orphan date January 2009 A ray of light traveling in an optical fiber must be incident at the critical angle on the internal surface of the fiber in order to have total internal reflection . When the ray is fed into the fiber, the refractive index of the traveling medium is different from what it is inside the optical fiber. So the angle of incidence should be such that after refraction, when the ray of light reaches the cladding, it does so at the critical angle. DEFAULTSORT Half Acceptance Angle Category Fiber optics Compu network stub ... more details
primarysources date January 2008 The International Size Acceptance Association ISAA is a United States based non governmental organization NGO aimed at advancing Fat acceptance movement Fat Acceptance , directed by Allen Steadham . Unlike National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance NAAFA however, the organisation has an international slant, and has several overseas branches, though many of its operations remain within the U.S. at present. The organisation today wikinews Obesity and the Fat Acceptance Movement Kira Nerusskaya speaks Current leading figures The current people are prominent in the association at present Allen Steadham Director and Founder Daphne Bradshaw Secretary Grace Moredock Advisor and Editor of ISAA Publication Without Measure Kelly Bliss Advisor Doris Skiba Coordinator ISAA Diversity Initiative Michael Drenth Legislative Coordinator Lynda Finn Advisor Branches The ISAA has branches in the following locations. Branches within the US Atlanta Chicago Texas Virtual branch New York City Virtual branch Branches outside the US United Kingdom Middle East North Africa Philippines ... to set up branches in their own area. Policies and mission ISAA is dedicated to size acceptance ... of the International Size Acceptance Association ISAA is to promote Size Acceptance and fight ... a campaign against it in 2001. This is shared in common with most other size fat acceptance organisations ... . ISAA does reach out to youth and young adults more than any of the other main size acceptance groups ... of podcast productions since 2002. Today Size Acceptance Has A Voice Now archived, the ISAA Rapport ... with the hard hitting topics of interest to the Size Acceptance Community and also inform the general ... Size Acceptance Association ISAA . Each podcast features unique segments, commentary plus in depth .... Like WOM, each segment reflects a different element of interest concerning size acceptance, Respect ... Rapport ISAA podcast archives Category Fat acceptance movement Category Non governmental organizations ... more details
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT typically pronounced as a word, not as separate initials an acronym ... mentalHealthDetails.php?id mentalHealth 7 title Dr. Patrick Hart Acceptance Commitment ... ly based psychological intervention counseling intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness ... first Steven authorlink Steven C. Hayes title Acceptance & Commitment Therapy ACT publisher ContextualPsychology.org ... . Embracing your demons an overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Psychotherapy in Australia ..., emotions, and memories Acceptance Allowing them to come and go without struggling with them. Contact ... 2007 Values as Leading Principles in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. IJBCT , 3 1 , 118 23 http .... Bond, F. Masuda, A. & Lillis, J. 2006 . Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Model, processes, and outcomes ... Ruiz, F. J. 2010 . A review of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT empirical evidence Correlational ... of exposure and acceptance strategies to improve functioning and quality of life in longstanding .... C., & Hayes, S. C. 2011 . Do Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for depression ..., P. D. & Geller, P. A. 2007 . A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of Acceptance and Commitment ... . Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT versus systematic desensitization in treatment of mathematics .... 2009 . Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy superior to established treatment comparisons? Psychotherapy ... acceptance, defusion, and values, in producing beneficial clinical outcomes. ref Lundgren, T. Dahl, J. & Hayes, S.C. 2008 . Evaluation of mediators of change in the treatment of epilepsy with Acceptance ... acceptance and mindfulness based approaches are commonly grouped under the name The Third Wave of Behavior .... ACT has also been adapted to create a non therapy version of the same processes called Acceptance ..., acceptance, and values skills in non clinical settings such as businesses or schools, has also ..., F.W. Barnes Holmes, D. & Austin, J. 2007 . Acceptance And Mindfulness at Work Applying Acceptance ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Shock Denial Anger Acceptance Type Studio Artist Rick Springfield Cover ShockDenialAngerAcceptance.jpg Released February 24, 2004 Recorded Genre Rock music Rock Length Label Gomer Producer Last album Karma Rick Springfield album Karma br 1999 This album Shock Denial Anger Acceptance br 2004 Next album Venus in Overdrive br 2008 Album reviews rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 ref name all cite web url http www.allmusic.com album rock of life r396773 title Karma Rick Springfield publisher All Music Guide accessdate April 12, 2011 author Stephen Thomas Erlewine ref Shock Denial Anger Acceptance is an album by Australian people Australian singer songwriter Rick Springfield released in 2004 as a follow up to 1999 s Karma Rick Springfield album Karma . Background and reception Coming soon... Personnel Rick Springfield lead vocals, guitars John Billings bass David Whiston guitars Derek Hilland keyboards Rodger Carter drums Track listing All songs were composed by Rick Springfield. Perfect I ll Make Her Happy Will I? God Gave You to Everyone Idontwantanythingfromyou Jesus Saves Beautiful You Wasted Shoot Your Guru Alien Virus Angels of the Disappeared Eden The Invisible Girl My Depression Your Psychopathic Mother Every Night I Wake Up Screaming Open My Eyes References reflist External links http www.rickspringfield.com Rick Springfield official website Category 2008 albums Category Rick Springfield albums ... more details
State Acceptance of Production lang ru , commonly abbreviated as State Acceptance lang ru , , Gospriyomka , was a procedure of quality assurance of production of enterprises in late Soviet Union introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev within the framework of perestroika restructuring of Soviet economy and society . The corresponding organs at the enterprises were also called Gospriyomka . The main state organ in charge was called Chief Administration of State Acceptance and was subordinated to Gosstandart , This initiative failed to achieve its goals in full. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the organ was abolished. ref Chiesa, Giulietto, 1991, http books.google.com.au books?id tSSbOxweazoC&pg PA30&lpg PA30&dq Gospriyomka gorbachev&source bl&ots nVEFJGcYkZ&sig YJfX2OWKd2OiMKPNV9jGFcaKjG0&hl en&ei pga6SoXLJJuQ6APF5bCdAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2 v onepage&q Gospriyomka 20gorbachev&f false Time of change an insider s view of Russia s transformation , I.B.Tauris, pp.30. ref ref Hosking, By Geoffrey A., 1991, http books.google.com.au books?id bFQ6VO1sFGsC&pg PA139&lpg PA139&dq Gospriyomka gorbachev&source bl&ots WW4wBdy4fV&sig xaYwfzlVh7PI MJ4nZnP9J6Sro8&hl en&ei pga6SoXLJJuQ6APF5bCdAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1 v onepage&q Gospriyomka 20gorbachev&f false The awakening of the Soviet Union , Harvard University Press, pp.139. ref History Since January 1, 1985, 19 machine building enterprises were subject to an experiment after the production was approved by the Technical Control Department s, a special commission created by Gosstandart performed additional selective checks. As a result, significant amounts of low quality production were uncovered and rejected. This experience resulted in the introduction of a new procedure of quality assurance ... of the State Acceptance of Production , . ., ... more details
The acronym DTAP is short for Development, Testing, Acceptance and Production. ref Citation last Evans first Cal author authorlink coauthors author separator editor editorn editorn last editorn first editor link editorn link others title Professional Programming DTAP Part 1 What is DTAP? url http www.phparch.com 2009 07 27 professional programming dtap E2 80 93 part 1 what is dtap archiveurl archivedate format accessdate edition series volume date origyear year 2009 month publisher location language isbn oclc doi doi brokendate bibcode id page pages nopp chapter chapterurl quote laysummary laydate separator postscript lastauthoramp ref ref ref Citation last Wiggers first Steef Jan author authorlink coauthors author separator editor editorn editorn last editorn first editor link editorn link others title DTAP Strategy Pricing and Licensing url http soa thoughts.blogspot.com 2009 03 dtap strategy pricing and licensing.html archiveurl archivedate accessdate edition series volume date origyear year 2009 month publisher location language isbn oclc doi doi brokendate bibcode id page pages nopp chapter chapterurl quote laysummary laydate separator postscript lastauthoramp ref ref It is a rather common acronym in ICT describing the steps taken during software development . This is the sequence The program or component is developed on a Development system. This Development environment might have no testing capabilities. Once the Software developer developer thinks it is ready, the product is copied to a Test environment, to verify it works as expected. This test environment is supposedly standardized and in close alignment with the target environment. If the test is successful, the product is copied to an Acceptance test environment. During the Acceptance testing Acceptance test , the customer will test the product in this environment to verify whether it meets their expectations. If the customer accepts the product, it is deployed to a Production environment, making it available ... more details
File Technology Acceptance Model.png 250px thumb The Technology Acceptance Model, version 1. harvnb Davis 1989 The Technology Acceptance Model TAM is an information systems theory that models how users come to accept and use a technology. The model suggests that when users are presented with a new technology, a number of factors influence their decision about how and when they will use it, notably ... being the TAM 2 harvnb Venkatesh Davis 2000 & harvnb Venkatesh 2000 and the Unified Theory of Acceptance ... s attitude measures with the two technology acceptance measures&mdash ease of use , and usefulness ... user acceptance models, Venkatesh et al. formulated the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology ... acceptance model and a proposal for a paradigm shift. publisher journal Journal of the Association ... Diffusion Models of New Product Acceptance . citation last1 Budd first1 R. J. last2 first2 year 1987 ... Acceptance Model Origins, Developments and Future Directions publisher Indiana University ... acceptance of information technology journal MIS Quarterly publisher volume 13 3 pages 319 340 url ... User acceptance of computer technology A comparison of two theoretical models journal Management ... J. year 2006 title A meta analysis of the technology acceptance model journal Information & Management ... of the technology acceptance model journal Information & Management publisher volume 40 3 pages ... 1994 title Software evaluation and choice predictive evaluation of the Technology Acceptance Instrument ... F. D. last3 first3 year 2000 title A theoretical extension of the technology acceptance model Four longitudinal ..., intrinsic motivation, and emotion into the technology acceptance model editor issn title Information ... Morris first2 M. G. last3 Davis first3 G. B. last4 Davis first4 F. D. year 2003 title User acceptance ... first1 V. last2 Bala first2 H. last3 first3 year 2008 title Technology Acceptance Model 3 and a Research ... Technological change de Technology Acceptance Model el zh ... more details
against modern society s obsession with how people look. The fat acceptance movement also known as the size acceptance , fat liberation , fat activism , or fat power movement is an effort to change ... the societal acceptance of fat people covers numerous fronts but generally can be described ... Association to Advance Fat Acceptance ref ref cite web url http www.cswd.org docs faq.html title .... ref name ifonly Proponents of fat acceptance maintain that people of all shapes and sizes can strive ... of authors such as Paul Campos and Sandy Szwarc , the fat acceptance movement has argued that doctors ... ref Organizations such as the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance NAAFA and the International Size Acceptance Association ISAA have relatively low memberships, and people interested ... This kind of history and visibility gave rise to the Fat Acceptance movement which originated in the late ... acceptance movement, initially known as Fat Pride, Fat Power, or Fat Liberation, often consisted ... title The Fat Acceptance Movement first Dan last Fletcher date 2009 07 31 ref Several groups formed during this period to promote a fat acceptance agenda. In 1969, William Fabrey founded a social ... the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance NAAFA . In 1973, a radical NAAFA chapter spun off ... cite pmid 11743063 ref Currently, the fat acceptance movement continues to strive for change in societal ... by Dale Atrens. In recent years, more writers have written to promote fat acceptance related online ... and the Fat Acceptance Movement Kira Nerusskaya speaks File Kira Nerusskaya 2 by David Shankbone.jpg ... Acceptance Movement Kira Nerusskaya speaks Wikinews interview ref One point of contention in the movement ... definitions of the word acceptance, some fat activists believe the phrase refers to any ... fat acceptance more strictly, applying that phrase only to fat people who are not pursuing a reduction ... of the movement, FA Fat Acceptance , may also be interpreted to encompass Fat Appreciation , which ... more details
GALA Gay and Lesbian Acceptance is a non profit Missouri corporation that is an association of gay , lesbian , bisexual , and transgender persons and their family and friends that are connected with the Community of Christ . Informally organized in 1984 by Antonio A. Feliz and formally organized in 1987, GALA s stated purpose is to affirm the dignity and worth of all persons without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation . ref http www.galaweb.org bylaws.htm Bylaws of GALA Gay and Lesbian Acceptance , s. 1. ref The organization publishes a newsletter, offer regional retreats and workshops, and sponsors an annual international retreat. Although GALA is not formally affiliated with the Community of Christ, most of its members have a connection to the Independence, Missouri based church. ref http www.galaweb.org faqs.htm GALA Frequently Asked Questions . ref The organization sends representatives to Community of Christ jurisdictional and World Church gatherings and World Conference Community of Christ conferences . GALA also sponsors the Welcoming Committee Network, an organization that assists LGBT individuals participation in the Community of Christ. See also Portal LGBT LGBT welcoming church programs Affirmation Gay & Lesbian Mormons Notes Reflist References Church Leaders Gather to Understand Needs of Gay, Lesbian Church Members , Eastern Jackson County Examiner , 2005 01 31 William D. Russell, Homosexuals in the RLDS Church A Progress Report paper presented at the Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah on 1999 07 17 External links http www.galaweb.org index.htm GALA official website Category 1987 establishments in the United States Category Community of Christ Category LGBT religious organizations Category Latter Day Saint organizations Category Homosexuality and Mormonism Category LGBT in Missouri Category LGBT organizations in the United States Category Non profit organizations based in Missouri Category Latter Day Saint movement ... more details
unreferenced date March 2011 File US Navy 070804 N 1745W 122 A Sailor assigned to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department AIMD tests an aircraft jet engine for defects while performing Jet Engine Test Instrumentation, JETI Certification Engine Runs.jpg right thumb 250px Operational testing a jet engine Operational acceptance testing OAT is used to conduct Performance test assessment performance testing of a product, service or system as part of a quality management system . OAT is a common type of software testing , used mainly in software support and software maintenance projects. This type of testing focuses on the operational readiness of the system to be supported, or which is to become the production environment . Hence, it is also known as operational readiness testing . Functional testing of applications is not to be included or merged in OAT. It may include checking the backup facilities, maintenance and disaster recovery procedures. In OAT changes are made to environmental parameters which the application uses to run smoothly. For example, with Microsoft Windows applications with a mixed or hybrid architecture, this may include Windows service s, configuration file s, web services , XML files, COM components, web services, Internet Information Services IIS , stored procedures in databases, etc. This type of testing is conducted before user acceptance testing . The approach used in OAT includes these steps Build the system, Deploy the application, Supportability of the system. Validate the backup procedure setup for the system Then checks are made on how the application is behaving, and moreover how the system is behaving as a whole in these conditions. Backup procedures are also checked to ensure proper operation under emergency conditions. For running the OAT test case s, the tester normally has exclusive access to the system or environment. This means that a single tester would be executing the test cases at a single point of time. For OAT the exact ... more details
Infobox Television episode Title Denial, Anger, Acceptance Series The Sopranos Season 1 Episode 3 Guests see below Airdate January 24, 1999 Production 103 Writer Mark Saraceni Director Nick Gomez Photographer Alik Sakharov Episode list List of The Sopranos episodes Episode chronology Image Deleted image removed Image Ep03 brendan bathtub.jpg 300px Prev 46 Long Next Meadowlands The Sopranos episode Meadowlands Denial, Anger, Acceptance is the third episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos . It was written by Mark Saraceni, directed by Nick Gomez and originally aired on January 24, 1999. Starring James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti Dominic Chianese as Junior Soprano Corrado Soprano, Jr. Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. Jamie Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano credit only Guest Starring Michael Rispoli as Jackie Aprile, Sr Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco Ned Eisenberg as Ariel Chuck Low as List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family Shlomo Teittleman Shlomo Also Guest Starring col begin width 70 col 2 Al Sapienza as Mikey Palmice Anthony DeSando as Brendan Filone Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva Adriana Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile Oksana Lada as List of characters from The Sopranos Friends and Family Irina Peltsin Irina Peltsin Michelle DeCesare as List of characters from The Sopranos Friends and Family Hunter Scangarelo Hunter Scangarelo ... reference Denial, anger, and acceptance are the first, second, and fifth K C3 BCbler Ross model Stages ... title id 0705239 title Denial, Anger, Acceptance The Sopranos DEFAULTSORT Denial, Anger, Acceptance ... fr Bout de Souffle Les Soprano hr Denial, Anger, Acceptance ... more details
Certified Acceptance Corporation or CAC is a coin verification service. CAC was founded in 2007 to examine and evaluate coins that have been previously certified by the http www.NGCcoin.com Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America NGC , or http www.pcgs.com the Professional Coin Grading Service PCGS . CAC then affixes a distinctive green sticker to the existing plastic holder of each coin which, in its judgment, is solid for the grade that was previously assigned bty PCGS, or NGC. Each sticker incorporates a tamper evident hologram. In very rare instances, CAC will affix a gold sticker to a coin slab if a coin s grade is obviously undergraded, using the standard 1 poor to 70 perfect coin grading scale. CAC operates completely independently of both PCGS and NGC. A Needed Role in the Rare Coin Markets Demand for higher quality coins in the marketplace have increased. CAC effectively serves as an professional entity that flags high quality coins versus coins that are of low quality for the grade. Leading founder of CAC, John Albanese, was an original co founder of PCGS and later founded NGC which revolutionized coin grading nearly 30 years ago. However, grading standards have changed over the years. Due to today s selective collector dealer, an ever increasing number of certified coins on the market are considered low end for their grade. For many years, coin dealers and advanced collectors have used the letters A, B, and C among themselves to further describe coins. C indicates low end for the grade, B indicates solid for the grade, and A indicates high end. CAC will only award stickers to coins in the A or B category. C coins, although accurately graded, are returned without a CAC sticker. As a result, CAC coins fetch larger premiums in the coin market, including internet auctions conducted on eBay and traditional floor auctions held by Hertigage Auctions. CAC has become an important force in the coin industry as its stickered coins are sought after by collectors looking ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Infobox software name jnads logo screenshot caption developer Institut Laue Langevin ILL latest release version 0.9 latest release date programming language C Java programming language Java operating system Cross platform platform Cross platform language status Active genre Simulation source model Open source license GPLv3 website http code.google.com p jnads Introduction Neutron acceptance diagram shading NADS is a beam simulation technique. Unlike Monte Carlo method Monte Carlo simulation codes like McStas , NADS does not trace individual neutrons but traces linearly related bunches in a reduced dimensionality phase space. Bunches are subdivided where necessary to follow accurately a simplified surface reflectivity model. This makes jnads results equivalent to Monte Carlo simulations but about 5 orders of magnitude faster for difficult modelling tasks. Speed The raw speed of NADS makes it a particularly attractive tool for beam modelling where evolutionary algorithms are used. Tests on the C prototype engine could calculate the on sample flux of a SANS instrument in 55 milliseconds on a single 2 GHz intel core 2 core. The java release jnads performs the same calculation in 0.8 seconds on the same hardware. A Monte Carlo simulation of the same instrument would take 25 hours to complete with 1 statistical errors. Performing the same, unoptimised SANS simulation with full beam monitors in jnads i.e. not just calculating the on sample flux takes about 45 seconds on the same hardware and gives you an idea of the beam divergence and homogeneity at the same time. Reliability NADS results are generally in excellent agreement with Monte Carlo calculations. In strictly controlled tests, NADS and Monte Carlo both produced identical results when simulating a SANS Disambiguation needed date June 2011 instrument. To date, no discrepancy has been found. Limitations It s strictly monochromatic but you can get away with a 15 spread typical of velocity s ... more details
The Bennett acceptance ratio method sometimes abbreviated to BAR is an algorithm for estimating the difference in free energy between two systems usually the systems will be simulated on the computer . It was suggested by Charles H. Bennett computer scientist Charles H. Bennett in 1976. ref name Bennett1976 Preliminaries Take a system in a certain super state. By performing a Metropolis Monte Carlo walk it is possible to sample the landscape of states that the system moves between, using the equation math p text State x rightarrow text State y min left e beta , Delta U , 1 right M beta , Delta U math where U U State sub y sub &minus U State sub x sub is the difference in potential energy, 1 kT T is the temperature in Kelvin s while k is the Boltzmann constant , and math M x equiv min e x , 1 math is the Metropolis function. The resulting states are then sampled according to the Boltzmann distribution of the super state at temperature T . Alternatively, if the system is dynamically simulated in the canonical ensemble also called the NVT ensemble , the resulting states along the simulated trajectory are likewise distributed. Averaging along the trajectory in either formulation is denoted by angle brackets math left langle cdots right rangle math . Suppose that two super states of interest, A and B, are given. We assume that they have a common configuration space, i.e., they share all of their micro states, but the energies associated to these and hence the probabilities differ because of a change in some parameter such as the strength of a certain interaction . The basic question to be addressed is, then, how can the Helmholtz free energy change F F sub B sub &minus F sub A sub on moving between the two super states be calculated from sampling in both ensembles? Note that the kinetic energy part in the free energy is equal ... acceptance ratio method is implemented in modern molecular dynamics systems, such as Gromacs . References ... more details
POV date March 2012 Close Relationships The lack of social acceptance for open marriage deals with the generally negative attitudes toward open marriage in Western societies, the reasons for those negative attitudes, and the consequences of those negative attitudes for couples in open marriages. Surveys have shown large majorities of people disapprove of extramarital sexual activity. A few studies show people specifically disapprove of open marriages. Critics have put forward moral, medical, and psychological objections to open marriages. The lack of social acceptance places pressure on couples to hide their open marriages from family, friends, and colleagues. Evidence of disapproval Surveys show consistently high disapproval of extramarital sex. Hunt briefly mentions three surveys conducted in the 1960s in which large majorities disapproved of extramarital sex under any conditions see page 255 of his book Sexual Behavior in the 1970s . ref name Hunt,1974 Hunt, M. 1974 . Sexual Behavior in the 1970s. Chicago, IL Playboy press. ref More recent surveys show that 75 85 percent of adults in the United States disapprove of extramarital sex. ref name Glenn,Weaver,1979 Glenn, N.D., & Weaver, C.N. 1979 . Attitudes Toward Premarital, Extramarital, and Homosexual Relations in the U. S. in the 1970s. Journal of Sex Research 15 , 108 118. ref ref name Greeley,Michael,Smith,1990 Greeley, A.M., R. T. Michael, R.T., & Smith, T.W. 1990 . Americans and Their Sexual Partners. Society, 27, 36 42. ref ref name Reiss,Anderson,Sponaugle,1980 Reiss, I.L., Anderson, R.E., & Sponaugle, G.C. 1980 . A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Extramarital Sexual Permissiveness. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 42, 395 411. ref ref name Weis,Jurich,1985 Weis, D.L., & Jurich, J. 1985 . Size of Community of Residence as a Predictor of Attitudes Toward Extramarital Sexual Relations. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47, 173 179. ref ref name Laumann,Gagnon,Michael,Michaels,1994 Laumann, E.O. ... more details
The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 was an statute Act of the Parliament of Australia which followed the New South Wales , Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915 . The Act created the Jervis Bay Territory Territory of Jervis Bay , as a part of the Australian Capital Territory Federal Capital Territory FCT and with all laws of the FCT applicable. See also History of the Australian Capital Territory References National Archives of Australia http www.foundingdocs.gov.au item.asp?sdID 111 Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 Category Commonwealth of Australia laws Category History of the Australian Capital Territory Category 1915 in Australia Australia gov stub ... more details
Background Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology UTAUT is a technology acceptance model formulated by Venkatesh and others in User acceptance of information technology Toward a unified view . ref harvnb Venkatesh Morris Davis Davis 2003 p ref The UTAUT aims to explain user intentions to use an information systems information system and subsequent usage behavior. The theory holds that four key constructs performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence , and facilitating conditions are direct determinants of usage intention and behaviour. Gender, age, experience, and voluntariness ... action , technology acceptance model , motivational model, theory of planned behavior , a combined theory of planned behavior technology acceptance model, model of personal computer use, diffusion ... et al. proposed a model of acceptance with peer support MAPS , integrating prior research on individual ... new information system use. ref T. A. Sykes, V. Venkatesh, and S. Gosain, Model of acceptance ... and self management of learning to the UTAUT in their study of determinants of acceptance of mobile ..., Investigating the determinants and age and gender differences in the acceptance of mobile learning ... Internet acceptance. They added three constructs perceived playfulness, perceived value, and palm ... efficacy played a critical role in predicting mobile Internet acceptance. Perceived playfulness ... or network communication quality issues during the study. ref H. W. Wang and S. H. Wang, User acceptance of mobile Internet based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Investigating ... parsimonious than the previous Technology acceptance model Technology Acceptance Model and TAM2 .... ref E. M. van Raaij, and J. J. L. Schepers, The acceptance and use of a virtual learning environment ... of the Technology Acceptance Model and a Proposal for a Paradigm Shift editor issn title Journal ... first1 V. last2 Morris last3 Davis last4 Davis year 2003 chapter User Acceptance of Information Technology ... more details
The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance NAAFA is a non profit civil rights organization in the United States of America US dedicated to improving the quality of life for the obesity obese . NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self empowerment through public education, advocacy and member support. NAAFA was founded in 1969 by William Fabrey in New York as the National Association to Aid Fat Americans . In their early years social activities and letter writing campaigns were a major part of the organization. As the organization turned more toward political activism, the name was changed during the 1980s. NAAFA has a yearly national convention in summer, which is usually alternated between the east and west coasts. The latest newsletters are available on the NAAFA website . In 2008 they introduced the NAAFA Size Diversity Toolkit to try to educate corporations on quality of life issues. As part of its ongoing campaign, NAAFA also opposes airline policies regarding charging fat people for each seat they use. Penn and Teller featured NAAFA List of Bullshit episodes Season 5 2007 in an episode called Obesity on the Showtime TV network Showtime series Penn & Teller Bullshit Bullshit March 24, 2007 . ref http www.sho.com site ptbs episodes.do?episodeid 127158&ep 501 Penn & Teller Bullshit on Showtime ref References Reflist External links Wikinews Obesity and the Fat Acceptance Movement Kira Nerusskaya speaks http www.naafa.org Official website US org stub Category Fat acceptance movement Category Organizations based in the United States Category Obesity Category Support groups ... more details
Use dmy dates date December 2010 The Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 is an Australia n Government of Australia Commonwealth Government act, that in conjunction with the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 transferred land from the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth for the creation of the Federal Capital Territory now Australian Capital Territory . The act was signed on 13 December 1909 by the Governor General of Australia Governor General William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley Lord Dudley . The Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 was passed by the New South Wales government the following day, creating a site for the national capital in law. Boundaries Image Australian Capital Territory border Murray Cowley 1909.jpg thumb 1909 cadastral map showing the small part of the border near coord 35 35 14 S 149 7 0 E determined by property boundaries in the parishes of Keewong, Murray County, New South Wales County of Murray and Cuppacumbalong, Cowley County, New South Wales County of Cowley The act specified the land to be surrendered to the Commonwealth as being bounded by described in clockwise direction The Goulburn to Cooma railway line in the east, Part of the Parish of Keewong in the Murray County, New South Wales County of Murray to the Murrumbidgee River , down the river a short distance to the north , and then portions of the Parish of Cuppacumbalong in the Cowley County, New South Wales County of Cowley . The eastern watershed of the Gudgenby River The eastern and southern watersheds of Naas Creek The southern and western watersheds of the Cotter River which passes through Bimberi Peak , and north to Mount Coree A line north east from Mount Coree to One Tree Trigonometrical Station The watershed of the Molonglo River south east to where it meets the railway ... of Government Acceptance Act 1909 http www.austlii.edu.au au legis cth consol act sogaa1909265.txt cgi bin download.cgi download au legis cth consol act sogaa1909265.txt Seat of Government Acceptance ... more details
due to detector angular or momentum acceptance or due to the efficiency of the calorimeter ... MAMI 1990 2003 . Category Particle experiments DEFAULTSORT Detecteur A GrAnde AcceptAnce Pour lA Physique ... more details
orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date September 2007 The Joint Statement by the United States USA and the Soviet Union USSR the superpower s of the time was made to counteract state activity to restrict the passage of ships carrying potentially hazardous materials through states territorial sea , culminating mainly from the Basel Convention 1989 . It was made on 23 September 1989 It made it clear that the text of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS reflected customary international law , and every ship, regardless of cargo, does not need permission to enter another state s territorial sea so long as it adheres to the definition of innocent passage in Article 19 of UNCLOS . Category Law of the sea Category Soviet Union United States relations Category 1989 in the Soviet Union Category 1989 in the United States Category 1989 in international relations Category 1989 in law ... more details
Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language ATOLL was the programming language used for automating the checking and launch of Saturn rocket family Saturn rockets . ref SLCC ATOLL User s Manual , IBM 70 F11 0001, Huntsville, Ala. Dec 1970 ref Notes reflist References FOLDOC Category Saturn rocket family Category Avionics programming languages Compu lang stub ms Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language sr Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language ... more details
Henthorn v Fraser 1892 2 Ch 27 is a decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales dealing with the mailbox rule postal rule in English law of offer and acceptance contract formation . Facts The claimant received a note from the defendant with an offer to purchase a certain property within 14 days. The claimant responded to the offer with an acceptance posted the next day via mail. The defendant withdrew the offer before receiving the acceptance, but after the acceptance was posted. Judgment The Court of Appeal ordered that the claimant was entitled to specific performance . Lord Herschell argued Where the circumstances are such that it must have been within the contemplation of the parties that, according to ordinary usage of mankind, the post must be used as a means of communicating the acceptance of an offer, the acceptance is complete as soon as it is posted. Significance The case is based on a line of decision starting with Adams v Lindsell 1818 , according to which the acceptance was valid at the time of posting. The importance of this decision s ratio is that a postal acceptance will only be valid at the time of posting if it is reasonable for the offeror to expect an acceptance by post. It follows that if an offer is brought by hand to a neighbour or sent by fax or telegram, the offeror expects an acceptance by comparable means. See also Offer and acceptance Mailbox rule Adams v. Lindsell Dunlop v. Higgins Household Fire Insurance Co v. Grant case law stub Category 1892 in case law Category English contract case law Category English agreement cases Category Court of Appeal of England and Wales cases Category 1892 in the United Kingdom Category Legal articles without infoboxes ... more details
Wiktionary Assent can refer to A Assent Belgium Belgian village between Bekkevoort and Diest . Offer and acceptance Royal Assent disambig nl Assent ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums http www.musicnear.com images Black Lines To Battlefields B00008V5YT L.jpg Name Black Lines to Battlefields Type EP Artist Acceptance band Acceptance Cover Released May 20, 2003 Recorded The Compound and Hell s Kitchen, Seattle , Washington U.S. state Washington Genre Alternative rock Length Label The Militia Group Producer Aaron Sprinkle Last album Lost for Words Acceptance album Lost For Words br 2002 This album Black Lines to Battlefields br 2003 Next album Phantoms Acceptance album Phantoms br 2005 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r636680 first Brian last O Neill rev2 rev2Score Black Lines To Battlefields is an Extended play EP by Acceptance band Acceptance , released in 2003. Track listing Permanent Seeing Is Believing Bleeding Heart Black Lines to Battlefields Hold On This Is Only a Test Live Rerun Live Personnel Jason Vena vocals Kaylan Cloyd guitar Christian McAlhaney guitar Ryan Zwiefelhofer bass guitar for live recording Chris Camp bass guitar for studio recording Garrett Lunceford drums References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Black Lines To Battlefields Category Acceptance albums Category Enhanced CDs Category 2003 EPs 2000s alt rock album stub ... more details
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