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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiators%20%282008%20Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Gladiators was an Australian television series which aired on the Seven Network in 2008. It was a revival of the earlier series of the same name, and was based on the American version of the show, which was also revived in 2008.
The revival of Gladiators was first announced in September 2007, and premiered on 30 March 2008 at 6:30 pm. The Challengers in this series competed to win A$50,000 and a new Subaru Forester. The revival lasted for one season.
In July 2023, following the BBC’s revival of the British version, the show was confirmed to return for the second time, set to be revived by Warner Bros. Television Studios and is set to premiere on Network Ten in 2024, hosted by Beau Ryan and Liz Ellis.
Production
The show was filmed at The Dome at the Sydney Showground, and was hosted by Tom Williams and Zoe Naylor. Well known NRL referee Bill Harrigan was one of the two referees for the show, the other was John Forsythe, who was a referee on the original series. Although not credited, the Sydney Altitude Cheerleaders were present in every episode, doing various routines throughout each episode whether an event was taking place or not.
Behind the scenes, highly respected military fitness expert 'Chief' Brabon (head strength & conditioning coach) was responsible for preparing the gladiators for their extremely physical roles.
Selection process
To ensure that both Gladiators, and Challengers were of the highest possible calibre, all prospects were submitted to a grueling physical selection process designed by the shows head strength & conditioning coach 'Chief' Brabon.
Chief's gruelling 'Barrier Test' was based on similar selection programs that he had designed for elite military and law enforcement tactical response teams around the world.
The barrier test was so successful at vetting would-be Gladiators & Challengers that less than 10% of applicants successfully completed the first event known as the "Grunt Challenge". The challenge required participants to do a burpee style exercise (Grunts) to a cadence called by Chief himself. Prospective Challengers were required to complete a minimum of 75 Grunts to pass through to the next event, whereas Gladiators were required to complete 100 Grunts.
Pre-series training
Once Chief and the producers had selected the final 13 Gladiators, they entered Chief's intensive 6 week preparation program known as "Camp Agoga". Along with wife and fellow coach Emilie Brabon-Hames, Chief set about transforming the team both aesthetically and athletically, in order to achieve their demigod like looks and ability.
Results
Note: Challengers which are bolded advanced through to the next stage. Times listed next to the challengers' name is their runtime for the Eliminator. DNR indicates the challenger did not run the Eliminator due to the other challenger pulling out from injury.
Men
The eventual winner of the Grand Final was Paul Baird.
Women
Winner of the Grand Final was Natasha Haines.
Episodes
Gladiators
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatt%20Al-Arab%20University%20College | Shatt Al-Arab University College is a private Iraqi university established in 1993 in Basrah in the south of Iraq.
Faculties
Faculty of Computer Science
Faculty of English Language
Faculty of Management
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Computer engineering
Faculty of Civil engineering
Shatt Al-Arab University College was established in Basra on 10 May, 1993, under decree No. MF/568, issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. It is also recognized by this Ministry.
The College has witnessed, since its inception, a number of developments that need to be documented to diagnose points of strength and weaknesses throughout its educational process. The aim is to push the educational process forward. Shatt Al-Arab University College seeks to raise the scientific and cultural levels, in Iraq in general and in the city of Basra in particular, by preparing qualified cadres capable of undertaking responsibility by adopting the latest administrative, accounting, legal and linguistic methods, in addition to expertise in the field of the computer.
Vision
Shatt Al-Arab University College works hard to promote the scientific and cultural standards in Iraq in general and in the city of Basra in particular, by qualifying proficient graduates working in the fields of law, accounting, business administration, computer science, English language, and computer technology engineering,
Message
Upgrading the theoretical and applied knowledge in accordance with the ethical, social and cultural standards of the Iraqi society.
Providing students with up - to - date academic knowledge, advanced scientific research methods, high values, and the development of the student's personality to be qualified for innovation, challenge, leadership, self-learning, teamwork and competition locally, regionally and globally.
Developing and updating curricula in line with contemporary trends and subjecting it to periodic evaluation in accordance with international standards, taking into account local conditions.
Contributing actively in the development and promotion of the knowledge of the community and backing up scientific research that would help in preparing specialized cadres working in various professions and also planning for new academic specializations.
Promoting the distinctive academic fields that characterize the College departments.
Bolstering cooperation between the College and other universities and colleges in the Basra and elsewhere.
Objectives
Preparing qualified academic and administrative personnel capable of operating the knowledge system.
Ensuring a close connection between the outputs of the educational and research processes and the requirements of the community and the labor market.
Graduating qualified cadres capable of acquiring, investing and employing knowledge on their own.
Enhancing e-learning by diversifying sources of knowledge through using electronic means of communication |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn%20Svoboda%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Antonín Svoboda (14 October 1907 – 18 May 1980) was a Czech computer scientist, mathematician, electrical engineer, and researcher. He is credited with originating the design of fault-tolerant computer systems, and with the creation of SAPO, the first Czech computer design.
Early life
Svoboda was born in Prague in 1907. Attending a series of schools, he studied at the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), from where he graduated in 1931. In that same year, he traveled to England briefly to study physics, but returned to Czechoslovakia to conduct research and study under
Václav Dolejšek, who made very significant discoveries in X-ray spectrography.
Professional career
Svoboda and Dolejšek worked together on several projects, including X-rays and other astronomy-related aspects, but the rapidly rising specter of what was occurring in Germany, set against the backdrop of the economic collapse during his time, made pure science difficult to pursue. Even so, Svoboda took up positions at the CTU, including becoming an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He eventually gained his PhD in 1935, working on the concepts of mathematical models in the use and transmission of electricity and current.
Wartime
In 1936, with war looming, Svoboda quit his positions in academia and joined the CDF and the Ministry of National Defense. Working there on a variety of projects, he was successful in vastly improving anti-aircraft artillery sights, capable of using predictive motion to "lead" a moving aircraft based on its direction and speed and adjusting the aim accordingly so that flak would hit. He worked on this project until the fall of Czechoslovakia in 1939.
At that time, alarmed that their research would fall into the hands of Nazi scientists, Svoboda and his research team fled to France, hoping to find a sympathetic ear and a place to work to fight the Germans however they could. Unfortunately, by the time Svoboda had gotten settled in, Germany's Wehrmacht had started the blitzkrieg, bypassing the Maginot Line and directly threatening Paris where he was working. During this time, Svoboda began work on what would eventually become his computer in later years, but his designs and drawings were all he had. Unwilling to leave such treasures to the Germans, he took them with him, but buried them in the construction of his bicycle.
Escape from Europe
Svoboda's flight this time was far less organized, fleeing fast moving Panzer units. Just before France fell his pregnant wife Milada bore him twin sons while on the run. During the flight one of the babies passed away, and there was a great deal of harassment as they fled.
They managed to arrive in Marseilles, where they attempted first to get out of France to Casablanca, and when that failed, managed to get to Lisbon. Unfortunately, the ship's captain had no room for much cargo—with over two million refugees in Lisbon, space was at a premium. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITGC | IT general controls (ITGC) are controls that apply to all systems, components, processes, and data for a given organization or information technology (IT) environment. The objectives of ITGCs are to ensure the proper development and implementation of applications, as well as the integrity of programs, data files, and computer operations.
The most common ITGCs:
Logical access controls over infrastructure, applications, and data.
System development life cycle controls.
Program change management controls.
Data center physical security controls.
System and data backup and recovery controls.
Computer operation controls.
General Computer Controls
ITGCs may also be referred to as General Computer Controls (GCC) which are defined as:
Controls, other than application controls, which relate to the environment within which computer-based application systems are developed, maintained and operated, and which are therefore applicable to all applications. The objectives of general controls are to ensure the proper development and implementation of applications, the integrity of program and data files and of computer operations. Like application controls, general controls may be either manual or programmed. Examples of general controls include the development and implementation of an IS strategy and an IS security policy, the organization of IS staff to separate conflicting duties and planning for disaster prevention and recovery process.
Global Technology Audit Guide (GTAG)
GTAGs are written in straightforward business language to address a timely issue related to information technology (IT) management, control, and security. To date, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released GTAGs on the following topics:
GTAG 1: Information Technology Controls
GTAG 2: Change and Patch Management Controls: Critical for Organizational Success
GTAG 3: Continuous Auditing: Implications for Assurance, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment
GTAG 4: Management of IT Auditing
GTAG 5: Managing and Auditing Privacy Risks
GTAG 6: Managing and Auditing IT Vulnerabilities
GTAG 7: Information Technology Outsourcing
GTAG 8: Auditing Application Controls
GTAG 9: Identity and Access Management
GTAG 10: Business Continuity Management
GTAG 11: Developing the IT Audit Plan
GTAG 12: Auditing IT Projects
GTAG 13: Fraud Prevention and Detection in the Automated World
GTAG 14: Auditing User-developed Applications
GTAG 15: Formerly Information Security Governance--Removed and combined with GTAG 17
GTAG 16: Data Analysis Technologies
GTAG 17: Auditing IT Governance
See also
Information technology controls
Internal Audit
Internal Control
SOX 404 top–down risk assessment
References
GTAG 8: Christine Bellino, Jefferson Wells, July 2007
GTAG 8: Steve Hunt, Enterprise Controls Consulting LP, Enterprise Controls Consulting LP, July 2007
ISACA Glossary of terms
External links
The Institute of Internal Auditors
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Auditin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFOU | TFOU () is a French children's television broadcast programming block on TF1. It was launched on 1 January 2007, replacing TF! Jeunesse (French for TF! Youth).
TF! Jeunesse first appeared on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 4:30 in the afternoon on TF1, replacing Club Dorothée, with the first episode of Beetleborgs. TF! Jeunesse was created by Dominique Poussier, the director of children's television for TF1. It was hoped that this new show would distance itself from its predecessor, whose shows had often been accused by parents and the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (the Superior Audiovisual Council) of being too violent. Poussier had previously created the morning program Salut les Toons! ("Hello Toons!"), which was presented by two CGI-generated mice, in 1996. In September 1997, she was given the difficult task of revitalizing children's programming on TF1, whose ratings had been in decline thanks to the popularity of Minikeums on France 3.
Using the same model which she had already presented with The Planet of Donkey Kong on France 2, Poussier suggested a program without animation. "T. F. Ouais" was chosen as the title for the program. The logo had been that of a defunct channel. An adult voice was the presenter of the show (Bruno Choël, the French dub voice for Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean and Ewan McGregor in Star Wars).
Interactivity with the young audience was exercised again in special operations like those organized for the presidential elections of 2007 where children were interviewed on the subject. TFOU was praised by the Foundation for Children for its activity on tolerance Parce qu'on est tous différents (Because we are all different") (Directors: Nicolas Sedel, Franck Salomé et Fernando Worcel).
History
The Pokémon Phenomenon and the Revival
In addition to new European programs, TF1 can rely on agreements with Nickelodeon (which allows it to broadcast Hey Arnold!) or the new Power Rangers series, known in France since 1993. But it is only with the arrival of Pokémon in 2000, that the channel could find audiences equal to those of Club Dorothée. Surfing on this wave, the Digimon quickly appears.
Suppose several series follow one another without making an impression. In that case, a few programs with audiences also appear (Franklin, Jimmy Neutron, Totally Spies!, Sonic Underground) and allow the channel to bounce back and resist Yu-Gi-Oh! in particular.
The success recovery
After creating tfou.fr, TF1's first children's website, in 2000, the TF1 Group launched the TFOU (TV channel) on the TPS satellite package, drawing inspiration from the TF! Jeunesse, but the channel targets a teenage audience where TF! Jeunesse tried to seduce the youngest. However, the programs become forgotten or unpopular. The flagship series are reserved for broadcast on TF1.
References
External links
2007 French television series debuts
French children's television series
TF1 original programming
Television programming blocks in Eu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton%20West%20railway%20station | Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network (until 1983) and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England.
History
The line to Clayton West from Shepley Junction was authorised by an act of Parliament on 11 June 1866. It was opened on 1 September 1879 and was built to double line standards, as so many of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch lines in this area were.
It was closed on 24 January 1983.
References
Further reading
External links
Clayton West station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Kirklees light railway
Disused railway stations in Kirklees
Heritage railway stations in Kirklees
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1983
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
Denby Dale |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20African%20Election%20Authorities | The Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) is a Regional Network of Election Management Bodies. The organization is dedicated to the professionalization of election administration through information exchange and regional networking. The Association was conceived at the Colloquium of African Election Authorities held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in November 1994 and since then has developed into an Association with sixteen full members and six associate members.
Structure
The AAEA secretariat is based in Accra, Ghana, led by Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Member countries include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Partners
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) lent significant support to the development of the AAEA.
Activities
The AAEA has sent election observation teams to Nigeria cooperation with IFES
The AAEA and International IDEA co-sponsored an Electoral Administration Training for Facilitators using the BRIDGE Project Curriculum in Accra in 2005.
External links
AAEA Official Website
Politics of Africa
Election and voting-related organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelmanthorpe%20railway%20station | Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley.
History
The station was opened in 1879 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It was on the company's branch line to Clayton West, which junctioned with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway between and stations.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20080612172729/http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/skelmanthorpe/
Heritage railway stations in Kirklees
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Beeching closures in England
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1983
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1992
railway station |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC%20Olympic%20broadcasts | The broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games produced by NBC Sports are shown on the various platforms of NBCUniversal in the United States, including the NBC broadcast network, NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, Peacock, Spanish language network Telemundo, and many of the company's cable networks. The event telecasts during the Olympics air primarily in the evening and on weekend afternoons on NBC with additional live coverage on the NBC Sports app and NBCOlympics.com, with varying times on its cable networks (such as after the close of the stock market day on CNBC, the early mornings on MSNBC, overnights on the USA Network, and formerly various hours on now defunct NBCSN). The commercial name of the broadcasting services is NBC Olympics.
The on-air title of the telecasts, as typically announced at the start of each broadcast and during sponsor billboards is always the official name of the games in question – for example, The Games of the XXIX Olympiad for the 2008 Summer Games. However, promotional logos may reflect the more common location-and-year name format, such as "Beijing 2008".
NBC has held the American broadcasting rights to the Summer Olympic Games since the 1988 games and the rights to the Winter Olympic Games since the 2002 games. In 2011, NBC agreed to a $4.38 billion contract with the International Olympic Committee to broadcast the Olympics through the 2020 games, the most expensive television rights deal in Olympic history. NBC then agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games. NBC also acquired the American television rights to the Youth Olympic Games, beginning in 2014, and the Paralympic Games for the 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 editions. NBC announced more than 1,200 hours of coverage for the 2020 games, called "unprecedented" by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). NBC is one of the major sources of revenue for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
NBC's coverage of the Olympics has been criticized for the tape delaying of events, spoiling the results of events prior to their own tape-delayed broadcast of those events, editing of its broadcasts to resemble an emotionally appealing program meant to entertain rather than a straight live sports event, and avoiding controversial subjects such as material critical of Russia at the 2014 Olympics.
History
Early coverage
1964 Summer Olympics
NBC televised its first Olympic Games in 1964, when it broadcast that year's Summer Olympics from Tokyo. The network originally had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit up to two hours from the US to Japan as with signals from the West Coast. NBC needed approval from the FCC and it approved thus giving NBC satellite coverage of the Olympics thus avoiding flight expenses and tapes flown, NBC's telecast of the opening ceremonies that year marked the first |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolico%E2%80%93Giancarlo%20algorithm | In computer science, the Apostolico–Giancarlo algorithm is a variant of the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm, the basic application of which is searching for occurrences of a pattern in a text . As with other comparison-based string searches, this is done by aligning to a certain index of and checking whether a match occurs at that index. is then shifted relative to according to the rules of the Boyer–Moore algorithm, and the process repeats until the end of has been reached. Application of the Boyer–Moore shift rules often results in large chunks of the text being skipped entirely.
With regard to the shift operation, Apostolico–Giancarlo is exactly equivalent in functionality to Boyer–Moore. The utility of Apostolico–Giancarlo is to speed up the match-checking operation at any index. With Boyer–Moore, finding an occurrence of in requires that all characters of be explicitly matched. For certain patterns and texts, this is very inefficient – a simple example is when both pattern and text consist of the same repeated character, in which case Boyer–Moore runs in , where is the length in characters of . Apostolico–Giancarlo speeds this up by recording the number of characters matched at the alignments of in a table, which is combined with data gathered during the pre-processing of to avoid redundant equality checking for sequences of characters that are known to match. It can be seen as a generalization of the Galil rule.
References
String matching algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly%20%28supercomputer%29 | The Firefly computer is a high-performance computer cluster housed at the Holland Computing Center located inside of the Peter Kiewit Institute at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Specifications
The system runs on 1,151 compute nodes, 871 have quad-core AMD Opteron processors and 280 have dual quad-core processors. All have eight gigabytes of memory. Each node is connected to a high-speed, low-latency InfiniBand fabric.
The supercomputer ranked 43 of 500 in the Top 500 Supercomputing Sites list in November 2007 but has since dropped out of the top 500 since the Center's rating was not updated after upgrades.
References
X86 supercomputers
Computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20Sessions | Private Sessions is a 2007 television series produced by the A&E Network featuring top entertainers interviewed by host Lynn Hoffman. Most guests are musicians that perform several of their songs during the hour-long episode, but actors also have appeared on the show.
The show premiered July 22, 2007 on A&E, succeeding Breakfast with the Arts. The debut program featured Avril Lavigne, and has featured musical guests Bon Jovi, Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Counting Crows, Duran Duran, En Vogue, The Goo Goo Dolls, Ann and Nancy Wilson (interviewed) of Heart (performed), Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys, James Blunt, Maroon 5, Meat Loaf, Queen Latifah, Ringo Starr, Seal, Chicago, and Toby Keith, as well as actors John Cusack, Michael Douglas, and Anthony Hopkins. Additional guests include Annie Lennox, Journey, Sting, Mary J. Blige, Brooks & Dunn, Cyndi Lauper, Carly Simon, Lionel Richie and Dustin Hoffman.
Series taped in the A&E studio, however many episodes were shot on location.
Executive Producers: Thomas Moody and Nicholas Van Hoogstraten. Senior Producer: Liisa Lunden. Series Producer: Scott Kerbey. Line Producer: James Tomlinson.
References
External links
Official website (uses some Flash)
Private Sessions Summary, TV.com
A&E (TV network) original programming
2000s American television talk shows
2007 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
2010s American television talk shows
2011 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20stations%20in%20Bolivia | Following is a list of railway stations in Bolivia, categorized by eastern and western networks. The eastern and western networks do not directly connect, except via a roundabout route through Argentina.
Many lines originally were 762mm gauge; some, but not all, have been converted to 1000mm gauge.
Maps
UN Map
Towns served by rail
West
Guaqui (3822m) - branch terminus and inland port
Viacha - junction
La Paz (3640m) - terminus and national administrative capital
Oruro, Bolivia (3710m) - junction
Cochabamba (2574m) - terminus
Potosí - branch
Sucre (2750m) - branch terminus and national constitutional capital
Uyuni (3670m) - junction for line to Chile
Tupiza
Villazón - border with Argentina
Arque
Open or Closed?
Uncia - branch terminus - mine
East
Trinidad (130m) - terminus
Loreto
Santa Rosa del Sara
Montero (292m)
Santa Cruz - junction for Trinidad and Puerto Suárez
Villamontes (439m)
Yacuiba- border with Argentina
San José de Chiquitos (304m)
Roboré
Santa Ana de Velasco
Puerto Suárez (117m) - border with Brazil
Corumbá
Proposed
Sucre (W)
(missing link)
Santa Cruz (E)
2013, September, design consultancy for Montero-Bulo Bulo railway
2010, October, Peru and Bolivia agreed to transfer land from Peru to Bolivia to provide Bolivia with access to the sea, to replace the lands stolen & lost in the War of the Pacific with Chile.
Ilo, Peru (15m) port to be leased to Bolivia
Puerto Suárez
See also
Transport in Bolivia
Bolivia
Railway stations in Peru - transAndean Railway
References
Railway stations
Railway stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Queens%20College%20people | This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Queens College, City University of New York.
Business
Leslie Abramson - Attorney, defended Lyle and Erik Menéndez
Russell Artzt - Co founder Computer Associates
Gary Barnett (real estate developer) - Founder of Extell Development Company
Jill E. Barad - Former chief executive officer of Mattel
David Cancel - Serial Technology Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School
Jerry Colonna - Well-known venture capitalist and entrepreneur coach
Eugene R. Fidell - Attorney, Guantanamo Bay detention camp critic
Mark M. Ford - Entrepreneur
Lee Garfinkel - Former CEO of the New York office of Foote, Cone & Belding
Leonard Grunstein - Finance executive
Charlie Harary - Investor and motivational speaker
Patricia Hynes - Former president of the New York City Bar Association
Frederick S. Jaffe - Former vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Alan Lazar - Partner of southern California Law Firm
Stewart Liff - Management consultant and author
Ruth Madoff - Wife of Bernard L. Madoff
Donna Orender - WNBA president
Cindy Rakowitz - Division President for Playboy Enterprises (1986-2001)
Jeffrey Steinberger - Trial attorney, TV commentator & analyst
Charles Wang - founder of Computer Associates, owner of the New York Islanders
Education
Stevanne Auerbach - Psychologist, "Dr. Toy"
Werner Baer - Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Elaine Barkin - Music theorist educator
Warren Bebbington - retired Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide
Jean-Claude Brizard - CEO of Chicago Public Schools
Vévé Amasasa Clark - Professor of African-American studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Ester Fuchs Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, Columbia University
Jeffrey Halperin - Professor of Psychology
Cheryl Lehman - Accounting academic
Stephanie Pace Marshall - Founder of Illinois Math and Science Academy
Joseph S. Murphy (1933-1998) - President of Queens College, President of Bennington College, and Chancellor of the City University of New York
Edward John Ray - President of Oregon State University
Linda Siegel - cognitive psychologist, holder of the Dorothy C. Lam Chair in Special Education at the University of British Columbia 1996–2015
Arthur M. Langer - Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University, Founder of Workforce Opportunity Services
Entertainment and media
Ted Alexandro - comedian
Martin Aronstein - theatrical lighting designer
Annet Artani - singer, songwriter, co-wrote "Everytime" with Britney Spears
Jay Bak - rapper and singer based in South Korea
Lidia Bastianich - celebrity chef and host of Lidia's Italy
Joy Behar - comedian and co-host of The View
Adrien Brody - actor, academy award winner, Attended as student in 1990
Glen Brunman - film and television soundtrack executive and producer
Danny Burstein - Broadway actor
Fran Capo - comedian
Lucille Carra - documentary film producer
Angelo Corrao - |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20Access%20Control | Extended Access Control (EAC) is a set of advanced security features for electronic passports that protects and restricts access to sensitive personal data contained in the RFID chip. In contrast to common personal data (like the bearer's photograph, names, date of birth, etc.) which can be protected by basic mechanisms, more sensitive data (like fingerprints or iris images) must be protected further for preventing unauthorized access and skimming. A chip protected by EAC will allow that this sensitive data is read (through an encrypted channel) only by an authorized passport inspection system.
EAC was introduced by ICAO as an optional security feature (additional to Basic Access Control) for restricting access to sensitive biometric data in an electronic MRTD. A general idea is given: the chip must contain chip-individual keys, must have processing capabilities and additional key management will be required. However, ICAO leaves the actual solution open to the implementing States.
There are several different proposed implementations of the mechanism, all of which must retain backward-compatibility with the legacy Basic Access Control (BAC), which is mandatory in all EU countries. The European Commission described that the technology will be used to protect fingerprints in member states' e-passports. The deadline for member states to start issuing fingerprint-enabled e-passports was set to be 28 June 2009. The specification selected for EU e-passports was prepared by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in their technical report TR-03110. Several other countries implement their own EAC.
EAC as defined by the EU
EAC as defined by the EU has two requirements: chip and terminal authentication.
Chip authentication (for strong session encryption)
The chip authentication specification defines a handheld device (CAP reader) with a smart card slot, a decimal keypad, and a display capable of displaying at least 12 characters. Chip authentication (CA) has two functions:
To authenticate the chip and prove that the chip is genuine. Only a genuine chip can implement communication securely.
To establish a strongly secured communication channel, using a chip-specific key pair with strong encryption and integrity protection.
Chip authentication has an add-on Basic Access Control (BAC) with protection against skimming and eavesdropping.
Terminal authentication (access restricted to authorized terminals)
Terminal authentication (TA) is used to determine whether the inspection system (IS) is allowed to read sensitive data from the e-passport. The mechanism is based on digital certificates which come in the format of card verifiable certificates.
Each inspection system is granted a card verifiable certificate (CVC) from a document verifier (DV). The inspection system's certificate is valid only for a short time period, typically between 1 day and 1 month.
An inspection system may have several CVCs installed at any time, one for each |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfora | Enfora was an international wireless networking company headquartered in Richardson, Texas, which was purchased by Novatel Wireless in 2010. The company was established in 1999 and was a provider of wireless networking solutions that enabled businesses to access and analyze information from geographically dispersed assets. Enfora's products consisted of embedded wireless software, wireless platforms, integrated products and enterprise software. Businesses used their products for location-based, monitoring and control, and asset management applications. It had offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
References
External links
Enfora Official Website
Telecommunications companies established in 1999
Companies based in Richardson, Texas
Richardson, Texas
1999 establishments in Texas
Telecommunications equipment vendors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-IV%20%28specification%20language%29 | The Meta-IV (pronounced like "metaphor") was an early version of the specification language of the Vienna Development Method formal method for the development of computer-based systems.
History
One of the first occurrences of Meta-IV in print appears to be
"Programming in the Meta-language: A Tutorial".
Dines Bjørner used it in the very beginning of his tutorial as a footnote
This paper provides an informal introduction to the "art" of abstractly specifying software architectures using the VDM meta-language*. A formal treatment of the semantics, as well as a BNF-like concrete syntax, of a large subset of the meta-language is given in [Jones 78a] following this paper.
The spirit of the Meta-IV specification language is well captured by the following passage
We stress here... that the meta-language is to be used, not for solving algorithmic problems (on a computer), but for specifying, in an implementation-independent way, the architecture (or models) of software. Instead of using informal English mixed with technical jargon, we offer you a very-high-level 'programming' language. We do not offer an interpreter or compiler for this meta-language. And we have absolutely no intention of ever wasting our time trying to mechanize this meta-language. We wish, as we have done in the past, and as we intend to continue doing in the future, to further develop the notation and to express notions in ways for which no mechanical interpreter system can ever be provided.
VDM is a Method. The Meta-IV was the Specification language that accompanied the method, and the VDM-SL is the current standardized form of that language.
Since the VDM-SL has become standardized, then one may use Meta-IV to denote the three specific Schools of
the VDM which existed (and to some extent still do) from the 1970s onwards:
The Danish School — founded by Dines Bjørner
The English School — founded by Cliff Jones
The Irish School — founded by Mícheál Mac an Airchinnigh
A brief account of these different Schools is given in the text "Mathematical Approaches to Software Quality".
A comprehensive VDM Bibliography is also available.
The Schools of VDM
The Danish School
founded by Dines Bjørner
To mention:
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Lyngby
Dansk Datamatik Center (DDC)
The English School
founded by Cliff Jones (computer scientist)
To mention:
University of Manchester
University of Newcastle
The Irish School
founded by Mícheál Mac an Airchinnigh
To mention:
University of Dublin, Trinity College
The first appearance of the name "Irish School of the VDM" occurs in a PhD Thesis:
Mac an Airchinnigh, Mícheál. Conceptual Models and Computing. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, 1990, p. 41:
There is essential universal agreement on what constitutes the VDM. However, there are basically two major Schools of the VDM largely
distinguished by notational differences employed in the specification language Meta-IV — the Danish School and the English |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Strip%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | The Strip is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series premiered on the Nine Network at 8:30pm on 4 September 2008 but was moved to a later 10:30pm timeslot from 13 November 2008. The show did not return for a second season, due to disappointing ratings.
Overview
The Strip is a police detective drama series that follows investigations into crimes on the Gold Coast, Queensland, colloquially referred to as "The Strip". Visually, the program took much inspiration from CSI: Miami and was filmed with images of sparkling surf, aerial shots of buildings and golden sands, as well as similar post production filters and colouring. It had a budget of A$7.8 million.
Cast
Aaron Jeffery (McLeod's Daughters) as Detective Jack Cross
Vanessa Gray as Detective Frances "Frankie" Tully
Simone McAullay (Blue Heelers) as Plain Clothes Constable Jessica McCay
Bob Morley (Home and Away) as Plain Clothes Constable Tony Moretti
Frankie J. Holden as Inspector Max Nelson
Guests in the series include Jay Laga'aia, Martin Sacks, Indiana Evans, Matthew Newton, Gillian Alexy, and Tahyna Tozzi, Matt Boesenberg and Toby Truslove.
Episodes
DVD releases
The Strip was released on DVD on 4 July 2009.
See also
List of Australian television series
References
External links
The Strip at the Australian Television Information Archive
Download for Free episodes of "The Strip" from Ninemsn website
2008 Australian television series debuts
2008 Australian television series endings
2000s Australian drama television series
Nine Network original programming
Television shows set in Gold Coast, Queensland
Television series by Fremantle (company) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBC-550 | The Sanyo MBC-550 is a small and inexpensive personal computer in "pizza-box" style, featuring an Intel 8088 microprocessor and running a version of MS-DOS. Sold by Sanyo, it was the least expensive early IBM PC compatible and followed Sanyo's MBC-1000 line of CP/M computers.
The MBC-550 has much better video display possibilities than the CGA card (8 colors at 640x200 resolution, vs CGA's 4 colors at 320x200 or 2 colors at 640x200). Still, it is not completely compatible with the IBM PC.
The computer lacks a standard BIOS, having only a minimal bootloader in ROM that accesses hardware directly to load a RAM-based BIOS. The diskette format (FM rather than MFM) used is not completely compatible with the IBM PC, but special software on an original PC or PC/XT (but not PC/AT) can read and write the diskettes, and software expecting a standard 18.2 Hz clock interrupt has to be rewritten.
The MBC-550 was also the computer for NRI training. Starting by building the computer, the NRI promised you would be "qualified to service and repair virtually every major brand of computer". NRI was advertised in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science throughout 1985.
The MBC-550 is less PC compatible than the IBM PCjr. Its inability to use much PC software was a significant disadvantage; InfoWorld reported in August 1985 that Sanyo "has initiated a campaign to sell off" MBC-550 inventory. The company's newer computers were, an executive claimed, 99% PC compatible.
Soft Sector magazine
SOFT SECTOR was a magazine for people who owned Sanyo MBC-550 and 555 DOS computers. (But much of the content equally applied to most IBM clones at the time.) A typical issue includes news, reviews, how-to's, technical advice and education, tips and tricks, as well as BASIC language programs that one could type in and adapt to suit one's needs.
Models
MBC-550 : 1 x 5.25" disk drive (160 KB)
MBC-555 : 2 x 5.25" disk drive (160 KB)
MBC-555-2 : 2 x 5.25" disk drive (360 KB)
MBC-555-3 : 2 x 5.25" disk drive (720 KB)
References
Sanyo products
IBM PC compatibles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition%20Research%20Group | The Opposition Research Group refers to the division within the Republican National Committee formed in 1984 with its own budget of $1.1 million, to create a master data bank of computerized voter research and opposition research. These staff amassed information on eight Democratic presidential candidates based on data from voting records, Congressional Record speeches, media clippings and transcripts, campaign materials, all of which was stored on a computer for easy access. In this way the party was able to track inconsistencies of its opponents and attack them. This original data base evolved into a network that linked information gleaned by Republicans in all 50 states, creating a master data base accessible to high-ranking Republican staff, even aboard Air Force One when Ronald Reagan was president.
In the 1992 presidential election, independent candidate Ross Perot repeatedly accused the Republicans of "dirty tricks" and spying on him, but Republicans dismissed Perot's accusations as a "paranoid fantasy." At the time, David Tell, who headed the O.R.G. at the time said, "Mr. Perot is suggesting we are sitting here in the middle of this great spider web, calling newspaper reporters and planting these things, and that is baloney."
Notes
Opposition research
Republican National Committee |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20Spicy%20Meets%20Sweet | When Spicy Meets Sweet is an interstitial reality television program produced by MTV and Doritos. The micro-series premiered on April 18, 2008 between 2pm—5pm ET/PT during MTV's Friday programming block, now dubbed "Spicy Sweet Fridays."
Plot
The 18-episode reality-dating series began airing on April 18, 2008 when fans saw what happened as spicy girls and sweet guys were matched up to go
on dates. Throughout the short-form series, cast members took on some of
the most unpredictable dating experiences of their lives, all captured on
film and watched by millions. Viewers saw their chosen sweet guys go on
spicy dates such as a trip to the tattoo and piercing parlor, while their
chosen spicy girls explored their sweeter side on dates such as
volunteering at a senior citizens center. At the ending of the dates, there was an elimination process, leaving only one date for each.
Cast
Amara Cash (Hollywood, California)- Spicy
Ryan Holden (Manhattan Beach, California)- Sweet
TJ Beaverson (New Cumberland, Pennsylvania)- Sweet
Brendan Jennings (Carrier Mills, Illinois)-Sweet
Brian Morris (Peachtree City, Georgia)- Sweet
Drew Cook (Jay, Florida)- Sweet
Sarah Barker (Las Vegas, Nevada- Spicy
Jillian Conshohocken, Pennsylvania)- Spicy
Kristen (Warwick, Rhode Island)- Spicy
Louisa Torres (Orlando, Florida)- Spicy
Doritos, MTV affiliation
In February 2008, Doritos and MTV invited fans across the country to submit their profile on Doritos' website snackstrongproductions.com for a chance to be cast on the new reality dating series. To support this program, MTV re-branded its web site www.nextornot.com to spicyandsweet.nextornot.com to be as an interactive community for hopefuls to submit their profiles. Between February 25 and March 16, online viewers helped to determine the four "spicy" girls and four "sweet" guys to be cast in the show by the amount of time spent on their favorite profiles. The web site has garnered more than 19 million page views, with users averaging more than 30 minutes on the site for one visit. In 2007 Doritos aired two consumer-created commercials during Super Bowl XLI as part the "Crash the Super Bowl challenge".
NextOrNot.com
MTV debuted NextOrNot.com, the online companion to the series, in October 2007. Inspired in equal part by ratings sites such as HotOrNot.com and online social networks like Facebook, Nextornot.com allows users to browse through a library of user profiles featuring prominent pictures and personal information. Time spent by site users looking at each profile is logged, and at the end of each day the user whose profile has received the highest cumulative viewing time appears on MTV as the "Hottie of the Day."
External links
Official site
Doritos
Snack Strong Productions
References
American dating and relationship reality television series
MTV original programming
MTV game shows
2000s American reality television series
2008 American television series debuts
Interstitial television shows
2008 American television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20M.%20Riseman | Edward M. Riseman (August 15, 1942 in Washington, D.C. – February 26, 2007 in Leeds, Massachusetts) was an American computer scientist and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Riseman was a pioneer in the field of computer vision and artificial intelligence who made significant contributions to image database and content-based image retrieval, including the design of one of the first knowledge-based image understanding systems that handled very complex natural images. He was a co-author on the landmark paper on a four-step process for extracting straight lines from intensity images. Riseman was a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a member of the Pattern Recognition Society.
Biography
Education
Edward Riseman received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson College in 1964. He moved to Cornell University and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1966 and 1969, respectively.
Career
Shortly after receiving his Ph.D., Edward Riseman joined the faculty of University of Massachusetts Amherst as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to a full professor in 1978, and served as the chairman of the Computer Science department from 1981 to 1985. During his tenure at the University of Massachusetts, Riseman was the advisor to 38 Ph.D. graduates.
References
External links
Home Page
Memoriam
Cornell University alumni
Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Senior Members of the IEEE
1942 births
2007 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20T.%20Georgopoulos | John Tilemachos Georgopoulos is a fantasy sports writer, radio host and computer/data scientist of Greek ancestry, whose work involving fantasy football analytics has been prominent in the fantasy industry since 1994.
Education and early career
Georgopoulos graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1982, where he was classmates with Terence Tolbert, the late political operative for Barack Obama and Christopher "Kid" Reid, the rap musician and actor.
After four years at Fordham University, Georgopoulos graduated in 1986 with degrees in Computer Science and Biology. While still in university, his interest in meshing fantasy sports with computer science became evident as he created a fantasy wrestling game—dubbed Sgt. Slaughter's Matwars—which was a basis of the formation of the Silverline Games entertainment company.
While working as a programmer for an investment bank in 1994, Georgopoulos produced a simple website, with the goal of teaching himself HTML; he chose this forum to express his views on one of his favorite topics: professional football (the NFL).
Fantasy sports journalism career
Georgopoulos' website received enough hits to encourage Georgopoulos to regularly update his commentary, as well as recruit former owners in his college roto leagues to provide additional content. By 1996, Gridiron Grumblings was born, one of the first independent sites of sports commentary
The site received several awards, including Netscape's "Cool Site of the Month" and "Cool Site of the Day", a 'Top Site' recognition by Yahoo! Magazine as well as a recommended site of FHM Magazine.
In 1998, drawing on his experience in FOREX markets and as a programmer, Georgopoulos designed the "Fantasy Forecast Rating System", a ranking system to be used across all NFL positions, enabling the absolute valuation of players.
Its success as a tool for fantasy football owners led to the concept being applied to all the major fantasy sports: baseball, basketball and hockey. Applications of his techniques were picked up by Sports Illustrated, which ran Georgopoulos' content.
Internet Audio Broadcasts as early as 1996, Georgopoulos was producing one-hour audio broadcasts, which were made available to his readers. Dubbed "WGRD Radio", there were 117 episodes recorded through September 11, 2001. His first-person account of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center marked the final broadcast of WGRD Radio.
In 2004, WGRD Radio was reincarnated as Gridiron Grumblings Live!, a two-hour live broadcast covering fantasy football, the NFL and other topical events.
Individual Defensive Players (IDPs) in standard fantasy football leagues. While a staple of fantasy football drafts today, the inclusion of IDPs in 1996-97 was considered FFL heresy. Consistency Rankings was a metric designed to describe the degree to which a set of player performances varied—either over the course of a season or a career which was in essence, the application of a Coefficient of Variance t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biip.no | Biip.no is a social networking service based in Norway. It is currently offline, with plans to relaunch in December 2020.
Users can use the site to send free SMS messages. As of February 2012, about one million text messages were sent from the site each month.
History
The site was founded on June 1, 2005, by Erling Piken Andersen, Bo Myras and Ozan Özerk.
In 2008, TV 2 and Egmont Group acquired a majority stake for NOK 76 million.
References
External links
2005 establishments in Norway
Internet properties established in 2005
Norwegian social networking websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Martin%20%28escape%20artist%29 | Anthony Martin is a professional escape artist, locksmith and Christian Evangelist most known for his daredevil skydiving and underwater escapes on network television.
Early Anthony
Todd Anthony Martin is of German Russian descent and was born March 4, 1966, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin U.S.A. His great grandfather fled Russia just prior to the Russian Revolution. He is the first of two children born to David and Georgene Martin. Born to a working-class family in a Midwestern town, Anthony began his career without the advantages of financial backing or theatrical connections. His early beginnings and news clippings indicate an unusually early effort to document and substantiate his escapes which has since become the cornerstone of his career. His first police substantiated escape was at the age of 12 while still in elementary school. He currently offers a reward to anyone who can prove he resorts to the use of any fake locks or handcuffs.
Philosophy/Credentials
Martin adheres to a purest philosophy in regards to his work and rejects the use of trick or altered locks to achieve his escapes. This philosophy resulted in his exposing on his ABC Network Television Special some of the tricks used by magicians to perform their escapes.
Martin is a member of several locksmithing organizations and is a bonded locksmith. He has acted as security consultant for both Folger Adam (detention equipment) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The escape artist is also responsible for having written several technical articles for a leading locksmith publication. As time allows he services and opens antique safes when not performing.
School of Hard Locks
The escape artists most notable jail escapes include over a dozen documented challenges of all steel cell blocks. He has escaped from cells that have held such infamous crime figures as Baby Face Nelson and Edward Gein of "Psycho" fame. The Gein jail escape presented him with the task of circumventing 6 sets of handcuffs and 6 prison doors to reach freedom. His subsequent appearances in Ripley's Believe It or Not! have been translated into 17 languages worldwide.
Escape or Die
Anthony's most dangerous stunts include a successful escape from a locked box thrown out of an airplane at 15,000 feet.
The aerial box escape required the escapist to free himself from a falling coffin, skydive away from it and open his parachute before impacting the ground. He freed himself at 6500 feet to accomplish the harrowing ordeal.
The frigid winters of Wisconsin helped to provide another unique test for the daredevil when he was locked in a steel cage lowered beneath the ice of a water filled quarry. Chainsaws had to be used to cut a hole in the ice to create an entrance point for the steel cage. Locks were removed from their original factory packaging to secure the cage. One minute and forty five seconds later Anthony emerged from his would be watery grave.
For the Discovery Channel he leaped shackled over the Snake River C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Educaci%C3%B3n | Radio Educación is a cultural radio station in Mexico, based in Mexico City. Radio Educación airs Spanish-language cultural and educational programming. The primary broadcast signal is XECPAE-AM (formerly XEEP-AM) 1060 kHz, broadcasting on a North American clear-channel frequency and sharing Class A status with KYW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Radio Educación also operates a shortwave station, XEPPM-OC on 6.185 MHz, and an FM radio station in Mérida, Yucatán, as well as FM stations to be built at Hermosillo, Sonora, and Morelia, Michoacán.
Radio Educación is an independent agency of the Secretariat of Culture, which was created in 2015. Prior to then, it was operated by the Secretariat of Public Education in cooperation with the National Council for Culture and Arts.
History
Foundation and first era
The emergence of radio coincided with one of the most important education policies in Mexican history. Under Secretariat of Public Education José Vasconcelos, Mexico went on a literacy crusade. Radio had been considered as a vehicle for cultural programming and the educational mission being carried out by the government, prompting interest from the SEP to enter radio.
On November 21, 1922, Vasconcelos's deputy secretary, Francisco Figueroa, asked President Álvaro Obregón for permission to invest in a 250-watt transmitter and 50 receivers. The federal government initially denied the SEP because it was trying to work with radiotelephone operators, but interest in Mexican radio grew. On June 7, 1923, General Amado Aguirre set guidelines for radio stations, and on July 15, 1924, 13 days after Vasconcelos stepped down, the SEP got its radio station. A transmitter was bought from WEAF in New York and installed on the third floor of the SEP's building. Joaquín Beristáin was charged with designing the first program lineup.
On November 30, 1924, the SEP station began formal operations under the callsign CYE, which was changed within a matter of days to CZE. The station broadcast on 560 kilohertz with 500 watts. María Luisa Ross was the station's first full director, being named on January 1, 1925. Early programming included telecourses, arts programming, and an early news program.
In 1928, the Dirección General de Telégrafos modified the station's permit, changing the callsign to XFX and its frequency to 910 kHz. With the new frequency, XFX was capable of covering most of Mexico, as well as into other countries. During this time, XFX had several coverage firsts, being the first radio station to report of the assassination of President Obregón and to transmit the criminal trial of his assassin, José León Toral; it frequently did remote broadcasts.
For a brief time, the government showed an interest in expanding the radio service. In 1929, the SEP obtained control of station XFC, which was operated by the state government of Veracruz in Xalapa and broadcast on 860 kHz with 350 watts. However, lack of personnel, poorly maintained equipment and few receiv |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki%20Matsutake | Hideki Matsutake (born August 12, 1951 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming, as the assistant of Isao Tomita during the early 1970s and as the "fourth member" of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Through his participation in the session recording of Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1978 album Thousand Knives, he joined the recordings of Yellow Magic Orchestra during 1978-1982 as their sound programmer, to become known as "the fourth member" of the group. In 1981, he formed a unit of his own under the name Logic System, which released its latest album in 2020. He also continued to take part in solo activities by YMO members such as Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi beyond the group's breakup in 1983. He was also a member of the video game music group Akihabara Electric Circus in 1988 and composed music for the 1996 video game Guardian Heroes. Today, Matsutake is also Chairman of Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association (JSPA).
Biography
Matsutake was grabbed by the playback of Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach using a synthesizer and a computer at the American Pavilion of Expo '70 in Osaka. In June the following year at age 19, he made his first step into professional music as an apprentice to Isao Tomita, providing him the chance of operating one of the few Moog III-P synthesizer units in Japan.
Establishing a company of his own named Musical Advertising Corporation (MAC) in 1974, his involvement with 'new music' artists such as Yoshitaka Minami and Akiko Yano started. In 1978 he participated in the production of Ryuichi Sakamoto's first album, Thousand Knives. In the years 1978 to 1982, Matsutake served Yellow Magic Orchestra as its sound programmer, eventually to become known as the "fourth member" of the band. He also led sequencing work for numerous technopop albums by other artists, especially at the beginning of the 80s.
In 1981, Matsutake formed "Logic System" with Makoto Irie, with whom he toured to perform in other Asian countries several times. The unit has released 10 albums to date, two out of them released in eight countries. Its latest album is Technasma, released in 2020. He was a member of Akihabara Electric Circus, which released the chiptune album Super Mario Bros. 3: Akihabara Electric Circus in 1988. He composed the video game music for Treasure's Guardian Heroes in 1996, alongside Nazo Suzuki. Matsutake is currently chairman of Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association (JSPA).
Discography
Discography
Notes
References
Profile of Hideki Matsuake found in a special interview article Hideki Matsutake plays with Terumin (松武秀樹 ふろくのテルミンで遊ぶ) on Gakken (publisher), viewed on 2009-03-28.
Article: Interview with Hideki Matsutake - Marking his 30th year of Techno life (祝テクノライフ30周年～松武秀樹氏) on All About, viewed 2009-03-09.
Interview with Hideki Matsuta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgettable%20Favorites | Unforgettable Favorites (also known as Memories) was a satellite driven format distributed by ABC Radio Networks (through The Walt Disney Company). Unforgettable Favorites was a middle-of-the-road station and featured music from The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, Carly Simon, James Taylor, The Bee Gees, The Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, The Beach Boys and many others.
History
ABC Radio launched this format in late 1998 known as "Memories"; its slogan and second branding was "Unforgettable Favorites". Many American radio stations began using this feed, including ABC owned & operated KMEO 96.7 FM (now Cumulus-owned KTCK-FM) in Flower Mound, Texas. Another station that used the "Memories / Unforgettable Favorites" audio feed was KMMZ 96.9 FM, "Memories 96.9", now KQOB, broadcasting to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and the Enid, Oklahoma area. KMMZ dropped Unforgettable Favorites in November 2002 and became a country music station. 2003 through 2005 proved to be a decline of "Memories" as some stations switched formats.
In the Summer of 2006, "Unforgettable Favorites" was discontinued and then merged into the adult standards format "Timeless Classics" and used the new branding "Timeless Favorites" up until a year later when it rebranded itself as simply "Timeless"--about the same time Citadel Broadcasting took control of ABC Radio (Citadel Media since April 2009 and Cumulus Media Networks since September 2011). "Timeless" ended February 15, 2010.
The station's satellite position was taken by The Christmas Channel, a seasonal channel. Unforgettable Favorites was, prior to the merger, switched over to Christmas music during the holiday season each year until Cumulus Media's merger of CMN and Westwood One in 2014.
Sample Playlist Before 2006 Closure
"Sweet Caroline" - Neil Diamond
"It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones
"I'm Sorry" - Brenda Lee
"Easy" - Commodores
"I Got You Babe" - Sonny & Cher
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
"We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters
"Cathy's Clown" - The Everly Brothers
"Different Drum" - The Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt
"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" - Gale Garnett
"I Only Want To Be With You" - Dusty Springfield
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray
"Hello Again (Neil Diamond song)" - Neil Diamond
"For the Good Times (song)" - Ray Price
"Everything Is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
"When I Fall In Love" - Celine Dion and Clive Griffin
"You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor
"There's a Kind of Hush" - Herman's Hermits
"Piano Man" - Billy Joel
"This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis & the Playboys
"Reflections" - The Supremes
"Cherish" - The Association
"California Dreamin'" - The Mamas & the Papas
"Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville
Defunct radio networks in the United States
ABC Radio Networks
Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company
Radio stations established in 1998
Radio stations disestablished in 2006
Defunct radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network | Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. The channel is headquartered at 1050 Techwood Drive NW in Atlanta, Georgia.
Founded by Ted Turner (who appointed Betty Cohen as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET/PT daily (the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming). Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, while its early morning block Cartoonito is aimed at preschool-aged children, and evening block Adult Swim targets older teenagers and young adults aged 18 to 34.
Cartoon Network offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via a separate channel with the English audio track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers, or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider.
As of March 2021, Cartoon Network is available to approximately 94 million paid television households in the United States.
History
On August 9, 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. On October 18, Turner forcibly sold back MGM. However, Turner kept much of the film and television library made before May 1986 (including some of the UA library) and formed Turner Entertainment Co. On October 8, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and gained an audience with its extensive film library. In 1991, Turner also purchased the library of animation studio Hanna-Barbera. Ted Turner selected Betty Cohen (then-Senior Vice President of TNT) to devise a network to house these programs. On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting announced its plans to launch Cartoon Network as an outlet for an animation library. On March 12, 1992, its namesake parent company was founded. On October 1, 1992, the network officially launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel with animation as its main theme.
In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What a Cartoon!. This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts. In 1996, Cartoon Network aired two preschool programs: Big Bag, a live-action/puppet television program with animated short series produced by Children's Television Workshop, and Small World, which featured animated series aimed at preschoolers imported from foreign countries. Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner, which consolidated/reverted ownership of all the Warner Bros. cartoons. The network could then continue more original productions.
Progra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoKo%20%28computer%20virus%29 | KoKo Virus is a memory resident computer virus created in March 1991. KoKo's name came from the creator himself, which was a nickname used by his friends. Many on-line virus databases refer to KoKo as Koko.1780. KoKo is written in the Assembly programming language and the executable file usually has an approximate file size of around 1780 bytes.
The KoKo virus infects the target system by hooking the Windows interrupt INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. The payload of this virus activates on July 29 and February 15. When activated the virus displays a message and may erase the computers disk sectors.
The message displayed on an infected system is:
Stop Keyboard Clicking
KoKo is Sleeping in Your PC. !
To Scan & Clean Call, Adham H. Hammam
Fax & Phone (20) 066 - 261841
External links
Koko.1780 at Virus database (Archived)
Koko.1780 at Prosecure
Koko.1780 at Panda Security
DOS file viruses
Windows file viruses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube%20Next%20Lab%20and%20Audience%20Development%20Group | The YouTube Next Lab and Audience Development Group, founded as Next New Networks, is a company based in New York City. Next New was launched in March 2007 by founders Fred Seibert & Emil Rensing, and co-founders Herb Scannell, Timothy Shey and Jed Simmons with $8 million in funding from investors including Spark Capital. The company was the home to online television networks Barely Political, Channel Frederator, Fast Lane Daily, Pulp Secret, Threadbanger, Vsauce, and Indy Mogul, among others. Next New Network's first creative hire was filmmaker Justin Johnson.
In November 2010, the company was selected to create and launch an original daily series for AOL's homepage, "The One", as part of AOL's new video strategy.
The Next New Networks approach to programming web video brands and channels (as opposed to merely producing them) led to the creation of online video networks (called multi-channel networks, MCN's), and have inspired a number of followers including Machinima.com in Los Angeles and ChannelFlip in the United Kingdom. YouTube acquired the company on March 7, 2011, immediately adding this expertise to the platform giant. Tim Shey, Jed Simmons, and Lance Podell from the NNN management team have started the YouTube Next Lab. Founder and CEO Fred Seibert resumed as an independent producer at his Frederator Studios company and was named as a new YouTube channel partner in November 2011.
See also
List of Web television series
Web series
Content delivery network
Web television
References
External links
Google acquisitions
Streaming television
YouTube
2011 mergers and acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20IPTV | Mobile IPTV is a technology that enables users to transmit and receive multimedia traffic including video, audio, text and graphic services through IP-based wired and wireless networks, with support for quality of service, quality of experience, security, mobility, and interactive functions. Through Mobile IPTV, users can view IPTV services using a mobile device.
Technical approaches
Mobile TV plus IP
This approach uses the traditional digital broadcast networks to deliver IP-based audio, video, graphics and other broadband data services to mobile users. Wide area wireless networks such as cellular networks are integrated to support interactivity. Activities in this approach include Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-CBMS (Convergence of Broadcasting and Mobile Services) and the WorldDMB. In addition, DVB-IPI (IPI: IP Infrastructure) is an open DVB standard that enables audio/video services to be delivered to and through the mobile device via IP networking. DVB-CBMS is developing bi-directional mobile IP based broadcasting protocol specifications over DVB-H. DVB-CBMS already finished Phase I and currently is working in Phase II. WorldDAB Forum is enhancing and extending Eureka 147 to support IP based services.
Eureka 147 was originally developed for digital radio applications and extended to support video services. Even though this approach is classified as Mobile IPTV technically, the usage of broadcasting networks may incur the loss of individuality of IP.
IPTV plus Mobile
IPTV services were originally targeted to fixed terminals such as set-top boxes, however, issues on the requirements for mobility support were raised as an out-growth under the auspices of the Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) trend. The outstanding activities are ATIS in the US, Open IPTV Forum, and ITU-T FG IPTV internationally. The development of Mobile IPTV specification is at an early stage. Currently, ITU-T FG IPTV is collecting requirements regarding mobility and wireless characteristics. ATIS has not shown any interest in mobility support yet. In Open IPTV Forum, mobility service entirely based on IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) which is a set of specification from 3GPP for delivering IP multimedia to mobile users will be forthcoming.
Cellular
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) BCAST is working for IP based mobile broadcasting networks. Its goals are to define an end-to-end framework for mobile broadcast and compile the set of necessary enablers. Its features are bearer agnostic, which means any Broadcast Distribution Network can be adopted as its transport means. OMA BCAST, however, is only applicable to mobile terminals up to now and showing interest in expanding its specification to cover fixed terminals in Phase II.
Internet
Internet video services are usually termed as Internet TV or Web TV. This approach is open for anybody to be a content provider, a service provider, or a consumer. Quality of service is not guaranteed since it is based on a best-effort service model.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform%20virtualization | Cross-platform virtualization is a form of computer virtualization that allows software compiled for a specific instruction set and operating system to run unmodified on computers with different CPUs and/or operating systems, through a combination of dynamic binary translation and operating system call mapping.
Since the software runs on a virtualized equivalent of the original computer, it does not require recompilation or porting, thus saving time and development resources. However, the processing overhead of binary translation and call mapping imposes a performance penalty, when compared to natively-compiled software. For this reason, cross-platform virtualization may be used as a temporary solution until resources are available to port the software. Alternatively, cross-platform virtualization may be used to support legacy code, which running on a newer and faster machine still maintains adequate performance even with virtualization overhead.
By creating an abstraction layer capable of running software compiled for a different computer system, cross-platform virtualization characterizes the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements outlined by Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg in their 1974 article "Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third Generation Architectures". Cross-platform virtualization is distinct from simple emulation and binary translation - which involve the direct translation of one instruction set to another - since the inclusion of operating system call mapping provides a more complete virtualized environment. Cross-platform virtualization is also complementary to server virtualization and desktop virtualization solutions, since these are typically constrained to a single instruction set, such as x86 or Power ISA. Modern variants of cross-platform virtualisation may employ hardware acceleration techniques to offset some of the cost incurred in the guest-to-host system translation.
See also
Instruction set simulator
Platform virtualization
Virtual machine
Emulator
Porting
Cross-platform
References
Hardware virtualization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXKB | DXKB (89.3 FM), broadcasting as 89.3 Radyo Bandera Sweet FM, is a radio station owned by Quest Broadcasting Inc. and operated by 5K Broadcasting Network. Its studio and transmitter are located at the 10th Floor, One Providence Bldg., Lifestyle District, Corrales Ext., Cagayan de Oro.
History
The station was formerly known as Killerbee 89.3 from its inception in 1994 until March 27, 2013. This station, along with the other Killerbee stations, were relaunched under the Magic moniker (adopted from its then-parent station) by April 29, 2013.
Around 2023, Magic 89.3 went off the air. The following month, 5K Broadcasting Network took over the station's operations. It was officially launched in May under the Radyo Bandera Sweet FM network.
References
Radio stations in Cagayan de Oro
Radio stations established in 1994
Quest Broadcasting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peddle%20%28surname%29 | Peddle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ambrose Peddle (1927–2014), Canadian politician
Chuck Peddle (1937–2019), American computer hardware engineer
John B. Peddle (1868-1933), American Professor of Machine Design and author
Julian Peddle (born 1955), English entrepreneur
Juliet Peddle (1899–1979), American architect
Geoff Peddle (born 1963), Anglican bishop
Mark Peddle ( 21st century), Canadian musician |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossloop | CrossLoop was a remote desktop service from CrossLoop Inc., which allowed users to share their computer screens and collaborate with others over the Internet.
On July 6, 2012, AVG Technologies acquired CrossLoop Inc., and on January 31, 2014 it shut down the www.crossloop.com website and all former CrossLoop Inc. services, including its remote control screen sharing software products. AVG Technologies did not give a reason for this shut down, only commenting that it was a business decision.
Software Products
CrossLoop Pro – subscription-based collection of tools for remote access and customer management
CrossLoop Remote Access – subscription-based remote access software
CrossLoop Free – A free screen-sharing and collaboration tool.
Marketplace Service
The CrossLoop Marketplace was a place where people could get remote IT support 24 hours a day from a global network of experts through secure screen sharing technology. Individuals and businesses could get assistance with computers, mobile devices, peripherals, software and training.
On January 31, 2014, this service was shut down by AVG Technologies.
Technology
UltraVNC (formerly used TightVNC) on Windows and Chicken of the VNC on a Macintosh is used to establish a connection between computers, and a separate application to handle the billing of services between the two endpoints. CrossLoop encrypts the data sent across the computers. Data is encrypted using a 128-bit Blowfish encryption algorithm. The service might work even if one or both of the computers are behind a firewall.
Competitors
RealVNC
Splashtop Business & Enterprise
LogMeIn
GoToMyPC
GoToAssist
TeamViewer
Bomgar
See also
Tom Rolander
Comparison of remote desktop software
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
Terminal Services
Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
References
External links
VentureBeat
IndustryStandard
AllThingsD Sept. 25, 2008 Review
Virtual Network Computing
Remote desktop |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIEN2k | The WIEN2k package is a computer program written in Fortran which performs quantum mechanical calculations on periodic solids. It uses the full-potential (linearized) augmented plane-wave and local-orbitals [FP-(L)APW+lo] basis set to solve the Kohn–Sham equations of density functional theory.
WIEN2k was originally developed by Peter Blaha and Karlheinz Schwarz from the Institute of Materials Chemistry of the Vienna University of Technology. The first public release of the code was done in 1990. Then, the next releases were WIEN93, WIEN97, and WIEN2k. The latest version WIEN2k_23.2 was released in February 2023. It has been licensed by more than 3400 user groups and has about 16000 citations on Google scholar (Blaha WIEN2k).
WIEN2k uses density functional theory to calculate the electronic structure of a solid. It is based on the most accurate scheme for the calculation of the bond structure-the full potential energy (linear) augmented plane wave ((L) APW) + local orbit (lo) method. Local (spin) density approximation (LDA) or generalized gradient approximation (GGA) can be used in density universal information. WIEN2k uses an all-electronic solution, including relativistic influences
Features and Calculated Properties:
Calculate solid properties.
Bond energy and density of states, electron density and spin density, X-ray structure factor, Bader’s "atoms in a molecule" thought, total energy, force, balance structure, structure optimization, molecular dynamics, electric field gradient, isomer displacement , Hyperfine field, spin polarization (ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic structures), spin-orbit coupling, X-ray emission and absorption spectra, electron energy loss spectra.
Calculate the optical properties of solids.
Fermi surfaces.
LDA, GGA, meta-GGA, LDA+U, orbital polarization.
Centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric lattice, with 230 built-in space groups.
Graphical user interface and user guide.
User-friendly environment W2web (WIEN to WEB) can easily generate and modify input files. It can also help users perform various tasks (such as electron density, density of states, etc.).
See also
List of quantum chemistry and solid state physics software
References
External links
WIEN2k homepage
Computational chemistry software
Density functional theory software
Physics software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary%20Center%20for%20Scientific%20Computing | The Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (short IWR) is a scientific research institute of the Heidelberg University, Germany. It centralizes scientific activity and promotes research and work in scientific computing.
Founded in 1987 by the Heidelberg University and the state of Baden-Württemberg, IWR participates in joint project and cooperations with industry in Germany as well as abroad. As a research institute with about 380 staff, IWR is considered one of the world's largest research centers for scientific computing.
Objectives
The main objectives of the IWR are the
Mathematical Modeling and Computational Simulation of Complex Systems in Science and Technology,
Development and Use of Computer Methods and Software for Applications in Industry and Economy,
Visualization, Computer Graphics, Image Processing and the
Education in Scientific Computing.
Within the Zukunftskonzept (institutional strategy) of the 2nd German Universities Excellence Initiative further research and application areas were exploited with a focus on Digital Humanities and Computational archaeology.
Graduate school
Since November 2007 the training and education of Ph.D. students at IWR is supported by the Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS MathComp). As part of the German Universities Excellence Initiative, HGS MathComp is a supported institution partially established and located at IWR, in order to realize innovative concepts for a structured education of Ph.D. students in interdisciplinary research projects.
Software development
The strong focus of the IWR on applied research leads from prototype implementations to maintained software, which is available as Open Source or Freeware like the
Deal.II library,
DUNE, which includes the
UG toolbox to solve partial differential equations on unstructured meshes or the
GigaMesh Software Framework for processing high-resolution triangular meshes
as well as proprietary software like the
MUSCOD-II package for numerical solution of optimal control problems.
History
The initial concept of the IWR was proposed in 1985 and accepted by the University
Senate two years later. After securing the necessary finances, the first parallel computer was purchased in 1989. The Graduiertenkolleg
"Modellierung und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen in Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften" (Modelling and Scientific Computing in Mathematics and the Sciences) was established in 1992 and evaluated by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 1994 and 1998.
The founding director is Willi Jäger managing the IWR from 1987 until 1998.
The managing director from 1999 to 2004 was professor Jürgen Warnatz.
From 2005 to 2016 the board of directors consisted of professor Hans Georg Bock as managing director, professor Willi Jäger, and professor Bernd Jähne.
In the first quarter of 2016 all the IWR groups moved to the a new building called Mathematikon (Im Neuenheimer Feld 205), which c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidirectional%20associative%20memory | Bidirectional associative memory (BAM) is a type of recurrent neural network. BAM was introduced by Bart Kosko in 1988. There are two types of associative memory, auto-associative and hetero-associative. BAM is hetero-associative, meaning given a pattern it can return another pattern which is potentially of a different size. It is similar to the Hopfield network in that they are both forms of associative memory. However, Hopfield nets return patterns of the same size.
It is said to be bi-directional as it can respond to inputs from either the input or the output layer.
Topology
A BAM contains two layers of neurons, which we shall denote X and Y. Layers X and Y are fully connected to each other. Once the weights have been established, input into layer X presents the pattern in layer Y, and vice versa.
The layers can be connected in both directions (bidirectional) with the result the weight matrix sent from the X layer to the Y layer is and the weight matrix for signals sent from the Y layer to the X layer is . Thus, the weight matrix is calculated in both directions.
Procedure
Learning
Imagine we wish to store two associations, A1:B1 and A2:B2.
A1 = (1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0), B1 = (1, 1, 0, 0)
A2 = (1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0), B2 = (1, 0, 1, 0)
These are then transformed into the bipolar forms:
X1 = (1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1), Y1 = (1, 1, -1, -1)
X2 = (1, 1, 1, -1, -1, -1), Y2 = (1, -1, 1, -1)
From there, we calculate where denotes the transpose.
So,
Recall
To retrieve the association A1, we multiply it by M to get (4, 2, -2, -4), which, when run through a threshold, yields (1, 1, 0, 0), which is B1.
To find the reverse association, multiply this by the transpose of M.
Capacity
The memory or storage capacity of BAM may be given as , where "" is the number of units in the X layer and "" is the number of units in the Y layer.
The internal matrix has n x p independent degrees of freedom, where n is the dimension of the first vector (6 in this example) and p is the dimension of the second vector (4). This allows the BAM to be able to reliably store and recall a total of up to min(n,p) independent vector pairs, or min(6,4) = 4 in this example. The capacity can be increased above by sacrificing reliability (incorrect bits on the output).
Stability
A pair defines the state of a BAM. To store a pattern, the energy function value for that pattern has to occupy a minimum point in the energy landscape.
The stability analysis of a BAM is based on the definition of Lyapunov function (energy function) , with each state . When a paired pattern is presented to BAM, the neurons change states until a bi-directionally stable state is reached, which Kosko proved to correspond to a local minimum of the energy function. The discrete BAM is proved to converge to a stable state.
The Energy Function proposed by Kosko is for the bidirectional case, which for a particular case corresponds to Hopfield's Auto-associative Energy Function. (i.e. ).
See also
Autoas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATH%20%28interbank%20network%29 | The ATH Network is an interbank network connecting the ATMs of various financial institutions in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. ATH also serves as a debit card network for ATH-linked ATM cards. ATH currently has an agreement with the NYCE network to accept NYCE cards in Puerto Rico's ATH network and for Puerto Rico-based ATH cards to be accepted anywhere NYCE is accepted.
ATH is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is owned and operated by Evertec Group, LLC.
While not official, it stands for 'A Toda Hora', Spanish for 'At All Times'.
See also
ATM usage fees
External links
ATH ATM network
Interbank networks
Financial services companies of Puerto Rico
Companies based in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steele%20%28supercomputer%29 | Steele is a supercomputer that was installed at Purdue University on May 5, 2008. The high-performance computing cluster is operated by Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP), the university's central information technology organization. ITaP also operates clusters named Coates built in 2009, Rossmann built in 2010, and Hansen and Carter built in 2011. Steele was the largest campus supercomputer in the Big Ten outside a national center when built. It ranked 104th on the November 2008 TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list.
Hardware
Steele consisted of 893 64-bit, 8-core Dell PowerEdge 1950 and nine 64-bit, 8-core Dell PowerEdge 2950 systems with various combinations of 16-32 gigabytes RAM, 160 GB to 2 terabytes of disk, and Gigabit Ethernet and SDR InfiniBand to each node. The cluster had a theoretical peak performance of more than 60 teraflops. Steele and its 7,216 cores replaced the Purdue Lear cluster supercomputer which had 1,024 cores but was substantially slower. Steele is primarily networked utilizing a Foundry Networks BigIron RX-16 switch with a Tyco MRJ-21 wiring system delivering over 900 Gigabit Ethernet connections and eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
Software
Steele nodes ran Red Hat Enterprise Linux starting with release 4.0 and used Portable Batch System Professional 10.4.6 (PBSPro 10.4.6) for resource and job management. The cluster also had compilers and scientific programming libraries installed.
Construction
The first 812 nodes of Steele were installed in four hours on May 5, 2008, by a team of 200 Purdue computer technicians and volunteers, including volunteers from in-state athletic rival Indiana University.
The staff had made a video titled "Installation Day" as a parody of the film Independence Day.
The cluster ran 1,400 science and engineering jobs by lunchtime.
In 2010, Steele was moved to an HP Performance Optimized Datacenter, a self-contained, modular, shipping container-style unit installed on campus in order to make room for new clusters in Purdue's main research computing data center.
Funding
The Steele supercomputer and Purdue's other clusters were part of the Purdue Community Cluster Program, a partnership between ITaP and Purdue faculty. In Purdue's program, a "community" cluster is funded by hardware money from grants, faculty startup packages, institutional funds and other sources. ITaP's Rosen Center for Advanced Computing administers the community clusters and provides user support. Each faculty partner always has ready access to the capacity he or she purchases and potentially to more computing power when the nodes of other partners are idle. Unused, or opportunistic, cycles from Steele are made available to the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid (now the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) system and the Open Science Grid using Condor software. A portion of Steele also was dedicated directly to TeraGrid use.
Users
Steele users came fields such as aeronautics and astronautics, agr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Yarmouk%20University%20College | Al Yarmouk University College is a private Iraqi university established in 1996 in Diyala and the Medical Departments lie in Baghdad, Iraq.
Faculties
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Computer Engineering Techniques
Computer Science
Pathological Analysis Techniques
English Language
Arabic Language
Law
See also
List of universities in Iraq
External links
Al-Yarmouk University College website
https://www.yu.edu.jo/en/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/al-yarmouk-university-college
Yarmouk
Universities and colleges established in 1996
1996 establishments in Iraq |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley%20algorithm | The Berkeley algorithm is a method of clock synchronisation in distributed computing which assumes no machine has an accurate time source. It was developed by Gusella and Zatti at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. Like Cristian's algorithm, it is intended for use within intranets.
The algorithm
Unlike Cristian's algorithm, the server process in the Berkeley algorithm, called the leader, periodically polls other follower processes. Generally speaking, the algorithm is:
A leader is chosen via an election process such as Chang and Roberts algorithm.
The leader polls the followers who reply with their time in a similar way to Cristian's algorithm.
The leader observes the round-trip time (RTT) of the messages and estimates the time of each follower and its own.
The leader then averages the clock times, ignoring any values it receives far outside the values of the others.
Instead of sending the updated current time back to the other process, the leader then sends out the amount (positive or negative) that each follower must adjust its clock. This avoids further uncertainty due to RTT at the follower processes.
With this method the average cancels out individual clock's tendencies to drift. Gusella and Zatti released results involving 15 computers whose clocks were synchronised to within about 20-25 milliseconds using their protocol.
Computer systems normally avoid rewinding their clock when they receive a negative clock alteration from the leader. Doing so would break the property of monotonic time, which is a fundamental assumption in certain algorithms in the system itself or in programs such as make. A simple solution to this problem is to halt the clock for the duration specified by the leader, but this simplistic solution can also cause problems, although they are less severe. For minor corrections, most systems slow the clock, applying the correction over a longer period of time.
Often, any client whose clock differs by a value outside of a given tolerance is disregarded when averaging the results. This prevents the overall system time from being drastically skewed due to one erroneous clock.
References
Distributed algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%27s%20algorithm | Cristian's algorithm (introduced by Flaviu Cristian in 1989) is a method for clock synchronization which can be used in many fields of distributive computer science but is primarily used in low-latency intranets. Cristian observed that this simple algorithm is probabilistic, in that it only achieves synchronization if the round-trip time (RTT) of the request is short compared to required accuracy. It also suffers in implementations using a single server, making it unsuitable for many distributive applications where redundancy may be crucial.
Description
Cristian's algorithm works between a process P, and a time server S connected to a time reference source. Put simply:
P requests the time from S at time .
After receiving the request from P, S prepares a response and appends the time from its own clock.
P receives the response at time then sets its time to be , where .
If the RTT is actually split equally between request and response, the synchronisation is error-free. But due to unpredictable influences, this assumption is regularly not true. Longer RTTs indicate interference that is generally asymmetrical. Offset and jitter of the synchronisation are thus minimised by selecting suitable RTT from a set of many request/response pairs. Whether an RTT can be accepted at a given time depends on the drift of the clock and on the statistics of the RTT. These quantities can be measured in the course of synchronisation, which optimises the method by itself.
See also
Allan variance
Berkeley algorithm
Clock synchronization
Daytime Protocol, older time synchronization protocol using TCP or UDP port 13
ICMP Timestamp and ICMP Timestamp Reply, older time synchronization protocol using ICMP
International Atomic Time
NTP pool, a collection of worldwide computers that provide a highly accurate time via the Network Time Protocol
NTP server misuse and abuse
ntpd, OpenNTPD and Ntpdate
Precision Time Protocol
Synchronization
Time Protocol, older time synchronization protocol using TCP or UDP port 37
Time server
References
Distributed algorithms
Synchronization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard%20controller | Keyboard controller may refer to:
Keyboard controller (computing), a computer hardware which connects a keyboard to the main board
In music, a MIDI keyboard with some additional controls |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N2n | n2n is an open source Layer 2 over Layer 3 VPN app utilising peer-to-peer architecture for network membership and routing.
Unlike many other VPN programs, n2n can also connect computers which reside behind NAT routers. These connections are set up with help from a third computer that both computers can reach. This computer, called a supernode, can then route the information between NATed nodes.
It is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.
Turbo VPN is a custom Windows server/client implementation of n2n.
References
External links
n2n on Google Play
Free network-related software
Virtual private networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded%20Board%20eXpandable | Embedded Board eXpandable (EBX) is a standardized computer form factor.
This format was created for embedded computer systems by a consortium including Motorola and Ampro. EBX systems typically were embedded PowerPC or PowerQUICC based.
The system board is specified as . It incorporates a PC/104-Plus connection subset for peripheral expansion. Optional connectors for PCMCIA are allowed.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20081228041905/http://www.pc104.org/ebx_specs.php
Embedded systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programming%20syndicated%20by%20iHeartMedia | The majority of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia is distributed through its subsidiary, Premiere Networks, owned by the company since 1999 and purchased by antecedent Jacor in 1997. However, several music and talk shows originated on iHeartMedia-owned stations are syndicated by those stations without the assistance of Premiere, or via a third-party distributor. Talk shows of this type are generally broadcast through Orbital Media Networks, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Satellite Services. Music programs of this type, including music scheduling and voice-tracking, are distributed through an intranet service known as "Premium Choice".
Talk shows
Currently in production
Radio programs syndicated by iHeartMedia but not distributed by Premiere Networks include:
Armstrong & Getty
Ellen K Weekend Show
Elliot in the Morning with Elliot Segal
Mojo in the Morning
Murphy, Sam & Jodi
Rover's Morning Glory
The Travel Show with Don Shafer and Larry Gelwix
Valentine in the Morning with Sean Valentine
Former programs
Radio programs formerly syndicated by iHeartMedia include:
America's Trucking Network
Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
Lex and Terry
MJ Morning Show and The Schnitt Show
Springer on the Radio
The John and Ken Show
The Paul and Young Ron Show
The War Room with Quinn and Rose
Formerly internally distributed, since assumed by Premiere
Radio programs syndicated by iHeartMedia that have moved to Premiere include:
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
The Bobby Bones Show
Premium Choice
On April 15, 2009, Clear Channel Radio announced the start of "Premium Choice", an internal network of voice-tracking and music scheduling by specific format genres available to all 850 Clear Channel-owned radio stations, their HD Radio digital subchannels and the iHeartRadio platform. This followed a series of broad downsizing efforts throughout the station group in an attempt to restructure debt incurred from a $27 billion (equivalent to $ in ) leveraged buyout; 1,850 off- and on-air employees were laid off throughout January 2009. A brand management team consisting of 24 programmers throughout the chain was organized in 2011 to oversee this initiative and blogs authored by on-air talent were cross-posted to station websites via Clear Channel's content management system.
Despite the "Premium Choice" name being used extensively in industry trades, the music formats and programming are not publicly marketed or promoted under this name. A company-wide e-mail sent on May 1, 2009, stated the following: "The Premium Choice program is not something we are talking openly about in the industry or in the public or in the press ... No CC employee should be discussing PC with the media or with record reps."
Jerry Del Colliano, author of the blog Inside Music Media and founder of the trade publication Inside Radio, has said that Clear Channel plans to replace local on-air talent with national Premium Choice content, with "nothing local, little live and everyth |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisans%20du%20Monde | Artisans du monde is a French network of local fair trade associations, currently the most important non-profit fair trade movement in France. The first associations were founded in 1974, and their number then increased to reach 170 today. Most of them manage local fair trade shops (also called worldshops), but their tasks include also awareness raising activities, and educational interventions in schools.
The Fédération Artisans du Monde, a non-profit federation of all the local associations based in Paris, represents them and coordinates their activities. It owns the majority of the capital of Solidar'Monde, a fair trade corporation which provides most of the products sold in the local shops of the Artisans du Monde network. The Fédération Artisans du Monde is a member of the French Plate-forme française pour le commerce équitable, and of the World Fair Trade Organization.
External links
Website of the Fédération Artisans du Monde
Fair trade organizations
Organizations established in 1974 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20Operating%20Environment | A standard operating environment (SOE) is a standard implementation of an operating system and its associated software. Associated names and concepts include:
Managed operating environment (MOE)
Consistent or common operating environment (COE)
Managed desktop environment (MDE)
Desktop managed services (DMS)
Standard desktop environment (SDE)
Standard desktop configuration (SDC)
Unmanaged operating environment (UOE)
"Standard image"
Administrators typically implement SOE as a standard disk image for mass deployment to multiple computers in an organisation, to ultimately set security controls and increase the security posture of an environment. SOEs can include the base operating system, a custom configuration, standard applications used within an organisation, software updates and service packs. An SOE can apply to servers, desktops, laptops, thin clients, and mobile devices.
The major advantage of an SOE in a business environment is the reduction in the cost and time taken to deploy, configure, maintain, support and manage computers. By standardising the hardware and software platforms used within an organization, an IT department or service provider can deploy new computers and correct problems with existing computers quickly. A standardized, repeatable and automated solution creates a known, expected and supportable environment. A standardised solution ensures maintaining known outcomes, with automation fostering speed, repeatability and standardization.
The introduction of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and the significant increase in employee-supplied devices has led many organisations to reconsider the use of an SOE. A number have implemented an unmanaged operating environment where users manage and maintain their own devices, subject to policies enforcing minimum standards.
Examples
There are many Windows deployment guides and tools available from Microsoft and other vendors. Many businesses endeavor to build their own SOE solutions using the Microsoft Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) solution accelerator or Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). However, some do not have the capability to build all features in one single SOE and their processes often include documented manual configuration steps.
SOEs on Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix/Unix-like systems can typically be made simply by creating and deploying disk images. This can be achieved using tools such as Disk Utility and dd. Whereas deploying a disk image originating from a system with non-identical hardware will often result in boot failure with Windows, the process is generally achievable on Unix systems with the caveat that the systems must be of the same computer architecture and drivers will need to be installed on the image for all the possible hardware configurations. Since Apple does not have third party computer manufacturers usually only hardware add-ons are a concern with respect to drivers. On Linux most hardware with kernel support can be auto-detected. Boo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20network | An ecological network is a representation of the biotic interactions in an ecosystem, in which species (nodes) are connected by pairwise interactions (links). These interactions can be trophic or symbiotic. Ecological networks are used to describe and compare the structures of real ecosystems, while network models are used to investigate the effects of network structure on properties such as ecosystem stability.
Properties
Historically, research into ecological networks developed from descriptions of trophic relationships in aquatic food webs; however, recent work has expanded to look at other food webs as well as webs of mutualists. Results of this work have identified several important properties of ecological networks.
Complexity (linkage density): the average number of links per species. Explaining the observed high levels of complexity in ecosystems has been one of the main challenges and motivations for ecological network analysis, since early theory predicted that complexity should lead to instability.
Connectance: the proportion of possible links between species that are realized (links/species2). In food webs, the level of connectance is related to the statistical distribution of the links per species. The distribution of links changes from (partial) power-law to exponential to uniform as the level of connectance increases. The observed values of connectance in empirical food webs appear to be constrained by the variability of the physical environment, by habitat type, which will reflect on an organism's diet breadth driven by optimal foraging behaviour. This ultimately links the structure of these ecological networks to the behaviour of individual organisms.
Degree distribution: the degree distribution of an ecological network is the cumulative distribution for the number of links each species has. The degree distributions of food webs have been found to display the same universal functional form. The degree distribution can be split into its two component parts, links to a species' prey (aka. in degree) and links to a species' predators (aka- out degree). Both the in degree and out degree distributions display their own universal functional forms. As there is a faster decay of the out-degree distribution than the in degree distribution we can expect that on average in a food web a species will have more in links than out links.
Clustering: the proportion of species that are directly linked to a focal species. A focal species in the middle of a cluster may be a keystone species, and its loss could have large effects on the network.
Compartmentalization: the division of the network into relatively independent sub-networks. Some ecological networks have been observed to be compartmentalized by body size and by spatial location. Evidence also exists which suggests that compartmentalization in food webs appears to result from patterns of species' diet contiguity and adaptive foraging
Nestedness: the degree to which species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20M%20Townsville | 102.3 Triple M (ACMA callsign: 4TOO) is an Australian radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M network, it broadcasts an adult contemporary format to Townsville, Queensland. First broadcast in 1931 on 1170 kHz AM, later 780 kHz, then became 774 kHz in the 1978 shakeup when all AM transmitters were shuffled into the 9 kHz spacing regime.
In 1998 the station transferred to the FM band, under ownership of DMG Regional Radio later sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks and Southern Cross Media Group. The station broadcasts all North Queensland Cowboys NRL matches, and has previously networked music programming to the regional LocalWorks network.
In January 2015 the 774 kHz AM repeater was shut down, and in December 2015 the masts were demolished.
On 16 August 2016, a repeater was switched on from Mt Inkerman, south of Home Hill, covering the Burdekin region on 92.3 MHz.
On 3 September 2018, 4TOFM was rebranded to 102.3 Triple M.
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Radio stations in Queensland
Radio stations established in 1931
Adult contemporary radio stations in Australia
1931 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo%20%28computing%29 | In telecommunications, echo is the local display of data, either initially as it is locally sourced and sent, or finally as a copy of it is received back from a remote destination. Local echo is where the local sending equipment displays the outgoing sent data. Remote echo is where the display is a return copy of data as received remotely. Both are used together in a computed form of error detection to ensure that data received at the remote destination of a telecommunication are the same as data sent from the local source (a/k/a echoplex, echo check, or loop check). When (two) modems communicate in echoplex mode the remote modem echoes whatever it receives from the local modem.
Terminological confusion: echo is not duplex
A displayed 'echo' is independent of 'duplex' (or any) telecommunications transmission protocol. Probably from technical ignorance, "half-duplex" and "full-duplex" are used as slang for 'local echo' (a/k/a echo on) and 'remote echo', respectively, as typically they accompany one another. Strictly incorrect, this causes confusion (see duplex). Typically 'local echo' accompanies half-duplex transmission, which effectively doubles channel bandwidth by not repeating (echoing) data back from its destination (remote), as is reserved-for with 'full duplex' (which has only half of the bandwidth of 'half duplex'). Half-duplex can be set to 'echo off' for no echo at all.
One example of 'local echo' used together with 'remote echo' (requires full-duplex) is for error checking pairs of data characters or chunks (echoplex) ensuring their duplicity (or else its just an extraneous annoyance).
Similarly, for another example, in the case of the TELNET communications protocol a local echo protocol operates on top of a full-duplex underlying protocol. The TCP connection over which the TELNET protocol is layered provides a full-duplex connection, with no echo, across which data may be sent in either direction simultaneously. Whereas the Network Virtual Terminal that the TELNET protocol itself incorporates is a half-duplex device with (by default) local echo.
The devices that echo locally
Terminals are one of the things that may perform echoing for a connection. Others include modems, some form of intervening communications processor, or even the host system itself. For several common computer operating systems, it is the host system itself that performs the echoing, if appropriate (which it isn't for, say, entry of a user password when a terminal first connects and a user is prompted to log in). On OpenVMS, for example, echoing is performed as necessary by the host system. Similarly, on Unix-like systems, local echo is performed by the operating system kernel's terminal device driver, according to the state of a device control flag, maintained in software and alterable by applications programs via an ioctl() system call. The actual terminals and modems connected to such systems should have their local echo facilities switched off (so |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%20and%20Roberts%20algorithm | The
Chang and Roberts algorithm is a ring-based coordinator election algorithm, employed in distributed computing.
The algorithm
The algorithm assumes that each process has a Unique Identification (UID) and that the processes can arrange themselves in a unidirectional ring with a communication channel going from each process to the clockwise neighbour. The two part algorithm can be described as follows:
Initially each process in the ring is marked as non-participant.
A process that notices a lack of leader starts an election. It creates an election message containing its UID. It then sends this message clockwise to its neighbour.
Every time a process sends or forwards an election message, the process also marks itself as a participant.
When a process receives an election message it compares the UID in the message with its own UID.
If the UID in the election message is larger, the process unconditionally forwards the election message in a clockwise direction.
If the UID in the election message is smaller, and the process is not yet a participant, the process replaces the UID in the message with its own UID, sends the updated election message in a clockwise direction.
If the UID in the election message is smaller, and the process is already a participant (i.e., the process has already sent out an election message with a UID at least as large as its own UID), the process discards the election message.
If the UID in the incoming election message is the same as the UID of the process, that process starts acting as the leader.
When a process starts acting as the leader, it begins the second stage of the algorithm.
The leader process marks itself as non-participant and sends an elected message to its neighbour announcing its election and UID.
When a process receives an elected message, it marks itself as non-participant, records the elected UID, and forwards the elected message unchanged.
When the elected message reaches the newly elected leader, the leader discards that message, and the election is over.
Assuming there are no failures this algorithm will finish.
The algorithm works for any number of processes N, and does not require any process to know how many processes are in the ring.
Properties
The algorithm respects safety: a process will receive an elected message with its own UID only if his UID is greater than others', and only when all processes agree on the same UID. The algorithm also respects liveness. "Participant" and "not participant" states are used so that when multiple processes start an election at roughly the same time, only a single winner will be announced.
When there's a single process starting the election, the algorithm requires 3N-1 sequential messages, in the worst case. Worst case is when the process starting the election is the immediate following to the one with greatest UID: it takes N-1 messages for the election message to reach it, then N messages for it to get back its own UID, then other N messa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy%20%28command%29 | In computing, copy is a command in various operating systems. The command copies computer files from one directory to another.
Overview
Generally, the command copies files from one location to another. It is used to make copies of existing files, but can also be used to combine (concatenate) multiple files into target files. The destination defaults to the current working directory. If multiple source files are indicated, the destination must be a directory, or an error will result. The command can copy in text mode or binary mode; in text mode, copy will stop when it reaches the EOF character; in binary mode, the files will be concatenated in their entirety, ignoring EOF characters.
Files may be copied to devices. For example, copy file con outputs file to the screen console. Devices themselves may be copied to a destination file, for example, copy con file takes the text typed into the console and puts it into FILE, stopping when EOF (Ctrl+Z) is typed.
Implementations
The command is available in DEC RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, Intel ISIS-II, iRMX 86, DEC TOPS-10, TOPS-20, OpenVMS, MetaComCo TRIPOS, Heath Company HDOS, Zilog Z80-RIO, Microware OS-9, DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS, TSL PC-MOS, HP MPE/iX, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, Datalight ROM-DOS, ReactOS, SymbOS and DexOS.
The copy command is supported by Tim Paterson's SCP 86-DOS. Under IBM PC DOS/MS-DOS it is available since version 1. A more advanced copy command is called xcopy.
The equivalent Unix command is cp, the CP/M command is PIP.
The command is analogous to the Stratus OpenVOS copy_file command.
Example for DOS
copy letter.txt [destination]
Files may be copied to device files (e.g. copy letter.txt lpt1 sends the file to the printer on lpt1. copy letter.txt con would output to stdout, like the type command. Note that copy page1.txt+page2.txt book.txt will concatenate the files and output them as book.txt. Which is just like the cat command). It can also copy files between different disk drives.
There are two command-line switches to modify the behaviour when concatenating files:
Text mode - This copies the text content of the file, stopping when it reaches the EOF character.
copy /a doc1.txt + doc2.txt doc3.txt
copy /a *.txt doc3.txt
Binary mode - This concatenates files in their entirety, ignoring EOF characters.
copy /b image1.jpg + image2.jpg image3.jpg
See also
XCOPY in DOS, OS/2, Windows etc.
cp (Unix)
Peripheral Interchange Program
References
Further reading
External links
copy | Microsoft Docs
Open source COPY implementation that comes with MS-DOS v2.0
Internal DOS commands
MSX-DOS commands
OS/2 commands
ReactOS commands
Windows commands
Microcomputer software
Microsoft free software
Windows administration
File copy utilities |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%20speeds | In aviation, V-speeds are standard terms used to define airspeeds important or useful to the operation of all aircraft. These speeds are derived from data obtained by aircraft designers and manufacturers during flight testing for aircraft type-certification. Using them is considered a best practice to maximize aviation safety, aircraft performance, or both.
The actual speeds represented by these designators are specific to a particular model of aircraft. They are expressed by the aircraft's indicated airspeed (and not by, for example, the ground speed), so that pilots may use them directly, without having to apply correction factors, as aircraft instruments also show indicated airspeed.
In general aviation aircraft, the most commonly used and most safety-critical airspeeds are displayed as color-coded arcs and lines located on the face of an aircraft's airspeed indicator. The lower ends of the white arc and the green arc are the stalling speed with wing flaps in landing configuration, and stalling speed with wing flaps retracted, respectively. These are the stalling speeds for the aircraft at its maximum weight. The yellow band is the range in which the aircraft may be operated in smooth air, and then only with caution to avoid abrupt control movement. The red line is the VNE, the never-exceed speed.
Proper display of V-speeds is an airworthiness requirement for type-certificated aircraft in most countries.
Regulations
The most common V-speeds are often defined by a particular government's aviation regulations. In the United States, these are defined in title 14 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations, known as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). In Canada, the regulatory body, Transport Canada, defines 26 commonly used V-speeds in their Aeronautical Information Manual. V-speed definitions in FAR 23, 25 and equivalent are for designing and certification of airplanes, not for their operational use. The descriptions below are for use by pilots.
Regulatory V-speeds
These V-speeds are defined by regulations. They are typically defined with constraints such as weight, configuration, or phases of flight. Some of these constraints have been omitted to simplify the description.
Other V-speeds
Some of these V-speeds are specific to particular types of aircraft and are not defined by regulations.
Mach numbers
Whenever a limiting speed is expressed by a Mach number, it is expressed relative to the local speed of sound, e.g. VMO: Maximum operating speed, MMO: Maximum operating Mach number.
V1 definitions
V1 is the critical engine failure recognition speed or takeoff decision speed. It is the speed above which the takeoff will continue even if an engine fails or another problem occurs, such as a blown tire. The speed will vary among aircraft types and varies according to factors such as aircraft weight, runway length, wing flap setting, engine thrust used and runway surface contamination; thus, it must be determined by the pilot befo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highwinds%20Network%20Group | Highwinds Network Group, Inc. (Highwinds) was a company founded in 2002 that offered IP services including content delivery network (CDN), cloud storage, IP transit, transport and colocation. The company headquarters were located in Winter Park, Florida, United States. Highwinds maintained Network Operations Centers (NOCs) in Winter Park, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as offices in Costa Mesa, CA, São Paulo, Brazil and London, England. The Highwinds network, called RollingThunder, consisted of more than 70 points of presence throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Highwinds provided video streaming services to media companies including Blip.TV and Hudl, delivered online games for publishers such as Valve and CCP Games and distributed advertising assets for leading platforms including Facebook's LiveRail.
Financing announcements
On March 11, 2008, Highwinds announced it had closed a $55 million round of equity financing led by General Catalyst Partners and Alta Communications. The funds will be used to expand the Highwinds CDN and RollingThunder network.
On May 4, 2011, Highwinds announced that it had secured a $50 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica Bank. According to the press release from the company, the new credit facility allowed Highwinds to achieve a more attractive all-in cost of capital and was evidence of the company's impressive financial profile.
On August 8, 2013, Highwinds announced that it had secured $205 million in new financing. The transaction was led by Cerberus Business Finance, LLC and Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., with participation from the company's existing equity sponsor, General Catalyst Partners, and the company's management team. The funding positioned Highwinds for massive growth of its global CDN.
On February 4, 2017, Highwinds was acquired by StackPath, an edge computing company. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. As quoted in their blog, "Highwinds' services and platform will be integrated with existing StackPath offerings and operations to create a single global platform with the industry's best security features and performance."
Omicron Media, the former owner of Highwinds, maintained ownership over the Usenet portion of Highwinds and maintains their operations under the name HW Media.
References
External links
Internet technology companies of the United States
Companies based in Orange County, Florida
Privately held companies based in Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey%20Productions | Odyssey Productions (formerly Odyssey Visual Design) is the former name of a California-based photography and 3-D computer animation company founded in 1983 by Steven Churchill. It was the first San Diego company to produce 3D computer animation and its clients have included Coca-Cola, General Dynamics, Union Oil, Southwestern Cable, Metrocast, Honda, and a number of TV stations across the country.
While Odyssey focused primarily on 35mm back-lit motion graphics and special effects for the first 3 years of its existence, its production of the world's first computer animation film festival in 1986 brought about a shift in focus to 3D computer animation. That exhibition was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California, followed by a second CGI film festival at the same venue in 1987.
In 1988 nation-wide distribution was arranged with Landmark Theatres, showcasing the best of those films. The purpose was to raise public awareness of computer animation as an art form.
In 1988 Steven Churchill produced the award-winning release of the world's first home entertainment video of computer animation, State Of the Art Of Computer Animation. The video won the "Best Video Art" award from the American Film Institute at their American Video Conference Awards Show that year. The accolades and sales successes achieved by State Of the Art Of Computer Animation prompted the 1990 release of The Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey, a title that would become the first member of the successful The Mind's Eye series. The next decade (1990–2000) would be taken up almost entirely with the production of 19 feature-length 3D computer-animated package films for home release.
The company's name became Odyssey Productions in 1995 and the last 12 computer animation films were released under this name. In 2003 the company again changed its name to AnimationTrip and broadened its focus to encompass photography to a greater extent. Under this new corporate name, the company added a business enterprise in 2004 focused primarily on photographic art and has launched a series of international art exhibitions in San Diego, California called the Art of Photography Show and the Art of Digital Show. Since 2006, exhibiting photographic art and promoting photo artists has been the full focus of the business. In 2010 the company was named PhotoCulture, Inc.
The Mind's Eye series
The Mind's Eye series consists of several package art films rendered using computer-generated imagery of varying levels of sophistication. The main series consists of 4 titles that were released between 1990 and 1996. The series was released on VHS (by BMG) and LaserDisc (by Image Entertainment) and later re-released on DVD (by Simitar Entertainment).
A number of Odyssey's videos additionally contain oblique references to the Mind's Eye series in their titles. These references are found in the tagline portions of the title and take the form of either "From the Makers of the Mind's Eye" o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-trophic%20networks | Any action or influence that species have on each other is considered a biological interaction. These interactions between species can be considered in several ways. One such way is to depict interactions in the form of a network, which identifies the members and the patterns that connect them. Species interactions are considered primarily in terms of trophic interactions, which depict which species feed on others.
Currently, ecological networks that integrate non-trophic interactions are being built. The type of interactions they can contain can be classified into six categories: mutualism, commensalism, neutralism, amensalism, antagonism, and competition.
Observing and estimating the fitness costs and benefits of species interactions can be very problematic. The way interactions are interpreted can profoundly affect the ensuing conclusions.
Interaction characteristics
Characterization of interactions can be made according to various measures, or any combination of them.
Prevalence
Prevalence identifies the proportion of the population affected by a given interaction, and thus quantifies whether it is relatively rare or common. Generally, only common interactions are considered.
Negative/ Positive
Whether the interaction is beneficial or harmful to the species involved determines the sign of the interaction, and what type of interaction it is classified as. To establish whether they are harmful or beneficial, careful observational and/or experimental studies can be conducted, in an attempt to establish the cost/benefit balance experienced by the members.
Strength
The sign of an interaction does not capture the impact on fitness of that interaction. One example of this is of antagonism, in which predators may have a much stronger impact on their prey species (death), than parasites (reduction in fitness). Similarly, positive interactions can produce anything from a negligible change in fitness to a life or death impact.
Relationship in space and time
The relationship in space and time is not currently considered within a network structure, though it has been observed by naturalists for centuries. It would be highly informative to include geographical proximity, duration, and seasonal patterns of interactions into network analysis.
Importance of interactions
In the same way that a trophic cascade can occur, it is expected that 'interaction cascades' take place. Thus, it should be possible to construct 'effect' networks which parallel in many ways the energy or matter networks common in the literature. By assessing the network topology and constructing models, we might better understand how interacting species affect each other and how these effects spread through the network. In certain instances, it has been shown that indirect trophic effects tend to dominate direct ones (Patten, 1995)—perhaps this pattern will also emerge in non-trophic interactions.
Keystone species
By analyzing network structures, one can determine keystone species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash%20Galaxy%20in%20the%20Alien%20Asylum | Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Beam Software and published by Data East, released in 1990 exclusively in North America.
Gameplay
The player takes the role of Dash Galaxy, a space scout who has been captured by a hostile civilization thousands of light years from earth. The game, through a shifting perspective, contains action gameplay elements.
When the game starts, the player has four lives.
Gameplay involves navigating through a series of floors with several rooms each. Keys must be collected to progress to higher floors, and eventually, an escape ship. Dash's only weapons are a limited supply of bombs and remote detonators. Good timing is crucial to complete the game, requiring navigation of trampoline jumps and roaming enemies. Some of these jumps require Dash to run. The player also has a limited oxygen supply.
Dash can become invincible each stage by collecting ten stars.
While the rooms are side-scrolling action puzzles, the floors have an overhead view, and include difficult block-moving puzzles that can fatally trap a player.
There are also hidden and bonus rooms throughout the game.
Reception
Helium.com wrote that Dash Galaxy "had potential, but falls under its own weight in the end" while giving the game a score of 41%.
References
External links
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum at GameFAQs
1990 video games
Beam Software games
Data East video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Platformers
Puzzle video games
Science fiction video games
North America-exclusive video games
Video games developed in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-managed%20social%20centres%20in%20Italy | Self-managed social centres in Italy exist in many cities. They are part of different left-wing political networks including anarchist, communist, socialist, and autonomist. The centres (Italian: centri sociali) tend to be squatted and provide self-organised, self-financing spaces for alternative and noncommercial activities such as concerts, exhibitions, farmers' markets, infoshops, and migrant initiatives. Over time, some but not all projects have opted to legalize their status.
History
Self-managed social centres were first occupied in the mid-1970s in cities such as Milan by groups of young people, both students and unemployed. The social centres in Milan were used for diverse activities such as concerts, films, yoga classes, discussion groups and counselling for drug addicts.
They often affiliated themselves with Autonomia Operaia (Workers' Autonomy) and suffered when social movements were repressed following the Years of Lead. A second wave of social centres began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with more than 100 projects spread across the country. Two factors which helped the wave spread were the well-publicised eviction resistance (and subsequent resquat) of Leoncavallo in Milan and the Panther student movement.
What linked these political and cultural projects was the fact that they were squatted, their focus on self-management and self-financing, and the use of the space as a social venue for the local community. The differences tended to stem from whether the project was primarily anarchist, autonomist, communist, or without ideology. This then resulted in a later debate about whether to legalize spaces or not. Legalization denoted two things: firstly, the formation of an association so that the squatter collective could have a legal form; secondly, setting up a rental contract between the city and the project.
From 1993 onwards, some squats began legalization processes and others did not. The social centres which did legalize successfully then changed their title from ‘CSOA’ (Italian: Centro Sociale Occupato Autogestito – Self-Managed Squatted Social Centre), to ‘CSA’ (Italian: Centro Sociale Autogestito – Self-Managed Social Centre). Owing to these changes, there is no longer just one network of social centres, but several disparate ones. The institutionalized centres such as Leoncavallo then became associated with the Tute Bianche (White Overalls) movement of the late 1990s.
Legalization can create problems, since forming an association imposes hierarchy on a previously horizontally organized collective and also contracts tend to be for a fixed time period and can be hard to renew. Therefore, in the 2010s, some projects such as Teatro Valle Occupato (Rome), XM24 (Bologna), and Macao (Milan), have attempted to promote new, more flexible forms of legalization, with varying degrees of success.
Social centres provide cheap DIY venues for many alternative forms of music, including punk and Italian hardcore. They have also provi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun%20G.%20Phadke | Arun Phadke is a University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Along with fellow Virginia Tech professor James Thorp, Dr. Phadke received The Franklin Institute's 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their contributions to the power industry, particularly microprocessor controllers and Phasor measurement unit (PMU) technology in electric power systems.
Biography
Phadke received his Bachelor of Science degree from Agra University in 1955. He received the B.Tech. (Honors) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1959. He then joined the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago where he received the Master of Science degree in 1961. He joined the University of Wisconsin in Madison for his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (1964). He joined the University of Wisconsin as a faculty member after graduation, and later started working in Allis-Chalmers company in Milwaukee, where he worked on developing software for HVDC and HVAC system analysis. In 1969 he joined American Electric Power Service Corporation in New York city in their Computer Applications Department. Here he led a team of researchers to develop digital computer based relaying systems. Dr. Phadke's work on Distance Relaying using the Discrete Fourier Transformer is the basis of most commercial computer based relays now in existence.
Dr. Phadke remained active in education of practicing engineers. He taught various courses at the summer institute in University of Wisconsin - Madison for more than 50 years.
Dr. Phadke became a professor at Virginia Tech in 1982, where he founded the Power Engineering Center. He was the first American Electric Power Chair holder at Virginia Tech, and later was appointed a University Distinguished Professor. He retired from active teaching in Virginia Tech in 2003, and was appointed a University Distinguished Research Professor, a position he holds at present.
Dr. Phadke and his team invented the Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) at Virginia Tech, a technology which is now in use by almost all electric utility companies around the world.
He is also an accomplished artist. See, e.g., his pencil drawing of Venus de Milo, done while teaching at the University of Wisconsin. .
Awards and Recognition
1980: IEEE Fellow, for "contributions to the application of digital computers to power systems."
1986: Power Engineering Educator Award of the Edison Electric Institute.
1991: IEEE Power Engineering Society Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award.
1991: Centennial Medal, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1993: National Academy of Engineering, for "contributions to the field of digital control, protection, and monitoring of power electrical systems."
2000: IEEE Herman Halperin Award.
2000: IEEE Third Millennium Medal.
2006: “Doctor Honoris Causa” awarded by the Institute National Polytechnic de Grenoble (INPG).
2006 IEEE Outstanding Power E |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Thorp | James S. Thorp (February 7, 1937 – May 2, 2018) was the head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. He was the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor Emeritus & Research Professor. He received all his degrees (B.S. 1959, M.S. 1961, and Ph.D. 1962) from Cornell University. Professor Thorp was a teacher, a researcher, and for many years served as the director, in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell, where he worked for 42 years, 1962-2004.
Along with fellow Virginia Tech professor Arun G. Phadke, Thorp received The Franklin Institute's 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for their contributions to the power industry, particularly microprocessor controllers in electric power systems that have significantly decreased the occurrence and duration of power blackouts. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1996 for his "contributions to the development of digital techniques for power system protection, monitoring, and control" and also was an IEEE Fellow (since 1989).
References
1937 births
2018 deaths
Virginia Tech faculty
Cornell University alumni
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
American electrical engineers
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20M%20Mackay%20%26%20The%20Whitsundays | Triple M Mackay & The Whitsundays (ACMA callsign: 4RGM) is an Australian radio station in Queensland. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M network, it broadcasts an adult contemporary format to Mackay, Queensland and the Whitsunday Islands. First broadcast on 21 September 1999, it was established by RG Capital – later sold to Macquarie Regional RadioWorks and Southern Cross Media Group – and is based in the Suncorp building on Victoria Street in Mackay, alongside sister station Hit Network.
Programming
Jay & Dave for Breakfast (Celebrating close to 2500 shows. The longest running show in the region for 12 years). Jay Shipston formerly did breakfast with Angela Julian. Jay is now the longest hosting breakfast announcer (consecutive years) on Sea FM/Triple M Mackay.
Mornings with Guy
Alysha
Marty Sheergold Show
Nights with Dave Gleeson
The Night Shift with Luke Bona (from Triple M Sydney)
References
Various editions of Daily Mercury Newspaper (Mackay)
Radio stations in Queensland
Radio stations established in 1999
Adult contemporary radio stations in Australia
1999 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling%20from%20the%20past | Among Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms, coupling from the past is a method for sampling from the stationary distribution of a Markov chain. Contrary to many MCMC algorithms, coupling from the past gives in principle a perfect sample from the stationary distribution. It was invented by James Propp and David Wilson in 1996.
The basic idea
Consider a finite state irreducible aperiodic Markov chain with state space and (unique) stationary distribution ( is a probability vector). Suppose that we come up with a probability distribution on the set of maps with the property that for every fixed , its image is distributed according to the transition probability of from state . An example of such a probability distribution is the one where is independent from whenever , but it is often worthwhile to consider other distributions. Now let for be independent samples from .
Suppose that is chosen randomly according to and is independent from the sequence . (We do not worry for now where this is coming from.) Then is also distributed according to , because is -stationary and our assumption on the law of . Define
Then it follows by induction that is also distributed according to for every . However, it may happen that for some the image of the map is a single element of .
In other words, for each . Therefore, we do not need to have access to in order to compute . The algorithm then involves finding some such that is a singleton, and outputting the element of that singleton. The design of a good distribution for which the task of finding such an and computing is not too costly is not always obvious, but has been accomplished successfully in several important instances.
The monotone case
There is a special class of Markov chains in which there are particularly good choices
for and a tool for determining if . (Here denotes cardinality.) Suppose that is a partially ordered set with order , which has a unique minimal element and a unique maximal element ; that is, every satisfies . Also, suppose that may be chosen to be supported on the set of monotone maps . Then it is easy to see that if and only if , since is monotone. Thus, checking this becomes rather easy. The algorithm can proceed by choosing for some constant , sampling the maps , and outputting if . If the algorithm proceeds by doubling and repeating as necessary until an output is obtained. (But the algorithm does not resample the maps which were already sampled; it uses the previously sampled maps when needed.)
References
Monte Carlo methods
Markov chain Monte Carlo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular%20neural%20network | A modular neural network is an artificial neural network characterized by a series of independent neural networks moderated by some intermediary. Each independent neural network serves as a module and operates on separate inputs to accomplish some subtask of the task the network hopes to perform. The intermediary takes the outputs of each module and processes them to produce the output of the network as a whole. The intermediary only accepts the modules' outputs—it does not respond to, nor otherwise signal, the modules. As well, the modules do not interact with each other.
Biological basis
As artificial neural network research progresses, it is appropriate that artificial neural networks continue to draw on their biological inspiration and emulate the segmentation and modularization found in the brain. The brain, for example, divides the complex task of visual perception into many subtasks. Within a part of the brain, called the thalamus, lies the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), which is divided into layers that separately processes color and contrast: both major components of vision. After the LGN processes each component in parallel, it passes the result to another region to compile the results.
Some tasks that the brain handles, like vision, employ a hierarchy of sub-networks. However, it is not clear whether some intermediary ties these separate processes together. Rather, as the tasks grow more abstract, the modules communicate with each other, unlike the modular neural network model.
Design
Unlike a single large network that can be assigned to arbitrary tasks, each module in a modular network must be assigned a specific task and connected to other modules in specific ways by a designer. In the vision example, the brain evolved (rather than learned) to create the LGN. In some cases, the designer may choose to follow biological models. In other cases, other models may be superior. The quality of the result will be a function of the quality of the design.
Complexity
Modular neural networks reduce a single large, unwieldy neural network to smaller, potentially more manageable components. Some tasks are intractably large for a single neural network. The benefits of modular neural networks include:
Efficiency
The possible neuron (node) connections increase quadratically as nodes are added to a network. Computation time depends on the number of nodes and their connections, any increase has drastic consequences for processing time. Assigning specific subtasks to individual modules reduce the number of necessary connections.
Training
A large neural network attempting to model multiple parameters can suffer from interference as new data can alter existing connections or just serve to confuse. Each module can be trained independently and more precisely master its simpler task. This means the training algorithm and the training data can be implemented more quickly.
Robustness
Regardless of whether a large neural network is biological or arti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennine%20Radio%20Limited | Pennine Radio Limited is a UK manufacturer of electronic equipment, transformers and inductors, ride on electric golf carts, sheet metalwork and computer equipment.
Founded in 1958 the company started off producing radio receivers and adapters to enable the new band III ITV television broadcasts. However they soon expanded into industrial electronics. In the early days, they produced many innovative designs for the woollen industry which surrounded Huddersfield.
Pennine Radio's Headquarters are in a Victorian grade 2 listed building on Fitzwilliam Street Huddersfield.
The company currently manufactures golf carts, transformers, and offers contract printed circuit board, electronics assembly, and sheet-metal fabrication. The company is wholly owned by one family.
Notes
External links
Pennine Radio Website
Electronics companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Kirklees
Electronics companies established in 1958
1958 establishments in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Georg%20Bock | Hans Georg Bock (born 9 May 1948) is a German university professor for mathematics and scientific computing.
He has served as managing director of Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Heidelberg University from 2005 to 2017.
Before this, he had been vice managing director from 1993 to 2004.
Hans Georg Bock is a member of the European Mathematical Society's committee for developing countries (CDC-EMS) and responsible member for the region of Asia therein.
In appreciation of his merits with respect to Vietnamese-German relations and his role in the establishment of high performance scientific computing in Vietnam, he was awarded the honorary degree of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology in 2000. In 2003, he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Vietnamese Ministry for Education and Training.
Academic profile
Hans Georg Bock graduated from University of Cologne in 1974 with a diploma thesis in mathematics titled "Numerische Optimierung zustandsbeschränkter parameterabhängiger Prozesse mit linear auftretender Steuerung unter Anwendung der Mehrzielmethode" (Numerical optimization of state-constrained parameter-dependent processes with linearly entering controls by application of the direct multiple shooting method) completed under the supervision of professor Roland Z. Bulirsch.
With his PhD thesis "Randwertproblemmethoden zur Parameteridentifizierung in Systemen nichtlinearer Differentialgleichungen" (Boundary-value problem methods for parameter estimation in systems of nonlinear differential equations) completed under the supervision of Jens Frehse and Roland Z. Bulirsch, he received a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Bonn in 1986.
After staying in Heidelberg for two years as a visiting professor for numerical mathematics from 1987 to 1988, he accepted a
full professorship at the University of Augsburg. In 1991 Hans Georg Bock accepted a call onto the chair for scientific computing and optimization at Heidelberg University.
Research
Hans Georg Bock authored or co-authored more than 190 scientific publications. In particular, his scientific work comprises advances in the fields of
adaptive discretization and approximate Newton-type methods for large-scale optimization,
simultaneous or one-shot methods for DAE and PDE constrained nonlinear optimization and optimal control problems,
real-time computation of constrained closed-loop control problems subject to DAE and PDE, especially nonlinear model predictive control,
numerical methods for state and parameter estimation, and optimal experimental design for DAE and PDE,
numerical methods for differential algebraic equations (DAE),
nonlinear mixed-integer dynamic optimization,
optimization under uncertainty,
non-standard optimization and optimal control problems such as stability optimization of gait patterns,
computational methods for the cultural heritage, and
applications in aerospace, mechanical and biomechanical engineering, chemical |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20web%20analytics | Mobile web analytics studies the behaviour of mobile website users in a similar way to traditional web analytics. In a commercial context, mobile web analytics refers to the data collected from the users who access a website from a mobile phone. It helps to determine which aspects of the website work best for mobile traffic and which mobile marketing campaigns work best for the business, including mobile advertising, mobile search marketing, text campaigns, and desktop promotion of mobile sites and services.
Data collected as part of mobile analytics typically includes page views, visits, users, and countries, as well as information specific to mobile devices, such as device model, manufacturer, screen resolution, device capabilities, service provider, and preferred user language. This data is typically compared against key performance indicators for performance and return on investment, and is used to improve a website or mobile marketing campaign's audience response.
The majority of modern smartphones are able to browse websites, some with browsing experiences similar to those of desktop computers. The W3C Mobile Web Initiative identifies best practices to help websites support mobile phone browsing. Many companies use these guidelines and mobile-specific code like Wireless Markup Language or HTML5 to optimize websites for viewing on mobile devices.
Background
Collecting mobile web analytics data has proven to be less straightforward than traditional web analytics due to a few factors. Traditional analytics software on a mobile website only provides data for HTTP requests coming from the most advanced mobile browsers; such as those found in the iPhone and other smart phones and PDAs, with no data on other mobile devices browsing the site. Additionally, common web analytics software that use server log parsing to associate different IP addresses with "unique visits" may fail to actually identify unique visitors. This is due to IP addresses from each mobile device originating from a gateway IP address of the network access provider.
Several dynamic server-side platforms are used to develop mobile sites. Server-side tracking code is recommended for more accurate analytics reporting.
Platforms
HTML/JavaScript
WordPress Mobile Pack
PHP
.NET
Java
Python
ColdFusion
Ruby on Rails
node.js/Connect
TypePad Pro
Different tracking processes or mechanisms are available for each of the above platforms. For unsupported/HTML sites, the JavaScript pixel tracking mechanism is most commonly used.
Because mobile websites are typically open to access from any kind of network - fixed, Wi-Fi, cellular wireless, satellite wireless, etc. - a traditional web analytics solution could range from fairly accurate to mostly inaccurate, depending on where the HTTP requests are coming from.
In addition, mobile web analytics involve metrics and KPIs associated with mobile device information, such as model, manufacturer, and screen resolution. These data can usu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Management%20and%20Computer%20Studies | Institute of Management and Computer Studies (IMCOST) is an Indian business school, in Thane, Maharashtra.
Parentage
IMCOST is a part of the ASM family. Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM) is an autonomous, non - profit making education body. The trust was set up in 1983.
Some of the other educational institutes under Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM) are:
Institute of Business Management and Research (IBMR - Pune)
Institute of International Business and Research (IIBR - Pune)
Institute of Professional Studies (IPS - Pimpri, Pune)
Institute of Computer Studies (ICS - Pimpri, Pune)
College of Commerce, Science and IT (CSIT - Chinchwad, Pune)
Geetamata English Medium School (GEMS - Pune)
Academic Programmes
All programs are approved by AICTE and conducted under Mumbai University.
Masters in Management Studies (MMS), a two-year full-time course in management studies
Masters in Computer Applications (MCA), a three-year full-time course in computer applications
Masters in Financial Management (MFM), a three-year part-time course in management studies with finance specialization
Masters in Human Resource Development Management (MHRDM), a three-year part-time course in management studies with human resource specialization
Masters in Marketing Management (MMM), a three-year part-time course in management studies with marketing specialization
Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS), a three-year full-time bachelor course in management studies
External links
Official Website
Business schools in Maharashtra
Education in Thane
Affiliates of the University of Mumbai
Educational institutions established in 2003
2003 establishments in Maharashtra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re%20Only%20Young%20Twice | You're Only Young Twice was a British TV sitcom made and broadcast on the ITV network by Yorkshire Television from 6 September 1977 to 4 August 1981.
Plot
Set in Paradise Lodge retirement home, You're Only Young Twice was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine. It starred Peggy Mount as Flora Petty, with Pat Coombs as her sidekick Cissie Lupin. Paradise Lodge was described by Network DVD as "a superior residence for retired gentlefolk".
The majority of the 31 episodes (broadcast throughout the show's four-year run) centre on Flora's attempts to thwart the long-suffering staff, led by Miss Milton (Charmian May). They are occasionally assisted by former theatrical artiste Dolly Love (played by veteran stage actress Lally Bowers) and the haughty Mildred Fanshaw (played by sitcom regular Diana King).
It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network from 1977 to 1981.
Cast
Peggy Mount as Flora Petty
Pat Coombs as Cissie Lupin
Lally Bowers as Dolly Love
Diana King as Mildred Fanshawe
Charmian May as Miss Marjorie Milton
Georgina Moon as Miss Finch
Johnny Wade as Roger
George Innes as Sergeant Hobble
Peggy Ledger as Katy O'Rourke (series 1-2)
Episodes
31 episodes were broadcast over four series, including two Christmas specials.
Series 1 (1977)
Series 2 (1978)
Series 3 (1979)
Christmas specials (1979 and 1980)
Series 4 (1981)
DVD release
Network released each series individually; a complete four-disc set was released on 5 February 2018.
References
External links
1977 British television series debuts
1981 British television series endings
1970s British sitcoms
1980s British sitcoms
English-language television shows
ITV sitcoms
Television series about old age
Television series by ITV Studios
Television series by Yorkshire Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician%20Data%20Query | Physician Data Query (PDQ) is the US National Cancer Institute's (NCI) comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, and supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 6,000 open and 17,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and a directory of professionals who provide genetics services.
PDQ makes available two data resources. The PDQ NCI Cancer Terms Database is a resource of cancer-related terms, curated by a multidisciplinary panel of reviewers, that is released monthly. The NCI Drug Dictionary is a structured list of technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer.
The NCI also makes a browse-able version of the Cancer Terms database available as part of the NCI Terminology Browser
References
External links
Physician Data Query website Retrieved 27 November 2018.
Oncology
Databases in the United States
Medical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse%2013 | Warehouse 13 is an American science fiction television series that originally ran from July 7, 2009, to May 19, 2014, on the Syfy network, and was executively produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins for Universal Cable Productions. Described as "part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting", the show's blend of science fiction, comedy and drama is said to have borrowed much from the American-Canadian horror television series Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990). The program follows a team of field agents who retrieve artifacts that have become charged with energy that can give them dangerous powers if misused. Once retrieved and neutralized, the objects are stored in Warehouse 13, the latest in a line of storehouses with infinite capacity that have served this purpose for millennia.
Plot
The series follows U.S. Secret Service Agents Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) when they are assigned to the secretive Warehouse 13 for supernatural artifacts. It is located in a barren landscape in South Dakota, and they initially regard the assignment as punishment. As they go about their assignments to retrieve missing artifacts and investigate reports of new ones, they come to understand the importance of what they are doing. In episode 4 of the first season, they meet Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti), who is searching for her missing brother; in season 2, she joins the team as their technology expert. In episode 1 of season 3, Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore), an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, comes aboard.
Fictional history
The series posits that there have been a dozen incarnations of the warehouse before the present-day 13th in South Dakota. Warehouse 1 was built between 336 and 323 BC on the orders of Alexander the Great as a place to keep artifacts obtained by war. After Alexander died, the warehouse was moved to Egypt, establishing the practice of locating the warehouse in the most powerful empire of the day, under the reasoning that it will be best defended there. Egypt's Ptolemaic rulers appointed a group of people, known as the Regents, to oversee the warehouse and act as its first "agents" and collectors of artifacts. Warehouse 2 lasted until the Roman conquest of Egypt. Other warehouses throughout history include: Warehouse 3 in Western Roman Empire (Italy), Warehouse 4 in Hunnic Empire until the death of Attila the Hun, Warehouse 5 in the Byzantine Empire, Warehouse 6 in Cambodia under the Khmer Empire, Warehouse 7 in the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan, Warehouse 8 in Germany during the Holy Roman Empire (1260–1517), Warehouse 9 in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople until the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, Warehouse 10 in Mughal Empire (India), Warehouse 11 in the Russian Empire under the Romanov Dynasty (the 1812 Napoleonic War with Russia was an attempt to seize control of Warehouse 11), and Warehouse 12 in the United Kingdom from 1830 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninole%20Hills | The Ninole Hills, also known as the Ninole Volcanic Series, are steep eroded hills of shield basalts on the south side of the Island of Hawaii. Recent data suggests that these hills are either the remnants of large escarpments that pre-date the Mauna Loa volcano (the largest active volcano in the world), or uplifted blocks from the oldest parts of the Mauna Loa fault system.
The Ninole Hills are remains of the top rim of a big deep hollow left when the prehistoric Punaluu landslide slid away. The rim over time eroded into deep canyons as lava from Mauna Loa ran down into the hollow and slowly filled it instead of burying the rim area, until now parts of the tops of the inter-canyon ridges are still unburied.
It is apparent from the ruggedness of the eroded hills that they are much older than the surrounding landscape. Most of the surface of Mauna Loa is thought to have formed within the last 4,000 years, but the Ninole Hills are estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000 years old. During this period there seem to have been massive failures in the support of the south wall of Mauna Loa, resulting in debris landslides that removed chunks out of the volcano, revealing remnants of the older sections of Mauna Loa.
Footnotes
Landforms of Hawaii (island)
Hills of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20American%20Maritime%20Museums | The Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) was established in 1974 to be a network for professionals working in North American maritime museums. It has a membership of some eighty museums in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda.
External links
Official CAMM website
Museum organizations
Maritime museums
History organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1974
Maritime history organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Congress%20of%20Maritime%20Museums | The International Congress of Maritime Museums (ICMM) is the world's only international network of maritime museums, associations, and individuals devoted to maritime heritage, founded in 1972. It has 120+ members of every size across thirty-five countries and six continents. It convenes biennial congresses hosted by different member museums around the world, publishes a monthly newsletter, and offers resources on its website on subjects including maritime archaeology, historic vessels and maritime curatorship.
External links
Official Website of ICMM
Museum associations and consortia
Maritime history events
History organizations
Maritime museums
Maritime history organizations
Organizations established in 1972 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20Watch | Achilles Guard, Inc., commonly known as Critical Watch, is a security, risk and compliance company based in Dallas, Texas. The company primarily manufactures computer vulnerability assessment software and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance software. The company is CVE-compatible and was co-founded in 2000 by Eva Bunker and Nelson Bunker.
On January 6, 2015, Alert Logic announced that it had acquired Critical Watch for its scanning and analysis capabilities
References
External links
CriticalWatch official website
Critical Watch Blog
Companies based in Dallas
Software companies based in Texas
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadath%20%28disambiguation%29 | Hadath or Al Hadath (a definite article in Arabic) may refer to:
Places
Turkey
Hadath, full name Al-Ḥadath al-Ḥamrā', also known as Adata in Greek, a medieval fortress town near the Taurus Mountains in Cilicia, (modern southeastern Turkey), which played an important role in the Byzantine–Arab Wars
Lebanon
Hadath, Mount Lebanon, a municipality in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon
Hadath, Beqaa, town in the Beqaa Governorate of Lebanon
Hadath El Jebbeh, a Lebanese town in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon
Religion
Hadath (West Syrian Diocese), an ancient diocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Malatya region (present-day Turkey), attested between the eighth and eleventh centuries and based in town of Hadath above.
Hadath akbar, a form of major ritual impurity in Islam
Ḥadath aṣghar, a minor ritual impurity in Islam
Others
Al-Hadath, an Arabic daily newspaper in Amman, Jordan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Reeves | Martin Reeves (born 7 September 1981) is an English former football midfielder who last played for Brackley Town.
References
Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database (subscription required)
Sporting-heroes.net
Profile
1981 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Premier League players
Leicester City F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Aldershot Town F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Hucknall Town F.C. players
Brackley Town F.C. players
Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Shadbolt | Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt (born 9 April 1956) is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. He is chairman of the Open Data Institute which he co-founded with Tim Berners-Lee. He is also a visiting professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Shadbolt is an interdisciplinary researcher, policy expert and commentator. His research focuses on understanding how intelligent behaviour is embodied and emerges in humans, machines and, most recently, on the Web, and has made contributions to the fields of Psychology, Cognitive science, Computational neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer science and the emerging field of Web science.
Education
Shadbolt was born in London but adopted and raised in the Derbyshire village of Ashford-in-the-Water, living a "bucolic existence" until he went to university. He went to Lady Manners School, then a grammar school. He obtained an undergraduate degree in philosophy and psychology at Newcastle University. His PhD degree was received from the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. His thesis resulted in a framework for understanding how human dialogue is organised and was supervised by Barry Richards and Henry S. Thompson.
Research and career
Shadbolt's research has been in Artificial Intelligence since the late 1970s working on a broad range of topics; from natural language understanding and robotics through to expert systems, computational neuroscience, memory through to the semantic web and linked data. He also writes on the wider implications of his research. One example is the book he co-authored with Kieron O'Hara that examines privacy and trust in the Digital Age – The Spy in the Coffee Machine. His most recent research is on the topic of social machines – understanding the emergent problem solving that arises from a combination of humans, computers and data at web scale. The SOCIAM project on social machines is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
In 1983, Shadbolt moved to the University of Nottingham and joined the Department of Psychology. From 2000 to 2015 he was professor of artificial intelligence in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.
From 2000 to 2007, he led and directed the Advanced Knowledge Technologies (AKT) Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC). It produced a broad range of Semantic Web research, including how diverse information could be harvested and integrated and how semantics could help computers systems recommend content.
In 2006 Shadbolt was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) and was its President in its 50th jubilee year. That same year, Nigel Shadbolt, Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall and Daniel Weitzner, founded the Web Science Research I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Brinker | Scott Brinker, born 28 September 1971 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a computer programmer and entrepreneur. He currently serves as the VP of platform ecosystem of HubSpot, a customer relationship management (CRM) platform and is known for his marketing technology "supergraphic."
Education
Brinker initially attended the University of Miami on early admission during his junior year in high school, but withdrew when he joined Galacticomm full-time in 1991. In 2002, Brinker returned to school part-time at the School of General Studies at Columbia University in New York City, where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Computer Science as valedictorian of his graduating class. In 2007, he graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management with an M.B.A. and was a part-time Sloan Fellow.
Career
Brinker was the second customer of, and eventually one of the first employees of, Galacticomm, the company founded by Tim Stryker that created The Major BBS. He purchased The Major BBS and one of Galacticomm's multi-modem cards in September 1986 when he was 15 years old and launched Moonshae Isles BBS in South Florida.
In collaboration with Stryker and Richard Skurnick, he created a number of multi-player adventure games for The Major BBS between 1986 and 1990, including Quest for Magic and Kyrandia.
In January 1991, Brinker joined Galacticomm as vice president, primarily leading the company's marketing efforts.
In April 1993, he was promoted to president and CEO at age 21.
In 1994, Brinker presented Corporate Applications of BBSs at One BBSCON
In 1996, Galacticomm brought on Robert Shaw as CEO, and in October 1996, Galacticomm was sold to a group led by Peter Berg and Yannick Tessier. Brinker sold his interest in the company at that time and left to pursue a new venture with Christopher Robert, the then CTO of Galacticomm.
Some of Brinker's experiences with Galacticomm are recounted in the film BBS: The Documentary.
In 1998, Brinker co-founded ion interactive, inc. with Anna Talerico, Justin Talerico, and Christopher Robert. i-on interactive was initially a boutique web development firm with clients that included Citrix, Office Depot, Siemens, and Yahoo!. Brinker served as president and chief technology officer of the company.
Starting in 2005, Brinker and the Talericos began to develop a post-click marketing platform called LiveBall, a software-as-a-service landing page management system. In 2007, the company stopped taking on new web development projects and focused on building this new business, which Brinker has described as "landing pages 2.0".
Brinker began the MarTech industry conference in 2014 in Boston and now runs them twice a year.
Brinker joined HubSpot as Vice President of Platform Ecosystem in Sep 2017.
Marketing Technology Supergraphic
In 2008, Brinker started Chief Martec, which began as a blog "examining the intersection of marketing, technology, and management." It is best known for the marketing technology landscape su |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical%20Design%20Labs | Technical Design Labs (TDL), founded 1976 by Carl Galletti and Roger Amidon, was an early producer of personal computers. TDL was based in Princeton, New Jersey, USA in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The company was later (1978) renamed Xitan, in honor of its primary product.
In 1979, Neil Colvin formed what was then called Phoenix Software Associates after his prior employer, Xitan, went out of business. Neil hired Dave Hirschman, a former Xitan employee.
In 1979 Carl Galletti and Roger Amidon had started a new business called Computer Design Labs that acquired the rights to all TDL software.
Products
The company's Xitan had an S-100 bus and a Z-80-based CPU came in two configurations: the base Alpha 1 model and the Alpha 2.
Other products from TDL for the Xitan and S-100 Z80-based computer systems:
Zapple Monitor
Micro-Seed a database management system for Xitan Z80 microprocessors.
Z-Tel a text editing language for Z80 microprocessors.
Video Display Board (VDB) for S-100 bus computers; capable of displaying text (25 rows x 80 characters) and graphics (160 x 75) that could display on a modified television.
Interface One a 'plug-in' wiring board for development.
See also
Epson QX-10
References
External links
Carl Galletti's Homepage
Roger Amidon's Homepage
Product brochure
Technical Design Labs (TDL) - History
Technical Design Labs (TDL), Herb's S-100 Stuff Preserving S-100 for decades
Technical Design Labs (TDL) (Princeton, N.J.) Classic Tech
1976 establishments in New Jersey
1979 disestablishments in New Jersey
American companies established in 1976
American companies disestablished in 1979
Computer companies established in 1976
Computer companies disestablished in 1979
Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct computer hardware companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynir%20B%C3%B6%C3%B0varsson | Reynir Böðvarsson is an Icelandic seismologist working at Uppsala University in Sweden. He is responsible for the Swedish National Seismology Network.
External
Seismology Institute Uppsala University
Swedish National Seismology Net Homepage
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of Uppsala University
Seismologists
Reynir Bodvarsson
Reynir Bodvarsson
Reynir Bodvarsson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Girard | André Girard may refer to:
André Girard (1901–1968), French resistance worker and artist, leader of the CARTE network
André Girard (1909–1993), French resistance worker, member of the ALLIANCE network
See also
André Gérard |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog%20Mobile | Frog Mobile is a pre-paid mobile service, offered in Greece by Cosmote, one of the three major mobile network operators of Greece.
Sometimes, it is wrongly labelled mobile virtual network operator, but is in effect a no-thrills, low-cost pre-paid service aimed at budget users and people with limited economic opportunities or people interested in basic mobile communication only.
External links
Official website
Mobile phone companies of Greece |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Girard%20%281909%E2%80%931993%29 | André Girard (born 22 April 1909 in Cahors, died 4 June 1993 in La Mulatière, near Lyon) was a French civil servant and Resistance worker with the ALLIANCE network.
Life
Pre-war
Girard worked for the Société d'exploitation industrielle des tabacs et des allumettes in France from 1929 onwards.
French Resistance
He was captured at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940, but escaped from Germany in 1941 to Brive-la-Gaillarde and soon joined the French Resistance.
Under the pseudonym "Pointer", Girard was the regional head of the Alliance or "Arche de Noé" resistance network in occupied France from 1940 to 1945, the only network whose supreme commander was a woman, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade (Alias "Hérisson"). This network was notable for giving almost all of its three thousand agents codenames based on animals : Bleu d'Auvergne, Setter, Labrador, Bichon, Abeille, Aigle... Divided up by region, the network's central command was "Hôpital" (centre-west sector), which Girard led from 1943 to September 1944. In 1944, his sector numbered 185 main agents across 16 départements, from south of the Loire to north of the Garonne, a sector particularly marked by the Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane massacres. Its agents were from diverse social backgrounds – the mayor of La Rochelle and colonel in the reserve Léonce Vieljeux, the student Roland Creel, the vicar of Tulle cathedral Charles Lair, the usselois doctor Jean Sirieix, the intelligence commissioner Henry Castaing, the briviste businessman Pierre Bordes, the secretary-general to the council of Guéret Roland Deroubaix, the creusois lawyer René Nouguès or the electrician Vincent Renaud, as well as civil servants, peasants, surgeons, railway workers, architects, and ushers.
On 30 June 1945, charged with a mission of the utmost importance for the Direction générale des études et recherches and promoted to captain, he was demobbed at his own request. Returning to his pre-war job, he was transferred to the tobacco factory at Riom before becoming administrative director and inspector of the tobacco factory at Lyon until his retirement. He also succeeded Jacques Soustelle on the municipal council of Lyon in 1962 under Louis Pradel. He was for several years the national treasurer of the Old Comrades association for the ALLIANCE network. He published his war memoirs in 1965 with éditions France-Empire under the title "Le temps de la méprise".
He is buried in the cemetery at Saint-Sauves d'Auvergne.
Medals
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
Croix de guerre 1939–1945, 2 citations
Médaille de la Résistance
Médaille des évadés
Croix du combattant volontaire
Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
Insigne des blessés militaires
Croix du combattant de l'Europe
Croix d'honneur du mérite Franco-britannique
King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom (UK)
Sources
Le temps de la méprise, by André Girard, éditions France-Empire, 1965
L'arche de noé, by Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, éditions Fayard, 1968
Les S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-effective%20minimum%20water%20network | Cost-effective minimum water network is a holistic framework for water conservation which considers all conceivable methods to save water based on the water management hierarchy.
This framework, which is applicable for industrial as well as urban systems was first developed by Wan Alwi and Manan. The framework is applicable for grassroots design and retrofit of water systems and ensures that a desired payback period for design of a water recovery system is satisfied using the systematic hierarchical approach for resilient process screening (SHARPS) technique.
References
See also
Water cascade analysis
Water pinch
Water conservation
Water reuse
Water conservation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20FM%20%28radio%20network%29 | The Power FM Network is a radio station network owned by media company ARN.
In November 2021, Power FM, along with other stations owned by Grant Broadcasters, were acquired by ARN. This deal will allow Grant's stations, including Power FM, to access ARN's iHeartRadio platform in regional areas. The deal was completed on 4 January 2022. It is expected the Power FM Network stations will integrate with ARN's KIIS Network, but will retain their current names according to the press release from ARN.
Stations
References
Australian radio networks
Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia
Australian Radio Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TYN | TYN may stand for:
Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (IATA code)
Traditionalist Youth Network, an ideological group in the United States of America
See also
Tyn (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TouchStone%20Software | TouchStone Software Corporation, Inc., founded in 1982, is an American software developer for the personal computer (PC) industry, specializing in system update technology. It also owns and operates a network of Internet Web properties. Based in Marco Island, Florida, the company was a subsidiary of Phoenix Technologies until 2010.
The company's portfolio of Internet properties serve as the main outlet to deliver its software products, such as RegistryWizard, DriverAgent and BIOS Agent.
Products
PC Works / Unihost / Macline - communications programs that allow computers to link with IBM PC's using modems
Checklt & WinChecklt - Diagnostic Kit
PC-cillin - Antivirus
e.support
e.checkit
UndeletePlus
Registry Wizard
Software Updater
NTFS Undelete
Mergers and acquisitions
62nds
On May 9, 2007, the company acquired 62nds Solutions Ltd.
PCDrivers
In May 2007, it acquired PCDrivers.com, an original device driver resource website. The acquisition includes the PCDrivers.com domain name and PCDrivers.com's device driver library. On July 9, 2007, the company acquired DriversPlanet.com.
The acquisition includes the domain name and DriversPlanet.com's device driver library. DriversPlanet.com is a device driver resource website on the Internet.
Drivermagic and hijackpro
On June 6, 2007, the company acquired Doncaster (England) based companies: hijackpro and DriverMagic and their related assets from e2sms designer and entrepreneur Glenn Bluff.
Unicore Software
On May 1998, the company acquired Massachusetts based company.
References
External links
Software companies based in Massachusetts
Software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20Micro%2016s | The Fujitsu Micro 16s was a business personal computer from Fujitsu that was launched in 1983, around the same time as the launch of the original IBM PC/XT. The Micro 16s used a plug in microprocessor board, and two models were offered, an Intel 8086 and a Zilog Z80 expansion board. Additional expansion boards with the Motorola 68000, Intel 80286 and Zilog Z8000 processors were also planned. Additionally it had a Motorola 6809 co-processor.
As operating systems one could choose between Concurrent CP/M-86 with GSX graphic extension, MP/M-86, MS-DOS, CP/M (for the Z80 board) and Unix.
It could support up to four 320 KB 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, and a hard disk of up to 20 MB.
It had advanced color graphics with 640x200 resolution with 8 colors per pixel, based on a Motorola 6845 video chip, and used an RGB color video monitor.
Up to 1152 KB of memory could be supported.
The Fujitsu Micro 16s series was discontinued in 1986.
See also
Kanji CP/M-86 (1984)
References
External links
Micro 16s at old-computers.com
Early microcomputers
Fujitsu computers
Personal computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Tornado%20Index | The Baron Tornado Index (BTI), also called Vipir Tornado Index (VTI) is a meteorological computer model. Its main usage is to determine the probabilities of a tornado inside a Tornadic Vortex Signature on the rear flank of a storm, to better alert potential high-risk areas for tornadoes and to easily track them.
With the help of NEXRAD weather radar data, mesoscale models and algorithms, the index is measured on a scale of 0 to 10. The higher the BTI value is, the more likely a tornado is on the ground. Shear markers from different colors are used depending on the scale above 2. Yellow markers are used for values between 2 and 3.9, Orange markers are used for values between 4 and 6.9 and red markers are used for values over 7.
The product was developed and is marketed by Baron Services of Huntsville, Alabama, and is a part of the company's VIPIR radar analysis product. The system is primarily used by television stations. The BTI first saw public usage in early 2008. WMC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee was the first station to implement the BTI during the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak on February 5, 2008 when tracking tornadoes over the Memphis and Jackson areas. The precise tracking of severe storms led WMC-TV in a significant viewer rating.
See also
List of BTI operating stations
References
External links
Baron Services official web site
Radar meteorology
Tornado
Hazard scales
Baron Services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMX | MMX may refer to:
2010, in Roman numerals
Science and technology
MMX (instruction set), a single-instruction, multiple-data instruction set designed by Intel
MMX Mineração, a Brazilian mining company
Martian Moons eXploration, a Japanese mission to retrieve samples from Mars' moon Phobos
Michelson–Morley experiment, an 1887 physics experiment
Places
MMX Open Art Venue, in Berlin, Germany
Malmö Airport, Sweden (IATA code)
Arts and entertainment
Music
"MMX (The Social Song)", a 2010 song by Enigma
MMX (Twelfth Night album), 2010
Napalm (album), original working title MMX, a 2012 album by Xzibit
MMX, a 2012 album by Procol Harum
MMX, a 2010 album by War from a Harlots Mouth
Marble Machine X, a musical instrument designed by Swedish band Wintergatan
Video games
Mega Man X, a series of video games, and its main character
Might & Magic X: Legacy, a 2014 role-playing video game |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20Music%20Indy | Classical Music Indy is an American nonprofit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, that produces and syndicates classical music radio programming. Classical Music Indy provides the classical music programs heard on WICR (88.7 FM) in Indianapolis and part-time on three other stations in the state. It was established in 1968 to build support for classical music on the radio after a prior commercial station was sold and changed formats.
History
Prior to 1961, there was little classical music on the radio in Central Indiana. In May of that year, a group of research chemists from Eli Lilly and Company pooled their resources, formed a corporation and on May 13 the "Lively Arts Station," WAIV (105.7 FM) went on the air. The station offered a variety of classical music, jazz, poetry, interviews, folk music, discussions of religion, and editorials. Its broadcasts emanated from a tower atop the Dearborn Hotel on East Michigan Street in Indianapolis.
The station only became profitable in 1967, when the program format became exclusively classical. Programs were chosen by station staff and were presented in their entirety without interruption. This was the first completely classical music format on the radio in Indianapolis. However, later in the year, the owners opted to sell WAIV to a group that sought to give the city its first Black radio station.
Norbert Neuss, who had been WAIV's program director, was determined to save classical music in the city. With the help of his friends, he purchased WAIV's 2,500 classical record library, packed them up, and stored them in the Lilly Pavilion of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Neuss's friendship with Frank P. Thomas, founder and owner of the Burger Chef System of restaurants, turned out to be a decisive factor in fulfilling his dream of reviving classical music on the radio. In early 1968, Gerald "Jerry" Hinchman, Dr. Norbert Neuss, Dr. F. Bruce Peck, Frank P. Thomas, P.E. McCallister, and Willis K. Kunz collaborated to form the Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis, Inc., as a public charitable trust.
Upon hearing that the Indianapolis Public Schools were constructing a new radio/television center, the Society approached school officials. After informal discussions between Neuss and the staff of the school's broadcast center, IPS's Board of School Commissioners and the Society arrived at an agreement whereby the Fine Arts Society would augment the instructional programs of the IPS's radio station, WIAN-FM, with a "Second Programme" of classical music during prime evening hours. At the time, WIAN-FM only broadcast during school hours. that went on the air in December 1969. Seven months later, the group had 700 supporting members. By 1971, the Second Programme was airing for 36 hours a week, but it also was facing a fundraising shortfall. Another setback came in 1973, when the Thomas Building was destroyed in the W. T. Grant fire; while the society's mailing list and most of its record col |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule%20%28daytime%29 | These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1958. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The 1958-1959 season, beginning October 13 for ABC, was its first "full scale daytime programming" schedule.
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.
Monday-Friday
formerly Do You Trust Your Wife?
Saturday
Sunday
See also
1958-59 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
1958-59 United States network television schedule (late night)
References
Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122215/http://curtalliaume.com/abc_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122235/http://curtalliaume.com/cbs_day.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211242/http://curtalliaume.com/nbc_day.html
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
Hyatt, The Encyclopedia Of Daytime Television, Billboard Books, 1997
TV schedules, New York Times, September 1958 – September 1959 (microfilm)
United States weekday network television schedules
1958 in American television
1959 in American television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched%20%282008%20film%29 | Scorched is an Australian television movie broadcast on the Nine Network on 31 August 2008. The telemovie was titled Strike Team, which was ultimately as a decoy due to the state government having been uncomfortable about the premise and plot of the script. Scorched won the International Emmy Award for Digital Program: Fiction in 2009.
Synopsis
Scorched looks at the problems of climate change and water scarcity in the near future. The year is 2012, and after over 240 days without rain, Sydney has only two weeks of water left.
As a state of emergency is declared when a ring of bushfires erupt around the city, a reporter uncovers a conspiracy behind the water crisis.
Plot
It is several days before Christmas in 2012, and Sydney is in the midst of a water crisis. Despite the creation of a desalination plant, which NSW Premier Angela Boardman insists creates millions of litres of fresh water a day, the city is still under Level 8 water restrictions. The western suburbs especially are seriously dry.
Ambitious CPN reporter Susan Shapiro launches an investigation into the crisis. Her report catches the attention of the Premier, who grants Shapiro an interview. Although Shapiro is amicable (perhaps too much so - her cameraman Teddy accuses her of turning into Oprah), she is still suspicious. And with good reason; later conversation between Boardman and her Chief of Staff Tom Daily reveal they are sharing a secret that could end both their careers.
David Langmore, the State Operations Commander for the National Fire Service, is preparing dinner when he receives a call from Shapiro. He is angry that the reporter has called him at home and insists the water shortage has been caused solely by a lack of rain.
ER doctor Michael Francia is enjoying some quiet time with his pregnant wife Lizzie when Emily, his daughter from a previous relationship, shows up on his door. She has had a fight with her mother and needs a place to stay, even though, as she later confesses to her stepmother Lizzie, she isn't sure if her father likes her.
Meanwhile, a lightning storm forms over a national park in the western outskirts of Sydney. A bolt of lightning strikes a tree, which bursts into flames. The dry bushland quickly ignites.
The next day at work, Dr Francia is frantically trying to attend to an influx of patients suffering dehydration and heat exhaustion. A courier truck, carrying dozens of gas cylinders, speeds into the hospital car park and a bloodied man is dragged into the hospital lobby. During the commotion that follows, the truck outside is forgotten about and unbeknownst to anyone, one of the cylinders begins to leak.
David Langmore is monitoring the fires in the hopes that his team can prevent them from becoming fireheads. Volunteer firefighters, including David's son Brendan and Brendan's girlfriend Deanna, are sent out to control the blaze. Deanna and two other volunteers are overwhelmed by the size and ferocity of the flames and attempt to escape by |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Morse%20theory | In mathematics, digital Morse theory is a digital adaptation of continuum Morse theory for scalar volume data. This is not about the Samuel Morse's Morse code of long and short clicks or tones used in manual electric telegraphy. The term was first promulgated by DB Karron based on the work of JL Cox and DB Karron.
The main utility of a digital Morse theory is that it serves to provide a theoretical basis for isosurfaces (a kind of embedded manifold submanifold) and perpendicular streamlines in a digital context. The intended main application of DMT is in the rapid semiautomatic segmentation objects such as organs and anatomic structures from stacks of medical images such as produced by three-dimensional computed tomography by CT or MRI technology.
DMT Tree
A DMT tree is a digital version of a Reeb graph or contour tree graph, showing the relationship and connectivity of one isovalued defined object to another. Typically, these are nested objects, one inside another, giving a parent-child relationship, or two objects standing alone with a peer relationship.
The essential insight of Morse theory can be given in a little parable.
The fish tank thought experiment
The fish tank thought experiment: Counting islands as the water level changes
The essential insight of continuous Morse theory can be intuited by a thought experiment. Consider a rectangular glass fish tank. Into this tank, we pour a small quantity of sand such that we have two smoothly sloping small hills, one taller than the other. Now, we fill this tank to the brim with water. We now start a count of the number of island objects as we very slowly drain the tank.
Our initial observation is that there are no island features in our tank scene. As the water level drops, we observe the water level just coincident with the peak of the tallest sand hill.
We next observe the behavior of the water at the critical peak of the hill. We see a degenerate point island contour, with zero area, zero perimeter, and infinite curvature. A vanishing small change in the water level and this point contour expand into a tiny island.
We now increment our island object count by +1.
We continue to drain water from the tank.
We next observe the creation of the second island at the peak of the second little hill. We again increment our island object count by +1 to two objects. Our little sea has two island objects in it.
As we continue to slowly lower the water level in our little tank sea.
We now observe the two island contours gradually expand and grow toward each other. As the water level reaches the level of the critical saddle point between the two hills the island contours touch at precisely the saddle point.
We observe that our object count decrements by –1 to give a total island count of one.
The essential feature of this rubric is that we only need to count the peaks and passes to inventory all of the islands in our sea, or objects in our scene. This approach works even as we increase the com |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Nagpur | The city of Nagpur is strategically located in central India. It has a vast railway network and its road network is well-maintained to avoid congestion. There are 4 modes of transportation in Nagpur (viz. Road, Railway, Air and Metro). Nagpur is connected to India's four major metropolitan areas (Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai) by road, rail and air. Auto rickshaws operate in most parts of the city, and are the main form of hired transport.
Roads
Nagpur is a major road junction, since India's two major national highways (NH 7 from Kanyakumari to Varanasi and NH-6 from Hajira to Kolkota) pass through the city. NH 69 connects Nagpur to Obaidullaganj, near Bhopal. Nagpur is at the junction of two Asian Highways: AH43 (Agra to Matara, Sri Lanka) and AH46 (Kharagpur to Dhule). The Inland Container Depot, run by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), has been the country's fastest-growing inland port. A shorter highway to Mumbai, a Maharashtra state highway, connects the state capital (Mumbai) to Nagpur via Aurangabad and significantly reduces the distance traveled by NH 6 and NH 3 between the cities.
The National Highways Authority of India approved the extension of NH 204 from Kolhapur to Nagpur via Solapur, Tuljapur, Latur, Nanded, Yavatmal, Wardha and Butibori, which primarily covers the portion covered by the current MSH 3 between Butibori and Tuljapur. The planned NH-26B (Savner-Chhindwara-Narsinghpur) will connect Nagpur to North India.
Buses
Intercity
Nagpur is the divisional headquarters of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), and has one of the state's three bus workshops. The MSRTC has intercity and interstate routes, with two bus stations in Nagpur: Nagpur Bus Sthanak (CBS-1) at Ganeshpeth and Mor Bhawan (CBS-2) at Jhansi Rani Square, Sitabuldi. It operates 1,600 daily long- and short-distance routes from CBS-1 in Maharashtra and surrounding states, and 750 daily short-distance routes from CBS-2 in Vidarbha. Buses include semi-luxury 2+2 NEEM AARAAM, Parivartan 2+2, Asiad 2+2, and ordinary ST 2+3. Bus service is available to major cities in and around the state, including Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Chhindwara, Satna, Rewa, Raipur, Panna, Amravati, Raipur, Jagdalpur, Bilaspur, Mandla, Katni, Pune, Aurangabad, Jalna, Nashik, Mumbai, Nanded, Akola, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Rajnandgaon, Parbhani and Gondia.
City
Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Limited (NMPL) is the company which operates the city's bus service. It has a fleet of 487 buses, which serve about 160,000 passengers daily in the metropolitan area. Of the fleet, 17 are electric buses; 88 are low-floor MiniBuses, and 382 are low-floor 50-seat StarBuses.
Railways
Due to its central location, Nagpur is a rail junction connecting India's four major metropolises: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata. A total of 242 trains (passenger, express, mail, Duronto, Rajdhani Express and the Garib Rath) stop at Nagpur, one of the country's busiest junctions. Sixty-five |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravindra%20Khattree | Ravindra Khattree (born 1959) is an Indian-American statistician and a distinguished professor of statistics at Oakland University and a co-director of the Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics at the same university. His contribution to the Fountain–Khattree–Peddada Theorem in Pitman measure of closeness is one of the important results of his work. Khattree is the coauthor of two books and has coedited two volumes. He has served as an associate editor of the Communications in Statistics journal and the editor of the Interstat online journal. He was Chief editor of Journal of Statistics and Applications for more than ten years. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Khattree was born in Uttar Pradesh, India. He attended the Ewing Christian College-Allahabad University and the Indian Statistical Institute. In 1985, he earned a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh with Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao as his advisor. He became a faculty member at Oakland University in 1991. He was the biostatistics group leader in the Biomedical Research and Informatics Center and a professor of biostatistics in the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University during 2005–2006. He worked as a senior research scientist at US National Academy of Sciences with assignment at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (formerly known as Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission), Hiroshima during 2010–2011.
Prior to joining Oakland University, he had been a faculty member at the North Dakota State University, Case Western Reserve University and also worked at BFGoodrich Chemical Group. He is the paternal grandson of Binda Prasad Khattri.
Recognition
In 2002, Khattree received the Young Researcher Award from the International Indian Statistical Association. Khattree was honored with fellowship in the American Statistical Association in 2003 and became an elected member of the International Statistical Institute in 2004. He is also a recipient of Oakland University Research Excellence Award (2008).
Bibliography
Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS Software (1995, 1999) with Dayanand N. Naik.
Multivariate Data Reduction and Discrimination with SAS Software (2000) with Dayanand N. Naik.
Handbook of Statistics Volume 22, Statistics in Industry (2002) with C.R. Rao.
Computational Methods in Biomedical Research (2008) with Dayanand N. Naik.
References
External links
Mathematical Genealogy
University of Pittsburgh alumni
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Indian emigrants to the United States
Oakland University faculty
1959 births
Living people
Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute
American academics of Indian descent |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Broadcasting%20Network%20%28Lebanon%29 | National Broadcasting Network known as NBN is the official television of the Lebanese Amal Movement. The National Broadcasting Network s.a.l. NBN, is a Lebanese private company by shares, founded in 1996 by Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker and head of Amal movement, Nabih Berri, pursuant to Decree No. 10059 of January 10, 1998.
Ownership
The Berri family owns the station through three shareholders, Nabih Berri's siblings Mahmoud and Amina, as well as his sister-in-law Samira Assi, owning a total of 19.70%. The other major shareholders are close political allies of Berri and leading officials of the Amal Movement, from the Hamdan family (29.8%), Ahmad Hussein and NBN's CEO Kassem Soueid (10% each).
References
External links
Amal Movement Official Site
1996 establishments in Lebanon
Television channels and stations established in 1996
International broadcasters
Television stations in Lebanon
Arab mass media
Arabic-language television stations |
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