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I often speak to people who are interested in joining our school's Karate class. Many have had some martial arts experience.
One thing I notice is how deeply the concept of belts is ingrained in the general public. A potential student who has trained in the past will usually make sure to tell me what belt they earned, whether it is blue, purple, green, or even pink! It could have been many years ago, but they are still wearing that belt in their minds.
I understand that the potential student is proud of their accomplishment. That is natural (to some extent). What gets me is that the concept is so concrete. The idea of earning a belt and the belt having meaning is as widespread as... well, money.
Let's say you had a pocketful of change. If you took out the coins, each one would have a certain denomination -- a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, etc. Each coin would be worth a certain amount.
In the same way, people think that a certain colored belt means something.
Does it? In my experience, one school's belt has no equivalence in another school. It would be like having coins with varying worth. Say you had a nickel. You could say that in one dojo the nickel is worth 5 cents, but in another it is worth 25 cents, and in another it is worthless!
Sad to say, but the same goes for most black belts. What the belt means does not translate across different dojo.
So when a potential student tells me about their prior rank, I will try to be polite, but that belt means nothing to me. If the student seems particularly attached to their prior rank, I will gently suggest that they return to their former dojo and sensei. Sometimes this is not possible because the student has moved to Hawaii from the mainland. But other times, the student will say, "Oh no, I would not go back there. I did not like the Sensei!"
He did not like the sensei but he remains attached to the belt.
I would say, "Let it go."
In any event, students must start from scratch when they train with me (unless they have trained with my Sensei or my Sensei's direct students). I do not care about prior rank. In fact, the more a student has trained in another style of Karate, the harder it will be for me. It might actually be impossible for me to convert the student to our ways of moving. It is much easier to work with a pure beginner with no baggage.
Don't get me wrong. Prior experience is good. But for Karate training, it is usually more helpful for that prior experience to have been in Judo, Kendo, Aikido, or another martial art rather than Karate.
I have mentioned that students in the dojo of my good friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata, do not wear belts. Neither does he. I wanted to add that Nakata Sensei does not even give any kyu or dan rankings. It is not just that they do not wear belts in his dojo -- they do not have any rank. Students in Nakata Sensei's dojo simply know their relative seniority.
I have not gone that far yet. I do award dan rankings, but not kyu rankings. And it seems that wearing a belt is optional in our dojo since my second son became the head Sensei. He and my third son do not like wearing belts and other students have followed their example.
This can lead to some pretty strange expressions when potential students visit. Since there are only white belts and no belts much of the time, they do not know who the instructors are.
I can guess that Nakata Sensei would explain that the instructors are the ones who know what they are doing. What counts is ability.
Charles C. Goodin
Belts (Again)
I often speak to people who are interested in joining our school's Karate class. Many have had some martial arts experience.
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Exchange student shares Christmas traditions
Sven Poensgen, a foreign exchange student from Germany, loves the color green
"Almost everyone at Blackfoot High School knew him the first week he was here because he always wears green jeans," said his host mom, Marcy Curr. "It's a good thing he attends a high school whose color is green."
Curr is the debate coach at BHS.
Sven's hometown is Ratingen-Lintor, Germany, which is northeast of Duesseldorf in western Germany.
His mother and stepfather are Birgit and Knut. His father and stepmother are Dirk and Elena. His grandmother is Helga and his aunt is Kerstin.
"That's my whole family," he said.
In Germany, the Advent season is followed throughout the month of December. Advent encompasses the four Sundays before Christmas.
The Christ child is not put into the manger until Christmas arrives because "He wasn't born until Christmas," Sven said. The figures of the kings start away from the manger and are moved closer and closer each day until they arrive on Christmas day.
Presents are opened on Christmas Eve; Christmas day is a time for family.
Sven loves drama and debate. This semester he is taking three drama classes and one debate class.
He hasn't placed in dramatic interpretation yet, however, as Curr pointed out, "he's competing in another language."
Sven's passion is performing arts and acting.
"He aced his make-up exam final," Curr said. In the final, Sven unzipped his face.
He had glued a zipper on his face. He combined a skeleton eye on a vampire face.
"I love just about anything to do with theater—costumes, makeup—although, I like being in front of the curtain best," Sven said.
If he doesn't go into acting, he would like to become a chef. His family has a restaurant and breweries in Germany.
For outdoor sports, Sven likes to snowboard, ski, long board, skateboard and skate.
Sven hopes to get his driver's license before he returns to Germany. In Germany, a person must be at least 18 years old to get a driver's license.
"It's really expensive," said Sven, although, the fee for driver's license is paid only once in the driver's lifetime.
"Sven fits in our family in every way," said Curr.
To host a foreign exchange student or for more information about the exchange program, contact Tammy Harmon, Regional Director of the American Intercultural Student Exchange. She can be reached by telephone at (307) 885-0887 or a firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Belgium is set to construct an artificial island in the North Sea that will be used solely as storage for wind energy. Announcing the plans earlier this week, Belgium's North Sea minister Johan Lanotte explained that although Belgium has the capacity to produce a great deal of wind energy, much of the power produced during high winds exceeds the needs of the grid, and is wasted. By creating a dependable storage system for the wind energy, Belgium hopes that this innovative solution will help the nation to transition away from nuclear power and towards greater use of renewables.
Only around 4 percent of Belgium's energy presently comes from wind power—the rest of the grid is supplied largely by nuclear power. However Belgium, as with Germany and Switzerland, has decided to shut down its nuclear power program by 2025 in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in 2011.
The project for the artificial island is part of the state's larger initiative to reorient its power supply towards renewable energy sources. The European Wind Energy Association predicts that, by managing to store energy produced by using wind power, Belgium could expand its wind power capacity to over 4.000 megawatts by 2020.
As an alternative to nuclear power and fossil fuel, wind power has so far faced major problems, largely due to insufficient ways to store the generated power. When the wind dies down, energy production must be backed up by a power source, which makes it expensive to operate.
"We have a lot of energy from the wind mills and sometimes it just gets lost because there isn't enough demand for the electricity," said a spokeswoman for Belgium's North Sea minister Johan Vande Lanotte.
The doughnut-shaped island will store energy by pumping water out of a hollow space in the middle and allowing it to flow back into the reservoir by turning a turbine to generate electricity. The electricity can then be sent back to the mainland.
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Standard delivery within the UK is 2-4 working days and is fully insured. All customers within the UK will receive a text with a delivery time slot.
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Saturday, July 20, 2013, 9 am to 5 pm
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Join us for some fun on the Little Miami River. We will provide you with some basic instruction on land before guiding you down the river for a relaxing day in kayaks. This is a great way to unwind and cool off on a hot July Saturday.
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Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series will present Omer String Quartet at 8 p.m., Friday, October 25, in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
The Omer String Quartet consisting of Mason Yu and Erica Tursi (violins), Joseph Locicero (viola) and Alexander Cox (cello) are the 2013 Grand Prize and Gold Medal winner of the 40th Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, held each year on the campus of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, is the world's largest chamber music competition. As part of their award, the Omer String Quartet is currently touring the Midwest area, and will tour the Emilia Romagna region of Italy in the summer of 2014.
The OSQ has recently completed chamber music studies as the Apprentice String Quartet at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to performing at the institute, for two years they were the Cleveland Chamber Music Society's Quartet in Residence through which they performed recitals and presented student programs in numerous Cleveland-area schools. Since its inception in 2009, the quartet has played in master classes by members of the Cuarteto Casals, the Albers Trio, and the Takács, Jupiter, Miro, and Juilliard Quartets.
Seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required.
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Entries Due: October 24, 2009
The theme for the Mpls Photo Center show with juror David Little (curator of the Minneapolis Institute of Art) is Portraits.
From the website:
About the Juror
David Little, Curator of Photographs and Head of the Department of Photographs at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), is known for his blend of programmatic innovation, original scholarship in post-1945 art, and experience working with some of the leading artists and photographers today. With his solid foundation in art history and cultural theory, he is an experienced lecturer, writer and curator – frequently participating in portfolio reviews, conferences, and photography events worldwide.
Download Submission Form: Follow this link to download the official submission form (MS Word document): MPC Call for Entries Submission Form. If you are unable to download the form please contact us at email@example.com and we will email it to you.
Notice of Acceptance: November 10, 2009
Exhibition Dates: January 2, 2010 – January 31, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center
Reception: January 8, 2010, 6:00 – 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center
Entry Fee: $30 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)
Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd
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IdeaMan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
The initial design is required from contest participants but I plan on using the winning designer for additional page designs.
I will be choosing a winner. I've already run several successful contests so submit your design today!
UPDATE January 24, 2009: WOW! There are some AWESOME designs! We are in the process of choosing a winner. Please be patient as we're out of town right now. We'll be choosing a winner based on 3 criteria: 1- the initial design. 2- The ability to work with us to create the 3 additional child pages as per the original scope. 3- Availability for future work as we'll have need of additional pages. THANK YOU!
This is a vacations rental property in Mexico. We want a site that looks updated and that is easy to navigate with lots of pictures. We will give you access to photos that should be used to help design the site. (All photos are copyrighted and may only be used for this project). Access the photos here:
The home page needs to call attention to the 3 types of beach front lodging accomodations: Private Villa, Mini villas, and 2 story bungalows.
Please note, "Casa De La Sirena" stands for House of the Mermaid. So feel free to use the mermaid on the site.
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- Lots of pictures
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- Clear separation between lodging accommodation types (Private Villa, Mini villas, and 2 story bungalows).
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Andy Levin's always amazing blog features a tribute to the slain photojournalist Christian Poveda who was gunned down at 52 in El Salvador while covering the gangs. Ironically he was just having a resurgence of success with his work on the deadly Maras gang and documentary "La Vida Loca." Reportedly the gang was demanding money as they learned of the increasing success of his work. Many issues to think about and discuss here. Nanni Fontana's outstanding images from her essay on gangs in Honduras illustrate the tribute to Poveda with an essay by Carlos Lopez-Barillas. See it and all the other stunning work on 100 Eyes here:
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle.
Combine the flour, zest, and salt in a large bowl and whisk until evenly combined.
Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat together butter and sugars over high speed until light and airy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugars and beat until fluffy and the mixture looks like wet sand, about 2 more minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until just combined.
Reduce the speed to medium and add the flour mixture and coconut and beat until just evenly combined. Lay 2 large pieces of plastic wrap on a clean work surface and put half of the dough along the center of each piece. Shape the dough into 2 logs measuring about 1 1/2-inches in diameter and 10-inches long. Roll logs up in the plastic and secure tightly. Refrigerate the logs for 1 hour or up to several weeks.
Cut the logs into 1/2-inch slices. Roll the cookies in sugar to coat and shake off excess. Arrange on a baking sheet, leaving 1/2-inch between the cookies. Bake until set and golden on the edges, about 15 to 18 minutes. Remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
When cookies are cool, melt the chocolate in a small pan over medium-low heat until smooth. Dip half of each cookie into the chocolate, scrape off excess, and set on a cooling rack. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes to set up before serving.


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In the eighth instalment of our top user tips we looked at Excel Surveys using the Excel Web App, and today we're going to look at the co-authoring features that can help you analyse that data, brainstorm ideas, and work collaboratively with your classmates and colleagues in real time, via the browser.
Document collaboration is a critical element to working effectively in the classroom. The combination of SharePoint Online and Office offers a spectrum of document collaboration methods, whether it is co-authoring a spreadsheet or routing a school field trip plan through a workflow. Understanding the ways you can collaborate on documents is vital to making the best choice for your needs and improving your productivity as a student or educator.
Here are two examples of the Excel, and Word Web Apps being used by two people to edit the same work (click on them to enlarge!):
Without having to download and open the document in the full Office client students and teachers can work together in real-time; and the beauty is that the Web Apps work across a variety of devices, here's the same spreadsheet from above on an iPad:
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2012-13: Recorded a scoring average of 98.0 in two rounds for Central...Placed 13th at the St. Francis-Brooklyn Quad Match.
2011-12: Played in three rounds...Recorded 307 strokes and posted a 102.3 average score.
2010-11: Played in seven rounds over four events as a freshman...Posted 743 strokes for a 104.9 average...Posted her best finish at the Lady Blue Devil Shootout, 21st...Best round came in the final 18 of the Hartford Invitational, 90.
Before Central: Played golf at Bacon Academy… Girls golf MVP 2 times…2nd place at wildcat Invitational…All Norwich Bulletin…Coaches award and 1st place in ECC tournament at Quinnatisset (Woodstock) senior year…All-Courant girls golf 2010.


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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The best geocache creator? Here's my nomination
I don't know of any other geocacher who creates more ingenious and fun geocaches. Quite simply, he is the best geocache creator I know of. So this is a challenge to all my readers: Look at Iowa Tom's geocaches and see if you can nominate another geocacher who has a better portfolio of caches.
6 comments:
- Vicky said...
We have a pretty good one in our neck of the woods called SgtEagle! :}
- 11:36 AM, December 12, 2007
- RLowtek said...
I have to agree that Iowa Tom's cache are the most indepth and creative caches around. Logging one always leaves you with a sense of accomplishment and a bit wiser for the experience. RLowtek
- 3:11 PM, December 12, 2007
- Team Zinger said...
I would agree to that also. For those of you who have not found any of Tom's caches, reading thru his cache listings only gives him half the credit. Several of his containers require a lot of thinking just figure out how to get them open. He's always got some type of McGuyverism up his sleeve when he constructs his containers.
- 5:15 PM, December 14, 2007
- Geetar said...
Geetar Nutz from KS here. Wish we would have made it to the Waterloo area to get some of Iowa Tom's caches. Bloodlust and The NVG are OK, but pretty easy finds from the sounds of it compared to Iowa Tom.
- 10:30 PM, December 14, 2007
- Iowa Tom said...
I want to thank geocachers like RLowtek, stridget, ricann and others that have beta tested the arithmetic in many of my puzzle caches. They have payed the price but were patient.
I tend to make make typos. In my classroom it's often a contest between the kids to see who can first find a typo in what I type. That's because I toss a tootsie roll at them when they find one.
I am also grateful for muggles only in that they push me to create finds that are far more unlikely to be discovered accidentally. :~)
- 7:32 PM, December 30, 2007
- CF_syngyn said...
The caches around the Waterloo area are better because of Iowa Tom's caches. Every body in the area comes up with great caches because that what they know. Iowa Tom can be thanked for that! I call him "MR" Iowa Tom because it just fits better!
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Colin69 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 22 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Pixels is an Irish company specializing in the sale of digital cameras and accessories. We have an online presence as well as a high street location.
Everybody who wants to buy a camera.
I want a front page that is easy to navigate without too much duplication of buttons. I want one main panel that I can use to focus on current promotions with 3-9 smaller panels . We recently got a new logo with new colours that I want included in the design. I can send it to you if you are interested.
If possible I want to show we have an on street presence and that we offer free delivery throughout Ireland.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Sports blogger Brandon Choate brings us his mid-season report card for the Seattle Mariners. The team has given fans little to be cheery about and it shows in this breakdown of the season futility. Despite the gloom, the Mariners have produced some good news-worthy items themselves. Here's to hoping they have a MUCH better second half!
Seattle Mariners 2012 mid-season player & team report
July 2, 2012 By Brandon Choate
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calculator of percent solutions for electron microscopy research In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%", or the abbreviations "pct.", "pct"; sometimes the abbreviation "pc" is also used. A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number).
For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to 45⁄100, 45:100, or 0.45. Percentages are often used to express a proportionate part of a total.
(Similarly, one can express a number as a fraction of 1,000 using the term "per mille" or the symbol "‰".)
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In Ancient Rome, long before the existence of the decimal system, computations were often made in fractions which were multiples of 1⁄100. For example, Augustus levied a tax of 1⁄100 on goods sold at auction known as centesima rerum venalium. Computation with these fractions was equivalent to computing percentages.
As denominations of money grew in the Middle Ages, computations with a denominator of 100 became more standard and from the late 15th century to the early 16th century it became common for arithmetic texts to include such computations. Many of these texts applied these methods to profit and loss, interest rates, and the Rule of Three. By the 17th century it was standard to quote interest rates in hundredths.
The percent value is computed by multiplying the numeric value of the ratio by 100. For example, to find 50 apples as a percentage of 1250 apples, first compute the ratio 50⁄1250 = 0.04, and then multiply by 100 to obtain 4%. The percent value can also be found by multiplying first, so in this example the 50 would be multiplied by 100 to give 5,000, and this result would be divided by 1250 to give 4%.
To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. For example, 50% of 40% is:
It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time. (E.g. 25% = 25⁄100 = 0.25, not 25%⁄100, which actually is 25⁄100/100 = 0.0025. A term such as 100⁄100% would also be incorrect, this would be read as 1 percent even if the intent was to say 100%.)
Whenever we talk about a percentage, it is important to specify what it is relative to, i.e. what is the total that corresponds to 100%. The following problem illustrates this point.
We are asked to compute the ratio of female computer science majors to all computer science majors. We know that 60% of all students are female, and among these 5% are computer science majors, so we conclude that 60⁄100 × 5⁄100 = 3⁄100 or 3% of all students are female computer science majors. Dividing this by the 10% of all students that are computer science majors, we arrive at the answer: 3%⁄10% = 30⁄100 or 30% of all computer science majors are female.
This example is closely related to the concept of conditional probability.
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Due to inconsistent usage, it is not always clear from the context what a percentage is relative to. When speaking of a "10% rise" or a "10% fall" in a quantity, the usual interpretation is that this is relative to the initial value of that quantity. For example, if an item is initially priced at $200 and the price rises 10% (an increase of $20), the new price will be $220. Note that this final price is 110% of the initial price (100% + 10% = 110%).
Some other examples of percent changes:
In general, a change of x percent in a quantity results in a final amount that is 100 + x percent of the original amount (equivalently, 1 + 0.01x times the original amount).
The percent value is computed by multiplying the numeric value of the ratio by 100. For example, to find 50 apples as a percentage of 1250 apples, first compute the ratio 50⁄1250 = 0.04, and then multiply by 100 to obtain 4%. The percent value can also be found by multiplying first, so in this example the 50 would be multiplied by 100 to give 5,000, and this result would be divided by 1250 to give 4%.
To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. For example, 50% of 40% is:
50⁄100 × 40⁄100 = 0.50 × 0.40 = 0.20 = 20⁄100 = 20%.
It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time. (E.g. 25% = 25⁄100 = 0.25, not 25%⁄100, which actually is 25⁄100/100 = 0.0025. A term such as 100⁄100% would also be incorrect, this would be read as 1 percent even if the intent was to say 100%.)
Whenever we talk about a percentage, it is important to specify what it is relative to, i.e. what is the total that corresponds to 100%. The following problem illustrates this point.
In a certain college 60% of all students are female, and 10% of all students are computer science majors. If 5% of female students are computer science majors, what percentage of computer science majors are female?
We are asked to compute the ratio of female computer science majors to all computer science majors. We know that 60% of all students are female, and among these 5% are computer science majors, so we conclude that 60⁄100 × 5⁄100 = 3⁄100 or 3% of all students are female computer science majors. Dividing this by the 10% of all students that are computer science majors, we arrive at the answer: 3%⁄10% = 30⁄100 or 30% of all computer science majors are female.
This example is closely related to the concept of conditional probability.
Due to inconsistent usage, it is not always clear from the context what a percentage is relative to. When speaking of a "10% rise" or a "10% fall" in a quantity, the usual interpretation is that this is relative to the initial value of that quantity. For example, if an item is initially priced at $200 and the price rises 10% (an increase of $20), the new price will be $220. Note that this final price is 110% of the initial price (100% + 10% = 110%).
Some other examples of percent changes:
In general, a change of x percent in a quantity results in a final amount that is 100 + x percent of the original amount (equivalently, 1 + 0.01x times the original amount).
Percent changes applied sequentially do not add up in the usual way. For example, if the 10% increase in price considered earlier (on the $200 item, raising its price to $220) is followed by a 10% decrease in the price (a decrease of $22), the final price will be $198, not the original price of $200. The reason for the apparent discrepancy is that the two percent changes (+10% and −10%) are measured relative to different quantities ($200 and $220, respectively), and thus do not "cancel out".
In general, if an increase of x percent is followed by a decrease of x percent, and the initial amount was p, the final amount is p(1 + 0.01x)(1 − 0.01x) = p(1 − (0.01x)2); thus the net change is an overall decrease by x percent of x percent (the square of the original percent change when expressed as a decimal number). Thus, in the above example, after an increase and decrease of x = 10 percent, the final amount, $198, was 10% of 10%, or 1%, less than the initial amount of $200. The net change is the same for a decrease of xpercent followed by an increase of x percent; the final amount is p(1 - 0.01x)(1 + 0.01x) = p(1 − (0.01x)2).
This can be expanded for a case where you do not have the same percent change. If the initial percent change is x and the second percent change is y, and the initial amount was p, then the final amount is p(1 + 0.01x)(1 + 0.01y). To change the above example, after an increase of x = 10 percent and decrease of y = −5 percent, the final amount, $209, is 4.5% more than the initial amount of $200.
As shown above, percent changes can be applied in any order and have the same effect.
In the case of interest rates, a very common but ambiguous way to say that an interest rate rose from 10% per annum to 15% per annum, for example, is to say that the interest rate increased by 5%, which could theoretically mean that it increased from 10% per annum to 10.05% per annum. It is clearer to say that the interest rate increased by 5 percentage points (pp). The same confusion between the different concepts of percent(age) and percentage points can potentially cause a major misunderstanding when journalists report about election results, for example, expressing both new results and differences with earlier results as percentages. For example, if a party obtains 41% of the vote and this is said to be a 2.5% increase, does that mean the earlier result was 40% (since 41 = 40 × (1 + 2.5/100)) or 38.5% (since 41 = 38.5 + 2.5)?
In financial markets, it is common to refer to an increase of one percentage point (e.g. from 3% per annum to 4% per annum) as an increase of "100 basis points".
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In British English, percent is usually written as two words (per cent), although percentage and percentile are written as one word. In American English, percent is the most common variant(but per mille is written as two words).
In the early 20th century, there was a dotted abbreviation form "per cent.", as opposed to "per cent". The form "per cent." is still in use in the highly formal language found in certain documents like commercial loan agreements (particularly those subject to, or inspired by, common law), as well as in the Hansard transcripts of British Parliamentary proceedings. The term has been attributed to Latin per centum. The concept of considering values as parts of a hundred is originally Greek. The symbol for percent (%) evolved from a symbol abbreviating the Italian per cento. In some other languages, the form procent or prosent is used instead. Some languages use both a word derived from percent and an expression in that language meaning the same thing, e.g. Romanian procent and la sută (thus, 10% can be read or sometimes written ten for [each] hundred, similarly with the English one out of ten). Other abbreviations are rarer, but sometimes seen.
Grammar and style guides often differ as to how percentages are to be written. For instance, it is commonly suggested that the word percent (or per cent) be spelled out in all texts, as in "1 percent" and not "1%". Other guides prefer the word to be written out in humanistic texts, but the symbol to be used in scientific texts. Most guides agree that they always be written with a numeral, as in "5 percent" and not "five percent", the only exception being at the beginning of a sentence: "Ten percent of all writers love style guides." Decimals are also to be used instead of fractions, as in "3.5 percent of the gain" and not "3 1/2 percent of the gain". However the titles of bonds issued by governments and other issuers use the fractional form, e.g. "3 1/2% Unsecured Loan Stock 2032 Series 2". (When interest rates are very low, the number 0 is included if the interest rate is less than 1%, e.g. "0 3/4% Treasury Stock", not "3/4% Treasury Stock".) It is also widely accepted to use the percent symbol (%) in tabular and graphic material.
In line with common English practice, style guides—such as The Chicago Manual of Style—generally state that the number and percent sign are written without any space in betweenHowever, the International System of Units and the ISO 31-0 standard require a space
The word "percentage" is often a misnomer in the context of sports statistics, when the referenced number is expressed as a decimal proportion, not a percentage: "The Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal led the NBA with a .609 field goal percentage (FG%) during the 2008–09 season." (O'Neal made 60.9% of his shots, not 0.609%.) Likewise, the winning percentage of a team, the fraction of matches that the club has won, is also usually expressed as a decimal proportion; a team that has a .500 winning percentage has won 50% of their matches. The practice is probably related to the similar way that batting averages are quoted.
As "percent" it is used to describe the steepness of the slope of a road or railway, formula for which is 100 × rise/run which could also be expressed as the tangent of the angle of inclination times 100. This is the ratio of distances a vehicle would advance vertically and horizontally, respectively, when going up- or downhill, expressed in percent.
Percentage is also used to express composition of a mixture by mass percent and mole percent.
Find a percentage or work out the percentage given numbers and percent values. Use percent formulas to figure out percentages and unknowns in equations.
There are many formulas for percentage problems. You can think of the most basic as X/Y = P x 100. The formulas below are all mathematical variations of this formula.
Let's explore the three basic percentage problems. X and Y are numbers and P is the percentage:
Read on to learn more about how to figure percentages.
Example: What is 10% of 150?
Example: What percent of 60 is 12?
Example: 25 is 20% of what number?
There are nine variations on the three basic problems involving percentages. See if you can match your problem to one of the samples below. The problem formats match the input fields in the calculator above. Formulas and examples are included.
A percentage (%) is a fraction expressed as a part of one hundred, instead of any other denominator. The word comes from the Latin per cent, meaning 'out of one hundred'.
A half, therefore, is 50%, because 50 is half of 100.
The advantage of working with percentages is that they are relatively straightforward to calculate because, unlike fractions, you are always working with a base of 100.
This page explains how to calculate percentages, and provides some simple percentage calculators for you to use.
Percentages are actually fractions, with a denominator (the number below the line) of 100.
What this means in practice is that you don't need to worry about whether the numerator (top) divides by the denominator (bottom), or whether it is reduced to its lowest form, as you do when you are working with fractions.
It is simply a matter of working out how many hundredths you have, and then expressing it as a decimal if necessary.
Three types of expression
There are three types of percentage calculations:
We will look at each of these in turn, providing examples of how to calculate them for you to practise, using the percentage calculators on the page if you wish.
What is 10% of 50?
There are two ways to approach this. The first says "I know that 10 is one-tenth of 100. I will therefore divide 50 by 10. The answer is 5".
This is fine when the numbers are relatively simple. But suppose the numbers are more complicated.
What is 22% of 46?
Now it's much less straightforward. You can't just work out what 22% is, expressed as a fraction, and anyway, it's not a simple fraction.
Instead, you have to divide 46 into 100 equal parts, and work out what 22 of them would be when added together.
46 ÷ 100 = 0.46 [remember, when you divide by 100, you move the decimal point two places to the left].
0.46 × 22 = 10.12
Answer: 22% of 46 is 10.12.
The same rules apply to questions which are written in the form of problems.
You are buying some paint and the shop's prices do not include VAT [sales tax]. You want to know how much you will be paying in tax. VAT is charged at 20%. The paint costs £15 per pot, and you will need three pots.
The total price of the paint is £15 × 3 = £45.
Effectively, you are being asked 'What is 20% of £45?'
45 ÷ 100 = 0.45
0.45 × 20 = £9.
Answer: The total tax payable on the transaction will be £9.
Think of this as turning a fraction into a percentage. Your fraction is x/y, and your percentage is [unknown, here] A/100.
x/y = A/100
The easiest way to do these, then, is to move the fraction around. If you multiply both sides by 100, you get A (your unknown) = 100x divided by y. Just plug in the numbers and out will come the answer. Some examples may make this even clearer.
What is 10 as a percent of 50?
Using the formula that we have just worked out, x is 10 and y is 50. The sum is therefore:
100 × 10 = 1000
1000 ÷ 50 = 20.
Answer: 10 is 20% of 50.
This method, of course, also works with a more word-based problem.
You have been quoted commission of $7.50 on the sale of a table. The sale price is $150. Another company has quoted you commission of 4.5%. You want to know which is better value.
This is asking you 'What is $7.50 as a percent of $150?'.
Using the formula, therefore, x is 7.5 and y is 150.
7.5 × 100 = 750
750 ÷ 150 = 5.
Answer: The commission is 5% on the sale price. The commission of 4.5% is therefore better value for you as a customer.
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Robert Randolph, the man who took the pedal steel guitar out of the church and made it funky with the help of his Family Band (brother Marcus Randolph on drums, sister Lenesha Randolph on vocals and cousin Danyel Morgan, bass and vocals), performs a New Year's Eve concert at Park West. Although this is a time for reminiscing, Randolph has been working on new music to follow up his "Robert Randolph and the Family Band (Live in Concert)." Why go: The "Clash of the Titans" show also includes a performance by Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. Reconsider: You long for Randolph's days with John Medeski and the North Mississippi Allstars. 8 p.m. at Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave. (all Riviera tickets will be honored); $60 (18+); 773-929-1322, etix.com
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First of all, if you have not heard of a 3D printer, it is a mechanism which allows you to print 3D stuffs (as the name suggests). What is different about the Portabee DIY 3D printer is that it is light at 2.8kg and can easily collapse in a matter of seconds and fits into a laptop bag, making it transportable anywhere! Get that visual image in your mind?
In an interview, Kiam Peng from Orangeknob shares with us more.
How they got started
It all started as a project to make it easier for them make 3D prototypes. Kiam Peng and his partners have been tinkering with electronics and musical-related stuffs such as electronic drum machines and effect pedals but they were at a discovery stage. However, when 3D printing came along, the initial plans were all shelved. They had bought a Thing-o-Matic, an automatic 3D printer by MakerBot. They then realised that Thing-o-Matic is associated with open source products and it inspired them to make a reprap. A reprap is short for Replicating Rapid Prototypers. Their intention was to make something that is more self-replicating, i.e. allowing the making of components which can be assembled into another DIY 3D printer. Voila! The rest is up to your imagination.
We were told that Orangeknob took about 9 months to be able to release their first printer, the Durbie. In that process, they faced challenges of a 9-to-5 job, getting support from people around them etc. The process might be difficult but it must also be rewarding for the Makers to see the fruits of their hard work.
What will they be sharing
During the upcoming Singapore Mini Maker Faire on 4 & 5 August, Orangeknob will be managing a booth, workshops and presentations.
At their booth, they will showcase their printers (Durbie, Portabee, Portabee-x) and some of their printed parts.
If you would like to have your own DIY 3D printer, get one before the Mini Maker Faire and learn how to assemble it during the workshop that they will be conducting there.
They are also excited to share their experiences in coming up with such a gadget during their presentation, despite being "not very comfortable with public speaking", according to Kiam Peng. They will share on how they went in the open source direction into the world of DIY 3D printing, the challenges they face and their future projects.
Encouraging Makers in Singapore
Kiam Peng shared that they were not aware of a Maker culture in Singapore. They were focusing more on the international markets but slowly meet more people and realised there are people who owned CNC machines and printers at home. They felt that technological advances had already brought down the cost of prototyping, and that the cost of a 3D printer is approaching the cost of a laser/ink printer! I find myself nodding in agreement. The thought is exhilarating!
Kiam Peng felt that the maker culture will spread as more people do it, in view of our close proximity with one another. We certainly hope so too!
Orangeknob is now working towards producing big printers and other niche printers. To learn more about them, check them out at the Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012, coming to you in 2 days at the Science Centre Singapore.


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Last month iMore learned Apple was going ahead with their "iWatch" wearable computer project, which would theoretically do for watches what the iPhone did for phones. Peter Burrows & Olga Kharif, writing for Bloomberg claim it could be coming as soon as this year, and what's more:
Features under consideration include letting users make calls, see the identity of incoming callers and check map coordinates, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren't public. It would also house a pedometer for counting steps and sensors for monitoring health-related data, such as heart rates, this person said.
Bloomberg's recapitulates their previous rumor, that Apple has a team of 100 people working on the project, which might sound high but, if accurate, almost certainly includes hardware engineers, hardware designers, user experience and interface designers, marketing people, members of the services team, and basically all points of the Ive, Federighi, Cue, Mansfield, Schiller star.
While Bloomberg also points to the 79 patents for wrist-bound devices, including flexible screens and kinetic charging, historically patents reflect huge fields of ideas, few of which result in recognizable real-world implementations. Apple doesn't like spoilers.
Google, of course, is working on a different kind of wearable technology, the Android-powered Google Glass glasses. I'm interested in both approaches, because I'm a fan of sci-fi and futurism. Which way are you leaning? Computer on your face, or computer on your wrist? And where's my Star Trek iBadge already?
Source: Bloomberg


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The Drummond International operation includes the Mina Pribbenow and El Descanso open-pit coal mines located in the Cesar Coal Basin near La Loma; Puerto Drummond, a deep-water ocean port on the Caribbean Sea near Santa Marta; and coal transportation and handling facilities. Drummond transports the coal from the mines 120 miles by railcar on the renovated portion of the Colombian National Railroad System directly to Puerto Drummond, the deep-water ocean port. This port has the capability to load all sizes of vessels from handy-size up to the largest capesize.
Heavy investment in production infrastructure, has allowed us to grow shipments of Colombian coal from one million tons in 1995 to approximately 25 million tons in 2011.