Peat fabric February 21, 2008
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Clothes , add a commentWhere can I buy a sweater made of wool and peat? Or at least peat and some kind of other fabric. Thank you!
Perhaps at a nursery. Or, you can get your wool sweater dirty with peat while engaged in gardening chores. I think that “peat” is sometimes used by designers to denote an earthtone color, hence references to a “peat fabric.” Apparently sometimes soil scientists will use the term “peat fabric” to refer to the stuck-together layer of peat in a peat deposit. It doesn’t seem to be the sort of material, however, that lends itself to spinning into yarn and weaving, or to felting. It’s up to you to purchase a cubic yard of the stuff in the lawn supply section of Home Depot and figure out how to make a fabric out of it.
Plagiarism February 18, 2008
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Quotations, Study , add a commentDear Sir:I have a question about plagiarism. My master thesis is an empirical comparison about two statistical methods. I need to address the mathematical theorems and definitions in the chapter of “research method” . Of course I did not invent these methods. I organize the theorems from my reference books so that what I am comparing can be understood. Also those theorems are not found by those authors. They only organize and write these concepts in their books. I copy the exact statement of those mathematical theorems and I cite that “The following sections are mainly cited from McNeil (2005) “. But I did not use quotation marks for those copied theorem statements. Is it acceptable? For example, I paste one short paragraph here.The following sections are mainly cited from McNeil (2005).
Theorem 3.1: Extreme Value Theorem
Let X, Y be independent random variables. M =max{ X }………….
Sorry, but this isn’t the place for detailed answers to serious questions. Or, for quick answers. For any questions regarding proper citation style, you need to speak with your instructor or faculty adviser, since there are different ways of doing it and only they know what is acceptable to them. You cite the book, but in some cases you may need to cite a paper number on which the theorems can be located.
Cat and mouse February 13, 2008
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Food, Just silly , add a commentIf a cat eats a mouse and chokes on it and dies which one died first?
One or the other or a tie. Does it matter? The bottom line is the same. I suspect that the mouse died in the cat’s outh, before getting stuck in it’s throat.
