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Damen's FCS 2710: new and improved Fast Crew Supplier for windfarm industry
23 / 11 / 2018 Published in category: Offshore Wind
Source: Maritime Holland
Author: Bruno Bouckaert
Since the launch of their first Twin Axe FCS 2610 back in 2011, the Damen vessel has become a benchmark in crew transfer for the offshore wind industry. About 50 of these ships have been built, and while improvements were made along the way, it was time to design and build a new version, taking into account all the experience gained over the years and the evolved requirements from customers.
Client input
Damen Shipyards talked with their clients, in particular the majors (industry leaders) Vestas, Ørsted (Dong), Vattenfall and Siemens, to see what the users liked and what they didn't like about the FCS 2610. This formed the basis to develop the FCS 2710, with a focus on cost-effective, comfortable and safe crew transportation. In spite of what her name might suggest, the FCS 2710 still fits within the 24 metres load line requirement.
The principle points of feedback on the FCS 2610 were that technicians / industrial personnel had to take too many stairs (to go to the seating area on the upper deck and to go to the transfer position on deck), that the deck was not a straight single-level flush deck, that the wet gear room was too small, and that the maneuverability and onboard comfort could be improved. Furthermore, the weights onboard increased over the years, which meant that the distance between the cross deck and the water became smaller, making the vessel more susceptible to cross-deck slamming in heavy seas.
Based on this feedback, Damen started the design with a clean slate. First of all, the foredeck was raised compared to the water and made continuous from fore to aft. It was chosen to move the seating position to the main deck, but ample forward and side views were maintained, which are essential in preventing seasickness. The working deck became a bit smaller at 90 square meters rather than 100, but as it is one continuous stepless area, it is much better useable.
Hull design
For the hull design, Damen maintained the basic principles which were so successful: two Sea Axe hulls for reduced vertical accelerations in heavy weather, and a roundshaped cross structure between the hulls to reduce cross-deck slamming. Compared to a standard (flat) catamaran cross deck, this tunnel reduces the impact of a cross-beam slam, but also there is additional reserve buoyancy in the tunnels which lifts the vessel when a high wave is passed.
The tunnel was raised by over a meter to increase the operability in heavy weather. The hull material remained aluminum, to keep the weight as low as possible for efficient running at high speed. For the hull shape of each hull, Damen compared a hard-chine hull with a round bilge hull for best performance, and chose the hard chine hull because of its lower resistance characteristics in the intended speed range (20-30 kn). A small hull extension was made aft to increase waterline length and buoyancy. At the same time, these low platforms ensure easy boarding in places where the quay is very low. Just like her predecessor, the FCS 2710 has course-keeping fins to avoid broaching in a following sea.
Catamarans are known to have a stiffer roll motion, and hence passengers are more often seasick on catamarans than on monohulls. Why are all turbine transfer vessels then catamarans? Wim Boerma, product manager of Damen explains: "We have both suitable monohulls and multihulls in our product range, but it's our clients who specify that it has to be a catamaran. This is because of the most critical point in the transfer process: the landing at a turbine and the ship-to-ladder transfer of personnel. A catamaran is in this case a more stable platform, due to less rolling, making the step-over safer. A monohull can more easily loose contact with the landing posts due to its rolling motions."
Engine rooms
The engine rooms received a complete make-over and moved to the aft of each hull. This gives Damen the possibility to offer the same vessel with five different propulsion configurations with minimal changes: fixed pitch propellers, controllable pitch propellers, Volvo IPS drives, Voith Linear Jets or waterjets.
In the standard propeller configuration, which is also the most efficient, the engines are coupled to V-drive gearboxes on the front, with the propeller shafts exiting aftwards under the engines. The V-drive gearboxes, which were developed by Reintjes especially for this purpose, also features a two-speed functionality of a second gearing, just like the previous FCS 2610. The additional gear allows for a better compromise between bollard pull at zero speed and propulsive efficiency at high speed. At 12 tons, the 'bollard push' is certainly sufficient. Customers who favour other propulsion systems, can opt for Volvo IPS drives, waterjets, or Voith Linear Jets.
The main engines are in a V-drive configuration
The maneuverability of the FCS 2710 was improved by installing larger bow thrusters (2x 64 kW instead of 2 x 50 kW). On the previous vessel, typically only the bow thruster blowing away from the ship would be used, as the flow of the other one would hit the opposite hull and become ineffective. The solution for this was to position each bow thruster with a downward angle towards the centerline. Because of this, the flow will pass below the other hull, ensuring that both bowthrusters can be used at the same time. Each bow thruster is driven hydraulically by a large PTO pump on the main engine's gearbox, which ensures that maximum thruster power is already available when the main engines are only running stationary.
The arched dome structure is placed higher for more clearance
Asymmetric deckhouse
Damen was the first to position the deckhouse at the aft, where ship motions are less, and this was of course retained for the new vessel. As more interior capacity was needed at main deck level, the deckhouse was extended forward, and to portside, where it occupies the port side walkway. The starboard walkway is wide enough to ensure that technicians can pass each other and the accommodation door.
The asymmetric weight was compensated by placing the crane on the starboard side, as well as some of the heavy technical components. To ensure each client can plan their accommodation space as they wish, there are no structural bulkheads on main deck level. The supporting pillars, which are required for constructional strength, can be moved within a certain range, so they can be in a bulkhead or in a position where they do not cause inconvenience. While some clients opt for maximum seating capacity, others prefer to have less seats (business class), a settee or even bunk beds useable by the technicians during transfer. The bulkheads and furniture are built of extremely lightweight aluminum honeycomb panels. Due to its larger size, the lightsip weight of the FCS 2710 is about 10 tons higher than that of the FCS 2610.
A Heila deck crane is used to load cargo
The increased space in the deckhouse and the relocation of the engine rooms aft has created more interior volume for crew cabins. There are three MLC-compliant cabins above the main deck, and one optional in each hull. There's an extra two smaller cabins in the hulls which are not MLC-compliant, but which can be used for sleeping when in the harbor. These vessels are used both in windfarm construction projects, where work goes on 24/7, and in existing windfarm maintenance, where they are more like a bus service operating during the day.
The air-conditioning onboard is with aircooled AC units – as seen in buildings on land, but marinized- as these minimize the installation work and are easy to replace in case of a malfunction. In the seating room, there are large video screens, and the crew can use their own devices to connect to the Wifi network onboard, which gets its internet connection either through a satellite or 4G communication system, depending on the distance from shore. Charging these devices can easily be done with a socket and USB charger integrated in each seat.
The seating area can be configured to the clients' wishes
Just like the passenger seating compartment, the wheelhouse has excellent views all around. In addition, there is a topdeck window in the overhead, allowing the helmsman to look up to the turbine, from which craning operations often take place. Container fittings on deck are suitable for either two twenty-foot containers or four ten-foot containers. The FCS 2710 also has a fuel supply reel on the foredeck to resupply the generators in the wind turbines. There are several features built-in to ensure client upgrades are easy. For example, the working deck has an area free of systems to easily create a moon pool, and preparations for deck heating are installed. The engines are compliant with IMO Tier II, but the engine rooms offer sufficient space to accommodate Tier-III compliant aftertreatment systems. Each of the engines already has an exhaust silencer, and the exhaust is ejected between the hulls.
An overhead window in the wheelhouse roof ensures visibility of the turbine
To increase the capacity from 12 technicians to 26 technicians, the FCS 2710 was certified differently. It's not anymore a cargo ship (which can always carry up to 12 passengers) like the original FCS 2610, but it complies with the Offshore Service Craft Regulations. This is an adaptation of the High Speed Craft code, of which variations are adopted by the British, Danish and German flag authorities, which differentiates industrial personnel (which have received basic safety training) from standard passengers. The more stringent regulations meant amongst others stricter damage stability requirements, a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), engine rooms insulated to A60 standard and the use of non-combustible material for the bulkheads. With this new certification, the 24-metres load line also became less important, and therefore, Damen now also offers a 34-metres version of the same vessel, with either additional accommodation or additional cargo deck space.
Hybrid propulsion
Damen has worked on a hybrid propulsion system, which it has installed on a monohull OPV, and which is also available on the FCS 2710 as an option. The goal of this is to be able to switch off the main engines when the vessel is sailing below 8 knots, for example in the waiting time between transfers. The idling speed of the FCS 2710 is about 8 knots, so it makes sense, for station keeping, to use the generator or even a battery bank at lower speeds. It's a matter of looking at the operational profile of each vessel, as the additional weight of the hybrid system and possibly a battery bank will have a fuel consumption penalty at higher speeds, where the fuel consumption is much higher than at 8 knots.
Upon completion at the Damen shipyard in Antalya, Turkey, the HST Hudson sailed on her own keel to the UK. Damen introduced the vessel at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton, where the christening also took place. This first vessel was sold to High Speed Transfers, a new player in the market founded by several veterans of the industry. Damen has a second FCS 2710 under construction for stock. It is expected that in the windfarm industry, the new model will replace the FCS 2610, but it's likely that the previous model will still be built for the oil&gas industry. The FCS 2610 quickly became the benchmark of the industry seven years ago. Damen has once again raised the bar with the FCS 2710, ensuring even more cost-effective windfarm maintenance and construction.
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Joanna shared the marketing wisdom that made her such an indie publishing phenomenon in a session hosted by Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Kobo's Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations and an author of speculative fiction.
For Joanna, making art isn't only about sitting down and writing her thriller novels; it's about the moment, right here, right now, where the British authorpreneur shared her marketing wisdom with a room full of indie authors and writers. This too is art. The ideas she shared spark a synergy that takes on a life of its own, and who knows where that will go?
What inspired me most is this. Joanna said her hero is the famous children's author Beatrix Potter, who made so much from her books that she was able to buy the Lake District. Beatrix Potter gave the land to the National Trust. She used her power of creation to create a legacy for everyone. It's not just about writing books and making money; it's about creating something for the future.
"I'm stunned every day from the emails I get from all over the world," said Joanna. A global marketing machine, she encouraged indie writers to think about the rest of the world.
"Traditional publishers can't even get to Nigeria," said Joanna, but online books can.
Joanna was pleased to say she recently sold her first book in Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa. She has also sold three books in Nepal.
Bypass the aggregators – the companies who will package and sell your book at several online retailers. Instead, go direct with online retailers like Kobo. "You have more chance of being noticed," said Penn. The direct relationships you form are the best way to give your books a boost.
Also expect to be more than an author. She's an author, a public speaker and an entrepreneur. That is how you make it work.
Having appeared on CNN and other news shows, she reports traditional media hits never correlated to a jump in sales for her.
"The most important thing to me in marketing is a clickable link," she said.
That leads directly to her books and sales.
It was by going to writing conferences and connecting with people that she first got noticed. Success takes time, she said, and sometimes people give up too soon. Most of the people she started out with are no longer around.
Investing in the process is what entrepreneurs do. She spent $4,000 on four different editors for her first book, including structural editing, copyediting and proofreading, and learned enough she hasn't needed to spend that kind of money again.
She advised authors to take back the power. "The agent is your employee," she said. You pay them from your royalties. You're the one with the product.
Ultimately, it's a business. Ten books can translate into 60 revenue streams with audio books, print on demand, translations and other related products.
"Once you have 10 books or more you can't treat them as your children," she said.
Like many writers, Joanna said she's an introvert, but you wouldn't know it watching her on stage. She came across as refreshingly open and friendly, ready to share everything she has learned with our group of indie writers.
"As introverts, what we do is project a bit. We have to act a bit, or else drink a bit," she laughed.
Thanks to Kobo Writing Life and Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Kobo's Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations, for the opportunity to hear Joanna Penn speak, and to Joanna for volunteering her time.


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Georgia O'Keeffe at the Tate Modern
Litro Magazine, July 2016. Original article.
Georgia O'Keeffe's sense of home
The Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective is at the Tate Modern, London, until 30th October 2016.
"I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me," Georgia O'Keeffe once said. Right now, the Tate Modern's retrospective of the pioneering modernist may well present you with art unlike what anyone has shown you. Because after spending an afternoon in O'Keeffe's company at the Tate, I can't help but think that for a reasonably well-known name, O'Keeffe is vastly underrated. She's been unfairly pigeon-holed as that desert lady with the flowers, but her work is so much broader than that. You may expect this show to be great – but it is in fact wonderful. Like O'Keeffe said after seeing New Mexico for the first time: "Well! Well! Well! … This is wonderful. No one told me it was like this!"
Those famous flowers kick things off – there's one in the Tate's poster and that's what will get you through the door. And by all means: the flowers have earned their fame because they're stunning, no doubt about it – they're so much more beautiful on canvas than they appear in reproductions. The colour play is exquisite and the curves are masterful – everything O'Keeffe does has these incredible subtle colours and curves – and it's delicious. Sweetly pink, white and turquoise in 'Music – Pink and Blue No 1'. More white and mint green in 'Abstraction White Rose'. But in 'Grey Lines with Black Blue and Yellow' it's not subtle anymore: the soft pink is contrasted with bold yellow, blue, pink.
This is also where it gets a little tricky, as O'Keeffe steadfastly maintained throughout her life that if we're seeing anything sexual in her flower paintings, that's on us, not her: "When people read erotic symbols into my paintings, they're really talking about their own affairs." Fair enough. But once it's been suggested that those petals could also be vaginas, it's very difficult to stop seeing it. Did she deny this interpretation because of the times? 'Grey Lines with Black Blue and Yellow' was painted in 1923. But part of the Tate's intention with this exhibition is to "dispel the clichés that persist" around O'Keeffe's work, so we should probably give her the benefit of the doubt. If the artist claims a flower is just a flower, who am I to say otherwise?
The flowers are very beautiful though, regardless of interpretation. They feel overwhelming, maybe because they're so big and up close.There's something unapologetic about them, but at the same time, they're simply pretty. Maybe that's why they feel so radical: the notion that you can take something so delicate and lovely, something as passive as a flower, and make it look so powerful. If passivity – let's go ahead and call it femininity – is considered a lesser state now, it certainly was a hundred years ago, around the time these paintings were created. But it was lazy to read O'Keeffe's art based on her gender back then, and it's even lazier now. O'Keeffe put it this way: "I'll paint what I see – what the flower is to me. … You hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower, and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower – and I don't." O'Keeffe creates a world inside each flower, and invite us to get lost in there – but she never quite tells us what the flower means to her. We may be having our own experiences with her work, but she's completely in control.
This feeling continues into the next section of the Tate show, which has photographs of O'Keeffe by her husband, Arthur Stieglitz. There's O'Keeffe's face, her torso, her breasts, hands, arms. There's O'Keeffe staring into the camera, the photo cropped defiantly low across her naked chest. But in the photos, O'Keeffe doesn't look defiant at all – she just comes across as someone who knows exactly what she wants. Looking at 'White Iris", the flower is so soft in white, pink and just a little green; if we see something in there – passivity, defiance, whatever – that's on us. O'Keeffe simply meets your eye and makes you really, really look.
O'Keeffe moves on from flowers after she came to New Mexico – they're rare in the desert – but she still examines the details of her surrounding with the same close, loving gaze. Her knack for curves is applied to the mountains and the mesas, except now the colours are saturated: the red clay and the blue stone, and then, the adobe buildings in soft brown, pale grey. Just like with the petals, O'Keeffe creates layers, and the same happens with the skeletons. O'Keeffe paints the bones so lovingly against the pale blue sky or the pink sands that they appear far more romantic than any of those flowers ever did. It takes a moment to realise just how artfully she's recreated the shades of white of the bone – her technical mastery has become secondary to the sheer interestingness of her work.
O'Keeffe's paintings of the desert landscape around Ghost Ranch, her first New Mexico home, are less flashy than the flowers and the skulls, but every bit as remarkable. Those curves are now perfected: the sides of the mesas, the rise of the mountains, the cutaway rock-sides. The shades of pink in 'Red and Yellow Cliffs' – dusty rose, pale salmon, buttery peach, gold, muddy greens – you could drown in those colours. O'Keeffe discovered a sense of home when she came to New Mexico: 'As soon as I saw it, that was my country. I'd never seen anything like it before, but it fitted to me exactly. It's something that's in the air – it's different.' She loved New Mexico, and the feeling pours off the paintings.
This is where O'Keeffe really dives into exploring layers. In the Black Place and the White Place series she paints the exact same things over and over, varying the colours or the style. That's what it's like to look at something over and over: there's always something else there, because you're a little different every time. The experience of standing still is very much an exercise in change. The paintings of the door of O'Keeffe's Abiquiú home are the highlight of this joy of repetition – she's really making us look closely now, just like the flowers, except now she's giving us even less to work with: just a plain brown wall and a black door, barely any sky at all.
But this time she provides a hint about the world she's hidden inside all those layers. 'My Last Door' is a black square on white, that's pretty much it, but it took her two years to complete. She loved that house – you can feel her reaching for that feeling, striving to articulate it on canvas in its glorious, plain, untamable state. All the way through O'Keeffe's work there's a sense of her chasing down experience, hidden in the curves of the petals and the bones and the mountains – there are worlds to be discovered everywhere, if only you look close enough. But never is it clearer than with O'Keeffe's repetition of that plain door, over and over: home is a feeling, and love is a place.
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The other South of France
By Mike Pickup, Mike writes about travel for numerous newspapers and magazines, both consumer and trade, and has over a hundred features published each year. He is also the Editor of Holiday Magazine and a professionally trained photographer. For more information click here
Does the South of France conjure up images of traffic-laden streets, expensive restaurants and glossy people reading glossy magazines?
Travel west along the coast and you will discover a totally different part of France. Still enjoying three hundred days a year of glorious sunshine it is home to great food and wine, atmospheric villages, history, and the stunning Pont du Gard; but more of that later.
Our journey started with a rush-hour drive round the M25 to Gatwick, so we were grateful for the efficient Meet and Greet parking from Holiday Extras. A short time later we were on our Easyjet flight to Montpellier, a small airport on the edge of the Mediterranean, sparklingly blue in the mid-day sunshine.
Sophie was there to greet us, a Parisian who had left the hustle of the big city for a more relaxed way of life, and after a short drive we arrived in the Medieval town of Uzès (ee-oo-ZESS).
It was prosperous due to its mulberry trees which supported a thriving silk industry, but under pressure from cheap imports and diseased trees this died away and the area went into decline. However, in 1965 the French government declared the town centre a protected zone, one which has been considerably extended over the years. The result is a beautifully preserved town with buildings made from the local creamy limestone, peppered with delightful labyrinths of light passageways, the centre of which is the Place aux Herbes, home to a market every Wednesday and Saturday with stalls selling everything from scented soaps to oysters.
The peaceful town of Uzès
Uzès market, everything from scented soaps to oysters
Close by is the Ducal Palace. The Duke of Uzès is the primary duke of France and was first in line to the throne after the Royal Family. The current Duke still inhabits the castle in Uzès.
We spent two nights in this charming and relaxing town, one night at the Hotel Entraigue and the other at the Maison d'Uzès, just a minutes walk away. Both hotels are full of character and no two bedrooms are alike. Needless to say the food was memorable and since the region's vineyards cover three times the area of those of Bordeaux, wines are plentiful and of great quality.
Our stay in Uzès was broken by a trip to the nearby Pont du Gard. Around 50 AD the Roman settlement in nearby Nîmes needed a better water supply. With incredible skills for that time, they calculated that a spring in Uzès was 56 ft higher than the basin in Nimes and could therefore deliver the steady flow of water they needed. However, the problem was how to get the water the twelve miles from Uzès to Nîmes and negotiate the rivers, valleys and hills that stood in the way. The result was an aqueduct stretching some 31 miles with an average gradient of just 1 in 3,000.
The Pont du Gard carried the water over the river Gardon and consists of three layers of arches. On top of the third layer is an oblong tunnel which carried the water. Today visitors can walk through it and truly appreciate this amazing structure.
Nîmes, the destination for the water, was originally settled by the Romans around 30 BC and the Maison Carrée is one of the finest Roman temples to be found anywhere. Facing it is the modern Art Gallery designed by Sir Norman Foster. Although two thousand years separates these two buildings they live next door to each other in perfect harmony. Another Roman building worth seeing is the Amphitheatre, largely still intact it was the setting for the film Gladiator.
Unbeknown to many, Nîmes is represented worldwide through an item of clothing. The manufacture of strong cloth for sails and tarpaulin was a major industry. In 1870 an immigrant named Levi Strauss used this cloth to make trousers for the wild west pioneers in America. The cloth from Nîmes (de Nîmes) became denim. The rest, as they say, is history, something that this part of France excels in.
When it comes to excellence, however, history jostles for the top spot with food and wine. We enjoyed a great lunch in the Bistr'Au, a new restaurant owned by Jerome Nutile, former head chef at the Michelin 2-star restaurant at the Castellas Hotel. Food, wine and service doesn't get much better than that.
Sunday was our last day but the pace didn't let up. We toured the centre of Montpellier as it woke to a sleepy, sunny Sunday morning. Born around one thousand years later than its neighbours, Montpellier combines recent history and elegance with a more youthful feel, in part due to its university. It even has its own Arc de Triomphe. It grew in prominence as a trading and intellectual centre and gave rise to the first medical school in France where Nostradamus and Rabelais studied. Montpellier is a delightful mix, old buildings in the centre, and on the edge of the city sit IBM, Dell and other major new-age industries. Lovely beaches are nearby. What more could you want?
We could have stayed longer but were due to visit the Paul Mas vineyard where we were met by head of communications, Julie Billod. After a short film about the estate we were ushered in to the restaurant. Being Sunday, Julie informed us, we had two main courses, not to mention a suitable wine for each course, selected and poured by the vineyard's own sommelier. Just when we felt we could eat no more, a dessert of chocolate flan covered with raspberries and redcurrants was placed in front of us. It was so good, not a crumb was left, and in response to our admiration Julie summoned the chef so we could thank him personally.
Then it was time to tour the vineyard, on horseback or a four-seater quad vehicle. The group split up and we went with the quad. Julie drove and this was clearly her forté. As we bumped along narrow tracks and up steep hills, Julie waved enthusiastically at the vines and shouted above the noise of the engine to explain what they were and which wines they were used in. We didn't mind that we arrived back a little dusty and had to leave straight away for the airport – it was a great end to a great trip.
This is a lovely area of southern France, peaceful villages, great hospitality, stunning history and good food and wine. We were sad to leave and realised there were so many more places we would have liked to visit. This was a taster, in more ways than one, and it left us wanting more.
For more information on the area go to www.destinationsuddefrance.com www.uzes-tourisme.com www.ot-nimes.fr www.cote-mas.fr
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Super laughs speed Troopers along
March 1, 2002 12:00 am by William Albritton
Super Troopers is a stupid movie. With that said, it is also one of the funniest rides you'll take this year. Although the trailers suggest a juvenile comedy involving doped-out teens and prankster fast-food employees, the sophomore – and sophomoric – effort from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard is actually a rip-roaring spoof on highway patrolmen.
Not since Police Academy have cops in movies behaved this badly (well, maybe in Bad Lieutenant). Except in the end of Police Academy, the heroes wanted justice and to do the right thing. Here, these guys are more concerned with messing with traffic violators than actually punishing them.
When they are not enticing a high-speed chase by hot-rodding in an impounded sports car, the five jokers are finding new ways to start a fight with the local police department.
The plot is as thin as Swiss cheese and sometimes resembles it, but the execution of the gags makes up for the otherwise pointless humor. No underlying social messages are present about patrolmen and their undying need to rebel against the constraints put on them because of the uniform – they'd just rather fish than catch speeders.
The film takes the Animal House recipe and adds a post-Sept. 11 flavor to it. Although the film was made months before that tragic day, references are made about a cheaply animated TV show from Afghanistan and the evil ruling Taliban government.
Just as in the National Lampoon classic of all slacker comedies, the troopers face the threat of being shut down. They must now shape up their act when an unrealistically large drug bust leads to a possible murder investigation. This allows for an even further rivalry with the local cops that accounts for most of the big laughs in a film with its already fair share of spot-on humor.
Scenes including new ways to screw with pulled-over drivers, as well as a subplot involving one of the trooper's infatuation with a rival female cop, round out a film as complete as a stupid comedy can get.
The troupe's first film, Puddle Cruiser, failed to get released in 1996. However, they had more success here as Troopers was the first film bought at last year's Sundance Film Festival (even before In the Bedroom).
Directed by troupe member Jay Chandrasekhar, Troopers does eventually run out of steam. While the jokes run strong throughout despite a shallow script, the movie's final scene utilizes that "three months later" device that some films use when they don't know when to end.
All in all, Super Troopers is lewd, offensive and stupid – not to mention funny as hell.
Contact William Albritton at oraclewill@yahoo.com


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Olivia Griffiths
Annette Idler speaking at Balliol College's Lady Dervorguilla Seminar
Lady Dervorguilla Seminar
'The Convergence of Conflict and Organised Crime' by Dr Annette Idler
23 February 2018, 8.00pm
Middle Common Room, Holywell Manor (no disabled access)
Dr Annette Idler (Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations) will give a talk on 'The Convergence of Conflict and Organised Crime'.
In this talk, Dr Idler unpacks the intricate relationships between armed conflict and transnational organised crime. She demonstrates how tracing illicit supply chains reveal security challenges that are analytical blind spots to conventional frameworks on the 'crime-conflict nexus'. These challenges include first, the mismatch of local and global perceptions that undermines the perceived legitimacy of governments; second, the persistence of illicit power structures throughout war and peace time; and third, the interconnectedness of multiple forms of organised crime that perpetuate conflict and fuel wider insecurity.
Annette Idler is the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, and Affiliate at the Latin American Centre, all University of Oxford. She is the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council's Fellow on International Security and Research Associate at the Graduate Institute Geneva's Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding. Dr Idler's work focuses on the interface of conflict, security, transnational organized crime and peacebuilding. Drawing on ethnographic methods in her research, over the past decade, she has conducted extensive fieldwork in and on the war-torn and crisis-affected borderlands of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, including more than 600 interviews with local stakeholders. Her work appeared in journals such as Stability: International Journal of Security and Development and Perspectives on Terrorism and her book Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. Dr Idler advises governments and international organizations, is a regular expert for media outlets such as Al Jazeera, BBC and the Washington Post, and has published numerous policy briefs. Dr Idler previously worked with UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the German development cooperation. She holds a doctorate from the Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and an MA in International Relations from King's College London's Department of War Studies.
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New Sensor Could Help Detect Earth-bound Asteroids
''Rochester astronomers Judith L. Pipher, Bill Forrest, grad student Meghan Dorn and Craig McMurtry in front of a dewar containing an infrared detector array ready to be tested. Photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester''
A sensor designed to be the eyes of a future asteroid-tracking mission has passed a critical test. The Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) sensor is a new infrared-light detector to improve the performance and efficiency of the next generation of space-based asteroid-hunting telescopes. It is the result of a long-term collaboration between the University of Rochester and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), together with Teledyne Imaging Sensors.
A paper on the NEOCam sensor test will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Optical Engineering.
"The NEOCam sensor will increase our ability to detect hazardous asteroids near the Earth and improve our understanding of threatening objects," said William J. Forrest, professor of astronomy at the University of Rochester. The NASA-funded NEOCam space mission will also search for the most favorable destinations for future exploration by humans or robotic missions.
Asteroids do not emit visible light, they reflect it. When searching for near-Earth objects with optical telescopes (using visible light) the data collected can be deceiving because – depending on how reflective the object is – a small, light-colored space rock can look the same as a big, dark one.
Asteroids do, however, always emit infrared radiation. "We can learn more about asteroids when we look at them with infrared light," explained Amy Mainzer, an author on the paper and principal investigator for NASA's NEOWISE and NEOCam missions at the JPL in Pasadena, Calif. "When you observe a space rock with infrared, you are seeing its thermal emissions, which can better define the asteroid's size as well as tell you something about composition."
Asteroids emit most of their radiation at infrared wavelengths near about 10 microns (0.0004 inches), which humans perceive as heat. There is also relatively less radiation from stars and galaxies at these wavelengths, which simplifies detection of faint moving objects.
The sensor can be thought of as a megapixel camera chip that can collect infrared light at these wavelengths. "This sensor works at higher temperatures than any other similar ones we have at the moment," said Judith Pipher, emeritus professor in physics and astronomy at Rochester. "This means they can be passively cooled; making the instrument less heavy and less expensive to put into space."
Infrared detector array ready for testing at the Rochester lab. Photo by J. Adam Fenster/ University of Rochester.
The NEOCam sensor is made of mercury, cadmium, and tellurium. Pipher and her colleague Forrest started working on sensors from this combination of materials nearly 20 years ago, when they saw the potential they offered for higher operating temperatures.
Craig McMurtry, the paper's first author, is also a member of the Rochester team. "We were delighted to see in this generation of detectors a factor of 1000 improvement in sensitivity compared with previous generations, while simultaneously raising the operating temperature to one readily attainable in space," he said.
Another sensor, for infrared radiation of a different wavelength, developed by the Rochester team is currently aboard the Spitzer mission. It continues to operate, even after the cooling system ran out, therefore lengthening the lifetime of the mission beyond what had been planned.
Once launched, the space-based telescope would be positioned at a location about four times the distance between Earth and the moon. From this lofty perch, NEOCam could observe the comings and goings of NEOs every day without the impediments to efficient observing like cloud cover and even daylight. The location in space NEOCam would inhabit is important for another reason, as well - it allows the monitoring of areas of the sky generally inaccessible to ground-based surveys, while allowing scientists easy access to the data from the spacecraft.
Other authors on the paper include graduate student at Rochester Meghan Dorn; former student at Rochester and now at Roberts Wesleyan College Candice Bacon Fazar; the Teledyne team of Donald Lee, James Beletic, Chi-Yi Chen, Richard Demers, Dennis Edwall and Aristo Yulius; and Fengchuan Liu from JPL.
The Rochester group acknowledges support by NASA APRA grant NNX12AF39G. The JPL group received funding from the NASA Discovery program to fund the development and acquisition of long wave background arrays from Teledyne. Teledyne Imaging Sensors, Camarillo, Calif., produced the sensors. JPL manages the NEOCam sensor program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.


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NASA Mars Perseverance Rover {Facts and Information}
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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover was launched on 30 July 2020 at 11:50 UTC. The nickname of this rover is "Percy". The Percy rover landed on the planet Mars on 18 Feb 2021 at 20:55 UTC.
This Mars-mission-2020 was announced on 4 Dec 2012 by NASA. It has used new technology and instruments that were never used in any rover in the past.
The main purpose of NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover is to search for the existence of ancient life and study the geographical situation on the Martian surface. It will also collect some samples of the rocks and dust. These samples would be brought back on the earth in the future for more exploration about Mars.
"Go Percy, Go…"
Properties of the Mars perseverance Rover
Perseverance is a Mars Rover, looks like a car but has attached with modern robotic technology. The rover used in this mission is manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory located in California, United States.
Rover Dimension
It has a dimension of "3 × 2.7 × 2.2″ meters (9.8 × 8.9 × 7.2 ft).
Length: 3 m or 9.8 ft
Width: 2.7 m or 8.9 ft
Height: 2.2 m or 7.2 ft
Rover Mass
The launch mass of this rover is around 1025 kg or 2260 lb.
Rover Power
It will get the required power from its generator of around 110 watts.
Mission Cost
This has used a lot of new technology so definitely, it would have taken more cost to develop the whole mission. It is an approximately 2.5 billion dollar mission.
Function and Design of Perseverance Rover
In the design of the Mars Perseverance Rover, new technologies and scientific instruments have been used. The parts of this Mars rover have been made in such a way to sustain some damages and durable in that atmosphere while implementing the purposes.
Perseverance rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Perseverance Rover has used the following parts:
Arms- It has used 5 robotic arms to analyze the geological surface of Mars. The length of these arms is around 2.1 meters.
Wheels- The wheels of this rover is made of aluminum. It is much thicker and durable than NASA's previous Mars rover Curiosity.
Generator- It has used the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG). The mass of this generator is around 45 kg (99 lb). This generator has plutonium dioxide to convert the heat into electricity.
The generated power would be 110 watts at launch time but start to decrease a little over mission time. Though the generator MMRTG would provide its function for almost 14 years.
Lithium-ion battery- It has used two lithium-ion rechargeables (Li-ion) batteries. These batteries could be used temporarily in an emergency when the electrical supply needed more.
New Technology Instruments
Percy NASA rover has used such instruments that can work with most of the unstable situations such as dust storms, in the winter season, cold places, and at night.
Here we have mentioned some special instruments used in NASA's Percy:
1. RIMFAX
RIMFAX (Radar Imager for Mars' subsurface experiment) is ground-penetrating radar. It will detect the surface structure of Mars, ground rocks properties, ground densities, underground icy water, brine solution to the 10 meters of the depth.
2. MEDA
MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer) is a structure of the set of sensors. It will measure the temperature, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, the shape of some dust particles.
3. MOXIE
MOXIE (Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment) is a modern technology to convert Martial carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2). As the planet, Mars has 96% CO2 in its atmosphere. So using this technology can be useful for future life plans on Mars. Though oxygen is required fuel for rockets, so this can also be useful for the return trip of the other missions.
4. Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Ingenuity is a low-weight solar power helicopter used in NASA's Mars mission 2020 in Perseverance Rover. Its weight is almost 1.8 kg (4 lb). This helicopter has used a camera and will fly around the rover to scout the route for the rover.
Ingenuity Helicopter: Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The main purpose of the Ingenuity helicopter is to check the flying practicality on Mars. According to the plan, it will fly only 5 times in 30 days.
5. Microphone
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover has used 2 microphones. It would be useful while landing the rover and collecting the samples.
The perseverance rover of Mars has used 23 cameras at different locations. These cameras are specially made for celestial bodies.
Quick facts about Perseverance rover
The name of the Perseverance NASA mission is "Mars 2020".
Its function is to search for clues of ancient life and possibilities of life.
Perseverance NASA was launched on 30 July 2020 at 11:50 UTC.
Its launch Location is "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida".
Perseverance rover landed on 18 Feb 2021.
The landing location is "Jezero Crater on Mars".
The time of the mission is around one mars year (687 earth days).
It will collect rock and sand samples to bring them back on earth in the future.
What is the nickname of Perseverance Rover?
The name of this mission is "Mars 2020". But the actual nickname of the rover is "Percy". He/she says "call me Percy".
So, you just checked about facts and important information regarding NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover mission 2020.
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UP TO 205 Queensland court reporting jobs could be moved interstate or overseas as the government prepares to outsource the roles to the top bidder.
It was a revelation uncovered by Sunshine Coast member for Nicklin Peter Wellington during a Parliamentary legal committee held on Wednesday morning.
Mr Wellington quizzed the Department of Justice and Attorney-General director of reporting Joanne Bugden on the tender process.
He was told the tender process would be open to all companies to bid for the contract to transcribe Queensland court cases.
This could potentially include businesses from interstate or overseas.
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Wellington said he "cannot believe" the jobs would not be kept within the state.
"I just think it's unbelievable that in 2012, this service has the potential to be outsourced to someone overseas," he said.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said most government tenders were open to firms both out of state and out of country.
He said any application would be rigorously checked and the tender awarded to the most suitable company.
The winner will be in charge of monitoring, recording and transcribing all Queensland court proceedings.
Mr Wellington said the decision "floored" him.
"If this government has gone down the road with these tender documents where we see a company from outside Queensland and Australia operating this service - I think Queenslanders would be appalled.
"By crikey we need jobs for Queenslanders."
Mr Wellington said he understood the court reporters would be out of work from the end of May next year.
The successful firm will be named after applications close on January 7.


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é uma cientista da computação japonesa e engenheira de desenvolvimento cloud do Google. Em 2019, Haruka Iwao calculou o valor de pi mais preciso do mundo, que incluiu 31,4 trilhões de dígitos.

Infância e educação
Quando criança, Iwao se interessou por pi.  Ela foi inspirada por matemáticos japoneses, incluindo Yasumasa Kanada. Estudou ciência da computação na Universidade de Tsukuba, onde foi ensinada por Daisuke Takahashi. Ela foi premiada com o Dean's Award for Excellence em 2008, antes de iniciar estudos de pós-graduação em computação. Sua dissertação de mestrado considerou sistemas computacionais de alto desempenho. Depois de se formar, Iwao assumiu várias posições de engenharia de software, trabalhando na confiabilidade do site Panasonic, GREE e Red Hat.

Carreira
Iwao entrou para o Google como uma Engenheira de Desenvolvimento Cloud em 2015. Ela originalmente trabalhou para o Google em Tóquio, antes de se mudar para Seattle em 2019.  Iwao oferece treinamento no uso do Google Cloud Platform, bem como suporte a desenvolvedores de aplicativos.  Ela trabalha para tornar a computação em nuvem acessível para todos, criando demonstrações on-line e materiais de ensino.

Em março de 2019, Iwao calculou o valor de pi para 31,4 trilhões de dígitos, usando 170 TB de dados.  O cálculo envolveu um programa chamado y-cruncher e foi realizado em mais de 25 máquinas por 121 dias.

Ver também
Cronologia do cálculo de pi
Yasumasa Kanada

Notas

Referências

Ligações externas
 Vídeo de Emma sobre ter batido o recorde no cálculo de pi

Matemáticas do Japão
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Vermont Public is in search of a producer to join the programming team and assist in delivering our award-winning news, information, and music to broadcast and digital audiences. The Programming Producer has the skills and flexibility to prepare a variety of live and pre-recorded content modules for Vermont Public. The producer writes and produces compelling promotional content across all platforms, including broadcast, web, and social media. The producer also prepares special programs for air. They assist in the planning and execution of selected responsibilities in connection with membership drives.
We're looking for someone who loves collaborating across teams, who prioritizes our audience's needs and interests, and who is flexible enough to help support in a variety of on-air roles. The ideal candidate should have some experience in audio, a sharp ear, and bring a collaborative mindset to their work. At least 3 years of relevant experience in broadcasting or related fields and strong organizational, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills are required. Candidates will be expected to have a high level of commitment and dedication to the mission of the organization and public media. Must be able to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with co-workers and audience, supporting and enhancing a culture of belonging as well as preserving confidentiality appropriately.
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Theory Of European Integration
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To this day, an analysis of the European Integration cannot be done unless the theories of neo-functionalism and Intergovernmentalism are not confronted. It can be said that these remain the most comprehensive and widely accepted theories of European Integration by the finest researchers of Regional Integration. This research paper contextualises the prevailing theories of European integration and this paper deploys the conceptual distinctions between Neo-functionalism and Intergovernmentalism. Lasting peace and stable economic system was demanded in the aftermath of the Second World War. The European Union process emerged out of that ground and the institutionalization of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 paved the way to ensuring…show more content…
As this paper examines both theories, the guiding questions are as follows: How do the theories under examination explain the dynamic of political and economic integration, and to what extent are they capable of envisaging the European Union? This paper tries to identify the criticisms to the theories and compare the applicability of these models. The thesis argues that no single approach can fully account the economic policy making of decision makers in the European Union. Hence, both theories still exist in the discourse of integration. Furthermore, this paper argues that although both may prevail, one shall establish better assumptions than the other. Thus, it will be discussed that Intergovernmentalism established a more comprehensive argument. This topic is timeless as it is a well-discussed approach in the study of International Relations. In fact, there are a numerous efforts to evaluate the validity of these models of integration. This is an incentive for future researchers to evaluate the applicability of such models to current situation in the European…show more content…
The functional spillover suggests that the union in one economic sector will affect integration in other similar fields in order for them to function together properly. For example, transportation is central to the integration of coal and steel sectors in order for it to function smoothly. Thus transport policies are established to ensure rapid mobilization of necessary raw materials. Political Spillover refers to the political pressures that are exerted by national elites and will stimulate more integration. In a political spillover, certain interest groups will be making efforts to pursue their interests. Having realised that their interests are best served with the supranational bodies rather than domestic ones, the political elites that represent the groups shall be in favour of the political integration and shift their loyalties to the a new center, whose organizations have power over sovereign national states. (Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, 2006) In advancing these hypotheses, the practitioners of this theory initially aims for it to be the grand theory in describing and explaining regional integrations. (Cini & Borganna
External Incentives Model
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According to this model, domestic governments are the principle actors who make decisions to transfer EU rules as a result of lesson-drawing. The analytical point of departure might be ineffectiveness or diminishing legitimacy of domestic rules and procedures. The most definitive feature of the model is the presence of domestic dissatisfaction with the status quo (Rose 1991: 10-12). Another key aspect of the model is the voluntary form of compliance in contrast with compulsory rule adoption comes with conditionality. The principle actor evaluates the external alternatives and makes the choice which serves its own quests.
Schuman Plan Analysis
The quote clearly shows an optimistic stance towards the plans. Like the document analysed previously, the telegram lists reasons for the support of the Schuman plan because it is an "important step towards economic progress and peace of Europe" (Bernbaum, 1950, pp. 704). Thus, although the plan was a foreign policy matter, the success of the proposal was perceived as an important priority. Henceforth, after assessing the second primary source, it appears that the US motivation was generally driven to strive for prosperity and peace in Europe.
The Pros And Cons Of The European Union?
"To lay the foundation of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe" ( Hancock et al, 663), within the treaty of Rome this is written, creating the European union. Unlike many other institutions the European union is both a supranational and intergovernmental institution. In order for the European Union to function and to thrive the member states must surrender sovereignty to the decision making institutions, however, there are more benefits than losses for the states. Defined in Bale, intergovernmental institutions are those states in cooperation in search of better outcomes but reserve the right to block decisions that they feel are contrary to their interests. In addition, a supranational institution is one body that transcends national boundaries and decision making for the common good of the group.
19th Century European Identity Crisis
When Germany was reunited and the Cold War was at its end, Europe's integration became one of the main goals of the actors of Europe, which has been achieved by creating the Single Market and the European Union. Then, Europe's identity issues became one of its priority problems to solve. No politicians were willing to make Europe a federal state, because their focus was essentially economic, and thought that by working on an economic integration, cultural integration and unification would appear. However, these spill over effects never really became an existing reality. Although, the idea of this European identity was seen as the principle that would make the European project legit.
Single European Market Analysis
The foundation of the European Union was done in 1950 with the point of enhancing monetary and political participation between European nations and countries. The European Union is considered a special monetary and political union of the 28 part states, which make up the significant piece of Europe's own landmass. So the EU was made and risen accordingly of the Second World War to enhance financial co-operation, and the thought was for nations to exchange commonly and in this manner avoid conceivable clashes as some time recently. As said over, the European Union has, from the start, kept up and brought peace, soundness and flourishing, all with the sole point of raising the way of
The Contributions Of The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan The importance and innovative force of the Marshall Plan lay, even beyond the scale of the aid offered, precisely in the fact that it constituted an endeavour to address the two facets of the problem at the same time, combining concession of contributions on the part of the USA with explicit coordination among the European countries, with a view to causing an upturn in trade and production in Europe – while Europe as a whole was to stand as a credible trading partner for the USA. Unlike all the plans drawn up at the time, or in the immediate aftermath of the war, the Marshall Plan made the supply of contributions conditional upon the drafting of a plan by all the European governments in concert – a plan for the distribu- tion and utilization of the funds. European response was immediate: less than six months after Marshall had formulated the idea of the plan in a celebrated speech at Harvard University in July 1947, the governments of western Europe, coming together in an organization that would subsequently become permanent, the Conference for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC), drew up and agreed upon a four-year plan. Thanks to the pains taken to achieve coordination, the proposal won the approval of the US Congress, and in April 1948 it became operative under the constitution of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA). As Eichengreen noted, qualitatively speaking there were no doubts that the introduction of the plan gave a final push towards
Michael Foucault's Theory Of Power In Society
In the following sections our choice of theories are presented and their relevance to the project, are discussed. The theories tend to provide us a guideline, which helps in relation to organize, select, and analyse our data. We have decided to use political, economical theories as well as a sociological theory, for the reason we aiming to obtain a broader image of the topic, not only one segment. Foucault Foucault theory of power is aiming to challenge the "mainstream", Western concepts of the world and stimulate people to have a new way of comprehension about the notion of power and power relation. (Taylor, 2004) It advices an empirical analyses of power, with an analytical understanding rather than theoretical, where the perception of
The Eurocentric Nature Of International Relations Theory And World Politics
In this essay, I will critique the Eurocentric nature of International Relations theory and world politics. The one-sided understanding and definition of global problems that leave out the problems of the Third World, where majority of the conflicts take place. Post colonialism is a concept that sees International Relations and global politics as presenting a partial outlook of the world political scenario and discredits the current economic, social and political structure that has emerged as a result of colonialism. Postcolonial theory is a critique of the main stream International Relations theory and challenges the central nature of the European nations. Post Colonial approaches help us to make sense of the current political scenario, we can relate the current events to the acts of Imperialism and Colonialism and the ways in which people were affected by them.
European Integration Challenges
With the ultimate purpose of the European Union being to encourage greater political, economic and social harmony amongst the states of Western Europe , the promotion and endorsement of European Integration is paramount to the success of attaining this goal. Of late, the pertinent issue regarding European integration is the challenge posed by the integration of refugees into European society, and the effect the success – or lack of – that this has on the support fostered by the EU from its citizens. Arguably, the EU's historical success in dealing with integration has often faltered. To varying extents, societies throughout the EU have been contending with the challenges posed by ever-growing diversity for decades. In recent years, debates
Advantages Of Road Freight Transport
Especially western and eastern EU parts must be united, mainly in terms of infrastructure. Information technology tools are good help; these could widely deploy simplicity of administrative procedures, could optimize traffic flows and be useful for cargo tracing and tracking. The White Paper (The White Paper, 2011) suggests, "The race for sustainable mobility is a global one. Delayed action and timid introduction of new technologies could condemn the EU transport industry to irreversible decline". The White Book also formulates that alhought many European companies have world leadership in traffic management systems, logistics, infrastructure and manufacturing of transport equipment, the other world regions are still in progress too and so it is necessary to focus on sustainable growth.
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What Is A 2d Scatter Plot?
How do you describe a scatter plot with no correlation?
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A scatterplot is used to represent a correlation between two variables.
If there is no apparent relationship between the two variables, then there is no correlation.
Scatterplots can be interpreted by looking at the direction of the line of best fit and how far the data points lie away from the line of best fit..
Always label what variable is plotted along each axis. These labels should also make clear what units are being used for the variables being plotted. … Put a title above the graph or make a descriptive caption for it (beneath the figure).
Scatter plots help visually illustrate relationships between two economic phenomena, such as employment and output, inflation and retail sales, and taxes and economic growth.
A scatterplot is a type of data display that shows the relationship between two numerical variables. Each member of the dataset gets plotted as a point whose x-y coordinates relates to its values for the two variables.
Scatter plots are used to plot data points on a horizontal and a vertical axis in the attempt to show how much one variable is affected by another. Each row in the data table is represented by a marker whose position depends on its values in the columns set on the X and Y axes.
Scatter Plot: Strong Linear (positive correlation) Relationship. … The slope of the line is positive (small values of X correspond to small values of Y; large values of X correspond to large values of Y), so there is a positive co-relation (that is, a positive correlation) between X and Y.
Scatter Diagram ProcedureCollect pairs of data where a relationship is suspected.Draw a graph with the independent variable on the horizontal axis and the dependent variable on the vertical axis. … Look at the pattern of points to see if a relationship is obvious. … Divide points on the graph into four quadrants.More items…
Scatter PlotOn the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Scatter symbol.Click Scatter.Result:Note: we added a trendline to clearly see the relationship between these two variables. … On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Scatter symbol.Click Scatter with Straight Lines.More items…
Notice that starting with the most negative values of X, as X increases, Y at first decreases; then as X continues to increase, Y increases. The graph clearly shows that the slope is continually changing; it isn't a constant. With a linear relationship, the slope never changes.
A scatter chart works best when comparing large numbers of data points without regard to time. This is a very powerful type of chart and good when your are trying to show the relationship between two variables (x and y axis), for example a person's weight and height. A good example of this can be seen below.
Scatterplots with a linear pattern have points that seem to generally fall along a line while nonlinear patterns seem to follow along some curve. … This shows up in the scatterplot as a linear pattern that rises from left to right. In a negative pattern, as the predictor increases, the value of the response decreases.
Scatterplots are used to analyze patterns in bivariate data. … Strength refers to the degree of "scatter" in the plot. If the dots are widely spread, the relationship between variables is weak. If the dots are concentrated around a line, the relationship is strong.
Benefits of a Scatter Diagram It shows the relationship between two variables. It is the best method to show you a non-linear pattern. The range of data flow, i.e. maximum and minimum value, can be determined.
A scatter plot (aka scatter chart, scatter graph) uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point. Scatter plots are used to observe relationships between variables.
A two-way scatter plot has one variable (say Y) on the vertical axis and one variable (say X) on the horizontal axis. This is done by choosing the Insert Tab and the Charts Group and Scatter option. … xls to produce a scatterplot with CARS on the vertical axis (Y-axis) and HHSIZE on the horizontal axis (X-axis).
With scatter plots we often talk about how the variables relate to each other. This is called correlation. There are three types of correlation: positive, negative, and none (no correlation). Positive Correlation: as one variable increases so does the other.
A scatter plot can suggest various kinds of correlations between variables with a certain confidence interval. For example, weight and height, weight would be on y axis and height would be on the x axis. … If the pattern of dots slopes from upper left to lower right, it indicates a negative correlation.
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The Reconciliation Book Club
Reading, Talking, Learning
The Federation's Reconciliation Book Club was designed to create an accessible space for staff in member organizations to increase their knowledge of issues related to reconciliation. Book Club members meet every other month to discuss a new book. Federation staff facilitate and make available discussion questions, additional readings and resources, as well as author and publisher information.
Sign up to be a 2022-23 Book Club Member!
The Reconciliation Book Club is re-launching for 2022-2023. Check out our discussion schedule and book list and then sign up to participate using the form below!
No matter where you are in your personal journey, we invite all staff from Federation member organizations to join us. All you have to do is show up and help us create a safe space for learning, asking questions, and being a little uncomfortable. In the words of one Federation member, "the work of reconciliation requires working through discomfort to get to real change."
Book Club Info
The Reconciliation Book Club is a benefit of membership in The Federation of Community Social Services of BC. The Book Club is open to: all staff from Federation member organizations; all staff from organizations that have agreements with The Federation; participants in The Federation's Leadership 2020 program. If you are unsure of your eligibility, please email marshall@fcssbc.ca for information and assistance.
Titles and Schedule
These are the books we will be reading through 2022-2023. Click on the title to learn more about each one. Participation information will be emailed to all Book Club members prior to each discussion.
Discussion Date
September 2022 Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley
November 2022 Making Love with the Land Joshua Whitehead
January 2023 The Barren Grounds David A. Robertson
March 2023 My Conversations with Canadians Lee Maracle
May 2023 This Place: 150 Years Retold Various Authors & Illustrators
July 2023 The Return of the Trickster Eden Robinson
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Massy Books, Vancouver
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The next book we're reading is…
My Conversations With Canadians by Lee Maracle
On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice and reconciliation (to name a few), are the heart of My Conversations with Canadians.
In prose essays that are both conversational and direct, Maracle seeks not to provide any answers to these questions she has lived with for so long. Rather, she thinks through each one using a multitude of experiences she's had as a First Nations leader, a woman, a mother, and grandmother over the course of her life. Lee Maracle's My Conversations with Canadians presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a reimagining of the future of our nation.
A Review of Lee Maracle's My Conversations with Canadians – Hamilton Review of Books
My Conversations with Canadians – Quill & Quire
Conversations with Lee Maracle will make the reader think – Vancouver Sun
Lee Maracle highlights her everyday heroines and favourite literary character – CBC
Was the book what you expected? What stood out the most? Why?
How did the structure affect the book? What do you wish had been different?
What other books did this remind you of? Who/what did you most relate to? Why?
What was your initial reaction? Did the book hook you right away? Why?
What part was the most memorable? What part was the most challenging?
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Zoom info will be emailed to registered participants. Sign up to become a Reconciliation Book Club member above!
Book*hug Press
Publish Date: September 1, 2017
Get a copy of the book here!
Past Book Club Titles
The Barren Grounds
By David A. Robertson
Making Love with the Land
By Joshua Whitehead
Firekeeper's Daughter
By Angeline Boulley
By Bob Joseph
The Outside Circle
Written by Patti LaBoucane-Benson and illustrated by Kelly Mellings
Braiding Sweetgrass
By Robin Wall Kimmerer
A History of My Brief Body
By Billy Ray Belcourt
Five Little Indians
By Michelle Good
Price Paid
By Bev Sellars
Trickster Drift
By Eden Robinson
Empire of Wild
By Cherie Dimaline
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Jonny Appleseed
Keeper'n Me
By Richard Wagamese
Split Tooth
By Tanya Tagaq
They Called Me Number One
"Métis"
By Chris Andersen
The Marrow Thieves
Unsettling the Settler Within
By Paulette Regan
The Inconvenient Indian
By Thomas King
Son of a Trickster
Indigenous Writes
By Chelsea Vowel
Seven Fallen Feathers
By Tanya Talaga
Indian Horse
Speaking Our Truth
The Federation would like to thank the following publishers who have donated books and/or offered discounts in support of the Reconciliation Book Club.
Do you want to start a book club of your own? Need even more great titles to read? Here is a list of dozens of other excellent reads by Indigenous authors.
Medicine Unbundled
Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes
A shocking exposé of the dark history and legacy of segregated Indigenous health care in Canada. The memories recounted by these survivors (from gratuitous drug and surgical experiments to electroshock treatments intended to destroy the memory of sexual abuse) are truly harrowing, and will surely shatter any lingering illusions about the virtues or good intentions of our colonial past. Yet, this is more than just the painful history of a once-so-called vanishing people (a people who have resisted vanishing despite the best efforts of those in charge); it is a testament to survival, perseverance, and the power of memory to keep history alive and promote the idea of a more open and just future.
I am a Métis
I am a Métis by Peter O'Neil
Gerry St. Germain's story begins in "Petit Canada" on the shores of the Assiniboine, growing up with his two younger sisters, his mother and his father–a shy Metis trapper and construction worker who sometimes struggled to put food on the table. St. Germain was initially troubled in school, scrapping with classmates and often skipping out to shoot pool, but an aunt and uncle with some extra cash paid his tuition to Catholic school, where a nun recognized his aptitude for math and encouraged him to pursue his dreams. He would go on to become an air force pilot, undercover policeman and West Coast chicken farmer. Business gave way to politics, and in 1988 he became one of a tiny number of Aboriginal Canadians named to a federal cabinet. That role reflected St. Germain's profound determination to help people who are still dealing today the brutal legacy of residential schools and the paternalistic Indian Act. Memories of his humble beginnings and the shame he once felt over his Metis heritage bubbled to the surface in his final address to Canada's Parliament in 2012, when he said in a voice quaking with emotion: "I am a Metis."
One Native Life
One Native Life by Richard Wagamese
In 2005, award-winning writer Richard Wagamese moved with his partner to a cabin outside Kamloops, BC. In the crisp mountain air, Wagamese felt a peace he'd seldom known before. Abused and abandoned as a kid, he'd grown up feeling there was nowhere he belonged. For years, only alcohol and moves from town to town seemed to ease the pain. In One Native Life, Wagamese looks back down the road he has travelled in reclaiming his identity and talks about the things he has learned as a human being, a man and an Ojibway in his fifty-two years.
One Story, One Song
One Story, One Song by Richard Wagamese
"The short pieces in One Story, One Song remind us of human beings' place in the world: We are a part of it, not masters of it. And by sharing our stories we share ourselves. By listening to others' stories, we share their lives and perhaps gain connections. One Story, One Song is all about connections, something we all need."
For Joshua
For Joshua by Richard Wagamese
Richard Wagamese stares the modern world in the eye and takes careful note of its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, people looking for roots without understanding what might constitute rootedness, people looking for acceptance without offering reciprocal respect, and people longing for love without knowing how to offer it. And underneath all lurks the seductive oblivion of substance abuse. These are the pitfalls of his own life, dangers he hopes his estranged son, Joshua, will be able to navigate with the guidance afforded by this heartfelt memoir.
As We Have Always Done
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Indigenous resistance is a radical rejection of contemporary colonialism focused on the refusal of the dispossession of both Indigenous bodies and land. Simpson makes clear that its goal can no longer be cultural resurgence as a mechanism for inclusion in a multicultural mosaic. Instead, she calls for unapologetic, place-based Indigenous alternatives to the destructive logic of the settler colonial state, including heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation.
Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and colonialism.
This Accident of Being Lost
This Accident of Being Lost by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
This Accident of Being Lost is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection Islands of Decolonial Love.
Celia's Song
Celia's Song by Lee Maracle
Mink is a witness, a shapeshifter, compelled to follow the story that has ensnared Celia and her village, on the West coast of Vancouver Island in Nuu'Chahlnuth territory. Celia is a seer who (despite being convinced she's a little "off") must heal her village with the assistance of her sister, her mother and father, and her nephews. While mink is visiting, a double-headed sea serpent falls off the house front during a fierce storm. The old snake, ostracized from the village decades earlier, has left his terrible influence on Amos, a residential school survivor. The occurrence signals the unfolding of an ordeal that pulls Celia out of her reveries and into the tragedy of her cousin's granddaughter. Each one of Celia's family becomes involved in creating a greater solution than merely attending to her cousin's granddaughter. Celia's Song relates one Nuu'Chahlnuth family's harrowing experiences over several generations, after the brutality, interference, and neglect resulting from contact with Europeans.
I am Woman
I am Woman by Lee Maracle
"I Am Woman represents my personal struggle with womanhood, culture, traditional spiritual beliefs and political sovereignty, written during a time when that struggle was not over. My original intention was to empower Native women to take to heart their own personal struggle for Native feminist being. The changes made in this second edition of the text do not alter my original intention. It remains my attempt to present a Native woman's sociological perspective on the impacts of colonialism on us, as women, and on my self personally."
My Conversations with Canadians
Harkening back to her first book tour at the age of 26 (for the autobiographical novel Bobbi Lee: Indian Rebel), and touching down upon a multitude of experiences she's had as a Canadian, a First Nations leader, a woman and mother and grandmother over the course of her life, Lee Maracle's My Conversations with Canadians presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a re-imagining of the future of our nation.
The Break by Katherena Vermette
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break—a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house—she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim—police, family, and friends—tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives, a larger, more comprehensive story about the lives of the residents in Winnipeg's North End is exposed.
When We Were Alone
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson
Children's Literature (Kindgerarten to Grade 3). When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long braided hair and wear beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where everything was taken away. When We Were Alone is a story about a difficult time in history and, ultimately, a story of empowerment and strength.
Whistle by Richard Van Camp
Youth Literature. Darcy writes letters from a group home to the victim of his bullying. Through his writing, he comes to understand how he can break his cycle of destructive behaviour and bullying.


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Q: I can't manage to override width styling in CSS I've been building up this website in my free time. I've come across a slight problem. I assigned a width to my container, but can't happen to override it for my navbar (i want to assign a different bg colour to my navbar and make it take up 100% of my page. Here's my code. Thanks!! ;)
Code :
 #container{
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family:Georgia,serif;
  width: 70%;
  margin:auto;
  text-align: center;
  background-color: lightgrey;
}

#nav{
  width: 100% !important;
  background:#212121;
}

A: if you set a parent width with 70%, every single child set as "width: 100%" will make it 100% but for parent attribute you set up, so it will be 70%. For example, in the same case if you set any other child "width: 50%" his width will actually be 50% of parent, which is 35% of your screen/viewport.

A: 70% of conianter = 100% for nav
Basically, you are giving your container width: 70% which is only available space to all inner HTML elements inside the container.
so for nav this 70% conianter = 100% for nav.
The solution would make your nav position: absolute which will be in relation to the body(position: relative) and not your container div.

 #container{
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family: Georgia,serif;
  width: 70%;
  margin:auto;
  text-align: center;
  background-color: lightgrey;
  height:100vh;
}

#nav{
  position: absolute;
  left:0;
  right:0;
  background:#212121;
  color: white;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height:1.3;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-align: center;
}

body{
  position: relative;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

span{
  margin: auto 10px;
}

      nav1
      nav2
      nav3
      nav4

A: The easier

 #container{
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family: Georgia,serif;
  width: 70%;
  margin:auto;
  text-align: center;
  background-color: lightgrey;
  height:100vh;
}

#nav{
  background:#212121;
  color: white;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height:1.3;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-align: center;
}

span{
  margin: auto 10px;
}

  nav1
  nav2
  nav3
  nav4

solution would be to move your nav outside the container if possible.

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