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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource%20Measurement%20Facility | Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) is a performance monitor for the z/OS Operating System. It also collects data for long-term performance analysis and capacity planning. The product consists of the following components:
Monitor I Data Gatherer which collects data in adjustable intervals from one minute to one hour. The data is written to SMF data sets. RMF Monitor I uses the SMF data record types 70 to 78. In addition a dataspace can be created for the Monitor I data gather in which the most recent RMF SMF data records are buffered so that the RMF Postprocessor can access and process them immediately.
Monitor III Data Gatherer collects data for short-term and immediate data analysis. The data is collected in intervals ranging from 10 seconds to 10 minutes. The data is written to RMF Monitor III VSAM data sets and internally recorded in a wraparound buffer. The data gatherer also collects some special data for long-term data analysis and records them in RMF SMF records too.
Monitor II is the original snap shot monitor of RMF. This function also records information in RMF SMF record type 79 and provides interfaces for other reporting functions like SDSF. Over the years this function became less important and is today mostly used as a data provider for other reporting components.
RMF Postprocessor is the reporting tool for RMF SMF records of type 70 to 78. It generates a big number of tabular and textual reports for long-term data analysis which provide a lot of detail of z/OS and System z performance.
RMF Spreadsheet Reporter is an extension of the RMF Postprocessor and displays selected data in spreadsheet applications on a workstation.
RMF Monitor III Reporter is the display tool of RMF Monitor III data. The function is written in ISPF and runs under a TSO session on z/OS. The reporter allows to move forward and backward in time and uses RMF Monitor III in-storage buffer and data sets to access the collected data.
RMF PM and the RMF Webportal are workstation enhancements for RMF Monitor III. They allow multiple z/OS systems to be displayed in the same data view. RMF PM is a Windows-based application and the Webportal allows the user to display screens using a frames-capable web browser.
RMF is significantly enhanced with every release of the z/OS Operating System – that is approximately once a year – with other enhancements occurring in support of new hardware, such as new processor models.
Literature
Pierre Cassier, Raimo Korhonen, Peter Mailand, Michael Teuffel: Effective zSeries Performance Monitoring Using Resource Measurement Facility, IBM Redbook, SG24-6645
z/OS Resource Measurement Facility: Performance Management Guide, SC33-7992
External links
Official RMF Homepage
IBM mainframe operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20Watch%20with%20Judge%20Napolitano | Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano is a television show hosted by Judge Andrew Napolitano, on Fox Business Network. The show aired from 2009 to 2012, focusing mainly on libertarian issues and perspectives.
The show
Freedom Watch was created in February 2009 as an online show and originally webcast once a week. In September 2009, the show began webcasting three or four times a week. Frequent guests of the online show included Congressman Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, and Peter Schiff.
In May 2010, it was announced that the show would be televised on the Fox Business Network. The first televised episode, dubbed the "Tea Party Summit," aired on June 12, 2010 at 10:00 A.M., and featured then-Congressman Ron Paul; former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin; then-U.S. Senate Republican candidate, now-U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky; Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell; U.S. Senator Jim DeMint; Congresswoman Michele Bachmann; and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
On Monday, 15 November 2010, Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano began to air new episodes every weeknight at 8:00 P.M. ET. Initially described as "the top-rated show on Fox Business," its ratings apparently began to slip in 2011.
Format
Judge Napolitano followed a pattern on the show:
Each episode started with a short description of a liberty-oriented issue, laid out specifically as a segue into the phrase
... upheld [or undermined, or needs to learn] these principles:
That government is best which governs least.
The people are entitled to a government that stays within the confines of the Constitution.
The Constitution was written to keep the government off the people's backs.
Napolitano would then have guests with whom he discussed various issues of the day.
In the next segment of each episode, which he called the Freedom Files, he would itemise some violations or victories of freedom.
The second to last segment in each episode was a round table with a group of people of various political inclinations, anointed his Freedom Fighters. He would always have one person of a generally "liberal" outlook, one person of a generally "conservative" outlook, and one person of a generally "libertarian" outlook in this round table.
Each episode was then summed up with a monologue given by Napolitano, describing how the principles of liberty and justice applied to the issues at hand. This final segment was called The Plain Truth.
Cancellation
In February 2012, Fox Business announced that while Napolitano would remain a network contributor, Freedom Watch (along with two other shows) was cancelled, in preference for a new lineup that would simply re-run popular episodes of other Fox Business shows each day. The final episode was aired on Monday, 13 February 2012.
Return
On May 24, 2016 Fox News posted an approximate five-minute episode of Freedom Watch, and a second one on June 7, 2016. In an interview with Reason's Nick Gillespie posted on July 18, 2018, Napolitano announced that the sho |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque%20Para%C3%ADso | The Parque Paraíso is the biggest neighborhood council in the Brazilian municipality of Itapecerica da Serra, in the state of São Paulo. It has a large network of trade and the largest and most comprehensive public transport network. The neighborhood almost forms a conurbation with the city centre and has a large proportion of the population of the municipality of Itapecerica. The 2000 census lists a total population of 25,536.
References
Neighbourhoods in Itapecerica da Serra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldflow | Moldflow is a producer of simulation software for high-end plastic injection molding computer-aided engineering. It is owned by Autodesk.
Autodesk stable release is Moldflow 2023.
Moldflow was founded in Melbourne, Australia as Moldflow Pty. Ltd. in 1978 by Colin Austin. In 2008 Moldflow was acquired by Autodesk for $297M.
Products
Moldflow has two core products: Moldflow Adviser which provides manufacturability guidance and directional feedback for standard part and mold design, and Moldflow Insight which provides definitive results for flow, cooling, and warpage along with support for specialized molding processes. In addition, Autodesk produces Moldflow Design, Moldflow CAD Doctor, Moldflow synergy, Moldflow Magics STL Expert, and Moldflow Structural Alliance that serve as connectivity tools for other CAD and CAE software. They also have a free results viewer, Moldflow Communicator.
References
External links
Official Autodesk Wiki Help
Official Moldflow page on Autodesk website
Official Moldflow website
Corporate history (up to 2004) at answers.com
Software companies of Australia
Autodesk acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun4d | Sun4d is a computer architecture introduced by
Sun Microsystems in 1992. It is a development of the earlier Sun-4 architecture, using the XDBus system bus,
SuperSPARC processors, and SBus I/O cards. The XDBus
was the result of a collaboration between Sun
and Xerox; its name comes from an earlier Xerox
project, the Xerox Dragon. These were Sun's largest machines to date, and
their first attempt at making a mainframe-class server.
Architecture
Sun4d computers are true SMP systems;
although memory and CPUs are installed per system board, the memory on
a given board is not in any way "closer" to the CPUs on that same
board. All memory and I/O devices are equally connected to all CPUs.
All of these computers use a passive backplane into which system
boards are plugged. Each system board provides CPUs, memory, and
an I/O bus. As system boards are added, these components are
added to the whole in a completely seamless fashion. It is not
a cluster, but works as a single large machine.
Machines
Sun4d computers include the SPARCcenter 2000 (1992) and
SPARCserver 1000 (1993) from Sun Microsystems, and the
Cray CS6400 (1993) from Cray Research.
The system boards in these three machines are all slightly
different, physically and electronically, and are
not interchangeable.
All Sun4d machines provide JTAG ports, although unlike later systems the SPARCcenter and SPARCserver only use it for maintenance purposes.
SPARCserver 1000
The SPARCserver 1000 is a 5U rackmountable chassis with four 40 MHz XDBus slots,
and space for four half-height 3.5" SCSI drives plus two half-height
front-accessible 5.25" SCSI drives (typically used for CD-ROM and DAT). Each
system board connects to one XDBus and provides two MBus slots
for CPUs, three SBus slots for I/O boards, four banks of memory
(four SIMMs apiece), and builtin SCSI-2, 10baseT Ethernet, and two serial ports.
Maximum configuration: eight CPUs and 2 GB RAM.
The SPARCserver 1000E has a slightly faster XDBus (50 MHz). The system boards are not backwards compatible.
The SPARCserver 1000, like earlier Sun-4/xxx servers, has a set of LEDs on each system board that display diagnostics on POST, and CPU load while running. These allow the user to see at a glance how busy each processor on the system is. They are informally referred to as "Cylon" displays, because of the way each displays a single light bouncing back and forth resembles the scanner of the robots in the original Battlestar Galactica television series.
The SPARCserver 1000 will run a slightly-patched Linux 2.4 kernel in SMP mode.
A single octo-processor SPARCserver 1000 helped 117 SPARCstation 20 Model HS11 units, 87 with two 100 MHz hyperSPARC processors and 30 with four 100 MHz hyperSPARC processors, to render Toy Story.
SPARCcenter 2000
The SPARCcenter 2000 is a full rack system that includes a main chassis with ten 40MHz dual-XDBus slots and several disk arrays. The system boards connect to two XDBuses for extra bandwidth, and provide two M |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holia | Holia is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. It contains four species, H. cimelia, H. glabra, H. secristi, and H. anacantha.
External links
Holia at the Paleobiology Database
Cheiruridae
Devonian trilobites
Fossils of Argentina
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Phacopida genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawina%20%28trilobite%29 | Kawina is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. It contains one species, K. wilsoni.
External links
Kawina at the Paleobiology Database
Cheiruridae
Silurian trilobites
Prehistoric life of Europe
Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Paleozoic life of Quebec
Paleozoic life of Yukon
Phacopida genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming%20to%20Homerica | "Coming to Homerica" is the twenty-first and final episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 17, 2009. The episode title is a parody of the 1988 film Coming to America. The storyline is a pick on illegal immigration to the United States, complete with self-appointed vigilantes and building a fence to prevent it. Tying in with the episode's subject of Norwegian-descended settlers, its first US broadcast coincided with the Norwegian Constitution Day.
Plot
Krusty the Clown is informed that his Krusty Burger restaurants serve the unhealthiest fast food in the world, so he decides to add a vegetarian sandwich to the menu. It proves instantly popular throughout Springfield, but much of the town soon contracts food poisoning, which is traced to a load of tainted barley that was grown in the neighboring town of Ogdenville and used at Krusty Burger. The barley industry in Ogdenville collapses as a result, and many residents (descended from the town's original Norwegian settlers) are forced to abandon their homes and move to Springfield in search of work.
The residents of Springfield are initially hospitable and hire the Ogdenvillians as day laborers. However, after Bart injures himself in a collision with a bus while showing off skateboard tricks, Homer and Marge rush him to the hospital only to find a waiting time in excess of three hours due to so many Ogdenvillians seeking medical care. Homer visits Moe's Tavern, which is now filled with Ogdenvillians, and finds that Moe has begun serving akvavit. Unaware of its high alcohol content, Homer drinks a full mug and instantly becomes intoxicated. The next morning, Mr. Burns fires him for showing up to work late and drunk.
Responding to the town's growing resentment, Mayor Joe Quimby declares at a town meeting that Springfield will close its borders to immigrants from Ogdenville. Chief Wiggum and fellow officer Lou are too lazy to control the border themselves, so they distribute guns and beer to a group of vigilantes, among them Homer, Lenny and Carl. After several failed attempts to keep Ogdenvillians out of Springfield, the vigilantes decide to build a wall. The residents of Springfield hire workers from Ogdenville to assist with the construction of the wall since they cannot build it themselves. As the building progresses, the residents of both communities discover that their similarities outweigh their differences. Once the wall is complete, the residents of Springfield realize that they miss their neighbors, so the Ogdenvillians return through a door they built in the wall. The police arrive with music to start a party for all the people there, and the episode closes with a picture of the Norwegian flag.
Reception
This episode was seen by 5.86 million viewers.
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a positive review, saying that "shaky ending aside, the story unfolded well and the epis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TX-2%20Tape%20System | The TX-2 Tape System was a magnetic tape data storage technology from the late 1950s. It is the direct ancestor of LINCtape, used on the LINC laboratory computer.
The tape transports used in the system were made as simple and fool-proof as possible, consisting of a read-write head
assembly, two reel drive motors, and a tape guide. The tape system used 10 tracks across a tape on reels.
Maximum reel speed was 920 inches per second (23.4 metres per second). The system used digital speed control based on a clock track on the tape.
The 10-track head assembly contains five channels; three information, one timing, and one block mark. Each channel consists of two redundantly paired tracks, and the paired tracks are nonadjacent to minimize the effect of contamination on the tape surface.
This redundant track scheme was previously used on the MIT Whirlwind tape system.
References
Tape-based computer storage
Computer-related introductions in 1958 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Travel%20Show | The Canadian Travel Show, a television series first produced for Life Network in 1996, produced 106 episodes that aired in prime time across Canada from 1996 to 2001. In all, 106 half-hour episodes were produced by husband and wife team Matt Murphy and Linda Amor. The series explored the vast country, its people, landscapes, communities and nuances. It was hosted by Ola Sturik.
It was later carried by Prime TV and the specialty channel's Canadian parent, Global Television Network.
In its first two seasons, it regularly drew more than 225,000 viewers a week, a minor coup for a travel series on the newly burgeoning specialty television market in Canada.
It ran in syndication until 2004 and was sold in several Asian countries.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20081014184111/http://www.canamedia.com/catalogue_backcatalogue.html
1996 Canadian television series debuts
2001 Canadian television series endings
1990s Canadian documentary television series
2000s Canadian documentary television series
Canadian travel television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation%20in%20Indianapolis | Transportation in Indianapolis consists of a complex network that includes a local public bus system, several private intercity bus providers, Amtrak passenger rail service, four freight rail lines, an Interstate Highway System, an airport, a heliport, bikeshare system, of bike lanes, and of trails and greenways. The city has also become known for its prevalence of electric scooters.
History
The prospects of river navigation coupled with a site near the center of the state were largely responsible for the location of Indianapolis. However, the White River proved too shallow for commercial shipping. After the steamboat Robert Hanna ran aground along the river in 1831, no steamboat successfully returned to Indianapolis. Flatboats continued to transport goods along a portion of the river until new dams impeded their ability to navigate its waters.
In 1821, the Indiana General Assembly authorized the construction of ten state roads to connect Indianapolis with other population centers throughout the state. By 1836, the National Road had reached Indianapolis. The National Road was the first major improved highway in the U.S. built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road extended east to Cumberland, Maryland and west to Vandalia, Illinois. Michigan Road, which bisected the state from north to south, was completed in 1839. Michigan Road connected Indianapolis to the inland ports of Michigan City, Indiana and Madison, Indiana, opening the city to maritime transport via Lake Michigan and the Ohio River.
Two trains arrived in the city for the first time on October 1, 1847, to commemorate the completion of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. Within five years, seven rail lines converged in the city, including the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad, the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad, the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad, and the Indianapolis and Lafayette Railroad companies. Indianapolis is credited as the birthplace of the union station, conceiving of the concept in 1848. In 1849, the city's competing railroad companies cooperated to form the Indianapolis Union Railway Company to oversee operations of the first union depot, completed on September 20, 1853.
Public transit arrived in Indianapolis on October 3, 1864, in the form of 12-seat mule-drawn streetcars which began operating between Union Station and Military Park. Citizens Street Railway Company managed several streetcar lines running on a hub-and-spoke system radiating from downtown Indianapolis to outlying neighborhoods. The first electric streetcar began operation on June 18, 1890, replacing the last of the mule-drawn streetcars in 1894. Electrification of the city's streetcar system dramatically improved efficiency and expediency, allowing residents to live further from the civic and business center of downtown. The development of several streetcar suburbs occurred during this time, including Irvington, Riverside, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20SGH-T309 | The Samsung SGH-T309 is a GSM flip phone made by Samsung electronics. It operates on T-Mobile's GSM network. It includes text messaging, voice messaging, and an internal VGA camera.
References
Samsung mobile phones
Mobile phones introduced in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H11 | H11, H-11 or H 11 may refer to :
H-11 (Michigan county highway)
British NVC community H11, a type of heath community in the British National Vegetation Classification
Heathkit H-11, a microcomputer
, a Royal Navy B-class destroyer
, a Royal Navy R-class destroyer
, a Royal Navy H-class submarine
London Buses route H11, a Transport for London contracted bus route
Sanguiin H 11, a type of tannin
A motor vehicle headlamp bulb type; see List of automotive light bulb types |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit%20H8 | Heathkit's H8 is an Intel 8080A-based microcomputer sold in kit form starting in 1977. The H8 is similar to the S-100 bus computers of the era, and like those machines is often used with the CP/M operating system on floppy disk.
The main difference between the H8 and S-100 machines is the bus; the H8 uses a 50-pin bus design that was smaller, more robust and better engineered electrically. The machine also includes a bootstrap ROM that makes it easier to start up, including code for running basic input/output and allowing input through a front-mounted octal keypad and front panel display, instead of the binary switches and lights used on machines like the Altair 8800.
The H8 requires a separate terminal to be truly useful; Heathkit introduced several terminals as well. A successor model, the "All-in-One" Heathkit H89, combines a Z-80 processor board and a floppy disk drive into the cabinet of an Heathkit H19 terminal. This model also was sold in fully assembled form as the WH89. These were later sold by Zenith Electronics with their name on the front as the Zenith Z-89.
History
Background
MITS announced the Altair 8800 in January 1975 and started selling kits soon after. Marketed to electronics hobbyists through trade magazines like Popular Electronics, the company founders felt there would be limited appeal and expected to sell only a few hundred systems. Instead, they received orders for thousands in the first month. Sales were so much greater than expected that MITS was unable to clear the order backlog for the better part of the year.
The Altair sparked off such intense interest in the microcomputer world that a number of other companies jumped in to fill the sales backlog, building machines that were clones of the Altair. The primary component of this design is the S-100 bus, so named because it uses a 100-pin edge connector that MITS found at bargain prices when they were designing the machine. Unfortunately, the pins are connected from the backplane with a disorganized layout, and it has a number of problems that make it unreliable.
Standardization led to a flourishing of companies selling into the S-100 market. The introduction of floppy disk controllers and the disk-based CP/M operating system dramatically improved the system's capabilities and started the process of turning them into practical small-business tools. By the late 1970s they were beginning to displace minicomputers and other systems in a number of roles.
H8
Heathkit was a long-established player in the electronics market, making kits for products that had proven themselves in the market. Some of these were quite complex, including a color television. The company had considered designing a kit computer as early as 1974, but concluded that it was not a good fit for their traditional market. The successful launch of the Altair changed things, and in 1977 decided to design a kit similar to the Altair but addressing its more obvious shortcomings. The H8 was announced in J |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit%20H11 | The Heathkit H11 Computer is an early kit-format personal computer introduced in 1978. It is essentially a Digital Equipment PDP-11 in a small-form-factor case, designed by Heathkit. The H11 is one of the first 16-bit personal computers, at a list price of US$1,295, () but it also requires at least a computer terminal and some form of storage to make it useful. It was too expensive for most Heathkit customers, and was discontinued in 1982.
Specifications
The H11 featured:
Processor — LSI-11 (KD11-HA half-size or "double-height" card)
Speed — 2.5 MHz
ROM — 8 kWords (16 kBytes) (max)
RAM — 32 kWords (64 kBytes) (max)
Slots — 7 Q-bus slots
Storage — H27 8-inch floppy drive (2 256k 8-inch single sided drives) or paper tape
I/O — serial (RS-232) or parallel ports
Operating system — HT-11 (a simplified version of RT-11)
Instruction set — PDP-11/40 instruction set
Languages — BASIC, Focal and others
Initial memory limitations restrict the selection of system software, but the system RAM can be expanded to 32 kWords * 16 bit. Many PDP-11 operating systems and programs run without trouble. The system will also work with most DEC PDP-11 equipment, including many Q-bus compatible peripherals.
See also
Elektronika BK
Heathkit H8
References
External links
Heathkit H-11 Computer, Heathkit Computer Advertisements, Decode Systems
Computer Museum illustration of fully expanded H11 with the Heath/Zenith label.
Early microcomputers
PDP-11
16-bit computers
Heathkit computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Africa%20Music%20Awards | The MTV Africa Music Awards (also known as the MAMAs) were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa (now Viacom International Media Networks Africa) to celebrate the most popular contemporary music in Africa. The 2008 and 2010 events took place in Nigeria, first in Abuja and then in Lagos. The 2009 event happened in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya each of the premiere awards were created and executive produced by Alex Okosi and Jandre Louw.
After these three initial events, the show had a three-year hiatus, returning for the 2014 and 2015 editions in Durban, South Africa. The 2016 show was in Johannesburg. The 2021 event was due to be held in Kampala before it was indefinitely postponed.
History
The MTV Africa Music Awards was conceived and created by the SVP and MD of the MTV Networks in Africa, Alex Okosi alongside the Head of Events of MTV Networks Africa at the time Jandre Louw and Head of Production Dudu Qubu. Earlier, African artists had been included in the MTV Europe Music Award where MTV Base Africa viewers voted for Best African artist in the 2006 and 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The first awards show was held at the Velodrome, Abuja in Nigeria on 22 November 2008 and was broadcast around the world on 29 November in conjunction with Airtel and local television channels in Africa. The show was hosted by Trevor Nelson. The awards were preceded by four concerts celebrating the musicians nominated for the awards. There were concerts featuring international and local nominees, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 5 November, Nairobi, Kenya on 9 November, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 13 November and Lagos, Nigeria on 15 November 2008. The Award categories included Artist of the Year, Best Alternative, Best Female, Best Group, Best Hip-Hop, Best Live Performance, Best Male, Best New Act, Best R&B, Video of the Year and the MY Video Award which allows viewers to make their own version of a music video.
The 2009 event took place in Nairobi, Kenya at the Moi International Sports Centre in October 2009. In 2010, the awards were again held in Nigeria, at Eko Expo Hall in Lagos. This year, some award categories were to better reflect the music of the entire continent, hence creating awards for Best Anglophone, Best Lusophone and Best Francophone artists.
After a 3-year hiatus (2011, 2012 and 2013), Viacom International Media Networks Africa announced that the MTV Africa Music Awards would return on 7 June 2014. The fifth event took place at the ICC, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 18 July 2015, and on 23 August 2016 it was announced that the sixth edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards would take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 October 2016 at the Ticketpro Dome.
In 2017 the popular award didn't hold again. Alex Okosi, Executive Vice President of Viacom International Media Network Africa said the company is working to reinvent the MAMA to create a deeper music experience for the 2018 edition of the award.
Host cit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20J.%20Bentley | Dr Peter John Bentley (born 16 May 1972) is a British author and computer scientist based at University College London.
Peter J. Bentley is an honorary professor and teaching fellow at UCL, a visiting professor at Autodesk and a collaborating professor at KAIST. He is also a popular science author and consultant. He was a contributing editor for WIRED UK and was the monthly host of the Royal Institution's café scientifique. He currently writes for BBC Science Focus magazine.
Born in Colchester, England, he achieved a BSc in artificial intelligence from the University of Essex (supervised by Edward Tsang) and a PhD in evolutionary design (supervised by Jonathan Wakefield) at the age of 24. His doctorate thesis was entitled Generic Evolutionary Design of Solid Objects using a Genetic Algorithm and pioneered the use of evolutionary computation for generative design.
Since 1997 has been head of the Digital Biology Interest Group at the Department of Computer Science, University College London. His research focuses on evolutionary computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, artificial neural networks and other types of biologically inspired computing, which he terms Digital Biology. He participates in science festivals and public events, for example he organised and chaired the debate on Complexity and Evolution held as part of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference at the Natural History Museum in July 2007 with Richard Dawkins, Steve Jones, Lewis Wolpert. His research has been described in several articles of New Scientist. His recent research focuses on morphological computation and novel architectures designed for natural computation based on evolution, developmental and self-assembling systems.
He received extensive publicity for his iPhone application iStethoscope, which was developed in collaboration with cardiologists in USA. The app has been used to gather heart sounds from people around the world in a research project to enable computers to diagnose heart disease automatically using machine learning.
He cofounded the online marketplace Kazoova Ltd which specialises in quirky and unusual activities and was Chief Technology Officer of AI company Braintree Ltd from 2016 to 2019.
His notable PhD students include Siavash Haroun Mahdavi, who founded Within Technologies formerly Complex Matters, acquired by Autodesk in 2014, with generative design subsequently incorporated into several Autodesk products. Bentley became a Visiting Professor at Autodesk Research in 2020.
His books include the critically acclaimed ‘’Digital Biology’’, ‘’Undercover Scientist’’ and ‘’Digitized’’.
Popular books
10 Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics,
Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes our world,
The Undercover Scientist: Investigating the Mishaps of Everyday Life,
Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day, (US version of The Undercover Scientist)
The Invention of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVersity%20Media%20Server | TVersity Media Server is a software application that streams multimedia content from a personal computer to UPnP, DLNA and mobile devices (Chromecast is also supported). It was the first media server to offer real-time transcoding. Some examples of supported devices are the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.
The first version of the software was released back on May 10, 2005 and it offered real-time transcoding of personal media and web media from the very first day. For example, the Xbox 360 does not support most codecs. TVersity Media Server transcodes the video on the PC into a compatible codec and then streams it to the device.
TVersity aims to:
Deliver any media to any device
Provide a Personal Entertainment Guide (PEG) by allowing users to create a personalized lineup of channels from URLs, RSS feeds, playlists and more.
While built from open source components, TVersity Media Server as a whole is not open source (except for the bundled codecs). TVersity Pro sells for $24.99 in the U.S., though there is also a free version available that does not stream from online video sites and does not transcode.
References
External links
Media players
Media servers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rachel%20Zoe%20Project | The Rachel Zoe Project is an American reality documentary series starring celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe. The series premiered on September 9, 2008 on the Bravo television network.
The show was confirmed by Bravo for a second season on December 5, 2008. Production began in January 2009. Zoe was spotted during Paris Fashion Week 2009, being followed by a TV crew filming footage for the show. Season 3 premiered on August 3, 2010 on Bravo. The third season covered the departure of Zoe's longtime styling associate, Taylor Jacobson, while introducing a new member to Team Zoe, Ashley Avignone. Season 4 premiered on September 6, 2011 on Bravo. Zoe confirmed that the series had been picked up for a fifth season in September 2012. The fifth season debuted on March 6, 2013. The show was cancelled in 2013.
Synopsis
The series follows the life of Rachel Zoe while she expands her business and attempts to balance her personal and professional life.
Cast
Main
Rachel Zoe, celebrity fashion stylist, author, clothing designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California
Rodger Berman, Rachel Zoe's husband and business manager
Joey Maalouf, Zoe's hairdresser and best friend
Brad Goreski (seasons 1–3), Zoe's associate and style director
Taylor Jacobson (seasons 1–2), Zoe's styling associate
Jeremiah Brent (season 4), Zoe's styling associate
Supporting
Marisa Lee Runyon, Rachel's assistant
Jordan (seasons 3–4), Zoe's styling associate
Mandana Dayani (season 4), vice president of Rachel Zoe Inc.
Episodes
Season 1 (2008)
Season 2 (2009)
Season 3 (2010)
Season 4 (2011)
Season 5 (2013)
Home media release
Seasons 1-5 are currently available for purchase on Amazon.com.
References
External links
2000s American reality television series
2010s American reality television series
2008 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Bravo (American TV network) original programming
Fashion-themed television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumferential%20Road%205 | Circumferential Road 5 (C-5), informally known as the C-5 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the fifth beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the cities of Las Piñas, Makati, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, Taguig, and Valenzuela.
It runs parallel to the four other beltways around Metro Manila, and is also known for being the second most important transportation corridor after Circumferential Road 4.
The route is not yet complete to date, because of certain controversies regarding right of way, but portions of the route are already open for public use. On July 23, 2019, the two segments of the route has been connected together with the completion of the C-5 Southlink Expressway, through a flyover over the Skyway and the SLEX in 2019.
Route description
C-5 lies parallel to other circumferential roads around Metro Manila, most notably EDSA of C-4, passing through the cities of Valenzuela, Quezon City, Pasig, Makati, Taguig, Pasay, Parañaque, and Las Piñas. The road is divided into several segments.
NLEX Harbor Link
From MacArthur Highway in Karuhatan, Valenzuela to Harbor Link Interchange, a cloverleaf interchange with the main line of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), C-5 is known as NLEX Karuhatan Link or NLEX Segment 9. It is also the first segment of the NLEX Harbor Link project, which connects the NLEX with Port of Manila. The entire toll road is designated as a part of C-5 Road.
From the Harbor Link Interchange to a 3-way signalized junction with Mindanao Avenue, C-5 is known as NLEX–Mindanao Avenue Link or NLEX Segment 8.1. The entire toll road is also designated as a part of C-5 Road.
Mindanao Avenue
At the eastern end of NLEX Segment 8.1, C-5 turns southeast and becomes Mindanao Avenue. It is a 10-lane divided carriageway that serves as the main transportation corridor of Barangays Talipapa and Tandang Sora in Quezon City. The portion of this road from NLEX Segment 8.1 to Congressional Avenue is designated as a portion of C-5.
Congressional Avenue
At the signaled junction with Mindanao Avenue, C-5 turns northeast as the Congressional Avenue, a six-lane divided carriageway that serves as the main east to west transportation corridor of Barangays Bahay Toro, Culiat, Pasong Tamo, and Tandang Sora in Quezon City. It then continues east for up to Luzon Avenue.
Luzon Avenue
At the end of Congressional Avenue Extension, C-5 turns south as Luzon Avenue, a 4-lane divided city road between Barangays Culiat and Matandang Balara in Quezon City, for up to Commonwealth Avenue. The 6-lane Luzon Avenue Flyover carries C-5 across Commonwealth Avenue to connect it with Tandang Sora Avenue.
Tandang Sora Avenue
Southeast of Commonwealth Avenue, C-5 is known as Tandang Sora Avenue. It runs for from Barangay Matandang Balara, going around the University of the Philippines Diliman campus, up to the junction with Magsaysay Avenue.
The original planned route of C-5 included |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mole%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | The Mole is an Australian reality television show that aired on the Seven Network. It is based on other versions of the original Belgian TV series The Mole that have aired in numerous countries. The most recent season aired in 2013.
The series is a reality competition in which the contestants work as a group to add money to a kitty that one of them will win. Among the contestants is one person who has been designated "the Mole" by the producers and is tasked with sabotaging the group's money-making efforts. His or her identity is unknown until the end of the series, when two genuine contestants take a final quiz in the final episode regarding details of the Mole. At the end of each episode, the contestant who knows the least about who the mole is, as decided by the results of a quiz, is eliminated from the game.
The series was hosted by actor Grant Bowler in its first four seasons. Tom Williams hosted the fifth season, Shura Taft hosted the sixth season. The first three seasons, as well as the sixth, all took place in Australia, but the fourth and fifth were set in New Caledonia and New Zealand respectively. The first season was produced by Mason Media Group. Seasons two to five were produced within Seven and executive produced by David Mason. The sixth season was produced by FremantleMedia Australia.
Format
Contestants
Contestants typically meet each other shortly before shooting begins. However, in season six, contestants only met each other as a whole group for the first time upon completion of the first assignment of the season.
Assignments
Each episode features multiple assignments (called "challenges" in season one, and occasionally in the later seasons), of varying size and value, that are worth money to the group kitty (or "pot" in season six) if successfully completed. Some assignments have penalties associated with them if they are failed. The assignments may require physical skill, mental acuity, keen strategy, or all three from the players for them to be successfully completed. In some cases, assignments were not fully explained to all contestants, where only selected contestants were informed of the full nature of the challenge, and must work towards a different goal than the rest.
Some assignments require every member of the team to successfully complete their part for money to be won, while others will assign a value for each individual player to finish. The players are commonly told to separate into several groups, which determines particular roles for an assignment. Assignments often have explicit rules attached to them, with monetary penalties from the pot assessed if they are violated. Rule violations outside the boundaries of an assignment can also cost the team money from the pot, though this is less common.
Quizzes and elimination
At the end of each episode, the players take a multiple-choice test based on the identity of the Mole, asking questions such as "Who is the Mole?". The player who scores the lowest on the qu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Sports%20Eredivisie | Fox Sports Eredivisie was a Dutch premium television service owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV in which Fox Networks Group Benelux (part of Fox) has 51% share. The football clubs (Eredivisie CV) together with Endemol own 49%. There were 3 channels available and all were part of the Fox Sports (Netherlands) premium network. Fox Sports Eredivisie held the exclusive rights for the live matches of the Eredivisie, the highest national football division.
History
It launched as Eredivisie Live at the start of the 2008–09 season on 29 August 2008. Highlights of the Eredivisie can be seen on the national public broadcaster NOS.
The pundit team includes Jan van Halst, Mario Been and Pierre van Hooijdonk. Gary Lineker provides a weekly analysis of the matches, which can be seen on the website of Eredivisie Live. The website also offers pay-per-view matches.
Between the 2009–10 and 2012–13 seasons, Eredivisie Live broadcast the UEFA Europa League live on Thursdays. From 2013–14 the coverage switched to sister service Fox Sports International for matches of non-Dutch clubs.
The service rebranded into Fox Sports Eredivisie on 1 August 2013.
On 1 October 2020, it was announced that the networks would rebrand as ESPN on 31 December 2020, due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
Coverage
Eredivisie All games live
KNVB Cup All games live
Keuken Kampioen Divisie Live Match on Friday(20.00) & Monday(20.00)
UEFA Europa League: Games included with Dutch Teams live
Channels
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 2
Fox Sports 3
External links
Fox Sports
References
Fox Sports International
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
Eredivisie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlands%20Network | The Wildlands Network (formerly known as “Wildlands Project") was created in 1991 to stem the tide of species extinctions that was being recorded across North America. Evidence that such extinctions were often exacerbated by a lack of habitat connectivity between existing protected areas resulted in the organization’s adoption of a primary mission focused on scientific and strategic support for creation of “networks of people protecting networks of connected wildlands.”
History
Dr. Michael E. Soulé, a conservation biologist who wanted to merge science with action. In 1991, Soulé co-founded the North American Wilderness Recovery Strategy with radical environmentalist David Foreman, and wildlands philanthropist Douglas Tompkins. The name would later become simplified to the Wildlands Project, now known as Wildlands Network.
One early goal was the conservation of habitat and the creation and maintenance of migration corridors for wildlife, primarily focused on North America. Since its founding, Wildlands Network has worked to simplify conservation terms in order for the public to understand them and helped universalize the language for conservation planning. The Wildlands Network has helped inspire many other conservation organizations across the world.
Priorities and campaigns
As a demonstration of where large landscape-scale habitat connectivity in North America was most needed, Wildlands Network identified four “Continental Wildways” traversing the Pacific and Atlantic coastlines, the Canadian Boreal Forest region, and the “Spine of the Continent” between Alaska and Mexico.
Over the period of 2000-2006, Wildlands Network scientists and associated conservation organizations mapped six regional “Wildlands Network Designs” (WNDs) within those corridors in the Rocky Mountain West and the Northern Appalachians. These conservation plans identified existing protected areas and proposed wildlife corridors that would connect them as pathways for wide-ranging (keystone) species in need of “room to roam.” The plans also described the various positive ecological impacts that these species had on other flora and fauna.
In recent years, Wildlands Network moved from a focus on continued creation of WNDs to guiding implementation of the recommendations in the six existing plans. The organization developed a network of public and private individuals, groups, and agencies working in the regions covered by the WNDs to accomplish this goal. Initiatives currently focus on connecting habitat in the Western (Spine of Continent) and Eastern (Atlantic) Wildways.
Projects
Eastern Wildway
The proposed corridor, Eastern Wildway would connect the Adirondacks, the Great Smoky Mountains, the Appalachians (including the Northern Appalachian Corridor), and the Everglades. It is made up of public lands, such as national parks and nature preserves. In order to have the greatest impact on migrating wildlife and threatened ecosystems, key areas of importance have been i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Landau | Susan Landau (born 1954) is an American mathematician, engineer, cybersecurity policy expert, and Bridge Professor in Cybersecurity and Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She previously worked as a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at Google. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and a visiting scholar at the Computer Science Department, Harvard University in 2012.
Career
Landau is an alumna of Bronx Science. She then graduated with an A.B. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1976 after completing a senior thesis titled "Simple algebras", under the supervision of John Coleman Moore. She went on to receive a master's degree from Cornell University in 1979 before pursuing graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1983 after completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "On computing Galois groups and its application to solvability by radicals", under the supervision of Gary L. Miller.
In 2010–2011, she was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, where she investigated issues involving security of government systems, and their privacy and policy implications.
From 1999 until 2010, she specialized in internet security at Sun Microsystems.
In 1989, she introduced the first algorithm for deciding which nested radicals can be denested, which is known as Landau's algorithm.
In 1972, her project on odd perfect numbers won a finalist position in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Outside of her technical work, she is interested in the issues of women in science, maintaining the ResearcHers Email list, a "community dedicated to supporting women new to research in computing", and an online bibliography of women's writing in computer science. She was awarded the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact. She has been a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1999, and in 2011 she was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. In 2012, Landau won the Surveillance Studies Network Book Prize for her book Surveillance or Security? The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies, published by MIT Press. In October 2015, Landau was inducted into the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame.
Involvement with FBI v. Apple case
Landau gave testimony in the FBI–Apple encryption dispute between 2015 and 2016. She is the co-author of “Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity by Requiring Government Access to All Data and Communications,” which received the 2015 J. D. Falk Award from the Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group. The Obama administration gave substantial credit to this report's analysis when it announced that it would not pursue exceptional access to phone data.
Landau testified that making iPhones less secure would simply send terrorists and bad actors running toward options that the FBI and Congress had no control over. Compelling Apple |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle%20Warehouse%20Builder | Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) is an ETL tool produced by Oracle that offers a graphical environment to build, manage and maintain data integration processes in business intelligence systems.
Features
The primary use for OWB is consolidation of heterogeneous data sources in data warehousing and data migration from legacy systems. Further it offers capabilities for relational, dimensional and metadata data modeling, data profiling, data cleansing and data auditing. Whereas the core functionality is part of the Oracle database since version 10gR2, some of the latter features are sold separately as options. OWB uses a variant of Tcl over Java and PL/SQL called OMB+.
History
Oracle Warehouse Builder was built from the ground up in Oracle, it was first released in January 2000 (release 2.0.4). The 3i release significantly enhanced the ETL mapping designer, then 9i in 2003 introduced the mapping debugger, process flow editing, integrated match/merging and name/address cleansing, multi-table insert, scripting, RAC certification to name a few. The 10gR1 release was essentially a certification of the 10g database, and the 10gR2 release (code named Paris) was a huge release incorporating a wide spectrum of functionality from dimensional modelling to data profiling and quality. The OWB 11gR1 release was a move into the database release stack, and included the server components being installed with the database and MDM connectors.
The packaging as part of the Oracle Developer Suite ended in May 2006 with the release of OWB 10gR2 (10g Release 2), when the core functions were included in Oracle 10gR2 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.
With the introduction of Oracle 11g in July 2007 the OWB version was updated to 11gR1 (11g Release 1).
Version 11.2 (11g Release 2) was released with the 11gR2 Oracle Database in September 2009. Its features include support for Oracle OBI EE, and native access to an extensible set of non-Oracle platforms using customizable and user-definable code templates.
Future integration with Oracle Data Integrator
, Oracle plans to integrate OWB with Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), an ETL tool Oracle acquired when it took over Sunopsis in 2006. In the short term, OWB and ODI will continue to be released independently, with each release being closer to integrating the two products. The Warehouse Builder 11.2 code template support is in fact derived from and largely compatible with the Oracle Data Integrator Knowledge Module framework. Oracle has publicly commented on plans to release a data integration product that will unify features from both of the current offerings.
UPDATE:
According to Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle Warehouse Builder Statement of Direction (First Published January 2010,
Updated May 2011):
No major enhancements are planned for Oracle Warehouse Builder beyond the OWB
11.2 release. OWB 11.2 continues to be available and supported by Oracle, and patches
and bug fixes will continue to be offered at regula |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaixin001 | Kaixin001 () is a social networking website launched in March 2008.
In 2015, Kaixin001 ranks as the 743rd most popular website in China and 7,277 overall according to Alexa Internet.
On 20 May 2009, Kaixin001 formally sued Qianxiang Group for unfair competition. Qianxiang Group runs one of China's popular social networks Renren. It purchased the kaixin.com domain and launched a Kaixin001 clone. This enables Renren to confuse users and attract some Kaixin001 potential users to the Kaixin.com clone. In October 2011, Kaixin001 won a victory. The Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court ordered Oak Pacific to cease all use of kaixin.com and pay 400,000 renminbi ($60,000) in damages. The other main competition for Kaixin001 is Weibo.com, which is like a hybrid of Twitter and Facebook. Weibo.com has 140 million users and is owned by Sina.com.
Applications
Kaixin001 launched the social games craze in China.
Friends for Sale: A game that users can price and sell their friends.
Parking Wars: Ironically most people in China can't afford a real car, which makes this game all the more compelling.
iLike: Up until recent crackdowns, the Chinese equivalent allowed you to upload and share your entire music collection with your friends.
Where I’ve Been: This application defaults to a province map of China because most people have never left the country.
Users
Kaixin001 attracted white-collar office workers by focusing on fun, addictive social games.
Kaixin001's users are highly active. It averages 34 pageviews and 33 minutes spent on the site per user, numbers that are about twice as high as the competition. Kaixin001's white-collar love surfing the site at work, and occasionally in their free time too.
Advertising Campaign
Kaixin001 focused on advertisements planted deep into its products. Some cases made a great success that a lot of users didn't even know it was an ad. In 2009 and 2010, players of Kaixin001's Happy Garden could plant seeds and squeeze juice for Lohas, a soft drink made by COFCO, China's biggest food manufacturer; they can also enter a lottery to win Lohas. And players of Happy Restaurant could earn virtual currency by hanging ads for companies on the walls of their virtual eateries. After meals, they can also hand out sticks of Wrigley's gum.
Mobile Games
After the Chinese internet titan Tencent investment Kaixin001 in 2011, Kaixin001 began to develop mobile games. By July 2014, Kaixin001 released 18 mobile games, the most successful one was named Clash of Three Kingdoms, a simulation mobile game. It also conducted some international business, with its revenue from Korea and Taiwan at more than US$6 million per month.
See also
Renren
References
External links
开心网 - Kaixin001: The Happiest Chinese Social Network?
Chinese social networking websites
Internet properties established in 2008
2008 establishments in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC%20Active | AC Active was a United States 24-hour music format produced by Dial Global Local (formerly Waitt Radio Networks). Its playlist was composed of hot adult contemporary music released from the 1980s to when it stopped broadcasting from artists such as Phil Collins, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Green Day, KT Tunstall, etc. that mainly targeted listeners ages 25–44.
In June 2012, due to reorganizations at Dial Global, the Dial Global Local 24/7 formats were fully integrated into Dial Global's portfolio of formats, and "Dial Global Local" ceased to exist as a brand name. However, most of the former Dial Global Local formats were still offered to affiliate stations in the same manner in which they were previously offered. AC Active continued as a Local version of Dial Global's Hot AC format. By 2020, it was no more, as it was discontinued.
Competitor Networks
Today's Best Hits by ABC Radio Networks
External links
AC Active - Info from Waitt Radio Networks
Radio formats
Defunct radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream%20Country%20%28radio%20network%29 | Mainstream Country, known on-air as The Best of the New and Gold: Your Kind of Country, was a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One. Its playlist is composed of classic and modern country music in the mid-1980s to the present. "Mainstream Country" also includes a daily syndicated Young and Verna morning show, which is also offered by its sister outlet Hot Country as well as independently syndicated.
Its competitors were "Country Today" and "The Bar" by Waitt, CD Country and U.S. Country by Jones, however those assets were absorbed by Triton Media Group, leaving Citadel Media's Today's Best Country and Real Country the only competitors. The Jones and Waitt networks, except for "The Bar," will be integrated into Mainstream Country and other Dial Global country formats in late 2008 and early 2009. By 2020, its website was no longer functional.
References
External links
Mainstream Country - Info from Dial Global
Radio formats
Defunct radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude%20amplification | Amplitude amplification is a technique in quantum computing which generalizes the idea behind Grover's search algorithm, and gives rise to a family of quantum algorithms.
It was discovered by Gilles Brassard and Peter Høyer in 1997, and independently rediscovered by Lov Grover in 1998.
In a quantum computer, amplitude amplification can be used to obtain a quadratic speedup over several classical algorithms.
Algorithm
The derivation presented here roughly follows the one given by Brassard et al. in 2000.
Assume we have an -dimensional Hilbert space representing the state space of a quantum system, spanned by the orthonormal computational basis states .
Furthermore assume we have a Hermitian projection operator .
Alternatively, may be given in terms of a Boolean oracle function
and an orthonormal operational basis
,
in which case
.
can be used to partition into a direct sum of two mutually orthogonal subspaces, the good subspace and the bad subspace :In other words, we are defining a "good subspace" via the projector . The goal of the algorithm is then to evolve some initial state into a state belonging to .
Given a normalized state vector with nonzero overlap with both subspaces, we can uniquely decompose it as
,
where ,
and
and are the normalized projections of into the subspaces and , respectively. This decomposition defines a two-dimensional subspace
, spanned by the vectors
and .
The probability of finding the system in a good state when measured is .
Define a unitary operator , where
flips the phase of the states in the good subspace, whereas
flips the phase of the initial state .
The action of this operator on is given by
and
.
Thus in the subspace corresponds to a rotation by the angle :
.
Applying times on the state
gives
,
rotating the state between the good and bad subspaces.
After iterations the probability of finding the
system in a good state is .The probability is maximized if we choose
.
Up until this point each iteration increases the amplitude of the good states, hence the name of the technique.
Applications
Assume we have an unsorted database with N elements, and an oracle function which can recognize the good entries we are searching for, and for simplicity.
If there are good entries in the database in total, then we can find them by initializing a quantum register with qubits where into a uniform superposition of all the database elements such that
and running the above algorithm. In this case the overlap of the initial state with the good subspace is equal to the square root of the frequency of the good entries in the database, . If , we can approximate the number of required iterations as
Measuring the state will now give one of the good entries with high probability. Since each application of requires a single oracle query (assuming that the oracle is implemented as a quantum gate), we can find a good entry with just oracle queries, thus obtaining a quadratic speedup over the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Lane%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Thomas G. Lane is a computer scientist dedicated to open-source software. In a 2000 survey, he was listed as one of the top 10 contributors to an intended-to-be-representative sample of open-source software, having contributed 0.782% of the total code.
Lane's contributions to open-source include:
Organizer of the Independent JPEG Group (IJG),
Member of the core steering committee of PostgreSQL
Co-author of the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) specification
Member of the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) advisory committee
Contributor to the Ptolemy Project
Biography
Lane holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, awarded in 1990. He occasionally lectures there, and at other places. He has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Structured Software Systems, Great Bridge, Red Hat, Salesforce, and Crunchy Data.
In July 2000, Lane was employed by Great Bridge, one of the first PostgreSQL support companies. However, the firm was dissolved in September 2001 and he moved to Red Hat, a competitor of Great Bridge at the time, to develop their version of PostgreSQL named Red Hat Database. The Red Hat Database project was later cancelled, but Lane continued to work there to develop PostgreSQL. Between May 2013 and October 2015, he worked at Salesforce.com. In 2015, Lane began working for Crunchy Data to allow more time to support the PostgreSQL community. Lane is part of the PostgreSQL core team.
PostgreSQL
Lane is a member of the core PostgreSQL development team. He is involved in all aspects of PostgreSQL, including new features, performance improvements, and bug evaluating and fixing.
Image formats
Independent JPEG Group
The Independent JPEG Group (IJG) is an informal group that writes and distributes a widely used free library for JPEG image compression. The IJG is arguably one of the important early open source groups and a major reason why the JPEG image format is a standard.
The IJG develops and maintains libjpeg, a library written entirely in C which contains a widely used implementation of a JPEG decoder, JPEG encoder and other JPEG utilities.
PNG
The original specification for the Portable Network Graphics (PNG), version 1.0, was written by Thomas Boutell and Lane, with contributions by many others.
Lane is a contributing editor for PNG Specification, version 1.1.
TIFF
Lane is a member of the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) advisory committee.
Works
Thomas G. Lane, JPEG FAQ
Thomas G. Lane, PostgreSQL Concurrency Issues
Thomas G. Lane, User interface software structures
Thomas G. Lane, Studying Software Architecture Through Design Spaces and Rules
Humor
In disputing a JPEG patent claim: "The patent describes a three-way symbol classification; the closest analog in JPEG is a two-way classification. If the jury can count higher than two, the case will fail."
In describing the attention to detail of another software company: "The Single Unix Spec says that getopt() is supposed to be defined by < |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lounge%20%28radio%20network%29 | The Lounge was a 24-hour music network produced by Dial Global and distributed under their Dial Global Local brand (formerly by Waitt Radio Networks). The network's tag line was Great Songs and Stars. The format was discontinued on June 17, 2012, as part of a corporate reorganization by Dial Global which resulted in the elimination of the Dial Global Local brand and the absorption of most of the other DG Local formats into the main Dial Global portfolio.
Its playlist was composed of adult standards and gold-based adult contemporary music from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, etc. that mainly targets listeners ages 25-54. Although their format was considered adult standards, it was more of a middle of the road format with soft oldies added to the playlist and modern-day artists such as Kimberley Locke, Jamie Cullum, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé, and others who did cover versions of the standards.
Competitor networks
Music of Your Life by Planet Halo, Inc.
Timeless by ABC Radio Networks (now defunct)
External links
Defunct radio networks in the United States
Radio stations disestablished in 2012 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Sky%20Mine | Night Sky Mine is a 1996 science fiction novel by American writer Melissa Scott, set in a future after computer programs have run amok. After the Crash, an interface has been created that portrays programs as various floral, faunal and mythological species, depending on the characteristics of the program. Scott explores this interface between human society and cyberspace, both as a plot device and as back drop for the story.
Ista Kelly was the sole survivor of a pirate raid on a Night Sky mining platform that was searching a remote region of space for useful gases. Now a teenager, she is apprenticed to become a hypothecary with the tools and skills to explore and harvest the hammals, floral and faunal programs of cyberspace. She must navigate the complex relationships among Company, Union, and merchant Travellers as she becomes enmeshed in an undercover operation that could hold the keys to her identity and the mysterious happenings on the computer Net.
Sources
Hays, Carl. "Adult books: Fiction." Booklist 92.22 (Aug. 1996): 1889.
Hamburger, Susan. "Book reviews: Fiction." Library Journal 121.13 (Aug. 1996): 119.
Steinberg, Sybil S. "Forecasts: Fiction." Publishers Weekly 243.30 (22 July 1996): 230.
Cyberpunk novels
1996 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
1996 American novels
Penguin Books books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bar%20%28radio%20network%29 | The Bar is a 24-hour music network produced by Waitt Radio Networks. Its playlist is composed of Country/Rock music spanning from the 1960s to today from artists such as George Strait, The Eagles, Toby Keith, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Johnny Cash, etc. that mainly targets listeners ages 18–54. This satellite-driven feed has got its name from a Bar, an establishment that usually serves alcoholic beverages to its customers.
Although "The Bar" will not be affected by the acquisition of Waitt Radio Networks by Triton Media Group, it will likely be relocated into Dial Global's portfolio.
While most affiliates use "The Bar" imagery, one station (in a dry i.e. no alcohol sales area) uses an alternative of "The West Texas JukeBox". That station is KBXJ Los Ybanez, Texas.
External links
The Bar - Info from Waitt Radio Networks
American radio networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldies%20Plus | Classic Hits/Pop (Local Version) (formerly known as Oldies Plus) was a 24-hour music format produced by Dial Global, formerly distributed by Waitt Radio Networks and then under the now-defunct Dial Global Local brand. Its playlist, like its sister network Classic Hits/Pop, targets listeners aged 25-54.
In June 2012, due to reorganizations at Dial Global, the Dial Global Local 24/7 formats were fully integrated into Dial Global's portfolio of formats, and "Dial Global Local" ceased to exist as a brand name. However, most of the former Dial Global Local formats are still offered to affiliate stations in the same manner in which they were previously offered. Oldies Plus is no longer offered under that name, but continues as a Local version of Dial Global's Classic Hits/Pop (formerly Kool Gold) format. By 2020, that station was discontinued.
Competitor networks
Radio formats
Defunct_radio_networks_in_the_United_States
Defunct radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptr | Raptr was a social-networking website and instant messenger developed by Raptr, Inc. intended for use by video game players. Dennis Fong, co-founder of Xfire, founded the company Raptr, Inc. in 2007; it is located in Mountain View, California. The company raised 12 million dollars in funding from investors including Accel Partners and Founders Fund. The service was shut down on September 30, 2017.
Software
The client, which was a downloadable application for Microsoft Windows, supports Yahoo! Instant Messenger, GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, Xfire, ICQ, and Facebook Chat protocols and allows users to import their Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam accounts. It also included other features such as game/achievements tracking, in-game overlay, and game management. Raptr offers a few images showing a user's game statistics for use in signatures.
On the website, users added video games to their profile, as well as track game play time and achievements, share reviews, game related information, and game activity. Raptr let users publish their gaming accomplishments to sites like Twitter, Plurk, FriendFeed, and Facebook.
One of the main features was Raptr rewards, a program where users earn a currency, called Raptr points, while playing or gaining achievements, those points could be exchanged for various rewards such as in-game items, avatars, new games, etc. In February 2014, AMD invested in Raptr, which improved the reward system, allowing users to earn points for optimizing their games with the app and added discounts and giveaways for real hardware.
Raptr launched in a closed beta on February 2, 2008, and launched an open beta to the public on September 3, 2008.
Raptr has partnerships with video game publishers Activision & Ijji, and the Raptr client was bundled with the PC release of Red Faction: Guerrilla. In December 2009, Raptr partnered with GameSpot to provide both communities with extra features.
In 2014, Raptr rebooted its business plan to focus on PC gamers. Dennis Fong stated "the biggest pain point for PC gamers is the weakness of the platform as a whole. Everybody has a different kind of PC. There are a million different configurations for playing games. We help gamers get the best experience every time they play” and adding "we have reinvented ourselves with a focus on PC gaming". Raptr then teamed up with AMD to promote optimization of games on AMD graphics cards. Raptr also partnered with Twitch to provide 'one-click' streaming in their desktop app. In 2015, Raptr announced an end for console support, citing the growing PC market and changes to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network which created difficulties in updating features.
In March 2015, Raptr launched Plays.tv, a gaming video clip sharing service. The service spun off into an independent company in January 2017.
On October 12, 2016, AMD discontinued the AMD Gaming Evolved App developed with the Raptr team, ending their collaboration. However, the software is still av |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanner%20Electronics | Lanner Electronics, Inc. (TSE:6245) (), is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer specializing in network appliances, industrial computers, embedded computers, vehicle PCs, motherboards and related accessories. Lanner owns and operates PCB manufacturing, chassis manufacturing and computer assembly factories. The company focuses mainly on OEM/ODM manufacturing for global name brand computer and computer peripheral companies. Lanner's main product lines include network appliance platforms, rugged embedded computers, and telecommunication carrier-grade platforms.
History
Lanner Electronics was established in March 1986 as GES Taiwan, a subsidiary of a Singapore-based industrial PC company, GES International. In 1993, Lanner separated from the GES group and launched its own industrial computer chassis and SBC Single-board computer product lines under the name Lanner Electronics. In 2000, Lanner launched its new factory with one SMT line in Xizhi, Taipei County, and in 2003, the company went public on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. In 2006, Lanner opened a new factory and doubled output capacity.
Subsidiaries
Lanner Electronics owns and operates the following subsidiaries:
Lanner Electronics USA, Inc. – The USA subsidiary is located in Fremont, CA, United States.
Lanner Electronics Canada Ltd. – The office of this subsidiary is located in Mississauga, Ontario.
L&S Lancom Platform Technology Company, Ltd. – This subsidiary serves all of mainland China. Its main office is located in Beijing.
Lanner Europe B.V. – This subsidiary serves EU member states and the UK. The office is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
Operations
With headquarters in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Lanner operates 7 subsidiaries and manufacturing facilities in mainland China, Canada and the United States, five of which are in mainland China, one in the United States, and one in Canada. Lanner's Fremont (California) office serves the United States. It's Mississauga, Ontario office serves Canada and the east coast of the United States. Lanner's Beijing office is the main office of the subsidiary L&S Lancom Platform Technology Company, Ltd.
Products
Lanner's products are divided into three main product lines:
Network Computing Appliance for firewall, UTM, wired/wireless management, application delivery and WAN optimization
Rugged, Embedded & Industrial Computing for Smart City, IoT applications, industrial automation, video analytics and intelligent transportation
Telecom Datacenter Carrier-grade Platform for virtual CPE, SDN, NFV, cloud-RAN, artificial intelligence, video transcoding and mobile edge computing
Industry Alliances
Lanner Electronics is an associate member of the Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance.
See also
List of companies of Taiwan
Industrial PC
Embedded system
References
External links
1986 establishments in Taiwan
Computer hardware companies
Manufacturing companies based in New Taipei
Electronics companies of Taiwan
Electronics companies establ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliya%20Communications | Taliya established in 2004 is the first independent privately held pre-paid mobile network operator in Iran.
In December 2015 Taliya by roaming with IR-MCI (Hamrahe Aval) succeeded to complete national coverage in all parts of Iran. In February 2019, Taliya has upgraded its network to 4.5G ، For this reason, subscribers should change their current SIM cards with new 4G SIM cards, to take advantage of new Taliya services.
History
Using software and hardware technologies produced by Siemens, Alcatel and Ericsson as well as a consultant namely Tele2, Taliya started its activity in February 2004 as the first pre-paid cell phones independent network.
Services
Taliya is the first provider of pre-paid SIM Cards in Iran. The Facilities of Taliya SIM cards include making calls, sending, and receiving short messages and mobile data.
Taliya cards
Taliya has produced some credit charges in various colors, each signifying a specific amount of charge for the customers interested in physical charge cards. Taliya charge cards may be obtained from Taliya stores and Taliya Customer Centers as well as stores and kiosks.
Electronic charge cards
To facilitate access to Taliya credits, Taliya provides electronic pre-paid charges, which are readily accessible via bank and Credit Institutions' ATMs, POS, Web Kiosks, Websites and Vending Machines.
References
Mobile phone companies of Iran
Privately held companies of Iran
Telecommunications companies established in 2004
Iranian companies established in 2004 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai%20Italia | Rai Italia is the international Italian language television service of Rai Com, a subsidiary of RAI, Italy's public national broadcaster. Rai Italia operates a television network that broadcasts around the world via 4 localized feeds. Programming features a mix of news, discussion-based programs, drama and documentaries as well as sports coverage including 4 live games per week from Italy's top football league, Serie A. From 1996 to 2013, Glauco Benigni is Head of the Press International Office and Head of Promotion and Development of RAI International worldwide.
The broadcast of the signal, sent from the Saxa Rubra television production center in Rome, is broadcast through several satellite, cable, IPTV and OTT platforms, as a paid service in the Americas, Africa and Australia, whereas in Asia it is an FTA channel.
History
Rai Italia's history can be traced back to the setup of the American subsidiary Rai Corporation in 1959. The subsidiary distributed radio and television programs in the USA with special attention to the Italian-American community. Production only started in 1971, starting a two-hour programming block limited to the New York metropolitan area. The block was delivered over cable. Thirteen years later, in 1984, the schedule gets an increase of about three hours, totalling five and a half hours and a schedule containing at least a variety show, a Domenica Sportiva segment and a local newscast. The following year, the weekly schedule increased to seventeen hours: two hours a day Mondays to Fridays, one hour on Saturdays and six hours on Sundays.
From Italy, exclusively from satellite, relays of the main news (either TG1 or TG2), a Serie A soccer match and cultural and entertainment programs arrived. Then a local newscast produced by Rai Corporation was broadcast. In the early 90s, the RAI satellite network achieved coverage in 29 cities, reaching 68% of the Italian-American community. Shortly afterwards the satellite signal expanded to Latin America. Thanks to the office in Montevideo, Rai distributed tapes of its content to broadcasters, entitites and institutions that were unable to pick up the satellite signal.
In 1996 the channel upgraded to 24-hour broadcasts as Rai International. The channel was divided in three feeds: Rai International 1 for America, Rai International 2 for Australia and Rai International 3 for Africa.
The channel changed its name to Raitalia in March 2008 and in 2009 was restyled to the current Rai Italia, adopting a logo matching the Rai channels.
From May 18, 2010, following a reduction plan approved unanimously by the Council of Administrators, Rai Italia ceased all of its original productions. From October 7, 2012, however, the channel resumed producing original content for the channel, with a new program, Cristiantà, broadcast on Sunday mornings.
In November 2022, Rai announced an increase in its international television offerings over linear and its Rai Play platform. Additionally, some English |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland%20Islands%20Radio%20Service | Falkland Islands Radio Service is an independent radio broadcaster in the Falkland Islands. The station broadcasts for 76 hours each week and provides a wide range of programming including all music genres, local news and phone-in shows. The station has five full-time staff members, approximately 15 part-time presenters and volunteers from the community contribute to some programming. Although officially called "Falkland Islands Radio Service" the station ident is "Falklands Radio" and it is often referred to as "FIRS". The station's main competitors are KTV Radio Nova and KTV Radio Nova Saint FM, as well as BFBS the Forces Station.
External links
Local Broadcasting at the Base of the World
Station history
Falklands Information website
Shortwave Central blog
Falklands Radio website
Communications in the Falkland Islands
Radio stations in the Falkland Islands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20Accreditation%20Forum | The United Kingdom Akkreditering Forum (UKAF), founded in June 1998 by a group of leading healthcare accreditation organisations, is a London-based network of healthcare accreditation organisations formed with the intention of sharing experience regarding good practice in accreditation, as well as sharing new ideas around improving the methodology for such programmes. It has an additional role in working to ensure that the general public develop a clearer idea about accreditation, its function, its implications and its execution.
The aim of UKAF is to provide an effective network of organisations which operate or have a practical interest in developing standards-based assessment and accreditation programmes in healthcare.
The group meets quarterly, and is self-funding through annual organisational membership subscriptions.
Remit
cataloguing programmes and defining their products, both to users and to the general public
encouraging the sharing of core developments between programmes
mutual peer review of accreditation programmes
exploration of the peer review techniques
the recruitment, training, monitoring and evaluation of surveyors
the mechanisms for awards of accredited status to organizations
developing healthcare quality standards
the implementation of standards within healthcare organizations
self-regulation: to seek voluntary convergence of standards and of the operation of the assessment process
to provide a mechanism for accreditation bodies to communicate with each other and, collectively, with others such as government departments, professional colleges and national associations, and commissioning, funding and insurance agencies
Member accreditation schemes
Members of UKAF include:
Accreditation for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
Accreditation of Library and Information Services in the Health Sector
Autism Accreditation
Better Services for People who Self-harm
Child Health Informatics Centre (CHIC)
CHKS Healthcare Accreditation and Quality Unit
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. (CPA)
Community of Communities
Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
Health Promoting Hospitals and Trusts
The Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health–UK (POMH-UK)
QHA Trent Accreditation
Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services
Quality Improvement Network for Multi-agency Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Quality Network for In-Patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (QNIC)
RDB Star Rating Ltd (Residential and Domiciliary Care Benchmarking)
See also
International healthcare accreditation
List of international healthcare accreditation organizations
Hospital accreditation
Accreditation
Medical ethics
Clinical governance
References
Quality assurance
Medical and health organisations based in the United Kingdom
Accreditation in healthcare |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdium | The Gdium is a subnotebook / netbook computer produced by EMTEC. The Gdium product is distinguished by its unique Loongson MIPS processor and the use of a USB key as a primary storage device. The Gdium netbook is marketed as an interface device to the Gdium "learning community"—a website that provides hardware support, MIPS builds of open-source software, Linux computing tips, and educational resources targeted towards teachers and students within the K-12 demographic.
Technical overview
The EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 is built on an STMicroelectronics Loongson 2F MIPS microprocessor and uses a proprietary form-factored USB key, called the G-Key, as its primary storage medium. The G-Key, which fits in a specially designed USB slot recessed within the unit, is available in 8GB and 16GB capacities. The key generates no noise, and is less susceptible to mechanical shock damage than hard drives. It also includes an SD card reader, which provides support for MMC, SD and SDHC cards as supplemental storage.
The Gdium uses Mandriva as its sole operating system and boots in approximately 30 seconds. The desktop uses the Metacity window manager with a lxplanel and idesk-based interface. Like most modern Linux distributions, open-source software applications such as OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and The GIMP are included in the default installation. There are no compilations of Microsoft Windows, OS X, or Ubuntu available for the MIPS architecture, but e.g. Debian offers packages compiled for MIPS.
The EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 specifications are as follows:
Screen size: 10" (254 mm)
Resolution: 1024 x 600
CPU: 900 MHz 64-bit Loongson 2F by STMicroelectronics
Operating system: Mandriva G-Linux
Video chipset: Silicon Motion SM502 (16MB dedicated video memory)
RAM: 512MB DDR2 (supports up to 1GB, not user upgradeable)
Primary Storage: 16GB to 32GB USB G-Key (removable)
Webcam: 0.3 or 1.3 Mpx
Keyboard: 240mm long and 96.8mm wide.
Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11b/g
LAN: 10/100 Mbit/s
Battery: 5000 mAh / 2.5 hours (some users report ~30 minutes)
SD / SDHC Card reader
3 USB ports available: 2 standard USB 2.0 and 1 USB 2.0 for the G-Key
1 VGA ext 15pin D-sub enabling 1280x1024 external monitor resolution
Speakers/headset Output: 1 port for 3.5mm audio jack
Microphone Input: 1 port for 3.5mm microphone jack
Dimensions: 250 x 182 x 32 mm
Weight: 1.2 kg
Starting phase
Gdium was originally planned for release in September 2008, but after multiple hardware and software glitches attributed to poorly managed contracted labor across France and China, the product was delayed until end of February 2009 for its soft launch. Gdium's soft launch was on the Belgium market and received a mild user acceptance.
The target price of the Gdium at Euro 379 makes the Gdium an expensive and poorly valued netbook given its modest hardware and short battery life. Analysts have wondered if a market actually exist for it.
Status
Website went down around Sept 2013. It's unsure |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Brooker | Ralph Anthony Brooker (22 September 1925 – 20 November 2019), was a British computer scientist known for developing the Mark 1 Autocode.
He was educated at Emanuel School and graduated in Mathematics from Imperial College in 1945 and returned there in 1947 as assistant lecturer. His first computer project was the construction of a fast multiplier unit from electro-mechanical relays. This was taken over by Sid Michaelson and K. D. Tocher and incorporated into ICCE, the Imperial College Computing Engine based on the same technology. By then (1949)Brooker had moved to the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory to work for Maurice Wilkes on software development for EDSAC.
In October 1951 Brooker joined the Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University, where he took over from Alan Turing the task of writing programming manuals and running a user service on the Ferranti Mark 1 computer. It was his experience with the rather tedious Manchester machine-coding conventions that led him to devise what was probably the world's first publicly available High-Level Language. This was the Mark 1 Autocode available from March 1954 and therefore about two years ahead of the first Fortran compiler.
Throughout the 1950s Brooker led a group at Manchester working on the theoretical underpinnings of compilers. This culminated in the compiler-compiler, a seminal idea first presented at a British Computer Society Conference in July 1960 by Brooker and Derrick Morris. This was subsequently implemented on the Ferranti ATLAS and used for high-level language development. The ATLAS was regarded as the world's most powerful computer when it was brought into service in December 1962.
In the mid-1960s Brooker helped to inaugurate the UK's first Computer Science degree course at Manchester. He moved to Essex University in 1967 to take up the university's founding Chair of Computer Science. The first Essex Computer Science graduates obtained their degrees in the summer of 1970. He retired in 1988 and died on 20 November 2019 in Hexham.
Further reading
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20080816195357/http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showperson.prx?PeopleID=115
http://www.computer50.org/mark1/gac1.html#brooker
https://web.archive.org/web/20041031031946/http://www.computer50.org/mark1/gethomas/manchester_autocodes.html
Listen to an oral history interview with Tony Brooker - a life story interview recorded for An Oral History of British Science at the British Library
1925 births
2019 deaths
British computer scientists
Alumni of Imperial College London
People from Fulham |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20%26%20Knowledge%20Engineering | Data & Knowledge Engineering is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal in the area of database systems and knowledge base systems. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 1985. The editor-in-chief is P.P. Chen (Louisiana State University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Ei Compendex, Inspec, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.992.
References
External links
Academic journals established in 1985
Elsevier academic journals
English-language journals
Monthly journals
Knowledge engineering |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavemaker%20%28media%20agency%29 | Wavemaker (previously MEC and Maxus) is the second largest media agency network in the world , with domestic and international clients such as Vodafone, L'Oréal, IKEA, Paramount Pictures, Chanel, GE, Xerox, Colgate-Palmolive, Chevron, Beiersdorf, Tiffany, Huawei, and Mondelēz International. Wavemaker has global billings of over US$38 billion and it is part of GroupM and WPP plc.
Corporate history
Previously known as MEC the agency was launched in January 2002 following WPP's acquisition of CIA's parent company, Tempus Group. The global media agency network was formed through the merger of The Media Edge and CIA, bringing together CIA's 57 offices across 28 countries and The Media Edge's 103 offices 78 countries to form one global group.
In 2010, the agency officially changed its name from Mediaedge:cia to MEC, something it has informally been referred to for years.
In October 2015, MEC was named an "Agency of the Year" finalist among large agencies in the 2015 iMedia Agency Awards.
In April 2016, MEC launched a new global content division "MEC Wavemaker", consolidating five disciplines within the WPP media network: content strategy, social, partnerships and experiences, SEO and creative service to deliver new content for clients. MEC Wavemaker was initially launched in 10 markets globally, including the UK; the US; the Netherlands; Mexico; Australia; India; Poland; the Middle East; Singapore; and Germany.
In November 2016, MEC announced a new global CEO, naming Tim Castree former managing director of video ad platform Videology in North America to replace Charles Courtier.
In June 2017, GroupM and WPP announced sister agency Maxus would merge with MEC to form Wavemaker. In 2019, Huawei hired Wavemaker to implement a $350 million global advertising campaign.
In July 2019, Toby Jenner, former chief operating officer of media agency MediaCom, was announced as global CEO of Wavemaker.
References
External links
Mass media companies based in London
WPP plc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dimensional%20statistics | In statistical theory, the field of high-dimensional statistics studies data whose dimension is larger than typically considered in classical multivariate analysis. The area arose owing to the emergence of many modern data sets in which the dimension of the data vectors may be comparable to, or even larger than, the sample size, so that justification for the use of traditional techniques, often based on asymptotic arguments with the dimension held fixed as the sample size increased, was lacking.
Examples
Parameter estimation in linear models
The most basic statistical model for the relationship between a covariate vector and a response variable is the linear model
where is an unknown parameter vector, and is random noise with mean zero and variance . Given independent responses , with corresponding covariates , from this model, we can form the response vector , and design matrix . When and the design matrix has full column rank (i.e. its columns are linearly independent), the ordinary least squares estimator of is
When , it is known that . Thus, is an unbiased estimator of , and the Gauss-Markov theorem tells us that it is the Best Linear Unbiased Estimator.
However, overfitting is a concern when is of comparable magnitude to : the matrix in the definition of may become ill-conditioned, with a small minimum eigenvalue. In such circumstances will be large (since the trace of a matrix is the sum of its eigenvalues). Even worse, when , the matrix is singular. (See Section 1.2 and Exercise 1.2 in .)
It is important to note that the deterioration in estimation performance in high dimensions observed in the previous paragraph is not limited to the ordinary least squares estimator. In fact, statistical inference in high dimensions is intrinsically hard, a phenomenon known as the curse of dimensionality, and it can be shown that no estimator can do better in a worst-case sense without additional information (see Example 15.10). Nevertheless, the situation in high-dimensional statistics may not be hopeless when the data possess some low-dimensional structure. One common assumption for high-dimensional linear regression is that the vector of regression coefficients is sparse, in the sense that most coordinates of are zero. Many statistical procedures, including the Lasso, have been proposed to fit high-dimensional linear models under such sparsity assumptions.
Covariance matrix estimation
Another example of a high-dimensional statistical phenomenon can be found in the problem of covariance matrix estimation. Suppose that we observe , which are i.i.d. draws from some zero mean distribution with an unknown covariance matrix . A natural unbiased estimator of is the sample covariance matrix
In the low-dimensional setting where increases and is held fixed, is a consistent estimator of in any matrix norm. When grows with , on the other hand, this consistency result may fail to hold. As an illustration, suppose that each an |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%201 | Signal 1 is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Staffordshire and South Cheshire.
As of September 2023, the station has a weekly audience of 133,000 listeners according to RAJAR.
History
Signal Radio began broadcasting at 6am on Monday 5 September 1983. The first voice on air was breakfast presenter John Evington and the first song played was Beautiful Noise by Neil Diamond. Originally, Signal Radio aired as a single full service station on 104.3 MHz and 1170 kHz (257 metres). The station's name was derived from Signal, the local newspaper in the Five Town novels by Staffordshire writer Arnold Bennett.
Signal began broadcasting to south Cheshire on 96.4 FM in 1989, before opening a new frequency for the Stafford area on 96.9 FM a year later. The two frequencies began carrying a new alternative AOR-led service, Echo 96, in October 1990. Echo continued for around a year in Stafford while the Cheshire frequency was merged with that of the short-lived Stockport ILR station KFM to form Signal Cheshire in 1991. By the end of the year, the Stafford service was relaunched as Signal Stafford, carrying opt-out programming from the Stoke-based service.
In Staffordshire, Signal Radio began carrying a separate Golden Breakfast Show on 1170 AM in 1992 in order to provide separate services on AM and FM and avoid relinquishing frequencies. The AM opt-out gradually expanded into a full-time separate station, Signal 2.
Signal Radio was bought in 1999 by The Wireless Group, which was subsequently acquired by UTV Media six years later for £97 million. Following the sale of its television assets, the group was latterly bought by News Corp in September 2016.
In 2000, Signal's Cheshire service was split into two – 96.4 FM was merged with the Staffordshire service while 104.9 FM was relaunched as Imagine FM, a dedicated service for south Manchester and Cheshire, which was latterly sold onto become a wholly independent station in 2009.
Signal 1 celebrated its 30th birthday on Saturday 10 August 2013 with a special concert at Betley Court Farm in Crewe.
On 8 February 2019, Signal 1 and the Wireless Group's network of local radio stations in Great Britain were sold to Bauer. The sale was ratified in March 2020 following an inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority.
In May 2020, Bauer announced that Signal 1 would join the Hits Radio network, while retaining its on-air branding.
Signal 1 began carrying off-peak programming from the Hits Radio network in Manchester on 15 June 2020, marking the end of networked output for the Wireless Group's local stations, produced in-house at Signal's studios in Stoke.
Signal 1 officially joined the Hits Radio network on 20 July 2020. Local programming was reduced to a weekday breakfast show, alongside hourly local news bulletins and peak-time traffic updates.
In November 2022 it was announced that from the following January, Signal 1's relay |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTAS | CTAS may refer to:
Medicine
Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale
Compulsive Tool Acquisition Syndrome, also known as Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Business
Cintas
Computers
Data Definition Language: Create Table as Select |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20McCune | William Walker McCune (December 17, 1953 – May 2, 2011) was an American computer scientist and logician working in the fields of automated reasoning, algebra, logic, and formal methods. He was best known for the development of the Otter, Prover9, and Mace4 automated reasoning systems, and the automated proof of the Robbins conjecture using the EQP theorem prover.
In 2000, McCune received the Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning. In 2013, Automated Reasoning and Mathematics - Essays in Memory of William W. McCune was published in his honour.
References
External links
Prover9 software
William McCune home page
Updated version of Prover9 software
2011 deaths
1953 births
American computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF | NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data. The project homepage is hosted by the Unidata program at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). They are also the chief source of netCDF software, standards development, updates, etc. The format is an open standard. NetCDF Classic and 64-bit Offset Format are an international standard of the Open Geospatial Consortium.
The project started in 1988 and is still actively supported by UCAR. The original netCDF binary format (released in 1990, now known as "netCDF classic format") is still widely used across the world and continues to be fully supported in all netCDF releases. Version 4.0 (released in 2008) allowed the use of the HDF5 data file format. Version 4.1 (2010) added support for C and Fortran client access to specified subsets of remote data via OPeNDAP. Version 4.3.0 (2012) added a CMake build system for Windows builds. Version 4.7.0 (2019) added support for reading Amazon S3 objects. Further releases are planned to improve performance, add features, and fix bugs.
History
The format was originally based on the conceptual model of the Common Data Format developed by NASA, but has since diverged and is not compatible with it.
Format description
The netCDF libraries support multiple different binary formats for netCDF files:
The classic format was used in the first netCDF release, and is still the default format for file creation.
The 64-bit offset format was introduced in version 3.6.0, and it supports larger variable and file sizes.
The netCDF-4/HDF5 format was introduced in version 4.0; it is the HDF5 data format, with some restrictions.
The HDF4 SD format is supported for read-only access.
The CDF5 format is supported, in coordination with the parallel-netcdf project.
All formats are "self-describing". This means that there is a header which describes the layout of the rest of the file, in particular the data arrays, as well as arbitrary file metadata in the form of name/value attributes. The format is platform independent, with issues such as endianness being addressed in the software libraries. The data are stored in a fashion that allows efficient subsetting.
Starting with version 4.0, the netCDF API allows the use of the HDF5 data format. NetCDF users can create HDF5 files with benefits not available with the netCDF format, such as much larger files and multiple unlimited dimensions.
Full backward compatibility in accessing old netCDF files and using previous versions of the C and Fortran APIs is supported.
Software
Access libraries
The software libraries supplied by UCAR provide read-write access to netCDF files, encoding and decoding the necessary arrays and metadata. The core library is written in C, and provides an API for C, C++ and two APIs for Fortran applications, one for Fortran 77, and one fo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NexTag | Nextag was an independent price comparison service website for products, travel, and education. It started as a website where buyers and sellers could negotiate prices for computers and electronics products. From 2000, the business model focused on comparison shopping. NexTag also owned Hamburg, Germany-based Guenstiger.de. It provided functionality for tracking the historical prices of a product across various sellers.
Nextag's headquarters were in Redwood Shores, California.
In June 2007, Providence Equity Partners purchased a two-thirds majority of the company. Los Angeles-based private equity firm Regent purchased the company in March 2015.In August 2022, the domain name nextagshop com went online and started to focus on wholesale and retail sales of general merchandise, including both B2B and B2C business. In October of the same year, the registration amount exceeded 50 million.
Acquisitions
In November 2010, Nextag announced the acquisition of nextcoupons.com, a Santa Monica, California-based coupon company. This was a way for Nextag to bring in more talent and resources. In April 2011, Nextag acquired Germany's Guenstiger.de GmbH, the leading online comparison shopping website in Europe's market. In October 2011, Nextag acquired thingbuzz, a real-time social shopping platform that tracks the conversation about products in the social media sphere, in a bid to socialize the online shopping experience for its users. At the very end of that year, FanSnap was acquired by Nextag. This was the fifth acquisition in only 15 months. According to former Nextag CEO Jeffrey Katz, these acquisitions enabled Nextag to be a one-stop e-commerce shop for various products including tickets.
Recognition
NexTag was ranked by Time magazine as one of the fifty best websites of 2008. Time magazine called Nextag the "plainest comparative-shopping site on the Web", but commended it for quick and comprehensive shopping search results. Nextag provided customers with product reviews and provided the price history for each product.
As of 28 March 2018, it was ranked one of the "10 Top Price Comparison Websites" by Shopify.
References
Comparison shopping websites
Internet search engines
Financial services companies established in 1999
Companies based in Redwood City, California
Online marketplaces of the United States
Private equity portfolio companies
Providence Equity Partners companies
1999 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientations%20of%20Proteins%20in%20Membranes%20database | Orientations of Proteins in Membranes (OPM) database provides spatial positions of membrane protein structures with respect to the lipid bilayer. Positions of the proteins are calculated using an implicit solvation model of the lipid bilayer. The results of calculations were verified against experimental studies of spatial arrangement of transmembrane and peripheral proteins in membranes.
Proteins structures are taken from the Protein Data Bank. OPM also provides structural classification of membrane-associated proteins into families and superfamilies, membrane topology, quaternary structure of proteins in membrane-bound state, and the type of a destination membrane for each protein. The coordinate files with calculated membrane boundaries are downloadable. The site allows visualization of protein structures with membrane boundary planes through Jmol.
The database was widely used in experimental and theoretical studies of membrane-associated proteins. However, structures of many membrane-associated proteins are not included in the database if their spatial arrangement in membrane can not be computationally predicted from the three-dimensional structure. This is the case when all membrane-anchoring parts of the proteins (amphiphilic alpha helices, exposed nonpolar residues, or lipidated amino acid residues) are missing in the experimental structures. The database also does not include lower resolution structures with only main chain atoms provided by the Protein Data Bank. The calculated spatial arrangements of the lower resolution protein structures in the lipid bilayer can be found in other resources, such as PDBTM.
References
Biological databases
Membrane proteins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Scotland%20Yearbook | The Church of Scotland Yearbook (known informally as the Red Book because of its red binding) is a collection of statistical data published annually by the Church of Scotland.
It contains contact information for every minister, as well as contact details for the church offices, clerks, and general personnel.
It also contains congregational statistics for every parish in the Church of Scotland, and gives the following information:
Number of communicants
Number of elders
Membership numbers of the Church of Scotland Guild
Parish's income
Number of young people (under the age of eighteen)
Church of Scotland
Yearbooks
Social statistics data
Demographics of Scotland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH%20%28variable%29 | PATH is an environment variable on Unix-like operating systems, DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, specifying a set of directories where executable programs are located. In general, each executing process or user session has its own PATH setting.
History
Multics originated the idea of a search path. The early Unix shell only looked for program names in /bin, but by Version 3 Unix the directory was too large and /usr/bin, and a search path, became part of the operating system.
Unix and Unix-like
On POSIX and Unix-like operating systems, the $PATH variable is specified as a list of one or more directory names separated by colon (:) characters.
Directories in the PATH-string are not meant to be escaped, making it impossible to have directories with : in their name.
The /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/local/bin directories are typically included in most users' $PATH setting (although this varies from implementation to implementation). The superuser also typically has /sbin and /usr/sbin entries for easily executing system administration commands. The current directory (.) is sometimes included by users as well, allowing programs residing in the current working directory to be executed directly. System administrators as a rule do not include it in $PATH in order to prevent the accidental execution of scripts residing in the current directory, such as may be placed there by a malicious tarbomb. In that case, executing such a program requires specifying an absolute (/home/userjoe/bin/script.sh) or relative path (./script.sh) on the command line.
When a command name is specified by the user or an exec call is made from a program, the system searches through $PATH, examining each directory from left to right in the list, looking for a filename that matches the command name. Once found, the program is executed as a child process of the command shell or program that issued the command.
DOS, OS/2, and Windows
On DOS, OS/2, and Windows operating systems, the %PATH% variable is specified as a list of one or more directory names separated by semicolon (;) characters.
The Windows system directory (typically C:\WINDOWS\system32) is typically the first directory in the path, followed by many (but not all) of the directories for installed software packages. Many programs do not appear in the path as they are not designed to be executed from a command window, but rather from a Graphical User Interface. Some programs may add their directory to the front of the PATH variable's content during installation, to speed up the search process and/or override OS commands. In the DOS era, it was customary to add a PATH {program directory};%PATH% or SET PATH={program directory};%PATH% line to AUTOEXEC.BAT.
When a command is entered in a command shell or a system call is made by a program to execute a program, the system first searches the current working directory and then searches the path, examining each directory from left to right, looking for an executable filename that ma |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20threat | A web threat is any threat that uses the World Wide Web to facilitate cybercrime. Web threats use multiple types of malware and fraud, all of which utilize HTTP or HTTPS protocols, but may also employ other protocols and components, such as links in email or IM, or malware attachments or on servers that access the Web. They benefit cybercriminals by stealing information for subsequent sale and help absorb infected PCs into botnets.
Web threats pose a broad range of risks, including financial damages, identity theft, loss of confidential information/data, theft of network resources, damaged brand/personal reputation, and erosion of consumer confidence in e-commerce and online banking.
It is a type of threat related to information technology (IT). The IT risk, i.e. risk affecting has gained and increasing impact on society due to the spread of IT processes.
Reaching path
Web threats can be divided into two primary categories, based on delivery method – push and pull. Push-based threats use spam, phishing, or other fraudulent means to lure a user to a malicious (often spoofed) website which then collects information and/or injects malware. Push attacks use phishing, DNS poisoning (or pharming), and other means to appear to originate from a trusted source.
Precisely-targeted push-based web threats are often referred to as spear phishing to reflect the focus of their data gathering attack. Spear phishing typically targets specific individuals and groups for financial gain. In other push-based web threats, malware authors use social engineering such as enticing subject lines that reference holidays, popular personalities, sports, pornography, world events and other hot topics to persuade recipients to open the email and follow links to malicious websites or open attachments with malware that accesses the Web.
Pull-based web threats are often referred to as “drive-by” threats by experts (and more commonly as “drive-by downloads” by journalists and the general public), since they can affect any website visitor. Cybercriminals infect legitimate websites, which unknowingly transmit malware to visitors or alter search results to take users to malicious websites. Upon loading the page, the user's browser passively runs a malware downloader in a hidden HTML frame (IFRAME) without any user interaction.
Growth of web threats
Giorgio Maone wrote in 2008 that "if today’s malware runs mostly runs on Windows because it’s the commonest executable platform, tomorrow’s will likely run on the Web, for the very same reason. Because, like it or not, the Web is already a huge executable platform, and we should start thinking of it this way, from a security perspective."
The growth of web threats is a result of the popularity of the Web – a relatively unprotected, widely and consistently used medium that is crucial to business productivity, online banking, and e-commerce as well as the everyday lives of people worldwide. The appeal of Web 2.0 applications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff%20Sutcliffe | Geoff Sutcliffe is a US-based computer scientist working in the field of automated reasoning. He was born in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia),
grew up in South Africa, and earned his PhD in Australia. Sutcliffe currently works at the University of Miami, and is of both British and Australian nationality.
Geoff Sutcliffe is the developer of the Thousands of Problems for Theorem Provers (TPTP) problem library, and of the TPTP language for formal specification of Automated theorem proving problems and solutions. Since 1996 he has been organizing the annual CADE ATP System Competition (CASC), associated with the Conference on Automated Deduction and International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning. He has been a co-organizer of several Automated reasoning challenges, including the Modal Logic $100 Challenge, the MPTP $100 Challenges, and the SUMO $100 Challenges. Together with Stephan Schulz, Sutcliffe founded and has been organizing the ES* Workshop series, a venue for presentation and publishing of practically oriented Automated Reasoning research.
References
External links
Geoff Sutcliffe
TPTP
Articulate Software
Australian computer scientists
Australian expatriates in the United States
Automated theorem proving
British computer scientists
Living people
Miami University faculty
University of Natal alumni
University of Western Australia alumni
Zambian people of British descent
Zambian people of English descent
Zambian emigrants to South Africa
Zambian emigrants to Australia
1961 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Info%20URI%20scheme | In computing, info is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme which enables identifiers from public namespaces to be represented as URIs, when they would otherwise have no canonical URL form, such as Library of Congress identifiers, Handle System handles, and Digital object identifiers.
Specification
The specification for the info scheme is provided by the Informational RFC 4452.
Example
The following is an example of an info URI:
info:ddc/22/eng//004.678
In this example, "ddc" designates the Dewey Decimal Classification namespace and "22/eng//004.678" is the identifier within that namespace.
Namespace registry
Between 2003 and 2010, info namespaces were registered by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Office of Research on behalf of the
National Information Standards Organization (NISO), an American library standards body. About 30 namespaces were registered.
In 2010, the registry was closed, in view of the increasing importance of the W3C Linked Data paradigm, and adopters of the info scheme were advised to migrate resource identity requirements towards "mainstream Web practices."
References
URI schemes
Identifiers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xtube | Xtube was a Canadian pornographic video hosting service and social networking site based in Toronto, Ontario. It was established in 2006 and is notable for being the first adult community site to allow users to upload and share adult videos. Xtube was not a producer of pornography, instead it provided a platform for content uploaded by users. User-submitted content included pornographic videos, webcam models, pornographic photographs, and erotic literature, and incorporated social networking features.
History
Founded in 2006 by Ontario, Canada-based Webnovas Technologies, Xtube is owned by MindGeek, having been acquired between 2006 and 2010 by the then managing partner of MindGeek (then known as Manwin) Fabian Thylmann. It is part of the Pornhub NETWORK, which is a group of interlinked pornographic video sharing websites, most of which are owned by MindGeek.
On July 5, 2021, Xtube announced closure was scheduled for September 5 of the same year.
Overview
The website allowed visitors to view pornographic videos from a number of categories, including professional and amateur pornography. Users could take advantage of several features, including sharing videos on social media websites and liking or disliking them. Users could also optionally register a free Xtube account, which additionally allowed them to post comments, download videos and add videos to their favorites, as well as upload videos themselves. To combat the proliferation of illegal content, users were encouraged to flag videos they deem inappropriate, which were immediately reviewed by the Xtube team and removed if they violated the website's terms of service.
XTube stated that it had over 9 million registered users, and it had an Alexa Internet global traffic rank of 871, and a United States traffic rank of 705 (as of April 2018).
Features
Xtube provided various pornographic videos, photos, and erotic stories grouped under categories catering to specific fetishes or sexual preferences. Users uploading content select from a series of set categories. The most popular category being "amateur". Xtube also contained several social networking features. Users had detailed profiles incorporating their profile picture, cover photos and gender, as well as personal information in an about me section that contains turn ons, turn offs, favorite music, hobbies, fantasies, interests and ideal partners. Content possessed a commenting and rating system, and users could interact by adding others as a "friend" or subscribing to another's content. Privacy settings allowed users to make various parts of the account visible only to select individuals, filter private messages, and block certain requests. Users could also verify their identity by submitting a photo of themselves with their username, which confers verified a mark upon their profile and the user's videos.
Xtube generated revenues partly through advertising and partly through sharing revenue with amateur performers who sell their materi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera%20%28The%20X-Files%29 | "Chimera" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States, on April 2, 2000, was written by David Amann, and directed by Cliff Bole. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Chimera" earned a Nielsen household rating of 7.5, being watched by 12.89 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics.
The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder investigates what appears to be the case of a missing woman from a small town, but soon turns out to be a murder by a spirit summoned from the underworld. Scully, meanwhile, must endure an uncomfortable stakeout.
Similar to the sixth season episode, "Arcadia", "Chimera" was written as "a suburban parable about perfection" that examined "the evil that lies beneath a prototypical white-bread suburban existence." The episode was produced at a time when both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were directing their own episodes, and in order to compensate, Anderson's role was drastically reduced in the episode.
Plot
In Bethany, Vermont, a raven frightens a little girl, Michelle Crittendon, at a park while a neighbor, Jenny Uphouse, watches. The bird is later found at her home. Her mother, Martha Crittendon, is then attacked and killed by a monster. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are on a stakeout looking for a woman who is possibly killing prostitutes. Mulder believes she has the power to disappear because every time police attempt to arrest her she cannot be found. While on lookout, Mulder gets a call about the attack and leaves. Back at the office, Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) tells Mulder that Crittendon disappeared and asks him what he knows about ravens. Mulder believes that the bird is usually associated with evil. Skinner tells Mulder that this case is a top priority because Crittendon is the wife of a federal judge. At the Crittendon home, Martha's husband, Howard, tells Mulder that his wife was cheating on him because he found birth control pills, which is suspicious because Howard has had a vasectomy. Another neighbor, Ellen Adderly, the wife of Sheriff Phil Adderly, is approached by Jenny and then sees a raven before the window of a nearby car shatters. At the Crittendon home, Michelle sees the raven outside her window again and Howard leaves to check it out, leading him to find a hand sticking out above the flower bushes. Later the police dig up Martha's body, with claw marks all over her face.
Ellen tells Mulder that she saw a reflection in the mirror earlier, and that's what killed Martha. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%20and%20Blues | Computers and Blues is the fifth studio album by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under the music project The Streets. It was officially released in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2011. It contains 14 songs, including an appearance from British singer-songwriter Clare Maguire. Rob Harvey of The Music worked closely with Skinner on the album and features on several songs. The cover photo is a close-up of the Ziggurats, Norfolk Terrace halls of residence at the University of East Anglia designed by architect Denys Lasdun. The 'Blues' part of the title refers to Skinner's beloved Birmingham City.
Composition
In contrast to the "self-indulgent meltdown" of The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006) and the ""philosophy for beginners" approach" of Everything Is Borrowed (2008), Computers and Blues returns to the garage instrumentals and "everyman" presentation of real life of Original Pirate Material (2002) and A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004). It is primarily about technology's control on society, such as romantic dates on Facebook and addiction to Xbox gaming. Although Skinner sometimes raps about topics typical of his earliest albums, such as drinking ("Without Thinking") and being a stoner ("Roof Of Your Car"), he also discusses issues unique to his later years, such as struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome ("Trying To Kill M.E.") and seeing his daughter's ultrasound ("Blip On A Screen"). Occasionally, the rapper references science fiction writer J. G. Ballard. As Skinner laments on "Puzzled By People", "You can’t Google the solutions to people’s problems."
Reception
Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club argued that despite some moments that "remind that he won't be easily replaced", most of Computers and Blues suffered from "rote rehash" in the lyrics, and "awkward nods to trends from a guy who once sought to push things forward", such as Auto-tuned hooks and references to internet lingo like "OMG".
Track listing
Chart performance
On 10 February 2011, Computers and Blues debuted at number 22 on the Irish Albums Chart. On 13 February 2011 the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 8. As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 42,000 copies according to The Guardian.
Release history
The album was released in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2011, but was made available to Spotify Premium subscribers on 2 February. A stream of the album was made available by Guardian News and Media on 3 February 2011.
References
2011 albums
679 Artists albums
Albums produced by Mike Skinner (musician)
The Streets albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott%20Northwestern%20Hospital | Abbott Northwestern Hospital is a 686-staffed bed specialty hospital based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a part of the Allina Health network of hospitals and clinics.
History
Abbott Northwestern Hospital was founded in 1882 as Northwestern Hospital for Women and Children. Harriet G. Walker, the wife of prominent Minneapolis businessman Thomas Barlow Walker, invited 44 Minneapolis ladies to a meeting. Although it was billed as a fine social event, Walker actually had the foundation of a charity hospital in mind.
Dr. Mary Hood, who attended the birth of Walker's last child Archie, explained the need for a hospital to treat victims of malnutrition, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, and pneumonia.
Dr. Mary Whetstone appealed by saying that no one cared for the people with the worst diseases or "smoothed their dying pillows".
Although the typical Victorian women of the time were not used to hearing the details of disease and disadvantaged lives, the ladies donated toward the foundation of a hospital. The first building in late 1882 was a small rented house on 3 1/2 Avenue South which had room for ten patients, two nurses in training, and maids. This facility was hardly big enough for the needs of the community, so it moved to a second home in 1883 at a cost of $3000.
In 1887, the hospital moved to a permanent location at the corner of Chicago and 27th Street, at a cost of $36,000. The hospital's care was patterned after Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hood's alma mater. Dr. Hood and Dr. Whetstone gave simple, practical care such as diet, cleanliness, and rest. The hospital also established a training school for nurses.
Meanwhile, the distinguished Dr. Amos W. Abbott co-founded Minnesota College Hospital, the Minnesota Pathological Society, and in 1902, the city's first private surgical hospital. Abbott had to treat women in houses until 1910, when a grateful William Hood Dunwoody paid to build a purpose-built hospital. His wife Kate had been an Abbott patient. Abbott’s Surgical Hospital was designed by William Channing Whitney on First Avenue South.
In 1932, Northwestern Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary. The building at the time could house 200 patients, and was valued at $1,000,000. It had a staff of 81 student nurses, 16 graduate nurses, and 30 other members of its general staff. It was overcrowded at the time, so expansion was needed. Because of the Great Depression, though, it took until 1941 before the west wing and the central pavilion were remodeled and the original hospital building was demolished.
After World War II, health care facilities received increased attention because of the need for care of veterans wounded in the war. Government money was distributed to ensure improved access to health care, and technological advances were made in cardiovascular and pulmonary surgery techniques. In addition, diagnostic methods were improved, and extended care for critically ill patients received attention. In 1953, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsystems%20%28magazine%29 | Microsystems was a personal computing magazine founded by Sol Libes and published from January 1980 to November 1984. Oriented toward the home and business personal computer user, it included an editorial page, letters from readers, technical articles, and advertisements. As a historical reference, it is notable for chronicling in detail the early days of the personal computer. Topics covered in its issues included:
IEEE-696 / S-100 bus systems
the CP/M operating systems from Digital Research: CP/M-80, CP/M Plus, CP/M-86, and MP/M
the MS-DOS operating system from Microsoft
implementations of the PL/I language: PL/I-80 and PL/I-86 from Digital Research
the Turbo Pascal and UCSD Pascal languages
the 8080, Z80, 8086, and 80286 microprocessors
History
As the nascent personal computer industry grew, the magazine changed as well. The front cover of the magazine adopted various titles throughout its history:
MICROSYSTEMS - the CP/M and S-100 user's journal
Microsystems - the CP/M user's journal
Microsystems - the journal for advanced microcomputing
In 1983, Ziff-Davis took over publication of the magazine, but decided in September 1984 to stop publication, citing "poor circulation and lack of substantial growth potential". The circulation at that time was about 55,000.
Sol Libes resumed publication of the magazine under a new title in March 1985, as Micro/Systems Journal () "for the Advanced Computer User".
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Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1980
Magazines disestablished in 1984
Magazines published in New Jersey |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Fringe%20episodes | Fringe is an American science fiction television series that originally aired on the Fox network from September 9, 2008, to January 18, 2013. The series follows the Fringe Team as it investigates bizarre scientific occurrences related to "The Pattern", a string of freak, fringe science–related incidents worldwide. The team consists of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), eccentric scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his genius son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), as well as others at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The series' narrative evolves and it later centers on a parallel universe and then on the mysterious Observers – a group of expressionless, pale, bald men in suits who have appeared throughout documented human history at significant historical events.
Fringe was created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. They took inspiration from multiple sources including the works of Michael Crichton and David Cronenberg, the film Altered States, and the television series The X-Files and The Twilight Zone. The three also sought to combine elements of procedural shows like Law & Order with an "extremely serialized and very culty" series like Lost, which Abrams co-created. Fringes pilot episode was picked up by Fox in May 2008, and premiered on September 9. Critics hailed the series as a successor to Lost, as the two shared many similarities including Abrams' involvement, characters exploring a series of unexplained events, the use of many of the same actors and writers, and the difficulty in categorizing each show within just one genre. Explored themes in Fringe include free will, the potential benefits and risks of emerging technologies, the nature of time, and the differences that separate faith and reason.
The series was broadcast across five seasons and 100 episodes. Its first season included 20 episodes, while its second contained 23 installments, though one of these, "Unearthed", was filmed during the first season. The third and fourth seasons contained 22 episodes, while the fifth featured thirteen installments. Fringes ratings started strongly with a weekly episode average of 8.8 million, achieving first place in the 18–49 adult demographic among the 2008–09 television season's new shows. In addition to these solid ratings, the first season garnered a generally favorable critical reception. Later seasons gradually suffered a decrease in ratings—the series finale being watched by just 3.2 million viewers—though the series did develop a cult following. Entertainment Weekly conjectures that despite its ratings decline, Fringe survived for five seasons in part because of Fox executive Kevin Reilly's love of the series, and also due to the network's desire to make amends for the science fiction shows it had previously canceled.
Across its run the series earned many accolades, though it failed to win major awards. At the Television Critics Awards, Fringe earned a 2009 award that designated it "Outstan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria%20Wireless%20Users%20Group | Pretoria Wireless Users Group is a South African wireless users group. It is a non-profit community organisation, providing a wireless community network in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa.
PTAWUG has been created as the community's answer to South Africa's restrictive telecommunications environment. The South African telecommunications industry has been marked by poor service delivery, monopolistic practices and prohibitively high prices.
Founded on 28 July 2007, PTAWUG embodies the African spirit of Ubuntu. Its constitution guarantees openness, free participation and equality to all members of the Wireless User Group. PTAWUG is exclusively funded by donations from the community. Highsite installation and maintenance is conducted by volunteers in their spare time. PTAWUG exemplifies the proverbial open source Bazaar – no management team, no hierarchies, equal participation.
PTAWUG is the 3rd largest wireless network organisation in the world, behind AWMN (Greece), and TWMN (Greece). These two networks provide internet as well, which PTAWUG doesn't, so counting community networks that don't provide internet - PTAWUG is the largest on earth.
The aim of the network is to provide free TCP/IP communications in and around South Africa's capital to hobbyists, researchers and other non-commercial users. The network is used for gaming, voip, file transfers and various other IP based services.
PTAWUG connects members from vastly different backgrounds and social standings and provides a sandbox for technology experimentation and community skills development.
Community
PTAWUG unites a number of people in the IT field, allows information sharing, and the learning helps the member to progress. The community is responsible for the network - volunteers maintain the highsites physically as well as the software configuration thereof.
The knowledge and skills which are learnt by "playing" with WiFi networks is very valuable to South Africa and Africa as there is a great skills shortage in South Africa and on the continent.
PTAWUG is an inclusive network, no one is denied access, and is built entirely on openness and collaboration between members. There is no hierarchy on the network; all users are equal. The ages of members connected to PTAWUG range from teens to 60+, with different income groups, and races also included.
There is an administration team that keeps the technical side of the network running, consisting of about 25 people.
Regular meetings are held where new developments are discussed. The great South African tradition of a braai is part of these meetings.
The main communication medium on PTAWUG is IRC as this technology enables all the 'wuggers' to speak to each other using PCs or cellphones, at the same time to easily plan expansion or discuss hardware/software problems on the network.
Many of the skills members learn by using and being involved in the network, are applied in their careers.
Network Infrastructure
The lack of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow%20Out%20%28Prison%20Break%29 | "Blow Out" is the 63rd episode of the American television series Prison Break and was broadcast on September 29, 2008 in the United States on the Fox Network.
Plot
Michael Scofield, Brad Bellick, Lincoln Burrows, Alex Mahone, Fernando Sucre and Sara Tancredi are at the horse track where they are to find their next card holder. Although they successfully manage to copy the card's contents on to Roland's device, Alex, who has the device with him, is arrested after punching a cop and trying to flee the scene. At the police station, Mahone is locked up and his possessions, including the device, are stored away. The gang informs Donald Self of the news and ask him to free Mahone. Don tries to use his federal badge to wriggle out of the mess, but only manages to strike a deal to get Mahone's possessions. Mahone reluctantly agrees and signs the papers so Don can do so.
Later, Don is confronted by Wyatt, who warns him that the Pad Man likes his privacy and tells Self to stay out of company business. Self stands his ground and walks off.
As Mahone is scheduled to go to court, he realizes that Wyatt intends to be at the hearing to kill him. He informs Michael, who convinces everyone to help rescue him instead of focusing on the next card holder. Sara, posing as Mahone's representative, manages to take his file and fingerprints to hide the evidence. Lincoln and Michael blow the power to the building, and in the confusion, Sucre helps Mahone escape. Wyatt notices the gang leaving, but is unable to shoot them due to the police around the area. Mahone thanks the gang at the warehouse for saving him and then makes a surreptitious call to Wyatt telling him that it is personal. Mahone throws Wyatt's number away, but Roland manages to dig it out of the trash.
Back at Gate Corporation, T-Bag uses the clues in Whistler's book to deduce there is something hidden in a supply closet connected to his office. Before he can investigate further, however, he is revealed to be a fraud and flees back to his suite. Meanwhile, Gretchen, having escaped confinement by Wyatt, hides out at her sister's house to wash up. She stays briefly before heading off to find Whistler, but it is also revealed she has a daughter. Gretchen then heads to the coroner's office to gather Whistler's file; although she claims to be his wife, Gretchen is forced to knock out the guard to claim Whistler's records and belongings. This leads her to the suite where T-Bag is staying. As T-Bag is frantically wiping down surfaces to hide his fingerprints, Gretchen arrives and knocks him to ground, demanding to know who he is.
Reception
IGN gave the episode 6.4 saying that the only way to enjoy the episode is if you turn off "your brain and accept all of the ridiculous plot twists and character decisions at face value".
References
External links
Prison Break episodes
2008 American television episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCon%20Systems%20Corporation | InterCon Systems Corporation (a Virginia Corporation) was founded in April 1988 by Kurt D. Baumann and Mikki Barry to produce software to connect Macintosh computers in environments that were not Macintosh-exclusive. At the time, there was no real concept of the Internet and there was still a question of whether the TCP/IP protocols or OSI protocols would be adopted widely. Over the next 9 years, the company grew from three employees to over 100 and sold software in the US, Europe and Japan.
In June 1995, InterCon was acquired by PSINet and continued to sell and maintain its suite of TCP/IP software.
In February 1996, PSINet merged InterCon with Software Ventures (another Macintosh communication software company).
In February 1997, InterCon's engineering group and its products were sold to Ascend Communications.
Products
In 1988, InterCon was pursuing two product lines, TCP/Connect (based originally on NCSA Telnet), and an email product. Unfortunately, the licensing for the email product fell through in negotiations, so it was never sold, and InterCon would have to wait a few more years (until TCP/Connect II) before it could provide email to customers.
TCP/Connect
TCP/Connect was InterCon's flagship product. Launched at Macworld Conference & Expo in August 1988, the product provided the same features as NCSA Telnet, with commercial technical support as its only significant added benefit. This was to change rapidly over the next few months, and by October of that year, InterCon was showing the product at the first InterOp Expo with new features including a graphical FTP Client (one of the first on the Macintosh) and IBM 3270 emulation.
Over the next few years, InterCon added more terminal emulation and file transfer capabilities to the product, but no other major protocols until the product was replaced with a significant rewrite: TCP/Connect II.
TCP/Connect II
TCP/Connect II was to remain InterCon's flagship product from 1990 until 1995. Although TCP/Connect was primarily a terminal emulation and file transfer program, TCP/Connect II branched out into a full-fledged internet suite. At introduction, it featured email and network news reader support along with additional terminal emulations in addition to the already-popular IBM 3270, and DEC VT-240 emulations.
Over the next 5 years, the product evolved quickly and kept or set the pace for many advanced features, including embedded graphics and multimedia content in email; advanced email automation, filtering, and highlighting; a high-speed web browser; a gopher client; and many minor features and protocols.
After the introduction of InterCon's web browser in TCP/Connect II, AOL licensed the browser in 1995 for use with their dial-up networking services. In order to separate the browser from the rest of the suite, it was dubbed WebShark.
tcpCONNECT4
tcpCONNECT4 (renamed from TCP/Connect II and with additional features) was a "do-everything suite of TCP/IP applications for Internet |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via%20Agrippa | Via Agrippa, is any stretch of the network of Roman roads in Gaul that was built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, to whom Octavian entrusted the reorganization of the Gauls. In all, the Romans built of roads in Gaul.
Agrippa's project
Agrippa's network radiated from a hub at the new strategic site of Lugdunum (Lyon). Strabo indicated the directions, which were identified by Pierre Gros:
a route towards the Atlantic, from Lugdunum/Lyon towards Saintes
a route towards the North Sea, via Reims, Beauvais and Amiens
a route towards the Rhine, via Langres, Trier and Cologne
and a route towards the south, to Marseille.
Though the detailed routes taken by the various stretches of the Via Agrippa are well settled on the ground, the dates of construction are still debated: in 39-38 BCE, according to the authors of the Guide romain antique; 22-21 BCE, according to Pierre Gros; or between 16 and 13 BCE, according to Paul Petit.
The southern route
An ancient salt road passed to the mouths of the Rhône, keeping to the lower slopes of the hills to avoid the river's sometimes swampy flood plain. Under the impetus of Augustus, Agrippa paved a route that lay closer to the river, passing through the important Roman cities of Arles, Avignon, Orange, Montélimar, Valence, Vienne, interspersed with relay stations (mutationes) where a change of horses was maintained for official couriers. This route was augmented by the Via Antonina along the right bank of the Rhône.
Traces of the via Agrippa
Near Valence, the modern Route nationale 7 follows the track of the via Agrippa.
To the north of the Isère the via Agrippa, having passed the crossroads still called Sept Chemins ("Seven Roads") followed the line now marked by Route départementale 101 towards Beaumont-Monteux; there a Route communale and a pathway trace the straight Roman track which serves as boundary between the communes of Beaumont-Monteux and Pont-de-l'Isère. Nearby, the toponym Vie Magne records the passage of the via magna, the "great road".
Roman milestones
Inscribed standing milestones placed along the route indicated the miles from the starting point (capita viae) with Vienne, Valence or Avignon, as well as the magistrate or emperor who had them erected or maintained.
In addition to twenty-two surviving milestones recovered along the route is one of the 3rd or 4th century reused in the ambulatory of the choir of the Cathedral of Valence, where its inscription may still be read:
IMP(ERATOR) CAESAR L(UCIUS) DOMIT[IUS]
AURELIANU[S] P(IUS) [F(ELIX)] INV[I]CT[US]
[AU]G(USTUS) P(ONTIFEX) MA(XIMUS) GER[MANIC(US) MAX(IMUS)]
[GO]THIC(US) MA[X(IMUS) CARPIC(US) MAX(IMUS)] ?
[PAR]THIC(US) MA[X(IMUS) TRIB(UNICIA) POT(ESTATE) VI CO(N)S(UL)] ?
[III] P(ATER) P(ATRIAE) PROCO(N)[S(UL) PACATOR ET RES]
[TITUT]OR ORB(IS) [REFECIT ET]
[R]ESTITUIT […]
MILIA [PASSUUM]
I[I] II ?
Translation
"The Emperor Caesar Lucius Domitian Aurelianus, pious, fortunate, invincible, august, high priest, greatest conqueror of t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WADI | WADI (95.3 FM, "The Bee") is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Corinth, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by The Eagle Radio Network, Inc. It broadcasts a hot country music format.
The station was assigned the WADI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.
As of April 30th, 2022, the programming is now also broadcast on translator frequency W254AA which serves the community of Colbert Heights, Alabama and the Quad-Cities of North Alabama through an agreement between owners.
References
External links
WADI/WXWX Facebook
ADI
Country radio stations in the United States
Alcorn County, Mississippi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Di%20Cosmo | Roberto Di Cosmo is an italian computer scientist and director of IRILL, the Innovation and research initiative for free software ().
He graduated from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and obtained a PhD from the University of Pisa, before becoming tenured professor at the École normale supérieure in Paris, then professor at the Paris 7 University. Since 2010, he has been director of the IRILL.
Di Cosmo was an early member of the AFUL, association of the French community of Linux and Free Software users and is also known for his support of the Open Source Software movement.
He became famous after releasing a paper criticizing Microsoft in 1998, entitled Piège dans le cyberespace (Hijacking the world, the dark side of Microsoft). Co-written with the journalist Dominique Nora, this book is now available under the BY-NC-ND Creative Commons licence.
His most famous contribution to Linux is the first "live" Linux distribution (2000 to 2002), demolinux, which made it possible to boot Linux from a CD-ROM without setting up the entire distribution.
He was one of the founders, and the first president, of the Open Source Thematic Group within the Systematic innovation cluster.
Di Cosmo is a member of the Board of Trustees at the IMDEA Software Institute.
On June 30, 2016, Inria announced the creation of the Software Heritage initiative, which was conceived and is directed by Roberto Di Cosmo.
References
External links
Own Page
Hijacking the world free under licence CC-BY-NC-ND. Printed: Calmann-Levy 1998,
Demolinux
Interview of Roberto Di Cosmo in I-CIO, July 2009
Introducing Software Heritage, the Library of Alexandria for Code, Slate, July 2016
Italian computer scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Cameron | Kim Cameron may refer to:
Kim S. Cameron, Professor of Management and Organizations
Kim Cameron (computer scientist)
Kimberly Keiko Cameron, main character of Skim |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nurturing%20Network | The Nurturing Network, founded by American business executive and author, Mary Cunningham Agee, is an international charitable organization dedicated to relieving abuse, neglect and exploitation. The organization states that its purpose is to provide educational resources and support to those who are most vulnerable.
The Nurturing Network describes its strategic approach as collaborative. Their mission states that the provision of education, training, service and mentoring in cooperation with individuals, foundations, corporations and compatible organizations is an effective method for defeating all forms of human bondage.
History and Founding
The loss of her first child in a second trimester miscarriage in 1984, caused Agee to examine the scope of resources available to women whose pregnancies are terminated through abortion. Agee reported research that revealed, "Nine out of ten women experiencing a crisis pregnancy feel they have only one option: abortion." This awareness prompted Agee to found the Nurturing Network in an effort to increase the availability and range of alternatives for women confronting this situation. The Network's founding documents reflect the view that women wanting to exercise their choice for birth often do not have the financial, medical, social or emotional resources necessary to carry out this decision. In 1985, The Agee's sold their vacation home to generate start-up funds to form the 501c3 charitable organization. Agee reported at the time of founding TNN and subsequently in "Senate testimony" that, "Most government and social programs were specifically designed to meet the needs of unwed teenagers. There was little support for college or working women who were expected to be able to take care of themselves." Agee sought to fill this void by raising awareness that this segment of women were, "Most likely to face family rejection, social stigma, and educational or career discrimination."
Founding Philosophy
Freedom of choice: TNN bases its program on the fundamental concept expressed by its Founder, Mary Cunningham Agee, that "freedom of choice without options is meaningless." With access to complete information in a supportive, unbiased, non-judgmental environment, "women will be free to make sound decisions for themselves and their children."
Personal worth: Documents about the organization's mission and philosophy written by Agee state that "The Network, through its connection to thousands of local volunteers and other programs, seeks to enhance the self-esteem of every woman served – without regard to race, creed or economic circumstances."
Growth through suffering: The Nurturing Network's Founder emphasizes in her speeches and writing that, "Personal growth is often achieved through personal suffering. A positive response to a crisis pregnancy has the potential to catalyze significant personal insight along with a deepened compassion that will expand to benefit many others."
Client service
Sin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motus | Motus may refer to:
The Motus Wildlife tracking network
Motus, LLC, a workforce management company
Motus O dance theatre, a dance company
Motusbank, a Canadian online-only bank
Motus Motorcycles, maker of the Motus MST vehicle
The Path of Motus, a video game
See also
Motu (disambiguation)
Mottus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Through%20Time | Battle Through Time is a computer game for the Commodore 64 computer, programmed by Ken Grant. This video game is a side-scrolling ground-based shoot 'em up game drawing obvious influence from the arcade game Moon Patrol.
Gameplay
The basic gameplay is similar to Moon Patrol, in that the player has to drive a jeep through rough landscape and jump over potholes and obstacles, and shoot at enemies both on the ground and in the sky. The player has to travel ten miles in each level before they can progress to the next one.
Battle Through Time is themed after the most famous wars in the 20th century. It has seven levels, each with their own settings:
World War I
World War II
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
World War III
War Mutations, an alien-looking landscape almost devoid of enemies, only riddled with obstacles
In the Beginning, back to Stone Age, with a Tyrannosaurus rex as an end-of-level boss.
Each level has its own music theme, which consist of computer renditions of various famous melodies, such as Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss the Younger, and contemporary classics such as the Darth Vader theme.
Reception
Big K gave the game an overall score of 'two Ks' out of three. Home Computing Weekly gave it four stars out of five. Computer Gamer gave it three stars out of five.
References
Battle Through Time at GameFAQs
1984 video games
Action games
Anco Software games
Commodore 64 games
Commodore 64-only games
Single-player video games
Video game clones
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradius%20Deluxe%20Pack | is a 1996 video game compilation developed and published by Konami. It was originally released for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation, and later for Windows computers a year later. It includes the first two games in the company's Gradius series of shoot'em ups — Gradius (1985) and Gradius II (1988) — alongside extras such as CG movies and minor changes to the included titles.
Gameplay
Development and release
Reception
Notes
References
PlayStation (console) games
Sega Saturn games
Windows games
Gradius video games
1996 video games
Konami video game compilations
Japan-exclusive video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Miki Higashino |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20%28Fringe%29 | The pilot episode of the Fringe television series premiered on the Fox network on September 9, 2008. The pilot to season 1 was written by the creators of the series—J.J.Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci—and directed by Alex Graves. The episode introduces the most central character, Olivia Dunham, portrayed by Anna Torv, an FBI special agent forced into the world of applied fringe science after a number of freak incidences. Dr. Walter Bishop, a scientist formerly incarcerated in a mental institution for over seventeen years, is portrayed by John Noble, while Joshua Jackson plays his son, Peter, who is hired by Olivia to assist with Walter and his work.
Although the pilot was set in and around Boston, Massachusetts, filming occurred in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The episode cost $10 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive pilots in television history. The pilot was leaked online three months prior to its broadcast on television, leading to speculation that it was leaked deliberately to increase interest in the program. However, this was denied by executive producer Bryan Burk. The episode was generally well received by critics, and was watched by 9.13 million American viewers on its premiere.
Plot
A man on an international flight injects himself with an insulin pen, which releases a biological agent that quickly kills everyone aboard by causing their flesh to crystallize. The airplane's autopilot system lands the plane at Boston's Logan Airport, where various federal agencies create a task force to investigate what occurred during the flight. F.B.I. Special Agent Olivia Dunham and her partner, Agent Scott (Mark Valley), are together in bed at a motel, where Scott says that he loves her. Dunham receives a call from her boss Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo), who tells her to head to the airport. Dunham is added to the interagency task force headed by Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick).
Following a tip, Dunham and Scott are sent to a storage facility where they uncover a biochemical laboratory, which explodes when detonated by a suspect they are chasing. Scott is affected by the chemicals released in the explosion, and is placed into an artificial coma to slow the progression of the chemical reaction. While investigating a possible cure to Scott's condition, Dunham blackmails Peter Bishop to gain access to his father Dr. Walter Bishop, whose top-secret work at Harvard in "fringe science" resulted in him being sent to a mental institution. Dunham manages to release Walter from the institution; however, he becomes enraged when he discovers his laboratory in Harvard has been shut down. Broyles reopens the laboratory, where Dunham transfers Scott's body. To identify the man from the storage facility, Walter synchronizes Dunham's brainwaves with the comatose Scott's so that she can read his mind. Walter claims that syncing brainwaves, and even reanimating the dead, can be accomplished up to six hours after death. With the help of Dunham' |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow%20and%20Chicken | Cow and Chicken is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It is the third of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. It follows the surreal adventures of two talking animal siblings, Cow and Chicken. They are often antagonized by the Red Guy, a cartoon version of the Devil who poses as various characters to scam them.
The original pilot appeared as an episode of the animation showcase series What a Cartoon!. The popularity of the original short allowed Hanna-Barbera to give it the green light for a full series, which premiered on July 15, 1997. Originally, Cow and Chicken was attached to another segment called I Am Weasel, which was later spun-off into its own half-hour series on June 10, 1999. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. In fact, along with I Am Weasel, it is the last original Cartoon Network show to be entirely produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It was nominated for two Emmy Awards.
Premise
The series focuses on the misadventures of two unlikely yet somehow biological siblings: the sweet-natured, dim, ecstatic, anthropomorphic Cow and her cynical older brother Chicken (both voiced by Charlie Adler). The two are often caught in escapades with their flamboyant enemy, the Red Guy (Adler), a comical version of the Devil himself who disguises himself under various personas, usually to either scam everyone around or just for fun. However, he once tried to take Chicken to Hell.
Supporting characters include Chicken and Cow's delirious human parents Dad and Mom (Dee Bradley Baker and Candi Milo, respectively), only seen from the waist down and implied to have no torsos, heads, or arms; Chicken's best friends Flem (Howard Morris) and Earl (Dan Castellaneta); and their cousin, Boneless Chicken (Adler). Cow has her favorite dolls, Crabs the Warthog, Piles the Beaver, and Manure the Bear, who is a polar bear.
The series draws on eccentric, surreal, grotesque, and repulsive humor. For example, Cow and Chicken always order "pork butts and taters" in the cafeteria, the Red Guy always shows his butt, and characters often pepper their speech with malapropisms and sarcasm. The humor and storylines depicted are often based on traditional childhood worries, anxieties, or phobias such as cooties or venturing into the girls' restroom, but enhanced comically.
Many of the slapstick antics involve the main characters getting physically abused.
Production
Development
David Feiss first created Cow and Chicken as a story for his daughter. Feiss was an animator who had worked with Hanna-Barbera and related projects since 1978.
Years later, Feiss was called to submit ideas for What a Cartoon!, a series of various animated shorts from numerous creators and writers, created by Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert. Feiss submitted three ideas to executive producer Larry Huber, one of which was Cow and Chicken. Cow and Chicken premiered on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95.5%20FM | The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 95.5 MHz:
Argentina
Alfa y omega in Campana, Buenos Aires
Amistad in Villa Huidobro, Córdoba
Corazón in Rosario, Santa Fe
Cyber in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Concepto in Buenos Aires
del molino in Trevelin, Chubut
El Grito in Los Hornillos, Córdoba
LRI803 Las Parejas in Las Parejas, Santa Fe
la Zero in Rio Cuarto, Córdoba
Libertad in Olavarria, Buenos Aires
Live in Capilla del Monte, Córdoba
LRI 736 Universal in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires
LRP 782 Máxima in Ceres, Santa Fe
Activa in Valle de Uco, Mendoza
LRF321 Tiempo in Rio Turbio, Santa Cruz
Más LRH 927 in Campo Grande, Misiones
Metro Mendoza in Mendoza
Mediterránea in Concepcion, Tucuman
Popular in Chilecito, La Rioja
Radio María in Adrogué, Buenos Aires
Radio María in Maipú, Buenos Aires
Radio Maria in Tres Isletas, Chaco
Radio Maria in Camilo Aldao, Córdoba
Radio Maria in Victoria, Entre Ríos
Radio María in Abra Pampa, Jujuy
Radio María in Eduardo Castex, La Pampa
Uno in Dolores, Buenos Aires
Vos in Brandsen, Buenos Aires
Australia
2MRR in Port Macquarie, New South Wales
2CP/T in Jindabyne, New South Wales
ROK FM in Parkes, New South Wales
Radio TAB in Bundaberg, Queensland
Radio TAB in Emerald, Queensland
Radio TAB in Roxby Downs, South Australia
Radio TAB in Renmark, South Australia
3CAT in Geelong, Victoria
ABC Classic FM in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Merto FM, Love Relay 94
Canada (Channel 238)
CBA-FM in Moncton, New Brunswick
CBF-FM-14 in St-Jovite, Quebec
CBKE-FM in La Loche, Saskatchewan
CBKI-FM in Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan
CBMU-FM in Harrington Harbour, Quebec
CBN-FM-6 in Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador
CBNR-FM in Ramea, Newfoundland and Labrador
CBOC-FM in Cornwall, Ontario
CBUF-FM-4 in Prince George, British Columbia
CBUH-FM in Chase, British Columbia
CBUY-FM in Port Hardy, British Columbia
CBWE-FM in Easterville, Manitoba
CBWL-FM in Snow Lake, Manitoba
CBWM-FM in Oxford House, Manitoba
CBWQ-FM in South Indian Lake, Manitoba
CFLX-FM in Sherbrooke, Quebec
CFVD-FM in Degelis, Quebec
CFXP-FM in Jasper, Alberta
CHLB-FM in Lethbridge, Alberta
CIAM-FM-2 in Buffalo Head, Alberta
CIAM-FM-14 in Wabasca, Alberta
CIAM-FM-15 in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
CIAM-FM-18 in Manning, Alberta
CIYN-FM in Kincardine, Ontario
CJLR-FM-6 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan
CJLS-FM in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
CJOJ-FM in Belleville, Ontario
CJTK-FM in Sudbury, Ontario
CKGY-FM in Red Deer, Alberta
VF2123 in Valemount, British Columbia
VF2204 in Kemano, British Columbia
VF2290 in Carol Lake Mining, Newfoundland and Labrador
China
CNR Business Radio in Huizhou
CNR China Traffic Radio in Shanghai
CNR Music Radio in Jinan and Xi'an
CNR The Voice of China in Sanya
Colombia
HJU54-FM in Bogotá, Bogotá D.C.
Ireland
LMFM in Drogheda, County Louth
Malaysia
Radio Klasik in Central Kelantan
Mexico
XHCD-FM in Hermosillo, Sonora
XHCMM-FM in Coalcomán, Michoacán
XHELG-FM in León, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades%20of%20pink | Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. As such, it is an arbitrary classification of color.
Below is a list of some of the common pink colors.
Computer web color pinks
Pink
At right is displayed the web color pink.
Light pink
At right is displayed the web color light pink. The name of the web color is written as "lightpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display.
Although this color is called "light pink", as can be ascertained by inspecting its hex code, it is actually a slightly deeper, not a lighter, tint of pink than the color pink itself. A more accurate name for it in terms of traditional color nomenclature would therefore be medium light pink.
Hot pink
At right is displayed the web color hot pink. The name of the web color is written as "hotpink" (no space) in HTML for computer display. This shade of pink, along with bubblegum pink, was a very popular aesthetic during the 2000s.
Deep pink
At right is displayed the web color deep pink. The name of the web color is written as "deeppink" (no space) in HTML for computer display.
Pastel pink
In Western culture, pastel pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys.
Other notable pink colors
Champagne pink
Displayed at right is the color champagne pink, a strongly yellow-hued shade of pink.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #12-1107 TPX—Champagne Pink.
Pink lace
At right is displayed the color pink lace, a very pale purplish pink.
The color name pink lace for this pale tone of rose pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.
This color is suggestive of the color of some women's lingerie.
Piggy pink
The color piggy pink is displayed at right.
The color piggy pink is a representation of the color of a pink pig.
The color piggy pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998.
The color was originally called pig pink, but later the name was changed to "piggy pink".
Pale pink
At right is displayed the color pale pink, a light, desaturated shade of pink.
Baby pink
At right is displayed the color baby pink, a light shade of pink.
The first recorded use of baby pink as a color name in English was in 1928.
In Western culture, baby pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys (but see also the section Pink in gender in the main article on pink.)
Spanish pink
Spanish pink is the color that is called Rosa (the Spanish word for "pink") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and
Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.
Cameo pink
At right is displayed the color cameo pink, a medium light tone of rose pink.
The first recor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCA%20Games%20Convention%20Asia | GCA Games Convention Asia is a major video game exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region. It consists of a public exhibition and a conference where the various players in the video game industry network and interact with each other, while showcasing their latest products and services to the public. Games Convention Asia serves as an entryway for companies trying to enter the Asian interactive entertainment market.
The concept behind the convention consists of four pillars: exhibition, business centre, matchmaking area, and GC Asia Conference. The GC Asia Conference allows developers and industry experts to exchange knowledge and know-how in panels and lectures and grow their international networks of business connections.
The event takes place over four days at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore (September 17–20, 2009) and is organized by LMI Asia Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Games Convention organizer, Leipziger Messe. In April 2008, LMI Asia Pte Ltd was founded in Singapore as an affiliate of LMI GmbH.
It was announced in March 2010 that the convention will no longer be held beginning from 2010 due to a low demand.
Overview
Games Convention Asia consists of the Students' Day, the public exhibition and the Games Convention Asia Conference (GCAC).
Students` Day & Career Fair:
The computer games industry offers a range of job opportunities complementing the current large demand for new talent. The Students' Day & Career Fair allow students to meet industry icons and attend talks and workshops on various aspects of game design. Access to the Students' Day is free of charge though registration is required.
The Public Exhibition:
Used for local and international companies introduce the latest games and products to the market over three days. The first day is dedicated to business visitors and media only. After debuting in 2007 with an attendance of 70,000 visitors, 92,000 visitors were welcomed at GCA 2008. Going beyond gaming, the GCA also features entertainment, media education and other events. The last day of the show focuses on families with the GCA Family Day.
GCA's public exhibition also includes a cosplay competition. In 2008, the grand prize was a trip to BlizzCon 2008 in California. The cosplay competition for GCA 2009 is a qualifier to the Asia-Pacific Cosplay Competition in the G03 convention at Perth, Australia.
Games Convention Asia Conference (GCAC):
Held alongside the GCA. The conference is a set event with internationally known speakers and sponsors. In 2008, GCAC featured 75 speakers, many for the first time, including keynote speakers Michael De Plater of Ubisoft, Joonmo Kwon of Nexon, Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios and Cevat Yerli of Crytek.
The entire conference covers all aspects of the gaming industry and is divided into three main tracks: Art/Design, Business and Development and Production. Topics discussed include micro-transactions, outsourcing, pitching, cross-platfor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Off%20the%20Hook | Guy Off the Hook is a television series which began airing on Food Network in September 2008. The show is hosted by Guy Fieri and closely follows the format of shows such as Paula's Party and Emeril Live. The show is taped in front of a studio audience, which Fieri often engages. The food presented is similar to the California cuisine type dishes Fieri favors on Guy's Big Bite.
References
Food Network original programming
2008 American television series debuts
2008 American television series endings
2000s American cooking television series
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20H.%20Lindsey | Charles Hodgson Lindsey was a British computer scientist, most known for his involvement with the programming language ALGOL 68.
He was an editor of the Revised Report on Algol 68, and co-wrote a ground breaking book on the language An Informal Introduction to Algol 68, which was unusual because it was written so that it could be read horizontally (i.e., serially, in the normal manner) or vertically (i.e., starting with section 1.1, then 2.1, then 3.1, etc., before going back to section 1.2, then 2.2, and so on) depending on how a reader wanted to learn the language.
He was responsible for the research implementation of ALGOL 68 for the experimental MU5 computer at Manchester University, and maintained an implementation of a subset named ALGOL 68S.
He wrote the complete History of ALGOL 68 in:
He was involved with developing international standards in programming and informatics, as a member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi, which specified, maintains, and supports the programming languages ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68.
He was a member of the Computer Conservation Society, North West Branch, and part of the team restoring Douglas Hartree's Differential Analyser at Manchester Museum of Science and Technology.
References
External links
British computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NimbleX | NimbleX is a small Slackware-based Linux distribution optimized to run from a CD, USB drive or a network environment. NimbleX has been praised for how fast it boots, as well as for its small disk footprint, which is considered surprising for a distribution using KDE as desktop environment. NimbleX was also remarked for its website that allows users to generate custom bootable images by using a web browser. It was also covered in mainstream Romanian press as the first Linux distribution put together by a Romanian.
Features
NimbleX is known for its fast boot up which is an important factor in user experience when running from optical media or USB drives. A review of the 2007 NimbleX edition noted: "Expect it to boot in less than half the time that a live CD from Fedora, Ubuntu, or Knoppix takes." A more recent review of the 2008 edition also noted NimbleX's speed: "It's easily one of the fastest bootups I've seen in a while. I even tried to hinder or cripple its boot time, and even on a dog slow pendrive or an old as dirt test machine, it still booted amazingly fast. The desktop and applications are also very fast."
NimbleX is also a very compact distribution. A review of the 2007 edition wondered "how they managed to include KDE, not to mention the other applications", having included in the size of only 200 MB a window-based graphical user interface (a slimmed down KDE to fit), the Firefox web browser, the office documents editor KOffice, a PDF reader, a media player that can play almost all the file formats without the need to install a codec, the photo editing software GIMP, anti-virus and Bluetooth support integrated to name a few applications included.
As of 2008, the installation process of major Linux distributions can be customized by creating custom installation disks, usually called spins, but creating a spin requires a certain amount of expertise, and creating a spin that can run from the installation media requires further customization. NimbleX makes this process user-friendly by providing a web interface for the process, which is similar to that of some embedded Linux distributions, e.g. FreeWRT.
These features made the distribution popular early on: "To judge from its forums, NimbleX has attracted a surprisingly large number of users for such a relatively unknown distribution."
Components
NimbleX uses a 2.6 kernel. The default GUI is KDE, but for slower computers the default desktop environment can be exchanged for one with lower resource usage like Fluxbox or Xfce. Typical office, web browsing and messaging components are included, but NimbleX hardly offers any graphical administration tools — most administration tasks, like adding a new user, have to be performed from the command line. This tradeoff allows NimbleX to have a small installation footprint — a typical installation is under 400 megabytes. Additional applications can be installed using the graphical installer Gslapt (or slapt-get from the command line), which br |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo%20Institute%20for%20Nanotechnology | The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is located at the University of Waterloo and is co-located with the Institute for Quantum Computing in the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC). WIN is currently headed by Dr. Sushanta Mitra.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology comprises 96 faculty from nine different departments in the faculties of Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Environment.
Major research facilities
The Quantum-Nano centre is the site of a community laboratory for nano-metrology and nano-fabrication. Construction began on 9 June 2008 and is expected to be completed 21 September 2012. The 160 million dollar, facility will be the home to a laboratory.
Funding
Capital funding for construction of the QNC was made possible by major gifts and awards from multiple sources including a 101 million dollar donation from Ophelia and Mike Lazaridis (co-CEO of Research in Motion and Chancellor of the University of Waterloo). Government funding includes 17.9 million dollars from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) which has been matched by the Province of Ontario. In addition, an anonymous donor has provided an endowment of 29 million dollars for 3 endowed chairs and 42 Graduate Nanofellowships.
Laboratories
Giga to Nano Electronics Laboratory
G2N is a fabrication laboratory that integrates a range of thin-film manufacturing, assembly, testing, and characterization equipment to create electronic systems in the very large (a few billion pixels) and very small (a few nanometres) size range.
WATLab
WATlab is a nano-materials metrology research facility, equipped with surface and nano-materials research tools for exploring areas of nanotechnology and nano-scale sciences.
Advanced Micro-Nano Lab
The Advanced Micro-Nano Lab will address the following device technologies.
Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS): micro-optics, electromechanical wireless components, and biomedical & microfluidics devices.
Carbon Nanotube devices, eventually targeting biomedical applications.
References
External links
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Research institutes in Canada
Quantum information science
Nanotechnology institutions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theef | "Theef" is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on March 12, 2000. It was written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz and directed by Kim Manners. The episode is a Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Theef" earned a Nielsen household rating of 7.4, being watched by 11.91 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed to positive reviews from critics.
The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder and Scully investigate the murder of a prominent doctor's father-in-law, who was found with the word "theef" written on the wall in blood. After a string of follow-up accidents, Mulder suspects hexcraft may be the source of threats against the doctor's family.
"Theef" was written in a short amount of time during the show's Christmas break after another script was dropped by the series. The main concept of the episode was "modern medicine versus backyards supernatural arts". The episode featured several noted actors, including Billy Drago, who played the role of antagonist Orell Peattie, and James Morrison, who was a former cast member of the science fiction series Space: Above and Beyond, which was created by former X-Files writers Glen Morgan and James Wong. Series creator Chris Carter later called the episode "very well cast".
Plot
Dr. Irving Thalbro is staying the night with his daughter and her family in Marin County, California, including her husband Dr. Robert Wieder (James Morrison). In the middle of the night, Irving finds a pile of dirt shaped like a man in his bed. Irving is eventually discovered by Robert hanging from the ceiling with the word "theef" painted in Irving's blood on the wall.
While investigating the next morning, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) notices the graveyard dirt in Irving's bed and believes it may be caused by a hoodoo hex. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), however, believes that the doctor committed suicide by slitting his own throat, writing on the wall, and hanging himself. After the autopsy, it is determined that Irving suffered from a prion disease called kuru, which has not been found in the United States before. Mulder believes that kuru was given to him by a hex that caused him to go mad. The Wieders then find a family photo missing from their bedroom, and a "hoodoo man", later revealed to be named Orell Peattie (Billy Drago), is seen placing the faces cut from the picture into various poppet dolls. Ms. Wieder collapses after another pile of graveyard dirt is found in her bed. Her skin then sprouts lesions as the "hoodoo man" stands by the pool talking to the poppet.
Peattie visits Dr. Wie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Entertainment%20Pack | Microsoft Entertainment Pack , also known as Windows Entertainment Pack or simply WEP , is a collection of 16-bit casual computer games for Windows. There were four Entertainment Packs released between 1990 and 1992. These games were somewhat unusual for the time, in that they would not run under MS-DOS. In 1994, a compilation of the previous four Entertainment Packs were released called The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. A Game Boy Color version was released in 2000.
Microsoft advertised Entertainment Packs for casual gaming on office computers. The boxes had slogans like "No more boring coffee breaks" and "Only a few minutes between meetings? Get in a quick game of Klotski". The marketing succeeded; Computer Gaming World in 1992 described the series as "the Gorillas of the Gaming Lite Jungle", with more than 500,000 copies sold.
Minesweeper from pack 1 was later bundled with Windows 3.1, and FreeCell was included in Windows 95. WinChess and Taipei, both written by David Norris, received remakes in Windows Vista, called Chess Titans and Mahjong Titans, respectively. Mahjong Titans was replaced with Microsoft Mahjong in Windows 8. Microsoft Solitaire Collection also includes versions of Tut's Tomb (as Pyramid) and TriPeaks.
List of games
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1
Cruel (a card game)
Golf (a card game)
Minesweeper, written by David Bauer
Pegged (a form of Peg solitaire), written by Mike Blaylock
Taipei (later known as Mahjong Titans and Microsoft Mahjong)
Tetris (Windows version)
TicTactics (a Tic-tac-toe variant)
IdleWild (a screensaver program), written by Brad Christian
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2
FreeCell (a card game)
Jigsawed (a Jigsaw puzzle)
Pipe Dream (by LucasArts), written by Eric Geyser
Rattler Race
Rodent's Revenge
Stones, developed by Michael C. Miller
Tut's Tomb (a card game)
IdleWild (a screensaver program) – 8 new screen savers for this pack
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3
Fuji Golf (a golf game)
Klotski
Life Genesis (based on Conway's Game of Life, with a two-player mode added)
SkiFree, written by Chris Pirih
TetraVex
TriPeaks (a card game)
WordZap (a word game)
IdleWild (a screensaver program) – 8 new screen savers for this pack
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4
Chess
Chip's Challenge, written by Chuck Sommerville
Dr. Black Jack, a card game created by Mike Blaylock, based on the game of the same name
Go Figure!
JezzBall
Maxwell's Maniac
Tic Tac Drop, a form of Connect Four with quadrilateral, triangular and plus-shaped boards and customizable win pattern and number of rows and columns
The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack
The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack is a collection of 13 games from previous Entertainment Packs. A Game Boy Color version was released in June 2001 in North America and August 2001 in Europe. It was developed by Saffire and published by Classified Games in North America and Cryo Interactive in Europe.
Windows
Tetris
FreeCell
Pipe Dream
Chip's Challe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Davidson | Edward Davidson may refer to:
Edward S. Davidson, professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Eddie Davidson (1973–2008), American e-mail marketer
See also
Edward Davison (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexity%20Berlin | The Bombardier Flexity Berlin is a tram type constructed for the Berlin tramway network. It was developed by Bombardier Transportation during the late 2000s and is based on the Bombardier Flexity family of 100% low-floor trams.
Overview
The design is based upon earlier Adtranz Incentro models and like them, the Flexity Berlin is built from modules. The Berlin public transport operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) ordered four different prototypes for testing. The variants are one each of 30-metre and 40-metre lengths in double-ended, or single-ended design. The shorter versions use five modules and the longer versions are built with seven modules. Cab and door arrangement can be either bidirectional (two cab) or unidirectional (single cab) format depending upon the intended route. The first were rolled out during the InnoTrans 2008 railway trade fair. The appearance of the trams was especially designed for use in Berlin.
If the new Flexity tram tests are successful, then Bombardier's Hennigsdorf factory is scheduled to produce a further 206 units. The order would allow BVG to replace 452 high-floor ČKD Tatra KT4 trams. The Tatra trams being replaced are shorter and normally operated in pairs.
In 2009 BVG placed an order for an initial 99 trams for delivery from May 2011. The actual roll-in started on 5 September 2011. At the time of the initial order the BVG intended to order 33 more trams after 2017.
In June 2012 the BVG placed a second order for 39 trams – the last tram of the first contract arrived on 10 September 2012 and the first tram of the second contract arrived on 7 September 2012. The second contract included only long versions so that the amount of trams is enough to replace all of the old Tatra trams by 2017. The purchase is fully funded by the Bundesland Berlin at an amount of 439.1 million euros.
The nearby Strausberg Railway joined the delivery framework of the BVG Berlin Transport Company ordering 2 trams on 5 September 2011. The two short double-ended two-cab trams were delivered in February and March 2013 replacing its older trams (mostly Tatra KT8D5). The purchase is part of a 20-year contract with the county ensuring the financial basis. The contract for the two trams is at an amount of about 5.5 million euros.
The pilot batch was assembled in Bautzen which was later building the chassis for further assembly in Hennigsdorf near Berlin using some parts like motors from Bombardier facilities in Mannheim and Siegen. The factory in Hennigsdorf will deliver about 20 to 24 trains per year (with the last train from the second Berlin batch to be delivered during 2017).
See also
Strausberg Railway
References
See also
The Bombardier Flexity family of low-floor trams with Flexity Classic and Flexity Swift used in other German cities
Competitive low floor trams are the Siemens Avenio, AnsaldoBreda Sirio, Alstom Citadis and newcomer Crotram
Bombardier Transportation tram vehicles
Tram vehicles of Germany
Rail transpor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RightScale | RightScale was a company that sold software as a service for cloud computing management for multiple providers. The company was based in Santa Barbara, California. It was acquired by Flexera Software in 2018.
History
Thorsten von Eicken, a former professor of computer science at Cornell University, left to manage systems architecture for Expertcity, the startup company that became Citrix Online. He was joined by RightScale CEO Michael Crandell, and RightScale Vice President of Engineering Rafael H. Saavedra.
RightScale received $4.5 million in venture capital in April 2008, $13 million in December 2008, and $25 million in September 2010 at a valuation of $100-$125 million.
On July 18, 2012, RightScale announced its acquisition of the Scotland-based PlanForCloud.com (formerly ShopForCloud.com), which provides a free cloud cost forecasting service.
RightScale introduced the Cloud Maturity Model with the release of its second annual State of the Cloud Report on April 25, 2013. The report findings are based on a RightScale survey of 625 IT decision makers and categorized according to the Cloud Maturity Model, which is an analysis and segmentation of companies based on their varying degrees of cloud adoption.
On September 26, 2018, Flexera Software acquired RightScale for an undisclosed amount.
Partnerships
On November 5, 2012, RightScale announced it was expanding its existing relationship with cloud hosting provider Rackspace to integrate with OpenStack.
In February 2013, RightScale became the first cloud management company to resell Google Compute Engine public cloud services.
References
Notes
External links
Official site
Cloud applications
Cloud infrastructure
Cloud computing providers
Companies established in 2006
Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke%20Fishtank | Karaoke Fishtank is a British late-night television show which based its format on music videos. The show was hosted by a computer-animated fish called 'Vince Finn' (voiced by Logan Murray), who introduced each video in turn before it was played in a humorous manner, such as why Norman Cook is also known as 'Fatboy Slim' (although his real name is Quentin). In a separate introduction he defended Jennifer Lopez, saying her "arse" is not fat, and has muscle. He concludes this by asking the viewers, to "Just ask that fat bird from Emmerdale!". However, during the play of each video the lyrics would be shown at the bottom of the screen, while a bouncing-fish would move so the viewer if they chose to sing-along, would know what to sing and when. The graphics that produced the lyrics were made with the Windows application winOKE.
The show was broadcast on Channel 4 late-night every Friday on their 4Later segments, and ran between 22 September 2000 – 4 February 2001. It was also created by Televirtual, a sister-company to Broadsword Productions, who were the team behind the CITV Anglia Television show Knightmare. Claire Zolkwer of Endermol Entertainment was the main producer and director.
Episode guide
There were twelve shows in the series, with five music videos shown on each one:-
Show 1
Another Level - "Freak Me"
Babybird - "You're Gorgeous"
Truesteppers & Dane Bowers ft Victoria Beckham - "Out of Your Mind"
Aqua - "Barbie Girl"
Beautiful South - "Perfect 10"
Show 2
Catatonia - "Road Rage"
Modjo - "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"
Ronan Keating - "Life Is A Rollercoaster"
Britney Spears - "Oops! I Did It Again"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Show 3
R.E.M. - "The Great Beyond"
Supergrass - "Pumping on Your Stereo"
Steps - "Last Thing on My Mind"
Jennifer Paige - "Crush"
White Town - "Your Woman"
Show 4
Jennifer Lopez - "Waiting For Tonight"
Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"
Pulp - "Common People"
Jamiroquai - "Deeper Underground"
S Club 7 - "Bring It All Back"
Show 5
Sisqo - "The Thong Song"
Spice Girls - "Stop"
Boyzone - "Picture of You"
Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"
A1 - "Take On Me"
Show 6
Christina Aguilera - "Genie In A Bottle"
Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"
Blink 182 - "All The Small Things"
Artful Dodger ft Craig David - "Rewind"
Moloko - "Sing It Back"
Show 7
Cher - "Believe"
Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"
5ive and Queen - "We Will Rock You"
Geri Halliwell - "Look At Me"
Ronan Keating - "When You Say Nothing At All"
Show 8
Gina G - "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
5ive - "Keep On Movin"
Travis - "Turn"
OMC - "How Bizarre"
Spice Girls - "Goodbye"
Show 9
Emma Bunton - "What I Am"
All Saints - "Never Ever"
Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"
Britney Spears - "Born To Make You Happy"
Catatonia - "Mulder and Scully"
Show 10 (21 January 2001)
Geri Halliwell - "Bag It Up"
Craig David - "7 Days"
Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in LA"
Kelis - "Caught Out There"
Tom Jones & Stereophonics - "Mama Told Me Not To Come"
Show 11 (28 Janua |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20Sports | Good Sports is an American sitcom television series that aired on the CBS network from January 10 to July 13, 1991, starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal. It was Fawcett's only scripted TV series after Charlie's Angels.
Synopsis
The show features the two main characters, Bobby Tannen (O'Neal), a once-famous former football player for the Green Bay Packers gone to seed and Gayle Roberts (Fawcett), an ex-Miss America, as mismatched anchors on an all-sports cable network, Mr. Downtown Bobby Tannen and Ms. Gayle Roberts. Bobby is a self-obsessed jock, constantly worried about himself and his image. Gayle is the more down to earth and level-headed of the two. Both characters were concerned with the ratings of their sports show, outwardly disliking each other but nonetheless mutually attracted.
Supporting cast
Brian Doyle-Murray as John "Mac" MacKinney, the sport show's obsequious producer
Lane Smith as R.J. Rappaport, the huffy cable channel owner
Cleavant Derricks as Jeff Mussberger
Paul Feig as Leash
Lois Smith as Mrs. Tannend
The premiere installment also included:
William Katt as Nick Calder
Viveka Davis as Risa Braun
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as himself
Arthur Burghardt as Stu Ramsey
Lyle Alzado as himself
Fred Travalena as himself
Christine Dunford as Missy Van Johnson
Reception and cancellation
Good Sports premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 10, 1991. Reviews were generally mixed and ratings were low. After the ratings failed to improve, CBS canceled the series. The final episode, "A Class Act", aired on July 13, 1991.
Production notes
The 30-minute Brillstein-Grey production was created by Alan Zweibel and directed by Stan Lathan. The series' theme song was performed by Al Green.
Episodes
References
External links
1991 American television series debuts
1991 American television series endings
1990s American sitcoms
CBS original programming
English-language television shows
Television series about television
Television shows set in Los Angeles
Television series by Brad Grey Television
Cultural depictions of Vlade Divac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20%28software%29 | Storm is a Python programming library for object-relational mapping between one or more SQL databases and Python objects. It allows Python developers to formulate complex queries spanning multiple database tables to support dynamic storage and retrieval of object information.
MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite database support is built into Storm, and the API allows for support for others. Storm also supports the Django and Zope web frameworks natively. Twisted support is planned for the .20 release.
Development
Storm was developed at Canonical Ltd. in Python for use in the Launchpad and Landscape applications and subsequently released in 2007 as free software. The project is free software and released under the GNU Lesser General Public License and contributors are required to assign copyrights to Canonical. Version control is done in bazaar and issue tracking in Launchpad.
See also
TurboGears
SQLAlchemy
SQLObject
References
External links
Canonical (company)
Computer libraries
Free computer libraries
Object–relational mapping
Python (programming language) libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Hoglund | Michael Gregory Hoglund is an American author, researcher, and serial entrepreneur in the cyber security industry. He is the founder of several companies, including Cenzic, HBGary and Outlier Security. Hoglund contributed early research to the field of rootkits, software exploitation, buffer overflows, and online game hacking. His later work focused on computer forensics, physical memory forensics, malware detection, and attribution of hackers. He holds a patent on fault injection methods for software testing, and fuzzy hashing for computer forensics. Due to an email leak in 2011, Hoglund is well known to have worked for the U.S. Government and Intelligence Community in the development of rootkits and exploit material. It was also shown that he and his team at HBGary had performed a great deal of research on Chinese Government hackers commonly known as APT (Advanced persistent threat). For a time, his company HBGary was the target of a great deal of media coverage and controversy following the 2011 email leak (see below, Controversy and email leak). HBGary was later acquired by a large defense contractor.
Entrepreneurship
Hoglund has founded several security startup companies which were still in operation today:
Cenzic, Inc. (formerly known as ClickToSecure, Inc.) Focused on web application security for the Fortune-500.
Bugscan, Inc. Developed an appliance that would scan software for security vulnerabilities without sourcecode. Acquired in 2004 by LogicLibrary, Inc.
HBGary, Inc. Provides a comprehensive suite of software products to detect, analyze, and diagnose Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and targeted malware. Acquired in 2012 by Mantech International (MANT). HBGary had no outside investors and was owned by the founders and early employees.
Outlier Security, Inc. Provides cloud-based, agentless endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems for enterprises. Acquired in 2017 by Symantec (SYMC).
Patents
Granted: Fuzzy Hash Algorithm
Granted: Fault injection methods and apparatus along with Penny C. Leavy, Jonathan Walter Gary, and Riley Dennis Eller.
Applied: Inoculator and antibody for computer security along with Shawn Michael Bracken.
Applied: Digital DNA sequence.
Applied: Universal method and apparatus for disparate systems to communicate along with Yobie Benjamin, Abhideep Singh, and Jonathan Gary.
Research and authorship
As an author, Hoglund wrote Exploiting Software: How to Break Code, Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel and Exploiting Online Games: Cheating Massively Distributed Systems, and was a contributing author on Hack Proofing Your Network: Internet Tradecraft. He was a reviewer for the Handbook of SCADA/Control Systems Security. He has presented regularly at security conferences such as Black Hat Briefings, DEF CON, DFRWS, FS-ISAC, and RSA Conference, among others. Hoglund drew the attention of the media when he exposed the functionality of Blizzard Entertainment's Warden software, used to preve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20UK%20government%20data%20losses | The following is a list of UK government data losses. It lists reported instances of the loss of personal data by UK central and local government, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, etc., whether directly or indirectly because of the actions of private-sector contractors. Such losses tend to receive widespread media coverage in the UK.
United Kingdom politics-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outriders%20%28TV%20series%29 | Outriders is an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. It was a 26 part series produced by Southern Star Entertainment.
Episodes
1. Eye of the Dragon: Part 1 (airdate July 9, 2001)
2. Eye of the Dragon: Part 2 (airdate July 10, 2001)
3. Eye of the Dragon: Part 3 (airdate July 11, 2001)
4. Eye of the Dragon: Part 4 (airdate July 12, 2001)
5. Eye of the Dragon: Part 5 (airdate July 13, 2001)
6. Eye of the Dragon: Part 6 (airdate July 16, 2001)
7. Ghost of the Past: Part 1 (airdate July 17, 2001)
8. Ghost of the Past: Part 2 (airdate July 18, 2001)
9. Ghost of the Past: Part 3 (airdate July 19, 2001)
10. Ghost of the Past: Part 4 (airdate July 20, 2001)
11. Dirty Business: Part 1 (airdate July 23, 2001)
12. Dirty Business: Part 2 (airdate July 24, 2001)
13. Dirty Business: Part 3 (airdate July 25, 2001)
14. Dirty Business: Part 4 (airdate July 26, 2001)
15. Paradise Lost: Part 1 (airdate July 27, 2001)
16. Paradise Lost: Part 2 (airdate July 30, 2001)
17. Paradise Lost: Part 3 (airdate July 31, 2001)
18. Paradise Lost: Part 4 (airdate August 1, 2001)
19. Aliens: Part 1 (airdate August 2, 2001)
20. Aliens: Part 2 (airdate August 3, 2001)
21. Aliens: Part 3 (airdate August 6, 2001)
22. Aliens: Part 4 (airdate August 7, 2001)
23. Web of Lies: Part 1 (airdate August 8, 2001)
24. Web of Lies: Part 2 (airdate August 9, 2001)
25. Web of Lies: Part 3 (airdate August 10, 2001)
26. Web of Lies: Part 4 (airdate August 13, 2001)
Cast
Main cast
Abbie Cornish as Regina "Reggie" McDowell
Oliver Ackland as Vince Frasca
Mark Furze as Jake Konrad
Kate Raison as Tori Konrad
Luise Helm as Julia Kurtz
Simon Scarlett as Shane Sullivan
Other cast
Kate Beahan as Rachel
William Haydon as Lloyd
Robert Mammone as Fenech
Phaedra Nicolaidis as Mel
Melissa Ippolito as Anissa
Harry Pavlidis as Madigan
Lenore Smith as Reggie's Mother
Christopher Pitman as Glenn Miller
Peter Sumner as Bud Sattler
Moya O'Sullivan as Mrs. Churchill
John Jarratt as Stuart
Harold Hopkins as Hayden
Miranda Hobbs as Britney Potter
Emily Calder as The Rider
Kellie Bright as Julia's Mother (2 episodes, 2001)
Robert Coleby as Jansen (2 episodes, 2001)
Diana Glenn as Constable Taylor
John Sheerin as Mr. Sullivan
See also
Neon Rider, a similarly themed program.
Higher Ground, a similarly themed program.
References
Australian children's television series
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
2001 Australian television series debuts
2001 Australian television series endings
Television series about teenagers
Television series by Endemol Australia
Television shows set in Berlin
Television shows set in Sydney |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilink%20striping | Multilink striping is a type of data striping used in telecommunications to achieve higher throughput or increase the resilience of a network connection by data aggregation over multiple network links simultaneously.
Multipath routing and multilink striping are often used synonymously. However, there are some differences. When applied to end-hosts, multilink striping requires multiple physical interfaces and access to multiple networks at once. On the other hand, multiple routing paths can be obtained with a single end-host interface, either within the network, or, in case of a wireless interface and multiple neighboring nodes, at the end-host itself.
See also
RFC 1990, The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)
Link aggregation
Computer networking |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsix | Parsix GNU/Linux was a live-CD Linux distribution based on Debian. The Parsix project's goal was to provide a ready-to-use, easy-to-install, desktop and laptop-optimized operating system based on Debian's testing branch and the latest stable release of GNOME. It was possible to install extra software packages from the project's own APT repositories.
In 2017, the official website announced the shutdown of the project, and suggested users switch to Debian Stretch.
Logo
The Parsix logo is inspired by stone flower carvings found in Persepolis.
Usage
Parsix Linux was designed to be used as a Live CD, Live USB, or installed operating system on a hard disk drive. Live mode is useful for operations such as data recovery or hard drive partitioning.
Versions
History
The first version of Parsix GNU/Linux was announced in February 2005 by Alan Baghumian. Seeking a more stable platform, the project started using Debian testing branch as of version 0.85. Starting with version 0.90, Parsix uses characters from the movie Happy Feet to name their releases. The project's own APT repositories were launched in February 2008. The multimedia repository, Wonderland, was launched in September 2010. The Parsix project started to offer security updates for their stable and testing branches as of December 2010.
Receptions
DistroWatch Weekly reviewed Parsix 1.5r1 in 2008:
LinuxBSDos wrote the review of Parsix 3.0r2:
References
External links
Community User Forums
Issue Tracker
Wiki
Mailing Lists
Debian-based distributions
Live USB
LiveDistro
X86-64 Linux distributions
Discontinued Linux distributions
Linux distributions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totes%20Fleisch | "Totes Fleisch" is a song composed by the rock band Terminal Choice, from their 1995 mini-album with the self title.
Review
It was the band's first single it was published from Cyberware Productions and was limited of 1000 copies. In January 1998 released Terminal Choice a CD with remix versions from his song, it was limited of 666 copies hand numbered, from the 1998 overworked was the genre dance and is as a Megamix produced.
Track list
Höllensog (7:32)
Serial Killer (5:00)
Totes Fleisch (5:44)
Time To Die (2:40)
Covers
In 1999 released Chris Pohl of the Terminal Choice EP Venus an Blutengel Remix, 2008 covered Chris Pohl his song with his new project Miss Construction, the song begins with silver screen quotations from Kill Bill.
Credits
Lyrics and Music by Chris Pohl
Recorded and Mixed by – Heiko Bender
Recorded and mixed at Studio am Kleistpark.
References
External links
Discogs
1995 singles
German rock songs
1995 songs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlock%20Interlocking | WESTLOCK Interlocking is a Computer-based interlocking (CBI) product now sold and maintained by Siemens Mobility Limited, following their purchase of Westinghouse Rail Systems.
Westlock builds on many of the features that made SSI popular in the United Kingdom. This includes re-use of SSI's programming language and its track-side hardware.
In addition to backwards compatibility with SSI, Westlock provides additional capacity. This is currently estimated to be around four times that of an SSI, giving it the capability to control over 300 Signalling Equivalent Units (SEUs).
Leamington Spa was the test site for Westlock, and was its first operational site. It was also SSI's test site more than 20 years earlier.
Hardware
A Westlock system is divided into a number of components, called the Central Interlocking Processor (CIP), Trackside Interface (TIF) and Technicians Workstation (TW).
The hardware used by the TIF and CIP is similar, based around a 2-out-of-3 architecture, whereby all safety-critical functions are performed in three separate processing lanes and the results voted upon. This provides some fault tolerance whereby a single module can fail and the system can continue operating in 2-out-of-2 mode.
Central Interlocking Processor (CIP)
A CIP consists of 3 main processor modules which perform the safety-critical interlocking functionality. In addition it possesses two communications modules which provide redundant Ethernet connectivity (duplicated for availability) and two digital input modules (duplicated for availability) which can service up to 32 local inputs.
Trackside Interface (TIF)
A TIF also contains 3 main processor modules and two Ethernet communications modules, but additionally has two SSI communications modules, which are used to interface to an SSI compatible data links. The TIF itself does not perform any interlocking functionality, it operates only as a protocol converter.
Technicians Workstation (TW)
The TW is provided to diagnose faults in the track-side equipment and also within the Westlock equipment. It provides a graphic interface which includes a map of the area of Railway under control and operates on an industrial PC platform.
References
Railway signalling control
Interlocking systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Everly%20Brothers%20Show | The Everly Brothers Show is a live album by the Everly Brothers, released in 1970.
The Everly Brothers Show was a one-hour musical variety show on the ABC television network. It began as a summer replacement in 1970 for The Johnny Cash Show. Warner Bros. Records released a double LP at the same time, but the album was not a soundtrack to the TV series.
It was re-issued on CD set by Collector's Choice Records in 2005.
Track listing
Introduction – 1:31
"Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 2:03
"Kentucky" (Carl Davis) – 2:43
"Bowling Green" (Jacqueline Ertel, Terry Slater) – 2:34
"(Till) I Kissed You" (Don Everly) – 1:56
"Wake Up Little Susie" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 1:42
"Cathy's Clown" (Don Everly) – 1:23
"Bird Dog" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 1:57
"Maybellene" (Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed) – 2:16
Medley – 18:39
"Rock and Roll Music" (Berry)
"The End" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
"Aquarius" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot)
"If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin)
"The Price of Love" (Everly, Everly)
"The Thrill Is Gone" (Arthur H. Benson, Dale Pettite)
"Games People Play" (Joe South)
"Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Jimmy Reed) – 4:52
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:11
"Walk Right Back" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:09
"Susie Q/Hey Jude" (Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins, Stan Lewis; Lennon, McCartney) – 5:23
"Lord of the Manor" (Terry Slater) – 4:12
"I Wonder If I Care as Much" (Everly, Everly) – 3:11
"Love Is Strange" ("Ethel Smith") – 3:59
"Let It Be Me/Give Peace a Chance" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis; Lennon, McCartney) – 4:10
Personnel
Performance
Don Everly – guitar, vocals
Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
Robert Knigge – bass
Sam McCue – guitar
Tiny Schneider – drums
Production
Bill Inglot – mastering
Jim Marshall – cover photo
Andrew Sandoval – mastering
Dave Schultz – mastering
Ed Thrasher – art direction, photography
Richie Unterberger – liner notes
References
The Everly Brothers live albums
1970 live albums
Warner Records live albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20National%20Cycle%20Routes | The Danish National Cycle Routes (Danish: Danmarks nationale cykelruter) together form the national cycling route network of Denmark. There are currently 11 such long-distance cycling routes across Denmark largely established mainly to promote bicycle tourism. There are over of marked bicycle routes in Denmark.
Routes
There are 11 National Cycle Routes in Denmark.
See also
Cycling in Denmark
National cycling route network
EuroVelo
References
External links
Danish Cyclist Union
Vejdirektoratet
National cycling route networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CableU | CableU was an online subscription-based service that monitors and analyzes cable network performance and programming trends. The website was founded in December 2006 by Gary Lico of CABLEready. When CABLEready closed in 2013, CableU closed also.
References
External links
CableU.tv website
Cableready Corporation
Mass media companies of the United States
Companies based in Norwalk, Connecticut
Privately held companies based in Connecticut |
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