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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s%20Country%20Radio%20Network | God's Country Radio Network was a Religious broadcasting radio network in the United States which launched in 2008. The majority of stations that the network aired on were owned by the non-profit organization Educational Media Foundation, though it also aired on some independent stations. God's Country Radio Network played a blend of Southern Gospel and Positive Country music.
In November 2010, God's Country Radio Network left the air because it "didn't connect with enough listeners to sustain the expenses of the broadcast". It relaunched in January 2011 as a web-based only broadcaster, which has since shut down also.
There is an unrelated "God's Country" network of stations in Maine, WMDR-FM and WWLN, owned by Light of Light Ministries.
Affiliates at Time of Closure
KGCD: Lincoln, North Dakota
KGCE: Post, Texas
KGCL: Jordan Valley, Oregon
KGCM: Belgrade, Montana
KGCN: Roswell, New Mexico
KGCO: Fort Collins, Colorado
KQGC: Belen, New Mexico
WGCN: Nashville, Georgia
WGCQ: Hayti, Missouri
WNBV: Grundy, Virginia
WOKR: Remsen, New York
WPRN-FM: Lisman, Alabama
References
External links
Christian radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2008
Radio stations disestablished in 2010
Defunct radio networks in the United States
Defunct radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%20Baxter | Kirk Baxter (born 1972) is an Australian film editor. He has worked with director David Fincher and editor Angus Wall several times, winning Academy Awards for The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Baxter was raised in Sydney, Australia and commenced his career as an editor there. He had been noted primarily for his work editing commercials, and co-founded a commercial editing firm named Final Cut. In 2004, Baxter joined Angus Wall's firm Rock Paper Scissors, which was also responsible for commercial work. Baxter then worked with Wall as an "additional editor" on Fincher's film Zodiac. When Wall was chosen to edit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, he proposed to Fincher that Baxter be the co-editor, and they have since worked together on Fincher's subsequent films.
Baxter and Wall were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for their work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. For their work on The Social Network, Baxter and Wall won an Oscar and a BAFTA in 2011. The following year, they won a second Oscar for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
In 2014, Baxter's next edited film was Gone Girl, also directed by David Fincher, and was his first film to not be co-edited by Angus Wall.
Filmography (as editor)
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
American Cinema Editors
Australian film editors
Best Editing BAFTA Award winners
Best Film Editing Academy Award winners |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysax%20Multi%20Server | Sysax Multi Server is a Secure FTP Server and a SSH2 Secure Shell Server for the Windows operating system. Web browser-based secure HTTPS file transfers and Telnet access is also supported. The software is certified for Windows Vista, and tested to be compatible with Windows 7/8. The software is also certified for Windows Server 2012 and runs on all 32 and 64 bit editions of Windows including Windows Server 2008. The Personal edition of the software which includes SSH2/SFTP support is free for non-commercial use.
Features
Protocols supported include FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and Secure Shell
Authentication mechanisms include Windows/LDAP Active Directory, ODBC, and local server accounts
Remote web browser based administration
Encryption with SSL/TLS (for FTPS) and SSH2 (for SFTP)
Supports file resuming for both uploads and downloads
Server triggers and scripting for events such as failed login and file upload or download
File integrity verification using CRC32, MD5, and SHA1
Support for automatic IP blocking for failed logins
Support for High Availability/Failover and Windows Clustering
Runs as a Windows Service
Certified for Windows Vista
Compatible with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 8
Certified for Windows Server 2012
See also
List of FTP server software
Comparison of FTP server software
Sysax FTP Automation
References
External links
Official website
Sysax Multi Server User Forum
Sysax Multi Server FAQ
FTP server software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient%20pattern%20analysis | Gradient pattern analysis (GPA) is a geometric computing method for characterizing geometrical bilateral symmetry breaking of an ensemble of symmetric vectors regularly distributed in a square lattice. Usually, the lattice of vectors represent the first-order gradient of a scalar field, here an M x M square amplitude matrix. An important property of the gradient representation is the following: A given M x M matrix where all amplitudes are different results in an M x M gradient lattice containing asymmetric vectors. As each vector can be characterized by its norm and phase, variations in the amplitudes can modify the respective gradient pattern.
The original concept of GPA was introduced by Rosa, Sharma and Valdivia in 1999. Usually GPA is applied for spatio-temporal pattern analysis in physics and environmental sciences operating on time-series and digital images.
Calculation
By connecting all vectors using a Delaunay triangulation criterion it is possible to characterize gradient asymmetries computing the so-called gradient asymmetry coefficient, that has been defined as:
,
where is the total number of asymmetric vectors, is the number of Delaunay connections among them and the property
is valid for any gradient square lattice.
As the asymmetry coefficient is very sensitive to small changes in the phase and modulus of each gradient vector, it can distinguish complex variability patterns (bilateral asymmetry) even when they are very similar but consist of a very fine structural difference. Note that, unlike most of the statistical tools, the GPA does not rely on the statistical properties of the data but
depends solely on the local symmetry properties of the correspondent gradient pattern.
For a complex extended pattern (matrix of amplitudes of a spatio-temporal pattern) composed by locally asymmetric fluctuations, is nonzero, defining different classes of irregular fluctuation patterns (1/f noise, chaotic, reactive-diffusive, etc.).
Besides other measurements (called gradient moments) can be calculated from the gradient lattice. Considering the sets of local norms and phases as discrete compact groups, spatially distributed in a square lattice, the gradient moments have the basic property of being globally invariant (for rotation and modulation).
The primary research on gradient lattices applied to characterize weak wave turbulence from X-ray images of solar active regions was developed in the Department of Astronomy at University of Maryland, College Park, USA. A key line of research on GPA's algorithms and applications has been developed at Lab for Computing and Applied Mathematics (LAC) at National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil.
Relation to other methods
When GPA is conjugated with wavelet analysis, then the method is called Gradient spectral analysis (GSA), usually applied to short time series analysis.
References
Geometric algorithms
Signal processing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler%20correctness | In computing, compiler correctness is the branch of computer science that deals with trying to show that a compiler behaves according to its language specification. Techniques include developing the compiler using formal methods and using rigorous testing (often called compiler validation) on an existing compiler.
Formal verification
Two main formal verification approaches for establishing correctness of compilation are proving correctness of the compiler for all inputs and proving correctness of a compilation of a particular program (translation validation).
Compiler correctness for all input programs
Compiler validation with formal methods involves a long chain of formal, deductive logic. However, since the tool to find the proof (theorem prover) is implemented in software and is complex, there is a high probability it will contain errors. One approach has been to use a tool that verifies the proof (a proof checker) which, because it is much simpler than a proof-finder, is less likely to contain errors.
A prominent example of this approach is CompCert, which is a formally verified optimizing compiler of a large subset of C99.
Another verified compiler was developed in CakeML project,
which establishes correctness of a substantial subset of Standard ML programming language using the HOL (proof assistant).
Another approach to obtain a formally correct compiler is to use semantics-directed compiler generation.
Translation validation: compiler correctness on a given program
In contrast to attempting to prove that a compiler is correct for all valid input programs translation validation
aims to automatically establish that a given input program is compiled correctly. Proving correct compilation of a given program is potentially easier than proving a compiler correct for all programs, but still requires symbolic reasoning, because a fixed program may still work on arbitrarily large inputs and run for arbitrarily long amount of time.
Translation validation can reuse an existing compiler implementation by generating, for a given compilation, a proof that the compilation was correct.
Translation validation can be used even with a compiler that sometimes generates incorrect code, as long as this incorrect does not manifest itself for a given program. Depending on the input program the translation validation can fail (because the generated code is wrong or the translation validation technique is too weak to show correctness). However, if translation validation succeeds, then the compiled program is guaranteed to be correct for all inputs.
Testing
Testing represents a significant portion of the effort in shipping a compiler, but receives comparatively little coverage in the standard literature. The 1986 edition of Aho, Sethi, & Ullman has a single-page section on compiler testing, with no named examples. The 2006 edition omits the section on testing, but does emphasize its importance: “Optimizing compilers are so difficult to get right th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68K/OS | 68K/OS was a computer operating system developed by GST Computer Systems for the Sinclair QL microcomputer.
It was commissioned by Sinclair Research in February 1983. However, after the official launch of the QL in January 1984, 68K/OS was rejected, and production QLs shipped with Sinclair's own Qdos operating system.
GST later released 68K/OS as an alternative to Qdos, in the form of an EPROM expansion card, and also planned to use it on single-board computers based on the QL's hardware.
The operating system was developed by Chris Scheybeler, Tim Ward, Howard Chalkley and others.
The few ROM cards that were made mean that surviving examples now fetch a high price: On Feb 04, 2010 one sold for £310 on eBay.
References
External links
GST Assembler, Adder Assembler - Sinclair User, April 1985
QL Pictures Gallery
68k/OS manuals and documentation
Proprietary operating systems
Sinclair Research
Discontinued operating systems
68k architecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyb0t | Psyb0t or Network Bluepill is a computer worm discovered in January 2009. It is thought to be unique in that it can infect routers and high-speed modems.
Progress
Psyb0t was first detected in January 2009 by Australian security researcher Terry Baume in a Netcomm NB5 ADSL router/modem. Then, in early March, it ran a DDoS attack against DroneBL (an IP blacklisting service). From this attack, DroneBL estimated that it had infected about 100,000 devices. This attack brought some public attention to it in later March which probably caused its operator to shut it down. Also DroneBL successfully attempted to bring its command-and-control and its DNS servers down.
Description
Psyb0t targets modems and routers with little-endian MIPS processor running on Mipsel Linux firmware. It is a part of botnet operated by IRC command-and-control servers. After infecting, psyb0t blocks access to the router TCP ports 22, 23, 80.
Psyb0t contains many attack tools. It is known that it is able to perform network scan for vulnerable routers/modems, check for MySQL and phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities or perform website DoS attack.
There are two versions known. The first version 2.5L was affecting Netcomm NB5 ADSL router/modem. Newer version 2.9L now affects over 50 models by Linksys, Netgear and other vendors, including those running DD-WRT or OpenWrt firmware.
Attack vectors and countermeasures
The primary attack vector is SSH or telnet access. Using brute-forcing, it tries to gain access from over 6000 usernames and 13000 passwords. However, 90% of infections are caused by insecure configuration, mostly no or default administration password and allowed remote administration. Recommended countermeasures are to change default access credentials to more secure ones and to update router/modem firmware. In case of infection suspicion, it is advised to perform hard reset of the router, and to not restore the router configuration from a backup.
References
External links
Psyb0t description
DroneBL blog about Psyb0t
New worm can infect home modem/routers
Computer worms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzuru%20Ito | Yuzuru Ito was the founder of Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) and Ito University. United Technologies Corporation (UTC) established Ito University as the tangible means to build a network of lean leadership philosophies to improve UTC's internal and external supply systems.
When he was 64, a retiree from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MC), Ito moved to a Hartford suburb to work on improving the productivity of UTC's businesses. George David first encountered Ito in 1989, after he was brought in by the unit's Japanese joint venture partner, Matsushita Industrial, to try to figure out why Otis's newly designed, modern Elevonic 401 elevators were not performing in the field, including some that caught fire. Their callback rates (the number of times per year a building owner has to call mechanics for service) were as high as 40 per unit a year, vs. an average of 0.5 for rival Mitsubishi Electric. Otis dispatched a team of US engineers to get the machines working. Their Japanese partners got directly involved with the engineers who were tasked with analyzing the cause of the problem. Later, with Ito in charge, the work they did changed the fundamental design of the elevator line worldwide. After his death, Ito University was established by United Technologies Company (UTC) to educate and promote quality, Lean & philosophies across all UTC divisions worldwide.
Ito University Foundations
This internal "university" is a three-day course that teaches UTC managers the fundamentals of improving the quality of UTC products, services and business processes. Ito University Foundations is a living tribute to the late Yuzuru Ito, UTC's quality advisor, who led quality efforts for Japan's Matsushita Electric (known in the U.S. as Panasonic) for decades. He was one of the world's foremost experts on quality and UTC's quality advisor from the late 1980s until his death in 2000.
References
The Unsung CEO - United Technologies' CEO George David runs a $31 billion company that outguns GE in shareholder return. Who is he—and how does he do it? . (2004). Business Week (OCTOBER 25, 2004 ). https://web.archive.org/web/20090327144712/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_43/b3905001_mz001.htm m PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162020/http://www.sullair.com/Files/Sullair-HQ/Global/US-en/corporate/George_David.pdf
Quality. (2009). Ito University Foundations. from https://web.archive.org/web/20090424202440/http://www.utc.com/utc/About_UTC/Our_Philosophy.html
Laing, J. R. (2006). House of David. May 8, 2006. Retrieved April 5, 2009, 2009, from http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/economy/house-of-david-19440/
United Technologies Corporation YEAR IN REVIEW. (1998). UTC.
Gear, N. (2008). UTC Quality & Dr Ito. Gear Motions Gear Manufacturer Capabilities.
2000 deaths
Businesspeople from Hartford, Connecticut
Year of birth missing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20High%20Arctic%20Ionospheric%20Network | The Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN) is an array of ground-based radio instruments deployed in the Canadian Arctic and operated by the University of New Brunswick. The CHAIN instruments include high data-rate GPS receivers and digital ionosondes. After passing through the Earth's ionosphere, microwave GPS signals carry information about the total electron content (TEC). This information is commonly used to improve the precision of GPS and to study ionospheric morphology. Ionosondes transmit pulses of radio signals in the Medium Frequency (MF) and High Frequency (HF) ranges, whose echos are analyzed to measure height and density of the ionosphere. Advanced digital ionosondes used in the CHAIN network are also able to measure the bulk motion of ionospheric plasma.
Most of the CHAIN instruments are located within the polar cap defined as a region of open magnetic field lines. The polar cap ionosphere is directly linked to the interplanetary magnetic field carried by the solar wind. Polar cap thus provides a vantage point for the study of energy exchange between the solar wind, magnetosphere and ionosphere.
CHAIN is an integral part of the Canadian Geospace Monitoring (CGSM) programme. It provides ground support for Canadian and international scientific space missions such as THEMIS and CASSIOPE. CHAIN ionosonde and GPS data are used for tomographic reconstructions of polar cap plasma anomalies during geomagnetic storms
In January 2012, the Canada Foundation for Innovation announced funding for the Expanded Canadian High-Arctic Ionospheric Network (ECHAIN).
This funding was used to add 15 Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to the existing network of GPS receivers and radars of the Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN). The data will contribute significantly to the progress of space research by providing a better understanding of the processes in the Sun-Earth system.
CHAIN instrument sites
References
External links
CHAIN Home Page
Scientific organizations based in Canada
Arctic research |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20of%20Genetics | The National Institute of Genetics ("Japanese Institute of Genetics") is a Japanese institution founded in 1949.
It hosts the DNA Data Bank of Japan.
Notes and references
External links
Genetic engineering in Japan
Genomics
Bioinformatics organizations
Biological databases
Medical research institutes in Japan
Research institutes established in 1949
1949 establishments in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabric%20computing | Fabric computing or unified computing involves constructing a computing fabric consisting of interconnected nodes that look like a weave or a fabric when seen collectively from a distance.
Usually the phrase refers to a consolidated high-performance computing system consisting of loosely coupled storage, networking and parallel processing functions linked by high bandwidth interconnects (such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand) but the term has also been used to describe platforms such as the Azure Services Platform and grid computing in general (where the common theme is interconnected nodes that appear as a single logical unit).
The fundamental components of fabrics are "nodes" (processor(s), memory, and/or peripherals) and "links" (functional connections between nodes). While the term "fabric" has also been used in association with storage area networks and with switched fabric networking, the introduction of compute resources provides a complete "unified" computing system. Other terms used to describe such fabrics include "unified fabric", "data center fabric" and "unified data center fabric".
Ian Foster, director of the Computation Institute at the Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago suggested in 2007 that grid computing "fabrics" were "poised to become the underpinning for next-generation enterprise IT architectures and be used by a much greater part of many organizations".
History
While the term has been in use since the mid to late 1990s the growth of cloud computing and Cisco's evangelism of unified data center fabrics followed by unified computing (an evolutionary data center architecture whereby blade servers are integrated or unified with supporting network and storage infrastructure) starting March 2009 has renewed interest in the technology.
There have been mixed reactions to Cisco's architecture, particularly from rivals who claim that these proprietary systems will lock out other vendors. Analysts claim that this "ambitious new direction" is "a big risk" as companies such as IBM and HP who have previously partnered with Cisco on data center projects (accounting for $2–3bn of Cisco's annual revenue) are now competing with them.
In 2007, Wombat Financial Software launched the "Wombat Data Fabric," the first commercial off-the-shelf software platform providing high performance / low-latency RDMA-based messaging across an Infiniband switch.
Key characteristics
The main advantages of fabrics are that massive concurrent processing combined with a huge, tightly coupled address space makes it possible to solve huge computing problems (such as those presented by delivery of cloud computing services); and that they are both scalable and able to be dynamically reconfigured.
Challenges include a non-linearly degrading performance curve, whereby adding resources does not linearly increase performance which is a common problem with parallel computing and maintaining security.
Companies
companies offering unified |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-structured%20data | Semi-structured data is a form of structured data that does not obey the tabular structure of data models associated with relational databases or other forms of data tables, but nonetheless contains tags or other markers to separate semantic elements and enforce hierarchies of records and fields within the data. Therefore, it is also known as self-describing structure.
In semi-structured data, the entities belonging to the same class may have different attributes even though they are grouped together, and the attributes' order is not important.
Semi-structured data are increasingly occurring since the advent of the Internet where full-text documents and databases are not the only forms of data anymore, and different applications need a medium for exchanging information. In object-oriented databases, one often finds semi-structured data.
Types
XML
XML, other markup languages, email, and EDI are all forms of semi-structured data. OEM (Object Exchange Model) was created prior to XML as a means of self-describing a data structure. XML has been popularized by web services that are developed utilizing SOAP principles.
Some types of data described here as "semi-structured", especially XML, suffer from the impression that they are incapable of structural rigor at the same functional level as Relational Tables and Rows. Indeed, the view of XML as inherently semi-structured (previously, it was referred to as "unstructured") has handicapped its use for a widening range of data-centric applications. Even documents, normally thought of as the epitome of semi-structure, can be designed with virtually the same rigor as database schema, enforced by the XML schema and processed by both commercial and custom software programs without reducing their usability by human readers.
In view of this fact, XML might be referred to as having "flexible structure" capable of human-centric flow and hierarchy as well as highly rigorous element structure and data typing.
The concept of XML as "human-readable", however, can only be taken so far. Some implementations/dialects of XML, such as the XML representation of the contents of a Microsoft Word document, as implemented in Office 2007 and later versions, utilize dozens or even hundreds of different kinds of tags that reflect a particular problem domain - in Word's case, formatting at the character and paragraph and document level, definitions of styles, inclusion of citations, etc. - which are nested within each other in complex ways. Understanding even a portion of such an XML document by reading it, let alone catching errors in its structure, is impossible without a very deep prior understanding of the specific XML implementation, along with assistance by software that understands the XML schema that has been employed. Such text is not "human-understandable" any more than a book written in Swahili (which uses the Latin alphabet) would be to an American or Western European who does not know a word of that language: |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EchoStar%20VII | EchoStar VII is an American geostationary communications satellite which was operated by DISH Network, originally EchoStar. It was positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 119° West, from where it is used to provide high-definition television direct broadcasting services to the United States.
EchoStar VII was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and is based on the A2100 satellite bus. It is equipped with 32 Ku band transponders, and at launch it had a mass of , with an expected operational lifespan of around 12 years. The launch occurred from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on 21 February 2002. It was issued a $150,000 fine in October 2023, making it the first satellite to be fined under the FCC's anti-space debris rule.
End-of-life problems
In accordance with normal end-of-life planning for a geosynchronous satellite, the satellite was to be boosted to a disposal orbit at least 300 km above the operational orbit. Such a plan had been part of pre-launch planning, and was further modified in 2010. In 2012, a license extension was granted to May 2022, permitting a further 10 years of operational life. This incorporated a disposal plan based on a similar boosting, in the knowledge that the full lifetime available would be limited by the fuel available, and in having an adequate reserve available through the satellite's remaining working life.
In February 2022, a technical problem was discovered in that a scheduled thruster operation had not produced the expected change in orbit. This revealed that the satellite was unexpectedly low on propellant; not only might its life be curtailed, but there was already the possibility that there was no longer sufficient propellant for the planned disposal boost. Deorbit might thus be brought forward ahead of the planned end of license, but the license was already within its last few months. There was a further meeting between DISH and FCC in April 2022. On 6 May 2022, DISH notified the FCC that EchoStar-7 satellite had completed its end-of-life deorbit maneuvers and they surrendered its license. This notice showed that the satellite had been placed in a disposal orbit approximately 122 km above the operational orbit, but short of the planned disposal orbit of 300 km.
Penalties
In October 2023 its operator, DISH, was fined $150,000 by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for failing to de-orbit the satellite according to the terms of its license. The fine was described as "modest", but was followed by 4% drop in share price, or loss of around $100 million.
DISH were further required to implement a compliance program and to 'Develop and Improve Upon Propellant Tracking', both by direct measurement of propellant quantities remaining, or by improved accounting for its consumption during operations. This would be applied across the whole DISH fleet. DISH would also review the 'End-of-Mission Disposal Plan' for each satellite annually, checking that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EchoStar%20XI | EchoStar XI, also known as EchoStar 11, is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar on behalf of Dish Network. It is positioned in Geostationary orbit at a longitude of 110° West, from where it is used to provide direct broadcasting services to the United States.
EchoStar XI was built by SSL, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 29 transponders, and at launch it had a mass of , with an expected operational lifespan of 16 years. The satellite was launched on 16 July 2008 using a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL carrier rocket flying from the Ocean Odyssey launch platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean about south of Hawaii.
See also
2008 in spaceflight
References
External links
Dish Network
EchoStar
Spacecraft launched in 2008
Spacecraft launched by Zenit and Energia rockets
E11 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AINC | AINC may refer to:
Audio Information Network of Colorado, radio reading service
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, department of the government of Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage%20efficiency | Storage efficiency is the ability to store and manage data that consumes the least amount of space with little to no impact on performance; resulting in a lower total operational cost. Efficiency addresses the real-world demands of managing costs, reducing complexity and limiting risk. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) defines storage efficiency in the SNIA Dictionary as follows:
The efficiency of an empty enterprise level system is commonly in the 40–70% range, depending on what combination of RAID, mirroring and other data protection technologies are deployed, and may be even lower for highly redundant remotely mirrored systems. As data is stored on the system, technologies such as deduplication and compression may store data at a greater than 1-to-1 data size-to-space consumed ratio, and efficiency rises, often to over 100% for primary data, and thousands of percent for backup data.
Technologies
Different technologies exist at different and sometimes multiple levels:
Snapshot technology—known formally as "delta snapshot technology"—gives the ability to use the same dataset multiple times for multiple reasons, while storing only the changes between each dataset. Some storage vendors integrate their snapshot capabilities at the operating system and/or application level, enabling access to the data the snapshots are holding at the system and/or application management layers. Terminology around snapshots and "clones" is currently confusing, and care must be taken when evaluating vendor claims. In particular, some vendors call full point-in-time copies "snapshots" or "clones", while others use the same terms to refer to shared-block "delta" snapshots or clones. And some implementations can only do read-only snapshots, while others are able to provide writable ones as well.
Data deduplication technology can be used to very efficiently track and remove duplicate blocks of data inside a storage unit. There are a multitude of implementations, each with their separate advantages and disadvantages. Deduplication is most efficient at the shared storage layer, however, implementations in software and even databases exist. The most suitable candidates for deduplication are backup and platform virtualization, because both applications typically produce or use a lot of almost identical copies. However, some vendors are now offering in-place deduplication, which deduplicates primary storage.
Thin provisioning technology is a technique to prevent under-utilization by sharing the allocated, but not yet utilized capacity. A good example is Gmail, where every Gmail account has a large amount of allocated capacity. Because most Gmail users only use a fraction of the allocated capacity, this "free space" is "shared" among all Gmail users.
Major advantages
Actively increasing storage efficiency using these techniques has the following advantages:
Backup and restore. Using snapshots, time used for both backup and restore RTO can be minim |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness%20approximation | Fitness approximation aims to approximate the objective or fitness functions in evolutionary optimization by building up machine learning models based on data collected from numerical simulations or physical experiments. The machine learning models for fitness approximation are also known as meta-models or surrogates, and evolutionary optimization based on approximated fitness evaluations are also known as surrogate-assisted evolutionary approximation. Fitness approximation in evolutionary optimization can be seen as a sub-area of data-driven evolutionary optimization.
Approximate models in function optimization
Motivation
In many real-world optimization problems including engineering problems, the number of fitness function evaluations needed to obtain a good solution dominates the optimization cost. In order to obtain efficient optimization algorithms, it is crucial to use prior information gained during the optimization process. Conceptually, a natural approach to utilizing the known prior information is building a model of the fitness function to assist in the selection of candidate solutions for evaluation. A variety of techniques for constructing such a model, often also referred to as surrogates, metamodels or approximation models – for computationally expensive optimization problems have been considered.
Approaches
Common approaches to constructing approximate models based on learning and interpolation from known fitness values of a small population include:
Low-degree polynomials and regression models
Fourier surrogate modeling
Artificial neural networks including
Multilayer perceptrons
Radial basis function networks
Support vector machines
Due to the limited number of training samples and high dimensionality encountered in engineering design optimization, constructing a globally valid approximate model remains difficult. As a result, evolutionary algorithms using such approximate fitness functions may converge to local optima. Therefore, it can be beneficial to selectively use the original fitness function together with the approximate model.
Adaptive fuzzy fitness granulation
Adaptive fuzzy fitness granulation (AFFG) is a proposed solution to constructing an approximate model of the fitness function in place of traditional computationally expensive large-scale problem analysis like (L-SPA) in the Finite element method or iterative fitting of a Bayesian network structure.
In adaptive fuzzy fitness granulation, an adaptive pool of solutions, represented by fuzzy granules, with an exactly computed fitness function result is maintained. If a new individual is sufficiently similar to an existing known fuzzy granule, then that granule's fitness is used instead as an estimate. Otherwise, that individual is added to the pool as a new fuzzy granule. The pool size as well as each granule's radius of influence is adaptive and will grow/shrink depending on the utility of each granule and the overall population fitness. To encourage fewer fu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenercell | Fenercell is a virtual mobile network operator in Turkey. It is using the Avea network and is owned by the major multi-sport club Fenerbahçe.
"Avea" (A ve (and) A: Aria and Aycell) is one of three GSM operators in Turkey. It has been founded in 2004 with the merger of the two GSM operators Aycell (Türk Telekom) and Aria (joint venture of İş Bankası (51%) and TIM (49%)). TIM and Türk Telekom own 40% stake each and Is Bank Group holds 20%. In September 2006, Telecom Italia announces that, having received authorisation from the relevant Turkish authorities, the sale of 40.5% stake in Avea, held by subsidiary TIM International, to Türk Telekom, for a total of US$500 million, has been finalised. Therefore, the current shareholder structure is 81% owned by Türk Telekom and remaining 19% by İş Bankası. Its competitors, Turkcell and Vodafone Turkey, have both been founded in 1994 and use the GSM 900 frequency range while Avea uses the GSM 1800 range.
Coverage area
The merging of two GSM operators has resulted in the need of redesigning the network architecture to extend coverage and to solve the issues created by the network load. Avea has been able to complete most of that process about one year after its creation, and currently covers a vast majority of Turkey's land area with more than 7000 base stations (A map can be found on The GSM World Web Page). In contrast to Turkcell and Vodafone, Avea doesn't have an extension in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and customers therefore roam on the Turkcell and Vodafone Turkey networks.
Being a merger of two networks, Avea suffers from the heterogeneity of roaming partners and customers with numbers beginning with 50 and 55 don't have the same list of roaming partners (see the list of roaming partners for 505 customers and the list of roaming partners for 555 customers for the different partners' lists). Avea also offers GPRS / EDGE / 3G roaming in multiple countries (see the list of GPRS roaming partners for 505 customers and the list of GPRS roaming partners for 555 customers).
Competitiveness
As the latest participant in the Turkish GSM sector, Aria, Aycell and Avea have been obliged to offer lower prices to attract a maximum number of customers. Consequently, Turkcell (the leader of the Turkish GSM market) has lowered down its intra-network call rates by a third after the creation of Aria, and halved all call rates when Avea has been launched.
Currently, customers pay between 0 and 0.35 Turkish liras per minute for national calls and between 0.32 and 2.1 Turkish liras per minute for international calls (for details, see The Avea Tariffs Web site); which roughly corresponds to respectively 0, 0.20, 0.19 and 1.1 euros per minute. The very common SMS service costs between 0 and 0.06 Turkish liras per SMS for national SMS messages, and 0.21 Turkish liras for international ones (which corresponds to 0, 0.03 and 0.12 euros) (you can see the Avea Service Tariffs Web Site for details).
External lin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage%202.3%3A%20Remixed%20and%20Revisited | Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited is the second full-length album by Canadian Cyberpunk/Industrial metal band Left Spine Down. The album was released on March 3, 2009 via Synthetic Sounds and features 3 newly recorded songs along with remixes and segues. The new songs being "Welcome to the Future" along with covers of "Territorial Pissings" by Nirvana and "She's Lost Control" by Joy Division.
Track listing
References
External links
Left Spine Down Official Site
Synthetic Sounds Official Site
Fighting for Voltage on Amazon.ca
Fighting for Voltage on Amazon MP3 Store
Left Spine Down albums
2009 remix albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM-index | In computer science, an FM-index is a compressed full-text substring index based on the Burrows–Wheeler transform, with some similarities to the suffix array. It was created by Paolo Ferragina and Giovanni Manzini, who describe it as an opportunistic data structure as it allows compression of the input text while still permitting fast substring queries. The name stands for Full-text index in Minute space.
It can be used to efficiently find the number of occurrences of a pattern within the compressed text, as well as locate the position of each occurrence. The query time, as well as the required storage space, has a sublinear complexity with respect to the size of the input data.
The original authors have devised improvements to their original approach and dubbed it "FM-Index version 2". A further improvement, the alphabet-friendly FM-index, combines the use of compression boosting and wavelet trees to significantly reduce the space usage for large alphabets.
The FM-index has found use in, among other places, bioinformatics.
Background
Using an index is a common strategy to efficiently search a large body of text. When the text is larger than what reasonably fits within a computer's main memory, there is a need to compress not only the text but also the index. When the FM-index was introduced, there were several suggested solutions that were based on traditional compression methods and tried to solve the compressed matching problem. In contrast, the FM-index is a compressed self-index, which means that it compresses the data and indexes it at the same time.
FM-index data structure
An FM-index is created by first taking the Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT) of the input text. For example, the BWT of the string "abracadabra$" is "ard$rcaaaabb", and here it is represented by the matrix where each row is a rotation of the text, and the rows have been sorted lexicographically. The transform corresponds to the concatenation of the characters from the last column (labeled ).
The BWT in itself allows for some compression with, for instance, move to front and Huffman encoding, but the transform has even more uses. The rows in the matrix are essentially the sorted suffixes of the text and the first column F of the matrix shares similarities with suffix arrays. How the suffix array relates to the BWT lies at the heart of the FM-index.
Count
The operation count takes a pattern and returns the number of occurrences of that pattern in the original text . Since the rows of matrix are sorted, and it contains every suffix of , the occurrences of pattern will be next to each other in a single continuous range. The operation iterates backwards over the pattern. For every character in the pattern, the range that has the character as a suffix is found. For example, the count of the pattern "bra" in "abracadabra" follows these steps:
The first character we look for is , the last character in the pattern. The initial range is set to . This range over re |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20M%20Bendigo | Triple M Bendigo (official callsign: 3BBO) is a commercial radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Triple M network. The station is broadcast to Central Victoria from studios in the Bendigo suburb of Golden Square.
The station commenced broadcasting in 1931 as 3BO, initially on the AM band at a frequency of 970 kilohertz, before converting to the FM band as 3BO FM on 5 April 1993. On 15 December 2016, the station was relaunched as Triple M.
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Golden Square studios from 6am–9am weekdays. The station's local output consists of a three-hour breakfast show presented by Bryan Coghlan and Mandy Burrill.
Networked programming originates from studios in Albury, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney.
References
External links
Mainstream rock radio stations in Australia
Radio stations established in 1931
Radio stations in Bendigo
Bendigo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarStruck%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of StarStruck, is a Philippine television reality talent competition show, was broadcast on GMA Network. Hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Nancy Castiglione, it premiered on October 27, 2003. The council was composed of Joey de Leon, Joyce Bernal and Ida Henares. The season ended with 71 episodes on February 1, 2004, having Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado as the Ultimate Survivors.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Overview
StarStruck was first announced on GMA Network program SOP, where the hosts invited teenagers from 14 to 18 years old to audition for the upcoming season. Most of the auditions were held at the GMA Network's headquarters and at SM Supermalls throughout the Philippines.
The first season was directed by Lino Cayetano, who studied and taught film in the University of the Philippines, aside from his film and audio-visual communications course in New York Film Academy.
The pilot episode was aired on October 27, 2003. StarStruck was shown only on weekdays with tests shown from Mondays to Thursdays and the elimination night aired on Fridays. The show held its Final Judgment on February 1, 2004, at the Araneta Coliseum.
Selection process
In the first year of the reality-talent search, Out of hundreds who auditioned nationwide, only the Top 100 was chosen for the first cut. From the Top 100, it was trimmed down to the Top 60, then from the Top 60 to the Top 30, and from the Top 30 to the final fourteen finalists.
The Final 14 underwent various workshops and training in order to develop their personalities, talents, and charisma. But, the twist is that every week, one or two hopefuls from the final fourteen may have to say goodbye until only four remain. Those who were eliminated were dubbed as StarStruck Avengers.
The Final 4 will vie for the coveted the Ultimate Survivors titles, the Ultimate Male Survivor and the Ultimate Female Survivor, both of them will received P1,000,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from GMA Network.
The Runners-up, both of them will received P100,000 pesos each plus and an exclusive management contract from the network. The StarStruck Avengers (the losing contestants) also received an exclusive contract from the network.
Hopefuls
When the Final 14 was chosen, they are assigned to different challenges every week that will hone their acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Every Friday, one is meant to leave the competition until there were just six others who are left. From survivor six, there will be two of them who will be eliminated and after the elimination of the two; the final four will be revealed.
The Final 4 will be battling with each other on the Final Judgment. People will choose who they want to win the competition by online voting and text voting. 30% of the result will come from the online and text votes and the remaining 70% is from the council.
Color key:
Weekly Artista Tests
Color key:
Week 1: The official Final 14 hopefuls have been |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTPAS | MTPAS (Mobile Telecommunication Privileged Access Scheme) is a procedure in the UK for prioritising access to the mobile telephone networks for privileged persons (members of emergency services as designated at a local level). It replaced ACCOLC in 2009.
MTPAS is only available to Category 1 and 2 Responders (as defined in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004) and partner organisations which directly support them at the scene of an emergency incident. Using an agreed protocol, the Police Gold Commander, in charge of the response to a major incident, notifies all network operators that a major incident has been declared and activation is then their responsibility.
As a result of the incident, mobile telecommunications networks may experience an abnormally high concentration of calls. If networks become congested, handsets installed with a privileged access SIM will stand a much higher likelihood of being able to connect to their network and make calls than other customers.
How it works
Mobile telephones work on a cell basis. In the United Kingdom, for example, the cells adjacent to the incident are identified and MTPAS is activated on those cells alone. MTPAS-aware telephones are allowed access to the network and all other users will receive a fast beep (called a fast busy signal). Once the call is connected to the network it is routed like any other. If the user receives a recording that all lines are busy or engaged tone, then either MTPAS users are overloading the available capacity or MTPAS is not being utilised.
The MTPAS access class may be indicated on the SIM card, or in protected storage on the handset itself, by a set of numbers in the range 0 - 15, giving a total of 16 flag bits in the Access Control Class Elementary File (EFACC) in a USIM. For instance, if the 16-bit control word is 1010-0000-0011-1111, only phones with the MTPAS access levels of 1, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 will grant requests for placing a call. This scheme is not hierarchical, so it can allow level 1 access while disallowing level 6 access. The cell broadcasts the Access Control Classes it allows (or bars) in a System Information Block (SIB) message. It is important to note that the decision whether to permit a call is not made by the cellular network but by the handset itself. In Britain, ordinary cellphone users have numbers in the range 0 - 9. Higher priority users are allocated numbers 12-14. During an emergency, some or all access classes in the range 0 - 9 are disabled. If the overload condition continues, mobiles with access classes level 10, 11, then 12 and so on may also be disabled by the cellular network operator. In the United States, Verizon Wireless uses access classes 0-1 for emergency as well as Government-privileged use.
As MTPAS would be a frustration to normal network users in case of network overload, in Britain it is normally only initiated when authorized by a British police "gold" commander (major incident control is named in three tiers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perion%20Network | Perion is an Israel-based technology company that provides digital advertising products and services. It is headquartered in Holon, Israel, with offices in Tel Aviv, Paris, New York, London, Chicago, Boston, Kiev, Barcelona, and Seattle.
History
Perion was formerly IncrediMail, an email company founded in 1999 by cousins Yaron and Ofer Adler. Soon after its founding, they raised $3.3 million from private and institutional sources. The company created an IPO on NASDAQ in January 2006 and listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2007.
Perion was managed by its original founders until August 2010, when Josef Mandelbaum was appointed CEO. Mandelbaum had previously been CEO of American Greetings Interactive, the internet branch of American Greetings.
In August 2011, Perion acquired the Redmond-based Smilebox for $32 million. Smilebox is an application for creating slideshows, e-cards, invitations and other digital photo albums.
In November 2011, the company name changed to Perion, the Hebrew word for "productivity".
In November 2012, Perion purchased Israel-based SweetPacks (or SweetIM) for approximately $41 million. SweetPacks produced a variety of downloadable content for everyday use.
In January 2014, Perion acquired Conduit's ClientConnect business in an all-stock transaction valued at $660 million.
In June 2014, the firm acquired San Francisco-based Grow Mobile as part of a repositioning of the company to focus on business-to-business services.
In December 2015, the firm acquired the digital advertising company Undertone for $180 million.
In September 2016, Josef Mandelbaum announced that he would step down as CEO.
In April 2017, Doron Gerstel became the CEO. Upon his arrival at Perion, Gerstel took steps to reduce the company’s debt and improve “operational efficiency”. The company also expanded its digital television advertising business.
In January 2020, Perion acquired Content IQ, a New York-based startup that optimizes digital advertising by doing tracking and analytics without cookies.
In July 2020, Perion bought the assets of a digital publisher-focused ad-tech company called Pub Ocean, which it integrated into Content IQ.
See also
Conduit (company)
Conduit toolbar
Download Valley
References
Companies based in Tel Aviv
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Software companies established in 1999
Software companies of Israel
1999 establishments in Israel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcordia | Netcordia, Inc. was a developer and marketer of network configuration and change management software. Founded in 2000 by Terry Slattery, the first non-Cisco employee to be awarded the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification, Netcordia developed networking software that automate the management of network configurations, by tracking network changes and compliance requirements, such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX and GLBA, and correlating how change impacts network health and performance.
In May 2010, Infoblox announced that it acquired Netcordia.
Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, Netcordia had a regional sales office in the United Kingdom. Customers included the United States Army, TIAA-CREF, Duke University, CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Texas A&M University, Neiman Marcus, and The Container Store.
Privately held,
Netcordia was funded by Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Gold Hill Capital. In 2009 Netcordia was ranked the thirtieth fastest-growing privately held software company in the United States by Inc. Magazine and among Red Herring's Top 100 Most Promising Tech Companies in North America.
Infoblox is expanding into a new market segment, buying network systems management software Netcordia for an undisclosed sum. The sale was on May 4, 2010
https://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/infoblox-acquires-netcordia
Software
Netcordia produced NetMRI, that automatically collects configuration (CLI), SNMP, syslog / events, and VoIP data from multi-vendor Layer 2 and 3 network devices. The NetMRI appliance records changes that are made to a network, and identifies the correlation between change and overall network health, issuing alerts that can assist network managers in fixing problems that might increase network downtime. In September 2009, Netcordia released a downloadable, VMware virtual appliance version of NetMRI.
References
Software companies based in Maryland
Companies based in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Software companies established in 2000
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Boschetto | Laurence Boschetto (born July 28, 1954) is Senior Advisor to the Interpublic Group. He used to be the CEO and President of Draftfcb, a global advertising agency network. He assumed this role in February, 2009, after serving as the president and chief operating officer of Draftfcb since June, 2006.
Earlier in his career, Boschetto was vice president and corporate advertising director at Manufacturers Hanover Trust. From there he served as executive vice president of account services and strategic planning at Edwin Bird Wilson. He was a founding member of Adler Boschetto Peebles, which was acquired by Draft in 1997. Boschetto, a proponent of developing data analytic systems, then served as the general manager of Draft’s New York office until Draft merged with Foote, Cone & Belding in June, 2006, to form Draftfcb.
Early life
A native of Boston, Boschetto received his B.A. (1976) and MBA (1980) from Iona College (New York).
Achievements
Boschetto was elected to the American Advertising Federation board of directors in 2008. He is on the Coalition for the Homeless advisory board and supports the First Step program, which offers employment to women who have lost their homes.
References
External links
DraftFCB's Boschetto Remains Plagued by Bogus Priest Sex Suit, By Jim Edwards, July 17, 2009, CBS News
Laurence Boschetto about.me
https://web.archive.org/web/20110206061424/http://www.laurenceboschetto.com/ Archived
American chief executives
Living people
1954 births
Iona University alumni
Businesspeople from Boston |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Harries | Jonathan Harries was chairman emeritus and executive advisor, global creative of FCB (advertising agency), one of the world's largest global advertising agency networks with more than 8,000 employees across 80 countries.
Career
Harries began his advertising career as a copywriter at the Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB) office in Johannesburg, South Africa, then called Lindsay Smithers, initially offering to work for free. Before long, he had worked his way up to deputy chairman and executive creative director of Grey-Phillips. In 1986, Harries came to the United States and spent two years at Grey Global Group in New York before moving to Leo Burnett in Chicago, and eventually served at the helm of Hal Riney & Partners in its Chicago office in 1990.
In 1997, Harries returned to FCB Chicago to lead the creative department as the agency's executive creative director. In 2004, he became worldwide creative director and, that same year, was named CEO of FCB Chicago – the first time a creative had served in that role since Fairfax M. Cone. Throughout his tenure in Chicago, Harries worked on campaigns for such brands as Gatorade, Coors Light and Kraft Foods, and served as the global creative director on S.C. Johnson & Son. Harries has also maintained a major role on the Beiersdorf account team.
In 2005, Harries was named one of the "Who's Who" by Crain's Chicago Business. In 2006, he was appointed chief creative officer of FCB Global, after the merger between Draft and FCB, until 2015, when he became global chairman.
Throughout his career, Harries has served as a keynote speaker or on creative juries at award shows, including El Ojo de Iberoamérica, Dubai Lynx and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where he was also a guest blogger for Adweek. In 2017, Harries became chairman emeritus of FCB Global.
Harries published his first novel, "Killing Harry Bones," in July 2017 He followed that up with a stand alone novel “Infatuation” in 2018. In 2019 “Killing Bobby Fatt”, the follow-up to Killing Harry Bones was published and in early 2020 “Killing Valerian Zolotov”, the final of the Roger Storm series came out. His latest novel, “The Tailor of Riga, a family saga of dubious veracity was published in May 2020.
Notes
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20090831154448/http://www.draftfcb.com/biography.aspx?group=1&executive=3
http://www.screenmag.tv/feature.aspx?fid=1471
South African businesspeople
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20of%20Program%20Policy%20Analysis%20and%20Government%20Accountability | The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) is the research arm of the Florida Legislature. OPPAGA supports the Florida Legislature by providing data, evaluative research, and objective analyses that assist legislative budget and policy deliberations. State law, legislative leadership, and the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee determine OPPAGA's research issues. OPPAGA's research focuses on improving program performance, saving money, and ensuring that program activities are appropriate. Since 1998, the state has saved $857 million by adopting policy options and recommendations presented in OPPAGA reports. OPPAGA operates under the guidance of a coordinator appointed by the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee and confirmed by the House and Senate.
History
In 1994, the Florida Legislature removed the program evaluation unit from the Florida Auditor General and created OPPAGA to help improve the performance and accountability of state government. Since this time, OPPAGA has provided over 1,000 reports to the Legislature. During this period, the office has received several awards for improving state government.
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society Excellence in Evaluation Award (2010). The criteria for the award are making a positive impact, producing a notable body of work, and furthering the field of legislative evaluation. OPPAGA also received this prestigious award in 2007, 1997, and 1989.
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society Recognition of Impact Award (2016). This award distinguishes offices that release reports documenting public policy impact within their respective states. OPPAGA has won an Impact award in most years since it was first awarded in 1998.
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society Methodology Award (2015). This award recognizes projects that exemplify excellent uses of evaluation methodologies. OPPAGA also won the Methodology Award in 2011, 2009, 2007 and 2000.
Center for Accountability and Performance (CAP) Organizational Leadership Award (2001). This award recognizes an organization's outstanding application of a systems approach to performance measurement that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements, and demonstrated positive effects on government performance and accountability.
While Governing magazine reported that OPPAGA is "one of the most impressive legislative oversight offices in the country", the office's findings and recommendations may at times be considered controversial. For example, a 2004 OPPAGA report found that a Medicaid "disease management" program the state launched in 1997 had failed to achieve its goals. Under this program, drug manufacturers received an exemption from state-mandated prescription drug discounts in exchange for providing disease management services to state Medicaid recipients with chronic conditions. OPPAGA found that the program saved the state $13.4 million, far less than the projected $108.4 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Cancer%20Research%20Fund%20UK | World Cancer Research Fund UK (WCRF UK) is a cancer prevention charity in the UK and is part of the World Cancer Research Fund network.
WCRF UK funds scientific research into how diet, physical activity and weight affect cancer risk and also funds health information programmes to raise awareness so people can reduce their cancer risk by eating a healthy diet, being physically active and maintaining a healthy weight. Its stated vision is to live in a world where no one develops a preventable cancer.
History
WCRF UK was established in 1990. According to its website, it was the first cancer charity in the UK to create awareness of the relationship between diet and cancer risk, to focus funding on research into diet and cancer prevention and to consolidate and interpret global research to create practical messages on reducing risk of cancer.
First Expert Report, Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global perspective expert report was published in 1997 and examined all the available evidence on the links between cancer and diet. According to WCRF International’s website, the report was a “catalyst for change” in stimulating research into diet and cancer.
Second Expert Report: In November 2007, the WCRF global network published Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Also known as the Second Expert Report. WCRF claims the report is the most comprehensive about cancer prevention to date. Following an initial sweep of half a million research studies eventually, 7,000 were deemed relevant and met the quality criteria for definitive conclusions to be drawn about cancer prevention. A panel of 21 experts then made 10 recommendations for reducing cancer risk.
The launch of the Second Expert Report was a big news story in the UK. The report was described by the New Scientist magazine as a “landmark in our understanding of diet and cancer” while The Economist said: “It is the most rigorous study so far on the links between food, physical activity and cancer”.
Project Director of the report Professor Martin Wiseman said: “Our recommendations are based on the best science available. They are recommendations, not commandments. The whole point of them is to give people the information they need to make their everyday choices informed ones.”
Policy Report: In February 2009, the WCRF global network published Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, a companion document to the Second Expert Report. It included 48 recommendations for changes that different groups in society can make to help prevent cancer. It also included a preventability study that estimated that a third of the most common cancers in the UK could be prevented through diet, physical activity and weight management.
Research
WCRF UK spends about £6.2 million per year on scientific research, health policy and education programmes.
WCRF International manages and administers the research programme on behalf of WCRF UK. UK researchers can |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sovereign%20states%20in%20Europe%20by%20budget%20revenues%20per%20capita | This is a map and list of European countries by budget revenues per capita. The data is from the CIA Factbook, with numbers from 2007 in US$.
Map
Countries in blue have more than US$10,000 per capita, countries in green are between $3,000 and $10,000 and countries in yellow are below $3,000 budget revenue per capita.
List
See also
International organisations in Europe
List of European countries by budget revenues
List of European countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
List of European countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
List of European countries by GNI (PPP) per capita
List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
List of countries by GDP (nominal)
List of countries by GDP (PPP)
List of countries by budget revenues per capita
References
Budget revenues
Europe budget revenues
Europe Budget revenues
Budget revenues per capita |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KURY-FM | KURY-FM (95.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media, through licensee Bicoastal Media Licenses II, LLC.
Programming
KURY-FM broadcasts a classic hits music format to Curry County, Oregon, and the greater Crescent City, California, area.
History
This station initially signed on in the late 1970s as KURY-FM as a simulcast partner to KURY, both owner by Norman Oberst's KURY Radio, Inc. After nearly 30 years of owning the company, Norman Oberst applied to the FCC to transfer control of KURY Radio, Inc., to Dorothy J. Garvin in January 1993. The transfer was approved by the FCC on February 24, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.
KURY Radio, Inc., reached an agreement in February 2005 to sell this station and KURY to Eureka Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Hugo Papstein, president) for a reported combined price of $775,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 19, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 5, 2005. At the time of the sale, KURY-FM broadcast a middle of the road-leaning adult contemporary music format.
Effective January 31, 2020, Eureka Broadcasting sold KURY-FM, KURY and translator K287CF to Bicoastal Media for $500,000.
Translators
KURY-FM programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.
References
External links
URY-FM
Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Brookings, Oregon
Radio stations established in 1978
1977 establishments in Oregon
Curry County, Oregon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20neighbourhoods%20in%20Kingston%2C%20Ontario | The City of Kingston has defined 45 distinct neighbourhoods based on census data from Statistics Canada. Different from the city's twelve electoral districts, the neighbourhoods as defined by the City all share common socio-demographic characteristics.. Detailed socio-demographic information on the city can be found in the Kingston Community Profile, 2009: A Socio-Demographic Analysis of Kingston, Ontario Canada. The profile is published by the Social Planning Council of Kingston and District (SPCKD). While some of these neighbourhoods have established their own business improvement area, others are simply a designation given by the City of Kingston in recognition of their distinct attributes and characteristics.
The divisions are arbitrary; they follow census boundaries but often chop existing, recognised neighbourhoods (including the central business district) in two.
Downtown and inner suburbs
These points (and a few others, including Polson Park, Rideau Heights and Alcan), if not part of the original city, were annexed to Kingston from Kingston Township or the former village of Portsmouth no later than the 1950s.
Kingston - West
Most (but not all) of these points were in the former Township of Kingston, annexed on January 1, 1998. The pre-amalgamation boundary is Cataraqui Creek.
Kingston - East
Most of these points were in the former Pittsburgh Township, annexed on January 1, 1998. The pre-amalgamation boundary is the Cataraqui River.
Kingston - North
Many or most of these points (except for those south of the 401) were in the former Township of Kingston, annexed on January 1, 1998.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther%20Schapira | Esther Schapira (born January 23, 1961 in Frankfurt) is a German journalist and filmmaker, currently politics and society editor at the German public television network, the Hessischer Rundfunk.
Schapira is co-author of The Act of Alois Brunner, and producer of two award-winning documentaries, ("Three bullets and a dead child") (2002), about the death of Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza in 2000, and ("The day Theo van Gogh was murdered") (2007), about the killing in 2004 of Dutch filmmaker, Theo van Gogh. The latter won her and her co-producer, Kamil Taylan, a Prix Europa award. In 2009, she produced a second documentary about the death of al-Durrah, ("The Child, the Death, and the Truth").
Background
Schapira completed her Abitur at the Frankfurt in 1982, and went on to study German and English language and literature, as well as theatre, film and television. She has been the politics and society editor at the German public television network, the , since 1995.
Awards
Schapira's awards include the (1987), the (1995), the German Critics Prize (1996), and the prize (2002). She won the first prize twice at the International Festival Law and Society in Moscow, for and . In 2007, she won the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medaille with Georg M. Hafner, and a commendation during Prix Europa for the Theo van Gogh documentary.
Books
with Hafner, Georg M. . Campus Sachbuch, Frankfurt 2000.
with Hafner, Georg M. . Eichborn, Köln 2015,
Articles
, in: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): (= /Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 3), Baden-Baden 2008.
See also
Pallywood
References
External links
Esther Schapira at Kino.de
Esther Schapira at Filmportal.de
German journalists
Hessischer Rundfunk people
1961 births
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macreupoca | Macreupoca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Macreupoca penai Munroe, 1964
Macreupoca spectralis
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretania | Margaretania is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Margaretania superba, which is found in Iran.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Cybalomiinae
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
Monotypic moth genera
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarochroma | Margarochroma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Margarochroma fuscalis Hampson, 1907
Margarochroma pictalis Warren, 1896
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatarsodes | Megatarsodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Megatarsodes baltealis, which is found in Madagascar.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midilambia | Midilambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Midilambia colombiana, which is found in Colombia.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Musotiminae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraxis | Miraxis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Miraxis klotsi, which is found in Peru.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambini
Moths of South America
Monotypic moth genera
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacoleiopsis | Nacoleiopsis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nacoleiopsis auriceps, which is found in Sakhalin.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neadeloides | Neadeloides is a genus of moth of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Neadeloides cinerealis, is found in India (Darjeeling).
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20in%20British%20television | This is a list of British television related events from 2004.
Events
January
1 January – Thomas and the Magic Railroad makes its Network television premiere on BBC One.
2 January – The BBC cancels the appearance of Coca-Cola sponsorship credits in the music charts in its BBC One Top of the Pops show, after criticism from politicians and health campaigners that it would be promoting junk food and unhealthy drink products to teenagers.
3 January – CD:UK broadcasts its first episode in 16:9 widescreen.
4 January –
ITV introduces a sixth weekly episode of Emmerdale airing on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm. The episode is dropped in 2008 to allow for one-hour episodes on Tuesdays.
Debut of the Channel 4 reality series Shattered in which ten contestants are challenged with going without sleep for seven days while their actions are constantly monitored. Over the seven days the ten housemates must undergo daily performance testing and a variety of challenges, while competing for a potential prize fund of £100,000, which is reduced by £1,000 every time a contestant closes their eyes for more than ten seconds. The series, and the remaining prize money of £97,000, is won by Clare Southern on 10 January. It is subsequently branded as "misconceived and dangerous" by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, although Channel 4 says that sleep experts were consulted when putting together the series and that care was taken with the selection of participants.
5 January –
BBC One introduces the Massai ident that features nine native Maasai tribesmen dancing in the centre alongside warriors Jumping Up & Down On The Grass.
CITV introduces a first weekly episode of The Sleepover Club.
9 January – The BBC announces that the Kilroy talk show will be taken off air while the Corporation investigates negative comments its presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk made about Arabic people in the previous weekend's Sunday Express.
10 January – The first edition of ITV's new Saturday morning children's programme Ministry of Mayhem is broadcast on ITV (later CITV).
13 January – Acclaimed US medical drama Nip/Tuck makes its British television debut on Sky One, attracting an audience of 1 million. The series had been heavily publicised on terrestrial television prior to its broadcast.
15 January – BBC Four begins a six-part adaptation of the Alan Clark Diaries, starring John Hurt and Jenny Agutter. The series concludes on 17 February, and is later repeated on BBC Two.
16 January – Robert Kilroy-Silk resigns as a BBC One talk show host after 17 years following the controversy over comments he made about Arabs.
25 January – The fourth and final series of The Story Makers premieres on CBeebies.
28 January – The Hutton Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Dr. David Kelly is published. This is taken by most of the press to strongly condemn the BBC's handling of the David Kelly affair and to exonerate the government. The Director-General of the BBC, Greg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthomelaena | Xanthomelaena is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Xanthomelaena schematias, which is found on Borneo.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Taxa named by George Hampson
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neargyria | Neargyria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Neargyria argyraspis (Meyrick, 1879)
Neargyria persimilis Hampson, 1919
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neasarta | Neasarta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Neasarta nyctichroalis, which is found in Sri Lanka.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neobanepa | Neobanepa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Neobanepa peruviensis, which is found in Peru.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacatecas%20ankasokellus | Zacatecas is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Zacatecas ankasokellus, which is found in Madagascar.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Moths described in 1960
Taxa named by Pierre Viette |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoeromene | Neoeromene is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Diptychophorini
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrogramma | Nephrogramma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Nephrogramma reniculalis (Zeller, 1872)
Nephrogramma separata
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaria%20%28moth%29 | Nicaria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nicaria latisquamalis, which is found in Sulawesi.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niphostola | Niphostola is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Niphostola micans Hampson, 1896
Niphostola punctata Swinhoe, 1904
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuelita | Noctuelita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Noctuelita bicolorata, which is found in the Cameroon.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Endemic fauna of Cameroon
Odontiinae
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Africa
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notocrambus | Notocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Notocrambus cuprealis (Hampson, 1907)
Notocrambus holomelas Turner, 1922
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Scopariinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Alfred Jefferis Turner |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomecyna | Orthomecyna is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii.
Species
Orthomecyna albicaudata Butler, 1883
Orthomecyna alloptila Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna amphilyca Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna aphanopis Meyrick, 1888
Orthomecyna chrysophanes Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna crossias Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna epicausta Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna exigua Butler, 1879
Orthomecyna exigua cupreipennis
Orthomecyna exigua exigua
Orthomecyna heterodryas Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna mesochasma Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna metalycia Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna phaeophanes Meyrick, 1899
Orthomecyna picrodes Meyrick, 1899
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphulodes | Nymphulodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nymphulodes franciscalis, which is found in Brazil.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphulosis | Nymphulosis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nymphulosis arcanella, is found in Iraq.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
Monotypic moth genera
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronomis | Oronomis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Oronomis xanthothysana, which is found in India (Sikkim).
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligernis | Oligernis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Oligernis endophthalma, which is found on Borneo.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrasia | Pyrasia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pyrasia gutturalis, which is found in Turkey.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagmanella | Pagmanella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pagmanella heroica, which is found in Afghanistan.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Scopariinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyralausta | Pyralausta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pyralausta bivialis, which is found on Borneo.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panalipa | Panalipa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Panalipa bisignatus (Swinhoe, 1886)
Panalipa immeritalis (Walker, 1859)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Schoenobiinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptiladarcha | Ptiladarcha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Ptiladarcha consularis, which is found in Fiji.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Fiji
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parambia | Parambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Parambia cedroalis
Parambia gnomosynalis Dyar, 1914
Parambia paigniodesalis
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonoorda | Pseudonoorda is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eurrhypini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplatytes | Paraplatytes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Paraplatytes eberti, which is found in Afghanistan.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobissetia | Pseudobissetia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Haimbachiini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratraea | Paratraea is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Paratraea obliquivialis (Hampson, 1918)
Paratraea plumbipicta Hampson, 1919
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammobotys | Psammobotys is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Psammobotys alpinalis Munroe, 1972
Psammobotys fordi Munroe, 1961
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototyla | Prototyla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Prototyla alopecopa Meyrick, 1933
Prototyla haemoxantha Meyrick, 1935
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryganomima | Phryganomima is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Phryganomima noctifer, which is found in Colombia.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Midilinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physematia | Physematia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Physematia concordalis Lederer, 1863
Physematia defloralis Strand, 1919
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitama | Pitama is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Pitama hermesalis (Walker, 1859)
Pitama lativitta Moore, 1888
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platytesis | Platytesis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Platytesis semifurva, which is found in Thailand.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumegesta | Plumegesta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Plumegesta callidalis
Plumegesta largalis Munroe, 1972
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%2010%3A%20Alien%20Swarm | Ben 10: Alien Swarm is a 2009 American superhero film directed by Alex Winter and written by John Turman-James Krieg. It is based on the Cartoon Network's animated series Ben 10: Alien Force and is a standalone sequel to 2007 film Ben 10: Race Against Time. It stars Ryan Kelley, Galadriel Stineman, Nathan Keyes, Alyssa Diaz, Herbert Siguenza, and Barry Corbin. The film follows the events which takes place between the second season's finale and the first episode of the third season of Ben 10: Alien Force.
Ben 10: Alien Swarm held its world premiere in London on November 15, 2009, and premiered on Cartoon Network on November 25, 2009, where it was watched by 4.02 million viewers.
Plot
Ben Tennyson, Gwen Tennyson and Kevin Levin negotiates with a group of black market dealers attempting to sell alien nanochips, which are causing interference with the Omnitrix. One of them reveals herself to be Elena Validus, Ben and Gwen's childhood friend. Elena explains that she had set up negotiations to lure Ben to seek his help in finding her abducted scientist father. As Ben agrees to help her, the chips spring to life and attack, controlled by a man on a catwalk. The group fights them, and in the process the suspicious man and the dealers escape.
While Elena claims she is not responsible for the attack, Kevin and Gwen are suspicious of her. At their headquarters, the trio, along with Grandpa Max, study one of the chips salvaged from the fight, learning that they are a hybrid of organic and technological components. Having followed the trio, Elena breaks in and Max orders her to leave, explaining that Elena's father Victor Validus was his apprentice, who was dishonorably discharged after stealing the original chips. Ben refuses to believe that Elena is like her father, and breaks ranks with Max and teammates to help her. While Max is away, Gwen and Kevin investigate Victor Validus and discover a video of Max interrogating Victor, in which Victor insists that "The Hive", the mind intelligence behind the chips, is coming to take over the planet as they are revealed to be able to possess people.
Meanwhile, Ben and Elena arrive at Victor's old laboratory which had been cleared by the Hive, where they find evidence that Victor was studying and upgrading the chips. Elena reveals that her father had become erratic before disappearing, and had stopped returning home. He also appears to be the man from the rafters controlling the chips. A mob under the control of the chips ambush Ben and Elena, forcing them to retreat. The Omnitrix again experiences interference around the chips and keeps Ben from transforming, but Ben utilizes a scanning function to temporarily repel the mob and allow him and Elena to escape. They head to the Ship-It building to investigate further, though Ben is somewhat suspicious of Elena himself, realizing the mob expected him and Elena to head towards the lab and set a trap for them.
Ben finds an order slip made out for that day when Elena c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyronoorda | Porphyronoorda is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Porphyronoorda decumbens, which is found in India.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiinae
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proconica | Proconica is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Proconica flaviguttalis Hampson, 1899
Proconica nigrcyanalis Hampson, 1899
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by George Hampson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodelophanes | Prodelophanes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Prodelophanes eucharis, which is found on Fiji.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Fiji
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolais | Prolais is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Prolais elbursalis, which is found in Iran.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Cybalomiinae
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel
Monotypic moth genera
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchetria | Rhynchetria is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Rhynchetria damasales, which is found on Java.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radessa | Radessa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Radessa pardalota Munroe, 1977
Radessa vittilimbalis Munroe, 1977
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntonarcha | Syntonarcha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Syntonarcha iriastis Meyrick, 1890
Syntonarcha vulnerata T. P. Lucas, 1894
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarabotys | Sarabotys is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Sarabotys cupreicostalis
Sarabotys ferriterminalis Munroe, 1964
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styxon | Styxon is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Styxon ciniferalis, which is found in China (Guangdong).
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scybalista | Scybalista is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Scybalista byzesalis (Walker, 1859)
Scybalista restionalis Lederer, 1863
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Lederer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericocrambus | Sericocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Sericocrambus stylatus, which is found in Uruguay.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambini
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of South America
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaxi | Vaxi is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinculopsis | Vinculopsis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Vinculopsis epipaschia
Vinculopsis scybalistia (Hampson, 1899)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Glaphyriinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Hans Georg Amsel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsica | Tamsica is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Diptychophorini
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Elwood Zimmerman |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turania%20%28moth%29 | Turania is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Turania pentodontalis (Erschoff, 1874)
Turania russulalis (Christoph, 1877)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasenia | Tasenia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Tasenia nigromaculalis, which is found on Java.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen
Monotypic moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawhitia | Tawhitia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)
Tawhitia pentadactylus (Zeller, 1863)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Alfred Philpott |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegostoma | Tegostoma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontiini
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
Taxa described in 1874 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triuncidia | Triuncidia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Triuncidia eupalusalis (Walker, 1859)
Triuncidia ossealis (Hampson, 1899)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratauxta | Teratauxta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Teratauxta paradoxa, which is found on Sumatra.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigamozeucta | Trigamozeucta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Trigamozeucta radiciformis, which is found on Fiji.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyraustinae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Fiji
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrernia | Tetrernia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Tetrernia terminitis Meyrick, 1890
Tetrernia tetrommata Hampson, 1906
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thevitella | Thevitella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Thevitella alphalis, which is found in Madagascar.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Acentropinae
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by Pierre Viette
Moths of Africa
Crambidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyridiphora | Thyridiphora is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Species
Thyridiphora furia Swinhoe, 1884
Thyridiphora gilva (Turner, 1926)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Cybalomiinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist) |
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