain as explained in my answer. – toscho Feb 14 '13 at 10:49
Ok I'm not sure I understand. All the elements after x_() are the elements that are inserted into '%1$s'... How does the context parameter come into this? What is it, what does it do and where do I put it? – charlenemasters Feb 14 '13 at 11:01
_USER_ I made an update to my answer to show better how it works. Is that better? – toscho Feb 14 '13 at 11:10
Got it to work and I understand it now. Thanks a lot! – charlenemasters Feb 14 '13 at 11:42
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The SwimFin looks like a fun swimming aid for kids. It straps onto your child's back to provide buoyancy and encouragement. It helps the child feel safe so that they can concentrate on moving their arms and learning their strokes.
Your kid wears it high on the back, above the center of gravity, so that it suspends him or her in the water. If used in the ocean, I bet this could really clear the beach too.
It's a pretty cool idea and of course every kid likes to pretend they are a shark when in the water. SwimFin comes in seven different colors and can be purchased at their website. Once you make that purchase your kid is free to start sharking around.
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Regulation is the management of complex systems. It is based on a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in many parts of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings. For example:
The opposite of regulation is deregulation.
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Celebes Journal of Language Studies (CJLS) maintains the standards of doubled blind peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process.
All research articles published in the Celebes Journal of Language Studies (CJLS) undergo full peer review, key characteristics of which are listed below:
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Articles submitted directly to the Celebes Journal of Language Studies (CJLS) will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by at least two appropriately qualified experts in the field selected by the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief will then decide whether to accept, reject, or request revisions based on the reviews and comments received. The Editor-in-Chief will decide whether each submission reports well-conducted research with conclusions supported by the data presented in the paper. Assessments of priority will not be a factor in decision-making, but all articles must make an incremental or novel addition to the literature.


Paul Murray's top 10 gothic novels
Paul Murray is an Irish diplomat and writer. His biography of Lafcadio Hearn won the Koizumi Yakumo literary prize in Japan in 1995. His latest work, From the Shadow of Dracula: A Life of Bram Stoker has just been published by Jonathan Cape. Here he chooses his top 10 novels in the older gothic tradition.
1. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole published what is generally recognised as the first gothic novel almost two and a half centuries ago. The Castle of Otranto (1765) created a confluence of medievalism and terror that has mutated and endured ever since. Stoker may have paid an oblique tribute by featuring Walpole's kinsman, the 17th century prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in Miss Betty (1898), his next novel after Dracula.
2. History of the Caliph Vathek by William Beckford
William Beckford's History of the Caliph Vathek (1786) merged the 18th century fashion for oriental tales with the newly-established gothic tradition. Byron and Mallarme, among others, admired this work, which HP Lovecraft considered caught well the "shadowy spectral horror of the Saracen spirit". A fascination with, and fear of, the east was a feature of the gothic novel.
3. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Radcliffe's 1794 work anticipates Stoker's ability to describe landscapes unseen by the author. The final chase of Count Dracula across Europe by his righteous band of pursuers also recalls Radcliffe at her considerable best. She has a masterful ability to suggest the supernatural without ultimately invoking it. Hugely, and deservedly, popular in her time.
4. The Monk by Matthew Lewis
One of the most vicious, rip-roaring and entertaining novels of the entire gothic genre. Written by an MP, its reactionary political message - an attempt to revive the horror of the intertwined threat of the Spanish and the Papacy at a time when they had been displaced as the main threat to the British state by the new ideology of the French Revolution - is clearer in retrospect. It shocked even Byron when it appeared in 1796.
5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Together with John Polidori's The Vampire (the first fictional vampire tale), Frankenstein (1818) emerged from the high jinks, featuring the Shelleys, Matthew Lewis, Polidori and Byron, at the Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva in 1816. It created a monster rivaled only by Count Dracula in the global consciousness. It also contains a reference to the monster as a vampire and anticipates Dracula's multiple narrator technique. It marks a confluence of the gothic and romanticism.
6. Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin
Representing the beginning of the Irish gothic tradition in 1820, it is considered by some the greatest of all gothic works. Representing a significant stride in the evolution of the genre, Melmoth profoundly influenced some of the most important writers of the 19th century, including Scott, Thackeray and Baudelaire. Balzac grouped Melmoth with Moliere's Don Juan, Goethe's Faust and Byron's Manfred as one of the supreme allegorical figures of modern literature. Maturin's relative, Oscar Wilde, symbolically took the name Sebastian Melmoth when he went into exile following his release from prison.
7. Salathiel the Immortal by George Croly
Published in 1847, the year of Stoker's birth, this penny-dreadful contained over 800 pages of often confusing text. It did, however, create some of what would become the stock characters of the vampire tale, especially its central European vampiric aristocrat with ambitions to be master of a great English house and a taste for the blood of young virgins. He is possessed of glittering eyes that fascinate his victims and fang-like teeth. The staking of one of his victims established one of the most potent images of the genre while the elderly and wise Admiral Bell anticipated Van Helsing. Varney represented the first full-length vampire novel in fiction and probably also the first significant fantastic adventure story.
Like Oscar Wilde's slightly later Dorian Gray and Stoker's Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1887) achieved a dramatic effect by bringing the terror of the primitive, or the peripheral, 'other' home to the heart of empire. A play based on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was put on at the Lyceum by the actor Richard Mansfield in 1888 with limited success. Like Dracula and Frankenstein, it became a major magnet for movie makers and is now embedded in the mass consciousness.
10. Dracula by Bram Stoker
Don't believe those who tell you that Dracula (1897) does not need to be read: no movie to date has done justice to a long and complex work. Arguably the greatest, certainly the most popular gothic novel of them all. It has been reinterpreted afresh by each succeeding generation, a sure sign of a masterpiece, and still generates oceans of critical comment, some of it profound, some unintentionally hilarious, much of it just plain silly. Stoker would have been amazed (he replied to one earnest American correspondent that he clearly knew more about Dracula than he did himself!).


Do Christians believe in aliens?
My answer to Do Christians believe in aliens?
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Would God only create one multitude of life? I have the faith of God and I accept that there are other humans in our Universe.
There is a Universe and in it are systems we cannot imagine let alone see.
We look at Space as it vastness questions our very being and the sciences we use to develop our lives and we wonder what is Space?
Our minds are so closed to new thought that unless it follows the principle of 1 plus 1 we reject it the possibility that man exists elsewhere.
Technology too has its part to play. Time is linear and sequential. But what if it were parallel. Could we exist at the same time as mankind in one hundred thousand years time?
Why would God only create one Planet? I believe that other humans exist on other Planets. I cannot prove it.
I say to myself what would stop God from creating other Planets of human life?
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Rookie - 294 Points (28th August 1950 / Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Who has really the boon of freedom in the world?
Plants, animals, men or birds want freedom forever;
Peace and happiness everybody loves to enjoy here.
The joy everyone enjoys is not ready to sacrifice ever;
The strongest dominates to maintain its freedom ever.
Survival depends upon the favourable situation only;
Life goes on for all living beings big or small somehow.
Living on land, swimming on sea and flying in air there's
Survival of many beings in the world striving for satiation.
Land survivors cannot live in the sea and fly in the air;
Survivors of both on land and sea cannot fly in the sky;
Living on land man can survive on sea but not in the sky;
Of all the creatures only sea gulls and albatross survive
On land, sea and sky as they only have boon of freedom!
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 - Rookie - 31 Points Leonard Dabydeen (3/10/2010 10:31:00 AM)
 This prosaic read certainly invites discussion, Ramesh. If we were to juxtapose creatures for survival in the triangle of land, sea and sky - are we to feel satiated that only the'strong' shall survive? Or is it that'survival depends upon the favourable'? If'sea gulls and albatross survive/On land, sea and sky as they only have boon of freedom! ', what makes other 'creatures' less favourable to obtain this position?
 A thoughful write, indeed. Thanx for sharing.
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The Triple-S Learning Approach
Making positive changes in rural water sector performance means influencing actors to move from building infrastructure to building services. Triple-S seeks to learn and share lessons on how actors can coordinate and harmonise with one another and support the shift from focusing on stand-alone infrastructure projects to delivering sustainable services.
Understanding how to improve rural water service delivery requires Triple-S to follow a unique, two-pronged approach to learning. First, Triple-S seeks lessons from changes in the rural water sector over time: What are the sector specific changes for sustainable service delivery at scale? How are development partners influencing rural water policies, practice, and financing strategies? Second, Triple-S endeavours to learn how to improve as a change agent: Are we using the right methods for enabling change? How can we improve?
The purpose of learning activities in Triple-S
The Triple-S learning is guided by the Principles Framework— eight principles describing essential conditions for delivering sustainable water services at scale. The framework supports Triple-S and partners' learning about the rural water sector and also influences Triple-S' strategy as a change agent.
To support the learning process, Triple-S continuously looks for internal and external lessons about changes in the rural water sector over time. Triple-S uses a continuous feedback loop (Figure 1) to design its learning activities and to find lessons for improvement.
The six purposes of Triple-S learning activities are to:
- Support joint learning in the sector.
- Provide evidence of locally inspired and validated solutions for service delivery, a learning sector, and harmonisation.
- Provide strategic guidance for Triple-S teams in Ghana, Uganda, Burkina Faso and internationally.
- Generate a critical account of the approach used in Triple-S to enable change.
- Track progress towards achieving activities and producing outputs.
- Inform stakeholders about Triple-S progress, and adaptations in strategy or approach.
What makes the Triple-S learning approach unique and what can we learn from it?
Triple-S staff, partner organisations, and target audiences are encouraged to learn through constant feedback loops. Continuous reflection on how activities are performing allows Triple-S staff and partners to strengthen activities that are going well and to adjust activities that are not working properly. The International work stream of Triple-S meets biannually to analyse progress towards influencing the policy, practice and financing strategies of development partners related to sustainable rural water services. Triple-S learning meetings focus on two important points:
Narrative 1: The extent to which progress is being achieved in influencing such policy and practice.
Narrative 2: How effective the strategies adopted by Triple-S are encouraging change in the sector.
Understanding the two narratives critically requires Triple-S staff and partners to dedicate as much attention to the content of the initiative—changing the sector to apply sustainable service delivery, as to the process—are we changing the sector in the correct way? Making learning the critical mirror to assess the overall progress of Triple-S allows for more effective improvements throughout the lifespan of the initiative.
By following the two-pronged approach to learning: understanding how the water sector is changing to provide sustainable services at scale, and understanding how an organisation is working as a change agent, Triple-S staff, along with current and potential new partners can understand mutually what is working and what is not for rural water supply. Together we can learn how to make water services last for rural populations.


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Local structure and dynamics of lithium garnet ionic conductors: tetragonal and cubic Li7La3Zr2O7†
To better understand the ionic conduction in lithium garnet oxides, we employed molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the local structure and dynamics of a model material Li7La3Zr2O12 and origin of its tetragonal to cubic phase transition. Our simulations were able to produce lattice parameter, neutron scattering, and conductivity data close to those gathered using experimental techniques, which allows us to study atomic-scale details of this complex material. First, it was found that lithium atoms primarily perform oscillation and "structured diffusion" dynamics in the tetragonal and cubic phase, respectively. Second, we believe that the tetragonal to cubic phase transition is an entropy-driven one that involves redistribution of lithium atoms among all tetrahedral sites. The transition is likely to initiate on the tetrahedral 8a site but needs the cooperation of neighboring octahedral 32g Li as relay atoms. Finally, it was found that a few types of lithium clusters dominate in both phases of Li7La3Zr2O12, which leads to highly correlated motion of lithium atoms. The local symmetry of these clusters dictates a "center-pass" mechanism as lithium goes through the bottleneck.


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Estimating Nonlinear Grey-Box Models
Specifying the Nonlinear Grey-Box Model Structure
You must represent your system as a set of first-order nonlinear difference or differential equations:
where for continuous-time representation and for discrete-time representation with Ts as the sampling interval. F and H are arbitrary linear or nonlinear functions with Nx and Ny components, respectively. Nx is the number of states and Ny is the number of outputs.
After you establish the equations for your system, create a function or MEX-file. MEX-files, which can be created in C or Fortran, are dynamically linked subroutines that can be loaded and executed by the MATLAB® interpreter. For more information about MEX-files, see MEX-File Creation API.
The purpose of the model file is to return the state derivatives and model outputs as a function of time, states, inputs, and model parameters, as follows:
[dx,y] = MODFILENAME(t,x,u,p1,p2,...,pN,FileArgument)
 Tip The template file for writing the C MEX-file, IDNLGREY_MODEL_TEMPLATE.c, is located in matlab/toolbox/ident/nlident.
The output variables are:
 - dx — Represents the right side(s) of the state-space equation(s). A column vector with Nx entries. For static models, dx=[].
 For discrete-time models. dx is the value of the states at the next time step x(t+Ts).
 For continuous-time models. dx is the state derivatives at time t, or.
 - y — Represents the right side(s) of the output equation(s). A column vector with Ny entries.
The file inputs are:
 - t — Current time.
 - x — State vector at time t. For static models, equals [].
 - u — Input vector at time t. For time-series models, equals [].
 - p1,p2,...,pN — Parameters, which can be real scalars, column vectors or two-dimensional matrices. N is the number of parameter objects. For scalar parameters, N is the total number of parameter elements.
 - FileArgument — Contains auxiliary variables that might be required for updating the constants in the state equations.
 Tip After creating a model file, call it directly from the MATLAB software with reasonable inputs and verify the output values.
For an example of creating grey-box model files and idnlgrey model object, see Creating idnlgrey Model Files.
For examples of code files and MEX-files that specify model structure, see the toolbox/ident/iddemos/examples folder. For example, the model of a DC motor is described in files dcmotor_m and dcmotor_c.
Constructing the idnlgrey Object
After you create the function or MEX-file with your model structure, you must define an idnlgrey object. This object shares many of the properties of the linear idgrey model object.
Use the following syntax to define the idnlgrey model object:
m = idnlgrey('filename',Order,Parameters,InitialStates)
The idnlgrey arguments are defined as follows:
 - 'filename' — Name of the function or MEX-file storing the model structure. This file must be on the MATLAB path when you use this model object for model estimation, prediction, or simulation.
 - Order — Vector with three entries [Ny Nu Nx], specifying the number of model outputs Ny, the number of inputs Nu, and the number of states Nx.
 - Parameters — Parameters, specified as struct arrays, cell arrays, or double arrays.
 - InitialStates — Specified in the same way as parameters. Must be the fourth input to the idnlgrey constructor.
For detailed information about this object and its properties, see the idnlgrey reference page.
Use pem to estimate your grey-box model.
Using pem to Estimate Nonlinear Grey-Box Models
You can use the pem command to estimate the unknown idnlgrey model parameters and initial states using measured data.
The input-output dimensions of the data must be compatible with the input and output orders you specified for the idnlgrey model.
Use the following general estimation syntax:
m = pem(data,m)
where data is the estimation data and m is the idnlgrey model object you constructed.
You can pass additional property-value pairs to pem to specify the properties of the model or the estimation algorithm. Assignable properties include the ones returned by the get(idnlgrey) command and the algorithm properties returned by the get(idnlgrey, 'Algorithm'), such as MaxIter and Tolerance. For detailed information about these model properties, see the idnlgrey reference page.
For more information about validating your models, see Model Validation.
Nonlinear Grey-Box Model Estimation Algorithm Options
The Algorithm property of the model specifies the estimation algorithm, which simulates the model several times by trying various parameter values to reduce the prediction error.
The following algorithm properties can affect the quality of the results:
For detailed information about these and other model properties, see the idnlgrey reference page.
Simulation Method
You can specify the simulation method using the SimulationOptions (struct) fields of the model Algorithm property.
System Identification Toolbox™ software provides several variable-step and fixed-step solvers for simulating idnlgrey models. To view a list of available solvers and their properties, type the following command at the prompt:
idprops idnlgrey algorithm.simulationoptions
For discrete-time systems, the default solver is 'FixedStepDiscrete'. For continuous-time systems, the default solver is 'ode45'.
By default, SimulationOptions.Solver is set to 'Auto', which automatically selects either 'ode45' or 'FixedStepDiscrete' during estimation and simulation—depending on whether the system is continuous or discrete in time.
Search Method
You can specify the search method for estimating model parameters using the SearchMethod field of the Algorithm property. Two categories of methods are available for nonlinear grey-box modeling.
One category of methods consists of the minimization schemes that are based on line-search methods, including Gauss-Newton type methods, steepest-descent methods, and Levenberg-Marquardt methods.
The Trust-Region Reflective Newton method of nonlinear least-squares (lsqnonlin), where the cost is the sum of squares of errors between the measured and simulated outputs, requires Optimization Toolbox™ software. When the parameter bounds differ from the default +/- Inf, this search method handles the bounds better than the schemes based on a line search. However, unlike the line-search-based methods, lsqnonlin only works with Criterion='Trace'.
By default, SearchMethod is set to Auto, which automatically selects a method from the available minimizers. If the Optimization Toolbox product is installed, SearchMethod is set to 'lsqnonlin'. Otherwise, SearchMethod is a combination of line-search based schemes.
Gradient Options
You can specify the method for calculating gradients using the GradientOptions field of the Algorithm property. Gradients are the derivatives of errors with respect to unknown parameters and initial states.
Gradients are calculated by numerically perturbing unknown quantities and measuring their effects on the simulation error.
Option for gradient computation include the choice of the differencing scheme (forward, backward or central), the size of minimum perturbation of the unknown quantities, and whether the gradients are calculated simultaneously or individually.
Example – Specifying Algorithm Properties
You can specify the Algorithm fields directly in the estimation syntax, as property-value pairs.
For example, you can specify the following properties as part of the pem syntax:
m = pem(data,init_model,'Search','gn',...
Represent Nonlinear Dynamics Using MATLAB File for Grey-Box Estimation
About the Model
Figure 1: Schematic diagram of a DC-motor.
 d | 0 1 | | 0 |
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About the Input-Output Data
1. Load the DC motor data.
2. Represent the estimation data as an iddata object.
set(z, 'InputName', 'Voltage', 'InputUnit', 'V');
set(z, 'OutputName', {'Angular position', 'Angular velocity'});
set(z, 'OutputUnit', {'rad', 'rad/s'});
set(z, 'Tstart', 0, 'TimeUnit','s');
4. Plot the data.
The data is shown in two plot windows.
Linear Modeling of the DC-Motor
1. Represent the DC motor structure in a function.
In this example, you use a MATLAB® file, but you can also use C MEX-files (to gain computational speed), P-files or function handles. For more information, see "Creating IDNLGREY Model Files".
 % Output equations.
 x(2) ... % Angular velocity.
 % State equations.
 dx = [x(2); ... % Angular position.
The file must always be structured to return the following:
Output arguments:
 - dx is the right-hand side(s) of the state-space equation(s)
 - y is the output equation(s)
Input arguments:
 - varargin for the auxiliary input arguments
2. Represent the DC motor dynamics using an idnlgrey object.
Ts = 0; % Time-continuous system.
 'Name', 'DC-motor');
3. Specify input and output names, and units.
 'TimeUnit','s');
5. View the initial model.
a. Get basic information about the model.
b. View the initial states and parameters.
Both the initial states and parameters are


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Navy pump house, Little Chebeague Island, 1947Item 67320 info
National Archives at Boston
The Navy used similar shipboard firefighting trainers at schools around the world through the Vietnam War era.
An apparently insignificant relic on the shore of a small island in Casco Bay was crucial to successful firefighting efforts on Navy ships in World War II.
In two years of operation, the Chebeague Island school trained some 15,000 sailors.
After the war, the government sold the island to a private investor. The state purchased it in 1972.


is called on each result
returned from filterResults(). It outputs a pretty HTML
representation of the match. In this method we run the
accent-folded highlight function over the name and email.
autocomp.formatResult = function (entry, q, match) {
 var name = accent_folded_hilite(entry[1], q);
 var email = accent_folded_hilite(entry[0], q);
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About those million caveats…
This accent-folding trick works primarily for Western European text, but it won't work for all of it. It exploits specific quirks of the language family and the limited problem domains of our examples, where it's better to get more results than no results. In German, Ü should probably map to Ue instead of just U. A French person searching the web for thé (tea) would be upset if flooded with irrelevant English text.
You can only push a simple character map so far. It would be very tricky to reconcile the Roman "Marc Chagall" with the Cyrillic "Марк Шагал" or Yiddish "מאַרק שאַגאַל." There are very interesting similarities in the characters but a magical context-free two-way mapping is probably not possible.
On top of all that there is another problem: One language can have more than one writing system. Transliteration is writing a language in a different alphabet. It's not quite the same as transcription, which maps sounds as in "hola, que paso"—> "oh-la, keh pah-so." Transliterations try to map the written symbols to another alphabet, ideally in a way that's reversible.
These four sentences all say "Children like to watch television" in Japanese:
 - Kanji: 子供はテレビを見るのが好きです。
 - Hiragana: こども は てれび を みる の が すき です 。
 - Romaji: kodomo wa terebi o miru noga suki desu.
 - Cyrillic: кодомо ва тэрэби о миру нога суки дэсу.
For centuries people have been inventing ways to write different languages with whatever keyboards or typesetting they had available. So even if the user reads only one language, they might do so in multiple transliteration schemes. Some schemes are logical and academic, but often they are messy organic things that depend on regional accent and historical cruft. The computer era kicked off a new explosion of systems as people learned to chat and send emails in plain ASCII.
There is a lot of prior work on this problem and two ready paths you can choose: The right way and the maybe-good-enough way. Neither have the simplicity of our naïve hash table, but they will be less disappointing for your users in general applications.
The first is International Components for Unicode (ICU), a project that originated in the early nineties in the European Union. It aims to be a complete, language-aware transliteration, Unicode, formatting, everything library. It's big, it's C++/Java, and it requires contextual knowledge of the inputs and outputs to work.
The second is Unidecode, a context-free transliteration library available for Perl and Python. It tries to transliterate all Unicode characters to a basic Latin alphabet. It makes little attempt to be reversible, language-specific, or even generally correct; it's a quick-and-dirty hack that nonetheless is pretty comprehensive.
Accent-folding in the right places saves your users time and makes your software smarter. The strict segregation of languages and locales is partially an artifact of technology limitations which no longer hold. It's up to you how far you want to take things, but even a little bit of effort goes a long way. Good luck!
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Underpants (also called undies for short, especially among children and young adults) is a general term for items of underwear that cover the body from the waist to, at least, the top of the thighs. They are worn directly on the skin and under other items of clothing. Their purpose is to provide modesty, comfort and hygiene.
The word "underpants" is slightly more British than American English, and somewhat archaic as it has been shortened to "pants" in British English. "Underpants" tends to sound childish and evokes practical cotton basic styles only; it might also be used in medical or technical contexts, or as a formal word to refer to children's underwear.
Types of underpants include:
Up to the early 19th century, girls and women generally did not wear any kind of underpants.
Since the Middle Ages, men began to wear a loose undergarment called brouche or braies. These were eventually replaced by simple cotton, silk or linen drawers, which were usually knee-length trousers with a button flap in the front. Such underwear was usually worn under trousers, whereas under tunic-style garments it was usually preferred to go without. The Scottish kilt is a good example of this tradition.
Women did not wear any such garment, as it was considered specifically male. It took until the mid-19th century when women began to wear drawers too.
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The schoolyard rhyme "I see London, I see France, I see someone's underpants" is used by children to make fun of a child whose underpants are acidentally showing (see also panchira).
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Barriers To Justice In The Gambia
Aside from the limited provision of state-funded legal aid, a large number of Gambians have no access to the proper legal advice and representation needed to access the Gambian judicial system.
The main barriers to accessing the justice system in The Gaambia incude the folowing:
- the high costs associated with legal proceedings, including court filing fees and physically attending court proceedings
- lack of physical access to court buildings and lawyers in many of The Gambia's administrative divisions
- an intimidating formal court atmosphere, replete with technicalities and complex procedures
- significant delays in resolving matters before the courts, with civil matters taking between two and six years on average to conclude with frequent adjournments


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China has launched an app that aims to reduce the spread of coronavirus by alerting users when they've been in close proximity to someone with the illness. According to a report in Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, the app — named the Close Contact Detector — lets users check their status by scanning a QR code using an app such as Alipay, WeChat or QQ. They will then be directed to enter their name and government ID number, and can check the status of three other ID numbers.
According to Xinhua, "close contact" includes people who work together, share a classroom or live in the same house, as well as medical professionals working with patients, and passengers on mass transit. If the app determines a user has been in close proximity to someone who has or is showing symptoms of the virus, they will be instructed to stay at home.
Xinhua has not disclosed exactly how the government-developed app works, nor how it determines the risk of exposure. However, the news agency reports that it has received support from several government agencies including the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Transport, China Railway and the Civil Aviation Administration of China to ensure "accurate, reliable and authoritative data."
The app's requirement for ID numbers as raised some concerns with privacy critics — the Chinese government is well-known for conducting high levels of surveillance on its citizens. Others, however, maintain that stemming the spread of the virus — so far responsible for more than 1,000 deaths — outweighs the need for individual privacy.


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Molecular evolution and expression divergence of the Populus polygalacturonase supergene family shed light on the evolution of increasingly complex organs in plants
- Plant polygalacturonases (PGs) are involved in cell separation processes during many stages of plant development. Investigation into the diversification of this large gene family in land plants could shed light on the evolution of structural development.
- We conducted whole-genome annotation, molecular evolution and gene expression analyses of PG genes in five species of land plant: Populus, Arabidopsis, rice, Selaginella and Physcomitrella.
- We identified 75, 44, 16 and 11 PG genes from Populus, rice, Selaginella and Physcomitrella genomes, respectively, which were divided into three classes. We inferred rapid expansion of class I PG genes in Populus, Arabidopsis and rice, while copy numbers of classes II and III PG genes were relatively conserved in all five species. Populus, Arabidopsis and rice class I PG genes were under more relaxed selection constraints than class II PG genes, while this selective pressure divergence was not observed in Selaginella and Physcomitrella PG families. In addition, class I PG genes underwent marked expression divergence in Populus, rice and Selaginella.
- Our results suggest that PG gene expansion occurred after the divergence of the lycophytes and euphyllophytes, and this expansion was likely paralleled by the evolution of increasingly complex organs in land plants.


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The University of Arizona (UA) Campus Health Service (CHS) and the Southwest institute for Research on Women (SIROW), propose Project Lifeline, a comprehensive suicide prevention strategy to reduce the incidence of suicide, suicide attempts, and their related risk factors such as alcohol and other drug (AOD) misuse/abuse among students at the UA with a special emphasis on high-risk student populations, such as LGBTQ students and veterans. Located in Tucson, UA is a large public institution (over 43,000 students) with over 45% of its student population from an ethnic/racial minority and 52% female. Approximately 5-6% of the population identifies as LGBQ and over 1,000 students are veterans receiving GI Bill benefits. On a 2017 survey 63% of UA students reported having consumed alcohol, 28% reported having used marijuana, 2% reported having used pain pills, and 6% reported having used sedatives not prescribed to them in the past 30 days. Seventeen percent had been diagnosed with depression and 19% with anxiety. Forty five percent had felt hopeless, 81% had felt overwhelmed, 30% felt so depressed it was difficult to function at least once during the past year. Seventeen percent reported at least mild suicidality, 1.4 reported attempting suicide, and 3 committed suicide in the past school year. These risk factors indicate the strong need for comprehensive suicide prevention on campus.
In collaboration with a wide variety of campus and community partners, CHS and SIROW's Project Lifeline will address the following objectives:
- Increase collaboration among campus departments and the Tucson community to address student mental and behavioral health needs;
- Increase knowledge and willingness of students and campus personnel (gatekeepers) to respond effectively to students with mental health (MH) and behavioral health (BH) problems that can lead to school failure, such as depression, substance abuse, and suicidal thoughts and attempts;
- Increase students who are screened and assessed for MH and substance use disorders;
- Increase awareness of campus and community resources that can identify, assess, and treat MH and MH problems;
- Increase help seeking for MH and BH problems;
- Decrease suicide attempts and related risk factors;
- Institutionalize effective program components and disseminate information at local, state, and national levels.
To address these project objectives, the project team will utilize gatekeeper training to 400 individuals/year, educational presentations and curriculum infusion to a minimum of 400 individuals/year and campus-wide efforts such as student driven activities and media (videos, posters, pamphlets, articles) with the potential to be seen by most students (43,000), as well as local, state and national dissemination (presentations, technical assistance and publications).


Crawl Quick-Start Guide ======================= Copyright 1999 Linley Henzell So, you want to start playing Crawl straight away without bothering with the manual? Read this, the guide to starting Crawl with a minimum of preparation. I suggest printing it out and following its instructions while playing your first few games (you can also press '?' twice while playing for a list of commands). You should also try the tutorial mode; it only takes a few minutes. When you get some more time, you can read 'crawl_manual.txt' in the docs/ directory for more detailed information. INTRODUCTION TO CRAWL --------------------- Crawl is a large and very random game of subterranean exploration in a fantasy world of magic and frequent violence. Your quest is to travel into the depths of the Dungeon (which is different each time you play) and retrieve the Orb of Zot. Crawl is an RPG of the 'rogue-like' type, one of the descendants of Rogue. Its graphics are simple but highly informative, designed to be understood at a glance, and control is exercised largely through one-keystroke commands. STARTING OUT ------------ After starting the program you will be greeted with a message asking for your name. Don't spend too much time over this, as your first character will **not** last very long (sorry, but it's true). Next you are given menus of species and backgrounds from which to choose. A hill orc, minotaur or troll Fighter is a good bet. Elves are quite fragile, humans are pretty average at everything, and the weirder species are mostly too tricky for beginning players. Finally, you may be given a choice of weapons. I suggest an axe (axes are fun). Now you are in the game. The game screen has three parts: - the Map takes up the upper left part of the screen. In its very centre is the '@' sign which represents You. The coloured parts of the Map are the parts you can see, while places which you have visited before but cannot currently see are shown in grey. - the Message box is the large part of the screen below the map. It describes events as they happen and asks you questions from time to time. - the Stats area (to the right of the Map) contains various indicators of your health and abilities. EXPLORING --------- Try walking around, using either the numeric keypad (try numlock off and on) or the Rogue ('hjklyubn') keys. Pressing 'o' will activate auto-explore, which will move until an enemy is seen, or some other notable event (e.g. finding a set of stairs) occurs. If you want to know what a certain character on the screen represents, you can use the 'x' (examine) command to get a short description, and then 'v' to get more information. You use the 'O', 'C' commands to open or close doors, and the '<' (up) and '>' (down) commands to climb staircases. The Dungeon gets more dangerous (but more interesting!) as you go down. If you get lost you can access a map of the whole level you are on with the 'X' command, which uses the whole screen. ITEMS ----- After walking around for a while, you will no doubt come across some items lying around (you may come across some monsters as well; for help in dealing with them skip to the Monsters section). You can pick up items with the 'g' (get) or ',' commands and drop them again with 'd' (drop), and the 'i' (inventory) command shows you what you're carrying. While examining your inventory, press any item's key to see more information about it, and to list available commands. There are several different types of items: - **Weapons**, represented by the ')' sign. Wield them with the 'w' (wield) command. Some weapons are cursed and cannot be un-wielded without the use of magic. - **Armour** ('['). Wear it, or take it off, with the 'W' (Wear) command. Heavier armours give more protection, but may hamper your ability to fight, dodge, and cast spells. These can also be cursed. - **Ammunition** (which has the '(' sign). Throw it with 'f' and 'F' (fire). Stones, tomahawks and javelins are meant to be thrown by hand; other missiles need an appropriate launcher to be wielded (e.g. arrows are only effective when shot with a bow). - **Wands** ('/'), **Scrolls** ('?') and **Potions** ('!') can be very valuable, but have limited uses (scrolls and potions can only be used once each, wands contain only a certain number of charges). Wands are e'V'oked, scrolls are 'r'ead and potions are 'q'uaffed. Unfortunately, you won't at first know what a scroll or potion does; it will only be described by its physical appearance. But once you have used, for example, a potion of curing, you will in the future recognise all potions of curing. - **Rings** ('=') and **Amulets** ('"') provide various mostly-helpful effects. They are put on with 'P' (put on) and can be removed with 'R'. They can, like weapons, be cursed. - **Money** ('$') can be used to buy stuff in shops. There are a few other types of items, but you will discover these as you play. MONSTERS -------- You will also run into monsters (most of which are represented by letters of the alphabet). You can attack a monster by trying to move into the square it is occupying. Pressing Tab will automatically move toward & attack nearby monsters. When you are wounded you lose hit points (displayed near the top of the stats list); these return gradually over time through the natural process of healing. If you lose all of your hp you die. To survive, you will need to develop a few basic tactics: - Never fight more than one monster if you can help it. Always back into a corridor so that they must fight you one-on-one. - If you are badly wounded, you can run away from monsters to buy some time. Try losing them in corridors, or as a very last resort find a place where you can run around in circles to heal while the monster chases you. - Remember to use projectiles before engaging monsters in close combat. - Rest between encounters. The 's', '.', delete or keypad-5 commands make you rest for one turn, while pressing '5' or Shift-and-keypad-5 make you rest for a longer time (you will stop resting when fully healed). - Learn when to run away from things you can't handle - this is important! It is often wise to skip a dangerous level. But don't overdo this. DEATH ----- Before long, you'll probably end up dead. Death in Crawl is permanent; you cannot just reload a saved game and start again where you left off. The 'S' (save) command exists only to let you leave a game part-way through and come back to it later. Quitting ('Ctrl-Q') lets you commit suicide if you can't even be bothered to help your character escape alive. Well, that's it for the quick-start guide. This should help you through your first few games, but Crawl is extremely (some would say excessively) complex and cannot be adequately described in so short a document. So when you feel ready to start playing with magic, skills, and religions, browse the manual. Happy Crawling!


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note: I may be using the word recursively wrong
I'm trying to create a script that runs through a long string of text, searching for the recurrence of substrings. For this I essentially do a for-loop from 12 to 3 (lengths of strings I want to check for recurrence), and for each of those lengths I use another for loop to define if the string of that length is present multiple times. A dumbed down example (untested, just for demonstration):
for(var len=12; len>3; len--) {
 var recurring = [];
 for(var pos = 0; pos < (inputString.length - len); pos++) {
 var mystring = inputString.substr(pos, len);
 // do a regex to check if mystring occurs more than once
 // if so, push it into recurring and remove from inputString to prevent partial duplicates when mystring gets shorter
 // output recurring strings
This all works, but obviously when I run this on a very long inputString it gets very slow. In fact, it freezes the browser, and any progress output that I want to show while the script runs is paused and shows up all at once when the script is done.
To prevent this, I created a function that is supposed to run through the for-loop in small batches at a time, using a callback function to proceed to the next batch. By using a basic version of this, I was able to output progress onto the page during what used to be a for-loop, even if it's going through thousands of loops:
var fragmentedFor = function($aFragmentLength, $aTotal, $aFunction, $aCallback)
 var $lStart = 0,
 $lFragmentLength = $aFragmentLength,
 $lTotal = $aTotal,
 $lFunction = $aFunction,
 $lCallback = $aCallback;
 // simulate a for loop, but in fragments to prevent the browser from freezing
 (function forLoop ($aStart)
 // run x loops at a time
 var $lEnd = $lStart + $lFragmentLength;
 // can't run the loop past the total length
 if($lEnd > $lTotal )
 $lEnd = $lTotal;
 // the fragmented for loop
 for(var $i = $lStart; $i < $lEnd; $i++) {
 // run the function here
 $lFunction({count: $i});
 // next time, start from where we just left
 $lStart += $lFragmentLength;
 // is there room for more loops?
 if($lStart < $aTotal) {
 setTimeout(forLoop, 10);
 } else {
 // if not, run the callback
When I run this just once it seems to do what I want:
function myLoop(x) {
 new fragmentedFor(
 10, // amount of loops per run
 x, // total amount of loops
 function($aData) { console.log($aData.count); },
 function() { console.log('finished') }
However, when I want to call this one nested within another instance of such a loop, I run into trouble:
new fragmentedFor(
 function($aData) { myLoop($aData.count * 100) },
 function() { console.log('finished all') }
(I have copied my current files here: _URL_ which includes the fragmentedFor function so you can essentially paste these two functions in the console and see the result. This was a lot easier than putting it on jsfiddle and making that work, if you guys don't mind)
What appears to be happening is that the first run of myLoop is started, but since it's trying to run 0 * 100 times it ends safely, going to the second run. The second run of myLoop should go up to 100, but it runs to 19 before suddenly run 3 of myLoop kicks in.
From there on, the output seems to be totally mixed up, I figure because my callbacks are implemented incorrectly and the loops are not really waiting for eachother to finish.
What am I doing wrong here? How can I even start debugging where the problem lies, and how can I make sure that the independent runs of the for loop actually wait for eachother to finish?
Here's a jsfiddle of an older working copy: _URL_ This did not incorporate the fragmentedFor loop, it does have some callback functions which seemed to improve the performance compared to regular nested for-loops by 100%.
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another note: I've been thinking of replacing the outer fragmentedFor() by a function that relies on custom events, starting the next round of myLoop by firing an event within when it's finished. This is easy with jQuery but honestly I just want this to work like I'm trying to do – Stephan Muller Jun 1 '13 at 19:18
i suggest you improve the original nested loop and not complicate it beyond necessary. can you publish the original on jsfiddle? – muratgu Jun 1 '13 at 19:24
I'll try to put it on jsfiddle, thanks. The problem with the original loop is that there's no way to prevent the browser from freezing other than this solution, which I actually took from another SO question: stackoverflow.com/questions/_PHONE_/… (answer by Juriy) – Stephan Muller Jun 1 '13 at 19:27
linked solution suggests using setTimeout. have you tried it? – muratgu Jun 1 '13 at 19:33
setTimeout is actually present in my fragmentedFor. I've tried multiple ways to use it, but this construction seemed the only way that really did what I need – Stephan Muller Jun 1 '13 at 19:39
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What am I doing wrong here?
Your fragmentedFor expects the $aFunction to be synchronous, and as soon as it returns it schedules the next loop turn.
Yet, by using a nested fragmentedFor in that function, you're making it asynchronous - and the iterations of the inner loops will start to crossfire.
As you recogniced, you will have to let them wait to finish - which means hooking the next iteration on the callback of the previous one. You will have to write another fragmentedFor that deals with asynchronous iteration steps:
function fragmentedForAsync(from, to, body, callback) {
 var i = from;
 (function loop() {
 if (i < to)
 body(i++, loop); // pass itself as callback
and then use it like this:
fragmentedForAsync(1, 5, function(i, callback) {
 fragmentedFor(10, i*100, function(j) {
 }, function() {
 console.log('finished '+1);
 callback(); // next turn of outer loop
}, function() {
 console.log('finished all')
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Ah, i had a hunch that something like this was the case. I'm currently unable to try this but your logic is sound and it looks like a good solution. I'll try it out as soon as I'm at my desktop pc, thanks! – Stephan Muller Jun 1 '13 at 20:35
I just tested it and it works like a charm, thanks a lot! – Stephan Muller Jun 2 '13 at 0:11
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The duality between the organisation's preferences and the different innovation frameworks
The aim of this article is to reveal what organising of innovation and growth can be enabled in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) networks. This is especially interesting for the governance of loosely coupled networks. The research is conducted in the Danish food industry with three food-producing firm networks. The posed hypotheses are tested in a structural equation modelling (SEM) approach with the available data of 60 SMEs.
The findings show that the governance of preferred behaviours of SMEs has a considerable significant positive impact on product and systematic innovation, which have a significant impact on growth. Governance of network connections is also found to have a significant positive impact on growth. The findings contribute to an understanding of how both governance of preferred SME behaviour and network connections enable innovation. This study provides SMEs, SME network organisations and policy bodies with an enhanced understanding of governance approaches.
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What is Structural Testing?
Structural testing, also known as glass box testing or white box testing is an approach where the tests are derived from the knowledge of the software's structure or internal implementation.
The other names of structural testing includes clear box testing, open box testing, logic driven testing or path driven testing.
Structural Testing Techniques:
Statement Coverage - This technique is aimed at exercising all programming statements with minimal tests.
Branch Coverage - This technique is running a series of tests to ensure that all branches are tested at least once.
Path Coverage - This technique corresponds to testing all possible paths which means that each statement and branch are covered.
Calculating Structural Testing Effectiveness:
Statement Testing = (Number of Statements Exercised / Total Number of Statements) x 100 % Branch Testing = (Number of decisions outcomes tested / Total Number of decision Outcomes) x 100 % Path Coverage = (Number paths exercised / Total Number of paths in the program) x 100 %
Advantages of Structural Testing:
Forces test developer to reason carefully about implementation
Reveals errors in "hidden" code
Spots the Dead Code or other issues with respect to best programming practices.
Disadvantages of Structural Box Testing:
Expensive as one has to spend both time and money to perform white box testing.
Every possibility that few lines of code is missed accidentally.
Indepth knowledge about the programming language is necessary to perform white box testing.


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Maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical, plumbing or electrical device should it become out of order or broken (known as repair, unscheduled or casualty maintenance). It also includes performing routine actions which keep the device in working order (known as scheduled maintenance) or prevent trouble from arising (preventive maintenance). MRO may be defined as, "All actions which have the objective of retaining or restoring an item in or to a state in which it can perform its required function. The actions include the combination of all technical and corresponding administrative, managerial, and supervision actions."
MRO operations can be categorised by whether the product remains the property of the customer, i.e. a service is being offered, or whether the product is bought by the reprocessing organisation and sold to any customer wishing to make the purchase.
The former of these represents a closed loop supply chain and usually has the scope of maintenance, repair or overhaul of the product. The latter of the categorisations is an open loop supply chain and is typified by refurbishment and remanufacture. The main characteristic of the closed loop system is that the demand for a product is matched with the supply of a used product. Neglecting asset write-offs and exceptional activities the total population of the product between the customer and the service provider remains constant.


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Pub. date: 2004 | Online Pub. Date: September 15, 2007 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412952576 | Print ISBN: 9780761923602 | Online ISBN: 9781412952576| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this encyclopedia
Jean J. Schensul
The term key informant is best understood in the context of ethnographic or qualitative research in naturalistic settings (LeCompte & Schensul, 1999). These settings are often termed "the field" (DeWalt & DeWalt, 2002; Pelto & Pelto, 1978). The field is a sociophysical setting whose boundaries are defined in terms of institutions and people of interest and their associated activities in geographic space. For ethnographers, the field is any naturalistic geographic/social setting or location where a selected research problem is to be studied—a neighborhood, a network of clinics or emergency rooms, a group of buildings, or a school system. When ethnographic or qualitative researchers go to the field, they leave their own communities, institutional settings, and familiar behavioral and cognitive patterns to "enter" another social world—the world where the research will be conducted (Bernard, 2000; Miller & Crabtree, 1994; Werner & Schoepfle, 1987). Ethnographic research is never "autobiographical." It requires that...


Can Heart Rate Predict Baby Gender?
Does heartbeat determine Boy or girl?
There are lots of old wives' tales surrounding pregnancy.
If it's over 140 bpm, you're having a baby girl..
How long before you can determine the gender of your baby?
Most doctors schedule an ultrasound at around 18 to 21 weeks, but the sex may be determined by ultrasound as early as 14 weeks. It's not always 100 percent accurate, though. Your baby might be in an awkward position, which makes it difficult to clearly see the genitals.
Is 158 bpm a girl or boy?
Can you tell if its a boy or girl at 12 weeks?
At 12 weeks, we may be able to use ultrasound to determine gender based on the angle of the genital tubercle.
Does 3 lines mean girl ultrasound?
because ultrasound images as lines! … If the 3 lines are even with the end of femur and in some cases the middle line is inverted, (clitoris) baby is most likely a girl!! but scrotum need to image to give full clarity.
Does posterior placenta mean boy?
How can you tell from a blood test if its a boy or girl?
For the blood tests, women prick their fingers and send blood samples to labs. If the Y chromosome is detected, the fetus is male. Absence of a Y chromosome would probably mean the fetus is female, but could mean that fetal DNA was not found in that sample.
Why do doctors wait until 8 weeks?
What are the signs of having a boy?
Can a baby boy have a heart rate of 160?
Fact: A normal fetal heart rate is between 120 and 160 beats per minute (bpm), although some people think if it's faster (usually above the 140 bpm range) it's a girl and if it's slower it's a boy. But studies don't show that heart rate is a reliable predictor for a baby's gender.
How can we identify gender in scan report?
What is the average heart rate for a boy?
Toddler (1-3 years): 90-150 bpm. Preschooler (3-5 years): 80-140 bpm. School-aged child (5-12 years): 70-120 bpm. Adolescent (12-18 years): 60-100 bpm.
Is 156 bpm a boy or a girl?
According to this rule – it's been around for 30 years, so I class it as an old wives' tale – if your fetus's heart rate is above 140 beats per minute (bpm) you're expecting a girl, and if it's below you're expecting a boy.
Who is responsible for baby gender?
Your Baby's Development Out of the 46 chromosomes that make up a baby's genetic material, only two — one from the sperm and one from the egg — determine the baby's sex. These are known as the sex chromosomes. Every egg has an X sex chromosome; a sperm can have either an X or a Y sex chromosome.
Did you have morning sickness with a boy?
Levels of the pregnancy hormone hCG, which triggers morning sickness, tend to be higher in mothers who are pregnant with female babies. But a pregnant woman can certainly have morning sickness, even bad morning sickness, when they're carrying a boy.
How accurate is the gender blood test?
The review, which looked at 57 studies representing 6,541 pregnancies, found the blood tests gave a genuine result (sensitivity) 95% of the time and that this result was accurate or correct for gender (specificity) 98.6% of the time.
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This file describes some problems that can occur with the script in relation to various distributions' Python installations. 1. Python 3 Python 3, version 3.2 or greater, is required for If you do not wish to use, maybe because you plan to run all commands by hand, you can disable the Python check in CMake by setting NO_PYTHON_CHECK to any non-empty string in See for a template. Some operating systems don't have a Python 3 interpreter installed by default. The safest bet is to install a distribution-supplied package for Python 3. If no such package is available, you can download the Python source code, compile and and install it by yourself. For a good introduction to installing Python from source, see 2. Sqlite 3 The Python script requires sqlite3. Unfortunately, not all distributions install the Python sqlite3 module by default. In fact, two things are required: the binary sqlite3 library, and the Python module called "sqlite3" which provides a Python interface to the sqlite3 library. The binary sqlite3 library is installed by default on most systems, but it is worthwhile to check that it is. Use your distribution's package manager, and look for a package called "sqlite", "sqlite3", or "libsqlite3", which should contain a file "*" The Python sqlite3 module unfortunately is not installed by default by some distributions, known culprits include Gentoo. Gentoo: For Gentoo, the Python 3 package by default does not include the sqlite3 module. This link to a forum post briefly describes the situation: The sqlite3 module can be included in the Python installation by adding the sqlite USE flag to /etc/portage/make.conf as shown in this example: # These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by the # profile used for building. USE="bindist mmx sse sse2 sqlite" and then running emerge --deep --newuse world If you compile Python 3 yourself from source code, be aware that the sqlite3 development package with the header files for the sqlite3 library must be installed on the system; without them, the Python 3 build will seem to succeed but will not include the sqlite3 interface. When compiling Python 3, be sure that the "make" output does NOT include a warning of the form: The necessary bits to build these optional modules were not found: _sqlite3 3. Python 2 or 3 for the workunit client The client script can run under both Python 2, version 2.6 or newer, and Python 3, version 3.2 or newer. This backward compatibility is supported to simplify deployment on many different machines over which the user may not have administrative control. 4. SSL The workunit server and clients use SSL for communication to prevent an attacker on the same network from injecting text into workunits which could be used to execute arbitrary commands on the client machines. Generating a server certificate requires that OpenSSL is installed on the computer running the server. 5. MySQL If you wish to use MySQL you first need to install the Python MySQL connector library available at You then pass the -mysql flag to./