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Clustered Support Vector Machine for ATM Cash Repository Prediction
No full textPrediction of ATM cash repository in an optimal way is a crucial task. This paper deals with the application of cash prediction of NN5 time series data using support vector machines. The main objective of this paper is time series prediction of NN5 data along with and without clustering at rst stage, support vector regression (SVR) is applied on NN5 data and root mean square error is computed. Further, the same study was conducted by clustering ATMs using hierarchical clustering technique on NN5 data before applying SVR. Discrete time wrapping is used as a distance measure for clustering. Root mean square error has been calculated for such clustered group of ATMs and the average is calculated. Root Mean Square error indicates applications of clustering before applying Neural Network. It is shown to increases precision in forecasting of ATM Cash Repository
Te Aho Mai o Kōtiritiri
No full textComposition for Taonga Puoro and Electronics by Jeremy Mayall and Horomona Horo.
Commissioned by the One Victoria Trust for The Meteor Theatre.
On Friday 21st July, The Meteor theatre was officially relaunched.
As part of the relaunch there was a dawn powhiri and sponsor/supporters evening - at both of these events, a new composition was performed.
The composition 'Te Aho Mai o Kōtiritiri' was composed specifically for the event and for the space by Media Arts tutor and researcher Dr. Jeremy Mayall and Horomona Horo.
This piece, 'Te Aho Mai o Kōtiritiri' is a composition created for this space. The title translates to mean 'The Shining Meteor'.
Many of the sounds within the piece are taken from electromagnetic recordings of the radiation of the various celestial bodies (planets etc) in our galaxy. These are combined with recordings from the various manned and unmanned spacecraft that humans have sent out from this earth.
This is fused in performance with taonga puoro – the voices of this land, to create a sonic experience where these worlds can truly embrace one another.
The composition aims to work as an artistic reflection of the possibilities for the space, and its intentions for the community.
There are plans to record this work for future release
Band in a bubble: Putting out fires
Get PDFPutting Out Fires (song)
Collaborative Composition - Music and Lyrics.
BAND IN A BUBBLE is a real time observational workshop, where a group of musicians from around New Zealand gather together for the first time at Wintec in Hamilton to compose, record and perform a new collection of songs.
Inspired by a project that involved Australian band REGURGITATOR in Melbourne in 2004, this project is the brainchild of Wintec Music Department Lecturer, Kent Macpherson. The initial idea from was conceptually inspired by biospheres, and a desire to explore the juxtaposition between the insular artistic recording process, and the extroverted performer. To look through this process at how that might impact the creative mindset.
BAND IN A BUBBLE at SPARK festival involves a number of performers from around New Zealand including: Kent Macpherson, David Sidwell, John Egenes, Reuben Bradley, Jeremy Mayall, Megan Berry, Nick Braae and Brooke Baker, as the core performers. This collaboration will be the first for this ensemble, so this experience will also include a realtime exploration of how to approach a creative collaboration from the beginning.
The WIntec wharenui has been carefully selected as the venue for this project for a number of reasons. Most notably, the building has many windows which provide a certain ‘transparency’ to the actual process. The wharenui is also very central to the Wintec campus, both in a physical and spiritual sense.
Most involved are also educators, as well as musicians, so the inclusion of this workshop as part of the SPARK festival will ideally facilitate an educational experience for the students and wider community. The intention is to build an environment that is a creatively fulfilling one for the people directly involved
Take Me To New Places (Band in a bubble)
No full textTake Me To New Places (song)
Collaborative Composition - Music and Lyrics.
BAND IN A BUBBLE is a real time observational workshop, where a group of musicians from around New Zealand gather together for the first time at Wintec in Hamilton to compose, record and perform a new collection of songs.
Inspired by a project that involved Australian band REGURGITATOR in Melbourne in 2004, this project is the brainchild of Wintec Music Department Lecturer, Kent Macpherson. The initial idea from was conceptually inspired by biospheres, and a desire to explore the juxtaposition between the insular artistic recording process, and the extroverted performer. To look through this process at how that might impact the creative mindset.
BAND IN A BUBBLE at SPARK festival involves a number of performers from around New Zealand including: Kent Macpherson, David Sidwell, John Egenes, Reuben Bradley, Jeremy Mayall, Megan Berry, Nick Braae and Brooke Baker, as the core performers. This collaboration will be the first for this ensemble, so this experience will also include a realtime exploration of how to approach a creative collaboration from the beginning.
The WIntec wharenui has been carefully selected as the venue for this project for a number of reasons. Most notably, the building has many windows which provide a certain ‘transparency’ to the actual process. The wharenui is also very central to the Wintec campus, both in a physical and spiritual sense.
Most involved are also educators, as well as musicians, so the inclusion of this workshop as part of the SPARK festival will ideally facilitate an educational experience for the students and wider community. The intention is to build an environment that is a creatively fulfilling one for the people directly involved
Playing chess with taxpayers: The conundrum of “a permanent place of abode” and the Legislative Residence Tests for individuals in Australia and New Zealand
No full textAustralia’s legislative definition of tax residence has remained unchanged since 1936. New Zealand amended its legislative definition in 1988. This article examines specifically the concept of the tax residence of individuals in the 21st century in light of Interpretation Statement IS16/03, a comprehensive guideline issued by New Zealand’s Inland Revenue on 20 September 2016. This interpretation statement demonstrates New Zealand’s increased objectivity in its definition. In addition, this article answers the question of whether a relatively minor change similar to that in New Zealand would be possible in Australia for the benefit of both the revenue and taxpayers.
In New Zealand, the permanent place of abode test was amended in 1988 so that an individual will be resident, despite any other provision, if the individual has “a permanent place of abode in New Zealand, whether or not they have a permanent place of abode outside New Zealand”. This amendment focused the test on the individual’s connections with New Zealand, rather than whether the individual had closer connections with New Zealand or another country. This made it more difficult to lose New Zealand residence.48 This emphasis was reinforced by extending the number of days test to be a non-resident from 183 to 325 days. Given that the Australian superannuation test should be reviewed, particularly in light of potential discrimination, it would be timely to simplify the Australian definition of residence for individuals using the New Zealand model. The advantage of using the New Zealand model is also that most of the case law applicable in Australia would remain relevant. A changed definition would have less impact than many definitions rewritten as part of the Australian 1997 Income Tax Assessment Act. The New Zealand public
service definition provides a simple and modern approach to ensuring that public servants working overseas are treated as residents.
The different components of the New Zealand definition, if applied in Australia, would retain the substance and intention of the Australian definition, albeit that in making the rules more objective, they would support the Australian Taxation Office in identifying and acting to prevent tax avoidance. They would modernise the law to suit a world in which individuals are far more mobile. A clearly objective standard, moderated by the opportunity for taxpayers to show that their circumstances support a decision by the Commissioner not to treat them as resident, balances the principles of certainty and fairness. The balance will never be perfect. However, the overall effect would not only make the law simpler, clearer and more efficient but, based on the cases discussed above, fairer for taxpayers
Les Miserables
Get PDFDirection of Les Miserables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, performed at Clarence St. Theatre, Hamilton, NZ. 23 June - 8 July, 2017
Implementation plan of health and safety processes
Get PDFAn auditor was asked to review an organisation’s Health and Safety procedures to assess compliance with the new legislation imposed by The Health and Safety Act 2015. Then the organisation approached an internal source to conduct a strategic plan in order to target issues of health and safety risk. An implementation plan will be designed to achieve the auditors recommendations and improve the organisation’s Health and Safety practices. Research and audit of the current policies and procedures used at the organisation must be conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the current issues and from there develop action plans and a strategy on how to reach those action plans. Current documentation of policies and an interview with management will be analysed to detail the potential action plans.Once the research has been conducted, results will be used to determine conclusions
Using titanium metal in a marine environment in conjunction with carbon fibre composites.
Get PDFEarthrace Conservation run local conservation campaigns, mostly with Volunteers, in various countries. These involve the protection of endangered species, Beach Cleanups, School Outreach Programs, Public education or Rallies (http://earthraceconservation.org/).
Their current campaign will allow them to build an ocean-going vessel (ER2) to support the global campaign for marine conservation.
They have recently produced prototype components with a local company for the vessel from titanium metal that are naturally corrosion resistant and have superior strength to conventional metals. They now need to investigate their use in conjunction with the carbon composite materials they are planning to use on the deck of the vessel
An exploration of the professional relationship between caseloading midwives and the women they care for
Get PDFThis research seeks to increase understanding regarding the midwife-woman relationship. Midwives provide care within a context that is intimate and highly emotional. Additionally, it is often in a one-to-one setting that is private. To work successfully in this space they need to have a high level of self-awareness and reflexivity to be responsive to the situations that may arise. A positive relationship has been shown to influence the outcome for the woman and her baby (Hunter, 2005; Pembroke & Pembroke, 2008; Thomas & Dixon, 2012; Walsh, 1999), and increase the job satisfaction for the midwife (McAra-Couper, Gilkison, Crowther, Hunter, Hotchin & Gunn, 2014)
New Zealand Association of Counsellors Counsellor Educators Day 2017
Get PDFAn annual event that brings together counsellor educators from across New Zealand for networking, sector planning etc