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Research and Intelligence Associate
Public Group International Ltd
Team: Research and Intelligence
Role closes - 2021-01-10T23:59:00Z 11:59pm, 10th Jan 2021 GMT (Europe/London)
£25,000-£30,000 dependent on experience
London (temporarily remote)
The Research and Intelligence Associate will form a key part of PUBLIC's growing Research and Intelligence Team, supporting with data collection, analysis and insight to support PUBLIC's investment and venture building activities. The Research and Intelligence Associate will also help to contribute towards PUBLIC's research and advisory projects undertaken in partnership with European governments. This includes an on-going GovTech research project with the government of the Netherlands.
Main responsibilities will include:
Conducting research and analysis activities in different GovTech verticals, especially health and social technology, policing and justice, and smart cities, in order to derive understanding of key market trends and priorities.
Disseminating learnings and findings to members of the internal PUBLIC team to support business units across the company.
Researching, analysing and meeting with GovTech startups, contributing towards building a pipeline of startups for PUBLIC's acceleration and investment activities.
Supporting on PUBLIC's government consulting and digital transformation projects, working with a range of government partners on different
Analysing key data sources, such as government spend and contract data, to understand and uncover opportunities for PUBLIC portfolio companies.
Supporting on PUBLIC's external research projects, especially its ongoing projects with European governments.
Contributing towards PUBLIC's external thought-leadership work, including writing articles and commentary on trends in GovTech.
The selected candidate will have some experience working in technology research, consulting or venture, as well as an interest in PUBLIC's core mission of using technology to transform public services.The selected candidate will be able to demonstrate:
Experience in startups, technology, venture capital or government.
Interest in PUBLIC's mission of supporting technology companies to solve major public challenges.
The ability to achieve to an exceptional standard in your chosen area (this can be in professional, academic or extracurricular pursuits).
A high level of resourcefulness and determination.
Excellent written English.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with external stakeholders.
The ability to work independently and manage a varied workload.
The ability to work as part of a team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Additional desired skills include:
Experience conducting data collection and analysis.
Experience with organising or running events.
Proficiency in another language (especially Dutch, French or German)
What you don't need
A traditional educational background, or university degree
About PUBLIC
PUBLIC helps technology startups transform public services. We provide insight, support, networks, and capital to entrepreneurs with the latest and most innovative ideas, helping them to improve the lives of citizens through enhancing the services that the government provides.
In addition to supporting a growing portfolio of over 35 technology startups around Europe, PUBLIC builds new ventures in-house to develop technology solutions to some of the most significant challenges faced by European governments.We are a team of passionate problem solvers with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds aiming to use technology to solve major public and societal problems
Role posted - 2020-12-18T19:39:26Z 7:39pm, 18th Dec 2020 GMT
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export ambient_space, rank, gram_matrix, inner_product, involution, ishermitian, is_quadratic, is_regular,
       is_local_square, is_isometric, is_rationally_isometric, is_isotropic, is_isotropic_with_vector, quadratic_space,
       hermitian_space, diagonal, invariants, hasse_invariant, witt_invariant, orthogonal_basis, fixed_field,
       restrict_scalars, orthogonal_complement

################################################################################
#
#  Maps
#
################################################################################

@attributes mutable struct AbsSpaceMor{D, T} <: Map{D, D, HeckeMap, AbsSpaceMor}
  header::MapHeader{D, D}
  matrix::T

  function AbsSpaceMor(V::D, W::D, B::T) where {D, T}
    z = new{D, T}()
    z.header = MapHeader{D, D}(V, W)
    z.matrix = B
    return z
  end
end

function hom(V::AbsSpace, W::AbsSpace, B::MatElem; check::Bool = false)
  @req base_ring(V) == base_ring(W) "Spaces must have the same base field"
  @req nrows(B) == dim(V) && ncols(B) == dim(W) """
  Dimension mismatch. Matrix ($(nrows(B))x$(ncols(B))) must be of
  dimensions $(dim(V))x$(dim(W)).
  """
  if check
    GV = gram_matrix(V)
    GW = gram_matrix(W)
    fl = B * GW * transpose(_map(B, involution(W))) == GV
    if !fl
      error("Matrix does not define a morphism of spaces")
    end
  end
  return AbsSpaceMor(V, W, B)
end

function image(f::AbsSpaceMor, v::Vector)
  V = domain(f)
  w = matrix(base_ring(V), 1, length(v), v) * f.matrix
  return vec(collect(w))
end

@attr Bool function is_injective(f::AbsSpaceMor)
  return rank(f.matrix) == nrows(f.matrix)
end

function image(f::AbsSpaceMor, L::AbsLat)
  V = domain(f)
  @req V==ambient_space(L) "L not in domain"
  W = codomain(f)
  if is_injective(f)
    B = pseudo_matrix(L)
    fB = matrix(B)*f.matrix
    PB = pseudo_matrix(fB, B.coeffs)
    return lattice(W, PB)
  else
    error("not implemented")
  end
end

function image(f::AbsSpaceMor, L::ZLat)
  V = domain(f)
  @req V==ambient_space(L) "L not in domain"
  W = codomain(f)
  B = basis_matrix(L)*f.matrix
  isbasis = is_injective(f)
  return lattice(W, B, isbasis=isbasis, check=false)
end

function preimage(f::AbsSpaceMor, L::ZLat)
  V = domain(f)
  W = codomain(f)
  @req W==ambient_space(L) "L not in codomain"
  ok, B = can_solve_with_solution(f.matrix, basis_matrix(L), side=:left)
  if !ok
    # intersect with the image
    L1 = intersect(lattice(W, f.matrix) , L)
    L2 = primitive_closure(L, L1)
    ok, B = can_solve_with_solution(f.matrix, basis_matrix(L2), side=:left)
    @assert ok
  end
  return lattice(V, B)
end

function compose(f::AbsSpaceMor, g::AbsSpaceMor)
  @req codomain(f) === domain(g) "incompatible morphisms"
  return hom(domain(f), codomain(g), f.matrix * g.matrix)
end

################################################################################
#
#  Creation
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    rescale(q::AbsSpace, r) -> AbsSpace

For $q=(V,\Phi)$ return the space $(V, r \Phi)$.
"""
rescale(q::AbsSpace, r)

################################################################################
#
#  Basic invariants
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    rank(V::AbsSpace) -> Int

Return the rank of the space `V`.
"""
@attr Int rank(L::AbsSpace) = rank(L.gram)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    dim(V::AbsSpace) -> Int

Return the dimension of the space `V`.
"""
dim(V::AbsSpace) = nrows(V.gram)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace) -> MatElem

Return the Gram matrix of the space `V`.
"""
gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace) = V.gram

# Once we have quaternion spaces the following makes more sense

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    base_ring(V::AbsSpace) -> NumField

Return the algebra over which the space `V` is defined.
"""
base_ring(V::AbsSpace) = _base_algebra(V)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    fixed_field(V::AbsSpace) -> NumField

Return the fixed field of the space `V`.
"""
fixed_field(::AbsSpace)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    involution(V::AbsSpace) -> NumField

Return the involution of the space `V`.
"""
involution(V::AbsSpace)

################################################################################
#
#  Predicates
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_regular(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is regular, that is, if the Gram matrix
has full rank.
"""
function is_regular(V::AbsSpace)
  return rank(V) == dim(V)
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_quadratic(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is quadratic.
"""
is_quadratic(::AbsSpace)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    ishermitian(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is hermitian.
"""
ishermitian(::AbsSpace)

################################################################################
#
#  Determinant and discriminant
#
################################################################################

@attr elem_type(fixed_field(V)) function det(V::AbsSpace{S}) where S
  d = det(gram_matrix(V))
  return fixed_field(V)(d)
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    det(V::AbsSpace) -> FieldElem

Return the determinant of the space `V` as an element of its fixed field.
"""
det(::AbsSpace)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    discriminant(V::AbsSpace) -> FieldElem

Return the discriminant of the space `V` as an element of its fixed field.
"""
function discriminant(V::AbsSpace)
  d = det(V)
  n = mod(rank(V), 4)
  if n == 0 || n == 1
    return d
  else
    return -d
  end
end

function _discriminant(G)
  d = det(G)
  n = nrows(G)
  if mod(n, 4) == 0 || mod(n, 4) == 1
    return d
  else
    return -d
  end
end

################################################################################
#
#  Computing inner products
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace, M::MatElem) -> MatElem

Return the Gram matrix of the rows of `M` with respect to the Gram matrix of the space `V`.
"""
function gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace{T}, M::MatElem{S}) where {S, T}
  @req ncols(M) == dim(V) "Matrix must have $(dim(V)) columns ($(ncols(M)))"
  if S === elem_type(T)
    return M * gram_matrix(V) * transpose(_map(M, involution(V)))
  else
    Mc = change_base_ring(base_ring(V), M)
    return Mc * gram_matrix(V) * transpose(_map(Mc, involution(V)))
  end
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace, S::Vector{Vector}) -> MatElem

Return the Gram matrix of the sequence `S` with respect to the Gram matrix of the space `V`.
"""
function gram_matrix(V::AbsSpace{T}, S::Vector{Vector{U}}) where {T, U}
  m = zero_matrix(base_ring(V), length(S), rank(V))
  for i in 1:length(S)
    if length(S[i]) != rank(V)
      throw(error("Vectors must be of length $(rank(V))"))
    end
    for j in 1:rank(V)
      m[i, j] = S[i][j]
    end
  end
  return gram_matrix(V, m)
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    inner_product(V::AbsSpace, v::Vector, w::Vector) -> FieldElem

Return the inner product of `v` and `w` with respect to the bilinear form of the space `V`.
"""
inner_product(V::AbsSpace, v::Vector, w::Vector)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    inner_product(V::AbsSpace, v::MatElem, w::MatElem) -> MatElem

Shortcut for `v * gram_matrix(V) * adjoint(w)`.
"""
inner_product(V::AbsSpace, v::MatElem, w::MatElem)

_inner_product(L::AbsLat, v, w) = inner_product(ambient_space(L), v, w)

################################################################################
#
#  Diagonalization
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    orthogonal_basis(V::AbsSpace) -> MatElem

Return a matrix `M`, such that the rows of `M` form an orthogonal basis of the space `V`.
"""
function orthogonal_basis(V::AbsSpace)
  G = gram_matrix(V)
  r, Rad = left_kernel(G)
  if r > 0
    basis_nondeg = _basis_complement(Rad)
    G_nondeg = gram_matrix(V, basis_nondeg)
  else
    G_nondeg = G
  end
  _, B = _gram_schmidt(G_nondeg, involution(V))
  if r > 0
    B = vcat(Rad, B*basis_nondeg)
  end
  return B
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    diagonal(V::AbsSpace) -> Vector{FieldElem}

Return a vector of elements $a_1,\dotsc,a_n$ such that the space `V` is isometric to
the diagonal space $\langle a_1,\dotsc,a_n \rangle$.

The elements are contained in the fixed field of `V`.
"""
diagonal(V::AbsSpace)

################################################################################
#
#  Gram-Schmidt
#
################################################################################

# Clean this up
function _gram_schmidt(M::MatElem, a, nondeg = true)
  F = deepcopy(M)
  K = base_ring(F)
  n = nrows(F)
  S = identity_matrix(K, n)
  T = identity_matrix(K, n)
  okk = is_diagonal(F)
  if !okk
    for i in 1:n
      if iszero(F[i,i])
        zero!(T)
        for i in 1:nrows(T)
          T[i, i] = 1
        end
        ok = 0
        for j in (i + 1):n
          if !iszero(F[j, j])
            ok = j
            break
          end
        end
        if ok != 0 # ok !== nothing
          j = ok
          T[i,i] = 0
          T[j,j] = 0
          T[i,j] = 1
          T[j,i] = 1
        else
          ok = 0
          for j in (i + 1):n
            if !iszero(F[i, j])
              ok = j
              break
            end
          end
          if ok == 0
            if nondeg
              error("Matrix is not of full rank")
            end
          else
            j = ok
            T[i, j] = 1 // (2 * F[j, i])
          end
        end
        if ok == 0
          continue
        end

        #S = T * S
        S = mul!(S, T, S)
        #F = T * F * transpose(_map(T, a))
        F = mul!(F, T, F)
        F = mul!(F, F, transpose(_map(T, a)))
      end

      zero!(T)
      for i in 1:nrows(T)
        T[i, i] = 1
      end

      for j in (i + 1):n
        T[j, i] = divexact(-F[j, i], F[i, i])
      end
      #F = T * F * transpose(_map(T, a))
      F = mul!(F, T, F)
      F = mul!(F, F, transpose(_map(T, a)))
      #S = T * S
      S = mul!(S, T, S)
    end
    @assert is_diagonal(F)
  end
  @hassert :Lattice 1 S * M * transpose(_map(S, a)) == F
  return F, S
end

################################################################################
#
#  Local isometry
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_isometric(L::AbsSpace, M::AbsSpace, p::Union{InfPlc, NfOrdIdl}) -> Bool

Return whether the spaces `L` and `M` are isometric over the completion at `p`.
"""
is_isometric(L::AbsSpace, M::AbsSpace, p)

################################################################################
#
#  Global isometry
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_isometric(L::AbsSpace, M::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the spaces `L` and `M` are isometric.
"""
is_isometric(L::AbsSpace, M::AbsSpace)

################################################################################
#
#  Definitness
#
################################################################################

# Returns 0 if V is not definite
# Returns an element a != 0 such that a * canonical_basis of V has
# positive Gram matrix
function _isdefinite(V::AbsSpace)
  E = base_ring(V)
  K = fixed_field(V)
  if (!is_totally_real(K)) || (ishermitian(V) && !is_totally_complex(E))
    return zero(K)
  end
  D = diagonal(V)
  signs_to_consider = Tuple{InfPlc, Int}[]
  for v in real_places(K)
    S = Int[sign(d, v) for d in D]
    if length(unique(S)) != 1
      return zero(K)
    else
      push!(signs_to_consider, (v, S[1]))
    end
  end
  if length(signs_to_consider) == 1
    return K(signs_to_consider[1][2])
  else
    return element_with_signs(K, signs_to_consider)
  end
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_positive_definite(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is positive definite.
"""
function is_positive_definite(V::AbsSpace)
  E = base_ring(V)
  K = fixed_field(V)
  if (!is_totally_real(K)) || (ishermitian(V) && !is_totally_complex(E))
    return false
  end
  D = diagonal(V)
  for d in D
    if !is_totally_positive(d)
      return false
    end
  end
  return true
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_negative_definite(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is negative definite.
"""
function is_negative_definite(V::AbsSpace)
  E = base_ring(V)
  K = fixed_field(V)
  if (!is_totally_real(K)) || (ishermitian(V) && !is_totally_complex(E))
    return false
  end
  D = diagonal(V)
  for d in D
    if !is_totally_positive(-d)
      return false
    end
  end
  return true
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_definite(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return whether the space `V` is definite.
"""
function is_definite(V::AbsSpace)
  return is_positive_definite(V) || is_negative_definite(V)
end

################################################################################
#
#  Isotropic
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_isotropic(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool

Return if the space `V` is isotropic.

A space $(V, \Phi)$ is called isotropic if there is a non-zero $v \in V$
with $\Phi(v,v) = 0$.
"""
is_isotropic(::AbsSpace)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_isotropic_with_vector(V::AbsSpace) -> Bool, Vector

Return if the space `V` is isotropic and an isotropic vector.
"""
is_isotropic_with_vector(::AbsSpace)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_isotropic(V::AbsSpace, p::Union{NfOrdIdl, InfPlc}) -> Bool

Given a space `V` and a place `p` in the fixed field `K` of `V`, return
whether the completion of `V` at `p` is isotropic.
"""
is_isotropic(::AbsSpace, p)

is_isotropic(V::AbsSpace, p::InfPlc) = _isisotropic(V, p)

function _isisotropic(D::Vector{fmpq}, p::PosInf)
  n = length(D)
  if any(iszero(d) for d in D)
    return true
  elseif n <= 1
    return false
  else
    return length(unique!(fmpq[sign(d) for d in D])) == 2
  end
end

function _isisotropic(D::Vector, p::InfPlc)
  n = length(D)
  if any(iszero(d) for d in D)
    return true
  elseif n <= 1
    return false
  elseif is_complex(p)
    return true
  else
    return length(unique!(Int[sign(d, p) for d in D])) == 2
  end
end

# this looks wrong
function _isisotropic(V::AbsSpace, p::InfPlc)
  n = rank(V)
  d = det(V)
  if dim(V) != rank(V) # degenerate
    return true
  elseif n <= 1
    return false
  elseif is_complex(p)
    return true
  else
    D = diagonal(V)
    return length(unique!(Int[sign(d, p) for d in D])) == 2
  end
end

################################################################################
#
#  Restriction of scalars
#
################################################################################

# TODO: Change VecSpaceRes/SpaceRes to allow restriction of scalars
# to non rational subfields
@doc Markdown.doc"""
    restrict_scalars(V::AbsSpace, K::FlintRationalField,
                                  alpha::FieldElem = one(base_ring(V)))
                                                          -> QuadSpace, SpaceRes

Given a space $(V, \Phi)$ and a subfield `K` of the base algebra `E` of `V`, return the
quadratic space `W` obtained by restricting the scalars of $(V, \alpha\Phi)$ to `K`,
together with the map `f` for extending the scalars back.
The form on the restriction is given by ``Tr \circ \Phi`` where ``Tr: E \to K`` is the trace form.
The rescaling factor $\alpha$ is set to 1 by default.

Note that for now one can only restrict scalars to $\mathbb Q$.
"""
function restrict_scalars(V::AbsSpace, K::FlintRationalField,
                                       alpha::FieldElem = one(base_ring(V)))
  E = base_ring(V)
  n = rank(V)
  d = absolute_degree(E)
  B = absolute_basis(E)
  v = elem_type(E)[zero(E) for i in 1:n]
  w = elem_type(E)[zero(E) for i in 1:n]
  G = zero_matrix(FlintQQ, d * n, d * n)
  r = 1
  c = 1
  for i in 1:n
    for bi in 1:length(B)
      v[i] = B[bi]
      c = 1
      for j in 1:n
        for bj in 1:length(B)
          w[j] = B[bj]
          G[r, c] = trace(alpha * inner_product(V, v, w), FlintQQ)
          w[j] = zero(E)
          c = c + 1
        end
      end
      v[i] = zero(E)
      r = r + 1
    end
  end
  Vres = quadratic_space(FlintQQ, G, check = false)
  VrestoV = SpaceRes{typeof(Vres), typeof(V)}(Vres, V)
  return Vres, VrestoV
end

################################################################################
#
#  Orthogonal complement
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    orthogonal_complement(V::AbsSpace, M::MatElem)

Given a space `V` and a subspace `W` with basis matrix `M`, returns a basis
matrix of the orthogonal complement of `W` inside `V`.
"""
function orthogonal_complement(V::AbsSpace, M::MatElem)
  N = gram_matrix(V) * _map(transpose(M), involution(V))
  r, K = left_kernel(N)
  @assert r == nrows(K)
  return K
end

################################################################################
#
#  Orthogonal sum
#
################################################################################

function _orthogonal_sum(V::AbsSpace, W::AbsSpace)
  K = base_ring(V)
  G = diagonal_matrix(gram_matrix(V), gram_matrix(W))
  n = dim(V) + dim(W)
  i1 = zero_matrix(K, dim(V), n)
  for i in 1:dim(V)
    i1[i, i] = 1
  end
  i2 = zero_matrix(K, dim(W), n)
  for i in 1:dim(W)
    i2[i, i + dim(V)] = 1
  end
  return G, i1, i2
end

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    orthogonal_sum(V::AbsSpace, W::AbsSpace) -> AbsSpace, AbsSpaceMor, AbsSpaceMor

Given two spaces `V` and `W` of the same kind (either both hermitian or both quadratic)
and defined over the same algebra, return their orthogonal sum $V \oplus W$. It is given with
the two natural embeddings $V \to V\oplus W$ and $W \to V\oplus W$.
"""
orthogonal_sum(V::AbsSpace, W::AbsSpace)

function orthogonal_sum(V::QuadSpace, W::QuadSpace)
  @req base_ring(V) === base_ring(W) "Base algebra must be equal"
  G, i1, i2 = _orthogonal_sum(V, W)
  VplusW = quadratic_space(base_ring(V), G)
  f1 = hom(V, VplusW, i1)
  f2 = hom(W, VplusW, i2)
  return VplusW, f1, f2
end

function orthogonal_sum(V::HermSpace, W::HermSpace)
  @req base_ring(V) === base_ring(W) "Base algebra must be equal"
  G, i1, i2 = _orthogonal_sum(V, W)
  VplusW = hermitian_space(base_ring(V), G)
  f1 = hom(V, VplusW, i1)
  f2 = hom(W, VplusW, i2)
  return VplusW, f1, f2
end

################################################################################
#
#  Embeddings
#
################################################################################

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_locally_represented_by(U::T, V::T, p::NfOrdIdl) where T <: AbsSpace -> Bool

Given two spaces `U` and `V` over the same algebra `E`, and a prime ideal `p` in
the maximal order $\mathcal O_K$ of their fixed field `K`, return whether `U` is
represented by `V` locally at `p`, i.e. whether $U_p$ embeds in $V_p$.
"""
is_locally_represented_by(::AbsSpace, ::AbsSpace, p)

@doc Markdown.doc"""
    is_represented_by(U::T, V::T) where T <: AbsSpace -> Bool

Given two spaces `U` and `V` over the same algebra `E`, return whether `U` is
represented by `V`, i.e. whether `U` embeds in `V`.
"""
is_represented_by(::AbsSpace, ::AbsSpace)

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In the first match, Andrey Rublev toppled Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in an hour and 34 minutes to send his country in front. The German played well and hit 23 winners and 16 unforced errors, although it wasn't enough to challenge Rublev's 37 winners and 18 unforced mistakes, as the Russian took charge from set number two to bring the victory home.
Jan-Lennard produced four fine holds in the opening set and grabbed a break at 3-3 when Andrey hit a double fault. Struff confirmed the break with a hold at 15 and earned another break in game nine with a forehand winner for 6-3 in under 30 minutes.
Rublev raised his game in set number two and barely lost a point on serve, keeping the pressure on the German and delivering three breaks for 6-1. The organizers closed the roof due to rain in the seventh game, and Andrey closed the set soon after that to force a decider.
The better-ranked opponent lost four points in the final set's four service games and moved in front following Struff's massive forehand error in game two. Returning at 5-2, Andrey landed a forehand down the line winner to seal the deal and earn Russia's first point.
Facing each other for the ninth time, Daniil Medvedev scored the fourth victory over Alexander Zverev, overpowering the German 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and 37 minutes to propel Russia into the final.
Russia defeated Germany 2-0 to book the ATP Cup final place.
Zverev had 35 winners and 40 unforced errors, beating the Russian's 31-46 ratio but failing to bring the victory home in the decisive moments, just like against Novak Djokovic on Friday.
Both players won 106 points and faced 11 break points, with Medvedev fending off nine of those and earning three breaks to cross the finish line first. Alexander grabbed a break at 15 in the second game and wasted more chances on the return in games four and six, playing well so far and fending off two break chances at 4-2 to remain in front.
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After ten comfortable holds in the final set, Alexander hit a double fault to lose serve and push the rival 6-5 ahead. The last game proved to be a roller coaster, with five break chances for the German, who couldn't convert any and prolong the clash. Daniil forced Alexander's error on his fourth match point to move over the top and send his country into the final.

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\section{Introduction}

Over the past two decades considerable progress has been made
in understanding the formation of stellar jets and their influence on
the surrounding interstellar medium (see, e. g., Bally, Reipurth \& Davis 2007;
Arce et al. 2007). Nevertheless, some fundamental questions remain unanswered,
mostly related with the nature of the acceleration and collimation of the jets
themselves, the properties of the 'launch region' and how both of
these processes can be influenced by nearby objects, since
many outflows arise from binary or multiple young stellar systems.

Since the discovery of HH 111 (Reipurth 1989)
using standard narrow band imaging techniques to map the outflow
in H$\alpha$ and [S~II]$\lambda\lambda$ 6717/6731, HH 111 has become an icon
of highly collimated stellar outflows, and has been the subject of
a number of studies across the entire wavelength spectrum to determine
the proper motions of their 'knots' (Hartigan et al. 2001;
Coppin, Davis \& Micono 1998),
kinematics (Reipurth, Raga \& Heathcote 1992; Raga et al. 2002),
ionization structure (Reipurth 1989; Davis, Hodapp \& Desoches 2001;
Nisini et al. 2002), circumstellar environment (Stapelfeldt \& Scoville 1993;
Yang et al. 2007), shock properties (Noriega-Crespo, Garnavich \& Raga 1993;
Morse et al. 1993), molecular flow morphology (Cernicharo \& Reipurth 1996;
Lefloch et al. 2007), and ejection history (Masciadri et al. 2002;
Raga et al. 2002), among others. The original optical images were of the
West lobe of HH~111, and the Eastern counterjet was later identified in the
near infrared (NIR) (Gredel \& Reipurth 1994; Davis, Mundt \& Eisl\"offel
1994).

HH~111 lies in the L1617 cloud in Orion at a distance of $\sim 417$pc and is
oriented almost E-W (PA$\sim$97.5\arcdeg) with a length of $\sim$ 11\arcmin~
in our IRAC images (see Fig 1). HH~111 is part of a quadrupolar flow
(Reipurth et al. 1999; Rodr\'\i guez et al. 2008), with HH~121 arising nearly
perpendicular (PA$\sim$27.3\arcdeg) to the HH~111 flow, suggesting that
the VLA1 source is part of a close binary system.
Reipurth et al. (1999) proposed that this binary could have a separation of
$\sim$ 0\arcsec.1~($\sim$ 50 AU). Rodr\'\i guez et al. (2008) detect two
elongated structures with a separation of $\sim$ 0\arcsec.036~($\sim$ 15 AU),
which could correspond to the previously proposed binary.

Finally, we should note that HH 111 is the central region of a ``giant HH
jet'', with two lobes extending out to $\approx 3.5$~pc from the
outflow source (Reipurth et al. 1997). The far ends of these lobes
(HH 311 and HH 113, see Reipurth et al. 1997)
show a point-symmetric deviation from the direction of the inner
HH~111 outflow of $\approx 4^\circ$. This change in direction
between the inner and outer region of the HH~111 outflow is evidence
for a precession of the outflow axis, with a period $\tau_p\approx
3.5$~pc$/150$~km~s$^{-1}\approx 23000$~yr (considering the proper
motion of $\sim 150$~km~s$^{-1}$ measured by Reipurth et al. 1997 for
HH 311 and 113).

Recently, we have shown (Raga et al. 2011) that by using observations
from the Spitzer Space Telescope ({\it Spitzer}) (Werner et al. 2004)
in the mid-infrared, where the extinction is considerably lower than
in the optical and near infrared, one can use the jet/counterjet
symmetry to set some of the strongest constraints yet on the size of
the jet formation region.
In this study, we take advantage once again of the superb sensitivity
and angular resolution of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) (Fazio et al. 2004)
on board of {\it Spitzer} to study the positional distribution of the ``knots''
along the Herbig-Haro (HH) 111 flow, finding mirror symmetric deviations
from the jet/counterjet axis. This is the first time that such a mirror
symmetric pattern is seen in an HH outflow, which can be interpreted
in terms of the presence of a binary outflow source.

\section{Data}

The observations of HH~111 are part of our original {\it Spitzer}
General Observer (GO) program 3315 (PI Noriega-Crespo) obtained with IRAC
and the infrared photometer MIPS (Rieke et al. 2004)
in March 28, 2005. The data have been downloaded from the Spitzer Legacy
Archive and the quality of the final images (Post Basic Calibrated
Data or Post-BCD; S18.7 products) is outstanding, so that no further
processing was required. The HH~111 outflow is part of a larger mosaic of
the L1640 region obtained with IRAC in its four channels
(1, 2, 3, 4) = (3.6, 4.5, 5.8 \& 8.0 $\mu$m) covering a FOV of $\sim 19\times
23$\arcmin~ (the result of a 5$\times$4 array map with a 260\arcsec~stepsize)
and with a total integration time per pixel of 360 sec, using 30 sec High Dynamic
Range (HDR) exposures. The final images are sampled with 0.6\arcsec~per pixel,
nearly one third of the standard $\sim 2$\arcsec~IRAC angular resolution.

The IRAC images (Fig 1.), in comparison with the published NIR images (e.g.
Davis, Mundt \& Eisl\"offel 1994; Fig 5), display a similar morphology, but
given their higher signal-to-noise and lower extinction permit us to define
better the knots and identify a couple more on each side close to the VLA1
source. Like in other protostellar outflows observed with Spitzer
(e.g., Noriega-Crespo et al. 2004; Looney, Tobin \& Kwon 2007; Tobin et al.
2007; Ybarra \& Lada 2009; Raga et al. 2011) HH~111 is brighter in
channel 2, although it is well detected in all 4 IRAC channels.
The emission is most likely dominated by the H$_2$ pure rotational
lines (De Buizer \& Vacca 2010).

\begin{figure*}
\centerline{\hbox{
\includegraphics[width=440pt,height=200pt,angle=0]{f1_new.eps}}}
\caption{The HH~111 flow in the mid-IR using the 3.6 (blue),
4.5 (green) and 8$\mu$m~(red) IRAC channels. Notice the scattered light (blue)
near the source and the nearly perpendicular bipolar outflow HH~121.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure*}

In the following we describe the emission peaks as condensations and/or knots.
It is clear from the HST images at high angular resolution that many of these
structures are bowshock-like (working surfaces) and that they can overlap
one another. We use the intensity peaks to define the HH 111 flow.
The measurements of the positions of the condensations/knots were carried out
using the IRAF {\it imexam} routine interactively on the IRAC channel 2 image.
For compact ``knots'' a two-dimensional gaussian was used for determining
their centroids; for the more diffuse structures, we use the position of the
pixel with the peak emission. The uncertainty of the centroids ranges
from 0.1 to 0.3 of a fraction of a pixel for the bright and fainter knots,
respectively.
Since the ``knots'' are compact in most cases, we measured the flux densities using
a circular aperture and an aperture correction. For the compact ``knots'' we
used a  2.4\arcsec~radius for the photometric measurements with a 1.221
aperture correction; the background was measured off the jet/counterjet flow axis.
For 7 ``knots'' that were obviously more
extended or irregular than this aperture ($6.23\times 10^{-10}$ steradian area)
a comparable polygonal area was used without an aperture correction. Some of
these ``knots'' do have a low surface brightness, but it was still possible
to measure the flux density and centroid.

In Table 1 we give the relative positions in $X$ (along the outflow axis)
and $Y$ (perpendicular to the outflow axis) with respect to the central
source, VLA1 at RA=05:51:46.25 and Dec=02:48:29.5 (Reipurth et al. 1999)
of the``knots'' seen along the jet and the counterjet. Table 1 contains also
their RA and Dec coordinates, flux density and uncertainty (both in mJy).

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centerline{\hbox{
\includegraphics[width=290pt,height=500pt,angle=-90]{f2_new.eps}}}
\caption{The right panel shows the central region of HH~111
at 4.5$\mu$m~rotated so that
its flow axis is vertical, and with
the positions of the knots are shown with the white circles.
The left panel shows the same
knots positions (shown with crosses)
with an expanded $Y$-axis (perpendicular to the outflow
direction). The solid curve corresponds to a $\kappa=0.013$ ballistic jet
(best fit model), and the dashed
lines correspond to $\kappa=0.005$ and 0.021 (the three models
have $L=216''$ and $\phi=101^\circ$, see the text). The
jet path predicted from the best fit model is also shown
on the right hand side plot (white curve).}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure}

\section{The mirror symmetry of the HH 111 jet/counterjet system}

Figure 2 shows the inner region of the HH~111 outflow (top) with the
measured $(X,Y)$ positions of the knots with respect to the VLA1 source.
The bottom plot shows the knot positions with an expanded $Y$-coordinate.
It is clear that both the jet and the counterjet show an excursion in the
$-Y$-direction at a distance of $\approx 40''$ from the source, and
an excursion in the $+Y$-direction at $\approx 115''$ from
the source. These excursions could be part of a mirror
symmetric spiral shape with
a step of $\sim 2\times (115''-40'')=150''$.

These mirror-symmetric excursions of the jet/counterjet system could
possibly be the effect of an orbital motion of the outflow source.
Ballistic flows from sources in circular and elliptical orbits
were described by Masciadri \& Raga (2002) and Gonz\'alez \& Raga
(2004), respectively.

For a ballistic flow, the path of the
beam of a constant velocity jet ejected parallel
to the orbital axis (of an outflow source in a circular orbit) is
given by~:
\begin{equation}
y=\kappa x\sin\left(\frac{2\pi}{\tau_ov_j}x-\psi\right)\,,
\label{y}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
z=\kappa x\cos\left(\frac{2\pi}{\tau_ov_j}x-\psi\right)\,,
\label{z}
\end{equation}
where $x$ is the axial coordinate, $(y,z)$ are axes parallel to the orbital
plane, $\psi$ is the orbital phase,
$\tau_o$ is the orbital period and $\kappa=v_o/v_j$ is the ratio
between the orbital and the jet velocities. As can be seen from
a comparison of Equations (\ref{y}-\ref{z}) with the results
presented by Masciadri \& Raga (2002), in these equations we have considered
that the orbital radius is negligibly small compared to $y$ and $z$.

From Equations (\ref{y}-\ref{z}), we see that the
spiral described by the jet beam has a step
\begin{equation}
L={v_j}{\tau_o}\,.
\label{l}
\end{equation}

From Equation (\ref{y}), we calculate the predicted locus
of the jet/counterjet structure, and project it onto the plane of
the sky, assuming an angle of $10^\circ$ between the orbital
axis and the plane of the sky (Reipurth et al. 1992), and that the
$y$-axis is parallel to the plane of the sky). We then carry out a least
squares fit in order to obtain the values of the model parameters
that best fit the HH 111 jet/counterjet locus within $150''$
from the outflow source. The results of the fit
are shown in the left panel of Figure 2.

The following parameters are obtained from the fit~:
\begin{enumerate}
\item an orbital phase $\phi=(101\pm 38)^\circ$. This result
implies that the line joining the two stars of the binary
outflow source currently lies close to the line of sight,
\item a spiral step $L=(216\pm 39)''$. For a distance of
414~pc to HH 111 this corresponds to a distance of
$(1.34\pm 0.24)\times 10^{18}$~cm. Also, from the proper motions measured by
Hartigan et al. (2001), we see that the knots at $\sim 40''$ along the jet
(corresponding to the first sideways excursion in the jet path, see
Figure 2) have a spatial velocity $v_j\approx 240$~km~s$^{-1}$. From
Equation (\ref{l}) we then obtain an orbital period
$\tau_o=1801\pm 317$~yr,
\item a $\kappa=0.013\pm 0.008$ (see equations \ref{y}-\ref{z}). For
a jet velocity of 240~km~s$^{-1}$ (see above), this implies an
orbital velocity $v_o=3.1\pm 1.9$~km~s$^{-1}$.
\end{enumerate}

We now use the relation (valid for a circular orbit)
between the mass of the jet source $M_1$,
the mass of the companion $M_2=\alpha M_1$, the orbital period
$\tau_o$ and the orbital radius (of the jet source) $r_o$~:
\begin{equation}
\frac{\alpha^3M_1}{(1+\alpha)^2}=\frac{\tau_o v_o^3}{2\pi G}=
(0.10,2.02,6.97)\,{\rm M_\odot}\,,
\label{m}
\end{equation}
where the three values in the third term correspond to
$(\kappa,L)=(0.005,177'')$ (the lower limits for $\kappa$
and $L$, see above), $(\kappa,L)=(0.013,216'')$ (the values
that result in the lowest $\Xi^2$) and $(\kappa,L)=(0.021,255'')$
(the upper limits).

Each of the three values of the third term of Equation (\ref{m}) corresponds
to a curve in the $M_2$ vs. $M_1$ plane, which are shown
in Figure 3. Together with
the $M_2<M_1$ condition (i.e. assuming that the source
of the strong HH~111 outflow is the more massive star of the binary),
we then obtain an allowed region for the masses of the HH~111
source binary.

From Figure 3, we see that the observed shape of the HH~111 jet/counterjet
system is consistent with a binary with two
$\sim 1$M$_\odot$ stars. Such a mass is consistent with the masses of
T Tauri stars.

If we consider $M_1=M_2=M\approx 1$~M$_\odot$
(consistent with the curved shape of the HH 111 system, see Figures
2 and 3) and $\tau_o=1800$~yr, from the equations of a circular orbit
we then obtain a separation $2r_o\approx 186$~AU between the two stars
in the binary. Given that the orbial phase derived from the fit
implies that the stars in the binary are closely aligned with
the line of sight, the projected separation between the stars
would be substantially smaller than 186~AU.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centerline{\hbox{
\includegraphics[width=230pt,height=230pt,angle=0]{f3_new.eps}}}
\caption{Parameter space for the primary and secondary masses
of the binary system ($M_1$ and $M_2$, in units of $M_\odot$)
derived from the curved shape of the HH 111
jet/counterjet system. The two curves represent the limits
for the allowed masses derived from fitting the ballistic, orbiting
source jet model to the observed trajectory (see equation \ref{m}).
The shaded region shows the parameter space
allowed by the fit. The solid curve is deduced from
the parameters of the best fit. If one assumes that $M_2<M_1$
(i. e., that the source of the HH 111 outflow
is the more massive star in the binary), the masses of the
binary should lie beneath the $M_2=M_1$ line (the straight
diagonal cutting across the plot).}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary and conclusions}

We have presented new IRAC images of the HH~111 outflow. These images
show chains of aligned knots along the jet and the counterjet. We
have carried out astrometric measurements of the positions of these
knots, and have also determined their fluxes in the IRAC 2 (4.5 $\mu$m)
channel.

The jet/counterjet knots within $\sim 2'$ from the outflow source
show mirror symmetric deviations from the outflow axis, which
can be interpreted as the effect of an orbital motion
of the outflow source. If we fit the observed shape of the projected
path of HH~111 with a ballistic jet model (Masciadri \& Raga 2002),
we find that the observations imply the existence of a binary
with a $\tau_o = (1801\pm 317)$~yr period, and an orbital
velocity $v_o = (3.1\pm 1.9)$~km~s$^{-1}$. This range of
periods and orbital velocities would be consistent with
a binary formed by two $\sim 1$~M$_\odot$ stars, with a separation
of $\sim 186$~AU. The model fit also implies that the stars
are currently quite closely aligned with the line of the sight,
so that this separation might be consistent with the considerably
lower projected separation implied by the observations of
Rodr\'\i guez et al. (2008).

Interestingly, the orbital period that we determine ($\tau_o\approx
1800$~yr, see above) is $\sim 13$ times smaller than the
precession period $\tau_p$ implied by the point-symmetrical ``HH 111 giant
jet'' (see Reipurth et al. 1997 and the discussion at the end of
section 1). The resulting $\tau_p/\tau_o\sim 13$ ratio is
consistent with the predictions from the precessing accretion
disk models of Terquem et al. (1999).

Raga et al. (2009) pointed out that the models of Terquem et al.
(1999) implied that outflows from binary sources would have mirror
symmetries close to the outflow source (due to the orbital motion) and point
symmetries at larger distances (if the ejection direction follows
the disk precession). Our new observations show that the HH~111 jet/counterjet
system has mirror symmetry within $\sim 2'$ from the source. This result,
combined with the point symmetry of the HH~111 giant jet (Reipurth et al.
1997) is the first evidence ever of an astrophysical jet with the
predicted flip in types of symmetry between regions close to and far
away from the outflow source.

It is evident that the mirror symmetric, side-to-side excursions
of the HH 111 jet/counterjet are a quite subtle effect. If our
interpretation of these deviations were incorrect,
we would not expect that a comparison
with a model of an outflow from an orbiting source would give
us reasonable masses for the binary components. However, we find
that a binary with two $\sim 1 M_\odot$ stars and a separation of
$\sim 200$~AU produces the observed spiral shape
of HH 111. This completely reasonable
result is a strong indication that we
might indeed be interpreting the data correctly (see also
the case for HH 211 by Lee et al. 2010).

\acknowledgements
This work is based in part on observations made with the {\it Spitzer Space
Telescope} which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology under NASA contract 1407.
The work of AR and VL was supported by the CONACyT grants 61547,
101356 and 101975.

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USS Klamath 1865-1874
The USS Klamath was One of twenty Casco Class Monitors (iron-clad). It was a single turreted monitor launched on April 20th, 1865 in Cincinnati, OH. The ship was meant to be a used in the shallow bays and rivers that the states of the Confederacy were known for by sacrificing armor to reduce weight and draft. The Casco class was designed by influential designer and engineer,
John Ericsson who designed the first US Navy Ironclad, the USS Monitor. But the design was modified by Chief Alban C. Stimers after the failure of the Second Battle of Fort Sumpter.
USS Casco – lead of the Casco Class Monitors. This was built as a torpedo boat instead of a monitor so it looks like the single turret is replaced with a lookout tower.
The two men's relationship has been alternatively mentioned as poor or strained. The third person to look at the design, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, John Lenthall, had little contact with the US Navy ship construction board so the design was passed with little critical scrutiny and construction started. Design flaws discovered during construction of the first ship resulted in a redesign that extended the draft by 22 inches to make the ship seaworthy and able to carry the armor originally designed for the ship.
The US Navy received possession of the USS Klamath, along with the USS Yuma on May 6th, 1866, three days before the end of the Civil War. The design flaw, and the end of the war, meant that ships of this class couldn't be used in their intended role though, and the USS Klamath was laid up in Mound City Illinois. It was renamed to the USS Harpy on June 15th, 1869 for unknown reasons, but changed back to USS Klamath less than a month later on August 10th, 1869.
The ship was moved to New Orleans in 1870 and along with a number of other surplus monitors such as the USS Kickapoo, sold at public auction on September 12, 1874 to Schickels, Harrison & Co. Where it is presumed they were scrapped.
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Infinite Intelligence Podcast Episode #246 – Interpreting His Feelings
Thank you. Lately I've been getting more and more aware of how I'm feeling. And if I feel good or not, and I'm getting really good in when I'm awake, sort of being neutral with my mind. And if I, if I get into that state, I think I did it just now, then. You did do it just now. And when you did, yeah, it feels like that. A strong, visible to us. burst of energy. Yeah. Yeah, it feels like that in your solar plexus. It feels so much as relief. And sometimes I get goosebumps if I'm there. It feels really, really powerful.
And I'm curious if it's that powerful, anchor creating the life that I want? Well, it's all of that. But let us give you some clarification about it. You've been listening to us for a while. So you've undoubtedly heard us talking about step one is contrast causes you to ask. Step two is source answers. And that's what we were talking about earlier about this vibrational reality gathering, and law of attraction gathering to it, and your inner being being there as a point of attraction attracting to it.
And that's what's calling you forward all the time, what feels to you like the future you but what is known by us to be the present you calling you into the fullness of your presence so that it can be seen and experienced in the full actualization or manifested way. Step three, is what you were just describing, being in that receptive mode. So that in the absence of resistance, there is this smooth passage of vibrational information between this vortex and your conscious mind.
That's where your ideas come from. And when an idea comes, that's what it means an idea has that feeling of relief in it to at first and the feeling of exhilaration. So step three is the most important step because that's where you really let you receive what you've been asking for. But then we added step four, what step four is, is just being really good at step three. And that sounds odd, you think we could just call it step three, advanced. But step four, we want it to be emphatic to you.
Because step four is where you've practiced that feeling of alignment so often, that you know, when you're doing it, you know, when you're not, you just described all of that to us. So as you know, when you're there, you can go there when you choose to. And if you start slipping down a little bit, then that's what we are calling step five, step five is going back to step one, and not being upset about it.
Step five is understanding the value of contrast, once you have mastered that alignment, that's really where you want to be, you want to be really good at the receptive mode and willing to dip into resistance, because how else are you going to put more into the vortex, in other words, expansion depends on contrast, you see, but when you are, as you have just described yourself to be aware of what it feels like to be tuned in, tapped in turned on, aware of how to get there, able to get there, because you choose to get there. And then most of all, not mad at yourself when you dip out of it a little bit.
Now, you are a masterful creator, you are a deliberate creator. And now you can go to that sweet spot, often that sweet spot where the thoughts are turning to things, thoughts are turning to things thoughts are turning to things. Yeah, being in step five, that's suffering. I gotta, I gotta gotta do we know, I hate being in step one again, but you know, and it's getting a little bit. Sometimes I think I'm getting a little bit obsessed about feeling good.
Because if I don't feel good, I'm back in step one, then I'm sort of efforting to get in step three again. Instead of allowing it before you add too many engines on the doubt, end of your train. We just want to remind you that all of that is still masterful creating because when you said I hate slipping back into step one, what you're saying is the negative emotion is uncomfortable enough.
But even more than that, it is telling me that I am not focusing in the way that I know to focus and I am so determined to focus upon what I want that then I am not only unhappy about out the resistance that I'm creating. But now I'm unhappy that I'm creating the resistance. Well, if that's the case, you really are back in step one, you're not in step five. Because it's one thing to feel negative emotion. And understand that it's just guidance is another thing altogether to be really mad at yourself about feeling negative emotion.
So just say to yourself when you come to that place, all right, is this a step one moment or a step five moment, I'm accepting that there's resistance here, I'm accepting that I'm focused upon what I don't want. Well, it wasn't my fault, or it snuck up on me or these things happen. Just don't get too carried away, trying to explain why you are there. Just lightly appreciate your guidance system.
And appreciate the new clarification that is coming from it. And most of all, appreciate the new compounding a mending rockets of desire that are coming out of it, because they are. Okay. Yeah. The most important thing to remember is that, when you are exploring contrast, your inner being is enjoying all of it so much, because your inner being knows what it is yielding, and what it means not only to you but to the universe at large. So step one, from inner beings standpoint is always an aligned moment. Step two, well, we're right there.
Were right there, just eating up everything that you're feeding to your vortex, just reveling in your new discoveries, and thrilled with your new expansion, and thrilled with the expansion that you're causing, universally. And then as we witness you in step three, that moment of relief, those moments of satisfaction. That's you feeling us. cheering you thrilled with you, exhilarated about what you've got going on. And when you are in step four, those are proud moments for us.
Because we can feel the deliberateness with which you are focusing yourself. And when you have a step five moment, we are equally thrilled. Because that step five moment means that you are now Now finally, now, embracing the environment, and the creative process that you're about. Someone who doesn't accept a step one moment is someone who doesn't understand creation.
Someone who doesn't accept a step one moment is someone who's worried about how it looks to others or what somebody else might think. But a step five moment is one of feeling the emotion but feeling that in some measure of control, sort of like being in a new fast car, and going really, really fast.
And then suddenly realizing you're going just a little too fast for the conditions and so you just slow it down a little bit. In other words, you're not crazy. You just want to go fast. Yeah, yeah.
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Review: Misbehaving by Tiffany Reisz
A sexy, funny, fast-paced modern-day comedy
about finding a second chance at love.
Misbehaving: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Wanted: Adventurous, open-minded man willing to try anything…
As a popular sex blogger, Beatriz gets paid to have orgasms. So being on deadline the week of her sister's wedding isn't as rough as it sounds. There's just one hitch: Bea's assignment is to write a review of a sex position manual, but she doesn't have a plus one to play with.
The good news: Ben, the one who got away back in college, is also attending stag–and he's as temptingly gorgeous as ever.
The bad news: Ben turned down Bea's offer of graduation night sex five years ago.
The best news: He's not planning on making the same mistake twice.
Fans of the Original Sinners series should note that this is a very different style story. You honestly cannot compare the two at all. First off, it's a fast-paced novella infused with lots of wit and humor. We don't have the runway to dig deep into character complexities or motivations, nor does the story really interlace in a way where that's warranted. This is a modern-day take on Much Ado About Nothing… a witty repartee between two confident adults who loved each other once, but never really had the chance to pursue a future together. Ben and Bea (modeled after Benedick and Beatrice) are thrust together once again five years after college… five years after she stood naked before him only to be shut down so completely.
Beatriz (Bea) is a sex blogger and she's been unexpectedly tasked with reviewing a sex manual book while at her sister's wedding. Understanding that reviewing aforementioned manual requires a partner, she realizes that her week away suddenly must include one willing, male participant.
"… she would have to find someone to sleep with.
"Fuck," she breathed.
"Fuck what?" the cabdriver repeated, a smile on her face.
"No," Beatriz said. "Fuck who."
That was the question."
Her sister Claudia is marrying Henry (modeled after Claudio and Hero), bringing Bea and Ben together for the first time in so long. We realize that the sting of rejection is still fresh to Bea… she hasn't really forgotten that boy she loved despite her bold sexual escapades… all which she's enjoyed tremendously over the years. Ben, in turn, also has a story to tell. He's been following Bea's blog and still actively working to get over her despite his own misadventures in love. So when Claudia and Henry trick them into seeing each other once again, sparks fly. The chemistry and longing they feel is veiled, however, under the shroud of solely fulfilling the prerequisite of Bea's assignment. Ben is a willing man… Bea needs a man and there's no reason to see sex as anything beyond the act itself… or in this case, beyond the 20 chapters of positions they must try.
"Ben took a deep breath and released it slowly. Think about it, she'd said. What was there to think about? sex with the most beautiful woman in the world? Yes, please. Then again… this was work, she'd said. Just work. Nothing more than work. Did he want to be work? Cock for hire?… How was he supposed to get over Beatriz if Beatriz was under him?
"To do Bea… or not to do Bea…?"
I loved their banter. I loved that despite their confidence, they still had very sincere feelings that quickly roused to life again the moment they were together. But when the wedding seems to fall apart over a misunderstanding (which I should note was very comical in nature given the Claudio/Hero story line in Much Ado About Nothing), Ben must once again prove to Bea that he won't make the same mistake twice and give up in the face of external forces. Expect lots of humor, lots of sex and lots of smiling with this funny, sexy novella which was really enjoyable to read.
"I thought I was over you. But then I was under you. And now I'm in love with you."
Tiffany Reisz lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her boyfriend (a reformed book reviewer) and two cats (one good, one evil). She graduated with a B.A. in English from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and is making both her parents and her professors proud by writing BDSM erotica under her real name. She has five piercings, one tattoo, and has been arrested twice.
When not under arrest, Tiffany enjoys Latin Dance, Latin Men, and Latin Verbs. She dropped out of a conservative southern seminary in order to pursue her dream of becoming a smut peddler. Johnny Depp's aunt was her fourth grade teacher. Her first full-length novel THE SIREN was inspired by a desire to tie up actor Jason Isaacs (on paper). She hopes someday life will imitate art (in bed).
If she couldn't write, she would die.
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When I entered the world of Art, I thought it would only be a short visit. However, it has become a life journey - my passion. The more I explore, the more I want to continue my voyage.
Transforming an ordinary wall into an amazing one with painting a mural, gives me a great satisfaction. With murals I like to create an atmosphere for the room. The 3D elements are a natural conversation starter.
As an animal lover, I really enjoy painting pets – animals that are closest to our hearts. My inspiration is drawn from peoples' devotion and connection to their pets and what in turn they give back to enrich their lives. For pet portraits, I take my time to do a photoshoot to get the best shot reflecting the individuality. As I paint, each animal fascinates me as I try to figure out their personality.
The satisfaction of my clients is paramount. My goal is to give my clients the best of myself in my work. I feel very privileged that people let me into their lives by letting me get to know them and their relationship with their pets.
Emilia Jajus was born in Kielce, Poland, on March 14, 1978, the third of four children, a daughter of a passionate photographer, her father.
Emilia's creativity and skills were used not only in drawings and paintings, but also in clothing design. Emilia created her collections while attending a 4-year Clothing Design School.
In 1998 Emilia moved to Toronto, Ontario. Her move to a business oriented city temporarily sidetracked her from her true passion. She graduated from the Business Administration program at Humber College, and entered the corporate world. However, her passion for art would not lay dormant for long.
Emilia received encouragement from various people. Her mother never stopped encouraging her to begin painting again. Her friend, a former art teacher, inspired her with his enthusiasm about art. Her brother "just knew" she could paint and commissioned her to paint a mural. Emilia's husband was so excited over her talent that he ran to an art store and bought plenty of painting supplies. Since then, Emilia has not stopped painting. Her biggest fans are her little twin girls, who are very excited with every new painting.
Taking courses at the Toronto School of Art and Virtual Art Academy, as well as attending painting seminars and self-studying, have enhanced Emilia's skills and desire to continue her artistic journey.
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Sulfuric Acid Production by Contact Process essay
The Contact Process is a procedure that produces sulphuric acid involving three major steps. The steps are divided into 1) Production of sulphur dioxide from the original source or a sulphur ore; 2) The sulphur dioxide is combined with oxygen via a catalytic process using vanadium oxide as catalyst to produce sulfur trioxide; then 3) finally sulfur trioxide after converted into fuming sulphur dioxide is reacted with water to produce the concentrated sulfuric acid. In the process conditions such as temperature, pressure, and the catalyst are crucial to achieve efficient production of the desired product.
Before discussing further the influence of these factors let us examine the processes involved in the production. Outlined below are the complex process with the corresponding chemical reactions and the resulting chemical compounds Stage1: Sulphur dioxide production The initial production of sulphur oxide can be achieved by two means such as heating or burning the sulphur ore. The burning process is achieved through the presence of excess air and the chemical reaction is illustrated as follows: S(s) + O2(g) ?
SO2(g) In the other hand the heating process, usually done for metallic ores, also involving the presence of oxygen can be achieved with the following chemical equation: 4Fe¬S(s) + 11O2(g) ? 2Fe2O3(s) + 8SO2(g) The crucial point in this production stage is the presence of excess air to ensure the proper oxidation of the sulphur. Stage 2: Sulphur trioxide production The process involve an exothermic reaction that is reversible wherein sulphur dioxide is reacted further with oxygen gas to produce sulphur trioxide
The reaction process can achieve an efficient equilibrium condition at about 400-450o C in the presence of vanadium oxide (V2O5) catalyst that hastens the process speed. Stage 3: The final sulphuric acid production step The process is not a simple combining of water to sulphur trioxide since it is highly exothermic and uncontrollable that doing this would create a fume of sulphuric acid. Instead, the sulphur trioxide is first dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid producing fuming sulphuric acid or oleum. The chemical reaction involved is as follows:
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Now the final oleum can then be mixed safely with water to produce concentrated sulphuric acid at the same time recovering the initial sulphuric acid used in the production of fuming sulphuric acid. The chemical process is illustrated as: Control conditions The control conditions mentioned above are very critical in the second stage of the process involving the conversion of sulphur dioxide to sulphur trioxide since the process is reversible. Without the controls we end up having the mixture of the reactants and the resulting product at the same time without achieving optimum sulphur trioxide result..
Oxygen The mixture of sulphur dioxide and oxygen going into the reactor is in equal proportions by volume. Avogadro's Law says that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. That means that the gases are going into the reactor in the ratio of 1 molecule of sulphur dioxide to 1 of oxygen. However the reaction equation requires only half the amount of oxygen for every molecule of sulphur which means an excess of oxygen relative to the proportions demanded by the equation.
The process is made to ensure the maximum conversion of the initial sulphur compound to sulphur trioxide. Excess oxygen may not harm the process in fact it would even facilitate increase in the yield, and besides oxygen is cheap. However using more amount of oxygen may harm the process as being reducing production time as more oxygen is involved. The temperature Since we need to have a maximum conversion to the sulphur trioxide, the process should see to it that the reaction should proceed forward. By favoring forward reaction in the equilibrium state more of the desired compound is produced.
By principle this will be achieved by lowering the process temperature. Since the process is exothermic the system will respond by moving the position of equilibrium to counteract this in other words by producing more heat to attain the equilibrium conditions. In order to get as maximum possible sulphur trioxide in the equilibrium mixture, you need as low a temperature as possible. The temperature range 400 – 450°C is a the best known temperature that can produce a fairly high proportion of sulphur trioxide in the equilibrium mixture, but in an optimum time.
The pressure By direct observation in the equation there are three molecules on the left-hand side of the equation, but only 2 on the right. Based on Le Chatelier's Principle, if you increase the pressure the system will favor the reaction which produces fewer molecules. That will cause the pressure to fall again. In order to get the optimum amount of sulphur trioxide in the equilibrium mixture, you need as high a pressure as possible. High pressures also increase the rate of the reaction.
However, in the common manufacture of the product the reaction is done at pressures close to atmospheric pressure. This is because even at these relatively low pressures, there is a 99. 5% conversion of sulphur dioxide into sulphur trioxide. This small increase derived from tha application of increased pressure is not cost effective. The catalyst The catalyst has no effect whatsoever on the position of the equilibrium. Adding a catalyst doesn't produce any greater percentage of sulphur trioxide in the equilibrium mixture. Its only function is to speed up the reaction.
In the absence of a catalyst the reaction is so slow that virtually no reaction happens in any sensible time. The catalyst ensures that the reaction is fast enough for a dynamic equilibrium to be set up within the very short time that the gases are actually in the reactor.
Clark, J. (2002). The Contact Process. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 from http://www. chemguide. co. uk/physical/equilibria/contact. html Ryan, L. (n. d). The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid. Retrieved on February 2, 2008 from http://www. patana. ac. th/parents/curriculum/chemistry/units/ LR1702. html


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This website is dedicated to Glenn Chafe, who spent countless hours researching, cataloguing, and preparing the pages that you see here. It is a remarkable achievement.
The site is a collection of resources with hundreds of pages of content and extensive downloadable family tree files. We are all very grateful for Glenn's labour and dedication. May this website continue to honour his memory.
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The "Chaffe" surname originally came from the present village of Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. The name Chaffcombe was listed in the Domesday Book commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. From that documented point the surname became tied to people from the village. The surname usage grew in size largely in the Somerset, Devon and Dorset areas. With the growth of the surname, both the written spelling and spoken word changed into a number of variations. Between 1637 and 1816 key families emigrated to the United States, Canada and later Australia, expanding the surname population. The five most common variations that share the same ancestry are Chaffe/Chaffey (England), Chafe/Chaffey (Canada), Chaffee/Chaffey/Chafee (US) and Chaffey (Australia). This is a family of important and influential people, with many tied to major worldwide events. They are actors, athletes, artists, benefactors, clergymen, community leaders, doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, explorers, farmers, fishermen, inventors, millionaires, national heroes, politicians, professors, soldiers teachers and even an astronaut. Ships, roads, hospitals, museums, schools, cities, an island, a lake, a mountain and craters on the Moon and Mars have been dedicated to them. Please feel free to explore all the various links on this website and discover more about this very interesting surname.
Use Google.Earth maps you can take a tour of all the family members and see the land they lived in. Click on this link, the click RUN and Google Earth will launch. The surname links will be added to your Temporary Places folder. Click on any link and read the related text. Use the overlays to see the relationship between old archived maps and the current terrain.
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Transgender bodybuilder leading race for men's magazine cover
By Kristen Amiet| 7 years ago
Image: Facebook/Aydian Ethan Downling
Transgender male Aydian Ethan Dowling is currently leading the race to win Men's Health magazine's "Ultimate Guy" competition, which would make him the first trans model to appear on the magazine's much-coveted cover.
Aydian Ethan Dowling is an artist, entrepreneur, vlogger and fitness professional based out of Oregon.
He's also a transgender male who's currently leading the race to win Men's Health magazine's "Ultimate Guy" competition, which would make him the first trans model to appear on the magazine's much-coveted cover.
At the time of writing, Dowling had 16,999 votes – twice as many as his closest competitor.
If Dowling looks familiar, it's because he famously recreated Adam Levine's nearly naked Cosmopolitan cover shoot for the current issue of female-to-male transgender magazine FTM.
(Jason Robert Ballard of FTM Magazine and Cosmopolitan UK)
Images: Jason Robert Ballard for FTM Magazine and Cosmopolitan UK
"As a transgender male, having a healthy body and mind is my ultimate goal," Dowling writes on his Ultimate Guy profile.
"Although I may always have some kind of battle with my body, I continue to work every day for a happy peace within."
As a trainer, Dowling works with other transgender males and says he's proud to see their confidence grow with his help.
"I do nothing but support them and show technique, but drive is contagious!"
Dowling told Fusion it had crossed his mind that he might be disqualified from the competition for being a trans man, but a representative from Men's Health said the "contest is open to all men".
Dowling began transitioning around 2009, posting a time lapse of the four-year process to his YouTube channel in October of 2013. Check it out in the video below.
Voting is open until June 25. Good luck, Aydian!
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Q: libdgx vector3 conversion wrong Evening Everyone,
I am attempting to get familiar with libdgx and android by going thru the tutorial Here.  All seems good except for grabbing the screen coordinates as they get skewed in a Vector3 conversion.
So x input of 101 gets converted to -796, y input of 968 converted to -429 (touching the upper left corner of the screen, same results from emulator as from my phone). When clicking the bottom right corner, the animation fires in the middle of the screen.
It all seems pretty basic so not really sure what I am setting incorrectly to get a skewed conversion.  Any help is appreciated!
camera creation:
camera = new OrthographicCamera(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());
camera.position.set(camera.viewportWidth * .5f, camera.viewportHeight * .5f, 0f);

Grabbing touch coord:
public boolean touchDown(int screenX, int screenY, int pointer, int button) {
    touchCoordinateX = screenX;
    touchCoordinateY = screenY;
    stateTime = 0;
    explosionHappening = true;
    return true;
}

Render loop:
public void render () {
    Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1, 0, 0, 1);
    Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    stateTime += Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
    batch.begin();

    if (!explosionAnimation.isAnimationFinished(stateTime) && explosionHappening) {
        Vector3 touchPoint = new Vector3();
        touchPoint.set(touchCoordinateX,touchCoordinateY,0);
        TextureRegion currentFrame = explosionAnimation.getKeyFrame(stateTime, false);  // #16
        camera.unproject(touchPoint);
        batch.draw(currentFrame, touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y);
    }
            //  batch.draw(img, 0, 0);
    batch.end();
    if (explosionAnimation.isAnimationFinished(stateTime)){explosionHappening = false;}
}

A: I think you forgot to set camera projection matrix to your SpriteBatch. Just add
batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);

before
batch.begin();

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Peter Schoomaker
Peter Jan Schoomaker
General Peter J. Schoomaker
35th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
February 12, 1946(1946-02-12) (age 76)
Commands held
Army Chief of Staff
United States Special Operations Command
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
LTG Eric Schoomaker (brother)
Peter Jan Schoomaker (born February 12, 1946) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army and served as the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from August 1, 2003 to April 10, 2007. Schoomaker's appointment as Chief of Staff was unique in that he was recalled and came out from retirement to assume the position.[1] Schoomaker voluntarily retired from the Army for the second time in 2007 after completing the full four-year term as Chief of Staff.
Prior to his last assignment, Schoomaker spent over 30 years in a variety of assignments with both conventional and special operations forces – he is the first Special Forces-trained Army Chief of Staff and the second to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (General Henry H. Shelton was the first, when he served as Chairman).
His brother, Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, M.D., PhD, was the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army.
1.1 Military career
2 Post-military career
3 Decorations and badges
Schoomaker was born on February 12, 1946 in Michigan. He was raised in an army family.[2] After attending East Lansing High School, Schoomaker graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education administration. A football player, he was a starter on Wyoming's Sugar Bowl team. He holds a Master of Arts degree in management from Central Michigan University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Hampden-Sydney College.
Military career[]
Schoomaker participated in numerous deployment operations including Eagle Claw in Iran, Urgent Fury in Grenada, Just Cause in Panama, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Southwest Asia, Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and supported various other operations. After being commissioned as a second lieutenant after participating in the ROTC program at the University of Wyoming, he went to the Armor School at Fort Knox. Schoomaker soon became a Reconnaissance Platoon Leader and Rifle Company Commander with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry, and a Cavalry Troop Commander with 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany. He then served in Korea as the S-3 Operations Officer of 1st Battalion, 73rd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division. From 1978 to 1981, he commanded a squadron of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta (1st SFOD-D), commonly known to the public as "Delta Force", at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Following a year at the Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, General Schoomaker served as the Squadron Executive Officer, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany. In August 1983, he returned to Fort Bragg, to serve as Special Operations Officer, J-3, Joint Special Operations Command. From August 1985 to August 1988, General Schoomaker commanded another squadron of the 1st SFOD-D. Following the National War College in Washington, D.C., he returned to command Delta Force from June 1989 to July 1992. Subsequently, General Schoomaker served as the Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, followed by a tour in the Headquarters, Department of the Army staff as the Deputy Director for Operations, Readiness and Mobilization.[2]
General Schoomaker served as the Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command from July 1994 to August 1996, followed by command of the United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina through October 1997. His most recent assignment prior to assuming duties as the Army Chief of Staff was as Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, from November 1997 to November 2000. According to the 9/11 Commission, Schoomaker wanted to take action against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan using his special operators but was unable to gain approval for the mission.
Post-military career[]
After his retirement from active duty, Schoomaker served as a Director for DynCorp, as well as on the advisory boards of Camber Corporation and EWA-Government Systems Inc. Concurrently, Schoomaker was the Director of CAE USA Inc. (from November 2007 to February 2009), where he still serves a member of the Human Resources Committee as well as an independent director and consultant on defense matters. Schoomaker is also currently a Director of Aeroflex Incorporated and several private and non-profit companies, including the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.[3][4][5][6][7]
Decorations and badges[]
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with two oak leaf clusters)
Army Distinguished Service Medal (with oak leaf cluster)
Defense Superior Service Medal (with three oak leaf clusters)
Legion of Merit (with two oak leaf clusters)
Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with two oak leaf clusters)
Meritorious Service Medal (with two oak leaf clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with oak leaf cluster)
Valorous Unit Award (with oak leaf cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with award star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with two campaign stars)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with two campaign stars)
Humanitarian Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 3)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Canadian Meritorious Service Cross (Military Division)
Combat Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Military Free Fall Parachutist Badge
Special Forces Tab
Ranger Tab
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
Special Forces Distinctive Unit Insignia
Royal Thai Airborne badge (Golden wings with red backing)
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Project Manager Battle Command
↑ Thom Shanker (June 11, 2003, Late Edition - Final). "Retired Commando Chief Is Chosen to Lead the Army". New York Times. p. Section A, Page 20, Column 1. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0613F93B5D0C728DDDAF0894DB404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fJ%2fJoint%20Chiefs%20of%20Staff. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Bell, William Gardner (2005). "Peter Schoomaker". Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff 1775-2005:Portraits & Biographical Sketches of the United States Army's Senior Officer. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 166–170. ISBN 0-16-072376-0. CMH Pub 70–14. http://www.history.army.mil/books/CG&CSA/CG-TOC.htm.
↑ DynCorp press release
↑ Forbes Magazine profile: Peter J. Schoomaker
↑ CAE, Inc. Schoomaker bio
↑ Aeroflex Schoomaker bio
↑ American Corporate Partners biography of Schoomaker
↑ Times Hall of Valor
↑ DefenseLINK: DefenseLINK News Photos
↑ Shoomaker receives Meritorious Service Cross
Bell, William Gardner (2005). "Peter Jan Schoomaker". Commanding Generals & Chiefs of Staff 1775-2005. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/books/cg&csa/Schoomaker.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
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"ON THE ARMY'S RESET STRATEGY AND PLAN FOR FUNDING RESET REQUIREMENTS" (PDF). 2006-06-27. http://armedservices.house.gov/schedules/6-27-06ArmyStatement.pdf. An assessment of Army preparedness in terms of manpower, equipment, and funding. Delivered before the House Committee on the Armed Services.
Sally B. Donnelly and Douglas Waller (April 22, 2005). "Ten Questions With Peter Schoomaker, TIME talks to the Army Chief of Staff". TIME Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1053555,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
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