The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations intended to evaluate educational systems by measuring 15-year-old school pupils’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading. It was first performed in 2000 and then repeated every three years. Results […]
Kawada is asteroid #12682 and also known as 1982 VC3. Kawada measures 3.5 km in diameter and is a member of the asteroid-family Astraea. Kawada’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.60 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.27, a period of revolution of 1’534 days, and an inclination of 5.9 degrees. Kawada was […]
While it’s really great that I can learn from Martin Armstrong’s blog about history and even about European politics, I wonder about his math. I probably wouldn’t have known without Martin Armstrong’s blog that the Libertarian Party in Norway has a support of 33.4 % because Norway is quite irrelevant. Yet 33.4 % is a […]
Due to an initiative by the Fédération internationale des traducteurs (FIT) got a Translation Day celebrated in each year on September, 30th since 1954. The fancy holiday became international in 1991 and official by UN Resolution 71/288. The International Translation Day is a fancy holiday, that honors translators and their work. The International Translation Day […]
Once a biological laboratory, I think during the early 1990s or late 1980s, at the end of a year ran out of its budget, but still had to feed rats. So the biologists decided to put their rats on diet by mixing the food with sawdust. The rats survived this and stayed healthy. So the […]
Kawaguchi is asteroid #7953 and also known as 1993 KP. Kawaguchi measures 4.8 km in diameter. Kawaguchi’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.38 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.19, a period of revolution of 1’344 days, and an inclination of 3.6 degrees. Kawaguchi was discovered by Ōtomo Satoru (大友 哲), a Japanese […]
Recently, I watched an American movie about a homeschool group organized by a Church and threatened by a local official and a local judge. I learnt from this movie that religion mustn’t be taught at public schools in the USA. I meanwhile double-checked this and found this to be true. Because many of the readers […]
Kawakami is asteroid #8413 and also known as 1996 TV10. Kawakami measures 5.3 km in diameter. Kawakami’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.23 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.12, a period of revolution of 1’220 days, and an inclination of 5.9 degrees. Kawakami was discovered by the Japanese astronomers Ueda Seiji (上田 […]
When somebody pretends to be somebody else in order to persuade you to hand over your credentials for accessing your accounts, then this is called phishing. A laborious, yet often effective, variant is social hacking. This is if somebody meets you in person for the sake of obtaining your credentials. Hackers of this kind either […]
Kawakita is asteroid #7504 and also known as 1997 AF1. Kawakita measures ten kilometers in diameter and belongs to the asteroid-family Ashkova. Kawakita’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 3.17 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.20, a period of revolution of 2’064 days, and an inclination of 1.2 degrees. Kawakita was discovered by […]
