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Botanists race to understand and conserve the plant species of the Amazon
Wed 28th Aug 2019
As a record number of fires continue to burn in the Amazon, the largest area of tropical rainforest in the world, concerned scientists at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) face a race against time to quantify the vast number of plant species in the biodiversity hotspot and determine their distributions and to support urgent conservation plans and action.
RBGE's Dr Tiina Särkinen and Brazilian colleague Dr Domingos Cardoso of the Universidade Federal de Bahia recently led an international effort to quantify the plant species in the Amazon. Their list includes 14,003 species, around 14 times as many plant species in Scotland. This number is increasing almost daily as new species are discovered. Just last week RBGE's Dr Peter Moonlight described a new Amazonian species, Diastema fimbratiloba, in the African violet family, Gesneriaceae.
An unknown number of plant species and animals which share the forest are under threat as swathes of Amazon rainforest in Brazil are destroyed by thousands of fires. Maintaining a richly biodiverse planet is crucial to mitigating the effects of the climate emergency, and the Amazon rainforest stretching across nine countries, holds significant amounts of carbon. Threats from fire, drought and logging all release carbon into the atmosphere and they are encouraged by the removal of legal protection for indigenous forest reserves.
However, it is believed there are ways forward. For instance RBGE and University of Exeter scientist Professor Toby Pennington, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Global Challenges Research Fund), is working with local non-governmental organisation, Instituto Ouro Verde, "Institute of Green Gold'', to develop small-scale farming systems based around native Amazon tree species in one of the most heavily deforested areas of Brazilian Amazonia. These systems of land use maintain tree cover and offer an alternative to large-scale soy or cattle farms, whilst providing the small-holder farmers with improved incomes.
Elsewhere around the world, RBGE – a member of the Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens – is working with local institutes from Peru, Chile and Brazil to Africa and the Middle East to build skills and capacity to restore degraded forests and improve their potential as carbon sinks, biodiversity reserves and providers of natural capital and ecosystem services.
From baseline biodiversity research, through practical support for stakeholders, to large-scale protection and restoration programmes, there are many ways to prevent biodiversity loss in Amazonia and the destruction of forests around the world. RBGE scientists and horticulturists are working with decision-makers and local people to implement them.
People are being asked to support RBGE's work in the Amazon and elsewhere by making a donation at www.rbge.org.uk/amazon/
For further information and images contact Sandra Donnelly on 0131 248 1037/07554115908
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Signing on the line for plant conservation in Chile
Thu 26th Aug 2021
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I've been consuming AH and RT content for over a decade at this point. I started watching when I was...
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I've been consuming AH and RT content for over a decade at this point. I started watching when I was in middle school, started to watch less towards the end of college, and now a few years out of college I watch maybe one video a week. While AH has changed somewhat so have the group of us that have been watching for so long. I'm a far different person now as a real adult with a career than I was when I loved and watched every video as a freshman in high school. Part of that is that AH has changed to keep interest with their target audience which are the people in middle and high school who have the time to watch all of their content. Part of that just means I've grown out of some of that.
That being said, there is a silver lining. While some people seem to dislike how much stock that RT/AH have put into podcasts, what having so many does is give options for the old fans to follow the personalities they loved from old videos. I love listening to Fface, ANMA, Red Web, and Off Topic while I'm at work. Fface and ANMA in particular feel like classic (2012-2014) AH and it often feels like the nostalgia of when the critic in ratatouille ate the ratatouille. I think people just need to be more open minded and willing to change how they consume the content AH chooses to make.
TL/DR: AH has changed but so have the people, like me, who have been watching for over 10 years. Podcasts, like F**kface, have the same feeling as classic AH and more people should be willing to try other forms of content.
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>>I like BK more than some of the OG's
I took a break from AH for a while and was really hesitant to get back into them with all the new cast. I started watching some of the let's rolls and holy shit, BK and Joe are two of my favorites right now. I love their chemistry with the older cast.
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I was neutral on BK before and wasn't a fan of Joe but the Uno Infinite made me a big fan of both for sure. Uno Infinite felt so much more AH of old and really helped bring out the newer cast in a way that I don't think anything else has (to that extent.)
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I was at AH Live earlier this year, and while, tragically, BK couldn't make it, Joe had absolutely zero hesitations about throwing himself into humiliating situations. They played Just Dance before the sing-along encore, and he ran on stage in a crop top and skirt, and busted moves.
Not to mention, of course, also being the current office punching bag.
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Joe's a lot closer to Gavin than he is Matt in terms of being a punching bag, which is a great thing. (I love Myatt but he tends to make me sad when hes the brunt of a joke, Gavin didnt and now Joe doesn't carry that guilty feeling for me). Maybe thats just me?

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Why do pro-life people oppose punishing women who have abortions?
It seems everyone is upset with what Trump said yesterday, that there should be some form of punishment for women having abortion. It makes sense that pro-choice people are not happy about that, but what are the pro-life people angry about? If abortion = murder, what's wrong with punishing the woman who asks someone else to commit the murder for her? It's like only punishing the hitman but not the one who hires the hitman. What's their logic here?
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Among other reasons, because a statement like that has absolutely awful political optics, as Trump discovered. Logic being "if you say that outloud, you have no chance of ever getting elected"
It might be worth looking at that trump quote in context. He was vehemently pressured by his discussion partner to respond to the question "should women who abort be punished?" and repeatedly insisted to not have formed a position on the matter yet. If not having thought about this question at all is better or worse than being pro-punishment is for everyone to decide for themselves.
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They don't. One: MOTHER CHARGED WITH FELONY FOR HELPING HER DAUGHTER ORDER ILLEGAL ABORTION DRUGS ONLINE. Two: MS: US women charged with murder following miscarriage. Three: IN: Women jailed for miscarriages. Four: El Salvador: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying.
– Chloe
Just adding a link to what Trump actually said, so shows up in related questions.
Multiple reasons have been given:
If you believe pro-choice rhetoric, pro-life people actually do want to punish the mothers, but they know that admitting it would be political suicide. Obviously the pro-life movement denies this charge, but the fact that it's a politically unpalatable position does explain why pro-life people have denounced Trump's statement so forcefully.
The pro-life movement often refers to pre-Roe v. Wade conditions for any question about their proposed policies. Clark D. Forsythe claimed in 2010 that in the case of this particular policy question (punishing women for abortions), "There are 'only two cases in which a woman was charged in any State with participating in her own abortion': from Pennsylvania in 1911 and from Texas in 1922. There is no documented case since 1922 in which a woman has been charged in an abortion in the United States." This is not in and of itself an argument against punishing the mothers, but it 1) provides one basis for the other reasons listed below, and 2) can be used as a rebuttal against the previous bullet point. It's also worth noting that National Right to Life claims that this has been their position since their founding in the 1960s (pre-Roe).
It's more important to go after practitioners of abortion, who potentially perform hundreds or thousands of abortions in their lifetime, than individual mothers who get one or maybe two abortions ever. Granting the mothers blanket immunity ahead of time makes that easier.
The mothers who seek abortion are often coerced or misled, making them a second victim of the abortion. This argument emphasizes that punishing a victim for a crime is absurd.
Blanket immunity
Forsythe, quoted earlier, states the "blanket immunity" argument (third bullet point above) this way:
To state the policy in legal terms, the states prosecuted the principal (the abortionist) and did not prosecute someone who might be considered an accomplice (the woman) in order to more effectively enforce the law against the principal. And that will most certainly be the state policy if the abortion issue is returned to the states.
Joe Carter of the Gospel Coalition wrote a blog post about why the pro-life movement opposes prosecuting the mothers. In the comments section, he makes clear that the "blanket immunity" argument is a thoroughly pragmatic one:
If it could be shown that prosecuting women would lead to fewer abortions and more convictions of abortionists then I'd be all for it. But so far I haven't seen any plausible reasoning for assuming that would be true in the future when the consensus in the past was that it was not effective. I'm open to having my mind changed on this issue, though.
There are certainly [other] ways that a conviction [of an abortion doctor] could be secured. But the question that concerns me is "Would those means be as effective as offering a blanket immunity from prosecution?"
It appears the difference between our positions is that I would prefer to see abortion ended, even if it meant full justice was not done while you would prefer to see abortion continue unless all guilty parties met man's justice.
The mothers as victims
Charles Camosy, responding to the idea that prosecuting the mother would make sense, says:
That might be true if women have an uncoerced choice to have an abortion. But as I argue in some detail in my book "Beyond the Abortion Wars," that's not how our culture works. Broadly legal abortion is the product of privileged men. Hugh Hefner and his Playboy Foundation sponsored the lower court cases designed to provoke Roe vs. Wade.
Unsurprisingly, the all-male Roe court made women "free" to act like men: to imagine themselves as able to live sexual, reproductive, economic, professional lives as men do. Women's equality was not about getting equal pay for equal work. Not about getting mandatory family leave and affordable child care. Not about passing strict anti-discrimination laws in hiring practices.
What was essential for social equality, according to those responsible for our abortion laws, was that women are able to end their pregnancies when they are a burden on their economic and social interests. But being pregnant and having a child is often so burdensome precisely because our social structures have been designed by and for people who cannot get pregnant. Notice how, in this context, our abortion laws end up serving the interests of men and coercing the so-called "choice" of women. Someone who is coerced into having an abortion as a means of having social equality should not be put in jail. Women, like their prenatal children, are victims of our horrific abortion policy.
Camosy's argument seems similar to Democrats for Life's response to the Trump controversy:
Women don't need to be punished. They need jobs. Their families need jobs paying family living wages. They need greater access to affordable healthcare. They need paid family leave. They need affordable childcare. A woman needs to know that she doesn't have to choose between her baby and her education or career.
Trump's ugly statement calling simply for punishment, while never mentioning support for women and children, is a more extreme version of the GOP's position that wants to end abortion without providing a social safety net.
Mr. BultitudeMr. Bultitude
Many "pro lifers" see women who have abortions as victims of abortion. For example, Mike Huckabee echoed the sentiment saying, "There are two victims. One is the child; the other is that birth mother who often will go through extraordinary guilt years later when she begins to think through what happened -- with the baby, with her."
Many pro life people see abortion as a cultural problem where society is hurting women by telling them abortion is acceptable, when actually it is both morally harmful to everyone and emotionally harmful to the women involved. If you believe that there are 2 victims of each abortion and the problem is a culture that encourages abortion, then it's quite counter-productive to punish one of the victims.
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Before you write a comment, please note that this question specifically asked about which arguments pro-life people use, not about whether or not these arguments make sense.
can the same argument apply to (Islamic) terrorists and Islam?
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@chaohuang I suppose some people apply the same logic.
Pro-lifers find themselves in a weak political position where abortion is both legal and has a lot of public support. For them to argue that women should face punishment would be a bad tactical move. That's why Trump is getting so much flack from the comments he made.
If we now imagine a hypothetical situation where, say, Cruz is the next president and abortion has been outlawed, then things will obviously change. Women will face long prison sentences, no matter what the pro-lifers say now. This is a consequence of how the justice system works in practice today where prosecutors have a lot more power, as opposed to who it used to work before the 1980s.
Take e.g. laws to protect teenagers from sexual predators. No one in their right mind arguing for the current laws back in the 1980s would have suggested that teenagers would themselves face severe punishment if their own sexual behavior was not consistent with the religious conservative view. But this is exactly where we've ended up in:
Is it possible to sexually exploit one's self?
That question is one of many conundrums in the recent case of a teenage North Carolina couple charged with making and distributing child pornography.
Their alleged crime: snapping and sending nude photos — of themselves.
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Our organization began in 2004 and we hold a celebration banquet in April where we honor the accomplishments of either staff or grads of Battle Creek Central, or Springfield High School. We're known as the "plaque group: as there are 172 of them on the wall in the main hallway of Battle Creek Central HS. Since 2007, our organization has been awarding scholarships to BCCHS graduating seniors; and in those 10 years, we have awarded more than $30,000. The Board is looking to add new members to our non-profit organization. Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:15 p.m. at BCCHS. Please come check us out and should you have any questions, please contact one of us. You will find our contact information on the left of this page.
The mission of the Battle Creek Central High School (BCCHS) Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor through academics, arts, athletics, and/or extracurricular activities graduates, current or retired employees of BCCHS or the former Springfield High School for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the community and nation. We are looking for individuals who have distinguished themselves with a high degree of performance in academics, arts, athletics or extracurricular activities, as well as success in their field of endeavor, and/or service to their community and/or country. These individuals must have displayed a consistently high level of honor, personal character and dedication throughout their lives, and have distinguished themselves by their performance.
The Battle Creek Central High School Hall of Fame Board of Directors is excited to celebrate their BCCHS Hall of Fame 15-yer anniversary. Upon this year's induction, we will have honored 186 outstanding individuals with history rooted in Battle Creek Central H. S. or Springfield H. S., through accomplishments in the arts, academics, and/or athletics, and significant community contributions.
In 2007, there was enough money with the Battle Creek Community Foundation to start awarding scholarships to graduating seniors. As of 2018, we have awarded 40 monetary awards and to commemorate our 15th anniversary, will be awarding 15 this year. We've changed our scholarship criteria language of "higher education" to include "trade schools, technical schools, and apprenticeship programs." The dynamics of the world are changing and we want our young people to be ready.
The awards celebration will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at The Commons of Battle Creek Central High School with social time at 5 pm and dinner at 6 pm. For ticket information, please contact Fred Jones at 269-968-8601 or Karolynn Ferguson at 269-968-4019.
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The BCCHS Hall of Fame board is seeking nominations for the 2019-20 year. Nomination forms are due by August 1st of each year. Please click on the link to get a copy of this nomination form.


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Model: 2019 Honda HR-V EX
Engine: 1.8-liter four-cylinder
Output: 141 hp / 127 lb-ft
Transmission:Continuously variable transmission (CVT)
Drivetrain: Front-wheel drive
Fuel Economy: 28 City / 34 Hwy
Options: None
Base Price:$24,715 (including the $995 destination fee)
Best Value Price:$24,715
The 2019 Honda HR-V's 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine matches up nicely with CVT for smooth, seamless acceleration around town. The quick, responsive steering makes zipping in and out of city traffic a breeze, further enhancing in-town driving. Comfort is also surprisingly high for such a small crossover. The compliant suspension – MacPherson struts up front, torsion beam in back on 2WD models and a more sophisticated DeDion setup on AWD models – handles everything from small road imperfections to large potholes with ease, even when equipped with the larger 18-inch wheels found on the Sport model. The HR-V also handles curvy back roads better than most in this class, although it's not as entertaining as the Mazda CX-3.
There's available all-wheel drive on all trim levels – standard on the Touring trim – which doesn't force buyers living in cooler climates who need more traction into higher trim levels just to get it.
That said, the HR-V is slow (and we mean molasses slow) in anything other than normal city jaunts. And while Honda has done a yeoman's work in perfecting the HR-V's CVT by eliminating most of the "rubber band" effect of earlier units, hard acceleration still results in engine drone. In addition, front-wheel-drive models inexplicably have more ground clearance than versions with all-wheel drive.
Topping things off, the HR-V's average-at-best fuel economy offers no trade-off for its sluggish performance as it falls behind some of its more fun-to-drive competitors with an EPA-estimated 28 miles per gallon city, 34 mpg highway, and 30 combined with front-wheel drive, or 27/31/29 mpg on all-wheel-drive models.
The HR-V's design – especially up front – is a bit busy for our tastes, but hardly offensive. The 2019 version benefits from a mild refresh that includes revised bumpers, a more aggressive grille and lower air intake, and narrower headlight enclosures. In back, a narrow chrome strip bridges the gap between the taillights (with new standard LED brake lights), while the lower valance is more sculpted.
Our tester, an example of the new Sport trim finished in Orangeburst Metallic, kicks things up a notch over the base LX with gloss black outside mirrors and lower side sills, larger 18-inch matte black-trimmed alloy wheels, brushed silver roof rails, fog lights, a chrome exhaust tip, and a quicker steering ratio.
Moving inside, styling points are gained with a simple cabin that's functional and more than a touch stylish. There are plenty of soft-touch materials throughout the cabin, giving the HR-V a more upscale feel than its moderate price tag may indicate. Features are plentiful in each trim.
Interior comfort is another high point, especially for those up front with firm, comfortable seats that are nicely bolstered, making the HR-V more comfortable than most of its competitors. The backlit gauges in front of the driver (tach to the left, speedo center, and info and gas gauge on the right) are clear and easy to read, while the various buttons and knobs are silky smooth, intuitive, and within easy reach of the driver. Responding to criticism that dates back to the original model, Honda has added a real on/off volume button to the in-dash infotainment screen, although simultaneously eighty-sixing the CD player.
The highlight, of course, is the HR-V's roominess and incredible versatility. Borrowing a page from the Fit's playbook, the back "magic seat" lower cushions individually flip up and back, and can be locked in the vertical position to carry tall items (large boxes like a big screen television or, in our case, an antique chair behind the driver's seat) – something no other vehicle in this class can do. Flip those seats down, and passengers are treated to 39.3 inches of rear-seat leg room. But the goodness doesn't end there. Cargo volume behind the back seat ranges from 23.2 cubic feet on AWD models to 24.3 cubes on those with 2WD. Flip the back seats forward – they fold completely flat – and you expose 57.6 cubic feet of cargo space on AWD models that rises to 58.8 cubes with 2WD – making the HR-V the most cargo-friendly vehicle in its class.
At the same time, the HR-V does itself no favors with its coupe-meets-crossover styling. It tries to be playful, which is fine, but despite the clever way the rear door handles are hidden, it ultimately delivers a mixed message that only certain buyers will love.
The Best and Worst Things
The HR-V's cabin isn't only comfortable and functional, it has the cargo-hauling capabilities of much larger vehicles.
At the same time, its engine is underpowered, making for sluggish acceleration, and the lack of a manual transmission option exacerbates this issue.
Right For? Wrong For?
The HR-V is perfect for young buyers and empty-nesters looking for a smaller vehicle with a higher ride height, extra roominess to move items, and enough leg room in back for friends and family.
A commuter who does long stretches of highway driving will likely prefer the acceleration and fuel economy of some HR-V competitors.
Subcompact crossovers rarely measure well as they are mashups of a few segments made to work well for specific buyers. But the 2019 Honda HR-V is one of the better options in its class despite some notable flaws. Where it excels is its cargo and people hauling, where it's at the top of the class.
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CDC 6600 је велики рачунар компаније CDC развијен 1964. године. Сматра се првим успешним суперрачунаром и био је три пута брже од рачунара IBM 7030 Stretch. Био је најбржи рачунар од 1964. године па да 1969. године, односно до појаве нјеговог наследника CDC 7600. Софтвер који је покретао овај рачунар није био компактибилан, односно није се могао користити софтвер једног рачунара на другом.

Рачунар је дело Симора Креја, најпознатијег произвођача суперрачунара.

Референце
 Grishman, Ralph (1974). Assembly Language Programming for the Control Data 6000 Series and the Cyber 70 Series. New York, NY: Algorithmics Press.
 Control Data 6400/6500/6600 Computer Systems Reference Manual
 Thornton, J. (1963). Considerations in Computer Design - Leading up to the Control Data 6600
 Thornton, J. (1970). Design of a Computer—The Control Data 6600. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co.
 (1990) Understanding Computers: Speed and Power, a Time Life series.

Спољашње везе
 Neil R. Lincoln with 18 Control Data Corporation (CDC) engineers on computer architecture and design, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Engineers include Robert Moe, Wayne Specker, Dennis Grinna, Tom Rowan, Maurice Hutson, Curt Alexander, Don Pagelkopf, Maris Bergmanis, Dolan Toth, Chuck Hawley, Larry Krueger, Mike Pavlov, Dave Resnick, Howard Krohn, Bill Bhend, Kent Steiner, Raymon Kort, and Neil R. Lincoln. Discussion topics include CDC 1604, CDC 6600, CDC 7600, CDC 8600, CDC STAR-100 and Seymour Cray.
 Parallel operation in the Control Data 6600, James Thornton
 Presentation of the CDC 6600 and other machines designed by Seymour Cray – by C. Gordon Bell of Microsoft Research (formerly of DEC)
  – overview with pictures

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Willi Nowak (* 3. Oktober 1886 in Mníšek pod Brdy; † 20. Oktober 1977 in Prag) war ein tschechischer Maler, Lithograf und Hochschullehrer. Er hatte deutsche Vorfahren.

Leben
Nowak studierte von 1903 bis 1906 an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste bei Franz Thiele in Prag, anschließend in Berlin, in München und in den Niederlanden. Er ließ sich in Prag als Figuren-, Porträt- und Landschaftsmaler nieder und arbeitete auch als Lithograf. Im Frühjahr 1907 wurde von Emil Filla die expressionistische Künstlergruppe, die sich Osma (Die Acht) nannte, gegründet. Neben Filla und Nowak waren sieben junge tschechische Künstler Mitglied der Gruppe: Vincenc Beneš, Bedřich Feigl, Max Horb, Otakar Kubín, Bohumil Kubišta, Emil Artur Pittermann, Antonín Procházka. Zeitweise gehörte auch Linka Scheithauerová-Procházková dazu. Die Gruppe orientierte sich an der Expressivität Edvard Munchs und bestand bis 1911. 1910 gab Nowak eine Folge von Lithografien mit dem Titel Idyllen heraus. 1915 war er in München, später in Liebnitz, Berlin und Seeham bei Salzburg tätig. 1924 fertigte er Illustrationen zu Hugo von Hofmannsthals Libretto Ariadne auf Naxos an. Er war von 1929 bis 1939 Professor an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Prag und Gründungsmitglied der Prager Secession.Er war zudem Mitarbeiter der Zeitschrift Die Aktion.

1937 wurden Werke Novaks in der Nazi-Aktion "Entartete Kunst" aus der Kunsthalle Bremen, der Anhaltinischen Gemäldegalerie Dessau, dem Städtische Kunst- und Gewerbemuseum Dortmund, dem Museum Folkwang Essen, dem Kestner-Museum Hannover, dem Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum Magdeburg, der Städtischen Galerie Nürnberg, dem Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Stettin beschlagnahmt.

Nowak heiratete um 1924 Elena Däubler (* 11. April 1880 in Triest; † September 1935 in Prag), die Schwester des Schriftstellers Theodor Däubler, die in erster Ehe mit seinem Malerfreund Otto Th. W. Stein verheiratet war.

Nowak wurde auf dem Vyšehrader Friedhof in Prag bestattet.

1937 als "entartet" beschlagnahmte Werke Nowaks

 Laube (Tafelbild, 1925; vernichtet)

 Mädchen mit Katze (Lithografie; vernichtet)

 Titelblatt und die Blätter "Das Rote Kreuz", "Brotverteilung" und "Rastende Österreicher"; aquarellierte Lithografien in der beschlagnahmten 2. Mappe "Kriegsbilderbogen Münchner Künstler", Goltz-Verlag, München (1914)

 Blätter "Sommernachtstraum" und "Imogen"; Lithografien in der beschlagnahmten Mappe "Shakespeare Visionen. Eine Huldigung deutscher Künstler"; Verlag Reinhard Piper, München (1918)

Weitere Werke (Auswahl)

 Podbaba (Tafelbild, Öl, 1943; im Bestand der Galerie Neue Meister Dresden)

Literatur

Willi Nowak. In: Die Graphischen Künste, Wien; 48.1925, Seite: 77ff.

 Theodor Däubler, Friedhelm Kemp, Friedrich Pfäfflin: Im Kampf um die moderne Kunst und andere Schriften. Wallstein Verlag, 1988.

Weblinks

 https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/gk1925/0088

 Wilhelm (Vilém) Nowak Czech, 1886–1977. moma.org (2 Lithografien)

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Maler (Tschechien)
Lithograf (Tschechien)
Porträtmaler
Landschaftsmaler
Hochschullehrer (Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Prag)
Tschechoslowake
Geboren 1886
Gestorben 1977
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The UJ Faculty of Law was ranked among 200 top universities globally in 2013 by the QS University Rankings. Graduates better prepared for legal practice, an edge in International Law, leading rated researchers and exceptional student support contributed to this, says the Faculty's Executive Dean.
In early 2014, the Faculty of Law achieved its first ranking in the top 200 universities globally, when the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings by Subject for 2013-2014 were released.
UJ Law attained an Employer Reputation score of 62.50. Overall the University was ranked at number four in respect of Law among South African universities, behind UCT in first, University of Pretoria (UP) in second and University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in third place.
Employers hire UJ Law BA (Law), BCom (Law) and LLB graduates because they're more prepared for the world of work than a number of their peers, says Professor Patrick O'Brien, Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg.
This is primarily because UJ Law delivers as balanced as possible an education to undergraduates, he says.
UJ Law graduates are attractive to employers because of their balanced law education and clinical experience, says Professor Patrick O'Brien, Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg. The Faculty is rated among the top 200 universities world-wide for its academic stature, reputation of its graduates at employers and publication of research.
"We include the traditional branches of Private Law, Mercantile Law, Public Law, and Procedural Law in our LLB in a balanced manner, which is not the case at all our local universities at undergraduate level," says O'Brien.
UJ undergraduate students do compulsory course work at the Law Clinics, also unusual at South African universities.
"Balancing our law education and adding compulsory clinical experience make our graduates attractive to prospective employers," he says.
Most universities cannot provide clinical experience for all undergraduate Law students – often a Faculty can afford only one clinic because these are extremely expensive to run. However, because of exceptional support from the UJ management structure, the Faculty runs three law clinics that can accommodate all its students, says O'Brien.
The UJ Law Faculty was awarded the NRF Research Chair in International Law for the cycle 2013 – 2018 which is renewable for a further five years. The Chair is filled by Prof Hennie Strydom who is a professor in Public International Law in the law faculty. The Faculty's flagship research programme in International Commercial Law and existing expertise in Private International Law also create further opportunities for collaboration with the NRF Research Chair in International Law.
Postgraduate law students can work towards a Maste'rs or LLD degree within four of the five Faculty departments: Mercantile Law, Private Law, Procedural Law and Public Law.
More than half of the UJ postgraduates come from other universities, the main reasons being the reputation of the Faculty as well as its excellent funding and exceptional support to undergraduates, says O' Brien.
"Most of our students are first-generation university students in their families. We truly care about our students from their first year through to graduation.
"On the academic side, all first-year lecturers serve on an active first-year students' committee. We introduce first year students to various members of the law profession, where they have the opportunity to interact with them," says O'Brien.
The Faculty of Law attracts Master's students not only from countries on the African continent, but also from countries farther away like India, France and Germany. Undergraduates from several universities may complete UJ coursework for credits at their home university, something which is particularly popular amongst students from Reykjavic University (Iceland) and the Free University of Amsterdam.
The Faculty of Law has 45 full-time staff members, of whom 19 hold PhDs or LLDs and another five are working towards their doctorates.Fifteen are professors, one an associate professor, with another 10 as senior lecturers and 19 as lecturers.
In this small Faculty, eight researchers are rated by the National Research Foundation, three as researchers with considerable international recognition by their peers: Prof D Bilchitz in Human Rights Law, Prof JL Neels in Private International Law and Prof JC Sonnekus in Private Law.
The Faculty has five departments teaching Mercantile Law, Practical Business Law, Private Law, Procedural Law and Public Law.
The South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) – based on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg – produces advanced research, runs conferences on cutting-edge issues and helps develop younger researchers in the field. It also seeks to advance constitutionalism in South Africa through partnering with Constitution Hill in a debating competition in schools which educates learners about the bill of rights.
The Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (CICLASS) strives for the development of viable and sustainable labour law and social security (protection) systems to address inequality and bring about social justice in emerging economies.
The Research Centre for Private International Law in Emerging Countries initiated the drafting of the African Principles of International Commercial Law for the purposes of the African Union and its member states and acts as an information centre for the Hague Conference on Private International Law. it also provides training and events in the field of private international law.
For more information, see their Law Faculty website.


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I've gone for jQuery as I've been using it a fair bit recently with jQuery SWFObject, and it's super easy to work with.
Here's an example of a full browser flash object, with a minimum width/height. The best thing being that there is no requirement for fiddly CSS to make the full browser view work, the CSS is all implemented by jQuery!


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KSAT 12 News Nightbeat
The KSAT 12 News Team offers a report on the latest news of the day, as well as updates on sports, San Antonio area weather and rush-hour traffic issues.
Paul J. Weber
Published: May 31, 2021, 7:52 AM
Tags: Business, Greg Abbott, Joe Biden, Winter weather, climate change
Texas' fix after blackout doesn't dwell on climate change
FILE - This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, file photo shows power lines in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) (David J. Phillip, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas' biggest fix to February's deadly winter blackout that left more than 4 million people without power puts new attention on projections by the state's climatologist but does not dwell on climate change after a deep freeze buckled the state's unprepared electric grid.
A far-reaching bill sent Sunday night to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would require some power generators to winterize against extreme cold following one of the most massive blackouts in U.S. history. Experts praised some reforms as significant but say concessions to Texas' powerful oil and gas industry still leaves the grid vulnerable.
At least 151 people died in the winter storm and ensuing blackout, according to the tally kept by state officials, although the actual number of victims is widely believed to be much larger.
President Joe Biden's national climate adviser called the winter storm a "wake-up call" for the United States to build energy systems and other infrastructure that are more reliable and resilient in the face of extreme-weather events. But in the Texas Capitol, Republican lawmakers sidelined discussion of climate change while trying to get to the root of the blackout and come up with ways to prevent it from happening again.
"Obviously, we have to be able to operate during those type of situations," said Republican state Rep. Chris Paddie, who carried the bill, while being pressed on climate change before a final vote Sunday. "As far as the reasons for that, that's always a point of discussion."
A last-minute addition to the bill requires energy regulators to consider in their planning projections by the state's climatologist. John Nielsen-Gammon, who has been the Texas state climatologist for two decades, said he was not asked to testify by lawmakers after the blackout but did provide input to the some offices that reached out.
"The cold wasn't unprecedented, but the combination of extreme cold and widespread snow was extremely unusual," Nielsen-Gammon said in an email. " Also, I volunteered the information that climate change was probably making such events less likely rather than more likely."
Fallout from the outages has slowed since after a burst of firings and resignations of officials involved. Attention to the blackouts also dimmed in the state Capitol as GOP lawmakers raced to pass staunchly conservative laws over abortion, guns and voting restrictions in the final weeks.
During February's storm, demand for heat soared as temperatures plunged. Roughly a quarter of Texas' natural gas supply was knocked off line. Failures by fossil fuel plants, including natural gas facilities, contributed twice as many outages as solar and wind generators, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state's grid operator.
After Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas in 2017, a 200-page state report warned that powerful natural disasters will become more frequent because of a changing climate but did not use the phrase "climate change."
"It's very hard to prepare for something you're scared to name," Democratic state Rep. Erin Zweiner said.


Deadpool 2 Issues - Who is more important!!!
With 20th Century Fox removal of the director of the hit Deadpool film, can the sequel be a hit? Is Ryan Reynolds more important than the director? Are any actors more important than the director? In our video the Crew as usual could not agree.


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At the Scene, March 2012 Solving the mystery of what to read next!
Nicci French on Reading
Shakespeare Overheard
Agatha Award Nominees
New Renewal Policy
Intent to Sell
by Jeffrey Marks
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Hilliard & Harris
Winter Issue #123 out now!
March Greetings
Nicci French on Reading, Lucy Liu as Watson, Awards Continued, MS New Authors Breakfast at Malice
Research is definitely the theme in this issue of Mystery Scene. Lisa Gardner, for example, goes to great lengths - even into the boxing ring! - to bring realism to her fast-paced thrillers. She contends that imagination is no substitute for actually hitting someone - or being hit yourself.
Gardner was a working writer before she graduated college, publishing 13 romance novels by the time she was 25. "The disadvantage of starting to write so young is that I didn't have a trade first," she tell Oline Cogdill in this issue. "A lot of suspense writers were lawyers or reporters so they already had a knowledge base they could draw on. I don't." Hence, the prodigious research that make Gardner's thrillers so immersive and so very popular.
Jon L. Breen surveys Simon Brett's considerable body of work in this issue, just in time for this master of the whodunit's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Malice Domestic Convention in April. Jon also did some research into the favorite tipples of Brett's detectives, including, of course, Charles Paris' beloved Bell's Whisky.
Art Taylor considers the eternal appeal of Agatha Christie's little Belgian sleuth in "The Celebrated Poirot." As you might expect, Christie offers endless avenues for research. For example, did you know that Charles Laughton was the first actor to ever play Hercule Poirot? (See page 35.)
And speaking of 'tecs and their tipples, here is Poirot in Three-Act Tragedy:
"The sherry, I prefer it to the cocktail, and a thousand times to the whisky. Ah, quelle horreur, the whisky. But drinking the whisky, you ruin - absolutely ruin - the palate."
A little research can pay big dividends if you're a book collector. In this issue Nate Pedersen discusses "association copies," books whose values are increased by interesting connections to their authors or owners. (Check out the pride of my husband's book collection on page 40!)
It was the difficulty of research that turned Nicola Upson into a novelist. She had intended to write a biography of Josephine Tey, author of The Daughter of Time. Instead she found that a series of novels, carefully researched but also sympathetically imagined, better captured the character of this complex woman.
Research isn't always the final answer, though. Many sources declare unequivocally that Lester del Rey wrote the infamously (and deliberately) bad short story, "Rattlesnake Cave." Not true. For the real story on the worst story ever written see the note from Larry Block on page 46 or visit the Mystery Scene Blog.
This April, Brian and I, as well as a number of MS contributors, will be at the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland. We're particularly looking forward to the New Authors Breakfast which we're sponsoring again this year. Hope to see you there!
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The first US edition of Wilkie Collins' classic printed in 1860.
Nicci French on Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, was published in 1860. Even today, it's one of those books you read and ask yourself: Where the hell did that come from? The first half of the book is like a feverish dream; it begins with a mad woman appearing out of the darkness, and is full of storms, shadows, nightmares, spectral moonlight, and a sense of dread. Then we encounter Marian Halcombe, the most extraordinary "heroine" in Victorian fiction: she's ugly, she has a light moustache, and she's utterly compelling. Marian's adversary is Count Fosco, the prototype of the evil, horrifying but charismatic villain. He is Italian, he is enormously fat, and he keeps white mice in his pocket that he plays with as he talks.
Count Fosco and his confederate, Sir Perceval Glyde (even the names are evil), concoct a plot to steal the fortune of Laura Fairlie. The idea is not to kill her, which would be too easy, but to steal her very identity and replace her with a woman who looks like her. For how do you prove that you are yourself?
There is also a kind of love story between the hero, Walter Hartright, and Laura Fairlie (the names are a bit of a giveaway) but the true, hidden love story of the book is that between Marian Halcombe and Count Fosco, two outsiders who recognize each other's intelligence.
The Woman in White is the first great psychological thriller, based not just on violence and murder but on the slipperiness of identity and the perception that in our ordinary lives we are skating on thin ice and beneath is madness, disorder, and tumbling strangeness. Anyone who writes - or reads - psychological thrillers owes a great debt to Wilkie Collins.
Nicci French's latest book is Blue Monday (Pamela Dorman, March 2012).
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From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him,
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odor and in hue,
Could make me any summer's story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew.
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight,
Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.
Yet seemed it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.
William Shakespeare, Sonnet 98. The opening line inspired the title of Agatha Christie's early work Absent in the Spring, which was written under her nom de plume Mary Westmacott.
One of six early novels written as Mary Westmacott, this 1944 edition of Absent in the Spring reveals a side of Agatha Christie's work quite different from her mysteries.
Crime Time TV Roundup
Lucy Liu to play Joan Watson in Elementary, a US update of Holmes
Blasphemy or breakthrough? Tell us what you think.
Lucy Liu, the new Watson
Britain's popular new TV show Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
re-envisions Dr. James Watson as an Iraq War vet in 21st-century London. But what will audiences say to mystery's most famous sidekick as a modern-day Chinese American New Yorker? And a mighty attractive female one at that?
CBS' new pilot, Elementary, casts 43-year-old Lucy Liu (Southland, Charlie's Angels) as former surgeon Joan Watson opposite Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting), a brilliant, former Scotland Yard consultant living in New York City while undergoing rehab.
The Internet is already abuzz about the nontraditional casting, with many fans upset over the demise of "one of the great bromances of all time." What say you dear readers, breakthrough or blasphemy?
Missing, starring Ashley Judd, on ABC
Thursday, March 17, 8/7c
Ashley Judd stars as Becca Winstone, a woman haunted by tragedy. Her husband was murdered and ten years later her teenage son, Michael, goes missing while studying in Rome.
Not content to be a mere drama about a mother's desperate search for her child, Missing tosses in gorgeous European locales and espionage-like thrills. As the show's website has it, "Both [Becca] and Michael's father used to be lethal CIA agents, and whoever took Michael messed with the wrong mother."
Show website
White Chapel on BBC America is back
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 10/9c
Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and Detective Sergeant Miles (Phil Davis) return to solve grisly new cases in London's notorious East End for three more episodes of White Chapel this March on BBC America.
White Chapel, produced by the Emmy Award-winning folks of Downton Abbey, finds the detectives' latest cases connected to a vast archive of crime files discovered beneath the incident room. As old crimes become clues to cases in the present, the detectives are joined by historian Ed Buchan (Steve Pemberton) as they close in on a killer.
The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery" - books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. Winners will be announced at the 2011 Agatha Awards banquet to be held at Malice Domestic on Saturday, April 28, in Bethesda, Maryland.
The 2012 Guest of Honor is Jan Burke, the Toastmaser is Dana Cameron.
The Real Macaw, Donna Andrews (Minotaur)
The Diva Haunts the House, Krista Davis (Berkley)
Wicked Autumn, G.M. Malliet (Minotaur)
Three-Day Town, Margaret Maron (Grand Central)
A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Full nominations including Best First Novel, Best Nonfiction, Best Short Story, Best Children's/YA, and Best Historical at www.MysterySceneMag.com
On the hunt for the best new authors? Looking to expand your reading list?
Then join Mystery Scene at Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland, for breakfast and a chat with more than 20 of the most exciting new authors on the scene including Malice Best First Novel nominees Janet Bolin (Dire Threads), Rochelle Staab (Who Do, Voodoo?) and Kari Lee Townsend (Tempest in the Tea Leaves).
The Mystery Scene New Authors Breakfast is open to all registered attendees of Malice Domestic. It will run from 7:00 - 8:30 am on Saturday, April 28th. Anyone who hasn't registered for Malice but wants to can easily do so by going to www.MaliceDomestic.org. Coffee's on us!


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Key Change Needed in Paul MacLean's System for the Senators
By Mike Burse June 13th, 2014
Paul MacLean (Wayne Cuddington/ Ottawa Citizen)
Having finished outside the playoffs there is clear need for improvement by the Ottawa Senators next season. While there is a reason why Paul MacLean is an NHL head coach and I am not, there is one key change that needs to be made to the Senators system along with other observations.
The first is reducing the number of shots against. Last season they ranked second last in the league, just behind their provincial rival in Toronto, allowing 34.7 shots against per game. In terms of the offensive side of the game they ranked fourth behind only the San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks with 32.8 shots for per game.
Special team's issues
Their special team's play, while there is room for improvement it was good enough to leave them in the middle of the pack. They ranked 15th in the NHL with a combined special teams rating of 99.3%, which is adding power play and penalty kill percentages together.
This is something that Scotty Bowman used to review and his goal was to get to 100% or better. The top team last season was the Pittsburgh Penguins at 108% and the worst team was the Florida Panthers at 86%.
Last season Paul MacLean's Senators had a negative goal differential between their power play and penalty killing time on ice. They had 50 power play goals for, 61 penalty kill goals against, 10 shorthanded goals against (26th overall) and five shorthanded goals for. This resulted in a negative 16 goal differential for their special teams.
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As a total the Ottawa Senators scored 229 goals for and allowed 258 goals against for a negative 29 goal differential. Therefore on special teams they were minus 16 and at even strength they were minus 13. Both areas require improvement headed into next season.
Carry the puck
The question is how the Ottawa Senators go about changing this key issue. One key change that the Senators Head Coach Paul MacLean can make is a simple one. In short, carry the puck into the opponents end and use dump and chase very sparingly.
This past season @MannyElk tracked all zone entries at five on five play for the Ottawa Senators and you can see the results and find more details at NHL Numbers. Zone entries are relatively new to Hockey Analytics in large part due to the time and effort it takes to watch every game and track them.
Of late the CORSI band wagon has begun to overflow, however CORSI is not the be all and end all of Hockey Analytics, it is just the beginning. Paraphrasing a classic Spock quote from Star Trek, CORSI is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
In all likelihood zone entries can be more indicative for current and future success. MannyElk's data clearly shows that a controlled zone entry, moving into the attacking zone with puck possession, is exponentially better at generating shots than a dump and chase play.
Granted zone time for both types of entry can be equal, however teams that dump and chase likely spend the majority of their time trying to retrieve the puck. Teams that carry the puck across the blue line with possession have the chance to shoot on net.
Exhibit A – Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza missed most of the season with a back injury (Jason O. Watson-USA TODAY Sports)
For example, Jason Spezza entered the offensive zone without possession 146 times last season. He generated 0.260 CORSI FOR (shots, missed shots, blocked shots) events per entry. That means out of every 10 times Spezza entered the offensive zone without control only 2.6 times would he generate a shot. While he entered the offensive zone with control 290 times and generated 0.741 CORSI FOR events per entry. That is a much better ratio of 7.4 shots per 10 entries.
What is interesting to note is that on his controlled zone entries he averaged 10.41 seconds on the attack per entry. While on his entries without control he averaged 10.48 seconds on the attack per entry. Clearly with a difference of 0.481 CORSI FOR events per zone entry, or nearly five shots per 10 entries, Spezza and his line mates exerted much of their energy trying to get the puck back in his dump ins.
There could be the argument that if they are spending the same or more time in the attacking zone on either choice of entry that is equal in terms of value. But it truly is not. Teams that bring the puck into the attacking zone will generate more scoring chances as opposed to a dump and chase team.
Of course this is only one season and one team worth of data, but to this point this relationship is very clear.
Best controlled zone entry Senators
When looking at the Ottawa Senators top players in term of percentage of zone entries with control it is not overly surprising who is on the list. Hemsky, Turris, Spezza, Ryan and MacArthur make up the top five. The only supposed top six forward with less than 50% controlled zone entries is Milan Michalek. While the worst forward is Chris Neil at just over 30%.
Erik Karlsson is ready to have an impact for the Senators (Icon SMI)
It is important to note that defensemen and forwards cannot be looked at equally with these statistics. Just by nature of the position defensemen tend to dump the puck in much more often than forwards. Although it is clear which defenders are better puck movers with Cowen, Gryba, Phillips and Methot all under 20% controlled entries. Naturally Erik Karlsson is the best defenseman at 44%, no surprise there.
The team as a whole is entering the offensive zone with control only 48% of the time. If they can bring that number up over 50% at five on five play that would go a long way in generating more scoring chances for the Ottawa Senators.
A takeaway for one of the team's key free agents
With the NHL game placing more emphasis on speed and puck possession, having players that can carry the puck in and generate scoring chances is a big priority. With that in mind some of the Senators younger players were very good in this respect including Mike Hoffman (59%), Mika Zibanejad (57%) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (53%).
In light of his decreased production and advancing age, perhaps letting Milan Michalek (46% controlled zone entries) leave might be the best course of action and give the younger players a chance to step in. A player like Mike Hoffman clearly impressed during his stint in the NHL, he could step in and take some of the minutes that were allotted to Michalek.
Of course it is a risk as we do not know if Hoffman can be productive over an 82 game season, but where the Senators currently stand in their mini-rebuilding phase I believe it is worth the chance.
Very special thanks to @MannyElk for making his data available for everyone to view.
Jason Spezza
Milan Michalek
Paul MacLean


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Q: True or False : There exists a continuous map $f:[0,1] \to SL_2(\Bbb R)$ which is surjective. (NBHM 2017 exam India) My approach :
Suppose there exists such a continuous surjective map.
Then since $[0,1]$ is compact, $SL_2(\Bbb R)$ is also compact.
So essentially what I have to prove is that $SL_n(\Bbb R)$ is compact i.e. closed and bounded.
I know that determinant map is continuous. As $SL_2(\Bbb R)=\det^{-1}\{1\}$ and $\{1\}$ is a closed set, hence $SL_2(\Bbb R)$ is a closed set.
I don't know how to go about boundedness of $SL_2(\Bbb R)$. Nevertheless, if it turns out to be bounded set, then it would mean that such $f$ exists(correct me if I'm wrong here). and if it doesn't, then such a $f$ doesn't exist.
Also how to construct such an $f$ if it does exist?

A: You are trying to prove a false result, since $SL_n(\mathbb R)$ (and even $SL_2(\mathbb R)$) is not a compact set because it is not bounded.
In finite dimension, all norms are equivalent, so let's consider without loss of generality a norm on $M_n(\mathbb R)$:
$$\vert \vert M \vert \vert=\sup_{i,j}\vert m_{i,j}\vert.$$
Then consider the matrix (for $k\geqslant 1$):
$$M:=\begin{pmatrix} 1 & k \\ 0 & 1\end{pmatrix}\in SL_2(\mathbb R)$$
but
$$\vert \vert M \vert \vert=k\xrightarrow[k\to\infty]{} +\infty$$
so $SL_2(\mathbb R)$ is not bounded.

A: You can even derive the result from qualitative properties about the space without going into detailed proof.
Recall that if you have a continuous bijection $f:X\rightarrow Y$, where $X$ is compact and $Y$ is Hausdorff, then we have a homeomorphism. We can take the contrapositive and argue that if two spaces $X,Y$ are not homeomorphic, then there is no continuous bijective map between them. Since $X=[0,1]$ is compact, and $Y=SL_{2}{(\mathbb{R})}$ is not, the two spaces are not homeomorphic, since compactness is a topological invariant (spaces that are homeomorphic are either both compact or both non-compact). Since they are not homeomorphic, there cannot be a continuous bijection between
$[0,1]$ and $SL_{2}{(\mathbb{R}})$.
However, the map could still be injective, but it can't be surjective because if it were surjective, then the image would need to be bounded, and since we can find some element of $SL_{n}{(\mathbb{R})}$ which is larger than the maximum element of the image, the map can't be surjective, since not every element in codomain has a pre-image.

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