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From the first page of Matterhorn, Marlantes plunges readers into a forbidding jungle full of lively, confused, and terrified young soldiers trying to find their way—and themselves—under incredibly harrowing conditions. As we follow them on their journey away from and back to the hilltop fire-support base from which the book takes its name, their story is anchored by achingly specific details that are clearly drawn from the author's firsthand knowledge: a breakfast of "ham and lima beans mixed with grape jelly," jungle air so humid that "normal envelopes would stick together before anyone could use them," leeches determined enough to crawl up into a soldier's urethra. "Things in the book aren't exactly things that I experienced, but there's no doubt that those characters are seeing things that I saw and experiencing things I did experience," he says. All the while, the characters grapple with the dilemma Marlantes has carefully laid out for them: How do you learn compassion in the middle of a war?
Marlantes started seriously writing the first draft of the novel in 1975, and worked on it for about a year and a half. In 1977, when he began to reach out to agents and publishers, his subject made the book far from an easy sell. "Back then it was like, 'Oh God, Vietnam. No one's interested in this. Please, we want to forget about it,'" he recalls. "The war was so unpopular, they didn't want to touch it." He estimates that he sent out about twenty-five queries, which were all rejected—no one even requested that he send the manuscript for them to read. Discouraged, he put it away.
For most of the seventies, living in Portland, Oregon, Marlantes worked as a lumber salesman to support his growing family—he had gotten married in 1972, and he and his wife went on to have four children (the couple later divorced; he has one child from his second marriage). In 1978, he shifted his focus and began working for an energy-consulting firm. Building on that experience, he started his own business in 1980 to provide consulting services for coal, oil, and gas companies. But his book project was never far from his mind, and the real advantage of working for himself was that it gave him more time to write. "I would pick away at it in between consulting assignments or at night," he says, trying to improve the manuscript and cut it down, since some of the more practical feedback he'd gotten was that, at about 1,200 pages, it was far too long.
In the mid-1980s, Marlantes started thinking more strategically about selling his book, devouring articles and handbooks with titles like "How to Write the Killer Query Letter That Can't Be Refused!" Having regrouped, he was ready to send out another round of queries. But nearly ten years after his first attempts, agents and editors were still almost uniformly indifferent. "If anyone answered, it was always like, 'Oh yeah, Vietnam. Hollywood's already done it: Full Metal Jacket, Platoon,'" Marlantes says. Adding to his frustration was the fact that it was never his writing that was being rejected—no agent ever even wanted to see it—but the idea behind it. After having received about fifteen rejections, he felt too defeated to keep at it. Over the next ten years, Marlantes regularly revisited his manuscript, but discouragement kept him from sending it out again until the mid-1990s. This time, responses to his queries ran along the lines of, "It sounds interesting, but could you set it in the Gulf War and maybe cut it in half?" Again, fifteen rejections proved to be the magic number that sent him back to the drawing board.


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Frank Stocco is the consultant and lead layout designer for National Restaurant Design, Inc.
Frank grew up in the Chicago area—one of North America's restaurant capitals. With 40 years in the foodservice industry, starting as a pot washer, moving through the various job positions, then attended and graduated college from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, where Frank learned "the love and art of cooking".
He had invaluable experience as head chef at high-end French restaurants and country clubs. Frank then realized his dreams when he opened, owned and operated several successful restaurants: Geppetto's in Oak Park, IL and Chicago; Frankie's-To-Go Pizza Pasta and Ribs, and Frankie's Chicago-style Pizza in Minnesota: Maple Grove, New Hope, Chanhassen, Minnetonka and Spring Lake Park; Norman Quack's Chop House in Forest Lake, MN.
With every foodservice experience, Frank's passion grew for the design and space planning of foodservice venues. He sold his restaurants (which are operating strong since as early as 1982); went to work in contract sales with U.S. Foodservice, and DeLucca's; then started up his independent foodservice consulting and design company, National Restaurant Design, Inc, in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN. Frank offices out of Fort Myers, FL also.
Frank Stocco has designed concepts and layouts for hundreds of restaurants, food service facilities, and franchises. His clients are new and seasoned restaurateurs. He builds design teams to include architects, food service equipment companies and interior designers to collaborate the best creatives required for the most efficient, economical foodservice design relative to the venue.
Frank doesn't sell equipment—the goal is to help the client keep the project within the budget by careful planning, design and layout and proper equipment selection, strategically minimizing the chance for costly mistakes.
How does he make money? Frank Stocco charges by the square footage of the foodservice project in order to provide the drawings needed; he doesn't sell anything and he doesn't bill for time.
Frank Stocco wrote a book which is available to help you understand and plan the costs for your restaurant before putting down any money - How to Open a Restaurant: Due Diligence.
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Goal: Students will learn that all breeds of dogs and cats have an origin and history.
The first St. Bernard dogs were bred near the Alps between Italy and Switzerland. The dogs were bred to rescue travelers trapped in snowy mountain conditions.
Students will learn the name of one dog or cat breed that comes from their favorite country/region.
Students will give an example of how dogs or cats have helped people throughout history.
Every dog and cat originated somewhere in the world. Many of America's popular dog and cat breeds actually came to be many years ago in regions all around the globe.
Ask students to choose a country or global region that interests them.
Instruct students as an individual or in small groups to research a dog or cat breed that came from their country of choice.
Depending on age, ask children to design a poster with a image of the animal, the shape of the country, and the nation's flag along with information on what the breed is known for in its country of origin. Alternatively, the students could write a paper showing where their breed originated, and why it was bred for certain features and behaviors.
Display a large world map and allow each student to conduct a short presentation about the breed they researched. Have each student indicate on the map where the breed originated.


Overseeing Springfield Public Schools is the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, and a team of Chief School School Officers who each manage a zone of schools within the district. The Superintendent reports to the School Committee, who sets district policy.
Find information about individual district policies here.
The Parent & Student handbook covers district policies parents/guardians and students need to follow for Springfield Public Schools.


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{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

module Serials.Link.Soup where

import Prelude hiding (null, length, readFile, writeFile)

import Debug.Trace

import Safe
import Data.Maybe
import Data.Text (Text, strip, null, length, uncons, unpack, pack)
import Data.Monoid ((<>), mconcat)
import Data.List (unfoldr, find, tails)

import Control.Applicative
import Control.Monad

import Text.HTML.TagSoup hiding (Tag)
import qualified Text.HTML.TagSoup as TagSoup

import Text.HTML.Scalpel hiding (select)
import qualified Text.HTML.Scalpel as Scalpel

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data CSSSelector = ID Text | Class Text | Tag Text deriving (Show, Eq)

cssSelectorName :: CSSSelector -> Text
cssSelectorName (ID id)  = id
cssSelectorName (Class cls) = cls
cssSelectorName (Tag tag) = tag

selector :: Text -> Selector
selector = soupSelector . css

soupSelector :: CSSSelector -> Selector
soupSelector = sel
  where
    sel (ID id)     = Any @: [("id" :: String) @= unpack id]
    sel (Class cls) = Any @: [hasClass $ unpack cls]
    sel (Tag tag)   = unpack tag @: []

select :: CSSSelector -> [Tag] -> [Tag]
select css = fromMaybe [] . headMay . Scalpel.select (soupSelector css)

selectIn :: CSSSelector -> CSSSelector -> [Tag] -> [Tag]
selectIn start end = takeWhile (not . (~== close (cssSelectorName end))) . dropWhile (not . matchSelector start)

css :: Text -> CSSSelector
css xs = (sel . fromJust . uncons) xs
  where
    sel ('#',id) = ID id
    sel ('.',cls) = Class cls
    sel _   = Tag xs

-- only matches opens
matchSelector :: CSSSelector -> (Tag -> Bool)
matchSelector c = (~== sel c)
  where
    sel (ID id)     = TagOpen "" [("id", id)]
    sel (Class cls) = TagOpen "" [("class", cls)]
    sel (Tag tag)   = TagOpen tag []

-------------------------------------------------------

-- start and end!
data TagMatcher a = TagMatcher {
  isStart :: ([Tag] -> Bool),
  isEnd   :: ([Tag] -> Bool),
  toValue   :: ([Tag] -> Maybe a)
}

-- skips and finds the one that matched
skipNextMatchers :: [TagMatcher a] -> [Tag] -> (Maybe (TagMatcher a), [Tag])
skipNextMatchers ms [] = (Nothing, [])
skipNextMatchers ms ts =
  case find (isMatch ts) ms of
    Nothing -> skipNextMatchers ms (tail ts)
    Just m  -> (Just m, ts)
  where isMatch ts m = isStart m ts

takeNextMatcher :: TagMatcher a -> [Tag] -> ([Tag], [Tag])
takeNextMatcher m = takeNext (isEnd m)

findNextMatchers :: [TagMatcher a] -> [Tag] -> (Maybe a, [Tag])
findNextMatchers ms ts =
  case skipNextMatchers ms ts of
    (Nothing, _) -> (Nothing, [])
    (Just m, ts') ->
      let (block, ts'') = takeNextMatcher m ts'
      in  (toValue m block, ts'')

matchersChunks :: [TagMatcher a] -> [Tag] -> [a]
matchersChunks ms ts = catMaybes $ chunks (findNextMatchers ms) ts

--------------------------------------------------------

type Tag = TagSoup.Tag Text

allText :: [Tag] -> Text
allText = strip . innerText

maybeAttr :: Text -> Tag -> Maybe Text
maybeAttr name (TagOpen _ as) = lookup name as
maybeAttr _ _ = Nothing

-- change this to work with two tag chunks instead?
(<||>) :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> Bool) -> a -> Bool
(<||>) f g t = f t || g t

-- always take at least one item off the list
takeNext :: ([Tag] -> Bool) -> [Tag] -> ([Tag], [Tag])
takeNext end (t:ts) = (t:tks, rest)
  where
  (tks, rest) = spanTails (not . end) ts
takeNext _ _ = ([], [])

-- like span, but sends the predicate the whole list instead of just the first element
spanTails                    :: ([a] -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a],[a])
spanTails _ xs@[]            =  (xs, xs)
spanTails p xs@(x:xs')
              | p (x:xs')    =  let (ys,zs) = spanTails p xs' in (x:ys,zs)
              | otherwise    =  ([],xs)

skipNext :: ([Tag] -> Bool) -> [Tag] -> [Tag]
skipNext start = fromMaybe [] . headMay . dropWhile (not . start) . tails

--chunk :: ([Tag] -> Bool) -> (Tag -> Bool) -> [Tag] -> ([Tag], [Tag])
--chunk start end = takeNext end . skipNext start

chunks :: ([a] -> (b, [a])) -> [a] -> [b]
chunks f xs = unfoldr f' xs
  where f' [] = Nothing
        f' xs' = Just $ f xs'

-------------------------------------------------------------

anyChange :: Tag -> Bool
anyChange t = (t ~== open "" || t ~== close "")

isText :: Tag -> Bool
isText (TagText txt) = not . null . strip $ txt
isText _ = False

open :: Text -> Tag
open name = TagOpen name []

close :: Text -> Tag
close name = TagClose name

anyText :: Tag
anyText = TagText ""

match :: [(Tag -> Bool)] -> [Tag] -> Bool
match ms ts = and $ map (\(f, t) -> f t) $ zip ms ts

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EVOKE is an international communications company that has created a worldwide footprint of technical and intellectual expertise. Led by experienced communicators and supported by academics, journalists, media specialists, research analysts and security experts, we advise government and non-governmental organizations, private companies, faith groups and individuals on all aspects of Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Advertising and Media Management.
'Re-branding' regions or commercial activity with a view to encouraging sales, tourism, investment, or international engagement.
Strategies in support of social or humanitarian programs such as counter narcotics, violence against women, or HIV awareness.
Media, PR and Spokesman training for NGOs, Corporations, Private Companies and Government Agencies.
Campaigns designed to promote the rule of law, appropriate governance and stabilization.
Campaigns designed to mitigate internal political strife, ethnic/religious tensions or globally inspired terrorism.
Strategies for promoting and encouraging the electoral process: voting, party political campaigns or individual profiles.
Media and Marketing campaigns for commercial companies such as USG Contractors, security companies, private corporations, energy, renewable energy, mines and hydrocarbons, telecommunications or other similar organizations, transnational or national, whose activities or products impact the open retail market or social, political and economic lives of ordinary citizens.
We predominantly work in areas of conflict, post conflict and development, and specialize in advertising, public information and social change campaigns – using formal and informal media, backed by innovative research, to effect or deflect change across political, social and cultural boundaries. We believe that thoughtful communication, presented correctly, not only alters the way people perceive their world, but can also stimulate that world to change.
We have contributed to mass media public information and influence campaigns in support of security, governance, elections and counter-terrorism efforts, in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and elsewhere, and mass media global advertising campaigns for private companies and corporations.
The type of media we use depends on the location and audience(s) and ranges from high-end advertising, through to news and documentary (both radio and television), entertainment programs, print, Internet, SMS, IVR, telephony, and the traditional power of word of mouth. We utilize many forms and methodologies of research, from formal and overt market research, to informal citizen information networks. We use this research to determine and understand our target audiences, to sample countrywide 'atmospherics', drive strategy, test product and measure effect.
We devise effective communication strategies with our clients and then use media placement and a full range of other public relations tools to disseminate and deploy. We evaluate our strategic effects using focus groups, campaign tracking surveys, market research and analysis of monitored media across entire countries and regions. We also collate a powerful 'eyes on the ground' snap shot of the environments we work in over various timescales – a valuable briefing tool for clients and their management. More importantly, we believe that full business integration is a key component of success and we conduct a full analysis of your business or organization to ensure it's fundamentally aligned internally with your public image and vice versa and if they're not, we help develop and implement the necessary changes to help you achieve your goals.
We assess and analyse the organisation in order to develop a strategy that reflects its historical and present image whilst able to enhance, reinforce or change as required.
We develop distinct but complementary branding for separate parts of business or products, and ensure that there is an appropriate media presence if required.
We are able to rapidly react to shifting client focus and strategy - providing adaptable and effective solutions and strategies.
We provide contingencies for radical on the ground movements and retail market developments, shifts and trends.
We establish a Crisis Communications Response complete with contingencies and implementation.
We take into consideration the changing markets, political and social environment in which we are working and continuously apply them to all our strategies, plans and marketing.
We can help bridge the often intimidating and seemingly interminable gap between the public and private sector through effective CSR, Social Engineering, and PPP, resulting in an amplified positive impact and engagement for your organization, rather than a perceived 'ineffective obligation'.
The media needs managing, whether it is sought out as part of profile strategy or in reaction to positive or indeed negative coverage. We can provide full media relation's strategy and suitable training for spokespersons and staff including crisis communication – something that should be part of company strategy and trained for.
For clients seeking publicity we create corporate videos, commercials, films and photographic 'shorts' for media use; these are an essential part of business and fundraising and, along with other media such as brochures, can be used in business pitches, product launches, press days and conferences in line with your strategic goals. Events are an equally important method of communicating with your target audience – we are able to organize conferences, walkabouts, press days, festivals, rallies and marches each of which can have an enormous effect, especially if coupled with other forms of messaging.
We currently have a complete rapid-reaction capability in Europe, the U.S., Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, accompanied with strategic communications thinking that goes significantly beyond current models.
Advise and respond to client requests or 'pitch' a communication solution of our own.
Provide political, cultural and communication specialists to outline strategic communication plans.
Research countrywide to establish target audiences and strategic focus in addition to CAST our campaign mapping and tracking tool..
Provide all pre- and post-production facilities and personnel, inside the host country or external, as appropriate, in all media – television, radio, print, digital/social media (such as SMS, internet, social networking). Products produced include news programming, advertisements, documentaries, cartoons, and feature films and non-media products such as community and key leadership engagement.
Organize catalyst events such as flash-mobs and merchandising. Organize attributable and non-attributable media buying and content placement.
Develop a complete suite of social campaign management, content marketing and social customer care infrastructures that help your brand or campaign identify and engage with the people who matter most across every social channel.
Develop a secure localized, culturally relevant, interactive web portal with proprietary browser, mail, news, Facebook style social networking, clubs and etc., in locations with limited or rudimentary internet access and development. In addition to this, it has the potential to act as an Internet TV or radio station with 'live' shows and full content. The added value of this site is that it is built to allow extensive information gathering possibilities, from both usage habits, browser use, email, content up and downloads etc. The website can be replicated on flash disks to access countries without consistent access.
Access local staff at all levels, including country specialists, academics, journalists and producers.
We innovate and continually evolve our products based on the ever-changing media environment, our daily research reporting, media analysis, strategic messaging, behavioral forecasting, cultural needs, target audience and market trends and political dynamics. We push for active client involvement throughout the development process of our strategy and products whilst adhering to a strict program of quality control.


Contest: Design your CE T-shirt & win it!
Note: The contest ended on 31[sup]st[/sup] March, 2008.
The wait is over! It's a great pleasure to announce CrazyEngineers' first ever, prize enabled  contest!
We need to come up with a design/message/slogan for our CrazyEngineers T-shirt. Tell us what should we print on the front and back side of our CrazyEngineers T-shirt. If we like your concept, we'll print it on the CE – tee and make it available for everyone. The winner will receive the CrazyEngineers T-shirt for F.R.E.E !
0. Read this post carefully, if needed, thrice.
3. Your entry *must* have "CrazyEngineers.com" in it. (Check the sample entries). Don't worry about the font.
5. Images are accepted; however do not steal anyone else's logo, copyrighted photographs.
8. Winner will be declared on World Fool's day (April-1-2008). We are serious; this is *NOT* an April fool trick.
1. Once you save the template on your computer, open it using your favorite image editor program. You can then zoom in if you need a 'bigger view'.
2. Send your entries to admin [at] CrazyEngineers [dot] com. Do not forget to mention your userId.
Bonus Footnote: Disclaimer: We are not weasels.
If we get good designs / slogans, we will select ONE winner. However, if your designs fail to impress us, there will be NO winner. Do not lose hope if you do not win. If your design is good and we decide to use it later (yep, we will be expanding our CE T-shirt collection), you will get your CE Tee, for free! Trust us.
Doubts, questions, comments, criticism – post a reply here.
Buytheway, the first question. Where the hell did you get that awesome font!?
Can we submit multiple entry ideas?
nice contest u got..hope i can give a design idea..
Come on CEans, lets get those grey cells to pump out some creative juices!!
No great idea yet - but I'll definitely want one when they're finished!
You won't believe! We have already received 4 cool designs within just five hours of announcing the contest!
hi all me new to ce.
Great! Looking forward to your designs.
Amazing response so far !  We sure have creative folks here!
nice work big_k..This topic has more response in such a short time...good going guys.
Come on fellas, you can submit unlimited designs and that means you can increase your chances of winning a cool, *your own design* t-shirt!


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About Neuroblastoma
What is neuroblastoma?
Key research areas
Why fund research?
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Detection, diagnosis & staging
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Isabella's Story
Lynette Haines
In the month before she was diagnosed Isabella started to lose weight, and various other symptoms started to make her very unwell. It was ultimately an abdominal ultrasound that found she had a large mass in her abdomen. As I sat down to hear the ultrasound results from our new GP and new paediatrician, I will forever remember their words: "The ultrasound found a large mass in Bella's abdomen. You need to go to the Sydney Children's Hospital Emergency Department now. Don't delay. You need to expect the worst case scenario….".
The memory of that first night is still a blur of doctors and nurses introducing themselves, many questions, and the words… " We need to do some more tests but we think the abdominal mass is cancerous. We will get the Oncology Team to come and see you". The fear that began that night is still etched in my mind.
I remember feeling that it just couldn't be. Our baby girl couldn't have cancer. She was just a baby.Sarah, Bella's mum
Bella was admitted to hospital that night and didn't leave for over 4 months. Tests confirmed that her abdominal mass was the childhood cancer Neuroblastoma. During these months she was extremely unwell and unstable, and wasn't well enough to go home. She endured so many tests, scans, blood transfusions, plus chemotherapy and major surgery. Her weight became a significant hurdle, at her lowest she was 8kg and she was placed on TPN (nutrition given intravenously) for 4 months.
These months were such an emotional roller coaster…. I found we just lived minute to minute as her health was so variable and so much unknown. It was like we were frozen in time… We were living this nightmare and we didn't want to think too far ahead because we didn't know what the future held.
After 4 months, Bella had a 12 hour surgery to remove almost 85% of the tumour. There were complications during the surgery, however our brave Bella once again fought hard and was out of ICU within days. A few weeks later, just after Bella turned 2 years old her health began to improve, her symptoms became fewer and she was discharged from hospital to continue treatment from home. As time went on her health improved each day and she became stronger.
Now in 2017, Bella is a happy and active 7 year old in Year 2. She loves swimming and gymnastics and really wants to be goal shooter in netball. She is symptom free and though she has active tumour remaining in her abdomen it has been stable in size since 2011. Bella now has yearly MRIs to monitor the tumour. And though she is well, there is still the fear that her tumour will start to grow again.
Life has certainly thrown us some curve balls and it certainly has had many ups and downs… But the more time goes on the more it feels like just a terrible nightmare. We do live a 'new normal' life now….. And while encouraging Bella to live life to the fullest and looking ahead to the future it is never far from our thoughts about how quickly that can change. And how it has changed for many families we met along this childhood cancer journey.
Author: Lynette Haines
High-risk neuroblastoma PDX paper published
We've reached a major milestone this week with the high-risk neuroblastoma PDX paper now made available through the British Journal of Cancer.
Eli's Story #4km
Three month old Eli has been battling neuroblastoma since he was diagnosed at just five weeks of age.
Harry's Story #17 km
Harry, lived life to the fullest. He was an incredible little boy who always had a smile on his face.
Emily's Story #27 km
Emily was an avid AFL fan and will be forever remembered by all who knew her as a passionate, charming and courageous little girl.
Indianna's Story
Indianna was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma at just 12 months of age. Even while enduring high strength chemotherapy she found the strength to play peak a- boo with the nurses and charm the doctors with her smile and incredible dimples.
Amber's Story
In July 2015, four and a half year old Amber had woken up from her sleep complaining of a sore stomach – which was very out of ordinary for her.
Georgie's Story
When parents Katie and George noticed their 15 month old son Georgie's belly button had changed they never imagined that within the month he'd be diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma; a childhood cancer the family had never even heard of.
Madison's Story
Monique noticed Maddie was starting to withdraw more and more from her usual activities and becoming very clingy, which doctors initially put down to a virus and the usual boundary-pushing of her age group. About a week and more doctors' visits later Maddie ended up in the ER.
Benji's Story
Meet our first Run2Cure Neuroblastoma Superhero for 2020 - Benji! He and his family will be taking part in Run2cure 2020 on Sunday 31 May to raise awareness of, and desperately needed funds for a cure for the children's cancer neuroblastoma.
Zach's Story
Paolo and Diana Carniel had never heard of neuroblastoma before August 2018 when their son Zach, just five years old at the time, was first diagnosed.
Ciara's Story
Ciara's is a story of triumph over the children's cancer neuroblastoma and has been the driving force behind over $350,000 in fundraising which has been delivered to Children's Cancer Institute for research into the disease.
In February 2012, when Mia was only one, her mum Karina took her to the doctor. Within six hours, Mia had undergone blood tests and an ultrasound, which identified a tumour on her right kidney.
Penny had a persistent cough which was put down to 'reflux' until late October in 2014, just before Penny's first birthday, when the family headed to the local hospital fearing she may have swallowed a toy however scans indicated Penny had a collapsed lung.
Kitty's Story
Kitty's family's world turned upside down on Tuesday 21 November 2017. The absolute last thing you expect to hear when you bring your child in for a sore leg is that they have cancer.
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Start the new year with a Super Earlybird ticket and save 25% ! Join us at he #funrun4everyone which will take over The Domain, Sydney on Sunday, 31 May 2020!
Most symptoms of neuroblastoma are caused by the growth of the cancer into nearby tissues or organs, or its spread to distant parts of the body such as bones or bone marrow.
Neuroblastomas are cancers that start in early nerve cells (called neuroblasts) of the sympathetic nervous system. This means that tumours can be found anywhere along this system; most commonly (about 50%) start in the adrenal glands (above the kidney), or near the spine, chest, neck or pelvis.
This September, wear gold and join our #hope campaign to raise awareness of all forms of children's cancer and the toll it takes on the youngest members of our community and their families.
Two research grants awarded to the Children's Cancer Institute
Today we announced funding grants to two ground breaking research projects which we hope will take us a step close to finding a cure for the rare and deadly children's cancer neuroblastoma.
Help us beat the number one toddler cancer. Currently, only 50% of those children diagnosed with aggressive neuroblastoma will survive five years after diagnosis – and a third of those children that do survive, will have long term side effects from their treatments. Please donate today to support world class Australian research into developing beter, safer treatments.
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Ricky Starks: Roman Reigns Apologized For Kicking The Shit Out Of Me
Wrestling Roman Reigns
Jeremy Lambert Dec 13, 2021 2:53PM
In 2018, Ricky Starks worked as an extra on WWE television, taking part in a segment where Roman Reigns was arrested.
Starks played a US Marshall, arresting Reigns, only for Reigns to resist and attack the officers.
Speaking to Brandon Walker of Rasslin, Starks recalled the segment and working with Reigns.
"When I showed up to work that day, they didn't say 'you're going to be a cop' or 'you're going to be a sheriff.' They called it something else. It was like the guys who sit in the office and when something cool happens, they throw on the vest. I was a fake (security guard) basically. If there was a drug bust in town, I'm going to show up late after SWAT already showed up. I don't know who that is. I went there, talked to Roman, put these cuffs on and they were really tight. He goes, 'I can't do anything while I have my hands cuffed, so, sorry ahead of time.' I went to grand him and he [double axe handles me]. We get to the corner and he starts stomping the shit out of me. He's a really great guy because afterward he apologized," he said.
Starks worked as an extra or enhancement talent a handful of times in WWE, including taking part in a segment with Ryback where he was slammed through a table. You can find Starks' comments on the Ryback segment by clicking here.
Starks is currently signed to AEW and is the reigning FTW Champion.
If you use any of the quotes above, please credit the original source with a h/t and link back to Fightful for the transcription.


Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, and CEVA Logistics, a leader in supply chain management, opened a new distribution center in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Medtronic and CEVA Logistics will utilize the new 33,000 square meter medical logistics facility to support their global networks and offer world-class distribution services. The expansion will also reinforce Holland's expertise in the South-Limburg region.
On top of the more than 1,000 employees already working at Medtronic's Center of Excellence in Heerlen, an additional 300 employees will work at CEVA Logistics in the distribution center. Together, the two companies are the largest commercial employer in the region.
The new distribution center is dedicated to the storage and distribution of Medtronic's medical devices and equipment, such as surgical instruments, implantables and patient monitoring systems.
"From our distribution center, we can reach 15,000 different hospitals in Europa and more areas within 24 hours", says Sikko Zoer, Vice President Customer Care and Supply Chain of Medtronic EMEA.
Widely known for its sophisticated logistics network, the Netherlands provides the ideal infrastructure that companies like Medtronic need to expand in Europe. Holland received a 10 out of 10 for its strong infrastructure and pro-business climate on Inbound Logistics' 2018 Global Logistics Guide. Heerlen, known for its cluster of medical logistics companies, will allow Medtronic and CEVA Logistics to build on their healthcare solutions and logistics expertise.


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China's exports rebound, trade surplus with US swells
By ASSOCIATED PRESS May 8, 2018
General Government Manufacturing China government manufacturing surplus trade US
Trump is pushing China to slash its surplus with the US as a cornerstone of his combative economic policy.
HONG KONG — China's exports rebounded in April and its politically sensitive monthly trade surplus with the United States grew for the first time in five months as Beijing and Washington haggled over the chronic imbalance.
US officials visited Beijing last week for talks on cooling rising tensions between the world's two largest economies over trade and technology issues. Those meetings appeared to make scant progress, but further discussions are scheduled to resume next week.
China's Foreign Ministry said that a planned visit by President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser, Liu He, to Washington next week shows the US hopes to "reach a consensus" with Beijing on trade and economic issues.
"It is a positive signal," ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the plan for continued talks on May 8.
"We are working on something that we think will be great for everybody," she told reporters.
The data released by China on May 8 showed its trade surplus with the US totalled $80.4 billion in January-April, up from $50 billion in the same period last year. President Donald Trump's demands that China slash its surplus with the US have become a cornerstone of his combative economic policy.
In April, the trade surplus with the US swelled to $22.2 billion, up from $15.4 in March and the first increase since November, as exports to the US grew at a double digit pace.
China's total exports jumped 21.5% in April from the same month the year before, bouncing back from a contraction the previous month thanks to resurgent global demand.
Imports expanded 12.9% year-on-year in dollar terms, leaving the country's global trade surplus for the month at $28.8 billion, a turnaround from a $5 billion deficit the month before.
Among the list of hard-line demands that Trump's delegation handed China last week was an ultimatum to cut $200 billion from its annual trade surplus with the US by 2020. Last year's merchandise trade surplus totalled $375 billion, according to U.S. data, while Chinese statistics put it at about $276 billion.
The widening surplus "reflects the difficulty of closing the trade gap between the two countries in the near term, but it is unlikely to obstruct the constructive progress made recently" in negotiations between Washington and Beijing, ANZ Bank's senior China economist, Betty Wang, said in a research note. The high-level meetings are "constructive moves in the right direction" to resolve the tensions, she said.
After last week's meeting, China's Commerce Ministry said the two sides had agreed to establish a mechanism to try to resolve their dispute, though differences remained.
Trump has threatened to hike tariffs on $150 billion in Chinese imports. China's communist leaders have countered by outlining $50 billion in US goods that they would target with retaliatory duties on goods including aircraft and soybeans.
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The Psychology of Human Thought
Authors: Sternberg, Robert J. --- Funke, Joachim
ISBN: 9783947732333 9783947732340 9783947732357 Year: 2019 Pages: 416 DOI: 10.17885/heiup.470 Language: English
Publisher: Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP)
The "Psychology of Human Thought" is an "open access" collection of peer-reviewed chapters from all areas of higher cognitive processes. The book is intended to be used as a textbook in courses on higher process, complex cognition, human thought, and related courses. Chapters include concept acquisition, knowledge representation, inductive and deductive reasoning, problem solving, metacognition, language, expertise, intelligence, creativity, wisdom, development of thought, affect and thought, and sections about history and about methods. The chapters are written by distinguished scholarly experts in their respective fields, coming from such diverse regions as North America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Israel, and Australia. The level of the chapters is addressed to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
Human Cognition --- Psychology of Thinking --- Decision Making --- Language --- Culture --- Menschliche Kognition --- Psychologie des Denkens --- Willensbildung
Beyond the Flow: Scholarly Publications During and After the Digital
Author: Niels-OIiver Walkowski
ISBN: 9783957961617 Year: 2019 Pages: 383 DOI: 10.14619/1600 Language: English
Publisher: meson press
Subject: Media and communication
In the wake of the so-called digital revolution numerous attempts have been made to rethink and redesign what scholarly publications can or should be. Beyond the Flow examines the technologies as well as narratives driving this unfolding transformation. By unpacking the confusion, heterogeneity and uncertainty that is surrounding scholarly publishing today the book asks for how a sustainable post-digital publishing ecology can be imagined.
Post-Digital --- Open Access --- Digital Publishing --- Digital Media
Open Data Protection - Study on legal barriers to open data sharing - Data Protection and PSI
Authors: Wiebe, Andreas --- Dietrich, Nils
ISBN: 9783863953348 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17875/gup2017-1061 Language: English
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Subject: Law
This study analyses legal barriers to data sharing in the context of the Open Research Data Pilot, which the European Commission is running within its research framework programme Horizon2020. In the first part of the study, data protection issues are analysed. The main focus is on the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) and its implementation in selected EU Member States. Additionally, the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679/EU) and relevant changes are described. Special focus is placed on leading data protection principles. Next, the study describes the use of research data in the Open Research Data Pilot and how data protection principles influence such use. The experiences of the European Commission in running the Open Research Data Pilot so far, as well as basic examples of repository use forms, are considered. The second part of the study analyses the extent to which legislation on public sector information (PSI) influences access to and re-use of research data. The PSI Directive (2003/98/EC) and the impact of its revision in 2013 (2013/37/EU) are described. There is a special focus on the application of PSI legislation to public libraries, including university and research libraries, and its practical implications. In the final part of the study the results are critically evaluated and core recommendations are made to improve the legal situation in relation to research data.
Writing, Medium, Machine: Modern Technographies
Authors: Trotter, David --- Pryor, Sean
Book Series: Technographies ISBN: 9781785420061 9781785420184 Year: 2016 DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_618513 Language: English
Publisher: Open Humanities Press
Subject: Languages and Literatures
Writing, Medium, Machine: Modern Technographies is a collection of thirteen essays by leading scholars which explores the mutual determination of forms of writing and forms of technology in modern literature. The essays unfold from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives the proposition that literature is not less but more mechanical than other forms of writing: a transfigurative ideal machine. The collection breaks new ground archaeologically, unearthing representations in literature and film of a whole range of decisive technologies from the stereopticon through census-and slot-machines to the stock ticker, and from the Telex to the manipulation of genetic code and the screens which increasingly mediate our access to the world and to each other. It also contributes significantly to critical and cultural theory by investigating key concepts which articulate the relation between writing and technology: number, measure, encoding, encryption, the archive, the interface. Technography is not just a modern matter, a feature of texts that happen to arise in a world full of machinery and pay attention to that machinery in various ways. But the mediation of other machines has beyond doubt assisted literature to imagine and start to become the ideal machine it is always aspiring to be. Contributors: Ruth Abbott, John Attridge, Kasia Boddy, Mark Byron, Beci Carver, Steven Connor, Esther Leslie, Robbie Moore, Julian Murphet, James Purdon, Sean Pryor, Paul Sheehan, Kristen Treen.
literature --- encoding --- technology --- number --- the archive --- the interface --- technology in modern literature --- encryption --- measure --- modern literature
Open Access and the Humanities : Contexts, Controversies and the Future
Author: Martin Paul Eve
ISBN: 9781316161012 9781107097896 9781107484016 Year: 2014 Pages: 226 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316161012 Language: English
Subject: Multidisciplinary
If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalyptic new era of 'pay-to-say' publishing. In this book, Martin Paul Eve sets out the histories, contexts and controversies for open access, specifically in the humanities. Broaching practical elements alongside economic histories, open licensing, monographs and funder policies, this book is a must-read for both those new to ideas about open-access scholarly communications and those with an already keen interest in the latest developments for the humanities.
- Provides a comprehensive guide to open access for humanities researchers, written by a humanities researcher
- Covers a full range of phenomena concerning open access and the humanities, including economics, funder policies, open licensing and monographs
- Situates open access within broader paradigms of politics and the university, not shying away from controversy
Open Access, Humanities, open licensing, monographs, funder policies
Factor analysis - Healing an ailing model
Author: Ertel, Suitbert
ISBN: 9783863951337 Year: 2013 Pages: 160 DOI: 10.17875/gup2013-466 Language: English
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a statistical tool for digging out hidden factors which give rise to the diversity of manifest objectives in psychology, medicine and other sciences. EFA had its heyday as psychologist Leon Thurstone (1935 and 1948) based EFA on what he called the "principle of simple structure" (SS). This principle, however, was erroneous from the beginning what remained unrecognized despite subsequent inventions of more sophisticated statistical tools such as confirmatory analysis and structural equation modeling. These methods are highly recommended today as tolerable routes to model complexities of observation. But they did not remove the harmful errors that SS had left behind. Five chapters in this book demonstrate and explain the trouble. In chapter 2 the ailment of SS is healed by introducing an unconventional factor rotation, called Varimin. Varimin gives variables of an analysis an optimal opportunity to manifest functional interrelations underlying correlational observations. Ten applications of Varimin (in chapter 2) show that its results are superior to results obtained by the conventional Varimax procedure. Further applications are presented for sports achievements (chapter 3), intelligence (chapter 4), and personality (chapter 5). If Varimin keeps on standing the tests new theoretical building blocks will arise together with conceptual networks promoting a better understanding of the domains under study. Readers may check this prognosis by themselves using the statistical tool (Varimin) which is provided by open access in the internet.
Exploratory factor analysis --- Psychology --- Varimin
Universitätsverlag Göttingen (2)
Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP) (1)
Open Humanities Press (1)
meson press (1)


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These marijuana dispensaries and delivery businesses are top contenders for licenses in Chula Vista
Marijuana being sold in a San Diego dispensary.
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The list of applicants for retail licenses is down to 34 dispensaries and five delivery business.
By David Hernandez
CHULA VISTA —
The city of Chula Vista is one step closer to creating a legal marijuana market, with the list of dispensaries and delivery businesses that applied for a license to operate whittled down from nearly 100 to 39 top contenders.
Still ongoing is a review of applications for marijuana cultivation, distribution, manufacturing and testing licenses. The city received a total of 136 applications in January, including 84 from dispensaries and 11 from delivery companies.
The city's regulations permit up to two dispensaries and one delivery business in each of the city's four districts.
A consultant created a list of top contenders that narrowed down the number of applicants to 34 dispensaries and five delivery business, though the city has not disqualified any applicants. The list was whittled down using a scoring system during a process that included a review of applications and a round of interviews.
The list of top contenders includes one applicant for a delivery business license in each of the city's districts, with the exception of district two, which covers northwestern Chula Vista.
Emerging as top-scoring dispensaries and delivery companies were Grasshopper Cannabis Delivery, Chula Vista Cannabis, March and Ash Nirvana and Element 7 Chula Vista. Other top-scoring businesses include UL Chula Two, Vista Property Holding, Southern Erudite Ventures and Harvest Chula Vista.
The complete ranking can be found on the city's website.
Now underway is a second round of background checks, led by the Chula Vista Police Department.
After the background checks are completed, businesses with the highest scores will move on to a second phase, in which the applicants will be asked to share details about their planned operations, including site plans and security plans.
A timeline for the second phase was not available.
The marijuana market in Chula Vista, the second-largest city in the county, could become the largest in the region. In addition to dispensaries and delivery companies, the city's regulations allow up to 10 cultivation facilities and an unlimited number of distribution, manufacturing and testing companies.
The city expects to collect about $6 million in marijuana tax revenue a year, with the tax rate set at 7 percent of gross receipts for almost all types of marijuana businesses.
1:22 PM, Sep. 18, 2019: This story was updated to clarify that the city of Chula Vista has not rejected any applications.
David Hernandez
David Hernandez covers law enforcement, crime and public safety across San Diego County. A San Diego State University graduate, he joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.
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Was Woodrow Wilson a Good President?
While researching articles on the general opinion concerning Woodrow Wilson and whether or not he was a good president, I came across a lot of satirical stories. "Woodrow Wilson: The Worst Great President," one video title read. "Woodrow Wilson Was One of Our Most Tragic Presidents," said another. And then a third read, "Woodrow Wilson Achieved a Lot. So Why Is He So Scorned?" With so much opposing information on the internet, was Woodrow Wilson a good president?
While it's true that Wilson is known for some significant accomplishments in advancing the nation, he also had a lot of drawbacks during his presidency. Though he initially tried to keep America out of World War I, he ended up sending unprepared troops into battle. He was racist and wanted to keep America segregated and even endorsed a controversial movie called The Birth of a Nation about the Ku Klux Klan, saying the movie was historically accurate. And he turned a blind eye to lynchings that were happening to African Americans all across America.
Woodrow Wilson was born a preacher's son, grew up in the south and rose from being president of Princeton University to the governor of New Jersey to a United States President in just two years. Let's take a look at what made Wilson a good president.
What Made Woodrow Wilson a Good President?
The Creation of the Federal Reserve System
Prominent in Getting Women the Right to vote
The Creation of the Federal Trade Commission
He Kept America Out of War During His First Term
Went Into World War I With Hopes of Initiating a Peace Treaty
What Made Woodrow Wilson a Bad President?
He Was a Known Racist and Pro Segregation
Helped Squelch a Proposal For Racial Equality Recognition
Toward the End of His Term, His Wife Ran the Country
The Federal Reserve System, otherwise known as the central banking authority of the United States, is considered one of the most important financial institutions in the world. Before the Federal Reserve, the United States was unstable financially, with many cash crunches and bank failures.
When the Federal Reserve Act was signed into law by Wilson, this gave the 12 Federal Reserve banks the ability to print money to ensure economic stability. Basically, the Federal Reserve was given power over the money supply.
When Wilson entered office, he didn't seem to pay much attention to the suffrage movement. Yet things changed one day when picketers were picketing outside the White House, demanding that Wilson follow through with his promised support.
Some picketers were arrested when the police had had enough of the altercations that ensued from onlookers protesting the picketers. When Wilson heard that the police were force-feeding women on a hunger strike, he was outraged and finally stepped in, even joining his daughter, leading suffragist Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
He made good on his word and, in a speech before Congress, publicly endorsed women's right to vote. At first, he did not get enough votes from the Senate for the Amendment to pass, but he continued to campaign for women until enough Senate members voted it through to be ratified by the states.
Finally, on June 4, 1919, the 19th Amendment passed through the Senate and went to the states for ratification. Upon its ratification, Wilson said, "I deem it one of the greatest honors of my life that this great event, so stoutly fought for, for so many years, should have occurred during the period of my administration."
The Federal Trade Commission Act was established for business reform. It was meant to:
Prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices affecting commerce;
Help obtain monetary compensation for injurious conduct toward consumers;
Prescribe specific trade regulation rules that define acts or practices that were unfair or deceptive, and establish requirements that would prevent such acts;
Organize investigations related to business and management of entities in commerce, and
Make reports and legislative recommendations to congress.
Despite his wife, Ellen Axson's death as World War I exploded, Wilson was able to push his grief aside and keep America out of the war for about three years. He entered his second term promising to keep America out of the war but was not able to follow through with his promise this time.
Feeling like there was no alternative, Wilson asked Congress to declare war. Yet despite this needed effort, he was still a proponent for peace, and in January 1918, he proclaimed the Fourteen Points, which were designed to bring peace to the world.
In a speech he made to Congress outlining these points, he had hopes of rebuilding the postwar world with ideas that included freedom of the seas, free trade, and the concept of national self-determination through the dismantling of European empires, replacing them with the creation of new states.
Summary of His Fourteen Points
Open diplomacy without secret treaties
Economic free trade on the seas during war and peace
Equal trade conditions
Decrease armaments among all nations
Adjust colonial claims
Evacuation of all Central Powers from Russia and allow it to define its own independence
Belgium to be evacuated and restored
Return of the Alsace-Lorraine region and all French territories
Readjust Italian borders
Austria-Hungary to be provided an opportunity for self-determination
Redraw the borders of the Balkan region, creating Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro
Creation of a Turkish state with guaranteed free trade in the Dardanelles
Creation of an independent Polish state
Creations of the League of Nations
Point number 14, what Wilson is most known for, involved the creation of the League of Nations, which was to be an international organization that would dedicate itself to keeping peace in the world. This League of Nations is known today as the United Nations.
In 1913, a Cabinet meeting was held with Postmaster General Albert Burleson, who wanted the Railway Mail Service to be segregated. He was disgruntled about having to share glasses, towels, and washrooms with African Americans. Wilson's response, he "wished the matter adjusted in a way to make the least friction."
Burleson and the Treasury Secretary William McAdoo took that to mean he authorized segregation. As a result, the Department of Treasury and Post Office Department fabricated screened-off workspaces, separate lunchrooms, and bathrooms.
Civil Rights Activist, W.E.B. Dubois, who had initially supported Wilson, became very discouraged. In a letter he wrote to the President, he told of a black clerk who worked at a place where he could not be segregated due to the type of work he did. So people built a cage around him to separate him from his white coworkers.
At the Versailles Convention in 1919, Wilson tore down a proposal by Japan that urged the treaty to recognize the principle of racial equality. He declared the Amendment defeated because the vote to move forward with this policy was not unanimous. Eleven of the 17 members were in favor of the Amendment.
Instead, it appears that Wilson did not want to recognize racial equality. What he wanted was to make the British Empire happy. They were for subjugating African and South Asian people.
A descendant of Confederate soldiers, Wilson appears sympathetic to the Ku Klux Klan. In his book, A History of the American People, Wilson writes:
"The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation… until at least there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country."
This quote ended up in the movie, The Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith, which portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as saviors of the South and African Americans as savages. Wilson ordered a private screening of the movie and praised it for being historically accurate.
Wilson was somewhat sickly and overworked and suffered a series of strokes that left him partially impaired and paralyzed. Yet he kept this a secret for as long as he could, and given that there was no set law in place stating that the vice president takes over the duties of the president in his absence, things went on as usual without him. But it was his second wife, Edith, who took on the prominent role in his affairs. She acted as his special assistant until the end of his presidency in March 1921. Three years later, he died.
Though there are many ways Wilson advanced our country, including giving women the right to vote, it seems through public opinion – at least public that is for equality, whether black or white – in order for Wilson to be deemed a good president, he would need to be seen that way by all. And with the racist bias he possessed, this is not the case.
In 2020, Princeton University finally responded to the people's outcry and removed Wilson's name from the University's School of Public and International Affairs. Princeton's trustees said that they had to consider whether it was right for the University's school of public affairs to contain the name of a racist who segregated the country's civil service after it had been integrated for decades.
Though Wilson is seen as a progressive internationalist statesman, his reputation as a racist and the policies he enforced are marred. A "good" president needs to be seen as "good" by a representation of all the citizens of the country he serves.
This is not how Wilson was viewed by African Americans and those who supported equality for all.
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\subsection{Results}\subsubsection{Scaling and data collapse}}

The derivation of the $T$-linear scaling shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:linearscaling} assumed that the downshifted  triplet state crosses the singlet state freely.  This assumption no longer holds in the presence of spin orbit coupling. The triplet will in general be split but in a magnetic field one level will still move down to approach the ground state with a modified $g$ factor.  Any off-diagonal matrix element $D$ will mix these states, leading to level repulsion and resulting in an additional, independent, constraint $D<T$ supplementing the diagonal constraint $|J-|H||<T$. It is important to note spin-orbit coupling is a necessary but not sufficient ingredient for the level repulsion: spin-orbit coupling modifies the magnetic exchanges in two distinct ways depending on spatial symmetries.
With an inversion center at the bond midpoint, or certain other combinations of symmetries, the matrix $J_{i j}^{\alpha \beta}$ of the spin exchange $J_{i j}^{\alpha \beta}S^\alpha_i S^\beta_j$  is required to be symmetric. The two-spin singlet state is odd under the inversion symmetry and does not mix with the triplet manifold. However without these symmetries, the spin exchange matrix gains an antisymmetric contribution to $J_{i j}^{\alpha \beta}$ which is conventionally described by the DM term $\vec D \cdot (\vec S_i \times \vec S_j) $. The magnitude of the DM vector $\vec D$ is linear in the strength of SOC for weak SOC. By breaking inversion symmetry $i \leftrightarrow j$ it mixes the singlet and the triplet and produces the desired level repulsion.

The preceding argument may be considered in more detail. While the zero-field splitting is given simply by $(1/2)\sqrt{J^2 + |D|^2 }$,
in a magnetic field this splitting becomes (Supplementary \NCarxiv{Note 1}{\ref{app:twospins}})
\begin{align} \Delta E = \frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\sqrt{2(|H|-J)^2 + D_1^2 + D_2^2} \label{eq:split}\end{align}
where $D_1,D_2$ are the components of the DM vector $\vec D$ that lie perpendicular to the magnetic field $\vec H$.
It is clear that each component of the DM vector $\vec D$ that enters into the resonance condition Eq.~\ref{eq:split} contributes a factor of $T/D$ to the scaling of specific heat at low $T$  (Supplementary \NCarxiv{Note 3}{\ref{app:heatcapacity}}). Furthermore, as long as the ratio of DM interactions to symmetric exchange interactions remains roughly fixed in the RG flow, these factors can be replaced by $T/H$. We show that this  is indeed the case within the strong-disorder-RG renormalization step (Supplementary \NCarxiv{Note 2}{\ref{app:SDRG}}). The details of the scaling functions can depend on crystal symmetry as well as the dimensionality of the magnetic lattice (Supplementary \NCarxiv{Note 4}{\ref{app:results}}).
We thus find three possibilities: the linear scaling $C[T] \sim  T /H^\gamma$ may stay the same or gain a factor linear or quadratic in $T/H$.

This result can be captured by a general scaling function $F_q$ for the density of states as measured by heat capacity,
\begin{align}
\label{eq:scaling}
\frac{C[H,T]}{T} \ \sim& \ \ \frac{1}{H^{\gamma}} \ F_q\left[\frac{T}{H}\right]
\\
 F_q[X] \ \sim& \  \left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
 X^{q} & \quad X \ll 1\\
 X^{-\gamma}\left(1 + \frac{c_0}{X^2}\right)& \quad X \gg 1 \end{array}
 \right.
 \nonumber
\end{align}
The sub-dominant  scaling term at large $T/H$ must be added in order to satisfy the Maxwell relation between entropy and magnetization. A related subdominant term must be added to the scaling of magnetization at $T\ll H$ yielding $M/H\sim H^{-\gamma}\left(1-m_1 (T/H)^{q+2}\right)$
(for $m_1$ and further discussion see Supplementary~\NCarxiv{Note 5}{\ref{app:magnetization}}).
Here the coefficient $c_0$ is given by $c_0 = ((1+\gamma)\gamma/2) /(C_{H=0}/T \chi_{H=0})$ when the zero-field susceptibility is $\chi_{H=0} \sim T^{-\gamma}$.
This scaling form shows the familiar non-universal exponent $0 \lesssim \gamma \lesssim 1$ that characterizes the random-singlet distribution, but in addition  a new integer index $q$ appears that takes one of the three values $\{0,1,2\}$ for the three cases described above; its choice depends on the interplay of SOC with spatial symmetries as we will discuss below.

Two different values of $q$ are necessary to capture the observed experimental scaling we are aware of so far.  We have already discussed the quadratic scaling ($q=1$) observed for H$_3$LiIr$_2$O$_6$ and LiZn$_2$Mo$_3$O$_8$.
The $q=1$ scaling in these layered magnets may be understood as arising from a DM vector that is forced to point perpendicular to the lattice plane by an approximate reflection symmetry across the plane that emerges during the course of RG flow: in each strong-disorder RG step the new spin exchanges are generated based on the pattern of valence bonds that have been integrated out at higher energies, and for a 2D lattice any such configuration of valence bonds preserves the mirror reflection across the plane, leading (Supplementary \NCarxiv{Note 4}{\ref{app:results}}) to a single-component DM vector and $q=1$.

In Fig.~\ref{fig:herbertsmithite} we show the data collapse for the well studied spin--1/2 kagome lattice material ZnCu$_3$(OH)$_6$Cl$_2$. It is known that approximately 15\% of the Zn sites which are off the kagome planes are replaced by Cu, forming $S$=1/2 local moments\cite{Lee2016}. Furthermore, there is significant DM coupling. We should mention two caveats. First the nuclear contribution makes the low temperature spin contribution inaccessible and second, the bulk spin gap is estimated to be 0.7 meV, so that the high field data may have some bulk contribution due to the closing of the spin gap. With these reservations, the data collapse shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:herbertsmithite} may also be consistent with the $q=1$ case.

Next we consider the layered material 1T-TaS$_2$, where a charge density wave (CDW)   transition at intermediate temperatures leads to a cluster Mott insulator with one spin--1/2 per 13-site unit cell arranged into a triangular lattice, with phenomenology consistent with a spin liquid state\cite{Lee2017}. A small fraction of the spins (less than than a few \% per cluster) were recently observed to produce a low temperature $T$-linear term in the heat capacity with a coefficient that decreases monotonically with a magnetic field (Ref.~\onlinecite{Kanigel2017} Fig.~4) roughly as $C\sim H^{-2/3} T$. This is consistent with the argument above for linear scaling ($q=0$) for 1T-TaS$_2$ due to its high crystal symmetry, preserved even in the CDW state, that forbids DM interactions from being generated for not only nearest neighbor and second neighbor bonds but further neighbor bonds as well.
A replot of the $C[H,T]$ two-parameter data (Y. Dagan and I. Silber, personal communication) indeed shows data collapse  consistent with Eq.~\ref{eq:scaling} with $q=0$.

It will be interesting to test the data collapse scaling form for other frustrated spin--1/2 quantum magnets.
Other layered compounds such as YbMgGaO$_4$ and YbZnGaO$_4$, both with effective spin--1/2 moments from Yb arranged on a triangular lattice and with intrinsic Mg/Ga and Zn/Ga charge disorder\cite{srep,Gegenwart2017} show clear $C\sim T^{1-\gamma}$ scaling in zero field measurements\cite{srep, Li2016, Wen2018};
but the $T \ll H \ll J_0$ scaling limit, given the small lattice magnetic exchange energy $J_0 \sim$ few K,  is not yet clear. The case $q=2$ is expected to arise most naturally in magnets with fully 3D magnetic lattices such as Ba$_2$YMoO$_6$\cite{Bos2010}, which we leave for future work.

Finally, we note that the appearance of scaling and data collapse sheds light on two interrelated subsystems of the quantum magnet.
The first subsystem is formed by the local moments that contribute to the heat capacity scaling.
When the material disorder does not directly change the sites of its spin--1/2 lattice but rather impacts it (weakly or strongly) only through bond randomness in the magnetic exchanges --- likely the case for all the materials discussed above except synthetic herbertsmithite --- then  the local moment subsystem is  \textit{emergent} via an unusual RG flow\cite{randommagnets}. The quantum critical scaling functions which can be exhibited by this subsystem are interesting both in their own right and as a signature of a coexisting quantum paramagnet state for the second subsystem, consisting of the remaining spins. This coexisting quantum paramagnetic phase must involve valence bonds which may be frozen, possibly with a relic of valence-bond-solid order, or resonating, as in a quantum spin liquid and associated topological order.  The interplay of the quantum paramagnet with the local moments that produce the $T/H$ scaling merits further exploration.

\textit{Acknowledgments.}
IK thanks Adam Nahum and T. Senthil for discussions and instrumental related work, and Martin Mourigal for relevant discussions. TMM and JPS acknowledge Oleg Tchernyshyov for
useful discussions. We thank Joel Helton and Young Lee for discussions and for permission to show their data collapse plot Fig.~\ref{fig:herbertsmithite}. We thank Hidenori Takagi for discussions. We also thank Yoram Dagan and Itai Silber for sharing their data and plots for 1T-TaS$_2$.  IK acknowledges support by the Pappalardo fellowship at MIT.
The work at IQM was supported by the U.S.
Department of Energy, office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of
Materials Sciences and Engineering under Grant No. DEFG02-08ER46544. TMM
acknowledges support of the David and Lucile Packard foundation.
PAL acknowledges the support of DOE Grant No.\ DE-FG02-03-ER46076.

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J.P.S. and T.M.M. contributed to the synthesis and measurements of LiZn$_2$Mo$_3$O$_8$. I.K., T.M.M., and P.A.L. contributed to the conception and analysis of the theoretical problem and to the writing of the paper.

The authors declare no competing interests.

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The data generated in this study are available from the authors on reasonable request.
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Edward Jack Roebuck (July 3, 1931 – June 14, 2018) was an American professional baseball relief pitcher and scout, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 11 seasons (–; –) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies. He appeared in the World Series with the Dodgers in 1955 and 1956. During his playing days, Roebuck stood , weighing . He threw and batted right-handed.

Pitching career

Brooklyn
Roebuck was born in East Millsboro, located in the heart of Southwest Pennsylvania's coal mining country. After attending Brownsville Area High School, he began his 19-season playing career in the Dodgers' organization in 1949, and was called to the majors in  after winning 45 games over three years for the Triple-A Montreal Royals. Working out of the Brooklyn bullpen, the rookie got into 47 games, second only to relief ace Clem Labine's 60 games pitched, and posted 12 saves to lead the pennant-winning team. His earned run average was an effective 2.57 as late as July 22, but a succession of rough outings inflated his final ERA for 1955 to a poor 4.71. Roebuck made one appearance in the 1955 World Series against the New York Yankees, pitching two scoreless innings in Game 6 in relief of Russ Meyer in a 5–1 Brooklyn defeat. But the Dodgers came back the next day, October 4, 1955, to win Game 7 and Brooklyn's only world championship, 2–0, behind Johnny Podres' complete game shutout.

The next season, Roebuck had only one save in 43 games and led the National League in wild pitches, while the Dodgers repeated as league champions. In Game 2 of the 1956 World Series, he halted a five-run Yankee rally in the second inning against starting pitcher Don Newcombe by getting Joe Collins to ground out, then left for a pinch hitter in the Dodger half of the inning. Brooklyn scored six runs in that frame and went on to defeat the Yankees 13–8 behind the stellar, seven-inning relief work of Don Bessent. Roebuck made two more appearances, in Games 4 and 7, surrendering a  home run to Mickey Mantle in the former game,  and pitching two shutout innings of mop-up work in the latter, both Yankee victories.

In , the Dodgers' last season in Brooklyn, Roebuck won eight of ten decisions and improved his earned run average to 2.71. He also made his only career MLB start, going five innings on June 5 against the Cincinnati Redlegs and allowing two runs in an eventual 3–0 Dodger defeat.

Los Angeles
His first two seasons as a Dodger in Los Angeles were ruined by a sore arm (), then a year-long minor league demotion () that cost Roebuck the chance to earn a second World Series ring.

Roebuck was able to return to form at Triple-A and spend the next six full seasons in the majors, although he again experienced arm trouble in , worked in only five games, and spent part of the year on the Dodgers' voluntarily retired list. But he rebounded again.

In , he was the Dodgers' most successful bullpen ace, helping them to a first-place tie with their archrival, the San Francisco Giants, after the full slate of 162 games. But Los Angeles dropped the 1962 National League tie-breaker series, two games to one. Roebuck worked in all three games, allowing no runs and only two hits in 4 innings pitched over his first two outings as the teams split, one game apiece. In the decisive third game, officially the 165th regular season contest each team would play in 1962, Roebuck relieved Podres in the sixth inning and held the Giants scoreless for the next three frames, as the Dodgers took a 4–2 lead.

But in the top of the ninth inning, defensive lapses enabled the Giants to claw back against Roebuck. After being struck on the hand by a Willie Mays line drive single back through the box, he left the game with one out, a run in and the bases loaded. His successor on the mound, Stan Williams, then allowed a sacrifice fly to tie the game and issued a bases-loaded walk to give the Giants the lead; an insurance run then scored on an error. San Francisco won the 1962 National League pennant, with Roebuck charged with only his second loss in 12 decisions on the season, although his 64 appearances and ten victories were career bests.

Washington and Philadelphia
That season-ending, ninth-inning collapse affected Roebuck in ; he struggled on the mound for the Dodgers, with his ERA climbing by over a run to 4.24, and he was traded to the Senators on July 30. He got into 28 games for Washington's manager, former Dodger teammate Gil Hodges, before he was sent back to the Senior Circuit early in . Teaming with Philadelphia's bullpen ace, Jack Baldschun, he responded with a standout season for the Phillies, notching 12 saves in 60 appearances and a career-best 2.21 ERA. But a disastrous, late-September losing streak cost the Phillies the National League title. In , Roebuck posted five relief victories and three saves, but his workload and effectiveness diminished. The Phillies assigned him to Triple-A San Diego for  and recalled him in midyear, but he dropped two decisions in six games and was released.

During his big-league career, Roebuck had a very high winning percentage, compiling a mark of 52 wins and 31 defeats (.627) with seasons of 8–2 (1957), 8–3 (1960) and 10–2 (1962) for the Dodgers. He compiled 62 career saves and an ERA of 3.35. He worked in 460 games, all but one in relief, and in 791 innings pitched, he allowed 753 hits and 302 bases on balls, with 477 strikeouts. A competent batsman, Roebuck collected 28 hits (including two home runs) and batted .204 lifetime in the majors.

Roebuck was also known as one of the game's finest fungo hitters, who endeavored to hit fungo home runs from home plate in every MLB stadium. In 1964, still an active player with the rival Phillies, Roebuck was asked by Roy Hofheinz, owner of the Houston Colt .45s, to hit the highest fungo fly balls he could in order to determine the ideal roof height for baseball's first domed stadium, the Astrodome, still under construction at the time.

Longtime scout
After his playing career ended, Roebuck was a scout for a number of teams, including the Dodgers, Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox. He retired in 2004 and died June 14, 2018, at age 86 in Lakewood, California, where he had lived since 1958. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach).

References

External links

Ed Roebuck at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

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Potential Problems in Augustine's Conversion Narrative, Part 1
Posted on April 20, 2013 by hannahlyn
As many readers have expressed, the experience of reading Augustine's Confessions is irrefutably powerful, but also brings with it several confusing, at first conflicting, accounts of conversion. In a series of two posts, I will be addressing two questions which often arise upon reading The Confessions. In this post, we will encounter the first question: how can Augustine be simultaneously certain of the Christian faith, but unwilling to adhere to it?
This question stems from a passage in Book VIII where Augustine records:
My desire (cupiebam) was not to be more certain (certior) of you but to be more stable (stabilior) in you. But in my temporal life everything was in a state of uncertainty (nutabant omnia),[ref]Chadwick's translation of omnia nutabant as "everything was in a state of uncertainty" can be misleading. It is important to note that this "certainty" does not refer to the certainty (certior) mentioned in the previous sentence. Literally, we could translate it as "all things were wavering," referring not to the need for certainty, but the need for stability. Augustine is not contradicting himself; though his mind is certain, his heart is wavering and unstable.[/ref]and my heart (cor) needed to be purified from the old leaven. I was attracted to the way, the Savior himself, but was still reluctant to go along its narrow paths.[ref]Augustine, The Confessions, trans. Henry Chadwick (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), VIII.i (1), p. 133.[/ref]
At this point in his journey, Augustine's quest for certainty has been satisfied due to his readings of the Platonist books and the compelling expositions of Scripture and Christian doctrine from Bishop Ambrose. Although he acknowledges the truth of Christianity, he is not secure in his faith because the things of this life cause his heart to waver and remain impure; he is still on his quest for stability.[ref]Robert O'Connell uses the helpful terms: "quest for certainty" and "quest for stability/gift of stability" in differentiating Augustine's journey. See his Images of Conversion in St. Augustine's "Confessions," (New York: Fordham University Press, 1996).[/ref] The use of the comparative adjective, stabilior, coming from the verb, stare, meaning "to stand, stay or remain," gives us a clue on what kind of stability Augustine desires. To be more stable, then, is, as Robert O'Connell puts it, "to take a 'stand' and maintain it."[ref]O'Connell, Images of Conversion in St. Augustine's "Confessions," 192.[/ref] Like a man attempting to find a firm foothold in the strong current of a river or in the oncoming tides of an ocean, Augustine's feet keep shifting away from the faith as he is being pulled and pushed by the waters of his other desires. With his certainty of Christianity, he has the tools necessary to stand strong, to plant his feet firmly in the river, but, for some reason, he remains divided and cannot access them.
His conflicted nature is clearly seen when he recalls in Book VII:
But there was a firm place (stabiliter) in my heart (corde) for the faith within the Catholic Church, in your Christ, our Lord and Savior. In many respects this faith was still unformed and hesitant about the norm of doctrine. Yet my mind (animus) did not abandon it, but daily drank in more and more.[ref]Augustine, The Confessions, VII.v (7), p. 116. [/ref]
His heart is not completely devoid of stability (thus, the adverb of stabilis: stabiliter, is used) as he has some kind of stable or firm place for this unformed faith. But this stability is not enough to push his heart toward embracing doctrine and enduring purification. His mind, on the other hand, is gulping down truth in increasing quantities. We are led to ask then: if he were truly convinced that Christ is the only true source for goodness and truth, would not his whole being, heart and mind, reach out to take hold of such goodness? Why do his feet keep slipping?
Tackling the Question with the Help of Bernard Lonergan
Lonergan writes of three different types of conversion in his Method in Theology. I believe that his differentiation between conversions will help us address this question. First, we will briefly look at his three types and then see how they relate to Augustine's conversion narrative.
Lonergan's three types of conversion are intellectual, moral and religious. Intellectual conversion is a "radical clarification and, consequently, the elimination of an exceedingly stubborn and misleading myth concerning reality, objectivity and human knowledge."[ref]Bernard Lonergan, Method in Theology (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971), 238.[/ref] This myth, which Lonergan repeatedly counters throughout his writings, is that knowing is solely looking at the world and the real is only what it out there right now. Upon rejecting this myth, our minds are turned and converted to the proper way of grasping the world, a world that is mediated by meaning.
Moral conversion "changes the criterion of one's decisions and choices from satisfaction to values."[ref]Ibid., 240.[/ref] This is where we decide on what standards we will employ to determine whether an act is good or bad.
Religious conversion is "being grasped by ultimate concern," "a other-worldly falling in love," and "a total and permanent self-surrender without conditions, qualifications, reservations."[ref]Ibid.[/ref] We are taken with what is most important because we have fallen in love with Someone outside of this world, the Creator of the universe. This love compels us to surrender our whole being to Him without limits.
Using Lonergan's description, we can now differentiate between Augustine's conversions: intellectual, moral and religious. First, we recognize that Augustine has experienced the beginnings of an intellectual conversion through reading Platonists and listening to Ambrose. He turns from his false beliefs in materialism to embrace a world, both visible and invisible, mediated by meaning. As a result of this intellectual turn, he is able to claim certainty in the Christian faith. Thus, even before the garden experience, his mind starts to engage in the truth of God, " . . . my mind (animus) did not abandon [my faith in Christ], but daily drank in more and more," but his heart, though it has enough stability to have unformed faith, is still reluctant to give up the sinful pleasures and plunge completely in God.[ref]Augustine, The Confessions, VII.v (7), p. 116.[/ref]
Augustine's intellectual conversion brings about rumblings of a moral conversion as well. He realizes that his moral decisions need to be made according to the values of the Christian faith and not according to his own sensual desires. Even though he has chosen his standard and has made his decision, he does not act upon it. He prays, "Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet," fearing that God may cure him too quickly of his sexual disease.[ref]Ibid., VIII.vii (17), p. 145.[/ref]
Through experiencing and understanding the world, Augustine begins both his intellectual conversion, where he is able to judge reality more appropriately, and a moral conversion, where he can decide on what is good. And yet, he cannot find the stability because it must come from the highest conversion, the religious conversion. For, as Lonergan comments, "Deciding is one thing, doing is another."[ref]Lonergan, Method in Theology, 240.[/ref] Without a religious conversion, Augustine does not have the power to implement his other two conversions. A religious conversion provides the "power of love to enable" a person to do what he or she knows is right.[ref]Ibid., 242.[/ref] Though Augustine has met with both intellectual and moral conversions and has become convicted of the truth of Christianity, he needs the power of God's love to obtain the stability for which he longs.
An experience, such as a conversion, can never by fully systematized (as we will discuss in the next post). But, upon referring to Lonergan's description of conversion, we have been provided helpful vocabulary in order to engage in Augustine's conflicted state. Through this engagement, we can more clearly identify the elements which push him toward certainty and the elements which hold him back from stability.
In the next post, we will address a second complexing issue: when did Augustine actually put his faith in Christ?
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