Pope as media star: a long career full of reinvention

On the whole, a man who is elected as Pope is well on in years. Some, despite this, have managed to reign for a long time, Leo XIII for instance who came to the throne when he was already seventy in 1878, reigned for twenty five years. Wojtyla was elected when he was only fifty eight, in 1978. In the last century or so, the papacy has become visible worldwide through the mass media. On his accession, Wojtyla was presented as a man's man, a sportsman - according to Professor Eamon Duffy of Cambridge University - as a Bishop with balls. Like other media stars who have stayed the test of time, e.g. Madonna, David Bowie, it seems that he has been able to reinvent his media image to some extent; from the active sportsman to the benevolent grandfather to the ailing figure we see today. He has taken on the aspect of a media star, a world traveller, a spiritual leader, a politician, a mediator and a peace leader. He has been described as the most-photographed person on the planet. This paper will attempt to trace these changes and to ascertain, using Vatican and media sources to discover how much of this continual change is driven by the personality of John Paul himself and how much is a deliberate policy on the part of the Vatican

Lema\^{i}tre's Hubble relationship

Edwin Hubble is often credited with discovering the expanding Universe based on spectra taken by him. This statement is incorrect and we feel that it is the responsibility of those who are aware of the historical facts to set the record straight.Comment: 3 page letter, more accurately reflects letter published in Physics Today, August 201

Viewpoints: A high-performance high-dimensional exploratory data analysis tool

Scientific data sets continue to increase in both size and complexity. In the past, dedicated graphics systems at supercomputing centers were required to visualize large data sets, but as the price of commodity graphics hardware has dropped and its capability has increased, it is now possible, in principle, to view large complex data sets on a single workstation. To do this in practice, an investigator will need software that is written to take advantage of the relevant graphics hardware. The Viewpoints visualization package described herein is an example of such software. Viewpoints is an interactive tool for exploratory visual analysis of large, high-dimensional (multivariate) data. It leverages the capabilities of modern graphics boards (GPUs) to run on a single workstation or laptop. Viewpoints is minimalist: it attempts to do a small set of useful things very well (or at least very quickly) in comparison with similar packages today. Its basic feature set includes linked scatter plots with brushing, dynamic histograms, normalization and outlier detection/removal. Viewpoints was originally designed for astrophysicists, but it has since been used in a variety of fields that range from astronomy, quantum chemistry, fluid dynamics, machine learning, bioinformatics, and finance to information technology server log mining. In this article, we describe the Viewpoints package and show examples of its usage.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures, PASP in press, this version corresponds more closely to that to be publishe

Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan Materi HAM melalui Metode Problem Based Learning Bagi Siswa Kelas VII A SMP PGRI Salawati pada Semester II Tahun Pelajaran 2017/2018

Mata Pelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan merupakan mata pelajaran yang memfokuskan pada pembentukan warga negara yang memahami dan mampu melaksanakan hak-hak dan kewajibannya untuk menjadi warga negara yang baik, cerdas, terampil, dan berkarakter seperti yang diamanatkan oleh Pancasila dan UUD 1945. Pelaksanaan pembelajaran problem based learning berlangsung secara alamiah dalam bentuk kegiatan siswa bekerja dan mengalami, menemukan dan mendiskusikan masalah serta mencari pemecahan masalah, bukan transfer pengetahuan dari guru ke siswa. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan pembahasan peserta didik yang tuntas pembelajaran, dari prasiklus sebanyak 6 orang (25%) mejadi 15 siswa tuntas pada siklus I (62,5%) dan pada siklus II sebanyak 21 siswa (87,5%), sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan problem based learning dalam pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan (PKn)  pada materi HAM dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar bagi siswa kelas VII-A SMP PGRI Salawati tahun pelajaran 2017/2018

The structure and development of the larval cuticle of Diataraxia oleracea (Lepidoptera)

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