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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer%20Distributed%20Transfer%20Protocol | The Peer Distributed Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer protocol for distributing files from a central server across a peer-to-peer network. It is conceptually similar to BitTorrent but allows for streaming media. The protocol has been assigned port 6086 by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The primary implementation is DistribuStream.
External links
PDTP protocol web site
PowerPoint Presentation
Network protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleaved%20polling%20with%20adaptive%20cycle%20time | Interleaved polling with adaptive cycle time (IPACT) is an algorithm designed by Glen Kramer, Biswanath Mukherjee and Gerry Pesavento of the Advanced Technology Lab at the University of California, Davis in 2002. IPACT is a dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm for use in Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs).
IPACT uses the Gate and Report messages provided by the EPON Multi-Point Control Protocol (MPCP) to allocate bandwidth to Optical Network Units (ONUs). If the optical line terminal grants bandwidth to an ONU and waits until it has received that particular ONU's transmission before granting bandwidth to another ONU, then time equivalent to a whole messaging round-trip is wasted during which the upstream may remain idle. IPACT eliminates this idle time by sending downstream grant messages to succeeding ONUs while receiving transmissions from previously granted ONUs. It accomplishes this by calculating the time at which a transmission grant allocated to a previous ONU ends.
References
External links
Original paper, published January 2002
Network scheduling algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth%20guaranteed%20polling | Bandwidth Guaranteed Polling (BGP) in computing and telecommunications is a dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm for Ethernet passive optical networks designed by Maode Ma et al. at the National University of Singapore. This is an instance of an algorithm that allocates bandwidth based on fixed weights.
BGP divides a window of time into fixed-sized slots, a number of which are allocated to each Optical Network Unit (ONU). The number allocated depends upon the ONU customer's service level agreement (SLA). If an ONU does not wish to use its entire allocated time slot, it may inform the OLT about this. The OLT may then decide to reallocate the remaining time slot to another ONU which does not have an SLA.
The BGP algorithm may not be entirely compatible with the MPCP standard. This is because the MPCP does not provide any way for the ONU to inform the OLT about the fraction of the time slot that it wishes to use.
References
M. Ma, Y. Zhu, T. H. Cheng, "Bandwidth Guaranteed Polling MAC Protocol for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks", INFOCOM 2003.
Network performance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra%20Mahila%20Sabha%20School%20of%20Informatics | The Andhra Mahila Sabha School Of Informatics is a school of informatics for women located in Hyderabad in the state of Telangana in India. It is an institutional member of the Computer Society of India (CSI). The CSI-AMSSOI Student Branch was established in 2003 bearing the code 147, under the guidance of DVR Vithal, Fellow CSI and Shaukat A Mirza, Former Director of AMSSOI.
Introduction
The CSI AMSSOI Student Branch was inaugurated by Sh TV Balan, Former CSI President on 5 January 2004. The School has 180 CSI Student members and 3 members of the faculty are Institutional members.
The Student Branch achieved the Best Southern Region Student Branch award in the year 2004 for its active participation. AMSSOI conducts its annual IT meet exclusively for Women ITians of MCA, Adhyayan. Adhyayan 2006 was conducted in association with its student branch. Adhyayan 2007 is proposed to be conducted as National Conference.
Adhyayan 2007
Adhyayan is an annual technical event of AMSSOI. Students from MCA from all over the state of Andhra Pradesh participate and eminent speakers from educational institutions and industries deliver lectures on topics of current interest. Cash awards are given to students for Paper Contest, Project Contest, Programming Contest, IT quiz and Mock Interviews.
Adhyayan 2006, was conducted on 13 October and 14 October at AMSSOI situated in Durgabai Deshmukh Academic Campus, Osmania University Road, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad. A preconference tutorial was conducted preceding Adhyayan 2006 on 12 October 2006 on "Software Engineering Methodologies and Testing Tools and Soft Skills".
The tutorial was inaugurated by Prof ML Saikumar. Sh G Krishna Mohan, Associate Manager-Technical Services, Applabs, delivered lecture on "Testing Tools". The Soft Skills session was handled by Sh K Subramanyam from IL&FS. The topic of the lecture was "Lateral Thinking"
This is the sixth consecutive IT meet conducted by AMSSOI and 1st IT Meet conducted in association with the CSI AMSSOI Student Branch.
External links
Official website
Computer Society of India
Educational institutions established in 2003
Women's universities and colleges in Telangana
2003 establishments in Andhra Pradesh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALBOND | In molecular mechanics, VALBOND is a method for computing the angle bending energy that is based on valence bond theory. It is based on orbital strength functions, which are maximized when the hybrid orbitals on the atom are orthogonal. The hybridization of the bonding orbitals are obtained from empirical formulas based on Bent's rule, which relates the preference towards p character with electronegativity.
The VALBOND functions are suitable for describing the energy of bond angle distortion not only around the equilibrium angles, but also at very large distortions. This represents an advantage over the simpler harmonic oscillator approximation used by many force fields, and allows the VALBOND method to handle hypervalent molecules and transition metal complexes. The VALBOND energy term has been combined with force fields such as CHARMM and UFF to provide a complete functional form that includes also bond stretching, torsions, and non-bonded interactions.
Functional form
Non-hypervalent molecules
For an angle α between normal (non-hypervalent) bonds involving an spmdn hybrid orbital, the energy contribution is
,
where k is an empirical scaling factor that depends on the elements involved in the bond, Smax, the maximum strength function, is
and S(α) is the strength function
which depends on the nonorthogonality integral Δ:
The energy contribution is added twice, once per each of the bonding orbitals involved in the angle (which may have different hybridizations and different values for k).
For non-hypervalent p-block atoms, the hybridization value n is zero (no d-orbital contribution), and m is obtained as %p(1-%p), where %p is the p character of the orbital obtained from
where the sum over j includes all ligands, lone pairs, and radicals on the atom, np is the "gross hybridization" (for example, for an "sp2" atom, np = 2). The weight wti depends on the two elements involved in the bond (or just one for lone pair or radicals), and represents the preference for p character of different elements. The values of the weights are empirical, but can be rationalized in terms of Bent's rule.
Hypervalent molecules
For hypervalent molecules, the energy is represented as a combination of VALBOND configurations, which are akin to resonance structures that place three-center four-electron bonds (3c4e) in different ways. For example, ClF3 is represented as having one "normal" two-center bond and one 3c4e bond. There are three different configurations for ClF3, each one using a different Cl-F bond as the two-center bond. For more complicated systems the number of combinations increases rapidly; SF6 has 45 configurations.
where the sum is over all configurations j, and the coefficient cj is defined by the function
where "hype" refers to the 3c4e bonds. This function ensures that the configurations where the 3c4e bonds are linear are favored.
The energy terms are modified by multiplying them by a bond order factor, BOF, which is the product of the f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Trough%20Area%20Project | The Eastern Trough Area Project, commonly known as ETAP, is a network of nine smaller oil and gas fields in the Central North Sea covering an area up to 35 km in diameter. There are a total of nine different fields, six operated by BP and another three operated by Shell, and together, they are a rich mix of geology, chemistry, technology and equity arrangements.
Development
The ETAP complex was sanctioned for development in 1995 with first hydrocarbons produced in 1998. The original development included Marnock, Mungo, Monan and Machar from BP and Heron, Egret, Skua from Shell. In 2002, BP brought Mirren and Madoes on stream. With these nine fields, the total reserves of ETAP are approximately of oil, of natural gas condensate and of natural gas.
A single central processing facility (CPF) sits over the Marnock field and serves as a hub for all production and operations of the asset including all processing and export and a base for expedition to the Mungo NUI. The CPF consists of separate platforms for operations and accommodation linked by two 60 m bridges. The Processing, drilling and Riser platform (PdR), contains the process plant and the export lines, a riser area to receive production fluids from the other ETAP fields and the wellheads of Marnock. The Quarters and Utilities platform (QU) provides accommodation for up to 117 personnel operating this platform or travelling onwards to the Mungo NUI. This partitioning of accommodation and operations into two platforms, adds an extra element of safety, a particular concern for the designers coming only a few years after the Cullen report on the Piper Alpha disaster.
Liquids are exported to Kinneil at Grangemouth through the Forties pipeline system. Gas is exported by the Central Area Transmission System to Teesside.
Apart from Mungo, which has surface wellheads on a NUI, all other fields use subsea tie-backs.
A tenth field, Fidditch, is currently under development by BP. (which has now been put on hold due to the global economic downturn)
ETAP fields
Marnock
The Marnock field is located in UKCS block 22/24 and is named after Saint Marnock. It is a high pressure, high temperature gas condensate field with initial reservoir pressure of 9000psi. Estimated recoverable reserves are 600 billion scf and of condensate. Marnock produces directly to surface wellheads on the CPF. It is operated by BP in partnership with Shell, Esso and AGIP. The holdings in the Marnock field are as follows: BP = 73%, Esso = 13.5%, Shell = 13.5%.
Mungo
The Mungo field is located in UKCS block 23/16 and is named after Saint Mungo. It is an oilfield with a natural gas cap. Water and gas injection are used to manage the reservoir, which necessitated a small normally unmanned installation be built to support these facilities. The NUI is tied back to the CPF. The field is operated by BP in partnership with Nippon Oil, Murphy Oil and Total S.A.
The holdings in Mungo are: BP = 82.35%, Zennor = 12.65%, J |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadget%20Trial | is a Japanese game for Windows operating systems, which combines turn-based strategy gaming with visual novel elements, using an anime style of artwork for its character designs. It was developed by KOGADO Studio's Kuma-san Team (one of the several in-house development teams), and was released in Japan on June 23, 2006. A simplified Chinese version of the game was published by Beijing Entertainment All Technology Co. Ltd. on July 28, 2007 with the title Jī jiǎ shàonǚ ().
Overview
Gadget Trial takes place in the future, decades after an unidentified world war, and focuses on the so-called E-Series. This is a new generation of military equipment, representing a very advanced level of technology, developed by an organisation called Eastern Treaty Union (ETU) under the codename Project 'Next E'''. The E-Series units are human-like cyborgs or "bio-machines", constructed from various organic bio-alloys, and they are capable of regeneration and reproduction, similar to bacteria. Also, they can utilize Reinforcement Units, special machinery which extends their capabilities beyond regular war machines. Furthermore, their artificial brain greatly surpasses human mental abilities, calculating complex mathematical problems in very short times, and deciding very quickly between various options on how to complete a certain task.
However, there are two kinds of the initial prototype units; Type Black and Type White. The Black E-Series are made with pure focus on effectiveness, laying importance on machine-like obedience and precision. The White E-Series, in opposition to the Black ones, have artificial intelligences which are programmed with human-like personalities and emotions. Thus the military executive staff decides to have field trials, to test which design is better in battle, prior to a pending mass-production. The player gets the role of a young major who has to train and lead a team of Type White units against a group of Type Black E-Series. Regardless of their type and function, all the units look like attractive young females. Thus, Gadget Trial can be considered a bishōjo ("beautiful girls") game.
First, the story and the White team is introduced to the player in a visual novel section. After this, the first trial begins. After a successful battle, a visual novel interlude comes again, which gives way to the next mission. Visual novel parts are always inserted between battles, for comic relief and to introduce the next mission.
Characters
Type White team
Mihara is in charge of the Type White team as the leader, always trying to act serious and a little bit harsh. He is often amused (in the negative sense of the word) by the girls' antics, comments and their overall diversity in their personalities. The player assumes his role in the game's story.
— Model number EPN-000GF NEI
Nei is the tank, scout and armoured personnel carrier (APC) unit. She has heavy offensive and defensive force, but with a limited movement range. She is the most resp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writeable%20control%20store | Writeable control store may refer to
Writable control store (WCS), memory used to load the operating system of the Amiga 1000
Writable control store, memory used to store microprograms on machines where the microcode is reloadable |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detrick | Detrick may refer to:
People
Bill Detrick (1927–2014), American college basketball and golf coach
Detrick DeBurr (born 1969), entrepreneur, author, and computer/website specialist
Detrick Hughes (born 1966), American poet and spoken-word artist
Frederick Detrick (1889–1931), physician, flight surgeon and pilot
Places
Detrick, Virginia
Detrick Peak, Antarctica
Fort Detrick, Maryland
See also
Deatrick, surname
Dietrich (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MNW%20Music | MNW Music AB is a Swedish record company and was founded in 1969 in Vaxholm as Music Network Corps AB by Sverre Sundman, Lorne deWolfe and Lynn deWolfe. It is now located in Stockholm.
History
After a financial crisis in the spring of 1971, the company was rescued by Tore Berger, from the group Gunder Hägg (later Blå Tåget), investing his own money and the company was transformed into Musiknätet Waxholm.
MNW was then one of the most important record companies in the music movement, focusing on Swedish musicians with Swedish texts, and political considerations often governed the publication. MNW Records Group was formed in 1993 when the company bought another record company called Amalthea.
The right to release records was transferred to Push Music Group in 2004. The collaboration ended and Push Music changed its name to MNW Music.
On September 22, 2015 artist Johan Johansson (KSMB) won a lawsuit claiming that the MNW has put out music streaming services without a license.
Artists
Current
Blå Tåget
Tore Berger
Bosson
Fläskkvartetten
Toni Holgersson
Masayah
Roger Pontare
Irma Schultz Keller
Union Carbide Productions
Former
Arbete Och Fritid
Atacama
Backyard Babies
Björn Afzelius
Contact
Brända Barn
Thomas Di Leva
Ebba Grön
Don Fardon
Kim Fowley
Hawkey Franzen
Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand
Gunder Hägg
Hellacopters
Hoola Bandoola Band
Imperiet
KSMB
Musikens Vänner
New Temperance Seven
NJA-Gruppen
Norrlåtar
Peter LeMarc
Pink Champagne
Nationalteatern
Scorpion
Sheila Chandra (Indipop Records)
Stefan Sundström
Tant Strul
Vildkaktus
Wannadies
Mikael Wiehe
Wilmer X
Sublabels
No Fashion Records
External links
"MNW Music AB" on Encyclopedia Metallum
Swedish record labels
IFPI members |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per%20H%C3%A5kan%20Sundell | Per Håkan Sundell (born 1968, Sweden) is a programmer and computer scientist with roots in the scene and early computer enthusiasts of the eighties, when he was known as PHS of CCS (Computerbrains Cracking Service).
Biography
Håkan currently holds a Ph.D. in computing science (2004) from Chalmers University of Technology and works as associate professor in software engineering at the School of Business and Informatics, University College of Borås, Sweden.
Creations
Time Zero (1985) - together with Ale Rivinoja
CCS-Mon (1986)
PlaySID (1990) - together with Ron Birk
CCS64 (1995)
NOBLE (2002) - together with Philippas Tsigas
References
Prize for best research article News article with interview at Chalmers University of Technology.
Chalmersteknologi i nya Java News article with interview at Chalmers University of Technology.
Den främsta C64-emulatorn är svensk - M3 News article with interview in the magazine called M3.
Mobiler och handdatorer ger gamla datorspel ett andra liv News article with interview in the scientific news paper Ny Teknik.
External links
CCS64 The homepage of the CCS64 Emulator.
Dr. Håkan Sundell Research homepage.
1968 births
Chalmers University of Technology alumni
Commodore people
Living people
Swedish computer scientists
Swedish computer programmers
University of Gothenburg alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20disused%20Barcelona%20Metro%20stations | There are a number of disused stations in the Barcelona Metro network, abandoned for various reasons. This is a comprehensive list:
Closed down
Never opened
Moved to nearby locations
All these are still in use, but have been moved somewhere around their original location.
Santa Eulàlia - L1
Espanya - L1
Universitat - L1
See also
Transport in Barcelona
List of Barcelona Metro stations
References
External links
Lost metro stations in Barcelona
Blog on Barcelona's "ghost stations"
Las Estaciones Fantasma en Barcelona (in English) on Homage to BCN
Disused Barcelona Metro stations
Disused Metro stations
Disused Metro stations
Barcelona, Disused Metro stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Re%20Atari | De Re Atari (Latin for "All About Atari"), subtitled A Guide to Effective Programming, is a book written by Atari, Inc. employees in 1981 and published by the Atari Program Exchange in 1982 as an unbound, shrink-wrapped set of three-holed punched pages. It was one of the few non-software products sold by APX. Targeted at developers, it documents the advanced features of the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and includes ideas for how to use them in applications. The information in the book was not available in a single, collected source at the time of publication.
The content of De Re Atari was serialized in BYTE beginning in 1981, prior to the book's publication. The release of Atari 8-bit technical details through the magazine and book quickly resulted in other sources being published, such as COMPUTE!'s First Book of Atari Graphics (1982).
Atari published official documentation for the hardware and a source listing of the operating system the same year, 1982, but they were not as easily obtainable as De Re Atari and tutorials in magazines such as COMPUTE!. Following the closure of the Atari Program Exchange in late 1984, De Re Atari went out of print.
Background
Atari at first did not disclose technical information on its computers, except to software developers who agreed to keep it secret. De Re Atari ("All About Atari") was sold through the Atari Program Exchange mail-order catalog, which described the book as "everything you want to know about the Atari ... but were afraid to ask" and a resource for "professional programmers" and "advanced hobbyists who understand Atari BASIC and assembly language".
An article on Player/Missile Graphics by De Re Atari coauthor Chris Crawford appeared in Compute! in 1981 Another article by Crawford and Lane Winner appeared in the same month in BYTE. De Re Atari was serialized in BYTE in 1981 and 1982. in ten articles.
De Re Atari, and its 1981-82 serialization in BYTE, were the first public, official publication of Atari 8-bit technical information. It was based on Atari's documentation written in 1979-80 for third-party developers under non-disclosure agreements. Individual chapters are devoted to making use of the features of the platform: ANTIC and display lists, color registers, redefined character sets, player/missile graphics, the vertical blank interrupt and display list interrupts (a.k.a. raster interrupts), fine scrolling, and sound. Additional chapters cover the operating system, Atari DOS, Atari BASIC, and designing intuitive human interfaces.
Lead author Chris Crawford used many of these features in the computer wargame Eastern Front (1941) released in 1981. Another of the book's authors, Jim Dunion, used custom display lists in the DDT 6502 debugger to produce a partitioned, IDE-like display. DDT was later incorporated into the MAC/65 assembler.
Reception
De Re Atari was very successful; the manager of APX later said that it and Eastern Front "paid the bills, i.e. were our biggest s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest%20expression | A manifest expression is a programming language construct that a compiler can analyse to deduce which values it can take without having to execute the program. This information can enable compiler optimizations, in particular loop nest optimization, and parallelization through data dependency analysis. An expression is called manifest if it is computed only from outer loop counters and constants (a more formal definition is given below).
When all control flow for a loop or condition is regulated by manifest expressions, it is called a manifest loop resp. condition.
Most practical applications of manifest expressions also require the expression to be integral and affine (or stepwise affine) in its variables.
Definition
A manifest expression is a compile time computable function which depends only on
compile-time constants,
manifest variable references, and
loop counters of loops surrounding the expression.
A manifest variable reference is itself defined as a variable reference with
a single, unambiguous definition of its value,
which is itself a manifest expression.
The single, unambiguous definition is particularly relevant in procedural languages, where pointer analysis and/or data flow analysis is required to find the expression that defines the variable value. If several defining expressions are possible (e.g. because the variable is assigned in a condition), the variable reference is not manifest.
See also
Polytope model which requires manifest loops and conditions
Loop nest optimization
References
Compiler optimizations
Compiler construction |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arto%20Salomaa | Arto K. Salomaa (born 6 June 1934) is a Finnish mathematician and computer scientist. His research career, which spans over forty years, is focused on formal languages and automata theory.
Early life and education
Salomaa was born in Turku, Finland on June 6, 1934. He earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Turku in 1954 and a PhD from the same university in 1960. Salomaa's father was a professor of philosophy at the University of Turku. Salomaa was introduced to the theory of automata and formal languages during seminars at Berkeley given by John Myhill in 1957.
Career
In 1965, Salomaa became a professor of mathematics at the University of Turku, a position he retired from in 1999. He also spent two years in the late 1960s at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, and two years in the 1970s at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark.
Salomaa was president of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science from 1979 until 1985.
Publications
Salomaa has authored or co-authored 46 textbooks, including Theory of Automata (1969), Formal Languages (1973), The Mathematical Theory of L-Systems (1980, with Grzegorz Rozenberg), Jewels of Formal Language Theory (1981) Public-Key Cryptography (1990) and DNA Computing (1998, with Grzegorz Rozenberg and Gheorghe Paun). With Rozenberg, Salomaa edited the Handbook of Formal Languages (1997), a 3-volume, 2000-page reference on formal language theory. These books have often become standard references in their respective areas. For example, Formal Languages was reported in 1991 to be among the 100 most cited texts in mathematics.
Salomaa has also published over 400 articles in scientific journals during his professional career. He has authored also non-scientific articles such as "What computer scientists should know about sauna". After his retirement, Arto Salomaa has published almost another 100 scientific articles.
Awards and recognition
Salomaa has been awarded the title of Academician by the Academy of Finland, one of twelve living Finnish individuals awarded the title. He also received the EATCS Award in 2004. Salomaa has received seven honorary degrees. On June 13, 2013, Salomaa was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Western Ontario.
Personal life
Salomaa married in 1959. He has two children, Kirsti and Kai, the latter of whom is a professor of Computer Science at Queen's University at Kingston and also works in the field of formal languages and automata theory.
References
External links
Arto Salomaa home page
1934 births
Living people
People from Turku
University of Turku alumni
Academic staff of the University of Turku
Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
Academic staff of Aarhus University
Finnish mathematicians
Finnish computer scientists
Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Members of Academia Europaea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly%20Me%20to%20the%20Moon%20%28film%29 | Fly Me to the Moon is a 2008 computer-animated science fiction comedy film about three flies who stowaway aboard Apollo 11 and travel to the Moon. It was directed by Ben Stassen and written by Domonic Paris. The film was released in digital 3-D in Belgium on 30 January 2008, and in the US and Canada on 15 August 2008. The film was also released in IMAX 3-D in the US and Canada on 8 August 2008. The film serves as a fictionalized retelling of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission by incorporating a story of three young flies that stow away on the rocket to fulfil their dream of going up to the moon, while their families take on a group of Soviet flies who try to sabotage the mission.
Fly Me to the Moon was produced by nWave Pictures in association with Illuminata Pictures, and distributed by Summit Entertainment and Vivendi Visual Entertainment in the United States. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, only grossing $41.7 million against a $25 million budget.
Plot
The narrator explains that in 1957, the Soviet Union launched Earth's first satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit. In 1961, when NASA was putting a chimpanzee aboard Mercury Atlas 5, astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to go to space. Feeling the sense of urgency to overtake the Soviets in the space race, U.S. President John F. Kennedy made a statement toward a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, stating that before the decade is out, he plans to launch a man to the Moon and return him safely to the Earth.
Eight years later, in 1969, an 11-year-old fly named Nat and his two best friends, I.Q. and Scooter, build a "fly-sized" rocket in a field across from Cape Canaveral, Florida, where Apollo 11 sits on the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39. From his earliest memory, Nat's grandfather, Amos, often tells him of his many adventures such as his daring rescue of Amelia Earhart when she crossed the Atlantic Ocean on her historic 1932 solo flight. Wanting to be an adventurer like his grandpa, Nat tells his friends his plan to get aboard Apollo 11 and go to the Moon. They, with some reluctance, are in. The next morning, the three flies make it in to Launch Control and stow away inside the space helmets of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Moments later, Flight Director Gene Kranz in Houston's Mission Control Center gives the go for launch. As the Saturn V rocket climbs through the atmosphere and reaches its Earth parking orbit, Nat, Scooter and IQ's mothers faint upon hearing from Grandpa that their sons will be in space for a week.
Grandpa, Nat's mother, and the others watch TV to get news of their offspring's adventure. As the astronauts appear on camera, the heroic flies wave in the background, visible to other flies but barely seen by humans – except for the attentive NASA flight controller Steve Bales, who informs Armstrong of the "contaminants" on board. In the Soviet Union, there are other flies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain%20%28software%29 | Samhain is an integrity checker and host intrusion detection system that can be used on single hosts as well as large, UNIX-based networks. It supports central monitoring as well as powerful (and new) stealth features to run undetected in memory, using steganography.
Main features
Complete integrity check
uses cryptographic checksums of files to detect modifications,
can find rogue SUID executables anywhere on a disk, and
Centralized monitoring
native support for logging to a central server via encrypted and authenticated connections
Tamper resistance
database and configuration files can be signed
log file entries and e-mail reports are signed
support for stealth operation
See also
Host-based intrusion detection system comparison
References
External links
Samhain Homepage
Privacy software
Unix security-related software
Intrusion detection systems
Free security software programmed in C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxxBoxx | MaxxBoxx is the name of a line of Macintosh clones produced by MaxxBoxx DataSystems in Germany from July, 1997. The early various models featured single 180-333 MHz PowerPC 604e CPUs all the way up to quad 200 MHz versions and multiple media drive bays for easy expansion. Now MaxxBoxx DataSystems is producing professional high end computers for video editing under Windows and Macintosh.
Models
References
MaxxBoxx: The Biggest, Most Colorful, Least Known Mac Clones, retrieved July 10, 2016
MaxxBoxx DataSystems Index, retrieved May 10, 2007
MaxxBoxx DataSystems, retrieved May 10, 2007
MaxxBoxx DataSystems MacOS-Compatible Systems, retrieved May 10, 2007
Macintosh clones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Horowitz | Mark A. Horowitz is an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur who is the Yahoo! Founders Professor in the School of Engineering and the Fortinet Founders Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds a joint appointment in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments and previously served as the Chair of the Electrical Engineering department from 2008 to 2012. He is a co-founder of Rambus Inc., now a technology licensing company. Horowitz has authored over 700 published conference and research papers and is among the most highly-cited computer architects of all time. He is a prolific inventor and holds 374 patents as of 2023.
Education
Horowitz received bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. After graduating, he moved to Silicon Valley to work at Signetics, one of the early integrated circuits companies. After working for a year, he entered Stanford, and worked on CAD tools for very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design. His research at Stanford included some of the earliest work on extracting the resistance of integrated circuit wires, and estimating the delay of MOS transistor circuits. He was advised at Stanford by Robert Dutton and graduated with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1984.
Academic career
In 1984, Horowitz joined the Stanford faculty. At Stanford his research focused on VLSI circuits and he led a number of early RISC processor designs, including MIPS-X. His research has been in the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, and applying engineering tools to biology. He has worked on RISC processors, multiprocessor designs, low-power circuits, high-speed links, computational photography, and applying engineering to biology. Horowitz and his research group at Stanford pioneered many innovations in high-speed link design, and many of today’s high speed link designs are designed by his former students or colleagues from Rambus.
In the 2000s he teamed up with Marc Levoy to work on computational photography, research which explored how to use computation to create better pictures, often by using data from multiple sensors. This research also explored light-field photography, which captured enough information to allow a computer to reconstruct the view to an arbitrary viewpoint. The need to capture light-fields to process led to the creation of the Stanford Camera Array, a system which could synchronize and collect images from 100 image sensors, as well as work that eventually led to the Lytro camera, whose photographs could be refocused after they were captured.
In 2006, Horowitz received the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits "for pioneering contributions to the design of high-performance digital integrated circuits and systems". In 2007, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his "leadership in high-bandwidth memory-i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed%20rail%20in%20Finland | Although Finland has no dedicated high-speed rail lines, sections of its rail network are capable of running speeds of . The Finnish national railway company VR operates tilting Alstom Pendolino trains. The trains reach their maximum speed of in regular operation on a route between Kerava and Lahti. This portion of track was opened in 2006. The trains can run at on a longer route between Helsinki and Seinäjoki and peak at that speed between Helsinki and Turku. The main railway line between Helsinki and Oulu has been upgraded between Seinäjoki and Oulu to allow for trains to run at speeds between and . Other parts of the Finnish railway network are limited to lower speed.
A new service called Allegro started between Helsinki and Saint Petersburg, Russia, in December 2010 with a journey time of 3½ hours. It utilized four trains, with a top speed of which were a Pendolino model, supporting both Finnish and Russian standards. However the service was discontinued in 2022, following the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
Between 2007 and 2010 the Russian line from the Finnish border to Saint Petersburg was electrified and improved to allow higher running speeds. The Finnish line (Riihimäki – Saint Petersburg Railway) was also upgraded where needed, mostly to .
Current proposals
There are proposals for high speed rail links between Helsinki and other major Finnish cities, with the Green League proposing a €10 billion investment into the country's rail infrastructure in 2018. After the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, new Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne's government confirmed its commitment to advancing the three planned Finnish high-speed rail lines; the ELSA-rata, a Helsinki-Tampere line, and a link from Helsinki to Eastern Finland.
Sanna Marin, Minister of Transport and Communications, stated in July 2019 that "we must first plan and secure the funding, before we can start building. The three high-speed links – the westbound, northbound and eastbound links – will cost a total of 10 billion euros to build. Planning the projects alone will cost roughly 350 million euros. This isn't a small amount given that roughly one billion euros is allocated for transport projects every electoral term."
In September 2019, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment gave authorisation to the Ministry of Transport and Communications to establish the Turku One Hour Train Project Company to oversee the Helsinki–Turku high-speed rail line, and the Suomirata Project Company, which will manage development of the new Riihimäki–Tampere line. Along with this announcement, Marin confirmed the lines would most likely not be operational until the 2030s at earliest.
Helsinki–Turku
The only rail link between Helsinki and Turku is the Rantarata railway line, with journey times of around two hours. The first examination of a more direct rail link between the two cities Espoo and Salo took place in 1979.
The current plans for the new railway line involve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual%20frame | In video compression algorithms a residual frame is formed by subtracting the reference frame from the desired frame. This difference is known as the error or residual frame. The residual frame normally has less information entropy, due to nearby video frames having similarities, and therefore requires fewer bits to compress.
An encoder will use various algorithms such as motion estimation to construct a frame that describes the differences. This allows a decoder to use the reference frame plus the differences to construct the desired frame.
See also
Motion compensation
References
Video compression |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTIQ | WTIQ (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Manistique, Michigan broadcasting a classic country format. The station broadcasts programming from Local Radio Network's customizerd classic country programming.
History
WTIQ began broadcasting February 11, 1965 at 1490 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts daytime, 250 watts nighttime, non-directional. The station was built by David M. Kelly and Edmund Selleck, equal partners in Manistique Broadcasting Company. Both Kelly and Selleck moved to Manistique from Detroit to build and operate the station. Kelly had sold his interest in WLIN, licensed to Lincoln Park, Michigan to Hy Levinson, owner of WCAR, the previous year. Selleck was employed by Kelly as a part-time announcer at WLIN. WTIQ operated from 6 am until 10 pm daily featuring a variety of music, local news, local sports (including play-by-play), weather reports and AP state and national news. Kelly purchased Selleck's interest in WTIQ in 1969. During Kelly's ownership, WTIQ initiated the CBC Radiothon as a fundraising effort to support three local charities. That event continues to be sponsored by WTIQ. On May 23, 1973, David Kelly sold WTIQ to Doug Tjapkes, a broadcaster from Grand Haven, Michigan, who operated the station until 1982.
On June 28, 1982, WTIQ was again purchased, this time by Frances Jo Curtis, a local area business woman. On July 9, 1986 the FCC issued a construction permit for WTIQ-FM to broadcast at 94.7 MHz. The CP, also owned by Curtis through American Peakes Ltd. was licensed to Gulliver, Michigan. Curtis sold the Manistique and the Gulliver CP to WSHN Inc. on December 24, 1990. Principles were Stu Noordyk CEO and Todd Noordyk, General Manager. The FM was built out in late 1991 and went on the air in 1992 as WCMM.
Under another company, Great Lakes Radio, Todd Noordyk sold the stations to Lakes Radio on November 11, 1999. Lakes Radio, based in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, is headed by Tom Kozer. On December 17, 2014, employees were told the station group was being sold to Armada Media, a Wisconsin-based broadcasting company with holdings in South Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Michigan. The sale of WTIQ to AMC Partners, LLC, along with sister stations WCHT, WCMM, WGKL, and WGLQ, closed on March 30, 2015 at a price of $1.8 million.
The station broadcasts from the original co-located studio and transmitter site on West Highway 442. The original building was added on to by Kelly and Selleck in 1966 and has been remodeled and expanded several times during the station's history.
On November 16, 2015 WTIQ changed their format from oldies to classic country, branded as "The Maverick".
Previous logos
References
Michiguide.com - WTIQ History
David M. Kelly - former owner
External links
TIQ
Classic country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1981 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQYQ | WQYQ (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an alternative rock format. Licensed to St. Joseph, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1956 as WSJM. Programming is simulcast on a local translator on 106.1 FM (W291DK).
Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, WSJM was a Full-Service Adult Contemporary radio station, with a mixture of pop and oldies music, local personalities, network and local newscasts, evening talk programming (Bruce Williams and Larry King) and play-by-play sports. For many years, the station's slogan was "The Spirit of the Southwest." Before WSJM's 1984 format change to Full-Service A/C, it had a country music format called "The Best in the Country."
WSJM started simulcasting on 94.9 FM in early 2008. "The Coast", which had been on that frequency, then moved to 98.3 FM. The WCSY call letters were moved from 98.3 FM to 103.7 FM as part of this three station swap. The WSJM-FM call sign were temporarily placed on 98.3 FM until all moves were complete. "The Coast" changed call letters a few weeks later from "WCNF" to "WCXT". In August 2014, WSJM switched from a news/talk format (simulcast with WSJM-FM 94.9, which continued as a news/talk station). The programming was a mix of Fox Sports Radio, regional sports talk, and local and national play-by-play.
On July 20, 2020, WSJM switched from sports to alternative rock, exclusively only mentioning the frequency of the FM translator station. The station changed its call sign to WQYQ at the same time.
Previous logo
(WSJM's logo under previous 95.7 translator)
References
Michiguide.com - WSJM History
External links
QYQ
Radio stations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Michigan
Modern rock radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20Road%20Tour%20Challenge | Speed Road Tour Challenge was a reality television game show (or "game opera") that aired on the now-defunct United States cable/satellite network Speed Channel. The host was Rutledge Wood.
Four contestants traveled together on a tour bus, similar to those used on musical concert tours, as they traveled between various race tracks that host NASCAR Cup Series races. There were 13 episodes, each corresponding to the races on the NASCAR on Fox schedule (Fox and Speed Channel have the same parent company, News Corporation). The series debuted on February 15, 2007 and the finale was held on May 24.
Each show had a reward challenge in which points were awarded to the contestants based on their performance. The winner of each challenge got a reward related to NASCAR racing, the losers were punished (e.g. cleaning bathrooms or disposing of garbage at the track). The contestant with the most points at the end of the 13 weeks won a job with Speed Channel.
During the competition, there were two cast changes. The first came when Eric Frega, a contestant from Riverside, California, withdrew from the competition after the casting episode before the season began for reasons that were not disclosed. Then, after the Kobalt Tools 500, Becky Patterson left the Challenge because she did not feel comfortable competing on the show.
On the season finale, John was announced as the winner of the Challenge. Wood implied that his job with the network would be as an intern traveling with its production staff to the remaining races of the 2007 NASCAR Cup Series season. of Charlotte, North Carolina, finished second, followed by Carrie McGaha Tyler and Estee. Carrie joined the show after Becky withdrew, and John replaced Eric just before the start of competition. John led the points after the half-way point in the show and never looked back, winning a brand new Toyota Tundra and the SPEED Channel job.
External links
Show website
2000s American reality television series
2007 American television series debuts
2007 American television series endings
Speed (TV network) original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Brewer%20%28scientist%29 | Eric Allen Brewer is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and vice-president of infrastructure at Google. His research interests include operating systems and distributed computing. He is known for formulating the CAP theorem about distributed network applications in the late 1990s.
In 1996, Brewer co-founded Inktomi Corporation (bought by Yahoo! in 2003) and became a paper billionaire during the dot-com bubble. Working with the United States federal government during the presidency of Bill Clinton, he helped to create USA.gov, which launched in 2000. His research also included a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet, which promises to bring low-cost connectivity to rural areas of the developing world. He has worked at Google since 2011.
Education
Brewer received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) from UC Berkeley where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Later he earned a Master of Science and PhD in EECS from MIT. He received tenure from UC Berkeley in 2000.
Awards
In 1999, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
In 2007, Brewer was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery "for the design of scalable, reliable internet services." That same year, he was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering "for the design of highly scalable internet services."
Brewer is the 2009 recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences "for his contributions to the design and development of highly scalable Internet services."
In 2009, Brewer received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award.
In 2013, the ETH Zurich honored him with the title Dr. sc. tech. ().
References
External links
UC Berkeley website
More about the CAP Theorem
Interview with Eric Brewer on winning the ACM Infosys Foundation Award by Stephen Ibaraki
Docker conference 2014 Dockercon14 keynote
Podcast interview with Eric Brewer on the CAP theorem
Inktomi's Wild Ride - A Personal View of the Internet Bubble
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
MIT School of Engineering alumni
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
Living people
Google employees
Year of birth missing (living people)
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
Recipients of the ACM Prize in Computing
Researchers in distributed computing
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Berkeley Macintosh Users Group members
Former billionaires |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethane%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on ethane.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
Melting point data
Mean value for acceptable data: −183.01 °C (90.14 K).
Sources used, from ONS Open Melting Point Collection:
−183.33 °C
−182.85 °C from CHERIC
−182.78 °C
−182.79 °C from PHYSPROP
−183.28 °C
Values considered "outliers", not included in averaging:
−172 °C from Oxford MSDS
−172.15 °C
Spectral data
References
Chemical data pages
Data page
Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Network%20News | Independent Network News may refer to:
Independent Network News (news agency), a nationwide news service for independent radio stations in the Republic of Ireland
Independent Network News (TV program), a 1980–1990 American syndicated television news program
See also
Independent News Network, an American television news service based in Davenport, Iowa since 1999
American Independent News Network, an American network of Internet-published independent news organizations, since 2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Network%20News%20%28TV%20program%29 | The Independent Network News (INN) (later retitled INN: The Independent News and USA Tonight) was an American syndicated television news program that ran from June 9, 1980, to June 1990. The program aired seven nights a week on various independent stations across the United States and was designed to serve those stations in the same manner that the "Big Three" network news programs – ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News – served their affiliates.
History
The program debuted on June 9, 1980, under its original title Independent Network News. The newscast was a production of Tribune Broadcasting's New York City station WPIX, and was distributed by Tribune's syndication division as one of the first programs that the company produced for the syndication market, and it was first transmitted via Westar. As INN was produced at WPIX, that station's on-air news staff presided over the broadcast. The nightly broadcast was helmed by a three-anchor team consisting of Pat Harper, Bill Jorgensen, and Steve Bosh with Jerry Girard reporting on sports and Roberto Tirado providing national weather forecasts (Tirado would later be replaced by Bob Harris), and WPIX's local reporting staff was also utilized for the program. Saturday and Sunday editions of INN were added to the schedule in October 1980.
INN also used reports from its member stations, the Associated Press, United Press International, Visnews, and later CNN to supplement its own coverage. WPIX transmitted the national show's live feed at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. In the New York City area, WPIX paired a replay of the national INN broadcast at 10 p.m., with its own local newscast at 10:30, called the Action News Metropolitan Report. The newscast carried three minutes of national advertising and three minutes for local ads.
As part of a midday expansion of INN starting in 1981, WPIX also experimented with a half-hour midday newscast at 12:30 p.m. that was co-anchored by Marvin Scott and Claire Carter; this followed the national broadcast which aired at noon. During the decade, WPIX also offered the business-oriented news program The Wall Street Journal Report (which continues to air today in syndication and also airs on CNBC, albeit under the name of On the Money); and the Sunday newsmaker show From the Editor's Desk, hosted by Richard D. Heffner, to stations carrying INN.
Bill Jorgensen left the program (and WPIX) in 1983. Bosh and Harper continued to anchor together for another year until Bosh departed in 1984 to join KDFW-TV in Dallas. Brad Holbrook, who joined the operation a year earlier after anchoring at WNAC-TV/WNEV-TV in Boston, became co-anchor with Harper. Also in 1984, WPIX dropped its Action News branding for the station's local newscasts and decided to rebrand its 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. newscasts as INN: The Independent News. The midday newscast continued (now under the title of INN: Midday Edition) until the fall of 1985, when it was replaced by the lighter-toned |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B1%20TV | B1 TV is a Romanian television network which began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile channel and became a news channel in 2011. B1 TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week all over the country.
Overview
B1 TV's main purpose is to inform its viewers about the overall context of the Romanian society through quality informative programs. B1 TV also covers the most important events that are happening every day in the world.
B1 TV's target audience consists of active highly educated and financially stable individuals, who mainly live in the city, are concerned about what is happening around them and are looking for quality products.
B1 TV is now broadcast via satellite through all analog and digital cable networks and has a 92% geographical covering.
History
B1 TV first broadcast in December 2001, as a local general-profile station in Bucharest, Romania. In 2004, News Corporation purchased 12.5% of the network's shares.
In 2010, SC B1 TV Channel SRL purchased the audiovisual license for all programs under the name “B1”.
B1 TV's rebranding took place in March 2011 and became an infotainment TV channel. Two months later, in May, The National Audiovisual Council (CNA) extended B1 TV's broadcast license up to nine years. In September 2011, B1 TV officially became a news television station and has been broadcasting as such ever since.
Since the fall of 2011, B1 TV has broadcast in a “news and current affairs” format that involves a significant number of news programs and debates.
Logos
External links
Official website
Television stations in Romania
Television channels and stations established in 2001
24-hour television news channels in Romania |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littelmann%20path%20model | In mathematics, the Littelmann path model is a combinatorial device due to Peter Littelmann for computing multiplicities without overcounting in the representation theory of symmetrisable Kac–Moody algebras. Its most important application is to complex semisimple Lie algebras or equivalently compact semisimple Lie groups, the case described in this article. Multiplicities in irreducible representations, tensor products and branching rules can be calculated using a coloured directed graph, with labels given by the simple roots of the Lie algebra.
Developed as a bridge between the theory of crystal bases arising from the work of Kashiwara and Lusztig on quantum groups and the standard monomial theory of C. S. Seshadri and Lakshmibai, Littelmann's path model associates to each irreducible representation a rational vector space with basis given by paths from the origin to a weight as well as a pair of root operators acting on paths for each simple root. This gives a direct way of recovering the algebraic and combinatorial structures previously discovered by Kashiwara and Lusztig using quantum groups.
Background and motivation
Some of the basic questions in the representation theory of complex semisimple Lie algebras or compact semisimple Lie groups going back to Hermann Weyl include:
For a given dominant weight λ, find the weight multiplicities in the irreducible representation L(λ) with highest weight λ.
For two highest weights λ, μ, find the decomposition of their tensor product L(λ) L(μ) into irreducible representations.
Suppose that is the Levi component of a parabolic subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra . For a given dominant highest weight λ, determine the branching rule for decomposing the restriction of L(λ) to .
(Note that the first problem, of weight multiplicities, is the special case of the third in which the parabolic subalgebra is a Borel subalgebra. Moreover, the Levi branching problem can be embedded in the tensor product problem as a certain limiting case.)
Answers to these questions were first provided by Hermann Weyl and Richard Brauer as consequences of explicit character formulas, followed by later combinatorial formulas of Hans Freudenthal, Robert Steinberg and Bertram Kostant; see . An unsatisfactory feature of these formulas is that they involved alternating sums for quantities that were known a priori to be non-negative. Littelmann's method expresses these multiplicities as sums of non-negative integers without overcounting. His work generalizes classical results based on Young tableaux for the general linear Lie algebra n or the special linear Lie algebra n:
Issai Schur's result in his 1901 dissertation that the weight multiplicities could be counted in terms of column-strict Young tableaux (i.e. weakly increasing to the right along rows, and strictly increasing down columns).
The celebrated Littlewood–Richardson rule that describes both tensor product decompositions and branching from m+n to m n in terms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Task%20Scheduler | Task Scheduler (formerly Scheduled Tasks) is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that launches computer programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals. Microsoft introduced this component in the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 as System Agent. Its core component is an eponymous Windows service. The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the Windows PowerShell scheduled jobs feature introduced with PowerShell v3.
Task Scheduler can be compared to cron or anacron on Unix-like operating systems. This service should not be confused with the scheduler, which is a core component of the OS kernel that allocates CPU resources to processes already running.
Versions
Task Scheduler 1.0
Task Scheduler 1.0 is included with Windows NT 4.0 (with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later), Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It runs as a Windows Service, and the task definitions and schedules are stored in binary .job files. Tasks are manipulated directly by manipulating the .job files. Each task corresponds to single action. On Windows 95 (with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later), Windows 98 and Windows Me, the Task Scheduler runs as an ordinary program, mstask.exe. It also displays a status icon in the notification area on Windows 95 and Windows 98 and runs as a hidden service on Windows Me, but can be made to show a tray icon. Computer programs and scripts can access the service through six COM interfaces. Microsoft provides a scheduling agent DLL, a sample VBScript and a configuration file to automate Task Scheduler.
In addition to the graphical user interface for Task Scheduler in Control Panel, Windows provides two command-line tools for managing scheduled task: at.exe (deprecated) and schtasks.exe. However, at.exe cannot access tasks created or modified by Control Panel or schtasks.exe. Also, tasks created with at.exe are not interactive by default; interactivity needs to be explicitly requested. The binary ".job" files which the AT command produces are stored in the %WINDIR%\Tasks directory.
Task Scheduler 2.0
Task Scheduler 2.0 was introduced with Windows Vista and included in Windows Server 2008 as well. The redesigned Task Scheduler user interface is now based on Management Console. In addition to running tasks on scheduled times or specified intervals, Task Scheduler 2.0 also supports calendar and event-based triggers, such as starting a task when a particular event is logged to the event log, or when a combination of events has occurred. Also, several tasks that are triggered by the same event can be configured to run either simultaneously or in a pre-determined chained sequence of a series of actions, instead of having to create multiple scheduled tasks. Tasks can also be configured to run based on system status such as being idle for a pre-configured amount of time, on startup, logoff, or only during or for a specified time. XPath expressions can be used to filter events from the Windows Event Log. T |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next%20Byte%20Codes | Next Byte Codes (NBC) is a simple language with an assembly language syntax that can be used to program Lego Mindstorms NXT programmable bricks. The command line compiler outputs NXT compatible machine code, and is supported on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It is maintained by John Hansen, a Mindstorms Developer Program member.
The NBC compiler is released under the Mozilla Public License. The integrated development environment (IDE) is Bricx Command Center.
The NBC debugger was developed by SorosyDotCom and can be downloaded as freeware.
References
External links
Robotics lecture using NBC
Assembly languages
Lego Mindstorms
Robot programming languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXC | NXC may refer to:
nxc, NX technology library
Namco × Capcom, a turn-based strategy console game
Not eXactly C, a high level language, similar to C, built on top of the Next Byte Codes compiler
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
National Express Coaches
National Express Coventry |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20Sports%20%28Wisconsin%29 | Spectrum Sports is a former regional sports network owned by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable, including its Milwaukee and Eastern Wisconsin cable franchises, in May 2016. Broadcasting on Channel 32 exclusively on Charter Spectrum systems in the Milwaukee and Green Bay/Fox Cities areas, the channel launched in February 2007. This is not to be confused with WACY, Green Bay's actual broadcast Channel 32, which airs on Spectrum channel 83 on its northeastern Wisconsin systems.
The channel featured a mix of local sports roundtable discussion shows, UW-Milwaukee Panthers sporting events, programs featuring the former sports directors of several local television stations and newspapers, coaches' shows, high school sports, and other minor professional sports within the Milwaukee and Green Bay franchise areas of Spectrum. Until 2013 the network also aired Marquette Golden Eagles sports, including men's college basketball games from ESPN Plus, rebroadcasts of ESPN Marquette games, other Marquette sports, and archived Marquette sports programming; this was discontinued that year due to the new Big East Conference contract with Fox Sports 1 which will see some games sub-licensed to Fox Sports Wisconsin locally, and the athletic department considering taking their coach's shows online-only or discontinuing them altogether. The Horizon League also moved to a mix of airing their games through ESPN+ and Stadium (the latter sometimes simulcast by WVTV's "My 24" subchannel), leaving the network without much college game programming. The network also had rights through Time Warner Cable/Spectrum's 'official cable partner' designation to carry programming produced by and revolving around the Green Bay Packers.
On May 18, 2016, Charter completed its merger with Time Warner Cable, after an earlier attempt by Comcast to merge with Time Warner had failed the year before, placing the network and Time Warner Cable's Milwaukee operations under the control of Charter. As a result, it and the other ex-TWC RSNs rebranded under the umbrella of Spectrum Sports.
Replacement with Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin
The channel was never added to Charter's legacy systems in Wisconsin. This was due to Spectrum launching a statewide 24-hour news channel, Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin; a lack of sports job postings for the effort suggested that the content of Spectrum Sports would be merged into the new effort, with a relocation of the rebranded channel space to Channel 1 statewide. This was confirmed by Spectrum in October 2018, and Spectrum Sports ended autonomous operations before the launch of the new Spectrum News channel on November 27 at 6 a.m., using space in Spectrum's downtown Milwaukee headquarters. Time Warner planned to launch "Time Warner News Wisconsin" in the mid-2000s before deciding not to launch a news channel at the time and focus on a more scalable local sports channel. The network continued with archived content for the next month, going |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharonov | Aharonov is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dorit Aharonov (born 1970), Israeli computer scientist
Yakir Aharonov (born 1932), Israeli physicist
See also
Aharonov–Bohm effect, quantum mechanical phenomenon
Aharonov–Casher effect, quantum mechanical phenomenon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentation%20%28computer%20programming%29 | In the context of computer programming, instrumentation refers to the measure of a product's performance, in order to diagnose errors and to write trace information. Instrumentation can be of two types: source instrumentation and binary instrumentation.
Output
In programming, instrumentation means:
Profiling: measuring dynamic program behaviors during a training run with a representative input. This is useful for properties of a program that cannot be analyzed statically with sufficient precision, such as alias analysis.
Inserting timers into functions.
Logging major events such as crashes.
Limitations
Instrumentation is limited by execution coverage. If the program never reaches a particular point of execution, then instrumentation at that point collects no data. For instance, if a word processor application is instrumented, but the user never activates the print feature, then the instrumentation can say nothing about the routines which are used exclusively by the printing feature.
Some types of instrumentation may cause a dramatic increase in execution time. This may limit the application of instrumentation to debugging contexts.
See also
Hooking – range of techniques used to alter or augment the behavior of an operating system, of applications, or of other software components by intercepting function calls or messages or events passed between software components.
Instruction set simulator – simulation of all instructions at machine code level to provide instrumentation
Runtime intelligence – technologies, managed services and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of application usage levels, patterns, and practices.
Software performance analysis – techniques to monitor code performance, including instrumentation.
Hardware performance counter
DTrace – A comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time, implemented in Solaris, macOS, FreeBSD, and many other platforms and products.
Java Management Extensions (JMX) – Java technology for managing and monitoring applications, system objects, devices (such as printers), and service-oriented networks.
Application Response Measurement – standardized instrumentation API for C and Java.
Dynamic recompilation – a feature of some emulators and virtual machines where the system may recompile some part of a program during execution.
References
Introduction to Instrumentation and Tracing: Microsoft Developer Network
Apple Developer Tools: Introduction to Instruments
SystemTap provides free software (GPL) infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information about the running Linux system.
cwrap Auto wrap C and C++ functions with instrumentation.
Software optimization
System administration
Management systems
Debugging |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareasale | ShareASale is an affiliate marketing network based in the River North neighborhood in Chicago, IL USA. ShareASale services two customer sets in affiliate marketing: the affiliate, and the merchant.
Affiliates use ShareASale to find products to promote, and earn commission for referrals on those products. Affiliates use their own website, blogs, social media, PPC campaigns, SEO campaigns, RSS and email, as well as a number of other means.
Merchants use ShareASale to implement, track, and manage their affiliate program.
Company history
ShareASale was founded in 2000 by Brian Littleton, and to date has over 16550 merchant programs hosted on its network platform. ShareASale is primarily targeting small and mid-size merchants. ShareASale is among the largest U.S. affiliate networks in terms of number of advertisers who are using an affiliate network to manage their affiliate program.
After many years with the company Brian and Michael Littleton left in 2018.
Ownership
ShareASale was a privately held Chicago, Illinois; USA Corporation when it was founded in 2000.
ShareASale was acquired by Awin that is part of Axel Springer Group on June, 10th 2017 for an undisclosed amount.
See also
Affiliate Networks
Affiliate marketing
References
External links
ShareASale Company Website
Companies based in Chicago
Online advertising services and affiliate networks
Companies established in 2000
Affiliate marketing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecop%202%3A%20The%20Berlin%20Decision | Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (also known as Timecop: The Berlin Decision, and Timecop 2) is a 2003 American direct-to-video cyberpunk science fiction action film directed by Steve Boyum. The film is based on the comic book of the same name by Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden, and is a sequel to 1994's Timecop starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The film stars Jason Scott Lee, with a supporting cast of Thomas Ian Griffith, Mary Page Keller and John Beck. The film was released on DVD and VHS in the United States on September 30, 2003. It is the second installment in the Timecop film series. The film introduces new characters and takes place twenty one years after the previous film.
Plot
In 2025, time travel technology has improved considerably; Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), the agency that monitors time travel, is still keeping the past safe and after the events of the previous film, Society for Historical Authenticity (SHA) is established to ensure that TEC personnel do not alter history. However, the Society's leader, Brandon Miller, believes he has the responsibility to change history based on a "moral obligation to right the wrongs of the past" and plans to do so by traveling back to Berlin in 1940 and kill Adolf Hitler. TEC agent Ryan Chang is sent back to stop him, but in the resulting fight, Miller's wife, Sasha, part of the SHA, ends up dead. Miller is imprisoned in the World Penitentiary for trying to change history, and Ryan Chang begins arresting Miller's close Society friends. In Atlantic City in 1895, Ryan prevents SHA member Frank Knight from robbing Andrew Carnegie. Knight accuses the TEC of being murderers when they execute him. Ryan is haunted by memories of when his father, Josh, died of a brain aneurysm in 2002. Josh was lecturing about time travel at the University of Southern California, and had a heated debate on the morals of altering history.
TEC agent Douglas illegally makes physical contact with his younger self and they are suddenly merged, causing the agent to wink out of existence. Without the agent ever existing, a key Brandon Miller associate isn't arrested and Miller is able to leave prison on a technicality. Miller sets out to eliminate every TEC operative by traveling back in time and killing their ancestors, making it as if the agents never existed. Miller could then change history with impunity since there wasn't anyone to stop him. Eventually, Ryan is the only agent left and he has to stop Miller.
Ryan fights his way through rioters at the World Penitentiary, killing an inmate with a grudge against him on his way to confront Miller, but is unable to convince him that what he wants to do is wrong. Back in his present time, Ryan finds changes to history; Doc is more irascible because her husband was "killed in the war". When he returns to the World Penitentiary, Miller was never there at all. Ryan, becoming less and less capable of surviving all these time jumps, returns to 2025 again. This time, the worl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Collins%20%28computational%20linguist%29 | Michael J. Collins (born 4 March 1970) is a researcher in the field of computational linguistics. He is the Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
His research interests are in natural language processing as well as machine learning and he has made important contributions in statistical parsing and in statistical machine learning. In his studies Collins covers a wide range of topics such as parse re-ranking, tree kernels, semi-supervised learning, machine translation and exponentiated gradient algorithms with a general focus on discriminative models and structured prediction. One notable contribution is a state-of-the-art parser for the Penn Wall Street Journal corpus. As of 11 November 2015, his works have been cited 16,020 times, and he has an h-index of 47.
Collins worked as a researcher at AT&T Labs between January 1999 and November 2002, and later held the positions of assistant and associate professor at M.I.T. Since January 2011, he has been a professor at Columbia University. In 2011, he was named a fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
References
External links
Parser for Penn Wall Street Journal corpus
Collins's Columbia website
Machine learning researchers
Columbia University people
Columbia University faculty
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty
English computer scientists
Artificial intelligence researchers
Living people
1971 births
Corpus linguists
Fellows of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Natural language processing researchers
Computational linguistics researchers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemion%20Fajtlowicz | Siemion Fajtlowicz is a Polish-American mathematician, formerly a professor at the University of Houston. He is known for creating and developing the conjecture-making computer program Graffiti.
Fajtlowicz received his Ph.D. in 1967 or 1968 from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, under the supervision of Edward Marczewski.
References
External links
Siemion Fajtlowicz at Graph Theory White Pages
Archived copy of home page at UH
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Polish mathematicians
21st-century Polish mathematicians
Graph theorists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversight%20Systems | Oversight Systems is a U.S.-based company, founded in 2003, which develops and markets computer software that is intended to help businesses identify employee and vendor fraud, misuse and errors with expense reporting, and billing issues. The software also helps public companies with the monitoring and testing of controls associated with Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance. Oversight's claimed target customers are companies taking in US$600 million or more in yearly revenue.
Ownership
On September 2, 2020 Oversight was acquired by TCV, with Luminate Capital Partners retaining a minority equity partnership.
Oversight Systems' software is intended to detect payments to suspicious vendors and alert authorities when insufficient people are involved in complicated business processes. If a transaction or associated entity is in violation of a given policy, a report is generated and the workflow system transmits the report via e-mail, the user interface and periodic reports.
References
Companies established in 2003
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked%20data | In computing, linked data is structured data which is interlinked with other data so it becomes more useful through semantic queries. It builds upon standard Web technologies such as HTTP, RDF and URIs, but rather than using them to serve web pages only for human readers, it extends them to share information in a way that can be read automatically by computers. Part of the vision of linked data is for the Internet to become a global database.
Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), coined the term in a 2006 design note about the Semantic Web project.
Linked data may also be open data, in which case it is usually described as Linked Open Data.
Principles
In his 2006 "Linked Data" note, Tim Berners-Lee outlined four principles of linked data, paraphrased along the following lines:
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) should be used to name and identify individual things.
HTTP URIs should be used to allow these things to be looked up, interpreted, and subsequently "dereferenced".
Useful information about what a name identifies should be provided through open standards such as RDF, SPARQL, etc.
When publishing data on the Web, other things should be referred to using their HTTP URI-based names.
Tim Berners-Lee later restated these principles at a 2009 TED conference, again paraphrased along the following lines:
All conceptual things should have a name starting with HTTP.
Looking up an HTTP name should return useful data about the thing in question in a standard format.
Anything else that that same thing has a relationship with through its data should also be given a name beginning with HTTP.
Components
Thus, we can identify the following components as essential to a global Linked Data system as envisioned, and to any actual Linked Data subset within it:
URIs
HTTP
Structured data using controlled vocabulary terms and dataset definitions expressed in Resource Description Framework serialization formats such as RDFa, RDF/XML, N3, Turtle, or JSON-LD
Linked Data Platform
Linked open data
Linked open data are linked data that are open data. Tim Berners-Lee gives the clearest definition of linked open data as differentiated from linked data.
Large linked open data sets include DBpedia, Wikibase, Wikidata and Open Icecat.
5-star linked open data
In 2010, Tim Berners-Lee suggested a 5-star scheme for grading the quality of open data on the web, for which the highest ranking is Linked Open Data:
1 star: data is openly available in some format.
2 stars: data is available in a structured format, such as Microsoft Excel file format (.xls).
3 stars: data is available in a non-proprietary structured format, such as Comma-separated values (.csv).
4 stars: data follows W3C standards, like using RDF and employing URIs.
5 stars: all of the others, plus links to other Linked Open Data sources.
History
The term "linked open data" has been in use since at least February 2007, when the "Linking Open Data" mailing list was c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-place%20matrix%20transposition | In-place matrix transposition, also called in-situ matrix transposition, is the problem of transposing an N×M matrix in-place in computer memory, ideally with O(1) (bounded) additional storage, or at most with additional storage much less than NM. Typically, the matrix is assumed to be stored in row-major or column-major order (i.e., contiguous rows or columns, respectively, arranged consecutively).
Performing an in-place transpose (in-situ transpose) is most difficult when N ≠ M, i.e. for a non-square (rectangular) matrix, where it involves a complicated permutation of the data elements, with many cycles of length greater than 2. In contrast, for a square matrix (N = M), all of the cycles are of length 1 or 2, and the transpose can be achieved by a simple loop to swap the upper triangle of the matrix with the lower triangle. Further complications arise if one wishes to maximize memory locality in order to improve cache line utilization or to operate out-of-core (where the matrix does not fit into main memory), since transposes inherently involve non-consecutive memory accesses.
The problem of non-square in-place transposition has been studied since at least the late 1950s, and several algorithms are known, including several which attempt to optimize locality for cache, out-of-core, or similar memory-related contexts.
Background
On a computer, one can often avoid explicitly transposing a matrix in memory by simply accessing the same data in a different order. For example, software libraries for linear algebra, such as BLAS, typically provide options to specify that certain matrices are to be interpreted in transposed order to avoid data movement.
However, there remain a number of circumstances in which it is necessary or desirable to physically reorder a matrix in memory to its transposed ordering. For example, with a matrix stored in row-major order, the rows of the matrix are contiguous in memory and the columns are discontiguous. If repeated operations need to be performed on the columns, for example in a fast Fourier transform algorithm (e.g. Frigo & Johnson, 2005), transposing the matrix in memory (to make the columns contiguous) may improve performance by increasing memory locality. Since these situations normally coincide with the case of very large matrices (which exceed the cache size), performing the transposition in-place with minimal additional storage becomes desirable.
Also, as a purely mathematical problem, in-place transposition involves a number of interesting number theory puzzles that have been worked out over the course of several decades.
Example
For example, consider the 2×4 matrix:
In row-major format, this would be stored in computer memory as the sequence (11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24), i.e. the two rows stored consecutively. If we transpose this, we obtain the 4×2 matrix:
which is stored in computer memory as the sequence (11, 21, 12, 22, 13, 23, 14, 24).
If we number the storage locations 0 to 7, fro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3rarinn%20Skeggjason | Þórarinn Skeggjason (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) was an 11th-century Icelandic skald. According to Skáldatal, he was a court poet of the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada. He composed a drápa on the king. Only one half-stanza of it has been preserved in the kings' sagas. It tells that Harald blinded the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachos. This episode is also mentioned by Þjóðólfr Arnórsson in his Sexstefja.
External links
Þórarinn's drápa in the original language.
11th-century Icelandic poets |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy%20Liquid%20%28comics%29 | Heavy Liquid is a five-issue limited series written by Paul Pope which has science fiction and cyberpunk elements.
Plot
A former police officer known only as "S" operates as a private detective based in New York City, finding people and objects for a fee. S steals a quantity of a strange substance called "Heavy Liquid". On its own, it is a metallic-liquid explosive, but it turns into "black milk" when cooked, and exhibits mind-altering, drug-like properties. A mysterious art collector who also has a quantity of Heavy Liquid wishes to hire S to find a missing artist named Rodan Esperella (coincidentally S's ex-lover), whom he hopes will create a piece out of the Heavy Liquid for him. In the meantime, assassins are on S's trail, looking to retrieve the stolen Heavy Liquid. S finally trails Esperella to Paris, and he tries to broker a deal between her and the art collector. Esperella promises to sculpt a masterpiece on the condition that she never see S again. His job done, S boards a train heading to Prague, where he is cornered by one of his pursuers. S then discovers from his pursuer that the Heavy Liquid is alien in origin, and may even possess some form of consciousness. Ingesting the drug himself, S escapes by jumping onto another train, his physical abilities dramatically increased by the Heavy Liquid. S comes to understand its nature as a medium containing an alien intelligence. Ultimately, on the European train, S experiences first contact with the being.
Collected editions
The full series was collected in a single hardcover from DC Comics ().
A second collection of the five original issues was collected by Image Comics in 2019 ().
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMP | OMP may refer to:
OMP Racing, an Italian manufacturer of racing car equipment
Ontario Model Parliament, a model parliament for high school students in Canada
OpenMP, an application programming interface
Oregon Mozart Players, a professional chamber orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon
Online marketing platform, an integrated set of web-based marketing tools
Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej, Polish think tank
Orthogonal matching pursuit
Organic micropollutant
Overlay Management Protocol, network protocol in Cisco SD-WAN products
Open Monograph Press, an open source publishing platform
Biology
Orotidine monophosphate, a nucleotide
Osteoblast milk protein, a milk additive
Outer membrane proteins, found in the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria
Oral Micronized Progesterone |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol%20Duvall | Carol-Jean Duvall (née Reihmer; January 10, 1926 – July 31, 2023) was an American television personality known for hosting arts and crafts-themed programming. After beginning her career on local television in Michigan, she gradually rose to national prominence. From 1994 to 2005, she hosted The Carol Duvall Show, which aired on HGTV and later on the DIY Network.
Early life
Carol-Jean Reihmer was born in Milwaukee on January 10, 1926, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Carl Duvall in 1945; they had two sons and later divorced. Duvall graduated from Michigan State University.
Career
Duvall's television career began on a children's show in Grand Rapids in 1951. A local radio station bought a television station and she and a friend decided to go and audition. The station liked what they had to offer and Duvall was hired. By the end of the first year, she was doing seventeen live shows a week. In 1962 the manager of the station moved to WWJ-TV in Detroit and hired Duvall to work there. She spent 18 years in a variety of positions, ranging from news anchor to co-producer and host of her first craft-oriented program, "Here's Carol Duvall".
One day she received a call from a man she had met when he was still an intern in Cleveland. He was putting together a new show called the Home Show and they needed a craft person. The show was picked up by ABC and ran for six years.
When the Home Show came to an end in 1994, the host Robb Weller formed a production company with Gary Grossman which developed The Carol Duvall Show. The program ran on HGTV from 1994 until 2005, then on DIY Network from 2005 until the end of 2009.
Death
Duvall died at a retirement home in Traverse City, Michigan, on July 31 2023, at the age of 97.
Publications
Wanna Make Something Out of It? (1972), Nash Publishing
Paper Crafting with Carol Duvall (2007), DRG Publishing
Art Unscripted, An artist retreat hosted by Carol Duvall (2008) DVD, directed by Suzanne Lamar
Filmography
Home (1988–1993)
The Carol Duvall Show (1994–2005)
Carol Duvall's Holiday Workshop (2001)
References
External links
HGTV shows
Interview with Carol Duvall at Girlfriendology
1926 births
2023 deaths
20th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American women writers
American television personalities
American women television personalities
American women non-fiction writers
Michigan State University alumni
People from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Television personalities from Michigan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTC%20Wireless | GTC Wireless is a telecommunication corporation founded in 1997. Since it was sold in 2007, its operations are solely in the wireless phone service. They are an MVNO on the AT&T network.
History
Originally GTC Telecom, GTC Wireless was founded in 1997 and changed its name in 2006. This follows their intent of shifting to being a Mobile Virtual Network Operator.
GTC Wireless was sold to Atrium Wireless Partners, LLC in November, 2007. They are an independent company and are no longer affiliated with GTC Telecom.
References
External links
GTC Wireless
Internet service providers of the United States
Mobile phone companies of the United States
Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman%20%28TV%20series%29 | Journeyman is an American science-fiction romance television series created by Kevin Falls for 20th Century Fox Television which aired on the NBC television network. It starred Kevin McKidd as Dan Vasser, a San Francisco reporter who involuntarily travels through time. Alex Graves, who directed the pilot, and Falls served as executive producers.
The show premiered on September 24, 2007, airing Mondays at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The initial order from the network was for 13 episodes, all of which were produced prior to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike by screenwriters. However, the series suffered from low ratings, and NBC canceled it in April 2008. The final episode of Journeyman aired on Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
Plot
The series centers on Dan Vasser, a newspaper reporter living with his wife Katie and young son Zack in San Francisco. For an unknown reason, one day he begins "jumping" backward in time. He soon learns that each series of jumps follows the life of a person whose destiny he is meant to change. Dan's jumping affects his family life and his job, and instills suspicion in his brother Jack, a police detective. While in the past, Dan reconnects with his ex-fiancée, Livia, whom he had believed was killed in a plane crash but who is actually a fellow time traveler.
Fictional cosmology
Dan's temporal displacements, colloquially referred to as "shifts," exhibit an apparent lack of pattern or predictability. Preceding each jump, Dan experiences a sensation in his head that varies in timing, ranging from immediate to several seconds in advance. Initially, these sensations manifested as headaches, although their intensity gradually diminished as the series progressed. It is worth noting that Dan possesses no conscious control over these shifts.
The initial leap thrusts Dan several decades into the past, with subsequent jumps progressively bringing him closer to the present, typically spanning several years per leap. In the series finale, Dan encounters Evan, who discloses his own identity as a fellow traveler, suggesting that Evan, too, has experienced haphazard jumps across various time periods. Livia, another character, also alludes to her own multitude of jumps, albeit distinct from Dan's experiences.
Dan's jumps materialize through the manifestation of a small blue flash and a rippling effect, causing him to seemingly vanish from the present and instantaneously appear in the past. During his absence from the present, the duration of time is unrelated to the period spent in the past. These disappearances and reappearances are seldom witnessed by others. Notably, Dan does not reemerge at the same location he departed from; instead, he materializes in close proximity to the individual he is destined to assist. His jumps predominantly confine him to the San Francisco region, the area of his departure. Initially, upon arrival in the past, Dan remains unconscious. However, as the series progresses, he gains some measure of contro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phellopsis%20obcordata | Phellopsis obcordata is a beetle of the Family Zopheridae.
Zopheridae
Beetles described in 1873 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagesschau | (German for View of the Day) is the name of a news and public affairs program shared by three networks in Europe:
(German TV programme), broadcast by ARD
, broadcast by Swiss television SRF 1
(Italian TV programme), broadcast by RAI Sender Bozen in South Tyrol, Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoodRadio.TV | Good Radio Networks LLC, doing business as GoodRadio.TV, was a West Palm Beach, Florida based radio ownership group headed by former Pax president Dean Goodman. Partners in this venture include former NAB Chairman Eddie Fritz, and former founder of NextMedia, Carl Hirsch.
GoodRadio was established in late-2006 with the purchase of six stations in Iowa. It later acquired The Shepherd Group's 8 FM and 8 AM stations, all in Missouri, in February 2007. In 2007, Good Radio had plans to acquire 200 smaller-market radio stations from Clear Channel Communications, but the deal fell through when its financing group, American Securities Capital Partners, objected to the deal's $452 million cost.
In 2013, GoodRadio was folded into a larger holding company known as Digity, LLC, also owned by Goodman, joining a sister group of stations in West Palm under the banner West Palm Broadcasting. The reorganization came alongside Digity's purchase of NextMedia. Digity was in turn acquired by Larry Wilson's Alpha Media in February 2016.
List of stations
In Iowa
KMCD 1570 AM in Fairfield, Iowa
KKFD 95.9 FM in Fairfield, Iowa
KGRN 1410 AM in Grinnell, Iowa
KRTI 106.7 FM in Grinnell, Iowa
KCOB 1280 AM in Newton, Iowa
KCOB-FM 95.9 FM in Newton, Iowa
In Missouri
KAAN 870 AM in Bethany, Missouri
KAAN 95.5 FM in Bethany, Missouri
KMRN 1360 FM in Cameron, Missouri
KKWK 100.1 FM in Cameron, Missouri
KDKD 1280 AM in Clinton, Missouri
KDKD 95.3 FM in Clinton, Missouri
KREI 800 AM in Farmington, Missouri
KTJJ 98.5 FM in Farmington, Missouri
KJFF 1400 AM in Farmington, Missouri
KBNN 750 AM in Lebanon, Missouri
KJEL 103.7 FM in Lebanon, Missouri
KXEA 104.9 FM in Lowry City, Missouri
KIRK 99.9 FM in Macon, Missouri
KTCM 97.3 FM in Madison, Missouri
KWIX 1230 AM in Moberly, Missouri
KRES 104.7 FM in Moberly, Missouri
KJPW 1390 AM in Waynesville, Missouri
KFBD 97.9 FM in Waynesville, Missouri
KIIK 1270 AM in Waynesville, Missouri
KOZQ 102.3 FM in Waynesville, Missouri
Despite the use of "TV" in its name, GoodRadio.TV never had any television stations in its ownership group.
References
External links
GoodRadio.tv
Companies based in Palm Beach County, Florida
Radio stations established in 2007
American companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Florida
Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World-Check | World-Check is a database of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and heightened risk individuals and organizations, used around the world to help to identify and manage financial, regulatory and reputational risk. World Check formed part of the Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions suite before being transferred to Refinitiv after a merger deal with The Blackstone Group in October 2018.
The creation of the database was in response to legislation aimed at reducing the incidence of financial crimes. At first, World-Check's intelligence was used by banks and financial institutions as a comprehensive solution for assessing, managing and remediating risk. However, as legislation became more complex and its reach increasingly global, the demand for such intelligence has grown beyond the financial sector to include organisations from all sectors.
Research coverage
World-Check's research team monitors emerging risks in more than 60 languages, covering over 240 countries and territories worldwide. All information used is in the public domain and research analysts profile individuals and entities using open-source research methodology (OSINT) while adhering to strict protocol such as that laid down by the Data Protection Act (UK).
A team of analysts correlates sanction and embargo lists from around the world, including lists such as OFAC, UK HMT, EU, OSFI, FATF and the Australian DFAT. Regulatory and enforcement lists are monitored as well as lists of debarred and banned parties. Specific areas of interest, such as terrorism, organised crime and the Middle East, are covered by specialist teams.
History
World-Check was founded in 2000 by David Leppan and Laura Aboli and registered in London, to address the risk mitigation requirements of the banking community. It provides information to help businesses comply with regulations and identify potential financial crime. World-Check serves the know your customer (KYC) and third-party screening needs of large firms, and helps businesses comply with anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism legislation.
In 2008, World-Check launched Country-Check, an index which ranks over 240 countries and territories worldwide in terms of risk. A statistical algorithm is used to aggregate various information sources across political, financial and criminal factors which quantifies risk attached to customers and transactions according to their country of origin. Based on statistics, Country-Check provides intelligence for informed decision-making, useful for mergers and acquisitions, security of supply chain, cross border expansion and exploration, and production.
In 2009, World-Check acquired IntegraScreen, a provider of enhanced due diligence reporting services. IntegraScreen reports are used when a detailed background check on any entity or individual is required, and research can be carried out no matter where the location.
In 2011, World-Check received independent assurance under the Internation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRUP | WRUP (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Palmer, Michigan in Northern Upper Peninsula broadcasting a satellite-fed classic rock format from Jones Radio Networks. The station was previously a country and then an oldies station (as WHCH "Hot Country Hits" and then "Oldies 98") before changing over to the current format. The station transmits its signal from an antenna 1,018 feet in height atop a hill located northwest of Marquette and broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 2,600 watts. WRUP's transmitter was moved in October 2008 to Marquette County from Munising where it had been located since the station first went on the air in 1974.
As WQXO-FM, the station in the early 1970s simulcast the MOR/adult contemporary format of AM sister WGON (later and now WQXO) during the day, and aired beautiful music during non-simulcast dayparts. By the early 1980s, WQXO-AM/FM were simulcast 24/7 with an adult contemporary format. This was followed in the early 1990s by the WHCH calls and country and then oldies music, and then the current calls and format.
The WRUP calls were previously used in Marquette, Michigan in the 1980s on 103.3 FM as "UP 103"; the station is now WFXD.
WRUP is the home and official broadcaster of the Michigan state champion of the Ishpeming Hematites. They are also a part of the Packers Radio Network, broadcasting all Green Bay Packer Games.
References
Sources
Michiguide.com - WRUP History
Great Lakes Radio - WRUP-FM
External links
WRUP.com - Official Site
RUP
Classic rock radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1971 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM%20Okinawa | is an FM radio station in Okinawa, Japan. The station is an affiliate of the Japan FM Network (JFN). It started broadcasting on September 1, 1984, replacing its existing AM radio station which started broadcasting in February 1958.
The station is also receivable at Yoronjima in Kagoshima Prefecture and parts of the Amami Islands. Some of the station's programs are also broadcast on FM Miyako (76.5 MHz), a community FM radio station for the Miyako-jima island due to no relay transmitters in Sakishima Islands and Daito Island.
The station is also receivable in Honshu in good conditions during Sporadic E layer outbreak layer conditions which happen from the middle of May until late June.
The station broadcasts 24 hours a day which starts at 5:00 am every day. However the station will be closed for maintenance between 1:00 and 5:00 am on Monday early mornings (Sunday late night).
External links
FM OKINAWA
Radio stations established in 1984
Radio in Japan
Companies based in Okinawa Prefecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply%20chain%20network | A supply-chain network (SCN) is an evolution of the basic supply chain. Due to rapid technological advancement, organizations with a basic supply chain can develop this chain into a more complex structure involving a higher level of interdependence and connectivity between more organizations, this constitutes a supply-chain network.
A supply-chain network can be used to highlight interactions between organizations as well as to show the flow of information and materials across organizations. Supply-chain networks are now more global than ever and are typically structured with five key areas: external suppliers, production centers, distribution centers (DCs), demand zones, and transportation assets.
Overview
All organizations can purchase the components to build a supply-chain network, it is the collection of physical locations, transportation vehicles and supporting systems through which the products and services firm markets are managed and ultimately delivered.
Physical locations included in a supply-chain network can be manufacturing plants, storage warehouses, carrier cross-docks, major distribution centers, ports, intermodal terminals whether owned by a company, suppliers, a transport carrier, a third-party logistics provider, a retail store or an end customer. Transportation modes that operate within a supply-chain network can include the many different types of trucks, trains for boxcar or intermodal unit movement, container ships or cargo planes.
There are many systems which can be utilized to manage and improve a supply-chain network include Order Management Systems, Warehouse Management System, Transportation Management Systems, Strategic Logistics Modelling, Inventory Management Systems, Replenishment Systems, Supply Chain Visibility, Optimization Tools and more. Emerging technologies and standards such as the RFID and the GS1 Global Standards are now making it possible to automate these Supply Chain Networks in a real time manner making them more efficient than the simple supply chain of the past.
Supply-Chain Network Design
A supply-chain network can be strategically designed in such a way as to reduce the cost of the supply chain; it has been suggested by experts that 80% of supply chain costs are determined by location of facilities and the flow of product between the facilities. Supply chain network design is sometimes referred to as 'Network Modelling', due to the fact a mathematical model can be created to optimize the supply-chain network.
Companies have been led to modify their basic supply chain, investing in the tools and resources to develop an improved SCN design that takes into account taxation regulations, new entrants into their industry and availability of resources, has resulted in more complex network designs.
Designing a SCN involves creating a network that incorporates all the facilities, means of production, products, and transportation assets owned by the organization or those not owned by the organiza |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan%20TV | Sudan TV (), run by the Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation (SNBC), is an Arabic language television network. It is Sudan's national network and is government-owned and operated. Sudan TV is one of six television networks in the country.
History
In 1962, Sudan TV started broadcasting in the Khartoum region. The signal was accessible in the three municipalities of greater Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri. One year later, General Mohmaed Talat Fareed established the station as a national broadcaster and signed a contract with a West-German broadcaster to provide technical support, cameras and recorders.
In the 1970s, Sudan TV expanded its transmission range, when the General Company for Wireless and Wired Telecommunications built a satellite station. In 1976, Sudan TV started transmitting in colour.
Programming
Programming includes news, prayers, Qur'an recitation and a variety of entertainment, such as children's programmes, talent contests, dramas and documentaries. A military censor works with Sudan TV to make sure the programmes reflect government policy.
Stations
Sudan TV broadcasts on two channels and is also available via satellite.
See also
Communications in Sudan
Media of Sudan
References
Mass media in Sudan
Arabic-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1962
Television stations in Sudan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobutane%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on isobutane.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
Spectral data
References
Chemical data pages
Alkanes
Butane
Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20paradise%20flycatcher | The black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird native to southeastern Asia. It is a glossy black, chestnut and white bird, slightly smaller than either the Amur paradise flycatcher or Blyth's paradise flycatcher, but similar in appearance. Males have exceptionally long tails. Females are generally duller in appearance and have shorter tails.
It is a migratory species, breeding in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the far north of the Philippines. Outside the breeding season it migrates to China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, other parts of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra, Indonesia.
Taxonomy and systematics
The black paradise flycatcher was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise-flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its members in Australasia and tropical southern Asia.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:
T. a. atrocaudata - (Eyton, 1839): Breeds in central and southern Korea and Japan, wintering in Southeast Asia from Philippines to Sumatra. Seen as a spring and fall migrant through Southeast Asia including eastern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
T. a. illex - Bangs, 1901: Originally described as a separate species. Smaller and darker than the nominate subspecies. Breeds on the Ryukyu Islands and is presumed to be resident.
T. a. periophthalmica - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895): Originally described as a separate species. Similar to illex but male has a purplish-back mantle and grey-black underparts with more restricted white on the belly. Found on Lanyu Island (off of southeast Taiwan) and Batan Island (northern Philippines)
Description
The black paradise flycatcher is similar in appearance to both the Amur paradise flycatcher and Blyth's paradise flycatcher, but is slightly smaller. Mature males have a black hood with a purplish-blue gloss which shades into blackish-grey on the chest. The underparts are off-white to white. The mantle, back, wings and rump are plain dark chestnut. The tail has extremely long black central feathers, which are shorter in immature males. Unlike the Asian paradise flycatcher there is no white morph. The female resembles the male but is duller and darker brown on the chestnut areas. It has black legs and feet, a large black eye with a blue eye-ring, and a short blue bill.
The song is rendered in Japanese as tsuki-hi-hoshi, hoi-hoi-hoi, which translates to Moon-Sun-Stars and gives the Japanese name of the bird サンコウチョウ (三光鳥) sankōchō (literally, bird of three lights, i.e. moon, sun, star, from san three + kō lights + chō bird).
Distribution and habitat
In Jeju-do of South Korea, Gotjawal Forest, a forest formed on a rocky area of volcanic AA Lava, is one of the important breeding sites of black paradise flycatcher |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWGV-AM | DWGV (792 AM), broadcasting as GVAM 792, is a radio station owned and operated by GV Radios Network Corporation, a subsidiary of Apollo Broadcast Investors through its licensee Cignal TV/MediaScape Inc. The station's studio are located at the 4th Floor, PG Building, McArthur Highway, Barangay Balibago, and its transmitter is located at Sitio Target, Sapangbato, Angeles City. It is the only AM radio station in Pampanga. It operates daily from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN.
Awards
References
Radio stations in Angeles City
Radio stations established in 1996 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitioning%20Communication%20System | Partitioning Communication System is a computer and communications security architecture based on an information flow separation policy. The PCS extends the four foundational security policies of a MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security) software architecture to the network:
End-to-end Information Flow
End-to-end Data Isolation
End-to-end Periods Processing
End-to-end Damage Limitation
The PCS leverages software separation to enable application layer entities to enforce, manage, and control application layer security policies in such a manner that the application layer security policies are:
Non-bypassable
Evaluatable
Always-invoked
Tamper-proof
The result is a communications architecture that allows a software separation kernel and the PCS to share responsibility of security with the application.
The PCS was invented by OIS. OIS collaborated extensively on the requirements for the PCS with:
National Security Agency
Air Force Research Laboratory
University of Idaho
Lockheed Martin
Boeing
Rockwell Collins
References
Presentation at OMG Software Based Communications Workshop
Operating system security |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20One%20with%20All%20the%20Cheesecakes | "The One with All the Cheesecakes" is the eleventh episode of Friends seventh season. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on January 4, 2001.
Plot
Chandler eats from a box of cheesecake that was mistakenly delivered to his door instead of one of his neighbors and falls in love with it. He gives a bite to Rachel and she loves it too, but both of them feel guilty for stealing the cake. When another cheesecake gets delivered to his apartment by accident again two days later, Chandler and Rachel return the cheesecake to their neighbor's doorstep, before ironically heading to Chicago to eat lunch at the restaurant where the cheesecakes are made. Upon returning, they find the cheesecake untouched at their neighbor's door, and promptly steal it. Chandler catches Rachel eating the cheesecake alone and says he does not trust her with it. They decide to split it, but in the process; Rachel ends up dropping both her half in the hallway, and when Chandler gloats about it, she drops his half as well. Joey catches them eating the cheesecake on the floor and joins them without thinking twice.
Meanwhile, Monica feels bad that Ross was invited to their cousin Frannie's wedding while she was not. Ross tells Monica that they did not invite her to the wedding because there was limited seating available. Monica makes Ross cancel on his date Joan, the assistant professor from the linguistic department, by telling him that she cares about family and does not want to miss out on her cousin's wedding. Monica confronts Frannie at the wedding and asks her why she was not invited. She then realizes that Frannie has married Stuart, one of Monica's ex-boyfriends.
Phoebe and Joey make plans for their monthly dinner where they discuss the other four, but Joey cancels as he has a date. This annoys Phoebe and Joey tells her he will make it up to her by taking her out for dinner the next night. Phoebe bumps into David, the scientist guy, at Central Perk. David says that he is only in New York for one day for a conference on Positronic distillation of sub-atomic particles. He asks Phoebe out and Monica convinces her that she can make Joey understand why she cancelled on him. Phoebe decides that she will finish up with Joey early and then meet David. Joey finds out about her plans from Chandler and intentionally delays her at the restaurant. Phoebe tells him that she has a date with David and leaves to meet with him. The two manage to have a quick rendezvous at her apartment before David leaves for Minsk. He implies he loves her but says that saying it out loud would make it unbearable for him to leave her. Joey witnesses this and tries to comfort a saddened Phoebe, understanding how upset she felt the first time David left her.
Reception
Digital Spy picked the episode as one of the season's highlights. They also ranked it the eleventh best Friends episode.
GamesRadar+ ranked it the fourteenth best episode from the show.
BuzzFeed ranked "The One with All the C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Muslim%20Civil%20Rights%20Advocacy%20Network | The Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN) was established in April 2004 after the arrest and detention of medical student Izhar ul-Haque in Sydney on terrorism related charges of attending a training camp in Pakistan. The organisation aims to prevent the erosion of the civil rights of all Australians, and to do this through providing a Muslim perspective in the civil rights debate. It engages in political lobbying and legislative reform, grassroots community education, collaboration with both Muslim and non-Muslim organisations on civil rights, and communication to wider Australian society through the media.
Co-convenors of the organisation include Dr Waleed Kadous, a computer scientist of Egyptian background; and Amir Butler, an author and engineer, as well as the executive director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC). AMCRAN joined the Civil Rights Network and other civil liberties organisations in campaigning against the powers of the Australian anti-terrorism legislation, 2004.
In July 2004 AMCRAN produced and distributed, in cooperation with the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Terrorism Laws: ASIO, the Police and You. The Pamphlet provides advice to Muslims and the wider community on the impact of new Terrorism laws. A second edition of the booklet is being produced by AMCRAN and the University of Technology, Sydney Community Law Centre in 2007.
As part of its campaign against the Government's Terrorism laws, in September 2005 Agnes Chong of the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network voiced concern about legislation, which included proposals for police powers to detain suspects without charge for a fortnight. "We know of at least 18 people who have been questioned and detained under ASIO warrants," she said, also cmplaining about the secrecy involved in each case. "Do you want the same thing that is happening elsewhere in the world happening in Australia? … We are not going to stand for this. We have to use every legitimate means to prevent unjust laws …" she told a reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald.
When the Federal Government announced proposals in September 2005 to introduce tough new laws prohibiting the "incitement of violence", many civil rights groups protested saying the proposed laws threatened free speech, including AMCRAN Co-convenor Waleed Kadous who said he was "deeply concerned about how this will impact on quite legitimate free speech".
Control orders: In November 2005 a submission by the organisation to a Parliamentary committee said "Of particular concern to the Muslim community is that the low test for control orders potentially opens the door for racial or religious profiling … whether it be officially or unofficially," the submission says. This could happen at the level of grassroots policing or in the court room." it said. "In the courtroom, there is a real possibility that the fact that a person prays at a particular mosque, or that they are devout Muslims, co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Competition%20Network | The International Competition Network (ICN) is an informal, virtual network that seeks to facilitate cooperation between competition law authorities globally. It was established in 2001 after the publication of a Final Report of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee to the US Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (or the ICPAC report, for short). Competition law experts in the US recommended that increased collaboration with overseas authorities could contribute to the coordination of enforcement and sharing of information on competition policy globally. It comprised 132 member states from 120 competition jurisdiction exclusively devoted to international competition enforcement.
Leadership
The ICN is currently chaired by of Germany. Lina Khan, the chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, was chosen to serve as the ICN's vice chair in December 2022.
History
Its first annual conference was held in Naples, Italy in September 2002, with representatives from 59 countries and NGOs. The second conference was in June 2003 in Merida, Mexico. Working groups review different policy areas, such as mergers or competition advocacy. The last annual conference was hosted by Competition Commission of Singapore in April 2016. The upcoming annual conference will be hosted by Portuguese Competition Authority in May 2017. It will be hosted by Competition Commission of India in March - April 2018 at New Delhi.
References
External links
International Competition Network
Organizations established in 2001
International law organizations
Competition law
Competition regulators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Hazard | New Hazard was a professional wrestling stable in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate, formed in April 2007. It was founded by former Typhoon and Muscle Outlaw'z members BxB Hulk and Cyber Kong, intending to compete with the two opposing factions. Shingo Takagi and Yamato, who were on tours of the United States at the time, were also announced as members. Jack Evans, a member of Muscle Outlaw'z, joined in May 2007, teaming with Yamato as a mystery partner to defeat the MO'z team of Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino. Hulk, Kong and Takagi are former two-time holders of the Open the Triangle Gate title.
History
On April 17, 2007, a 7-on-7 elimination match was scheduled between the Typhoon and Muscle Outlawz factions; in the weeks leading up to this match, Cima and Naruki Doi (from Typhoon and MO'z respectively) proclaimed that someone on the opposing team would betray their partners. Typhoon won the match, after which BxB Hulk, a Typhoon member, attacked Cima, presumably to join Muscle Outlaw'z. Cyber Kong of MO'z also attacked his faction partner, Gamma, and Hulk and Kong shook hands, announcing the formation of a new stable. They said they would be joined by Shingo Takagi and Yamato Onodera, both wrestling in the U.S. at the time.
Takagi returned on May 6, teaming with Hulk to defeat the Tozawa-juku team of Akira Tozawa and Kenichiro Arai; Onodera, using his former ring name Yamato, returned the following night, teaming with Hulk, Kong and Takagi to defeat Muscle Outlaw'z. After the match, the four unveiled their name and logo, proclaiming themselves New Hazard. On May 10, Jack Evans, at the time a member of MO'z, revealed himself as the mystery partner of Yamato for a tag team match against Muscle's Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino, in which NH emerged victorious. On that same night, Takagi, Hulk and Kong defeated Typhoon's Cima, Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka to claim the Open the Triangle Gate title, winning their first title since New Hazard's formation just 23 days prior. Their first and only defense came on July 1, defeating the Muscle Outlaw'z team of Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and Magnitude Kishiwada at Dragon Gate's annual Kobe World Hall event under controversial circumstances, as the referee counted Yoshino's shoulders down for a pinfall despite Yoshino having kicked out after a two count.
On July 10, BxB Hulk suffered a broken jaw in a match against Ryo Saito in a tournament to decide the #1 contender to the Open the Dream Gate title; this forced New Hazard to vacate the Triangle Gate title on July 13. As a result, a scheduled title rematch against Doi, Yoshino and Kishiwada was changed to a decision match featuring the same Muscle Outlaw'z team facing Kong, Takagi and Jack Evans, with MO'z coming out on top.
On November 9, Yamato invited Shinobu (who performed previously as Super Shenlong in Dragon Gate) to join New Hazard, after he lost a Mascara contra Caballera (mask vs. hair) match to Yūki Ōno. Shinobu accepted Yamato's invitation, b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic%20inscription%20N%20351 | N 351 is the Rundata catalog number for a medieval runic inscription carved on a piece of wood that was found at the north portal of the Borgund stave church in Norway.
Description
This runic inscription states that it was carved by a man named Þórir into a piece of wood while visiting the church during the mass of Saint Olaf during the Middle Ages. Olaf was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028 C.E. and legally recognized Christianity as the nation's religion in 1024, and in the century after his death was recognized as a saint. His feast day is celebrated on July 29, the date of his death.
The inscription testifies to lingering beliefs in the pagan Norns, the female beings who rule the fates of the various races in Norse mythology. Here Þórir blames the Norns for his troubles, just as the characters do in the Reginsmál and Sigurðarkviða hin skamma of the Poetic Edda. One of the Bryggen inscriptions, listed as B145 or as N B145 M under Rundata, also refers to the Norns.
Inscription
Transliteration from Scandinavian Runic-text Database (Rundata).
Transcription
þo=rir · ræist · runa=r · þessa=r · þan · olaus·mess·o=æpþa=n ¶ …r han · fo=r · he=r um ¶ ⁓ bæþe= =ge=rþo= =no=(r)ne=r · uæl · o=k · il=la · mikla · møþe ¶ g skapaþu · þær mer
Transliteration
Þórir reist rúnar þessar þann Ólausmessaptan, [e]r han fór hér um. Bæði gerðu nornir vel ok illa, mikla mœði … skǫpuðu þær mér.
Translation
Þórir carved these runes on the eve of Olaus-mass, when he travelled past here. The norns did both good and evil, great toil … they created for me.
See also
List of runestones
References
Other sources
Simek, Rudolf (translated by Angela Hall) (1996). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D. S. Brewer. , p. 237.
Runic inscriptions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule | The 2007–08 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2007 through August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2006–07 season. The schedule was affected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. After that, the next disruption to the networks' primetime schedules would not occur until the 2020–21 season, whose network schedules were affected by the suspension of film and television productions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 14, 2007, followed by ABC on May 15, CBS on May 16, Fox and The CW on May 17, and MyNetworkTV on August 24, 2007.
This was the first TV season where Nielsen Media Research kept track of DVR ratings (live plus same day; C3; live plus 7)
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
All NBC programming from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, was pre-empted for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating in parentheses (#rank / rating), as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
Legend
Sunday
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition aired two-hour episodes on January 13 through January 27.
Viva Laughlin aired two episodes (the pilot on October 18 and the 2nd episode on October 21) before it was cancelled.
Monday
NBC aired Clash of the Choirs for four consecutive nights starting on December 17, 2007.
ABC aired Duel for six nights for the week starting on December 17, 2007.
American Gladiators premiered Sunday, January 6, 2008, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central before moving to Mondays at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered Sunday, January 13, 2008, at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central before moving to Mondays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.
Season 7 of 24 was supposed to start in 2008, but delayed to 2009 due to the WGA strike.
Tuesday
According to Jim premiered on January 1, 2008, with two 30-minute episodes. Then on January 9, 2008, it only aired one episode for the night.
One Tree Hill premiered on January 8, 2008, with a two-hour premiere.
American Idol premiered on January 15 to 16, 2008 with two hour episodes each night.
NBC aired quarterlife on February 26, 2008. After the first episode failed to earn the ratings the network had hoped, NBC announced that the series would be canceled after airing only one episode. Its remaining episodes would air on sibling channel Bravo.
Miss Guided aired a "sneak-peek" on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, following Dancing with the Star |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOFR | WOFR (89.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Schoolcraft, Michigan, it began broadcasting in 2003. WOFR is an affiliate of the reorganized Family Radio network and airs several Christian ministry broadcasts from noted teachers such as RC Sproul, Alistair Begg, Ken Ham, John F. MacArthur, Adriel Sanchez, Dennis Rainey, John Piper, & others as well as traditional and modern hymns & songs by Keith & Kristyn Getty, The Master's Chorale, Fernando Ortega, Chris Rice, Shane & Shane, Sovereign Grace Music, Sara Groves, & multiple other Christian and Gospel music artists.
References
Michiguide.com - WOFR History
External links
Family Radio stations
Radio stations established in 2003
OFR |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AROS%20Research%20Operating%20System | AROS Research Operating System (AROS, pronounced "AR-OS") is a free and open-source multi media centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 application programming interface (API). Designed to be portable and flexible. , ports are available for personal computers (PCs) based on x86 and PowerPC, in native and hosted flavors, with other architectures in development. In a show of full circle development, AROS has been ported to the Motorola 68000 series (m68k) based Amiga 1200, and there is also an ARM port for the Raspberry Pi series.
Name and identity
AROS originally stood for Amiga Research Operating System, but to avoid any trademark issues with the Amiga name, it was changed to the recursive acronym AROS Research Operating System.
The mascot of AROS is an anthropomorphic cat named Kitty, created by Eric Schwartz and officially adopted by the AROS Team in December 2002.
Used in the core AROS About and installer tools, it was also adopted by several AROS community sites and early distributions.
Other AROS identifiable symbols and logos are based around the cat shape, such as the Icaros logo, which is a stylised cat's eye, or AFA (Aros For Amiga).
Current status
The project, begun in 1995, has over the years become an almost "feature complete" implementation of AmigaOS which, as of May 2017, only lacks a few areas of functionality. This was achieved by the efforts of a small team of developers.
It can be installed on most IBM PC compatibles, and features native graphics drivers for video cards such as the GeForce range made by Nvidia. As of May 2007 USB keyboards and mice are also supported. AROS has been ported to the Sam440ep PowerPC board and a first test version for the Efika was released in 2009.
While the OS is still lacking in applications, a few have been ported, including E-UAE, an emulation program that allows m68k-native AmigaOS applications to run. Some AROS-specific applications have also been written. AROS has TCP/IP networking support, and has available an experimental version of AMosaic web browser, for test purposes, among other Internet-related applications. The Poseidon USB stack has been ported to AROS.
AROS is designed to be source-compatible with AmigaOS. On m68k Amiga hardware it is also binary-compatible, so binaries already compiled for AmigaOS 3 can be run on AROS. On x86 IA-32 32-bit platforms Janus-UAE, an enhanced E-UAE, integrates Amiga emulation directly into AROS to run AmigaOS m68k binaries nearly transparent to the user. , original AmigaOS 3 operating system files are needed for the emulation.
The aim of AROS is to remain aloof of the legal and political spats that have plagued other AmigaOS implementations by being independent of hardware and of any central control. The de facto motto of AROS, "No schedule and rocking" both lampoons the infamous words "On Schedule and Rockin" from Amiga, Inc. CEO Bill McEwen, and declares a lack of the formal deadlines.
A workable AmigaOS Kickstart clone for the Motor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issues%20and%20Answers | Issues and Answers was a once-weekly TV news program that was telecast by the American Broadcasting Company network from November 1960 to November 1981. The series was distributed to the ABC affiliate stations on Sunday afternoons for either live broadcast or video taped for later broadcast.
Issues and Answers was ABC's response to such TV programs as NBC's Meet the Press and CBS's Face the Nation. It featured TV reporters interviewing selected newsmakers of the contemporary time period – mostly government officials, both domestic and foreign. Unlike the other networks' news-interview TV programs, which featured newspaper and radio reporters along with TV correspondents, Issues and Answers more commonly featured only ABC News correspondents.
The program's theme song for many years was the third movement (the "Song of the Blacksmith") of the Second Suite in F for Military Band (Op. 28, No. 2) by Gustav Holst.
For its entire run it was produced by Margaret "Peggy" Whedon, one of ABC's first female correspondents.
Issues and Answers was canceled in 1981, succeeded by the 60-minute This Week with David Brinkley.
References
External links
Issues and Answers at IMDB
ABC News
1960 American television series debuts
1981 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
1970s American television series
1980s American television news shows
American Sunday morning talk shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirname | dirname is a standard computer program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. When dirname is given a pathname, it will delete any suffix beginning with the last slash ('/') character and return the result. dirname is described in the Single UNIX Specification and is primarily used in shell scripts.
History
The version of dirname bundled in GNU coreutils was written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. The command is available as a separate package for Microsoft Windows as part of the UnxUtils collection of native Win32 ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities. The command has also been ported to the IBM i operating system.
Usage
The Single UNIX Specification for dirname is:
dirname string
string
A pathname
Examples
dirname will retrieve the directory-path name from a pathname ignoring any trailing slashes
$ dirname /home/martin/docs/base.wiki
/home/martin/docs
$ dirname /home/martin/docs/.
/home/martin/docs
$ dirname /home/martin/docs/
/home/martin
$ dirname base.wiki
.
$ dirname /
/
Performance
Since dirname accepts only one operand, its usage within the inner loop of shell scripts can be detrimental to performance. Consider
while read file; do
dirname "$file"
done < some-input
The above excerpt would cause a separate process invocation for each line of input. For this reason, shell substitution is typically used instead
echo "${file%/*}";
or if relative pathnames need to be handled as well
if [ -n "${file##*/*}" ]; then
echo "."
else
echo "${file%/*}";
fi
Note that these handle trailing slashes differently than dirname.
Misconceptions
We might think that paths that end in a trailing slash are a directory. But actually, the trailing slash represents all files within the directory.
/home/martin/docs/.
See also
List of Unix commands
basename
Path (computing)
References
External links
Dirname
Unix SUS2008 utilities
IBM i Qshell commands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domo%20TV | Domo TV is a stop-motion animated children's television series produced by NHK and Nickelodeon's Nicktoons network. The series consists of 26 two-minute episodes that were aired on Nicktoons in the United States and on Nickelodeon networks internationally. It was the Nickelodeon brand's first anime project and the second series after Kappa Mikey to be branded as a Nicktoons Network original program.
The series is based on Domo, a Japanese mascot character who had previously appeared in many short commercials for the NHK channel. It follows him and his friends—Mr. Usaji the rabbit, Tashanna the weasel, and two bats named Maya and Mario—on simple adventures devoid of dialogue. Each episode is about two minutes long and is entirely animated in stop motion. Nickelodeon made creative changes to the existing world of Domo for Domo TV, such as new locations and an updated rock-inspired theme song.
Advertised as a "venture into anime production" for Nickelodeon, Domo TV was first announced at the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair and began airing in 2008. A new short was aired every week in the United States for six months. After this time period, production of new episodes stopped. The final shorts aired in early 2009, followed by a series of advertisements for 7-Eleven featuring Domo that were also broadcast on Nickelodeon. The entire series was released on DVD later that year.
Characters
Domo is a brown monster with an ambiguous expression who enjoys watching television and listening to rock music. He hatched from an egg and lives in a cave.
Mr. Usaji is a wise rabbit with gray fur who lives with Domo and wears eyeglasses. He normally tries to provide Domo with advice.
Tashanna is a yellow weasel who is an aspiring fashion model. She is obsessed with modern technology.
Maya and Mario are two bats (a mother and a son, respectively) who live on the ceiling of Domo's cave.
Production
The series is based upon NHK's official mascot Domo, who serves as the main character. Production on Domo TV commenced in spring 2006 as part of Nickelodeon's "first venture into anime production." The trade magazine ICv2 noted in 2006 that the success of anime-inspired series on Nickelodeon—particularly Avatar: The Last Airbender—likely influenced the network's decision to develop a true anime. At the time, Nickelodeon and Viacom's then-Senior Vice President Steve Grieder was planning to establish Viacom International as a global platform for international animation, including Japanese works. The program was initially announced by Grieder at the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair as a way to "create Domo for U.S. audiences." Television director Tsuneo Gōda created the show.
The characters in Domo TV are animated in stop motion with some computer-generated imagery. The Tokyo-based animation studio Dwarf Incorporated built and animated the props used for each character.
Merchandise
Play Along Toys distributed a line of plush toys, action figures, and playsets to coin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection%20vector | Infection vector may refer to:
Vector (epidemiology), the method by which a disease spreads
Vector (malware), the method by which a computer virus spreads
See also
Vector (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Hunker | Jeffrey Hunker (January 20, 1957 – May 31, 2013) was an American cyber security consultant and writer.
Biography
Hunker received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College and Ph.D. from Harvard Business School. He joined the Boston Consulting Group before becoming an advisor in the Department of Commerce and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (later subsumed by the Department of Homeland Security National Protection and Programs Directorate). This led him to serve on the National Security Council as the Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure.
Hunker was also a Vice President at Kidder, Peabody & Co., dean of the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is credited with coining the term cyberinfrastructure and has worked closely with Richard A. Clarke on cyberterrorism issues. Hunker's research is primarily concerned with Homeland and Information Security. Prof. Hunker was also the Carnegie Mellon Representation for the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection.
In 2008 Hunker was charged three times with driving under the influence, followed by another incident on Thanksgiving 2009. In May 2010 Hunker pleaded guilty to these four drunken driving charges and was sentenced to 3 to 6 months in jail. He was paroled at sentencing and was sentenced to 24 months probation. This sentence was terminated early on June 2, 2011.
In 2010 his book Creeping Failure: How We Broke the Internet and What We Can Do to Fix It was published by McClelland and Stewart, a division of Random House. Creeping Failure is a Scientific American magazine Recommended Book. In 2011 a second edition was released. Also in 2010 he was co-editor of Insider Threats in Cyber Security and his article (co-authored with Christian Probst)The Risk of Risk Analysis and its Relation to the Economics of Insider Threats appears in The Economics of Information Security and Privacy.
Until 2013, he was Visiting Scholar in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Davis, and was also consulting with a major philanthropic foundation in Pittsburgh. His most recent books are, as co-editor and contributor, Insider Threats in Cyber Security (Springer, 2010), and Cybersecurity: Shared Risks, Shared Responsibilities (Carolina Academic Press, 2012). Dr. Hunker died on May 31, 2013.
References
Boston Consulting Group people
Carnegie Mellon University faculty
Cyberinfrastructure
Harvard Business School alumni
Writers about computer security
United States National Security Council staffers
1957 births
2013 deaths
Harvard College alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-8000%20series | The is a line of personal computers developed for the Japanese market by NEC. The PC-8001 model was also sold in the United States and Canada as the PC-8001A.
Original models of the NEC PC-8001B (or sometimes the NEC PC-8000) were also sold in some European countries like in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands and in Australia and New Zealand as well.
PC-8001
The first member of the PC-8000 series, the PC-8001 was first introduced on May 9, 1979, and went on sale in September 1979 for ¥168,000. Its design combines the keyboard and the mainboard into a single unit. At a time when most microcomputers were sold as "semi-kits" requiring end user assembly, the fully assembled PC-8001 was a rarity in the market. Peripherals included a printer, a cassette tape storage unit, and a CRT interface. Although it is often believed to be the first domestically produced personal computer for the Japanese market, it was preceded by both the Hitachi and the Sharp .
The PC-8001A was released in the United States in August 1981, and was priced at (32 kB of RAM). It is modified to reduce electromagnetic interference to comply with FCC regulations. The Katakana glyphs in the character ROM (see JIS X 0201) are replaced by Greek alphabet.
Specification
The PC-8001 has an NEC μPD780C-1 (Z80-compatible processor) clocked at 4 MHz, 16 KB of RAM (expandable to 32 KB), CRT video output, cassette port, parallel port for a printer, serial port and an expansion bus. The built-in BASIC interpreter, called N-BASIC, fits in 24 KB of ROM. This is a variant of Microsoft Disk BASIC 4.51. Optional DISK BASIC allows disk I/O for an external floppy drive. The video output is provided by an NEC μPD3301 CRT controller and a μPD8257C (Intel 8257 clone) DMA controller. It has various text modes, and the maximum screen is 80×25 text with 8×8 pixel font. Each character has two attributes chosen from blinking, highlight, reverse, secret, vertical line, over line, under line and RGB colors, and up to 20 different attributes per line can be set. The attribution also supports semigraphics, and each characters have a 2×4 matrix.
The PC-8011 Expansion Unit provides additional capabilities and interfaces, which has 32 KB RAM sockets for μPD416 DRAMs, 8 KB ROM sockets for 2716 PROMs, an interrupt controller, an interval timer, a serial port, a floppy drive controller, a parallel port and an IEEE-488 port. Original floppy disk drives for the PC-8001 are the dual-unit PC-8031 and the additional dual-unit PC-8032, which use 143 KB single-sided 5.25-inch format. They were followed by the single-unit PC-8031-1V, the dual-sided PC-8031-2W and PC-8032-2W. These units are attached to the PC-8001 through the PC-8011 or the PC-8033 adapter.
Development
In Japan, Nippon Electric's Microcomputer Sales Section in the Electronic Device Sales Division released the TK-80 in 1976, a single-board computer kit, and it became popular among hobbyists. American personal computers were expensive fo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro%20Arena | Pro Arena (formerly TV Sport, Sport.ro and Pro X) is a Romanian TV channel that airs programming intended for a male audience, including sports transmissions. Its headquarters are located in Bucharest and it is owned by Pro TV SRL (Central European Media Enterprises). It was launched on July 27, 2003, as TV Sport, by the bussinesman Silviu Prigoană. In March 2007, it was sold to PRO TV SRL. On June 1, 2007, during the chrildren's international day, it changed its mame to Sport.ro. As part of the rebranding, it changed its name to PRO X on August 28, 2017.
On March 7, 2022, it was announced that Pro X will change its name to Pro Arena. The branding effect was on April 4, 2022 at 06:00 EET.
Programming
TV Series
Magnum P.I.
NCIS: Los Angeles
Top Gear
References
Central European Media Enterprises
Television stations in Romania
Television channels and stations established in 2003
Sports television networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDEC | CDEC may refer to:
California Data Exchange Center, a part of the Division of Flood Management, California Department of Water Resources
Captured Document Exploitation Center, a U.S. Army organization
Career Development & Employment Centre, located on the campus of the University of Sussex in England
Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation), in Milan, Italy
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Combat Development Experimentation Command, another U.S. Army organization
CDEC Gaming, a Chinese Dota 2 team |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20transport%20in%20the%20Otago%20Region | The public transport system of Otago is primarily based around the major cities of Dunedin and Queenstown. It includes the separate Orbus branded networks of Dunedin, and of Queenstown.
Buses in Dunedin, New Zealand are the primary form of public transport. The Otago Regional Council designs routes and schedules and contracts operation of bus services to two bus companies, Go Bus Transport and Ritchies Transport. Services operate daily at mainly 15 to 30-minute headways; services on evenings, weekends and holidays at about half the weekday frequency and there are no services on late Sunday or holiday evenings, nor on Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Sunday.
Bus fares are paid for by cash or by the electronic ticketing system Bee Card. The Bee Card replaced GoCards on 1 September 2020. Prior to GoCards, multi-trip paper tickets were used until November 2007.
The Dunedin bus service carries 2.2 million passengers per year.
Dunedin bus routes
Most routes are cross-city routes via the Dunedin city centre. Longer-distance routes terminate in the centre. Semi-orbital route 15 Ridge Runner links most inner suburbs but avoids the centre. The Mosgiel 77 semi-express service has a branch route 70 connecting at Green Island and a figure-8-shaped 80/81 Mosgiel Loop connecting on Mosgiel's main street, Gordon Rd. Transferring between routes, historically not a feature of Dunedin bus services, is more favourable under the current fare regime.
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| style='background: #FFFF00' | || 3 || Ross Creek || Glenleith, George Street || C/H|| South Dunedin, Tainui || Ocean Grove || Go Bus
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| style='background: #CCBF34' | || 5/6 || Pine Hill || Gardens, George Street || E/J || Caversham || Lookout Point || Ritchies
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| style='background: #ED1C24' | || 8 || Normanby || Gardens, George Street || D/I || Cargill's Corner, South Dunedin || St Clair || Go Bus
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| style='background: #009E4D' | || 10/11 || Opoho || Gardens, George Street || E/J || South Dunedin, Musselburgh || Shiel Hill || Ritchies
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| style='background: #CFAE78' | || 14 || Port Chalmers (Harrington Street) || Careys Bay, Port Chalmers, Sawyers Bay, Roseneath, St Leonards, Burkes, Ravensbourne, Logan Park, University || B|| – || -|| Ritchies
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| style='background: #55758D' | || 15 "Ridge Rider" (semi-orbital route) || University (Forth St) || Gardens, North Dunedin, Maori Hill, Roslyn, Mornington, || – || – || South Dunedin (Andersons Bay Rd) || Ritchies
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| style='background: #A1F078' | || 18 || Portobello || Edwards Bay, Turnbulls Bay, Broad Bay, Company Bay, Macandrew Bay, The Cove, Exchange || G|| – || – || Ritchies
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| style='background: #EE3E96' | || 19 || Waverley || Musselbu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Don%27t%20Wanna%20Know%20Why%20the%20Caged%20Bird%20Sings | "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is the fourth episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 14, 2007. For the second time in the series, Marge helps a prison assailant. Marge meets Dwight (Steve Buscemi), a man who attempts to rob the bank the two are in. Marge promises that she would visit him in prison, should he turn himself in, but too frightened to go into the prison, she breaks her promise. It was written by Dana Gould and directed by Bob Anderson. Steve Buscemi makes his second guest appearance on the show, (originally appearing as himself in "Brake My Wife, Please") though this time he voiced a character, Dwight. Ted Nugent has a voice cameo. Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes a surprise guest return as Snake's girlfriend Gloria, who originally appeared in "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love". During its first airing, the episode originally garnered 8.8 million viewers, higher than the previous episode.
Plot
Lisa is named "Student of the Millennium", so Marge stresses that Homer has to attend her ceremony due to past absences at most of the kids' events. Homer then wakes up early and takes Maggie to the school auditorium. Meanwhile, Marge gets impatient waiting in line at the bank, so she strikes up a conversation with an apparently charming man named Dwight (Steve Buscemi), who then pulls out a gun and tells everyone to get down on the floor, holding the entire bank hostage. Marge privately calls Homer, informing him she is a hostage at a bank robbery. Dwight sees this and cuts off the call. He then makes a deal; he will turn himself if Marge promises to visit him in prison, to which she reluctantly agrees.
Homer attempts to convince Marge not to visit Dwight in the prison, but Marge wishes to honor her promise. However, while going to the prison, she makes continuous stops to avoid going to the prison and misses visiting hours. At the prison, Dwight becomes depressed and then angry at Marge's absence, and Marge's guilt begins to get to her while watching a depressing movie about a prisoner who was to be electrocuted. Dwight breaks out of prison, and upon finding Marge's address in a newspaper, sets out to find her.
While watching television at home, Marge sees a news report by Kent Brockman on Dwight's escape from prison. Dwight begins stalking her in various places, and successfully catches up to Marge and takes her to the same amusement park where he was abandoned by his mother, with the intention to have Marge help him repay the time he had lost, and promises to let her go afterward, to which a sympathetic Marge agrees. He and Marge then ride the Viking ship ride together. Chief Wiggum arrives attempting to save Marge, but he is caught in the ride. Dwight jams the ride's gears by throwing in his own body to save Wiggum (referencing The Brave Little Toaster). He survives, and returns to prison after recovering. Back at the pr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20National%20Route%2013 | is a highway in Japan on the island of Honshū which runs from Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture to Akita in Akita Prefecture.
Route data
Length:
Origin: Fukushima (originates at junction with Route 4)
Terminus: Akita (ends at Junction with Route 7)
Major cities: Fukushima, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Akita
History
4 December 1952: First Class National Highway 13 (from Fukushima to Akita)
1 April 1965: General National Highway 13 (from Fukushima to Akita)
Municipalities passed through
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima
Yamagata Prefecture
Yonezawa - Takahata - Nan'yō - Kaminoyama - Yamagata - Tendō - Higashine - Murayama - Obanazawa - Ōishida - Funagata - Shinjō - Kaneyama - Mamurogawa
Akita Prefecture
Yuzawa - Yokote - Misato - Daisen - Akita
Major intersections
in Fukushima Prefecture
Routes 4, 115
in Yamagata Prefecture
Routes 47, 48, 112, 113, 121, 286, 287, 344, 347 and 458
in Akita Prefecture
Routes 7, 46, 105, 107, 108, 341, 342, 397 and 398
See also
Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway
References
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Roads in Akita Prefecture
Roads in Fukushima Prefecture
Roads in Yamagata Prefecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annex%20B | Annex B may refer to:
An annex of the Kyoto Protocol for fighting global warming; see List of Kyoto Protocol signatories
Integrated Services Digital Network, a digital telephony standard |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20National%20Route%20113 | is a highway in Japan on the island of Honshū which runs from Niigata City in Niigata Prefecture to Sōma in Fukushima Prefecture.
Route data
Length: 232.7 km (145 mi)
Origin: Chuo-ku, Niigata (originates at junction with Routes 7, 8, 17, 49 and 116)
Terminus: Sōma, Fukushima
Major cities: Niigata
Municipalities passed through
Niigata Prefecture
Niigata (Chuo-ku - Higashi-ku - Kita-ku) - Seirō - Shibata - Tainai - Arakawa - Sekikawa
Yamagata Prefecture
Oguni - Iide - Kawanishi - Nagai - Nan'yō - Takahata
Miyagi Prefecture
Shichikashuku - Shiroishi - Kakuda - Marumori
Fukushima Prefecture
Shinchi - Sōma
See also
References
External links
113
Roads in Fukushima Prefecture
Roads in Miyagi Prefecture
Roads in Niigata Prefecture
Roads in Yamagata Prefecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Arts%20Network | The Open Arts Network is a national network of membership-based arts organizations with the goals of sharing resources and reducing duplication of effort. The Open Arts Network was started by Fractured Atlas in 2004. Fractured Atlas discontinued the network in 2017.
As of May 2007, the following organizations were members of the Open Arts Network:
Fractured Atlas
3rd Ward
ACCI Gallery
Art for Progress
Artfag Mafia
ArtistShare
Asian American Arts Alliance
Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts
Austin Circle of Theaters
Black Rock Coalition
Children's Museum of the Arts
College Art Association
Columbia University School of the Arts Alumni Association
Dance Theater Workshop
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
The Field
International Forum of Visual Practitioners
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York Folklore Society
Shooting People
Theatre Bay Area
Theatre Puget Sound
Williamsburg Gallery Association
Women's Caucus for Art
References
Supraorganizations
Arts organizations based in New York City
Arts organizations established in 2004
2004 establishments in New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWPP | In theoretical computer science, almost wide probabilistic polynomial-time (AWPP) is a complexity class contained in PP defined via GapP functions. The class often arises in the context of quantum computing.
AWPP contains the complexity class BQP (bounded-error quantum polynomial time), which contains the decision problems solvable by a quantum computer in polynomial time, with an error probability of at most 1/3 for all instances. In fact, it is the smallest classical complexity class that upper bounds BQP. Furthermore, it is contained in the APP class.
References
General
Provides information on the connection between various complexity classes.
Definition of AWPP and connection to APP and PP.
Proof of BPQ in AWPP.
"Gap-definable counting classes" by S. Fenner, L. Fortnow, and S. Kurtz from the Journal of Computer and System Sciences. Pages 116–148, 1994, issue 48. Contains definitions.
"An oracle builder's toolkit" by S. Fenner, L. Fortnow, S. Kurtz, and L. Li. in 8th IEEE Structure in Complexity Theory Conference Proceedings. Pages 120–131, 1993. Contains definitions.
External links
"Complexity Zoo" : Contains a list of complexity classes, including AWPP, and their relation to other classes.
Probabilistic complexity classes
Quantum complexity theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey%2C%20Hey%2C%20It%27s%20the%20Monkees | Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special broadcast on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The program features all four of the original Monkees and was the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork appeared together in a new television show. The program was written and directed by Mike Nesmith.
This special is not to be confused with the similarly titled documentary from 1997, Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees.
Overview
Based on the conceit that the group had never stopped filming episodes of their television series (despite having no place to air them since the series was cancelled), the special shows the now-middle-aged Monkees trying to come up with a new plot (apparently they have all been done by now) while still trying to catch their big break. Much of the music featured in the special came from the quartet's 1996 album Justus, along with a medley of their hits from the 1960s. As of November 2022, it has not been made available on DVD or Blu-ray.
Game show host Chuck Woolery makes a cameo.
Plot
While Davy tries to get the band to rehearse for a very important gig, Micky seeks to find a gimmick to give them an identity, and Mike debates the necessity for anything other than just hanging out together. Various potential story lines present themselves, but each time the Monkees are quick to point out that they have already used that plot line in a previous episode and do not want to do it again.
Several musical sequences and comedy sketches are included.
Development
The project began when ABC approached Monkees manager Ward Sylvester in November, 1996 about producing a Monkees retrospective. Sylvester countered with the idea of doing a special in the format of an episode from the original series. Post production delays caused the final print to be delivered too late for advanced screening, but the marketing push included ads run during some of ABC's most popular shows at the time.
References
External links
The Monkees
Music television specials
American Broadcasting Company television specials
1997 television specials |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on aniline.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
Mallinckrodt Baker
Science Stuff
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
Distillation data
See also:
m-xylene (data page)
p-xylene (data page)
Spectral data
UV Absorbance Spectroscopy of Aniline
Aniline is a benzenoid compound. The NH2 group attached to the benzene ring means that there is a lone pair of electrons that can enter into conjugation with the benzene ring resulting in delocalization in the aniline.
Aniline absorbs in the K (220 - 250 nm) and the B (250 - 290 nm) bands exhibited by benzenoid compounds. The K and B bands arise from π to π* transitions as a result of the a group containing multiple bond being attached to the benzene ring. When dissolved in ethanol, λmax for aniline is 230 nm, but in dilute aqueous acid λmax is 203 nm. In the latter case the anilinium cation is formed and the lone pair is no longer available for conjugation with the benzene ring. Consequently, the absorption of the molecule shifts to the lower λmax value and behaves like benzene.
Regulatory data
References
Finar, I.L. (1974); Organic Chemistry Vol.2 – Stereochemistry and the chemistry of natural products 5th. Ed. Longman
Chemical data pages
Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20layer | The internet layer is a group of internetworking methods, protocols, and specifications in the Internet protocol suite that are used to transport network packets from the originating host across network boundaries; if necessary, to the destination host specified by an IP address. The internet layer derives its name from its function facilitating internetworking, which is the concept of connecting multiple networks with each other through gateways.
The internet layer does not include the protocols that fulfill the purpose of maintaining link states between the local nodes and that usually use protocols that are based on the framing of packets specific to the link types. Such protocols belong to the link layer. Internet-layer protocols use IP-based packets.
A common design aspect in the internet layer is the robustness principle: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" as a misbehaving host can deny Internet service to many other users.
Purpose
The internet layer has three basic functions:
For outgoing packets, select the next-hop host (gateway) and transmit the packet to this host by passing it to the appropriate link layer implementation;
For incoming packets, capture packets and pass the packet payload up to the appropriate transport layer protocol, if appropriate.
Provide error detection and diagnostic capability.
In Version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IPv4), during both transmit and receive operations, IP is capable of automatic or intentional fragmentation or defragmentation of packets, based, for example, on the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of link elements. However, this feature has been dropped in IPv6, as the communications end points, the hosts, now have to perform path MTU discovery and assure that end-to-end transmissions don't exceed the maximum discovered.
In its operation, the internet layer is not responsible for reliable transmission. It provides only an unreliable service, and best effort delivery. This means that the network makes no guarantees about the proper arrival of packets. This in accordance with the end-to-end principle and a change from the previous protocols used on the early ARPANET. Since packet delivery across diverse networks is an inherently unreliable and failure-prone operation, the burden of providing reliability was placed with the end points of a communication path, i.e., the hosts, rather than on the network. This is one of the reasons of the resiliency of the Internet against individual link failures and its proven scalability. The function of providing reliability of service is the duty of higher level protocols, such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) in the transport layer.
In IPv4, a checksum is used to protect the header of each datagram. The checksum ensures that the information in a received header is accurate, however, IPv4 does not attempt to detect errors that may have occurred to the data in each packet. IPv6 does not include this header checksum, ins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on glycerol.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommended that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 44th ed.
loge of Glycerol vapor pressure. Uses formula: with coefficients A=-2.125867E+01, B=-1.672626E+04, C=1.655099E+02, and D=1.100480E-05 obtained from CHERIC
Freezing point of aqueous solutions
Table data obtained from Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. Specific gravity is at 15°C, referenced to water at 15°C.
See details on: Freezing Points of Glycerine-Water Solutions Dow Chemical
or Freezing Points of Glycerol and Its Aqueous Solutions.
Distillation data
Spectral data
References
Chemical data pages
Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative%20Business%20Relations | Conservative Business Relations is an organ of the UK Conservative Party that organises a variety of networking and policy events for businesses. It has hosted a number of networking events and seminars. Alexandra Robson is the Head of Business Relations.
References
External links
Conservative Party
Conservative Business Relations
Business organisations based in the United Kingdom
Organisations associated with the Conservative Party (UK) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight%20Network%20Radio | Fight Network Radio may refer to:
Live Audio Wrestling#Fight Network Radio, a network of conventional radio stations
Fight Network Radio (Sirius radio show) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-37C | The D-37C (D37C) is the computer component of the all-inertial NS-17 Missile Guidance Set (MGS) for accurately navigating to its target thousands of miles away. The NS-17 MGS was used in the Minuteman II (LGM-30F) ICBM. The MGS, originally designed and produced by the Autonetics Division of North American Aviation, could store multiple preprogrammed targets in its internal memory.
Unlike other methods of navigation, inertial guidance does not rely on observations of land positions or the stars, radio or radar signals, or any other information from outside the vehicle. Instead, the inertial navigator provides the guidance information using gyroscopes that indicate direction and accelerometers that measure changes in speed and direction. A computer then uses this information to calculate the vehicle's position and guide it on its course. Enemies could not "jam" the system with false or confusing information.
The Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB has been Program Manager for the Minuteman ICBM family since January 1959. The base has had complete logistics management responsibilities for Minuteman and the rest of the ICBM fleet since July 1965.
The D-37C computer consists of four main sections: the memory, the central processing unit (CPU), and the input and output units. These sections are enclosed in one case. The memory is a two-sided, fixed-head disk which rotates
at 6000 rpm. It contains 7222 words of 27 bits. Each word contains 24 data bits and three spacer bits not available to the programmer. The memory is arranged in 56 channels of 128 words each plus ten rapid access channels of one to sixteen words. The memory also includes the accumulators and instruction register.
The MM II missile was deployed with a D-37C disk computer. Autonetics also programmed functional simulators for flight program development and testing, and the code inserter verifier that was used at Wing headquarters to generate the codes to go into the airborne computer. It became necessary to verify not only that the flight program software was correct, but there was no code that would lead toward an unauthorized or accidental launch. TRW, Inc. continued its role of independent verification that first called verification and validation and then became nuclear safety cross check analysis (NSCCA). Logicon RDA was selected to perform the NSCCA of the targeting and execution plan programs developed by TRW.[1]
When MM III was developed, Autonetics generated the guidance equations that were programmed into the D37D computer, which contained a hybrid explicit guidance system for the first time. A new class of program was required by the Joint Strategic Targeting Planning Staff to select targets for the multiple warhead system. The Missile Application Programs were developed for these functions.
The next major update to the operational software was made under the Guidance Replacement Program. Autonetics (later acquired by The Boeing Co.) developed the necessary softwar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cliffhanger%3A%20Edward%20Randy | The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy, also known as simply is a 1990 action video game developed and released by Data East for arcades worldwide in 1990. Set during the 1930s in a European region, where an elderly scientist escapes from a Nazi-like army under the leadership of general "Dark Ogre" after being manipulated for his research on a secret mass destruction weapon, players assume the role of Edward Randy on an adventure to rescue the scientist's granddaughter Charlotte, who holds a prism stone that is a key piece for the enemy. Headed by Terra Diver producer Minoru Sano, the game was created by most of the same team that would later work on several projects at Data East. It was influenced films such as Indiana Jones as well as manga and anime such as Lupin the Third.
The title was met with mostly positive reception from critics and players alike, earning awards from Gamest magazine, but it did not sell enough units during its run worldwide. Conversions for multiple systems were planned but never released. The rights to the title are currently owned by G-Mode.
Gameplay
The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy is an action game where players assume the role of Edward Randy across seven stages fighting against Nazi-like soldiers led by the general "Dark Ogre" in order to rescue Charlotte, who holds a prism stone that is key to the enemy's secret mass destruction weapon. Players control Edward using an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping respectively. Edward attacks using a whip in eight directions depending on the direction pressed on the joystick. Edward can also slide on the ground when the jump button is pressed while holding the joystick sideways or diagonally. Pressing the joystick diagonally upwards causes Edward to run, while pressing down on the joystick in the air allows him to stomp enemies on the ground. Edward can also perform a spin-attack by looping their whip left or right on certain objects. There are no lives in the game and Edward's remaining health is directly linked to the number of points gained by players on each stage. Players can revive Edward's health by defeating enemies but points are lost when hit by enemies.
Synopsis
The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy takes place during the 1930s in an unspecified European country. Research on a secret weapon of mass destruction was being conducted in this country under the leadership of a fearsome Nazi-like army general, the "Dark Ogre", but an elderly scientist decides to escape after learning that he was being manipulated by the general. The scientist gives the key piece of his research, a prism stone, to his granddaughter Charlotte as he escapes and the general pursues the prism with the full force of his army. Charlotte takes refuge in the home of Edward Randy, a teenage boy who was preparing for his first date in half a year with his girlfriend Jennifer, as Edward suddenly finds himself in the midst of a huge adventure involving a dangerous plan to destroy the worl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20lexicology | Computational lexicology is a branch of computational linguistics, which is concerned with the use of computers in the study of lexicon. It has been more narrowly described by some scholars (Amsler, 1980) as the use of computers in the study of machine-readable dictionaries. It is distinguished from computational lexicography, which more properly would be the use of computers in the construction of dictionaries, though some researchers have used computational lexicography as synonymous.
History
Computational lexicology emerged as a separate discipline within computational linguistics with the appearance of machine-readable dictionaries, starting with the creation of the machine-readable tapes of the Merriam-Webster Seventh Collegiate Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster New Pocket Dictionary in the 1960s by John Olney et al. at System Development Corporation. Today, computational lexicology is best known through the creation and applications of WordNet. As the computational processing of the researchers increased over time, the use of computational lexicology has been applied ubiquitously in the text analysis. In 1987, amongst others Byrd, Calzolari, Chodorow have developed computational tools for text analysis. In particular the model was designed for coordinating the associations involving the senses of polysemous words.
Study of lexicon
Computational lexicology has contributed to the understanding of the content and limitations of print dictionaries for computational purposes (i.e. it clarified that the previous work of lexicography was not sufficient for the needs of computational linguistics). Through the work of computational lexicologists almost every portion of a print dictionary entry has been studied ranging from:
what constitutes a headword - used to generate spelling correction lists;
what variants and inflections the headword forms - used to empirically understand morphology;
how the headword is delimited into syllables;
how the headword is pronounced - used in speech generation systems;
the parts of speech the headword takes on - used for POS taggers;
any special subject or usage codes assigned to the headword - used to identify text document subject matter;
the headword's definitions and their syntax - used as an aid to disambiguation of word in context;
the etymology of the headword and its use to characterize vocabulary by languages of origin - used to characterize text vocabulary as to its languages of origin;
the example sentences;
the run-ons (additional words and multi-word expressions that are formed from the headword); and
related words such as synonyms and antonyms.
Many computational linguists were disenchanted with the print dictionaries as a resource for computational linguistics because they lacked sufficient syntactic and semantic information for computer programs. The work on computational lexicology quickly led to efforts in two additional directions.
Successors to Computational Lexicology
First, co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGHP | WGHP (channel 8) is a television station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, United States, serving the Piedmont Triad region as an affiliate of the Fox network. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point); its transmitter is located in Sophia, North Carolina.
History
As an ABC affiliate
In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by WUNL-TV) in Winston-Salem was also interested.
Southern Broadcast Company—which was 55 percent owned by former WTOB-TV principals, with the remainder owned by former Raleigh UHF station WNAO-TV and residents of High Point—was awarded the license and signed on WGHP on October 14, 1963. It originally operated as an ABC affiliate, taking the affiliation from both WFMY-TV (channel 2) and WSJS-TV (channel 12, now WXII-TV), which previously shared secondary affiliations with the network, taking the Triad region 14 years to gain full-time affiliations for each of the three major networks. WGHP's original studios were located inside the Sheraton Hotel on North Main Street in downtown High Point.
WGHP was subsequently sold to Gulf Broadcasting in 1978. Gulf then sold the station to Taft Broadcasting as part of a group deal in 1984. That same year, the station moved to its current location on Francis Street outside of downtown High Point. On October 12, 1987, Taft was restructured into Great American Broadcasting after a hostile takeover. Former Taft president Dudley Taft formed a new company that took the Taft Broadcasting name and bought WGHP from Great American. The new Taft held onto channel 8 until 1992, when Great American repurchased the station. In December 1993, Great American Broadcasting filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was restructured again to become Citicasters; it then put its entire television division up for sale.
As a Fox O&O
In the winter of 1993, New World Communications (which acquired stations from SCI in a similar type of business reorganization to the one Citicasters had come out of) agreed to buy WGHP and three other Citicasters-owned stations: WBRC in Birmingham, WDAF-TV in Kansas City and KSAZ-TV in Phoenix. Around the same time, New World had also agreed to buy Argyle Television's four television stations, including WVTM-TV in Birmingham (the transfer applications of the Argyle stations to New World were not submitted to the FCC until after New World closed on the Citicasters purchase). The two purchases combined, along with New |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Fox%20News%20Channel | The Fox News presents a variety of programming with up to 20 hours of live programming per day. Most of the programs are broadcast from Fox News headquarters in New York City in their street-side studio on Sixth Avenue in the west extension of Rockefeller Center. The network's other programs are broadcast from Fox News' studio in Washington, D.C., located on Capitol Hill across from Union Station, as well as in the Fox News Texas Studios in Las Colinas, Irving, Texas and Los Angeles, California. Audio simulcasts of the channel are aired on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Fox News also hosts a website with a number of political columnists and weblogs.
Hard-news programming currently broadcasts at:
Weekdays: 9:00am–12:00pm / 1:00pm–5:00pm / 6:00pm / 11:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am–3:00pm / 4:00pm–5:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm–2:00pm / 4:00pm–5:00pm
Current shows
Special programming
All American New Year, the network's annual New Year's celebration program
America's Election Headquarters, the network's biennial campaign and election coverage, culminating with Election Night
Previous programming
212 with Brian Kilmeade, a show focusing on New York City
After Hours with Cal Thomas, a weekend talk show, focused around conversations with newsmakers and featured a weekly commentary by the host, named "Column One"
America At War, a continuous news/talk program covering the beginning of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
America Live, a two-hour afternoon newscast anchored by Megyn Kelly February 1, 2010 – September 27, 2013; canceled when Kelly left in 2013 for a primetime weeknight newscast called The Kelly File
America's Election Headquarters, a weekday news/politics program, hosted by Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly
America's News Headquarters, a weekday and weekend news/politics program
America's Pulse with E. D. Hill
The Beltway Boys, a half-hour show that explored the scene from inside the Beltway Hosted by Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke
Beyond the News, a talk program, hosted by Dr. Georgia Witkin
The Big Story, hosted by John Gibson and Heather Nauert
Bill Hemmer Reports, previously Studio B/Shepard Smith Reporting, an American television news/opinion/talk program on Fox News Channel hosted by Bill Hemmer and formerly Shepard Smith, which aired from 2002 to 2021.
The Crier Report, a talk program that featured various personalities, hosted by Catherine Crier
Crime Scene, an occasional true crime program made up of stories from the Fox News archives, hosted by Greta Van Susteren
Crime Wave, a newsmagazine program focusing on crime, hosted by Jon Scott
The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino, a midday show that focuses on news of the day
DaySide, a weekday news/talk program featuring a studio audience
Drudge, a talk program hosted by Matt Drudge
The Edge with Paula Zahn, a talk program that featured celebrities and politicians
Entertainment Coast to Coast, a talk program about entertainment, hosted by Bill McCuddy and Juliet Huddy
Fox |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20network%20model | The Gaussian network model (GNM) is a representation of a biological macromolecule as an elastic mass-and-spring network to study, understand, and characterize the mechanical aspects of its long-time large-scale dynamics. The model has a wide range of applications from small proteins such as enzymes composed of a single domain, to large macromolecular assemblies such as a ribosome or a viral capsid. Protein domain dynamics plays key roles in a multitude of molecular recognition and cell signalling processes.
Protein domains, connected by intrinsically disordered flexible linker domains, induce long-range allostery via protein domain dynamics.
The resultant dynamic modes cannot be generally predicted from static structures of either the entire protein or individual domains.
The Gaussian network model is a minimalist, coarse-grained approach to study biological molecules. In the model, proteins are represented by nodes corresponding to α-carbons of the amino acid residues. Similarly, DNA and RNA structures are represented with one to three nodes for each nucleotide. The model uses the harmonic approximation to model interactions. This coarse-grained representation makes the calculations computationally inexpensive.
At the molecular level, many biological phenomena, such as catalytic activity of an enzyme, occur within the range of nano- to millisecond timescales. All atom simulation techniques, such as molecular dynamics simulations, rarely reach microsecond trajectory length, depending on the size of the system and accessible computational resources. Normal mode analysis in the context of GNM, or elastic network (EN) models in general, provides insights on the longer-scale functional dynamic behaviors of macromolecules. Here, the model captures native state functional motions of a biomolecule at the cost of atomic detail. The inference obtained from this model is complementary to atomic detail simulation techniques.
Another model for protein dynamics based on elastic mass-and-spring networks is the Anisotropic Network Model.
Gaussian network model theory
The Gaussian network model was proposed by Bahar, Atilgan, Haliloglu and Erman in 1997. The GNM is often analyzed using normal mode analysis, which offers an analytical formulation and unique solution for each structure. The GNM normal mode analysis differs from other normal mode analyses in that it is exclusively based on inter-residue contact topology, influenced by the theory of elasticity of Flory and the Rouse model and does not take the three-dimensional directionality of motions into account.
Representation of structure as an elastic network
Figure 2 shows a schematic view of elastic network studied in GNM. Metal beads represent the nodes in this Gaussian network (residues of a protein) and springs represent the connections between the nodes (covalent and non-covalent interactions between residues). For nodes i and j, equilibrium position vectors, R0i and R0j, equilibriu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene%20glycol%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on ethylene glycol.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
Science Stuff
Mallinckrodt Baker.
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 44th ed.
Freezing point of aqueous solutions
Table obtained from Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. Specific gravity is referenced to water at 15.6 °C.
See also
Distillation data
Spectral data
References
Chemical data pages
Chemical data pages cleanup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCity%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | InterCity is a passenger transport and tourism company in New Zealand. Parent company Entrada Travel Group operates the country's only long distance bus network, and ferries and cruises in the Bay of Islands. Its brands are:
InterCity, New Zealand's only long distance bus network, servicing around 600 towns and communities daily
Gray Line, New Zealand licence holder of premium sightseeing tours within New Zealand
GreatSights New Zealand, premium sightseeing coach services
Fullers GreatSights, sightseeing cruises and day tours in the Bay of Islands and Northland
awesomeNZ.com (formerly Kings Dolphin Cruises and Eco Tours), sightseeing tours and boat cruises
Auckland Explorer Bus, hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour bus company in Auckland
Skip Bus, low-cost North Island bus express
Ownership
InterCity is currently the only New Zealand-owned long distance bus service, after competitor Nakedbus was acquired by ManaBus, who ceased operating in 2018. In November 2018, InterCity started a new express bus service, SKIP, offering affordable, reliable and faster connections between major North Island cities.
InterCity and Entrada Travel Group are controlled by Ritchies Transport and Tranzit Group, each owning 46%.
History
InterCity is the direct successor to New Zealand Railways Road Services long-distance routes. New Zealand Railways' rail and road services were combined in 1985 as the Passenger Business Group of the New Zealand Railways Corporation. InterCity began in 1987 as the brand for long-distance rail and road services.
In 1991 the rail-based assets were transferred to New Zealand Rail and the long distance buses and InterCity name were bought by InterCity Management Limited, a group of seven of the country's largest private coach companies - Whangarei Bus Services, Bayline Group, Ritchies Transport, Tranzit Group, Guthreys Coachlines, Nelson SBL and PTL Route Services - as a franchise-based operation. Each of the franchisees is responsible for operating set routes, usually close to their home base. Of the original seven franchisees four remain, with one new franchisee (SDK Ltd) operating services in Northland where Whangarei Bus Services previously held the franchise.
Over the years the company name has changed from InterCity Coachlines Ltd to Coachnet NZ Ltd, followed by InterCity Group Ltd and InterCity Holdings Ltd.
In 2019, the group name changed from InterCity Group to Entrada Travel Group.
Trademark protection
In 2014 InterCity Group won a landmark Google Adwords case against competitor Nakedbus in the Auckland High Court for breach of trade mark.
Justice Raynor Asher ruled that Nakedbus deliberately infringed InterCity Group Limited’s trade mark ‘INTERCITY’, engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct that confused consumers, and illegitimately attempted to pass its business off as InterCity’s.
They ran advertisements on Google which would respond to searches for InterCity Group’s trade mark, INTERCITY, and which promoted their buse |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya%20Advocacy%20Network | Chechnya Advocacy Network (CAN) is a United States-based non-government organization that conducts research, awareness, and advocacy on Chechnya and the Chechen people. It is the largest Chechnya-specific organization in North America. Its headquarters is located in New York City, with branch offices in Washington, DC, Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. Co-founders of this organization include the former United Nations worker Almut Rochowanski and prominent Chechen-American Albina Digaeva.
According to the organization's website, the goals of Chechnya Advocacy Network are "the well-being of people living in Chechnya, the North Caucasus region and migrants from that region elsewhere in Russia and around the world." The organization has been calling for an improvement of the human rights situation in the North Caucasus, an end to armed violence in the region, end to racial discrimination against ethnic Chechens, consideration of refugee resettlement in U.S. for Chechen refugees, and increased humanitarian aid to the region. The organization is apolitical in its stance on the First and Second Chechen Wars, saying it is neither pro-Russian nor pro-independence.
External links
Chechnya Advocacy Network official website
Chechen American
Human rights in Chechnya
Human rights organizations based in the United States
Organizations based in New York City
Indigenous rights organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir%20Afonso%20artworks | This is a list of Nadir Afonso artworks: paintings, engravings, and architecture.
All data was sourced from websites (linked to) and from the books and catalogues listed in the main Nadir Afonso article.
Paintings
Titles are shown in their original language as conceived by the artist, and translated if needed, except the titles made of place names, which are shown in the English form. Multiple-source inconsistencies are shown in the Notes column. The artist's method usually involves one or more studies before the final artwork, which sometimes is revealed only years later; the artist also sometimes returns to work on artworks after they are publicly exhibited. This explains some of the multiple or alternative dates.
Early works
Expressionism
Surreal period
Iris period
Espacillimité series
All paintings in this series are independent of each other, despite their common titles.
Baroque period
Brazil period
Egyptian period
Geometry
Cities series
Women series
Unidentified
Engravings
Lithography
Lithograph is on paper and the measures are given for the printed area.
Serigraphy
All serigraphs are on paper and all measures are given for the printed area unless otherwise stated.
Others
Architecture
Own works
Projects by Nadir Afonso.
Le Corbusier
Projects by Le Corbusier, collaboration by Nadir Afonso.
Abstract art
Architecture lists |
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