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The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film written and directed by Simon Stone, starring an ensemble cast led by Geoffrey Rush. The film was released in Australia on 17 March 2016 to generally favourable reviews. The film is a reworking of Henrik Ibsen's 1884 play, The Wild Duck.

Plot
Christian Nielsen, a recovering alcoholic, returns home to Australia from the United States for the wedding of his father, Henry, to his much younger housekeeper, Anna.

He finds out that Charlotte, Henry's previous housekeeper, and wife of his childhood friend, Oliver, had an affair with Henry, and that their teen-age daughter, Hedvig, is actually his half-sister. Christian's wife, who was supposed to also attend the wedding, instead dumps him by phone call. Christian, feeling miserable, begins drinking heavily again. At the wedding, hating Henry for how he treated his mother who committed suicide, Christian is compelled to tell Oliver about the affair.

Oliver is devastated, and, after realizing that Hedvig is not his daughter, leaves Charlotte. Christian then tells Hedvig the truth. She goes to Oliver, but he tells her he cannot look at her, after which she tries to commit suicide using her grandfather's shotgun. Oliver and Charlotte reunite in the hospital, where Hedvig lies in recovery.

Cast
Paul Schneider as Christian Nielsen
Geoffrey Rush as Henry Nielsen, Christian's father
Ewen Leslie as Oliver Finch, Christian's childhood friend and Charlotte's husband
Miranda Otto as Charlotte Finch, Oliver's wife
Odessa Young as Hedvig Finch, Charlotte and Oliver's daughter
Anna Torv as Anna, Henry's housekeeper and wife-to-be
Sam Neill as Walter Finch, Oliver's father
Nicholas Hope as Peterson

Release
The Daughter was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in Australia on 17 March 2016.

Reception
The Daughter received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 77% based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10. The critical consensus reads, "With The Daughter, debuting writer-director Simon Stone turns Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck into a thoughtful meditation on the bonds of family, friendship, and community". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jessica Kiang of IndieWire gave the film a B+, saying in her closing comments that it is "a highly polished film that belies the soap opera melodrama of its plotline by having the twists and turns spring directly from well-observed human behavior, Stone's The Daughter is a quiet, immensely affecting triumph that proves how, contrary to accepted wisdom, there are secrets that would better remain untold".

Wendy Ide of The Guardian gave the film 4 out of 5, saying that "A family's long-buried secret is unearthed in an Ibsen adaptation marked by fine performances". Eddie Cockrell of Variety compared The Daughter to another directors' masterpiece, The Wild Duck. Rochelle Siemienowicz of SBS was quoted saying that "[the film is] confident, low-key modernising of classic European material for the Australian setting",

Accolades

See also
The Wild Duck (1984 film)

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2015 drama films
2015 directorial debut films
2015 films
Australian drama films
Films about dysfunctional families
Films based on works by Henrik Ibsen
Films shot in Sydney
2010s English-language films
Screen Australia films
Roadshow Entertainment films


(Bloomberg) — A proposed law raising foreign ownership limits in airlines and Canada's biggest railway carrier is headed back to the Senate, the latest step in a tug-of-war that has the mining sector speaking out.
Once passed, the proposed law will raise the railway ownership limit to 25 percent from 15 percent — a potential boon for Cascade Investment LLC, Bill Gates's investment company and CN Rail's largest shareholder. The bill will also substantially change shipping rules, particularly for so-called captive shippers served by one railway, raise foreign ownership limits for airlines to 49 percent from 25 percent, and establish new airline-passenger rights.
The Mining Association of Canada — representing firms including Barrick Gold Corp., Goldcorp Inc. and Teck Resources Ltd. — expressed "profound disappointment" with Garneau's response because it rejected one particular Senate amendment that would "have increased data transparency" and will leave captive shippers at the mercy of either CN or CP.
The latest version, detailed in a parliamentary motion from Garneau, agrees with the Senate to accept a suggestion made by Air Canada to restrict foreign airlines from owning more than 25 percent of a Canadian competitor "directly or indirectly," closing what Air Canada had warned could be a loophole.
Garneau's version will go to a vote in Canada's elected House of Commons, where it would be expected to pass as his Liberal Party holds a majority. Once it passes that vote, which hasn't yet been scheduled, it will go to the Senate, which could accept the House's version, make new changes or insist on its version.


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Trenton, N.J. — Mayor W. Reed Gusciora today announced a strategic partnership with Greater Trenton, Inc., a nonprofit organization that supports economic revitalization. The new Businesses Helping Businesses program will provide 2% interest loans of up to $20,000 with generous repayment terms to help businesses in Trenton cover expenses, including payroll, rent, mortgage payments and utility costs.
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Paper Count: 1488
Search results for: Agritourism complex
1488 Energy Planning Analysis of an Agritourism Complex Based on Energy Demand Simulation: A Case Study of Wuxi Yangshan Agritourism Complex
Authors: Li Zhu, Binghua Wang, Yong Sun
China is experiencing the rural development process, with the agritourism complex becoming one of the significant modes. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the energy performance of agritourism complex. This study focuses on a typical case of the agritourism complex and simulates the energy consumption performance on condition of the regular energy system. It was found that HVAC took 90% of the whole energy demand range. In order to optimize the energy supply structure, the hierarchical analysis was carried out on the level of architecture with three main factors such as construction situation, building types and energy demand types. Finally, the energy planning suggestion of the agritourism complex was put forward and the relevant results were obtained.
Keywords: Agritourism complex, energy planning, energy demand simulation, hierarchical structure model.
1487 Agritourism Potentials in Oman: An Overview with Visionary for Adoption
Authors: A. Al Hinai, H. Jayasuriya, H. Kotagama
Most Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with oil-based economy like Oman are looking for other potential revenue generation options as the crude oil price is regularly fluctuating due to changing geopolitical environment. Oman has advantage of possessing world-heritage nature tourism hotspots around the country and the government is making investments and strategies to uplift the tourism industry following Oman Vision 2040 strategies. Oman's agriculture is not significantly contributing to the economy, but possesses specific and diversified arid cropping systems. Oman has modern farms; nevertheless some of the agricultural production activities are done with cultural practices and styles that would be attractive to tourists. The aim of this paper is to investigate the potentials for promoting agritourism industry in Oman; recognize potential sites, commodities and activities, and predict potential revenue generation as a projection from that of the tourism sector. Moreover, the study enables to foresee possible auxiliary advantages of agritourism such as, empowerment of women and youth, enhancement in the value-addition industry for agricultural produce through technology transfer and capacity building, and producing export quality products. Agritourism could increase employability, empowerment of women and youth, improve value-addition industry and export-oriented agribusiness. These efforts including provision of necessary technology-transfer and capacity-building should be rendered by the collaboration of academic institutions, relevant ministries and other public and private sector stakeholders.
Keywords: Agritourism, nature-based tourism, potentials, revenue generation, value addition.
1486 Complex Fuzzy Evolution Equation with Nonlocal Conditions
Authors: Abdelati El Allaoui, Said Melliani, Lalla Saadia Chadli
The objective of this paper is to study the existence and uniqueness of Mild solutions for a complex fuzzy evolution equation with nonlocal conditions that accommodates the notion of fuzzy sets defined by complex-valued membership functions. We first propose definition of complex fuzzy strongly continuous semigroups. We then give existence and uniqueness result relevant to the complex fuzzy evolution equation.
Keywords: Complex fuzzy evolution equations, nonlocal conditions, mild solution, complex fuzzy semigroups.
1485 Applying Complex Network Theory to Software Structure Analysis
Authors: Weifeng Pan
Complex networks have been intensively studied across many fields, especially in Internet technology, biological engineering, and nonlinear science. Software is built up out of many interacting components at various levels of granularity, such as functions, classes, and packages, representing another important class of complex networks. It can also be studied using complex network theory. Over the last decade, many papers on the interdisciplinary research between software engineering and complex networks have been published. It provides a different dimension to our understanding of software and also is very useful for the design and development of software systems. This paper will explore how to use the complex network theory to analyze software structure, and briefly review the main advances in corresponding aspects.
Keywords: Metrics, measurement, complex networks, software.
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1484 On Bounds For The Zeros of Univariate Polynomial
Authors: Matthias Dehmer1 Jürgen Kilian
Problems on algebraical polynomials appear in many fields of mathematics and computer science. Especially the task of determining the roots of polynomials has been frequently investigated.Nonetheless, the task of locating the zeros of complex polynomials is still challenging. In this paper we deal with the location of zeros of univariate complex polynomials. We prove some novel upper bounds for the moduli of the zeros of complex polynomials. That means, we provide disks in the complex plane where all zeros of a complex polynomial are situated. Such bounds are extremely useful for obtaining a priori assertations regarding the location of zeros of polynomials. Based on the proven bounds and a test set of polynomials, we present an experimental study to examine which bound is optimal.
Keywords: complex polynomials, zeros, inequalities
1483 Analysis of Complex Quadrature Mirror Filter Banks
Authors: Chimin Tsai
This work consists of three parts. First, the alias-free condition for the conventional two-channel quadrature mirror filter bank is analyzed using complex arithmetic. Second, the approach developed in the first part is applied to the complex quadrature mirror filter bank. Accordingly, the structure is simplified and the theory is easier to follow. Finally, a new class of complex quadrature mirror filter banks is proposed. Interesting properties of this new structure are also discussed.
Keywords: Aliasing cancellation, complex signal processing, polyphase realization, quadrature mirror filter banks.
1482 A Intelligent Inference Model about Complex Systems- Stability: Inspiration from Nature
Authors: Naiqin Feng, Yuhui Qiu, Yingshan Zhang, Fang Wang
A logic model for analyzing complex systems- stability is very useful to many areas of sciences. In the real world, we are enlightened from some natural phenomena such as "biosphere", "food chain", "ecological balance" etc. By research and practice, and taking advantage of the orthogonality and symmetry defined by the theory of multilateral matrices, we put forward a logic analysis model of stability of complex systems with three relations, and prove it by means of mathematics. This logic model is usually successful in analyzing stability of a complex system. The structure of the logic model is not only clear and simple, but also can be easily used to research and solve many stability problems of complex systems. As an application, some examples are given.
Keywords: Complex system, logic model, relation, stability.
1481 A New Kind Methodology for Controlling Complex Systems
Authors: Zundong Zhang, Limin Jia, Yuanyuan Chai
Control of complex systems is one of important files in complex systems, that not only relies on the essence of complex systems which is denoted by the core concept – emergence, but also embodies the elementary concept in control theory. Aiming at giving a clear and self-contained description of emergence, the paper introduces a formal way to completely describe the formation and dynamics of emergence in complex systems. Consequently, this paper indicates the Emergence-Oriented Control methodology that contains three kinds of basic control schemes: the direct control, the system re-structuring and the system calibration. As a universal ontology, the Emergence-Oriented Control provides a powerful tool for identifying and resolving control problems in specific systems.
Keywords: Complex System Control, Emergence, Emergence- Oriented Control Methodology.
1480 Complex-Valued Neural Network in Signal Processing: A Study on the Effectiveness of Complex Valued Generalized Mean Neuron Model
Authors: Anupama Pande, Ashok Kumar Thakur, Swapnoneel Roy
A complex valued neural network is a neural network which consists of complex valued input and/or weights and/or thresholds and/or activation functions. Complex-valued neural networks have been widening the scope of applications not only in electronics and informatics, but also in social systems. One of the most important applications of the complex valued neural network is in signal processing. In Neural networks, generalized mean neuron model (GMN) is often discussed and studied. The GMN includes a new aggregation function based on the concept of generalized mean of all the inputs to the neuron. This paper aims to present exhaustive results of using Generalized Mean Neuron model in a complex-valued neural network model that uses the back-propagation algorithm (called -Complex-BP-) for learning. Our experiments results demonstrate the effectiveness of a Generalized Mean Neuron Model in a complex plane for signal processing over a real valued neural network. We have studied and stated various observations like effect of learning rates, ranges of the initial weights randomly selected, error functions used and number of iterations for the convergence of error required on a Generalized Mean neural network model. Some inherent properties of this complex back propagation algorithm are also studied and discussed.
Keywords: Complex valued neural network, Generalized Meanneuron model, Signal processing.
1479 Performance Evaluation of Complex Valued Neural Networks Using Various Error Functions
Authors: Anita S. Gangal, P. K. Kalra, D. S. Chauhan
The backpropagation algorithm in general employs quadratic error function. In fact, most of the problems that involve minimization employ the Quadratic error function. With alternative error functions the performance of the optimization scheme can be improved. The new error functions help in suppressing the ill-effects of the outliers and have shown good performance to noise. In this paper we have tried to evaluate and compare the relative performance of complex valued neural network using different error functions. During first simulation for complex XOR gate it is observed that some error functions like Absolute error, Cauchy error function can replace Quadratic error function. In the second simulation it is observed that for some error functions the performance of the complex valued neural network depends on the architecture of the network whereas with few other error functions convergence speed of the network is independent of architecture of the neural network.
Keywords: Complex backpropagation algorithm, complex errorfunctions, complex valued neural network, split activation function.
1478 A Comparison Study of Inspector's Performance between Regular and Complex Tasks
Authors: Santirat Nansaarng, Sittichai Kaewkuekool, Supreeya Siripattanakunkajorn
This research was to study a comparison of inspector-s performance between regular and complex visual inspection task. Visual task was simulated on DVD read control circuit. Inspection task was performed by using computer. Subjects were 10 undergraduate randomly selected and test for 20/20. Then, subjects were divided into two groups, five for regular inspection (control group) and five for complex inspection (treatment group) tasks. Result was showed that performance on regular and complex inspectors was significantly difference at the level of 0.05. Inspector performance on regular inspection was showed high percentage on defects detected by using equal time to complex inspection. This would be indicated that inspector performance was affected by visual inspection task.
Keywords: Visual inspection task, regular and complex task.
1477 Parametric Design as an Approach to Respond to Complexity
Authors: Sepideh Jabbari Behnam, Zahrasadat Saide Zarabadi
A city is an intertwined texture from the relationship of different components in a whole which is united in a one, so designing the whole complex and its planning is not an easy matter. By considering that a city is a complex system with infinite components and communications, providing flexible layouts that can respond to the unpredictable character of the city, which is a result of its complexity, is inevitable. Parametric design approach as a new approach can produce flexible and transformative layouts in any stage of design. This study aimed to introduce parametric design as a modern approach to respond to complex urban issues by using descriptive and analytical methods. This paper firstly introduces complex systems and then giving a brief characteristic of complex systems. The flexible design and layout flexibility is another matter in response and simulation of complex urban systems that should be considered in design, which is discussed in this study. In this regard, after describing the nature of the parametric approach as a flexible approach, as well as a tool and appropriate way to respond to features such as limited predictability, reciprocating nature, complex communications, and being sensitive to initial conditions and hierarchy, this paper introduces parametric design.
Keywords: Complexity theory, complex system, flexibility, parametric design.
1476 Concurrent Access to Complex Entities
Authors: Cosmin Rablou
In this paper we present a way of controlling the concurrent access to data in a distributed application using the Pessimistic Offline Lock design pattern. In our case, the application processes a complex entity, which contains in a hierarchical structure different other entities (objects). It will be shown how the complex entity and the contained entities must be locked in order to control the concurrent access to data.
Keywords: Object-oriented programming, Pessimistic Lock, Design pattern, Concurrent access to data, Processing complex entities
1475 A Preliminary Study on Effects of Community Structures on Epidemic Spreading and Detection in Complex Networks
Authors: Yi Yu, Gaoxi Xiao
Community structures widely exist in almost all real-life networks. Extensive researches have been carried out on detecting community structures in complex networks. However, many aspects of how community structures may affect the dynamics and properties of complex networks still remain unclear. In this work, we examine the impacts of community structures on the epidemic spreading and detection in complex networks. Extensive simulation results show that community structures may not help decrease the infection size at steady state, yet they could indeed help slow down the infection spreading. Also, networks with strong community structures may expect to have a smaller average infection size when equipped with a number of sparsely deployed monitors.
Keywords: Complex network, epidemic spreading, infection size, infection monitoring.
1474 The Use of Complex Contourlet Transform on Fusion Scheme
Authors: Dipeng Chen, Qi Li
Image fusion aims to enhance the perception of a scene by combining important information captured by different sensors. Dual-Tree Complex Wavelet (DT-CWT) has been thouroughly investigated for image fusion, since it takes advantages of approximate shift invariance and direction selectivity. But it can only handle limited direction information. To allow a more flexible directional expansion for images, we propose a novel fusion scheme, referred to as complex contourlet transform (CCT). It successfully incorporates directional filter banks (DFB) into DT-CWT. As a result it efficiently deal with images containing contours and textures, whereas it retains the property of shift invariance. Experimental results demonstrated that the method features high quality fusion performance and can facilitate many image processing applications.
Keywords: Complex contourlet transform, Complex wavelettransform, Fusion.
1473 Predicting the Life Cycle of Complex Technical Systems (CTS)
Authors: Khalil A. Yaghi, Samer Barakat
Complex systems are composed of several plain interacting independent entities. Interaction between these entities creates a unified behavior at the global level that cannot be predicted by examining the behavior of any single individual component of the system. In this paper we consider a welded frame of an automobile trailer as a real example of Complex Technical Systems, The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Statistical method for predicting the life cycle of complex technical systems. To organize gathering of primary data for modeling the life cycle of complex technical systems an "Automobile Trailer Frame" were used as a prototype in this research. The prototype represents a welded structure of several pieces. Both information flows underwent a computerized analysis and classification for the acquisition of final results to reach final recommendations for improving the trailers structure and their operational conditions.
Keywords: Complex Technical System (CTS), AutomobileTrailer Frame, Automobile Service.
1472 Complex-Valued Neural Network in Image Recognition: A Study on the Effectiveness of Radial Basis Function
Authors: Anupama Pande, Vishik Goel
A complex valued neural network is a neural network, which consists of complex valued input and/or weights and/or thresholds and/or activation functions. Complex-valued neural networks have been widening the scope of applications not only in electronics and informatics, but also in social systems. One of the most important applications of the complex valued neural network is in image and vision processing. In Neural networks, radial basis functions are often used for interpolation in multidimensional space. A Radial Basis function is a function, which has built into it a distance criterion with respect to a centre. Radial basis functions have often been applied in the area of neural networks where they may be used as a replacement for the sigmoid hidden layer transfer characteristic in multi-layer perceptron. This paper aims to present exhaustive results of using RBF units in a complex-valued neural network model that uses the back-propagation algorithm (called 'Complex-BP') for learning. Our experiments results demonstrate the effectiveness of a Radial basis function in a complex valued neural network in image recognition over a real valued neural network. We have studied and stated various observations like effect of learning rates, ranges of the initial weights randomly selected, error functions used and number of iterations for the convergence of error on a neural network model with RBF units. Some inherent properties of this complex back propagation algorithm are also studied and discussed.
Keywords: Complex valued neural network, Radial BasisFunction, Image recognition.
1471 Calculation of Heating Load for an Apartment Complex with Unit Building Method
Authors: Ju-Seok Kim, Sun-Ae Moon, Tae-Gu Lee, Seung-Jae Moon, Jae-Heon Lee
As a simple to method estimate the plant heating energy capacity of an apartment complex, a new load calculation method has been proposed. The method which can be called as unit building method, predicts the heating load of the entire complex instead of summing up that of each apartment belonging to complex. Comparison of the unit heating load for various floor sizes between the present method and conventional approach shows a close agreement with dynamic load calculation code. Some additional calculations are performed to demonstrate it-s application examples.
Keywords: Unit Building Method, Unit Heating Load, TFMLoad.
1470 The Survey of the Buckling Effect of Laminated Plate under the Thermal Load using Complex Finite Strip Method
Authors: A.R.Nezamabadi, M.Mansouri Gavari, S.Mansouri, M.Mansouri Gavari
This article considers the positional buckling of composite thick plates under thermal loading . For this purpose , the complex finite strip method is used . In analysis of complex finite strip, harmonic complex function in longitudinal direction , cubic functions in transversal direction and parabola distribution of transverse shear strain in thickness of thick plate based on higherorder shear deformation theory are used . In given examples , the effect of angles of stratification , number of layers , dimensions ratio and length – to – thick ratio across critical temperature are considered.
Keywords: Thermal buckling , Thick plate , Complex finite strip , Higher – order shear deformation theory.
1469 Neural Network Imputation in Complex Survey Design
Authors: Safaa R. Amer
Missing data yields many analysis challenges. In case of complex survey design, in addition to dealing with missing data, researchers need to account for the sampling design to achieve useful inferences. Methods for incorporating sampling weights in neural network imputation were investigated to account for complex survey designs. An estimate of variance to account for the imputation uncertainty as well as the sampling design using neural networks will be provided. A simulation study was conducted to compare estimation results based on complete case analysis, multiple imputation using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo, and neural network imputation. Furthermore, a public-use dataset was used as an example to illustrate neural networks imputation under a complex survey design
Keywords: Complex survey, estimate, imputation, neural networks, variance.
1468 Fast Complex Valued Time Delay Neural Networks
Authors: Hazem M. El-Bakry, Qiangfu Zhao
Here, a new idea to speed up the operation of complex valued time delay neural networks is presented. The whole data are collected together in a long vector and then tested as a one input pattern. The proposed fast complex valued time delay neural networks uses cross correlation in the frequency domain between the tested data and the input weights of neural networks. It is proved mathematically that the number of computation steps required for the presented fast complex valued time delay neural networks is less than that needed by classical time delay neural networks. Simulation results using MATLAB confirm the theoretical computations.
Keywords: Fast Complex Valued Time Delay Neural Networks, Cross Correlation, Frequency Domain
1467 Numerical Analysis of Laminar Mixed Convection within a Complex Geometry
Authors: Y. Lasbet, A. L. Boukhalkhal, K. Loubar
The study of mixed convection is, usually, focused on the straight channels in which the onset of the mixed convection is well defined as function of the ratio between Grashof number and Reynolds number, Gr/Re. This is not the case for a complex channel wherein the mixed convection is not sufficiently examined in the literature. Our paper focuses on the study of the mixed convection in a complex geometry in which our main contribution reveals that the critical value of the ratio Gr/Re for the onset of the mixed convection increases highly in the type of geometry contrary to the straight channel. Furthermore, the accentuated secondary flow in this geometry prevents the thermal stratification in the flow and consequently the buoyancy driven becomes negligible. To perform these objectives, a numerical study in complex geometry for several values of the ratio Gr/Re with prescribed wall heat flux (H2), was realized by using the CFD code.
Keywords: Complex geometry, heat transfer, laminar flow, mixed convection, Nusselt number.
1466 Basic Tendency Model in Complete Factor Synergetics of Complex Systems
Authors: Li Zong-Cheng
The deviation between the target state variable and the practical state variable should be used to form the state tending factor of complex systems, which can reflect the process for the complex system to tend rationalization. Relating to the system of basic equations of complete factor synergetics consisting of twenty nonlinear stochastic differential equations, the two new models are considered to set, which should be called respectively the rationalizing tendency model and the non- rationalizing tendency model. Therefore we can extend the theory of programming with the objective function & constraint condition suitable only for the realm of man-s activities into the new analysis with the tendency function & constraint condition suitable for all the field of complex system.
Keywords: complex system, complete factor synergetics, basicequation, rationalizing tendency model, non-rationalizing tendencymodel.
1465 Increase of Organization in Complex Systems
Authors: Georgi Yordanov Georgiev, Michael Daly, Erin Gombos, Amrit Vinod, Gajinder Hoonjan
Measures of complexity and entropy have not converged to a single quantitative description of levels of organization of complex systems. The need for such a measure is increasingly necessary in all disciplines studying complex systems. To address this problem, starting from the most fundamental principle in Physics, here a new measure for quantity of organization and rate of self-organization in complex systems based on the principle of least (stationary) action is applied to a model system - the central processing unit (CPU) of computers. The quantity of organization for several generations of CPUs shows a double exponential rate of change of organization with time. The exact functional dependence has a fine, S-shaped structure, revealing some of the mechanisms of self-organization. The principle of least action helps to explain the mechanism of increase of organization through quantity accumulation and constraint and curvature minimization with an attractor, the least average sum of actions of all elements and for all motions. This approach can help describe, quantify, measure, manage, design and predict future behavior of complex systems to achieve the highest rates of self organization to improve their quality. It can be applied to other complex systems from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Economics, Cities, network theory and others where complex systems are present.
Keywords: Organization, self-organization, complex system, complexification, quantitative measure, principle of least action, principle of stationary action, attractor, progressive development, acceleration, stochastic.
1464 Ontologies for Complex Event Processing
Authors: Irina Astrova, Arne Koschel, Jan Lukanowski, Jose Luis Munoz Martinez, Valerij Procenko, Marc Schaaf
In this paper, five ontologies are described, which include the event concepts. The paper provides an overview and comparison of existing event models. The main criteria for comparison are that there should be possibilities to model events with stretch in the time and location and participation of objects; however, there are other factors that should be taken into account as well. The paper also shows an example of using ontologies in complex event processing.
Keywords: Ontologies, events, complex event processing (CEP).
1463 Increase of Peroxidase Activity of Haptoglobin (2-2)-Hemoglobin at Pathologic Temperature and Presence of Antibiotics
Authors: M Tayari, SZ Moosavi-nejad, A Shabani, M Rezaei Tavirani
Free Hemoglobin promotes the accumulation of hydroxyl radicals by the heme iron, which can react with endogenous hydrogen peroxide to produce free radicals which may cause severe oxidative cell damage. Haptoglobin binds to Hemoglobin strongly and Haptoglobin-Hemoglobin binding is irreversible. Peroxidase activity of Haptoglobin(2-2)-Hemoglobin complex was assayed by following increase of absorption of produced tetraguaiacol as the second substrate of Haptoglobin-Hemoglobin complex at 470 nm and 42°C by UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The results have shown that peroxidase activity of Haptoglobin(2-2)-Hemoglobin complex is modulated via homotropic effect of hydrogen peroxide as allostric substrate. On the other hand antioxidant property of Haptoglobin(2- 2)-Hemoglobin was increased via heterotropic effect of the two drugs (especially ampicillin) on peroxidase activity of the complex. Both drugs also have mild effect on quality of homotropic property of peroxidase activity of Haptoglobin(2-2)-Hemoglobin complex. Therefore, in vitro studies show that the two drugs may help Hp-Hb complex to remove hydrogen peroxide from serum at pathologic temperature ature (42 C).
Keywords: Haptoglobin, Hemoglobin, Antioxidant, Antibiotics.
1462 Amplitude and Phase Analysis of EEG Signal by Complex Demodulation
Authors: Sun K. Yoo, Hee Cheol Kang
Analysis of amplitude and phase characteristics for delta, theta, and alpha bands at localized time instant from EEG signals is important for the characterizing information processing in the brain. In this paper, complex demodulation method was used to analyze EEG (Electroencephalographic) signal, particularly for auditory evoked potential response signal, with sufficient time resolution and designated frequency bandwidth resolution required. The complex demodulation decomposes raw EEG signal into 3 designated delta, theta, and alpha bands with complex EEG signal representation at sampled time instant, which can enable the extraction of amplitude envelope and phase information. Throughout simulated test data, and real EEG signal acquired during auditory attention task, it can extract the phase offset, phase and frequency changing instant and decomposed amplitude envelope for delta, theta, and alpha bands. The complex demodulation technique can be efficiently used in brain signal analysis in case of phase, and amplitude information required.
Keywords: EEG, Complex Demodulation, Amplitude, Phase.
1461 Digital filters for Hot-Mix Asphalt Complex Modulus Test Data Using Genetic Algorithm Strategies
Authors: Madhav V. Chitturi, Anshu Manik, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan
The dynamic or complex modulus test is considered to be a mechanistically based laboratory test to reliably characterize the strength and load-resistance of Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) mixes used in the construction of roads. The most common observation is that the data collected from these tests are often noisy and somewhat non-sinusoidal. This hampers accurate analysis of the data to obtain engineering insight. The goal of the work presented in this paper is to develop and compare automated evolutionary computational techniques to filter test noise in the collection of data for the HMA complex modulus test. The results showed that the Covariance Matrix Adaptation-Evolutionary Strategy (CMA-ES) approach is computationally efficient for filtering data obtained from the HMA complex modulus test.
Keywords: HMA, dynamic modulus, GA, evolutionarycomputation.
1460 Discrimination of Modes of Double- and Single-Negative Grounded Slab
Authors: R. Borghol, T. Aguili
In this paper, we investigate theoretically the waves propagation in a lossless double-negative grounded slab (DNG). This study is performed by the Transverse Resonance Method (TRM). The proper or improper nature of real and complex modes is observed. They are highly dependent on metamaterial parameters, i.e. ɛr-negative, µr-negative, or both. Numerical results provided that only the proper complex modes (i.e., leaky modes) exist in DNG slab, and only the improper complex modes exist in single-negative grounded slab.
Keywords: Double-negative grounded slab, real and complex modes, single-negative grounded slab, transverse resonance method.
1459 Handling Complexity of a Complex System Design: Paradigm, Formalism and Transformations
Authors: Hycham Aboutaleb, Bruno Monsuez
Current systems complexity has reached a degree that requires addressing conception and design issues while taking into account environmental, operational, social, legal and financial aspects. Therefore, one of the main challenges is the way complex systems are specified and designed. The exponential growing effort, cost and time investment of complex systems in modeling phase emphasize the need for a paradigm, a framework and an environment to handle the system model complexity. For that, it is necessary to understand the expectations of the human user of the model and his limits. This paper presents a generic framework for designing complex systems, highlights the requirements a system model needs to fulfill to meet human user expectations, and suggests a graphbased formalism for modeling complex systems. Finally, a set of transformations are defined to handle the model complexity.
Keywords: Higraph-based, formalism, system engineering paradigm, modeling requirements, graph-based transformations.


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Left candidate Gabriel Boric wins presidential elections in Chile. By: Peoples Dispatch
Boric of the progressive coalition Approve Dignity has clinched a victory over far-right José Antonio Kast with 55% of the votes
Gabriel Boric addresses his closing campaign event. Photo: Twitter/ Gabriel Boric
This Sunday December 19 over eight million Chileans voted to decide who will be the next president of Chile. According to Chile's electoral service SERVEL, with 96.75% of the votes processed, Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition won with 55.8% of the votes over far-right José Antonio Kast of the Christian Social Front who received 44.19% of the votes.
At around 7:20pm (Chilean time) when the first electoral bulletins were being released, Kast accepted his defeat in a message on Twitter: "I just spoke to Gabriel Boric and I congratulated him on his big victory. As of today he is the elected president of Chile and deserves all of our respect and constructive collaboration. Chile always comes first."
The news has been celebrated by progressive leaders in the region such as Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president and vice president of Argentina, Bolivian president Luis Arce, and others. Former Brazilian president and future presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wrote "I congratulate comrade Gabriel Boric for his election as president of Chile. I am very happy for yet another victory of a democratic and progressive candidate in Our America, for the construction of a better future for all." Lula had expressed his support for Boric before the elections in the congress of the youth of the Workers' Party of Brazil.
For many in Chile, Boric represents the possibility to bring the demands of the protesters from the 2019 uprising to the halls of government. In his campaign platform, Boric promised to deliver on key demands raised during the protests such as an increase on state spending on social services, progressive taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals, and to replace the country's insufficient, privately-run pension system with a public alternative. He has also committed to reforming the infamous Carabinero police force due to their participation in grave human rights violations in their repression of social protest.
Kast on the other hand threatened to be a serious setback from the demands expressed by protesters. He had expressed complete support to the police and even pledged to remove Chile from the UN Human Rights Council, due to their reports on the human rights violations committed by the Carabineros. He also had pledged to uphold the neoliberal economic order and praised the 1980 Pinochet-era constitution, which is currently being rewritten due to demands from protesters.
While the electoral process by and large proceeded without major incidents, many denounced throughout the day the lack of public transportation. According to sources on the ground, several dozen buses were impounded during the voting process in what many alleged to be a deliberate effort to curtail participation. The hashtag #SueltenLasMicros or Release the Buses began trending throughout the afternoon.
The campaign of Boric had even denounced a reduction of at least 50% of buses in the city as well as a marked reduction in other cities such as Valparaíso, Rancagua, and Viña del Mar.
In response to the reduction of buses, a counter campaign was launched to call on citizens to share their private vehicles to help people get to their voting stations. Even some taxi associations offered special discounts for voters.
The current Minister of Transport and Telecommunications rejected the accusations and said that it corresponded to the regular circulation of buses on a Sunday.
Peoples Dispatch
This article was produced by Peoples Dispatch.


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CableLabs Gets More Open with Tru2way and ETV
By Cablefax Staff | September 22, 2009
?CableLabs has put several programs in place to support device manufacturers and application developers within the growing tru2way and Enhanced TV (ETV) communities.
In June, CableLabs announced the availability of the tru2way reference implementation (RI) under GPL 2.0 open source terms as a royalty-free download for software developers to deliver interactive applications such as advanced advertising and e-commerce.
CableLabs' online developer community can be found within Java.net, the Sun Microsystems site for open source projects. Within this project, CableLabs is providing a source code reference implementation of the entire tru2way middleware stack—over one million lines of code—for no charge.
Further, through the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP) Resources License Agreement, CableLabs is now providing royalty-free access to the Conformance Test Package and Automated Test Environment for manufacturers planning to submit a tru2way Host Device through the CableLabs certification process. By providing a Reference Implementation to the OCAP specification and the test package, all at no charge, device manufacturers will have barrier-free entry to the market and have the ability to rapidly incorporate changes and extensions to the platform (such as DVR and Home Networking).
A test suite for ETV is also being made available for no charge. Like tru2way, ETV enables interactive video services, but is targeted towards legacy set-top boxes with more limited functionality. ETV enables such interactive services as voting, polling, requests for information, telescoping and interactive advertising. Certain of these capabilities will be implemented across a number of cable networks in the fourth quarter of this year. ?
"These steps that CableLabs is taking provide resources for tru2way and ETV product developers, at little to no cost for them," said CableLabs President and CEO Dr. Paul F. Liao in a statement. "We will continue to review this area and discuss other opportunities with our members and developers in order to help move this very technology into the market."
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This video is part of a course on writing proposals, and I will share some other sections from the course later this week. If you have time to watch the entire course, it will help you as you write your proposal.


Forget about what's happening in New York City, Paris or London. When it comes to fashion, Boston definitely has its own flavor. And there's no better way to stay on top of the trends, keep up to date on all of the fashion happenings or scope out the best local Boston fashion designers than by following a style blog run by a Boston blogger. Check out this guide to the best Boston-based fashion blogs to stay fashion forward.
If you've ever felt like you have to be a rich college kid with a nearly unlimited trust fund or a successful financial district businessperson to afford to look good, The Boston Fashionista will change your mind. Run by Kristen Uekermann, The Boston Fashionista is all about looking good and feeling good on a very manageable budget. Uekermann also tends to focus on local designers and boutiques which gives her outfit pairings a touch of Boston that you won't find mindlessly following major fashion magazines. The Boston Fashionista features clean, modern style that works with almost any wardrobe.
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There's a lot to love about The Clothing Menu. If you are a fashion pro, you'll find all kinds of inspiration on this blog. There's everything from how to shop smartly (i.e. on a budget) to fun previews of shoes and more. But where this blog really shines is for the fashion novice. Maybe you just started a job where you have to dress a little more professionally than you're used to. Or you really just don't know how to match the right shoes with the right outfit. If you're new to fashion or have never followed a fashion blog, this should definitely be your first one. The Clothing Menu offers lots of practical advice for everyone, no matter how fashion savvy they might be.


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Гайтукаєв — чеченське прізвище.

Відомі носії

 Гайтукаєв Ах'яд Ахметович (. 1944) — радянський і російський актор, Народний артист Чечено-Інгушської АРСР;
 Гайтукаєв Казбек Байсалович (. 1937) — письменник і вчений, голова Спілки письменників Чечні (1990—1994);
 Гайтукаєв Лом-Алі Ахмедієвич (1958—2017) — кримінальний авторитет;

 Гайтукаєва Бана Мустафаївна (1959—1994) — відома чеченська поетеса, член Спілок письменників Чечні та Росії.

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Sinsheimer Stadium in SLO was 100 percent full in the past during June/July, with Babe Ruth getting "priority" choice of playing time, then the Blues scheduling their season (with Babe Ruth making some concessions to accommodate their schedule), then the Central Coast Men's Adult Baseball League picking up the remaining usable space.
"Usable" means weeknights and weekends. Babe Ruth wants parents to watch games, the Blues depend on an audience who can attend, and the Men's league is mostly working adults with daytime jobs.
Enter the Rattlers, who want a piece of the pie. The city then declared that there's plenty of space, so they need to share as the stadium is available to everyone, even if they can't all play at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Obviously, the city created a nightmare that has no solution under the existing rules, so it was up to the teams to "work it out" or have a lottery imposed by the city. And HEY! That's an even BETTER idea! Now the Rattlers could take their three-game series with San Diego (long road trip up here), pick the first day, have the Blues pick the second day, have the Men's league take the third day, and then try to explain to the opponent, "Welllll ... we THOUGHT we could schedule games."
According to the "plan," the teams could then swap their choices around to make it work. Problem with that? There just isn't enough space to accommodate the users!
The Blues, over years of trying, worked out their economic plan that requires them playing at home most weekends, then road trips with Wednesday home games interspersed to keep the local interest up.
In June, Babe Ruth schedules a senior program that occupies most of the remaining weeknights and shares most Saturdays with the Blues. The Men's league usually shares Sundays with the Blues and gets an occasional weeknight not used by the others.
The Rattlers obviously need approximately the same availability as the Blues to make a go of it, but where do they get the "available space" the city professes to exist? The Men's league agreed to forego June dates until everyone else got what they wanted, but the Blues certainly weren't willing to cut their own throat for the benefit of a competitor and give up their schedule, and Babe Ruth wants the stadium experience for their players and won't walk away unless the city takes it away from them (possible, but unlikely).
Compounding the issue is that the Rattlers came in with a quite small schedule request (nine games in June), but does anyone believe they won't want as many games (or more) as the Blues have in future years? Where does THAT space come from, even if some kind of accommodation got worked out this year (and NOBODY was happy with the end results)?
This situation has done tremendous harm to both the Blues and Rattlers organizations. Home and away schedules are usually worked out long before now, but how could the teams work out schedules when they didn't know until now what days they actually had? At this point, many possible opponents have committed to games with other teams and both the Blues and Rattlers are going to have difficulty putting a schedule together.
Imagine the problems of sponsors being promised an "unknown" amount of exposure. Or how about early season ticket sales? "How many games and what dates? What? You don't KNOW?" And recruitment will suffer, too. Many of their players come from colleges from out of area out of state. How many potentials gave up due to unknowns and signed with other programs?
Blame the Blues? Hard to pick on somebody doing their best to keep as much of what they can of what has been built over many years.
Blame the Rattlers? How, when the city invited them in with promises of "equal access?"
Blame the city? The buck stops there. Want to play at Damon-Garcia? Nope fully utilized and "impacted." Want to form a softball league and use city facilities at Santa Rosa Park or Dairy Creek? Nope fully used and "impacted." Want to start another semipro baseball team or two and play at Sinsheimer in June/July? Sure, WHY NOT!? Certainly the Blues and/or the Rattlers could cut back to each getting about a quarter of what the Blues started with and a fraction of what is needed to be a viable entity!
Also mentioned (since this obviously cannot work), why not a bid next year with the winner getting the stadium and the loser movin' on? Now that sounds like a GREAT idea, and a dandy way to help the city budget!
Then, lets do the same to all those farmers and concessionaires at Farmers' Market. "Hey, LOTS of space available, but you'll have to share with everyone else who would like to set up there, or give up part of what you already have. Plus there are all kinds of rules and regulations, so no "new" spaces can be created and you'll have to work with what is already being utilized. And if you can't settle it among yourselves, we'll put all the spaces up for bid!" YEAH!
Dan Ainsworth is the president of the Central Coast Men's Adult Baseball League. E-mail comments to rmiller@newtimesslo.com.


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Supporters of Carbon Tax Australia
Action group GetUp reported on supporters of carbon tax Australia who joined a rally in Melbourne, Australia, mid-March where 8,000 supporters of the carbon tax Australia initiative demonstrated agreement with Julia Gillard's government on the introduction of a carbon tax.
Check out the video showing supporters of carbon tax Australia to see what happened that Saturday and learn how your support can continue to win the fight for a price on pollution.
The 8,000 crowd supporters of carbon tax Australia was in response to and far outweighed, the 1,500 person crowd where representatives of the major energy companies joined an anti-carbon tax rally outside Parliament House, Canberra, to (according to GetUp) "convince polititians that they should be able to pollute for free and avoid responsibility for our kids' future."
Join supporters of carbon tax Australia.
This entry was posted in DIRECTOR BLOG: News from solar-e.com Director Garry Baverstock, News and tagged Australia, carbon tax, carbon tax rally, carbon tax supporters, climate action, climate change solutions, climate problems, current environmental issues, energy bills, global warming, political lobby groups, renewable energy, zero carbon Australia 2020 on March 24, 2011 by admin.
Passive Solar Homes Design Creates 300,000 New Jobs
Designs of passive solar homes, incorporating advances in recycling building materials from demolition, water and waste water design should be the focus of progress in our search for answers to reduce our domestic energy consumption. New advances in solar water heating, grid connected photovoltaic systems and the integration of other renewable energy systems should be incorporated into the built environment.
Passive Solar Homes to Create Opportunities
Passive Solar Homes with Solar Umbrella
Passive solar homes, adapted to become energy and water efficient such as this house shown with a solar umbrella, could create 300,000 new jobs in the building industry – this growth would take place over 20 years and be in key industry areas.
The growth in new jobs will only take place if we are serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and introducing policies and practices to ensure we only construct and reconstruct energy and water efficient homes.
Australia's built environment constitutes 33 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions and this figure increases to 40 per cent when infrastructure and embodied energy are taken into account.
These amounts could be reduced if energy consumed in existing homes is reduced by between 30 and 50 per cent and by 80 per cent in all new homes. This is why passive solar homes are the only realistic solution to our residential built environment energy problems. However not all designers and architects specialise in energy efficient design and a 'near enough is good enough' attitude will not bring the best results in reducing energy consumption. Contact passive solar homes specialists for the best advice and outcome and ask them for proof of their expertise before you enter any contracts.
Retro-Fitting Existing Homes
Of the 7.5 million houses in Australia we know most need to be retrofitted to become more energy and water efficient. Many of these will eventually need to be replaced with new state-of-the-art passive solar homes because it will be too costly to retrofit them.
Homes to be demolished will have to be carefully recycled and this will entail the introduction of procedures and policies to ensure wastage is kept to a minimum.
Building Codes Needed For Recycling Existing Homes
National building codes and other relevant legislation in Australia do not require home owners and builders to comply with energy and water efficiency principles when demolishing, retrofitting or renovating homes.
Legislation is lagging and up until now lay people and industry groups have led the way in the instigation of innovative and necessary change.
The idea of adapting a home to become more energy and water efficient is normally decided by home owners, who place pressure on designers and builders to trial new methods.
Once these techniques have been found to be effective, builders adopt them into mainstream practice and political parties follow by introducing them into legislation.
This means the general public and industry professionals will continue to lead the way in the push for important change, but this may not be enough if we are to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Demand For Passive Solar Homes
Many people in Australia want to live in passive solar homes and work in buildings that have been designed and built to comply with energy efficient and climate sensible principles.
While it's good news people that people want to live in energy efficient homes, there are barriers to these lifestyle changes which include money, industry know-how and legislative amendments. This is because the cost to retrofit a property may initially be outside a home owner's budget despite the investment eventually being offset in energy savings while also reducing each of the occupants' carbon footprints.
Legislation Lags Consumer Demands
Industry know-how and current legislation are also not at the level desired by consumers. In the interim, young people, tradespeople, homes designers and architects could extend their skills' levels by enrolling in sustainability courses and placing pressure on landlords and employers to implement climate sensible and energy efficient principles in the rental market and the workplace.
However retrofitting and building new passive solar homes by home owners is probably the most likely and definitely the most effective response to our domestic over-consumption of energy.
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This entry was posted in DIRECTOR BLOG: News from solar-e.com Director Garry Baverstock and tagged Australia, built environment, domestic energy consumption, energy efficiency, green jobs, greenhouse gas emissions, houses in australia, job growth, job opportunities, passive solar design, passive solar homes, realistic solution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, retrofitting, solar energy, solar passive design, solar passive homes, solar water heating on February 1, 2011 by admin.
Solar Energy Optimism
The main message from the recent Australian Solar Energy Society ['AuSES'] 2010 Conference in Canberra, Australia, was very optimistic about the widespread use of solar energy in all its forms.
Having been involved with International Solar Energy Society ['ISES'] since 1979, through the West Australian branch and then the Australia & New Zealand Solar Energy Society ["ANZSES'] as an incorporated body, when it came into being in 1984, one could understand my optimism to see something I have passionately believed in as the most sustainable way forward for mankind, has started to become a reality.
No longer will the use of solar energy in all its forms be considered a fringe, "thing of future" any more. I have written a series of articles that distil my perceptions of the proceedings from a professional standpoint and the political implications of holding this landmark conference in our nation's capital, Canberra.
Solar Energy - Watts installed
Graph: showing the explosion of installed PV in Australia in the last decade
The way forward from hereon is the encouragement of more focused research in the various fields of endeavour in the diverse world of solar energy applications.
AuSES is destined to have a pivotal role in the next 50 years to ensure that planet earth no longer lives on the edge of energy and environmental uncertainty.
A series of articles that covers what happened in Canberra will be published on solar-e over the next month or so.
Garry Baverstock AM, CEO of www.solar-e.com
2010 President of AuSES, WA
The following aspects will be discussed in articles posted from December 2010 onwards:
- The Week that Canberra Became a National Focus for AuSES in 2010
- The Role of the Built Environment in Using Solar Energy and Addressing Climate Change – A Viable Direction for AuSES
- Political Will and Systems Thinking for Climate Change Needed – How AuSES Can Help
- Nuclear Politics a Real Danger for Progress of Solar and Renewable Energy Progress – Collaboration Needed Not War
- Open Learning and Presentation of Facts – the Key for Greater Use of Solar Energy – AuSES Leading the Way
- New Solar-e.com Will Soon be Ranking Solar Societies and Associations Conference Papers – First Step AuSES
- The List of 'solar-e' Best Papers at Solar 2010 – AuSES Conference in Canberra
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Self Realisation & Ethics
This entry was posted in DIRECTOR BLOG: News from solar-e.com Director Garry Baverstock, News and tagged Australia, Australian Solar Energy Society, clean energy, climate change solutions, environmental problems, ISES, renewable energy, solar, solar cells, solar economy, solar energy, sustainable energy, Western Australia, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association on December 17, 2010 by admin.
Cancun Climate Change Targets
Solar-e.com is a member of and supports the work of The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia ('SEA").
SEA is a chamber for all enterprises from all industries supporting sustainable energy and the fastest growing energy industry body in Australia. SEA is bringing you the Energising South East Asia Conference 23-26 March 2011, Perth, Australia.
View SEA's recent press release on Cancun.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet in Cancun is reported to have said that the credibility of the UN process is in danger if progress is not made.
"It is imperative for the credibility of this process that we're able to make progress here at this conference," Minister Combet said.
The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia (SEA) is keen to see how Australia might indeed contribute to the credibility of the process.
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Кашарский музей истории и краеведения — музей в слободе Кашары.

История музея
Музей был открыт 27 декабря 1969 года по решению районного Совета депутатов трудящихся. Большой вклад в создание и становление музея на первоначальном этапе внесли участники Великой Отечественной войны А. М. Руденко и В. А. Бирюлин. В архиве сохранился плакат с обращением Совета районного музея к гражданам Кашарского района по оказанию помощи в сборе экспонатов: документов, фотографий, старинных книг, газет, орудий труда, предметы домашнего обихода и быта.

В настоящее время основной фонд музея составляет 1169 единиц хранения. В нём собраны:
 краеведческий материал по истории образования сёл и хуторов Кашарского района;
 предметы быта жителей района;
 материал об оккупации района в годы Великой Отечественной войны, об участниках ВОВ, Героях Советского Союза;
 материал об адмирале Северного и Балтийского флотов И. М. Капитанец, уроженце Кашарского района;
 материалы о Гражданской войне (Ф. Г. Подтёлков, М. В. Кривошлыков);
 материалы о тружениках сельского хозяйства, животноводства, образования, медицины.

С апреля 2009 года музей включен в единую базу данных музеев Российской Федерации. С 9 мая 2009 года музей располагается в новом здании.

В 2016 году 22 музейных предмета были включены в состав негосударственной части Музейного фонда Российской Федерации.

Директора́ музея
 Василий Трофимович Васильченко (1979—1980)
 Геннадий Дмитриевич Кулешов (1981—1986)
 Александр Михайлович Руденко (1987—2001)
 Надежда Анатольевна Гришкова (2001—2002)
 Сергей Владимирович Савостиков (2002—2009)
 Анна Владимировна Горина (с 2009-2012)
Безуглова Анна Васильевна (с 2018)

Адрес
Музей располагается по адресу: Ростовская обл., Кашарский р-н, сл. Кашары, ул. Ленина, д. 62, в северном крыле первого этажа четырехэтажного здания Кашарской средней школы. До 2009 года находился по адресу: ул. Комсомольская, д. 43, в здании военкомата.

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Музеи Ростовской области
Краеведческие музеи России


Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital now offers a minimally invasive stroke prevention procedure for people with carotid artery disease. It's called transcarotid artery revascularization, or TCAR. Carotid artery disease develops when fatty deposits, or plaque, clog the blood vessels delivering blood to the brain. Over time, the blood flow becomes restricted, increasing the risk for a stroke. An estimated 10 to 20 percent of strokes are caused by the disease, which afflicts 200,000 people every year in the United States.


Brussels-based Aproplan, which bills itself as akin to "Salesforce for construction," is one such company, and today is disclosing that it has raised €5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Fortino Capital, and existing investors including Inventures, Matexi, and the co-founders of Showpad: Pieterjan Bouten, Louis Jonckheere, and Peter Minne.
I'm told the new capital will be used by Aproplan to further its marketing and sales capabilities and to develop new features to improve the on-site experience for the construction workers its wares serve. That includes creating a better and more efficient 'paper trail' — albeit, a digital one — as transparency, traceability and accountability is paramount in the construction industry.
Explains Aproplan co-founder and CEO Thomas Goubau: "The construction industry has been slow to adapt to technology. There are a lot of parties involved in a construction project and they simply do not trust one another. Actually, they trust each other so little that they still send documents via certified mail to protect themselves. Communication moves at a snail's pace".
As a result, the construction industry often deliverers subpar products. Goubau reckons that 30 per cent of construction projects end up in court, 20 per cent take longer than expected to finish, and 80 per cent run over budget.
"Think of where marketing was 16 years ago before Salesforce came around," he says. "That's where the construction industry has been up until recently. We want to change that so we created an app that works as a mutual space to share information, updates, and processes".
Available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, the Aproplan app is designed to be used collaboratively by contractors, engineers, architects, and clients to facilitate communication, logging, and reporting of construction projects. So, for example, the app can help contractors digitise health and safety reports and for engineers to follow the plan needed to comply with building regulations.
"We are already seeing our solution gain significant traction – we recently signed an agreement with the Association of Major Belgian Contractors, a federation of Belgium's 60 biggest construction companies," adds Goubau. "They have committed to the digitisation of the Belgian construction sector and to use Aproplan to do so. Leading names in the construction industry like BESIX and BAM are already using Aproplan to improve on-time delivery and remain in budget".
Of course, Aproplan isn't the only upstart dragging construction into the 21st Century. Others operating in a similar space include U.S.-based PlanGrid, backed by the likes of Sequoia and Founders Fund, and in Europe there is GenieBelt.


Metro Vancouver's parks committee has voted in favour of a plan that would see six historic cabins removed and eight people evicted from Belcarra Regional Park.
An area south of the main beach and pier, known as Belcarra South, is home to seven cabins and a heritage home known as Bole House.
Six of the cabins are in Port Moody and are designated as heritage buildings under a bylaw that prohibits an owner from renovating or making changes to buildings without a permit. One cabin is in Belcarra and not subject to any protections. Bole House is on Port Moody's heritage register, but not covered by the bylaw. All were built in the early 20th century.
Six of the cabins are occupied. The residents pay an average of $500 per month in rent and have month-to-month agreements with Metro Vancouver. They maintain the gravel road, water system and cottages, and consider themselves park caretakers.
"It's a very lively little family/cultural hub, and to see it just go and plaques be put in its place, that's a heartbreaker," said Jo Ledingham, who has lived in a Belcarra cabin full time for almost 40 years.
The committee was presented with four options for what to do with the area, based on past decisions by the board, Port Moody's interest in heritage preservation and feedback from public consultation. All options included trails, beach access, picnic areas and varying degrees of habitat restoration. None allowed for the residents to stay because the homes are considered in poor condition and Metro is phasing out residences in its parks.
Staff recommended the first option, which involves keeping Bole House and one cabin as multi-purpose buildings, and two cabins for display. Staff said the plan provides access to the site while retaining some buildings and responding to public priorities.
Langley Township Coun. Bob Long, vice-chair of the committee, said he didn't see any choice but to go with the first option.
"I quite like it, actually. It has some heritage protection and this display concept of the cabins would hopefully accomplish some of Port Moody's goals," he said.
Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge also preferred that option for the same reasons.
"I think that achieves a lot of the goals we heard from the community and addresses a lot of the objectives we as a committee tried to achieve as well," Hodge said.
However, when the first option was put to a vote, it failed.
Instead, the second option was chosen, which sees six cabins removed, and one cabin and Bole House retained as multi-purpose buildings. This was seen as more in line with Metro Vancouver's original position of removing all of the buildings except for Bole House, while leaving some room for negotiation with Port Moody.
Ledingham said she and the other residents have dodged eviction in the past and had hoped that the committee would come up with a different solution, like opening up public access to the area while allowing the residents to stay and act as interpretive guides.
"Let all the stakeholders sit down at the table and see what exciting, unique model can be created," she said.
Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay found the conversation at the parks committee meeting interesting, but wondered what exactly Metro hoped to negotiate with Port Moody, seeing as all of the proposals for the area are non-compliant with the heritage bylaw.
"I don't have any indication from our council that they're eager to negotiate anything, but those are conversations that are very fluid as they move forward," he said.
The proposal will be considered by Metro Vancouver's board of directors at a meeting later this month, after which it will go to the Port Moody and Belcarra municipal councils for input.


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Danilin A.N., Komyak V.V., Komyak V.M., Рankratov A.V. The Ellipses Packing in a Rectangle of the Minimal Size. p. 3-9.
Revunova E.G. Recovering Signals Obtained by Indirect Measurements Based on Truncated Singular Value Decomposition and Random Projection. p. 10-24.
Kryvtsun Ye.V. Evolutionary-Fragmentary Algorithm of Finding the Minimal Axiom Set. p. 25-31.
Sherman Z.A. Square Sum Labeling of Some Graphs. p. 32-36.
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Saintes-Maries is the subject of a series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1888. When Van Gogh lived in Arles, he took a trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean sea, where he made several paintings of the seascape and town.
In June 1888 Van Gogh took a 30 mile stagecoach trip from Arles to the sea-side fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Van Gogh's week-long trip was taken to recover from his health problems and make some seaside paintings and drawings. At that time Saintes-Maries was a small fishing village with under a hundred homes.
In just a few days he made two paintings of the sea, one of the village and nine drawings. One of the paintings was Van Gogh Museum's Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F413), which he described to his brother, Theo: "I made the drawing of the boats when I left very early in the morning, and I am now working on a painting based on it, a size 30 canvas with more sea and sky on the right. It was before the boats hastened out
I had watched them every morning, but as they leave very early I didn't have time to paint them." Some of the work on the painting was finished in the studio, such as capturing the light in the sand, sea and sky.
Another seascape Van Gogh made was The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F415) in which he sought to capture light's effect on the sea. He wrote that the "Mediterranean Sea is a mackerel color: in other words, changeable – you do not always know whether it is green or purple, you do not always know if it is blue, as the next moment the ever-changing sheen has assumed a pink or a gray tint." The setting includes fishing boats returning to the village. To emphasize contrast to the color green in the painting, Van Gogh signs his name in large bright letters.
Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F1433) is one of Van Gogh's reed pen drawings of Saint-Maries which he based on his painting The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F415). The fluid movements of Van Gogh's pen bring an energy to the drawing, not intended to be a mimetic copy. Both his choice of the reed pen and the "placement of tiered-patterned strokes" reflect the influence of Japanese prints. He brings life to the painting through technique. The Pointillist dotted sky accentuates the clouds. Whitecaps are evoked by the vertical lines and horizontal lines portray the calmer sea in the distance.
Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea) was painted six years after Van Gogh wrote that he wished to paint a seaside painting of sand, sea and sky. In this painting the combination of a high horizon and boats close to the top edge of the frame, draw the audience in to the choppy sea in the foreground and center of the picture. He also made three drawings of this composition.
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Saintes-Maries is the subject of a series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1888. When Van Gogh lived in Arles, he took a trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean sea, where he made several paintings of the seascape and town. In June 1888 Van Gogh took a 30 mile stagecoach trip from Arles to the sea-side fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Van Gogh's week-long trip was taken to recover from his health problems and make some seaside paintings and drawings. At that time Saintes-Maries was a small fishing village with under a hundred homes. In just a few days he made two paintings of the sea, one of the village and nine drawings. One of the paintings was Van Gogh Museum's Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F413), which he described to his brother, Theo: "I made the drawing of the boats when I left very early in the morning, and I am now working on a painting based on it, a size 30 canvas with more sea and sky on the right. It was before the boats hastened out; I had watched them every morning, but as they leave very early I didn't have time to paint them." Some of the work on the painting was finished in the studio, such as capturing the light in the sand, sea and sky. Another seascape Van Gogh made was The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F415) in which he sought to capture light's effect on the sea. He wrote that the "Mediterranean Sea is a mackerel color: in other words, changeable – you do not always know whether it is green or purple, you do not always know if it is blue, as the next moment the ever-changing sheen has assumed a pink or a gray tint." The setting includes fishing boats returning to the village. To emphasize contrast to the color green in the painting, Van Gogh signs his name in large bright letters. Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F1433) is one of Van Gogh's reed pen drawings of Saint-Maries which he based on his painting The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F415). The fluid movements of Van Gogh's pen bring an energy to the drawing, not intended to be a mimetic copy. Both his choice of the reed pen and the "placement of tiered-patterned strokes" reflect the influence of Japanese prints. He brings life to the painting through technique. The Pointillist dotted sky accentuates the clouds. Whitecaps are evoked by the vertical lines and horizontal lines portray the calmer sea in the distance. Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea) was painted six years after Van Gogh wrote that he wished to paint a seaside painting of sand, sea and sky. In this painting the combination of a high horizon and boats close to the top edge of the frame, draw the audience in to the choppy sea in the foreground and center of the picture. He also made three drawings of this composition.


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