Review on possible gravitational anomalies

This is an updated introductory review of 2 possible gravitational anomalies that has attracted part of the Scientific community: the Allais effect that occur during solar eclipses, and the Pioneer 10 spacecraft anomaly, experimented also by Pioneer 11 and Ulysses spacecrafts. It seems that, to date, no satisfactory conventional explanation exist to these phenomena, and this suggests that possible new physics will be needed to account for them. The main purpose of this review is to announce 3 other new measurements that will be carried on during the 2005 solar eclipses in Panama and Colombia (Apr. 8) and in Portugal (Oct.15).Comment: Published in 'Journal of Physics: Conferences Series of the American Institute of Physics'. Contribution for the VI Mexican School on Gravitation and Mathematical Physics "Approaches to Quantum Gravity" (Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Nov. 21-27, 2004). Updates to this information will be posted in http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/~xavier.amador/anomalies.htm

Worship Space and Immigrant Memory: Korean Parishes in Los Angeles and New Jersey

It has been often observed that national parishes in the US play a central role for Catholic immigrants in preserving and transmitting the cultural heritage of the community. For Catholic immigrants, a parish is more than a place of worship. It is a source of belonging, comfort, friendship, social interaction, and most importantly, a place in which the immigrant’s cultural heritage is reaffirmed and preserved. The early European immigrants to the US built their national parishes following the architectural style of their homelands, by which they could express their cultural identity. However, more recent arrivals like Asians and Hispanics are restricted from constructing their own national parishes due to the unfavorable experiences of many dioceses when numerous national parishes closed down or merged after the European immigration dwindled and the children of the immigrant parents became assimilated into the wider American culture. For Korean American Catholics who find themselves in this precarious circumstance, parish is an unstable and discontinuous space. How and where does the parish contain the cultural identity for Korean American Catholics? This paper discusses worship space of two Korean American Catholic parishes – St. Agnes in Los Angeles and St. Andrew Kim in Maplewood, New Jersey – as case studies for nuancing the above observation that parish functions to preserve an immigrant community’s cultural identity. By exploring the material culture such as the church building and the use of worship space as “sites of memory,” I argue that worship space for Korean American Catholics is an living space in which, through the workings of memory, an immigrant’s sense of self and cultural heritage is asserted, reaffirmed, and transmitted

Penguatan pendidikan karakter peserta didik Sd negeri 1 dermolo jepara di era digital

Pelaksanaan penguatan pendidikan karakter di SD Negeri 1 Dermolo merupa-kan program penting dalam kurikulum 2013 untuk menanamkan lima nilai karakter utama yakni nasionalis, religius, integritas, mandiri dan gotong royong kepada peserta didik untuk mengatasi dampak negatif penggunaan teknologi informasi dan komu-nikasi di era digital. Pelaksanaan penguatan pendidikan karakter di SD Negeri 1 Der-molo diwujudkan melalui berbagai aturan dan bentuk kegiatan yang telah terlaksana dengan baik melibatkan seluruh warga sekolah seperti kepala sekolah, guru, karyawan, peserta didik dan orang tua peserta didik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk: (1) mengeksplorasi pemanfaatan teknologi digital di SD Negeri 1 Dermolo oleh guru dan peserta didik; (2) mengek-splorasi pemanfaatan teknologi digital di lingkungan tempat tinggal oleh peserta didik; (3) mengeksplorasi dampak negatif penggunaan teknologi digital bagi peserta didik SD Negeri 1 Dermolo; dan (4) mengeksplorasi pelaksanaan penguatan pendidi-kan karakter di SD Negeri 1 Dermolo, Kabupaten Jepara. Penelitian ini dilakukan di dua lingkungan yang berbeda yakni di lingkungan tempat tinggal peserta didik dan di SD Negeri 1 Dermolo dengan metode penelitian menggunakan adalah metode penelitian kualitatif naratif, proses pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik observasi, wawancara dan studi dokumentasi, analisis dil-akukan dengan dengan teknik koleksi data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penari-kan kesimpulan serta teknik keabsahan data diuji dengan iji kredibilitas, dependabili-tas dan konfirmabilitas. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1) Teknologi digital di SD Negeri 1 Dermolo te-lah dimanaatkan dengan baik untuk kebutuhan administratif guru secara pribadi dan sekolah secara kelembagaan, meskipun belum dimaksimalkan untuk kebutuhan pem-belajaran akan tetapi pembelajaran yang selama ini dilaksanakan sudah berjalan dengan baik; (2) Teknologi digital yang digunakan oleh semua peserta didik di ling-kungan tempat tinggal adalah handphone sebagai media belajar, media komunikasi dan media hiburan, penggunaan handphone lebih banyak digunakan sebagai media hiburan oleh peserta didik SD Negerii 1 Dermolo; (3) dampak negatif yang dialami oleh peserta didik akibat penggunaan teknologi digital berupa handphone adalah ter-jadinya gangguan kesehatan fisik dan perubahan perilaku sosial peserta didik sert

Effects of built environment morphology on wind turbine noise exposure at building façades

© 2017 Elsevier LtdWith wind farms installed in urban and suburban areas, the noise exposure of buildings is affected both by distance attenuation and the morphology of the built environment. With the aim of exploring the noise-resisting effects of built environment morphology, three kinds of typical suburban areas in the UK were sampled and noise maps were generated based upon an idealised modern wind turbine placed at various setback distances from each site. Relationships between morphological indices and building façade exposures were examined through regression analyses. Noise reduction levels of five morphological indices were given in terms of resisting wind turbine noise with different source-receiver (S-R) distances, and at different frequencies. The results show that built environment morphology has considerable effects on resisting the noise exposure of buildings and can create a quiet façade with up to 13 dBA difference to the most exposure façade. Among the five indices, building orientation is found to be most effective in resisting the noise exposure of building façades, followed by the length and shape of the building. The noise resistance effects vary by different S-R distances and differ by frequency. Four morphological indices are found to be effective in resisting noise at low frequencies, typically at 50 Hz

Bemærkninger over Chevalier-Byggets Dyrkning i Kallundborg Egnen.

Bemærkninger over Chevalier-Byggets Dyrkning i Kallundborg Egnen

Presidents of the United States PEZ Dispensers

The set includes three Pez dispensers featuring the likeness of Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James A. Garfield. There are two missing dispensers, which include Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Each dispenser features a blue base and the corresponding president\u27s name. The dispensers are enclosed in a plastic mount. Four PEZ candy sleeves are also included. The set is further enclosed in a red and gold box. The box\u27s reverse features biographical information about each president as well as nutritional and manufacturing information.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/4792/thumbnail.jp