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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Arc
Blue Arc may refer to the Daegu Stadium BlueArc - a company manufacturing Network-attached storage devices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch%20user%20interface
A touch user interface (TUI) is a computer-pointing technology based upon the sense of touch (haptics). Whereas a graphical user interface (GUI) relies upon the sense of sight, a TUI enables not only the sense of touch to innervate and activate computer-based functions, it also allows the user, particularly those with visual impairments, an added level of interaction based upon tactile or Braille input. Technology Generally, the TUI requires pressure or presence with a switch located outside of the printed paper. Not to be confused with electronic paper endeavors, the TUI requires the printed pages to act as a template or overlay to a switch array. By interacting with the switch through touch or presence, an action is innervated. The switching sensor cross-references with a database. The database retains the correct pathway to retrieve the associated digital content or launch the appropriate application. TUI icons may be used to indicate to the reader of the printed page what action will occur upon interacting with a particular position on the printed page. Turning pages and interacting with new pages that may have the same touch points as previous or subsequent pages, a z-axis may be used to indicate the plane of activity. Z-axis can be offset around the boundary of the page. When the unique z-axis is interacted with, x,y-axis can have identical touch points as other pages. For example, 1,1,1 indicates a z-axis of 1 (page 1) and the x,y-axis is 1,1. However, turning the page and pressing a new z-axis, say page 2, and then the same x,y-axis content position as page 1, gains the following coordinate structure: 2,1,1. An integrated circuit (IC) is located either within the printed material or within an enclosure that cradles the printed material. This IC receives a signal when a switch is innervated. The firmware located within the IC communicates via Universal Serial Bus (USB) either connected to a cable, or using a wireless protocol adapter to a reference database that can reside on media within a computer or appliance. Upon receipt of the coordinate structure from the firmware, the database correlates the position with a pre-determined link or pathway to digital content or execution command for an application. After correlating the link with the pathway, a signal is sent to retrieve and render the terminal of the path. Educational mandate In the United States, legislation took effect in December 2006, that requires educational publishers in the K-12 education industry to provide a National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). In essence, educational publishers must provide an inclusive experience to those students who are blind. If they are unable to provide this experience, they are required to provide the digital content source files to a clearing house that will convert the materials into an accessible experience for the student. The TUI has the promise of enabling the publishers to maintain control of their content
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo
is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and distributed by Toho. The film stars Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yūki Amami, George Tokoro, Rumi Hiiragi, Akiko Yano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tomoko Naraoka. It is the eighth film Miyazaki directed for Studio Ghibli, and his tenth overall. The film tells the story of Ponyo, a goldfish who escapes from the ocean and is helped by a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke, after she is washed ashore while trapped in a glass jar. As they bond with each other, Ponyo desires to become a human girl, against the devastating circumstances brought about by her acquisition and use of magic. The film was originally released in Japan on July 19, 2008 by distributor Toho. It was a major commercial success, grossing over $204 million worldwide and becoming the eighth-highest-grossing anime film of all time. It received critical acclaim for its uplifting themes, visual design, and simultaneous appeal towards young children and all audiences. An English-language version of the film was released on August 14, 2009 to 927 theatres across the U.S., the widest opening for a Studio Ghibli film in the U.S. It was produced by The Kennedy/Marshall Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Plot Fujimoto, a once-human wizard, lives underwater with his daughter Brunhilde and her numerous smaller sisters. While she and her siblings are on an outing with their father in his four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde sneaks off and floats away on the back of a jellyfish. After an encounter with a fishing trawler, she becomes trapped in a glass jar and drifts to the shore of a small fishing town where she is rescued by a five-year-old boy named Sōsuke. While shattering the jar with a rock, Sōsuke cuts his finger. Brunhilde licks his blood, healing the wound almost instantly. Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises to protect her. Meanwhile, a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his lost daughter whom he believes to have been kidnapped. He calls his wave spirits to recover her, leaving Sōsuke heartbroken and confused by what happened. Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth name, declaring her desire to be a human named Ponyo. She magically begins changing into a human, a power granted to her by Sōsuke's human blood that she licked. Fujimoto forces her back into her true form and leaves to summon Ponyo's mother, Gran Mamare. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and inadvertently uses his magic to make herself human. The huge amount of magic that she releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in nature, resulting in a tsunami. Ponyo goes back to Sōsuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her. His mother, Lisa, allows her to stay at their house. Lisa leaves after the tsu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ease
Ease or EASE may refer to: Computing Ease (programming language) Enhanced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers, software for optimizing acoustics Health and medicine Methylone, marketed briefly in New Zealand as Ease Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience, to detect self-disorder Other uses Ease (sewing), the amount of room a garment allows the wearer beyond the measurements of their body Ease, a 1985 novel by Patrick Gale EASE/ACCESS, a pair of 1985 space shuttle flight experiments European Association of Science Editors, a non-profit membership organisation See also Easy (disambiguation) At Ease Usability Ease-in and ease-out, methods of inbetweening in animation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico%20Habermann
Arie Nicolaas Habermann (26 June 1932 – 8 August 1993), often known as Nico Habermann, was a noted Dutch computer scientist. Habermann was born in Groningen, Netherlands, and earned his B.S. in mathematics and physics and M.S. in mathematics from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1953 and 1958. After working as a mathematics teacher, in 1967 he received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Eindhoven University of Technology under advisor Edsger Dijkstra. In 1968, Habermann was invited to join the department of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting research scientist. In 1969 he was appointed an associate professor, and was made full professor in 1974, acting department head in 1979, and department head from 1980 to 1988, after which he was named Dean of the new School of Computer Science (established under Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon). He also cofounded Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in 1985. Habermann's research included programming languages, operating systems, and development of large software systems. He was known for his work on inter-process communication, process synchronization and deadlock avoidance, and software verification, but particularly for the programming languages ALGOL 60, BLISS, Pascal, and Ada. He also contributed to new operating systems such as Edsger Dijkstra's THE multiprogramming system, the Family of Operating Systems (FAMOS) at Carnegie Mellon, Berlin's Dynamically Adaptable System (DAS), and Unix. Habermann served as visiting professor at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1973) and the Technical University of Berlin (1976), and as adjunct professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1986–1993). In 1994, the Computing Research Association began giving the A. Nico Habermann Award to people for work that increases the involvement of underrepresented communities in computer research. References External links Carnegie Mellon University archives Nico's student tree, 1990 1932 births 1993 deaths Scientists from Groningen (city) American computer scientists Dutch computer scientists Carnegie Mellon University faculty Software engineering researchers Dutch emigrants to the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moni%20Naor
Moni Naor () is an Israeli computer scientist, currently a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Naor received his Ph.D. in 1989 at the University of California, Berkeley. His advisor was Manuel Blum. He works in various fields of computer science, mainly the foundations of cryptography. He is notable for initiating research on public key systems secure against chosen ciphertext attack and creating non-malleable cryptography, visual cryptography (with Adi Shamir), and suggesting various methods for verifying that users of a computer system are human (leading to the notion of CAPTCHA). His research on Small-bias sample space, give a general framework for combining small k-wise independent spaces with small -biased spaces to obtain -almost k-wise independent spaces of small size. In 1994 he was the first, with Amos Fiat, to formally study the problem of practical broadcast encryption. Along with Benny Chor, Amos Fiat, and Benny Pinkas, he made a contribution to the development of Traitor tracing, a copyright infringement detection system which works by tracing the source of leaked files rather than by direct copy protection. Bibliography Cynthia Dwork, Jeff Lotspiech and Moni Naor, Digital Signets: Self-Enforcing Protection of Digital Information. Dalit Naor, Moni Naor and Jeff Lotspiech, Revocation and Tracing Schemes for Stateless Receivers. David Chaum, Amos Fiat and Moni Naor, Untraceable Electronic Cash, 1990. Amos Fiat and Moni Naor, Implicit O(1) Probe Search, SIAM J. Computing 22: 1-10 (1993). Amos Fiat and Moni Naor, Broadcast Encryption, 1994. Moni Naor and Benny Pinkas, Threshold Traitor Tracing, Crypto 98. Moni Naor and Benny Pinkas, Efficient Trace and Revoke Schemes, FC'2000. Benny Chor, Amos Fiat, Moni Naor and Benny Pinkas, Tracing Traitors, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 46(3), pp. 893–910, 2000. Honors and awards 2022: The 30-year Test-of-Time STOC Award for his 1991 STOC paper “Non-Malleable Cryptography” (with Cynthia Dwork and Danny Dolev) 2022: RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics (with Cynthia Dwork) 2016: The Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award of the Association for Computing Machinery (with Amos Fiat) 2014: The Gödel Prize (with co-authors) 2008: Named an IACR fellow References Sources Moni Naor's website at the Weizmann Institute Verification of a human in the loop or Identification via the Turing Test Visual Cryptography IACR fellow 2008 announcement Israeli computer scientists Israeli cryptographers University of California, Berkeley alumni Academic staff of Weizmann Institute of Science Theoretical computer scientists Researchers in distributed computing Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni Educators from Haifa Living people 1961 births International Association for Cryptologic Research fellows Gödel Prize laureates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20Progressive%20Zionists
The Union of Progressive Zionists (UPZ) was a North American network of Jewish student activists who have organized around principles of social justice and peace in Israel and Palestine. The UPZ provides guidance, education, and resources to students who seek to contribute a progressive voice into the campus debate concerning Israel and Palestine. As of January 2007, the Union of Progressive Zionists had chapters at 60 colleges and universities. In May 2009, the Union of Progressive Zionists affiliated itself with J Street and became J Street U. History The Union of Progressive Zionists was created in the early 2000s by college-age members of Habonim Dror and Hashomer Hatzair, with the support of what was then known as Labor Zionist Alliance (and now Ameinu) and what was then known as Meretz USA (now Partners for Progressive Israel), two US Progressive Zionist organizations. UPZ's first national conference, held in October 2004, drew more than 100 students from 40 schools. From its founding, the stated intention of the group was to create a network of student activists who supported Israel and opposed the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories but felt alienated by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian extremists. Activities The Union of Progressive Zionists has brought prominent leftist Israeli politicians to speak on North American campuses, including Yossi Beilin, chairman of the Meretz-Yachad party and one of the architects of the Oslo Accords and the Geneva Accords; Yael Dayan, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo and an advocate for women's rights and gay rights; Daniel Levy, the lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Accords. Its speakers have also included prominent Palestinians such as Amjad Atallah, the Palestinian-American legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team in peace talks with Israel, and Rafi Dajani, Executive Director of the American Task Force on Palestine. Controversy within the Israel On Campus Coalition In late 2006 and early 2007, the campus activities of the Union of Progressive Zionists created a stir within the Israel On Campus Coalition, an organization that seeks to promote a "pro-active pro-Israel agenda on campus," of which the UPZ was a member. [J Street U, the successor to UPZ, still works with the IOCC.] Some of the coalition's more conservative members, such as the mainstream American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) and the small right-wing group Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), criticized the UPZ for sponsoring speeches by members of an Israeli organization, Breaking the Silence, former soldiers who speak out against human rights abuses they have witnessed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In December 2006, the ZOA called for the Israel On Campus Coalition to expel the Union of Progressive Zionists. Although the coalition's steering committee voted 9–0 against expulsion in January 2007, the issue resulted in a debate among major Zionist organizations. The Jewish National Fund jo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20converter
A data converter may refer to a digital-to-analog converter; an analog-to-digital converter; any other device used in data conversion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBasic
ZBasic is a compiler which was first released by Simutek (Tucson, Arizona) in 1980. The combined efforts of Andrew Gariepy, Scott Terry, David Overton, Greg Branche, and Halbert Laing led to versions for MS-DOS, Apple II, Macintosh, CP/M, and TRS-80 computers. ZBasic is a fast and efficient BASIC compiler with an integrated development environment. It aims to be used as a cross-platform development system, where the same source code can be compiled to different platforms without any modifications. In 1991, Harry Gish and 32 Bit Software Inc. of Dallas, Texas purchased the MS-DOS version. Nando Favaro expanded it to include 16- and 32-bit-specific machine code as well as VGA and VESA video. Zedcor concentrated on the Macintosh market and renamed it FutureBASIC. Features ZBasic features device independent graphics: the same compiled code can work on different display resolutions and colors, and even in text mode. Original PC versions include graphical support up to EGA for MS-DOS. ZBasic includes BCD (binary coded decimal) math with precision up to 54 digits. INDEX$ is an array of variable length strings that can be easily sorted, searched, etc. References TRS-80 releases ZBasic manual 'ZBasic, Interactive Compiler', by Andrew R. Gariepy, Scott Terry, David Overton, Greg Branche and Halbert Laing. Documentation by Michael A. Gariepy. Fourth Edition 4/87 (C)1985-1987 Zedcor Inc. 'ZBasic-PC/386', modifications by Nando Favaro. Documentation by Harry Gish. First Edition 3/91 (C)1991 32 Bit Software Inc. ZBasic 5 reviewed by Dave Kelly for MacTech magazine 1980 software BASIC compilers CP/M software Apple II software Classic Mac OS software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico-ITX
In computer design, Pico-ITX is a PC motherboard form factor announced by VIA Technologies in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT. The formfactor was transferred over to SFF-SIG in 2008. The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call for the board to be , which is half the area of Nano-ITX. EPIA PX PX10000G The first motherboard produced in this form factor is called EPIA PX10000G. It is and 10 layers deep. The operating temperature range is from 0°C to about 50°C. The operating humidity level (relative and non-condensing) can be from 0% to about 95%. It uses a 1 GHz VIA C7-M processor, a VIA VX700 chip set, and is RoHS compliant. It has onboard VGA video, VIA VT6106S 10/100 8P8C Ethernet, UDMA 33/66/100/133 44-pin ATA (1x), and SATA (1x) I/O. DVI and LVDS video-out, USB 2.0, COM, PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard, and HD 5.1 channel audio (supplied by a VIA VT1708A chip) are supported through the usage of I/O pin headers and add-on modules/daughter cards. It has been demonstrated running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. older versions of major Linux distributions, including Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 7.10, will also run on it. It is available as a single board, as well as part of a barebones package, the Artigo, a small form factor complete computer. PX5000 This model is similar to the PX10000G, but uses the 500 MHz VIA Eden ULV CPU. There are two versions of this model, the PX5000G, which has a fan-assisted heatsink, and the PX5000EG, which has a fanless heatsink. Add-on modules (Note: Either the VIA PX-O add-on module or 4 USB 2.0 I/O are supplied in retail packages.) The VIA PX-O daughtercard supplies access to: 1 RCA-out for S/PDIF usage 4 USB 2.0 ports 1 3.5mm Mic-in, 1 3.5mm line-out, 1 3.5mm line-in 1 buzzer/speaker 1 CN9 connector (function TBC) 1 CN10 connector (function TBC). The VIA VT1625M daughtercard supplies access to: 1 external TV-out 1 video capture port. The Serener PXFPIO (also labeled under VIA PX-DIO) is 109mm × 22mm in size and connects via a 120mm ribbon cable through a daughter card. This addon may require modification to the heatsink due to the size of the daughter card. It supplies access to: power & reset switches 3.5mm audio in/out S/PDIF-in power & HDD activity LEDs 4 USB 2.0 ports The VIA PX-TC daughter card, compatible with the PX10000G only, is designed to enhance the multimedia capture and output. It supplies access to: 1 S-Video port 1 video-in port 1 YPbPr port 1 S/PDIF-out EPIA-P700 The second motherboard series in this form factor, the P700 series improves upon the PX10000G series by offering Gigabit Ethernet (Using the VIA VT6122 chipset) or a 10/100 Ethernet adapter (VIA VT6107) as a manufacturing option, integrating the power adapter (allowing for direct +12V DC-In & enabling it to directly power SATA), and making the Ethernet & VGA ports optional via the P700-A daughter card. Expanded functionality is offered via the following pin I/O: 1 LAN 1 VGA/DVI 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiking%20neural%20network
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are artificial neural networks that more closely mimic natural neural networks. In addition to neuronal and synaptic state, SNNs incorporate the concept of time into their operating model. The idea is that neurons in the SNN do not transmit information at each propagation cycle (as it happens with typical multi-layer perceptron networks), but rather transmit information only when a membrane potential—an intrinsic quality of the neuron related to its membrane electrical charge—reaches a specific value, called the threshold. When the membrane potential reaches the threshold, the neuron fires, and generates a signal that travels to other neurons which, in turn, increase or decrease their potentials in response to this signal. A neuron model that fires at the moment of threshold crossing is also called a spiking neuron model. The most prominent spiking neuron model is the leaky integrate-and-fire model. In the integrate-and-fire model, the momentary activation level (modeled as a differential equation) is normally considered to be the neuron's state, with incoming spikes pushing this value higher or lower, until the state eventually either decays or—if the firing threshold is reached—the neuron fires. After firing, the state variable is reset to a lower value. Various decoding methods exist for interpreting the outgoing spike train as a real-value number, relying on either the frequency of spikes (rate-code), the time-to-first-spike after stimulation, or the interval between spikes. History Many multi-layer artificial neural networks are fully connected, receiving input from every neuron in the previous layer and signalling every neuron in the subsequent layer. Although these networks have achieved breakthroughs in many fields, they are biologically inaccurate and do not mimic the operation mechanism of neurons in the brain of a living thing. The biologically inspired Hodgkin–Huxley model of a spiking neuron was proposed in 1952. This model describes how action potentials are initiated and propagated. Communication between neurons, which requires the exchange of chemical neurotransmitters in the synaptic gap, is described in various models, such as the integrate-and-fire model, FitzHugh–Nagumo model (1961–1962), and Hindmarsh–Rose model (1984). The leaky integrate-and-fire model (or a derivative) is commonly used as it is easier to compute than the Hodgkin–Huxley model. Underpinnings Information in the brain is represented as action potentials (neuron spikes), which may be grouped into spike trains or even coordinated waves of brain activity. A fundamental question of neuroscience is to determine whether neurons communicate by a rate or temporal code. Temporal coding suggests that a single spiking neuron can replace hundreds of hidden units on a sigmoidal neural net. An SNN computes in the continuous rather than the discrete domain. The idea is that neurons may not test for activation in every iteration of pr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Juan-Caguas%20Rail
The San Juan-Caguas Rail project, named NOVOTRÉN, was a planned rail transit link between the Puerto Rican cities of San Juan and Caguas through a "regional rail network". The plan was announced by the Mayor of Caguas, William Miranda Marín, along with former governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá on . The agreement signed creates a public-private society between three parties: the central government, the city council and a regional partnership; it entails an investment of $200 million by the central government through the Government Bank of Development (Banco Gubernamental de Fomento in Spanish). The total cost of the project is estimated at between $375 million and $400 million. The execution of the project would be managed by Mideast Technology Initiative "Tecnológica Centro Oriental" (INTECO), a non-profit organization that groups municipal governments, academic and industrial institutions of the region. The new line would include two stops in Caguas that connect to the Tren Urbano (Urban Train in English) in San Juan. The mayor of Caguas projected that in first year ridership should be between 10,000 and 15,000 daily, and that it should climb to about 20,000 in a year and a half. The Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority (PRHTA) has chosen The Innovative Transportation Group (ITG) - formed by French rail and urban transport management and design consultancy Semaly and Ray and locals such as architect Raúl Gayá, a project group which carried out the study, the drafting of enterprise consultation file documents and assistance in the choice of the contract holders. In March 2013, the name of the project was revealed and it is called the NOVOTREN. The project was canceled in 2017 due to high cost. Overview San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico, and its metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2 million, almost one half of the main island's total. It is the economic and political center of Puerto Rico, and its main international entry point. Currently a automated metro system "Tren Urbano" is operating and underused. Caguas, located about south of San Juan, is the fifth-largest city in terms of population with approximately 200,000. It is part of the agricultural, commercial and industrial core of the central region as well as part of the San Juan Metropolitan Area. Currently, the main form of transportation between these two cities is by two highways, PR-52 and PR-1. Features To be competitive and attractive, the projected local and regional "rapid rail line" would run between San Juan and Caguas up to an ideally maximum , operating wholly on dedicated rights-of-way in the center of highway PR-52, covering the distance between the two cities in about 15 minutes (for comparison, an automobile takes about 20 minutes in non-rush hour time and may take up to 90 minutes in rush hour). Luggage racks and laptop computer sockets could be a possibility if projected future expansions are to be considered. Schedule As of , no work t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Messerschmitt
David G. Messerschmitt (born May 21, 1945) is an engineer and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. He retired from UC Berkeley in 2005. At present he is conducting research at Berkeley, is a visiting professor in the Software Business Laboratory at the Helsinki University of Technology, and is doing research on interstellar communications at the SETI Institute. Messerschmitt also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Biography His notable past research includes the advancement of digital transmission systems, including contributions that made digital telephony possible over the existing telephone network, the use of VLSI to realize functions in the telephone network, and VLSI architectures to solve signal processing challenges. His work has increasingly been devoted to software. In 1984 Messerschmitt wrote Blosim, a software-based block diagram simulation system for digital signal processing simulations. He also contributed to a successor to Blosim called Ptolemy, which is still being actively developed and used. When the UC Berkeley School of Information was created he co-founded courses on network applications and strategic technology, and later served as interim dean of the school. His research interests and curriculum development for the past decade have been largely devoted to the business of software and economics of the software industry. Messerschmitt graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1967, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer, information, and control engineering from the University of Michigan in 1971. He was a Bell Labs researcher until 1977, when he left to take an academic position at Berkeley. In 1983, David Messerschmitt was elevated to the grade of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow for contributions to the theory of transmitting digital waveforms on band-limited channels. In 1999 Messerschmitt received the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal "for fundamental contributions to communications theory and practice, including VLSI for signal processing, and simulation and modeling software". He was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1990 for contributions to telecommunication theory and practice and to engineering education. In 2007 Messerschmitt co-founded the Software business community (SWBC) in cooperation with the Helsinki University of Technology. Books References External links Messerschmitt's bio at IEEE History Center, written 1999 Messerschmitt's page on the Software Business Community (SWBC) platform 1945 births Living people Engineers from Denver Educators from Denver American electrical engineers Scientists at Bell Labs University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni University of Colorado alumni UC Berkeley College of Engineer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauniainen%20railway%20station
Kauniainen railway station (, ) is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in the town of Kauniainen, Finland. The station building was designed by architect Bruno Granholm, and it was built in 1908. The station building was heavily damaged in a fire on 2008-08-30. Connections 118N (Jorvi-Kamppi, nighttime) 224 (Tuomarila-Leppävaara) 533 (Järvenperä-Matinkylä) 548 (Jupperi-Tapiola) 549 (Jorvi-Tapiola) References External links Railway station Railway stations in Uusimaa Railway stations opened in 1908 1908 establishments in the Russian Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois%20Haibt
Lois B. Mitchell Haibt (born 1934) is an American computer scientist best known for being a member of the ten-person team at IBM that developed FORTRAN, the first successful high-level programming language. She is known as an early pioneer in computer science. Education and career Haibt studied mathematics at Vassar College with an academic scholarship. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1955. While at Vassar, Haibt worked at Bell Laboratories during the summer. Immediately after graduating from Vassar, Haibt began working at IBM. She started with an annual salary of $5,100, despite her lack of prior programming experience. This sum was almost double the amount that she would have made at Bell Laboratories. Haibt inferred that any job with such a high salary would be difficult, but fascinating. She was part of an academically diverse team of ten young people with varying academic degrees and unrelated areas of expertise, such as crystallography and cryptography. Experience with mathematics was their one common connection. Haibt was the only woman on the team. According to Haibt, the team worked well together: "No one was worried about seeming stupid or possessive of his or her code. We were all just learning together." The FORTRAN team worked nontraditional hours so that they could have unlimited access to the IBM 704 computer. They frequently rented rooms at the nearby Langdon Hotel in order to sleep during the day and work at night. In 1957, Haibt attended Columbia University. Haibt is a member of the Mathematical Association of America. Research contributions The IBM team spent almost three years creating the programming language FORTRAN, which reformed the way people communicate instructions to computers. Haibt was in charge of section four of the FORTRAN project. She analyzed the flow of programs produced by other sections of the compiler. Her estimates of flow in high-traffic areas of the computer were obtained by calculating how often basic blocks of the program would execute. Haibt employed Monte Carlo methods (statistical analysis) for these calculations. Through this process, she also created the first syntactic analyzer of arithmetic expressions. Haibt planned and programmed the entire section. Haibt was also part of an eleven-person team to develop and release the first reference manual for FORTRAN in 1956. Personal life Haibt was married to Luther Haibt (May 4, 1929 – December 3, 2000), a systems analyst at IBM in Thornwood, NY. The Haibts spent their adult lives in New York state. Haibt's daughter, Carolyn, attended Princeton University for her bachelor's degree and went on to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Haibt's hobbies include interior decorating and reading. Works Original Paper on FORTRAN from 1957 Casting Petri Nets into Programs, September 1983 See also List of prominent pioneers in computer science References External links Living people American compute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20P.%20Organ
Lawrence P. Organ (born November 1959) is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Chicago, Illinois-based Exact Data, acquired in 2021 by Data Axle. Organ has been an entrepreneur focused on the direct marketing industry since 1986 and is credited with starting a number of companies. He is best known for founding the internet properties of FastWeb and JobsOnline which today are owned, respectively, by Monster Worldwide and Acxiom Corporation. From June, 2009 until May, 2019 Organ served on the board of directors of Clearbrook, a Chicago not-for-profit organization benefiting 7,000 clients with developmental disabilities. Starting February, 2021 to January, 2022 Organ was chairman of Lift Foundation, an organization dedicated to developing leadership excellence in motivated and talented youth in Tamil Nadu, India. Organ is on the Board of Directors of Ramsay Innovations and is a member of the Killerspin Advisory Board. Early life Lawrence Organ was born in November 1959 to Leslie and Barbara Organ in Toronto Canada. His family is Jewish. Education Organ earned his B.A. from Glendon College, at York University, Toronto, in 1985. Controversy Organ was the topic of a March 27, 2006 Forbes magazine article entitled You Can Surf But You Can't Hide in which the author voiced privacy concerns over ResponderInfo, a product carried by ConsumerBase. That articles lead to discussions in privacy blogs as well as direct marketing sources such as Digital Moses Confidential regarding the lines between privacy and commerce. References Forbes article on Larry Organ Article in ChiefMarketer written by Larry Organ Article in DM News written by Larry Organ 1959 births Living people 20th-century American businesspeople Businesspeople from Toronto Glendon College alumni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBInet
SBInet, the Secure Border Initiative Network, was a program initiated in 2006 for a new integrated system of personnel, infrastructure, technology, and rapid response to secure the northern and southern land borders of the United States. It was a part of Secure Border Initiative (SBI), an overarching program of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to organize the four operating components of border security: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the United States Coast Guard. DHS announced the program's cancellation on Jan. 14, 2011. In August 2008, DHS ordered Boeing to stop SBI work along the border between Arizona and Mexico because CBP had not received the necessary permissions from the Department of the Interior. Boeing told a subcontractor that the suspension of work could last until January 1, 2009. On March 16, 2010, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the DHS was diverting $50 million for the project into other efforts and that all work beyond the current pilot projects have been frozen. Background SBInet (a component of SBI) was a program created under U.S. Customs and Border Protection to design a new integrated system of personnel, infrastructure, technology, and rapid response to secure the northern and southern land borders of the U.S. SBInet replaced two former programs, America's Shield Initiative and the Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System. Both of these programs had similar goals, but were scrapped due to mismanagement and failure of equipment. To avoid such problems, DHS decided to have development of SBInet managed by a single private contractor. Boeing, holding the primary contract, subcontracting many portions of the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the program, with Boeing handling the majority of the management aspects. Subcontractors included: Centech Group DRS Technologies Kollsman (a division of Elbit Systems) L-3 Communications Government Services Inc. L-3 Communication Systems - West LGS Perot Systems Unisys Global Public Sector USIS EOD Technology Inc. (Security Personnel) History of the program On September 21, 2006 DHS announced the award of the SBInet contract to Boeing. DHS deputy director of homeland security Michael Jackson played a large role in the initiation of SBInet, while Greggory L. Giddens served as executive director of the SBI Program Management Office at CBP. Kirk Evans was the first SBInet program manager; on April 11, 2008, he resigned to accept another position within DHS. Five companies competed for the SBInet contract: Boeing, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon. On September 21, 2006, following an intensive and detailed source selection process, DHS announced that it had chosen to award the contract to Boeing. Boeing named Jerry McElwee as SBInet's executive program manager, Tony Swansson as
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Asian%20Journalists%20Association
The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) was founded in 1994 in New York City. Sree Sreenivisan, Dilip Massand, M.K. Srinivasan and Om Malik co-founded SAJA as a networking organization for South Asian journalists. It is a group of more than 1,000 journalists of South Asian origin in the U.S. and Canada. South Asia refers to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. SAJA is a not-for-profit organization, governed by a board of directors which appoints its executive officers. As of January 2022, the President of SAJA is Sabrina Malhi. In 2003, the SAJA Group, Inc., an affiliated non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was formed to jointly execute SAJA programming and events. SAJA is an important networking resource for journalists covering South Asia and journalists of South Asian origin. SAJA also offers internships, scholarships, and mentorship to journalism students and new journalists. From its website: The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) is a non-profit organization that provides a networking and resource forum for journalists of South Asian origin and journalists covering South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora. SAJA's mission also includes acting as a resource to facilitate and promote accurate coverage of South Asia and South Asians in North America. Executive Committee and Current Board Members SAJA is governed by a 11-member board of directors. Board members are elected to two-year terms by Full Members of SAJA. As of January 2022, the Executive Committee members of the Board are: The other six members of the Board are: Awards Ceremony SAJA annually holds an award ceremony to recognize South Asian journalists and students in the U.S. and Canada and honor their excellent achievements as well as coverage of South Asia. The Association presents annual awards honoring work in print, broadcast and new media outlets, in categories including Outstanding story on South Asia, Outstanding photograph of South Asia or of South Asians in North America, and Outstanding story on any subject by a South Asian Journalist. Digital Archives SAJA's website (www.saja.org) also is an online archive for the organization and a resource for journalists. The Association also maintains 15.5 linear feet of physical files and brochures of South Asian diasporic periodicals and articles. External links Notes Organizations established in 1994 Journalism-related professional associations Asian-American press South Asian American organizations Organizations based in New York (state)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burly%20Bear%20Network
The Burly Bear Network was an American cable TV channel targeted at 18- to 24-year-old college students founded in 1994. The company was created by four friends from Connecticut, Danny Stein, Brian Nurenberg, Danny Ameri and James Mairs and led by CEO Stein. Programming was offered on some university TV stations, including Arizona State University, Louisiana State University, Ball State University, Iowa State University, Northern Kentucky University, Purdue University, the University of Dayton, the University of Missouri, Berry College, Michigan State University, and Indiana University East in Richmond, as well as late nights on TBS. The Network was a privately held company, under CEO Danny Stein, who ran the company while Ameri and Mairs led production and Nurenberg led distribution. The Company become the premier college entertainment television network, ultimately passing 8 million college students at hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States. The network also included an events business that brought its branded entertainment to campuses and through online exploits at the dawn of the commercial internet boom. Stein led a sale to Lorne Michael's Broadway Video in May 1997, and then departed in 1999 after the company was integrated into Broadway Video. Howard Handler was hired in 1999 as CEO with Ted Jessup as the head of programming. In September 2002, the company was bought by National Lampoon for an undisclosed amount. This sale corresponded to the end of programming on TBS. The network folded into National Lampoon Network around September 2002. Programs Some programming included Half Baked (1997 – 2002) National Rage Page (aka NPR) (1997 – 2000) Shredder's Way (1997) Break This (1998) Expedition (1998) The Kids in the Hall (1998 – 2002) Tame Show (Hosted by Jodi Lennon, celeb interviews, undercover camera, sketches) (1998 – 2000) Burlyvision (2000 – 2001) Crash Pad (2000) The Henry Brothers (2000 – 2001) Shock Therapy (2000) Laarr's Lounge (2000) No Cover (2000) Press Junky (off-beat celeb interviews & movie reviews) (2000) Shuffle (2000) Stripped Down (2000) Thrillavision (2000) Kevin Spencer (both the original shorts and full-length series) (2000) Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion Celebrity Highway Shuffle (a music magazine show) Burlyvision (student and independent short films) Imposter (pranks and hidden cameras) Overkill! (extreme sports) Sexology (relationships) Network promos The commercials and promo videos for the Burly Bear Network were created and produced by Mike Henry and Patrick Henry, whose other work included the FOX television series Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. External links Internet Movie Database listing References Defunct television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1994 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 1994 establishments in the United States 2002 disestablishments in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Comprehensive%20Cancer%20Network
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is an alliance of 33 cancer centers in the United States, most of which are designated by the National Cancer Institute (one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health) as comprehensive cancer centers. It is a non-profit organization with offices in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. John W. Sweetenham, MD, FRCP, FACP, FASCO, from UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, is chairman of the NCCN Board of Directors. It publishes the peer-reviewed medical journal Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Member Institutions Experts from the 33 NCCN Member Institutions are recognized for dealing with complex, aggressive, or rare cancers. The 33 NCCN Member Institutions are: Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute City of Hope National Medical Center Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center | Mass General Cancer Center Duke Cancer Institute Fox Chase Cancer Center Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Moffitt Cancer Center O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Stanford Cancer Institute The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins The UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Colorado Cancer Center University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital See also American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network American Cancer Society Center Canadian Cancer Society National Cancer Institute Oncology Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy References "New developments from National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) outlined recently" Physician Law Weekly August 1, 2007 "New Guidelines Updates from National Comprehensive Cancer Network" Cancerwatch Online (March 2004) 13(3) "NCCN and ACS Team Up to Provide Easy to Understand Inf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU%20card
A CPU card is a printed circuit board (PCB) that contains the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. CPU cards are specified by CPU clock frequency and bus type as well as other features and applications built into the card. CPU cards include Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards, modular PC Cards, Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) cards, PCI extensions for instrumentation (PXI) cards and embedded technology extended (ETX) cards. CPU cards are often used to expand the memory, speed, bandwidth or embedded applications of an existing computer system. PC cards are typically used to expand a system's embedded applications. PC cards include modules for audio and video applications, data communications and embedded storage. PXI cards are used for data acquisition and control systems, making them suitable for real-time measurement applications. ETX cards are used in industrial applications to augment a computer system's embedded applications. ETX cards contain all the functionality necessary to run the PC in a compact space. CPU cards that are used to augment existing computer backplanes typically have ISA or PCI connectors and can be plugged into the backplane without any additional configuration. CPU cards for use in computer backplanes are typically half-sized. The CPU card contains the PC functionality and communicates with the other cards plugged into the backplane through a computer bus. CPU cards may also be called expansion cards or expansion boards, and offer a variety of embedded applications from modems and wireless networking to graphics and video controllers to RAID controllers. External links What Is a CPU Card? - wiseGEEK CPU Cards and Modules Information - Engineering360 Central processing unit Compatibility cards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%20Works
Western Electric's Reading Works in Berks County, Pennsylvania was a manufacturer of integrated circuit and optoelectronic equipment for communication and computing. The work force grew to nearly 5,000 by 1985 making the Reading, Pennsylvania, facility one of Berks County's largest industrial employers. As a part of Western Electric and the Bell System, it changed its masthead many times during its life. 1952: From Allentown to Laureldale The origins can be traced back to 1876, when Elisha Gray lost his race to invent the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell put in a patent application just hours before Gray filed one. Gray nevertheless left his mark on the telephone industry in 1869 when he and Enos N. Barton formed Gray and Barton, a small manufacturing firm in Cleveland, Ohio. Three years later, the firm, now based in Chicago, was renamed the Western Electric Manufacturing Co. By 1880, it was the largest electrical manufacturing company in the United States. A year later when growth of the telephone network was outstripping the capacity of smaller suppliers, American Bell purchased a controlling interest in Western Electric Company and made it the exclusive manufacturer of equipment for the Bell telephone companies. Western Electric Company was responsible for developing as well as manufacturing Bell equipment. In 1907, Theodore N. Vail combined the AT&T and Western Electric engineering departments into a single organization that became Bell Labs in 1925. Western Electric became the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. In 1951, just four years after the invention of the transistor by Bell Laboratories, the Allentown Plant was opened to manufacture the first transistors. Jack Morton was assigned to develop transistors for manufacture. He had been responsible for inventing and providing the military with microwave components during WWII and knew how to get an idea from the lab, into production, and into the field. He established a system of branch labs at several Western Electric plants, consisting of teams of Bell Labs scientists and engineers focused on production engineering and acting as liaison with their colleagues back in Murray Hill. Morton fine-tuned this approach at the new Western Electric plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which produced electronic devices and components for the Bell System. He set up a Bell Labs semiconductor development group there and put Eugene Anderson in charge. In 1952, operations in Reading began when Western Electric Company (WECO) converted the old Rosedale knitting mill in Laureldale into a factory that produced electronic components for the U.S. government for use by the military and the space program. On August 22, 1952, Western Electric Company opened the doors of its new electronics manufacturing facility in Laureldale. Growth was slow but steady. By the end of 1952, there were 130 employees, and by the end of 1953, 253 employees. On January 12, 1956, a diffused base transistor was unveiled at Laureld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20News%20Network
The North Carolina News Network (sometimes called NCNN) is a news and information service established in 1942. It provides programming to approximately 75 radio stations, primarily in the state of North Carolina, and can also be heard by Internet streaming via its website. History The roots of this network go back to 1942, when WRAL (1240 AM; now WPJL) in Raleigh, North Carolina began producing agricultural reports for farmers in the Eastern part of the state. Shortly after returning from service in World War II, Ray Wilkinson began delivering agricultural reports in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on radio station WCEC 810 AM (now dark), where he was Program Director. Shortly thereafter, WRAL expressed interest in broadcasting Wilkinson's reports, and the groundwork was laid for the foundation of the Tobacco Radio Network, the predecessor to NCNN. The network was so-named because tobacco was the leading agricultural crop in Eastern North Carolina, where the oldest stations of the network were based. With the establishment of WRAL-FM in 1946, the network took advantage of its static-free reception and wide coverage area to begin relaying programming to other stations that desired agricultural news. Eventually, the network was available to nearly all of North Carolina through a system of FM repeater stations. Feeder stations for the network included: WRAL-FM/101.5, Raleigh — Main origination station WCEC-FM/100.7, Rocky Mount (now WRDU) — Eastern Zone feeder station WGBR-FM/99.7, Goldsboro (now WPLW-FM) — Southeastern Zone feeder station WGWR-FM/92.3, Asheboro (now WKRR) — Central Zone feeder station WEGO-FM/97.9, Concord (now WPEG) — Western Zone feeder station A companion network, the Tobacco Sports Network, was formed in the mid-1950s to broadcast College Football and College Basketball for the four major universities centered in and around Raleigh. Broadcast commentators for events on this network included Bill Currie and Ray Reeve. It was this network that broadcast the North Carolina Tar Heels’ winning game in the 1957 NCAA basketball championship to a statewide audience. In 1963, Wilkinson became Farm News Director for WRAL, and the programming he was producing for the network went to Raleigh with him. He became Vice-President of Capitol Broadcasting Company, in charge of both networks, a position he held for 31 years. With Wilkinson's move to WRAL, operations for the two networks were consolidated by Capitol Broadcasting and renamed the T-N Radio Network. A news staff was hired, and hourly newscasts were begun. During the 1960s, the distinctive three-note news sounder could regularly be heard at 55 minutes past the hour on radio stations across North Carolina. In 1973, concurrent with programming changes at parent station WRAL-FM, the network was re-imaged to the current "North Carolina News Network" for news, weather and sports reports, while agricultural reports continued as "T-N Farm News." By 1978, the network had discontinued the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JumpStart%20SpyMasters%3A%20Unmask%20the%20Prankster
JumpStart SpyMasters: Unmask the Prankster is a personal computer game made by Knowledge Adventure where the user must stop the Prankster. As in other JumpStart games, one has to solve educational problems to complete the game. Gameplay There are three locations in the game: HQ HQ = This is where the user goes after completing a mission Lab = Here the user connects molecules with words on them organized according to their lexical category Spy Masters Online = This is an Internet game where one has to get the flag from the other team Adventure Valley Dell's = This a fast food restaurant where you have to get the right amount of mustard in 3 blenders. Recording Studio = Here you must get instrument to touch the right letter to spell the requested word. Software Company = Here you must get to the words related to the requested word above before the time runs out. Robot Factory = Here you must sort out computer chips with a word on them to get them 4 in a row. When you use up all the space you and have 'data' you need you win. Clock tower = an area similar to the Recording Studio. Airport = An area similar to the Software Company. Power Plant = An area very alike to the Lab. Ancient Ruins Library = Here you must find what the pictures mean and change to a word. Map Room = Place is similar to the Robot Factory. Abandoned Amusement Park Puzzle Fun House = An area identical to the Library. Octopus Ride = An area similar to the Dell's but the only difference you is you shoot cannonballs Other Areas These places can only accessible by Jet pack or during pre-mission. Training Area = The User can only go there during the pre- mission. It's near the ocean Other Areas = Some are between the airport and Dell's, on rivers or near the ruins (Note: At the end of the credits is a poster of this game's sequel. Around it was more areas unshown in the game.) Cast Jess/Jo: Paula Tiso Zack: Phil Snyder Sally: Kim Mai Guest Botley/Max: Dee Bradley Baker TJ: Brianne Siddall Dr.X: Lex Lang Characters Adventurers Botley - AndroidXL2 ("Botley"), of JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain & JumpStart Typing, is a robot. In the game, Botley speaks in an older tone of voice. T.J. - Thomas James Adams, of JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Sapphire Falls, is the newest member of the Adventurers in the game and seems to be very excited. In the game, his green T-shirt turns into a tan sweater with a green vest. Sally - Sally Chu, also of JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Sapphire Falls. In the game, Sally's ponytail turns plain short. Jo - Jo Hammet, of JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective, seems to like skateboarding and rollerblading (as seen in JumpStart 5th Grade and JumpStart Adventure Challenge - a bonus disc that was included with several games in the past and which was also released under the names Far Out Field Trips, Ultimate Field Trips, and Extreme Field Trips in several of the Advanced packages of those same games.). Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschberg%27s%20algorithm
In computer science, Hirschberg's algorithm, named after its inventor, Dan Hirschberg, is a dynamic programming algorithm that finds the optimal sequence alignment between two strings. Optimality is measured with the Levenshtein distance, defined to be the sum of the costs of insertions, replacements, deletions, and null actions needed to change one string into the other. Hirschberg's algorithm is simply described as a more space-efficient version of the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm that uses divide and conquer. Hirschberg's algorithm is commonly used in computational biology to find maximal global alignments of DNA and protein sequences. Algorithm information Hirschberg's algorithm is a generally applicable algorithm for optimal sequence alignment. BLAST and FASTA are suboptimal heuristics. If x and y are strings, where length(x) = n and length(y) = m, the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm finds an optimal alignment in O(nm) time, using O(nm) space. Hirschberg's algorithm is a clever modification of the Needleman–Wunsch Algorithm, which still takes O(nm) time, but needs only O(min{n, m}) space and is much faster in practice. One application of the algorithm is finding sequence alignments of DNA or protein sequences. It is also a space-efficient way to calculate the longest common subsequence between two sets of data such as with the common diff tool. The Hirschberg algorithm can be derived from the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm by observing that: one can compute the optimal alignment score by only storing the current and previous row of the Needleman–Wunsch score matrix; if is the optimal alignment of , and is an arbitrary partition of , there exists a partition of such that . Algorithm description denotes the i-th character of , where . denotes a substring of size , ranging from the i-th to the j-th character of . is the reversed version of . and are sequences to be aligned. Let be a character from , and be a character from . We assume that , and are well defined integer-valued functions. These functions represent the cost of deleting , inserting , and replacing with , respectively. We define , which returns the last line of the Needleman–Wunsch score matrix : function NWScore(X, Y) Score(0, 0) = 0 // 2 * (length(Y) + 1) array for j = 1 to length(Y) Score(0, j) = Score(0, j - 1) + Ins(Yj) for i = 1 to length(X) // Init array Score(1, 0) = Score(0, 0) + Del(Xi) for j = 1 to length(Y) scoreSub = Score(0, j - 1) + Sub(Xi, Yj) scoreDel = Score(0, j) + Del(Xi) scoreIns = Score(1, j - 1) + Ins(Yj) Score(1, j) = max(scoreSub, scoreDel, scoreIns) end // Copy Score[1] to Score[0] Score(0, :) = Score(1, :) end for j = 0 to length(Y) LastLine(j) = Score(1, j) return LastLine Note that at any point, only requires the two most recent rows of the score matrix. Thus, is implemented in space. The H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyDev
PyDev is a third-party plug-in for Eclipse. It is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used for programming in Python supporting code refactoring, graphical debugging, code analysis among other features. History PyDev was originally created by Aleks Totic in July 2003, but Fabio Zadrozny became the project's main developer in January 2005. In September of that same year, PyDev Extensions was started as a commercial counterpart of PyDev, offering features such as code analysis and remote debugging. In July 2008, Aptana acquired PyDev, retaining Zadrozny as the project head. They open sourced PyDev Extensions in September 2009, and merged it with PyDev. When Appcelerator acquired Aptana in January 2011, they acquired PyDev by extension. Zadrozny was kept as head of the project. Since then, development of PyDev has accelerated. In March 2011, PyDev 2.0 was released with TDD actions support, and in April of the following year, version 2.5 was released with Django support. May 2013 saw a major milestone as PyDev raised more than its target in a successful crowd sourcing round to continue development, and version 2.7.5 was released. The campaign also funded Zadrozny's creation of LiClipse, a paid closed source fork of Eclipse which bundles PyDev by default. PyDev received improvements to type inference and a notable increase in contributions to code base when version 2.8 was released in July 2013. Since then, numerous additional improvements have been made to PyDev and it has gained many positive reviews. Version 5.4.0 was released on November 30, 2016. The main new feature of this release is support for Python 3.6. Features Below there are some of the features available (version 2.7.5): CPython, Jython and IronPython support Code completion Code completion with auto-import Code analysis (with quick-fix for problems found in code analysis—Ctrl+1) Debugger Django Remote Debugger (allows debugging scripts not launched from within Eclipse) Debug console (allows interactive probing in suspended mode) Interactive console Python 2.x and 3.x syntax Basic syntax highlighting Parser errors Outline view Tabs or spaces preferences Smart indent / dedent Comment / uncomment / comment blocks Code folding Go to definition Code coverage Mark occurrences Pylint integration TODO tasks Content Assistants (Ctrl+1) Assign result to attribute or local Surround code with try..catch / finally Create docstring Move import to global scope Keywords presented as auto-completions as you type Quick-outline PyDev extensions Until September 2009, two versions of PyDev existed: an open-source version, and a shareware version called PyDev Extensions. Certain advanced features such as code analysis, quick-fixes, and remote debugging were reserved for the non-free version. On September 3, 2009, Aptana announced PyDev version 1.5, a combined version of PyDev and PyDev Extensions, all available under the Eclipse Public License. See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline%20Open%20Data%20Standard
The Pipeline Open Data Standard (PODS) Pipeline Data Model provides the database architecture pipeline operators use to store critical information and analysis data about their pipeline systems, and to manage this data geospatially in a linear-referenced database which can then be visualized in any GIS platform. Since its inception in 1998 PODS has supported the growing and changing needs of the pipeline industry through ongoing development and maintenance of the Data Model and Standards. This is accomplished through a volunteer based technical committee, responsible for the strategic technical direction of the PODS Association. The work, including debate, deliberation, and resulting recommendations, is conducted through an assigned project team and work groups. The PODS Association is a non-profit (501 (c) member-driven organization. There are 12 board members with renewals / elections being held each year. As of November 2022 the following supporting roles have been created: Education Coordinator, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Membership Coordinator, Technical Coordinator. The executive director role continues to be the one full time position within the organization. PODS Members The PODS Association members include large and small pipeline operators worldwide and the suppliers, developers, and vendors that support them. Government agencies are also members. The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) uses the PODS model for its baseline in loading into the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS). The PODS data model has been implemented by over 200 pipeline operators in 36 countries, representing over 3 million miles of linear pipeline assets and systems including facilities, storage, stations, etc. over the last 25 years. A membership directory can be found on PODS.org. Strategic and Tactical Plan for PODS Now more than ever, visibility and optimization of in-ground assets are vital to our industry. The PODS organization maintains 4 strategic goals: Goal 1 Establish a single logical data model capable of generating multiple physical data models that are vendor–neutral and tested in accordance with PODS' Testing plan. The result is a well–documented pipeline data model that meets current and future pipeline industry needs. Goal 2 Provide robust communications to member organizations and stakeholders to advance understanding. Goal 3 Offer clear and complete standards implementation guidance and PODS training services education on PODS fundamentals. Goal 4 Retain, sustain and grow membership based upon solid value proposition to member organizations. Successfully engage members as volunteers for PODS committees. PODS Model History Since its inception, the PODS Association has supported continued development of the PODS Data Model in order to meet the needs of the pipeline industry. Government regulation and technological advancement of integrity and risk management applications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton%20Pedway
The Edmonton Pedway system is a pedestrian network connecting office buildings, shopping centres, and parkades in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It consists of approximately of year-round climate-controlled tunnels, and walkways between the second floors of buildings, approximately above ground. The main network connects more than 40 buildings and parkades, and three of the five Edmonton Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations in the downtown area. The Pedway system is integrated with public transit via climate controlled access to LRT stations. Linked to Churchill station: Revera The Churchill-Active Retirement Living Canada Place Edmonton Convention Centre Citadel Theatre Stanley A. Milner Library Westin Hotel Royal Alberta Museum Art Gallery of Alberta Chancery Hall Edmonton City Hall Provincial Court of Alberta John E Brownlee Building Edmonton City Centre mall (East building) Sandman Signature Edmonton Downtown Hotel MNP Tower Bell Tower Stantec Offices/Bell Tower Parkade Edmonton Tower JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences Rogers Place Stantec Tower Linked to Central station: ATB Place Rice Howard Place Commerce Place Manulife Place Edmonton Journal building Edmonton City Centre mall (West building) Royal Bank building Linked to Bay/Enterprise Square station: Canadian Western Bank Place Enterprise Square Throughout the city, there are some independent connections between buildings that are not linked to the wider system, as well as shorter tunnels leading from the surface directly to transit. Notable examples include connections to the Alberta Legislature Buildings that leads to Government Centre station, and networks connecting buildings at the University of Alberta, MacEwan University, and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. MacEwan University and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology are entirely traversable indoors through extensive pedways and building interconnectivity. References External links Map of Downtown Edmonton Pedways. Buildings and structures in Edmonton Pedways in Canada Transport in Edmonton Skyways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20Application%20Protocol
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network. A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that use the protocol. Introduced in 1999, WAP achieved some popularity in the early 2000s, but by the 2010s it had been largely superseded by more modern standards. Almost all modern handset internet browsers now fully support HTML, so they do not need to use WAP markup for web page compatibility, and therefore, most are no longer able to render and display pages written in WML, WAP's markup language. Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer interactive data services, but needed interactivity to support Internet and Web applications such as email, stock prices, news and sports headlines. The Japanese i-mode system offered another major competing wireless data protocol. Technical specifications WAP stack The WAP standard described a protocol suite or stack allowing the interoperability of WAP equipment and software with different network technologies, such as GSM and IS-95 (also known as CDMA). The bottom-most protocol in the suite, the Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP), functions as an adaptation layer that makes every data network look a bit like UDP to the upper layers by providing unreliable transport of data with two 16-bit port numbers (origin and destination). All the upper layers view WDP as one and the same protocol, which has several "technical realizations" on top of other "data bearers" such as SMS, USSD, etc. On native IP bearers such as GPRS, UMTS packet-radio service, or PPP on top of a circuit-switched data connection, WDP is in fact exactly UDP. WTLS, an optional layer, provides a public-key cryptography-based security mechanism similar to TLS. WTP provides transaction support (reliable request/response) adapted to the wireless world. WTP supports more effectively than TCP the problem of packet loss, which occurs commonly in 2G wireless technologies in most radio conditions, but is misinterpreted by TCP as network congestion. This protocol suite allows a terminal to transmit requests that have an HTTP or HTTPS equivalent to a WAP gateway; the gateway translates requests into plain HTTP. The Wireless Application Environment (WAE) space defines application-specific markup languages. For WAP version 1.X, the primary language of the WAE is Wireless Markup Language (WML). In WAP 2.0, the primary markup language is XHTML Mobile Profile. WAP Push WAP Push was incorporated into the specification to allow the WAP content to be pushed to the mobile handset with minimal user intervention. A WAP Push is basically a specially encoded message which includes a link to a WAP address. WAP Push was specified on top of Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP); as such, it can be delivered over any WDP-supported bearer, such as GPRS or SMS. Most GSM networks have a wide range of modified processors, but GPRS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20computer%20graphics
3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images. The resulting images may be stored for viewing later (possibly as an animation) or displayed in real time. 3-D computer graphics, contrary to what the name suggests, are most often displayed on two-dimensional displays. Unlike 3-D film and similar techniques, the result is two-dimensional, without visual depth. More often, 3-D graphics are being displayed on 3-D displays, like in virtual reality systems. 3-D graphics stand in contrast to 2-D computer graphics which typically use completely different methods and formats for creation and rendering. 3-D computer graphics rely on many of the same algorithms as 2-D computer vector graphics in the wire-frame model and 2-D computer raster graphics in the final rendered display. In computer graphics software, 2-D applications may use 3-D techniques to achieve effects such as lighting, and similarly, 3-D may use some 2-D rendering techniques. The objects in 3-D computer graphics are often referred to as 3-D models. Unlike the rendered image, a model's data is contained within a graphical data file. A 3-D model is a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional object; a model is not technically a graphic until it is displayed. A model can be displayed visually as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3-D rendering, or it can be used in non-graphical computer simulations and calculations. With 3-D printing, models are rendered into an actual 3-D physical representation of themselves, with some limitations as to how accurately the physical model can match the virtual model. History William Fetter was credited with coining the term computer graphics in 1961 to describe his work at Boeing. An early example of interactive 3-D computer graphics was explored in 1963 by the Sketchpad program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. One of the first displays of computer animation was Futureworld (1976), which included an animation of a human face and a hand that had originally appeared in the 1971 experimental short A Computer Animated Hand, created by University of Utah students Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke. 3-D computer graphics software began appearing for home computers in the late 1970s. The earliest known example is 3D Art Graphics, a set of 3-D computer graphics effects, written by Kazumasa Mitazawa and released in June 1978 for the Apple II. Overview 3-D computer graphics production workflow falls into three basic phases: 3-D modeling – the process of forming a computer model of an object's shape Layout and CGI animation – the placement and movement of objects (models, lights etc.) within a scene 3-D rendering – the computer ca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights%20Out%20%28Antimatter%20album%29
Lights Out is the second album by the UK band, Antimatter, released in 2003. Track listing Credits Duncan Patterson - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, artwork, production, vocals Mick Moss - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, production, vocals Hayley Windsor - guest vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3 Michelle Richfield - guest vocals on tracks 4, 5, 7 James SK Wān – bamboo flute Jamie Cavanagh - additional percussion: Stefano Soffia - production Stefano Soffia - mixing engineer Jamie Cavanagh - additional mixing Fergal Davis - mastering Adrian Owens - artwork and layout designer References 2003 albums Antimatter (band) albums The End Records albums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIXI
LIXI is an Australian, member-based not-for-profit company that develops data message transaction standards for the Australian mortgage processing industry, and promotes improvements in efficiency in mortgage processing. Owned by the members of the initiative, LIXI represents participants in the residential mortgage lending industry. Founded in 2001, LIXI has developed and released standards for such transactions as mortgage applications, property valuations, broker commissions and several others. With the purpose being the exchange of transaction data in the lending chain, the initial LIXI efforts focused on the creation and promulgation of data standards based on XML. This effort had the intended result, with the organisation winning an Innovation Award from MIS magazine in 2005. LIXI also collaborates with the Australian research institution NICTA. This effort is in two primary areas, one is the creation of reference implementations of the data standards and the second is in the area of mapping data standards on to business processes. Members Members of LIXI include all the major and mid-tier banks in Australia, as well as the mortgage insurers, valuation panel managers and large valuations firms, the major software providers to the lending industry, and a number of legal, conveyancing and outsource service providers: References Bibliography External links LIXI Homepage Innovation Award Winner - MIS magazine - Best Business Enabler 2005 Standards organisations in Australia Banking technology Banking in Australia Companies based in Sydney Mortgage industry of Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request%E2%80%93response
In computer science, request–response or request–reply is one of the basic methods computers use to communicate with each other in a network, in which the first computer sends a request for some data and the second responds to the request. More specifically, it is a message exchange pattern in which a requestor sends a request message to a replier system, which receives and processes the request, ultimately returning a message in response. It is analogous to a telephone call, in which the caller must wait for the recipient to pick up before anything can be discussed. This is a simple but powerful messaging pattern which allows two applications to have a two-way conversation with one another over a channel; it is especially common in client–server architectures. For simplicity, this pattern is typically implemented in a purely synchronous fashion, as in web service calls over HTTP, which holds a connection open and waits until the response is delivered or the timeout period expires. However, request–response may also be implemented asynchronously, with a response being returned at some unknown later time. When a synchronous system communicates with an asynchronous system, it is referred to as "sync over async" or "sync/async". This is common in enterprise application integration (EAI) implementations where slow aggregations, time-intensive functions, or human workflow must be performed before a response can be constructed and delivered. In contrast, one-way computer communication, which is like the push-to-talk or "barge in" feature found on some phones and two-way radios, sends a message without waiting for a response. Sending an email is an example of one-way communication, and another example are fieldbus sensors, such as most CAN bus sensors, which periodically and autonomously send out their data, whether or not any other devices on the bus are listening for it. (Most of these systems use a "listen before talk" or other contention-based protocol so multiple sensors can transmit periodic updates without any pre-coordination.) See also Futures and promises Message exchange pattern Publish/subscribe Remote procedure call References External links W3C single-request-response pattern Network protocols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earache%3A%20Extreme%20Metal%20Racing
Earache: Extreme Metal Racing is a budget vehicular combat game developed and designed by Data Design Interactive and Metro 3D. It incorporates an Extreme metal music soundtrack from artists signed on the Earache Records record label as players race. It has been released on the PC and PlayStation 2. The PC version of the game was packaged in an Earache Compilation set called Worldwide Metal. Game Modes Single Race - Single race offers straightforward competitive action on any of the tracks. Time Trial - The player races against their own previous times on a map. Challenge - A series of 3 successive races. After each race, points are awarded according to the finished position. The player with the most points at the end is the tournament winner. Death Match - Free-for-all deathmatch. Each player has 3 lives and once they have been destroyed, they are removed from the game. Zombie Massacre - Players compete to destroy zombies. Death Race - To win, all competitors must be destroyed before they complete a lap of the track. References External links Worldwide Metal 2006 video games Band-centric video games Data Design Interactive games Heavy metal mass media Metro3D games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation Portable games Vehicular combat games Video games based on musicians Video games developed in the United Kingdom Windows games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saviour%20%28album%29
Saviour is the debut album by the UK band, Antimatter, released in 2001. Track listing Credits Duncan Patterson - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming Mick Moss - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals Michelle Richfield - guest vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 Hayley Windsor - guest vocals on tracks 5, 6, 7, 9 Brian Moss - sampling Les Smith - sampling James SK Wān – bamboo flute Mags - lead guitar on "Going Nowhere" Mark Kelson - artwork References 2001 debut albums The End Records albums Antimatter (band) albums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20change%20conspiracy%20theory
Climate change conspiracy theories assert that the scientific consensus on global warming is based on conspiracies to produce manipulated data or suppress dissent. It is one of a number of tactics used in climate change denial to attempt to manufacture political and public controversy disputing this consensus. Conspiracy theorists typically allege that, through worldwide acts of professional and criminal misconduct, the science behind global warming and climate change has been invented or distorted for ideological or financial reasons. Background As stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the largest contributor to global warming is the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) since 1750, particularly from fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and land use changes such as deforestation. The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) states: The evidence for global warming due to human influence has been recognized by the national science academies of all the major industrialized countries. No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from the summary conclusions of the IPCC. Despite this scientific consensus on climate change, allegations have been made that scientists and institutions involved in global warming research are part of a global scientific conspiracy or engaged in a manipulative hoax. There have been allegations of malpractice, most notably in the Climatic Research Unit email controversy ("ClimateGate"). Eight committees investigated these allegations and published reports, each finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The Muir Russell report stated that the scientists' "rigor and honesty as scientists are not in doubt," that the investigators "did not find any evidence of behavior that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC assessments," but that there had been "a consistent pattern of failing to display the proper degree of openness." The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged at the end of the investigations. Claims Key claims Alleged conspiracies by scientists who accept the reality of global warming Faked scientific data: In 2002, after Clive Hamilton criticized Lavoisier Group, the Cooler Heads Coalition published an article supporting the Lavoisier Group's conspiracy theory that hundreds of climate scientists have twisted their results to support the climate change theory in order to protect their research funding. In 2007, John Coleman wrote a blog post claiming that global warming is the greatest scam in history. He wrote "Our universities have become somewhat isolated from the rest of us. There is a culture and attitudes and values and pressures on campus that are very different.... They all look askance at the rest of us, certain of their superiority.... These scientists know that if they do research and results are in no way alarming, their research wil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Taxi%3A%20Rush%20Hour
London Taxi: Rush Hour (stylized as London Taxi: RusHour) is a budget title from Data Design Interactive and Metro 3D released across multiple platforms. Plot The player needs to choose a cab and driver then pick up hitchhikers and drive them to their destinations while speeding through traffic, going on sidewalks, and driving onto ramps through mid-air. It has been classified as a clone of the classic game franchise Crazy Taxi. Also because this game has no traffic lights, stop signs, or even law enforcers, the cab drivers get to ignore the speed limit and ram and/or evade other vehicles on the road just like in Crazy Taxi. Reception The PlayStation 2 version received "generally unfavorable reviews", while the Wii version received "overwhelming dislike", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. References 2006 video games Data Design Interactive games Metro3D games PlayStation 2 games Racing video games Video games about taxis Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in London Wii games Windows games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Blackwell
Trevor Blackwell (born 4 November 1969, in Canada) is a Canadian-American computer programmer, engineer and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. Blackwell is a developer of humanoid robots. Blackwell is the founder and former CEO of Anybots and a partner at Y Combinator. Life and career Blackwell grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Blackwell studied engineering at Carleton University and received a Bachelor of Engineering in 1992, then studied Computer Science at Harvard University and received a PhD in 1998. His dissertation applied randomized methods to analyzing the performance of networks and compilers. During graduate school Blackwell joined Viaweb for which he wrote the image rendering, order processing and statistics software. The company was acquired by Yahoo in 1998, and Blackwell moved to Silicon Valley to lead the Yahoo Store development group. He founded Anybots in 2001 to build teleoperated humanoid robots. In 2006, Anybots announced a humanoid robot that walks and balances like people do, without depending on large feet for stability. As side projects, he has built two other balancing vehicles: a two-wheeled balancing scooter similar to the Segway but with different steering, and the self-balancing Eunicycle. Several hobbyists have built vehicles based on the open design of the machine. He co-founded Y Combinator in 2005. References External links Biography Dexter Walks The Robots Among Us 1969 births Canadian computer programmers Harvard University alumni Carleton University alumni Living people Canadian roboticists Canadian computer scientists American technology company founders Canadian company founders Canadian chief executives People from Saskatoon Businesspeople from Saskatchewan Canadian engineers Yahoo! employees American roboticists Y Combinator people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis%20Technology
BasisTech is a software company specializing in applying artificial intelligence techniques to understanding documents and unstructured data written in different languages. It has headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts with a subsidiary office in Tokyo. Its legal name is BasisTech LLC. The company was founded in 1995 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to use artificial intelligence techniques for natural language processing to help computer systems understand written human language. Its software focuses on analyzing freeform text so that applications can do a better job understanding the meaning of the words. For example, their software can identify tokens, part-of-speech, and lemmas. The tools can also identify different forms of names and phrases. The name of someone, say Albert P. Jones for instance, can appear in many different ways. Some texts will call him "Al Jones", others "Mr. Jones" and others "Albert Paul Jons". Their software also performs entity extraction, that is finding words which refer to people, places, and organizations from text for uses such as due diligence, intelligence and metadata tagging. The company is best known for its Rosette product which uses Natural Language Processing techniques to improve information retrieval, text mining, search engines and other applications. The tool is used to enable search engines to search in multiple languages, and match identities and dates. BasisTech software is also used by forensic analysts to search through files for words, tokens, phrases or numbers that may be important to investigators, as well as provide software (Cyber Triage) that helps organizations respond to cyberattacks. Rosette Rosette comes as a cloud (public or on-premise) deployment or Java SDK. Rosette provides a variety of natural language processing tools for unstructured text: language identification, base linguistics, entity extraction, name matching, name translation, sentiment analysis, semantic similarity, relationship extraction, topic extraction, categorization, and Arabic chat translation. It can be integrated into applications to enhance financial compliance onboarding, communication surveillance compliance, social media monitoring, cyber threat intelligence, and customer feedback analysis. The Rosette Linguistics Platform is composed of these modules: Rosette Language Identifier looks at the structural and statistical signature of the file to identify the language. The pre-configured software can recognize 55 different languages with 45 different encodings. Rosette Base Linguistics identifies the lemma or word stem after finding the tokens. Search is often faster and more accurate when words are grouped by their stem. Rosette Entity Extractor analyzes raw text and identifies the probable role that words and phrases play in the document, a key step that makes it possible for algorithms to distinguish between the various meanings that many words can have. Splitting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita%20Bergen
Vita Bergen (lit. The White Mountains) is a park area of Södermalm in Stockholm. The former civil defence center Pionen, now used to host a data center is located there. Vita Bergen is also mentioned in the novel The Red Room by August Strindberg as the place where Ygberg, one of the characters, lives. References Parks in Stockholm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKD
CKD may refer to: Chronic kidney disease, a slowly progressive loss of renal function Complete knock down, a complete kit needed to assemble a product Count Key Data, a disk architecture used in IBM mainframe computers ČKD (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk), an engineering company in the Czech Republic Crooked Creek Airport in Alaska, United States (IATA airport code)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Astrology%20Day
International Astrology Day (most often observed on either March 20 or March 21) was first asserted by the Association for Astrological Networking in 1993 and is an annual observance/holiday celebrated by astrologers and astrology enthusiasts. It is seen by astrologers as the beginning (first day) of the astrological year. It is the first full day of the astrological sign of Aries and thus marks the beginning of the tropical Zodiac. International Astrology Day is celebrated/observed depending on the exact day that the Northward equinox actually occurs. This varies year to year between March 19–22, though it usually falls on March 20 or March 21. The date of the holiday occurs at the same time of the Iranian new year (Norouz), which is celebrated in many places throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. It also corresponds with the beginning of the Baháʼí calendar, which is celebrated as Baháʼí Naw-Rúz. Other holidays occurring around this time include Ostara (amongst neopagans), Chunfen in China, and Vernal Equinox Day (a public holiday in Japan), among others. See also Astrology Astrology and astronomy History of astrology Spring festivals Northward equinox History of astrology Astrology March observances New Year celebrations Spring festivals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope%20tables
This page contains tables of azeotrope data for various binary and ternary mixtures of solvents. The data include the composition of a mixture by weight (in binary azeotropes, when only one fraction is given, it is the fraction of the second component), the boiling point (b.p.) of a component, the boiling point of a mixture, and the specific gravity of the mixture. Boiling points are reported at a pressure of 760 mm Hg unless otherwise stated. Where the mixture separates into layers, values are shown for upper (U) and lower (L) layers. The data were obtained from Lange's 10th edition and CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th edition unless otherwise noted (see color code table). A list of 15825 binary and ternary mixtures was collated and published by the American Chemical Society. An azeotrope databank is also available online through the University of Edinburgh. Binary azeotropes Ternary azeotropes Tables of various ternary azeotropes (that is azeotropes consisting of three components). Fraction percentages are given by weight. ‡Saddle azeotrope ‡Saddle azeotrope References Chemistry-related lists Chemical engineering thermodynamics Science-related lists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN%20University%20Network
The ASEAN University Network (AUN) is an Asian university association. It was founded in November 1995 by ASEAN member countries including 13 universities. After the enlargement of ASEAN by the ASEAN Charter in 1997 and 1999, the AUN membership has been increasing. Structure The ASEAN University Network (AUN) is an arrangement between 30 universities in the ten ASEAN countries. The AUN is composed of a Board of Trustees (BOT), the participating universities, and the AUN Secretariat. The Board of Trustees consists of one representative from each of the ASEAN Member Countries, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, the Chairman of the ASEAN subcommittee on Education (ASCOE) and the executive director of the AUN. The BOT has the task of formulating policies, approving project proposals, the allocation of budgets and co-ordinating implementation activities. The board makes decisions on these activities on the basis of consensus. The participating universities have the task of implementing the AUN programmes and activities. When AUN was founded in 1995, it consisted of thirteen universities from seven countries. Due to the inclusion of Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia in ASEAN, the network grew to 21 members. Although numerous applications for membership have been received, it was decided to only admit universities from the new member countries. Non members from the region however, are invited as observers on a regular basis. The AUN Secretariat is involved in the planning, organisation, monitoring and evaluation of AUN activities and also in the development of new ideas and the acquisition of funding. The permanent office of the Secretariat was established in 2000 and is located on the campus of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. The operating costs of the secretariat are (at least until 2005) allocated by the Thai Government. The financing of AUN activities comes from either cost sharing between the participating universities or from the external 'dialogue partners' of ASEAN. The dialogue partners are Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, New Zealand, ROK, Russia and the United States. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) also has dialogue status. The meetings within the AUN Framework are financed by the hosts and travel expenses by the (universities of the) participants, or by universities from the richer countries for the poorer countries. Development The ASEAN University Network emerged from a highly ambitious idea of the ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Subcommittee on Education (ASCOE) to establish an ASEAN University. A year after this idea was launched, it became clear that this would present too many problems concerning funding, location and leadership. Therefore, in 1994, it was decided that the founding of a network of existing institutions would be more feasible. In its early years (1995–1999), the AUN focused mainly on the sharing of knowledge and experiences and on small-scale student and staff exchange. As from 1999, the collaborati
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch%20Brian
Mitch Brian (born October 15, 1961) is an American television writer, screenwriter and film director. He has sold, optioned or written on assignment more than 25 scripts to major studios, networks and independent production companies. Having grown up in Hutchinson, Kansas, he attended film school at California State University, Northridge. Career In Los Angeles he worked as a story analyst until being hired to write a pair of low-budget films. He later sold the spec script Cold Sweat to Universal/Imagine and then worked as a co-creator on Warner Bros. Animation’s Batman. In addition to co-writing the series bible he wrote the episodes “On Leather Wings,” “POV” and “Bane.” After writing an episode for CBS’s Viper he adapted John Sanford’s crime-thriller Rules of Prey for Dino De Laurentiis. Brian teamed up with Kevin Willmott and wrote Shields Green & The Gospel of John Brown, which was sold to Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures.The two went on to write the Native-American drama Civilized Tribes for 20th Century Fox. They then wrote two screenplays for producer Oliver Stone: Little Brown Brother, about the Philippine–American War, and a biography of Custer based on Michael Blake’s novel Marching to Valhalla. They also wrote two miniseries for NBC, House of Getty and the 70's, which was produced in 2000. Brian adapted Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd for New Line and producer Geena Davis and then sold the screenplay 21 about World War I fighter ace Frank Luke to 20th Century Fox. He wrote an episode for HBO's unproduced series about Jefferson & Adams called Patriots and adapted Detour: A Hollywood Story for ABC and executive producer James Ellroy about the Lana Turner-Johnny Stompanto scandal. He then adapted Bob King’s fictional military memoir Spooky 8 for FX. He and Robert Schwentke co-wrote an adaptation of David Morrell’s horror novel The Totem for Mission Entertainment and revised Phoenix’s Last Voyage of the Demeter, about the ill-fated ship that transported Dracula to England in Bram Stoker’s novel. They also worked on Touchstone’s action-thriller Labor Day and adapted Noah Gordon’s novel The Physician. Most recently, Brian wrote a remake of the political thriller Seven Days in May. As a director, his films include the award winning shorts Hang Ups, James Ellroy’s Stay Clean and Rhubarb Pie. Other ventures He is currently an associate teaching professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City. His plays “Maul of the Dead” and “Sorority House of the Dead” are published by Dramatic publishing. His play based on Roger Corman's “A Bucket of Blood” premiered March 21, 2012 at The Living Room. "The Temperamental Artist or A Bucket of Blood" was published by Dramatic Publishing in 2013. In 2012 his short story “Last Night at the Rialto” was included in the Akashic Books anthology “Kansas City Noir." His play "Dracula: A Song of Love and Death" had its world premiere in Kansas City on October 12, 2018. It was a co-production by Kans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelevisaUnivision
TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as Las Estrellas, Canal 5, Foro, and Canal 9 alongside a collection of specialty television channels and production studios. 45% of the company is held by the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company Grupo Televisa, which was a major programming partner for Univision until the company sold their content assets to Univision in 2022. Since its founding in the early 1960s as Spanish International Network (SIN), the United States' first Spanish language television network, the company has catered to Hispanic and Latino Americans. It is currently a multimedia conglomerate, with free-to-air and specialty, digital and audio networks, including 65 television stations, online and mobile apps and products. History Univision Communications Inc. was founded in , as Spanish International Communications Corporation (parent of Spanish International Network) by Rene Anselmo, an American-Mexican TV executive of Cuban-Italian-American descent, Emilio Nicolas Sr., owner of KUAL-TV (now KWEX-DT) in San Antonio, and Mexican radio-TV magnate Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, head of Telesistema Mexicano (now Televisa). They consolidated the operations of some independent Latino stations into a network. In 1987, Nicolas sold his part of the company to Hallmark Cards, and the name was changed to its current one. On April 8, 1992, Hallmark sold Univision Communications to a group that included Los Angeles-based investor A. Jerrold Perenchio (a former partner in Norman Lear's Embassy Communications, who was outbid by the Hallmark-led consortium for the network in 1987), Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, and brothers Ricardo and Gustavo Cisneros (co-owners of Venezuelan broadcaster Venevision) for $550 million, in order to refocus its television operation efforts on cable provider Cencom Cable Associates, which it acquired the previous year for about $500 million. In order to comply with FCC rules on foreign ownership of television stations, the deal was structured to give Perenchio a controlling 75% interest in Univision's station group and 50% ownership of the network itself; Azcárraga and the Cisneroses held a 25% stake in the network and a 12.5% stake in the station group. The deal placed Univision under common ownership with competing cable channel Galavisión, which the Azcárraga-run Grupo Televisa owned at the time. The Cisneroses' ownership of stake in Univision Communications led to the broadcast of Venevision telenovelas from Venezuela, & eventually, to the co-production partnership of Venevision International and Univision Communications of telenovelas. The consortium ended up selling Univision Communications for $13.7 billion in 2007. From September 1996 to April 2007, Univision Communications Inc. traded on the New York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20aggregation
Data aggregation is the compiling of information from databases with intent to prepare combined datasets for data processing. Description The United States Geological Survey explains that, “when data are well documented, you know how and where to look for information and the results you return will be what you expect.” The source information for data aggregation may originate from public records and criminal databases. The information is packaged into aggregate reports and then sold to businesses, as well as to local, state, and government agencies. This information can also be useful for marketing purposes. In the United States, many data brokers' activities fall under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which regulates consumer reporting agencies. The agencies then gather and package personal information into consumer reports that are sold to creditors, employers, insurers, and other businesses. Various reports of information are provided by database aggregators. Individuals may request their own consumer reports which contain basic biographical information such as name, date of birth, current address, and phone number. Employee background check reports, which contain highly detailed information such as past addresses and length of residence, professional licenses, and criminal history, may be requested by eligible and qualified third parties. Not only can this data be used in employee background checks, but it may also be used to make decisions about insurance coverage, pricing, and law enforcement. Privacy activists argue that database aggregators can provide erroneous information. Role of the Internet The potential of the Internet to consolidate and manipulate information has a new application in data aggregation, also known as screen scraping. The Internet gives users the opportunity to consolidate their usernames and passwords, or PINs. Such consolidation enables consumers to access a wide variety of PIN-protected websites containing personal information by using one master PIN on a single website. Online account providers include financial institutions, stockbrokers, airline and frequent flyer and other reward programs, and e-mail accounts. Data aggregators can gather account or other information from designated websites by using account holders' PINs, and then making the users' account information available to them at a single website operated by the aggregator at an account holder's request. Aggregation services may be offered on a standalone basis or in conjunction with other financial services, such as portfolio tracking and bill payment provided by a specialized website, or as an additional service to augment the online presence of an enterprise established beyond the virtual world. Many established companies with an Internet presence appear to recognize the value of offering an aggregation service to enhance other web-based services and attract visitors. Offering a data aggregation service to a website may be attractive because
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20%26%20Marketing%20Association
The Data & Marketing Association (formerly, Direct Marketing Association), also known as the DMA, is a trade organization for marketers. In 2017 their web site stated "Yes, 100 years ago we were the Direct Mail Marketing Association and then the Direct Marketing Association. Now we embrace ..." Although headquartered in the United States, its members include companies from 48 other countries, including half of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as many nonprofit organizations. The DMA seeks to advance all forms of direct marketing. A mid-2018 joint announcement with the Association of National Advertisers, stated as "to be completed as of July 1, 2018" and having as its goal "the single largest trade association in the U.S. devoted to serving all aspects of marketing" had not materialized as of the projected date. As of July 1, 2019, DMA became the Data, Marketing & Analytics arm of the ANA. Objectives Its stated objectives are to advance and protect responsible data-driven marketing. Data-driven marketing can include any marketing where consumer data is used for marketing purposes, usually to create a more customized experience – like presenting custom offers in an email, recognizing a regular customer on a website, providing benefits through a loyalty program, showing recommendations on a website, or inclusion other special customer groups. It can include many marketing channels, such as postal mail, email, social, inserts, web advertising, publishing/content marketing and search. Members of DMA agree to comply with strict guidelines, which set ethical standards for the right way to use data responsibly in marketing. These cover aspects like privacy, data collection, consumer notice, use of data and other aspects of responsible marketing. DMA enforces these guidelines, accepting complaints from consumers or other companies, and after a member review of the practices and allowing the company to change any non-compliant practices, then publishes a list of "bad actors". These non compliance companies are also reported to the appropriate authorities. In addition to supporting those industry standards and agreeing to follow the Member Principles, companies that use data in marketing join DMA to network, grow their business, train their staff and participate in advocacy efforts. DMA does not address the use of consumer data for other, non-marketing uses. History The DMA was founded in 1917 as the Direct Mail Marketing Association. Over the next few decades it became the Direct Marketing Association and then the Data & Marketing Association. The organization launched the International ECHO Awards in 1929. As of when John Gitlitz left the American Advertising Federation in 1981 to become president/CEO of theDMA, the latter's headquarters were in NYC, although their Washington DC office was important to them. Consumer options A Washington Post 2018 review of what some people call "junk mail" and its professional defenders "the Data & Ma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20Are%20There%20%28series%29
You Are There is a 1947–1957 American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks. Radio Created by Goodman Ace for CBS Radio, it blended history with modern technology, taking an entire network newsroom on a figurative time warp each week reporting the great events of the past. Reporters included John Charles Daly, Don Hollenbeck, and Richard C. Hottelet. The series was first heard on July 7, 1947, under the title CBS Is There. Its final broadcast was on March 19, 1950, under the title You Are There. According to author/historian Martin Grams, actor Canada Lee was a guest in episodes 32 and 60. Martin Gabel appeared in character in episode 82. The first 23 broadcasts went under the title CBS Is There and beginning with episode 24, the title changed to You Are There. A total of 90 episodes were broadcast. Only 75 episodes are known to exist in recorded form. Television The radio program made a transition to television in 1953, with Walter Cronkite as the regular host. Reporters included veteran radio announcers Dick Joy and Harlow Wilcox. The first telecast took place on February 1, 1953, and featured a re-enactment of the Hindenburg disaster. The final telecast took place on October 13, 1957. Originally telecast live, most of the later episodes were produced on film. One of the episodes, for instance, features actor Pat Conway as James J. Corbett, the boxer who fought champion John L. Sullivan in 1892. The series also featured various key events in American and world history, portrayed in dramatic recreations. Events that were covered included the Battle of Hastings, the execution of Joan of Arc, the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire by Hernán Cortés, and the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Additionally, CBS News reporters, in modern-day suits, reported on the action and interviewed the protagonists of each of the historical episodes. Each episode began with the characters setting the scene. Cronkite, from his anchor desk in New York City, gave a few words on what was about to happen. An announcer then gave the date and the event, followed by a loud and boldly spoken "You are there!" At the end of the program, after Cronkite summarized what happened in the preceding event, he reminded viewers, "What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times... all things are as they were then, except you were there." The program was seen again on Saturday morning as a videotaped color program from 1971 to 1972. The format of the revival was basically the same as the original versions. These programs were also hosted by Cronkite. Both series were produced by CBS News. From 2000 to 2005, Cronkite presented a series of essays for National Public Radio, reflecting on various key events of his life, including his involvement in You Are There in the 1950s. Notable guest stars included: John Cassavetes as Plato in "T
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20August
Oliver August is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Nation Media Group, one of the largest content companies in Africa. August was previously the CEO of Mawingu Networks, a data connectivity company is backed by Microsoft and serving rural Africans as well as product lead at HelloFresh in London and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Viaplay in Stockholm. August came to the tech sector after an MBA and a career in news media. He was the Africa and Europe editor of The Economist, responsible for managing teams of writers, analysts and designers. He has also worked as a journalist in America and Asia. He was a staff correspondent based in Baghdad, Beijing, Beirut, Damascus, Nairobi, New York and Singapore. August started his career at The Times of London. He covered financial markets in America, Europe and Asia, and worked as a war correspondent in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. His writing on Germany in 1998 won him the Anglo-German Foundation Journalism Prize. In 2012 August was named "Journalist of the year" at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards. August's first book, Along the Wall and Watchtowers (HarperCollins, 1999), chronicles a journey along the former Iron Curtain and examines the political, economic and social consequences of German reunification. His second book, Inside the Red Mansion (Houghton Mifflin & John Murray, 2007) describes the epic search for Lai Changxing, China's most wanted man, and details the emergence of an entrepreneurial class in post-Communist China. The book was translated into eleven languages. August grew up in Canada and Germany. His father was a theatre director and his mother an architect. He has a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, a master's degree in journalism and international relations from City University, London, a certificate in Mandarin Chinese from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, and an MBA from the Saïd Business School at Oxford University. August has appeared on the BBC, NPR, CNN and CNBC. He has contributed opinion articles to the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. References Books Along the Wall and Watchtowers, HarperCollins, 1999 Inside the Red Mansion, Houghton Mifflin, 2007 External links oliveraugust.com Anglo-German Foundation site A short film about the making of the book ''Inside the Red Mansion Journalisted - Articles by Oliver August German male journalists German journalists Living people German expatriates in England German male writers Year of birth missing (living people)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daejeon%20Metro
Daejeon Metro () is the rapid transit system of Daejeon, South Korea, operated by the Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corporation (DjeT, or Daejeon Metro). The single-line subway network first opened in 2006 with 12 stations. The line was expanded in 2007 and it now consists of one line, 22 operating stations, and of route. History After the city's administrative district was expanded in 1995, plans were announced in February 1996 for a five-line metro service totaling . Construction of Line 1 began in October 1996 and was scheduled to be completed by 2003, but completion was delayed by right-of-way acquisition and constrained finances in the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Lines Line 1 Line 1 was initially designed to be long, connecting the old and new town centers. It opened in two phases and a third is planned: 16 March 2006: Line 1 Phase 1 opened (Panam ↔ Government Complex) 17 April 2007: Line 1 Phase 2 complete, fully opened (Panam ↔ Banseok) 2029: Tentative opening date of extension from Banseok to Government Complex Sejong The track leads from Banseok Station in Yuseong-gu to Panam Station in Dong-gu. Line 2 Line 2 has gone through a number of changes and proposals over the years, including making it a maglev modeled after the maglev in the National Science Museum. In 2015, a basic plan was established and the following year they announced the route, which included two demonstration routes that would later be connected, one in an urban area and one in a business area. It is still in the planning stage and is expected to open in 2027. Line 2 will be serviced as a tram. Network Map See also Transportation in South Korea List of metro systems References External links Official website Official website Daejeon Real Distance Metro Map, CityRailTransit Metro Underground rapid transit in South Korea Train-related introductions in 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassie%20%281997%20TV%20series%29
Lassie is a Canadian television series which aired from 1997 to 1999 on YTV in Canada and Sunday nights on the Animal Planet network in the United States, as a modified remake of the original Lassie series (1954–1973) about a boy and his faithful dog. As with previous Lassie TV versions and several films dating back to the original Lassie Come Home film of 1943, the star was Lassie, a trained Rough Collie. Not to be confused with a previous, syndicated follow-up series entitled The New Lassie which aired 1989–1991, this Canadian-produced Lassie series starred Corey Sevier as 13-year-old Timmy Cabot in the fictional town of Hudson Falls, Vermont. The show was filmed in Quebec by Cinar Inc. In this series' story line, Timmy and his recently widowed mother, Dr. Karen Cabot, move to Hudson Falls, where Karen takes over a veterinary practice. In the first (1997) season, Lassie was played by "Howard", an eighth generation collie descended from "Pal", the dog in the original 1943 movie Lassie Come Home. As with all previous Lassie movies and television series beginning with Pal, Howard was owned and trained by Weatherwax Trained Dogs, founded by brothers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax. Midway through production, Cinar replaced Howard with a non-Pal descended dog. Following Lassie fan protests, "Hey Hey II", son of Howard and a ninth-generation direct descendant of Pal, was brought in to assume the role of Lassie for the final thirteen episodes of the show. Although young Corey Sevier impressed critics, others complained that the series relegated Lassie to a bystander role by focusing more on the Cabot family's dealings with various townspeople, at the expense of featuring Lassie's action stunts and feats as had been traditional in the famous canine's previous movie and TV incarnations. The show was canceled after three seasons. A total of 52 episodes were produced. The entire first season has been available on DVD in Canada since April 4, 2006. Cast Corey Sevier as Timmy Cabot (all episodes) Susie Almgren as Dr. Karen Cabot (all episodes) Walter Massey as Dr. Donald Stewart (all episodes) Tim Post as Ethan Bennet (51 episodes) Tod Fennell as Jeff Mackenzie Nathalie Vansier as Natalie Al Vandecruys as Jay Mack Mackenzie Chip Chuipka as Hank Ricky Mabe as Sean "Murph" Murphy (7 episodes) Michael Yarmush as Clark Cairo (3 episodes) Tyler Hynes as Darren (2 episodes) Episodes Season 1 "The Great Escape" (Timmy finds an injured collie after she cleverly escapes from the junk yard of her neglectful owner, "Hollerin" Hank Cranford. But just as Timmy and the collie, named Lassie, become instant friends, Hank returns to claim her, leaving a despondent Timmy). "Lassie Comes Home" (Hollerin' Hank Cranford becomes accidentally pinned under a pile of junk yard rubble. Lassie escapes and goes to get Timmy for help, but will it be in time to save Hank?). "Swamp Thing" (Lassie tries to warn the unsuspecting Timmy and Billie that an alligator is loose in the swamp,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlslunde%20station
Karlslunde station is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1979 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solr%C3%B8d%20Strand%20station
Solrød Strand station is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves Solrød Strand, in the northeastern part of the municipality of Solrød, and serves as the extended terminus of service A, with every second train terminating here on weekdays during daytime. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1979 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersie%20station
Jersie station is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves the southern end of coastal Solrød municipality. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1983 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1980s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98lby%20railway%20station
Ølby railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Ølby Lyng in the municipality of Køge, Denmark. It is served by the Køge radial of Copenhagen's S-train network, and by Østbanen to Roskilde and Faxe. In April 2023, DSB started operating regional trains on the Næstved–Køge–Ølby–Copenhagen route via the high speed Copenhagen–Køge Nord Line. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links Buildings and structures in Køge Municipality S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations in Region Zealand Railway stations opened in 1983 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1980s Railway stations in the Øresund Region
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B8ndby%C3%B8ster%20station
Brøndbyøster station (, ) is a commuter rail railway station serving the suburb of Brøndbyøster west of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the Taastrup radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1953 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1950s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20data
Event data may refer to: Events within an Event-driven architecture Events handled by Event stream processing Events handled by Complex event processing Records within an Audit trail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXP
WXP may also refer to the video game company WXP, a trade name for The Whole Experience, Inc. WXP may also refer to Microsoft Windows XP WXP, the Weather Processor, is a weather data manipulation and visualization package developed at Purdue University in the 1980s. In 1989, WXP was adopted by Unidata as the Unix-based weather analysis tool and was distributed to over 40 universities. WXP became a showcase venture for Unidata which at the time was promoting many of the new standards of software development and user interaction. In 1992, WXP was copyrighted and sold commercially through the Purdue Research Foundation. WXP version 4 became widely used in the university community to develop weather web site. The primary developer of WXP Dan Vietor developed the wxp.eas.purdue.edu web site which became one of the first weather web sites on the World Wide Web. With the move of the developer to Unisys in 1998, the rights to WXP were transferred to the Unisys corporation. As of 2020, Unisys no longer supports WXP but the developer continues to maintain and support it. Although many developers have played a role in WXP over the years, Dan Vietor is generally regarded as the main contributor. His work in developing WXP was honored at the 2005 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, where he was presented the DeSouza Award by Unidata. WXP is a commercially licensed product. Additional information on licensing WXP can be obtained at WXP Overview. WXP is still used by many web sites for data visualization including College of DuPage and Plymouth State University. External links wxp.vietorweather.net - Main WXP online reference web site vietorweather.net - Web site operated by the developer that demonstrates the uses of WXP as a visualization tool. It is a good source for real-time weather data. Graphic software in meteorology Science software Science software for Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear%20Genius
Shear Genius is an American reality television series on the Bravo network that focuses on hair styling. The show ran for three seasons, from April 2007 to April 2010. It was hosted by actress Jaclyn Smith in seasons one and two and by Brazilian model Camila Alves for season three. In the show, contestants compete with each other to create the best hair style and are usually restricted in time, materials, and theme. Their designs are judged and one or more stylists are eliminated each week, until the winner is determined. Broadcast The first season of the show aired in April and May 2007, immediately after the low-rated Top Design wrapped up its run. Unlike its predecessor, however, Shear Genius became a word-of-mouth fan favorite and a second season started airing in June 2008. Despite the comparative lack of success for Top Design, it was also renewed. Judges As of the third season, the judging panel includes Camila Alves, Kim Vo and Jonathan Antin. Previous judges included Jaclyn Smith, Sally Hershberger, Michael Carl and Kelly Atterton. Mentors René Fris (seasons 1–2) and Orlando Pita (season 3), though not a permanent judges, are featured every episode. Usually, an additional guest judge will sit in on the panel every week. Format Contestants Each season of the show consists of 9–10 episodes and starts with 12 contestants. In each episode one contestant is eliminated, though in rare cases there may be a double elimination or no elimination at all, based on the consensus of the judging panel. Challenges There are two challenges in each episode: Shortcut Challenge The first challenge is the Shortcut Challenge which is usually not for eliminating one of the contestants, although in the third episode of the first season, one competitor was "sent home" after the Shortcut Challenge. The challenge ranks the contestants based on a judging factor, usually technical skills. The winning contestant(s) may receive some benefit in the next challenge. Elimination Challenge The second is the Elimination Challenge, which has each contestant style the hair on a real model or client given certain requirements or goals. After completing the hair, the model is dressed appropriately, and a runway show is held for the four judges. After the show, the judges may ask questions of the contestants about their styling choices. The judges then confer among themselves and decide on the top and bottom styles. The top stylists are credited and a single winning stylist is selected, with the following phrase: "Your work is Shear Genius". A picture of their style is also displayed on the Allure Wall of Fame for the remainder of the competition. The bottom stylists are then identified, and the worst stylist is sent home with the show's tag line: "This was your final cut." Both challenges were timed, and if additional materials were necessary, the contestants are given a limited budget for those supplies. The first three challenges of Season 1 used mannequin heads in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics%20in%20schools
Biometrics in schools refers to the use of biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition to identify students. This may be for daily transactions in the library or canteen or for monitoring absenteeism and behavior control. In 2002, Privacy International raised concerns that tens of thousands of UK school children were being fingerprinted by schools, often without the knowledge or consent of their parents. The supplier, Micro Librarian Systems, which uses technology similar to that used in prisons and the military, estimated that 350 schools throughout Britain were using such systems. In 2007, it was estimated that 3,500 schools are using such systems. Some schools in Belgium and the US have followed suit. Concerns have been raised by a number of groups, who suggest the harms far outweigh any putative benefits. Definition Biometrics are unique physical or behavioral characteristics which can be used to automatically identify individuals. Biometric technologies capture, process and measure these characteristics electronically and compare them against existing records to create a highly accurate identity management capability. Types of biometrics used in schools Fingerprint recognition technology in the biometric market has held the largest market size worldwide and has been widely adopted by many industries including schools. Fingerprint recognition is the most pervasive, old, simple, and cheap form of biometric technology. Although palm vein recognition, iris recognition and face recognition have been implemented in schools, finger scanning is by far the most commonly used technology in the U.S. education market. In the UK, primarily the type of biometric employed is a fingerprint scan or thumbprint scan, but vein and iris scanning systems are also in use. United Kingdom Biometrics have been used in the UK since the early first decade of the 21st century. Biometric technology is used to address truancy, to replace library cards, or to charge for meals. School biometrics, typically electronic fingerprinting systems, have raised privacy concerns because of the creation of databases that would progressively include the entire population. The UK introduced legal duties on schools if they wish to use biometric information about pupils, in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Schools use pupils' biometric data for cashless catering, libraries, payment systems, registration and locker systems. In the UK biometric technology in schools was initially used for library book issue, approved for use by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office in 2001 and the Department for Education in 2002. Within a few years biometrics were being used for cashless catering systems, enabling relatives to deposit money into pupils' catering accounts, to be debited by a child's biometric fingerprint scan at the point of sale. In the USA biometrics systems are used for catering primarily, as mentioned above, with library and registration biometrics in use a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canwarn
CANWARN, acronym for CANadian Weather Amateur Radio Network, is an organized severe weather spotting and reporting program organized and run by the Meteorological Services Division of Environment Canada. What CANWARN members do is called ground truthing, they confirm and add information to the remote sensing observations of satellites and radar as well as provide information not observable by these technologies. The program was first theorized by members of the Windsor Amateur Radio Club in Windsor, Ontario in 1986. Randy Mawson VE3TRW, Paul Robertson VE3HFQ, Jerry Beneteau VE3EXT and Bill Leal VE3ES established the original parameters and processes at that time with the first training session held in Windsor during the winter of 1986/1987 at the Windsor Airport, home at the time of the Windsor Weather Office of Environment Canada. Paul VE3HFQ and Bill VE3ES were literally putting the final touches on the station (VE3YQG) located at the Windsor Weather Office in early April 1987 when the very first CANWARN net was called to order. A report of a tornado in south east Michigan on a path towards Essex County was relayed to Environment Canada's severe weather desk in Toronto, Ontario. Later that year, after the Edmonton tornado and at the request of the Hage Report CANWARN was expanded beyond the initial program run out of the Windsor (Ontario) Weather Office. Organized storm spotting in Canada had existed prior but operated independently of Environment Canada and never fully achieved the success that the CANWARN program did. Initially, CANWARN was predominantly based in southern Ontario and central Alberta but eventually grew to encompass the entire country by the early 1990s. The United States began a national storm spotting program in the 1950s. Prior to that, it too had only local spotting programs. In the 1970s, it increased spotting efforts and launched its Skywarn program, which partly inspired CANWARN. In the 2000s, Europe also began organized spotting efforts under the auspices of Skywarn Europe, which consists of autonomous branches in about a dozen countries. See also Amateur Radio Emergency Service References External links Canwarn homepage Radio Amateurs of Canada CANWARN Page 1987 in Canada Meteorological Service of Canada Emergency communication Meteorological data and networks Amateur radio emergency communications organizations Emergency management in Canada Amateur radio in Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested%20SQL
In relational databases, a nested table is a table that is embedded within another table. Individual elements can be inserted, updated, and deleted in a nested table. Since individual elements can be modified in a nested table, they are more flexible than an array because elements in an array can only be modified as a whole, not individually. A nested table doesn't have a maximum size, and an arbitrary number of elements can be stored in it. External links Database management systems SQL Relational database management systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DE-CIX
DE-CIX (Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange) is an operator of carrier- and data-center-neutral Internet Exchanges, with operations in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. All DE-CIX activities and companies are brought together under the umbrella of the DE-CIX Group AG. The DE-CIX internet exchange point (IXP) situated in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the largest IXPs worldwide in terms of peak traffic, with throughput of 14.40 Tbit/s in December 2022. In addition to DE-CIX in Frankfurt, DE-CIX operates IXPs in approx. 40 locations around the globe, with 3 further IXs exchanging peak traffic in excess of 1 Tbit/s, these being DE-CIX New York, DE-CIX Madrid, and DE-CIX Mumbai, [JP2] with DE-CIX Mumbai becoming the largest IXP in the APAC according to PeeringDB in 2021 [JE3]. The DE-CIX global IXs (including presence in partner IXs) include: Europe: Barcelona, Berlin (powered by BCIX), Bucharest (powered by InterLAN), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, Leipzig, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseille, Munich, Palermo, Prague (powered by NIX.CZ), Ruhr-CIX powered by DE-CIX, SEE-CIX powered by DE-CIX in Athens and Warsaw (powered by ATMAN) Nordics: Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Helsinki, Kristiansand, Oslo Africa: Kinshasa (DRC), Lagos (Nigeria), and Tripoli (Libya) North America: Chicago, Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Richmond GCC: Aqaba IX powered by DE-CIX in Jordan, UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX in Dubai), IRAQ-IXP powered by DE-CIX India: Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata Southeast Asia: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Bandar Seri Begawan (Borneo-IX powered by DE-CIX) and Manila (powered by GetaFIX) Management board Ivo Ivanov (CEO), Thomas King (CTO), Christian Reuter (CSO) and Sebastian Seifert (CFO) are responsible for the global business as the Management Board. Felix Höger, Klaus Landefeld, Rudolf van Megen and Harald A. Summa represent the Supervisory Board of DE-CIX Group AG. In addition, Harald A. Summa was the Managing Director of DE-CIX Group AG from 1996 to 2022 and Chair of the Management Board from 2017 to 2022. History DE-CIX was founded in 1995 by three Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Back then, German Internet traffic was still exchanged in the United States. To improve latency and reduce costs for backhaul connectivity, three providers decided to establish an Internet Exchange in the back room of a postal office in Gutleutviertel in Frankfurt. Hamburg-based MAZ, EUnet from Dortmund and XLink from Karlsruhe were the first to connect their networks in Frankfurt at DE-CIX. DE-CIX was originally managed by Electronic Commerce Forum, now known as eco – Association of the Internet Industry. Other providers joined and made DE-CIX and Frankfurt the hotspot for the German internet. In 1998, DE-CIX moved its switching hardware to the Interxion data center in Frankfurt. By 2000, DE-CIX had become Germany's largest Internet Exchange and was ranked as one of the larger Internet Exchanges in Eu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B8ndby%20Strand%20station
Brøndby Strand () is a railway station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves the southern end of Brøndby municipality. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Buildings and structures in Brøndby Municipality Railway stations opened in 1972 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aved%C3%B8re%20station
Avedøre is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1972 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friheden%20station
Friheden is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1972 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85marken%20station
Åmarken station is a commuter rail railway station serving the southern part of the suburb of Hvidovre west of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the Køge radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1972 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny%20Ellebjerg%20station
Ny Ellebjerg station is a railway station on the S-train and inter-city network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves as an interchange station between the Køge radial (A, E), the Ring line (F), and the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line (InterCity services). It will change name to København Syd (Copenhagen South) by 2024, coinciding with the completion of the M4 Metro line. Before the station opened on 6 January 2007, there was an S-train station called Ellebjerg station a few hundred metres southwest of the current station, where the Køge-Bugt railway passes over Ellebjergvej. That station is now closed. Ny Ellebjerg Station will be the southern terminus of the planned M4 line of the Copenhagen Metro. New platforms have in 2013 been opened for the high-speed Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, on which trains run via Køge Nord to Ringsted, in future at up to 250 km/h. Further platforms will be built around 2024 for trains going from Sweden to the high-speed Ringsted Line (intended for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link), or reverse. See also List of railway stations in Denmark Rail transport in Denmark Transportation in Copenhagen Transportation in Denmark Danish State Railways Banedanmark References External links Railway stations in Valby S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 2007 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 2000s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building%20diagnostics
Building diagnostics is the process of determining the causes and solutions to problems in buildings. More specifically, building diagnostics are holistic process of data collection methods and techniques regarding inspection and analysis, and of prediction of faults/abnormality/defects in the condition, internal environment and performance of a building or structure, extending to services offered in the building. The three main types include commissioning, monitoring, and investigation diagnostics. This process can be carried out unaided (using naked eye) but often aided by advanced technology such as infrared thermography, ultrasound, radar, vibration, and lasers. The end product of building diagnostics is a prediction of the likely causes of the found defects/faults in building and suggestion of appropriate remedial building solutions. As part of a property condition assessment or home inspection building diagnostics is not an exact science and is subjective. Very often, final professional judgment is required. It is important that this final judgment can only be made after careful diagnostic process has been properly performed. Otherwise the prediction can only be regarded as a guess. Practitioners of building diagnostics are called building diagnosticians who are equipped with the specialist knowledge and skills required. See also Building science References Building materials Building defects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydhavn%20station
Sydhavn is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. The station is named after Sydhavnen (South Harbour), a district of southern Copenhagen. See also List of railway stations in Denmark Railway stations opened in 1972 1972 establishments in Denmark S-train (Copenhagen) stations Kongens Enghave Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1970s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%A6l%C3%B8r%20station
Sjælør station is a railway station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References Railway stations in Valby S-train (Copenhagen) stations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lholm%20station
Ålholm station is a commuter rail railway station serving the northwestern part of the district of Valby in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the Ring Line of Copenhagen's S-train network. The station opened on 8 January 2005 where Roskildevej crosses the railway line. See also List of railway stations in Denmark External links Railway stations in Valby S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 2005 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 2000s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannelm%C3%A4ki%20railway%20station
Kannelmäki railway station (, ) is a railway station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is located approximately nine kilometres to the north/northwest of Helsinki Central railway station. The station is located in the district of Kannelmäki, between the stations of Pohjois-Haaga and Malminkartano, serving the I/P commuter line between Central Helsinki and Vantaankoski. The station has two platforms, one for southbound and one for northbound trains. There are four lifts available and several local bus connections are available near the station. In October 2008 the platforms were fitted with information screens. References External links Railway stations in Helsinki Railway stations opened in 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20Information%20Infrastructure%20Protection
The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) is a consortium of national cyber security institutions, including academic research centers, U.S. federal government laboratories, and nonprofit organizations, all of which have long-standing, widely recognized expertise in cyber security research and development (R&D). The I3P is managed by The George Washington University, which is home to a small administrative staff that oversees and helps direct consortium activities. The I3P coordinates and funds cyber security research related to critical infrastructure protection and hosts high impact workshops that bring together leaders from both the public and private sectors. The I3P brings a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional perspective to complex and difficult problems, and works collaboratively with stakeholders in seeking solutions. Since its founding in 2002, more than 100 researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds have worked together to understand better and mitigate critical risks in the field of cyber security. History The I3P came into existence following several government assessments of the U.S. information infrastructure's susceptibility to catastrophic failure. The first study, published in 1998 by the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), recommended that a nongovernmental organization be formed to address national cyber security issues. Subsequent studies–by the Institute for Defense Analyses, as well as a white paper jointly produced by the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, agreed with the PCAST assessment, affirming the need for an organization dedicated to protecting the nation's critical infrastructures. In 2002, the I3P was founded at Dartmouth College through a grant from the federal government. Martin Wybourne chaired the I3P from 2003 to 2015. Since its inception, the I3P has: coordinated a national cyber security research and development program built informational and research bridges among academic, industrial, and government stakeholders developed and delivered technologies to address an array of vulnerabilities Funding for the I3P has come from various sources, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Member Institutions The I3P consortium consists of 18 academic research centers, 5 national laboratories, and 3 nonprofit research organizations. Binghamton University Carnegie Mellon University, H. John Heinz III College of Public Policy and Management Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute Dartmouth College George Mason University George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Idaho National Laboratory Indiana University Johns Hopkins University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MITRE Corporation New York University Oak Ridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Beckstrom
Rod Beckstrom (born February 1961) is an American author, high-tech entrepreneur, and former CEO and President of ICANN. He previously served as Director of the National Cybersecurity Center. Education and early work Beckstrom received his BA with Honors and Distinction and an MBA from Stanford University, where he served as the Chairman of the Council of Presidents of the Associated Students of Stanford University. In August 2007, Beckstrom and Peter Thoeny, author of TWiki co-launched TWIKI.NET, a Web 2.0 company that supports TWiki, an open source wiki. Beckstrom became Chairman and Chief Catalyst. He was also co-founder, Chairman and CEO of CATS Software Inc., a derivatives and risk management software company which went public on NASDAQ and later was sold to Misys PLC. Author He is co-author of the best-selling book The Starfish and the Spider, which lays out a new organizational theory for considering all organizations as existing on a continuum between centralized to decentralized, with different implications and strategies for each firm based upon their position on that axis. In interviews with The Washington Post and USA Today, Beckstrom explains how, using the 'Starfish' concept illustrated in The Starfish and the Spider, the U.S. Government can take a different approach in their dealings with Al-Qaeda. Beckstrom is also the formulator of an economic model for valuing networks, Beckstrom's law, which was presented at BlackHat 2009 and Defcon 2009. Beckstrom, a pioneer in the field of derivatives trading and firm-wide risk management, was coached by Nobel Laureate William F. Sharpe, which resulted in the first book on a new theory, "Value at Risk." National Cyber Security Center On March 20, 2008, Beckstrom was appointed to run the newly created National Cybersecurity Center, a position requiring "advanced thought leadership in areas like coordination, collaboration and team work in order to best serve the mission". On March 5, 2009, less than a year after the position was created, he stated that he would resign as the Director of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) on Friday, March 13, 2009. He has recommended the Deputy Director Mary Ellen Seale as his successor. He stated that a lack of cooperation from the NSA and insufficient funding led to his resignation. He stated that he received $500,000 which funded five weeks of operation. He has stated that he supports a more decentralized approach and opposes the NSA's move to try to "rule over" the NCSC. Presidency of ICANN On 25 June 2009, at its 35th meeting in Sydney, Australia, the Board of ICANN resolved to appoint Rod Beckstrom as its CEO and President. At ICANN, he presided over a number of notable developments, including the 15 July 2010 DNSSEC signing of the DNS root, and the 20 June 2011 opening of the gTLD namespace to additional applicants. On July 1, 2012 he was succeeded as CEO by ICANN's COO as CEO pro tem who served in that capacity until Beckstrom's permanen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordrup%20station
Ordrup station is a commuter rail station serving the suburb of Ordrup north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the Klampenborg radial of Copenhagen's S-train network and is served by the C-line, and in exceptional circumstances by the F-line to Hellerup. History The station opened in 1924 on the Klampenborg Line which opened in 1863. Architecture The main station building was designed by the Danish architect K.T. Seest in Neoclassical style. The station was listed in 1992. The station was renovated by Gottlieb Paludan Architects in 2014. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Listed railway stations in Copenhagen Knud Tanggaard Seest railway stations Railway stations opened in 1924 1924 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1920s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliType
Microsoft IntelliType is the brand driver for Microsoft's series of computer keyboards. Microsoft releases versions for both Windows and (as of version 10.15 Microsoft IntelliType no longer installs on ). It has been succeeded by Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, which combines IntelliType with IntelliPoint. IntelliType supports all known Microsoft keyboards (including those that are shipped as parts of desktop sets, as well as entertainment keyboards – i.e. those that are intended for Media center). However, advanced features may only be available on certain models (the users select their keyboard's type inside the program to access that keyboard type's specific button selection). Supported keyboards Note: Version 8.0 and above dropped PS/2 support for the following list. As even adapters can't assist, Microsoft keeps version 7.1 as an offered download for users who still own keyboards with PS/2 connectors (instead of USB). Special features If the keyboard has multimedia buttons, the user can define them to run any program or action. On-screen indication of NumLock/CapsLock toggling with some keyboards. On-screen indication of volume level when level is changed. Limitations While the user could always define special keys (and multimedia keys, if such exist), it was only possible since version 6.3 to define them not just globally but also per application. Version 6.2 forced the user to constantly check for updates by installing and launching the file "dpupdchk.exe" in the background. It must stay in the background for the control panel's settings to launch (although it could be avoided by renaming the file to something else). Version 6.3 fixed this behavior by only making it an opt-in option during the installation. Version 7.0 and later in Windows 7 64-bit has recently been proven to disable the media keys (Play/Pause, Next, Previous, Stop) for third-party media players such as iTunes and Media Jukebox when they are not the primary window of focus. Some workaround exists: This behavior continues to be an issue as of Version 8. See also Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center IntelliPoint — Microsoft mouse driver. Notes and references External links Microsoft IntelliType Hacks Microsoft software Utilities for macOS Utilities for Windows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping%20sweep
In computing, a ping sweep is a method that can establish a range of IP addresses which map to live hosts. The classic tool used for ping sweeps is , which traditionally was accompanied by to generate the list of hosts for large subnets, although more recent versions of include that functionality. Well-known tools with ping sweep capability include nmap for Unix and Windows systems, and the Pinger software from Rhino9 for Windows NT. There are many other tools with this capability, including: Hping, IEA's aping, Simple Nomad's ICMPEnum, SolarWind's Ping Sweep, and Foundstone's SuperScan. There is also a ping sweep tool for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS called Fing made by Overlook Soft. Pings can be detected by protocol loggers like . References Internet protocols Computer network analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20Jean%20Camp
L. Jean Camp (born in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a professor at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing. She was previously an associate professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, before which she was at Sandia National Laboratories. She is best known for her work which combines computer security and the social sciences. In particular her work on Economics of security dates from 2001. She was an original participant in the Workshops on Economics of Information Security. Camp is a graduate of the Engineering and Public Policy Program from Carnegie Mellon, where she completed her doctoral research on Internet Commerce. She has over one hundred forty additional works. These are focused primarily on security, privacy and trust; although there is early work on the opposition to censoring women's health information. Her work in opposing censorship arose from her activism with Donna Riley for free information while they were students at Carnegie Mellon during the CyberPorn Scare. In 2016, Camp was a part of a small computer group which was involved in analysis of various DNS logs, making a relation between Trump Organization and Alfa Bank. She has published the details of her finding at her website, including a graph which shows the timeline of the connections made between the two parties. She also advocated against the subpoena filed by Alfa Bank requiring to identify the security researchers, who initially found the logs. In November 2020, the Indiana Court quashed the subpoena filed by Alfa Bank resulting in the identites of the researchers being kept a secret. Her research on open code, internet governance, and internet diffusion in developing countries primarily dates from her time at the Kennedy School. More recent work on Internet Governance addresses the full allocation of the v4 space. Currently she has three major projects. The first is risk communication using mental models in order to inform security; the second is measuring and communicating risk using a formal mission framework; and the third is security of SDN. Her recently completed projects address macroeconomic indicators of ecrime; and privacy perception in considering both true and perceived risks. Camp is the author of Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce, Economics of Medical and Financial Identity Theft and the editor of Economics of Information Security. She coined the term anonymous atomic transactions by resolving the conflict between anonymity and Atomicity (database systems). Camp is also the Indiana University Representation for the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection. Camp is a lead researcher in the ETHOS project - Ethical Technology in the Homes Of Seniors which focuses on designing security and privacy-aware technologies for elders. Camp was an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Congressional Fellow in 2010, under the aegis of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gustafson
John Gustafson may refer to: John Gustafson (musician) (1942–2014), bassist and vocalist John Gustafson (scientist) (born 1955), computer scientist and inventor of Gustafson's law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20economy
The network economy is the emerging economic order within the information society. The name stems from a key attribute - products and services are created and value is added through social networks operating on large or global scales. This is in sharp contrast to industrial-era economies, in which ownership of physical or intellectual property stems from its development by a single enterprise. Business models for capturing ownership rights for value embedded in products and services created by social networks are being explored. Network economy The network economy may be viewed from a number of perspectives: transition from the industrial economy, digital and information infrastructure, global scale, value networks, and intellectual property rights. From a transitional point of view, Malone and Laubacher (1998) indicate that the Information Revolution has changed the nature of business activity. Because information can be shared instantly and inexpensively on a global scale, the value of centralized decision making and expensive bureaucracies is greatly diminished. Brand (1999) points out that commerce is being accelerated by the digital and network revolutions and that the role of commerce is to both exploit and absorb these shocks. Some effort must focus on developing new infrastructure while other activity will emphasize governance and evolving culture. Rifkin (2000) notes that real estate has become a business burden in network-based markets. From an infrastructure perspective, Tapscott (1996) compares information networks of the new economy to highways and the power grid of the industrial economy. He suggests that no country can succeed without state-of-the-art electronic infrastructure. Schwartz (1999) writes that in the future, large companies will manage their purchasing, invoicing, document exchange, and logistics through global networks that connect a billion computing devices. At global scales, Tapscott (1996) indicates that companies can provide 24-hour service as customer requests are transferred from one time zone to another without customers being aware that the work is being done on the other side of the world. Boyett and Boyett (2001) point out that the larger the network, the greater its value and desirability. In a networked economy, success begets more success. Kelly (1998) states that in a network economy, value is created and shared by all members of a network rather than by individual companies and that economies of scale stem from the size of the network - not the enterprise. Similarly, because value flows from connectivity, Boyett and Boyett (2001) point out that an open system is preferable to a closed system because the former typically have more nodes. They also indicate that such networks are blurring the boundaries between a company and its environment. To better explain productivity incentives, Yochai Benkler notes that value measures for social production must take both extrinsic (e.g. monetary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Hagenauer
Joachim Hagenauer (born 29 July 1941) is an information theorist and professor emeritus at Technical University of Munich. He pioneered the use of soft bits (see Soft output Viterbi algorithm), a coding theory technique that contributes to the high performance of the turbo codes. Professor Hagenauer's work enabled the advancement of turbo coding and led to a significant improvement in channel coding for digital communications and storage. His works have been applied to digital receiver designs, satellite transmissions and other facets of telecommunications. Hagenauer received his doctorate in 1974 from Darmstadt University of Technology where he also served as an assistant professor. In 1990 he was appointed a director of the Institute for Communication Technology at the German Aerospace Center DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen. In 1993 he became the Chair of the University of Technology's Communications Technology department in Munich, Germany. He was also active at the IEEE Information Theory Society. In 1992, Hagenauer was elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for contribution to the application of convolutional codes to mobile radio and satellite communications. He has been awarded the Erich Regener and Otto Lilienthal Prizes from the German Aerospace Association, and the Armstrong Award from the IEEE Communications Society, and was also elected to the Bavarian Academy of Science. In 2003, he received the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for meritorious achievements in telecommunications. See also Google scholar profile References External links Engineering & Technology History - Joachim Hagenauer IEEE. IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipients: 2003 - Joachim Hagenauer (biography), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) website. Retrieved May 2010. Living people 1941 births German information theorists Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt Technische Universität Darmstadt alumni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20computing
Biological computers use biologically derived molecules — such as DNA and/or proteins — to perform digital or real computations. The development of biocomputers has been made possible by the expanding new science of nanobiotechnology. The term nanobiotechnology can be defined in multiple ways; in a more general sense, nanobiotechnology can be defined as any type of technology that uses both nano-scale materials (i.e. materials having characteristic dimensions of 1-100 nanometers) and biologically based materials. A more restrictive definition views nanobiotechnology more specifically as the design and engineering of proteins that can then be assembled into larger, functional structures The implementation of nanobiotechnology, as defined in this narrower sense, provides scientists with the ability to engineer biomolecular systems specifically so that they interact in a fashion that can ultimately result in the computational functionality of a computer. Scientific background Biocomputers use biologically derived materials to perform computational functions. A biocomputer consists of a pathway or series of metabolic pathways involving biological materials that are engineered to behave in a certain manner based upon the conditions (input) of the system. The resulting pathway of reactions that takes place constitutes an output, which is based on the engineering design of the biocomputer and can be interpreted as a form of computational analysis. Three distinguishable types of biocomputers include biochemical computers, biomechanical computers, and bioelectronic computers. Biochemical computers Biochemical computers use the immense variety of feedback loops that are characteristic of biological chemical reactions in order to achieve computational functionality. Feedback loops in biological systems take many forms, and many different factors can provide both positive and negative feedback to a particular biochemical process, causing either an increase in chemical output or a decrease in chemical output, respectively. Such factors may include the quantity of catalytic enzymes present, the amount of reactants present, the amount of products present, and the presence of molecules that bind to and thus alter the chemical reactivity of any of the aforementioned factors. Given the nature of these biochemical systems to be regulated through many different mechanisms, one can engineer a chemical pathway comprising a set of molecular components that react to produce one particular product under one set of specific chemical conditions and another particular product under another set of conditions. The presence of the particular product that results from the pathway can serve as a signal, which can be interpreted—along with other chemical signals—as a computational output based upon the starting chemical conditions of the system (the input). Biomechanical computers Biomechanical computers are similar to biochemical computers in that they both perform a spec
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%20Kit%C5%8D
is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. While working as a dōjin artist, she was in charge of the key drawings for the adult game Heart de Network (Euphony Production) in 2000. After releasing several one-shots in commercial magazines, she began serializing two manga (written by Ryukishi07) based on the Higurashi When They Cry visual novel series, Onisarashi-hen and Utsutsukowashi-hen, in Comp Ace (Kadokawa Shoten) from 2005 to 2007. In the July 2008 issue of Comp Ace, she started work on a manga based on Valkyria Chronicles, and completed the series in the May 2010 issue. She is a big fan of the Breath of Fire (Capcom) series of role-playing games, and her dōjin activities mainly revolve around it. Since the summer of 2010, she has been publishing her original dōjin work, the Saint Foire Festival series. External links Pixiv account Manga artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hareskov%20station
Hareskov station (, ) is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1900s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skovbrynet%20station
Skovbrynet station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1930 1930 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1930s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagsv%C3%A6rd%20station
Bagsværd station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. History The station was not one of the original stations on the Slangerup Railway. It opened on 2+ April 1906 and was converted into an S-train station on 25 September 1977. Service Bagsværd Station is served by B and Bx trains. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1906 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1900s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steng%C3%A5rden%20station
Stengården station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1929 1929 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1920s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddinge%20station
Buddinge station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1900s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangede%20station
Vangede station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in the Vangede district of Gentofte Municipality. History Vangede Station was not one of the original stations of the Slangerup Line. It was created in 1906 and the first station building was a red brick building designed by Heinrich Wenck. It was demolished shortly after a new station building opened in 1968 in connection with the preparation of electrification and conversion of the railway into an S-train line. In popular culture The station is used as a location in the films Sønnen fra Amerika (1957) and Landsbylægen (1961). See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in Denmark S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1900s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emdrup%20station
Emdrup station is a commuter train station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. Local landmarks include Aarhus University's Copenhagen campus and Emdrup Lake. History The station was not one of the original stations on the Slangerup Station. The station opened on 20 April 1906. The station building was one of the smallest on the rail line and of the same type as the one on Hareskov Station. At the time of its opening, it was still surrounded by open farm land. The station only attracted few passengers due to competition from the tram lines to nearby Bispebjerg but was of more importance as a freight station due to a lumberyard at the site. The station was closed on 31 March but reopened as an S-train station on 25 September 1977. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1900s 1906 establishments in Denmark Railway stations opened in 1906
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildebakke%20station
Kildebakke station (literally, "Spring Hill" station) is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links Official Kildebakke station webpage (in Danish) S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1935 1935 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1930s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysseg%C3%A5rd%20station
Dyssegård station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. History The station opened on 22 May 1932. In March 2014, the Danish Traffic Agency (Trafikstyrelsen) proposed a closure of the station as a result of its relatively low passenger numbers. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1932 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1930s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous%20call%20rejection
In many voice telephone networks, anonymous call rejection (ACR) is a calling feature implemented in software on the network that automatically screens out calls from callers who have blocked their caller ID information. The caller usually hears a voice message explaining that their call cannot be connected unless they display their number. Or, some networks allow users to forward anonymous calls directly to voicemail. The service, together with caller ID, became possible with the introduction of digital switching technologies to landline telephone services, which became widespread in many countries throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In a classic digital PSTN network, it could be implemented directly in software running on local switching systems or, more commonly, as part of a suite of facilities supported by an additional layer known as the Intelligent Network (IN). This allowed more advanced, software based, services to be rolled out in public telephone networks using dedicated intelligent nodes, operating in conjunction with, but independently of switching systems. As voice telephony continues evolve ACR remains available on modern and can be relatively easily implemented in VoIP based services and is also available on some mobile networks. Some providers may include this service as standard, while others may require a subscription and others still do not offer it at all. This may be for technical reasons, but as the service is supported by most vendors, it is more likely a commercial decision. Mobile networks often do not offer the service, as handsets (particularly smartphones) have sufficient computing power to offer advanced call filtering and logging options using their own software. They are often even able to use apps to consult databases to provide advanced information about calls, even identifying potential scams, fraudsters and nuisance calls. Even the most basic mobile handsets usually offer the ability to mute or reject anonymous calls. In this case, software on the handset itself screens the calls, without relying on network switches. These features are activated though the phone's menus. On more modern landline services, particularly those using VoIP, ACR is sometimes activated and deactivated using a Web interface, rather than by dialling codes. On traditional landlines in the North American Numbering Plan, the feature is enabled with the vertical service code , and disabled with . Service usage messages "Your anonymous call rejection service is now on. Callers who block their number will get a recording saying you do not accept blocked calls." "Your anonymous call rejection service is now off. Callers who block their number can now reach you." See also Automatic number identification Pat Fleet, the voice behind some rejection messages References Caller ID Calling features Telephone service enhanced features
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islev%20station
Islev station is a commuter rail railway station serving the area of Islev in Copenhagen, Denmark. The station is located on the Frederikssund radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. See also List of railway stations in Denmark S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1949 1949 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1940s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Sondheim
Alan Sondheim is a poet, critic, musician, artist, and theorist of cyberspace from the United States. Biography Alan Sondheim was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in English from Brown University. He lives with his partner, Azure Carter, in Providence, Rhode Island. His works Sondheim's books include the anthology Being on Line: Net Subjectivity (1997), Disorders of the Real (1988), .echo (2001), Vel (Blazevox, 2004-5), Sophia (Writers Forum, 2004), The Wayward (2004), and "Writing Under" (2012), as well as numerous other chapbooks, ebooks, and articles. Sondheim has long been associated with the trAce online writing community, and was their second virtual-writer-in-residence. His video and filmwork have been widely shown. Sondheim was an Eyebeam resident. Sondheim co-moderates several email lists, including Cybermind, Cyberculture and Wryting. Since 1994, he has been working on the "Internet Text," a continuous meditation on philosophy, psychology, language, body, and virtuality. His artwork can also be found within Second Life. In 1996 he was keynote speaker for the Cybermind96 Conference in Perth Western Australia - one of the world's first conferences specifically organised around an email discussion list. In 2012 he was a presenter and active participant at the CyPosium, a one-day online symposium on cyberformance. Sondheim is the developer of the concept of codework, wherein computer code itself becomes a medium for artistic expression. His poetico-philosophical writings deal with the notion of embodiment and presence in cyberspace, loosely based on the work of postmodern philosophers Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida. He explores notions of the 'abject' in the masculine and feminine online, and more recently has dealt with the machinic using the language of computer code to articulate novel forms of identity in cyberspace. His work crosses over between philosophical explorations and sound poetry and more recently he has returned to the language of music using the tonalities of a wide range of ethnic instruments. His poetry has spanned several decades ranging from avant-garde beat poetry and stream-of-consciousness of the late 60's and 70's and soundscape poetry, maturing into a complex melding of multiple representational forms. In 2009, Sondheim was working on a book examining the phenomenology and foundations of the analog and digital, and another on developing an aesthetics of virtual realities and avatars. Sondheim's explorations included: the aesthetics of virtual environments and installations; mapping techniques using motion capture and 3D laser scanners; Buddhist philosophy and its relation to avatars and online environments; and experimental choreography. In 2013, Alan spoke at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival on Glitch aesthetics and techniques. In April 2022, his book, Broken Theory was published on the Punctum Books imprint. A collection of writing fragments and ideas, the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllingevej%20station
Jyllingevej station is a station on the Frederikssund radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has its name from the road of the same name. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1949 1949 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1940s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Bangs%20Vej%20station
Peter Bangs Vej station is a station on the Frederikssund radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. The station, located where the railway tracks cross Peter Bangs Vej, was designed by the Danish State Railways architect K.T. Seest and opened on 23 September 1941. The station was made famous in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, for being the location from where an emergency 112 call was made and in which Danish Police failed to respond. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References External links S-train (Copenhagen) stations Knud Tanggaard Seest railway stations Railway stations opened in 1941 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1940s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langgade%20station
Langgade station is a station on the Frederikssund radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cultural references Yvonne (Kirsten Walther) turns a car around at Valby Langgade station at 1:24:28 in the 1977 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Outta Sight. See also List of railway stations in Denmark References Railway stations in Valby S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1941 1941 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1940s