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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse%20of%20Horror%20XIX | "Treehouse of Horror XIX" is the fourth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2008. This is the nineteenth Treehouse of Horror episode, and, like the other Treehouse of Horror episodes, contains three self-contained segments: in "Untitled Robot Parody", Transformer robots run amok in Springfield; in "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising", Homer is hired by advertising agents to kill celebrities so their images can be used for free; and in "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse", Milhouse summons a man-eating pumpkin in a parody of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Bob Anderson. Shortly after airing, the episode was criticized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) because a Nelson Muntz uses "gay" as an insult.
A total of 12.48 million viewers tuned in to watch during its first airing, more than any other episode since "The Wife Aquatic". The episode received mixed reviews from critics, with "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" generally regarded as the best segment; critic Matt Zoller Seitz cited the segment as one of The Simpsons "flashes of greatness" in the later seasons.
Plot
In the opening scene, Homer tries to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election. However, the voting machine is rigged to register his vote for Republican candidate John McCain. After six attempts to vote (including actually voting for McCain once in the hopes that it would register for Obama), Homer heads out to report the mishap, but the machine sucks him in and kills him to hide the truth, then shoots his body out of the voting booth. Jasper sticks a patriotic-themed "I voted" sticker on Homer's forehead. The title of the episode and opening credits are shown in red, white and blue in front of him.
Untitled Robot Parody
In a parody of Transformers, Bart buys Lisa a Malibu Stacy convertible as a Christmas present. However, the car turns out to be a Transformer. The robot transforms all of the technology in Springfield into robots so they can wage war with each other. Just as the two machine factions' leaders prepare to face off, Marge asks why the robots are at war with one another; as it turns out, they cannot even remember. Thanking Marge, the two factions of sentient machines work together to overthrow humanity and use Springfield's residents in a game of human foosball.
How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising
Homer takes Maggie to a daycare and encourages her to enjoy a mural featuring Krusty the Clown to make her feel better while she is away from her parents. However, Krusty is already there to have the images of his face sandblasted from the mural, as his likeness is trademarked and had been used without his permission. This leaves Maggie upset and an outraged Homer shoves Krusty in retaliation, accidentally sending him flying into |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Forces%20of%20the%20Philippines%20Command%20and%20General%20Staff%20College | The Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College, known officially as the AFPCGSC or GSC, (Filipino: Dalubhasaan ng Pangasiwaan at Kawanihang Heneral ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) is one of the training units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It is tasked with training future generals, as well as general and command staff, and developing doctrine, training materials and courses for the AFP.
Mission
The primary Mission of the AFP Command and General Staff College is to educate selected AFP officers for higher command and staff responsibilities, develop AFP doctrines and promote Philippine military history as part of the continuous efforts in integrating the military as an important part of creating the history of the Philippines. Future Battalion Commanders are required to study in this institution.
Lineage of Commanding Officers
LtGen Pelagio A Cruz AFP - 01 Jun 53 to 02 Nov 53
BGen Alfredo M. Santos AFP - 03 Nov 53 to 23 Jul 54
Col Mamerto A Bautista PA (GSC) - 23 Jul 54 to 4 May 56
Col Salvador Abcede PA (GSC) - Jan 56 to 16 Oct 57
BGen Eustacio O Orobia AFP - 1958 to 05 Jul 61
BGen Felix S Maniego AFP - 05 Jul 61 to 15 Aug 63
Col Francisco R Isidoro PA (GSC) - 16 Aug 63 to 11 May 64
BGen Lucas V Cauton AFP - 20 Jul 64 to 31 May 65
Col Reynaldo R Bocalbos PA (GSC) - 01 Jun 65 to 13 Oct 65
Col Isauro M Sison PA (GSC) - 14 Oct 65 to 27 Jan 66
Col Benedicto Alejo PA (GSC) - 28 Jan 66 to 06 Feb 68
BGen Napoleon C Mangonon AFP - 07 Feb 68 to 31 Aug 68
Col Candido Gavino PA (GSC) - 01 Sep 68 to 21 Feb 69
BGen Reynaldo B Perez AFP - 22 Feb 69 to 16 Jan 69
BGen Constante MA Cruz AFP - 01 Jul 70 to 16 Jan 72
BGen Ernesto S Gidaya AFP - 16 Jan 72 to 01 Jul 72
Col Andres C Manipula PA (GSC) - 15 Jul 72 to 27 Mar 76
BGen Predencio B Regis AFP - 26 Mar 76 to 30 Apr 78
BGen Isidro B Agunod AFP - 29 Apr 78 to 31 May 83
BGen Rosalino A Alquiza AFP - 01 Jun 83 to 30 Sep 85
Col Romulo F Yap PA (GSC) - 01 Oct 85 to 30 Sep 86
BGen Felicisimo R Amano AFP - 01 Oct 85 to 31 Mar 86
BGen Felix A Brawner Jr AFP - 01 Apr 86 to 30 Sep 86
BGen Roland I Patugalan AFP - 01 Oct 86 to 01 Apr 88
BGen Eduardo T Cabanlig AFP - 25 Mar 88 to 31 Jul 89
BGen Sesinando C Canding AFP - 01 Aug 89 to 28 Dec 90
CDRE Pio H Garrindo Jr AFP - 28 Dec 90 to 09 Oct 92
BGen Arturo F Castro AFP - 09 Oct 92 to 17 May 93
CDRE Bayani T Matic AFP - 13 May 93 to 19 Jan 94
Col Ernesto CL Sacro PAF (GSC) - 19 Jan 94 to 09 Feb 94
LtGen Ismael Z Villareal AFP - 5 May 94 to 17 Jan 97
RAdm Juan A Sibayan AFP - 22 Jan 97 to 03 Jan 98
RAdm Octavius S Dauz AFP - 13 Jan 98 to 22 Oct 99
RAdm Juan A De Leon AFP - 23 Oct 99 to 26 May 00
LGen Edgardo V Espinosa AFP - 09 Jun 00 to 19 Mar 01
BGen Emmanuel R Teodosio AFP - 28 Mar 01 to 20 Jul 01
RAdm Rodolfo R Rabago AFP - 20 Jul 01 to 03 Sep 02
MGen Emmanuel R Teodosio AFP - 03 Sep 02 to 14 Nov 02
BGen Reynaldo D Rivera AFP - 14 Nov 02 to 28 Feb 03
MGen Neon D Ebuen AFP - 01 Mar 01 to 15 Dec 01 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Built%20Ships%20database | The Scottish Built Ships database is a free-to-use record of over 35,000 ships built in Scotland. It was renamed from the "Clyde Built Ships" database when its scope was extended to cover the whole country's ship and boatbuilders.
With a standard format, the extent of information varies from ship to ship, and additional information is being continually added by a team of voluntary editors. The records can be easily searched from a search page.
External links
Scottish built ships database
Ships built in Scotland
Online archives
Maritime history of Scotland
Ship databases
Online databases
Databases in Scotland
Shipbuilding in Scotland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Malcolm%20in%20the%20Middle%20characters | The following characters had significant roles in the American television comedy series Malcolm in the Middle, which was originally televised from 2000 to 2006 on the Fox Network.
Characters
Originally, the series featured four brothers, although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home. A fifth son named Jamie was introduced in the show's fourth season. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie. In the final episode, Lois discovered she was pregnant with a sixth child. In the third season, Francis travels home (to celebrate his father's birthday) with an Alaskan Piama, and reveals that they are married.
During the show, the family's name was kept a secret. In the fifth-season episode "Reese Joins the Army (1)", Reese uses a fake ID by the name of "Jetson" to lie about his age. In the series finale, "Graduation", Francis' employee ID reads "Nolastname" (or "No Last Name", a joke referring to the fact that the family name was never spoken aloud). In the same episode when Malcolm was introduced to give the graduation speech, the speaker announces Malcolm's name, but microphone feedback makes his surname inaudible, even though he does appear to mouth the phrase "No last name".
The DVD insert from series five shows the family surname as "Wilkerson" in the description of the episode, "Block Party". While this last name is referenced via Easter eggs in "Pilot", "Dinner Out", and "Company Picnic Pt. 1", the characters' lack of a surname remains a running gag throughout the series.
Character appearances
Main
Malcolm
Malcolm, played by actor Frankie Muniz (in a total of 150 episodes), is the main protagonist and occasional narrator of this series. He is approximately five years younger than his oldest brother Francis, one year younger than his older brother Reese, five years older than their younger brother Dewey, and about 15 years older than their youngest brother Jamie. In the first episode of the series, he is discovered to be a child prodigy and was immediately moved from his regular class into the "Krelboynes", a class for gifted students. Despite his high intelligence, he still gets into mischief either alongside or working against his brothers (in particular, his older brother Reese), although he becomes more self-centred and vain in the later seasons as he goes through puberty. Being a genius, Malcom often serves as the ring leader in the brother’s juvenile schemes. According to Hal, in "Stock Car Races" (season 1), Malcolm was named after Hal's favorite Stock Car Racer, Rusty Malcolm, although he had previously argued with Lois about giving the name to Francis and Reese. Malcolm, like Reese, is very unpopular at school, yet he has had a number of girlfriends during the series run. Like Lois, he gets angry or frustrated very easily but he also has problems containing his opinion about himself. Malcolm also occasionally s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenRAVE | Open Robotics Automation Virtual Environment (OpenRAVE) provides an environment for testing, developing, and deploying motion planning algorithms in real-world robotics applications. The main focus is on simulation and analysis of kinematic and geometric information related to motion planning. OpenRAVE's stand-alone nature allows it to be easily integrated into existing robotics systems. It provides many command-line tools to work with robots and planners, and the run-time core is small enough to be used inside controllers and bigger frameworks.
Components
IKFast
IKFast is a compiler for inverse kinematics. Unlike most inverse kinematics solvers, IKFast can analytically solve the kinematics equations of any complex kinematics chain, and generate language-specific files (like C++) for later use. The end result is extremely stable solutions that can run as fast as 5 microseconds on recent processors.
COLLADA
OpenRAVE supports the COLLADA 1.5 file format for specifying robots and adds its own set of robot-specific extensions. The robot extensions include:
manipulators
sensors
planning-specific parameters
Motion Planning
The core of OpenRAVE design focuses on offering interfaces and implementations of motion planning algorithms. Most of the planning algorithm implementations are for robot arms and use sampling to explore the task configuration spaces.
Applications
An important target application is industrial robotics automation. OpenRAVE's main focus is to increase the reliability of motion planning systems to make integration easy.
History
OpenRAVE was founded by Rosen Diankov at the Quality of Life Technology Center in the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute. It was inspired from the RAVE simulator James Kuffner had started developing in 1995 and used for a lot of his experiments. The OpenRAVE project was started in 2006 and started out as a complete rewrite of RAVE to support plugins. It quickly diverged into its own architecture concept and started being supported by many robotics researchers throughout the world. After earning his PhD from the Robotics Institute in August 2010, Rosen Diankov became a postdoc at the JSK Robotics Lab at University of Tokyo where OpenRAVE is currently being maintained.
Rosen Diankov is still the active maintainer of OpenRAVE.
References
External links
Quality of Life Technology Center
JSK Robotics Lab
Robotics suites
2006 software
2006 in robotics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole%20in%20the%20Wall%20%28American%20game%20show%29 | Hole in the Wall is an American game show that has aired in two versions on American television.
The first version aired on the Fox television network from 2008 to 2009. The show was an adaptation of the Japanese game show (meaning Brain Wall, nicknamed by YouTube fans as "Human Tetris") in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutouts in a large by Styrofoam wall moving towards them on a track. FremantleMedia North America produced the series. Brooke Burns and Fox announcer Mark Thompson were the hosts of this version. On May 20, 2008, Fox announced that it would commission 13 hours of Hole in the Wall from FremantleMedia North America. According to a Hollywood Reporter report, these hours could be split and aired as 26 episodes. Production began July 13, 2008, at CBS Studios-Radford.
Broadcast
Cancellation
On March 17, 2009, Fox pulled the series again, replacing it with reruns of King of the Hill and American Dad! The program's cancellation was announced in May 2009.
Revival
On July 20, 2010, Cartoon Network announced that it picked up the series, now updated for its younger audience. FremantleMedia would return as the show's producers. The series premiered October 6, 2010, with Real World Hawaii cast member Teck Holmes as host. Joining him as the show's lifeguard was model/lifeguard Emily Hedicke. A second cycle debuted in April 2011, and featured a new co-host, lifeguard Aaron Gingrich. On January 19, 2012, the CN version of Hole in the Wall aired its last episode.
Fox version (2008–2009)
Game play
Two teams of three people play, with a hobby, occupation, or location as the team name. Two lifeguards, one male and one female, sit poolside. The contestants are dressed in the silver spandex zentai unitards and wear red or blue helmets, elbow pads, and knee pads depending on the team color.
A replay is shown after each wall has passed whether cleared or not. If a wall is not cleared, a diagram is shown of the best method.
One rule that is almost automatically assumed is that contestants must jump through the hole without breaking it all off or falling in the water. The rule that most players inadvertently break is that at least one foot must be in the play area.
Solo Wall
After each team is announced, the team captain is then instructed to enter the play area. After a three-second countdown, the wall is shown. If the captain fails to get through, or "clear" the wall, either by falling into the pool or damaging the wall as it passes, the team earns zero points, clearing the wall earns one point. The opposing team captain then tries a different wall.
Double Wall
The two non-captains on each team then complete on a Double Wall. The team earns two points if both players clear the wall, if either player fails to clear, they earn zero points.
Triple Wall
All three players try to complete the Triple Wall. The team scores three points if all three clear the wall. If any player fails to clear, the team earns zero points |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money%20%28Australian%20TV%20program%29 | Money is an Australian factual television program that was broadcast on the Nine Network as a regular weekly series from 1993 to 2002. It also appeared as occasional specials from 2002 to 2006. Money was a financial and investment program, hosted by Paul Clitheroe.
The series spawned a successful magazine called Money, which is still published today.
See also
List of Australian television series
List of Nine Network programs
References
Australian non-fiction television series
Nine Network original programming
1993 Australian television series debuts
2002 Australian television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factual%20television | Factual television is a genre of non-fiction television programming that documents actual events and people. These types of programs are also described as observational documentary, fly on the wall, docudrama, and reality television. The genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, although the term factual television has especially been used to describe programs produced since the 1990s. The term is especially used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Programmes
Television programmes in this genre include COPS and Rescue 911 from the United States, Airport and Jamie's School Dinners from Great Britain, and Border Security: Australia's Front Line and Bondi Rescue from Australia. These programmes tend to be more common in other countries than the United States due to differences in television scheduling patterns, as US networks schedule fewer hours on their own. Factual programmes tend to be cost-effective compared to other formats.
Prior to its launch, Variety referred to discovery+ as a "factual streamer".
Awards
'Best Factual Series' has been a category at the British Academy Television Awards since 1973. 'Most Popular Factual Series' and 'Most Outstanding Factual Series' were new categories introduced to the Australian Logie Awards in 2008 to cover this genre.
In September 2012 BBC Television's Top Gear series was officially named the Guinness World Records "Most Watched Factual TV Programme". As Jeremy Clarkson accepted the Guinness World Records 2013 book on behalf of the show he stated: "I am very proud to be involved in such a factual programme."
See also
Public broadcasting
References
Television genres |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI%20Origin%202000 | The SGI Origin 2000 is a family of mid-range and high-end server computers developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics (SGI). They were introduced in 1996 to succeed the SGI Challenge and POWER Challenge. At the time of introduction, these ran the IRIX operating system, originally version 6.4 and later, 6.5. A variant of the Origin 2000 with graphics capability is known as the Onyx2. An entry-level variant based on the same architecture but with a different hardware implementation is known as the Origin 200. The Origin 2000 was succeeded by the Origin 3000 in July 2000, and was discontinued on June 30, 2002.
Models
The family was announced on October 7, 1996.
The project was code named Lego, and also known as SN0, to indicate the first in a series of scalable node architectures, contrasting with previous symmetric multiprocessor architectures in the SGI Challenge series.
The Origin 2100 is mostly the same as the other models except that it is not upgradeable to other models. (unless the router cards, etc. were replaced)
The highest CPU count that SGI marketed for the Origin 2000 is 128 CPUs; above 64 CPUs the product was originally branded "CRAY Origin 2000" since Cray Research has just been merged with SGI. Three Origin 2000 models are capable of using 512 CPUs and 512 GB of memory but these were never marketed as a system to customers. One of the 512-CPU Origin 2000 series was installed at SGI's facility in Eagan, Minnesota for test purposes and the other two were sold to NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California for specialized scientific computing. The 512-CPU Origin 2800s cost roughly $40 million each and the delivery of the Origin 3000 systems, scalable up to 512 or 1024 CPUs at a lower price per performance, made the 512-CPU Origin 2800 obsolete.
Several customers also bought 256-CPU Origin 2000 series systems, although they were never marketed as a product by SGI either.
The largest installation of SGI Origin 2000 series was Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) Blue Mountain at Los Alamos National Labs. It included 48 Origin 2000 series 128-CPU systems all connected via High Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) for a total of 6144 processors. At the time it was tested, it placed second on the TOP500 list of fastest computers in the world. That test was completed with only 40 nodes of 128 CPUs each and recorded a sustained 1.6 teraflops. With all nodes connected, it was able to sustain 2.1 teraflops and peak of over 2.5 teraflops.
Los Alamos National Laboratory also had another 12 Origin 128-CPU system (for a total of 1536 CPUs) as part of the same testing.
The climate simulation laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) had an Origin 2000 system named "Ute" with 128 CPUs. It was delivered on May 18, 1998, and decommissioned on July 15, 2002.
A smaller system at NCAR was named dataproc, delivered on March 29, with 16 CPUs.
The systems at NASA Ames included the one named for H |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic%20Worldwide | Oceanic is an American manufacturer of scuba gear. It was founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and is based in San Leandro, California, United States. Its products include dive computers, rebreathers and a novel diving mask incorporating a heads-up-display of information.
History
In 1972, Robert Hollis founded the parent company American Underwater Products which did business as Oceanic. In 2017, Huish Outdoors acquired the Oceanic and Hollis brands from AUP.
Products
Rebreathers
They developed the Phibian CCS50 and CCS100 rebreathers; Stuart Clough of Undersea Technologies developed the Phibian's electronics package. With its purpose-built training facility, Oceanic UK working closely with American Divers International, developed and delivered by both Stuart Clough and Paul Morrall training and familiarisation courses.
They have developed military rebreathers for use by frogmen and naval work divers, for example the US Navy MK-25 and the MK-16 mixed-gas rebreather.
Data mask
Oceanic developed the first HUD style mask, which is an eyes-and-nose diving mask with a built-in LCD display, commercially known as a DataMask, capable of providing various dive data from an on-board diving computer.
Dive computers
Oceanic manufactures several dive computers for recreational divers. Oceanic's computer division Pelagic Pressure Systems was sold to Aqua Lung in 2015.
OC1, OCi
VT 4.1
Atom 3.1
Geo 2.0 Wrist Computer
VEO 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
B.U.D. Back up dive computer
Wetsuit for a penguin
The company developed, in early 2008, a custom wetsuit for an alpha-male African penguin at Steinhart Aquarium who was suffering from problems maintaining core body temperature due to feather loss.
External links
References
Diving engineering
Diving equipment manufacturers
Rebreather makers
Rebreathers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Mask | Data Mask or similar may mean:
In computer science, "data mask" is another name for mask (computing), a bit pattern used to extract information from another bit pattern
The Date Mask is a diving mask with a built-in LED display made by Oceanic (scuba gear makers) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Computer%20Express | New Computer Express was a weekly magazine published by Future Publishing in the UK from 1988 to 1991.
History and profile
New Computer Express was started in 1988. The first issue appeared in November 1988. The launch editor was Chris Anderson. During this time 8-bit micros were still prevalent, and 16-bit micros were growing their share of the market. The PC had yet to cement its hold on the home market and as a result it was a varied landscape. NCE was a multi-format magazine which tried to cover developments in the whole area. For example, in December 1989 it had articles covering the Amiga, Atari ST, PC, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 64, MSX, Atari XE, Amstrad PCW, Sinclair Spectrum and Sinclair QL. The magazine ceased publication in 1991.
References
External links
Archived New Computer Express magazines on the Internet Archive
1988 establishments in the United Kingdom
1991 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1988
Magazines disestablished in 1991 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoBase | GeoBase may refer to:
GeoBase (geospatial data), a federal, provincial, and territorial government initiative that provides quality geospatial data for all of Canada
GEOBASE (database), bibliographic database for the Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography
SGS-Geobase (drilling data logger), free and open source software for geological data handling |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto%20Siilasmaa | Risto Kalevi Siilasmaa (born 17 April 1966) is a Finnish businessperson and the chairman, founder and former CEO of F-Secure Corporation (formerly Data Fellows), an anti-virus and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland. He is also the biggest shareholder of F-Secure, owning around 40% of the company. He was chairman of Nokia from 2012 to 2020.
Education
Siilasmaa has a Master of Science degree from Helsinki University of Technology (now named: Aalto University), Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Business
Siilasmaa founded F-Secure in 1988. He left his role as CEO of the company on 6 November 2006.
Siilasmaa is also well known as a business angel, investing in several technology startups such as Frosmo, Enevo and Wolt, and serving in their boards of directors. In his investing, he has stated that he is sometimes "motivated by soft values, not maximum returns."
Nokia
Siilasmaa joined Nokia's board of directors in 2008. After being appointed chairman of Nokia in mid-2012, he acted as interim CEO, after Stephen Elop from 3 September 2013 to 29 April 2014 when Rajeev Suri was appointed the official CEO. Since then, he has led the company in one of the most successful corporate transformations ever. Through three transactions that he negotiated – the purchase of complete ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, the sale of the handset business to Microsoft, and the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent – Nokia has transformed from a bankruptcy candidate to a successful global technology leader. This is reflected in Nokia's value which has gone up fivefold over roughly two years. Even more revealingly, the enterprise value has grown from a low of only less than 1.5 billion euros soon after Siilasmaa started as chairman to well over 20 billion euros in early 2015. In a September 2018 interview with CNN in Switzerland, he described Nokia as an "experimenter."
The transformation of Nokia has also included Siilasmaa renewing the board and the management, with the vast majority of employees newly joining in the company's new phase. Siilasmaa has often stated that all the atoms in Nokia have been changed but the spirit of the 150-year-old company lives on.
In October 2018, Siilasmaa published a book about Nokia, Transforming Nokia: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change. In it, he criticises predecessor chairman Jorma Ollila's leadership style and claimed they fell out.
In December 2019, Siilasmaa announced to step down as chairman of Nokia's board of directors with then vice chair Sari Baldauf to succeed him in 2020.
Other activities
Corporate boards
Efecte, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2008)
Ekahau, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2007)
Elisa, Member of the Board of Directors (2008–2012)
Nokia, Member of the Board of Directors, since 2012 as Chairman (2008–2020)
Technology Industries of Finland, Member of the Board of Directors (2016-2018)
Non-profit organizations
Conf |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured%20Stream%20Transport | In computer networking, Structured Stream Transport (SST) is an experimental transport protocol that provides an ordered, reliable byte stream abstraction similar to TCP's, but enhances and optimizes stream management to permit applications to use streams in a much more fine-grained fashion than is feasible with TCP streams.
External links
SST home page
Transport layer protocols
Network protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstenstra%C3%9Fe%20station | Holstenstraße is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located in the quarter of Altona-Nord in the borough of Altona. It is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn network as well as AKN regional commuter trains. The station is managed by DB Station&Service.
The station is situated directly beside the Neue Flora musical theatre and close to the Holsten Brewery. It was the focus of significant media attention in 2005 after people at the station's bus stop allegedly eavesdropped three men planning a terrorist attack, resulting in a large-scale police investigation.
History
On 28 September 1883, a Holstenstraße station was opened for a horsecar line, from Millerntornear Reeperbahnto Holstenstraße.
In 1893, the station was built elevated, as an alternate for the at-grade station called Schulterblatt at the current location. The station was part of the link line from Hamburg central station to Altona central station. During the bombing of Hamburg in World War II in 1943, the station building was destroyed and provisionally rebuilt. In the end of the 1980s, the Station was completely renovated, with a new platform building and entrance.
Layout
Holstenstraße is an elevated railway station with an island platform and two tracks. There is no personnel attending the station, but SOS and information telephones and ticket machines are available. Through a lift the station is accessible for handicapped persons.
Tracks of the long distance and regional trains are separated, these trains do not stop at Holstenstraße station.
Services
The station is served by the line S11, S21 and S31 of the Hamburg S-Bahn, and the line A1 of the AKN. The city trains call at the station every 5 to 10 minutes in the rush hours. On weekdays the service stops around midnight and starts at 4 a.m. On weekend nights the city trains call at the station round-the-clock every 30 minutes. The AKN commuter trains call at the station only during the rush hours.
Passengers can change to several bus lines in front of the station. There is also a taxicab stand. A small shop is in the entrance of the station building.
See also
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
References
External links
Hamburg S-Bahn stations in Hamburg
Railway stations in Hamburg
Buildings and structures in Altona, Hamburg
Hamburg Holstenstra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Magazine | Sony Magazine is a quarterly magazine published by Haymarket Network on behalf of Sony Corporation UK, with articles on film, music, games, television, sound, vision, gadgets, and adventure. It was founded in 2007 by Tim Southwell, the former co-founder of Loaded.
References
External links
Sony
Magazines established in 2008
Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Science and technology magazines published in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM1 | SAM1, or "Semiempirical ab initio Model 1", is a semiempirical quantum chemistry method for computing molecular properties. It is an implementation the general Neglect of Differential Diatomic Overlap (NDDO) integral approximation, and is efficient and accurate. Related methods are AM1, PM3 and the older MNDO.
SAM1 was developed by M.J.S. Dewar and co-workers at the University of Texas and the University of Florida. Papers describing the implementation of the method and its results were published in 1993 and 1994. The method is implemented in the AMPAC program produced by Semichem
SAM1 builds on the success of the Dewar-style semiempirical models by adding two new aspects to the AM1/PM3 formalism:
Two-electron repulsion integrals (TERIs) are computed from a minimal basis set of contracted Gaussian functions, as opposed to the previously used multipole expansion. Note that the NDDO approximation is still in effect, and that only a few of the possible TERIs are explicitly computed. The values of the explicit TERIs are scaled using empirically-derived functions to obtain experimentally relevant results.
One-center two-electron repulsion integrals (OCTEs) are derived initially to reproduce atomic properties. These values are then fixed and carried forward as further elemental parameterization proceeds.
The performance of SAM1 for C, H, O, N, F, Cl, Br, and I was claimed to be superior to other semiempirical methods. Especially noteworthy were the smaller systematic errors for heats for formation.
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See also
Semi-empirical quantum chemistry method
NDDO
References
Semiempirical quantum chemistry methods |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20route%20E87 | European route E 87 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is an important north–south road on the coast of Black Sea, running from Odesa (Ukraine), Tulcea (Romania), Constanţa (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria), Burgas (Bulgaria), Çanakkale (Turkey), İzmir (Turkey) to Antalya (Turkey).
Route
: Odesa () - Mayaky
: Palanca
: Udobne - Izmail - Reni
: Giurgiulești ()
: Galaţi - Brăila ()
: Brăila () - Măcin - Isaccea - Tulcea - Babadag - Tariverde - Ovidiu ()
: Ovidiu () - Constanţa ( )
: Constanţa - Eforie Nord () - Eforie Sud - Mangalia
: Shabla - Kavarna - Balchik - Varna ()
: Varna - Priseltsi
: Priseltsi - Byala - Obzor - Nesebar - Pomorie - Burgas () - Marinka - Zvezdec - Malko Tarnovo
: Dereköy - Kırklareli - Babaeski ()
: Babaeski - Havsa
: Havsa - Uzunköprü - Keşan (, Start of Concurrency with ) - Gelibolu (End of Concurrency with ) - Eceabat
: Eceabat - Çanakkale
: Çanakkale - Ayvalık - Menemen
: Menemen - İzmir ()
: İzmir - Selçuk - Aydın
: Aydın - Denizli
: Denizli - Acıpayam - Söğüt
: Söğüt - Korkuteli - Antalya
References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
http://www.elbruz.org/eroads/E87.htm
E87 on OpenStreetMap
87
European routes in Ukraine
E087
E087
E087 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast%20Walsh%E2%80%93Hadamard%20transform | In computational mathematics, the Hadamard ordered fast Walsh–Hadamard transform (FWHTh) is an efficient algorithm to compute the Walsh–Hadamard transform (WHT). A naive implementation of the WHT of order would have a computational complexity of O(). The FWHTh requires only additions or subtractions.
The FWHTh is a divide-and-conquer algorithm that recursively breaks down a WHT of size into two smaller WHTs of size . This implementation follows the recursive definition of the Hadamard matrix :
The normalization factors for each stage may be grouped together or even omitted.
The sequency-ordered, also known as Walsh-ordered, fast Walsh–Hadamard transform, FWHTw, is obtained by computing the FWHTh as above, and then rearranging the outputs.
A simple fast nonrecursive implementation of the Walsh–Hadamard transform follows from decomposition of the Hadamard transform matrix as , where A is m-th root of .
Python example code
def fwht(a) -> None:
"""In-place Fast Walsh–Hadamard Transform of array a."""
h = 1
while h < len(a):
# perform FWHT
for i in range(0, len(a), h * 2):
for j in range(i, i + h):
x = a[j]
y = a[j + h]
a[j] = x + y
a[j + h] = x - y
# normalize and increment
a /= 2
h *= 2
See also
Fast Fourier transform
References
External links
Charles Constantine Gumas, A century old, the fast Hadamard transform proves useful in digital communications
Digital signal processing
Articles with example Python (programming language) code |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20real-time%20operating%20systems | This is a list of real-time operating systems (RTOSs). This is an operating system in which the time taken to process an input stimulus is less than the time lapsed until the next input stimulus of the same type.
References
External links
Embedded operating systems
Real-time operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetrics | Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team () was a Canadian UCI Continental cycling team, active until 2008, focusing on road bicycle racing and title sponsored by Symmetrics, a Canadian-based computer software company. The team is owned by brothers Kevin and Mark Cunningham with assistance from directeur sportif Kevin Field. The Cunninghams are entrepreneurs, owners of multiple businesses and lead sponsors of the team with their respective companies Westlam and Symmetrics. The team won the 2007 UCI America Tour teams classification, while team member Svein Tuft won the UCI America Tour Individual Classification.
2008 roster
As of June 20, 2008.
Major wins
2008
Pan American Road and Track Championships (Montevideo, Uruguay)
1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track Championships, Individual Time Trial (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track Championships, Madison (Zach Bell, Svein Tuftt)
1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track Championships, Points Race (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2008 Pan American Road and Track Championships, Individual Pursuit (Svein Tuft)
Canadian national championships
1st, Canadian Championships - Elite Road Race (Christian Meier)
1st, Canadian Championships - Time Trial (Svein Tuft)
1st, Individual Pursuit - Track Championships (Svein Tuft)
1st, Points Race - Track Championships (Zach Bell)
Other Major 2008 Results
1st, Prologue Mad River Glen Green Mountain Stage Race (Andrew Randell)
1st, Stage 4 Tour de la Guadeloupe (Cameron Evans)
1st, in Stages 1 and 2 Tour de White Rock (Andrew Pinfold)
1st, Giro di Burnaby (Andrew Pinfold)
1st, Tour of Gastown (Andrew Pinfold)
1st, Overall GC Tour de Delta (Zach Bell)
1st, in stages 1,2 and 3 Tour de Delta (Svein Tuft, Cameron Evans, Andrew Pinfold)
1st, Elkhorn Stage Race (Will Routley)
1st, Stage 4 Tour de Nez (Eric Wohlberg)
1st, Premier etape Mardis Cycliste de Lachine, Montreal Canada (Zach Bell)
1st, 2008 Tour de Beauce Overall, Canada (Svein Tuft)
1st, stage 4A Tour de Beauce, St. Georges Canada (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2008 Westside Classic Road Race, Vancouver Canada (Cameron Evans)
1st, St. Lawrence Market Criterium, Toronto Canada (Andrew Pinfold)
1st, 2008 MERCO Classic Road Race, California (Eric Wohlberg)
1st, 2008 San Dimas Stage Race, California (Cameron Evans)
1st, stage 5 2008 Mount Hood Classic Stage Race (Andrew Pinfold)
2007
1st, 2007 UCI America Tour, Individual (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2007 UCI America Tour, Team
1st, 2007 US Open, Richmond Virginia (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2007 Vuelta a Cuba (Svein Tuft)
1st, 2007 Canadian Championships, Road Race (Cameron Evans)
1st, 2007 Canadian Championships, Espoir Road Race (Christian Meier)
References
External links
Cycling teams based in Canada
Defunct cycling teams based in Canada
Cycling teams established in 2005
Cycling teams disestablished in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viridus | Viridus is a Massachusetts-based online professional network startup. It was founded in 2007 in Arlington, Massachusetts by Furqan Nazeeri, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Softbank Capital and Michael DiPietro, a former VP at an environmental, health and safety software company.
In April 2008, the company announced the beginning of a private beta.
Viridus is an irregular form of the Latin 'viridis' meaning "green" and from that 'young, energetic'. It is pronounced veer-id-us.
Services
Viridus is a private, members-only network of business professionals who have responsibility for the sustainability of their organization. Services offered by Viridus include:
Forums
Company and member directory
Document exchange
Event calendar
Green business news aggregation
Corporate and Environmental Sustainability
Bottom line corporate issues, such as water abatement and energy savings, are now intertwined with the world's most pressing environmental concerns, and corporations are increasingly recognizing the urgency of demonstrably and dramatically reducing their negative impact on the climate.
Corporate citizens now require access to a knowledge base of timely, relevant and practical information, tips and resources that help them solve their corporate and environmental sustainability issues.
Viridus believes that dialog and active collaboration amongst corporate citizens and stakeholders will be key to developing the necessary tools and knowledge base that help corporations solve their daily sustainability issues.
Viridus provides an online platform, together with tips and tools, for every corporate citizen to connect and collaborate in developing pathways towards a sustainable future.
The Viridus tagline is "everyone has a green collar job", meaning that everyone has an opportunity (and responsibility) to be environmentally responsible at work.
External links
Viridus Website
References
Viridus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11/5 | 11/5 was an American hip hop group from the Hunters Point section of San Francisco, California whose members were Maine-O, Hennessy and Taydatay, they were signed to Dogday Records, and were active from 1994 to 2001.
Biography
The Bay Area-based trio first appeared in 1994 on Primo's album Stickin' to the Script on the song "Killa". Shortly after, they would release their debut album, Fiendin' 4 tha Funk. The album sold little outside the Bay Area and only made it to #76 on the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The following year, they released a follow-up entitled A-1 Yola, which would fare much better on the charts, making it to #33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #22 on the Top Heatseekers. After A-1 Yola, two more albums were released, 1999's The Overdose and 2001's After the Drama, as well as two compilations, before disbanding in 2001.
Discography
Studio albums
Fiendin' 4 tha Funk (1995)
A-1 Yola (1996)
The Overdose (1999)
After the Drama (2001)
Collaboration albums
U Didn't Know?? with Cold World Hustlers, U.D.I. & Big Mack (2002)
Compilation albums
Bootlegs & G-Sides (1997)
Bootlegs & G-Sides, Vol. 2 (2000)
Grind & Post (2002)
Solo projects
Taydatay – Anticipaytion (1998)
Taydatay Presents – Bay 2 Sac (2001)
Taydatay & Black C – Prime Factorz (2002)
Taydatay – Out of Sight, On the Grind (2003)
Taydatay Presents – Urban Legendz (2003)
Taydatay Aka T-Gunna – Death of a Legend • New Life for a Boss (2008)
Taydatay & Big Mack – Access Granted (2013)
Musical groups from San Francisco
Hip hop groups from California
Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups disestablished in 2001
1994 establishments in California
Gangsta rap groups
Bloods
Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard%20matrix%20circuit | A keyboard matrix circuit is a design used in most electronic musical keyboards and computer keyboards in which the key switches are connected by a grid of wires, similar to a diode matrix. For example, 16 wires arranged in 8 rows and 8 columns can connect 64 keys—sufficient for a full five octaves of range (61 notes). By scanning these crossings, a keyboard controller can determine which keys are currently pressed.
Description
Without a matrix circuit, a 61-key keyboard for a digital piano or a computer keyboard might require 62 wires to connect (one for each key, and a ground)—an awkwardly thick bundle of wiring. With a matrix circuit, any of 61 keys can be determined with only 16 wires. This is drawn schematically as a matrix of 8 columns and 8 rows of wires, with a switch at every intersection. The keyboard controller scans the columns. If a key has been pressed, the controller scans the rows, determines the row-column combination at which a key has been pressed, and generates the code corresponding to that key. This process occurs so quickly that the user is unaware of any delay.
There are at least two limitations with this system. The first is that it provides only a crude binary on/off signal for each key. Better electronic musical keyboards employ two sets of switches for each key that are slightly offset. By determining the timing between the activation of the first and second switches, the velocity of a key press can be determined—greatly improving the performance dynamic of a keyboard.
The second is that instruments with a matrix circuit can only play in a monophonic fashion without the addition of a diode for each key crossing. The diode prevents unwanted notes ("phantom keys") from being triggered, or intended notes from being masked ("phantom key blocking").
Monophonic instruments and most low-cost computer keyboards reduce costs by leaving out most or all of those diodes. To avoid "phantom keys", the keyboard controller in modern low-cost computer keyboards will ignore further key presses once two keys (other than modifier keys) have been pressed, which is known as key jamming or ghosting.
In addition to musical keyboards and regular computer keyboards, the matrix circuit approach is also used in keypads (such as for calculators) and pinball machines.
Often in pocket calculators the multiplexed digit drive lines would be used to scan the keyboard as well, providing further savings.
See also
Charlieplexing
Crossbar switch
Diode matrix
Polyphony (instrument)
References
Synthesizer electronics
Computer keyboards
Switches |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTJC | For the low-power FM radio station in Charlotte Amille, Virgin Islands, see WTJC-LP.
For the former shortwave radio station, see Fundamental Broadcasting Network. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander%20%28disambiguation%29 | Commander is a military rank.
Commander may also refer to:
Leader, a leader of people
Computers and games
Commander (computing), a file manager primarily with a list/detail view
BCT Commander, a 2002 computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games
Commander: Europe at War, a 2007 computer wargame by Slitherine Software
Magic: The Gathering Commander, a gameplay format in Magic: the Gathering
Important units in Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander
Military
United States
Commander (United States), a military rank that is also sometimes used as a military billet title
Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam, a command of the United States Navy, active from 1 April 1966 to 29 March 1973
Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific, a United States Navy admiral, who leads the Naval Surface Force, United States Pacific Fleet
Commander, Navy Installations Command, an Echelon II shore command responsible for all shore installations under the control of the United States Navy
Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, one of eleven current naval regions responsible to Commander, Navy Installations Command
Commander, Strike Force Training Pacific, part of the U.S. Third Fleet
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, the title of the Navy officer who commands the United States Pacific Fleet
Other military
Base commander, the officer assigned to command a military base
Commander (Canada), an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy
Commander (Merchant navy) or chief mate, head of the deck department of a merchant ship
Commander (Royal Navy), a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom
Commander Dante (born 1944), who became military leader of the New People's Army in the Philippines in October 1970 during the First Quarter Storm
Commanding officer, the officer in command of a military unit
Seti (commander), an ancient Egyptian soldier during the late 18th dynasty (14th century BCE)
Media
"Commander" (song), a 2010 song by Kelly Rowland
Commander (film), a 1981 Hindi-language action drama film
The Commander (TV series), crime drama series by Lynda La Plante
Commander (Star Trek), an officer in the TV series Star Trek
Natural sciences
Commander butterflies, the brush-footed butterfly genera Moduza
Commander, common name for the brush-footed butterfly Moduza procris
Transportation
Air Command Commander, an autogyro
Chris-Craft Commander, a motorboat
Studebaker Commander, an automobile
Jeep Commander, an automobile nameplate used for several Jeep models
Wright Commander, a bus bodywork for the DAF SB200 chassis from Wrightbus
Commander Air Charter (ICAO code CML), out of Canada
Commander Mexicana (ICAO code CRM), out of Mexico
Other
Commander, a large, heavy mallet used in timber framing, also called a beetle
Commander (dog) (born 2021), dog of U.S. President Joe Biden
Commander (knife), a recurve bladed folding knife made by Emerson Knives
Commander (order), a title of honor prevalent in chivalric |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Whitehead%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | E. James Whitehead is Professor and Chair of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United States. He served as the Chair of the Computer Science department University of California, Santa Cruz from 2010 to 2014. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1989, and a PhD in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 2000.
Previously, he performed hard, real-time firmware development as a software engineer for Raytheon, 1989–1992. From 1996 to 2004, Whitehead created and led the Internet Engineering Task Force working group on Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning, and is considered the "father" of the WebDAV protocol. He is author on over 50 peer-reviewed articles on software engineering and hypertext systems, and seven Internet standards (RFC) documents.
Whitehead led the creation of the BS Computer Science: Computer Game Design degree program at UC Santa Cruz, the first game oriented degree program within the University of California system. He is also working with the Expressive Intelligence Studio as an advisor. Jim is a professor of Computational Media, he works in research in the fields of software evolution, software bug prediction, and automated generation of computer game levels.
He is the president of the Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games, the organization that sponsors the Foundations of Digital Games conference series.
References
External links
Personal home Page
Living people
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
University of California, Irvine alumni
American computer scientists
University of California, Santa Cruz faculty
American software engineers
Software engineering researchers
Video game researchers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin%20classifier | In machine learning, a margin classifier is a classifier which is able to give an associated distance from the decision boundary for each example. For instance, if a linear classifier (e.g. perceptron or linear discriminant analysis) is used, the distance (typically euclidean distance, though others may be used) of an example from the separating hyperplane is the margin of that example.
The notion of margin is important in several machine learning classification algorithms, as it can be used to bound the generalization error of the classifier. These bounds are frequently shown using the VC dimension. Of particular prominence is the generalization error bound on boosting algorithms and support vector machines.
Support vector machine definition of margin
See support vector machines and maximum-margin hyperplane for details.
Margin for boosting algorithms
The margin for an iterative boosting algorithm given a set of examples with two classes can be defined as follows. The classifier is given an example pair where is a domain space and is the label of the example. The iterative boosting algorithm then selects a classifier at each iteration where is a space of possible classifiers that predict real values. This hypothesis is then weighted by as selected by the boosting algorithm. At iteration , the margin of an example can thus be defined as
By this definition, the margin is positive if the example is labeled correctly and negative if the example is labeled incorrectly.
This definition may be modified and is not the only way to define margin for boosting algorithms. However, there are reasons why this definition may be appealing.
Examples of margin-based algorithms
Many classifiers can give an associated margin for each example. However, only some classifiers utilize information of the margin while learning from a data set.
Many boosting algorithms rely on the notion of a margin to give weights to examples. If a convex loss is utilized (as in AdaBoost, LogitBoost, and all members of the AnyBoost family of algorithms) then an example with higher margin will receive less (or equal) weight than an example with lower margin. This leads the boosting algorithm to focus weight on low margin examples. In nonconvex algorithms (e.g. BrownBoost), the margin still dictates the weighting of an example, though the weighting is non-monotone with respect to margin. There exists boosting algorithms that probably maximize the minimum margin (e.g. see ).
Support vector machines probably maximize the margin of the separating hyperplane. Support vector machines that are trained using noisy data (there exists no perfect separation of the data in the given space) maximize the soft margin. More discussion of this can be found in the support vector machine article.
The voted-perceptron algorithm is a margin maximizing algorithm based on an iterative application of the classic perceptron algorithm.
Generalization error bounds
One theoretical |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus%20Chess | Colossus Chess is a series of chess-playing computer programs developed by Martin Bryant, commercially released for various home computers in the 1980s.
History
Bryant started Colossus Chess in 1983, using his White Knight Mk 11 program, winner of the 1983 European Microcomputer Chess Championship, as a basis. It was developed on an Apple II, but was first commercially released for Commodore 64 as Colossus Chess 2.0 (CDS Micro Systems, 1984). A number of releases for 8-bit microcomputers followed. Version 3.0 was released in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit family of computers (published by English Software), followed by 4.0 in 1985 which was released on most formats of the day (published by CDS). As other games of the time, the Acorn Electron implementation required that part of the screen memory be used as working space.
Colossus Chess featured time-controlled play with game clocks, an opening book with 3,000 positions, and problem-solving mode that could solve normal mates, selfmates and helpmates. Pondering on opponent's time and a three-dimensional chessboard were introduced in Colossus Chess 4.0. All releases were written in the assembly language of the appropriate CPU; the ZX Spectrum version could examine an average of 170 positions per second.
Uncommon for microcomputer chess programs of the era, Colossus had a full implementation of the rules of chess, including underpromotion, the fifty-move rule, draw by repetition, and draw by insufficient material. Colossus was also able to execute all the basic checkmates, including the difficult bishop and knight checkmate.
Colossus Chess X
The program was subsequently ported to Atari ST (1988), Amiga (1989) and IBM PC (1990) under the title Colossus Chess X. The new releases featured four chess sets and enhanced graphics developed with the assistance of Gary Thomlinson and Carl Cropley. The opening book was extended to 11,000 positions, and the program had the ability to learn from past playing experiences.
UCI version
No work was done on Colossus Chess from 1991 to 2005, when Martin Bryant created a completely new and freely available Windows version conforming to the Universal Chess Interface. It was written in C#, then converted to C for speed, and was finally publicly released in 2006. , the latest version is 2008b.
Reception
Info gave Colossus Chess IV for the Commodore 64 three stars out of five, stating that it was less attractive but "a darn sight more playable" than Chessmaster 2000 with both keyboard and joystick controls. The magazine warned of the difficulty of remembering the "shifted keyboard control sequences" and said it was "badly in need of a quick-reference card".
References
External links
Colossus home page
Colossus Chess 4.0 product manual (C64)
1984 video games
1985 video games
1986 video games
1987 video games
1988 video games
1989 video games
1990 video games
Chess software
Amiga games
Amstrad CPC games
Amstrad PCW games
Apple II games
Atari 8-bit family games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Multilateral%20Partnership%20Against%20Cyber%20Threats | The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) is the first United Nations-backed cybersecurity alliance. Since 2011, IMPACT serves as a key partner of the United Nations' (UN) specialised agency for ICTs – the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Being the first comprehensive public-private partnership against cyber threats, IMPACT serves as a politically neutral global platform that brings together governments of the world, industry and academia to enhance the global community's capabilities in dealing with cyber threats. With a total of 152 countries now formally part of the ITU-IMPACT coalition, and with strong support from industry giants, partners from academia and international organizations, IMPACT is the largest cybersecurity alliance of its kind.
Headquartered in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, IMPACT is the operational home of ITU's Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). IMPACT offers ITU's Member States with access to expertise, facilities and resources to effectively address cyber threats, as well as assisting United Nations agencies in protecting their ICT infrastructures.
The IMPACT initiative was first announced by the fifth prime minister of Malaysia during the closing ceremony of the 15th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2006, held in the Austin, Texas, United States.
Initially IMPACT was known as the 'International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism'. In 2008, following feedback from member governments and also from IMPACT's international advisory board (IAB) during IMPACT's official launch at the World Cyber Security Summit 2008 (WCSS), the words 'Cyber Terrorism' in IMPACT's name was changed to 'Cyber Threats' to reflect its wider cybersecurity role.
Facilities at the Global Headquarters
IMPACT's Global Headquarters was inaugurated on 20 May 2009. It was built on a 28,400 square metre site (seven-acre site) with a built-up area of over 5,400 square metres (58,000 square feet). Modelled after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, United States, IMPACT operates a Global Response Centre (GRC). As the nerve centre of IMPACT, the GRC is fully equipped with a crisis room, IT and communications facilities, a fully functional Security Operations Centre (SOC), well-equipped data centre, on-site broadcasting centre and a VIP viewing gallery. The GRC is involved in securing the objectives of ITU's Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) by placing the technical measures to combat newly evolved cyber threats.
The IMPACT Global Headquarters was officially declared open on 20 May 2009 by the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi, witnessed by the prime minister of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak and the secretary-general of the ITU, Hamadoun Touré and IMPACT's chairman, Datuk Mohd Noor Amin
Through the GRC, IMPACT provides the global community with network early warnings system (NEWS), expert locator, team management, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Bingham | Roger Bingham was a science educator, author and television host based in La Jolla, California. He was co-founder and director of the Science Network (TSN), a virtual forum dedicated to science and its impact on society. Bingham was also the creator of the Beyond Belief conferences.
Career
Bingham developed the Science and Society Unit at the Los Angeles PBS station, KCET. There, he wrote, produced and presented the Frontiers of the Mind series, which included "The Addicted Brain", "The Sexual Brain", "The Time of Our Lives", and "Inside Information", programs which have been broadcast in multiple countries and languages. Bingham also co-wrote and hosted the PBS television series The Human Quest (1996). Philip Hefner wrote in The Christian Century that "it provides a benchmark of the minimal scientific knowledge all informed persons should possess (...) Bingham and his PBS series represent the best and brightest of Western scientific intelligence today." The Human Quest episode The Nature Of Human Nature won a Writers Guild of America Award.
He co-authored the novel Wild Card (1974) and The Origin of Minds: Evolution, Uniqueness, and the New Science of the Self (Harmony, 2002).
From 1995 to 1996, Bingham was a visiting associate at Caltech in the laboratory of evolutionary neuroscientist, John Allman and a visiting fellow at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology, UC Santa Barbara (co-directed by John Tooby and Leda Cosmides). Bingham and Peggy La Cerra presented an alternative to the model of evolutionary psychology, first in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, then in The Origin of Minds: Evolution, Uniqueness, and the New Science of the Self. This model was based on the concept of adaptive representational networks (ARN). According to this theory, these networks encode the history of an individual's behavioural successes and failures in relationship to the energy costs of any particular behaviour. Hence, memory becomes an accounting mechanism for computing the energy costs of behaviour. La Cerra and Bingham called this model "Theoretical Evolutionary Neuroscience".
After the publication of The Origin of Minds, Bingham turned his attention to developing a platform for science education and communication. In 2003, with Terry Sejnowski, he initiated the project that became known as the Science Network. The launch of The Science Network was a landmark Symposium and Town Hall meeting, Stem cells: science, ethics and politics at the crossroads, held at the Salk Institute in 2004. Roger Bingham served as the director of the Science Network.
Bingham was an affiliate of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Institute for Neural Computationat UC San Diego. Bingham was also a member of the Director's Council, UC San Diego Center for Brain Activity Mapping (C-BAM) and an Executive Committee member of the UCSD Temporal Dynamics of Learni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hektor%20%28disambiguation%29 | Hektor is a Trojan prince in Greek mythology.
Hektor may also refer to:
624 Hektor, the largest of the Jovian Trojan asteroids
Hektor (lens), a photographic lens design
HECToR, Cray supercomputer located in Britain
Hektor Martin, fictional character
See also
Hector (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiE | The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a non-profit organization with a mission to foster entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, funding and incubation. With a focus of giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on generating and nurturing the next generation of Entrepreneurs. By 2000, TiE-inspired startups had helped create new businesses worth more than US$50 billion in market capitalization, a number that is likely over US$100 billion by 2022.
History
TiE as an idea emerged from a chance meeting at the Santa Clara Marriott in December, 1992, that was being hosted by a group of Indo-American entrepreneurs and executives for a visit by an Indian Government official. A group of seven individuals, led by Ambrish "A.J." Patel (who had proposed the idea of getting together regularly to network and support entrepreneurship), Narpat Bhandari, Kailash Joshi, Roy Prasad, Sam Sathya, Bipin Shah, and Ray Vrudhula formed an ad hoc committee to develop the idea of TiE and create an organization, which they did. Two years later, in December 1994, TiE was established as a formal, not-for-profit organization to foster entrepreneurship and networking. A group of 17 Charter Members formed the foundation of the organization, with Suhas Patil, ex-MIT professor and founder of Cirrus Logic as President, and Kanwal Rekhi, ex-Novell EVP and angel investor, who would be named President Elect. What was all of TiE back then continues to operate as TiE Silicon Valley now, one of some 60 chapters around the world today, with a virtual umbrella entity named TiE Global that oversees all the chapters.
Organization
Since starting as a single organization called TiE in Silicon Valley, TiE has expanded to 60 chapters in 17 countries, with each chapter identified by the name TiE and the location of the chapter. The chapters are autonomous entities, modeled after the original TiE Silicon Valley chapter, and all the chapters are governed by TiE Global. Each chapter has its own charter members comprising veteran entrepreneurs and executives, and members who are typically aspiring entrepreneurs.
TiECon
In 1994, TiE organized a 2-day entrepreneurs seminar and workshop in San Jose, California. This event was a brainchild of Suhas Patil, and it was a huge success, attended by 500 aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture capital investors, faculty members from Stanford and Berkeley, and representatives of other organizations that service startup companies, such as accounting firms and law firms. This event put TiE on the map in Silicon Valley and TiE instantly became recognized by sponsors as a unique organization that deserved to be supported. The 1995 version of it was named TiEcon by Charter Member Parveen Gupta. Since then, TiEcon has been the flagship TiE event. Several other TiE chapters have often used the TiEcon name for local conferences and workshops on a smaller scale. The main TiEcon is the one that typically happens during the month of May i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20works%20in%20the%20Louvre | The following is a very incomplete list of notable works in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. For a list of works based on 5,500 paintings catalogued in the Joconde database, see the Catalog of paintings in the Louvre Museum.
See also
:Category:Collections of the Louvre
Lists of works of art |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeRTOS | BeRTOS is a real-time operating system designed for embedded systems.
It is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2) or later, with a special exception granting proprietary applications the right to keep their source code closed while keeping the base BeRTOS code open.
It has a very modular design, that allows running it on different architectures, ranging from tiny 8-bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR microcontrollers up to the 32-bit ARM architecture, and on hosted environments such as Linux and Microsoft Windows. BeRTOS is written in ANSI C, and supported by popular embedded Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and successor Transport Layer Security (TLS) libraries such as wolfSSL.
BeRTOS preemptive multitasking kernel implements many inter-process communication (IPC) primitives, including: signals, semaphores, and messages.
In addition to the kernel, BeRTOS provides a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that includes many peripheral device drivers (timer, serial, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), motors, liquid-crystal display (LCD), NTC sensors, keyboard, buzzer, memories), algorithms (hash table, cyclic redundancy check (CRC), MD2, entropy pool, run-length encoding (RLE)), communication protocols, and a graphic windowing subsystem for small display devices.
References
External links
Real-time operating systems
Embedded operating systems
Free software operating systems
ARM operating systems
Microkernel-based operating systems
Microkernels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDS%20Global | CDS Global, Inc. is a multinational corporation based in Des Moines, Iowa, that provides business process outsourcing and customer data management to various industries worldwide.
They handle 710 million consumer sales promotions, 65 million customer service interactions and 1 billion transactions annually, including 180 million payments totalling $7.1 billion, through 16 facilities in the U.S., and the U.K.
CDS Global is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation and is the largest magazine fulfillment house in North America.
History
In 1971, Look magazine built a computer system that, for the first time, stored the names and addresses of their customers on magnetic tape.
Two months later, when Look ceased publication, six employees took this new fulfillment service to Edward Downe, Jr., publisher of Ladies Home Journal and The American Home. He agreed to be their first client, and owner, opening Downe Computer Services April 1, 1972, with 172 employees.
In 1977, the Charter Company in Jacksonville, Florida, bought out Downe Communications’ stock and renamed the company Charter Data Services (CDS).
Hearst Corporation acquired two Charter Company properties in 1982, Redbook and CDS, which they rechristened Communications Data Services and then, in 2007, CDS Global.
The number of magazine titles served increased as CDS Global acquired other fulfillment companies, including Tower Publishing and Optima in the U.K. and INDAS in Canada. Electronic payment capabilities were expanded when CDS Global acquired PayDQ in 2011.
Divisions
CDS Global supports 1,141 brands with marketing, order management, order fulfillment, payment processing and document presentment services.
Media
CDS Global is the largest magazine fulfillment service provider, managing more than 1,000 print and digital magazine titles.
Non-profit
CDS Global provides donations processing, donor acknowledgements, marketing services and customer service to non-profits.
Higher education
CDS Global provides gift processing, donor/alumni acknowledgements, fulfillment services and customer service to higher education institutions.
Consumer products
CDS Global provides ecommerce and web store solutions, including cross-selling and conversion marketing.
Utilities
Public utilities use CDS Global’s electronic billing and payment services, with additional support for customer service, resource management, cash flow and regulatory compliance.
Services
Customer service
Customer care agents deliver mail, online, email, chat and phone support, for billing, sales and level-one technical issues.
Data
CDS Global manages 159 million customer files for nearly 60 percent of the publishing industry and advises businesses on transactional, communication and service best practices.
Ecommerce
Client-branded web stores are supported by order management, payment processing, warehousing, fulfillment, distribution and customer service.
Mailing
Services include printing, personalization and pr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20resolvable%20contrast | Minimum resolvable contrast (MRC) is a subjective measure of a visible spectrum sensor’s or camera's sensitivity and ability to resolve data. A snapshot image of a series of three bar targets of selected spatial frequencies and various contrast coatings captured by the unit under test (UUT) is used to determine the MRC of the UUT, i.e. the visible spectrum camera or sensor. A trained observer selects the smallest target resolvable at each contrast level. Typically, specialized computer software collects the inputted data of the observer and provides a graph of contrast v.s. spatial frequency at a given luminance level. A first order polynomial is fitted to the data and an MRC curve of spatial frequency versus contrast is generated.
See also
Distortion
Image resolution
Integrating sphere
Minimum resolvable temperature difference
Optical resolution
Signal-to-noise ratio
References
External links
Electro-Optical Industries Educational References
Image processing
Image sensors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Hendrik%20Wade%20Bode%20patents | This is a complete list of the twenty five patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office to Hendrik Wade Bode for his inventions. The broad areas of his patents include transmission networks, transformer systems, electric wave amplification, broadband amplifiers and artillery computing.
References
Bode, Hendrik Wade
United States science-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Entine | Jon Entine (born April 30, 1952) is an American science journalist. After working as a network news writer and producer for NBC News and ABC News, Entine moved into print journalism. Entine has written seven books and is a contributing columnist to newspapers and magazines. He is the founder and executive director of the science advocacy group the Genetic Literacy Project, and a former visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the founder of the consulting company ESG Mediametrics.
Background
Entine was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into an Ashkenazi Jewish family from eastern Europe and was raised in Reform Judaism. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1974 with a B.A. in philosophy.
Television
In high school, Entine worked as a weekend copyboy for the CBS owned-and-operated TV station then known as WCAU. In 1975, Entine was hired to write for the ABC News program AM America, which was renamed Good Morning America the following year. Entine worked for ABC News as a writer, assignment desk editor, and producer in New York City and Chicago from 1975 to 1983 for programs including the ABC Evening News, 20/20 and Nightline. He took a leave of absence from ABC News in 1981–1982 to study at the University of Michigan under a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in journalism.
Entine joined NBC News in New York in 1984 as a special segment producer for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, where he worked until 1990. In 1989, Entine and Brokaw collaborated to write and produce Black Athletes: Fact and Fiction, which was named Best International Sports Film of 1989. From 1989 to 1990, Entine served as executive in charge of documentaries at NBC News. He rejoined ABC News in 1991 as an investigative producer for Primetime. In 1993 Entine produced a story with reporter Sam Donaldson on eye surgery clinics that led to a lawsuit against ABC News, Entine, and Donaldson. The suit was dismissed by a federal appeals court, which concluded: "The only scheme here was a scheme to expose publicly any bad practices that the investigative team discovered, which is nothing fraudulent." In 1994, Entine produced a prime time special on the Miss America Pageant, "Miss America: Beyond the Crown" for NBC Entertainment.
Body Shop controversy
In September 1994, Entine wrote an investigative article titled "Shattered Image: Is The Body Shop Too Good to Be True?" The article caused an international controversy and led to articles in The New York Times and a report on ABC World News Tonight. The Body Shop, the British-based international cosmetics company, which until that point had been considered a model "socially responsible" company, tried to block the story from being published. Following the controversy, The Body Shop's stock suffered a temporary 50% drop in market value. The case has become the subject of business and management ethics studies.
Genetic Literacy Project
Entine is the executive director |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Planets%20%28video%20game%29 | Battle of the Planets is a video game based on the television series Battle of the Planets.
Release
The game was published in 1986 by Mikro-Gen for various home computer systems, including the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Reception
Amstrad Computer User praised the game, calling it "a good enjoyable blast with some amazingly smooth and fast graphics, and enough plot to keep you occupied but not snowed under with complexity".
Amstrad Action complimented the "stunning vector graphics" but bemoaned the "pitiful lack of helpful instructions", while deriding it for having "very little relevance to its origin" and being "basically just a shoot-em-up".
Amtix rated the game at 77% and called it "quite a good game" overall.
Computer and Video Games described it as "a mixture of Elite and 3D Tank Battle".
Reviews
Jeux & Stratégie #39 (June 1986)
Aktueller Software Markt
Jeux & Stratégie HS #3
References
External links
1986 video games
Amstrad CPC games
Commodore 64 games
Gatchaman
Mikro-Gen games
Single-player video games
Video games about ninja
Video games based on anime and manga
Video games based on television series
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
ZX Spectrum games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axia%20NetMedia | Axia NetMedia designs and operates the wholesale component of several "Open Access" fibre based internet and data networks. Axia operates the Alberta SuperNet and is half owner of Covage networks, developing high speed networks in France. It as also been awarded the tender for the Singapore fibre network as part of the OpenNet consortium with Singapore Telecom, and has placed a bond to allow it to submit a proposal for Australia's National Broadband Network.
Axia had a market cap of just under $160M in October 2014.
Alberta SuperNet, Canada
Axia was a member of the public-private partnership that constructed Alberta SuperNet—a provincial layer 3 network that connects public facilities and rural communities across Alberta. The network's wholesale sales were managed by Axia, while it was built by Bell Canada and owned by the Alberta government.
On June 29, 2018, Service Alberta announced that it had declined to renew its contract with Axia, and that it had reached a multi-year deal with Bell to assume operations of SuperNet. Bell Canada subsequently announced the following Monday that it had agreed to acquire Axia's Alberta assets.
France - Covage joint venture
Covage is a French joint venture between Axia NetMedia and Cube Infrastructure Fund (a €1.1 million Private Equity fund), with direct involvement in 40 regional networks in France and a national backbone (over 9,000 km of fiber deployed). Covage is the leading neutral and independent player in the optic fiber concession business in France.
Singapore - SingTel joint venture in OpenNet
The OpenNet consortium (consisting of Axia NetMedia (30%), Singapore Telecommunications/SingTel (30%), Singapore Press Holdings (25%) and Singapore Power Telemedia (15%)) were awarded Singapore's National Broadband Network passive network tender on September 26, 2008. OpenNet will directly own the fibre links of the proposal, which will reach 60% of the population by 2010 and 95% by 2012, and OpenNet will assume universal service obligations after 2013.
Their proposal creates an open access network with 4 distinct layers of ownership, to separate competitive interests from monopoly aspects of the network. SingTel (the national incumbent) will transfer existing ducts, manholes and exchanges to be used for the NBN into an independent asset company by mid-2011 and sell down its stake in that entity by 2014. The fibre will belong to OpenNet. The electronics will be offered to "operating companies" (Opco licensees) who will operate the electronics—Layers 2 and 3— of the network - and the operating companies will resell to retail providers.
Australia - National Broadband Network
Axia NetMedia submitted a bid to build Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN). The NBN request for proposal involved the design and operation of an open access nationwide network delivering speeds of 12Mbit/s or higher to 98% of Australia's population. The RFP was terminated by the Australian government on April 7, 2009.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SamSam | SamSam is a children's computer-animated superhero television series based on a character created by Serge Bloch and directed by Tanguy de Kermel in association with Bayard Presse. His son inspired him to base the program's eponymous character on him. The series has generally received positive reviews due to its great concept, animation, theme tune, tone, life lessons, quotes, and the main character himself.
As well as being a HD program, SamSam is also a comic that is printed in many of Bayard Presse's magazines such as Pomme D'Api (French) and StoryBox (English).
The series is produced using Autodesk 3ds Max 3D software.
Synopsis
The main character, SamSam, is considered the smallest superhero. He does not know properly how to use his powers. He flies his SamSaucer into space to deal with BeastlyBeard and his crew or King Marthial the 1st. He receives assistance from SamTeddy, SamMummy, SamDaddy, SweetPea, SuperJulie, and Megalactic. Even MuckyYuck sometimes.
Broadcast and viewership
SamSam has been shown on TV in many countries around the world and in many different languages, including English, French, Cantonese, Arabic, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese.
In the United Kingdom, SamSam was shown on Action Stations! (ITV4 and CITV) at 6am, on weekends in the Wakey! Wakey! and is now also being shown on Pop and Tiny Pop. It is also on ABC in Australia, on France 5 in Zouzous in France, and TV Tokyo at Japan, as well as being shown in Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia, Iceland, Portugal, Poland, the UAE and Israel.
It has also been shown as in-flight entertainment on Air France.
SamSam has been viewed by a cumulative audience of 250 million worldwide. It has a strong European audience: – It airs on France 5 in Ludo, Gulli and Canal J, with a 32% viewing share among 4-10 year-olds. It has aired in the UK on ITV4, Citv, Pop and Tiny Pop and has been the 2nd best performing program at weekday breakfast on GMTV, the 2nd top commercial channel for kids programming, across all time in UK. In Italy, SamSam airs on Rai 2 and Boomerang with a market share of 36.6% among 4-14 year-olds. SamSam airs in Spain on Boomerang, Cartoon Network and TV3 with a viewing share of 34%, more than the channel's average.
In Norway, it was the most watched early morning programme among 2-5-year-olds, holding a 48.5% market share. In Denmark, SamSam airs on TV 2, holding a market share of 48.8%, more than twice the other youth programmes' market share in this block.
The English-language version of the theme song was written by Todd Michael Schultz and produced by Stephen Marston.
Crew
Director
Tanguy de Kermel
Writers
Alexandre Réverend (Series 1)
Didier Lejeune (Series 2)
Art direction
Eric Guillon
Music
Ange Ginozzi
Bruno Bartoli
SamSam through the years
SamSam has appeared in many forms of media, debuting in comics strips |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature-oriented%20programming | In computer programming, feature-oriented programming (FOP) or feature-oriented software development (FOSD) is a programming paradigm for program generation in software product lines (SPLs) and for incremental development of programs.
History
FOSD arose out of layer-based designs and levels of abstraction in network protocols and extensible database systems in the late-1980s. A program was a stack of layers. Each layer added functionality to previously composed layers and different compositions of layers produced different programs. Not surprisingly, there was a need for a compact language to express such designs. Elementary algebra fit the bill: each layer was a function (a program transformation) that added new code to an existing program to produce a new program, and a program's design was modeled by an expression, i.e., a composition of transformations (layers). The figure to the left illustrates the stacking of layers i, j, and h (where h is on the bottom and i is on the top). The algebraic notations i(j(h)), i•j•h, and i+j+h have been used to express these designs.
Over time, layers were equated to features, where a feature is an increment in program functionality. The paradigm for program design and generation was recognized to be an outgrowth of relational query optimization, where query evaluation programs were defined as relational algebra expressions, and query optimization was expression optimization. A software product line is a family of programs where each program is defined by a unique composition of features. FOSD has since evolved into the study of feature modularity, tools, analyses, and design techniques to support feature-based program generation.
The second generation of FOSD research was on feature interactions, which originated in telecommunications. Later, the term feature-oriented programming was coined; this work exposed interactions between layers. Interactions require features to be adapted when composed with other features.
A third generation of research focussed on the fact that every program has multiple representations (e.g., source, makefiles, documentation, etc.) and adding a feature to a program should elaborate each of its representations so that all are consistent. Additionally, some of representations could be generated (or derived) from others. In the sections below, the mathematics of the three most recent generations of FOSD, namely GenVoca, AHEAD, and FOMDD are described, and links to product lines that have been developed using FOSD tools are provided. Also, four additional results that apply to all generations of FOSD are: FOSD metamodels, FOSD program cubes, and FOSD feature interactions.
GenVoca
GenVoca (a portmanteau of the names Genesis and Avoca) is a compositional paradigm for defining programs of product lines. Base programs are 0-ary functions or transformations called values:
f -- base program with feature f
h -- base program with feature h
and features are unar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU%20shielding | CPU shielding is a practice where on a multiprocessor system or on a CPU with multiple cores, real-time tasks can run on one CPU or core while non-real-time tasks run on another.
The operating system must be able to set a CPU affinity for both processes and interrupts.
Kernel space
In Linux in order to shield CPUs from individual interrupts being serviced on them you have to make sure that the following kernel configuration parameter is set:
CONFIG_IRQBALANCE
See also
Multi-core
Multiprocessing
Processor affinity
Real-time computing
External links
Shielded CPUs: Real-Time Performance in Standard Linux
Operating system technology
Real-time computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfsprogs | Ntfsprogs was a collection of free Unix utilities for managing the NTFS file system used by the Windows NT operating system (since version 3.1) on a hard disk partition. 'ntfsprogs' was the first stable method of writing to NTFS partitions in Linux.
All NTFS versions were supported, as used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. ntfsprogs was a popular way of interacting with NTFS partitions and was included by most Linux distributions and on Live CDs. There are also versions that have been compiled for Windows.
On April 12, 2011 Tuxera announced that Ntfsprogs project was merged into NTFS-3G.
See also
e2fsprogs
reiserfsprogs
Tuxera
References
External links
Free storage software
Free software programmed in C
Unix file system-related software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasneem%20Essop | Tasneem Essop, is currently (2009) the Executive Director of Climate Action Network, the largest global network of over 1,300 civil society organisations, in over 120 countries, fighting the climate crisis. Essop served as a former Provincial Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development in the Western Cape and was responsible for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) and the Department of Economic Development, as well as the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency, Wesgro and the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board, CapeNature.
Essop was employed by World Wide Fund for Nature in South Africa as International Climate Policy Advocate. Essop focuses on WWF’s Global Climate Deal Network Initiative. The aim of the Initiative is to secure a binding multilateral agreement, by the end of 2009 that sets the world on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050
Early career
Prior to 1994 she was an anti-Apartheid activist involved in youth, union and gender organisations. An educator by profession, she started her career in 1985, teaching English, History and Guidance at Glendale Senior Secondary in Mitchell’s Plain, Western Cape.
Even though her teaching career was relatively brief, she left the secondary school in 1988. Essop worked as an Education Officer for the British Council for two years before taking up a post as Education and Media Officer at the South African Municipal Workers Union. She went on to become Cosatu’s Regional Education Officer a position which she held from 1992 to 1994.
After the first democratic elections in 1994 she became an ANC Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) where she served as the ANC’s Western Cape Spokesperson on Finance & Public Accounts.
During this period in opposition, Essop became the Chairperson of the Provincial Standing Committee on Finance (SCOPA) which exercised financial oversight over the Executive and went on to become a Founding Member and Chairperson of the national Association of Public Accounts Committees (APAC) in South Africa.
Climate advocacy
In 2001 she was appointed as Western Cape Provincial Minister of Transport, Public Works & Property Management. In May 2004, she was appointed as Provincial Minister of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.
In this portfolio she has been a staunch promoter of sustainable development and has piloted a number of new policies for the province, such as the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF), a Climate Change Response Strategy, a Sustainable Energy Strategy (SES) and Guidelines for Golf Estates, Polo Fields and Polo Estates.
She has also lectured on a number of international stages on matters such as the impacts of climate change, protecting the Cape’s unique biodiversity and, more recently, has become recognised as a renewable energy champion.
She was invited as a guest speaker to the Latin America and Caribbean Conference on Clima |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaerephon%20%28bat%29 | Chaerephon (known as Chaerephon bats or lesser mastiff bats) is a genus of Old World free-tailed bats in the family Molossidae. Molecular sequence data indicates that Chaerephon, Mops and Tadarida are not monophyletic taxa. The closest relatives of Chaerephon jobimena of Madagascar are Tadarida aegyptiaca of Africa and southwest Asia, and Tadarida brasiliensis of the Americas, which form a clade believed to be about 9.8 million years old. However, the grouping of Chaerephon minus C. jobimena plus Mops was found to be monophyletic.
Species within this genus are:
Chaerephon atsinanana
Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae
Ansorge's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon ansorgei
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat, Chaerephon bemmeleni
Spotted free-tailed bat, Chaerephon bivittatus
Fijian mastiff bat, Chaerephon bregullae
Chapin's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon chapini
Gallagher's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon gallagheri
Northern freetail bat, Chaerephon jobensis
Black and red free-tailed bat, Chaerephon jobimena
Northern free-tailed bat, Chaerephon johorensis
Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon leucogaster
Lappet-eared free-tailed bat, Chaerephon major
Nigerian free-tailed bat, Chaerephon nigeriae
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, Chaerephon plicatus
Little free-tailed bat, Chaerephon pumilus
Chaerephon pusillus
Russet free-tailed bat, Chaerephon russatus
Solomons mastiff bat, Chaerephon solomonis
São Tomé free-tailed bat, Chaerephon tomensis
References
Molossidae
Bat genera
Taxa named by George Edward Dobson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC%20News%3A%20The%20Scene | CBC News: The Scene is a Canadian entertainment news program on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld. It airs a two-minute weekday wrap on CBC News Network and local CBC newscasts, and a half-hour Weekend Scene edition airs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on CBC News Network.
The show is hosted by journalist Jelena Adzic.
Other regular cast
Sandra Abma, national arts reporter
Mio Adilman, online commentator
Laura Thompson, music reviewer
External links
CBC News: The Scene Website
CBC News Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSSIDer | inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC. It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking", but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.
History
inSSIDer began as a replacement for NetStumbler, a popular Windows Wi-Fi scanner, which had not been actively developed for several years and reputedly did not work with modern 64-bit operating systems or versions of Windows higher than Windows XP. The project was inspired by Charles Putney on The Code Project.
Features
New in Version 5.0: channel utilization break down to show device (AP and client) airtime utilization; see connected client devices and info about client such as utilization and signal strength
Gathers information from wireless card and software
Helps choose the best wireless channel available
Wi-Fi network information such as SSID, MAC, vendor, data rate, signal strength, and security
Graphs signal strength over time
Shows which Wi-Fi network channels overlap
System requirements
Windows
Version 5.0: Microsoft Windows 7 or higher
Version 3.0: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or higher
Version 2.1: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher
OS X
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 or higher
References
External links
(Apache 2.0 license)
Wireless networking
MacOS network-related software
MacOS security software
Windows network-related software
Windows security software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction%20Processing%20Performance%20Council | Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), founded in 1988, "is a non-profit organization founded [...] to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry". TPC benchmarks are used in evaluating the performance of computer systems; the results are published on the TPC web site.
Conference Series
In 2009 the TPC initiated an International Technology Conference Series on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking (TPCTC). It is a leading forum for industry experts and researcher to debate and develop innovative techniques for evaluation, measurement and characterization of modern application systems. The conference series was founded by Raghunath Nambiar (Cisco) and Meikel Poess in 2009.
TPCTC 2009, in conjunction with VLDB 2009 on August 24, 2009 in Lyon, France.
TPCTC 2010, in conjunction with VLDB 2010 on September 17, 2010 in Singapore.
TPCTC 2011, in conjunction with VLDB 2011 on August 29, 2011 in Seattle, Washington.
TPCTC 2012, in conjunction with VLDB 2012 on August 27, 2012 in Istanbul,Turkey.
TPCTC 2013, in conjunction with VLDB 2013 on August 26, 2013 in Trento, Italy.
TPCTC 2014, in conjunction with VLDB 2014 on September 5, 2014 in Hangzhou, China.
TPCTC 2015, in conjunction with VLDB 2015 on August 31, 2015 in Kohala Coast, Hawaii.
TPCTC 2016, in conjunction with VLDB 2016 on September 5, 2016 in New Delhi, India.
Standards
TPC-C - On-line transaction processing (since 1992)
TPC-H - Ad-hoc decision support system (since 1999)
TPC-E - Complex on-line transaction processing (since 2006)
TPC-DS - Complex decisions support system (since 2011)
TPC-DI - Data integration (since 2013)
TPCx-HS - Industry's first standard for benchmarking Big Data (Hadoop) systems (since 2014)
Obsolete benchmarks
TPC-A - Measures performance in update-intensive database environments typical in on-line transaction processing applications. (Obsolete as of June 6, 1995)
TPC-App - An application server and web services benchmark.
TPC-B - Measures throughput in terms of how many transactions per second a system can perform. (Obsolete as of June 6, 1995)
TPC-D - Represents a broad range of decision support applications that require complex, long running queries against large complex data structures. (Obsolete as of April 6, 1999)
TPC-R - A business reporting, decision support benchmark. (Obsolete as of January 1, 2005)
TPC-W - A transactional web e-Commerce benchmark. (Obsolete as of April 28, 2005)
References
Software engineering organizations
Organizations based in San Francisco
1988 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Music%20Introducing | BBC Music Introducing is BBC Radio's platform supporting unsigned, undiscovered, and under-the-radar UK music talent. The backbone of that network consists of 32 BBC local radio shows on stations across England and the Channel Islands, various network shows in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which also give artists the opportunity to be played nationally on BBC Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 6 Music and the Asian Network, as well as playing Introducing stages at festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, South by Southwest, Latitude Festival and BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Those 32 shows air every Saturday night, featuring local artists with airplay, interviews and sessions. They try to provide local gigs, festival stages and outside broadcasts whenever possible - and to forward their discoveries to sister shows on local and national BBC stations for further airplay.
Since launching in June 2007, the Introducing platform has helped launch the careers of George Ezra, Jack Garratt, Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Becky Hill, Jake Bugg, Izzy Bizu, Catfish and the Bottlemen, James Bay, 220 Kid and Little Simz.
History
BBC Music Introducing was launched in 2007 as by this period, many BBC local radio stations had launched a weekly local music show to share and champion local artists. As shows such as The Box Office on BBC Three Counties Radio, The Download on BBC Radio Oxford, The Friday Session on BBC Hereford and Worcester, Raw Talent on BBC Radio Humberside, The Weekender on BBC Radio Nottingham and South Live on BBC Southern Counties Radio proved popular there was interest in developing a more coherent structure and brand for new music on the BBC. These shows soon turned into the earliest BBC Music Introducing shows.
In September 2010, all BBC local unsigned music shows that had not renamed themselves as part of 'Introducing' were re-branded. In 2010 BBC Music Introducing was awarded the best new platform to discover music at the BT Digital Music Awards. In May 2011, BBC Music Introducing won the Gold award for Best Use of Multiplatform at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Since 5 January 2013, every BBC Local Radio station across England and the Channel Islands broadcasts a BBC Music Introducing programme at 8pm on Saturday evenings. It also broadcasts on BBC Radio Wales on Saturdays, BBC Radio Scotland on Fridays and BBC Radio Ulster in Northern Ireland on Monday nights. There are more than 190,000 registered artists and nearly 1 million (950,000+) tracks uploaded to the BBC Music Introducing website, who get played weekly across Introducing shows on BBC radio, with each station reflecting its local music scene around the country. Most weeks, the platform receives in excess of 5,000 tracks with some peaking at 16,000 - representing 1073 hours of new music being sent into the BBC.
The BBC broadcasts 32 local shows across their network each week, with plans to cut them down to 20 regional shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Brain | Mark Brain, born January 30, 1978, in Paderborn, Germany, is a DJ and producer in electronic music (House, Electro, Progressive).
Discography
Singles
2009 - Mark Brain - Datacity (Turning Wheel Records)
2004 - Mark Brain - Datacity (Schallpark)
2004 - Brain Inc. - The Orange Theme (Schallpark)
2003 - Mark Brain - Ease the pressure / Los Ninos del parque (Alphabet City)
2003 - Brain Inc. - Running Man (Schallpark)
2002 - Mark Brain - Radical (Alphabet City)
2001 - Mark Brain - Stonehenge (Alphabet City)
2000 - Mark Brain & Tom Mayah - Basepower (4 the music)
2000 - Mark Brain & Tom Mayah - Step Tech
2000 - Mark Brain & Tom Mayah - Union Crowd Theme
Remixes
2001 - Powell - I am ready (Mark Brain Remix)
2001 - Badlands - Let them know (Mark Brain & Tom Mayah Remix)
2000 - The Groove Town Gang - Ain't no mountain high enough (Mark Brain & Tom Mayah Clubbin' Mix)
External links
Official Website Mark Brain
LastFM Mark Brain at LastFM
The DJ List Mark Brain at The DJ List
Discogs Mark Brain at Discogs
YouTube Video Mark Brain -live- in Shanghai
YouTube Video Mark Brain -live- in Sat1 Interview during his performance at Eins Live Love Express on the way to the Love Parade
Label Schallpark Recordings
Label Alphabet City
German DJs
1978 births
Living people
German house musicians
People from Paderborn
Electronic dance music DJs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration%20graph | In mathematics and social science, a collaboration graph is a graph modeling some social network where the vertices represent participants of that network (usually individual people) and where two distinct participants are joined by an edge whenever there is a collaborative relationship between them of a particular kind. Collaboration graphs are used to measure the closeness of collaborative relationships between the participants of the network.
Types considered in the literature
The most well-studied collaboration graphs include:
Collaboration graph of mathematicians also known as the Erdős collaboration graph, where two mathematicians are joined by an edge whenever they co-authored a paper together (with possibly other co-authors present).
Collaboration graph of movie actors, also known as the Hollywood graph or co-stardom network, where two movie actors are joined by an edge whenever they appeared in a movie together.
Collaborations graphs in other social networks, such as sports, including the "NBA graph" whose vertices are players where two players are joined by an edge if they have ever played together on the same team.
Co-authorship graphs in published articles, where individual nodes may be assigned either at the level of the author, institution, or country. These types of graphs are useful in establishing and evaluating research networks.
Features
By construction, the collaboration graph is a simple graph, since it has no loop-edges and no multiple edges.
The collaboration graph need not be connected. Thus each person who never co-authored a joint paper represents an isolated vertex in the collaboration graph of mathematicians.
Both the collaboration graph of mathematicians and movie actors were shown to have "small world topology": they have a very large number of vertices, most of small degree, that are highly clustered, and a "giant" connected component with small average distances between vertices.
Collaboration distance
The distance between two people/nodes in a collaboration graph is called the collaboration distance. Thus the collaboration distance between two distinct nodes is equal to the smallest number of edges in an edge-path connecting them. If no path connecting two nodes in a collaboration graph exists, the collaboration distance between them is said to be infinite.
The collaboration distance may be used, for instance, for evaluating the citations of an author, a group of authors or a journal.
In the collaboration graph of mathematicians, the collaboration distance from a particular person to Paul Erdős is called the Erdős number of that person. MathSciNet has a free online tool for computing the collaboration distance between any two mathematicians as well as the Erdős number of a mathematician. This tool also shows the actual chain of co-authors that realizes the collaboration distance.
For the Hollywood graph, an analog of the Erdős number, called the Bacon number, has also been considered, which measures the co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20Morris | Allan Agapitos Morris (born 26 July 1940) is a former Australian politician. Born in Waratah, New South Wales, he was educated at the University of Newcastle and became a computer programmer. He served on Newcastle City Council and Shortland County Council; his brother, Peter Morris, was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Shortland. In 1983, Allan too was elected to the House as the Labor member for Newcastle. He held the seat until his retirement in 2001.
References
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
New South Wales local councillors
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Newcastle
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
1940 births
Living people
21st-century Australian politicians
20th-century Australian politicians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFBU-LD | KFBU-LD (UHF analog channel 40) was a low-power television station licensed to Bozeman, Montana. It was a repeater that broadcast programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network, via satellite. The station was owned by Western Family Television.
External links
Television stations in Montana
Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 2007
2007 establishments in Montana
Defunct television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
2021 disestablishments in Montana
FBU-LD |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20stations%20in%20Ghana | The railway stations in Ghana serve a rail network concentrated in the south of the country.
Maps
UNHCR Atlas Map Ghana - shows Topography.
UN Map Ghana - shows Provinces
GhanaNet Map
Towns served by rail
Existing
The following towns or villages currently have or had rail service in Ghana; gauge unless otherwise noted :
East
Accra - (E) - port, capital city: Accra Central Station
Baatsona
Asoprochona - suburban terminus
Koforidua (E)
Pokoasi - (E/C) - junction
Shai Hills - (E)
Tema - (E) - port in east - proposed suburban terminus 2008
Nsawam - (E)
Koforidua (E)
Nkawkaw - (E)
Ejisu - (E)
Nsuta
Juaso (C)
Konongo, Ghana (E)
Boankra (E) - inland port
Kumasi (E/W) - junction
Nsuta (E)
Bososo (E)
Anyinam
West
Sekondi - (W) - older port and workshops
Tarkwa - (W) - junction
Takoradi - (W) - newer port
Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction on west line for cross country line to east line; concrete sleeper plant
Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
Obuasi - (W) 85.5 km
Bekwai - (W)
Kumasi - (W/E) junction 0.0 km
Tarkwa - (W) - junction
Prestea - branch terminus - (W)
Dunkwa - (W) - Junction for Awaso
Awaso - (W) - branch terminus - Bauxite mine
Centre
Huni Valley - (W/C) - junction
Twifu Praso
Foso (C)
Achissi - (C) - junction
Akim Oda - (C) -
Kade - (C) - branch terminus (o/o/u)
Akoroso (C)
Pokoasi
Kotoku - (E/C) - junction
Eastern Border
gauge
Lomé -
- border
Aflao - Diamond Cement Ghana Limited factory at Aflao to the Lomé Port is expected to be completed in early 2014.
Proposed
This list includes regauged stations.
Far Northern Line (West)
(far western line)
Takoradi - port - break of gauge /
Manso
Tarkwa - junction for northwest
Huni Valley
Dunkwa
Awaso
Nyinahim
Sunyani (regional capital Brong-Ahafo)
Techiman - junction
Bole
Salwa
Wa (regional capital Upper West Region)
Hamile - northwest terminus -
Border -
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou - junction
Far Northern Line (East)
under construction 2020
Tema - Port
Akosombo
Ho (regional capital Volta Region)
Hohoe
Bimbila
Yendi
Tamale (regional capital Northern Region)
Bolgatanga (regional capital Upper East Region)
Paga (0 km)
- - Border (Ghana-Burkina Faso)
Dakola
Po
Bagre
Ouagadougou - junction - national capital (166 km) (1000 km from Tema)
Nsuta
(Suburban)
Dansoman
La, Ghana
Teshie, Ghana
ECOWAS Coastal Line
(proposed 2010)
Aflao - near border in east with Togo, and capital Lomé.
Togo-Ghana border
Tema
Accra - national capital
Winneba
Cape Coast (regional capital Central Region, Ghana)
Takoradi (regional capital Western Region, Ghana)
Omanpe
Ghana-Côte d'Ivoire border
Approved
Kumasi - (W/E) junction (2010)
Bolgatanga
Navrongo
Paga - near Burkina Faso
Takoradi
Manso
Huni Valley
Tarkwa
Dunkwa–Awaso
Nyinahin
Sunyani
Techiman
Bole
Salwa
Wa
Hamile
(far eastern line)
Ejisu
Mampong
Nkoranza
Tama |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas%20Data%20Visualization | Dundas Data Visualization, Inc. is a software company specializing in data visualization and dashboard solutions. In addition to developing enterprise-level dashboard software (Dundas BI), Dundas offers a professional services group that provides consulting and training.
History
Dundas Data Visualization (formerly Dundas Software) was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
After an early success with Dundas Chart in 2002, the company developed Dundas Gauge, Map, OLAP Chart, and Calendar controls, which were purchased by Microsoft in 2007 to become part of their Reporting Services, SharePoint, and .NET offerings.
In 2008, Dundas developed Dundas Dashboard as a dashboarding tool for enterprise organizations. Dundas Dashboard was supported until April 5, 2019
Dundas BI was released in 2014 as a next-generation end-to-end business intelligence and data analytics platform. Dundas BI provides all common functionality out-of-the-box without the need for code. Public APIs are also provided for developers to customize and extend the platform.
In August of 2022, Dundas Data Visualization was acquired by insightsoftware.
See also
.NET Framework
Dundas BI
References
Software companies of Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio%20fremontii | Senecio fremontii, the dwarf mountain ragwort, is a species of the family Asteraceae. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont.
References
External links
Calflora Database: Senecio fremontii (Fremont's groundsel, Dwarf mountain ragwort)
Calflora Database: Senecio fremontii var. fremontii — Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada.
Calflora Database: Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis (Western Fremont's groundsel) — endemic to Central + Southern Sierra Nevada.
USDA Plants Profile for Senecio fremontii (dwarf mountain ragwort)
fremontii
Flora of California
Flora of Colorado
Flora of Idaho
Flora of Montana
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Oregon
Flora of Utah
Flora of Washington (state)
Flora of Wyoming
Flora of Alberta
Flora of British Columbia
Flora of the Cascade Range
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
John C. Frémont
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Taxa named by John Torrey
Flora without expected TNC conservation status |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20Rock%2096FM%20%28Hawkes%20Bay%29 | Classic Rock 96FM was a radio station in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand that broadcast several different formats and eventually became part of the ZM network, operated by New Zealand Media and Entertainment from 1977 to 1988.
Apple Radio and Concert Programme relay
The station was started by Radio New Zealand in 1977 as Apple Radio broadcasting on 730AM. The station was also used to broadcast the Concert Programme into the Hawkes Bay market outside of regular broadcast hours which originally ended at 5pm and later extended to 7pm.
In 1978 after AM band in New Zealand was changed from 10 kHz spacing to 9 kHz spacing, as a result Apple Radio was moved to 765AM.
77ZK
In 1983 the Concert Programme relay was dropped when the Concert Programme began broadcasting on its own full-time frequency, 91.1FM. At the same time programming was extended to evenings and Apple Radio was rebranded as The All New 77ZK and later Hit Radio 77ZK.
Change of format to Adult Contemporary
In 1988 77ZK changed format to play a blend of oldies and adult contemporary music and the station was rebranded as Greatest Hits 77ZK.
Greatest Hits FM96
On 1 December 1989 Greatest Hits 77ZK switched to FM broadcasting on 95.9FM. As a result, the station was rebranded as Greatest Hits FM96. At the same time a secondary frequency was set up in Wairoa on 99.7FM. At this stage the station also ceased broadcasting on 765AM.
96FM
In February 1992 Greatest Hits FM96 became known as Better Music 96FM with an increase in live programming outside of breakfast.
Change of format to Classic Rock
In October 1992 the station changed format to classic rock and the station was rebranded as Classic Rock 96FM.
This was the final format and name change for the station before being replaced with network brand Radio Hauraki in 1998.
Change of ownership
In 1996 the station was sold to The Radio Network after Radio New Zealand sold their commercial operation, the sale included Classic Rock 96FM
Station closure and replacement with Radio Hauraki
In 1996 The Radio Network purchased radio company Prospect Media Limited which included several radio station in Auckland including former pirate radio station Radio Hauraki. In July 1998 The Radio Network replaced Classic Rock 96FM with the Auckland-based Radio Hauraki with the station branded as Radio Hauraki 96FM.
Replacement with 96ZM
In March 1999 Radio Hauraki was replaced with the Auckland-based version of ZM branded as 96ZM and during the 2000s branded as 95-9 and 99-7 ZM. Radio Hauraki returned to the Hawkes Bay market in 2000 on 99.9FM.
In December 2010 the 99.7FM Wairoa relay was discontinued and now used to relay Classic Hits 89.5 Hawke's Bay into the Wairoa area.
References
Hawke's Bay, ZM
Mass media in Napier, New Zealand
Defunct radio stations in New Zealand
Radio stations established in 1977
Radio stations disestablished in 1998 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaano%20Kadalas%20ang%20Minsan%20%28TV%20series%29 | (International title: Love Me Again/ ) is a 2008 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Based on a 1982 Philippine film of the same title, the series is the ninth instalment of Sine Novela. Directed by Gil Tejada Jr., it stars Marvin Agustin, Camille Prats and Diana Zubiri. It premiered on June 23, 2008 on the network's Dramarama sa Hapon line up. The series concluded on November 7, 2008 with a total of 100 episodes. It was replaced by Saan Darating ang Umaga? in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Marvin Agustin as Louis Antonio "Louie" Almeda
Camille Prats as Lily Medrano/Cervantes
Diana Zubiri as Elsa Cervantes-Almeda
Supporting cast
Sandy Andolong as Gloria Cervantes
Maybelyn dela Cruz as Charley Villanueva-Paterno
Biboy Ramirez as Eric Paterno
Victor Aliwalas as Thomas "Tommy" Romero
Andrea del Rosario as Margarita Mendoza
Guest cast
Ronnie Lazaro as Anselmo Perdigon
Mark Gil as Emilio Cervantes
Paulo Avelino as Kiko
Ces Quesada as Pilar Medrano
Julie Anne San Jose as Claudette Medrano
Jesi Corcuera as Raquel "Rocky" Perdigon
Mon Confiado as Fredo
Jana Roxas as Kathleen
Jan Marini-Pizzaras as Barbara
Sweet Ramos as Dea Paterno
Byron Ortile as Alvin
Patricia Ysmael as Nina
Dino Guevarra as Dodong
Jen Rosendahl as Anya
Krystal Reyes as Lara
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of earned a 19.8% rating. While the final episode scored a 22.9% rating.
References
External links
2008 Philippine television series debuts
2008 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Philippine television series based on films
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20dynamics | Network dynamics is a research field for the study of networks whose status changes in time. The dynamics may refer to the structure of connections of the units of a network, to the collective internal state of the network, or both. The networked systems could be from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, sociology, economics, computer science, etc. Networked systems are typically characterized as complex systems consisting of many units coupled by specific, potentially changing, interaction topologies.
For a dynamical systems' approach to discrete network dynamics, see sequential dynamical system.
See also
References
Networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKWB | KKWB (102.5 FM, "Coyote 102.5") is a country music radio station, serving the Bemidji, Minnesota region. Its main source of programming is from the Westwood One radio network, along with hourly news from the CBS Radio Network. It is owned and operated by Bemidji Radio, Inc., a division of De La Hunt Broadcasting in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Their "showcase" studios are in the Elks building, at 4th & Beltrami in downtown Bemidji. The transmitter site is west of Blackduck, Minnesota. It broadcasts from a 472-foot tower, with 50,000 watts.
The station was assigned the KKWB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 13, 2008.
References
External links
KKWB official website
De La Hunt Broadcasting
Radio stations in Minnesota
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20route%20E42 | The European route E42 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. It connects Dunkerque, a major ferry and container port at the northern end of the French coast with Aschaffenburg on the north western tip of Bavaria. Along the way it also passes through Wallonia in Belgium and the German Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hessen. The full length of the route is approximately .
Language challenge
The western section of the route runs close to the Franco-Dutch language border. As a consequence, traffic signs might use Dutch exonyms for French or Walloon cities, and French exonyms for Dutch-speaking places. When a city lies in France, both names will be displayed in Flanders (e.g. Rijsel will be followed by Lille in italics).
Route
France
The western end between Dunkerque and Lille follows a four lane dual carriageway toll free highway. Much of this has recently been resurfaced, but parts remain of subautoroute standard in terms of such details as junction lay-out and speed limits. Lille itself is at the centre of a major industrial area and is the meeting point of major routes. The passage of the E42 along the urban highway is marked by several sharp bends and, especially for westbound traffic, unavoidable lane changes as well as speed cameras. Delays during peak commuting times are frequent.
Belgium
The route follows no fewer than six different autoroutes in succession during its passage through southern Belgium (Wallonia), linking all its major cities, from the provincial capital Mons, to Charleroi and Namur, along with the major commercial and university city of Liège and its important cargo airport further to the east. The most easterly portion within Belgium was fully upgraded to autoroute standard only with the completion of the A27 at the end of the 20th century: before that happened the main road included (subject to diversions on race days) a brief stretch that used the Formula One racing circuit at Spa. The final kilometers before the German frontier include towns and villages transferred from Germany to Belgium under the provisions of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles endorsed in 1925 by a referendum process not universally regarded as fair: over three quarters of a century later sign boards showing place names in French and German frequently have the French versions deleted by graffiti artists.
Germany
The eastern portion of the E42 in Germany follows the BAB 60. Despite considerable progress in recent years, the building of the Autobahn was delayed during the final decade of the 20th century, and the road in this area is still missing several important doubled road viaducts, so that at various points the road is reduced to a single two lane road. The landscape here is relatively mountainous: a recent development has been the appearance on the surrounding horizons of modern windmill groupings.
Itinerary
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olidata | Olidata is an Italian computer system manufacturer. The company was founded in Cesena, Italy in 1982 by Carlo Rossi and Adolfo Savini as a limited liability company (LLC). Olidata specializes in software development. The company's accounting software and administrative software divisions were eventually sold to Olivetti.
Olidata is one of the largest manufacturers of computer hardware in Italy.
The company also manufactures LCD televisions. In April 2008, Olidata announced the production of its JumPc, a modified version of Intel's Classmate PC.
In 2009, Acer acquired 29.9% of Olidata.
See also
List of Italian Companies
References
External links
Official Site
Computer hardware companies
Electronics companies established in 1982
Italian companies established in 1982
Italian brands
Electronics companies of Italy
Display technology companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams%20Deacon%27s%20Bank | Williams Deacon's Bank was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1930. It had a large network of branches in the north-west of England. In 1970, it was integrated with Glyn, Mills & Co. and The National Bank (which were part of the same group) to form Williams & Glyn's Bank.
History
Familiarity with the Williams Deacon's name conceals the reality that the dominant institution was the Manchester & Salford Bank. When Manchester & Salford acquired William Deacon's in 1890 it changed its name to the cumbersome Williams Deacon & Manchester & Salford Bank only to shorten it to Williams Deacon's Bank in 1901. The bank was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1931.
Manchester & Salford Bank
The Manchester and Salford Banking Company was founded in 1836. Forty years later, Grindon wrote that of the older Manchester joint stock banks, "this one stands alone in never having brought on itself any serious misfortune ... and never slackened in steady and prosperous advance." Once the company was formed, the bank appointed Williams Deacon as its London agents, thus starting the relationship which was to result in the latter's acquisition.
Despite the Salford in its title, the bank confined itself to its sole Manchester office until 1862. Salford then became the first branch, followed by Southport and other south Lancashire towns. In 1874, the bank acquired the business of Heywood Brothers. Benjamin Heywood had left the Liverpool Heywood banking firm in 1778 to open a Manchester bank trading as Benjamin Heywood, Sons, later Heywood Brothers, and the family was one of the best known in the two cities. Local banks in Bolton and Rochdale were acquired soon after the Heywood purchase.
The pace of expansion increased rapidly after 1887. In that year the number of branches was no more than 20 but in the following two years another 26 were added. Even this was eclipsed in 1890 when the bank acquired the London firm of Williams Deacon. The registered office was moved to Williams Deacon's Birchin Lane office to ensure that the seat on the London Bankers' Clearing House was protected, but the bank's head office remained in Manchester.
Williams Deacon & Co.
The first mention of the bank in the London Directory was in 1771 as Raymond, Williams, Vere, Lowe and Fletcher, though Hilton Price implies that it pre-dated the entry. As partners changed, it had gone through as many as 14 different names by 1825, when it became Williams, Williams, Burgess & Williams. However, in that year the bank ceased payments following the collapse of Pole, Thornton and it was reconstituted with different shareholders as Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co, before finally becoming Williams Deacon in 1882.
Post-acquisition
In recognition of the importance of the London acquisition, the bank's name was changed to Williams Deacon and Manchester and Salford Bank, shortened to Williams Deacon's in 1901. The programme of branch openings continued and these particularly included ones in t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heute-journal | heute-journal (roughly Today's Journal) is a television news magazine broadcast on ZDF, a national German television network.
History
The programme premiered on 2 January 1978 as a late weekday evening 20 minute program. Originally, it was broadcast at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. on Fridays. It has been broadcast at 9:45 p.m. since 1 January 1984. In 1991, the running time of the programme was extended to 30 minutes. 15-minute editions were added on Saturdays (in 1992) and Sundays (in 2000). The running time of the programme is sometimes extended to one hour, to cover special events or particularly important stories. During football matches, a short edition of heute-journal is generally broadcast during the half-time break, eliminating the second news summary, stock market report and the final report (usually related to science or culture).
The programme usually starts at 9:45pm and runs for 27 minutes, followed by a 3-minute weather forecast. On Fridays it starts at 10:00pm, after the Friday crime drama; on Saturdays it is usually broadcast from 10:45pm.
Concept
In contrast to Heute, its early evening counterpart, heute-journal provides in-depth coverage of the news, usually with detailed background information and interviews with politicians, business leaders, experts, and other key people. There is also a daily report from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and a weather forecast. Wolf von Lojewski, a former presenter and managing editor of the programme, once said that while heute will report that a particular politician has resigned, heute-journal will also provide detailed analysis on the reasons for the resignation.
Each edition of heute-journal has two presenters: the main presenter, who introduces most reports and conducts interviews, and the co-presenter, who is part of the editorial team and presents news summaries during the programme. The presenters generally alternate weekly.
The programme is comparable to Tagesthemen broadcast on Das Erste. The programmes' audience is sometimes higher than that of heute.
Opening sequence
Initially, the program programme's opening sequence showed the anchors, with a clock overlay and a ticker with headlines of the day. The ticker sound effect was Morse code for "heute".
The programme moved to a new, virtual studio in 2009, and a new opening sequence was added at the same time. The camera panned towards the anchors while the day's headlines, along with the time, were seen in the background; there was no real title sequence.
As of 19 February 2011, a darker background is used than for other heute news programmes. Instead of a 2D world map in the background, five globes are shown. At the start of the sequence, the clock and headlines appear in the foreground, followed by a title sequence, and finally either a zoom to the presenters or a cut to footage of the main story.
As of 25 June 2007, the program is broadcast in 16:9. It is available as a video or audio podcast.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-free | Point-free may refer to:
Pointless topology, an approach to topology that avoids mentioning points
Point-free style in programming, called also tacit programming
Whitehead's point-free geometry, a geometry whose primitive ontological notion is region rather than point. Two axiomatic systems are set out below, one grounded in mereology, the other in mereotopology and known as connection theory. A point can mark a space or objects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etch%20%28protocol%29 | Etch was an open-source, cross-platform framework for building network services, first announced in May 2008 by Cisco Systems. Etch encompasses a service description language, a compiler, and a number of language bindings. It is intended to supplement SOAP and CORBA as methods of communicating between networked pieces of software, especially where there is an emphasis on portability, transport independence, small size, and high performance. Etch was designed to be incorporated into existing applications and systems, enabling a transition to a service-oriented architecture. It was derived from work on the Cisco Unified Application Environment, the product acquired by Cisco as part of the Metreos acquisition.
History
The mid-2008 release was planned to supported Java and C#. A second wave of support was supposed to include Ruby, Python, JavaScript, and C.
In July 2008, Etch was released under the Apache 2.0 license.
As part of the open source process, Etch was submitted to the Apache Incubator to be accepted as a new podling. On August 25, 2008, the formal vote was proposed and was eventually passed. In September 2008 Etch entered the start-up phase within the Apache Incubator.
Cisco announced the Unified Application Environment had its "end of life" on February 8, 2012.
In January 2013, Etch has become an Apache top-level project.
Etch was marked as a "retired" project in December 2016. No replacement project has been announced or specified.
See also
Google's Protocol Buffers
Apache Thrift
ZeroC's Internet Communications Engine (ICE)
References
External links
Cisco protocols
Application layer protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisternon | Chisternon is a genus of baenid turtles from the Eocene of North America.
References
The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
External links
Chisternon in the Paleobiology Database
Baenidae
Prehistoric turtle genera
Eocene turtles
Eocene reptiles of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1872
Taxa named by Joseph Leidy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20semi-infinite%20programming | In mathematics, a semi-infinite programming (SIP) problem is an optimization problem with a finite number of variables and an infinite number of constraints. The constraints are typically parameterized. In a generalized semi-infinite programming (GSIP) problem, the feasible set of the parameters depends on the variables.
Mathematical formulation of the problem
The problem can be stated simply as:
where
In the special case that the set : is nonempty for all GSIP can be cast as bilevel programs (Multilevel programming).
Methods for solving the problem
Examples
See also
optimization
Semi-Infinite Programming (SIP)
References
External links
Mathematical Programming Glossary
Optimization in vector spaces |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-infinite%20programming | In optimization theory, semi-infinite programming (SIP) is an optimization problem with a finite number of variables and an infinite number of constraints, or an infinite number of variables and a finite number of constraints. In the former case the constraints are typically parameterized.
Mathematical formulation of the problem
The problem can be stated simply as:
where
SIP can be seen as a special case of bilevel programs in which the lower-level variables do not participate in the objective function.
Methods for solving the problem
In the meantime, see external links below for a complete tutorial.
Examples
In the meantime, see external links below for a complete tutorial.
See also
Optimization
Generalized semi-infinite programming (GSIP)
References
Edward J. Anderson and Peter Nash, Linear Programming in Infinite-Dimensional Spaces, Wiley, 1987.
M. A. Goberna and M. A. López, Linear Semi-Infinite Optimization, Wiley, 1998.
David Luenberger (1997). Optimization by Vector Space Methods. John Wiley & Sons. .
Rembert Reemtsen and Jan-J. Rückmann (Editors), Semi-Infinite Programming (Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications). Springer, 1998, , 1998
External links
Description of semi-infinite programming from INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Science).
A complete, free, open source Semi Infinite Programming Tutorial is available here from Elsevier as a pdf download from their Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 217, Issue 2, 1 August 2008, Pages 394–419
Optimization in vector spaces
Approximation theory
Numerical analysis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Community%20Economic%20Development%20Network | The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) is a member-driven Canadian organization, founded in 1999 to increase the scale and effectiveness of community economic development (CED), helping organizations and individuals strengthen their communities and create solutions to local needs. CCEDNet was created to strengthen community economic development in urban, rural, northern, and Aboriginal communities across Canada in order to contribute to a better social, economic, and environmental conditions at the local level. CCEDNet's members are from community-based organizations, co-operatives, social enterprises, practitioners, active citizens, researchers, and other organizations from every region of Canada. Members are located in all provinces of Canada and two territories and are engaged in a range of activities focused on addressing the inequities born out of the mainstream economy, generally through working with those who have barriers to social and economic inclusion.
CCEDNet is currently a member of international networks such as the New Economy Coalition and the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)
Community Economic Development Resources
CCEDNet operates as an information clearinghouse and has accumulated over 1300 resources directly related to Community Economic Development (CED) - websites, publications, research reports, case studies, videos, and more.
National Projects
Since 2005 CCEDNet has administered a national internship program called CreateAction placing over 200 youth into 6-month placements with CED organizations across Canada. This program has typically been funded by Employment and Social Development Canada. The program has been delivered 9 times, with last placements taking place in 2013/2014.
CCEDNet was the national community partner co-directing the Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) with the University of Victoria. The CSEHub was a national community-university research alliance funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and was part of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships (CSERP). Between 2005 and 2011, the CSEHub acted as a facilitator promoting collaboration among the six regional research centers of CSERP across Canada (Québec, Atlantic, Southern Ontario, Prairies and Northern Ontario, BC and Alberta and the North), and creating opportunities and exchanges with international networks.
Conferences
CCEDNet organizes a National multi-day learning event focused on Community Economic Development. Future conferences include:
2018: ECONOUS2018 - The National Community Economic Development Conference (Moncton, New Brunswick)
Previous National CCEDNet conferences include:
2017: EconoUs2017 - The National Community Economic Development Conference (Calgary, Alberta)
2016: ECONOUS2016 - The National Community Economic Development Conference (Montréal, Quebec)
2010: National Summit on People-Centred Economy (Ottawa, Ontario)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGBI-LP | WGBI-LP, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, was a low-power Retro TV-affiliated television station licensed to Farmington, Maine, United States. The station was owned by the Global Broadcast Network, Inc. (not to be confused with the Global Television Network in Canada).
History
The station first signed on in June 1995 as W21BI, an owned-and-operated satellite repeater of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Global Broadcast Network purchased the station in 2006, and changed the call letters to WGBI-LP. Upon flash-cutting to digital broadcasting on November 6, 2010, WGBI affiliated with RTV.
Prior to its current use, the call letters WGBI were used on radio and television stations in Scranton, Pennsylvania from the 1920s until 2005. Those stations are now WAAF (910 AM), WGGY (101.3 FM), and WYOU-TV (channel 22).
The station's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on July 20, 2021, as WGBI-LP did not obtain a license for digital operation prior to the July 13, 2021 deadline.
References
Retro TV affiliates
GBI-LP
Farmington, Maine
Television channels and stations established in 1995
1995 establishments in Maine
Defunct television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
2021 disestablishments in Maine
GBI-LP |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI%20Origin%20200 | The SGI Origin 200, code named Speedo, was an entry-level server computer developed and manufactured by SGI, introduced in October 1996 to accompany their mid-range and high-end Origin 2000. It is based on the same architecture as the Origin 2000 but has an unrelated hardware implementation. At the time of introduction, these systems ran the IRIX 6.4, and later, the IRIX 6.5 operating systems. The Origin 200 was discontinued on 30 June 2002.
Hardware
The Origin 200 consists of one or two modules. In configurations with two modules, the NUMAlink 2 (originally CrayLink) interconnection fabric is used to connect the two modules together. Using two modules, the Origin 200's capabilities (the number of processors, the amount of memory, etc.) is doubled. The Origin 200 and the Origin 200 GIGAchannel enclosures can be configured as a tower with "skins" that covered the bare metal for cosmetic purposes, or as a rackmountable enclosure compatible with 19- or 21-inch racks.
Module
Each module contains a motherboard, seven 3.5-inch drive bays and two 5.25-inch drive bays. In configurations where an Origin 200 GIGAchannel expansion cabinet is used, the module also contains a Crosstown board that plugs into the motherboard. Each module was limited to two CPUs.
Motherboard
The motherboard contains the Hub ASIC, a PCI bridge, two SCSI controllers, two UARTs and an Ethernet controller. The PCI bridge provides the PCI bus for the three PCI-X slots and the I/O controllers.
Processor
The processor(s) are located on a PIMM (Processor-Included Memory Module) that plugs into the motherboard. When first introduced, the Origin 200 supported one or two R10000 processors with 1 or 4 MB L2 cache each. In August 1998, an upgraded PIMM featuring the 225 MHz R10000 processors was introduced. Later, 270 MHz R12000 processors became available. The PIMMs come in two versions: single processor and dual processor. It is not possible to upgrade these systems to a dual processor system by using two single processor PIMMs, as there is only one PIMM connector on the motherboard.
Memory
The motherboard supports 32 MB to 2 GB of memory through eight DIMM slots organised into four banks. DIMMs with capacities of 16, 32, 64 and 256 MB are supported. DIMMs are installed in pairs.
GIGAchannel
The Origin 200 GIGAchannel is an expansion cabinet that connects to the Origin 200 modules via two XIO cables. It provides an additional four PCI-X slots and five XIO slots. The GIGAchannel contains a Crossbow (Xbow) ASIC, which is an eight-port crossbar provides the five datapaths to the five XIO slots and a single datapath to PCI bridge. The remaining two ports on the ASIC are connected to the XIO connectors used to interface the subsystem to the Origin 200 modules.
References
Origin 200 and Origin 200 GIGAchannel Owner's Guide, 007-3708-002, 5 May 1999, Silicon Graphics
Origin 200 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Ddaimae%20Station | is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. It is located in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The station is the nearest station to Yayoi campus of the University of Tokyo.
Line
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (station number N-12)
Station layout
Places near the station
University of Tokyo The first exit of this station is in the Yayoi campus of the university.
Bunkyo Gakuin University
Nippon Medical School's Sendagi campus
Saikyo-ji temple
Nezu Shrine
History
Todaimae Station opened on March 26, 1996.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
References
Railway stations in Tokyo
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1996 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Transportation%20and%20Infrastructure%20%28New%20Brunswick%29 | The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with maintenance of government facilities and the province's highway network. From 1855 to 1912, it was known as the Board of Public Works. From 1912 to 1967, it was known as Department of Public Works and Highways. In 1967, its functions were divided between the Department of Public Works and the Department of Transportation. In 2012, the Department of Transportation and the infrastructure management components of the Department of Supply and Services (the successor to the Department of Public Works) were merged back together.
To see the ministers : Minister of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (New Brunswick)
Ferries
As part of its duties in maintaining the provincial highway network, the Department of Transportation is responsible for the operation of a number of ferry services. The majority are free of tolls.
Saint John River and tributaries
Belleisle Bay Ferry, across Belleisle Bay
Evandale Ferry, across the Saint John River
Gagetown Ferry, across the Saint John River
Gondola Point Ferry, across the Kennebecasis River
Hampstead Ferry, across the Saint John River
Kennebecasis Island Ferry, across the Kennebecasis River
Summerville to Millidgeville Ferry, across the Kennebecasis River
Westfield Ferry, across the Saint John River
Deer Island
Letete to Deer Island Ferry, across Passamaquoddy Bay
Grand Manan Island and White Head Island
These services are operated by Coastal Transport Limited. Passengers and vehicles must pay fares when leaving Grand Manan for the mainland.
Blacks Harbour to Grand Manan Island Ferry
Grand Manan Island to White Head Island Ferry
Roads
The department is responsible for building and maintaining all public roads in areas of provincial jurisdiction. Additionally, some numbered public roads that pass through municipalities are also built and maintained by the department.
Arterial highways
In 1997 the department changed the way that it finances and builds arterial highways by utilizing what is known as a "design-build-operate" tendering process. This began with the Moncton-Longs Creek section of Route 2 which started as a toll highway but was changed to a hidden toll arrangement whereby the provincial government pays the charges for vehicle usage and the company that built the highway operates and maintains the road for a period of 25 years after it opened in 2002. The design-build-operate model was used again for the Longs Creek-Edmundston section of Route 2, as well as for the entirety of Route 95, which opened in 2008 and will be operated and maintained for a period of 25 years by the builder. A third design-build-operate project has been undertaken for Route 1.
New Brunswick Highway Corporation
Certain arterial highways in the province are owned and operated by the New Brunswick Highway Corporation, a provincial Crown corporation that was established to do the following:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20shift%20module | A phase shift module is a microwave network module which provides a controllable phase shift of the RF signal. Phase shifters are used in phased arrays.
Classification
Active versus passive
Active phase shifters provide gain, while passive phase shifters are lossy.
Active:
Applications: active electronically scanned array (AESA), passive electronically scanned array (PESA)
Gain: The phase shifter amplifies while phase shifting
Noise figure (NF)
Reciprocity: not reciprocal
Passive:
Applications: active electronically scanned array (AESA), passive electronically scanned array (PESA)
Loss: the phase shifter attenuates while phase shifting
NF: NF = loss
Reciprocity: reciprocal
Analog versus digital
Analog phase shifters provide a continuously variable phase shift or time delay.
Digital phase shifters provide a discrete set of phase shifts or time delays. Discretization leads to quantization errors. Digital phase shifters require parallel bus control.
Differential, single-ended or waveguide:
Differential transmission line: A differential transmission line is a balanced two-conductor transmission line in which the phase difference between currents is 180 degrees. The differential mode is less susceptible to common mode noise and cross talk.
Antenna selection: dipole, tapered slot antenna (TSA)
Examples: coplanar strip, slotline
Single-ended transmission line: A single-ended transmission line is a two-conductor transmission line in which one conductor is referenced to a common ground, the second conductor. The single-ended mode is more susceptible to common-mode noise and cross talk.
Antenna selection: double folded slot (DFS), microstrip, monopole
Examples: CPW, microstrip, stripline
Waveguide
Antenna selection: waveguide, horn
Frequency band
One-conductor or dielectric transmission line versus two-conductor transmission line
One-conductor or dielectric transmission line (optical fibre, finline, waveguide):
Modal
No TEM or quasi-TEM mode, not TTD or quasi-TTD
Higher-order TE, TM, HE or HM modes are distorted
Two-conductor transmission line (CPW, microstrip, slotline, stripline):
Differential or single-ended
TEM or quasi-TEM mode is TTD or quasi-TTD
Phase shifters versus TTD phase shifter
A phase shifter provides an invariable phase shift with frequency, and is used for fixed-beam frequency-invariant pattern synthesis.
A TTD phase shifter provides an invariable time delay with frequency, and is used for squint-free and ultra wideband (UWB) beam steering.
Reciprocal versus non-reciprocal
Reciprocal: T/R
Non-reciprocal: T or R
Technology
Non semi-conducting (ferrite, ferro-electric, RF MEMS, liquid crystal):
Passive
Semi-conducting (RF CMOS, GaAs. SiGe, InP, GaN or Sb):
Active: BJT or FET transistor based MMICs, RFICs or optical ICs
Passive: PIN diode based hybrids
Design
Loaded-line:
Distortion:
Distorted if lumped
Undistorted and TTD if distributed
Reflect-type:
Applications: reflect arrays (S11 phase |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument%20from%20illusion | The argument from illusion is an argument for the existence of sense-data. It is posed as a criticism of direct realism.
Overview
Naturally-occurring illusions best illustrate the argument's points, a notable example concerning a stick: I have a stick, which appears to me to be straight, but when I hold it underwater it seems to bend and distort. I know that the stick is straight and that its apparent flexibility is a result of its being seen through the water, yet I cannot change the mental image I have of the stick as being bent. Since the stick is not in fact bent its appearance can be described as an illusion. Rather than directly perceiving the stick, which would entail our seeing it as it truly is, we must instead perceive it indirectly, by way of an image or "sense-datum". This mental representation does not tell us anything about the stick's true properties, which remain inaccessible to us.
With this being the case, however, how can we be said to be certain of the stick's initial straightness? If all we perceive is sense-data then the stick's apparent initial straightness is just as likely to be false as its half-submerged bent appearance. Therefore, the argument runs, we can never gain any knowledge about the stick, as we only ever perceive a sense-datum, and not the stick itself. This argument was defended by A. J. Ayer.
Criticism of the argument
A critical argument would be as follows: Because the stick provides a contrasting surface in the surrounding water, the bent appearance of the stick is evidence of the previously unaccounted for physical properties of the water. It would be a mistake to categorize an optical effect resulting from a physical cause as sensory fallibility because it results from an increase in information from another previously unaccounted-for object or physical property. Unless the water is not taken into consideration, the example in fact reinforces the reliability of our visual sense to gather information accurately. This criticism, which was most strongly voiced by J.L. Austin, is that perceptual variation which can be attributed to physical causes does not entail a representational disconnect between sense and reference, owing to an unreasonable segregation of parts from the perceived object.
Further arguments are based on the extended mind theory, which appeals to external sources of mental items. For example, the theory holds that perception is the result of a complex interaction of mind, body and the environment. This would rule out internal items such as sense data as referred to in the statement of the argument.
References
Bibliography
Austin, J. L. Sense and Sensibilia, ed. G. J. Warnock. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962.
Ayer, A.J. The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge. New York: Macmillan, 1940.
Moore, G.E. "Sense-Data" in Some Main Problems of Philosophy. London: Allen Unwin, 1953.
Putnam, Hilary. The Threefold Cord: Mind, Body, and World. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Windows%20Vista%20and%20Windows%20XP | Windows XP and Windows Vista differ considerably in regards to their security architecture, networking technologies, management and administration, shell and user interface, and mobile computing. Windows XP has suffered criticism for security problems and issues with performance. Vista has received criticism for issues with performance and product activation. Another common criticism of Vista concerns the integration of new forms of DRM into the operating system, and User Account Control (UAC) security technology.
Compatibility
Windows Vista faces backward compatibility problems with many of the games and utility programs that work in Windows XP. As of August 2007, there were about 2,000 applications that specifically carried the 'Vista Compatibility Logo', although the majority of applications without the logo will run without any problems. This number is low compared to the number of programs that were compatible with XP in 2007, either natively or under emulation.
Performance
Initial performance tests have demonstrated that Windows XP outperforms Vista in several productivity areas. File copy operations are speculated to be one area where Vista performs better than XP. In a test run by CRN Test Center, a 1.25 GB file was copied from a network share to each desktop. For XP, it took 2 minutes and 54 seconds, for Vista with SP1 it took 2 minutes and 29 seconds. The Vista implementation of the file copy is arguably more complete and correct as the file does not register as being transferred until it has completely transferred; in Windows XP, the file completed dialogue box is displayed prior to the file actually finishing its copy or transfer, with the file completing after the dialogue is displayed. This can cause an issue if the storage device is ejected prior to the file being successfully transferred or copied in Windows XP due to the dialogue box's premature prompt.
Another test was performed by Tom's Hardware in January 2007. Applications such as Unreal Tournament 2004 and the graphics benchmarking suite SPECviewperf 9.03 suffered heavily from the lack of support for the OpenGL graphics library under Vista. They reached the conclusion that Windows Vista clearly is not a great new performer when it comes to executing single applications at maximum speed. On the other hand, they did not find evidence that Windows Vista's Desktop Window Manager (DWM) consumes more energy than Windows XP's window manager. All of the tests were performed on a computer with a 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor, 2× 1024 MB DDR2-800 RAM, HIS Radeon X1900XTX IceQ3 graphics card, 150 GB Western Digital WD1500ADFD hard drive and a Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard.
A paper evaluating the performance of Windows operating systems concluded that Windows Vista did not provide a better overall performance on the high-end computer system compared to Windows XP. Some performance improvements could be seen in memory management and graphics display, but other part |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkBright | ThinkBright TV was a PBS television digital subchannel serving New York outside of New York City. Its programming included educational series, lifelong learning, arts and culture, children's shows and public affairs coverage with a focus on New York's people, places and heritage.
History
ThinkBright & Well began as ThinkBright Lifelong Learning. ThinkBright Lifelong Learning included a television channel and an online service that supported and enhanced the educational experiences of teachers, students, families, and adult learners throughout New York State .
Started in July 2002 with a $2.5 million grant from The John R. Oishei Foundation, WNED began to harness digital technology to create a lifelong learning educational service. On Oct. 1, 2007, the service expanded to include all of upstate New York . New York State viewers can tune into a whole new selection of public broadcasting programs, including educational series, arts and cultural specials, public affairs forums and high-quality children's shows through ThinkBright. Programs that highlight New York State issues, people, places and heritage will also be featured. Via a statewide network feed from ThinkBright's originating station, WNED in Buffalo.
At one point, ThinkBright programming was available for twelve hours a day on all New York PBS member stations except for those serving the New York City area. As stations such as WCFE-TV, WCNY-TV and WXXI-TV left ThinkBright, the regional network was reduced to a handful of participating digital member stations.
WPBS-DT 16.2 Watertown / WNPI-DT 18.2 Norwood (Potsdam)
WMHT 17.2 Schenectady (Troy-Albany)
WNED-TV 17.3 Buffalo and Western NY
WSKG-TV 46.3 Binghamton / WSKA 30.3 Corning-Elmira
In most markets, it occupied these subchannels for twelve hours per day, with the remaining timeslots allocated to other programming sources such as Create.
Closure
In 2011, ThinkBright suspended formal operations as a statewide network, and both the originating station WNED and most of the affiliates affiliated with the World network (informally known as PBS World) for their former ThinkBright dayparts.
The "ThinkBright" brand was revived in 2016, co-branded with Create only on WNED.
See also
WNED-TV (Western New York Public Broadcasting Association)
References
Television networks in the United States
Public Broadcasting Service
Public television in the United States
Defunct television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2001
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
2001 establishments in New York (state)
2011 disestablishments in New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Friends | Forest Friends () is a French animated television series initially broadcast on TF1, and later rerun on French children's network TiJi. Along with the CGI series The Odd Family, this was one of the first shows produced by Timoon Animation, a company created by Philippe Mounier. 52 episodes were produced.
Several of the show's tie-in books have been written by Valérie Baranski, the screenwriter for another TF1 cartoon, The Bellflower Bunnies.
Synopsis
In the series, a wildfire has driven away many species of forest animals, who reluctantly must live uneasily with each other. But seven young open-minded survivors taught by their mentor the Old Oak of the Forest, step forth to prove that the animals no matter how different they are from each other, can live and work together as a community in peace and friendship. Frequently the rats cause trouble and inconvenience for the animals.
English voice cast
Jodi Forrest
Barbara Weber-Scaff
Sharon Mann-Vallet
Matthew Géczy
Paul Bandey
Allan Wenger
David Gasman
Characters
Jeff - An athletic squirrel who used to live in Squirrel City and now lives in a cabin not far from the bakery. He has a crush on Naomi
Naomi - A mouse who loves to read books and has a crush on Jeff
Achille - A boar and good friend of Jeff who can sometimes be a bit of a show off. He lives in a wooden board house
Danny - A fox who is quite a prankster and a scaredy cat
Gladys - A bear who loves to eat food and has some sort of love=hate relationship with Danny due to her fear of foxes
Martin and Zoe - Twin rabbit siblings who always stick together and take situations cautiously
Old Oak - A Living Tree who teaches the children all about the forest and the advantage of working together. He is Titan's father. He originated from an oak tree struck by a shooting star and Titan spawned as a sapling near one of his roots. From the sixth episode onwards he wears glasses.
Titan - A Living Tree derived from a Cherry Tree and son of Old Oak. He is friends with Jeff and others
Ratasha and Rascal - Rat siblings who live in a bare dusty part of the forest in an outhouse and they cause trouble for others
Jeff's Parents - The Father is named Jack and works as the speaker and leader of the village council meetings. The mother is named Jenny and works as a librarian of the public library.
Naomi's Parents - The Mother is named Maggie and the Father is named Boris. They both work as doctors
Sophia - Naomi's older sister. Danny once had an unrequited crush on Sophia
Achille's Parents - The Father named Roger does carpentry and the Mother named Margery does sculpting
Lily - Achille's baby sister
Danny's Mother - She is named Meryl and works as a newscaster for the local Gazette
Danny's Father - He is named Joe and works as a traveling actor
Didoo - Danny's baby brother
Gladys's Parents - The Father named Billy works as a baker and the Mother named Milly works in a grocery store
Zoe's and Martin's Parents - The father named Jimmy is a gardener. The m |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace%20health%20surveillance | Workplace health surveillance or occupational health surveillance (U.S.) is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of exposure and health data on groups of workers. The Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational Health at its 12th Session in 1995 defined an occupational health surveillance system as "a system which includes a functional capacity for data collection, analysis and dissemination linked to occupational health programmes".
The concept is new to occupational health and is frequently confused with medical screening. Health screening refers to the early detection and treatment of diseases associated with particular occupations, while workplace health surveillance refers to the removal of the causative factors.
Aspects
Medical surveillance
The mission of a medical surveillance program is to keep workers healthy and ensure that employers are meeting OSHA standards in health and safety. Medical surveillance has an emphasis on prevention: it is designed to detect potential workplace hazards before irreversible health effects can occur. Clinicians with expertise in occupational health, industrial exposures, and respiratory protection screen workers with physical examinations, blood testing, spirometry (a measurement lung function), and audiometry. Screenings are performed at set intervals, often annually. The clinicians providing medical surveillance services include board-certified occupational and environmental medicine physicians, mid-level practitioners, nurses, and NIOSH-certified spirometry technicians.
Medical surveillance targets actual health events or a change in a biologic function of an exposed person or persons. Medical surveillance is a second line of defense behind the implementation of direct hazard controls such as engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment. NIOSH recommends the medical surveillance of workers when they are exposed to hazardous materials. The elements of a medical surveillance program generally include the following:
An initial medical examination and collection of medical and occupational histories
Periodic medical examinations at regularly scheduled intervals, including specific medical screening tests when warranted
More frequent and detailed medical examinations as indicated on the basis of findings from these examinations
Post-incident examinations and medical screening following uncontrolled or non-routine increases in exposures such as spills
Worker training to recognize symptoms of exposure to a given hazard
A written report of medical findings
Employer actions in response to identification of potential hazards
When the purpose of a medical surveillance program is to detect early signs of work-related illness and disease, it is considered a type of medical screening, to detect preclinical changes in organ function or changes before a person would normally seek medical care and when intervention is beneficial The establishment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide%3A%20Life%20on%20the%20Street%20%28season%204%29 | The fourth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from October 20, 1995 to May 17, 1996 and contained 22 episodes.
The fourth season marked the debut of two characters: Detective Mike Kellerman (portrayed by Reed Diamond), who transfers from Arson to Homicide; and J. H. Brodie (portrayed by Max Perlich), a news cameraman who is hired as the unit's videographer. The season was also the last to feature Captain/Detective Megan Russert (portrayed by Isabella Hofmann) as a regular. Drug kingpin Luther Mahoney (portrayed by Erik Dellums) also makes his first appearance. Stuart Gharty (portrayed by Peter Gerety) also debuts in a guest appearance.
Guest stars include Lily Tomlin, Jeffrey Donovan, Bruce Campbell, Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessy, Chris Rock, Marcia Gay Harden and Jay Leno.
The DVD box set of season 4 was released for Region 1 on March 30, 2004. The set includes all 22 season 4 episodes on six discs.
Episodes
When first shown on network television, multiple episodes were aired out of order. The DVD present the episodes in the correct chronological order, restoring all storylines and character developments.
Cast
Returning for the fourth season of Homicide were Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Isabella Hofmann, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, and Kyle Secor. Daniel Baldwin and Ned Beatty did not return, as both were frustrated with the direction of the show. The characters of Beau Felton (Baldwin) and Stan Bolander (Beatty) were written out by engaging in drunken, inappropriate behavior while attending a policeman/firefighters convention in New York City; as a result both were suspended for 22 weeks (the length of the season). While they were only suspended for the duration of season 4, their departure from the series was not revealed until the next season.
Both Reed Diamond and Max Perlich joined the cast as Detective Mike Kellerman and J.H. Brodie, respectively. During the season, Diamond was credited as a main cast member while Perlich was a recurring cast member. The character of J.H. Brodie was supposedly based on David Simon. Season 4 also saw the debut of Peter Gerety as Stuart Gharty. The Gharty character would make a guest appearance once during the season as well as two guest appearances during the fifth season before becoming a main character in the final two seasons. The fourth season also saw the debut of Erik Dellums as drug kingpin Luther Mahoney. Despite only making one appearance during the season, the character would return many times during the fifth season serving as the main antagonist for the detectives.
Isabella Hofmann left the cast at the end of the season due to pregnancy with her and Daniel Baldwin's child, but would return for three guest appearances (two in person, one as a telephone voice) in the fifth season. Andre Braugher nearly left after the season, believing he had explored the Frank Pembleton character to its limit, but h |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neponset%20Valley%20Parkway | The Neponset Valley Parkway is a historic parkway in southern Boston and Milton, Massachusetts, United States. It is a connecting parkway in the Greater Boston area's network, providing a connection between the Blue Hills Reservation, Neponset River Reservation, and the Stony Brook Reservation. The parkway was constructed between 1898 and 1929 with design assistance from Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Description
The northern terminus of the parkway is at a junction with River Street, north of the Readville neighborhood of Boston and just south of the Mill Pond Reservation, a city park. On the far side of the Mill Pond Reservation is the southern end of Turtle Pond Parkway, one of the Stony Brook Reservation Parkways. It runs roughly east, as a two-lane road, until it meets a major railroad right-of-way, at which point it turns south. It makes a left turn to cross the railroad with Milton Street on the John Hart Bridge (a 1930s WPA construction), just north of the Readville MBTA station. It turns south, passing the station and then curves east again, crossing another branch of the railroad to enter Wolcott Square, a commercial area of Readville. From Wolcott Square it proceeds roughly southeast in a straight line, through a residential area, and widens to four lanes shortly before reaching the edge of the Neponset River Reservation and a junction with the southern terminus of the Truman Parkway. It then crosses the Neponset River into Milton on Paul's Bridge, an 1849 stone arch bridge which was rebuilt to widen it as part of the parkway construction. On the east side of the river it meets Milton Street and Brush Hill Road, briefly turning southwest before resuming its southeasterly course to its southern terminus at Blue Hill Avenue (Massachusetts Route 138).
History
The parkway was built in three stages, and was one of the Metropolitan District Commission's (MDC) early connecting parkways. The segment between Wolcott Square and Brush Hill Road was acquired first, as an existing municipal street formerly called Neponset Street. This section was acquired by the MDC's predecessor in 1898 and upgraded to its parkway standards; Paul's Bridge was rebuilt in 1932–33. The section north of this was originally planned to be a new roadway (and land was even acquired in 1901), but the MDC decided in 1924 to instead acquire the present alignment, which was then called Regent Street. The John Hart Bridge was acquired by the MDC in 1956, replacing an earlier grade crossing. The southern segment of the parkway was built as a new roadway in 1904.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Milton, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts
References
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Parkways in Massachusetts
Transportation in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Streets in Bosto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitra%20railway%20station | Nitra railway station is situated at Staničná street in the Staré Mesto district of Nitra, Slovakia. Nearby is a busy bus station and a bus stop served by the city's public transport network. Nitra is nowadays out of main railway corridors and the significance of railway transport is only regional.
History
The history of railways in Nitra dates back to the second half of the nineteenth century. Track section Ivanka pri Nitre (Nyitraivánka) - Nitra (Nyitra) was opened in 1876 and connected Nitra (Nyitra) with tracks Šurany (Nagysurány) - Ivanka pri Nitre (Nyitraivánka) and Palárikovo (Tótmegyer) - Šurany (Nagysurány). Railway to Topoľčany (Nagytapolcsány) was opened in 1881 and local track Nitra - Zbehy (Izbék) - Radošina (Radosna) in 1909.
Main building was built around 1876, and extended with dispatchers' offices in 1921. Today's look of the building originates in 1925, after the electrification of station lights was finished.
Reconstruction
The railway station is scheduled to undertake complete reconstruction in 2014–2015. The approximate budget for the reconstruction is €4 150 000 without value added tax. Because of Financial crisis of 2007–2010 and lack of funds at ŽSR (Železnice Slovenskej Republiky) the future of this project remains unclear.
Services
References
Nitra
Buildings and structures in Nitra
Nitra
Railway stations in Slovakia opened in the 19th century |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%204078 | is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious, but as the title indicates, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is incorporated into the gameplay.
Setting and design
The game takes place within a gigantic spaceship which has virtually infinite capacity because of its ability to manipulate time and space. The player must deal with enigmatic creatures called EVOL, which consist only of pure energy and need to keep themselves in capsules in order to maintain their existence in the world.
All of the characters in the game are designed to resemble microscopic organisms, both in their appearance and their quick, tricky movements. The player's ship undergoes more than 10 types of transformations throughout the game, each with offensive and defensive maneuvers specific to their design. The sound effects used are minimal, but different types of sounds are used according to the type of shots or their speed. A sound resembling a long scream results when the player's ship is hit and returns to its weakest evolutionary state.
The game's designer, graphic designer, and music composer, Tomo Furukawa, would go on to become the vocalist of the band Guniw Tools.
Gameplay
The player must progress through 16 different levels, defeating the boss at the end of each of them. The player controls their ship using an 8-way joystick and 2 buttons (one button targets enemies in the air, and the other targets the enemies on the ground). The power of the player's ship increases as it evolves.
There are two broad categories that define how enemies attack. The first type only shoots in the forward direction at a constant speed, but the second type shoots bullets that travel at different speeds depending on its distance with the player's ship (the bullets travel quicker if the player is farther away, and slower if the player is close by). This made it so that staying away from enemies would not necessarily make it easier to avoid attacks. The game's difficulty also does not change over time, and enemies do not become stronger as the player's ship evolves. This style was continued in the game's sequel.
Once the player reaches 2,000,000 points, they gain a bonus of 2,000,000 points, and a bonus of 3,000,000 points once they reach 3,000,000 points. This bonus system allows the player to reach 10,000,000 points after gaining only 5,000,000 points, but the game's counter does not display digits in the ten millions. Destroying 16 ground enemies in a row in the desert level extends gameplay without having to insert additional credits.
Evolution system
The game's most unique characteristic is the evolution of the player's ship. It starts out in a form called BEAS, and evolves when the player collects EVOL capsules, which appear when certain enemies are killed. The player's ship grows in size and strength as it evolves, but certain forms may be difficult to use effectively, so the player must pace the evolution properl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Armed%20Forces%20Hour | The Armed Forces Hour is an American television program broadcast on NBC October 30, 1949 - June 11, 1950 and on the DuMont Television Network February 4, 1951 - May 6, 1951. Despite the title of the series, it was a half-hour program.
NBC version
The program's purpose was to demonstrate that unification of American armed forces had brought about "increased efficiency and economy". The Armed Forces Hour was one of four TV series on the air in 1950 that resulted from creation of a single radio and television department for the American military with Charles E. Dillon heading the unit.
Production
The Armed Forces Hour was "culled from the estimated 500 million feet of film" archived at the U.S. Department of Defense. Production was supervised by Major Robert Keim and Lieutenant Benjamin Greenberg. The program originated in NBC's studios in the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington with segments coming from military bases and field activities of military units. The Concert Orchestra and Singing Sergeants of the Air Force Band provided background music. Major Bob Keim and Navy Lieutenant Ben Greenberg were co-producers. The program was broadcast at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays.
Episodes
Episodes of the program included:
October 30, 1949 - "Your Defense Dollar"
November 6, 1949 - "Medicine in the Armed Forces"
November 13, 1949 - "Amphibious Warfare"
November 20, 1949 - "Service Academies"
December 4, 1949 - "Music in the Air"
December 11, 1949 - "Joint Chiefs of Staff"
December 18, 1949 - "Geronimo"
December 25, 1949 - "Sky Pilot"
January 1, 1950 - "Defense Diary"
Critical response
A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Billboard found it "quite satisfactory" in documenting how defense money was spent but "somewhat less successful" in reducing viewers' pain of paying taxes. The review commended use of a pie chart in conjunction with film that showed related military activity when each segment of the chart was discussed. Overall, the review said the episode was "much too talky", with some participants hesitant or uncertain while others were "just plain dull".
DuMont version
After a one-season run on NBC, the network cancelled the series in 1950. However, on February 4, 1951, the series started again on the DuMont Television Network, with the last DuMont episode airing on May 6, 1951. This version emphasized entertainment by "using a musical variety format to lure viewers to watch short films about the services."
Episodes using a set resembling a USO club featured The Singing Sergeants, the U. S. Navy Dance Band and other performers from the military. Guest professional performers included Frances Langford and Marion Morgan. Films about the military completed each episode.
The show was broadcast from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
The Army Hour
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Ages | Battle of the Ages was an American television program originally broadcast on the DuMont Television Network and later CBS.
DuMont version
It was a prime time game show/talent contest which pitted children against adult celebrities. Whichever team won would have their winnings donated to either the Professional Children's School (the kids) or the Actors' Fund of America (the adults). The DuMont version ran from January 1 to July 17, 1952, and was hosted by John Reed King.
Competitors included The Charioteers and Henny Youngman.
CBS version
The series was then aired by CBS on Saturdays at 10:30pm ET beginning on September 6, 1952. The age division for team members was 35, and it was hosted by Morey Amsterdam. Members of the two teams participated in "song, dance, comedy and instrumental competition", with the winning team determined by applause of the audience. It ended on November 29, 1952.
This version originated live at WCBS-TV with Serutan as the sponsor. Norman S. Livingston was the producer, Andrew McCullough was the director, and Milton DeLugg directed the music.
Competitors included Maxine Sullivan and W. C. Handy.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1952-1953 United States network television schedule
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
External links
DuMont historical website
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows
CBS original programming
1950s American game shows
1952 American television series debuts
1952 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suish%C5%8D%20no%20Dragon | is a text-based adventure video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan in 1986.
Gameplay
The game plays as a command-style adventure game. The game's interface resembles that of a point-and-click graphic adventure interface for a console. The game made use of visual icons rather than text-based ones to represent various actions, and it featured a cursor that could be moved around the screen using the D-pad to click on the icons and examine parts of the scenery.
Plot
The game is set in a science fiction setting, where the main character, Hugh, and his girlfriend Cynthia are traveling in space, but are attacked by a crystal dragon: Hugh escapes with the help of a mysterious woman, but Cynthia is kidnapped. Hugh must find the dragon and save his girlfriend.
Development
Many of the game's scenes involve animation, which was a specialty of Square, at the time, and Suishō no Dragon features a variety of drawings, particularly those of girls. Anime artist Gen Sato served as the character designer and illustrator on the staff, and Nippon Sunrise (currently Sunrise Inc.) contributed to the animated parts of the game and also provided animated footage for the games commercial. The year the game came out, 1986, saw the release of Famicom Disk System with cartridges three times the capacity of a ROM cassette and a storage equaling 1 megabyte, which many software developers including Square waited for and then took advantage of, causing the game to come out at the end of the year.
Reception
The fake scene, detailed below, reportedly caused a spike in sales for the game.
Legacy
The most iconic scene in the game is the frame where one of the heroines, Cynthia, is depicted standing with her arms spread outwards. This drawing inspired a famous fake game scene created by Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga); a prominent video game magazine published by Tokuma Shoten. The magazine explained that it was possible to start a game of with Cynthia using a cheat, though this is not actually possible in the game. An altered screenshot showing the heroine losing her clothes was included alongside the article. This was not done to fool readers, but to test whether the magazine's content was being copied by other game magazines. This fake scene developed popularity on its own, and many users were made aware of this scene even if they had never played the game before.
This phenomenon is described in Kouta Hirano's gag manga, , which was serialized in the Famitsu game magazine. The game's fake sequence was also referenced in the credits of Hyperdimension Neptunia V. Suishō no Dragon was adapted into a manga titled , published in the Gamest Comics collection from April 1999, and drawn by Kouta Hirano.
References
External links
Official website (Square Enix)
Suishō no Dragons television commercial
1986 video games
Video games about dragons
Famicom Disk System games
Famicom Disk System-only games
Japan-exclusive video ga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2-class%20Melbourne%20tram | The C2-class trams are five-section Alstom Citadis 302 trams built in La Rochelle, France that operate on the Melbourne tram network. They were built for the tram network in Mulhouse, France, but being surplus to Mulhouse demands, were leased to use in Melbourne in 2008, later being purchased by the Government of Victoria. The trams operate solely on route 96.
History
In 2008, an arrangement to lease five low-floor, air-conditioned, bi-directional, five section Alstom Citadis 302 trams was brokered with Mulhouse, France, through Yarra Trams' then French parent, Transdev. The lease agreement was $9 million for four years with shipping costs of $500,000 for each tram, with the first tram arriving in Melbourne in February 2008. The first tram was launched on 11 June 2008, nicknamed Bumble Bee 1, with the rest following suit up to Bumble Bee 5; all entered service on route 96.
Being surplus to the demands of Mulhouse, they were originally intended to be leased only until December 2011. However, it was announced in November 2010 that the State Government was in negotiations to acquire the C2-trams, with all five subsequently purchased in 2012/13.
Prior to entering service in Melbourne, they had minor adjustments made at Preston Workshops, including improvements to the air-conditioning and modifications to the Mulhouse livery.
Operation
C2-class trams operate on the following route:
96: Brunswick East to St Kilda Beach
References
External links
Alstom trams
Articulated passenger trains
Melbourne tram vehicles
Alstom multiple units
600 V DC multiple units |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell%20Inspiron%20E1405 | The Dell Inspiron E1405 is a portable laptop computer manufactured by Dell Inc. featuring a 14.1 inch (diagonal) display in a 1.5 (H) x 13 (W) x 9.6 (D) inch 2.4 kg clamshell case. This model was also marketed under the name Dell Inspiron 640m.
Configurations
This model also included the following components:
Processor: Intel Centrino — Core Duo T2050 or T2500, or Core 2 Duo T5500, T5600, T7200, T7400, T7600
Memory: 1, 2, 3, or 4 GB of shared dual channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 667 MHz.
Chipset: Intel 945GM Express
Graphics Processor: integrated Intel GMA 950.
LCD Display: 14.1" (16:10) - with 1280 × 800 resolution, or with 1280 × 800 resolution and TrueLife, or with 1440 × 900 resolution and TrueLife.
Storage: 80 or 100 GB SATA HDD at 5400 RPM.
Optical Drive: tray-load, 8x dual-layer DVD+/-RW or 24x DVD / CD-RW.
Battery: 6-cell (56 Whr), or 9-cell (85 Whr) Lithium Ion.
Wi-Fi Card: mini-card, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g or 5100 802.11n.
Bluetooth: Optional Dell Wireless Bluetooth Internal 350.
I/O ports: 4 USB ports, 1 FireWire port, 1 Fast Ethernet port, 1 56K modem, 1 5-in-1 memory card reader, 1 Express Card slot, 1 VGA output, 1 S-Video output, 1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack/line-in, and 1 power adapter port.
References
Intel Core Duo Processor T2300 specs
Intel Core Duo Processor T2050 specs
Intel 945GM Express chipset specs
Owner's Manual Inspiron 640/E1405
Inspiron E1405 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%20to%20Hollywood | Broadway to Hollywood is an American television program broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. While the daytime version was mainly a talk show with news, celebrity gossip, and home-viewer quizzes, the quiz portion became a full-fledged nighttime version within two weeks of the program's debut.
Broadcast history
The daytime show began on July 4, 1949, and was hosted by Don Russell. Two weeks later on July 20, a nighttime version hosted by George Putnam debuted. Both versions were originally called Headline Clues.
Putnam left in February 1951 and was replaced by Bill Slater until 1953, after which Conrad Nagel took the reins until the show's end on July 15, 1954.
Actors who appeared on Broadway to Hollywood: Headline Clues included Conrad Nagel. Edgar Higgins was a writer for the program.
Tidewater Associated Oil Company sponsored the program, promoting its Tydol and Veedol products.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1949-50 United States network television schedule (Thursdays, 8:30pm ET)
1950-51 United States network television schedule (Wednesdays, 10pm ET)
1951-52 United States network television schedule (Thursdays, 8:30pm ET)
1952-53 United States network television schedule (Thursdays, 8:30pm ET)
1953-54 United States network television schedule (Thursdays, 8:30pm ET)
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
External links
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
1940s American game shows
1950s American game shows
1949 American television series debuts
1954 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
Lost television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Forsythe | George Elmer Forsythe (January 8, 1917 – April 9, 1972) was an American computer scientist and numerical analyst who founded and led Stanford University's Computer Science Department. Forsythe is often credited with coining the term "computer science" and is recognized as a founding figure in the field.
Forsythe came to Stanford in the Mathematics Department in 1959, and served as professor and chairman of the Computer Science department from 1965 until his death. He served as the president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), coauthored four books on computer science and a fifth on meteorology, and edited more than 75 other books on computer science.
Early life
George Elmer Forsythe was born on January 8, 1917, in State College, Pennsylvania. Forsythe's family moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan when George was a young boy. Forsythe became interested in computing at a young age, experimenting with hand-cranked desk calculators.
Forsythe earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics at Swarthmore College in 1937, where he was awarded a scholarship. He completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at Brown University in 1941 under the direction of Jacob David Tamarkin. After receiving his doctorate, Forsythe went to Stanford University to work as an instructor in mathematics. His teaching career was interrupted by service in the U.S. Air Force and a stint at Boeing.
Professional life
Forsythe married Alexandra I. Forsythe, who wrote the first published textbook in computer science and actively participated in her husband's work, while promoting a more active role for women than was common at the time. Between 1950 and 1958 both of them programmed using the SWAC at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Los Angeles and later at UCLA after the western division of NBS was closed due to political pressures (see Oral History cited below). With his wife, Forsythe had a daughter and a son.
According to Donald Knuth, Forsythe's greatest contributions were helping to establish computer science as its own academic discipline and starting the field of refereeing and editing algorithms as scholarly work. Professor Forsythe supervised 17 PhD graduates; many of them went into academic careers. He won a Lester R. Ford Award in 1969 and again in 1971.
Books by Forsythe
Dynamic Meteorology (with William Gustin and Jørgen Holmboe), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1945, 378+xvi pp.
Bibliography of Russian Mathematics Books, Chelsea, New York, 1956, 106 pp.
Numerical analysis and partial differential equations. Contemporary state of numerical analysis, Wiley 1958 (with Paul C. Rosenbloom: Linear partial equations)
Finite Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations (with Wolfgang Wasow), John Wiley, New York, 1966, 444 pp.
Computer Solution of Linear Algebraic Systems (with Cleve B. Moler), Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1967, 153 pp.
Computer methods for mathematical computations'' (with Michael A. Malcolm and Cleve B. Moler), Prentice-H |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothwesten | Rothwesten is a village in the municipality Fuldatal, in the Kassel district, Hesse, Germany. It was the site of a post World War II American sector displaced person camp, and later Rothwesten Air Base.
External links
Municipal website of Fuldatal
Villages in Hesse |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Neustadter | Eric Alan Neustadter, also known by his Xbox Live Gamertag e, is the former Operations Manager for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live. Neustadter is frequently a co-host of Larry Hryb's "Major Nelson Radio" Xbox-related podcast. Neustadter has been with Xbox Live since 2002. He attended the University of Oregon.
According to Microsoft, "e" is the first Gamertag ever created on Xbox Live, having been created on August 13, 2002. Neustadter picked the Gamertag in the early stages of Xbox Live as an abbreviation for his first name.
On October 23, 2015, Neustadter announced via Twitter that after 14.5 years, he was leaving Xbox. In August 2016, he announced via Twitter that he'd joined The Pokémon Company International as VP of Technology.
Other media
Identifying himself only by his Xbox Live gamertag "e", Neustadter briefly appeared in the video at the end of the Xbox 360 viral marketing campaign OurColony. In his role as Director of Xbox Operations for Xbox Live, Neustadter appeared in a video which was included with all consoles of the Xbox 360 when it was originally released.
Neustadter is also credited as contributing to Halo 3 in the role of "Platform & Xbox Live: Microsoft Xbox".
He has also appeared on the Rooster Teeth Podcast and a Rooster Teeth/Achievement Hunter series called "Game Time with Burnie Burns".
"Swatting" Hoax
On August 29, 2011, the King County Sheriff Department responded to a 911 call in response to a text message received by AT&T's emergency cell phone service. The text message, apparently from Neustadter, indicated that several armed "Russian" gunmen were invading his home.
The text messages included
“2 armed Russian males broke in and they shot my son”
“They have claymores outside... my door is barricaded...pls hurry!”
“They are coming upstairs...pls hurry.”
“Kicked the door in.”
“Now they are trying to break into my room.”
Police initially responded with a SWAT team, only to discover the threat was a hoax. No one was injured in the incident. As a result, the King County Sheriff Department sent a memo to other agencies alerting them to the hoax.
Disgruntled members of Xbox Live apparently are pranking Microsoft Employees who are tasked with enforcing rules on that on-line service. The Deputy report read, in part,
“He (Neustadter) informed me that he is XXX for Xbox Live Operations and one of his primary duties is to head up teams whose job it is to find and shut down hackers who hack the system to locate cheats for Xbox and try and sell them. The hackers become extremely upset when this occurs and have been known to retaliate for it."
References
External links
Eric Neustadter's gamer profile
Major Nelson Radio Podcast website
Eric Neustadter's blog
Living people
Microsoft employees
Microsoft evangelists
University of Oregon alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch%20%28company%29 | Switch, Inc. is an American company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that develops and operates the SUPERNAP data center facilities and provides colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems.
History
Switch was founded in 2000 by Rob Roy, CEO and the organization's principal inventor and chief engineer. In 2002, Roy purchased a former Enron facility in Nevada in an auction only attended by Roy since Enron's "fiber plans were so secretive that few people even knew about the auction", with the facility which Enron invested millions of dollars into selling for only $930,000. The facility was built in a rundown area of Las Vegas near E Sahara, constructed right over the "backbone" of fiber optic cables providing service to technology companies nationwide, which Enron sought to use as a way to sell bandwidth to Internet service providers like a commodity. Six years later, in 2008, Switch was planning to build its first SUPERNAP facility which would "rival anything being built by the likes of Microsoft and Google" for $350 million, with Roy stating that he could store "four times as much gear as those companies do in his center".
Rob Roy holds 500 patents or patent-pending claims for SUPERNAP designs and engineering that have been Tier IV certified by the Uptime Institute. In 2017, the company announced it would no longer pursue certifications by the Uptime Institute, and instead planned to create a non-profit organization to control and define a new data center standard that uses 30 additional metrics and is called Tier 5 Platinum, and that they have plans to follow the new standards. Switch is a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) that sells all telecommunications services.
As of July 2015, half of the company's 14 top executives are women. Seventy-percent of the current workforce are veterans.
In 2015, the company became the first data center service in the U.S. to participate in President Barack Obama's American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Switch is currently constructing the first of two solar farms, which will provide renewable energy to its data centers. As of January 1, 2016, all Switch data centers are powered exclusively by clean and renewable energy. In 2016 Switch joined the WWF/WRI Renewable Buyers’ Principles.
In its 2017 report on the energy footprint of the IT sector, Greenpeace recognized Switch for the company's use of renewable energy in its data centers. In 2020, construction started on a 555 MW solar project in Nevada, of which 127 MW is behind-the-meter at Citadel.
Data centers
In 2008, the company opened SUPERNAP 7, a facility, its seventh data center. In 2017, LAS VEGAS 10 opened adding approximately of data center space. The Core Campus located in Las Vegas consists of eleven operating data centers spanning over . At completion of construction, The Core Campus will measure more than with 12 buildings.
Power to the data facilities will be generated through two solar generation projects, S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit%20Networks | Tacit Networks, Inc. is an I.T. company based in South Plainfield, New Jersey. It was founded in 2000.
Their product lines are:
iShared which provides Wide area file services and WAN optimization.
Mobiliti (via the acquisition of Mobiliti) which provides backup, synchronization and offline access services to mobile users.
On January 30, 2004, Tacit Networks acquired the assets of AttachStor. The AttachStor technology provided the basis for the email acceleration feature in the iShared product.
On December 30, 2005, Tacit Networks acquired the assets of Mobiliti and integrated the Mobiliti product line into its portfolio.
On May 15, 2006, Packeteer acquired Tacit Networks and integrated the iShared and Mobiliti product lines into the Packeteer portfolio.
See also
Wide area file services
WAN optimization
References
News article about AttachStor's acquisition by Tacit Networks
News article about Mobiliti's acquisition by Tacit Networks
News article about the Tacit acquisition by Packeteer
External links
iShared product page on Packeteer.com
Network performance
Defunct computer companies of the United States
Computer companies established in 2000
Computer companies disestablished in 2006
Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey
South Plainfield, New Jersey
2006 mergers and acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Thompson%20%28journalist%29 | Laura Thompson is a Canadian musician and an arts & entertainment reporter and producer for CBC News. She appears on CBC News Network, CBC Radio and CBC-TV's The National. She was the music columnist for CBC Newsworld's former daily arts wrap, The Scene.
Thompson has interviewed celebrities such as Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Amy Adams, Shakira, will.i.am, Taylor Swift and John Cusack.
Thompson is a graduate of the University of Guelph with a degree in studio art. She completed her post-graduate studies in journalism at Sheridan College. In 2011, Thompson returned to Sheridan as the keynote speaker for its graduating class and was inducted into its "Wall of Fame."
Thompson has been a juror for the Polaris Music Prize since 2007, twice presenting at the awards gala.
She is also a member of Toronto-based pop band The Good Soldiers.
References
External links
The Good Soldiers on MySpace
Canadian television journalists
Living people
1979 births
Canadian women television journalists
University of Guelph alumni
Sheridan College alumni
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
Journalists from Ontario
People from Kitchener, Ontario |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity-1%20Space%20Link%20Protocol | Proximity-1 Space Link Protocol is a short haul delivery communications protocol designed to establish a two-way communications link between a lander and an orbiter, negotiate data rate and communications mode, and reliably deliver data during short orbiter-to-surface contacts.
Developed by Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems and documented in a number of CCSDS Recommendations
Proximity-1 is implemented on Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Express as well as on Phoenix Mars Lander.
The frequency band used by this protocol is in the 70-centimeter band so as to reduce complexity of the ground craft, using these frequencies:
437.1000 MHz
440.7425 MHz
444.3850 MHz
448.0275 MHz
However, using this protocol over the standard CCSDS frequency bands is perfectly acceptable if the UHF allocation is not usable.
References
External links
Mars Relay Operations: Application of CCSDS Proximity-1 Space Data Link Protocol
Network protocols
Space standards
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
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