First, we describe challenges in validating a large synthetic dataset for energy use. Then, we highlight the temporal and spatial resolutions of the data that are considered in the validation experiments. Next, ground truth datasets (real/recorded/actual data) used for evaluation are briefly ...
I first visited NED in June 2007 as the new IRI Resident Director for East Africa on my way out to Nairobi. I met withBronwyn Bruton, longtime DC Africa hand, who was managing the East Africa grant portfolio at NED which would fund much of our IRI work in Kenya (assuming approval at ...
Since the release of the 2010 US Census results, the problem of America's shrinking middle class has been raised repeatedly in the mass media and in political messages by the U.S. President and members of Congress. The federal government, economists, and the public have regarded the con...
The word fǎbǎo is (I think) first attested as a Buddhist term, a literal translation of Sanskrit dharmaratna. The ‘jewel of the dharma’, one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, refers to the teachings of the Buddha. The semantic shift to ‘magic weapon’ likely happened in Daoism. ...
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‘we must examine any plan, however unconventional, which could promise a major advance’.Footnote105That same year, the Office of Economic Opportunity, driven by a Sargent Shriver initiative, launched the first of several large-scale experiments in boroughs of New Jersey.Footnote106Finally, in ...
1. THE UNITED KINGDOM:Students walk around the class and talk to other students about the United Kingdom. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT:In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say...
Political meddling and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind.