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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20game%20%28disambiguation%29 | A computer game is an electronic game. It may also be a synonym for a video game in some regions.
Computer game may also refer to:
PC game, a video game played on a personal computer
Console game, a video game played on a video game console
Arcade video game, a video game housed in an arcade cabinet
Mobile game, a video game played on a mobile phone
Publications
PC Games (magazine)
Computer and Video Games, video games magazine
Computer Games Magazine, video games magazine
Computer Games, video games magazine
Music
"Computer Game" (song), 1978 song by Yellow Magic Orchestra
"Computer Games" (song), 1979 song by Mi-Sex
Computer Games (album), 1982 album by George Clinton
Computer Games, reissue title of the album Graffiti Crimes by Mi-Sex |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster%20Response%20Route | Disaster Response Route (DRR) is a network of pre-identified municipal and provincial roads in the Province of British Columbia, Canada that can best move emergency services and supplies to where they are needed in the event of a major disaster. These roads are part of the Coordinated Regional Emergency Transportation Strategy and are intended for emergency responders when a disaster strikes and are not evacuation routes for the public.
History
DRR came to the Province after witnessing the traffic mayhem after disasters like the 1989 San Francisco and 1994 Los Angeles earthquakes; and the September 11 terrorist attacks. It was decided that BC will require a system to control post-disaster traffic and BC became the first jurisdiction in the world to implement a disaster response road plan in 1995. In the original plan, only Vancouver roads were considered but eventually expanded to marine routes, railways and air transports.
DRR roads are capable of withstanding natural disasters and the roads all link to Abbotsford, more specifically to Abbotsford International Airport. While DRR consists mostly of roads, emergency plans also includes marine routes suitable for quick access for responders.
There were confusion since the launch of the program with the general public - the original sign did not include the third tab (Emergency Vehicles Only During a Disaster) which led many to believe these roads are for evacuation when disaster strikes. Since 2004, the Ministry of Transportation added the third tab and increased public awareness to promote the correct use of these roads during a disaster.
Operation
Roads that are pre-marked as DRR are open to the general public unless a state of emergency was declared by the municipal or provincial government. Once a state of emergency is declared, DRR can be activated and the local police will be responsible for cordoning off the roads. As soon as possible, the public will be allowed back onto the Disaster Response Routes.
DRR is intended for those who have the following function to access the roads within 72 hours of a disaster strikes:
Transport/diagnose/treat sick & injured
Transport displaced persons
Maintain law and order
Extinguish fires & control hazards
Control traffic & evacuations
Search and Rescue
Protect public health and prevent spread of communicable diseases
Assess damage
Restore damaged transportation systems
Restore communications infrastructure
Restore water/gas/electricity supplies
Manage any of the above
Specifically, 'DRR users' are categorized into 3 groups:
First Responders - designated responders
British Columbia Ambulance Service
Fire & Rescue
Police
Key management staff
Critical Service Providers - designated responder for the duration of the emergency
Provincial Emergency Program volunteers
Hospital staff
Traffic controllers
Public Works personnel
Public Health officials
Utility (hydro, electricity, etc.) crews
Specialist Responders - designated responder |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S700 | S700 may refer to :
Fujifilm FinePix S700, a camera
S700, a Nikon Coolpix series camera
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700, a camera
S700, a Sony Ericsson mobile phone
S700, a Sony Walkman S Series digital audio player
S700, several Yamaha Corporation products
SIAI-Marchetti S.700 Cormorano, an Italian amphibian aircraft proposal
Siemens S700 and S70 light rail vehicle
See also |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1laga%20Metro | The Málaga Metro () is a semi-metro network in Málaga, Spain. Two lines link the city centre with the northwestern and southwestern suburbs, with a total length of and 19 stations, of which 12 are underground and 5 are surface-level light rail stops.
History
The metro was proposed during the 1990s to ease the crippling congestion when the Ministry of Public Works and Transport commissioned a study in 2001 into the feasibility of constructing a metro system in the city. The plan had four lines, radiating from the city centre, with stations roughly apart to allow a high level of accessibility, with funding for the project coming from both the local and the Spanish governments. The system was originally scheduled to open on 31 October 2013. The two lines finally opened in service on 30 July 2014, as a limited service terminating at El Perchel station, adjacent to Málaga María Zambrano railway station.
In March 2023, the metro was extended from its former city terminus at El Perchel station by into the historic centre of the city, which resulted in the increase of the metro's previous patronage from 28,000 daily users to 41,000 on the first operating day of the extension.
Lines
Here are the most important features of the two lines:
Route
Both lines run underground in the city centre. Line 1 goes from there to the University of Málaga. Between Universidad station and the Andalucía Tech terminus, it runs on the surface, which includes some at-grade intersections.
Line 2 runs entirely underground, from the city centre to the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena.
An extension of Line 1 from El Perchel further into the city centre with two underground stops, Guadalmedina and Atarazanas, opened on 27 March 2023. By extending the metro closer to the city centre, patronage is expected to reach 18 million annually.
Future
Line 2 will share El Perchel and Guadalmedina stations with Line 1, then was originally to emerge above ground and continue with four surface-level stops to Hospital Civil. The completion date for this extension is currently unknown, and this extension is predicted to increase overall annual patronage of the metro to 20.5 million. In 2019, the scope of the project was amended to a fully underground alignment from Guadalmedina to Hospital Civil.
Rolling stock
All trams are Urbos 3, manufactured by the Spanish company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles. They are fully covered by CCTV and are throughout air-conditioned in an effort to provide security and comfort to a full capacity tramcar of 56 seated passengers with 170 standing. The capacity figure is accurate for likely peak-time usage, but the trains are also fully accessible to disabled passengers, who may slightly decrease capacity.
The trams are already in successful widespread use in other cities, including 30 on trams in Belgrade, with 40 are also planned for the Cuiabá system, in Brazil.
Network Map
References
Sources
External links
Málaga at UrbanRail.net |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery%20World%20%28international%20TV%20channel%29 | Discovery World is a former European pay television channel which featured programming in the fields of travel, culture and history. It used to be a pan-European television channel. Discovery World offered a mix of history, culture, real-life stories, investigation, mystery shows, factual series and documentaries. At time of closure its programming was mainly in English and subtitled in Dutch.
History
In Europe the channel started as Discovery Civilisation, also called Discovery Civilisation Channel, in the UK the 1 October 1998, alongside the Sky Digital's launch and later followed by other European countries. Discovery Civilisation focused on history-related programmes. On 1 November 2007, it was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge in the UK. On 18 April 2008 Discovery Civilisation changed its name into Discovery World across Europe and extended its programme lineup to also include programmes about culture, crime and "mysterious phenomena".
In 2013, the channel got replaced by Discovery Turbo Xtra in Central and Eastern Europe. On 31 March 2016, the channel got replaced by Discovery Family in Africa and the Middle East. The network has closed down in Italy, Portugal and Scandinavia.
Discovery World, along with Fine Living closed on 31 December 2020, when it last aired in the Netherlands and Belgium.
See also
Discovery World HD
References
Warner Bros. Discovery networks
Defunct television channels in Belgium
Television channels in Flanders
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels and stations established in 1998
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality%20exchange%20service | Hospitality exchange services (hospitality exchange platforms, hospitality exchange networks or HospEx) are social networking services used for accommodation of travellers, where hosts do not receive payments. The relationships on hospitality exchange services are shaped by altruism and are related to the cyber-utopianism on the Web in its beginnings and to utopia in general.
On HospEx, members typically create public profiles that describe themselves and their travel plans, and then searching for potential hosts or guests based on various criteria such as location, interests, and availability. Travelers connect with local hosts who are willing to offer free accommodation, meals, and/or other forms of hospitality during their trip. The concept of hospitality exchange has been around for a long time, with informal networks of travelers and hosts existing for decades. However, the advent of the internet and social media has made it much easier to connect with people from all over the world, and hospitality exchange networks have become increasingly popular as a way for people to avoid commercial tourism and experience local cultures in a more authentic way. These networks are usually non-profit, registered under .org-domains, built up by volunteers and use open-source software.
Uniqueness
The biggest HospEx platform in 2012, "CouchSurfing appears to fulfil the original utopian promise of the Internet to unite strangers across geographical and cultural divides and to form a global community".
CouchSurfing used utopian rhetoric of "better world," "sharing cultures," and of much better access to global flows and networks of all sorts. It was featured as a means to achieve a cosmopolitan utopia. Commodification of CouchSurfing terminated "the existence of a project run as a flourishing commons, a cyber-utopian dream come true; an example of genuine exchange outside and free from the dominant logic of capital, a space highlighting cultural instead of monetary values, understanding instead of commerce. This space still exists, but instead of outside, now within the market." After CouchSurfing became a for-profit corporation in 2011, some members urged others to join BeWelcome. Many volunteers, who had become brand ambassadors of CouchSurfing, left to BeWelcome and other non-profit platforms because of the change in legal status and insufficient management transparency.
Non-profit hospitality exchange services have offered scientists access to their anonymized data for publication of research on trust and cooperation. Before becoming for-profit, CouchSurfing offered four research teams access to its social networking data. In 2015, non-profit hospitality exchange services Bewelcome and Warm Showers also provided their data for public research.
Notable hospitality exchange services
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpdateStar | UpdateStar is a freeware software application providing update information for approximately 1.3 million software programs. Implementing a social computing aspect, the update database is maintained by the users. UpdateStar uses advertising to refinance the free service and shares ad revenue 50/50 with the software authors via their Share program.
Software can be searched, downloaded and updated. In addition, UpdateStar is a freeware client that can be easily installed to inform users about available updates for their individual software setup. It allows downloading, installing and uninstalling the programs from within the client, which acts as an enhancement for the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet (Programs and Features on Windows Vista and above).
The software search engine at http://www.updatestar.com/ is built on top of UpdateStar’s user generated software and program database. Via the ad revenue sharing program Share, UpdateStar allows developers to use the UpdateStar website as a download mirror to participate from ad revenue created on their program’s webpages.
UpdateStar has been reviewed by Computerworld, Softpedia, PC Advisor, and c't among others.
History
UpdateStar was founded by Michael Ganss, Frank Alperstaedt, and Olaf Kehrer in 2007, and is based in Berlin. The software search engine website itself, however, did not launch until July 2008. The company is funded by the founders.
The current version of the site was released in July 2008. This included new software search capabilities with results based on user submitted information for more than 259,000 programs, a new professional services business section, and an UpdateStar freeware client section.
UpdateStar freeware has grown in popularity with about 50,000 users in 2007 and about 550,000 users in July 2008.
UpdateStar 4, released in March 2009 introduced an enhanced recognition algorithm and a registry cleaner, which removes remnants of uninstalled software. Updates appear almost on a daily basis for a software setup with 60 to 80 programs on a typical PC making it nearly impossible for a PC user to keep up. The program is available as freeware as well as the commercial Premium Edition with additional security advice for program, a cleaner for system maintenance and more.
UpdateStar provides the user with information about software updates available for software on their computer. This includes major releases provided by UpdateStar Freeware Edition as well as minor version upgrades and patches included with the Premium Edition. Many updates are published because of security reasons and newly included features. Either way software updates should be considered important or even critical in case of updates made available by the publishers for security reasons. UpdateStar Premium additionally offers security advice allowing for an identification of important software updates.
UpdateStar Premium includes a tool to clean the Windows Registry from superfluous and fa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facundo%20%28TV%20host%29 | Facundo Gómez Bruera (born April 29, 1978), best known mononymously as Facundo, is a Mexican TV host among Mexican teenagers.
Biography
Facundo started his career at the Mexican TV network TeleHit together with his good friend Diego, hosting a show called Depasónico, where, besides presenting videos, the two conducted interviews and visited nightclubs.
In April 2002 Gómez launched a new show called Toma Libre, where Changoleon becomes famous.
Facundo also took part in Mexico's Big Brother VIP where he finished in second place. His fans called him "the uncrowned king".
In 2004 he hosted a new show Incógnito which had a similar format to that of Toma Libre. It was transmitted by Televisa's Canal 5.
References
Mexican television personalities
Mexican male television actors
Mexican male comedians
Mexican people of Argentine descent
Male actors from Mexico City
Comedians from Mexico City
1978 births
Living people
Big Brother (franchise) contestants |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajeev%20Masand | Rajeev Masand is an Indian film critic and journalist. He has worked for Noida based English language news channel CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN). He usually reviews Bollywood films and major Hollywood films released in India in his weekend show Now Showing.
He studied at H.R. College of Commerce and Economics and graduated from Mumbai University, Masand started reporting at the age of 16 at The Times of India newspaper. He later became assistant editor at The Indian Express. In January 2003, he joined STAR News as a special correspondent and as the host of Masand Ki Pasand. In 2005, Masand moved to CNN-IBN where he is currently the film critic and runs an ongoing video reviews series on the CNN-IBN website, Masand's Verdict. He also became the host of CNN-IBN's entertainment series, To Catch a Star.
He also has a popular YouTube channel, where he posts weekly his film reviews (filmed as CNN-News18's 'Now Showing' segments, which are also posted concurrently to their channel) and regular interviews with key figures in the entertainment industry (both Indian and occasionally International), mostly actors and directors.
Additionally, he writes as an entertainment-industry columnist for several publications, such as Open Magazine, Firstpost, News18, The Quint and for his own website, Rajeevmasand.com.
Among other recognitions, Masand was thrice awarded ‘Best Entertainment Critic’ by the National Television (NT) Awards, in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Criticism
Masand was called for questioning by Mumbai Police in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Masand has been accused by actress Kangana Ranaut of writing blind items (in which details are reported without identifying the people involved or revealing sources) to discredit Rajput. Actor Manoj Bajpayee and filmmaker Apurva Asrani also called out Masand over his blind items on Rajput.
References
External links
Blog at IBNLive
Indian film critics
Indian male television journalists
Living people
1979 births
Journalists from Uttar Pradesh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20System%20for%20Customs%20Data | The Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) is a computerized system designed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to administer a country's customs. In 2004 there were more than 50 operational projects with expenditures exceeding US$7 million. It is the largest technical cooperation programme of the UNCTAD, covering over 80 countries and 4 regional projects.
There are three generations of ASYCUDA in use: ASYCUDA version 2.7, ASYCUDA++ and ASYCUDA World. They were built using different paradigms and solutions available at conception. ASYCUDA World is the most recent version. Cape Verde adopted use of ASYCUDA World in January 2016.
UNCTAD's aim was to build a computer system to assist customs authorities (or their local equivalents) all over the world to automate and control their core processes and obtain timely, accurate and valuable information to support government projections and planning.
References
External links
UNCTAD's ASYCUDA main site
Government software
Export and import control |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock%20to%20the%20System%20%28Billy%20Idol%20song%29 | "Shock to the System" is a single by English musician Billy Idol, released to promote his 1993 album, Cyberpunk. It became a top-40 hit in six countries, including Idol's native United Kingdom, but did not make it onto the US Billboard Hot 100.
The song was inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The music video, set in a dystopian future, features a man who becomes a cyborg after witnessing Cyber-cops brutally beating another individual. Idol aimed to capture the political and economic conflict of the LA Riots, using the camcorder as a metaphor for technology in rebellion. The video, which used special effects supervised by Stan Winston, was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards in 1993. The song and video have been analyzed for their themes of racial, sexual, and physical trauma. Several singles of the song were released worldwide, featuring various remixes and additional tracks.
Conception
Idol explained for MTV News, that he had originally created the song with an entirely different set of lyrics, but upon witnessing the Los Angeles riots of 1992 on television, he immediately rewrote and recorded them that day. Speaking to Melody Maker in 1993, Idol commented,
Critical reception
Upon its release as a single, Terry Staunton of NME described "Shock to the System" as being "essentially 'White Wedding' for the Terminator 2 generation" and noted the "embarrassing lyrics". Both the video and song were heavily analyzed for the overtones of racial, sexual, and physical trauma presented within them by Thomas Foster, associate professor at Indiana University, in his 2005 book, The Souls of Cyberfolk.
Music video
A music video was created for the song, and was set in a dystopian future controlled by Cyber-cops (referred to as such by director Brett Leonard). It depicted an individual who records the Cyber-cops beating a man, only to be noticed and attacked himself. His camera is destroyed and the Cyber-cops leave him unconscious on the ground, as they are busy trying to put down a riot elsewhere in the city. Alone, his camera equipment lands on him and is absorbed into his body, causing him to dramatically morph into a cyborg. The cyborg then joins the riot, leading the rebels to victory.
Idol explained that he was trying to capture the political and economic conflict that had created the LA Riots, and that the camcorder – as displayed in the witnessing of the Rodney King beating – was a "potent way of conveying ideas" and an important metaphor for technology used in rebellion.
The make-up effects were achieved through stop motion, with Billy Idol moving in slow stages during points of the filming. Stan Winston, who had previously worked on the Terminator series and Jurassic Park, supervised and created the special effects for the video. The music video for "Shock to the System" was nominated for "Best Special Effects in a Video" and "Best Editing in a Video" at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, losing both times to Peter Gabriel's video for "St |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20in%20Chains | "Adam in Chains" is a song by English rock musician Billy Idol, released in 1993 as the third single from his album Cyberpunk. The song was written by Idol and Robin Hancock, and produced by Hancock.
The album version of the song has a duration of over six minutes and is divided into two sections: the first two minutes and fifty-four seconds are of a voice coaxing the listener through a hypnotic exercise, encouraging them towards a state of relaxation. The remainder of the song consists of Idol singing in a melodious, slow tempo. For its release as a single in the UK and Europe, a radio edit of the track was created by Hancock.
Background
Within the biography section of the custom floppy disk included with the press pack edition of the Cyberpunk album, the song was described by Mark Frauenfelder:
In a 1993 interview, Mark Younger-Smith, who played keyboards and guitar on the Cyberpunk album, commented on the song's origins: "The more techno-y and intense songs like "Heroin," "Adam in Chains," and "Venus," started out as a sequenced track laden with keyboards. First we'd set a mood, then Billy would create a lyric."
Aside from the song's music video, Idol also performed the song live on The Arsenio Hall Show in July 1993, along with the Cyberpunk track "Wasteland".
Music video
A music video for "Adam in Chains" was directed by Julien Temple. It depicted Billy Idol bound in a chair with a chip inserted into his neck as he is monitored by scientists. He struggles before being hypnotized, and is then inserted into a virtual reality simulator. There he is treated to an ethereal water fantasy. Idol eventually rejects the fantasy, which is consumed in flames as, in the real world, his body violently convulses. The scientists end the experiment and Idol is brought back into reality, only to fall unconscious. There was also a shorter version of the video featuring an edited intro and female backing vocals, using different shots than the full-length video.
Critical reception
Musician, in a 1993 issue, described the song as "New Age lull". Robert Christgau, in his review of Cyberpunk, commented: "So "Adam in Chains," which after a long spoken intro devolves into what a vulgarian might take for his latest love-gone-bad rant, is in fact "a prayer for the tomorrow people and power junkies."" AXS.com later featured the song as one of Idol's "five most underrated songs" in a retrospective look back over Idol's recording career. Writer Kareem Gantt felt the song was a "gem" from a "subpar" album and commented: "It's a weird song, for sure, but it's a single that you won't be able to pull from once you hear it."
Formats and track listings
European CD single
"Adam in Chains" (Edit) - 3:46
"Adam in Chains" (Album Version) - 6:23
Netherlands CD maxi-single
"Adam in Chains" (Edit) - 3:46
"Adam in Chains" (Album Version) - 6:23
"Venus" - 5:45
"Heroin" (Needle Park Mix) - 5:12
UK CD single #2
"Adam in Chains" (Album Version) - 6:23
"Tomorrow People" - 5:04
"Mo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JCorps | JCorps is an international social volunteer network of thousands of Jewish young adults, aged 18 to 30. Its web site says it was once active in New York City and Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Denver, Boulder, Montreal, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva, Kyiv, Russia, London and Toronto. It is a non-denominational, independent organization.
JCorps was named the first "Social Volunteer Network" in the world. It volunteers in groups of 20, so that volunteers can, as is JCorps's motto, "Make Friends, and Make a Difference."
JCorps has had volunteers from over 180 colleges and universities, over 500 companies, and over 20 countries.
Mission
JCorps' mission is to enable young Jewish adults to connect while making a difference through volunteering. It provides a low-pressure, high-activity environment where people can get to know each other while working on a shared task.
Volunteers feed the hungry in soup kitchens, entertain the elderly in senior centers, play with children in hospitals, and clean and improve the landscapes of city parks, among other activities and mega events.
History
JCorps International, Inc. was founded in December, 2006 in New York City by comedian and business entrepreneur Ari Teman. It began with a website and Facebook group and quickly grew to thousands of members at its height.
In May 2008, JCorps began operations in Montreal, and in July 2008 it opened in Jerusalem and Toronto. JCorps held its first event in Washington D.C. in September, 2009.
On August 7, 2008, JCorps was invited to Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, for a barbecue to honor volunteers.
Except for four months in 2010, JCorps has been entirely volunteer-run. On April 12, 2010, JCorps hired its first staff person, a COO, to support the volunteer Division Leaders and Team Leaders around the world. JCorps returned to being volunteer-run four months later.
References
External links
Organizations established in 2006
Jewish charities based in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybotron | "Cybotron" can refer to:
Cybotron (American band), an American electro band
Cybotron (Australian band), an electronic/experimental group
Cybotron, an album and alter-ego of Dillinja
See also
Cybertron (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolophotes | Eolophotes is an extinct genus of Lampridiformes.
External links
Eolophotes at the Paleobiology Database
Lampriformes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeocentrotus | Palaeocentrotus is an extinct genus of Lampridiformes.
External links
Palaeocentrotus at the Paleobiology Database
Lampriformes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python%20for%20S60 | Python for S60 also called PyS60 (Unix name), was Nokia's port of the Python programming language to its S60 software platform, originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.
The final version, PyS60-2.0.0, released on 11 February 2010 updated the python core to version 2.5.4.
Release history
First released in 2005, PyS60 featured a relatively small set of modules and functions. Version 1.2, the last non-opensource release and the second version of PyS60, brought many improvements and was made available on 21 October 2005 on Forum Nokia.
After becoming open source, PyS60 had the advantage of a strong and dedicated community that could actively contribute to improving it. The milestone release was Version 1.3.11.
The final version to support S60 2nd Edition platform, 1.4.5, was released on 3 December 2008. On 24 December 2008, a developer version, 1.9.0, was released. It featured several improvements, the main of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1.
The final version, 2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. Its core is based on Python 2.5.4.
See also
List of Python software
List of integrated development environments for Python
Open Programming Language for older Symbian devices
References
External links
Nokia Research Center - Python for S60
Maemo Garage - Python for S60
SourceForge.net - Python for S60
Class-based programming languages
Dynamically typed programming languages
Mobile software programming tools
Nokia services
Object-oriented programming languages
Python (programming language)
Python (programming language) implementations
S60 (software platform)
Scripting languages
Smartphones
Symbian software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT%20Olympic%20broadcasts | The American cable channel TNT served as cable partner for the CBS broadcast television network during the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympic Games, supplementing Olympics coverage in the United States.
History
While CBS was the American over-the-air television broadcaster for the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Games, cable coverage was supplemented by TNT. The 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville gave TNT 50 hours of programming in exchange for $50 million towards rights fees. This in return, allowed CBS to reduce their financial outlay by joining forces with TNT. TNT aired events under the promotional slogan "The ultimate daytime drama." Nick Charles and Fred Hickman hosted the coverage from Turner's Atlanta studios in 1992 and 1994, while Jim Lampley was the host in 1998.
Commentators
See also
NFL on TNT - TNT's coverage of the National Football League featured many personalities who worked for CBS at the same time
College Basketball on Turner Sports - CBS/Turner co-produced coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
External links
Sports on TNT
SI.com from CNN and Sports Illustrated
OLYMPICS AND TELEVISION
Olympic Commentators by Event History
CBS, Time Warner execs discuss Olympics TV bid
InBasline
The 1992 Winter Olympics (TNT)
The 1994 Winter Olympics (TNT)
XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Logos of Olympic Broadcasters - Part 5: 1990s
Turner Sports
TNT (American TV network) original programming
TNT
1990s American television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20tablet%20computers | This is a list of tablet computers, grouped by intended audience and form factor.
Media tablets
Multimedia tablets are compared in the following tables.
Larger than screen
The following two tables compare multimedia tablets with screens larger than released in 2012 and later.
Android
This table compares multimedia tablets running Android operating systems.
iOS
This table compares multimedia tablets running the iOS operating system.
Windows
This table compares multimedia tablets running Windows operating systems.
screen
This table compares screen (multi-)media tablets released in 2012 and later.
Android
This table compares multimedia tablets running Android operating systems.
iOS
This table compares multimedia tablets running iOS operating systems.
Windows
This table compares multimedia tablets running Windows operating systems.
Older
2011
screen and larger
This table compares and larger screen (multi-)media tablets released in 2011.
screen
This table compares screen (multi-)media tablets released in 2011.
2010
screen and larger
This table compares and larger screen (multi-)media tablets released in 2010.
screen
This table compares screen (multi-)media tablets released in 2010.
2009 and earlier
This table compares (multi-)media tablets released in 2009 and earlier.
Industrial tablets
This table compares tablet computers designed to be used by professionals in various harsh environmental conditions. Most of them are rugged. Some are meant to be mounted in vehicles or used as terminals.
Convertible tablets
Hybrid tablets
See also
Tablet computer
Comparison of e-book readers
Comparison of netbooks
Slate phone, a mobile phone form factor
Comparison of portable media players
Smartbook
Ultra-mobile PC
External links
Annotated bibliography of references to gesture and pen computing
Notes on the History of Pen-based Computing (YouTube)
Tablet News
References
List
Linux-based devices
Computing comparisons
Tablet computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberattacks%20during%20the%20Russo-Georgian%20War | During the Russo-Georgian War, a series of cyberattacks swamped and disabled websites of numerous South Ossetian, Georgian, Russian and Azerbaijani organisations. The attacks were initiated three weeks before the shooting war began.
Attacks
On 20 July 2008, weeks before the Russian invasion of Georgia, "zombie" computers were already on the attack against Georgia. The website of the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was targeted, resulting in overloading the site. The traffic directed at the website included the phrase "win+love+in+Rusia". The site then was taken down for 24 hours.
On 5 August 2008, the websites for OSInform News Agency and OSRadio were hacked. The OSinform website at osinform.ru kept its header and logo, but its content was replaced by the content of Alania TV website. Alania TV, a Georgian government supported television station aimed at audiences in South Ossetia, denied any involvement in the hacking of the rival news agency website. Dmitry Medoyev, the South Ossetian envoy to Moscow, claimed that Georgia was attempting to cover up the deaths of 29 Georgian servicemen during the flare-up on August 1 and 2.
On 5 August, Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline was subject to a terrorist attack near Refahiye in Turkey, responsibility for which was originally taken by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but there is circumstantial evidence that it was instead a sophisticated computer attack on line's control and safety systems that led to increased pressure and explosion.
According to Jart Armin, a researcher, many Georgian Internet servers were under external control since late 7 August 2008. On 8 August, the DDoS attacks peaked and the defacements began.
However, within hours the traffic was again diverted to Moscow-based servers.
On 10 August 2008, RIA Novosti news agency's website was disabled for several hours by a series of Georgian counter-attacks.
By 11 August 2008, the website of the Georgian president had been defaced and images comparing President Saakashvili to Adolf Hitler were posted. This was an example of cyber warfare combined with PSYOPs. Georgian Parliament's site was also targeted. Some Georgian commercial websites were also attacked. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs set up a blog on Google's Blogger service as a temporary site. The Georgian President's site was moved to US servers. The National Bank of Georgia’s Web site had been defaced at one point and 20th-century dictators' images and an image of Georgian president Saakashvili were placed. The Georgian Parliament website was defaced by the "South Ossetia Hack Crew" and the content was replaced with images comparing President Saakashvili to Hitler.
Estonia offered hosting for Georgian governmental website and cyberdefense advisors. It was reported that the Russians bombed Georgia’s telecommunications infrastructure, including cell towers. Private United States companies also assisted the Georgian government to protect its non-war making information such as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Databank%20Systems | Databank Systems Limited was the name of a not-for-profit "off balance sheet" company set up by a consortium of competing banks in New Zealand, to operate on what is nowadays termed a "Shared services Agency" basis, to provide computing resources (development and operational) for the consortium members. The company was set up in 1967, and in 12 years grew to be the largest non-Government data processing organisation in the Southern Hemisphere, servicing more than 1,200 banking offices.
Purpose
The purpose of Databank was defined within a set of contractual obligations in the 1969 Processing Agreement. The Agreement was between the consortium members, and was essentially about the services and service levels to be provided by Databank, and the constraints that would exist to ensure that lead bank ownership of any new application/system, and bank competitiveness, were maintained.
History
The formation of Databank came at a time when computer systems were a scarce and expensive commodity in New Zealand, with the import of computers being restricted by the Second National Government (a conservative but highly regulatory government). Computers (like many items) could only be imported under licence. The executive management of the BNZ (Bank of New Zealand) wanted to obtain a computer and establish a computerised system to automate the processing of its banking transactions and customer accounting. Computerisation was deemed the only way to proceed if the increasing cheque transaction volumes were to be accommodated promptly. The other, smaller banks were approaching the point where they would face a similar situation. However, the NBNZ (National Bank of New Zealand) was the only one that happened to have a computer import licence.
Thus, the initial teaming-up was between the BNZ and NBNZ in 1966, and they set up Databank in 1967. The three other trading banks subsequently joined the consortium in 1968. Decimal currency was introduced in New Zealand on 10 July 1967.
Incorporation
Databank was incorporated in 1967 in Wellington, New Zealand, to deliver services to the then statutorily mandated trading banks of New Zealand. The founding CEO was Gordon Hogg (1930–2017); from the BNZ and known as the "bright brain" there. Ian Archibald was hired from the Bank of Scotland and worked closely with Gordon Hogg. Gordon worked well with Ian who was much more cautious. Gordon stayed at the company until he was obliged by the Databank Board to take early retirement in 1988.
The consortium of shareholder-customers of Databank had ownership distributed thus:
BNZ – Bank of New Zealand (a state-owned bank at the time) – 40% share of Databank.
NBNZ – National Bank of New Zealand (a subsidiary of Lloyds Bank, UK) – 20% share of Databank.
ANZ – Australia-New Zealand Bank (an Australian-owned bank) – 20% share of Databank.
BNSW – Bank of New South Wales (an Australian-owned bank) – 10% share of Databank.
CBA – Commercial Bank of Australia (an Australian-owned ban |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Mobile | Family Mobile was a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the United Kingdom that was operated by Coms Mobile and used the EE network. Originally launched as IKEA Family Mobile on 8 August 2008, it offered pay as you go SIM cards to the public, with members of its loyalty programme and all 9,500 IKEA staff in Britain presented with a handset and £5 worth of free calls.
Family Mobile offered UK calls for 8p per minute and UK text messages for 4p each, with a minimum initial top up of £10, making the network the cheapest pay as you go operator in the UK at time of launch – "at least 25 per cent cheaper than any other comparable prepay offer"; and as of May 2012, Family Mobile was still the cheapest pay as you go UK network. The service targeted individual users families, with extra features for the latter, allowing customers a number of SIM cards per account with shared credit shared among family members and the ability to cap each user. A free standalone SIM card or handset with their SIM card could be ordered at the Family Mobile website.
Other notable features included automatic top-ups, online itemised bills and the ability to manually switch to the Orange Network if no T-Mobile signal is available by chaining relevant phone settings.
In June 2015, the operator announced that its services would cease to operate from 31 August 2015, resulting in the network's closure.
References
Mobile virtual network operators
IKEA
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology%20of%20Norwegian%20railway%20lines | The Norwegian railway network consisted, as of 2008, of of line. The Trunk Line opened as Norway's first mainline railway on 1 September 1854.
List
The following table gives a chronological overview of the mainline railway lines in Norway. It explicitly excludes tramway, light rail and metro lines, spurs and industrial lines. It contains the date the section opened, the line the segment is currently considered part of, the name of the line at the time of the opening (if different from the current name). Some railways have simply changed name, while others have been merged with other lines. The table further gives the length of the line, the gauge and number of tracks (single, double or quadruple), all at the time the line opened. Many railway lines have since been shortened and some have been doubled and been through gauge conversion. Standard gauge is , CAP gauge is and meter gauge is . Railway which opened as private are marked, even though many were later nationalized. In later years, many new sections are major realignments, typically tunnels, which shorten an existing line.
References
Bibliography
Notes
Rail transport timelines
History of rail transport in Norway |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Eddy | Brian R. Eddy is an American game designer and programmer, best known for designing Attack From Mars pinball for Midway and programming FunHouse and, with Larry DeMar, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot. While at Williams Electronics / Midway Games, he also designed Medieval Madness, and programmed Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure.
After the closure of Midway's pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway's video game division, where he worked on Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, and several games in the Mortal Kombat franchise. Currently, Eddy is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Spooky Cool Labs, a game design firm founded by former Williams programmer Larry DeMar.
When pinball designer Steve Ritchie was asked about the design similarities between his Spider-Man pinball machine and Eddy's Attack From Mars, Ritchie admitted that he had designed Spider-Man'''s playfield as an homage to Eddy, and specifically to Attack From Mars.
Games
Pinball
Diner (1990) (Effects)
Bad Cats (1990) (Effects)
Pool Sharks (1990) (Software)
FunHouse (1990) (effects)
The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot (1991) (software)
Black Rose (1992) (software)
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure (1993) (concept, software)
The Shadow (1994) (design, software)
Attack From Mars (1995) (design, concept)
Medieval Madness (1997) (design, concept)
Stranger Things (2019) (design, concept)
The Mandalorian (2021) (design, concept)
Venom (2023) (design, concept)
Video games
Arctic Thunder (2001) (project lead)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (2004) (project & design lead)
Stranglehold'' (2007) (director)
References
External links
Maddes.net: Interview with Brian Eddy, January 2004
Kineticist: List of Brian Eddy Pinball Games and Related Content
Pinball game designers
Living people
American computer programmers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed%20file%20transfer | Managed file transfer (MFT) is a technology that provides the secure transfer of data in an efficient and reliable manner. MFT software is marketed to companies as a more secure alternative to using insecure protocols like FTP (file transfer protocol) and HTTP to transfer files. By using an MFT solution, companies can avoid custom scripting and meet compliance requirements.
Background
From its inception, FTP has made moving large volumes of bulk data between any two entities — including file servers, applications, and trading partners — possible. However, FTP (and other communication protocols such as HTTP and SMTP) do not, on their own, provide a way to secure or manage file transfers. Regardless of the lack of security and management capabilities, many companies have continued to transport large batches of structured and unstructured data using these protocols.
This practice is changing, however. According to Gartner Research, "Organizations of all sizes continue to invest in MFT platforms that enable secure and private transportation of files — across size and volume levels — internally and externally." MFT has also found a foothold among file transfer protocols and solutions because of its focus on facilitating the "transfer of large file sizes and volume."
MFT is often used by companies in the retail, banking, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunication and insurance industries.
The global MFT market was estimated at US$1.3 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach US$2.4 billion by 2027.
MFT Features
While Managed File Transfer always covers the same features—reporting (e.g., notification of successful and unsuccessful file transfers), non-repudiation, audit trails, global visibility, automation of file transfer-related activities and processes, end-to-end security, and performance metrics/monitoring—the way it is used has a major impact on the nature of the appropriate solution. Gartner analysts agree on 4 different use cases for MFT:
Ad Hoc or file distribution
Systematic, enterprise-wide file transfer
Extreme or large file transfer
B2B file transfer
Core functionality also includes the ability to encrypt files in transit and at rest.
Typical MFT functionality
MFT centers on the secure and efficient transfer of data, but most MFT software solutions offer additional features. Typically, MFT software offers reporting (e.g., notification of successful file transfers), non-repudiation, audit trails, global visibility, the ability to automate file transfer-related activities and processes, end-to-end security, and performance metrics. MFT applications are available as both on-premises licensed software packages and software-as-a-service ("SaaS") solutions, and can often be used in hybrid cloud setups.
MFT applications are characterized by having all or most of the following features:
Support multiple file transfer protocols including PeSIT, FTP/S, OFTP, SFTP, SCP, AS2 and HTTP/S.
Securely transfer files over public and priva |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Channel%20%28disambiguation%29 | A-Channel was a Canadian television system that operated in Manitoba and Alberta from 1997 to 2005. The stations have since become a part of the Citytv network.
A-Channel may also refer to:
A (TV system), previously known as NewNet from 1995 to 2005 and A-Channel from 2005 to 2008, a Canadian television system that operated in Vancouver Island, Southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada (now CTV 2)
A Channel (manga), is a Japanese four-panel comic strip by bb Kuroda
A-type ion channels, a type of protein found in nerve cell membranes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Base | San Base (December 1, 1956 in Russia) is a contemporary Canadian artist specializing in generative art.
He graduated from school of Fine Arts in 1974, and received his PhD in Cybernetics from the Technical University in 1979.
Life and work
San Base used to work out complex computer codes in various visual applications when he began to see a possibility of combining his long standing interest in art with sophisticated mathematical approaches, and thus employing new electronic media for his artistic creations.
In 2002 San Base devised his "Dynamic Painting" algorithm, which allowed him to place an art object on a computer screen and make it not static, but changing and transforming with time. Dynamic Painting technology uses powerful video cards to generate real-time images that rival those seen in conventional contemporary painting.
Since 1996 San Base lives and works in Toronto.
Exhibitions
Gallery Gora Montreal, Canada
ArtEscapes Valencia, Spain
Yorkville TPL Toronto, Canada
Grifon gallery Izhevsk Russia
GA2007 Milan, Italy
ARTPOLIGON Omsk Russia
Sources
San Base And Dynamic Painting
External links
San Base home page
San Base Studio
Canadian digital artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20route%20E117 | European Route E 117 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.
Description
The E 117 starts from Mineralnye Vody, Russia, via the Georgian Military Road to Georgia's capital Tbilisi, via the Armenian capital Yerevan and on to Meghri on the border of Iran. It runs for a total distance of .
Between Mineralnye Vody and Beslan, it is concurrent with E 50 and Russian highway M29.
Route
: (Concurrent with ): Mineralnye Vody – Pyatigorsk – Baksan – Nalchik – Beslan
: Beslan - Vladikavkaz – Nizhniy Lars
: Larsi - Mtskheta
: Mtskheta () - Tbilisi ()
: Tbilisi - Marneuli () – Bolnisi - Kazreti - Guguti
: Gogavan - Vanadzor () - Ashtarak ()
: Ashtarak () – Yerevan
: Yerevan – Artashat - Yeraskh () – Goris – (a section passes through ) – Kapan – Kajaran – Meghri - Agarak
: Nurduz
References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
199117
E117
E117
E117 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20chain | In mathematics, and more specifically in computer algebra and elimination theory, a regular chain is a particular kind of triangular set of multivariate polynomials over a field, where a triangular set is a finite sequence of polynomials such that each one contains at least one more indeterminate than the preceding one. The condition that a triangular set must satisfy to be a regular chain is that, for every , every common zero (in an algebraically closed field) of the first polynomials may be prolongated to a common zero of the th polynomial. In other words, regular chains allow solving systems of polynomial equations by solving successive univariate equations without considering different cases.
Regular chains enhance the notion of Wu's characteristic sets in the sense that they provide a better result with a similar method of computation.
Introduction
Given a linear system, one can convert it to a triangular system via Gaussian elimination. For the non-linear case, given a polynomial system F over a field, one can convert (decompose or triangularize) it to a finite set of triangular sets, in the sense that the algebraic variety V(F) is described by these triangular sets.
A triangular set may merely describe the empty set. To fix this degenerated case, the notion of regular chain was introduced, independently by Kalkbrener (1993), Yang and Zhang (1994). Regular chains also appear in Chou and Gao (1992). Regular chains are special triangular sets which are used in different algorithms for computing unmixed-dimensional decompositions of algebraic varieties. Without using factorization, these decompositions have better properties that the ones produced by Wu's algorithm. Kalkbrener's original definition was based on the following observation: every irreducible variety is uniquely determined by one of its generic points and varieties can be represented by describing the generic points of their irreducible components. These generic points are given by regular chains.
Examples
Denote Q the rational number field. In Q[x1, x2, x3] with variable ordering ,
is a triangular set and also a regular chain. Two generic points given by T are (a, a, a) and (a, −a, a) where a is transcendental over Q.
Thus there are two irreducible components, given by and , respectively.
Note that: (1) the content of the second polynomial is x2, which does not contribute to the generic points represented and thus can be removed; (2) the dimension of each component is 1, the number of free variables in the regular chain.
Formal definitions
The variables in the polynomial ring
are always sorted as .
A non-constant polynomial f in can be seen as a univariate polynomial in its greatest variable.
The greatest variable in f is called its main variable, denoted by mvar(f). Let u be the main variable of f and write it as
where e is the degree of f with respect to u and is the leading coefficient of f with respect to u. Then the initial of f is and e is its mai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobbler%20%28software%29 | Cobbler is a Linux provisioning server that facilitates and automates the network-based system installation of multiple computer operating systems from a central point using services such as DHCP, TFTP, and DNS. It can be configured for PXE, reinstallations, and virtualized guests using Xen, KVM or VMware. Cobbler interacts with the koan program for re-installation and virtualization support. koan and Cobbler use libvirt to integrate with different virtualization software. Cobbler is able to manage complex network scenarios like bridging on a bonded Ethernet link.
The Cobbler project was born at Red Hat and led by Michael DeHaan.
Cobbler builds on the Kickstart mechanism and offers installation profiles that can be applied to one or many machines. It also features integration with Yum to aid in machine installs.
Cobbler has features to dynamically change the information contained in a kickstart template (definition), either by passing variables called ksmeta or by using so-called snippets. An example for a ksmeta variable could be the name of a disk device in the system. This could be inherited from the system's Cobbler profile. Snippets can be dynamic Python code that expands the limited functionality of Anaconda. The combination of profiles, ksmeta and snippets gives Cobbler high flexibility; complexity is avoided by keeping the actual "code" in the snippets, of which there can be one for each task in an installation. There are examples for network setup or disk partitioning; keeping common code in snippets helps minimize the size of the kickstart files.
Cobbler was originally targeted for RPM-based installs via Kickstart and Anaconda and was previously hosted as part of the Fedora Project.
Since Jan 19, 2011, Cobbler has been packaged for Ubuntu. Since 2012, Canonical Ltd has used Cobbler for test automation of OpenStack on Ubuntu.
Red Hat's systems management application, Satellite, used Cobbler for provisioning up until RedHat Satellite 6.0.
References
External links
Free software programmed in Python
Provisioning
Network booting
Booting
Virtualization software for Linux |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Detectives | Food Detectives is a food science show hosted by Ted Allen that aired in North America on Food Network from July to September 2008. Ted Allen, backed by research conducted by Popular Science magazine, investigated food-related beliefs, such as the validity of the five-second rule or the effectiveness of ginger in relieving motion sickness. In addition to support from scientists such as molecular biologist Dr. Adam Ruben and Popular Science staff members, Allen was assisted on-screen by a group of "food techs," often-silent assistants who were the participants in simple experiments exploring food-related myths, beliefs, practices, and folkways.
Food Detectives has 23 episodes. Allen said the series was "MythBusters meets Good Eats meets [Watch] Mr. Wizard." Filming for the show's inaugural episode took place in Little Italy, Baltimore.
Reception
Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media had a positive review of the show, writing, "The show's unique combination of food science, pop culture, and experimentation creates an amusing formula that offers entertaining but teachable moments for both kids and adults. Granted, watching food techs slice, dice, eat, run, spin, and even sleep in the name of science may not sound very interesting, but Allen's quick wit adds flavor to what could be considered bland technical conversations. Kids and adults who are interested in science and/or cooking will certainly find this show appealing. Trivia buffs will also be engaged."
The New York Timess Mike Hale penned a negative review of the show, stating, "With Mr. Allen straining to add some levity, Food Detectives will live and die by the questions it asks. In the premiere last week, it hit one for four. A test of what cools down your mouth after eating spicy food was interesting. (Bread and dairy products help; soda and beer only make things worse.) But the other three segments were thuddingly unsurprising. ... Those who complain that the Food Network's best days are in the not-too-recent past you know who you are, and you're blogging right this second will only feel more disillusioned after watching Food Detectives."
See also
Brainiac: Science Abuse
Good Eats
MythBusters
References
External links
Food Network: Food Detectives with Ted Allen
Food Network original programming
2008 American television series debuts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protosphargis | Protosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Italy. It was first named by Capellini in 1884.
Sources
Protosphargis at the Paleobiology Database
The Journal of Geology By Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology, University of Chicago Dept. of Geology and Paleontology. Page 726.
Dermochelyidae
Late Cretaceous turtles
Fossils of Italy
Prehistoric turtle genera
Extinct turtles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIO-LCA | An economic input-output life-cycle assessment, or EIO-LCA involves the use of aggregate sector-level data to quantify the amount of environmental impact that can be directly attributed to each sector of the economy and how much each sector purchases from other sectors in producing its output. Combining such data sets can enable accounting for long chains (for example, building an automobile requires energy, but producing energy requires vehicles, and building those vehicles requires energy, etc.), which somewhat alleviates the scoping problem of traditional life-cycle assessments. EIO-LCA analysis traces out the various economic transactions, resource requirements and environmental emissions (including all the various manufacturing, transportation, mining and related requirements) required for producing a particular product or service.
EIO-LCA relies on sector-level averages that may or may not be representative of the specific subset of the sector relevant to a particular product. To the extent that the good or service of interest is representative of a sector, EIO-LCA can provide very fast estimates of full supply chain implications for that good or service.
Background
Economic input-output analysis was developed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Wassily Leontief. It quantifies the interrelationships among sectors of an economic system, enabling identification of direct and indirect economic inputs of purchases. This concept was extended by including data about environmental and energy analysis from each sector to account for supply chain environmental implications of economic activity.
Theory
Input-output transactions tables, which track flows of purchases between sectors, are collected by the federal government in the United States. EIO works as follows: If represents the amount that sector purchased from sector in a given year and is the "final demand" for output from sector (i.e., the amount of output purchased for consumption, as opposed to purchased by other businesses as supplies for more production), then the total output from sector includes output to consumers plus output sold to other sectors:
If we define as the normalized production for each sector, so that , then
In vector notation
This result indicates that knowing only the final demand from each sector and the normalized IO matrix , one can calculate the total implied production from each sector of the economy. If data are available on a particular emissions release (or other attribute of interest) from each sector of the economy, then a matrix can be compiled to represent various releases (columns) per $ output from each sector (rows). Total additional emissions associated with additional final demand of can then be calculated as:
This simple result enables very quick analysis, taking into account releases associated with the entire supply chain requirements needed to provide a specific final demand, on average. The equations are based on average data in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20Turtle%20Restoration%20Project | The Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), founded in 1989, is a project of Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization with a goal of protecting endangered sea turtles from human-caused threats at nesting beaches and in the ocean.
STRP states its mission as being:
To protect endangered sea turtles in ways that make cultural and economic sense to the communities that share the beaches and waters with these gentle creatures.
STRP engages in activities such as educating the public about sea turtles, urging people to get involved with sea turtle protection, advocating for laws and regulations that protect sea turtles from accidentally getting caught in commercial fishing operations, filing lawsuits when the United States Endangered Species Act or other conservation laws are violated, and disseminating information about sea turtles to elected officials, regulatory agencies, members of the media and the public. STRP currently has offices in the United States, Central America and the Western Pacific.
History
Todd Steiner, a herpetologist and then director of the Save the Dolphin Project, an affiliate organization of the Earth Island Institute, launched STRP to help strengthen sea turtle protection policies at the local and international level. Steiner had traveled to Nicaragua to assist local communities in protecting their nesting populations of sea turtles. When he returned to the United States Steiner learned that the sea turtles that were protected in Nicaragua were being killed in Mexico to supply shells for the Japanese luxury apparel market. The sea turtle is a highly migratory species that crosses national boundaries as part of its natural life cycle.
STRP join international efforts to end the trade in endangered sea turtles by organizing protests at the Mexican and Japanese consulates in the United States and generating thousands of letters and phone calls of protest. Mexico banned the killing of sea turtles and Japan ended its illegal trade in endangered sea turtle parts for luxury items.
Since 1989, STRP has attempted to address other threats facing sea turtles at nesting beaches and in the ocean where sea turtles spend most of their time. This has included protecting critical nesting habitat in Central America, seeking to establish a marine reserve for the Kemp's ridley sea turtle in [/Texas/], developing community-based projects to protect local sea turtle populations in the Western Pacific, preventing the capture of sea turtles by industrial fishing operations worldwide, and protecting critical foraging habitat for the near extinct Pacific leatherback turtle off the west coast of the United States.
In 1999 STRP broke off from its parent organization Earth Island Institute and was re-incorporated as the Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN). That same year STRP staff members marched with people dressed in sea turtle costumes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typestry | Typestry is a 3D software program released in the 1990s by Pixar for Apple Macintosh and Windows-based PC computer systems. Unlike general purpose modellers and renderers, Typestry concentrated on rendering and animating text entered by the user in multiple fonts. The fonts were extruded into three dimensions, with various bevel styles and textures applied during rendering. Typestry creates 3D text with Type 1 and TrueType fonts and can do many different effects:
four different bevel styles
add Looks
9 front and 9 back lights (with intensity, relative positions, and style settings)
one ambient front and one ambient back light
object scaling, movement, and rotation
Text and light animation
TIFF, EPS, PICT, RIB file formats
Version 2.0
Compatibility with EPS files from Adobe Illustrator 3.0+
Particle system
Rubber sheets for flag effect
Tubes for outline text
Fog effect
RenderMan Expert mode to edit Looks
Required Adobe Type Manager 2.0+ for Type 1 fonts
Required Windows 3.11+ with Win 32s or Windows NT with 8MB RAM and 7MB hard drive space for Wintel.
Version 2.1
TrueType GX font support (Mac System 7 only)
Import/export 3D Portable Digital Documents
Native for PowerMac
Mac users could not use outline fonts if the screen font was not installed. Type 1 fonts were more accessible, since they have a screen font for each style (italic, bold, heavy, etc.), but TrueType fonts only have one screen font as the main style. Windows users could use any Windows font.
Typestry was one of Pixar's several application software packages released in open markets (others included RenderMan, MacRenderMan, NetRenderMan, IceMan, Glimpse, Showplace, and One Twenty Eight). It was discontinued when Pixar chose to concentrate on film production instead of application development.
Glimpse
Glimpse was a tool for creating photo-realistic 3D objects and environments by applying shaders in an attempt to make RenderMan standard. Pixar also sold Glimpse for use with Typestry and ShowPlace. Later, ShowPlace 2.0 included Glimpse. Glimpse had sliders to change material attributes like color, reflection coefficients, and surface roughness, and gave users a real-time preview of changes without needing RenderMan to render. Glimpse did not let users edit shader source code. Looks had two views: Look Masters, the default setting for Look without editing options) and Looks Instances, which was created by changing settings in Glimpse.
Valis Group provided an alternative, Shader Toolkit, but was more complex than Glimpse.
References
3D graphics software
Pixar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research%20Institute%20for%20Symbolic%20Computation | The Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC Linz) is a research institute in the area of symbolic computation, including automated theorem proving and computer algebra. It is located in Schloß Hagenberg in Hagenberg near Linz in Austria. RISC was founded in 1987 under Bruno Buchberger and moved to Hagenberg in 1989. The present chairman of RISC is Peter Paule.
External links
RISC Linz
Softwarepark Hagenberg
Computer science organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20Billboard%20Top%20Latin%20Albums%20of%202006 | The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record 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 digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States.
There were thirteen number-one albums on this chart in 2006. The best-selling Latin album was Barrio Fino en Directo by Daddy Yankee. This album debuted at number 24 in the Billboard 200 in the last week of 2005; it spent 13 weeks at the top of the chart, more than any other number-one albums in the chart. Now Latino also peaked at number one, spending seven non-consecutive weeks at this position; this compilation album includes music by Aventura, Don Omar, Juanes, La 5ª Estación, Kumbia Kings, Chayanne, Wisin & Yandel, Bebe, Ricardo Arjona, Luis Fonsi, Thalía, Alexis & Fido, Zion & Lennox, Angel & Khriz, Cristian Castro, Reik, Sin Bandera and Alejandro Fernández.
MTV Unplugged by Ricky Martin spent one week at the top of the chart on November 22, 2006, and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album; this album was replaced at number one by Navidades by Luis Miguel, an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Vocal Album. With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's King of Kings entered at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 68,000 units sold. This album also peaked at number one for 11 weeks on this chart.
Mexican rock band Maná, with his first studio album since 2002, Amar Es Combatir, entered the Billboard 200 at number four, making it the highest-charting debut for a Spanish-language album for a duo or group. With 30,000 units sold in its first week, Paulina Rubio debuted at number 25 in the Billboard 200 and achieved her third number-one album on this chart with Ananda, after her albums Paulina and Pau-Latina accomplished it in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Luny Tunes and Tainy with Mas Flow: Los Benjamins and Héctor el Father with Los Rompe Discotekas peaked at number one for the first time in their careers. With Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2, singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís peaked at number one for the sixth time in his career.
Albums
References
2006 Latin
United States Latin Albums
2006 in Latin music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab%20Rats%20Challenge | Lab Rats Challenge is an Australian children's game show. The program began broadcasting on 4 August 2008 at 4pm on the Nine Network with hosts Drew Jarvis and Nicole Dixon. On 5 March 2012, the show moved to the Seven Network with Aleisha Rose replacing Dixon for the revived series. On 12 February 2013 at 10:15am, the show moved to ABC3 (now known as 'ABC ME'). The show has also been broadcast on Cartoon Network.
In contrast to other Australian children's game shows such as Sharky's Friends, A*mazing, and Go Go Stop, which are filmed on a large set in front of a live studio audience, Lab Rats Challenge uses several smaller sets resembling an abandoned science laboratory as well as special effects sequences inserted in post-production. It is filmed in Brisbane's Channel 9 studio on Mount Coot-tha, Queensland.
Gameplay
The challenges on the show are born from science experiments, such as guessing how many drops of water will fit on a twenty cent coin. Each episode's final challenge, The Labyrinth, features the children competitors racing through a series of physical and mental challenges. The 1st pair to make it through the labyrinth gets cheesed at the end. This is similar in style to the maze on early 1990s Australian kids game show A*mazing and 1990s American show Legends of the Hidden Temple.
Rounds
Nano Challenge – In this round, both teams simultaneously try and complete the challenge and achieve their goal. If they succeed, the team wins 10 points. Its time limit is unlimited. It could be a minute, half a minute or even two.
What'll Happen If – In this round, Drew and Nicole will describe the experiment and both teams, in private must make a hypothesis/guess as to what will happen. After both teams guesses are made, Drew and Nicole will perform the experiment. If their guess is right, the team wins 5 points.
Method Madness – In this round, teams perform the task either simultaneously or one at a time. If the task is to be performed one team at a time, the trailing team will decide whether to go first or second. If there is a tie, the Randomizer will then be done to find the winning team. Whoever goes second will get shrunk by Drew and surrounded by a metal cage with a cat on guard to prevent them from seeing their opposing team in action. Teams will perform a task. The winning team gets 15 points. Another common form of 'shrinking' in Method Madness, is where they 'lose' your heads, through the use of CGI. In the 2012 version, the trailing team got to perform the challenge first and the leading team had their heads relocated.
Rat Race – This is a race to completing the game. Whoever wins, gets 30 points. Along the way, status accelerators are on offer with 20, 15, 10 and 5 points. Obstacles include wire traps, cargo nets, dark room (where the exit is on the ground), slide, ball pits, maze and Cheese Dump. Every episode has a major challenge where teams have to do a task such as filling a cylinder to the line, building a skeleton |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoSmart | GeoSmart (NZ) Ltd is a provider of location-based services, digital mapping data and images for the Oceania area, notably New Zealand. The company is one of only a handful of global companies producing digital maps for use in GPS applications. GeoSmart was acquired by TomTom in 2014.
Companies such as TomTom and Navman, use mapping data from GeoSmart on their popular handheld GPS devices, as do motor manufacturers such as BMW. The company also provides mapping data via web services, with applications such as a website that allows users to send custom invitations that include mapping directions for guests as well as providing the mapping interface on New Zealand Automobile Association website.
In 2008, GeoSmart launched the RAPIDcV mapping car, which is an ongoing program to redrive all of New Zealand. This is to enhance the car navigation database used by brands including Navman, TomTom, Nav N Go, Siemens VDO and Horizon. The RAPIDcV (Road attributes, points of interest, imagery data capture vehicle) uses technology to capture the road centreline of all of New Zealand's roads to an accuracy of 0.15 metres. It does this with a number of technologies including inertial measurement unit (IMU) that uses gyroscopes and accelerometers. This technology compensates for situations where the traditional differential GPS accuracy is lost when the satellite signal is poor, such as behind volcanic hill shadows, dense forest canopies and high rise urban areas. It has a number of cameras on board capturing lane information, street signs, turn restrictions and points of interest to enhance and keep up to date GeoSmart's car navigation and web mapping products. It is also taking a 360 degree panoramic image every 50 metres. In order to support truck navigation as well as multi mode navigation it is collecting information on the incline and camber of each corner, a feature which is used for truck safety warnings in fleet management systems.
See also
Geographic Data Files
Navteq
Tele Atlas
References
External links
GeoSmart
GIS companies
Software companies of New Zealand
Companies based in Auckland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits access to the countryside. Furthermore, access to much uncultivated and unenclosed land has opened up since the enactment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. In Scotland the ancient tradition of universal access to land was formally codified under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. In Northern Ireland, however, there are few rights of way, or other access to land.
Walking is used in the United Kingdom to describe a range of activity, from a walk in the park to trekking in the Alps. The word "hiking" is used in the UK, but less often than walking; the word rambling (akin to roam) is also used, and the main organisation that supports walking is called The Ramblers. Walking in mountainous areas in the UK is called hillwalking, or in Northern England, including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking, from the dialect word fell for high, uncultivated land. Mountain walking can sometimes involve scrambling.
History
The idea of undertaking a walk through the countryside for pleasure developed in the 18th century, and arose because of changing attitudes to the landscape and nature, associated with the Romantic movement. In earlier times walking generally indicated poverty and was also associated with vagrancy.
Thomas West, an English priest, popularised the idea of walking for pleasure in his guide to the Lake District of 1778. In the introduction he wrote that he aimed
to encourage the taste of visiting the lakes by furnishing the traveller with a Guide; and for that purpose, the writer has here collected and laid before him, all the select stations and points of view, noticed by those authors who have last made the tour of the lakes, verified by his own repeated observations.
To this end he included various "stations" or viewpoints around the lakes, from which tourists would be encouraged to appreciate the views in terms of their aesthetic qualities. Published in 1778 the book was a major success.
Another famous early exponent of walking for pleasure was the English poet William Wordsworth. In 1790 he embarked on an extended tour of France, Switzerland, and Germany, a journey subsequently recorded in his long autobiographical poem The Prelude (1850). His famous poem Tintern Abbey was inspired by a visit to the Wye Valley made during a walking tour of Wales in 1798 with his sister Dorothy Wordsworth. Wordsworth's friend Coleridge was another keen walker and in the autumn of 1799, he and Wordsworth undertook a three weeks tour of the Lake District. John Keats, who belonged to the next generation of Romantic poets began, in June 1818, a walking tour of Scotland, Ireland, and the Lake District with his friend Charles Armitage Brown.
More and more people undertook walking tours through the 19th century, of which the most famous is probably Robert |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween%20Problem | In computing, the Halloween Problem refers to a phenomenon in databases in which an update operation causes a change in the physical location of a row, potentially allowing the row to be visited again later in the same update operation. This could even cause an infinite loop in some cases where updates continually place the updated record ahead of the scan performing the update operation.
The potential for this database error was first discovered by Don Chamberlin, Pat Selinger, and Morton Astrahan in 1976, on Halloween day while working on a query that was supposed to give a ten percent raise to every employee who earned less than $25,000. This query would run successfully, with no errors, but when finished all the employees in the database earned at least $25,000, because it kept giving them a raise until they reached that level. The expectation was that the query would iterate over each of the employee records with a salary less than $25,000 precisely once. In fact, because even updated records were visible to the query execution engine and so continued to match the query's criteria, salary records were matching multiple times and each time being given a 10% raise until they were all greater than $25,000.
The name is not descriptive of the nature of the problem but rather was given due to the day it was discovered on. As recounted by Don Chamberlin:
Pat and Morton discovered this problem on Halloween... I remember they came into my office and said, "Chamberlin, look at this. We have to make sure that when the optimizer is making a plan for processing an update, it doesn't use an index that is based on the field that is being updated. How are we going to do that?" It happened to be on a Friday, and we said, "Listen, we are not going to be able to solve this problem this afternoon. Let's just give it a name. We'll call it the Halloween Problem and we'll work on it next week." And it turns out it has been called that ever since.
References
The 1995 SQL Reunion (Protokoll)
The "Halloween Problem" for XML APIs, Mike Champion's weblog.
(archive) A well-intentioned query and the Halloween Problem, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Anecdotes, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeagleBoard | The BeagleBoard is a low-power open-source single-board computer produced by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key and Newark element14. The BeagleBoard was also designed with open source software development in mind, and as a way of demonstrating the Texas Instrument's OMAP3530 system-on-a-chip. The board was developed by a small team of engineers as an educational board that could be used in colleges around the world to teach open source hardware and software capabilities. It is also sold to the public under the Creative Commons share-alike license. The board was designed using Cadence OrCAD for schematics and Cadence Allegro for PCB manufacturing; no simulation software was used.
Features
The BeagleBoard measures approximately 75 by 75 mm and has all the functionality of a basic computer. The OMAP3530 includes an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU (which can run Linux, Minix, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, RISC OS, or Symbian; a number of unofficial Android ports exist), a TMS320C64x+ DSP for accelerated video and audio decoding, and an Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX530 GPU to provide accelerated 2D and 3D rendering that supports OpenGL ES 2.0. Video out is provided through separate S-Video and HDMI connections. A single SD/MMC card slot supporting SDIO, a USB On-The-Go port, an RS-232 serial connection, a JTAG connection, and two stereo 3.5 mm jacks for audio in/out are provided.
Built-in storage and memory are provided through a PoP chip that includes 256 MB of NAND flash memory and 256 MB of RAM (128 MB on earlier models).
The board uses up to 2 W of power and can be powered from the USB connector, or a separate 5 V power supply.
Rev. C4 specifications
Package on package (PoP) SoC/Memory chip.
Processor TI OMAP3530 SoC – 720 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core
"HD capable" TMS320C64x+ core (520 MHz up to 720p @30 fps)
Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 2D/3D graphics processor supporting dual independent displays
256 MB LPDDR RAM
256 MB NAND Flash memory
Peripheral connections
DVI-D (HDMI connector chosen for size – maximum resolution is 1280 × 1024 – and it does not output digital audio)
S-Video
USB OTG (mini AB)
1 USB port
SD/MMC card slot
Stereo in and out jacks
RS-232 port
JTAG connector
Power socket (5 V barrel connector type)
Development
Boot code stored in ROM
Boot from NAND memory, SD/MMC, USB, or serial
Alternative boot source button.
Has been demonstrated using Android, Angstrom Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Arch Linux ARM, openSUSE for ARM and Maemo Linux distributions, VxWorks, FreeBSD, the Windows CE operating system, Symbian, QNX and a version of RISC OS 5 made available by RISC OS Open.
BeagleBoard
Features
A modified version of the BeagleBoard called the BeagleBoard-xM started shipping on August 27, 2010. The BeagleBoard-xM measures in at 82.55 by 82.55 mm and has a faster CPU core (clocked at 1 GHz compared to the 720 MHz of the BeagleBoard), more RAM (512 MB compared to 256 MB), onboard Ethernet jack, and 4 port USB h |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal%20scheme | In mathematics, specifically in algebraic geometry, a formal scheme is a type of space which includes data about its surroundings. Unlike an ordinary scheme, a formal scheme includes infinitesimal data that, in effect, points in a direction off of the scheme. For this reason, formal schemes frequently appear in topics such as deformation theory. But the concept is also used to prove a theorem such as the theorem on formal functions, which is used to deduce theorems of interest for usual schemes.
A locally Noetherian scheme is a locally Noetherian formal scheme in the canonical way: the formal completion along itself. In other words, the category of locally Noetherian formal schemes contains all locally Noetherian schemes.
Formal schemes were motivated by and generalize Zariski's theory of formal holomorphic functions.
Algebraic geometry based on formal schemes is called formal algebraic geometry.
Definition
Formal schemes are usually defined only in the Noetherian case. While there have been several definitions of non-Noetherian formal schemes, these encounter technical problems. Consequently, we will only define locally noetherian formal schemes.
All rings will be assumed to be commutative and with unit. Let A be a (Noetherian) topological ring, that is, a ring A which is a topological space such that the operations of addition and multiplication are continuous. A is linearly topologized if zero has a base consisting of ideals. An ideal of definition for a linearly topologized ring is an open ideal such that for every open neighborhood V of 0, there exists a positive integer n such that . A linearly topologized ring is preadmissible if it admits an ideal of definition, and it is admissible if it is also complete. (In the terminology of Bourbaki, this is "complete and separated".)
Assume that A is admissible, and let be an ideal of definition. A prime ideal is open if and only if it contains . The set of open prime ideals of A, or equivalently the set of prime ideals of , is the underlying topological space of the formal spectrum of A, denoted Spf A. Spf A has a structure sheaf which is defined using the structure sheaf of the spectrum of a ring. Let be a neighborhood basis for zero consisting of ideals of definition. All the spectra of have the same underlying topological space but a different structure sheaf. The structure sheaf of Spf A is the projective limit .
It can be shown that if f ∈ A and Df is the set of all open prime ideals of A not containing f, then , where is the completion of the localization Af.
Finally, a locally noetherian formal scheme is a topologically ringed space (that is, a ringed space whose sheaf of rings is a sheaf of topological rings) such that each point of admits an open neighborhood isomorphic (as topologically ringed spaces) to the formal spectrum of a noetherian ring.
Morphisms between formal schemes
A morphism of locally noetherian formal schemes is a morphism of them as locally ringed space |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster%20Data%20Systems | Aster Data Systems was a data management and analysis software company headquartered in San Carlos, California. It was founded in 2005 and acquired by Teradata in 2011.
History
Aster Data was co-founded in 2005 by Stanford University graduate students George Candea, Mayank Bawa and Tasso Argyros.
It received funding from First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Cambrian Ventures, Jafco Ventures as well as angel investors, including Rajeev Motwani, Ron Conway and David Cheriton.
It received its first round of funding of $5 million in 2005, a second round of $17 million in February 2009, and third round of $30 million in September 2010.
Aster was mentioned in 2010 by Intelligent Enterprise' editor.
It was ranked seventh in 2011 of venture-funded companies by The Wall Street Journal.
Argyros (Chief Technical Officer at the time) was listed as a technology pioneer of information technology and new media by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
Teradata had acquired an 11 percent ownership interest in Aster Data Systems in September 2010.
On March 3, 2011, Teradata agreed to pay an additional $263 million for the remaining ownership interest, net of debt and other expenses.
The acquisition completed in April 2011.
In September 2011 a computer appliance version of the product was announced, with pre-configured software bundled with hardware.
Aster Data hosted a "Data Analytics Summit" trade show through 2012, made up of regional events.
In October 2012, Aster announced a second version of its appliance. In addition to the Aster database software, another appliance was available with nodes running the Hortonworks distribution of Apache Hadoop.
In October 2013, version 6 of Aster database software was announced. It supported graph database technology, and a file system that the company said was compatible with the Hadoop distributed file system.
After Bawa left the company in 2014, he was named a young achiever by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (from which he graduated in 1999).
In June 2014, Teradata announced a product using the R programming language.
In February 2015, Teradata announced an "AppCenter" using Aster technology.
In October, 2015 Teradata announced a set of analytics techniques and applications to run on Apache Hadoop, marketed for the Internet of things. In 2016, Aster Analytics was made available on Amazon AWS Marketplace for self-service, DIY customers. It became available at Microsoft Azure Marketplace in 2017.
References
Data warehousing products
2005 establishments in California
Companies based in San Carlos, California
American companies established in 2005
Teradata
2011 mergers and acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pla%C3%A7a%20del%20Centre%20station | Plaça del Centre, also known as Plaza del Centro, is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, on the border between the Les Corts and Sants-Montjuïc districts of Barcelona. It is served by line L3 (green line).
The station takes its name from a nearby square, and is located in the intersection of the streets Avinguda de Madrid, Carrer de Berlin, Carrer dels Comtes de Bell-lloc and Carrer de Vallespir, a short walk away from the major railway station Estació de Sants. The station's two side platforms are long.
The station opened in 1975, along with the other stations of the section of L3 between Zona Universitària and Sants Estació stations. This section was originally operated separately from L3, and known as L3b, until the two sections were joined in 1982. When opened, the station was known by the Spanish-language name Plaza del Centro, but 1982 the name was adapted to its current Catalan language form.
See also
List of Barcelona Metro stations
References
External links
Trenscat.com
Transporte BCN.es
Barcelona Metro line 3 stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1975 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solium%20Infernum | Solium Infernum is a turn-based strategy computer game for Windows from independent game developer Cryptic Comet, creator of Armageddon Empires, and was released on November 26, 2009.
Gameplay
Players control an archfiend who is trying to secure the throne of Hell, staving off up to five rivals in the process. The game's artificial intelligence makes up the numbers if not enough players are available to control each archfiend. The game features diplomacy as well as military tactics, making it possible to gamble 'prestige' on the outcome of battles, as well as other tactics to raise the player character's standing amongst the archfiends.
Reception
Solium Infernum failed to receive much attention from the mainstream gaming press, with few publications following the game or publishing reviews; however it was met with critical acclaim from independent journalists and gaming blogs. Quintin Smith was highly enthusiastic towards Solium Infernum, writing in Eurogamer that it "kicked my knees out from under me. It's unlike anything I've ever played" and stating in his GameSetWatch column "more than any game I've played in years Solium Infernum nails the sensation of staring at a screen and losing yourself in the cold glory of a difficult decision." Rock, Paper, Shotgun covered the game heavily, dedicating a large series of posts to a turn-by-turn review of the multiplayer mode, with Kieron Gillen calling Solium Infernum "one of 2009’s most intriguing, subtle and just plain best games." PC Gamer gave Solium Infernum 85%.
Upcoming remake
Indie game developer and publisher, League of Geeks planned to release the 'reimagining' version of the game in 2023 with the same title, Solium Infernum (2023). The demo version has been released on Steam on October 10, 2023 during Steam Next Fest Demo event.
References
External links
Official site
Indie games
Turn-based strategy video games
Windows games
Windows-only games
2009 video games
Play-by-email video games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in hell |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPAWN | SPAWN, the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, is a project of the Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization.
SPAWN's stated mission is to "protect endangered salmon in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed and the environment on which we all depend." SPAWN uses a multi-faceted approach to accomplish their mission including grassroots action, habitat restoration, policy development, research and monitoring, citizen training, environmental education, strategic litigation, and collaboration with other organizations and agencies.
Lagunitas Creek watershed
The Lagunitas Creek watershed in Marin County, California, has been identified as the most important spawning and rearing habitat for wild coho salmon left in California. Coho in the Central California Evolutionarily Significant Unit (CCCESU) are a Federal and State listed Endangered Species considered to be "in imminent danger of extinction."
Despite having the best run of wild coho left in the State, estimated at up to 30 percent of the State’s total in 2007, only on average 500 adult salmon currently return each year to spawn here. The Lagunitas Creek Watershed is also important habitat for federally listed steelhead and California freshwater shrimp.
SPAWN performs its work with the assistance of volunteer and pro bono contributions. Many dedicated individuals in the San Geronimo Valley, Marin County, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area have made a lasting impact on the accomplishments and history of SPAWN.
History
The seeds of SPAWN, the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network, were planted when biologist Todd Steiner, the founder, discovered migrating coho salmon stuck at Roy’s Dam in 1997 on the San Geronimo Valley Golf Course, unable to migrate upstream to spawn and complete their amazing life history. Steiner contacted the media to expose the plight of these recently listed endangered species and contacting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) asking for an emergency permit to move the fish above the crumbling dam obstruction.
That night on the news, the plight of the salmon was beamed into Bay Area homes on five TV stations. Steiner set up his young son’s painting easel at Roy’s Dam with a hastily written petition asking for government action, as hundreds of people came forward to witness the spectacle first hand, sign the petition, and offer help. Residents, the general public, NGOs and government agencies came together to fix the immediate problem and Roy’s Dam was transformed into Roy’s Pools.
SPAWN has grown from an all-volunteer organization to one with a full-time staff who coordinate the work of hundreds of volunteers and interns. In 1999 SPAWN was incorporated as a program under the umbrella of the non-profit 501(c)(3) environmental organization Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN).
Programs
SPAWN drives seven active programs and campaigns that focus on protecting endangered salmon and the Lagun |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFRG | CFRG may refer to:
Radio call signs
one of two radio stations in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada:
CFRG (AM), a defunct AM radio station that was affiliated with the Première Chaîne network,
CFRG-FM, an active FM community radio station.
Despite the shared call sign, the stations never had common ownership.
Cryptography
CFRG may also refer to the Crypto Forum Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela%20Baumer | Daniela Baumer (born 8 September 1971) is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
References
DatabaseOlympics.com profile
Sports-reference.com profile
1971 births
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Switzerland
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Swiss female canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Sportspeople from Schaffhausen
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic%20Games | Runic Games was an American computer game developer based in Seattle. It was formed by former Flagship Studios developers in August 2008. In 2009, the company released Torchlight, a single-player action role-playing game. It was acquired by Perfect World in May 2010. They released a sequel, Torchlight II, in 2012. It was at this time the developers revealed they were no longer pursuing plans to create an MMO in the Torchlight universe.
History
Runic Games was founded on August 11, 2008, by Travis Baldree (Fate designer), Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer (co-founder of Blizzard North), and Peter Hu. Originally, the company was incorporated with the placeholder name "Surprise Truck", as suggested by Max Schaefer. The naming resulted in the company receiving a multitude of calls asking whether they were available to do truck delivery jobs. Runic Games was formed specifically for the purpose of keeping the team behind the game Mythos together to develop a new action RPG video game as a "spiritual successor" to their previous project. Following the dissolution of Flagship Studios in 2008, all 14 members of the Seattle team that developed Mythos signed onto Runic Games.
Full production on the game started around November 2008, meaning that the game's total development period was approximately 11 months. At the 2009 Game Developers Conference some members of the Runic Games team were present with an early version of their single-player game, at which point it was revealed that the title would be Torchlight. One notable addition to the staff was Matt Uelmen, composer for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series. As of mid-2009, the company employed no fewer than 26 people. Gamasutra named Runic Games one of its "Top 5 Developers" of 2009 for the studio's ability to create the "highly-polished" Torchlight in only 11 months. The company was also praised for its responsiveness to its player community, citing one particular incident:
Following the 2009 release of Torchlight, the studio shifted to the production of a sequel Torchlight II. In 2010, Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. bought an $8.4 million majority stake in Runic Games. In March 2014, co-founders Erich Schaefer and Travis Baldree decided to leave Runic and form a new indie studio, Double Damage Games. Max Schaefer left the studio in early 2016; he then founded Echtra Games, which included a number of former Blizzard and Runic developers. In August 2018, Echtra announced Torchlight Frontiers, a shared world game build on the Torchlight IP.
On November 3, 2017, Perfect World announced the closure of Runic Games, along with large layoffs at Motiga. Perfect World said the closure was to reflect their company's focus on games as a service. One set of developers from Runic, including Marsh Lefler, Patrick Blank, Allen Fong, and John Dunbar, along with former Gearbox Software members, established Monster Squad Games and are currently developing a player-versus-environment cooperative game.
Games
Torchl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva%20la%20Ma%C3%B1ana | Viva la Mañana (Long Live the Morning) is a Spanish-language morning talk show, that is transmitted through channels 2 and 4 on the Salvadoran television network Telecorporación Salvadoreña (TCS). The program is transmitted Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Hosted by Mario Sibrian, Luciana Sandoval, Andrea Mariona, Alejandra and Gerardo Parker.
History
The program was first broadcast on July 18, 2004. Viva la Mañana was created as part of a plan of expansion in the national production area of Telecorporación Salvadoreña.
References
External links
Viva la Mañana at esmiTV.com
Salvadoran television series
2004 Salvadoran television series debuts
Telecorporación Salvadoreña original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99rzili | Mərzili () is a village in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan.
History
Mərzili was part of the Shusha Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate during the Russian Empire. According to 1886 census data, there were 273 homes and 1,079 Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the Shiite branch of Islam in Mərzili. According to the 1912 "Caucasian Calendar", the village of Mərzili was home to 1,625 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).
Mərzili was part of the village council of the same name in the Aghdam District of the Azerbaijan SSR during the early Soviet period in 1933. The village had 174 farms and a total population of 2,221 people. The population of the village council was 100 percent Azerbaijani.
The village had 3,400 residents in 1981. Its residents' main occupations were viticulture, agriculture, animal husbandry, and sericulture. There was a middle school, a vocational school, a cultural centre, two libraries, a sheep-breeding complex, a communication department, and a hospital in the village.
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War on 11 June 1993, Armenian forces occupied the village, forcing the Azerbaijani population to flee. It was in this village that the Armenian-American commander Monte Melkonian was killed by Azeri forces. After 1994, it was later incorporated into the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martuni Province, where it remained a ghost village. Mərzili was returned to Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Demographics
Notable natives
Khudu Mammadov – Scientist and screenwriter
References
External links
Populated places in Aghdam District |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction%20path%20length | In computer performance, the instruction path length is the number of machine code instructions required to execute a section of a computer program. The total path length for the entire program could be deemed a measure of the algorithm's performance on a particular computer hardware. The path length of a simple conditional instruction would normally be considered as equal to 2, one instruction to perform the comparison and another to take a branch if the particular condition is satisfied. The length of time to execute each instruction is not normally considered in determining path length and so path length is merely an indication of relative performance rather than in any sense absolute.
When executing a benchmark program, most of the instruction path length is typically inside the program's inner loop.
Before the introduction of caches, the path length was an approximation of running time, but in modern CPUs with caches, it can be a much worse approximation, with some load instructions taking hundreds of cycles when the data is not in cache, or orders of magnitude faster when in cache (even the same instruction in another round in a loop).
Assembly programs
Since there is, typically, a one-to-one relationship between assembly instructions and machine instructions, the instruction path length is frequently taken as the number of assembly instructions required to perform a function or particular section of code. Performing a simple table lookup on an unsorted list of 1,000 entries might require perhaps 2,000 machine instructions (on average, assuming uniform distribution of input values), while performing the same lookup on a sorted list using a binary search algorithm might require only about 40 machine instructions, a very considerable saving. Expressed in terms of instruction path length, this metric would be reduced in this instance by a massive factor of 50 a reason why actual instruction timings might be a secondary consideration compared to a good choice of algorithm requiring a shorter path length.
The instruction path length of an assembly language program is generally vastly different than the number of source lines of code for that program, because the instruction path length includes only code in the executed control flow for the given input and does not include code that is not relevant for the particular input, or unreachable code.
High-level language (HLL) programs
Since one statement written in a high-level language can produce multiple machine instructions of variable number, it is not always possible to determine instruction path length without, for example, an instruction set simulator that can count the number of 'executed' instructions during simulation. If the high-level language supports and optionally produces an 'assembly list', it is sometimes possible to estimate the instruction path length by examining this list.
Factors determining instruction path length
in-line code versus the overheads of calling and return |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network%20%28Pakistani%20TV%20channel%29 | Cartoon Network is a Pakistani cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery. It was launched on 2 April 2004, dedicating itself to Pakistani viewers.
History
On 1 October 2011, Cartoon Network Pakistan changed its logo a second time along with the other Asia Pacific feeds, joining the ‘CN’ squares into a perfect rectangle. The channel also premiered The Amazing World of Gumball on the same day. Cartoon Network, along with all other foreign television channels, was temporarily suspended in Bangladesh on 2 October 2021, for not broadcasting clean feed according to a policy passed in 2006.
Criticism and controversy
In 2005, PEMRA issued an order regarding the ban of several channels because they were airing programmes in Hindi as they were dubbed in India. Later, Cartoon Network switched to English versions.
In 2010, PEMRA again issued a notice against the channels, Cartoon Network's Pakistan feed. Once again, the issue was the Hindi dubbed shows on its schedule. The ban stayed and was not lifted till the end of July 2011.
References
Children's television channels in Pakistan
2004 establishments in Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20reality%20cue%20reactivity | Virtual Reality Cue Reactivity (VRCR) is a computer-enhanced methodology used to assess behavioral and physiological reactivity to drug and alcohol sensory cues. Studies indicate that cue reactivity—a response to the presentation of various visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile cues—increases physiological excitement in addicts. VRCR utilizes virtual reality (VR) technology to stimulate cue reactivity in the most efficient and realistic environments possible; the intention being that coping skills can be taught in a contextual scenario that reflect a real world situation. While still in the early stages of development, studies have shown that VRCR is an effective means of generating a craving-inspiring environment that is tempting to a patient suffering from addiction.
Use in addiction
Studies have indicated that cue exposure in patients is closely related to increases in physiological responses. In addition, situational cues are also a leading cause in triggering relapse. People suffering from addiction have a tendency to attribute their addiction to specific scenarios or events. For example, a smoker might have a habit of only smoking on his porch. Consequently, whenever he is near or around his porch, he connects it to smoking, and a craving is initiated by the mere proximity. This is an example of the classical conditioning theory, which describes how a specific cue can trigger an entirely separate reaction.
One of the most effective ways to avoid patient relapse is to instruct them on coping skills—ideally in the most detrimental cue exposure settings possible. The idea being that if patients can learn to deny their cravings in a controlled environment, denial in a real world environment will be easier. Virtual reality helps to emulate a near lifelike situation, complete with sights, sounds, smells, and movement.
How it works
In order to create a lifelike environment, actors are filmed on a green screen doing many various activities such as smoking cigarettes, dancing, drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and other provocative actions. The actors are then integrated into a three-dimensional background, giving the impression that they are in a real environment. Virtual reality (VR) technology allows a user to be immersed in a computer-simulated environment by engaging the senses of a human body. As of now, visual and auditory are the two most common senses appealed to when creating a VR environment—mainly because they use simpler technologies that are much cheaper to develop. However, advances in technology are allowing for a much more efficient way to appeal to the olfactory senses as well.
Visual senses
Arguably the most important facet in making a virtual environment seem real is an appeal to sight. A virtual reality headset, incorporating a head-mounted display (HMD) is placed in front of the eyes of a patient like a pair of sunglasses, enabling for complete visual attention. A virtual environment is then displayed. A system of motion s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20keyboard | A computer keyboard is a peripheral input device modeled after the typewriter keyboard which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. Replacing early punched cards and paper tape technology, interaction via teleprinter-style keyboards have been the main input method for computers since the 1970s, supplemented by the computer mouse since the 1980s.
Keyboard keys (buttons) typically have a set of characters engraved or printed on them, and each press of a key typically corresponds to a single written symbol. However, producing some symbols may require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously or in sequence.
While most keys produce characters (letters, numbers or symbols), other keys (such as the escape key) can prompt the computer to execute system commands. In a modern computer, the interpretation of key presses is generally left to the software: the information sent to the computer, the scan code, tells it only which physical key (or keys) was pressed or released.
In normal usage, the keyboard is used as a text entry interface for typing text, numbers, and symbols into application software such as a word processor, web browser or social media app.
Touchscreens use virtual keyboards.
History
While typewriters are the definitive ancestor of all key-based text entry devices, the computer keyboard as a device for electromechanical data entry and communication derives largely from the utility of two devices: teleprinters (or teletypes) and keypunches. It was through such devices that modern computer keyboards inherited their layouts.
As early as the 1870s, teleprinter-like devices were used to simultaneously type and transmit stock market text data from the keyboard across telegraph lines to stock ticker machines to be immediately copied and displayed onto ticker tape. The teleprinter, in its more contemporary form, was developed from 1907 to 1910 by American mechanical engineer Charles Krum and his son Howard, with early contributions by electrical engineer Frank Pearne. Earlier models were developed separately by individuals such as Royal Earl House and Frederick G. Creed.
Earlier, Herman Hollerith developed the first keypunch devices, which soon evolved to include keys for text and number entry akin to normal typewriters by the 1930s.
The keyboard on the teleprinter played a strong role in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communication for most of the 20th century, while the keyboard on the keypunch device played a strong role in data entry and storage for just as long. The development of the earliest computers incorporated electric typewriter keyboards: the development of the ENIAC computer incorporated a keypunch device as both the input and paper-based output device, while the BINAC computer also made use of an electromechanically controlled typewriter for both data entry onto magnetic tape (instead of paper) and data output.
The keyboard remained the primary, most integrat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elina%20Salo | Aino Elina Salo (born 9 March 1936 in Sipoo, Finland) is a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo has appeared in over 50 films and television shows and is known for her appearances in several Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She was also the voice of Little My in the Finnish dub of Moomin.
Salo has received three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).
Salo lives mainly in France.
Partial filmography
Skandaali tyttökoulussa (1960)
Inspector Palmu's Mistake (1960)
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
The Diary of a Worker (1967)
Harry Munter (1970)
Gangsterfilmen (1974)
Poet and Muse (1978)
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1979)
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Juha (1999)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Le Havre (2011)
References
External links
1936 births
Living people
People from Sipoo
20th-century Finnish actresses
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
21st-century Finnish actresses
Finnish film actresses
Finnish stage actresses
Finnish television actresses
Finnish voice actresses
Finnish expatriates in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Palatine%20locomotives%20and%20railbuses | This list gives an overview of the locomotives and railbuses of the Palatinate Railway (Pfalzbahn) and the Palatine network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen).
The Palatinate (Pfalz) is a region in south-western Germany that became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816, even though it was geographically separate. Its union with Bavaria was not dissolved until the reorganisation of German states after World War II during the occupation of Germany. The Palatinate Railway was a private railway concern formed on 1 January 1870. It was nationalised on 1 January 1909, with its 870 kilometres of track, and went into the Royal Bavarian State Railways.
Overview
Palatine locomotives were numbered in sequence as well as given names. On being retired, the numbers freed up were reused for newly delivered locomotives. Pontoon locomotives(Schiffsbrückenlokomotiven), as well as engines employed on secondary (Sekundärbahn) and narrow gauge lines used their own numbering scheme with Roman numerals.
The allocation of names was stopped in 1904, because the purchase of the railway by the Bavarian state was approaching. Only four locomotives delivered after that were given names: three P 4s and an L 1. The names chosen were based mainly on towns, castles, rivers and mountains in the Palatinate. The use of names from myths from classical antiquity remained Episode. The special importance of express train locomotives was stressed by naming them after Bavarian monarchs, as well as important people in the Bavarian government and managers of the Palatinate Railway.
The introduction of a classification scheme was first achieved in the Palatinate Railway in 1898. Four main groups were created:
P - Passenger and express train locomotives (Personen- und Schnellzuglokomotiven) (including tank engines used for these duties)
G - Goods train locomotives (Güterzuglokomotiven)
T - Tank locomotives (Tenderlokomotiven) for mixed duties
L - Narrow gauge locomotives for branch lines (Tenderlokomotiven für Lokalbahnen)
An Arabic numeral followed the class letter to distinguish between the individual locomotive classes. A superscripted Roman numeral indicated a sub-class. The Palatine class designations were only used on paper and not written on the locomotives themselves.
On the transfer of the Palatine railway network to the Bavarian state railways in 1909 the Bavarian classification system was adopted for new locomotives. Older locomotives however kept their original designations. New locomotives built for the Palatine network continued to receive the range of numbers associated with the Palatinate Railway.
Steam locomotives
Early locomotives for all types of train
None of the locomotives was given an operating number by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Passenger and express train locomotives
Goods train locomotives
Tank locomotives
Narrow gauge locomotives
The Palatine narrow gauge locomotives procured for the following metr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sord%20M23P | The Sord M23P was a "luggable" Japanese personal computer (weighed about 9 kg), manufactured by Sord Corp. from 1983. It was one of the first machines to use the 3½" disk drive produced by Sony.
Technical specifications
External links
M23 Mark III
Sord M23P
Personal computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIT%20School%20of%20Computing |
History
The Dublin Institute of Technology has offered modules and courses in Computing since 1971. The original Computing course was entitled "WMT (Wholetime Mathematical Technician)" which has successfully continued for over 30 years with updating and additions resulting in the current " BSc. (Honours) Degree in Computing" course (DT211).
The WMT course was soon followed by a joint degree offered with other Schools in the College of Science and Health entitled "WSAD (Wholetime Scientific Applied Degree)" (DT225) which ran successfully for 15 years, and taught computing topics in conjunction with physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics topics.
The School of Computing was founded in 2001 when it split from the then existing School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing and has operated as an independent School since then. It offers four undergraduate degrees and five postgraduate degrees.
About the School
The School of Computing, located in the Kevin Street Campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology, was founded in 2001. At that time there were twenty academic staff, which has since increased to forty staff, and over four hundred students. The Head of School is Dr. Deirdre Lillis. The School of Computing emphasises Industry oriented education full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
International collaborations
The School of Computing has collaborations with other educational institutes, including;
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Institute of Finance Management, Tanzania
External links
School of Computing Website
School of Computing Continuing Professional Development Short Courses
References
S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVI-838 | The SVI-838, also known as X'press 16, is the last microcomputer produced by Spectravideo (at Hong Kong). Although it was a PC clone, it had the standard sound and video coprocessors of the MSX2, making it a hybrid system. The sales were unimpressive and it is now considered a collectible.
With a SVI-811 adapter, the machine could run MSX1 programs in cartridge.
Technical specifications
Peripherals
Main itens:
SVI-109P: Quickshot IX, joyball (IBM compatible)
SVI-811: MSX1 Game Adapter (an adapter with a Zilog Z80A UCP and MSX standard joystick ports)
SVI-812: Multifunction card (384 KiB RAM, RS-232C, RTC)
SVI-813: cooler
SVI-814P: PAL RF Adapter (to colour TVs or RGB monitor)
SVI-815: Monitor Cable (D15 to 21 pins adapter, to RGB monitor)
SVI-816: Monitor Cable (D15 to 8 pins adapter, to digital/analog RGB monitor).
References
External links
-SVI-838 X'Press at Museo de los 16 Bits
IBM PC compatibles
MSX2 microcomputer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jools | Jools is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Jools Holland (born 1958), English pianist, bandleader and television presenter
Jools Jameson (born 1968), British computer game developer
Jools Topp (born 1958), member of singing and comedy duo the Topp Twins
Jools Siviter, a character in the television series Spooks
Music
Jools (band), an English sextet from Leicester
See also
Jules |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souffl%C3%A9%20%28disambiguation%29 | A soufflé is a light, fluffy, baked dish made with egg yolks. It may also refer to:
Soufflé (cookware), a ramekin for soufflés
Souffle (heart sound), medical term
Soufflé (programming language), a logic programming language influenced by Datalog
Souffles (magazine), Moroccan quarterly magazine of the 1960s
Lemon Souffle, a racehorse
Lofty's Roach Souffle, music album by Harry Connick, Jr.
See also
Le deuxième souffle (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity%20prediction%20program | A velocity prediction program (VPP) is a computer program which solves for the performance of a sailing yacht in various wind conditions by balancing hull and sail forces. VPPs are used by yacht designers, boat builders, model testers, sailors, sailmakers, also America's Cup teams, to predict the performance of a sailboat before it has been built or prior to major modifications.
Background
The first VPP was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the early 1970s when Commodore H. Irving Pratt funded research to predict the performance "of a sailing yacht, given knowledge of its hull, rig and sailplan geometry".
Methodology
VPPs are iterative programs which require educated guesses of initial parameters to begin operating. Generally VPPs are composed of two mechanisms, a boat model and a solution algorithm.
Initial guesses of parameters including boat speed (Vs), heel angle (Φ), number of reefs and sail flatness are input into the boat model. Using these input parameters the solution algorithm calculates the difference between the propulsive force of the sails and the resistive force of the hull. It also calculates the righting moment created by the hull and the operational heel angle.
Since the propulsive force and the resistive force are not likely to be equal on the first iteration, the solution algorithm has the responsibility of adjusting the input parameters and balancing the forces until it produces the maximum possible speed at each true wind angle.
Hydrodynamic force model
The resistive forces acting on a hull and its appendages (keel, rudder and other fins) can be broken down into a number of smaller components.
Viscous drag – This type of drag is also known as "skin friction" as it is thought to derive entirely from the frictional resistance of water molecules imposing a force as they slide past the wetted surface of the hull and its appendages. This type of drag scales proportionally to wetted surface and is one of the two constitutive components of hull resistance.
Residuary resistance – Residuary resistance includes all other remaining types of resistance on an upright, bare hull in calm water. The reason for this grouping is that of all the types of hydrodynamic resistance imposed upon a boat hull in motion, only viscous drag can be cleanly isolated, as it scales proportionally to wetted surface area. Residuary resistance, then, is composed primarily of wave-making resistance, eddy formation and large-scale separation, all of which are too complex to be determined empirically given prior knowledge of hull geometry. These types of resistance can only be determined by model testing.
Induced drag – Induced drag is a result of an imperfect, or non-infinite, lifting surface (in this case the keel, rudder and any other appendages.) When lift is generated in three dimensions, a closed circulation loop is formed which creates downwash. This downwash alters the free stream velocity, by rotating it downw |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab%20Information%20Display | Saab Information Display (SID) later also called "Saab Car Computer" (SCC) is the name for various in-car computer systems found on most Saab automobiles beginning in 1985 with the Saab 9000 and followed in 1994 with the Saab 900 NG.
SIDs typically provide functions useful to the driver such as multiple trip odometers, fuel efficiency, estimated range ("distance to empty" – DTE), current CD track or radio station, and also brief description of car system failures. SIDs designed prior to the full General Motors takeover of Saab in 2000 were mounted in the center console, usually just above the head unit and below climate control vents with the exception of 9000 models, possibly after the "facelift" in the early 1990s.
The 9000 featured the SID on the standard instrument cluster, with a car pictogram, showing open doors/tailgate/boot (trunk), lamp failures and low oil pressure in red. If there were no warnings, the white pictogram would disappear. To the right of this was the data display in orange with green background data. This constantly showed instantaneous fuel consumption on an orange moving bar display with other parameters to its left such as alternator voltage, battery cranking voltage during start, outside temperature, estimated fuel range and average fuel consumption, cycled through by pressing an INFO button on the clock on the dashboard. Also displayed were engine check warnings. In addition, the analogue electric clock module could be replaced by a digital unit that scrolled SAAB across the orange LED display on startup before showing the time. This display featured digital trip functions such as distance to destination, average speed, estimated arrival time and adjustable speed warning settings, cycled through and set by pressing several buttons and retaining the R (reset) and INFO button for the instrument cluster. When fitted, the automatic climate control (as opposed to simple air conditioning) showed the selected temperature on green LEDs on the ACC unit fitted in the centre console in degrees C or F, selected by a nearby slide switch. Heated rear window (repeated on the main instrument cluster), heated door mirrors, ventilation outlet selections (including rear side window demist) and ACC mode were also indicated on the ACC unit by green LEDs next to the selector buttons (orange for the electrically heated items). Audio functions were displayed on the head unit, also in the centre console, such as FM Radio Station Name where RDS was available (otherwise just the Radio Frequency) on a green LCD. CD track info was similarly displayed on the console mounted single CD player, where fitted, on its own green LCD. The 9000 SID was not noted for pixel failures since it appears not to be LCD based. Where a CD "pack" was fitted, it is assumed the track info would be displayed on the head unit. Reference: from personal ownership.
On 2003–2005 Saab 9-3 models, the SID was temporarily moved to the top of the dashboard just below the wind |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Marvelous%20Misadventures%20of%20Flapjack%20episodes | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network. The series centers on Flapjack, voiced by Van Orman, an aspiring young sailor raised by Bubbie the whale and mentored by the grisly ex-pirate Captain K'nuckles. Flapjack, K'nuckles, and Bubbie reside in Stormalong Harbor, where they are always in search of the elusive Candied Island. While in Stormalong Harbor, Flapjack and company are surrounded by a cast of recurring characters that include Peppermint Larry, the owner of a candy store; Doctor Julius Barber, Stormalong's doctor and barber; Dock Hag, the law enforcement officer; Sally Syrup, a young girl who sells seashells; and Eight-Armed Willy, an octopus with a secret stash of candy.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack ran for 46 episodes across three seasons (90 episode segments). Originally airing in 2007 as a series of five animated shorts and later as a set of pilots, Flapjack premiered as a full series on June 5, 2008, with the episode "Several Leagues Under the Sea". Its ran continued for three seasons until the series finale, "Fish Out of Water", premiered on August 31, 2010.
Series overview
Episodes
Shorts (2007)
These shorts were shown as part of Cartoon Network's Wedgies in 2008, and have a shorter length (about five minutes) than a standard episode (about 22 minutes, without commercials).
Pilot and "Captain and ToeNeil"
"Captain and ToeNeil" is the name incorrectly used for the pilot short that was supposed to originally air as part of Cartoon Network's Wedgies. After it was canceled it was advertised as a bonus feature on the Flapjack, Volume 1 DVD; however, it was not on the DVD when it was released. Series creator Thurop Van Orman later asserted that "Captain and ToeNeil" was a regular short and not the pilot. A short clip of the pilot was shown during an interview with Thurop on Cartoonnetwork.com. , "Captain and ToeNeil" has only aired in France, the UK, and Poland during commercial breaks.
Season 1 (2008–09)
The first season of 20 episodes officially premiered with "Several Leagues Above the Sea/Eye Sea You" on June 5, 2008, and ended with "Diamonds in the Stuff/TeeHee Tummy Tums" on March 26, 2009. The segment "That's a Wrap" aired as a sneak peek on May 26, 2008. "Candy Cruise Blues", and "My Guardian Angel is Killing Me!!/Dear Diary" were shown on Comcast On Demand several months before their actual air dates. This is the longest season of the show with each half-hour episode containing 2 11-minute segments.
Season 2 (2009–10)
Season two (also consisting of 20 episodes) began on July 30, 2009, with "Jar She Blows!/Behind the Curtain", and ended on June 28, 2010, with "A Day without Laughter". The Christmas special, "Low Tidings", aired on December 3, 2009. "Come Home Cap'n/Fastest Man Alive" and "Oh, You Animal!/The Return of Sally Syrup", were shown on Comcast On Demand several months before their actual air dates. This season has |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20ORT%20Technical%20Institute | Chicago ORT Technical Institute, located in Skokie, Illinois, was part of a 130-year-old, worldwide network of more than 800 non-profit vocational training schools.
About Chicago ORT Technical Institute
Chicago ORT Technical Institute was a nonprofit organization offering training programs in the following fields: Information Technology, Health Care, Graphic and Web Design and Accounting and English as a Second Language. The Institute was affiliated with ORT America, a volunteer organization that is the umbrella organization of ORT in the United States.
The Institute closed in 2017.
History
ORT America opened Los Angeles ORT Technical Institute (LAORT) in October 1985 to serve both the Jewish population and the community at large in the Greater Los Angeles area. Chicago ORT Technical Institute was opened in March 1991 in Chicago, as a branch campus of LAORT, and was recognized as a main campus of the institution in 2006. In 2012, Chicago ORT Technical Institute legally separated from LAORT to form Chicago ORT Technical Institute d/b/a Zarem/Golde ORT Technical Institute.
World ORT
The World Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training (World ORT) operates a worldwide network of over 800 schools and training centers with an enrollment of more than 200,000 students in 60 countries. World ORT is the world's largest Jewish education and vocational training non-governmental organization.
In 2007, American ORT and Women's American ORT merged to create ORT America, a Jewish organization. ORT America oversees the following ORT programs in the United States:
Bramson ORT College (New York, NY)
Los Angeles ORT College (Los Angeles, CA)
Chicago ORT Technical Institute (Skokie, IL)
Hermelin ORT Resource Center (Detroit, MI)
Affiliates
US ORT Operations, Inc. in New York managed Chicago ORT Technical Institute in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Los Angeles ORT College in Los Angeles, California, and Bramson ORT College, a two-year college in New York City, New York. All three were post-secondary technical vocational schools dedicated to providing technology-based education that includes certificate, Associate and bachelor's degrees, and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction in the ORT tradition.
Approvals
Chicago ORT Technical Institute was licensed by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to operate and to grant associate degrees. It was also approved by IBHE's Division of Private Business and Vocational Schools to offer certificate programs. The Institute was certified by the United States Department of Education as an eligible institution to administer Title IV federal funds. The Institute was also authorized by the Department of Veteran Affairs to enroll eligible veterans and is authorized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enroll non-immigrant alien students.
Accreditation
Chicago ORT Technical Institute was accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training. The A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S6000 | S6000 may refer to :
Akai S6000
FinePix S6000fd, a digital camera by Fujifilm
Compaq Presario S6000CL, a Compaq Presario desktop computer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S750 | S750 may refer to :
Canon S750, a Canon S Series digital camera
Sanyo S750 and S750i, two Sanyo mobile phones marketed in the United Kingdom
DSC-S750, a Sony Cyber-shot camera model
Lenovo S750 camera-mobile phone |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20National%20Cycle%20Network%20routes | This is a list of routes on Sustrans's National Cycle Network within the United Kingdom.
As the cycle network has not been fully completed, some sections of routes are still under construction.
Single Digit Main National Routes
Double Digit National Routes
Three Digit Regional Routes
Zone 1
110: (Cleethorpes – Beelsby, Lincolnshire) linking Cleethorpes to NCR 1 at Beelsby
122: (Sandy – Gamlingay – Cambridge)
123: (Eaton Socon – Cambridge)
125: Darent Valley (Dartford) – this follows the route of the long-distance path Darent Valley Path)
136: Ingrebourne Valley Connect2 scheme
137: Stifford Bridge and Purfleet, (following the route of the Mardyke Way (along the Mardyke (river))
141: Keelman's Way: Wylam – NCN 14 (along south bank of River Tyne)
151: Sleaford branch of NCN15
155: Morpeth
164: Pocklington - Hutton Cranswick and Kiplingcotes - Beverley. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route and The Way of the Roses route.
165: Barnard Castle - Whitby. A branch of the W2W route (previously regional route 52)
166: Kirkham Abbey- Hunmanby. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.
167: Kirkham Abbey - Huggate. Part of the Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Route.
168: link south-east of Middlesbrough
169: Scunthorpe Ridgeway
172: Towpath of Royal Military Canal
174: Isle of Sheppey – 'Sheerness Way'
177: Maidstone – Ashford
178: Maidstone – Tonbridge
179: Around the Hoo Peninsula (also known as the Heron Trail)
195: Aberdeen – Aboyne
196: Pencaitland railway path (RR 73) east of Edinburgh
Zone 2
207: Devon: South Brent – Dartington
208: South London: Raynes Park – Morden
212: (Beddington Park, Sutton – South Norwood Country Park, Croydon)
221: Basingstoke Canal
222: Sussex Downs Link
223: Guildford – Chertsey
224: Farnham – Medstead
231: Isle of Wight
232: (Mitcham Common, Merton – Lloyd Park, Croydon)
235: Isle of Wight
236: Portsmouth – Lyndhurst
244: Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath
246: Totton – Romsey – Andover – Stockbridge – Kintbury
248: Honiton – Sidmouth
250: North Dorset Trailway
253: South Somerset Cycleway (RR41)
254: Wiltshire Cycleway
255: Wiltshire Cycleway links, Chippenham area
256: Ringwood – Wimborne Minster
264: Castle Cary – Keinton Mandeville
267: Bridport – Maiden Newton railway path
270: Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid
272: Devon: Ivybridge – Yelverton, also Ashburton and east
273: southern NCN3 braid near Holsworthy
274: Devon Coast-to-Coast alternate braid (Peter Tavy to Clearbrook)
275: North Devon coast (former RR)
276: North Devon coast (former RR)
277: North Devon coast (former RR)
278: Devon Coast-to-Coast Woolacombe braid
Zone 3
305: Bugle, Cornwall
326: NCN3 inland braid to Truro
327: Launceston to Tavistock
334: south from Bristol
338: north from Taunton
339: Bridgwater – Langport – Ilminster
341: Exeter – Crediton
344: NCN3 alternate braid to Bampton
Zone 4
403: North Wiltshire NCN4 braid
410: Avon Cycleway (Bristol Ring)
413: Evesham – Cheltenham NCN45 cut-of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header-only | In the context of the C or C++ programming languages, a library is called header-only if the full definitions of all macros, functions and classes comprising the library are visible to the compiler in a header file form. Header-only libraries do not need to be separately compiled, packaged and installed in order to be used. All that is required is to point the compiler at the location of the headers, and then the header files into the application source. Another advantage is that the compiler's optimizer can do a much better job when all the library's source code is available.
The disadvantages include:
brittleness – most changes to the library will require recompilation of all compilation units using that library
longer compilation times – the compilation unit must see the implementation of all components in the included files, rather than just their interfaces
machine-code bloat (arguably) – the necessary use of inline statements in non-class functions can lead to code bloat by over-inlining.
Nonetheless, the header-only form is popular because it avoids the (often much more serious) problem of packaging.
For C++ templates, including the definitions in header is the only way to compile, since the compiler needs to know the full definition of the templates in order to instantiate.
References
C++
Only
C (programming language) libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchise | Merchise was a Computer Software group created circa 1991 at University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, in Santa Clara city, Cuba. It was founded by Ing. Medardo Rodriguez who desired to create a Computer Programming Research Team with headquarters in Las Villas U but formed by people with spontaneous and free ideas about what a computer team and software should be. The Merchise name per-se was an idea of the other co-founder Ing. Miguel Cepero and it refers to Mayan wizard deity .
History
Despite the fact it was feed from students from different departments of the U like Electrical, Computer Sciences, Mechanic, Industrial and Chemistry Departments producing code and graphics during their free time and night shifts the group manage to quickly be noticed not only at its original Campus but nationwide. Fame that probably played a strong role in the rise and fall of it. As "free thinking" was one of the premises of the team, most of its members had the strong will to create a niche market for Cuban video games. But in a society where games were consider at the time harmful and thus playing was forbidden at all times at all schools a team willing to create games was soon perceived as the black sheep and set to extinction.
After trying and failing with "Axthor" a 2D arcade quite similar in style to Delphine Software's Another World a good opportunity opened for the group at this activity when "La Fortaleza: en las entrañas de la Bestia" (The Fortress:inside the Beast's guts) or just Fortaleza I, a text RPG created by Cepero himself gain positive reviews in Cuba and Mexico. Soon after several games start to develop at Merchise studios, Fortaleza II (La venganza de la bestia|The Beast's revenge) was one of it, but must important was a project named "Escape del Castillo de la Fisica" (Escape from Physic's Castle) a visual point-and-click game in the fashion of LucasArts Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis or the Monkey Island (series).
By end of 1994 Escape had a multi department team working on it with the full approval of the University authorities that so far considered the dissolution of the group. Since Escape was meant to solve Physics problems a team of two teachers from that Department join the project and it was tested several times with children from different grades and schools and it finally proved that gaming was a reliable tool to teach all along.
Special mention deserves Merchise's own engine creation tool known as "Magister Ludi" what could be at that time compared, again, to LucasArt's SCUMM. All games and several other types of interactive environments were created using Magister Ludi all over the University's Departments.
Proven themselves as top programmers and designers of their time, in 1995 Merchise Group finally got their dream chance when Canadian software developers Oceanus Communications came along with a very ambitious project for software developing involving Massively multiplayer online games, Internet Media Integratio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny%27s%20World | Kenny's World is an Australian television mockumentary on Network Ten that is a spin-off from the 2006 mockumentary film Kenny.
The series stars Shane Jacobson, reprising his role of Kenny Smyth, Australia's favourite portaloo plumber who scours the globe for bizarre, intriguing and often downright ridiculous examples of toilet technology. The show was canned after one season due to poor ratings and reception. Places Kenny travels to during the course of the series include the world's fastest Porta-loo in Indianapolis, Egypt's City of the Dead, and The World Toilet Summit and the Expo in India.
Episodes
References
Network 10 original programming
2008 Australian television series debuts
2008 Australian television series endings
2000s Australian comedy television series
Australian mockumentary television series
Television shows set in Victoria (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OverSim | OverSim is an OMNeT++-based open-source simulation framework for overlay and peer-to-peer networks, developed at the Institute of Telematics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
The simulator contains several models for structured (e.g. Chord, Kademlia, Pastry) and unstructured (e.g. GIA) peer-to-peer protocols. An example implementation of the framework is an implementation of a peer-to-peer SIP communications network.
OverSim features
Some of the main features of the OverSim simulation framework include:
Flexibility
The simulator allows to simulate both structured and unstructured overlay networks (currently Chord, Pastry, Koorde, Broose, Kademlia, and GIA are implemented). The modular design and use of the Common API facilitate the extension with new features or protocols. Module behavior can easily be customized by specify parameters in a human readable configuration file.
Interactive GUI
In order to validate and debug new or existing overlay protocols you can make use of the GUI of OMNeT++, which visualizes networks topologies, messages and node state variables like the routing table.
Exchangeable underlying network models
OverSim has a flexible underlying network scheme, which on the one hand provides a fully configurable network topology with realistic bandwidths, packet delays, and packet losses (INETUnderlay), and on the other hand a fast and simple alternative model for high simulation performance (SimpleUnderlay).
Scalability
OverSim was designed with performance in mind. On a modern desktop PC a typical Chord network of 10,000 nodes can be simulated in real-time. The simulator was used to successfully simulate networks of up to 100,000 nodes.
Base overlay class
The base overlay class facilitates the implementation of structured peer-to-peer protocols by providing a RPC interface, a generic lookup class and a common API key-based routing interface to the application.
Reuse of simulation code
The different implementations of overlay protocols are reusable for real network applications, so that researchers can validate the simulator framework results by comparing them to the results from real-world test networks like PlanetLab. Therefore, the simulation framework is able to handle and assemble real network packets and to communicate with other implementations of the same overlay protocol.
Statistics
The simulator collects various statistical data such as sent, received, or forwarded network traffic per node, successful or unsuccessful packet delivery, and packet hop count.
Criticism
The framework is outdated and requires an older version of the INET framework. Also, the code contains reported bugs.
References
External links
The OverSim home page
Set of blog posts on OverSim by Dilum Bandara
Distributed data storage
Computer network analysis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBasis | iBASIS is a communications provider based in Lexington, Massachusetts. iBASIS offers voice, mobile data, and IoT services. In February 2019, iBASIS was acquired by Tofane Global from KPN.
More than 1,000 mobile and fixed line telecommunications carriers and service providers outsourced some or all of their international voice traffic to iBASIS. It had one of the largest carriers of international voice traffic by 2007. iBASIS customers include many carriers, mobile operators, and emerging service providers including Verizon, Vodafone, VSNL, China Mobile, China Unicom, IDT Corporation, Qwest, Skype, Telecom Italia, and Telefonica.
The company also offers online pre-paid international calling services to business and consumer customers through a product called Pingo.
History
iBASIS was founded in 1996 by Ofer Gneezy and Gordon VanderBrug to provide wholesale international long distance services to carriers using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. It held an initial public offering in November 1999 and was ranked the No. 1 fastest growing company in New England for 2000, 2001 and 2002 by Deloitte & Touche.
In October 2007, iBASIS acquired KPN Global Carrier Services, the international voice business of KPN, the national carrier of the Netherlands. KPN became a majority stockholder of iBASIS as part of the transaction. The combined entity carried nearly 24 billion minutes of international voice traffic in 2007.
According to international telecom research firm TeleGeography, that resulting traffic made the new iBASIS one of the three largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world, handling a volume roughly equal to AT&T’s international voice traffic and behind worldwide leader Verizon.
In April 2008, iBASIS also acquired the international wholesale voice business of TDC A/S, a Danish carrier, for $10 million cash, which added 2 billion minutes of annual traffic and was estimated to increase annual revenues by $80 million.
On December 21, 2009 iBASIS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal KPN N.V. (NYSE: KPN), the national carrier of the Netherlands, which marketed throughout in Europe. iBASIS is no longer a publicly traded company.
On February 8, 2019 KPN completed the sale of its iBASIS wholesale division to Tofane Global, led by Alexandre Pébereau. With Tofane’s prior acquisition of Altice Europe N.V in September 2018, the combined company became the third largest wholesale voice operator, with revenues of more than $1 billion a year.
Network and Technology
The iBASIS Network includes an international VoIP network with more than 1,000 points of presence in over 100 countries. iBASIS uses technology from Cisco Systems and GenBand (formerly NextPoint and NexTone) and has developed its own monitoring and route quality management systems to determine and select a suitable route for every call. The company was using GSM Association’s IP eXchange, which was developed as an IP backbone for fixed and mobile service prov |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20V-20 | The Canon V-20 was a MSX microcomputer made by the Japanese corporation Canon. It had an innovative digital camera interface (T-90/DMB-90) to use with the Canon T90.
Canon V-10
The V-10 was quite identical to the V-20, except that it had less RAM memory (just 16 KB) and a white case.
Technical specifications
References
External links
Canon V-20
V-20 gallery
Canon V-20
Canon Inc.
Computer-related introductions in 1983
Products introduced in 1983
MSX microcomputer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castalia%20%28simulator%29 | Castalia is a simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Body Area Networks and generally networks of low-power embedded devices. It is based on the OMNeT++ platform and used by researchers and developers to test their distributed algorithms and/or protocols in a realistic wireless channel and radio model, with a realistic node behaviour especially relating to access of the radio. Castalia uses the lognormal shadowing model as one of the ways to model average path loss, which has been shown to explain empirical data in WSN. It also models temporal variation of path loss in an effort to capture fading phenomena in changing environments (i.e., the nodes or parts of the environment are moving). Castalia's temporal variation modeling is designed to be fitted to measured data instead of making specific assumptions on the creation of fast fading. Other features of Castalia include: physical process modeling, sensing device bias and noise, node clock drift, and several MAC and routing protocols implemented.
Castalia was developed at the National ICT Australia starting in 2006. Since 2007 it is public as an open source project under the Academic Public License. The current release version is 3.3 (available at GitHub).
References
External links
The Castalia home page at GitHub
The Castalia Forum
Wireless networking
Computer network analysis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotbit | The Hotbit HB-8000 is an MSX home computer developed and sold by the Brazilian subsidiary of Sharp Corporation through its Epcom home computer division in mid-1980s. The MSX machines were very popular in Brazil at the time, and they virtually killed all the other competing 8 bit microcomputers in the Brazilian market.
Versions 1-1.2
The Hotbit had three versions: 1.0 and 1.1 with gray and white case and 1.2, with a black case and a ROM slightly modified to solve an ASCII table compatibility issue with the other popular Brazilian MSX, the Gradiente Expert.
Technical specifications
Peripherals
HB-100: joystick
HB-2400: tape recorder
HB-3000 or HB-3001: external modem
HB-3600: Dual disk drive controller and power supply. Sold in a bundle with one HB-6000 drive
HB-4000: 80 columns card with the V9938 VDP inside
HB-4100: 64KB RAM expansion
HB-6000: 5" disk drive (slim height), 360 KB
References
MSX microcomputer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-language%20user%20interface | Natural-language user interface (LUI or NLUI) is a type of computer human interface where linguistic phenomena such as verbs, phrases and clauses act as UI controls for creating, selecting and modifying data in software applications.
In interface design, natural-language interfaces are sought after for their speed and ease of use, but most suffer the challenges to understanding wide varieties of ambiguous input.
Natural-language interfaces are an active area of study in the field of natural-language processing and computational linguistics. An intuitive general natural-language interface is one of the active goals of the Semantic Web.
Text interfaces are "natural" to varying degrees. Many formal (un-natural) programming languages incorporate idioms of natural human language. Likewise, a traditional keyword search engine could be described as a "shallow" natural-language user interface.
Overview
A natural-language search engine would in theory find targeted answers to user questions (as opposed to keyword search). For example, when confronted with a question of the form 'which U.S. state has the highest income tax?', conventional search engines ignore the question and instead search on the keywords 'state', 'income' and 'tax'. Natural-language search, on the other hand, attempts to use natural-language processing to understand the nature of the question and then to search and return a subset of the web that contains the answer to the question. If it works, results would have a higher relevance than results from a keyword search engine, due to the question being included.
History
Prototype Nl interfaces had already appeared in the late sixties and early seventies.
SHRDLU, a natural-language interface that manipulates blocks in a virtual "blocks world"
Lunar, a natural-language interface to a database containing chemical analyses of Apollo 11 Moon rocks by William A. Woods.
Chat-80 transformed English questions into Prolog expressions, which were evaluated against the Prolog database. The code of Chat-80 was circulated widely, and formed the basis of several other experimental Nl interfaces. An online demo is available on the LPA website.
ELIZA, written at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum between 1964 and 1966, mimicked a psychotherapist and was operated by processing users' responses to scripts. Using almost no information about human thought or emotion, the DOCTOR script sometimes provided a startlingly human-like interaction. An online demo is available on the LPA website.
Janus is also one of the few systems to support temporal questions.
Intellect from Trinzic (formed by the merger of AICorp and Aion).
BBN’s Parlance built on experience from the development of the Rus and Irus systems.
IBM Languageaccess
Q&A from Symantec.
Datatalker from Natural Language Inc.
Loqui from BIM Systems.
English Wizard from Linguistic Technology Corporation.
Challenges
Natural-language interfaces have in the past led users to anthropomorphize the computer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zembly | Zembly (styled zembly) was a browser-based development environment from Sun Microsystems
that enabled social programming
of applications for Facebook, Meebo, OpenSocial, iPhone web applications, and other social platforms, as well as web widgets. Users of zembly interacted with one another via zembly's social networking features to engage in co-development of applications for these platforms. It was available from 2008 to 2009.
In addition to the development environment, the zembly platform, provided the ability to consume Web APIs (RESTful web services) in zembly applications as well as externally using the open source zembly client library (with language bindings for Java and JavaFx). This functionality provided a consistent programming model across various API providers.
Zembly combined features from traditional IDEs (such as a rich scripting editor) with wiki- and social-networking-based technologies to attempt to innovate on the application development paradigm for smaller-sized applications. Applications created at zembly were automatically and transparently deployed, hosted, and scaled on its underlying cloud computing infrastructure.
Architecture
Zembly was run as a product within Sun Microsystems's cloud computing organization, with the hosting of the website and developer applications provided by Network.com's compute cloud. It was built on a stack consisting largely of Sun technologies, including Solaris 10, Java, the GlassFish application server, and MySQL. The software stack ran on a horizontally scaled cluster of Sun Fire T2000 ("Niagara") and X4500 ("Thumper") servers. In addition, zembly used Apache and memcached. Zembly had also incorporated (and contributed to) Mozilla Bespin.
Closure
In November 2009 zembly announced that the site would be closed on 2009-11-30 and that "once the site is shutdown, all your applications and services on zembly will be unavailable".
Some Zembly developers have expressed frustration about Zembly abandoning them without even open-sourcing their code.
References
Further reading
Anderson, Gail; Anderson, Paul; Fast, Todd; Webster, Christopher (December 29, 2008). Prentice Hall. . . Assemble the Social Web with zembly.
External links
zembly Provides Social Context for Web Development - O'Reilly Radar
Web App And Widget Engine Zembly Launches - Mashable
Widget management systems
Internet properties established in 2008
Social networking services
Sun Microsystems software
Collaborative software
Project hosting websites
Free software websites
Companies based in Menlo Park, California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwell%20Health | Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 81,000 employees.
The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ Medical Center).
History
Prior to 2015, the network was called North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (North Shore-LIJ).
In 2019, Northwell had 23 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient facilities, as well as the Zucker School of Medicine, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, urgent care centers, kidney dialysis centers, acute inpatient rehabilitation, sub-acute rehabilitation and skilled-nursing facilities, a home care network, a hospice network, and other services.
More recently, the company signed a deal with software technology company Playback Health, to launch platforms for patient medical information to retain their healthcare data.
In April 2022, Northwell Health announced it will be providing telemedicine support of around of medical supplies to the front-line regions of Ukraine to aid in the humanitarian crisis.
Hospitals
The following hospitals and medical facilities are part of Northwell Health. All locations are in New York.
Northwell Nurse Choir
In 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a choir was formed consisting of eighteen nurses who had worked on the frontline to aid those affected by the virus. Created to support the nonprofit Nurse Heroes group, the members performed virtually in order to ensure safety . The group came to prominence in 2021 when they auditioned on the 16th season of America's Got Talent.
References
External links
Companies based in Nassau County, New York
Hospital networks in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in New York (state)
Town of North Hempstead, New York
1997 establishments in New York (state)
Companies established in 1997
America's Got Talent contestants |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Hussein%20al-Husseini | A Lebanese-Canadian, Mohamed Hussein al-Husseini ) was a member of Hezbollah who lived in Montreal, Quebec and informed authorities about a vast "support network" for the organisation that existed throughout Canada, before being returned to Lebanon in 1994.
Life
Born in Beirut, Al-Husseini came to Canada aboard Flight 414 at Mirabel Airport on August 6, 1991, He claimed to have been arrested the previous year after his father had protested the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. He stated that he was tortured with electrical wires, and was released only after his uncle bribed a Syrian officer with a bottle of wine. After his release, he ostensibly hid in East Beirut before boarding a ship to Cyprus, and subsequently traveling to Italy before taking a train to Frankfurt, Germany and buying a flight ticket for Canada.
On July 9, 1992 he was interrogated by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service at his shared apartment in Montreal, where he was living while collecting social assistance and studying French, and confronted with the fact a man had arrived at the airport with a Lebanese passport in al-Husseini's name. He stuck to his original story, and when asked about his opinions of Syria, noted that one day they would be punished for their occupation.
In August 1993, al-Husseini took a trip to Lebanon, despite having convinced Canadian authorities he would be tortured if he returned. After he returned, he made a September 17 call to CSIS asking why his application to become a landed immigrant was taking so long, and was told there were concerns he was connected to Hezbollah. He denied the accusation, and another meeting was set up. He was confronted with the 1988 hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 422, and continued denying he played any role.
CSIS interrogated him on two other occasions, during which he spoke of how widespread Hezbollah had become in Canadian cities and offered the names of Hezbollah agents living in Ottawa and Montreal as evidence. Although he was not formally accused or charged, he was frequently questioned about his relationship with the 1998 hijacking of a Kuwaiti jet. He eventually ended up recanting many of his statements, ostensibly after he realised that Canadian officials weren't likely to let him stay in the country in exchange.
References
Possibly living people
Year of birth missing
Hezbollah members |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorway%208%20%28Greece%29 | The Greek Motorway 8 (), is a motorway in Greece. Part of the Olympia Odos network, the motorway connects Athens with Patras in southwestern Greece, spanning a total of .
The motorway replaces Greek National Road 8A, which has been upgraded to modern motorway standards. The completion date was scheduled for 2014. Since April 2017, the entire motorway from Eleusis to Patras is fully operational.
Operation
Olympia Odos S.A. will maintain and operate the road for a total of 30 years. Operations will include two Traffic Control Centers built to operate 24/7 in order to handle emergency calls, as well as monitor traffic situations and contact emergency services when needed. Also, as part of the construction deal, 24/7 patrols, worksite protection, timely detection and response to incidents, and special services in the winter, are included.
During the construction phase, routine maintenance and work for all parts of the infrastructure of the existing National roads had been conducted.
Facilities
, there are 4 toll stations on the A8: at Eleusis, the Isthmus, Zevgolateio and Rio. The section between Eleusis and Corinth has 3 lanes per direction. There are service areas in Nea Peramos, Megara, Isthmus, Kiato, Akrata and Aigio.
Construction progress
On September 2, 2016, the first fully completed Olympia Odos segment, the section between Ancient Corinth and Kiato (20 km with 2 lanes in each direction + emergency lane and two interchanges in Zevgolatio and Kiato), was officially opened to traffic, with the presence of the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras. Although there were still some minor scale works (mostly on interchanges), traffic flow was not impacted. On the same day, the Derveni tunnels were given to public use. On December 19, 2016 another 9 km opened in Olympia Odos from Kiato to Xylokastro, without the Xylokastro interchange which was opened in February together with Derveni Interchange.
Any remaining segments of the motorway under construction were completed and opened to traffic in April 2017 when the official inauguration of the road took place as well, at the same month that segments of the A5 motorway and the A1 motorway's Tempe tunnels were also inaugurated and opened to traffic.
Tunnels
Westbound (direction Patras)
Geraneia Tunnel ()
Efpalinos Tunnel ()
Aithra Tunnel ()
Panagopoula Tunnel ()
Eastbound (direction Athens)
Panagopoula Tunnel ()
Derveni Tunnel ()
Skyron Tunnel ()
Thiseas Tunnel ()
Exit list
References
External links
Olympia Odos official website
8
Roads in Attica
Roads in Western Greece
Roads in Peloponnese (region)
el:Ολυμπία Οδός |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWTH%20Aachen%20Faculty%20of%20Mathematics%2C%20Computer%20science%2C%20and%20Natural%20sciences | The Faculty of Mathematics, Computer science, and Natural sciences is one of nine faculties at the RWTH Aachen University. It comprises five sections for mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry and biology. The faculty was founded in 1880 and produced several notable individuals like Arnold Sommerfeld and Nobel laureates Philipp Lenard, Wilhelm Wien, Johannes Stark or Karl Ziegler. Peter Debye studied physics at the RWTH Aachen and won the Nobel Prize in 1936. Furthermore, Helmut Zahn and his team of the Institute for textile chemistry were the first who synthesised Insulin.
The faculty cooperates with Forschungszentrum Jülich and the 4 Fraunhofer Institutes in Aachen. Several projects are assisted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the European Union. In the academic year 2019/20, approximately 9,700 students are enrolled in the faculty, which makes it the second largest faculty at the RWTH.
References
External links
Department of Mathematics (German version)
Department of Computer science (English version)
Department of Physics (English version)
Department of Chemistry (English version)
Department of Biology (German version)
RWTH Aachen University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find%20My%20Family | Find My Family was an Australian television documentary series airing on the Seven Network. The first two seasons were narrated and presented by actor Jack Thompson. From the third season onwards it did not have a presenter, instead being narrated by Sarah McIntyre.
The series is based on an original Dutch TV-format, titled Spoorloos ('Without a Trace'), created by public broadcaster KRO and airing since 1990.
Find My Family reunites long-lost family members who have been separated for many reasons and circumstances. The absence of family members often leaves gaping holes in people's identities. These reunions attempt to fill those gaps by reconnecting family members.
Host of seasons 1–2, Jack Thompson was adopted as a child and reunited with his father as an adult. He also traced his family's ancestry in an episode of the documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?. There is also an American version airing on ABC that began airing on 23 November 2009. The US version was produced by RDF USA.
Reception
The series has been popular, premiering to 1,774,000 viewers which ranked the series second for the night. The second episode dipped slightly to 1,630,000 viewers, but this rose to 1,919,000 viewers the next week. Series one had been very successful coming second in the ratings with an average of over 2 million viewers.
References
External links
FindMyFamily.org Adoption Reunion Registry
2000s Australian documentary television series
Seven Network original programming
2008 Australian television series debuts
2010s Australian documentary television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Watch | World Watch, or WorldWatch, is a programming block on SBS and SBS Viceland, and a standalone television channel in Australia, that carries news bulletins from countries around the world. The World Watch service gives viewers the opportunity to see news bulletins in their native language. The majority of these bulletins are produced by public or state broadcasters.
History
The WorldWatch program began on 24 August 1993 with news bulletins from the People's Republic of China, the United States, Germany and Russia.
In June 2002, SBS launched the SBS World News Channel, providing repeats of aired bulletins on SBS in addition to updated bulletins.
In October 2003, Filipino, Vietnamese and Arabic were added to the World Watch schedule. However, the Vietnamese service was controversial as the broadcaster chosen was the government-controlled VTV4, which was seen as deeply offensive and seen as propaganda to many Vietnamese Australians who fled after the Vietnam War. It was quickly removed on 17 October.
In 2009, SBS replaced the World News Channel with SBS 2 (now SBS Viceland), and the bulletins also moved to the new channel under the "World Watch" banner. Bulletins air from 6:00am to 6:00pm, whereas SBS airs the bulletins between 5:00am and 1:30pm.
In 2010, SBS added three new languages: Portuguese, Urdu and Hindi.
In October 2015, SBS added eleven new bulletins to the World Watch schedule: African English, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Nepali, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhalese, Somali, Tamil and Thai; and created an English language line-up on SBS, which moved the Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin bulletins from SBS to SBS 2.
Usually, before a WorldWatch bulletin, an intro animation revealing the city and country of origin of the bulletin, sometimes also including the full title of the bulletin, is shown, as well as a disclaimer, which, following the previously mentioned backlash over the choice of Vietnamese news broadcasts, explains that the bulletin may not reflect the network's standards and may include distressing content.
After a bulletin ends, information about other airtimes for that bulletin and airtimes for the bulletin language's SBS Radio program are shown, explained by a voiceover in the bulletin's native language. If the bulletin is in English, then no relevant information as mentioned is shown.
In early 2022, SBS announced that they are relocating most of non-English news bulletins from the World Watch programming block into their newly launched in-house news channel SBS WorldWatch, which launched on 23 May 2022, along with SBS-produced local news in both Arabic and Mandarin (which the latter two was premiered early on SBS On Demand since earlier that year), as both SBS and SBS Viceland are making some space for special events such as live sports that has been interrupt World Watch news bulletins (see below), although English news bulletins from international news channels (not to be confused with SBS-produced SBS World News) ar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Breeds | Rebecca Elizabeth Breeds (born 17 June 1987) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her lead roles as Ruby Buckton on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away (2008–12) and Clarice Starling on the CBS crime drama series Clarice (2021). Breeds is also known for her supporting roles as Nicole Gordon on the sixth and seventh seasons of the Freeform mystery teen drama series Pretty Little Liars (2015–17) and Aurora de Martel on the third season of The CW fantasy supernatural drama series The Originals (2015–16) and its spin-off series Legacies (2021–22).
Early life
Breeds was born in Sydney. She attended St Andrew's Cathedral School, where she was made Drama Captain.
For six months, she studied a double degree in music and performing arts at University of New South Wales, but she deferred her studies for a film role.
Career
Breeds began her acting career with appearances in television commercials. She landed her first lead role as Leah Pointin in the 2008 Australian film Newcastle.
Breeds played Cassie Cometti in the third series of Blue Water High. It was during filming on Blue Water High that she successfully auditioned for the role of Ruby Buckton on Home and Away, and her first scenes aired in June 2008. For her portrayal of Ruby, Breeds earned two Logie Award nominations, including Most Popular Actress in 2010. In June 2012, TV Week's Erin Miller reported that Breeds had filmed her final scenes and had left Home and Away after four years. The actress made her last appearance as Ruby during the episode broadcast on 15 August 2012.
In August 2012, Nellie Andreeva from Deadline.com announced that Breeds had been cast in Rob Greenberg's We Are Men as Abby Russo. We Are Men marked her first US television role, however, the show was cancelled after poor ratings. Breeds also appears in the 2013 Hindi-language Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. In 2015, Breeds appeared in the sixth season of Pretty Little Liars and was cast as Aurora in the supernatural series The Originals.
Breeds played Molly Meldrum's fiancée Camille in the 2016 miniseries Molly. On 19 February 2016, it was announced that Breeds would star in Miranda's Rights, a legal soap about a group of lawyers who work and live together. Breeds was cast as the title character Miranda Coale after a competitive audition process, however the pilot was never aired. Breeds plays one of two leads in Ben Elton's 2017 romantic comedy film Three Summers. She also appears in Partho Sen-Gupta's 2018 feature film Slam.
On 26 February 2020, she was cast as Clarice Starling in the CBS series Clarice, which is set three years after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series was approved by CBS on 8 May 2020 for the 2020–2021 television season. CBS planned to relocate Clarice to Paramount+ for its second season, but in June 2021 it was announced the deal was "unlikely" to happen. In late 2021, Breeds reprised her role of Aurora de Martel in season 4 of The Originals spin-off Legacies. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skytap | Skytap, Inc. is a private company based in Seattle, Washington offering a public service for cloud computing. Skytap provides self-service access to environments for learning, developing, testing, training, and running enterprise applications. The company was founded as Illumita in 2006 and renamed in 2008.Skytap is also offered by IBM to enable enterprises to migrate and modernize their core business applications.
History
Illumita was founded by Brian Bershad, Hank Levy, and Steve Gribble, a trio of University of Washington professors who had done research on virtualization and cloud computing, and by graduate student David Richardson. Illumita changed its name to Skytap in 2008, and launched its first product, Skytap Virtual Lab, in April of the same year. Skytap received early funding from the Washington Research Foundation. As of 2011, the organization is funded by Insight Venture Partners, the Madrona Venture Group, Ignition Partners, Bezos Expeditions, and OpenView Venture Partners. Skytap Virtual Lab expanded in scope, and was renamed Skytap in 2008.
In 2011, Skytap won the Best of VMworld award in the public/hybrid cloud Computing Technologies category for Skytap Cloud, and the company has been named to annual top cloud computing provider lists from Deloitte, Geekwire, Seattle Business Magazine, and the Puget Sound Business Journal.
In March 2018, Skytap added John Ludeman to its leadership team as SVP of Engineering. Ludeman joined Skytap after 30 years of engineering experience at Microsoft.
In August 2019, Thor Culverhouse stepped down as CEO and former CTO Bradley Schick has been tapped as his replacement.
Skytap
Skytap is an enterprise service purpose-built for the development and testing of complex applications. Users can import existing virtualized applications or build new applications in the cloud. Environments can be accessed through any modern web browser, REST-based application programming interface (API), command-line interface (CLI), or application lifecycle management tool (Jenkins, Visual Studio TFS, etc.)
Skytap uses a browser-based interface for all system management, and hosts a library of pre-configured virtual machine images. Using either these images or their own imported VMs, users can create sharable configurations of one or more machines, and securely connect to active machines via a proprietary HTML5-based browser client.
References
Further reading
“Skytap Continues Public Cloud Onslaught.” Networkcomputing.com. November 16, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
“Virtualization Roundup: Four Lab Managers Tested and Reviewed.” PCworld.com. June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
“Skytap Raises $10 Million for Cloud Automation Solutions.” Techcruch.com. December 31, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
“Venture Firms Give Startup a Vote of Confidence.” The Seattle Times. August 10, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
External links
Cloud infrastructure
Cloud computing providers
Software companies based in Washi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFSC | HFSC may refer to:
Hierarchical fair-service curve, a network scheduling algorithm for a network scheduler
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, an organization promoting use of home sprinklers for fire prevention
United States House Committee on Financial Services, of the United States House of Representatives |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurex | Measurex was an American company based in Cupertino, California. It was one of the first companies to develop computer control systems for industry, primarily the paper-making industry. The development of the control systems included the development of control software, and development of scanning sensors to measure different properties of paper.
The company was acquired by Honeywell in at a price tag of almost At the acquisition, Measurex had 2,250 employees in 30 countries and revenue of $254 million.
History
Early years
Measurex was conceived in 1967 by David A. "Dave" Bossen, then a sales manager at Industrial Nucleonics, and the new company opened its doors on January 18, 1968, in Santa Clara, California. It was first a garage set-up based on paper industry experiences (circa 1966) at 330 Mathew Street, but later moved several miles southwest to Cupertino to an old cannery property. Ground was broken for the new headquarters in July 1971 and it opened the following year. Its initial public offering of 60,000 shares was completed on March 28, 1972, trading as symbol MSRX on NASDAQ. In 1973, a plant was opened in Waterford, Ireland, in June and was added to the Cupertino campus.
The use of mini-computers was a part of the business plan, and Measurex initially used the Hewlett Packard 2116B mini-computer in the MX1000 (1968) and MX2000 (1974)systems. Later on, with the MX2001 systems (1977), Measurex used the 21MX mini-computer.
In 1978, was added in Cupertino, the Waterford plant expanded to , and a new facility in Ireland was constructed in Cork. By the end of the year, nearly 1,000 systems had been installed in 25 countries and Measurex had more than 1,800 employees worldwide.
Starting with the MX2002 systems in 1980, Measurex started to use the DEC LSI 11. Intel based system was introduced with the MX2002 Vision systems (using Intel 8086) in 1983, but still with the LSI 11 as a Scanner Support Processor (SSP). The reason for keeping the older LSI 11 in the architecture, was the computer's ability of near real-time processing of gauge data and also the LSI 11's support for hardware interrupts.
Acquisition of Devron
Measurex acquired the British Columbia firm Devron-Hercules Inc. in 1991. Devron was a company specializing in solutions for Cross Directional optimization of the paper sheet in paper machines.
Acquisition of Roibox
In April 1993, Measurex acquired the Finnish company Roibox Oy, for approximately $1.7 million.
Honeywell-Measurex
Honeywell kept the name Measurex for a number of years after the acquisition, giving the subsidiary the name Honeywell-Measurex.
Development of sensors
Early sensors were almost exclusively based on continuous process pulp and paper making, beginning with basis weight, moisture, caliper and whiteness. Later sensors were developed for new industries, including tire calendaring, cigarette fill, aluminum rolling mill gage thickness and others. Some of the early sensors were based on emiss |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content%20repository | A content repository or content store is a database of digital content with an associated set of data management, search and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content, rather like a digital library, but with the ability to store and modify content in addition to searching and retrieving. The content repository acts as the storage engine for a larger application such as a content management system or a document management system, which adds a user interface on top of the repository's application programming interface.
Advantages provided by repositories
Common rules for data access allow many applications to work with the same content without interrupting the data.
They give out signals when changes happen, letting other applications using the repository know that something has been modified, which enables collaborative data management.
Developers can deal with data using programs that are more compatible with the desktop programming environment.
The data model is scriptable when users use a content repository.
Content repository features
A content repository may provide functionality such as:
Add/edit/delete content
Hierarchy and sort order management
Query / search
Versioning
Access control
Import / export
Locking
Life-cycle management
Retention and holding / records management
Examples
Apache Jackrabbit
ModeShape
Applications
Content management
Document management
Digital asset management
Records management
Revision control
Social collaboration
Web content management
Standards and specification
Content repository API for Java
WebDAV
Content Management Interoperability Services
See also
Information repository
Content (media)
References
External links
DB-Engines Ranking of Content Stores by popularity, updated monthly
Data management
Content management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradiente%20Expert | The Expert (or Expert XP-800), made by Gradiente Eletrônica (to date best known as a game console and Hi-Fi equipment company) was the second and last MSX home computer launched in the Brazilian market, in the mid-1980s.
It was presented to the public at the 5th International Computing Fair, nicknamed "Informatica '85". The event took place at Anhembi Convention Center in the city of São Paulo from September 23 to 29, 1985. At the announcement, the computer was priced 65 ORTN s.
Its market release date was 1 December 1985, one week after Epcom's Hotbit, just in time for 1985's Christmas and with a massive media campaign on magazines, newspapers and TV. In the newspapers ads the initial offer price was Cr$ 4,640,000, or US$ 470 by the value at the time, or US$ 1,165 by the end of 2021.
The machine was a clone of the National CF-3000, with a computer case resembling a stereo system, a detached keyboard with a proprietary connector, no caps lock LED and no reset key, although the soft-reset could be achieved by pushing in either of the cartridge slot covers.
The Expert XP-800 was followed by the Expert GPC-1 ("Gradiente Personal Computer") in 1987, and by Expert Plus and Expert DD Plus (a system with a built-in 720 KB 3" floppy disk drive) in 1989.
The Expert users waited for an MSX2 machine, but Gradiente never produced it and discontinued the MSX line in 1990.
Versions XP-800/GPC-1
The two first versions had a graphite case and socketed chips, which caused a chronic problem: when the machine heated, the chips frequently pulled out and the system "froze". Also, the GPC-1, released in 1987, had a ROM slightly modified to solve an ASCII table compatibility issue with the other popular Brazilian MSX, Sharp's Hotbit.
Versions Plus/DD Plus
The last two versions had a black case and the problematic socketed chips were replaced by an ASIC. Nevertheless, the RAM was mapped to a secondary slot and, although it was straight by the MSX standards, caused a lot of crashes with programs who searched for memory in the wrong place. It did not contribute for the popularity of any of the Plus versions.
These machines used the MSX-Engine T7937A instead of the Z80A CPU of previous models.
Technical specifications
Peripherals
DR-1 ("data-corder"): tape recorder
JS-1: joystick
MBW-12: 12" green CRT monochrome monitor
TA-1: TV adapter
TM-1: 1200/75 bit/s modem with a RS-232C port
Notes
Z80
MSX microcomputer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAF%20Tehnika | SAF Tehnika (from ; ) is a Latvian designer, producer and distributor of digital Microwave Data transmission equipment. SAF Tehnika products provide wireless backhaul for digital voice and data transmission to mobile and fixed network operators, data service providers, governments, and private companies. The company sells microwave point-to-point radios for licensed and license-free frequency bands, as well as unique spectrum analyzer Spectrum Compact. SAF Tehnika also provides customized microwave solutions for various applications, such as Broadcasting and Low latency networks.
In 2004, SAF Tehnika acquired a Swedish company, – SAF Tehnika Sweden, a fully owned subsidiary, based in Gothenburg. In 2008, it was bought out by its management, which rebranded it as "Trebax AB". In May 2004, the company launched an IPO with initial market capitalization of more than €50 million, with substantial subscriptions from institutional investors. The company is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Riga under the symbol SAF1R.
During the 2000s, SAF Tehnika has taken next steps towards global expansion by developing a large network of authorized partners and sales representatives all over the globe, most notable being the opening of SAF Tehnika North America office and warehouse facilities in Denver in 2013.
Key Company Milestones
1999 SAF Tehnika company establishment
2000 Introduction of PDH (CFM) product line
2003 ISO 9001 certification, Member of ETSI
2004 Acquisition of the Swedish company "Viking Microwave" developing SDH radio systems.
2004 Public company, listed on Riga Stock Exchange (now NASDAQ OMX Riga) after a successful IPO
2006 SDH (CFQ) product line launch in the market
2006 Sales growth up to 62 markets.
2006 Implementation of a new automated modern manufacturing line. Release of CFQ-RG-IDU – the latest addition to SAF CFQ product line
2008 Launch of 100Mbit/s radio – SAF CFIP product line
2008 Buyout of SAF tehnika Sweden, which changes the name to "Trebax AB"
2009 Launch of 2 new 366Mbit/s systems – CFIP Lumina and CFIP Phoenix
2010 Sales growth up to 99 markets
2011 Launch of 2 new products – CFIP Marathon 1.4 GHz and CFIP Phoenix Modular
2012 Release of the CFIP Low Latency Active Repeater – highly competitive 6 GHz+ 35ns radio unit for use in low latency networks
2013 Opening of the US headquarters and warehouse in Denver, CO
2013 Launch of the next generation microwave radio platform Integra
2013 Company's global presence reached more than 130 countries worldwide
2013 Release of the world's smallest spectrum analyzer Spectrum Compact
2014 Launch of Integra S
2014 Launch of CFIP PhoeniX IRFU
2014 Launch of Integra-W and Integra-WS
2014 Launch of SG Compact
2015 Launch of Line of Sight Verification Kit
2015 Development of Ultra-Low Latency solutions with the key product being –CFIP Low Latency Repeater
2015 Development of Outdoor Branching Unit (OBU)
2015 Launch of Integra G, Integra GS
2016 Release of Spectrum Compact E-band
2017 Launch of environ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan%20Women%27s%20Action%20Network | The Shan Women's Action Network (: abbreviated SWAN) is an organisation of Shan women active in Shan State and Thailand, working to attain gender equality and achieve justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma.
Through its affiliation with local, regional and international women's organisations, SWAN establishes common platforms to promote the role of women from Burma in the struggle for democracy and human rights in the country.
Set up on 28 March 1999 by a group of Shan women seeking to address the practical and strategic needs of Shan women, SWAN established the informal networks already in place between the various Shan women's projects, therefore strengthening and supporting them. The network is also a founding member of the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organisation comprising twelve women's groups from Burma.
Objectives
The Network's main objectives are:
To promote women's rights and the rights of children.
To oppose exploitation of and violence against women and children.
To work together for peace and freedom.
To empower women for a better life.
To raise awareness of the importance of preserving natural resources and the environment.
The Shan women's network would also be able to co-ordinate with other women's organisations from Burma, as well as GOs and NGOs working with women locally, nationally and internationally.
Currently the network is engaged in several programs designed to improve the situations of many Shan women, in areas such as education, health, women's empowerment, crisis support and income generation.
Recognition
On 31 October 2005, SWAN activist Charm Tong visited the White House to discuss the Burmese political situation with US president George W. Bush, National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and other senior US officials. "I am very happy ... to break the silence of what is happening to the people of Burma", she told reporters afterward. Congressman Tom Lantos, co-founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, predicted that Charm Tong's 50 minutes with Bush "would reverberate around the world". The Irrawaddy wrote in December of that year that lobbyists were attributing Bush's subsequent "outspokenness on Burma" to "the Charm Tong Effect".
For her work with SWAN in investigating and publicising abuses against Shan women by the Burmese military, Charm Tong received the Marie Claire Women of the World Award in 2004 and The Reebok Human Rights Award in 2005. She also received the 2007 Student Peace Prize, which was awarded to her at the International Student Festival in Trondheim. In 2008, she was given a Vital Voices Global Leadership Award in the area of human rights, which was presented to her by Laura Bush.
Publications
Dispelling the Myths
A Mockery of Justice
Licence to Rape
Human Rights in Practice: A Guide to Assist Trafficked Women and Children
Shan women at the hands of the Burmese military regime: A story of systematic rape
Let the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bun%20Fun | Bun Fun is a video game written by A.J. Turner for the BBC Micro home computer and published by Squirrel Software on cassette in 1983 It was later ported to the Acorn Electron.
Gameplay
In the game, the player manages a production line. A number of buns sit on a conveyor belt and, by rhythmic tapping of two keys on the computer, the player decorates them with icing, sugar and walnuts to produce a 'gudbun'. The more gudbuns the player produces, the more wages that player earns.
References
External links
Review of Bun Fun by the Electron User Group
1983 video games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron-only games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Action games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20state | A deep state is a type of governance made up of potentially secret and unauthorized networks of power operating independently of a state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agenda and goals. In popular usage, the term carries overwhelmingly negative connotations. The range of possible uses of the term is similar to that for the shadow government conspiracy theory. The expression state within a state is an older and similar concept. Historically, it designated a well-defined organization that seeks to function independently, whereas the deep state refers more to a hidden organization seeking to manipulate the public state.
Potential sources for deep state organization include rogue elements among organs of state, such as the armed forces, or public authorities such as intelligence agencies, police, secret police, administrative agencies, and government bureaucracy. During the presidency of Donald Trump, deep-state rhetoric has been used in the United States to describe the "permanent government" of entrenched career bureaucrats or civil servants acting in accordance with the mandates of their agencies and congressional statutes when seen as in conflict with the incumbent presidential administration. The intent of a deep state can include continuity of the state itself, job security of civil servants, enhanced power and authority, and the pursuit of ideological or programmatic objectives. It can operate in opposition to the agenda of elected officials, by obstructing, resisting, and subverting their policies, conditions, and directives.
Forms
Deep state may refer to:
Plans for an emergency government that takes over in the event of a disaster, see continuity of government
A government run by:
An unelected bureaucracy or branch of the security services – see section Cases
A state within a state or deep state – specific examples include: Deep state in Turkey and Deep state in the United States.
A 'shadow government', a conspiracy theory of a secret government.
Etymology and historical usage
The modern concept of a deep state is associated with Turkey, a presumed secret network of military officers and their civilian allies trying to preserve the secular order based on the ideas of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1923. There are also opinions that the deep state in Turkey and "Counter-Guerrilla" was established in the Cold War era as a part of Gladio Organization to sway Turkey more into NATO against the threat of the expansion of Soviet communism. A similar concept is the Greek language κράτος ἐν κράτει, (kratos en kratei) that was later adopted into Latin as imperium in imperio or status in statu).
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, political debate surrounding the separation of church and state often revolved around the perception that, if left unchecked, the Church might turn into a kind of State within a State, an illegitimate encroachment of the State's civil power monopoly.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karia%20HM%20V | HM V is a class of two-bogie four-axle (BoBo wheel arrangement) tram operated by Helsinki City Transport (, abbreviated HKL; , abbreviated HST) on the Helsinki tram network. All trams of this type were built by the Finnish tram manufacturer Karia in 1959.
The first trams of this type were withdrawn from service in 1993. As of 2008 six trams (numbers 9, 11–14 and 175) remain in operational condition. Of these, two have been extensively repaired and are occasionally used in normal service (numbers 9 and 12), one has been converted into a restaurant tram (former no. 15, now no. 175 "Spårakoff") and one is used as a non-passenger carrying advertisement tram (no. 14).
Concept and construction
The HM V type trams, alongside the near-identical RM 3 type produced at the same time by Valmet, were the last development in a series of five near-identical tram types produced by Karia and Valmet for operations on the Helsinki and Turku tram network during the 1950s (the previous types being HM IV and RM 1 for Helsinki and RM 2 for Turku).
HKL ordered the HM V type trams from Karia, a subsidiary company of Suomen Autoteollisuus, in 1957. The series designation stands for Helsingin moottorivaunu, viides sarja (). Karia built the bodies and assembled the trams, while Sisu (another subsidiary company of Suomen Autoteollisuus) supplied the bogies and Strömberg the electronics.
Service history
The first HM V tram, number 1, was delivered to the HKL on 27 April 1959, with number 15 delivered last in the series on 23 October 1959. Coinciding with the delivery of these new trams the HKL had decided to reset their numbering scheme. Therefore, the HM V trams were numbered starting from one and not from 376, as they would have been had the old numbering been continued. The HM V trams were built to be compatible with the HP II type trailers that had been constructed in 1958–59, also by Karia. The usage of trailers in Helsinki ended in 1983, although the couplers needed for hauling trailers were retained in the HM V type trams for many years afterwards, number 14 being the last tram to have one, with the coupler removed only in 2006.
Originally the HM V trams were built to be operated by two people, with a separate driver and conductor. Between 1978 and 1982 they were converted to one-person operations, with the driver also acting as the ticket seller.
The first HM V units to be withdrawn from service were numbers 5 and 6, withdrawn in 1993, with number 7 following in 1994. In 1994 work also begun on converting number 15 into a pub tram. These works were completed in 1995, when number 15 was renumbered into number 175 in honour of the 175th anniversary of the Sinebrychoff brewery, who also paid the conversion work of the tram. In addition to be being renumbered, the tram was named Spårakoff (from Helsinki slang , tram, and "Koff", a beer brand brewed by Sinebrychoff). Also during 1995 number 11 was rebuilt as a "NAC prototype" by ABB, with new traction motors and cont |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Laboratory%20Consortium | The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is a U.S.-based nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides a forum to develop strategies and opportunities to help transfer laboratory mission technologies into commercial products for the global marketplace.
The FLC was organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Its host agency is the National Institute of Standards and Technology. More than 250 federal laboratories and centers and their parent departments and agencies are currently FLC members. In accordance with the Act and related federal policy, the FLC's mission is to promote and facilitate the rapid movement of federal laboratory research results and technologies into the mainstream of the U.S. economy.
Specifically, the FLC develops and tests transfer methods, addresses barriers to the process, provides training, highlights grass-roots transfer efforts, and emphasizes national initiatives in which technology transfer has a role. For the public and private sectors, the FLC brings laboratories together with potential developers and users of government-owned technologies. The FLC seeks to add value to the federal agencies, laboratories, and their partners to accomplish the rapid integration of research and development resources into commercial products. The Consortium's vision is to actively promote the fullest application and use of federal research and development by providing an environment for successful technology transfer, thereby enhancing the socioeconomic well-being of the United States in the world.
Legislation
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-480)
Bayh–Dole Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-517)
Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-502)
Executive Order 12591 (1987)
Office of Research and Technology Applications
External links
FLC web site
Linked list of federal labs.
References
1974 establishments in New Jersey
Technology transfer
Organizations established in 1974
Organizations based in New Jersey
Agencies of the United States government |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith%20in%20Action | Faith in Action, formerly known as Pacific Institute for Community Organization (PICO National Network), is a national network of faith-based community organizations in the United States. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California, with additional offices in San Diego and Washington, D.C. The organization believes in a society free of economic oppression, racism and discrimination. Its stated mission is "to increase access to health care, improve public schools, make neighborhoods safer, build affordable housing, redevelop communities and revitalize democracy."
Faith in Action supports full citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The organization also supports universal health care.
History
Faith in Action was founded in 1972 by Fr John Baumann, SJ, as the Pacific Institute for Community Organization (PICO), headquartered in Oakland, California. In the late 1960s, Baumann had worked with community organizing projects in Chicago, where he became familiar with Saul Alinsky's ideas. During the 1970s, Faith in Action worked with five neighborhood-based organizations, recruiting individuals and families. As neighborhoods experienced the economic and social upheavals of that decade, the neighborhood-based model of organizing became less viable as communities fractured.
Following a staff retreat in 1984, Faith in Action shifted to a congregation-based model based in part on the experience of COPS, a federation in San Antonio, Texas developed by Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation. As it expanded beyond the West Coast, in 2004 PICO characterized its acronym as standing for People Improving Communities through Organizing. In 2005, it renamed itself PICO National Network, emphasizing the autonomy of its affiliated organizations, and its role developing national strategy, training, and consultation.
The shift to faith-based organizing has emphasized the importance of religious culture to Faith in Action. Its base in northern California meant that Faith in Action could draw on the traditions of a variety of denominations. Sociology professor Richard Wood, who serves on Faith in Action's board of directors, writes that this includes "the social Christianity of the historic black churches, the Social Gospel and Christian realist perspectives in moderate and liberal Protestantism, the strongly evangelical but socially responsible orientation of the Church of God in Christ, and the intellectual resources, working-class commitments, and Hispanic cultural ties of Roman Catholicism."
In May 2018, PICO National Network officially changed its name to Faith in Action.
Activities
PICO's California Project led a $190 million public bond initiative for public school infrastructure. PICO's New Voices Campaign, launched in 2004, seeks to help low-income communities have an impact at the national level on such issues as immigration reform, health care, education, and rebuilding the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In October 2008, PICO ann |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF-XChange%20Viewer | PDF-XChange Viewer (now superseded by the PDF-XChange Editor) is a freemium PDF reader for Microsoft Windows. It supports saving PDF forms (AcroForms) and importing or exporting form data in FDF/XFDF format. Since version 2.5, there has been partial support for XFA, and exporting form data in XML Data Package (XDP) or XML format. OCR support was also added in version 2.5.
Through its print driver, PDF files are able to be created from any Windows app that supports printing. Several PDF-related SDKs are available for developers. The following programming languages are supported: C++, C#, C, Visual Basic (classic), Visual Basic (modern), Delphi, and Clarion.
Its viewer is compatible with Wine, which provides another way to annotate PDFs on Linux.
See also
List of PDF software
References
External links
PDF readers
Windows-only freeware
Portable software |
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