Jamaica...); sometimes, the law prescribes life imprisonment (Guyana, Uganda). And in a dozen countries, capital punishment may be actually carried out (Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia...). In Africa, recently, several presidents have brutally acted on their will to combat personally this "scourge" which they consider "anti-African". Even in other countries where homosexuality is not considered a crime, persecutions have multiplied. In Brazil, for example, death squads and skin heads spread terror: 1,960 homophobic murders have been officially reported between 1980 and 2000. In these conditions, it is difficult to think that "tolerance" is gaining ground. On the contrary, in the majority of these nations, homophobia appears more violent today than ever before. The tendency is not, therefore, towards a general improvement, far from it. Family and Relationships
Sales-volume variance is the difference between a flexible-budget amount ant the corresponding static-budget amount. Flexible-budget variance is the difference between an actual result and the corresponding flexible- budget amount. Selling price variance = (actual selling price-budgeted selling price)*actual units sold. Price variance is the difference between actual price and budgeted price multiplied by actual input quantity, such as direct materials purchased or used. (sometimes called input-price var, rate var). Efficiency variance is the difference between actual input qty used and budgeted input qty allowed for actual input, multiplied by budgeted price (also usage var). Price variance = (actual price input - budgeted price input)*actual qty of input. Efficiency variance = (actual qty of input used - budgeted qty of input allowed for actual output)*budgeted price of input.
(Fact Sheet: Armenian Genocide) (Wikipedia, 2011) (ANI, 2011) 1.2. The Armenian Massacre The Armenian Massacre started in the early 1900's, when secret meetings began to be held by the Turks. It has been quoted that a man named Dr. Nazim had once said "If we are going to do something like the Adana massacre of 1909, here and there, the result will do us more harm than good." Dr. Nazim goes on to say that the Turks would alert the Arabs and the Kurds and that therefore the danger would be multiplied. In his final words at these meetings he had said that "We (the Turks) must not leave a single Armenian alive in our country, we must kill the Armenian name." The next thing that they did was take a vote regarding the extermination of the Armenians. The results were disastrous for the Armenians when they voted that not a single Armenian should be left alive. (Angelfire, 2011) (Wikipedia, 2011) 1.3. Young Turks and the Young Turk Revolution
In this case we have dependence of the density in coordinates. When changes are very small, we can neglect them. 7. What means Boussinesq's approximation? In fluid dynamics, the Boussinesq approximation is used in the field of buoyancy-driven flow (also known as natural convection). It states that density differences are sufficiently small to be neglected, except where they appear in terms multiplied by g, the acceleration due to gravity. The essence of the Boussinesq approximation is that the difference in inertia is negligible but gravity is sufficiently strong to make the specific weight appreciably different between the two fluids. Sound waves are impossible/neglected when the Boussinesq approximation is used since sound waves move thru density variations. 8. Three laws of thermodynamics? First Law of Thermodynamics
Eksam unsupervised Eksamlearning - Learning unknown things (eeskätt, Eksammille Eksampoolest Eksamnad Eksamüksteisest Eksam erinevad)? 13 Eksamiks: P2P Eksamteemadel: peamised EksamP2P Eksamliigid - Napster Eksammodel: central server used for storing info about which client has which files • Gnutella Eksammodel: no central server, queries forwared/multiplied and flood the whole net • Kazaa/Skype Eksammodel: supernodes act as central servers for N clients, Gnutella-type queries between supernodes • EksamStructured Eksammodel (DHT) a la Chord, Kademlia: queries forwarded „closer“ to target until hit, without flooding • Darknet Eksammodel a la Freenet, TOR: structured model + random paths + encryption to hide traffick • EksamBittorrent: focus on efficient file sharing, not search
Germany, northern France 600 they had founded their 7 kingdoms The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Kent-JUtes, Essex, Sussex, Vessex- Saxons East Anglia, Mercia, Nothumbria- Angles Series of over-kings from various kingdoms St Patrick Conversion of Irish- 432-461 Patron saint of Ireland, originally pagan, slave He escaped, became a Christian priest and later bishop. Ireland was largely christian by 6th C Monasteries multiplied, monastic lines, provinces were ruled by abbots St Columba 6th, 7th C Irish sent missionaries to Gaul, Germany, Scotland and England St Columba went to Scotland, converted Picts, 563 founded a monastery of island Iona Credited with major role in converting Scotland to Christianity St Aidan Irish missionary, King Oswalds of Northumbria bishop Had qualities to convet Northumbria. After
Words may contain capital letters only for emphasis or to suggest that they are pronounced loudly. In poetry it is a tradition to start every line with the capital letter. 7. The arrangement of lines on a page is a significant feature of modern poetry. The, so called, figure poems have appeared (e.g. poem has a shape of a star, a leaf, etc.) the shape depends on the poem's content. 8. Multiplication of letters letters are doubled or multiplied suggesting the way they are pronounced (e.g. "lllarge", "rrrrruin"). 9. Hyphenation splitting up the word into syllables or letters to suggest additional stress on the word (e.g. "He was s-l-a-i-e- d."). 10. Italics shows that the word is important in this context and should be pronounced accordingly. Traditionally foreign words are italicized. 11. Graphon is distorted () spelling
PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) before passing it to the micro- processor. The PROM contains normalization information for each pixel posi- tion. The pixel data from the ADC comprises the high-order PROM address and the row number is the low address. The PROM contents consist of values that multiply the ADC output by the value needed to make the output uniform. If a given pixel has an output that is 85% of nominal, then the values for that pixel will be multiplied by 1/85%, or 1.176. If the value out of the ADC is 25, then the value out of the PROM will be 29 (25 ¥ 1.176). The data in the PROM comes from calibrating the system with a known target. In a document-processing application, the calibration might be done with a white document of known, uniform characteristics. Of course, if the CCD or the lighting is changed, the system has to be recalibrated. The PROM has to be as big as the number of CCD pixels times the ADC resolution
FGI 1081 Stylistics (I. Ladusseva) 21 7. The arrangement of lines on a page is a significant feature of modern poetry. The, so called, figure poems have appeared (e.g. poem has a shape of a star, a leaf, etc.) the shape depends on the poem's content. 8. Multiplication of letters letters are doubled or multiplied suggesting the way they are pronounced (e.g. "lllarge", "rrrrruin"). 9. Hyphenation splitting up the word into syllables or letters to suggest additional stress on the word (e.g. "He was s-l-a-i-e-d in Africa."). 10. Italics shows that the word is important in this context and should be pronounced accordingly. Traditionally foreign words are italicized. 11. Graphon is distorted spelling
intelligentsustestiks ning, mis hiljem (1916) sai testi inglise keelde adapteerinud Ameerika psühholoogi Lewis Termani koduülikooli järgi nime Stanford-Binet skaala. See skaala leidis laialdast kasutust ning on sama nimetuse all tuntud ka tänapäeval, viimati revideeriti seda 1985. aastal. In 1916, Terman adopted William Stern's suggestion that the ratio between mental and chronological age be taken as a unitary measure of intelligence multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimals. The resulting "intelligence quotient" became known as the "IQ" and is now known in the classic formula: IQ = Mental Age/Chronological Age X 100. Testi loojate ülesandeks ei olnud uurida terviklikku nähtust, mida võiks kutsuda intelligentsuseks, vaid ennustada laste edasijõudmist koolis ja selleks see test kõlbas. Madalamad skoorid ennustasid halba edasijõudmist paremini, kui kõrged head. Algselt mõõtis see test laste vaimset iga e
thousand eight hundred and sixty three" instead of just writing "1863." The anonymous scribe may also have been demonstrating his knowledge for posterity. Thus the inscription was not secret writing, but it incorporated one of the essential elements of cryptography: a deliberate transformation of the writing. It is the oldest text known to do so. As Egyptian civilization waxed, as the writing developed and the tombs of the venerated dead multiplied, these transformations grew more complicated, more contrived, and more common. Eventually the scribes were replacing the usual hieroglyphic form of a letter, like the full-face mouth representing /r/, by a different form, like a profiled mouth. Sometimes they used new hieroglyphs whose first sound represented the letter desired, as a picture of a pig, "rer," would mean /r/. Sometimes the sounds of the two hieroglyphs differed but their images resembled one another
Suppose we fall in with the prevalent view that arithmetical truths are all necessary truths. Then there are arithmetical descriptions, such as "the positive square root of nine," that are rigid, because they designate the same number in every possible world, but are certainly not Millian because in order to secure their reference they exploit their conceptual content. Indeed, they seem to Russellize: "The positive square root of nine" seems to mean whatever positive number yields nine when multiplied by itself. So that description is not Millian even though it is rigid, because it does not simply introduce its bearer (the number three) into the discourse; it also characterizes three as being something that when multiplied by itself yields nine. Thus, in defending the rigidity of names, Kripke did not thereby establish the stronger claim. (Nor did he intend to; he does not believe that names are Millian.)4 However, other philosophers have championed the Millian conception,
lar types of dairy products, mineral water, fruit, specific building material etc. (The detailed list of the goods subject to 12 % import tax is provided in the part 1 of Article 197 of the Tax Code). A 5% rate applies to pork, means of hygienic care and cosmetic items, clothes, plastic produce etc. (Tax Code, Article 197, Part 2) A special tariff is anticipated for import of alcoholic beverages. Import tax for 100 liters of an alcoholic beverage consists of the tariff rate (0.2 to 3 EURO) multiplied by the percentage of al- cohol in the beverage. (For example, in case of import of whisky if the volume of alcohol is 40%, the import tax on 100 liters will be 1.5 EURO x 40 i.e. 60 EURO) For specific types of beverages, the import tax rate is defined directly, thus it is fixed (for ex- ample, sparkling wine 1.5 EURO per liter) (Tax Code, Article 197, Part 3) The import tax does not apply to the import of baby food and diabetic products, special machin-
FCS See frame checksum. flag A dedicated bit in memory that is set by the system to indicate some type of oper- ating status. Some flags, such as the carry flag, can also be set by the operator or via the program. flicker bit A bit that is programmed to turn ON and OFF at a specific frequency. floating-point decimal A decimal number expressed as a number (the mantissa) multiplied by a power of 10, e.g., 0.538 x 10–5. force reset The process of forcibly turning OFF a bit via a programming device. Bits are usu- ally turned OFF as a result of program execution. force set The process of forcibly turning ON a bit via a programming device. Bits are usu- ally turned ON as a result of program execution.
doing now, and trying to imagine what he would be saying if he were here with me. Finally the boys were hungry, and I got up stiffly to follow them back. I tried to keep up better this time through the woods, so naturally I fell a few times. I got some shallow scrapes on my palms, and the knees of my jeans were stained green, but it could have been worse. When we got back to First Beach, the group we'd left behind had multiplied. As we got closer we could see the shining, straight black hair and copper skin of the newcomers, teenagers from the reservation come to socialize. The food was already being passed around, and the boys hurried to claim a share while Eric introduced us as we each entered the driftwood circle. Angela and I were the last to arrive, and, as Eric said our names, I noticed a younger boy sitting on the stones near the fire glance up at me in interest. I sat down
Eat until you are full, and eat as much as you like of the approved foods. If you don't, you will either downshift your metabolism or cheat between meals with banned-food snacks. Kristal wasn't losing weight and was irritable on the diet. Why? Because she was neglecting legumes and focusing on a higher volume of green vegetables, resulting in insu cient calories. There is no need to count calories if you follow the rules, and one of the rules is: get plenty of legumes. Her results multiplied after making one change: I took your advice and made beans the #1 ingredient this week, and I have a lot more energy and am remarkably less cranky. The rst couple weeks I made veggies #1 with a bit of beans and meat tossed in. This week it is beans, beans, beans ... and I'm now down 10 pounds. Whoopee! MISTAKE #3: NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER To ensure optimal liver function for fat-loss, increased hydration is a must.
• the characteristics of the outer layers with During drying pores (e.g., casing, mold, surface layer of • Water vapor evaporates from the surface of the product/drying resistance) the product, and consequently, the compo- The drying surface is the geometrical sition of the surface layer changes. surface multiplied by the ratio of the water- • Materials move from one layer of the permeable elements (meat) to the surface. product to the other. Ham with skin dries only on the meat side; • The thickness (and eventually the shape the skin side is isolated by the fat. This barrier too) of the layers changes to different effect is utilized during ripening of some degrees