This document contains the UDDI core tModels that represent categorization schemes such as taxonomies, identifier systems, and relationships used by the Version 2.0.4 specification and for use with the UDDI V3 implementations.
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In UDDI, tModels are used to establish the existence of a variety of concepts and to point to their technical definitions. To distinguish among various types of concepts, UDDI has established this types taxonomy. tModel publishers should categorize the tModels they publish using values from uddi-org:types to make them easy to find. Categorization is done using the usual UDDI categorization mechanism. See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use taxonomies in UDDI.
UDDI v3 Note: The uddi-org:types category system has been evolved and made integral to the UDDI v3 specification. It is defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#UDDITypes.
The goal of the UDDI Types taxonomy is to establish an unambiguous, simple UDDI-compatible taxonomy that distinguishes the kinds of concepts that tModels can represent.
Taxonomy used to categorize Service Descriptions.
The following constitute the identifier space for this taxonomy. The valid values are those IDs marked as being "allowed" for UDDI v2.
· tModel: The UDDI type taxonomy is structured to allow for categorization of registry entries other than tModels. This key is the root of the branch of the taxonomy that is intended for use in categorization of tModels within the UDDI registry. Categorization is not allowed with this key.
· identifier: An identifier tModel represents a specific set of values used to uniquely identify information. Identifier tModels are intended to be used in keyedReferences inside of identifierBags. For example, a Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number uniquely identifies companies globally. The D-U-N-S® Number taxonomy is an identifier taxonomy.
· namespace: A namespace tModel represents a scoping constraint or domain for a set of information. In contrast to an identifier, a namespace does not have a predefined set of values within the domain, but acts to avoid collisions. It is similar to the namespace functionality used for XML. For example, the uddi-org:relationships tModel, which is used to assert relationships between businessEntities is a namespace tModel.
· categorization: A categorization tModel is used for information taxonomies within the UDDI registry. NAICS and UNSPSC are examples of categorization tModels.
· relationship: A relationship tModel is used for relationship categorizations within the UDDI registry. relationship tModels are typically used in connection with publisher relationship assertions.
· postalAddress: A postalAddress tModel is used to identify different forms of postal address within the UDDI registry. postalAddress tModels may be used with the address element to distinguish different forms of postal address.
· specification: A specification tModel is used for tModels that define interactions with a web service. These interactions typically include the definition of the set of requests and responses or other types of interaction that are prescribed by the service. tModels describing XML, COM, CORBA, or any other services are specification tModels.
· xmlSpec: An xmlSpec tModel is a refinement of the specification tModel type. It is used to indicate that the interaction with the service is via XML. The UDDI API tModels are xmlSpec tModels.
· soapSpec: Further refining the xmlSpec tModel type, a soapSpec is used to indicate that the interaction with the service is via SOAP. The UDDI API tModels are soapSpe tModels, in addition to xmlSpec tModels.
· wsdlSpec: A tModel for a web service described using WSDL is categorized as a wsdlSpec.
· protocol: A tModel describing a protocol of any sort.
· transport: A transport tModel is a specific type of protocol. HTTP, FTP, and SMTP are types of transport tModels.
· signatureComponent: A signature component is used for cases where a single tModel cannot represent a complete specification for a web service. This is the case for specifications like RosettaNet, where implementation requires the composition of three tModels to be complete - a general tModel indicating RNIF, one for the specific PIP, and one for the error handling services. Each of these tModels would be of type signature component, in addition to any others as appropriate.
· checked: Marking a tModel with this classification asserts that it represents a categorization, identifier, or namespace tModel that has a properly registered validation service per the UDDI Version 2.0 Operators Specificaiton Appendix A..
· unchecked: Marking a tModel with this classification asserts that it represents a categorization, identifier, or namespace tModel that does not have a validation service.
The following demonstrates how to classify a tModel as representing a checked taxonomy. The NAICS taxonomy, for example, is classified this way.
<!--Specify that this is a taxonomy tModel by classifying it as "categorization"
Usually, taxonomies in UDDI are defined by registering a new tModel to represent the taxonomy, but sometimes such formality is overkill. The UDDI General Keywords Taxonomy provides a way of informally defining any number of unchecked taxonomies each consisting of a namespace identifier and an associated set of category values.
UDDI v3 Note: The UDDI General Keywords category system has been evolved and made integral to the UDDI v3 specification. It is defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#GenKW.
Provide a simple, lightweight means for establishing and using unchecked UDDI taxonomies. Such taxonomies are generally fairly simple and often of interest only to a small number of people. Checked taxonomies must and complex taxonomies or broadly interesting taxonomies should be defined by registering a new tModel which is the formal means of documenting the meaning and intended use of your taxonomy.
This tModel defines an unidentified taxonomy.
The General Keywords taxonomy in UDDI behaves differently than do any of the other taxonomies. Like other taxonomies, the General Keyword taxonomy is used in keyedReference elements to categorize the entities. Unlike other taxonomies, in the General Keyword taxonomy both the keyName and the keyValue attributes of keyedReference elements are semantically meaningful. The keyName identifies a particular value set and the keyValue specifies the value within that value set. With other taxonomies, the keyName plays no semantic role -- it is essentially commentary. This difference is reflected in the UDDI inquiry APIs: When a keyedReference containing a reference to the General Keyword taxonomy appears in an inquiry, the keyNames count.
Although UDDI puts no limitations on the value of keyName attributes, keyNames used with the General Keywords taxonomy should be URNs -- with what the W3C calls "an institutional commitment to persistence" -- in a domain name space you own. Following this convention will help avoid name collisions.
UDDI places no limitations on the value of keyValue attributes. keyValues may be whatever set of values you choose for your General Keywords taxonomy.
Checking for this category system consists of ensuring that keyName is not omitted or specified as the zero-length string; UDDI registries MUST fail save operations that contain keyedReferences that involve uddi-org:general_keywords and that do not specify a non-empty keyName.
In The Analytical Language of John Wilkins (translated from the Spanish El idioma analítico de John Wilkins by Lilia Graciela Vázquez; edited by Jan Frederik Solem with assistance from Bjørn Are Davidsen and Rolf Andersen) Jorge Luis Borges discusses the problems inherent to any system of classification. The "ambiguities, redundancies and deficiencies remind us of those which doctor Franz Kuhn attributes to a certain Chinese encyclopedia entitled Celestial Empire of Benevolent Knowledge. In its remote pages it is written that the animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (l) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long way off look like flies."
While this taxonomy has been widely referred to, it turns out that Borges probably made the whole thing up. Legitimate or bogus, the taxonomy certainly makes his point: "[I]t is clear that there is no classification of the Universe not being arbitrary and full of conjectures."
keyName="UNSPSC: Picture or drawing or coloring books for children"
UDDI provides a mechanism by which a categorization may be used by a publisher to tag a tModel with information that associates it with a businessEntity that "owns" it. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use categorization systems in UDDI.) This tModel represents a categorization system.
UDDI v3 Note: The owningBusiness category system has been evolved and made integral to the UDDI v3 specification. It is defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#owningBusiness.
It is often desirable to be able to discover who the publisher of a given tModel is. When choosing among similar web service definitions, for example, it is useful to be able to determine which one of them is published by an organization you know. The UDDI OwningBusiness categorization system fills this need by allowing a tModel to be associated with the businessEntity of a publisher.
Description: A pointer to a businessEntity that owns the tagged data.
A pointer to a businessEntity that owns the tagged data.
This tModel indicates the businessEntity that published or owns the tagged tModel. Used with tModels to establish an "owned" relationship with a registered businessEntity.
The value set of this taxonomy is the set of businessKeys. It is used to specify that the businessEntity whose businessKey is the keyValue in a keyedReference "owns" the tagged tModel. The entity tagged must be a tModel, the referred-to businessEntity must exist, and it must have been published by the publisher that publishes the tagged information.
The uddi-org:publication_v2 tModel was published by uddi.org. To indicate that this is so, the uddi-org:publication_v2 has a keyedReference in its categoryBag that uses uddi-org:owningBusiness to point the uddi.org businessEntity.
In this example, the keyName field serves to help readability but is not necessary.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to assert relationships between businessEntities they publish and other businessEntities according to any number of relationship classification schemes. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use these classification schemes to relate businessEntities to each other.) This section defines a tModel representing a simple category system for use in describing the way businessEntities relate to one another.
UDDI v3 Note: The relationships category system has been evolved and made integral to the UDDI v3 specification. It is defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#Relationships.
While UDDI provides for any number of classification schemes to be used in relating businessEntities to one another, it is useful to define a "starter set" of classifications that publishers may use without needing to define their own. The uddi-org:relationships category system is such a starter set that covers a number of common relationships.
The following constitute the identifier space for this unchecked taxonomy. The valid values are those IDs marked as being allowed.
The root of the relationships classification scheme.
Indicates that the two businessEntities are related as peers.
Indicates that the businessEntity referred to by the fromKey is in some sense the parent of the businessEntity referred to by the toKey.
Indicates that the businessEntity referred to by the fromKey represents the same organization as the businessEntity referred to by the toKey.
In the example above, the keyName is used to qualify the parent-child relationship.
Once Tokyo Traders has added this assertion and Mayumi's has done the same, a relationship is formed. The find_related_businesses message may then be used to, for example, find Tokyo Traders' subsidiaries. The result would include Mayumi's.
Note: A relationship between two businessEntities will be formed using the publisherAssertion mechanism only if the publisher of each of the businessEntities involved asserts an identical publisherAssertion. In particular, this means that the keyedReferences must match exactly on keyName, keyValue, and tModelKey.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to categorize businessEntities according to any number of category systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use category systems in UDDI.) This section defines a tModel used to categorize a businessEntity as belonging to a node operator in a registry in which the businessEntity appears.
UDDI v3 Note: The operators category system has been evolved and renamed in UDDI v3 as the uddi-org:nodes category system. It is integral to the UDDI v3 specification and defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#Nodes.
Each UDDI registry -- e.g., the public UDDI Business Registry -- consists of a number of operator nodes. Each operator in a registry has a special businessEntity associated with it, called its "operational businessEntity". The businessServices in this businessEntity represent web services that relate to the operator's role as one of the operators in the registry. The validate_values services used with checked taxonomies and identifier systems, for example, are located in the operational businessEntity of the registry node operator who has custody of them.
The uddi:operators category system is designed to allow reliable categorization of the registry's "operational businessEntities" so that operators and others can locate the businessServices associated with the operators of the registry.
This checked value set is used to categorize the businessEntity of a UDDI operator. Each such businessEntity SHOULD be categorized with the uddi-org:operators taxonomy.
Taxonomy for categorizing the businessEntity of an operator of a registry.
This checked value set is used to identify UDDI operators.
The only valid value in this taxonomy is "node". An operator site MUST NOT allow a businessEntity other than its operator businessEntity to be categorized using this taxonomy.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to tag their businessEntities and tModels with information that identifies them according to any number of identification systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use identifier systems in UDDI.) This tModel represents an identifier system that may be used to identify the tModel or businessEntity that logically replaces the tModel or businessEntity in which it is used.
UDDI v3 Note: The IsReplacedBy identifier system has been evolved and made integral to the UDDI v3 specification. It is defined at http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#IsReplacedBy.
It is often desirable to gracefully retire a tModel in favor of a replacement. For example, when a web service definition is replaced by an incompatible version, the publisher of the specification may wish to leave the tModel for the existing definition in place so that existing uses will not be disturbed, while at the same time, making it clear that there is a replacement available. The UDDI IsReplacedBy identifier system, coupled with the behavior of UDDI with respect deleting tModels, fills this need by allowing the obsolescent tModel to point to its replacement.
Description: An identifier system used to point (using UDDI keys) to the tModel (or businessEntity) that is the logical replacement for the one in which isReplacedBy is used.
This is a checked value set.
The keyValues in keyedReferences that refer to this tModel must be tModelKeys or businessKeys. Such a keyValue specifies the entity that is the replacement for the entity in which the keyedReference appears.
Here the keyName attribute is commentary serving to help readability. The keyValue specifies which tModel replaces this one -- the publication_v2 tModel in this case. And the tModelKey specifies that the keyedReference is using the uddi-org:IsReplacedBy identifier system.
The categorization systems that follow apply to both UDDI v2 and v3. Readers should note however that the structured return may vary depending whether they are returned by a v2 or a v3 UDDI node. When a V2 find_tModel or get_tModelDetail inquiry is made to a v3 node for evolved (to v3) v2 defined tModels, the structure returned by a v3 node will be based on the tModel definitions specified in Chapter 11 of the UDDI v3 specification. The specific difference in the tModels when a V2 client queries a multi-version V3 registry for the evolved V2 tModels are that the tModel overviewURL and keyedReference elements in the categoryBag will be those defined by the V3 specification. Section 10 of the UDDI v3 specification defines the expected behavior of a multi-version v3 node.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to tag their businessEntities, businessServices, and tModels with information that categorizes them according to any number of category systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use categorization in UDDI). This tModel is also applicable for use with UDDI v3 registries.
This section defines the tModel that represents the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) taxonomy, 1997 version. The ntis-gov:naics:1997 tModel is intended to be used in connection with the UDDI categorization mechanism to categorize businessEntities, businessServices, and tModels with NAICS industry classification codes.
See http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html for more information on the NAICS industry category system.
This tModel defines the NAICS industry taxonomy.
<keyedReference keyName="naics:1997:Non-scheduled chartered freight air transportation"
keyName="naics:1997:Non-scheduled chartered freight air transportation"
Note that the use of keyName aids in readability but is not required. It is the keyValue that specifies the category.
This section defines the tModel that represents the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) category system, 2002 version. The ntis-gov:naics:2002 tModel is intended to be used in connection with the UDDI categorization mechanism to categorize UDDI entities with NAICS industry categories.
keyName="naics:2002:Non-scheduled chartered freight air transportation"
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to tag their businessEntities, businessServices, and tModels with information that categorizes them according to any number of category systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use categorization in UDDI).
This section defines the tModel that represents the UNSPSC goods and services category system, version 7.3 managed by ECCMA. The unspsc-org:unspsc tModel is intended to be used in connection with the UDDI categorization mechanism to categorize UDDI entities with UNSPSC goods and services categories.
See http://www.eccma.org/unspsc for more information on the UNSPSC goods and services code system. Note that UNSPSC Version 7.3 codes are formatted in two digit pairs, separated by periods.
Description: ECCMA Product and Service Category Code System: UNSPSC Version 7.3.
keyValue attributes that contain one of the UNSPSC Version 7.3 are valid. The list of values for this version of UNSPSC is managed by ECCMA at http://www.eccma.org/unspsc. No contextual checks are performed. Note that the format of valid UNSPSC values is a series of two digit numbers that are separated by periods.
<keyedReference keyName="unspsc-org:unspsc:Domestic Air Cargo Transport"
This section defines the tModel that represents the unified version of the UNSPSC goods and services category system (the unified version contains contributions from UNSPSC lists produced by UNDP and ECCMA). The unspsc-org:unspsc:v6.0501 tModel is intended to be used in connection with the UDDI categorization mechanism to categorize UDDI entities with UNSPSC goods and services categories.
See http://www.unspsc.org/for more information on the UNSPSC goods and services code system. Note that UNSPSC Version 6.0501 codes are formatted as eight digit numeric codes.
keyValue attributes that contain one of the UNSPSC v6.0501 are valid. The list of valid values for this version of UNSPSC is available at http://www.unspsc.org/ No contextual checks are performed. Note that the format of valid UNSPSC values is a series of 8 digits.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to tag their businessEntities, businessServices, and tModels with information that categorizes them according to any number of category systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use categorization in UDDI.) This section defines the tModel that represents the UNSPSC goods and services code system, version 3.1. The unspsc-org:unspsc:3-1 tModel is superceded by the unspsc-org:unspsc tModel. It is retained for backward compatibility of entities that were classified prior to UDDI's adoption of UNSPSC version 7.0.
See http://www.un-spsc.net for more information on the UNSPSC version 3.1 goods and services code system. Codes from UNSPSC Version 3.1 are no longer checked for validity by UDDI.
See http://www.un-spsc.net for a list of acceptable values. UDDI no longer checks to ensure validity.
<keyedReference keyName="unspsc-org:unspsc:3-1:Domestic Air Cargo Transport"
This section defines the tModel that represents the ISO 3166 geographic code system, a domain of values used to provide geographic categorization of UDDI entities. This categorization scheme assists in supporting UDDI inquiries for businesses or services that serve specific geographic areas.
The design goal for this tModel is to provide a standards-based, large-grained category system to represent geographical locations for the purpose of indicating that businesses or services serve particular geographic areas.
· ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-1: Updates for country subdivision codes.
· ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-2: Updates for country subdivision codes.
· ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-3: Updates for country subdivision codes.
· ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-4: Updates for country subdivision codes.
Description: ISO 3166 Codes for names of countries or regions. Updated with newsletters ISO 3166-1 V-1, V-2, V-3, V-4, V-5, V-6, V-7, ISO 3166-2 I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
keyValue attributes that contain one of the ISO 3166 codes are valid. The lists of ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2 codes are available from the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency database and newsletter updates at the following web site: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html.
The following is a typical business registration referencing the uddi-org:iso3166 tModel. The businessEntity categorization means that the business offers its services in California, in the United States.
In UDDI, tModels are used to establish the existence of a variety of concepts and to point to their technical definitions. tModels of the postalAddress sort are referenced by address and addressLine structures to describe the pieces of a postal address. This postal address structure tModel is provided as a starting point. It reflects the requirements of many known international postal addresses.
The postalAddress structure tModel is provided to be able to programmatically discern the parts of an address that are captured in a series of addressLine elements in a UDDI address structure. The more this tModel is used in structuring postal addresses, the more consistent the address contents will be and thus greater programmatic interoperability will be achieved. The use of this address structure is recommended, but not required. No attempt has been made to create a new "standard address structure". Instead, this general structure borrows from many of the known existing and emerging standards.
This tModel is used to describe the contents of addressLines in a postal address.
addressLine elements in address structures that are associated with this tModel, that have keyValues containing one of the codes listed below are valid. The addressLine keyName attributes are those in the ElementName column. The Description column is provided for clarity.
UDDI provides a mechanism that may be used by publishers to tag their businessEntities and tModels with information that identifies them according to any number of identifier systems. (See UDDI Version 2 API Specification  and UDDI Version 2 Data Structure Reference  for more information on how to use identifier systems in UDDI).
This section defines the tModel that represents the Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number identifier system. The Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number tModel is intended to be used in connection with the UDDI identification mechanism to identify businessEntities and tModels with Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® numbers.
Note that this tModel is initially registered as part of the UDDI v2 core tModels. At some point custody of this tModel is expected to be transferred to the Dun & Bradstreet publisher account.
For businesses to be recognizable, particularly electronically, there needs to be a common and acceptable way of identifying them. The Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number identifier system is both well known and widely used. For more information on the Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number identifier system, see http://www.dnb.com.
This tModel is used for the Dun&Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number identifier.
The value of keyValue in a keyedReference that refers to this tModel should be a valid Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number issued by Dun & Bradstreet to the company represented by the businessEntity in question. Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Numbers are assigned by Dun & Bradstreet. See http://www.dnb.com.
Identify the IBM registry entry as being IBM's by tagging it with the appropriate Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number.
This tModel represents the Thomas Register supplier identifier code system for use with that mechanism.
Note that this tModel is initially registered as part of the UDDI core tModels. At some point custody of this tModel is expected to be transferred to the Thomas Register publisher account.
For businesses to be recognizable, particularly electronically, there needs to be a common and acceptable way of identifying them. The Thomas Register Supplier identifier system is both well known and widely used in North America. See http://www.thomasregister.com for more information on the Thomas Register supplier identifier code system.
This tModel is used for the Thomas Register supplier identifier codes.
The value of keyValue in a keyedReference that refers to this tModel should be a valid Thomas Register supplier ID number issued to the company that represents the businessEntity in question. See http://www.thomasregister.com.
In the example that follows the businessEntity for Microsoft is identified with the Microsoft Business Solutions Group Thomas Register supplier ID, 43038249.
<keyedReference keyName="thomasregister-com:supplierID:Microsoft Business Solutions Group"
This tModel represents the ISO 6523 ICD (International Code Designator) which indicates the particular organization identifier system for use with that mechanism. ICD can be called an identifier of identifiers.
Each ICD number is assigned by ISO/TC154-UN/CEFACT Joint Syntax Working Group (JSWG) as an identification code qualifier in EDIFACT Syntax Version 4. See http://metadata-stds.org/Document-library/Draft-standards/6523-Identification-of-Organizations/ICD_list.htm. keyValue attributes used in keyedReference elements that reference this identifier system should contain such an ICD number.
The following is an example an ISO 6523 ICD identification applied to the tModel of the Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® Number tModel. The ISO 6523 code "0001" represents the Dun & Bradsreet D-U-N-S® system.
If an inquirer seeks a Structure for Identification of Organizations (SIO) of an organization, it can be constructed from the identification information in the businessEntity and information in the identifier tModel itself. For instance, if the D-U-N-S number is "00-136-8083", the SIO could be reconstructed as "00060/00-136-8083//". The first part of this SIO describes which identifier system is in use and the second part contains the actual identification in that identifier system.


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Most companies look at the current year or previous year and ask themselves, "Which agencies use my socio-economic status?" RSM Federal recommends that you look at this from a multi-year perspective; to see trends in the market for the respective agencies. These tables contain the major agencies as tracked by SBA.
But important point – just because an agency didn't meet their percentage, doesn't mean they have failed to support small business. For example, in 2017, DoD hit 22.5% of it's overall small business goal. It's red because the goal is 23%. Yes, they missed their target by .5% but that's still more than $50 Billion that went to small businesses!
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Q: Visual Studio 2017 Multiple Build Issue I have a strange problem in VS2017.
I have a project which consists of multiple projects. To keep it simple lets say i have a Class Library and WPF Application. WPF uses Class Library.
WPF is set as Startup Project.
I make a change in Class Library and Run.
The change isnt compiled and therefore WPF uses the old code base.
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Run Again and everything is fine.
I've never come across this before. Any ideas?
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A: Right-click on the solution in Visual Studio, choose Configuration Manager and check that the Build checkbox is checked for both projects for the active solution configuration.

A: In the end we removed the project reference and re added and it suddenly worked. Thanks.

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Preferred qualifications: commitment to diversity and a demonstrated interest in the training and mentoring of underrepresented minorities; a significant publication and/or funding record that provides evidence for a nationally recognized research program in the neurosciences; excellent communication skills with a strong desire to train students and postdoctoral fellows; ability collaborate with other investigators across our University system, including the recently developed Medical Discovery Teams; research interests in areas that will complement activities of current faculty in the health sciences, particularly related to neurological disorders, hypoxic brain injury and/or neuroinflammation; and expertise in pharmacology, physiology, computational biology or immunology.
The mission of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus is to be a leader in educating physicians dedicated to family medicine to serve the health care needs of rural Minnesota and American Indian communities, and to discover and disseminate knowledge through research. Biomedical Science neuroscientists investigate the fundamental causes of neurological disorders such as autism, Alzheimer disease, circadian rhythm disorders and vascular dementia, through the use of techniques that range from genetics, molecular biology and bioinformatics, to electrophysiology and behavior analysis. In addition, our programs are focused on training of Native Americans and other people of color for entry into research and health professional careers. The department offers undergraduate, MS, and PhD training opportunities in several University programs, and provides a stimulating environment for the training of postdoctoral fellows.
Our goal is to create an applicant pool that is diverse with respect to the representation of race, gender identify, disability, and other historically excluded populations. Applicants must complete the online application found at https://humanresources.umn.edu/jobs by searching in the keywords field for 338314. Applications should include: a curriculum vitae; a two-page statement of research interests, including plans for funding; a short teaching/mentoring statement; and the names (with contact information) for three references. Three letters of reference should be emailed by the referees directly to Cheryl Anderson (canders4@d.umn.edu). Additional questions can be directed to Dr. Jean Regal, Department Head (jregal@d.umn.edu) or Drs Matt Slattery and Janet Fitzakerley, Search Committee chairs (mslatter@d.umn.edu, jfitzake@d.umn.edu). Review of applications will begin immediately. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
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Production is officially underway for the upcoming special 'The Waltons' Thanksgiving' from The CW. Marcelle LeBlanc shared photos from the set featuring the star who portrays Mary Ellen sitting on the steps of her trailer on set.
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It was previously announced that The CW would be bringing back its reimagined take on the beloved Waltons family with a Thanksgiving movie special following the huge success of last year's Waltons' Homecoming Christmas movie which proved to be the network's highest viewed program.
Sam Haskell and Magnolia Hill Productions return to produce the new television movie. The CW provided the following synopsis.
Set on Walton Mountain in 1934, "The Waltons' Thanksgiving" follows the Walton family as they eagerly prepare for the annual Harvest Festival Fair. Carnival rides, talent shows and pie contests come around every year, but at this year's fair, a young boy arrives that will dramatically change the Waltons' lives in ways that they could have never imagined.
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Hearn Leads List of Stars Expected for Vermont 200 at Devil's Bowl Speedway
WEST HAVEN, VT – A star-studded roster of dirt track Modified stock car drivers is getting ready for the Interstate All Battery Center Vermont 200 at Devil's Bowl Speedway on Sunday, September 16. The first-of-its-kind race for crate engine Sportsman Modifieds has drawn interest from no less than nine United States and two Canadian provinces, and as many as 70 or more drivers are expected to enter on race day.
Qualifying begins on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with time trials, heat races, and consolation rounds. The 200-lap feature event will see a starting field of up to 34 cars gunning for the $10,000 top prize, and two B-mains will each pay $500 to win for non-qualified cars.
Topping the list of drivers expected on Sunday is Brett "The Jet" Hearn, a winner of more than 900 races during his career. The New Jersey native has not driven a Sportsman car in more than two years and has not raced at Devil's Bowl Speedway since 2000, but he says he is ready to tackle the new half-mile surface and try to beat the local favorites for the money. He plans to compete in his own No. 20 car.
Eight-time Devil's Bowl champion and current point leader Kenny Tremont Jr. will be waiting for Hearn when he arrives. The West Sand Lake, N.Y., driver has three wins at Devil's Bowl in 2018 among more than 350 in his career, and he recently beat Hearn for a Super DIRTcar Series Modified win at Lebanon Valley Speedway.
Forty-year racing veteran Hector Stratton of Bennington, Vt., has filed an official entry into the event and looks to add to his 31-win Devil's Bowl career. Rising Modified star and former Devil's Bowl regular Jessey Mueller plans to return to his home track on Sunday; he won a Small Block Modified feature there in July. Former Albany-Saratoga Speedway champion Marc Johnson – a multi-time winner at Devil's Bowl – is also expected to compete, as is Empire Super Sprint star Danny Varin.
Other top outsiders who also intend to compete include multi-time Super DIRT Week Sportsman winner Dave Marcuccilli; King of Dirt Racing Sportsman Series champions Connor Cleveland and Rocky Warner; 2018 Northeast Crate Nationals winner Brian Calabrese; current Bear Ridge Speedway point leader Kevin Chaffee and multi-time Bear Ridge champion Adam Pierson, each of whom has won at Devil's Bowl in 2018; Fonda Speedway champion Chad Edwards, and Glen Ridge Motorsports Park champion Dave Constantino.
Devil's Bowl will have plenty of home-track representation, including former champions Tim LaDuc, Vince Quenneville Jr., Ron Proctor, Bobby Hackel, and Ray Hoard. Feature winners from 2018 include twin brothers Jake and Joey Scarborough, Josh Sunn, Mike Palmer, and Justin Comes, along with strong runners Jimmy Ryan, Billy Lussier, Allan Hammond, John St. Germain Jr., and James Fadden.
Top Devil's Bowl rookies Marty Kelly III and Tanner Siemons are expected, as well as many of the leading Limited Sportsman drivers including top-five point runners Brent Warren, Travis Billington, Joey Roberts, Paolo Pascarella, and Adam Piper. More drivers are expected to officially enter the event by the end of the week.
The Interstate All Battery Center Vermont 200 Weekend is jam-packed with racing action; also on the card for Sunday are the King of Dirt Racing Pro Stock Series with the 29-lap Carl Vladyka Memorial paying $1,029 to win, and the $1,000-to-win Portland Glass 50 for four-cylinder Mini Stocks. The two-day event kicks off on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. with a 50-lap, $1,000-to-win Super Stock race, the Friend Construction 500cc Mini Sprints, and the Ron Casey Memorial Non-Winners Shootout for Sportsman Modifieds.
Two-day general admission is $30 for adults (age 13+); single-day tickets are available on Saturday for $12 and Sunday for $25; kids age 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $40, good for both days, and camping passes are $25 each, valid Friday at noon to Monday at noon. Race entries for the Sportsman Modified division are $75 each, or $30 each for the Super Stock, Mini Stock, and 500cc Mini Sprint divisions.
Sponsorship for the event is underwritten by Interstate All Battery Center of Rutland, with support from Fabian Earth Moving, Portland Glass, Kubricky Construction, and Central Vermont Motorcycles. Lap sponsorships are still available for $50 each; email devilsbowlspeedway@gmail.com for more information.
Devil's Bowl Speedway is located on Route 22A in West Haven, Vt., four miles north of U.S. Route 4, Exit 2, and just 20 minutes from Rutland, Vt. For more information, visit www.DevilsBowlSpeedwayVT.com or call (802) 265-3112. Devil's Bowl Speedway is on Facebook at facebook.com/DevilsBowlSpeedway, and on Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat at @DevilsBowlSpeed; follow the action using the #DevilsBowl hashtag.
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Citizenship by Investment: Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Will Discuss Options in 10 December Webinar with Times of India
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LONDON, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On December 10, the Times of India, in collaboration with London-headquartered legal advisory CS Global Partners, will host a webinar on Citizenship by Investment (CBI). The concept originates from the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, a Caribbean twin-island nation that established their CBI Programme in 1984. Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Timothy Harris will take part in the webinar, as will the CEO of the country's Citizenship by Investment Unit, Mr Les Khan.
St Kitts and Nevis recently announced a significant, but temporary reduction in the amount that qualifies families for CBI. Until January 15, 2021, families of up to four can obtain citizenship by making a US$150,000 contribution to the Sustainable Growth Fund. They must first pass all the due diligence checks which are considered some of the strictest in the world. In a recent webinar with Gulf News, Mr Khan explained that it is the fast and efficient processing that makes investors choose St Kitts and Nevis' 'Platinum Standard' Programme now, in particular.
"We are very satisfied at this time to have the best Programme and we commit, going forward, to continue to provide a competent and reliable service," PM Harris told Gulf News. "We commit that we will always be the most innovative Programme available, and, of course, we value the choice that we have developed over all these years with our clients, with governments far and near."
In light of the ongoing pandemic and investor trends, the Prime Minister noted: "At this particular time of uncertainty, I believe investors are looking not just at acquiring citizenship but acquiring it in a country which is peaceful, which has strong rule of law, and which is growing or has that capacity." PM Harris made reference to the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index, which places St Kitts and Nevis in the world's top 25% for rule of law. "The rule of law is strong, property rights are respected, our judiciary is working and working well," he added.
St Kitts and Nevis had an efficient response to preventing the spread of COVID-19, with only 19 confirmed cases and no deaths. The country started its economic recovery early on.
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Five key themes which emerged from market discussions in Tokyo in March paint a broadly positive picture.
Much of the optimism around Japanese private equity is around its more active investor community and solid dealflow. Private Equity International was in Tokyo for a week in March to dig deeper into these two positives, as well as to find out what is on managers' and investors' minds.
Shuzo Takahashi, head of private equity at the Pension Fund Association, tells PEI the market is one of the "best performing" in its private equity portfolio, although he declined to disclose returns. Looking at vintage years 1992 to 2018, data from eFront Pevara show Japanese leveraged buyout funds rank among their developed markets peers in terms of risk-return.
While exit overhang is the challenge for some of the older Asian funds, Japanese funds have been more efficient in exiting and creating returns, adds Jeff Acton, a Tokyo-based managing director of Asia-focused investment banking advisor BDA Partners. "It comes as no surprise that Japan is now a top priority on pan-Asian and global funds' radars, who are either looking to do buyouts or co-investments," he says.
Japan has also made encouraging progress on the acceptance of private equity. Managers are no longer seen as "vultures", having gone through three or four rounds of investment and establishing themselves as a respectable option for sellers. In fact, word of mouth and referrals by families – including on the golf course – have become an important source of dealflow, says Koji Sasaki, president and managing partner of Tokio Marine Capital.
In terms of opportunities, Japan has two key things to offer: there are 2.5 million small and medium enterprises which are facing succession issues, and there are troubled, industrials-linked sectors which are ripe for carve-outs.
This has led to a broader uptick in M&A across the market. In 2018, there were 3,132 M&A deals in Japan, a figure that has risen steadily over the past few years, from 2,104 in 2011. What is more, banks are throwing money at deals – the negative interest rate policy means capital is cheap – and valuations of listed companies are much lower than other markets, thus GPs see this as an opportunity to improve margins.
In terms of sectors, there is also more of a push towards service-based businesses than has been the case in the past. Care homes, healthcare and businesses targeting Japan's ageing population are clear growth areas.
As Jun Tsusaka, founding partner of Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko (NSSK), a firm established in 2014, points out, "with a life expectancy of 86, retirees are the wealthiest part of the population and they increasingly want to make the most of their post-work lives. Travel for over-65s is booming and many are looking for new hobbies, are volunteering and are seeking out second vocations".
The last two years have seen an influx of new entrants to the market. Foreign firms have stepped up local hires and opened Tokyo outposts to access dealflow better as well as get closer to institutional investor capital.
But setting up in Japan and having a dedicated team is not always that easy. The biggest roadblock of all is talent. For foreigners, learning the local language and culture takes time. Meanwhile, for local talent, only very few have knowledge and experience in alternatives, investors tells us. What is more, both investors and GPs are on the lookout for more talent as they bulk up their investment teams.
Increased activity means that deal prices are increasing. "Around two years ago, it was still the norm to buy businesses at around 6x EBITDA," says Kobayashi.
Japan Investment Corporation, the $18 billion public investment fund that had big ambitions to invest in overseas tech companies, ceased operations early this year over public outcry on senior management pay. Japanese GP and investor sources tell us public investment funds like JIC have faced criticism over the years because of "dismal performance, while making money out of taxpayers' money".
Sources point out several issues with such funds: unfair access to assets, no disciplined entry price, and no pressure to yield returns. "They come in and have the look and smell of GPs, but do not really do private equity," says one Tokyo-based partner.
Investors would want to see how record capital raising and deployment in the last three years have played out. This means growing the market to the next level will depend on domestic funds maintaining strong returns over the next five years.
Competition is getting fierce, GPs and LPs told us. Even the gatekeeping business has become more competitive. As Japanese GPs continue to expand their assets under management in this dynamic environment, some LPs have observed eagerness and enthusiasm when it comes to deal pace.
"It is always tough to decide how much to grow the fund size, but the general understanding among LPs is that they do not want too large a fund," a fund of funds manager says. A healthy dose of Japanese self-discipline must be employed.


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7 Ways the Future of Business in an Existing and Post-COVID-19 World Will Change
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In a period of ninety days, the world and business of commerce have been shocked by its foundations. Executives from all industries are faced with uncertainties that could not have been anticipated at the start of 2020. Causing senior leaders to scrap plans, accelerate plans, or seek alternative plans to help them chart a new course in troubled waters.
This period has allowed for trends to begin to emerge. Trends that will impact decision-making and buying for at least the next five years. And, affect how businesses and people work as well as participate in commerce.
What can we expect in the future of business in a post COVID-19 world?
Working From Home Is Here To Stay
Many non-consumer facing organizations are finding that large-scale "work from home" can work. Discovering new scales of economies and little impact on productivity. In fact, organizations are finding increases in productivity. What remains
Foreign physicians should be exempt from visa policy change, med groups say
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Six major medical groups are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to exclude foreign national physicians from a proposed change in immigration policy.
The American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, National Resident Matching Program, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research on Oct. 9 sent a joint letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf requesting that J-1 physicians—those participating in graduate medical education programs or training at schools of medicine in the U.S.—be excluded from a proposed rule that would limit how long foreign nationals can remain in the country.
Under the proposed rule, foreign nationals who are non-immigrant academic students or exchange visitors would only be allowed to stay in the U.S. for a fixed time. Currently, people who fall under those categories can remain in the country for what is known
Latinx leaders championing diversity and driving change in business
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For Hispanic Heritage month, Business Insider partnered with We Are All Human, a nonprofit championing diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to identify 10 Latinx business leaders driving change within their communities.
From entrepreneurs making personal finance more accessible to Spanish speakers, to nonprofit founders helping young Latinx women achieve career success, these 10 leaders are working for change.
For Hispanic Heritage Month, Business Insider wanted to spotlight Latinx business leaders driving change not only through their work, but within their communities.
The Black Lives matter protests and the ongoing pandemic have led to louder and more effective calls for racial and ethnic equality in the US. The demand for action has spilled into the business world, where leaders across industries are starting to push for change and actionable reform.
To help us find Latinx leaders whose impact
A Trump-Pence Strategy on the Virus: Interrupt, Distract, Change the Subject
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For much of the summer, President Trump argued that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was scared to debate him, reliant on performance-enhancing drugs and barely able to remain upright for 90 minutes because of his purportedly failing health.
Now, Mr. Trump is receiving medication to treat a case of a virus he has failed to control, and he has become the candidate casting doubt on his participation in the next debate. After the Commission on Presidential Debates announced plans to hold next week's town hall virtually, Mr. Trump threatened to skip the event entirely, plunging the two campaigns into a daylong debate over debates.
The president's central concern: the possibility of a mute button.
"I'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate," he told Fox News. "You sit behind a computer and do a debate — it's ridiculous, and then they cut you off whenever
Will remote work change central business districts?
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This article is part of The Bond Buyer's multi-platform, four-part series on the Future of Cities, each segment focusing on a different aspect of how life in and the finances of America's cities could be altered in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
We explore how cities of all sizes are being impacted by outmigration, and where the greatest long-term risks lie; the hard realities and intangibles of the so-called gathering economy – conventions, conferences, theater, sports and arts; how many businesses are at an inflection point with urban office space; and problems that lie ahead and how resilience has taken on a new meaning.
For each, we dig in on the problems and discuss potential solutions with a written story and a companion podcast. Additionally, the series features a video discussion spanning all four topics. To see all of our Future of Cities content, please click here.
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ADDING MULTIMEDIA Meggitt Training Systems Announces Company Name Change to InVeris Training Solutions – Press Release
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SUWANEE, Ga.–(Business Wire)–Meggitt Training Systems (the "Company"), the global leader in integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training solutions for military and law enforcement clients, today announced its new name, InVeris Training Solutions, effective immediately. "InVeris" connotes insight and truth. The rebranding reflects the Company's pride in standing behind the bravest, best-trained men and women around the world and to providing comprehensive training solutions that prepare them to act at a moment's notice to protect the communities and countries they serve. The Company remains headquartered in Suwanee, GA and partners with clients in the US and around the world from facilities on five continents.
"Over the past few months, we have undertaken a very thorough and thoughtful exercise to more closely align our name and brand with our values in service of safety," said Andrea Czop, Vice President
New Tesco CEO Ken Murphy promises low prices and no strategy change
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New Tesco (TSCO.L) chief executive Ken Murphy has parked his tanks on the lawn of Aldi and Lidl, promising to go toe-to-toe with the German discounters on low prices.
In his first media call with journalists since taking the top job, Murphy vowed to keep Tesco's prices competitive with rivals as the UK faces a historic recession and the threat of a possible no deal Brexit.
"We are committed to providing value regardless of the circumstances," Murphy said on Wednesday. "Particularly if we head into a recession — if times get tough — we will be even more focused on value."
READ MORE: 'Unknown' new Tesco CEO must battle Brexit, German discounters, and changing tastes
Tesco launched an "Aldi Price Match" guarantee in March and said on Wednesday that it had begun to win customers
Trump administration issues major rule change
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The administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to impose major new limits on use of the controversial H-1B visa, intended for jobs requiring specialized skills and widely used by Silicon Valley technology firms.
The new rules are expected to reduce the pool of skilled labor and raise costs for tech companies and other employers. Critics say that could force companies to move some operations outside the U.S.
The push to limit foreign workers comes one month before the election and as the nation still reels from the coronavirus pandemic. Employment levels are 10.7 million jobs down from February, before the virus hit and many businesses were closed.
Department of Homeland Security acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli said a third of applicants would be denied under the new rules.
The changes are expected to have a significant effect on the tech industry in the Bay Area, where federal government
HGSU-UAW Urges Harvard to Oppose Trump Visa Rule Change | News
Organizers for Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers are circulating a petition that calls on Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark C. Elliott and the Harvard International Office to act in opposition to the Trump administration's proposed visa policy change for international students.
Citing national security concerns, the United States Department of Homeland Security issued a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" on Sept. 25 that would reduce the amount of time international students can spend inside the country.
If the ruling comes into effect, international students on F and J nonimmigrant visas will be required to apply for a visa extension after staying for no more than four years. If a student were to come from a country with visa overstay rates of over 10 percent, they would be obligated to have their legal status re-evaluated after two years.
"In addition, as proposed, certain categories of aliens would be eligible for
State-and-Local Bailouts, Central Bankers & Climate Change
Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance and economics. On the menu today: state-and-local assistance, central bankers tackling climate change, and a look at New York's near-bankruptcy in 1975.
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State-and-Local Assistance
State-and-local assistance has emerged as the main sticking point in Congress's negotiations over another round of coronavirus relief. Democrats have requested $500 billion for states and cities as well as an additional $225 billion for public schools, roughly double the amount that Republicans are willing to provide.
Whatever its merits, the Democratic proposal effectively attempts to use pandemic relief as a backdoor bailout for states and cities with Democratic constituencies. Kevin Hassett — a senior advisor to National Review's Capital Matters and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors — says assistance on


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Celle-ci connecte le tripoint Jamaïque-Honduras-Îles Caïmans avec le tripoint Honduras-Colombie-Jamaïque au niveau du banc de Serranilla. Ce dernier se trouve aussi à proximité de la frontière maritime entre le Honduras et le Nicaragua.

Le traité n'est toujours pas formalisé bien que des rencontres bilatérales ont déjà eu lieu en .

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The Mysterious Death of a Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot
24th July 2006 /2 Comments/in Articles /by James Holland
I first came across David Crook when I was researching my Battle of Britain novel, The Burning Blue. I had picked up a copy of his memoir, Spitfire Pilot, in a second-hand book stall at Duxford and enjoyed it enormously. His is one of many personal accounts about the Battle of Britain that have been published over the past sixty years, but only a handful were actually written and published during the Second World War. Most famous of these (and still in print today) is Richard Hillary's The Last Enemy, which became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1942. Crook's book also came out that year, and although it is now largely forgotten, I love it because of its obvious honesty and because it rattles along with a breathless immediacy that is lacking in so many post-war memoirs.
Yet it is also a highly personalised account. This is Crook's Battle of Britain, and the battle of the handful of pilots he flew with in 609 Squadron. At no point is there any sense of a precise time frame. 609 Squadron were involved in sweeps across the Channel to Dunkirk and then they were moved to Dorset, flying from an airfield at Warmwell near Weymouth and intercepting German dive-bombers and their fighter escorts attacking channel shipping. Later, they flew up to London every day to take part in the huge sky battles of September. Of Goering's Adler Tag, there is no mention, even though it was on 13th August that 609 had their most successful day, shooting down thirteen confirmed enemy aircraft for no loss of their own.
The book also reinforces the sense of the Battle being fought by a 'few'. Squadron full-strength could be as little as twelve pilots, and this sense of 609 Squadron being a very tight and close unit comes through very strongly. 609 was also an auxiliary squadron, (the equivalent of today's Territorial soldiers), drawn from people local to the West Riding in Yorkshire. Rather like the Pals regiments of the First World War, these auxiliary squadrons were often sent off to train together and then to war together. Many of Crook's fellow pilots were old friends. Two had been at school with him, and most had been at training with him throughout the year leading up to the Battle. Consequently, deaths in action affected everyone in the Squadron very badly. A close friend of several years had been Peter Drummond-Hay, lost in an early fight over Weymouth in July 1940. Crook wrote movingly and openly about his and other friends' deaths. 'I could not get out of my head the thought of Peter, with whom we had been talking and laughing that day, now lying in the cockpit of his wrecked Spitfire at the bottom of the English Channel.' Gordon Mitchell, one of his friends from school, was killed the following day. Geoff Gaunt, his oldest and closest friend was killed on 15th September, now remembered as Battle of Britain Day.
Crook's own character also comes through very strongly in his book – and what a likeable fellow he appears to have been; honest, decent, and gregarious with a love of sport and his family and friends. I felt that I had almost known him after reading his book, something I sensed even more keenly after looking at his log-book in the Public Record Office in Kew, (now The National Archives). Some kept very terse, neat log-books, but Crooks is filled with jottings, pictures and cuttings.
Inevitably, I wanted to discover more about him and to find out whether he had survived the war. First port of call was to look him up on the Commonwealth War Grave Commission website, and there, to my great sadness I discovered he had died in December 1944. This is also written up in Kenneth Wynn's Men of the Battle of Britain. Apparently, on the morning of 18 December, Crook took off on a morning high-level reconnaissance flight off the coast of north-east Scotland. Later, a Spitfire was diving into the sea; at any rate, no body was ever found although some of the pilot's clothing was found floating in the sea.
He left behind his wife and at least a son, whom he mentions regularly in his book. I later discovered his wife had only recently died; of his son, I could find no trail. Later, when I was writing The Burning Blue, I used Crook's log-book as the template for my protagonist's Battle of Britain experience: my fictional squadron was based heavily on 609, while the hero flew on precisely the same days as Crook had done.
But all the time I was writing the book, I felt nagged by the mystery of Crook's death. Oxygen failure was the presumed cause of his plight but that was nothing more than supposition: no remains of either pilot or plane had ever been found.
Last year, however, I mentioned Crook to a friend of mine, Professor Rick Hillum. Rick is as straight as can be and has had a highly successful business and academic career. He is also a diviner, and has found wrecks of aircraft and other archaeological finds with unerring accuracy using this method of detection. Rick's the first to admit that most people are sceptical – as he was himself to begin with when he first came to this strange but centuries-old art. No matter how incomprehensible it may seem to the sceptics, however, Rick's discoveries are proof that he's got some kind of gift, whatever its mysteries.
Rick kindly offered to look into Crook's case. I gave him every bit of information about him that I could lay my hands on and then a few months later we met up again. His findings were startling. Crook had not died of oxygen failure, Rick assured me. Rather, his end had come about from natural causes. Although not quite thirty at the time, he had suffered from an hereditary heart-condition that had only recently been detected. The Medical Officer had known about it, as had Crook, but he had not been taken off operational flying, as he should have been. And so on that fateful morning, he had suddenly suffered a massive and fatal heart-attack. According to Rick, he had died before the Spitfire had hit the water.
Rick also believes that Crook's medical records still exist – although I have been unable to find them. If anyone has any ideas where I might search, I would love to hear from them.
If Rick is right, and I have no reason to think otherwise, the secret of David Crook's death did not slip into the icy North Sea with him. And I would also like to think that this brave pilot would be pleased to know that his life is still remembered and that his book is still being enjoyed more than sixty years on.
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Michael Leventhal says:
I'm delighted to say that Greenhill Books has just published (October 2006) a new edition of this tremendous book, the first edition since 1942. The new edition has some excellent new material including a preface by the daughter of David Crook (who now lives in London), a short history of the 609 Squadron by Air Vice Marshal Sandy Hunter, and an introduction by Professor Richard Overy.
When first published, the Spectator reviewed the book and said that it was 'a brilliant first-hand account of the life of a fighter pilot before and during the Battle of Britain which may be guaranteed to hold the almost breathless attention of every reader, in a way that nothing less realistic and matter-of-fact could possibly do'.
mtapsell says:
As David's eldest grandson (born '67) I'm amazed to hear about a hereditary heart condition. None of David's siblings had heart issues and all lived until at least their 50s, two into their 80's. David had three children, Nicholas, Rosemary & Elizabeth (Born Sept 1944- my mother) They're all in fairly rude heath and as for the grandchildren ( 8 of 'em) we're all great except for the hereditary rudeness!
As stated above Spitfire Pilot is back in print and as powerful a read of everyday life whilst at war as you will ever read.
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Q: Understanding the random variable definition of Markov chains Update This question is answered in section 3.2 of these notes.

As a probability novice, I'm struggling to completely understand the definition of a Markov chain as a sequence of random variables.
For simplicity, consider discrete-time, homogeneous Markov chains with finite state spaces $S$ which we take to be $\{1, \dots, n\}$.  I understand the following definition of a Markov chain in this context:

A Markov chain is a pair $(S,P)$ where $P = (P_{ij})$ is a transition matrix.

Given this definition, one can generate a trajectory of the Markov chain consisting of an infinite sequence $s_0, s_1, \dots$ of elements of $S$ by initializing in a state $s_0$ and evolving forward according to the transition probabilities $(P_{ij})$.
So far so good -- this is all quite intuitive.
However, suppose instead that one considers a Markov chain as a sequence $X_0, X_1, \dots$ of random variables with values in $S$ having the Markov property -- is there a standard mapping between these definitions?  In particular, since each $X_k$ is a random variable whose domain is some sample space $\Omega$;
$$
  X_k:\Omega\to S,
$$
and since the transition probabilities are usually described as conditional probabilities;
$$
  P_{ij} = \mathbf P(X_k = i\mid X_{k-1}=j),
$$
or the transpose of this depending on you conventions, presumably there is a sample space $\Omega$ and a probability measure $\mathbf P$ sitting somewhere?
One guess would be that $\Omega$ can be taken to be the set of all sequences $s_0, s_1, \dots$ of elements of $S$, the random variable $X_k$ maps any such sequence to its $k^\mathrm{th}$ element,
$$
  X_k(s_0, s_1, \dots) = s_k,
$$
and $\mathbf P$ is any probability measure on the set of subsets of $\Omega$ that satisfies the Markov property.
Is this description of (one direction of) the correspondence between these Markov chain definitions correct and/or standard?

A: I'm not sure this completely answers your questions and I'm definitely no expert, but it's the best I could do.  Sorry it's a bit long and meandering but I do get to your questions eventually.
Yes, there is always a state space sitting behind a random variable $X$, but as you've noticed it's usually suppressed since it in some sense describes the "world" and all possible states the world might be in, and is thus way too complicated to deal with directly.
Our goal in defining a random variable $X:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is in a very real sense to simplify our model of the "world" by mapping many states to the same outcome.  For instance if $X$ is $0$ or $1$ depending on if my coin flip is heads or tails, this outcome will be, presumably, independent of whether it rains tomorrow, or the political dynamics in China, etc.
To be more explicit, since the coin flip is a 50/50 chance and independent of whether or not it rains tomorrow, that means the set of states where it rains will overlap evenly (in terms of the measure of the two overlaps) with the two disjoint coin flip sets which partition our state space, moreover by independence alone, the overlaps will be such that conditioning on heads will not change the probability of rain.  That is to say $$P(\text{rain}) = \frac{P(\text{rain} \cap \text{heads})}{P(\text{heads})}$$
Thus the state space is over-layed with this unimaginably complex collection of sets (measurable events) with all sorts of intricate patterns of overlapping symmetries.
Fortunately in simplifying our view of the "world" via a random variable $X:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, $\mathbb{R}$ itself inherits the property of being a probability space, where we measure the probability of an event $E\subseteq\mathbb{R}$ by retracting back to $\Omega$ as follows:
$$P(E) := {\bf P}(\omega\in\Omega : X(\omega)\in E)$$
Thus not only can we suppress the original state space $\Omega$, but we can even suppress the original random variable if we want to, or in other words we could define a new random variable $Y:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ which is just the identity function.  Furthermore under some mild assumptions we can write this inherited measure as the Lebesgue integral of a non-negative function $f$ with total measure $1$, which is just our familiar pdf.  This is why $\mathbb{E}Y$ is just $\int_{\mathbb{R}}yfd\mu$.
The important thing for people is this is where most modeling begins, not with $X$, but with $Y$.  This is why in applications we so often begin our model by giving a distribution/density function which tells us $P(E)$ directly, and then we just wave our hands about how this "in theory" retracts back to some a priori consistent but ultimately unknowable state space $\Omega$.
Thus for your finite state space Markov chain, it's important to clarify that $s_0,s_1,...$ are not states of your Markov chain, they are the evolving inherited probability mass functions on $\mathbb{R}$.  Where your transition matrix tells you how to go from one pmf to the next.  Of course behind each $s_i$ is a random variable $X_i$ which takes value $n$ with probability $s_{in}$ and has an underlying state space $\Omega$ such that $$P(X_i=n) := {\bf P}(\omega\in\Omega : X(\omega)\in\{s_{in}\})$$
Hence I want to make it clear that in the transition-matrix Markov chain formulation both the state space $\Omega$ and the sequence of random variables $\{X_i\}$ are suppressed and you're instead just watching the evolution of the sequence of associated probability mass functions $\{s_i\}$ which tell you the probability that your Markov chain is at a particular state/node at time $i$.
Your second formulation $P_{ij}=P(X_k=i \mid X_{k-1}=j)$ is thus equivalent to setting $s_{k-1}$ equal to the standard basis vector $e_j$ and then checking the value at the $i^{th}$ coordinate of the vector $P^{T}e_j$; this of course will be equal to $P_{ij}$.
When you wrote $X(s_0,s_1,...)$ I think what you might be thinking about is the probability of various sequences of states of your Markov chain, which is something different.
Finally, as for what $\Omega$ is I wouldn't worry about it, if you really want to you can play around with some finite set $\Omega$ and try overlapping some sets in various ways to see how the concept of independence is really about the way sets overlap in a sort of symmetric cascading like fashion.


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Hillsborough County schools get new porn star
Hillsborough, Florida — The Hillsborough School District announced Tuesday that it has added a new member to its porn line-up, adding a 19-year-old named Tyler Moore.
Moore is a native of North Carolina who graduated from Hillsborough High School in March.
He currently lives in Florida and was previously working as a porn star.
The new addition to the Hillsborough porn lineup is also the first of its kind in the school district.
Moore told ESPN that the decision to add Moore to the porn lineup was not because he was a porn actor.
"I was just like, I want to be on this porn team," Moore said.
"I'm looking for some girls that I could be a part of."
The Hillsborough school district is also looking to add a few more porn stars to its lineup in the coming weeks.
This is the first time the school has ever added a porn performer to its roster.
"There are so many other girls that have already done this and I'm just looking to be a member of that," Moore told ESPN.
Moore said he started out at his hometown school in North Carolina but moved to South Carolina for college.
He said that after graduating from Hillsboro High School he went on to attend Florida Atlantic University.
Moore said he now lives in Orlando, Florida.
Moore, who has also performed for the likes of The Bachelor, American Idol, and MTV, said he hopes to eventually work for porn.
"Porn stars are not going to be able to stay in porn forever," Moore stated.
"But I'm willing to work for it and I would love to make some money off of it."
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Spoken Word, Speech, and the Meaning of 'Colombus City'
The meaning of 'Columbus' in its Latin-American dialects has been a hot topic of debate over the last decade, and a new study suggests that its usage is as much a cultural marker as a linguistic one.
The researchers say that Columbus is the dominant word for Columbus in Colombia, meaning the capital city of the Inca Empire.
"Columbus is a central character in a cultural system that has undergone tremendous change," says David Cripps, a linguist at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and lead author of the new paper.
"It has undergone a major transformation in the last few decades, in part due to the expansion of state and local authority, in which the political, economic, social and legal systems of Colombia have evolved."
The researchers used linguistic data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) to identify and quantify the use of the word Columbus in the region between 2007 and 2015.
The study is published in the journal Science Advances.
The results show that the word "Columbaus" was used by more than 4 million Colombians in 2015, up from just under 1 million in 2007.
The majority of the change in the word's usage took place in the capital of the empire, Bogotá, which increased from just over 200,000 to more than 1.2 million by the end of the decade.
The authors also found that the use rate of "Columbauss" dropped from nearly 100,000 in 2007 to about 50,000 at the end.
However, the most significant change took place among young Colombians, who saw the use rise from just 4.3 million to about 7.5 million over the same period.
The change came as the region experienced an economic boom, but also in part because of a cultural change.
The first major changes were the political ones that took place during the period of the Zapatistas, who were pushing for independence from Colombia's fascist government in the 1970s.
The Zapatista guerrillas, led by Carlos Castillo, set up their own state, called the Republic of Columbia, in 1994.
Their struggle against the country's military rulers resulted in a military coup in 1995, which ended the Zapatismo regime.
The government's repressive rule and the death of millions of civilians was a huge blow to the city of Bogotán, a major tourist destination.
But it also brought about a change in social norms and cultural practices, which allowed for more freedom of expression and the promotion of traditional values.
For example, the use and value of alcohol became a popular topic for the city's youth.
And although the Zapatsistas themselves are now dead, the legacy of their struggle lives on through the citys music, art and art festivals.
"The impact of these changes on the way Colombians speak about the city was felt by the city itself," says Cripping.
The result is that "Columbuss" is used by at least 40% of the city population, and in some cases more than 50% of Colombians.
Crippers team looked at two metrics that were especially important for understanding the use rates of "Colombuss" among the urban population: how many people are speaking it and how many times the word is spoken in daily conversations.
The team focused on a subset of Colombans who spoke the dialect and found that a higher number of people were speaking "Columbause" than "Columbaimos," a slang term used by people who speak English as a second language.
For instance, in Colombia it's used to refer to someone who speaks English, but not to someone whose accent is French or Spanish.
The higher the number of speakers, the more often the word was spoken, and it was even more pronounced when it was spoken in everyday conversations.
In addition, the researchers found that "Colombo" was the most popular word among the people in the urban areas.
That's because "Columbus" is the most commonly used term in the context of the region, where it is used almost universally.
The term "Columbas" was only used by 5% of people in rural areas, which the researchers suggest reflects the lower social status of rural Colombians compared to urban ones.
The most significant shift was the shift of the use from the city to the suburbs.
That could be due to economic conditions, but the researchers also noted that there were more and more young Colombos living in urban areas, and therefore they were more likely to use "Columbos."
The most important impact of this change was on the political system, which is a key indicator of how Colombians see the state.
The report shows that the majority of Colombus residents now support the government's plans to increase the city size from 1.6 million to 3.3 billion people.
However a majority of them also support the
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