Digital Mitford Annual June Workshop Set: June 2, 3, and 4.
Mary Russell Mitford in Pieces!
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Confessing an Excess of Code. . .
Shall I confess it? I have too many projects to code! One project prompts another, and gets me involved in two more–and then I have a class to plan that involves teaching students to code–eek! Time moves too quickly and I'm engrossed in systems, sometimes most fretfully.
But the reward is a sudden glimpse of something I couldn't see so clearly before–and the adventure of an experiment. Changing research methods is a giddy thing when you're a researcher! For my next conference presentations I am working intently on coding places and cultures in Robert Southey's ornate long poem Thalaba the Destroyer (1801), to demonstrate the complex interweaving of cultures here in a more quantitative way than I could before.
But I can't seem to focus on Southey without being distracted by the Digital Mitford project–and happily so, as we're fleshing out our Coding Guidelines, and as we've been compiling a working bibliography of Mitford's published writings. Behind the scenes is Much Coding Work and much more to come: I'm writing some XSLT to extract and reshuffle our XML code, and I'm thinking more and more about Prosopography–our methods for compiling and collecting information on persons, places, events, and texts referenced in Mitford's writings. Most interesting is how we'll be indicating relationships between people and people, people and books, people and events, even people and fictional characters, or fictional characters to other fictional characters! The combinations are interesting to contemplate–and we could potentially generate many different networks to visualize!
The usual advice is to anticipate as much as possible in the early planning phases of a big coding project–but we simply cannot predict every kind of relationship we're going to find, and we need for a while to discover what these are going to be. Some are predictable: parent-child, marriage, friendship, but what about other kinds of relationships–when a character is modelled on an historic figure? We can identify who's active and who's passive, and when a relationship is mutual–not a problem here. It's the characterization of relationships that I'm hoping will generate some interesting diversity as we code–and I don't want to constrain that just yet.
Ideally I'd be able to write a simple RelaxNG schema to control all the coding of each *kind* of text we're editing for the Mitford project, but we really can't do that without running into problems very quickly: A schema needs to be something we can make distinct to the specific conditions of a particular text, and I'm thinking I'd like to make a general schema for a play (for example), and then show my editors how to fine-tune it for their purposes. For now we're running with the general TEI P5 ALL schema built into <oXygen/>, and a set of coding rules. There is much fine-tuning to do, and much of this, I think, we really do have to figure out AS we code.
Speaking of which, it's past time for me to be working on Thalaba! I'm not ready to post a visualization of this coding just yet–but watch this space. Thalaba is glorious to view in code structurally due to its elaborate interplay of lines and paratext notes, and paratexts-to-paratexts–and my goal here is to show something of its interweaving of physical and metaphysical places from distinct cultures. I'm eager to see what this looks like…so back to the tagging!
Posted on July 5, 2013 July 5, 2013 Categories Digital Humanities Projects, Digital Humanities: Theory and Practice, Digital Mitford, UncategorizedTags coding projects, digital humanities, Mary Russell Mitford, network analysis, oXygen, relationship network, RelaxNG, Robert Southey, TEI XML, Thalaba the Destroyer, XSLTLeave a comment on Confessing an Excess of Code. . .


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Bizarre footage showing 'Ghost of Witch' floating through sky sparks online frenzy
www.dailystar.co.uk By Callum Hoare / Published 19th July 2018
TERRIFYING footage has emerged showing the ghost of a witch floating up to the clouds, according to wild claims online
The spooky clip, captured in Mexico, shows the phenomenon as it flies in broad daylight. It appears to be a figure wearing dark clothing and it seems to be holding onto something. ut the subject does not make life-like movement and the clip cuts out before we get a closer look. It was uploaded to YouTube channel mavi777 yesterday, where it has already racked up hundreds of hits.
"Oh my God, that looks just like a dead witch," one comment read.
Another added: "Could be some kind of alien."
And a third claimed: "Unbelievable. Looks like a witch to me."
Witches are said to have magical powers, especially evil ones and are often depicted wearing black cloaks, riding broomsticks. In ancient history, the term was not exclusively negative and they were considered capable of both harming and healing.
Former MoD insider says UFOs are real and often narrowly miss crashing into planes as he spills secrets
By Nick Pope, ex-Ministry of Defence UFO project 13th July 2018, http://www.thesun.co.uk
UFO expert Nick Pope, who was bound by the Official Secrets Act, says his work involved monitoring Russian development of a death ray and dealing with psychics
ALIENS, UFOs and death rays sound more like the stuff of science fiction than the subjects of top-secret government briefings… but I know from my 21 years at the Ministry of Defence that our leaders take these threats more seriously than they let on.
I also learned from my time there that UFOs are real. And I should know because my job throughout the nineties was to investigate them.
From UFOs almost crashing into planes to alien abductions The bottom line was that we knew UFOs were real, but we didn't know what they were. The majority of UFO sightings could be explained, but around five percent remain mysterious. The cases that concerned me most were the near-misses between UFOs and commercial aircraft – there are several such cases in the MoD's UFO files.
What was much more fun was the other weird stuff that came our way simply because there was nowhere else in government to send it: crop circles, claims that people had been abducted by aliens, ghost sightings and people who claimed to be psychic and volunteered their services to British intelligence.
But is it really true, as the latest declassified files suggest, that we were racing against the Russians and the Chinese to acquire alien technology and develop some sort of super-weapon? Not quite, but the reality is almost just as bizarre.
MoD employees are allowed to say where they work, so I didn't have to lie to anyone about that. However, we had to keep things bland and imply our jobs were boring and routine – which is tough when you spend your day dealing with this kind of thing. It helped that the MoD was the family business. I joined because my father, the MoD's Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, suggested I might find the work interesting. That turned out to be a huge understatement, but it was only once I'd been formally recruited and undergone rigorous security vetting that I got a real idea of what it all involved. Those of us involved in UFO research downplayed the true extent of our interest, and never let on that civil servant like me were trying to make sense of what we were dealing with. We never spoke too openly about the possibility any of the UFOs were from somewhere other than Earth, but we remained open-minded and certainly didn't rule anything out.
As ever in the MoD, we were interested in what the Russians and the Chinese were up to. We were aware, in particular, that the Russians had put quite a lot of effort into researching and investigating not just UFOs, but parapsychology – telekinesis (moving objects with the mind), psychic phenomena and similar things. We viewed all this in terms of threats and opportunities, and one opportunity was the possibility that "novel military applications" might result from a better understanding of UFOs.
This was connected with a view that UFOs might not, in fact, be objects but rather the result of changes in energy in the atmosphere. This raised the intriguing possibility of channeling the energy and developing a death ray.
If that was the opportunity, the threat was that the Russians and the Chinese might beat us to it. All the while, the Americans were conducting their own research.
Last year, after years of denying there was any US government interest in UFOs, the Pentagon admitted they'd been investigating sightings after all. The Pentagon's UFO project was known as AATIP – Advanced Aerospace (or Aviation, depending on who you ask) Threat Identification Program. When you can't even be sure of the name of a government project, you know you're dealing with some pretty secretive stuff.
The point is, they did a very clever thing by not mentioning "UFO" anywhere in the title, and as a result, Congress, the media, and the American people were completely in the dark until the story broke, and some declassified videos surfaced of US Navy jets chasing UFOs.
Radar operators tracked these things from time to time, and the speeds and maneuvers were astounding. We told Parliament, the media and the public that UFOs were of "no defense significance", but this was a meaningless soundbite designed simply to get people off our backs. And while we may not have been in a race to acquire extra-terrestrial technology and alien weapons, as some conspiracy theorists are suggesting, it was certainly as spooky and surreal as anything you'll ever see in The X-Files.
Toksook Bay man and son see Bigfoot near Qalvinraaq River
July 18, 2018 by K.J. Lincoln deltadiscovery.com
A man and his 10-year-old son who were checking their blackfish (can'giiq) trap on the frozen tundra are the most recent eyewitnesses in sighting a Bigfoot-like creature.
The sighting took place in mid-January 2013. The man and his son were traveling from their home, Toksook Bay, to check their blackfish trap near the two mountains called Ingriaraak. The Ingriaraak Mountains are located between the villages of Chefornak and Nightmute beyond the Kolavinarak (Qalvinraaq) River (Alaska)
The man said that the weather that day was beautiful and balmy. He decided it would be a good day to take his son out to check the trap for blackfish. They snow machined to where the trap was set and checked the trap.
However, when they were done and ready to go back home to Toksook Bay, the snow machine's puller came off and could not start. They were stranded so the two climbed one of the Ingriaraak and got a cell phone signal. The man called home and asked for someone to come and get them.
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After calling, the man and his son walked down back to the snow machine to wait. It started to rain and the boy was getting cold. The boy wanted to start walking and since there had been no reports of upcoming bad weather for that day and the trail markers were visible, the two decided to start walking back towards Nightmute.
The man wanted to bring home his catch, so he unhooked his sled from behind the snow machine and pulled it behind him while walking. His son rode in the sled for a while and then got out to walk beside his father. They were still quite away from reaching the Qalvinraaq River.
They had been walking for about an hour when the man happened to look behind them. About 200 yards away there, behind them, was a very tall, large, dark, strong-looking, muscular person-like creature standing, watching them. The man's heart quailed but he did not show it to his son. His son, in the meantime, also saw the creature and waved to it, thinking it was a member of the search and rescue team coming to get them.
At this point, the thought that it may be Bigfoot did not cross the man's mind. Fear flooded his mind, thinking it was an alangruq, or ghost. The man remembered his mother's words to not look back no matter how powerful the urge was to turn and look. He maintained his control and calmly told his son not to wave at the creature or to look at it.
Soon they continued walking towards Nightmute, following the trail markers because the man knew that any search and rescue party would be coming for them following that same well-marked trail.
Only when he saw the lights of the oncoming snow machines did he dare look back. And when he did, he did not see anything except the frozen tundra. He told the rescuers about what they had seen and experienced and asked if they could all go back to see if there were any footprints made by the creature. But no, the rescuers did not want to. It was getting dark and they were anxious to get back to the village.
During the time when they were walking, the man had taken out his phone to record what was behind him, pointing the phone over his shoulder without looking behind him. When they were safely in the village at Nightmute and eating at the home of a friend, the man told them what they had seen. He remembered his recording and took out his cell phone to view the footage, but alas, it had been somehow accidentally erased or deleted, or there was the possibility that he might not have hit the recording button at all.
His sharp-eyed son also described the creature as a yugpak, a very large person. He said the shoulders were very broad and powerful. The arms were long and strong-looking, like a wrestler's arms. They reached down to its knees. There were also some light-colored markings or textures on the creature's chest and stomach where the muscles stood out.
Back home in Toksook, the man told his wife and it made her feel scared. He told his wife's parents, his parents, his grandparents, and his friends what they had seen. The next day he read about the Bigfoot sighting that occurred in the spring of 2012 in Kasigluk in the latest issue of the Delta Discovery, the January 16th, 2013 edition. It was the first published eyewitness account of a sighting in the newspaper.
The following day the man wanted to go back to that same area to look for footprints but the weather turned, and a blizzard blew in so he stayed home.
New York town 'adopts' Bigfoot as its official animal
Leave it to a small town in upstate New York to adopt an urban legend as its "official animal."The village of Whitehall, population 2,556, has adopted Bigfoot as its "official animal" in a measure that passed 4-0, according to The Whitehall Times, the town's newspaper.
The measure is seen as nothing more than a publicity stunt, according to former trustee Mike LaChapelle, but it is likely to get people talking one way or another.
"It can't hurt," said trustee George Armstrong. "It's very well written by the way."
The resolution came from Dave Molenaar, who identified himself as a member of the Bigfoot Tourism Council of Whitehall to the Albany Times Union.
The town's mayor, Phil Smith, said every last Saturday of September will "be officially known as Sasquatch Appreciation Day and that Sasquatch shall be the official animal of the village of Whitehall."
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It's a curious decision for Whitehall to adopt Bigfoot as its official animal, even though the town already has multiple statues and an annual festival for Sasquatch, according to WTEN.
In 1976, three people reported that had they seen "a large, ape-like creature between 7-feet and 8-feet tall, darting toward their car," according to CryptoZooNews.com. It's unclear if the creature that was seen also starred in "Harry & the Hendersons," but you never know.
According to The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, there have been 103 sightings in New York State, most recently in June 2015, when a married couple claimed to see it while boating on Lake George.
The legendary Bigfoot has had a whirlwind couple of years, most likely because it is trying to become an Instagram influencer or go glamping, like any good millennial. In October 2017, Bigfoot was reportedly spotted in Northern California, but only because he had gotten greedy and tried to eat a pig.
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Jeffrey Gonzalez, a self-described paranormal expert, said he heard about the sighting from a local farmer who said he saw the creature and five others running on his ranch near Avocado Lake.
"One of them, which was extremely tall, had a pig over its shoulder," Gonzalez said in comments obtained by Fox 26, a Fox News affiliate. "The five scattered and the one with the pig was running so fast it didn't see an irrigation pipe and it tripped, with the pig flying over."
In March, the residents of Wapum, Pa. held their annual Bigfoot hunt, but surprisingly came up empty-handed.
NASA WORKS OUT PRECISELY HOW FAST UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING – AND FINDS RESULT THAT COULD ALTER UNDERSTANDING OF COSMOS
ANDREW GRIFFIN @_andrew_griffin www.independent.co.uk
Scientists have made the most precise measurement of the universe's expansion ever – and found a very strange result indeed.
The Nasa research used two space telescopes to work out exactly how quickly the universe was growing. Discovering that important number could help understand where the cosmos came from and where it is going.
But the new precise measurement actually leads to more confusion than it dispels. There seems to be a strange mismatch in the way the universe is expanding – a discovery that could suggest there is an entirely new physics underpinning the universe, waiting to be found.
he mysterious results could be caused by dark matter, dark energy is even more exotic than previously thought, or an unknown new particle in the tapestry of space, Nasa said.
Scientists have long been attempting to work out the rate the universe is expanding – known as the Hubble constant – as precisely as they possibly can. Discovering how quickly it has been growing since the big bang 13.8 billion years ago could answer the most fundamental questions about where the universe came from and where it is going.
But as the measurements have become more precise, they have also become more different. The results that come out of the different ways of measuring the rate of expansion are at odds with each other.
Astronomers have a picture of where the universe was near its beginning, and a measurement of how fast it has expanded since – with those, they should be able to predict where it is now, but the result they get is wrong. That suggests there is either something wrong with the measurements or with our understanding of the universe.
Scientists had initially been concerned that the discrepancy was the result of an error in one or more of the ways that they are trying to measure the constant. But the new research suggests that is not the case, and that the measurements are correct – but that something undiscovered is changing the way the universe is expanding.
One measurement comes from ESA's Planck mission, which mapped the universe as it looked only 360,000 years after it came into being. By looking at that map, scientists can work out the speed at which the universe came to be where it is today.
But the new Nasa research shows that the expansion rate calculated from that data does not match up with the universe as we see it around us. The new data from the Hubble Space Telescope does not match up with the calculations from the Planck mission.
"The tension seems to have grown into a full-blown incompatibility between our views of the early and late time universe," said team leader and Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. "At this point, clearly it's not simply some gross error in any one measurement.
"It's as though you predicted how tall a child would become from a growth chart and then found the adult he or she became greatly exceeded the prediction. We are very perplexed."
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Blissful beginnings for a young couple turn into a nightmare after purchasing their dream home in Wales in 1989. Their love and their resolve are torn apart by an indescribable entity that pushes paranormal activity to the limit. Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is the prequel to the bestselling A Most Haunted House (included as a new edit for the complete account).
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It's been 4 years since G.L.Davies shocked the world with his brutal and graphic depiction of paranormal sexual abuse and torment in the controversial bestseller Ghost Sex: The Violation. Now, on November 30th 2018 he returns to his roots with the pre-sequel to his chart-topping true paranormal account that was A most haunted house.
Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is the return to that terrifying house that first sent chills up the spines of readers in A most haunted house. This time the account is set between the years of 1989 and 1991 and focuses on the account of a Pembrokeshire couple who move into that terrible home and this is their testimonial of the bewildering and horrifying events that took place there.
One of the spookiest writers around, G.L Davies dares you to enter his latest haunted house. A couple are pushed to breaking point as an entity possesses their home. Terrifyingly real, this is a must-read for horror fan
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This, new longer account explores the paranormal activity that pushes the occupants to the brink of sanity with the unique style that G.L.Davies fans have grown accustomed too through his previous works. This is not a sensationalised account more often found in other offerings of the genre but the actual transcripts from the interviews of the people involved along with notes and insight from G.L.Davies as he tries to discern what had happened to these people and how it links to his own personal experience at the house.
Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest not only includes a brand new account set between 1989 and 1991 but a NEW edit of A most Haunted house with the events that took place there in 2002 PLUS a summary of explanations which is a must for sceptic and believer alike as it dissects the possible rationale behind the events from the ordinary to the arcane. This is one of the most complete paranormal documentations in recent memory.
G.L.Davies is an author who leads the reader through a gripping account of his own personal haunting which I found to be very interesting. Through his experience, he has gained an unusual insight into what can happen to a normal person when they happen across The Paranormal. This chilling read will certainly start to worry the reader and will certainly have them looking behind them at some stage. This is a must read for those looking for explanations. As Demonologist on the TV show Most Haunted, I understand what the author went through and this book should not only make people more aware of what to them was previously unknown but make them think twice about meddling with it.
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Already accepted by members of the paranormal community as one of the greatest paranormal accounts in Modern History, Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is assured to make readers feel uneasy as they turn their lights off before bed.
Available through 6th-books.com, Amazon, Waterstones, W.H.Smiths, Barnes and Noble, Hive, Victoria Bookshop Haverfordwest, Kindle and wherever books are sold.
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G.L Davies takes us into the real-life terror of a malevolent haunting in the pages of Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest. If you have the intestinal fortitude to venture forward, your bravery will be rewarded with a great, if frightening read. I'd say go for it and pick up your copy today!
Jim Harold, Host of The Paranormal Podcast and Jim Harold's Campfire
This is a Terrifying read, a book that will haunt you long after you have read it. Its builds masterfully, drawing you closer and closer and then the terror hits you. This is a modern paranormal masterpiece, complete with the original A most haunted house and a must-read section on explanations, this is possibly the most important paranormal account of the 21st Century. This is a haunting people will be talking about in a hundred years time and all the while they will say, I hope it didn't happen in our house. G L Davies is finally back and he has grown as a writer and investigator, this is shocking and chilling brilliance.
K-Town, Mysterious Radio.com
Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest – Dare you step inside…
If you are a paranormal investigator and have not read this book then you are not a real Paranormal Investigator. Raw, real, detailed, gritty and utterly frightening. As it includes the first book, A most haunted house, then this is the UK's most detailed and prolific modern haunting investigating over twenty years worth of evidence. There are incidents and events that still linger long after reading, things difficult to make sense of, disturbing things that will leave you with you one thought, I hope this never happens to me! The best paranormal book out there, Read it, just not before bed.
Nikki Davies, Lead Investigator – Devon Ghost Adventures
The courage it took to tell a story of the supernatural that drove one to the depths of depression is to be admired. G L Davies accounts are raw, real and riveting
Jeremy Scott, Into The Parabnormal Radio
A paralogian to the paranormal is like a theologian to theology. A paralogian should have a good understanding of paranormal history, theory, & application. It is clearly evident that G L Davies not only has a real solid understanding of the different kinds of paranormal activity & phenomena people may experience, but he also understands the impact in which that said phenomena can have on an individual's psychological well being as well as the parasociological implications for the surrounding family unit. G L Davies is a true paralogian through & through. Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is a testament to that statement & a real pleasure to digest. I enjoyed this immensely.
Kevin Malek, Paranormal Historian & Ufologist; Founder Of The Northern Wisconsin Paranormal Society Ltd & Co-Host for Paraversal Universe on the LNM Radio Network.
G L Davies once again takes readers on a terrifying journey into madness and the unknown that will grip believers tightly and shake sceptics to their very core
Ashley Shannon, Schlock Tactics podcast
G L Davies author of Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest
G L. Davies is up to his old tricks again in his latest book Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest. His nasty detailed and unimaginable horror scenarios will give some readers nightmares. I interviewed G. L Davies on my YouTube Show before and thoroughly enjoyed his previous work
Kevin Moore, The Kevin Moore Show
At Black Lotus, we pride ourselves in the exhaustive research we put into each of our episodes. Too often, people will not do the necessary legwork and research that is inherently required when investigating the paranormal. They simply parrot what others are saying and offer nothing new. This is why it was such a pleasure to discover G. L. Davies' Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest. Written as an interview with the previous tenants of the house in which Davies once resided, it is not your typical haunted house story. While maintaining the integrity required of such research, Davies also writes with a human compassion that is rarely found among other paranormal explorers. Amazing work! We loved it!!
Damian Gray & Ralph Torlucci, Black Lotus Media Productions
G L. Davies has done it again! Having experienced his previous work I can only say that "Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest" is the natural progression to the level of master in development of suspense & the building of shock & disbelief, all leading to the realization that these horrific paranormal experiences truly DO exist!
Kat Hobson, Paranormal Experienced Radio
G L Davies masterfully brings the terror of living in a real haunted house to life again as he returns to the Horror of Haverfordwest!
Jason Bland, Paranormal Soup – LNM radio
I had the pleasure of interviewing G. L Davies on my Radio Show many years ago discussing his first book and my listeners and I were left in awe, but I must say that his current book Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest also did not disappoint. It gave me chills as read it and I was unable to put it down as I was led on a journey through this very twisted Paranormal tale. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the Paranormal and this book will definitely be put on my shows "MUST READ"List.
Christina George, Paranormal Connections Radio Show
Few of us will ever experience the paranormal in our own home. Where a place of sanctuary becomes strange and we fear for our own sanity. G L Davies takes us on a journey through the unknown with extraordinary clarity and humility. Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest will appeal to those interested in the paranormal, as well as those who want to know more about how such experiences can help us grow as a person. Life is for the living, not the dead.
Claire Elliot, The Claire Witch Files
"G L Davies is a masterful author who, once again, leads the reader through a gripping account of the paranormal. Genuinely worrying and chilling. This is a MUST read and the section on the rationale behind the haunting is worth the read alone.
Dave Dominguez , – Event Horizon online Radio show
Very creepy retell of what happened in a haunted house when a married couple lived in it for a short period of time in the late 80's -early 90's. I am a sceptic, but that does not mean that I could not suspend belief a few times while reading about the horrifying things that happened in that house…
Giulia Naccarato, NetGalley
I could not put this book down. I found the story to be creepy, scary and at times terrifying.
Jill Long, NetGalley
A creepy ghost story just right for this time of year as the nights draw in. Atmospheric and draws you into the story and the characters
Tracy Clarkson, NetGalley
Another creepy and scary book to read from GL Davies. This time it follows the story of another couple who lived in The House years before, the things they suffered and how it affected them. The tales are horrific and awful and I couldn't imagine ever living through what they did. Having lived in Haverfordwest for 18 years of my life, I'm really grateful it wasn't in this house….and I'm grateful I didn't know it existed. This is a fantastic read if you want to read a horror that's real life….if you're brave enough to!
kels_reads, NetGalley
I have just finished reading this book. I still have chills up my spine. I liked the way the story was set out and really got a sense of the terror experienced by Dai and Anne. Whether you are a believer in the paranormal or not, this book is well worth a read.
Sue Blanchard, NetGalley
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Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children
Michael C. Cheung, Ying Zhuge, Relin Yang, Michael P. Ogilvie, Leonidas Koniaris, Maria M. Rodríguez, Juan E. Sola
Background: We studied the outcomes of pediatric extremity tumors on a population scale. Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1973-2006) was queried for all patients under 20 y of age. Results: Overall, 1175 patients were identified. The median age at diagnosis was 12 y, but most patients were ≥10 y of age (72%, n = 842). Most tumors were non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) (79%, n = 879). The most common tissue of origin was muscle (43%, n = 474). Most rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) (n = 220) were alveolar type (n = 140). Most patients presented with local disease (64%, n = 699), and underwent surgical intervention (88%, n = 1027), but did not have radiotherapy (62%, n = 710). RMS was more likely to present in younger children (P <0.001) and with distant disease (P <0.001). Older patients were more likely to receive radiotherapy than infants (P <0.001). Overall 5-y survival was 79%. RMS had significantly worse 5-y survival (56% versus 85% for NRSTS, P <0.001). Surgical intervention was associated with higher 5-y survival (84% versus 48%, P <0.001). Radiotherapy was associated with worse 5-y survival (74% versus 83%, P = 0.002). Multivariate analysis identified RMS (HR 2.20, P <0.001), nerve and muscle (not synovial sarcoma) tissue of origin (HR 2.26, P = 0.002, and HR 1.59, P = 0.036), regional or distant disease (HR 1.65, P = 0.011, and HR 5.96, P <0.001, respectively), and lack of surgical intervention (HR 2.20, P <0.001) as independent predictors of poor outcome. Conclusions: Extremity sarcomas are most common in older children. RMS is more common in younger children, but is associated with lower survival, and is an independent prognostic indicator of mortality.
Journal of Surgical Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.033
Synovial Sarcoma
extremity tumors
Cheung, M. C., Zhuge, Y., Yang, R., Ogilvie, M. P., Koniaris, L., Rodríguez, M. M., & Sola, J. E. (2010). Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children. Journal of Surgical Research, 163(2), 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.033
Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children. / Cheung, Michael C.; Zhuge, Ying; Yang, Relin; Ogilvie, Michael P.; Koniaris, Leonidas; Rodríguez, Maria M.; Sola, Juan E.
In: Journal of Surgical Research, Vol. 163, No. 2, 10.2010, p. 282-289.
Cheung, MC, Zhuge, Y, Yang, R, Ogilvie, MP, Koniaris, L, Rodríguez, MM & Sola, JE 2010, 'Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children', Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.033
Cheung MC, Zhuge Y, Yang R, Ogilvie MP, Koniaris L, Rodríguez MM et al. Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children. Journal of Surgical Research. 2010 Oct;163(2):282-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.033
Cheung, Michael C. ; Zhuge, Ying ; Yang, Relin ; Ogilvie, Michael P. ; Koniaris, Leonidas ; Rodríguez, Maria M. ; Sola, Juan E. / Incidence and outcomes of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas in children. In: Journal of Surgical Research. 2010 ; Vol. 163, No. 2. pp. 282-289.
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Strategy and Competition
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Manchester Business School
Strategy & Competition Part A – Assignment 1 – Individual Assignment
Student ID: 10274467
The sharing economy is phenomena where consumers provide each-other with short-term rights to access their underutilized assets. This access is facilitated on peer-to-peer platforms which exploited the technological advancement to lower the cost of transaction creating circular business models which led to reduction in consumption and subsequently in carbon emission and disrupted industries (Frenken e Schor, 2017; Benkler, 2014). In this paper I will examine the network effect of these platforms and the claims that they have reduced the transaction cost.
The network effect:
With the innovative idea of employing advanced technology to generate the new sharing business model, these internet platforms were able to attract mass number of users. The significant number of buyers and sellers subscribed to these two sided marketplace platforms, made them of tangible value from a demand and supply perspective, as the increased demand from the consumers on one side of the platform will be met by sufficient supply on the other side, which created a network effect making the platform of a value to its users (Niam Yaraghi and Shamika Ravi 2017 citing Haucap & Heimeshoff, 2014). When I used "Get transfer" app to hail a taxi to Lisbon airport, I received sufficient number of offers with almost no time, offering different options of cars and services reasonably priced.
Despite the network effect which gives a competitive advantage to these platforms, the moat which this effect has created is not deep enough as (Fox, 2017) indicates that the switching cost into new app is very low, and the market will remain open to new entrants.
Disruption to industries:
This competitive advantage these platform acquired by the network effect made these platforms a major threat to many industries. Hospitality industry is disrupted by Airbnb, transportation disrupted by Uber. (Le Jeune, 2016) in her report projected that this disruption will spread into other industries such as travel equipment , luxury jewelry, sports goods and many others. In response to this disruption major hotel chains in the hospitality industry started to list their rooms on Airbnb i.e. "If you can't beat them, join them", in numbers, Hilton and Intercontinental have listed 750,000 and 700,000 rooms on Airbnb in 2016.
From another perspective, in case of the transportation industry, as the strive to own an asset is replaced by the right of having an access to it as more people tend to ride-share, some can argue that there will be an impact on auto manufacturing as this maximization of asset utilization might reduce the demand. (Hughes, 2017) argues that this should not affect the overall number of depreciated cars within the market as the lower demand on the side of those using ride-sharing will be offset by increased demand by those who are putting their cars for sharing. However, (Muller, 2016) indicated that the ride sharing alone wouldn't impact the car demand as the cost per mile for sharing is still higher than using own car, the situation might change if the driver cost is taken out of the formula. In this context, car manufacturers started a competition to sign deals with Uber and Lyft to develop driverless cars for commercial use. In 2015 GM invested 500 million in Lyft who finally signed a deal with Ford in "a move ahead of strategy update" from the new CEO of Ford at the time Jim Hacket (Campbell, 2017)
Transaction cost:
Search, Contract and Monitor:
(Dahlman, 1979) gathered the transaction cost in three major components: search and foreknowledge cost, the cost of negotiating and finalizing the contract, beside the cost of monitoring and managing the contract. Internet platforms in a way succeeded in making the search for suitable accommodation and finding ride in fraction of time more possible. Booking my flight to Lisbon last January was very convenient on CheapOair as I was able to compare flights on different airlines in details, making the booking and completing the payment in a minimum time.
Uncertainty:
Uncertainty on how the peer on the other side of the platform might act, as an assumption of opportunism and bounded rationality, beside the uncertainty whether the quality of the product or the service will match what was advertised. (Teo et al, 2004)
Although sharing of accommodation and transportation was possible prior to the platforms' emergence individuals preferred traditional hotels and taxis as they offered predictable service quality. The consumers were simply uncertain about the services offered by the substitute. (Anders e Iwona, 2016) argued that the internet platforms reduced the transaction cost generated by uncertainty due to information asymmetry by providing easy and quick access to information.
Back in 2013 I rented an apartment in Istanbul through booking.com, despite the absence of standards translated into stars when booking a hotel, the detailed information advertised about the property, the photos, and the chance I had to contact the owner prior my trip, all resulted in reduction of information asymmetry and made me proceed with the booking. "The utility is transparent and the benefits distributed more transparently" (Mason, 2015)
If a certain level of trust is reached it can be presumed as variable that can reduce the transaction cost (Teo et al, 2004). Online platforms introduced measures to build trust; one is the reputation and feedback rating mechanism which enabled users on both sides of the platform to rate each other allowing them to build a reputation that is necessary in any transaction. Another is getting directly involved in screening, background check and imposing strict criteria to join the platforms. Similar to Lyft's driver selection process –which can also be a strategy to send a signal to the market that Lyft is serious about the quality of the transaction- which might initially limit the volume of the transactions on the platform however, when the market picks the signal the transactions will increase. (FTC, 2016); (Einav et al., 2016).
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Thomas Goodwin (born ) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from the 14th legislative district. Selected on March 11, Goodwin succeeded Bill Baroni, who had resigned to take a role in Governor Chris Christie's administration. He was sworn in on March 15, 2010, and sought re-election in a special June primary and November general election. He was defeated for election to a full term in November 2010 by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein.

Early life and education
Goodwin was born in Trenton, New Jersey and moved to Hamilton Township when he was eight years old. He attended township public schools and graduated from Hamilton High School West. He earned an associate degree from Mercer County Community College, and received designations as Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Career

Hamilton Township Council
In 2005, Goodwin was elected to the Hamilton Township Council, defeating the Democratic candidate Wayne DeAngelo. He ran against DeAngelo and fellow Democrat Linda R. Greenstein in 2007 for the State Assembly from the 14th legislative district but lost by fewer than 800 votes. He successfully defended his seat on the Hamilton Council in 2009 and was named Council President.

New Jersey State Senate
On February 19, 2010, Governor Chris Christie announced that he was appointing State Senator Bill Baroni to the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Goodwin announced on March 1 that he would seek to fill the vacancy left by Baroni's resignation. At a March 11 special election convention held by the Republican committees of Mercer and Middlesex counties, Goodwin defeated former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright by a vote of 75–31. He was sworn in on March 15.

Goodwin was a successful candidate for re-election in the June Republican primary. He lost to Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein in the general election.

References

External links
Legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
Senator Tom Goodwin's Official Site

1951 births
Living people
Hamilton High School West alumni
Republican Party New Jersey state senators
People from Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Politicians from Trenton, New Jersey
The American College of Financial Services alumni
21st-century American politicians

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Q: SourceTree won't show branch list
After installing SourceTree on Windows 10, and doing all (?) the necessary configuration, I can see my branch graph, but the branch list is not showing. The processing icon shows indefinitely.
I can do a successful pull, so I know it's hitting the server, and I know my credentials are successfully configured.
Any ideas what I'm missing?

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Now it works. Hope this helps the next guy.

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Properly stored this product may last up to 5 - 7 years.
Directions: Use in baking and culinary.


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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scandinavia
By Terri Mapes
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Scandinavia is the home to many UNESCO World Heritage sites. Coming to Scandinavia, you will find that this region has it all, offering many cultural and natural World Heritage sites.
The UNESCO sites are a piece of living history and belong to the whole world. Recognizing that, the UNESCO sites often offer free admission, and at others, the admission is cheap, great for traveling on a budget.
Scandinavia's World Heritage sites make for a great attraction and if you're near one during your travels in Scandinavia, make sure to pay them a visit.
UNESCO Sites in Denmark
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Cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Denmark
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones, and Church, which are 10th-century burial mounds found near Vejle on Jutland.
Roskilde Cathedral, a royal church built in the 12th century for the city of Roskilde.
Kronborg Castle, famous for being the setting for "Hamlet", located near Helsingor.
Ilulissat Icefjord, the glacier that moves 19 meters a day, on the west coast of Greenland.
UNESCO Sites in Norway
Christian Houge/Innovation Norge
Bryggen (wharf in English, locally also known as Tyskebryggen), the historic 18th-century wharf in Bergen, Norway.
Urnes Stave Church, a 12th-century church made from wood, found near Lustrafjorden in southern Norway. One of the oldest Scandinavian churches in existence today, this church dates back to the Viking Age.
Røros Mining Town in central Norway.
Rock Art of Alta, prehistoric paintings found far north, in Finnmark county of Norway.
Vegaøyan / Vega Archipelago, a historic fishing region on the west coast of central Norway.
The Struve Geodetic Arc, with its starting point in Hammerfest, Norway.
The Geirangerfjord (photo) and Nærøyfjord, the most beautiful fjords today, are located in western Norway between Bergen and Trondheim.
UNESCO Sites in Sweden
Stockholm Visitors / Richard Ryan
The Royal Domain of Drottningholm (photo), a royal residence in Stockholm.
Birka and Hovgården on historical islands near Stockholm.
Engelsberg Ironworks, a historic site dating back to the 17th century, located near Stockholm.
Rock Carvings in Tanum, from the Bronze Age. 130 km north of Goteborg.
Skogskyrkogården is a beautiful cemetery in modern landscaping design, found in Stockholm.
Hanseatic Town of Visby on the island Gotland.
The church village in Gammelstad, Luleå.
The naval port of Karlskrona, located in south-eastern Sweden.
The agricultural landscape of Southern Öland.
The mining area of Great Copper Mountain, in Falun.
Varberg Radio Station dates back to the early 1900s, located 70 km south of Goteborg.
Part of the Struve Geodetic Arc.
The Laponian Area, home to the Lapp people.
High Coast, the place in eastern Sweden (on the Gulf of Bothnia) where land keeps rising out of the sea.
UNESCO Sites in Finland
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The Fortress of Suomenlinna (photo), an 18th-century royal residence in Helsinki.
Old Rauma, one of the oldest harbors in Finland, located about an hour north of Turku.
Petäjävesi Old Church with its unique architecture, in central Finland.
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill is a historic industrial settlement east of Helsinki.
The Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, dating back to the Bronze Age, located north of Turku.
Part of the Struve Geodetic Arc.
The Kvarken Archipelago, over 5,000 idyllic islands in the Gulf of Bothnia.
UNESCO Sites in Iceland
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There are two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Iceland:
Thingvellir National Park is the cultural UNESCO site in Iceland. This park dates back to the 10th century and lets UNESCO visitors enjoy a thousand years of cultural use. Located 40 km east of Reykjavik, Iceland. Many guided tours of Iceland take you here.
The natural UNESCO site in Iceland is Surtsey, a brand new island that was created by a volcano in the 1960s. It is being used scientifically and does not allow visitors. You can, however, view this new island on some of the local boat tours.
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New Year's Eve in Nordic Countries and Scandinavia
Your Guide to Celebrating Midsummer in Scandinavia
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The Midnight Sun in Scandinavia: When and Where to See It
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To a small bowl add balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, honey, dry basil, salt, and pepper. Whisk together and slowly add in the canola oil whisking the entire time.
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Preheat grill to medium high heat (375-400 degrees F).
Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and start to assemble the kabobs.
Alternate veggies with chicken on a skewer until everything is used up.
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It was rather encouraging to see our tour leader clamber up to the top of a picnic table and immediately begin to engage the group with full attention and energy. Introducing herself – Choi – and her walk, she began to tell us a story about how she "met" Jane Jacobs in Toronto, in the early 2000's, at the CBC studios. As the story slowly evolved, it turned out that she had actually only caught a glimpse of the back of Jacobs' head.
Choi's hilarious and entertaining walk took us through the dense urban neighbourhood of West Broadway in Winnipeg. At one point we walked past a pretty stacked yard sale, which Choi pointed out to the walkers; she promptly lost a fair number of them to the yard sale. At another point on the walk, I learned where to fire the pottery I was making – just half a block away from my home.
Our discussion often came back to housing issues, specifically rooming houses: what they are and how they could have an effect on an area. A friend of Choi's piped up to say that she lives in a house with six other people; although they are all friends, and garden and cook together, her home fits the description of a rooming house. We began to see that housing categories are blurry and not set in stone. Near the end of the walk, another one of Choi's friends let the whole group through their heritage apartment building. We snaked up stairs, through the halls, and back down and around again.


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William Potts (* Mai 1883 in Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan; † 1947) war ein Polizist in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Er gilt als Erfinder der modernen Verkehrsampel mit drei Farben. Eine 2-Farben-Ampel (Rot/Grün) wurde bereits 1868 in London erfunden.

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William Potts wurde 1900 im Census von Michigan als 17-jähriger Polizist geführt. 1910 heiratete er Grace Baker, mit der er vier Kinder hatte. 1920 wurde Potts Superintendent bei der Verkehrspolizei. Dort beschäftigte er sich mit der Weiterentwicklung der bereits vorhandenen Ampeln mit zwei Farben. Er kam auf die Idee eine dritte Farbe, Gelb, hinzuzufügen.

Seine erste Ampel mit drei Farben wurde im Oktober 1920 an der Straßenecke Woodward Avenue / Michigan Avenue aufgestellt und in Betrieb genommen. Diese Ampel war noch von Hand geschaltet und hatte 12 Lampen, je drei für jede Richtung. Dabei hatten die Linsen einen Durchmesser von 4 Zoll und steckten in einem Holzrahmen. Das Gehäuse war aus Zinn. Bereits im Dezember 1920 wurden weitere Ampeln entlang der Woodward Avenue aufgestellt, die alle vom Überwachungsturm der ersten Ampel von Hand geschaltet wurden.
1921 wurde dann die erste automatische Schaltung in 15 Ampelanlagen installiert. Weitere Modifikationen, wie die zentrale Aufhängung in der Mitte der Kreuzung oder Peitschenmasten folgten in den kommenden Jahren.

26 Jahre später waren bereits 600 Ampeln mit 11.000 Lampen in Detroit in Betrieb. Der "American Automobile Association Report" sprach von 36.000 Signalanlagen landesweit.

1939 ging William Potts in Rente und engagierte sich fortan im "Safety and Traffic Department" des Automobilclubs von Michigan.

Potts hatte kein Patent für seine Idee angemeldet. Als 1924 die Herstellung von Ampelanlagen kommerzialisiert wurde, kam es zu Rechtsstreitigkeiten mit verschiedenen Herstellern. 1928 stellte das Gericht von Michigan fest, dass Potts auch nicht als Erfinder genannt werden muss.

Er blieb zeitlebens nur eine lokale Persönlichkeit und war in Vergessenheit geraten als er 1947 starb.

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Graphene hBN Advancement Boosts Quantum Device Development
Interview conducted by Megan Craig, M.Sc.Jun 21 2022
Thought LeadersPing Wang, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Research FellowElectrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
AZoNano speaks with Ping Wang, Ph.D., about his involvement in the graphene hBN advancement that could boost the development of next-generation electronic and quantum devices. Here, we discuss the synthesis methodology behind this latest advancement.
Please could you introduce yourself and tell us about your current position and research activities?
My name is Ping Wang, and I am a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan. My research interest focuses on wide bandgap III-nitride semiconductor materials and devices, including GaN-based III-nitrides, and the emerging ferroelectric ScAlN and two-dimensional hBN.
Could you summarize the results of your recent research?
We demonstrated the unidirectional growth of monolayer hBN on graphene substrates, for the first time, which exhibit large-scale and single-periodicity moiré superlattice, and excitonic emission in the deep-ultraviolet spectrum range.
This achievement is a pivotal step for the controlled synthesis of ultraclean, wafer-scale, atomically ordered 2D quantum materials, as well as the fabrication of 2D quantum electronic and optoelectronic devices.
What characteristics of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) make it particularly useful for 2D material applications?
hBN is isostructural to graphene, referred to as "white graphene". Monolayer hBN has been theoretically predicted to have an ultrawide direct bandgap of ~8 eV, while multilayer hBN has an indirect bandgap of ~5.9 eV. Therefore, hBN is the thinnest insulator in the world and has been considered a fundamental building block of 2D electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Concept and demonstration of interface-mediated synthesis of monolayer hBN. a,b) Schematics of monolayer hBN grown along the armchair (ACG) (a) and zigzag (ZZG) (b) graphene atomic edges, forming straight and jagged nanoribbons, respectively. All growth fronts of monolayer hBN are terminated with AChBN edges. The magnifications show the atomic configurations of the ACG||AChBN and ZZG||ZZhBN in-plane interfaces, and the AChBN growth fronts. The white arrows point to the growth direction. © Wang, P., et al (2022)
What is the significance of optimizing the fabrication of single-layered hBN? What sectors would benefit the most from this?
To obtain a useful product, you need consistent, ordered rows of hBN atoms that align with the graphene underneath, and previous efforts weren't able to achieve that. Some hBN went down neatly, but others were disordered and randomly aligned.
Optimizing the growth or synthesis process will give us large-scale atomically ordered single-layer hBN, which are essential for future scalable integration and mass production.
This kind of single-layer hBN can be used in high-efficiency ultraviolet optoelectronics, high-power and low-power-loss electronics, quantum information, the exciting 2D van der Waals devices, as well as energy conversion and storage devices.
The bonding between hBN and graphene is said to facilitate a 'treasure trove' of properties. What are some of the stand-out characteristics?
Vertically stacked hBN/graphene (hBN/G) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have been successfully employed to produce emergent properties, such as quantum Hall effect, Hofstadter butterfly spectrum, and plasmon and phonon polaritons.
Complementary to the vertical hBN/G vdW heterostructures, the in-plane version forms covalent hBN/G heterostructures with equally attractive properties, such as transitions between semiconducting, half-metallic, and metallic phases, spin polarization magnetism, and exotic electronic states, or even the possibility to reconstruct electronic interfaces similar to those observed in oxide heterostructures.
The scope of these fascinating properties could be radically expanded by demonstrating epitaxially grown monolayer hBN on graphene with superior structural, electrical, and optical properties, as well as precise control of both the hBN/G out-of-plane and in-plane monolayer interfaces.
Building larger graphene-hBN sheets with molecular beam epitaxy
Building larger graphene-hBN sheets with molecular beam epitaxy. © University of Michigan Engineering
What were the major challenges you had to overcome in this investigation? Were any particular methodologies or equipment particularly influential in obtaining successful results?
At the beginning of this investigation, we obtained similar results to previous reports, i.e., monolayer and multilayer hBN are randomly distributed on the graphene substrates without selectivity.
To realize the synthesis of uniform and unidirectional monolayer hBN, we need to control the growth process from the initial nucleation, i.e., graphene-hBN in-plane nucleation interface formation. However, there is a myriad of possible graphene-hBN in-plane interfaces. If the growth only happened from one of these interfaces, unidirectional monolayer hBN growth can be achieved.
From previous theoretical calculations, we found that these interfaces have different energetic stability. From this point, we developed an interface-mediated growth concept. We performed hBN growth at an ultrahigh growth temperature of 1600 degrees Celsius using an ultrahigh temperature Veeco GENxplor molecular beam epitaxy system.
With such high growth temperature, all other graphene-hBN interface formation is dramatically suppressed; therefore, large-scale unidirectional monolayer hBN was achieved on the graphene substrates.
What are the next steps for this area of research?
Despite the unique characteristics of hBN for promising applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices, more research must be accomplished to improve the reliability and take it from laboratory to industrialization.
In-depth understanding of the fundamental growth dynamics and thermodynamics, as well as the effect of the substrates, is essential for the development of hBN and related devices. Furthermore, to satisfy the wide range of hBN applications, the layer thickness must be controlled precisely from monolayer to multilayer on a large scale with high uniformity and crystal quality.
Additionally, epitaxially grown vertical and in-plane hBN-based heterostructures with crisp, clean, and atomically ordered interface would be of great importance for improving device performance. However, this remains a difficult and challenging task.
In the future, we will try to combine theoretical approaches and experimental approaches to further develop simple and scalable methods for controllable synthesis of hBN-based heterostructures, which is not restricted to the hBN 2D heterostructures, but also the combination with conventional III-nitrides.
With these achievements, hBN-based filed effect transistors, ultraviolet light-emitting diodes, and more will be further studied.
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How do you predict the research landscape of quantum materials and technologies to change over the next 30 years? What impact on the industry might this have?
Next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices will benefit from foldability/bendability/rollability, high durability, and high space efficiency. These devices need large-scale flexible and extendable materials with excellent metallic/semiconducting/insulating properties, such as graphene, hBN, and other 2D materials.
It is well known that the dimension of transistors is reaching the scaling limit, and unprecedented obstacles are at the corner, but we are not prepared for the end of Moore's law. On the other hand, the power consumption of the transistor needs to be further reduced, especially in small devices. Therefore, new advanced quantum materials should be developed to address the challenges in the next-generation semiconductor devices. I believe the emerging quantum materials will bring a revolutionary change to the world in the next 30 years.
Currently, most commercial devices are still based on mature Si technology. To realize mass production for the next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems, the chip manufacturers need to develop new processes and technology to meet the manipulation of quantum materials.
In your opinion, what was the most exciting aspect of this investigation?
The most exciting aspect of this research is that scalable and unidirectional growth of monolayer hBN on graphene has been achieved by modulating the formation of the interface at atomic scale through a simple method——ultrahigh temperature growth. And a giant direct bandgap renormalization for monolayer hBN has been experimentally and theoretically revealed.
Original Paper: Scalable Synthesis of Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Graphene with Giant Bandgap Renormalization.
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About Ping Wang Ph.D.
Ping Wang is a research fellow in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the University of Michigan from 2018. His research interests are on the growth of emerging wide bandgap III-nitride semiconductors and their electronic and optoelectronic device applications. In this work, Prof. Zetian Mi and he constructed the concept together, and performed the synthesis of monolayer hBN.
Most recently, they also demonstrated, for the first time, fully epitaxial ferroelectric ScAlN/GaN heterostructures, which is another rising star for III-nitrides family. They will continuously work in the III-nitride semiconductors and devices and try to make more progress to change the world.
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Megan graduated from The University of Manchester with a B.Sc. in Genetics, and decided to pursue an M.Sc. in Science and Health Communication due to her passion for combining science with content creation. As part of her studies, Megan partnered with Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre as a Digital Marketing Assistant, producing content and updating sections of their website. In her spare time, she loves to travel, exploring each location's culture and history - including the local cuisine. Her other interests include embroidery, reading fiction, and practicing her Japanese language skills.
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Islamic State 'brand' seen spreading worldwide
Jihadist group may be retreating in Iraq, but now recognizes affiliates in eight countries, claims attacks in 17
By Michel Moutot	17 January 2016, 6:11 am 1 Edit
Illustrative photo of Islamic State militants, with an IS fighter waving the group flag in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad, June 28, 2015. (Militant website of IS, via AP)
PARIS, France (AFP) – The Islamic State group may be losing ground in its strongholds of Iraq and Syria but as the attack in Indonesia this month showed, the jihadists are rallying other groups under their banner, analysts say.
In most cases, these groups have no direct contact with the leadership of IS's self-proclaimed caliphate, but the group is happy to claim responsibility for the blood spilled in its name, the experts say.
"From the start, Islamic State has vowed to take its fight globally, but until recently it has been focused on managing its caliphate in Iraq and Syria," said Michael Kugelman, of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.
With the Iraqi army re-taking some of the territory the group had taken, IS "has re-dedicated attention to focusing on a more global approach," he said.
"The big question, after the Jakarta attacks and all of these attacks around the world in recent months that have been claimed by ISIS is — are these militants only inspired by ISIS or have they been directly managed by ISIS?" he said, using another name for the group.
Kugelman, like all of the experts questioned by AFP, believes that IS is for now content to take credit for the attacks, using the "brand recognition" of its name that has spread across the world, partly through social media, without necessarily dedicating resources or manpower to these groups.
"What you have here are disillusioned, alienated militants, who have been fighting with a different organization, who are interested in identifying themselves with a more dynamic cause. And they see ISIS as a very dynamic cause — they are in the media all the time and commit spectacularly brutal attacks."
'Seeking new identity'
That is why in Afghanistan and Pakistan groups claiming to be IS have appeared in recent months, claiming attacks or posing on the Internet with the group's black flag.
"There are breakaway local militant groups seeking a new identity who are joining IS," Pakistan-based analyst Hasan Askari said.
"The IS ideology already exists in Pakistan, it is an extreme Salafi tradition and people are now following them for a new identity, (even though) they might not have direct links with the real IS leadership," he said, referencing a strict form of Islam.
He said there was no evidence to suggest that the IS leadership had visited the groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which are both strongholds of Al-Qaeda.
Amedy Coulibaly, the French jihadist who killed four Jews in a kosher supermarket in Paris in January 2015, pledged allegiance to IS, but the investigation has so far found no evidence that he had ever been in contact with the organization, apart from viewing its propaganda videos on the Internet.
'This is new'
Indonesian police investigating Thursday's attack on a busy street in Jakarta lined with shopping malls, luxury hotels, and foreign embassies that left five assailants and three other people dead, have pointed the finger at Katibah Nusantara, a militant unit of Malay-speaking IS jihadists.
Yet Kugelman said: "In Indonesia, I heard no indication before these attacks of any form of formal ISIS presence. This is new."
IS has put on record its allegiance with extremist groups in eight countries — in Algeria, Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan — and claims it has directed or inspired attacks in at least 17 countries, killing around 1,000 people.
Security services have long feared that IS will work with the equally bloodthirsty Boko Haram movement, which since 2009 has wreaked havoc as it seeks to impose Islamist rule in northern Nigeria. In May last year, IS accepted a pledge of allegiance from the group.
"For Boko Haram in Nigeria, there is no clear evidence of operational contacts, but there has been a clear sophistication in its attacks," said Peter Pham, of the Atlantic Council in Washington, suggesting that the IS planners are having some influence.
Pham is worried by IS's advance into the Sahel region of north Africa. Pummeled from the air by a US-led coalition and by Russian jets in Syria and Iraq, IS has been rapidly spreading into Libya, where affiliated groups have profited from the anarchy in that country to take control, and to secure the considerable oil reserves in some areas.
"We have to bear in mind that Sahel is a very permeable region, so it's really a concern for the continent," Pham said.
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Svanfríður María Guðjónsdóttir (born 30 December 1940) is an Icelandic women's football pioneer and the first female member of the board of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ).

Svanfríður started working for Breiðablik women's teams in the 1970s and soon started attending the KSÍ's annual meetings as a representative of Breiðablik. She became a member of the KSÍ women's committee, along with Gunnar Sigurðsson and Sigurður Hannesson, when it was established in 1980. In September 1981, she accompanied the Icelandic women's national team for its first ever game, when it faced Scotland on 20 September. In July 1984, she and Sigurður Hannesson, resigned from the women's committee after the board of KSÍ decided not to register the women's national team for the upcoming UEFA competition. They both withdrew their resignation after the chairman of the Association, Ellert Schram, promised that KSÍ would find replacement matches for the team.

In December 1984 she became the first woman to elected as a member of the board of the Football Association of Iceland.

In February 1986, she attended the inaugural meeting of the FÍKK or Félag Íslenskra knattspyrnukvenna (English: Association of Icelandic Women's Footballers). In September the same year, she was a guest of honor at the first annual Icelandic women's football awards ceremony.

In 1992, Svanfríður was awarded KSÍ's Gold Badge for her work towards women's football. In 1996, the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (ÍSÍ) awarded her its Gold Badge for her work. In 2019, ÍSÍ awarded Svanfríður the Cross of Honor, its highest honorary award.

Personal life
Svanfríður was married to Reynir Karlsson, the former manager of the Icelandic men's national football team. Their daughter, Ásta María Reynisdóttir, was a key player for the Breiðablik team that won 11 national championships and 4 Icelandic Cups from 1977 to 1995. Their son, Guðjón Karl Reynisson, played football for Breiðablik men's team and later managed the women's team.

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Why Training
Work can be dangerous especuially in Forestry, Arboriculture & Farming use of cutting equipment, machinery and chainsaws.
By participating in a training course and Nptc independant qualification skills, knowledge and aptitudes can improve appreciation for safe working practices to underpin and evidence levels of competence in the work place.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) Reg 9
says ,, All people using equipment at work must be adequately trained to ensure health and safety in its use, supervision or management. Some work activities require detailed formal training but, for most everyday activities involving work equipment, adequate training can be delivered in-house using the manufacturer's instructions and the background knowledge / skills of more experienced workers and managers.
People should be competent for the work they undertake. Training – along with knowledge, experience and skill – helps develop such competence. However, competence may (in some cases) necessarily include medical fitness and physical / mental aptitude for the activity.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/training-competence.htm
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Association of British Insurers Definition & FAQ's
Chainsaw operators:
'All workers who use a chainsaw should be competent to do so. Before using a chainsaw to carry out work on or in a tree, a worker should have received appropriate training and obtained a relevant certificate of competence or national competence award, unless they are undergoing such training and are adequately supervised.
The Implications:
It was announced recently by the HSE that they would be applying fees for non-compliance of health and safety requirements. Fee For Intervention FFI
http://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/what-is-ffi.htm
HSE and the government believe it is right for businesses and organisations who break health and safety laws to pay for HSE's time in putting matters right, investigating and taking enforcement action. Without FFI, this is paid for from the public purse.
The proposed Fee for HSE Intervention hourly rate for 2012/13 is
£124.00 per officer per hour
FFI allows the HSE to recover its costs for carrying out its regulatory functions from those found to be in material breach of health and safety law.
Dutyholders who are compliant with the law, or where a breach is not material, will not be charged FFI for any work that HSE does with them.
Material breach
A material breach is when, in the opinion of the HSE inspector, there is or has been a contravention of health and safety law that requires them to issue notice in writing of that opinion to the dutyholder.
Written notification from an HSE inspector may be by a notification of contravention, an improvement or prohibition notice, or a prosecution and must include the following information:
the law that the inspector's opinion relates to;
the reasons for their opinion; and
notification that a fee is payable to HSE.
As a consequence FFI may discourage those who undercut their competitors by their operational costs being reduced as they may not comply with the law and b these ommitions are also potentially putting staff and others at risk.
How could this impact on you and your business?
Being compliant has added value. Training may allow your business or organisation to plan and manage its operations with added productivity ad safety also being plausible.
Here are a few questions to ask yourself and your team to find out whether you are ready to pass your next inspection.
Do you / they feel they have the skills and knowledge required operationally ?
What would you feel uncomfortable about should an inspection take place?
Do you feel training would help underpin these concerns ?
Can you evidence the training already undertaken ?
For further information see.
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Q: How to insert hash value to azure sql database from azure data factory data flow I have a sql DB which stores hash value in the column of binary data type. I use sql hashbytes of shah256 algorithm in my sql stored procedure to find hash value and store in the db. I want to replicate the same in Azure data factory. I'm seeing sha2(256) algorithm in derived expression in data flow and i'm trying to utilise this function. But this returns the string and i'm trying to convert this to binary and inserting into sql database using sink activity. But i'm getting the below error.
{"message":"at Sink 'EmployeeInsert': java.sql.BatchUpdateException: String or binary data would be truncated.. Details:at Sink 'EmployeeInsert': java.sql.BatchUpdateException: String or binary data would be truncated.","failureType":"UserError","target":"EmployeeDataFlow","errorCode":"DFExecutorUserError"}

Hope i have explained my problem in detail and any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


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