# the start of this has the power-law fitting function you can use‚ make sure to evaluate it before calling plfit # PLFIT fits a power-law distributional model to data. # # PLFIT(x) estimates x_min and alpha according to the goodness-of-fit # based method described in Clauset‚ Shalizi‚ Newman (2007). x is a # vector of observations of some quantity to which we wish to fit the # power-law distribution p(x) ~ x^-alpha for x >= xmin. # PLFIT automatically detects whether x is
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The Power of One - Representation of the different groups The Power of One is a cinematic masterpiece which was based on the inspiring novel by Bryce Courtenay. Set in a world torn apart from racism; where man subjugates his fellow country man and liberty remains evasive. The director‚ John G. Avildsen has utilized a range of filmic techniques to depict to malevolence of racial prejudice. The protagonist of this film‚ PK is an English boy who is raised in a society plagued with racism. In the
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submission but cannot propagate and idea. Pen can solve many complex issues. The sword can only destroy. Wars have no significance impact on the development of a nation. Writers‚ thinkers and artists created the sprit of the modern world by the power of the pen. The French Revolution owned inspiration to the writings of Rousseau and Voltaire. Karl Marx’s Das Capital inspired Lenin‚ the leader of the Russian Revolution. The Communist Manifesto‚ the combined work of Fredrick Engels and
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The Power of One In the movie‚ The Power of One‚ Botha‚ an Afrikaner‚ symbolizes the racial hatred and ignorance in Africa. Botha‚ unknown and foreign to other cultures and races‚ abuses P.K. for being the only English boy in a school of Afrikaners. The only way he knows how to cope with others different to himself is to abuse and to humiliate. He blames his own faults on those who have less authority. Botha is a symbol for all those in Africa who don’t care for anyone but their own race. Botha
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The government uses certain tactics to keep control over the everyday lives of citizens. These methods are shown both throughout George Orwell’s 1984 and also are also shown daily in modern society. To keep society under careful control Big Brother and the American government use electronic surveillance‚ language control‚ and government corruption. Electronic surveillance reminds the people in 1984‚ as well as modern day citizens that they are constantly being watched‚ and should obey the law.
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improve the reach of the population to hydropower. To make plan targets in the power sector a reality directly more resources to the power projects focusing on rural population remains the pre-requisite. The major strategies of the power sector have been appropriately identified as promoting rural electrification with rural economic development programs and strengthening power infrastructure. The immense role of the power sector in contributing to the generation of broad based sustainable and high
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Are we serious about our energy security? Introduction In his New Year message‚ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlined energy security as one of the five key challenges facing the country. While this is indeed true‚ unfortunately‚ the Government response to this challenge has been very weak and inadequate. Fuel price reforms and enhancing nuclear capacity are the most discussed options to address the energy security challenge. Though merits and de-merits of these options could and should
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Topic: Power Factor Define the following? Real Power or Active Power Real Power is the power that is actually converted into useful work for creating heat‚ light and motion. Reactive Power Reactive Power is the power used to sustain the electromagnetic field in inductive and capacitive equipment. It is the nonworking power component. Reactive power Total Power or Apparent power is the combination of real power and reactive power. Total power is measured
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Paper downloaded from www.wcaanet.org/events/webinar as part of the EASA / ABA / AAA / CASCA webinar 2013 Political Economies of Language: Power‚ Epistemology and the Representation of Research by Alexandra Jaffe Both sets of questions raised in this virtual seminar make the important point that the political economy involved in how we conduct‚ and then represent our ethnographic practice has both linguistic and epistemological dimensions. With this in mind‚ I take a critical look at linguistic
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CIRCUIT DIAGRAMME POWER INVERTERS Power inverters are simply DC (direct current) to AC (alternating current) converters - they convert DC energy stored in a battery‚ to the electric current (AC) that your appliances require. An inverter taps current from the public supply when that is on (or‚ alternatively‚ from a power generator)‚ stores that power in its battery bank as DC and converts it to AC when the power supply is gone. That way‚ the inverter provides the power backup you need‚ filling
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