Alexander Billinis from the Clemson University (USA) will present an online lecture entitled “Hydra and the Flame of the Revolution”, on Thursday 3 June, at 7 pm, at the Greek Centre, as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne.
The island of Hydra, a largely barren (yet strikingly beautiful) stone massif rising from the Saronic Gulf, became one of the most important centers of the Greek War of Independence. Sparsely inhabited in 1600, waves of refugees sought solace on the rock, and the need for sustenance and agency drove the Hydriots like Greeks over the millennia to the sea.
Many of Victoria Dunbar s colleagues dreamed of becoming commercial airline pilots ever since they were small boys.
But Dunbar never envisioned herself in that role until she was in her early 20s working as a flight attendant. It didn t occur to me that was something I could do as a profession, said Dunbar, who s now a commercial pilot for Air Wisconsin Airlines.
Part of why it never lodged itself in her imagination, she suspects, is the culture around her. Gender biases, as well as those rooted in race and ethnicity, are one factor why more than 90% of all commercial airline pilots are men and more than 90% are white.
Study: Electric vehicles cannot succeed without nationwide fast-charging networks
Special to The Enterprise
Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures on them, like General Motors and VW, invest in or coordinate on a robust supercharger network. These are the observations in an in-depth study of the industry by management professors at UC Davis and Dartmouth College.
The researchers explain that big and traditional automakers have made exciting EVs but have essentially ignored the charging-station side of the equation. Meanwhile, Tesla worked both sides of the market by building a sufficiently wide network of high-speed charging stations before they sold too many cars. There are about 4,000 high-voltage super-fast charging stations in the U.S., and the majority of them are available only to Tesla vehicles.
Research paper discovers potential for bias in the hiring of women and minorities.
ERAU Ph.D. student Nadine Ragbir was the paperâs lead author.
ERAU
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) researchers just published a paper demonstrating the bias faced by aspiring female and minority commercial pilots and showed consumersâand even other pilotsârespond more favorably to white male pilots over female and minority pilots. It represents a scientific look at consumersâ perceptions of pilot quality based on their gender or race and could provide strong guidance to the aviation industry, especially as companies consider potential new employees. The research was published in Technology in Society. The experiment involved showing photographs of female and male pilots of various races to participants, then asking them to rate how well they thought the pilots would perform. Respondents gave higher ratings to white male pilots.
Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks
Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures on them, such as General Motors and VW, invest in or coordinate on a robust supercharger network. These are the observations in an in-depth study of the industry by management professors at the University of California, Davis, and Dartmouth College.
The researchers say that that while large, traditional automakers have developed some exciting EVs, they have essentially ignored the charging station side of the equation. Meanwhile, Tesla worked both sides of the market by building a sufficiently wide network of high-speed charging stations before they sold too many cars. There are about 4,000 high-voltage super-fast charging stations in the US, and the majority of them are available only to Tesla ve