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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeliomima | Zeliomima is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species
Zeliomima caudata Mesnil, 1976
Zeliomima chaetosa Mensil, 1976
References
Dexiinae
Diptera of Africa
Tachinidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAdmin | In computing, WBAdmin is a command-line utility built into Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. The command is used to perform backups and restores of operating systems, drive volumes, computer files, folders, and applications from a command-line interface.
Features
WBAdmin is a disk-based backup system. It can create a "bare metal" backup used to restore the Windows operating system to similar or dissimilar hardware. The backup file(s) created are primarily in the form of Microsoft's Virtual Hard Disk (.VHD) files with some accompanying .xml configuration files. The backup .VHD file can be mounted in Windows Disk Manager to view content. However, the .VHD backup file is not a direct "disk clone".
The utility replaces the previous Microsoft Windows Backup command-line tool, NTBackup, which came built-into Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It is the command-line version of Backup and Restore. WBAdmin also has a graphical user interface option available to simplify creation of computer backup (and restore). Workstation editions such as Windows 7 use a backup wizard located in Control Panel. The server version is done through an (easily installed) Windows feature using the Windows Management Console WBAdmin.MSC. The WBAdmin Management Console simplifies restoration, whether single file or multiple folders.
Using the command-line or graphical user interface, WBAdmin creates a backup which can be quickly restored using just the Windows installation DVD and the backup files located on a removable USB disk without the need to re-install from scratch. WBAdmin uses a differencing engine to update the backup files. Once the original backup file is created Volume Shadow Copy Service updates changes, subsequent full backups take a matter of moments rather than many minutes taken to create the original backup file. Automatic backups can be scheduled on a regular basis using a wizard.
Two kinds of restore operations are supported:
Bare-metal restore: using the Windows Recovery Environment you can complete a full server restoration to either the same server or to a server with dissimilar hardware (known as Hardware Independent Restore – HIR)
Individual file and folder, and system state restore: files, folders, or the machine’s system state can be restored from the command-line using WBAdmin.
References
Further reading
External links
Microsoft's Windows Server Backup Guide
WBAdmin commands list
Microsoft Guide to Windows Vista Backup
Microsoft Backup and Recovery overview
Backup software for Windows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptothelaira | Leptothelaira is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species
Leptothelaira latistriata Shima, 1988
Leptothelaira longicaudata Mesnil & Shima, 1979
Leptothelaira longipennis Zhang, Wang & Liu, 2006
Leptothelaira meridionalis Mesnil & Shima, 1979
Leptothelaira orientalis Mesnil & Shima, 1979
References
Diptera of Asia
Dexiinae
Tachinidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Crash | Comet Crash is a tower defense video game by American studio Pelfast. It was released for the PlayStation 3 home console via PlayStation Network.
Gameplay
The premise of the game is you are trying to take back a comet that has been overrun by the enemy. Your purpose is to defend yourself from the computer artificial intelligence's attacks while building up your own arsenal to lead an attack against the AI. You build Turret, Laser, Bomber, or Pulsar structures to defend against attacking enemy units and you build Basic Ops structures to generate the four basic types of attack units (Scouts, Tanks, Drones and Torpedoes) that once they are produced in the individual Basic Ops structures are teleported to your home base. Building Special Ops structures are used to generate four types of special units; Hammer, Switch, Thief and Carrier.
Paying for structures and upgrades are done with Thorium. Thorium is a mineral that is released from meteoroids that randomly travel across the playing field. Lasers, Bombers, and Turrets are the only structures that will shoot, destroy and release the Thorium from the meteoroids. It's a good idea to build a Laser structure near your base early on.
Sequel
A sequel, titled Comet Crash 2, was released for PlayStation 4 on August 8, 2017
References
External links
2009 video games
PlayStation 3-only games
PlayStation Network games
Tower defense video games
PlayStation 3 games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in outer space |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDJS-FM | KDJS-FM (95.3 FM; "Hot Country K-95.3") is a radio station licensed to Willmar, Minnesota, United States. The station is currently owned by Iowa City Broadcasting Company.
Programming
KDJS-FM, known on air as "Hot Country, K95.3", programs a country music radio format carrying "The American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks" as well as the Performance Racing Network's "Zmax Racing Country".
References
External links
Radio stations in Minnesota
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1971 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba%20Networks | HPE Aruba Networking, formerly known as Aruba Networks, is a Santa Clara, California-based cloud based security networking subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
The company was founded in Sunnyvale, California in 2002 by Keerti Melkote and Pankaj Manglik. On March 2, 2015, Hewlett-Packard announced it would acquire Aruba Networks for approximately $3 billion USD. On May 19, 2015, HP completed the acquisition. As of November 1, 2015, the company operates as the "Intelligent Edge" business unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, which encompasses all of HP/HPE's networking and security related operations and acquisitions.
Acquisitions
See also
HP Networking Products
ProCurve
ProCurve Products
References
External links
Aruba Instant On
HPE Networking
Networking companies of the United States
Networking hardware companies
Companies based in Santa Clara, California
Computer companies established in 2002
American companies established in 2002
Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
2002 establishments in California
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
2007 initial public offerings
Hewlett-Packard acquisitions
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise acquisitions
2015 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct computer hardware companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axum%20%28programming%20language%29 | Axum (previously codenamed Maestro) is a domain-specific concurrent programming language, based on the Actor model, that was under active development by Microsoft between 2009 and 2011. It is an object-oriented language based on the .NET Common Language Runtime using a C-like syntax which, being a domain-specific language, is intended for development of portions of a software application that is well-suited to concurrency. But it contains enough general-purpose constructs that one need not switch to a general-purpose programming language (like C#) for the sequential parts of the concurrent components.
The main idiom of programming in Axum is an Agent (or an Actor), which is an isolated entity that executes in parallel with other Agents. In Axum parlance, this is referred to as the agents executing in separate isolation domains; objects instantiated within a domain cannot be directly accessed from another. Agents are loosely coupled (i.e., the number of dependencies between agents is minimal) and do not share resources like memory (unlike the shared memory model of C# and similar languages); instead a message passing model is used. To co-ordinate agents or having an agent request the resources of another, an explicit message must be sent to the agent. Axum provides Channels to facilitate this.
Channels can be regarded as a directional pathway to communicate between agent instances. The member functions of a Channel object, after it has been bound to an agent instance, can be used to communicate with it. A Channel contains input and output ports, which are queues which are used to send data to an agent or receive data from one. To co-ordinate the communication between agents, Axum allows each channel to have a user-defined protocol for communication. The protocol is defined as a state machine. The data sent over a channel can be optionally restricted to conform to a certain pre-defined schema. The compiler and runtime will enforce the conformance with the schema. Under the hood, a schema is translated into a serializable .NET class that contains only properties and side effect-free methods.
The Axum project reached the state of a prototype with working Microsoft Visual Studio integration. Microsoft had made a CTP of Axum available to the public, but this has since been removed.
Although Microsoft decided not to turn Axum into a project, some of the ideas behind Axum are used in TPL Dataflow in .Net 4.5.
References
External links
Programmers' Guide
.NET programming languages
Object-oriented programming languages
Concurrent programming languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examiner.com | Examiner.com was an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operated using a network of "pro-am contributors"' for content. It had various local editions with contributors posting city-based items tailored to 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of Canada in two putative national editions, one for each country.
As of early 2014, Examiner.com was a property of Philip Anschutz-owned AEG, and announced it would be partnering closely with ticket merchant AXS. Subsequently, Examiner operations were announced to be shutting down on July 10, 2016.
Growth
In August 2009, Examiner.com was named one of the fastest-growing network of localized websites by Nielsen Online. It grew faster in the 12 months from August 2008 than any of the other top 30 Internet news sites in the United States, as it increased page views more than 342 percent, attracting 7,569,000 unique users. Examiner.com reports that it received 20.8 million unique visitors to Examiner.com sites in July 2010, with 60.1 million page views served, according to Omniture.
In October 2010, Examiner.com reported adding over 3,000 articles a day, to a growing library of 1.5 million pieces of content.
Pay scale
Examiner.com was criticized for the low compensation received by some contributors. The site claimed it told contributors that they should not consider this full-time employment, and "tries to be very clear and transparent that this isn't a 'quit your day job' opportunity."
Examiner.com offered a variety of pay scale options to its writers. Examiner.com based compensation on variables such as subscriptions, page view traffic and session length.
History
The domain was registered by The San Francisco Examiner on September 13, 1994, and was used by the San Francisco newspaper until 2004 when Anschutz/Clarity acquired the examiner.com domain as part of its acquisition of the newspaper.
In 2006, David Schafer, Clarity Digital Media's CEO (former MapQuest general manager), transformed the domain from being San Francisco specific to being a hyperlocal news aggregator for the 60 markets in which Clarity Media trademarked the name "Examiner". By using online geo targeting technology, users were placed into their closest city where they could read the most recent news and updates from both their city's broadcast and print media streams. Readers could also view local, state, national, and international content from the Associated Press.
A small team of engineers and developers worked over the next 18 months to develop the site into something more than a collection of news headlines. Schafer was replaced by the former AOL executive Michael Sherrod in February 2008. (He stayed on as Chief Operations Officer).
In late April 2008, Sherrod unveiled the current model of using "Examiners", local writers and columnists recruited for expertise in a variety of areas, to feature local material about numerous cities. Launching the new model, which he called a "community knowl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20isolator | Network isolators are installed as part of a wired Ethernet system as galvanic isolators to reduce the potential for electrical injury and limit the extent of damage due to lightning strikes.
Through the applied principle of electromagnetic induction, network data is transmitted across an electrically non-conducting barrier. High frequency AC voltages conveying data are induced across an isolating gap.
The network isolator is a passive device, and functions without any requirement of an external power supply. A functional equivalent to network isolators is Ethernet over a small stretch of optical fibre, using media converters or Ethernet switches/network cards with fiber connections on each end.
Applications
Network isolators have many other applications in overcoming the problems of differing ground potentials across networks, or between network components. For example:
Electrical testing facilities, where measurement and monitoring equipment are connected to a central control centre through an Ethernet;
For redundant server systems, which are physically connected via a copper network;
For private or commercial networks, where inherent potential differences within a building, or between buildings, become problematic, and a fibre-optic solution is not economically viable;
General usage as filters for shield currents in Ethernet connections.
Medical
Network isolators are used in medical devices to protect patients against leakage currents.
Network connections between medical devices and Ethernet networks (and other non-medical devices, such as personal computers) must be in accordance with the IEC 60601-1 standard. This standard specifically deals with medical electronic and electrical equipment and systems, and classifies non-medical devices as potential hazard sources. A specific hazard stems from possible differences in ground potentials between network components, which, when not properly isolated, can result in a leakage current that can flow through the patient, which is dangerous, and potentially lethal. Such voltage differences can also arise through incorrect installation and wiring of network systems, electrical shorting within damaged cables and cabling, or shorting between damaged network cables and other voltage sources.
Network isolators work to remove this hazard, by electrically disconnecting medical devices from a network. Isolators may be used as network accessories, built into medical devices, or installed within a medical network system. Networks isolators should be installed as close as possible to the medical device in question. As they serve no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose, network isolators themselves are not classed as medical electronic equipment according to the IEC 60601-1 standard, nor do they fall within the scope of the Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC. They are often installed in the medical field in conjunction with isolation transformers, which serve to protect the patient from other el |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPAL%20Soil%20Centre | The OPAL Soil Centre is one of five centres of expertise under the Open Air Laboratories Network (OPAL). The OPAL Soil Centre is based at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. The OPAL Soil Centre has high-profile partners including the Environment Agency, British Geological Survey, and the Natural History Museum.
Soil and Earthworm Survey
The OPAL Soil Centre developed the OPAL Soil and Earthworm Survey, a national public survey of the soil and earthworms in England. The survey was launched in March 2009 supported by a number of celebrities including Steve Leonard and Chris Packham. The survey asks members of the public to go out to their gardens, parks, playing fields or anywhere with soil and collect information about the habitat, soil and to count and identify any earthworms they find.
The results of the survey can be uploaded onto the OPAL website where participants can see their results appear on a map alongside other results. Results from the survey will be analysed by the OPAL Soil Centre to investigate the distribution of soils and earthworms across the England, and to investigate the effects that humans are having on soils.
The Soil and Earthworm Survey was featured on The One Show on 23 March 2009 with a piece presented by George McGavin.
The centre is based at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, under the overall direction of Dr Nick Voulvoulis.
Centre Aims
Provide information, resources and training on soil quality and soil biodiversity at the community level.
Coordinate a national survey to discover the degree of awareness and understanding of soil quality and ecosystems in England.
Carry out research into pollution sources and their pathways in soil and the way that they affect soil systems.
Scientific Objectives
The OPAL Soil Centre is coordinating an England-wide survey on soil and their earthworm populations.
The survey complements research the centre is carrying out into soils and soil quality. Research is focused on the interaction with pollution, other environmental media, and human and ecosystem health. The effects of anthropogenic activities including waste and land management practices to soils is an ongoing research theme.
See also
Soil science
Environmental impact of agriculture
References
External links
OPAL Soil Centre
OPAL Website
Imperial College
Environment Agency
British Geological Survey
Natural History Museum
Soil and crop science organizations
Research institutes of Imperial College London
Environmental research institutes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Summer%20with%20Des | {{Infobox television
| editor = Philip Kloss
| runtime = 80 mins.
| company = BBC Films
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| network = BBC One
| first_aired =
| starring = Neil Morrissey Rachel Weisz Des Lynam Arabella Weir John Gordon Sinclair
| genre = Football Comedy Drama
| screenplay = Arthur Smith
| director = Simon Curtis
| executive_producer = Jane Tranter
| producer = Joy Spink
| cinematography = Graham Frake
| music = Jim Parker
| related = Match of the Day}}My Summer with Des is a 1998 comedy drama television film, written by Arthur Smith, and directed by Simon Curtis. Broadcast to coincide with the beginning of World Cup 1998, the story is set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his girlfriend. It starred Neil Morrissey and Des Lynam, with Rachel Weisz playing the role of his love interest who seems to have the ability to travel through time and know the outcome of the tournament's matches before they happen. At one point Neil Morrissey's character asks her to take him straight to the semi-final between England and Germany, which they then arrive at in the next scene.
The film was broadcast on BBC One on 25 May 1998, and released on VHS on 26 May 1998.
A DVD was scheduled for a 4 August 2008 release, however this was postponed.
Cast
Neil Morrissey as Martin
Rachel Weisz as Rosie
Des Lynam as himself
John Gordon Sinclair as Cameron
Arabella Weir as Barbara
Graeme Garden as Angus
Tilly Blackwood as Anna
Cameos by football stars
David Seaman
Peter Shilton
See also
An Evening with Gary Lineker''
External links
My Summer with Des at the British Film Institute
References
1998 television films
1998 films
British comedy-drama television films
British sports comedy-drama films
1990s sports comedy-drama films
British association football films
Films directed by Simon Curtis
Films set in 1996
UEFA Euro 1996
1990s English-language films
1990s British films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20PRO/Wireless | Intel PRO/Wireless is a series of Intel wireless products developed by Intel. These products include wireless network adapters, access points, and routers that are designed to provide high-speed wireless connectivity for computers, laptops, and other devices. Intel PRO/Wireless products use various wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and Bluetooth, to provide wireless connectivity. Intel PRO/Wireless network adapters allow devices to connect to wireless networks, while access points and routers create wireless networks that devices can connect to.
Intel PRO/Wireless products are commonly used in homes, offices, and other settings where wireless connectivity is desired. They are known for their high performance and reliability, and are often used in business environments where a reliable wireless connection is critical. Intel PRO/Wireless products are also used in some public places, such as airports, hotels, and coffee shops, where they can be used to provide wireless access to the Internet for travelers and other patrons.
History
After the release of the wireless products called Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG and 3945ABG in 2005, Intel was criticized for not granting free redistribution rights for the firmware necessary to be included in the operating systems for the wireless devices to operate. As a result of this, Intel became a target of campaigns to allow free operating systems to include binary firmware on terms acceptable to the open source community. Linspire-Linux creator Michael Robertson outlined the difficult position that Intel was in releasing to Open Source, as Intel did not want to upset their large customer Microsoft. Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD also claimed that Intel is being "an Open Source fraud" after an Intel employee presented a distorted view of the situation on an open-source conference. In spite of the negative attention Intel received as a result of the wireless dealings, the binary firmware still has not gained a license compatible with free software principles.
Hardware
The successor to the PRO/Wireless series is Intel Wireless WiFi Link.
See also
Comparison of open-source wireless drivers
FIPS 140
Wireless LAN
References
External links
Official webpage.
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software.
Intel® Driver Update Utility.
2200 Linux drivers
PRO Wireless
Wireless networking
Intel products |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean%20value%20analysis | In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, mean value analysis (MVA) is a recursive technique for computing expected queue lengths, waiting time at queueing nodes and throughput in equilibrium for a closed separable system of queues. The first approximate techniques were published independently by Schweitzer and Bard, followed later by an exact version by Lavenberg and Reiser published in 1980.
It is based on the arrival theorem, which states that when one customer in an M-customer closed system arrives at a service facility he/she observes the rest of the system to be in the equilibrium state for a system with M − 1 customers.
Problem setup
Consider a closed queueing network of K M/M/1 queues, with M customers circulating in the system. Suppose that the customers are indistinguishable from each other, so that the network has a single class of customers. To compute the mean queue length and waiting time at each of the nodes and throughput of the system we use an iterative algorithm starting with a network with 0 customers.
Write μi for the service rate at node i and P for the customer routing matrix where element pij denotes the probability that a customer finishing service at node i moves to node j for service. To use the algorithm we first compute the visit ratio row vector v, a vector such that v = v P.
Now write Li(n) for the mean number of customer at queue i when there are a total of n customers in the system (this includes the job currently being served at queue i) and Wj(n) for the mean time spent by a customer in queue i when there are a total of n customers in the system. Denote the throughput of a system with m customers by λm.
Algorithm
The algorithm starts with an empty network (zero customers), then increases the number of customers by 1 at each iteration until there are the required number (M) of customers in the system.
To initialise, set Lk(0) = 0 for k = 1,...,K. (This sets the average queue length in a system with no customers to zero at all nodes.)
Repeat for m = 1,...,M:
1. For k = 1, ..., K compute the waiting time at each node using the arrival theorem
2. Then compute the system throughput using Little's law
3. Finally, use Little's law applied to each queue to compute the mean queue lengths for k = 1, ..., K
End repeat.
Bard–Schweitzer method
The Bard–Schweitzer approximation estimates the average number of jobs at node to be
which is a linear interpolation. From the above formulas, this approximation yields fixed-point relationships which can be solved numerically. This iterative approach often goes under the name of approximate MVA (AMVA) and it is typically faster than the recursive approach of MVA.
Pseudocode
Multiclass networks
In the case of multiclass networks with R classes of customers, each queue k can feature different service rates μk,r for each job class r=1,...,R, although certain restrictions exist in the case of first-come first-served stations due to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonality%20%28programming%29 | In computer programming, orthogonality means that operations change just one thing without affecting others. The term is most-frequently used regarding assembly instruction sets, as orthogonal instruction set.
Orthogonality in a programming language means that a relatively small set of primitive constructs can be combined in a relatively small number of ways to build the control and data structures of the language. It is associated with simplicity; the more orthogonal the design, the fewer exceptions. This makes it easier to learn, read and write programs in a programming language. The meaning of an orthogonal feature is independent of context; the key parameters are symmetry and consistency (for example, a pointer is an orthogonal concept).
An example from IBM Mainframe and VAX highlights this concept. An IBM mainframe has two different instructions for adding the contents of a register to a memory cell (or another register). These statements are shown below:
A Reg1, memory_cell
AR Reg1, Reg2
In the first case, the contents of Reg1 are added to the contents of a memory cell; the result is stored in Reg1. In the second case, the contents of Reg1 are added to the contents of another register (Reg2) and the result is stored in Reg1.
In contrast to the above set of statements, VAX has only one statement for addition:
ADDL operand1, operand2
In this case the two operands (operand1 and operand2) can be registers, memory cells, or a combination of both; the instruction adds the contents of operand1 to the contents of operand2, storing the result in operand1.
VAX's instruction for addition is more orthogonal than the instructions provided by IBM; hence, it is easier for the programmer to remember (and use) the one provided by VAX.
The Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68 had this to say about "Orthogonal design":
The design of C language may be examined from the perspective of orthogonality. The C language is somewhat inconsistent in its treatment of concepts and language structure, making it difficult for the user to learn (and use) the language. Examples of exceptions follow:
Structures (but not arrays) may be returned from a function.
An array can be returned if it is inside a structure.
A member of a structure can be any data type (except void, or the structure of the same type).
An array element can be any data type (except void). Everything is passed by value (except arrays).
Though this concept was first applied to programming languages, orthogonality has since become recognized as a valuable feature in the design of APIs and even user interfaces. There, too, having a small set of composable primitive operations without surprising cross-linkages is valuable, as it leads to systems that are easier to explain and less frustrating to use.
On the other hand, orthogonality does not necessarily result in simpler systems, as the example of IBM and VAX instructions shows — in the end, the less orthogonal RISC CPU archit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw%20audio%20format | A raw audio file is any file containing un-containerized and uncompressed audio. The data is stored as raw pulse-code modulation (PCM) values without any metadata header information (such as sampling rate, bit depth, endian, or number of channels).
Extensions
Raw files can have a wide range of file extensions, common ones being .raw, .pcm, or .sam. They can also have no extension.
Playing
As there is no header, compatible audio players require information from the user that would normally be stored in a header, such as the encoding, sample rate, number of bits used per sample, and the number of channels.
References
Digital audio
Computer file formats |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-BASIC | S-BASIC (for Structured Basic) was a "structured" BASIC variant, distributed with Kaypro CP/M systems. It was made by Topaz Programming is distributed by Micro-Ap (San Ramon, CA).
SBasic was compatible with the syntax of BASIC, a programming language commonly used in the 1970s through the 1980s, as well as Fortran77. However, the language relaxed many of the requirements of BASIC and had more flexibility than Fortran. For instance, line numbers were optional, and permitted non-numeric characters. In addition, SBasic offered developers structured programming concepts, including recursion and nesting. Many PL-1 programs could be compiled with little modification, though SBasic did not offer an extensive function library.
Among the more advanced features was the ability to "base" a variable or array, making the memory location dynamic and modifiable during execution. SBasic programs had the ability to access memory areas reserved for the operating system unless prohibited from doing so by the operating system itself. (Kaypro's CP/M had no such prohibitions.) This enabled direct utilization and modification of DMA and other memory areas. This feature also permitted a program to modify itself at run-time. This capability also allowed modifying the instruction pointer, so a program could effectively link other executable modules that were read during execution as data.
Unlike BASIC interpreters that stored "p-code" that was parsed by an execution module, SBasic was a two-pass compiler, ultimately producing .com files that were executable. The language was written in a subset of itself and compiled using a .com kernel, then stored on diskette (or hard drive on the last KayPro model). The source was distributed with some KayPro models. This encouraged open-source-like modification of the language, with some early pre-Internet user groups exchanging physical diskettes by regular mail.
Not to be confused with the namesake SBasic (S for Spectral Basic) Programming Language for the commercial Spectral UV-Visible software.
Reception
Jerry Pournelle in 1983 wrote that S-BASIC "is quite nice", stating that it "rivals CB-80". He presumed that Kaypro users would "will begin by using Microsoft MBASIC, then start translating their programs into S-BASIC and learn more about structured programming". Pournelle added, "If I had to give an award for the most unreadable computer document I've ever seen, the original S-BASIC manual would win hands down"; however, Kaypro had rewritten it and "is a great deal more sensible".
References
Notes
(reference)
(reference)
BASIC compilers
Sbasic
Discontinued BASICs
BASIC programming language family |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier%20Health%20Partners | Premier Health is a medical network of three hospitals and two major health centers in the Dayton region.
Premier Health, which employs 14,000 workers, is the second-largest employer in the Dayton region and ninth-largest employer in Ohio. They contribute about $2 billion a year in positive economic impact.
Hospitals included in the network are:
Miami Valley Hospital - Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Miami Valley Hospital South Campus - Centerville, Ohio, United States
Miami Valley Hospital North Campus - Englewood, Ohio, United States
Atrium Medical Center - Middletown, Ohio, United States.
Upper Valley Medical Center - Troy, Ohio, United States.
Community outreach
In December 2017, Premier Health worked with the advertising firm DeVito/Verdi to create an educational radio, television and print ads targeting at-risk individuals, their loved ones, and opioid misusers. This campaign hopes to start the conversation to address the ongoing opioid addiction crisis in the Dayton area.
See also
List of hospitals in Ohio
References
External links
Premier Health Homepage
Companies based in Dayton, Ohio
Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio
Hospital networks in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Ohio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classpad | Classpad is an Android-based educational tablet computer from Classteacher Learning Systems.
Features and specifications
The tablet comes with a version of the Android 4.0 operating system with some custom skins and applications provided by Classteacher Learning Systems.
Classpad, touted to be a competition for Aakash, the world's cheapest tablet, is conceptualised to customise education in a way that every student can be reached and participate in the process of learning. The Classpad claims a better battery life, 1.3 GHz processing speed and a built-in memory of 8 GB, which is expandable to 32 GB. The device is also equipped with artificial intelligence.
Students can enter text into the tablet with an on-screen keyboard.
The use of Classpads makes the teachers transfer class works to the students' tablets, share their own content instantly at ease, and conduct tests.
References
Tablet computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug | The SheevaPlug is a "plug computer" designed to allow standard computing features in as small a space as possible. It was a small embedded Linux ARM computer without a display which can be considered an early predecessor to the subsequent Raspberry Pi.
As one of the first such computers on the market, the device has a 1.2 GHz Marvell Kirkwood 6281 ARM-compatible CPU, a.k.a. Feroceon. It is sold with Ubuntu Linux version 9.04 pre-installed. A software development kit for the platform is also available.
Commercial products
The following commercial products are known to be based on the SheevaPlug platform:
BarracudaDrive is a free Cloud Server for the SheevaPlug.
CTERA CloudPlug by CTERA Networks, a plug computer providing remote backup service at local disk speeds and overlays a file sharing service.
TonidoPlug from CodeLathe, a SheevaPlug-based device that runs Tonido home server and NAS software, and allows users to access, share and sync files and media.
Pogoplug by Cloud Engines, a device that lets users access their files at home over the Internet without leaving a PC on.
Seagate FreeAgent DockStar and Black Armor 110/220 NAS, both a variant of the Pogoplug.
GuruPlug, a SheevaPlug with additional connectivity options.
DreamPlug, similar to a GuruPlug+
The PylonPlug by Equelex. A one interface OpenWrt device that when used in conjunction with a VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q) capable network switch, can be used as a Multi-WAN network router. Its operating system is OpenWrt Linux
The sipJack from pbxnsip is a Sheeva kit-based plug computer and provides Voice over IP services and PBX features.
The WeatherHub2 by Ambient Weather, a server that collects data from a weather station and uploads data to Web pages or other Internet services.
The GeNiJack by NETCOR. An endpoint for end-to-end network performance assessment.
BACnet Gateway by Kara Systems, a M-Bus, Modbus and OneWire gateway which represents a BACNet Device
Pwnie Express is a Computer Security tool.
AvaGigE by Avantes, USB to Ethernet converter which supports the connection of Avantes spectrometers to an Ethernet network.
Evercube, a do-it-yourself home server, designed for quiet, continuous operation in the living room
Lockitron server for remote operation of locks—with key management. Control server based on the SheevaPlug.
Iomega iConnect, a wireless, diskless NAS
ZigBee Gateway ZBG-100 from pikkerton
Pwn Plug by Pwnie Express
Other operating system ports and stacks
FreedomBox, for secured, encrypted and fully decentralized networking based on Debian
Debian has official support for the SheevaPlug and other plug computers, such as the GuruPlug.
Mark Gillespie has created scripts to build and install Debian Lenny and Squeeze onto either the internal NAND or SD card
An ARM port of Fedora exists that can be installed on the SheevaPlug.
Raúl Porcel has managed to run Gentoo on the plug and published an instruction on how to do so.
Stuart Winter has a working Slackware p |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo%20Presents%20Adventures%20of%20the%20Smart%20Patrol%20%28album%29 | Adventures of the Smart Patrol (or Devo Presents Music from Adventures of the Smart Patrol) is a compilation album featuring tracks from the 1996 Inscape CD-ROM computer game of the same name created by American new wave band Devo. It was released in 1996 by Discovery Records.
Contents
Six of the tracks had been previously released on proper Devo albums and compilations, but the album is noteworthy for containing two new Devo tracks: "Theme From Adventures of the Smart Patrol" (a studio recording of a song that had been played live at the beginning of concerts on the 1981 New Traditionalists tour) and "That's What He Said." Both songs are credited to the Smart Patrol but are performed by Devo.
Also of note is this mix of "U Got Me Bugged," a track which first appeared on the compilation Hardcore Devo: Volume 2 (1991), as it features a new vocal track by Booji Boy.
Additionally, this version of "Jocko Homo" is the 4-track demo version, previously released on Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990). However, this version was taken directly from the audio track of the short film The Truth About De-Evolution (1976) and is thus of lesser sound quality. It also includes audio from the film sequence where a series of rapid-fire cuts spell the letters "Devo" to introduce the song, lifted from the intro of "Mechanical Man" (also found on Hardcore Devo: Volume One).
Track listing
References
1996 compilation albums
Devo compilation albums
Discovery Records albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single%20system | Single system may refer to:
Single-system image, a concept in cluster computing
Single-system interpretation, a concept in Marxist theory
Single-system recording, a concept in film production |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro%20Talent%20and%20Management | Maestro Talent and Management Sdn Bhd was a Malaysian talent management, recording, and publishing company. It is wholly owned by Astro All Asia Networks, the dominant pay-TV provider in Malaysia. The company was closed down in Astro's restructuring exercise because of job losses on March 31, 2009.
History
Maestro was established in July 2003 and operated from the former headquarters of Betarecs Sdn Bhd in Petaling Jaya. It started out as a three-man operation headed by music veteran and former performing arts academy Akademi Fantasia principal Freddie Fernandez, with the goal of managing, promoting and identifying aspiring talents.
In early 2009, the late 2000s recession, combined with Maestro's irrelevant conventional business module led to the closure of Maestro. However, the Maestro staff was not thrown in the lurch without compensation, and it was absorbed into the talent management division of Astro Entertainment Sdn Bhd, another of Astro All Asia Networks' subsidiary.
References
External links
Maestro Talent and Management website
Defunct companies of Malaysia
2003 establishments in Malaysia
2009 disestablishments in Malaysia
Mass media companies established in 2003
Mass media companies disestablished in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Result%20Group | Result Group sold a specialist equipment management software application: rentalresult to companies renting and managing assets, e.g., cranes, tools, heavy equipment, aerial, modular space, computer hardware and test & measuring equipment since 1994. It was privately owned and incorporated in Delaware and the United Kingdom. The company was acquired by Wynne Systems Inc of Irvine, CA in December 2015 and the RentalResult product continues as a brand under the Wynne umbrella.
Markets
With customers in 26 countries across a number of different services industries including asset management, equipment rental, tool rental, accommodation rental, aerial rental, computer and electronics rental, crane rental, operated equipment (wet rental) and internal rental within the construction industry and oilfield services industry supported from offices in Elland UK, Phoenix AZ and Atlanta GA.
Technology
Result Group provides a Java based, Java EE compliant application which brings in technologies such as asset tracking systems, Mobile Apps (iOS and Android), portals and touchscreen technology. rentalresult runs on a web services based SOA platform providing connectivity to other third party applications and allowing for custom development of interactive modules.
Software
The rentalresult software manages aspects of rental and equipment management including rental order processing & fulfillment, sales management, asset lifecycle & inventory, maintenance and field-based servicing, financials and CRM. The software focuses on utilization, charging and billing methodologies, re-rental management, accessory & attachment management, pricing and discounting strategies including on-demand pricing and full financial asset management.
Specific modules also exist for operated equipment and timesheet management, used primarily by heavy equipment rental companies in the middle and far east, and by specialist rental companies; for example cranes, concrete pumps, large aerial equipment, in Europe and North America.
Business intelligence
Reporting provided through IBM Cognos Reportnet which is incorporated within the rentalresult licence. The system provides standard reports as well as allowing customers to add their own. Reports can be provided in listing format, or as Excel, PDF, HTML, XML or other formats. The tools also allow dashboards and scorecards to be created to monitor specific details. rentalresult also provides an Analytics package concentrating on metrics and KPI data relevant to the rental industry and equipment management.
The rentalresult application can also be referred to as a Tier 2 ERP system with 90% of Result Group’s customers using its fully integrated financial software.
rentalresult also operate a blog focusing on the rental industry.
References
https://pmyojana360.com/benefits-of-equipment-rental-software/
Software companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 1994
Companies based in Elland
1994 establishments in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookArmy | BookArmy was a social networking website and book recommendation tool for readers, owned by HarperCollins. BookArmy was launched in February 2009, and closed in December 2010.
After being in private beta for some months the site went live in February 2009, though remained in its beta phase. BookArmy was owned by HarperCollins UK and Fleming Media. BookArmy carried every English language book with an ISBN, and featured pages for around six million books and authors. Site users could discuss and review titles, record their own personal book collection and create reading lists. All data was collected from Nielsen.
On 25 March 2009, BookArmy launched its video channel. BookArmy closed on 21 December 2010 citing "strong competition from similar sites and fewer advertising opportunities".
See also
aNobii
Douban
Goodreads
LibraryThing
Shelfari
References
External links
BookArmy (website link rerouting to http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/)
Book review websites
Social cataloging applications
Internet properties established in 2009
Internet properties disestablished in 2010 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%E2%80%93Ni%20law | Within theoretical computer science, the Sun–Ni law (or Sun and Ni's law, also known as memory-bounded speedup) is a memory-bounded speedup model which states that as computing power increases the corresponding increase in problem size is constrained by the system’s memory capacity. In general, as a system grows in computational power, the problems run on the system increase in size. Analogous to Amdahl's law, which says that the problem size remains constant as system sizes grow, and Gustafson's law, which proposes that the problem size should scale but be bound by a fixed amount of time, the Sun–Ni law states the problem size should scale but be bound by the memory capacity of the system. Sun–Ni law was initially proposed by Xian-He Sun and Lionel Ni at the Proceedings of IEEE Supercomputing Conference 1990.
With the increasing disparity between CPU speed and memory data access latency, application execution time often depends on the memory speed of the system. As predicted by Sun and Ni, data access has become the premier performance bottleneck for high-end computing. From this one can see the intuition behind the law; as system resources increase, applications are often bottlenecked by memory speed and bandwidth, thus an application can achieve a larger speedup by utilizing all the memory capacity in the system. The law can be applied to different layers of a memory hierarchy system, from L1 cache to main memory. Through its memory-bounded function, W=G(M), it reveals the trade-off between computing and memory in algorithm and system architecture design.
All three speedup models, Sun–Ni, Gustafson, and Amdahl, provide a metric to analyze speedup for parallel computing. Amdahl’s law focuses on the time reduction for a given fixed-size problem. Amdahl’s law states that the sequential portion of the problem (algorithm) limits the total speedup that can be achieved as system resources increase. Gustafson’s law suggests that it is beneficial to build a large-scale parallel system as the speedup can grow linearly with the system size if the problem size is scaled up to maintain a fixed execution time. Yet as memory access latency often becomes the dominant factor in an application’s execution time, applications may not scale up to meet the time bound constraint. The Sun–Ni law, instead of constraining the problem size by time, constrains the problem by the memory capacity of the system, or in other words bounds based on memory. The law is a generalization of Amdahl's Law and Gustafson's Law. When the memory-bounded function G(M)=1, it resolves to Amdahl's law; when the memory-bounded function G(M)=m,the number of processors, it resolves to Gustafson's law.
Derivation
Let be the scaled workload under a memory space constraint. The memory bounded speedup can be defined as:
Sequential Time to Solve W*/Parallel Time to Solve W*
Suppose is the portion of the workload that can be parallelized and is the sequential portion of the workload.
Let |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISTA%20%28comparative%20genomics%29 | VISTA is a collection of databases, tools, and servers that permit extensive comparative genomics analyses.
Background
The VISTA family of tools is developed and hosted at the Genomics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This collaborative effort is supported by the Programs for Genomic Applications grant from the NHLBI/NIH and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, US Department of Energy.
It was developed from modules supplied by developers at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and UC Davis, and based partly on the AVID Global Alignment program.
Usage
There are multiple VISTA servers, each allowing different types of searches.
can be used to align and compare your sequences to those of multiple other species
(regulatory VISTA) combines transcription factor binding sites database search with a comparative sequence analysis, the discovery of possible regulatory transcription factor binding sites in regions of their genes of interest. It can be used directly or through , Genome VISTA, or VISTA Browser. A database of tissue-specific human enhancers is available through VISTA Enhancer Browser.
GenomeVISTA allows the comparison of sequences with whole genome assemblies. It will automatically find the ortholog, obtain the alignment and VISTA plot. It allows the viewing of an alignment together with pre-computed alignments of other species in the same interval.
Phylo-VISTA allows the analysis of multiple DNA sequence alignments of sequences from different species while considering their phylogenic relationships.
wgVISTA allows the alignment of sequences up to 10Mb long (finished or draft) including microbial whole-genome assemblies.
Researchers can use the VISTA Browser:
to examine pre-computed alignments among a variety of species
to submit sequences of their own (not limited by the species collection already in the database)
Genomes
There are more than 28 searchable genomes, including vertebrate, non-vertebrate, plants, fungi, algae, bacteria, and others. More are continually being added. These include:
Human—orangutan—rhesus—marmoset—horse—dog—mouse—rat—chicken
Drosophila spp.
Arabidopsis—rice—sorghum
E. coli—mycoplasma—nitrosomonas
Collaboration with other projects
Pre-computed full scaffold alignments for microbial genomes are available as the VISTA component of IMG (Integrated Microbial Genomes System) developed in the DOE (Department of Energy's) Joint Genome Institute.
External links
VISTA—official VISTA site at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
VISTA tutorial and training materials—hosted by OpenHelix, sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
References
Genetic mapping
Genome databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S.S.P.M%20Polytechnic%2C%20Barshi | Shri Shivaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Polytechnic, Barshi offers Diploma courses in the stream of Industrial Electronics, Civil Engineering and Computer Sciences. The courses are approved by the Maharashtra State Board for Technical Education.
References
Profile on IndiaStudyChannel.com
Universities and colleges in Maharashtra
Solapur district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BET%20Networks | Black Entertainment Television LLC, doing business as BET Networks, is an American entertainment company that oversees the company's premium cable television channels, including its flagship service BET. It is a subsidiary of media conglomerate Paramount Global under its CBS Entertainment Group unit.
History
Background
In 1980, Robert L. Johnson, who left his position as a cable lobbyist; established his own cable network called Black Entertainment Television; and it was originally a block on the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (later renamed to USA Network), until it became a separate channel in 1983.
In 1991, the network became the first black–controlled TV company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Starting in the late 1990s, the network expanded with the launch of digital cable networks: BET on Jazz (later known as BET Jazz. BET J, Centric, and BET Her), created originally to showcase jazz music–related programming, especially that of black jazz musicians; in 1998, it entered into a joint venture with Starz(then–owned by John Malone's Liberty Media) to launch a multiplex service of the premium channel featuring African American–oriented movies called BET Movies: Starz! 3 (later renamed Black Starz after BET dropped out of the venture following its purchase by Viacom, then–owner of Starz rival Showtime, and now known as Starz InBlack).
Creation
In 2000, Viacom announced plans to purchase BET Holdings Inc. for more than $2.3 billion. The deal closed in 2001, with BET Holdings' networks becoming part of MTV Networks; but was eventually placed under BET Networks.
In 2005, Robert Johnson retired as CEO, and was replaced with Debra L. Lee. Around the same time, Viacom was looking into splitting into two entities following multiple issues surrounding the company; which was eventually become upheld on December 31, 2005, with the new Viacom being created as the new parent of MTV Networks, BET Networks, Paramount Pictures, and Famous Music (later sold to Sony Music in 2007); and CBS Corporation (the legal successor to the original Viacom), gaining CBS, Paramount Television, UPN, CBS Radio, and Paramount Parks (later sold to Cedar Fair in 2007).
By 2007, the network had launched two more music–oriented networks, BET Hip–Hop and BET Gospel. BET also launched a batch of original programming by this time, including reality shows Baldwin Hills and Hell Date, competition show Sunday Best, and town hall–style discussion show Hip Hop vs. America. BET's president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin resigned from the network on September 11, 2008. He was then replaced by Stephen Hill, who is also executive vice president of music programming and talent. BET announced in March 2010 that Ed Gordon would return to the network to host "a variety of news programs and specials".
In 2015, it gained editorial control of VH1 Soul & MTV Jams respectively, renaming it under the BET brand, while downplaying modern hip-hop music on BET Hip-Hop due to th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%20Hut | Piet Hut (born September 26, 1952) is a Dutch-American astrophysicist, who divides his time between research in computer simulations of dense stellar systems and broadly interdisciplinary collaborations, ranging from other fields in natural science to computer science, cognitive psychology and philosophy.
He is currently the Head of the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Asteroid 17031 Piethut is named after him, in honor of his work in planetary dynamics and for co-founding the B612 Foundation, which focuses on prevention of asteroid impacts on Earth.
Career
In the Netherlands, Hut did a double PhD program, at Utrecht University, in particle physics under Martinus Veltman and in Amsterdam in astrophysics under Ed van den Heuvel, resulting in a PhD at the University of Amsterdam.
Previously an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Hut was in 1985, at the age of 32, appointed as a full professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. At the time, he was the youngest professor appointed there.
Hut became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996.
Astrophysics research
An accomplished astrophysicist, Hut is best known for the Barnes–Hut simulation algorithm, developed with Joshua Barnes. By using a tree-based data structure, the Barnes–Hut method significantly speeds up the calculation of the gravitational motion of large numbers of stars, making accessible such problems as collisions between galaxies. Barnes–Hut simulation algorithm, which has become a standard in N-body problems, reduces its complexity to N log N.
Hut introduced the concept of pseudo-synchronicity, which is now widely cited in the literature on tidal evolution of exoplanets.
He co-authored a graduate textbook "The Gravitational Million Body Problem"., invented a mathematical sequence called Piet Hut's "coat-hanger" sequence, and has pioneered the use of virtual worlds for research and education in (astro)physics.
Hut is one of the founders of the B612 Foundation, MODEST, MICA, ACS, the GRAPE (Gravity Pipe) project, and AMUSE.
Interdisciplinary research
Hut's broadly interdisciplinary research
started with his study of an asteroid impact to explain the demise of the dinosaurs, when he edited a review article for Nature with four paleontologists, two geologists and one other astrophysicist.
He has also widely engaged in joint research with computer scientists
and philosophers and cognitive psychologists.
In recognition of his work, he was invited to participate in various conferences, spanning a range from a workshop with the 14th Dalai Lama and five physicists in Dharamsala, India
to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and he has been invited as a member of the Husserl Circle.
Hut is one of the founders of the Kira Institute.
Employment controversy
In July, 2000, IAS sued Hut in federal district court, seeking to enfor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Lights%20Out%20episodes | Lights Out is an American horror radio program, which ran on various networks from January 1934 to the summer of 1947. Due to a number of recordings being lost, along with syndication having re-edited intros and the titles of broadcasts changing frequently, it may be impossible to ever compile a full list.
Please note that this does not include episodes for the television adaption, and only includes the radio show.
1936
1937
1938
1939
1941
1942
1943
1945
1946
1947
References
External links
Selection of episodes on Archive.org
Selection of "Lights Out" scripts at Generic Radio Workshop
Selection of "Lights Out" scripts at Simply Scripts
Lists of radio series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne%20Boll | Susanne Boll is a Professor for Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. and is a member of the board at the research institute OFFIS. She is a member of SIGMM and SIGCHI of the ACM as well as the German Informatics Society GI. She founded and directs the HCI Lab at the University of Oldenburg and OFFIS.
Her research is positioned at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and interactive multimedia.
Education
Boll graduated in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. She received her PhD in 2001 from the Vienna University of Technology. Core elements of her dissertation in the field multimedia document modeling were published in the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 2001.
Research
Boll's early works on semantic multimedia models have been published in the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering in 2001. She has developed her research area from multimedia models into interactive multimedia systems and interactive systems. She is working on novel topics in the field of multimedia and human computer interaction. She organized the first ACM Workshop on Social Media at ACM Multimedia in 2009 and the first Workshop on Multimedia for Personal Health and Health Care at ACM Multimedia in 2017.
Other activities
Boll is a member of both ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI. Boll has been a Member at Large in the Executive Committee of SIGMM for several years. Since August she is SIGCHI Vice president for Conferences. She has been serving as Program Co-Chair of ACM Multimedia in 2017, as General Co-Chair of ACM Multimedia, as Program Chair of MobileHCI in 2019, and as General Chair of MobileHCI in 2020. She is a member of the SC of the ACM MobileHCI Conference and SC Chair of the Steering Committee of the ACM AutomotiveUI Conference.
Boll was the organizer of several international retreats at Dagstuhl Castle to which she invited researchers to join her in discussing trends, challenges and future directions in multimedia, understanding social media, interactive systems for personal health and automotive user interfaces in times of automation.
In 2019, Boll was appointed Director of Diversity and Outreach in the Executive Committee of ACM SIGMM. She initiated the 25 in 25 strategy in which ACM SIGMM wants to overcome its relatively low representation of women in all activities and has decided on 10 actions to achieve at least 25% female participation at all levels and for all roles on all levels by 2025.
Boll is also involved in Plattform Lernende Systeme - Germany's Platform for Artificial Intelligence. There she leads the working group Innovation, Business Models and Processes and advises politics as well as society on current AI topics.
Awards and honours
Boll was named a Fellow of the German Informatics Society in October 2020. She was named a Distinguished Member of the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20conventional%20rail%20network | The Trans-European conventional rail network, together with the Trans-European high-speed rail network, make up the Trans-European Rail network, which in turn is one of a number of the European Union's Trans-European transport networks (TEN-T). It was defined by the Council Directive 2001/16/EC of 19 March 2001.
Description
The aim of this EU Directive is to achieve the interoperability of the European conventional rail network at the various stages of its design, construction and operation.
The network is defined as a system consisting of a set of infrastructures, fixed installations, logistic equipment and rolling stock.
By definition of the EC decision, the conventional rail network may be subdivided into the following categories:
lines intended for passenger services
lines intended for mixed traffic (passengers and freight)
lines specially designed or upgraded for freight services
passenger hubs
freight hubs, including inter-modal terminals
lines connecting the components mentioned above
This infrastructure includes traffic management, tracking, and navigation systems.
The rolling stock may comprise all the stock likely to travel on all or part of the trans-European conventional rail network.
Corridors
The EU has decided on nine "core network corridors" within the TEN-T framework, which are:
The Scandinavian–Mediterranean Corridor: Hamina–Helsinki–Turku, Stockholm/Oslo–Copenhagen/Rostock–Hamburg/Berlin–Kassel/Leipzig–Nuremberg-Regensburg–Munich–Innsbruck–Verona–Florence–Rome–Naples–Messina/Bari–Palermo/Taranto–Valletta
The North Sea–Baltic Corridor: Rotterdam–Amsterdam/Brussels–Hannover–Berlin–Warsaw–Kaunas–Riga–Tallinn
The North Sea–Mediterranean Corridor: Cork–Dublin–Belfast, Glasgow/Edinburgh/Holyhead–Manchester–Birmingham–London–Brussels–Luxembourg–Strasbourg/Nancy–Lyon–Marseille/Montpellier
The Baltic–Adriatic Corridor: Gdańsk/Szczecin–Warsaw/Poznań–Łódź/Wrocław–Katowice–Ostrava–Brno/Bratislava–Vienna–Ljubljana/Udine–Venice–Bologna–Ravenna
The Orient/East–Mediterranean Corridor: Hamburg/Bremen/Rostock–Hannover–Leipzig/Berlin–Dresden–Prague–Vienna/Bratislava–Budapest–Timișoara–Sofia–Burgas/Athens–Patras/Limassol–Nicosia
The Rhine–Alpine Corridor: Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Ostend–Düsseldorf/Brussels–Cologne–Frankfurt–Basel–Bern–Novara/Milan–Genoa
The Atlantic Corridor: Lisbon/Porto/Algeciras–Salamanca/Madrid–San Sebastián–Bordeaux–Paris–Le Havre/Mannheim/Strasbourg
The Rhine–Danube Corridor: Strasbourg–Frankfurt–Prague–Kosice/Strasbourg–Stuttgart–Munich–Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest–Timișoara–Bucharest–Costanța
The Mediterranean Corridor: Algeciras–Seville/Málaga–Madrid/Valencia–Barcelona–Montpellier–Lyon–Turin–Milan–Venice–Ljubljana–Zagreb–Budapest
The listed routes are approximate and there are branches on several of them.
See also
Trans-European Transport Network
High-speed rail in Europe
First Railway Package and Second Railway Package, related EU legislation
References
External links
TENtec Interactive Map Viewer
Tran |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy%20of%20computer%20science | The philosophy of computer science is concerned with the philosophical questions that arise within the study of computer science. There is still no common understanding of the content, aim, focus, or topic of the philosophy of computer science, despite some attempts to develop a philosophy of computer science like the philosophy of physics or the philosophy of mathematics. Due to the abstract nature of computer programs and the technological ambitions of computer science, many of the conceptual questions of the philosophy of computer science are also comparable to the philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of technology.
Overview
Many of the central philosophical questions of computer science are centered on the logical, ethical, methodological, ontological and epistemological issues that concern it. Some of these questions may include:
What is computation?
Does the Church–Turing thesis capture the mathematical notion of an effective method in logic and mathematics?
What are the philosophical consequences of the P vs NP problem?
What is information?
Church–Turing thesis
The Church–Turing thesis and its variations are central to the theory of computation. Since, as an informal notion, the concept of effective calculability does not have a formal definition, the thesis, although it has near-universal acceptance, cannot be formally proven. The implications of this thesis is also of philosophical concern. Philosophers have interpreted the Church–Turing thesis as having implications for the philosophy of mind.
P versus NP problem
The P versus NP problem is an unsolved problem in computer science and mathematics. It asks whether every problem whose solution can be verified in polynomial time (and so defined to belong to the class NP) can also be solved in polynomial time (and so defined to belong to the class P). Most computer scientists believe that P ≠ NP. Apart from the reason that after decades of studying these problems no one has been able to find a polynomial-time algorithm for any of more than 3000 important known NP-complete problems, philosophical reasons that concern its implications may have motivated this belief.
For instance, according to Scott Aaronson, the American computer scientist then at MIT:
If P = NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in "creative leaps", no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss.
See also
Computer-assisted proof: Philosophical objections
Philosophy of artificial intelligence
Philosophy of information
Philosophy of mathematics
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of technology
References
Further reading
Matti Tedre (2014). The Science of Computing: Shaping a Discipline. Chapman Hall.
Scott Aaronson. "Why Philosophe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra%20Logic | Spectra Logic Corporation is a computer data storage company based in Boulder, Colorado in the United States. The company builds backup and archive technology for secondary storage to protect data after it migrates from primary disk. Spectra Logic's primary product is tape libraries. The company was founded in 1979, and is a privately held company.
History
Nathan C. Thompson founded Spectra Logic in his apartment in 1979 while he was an engineering student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Thompson is the chairman and CEO of the company.
The company became the first to automate Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) magnetic tape in a robotic autoloader (tape library), and was also the first tape-library vendor to implement the iSCSI networking protocol in its products. Spectra Logic produced another first when it released a tape library with integrated hardware-based data encryption.
Spectra introduced its TFinity tape library in November 2009, offering 99.9% reliability and scaling to 180 petabytes of storage capacity in an LTO-5 configuration.
In December 2010 Spectra's tape-library product line won first place in all 14 categories of Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com's 2010 Quality Awards for enterprise and midrange tape libraries. Spectra Logic again earned top honors in the 2012 Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com's Quality Awards, winning both the enterprise and midrange tape library categories.
In May 2012, DCIG, LLC released a "Tape Library Buyer's Guide", which evaluated over 60 tape libraries from 8 storage vendors. Only the Spectra Logic TFinity and T950 received the highest "Best-in-Class" ranking. Also that month, Spectra Logic announced that it would provide Spectra TFinity tape libraries to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for their Blue Waters supercomputing system. The TFinity tape libraries will be able to store hundreds of petabytes of data and will be one of the world's largest active file repositories.
Spectra Logic is a founding member of the Active Archive Alliance. Active archive is a method of tiered storage which gives users access to data across a virtualized file-system that migrates data between multiple storage systems.
Spectra T950
The Spectra T950 tape library stores media tapes in the tape library bundled in trays called TeraPacks. A TeraPack holds ten tapes, which increases the density of the tape storage, which the company claims simplifies the loading and unloading of the tapes from the library.
There are Spectra T950 installations in several high performance computing (HPC) facilities, including the NASA Ames Research Center, Argonne National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
On 20 April 2009, NASA Ames announced that it would replace ten of their 20-year-old silo tape libraries with two Spectra Logic T950 tape libraries. This allowed the center to reclaim of floor space and increase its storage capacity from 12 petabytes to 32 petabytes. The new tape libra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anadiasa | Anadiasa is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904.
Species
Based on Lepidoptera and Some other Life Forms:
Anadiasa undata (Klug, 1832, 1939) Mauritania, Sahara, Egypt
Anadiasa obsoleta (Klug, 1830) Sudan, Egypt
External links
Lasiocampidae
Moth genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawdisk | In computing, the term raw disk, often referred to as raw, is used to refer to hard disk access at a raw, binary level, beneath the file system level, and using partition data at the MBR.
A notable example is in the context of platform virtualization, and a feature of certain virtualization software is the ability to access a hard disk at the raw level. Virtualization software may typically function via the usage of a virtual drive format like OVF, but some users may want the virtualization software to be able to run an operating system that has been installed on another disk or disk partition. In order to do this, the virtualization software must allow raw disk access to that disk or disk partition, and then allow that entire operating system to boot within the virtualization window.
File system
RAW file system indicates a state of your hard drive which has no or unknown file system. A disk or drive with a RAW file system is also known as RAW disk or RAW drive. When a hard drive or external storage device is shown as RAW, it could be:
The file system of the drive is missing or damaged
The RAW drive has not been formatted with a file system
The current file system of the storage medium is not recognized by the computer
References
Hard disk drives
Virtualization software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil%20Birmingham | Gil Birmingham (born July 13, 1953) is an American actor known for his role as Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater in the Paramount Network's television series Yellowstone. He is also known for his portrayal of Billy Black in The Twilight Saga film series and recurring television roles as George Hunter in Banshee and Virgil White in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Early life
Gilbert Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas. He identifies his father as being of Comanche descent. His family moved frequently during his childhood due to his father's career in the military. Birmingham learned to play the guitar at an early age and considers music to be his "first love." After obtaining a Bachelor of Science from the USC Price School of Public Policy, he worked as a petrochemical engineer, but later decided to become an actor.
Career
Music videos
In the early 1980s, a talent scout spotted Birmingham at a local gym, where he had been bodybuilding and entering bodybuilding contests, and recruited him for his first acting experience, a music video for Diana Ross’s 1982 hit song "Muscles".
Theme parks
After that music video, Birmingham began to pursue acting as his primary career, studying with Larry Moss and Charles Conrad. He portrayed the character of Conan the Barbarian in Universal Studios Hollywood's theme park attraction The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular.
Television
In 1986, Birmingham made his television debut on an episode of the series Riptide. By 2002, he had a recurring role as the character Oz in the medical drama Body & Soul, starring Peter Strauss. In 2005, he was cast as the older Dogstar in the Steven Spielberg six-part miniseries Into the West. In 2018, he began portraying Chief Thomas Rainwater of the fictional Broken Rock Indian Reservation in Paramount Network's Yellowstone, now in its fifth season.
He has appeared in a number of other television series, including "Animal Kingdom", Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, 10 Items or Less, Nip/Tuck, Castle, The Mentalist, House of Cards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Siren. He has also had roles in several television films, such as Gentle Ben (with Dean Cain) and Gentle Ben 2, Dreamkeeper, The Lone Ranger, and Love's Long Journey (with Erin Cottrell and Irene Bedard).
In 2022, Gil Birmingham was cast as Detective Bill Taba, a Paiute man and non-Latter-day Saint, in the mini-series Under the Banner of Heaven.
Films
In 2001, Birmingham appeared in his first feature film, The Doe Boy, in which he portrayed Manny Deadmarsh.
In 2008, Birmingham was cast as the character Billy Black in The Twilight Saga film series. He performed in all five of the films.
The Twilight series has led to roles in other major film roles, including that of Sheriff Johnny Cortez in Love Ranch (with Joe Pesci and Helen Mirren), and Cal Bishnik in Shouting Secrets (with The Twilight Saga: New Moon castmate Chaske Spencer). In September 2011, Birmingham appeared in the film Crooked Arrows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExerciseTV | ExerciseTV was an American video-on-demand (VOD) service available to digital cable customers. The network received around eight million views every month.
ExerciseTV workouts ranged from cardio and abs to yoga, pilates and personal training.
History
ExerciseTV was launched in January 2006 by Jake Steinfeld and was a joint venture between him, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and New Balance. The service was managed by Comcast, with New Balance and Time Warner Cable acting as additional equity partners. It was available in the United States via the digital cable services of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bresnan Communications.
ExerciseTV shut down on December 31, 2011.
References
Comcast
Internet properties established in 2006
Internet properties disestablished in 2011
Former joint ventures
Defunct video on demand services
English-language television stations in the United States
2006 establishments in the United States
2011 disestablishments in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Ava | MTV Ava is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by MTV Oy.
Programming
Dallas
EastEnders
Emmerdale (reruns)
Friends
Melrose Place
Neighbours
Salatut elämät (reruns)
Smash
The Renovators
The Tyra Banks Show
Logos
References
External links
AVA official website
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television channels in Finland
Bonnier Group |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Wilcox | Bruce Wilcox is an artificial intelligence programmer.
Work
MTS/LISP and Computer Go
A graduate of Michigan, Wilcox wrote the MTS/LISP interpreter (the LISP system used at the University of Michigan and a consortium of other places including UPenn and Brown) back in the early 1970s, in order to be able to write a Go program for Dr. Walter Reitman. (Carole Hafner wrote the compiler.) The Go program was the first one to be able to give a 9-stone handicap to a human beginner and win.
He wrote a Go program for the IBM-PC in the early 80's called NEMESIS Go Master, which became the first Go program to be released in Japan (as Taikyoku Igo).
Wilcox co-founded Toyogo, Inc., a company that created the first handheld Go machine (1987–2004). The company later went bankrupt.
In the field of Go, Wilcox co-authored a book called EZ-GO, Oriental Strategy in a Nutshell, and interactive software "books" Go Dojo: Contact Fights and Go Dojo: Sector Fights.
Later work
He was the "AI Guru" for 3DO (1995–2003) working on games such as the Army Men series (PC), Army Men: Green Rogue (PS2), Godai Elemental Force (PS2), and Jacked (PS2). He consulted for Fujitsu Labs (2003–2007) in a number of areas including motion sensing. Wilcox worked at the women's mobile company LimeLife (2005–2008).
Wilcox worked as a core engineer at Telltale Games from 2010 to 2012, working on games such as Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Hector: Badge of Carnage, and Walking Dead.
Chatbot Technology
Wilcox worked on a chatbot technology for Avatar Reality called CHAT-L. His chatbot Suzette was released into the 2009 Chatterbox Challenge and did well, winning Best New Bot and coming in second most popular. It then won the 2010 Loebner Prize, fooling one of four human judges. The Loebner entry was written in ChatScript, a language redesigned from CHAT-L. The engine is an open source project at SourceForge. and GitHub.
He won the 2011 Loebner Prize with a new chatbot, Rosette. His bot Angela came in 2nd in 2012. In 2013 his bot Rose came in 3rd.
In June 2012, Outfit7 released a popular ChatScript app called "Tom Loves Angela", scripted primarily by Bruce and his wife Sue. The chatbot, Angela, came in 3rd in ChatbotBattles 2012, won the prize for best 15-minute conversation, and placed 2nd in the Loebner prize.
He and his wife Sue founded the natural language company Brillig Understanding in 2012.
Bruce's bot Rose won the 2014 Loebner Prize and again in 2015. He describes his chatbot design philosophy during an interview with the Data Skeptic podcast, where he also shares his thoughts about whether advances in machine learning and natural language processing could ever lead to more human-like chatbots.
References
Artificial intelligence researchers
Living people
1951 births
University of Michigan alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads%20Tofte | Mads Tofte (born 20 April 1959) is a Danish computer scientist who has contributed in particular to functional programming and the Standard ML programming language.
Education
Tofte was born in Lyngby, Denmark and grew up in Holbæk, Denmark. He studied computer science and mathematics at the University of Copenhagen where he obtained an MSc degree (with supervisor Neil D. Jones) in 1984; then at University of Edinburgh where he obtained a PhD degree in 1988 (advised by Robin Milner). He is doctor honoris causa 2007 from Kingston University.
Research and career
In his 1984 MSc thesis and prior work he investigated and formalized the CERES compiler generator (with Neil D. Jones), and showed that
(1) a compiler generator is itself a compiler from language definitions to compilers; and (2) under suitable assumptions there
exists a language definition that, when applied to itself, generates a compiler generator. This has close connections to self-application in partial evaluation.
In his PhD thesis he developed and proved correct the first sound type system for ML-style polymorphic references, an important open problem at the time. Moreover, he formalized a variant of the module system of the Standard ML programming language.
Mads Tofte is a co-author of the Definition of Standard ML and the associated Commentary, probably the most precise description developed for any realistic programming language. He co-developed the ML Kit, an implementation of Standard ML whose structure closely follows the Definition.
Subsequently, he developed (with Jean-Pierre Talpin) the notion of region inference, a program analysis and memory management technique that avoids or minimizes the use of garbage collection. This work was first published in POPL 1994 and in 2005 it earned the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) POPL 1994 Most Influential Paper Award.
In the late nineties he co-developed (with Fritz Henglein and others) a type system and a sophisticated tool called AnnoDomini for mitigation of
the Year 2000 problem in COBOL software. The tool analyses legacy programs to discover all data fields that are used as dates. This
work was presented in a POPL 1999 invited keynote.
In April 1999 he was appointed the first managing director of the IT University of Copenhagen. He oversaw the creation of the university from scratch, the hiring of faculty/staff, recruitment of students and the design of the study programs. The first students started 5 months later in September 1999. Since 2003 he has been vice chancellor of the IT University of Copenhagen.
In April 2018 it was announced that he would leave The IT University of Copenhagen at the end of the year. In January 2019, he announced that he would sail off from Denmark, to be with his daughter, as a consequence of Denmark's immigration laws, which prevented her from entering the country.
Awards
2002 The IDG IT award (IT-prisen), for leadership of the IT University of Copenhagen
2005 The ACM POPL ' |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Word | 1st Word is a word processor program for the Atari ST developed by GST Computer Systems and published in 1985. It was given away with all ST systems from December 1985 for the next two years. Although it was relatively well received, it was a very simple program, lacking most power features and was very slow when working in large documents. In spite of any limitations, its wide availability made the program's .DOC file format became a de facto standard for the platform and was widely supported by other programs like desktop publishing systems.
1st Word Plus was a greatly improved version released by GST when the bundling deal ended in 1987. This addressed performance issues and added dozens of features that made it one of the faster and most feature-packed word processors on the platform. Among its more notable additions were a spell checker, mail merge, and support for footnotes and similar long-document editing features. This became one of the best selling programs on the ST and saw a number of revisions over its lifetime. Plus was later ported to the Acorn Archimedes and IBM PC under GEM as First Word Plus.
In 1990, an entirely unrelated program known as 1st Word Plus 4.0 was released by Compo Software. This used a new file format, and while it could load files from the original 1st Word, the older versions could not read the newer files.
History
Atari released the ST in the summer of 1985, and to ensure there was some useful software at release, they bundled it with the ST Writer word processor. This was a purely text-mode program that had been ported from the best-selling Atari 8-bit program, AtariWriter. The company made it clear ST Writer was being offered only as a stop-gap solution while a graphical user interface (GUI) program was being developed, known as GEMwrite.
For reasons unknown, the company contracted GST Computer Systems of Cambridge, UK to port their Sinclair QL products to the ST. In December 1985, Atari began bundling their 1st Word with the ST. At the time Atari suggested this would be a short-term arrangement while GEMwrite was completed, but from this point on any mention of GEMwrite disappears and it was never released.
The bundling deal with GST would last for two years. When the deal concluded in late 1987, GST released 1st Word Plus, a major update. This became a best-seller for the rest of the platform's history. 1st Word Plus version 2.0 credits Mike Bees, Howard Chalkley, Phil Champ, Martin Dickens, Chris Scheybeler, and Alun Gladman. GST continued updating the program on the ST, releasing 3.0 in late 1998. A series of 3.x releases followed, finishing with 3.20TT in January or February 1991. This version had been updated to work on the Atari TT030 series machines, along with a number of other fixes.
Acorn Computers commissioned GST to make a version known as First Word Plus available for the Archimedes range of computers. It was released on the Arthur operating system in 1988, priced at £92. After the releas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20video%20game%20middleware | Middleware for games is a piece of software that is integrated into a game engine to handle some specialized aspect of it, such as physics, graphics or networking.
Notable
Autodesk Gameware - from Autodesk, includes Scaleform GFx, Kynapse, Beast and HumanIK
Nvidia GameWorks - visual FX, physics, particle and fluid simulations
Simplygon - automated 3D content optimization for a variety of assets as vegetation, buildings, scene views...
SpeedTree - vegetation programming and modelling software products
xaitment - customizable and modular game AI software for navigation mesh generation, pathfinding, character behavioral modeling and more
AI: Pathfinding, collisions
AiLive - a suite of game AI middleware
Kythera AI - Complete AI Toolset Middleware
Mercuna - 3D navigation middleware
Havok AI - Complete AI Toolset Middleware
Full-Motion Video
Bink Video - video file format, video compression tools and playback library from RAD Game Tools.
CRI-Sofdec - created by CRI Middleware. It is highly used in Dreamcast games.
Online Multiplayer
DemonWare - created by Activision.
Steamworks - used for Valve Corporation's Steam.
Physics & Animation
Cocos2D - 2D physics engine.
Euphoria - 3D human animation engine created by NaturalMotion based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis.
FaceFX - realistic facial animation engine created by OC3 Entertainment.
Havok - 3D physics engine.
Real-Time Rendering
trueSKY - real-time sky & weather renderer created by Simul Software.
Sound
CRI-ADX - created by CRI Middleware. It is highly used in Dreamcast games.
FMOD
Miles Sound System - audio authoring tools and engine developed by RAD Game Tools.
Wwise - audio engine and authoring tools from Audiokinetic.
UI
Gameface - UI middleware engine developed by Coherent Labs.
See also
Game engine
Middleware
Video game development
M |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braibach | The Braibach or Tierser Bach (also Breibach, Breienbach, Braienbach) is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggentaler%20Bach | The Eggentaler Bach is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Eisack in Kardaun.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falschauer | The Falschauer (; ) is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Adige near Lana.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derjon | The Derjon (; ; ) is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfitscher%20Bach | The Pfitscher Bach is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Eisack in Sterzing.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pflerscher%20Bach | The Pflerscher Bach is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Eisack in Gossensaß.
See also
Stubensee
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-coding | In computer science and graph theory, the term color-coding refers to an algorithmic technique which is useful in the discovery of network motifs. For example, it can be used to detect a simple path of length in a given graph. The traditional color-coding algorithm is probabilistic, but it can be derandomized without much overhead in the running time.
Color-coding also applies to the detection of cycles of a given length, and more generally it applies to the subgraph isomorphism problem (an NP-complete problem), where it yields polynomial time algorithms when the subgraph pattern that it is trying to detect has bounded treewidth.
The color-coding method was proposed and analyzed in 1994 by Noga Alon, Raphael Yuster, and Uri Zwick.
Results
The following results can be obtained through the method of color-coding:
For every fixed constant , if a graph contains a simple cycle of size , then such a cycle can be found in:
expected time, or
worst-case time, where is the exponent of matrix multiplication.
For every fixed constant , and every graph that is in any nontrivial minor-closed graph family (e.g., a planar graph), if contains a simple cycle of size , then such cycle can be found in:
expected time, or
worst-case time.
If a graph contains a subgraph isomorphic to a bounded treewidth graph which has vertices, then such a subgraph can be found in polynomial time.
The method
To solve the problem of finding a subgraph in a given graph , where can be a path, a cycle, or any bounded treewidth graph where , the method of color-coding begins by randomly coloring each vertex of with colors, and then tries to find a colorful copy of in colored . Here, a graph is colorful if every vertex in it is colored with a distinct color. This method works by repeating (1) random coloring a graph and (2) finding colorful copy of the target subgraph, and eventually the target subgraph can be found if the process is repeated a sufficient number of times.
Suppose a copy of in becomes colorful with some non-zero probability . It immediately follows that if the random coloring is repeated times, then this copy is expected to become colorful once. Note that though is small, it is shown that if , is only polynomially small. Suppose again there exists an algorithm such that, given a graph and a coloring which maps each vertex of to one of the colors, it finds a copy of colorful , if one exists, within some runtime . Then the expected time to find a copy of in , if one exists, is .
Sometimes it is also desirable to use a more restricted version of colorfulness. For example, in the context of finding cycles in planar graphs, it is possible to develop an algorithm that finds well-colored cycles. Here, a cycle is well-colored if its vertices are colored by consecutive colors.
Example
An example would be finding a simple cycle of length in graph .
By applying random coloring method, each simple cycle has a probability of to become colorful |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20Technology%20Officer%20of%20the%20United%20States | The United States Chief Technology Officer (US CTO) is an official in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The U.S. CTO helps the President and their team harness the power of data, innovation and technology on behalf of the American people. The CTO works closely with others both across and outside government on a broad range of work including utilizing technology to improve the government and its services, while supporting national interests through the promotion of technological innovation. Specifically, the CTO uses applied technology to help create jobs, create paths to improve government services with lower costs, higher quality and increased transparency, help upgrade agencies to use open data and expand their data science capabilities, improve quality and reduce the costs of health care and criminal justice, increase access to broadband, bring technical talent into government for policy and modern operations input, improve community innovation engagement by agencies working on local challenges, and help keep the nation secure.
History
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator Barack Obama stated that he would appoint the first federal chief technology officer if elected to the presidency. Aneesh Chopra was named by President Obama as the nation's first CTO in April 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on August 7, 2009. Chopra resigned effective February 8, 2012, and was succeeded by Todd Park, formerly the CTO of the Department of Health and Human Services. On September 4, 2014 Megan Smith was named as the CTO. President Trump named Michael Kratsios as U.S. CTO in May 2019, and he was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2019. As of , President Biden has yet to nominate a U.S. CTO. This is the longest the position has been unfilled since its inception.
Notes
1. Only Aneesh Chopra and Michael Kratsios were confirmed by the Senate. Todd Park and Megan Smith were not.
See also
Chief Information Officer of the United States
Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Health and Human Services
References
Office of Science and Technology Policy
American chief technology officers
Technology evangelists
Science and technology in the United States
2009 establishments in the United States
Agencies of the United States government |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridnauner%20Bach | The Ridnauner Bach or Mareiter Bach is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Eisack in Sterzing.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saldurbach | The Saldurbach () is a stream located in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Punibach close to its confluence with the Adige near Prad am Stilfser Joch.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol (in German)
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th%20Century%20with%20Mike%20Wallace | The 20th Century with Mike Wallace is a documentary television program produced by CBS News Productions in association with A&E Network. It aired on The History Channel from approximately 1994–2005. It was hosted by veteran CBS correspondent and anchor Mike Wallace.
The program used footage gathered by CBS crews and contemporary reporting by CBS correspondents to document great events and movements of the 20th century, mainly the latter decades of that era. The range of topics is suggested by some of the program titles — "Underwater: The Great [Mississippi River] Flood of '93" (no. 52, 1996-04-10); "Coming home: Agent Orange and the Gulf War Syndrome" (no. 91, 1998-11-18); "Search for Peace in the Middle East" (no. 106, 1998-12-14); "China after Mao" (no. 116, 1999-03-05).
See also
Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc.
References
External links
1994 American television series debuts
2005 American television series endings
1990s American television news shows
2000s American television news shows
1990s American documentary television series
2000s American documentary television series
History (American TV channel) original programming
Television series by CBS Studios
CBS News
CBS original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnalser%20Bach | The Schnalser Bach () is a stream located in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Adige near Naturns.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol (in German)
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suldenbach | The Suldenbach () is a stream located in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Adige in Prad am Stilfser Joch.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol (in German)
External links
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talfer | The Talfer (; ) is a river located in South Tyrol, Italy. It flows into the Eisack in Bolzano.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol (in German)
External links
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivelaunbach | The Rivelaunbach (; ) is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Rivers of South Tyrol
Rivers of Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Rights%20Data%20Analysis%20Group | The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world. It was founded in 1991 by Patrick Ball. The organization has published findings on conflicts in Syria,
Colombia,
Chad,
Kosovo,
Guatemala,
Peru,
East Timor,
India, Liberia, Bangladesh, and Sierra Leone. The organization provided testimony in the war crimes trials of Slobodan Milošević and Milan Milutinović at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and in Guatemala's Supreme Court in the trial of General José Efraín Ríos Montt, the de facto president of Guatemala in 1982-1983. Gen. Ríos was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Most recently, the organization has published on police violence in the United States.
History
The Human Rights Data Analysis Group was founded in December, 1991, by Patrick Ball as a part of the Science and Human Rights Program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It moved to the non-profit umbrella company Benetech on November 3, 2003. On February 1, 2013, HRDAG became an independent nonprofit organization, fiscally sponsored by Community Partners.
References
External links
Human Rights Data Analysis Group (official site)
International human rights organizations
Human rights organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1991
Non-profit organizations based in California
Companies based in Palo Alto, California
Free and open-source software organizations
2002 establishments in California
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20Lov%C3%A1sz%20local%20lemma | In theoretical computer science, the algorithmic Lovász local lemma gives an algorithmic way of constructing objects that obey a system of constraints with limited dependence.
Given a finite set of bad events {A1, ..., An} in a probability space with limited dependence amongst the Ais and with specific bounds on their respective probabilities, the Lovász local lemma proves that with non-zero probability all of these events can be avoided. However, the lemma is non-constructive in that it does not provide any insight on how to avoid the bad events.
If the events {A1, ..., An} are determined by a finite collection of mutually independent random variables, a simple Las Vegas algorithm with expected polynomial runtime proposed by Robin Moser and Gábor Tardos can compute an assignment to the random variables such that all events are avoided.
Review of Lovász local lemma
The Lovász Local Lemma is a powerful tool commonly used in the probabilistic method to prove the existence of certain complex mathematical objects with a set of prescribed features. A typical proof proceeds by operating on the complex object in a random manner and uses the Lovász Local Lemma to bound the probability that any of the features is missing. The absence of a feature is considered a bad event and if it can be shown that all such bad events can be avoided simultaneously with non-zero probability, the existence follows. The lemma itself reads as follows:
Let be a finite set of events in the probability space Ω. For let denote a subset of such that is independent from the collection of events . If there exists an assignment of reals to the events such that
then the probability of avoiding all events in is positive, in particular
Algorithmic version of the Lovász local lemma
The Lovász Local Lemma is non-constructive because it only allows us to conclude the existence of structural properties or complex objects but does not indicate how these can be found or constructed efficiently in practice. Note that random sampling from the probability space Ω is likely to be inefficient, since the probability of the event of interest
is only bounded by a product of small numbers
and therefore likely to be very small.
Under the assumption that all of the events in are determined by a finite collection of mutually independent random variables in Ω, Robin Moser and Gábor Tardos proposed an efficient randomized algorithm that computes an assignment to the random variables in such that all events in are avoided.
Hence, this algorithm can be used to efficiently construct witnesses of complex objects with prescribed features for most problems to which the Lovász Local Lemma applies.
History
Prior to the recent work of Moser and Tardos, earlier work had also made progress in developing algorithmic versions of the Lovász Local Lemma. József Beck in 1991 first gave proof that an algorithmic version was possible. In this breakthrough result, a stricter requirement was imposed |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Defense%20Cyber%20Crime%20Center | The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) is designated as a Federal Cyber Center by National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23, as a Department of Defense (DoD) Center Of Excellence for Digital and Multimedia (D/MM) forensics by DoD Directive 5505.13E, and serves as the operational focal point for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity program. DC3 operates as a Field Operating Agency (FOA) under the Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force.
Mission
Deliver superior digital and multimedia forensic services, cyber technical training, vulnerability sharing, technical solutions development, and cyber analysis within the following DoD mission areas: cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection, law enforcement and counterintelligence, document and media exploitation, and counterterrorism.
Cyber Forensics Laboratory
The Cyber Forensics Laboratory performs Digital and Multimedia (D/MM) forensic examinations, repairs damaged devices and extracts otherwise inaccessible data from them, and provides expert testimony in legal proceedings for DC3 customers. The lab's robust intrusion and malware analysis capability supports law enforcement, counterintelligence, and Defense Industrial Base activities and operations. The CFL also works with the Defense Cyber Operations Panel (which consists of Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations and Military Department Counterintelligence Organizations) to develop requirements and set standards for digital investigations as new technologies emerge and evolve. The CFL is an accredited lab under ISO 17025 by the ANSI National Accreditation Board, and its operations are subject to strict quality control and peer review. The CFL produces results which are valid and reliable, based on conditions and methods which are repeatable.
Digital and Multimedia (D/MM) forensic examinations
Device Repair
Data Extraction
Expert Testimony for DC3 Customers
Cyber Training Academy
The mission of the DoD Cyber Crime Center – Cyber Training Academy is to design, develop, and deliver the highest possible quality in cyber training to Department of Defense (DoD) personnel. In operation since 1998, the CTA has been instrumental in training Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations (DCIOs), Military Department Counterintelligence Organizations, Cyber Mission Forces (CMFs), Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs), Mission Defense Teams (MDTs), and many other entities across the greater DoD enterprise. "The CTA offers more than 30 unique courses of classroom, online, and Instructor-Led Virtual (ILV) cyber training to both individuals and organizations within the DoD charged with protecting defense information systems from unauthorized use, criminal and fraudulent activities, and foreign intelligence/counterintelligence efforts." —CTA
Technical Solutions Development
Technical Solutions Development (TSD) tailors innovative software and system solutions engi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked%20data%20structure | In computer science, a linked data structure is a data structure which consists of a set of data records (nodes) linked together and organized by references (links or pointers). The link between data can also be called a connector.
In linked data structures, the links are usually treated as special data types that can only be dereferenced or compared for equality. Linked data structures are thus contrasted with arrays and other data structures that require performing arithmetic operations on pointers. This distinction holds even when the nodes are actually implemented as elements of a single array, and the references are actually array indices: as long as no arithmetic is done on those indices, the data structure is essentially a linked one.
Linking can be done in two ways using dynamic allocation and using array index linking.
Linked data structures include linked lists, search trees, expression trees, and many other widely used data structures. They are also key building blocks for many efficient algorithms, such as topological sort and set union-find.
Common types of linked data structures
Linked lists
A linked list is a collection of structures ordered not by their physical placement in memory but by logical links that are stored as part of the data in the structure itself. It is not necessary that it should be stored in the adjacent memory locations. Every structure has a data field and an address field. The Address field contains the address of its successor.
Linked list can be singly, doubly or multiply linked and can either be linear or circular.
Basic properties
Objects, called nodes, are linked in a linear sequence.
A reference to the first node of the list is always kept. This is called the 'head' or 'front'.
A linked list with three nodes contain two fields each: an integer value and a link to the next node
Example in Java
This is an example of the node class used to store integers in a Java implementation of a linked list:
public class IntNode {
public int value;
public IntNode link;
public IntNode(int v) { value = v; }
}
Example in C
This is an example of the structure used for implementation of linked list in C:
struct node
{
int val;
struct node *next;
};
This is an example using typedefs:
typedef struct node node;
struct node
{
int val;
node *next;
};
Note: A structure like this which contains a member that points to the same structure is called a self-referential structure.
Example in C++
This is an example of the node class structure used for implementation of linked list in C++:
class Node
{
int val;
Node *next;
};
Search trees
A search tree is a tree data structure in whose nodes data values can be stored from some ordered set, which is such that in an in-order traversal of the tree the nodes are visited in ascending order of the stored values.
Basic properties
Objects, called nodes, are stored in an ordered set.
In-order traversal provides an ascending readout of the data |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian%20Partnership%20for%20Advanced%20Computing | The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) was a leading, independent advanced computing R&D service provider and not-for-profit research agency established in 2000 by a consortium of Victorian universities: Deakin University, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, The University of Melbourne, University of Ballarat, Victoria University.
VPAC provided expert services, training and support in high-performance computing as well as professional research and development services in the application of advanced computing in the fields of engineering, geospatial, health, life sciences, astrophysical research and grid computing to over 800 researchers from universities and research institutes across Victoria, as well as its sister organisation in other states. VPAC specialists also provided HPC support to multinational vendors and their customers across Australia.
VPAC worked together with the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative to promote the uptake of advanced computing in Australian scientific research and development, and the two organisations merged to form the V3 Alliance in 2013. V3 HPC operations, HPC support, and academic advanced computing initiatives were rolled into the Victorian universities and ceased operation as an independent entity in December 2015.
VPAC's engineering arm worked with many major Australian and multinational companies in the optimisation and refinement of products through the use of HPC, and that group continues business as VPAC-Innovations.
In 2011, it was announced that VPAC, Monash University and Australian Synchrotron had chosen an IBM iDataPlex dx360 M3 for the Multi-modal Australian Sciences Imaging and Visualisation Environment (MASSIVE) facility.
Mission statement
VPACs mission was to promote the use of Advanced Computing amongst Australian researchers. VPAC operated a state of the art, internationally recognised Supercomputing Facility featuring High Performance Computing Clusters and Software, Advanced Visualisation and Collaboration Tools and Grid Resources, as well as provided consulting services and expertise for applications.
References
External links
http://www.vpac-innovations.com.au
Education in Victoria (state)
Scientific organisations based in Australia
Non-profit organisations based in Victoria (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai%20Med | Rai Med was an Italian television channel owned and operated by RAI.
Overview
Mainly devoted to the Maghreb area, the channel provided Arabic and Italian programming from RAI, including in particular an Arabic dub of the evening edition of TG3.
Rai Med was in a timeshare with Rai News 24 and Rai Italia during its broadcast. Rai Med closed down in April 2014 due to programming no longer existing since April 2012.
On 23 March 2016, Rai Med, which has been on a black screen for some time, was eliminated from the Hotbird frequency.
References
External links
Defunct RAI television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2001
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014
2001 establishments in Italy
2014 disestablishments in Italy
Arabic-language television stations
Italian-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antholzer%20See | The Antholzer See (; ) is a lake in the Antholzertal in South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Rasen-Antholz.
External links
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Lakes of South Tyrol
Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durnholzer%20See | The Durnholzer See (; ) is a lake in the Sarntal Alps in South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Sarntal.
External links
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Lakes of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidersee | The Haidersee is a lake in South Tyrol, Italy, which belongs to the municipality of Graun im Vinschgau.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
Lakes of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalterer%20See | Lake Kaltern (; ) is a lake in the municipality of Kaltern in South Tyrol, Italy.
References
Civic Network of South Tyrol
External links
Lakes of South Tyrol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted%20blue | In computing, blue paint refers to the mark given to preprocessing tokens by the C preprocessor that temporarily disables expansion of those tokens. A token is said to be painted blue when it has been disabled in this way. While the original author of the term is disputed, Derek Jones states that it came about as a reference to blue ink used by the C committee.
References
C (programming language) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later%20On%202 | Later On 2 (first broadcast September 1997) was part of the Network 2/RTÉ Two N2 rebrand of 1997. It was broadcast after News 2 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night at 11:20pm.
Format
Tuesday night
Later on 2 was an arts review show, which was presented by various presenters on a Tuesday night, until its second series when John Kelly took up the job. John Kelly worked on the Radio Ireland show Electric Ballroom before moving to RTÉ to present their radio series Mystery Train. In 2001, the show was renamed as The View and moved to RTÉ One in the same time slot.
Wednesday night
Later with Clare McKeon was presented by Clare McKeon for three seasons. It was a women's chat show. Women (and men) would sit around a dinner table talking about issues affecting them, in their work and home lives. Many of the women were well known female figures in Ireland, who spoke about their careers and personal lives. Including Annie Murphy mother of Bishop Eamonn Casey's son, Peter and Phyllis Hamilton mother of Fr Michael Cleary's son, Ross.
Thursday night
Later with Finlay and Dunlop was a current affairs show presented by Fergus Finlay and Frank Dunlop. This was a major coup for RTÉ, two well known political adversaries presenting a current affairs chat show. Finlay had previously been the chef de cabinet of Ireland's Labour Party, while Dunlop was the former Press Secretary of Fianna Fáil (a more conservative political party).
In 2000, after Frank Dunlop revealed that he had made payments to politicians at The Mahon Tribunal, both presenters were dropped in favour of Olivia O'Leary. The show was renamed Later with O'Leary and, in 2000, moved to RTÉ One where it remained for 2 more seasons.
Later on 2 moves to RTÉ One
In 2000 RTÉ moved the arts and politics shows to RTÉ One. Later on 2 with John Kelly remained on RTÉ One as The View on Tuesday nights, while in 2001 Later with O'Leary was axed from its Thursday night slot. Later with Clare McKeon was not moved to RTÉ One but was axed in 2000 with the move of The View and Later with O'Leary to RTÉ One.
References
1997 Irish television series debuts
2000 Irish television series endings
Irish television news shows
Irish television talk shows
RTÉ News and Current Affairs
RTÉ original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20on%20USA | NASCAR on USA is the television program that broadcast NASCAR races on the USA Network.
History
Coverage of the Twin 125's race
From 1982 to 1984, USA Network broadcast the UNO Twin 125s (now the Bluegreen Vacations Duel). USA used CBS' crew, graphics and announcers.
USA also aired the Atlanta ARCA race in 1985 and televised several NASCAR Busch Series races in the late 1980s.
In relation with NASCAR on NBC
On January 26, 2016, NASCAR announced that the Cheez-It 355 at the Glen from Watkins Glen International would air on USA Network due to NBC and NBCSN's commitments to the Summer Olympics.
With NBCSN closing at the conclusion of 2021, USA Network became the new NASCAR cable TV broadcaster for the NBC half. The network is scheduled to air 11 NASCAR Cup Series races and 15 NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2022.
Commentators
2016–present
Lap-by-lap announcers
Rick Allen – 2016–present (NASCAR Cup Series/Xfinity Series/ARCA Menards Series East/ARCA Menards Series West)
Leigh Diffey – 2016–present (substitute for select Cup Series/Xfinity Series races/on-track sessions)
Color commentators
Jeff Burton – 2016–present
Steve Letarte – 2016–present
Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2018–present
Dale Jarrett – 2016–present (select Xfinity Series races, did portions of the Cup race at Darlington in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021)
Kyle Petty – 2016–present (select Xfinity Series races, practice/qualifying sessions)
Parker Kligerman – 2016–present (select ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West races)
Pre-race and post-race shows
Kyle Petty – rotating analyst (2016–present)
Dale Jarrett – rotating analyst (2016–present)
Brad Daugherty – rotating analyst (2016–present)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - rotating analyst for pre-race shows only (2016–present)
Rutledge Wood – roving reporter (2016–present), rotating pre and post-race show host (2021–present)
Rick Allen – pre and post-race show host for ARCA Menards Series East/West only (2020–present)
Marty Snider – rotating pre and post-race show host (2021–present)
Kelli Stavast – rotating pre and post-race show host (2021–present)
Pit reporters
Dave Burns (2000–2006, 2016–present; also fill-in lap-by-lap announcer)
Marty Snider (1999–2006, 2016–present)
Parker Kligerman (2016–present)
Kevin Lee (fill-in, select Xfinity Series races) (2018–present)
Dillon Welch (fill-in, select Cup/Xfinity Series races) (2018–present)
Kim Coon (fill-in, select Cup/Xfinity Series races) (2022–present)
1982–1985
Chris Economaki (pit reporter)
David Hobbs (color commentator)
Ned Jarrett (pit reporter)
Dave Moody (color commentator)
Larry Nuber (pit reporter)
Ken Squier (lap-by-lap announcer)
Al Trautwig (prerace host)
References
External links
NASCAR reportedly moving to USA Network after NBCSN shutdown
NBC Sports Network Closing And Moving To USA Network, How This Affects WWE Shows
USA Network to Air NASCAR During Summer Olympics
NBCSN to be shuttered at end of 2021
USA Network Sports
1982 Ameri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability%20plot | Probability plot, a graphical technique for comparing two data sets, may refer to:
P–P plot, "Probability-Probability" or "Percent-Percent" plot
Q–Q plot, "Quantile-Quantile" plot
Normal probability plot, a Q–Q plot against the standard normal distribution
See also
Probability plot correlation coefficient
Probability plot correlation coefficient plot |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAFM | WAFM could refer to:
WAFM (Australia), a radio station network serving the North West of Western Australia
WAFM (United States), a radio station (95.7 FM) licensed to Amory, Mississippi, United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adata%20Vediya%20Heta%20Hondai | Adata Vediya Heta Hondai (Sinhala, Tomorrow Is Better Than Today) is a 1963 Sri Lankan film directed by Indian filmmaker M. Masthan and produced by producer K. Gunaratnam. The film starring Gamini Fonseka and Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya. It was a box office success in the country.
Plot
Gamini Fonseka as Gamini
Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya as Sriyani
Ananda Jayaratne as Ananda
Sandhya Kumari as Sandhya
Vijitha Mallika as Vijitha
Nelson Karunagama as Doctor
Ignatius Gunaratne
Alfred Edirimanne as Alfred 'Thaththa'
Thalatha Gunasekara
Hugo Fernando as Gabriel 'Mudalali'
Anthony C. Perera
Christy Leonard Perera
H. D. Kulatunga as Sandhya's Thaththa
Herbert Amarawickrama
Kalyani Perera
Songs
"Sandun Gase" – J. A. Milton Perera and Mallika Kahawita
Sethsiri Sethsiri" – Latha and chorus
"Soka Susum Marathe" – Latha Walpola
"Baloli Loli" – Indrani Wijebandara
"Baloli Loli" – Latha Walpola
"Rasadun Netha Di" – Latha Walpola
"Amma" – Latha Walpola and chorus
References
External links
1963 films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberHound | Cyberhound Pty Ltd (formerly Netbox Blue Pty Ltd, as of November 2015), is an Australian-owned provider of internet and email security, filtering and management solutions founded in Brisbane by John Oxnam, Justin Cook and Trent Davis in 1999. It is a privately held company. CyberHound's head office is located in Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia. The company provides products for internet compliance, management and security.
History
John Fison became chairman of Netbox Blue in 2006 and is a director and shareholder in the company. In January 2016, Bloomberg acquired some IP and assets of Netbox Blue for Bloomberg Vault to monitor social media. Trent Davis now works for Bloomberg.
Platform
In 2008 Netbox Blue launched an internet and email filtering appliance specifically for the education sector. The technology offers cyberbullying protection, category web filtering, spam filtering, virus protection, internet quota management and a firewall.
Partnerships
IBM
In late 2006 Netbox Blue partnered with the IT corporation IBM.
Canon ITS Japan
In April 2008 Global IT vendor Canon IT Solutions (ITS) Japan signed a distribution agreement with Netbox Blue. Netbox Blue agreed to provide its SpamChecker appliance—as it is known in Japan—to Canon ITS Japan's customers for email filtering and content control. The drop-in appliance was the result of nine months of co-development between Netbox Blue and Canon Japan and is specifically designed for the SME market in Japan.
ESET
Netbox Blue partnered with anti-virus software provider ESET. The partnership offered customers ESET NOD32 Antivirus as an option in Netbox Blue's line of UTM and virtualised security products. As a result of the union, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) also have access to Netbox Blue's integrated security and management suite.
EdgeWave USA
In June 2012 Netbox Blue partnered with EdgeWave, Inc. The deal enables EdgeWave to provide its customers with Netbox Blue's social media management technology SafeChat.
See also
List of companies of Australia
References
Computer security companies
Privately held companies of Australia
Companies based in Queensland
Companies based in Brisbane |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Preston | Matt Preston (born 21 July 1961) is an English-Australian food critic, writer, food journalist, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's MasterChef Australia between 2009 and 2019, and Seven Network's My Kitchen Rules in 2022. He also has a weekly national food column that appears in NewsCorp's metro newspapers. Preston is also a senior editor for Delicious. and Taste magazines, and has written multiple best-selling cookbooks.
Early life
Preston is the son of British naval historian and journalist Antony Preston. He was born in London, UK, to a Roman Catholic family and from the age of 11 was educated at Worth School, a Benedictine monastic boarding school in West Sussex. He graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Hons in Politics and Government. While growing up in London in the late 1970s, he became a DJ and punk rock musician.
Career
After a few stints working at City Limits and IPC Magazines (TVTimes and What's on TV), Preston relocated to Australia in October 1993. Initially he worked for IPC Magazines as their Australian TV correspondent writing about the soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away for TVTimes, What's on TV and Woman's Own. He subsequently wrote for a number of Australian trade publications owned by IPC's parent company, Reed Business Publishing including Encore, Supermarket News and Counterpoint.
In 1996, Preston started writing reviews for a new Melbourne magazine, Inside Melbourne, a role that he held until he moved on to write reviews for The Age in February 2000. Preston also worked as a regular food correspondent in a number of publications, including Taste, a supplement in the Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph (Australia) newspapers and MasterChef Magazine, delicious. (Senior Editor), Australian Good Taste as the drink reviewer, The Guardian newspaper (UK) and Time Out (London). Preston was a weekly contributor to Epicure between 2000 and 2009, writing a weekly review of a cafe or restaurant. He also wrote a weekly column in The Age'''s A2 and was a senior editor at Vogue Entertaining & Travel. Preston has made many appearances on Australian radio.
Today Preston is best known for his stint as a co-host and judge on MasterChef Australia. He also works as a food columnist and regular food correspondent and his weekly national food column appears in NewsCorp's metro newspapers and has a combined reach of over 2.9 million Australians each week. It runs in Stellar magazine every Sunday and in The Adelaide Advertiser. He is also a senior editor for Delicious and Taste magazines.
MasterChef Australia
In 2009, Preston joined Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris on the judging panel of MasterChef Australia (Network 10), a reality television competition to find Australia's best amateur chef. MasterChef Australia series two, series three and series eleven would go on to win the TV Week Logie for Australia's Best Reality Series.
Preston would judge th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%20OS%20%28Eeebuntu%29 | Aurora (formerly named Eeebuntu) (not to be confused with EasyPeasy, formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, and with Aurora (Avrora) OS, a Russian brand of Sailfish OS) was an operating system for netbooks. The latest version is based on Ubuntu, though newer versions were planned to be based on Debian Unstable. Eeebuntu was designed originally for the Asus Eee PC line of netbooks.
Four versions are available for install: Standard, NBR (standard with Ubuntu Netbook Edition), Base and LXDE.
Features
Works out of the box on Asus Eee PC 700, 701, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, 1000, 1000H, 1000HA, 1000HD and 1000HE. Recent versions also work out of the box on the Acer Aspire One A110L.
Includes an Asus Eee PC specific kernel which is tuned for Eee's hardware (e.g., Wi-Fi module, function keys).
VLC, Flash and Java installed out of the box.
Can create a bootable USB stick or SD card using UNetbootin.
Integrates the eeepc-tray ACPI (now changed to Jupiter) utility to control ACPI events and toggle certain devices on the Eee on/off.
History
Eeebuntu was created in December 2007 by Steve Wood. At that time Eeebuntu was little more than a collection of scripts applied to a live Ubuntu image. As the project matured the post install scripts were dropped in favour of a modified kernel that contained pre-compiled hardware drivers.
Other developers took interest in the project and by December 2008 Eeebuntu had grown into a Linux distribution in its own right with around 1,500 registered forum users. Eeebuntu 2.0 was the first Eeebuntu version to completely remove Ubuntu branding and use its own artwork and themes.
With the expanded interest in Eeebuntu as a distro for numerous netbooks ( beyond its namesake's Asus Eee Pc's ) it expanded support to multiple Netbooks with new kernel changes and drivers compiled.
In 2008 Other notable members of the leadership joined the project such as Paul McDonough; responsible for the kernel patching, packaging, design and promotion of Eeebuntu allowing Steve and other contributors to focus on development of new capabilities. Work was done alongside other notable distributions at the time such as elementary OS to share FOSS code and provide capabilities such as improved Nautilus File Manager and other lightweight applications as the baseline systems shipped with Eeebuntu 3.0.
Eeebuntu has 4 versions:
Base - 565MB ISO footprint, reduced number of pre-installed applications.
Standard - A compiz enabled full desktop with a number of pre-installed applications.
NBR - Using the Ubuntu Netbook interface with a number of pre-installed applications.
LXDE - Utilising the LXDE desktop and a number of pre-installed applications.
Eeebuntu 3.0 release
The 3.0 release of Eeebuntu was based on Ubuntu 9.04. It addresses a number of issues with the integrated Intel graphics cards and provides Eee PC specific optimization.
Major changes to the approach of Eeebuntu's release saw rapid adoption with over 800,000 downloads and resulted i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helopelopia | Helopelopia is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.
Species
H. cornuticaudata (Walley, 1925)
H. pilicaudata (Walley, 1925)
References
Tanypodinae |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20Rail%20network | The Trans-European Rail network is made up of the Trans-European high-speed rail network as well as the Trans-European conventional rail network. The rail network is one of a number of the European Union's Trans-European transport networks (TEN-T).
According to Article 10 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the rail network should include the infrastructures and the facilities which enable rail and road and, where appropriate, maritime services and air transport services to be integrated. In this regard, particular attention should be paid to the connection of regional airports to the network.
One or more of the following functions should be met by any component of the rail network:
it should play an important role in long-distance passenger traffic
it should permit interconnection with airports, where appropriate
it should permit access to regional and local rail networks
it should facilitate freight transport by means of the identification and development of trunk routes dedicated to freight or routes on which freight trains have a priority
it should play an important role in combined transport
it should permit interconnection via ports of common interest with short sea shipping and inland waterways
Standards for the rail network are set by the European Railway Agency, in the form of ERA Technical Specifications for Interoperability.
See also
Trans-European Transport Networks
Trans-European Road network
Trans-European high-speed rail network
Trans-European conventional rail network
Trans-European Inland Waterway network
Motorways of the Sea
Trans-European Seaport network
Trans-European Airport network
References
Trans-European Rail network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oricon%20number-one%20singles%20of%202008 | The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' weekly physical sales. In 2008, 49 singles reached the peak of the chart.
R&B singer Namie Amuro's "60s 70s 80s" became her first number one single in nearly 10 years. The single made Amuro the only female Japanese artist to have a Top 10 single for 14 consecutive years. Pop boy band NEWS' "Happy Birthday" made them the second group after the KinKi Kids to have 10 consecutive number one singles since their debut. "Purple Line" made Korean pop boy band TVXQ the fifth non-Japanese Asian artist and the first male group to have a number one on the charts. With the release of "Jumon: Mirotic" they became the only foreign artist to have four number ones on the chart.
R&B singer Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne" became the fastest-selling single of 2008, selling over a million copies digitally. The single was then certified by Guinness World Records as "the best selling download single in Japan". Pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki's "Mirrorcle World" debuted atop the chart, this makes Hamasaki the only female artist to have a number one single for 10 consecutive years. Technopop girl group Perfume's "Love the World" is the first technopop single to ever rank number one on the charts. Mr. Children and Greeeen are the only two artists that had an extended run on the charts.
The best-selling single overall of 2008 was pop boy band Arashi's "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e", selling a little over 618,000 copies. Arashi's "One Love" also took the place as the second-best-selling single, which sold more than 524,000 copies, followed by pop rock band Southern All Stars' "I Am Your Singer" with 520,000 copies. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling singles of 2008 were "Kiseki" by Greeeen and by Shuchishin's, respectively. "Truth/Kaze no Mukō e" and "One Love" taking the Top Two spots made Arashi the fifth artist to do so. This was last achieved by Princess Princess in 1989.
Chart history
References
2008 in Japanese music
Japan Oricon
Oricon number-one singles of 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheCoolTV | TheCoolTV was a digital broadcast television network and online music video "jukebox" streaming service owned by Cool Music Network, LLC of Lawrence, Kansas.
History
As a digital broadcast television network
Launched in March 2009, the network's program schedule consisted of an all-music video lineup; it also broadcast the minimum three hours of children's programming for their affiliates intended to meet E/I requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission.
In addition to the network, Cool Music Network also distributed recorded music and performances through digital cable and satellite channels, and post-concert CDs at music venues.
TheCoolTV's output consisted of subchannels of digital broadcast television stations, the first of which was now-former affiliate WTMJ-TV, which added TheCoolTV to subchannel 4.3 on July 8, 2009. A large portion of its stations were owned and/or operated by Journal Communications, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and LIN TV. The affiliate roster grew with help from an affiliation deal with three stations operated by McGraw-Hill. On April 5, 2011, The CoolTV signed an affiliate agreement with Newport Television for carriage on 10 of its 22 stations.
Stations that were affiliated with TheCoolTV had the nominal ability to cross-promote the network in association with a sister or affiliated radio station. However, the only affiliate that actually utilized this component was WTMJ-TV, which marketed TheCoolTV as a complement to its sister radio station adult hits-formatted WLWK-FM (promoted as "TheCoolTV, hosted by 94-5 Lake FM"), with the other stations usually being part of ownership groups without any radio stations.
In September 2011, Journal announced that it would file a lawsuit against Cool Music Network for non-payment of broadcast services. Journal replaced The CoolTV with the Live Well Network in Milwaukee, and MeTV in Green Bay and Lansing on October 1, 2011.
On the afternoon of August 31, 2012, TheCoolTV was dropped from all 32 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations that carried the channel, with no replacement. No reason was given, other than a very brief message from Jim Wright, the Regional Engineering Manager for Sinclair, who said: "We are no longer carrying CoolTV on all Sinclair stations as of this afternoon."
The agreement with Newport Television to carry TheCoolTV was terminated upon Newport being purchased by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, which at the time carried few subchannels on its stations, and all former Newport stations had discontinued carrying TheCoolTV by April 2013. All agreements with McGraw-Hill were also terminated upon the E. W. Scripps Company's purchase of the McGraw-Hill stations in early 2012.
On March 1, 2013, two LIN stations in Albuquerque and Austin dropped the network. The remainder of LIN Media's stations dropped the network on July 15, 2013, with some replacing it with Bounce TV or local radar loops, or leaving them dark altogether.
Sometime in November 2012, TheCoolTV |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20Inland%20Waterway%20network | The Trans-European Inland Waterway network is one of a number of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) of the European Union.
According to Article 11 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network, the Trans-European Inland waterway network is made up of rivers and canals, and the various branches and links which connect them. In particular, it should render possible the interconnection between industrial regions and major conurbations and link them to ports.
The minimum technical characteristics for waterways forming part of the network should be those laid down for a class IV waterway in the classification of European Inland Waterways (CEMT), which allows the passage of a vessel or a pushed train and . Where a waterway forming part of the network is modernized or constructed, the technical specifications should correspond at least to class IV, should enable class Va/Vb to be achieved at a later date, and should make satisfactory provision for the passage of vessels used for combined transport. Class Va allows the passage of a vessel or a pushed train of craft 110 m long and 11.40 m wide, and class Vb allows the passage of a pushed train of craft 172 to 185 m long and 11.40 m wide.
Inland ports
Inland ports are part of the network, as points of interconnection between the inland waterways.
Inland ports must be:
open to commercial traffic;
located on the network of inland waterways as shown in the outline (13 MB), p. 79;
interconnected with other trans-European transport routes as shown in the document above; and
equipped with trans-shipment facilities for inter-modal transport or with an annual freight traffic volume of at least 500 000 tonnes.
References
External links
Inland Navigation Europe - inlandnavigation.eu
Trans-European Transport Network
Water transport in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20Seaport%20network | The Trans-European Seaport network is one of a number of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) of the European Union.
According to Article 12 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the Trans-European Seaport network should permit the development of sea transport, and should constitute shipping links for islands and the points of interconnection between sea transport and other modes of transport. They should also provide equipment and services to transport operators. Their infrastructure should provide a range of services for passenger and freight transport, including ferry services and short- and long-distance shipping services, which also includes coastal shipping, within the Community and between the latter and non-member countries.
The seaports included in the Trans-European Transport network must correspond to one of the following three categories:
A. International seaports: Ports with a total annual traffic volume of not less than 1.5 million tonnes of freight, or 200,000 passengers. These ports are connected with the overland elements of the Trans-European Transport network, unless that is physically impossible, and therefore play a major role in international maritime transport. Seaports in category A are shown on this map (13 MB), p. 93
B. Community seaports: These ports have a total annual traffic volume of not less than 0.5 million tonnes of freight or between 100,000 and 199,999 passengers, and are connected with the overland elements of the Trans-European Transport network, unless that is physically impossible, and are equipped with the necessary transhipment facilities for short-distance sea shipping.
C. Regional ports: These ports do not meet the criteria of categories A and B but are situated in island, peripheral or outermost regions, interconnecting such regions by sea and/or connecting them with the central regions of the Community.
Core ports
List of core TEN-T ports as identified in a 2010 report financed by the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. Note that the list features port of non-EU member states such as Iceland, Norway and Turkey. Also, since 2020, the United Kingdom no longer forms part of the European Union.
References
Trans-European Transport Network
Water transport in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20Airport%20network | The Trans-European Airport network is one of a number of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) of the European Union.
According to Article 13 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the Trans-European Airport network comprises airports situated within the territory of the Community which are open to commercial air traffic.
Similarly to the seaports included in the Trans-European Transport network, the airports must correspond to one of the following three categories of connecting points:
A. International connecting points: All airports or airport systems with a total annual traffic volume of no less than:
5,000,000 passenger movements minus 10%, or
100,000 commercial aircraft movements, or
150,000 tonnes freight throughput, or
1,000,000 extra-Community passenger movements;
or
any new airport constructed to replace an existing international connecting point which cannot be developed further on its site.
B. Community connecting points will include all airports or airport systems with an annual traffic volume of:
between 1,000,000 minus 10% and 4,499,999 passenger movements, or
between 50,000 and 149,999 tonnes freight throughput, or
between 500,000 and 899,999 passenger movements, of which at least 30% are non-national, or
between 300,000 and 899,999 passenger movements, and located off the European mainland at a distance of over 500 km from the nearest international connecting point;
or
any new airport constructed to replace an existing Community connecting point which cannot be developed further on its site.
C. Regional connecting points and accessibility points will include all airports
with an annual traffic volume of between 500,000 and 899,999 passenger movements, of which less than 30% are non-national, or
with an annual traffic volume of between 250,000 minus 10% and 499,999 passenger movements, or
with an annual traffic volume of between 10,000 and 49,999 tonnes freight throughput, or
located on an island of a Member State, or
located in a landlocked area of the Community with commercial services operated by aircraft with a maximum take-off weight in excess of 10 tonnes.
An airport is located in a landlocked area if it is situated outside a radius of over 100 km from the nearest International or Community connecting point. This distance may, by way of exception, be reduced to 75 km in order to take account of difficult access due to the geographical situation or the poor quality of the inland transport infrastructure.
Airports in all three categories are shown on this map (13 MB), p. 103
In addition to the above characteristics, International and Community connecting points should also be gradually linked to the Trans-European high-speed rail network, where appropriate. The network should include the infrastructures and the facilities which permit the integration of ai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European%20Combined%20Transport%20network | The Trans-European Combined Transport network is one of a number of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) of the European Union.
According to Article 14 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the Trans-European Combined Transport network comprises the following:
Railways and inland waterways suitable for combined transport and shipping which, combined where appropriate with the shortest possible initial and/or terminal road haulage, permit the long-distance transport of goods
Inter-modal terminals equipped with installations permitting transhipment between railways, inland waterways, shipping routes and roads
Suitable rolling stock, on a provisional basis, where the characteristics of the infrastructure, as yet unadapted, so require.
References
Trans-European Transport Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20resource%20bundle | A resource bundle is a Java .properties file that contains locale-specific data. It is a way of internationalising a Java application by making the code locale-independent.
Benefits of using resource bundles
Extracting locale-sensitive objects such as strings from the code (as opposed to hard-coding them) means that the application can handle multiple locales without having to write different code for each locale. It also means that translators can deal with just the translatable text and not the programming code. Therefore, using resource bundles improves the internationalisation and the localisation process of a software product.
Translating a resource bundle
Some CAT tools like OmegaT, OmegaT+, Swordfish or Sun's Open language tools can specifically handle resource bundles. In addition to these, translators can use any text editor to create new resource bundles or to modify existing ones.
Tools to create resource bundles
The Message Compiler is a tool to generate resource bundle files from a single source file containing localized text definitions in different languages. The Message Compiler creates also constant definitions for the keys used to access the localized texts with the methods of the Java class ResourceBundle (6), ResourceBundle (7) and HTML documentation pages for each language.
See also
Bundled software
References
Java (programming language) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgroup%20method | The subgroup method is an algorithm used in the mathematical field of group theory. It is used to find the word of an element. It doesn't always return the minimal word, but it can return optimal words based on the series of subgroups that is used. The code looks like this:
function operate(element, generator)
<returns generator operated on element>
function subgroup(g)
sequence := (set of subgroups that will be used, depending on the method.)
word := []
for subgroup in sequence
coset_representatives := []
<fill coset_representatives with coset representatives of (next subgroup)/subgroup>
for operation in coset_representatives
if operate(g, operation) is in the next subgroup then
append operation onto word
g = operate(g, operation)
break
return word
Group theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taradell | Taradell is a municipality in the Osona (comarca) of the Province of Barcelona.
History
The town has been documented since the 10th century.
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Osona |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localish | Localish (formerly Live Well Network) is a digital multicast television network owned by ABC Owned Television Stations, a division of The Walt Disney Company.
Localish's 24/7 channel streams on Hulu Live and on linear TV, and its flagship shows including More in Common and Localish Legends air on ABC in major US cities, Localish.com, and Hulu. As of 2020, Localish reached an audience of over 17 million TV households and 21 million social followers across its ABC platforms.
History
Disney launched its Localish media venture the week of September 20, 2018. Localish's lineup of TV and digital shows highlight a range of small businesses, local restaurants, and unique neighborhoods across America. With over 70% of its audience under the age of 45, the Localish network reaches millennials via locally sourced video stories released on ABC's digital, social and TV platforms. The first series, More in Common, had already appeared via Facebook Watch on July 21, 2018. The station group was considering the possibility of an OTT channel for the brand. A More in Common compilation special was broadcast on all ABC station's primary channels on November 4, 2018 with WPVI-TV, Philadelphia also on November 3 then on their LiveWell Network subchannel (.2) from November 4 through 11, 2018.
On January 21, 2020, ABC Owned Television Stations announced that the network would be rebranded as Localish on February 17, 2020. The rebranded network serves as an expansion of the Localish brand featuring several programs already featured on the Localish website.
As Live Well Network
Prior to launching Localish, ABC Owned Television Stations (ABCOTS) began development of a potential subchannel network in 2007. To appeal to ABC affiliates not owned and operated by the network, it was decided not to use ABC branding in any way.
Live Well Network was launched on April 27, 2009, in high definition on ABC's owned-and-operated stations as part of the stations' subchannels. Initially, the network only had three hours of original programming that are looped throughout the day which was all sourced from ABC stations. In September 2010, Belo became the first non-ABC group to sign on with the network, adding it to their stations on November 8, 2010. Not all of the Belo-owned stations originally aired the network in widescreen (unlike the ABC group), which led the network to drop the "HD" from its branding to become simply "Live Well Network".
Two LWN owned and operated stations, WJRT and WTVG, were sold to Lilly Broadcasting closing on April 1, 2011. On May 26, 2011, it was announced that a deal has been reached to air the network on nine Scripps-owned stations (several, but not all of them, are ABC affiliates). In August 2011, the network picked up CBC Television's Steven and Chris for broadcast starting that fall.
On January 9, 2012, Citadel Communications announced that it would be adding Live Well to all five of its major network-affiliated stations (four of them ABC affiliate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDXL | The Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) is a suite of XML-based messaging standards that facilitate emergency information sharing between government entities and the full range of emergency-related organizations. EDXL standardizes messaging formats for communications between these parties. EDXL was developed as a royalty-free standard by the OASIS International Open Standards Consortium.
EDXL was designed to enable information about life-saving resources to be shared across local, state, tribal, national and non-governmental organizations. Implementation of EDXL standards aims to improve the speed and quality of coordinated response activities by allowing the exchange of information in real time.
Background
EDXL is advanced by the OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee, a group that was formed in 2003 and remains open to participation from organizations, agencies, and individuals from around the world. EDXL is based on detailed requirements and draft specifications provided to OASIS by emergency practitioners, with support from the Emergency Interoperability Consortium, through a project sponsored by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Disaster Management E-Gov Initiative.
EDXL-DE was approved as an OASIS Standard in 2006; EDXL-RM and –HAVE were approved as OASIS Standards in 2008.
Implementation of EDXL is promoted by the OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Committee, which was formed in 2009.
Components
The EDXL suite comprises a number of individual standards. Each standard is elaborated in the following sub-sections:
EDXL-DE (Distribution Element)
Overview
EDXL-DE (Distribution Element) OASIS Standard, an XML-based header or wrapper that provides flexible message-distribution for emergency information systems’ data sharing. Messages may be exchanged by specific recipients, by a geographic area, or by other codes such as incident and agency type (police, fire, etc.). Any content payload can be distributed using the DE, not just EDXL messages.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the Distribution Element is to facilitate the routing of any properly formatted XML emergency message to recipients. The Distribution Element may be thought of as a "container". It provides the information to route "payload" message sets (such as Alerts or Resource Messages), by including key routing information such as distribution type, geography, incident, and sender/recipient IDs.
Conformance
Although there is an XML schema for EDXL-DE, there are some "business rules" or conformance rules that the developer must comply to in order to be considered conformant / compliant to the EDXL-DE Standard.
Here are a list of the compliance rules from the EDXL-DE standard document:
Background
The Disaster Management eGov Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determined in 2004 to launch a project to develop interagency emergency data communications standards. It called together a group of national emergency response pra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetiver%20System | The Vetiver System (VS) is a system of soil and water conservation whose main component is the use of the vetiver plant in hedgerows. It is promoted by the Vetiver Network International (TVNI), an international non-governmental organization.
The Vetiver System is used in more than 100 countries for soil and water conservation, infrastructure stabilization, pollution control, waste water treatment, mitigation and rehabilitation, sediment control, prevention of storm damage and other environmental protection applications (through bioengineering and phytoremediation).
Utility
The vetiver plant, Chrysopogon zizanioides, is the main component to all Vetiver System bioengineering and conservation applications. It can be used in the tropics and semi-tropics, and areas that have a Mediterranean climate where there are hot summers, and winters are temperate.
When Vetiver is planted as a hedgerow across a slope, it forms a dense vegetative barrier that slows and spreads rainfall runoff. Combined with a deep and strong root system, a wide range of pH tolerance (from about pH 3 to pH 11), a high tolerance to most heavy metals, an ability to remove from soil and water large quantities of nitrates, phosphates and farm chemicals, the vetiver plant can be used for soil and water conservation, engineered construction site stabilization, pollution control (constructed wetlands), and other uses where soil and water come together.
The variety of vetiver that is promoted for VS applications originates in south India, is non-fertile and non-invasive, and has to be propagated by clump subdivision. Its massive, finely structured root system can grow fast - in some applications, rooting depth can reach 10–12 ft (3–4 m) in the first year. This deep root system makes the vetiver plant drought-tolerant and difficult to dislodge by strong current. It has stiff and erect stems, which can stand up to relatively deep water flow. New shoots develop from the underground crown, making vetiver resistant to fire, frosts, traffic and heavy grazing pressure. Vetiver grass is not significantly affected by pests and diseases, nor does it act as a host for pests or diseases that might attack crop or garden plants.
Technique
The basic technique of soil stabilization using vetiver consists of one or more hedgerows planted on the contour. Nursery plants or slips (clumps) of about 3 tillers each, are typically planted 4-6 inches (10 – 15 cm) apart on the contour to create, when mature, a barrier of stiff grass that acts as a buffer and spreader of down slope water flow, and a filter to sediment. The development of strong plants and a deep root system requires full sun. Partial shading stunts its growth, and significant shading can eliminate it in the long term by reducing its ability to compete with more shade-tolerant species.
Multiple hedgerows may be required for a secure slope stabilization, in which case the separation between rows depends on the slope, soil condition and composit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation%20code | A confirmation code is a short piece of data (code, cypher) that is used for purposes of confirmation of a particular attribute or property such as personally identifiable information.
CAPTCHA - a computing scheme used to identity an entity as a human being and not a program, employing the current differences in text recognition capability between humans and computers.
Multi-factor authentication
The term "shibboleth" from the Bible was employed for this purpose, by usage of the property that the "sh" phoneme was an identifying mark. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20architecture | Memory architecture describes the methods used to implement electronic computer data storage in a manner that is a combination of the fastest, most reliable, most durable, and least expensive way to store and retrieve information. Depending on the specific application, a compromise of one of these requirements may be necessary in order to improve another requirement. Memory architecture also explains how binary digits are converted into electric signals and then stored in the memory cells. And also the structure of a memory cell.
For example, dynamic memory is commonly used for primary data storage due to its fast access speed. However dynamic memory must be repeatedly refreshed with a surge of current dozens of time per second, or the stored data will decay and be lost. Flash memory allows for long-term storage over a period of years, but it is much slower than dynamic memory, and the static memory storage cells wear out with frequent use.
Similarly, the data bus is often designed to suit specific needs such as serial or parallel data access, and the memory may be designed to provide for parity error detection or even error correction.
The earliest memory architectures are the Harvard architecture, which has two physically separate memories and data paths for program and data, and the Princeton architecture which uses a single memory and data path for both program and data storage.
Most general purpose computers use a hybrid split-cache modified Harvard architecture that appears to an application program to have a pure Princeton architecture machine with gigabytes of virtual memory, but internally (for speed) it operates with an instruction cache physically separate from a data cache, more like the Harvard model.
DSP systems usually have a specialized, high bandwidth memory subsystem; with no support for memory protection or virtual memory management.
Many digital signal processors have 3 physically separate memories and datapaths -- program storage, coefficient storage, and data storage.
A series of multiply–accumulate operations fetch from all three areas simultaneously to efficiently implement audio filters as convolutions.
See also
8-bit
16-bit
32-bit
64-bit
Address generation unit
Cache-only memory architecture (COMA)
Cache memory
Conventional memory
Deterministic memory
Distributed memory
Distributed shared memory (DSM)
Dual-channel architecture
ECC memory
Expanded memory
Extended memory
Flat memory model
Harvard architecture
High memory area (HMA)
Lernmatrix
Memory hierarchy
Memory level parallelism
Memory model (addressing scheme)
Memory model
Memory protection
Memory-disk synchronization
Memory virtualization
Non-uniform memory access (NUMA)
PCI memory hole
Processor register
Registered memory
Shared memory (interprocess communication)
Shared memory architecture (SMA)
Stack-based memory allocation
Tagged architecture
Uniform memory access (UMA)
Universal memory
Video memory
von Neumann architecture
X86 memory segmentation
Refere |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places%20Please | Places Please is an American variety show series that aired during primetime on the CBS Television Network from August 16, 1948 to May 24, 1949. Hosted by Barry Wood, each episode was fifteen minutes long and aired on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with the other fifteen minutes occupied by local (non-network) programming.
Places Please was a sustaining program. In March 1949, Household Finance Corporation became the sponsor, and the program's name was changed to Backstage with Barry Wood. It moved to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays. The trade publication Variety noted in a review that at the same time the show lost "the informality it formerly had".
See also
1948-49 United States network television schedule
References
External links
1948 American television series debuts
1949 American television series endings
1940s American variety television series
Black-and-white American television shows
CBS original programming
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophylaria | Allophylaria is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. , the nomenclatural database Index Fungorum lists 14 species in the genus.
Species
References
Helotiaceae
Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten
Leotiomycetes genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Prince%27s%20May%20Day%20Network | The Prince's Mayday Network is a group of businesses committed to taking action on climate change and was founded by Charles III in
2007.
The Network is convened by Business in the Community and over 3500 businesses have signed up to date. The 'May Day' name is derived from the May Day distress signal, and was chosen deliberately to communicate the urgency of the climate change message
The Prince's Mayday Summit
2007 Summit
The first Prince's Mayday Summit on climate change took place on 1 May 2007. It was held as a call to action on the urgent issue of climate change. Over
1,000 business leaders made over 5,500 pledges to take action on climate change at the event.
The Summit networked one hub event at St. James's Palace and nine regional events across England through video conferencing technology. Companies discussed the science behind climate change and the business imperative of taking action on the issue, with contributions from the Prince of Wales, Jonathon Porritt and Crispin Tickell.
This initial event was followed by 2 further summits in Scotland and Wales in November 2007.
2008 Summit
The second Prince's Mayday Summit was held on 1 May 2008. Over 1,600 business leaders attended the Summit at 12 locations across the UK which were
linked by satellite to a 'hub' event attended by 160 Chief Executives of leading businesses. Attendees were asked to commit to up to 6 pledges on climate change. Nearly 7,000 pledges were made on the day and:
76% of attendees committed to calculate their carbon footprint over the next 12 months
60% of attendees committed to report their carbon footprint over the next 12 months
2009 Summit
The third Prince's Mayday Summit attracted over 1700 delegates, with another 300 watching it live online and included contributions from Pen Hadow, Ed Miliband, John Ashton and Stuart Rose.
Mayday Journey
Since 2009, the focus of Mayday has moved away from annual events to being what it terms an everyday organisation. A major part of this is the Mayday Journey. The Mayday Journey is an online resource that combines a carbon calculator with guidance designed to help companies develop a carbon strategy. The Journey is divided into four areas: reducing cost, engaging employees, suppliers and customers, building resilience through biodiversity and adaptation and developing a vision, termed transform.
Mayday case studies
Businesses in the Prince's May Day Network are encouraged to take action on climate change by sharing best practice through publishing case studies of best practice. Over 150 companies have provided case studies, including Adnams Brewery, BT Group and Unipart.
Mayday report-back
Every year, the Prince of Wales requests that every business in the Prince's May Day Network report-back on the progress they have made against
their May Day pledges in the May Day report-back. Over 300 businesses reported back in 2011, which formed the basis for an annual report of members activity.
References
Externa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNeVision | SUNeVision (SEHK: 1686), the technology arm of Sun Hung Kai Properties (SEHK: 0016), is the largest data centre provider in Hong Kong. The company provides carrier and cloud-neutral data centre services.
History
The company was established and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange via Growth Enterprise Market in 2000 with its IPO price of HK$10.38 per share. The international placing and public offer of the shares subscription were 55 and 217 times oversubscribed respectively. The company transferred its listing to the Main Board in 2018 as the data centre business continued to grow.
Business
iAdvantage data centre services.
Super e-Technology focuses on satellite distribution networks, fibre-optic cable and surveillance systems.
Super e-Network specializes in "intelligent-building networks".
Data Centres
MEGA Plus - A purpose-built high-tier greenfield data centre. This flagship data centre with 474,000 square feet gross data centre space is built on a dedicated land lot in Tseung Kwan O for high-tier data centre development.
MEGA-i - Located on Hong Kong Island, a purpose-built carrier and cloud neutral data centre with over 200 telco carriers, ISPs and other types of service providers. It is one of the largest high-tier Internet Service Centre buildings in the world with 350,000 square feet gross data centre space.
MEGA Two - Located in Fo Tan, a data centre converted from industrial building with high-tier data centre standard offering 520,000 square feet gross data centre space.
ONE - A data centre with 20,000 square feet gross data centre space located in Kwun Tong
JUMBO - A data centre with 120,000 square feet gross data centre space located in Tsuen Wan
Further to data centre land acquired in Tseung Kwan O (Tseung Kwan O Town Lot no. 131 - the largest data centre site designated by Hong Kong Government) and Tsuen Wan (Tsuen Wan Town Lot No. 428), new data centres would be upcoming with Gross Floor Area (GFA) of over 1.2 million square feet.
References
Internet technology companies of China
Internet properties established in 2000
2000 establishments in China
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Hong Kong brands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware%20vSphere | VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform.
It includes an updated vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another.
Releases
On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support for RHEL 6, RHEL 5.6, SLES 11 SP1 for VMware, Ubuntu 10.10, and Solaris 10 Update 9.
On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere.
On August 27, 2012, VMware released vSphere 5.1. This extended vSphere to include VMware vSphere Storage Appliance, vSphere Data Protection, vSphere Replication and vShield Endpoint.
In May 2014 SAP and VMware announced the availability of SAP HANA for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5.
On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements.
On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features.
On April 17, 2018, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 focusing on simple and efficient management at scale, further improved security features, a universal application platform, and seamless hybrid cloud experience.
On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0.
On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1.
On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2.
On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.
See also
vCenter is the centralized management utility
VMware ESX/ESXi, the hypervisor operating system component
VMware VMFS, the VMware file system component
Reference list
External links
VMware Infrastructure product page - VMware, Inc.
vSphere
Virtualization software
Proprietary software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarkLogic%20Server | MarkLogic Server is a document-oriented database developed by MarkLogic. It is a NoSQL multi-model database that evolved from an XML database to natively store JSON documents and RDF triples, the data model for semantics. MarkLogic is designed to be a data hub for operational and analytical data.
History
MarkLogic Server was built to address shortcomings with existing search and data products. The product first focused on using XML as the document markup standard and XQuery as the query standard for accessing collections of documents up to hundreds of terabytes in size.
Currently the MarkLogic platform is widely used in publishing, government, finance and other sectors. MarkLogic's customers are mostly Global 2000 companies.
Technology
MarkLogic uses documents without upfront schemas to maintain a flexible data model. In addition to having a flexible data model, MarkLogic uses a distributed, scale-out architecture that can handle hundreds of billions of documents and hundreds of terabytes of data. It has received Common Criteria certification, and has high availability and disaster recovery. MarkLogic is designed to run on-premises and within public or private cloud environments like Amazon Web Services.
Features
Indexing
MarkLogic indexes the content and structure of documents including words, phrases, relationships, and values in over 200 languages with tokenization, collation, and stemming for core languages. Functionality includes the ability to toggle range indexes, geospatial indexes, the RDF triple index, and reverse indexes on or off based on your data, the kinds of queries that you will run, and your desired performance.
Full-text search
MarkLogic supports search across its data and metadata using a word or phrase and incorporates Boolean logic, stemming, wildcards, case sensitivity, punctuation sensitivity, diacritic sensitivity, and search term weighting. Data can be searched using JavaScript, XQuery, SPARQL, and SQL.
Semantics
MarkLogic uses RDF triples to provide semantics for ease of storing metadata and querying.
ACID
Unlike other NoSQL databases, MarkLogic maintains ACID consistency for transactions.
Replication
MarkLogic provides high availability with replica sets.
Scalability
MarkLogic scales horizontally using sharding.
MarkLogic can run over multiple servers, balancing the load or replicating data to keep the system up and running in the event of hardware failure.
Security
MarkLogic has built in security features such as element-level permissions and data redaction.
Optic API for Relational Operations
An API that lets developers view their data as documents, graphs or rows.
Security
MarkLogic provides redaction, encryption, and element-level security (allowing for control on read and write rights on parts of a document).
Applications
Banking
Big Data
Fraud prevention
Insurance Claims Management and Underwriting
Master data management
Recommendation engines
Licensing
MarkLogic is available under |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20call%20generator | Test call generators (TCGs) are revenue assurance software that replicates events on a telecoms network to identify potential revenue leakage and to help achieve regulatory compliance.
References
Revenue assurance
Quality
Telecommunications economics |
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