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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles%20Teves | Miles Teves (born 1963, Salinas, California) is a Hollywood artist and conceptual designer who works on television productions, films, and computer games.
Career
Miles Teves did the technical art for the role-playing game, SkyRealms of Jorune (1984). Since then, his work has been more for the silver screen. Some of his credits include Explorers, RoboCop, The Witches of Eastwick, Total Recall, Batman & Robin, Hollow Man, Spider-Man, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Reign of Fire, Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and The Chronicles of Riddick.
He studied sculpture at the Art Center College of Design before being discovered by Rob Bottin who hired Teves to work on Darkness for Legend. He has sculpted pieces as realistic as Tom Cruise's head for Interview with the Vampire and as fantastical as Kong in King Kong.
Some of his latest projects are Little Fockers, which was released in December 2010, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which was released in May 2011.
References
External links
Miles Teves homepage
1963 births
American sculptors
American make-up artists
Living people
Role-playing game artists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SporTV | SporTV is a Brazilian pay television sports network owned by Canais Globo, part of Grupo Globo, launched in 1991. It is the most watched sports network in Brazil.
On January 18, 2013, were launched High-definition simulcasts of SporTV and SporTV 2. Before that, select events were broadcast in HD on sister channel Globosat HD (now Modo Viagem). In 2013, SporTV was the 3rd most watched channel on Brazilian pay television, the first among sports channels. SporTV 2 was the 19th, and SporTV 3 was the 39th most watched channel.
See also
Canais Globo
Grupo Globo
External links
SporTV official website
Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 1991
Television stations in Brazil
Canais Globo
Mass media in Rio de Janeiro (city)
1991 establishments in Brazil
Sports television networks in Brazil
Prime Sports |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20College%20Survey%20of%20Student%20Engagement | The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) (pronounced: sessie) provides data and analysis about student engagement in community colleges. Like its counterpart in four-year institutions, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), the CCSSE survey instrument is used to gauge the level of student engagement in college. The survey is administered to community college students during the spring academic term. The survey questions assess institutional practices and student behaviors that are correlated highly with student learning and student retention.
The survey serves three purposes for community college administrators and instructors:
benchmarking—comparison to national norms on educational practice and performance by community and technical colleges.
diagnosis—identification of areas in which an institution could improve students’ educational experiences and outcomes.
monitoring/accountability—documentation and improvement of institutional effectiveness over time.
The CCSSE survey instrument was first piloted in 2001. From 2002 through 2010, more than 1,770,000 students at 754 community colleges in 49 U.S. states, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and the Marshall Islands participated in the survey. CCSSE is a product and service of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), which is part of the Program for Higher Education Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. CCCSE's director is Linda García, Ph.D.
See also
Undergraduate education
External links
Survey instrument website
Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) official website
IPEDS
Community colleges |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB10 | BB10 may refer to:
Big Brother 10 (disambiguation), a television programme in various versions
BlackBerry 10, a mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones
USS Maine (BB-10), a US Navy ship
BB 10 (keelboat), a sailboat class
BB10, a postcode district in the BB postcode area, England
See also
BBX (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20model | Structural model may refer to:
Structural model of the psyche, a Freudian model of psychology
Structural equation modeling, mathematical, statistical and computer algorithm models that fit constructs to data
Structural model (software), a diagram that the describes the static structure of a computer program
Marginal structural model, a class of statistical models used in epidemiology
An approach to credit spread-modelling; see under Merton model. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height%20%28disambiguation%29 | Height is the measurement of vertical distance.
Height may also refer to:
Mathematics and computer science
Height (abelian group), an invariant that captures the divisibility properties of an element
Height (ring theory), a measurement in commutative algebra
Height (triangle) or altitude
Height function, a function that quantifies the complexity of mathematical objects
Height of a field, exponent of torsion in the Witt group
Height, the logarithm of the first nonzero term in the formal power series
Tree height, length of the longest root-to-leaf path in a tree data structure
Music
Height (musician), Baltimore hip hop artist
Height (album), an album by John Nolan
People
Amy Height (c. 1866–1913), African-American music hall entertainer in the UK
Bob Height, 19th century African-American blackface minstrel performer
Dorothy Height (1912–2010), civil rights activist
See also
The Heights (disambiguation), including "Heights"
Human height
Tree height measurement
Reduced height of a field, the Pythagoras number |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eomola | {{Taxobox
| name = Eomola
| fossil_range = Middle Eocene
| image = Eomola bimaxillaria.jpg
| image_caption = E. bimaxillaria
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Actinopterygii
| ordo = Tetraodontiformes
| familia = Molidae
| genus = Eomola| genus_authority = Tyler and Bannikov, 1992
| binomial = Eomola bimaxillaria| binomial_authority = Tyler and Bannikov, 1992
}}Eomola is an extinct genus of sunfish from the middle Eocene. Its fossils have been found in Russia. Eomola was described in 1992 by James Tyler and Alexandre Bannikov, and the type species is E. bimaxillaria''.
References
External links
Evolution of the Ocean Sunfish
Molidae
Eocene fish
Eocene fish of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1992 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IVMS | An IVMS (In Vehicle Monitoring System) combines the installation of an electronic device in a vehicle, or fleet of vehicles, with purpose-designed computer software at least at one operational base to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle's location, collecting data in the process from the field and deliver it to the base of operation. Modern vehicle tracking systems commonly use GPS technology for locating the vehicle, but other types of automatic vehicle location technology can also be used. Vehicle information can be viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or specialized software.
IVMS devices are typically installed into vehicles on a permanent basis and they are normally hidden away, so at to prevent driver tampering. Modern vehicles however have mostly digital circuitry, something which do not facilitate the cutting of wires and information is relayed from the vehicle to the IVMS unit through what is known as a CANBUS adaptor, enabling plug-and-play installations. The phenomenon of what is known as "Portable IVMS" is also becoming more common. These are devices that are premade and provided for self-installations, something which has a double benefit: the services of auto electricians are no longer required and vehicle owners can easily move the IVMS device from one vehicle to another.
Urban public transit authorities, Mining companies and Transport/Freight companies are an increasingly common user of vehicle tracking systems.
Several types of vehicle tracking devices exist. Typically they are classified as "passive" and "active".
"Passive" devices store GPS location, speed, heading and sometimes a trigger event such as key on/off, door open/closed. Once the vehicle returns to a predetermined point, the device is removed and the data downloaded to a computer for evaluation.
"Active" devices also collect the same information but usually transmit the data in real-time via cellular or satellite networks to a computer or data center for evaluation. The information is typically analysed and presented using web based technologies.
Many modern IVMS devices combine both active and semi-passive tracking abilities: when a cellular network is available and a tracking device is connected it transmits data to a server; when a network is not available the device stores data in internal memory and will transmit stored data to the server later when the network becomes available again. So, although the actual upload is Active, there is a time delay between the time the position is recorded and the time it is sent back-to-base, making the units semi-passive. Where IVMS is used to drive driver safety and improve on general driver behaviour, this makes no difference in reality: data gets uploaded (delayed) but is still available for post-processing purposes, so overnight safety reports are not affected by this provided the vehicle comes back into coverage later during that day.
Historically IVMS has been accomplished by installing a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilmOn | FilmOn is an Internet-based television provider owned by FilmOn.TV Networks Inc. Alki David had founded FilmOn.TV Networks in 2006. The company was involved in a prolonged legal case concerning streaming rights with CBS, Fox, and NBC between 2013 and 2017, with FilmOn ultimately settling.
History
Early broadcasting model
FilmOn.TV Networks was founded by owner Alki David in 2006.
In 2010 FilmOn launched a streaming internet TV service for mobile devices. Filmon.com claimed it was going to launch an additional over-the-air distribution model using FilmOn AIR, a portable tuner that was supposed to send over-the-air HD channels to mobile devices and computers. At the time, FilmOn's annual subscription was approximately $149.95. In November 2010, major broadcasting studios won a temporary restraining order against FilmOn.com plc in New York, arguing it was violating copyright law by streaming local broadcasts.
In May 2012, FilmOn launched its Facebook app. At the time, the app had 120 channels, with 2,000 on demand titles. For a beta testing stage, all channels were free of charge, as was recording functionality. With Alki David stating the FilmOn technology had been majorly changed by the summer of 2012, at that time, FilmOn was sued again by major networks. FilmOn paid the networks $1.6 million to resolve the 2012 lawsuit.
In November 2012, FilmOn founder Alki David sued Fox Broadcasting in a Los Angeles Superior Court, arguing Fox had allegedly "libeled David’s company, FilmOn.com, by making false statements and misrepresenting past court orders to third parties including Apple, Google and Microsoft." At the time, the FilmOn board included individuals such as Charlie Sheen and Ice-T, among others. In October 2012, FilmOn had 85 employees and operated out of Beverly Hills. The company made around $24 million a year, with subscribers at that time paying between $11.95 and $17.90 a month for access. FIlmOn also was licensed to companies like Lenova, with plans for its app to be preloaded on Lenova computers.
2012-2023
In February 2014, FilmOn introduced what it called "teleport technology" in the US that would allow users to watch local television broadcasts not in their region. FilmOn's business model at the time involved making money by selling advertising, as well as providing access to high-definition video, among other services, according to the Financial Times. However, it was restricted by ongoing court battles from offering major network television in various locations in the United States. It had 350 live television channels, and also had original programming. In July 2015, FilmOn served as the production company behind a new single and music video by artist Chief Keef.
CBS, Fox and NBC sued FilmOn in the United States for copyright violations in 2013. While Aereo went bankrupt under a similar lawsuit, FilmOn had argued that "since the high court justices likened streaming operations to a cable system, it was entitled to a compulsor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino%20%28video%20game%29 | Casino is a collection of card games for the Atari Video Computer System programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. in 1978. Supporting up to four players, the game uses the paddle controllers.
Gameplay
Displayed from an overhead perspective, there are three card games to choose from: blackjack, five-card stud poker, and poker solitaire. Except for poker solitaire, each game always has the computer as the dealer, and bets are made by rotating the wheel on the controller and then pressing the button.
There are two different blackjack games: Game 1 allows for up to two players and hand splitting, and Game 2 allows for up to four players yet there is no hand splitting. There are variations in the game depending on the setting of the difficulty switches. If the left switch is set to "A", the computer will shuffle after 34 hands, and if set to "B", the computer will shuffle after every hand. If the right switch is set to "A", the dealer will stay (not draw anymore cards) after drawing a 17, and if set to "B", the computer will stay after drawing an 18 or better. Furthermore, the player will win if he draws the maximum number of cards; in Game 1, that is three or eight hits, and in Game 2, three hits.
Stud poker, which comprises Game 3, allows for up to four players. The computer, as the dealer, issues a card to each of the players and itself. Before the first card is dealt, and after each subsequent hand, until five cards have been dealt, each player must either make a bet or fold. If the left difficulty switch is set to "A", the dealer's first card is dealt face down; otherwise, it is dealt face up; likewise for the right difficulty switch for each player.
Poker solitaire is different in that no bets are made and there is no dealer; rather, the goal is to arrange cards to create the best twelve poker hands in 25 cards, with five rows, five columns, and the two diagonals. Points are scored depending on the hands created, with a pair yielding 10 points and a royal flush yielding 500 points. The highest possible score is 3340 points.
Legacy
The game was re-released in 2003 as part of the Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! collection for Microsoft Windows. It was also part of the 2004 Atari Anthology for the Xbox and PlayStation 2.
References
See also
List of Atari 2600 games
Blackjack, another Atari 2600 card game
External links
Casino at Atari Mania
1978 video games
Atari 2600 games
Atari 2600-only games
Blackjack video games
Casino video games
Patience video games
Poker video games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach%20Volleyball%20Database | The Beach Volleyball Database, also known as BVB Info, is an online website that tracks international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history, including results of continental and international tournaments. It is the only website of its kind in the sport of beach volleyball.
Volleyball Magazine calls the website "a reliable source for entries and results." The site also collaborates with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) to provide tournament notes to the FIVB website.
History
The Beach Volleyball Database was launched online by Dennis Wagner on June 2, 1999. Wagner (nicknamed "Dr. Ono") operates the website on his own, for free.
References
External links
Beach Volleyball Database
American sport websites
Beach volleyball
Volleyball websites
Internet properties established in 1999
Online databases
Sports databases
1999 establishments in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UI%20data%20binding | UI data binding is a software design pattern to simplify development of GUI applications. UI data binding binds UI elements to an application domain model. Most frameworks employ the Observer pattern as the underlying binding mechanism. To work efficiently, UI data binding has to address input validation and data type mapping.
A bound control is a widget whose value is tied or bound to a field in a recordset (e.g., a column in a row of a table). Changes made to data within the control are automatically saved to the database when the control's exit event triggers.
Example
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Username}" />
public class ExampleViewModel
{
public string Username { get; set; }
}
Data binding frameworks and tools
Delphi
DSharp third-party data binding tool
OpenWire Visual Live Binding - third-party visual data binding tool
Java
JFace Data Binding
JavaFX Property
.NET
Windows Forms data binding overview
WPF data binding overview
Unity 3D data binding framework (available in modifications for NGUI, iGUI and EZGUI libraries)
JavaScript
Angular
AngularJS
Backbone.js
Ember.js
Datum.js
knockout.js
Meteor, via its Blaze live update engine
OpenUI5
React
Vue.js
See also
Data binding
References
Data management
Software design patterns |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Interdependence%20Center | The Global Interdependence Center (GIC) is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization that holds conferences and programming to increase global dialogue and promote free trade, in order to improve cooperation and understanding among nation states, with the goal of reducing international conflicts and improving worldwide living standards.
History
The GIC was founded in 1976 during Philadelphia's Bicentennial Celebration at convocation of leading United Nations and U.S. officials. Its vision was affirmed in a Declaration of Interdependence, which was crafted by historian Henry Steele Commager and signed by international dignitaries. Early leaders in the organization included Nobel Laureate Dr. Lawrence Klein, Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.
Notable Programming
GIC hosts and sponsors many programs throughout the year, both in Philadelphia, where it is based, and abroad. Programming comprises international trips, domestic conferences and roundtable discussions. Included among these programs are:
Annual Monetary and Trade Conference: This gathering together of global leaders has been held since 1979. Past speakers include Paul Volcker, chair of the International Accounting Standards Board and former chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Lawrence Kudlow and Robert Hormats, noted free-market economists, as well as chief economists for the International Monetary Fund and representatives from global finance and trade organizations.
The Central Banking Series: This series assembles well-known bankers to speak on their countries' monetary policies, their views on U.S. economics and the business ramifications of monetary systems. Recent speakers have included Christian Noyer, governor of the Banque de France and Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
GIC Abroad: Delegations have visited France, Ireland, Estonia, Chile, South Africa and Israel. Delegations generally include business leaders from the United States as well as representatives from central banks of various nations.
Celebration of Interdependence: Formerly the Annual Black Tie Gala, the annual Celebration in Philadelphia sees the presentation of the Global Citizen Award to individuals who demonstrate exceptional service to the increasingly global community. Recent honorees include Anthony Santomero, former president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, in 2005, Michael Heavener, executive vice president and head of Wachovia Bank's Global Financial Institution and Trade Division, in 2006, Dr. Constantine Papadakis, president of Drexel University, in 2007, Edward G. Boehne, former president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, in 2008, and long-time Board Members Sharon Javie and Bill Dunkelberg in 2012. In addition, Dr. Roger W. Ferguson Jr., president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, was awarded the Fred Heldring Global Leadership Award in 2006.
Recent Programming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belconnen%20Library | The Belconnen Library is the primary public library servicing the Belconnen district, one of ten libraries in the Libraries ACT network, and one of two in Belconnen, the other being Kippax Library.
History
Built on the site of the former Emu Bank homestead, the Belconnen Library, designed by Robin Gibson, was opened by the Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen, in September 1981. The building subsequently won Gibson the RAIA 1982 Canberra Medallion for a work of outstanding merit in the non-housing category.
Membership
Membership of Libraries ACT is open to anyone who lives, works, or studies in the Australian Capital Territory.
References
External links
Libraries ACT
Public libraries in Australia
Libraries in Canberra
Library buildings completed in 1981
Libraries established in 1981
1981 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Coates | Gerald Coates (25 November 1944 – 3 April 2022) was an author, speaker, broadcaster and the founder of Pioneer, a neocharismatic evangelicalChristian network of churches and forums, established to "develop new churches across the UK and engage in mission globally."
Work
Coates was an author, speaker and a broadcaster, in both secular and religious media.
The Pioneer network he founded is a charismatic group of evangelical churches. It is part of the British New Church Movement and can also be described as Restorationist. He later handed over the leadership of the movement to Billy and Caroline Kennedy of New Community, Southampton. Coates himself was responsible for coining the term "New Church" to replace the more confusing former name "House Church Movement," of which he was also a founding member. Along with Roger T. Forster of Ichthus Christian Fellowship and Lynn Green of Youth with a Mission, he was one of the founders of March for Jesus.
He led a church in Leatherhead called Engage, which initially met in the former Thorndike Theatre, but later gathered in Church Halls, Leatherhead. He founded and ran a series of training courses called Insight, which is, in charismatic idiom, a "school of prophecy." He was the chair of the Charismatic Evangelical Round Table for 16 years, was involved with Pioneer's National Churches Forum, and CRAC (the Central Religious Advisory Council).
Reputation
P D Hocken described Coates as a "dynamic and somewhat flamboyant figure, whose insistence on the gospel of grace has sometimes produced controversy." Karla Poewe noted his reputation for generosity when working with churches of other nations. Sir Cliff Richard said "As a Christian influencer, Gerald has been at the forefront of much of today's radical church activity, I've come to respect his opinions and initiatives, as well as his more personal counsel." Prolific author and former minister of Westminster Chapel R. T. Kendall described him as, "brilliant, controversial, unpredictable, lovable and quotable." Author Michael Green said, "He is a colourful troubadour in a world of grey men ...committed to Christian unity." Author and speaker J.John said, "Gerald's influence on British Christianity over the last 40 years has been extraordinary."
As of August 2023 the Pioneer Network has instigated a safeguarding review in response to a complaint made against Coates. “The current concerns relate to approaches to ministry and pastoral practice and do not meet the threshold for referral to statutory services (e.g., the police or social care).” https://pioneer.org.uk/independent-review/
Personal life
He married Anona in 1967 and had three sons, two grandsons and two grand daughters. They lived in Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey. He died on 3 April 2022 at the age of 78.
Bibliography
Gerald Coates - Pioneer. Biography Ralph Turner, (md 2016)
Sexual Healing with Nathan Ferreira (md 2013)
Non-Religious Christianity. (Revival Press 1998)
The Vision. (Kin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E64 | E64 may refer to:
BMW E64, a car model in the BMW 6 Series
European route E64, a series of roads in Italy, part of the United Nations International E-road network
E-64, an epoxide which can irreversibly inhibit a wide range of cysteine peptidases
King's Indian Defence, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code
Tsugaru Expressway, route E64 in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Lee%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Johnny Chung Lee (born 1979) is an American computer engineer known for his inventions related to the Wii Remote. He is involved with human-computer interaction.
Education
Lee earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering at the University of Virginia in 2001 and a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University's Human–Computer Interaction Institute.
Career
In 2001, Lee was a research intern at the University of Southern California's Integrated Media Systems Center. From 2002 to 2004, he was a research intern at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. He worked as a research intern at Microsoft in 2005 and remained with the company as a researcher until 2011. While Lee was a core member of Kinect development team, he approached Adafruit Industries with the idea of a driver development contest and personally financed it.
Sometime in 2008, Lee posted video demos and sample code at his website taking advantage of the high resolution (1024×768 Pixels) high frame-rate (100 Hz) IR camera built-in into the controller of the Wii video game console, the Wii Remote, for finger tracking, low-cost multipoint interactive whiteboards, and head tracking for desktop VR displays. This was the subject for his presentation at the prestigious TED conference in the same year, where he demonstrated several such applications. The WiimoteProject forum has become the discussion, support, and sharing site for Lee's Wii Remote projects and other newer developments.
Lee was named one of the world's top 35 innovators under 35 (TR35) in 2008. After that, Lee was hired by Microsoft to work on their Kinect project. He was later hired at Google to work on Project Tango.
Lee's other projects include an interactive whiteboard, 3D head tracking, finger tracking, and a DIY telepresence robot. His YouTube videos have received over 10 million views, with the Wii Remote head tracking project being his most viewed. He also demonstrated several of these applications at events such as TED, and has been featured on popular websites such as Slashdot, Gizmodo, hackedgadgets, Popular Science, Wired, and Engadget several times. Various magazines, newspapers and television programs have featured interviews with Lee, and he has also made appearances at events such as Maker Faire.
Electronic Arts had initially stated that Lee's Wii Remote head tracking technology would appear as an Easter egg in the game Boom Blox, but later announced that the feature had been removed.
References
External links
Johnny Lee's blog
"Free or cheap Wii Remote hacks" (TED2008)
YouTube videos
SteadyCam
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Living people
American computer scientists
Human–computer interaction researchers
Google employees
Microsoft employees
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
1979 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican%20Television%20Network | Republican Television Network (RTN) formerly ANTV (Afrique Nouvelle Television) started broadcast in 2002 and like the radio arm was the first private TV station in the West Region of Cameroon. Its headquarters is in Bamenda at Ntamulung in the heart of the town. It currently relays Voice of America's (VOA) following a partnership signed in 2003.
Television stations in Cameroon
Bamenda
Television channels and stations established in 2002 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay%20Bhargava | Vijay K. Bhargava (विजय भार्गव; born September 22, 1948) is a researcher and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He served the department as its Head for 5 years (July 2003-June 2008). Before moving to UBC, Bhargava was a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Victoria.
Bhargava received his B.Sc. from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario in 1970. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the same university in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He has been appointed in regular and visiting positions at the University of Victoria (UVic), Indian Institute of Science, University of Waterloo, Concordia University, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, UNIDO, NTT Wireless Comm. Labs, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Indonesia, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong.
Bhargava was the founder and president of Binary Communications Inc. from 1983 to 2000. He is a co-author/co-editor of several books including Green Radio Communication Networks (2012), Digital Communications by Satellite: Modulation, Multiple Access, and Coding (1981), Cooperative Cellular Wireless Communications (2011), Reed Solomon Codes and their Applications (1994), Communications, Information and Network Security (2003) and Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (2007).
Bhargava is Fellow of the IEEE for leadership in the development and applications of error control coding devices and is active in the same. He has served as the President of the Information Theory Society, VP for Regional Activities Board, Director of Region 7, Montreal Section Chair and Victoria Section Chair. He is a past member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and the IEEE Information Theory Society. He was nominated by the IEEE BoD as a candidate for the office of President-Elect in 1996 and 2002. He was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications from 2007–2009. He also served the IEEE Communications Society as the Director of Journals. Vijay Bhargava is the current President of the IEEE Communications Society.
In September 2008, the "International Workshop on Advances in Communications (VijayFest 2008)" was organized in honour of the distinguished career of Bhargava on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. In 2009, Vahid Tarokh, professor at Harvard University, dedicated his edited book New Directions in Wireless Communications Research to Bhargava "in deep respect and admiration for his over 30 years of extraordinary leadership and innovation in the field of communications research".
Bhargava has been actively involved in a number of conferences, reviving the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, and founding the IEEE Pacific Rim Conference held at the University of Victoria during odd numbered years.
See also
List of Un |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwindows | In computing, Nano-X is a windowing system which is full featured enough to be used on a PC, an embedded system or a PDA. It is an Open Source project aimed at bringing the features of modern graphical windowing environments to smaller devices and platforms. The project was renamed from Microwindows due to legal threats from Microsoft regarding the Windows trademark.
Overview
The Nano-X Window System is extremely portable, and completely written in C. It has been ported to the Intel 16, 32 and 64 bit CPUs, the Broadcom BCM2837 ARM Cortex-A53, as well as MIPS R4000 (NEC Vr41xx) StrongARM and PowerPC chips found on handheld and pocket PCs.
The Nano-X Window System currently runs on Linux systems with kernel framebuffer support, or using an X11 driver that allows Microwindows applications to be run on top of the X Window desktop. This driver emulates all of Microwindows' truecolor and palette modes so that an application can be previewed using the target system's display characteristics directly on the desktop display, regardless of the desktop display characteristics. In addition, it has been ported to Windows, Emscripten, Android (based on the Allegro library), and MS-DOS. Microwindows screen drivers have been written based on the SDL1 and SDL2 libraries plus the Allegro and SVGAlib libraries. There are also a VESA and a VGA 16 color 4 planes driver.
Architecture
Layered Design
Microwindows is essentially a layered design that allows different layers to be used or rewritten to suit the needs of the implementation. At the lowest level, screen, mouse/touchpad and keyboard drivers provide access to the actual display and other user-input hardware. At the mid level, a portable graphics engine is implemented, providing support for line draws, area fills, polygons, clipping and color models. At the upper level, three API's are implemented providing access to the graphics applications programmer. Currently, Microwindows supports the Xlib, Nano-X and Windows Win32/WinCE GDI APIs. These APIs provide close compatibility with the Win32 and X Window systems, however, with reduced functionality. These APIs allow programs to be ported from other systems easily.
Device Drivers
The device driver interfaces are defined in device.h. A given implementation of Microwindows will link at least one screen, mouse and keyboard driver into the system. The mid level routines in the device-independent graphics engine core then call the device driver directly to perform the hardware-specific operations. This setup allows varying hardware devices to be added to the Microwindows system without affecting the way the entire system works.
Application programmer interfaces
Microwindows currently supports three different application programming interfaces (APIs). This set of routines handles client–server activity, window manager activities like drawing title bars, close boxes, etc., as well as handling the programmer's requests for graphics output. These APIs run |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc%20Devroye | Luc P. Devroye is a Belgian computer scientist and mathematician and a James McGill Professor in the School of Computer Science of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Devroye wrote around 300 mathematical articles, mostly on probabilistic analysis of algorithms, on the asymptotic analysis of combinatorial structures (like trees and graphs), and on random number generation (more precisely, on efficient simulation of different probability distributions).
He also contributed to typography (creating several fonts).
Education and Career
He studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and subsequently at Osaka University and in 1976 received his PhD from University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Terry Wagner, for his thesis « Nonparametric Discrimination and Density Estimation ».
Devroye then joined the McGill University in 1977.
Awards
Devroye won an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (1987), a Humboldt Research Award (2004), the Killam Prize (2005) and the Statistical Society of Canada gold medal (2008). He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in 2002, and he received an honorary doctorate from University of Antwerp on March 29, 2012.
In 2018, he was awarded the Flajolet Lecture Prize, and, in 2019, he got the of the French Statistical Society.
See also
Natasha Devroye
References
External links
Luc Devroye's Homepage
The Mathematician Typographer
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian computer scientists
Academic staff of McGill University
Anglophone Quebec people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netezza | IBM Netezza (pronounced ne-teez-a) is a subsidiary of American technology company IBM that designs and markets high-performance data warehouse appliances and advanced analytics applications for uses including enterprise data warehousing, business intelligence, predictive analytics and business continuity planning.
Netezza was acquired by IBM on September 20, 2010 and reached end of support in June 2019. It was later reintroduced in June 2020 as part of the IBM CloudPak for Data offering.
History
Netezza was founded in 1999 by Foster Hinshaw. In 2000 Jit Saxena joined Hinshaw as co-founder. The company was incorporated in Delaware on December 30, 1999 as Intelligent Data Engines, Inc. and changed its name to Netezza Corporation in November 2000. Netezza announced the industry's first "data warehouse appliance" in 2003 to meet the industry's need to make use of the rapidly increasing ability to collect consumer data. In July 2007, Netezza Corporation had its initial public offering under the ticker “NZ” on NYSE Arca.
Hinshaw coined the term "data warehouse appliance" to describe a product of shared nothing parallel nodes specifically targeted for high data volumes for modern data analytics.
He left Netezza to found Dataupia in 2005.
Netezza software was based on PostgreSQL 7.2, but did not maintain compatibility.
Jim Baum was appointed CEO of Netezza in January, 2008 after co-founder Jit Saxena announced his retirement. Baum started at Netezza as chief operating officer in 2006. Prior to joining Netezza, Baum was president and CEO of Endeca in Boston for five years.
IBM and Netezza on September 20, 2010 announced they entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Netezza in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for cash.
In 2020, IMB Netezza and Yellowbrick join in a partnership.
In March 2023, the U.S. Navy chose to partner with Yellowbrick Data, with their U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to modernize and accelerate their data strategy. Then in August, AWS and IBM Netezza picked up a table format from Apache Iceberg which would extend the reach of data lakes.
Products
TwinFin, Netezza’s primary product, is designed for rapid analysis of data volumes scaling into petabytes. The company introduced the fourth generation of the TwinFin product in August 2009. Netezza introduced a scaled-down version of this appliance under the Skimmer brand in January 2010.
In February 2010, Netezza announced that it had opened up its systems to support major programming models, including Hadoop, MapReduce, Java, C++, and Python models. Netezza's partners predicted to leverage this analytic application support are Tibco Spotfire, MicroStrategy, Pursway, DemandTec and QuantiSense.
The company also markets specialized appliances for retail, spatial, complex analytics and regulatory compliance needs. Netezza sells software-based products for migrating from Oracle E |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard%20Huet | Gérard Pierre Huet (; born 7 July 1947) is a French computer scientist, linguist and mathematician. He is senior research director at INRIA and mostly known for his major and seminal contributions to type theory, programming language theory and to the theory of computation.
Biography
Gérard Huet graduated from the Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII), Case Western Reserve University, and the Université de Paris.
He is senior research director at INRIA, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and a member of Academia Europaea. Formerly he was a visiting professor at Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a guest researcher at SRI International.
He is the author of a unification algorithm for simply typed lambda calculus, and of a complete proof method for Church's theory of types (constrained resolution). He worked on the Mentor program editor in 1974–1977 with Gilles Kahn. He worked on the Knuth–Bendix (KB) equational proof system in 1978–1984 with Jean-Marie Hullot. He led the Formel project in the 1980s, which developed the Caml programming language. He designed the calculus of constructions in 1984 with Thierry Coquand. He led the Coq project in the 1990s with Christine Paulin-Mohring, who developed the Coq proof assistant. He invented the zipper data structure in 1996. He was Head of International Relations for INRIA in 1996–2000. He designed the Zen Computational Linguistics toolkit in 2000–2004.
He organized the Institute of Logical Foundations of Functional Programming during the Year of Programming at the University of Texas at Austin in Spring 1987. He organised the Colloquium “Proving and Improving Programs’’ in Arc-et-Senans in 1975, the 5th International Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE) in Les Arcs in 1980, the Logic in Computer Science Symposium (LICS) in Paris in 1994, and the First International Symposium in Sanskrit Computational Linguistics in 2007. He was coordinator of the ESPRIT European projects Logical Frameworks, then TYPES, from 1990 to 1995.
He has made major contributions to the theory of unification and to the development of typed functional programming languages, in particular Caml. More recently he has been a scholar on computational linguistics in Sanskrit. In particular, he is working on Eilenberg machines and on the formal structure of Sanskrit. He is webmaster of the Sanskrit Heritage Site.
Huet received the Herbrand Award in 1998 and received the EATCS Award in 2009.
Publications
Le Projet prévision-réalisation des vols, Société d'informatique, de conseils et de recherche opérationnelle (SINCRO), Paris, 1970. WorldCat Record
Spécifications pour une base commune de données, SINCRO, Paris, 1971. WorldCat Record
La Gestion des données dans les systèmes informatiques, École supérieure d'électricité, Malakoff, 1974. WorldCat Record
"A Unification Algorithm for Typed Lambda-Calculus", Gerard P. Huet, Theoretical Computer Science 1 (1 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence%20%28signal%20processing%29 | In signal processing, the coherence is a statistic that can be used to examine the relation between two signals or data sets. It is commonly used to estimate the power transfer between input and output of a linear system. If the signals are ergodic, and the system function is linear, it can be used to estimate the causality between the input and output.
Definition and formulation
The coherence (sometimes called magnitude-squared coherence) between two signals x(t) and y(t) is a real-valued function that is defined as:
where Gxy(f) is the Cross-spectral density between x and y, and Gxx(f) and Gyy(f) the auto spectral density of x and y respectively. The magnitude of the spectral density is denoted as |G|. Given the restrictions noted above (ergodicity, linearity) the coherence function estimates the extent to which y(t) may be predicted from x(t) by an optimum linear least squares function.
Values of coherence will always satisfy . For an ideal constant parameter linear system with a single input x(t) and single output y(t), the coherence will be equal to one. To see this, consider a linear system with an impulse response h(t) defined as: , where denotes convolution. In the Fourier domain this equation becomes , where Y(f) is the Fourier transform of y(t) and H(f) is the linear system transfer function. Since, for an ideal linear system: and , and since is real, the following identity holds,
.
However, in the physical world an ideal linear system is rarely realized, noise is an inherent component of system measurement, and it is likely that a single input, single output linear system is insufficient to capture the complete system dynamics. In cases where the ideal linear system assumptions are insufficient, the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality guarantees a value of .
If Cxy is less than one but greater than zero it is an indication that either: noise is entering the measurements, that the assumed function relating x(t) and y(t) is not linear, or that y(t) is producing output due to input x(t) as well as other inputs. If the coherence is equal to zero, it is an indication that x(t) and y(t) are completely unrelated, given the constraints mentioned above.
The coherence of a linear system therefore represents the fractional part of the output signal power that is produced by the input at that frequency. We can also view the quantity as an estimate of the fractional power of the output that is not contributed by the input at a particular frequency. This leads naturally to definition of the coherent output spectrum:
provides a spectral quantification of the output power that is uncorrelated with noise or other inputs.
Example
Here we illustrate the computation of coherence (denoted as ) as shown in figure 1.
Consider the two signals shown in the lower portion of figure 2.
There appears to be a close relationship between the ocean surface water levels and the groundwater well levels. It is also clear that the barometric pressure has an effect |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server%20Routing%20Protocol | Server Routing Protocol (SRP) is the proprietary network protocol used to transfer data between a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and the Research In Motion BlackBerry infrastructure.
SRP communication takes place on TCP port 3101 by default.
SRP work in two different part:
1. SRP ID
2. SRP Authorization Key
During BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation, the unique Server Routing Protocol Identifier (SRP ID) and SRP Authentication Key must be entered. The SRP ID and SRP Authentication Key register and authenticate the BlackBerry Enterprise Server on the network. The work flow is same like any authentication process. The SRP ID can be thought of as a login name and the Authentication Key as a password. The SRP ID uniquely identifies the BlackBerry Enterprise Server on the network. When the BlackBerry Enterprise Server connects to the BlackBerry Infrastructure, it must provide these two pieces of information to connect and open a session.
If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is connected to the BlackBerry Infrastructure and another server attempts to connect using the same SRP ID and Authentication Key, the BlackBerry Infrastructure drops the connection to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. It then creates a session with the newly connecting server. Multiple concurrent connections cannot be made with the same SRP ID.
When a BlackBerry device attempts to send a message, it must include the SRP ID for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
Note: In the Service Book menu on the BlackBerry device, open the Desktop (CMIME) service book. The specified unique identifier (UID) value is the SRP ID of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server from which the BlackBerry device attempts to send messages.
When the BlackBerry device sends a message, it arrives at the BlackBerry Infrastructure. The message contains the SRP ID pulled from the service book UID value. The BlackBerry Infrastructure uses this information to send the message to the corresponding BlackBerry Enterprise Server for decryption and processing.
Ref#
See also
BlackBerry Enterprise Server
References
External links
Blackberry Server trial mentioning the technology
Application layer protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab%20Secure%20Radio | Cab Secure Radio (CSR) was an in-cab analogue radiotelephone system formerly used on parts of the British railway network. Its main function was to provide a secure speech link between the train driver and the signaller which could not be overheard by other train drivers. In areas where CSR was used, it had to be the primary method of communication between driver and signaller, always being used in preference to the signal post telephone. CSR was replaced by the GSM-R digital system, forming the initial phase of rollout of ERTMS throughout the UK.
History
CSR was first introduced in the Glasgow area in 1986 to enable driver-only operation of trains. It was later used in the London and Liverpool areas.
In the Railway rule book, there is provision for a driver stopped at a red signal to disembark the train and access a track-side telephone in order to talk to the signaller. This might be occasioned by a scenario where there was a track circuit failure and the signals had reverted to the safe condition. The rule book however also requires the train to be continuously manned during normal running operations. CSR was first introduced to allow the driver to talk to the signaller without leaving the train. The safety features associated with CSR whereby a signaller can send an alarm to a train or order a train to stop using a single data transmission service later secured CSR as a safety facility that could be deployed on a more universal basis. However it wasn't until the Clapham Rail disaster and subsequent Hidden report also followed by the accident at Cowden where the real value of the facility was learned.
Functions
Signaller can call and speak to driver.
Driver can call and speak to signaller.
Signaller and driver can exchange preset text messages.
Signaller can send emergency stop messages to a particular train, or all trains in an area.
Driver can make an emergency call to signaller.
Signaller can speak to passengers via the train's public address system.
Signaller can connect driver to the railway telephone network.
Signaller notified if DSD is released after a DSD alarm displays for 30 seconds on the radio.
Use
The driver initialised the CSR with an area code followed by the identification number of the signal in front of the train. The radio then automatically sent the stock number of the train (e.g., 455112), to the signalling system. The signaller then allocated a train reporting number (e.g., 2M34) to the train. This reporting number was used by the signalling equipment to track the progress of the train as it moves through the rail network.
Each signalling area (or signal panel within a larger signalbox) used a different radio channel corresponding with an area code. As the train passed from the jurisdiction of one signaller to another, the CSR in the driver's cab changed channel automatically. Lineside signs were provided to inform the driver of where the area code changes. Occasionally the radio failed to change channel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehit%20News | Telehit News is an entertainment news show from the Mexican TV network Telehit hosted by Odalys Ramírez and Karla.
References
Telehit News official website
Mexican television news shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20TV | This TV (also known as This TV Network and alternately stylized as thisTV) is an American free-to-air television network owned by Allen Media Broadcast Networks, LLC, part of the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. Originally formed in 2008 as a joint venture between Amazon's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Weigel Broadcasting, the network maintains a large programming emphasis on films (those primarily sourced from the library of partial owner MGM), but also airs other limited general entertainment content in the form of classic television series and children's programming.
The network is available in many media markets via broadcast television stations, primarily on their digital subchannels, and on select cable television providers through carriage of a local affiliate (primarily on digital cable tiers). This TV's programming and business operations are headquartered in Century City, California with the rest of Entertainment Studio's operations; MGM handles advertising sales for the network through offices in New York City.
History
Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Chicago, Illinois-based television station owner Weigel Broadcasting announced the formation of This TV on July 28, 2008, with a launch planned for that fall. The "This TV" name was chosen as a branding and marketing avenue for the network and its stations, with slogans such as "This is the Place for Movies", "It Doesn't Get Any Better than This", "This is What You're Watching", "Stay Here for This" and "This is the Channel!" proposed for use in on-air promotions.
This TV formally launched at 9:00 p.m. ET on November 1, 2008, with the 1986 Spike Lee-directed film She's Gotta Have It as the network's first program. However, some initial affiliates may have "soft launched" the network one day earlier – on October 31, 2008 – to carry some Halloween-themed programming that was provided by the network. At launch, in addition to featuring content sourced largely from the MGM film and television library, Canada-based Cookie Jar Group (now WildBrain) provided children's programming for This TV's daily morning schedule until November 2013.
Under Weigel Broadcasting part-ownership, the network's operations were overseen by Neal Sabin, who in his role as Weigel's executive vice president oversaw the national launch of MeTV, a classic television network similar in format to This TV though with an almost exclusive focus on comedic and dramatic series. Jim Marketti, president/CEO of Marketti Creative Group, was hired in August 2008 as This TV's creative director, focusing on the network's marketing and promotion.
On May 13, 2013, Weigel Broadcasting announced that it would be leaving the This TV partnership in order to focus on Movies!, a similar film-oriented multicast network that Weigel launched in partnership with Fox Television Stations in January 2013. Tribune Broadcasting, owners of the classic television multicast network Antenna TV, took over daily operatio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson%20R290 | The Ericsson R290 is a combined GSM and satellite phone using the Globalstar satellite network. The R290 was introduced in June 1999 and manufactured in the United Kingdom by Ericsson Mobile Communications.
The Globalstar uses a foldable antenna that is the same length as the body of the telephone. The R290 comes in a blue and black case in a style similar to other Ericsson phones of its period. The case incorporates some Gore-Tex weatherproofing, similar to that used in the Ericsson R310s, although less extensive.
The R290 also has a built-in modem for data and fax communication at 9.6 kbit/s in GSM mode and 7.2 kbit/s in satellite mode.
The R290 is somewhat larger than typical, pure GSM phones, measuring × × and weighing (with slim battery). The R290 has relatively brief battery life compared with typical, pure GSM phones of its generation.
Because it uses a non-standard battery voltage, its charging connector is not one of the types commonly seen on other Ericsson handsets. The device was capable of detecting over-voltage from inappropriate charging equipment, and warning the user to disconnect the charger.
The R290 spanned the corporate change from Ericsson to Sony Ericsson (when many of Ericsson's other phones were redesigned), being the only combined GSM and satellite phone in their range; it was not rebranded, however.
Operators
For United Kingdom users, access to the Globalstar network was available when using a Vodafone GSM SIM card. From 2007, the Globalstar network experienced technical problems with its satellites, and the Vodafone arrangement is no longer in place.
References
External links
Ericsson official Site :
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/
R290 Dual-Mode Satellite Phone data sheet. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04.
R290
Satellite telephony
Ericsson
Mobile phones introduced in 1999 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopplr | Dopplr was a free social networking service, launched in 2007, that allowed users to create itineraries of their travel plans and spot correlations with their contacts' travel plans in order to arrange meetings at any point on their journey. Additional features included allowing the user to calculate the carbon footprint their journeys have produced. The site was named after Christian Doppler, discoverer of the Doppler effect. The company was based in the "Silicon Roundabout" area of London.
Notable staff
Marko Ahtisaari: CEO and co-founder
Matt Biddulph: CTO and co-founder
Matt Jones: CDO and co-founder
Dan Gillmor: Founding Traveller
Lisa Sounio: Chairman of the Board
Investors
First-round angel investors in the site included Martin Varsavsky, Joichi Ito, Reid Hoffman, Saul Klein and Marko Ahtisaari. Second-round investors in fall 2008 were: Tom Glocer, Esther Dyson, Tyler Brûlé, Joshua Schachter, Yat Siu and Brian Behlendorf.
Reception
A survey carried out in early 2008 on influential technology figures by the Guardian Media Group named Dopplr as a company to watch out for.
The Evening Standard named Matt Biddulph and Matt Jones, two of the site's founders, among the thousand most influential people in London in 2007 and again in 2008.
Shutdown
On September 28, 2009, Dopplr announced that they had been acquired by Nokia. Within a year questions were being raised as to the future of the site, with commentators noting that Dopplr's blog had not been updated since two days after the acquisition and its number of unique monthly users had dropped from 39,000 to 29,000. In a statement issued in September 2010 a Nokia spokesperson reported "we have decided to bring it into a maintenance mode ... but will not develop it further at this stage."
In October 2013, the front page was updated with an announcement that the service would close on 1 November 2013, which it subsequently did.
References
British social networking websites
Internet services supporting OpenID
Geosocial networking
Defunct companies based in London
Mobile social software
Nokia services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalundborg%20Eco-industrial%20Park | Kalundborg Eco-Industrial Park is an industrial symbiosis network located in Kalundborg, Denmark, in which companies in the region collaborate to use each other's by-products and otherwise share resources.
The Kalundborg Eco-Industrial Park is the first full realization of industrial symbiosis. The collaboration and its environmental implications arose unintentionally through private initiatives, as opposed to government planning, making it a model for private planning of eco-industrial parks. At the center of the exchange network is the Asnæs Power Station, a 1500MW coal-fired power plant, which has material and energy links with the community and several other companies. Surplus heat from this power plant is used to heat 3500 local homes in addition to a nearby fish farm, whose sludge is then sold as a fertilizer. Steam from the power plant is sold to Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical and enzyme manufacturer, in addition to Statoil oil refinery. This reuse of heat reduces the amount thermal pollution discharged to a nearby fjord. Additionally, a by-product from the power plant's sulfur dioxide scrubber contains gypsum, which is sold to a wallboard manufacturer. Almost all of the manufacturer's gypsum needs are met this way, which reduces the amount of open-pit mining needed. Furthermore, fly ash and clinker from the power plant is used for road building and cement production. These exchanges of waste, water and materials have greatly increased environmental and economic efficiency, as well as created other less tangible benefits for these actors, including sharing of personnel, equipment, and information.
History
The Kalundborg Industrial Park was not originally planned for industrial symbiosis. Its current state of waste heat and materials sharing developed over a period of 20 years. Early sharing at Kalundborg tended to involve the sale of waste products without significant pretreatment. Each further link in the system was negotiated as an independent business deal, and was established only if it was expected to be economically beneficial.
The park began in 1959 with the start up of the Asnæs Power Station. The first episode of sharing between two entities was in 1972 when Gyproc, a plaster-board manufacturing plant, established a pipeline to supply gas from Tidewater Oil Company. In 1981 the Kalundborg municipality completed a district heating distribution network within the city of Kalundborg, which utilized waste heat from the power plant.
Since then, the facilities in Kalundborg have been expanding, and have been sharing a variety of materials and waste products, some for the purpose of industrial symbiosis and some out of necessity, for example, freshwater scarcity in the area has led to water reuse schemes. In particular, 700,000 cubic meters per year of cooling water is piped from Statoil to Asnaes per year.
A timeline of the creation of the industrial park:
1959 The Asnæs Power Station was started up
1961 Tidewater Oil Comp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guau%21 | Guau! is a talkshow for the Mexican gay community transmitted by Telehit, hosted by Alex Kaffie and Alejandra Bogue.
References
Telehit News official website
TeleHit original programming
Mexican LGBT-related television shows
Mexican television talk shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20pellizcadas%20de%20Margara | Las pellizcadas de Margara was a television show from the Mexican TV network Telehit hosted by Eduardo España in his character Doña Margara Francisca.
External links
Las pellizcadas de Margara official website
TeleHit original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic%20%28TV%20series%29 | Picnic is a television talk show from the Mexican TV network Telehit, hosted by Barbara Islas and Alexia Imaz.
This show features fashion tips, music, lifestyle and advise for teenagers and girls of all ages.
External links
Official website
Mexican television talk shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Monchis | Los Monchis is a television show from the Mexican TV network Telehit hosted by Lalo and Beto.
References
Los Monchis official website
Mexican music television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo%21%20Mystery%20Adventures | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures is a 3-disc compilation box set of educational computer games based on the Scooby-Doo franchise, and developed by The Learning Company.
Contents
The set includes Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town, Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight, and Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx.
Reception
According to PC Data, North American retail sales of Showdown in Ghost Town reached 93,766 units during 2001 alone, while Phantom of the Knight sold 81,154 and Jinx at the Sphinx 62,514 in the same period. In the United States alone, Phantom of the Knight sold 290,000 copies and earned $5.9 million by August 2006. At that time, Edge ranked it as the country's 67th-best-selling computer game released since January 2000. The series as a whole sold 1.4 million units across the same time frame, which led the magazine to call Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures "one of the healthiest franchises" in computer games.
In the United States, the computer versions of Jinx at the Sphinx, Showdown in Ghost Town, Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom and The Glowing Bug Man all sold between 100,000 and 290,000 units by August 2006.
References
External links
Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town
Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight
Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx
2000 video games
Detective video games
Acclaim Entertainment games
Classic Mac OS games
Point-and-click adventure games
Video games based on Scooby-Doo
Video game compilations
Windows games
The Learning Company games
Cartoon Network video games
Video games developed in the United States
Children's educational video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagoromo%20Gakuen%20Junior%20College | was a junior college in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Hagoromo Gakuen network.
The institute was founded in 1923, and developed as a Junior College in 1964; in 2006, the Junior College was closed.
Universities and colleges established in 1964
Japanese junior colleges
1964 establishments in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20Junior%20College | was a junior college in Asahi-ku, Osaka, Japan, and was part of the Osaka Institute of Technology network.
The Junior College was founded in 1950 as daytime course.
Educational institutions established in 1950
Educational institutions disestablished in 2007
Defunct private universities and colleges in Japan
1950 establishments in Japan
2007 disestablishments in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITIC%20Telecom%20International | CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited is a telecommunication vendor to provide telecom services in the Asia Pacific including voice service, mobile SMS and other value-added services, data service and telecom solutions to telecom operators and ISP.
It was established in Hong Kong in 1999 and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 3 April 2007 with stock code 1883. It is parented by CITIC Pacific, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate company, since 2000.
The group's services cover international telecommunications services (including mobile, Internet, voice, data services), integrated telecoms services (in Macau), and through its wholly owned subsidiary, CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CPC”), has established numerous PoPs around the world (especially in the Asia-Pacific region) to provide data and telecoms services (including VPN, Cloud, network security, co-location, Internet access, etc.) to multinational corporations. The Group holds 99% equity interest in Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau, S.A.R.L. (“CTM”).
Pacific Internet was purchased by Citic Telecom International Holdings Limited on 12 October 2016. Pacific Internet serves the Southeast Asia market, mainly Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
See also
Pacific Internet
Internet in Singapore
References
External links
CITIC Group
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Telecommunications companies established in 1999
Telecommunications equipment vendors
Telecommunications companies of Hong Kong
Privately held companies of China
1999 establishments in Hong Kong |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesoft%20Technologies | Telesoft Technologies is a privately held UK based technology company which develops cyber security, telecoms mobile products and services and government infrastructure. Telesoft has operations in USA, UK and India.
Products
Its Cyber Security products include high rate network flow monitoring appliances that operate on multi 100Gbps networks, collection and analysis software and high rate event driven traffic recorders for anomaly, DDoS, Crypto-jacking and breech detection, and low latency historical analysis and profiling for incident response.
In 2022 Telesoft launched their Managed Detection and Response Service, providing 24/7 human-led threat hunting, active response and a range of other cyber solutions from their UK based Security Operations Centre (SOC).
Timeline
1989: Telesoft Technologies founded
1989: SS7 on a card, allowing early Computer Telephony Integration, and opening up the SS7 Market to smaller suppliers
1991: 1st passive network monitoring probes developed for Homeland Security & Intelligence
1994: OKEFORD Protocol Converter and Open Programmable Switch launched
1995: Telesoft Technologies opens Americas office in Atlanta, GA
1997: Telesoft Technologies moved into Blandford Forum HQ
1999: ANSTY network monitoring product range for OSS/VAS launched
2000: Telesoft Technologies adds new building to Blandford Forum campus
2007: OKEFORD Media Platform/IVR launched for automated speech recognition and response, allowing VUI rather than GUI interfaces
2008: OKEFORD Media Platform certified VoiceXML compliant
2008: Telesoft Technologies opens India Office in Noida
2009: Telesoft Technologies acquires Think Engine Networks and Cognitronics in Danbury, CT
2009: Telesoft releases the MPAC 3240/45 and MPAC 3250
2010: ARNE IVR introduced to service value added service applications for OEMs and system integrators in the telecoms market.
2011: THINK Engine is a FPGA accelerated probe for session discovery and meta-data extraction of user session content on 3G Gn
2012: MPAC 6010 & 6010 provides accelerated I/O, DPI and packet processing with embedded filtering and routing, enabling compact and powerful systems to be built for 10Gb Ethernet networks.
2013: Triton is an Easy to use, portable, all in one multi-application test tool for development, test and installation engineers to rapidly find faults and validate performance of LTE/EPC, VoLTE/IMS and 3G networks.
2014: TUNA 100G Filters, records and provides playback at 48Gbit/s, with guaranteed hardware timed play-out synchronisation. Analyse and record sessions based on VLAN, MPLS and variable position patterns
2015: SS7 Firewall, High capacity SS7 Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) enforces rules and GSMA best practice at your network border to prevent abuse and attacks in your SS7 network
2015: Telesoft releases virtualised version of the ARNE IVR systems (vARNE)
2016: Officially opens Extreme Cyber lab in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, US
2016: MPAC Security, enhan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Fellows | Michael Ralph Fellows AC HFRSNZ MAE (born June 15, 1952 in Upland, California) is a computer scientist and the Elite Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway as of January 2016.
Biography
Fellows received his BA in Mathematics from Sonoma State University, and at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) his M.A. in Mathematics in 1982 and in 1985 his Ph.D. in Computer Science with the dissertation Encoding Graphs in Graphs.
Until January 2016, Fellows was professor at Charles Darwin University, Australia, and Director of the Parameterized Complexity Research Unit (PCRU).
He has taught in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as in the UK and Europe; and has given invited talks around the world.
In 2018, Fellows was awarded membership in Academia Europaea. In 2016, he received Australia's highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia, Companion to the Queen. In 2014 Fellows became one of ten inaugural fellows of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. Also in 2014, he was named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (the first computer scientist to receive this honor). In 2007, Fellows was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award. His German host was Rolf Niedermeier and Mike spent part of 2007 and most of 2008 at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, Germany, working with Niedermeier. Also in 2007, Mike became one of the first Fellows of the Institute of Advanced Study (Durham), UK and a Fellow of Grey College at the University of Durham. He was also awarded an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship for five years, beginning 2010.
He is an Area Editor for the Journal of Computer and System Sciences since 2004, and Advising Editor for the special Section on Parameterized Complexity in the same journal. He is Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Algorithms. In 2008 he was Guest Editor for a special double issue of The Computer Journal containing 15 surveys on parameterized complexity. He is also Guest Editor (with others) for a Special Issue on Parameterized Complexity in the Journal of Combinatorial Optimization to be published in 2010. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the conference series International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation, proceedings published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
Michael Fellows is co-author of Computer Science Unplugged! www.csunplugged.org book and materials, which bring computational thinking activities to youth and adults and have been translated into over 25 languages. He is known for his innovative science communication. He is an organizer of the Creative Mathematical Sciences Communication (CMSC) conference series. An avid interest in politics was inspired by his mother Betty, long a leader in the California League of Women Voters, and a love of literature and movies is shared with his son, Max. Fellows wrote |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XB%20Machine | xB Machine is a discontinued virtual operating system that is small enough to fit on a USB drive. The last version seems to have been 0.9.1.5 in mid-2008. It brought a secure computing environment that anonymized all internet activity, and had portable encrypted file storage. It had been developed and offered by XeroBank and based on a modified Gentoo Linux distribution. It could be executed as a virtual machine through a QEMU hypervisor, VMWare, VirtualBox, and any other major virtualization system. It could also be booted from on USB or burned to CD for booting. Virtualization, along with the native implementation of a Tor onion routing for internet connectivity and other encryption and privacy tools, had been utilized to increase the security and anonymity of the user.
The developers claimed that it is the most secure operating system in the world
and that the technology involved is highly resistant to hacking and spying, even in the most hostile environments. The details and transactions inside each xB Machine account were protected with 256-bit AES encryption. The software also had a self-destruct sequence for eliminating any traces that a user may have left behind on the drivespace after using xB Machine. Meanwhile, Xerobank offers a modular package with xB Browser, xB Mail, and xB VPN, parts of it running only for customers of the bank.
Features of XB Machine include:
LiveCD or bootable ISO on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
CD-Rom/USB/HDD Bootable
Internalized QEMU
VMware detection and support
KQEMU accelerator kernel module
Includes xB Browser (Firefox with inbuilt Tor network)
Includes xB Mail (generic Thunderbird ATM)
Torrent support via
Self-Destruct
References
Discontinued Linux distributions
Linux distributions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20Amateur%20Network%20of%20Amaliada | The Wireless Amateur Network of Amaliada aka WANA, is a 5.4 Ghz wireless network located in the City of Amaliada. The network links many users from several areas of the town and suburbs as it offers broadband services always by encountering the settings for safe telecommunications as they are defined by Greek National Board of Telecommunications and Posts. There are over 40 similar communities in other cities of Greece, a statistic information that makes Greece a pioneer in wireless networking. WANA is a non-commercial, scientific and technological club. The full appellation of it is "Wireless Amateur Network of Amaliada" or in Greek "Ασύρματο Ερασιτεχνικό Δίκτυο Αμαλιάδας" which was established in 2006 with its headquarters placed in Amaliada of Ilia County. At this moment it offers free wireless access to the city community from the more than seven hotspots which they are installed around the city and its suburbs. There is also a core of users in the nearby city of Gastouni that soon will be connected with the network by a dedicated link, the wireless dedicated link with the Wireless Metropolitan Network of Patras lies in its final level.
External links
Official URL: http://www.wana.gr
WiND Database: http://www.wana.gr/wind
Community networks
2006 establishments in Greece |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20problem | In computer science, lattice problems are a class of optimization problems related to mathematical objects called lattices. The conjectured intractability of such problems is central to the construction of secure lattice-based cryptosystems: Lattice problems are an example of NP-hard problems which have been shown to be average-case hard, providing a test case for the security of cryptographic algorithms. In addition, some lattice problems which are worst-case hard can be used as a basis for extremely secure cryptographic schemes. The use of worst-case hardness in such schemes makes them among the very few schemes that are very likely secure even against quantum computers. For applications in such cryptosystems, lattices over vector space (often ) or free modules (often ) are generally considered.
For all the problems below, assume that we are given (in addition to other more specific inputs) a basis for the vector space V and a norm N. The norm usually considered is the Euclidean norm L2. However, other norms (such as Lp) are also considered and show up in a variety of results. Let denote the length of the shortest non-zero vector in the lattice L, that is,
Shortest vector problem (SVP)
In the SVP, a basis of a vector space V and a norm N (often L2) are given for a lattice L and one must find the shortest non-zero vector in V, as measured by N, in L. In other words, the algorithm should output a non-zero vector v such that .
In the γ-approximation version SVPγ, one must find a non-zero lattice vector of length at most for given .
Hardness results
The exact version of the problem is only known to be NP-hard for randomized reductions.
By contrast, the corresponding problem with respect to the uniform norm is known to be NP-hard.
Algorithms for the Euclidean norm
To solve the exact version of the SVP under the Euclidean norm, several different approaches are known, which can be split into two classes: algorithms requiring superexponential time () and memory, and algorithms requiring both exponential time and space () in the lattice dimension. The former class of algorithms most notably includes lattice enumeration and random sampling reduction, while the latter includes lattice sieving, computing the Voronoi cell of the lattice, and discrete Gaussian sampling. An open problem is whether algorithms for solving exact SVP exist running in single exponential time () and requiring memory scaling polynomially in the lattice dimension.
To solve the γ-approximation version SVPγ for for the Euclidean norm, the best known approaches are based on using lattice basis reduction. For large , the Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász (LLL) algorithm can find a solution in time polynomial in the lattice dimension. For smaller values , the Block Korkine-Zolotarev algorithm (BKZ) is commonly used, where the input to the algorithm (the blocksize ) determines the time complexity and output quality: for large approximation factors , a small block size suffices, and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20localization%20functions | In computing, C localization functions are a group of functions in the C programming language implementing basic localization routines. The functions are used in multilingual programs to adapt to the specific locale. In particular, the way of displaying of numbers and currency can be modified. These settings affect the behaviour of input/output functions in the C Standard Library.
Overview of functions
C localization functions and types are defined in ( header in C++).
Criticism
C standard localization functions are criticized because the localization state is stored globally. This means that in a given program all operations involving a locale can use only one locale at a time. As a result, it is very difficult to implement programs that use more than one locale.
The functions alter the behavior of printf/scanf/strtod which are often used to write saved data to a file or to other programs. The result is that a saved file in one locale will not be readable in another locale, or not be readable at all due to assumptions such as "numbers end at comma characters". Most large-scale software forces the locale to "C" (or another fixed value) to work around these problems.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <locale.h>
int main(void)
{
/* Locale is set to "C" before this. This call sets it
to the "current locale" by reading environment variables: */
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
const struct lconv * const currentlocale = localeconv();
printf("In the current locale, the default currency symbol is: %s\n",
currentlocale->currency_symbol);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
See also
Locale (computer software)
References
C standard library |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMQB | Friday Morning Quarterback (better known as FMQB) was a trade magazine which covered the radio and music industries in the United States. Its coverage included programming, management, promotion, marketing, and airplay for music formatted radio. The magazine was founded in 1968 by Kal Rudman and was read by thousands of industry professionals. The website also hosted an industry database of over 5,000 music and radio professionals. In 2020, FMQB was sold to music industry veteran Fred Deane and re-branded Deane Media Solutions (DMS).
References
Music magazines published in the United States
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1968
Professional and trade magazines
Magazines published in New Jersey |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Brugger | Karl Brugger (1941, Munich – 3 January 1984, Rio de Janeiro) was a German foreign correspondent for the ARD network and author, best known for his book The Chronicle of Akakor about the alleged lost city of Akakor that was published in 1976.
Biography
Brugger was born in Munich and studied journalism and contemporary history there and in Paris. On 3 March 1972, while Brugger was a correspondent in Rio, in a tavern of Manaus, the Graças a Deus, met Tatunca Nara, an Indian "cacique", allegedly called the "Prince of Akakor". Brugger worked as a freelance journalist before being, from 1974, correspondent for the ARD. Brugger had later moved to Brazil.
Death
Brugger was killed in Rio de Janeiro on 3 January 1984 after being shot several times, while walking with his friend Ulrich Encke on the Ipanema beach. Neither his killer, nor the motive for his killing is known. A man named Wolfgang Seibenhaar had thoroughly investigated the mystery of Brugger's murder and was also questioned to if he knew anything about it, but was unable to find out or give any information. It was also believed that his murder was a robbery, but it is now believed it was not, as nothing was said to have been taken from Brugger.
See also
List of unsolved murders
References
1941 births
1984 deaths
ARD (broadcaster) people
Deaths by firearm in Brazil
German male journalists
German male writers
German people murdered abroad
Journalists from Munich
Male murder victims
People murdered in Rio de Janeiro
Unsolved murders in Brazil |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shredit | Shredit may refer to:
ShredIt, software for secure data erasure
Shred-it, Canadian document-destruction company |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20California%20Seismic%20Network | The Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN) is a cooperative project of Caltech and the United States Geological Survey. The SCSN has benefited from numerous upgrade projects. TERRAscope, funded by the L. K. Whittier and ARCO Foundations, and NSF, provided the first 28 broadband and strong motion stations in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The TriNet project, from 1997 to 2002, funded by FEMA, California OES, USGS, and other partners, increased the number of broadband and strong motion stations to 155 and significantly improved the data communications and processing infrastructure. The SCSN is one of six organizations that form the larger California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN) project of Caltech, CGS, USGS, and U.C. Berkeley (2001 to present) provides funds for continued operation of the SCSN, improved robustness, and migration of operations toward statewide processing.
References
External links
http://www.scsn.org/
California Integrated Seismic Network
Disaster preparedness in the United States
Seismological observatories, organisations and projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20R.%20Davis | Bruce Raymond Davis (born 17 July 1939, Adelaide, Australia) is an electronic engineer, notable for his research in mobile communication systems, satellite communications, and high frequency data communication systems.
Education
He attended Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, Australia. He received a B.E. (Hons.) degree in electronic engineering, 1960, a B.Sc. in mathematics, 1963, and the PhD degree in electronic engineering, 1969, all from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Career
He was first employed by University of Adelaide in 1964. During 1970, he was with Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, studying various aspects of mobile radio communications and again in 1977, when he was involved in satellite systems research. In 1988, he developed SUGAR—a circuit analysis simulation tool named in allusion to University of California Berkeley's software called SPICE. In 1992, he was a visiting scholar with the Communications Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Salisbury, South Australia, and was involved with high-frequency data communication systems.
Honours
He was a co-recipient of the 1986 IEE Overseas Premium Best Paper Award and winner of the 1989 IREE Norman W. V. Hayes Medal.
Selected publications
B. R. Davis, "An improved importance sampling method for digital-communication system simulations," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 715–719, 1986.
K. T. Ko and B. R. Davis, "Delay analysis for a TDMA channel with contiguous output and Poisson message arrival," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 707–709, 1984.
B. R. Davis and R. E. Bogner, "Propagation at 500 MHz for mobile radio," IEE Proceedings-F Radar and Signal Processing, Vol. 132, No. 5, pp. 307–320, 1985.
J. B. Scholz and B. R. Davis, "Error-probability estimator structures based on analysis of the receiver decision variable," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 2311–2315, 1995.
B. R. Davis and W. G. Cowley, "Bias and variance of spectral estimates from an all-pole digital-filter," IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 322–329, 1982.
A. G. Bolton and B. R. Davis, "Evaluation of coefficient sensitivities for 2nd-order digital resonators," IEE Proceedings-G Circuits Devices and Systems, Vol. 128, No. 3, pp. 127–130, 1981.
B. R. Davis, D. Abbott, and J. M. R. Parrondo, "Thermodynamic energy exchange in a moving plate capacitor," Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 747–754, 2001.
External links
Davis biography
Davis on dblp
Davis' homepage
Davis at the ACM portal
References
1939 births
Living people
Scientists from Adelaide
University of Adelaide alumni
Australian electrical engineers
Academic staff of the University of Adelaide |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB%202002 | MLB 2002 is a Major League Baseball video game in the Genre of Sports developed by 989 Sports and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation. The cover athlete is Center fielder Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. Vin Scully is the play-by-play announcer with Dave Campbell on color commentary.
The game was preceded by MLB 2001 and succeeded by MLB 2003.
Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
References
External links
2001 video games
Major League Baseball video games
North America-exclusive video games
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation (console)-only games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in 2002 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20platform | Cloud platform may refer to:
Computing
Google Cloud Platform
a platform for Cloud computing
Oracle Cloud Platform
Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform
Xen Cloud Platform
NIWA Cloud Application Platform
Places
Cloud Platform at Juyongguan, a 14th-century Buddhist structure at Beijing, China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Recovery%20Network | Scottish Recovery Network is a non-profit organization in Scotland that promotes mental health recovery. Founded in 2004. it is hosted by Penumbra and core funded by the Government of Scotland.
References
External links
2004 establishments in Scotland
Organisations based in Scotland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20in%20Australian%20television |
Events
Television
5 January - SBS ceases VHF transmissions on Channel 0 in Sydney and Melbourne.
20 January - Neighbours makes its debut on Network Ten and comes to dominate the 7:00pm weeknight timeslot.
25 January - American sitcom starring Soleil Moon Frye and George Gaynes Punky Brewster receives its Australian television debut on Seven Network.
28 January - Australian news and current affairs program The 7.30 Report debuts on ABC.
30 January - Debut of Australian soap opera Prime Time on Nine Network. It was the very last soap opera from Australia ever produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape.
10 February - Australian soap opera Return to Eden premieres on Network Ten.
13 March - Australia's popular and influential TV sketch comedy The D-Generation which was created and written by a group of students from Melbourne University who had gained local notoriety for their stage work such as Marg Downey, Michael Veitch and Tom Gleisner debuts on ABC.
16 March - SBS expands into Perth and Hobart.
31 March - ABC airs extra morning programs for children for the first time due to school term breaks from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
7 July - Last and final episode of the Australian soap opera Return to Eden airs on Network Ten.
23 July - The Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson is broadcast on all television stations except for SBS.
5 August - British police procedural television series The Bill premieres on ABC.
19 September - Nine Network celebrates 30 years of television with a two-hour special featuring footage from some of TV's most popular and most remembered programs and personalities.
27 October - Neighbours airs on the BBC in the UK for the first time.
30 October - The Movie Show begins on SBS.
November - Pbl Mini series Cyclone Tracy + The Great Bookie Robbery air on Channel Nine
11 December - Final episode of the Australian soap opera Prisoner airs on Network Ten.
15 December - ABC airs extra morning programs for children during the Summer Holidays from 10:00am to 12:00pm until February where School Term 1 will begin.
December - The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of HSV-7 & ADS-7 are sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Limited for $1.8 billion. As News Limited owned ATV-10 at this time, HSV-7 is sold to Fairfax (already owners of ATN-7 & BTQ-7) in February 1987 for $320 million.
Australian children's series Mr. Squiggle returns with a brand new series with Roxanne Kimmorley taking over as presenter.
AUSSAT satellites are launched, bringing television to remote areas for the first time.
The 1986 Commonwealth Games are telecast live on ABC from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Debuts
20 January - Off the Dish (Network Ten)
28 January - The 7.30 Report (ABC-TV)
30 January - Prime Time (Nine Network)
10 February - C'mon Kids (Nine Network)
10 February - Return to Eden (Network Ten)
9 March - A Fortunate Life (Nine Network)
13 March - The D-Generation (ABC-TV)
20 March - The Girl from Steel City |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20in%20Australian%20television |
Events
Television
13 January – Australian children's live-action and puppet series The Maestro's Company begins on Network 0/28.
11 February – Ray Martin takes over Mike Walsh's old daytime slot, replacing The Mike Walsh Show with Midday with Ray Martin. The Mike Walsh Show continues and moves to 10:30pm weekdays as a late night talk show until Walsh departs the network in November .
18 February – Network 0/28 becomes known as SBS.
22 February – Seven Network screens a late night sketchy comedy series called The Eleventh Hour featuring a number of performers who later appear in The Comedy Company and Fast Forward.
4 March – The ABC launches a one-hour news and current affairs program called The National as a replacement for the traditional 7:00pm state-based news bulletins as well as its former current affairs program Nationwide. The new format, costing the national broadcaster a budgeted $25 million, turned out to be an expensive failure and lasted less than twelve months.
18 March – Neighbours premieres on the Seven Network. Six months later Neighbours is axed by HSV-7, but Network Ten bought the rights and picks up the soap and it becomes a massive hit for them.
24 March – Seven Network broadcasts Donald Duck's 50th Birthday a television special from The Wonderful World of Disney which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the world's famous cartoon character. It will first air on television for Australian viewers on Seven in Victoria that year and on Network Ten in New South Wales on 30 May 1987 and on Seven in Victoria again on 19 July the same year.
25 March – Neighbours debuts in Brisbane.
22 April – The 1980 film The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd premieres on the Seven Network.
8 June – Hey Hey It's Saturday moves to 6:30pm Saturdays. Then Hey Hey It's Saturday Night rebrands back to its original title.
30 June – SBS expands to Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Gold Coast.
13–14 July – ABC televises the worldwide Live Aid event, featuring concerts held around the world.
August – The AUSSAT satellites are launched. The ABC will start its test transmission of its TV and radio networks via satellite in October to remote areas in rural Australia. The ABC service is officially inaugurated in January 1986.
24 October – The ABC Board has elected to abandon The National.
Debuts
13 January – The Maestro's Company (SBS)
14 January – Possession (Nine Network)
26 January – The Early Bird Show (Network Ten)
4 February – The Cartoon Connection (Channel Seven)
6 February – The Italians (ABC)
11 February – Midday (Nine Network)
22 February – The Eleventh Hour (Channel Seven)
4 March – The National (ABC)
4 March – The Cowra Breakout (Network Ten)
4 March – News Overnight (Channel Seven)
6 March – The Investigators (ABC)
7 March - Pressure Point (ABC)
7 March - The Fast Lane (ABC)
18 March – Neighbours (Channel Seven in 1985, Network Ten from 1986 onwards)
29 March – Friday Night Football (AFL) (Channel Seven)
17 Apr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20in%20Australian%20television |
Events
Television
2 January - Nine Network's popular soap opera, The Young Doctors, makes it UK television debut, on the newly formed, Central Independent Television network, which began broadcasting to the Midlands the previous day. The franchise was previously held by ATV. Thirteen of the fourteen ITV companies eventually ran the series during the afternoon, the most common slot was Monday and Tuesday at 15:30-16:00, although some initially broadcast it early evening at 17:15-17:45 before moving the series to daytime.
11 January - American police drama series Hill Street Blues debuts on the Nine Network.
18 January - Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters premieres on the Seven Network.
February - Rupert Murdoch’s Network Ten makes a successful $9.2m bid for the rights to televise the 1984 Olympic Games from Los Angeles. Ten was up against a Seven Network bid and a joint Nine Network-ABC bid.
1 March - British children's animated series Doctor Snuggles premieres on the ABC at 4:30pm airing for the most part throughout the whole year.
7 April - British children's animated series Danger Mouse makes its first screening on ABC in Sydney and some other states in Australia. It would later air in Victoria in 1983.
10 June - Australian mini-series Sara Dane based on the bestselling 1954 novel by the late Irish Australian romance fiction novelist Catherine Gaskin debuts on Network Ten.
28 June - The Nine Network introduces its new breakfast TV show, National News Today, This was used for a few weeks before it was later shortened the title to "Today".
1 July - The ABC celebrates its 50th anniversary starting with a special called From Carbon Mikes to Satellites followed by Quiros, a music drama written specifically for the occasion and broadcast across both ABC television and FM radio.
July - The Mike Walsh Show celebrates its 2000th episode on Nine Network.
September - The Nine Network and ABC jointly televise the 1982 Commonwealth Games from Brisbane.
25 September - The VFL Grand Final is televised on Seven Network.
24 October – The 1977 film Star Wars directed by George Lucas premieres on Network Ten.
25 October - Seven's rural drama serial, A Country Practice, begins airing on seven regional ITV companies in the UK. Over the next 17 years, each of the fourteen ITV contractors would run the series at their own regional pace, and screened later episodes in a half-hour edited format.
13 December - The ABC premieres Faces of Change, an all new six episode program that studies women's changing roles in Australian society.
Nine, Seven and the ABC conduct stereo test transmissions.
Former Network Ten reporter Jana Wendt joins Nine Network's 60 Minutes team as its first female reporter.
The Australian Children's Television Foundation (aka ACTF) a national non-profit children's media production and policy hub that helps develop children's television policy; distributes and pays for Australian children's television series; supports new children's media; |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20in%20Australian%20television | This article is a summary of 1981 in Australian television.
Events
Television
15 February - Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television, hosted by Bert Newton
2 March - Network Ten introduces its new breakfast TV show, Good Morning Australia, marking the return of breakfast television to Australian television screens.
30 March - British sitcom To the Manor Born debuts on ABC.
10 April - The TV Week Logie Awards air on Network Ten for the first time.
23 May - Nine Network premieres a brand new sports program called Wide World of Sports.
27 July - Wheel of Fortune premieres on the Seven Network, hosted by Ernie Sigley with Adriana Xenides.
29 July - The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer is broadcast across ABC and almost every commercial channel in Australia.
16 September - The Nine Network celebrates 25 years of television in Australia.
12 November - Final episode of the Australia soap opera The Restless Years airs on Network Ten.
15 November - The Nine Network premieres its Sunday morning political current affairs program Sunday, hosted by Jim Waley.
23 November - A Country Practice debuts on Seven Network.
December - After a two year-battle, Rupert Murdoch's News Limited finally gains control of the Melbourne headquarters of Network Ten after appealing the decision by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal which blocked the takeover.
Debuts
New International Programming
4 February - Knots Landing (Seven Network)
10 February - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Nine Network)
14 February - Freebie and the Bean (Network Ten)
21 February/26 June - Here's Boomer (21 February: Seven Network - Sydney, 26 June: Seven Network - Melbourne)
4 March - Worzel Gummidge (ABC)
4 March - Leatherstocking Tales (ABC)
8 March - To Serve Them All My Days (ABC)
14 March/7 May - The Sandbaggers (14 March: Nine Network - Sydney, 7 May: Nine Network - Melbourne)
30 March - To the Manor Born (ABC)
30 April - The Enigma Files (ABC)
4 May - Monkey (ABC)
12 May - / Drak Pack (Seven Network)
15 May - Romie-0 and Julie-8 (Seven Network)
22 May - The Devil and Daniel Mouse (Seven Network)
30 May - Magnum, P.I. (Network Ten)
5 June - Matt and Jenny (ABC)
20 June - Yes Minister (ABC)
15 July - Jukes of Piccadilly (ABC)
8 August - Richie Rich (Nine Network)
24 August - Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Seven Network)
26 August - The Swish of the Curtain (ABC)
2 September - Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (Nine Network)
7 September - Wayne and Shuster (ABC)
7 October - God's Wonderful Railway (ABC)
22 October - / Tenko (ABC)
27 October - Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (Seven Network)
18 November - It's a Living (Nine Network)
18 November - Ladies' Man (Nine Network)
20 November - Goodtime Girls (Network Ten)
13 December - A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (Network Ten - Melbourne)
21 December - How Bugs Bunny Won the West (Network Ten)
23 December - A Cosmic Christmas (ABC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYBU-CD | WYBU-CD (channel 16) is a low-power Class A television station in Columbus, Georgia, United States, owned by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on 4th Place (off US 280) in Phenix City, Alabama, and its transmitter is located on Windtree Drive west of Phenix City.
Channel 16 has been on the air since 1987 as a low-power station in Columbus. For most of its first 20 years in service, "TV-16" aired local programming and content from various sources, including the American Christian Television System. From 1998 to 1999, it was the Columbus-area affiliate of UPN. CTN purchased the station in 2005.
History
Early years
Channel 16, with the call sign W16AF, was on the air in Columbus by May 1987, when it placed advertising in local newspapers announcing its existence. In December 1987, the license was transferred to Dr. Stephen Hollis, a local ophthalmologist who had built the station. Hollis also owned W22AH (channel 22), which began broadcasting in September. In February 1989, the sale of the two stations to Brenda Walls and Linda McCarter was reported locally. Their husbands, Reid Walls and Ron McCarter, owned American Cable Company, a new cable system serving North Columbus. Where Hollis had been fighting to get cable carriage for his stations, channels 16 and 22 quickly appeared on the American lineup. At this point, channel 16 was mostly airing programming from the American Christian Television System (ACTS), the original licensee, as well as rebroadcasts of Columbus city council meetings; W22AH was airing the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Mick Walsh, television columnist for the Ledger-Enquirer, credited the cable carriage with ensuring channel 16's survival.
Even though the sale was reported, Hollis did not actually sell the station until 1991, when the Earley family of Birmingham, Alabama, acquired channel 16 from Hollis. In the 1990s, "TV-16" began airing considerably more local programming. In 1991, it began airing a same-day video replay of the Talkline program on local radio station WRCG (1420 AM). A former candidate for the Georgia state legislature, James White, hosted the conservative commentary The Right Side, which debuted in 1993. However, the Earleys' plan to use high school football as a selling point for the station—a strategy that had been successful in Alabama—did not play in Columbus. Further, the station had signal issues, even on the cable systems that carried it. Walsh called trying to tune it in "like trying to find a pearl in a dishpan full of dirty dishes" and noted, "If TV-16 was a horse, it would have been shot long ago."
McClure Broadcasting ownership
By 1996, Hollis owned the station again, and this time, it was sold to McClure Broadcasting, which owned a cluster of radio stations in Columbus. McClure made significant changes to revamp the station's facilities and image. New call letters, WCGT-LP, were adopted. It also announced its intention to move the transmitter to the to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELMO%20%28protein%29 | ELMO (Engulfment and Cell Motility) is a family of related proteins (~82 kDa) involved in intracellular signalling networks. These proteins have no intrinsic catalytic activity and instead function as adaptors which can regulate the activity of other proteins through their ability to mediate protein-protein interactions.
This family contains members in all animals. In humans there are three paralogous isoforms:
ELMO1
ELMO2
ELMO3
The ELMO domain was first characterized in the CED-12 proteins of Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, which is a homolog to the ELMO protein found in mammals. This protein is involved in Rac-GTPase activation, apoptotic cell phagocytosis, cell migration, and cytoskeletal rearrangements.
Structure and function of ELMO proteins
The ELMO family are evolutionarily conserved orthologs of the C. elegans protein CED-12. All isoforms contain a series of armadillo repeats, which begin at the N-terminus and extend around two thirds of the way along the protein, as well as a C-terminal proline-rich motif and a central PH domain. They function as part of a protein complex with Dock180-related proteins to form a bipartite guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rac (a member of the Rho family of small G proteins). The Dock180-ELMO interaction requires the ELMO PH domain and also involves binding of the ELMO proline-rich motif to the Dock180 SH3 domain.
References
Protein families |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy%20Electronics | Lindy Electronics produces computer and audiovisual connectivity products. It sells through the distribution channel, via its own online and mail-order business and elsewhere.
History
In 1932, from a small apartment in Breslau, Germany, Kurt Lindenberg started a family business that was the beginning of the Lindy group.
He closed the business during the Second World War, but reopened it in 1947 in his new hometown of Mannheim. The business expanded from the petrol lamps and simple electrical appliances that it had sold in the early days, to follow the consumer demand for radios and televisions with the introduction of KUBA radio and TV furniture into the line.
In the 1960s the company begin to sell self-assembly radios and amplifiers from the Danish manufacturer Josty, and by 1970 Lindy sold mainly electronic components and equipment.
The Lindy logo, which is still used in similar form today, was created in the mid-1970s for the launch of a range of electronic games in conjunction with the Japanese company Gakken. Alongside these, the Lindy Electronic Station was the first product to be fully developed and designed in-house.
As the home computer market grew in the 1980s, Lindy expanded into computer connectivity equipment such as cables and KVM Switches. The next decade saw a phase of international expansion, with offices opened in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Switzerland.
By 2000 the Lindy branch in the United Kingdom had outgrown its premises and work began on a new office and warehouse facility in Stockton-on-Tees that later became its UK headquarters. The group also opened offices in Australia, Ireland, and the United States.
References
External links
Lindy Corporate
Lindy UK
Lindy Computer Connection Technology, Inc.
Lindy Australia
Guardian national newspaper review
Electronics companies of Germany
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
Electronics companies of the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20trails%20in%20New%20York | The State of New York has a large network of multi-use paths, rail trails, hiking trails, and other facilities. Many are short, local paths, but many are of statewide or regional significance. In order to be added to this list, a trail must be located in New York and have and its own article, or a dedicated section in an article.
Long-distance hiking trails
Appalachian Trail
Empire State Trail
Finger Lakes Trail
Long Path
Northville-Placid Trail
Taconic Crest Trail
Van Hoevenberg Trail
The Escarpment Trail
The Devils Path
Rail trails
Albany County Rail Trail
Allegheny River Valley Trail
Auburn Trail
Canalway Trail
Cato–Fair Haven Trail
Catskill Scenic Trail
Dutchess Rail Trail
Genesee Valley Greenway
Harlem Valley Rail Trail
High Line
Hojack Trail Cayuga
Hojack Trail Webster
Hudson Valley Rail Trail
Kings Park Hike and Bike Trail
Mohawk Hudson Bike/Hike Trail
North County Trailway
Orange Heritage Trailway
Oswego Recreational Trail
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Putnam County Trailway
Rutland Trail
South County Trailway
Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
Zim Smith Trail
Other trails
Although many of the multi-use paths in New York are converted rail trails, there are some significant examples that were never railroads.
List of trails on Long Island, New York
Trails in Ithaca, New York
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway
Brooklyn-Queens Greenway
Blue Disc Trail (Harriman State Park)
Groff Creek
New York State Canalway Trail
Erie Canal Trail
Wilkinson Memorial Trail
Snowmobile trails
List of snowmobile trails in New York
External links
Capital District Regional Bike-Hike Map
2004 Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail Map
New York state trails (NYS OPRHP)
References
Transportation in New York (state)
Trails
Trails |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TruckVault%27s%20Xtreme%20Hunts | TruckVault's Xtreme Hunts is a television series on the Versus Cable Network. It first aired August 1, 2008.
Overview
TruckVault's Xtreme Hunts is a blend of reality and extreme hunting. Each episode follows host Mark Kayser, portrayed as an average family man, undertaking the quest of extreme hunts across North America. Kayser hunts large and small game across harsh terrain and through inclement weather while providing tips on hunting, game calling, gear, physical conditioning and other topics.
The series also features a number of "Hero Hunts" to honor law enforcement heroes. Three heroes of law enforcement were selected to film with Mark and the crew as a give back for the tireless hours of public service our men and women of public safety put in. Mark Kayser invites these outstanding individuals nominated by their peers to join him on a televised hunt as a way of thanking them for that service. These hunts take place in South Dakota, Montana and Colorado during the season and feature some great pheasant, prairie chicken and waterfowl hunts.
TruckVault's Xtreme Hunts is filmed and produced entirely in HD by Orion Multimedia. In 2009 a production change has been made and Careco will be the new producer. It airs on the Versus Network in 2008 on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. EDT and Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
External links
Official website
TruckVault home page
Versus Cable Network home page
2000s American reality television series
2008 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Kayser | Mark Kayser is the host of the television series TruckVault's Xtreme Hunts on the Versus Cable Network.
Kayser graduated from South Dakota State University in May 1988 with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Mark worked his way from being an outdoor photographer for the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, to an outdoor writer/ photographer for the South Dakota Department of Tourism, to Outdoor Promotions Manager for the same department. From there he took on a Media Relations Coordinator position where he oversaw all media relations projects including PR, which eventually led Mark to managing all media relations for the South Dakota Department of Tourism and the generation of $2.5 million annually in traceable publicity.
Kayser focused his talents next on the pen, parlaying his skill for writing into a consistent career as a freelance writer contributing to publications like: Outdoor Life, North American Hunter, American Hunter, Sporting Classics and Bowhunter magazine among others. Mark continues to write a Whitetail Bowhunting column for Bowhunt America, and remains the Whitetail columnist and the conservation editor for North American Hunter to this day.
It wasn't long before Kayser made the natural jump to television with video and TV appearances on: World of Beretta (Versus), The Wild Rules (ESPN), Realtree Outdoors (ESPN2), Backroads With Ron & Raven (ESPN), American Hunter (ESPN2), North American Outdoors (ESPN2), Tales of the Hunt (TOC), and Cabela’s Sportsman’s Quest (ESPN2) among others.
Kayser is also currently co-hosting the popular series Whitetail Revolution that airs on Versus and launched in 2006.
References
External links
TruckVault's Xtreme Hunts home page
Versus Cable Network
American television personalities
Living people
American hunters
South Dakota State University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobber%20%28disambiguation%29 | Clobber may refer to:
Clobber, an abstract strategy game
Clobber (cards), a trick based card game
Clobbering, a computer term for overwriting (often accidentally)
Clobber (aircraft), the NATO code name for Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft
See also
Clobber Girl, the superhero identity of Lisa Simpson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobbering | In software engineering and computer science, clobbering a file, processor register or a region of computer memory is the process of overwriting its contents completely, whether intentionally or unintentionally, or to indicate that such an action will likely occur. The Jargon File defines clobbering as
POSIX
Memory or file overwrites in POSIX systems, as well as in shells such as Bash, often happen unintentionally - such as using the > redirection operator. Therefore, to prevent unintentional clobbering, various means can be used - for example, setting the shell parameter set -o noclobber (bash, ksh) or set noclobber (csh, tcsh) will prevent > from clobbering by making it issue an error message instead:
$ echo "Hello, world" >file.txt
$ cat file.txt
Hello, world
$ echo "This will overwrite the first greeting." >file.txt
$ cat file.txt
This will overwrite the first greeting.
$ set -o noclobber
$ echo "Can we overwrite it again?" >file.txt
-bash: file.txt: cannot overwrite existing file
$ echo "But we can use the >| operator to ignore the noclobber." >|file.txt
$ cat file.txt # Successfully overwrote the contents of file.txt using the >| operator
But we can use the >| operator to ignore the noclobber.
$ set +o noclobber # Changes setting back
The default behavior of the mv and cp commands is to clobber their destination file if it already exists. This behavior may be overridden by invoking or aliasing the commands with the -i switch, causing the commands to prompt the user before overwriting the destination file, or -n to not transfer source files with a naming conflict.
Makefiles
In makefiles, a common target clobber means complete cleanup of all unnecessary files and directories produced by previous invocations of the make command. It is a more severe target than clean and is commonly used to uninstall software. Some make-related commands invoke "make clobber" during their execution. They check the CLOBBER environment variable. If it is set to OFF then clobbering is not done.
Assembly
In assembler programming - including inline extended assembly as supported in C and C++ through GCC - the term clobbered registers is often used to denote any registers whose value may be overwritten during the course of executing an instruction or instructions.
References
Computing terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie%20Awards | The Gracie Awards are awards presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM) in the United States, to celebrate and honor programming created for women, by women, and about women, as well as individuals who have made exemplary contributions in electronic media and affiliates. Presented annually, the Gracie Awards recognize national, local, and student works.
History
The Gracie Awards ceremony is presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM), since 1975. The awards are named after radio and television star Gracie Allen. Allen was a successful comedian, entertainer, entrepreneur and activist. As half of the Burns and Allen act, one of the most prominent comedy teams in American history, with husband George Burns, Allen has been a role model for women in media and entertainment.
Deadline Hollywood describes the awards as follows:
The Gracie Awards are held on two days, known as the gala and the luncheon. The Gracie Awards Gala is a black tie evening affair and awards individuals in the national and mainstream arena. The Gracie Awards Gala has been regularly held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The Gracie Awards Luncheon, a more casual affair, honors local, public, online, and student works and has been held in New York.
The 2019 ceremony took place on May 21, with the "local and student award winners," honored on June 26.
The 2020 ceremony was held virtually on September 10, 2020, and honorees included Katy Perry for the Gracies Impact Award, Gayle King, Michelle Williams, Niecy Nash, Trisha Yearwood, Ginger Zee, Alex Duda and Izzie Pick Ibarra.
Categories
The following were the categories as of the 2014 ceremony:
Outstanding Anchor – News or News Magazine
Outstanding Comedy
Outstanding Director – Entertainment
Outstanding Director – News
Outstanding Documentary
Outstanding Drama
Outstanding Ensemble Cast – Comedy
Outstanding Ensemble Cast – Drama
Outstanding Family Programming
Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role
Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured or Guest Role
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
Outstanding Hard News Feature
Outstanding Host – Entertainment/Information
Outstanding Host – Lifestyle/Health Program
Outstanding Host – News/Non-Fiction
Outstanding Interview Program or Feature
Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature
Outstanding Lifestyle/Health Program
Outstanding Morning/Afternoon Drive Personality
Outstanding On-Air Talent: Sports Program
Outstanding Online Host or Correspondent
Outstanding Online Producer
Outstanding Original Online Programming – Audio
Outstanding Original Online Programming – News/Documentary
Outstanding Original Online Programming – Series
Outstanding Original Online Programming – Standalone Video
Outsta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Guerra%20de%20los%20Chistes | Guerra de Chistes (Joke Wars) is a television show from the Mexican TV network Telehit hosted by Radames de Jesus, Juan Carlos Casasola, Juan Carlos El Borrego Nava and La Wanders Lover, they tell jokes throughout the program and have special guests on every show.
Guests
Full episodes with their respective guests
References
Guerra de Chistes official website
Guerra de Chistes official minisite
Mexican comedy television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20Card%20%28The%20Rippingtons%20album%29 | Wild Card is The Rippingtons' thirteenth album, which was released in 2005.
Track listing
Personnel
The Rippingtons
Russ Freeman – keyboards, guitars, rhythm programming, arrangements (1-7, 9-13)
Bill Heller – keyboards, acoustic piano
Kim Stone – bass
Dave Karasony – drums
Scott Breadman – percussion
Eric Marienthal – saxophones
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Jerry Hey – trumpet
Additional personnel
Ralph Sutton – arrangements (8)
Lloyd Talbot – arrangements (8)
Albita Rodriguez – lead vocals (3)
Asdru Sierra – backing vocals (3)
Sheffer Bruton – backing vocals (3)
Willy Chirino – lead and backing vocals (6)
Chanté Moore – lead and backing vocals (8)
Production
Russ Freeman – producer, executive producer
Steve Sykes – associate producer, recording, mixing
Andi Howard – executive producer
Mark Wexler – executive producer
Hatsukazu Inagaki – additional recording
Marko Ruffalo – additional recording
Cornell "Doc" Wiley – additional recording
Sonny Mediana – art direction
MAD Design – art direction
Bill Mayer – illustration
Carl Studna – photography
Studios
Recorded and Mixed at Castle Oaks Recording (Calabasas, CA).
Additional recording at Latinum Music Studios (Miami, FL) and Surfboard Studios (Boca Raton, FL).
References
The Rippingtons albums
2005 albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s%20Next%20Top%20Model%20%28season%2012%29 | The twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 4, 2009, and was the sixth season to air on The CW network. The cycle's catchphrase was "Get in the Fold." The cycle's promotional song was Lady Gaga's "The Fame."
The prizes for this cycle were:
A modelling contract with Elite Model Management.
A fashion spread and cover in Seventeen.
A 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics.
The first half of the cycle took place in New York City; the prior season was located in Los Angeles. The international destination for this cycle was São Paulo, Brazil, the show's first and only visit to South America.
The number of girls was reduced to thirteen for the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at fourteen in the last two cycles. This was the last time Paulina Porizkova participated as judge.
The winner was 20-year-old Teyona Anderson from New Jersey, with Allison Harvard placing as the runner up. This season averaged 4.35 million viewers per episode.
Contestants
(Ages stated are at start of contest)
Episodes
Summaries
Call-out order
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant won the competition
Bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom two
The contestant was eliminated in the final judging and placed as the runner-up
Average call-out order
Casting call-out order and final two are not included.
Photo Shoot Guide
Episode 1 photo shoot (casting): Goddess profile/type of goddess
Episode 2 photo shoot: Childhood games
Episode 3 photo shoot: Lighting oneself in a warehouse
Episode 4 photo shoot: Couture New York City sight-seeing in pairs
Episode 5 photo shoot: Ellis Island immigrants
Episode 6 photo shoot: Beauty shots evoking different colors
Episode 7 Commercial: CoverGirl micro mineral foundation
Episode 9 photo shoot: Crazed Ciara fans tangled in wires
Episode 10 photo shoot: Embodying Carmen Miranda on a Favela
Episode 11 photo shoot: Swimsuits on a tourist beach
Episode 12 photo shoot: Exotic birds
Episode 13 photo shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl outlast lipstain print ad and commercial & Seventeen Magazine covers
Makeovers
Jessica - Cut to shoulder-length with dark red highlights
Nijah - Long black weave
Kortnie - Trimmed and dyed red
Sandra - Buzz cut and dyed blonde
Tahlia - Shoulder-length golden blonde weave
London - Agyness Deyn inspired cut and dyed platinum blonde
Natalie - No makeover
Fo - Pixie cut
Celia - Cut short and dyed platinum blonde
Aminat - Naomi Campbell inspired long weave
Allison - Long blonde extensions and eyebrows lightened
Teyona - Slicked-back jheri curl weave; later, long curly weave
Post-Top Model careers
Celia Ammerman has modeled for the New York Post and Vogue Italia. She has also been featured on Racked.com, in t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe%20Morency | Louis-Philippe Morency is a French Canadian researcher interested in human communication and machine learning applied to a better understanding of human behavior.
Biography
Dr. Louis-Philippe Morency is Leonardo Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Language Technologies Institute (LTI) at Carnegie Mellon University. He was formerly research assistant professor at the University of Southern California (USC) and research scientist at USC Institute for Creative Technologies where he led the Multimodal Communication and Computation Laboratory (MultiComp Lab). He received his Ph.D. from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2006. His main research interest is computational study of human multimodal computation, a multi-disciplinary research topic that overlays the fields of multi-modal interaction, machine learning, computer vision, social psychology and artificial intelligence. He developed Watson, a real-time library for nonverbal behavior recognition and which became the de facto standard for adding perception to embodied agent interfaces. He received many awards for his work on nonverbal behavior computation including four best papers awards (at various IEEE and ACM conferences). He was recently selected by IEEE Intelligent Systems as one of the "Ten to Watch" for the future of AI research.
In his free time, Louis-Philippe enjoys playing ice hockey as a goaltender at the Mount Lebanon Recreation Center in Mount Lebanon, PA.
Selected publications
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~morency/
References
External links
Louis-Philippe Morency's home page
Multimodal Communication and Computation Laboratory (MultiComp Lab)
Top 10 people to watch in AI for 2008
1977 births
Artificial intelligence researchers
French Quebecers
Living people
People from Quebec City |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTCG | LTCG may refer to:
Larry the Cable Guy (born 1963), American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, singer and former radio personality
Link time code generation, a type of computer code optimization
Long-term capital gains, a type of capital gains tax
Trabzon Airport in Trabzon, Turkey (ICAO code) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyung%20Hee%20Cyber%20University | Kyung Hee Cyber University (abbreviated to KHCU) () is a virtual, South Korean higher education institution that offers online bachelor's and master's degree programs. Founded in 2001, it has been recognized as the best cyber university in South Korea by both the Ministry of Education and the Korea Management Association.
Kyung Hee Cyber University is part of the Kyung Hee University System which offers comprehensive education from kindergarten through graduate school. The cyber university along with the programs it offers were constructed based on the tradition and knowledge of Kyung Hee University (KHC), a private higher education institution with over 70 years of history and expertise.
History
Kyung Hee Cyber University was established on March 3, 2001 as the first online initiative by the Kyung Hee University System.
In 2018, Kyung Hee Cyber University was awarded the grand prize in online education at the 2018 Korea Customer Satisfaction & Power Brand Awards.
Academics
Departments
The School of Integrated Software and Design
Future Human Science School
Healthcare & Oriental Medicine
Humanitas
Social Welfare
Art Sports
International Languages/Cultures
Culture and Communication
Business Management
Finance and Real Estate
Hospitality/Tourism/Food Service
Liberal Arts
Source:
Overseas culture tour
Kyung Hee Cyber University currently has 38 partner universities or institutions throughout Asia, 14 in North America, five in South America, five in Oceania, six in Europe, and four international alliances.
Notable alumni
As the Korean entertainment industry often provides both inconsistent and long schedules, South Korean singers, actors, and actresses have enrolled into cyber university as an alternative that does not limit them to a specific time or space.
The singers, actors, and actresses that have graduated from Kyung Hee Cyber University or are still enrolled include:
References
2001 establishments in South Korea
Educational institutions established in 2001
Universities and colleges in Seoul
Cyber
Distance education institutions based in South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20Billboard%20Top%20Latin%20Albums%20of%202001 | The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, internet sales (both physical and via digital downloads) and verifiable sales from concert venues in United States.
There were twenty number-one albums on this chart in 2001, including the first Spanish language album by Christina Aguilera, which spent five weeks at the top in 2001 and 14 weeks in 2000 and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. Ricky Martin, Marco Antonio Solís, Conjunto Primavera and Los Tigres del Norte hit the top spot for the second time on their careers, respectively. Singer-songwriter Marc Anthony with Libre achieved his third chart-topper on this list. Grupo Bryndis became the third act to release two number-one albums in the same year, after Tex-Mex performer Selena on 1995 and 1996 (see: Top Latin Albums of 1995 and Top Latin Albums of 1996) and Enrique Iglesias in 1999 (see: Top Latin Albums of 1999).
Vicente Fernández, Víctor Manuelle, Lupillo Rivera, A.B. Quintanilla and Kumbia Kings, El Original de la Sierra, Jaguares, Joan Sebastian, Ozomatli, Carlos Vives and Los Ángeles de Charly peaked at number one for the first time. Paulina by Mexican performer Paulina Rubio received three Latin Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year and ended the year as the best selling Latin album of 2001.
Albums
References
2001 Latin
United States Latin Albums
2001 in Latin music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaba%2C%20Togo | Akaba is a small town in central Togo.
Transport
It is served by a station on the Togo Railway network.
See also
Railway stations in Togo
References
Populated places in Plateaux Region, Togo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Bridges%20Ensemble | The European Bridges Ensemble (EBE) was established for Internet and network music performance. Its current members are the five performers Kai Niggemann (Münster, Germany), Ádám Siska (Budapest, Hungary), Johannes Kretz (Vienna, Austria), Andrea Szigetvári (Dunakeszi, Hungary), Ivana Ognjanović (Belgrade, Serbia), the conductor and software designer Georg Hajdu (Hamburg, Germany), and video artist Stewart Collinson (Lincoln, England).
Using the term bridges as a metaphor, the Ensemble attempts to bridge cultures, regions, locations and individuals, each with their specific history. Particularly, Europe with its historical and ethnic diversity has repeatedly gone through massive changes separating and reuniting people often living in close vicinity. The aim is to further explore the potential of taking participating musicians and artists out of their political and social isolation by creating virtual communities of like-minded artists united by their creativity and mutual interests.
The first Bridges concert on 17 June 2005 (simultaneously in Münster, Stuttgart and Vienna) brought together musicians from the former West (Austria and Germany) and East (Hungary and Serbia) – all connected by the river Danube – and thus demonstrated the potential of Internet performance as a means to overcome national borders and political single-mindedness.
Network Music and Quintet.net
The term "network music" is often used to refer to musical activities that utilise computer network technologies in a performative context. Network music can be performed by laptop ensembles, for example PLOrk, SLOrk, The Hub, or PowerBooks_UnPlugged. The extent to which network technology is utilised in performance can vary. EBE's implementation of network music involves the use of software called Quintet.net which was developed by the ensemble's co-founder, Georg Hajdu, using Max/MSP/Jitter.
The basic concept of Quintet.net is that there is a conductor and several (up to five) performers (or clients), connected to each other using a central server. The clients get instructions from the conductor. These instructions can be messages sent to the clients, but usually it is a score part to play. On the other hand, control data created by the clients are sent back to the network. This latter, combined with the fact that an unlimited number of clients can connect to the server in a so-called listener mode (that is, a mode where the client only receives data but does not send control data back) lets anyone connect to the server and listen the music being played in real time.
Since the network is only used to send control data (using Open Sound Control) and the music itself is always created locally, the normal household bandwidths are generally sufficient to transmit all the data needed for the platform. This means that the performers do not need to be physically present at the performance's place, but can play from anywhere in the world (this is a big difference compared to the us |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arptables | The arptables computer software utility is a network administrator's tool for maintaining the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packet filter rules in the Linux kernel firewall modules.
The tools may be used to create, update, and view the tables that contain the filtering rules, similarly to the iptables program from which it was developed. A popular application is the creation of filter configurations to prevent ARP spoofing.
Linux kernel 2.4 only offers two ARP filtering chains, INPUT and OUTPUT, and Linux kernel 2.6 adds the third, FORWARD, applied when bridging packets.
External links
eb/arp tables website
download site
git tree
arptables(8) - Linux man page
arptables, and ARP poisoning
Firewall software
Linux network-related software
Free network-related software
Free security software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo%20Algorithm%20%28Ai%20no%20Denshi%20Kisuuhou%29 | Indigo Algorithm -Ai no Denshi Kisuuhou- (Indigo Algorithm－藍の電思基数法－), also known as Quantum Mechanics Rainbow II: Indigo Algorithm, is the seventh (sixth of entirely new music) solo album by artist Daisuke Asakura. It is the second in a series of seven albums released by Asakura in 2004, called Quantum Mechanics Rainbow. Each album revolves around a different color of the rainbow and a different term relating to Quantum Mechanics. This album revolves around the color indigo. The album also contains a re-arrangement of a song originally performed by another, now defunct, band that Daisuke Asakura had produced in the past, The Seeker. It also contains guest vocals by Takatoshi Shindo (Track 5).
Track listing
All songs produced, composed and arranged by Daisuke Asakura
References
Official Daisuke Asakura Profile
Daisuke Asakura Discography on Sony Music Japan
Scans of the album, used for album cover and guest vocal information
2004 albums
Daisuke Asakura albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zong | Zong may refer to:
Zong (surname), including a list of people with the name
Zong (payments provider), American micropayments provider
Zong (mobile network), mobile data network provider in Pakistan
Zong!, a 2008 book-length poem by M. NourbeSe Philip
Zong massacre, a 1781 slave massacre on the British slave ship Zong
Zongzi, or zong, a traditional Chinese rice dish
See also
Zhuang (surname)
Dzong architecture, a type of fortified monastery architecture in Bhutan and Tibet
Crystals of Zong, maze-chase game wfor the Commodore 64
Dai Zong, a fictional character in Water Margin, a classic Chinese novel
Zing Zong, a 1991 soukous album by Kanda Bongo Man |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo%20Guzm%C3%A1n%20Quir%C3%B3s | Gerardo Guzmán Quirós (October 18, 1874 – December 9, 1959) was a Costa Rican politician.
Personal data
Born in San Jose, Costa Rica, on October 18, 1874, he was the son of Don and Dona Victoria Jacinto Guzman Quirós Marin. He married Dona Celina Ulloa Flores.
Studies and public office
He began his public career as manager of the telegraph office messengers of San Jose and in 1894 was promoted to telegraph. He studied at the School of Law and graduated as a lawyer in 1903, the year he was appointed civil judge Heredia. From 1914 to 1917 he was judge of the First Civil Chamber and in 1917 returned to civil judgeship of Heredia. From 1920 to 1922 he was judge and president of the First Hall Civil 1934–1946 and judge of the Court of Cassation. From 1947 to 1948 he was judge of the National Electoral Court of Costa Rica, from 1948 to 1949 President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica and the Court of Appeals from 1949 to 1953 and Minister of the Interior and related portfolios.
Death
He died in San Jose, Costa Rica, on December 9 of 1959.
1874 births
1959 deaths
Politicians from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican politicians
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica judges |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%20%28software%29 | Switzerland (named after the European country of the same name) is an open-source network monitoring utility developed and released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Its goal is to monitor network traffic between two systems running the program to see if the user's Internet service provider is violating network neutrality, like Comcast did in 2007 with the BitTorrent protocol.
Switzerland was featured in the Technology section of an issue of New Scientist in August 2008.
See also
HTTPS Everywhere – also made by the EFF
Privacy Badger – also made by the EFF
References
External links
Beta software
Free network-related software
Net neutrality
Electronic Frontier Foundation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNIC | CNIC can refer to:
Canadian National Illinois Central Railroad
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center in Japan
Commander, Navy Installations Command (United States)
Computerised National Identity Card, Pakistani identity card
Centre de Neurosciences Intégratives et Cognitives at the University of Bordeaux 1
Centro nacional de investigaciones cardiovasculares (Spain)
Central nucleus of inferior colliculus
Copernic, stock symbol for the web search technology company |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBLite | XBLite is a free Open Source BASIC programming language compiler and development system. It was started in 2001 by David Szafranski in order to provide a Windows exclusive version of the XBasic dialect. XBLite is released under the GNU GPL licensing scheme, Standard libraries are released under the GNU LGPL licensing scheme.
The XBLite syntax is very similar to that of XBasic and somewhat similar to Microsoft's QuickBASIC in that it is a procedural language capable of subs and functions. XBLite also has 64 bit integer data type, User Defined Types and the ability to have multiple modules in order to create GUI applications or games.
XBLite History
XBLite is a project that was started back in 2001. The main idea was to create a language that was based on the XBasic project that was to be exclusively a Microsoft Windows only programming language and environment. The first official release (version 1.0.0) was announced in October 2002, and subsequent versions were spread out amongst the last 6 years of development. Each release boasted both bug fixes and new features (to either the language itself and/or the different tools that are available with the XBLite project).
Today, version 2.4.0 is the current release of the compiler and version 1.30 of XSEd (The code editor). One of the latest projects is a visual GUI designer called viXen.
XBLite Development Specific Events
A project called xpeeper is currently being developed by the XBLite team. This aims to give Peephole optimization technology to the XBLite project. The project has been distributed with XBLite since XBLite version 2.3.0. As well, XBLite is itself written in XBLite, making it a self hosting compiler (it can compile itself). Since version 2.1.0, XBLite incorporates the M4 preprocessor tool.
XSEd, the code editor available with XBLite was developed in XBLite. It is based on the Scintilla project, a widely used editing component. XSEd is a full featured editor that allows users to work with XBLite source code modules and allows them to compile the code right from the editor.
Open source project, viXen was originally created by John "prujohn" Evans, who released version 0.50a on July 22, 2006. It is a WYSIWYG screen designer and an XBLite generator: viXen allows users to prototype a Windows GUI application before coding in XBLite the actual functions inside the generated skeleton. Currently, Guy Lonné develops and maintains the viXen project at SourceForge.
XBLite working with the native Windows API, Callum Lowcay started the WinX project. It is a GUI library (WinX.dll) written in XBLite that "wraps" many of the most useful WinAPI calls. WinX simplifies coding Windows GUI applications in XBLite by providing an interface to the Windows widgets. WinX's applications can be first prototyped using viXen by just selecting the generation switch "Use WinX" prior the generation of the source code.
Components
XBLite comes with a complete set of components.
Compiler (can make |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Daddy%27s%20House | Big Daddy's House is a cooking show on the specialty channel Food Network. The show stars Aaron McCargo, Jr., the winner of the fourth season of the network's reality television series, The Next Food Network Star. The six-episode first season was McCargo's grand prize for winning the reality show. The first episode aired on Sunday, August 3, 2008, at 1:30 p.m., just one week after the last episode of The Next Food Network Star.
McCargo left his job as the executive catering chef of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to work on Big Daddy's House. The show aimed to show cooks, even those with little culinary experience, that making and preparing quality food can be easy, flavorful and enjoyable. When asked to describe the goal of his show, McCargo said, "Fun...bottom line. This is about having fun with your children, your spouse, your neighbors." McCargo, who adopts a friendly, casual demeanor on the screen, said he sought to make viewers feel confident about their kitchen skills. The Food Network billed Big Daddy's House as featuring "simple, fun and mouth-watering recipes that illustrate Aaron's love for big, bold flavors". CBS News said of McCargo, "Aaron not only brings his passion for down-to-earth cooking to the kitchen, he brings a warm and inviting personality."
The first season ended in early September. Big Daddy's House ranked as the number one "in the kitchen"-style weekend show on the Food Network during its initial six-episode run. An average of 25 percent of the show's viewership were African Americans, which satisfied a hope by the Food Network to raise the overall diversity of the network's viewers. Big Daddy's House was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 4, 2009. The third season began on July 12, 2009.
References
External links
Food Network original programming
2000s American cooking television series
2008 American television series debuts
2011 American television series endings
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summed-area%20table | A summed-area table is a data structure and algorithm for quickly and efficiently generating the sum of values in a rectangular subset of a grid. In the image processing domain, it is also known as an integral image. It was introduced to computer graphics in 1984 by Frank Crow for use with mipmaps. In computer vision it was popularized by Lewis and then given the name "integral image" and prominently used within the Viola–Jones object detection framework in 2001. Historically, this principle is very well known in the study of multi-dimensional probability distribution functions, namely in computing 2D (or ND) probabilities (area under the probability distribution) from the respective cumulative distribution functions.
The algorithm
As the name suggests, the value at any point (x, y) in the summed-area table is the sum of all the pixels above and to the left of (x, y), inclusive:
where is the value of the pixel at (x,y).
The summed-area table can be computed efficiently in a single pass over the image, as the value in the summed-area table at (x, y) is just:
(Noted that the summed matrix is calculated from top left corner)
Once the summed-area table has been computed, evaluating the sum of intensities over any rectangular area requires exactly four array references regardless of the area size. That is, the notation in the figure at right, having , , and , the sum of over the rectangle spanned by A, B, C, and D is:
Extensions
This method is naturally extended to continuous domains.
The method can be also extended to high-dimensional images. If the corners of the rectangle are with in , then the sum of image values contained in the rectangle are computed with the formula
where is the integral image at and the image dimension. The notation correspond in the example to , , , and . In neuroimaging, for example, the images have dimension or , when using voxels or voxels with a time-stamp.
This method has been extended to high-order integral image as in the work of Phan et al. who provided two, three, or four integral images for quickly and efficiently calculating the standard deviation (variance), skewness, and kurtosis of local block in the image. This is detailed below:
To compute variance or standard deviation of a block, we need two integral images:
The variance is given by:
Let and denote the summations of block of and , respectively. and are computed quickly by integral image. Now, we manipulate the variance equation as:
Where and .
Similar to the estimation of the mean () and variance (), which requires the integral images of the first and second power of the image respectively (i.e. ); manipulations similar to the ones mentioned above can be made to the third and fourth powers of the images (i.e. .) for obtaining the skewness and kurtosis.
But one important implementation detail that must be kept in mind for the above methods, as mentioned by F Shafait et al. is that of integer overflow occurring for the high |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang-Hua%20Teng | Shang-Hua Teng (; born 1964) is a Chinese-American computer scientist. He is the Seeley G. Mudd Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Southern California. Previously, he was the chairman of the Computer Science Department at the Viterbi School of Engineering of the University of Southern California.
Biography
Teng was born in China in 1964. His father, Dr. Teng Zhanhong, was a professor of civil engineering at the Taiyuan University of Technology. His mother, Li Guixin, was an administrator at the same university.
Teng graduated with BA in electrical engineering and BS in computer science, both from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1985. He obtained MS in computer science from the University of Southern California in 1988. Teng holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University (in 1991).
Prior to joining USC in 2009, Teng was a professor at Boston University. He has also taught at MIT, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has worked at Xerox PARC, NASA Ames Research Center, Intel Corporation, IBM Almaden Research Center, Akamai Technologies, Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research New England and Microsoft Research Asia.
Recognition
In 2008 Teng was awarded the Gödel Prize for his joint work on smoothed analysis of algorithms with Daniel Spielman. They went to win the prize again in 2015 for their contribution on "nearly-linear-time Laplacian solvers". In 2009, he received the Fulkerson Prize given by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Programming Society.
Teng is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as well as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. He was named a SIAM Fellow in the 2021 class of fellows, "for contributions to scalable algorithm design, mesh generation, and algorithmic game theory, and for pioneering smoothed analysis of linear programming".
Personal life
In 2003, Teng married Diana Irene Williams, then a Ph.D. student of history at Harvard University.
References
External links
Shang-Hua Teng's personal homepage at USC
1964 births
Living people
American computer scientists
Chinese computer scientists
Boston University faculty
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Gödel Prize laureates
IBM employees
Intel people
Researchers in geometric algorithms
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
Microsoft Research people
Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
Sloan Research Fellows
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
University of Minnesota faculty
USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni
University of Southern California faculty
Scientists at PARC (company)
Simons Investigator |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask%20Aida | Ask Aida is an interactive cooking show on the Food Network hosted by Aida Mollenkamp. The show began airing on August 2, 2008. On Ask Aida, Noah Starr serves as the "tech guru" sorting through then asking the many culinary questions sent to Mollenkamp via email, text, phone calls and video. Also during each episode, Noah tries to "stump" Aida with a crazy ingredient or gadget. Each show also has an advertisement telling viewers how they can get a link to that episode's recipes via text message.
For Season 2, the format of the show changed slightly, Starr was removed from the program.
Episodes
Season 1
Hot Off the Grill
Steak and Potatoes
Easy as Pie
Eggs
Catch of the Day
Weeknight Dinners
Pasta in Presto
Mexican Night
Sweet Morning
Chicken
Lasagna
Double Dips
Southern Comfort
Season 2
Light & Healthy
Quick and Affordable
Simple Asian
Game On
Taqueria Mexicana
Chocolate
Pizza
Comfort Food
Fast With Five
Veggies Rock
One Dish Wonders
Spring Is in the Air
Mollenkamp Moms
Season 3
Burger Bonanza
Grilling Greats
Cheesy Pasta
Cookie Craze
Steak, Rattle & Roll
Chicken in a Flash
Cheese Please
Simple Stews
Dinner Party Pork
Chocolate Bliss
Eggs-Travaganza
Aida's Thanksgiving
Aida's Holiday
References
Food Network original programming
2000s American reality television series
2008 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostislav%20Grigorchuk | Rostislav Ivanovich Grigorchuk (; b. February 23, 1953) is a mathematician working in different areas of mathematics including group theory, dynamical systems, geometry and computer science. He holds the rank of Distinguished Professor in the Mathematics Department of Texas A&M University. Grigorchuk is particularly well known for having constructed, in a 1984 paper, the first example of a finitely generated group of intermediate growth, thus answering an important problem posed by John Milnor in 1968. This group is now known as the Grigorchuk group and it is one of the important objects studied in geometric group theory, particularly in the study of branch groups, automaton groups and iterated monodromy groups. Grigorchuk is one of the pioneers of asymptotic group theory as well as of the theory of dynamically defined groups. He introduced the notion of branch groups and developed the foundations of the related theory. Grigorchuk, together with his collaborators and students, initiated the theory of groups generated by finite Mealy type automata, interpreted them as groups of fractal type, developed the theory of groups acting on rooted trees, and found numerous applications of these groups in various fields of mathematics including functional analysis, topology, spectral graph theory, dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
Biographical data
Grigorchuk was born on February 23, 1953, in Ternopil Oblast, now Ukraine (in 1953 part of the USSR).
He received his undergraduate degree in 1975 from Moscow State University.
He obtained a PhD (Candidate of Science) in Mathematics in 1978, also from Moscow State University, where his thesis advisor was Anatoly M. Stepin. Grigorchuk received a habilitation (Doctor of Science) degree in Mathematics in 1985 at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Moscow. During the 1980s and 1990s, Rostislav Grigorchuk held positions at the Moscow State University of Transportation, and subsequently at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics and Moscow State University. In 2002 Grigorchuk joined the faculty of Texas A&M University as a Professor of Mathematics, and he was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor in 2008.
Rostislav Grigorchuk gave an invited address at the 1990 International Congress of Mathematicians in Kyoto an AMS Invited Address at the March 2004 meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Athens, Ohio and a plenary talk at the 2004 Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society.
Grigorchuk is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Groups, Geometry and Dynamics", published by the European Mathematical Society, and is or was a member of the editorial boards of the journals "Mathematical Notes", "International Journal of Algebra and Computation", "Journal of Modern Dynamics", "Geometriae Dedicata", "Ukrainian Mathematical Journal", "Algebra and Discrete Mathematics", "Carpathian Mathematical Publications", "Bukovinian Mathematical Journal", and "Matematychni Studii".
Mathematical cont |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactivity | Reactivity may refer to:
Reactivity (chemistry), the rate at which a chemical substance tends to undergo a chemical reaction
Reactive programming, a property of an execution model whereby changes are automatically propagated through a dataflow network
Reactivity (psychology)
Reactivity (electronics)
Reactivity of a nuclear reactor
See also
Reactive (disambiguation)
Reactance (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINUIT | MINUIT, now MINUIT2, is a numerical minimization software library developed at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It provides several algorithms that search for parameter values that minimize a user-defined function, and compute confidence intervals for the parameters by scanning the function near the minimum.
The software was originally developed in the FORTRAN programming language by staff physicist Fred James in the 1970s, and maintained until 1996 (version 96.03). As part of the ROOT project, the software was ported using the C++ language, and renamed MINUIT2.
The software provides five minimization algorithms, that can be selected by simple input commands to the program. The recommended default algorithm MIGRAD is described as "a variable-metric method with inexact line search, a stable metric updating scheme, and checks for positive-definiteness".
The program is widely used in particle physics and thousands of published papers cite use of MINUIT. In the early 2000s, Fred James started a project to implement MINUIT in C++ using object-oriented programming. MINUIT2 is an optional package in the ROOT release. the latest version is 5.34.14, released on 24 January 2014. A Java port was developed, and a Python frontend to the C++ code is available.
References
External links
F. James and M. Roos, Minuit: A System for Function Minimization and Analysis of the Parameter Errors and Correlations, Comput.Phys.Commun. 10 (1975) 343-367
Fortran software
Numerical software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer%20effect%20%28information%20technology%29 | In information technology, the observer effect is the impact on the behaviour of a computer process caused by the act of observing the process while it is running.
For example: if a process uses a log file to record its progress, the process could slow down. Furthermore, the act of viewing the file while the process is running could cause an I/O error in the process, which could, in turn, cause it to stop. Another example would be observing the performance of a CPU by running both the observed and observing programs on the same CPU, which will lead to inaccurate results because the observer program itself affects the CPU performance (modern, heavily cached and pipelined CPUs are particularly affected by this kind of observation).
The observer effect could either have a positive or negative impact on the computer process behaviour. A positive impact can be software bugs, also known as Heisenbugs, which diminish or change their negative behavior when observation mechanisms, such as debugging, are enabled. Such bugs usually create extra difficulties in being isolated.
References
Computer programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP%20header | An IP header is header information at the beginning of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet. An IP packet is the smallest message entity exchanged via the Internet Protocol across an IP network. IP packets consist of a header for addressing and routing, and a payload for user data. The header contains information about IP version, source IP address, destination IP address, time-to-live, etc. The payload of an IP packet is typically a datagram or segment of the higher-level transport layer protocol, but may be data for an internet layer (e.g., ICMP or ICMPv6) or link layer (e.g., OSPF) instead.
Two different versions of IP are used in practice today: IPv4 and IPv6. The IPv6 header uses IPv6 addresses and thus offers a much bigger address space but is not backward compatible with IPv4.
IPv4
IPv4 is the fourth version in the development of the Internet Protocol, and routes most traffic on the Internet. The IPv4 header includes thirteen mandatory fields and is as small as 20 bytes. A fourteenth optional and infrequently used options field can increase the header size.
IPv6
IPv6 is the successor to IPv4 and has a different header layout. It was defined in 1998 and is in various stages of production deployment. The header in IPv6 packets is subdivided into a mandatory fixed header and optional extension headers.
References
Internet Protocol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PM2%20%28disambiguation%29 | PM2 may refer to:
Parallel Multithreaded Machine, a software for parallel networking of computers
PM2 (software), a software for Node.js process management
Power management 2 mode, a SATA hard disk configuration which prevents automatic spinup when power is applied
PM² (PM squared), a project management methodology developed by the European Commission
Paper Mario 2, a 2004 GameCube game
Pindad PM2, an Indonesian submachine gun |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20Radio%20%28Spain%29 | Bay Radio is an English language radio station for expatriates in Spain. It serves the Costa Blanca, broadcasting from Valencia to Torrevieja. The station is on-air 24 hours a day.
Programming
Weekdays
08.00am – 11.00am : Breakfast with Moody
11.00am – 15.00pm : A Dougie Lunchtime
15.00pm – 19.00pm : Afternoons with Kal (featuring Jon Gaunt's "Rental Illness Hour" every Thursday from 16:00pm-17:00pm)
19.00pm – 20.00pm : 70s at seven
20.00pm – 21.00pm : 80s at eight
21.00pm – 22.00pm : 90s at nine
22.00pm – 00.00am : Paul Breen Turner
00.00am – 08.00am : Overnight on Bay
Saturday
08.00am – 12.00pm : Wake Up with Mark Deakin
12.00am – 15.00pm : Ride on the Rhythm with Dougie Mack (includes the new Bay Radio Top 10 from 14:00pm)
15.00pm – 19.00pm : The Saturday Sports Show
19.00pm – 23.00pm : Saturday Night Party with Johnny Disco
23.00pm – 00.00am : Mr Mack's Ascension
00.00am – 02.00am : Lisa Gaunt's Deep Bath
02.00am – 08.00am : Overnight on Bay
Sunday
08.00am – 11.00am : The Lie in with Tony Myles
11.00am – 15.00pm : John Mair's Sunday Brunch
15.00pm – 18.00pm : Ready Steady Sundays with JC
18.00pm - 19.00pm : Deeply Dippy with Dipesh
19.00pm – 22.00pm : The 80's Sessions with Mark Deakin
23.00pm – 08.00am : Overnight on Bay
References
Radio stations in Spain |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr | Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.
History
Beginnings (2006–2012)
Development of Tumblr began in 2006 during a two-week gap between contracts at David Karp's software consulting company, Davidville. Karp had been interested in tumblelogs (short-form blogs, hence the name Tumblr) for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own tumblelogging platform. As none had done so after a year of waiting, Karp and developer Marco Arment began working on their own platform. Tumblr was launched in February 2007, and within two weeks had gained 75,000 users. Arment left the company in September 2010 to work on Instapaper.
In June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in collaboration with Adidas, who launched an official soccer Tumblr blog and bought ad placements on the user dashboard. This launch came only two months after Tumblr announced it would be moving towards paid advertising on its site.
Ownership by Yahoo! (2013–2018)
On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo! Inc. to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Many of Tumblr's users were unhappy with the news, causing some to start a petition, achieving nearly 170,000 signatures. David Karp remained CEO and the deal was finalized on June 20, 2013. Advertising sales goals were not met and in 2016 Yahoo wrote down $712 million of Tumblr's value.
Verizon Communications acquired Yahoo in June 2017, and placed Yahoo and Tumblr under its Oath subsidiary. Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by the end of the year. Jeff D'Onofrio, Tumblr's president and COO, took over leading the company.
The site, along with the rest of the Oath division (renamed Verizon Media Group in 2019), continued to struggle under Verizon. In March 2019, SimilarWeb estimated Tumblr had lost 30% of its user traffic since December 2018, when the site had introduced a stricter content policy with heavier restrictions on adult content (which had been a notable draw to the service). In May 2019, it was reported that Verizon was considering selling the site due to its continued struggles since the purchase (as it had done with another Yahoo property, Flickr, via its sale to SmugMug). Following this news, Pornhub's vice president publicly expressed interest in purchasing Tumblr, with a promise to reinstate the previous adult content policies.
Automattic (2019–present)
On August 12, 2019, Verizon Media announced that it would sell Tumblr to Automattic, the operator of blog service WordPress.com and corporate backer of the open source blog software of the same name. The sale was for an undisclosed amount, but Axios reported that the sale price was less than $3 million, a signif |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan%20the%20Robot | Titan the Robot (often referred to as Titan) is a robotic costume developed by the British company Cyberstein Robots. It is approximately 8 feet tall and weighs which increases to including the cart it rides on and onboard equipment. It is enhanced by various actuators and electronic devices, resembling a humanoid robot, that is worn by an actor who moves the appendages of the costume and controls electronic functions like sound effects from the inside of the costume.
The robot was designed by Nik Fielding, who runs Cyberstein from Newquay, Cornwall, England. Titan has performed at a variety of public and private events, such as the Commonwealth Games, Bar Mitzvahs UK shopping centres, television fundraisers and live concerts. Entered the Chinese market in 2018 and operated by Tuxuan Robotics.
Filmography
Live performances
2004
Glastonbury Festival, held on 25–27 June near Pilton, Somerset, England. The first public appearance of Titan.
2009
14 June - South of England Show Ardingly
2010
February - Brighton Model World. Titan appeared at the Brighton Centre, where it performed with several Dalek props operated by their exhibitors.
7–11 April – The Gadget Show Live. Titan was used for comedy purposes during the annual "The Gadget Show Live Super Theatre" shows at the NEC in Birmingham.
2 December – JLS. Titan joined a 40-day tour with JLS, appearing on stage to the track "Superhero".
2011
The Gadget Show. Cyberstein confirmed on Facebook page that Titan will be used in an episode of The Gadget Show 11th series. In photos it is believed that it is in a sketch with Suzi Perry and Jason Bradbury.
15–17 April – The Gadget Show Live. Titan was also used at The Gadget Show Live as a feature in the super theater. There were also two other Titan robots that looked like the original. These were believed to be called Titan 2 and Titan 3.
10 November – Natholdet, Danish TV2. While in Denmark for the BEEP gadget expo, Titan visited the Danish late night talk show, , where it was to pick the winner of a drawing contest. However, Titan struggled with taking its hand down in the bowl, as its hands were too big and was told to leave the stage after several attempts.
2012
9 June - South of England Show Ardingly
2013
3-7 April - The Gadget Show Live, NEC Birmingham
2014
7–23 February – 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi. Titan performed for 18 days.
12 May – Danilovsky Marketplace, Moscow. Public Titan performance (news in Russian).
21 August – Clacton Air Show, Essex
21 August – The N1 Centre, Islington
2015
8–10 January – BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
2017
31 October–1 November – Microsoft Future Decoded.
Butlins. Titan appears at all Butlins resorts in the UK. Titan arrives being carried on a mini mobility scooter and then puts on a performance in the magic circle after Dave turns him on.
2018
15 July – Nissan Family Fun Day to celebrate 30 years of Nissan Technical Centre Europe
15–19 April – 2018 Chinese Gra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20O%27Rourke%20%28professor%29 | Joseph O'Rourke is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor of Computer Science at Smith College and the founding chair of the Smith computer science department. His main research interest is computational geometry.
One of O'Rourke's early results was an algorithm for finding the minimum bounding box of a point set in three dimensions when the box is not required to be axis-aligned. The problem is made difficult by the fact that the optimal box may not share any of its face planes with the convex hull of the point set. Nevertheless, O'Rourke found an algorithm for this problem with running time .
In 1985, O'Rourke was the program chair of the first annual Symposium on Computational Geometry. He was formerly the arXiv moderator for computational geometry and discrete mathematics.
In 2012 O'Rourke was named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Books O'Rourke is the author or editor of
Art Gallery Theorems and Algorithms (1987). PDF of book:
Computational Geometry in C, 2nd Ed. (1998).
Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, with Jacob E. Goodman and Csaba Tóth. 3rd Ed. (2017).
Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra, with Erik D. Demaine (2007).
Discrete and Computational Geometry, with Satyan Devadoss (2011). .
How To Fold It: The Mathematics of Linkages, Origami, and Polyhedra (2011). .
Pop-Up Geometry: The Mathematics behind Pop-Up Cards (2022). ISBN 978-009-09626-3.
Reshaping Convex Polyhedra, with Costin Vîlcu. Springer-Verlag. To appear, 2024. ISBN 978-3-031-47510-8.
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer scientists
Researchers in geometric algorithms
Smith College faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%20mining | Reality mining is the collection and analysis of machine-sensed environmental data pertaining to human social behavior, with the goal of identifying predictable patterns of behavior. In 2008, MIT Technology Review called it one of the "10 technologies most likely to change the way we live."
Reality mining studies human interactions based on the usage of wireless devices such as mobile phones and GPS systems providing a more accurate picture of what people do, where they go, and with whom they communicate with rather than from more subjective sources such as a person's own account. Reality mining is one aspect of digital footprint analysis.
Reality Mining is using Big Data to conduct research and analyze how people interact with technology everyday to build systems that allow for positive change from the individual to the global community. Reality Mining also deals with data exhaust .
Individual Scale (1 person)
Individuals use mobile phones, tablets, laptops, cameras, and any device connected to the internet for a variety of purposes, therefore creating a variety of data from GPS locations to frequently asked questions on Google. Mobile phones carry so much data about the individual that now phones can suggest restaurants based on our searches, visited places, book preference, and even guess the ends of sentences we type. A simple application of Reality Mining is listening to voices and understanding speech patterns to diagnose medical problems such as the simple flu to even early onset Parkinson's. More powerful phones also allow for calendar customization and event tracking which display behaviors within individuals, what is deemed important enough to track. Social websites also allow researchers to view snapshots of a person's life by following status updates on Facebook or tweets from Twitter. Even more specific, a recent app called Snapchat allows users to post videos, pictures, or even live streams of exactly what they're doing when they're doing it, strong indicators of behaviors and interactions with the world. In 2004, MIT conducted the Reality Mining Project which gave 100 MIT students a Nokia 6600 which was tracked in a variety of ways by the researchers. The Cell Tower ID #'s (a very cheap and unobtrusive way to measure location), the status of the phone (charging or idle), and any use of the phone's applications (games, web surfing, etc...). They found that by collecting this kind of data, they could predict with high accuracy the behaviors of the students, for example, if one of the students woke up on a Saturday morning at 10 AM, the researches could predict what they were going to do that day using "eigenbehaviors". This new way of understanding data opened up doors for new research and possibly even larger survey research with detailed and accurate statistics. There are hundreds of websites offering software for mobile phones that will track just about everything the phone does, useful for worried parents or people who want |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Young%20Ones%20%28video%20game%29 | The Young Ones is an 8-bit Home Computer game based on the British comedy television series, The Young Ones. The game was published in 1986 by Orpheus Software, based in Hatley St George in Bedfordshire, UK.
Gameplay
The game takes place in the students' home. The player can choose to play as either Vyvyan, Rick, Neil or Mike to explore the house and enter different rooms. The other characters become computer-controlled players. All characters can move around the house, pick up and drop objects, as well as break and fix things. The characters often talk, giving the player clues as to what the character is intended to do.
The aim of the game is to try and move out of the house with all the character's belongings in the shortest time possible. This is not so easy, because these possessions are typically not in their preferred condition, or are hidden around the house, and players need various tools to get to them. The other characters will move around the house, behaving in-character, occasionally moving around or further damaging the possessions – making the task harder.
Production
The concept of the game was created by Orpheus director Paul Kaufman (previously director of Oric software house, Tansoft). The majority of the game was programmed by John Marshall, with input from Geoff Phillips. The characters of The Young Ones were licensed from the owners of the BBC television series, Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, and Lise Mayer.
Due to difficulty in licensing the original series music from the BBC, an alternative music sound track was commissioned to sound similar to the original theme. Over 10,000 copies of the game were sold, mainly through Boots stores, Woolworths and independent computer stores.
Reception
In a review of the game, British computer magazine Your Sinclair said that fans of the series would probably enjoy the game but others could tire of it quickly. It was given a 7/10 rating.
References
External links
The Young Ones at World of Spectrum
1986 video games
Amstrad CPC games
Commodore 64 games
ZX Spectrum games
Video games based on television series
The Young Ones (TV series)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Mahout | Apache Mahout is a project of the Apache Software Foundation to produce free implementations of distributed or otherwise scalable machine learning algorithms focused primarily on linear algebra. In the past, many of the implementations use the Apache Hadoop platform, however today it is primarily focused on Apache Spark. Mahout also provides Java/Scala libraries for common math operations (focused on linear algebra and statistics) and primitive Java collections. Mahout is a work in progress; a number of algorithms have been implemented.
Features
Samsara
Apache Mahout-Samsara refers to a Scala domain specific language (DSL) that allows users to use R-Like syntax as opposed to traditional Scala-like syntax. This allows user to express algorithms concisely and clearly.
val G = B %*% B.t - C - C.t + (ksi dot ksi) * (s_q cross s_q)
Backend Agnostic
Apache Mahout's code abstracts the domain specific language from the engine where the code is run. While active development is done with the Apache Spark engine, users are free to implement any engine they choose- and Apache Flink have been implemented in the past and examples exist in the code base.
GPU/CPU accelerators
The JVM has notoriously slow computation. To improve speed, “native solvers” were added which move in-core, and by extension, distributed BLAS operations out of the JVM, offloading to off-heap or GPU memory for processing via multiple CPUs and/or CPU cores, or GPUs when built against the ViennaCL library. . ViennaCL is a highly optimized C++ library with BLAS operations implemented in OpenMP, and OpenCL. As of release 14.1, the OpenMP build considered to be stable, leaving the OpenCL build is still in its experimental POC phase.
Recommenders
Apache Mahout features implementations of Alternating Least Squares, Co-Occurrence, and Correlated Co-Occurrence, a unique-to-Mahout recommender algorithm that extends co-occurrence to be used on multiple dimensions of data.
History
Transition from Map Reduce to Apache Spark
While Mahout's core algorithms for clustering, classification and batch based collaborative filtering were implemented on top of Apache Hadoop using the map/reduce paradigm, it did not restrict contributions to Hadoop-based implementations. Contributions that run on a single node or on a non-Hadoop cluster were also welcomed. For example, the 'Taste' collaborative-filtering recommender component of Mahout was originally a separate project and can run stand-alone without Hadoop.
Starting with the release 0.10.0, the project shifted its focus to building a backend-independent programming environment, code named "Samsara". The environment consists of an algebraic backend-independent optimizer and an algebraic Scala DSL unifying in-memory and distributed algebraic operators. Supported algebraic platforms are Apache Spark, , and Apache Flink. Support for MapReduce algorithms started being gradually phased out in 2014.
Release History
Developers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic%20Self%20Advocacy%20Network | The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum. ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
The organization is based in Washington, D.C., where it advocates for the United States government to adopt legislation and policies that positively impact autistic people.
Services
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network provides community organizing, self-advocacy support, and public policy advocacy and education for autistic youth and adults, as well as working to improve the general public's understanding of autism and related conditions. The organization is "run by and for autistic adults". ASAN's mission statement says that autistic people are equal to everyone else and are important and necessary members of society. ASAN also maintains a network of 25 local chapters based in different states, with three chapter affiliates in Canada and Australia.
History
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network was co-founded on November 13, 2006, by its former president, Ari Ne'eman, and former Board of Trustees member and Vice Chair of Development, Scott Michael Robertson. By 2009, ASAN had 15 chapters.
ASAN's early work mostly focused on fighting the use of aversives, restraint, and seclusion in special education; in December 2007, they spoke out publicly against Autism Speaks, and against the NYU Child Study Center's Ransom Notes ad campaign, which compared autism, ADHD, OCD, and eating disorders to kidnappers holding children hostage. This counter-campaign put ASAN on the public's radar and has been referred to as the neurodiversity movement's coming of age. ASAN continues to protest Autism Speaks.
On July 18, 2016, Ari Ne'eman announced that he would resign as president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, to be replaced by Julia Bascom in early 2017. Bascom now holds the title of ASAN Executive Director.
In 2020, ASAN published a statement supporting the FDA's ban on the electric skin shock devices used to torture children and adults with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center.
Activism
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network promotes autism acceptance through public policy initiatives, research reform, cross-disability collaboration, community outreach, college advocacy, publishing, and employment initiatives. ASAN has also supported initiatives to raise the minimum wage. ASAN has opposed federal contractors paying disabled people sub-minimum wage in 2014. Their campaign to prevent workers from being paid sub-minimum wage by federal contractors was successful. In addition, ASAN has also been involved in helping businesses hire autistic individuals.
Scientific issues
ASAN is the autistic community partner for the Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership In Research and Education (AASPIRE). The AASPIRE project brings together the academic community |
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