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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QOOP | QOOP was a web services company founded in Mill Valley, California in 2005. They ran the website QOOP.com, which was presented as a 'social commerce network' for authors, artists, media archives and publishers.
QOOP.com
The company and website closed down permanently in 2012.
This website provided tools for uploading documents and images, compiling them into calendars, books and other products, and printing the result. In addition to printing, users could use QOOP to create a store with listings of their digital content that they could share to friends and networks online.
Partners and services
QOOP had grown through partnerships with sites for creators that allow them to quickly take their favorite works and turn them into cards, posters, and the like. For instance they had an early partnership with Flickr, and later developed a Facebook app, to make it easy to print and ship photos from those sites.
QOOP also provided on-demand publishing services, and had partnered with publishers such as CK-12 Foundation, Stanford University Press, and PLoS (Public Library of Science) to provide printing of textbooks and compendiums.
External links
An early review by Kottke on using QOOP to print his Flickr photos
Press release about the website, March 2009
References
American printers
Defunct websites
Defunct companies based in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram-train%20de%20l%27ouest%20lyonnais | The tram-train de l'ouest lyonnais (in English, Western Lyon tram-train) is a tram-train network in the urban area of Lyon in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with two lines departing from Lyon-Saint-Paul station. This network is managed as a part of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional train system and it is operated by SNCF Voyageurs.
Both two tram-train lines offers a connection with Lyon Metro Line D at Lyon Gorge de Loup.
Project
The project consists of the creation of three tram-train lines departing from Lyon Saint-Paul to Sain-Bel, Brignais and Lozanne, with the aim to improve the traffic between these railway stations.
Some rail lines have been doubled, platforms rebuilt, and stations modernised. The total cost of the project is around €150·2m.
While the lines to Sain-Bel and Brignais were opened in 2012, the third line to Lozanne is still planned but postponed. Currently, classic TER trains runs from to , connecting with the tram-train line from Lyon Saint-Paul to Sain-Bel.
Lines
Lyon Saint-Paul - Sain-Bel
The line from Lyon Saint-Paul to started running on 22 September 2012.
Lyon Saint-Paul - Brignais
The line from Lyon Saint-Paul to started running on 8 December 2012.
Gallery
See also
Nantes tram-train
Lyon tramway
Transport in Rhône-Alpes
References
5th arrondissement of Lyon
Rapid transit in Lyon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teixeiranthus | Teixeiranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. , the Global Compositae Database accepted only one species, Teixeiranthus foliosus, endemic to north-east Brazil.
Teixeiranthus pohlii is accepted as Ageratum pohlii.
References
Eupatorieae
Endemic flora of Brazil
Monotypic Asteraceae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamkant%20Navathe | Shamkant B. Navathe is a noted researcher in the field of databases with more than 150 publications on different topics in the area of databases.
He is a professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology and founded the Research Group in Database Systems at the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology (popularly called Georgia Tech). He has been at Georgia Tech since 1990. He has been teaching in the database area since 1975 and his textbook Fundamentals of Database Systems (with Ramez Elmasri, published by Pearson, Seventh Edition, 2015) has been a leading textbook in the database area worldwide for the last 19 years. It is now in its seventh edition and is used as a standard textbook in India, Europe, South America, Australia and South-east Asia. The book has been translated into Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Greek, and in Arabic. His research is in the area of bioinformatics Navathe is working in advisory roles with Indian companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Persistent Systems. He is also consultant for companies in information systems and software products design area and is an independent director of GTL Limited, a Mumbai-based telecommunications company.
Education
Navathe completed his S.S.C. from Modern High School, Pune in 1961 and F.Y.Bsc (Inter Science) in 1963 and at B.Sc. (Physics) in 1965. He obtained his B.E. degree in Electrical Communications Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, where he was a gold medalist. Navathe came to the U.S. in fall of 1969. He was working as a system engineer for IBM and Electronic Data Systems in Calcutta when he left India. He received an M.S. degree in Computer and Information Science in 1970 from Ohio State University. He then received a Ph.D. from University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering in 1976. His doctoral thesis was on "A Methodology for Generalized Database Restructuring".
Career
Navathe taught as an assistant professor in the Computer Applications and Information Systems Department at the Graduate School of Business Administration New York University and at the Computer and Information Sciences Department at University of Florida before joining Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. He has been a professor at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech since 1990 and is a faculty Member in the Bioengineering, Bioinformatics and the Health Sciences Institute programs at Georgia Tech.
He was the program co-chair at the 1985 ACM Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group on Management of Data, Austin, Texas, and also at the PARBASE 1990 First International Conference on Databases, Parallel Architectures and their Applications, Miami, Florida, March 6–9, 1990, IEEE Computer Society. He was the general chairman at the IFIP WG 2.6 Working Conference on Database Application Semantics (DS-6), Stone Mountain, Georgia, May 31-June 2. He was the conference chair at VLDB 1996 Ve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20College%20Eagles%20sports%20radio%20networks | Boston College Eagles radio networks are American broadcast radio networks heard in the 6 New England states on 15 stations (10 A.M., 5 F.M.). The current sports teams that have radio networks are the men's basketball, hockey and football teams. The network is produced through Learfield. The football play-by-play announcer is Jon Meterparel and the analyst is Peter Cronan. The basketball play-by-play announcer is Josh Maurer and the analyst is Danya Abrams. The main baseball play-by-play announcer is Joe Weil and the analyst is Kevin Collins.
Current radio affiliates
Former affiliates (3 stations)
WARL/1320: Attleboro, Massachusetts (2006 & 2009)
WCRN/830: Worcester, Massachusetts (2010)
WTSA/1450: Brattleboro, Vermont (2009)
References
Boston College Eagles
College football on the radio
College basketball on the radio in the United States
Sports radio networks in the United States
Learfield IMG College sports radio networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotbox%20%28TV%20series%29 | Hotbox was a Canadian absurdist sketch comedy television show on The Comedy Network. It starred Pat Thornton, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Levi MacDougall, Jeff McEnery, Vivieno Caldinelli and Tal Zimerman, and was a spinoff of the online sitcom The Owl and the Man. Some notable guest appearances on the show included comics Jon Dore, Colin Mochrie and Seán Cullen. The title "Hot Box" relates to the show's frame story, which starts in each episode's opening sequence, which depicts a box which falls from space, and is discovered by scientists. Throughout the episode, the scientists then perform disastrous experiments involving the box, which contains screens displaying the show's sketches. These sketches include cartoons, commercial parodies, puppets, and fake movie trailers.
Sketches
Brian Dennehy convention, numerous commercials for a fictional "official unofficial Brian Dennehy convention" taking place at the Hamilton Convention Centre. Other "events", for example, "The 22nd Annual Festival of Whips Convention for 1987", have been advertised at the Hamilton Convention Center as well.
Brad Piss, a salesman (Thornton) who pitches new products in low-quality, self-produced, television commercials. For example, in episode 12, Brad Piss advertises Fripps: "The delicious taste of potato chips... and then you put them in a fryer".
Cthulhu and Jim, a sitcom about an ordinary man, Jim, who works at a video rental store with Cthulhu.
Dinner in Space, in which "Willie Montenegro" (Thornton) interviews guests (see above) about various real or made-up projects they have worked on.
Dinosaur Man, a children's television program in which a man (not dressed as a dinosaur) (Thornton) entertains a live audience of children by simply putting the word "Dinosaur" into normal conversation.
French Toast Hawk, a series of animated commercials from the fictional French Toast Board of Ontario, in which a hawk attacks people and steals their French toast.
Howdy Do That!, a live how-to show in which something always goes wrong.
Lobsterman, a superhero (Thornton) with a poorly disguised secret identity.
Press Conference Bear, in which a bear who is an author takes questions from a hostile, sensationalistic journalist.
The Owl and the Man, a sitcom about an insomniac and his friend, who is an owl.
Rage Rabbit, about an irritable, Hulk-like cartoon rabbit superhero.
RoboCop, which depicts the filming of various commercials which star RoboCop, who reacts violently to comments from the other actors.
Sand Advice, in which personified sand (Thornton) provides an anecdote.
Video Game Footage, many episodes feature a series of sketches depicting a fictitious video game in the style of 1980s arcade games. The game is 'played out' over three different levels and has many of the characteristics of old arcade-style games: poor quality, heavily pixellated, low color depth graphics, monotonous and repetitive sounds, etc. Examples of games featured include the following: "Paint Me Cat", "Rappin' |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20on%20Earth | Lost on Earth is an American sitcom starring Tim Conlon. The series premiered January 4, 1997 on the USA Network. It centers on a group of aliens who took the form of puppets after catching broadcasts of The Muppet Show and a reporter who's forced to work with them on a TV series.
Plot
KTEE-TV television reporter David Rudy (Tim Conlon) has just suffered an on-air gaffe that could cost him his job. Rather than be fired, Rudy accepts a demotion from his boss, George Greckin (Paul Gleason), by agreeing to host a children's puppet show. Rudy quickly discovers that the puppets are not props, but are real aliens that became stranded on Earth while exploring the universe. Rudy is also dating the boss's daughter Sherry (Stacy Galina).
Cast
Tim Conlon as David Rudy - David is a mild-mannered reporter who grew up in an orphanage. Since h has no family safety net, he struggles to keep his life together, and he walks a tightrope working with his girlfriend.
Stacy Galina as Sherry Greckin - Sherry is the station's business manager, and she's wound a little too tight. She's the girlfriend of David and the daughter of station owner George.
Victor Togunde as Nick - Nick is a smart alec whom David befriended at the bar. The two frequently bond over drinks, and (in the unaired episodes) Nick ultimately learns the secret of David's puppets.
Paul Gleason as George Greckin - George is the blowhard station owner, and father of Sherry.
Aliens
Terri Hardin/Kristin Charney as Angela - Angela is the only female of the group, and she's horny for David.
Kevin Carlson as Ahab - Ahab is a gruff, armless weirdo who's quick with the quips.
Peter McCowatt/Greg Ballora as Philippe - Philippe is the leader of the aliens.
Sandey Grinn as Bram - Bram is a sadsack who's in love with Angela.
Drew Massey as Reliegh - Raleigh is the most humanistic alien of the crew.
Carl J. Johnson as Cubby - Cubby is a giant pig-like creature.
Episodes
Reception
Steven Linan of the Los Angeles Times called the series "mirthless" and "a lost cause". Linan also stated that the show is "too silly for adults and too coarse for kids". John Levesque of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer did not find the series funny, and said that the scripts were "unimaginative" and "unprofessional". Claude Brooks of The Palm Beach Post said the series "isn't that bad", however "the puppets are funnier than the humans". Brooks referred to the series as essentially "3rd Rock from the Sun meets The Muppet Show".
References
External links
1990s American sitcoms
1997 American television series debuts
1997 American television series endings
1990s American comic science fiction television series
English-language television shows
USA Network original programming
American television shows featuring puppetry |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20in%20Canadian%20television | This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2001.
Events
Debuts
Ending this year
Changes of network affiliation
Television shows
1950s
Country Canada (1954–2007)
Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present, sports telecast)
The National (1954–present, news program)
1960s
CTV National News (1961–present)
Land and Sea (1964–present)
The Nature of Things (1960–present)
Question Period (1967–present, news program)
W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)
1970s
Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
the fifth estate (1975–present)
Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)
1980s
CityLine (1987–present, news program)
Fashion File (1989–2009)
Just For Laughs (1988–present)
On the Road Again (1987–2007)
Venture (1985–2007)
1990s
CBC News Morning (1999–present)
Cold Squad (1998–2005)
Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2005)
Daily Planet (1995–present)
eTalk (1995–present, entertainment newsmagazine program)
Life and Times (1996–2007)
Mona the Vampire (1999–2006, children's animated series)
The Passionate Eye (1993–present)
The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2008, comedy sketch series)
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1992–present)
Witness (1992–2004)
Yvon of the Yukon (1999–2005, children's animated series)
2000s
Andromeda (2000–2005, Canadian/American co-production)
TV movies
Honour Before Glory
Scorn
Networks and services
Network launches
Television stations
Debuts
Network affiliation changes
See also
2001 in Canada
List of Canadian films of 2001
References
External links
List of 2001 Canadian television series at IMDb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burelage | Burelage (), also burelé, is a French term referring to an intricate network of fine lines, dots or other designs printed over or as the background of some postage or revenue stamps to prevent counterfeiting. In English the word is sometimes spelled with an accent on the first "e" as burélage, although the accent does not appear in the French spelling and its origin is unclear. Burelage most commonly appears as a form of underprinting.
Early uses of burelage on postage stamps include the first issue of the stamps of Denmark from 1851, and stamps issued by the City of Hanover beginning in 1855. Stamp varieties may be distinguished in catalogs based on the presence or absence of burelage as well as variations in the burelage itself, such as the size of network, orientation on the stamp, color, or method of printing.
Although burelage is usually unobtrusive, some of the Mexico Exporta stamps (see below) had burelage printed over the stamp which is dark enough to obscure the stamp image.
Examples of burelage
See also
Grill (philately)
Security paper
Stamp design
References
Philatelic terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparata | Preparata may refer to:
Preparata code, a non-linear double-error-correcting code
Franco P. Preparata, Italian computer scientist
Giuliano Preparata (1942–2000), Italian physicist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Film%20Promotion | European Film Promotion (EFP) is an international promotion organisation and a unique network of 38 national film promotion institutes who represent films and talent from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, the members team up on initiatives to promote the diversity and the spirit of European cinema and talent at key international film festivals and markets.
Activities
EFP's joint promotional strategies including artistic and business-oriented platforms with a focus on three main areas: Promotion of Films & Talent, Access to International Markets, and Film Sales Support outside of Europe.
EFP has developed innovative programmes and initiatives such as the well-known programmes European Shooting Stars, introducing young talented actors to the press, industry and public at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Producers on the Move, a networking event at the Cannes Film Festival to promote and link up aspiring young producers. Further programmes concentrate on films by female directors (Europe! Voices of Women in Film at Sidney Film Festival) and young talented directors (Future Frames at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) or focus on outstanding documentary productions from Europe (The Changing Face of Europe at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto).
EFP organises and operates Europe! Umbrellas to establish a joint European presence and visibility in key international markets outside of Europe, and it also backs marketing campaigns for European films to countries outside of Europe via Film Sales Support.
National Film Promotion Institutes
The following 38 organisations from 37 European countries are members of EFP:
History
Its predecessor was the European distribution organisation European Film Distribution Office (EFDO) which had been established by Dieter Kosslick and others in Hamburg in 1988 as a pilot project of the European MEDIA I funding programme. The concept of a network was taken up and further developed by the initial ten members of the European Film Promotion association when it was founded in 1997. The network's President is Martin Martin Schweighofer (Austrian Film Commission) and Sonja Heinen took over the responsibility for its management from her predecessor and EFP co-founder Renate Rose in 2017.
Partners
EFP is financially supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and by its member organisations. The Hamburg-based office is backed by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg.
References
External links
www.efp-online.com Official Website
Film organisations in Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrad%20%28magazine%29 | Elrad – Magazin für Elektronik und technische Rechneranwendung (Magazine for electronics and technical applied computing) was a popular German computer magazine for a semi-professional audience, published by the Heinz Heise publishing house in Hannover from November 1977 to June 1997.
In 1983, one of elrads supplements, computing today, was separated into an own publication, the now popular magazine c't. In 1992, elrad swallowed the German magazine Der Elektroniker which then ceased to exist as a separate entity.
The name rights and subscription base were sold to Bruchmann publishers in 1997 who continued to publish the magazine from July 1997 until their bankruptcy in 1998. The last issue under new ownership was published in August 1998. In 2005 Heise published an archive DVD with facsimiles of all issues published under its ownership.
References
1977 establishments in West Germany
1997 disestablishments in Germany
Defunct computer magazines
Defunct magazines published in Germany
Computer magazines published in Germany
German-language magazines
Monthly magazines published in Germany
Hobby electronics magazines
Magazines established in 1977
Magazines disestablished in 1997
Mass media in Hanover |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish%20Board%20for%20Computing%20Machinery | The Swedish Board for Computing Machinery (, MMN) was a Swedish government agency which built Sweden's first computers: BARK and BESK.
A governmental study into the need for computing machinery in Sweden had been conducted in 1947 by initiative of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Naval Procurement Agency. The study recommended the immediate purchase of computing machinery from the United States and a budget of 2 million SEK was allocated for the purpose.
The Swedish Board for Computing Machinery was established on November 26, 1948, to handle the purchase. The Academy of Engineering Sciences had initiated some activities already in 1947 by sending five young engineers and scientists to research groups in the United States to study the ongoing activities. Two were sent to John von Neumann at Princeton, two to Howard H. Aiken at Harvard, and one to IBM.
When it turned out that it would not be possible for Sweden to get export licences for US-built computers, the activities of MMN quickly changed into constructing rather than importing computing machinery. The relay-based BARK, operational in 1950, was built as an interim measure. This was followed by the vacuum tube-based BESK, operational in 1954, which for a short time was the fastest computer in the world.
In 1963, MMN was closed down. At that time, the Swedish government felt that there was no need for further computer development by a government agency, as computers were now an industrial product. MMN had never received funds to launch developments of a new generation of transistor-based computers, so when they were closed down, they were no longer in the forefront of computer development. Some years before, FACIT had recruited many key employees from MMN to its new division for electronic computers. FACIT EDB that were completed in 1957 was essentially a transistor-based version of BESK.
References
Defunct government agencies of Sweden
Science and technology in Sweden
History of computing hardware
1948 establishments in Sweden
1963 disestablishments in Sweden
Information technology in Sweden |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch%20Processing%20System | The Launch Processing System (LPS) is an automated, computer-controlled system at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) which oversees and coordinates the processing and checkout of systems and components for the Space Shuttle launch vehicle and its payloads. The LPS automatically performs tests on much of the vehicle components as they are being readied for launch, and alerts operators if any anomalies are detected. The LPS also manages the launch countdown events, culminating in a successful launch.
Function
Early in the design of the Space Shuttle program, the expected launch rate was 12 flights per year. The LPS was designed to oversee and manage the parallel processing of multiple orbiters and their subsystems in order to meet this launch schedule. The LPS tracks and manages all components of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle from the time the individual components arrive at KSC, through checkout, integration, testing, installation, and finally culminating in a launch.
Any time a component is functioning, sensors within the component relay data on its performance back to the LPS, which checks these results against the expected normal conditions. If the result is unsatisfactory, the LPS then alerts an operator and provides data as to the nature of the component's performance, so that any fault may be isolated and resolved.
Because the LPS monitors thousands of individual parameters on the Shuttle and support equipment, the number of personnel required in the firing room is less than half of the 450 engineers required for an Apollo program launch.
Components
The LPS is composed of three major subsystems: the Checkout, Control and Monitor Subsystem (CCMS), the Central Data Subsystem (CDS), and the Record and Playback Subsystem (RPS).
Checkout, Control and Monitor Subsystem
The Checkout, Control and Monitor Subsystem (CCMS) controls the actual processing and launch of the Space Shuttle. This subsystem consists of the staffed consoles in the firing room, as well as minicomputers, and data transmission and recording systems, which monitor the pre-launch performance of all electrical and mechanical systems on board the Shuttle vehicle. The various systems being monitored are managed from operator-controlled consoles, which are clustered together based on the type of systems. The LPS master console in the firing room links the CCMS with the other subsystems of the LPS.
Central Data Subsystem
The Central Data Subsystem (CDS) consists of a cluster of high-end minicomputers which store vital data such as vehicle test and performance data, test procedures, historical data, etc. There are two primary interfaces into the CDS. The first is a real-time interface with the CCMS. The second is a video simulation interface which allows testing of firing room systems without the need to have a vehicle present.
The CDS originally consisted of two mainframe computers. It was upgraded in 1999 to its current clustered state, and was renamed the Shuttle Data Center (S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20Billboard%20Top%20Latin%20Albums%20from%20the%201990s | The Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, Internet sales (both physical and digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States.
During the 1990s, there were 36 number-one albums in this chart, which was first published on July 10, 1993. One album peaked at number one in the first year of publication: Mi Tierra, by Cuban singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan. The album also peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It won the Best Traditional Tropical Album award at the Grammy Awards of 1994. Mi Tierra spent 25 weeks at number one in 1993 and 33 weeks at this position in 1994. Segundo Romance by Mexican singer Luis Miguel also peaked at number one; this album was at the top for 29 consecutive weeks, starting in late 1994. It won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1995, defeating albums from singers Cristian Castro, Plácido Domingo, Juan Gabriel and Tejano music group La Mafia; the latter also peaked at number one in March 1995 with their live album Éxitos En Vivo.
Five albums by Tex-Mex music performer Selena reached number one on the chart; her album Amor Prohibido was number one during four separate stretches, including a 16-week stay at the top that started three weeks after her death. After this stretch, it was replaced by her first English-language album titled Dreaming of You, which also debuted at number one in the Billboard 200, making Selena the first Hispanic singer to debut at the top of this chart and the second-highest debut of the year after Michael Jackson's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. On its release date, the album sold over 175,000 copies, a record for a female pop singer, and sold two million copies in its first year. This album became the first to peak at number one in three calendar years (1995–1997). Three best-of collections by the singer, entitled Siempre Selena, Anthology and All My Hits - Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 1 also topped the chart. The self-titled debut album by Enrique Iglesias was atop the chart for 11 weeks and won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the 39th Grammy Awards. Two albums related to the song "Macarena" hit the top spot of the chart: Macarena Non Stop by Los del Río, which spent four non-consecutive weeks at number-one, starting on August 3, 1996, and Macarena Mix, a compilation album with music by Sandalo, Manolos, El Lupe and The Sacados, which spent nine weeks at number-one from September 21 through November 16, 1996.
Tango by Julio Iglesias, the last number-one album of 1996, spent 10 weeks at the top of the chart and became the best-selling Latin album of 1997. Romances by Luis Miguel won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, debuted |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20Link | Channel-Link (C-Link) by National Semiconductor is a high-speed interface for cost-effectively transferring data at rates from 250 megabits/second to 6.4 gigabits/second over backplanes or cables. National Semiconductor introduced the first Channel-Link chipsets in the late 1990s to provide an alternative to continually widening data buses to get higher throughput.
Channel-Link uses LVDS, and comes in configurations with three, four, or eight parallel data transfer lanes plus the source-synchronized clock for each configuration. In cable applications, it uses one twisted pair in order to transmit a clock signal, and on the remaining differential pairs it transmits digital data at a bit rate that is seven times the frequency of the clock signal. The backplane applications work the same way except for using differential traces instead of twisted pairs.
The three Channel-Link chipset configurations provide varying user interfaces. For example, the three-lane chipset has 21 single-ended inputs and outputs for the user interface, and the four-lane chipset has 28 single-ended inputs and outputs. The eight-lane chipset has 48 single ended inputs and outputs because it uses one of the 7 serialized bits/lane to DC-balance the other six bits.
System applications
Camera Link is the biggest application for Channel-Link in 2009. It uses the 28-bit Channel-Link version and specifies for a clock rate up to 85 MHz for a total throughput of 2.38 Gbit/s. It also has a provision for placing 3 chipsets in parallel for a total throughput over 7 Gbit/s.
Telecommunication access-aggregator equipment is another popular Channel-Link application. For example, second generation (2G) and 2.5G mobile phone base stations use Channel-Link to transfer data between radio cards and baseband processing cards. It also provides for the equivalent data transfers in DSL and multiservice access multiplexors.
Multi-function printers are another major application for Channel-Link. It transfers the data over cables between the modules inside the printers. For example, the scanner module sends image data streams to the processing engine module.
Because Channel-Link is a general-purpose data pipe with no overhead for protocol or encoding, there are many more system applications for this data transfer technology.
See also
Camera Link
External links
Channel-Link I Design Guide
Channel-Link II Design Guide
Channel-Link PCB and Interconnect Design-in Guidelines
Interfacing Channel-Link to a Multi-function Printer AFE
Data transmission |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20Neutron%20Monitor%20Database | The Real-time Neutron Monitor Database (or NMDB) is a worldwide network of standardized neutron monitors, used to record variations of the primary cosmic rays. The measurements complement space-based cosmic ray measurements.
Unlike data from satellite experiments, neutron monitor data has never been available in high resolution from many stations in real-time. The data is often only available from the individual stations website, in varying formats, and not in real-time. To overcome this deficit, the European Commission is supporting the Real-time Neutron Monitor Database (NMDB) as an e-Infrastructures project in the Seventh Framework Programme in the Capacities section. Stations that do not have 1-minute resolution will be supported by the development of an affordable standard registration system that will submit the measurements to the database via the internet in real-time. This resolves the problem of different data formats and for the first time allows to use real-time cosmic ray measurements for space weather predictions (Steigies, Klein et al.)
Besides creating a database and developing applications working with this data, a part of the project is dedicated to create a public outreach website to inform about cosmic rays and possible effects on humans, technological systems, and the environment (Mavromichalaki et al.)
See also
Altitude SEE Test European Platform (ASTEP)
References
External links
NMDB Homepage
Cosmic-ray experiments
Real-time technology
Astronomical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Irving | Francis Irving is a British computer programmer, activist for freedom of information and former CEO of ScraperWiki.
Francis Irving developed TortoiseCVS.
He co-founded Public Whip with Julian Todd and became a developer of the affiliated TheyWorkForYou website, a project which parses raw Hansard data to track how members vote in the UK Parliament. Initially risking prosecution for re-using the raw data which was under Crown copyright, the developers of Public Whip were later successful in getting permission to use it. In 2004, Public Whip was recognised in the New Media awards. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph rated TheyWorkforYou 41st in a list of the 101 most useful websites. Irving together with Matthew Somerville wrote the code for FixMyStreet.
Irving was also a senior developer of PledgeBank. He collaborated again with Julian Todd to create 'The Straight Choice', a website (later renamed 'Election Leaflets') that archives election leaflets.
He was the Campaign Director of the Save Parliament campaign which opposed the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill.
He was one of two people to suggest the winning idea of a site through which Freedom of Information Act requests could be made in a mySociety competition for ideas for public interest websites to build. He was later to become the main developer of the site which was called WhatDoTheyKnow. Francis has won seven New Statesman awards for websites he has worked on.
References
British computer programmers
Living people
MySociety
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naymz | Naymz.com was a professional social networking platform that allowed users to network with other professionals and manage their online reputation.
In October 2010, Naymz claimed to have 1.8 million members.
As of December 2017, Naymz has been shut down by the owners.
History
Naymz was founded by Nolan Bayliss, Tony Czupryna, and Tom Drugan in January 2006. The three founders previously worked at and met at the online travel company Orbitz in Chicago. Naymz launched to the public in June, 2006.
Importance
Naymz was one of the first Web 2.0 sites to provide utilities for Online Reputation Management (ORM) services. Other sites providing similar services include ClaimID, ReputationDefender, and LinkedIn.
In September 2007, Naymz added social networking to its platform and a proprietary Reputation Scoring system called RepScore.
Naymz has appeared in print and digital news articles in leading media outlets, including USA Today, ABC News, NPR, Wall St. Journal, and Washington Post.
References
External links
Official Naymz website
MASTERS OF REPUTATION
Internet properties established in 2006
American social networking websites
Defunct social networking services
Professional networks
Reputation management |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Law%20Enforcement%20System | The National Law Enforcement System, better known as the Wanganui Computer, was a database set up in 1976 by the State Services Commission in Wanganui, New Zealand. It held information which could be accessed by New Zealand Police, Land Transport Safety Authority and the justice department.
The Wanganui computer was a Sperry mainframe computer built to hold records such as criminal convictions and car and gun licences. At the time it was deemed ground-breaking, with Minister of Police, Allan McCready, describing it as "probably the most significant crime-fighting weapon ever brought to bear against lawlessness in this country".
Seen by many as a Big Brother initiative, the database was controversial, attracting numerous protests from libertarians with concerns over privacy. The most notable event was in 1982, when self-described anarchist punk Neil Roberts, aged 22, detonated a home-made gelignite bomb upon his person at the gates of the centre, making him New Zealand's highest-profile suicide bomber. The blast was large enough to be heard around Wanganui, and Roberts was killed instantly, being later identified by his unique chest tattoo bearing the words "This punk won't see 23. No future."
The centre survived this and other protests until the 1990s when the operation was transferred to Auckland, although this new system has retained its Wanganui moniker. The original database, having lasted 30 years and growing increasingly outdated, was finally shut down in June 2005, with the responsibility being successfully handed over to Auckland at the National Intelligence Application (also known as NIA).
The building, known as 'Wairere House' was later occupied by the National Library of New Zealand and contained newspaper archives.
See also
INCIS
References
Law enforcement in New Zealand
2005 disestablishments in New Zealand
Computer systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s%20Heritage | Man's Heritage is an early American television series which aired in NTA Film Network syndication in the 1950s. It was a religious program featuring prolific American actor Raymond Massey. Few details about this little-noted series have been recorded. According to McNeil (1996), the series aired during 1956 and was 30 minutes long. However, a 10-minute-long program named Man's Heritage aired during Autumn 1954. In each episode, Mr. Massey would narrate stories from the Bible. The series also aired in parts of Canada.
References
External links
1950s American television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20workforce | Global workforce refers to the international labor pool of workers, including those employed by multinational companies and connected through a global system of networking and production, foreign workers, transient migrant workers, remote workers, those in export-oriented employment, contingent workforce or other precarious work. As of 2012, the global labor pool consisted of approximately 3 billion workers, around 200 million unemployed.
Structure of global labour
New international division of labor
The global workforce, or international labor pool, reflects a new international division of labor that has been emerging since the late 1970s in the wake of other forces of globalization. The global economic factors driving the rise of multinational corporations—namely, cross-border movement of goods, services, technology and capital—are changing ways of thinking about labor and the structure of today's workforce. With roots in the social processes surrounding the shift to standardization and industrialization, post-industrial society in the Western world has been accompanied by industrialization in other parts of the world, particularly in Asia. As industrialization takes hold worldwide and more cultures move away from traditional practices in respect to work and labor, the ways in which employers think about and utilize labor are changing. Usually, barriers come into play such as different laws.
Labor supply
The global supply of labor almost doubled in absolute numbers between the 1980s and early 2000s, with half of that growth coming from Asia. At the same time, the rate at which new workers entered the workforce in the Western world began to decline. The growing pool of global labor is accessed by employers in more advanced economies through various methods, including imports of goods, offshoring of production, and immigration. Global labor arbitrage, the practice of accessing the lowest-cost workers from all parts of the world, is partly a result of this enormous growth in the workforce. While most of the absolute increase in this global labor supply consisted of less-educated workers (those without higher education), the relative supply of workers with higher education increased by about 50 percent during the same period. From 1980 to 2010, the global workforce grew from 1.2 to 2.9 billion people. According to a 2012 report by the McKinsey Global Institute, this was caused mostly by developing nations, where there was a "farm to factory" transition. Non-farming jobs grew from 54 percent in 1980 to almost 73 percent in 2010. This industrialization took an estimated 620 million people out of poverty and contributed to the economic development of China, India and others. The Institute estimates that increased exports in developing countries contribute to one-fifth of non-farm jobs in those nations and that immigrants from developing countries contributed to 40 percent of the workforce in advanced ones. By 2008 foreign-born workers account |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignment%3A%20Underwater | Assignment: Underwater is an American adventure television series which aired in NTA Film Network syndication from 1960 to 1961.
Overview
The series stars prolific B-movie actor Bill Williams and Diane Mountford. Williams played Bill Greer, the skipper aboard a charter boat named The Lively Lady. Mountford played his daughter, Patty.
The series was written and produced by Frank De Felitta for Liberty Enterprises and National Telefilm Associates.
Episodes
See also
References
External links
1960 American television series debuts
1961 American television series endings
American adventure television series
1960s American drama television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Television series by CBS Studios |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s%20Perfect%20Couple | Australia's Perfect Couple (formerly known as Here Come the Newlyweds and For Richer or Poorer during production) was an Australian reality television series which aired on the Nine Network. The series was hosted by Jules Lund, and premiered on 22 July 2009 at . The series ran for six episodes,
Format
Australia's Perfect Couple featured eight newlywed couples brought together under the one roof. Knowledge of each other is put to the test in a competition where their devotion to their partner overshadows their need to win $210,000 in prize money. The winner was Gemma and Raf, beating foster parents Robbie and Dan.
Episodes
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Nine Network original programming
2000s Australian reality television series
2009 Australian television series debuts
2009 Australian television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Good%20News%20Week%20episodes | Below is the list of episodes for the Australian satirical news program Good News Week. The show aired originally from 1996 to 1998 on the ABC before switching to Network Ten (1999–2000, 2008–2012). Originally, episodes were 30 minutes in length (without advertisements) but have extended to approximately 65 minutes (including advertisements).
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1996)
Names shown in bold are the team captain for the episode, where different from the regular captain. Julie McCrossin became permanent captain for team two from episode 14 onwards.
Season 2 (1997)
Season 3 (1998)
Names shown in bold are the team captain for the episode, where different from the regular captain.
Season 4 (1999)
Season 5 (2000)
Season 6 (2008)
Some sources cite the episodes dated 13 October 2008 and later as Season 2, due to it being named as such when it was made available on iTunes.
Season 7 (2009)
Season 8 (2010)
Season 9 (2011)
See also
List of Good News Week spin-off series episodes
References
"GNW Episode Guide" (1998). Retrieved 21 July 2009.
"Good News Week Episodes" (2009). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
"Good News Week Episode List" (2009). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
"GNW TV Fans Episode Guide" (2009). Retrieved 6 November 2009.
Criticism of journalism
Lists of Australian non-fiction television series episodes
Lists of Australian comedy television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCookPlus | TrueCookPlus was a microwave oven operating system developed and patented by Microwave Science JV LLC. TrueCookPlus is endorsed by the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association on behalf of over 1300 US frozen food industry member companies.
As of 2019, the website with all the TrueCookPlus codes, TrueCookPlus.com, is offline.
Operation
TrueCookPlus utilizes short numeric codes to control cooking. After the user enters the code, the TrueCookPlus adjusts the cooking to conform to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service standards for food type, weight, packaging size/shape and starting state; taking into account static microwave oven variables such as wattage, cavity size, wall voltage, hot or cold oven state, elevation above sea level and standing time.
History
In 2008, the first TrueCookPlus licensed microwave ovens were launched in a limited national test market beginning at Best Buy in August, then Sears in September. During this test market phase, Consumer Reports selected the TrueCookPlus equipped Kenmore model #6633 as its #1 Top Rated mid-sized countertop microwave oven.
See also
Video recorder scheduling code
References
External links
TCP Main Page
Embedded operating systems
Microwave technology
Home appliance brands
Home appliances |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20African%20Executive | The African Executive is a weekly opinion and business magazine published by the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN), located in Nairobi, Kenya. The magazine attracts international opinion writers to comment on Africa's socio-political and economic development.
History
The magazine was established in 2005 and traces its roots to James Shikwati's weekly opinion pieces that were circulated to subscribed list of members in 2001 - 2002. The weekly circulation of this opinion pieces was changed to an IREN Kenya Newsletter (2002 - 2005) which later transformed into The African Executive Magazine that accommodates wider opinion and reviews on issues about Africa.
References
External links
The African Executive website
Inter Region Economic Network
2005 establishments in Kenya
Business magazines
Magazines published in Kenya
Magazines established in 2005
Mass media in Nairobi
Weekly magazines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imc%20FAMOS | FAMOS (short for fast analysis and monitoring of signals) is a graphical data analysis program
for image analysis, evaluating and visually displaying measurement results. The program was introduced in 1987 by the German company imc Test & Measurement GmbH (integrated measurement & control) in Berlin for Windows 3.11. According to its manufacturer, FAMOS offers high speed display and processing of data sets of any size.
Import of a wide variety of data formats
FAMOS can import data from different file formats, e.g. Excel-, Binary-, or ASCII-files. With a file assistant it is also possible to create different import filters. It is possible to present the data in different graphical ways. The information can be combined, labeled and processed.
FAMOS is able to store data in a proprietary as well as in ASCII or Excel format.
Data analysis
Imported data can be processed with a variety of mathematical operations, either manually or in automated procedures. FAMOS offers expansion modules for special operations such as electronic filters, for spectral analysis and for synchronized display of data and video sequences and for the ASAM-ODS data model. It is also possible to play data back audibly with the PC sound card.
Documentation
By means of its "Report Generator", FAMOS enables creation of documentations / lab reports consisting of a variety of dialog elements and plots as well as graphics with controls which can be automatically hidden when printing. The reports generated can be subject to post-processing using various input data, and there are templates for partially or fully automated composition of reports.
Literature (German language)
20 Jahre imc und ADDITIVE, sensor report 4/2008
FAMOS 6.0 - Mehr als nur Signalanalyse, Physik Journal 6/2008
Neue Software-Version für die Analyse von Messsignalen, ATZ 4/2008
Signalanalyse für den Messtechniker, TECHNICA 23-24/2005
Signalanalysesoftware mit neuen Funktionen, Maschinenmarkt 17/2008
Wie ein Taschenrechner, MSR Magazin 11/2002
FAMOS - Taschenrechner für die Meßtechnik, Addison-Wesley, 1997,
References
External links
- FAMOS website
- FAMOS Script for Strain Rosette calculations
Science software
Physics software
Science software for Windows
Computer-related introductions in 1987
Data analysis software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus%20variation | Focus variation is a method used to sharpen images and to measure surface irregularities by means of optics with limited depth of field.
Algorithm
The algorithm works as follows:
At first images with difference focus are captured. This is done by moving the sample or the optics in relation to each other.
Then for each position the focus over each plane is calculated
The plane with the best focus is used to get a sharp image. the corresponding depth gives the depth at this position-
Optics
Focus variation requires an optics with very little depth of field. This can be realized if a microscopy like optics and a microscope objective is used. These objectives have a high numerical aperture which gives a small depth of field.
Usage
The use of this method is for optical surface metrology and coordinate-measuring machine. This means measuring form, waviness and roughness on samples. With optimized hardware and software components a lateral resolution of 500 nm (limitation of wavelength of light) and a vertical resolution of several nm can be reached.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages:
Can be used on samples with steep flanks. This is because a ring light can be used to extend the illumination aperture
Can deliver color information
Can measure on rough surfaces
Disadvantages:
Can not be used if the surface of the sample does not give structure in the image. This means it can not be used for wafers and glass
Standardisation
The ISO committee is working on a new series of ISO standards, called the ISO 25178 series. The 6-part document describes the available methods for roughness measurement. Focus variation is one of the described methods.
See also
Roughness
Surface metrology
References
Optical metrology
Metrology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Clancy | Daniel Joseph Clancy (born January 11, 1964) is an American technologist and computer scientist. After working at NASA, he was the engineering director for Google Book Search from 2005 to early 2014. From 2014 to 2018 was Vice President of product and engineering at social networking service Nextdoor.
He became President of Twitch Interactive, the parent company of Twitch in 2019. In March 2023, Clancy became CEO of Twitch, after previous CEO Emmett Shear announced he would step down.
Life and work
Clancy received a BA in computer science and theatre from Duke University in 1985. He has a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Texas at Austin. While in school, Clancy worked at Trilogy, Xerox Webster Research center and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA
Clancy worked in different positions at NASA, first as a researcher on Integrated Health Management, autonomy, and robotics in 1998. In 2000 Clancy became chief of the Computational Sciences Division at NASA Ames Research Center. Since 2003 he served as director of the Exploration Technologies Directorate, also at Ames. The directorate supports over 700 people researching both robotic and human exploration missions. It is responsible for areas including intelligent systems, nanotechnology, entry systems and others. At NASA, Clancy participated in the team that developed the agency's plan to return men to the Moon and eventually Mars. Clancy was also head of information sciences and technology at NASA, leading teams related to artificial intelligence.
Google
In 2005, Clancy left NASA for Google, where he worked on International Search Quality, before becoming Engineering Lead for Google Book Search. There he worked on scaling the core technology that allowed Google to scan millions of books each year, as well as optimizing search rank results. While working with Google, Clancy took an active role in negotiating the Google Book Search copyright lawsuit settlement, and has been a spokesperson for Google in public statements about the settlement.
In 2008 he became Engineering Lead at Google Search Properties along with Jen Fitzpatrick, with responsibility for all of Google's search products, like Image Search, Product Search, Google News, Book Search, Google Finance or Google Video, with a continued focus on Book Search as well as Google News.
From 2010 to 2012, Clancy oversaw the Engineering and Product Lead divisions at YouTube, again focusing on search as well as infrastructure. He then became Senior Director for Research at Google, leading a variety of research teams including Sibyl, Googles massively parallel machine learning program, Human Computer Interaction, personalization and recommendations, and the Course Builder team & EdX partnership.
Nextdoor
In 2014, Clancy joined social media site Nextdoor as Vice President of product and engineering. As part of the executive team, he was responsible for leading the product, engineering and data science teams. He was Nex |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaikai | is an American company which provides technology for the streaming of high-end video games. Its technology has multiple applications, including in-home streaming over a local wired or wireless network (as in Remote Play between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita), as well as cloud-based gaming where video games are rendered on remote servers and delivered to end users via internet streaming (such as the PlayStation Now game streaming service.)
Founded and registered in Netherlands in 2008 as "Gaikai B.V.", it was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2012. As a startup, before its acquisition by Sony, the company announced many partners using the technology from 2010 through 2012 including game publishers, web portals, retailers and consumer electronics manufacturers. On July 2, 2012, Sony announced that a formal agreement had been reached to acquire the company for US$380 million with plans of establishing their own new cloud-based gaming service, as well as integrating streaming technology built by Gaikai into PlayStation products, resulting in PlayStation Now and Remote Play.
History
Gaikai was initially (pre-Sony acquisition) funded by Intel Capital, Limelight Networks, Rustic Canyon Partners, Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, NEA and Qualcomm. Its streaming service was embedded on game-related websites and microsites, social media site such as Facebook, and within specific products (such as smart mobile devices or digital TVs), as determined by the publisher. Users did not need to navigate to an online registration portal or download any software to access the games. Gaikai recommended an Internet connection of 5 Mbit/s or faster, and a 3 Mbit/s connection met the minimum system requirements. Gaikai's proprietary technology ran inside web browsers, in part, by using previously installed plug-ins such as Java or Adobe Flash, or alternately without using any plug-ins, as demonstrated at Google I/O 2012, where Gaikai showed a version of the service using the Google Native Client (NaCl). A demo video early on in the service, at GDC San Francisco 2010, showed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Spore, Mario Kart 64 and Adobe Photoshop all running in Adobe Flash player. In May 2010, Gaikai demonstrated World of Warcraft running on the iPad using its game streaming technology. Gaikai's technology officially came out of a public Beta test and launched internationally on February 27, 2011, with Dead Space 2, The Sims 3, Spore, and Mass Effect 2.
Services
Gaikai operated two business models for its cloud gaming services before the acquisition: Ad Network and Open Platform.
In the Ad Network model, at the end of the demo the customer was given the option to purchase the game or product from a local retailer, online store or direct-to-drive download service. The Ad Network included the Gaikai Affiliate Network which launched on June 2, 2011 reaching over 10 million monthly active users by late 2011. Websi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Rosen | Marc Rosen (born May 12, 1976) is an American film and television producer.
He has been an executive and producer in film and television at major studios/networks as well as independent companies for 20 years. With the recent 2-hour finale of the Wachowski's SENSE8 on Netflix, Rosen has produced or executive produced over 50 hours of film and high-end ($3–$8mn/episode) Scripted Series including THRESHOLD with David Goyer and David Heyman, SENSE8, one of streaming's first original series, with the Wachowskis, and THE AFTER with Chris Carter as one of Amazon's first pilots and series orders.
Early life
Before beginning his film career in 1998, Rosen worked on the staff of Senator Dianne Feinstein. In 1994, he graduated from The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California. In 1998, he graduated with honors from Princeton University with a B.A. in English literature and drama, with a minor in French. He continues to be an annual guest lecturer at Princeton University, with his "Hollywood 101" series of talks.
Career
From 2012 to 2015, Rosen was the co-founder and CEO of Georgeville Television with Reliance Entertainment – the proprietors of DreamWorks. During GVTV's run, Rosen set up several projects, including Limitless, The After, From Dusk til Dawn, and Zorro.
Prior to GVTV, he had exclusive producing deals in film and television – with Paramount Film and CBS TV respectively – through his Rosenobst Productions, with Lynda Obst from 2007 to 2009. During that time, Rosen set up 20 series though the CBS deal.
Leading up to those deals, from 2001 to 2007, Rosen was a senior executive and founded and ran the Warner Brothers offices of Heyday Films/David Heyman. During his tenure, he set up feature films with Christopher Nolan, David Goyer, and founded the company's television division – Heyday Television, based at Warner Brothers – on the heels of his series Threshold for CBS.
Rosen has been under exclusive production deals with Warner Brothers (Time Warner), CBS (Viacom), Paramount (Viacom), and 20th Century Fox (Newscorp). He has been represented by Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Endeavor.
Rosen is managed by Anonymous Content as an executive producer, creator, and writer.
References
External links
1976 births
Film producers from Missouri
Living people
Businesspeople from St. Louis
The Bishop's School alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecon%20Forest%20Tramroad | The Brecon Forest Tramroad is an early nineteenth century tramroad, or rather a network of connecting tramroads or waggonways, which stretched across the hills of Fforest Fawr in the historic county of Brecknockshire (modern administrative county of Powys) in south Wales, UK. Its northern terminus was at the village of Sennybridge in the Usk Valley whilst its southern ends lay at Abercraf and Ystradgynlais in the upper Swansea Valley some to the south.
The tramroad project was conceived by John Christie, a Scottish-born entrepreneur based in London who had amassed a fortune from his involvement in the indigo trade with India.
This enabled him to purchase the Crown Allotment of the Great Forest of Brecon (or Fforest Fawr) on its sale by the Crown in 1819. Construction of the tramroad was an essential part of his plans for the exploitation of his property. His original intention was to use the tramroad to convey limestone sourced from quarries near Penwyllt to the farms of the Usk valley and Mynydd Epynt where its soil-improving qualities would be appreciated.
He subsequently expanded his activities to exploit minerals outside Fforest Fawr and to markets further to the south in the rapidly industrialising valleys of the South Wales Coalfield.
History of development
Christie commenced construction of the tramroad in about 1821. The earliest section constructed was that between the limestone quarries at Pwll Byfre and Castell-du Farm at Sennybridge. The model farm of Cnewr was constructed at the halfway point of this stretch of tramroad.
A second stage was to build a tramroad to serve the Drim Colliery near Onllwyn which Christie had leased in 1822. From the colliery the line ran northeastwards to the village of Coelbren and then across the Nant Llech just above Henrhyd Falls and around the flanks of the hill north to Penwyllt. Initially Christie's probable intention was to link this line to that at Pwll Byfre by an incline through what is now the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve.
This scheme was abandoned and instead the line from the Drim was taken northwards along the contours of the eastern side of the valley past the quarries at Penwyllt, wrapping around the western slopes of Fan Gyhirych and over the pass at Bwlch Bryn-rhudd then northeastwards to join the original line just south of the Nant Gyhirych stream.
Christie further extended the tramroad southwestwards from its southern terminus to a colliery at Gwaun Clawdd on the northern slopes of Mynydd y Drum and connected it to the Swansea Canal at Cae'r Lan near Abercraf. During the 1820s he was a major shipper of coal on the canal which was shipped through Swansea.
Christie was declared bankrupt in December 1827 and the Great Forest, including the tramroad and most of his other assets, passed to his principal creditor, Joseph Claypon, of the banking house of Garfit & Claypon in Boston, Lincolnshire. Claypon built a further extension southwest and then west from the Drim colli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ghost%20Network | "The Ghost Network" is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman and supervising producer J. R. Orci, and was directed by Frederick E. O. Toye. The episode follows the Fringe team's investigation into a bus that was filled with amber, encasing the people inside. They discover a man named Roy (Zak Orth) who predicted it and other similar events, and Walter realizes Roy has connections to a past experiment he did over twenty years ago, called the "Ghost Network".
The episode was important in the show's evolution, as the writers noted that Roy was the first guest character the audience could get emotionally invested in. "The Ghost Network" also included their quest to explain seemingly impossible and weird phenomenon through a real scientific explanation from Walter's past research.
It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 23, 2008. An estimated 9.42 million viewers watched the episode on its first broadcast. It received mixed reviews, with many believing the show to be finally finding its legs, while others worried over the ongoing formulaic storylines featured in each episode.
Plot
A man named Roy McComb (Zak Orth) confesses to his priest that he sees visions of bad things, including a bus where everyone is going to die. Simultaneously with this scene, a man enters a bus, unleashes a canister emitting gaseous fumes, and steals a backpack before quickly getting off. The Fringe team arrives soon after, only to find the fumes have hardened into an amber-like substance, trapping and killing those inside. Walter (John Noble) studies the substance and concludes it started out as a gas and then solidified, suffocating the passengers. While looking at a victim's video footage, Olivia (Anna Torv) discovers a backpack is missing, and traces it back to one of the victims, a Federal employee with undercover connections to a drug cartel. They interview her "handler", who comes to identify her body. The Fringe team finds out about Roy, and search through his apartment, believing he is behind the bus and other Pattern-related terror attacks. They soon realize all of his drawings are dated before the incidents took place, despite the fact that several of them were never made public. In an interrogation, Roy tells Charlie (Kirk Acevedo) he's been receiving his visions for nine months, roughly when they began seeing Pattern-related attacks.
Meanwhile, they trace the substance to Massive Dynamic. Olivia interviews Massive Dynamic executive Nina Sharp (Blair Brown), who tells her the substance has been seen in an attack before. Walter suspects Roy is psychic and runs tests on him before realizing Roy has some kind of magnetic compound in his blood. This leads Walter to recall he and his old lab partner William Bell had conducted research on creating a "Ghost Network" to secretly communicate messages from one pe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Six%20World%20Boxing%20Classic | The Super Six World Boxing Classic was a professional boxing tournament organized by the Showtime television network in co-operation with Sauerland Event. The tournament was held from 2009 to 2011, with all fights being contested in the super middleweight division. The winner of the tournament, Andre Ward, unified the WBA (Super title), WBC and The Ring Super Middleweight titles.
The competitors entered into the tournament were then-WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler, then-undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, former middleweight champions Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham, and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell. Taylor and Kessler withdrew during the tournament and were replaced by former light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson and super middleweight contender Allan Green.
The first matches took place on October 17, 2009. After three group stages, two semi-final matches were set. Ward defeated Abraham in the first, held on May 14, 2011. Froch defeated Johnson in the second, held on June 4, 2011. After Froch defeated Johnson, he was elevated to the number 2 rating by Ring Magazine. With Ward being rated number 1, the final pitted the number 1 and number 2 fighters against one another. This allowed for the Ring title vacancy to be filled at the tournament final.
WBA Champion Ward beat WBC Champion Froch in the final of the tournament on 17 December 2011 at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
Format
All bouts were scheduled for 12 rounds.
The original format was based on a slate of six fighters who would compete throughout the group stage of the tournament, folding down to semi-final and final matches. The original format was adjusted due to numerous injuries and withdrawals amongst the original six boxers, and the insertion of replacement boxers at different stages through the tournament.
The competition started with a group stage where each boxer was meant to fight three times. A boxer would be awarded three points for a win by knockout or technical knockout, two points for a win on points (or by disqualification), one point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
The top four from the group stage continued to the semifinals, matching the leader against no. 4 and no. 2 against no. 3. The winners of the semifinals then proceeded to the tournament final.
The WBC Super Middleweight Championship and WBA Super Middleweight Championship were meant to be on the line for each of the champions' fights, resulting in the unification of the two at the conclusion of the tournament.
Although this unification was potentially jeopardized by the withdrawal of former WBC champion Mikkel Kessler and the non-tournament bout between WBA (Super) Champion Andre Ward and Sakio Bika which followed the withdrawal of Andre Dirrell, both titles remained in the mix following the end of the group stage.
Participants
Winner
Andre Ward – tournament winner and WBA (Su |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha%20TV | Odisha TV or OTV () is an Odia Indian Cable Television station. It is owned by the Bhubaneswar-based Odisha Television Network. It was started and promoted by Jagi Mangat Panda. Odisha Television (OTV) is the first private Electronic Media in the state of Odisha.
Launched in 1997 in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the channel slowly spread to all major towns of the state. It was converted from cable to a satellite channel in December 2006.
List of programmes
Most programmes of OTV are news based. It also has programmes related to art and culture, tourism, business, food and festivals.
Some of its programmes include the following.
Aagyan Mind Kale Ki
Gapa Saap
The Great Odisha Political Circus
Jibana Do Chakire Ashara Alok
Janamancha
E-News - Pupul Bhuyan (presentor)
Jatra Ra Jatra
Khola Katha
News Fuse
Taste Of Odisha
Police File
Aparadha Diary
Akuha Katha
Sakalara Khabara
Sarbe Bhabantu Sukhinaha
Aapana Eka Nuhanti
Doctor Doctor
Bastu Bichara
News @ 9 Bulletin
News @ 9 Discussion
News @11 Bulletin
Elephant rescue incident
On 24 September 2021, an Odisha TV journalist died while another was critically injured when the boat they were travelling to cover the elephant rescue overturned due to the river current. An ODRAF personnel also died in the incident. The elephant rescue operation was put on hold after the boat overturned. The elephant was eventually found dead after he unable to cross the river.
See also
List of Odia-language television channels
List of longest-running Indian television series
List of television stations in India
References
External links
Odisha Television Network
Odia-language television channels
Television channels and stations established in 1997
Television stations in Bhubaneswar
Companies based in Bhubaneswar
1997 establishments in Orissa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear%20Friend%3A%20Kay%20Tagal%20Kitang%20Hinintay | Dear Friend: Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay () is a 2009 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. It is the sixth instalment of Dear Friend.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Sunshine Dizon as Rachel
Polo Ravales as Michael
Chynna Ortaleza as Dianne
Supporting cast
Rochelle Barrameda as tita Verna
Mel Martinez as Samsara
Princess Violago as Anne
Dinky Doo as Nestor
References
2009 Philippine television series debuts
2009 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20Sharp%202.0 | The computer programming language, C#, introduces several new features in version 2.0 (corresponding to the 3rd edition of the ECMA-334 standard and the .NET Framework 2.0). These include:
C# 2.0 Features
Partial class
Partial classes allow implementation of a class to be spread between several files, with each file containing one or more class members. It is useful primarily when parts of a class are generated automatically. For example, the feature is heavily used by code-generating user interface designers in Visual Studio.
file1.cs:
public partial class MyClass
{
public void MyMethod1()
{
// Manually written code
}
}
file2.cs:
public partial class MyClass
{
public void MyMethod2()
{
// Automatically generated code
}
}
Generics
Generics, or parameterized types, or parametric polymorphism is a .NET 2.0 feature supported by C# and Visual Basic. Unlike C++ templates, .NET parameterized types are instantiated at runtime rather than by the compiler; hence they can be cross-language whereas C++ templates cannot. They support some features not supported directly by C++ templates such as type constraints on generic parameters by use of interfaces. On the other hand, C# does not support non-type generic parameters. Unlike generics in Java, .NET generics use reification to make parameterized types first-class objects in the CLI Virtual Machine, which allows for optimizations and preservation of the type information.
Static classes
Static classes are classes that cannot be instantiated or inherited from, and that only allow static members. Their purpose is similar to that of modules in many procedural languages.
Generator functionality
The .NET 2.0 Framework allowed C# to introduce an iterator that provides generator functionality, using a yield return construct similar to yield in Python. With a yield return, the function automatically keeps its state during the iteration.
// Method that takes an iterable input (possibly an array)
// and returns all even numbers.
public static IEnumerable<int> GetEven(IEnumerable<int> numbers)
{
foreach (int i in numbers)
{
if (i % 2 == 0)
yield return i;
}
}
There is also a yield break statement, in which control is unconditionally returned to the caller of the iterator. There is an implicit yield break at the end of each generator method.
Anonymous delegates
As a precursor to the lambda functions introduced in C# 3.0, C#2.0 added anonymous delegates. These provide closure-like functionality to C#. Code inside the body of an anonymous delegate has full read/write access to local variables, method parameters, and class members in scope of the delegate, excepting out and ref parameters. For example:-
int SumOfArrayElements(int[] array)
{
int sum = 0;
Array.ForEach(array,
delegate(int x)
{
sum += x;
}
);
return sum;
}
Unlike some closure implementations, each anonymous delegate i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20Sharp%203.0 | The programming language C# version 3.0 was released on 19 November 2007 as part of .NET Framework 3.5. It includes new features inspired by functional programming languages such as Haskell and ML, and is driven largely by the introduction of the Language Integrated Query (LINQ) pattern to the Common Language Runtime. It is not currently standardized by any standards organisation.
C# 3.0 features
LINQ (language-integrated query)
LINQ is a new Microsoft-specific extensible, general-purpose query language for many kinds of data sources—including plain object collections, XML documents, databases, etc.—which is tightly integrated with other C# language facilities. The syntax is different from, but borrows from SQL. An example:
int[] array = { 1, 5, 2, 10, 7 };
// Select squares of all odd numbers in the array sorted in descending order
IEnumerable<int> query = from x in array
where x % 2 == 1
orderby x descending
select x * x;
// Result: 49, 25, 1
To implement LINQ, a large range of new methods were added to many collections via the System.Linq.Enumerable class. LINQ expressions are translated to use these functions before compilation. As an alternative, which is sometimes more powerful or direct, these functions may be accessed directly. Doing so makes more use of lambda functions, which are discussed below. The following is functionally identical to the example above.
IEnumerable<int> query = array.Where(x => x % 2 == 1)
.OrderByDescending(x => x)
.Select(x => x * x);
// Result: 49, 25, 1 using 'array' as defined in previous example
Object initializers
Customer c = new Customer();
c.Name = "John";
can be written
Customer c = new Customer { Name = "John" };
Collection initializers
MyList list = new MyList();
list.Add(1);
list.Add(2);
can be written as
MyList list = new MyList { 1, 2 };
assuming that MyList implements System.Collections.IEnumerable and has a public Add method.
Local variable type inference
Local variable type inference: var x = new Dictionary<string, List<float>>();
is interchangeable with Dictionary<string, List<float>> x = new Dictionary<string, List<float>>();
This feature is not just a convenient syntactic sugar for shorter local variable declarations, but it is also required for the declaration of variables of anonymous types. The contextual keyword "var", however, may only appear within a local variable declaration.
Anonymous types
Anonymous types provide a convenient way to encapsulate a set of read-only properties into a single object without having to first explicitly define a type. The type name is generated by the compiler and is not available at the source code level. The type of the properties is inferred by the compiler.
var x = new { FirstName = "John", LastName = "Doe" };
Anonymous types are reference types that derive directly from object. The compiler gives them a name although your application cannot access it. F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20Sharp%204.0 | C# 4.0 is a version of the C# programming language that was released on April 11, 2010. Microsoft released the 4.0 runtime and development environment Visual Studio 2010. The major focus of C# 4.0 is interoperability with partially or fully dynamically typed languages and frameworks, such as the Dynamic Language Runtime and COM.
Features
The following new features were added in C# 4.0.
Dynamic member lookup
A new pseudo-type dynamic is introduced into the C# type system. It is treated as System.Object, but in addition, any member access (method call, field, property, or indexer access, or a delegate invocation) or application of an operator on a value of such type is permitted without any type checking, and its resolution is postponed until run-time. This is known as duck typing. For example:
// Returns the value of Length property or field of any object
int GetLength(dynamic obj)
{
return obj.Length;
}
GetLength("Hello, world"); // a string has a Length property,
GetLength(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }); // and so does an array,
GetLength(42); // but not an integer - an exception will be thrown in GetLength method at run-time
Dynamic method calls are triggered by a value of type dynamic as any implicit or explicit parameter (and not just a receiver). For example:
void Print(dynamic obj)
{
System.Console.WriteLine(obj); // which overload of WriteLine() to call is decided at run-time
}
Print(123); // ends up calling WriteLine(int)
Print("abc"); // ends up calling WriteLine(string)
Dynamic lookup is performed using three distinct mechanisms: COM IDispatch for COM objects, IDynamicMetaObjectProvider DLR interface for objects implementing that interface, and reflection for all other objects. Any C# class can therefore intercept dynamic calls on its instances by implementing IDynamicMetaObjectProvider.
In case of dynamic method and indexer calls, overload resolution happens at run-time according to the actual types of the values passed as arguments, but otherwise according to the usual C# overloading resolution rules. Furthermore, in cases where the receiver in a dynamic call is not itself dynamic, run-time overload resolution will only consider the methods that are exposed on the declared compile-time type of the receiver. For example:
class Base
{
void Foo(double x);
}
class Derived : Base
{
void Foo(int x);
}
dynamic x = 123;
Base b = new Derived();
b.Foo(x); // picks Base.Foo(double) because b is of type Base, and Derived.Foo(int) is not exposed
dynamic b1 = b;
b1.Foo(x); // picks Derived.Foo(int)
Any value returned from a dynamic member access is itself of type dynamic. Values of type dynamic are implicitly convertible both from and to any other type. In the code sample above this permits GetLength function to treat the value returned by a call to Length as an integer without any explicit cast. At run time the actual value will be converted to the requested type.
Covaria |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear%20Friend%3A%20Bakasyonistas | Dear Friend: Bakasyonistas () is a 2009 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. It is the fifth instalment of Dear Friend. Directed by Gil Tejada Jr., it stars Mark Herras, Isabel Oli, Sheena Halili, Rainier Castillo, Chris Cayzer and Ryza Cenon. It premiered on June 14, 2009 and concluded on July 5, 2009.
Premise
Friends Gina, Tracy and Mia plan a vacation getaway to unwind and bond together. Similarly, buddies Aaron, Troy and Alex hit the road to chill, de-stress and have fun. They bump into each other at the same resort and are forced to stay in one rest house. To make matters worse, the six of them have different personalities and individual inhibitions with their new set of friends.
Cast and characters
Mark Herras as Alex
Isabel Oli as Gina
Sheena Halili as Tracy
Rainier Castillo as Aaron
Chris Cayzer as Troy
Ryza Cenon as Mia
Prince Stefan as Joey
References
2009 Philippine television series debuts
2009 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoliticalArena.com | PoliticalArena.com is the Philippines’ first socio-political networking site, developed to promote awareness and interactivity in the local political scene and its territories. It was launched in July 2009 as a common platform for all candidates to disseminate information to all voters, real time, for them to make informed decisions.
Presidential candidates of the upcoming 2010 elections can share their programs and activities, causes, views and opinions on issues and establish a relationship with supporters to further their political activities.
Registered users on the site can voice their concerns, express their views and learn more about Philippine politics through the contents posted on the site, and by interaction with candidates and with other people in the arena. The site also allows sharing of photos, videos and support to candidates through testimonials.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer called the site a "one-stop-shop website" for those aiming to run for president.
References
External links
Asian political websites
Philippine websites
Politics of the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baranikha%2C%20Chukotka%20Autonomous%20Okrug | Baranikha () is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 33 (2002 Census); The 2002 census data shows the population to consist of twenty-three males and ten females, despite the fact that the village had been formally closed in 1999. By 2005, this had fallen to only 15 people according to an environmental impact report for the Kupol Gold Project, although other sources suggest that the population had risen to 460 only a year later.
Geography
The settlement stands in the area of the Rauchuan Range, by the Rauchua River (Bolshaya Baranikha), which it takes its name from. The Baranikha River was initially called Kitepveyem by the Chukchi, meaning "the river of argali" (mountain sheep). The mountain sheep are still common in the surrounding area, and can often be seen on the shores of nearby lakes.
History
Origins
Local legend holds that a young man was once tricked into becoming the husband of a woman from a village of cannibals. Having been led against his will to their village and forced to use sleight of hand to avoid partaking in a wedding banquet of human flesh, during their wedding night, he killed her with an awl and a knife and escaped in an iron canoe, having drilled holes in all the other wooden canoes. When the bride's family realised she was missing, they checked her room and found her disembodied head, which, apparently, was still sentient, and along with the other villagers gave chase. However, since the canoes were full of holes they sank quickly. Only the woman's head continued the chase, but when it arrived near the man's village, it, along with the wooden canoe, turned into stone on the shores of the mouth of the Baranikha River, close to the present day settlement.
By the beginning of the 19th century, the Baranikha River formed the westernmost boundary of the Chukchi territory.
Modern day
The present-day settlement was founded in 1960 following the discovery of gold and tin in the region, and a mine named "Twenty-second Congress of the CPSU" was established.
On 30 December 1971, an Aeroflot-owned Ilyushin-14 (CCCP-91570) crashed at the Baranikha airport.
There is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator near the settlement. Access to this generator is unrestricted and in 2000 it was discovered that background radiation levels were found to be several times higher than the maximum prescribed norms. However, due to financial difficulties caused by the isolation of this RTG, it has still not been dismantled and evacuated.
The mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka. The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Baranikha from Chukotka to other parts of Russia. The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20R.%20Cundari | Thomas R. Cundari is regents professor of chemistry at the University of North Texas and co-director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM).
Career
Dr. Cundari received his B.S. in 1986 from Pace University in New York City and his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Florida. From 1990–1991 he was a postdoctoral fellow at North Dakota State University. After serving 11 years on the faculty at the University of Memphis, Dr. Cundari joined the UNT faculty in Fall, 2002.
Dr. Cundari is one of two co-editors of Reviews in Computational Chemistry, the foremost monograph series in the field. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM.
Tom Cundari was chosen to participate in one of the 46 funded Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). The project is led by long-time Cundari Group collaborator, Prof. T. Brent Gunnoe (chemistry, University of Virginia). The UNT team will work with leading researchers from the University of Virginia, Yale University, Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the Scripps Research Institute, Brigham Young University, Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Maryland to identify novel catalysts for meeting the U.S.'s energy needs. The UNT team along with groups at BYU and Caltech will provide the lead in modeling and simulation research within this EFRC, entitled "Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization".
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Pace University alumni
Theoretical chemists
University of North Texas faculty
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Florida alumni
University of Memphis faculty
Computational chemists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20Pliessnig | Matthias Pliessnig is an acclaimed furniture designer based in Brooklyn, New York. whose work uses steam bent wood. His style is "kinetically contemporary" and he uses "computer-aided curves with laborious craftsmanship" to handcraft chairs and benches.
Pliessnig is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Wisconsin (Madison). His interest in woodworking developed after he decided to build a boat and was inspired to apply those techniques, particularly steam bending of wood strips around a mold, to furniture making. The New York Times reported that his studio "looks more akin to a boat-builder’s garage than an icy SoHo loft, which makes sense when you consider the lunular shapes of Pliessnig’s chairs."
His first solo exhibition was hosted by Philadelphia's Wexler Gallery in 2008. Plessing's 2003 Shell is made of laminated mahogany wood strips around a concrete form. His work Bends is a bowed bench made from a grid of wood that "gives way to support the sitter".
In 2010, he was named a fellow by United States Artists.
References
External links
Matthias's official website
Instagram
American furniture designers
Living people
Rhode Island School of Design alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Meine%20Liebe%20episodes | The anime from Bee Train studio was directed by Koichi Mashimo and had Minako Shiba as the character designer. The first season of the anime was aired on the Animax network in November 2004 and the second season in January 2006. Though adapted from a dating sims game, the anime pushed aside the main character of Erika, and she makes only brief appearances during the series. can / goo performed by the opening theme music for the first season, , and the ending theme music, ; both were arranged by Koichiro Tokinori and composed by POM, with lyrics by Tapiko. alice nine. performed the opening theme music for the second season, , and the ending theme music, .
Episode list
Meine Liebe
Meine Liebe ~Wieder~
DVD Volumes
References
Meine Liebe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIC%20M%C3%A9xico | NIC México (Network Information Centre Mexico) or NIC.MX is the non-profit organization in charge of the registry for the .mx country code top-level domain (ccTLD). NIC Mexico is also responsible for the National Internet Registry which manages the allocation of IP address space to Mexican internet service providers.
History
NIC México was created in February 1989 when the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education received the .mx delegation.
In 2001 NIC Mexico established the external Advisory Committee with the aim to discuss relevant and strategic issues regarding the .MX policies.
Registrars
NIC Mexico finished its Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) implementation in July 2008 and started the accreditation of domain name registrars for the commercialization of .mx domain names. A list of current accredited .mx registrars show more than 180 after one year of operation of this model.
International
NIC Mexico is a founding member of LACNIC and LACTLD. NIC Mexico is member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization ccNSO, which is part of the ICANN structure.
Along with eCOM-LAC (Federation of Latin-America and the Caribbean for the Internet and Electronic Commerce), NIC Mexico proposed .lat as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) for Latin American communities, which was approved in 2015.
See also
.mx
LACNIC
References
External links
NIC Mexico Registry - official site.
LACTLD - Latin American and Caribbean Country Code Top Level Domain Organization.
Internet in Mexico
Domain name registries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting%20Nowhere%20Fast | Getting Nowhere Fast is a BBC Radio sitcom written by and starring the comedian and musician Mervyn Stutter.
Stutter plays "Merv" the co-owner and manager of "The Cyber Pass", a former "vodka'n'veggies" bistro converted into an Internet Cafe. Actress Lill Roughley plays Pamela Baverstock, Merv's ex-wife and the other co-owner of the bistro. Pamela's rich property-developer husband Dominic keeps her in a fine house, in the front garden of which Merv lives in a small caravan. Dominic is never heard from directly, but constantly phones Pamela on her mobile, although he has trouble remembering who she is, so busy is he with his international business interests. Pamela married Dominic after Merv left to pursue a career as a rock musician, leaving her in charge of the bistro they opened together while still a couple.
The action of the show revolves around the relationship between Pamela and Merv, with many distractions from the surreal characters who frequent the bistro. Much use is made of character catchphrases to elicit audience reaction. Musical links by Stutter comment on the plot.
Characters
Merv (Mervyn Stutter) impoverished former would-be rock musician and now manager of "The Cyber Pass".
Pamela (Lill Roughley), Merv's ex-wife living in the lap of luxury. Always answers her mobile phone with "Baverstock!".
Neville Dilkes (Martin Freeman in series 1, Gyuri Sarossy in series 2 and 3), a 28-year-old teenager and would-be cool dude who in fact still lives with his parents. He is in charge of the computer hardware in the bistro. He always enters with the exclamation "Yo, Mr. Stutter dude! Neville is in the building! Everybody in the house say whoa-oh! Everybody in the house say hey, hey!". Silence always follows.
Chantal (Tracy-Ann Oberman), a "South African hottie" who works at the bistro, when she can tear herself away from her soft-porn website, and her various plastic surgeons, personal trainers and lifestyle consultants etc. At least once an episode she relates her latest sexual encounter including the words "I had a complete cadenza!".
P.C. Alan Dilkes (Christopher Ettridge in series 1, Michael Mears in series 2 and 3), Neville's father and the local community policeman. He always enters with the words "Move along, move along, there's nothing to see." He and Mrs. Dilkes belong to some unusual clubs. They spend every other weekend with Oglala Sioux Tribute Tribe.
Dibden Purlew (John Challis), an ageing, out-of-work actor and lush. He is always looking for a free drink, and seems to be kept around purely for entertainment value. He will usually offer witty commentary on the current situation, followed by a call for "applause, cheers, flies etc.". The audience always responds. The film "Neasden Cosh Boys (1955)", in which he appeared, happens to be P.C. and Mrs. Dilkes' favourite film.
Edith Figgis (Lill Roughley), 71-year-old cook, maintenance person, rock-and-roller and admirer of all things male. She leads the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel%20%28Supernatural%29 | Uriel is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Robert Wisdom on The CW Television Network's drama and horror television series Supernatural. An angel who utilizes force and destruction to fulfill his various orders from Heaven, he has a recurring role in the fourth season. Uriel's lack of regard for humanity often leads to tension with series protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester, and even with his fellow angels Anna Milton and Castiel. Though shocked at how his character differed from typical portrayals of angels in the media, Wisdom was impressed by the depth in Uriel's characterization and felt honored to have been chosen to play him. Wisdom was universally praised by critics for his portrayal of the character.
Plot
Uriel's (Matt Ward) first chronological appearance is in the fifth season episode "The Song Remains the Same", wherein he responds to the summons of a future version of his superior officer Anna Milton. After Anna lies to him by telling him that John and Mary Winchester—destined parents of series protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester—will kill him in the future, Uriel agrees to assist her in killing John and Mary in order to save his own life. However, the archangel Michael intervenes to protect the Winchesters, and kills Anna before sending Uriel himself away.
In 2008, Castiel rescues Dean from Hell and tasks him with stopping demons from breaking the 66 mystical seals imprisoning Lucifer in Hell. Uriel (Robert Wisdom) debuts in the fourth season episode "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester", in which Dean and Sam investigate a series of attacks by a witch. Uriel is sent to help Castiel by destroying the town in order to ensure the witch's death and prevent her from breaking one of the seals by summoning the demon Samhain, but is ultimately forced to abide by Castiel's decision to let them find the witch instead. The Winchesters ultimately fail in stopping the summoning and the breaking of the seal, though Sam manages to exorcise Samhain back to Hell using his demonic powers. At the end of the episode, Uriel threatens to kill Sam for utilizing these powers.
In "I Know What You Did Last Summer", the Winchesters and the demon Ruby attempt to protect the present-day version of Anna, who has fallen and been reborn as a human, from demons who plan to use her to find out the angels' secrets. Uriel and Castiel are ordered to kill Anna, partially to protect this information from falling into the demons' hands, but more importantly because her actions in falling constitute a serious crime in angelic society that is punishable by death. Uriel and Castiel track her down at the end of "I Know What You Did Last Summer", but at the beginning of the following episode "Heaven and Hell", they are sent away with a spell Anna uses so that she, Sam, Dean, and Ruby are able to escape to safety. Uriel later contacts Dean in a dream and threatens to send him back to Hell if he does not surrender Anna. He also reveals that he has Anna's angeli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair%20%28Supernatural%29 | Alastair is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's drama and horror television series Supernatural, appearing in its fourth season. A particularly infamous demon and torturer in Hell, he is portrayed in succession by actors Mark Rolston, Andrew Wheeler, and Christopher Heyerdahl due to his demonic ability to possess human hosts.
The writers created the character to explore series protagonist Dean Winchester's experiences while in Hell, particularly Alastair's tutelage of Dean in torturing other souls. The character received generally favorable reviews from critics, with fans at the time considering him one of the series' best villains.
Plot
When Dean Winchester is sent to Hell at the end of the third season, it is the demon Alastair who tortures him, stopping only when he eventually convinces Dean to torture other souls himself. Alastair begins training Dean as one of his apprentices until fourth season premiere "Lazarus Rising," in which Dean is rescued from Hell by the angel Castiel, who requires his assistance in stopping Lilith from breaking the mystical seals on Lucifer's prison. It is subsequently revealed that while the man Alastair was possessing did get vaporized, the demon himself survived.
Alastair (Mark Rolston) makes his debut in the episode "I Know What You Did Last Summer," in which he seeks to capture and interrogate Anna Milton, a fallen angel who can still hear the conversations of other angels. Dean and his brother Sam interfere, but Sam's demonic powers are too weak at the time to harm Alastair. When they try to kill him with Ruby's demon-killing knife, they accidentally stab him, with the demon laying claim to the knife as the brothers flee the area with Anna and Ruby. Alastair is later tricked by Ruby and the Winchesters into a confrontation with the angels Castiel and Uriel in the episode "Heaven and Hell" after torturing Ruby with her own knife for Anna's location. Alastair proves to be more powerful than the angels and quickly gains the upper-hand on Castiel, but is seemingly vaporized in the blast generated by Anna being restored to her angelic true form, the only thing left behind of Alastair being the demon-killing knife.
Alastair (Andrew Wheeler, with Christopher Heyerdahl soon taking over the role) returns in "Death Takes a Holiday," seeking to kill reapers to break another seal to Lucifer's cage. Though Alastair utilizes spell-work to prevent angels from actively interfering with his task, he is stopped by the Winchesters and captured by Castiel. Dean tortures him on Castiel and Uriel's orders in the following episode for information about a string of angel murders. However, the demon refuses to disclose any information concerning the murders, choosing instead to reveal that Dean's wicked actions in Hell broke the first seal. Alastair is eventually set free of his bonds when water damages the devils trap surrounding him and seizes the opportunity to attack Dean and Castiel, but is incapacitated an |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachariah%20%28Supernatural%29 | Zachariah is a fictional character portrayed by Kurt Fuller on The CW Television Network's drama and horror television series Supernatural. An angel, he first appears in the fourth season and helps manipulate the series protagonist Sam Winchester into releasing Lucifer onto the Earth. In the fifth season, he attempts to convince Dean Winchester into serving as the human vessel for the archangel Michael to start the apocalypse. The opportunity to play an angel initially excited Fuller because he thought that it would give him the chance to break away from his streak of playing villains. Despite the character turning into an antagonist halfway through his appearances, the actor was very proud of the role. Critical reception for the character has been positive, with his sinister humor being of particular note. Kurt Fuller later reprised the role in the show's 300th episode "Lebanon" in season 14, playing the Zachariah from an alternate timeline created by the disappearance of John Winchester in 2003.
In season 13, an alternate reality version of Zachariah appears portrayed by Chad Rook.
Plot
Zachariah debuts in the fourth season episode "It's a Terrible Life", in which he motivates series protagonist Dean Winchester to resume his attempts at preventing demons from releasing Lucifer from his imprisonment in Hell. When the prophet Chuck Shurley (really God in disguise) receives an ominous vision of Dean and his brother Sam in "The Monster at the End of the Book", however, Zachariah warns him against alerting the Winchesters. His true motives are revealed in the season finale "Lucifer Rising", in which he explains that the angels have been running Heaven in God's absence for many years. Zachariah imprisons Dean and admits that Heaven will allow Lucifer to be freed because paradise on Earth can only be attained by defeating Lucifer during the apocalypse. The angel Castiel, who has become friends with the Winchesters, rescues Dean at the cost of his own life. However, Dean is too late in stopping Sam from killing the demon Lilith, an act they were unaware would break the final seal imprisoning Lucifer.
In the fifth season premiere "Sympathy for the Devil", Zachariah reveals that Dean is destined to serve as the human vessel for the archangel Michael in the coming battle against Lucifer. When Dean refuses, Zachariah tortures the Winchesters by inflicting various diseases upon them. However, Zachariah is shocked when Castiel appears, and flees after restoring the brothers out of fear that God resurrected Castiel. Sam and Dean later have a falling out and go their separate ways. Zachariah uses this opportunity in "The End" to send Dean to an apocalyptic future in which he never became Michael's vessel and Lucifer now controls the planet using Sam as his own vessel. When Dean is returned to the present, though, he still refuses to become Michael's vessel because he realizes that he must rejoin Sam to keep him from becoming Lucifer's vessel. Zachariah make |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS3%20%28networking%29 | AS3 (Applicability Statement 3), RFC 4823, is a standard by which vendor applications communicate structured business-to-business data over the Internet using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). It is an EDI protocol.
While AS2 is a transfer protocol, AS3 is a message standard that focuses on message formatting. Where AS2 requires dedicated AS2 server and client to send messages, AS3 is flexible; once an AS3 message is composed, it can be transmitted via any other protocol – FTP, SFTP, HTTPS, and more – as long as both the sender and recipient can access the message's location. Also unlike AS2, AS3 is a push-pull protocol and does not require an ongoing connection.
See also
AS1
AS2
AS4
References
External links
Computer data
Computer standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts%20%28C%2B%2B%29 | Concepts are an extension to the templates feature provided by the C++ programming language. Concepts are named Boolean predicates on template parameters, evaluated at compile time. A concept may be associated with a template (class template, function template, member function of a class template, variable template, or alias template), in which case it serves as a constraint: it limits the set of arguments that are accepted as template parameters.
Originally dating back to suggestions for C++11, the original concepts specification has been revised multiple times before formally being a required part of C++20.
Main uses
The main uses of concepts are:
introducing type-checking to template programming
simplified compiler diagnostics for failed template instantiations
selecting function template overloads and class template specializations based on type properties
constraining automatic type deduction
Constraint types and usage
There are five different places in a function template signature where a constraint can be used (labeled below as C1 to C5):
template<C1 T>
requires C2<T>
C3 auto Fun(C4 auto param) requires C5<T>;
C1: A type-constraint. This kind replaces class or typename for declaring a type template parameter. When using a concept instead of the former two the type is constraint.
C2: A requires-clause. Whenever a type-constraint does not work, for example, because the concept takes multiple parameters, a requires-clause can be used to apply more elaborated constraints.
C3 / C4: A constrained placeholder type. The same syntax is available for placeholder variable aka. auto variable. C++20 added abbreviated function templates which use auto as a placeholder type in the parameter declaration. A constrained placeholder type allows to put constraints on the automatically deduced return type of a function or a variable.
C5: A trailing requires-clause. This form is similar to C2 with one notable exception. A trailing requires-clause can be applied to a function in a class template. This allows the function to remain a regular, template-free function, which can be enabled or disabled depending on the functions trailing requires-clause.
The constraint forms C1 and C2 can be used in all kinds of templates.
Example: equality_comparable
The following is a declaration of the concept "equality_comparable" from the <concepts> header of a C++20 standard library. This concept is satisfied by any type T such that for lvalues a and b of type T, the expressions a==b and a!=b as well as the reverse b==a and b!=a compile, and their results are convertible to a type that satisfies the concept "boolean-testable":
// The following concept is an implementation detail used to build equality_comparable
template<typename T, typename U>
concept weakly_equality_comparable_with = requires(const remove_reference<T>& a, const remove_reference<U>& b) {
{ a == b } -> std::same_as<bool>;
{ a != b } -> std::same_as<bool>;
{ b == a } -> std::sam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugnut | Lugnut or lug nut may refer to:
Lug nut, a fastener that secures a wheel to a vehicle
Lugnut (Transformers), a Decepticon from Transformers: Animated
Lugnutz, a Decepticon from Transformers: Cybertron
Lansing Lugnuts, a baseball team
Lugnut, also known as a low IQ steel worker.
See also
Longnut, an extinct species of freshwater mussel
Wingnut (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitetsu%20Group | The of companies centers on the Nagoya Railroad railway company, which links Nagoya and its suburbs. Many companies in the group are designed to enhance the value of the Meitetsu rail network. In addition to the railroad system, the group includes other companies in transportation, real-estate, retail, leisure, and cultural endeavors. Here is a partial list of companies in the Meitetsu Group.
Transportation
Meitetsu
Toyohashi Railroad
Hokuriku Railroad
Ōigawa Railway
Meitetsu Bus
Meitetsu Kanko Bus
Gifu Bus
Chita Noriai
Meitetsu Taxi
Meitetsu Unyu
Taiheiyō Ferry
Ontake Kotsu
Miyagi Kotsu
Abashiri Bus
Real estate
Meitetsu Real Estate
Retail
Meitetsu Department Stores
Meitetsu Yakuhin
Kanazawa Meitetsu Marukoshi Department Store
Pare Marche
Leisure
Meitetsu Grand Hotel
Gifu Grand Hotel
Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel
Joan
Meitetsu Impress
Meiji Mura
Japan Monkey Park
Sugimoto Museum
Little World Museum of Man
Minamichita Beach Land
Komagatake Ropeway
Shinhotaka Ropeway
External links
Meitetsu Group
Bất động sản |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way%20Too%20Early%20with%20Jonathan%20Lemire | Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire is an American early morning news show that airs weekday mornings on MSNBC. The network has had shows with the title Way Too Early, both with and without the name of the host at the time, during two different time periods.
The first incarnation of Way Too Early premiered on July 27, 2009, hosted by Willie Geist. It was later hosted by a variety of NBC News on-air talent, including Thomas Roberts and others on a temporary basis, including Ayman Mohyeldin. The final host was Chief White House Correspondent Chris Jansing. It ended on August 12, 2016, as its lead-in program First Look was expanded back into the full hour and rebranded as Morning Joe First Look to build continuity with the later program. Another apparent reason for the name change was that the 5 a.m. timeslot had become nearly universally programmed as a morning news slot on local television stations in both the Eastern and Central Time Zones, making the title Way Too Early an artifact.
On September 10, 2020, it was announced that Way Too Early would return to the air with Kasie Hunt as the new host, starting on September 21.
On July 16, 2021, Kasie Hunt announced she was delivering her final broadcast and would be joining CNN. On October 25, 2021, MSNBC announced that Jonathan Lemire would be the new host of the show.
History
Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC, announced the show on July 15, 2009, and described it as a "pre-game show" for Morning Joe. Mike Barnicle often filled in for original host Willie Geist, jokingly referring to the show as "Way Too Old (or Elderly) with Mike Barnicle", while Peter Alexander also covered for Geist. On September 24, 2012, NBC News announced that Geist would be named co-host of the 9 a.m. hour of Today, filling the co-host slot formerly held by Savannah Guthrie (who now anchors the 7-9 a.m. portion of the morning program).
The original executive producer was Chris Licht, who was also the co-creator and executive producer of Morning Joe before leaving MSNBC to become executive producer of CBS This Morning and Vice President of Programming at CBS.
Way Too Early was not branded "Brewed by Starbucks" like Morning Joe until the sponsorship deal expired in September 2013. Both shows had similar graphics packages, are broadcast from the same set, and frequently reference each other.
On May 8, 2013, MSNBC announced that CNBC reporter Brian Shactman would be the new regular host of Way Too Early. He began his anchoring duties for the show May 13, 2013.
On January 3, 2014, MSNBC announced that Thomas Roberts would be the new regular host of Way Too Early starting on January 13. Roberts left in mid 2015 to do various daytime anchor duties, with no guest host announced.
Way Too Early aired its final regular edition on July 22, 2016, from July 25 to August 12, 2016, Way Too Early expanded to 1 hour, taking over First Look briefly. The next Monday, Way Too Early became Morning Joe First Look, with a few former Way Too |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier%20Theatre | Frontier Theatre was an early American weekly television film series, featuring Westerns, that aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. This hour-long summer series ran from May to September 1950. The program aired Saturday nights from 6:30pm to 7:30pm ET on DuMont affiliates which carried the program.
Episode status
As with most DuMont network programs, no episodes are known to survive.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
1950 American television series debuts
1950 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20H.%20E.%20Smith%20II | Richard H. E. Smith II is a Chicago, Illinois- and Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based software engineer, computer consultant and a science fiction fanzine publisher.
Science fiction fandom
As a science fiction fan, Smith, with his wife, Leah Zeldes Smith, was 1993 winner of the Down Under Fan Fund and delegate to Swancon 18, the Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Perth, Western Australia, as well as to fan centers throughout the country. He has been selected as fan guest of honor by numerous science fiction conventions, including Windycon (1995), ArmadilloCon (1995), First Contact (1998), ConQuesT (2000), Whatcon (1985) and Corflu (1991), and has been a toastmaster at such conventions as ConFusion and a frequent speaker and panelist on subjects related to fandom, fan publishing, science fiction and technology.
The Smiths' fanzine STET was a three-time Hugo Award nominee. In the 1980s, Smith published the Hogu Award-winning title, Uncle Dick's Little Thing. He was extensively active in numerous amateur press associations during the 1970s and '80s, including the Fantasy Amateur Press Association and The Cult.; he co-founded Windyapa. The Smiths are currently members of the Milwaukee-based MilwApa. Dick was a recipient of the Peter J. Vorzimer Award.
Smith and his wife organized ditto, a fanzine convention, in 1990 and 2001, and have worked on many Worldcons and other science fiction conventions, including the 2014 NASFiC and the 2015 Sasquan.
They were the U.S. agents who spearheaded bidding efforts for Aussiecon Three, and he was appointed Aussiecon's representative to the World Science Fiction Society's Mark Protection Committee. Smith is a member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and General Technics.
Smith is known within fandom for his interest in and collection of antique printing techniques and devices, such as hectographs, letterpresses, spirit duplicators, mimeographs and obsolete computers.
Personal and professional life
Smith is founder and president of Dick Smith Software, a comprehensive computer consulting and network engineering firm in the Chicago area. Prior to that, he developed software for such companies as Northrop Grumman, U.S. Robotics and 3Com.
In his professional work, Smith contributes to science fiction, serving as a consultant to such authors as Frederik Pohl and Mike Resnick.
Smith was one of the inventors of a "Method and protocol for connecting data calls using R2 signaling" granted U.S. Patent 6,233,237 in 2001. He contributed to the textbook LAN Times Guide to Telephony (Osborne/McGraw-Hill).
Personal life
Smith was born in Milwaukee and reared in West Bend, Wisconsin, the eldest of the three sons of Richard H. E. Smith and Marilyn R. J. Smith. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
He has been married to Leah Zeldes Smith since 1985; an incident at their wedding inspired Mike Resnick's novel The Dark Lady.
References
American computer programmers
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The LRT Ampang Line and the LRT Sri Petaling Line are medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) lines in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The combined network comprises of tracks with 36 stations and was the first railway in Malaysia to use standard-gauge track and semi-automated trains. It is operated as part of the RapidKL system by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia.
A trip from one end to the other takes 41 minutes on the Ampang Line, and 74 minutes on the Sri Petaling Line.
The Ampang Line is named after its eastern terminus, Ampang station, while the Sri Petaling Line is named after its former southern terminus, Sri Petaling station.
The Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines form part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System, numbered 3 and 4, and are coloured orange and maroon on official rail maps respectively.
History
The Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line were originally known as the STAR LRT (abbreviation for Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan, which translates to Light Rail Transit System), a single train line originating at Sentul Timur station, with two branches to Ampang and Sri Petaling via Chan Sow Lin station.
STAR LRT was first conceived in the 1981 Transport Master Plan, when the Malaysian government proposed a network of LRT lines connecting Kuala Lumpur city centre with the surrounding areas. An agreement was signed between the government and STAR in 1992.
The original system () consists of 25 stations built in two phases. Phase one () consists of 14 stations (Ampang – Sultan Ismail) and a depot near Ampang station. Phase two () consists of 11 stations (Chan Sow Lin – Sri Petaling, and Sultan Ismail – Sentul Timur). The two phases opened in December 1996 and July 1998 respectively.
The early phase of Ampang Line uses defunct Keretapi Tanah Melayu Ampang branch and followed closely with the right-of-way from the old Sultan Street railway station which run toward Salak.
The initial plan was for STAR to build, own and manage the STAR LRT. However, STAR ran into financial difficulties and had to be bailed out by the government. So, in 2002, Prasarana took over the line and renamed the STAR LRT to the STAR Line. Operations of the line were subsequently transferred to Rapid KL in 2004 and the line was renamed the Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line in 2005. The Ampang Line assumed the branch line between Sentul Timur and Ampang stations, whereas Sri Petaling Line assumed the branch line between Sentul Timur and Sri Petaling stations.
In 2006, the government announced the Sri Petaling Line extension project. The extension comprises 11 new stations over of elevated track beyond Sri Petaling station. This extended the terminus of the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20Analysis%20Toolkit | CAT or Coding Analysis Toolkit was a web-based suite of CAQDAS tools. It is free and open source software, and is developed by the Qualitative Data Analysis Program of the University of Pittsburgh. According to the CAT website, the tool was decommissioned on September 13, 2020.
CAT is able to import Atlas.ti data, but also has an internal coding module. It was designed to use keystrokes and automation as opposed to mouse clicks, to speed up CAQDAS tasks.
See also
Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software
References
External links
Coding Analysis Toolkit
Free QDA software
Cross-platform free software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Crime%20%28Italian%20TV%20channel%29 | Fox Crime was an Italian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Italy, dedicated to broadcast crime series.
A time-shift channel called Fox Crime +1, which broadcast the same programmes an hour later, was launched on 1 May 2007. On 1 June 2009, a HD simulcast called Fox Crime HD was launched. In November 2010, a second time-shift channel, Fox Crime +2, was introduced. On 1 July 2021, the channel closed.
Programming
The main staples were major American crime series, most of which could be seen on the channel, including many series from the Law & Order and CSI franchise. The channel also featured older cult series, British crime series and original Italian, French, and German productions.
Programmes shown include:
Bull
Columbo
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Derrick
Death in Paradise
Family Law
Fast Forward
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order UK
Major Crimes
Midsomer Murders
Murder, She Wrote
N.C.I.S.
N.C.I.S.: Los Angeles
New Tricks
Numb3rs
Perry Mason
Prime Suspect
The Blacklist
The Body Farm
The Killing
The Protector
Unforgettable
Without a Trace
References
Fox Networks Group
Italian-language television stations
Defunct television channels in Italy
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company
2005 establishments in Italy
2021 disestablishments in Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterChef%20Australia%20%28series%201%29 | The first series of the Australian reality television series MasterChef Australia began on 27 April 2009 and aired on Network Ten, concluding on 19 July 2009 when Julie Goodwin was crowned the winner. The series was hosted by Sarah Wilson.
Contestants
Subsequent appearances
Julie Goodwin appeared on Series 2 as a guest judge for an invention test and for Masterclass.
Poh Ling Yeow appeared on 1st Junior Series for a Masterclass.
Andre Ursini appeared on Series 3 to give a lesson for Masterclass
Julie again appeared on Series 4 to be a guest judge for a Mystery box Challenge.
In a Special All Star Series for Charity, Julie and Poh took part along with Justine Schofield and Chris Badenoch. Poh came 7th, Julie came 5th, Justine came 4th & Chris came Runner Up.
Joshua "Josh" Catalano appeared in the team challenge during "Wild West Week" of Series 5.
Julie appeared at the first Mystery box challenge & Invention test of Series 6.
In a Superstar themed week in Series 7 Poh appeared as a guest for a mystery box challenge and masterclass, while Justine appeared as a guest judge for an elimination challenge.
In Series 10 Julie appeared to support the top 50 during auditions, Poh meanwhile appeared during South Australia week for a masterclass.
Poh was a mentor during the immunity challenge in Series 11.
Poh and Chris appeared in Series 12. Chris was eliminated on 10 May 2020, finishing in 18th and Poh was eliminated on 5 July 2020, finishing in 6th.
Poh also appeared in Series 13 as guest judge for an elimination challenge.
In Series 14 Julie appeared for a chance to win the title for the 2nd time. Julie was eliminated on 5 July 2022, finishing in 5th.
In Series 15 Poh appeared as a guest judge for a Mystery Box Challenge. Julie later appeared as a guest judge for an elimination challenge.
Judges
George Calombaris
Gary Mehigan
Matt Preston
Special guests
Manu Feildel – Celebrity Chef Challenge 1
Martin Boetz – Celebrity Chef Challenge 2
Pete Evans – Celebrity Chef Challenge 3
Frank Shek – Masterclass 3
Alex Herbert – Celebrity Chef Challenge 4
John Torode – Guest judge, Invention Test 4
Guy Grossi – Celebrity Chef Challenge 5
Ben O'Donoghue – Celebrity Chef Challenge 6
Donovan Cooke/Tam Kin Pak – Celebrity Chef Challenge 8
Emmanuel Stroobant – Celebrity Chef Challenge 9
Adrian Richardson – Celebrity Chef Challenge 10
Adriano Zumbo – Elimination Challenge 7
Armando Percuoco – Guest judge, Formal Dinner Challenge
Margaret Fulton – Guest judge, Formal Dinner Challenge
Jacques Reymond – Guest judge, Formal Dinner Challenge
Cheong Liew – Guest judge, Formal Dinner Challenge
Luke Mangan – Guest judge, Finals Week Elimination Challenge 1
Matt Moran – Celebrity Chef Challenge 7 & Guest judge, Finals Week Elimination Challenge 2
Bill Granger – Guest judge, Finals Week Elimination Challenge 3
Donna Hay – Guest judge, Finals Week Elimination Challenge 4
Peter Kuruvita – Guest judge, Fresh Seafood Team Challenge
Curtis St |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME | GNOME (), originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
Many major Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise distribute GNOME as their default desktop environment; it is also the default in Oracle Solaris, a Unix operating system.
GNOME is developed by the GNOME Project, which is composed of both volunteers and paid contributors, the largest corporate contributor being Red Hat. It is an international project that aims to develop frameworks for software development, to program end-user applications based on these frameworks, and to coordinate efforts for the internationalization, localization, and accessibility of that software.
History
GNOME 1
GNOME was started on 15 August 1997 by Miguel de Icaza and as a free software project to develop a desktop environment and applications for it. It was founded in part because the K Desktop Environment, which was growing in popularity, relied on the Qt widget toolkit which used a proprietary software license until version 2.0 (June 1999). In place of Qt, GTK (GNOME Toolkit, at that time called GIMP Toolkit) was chosen as the base of GNOME. GTK is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), a free software license that allows software linking to it to use a much wider set of licenses, including proprietary software licenses. GNOME itself is licensed under the LGPL for its libraries and the GNU General Public License (GPL) for its applications.
GNOME was formerly a part of the GNU Project, but that is no longer the case. In 2021, GNOME Executive Director Neil McGovern publicly tweeted that GNOME was not a GNU project and that he had been asking GNU to remove GNOME from their list of packages since 2019. In 2021, GNOME was removed from the list. GNOME proceeded to remove mentions of any link to GNU from their code and documentation. The name "GNOME" was initially an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, referring to the original intention of creating a distributed object framework similar to Microsoft's OLE, but the acronym was eventually dropped because it no longer reflected the vision of the GNOME project.
The California startup Eazel developed the Nautilus file manager from 1999 to 2001. De Icaza and Nat Friedman founded Helix Code (later Ximian) in 1999 in Massachusetts; this company developed GNOME's infrastructure and applications and was purchased by Novell in 2003.
During the transition to GNOME 2 and shortly thereafter, there were brief talks about creating a GNOME Office suite. On 15 September 2003 GNOME-Office 1.0, consisting of AbiWord 2.0, GNOME-DB 1.0, and Gnumeric 1.2.0, was released. Although some release planning for GNOME Office 1.2 was happening on the gnome-office mailing list, and Gnumeric 1.4 was announced as a part of it, the 1.2 release of the suite itself never mater |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEASURE%20Evaluation | MEASURE (Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results) Evaluation aims to strengthen the capacity of developing countries to gather, interpret, and use data to improve health. MEASURE Evaluation creates tools and approaches for rigorous evaluations, providing evidence to address health challenges, and strengthening health information systems so countries can make better decisions and sustain good health outcomes over time. MEASURE Evaluation is a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and five partner organizations: ICF International, John Snow Inc., Management Sciences for Health, Palladium, and Tulane University. This MEASURE Evaluation partnership provides technical leadership through collaboration at local, national, and global levels to build the sustainable capacity of developing nations to identify data needs, collect and analyze technically sound data, and use that data for health decision-making.
Purpose
MEASURE Evaluation works closely with USAID, its country missions, and counterparts to improve the collection, analysis, and presentation of data to promote better use of data in planning, policy-making, managing, monitoring, and evaluating population, health, and nutrition programs. The underlying premise is that improving the use of information in health sector decision-making will lead to better health services, systems, and outcomes.
The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in demand for high-quality health information through large global health initiatives that emphasize quantitative measures of progress to ensure accountability. These demands stretch weak and overburdened monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and health information systems (HIS). There is an urgent need to strengthen the performance of HIS and M&E systems at all levels, improve measurement in areas in which measurement methods are weak, increase evidence on the effectiveness of global health programs, and strengthen the use of information beyond meeting reporting requirements to inform program decision-making.
Monitoring and Evaluation
M&E is the process by which data are collected and analyzed to provide information to policy-makers and others for use in program planning and project management. Monitoring focuses on the implementation process and progress towards the achievement of program objectives. Evaluation measures how well the program activities have met expected objectives and/or the extent to which changes in outcomes can be attributed to the program.
M&E is important because it helps program implementers make informed decisions regarding program operations and service delivery based on objective evidence. It also ensures the most effective and efficient use of resources, helps determine the success or failure of a program, and assists in meeting organizational requirements such as reporting. Most importan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20data%20publishing | Variable-data publishing (VDP) (also known as database publishing) is a term referring to the output of a variable composition system. While these systems can produce both electronically viewable and hard-copy (print) output, the "variable-data publishing" term today often distinguishes output destined for electronic viewing, rather than that which is destined for hard-copy print (e.g. variable data printing).
Essentially the same techniques are employed to perform variable-data publishing, as those utilized with variable data printing. The difference is in the interpretation for output. While variable-data printing may be interpreted to produce various print streams or page-description files (e.g. AFP/IPDS, PostScript, PCL), variable-data publishing produces electronically viewable files, most commonly seen in the forms of PDF, HTML, or XML.
Variable-data composition involves the use of data to conditionally:
exhibit text (static blocks and/or variable content)
exhibit images
select fonts
select colors
format page layouts & flows
Variable-data may be as simple as an address block or salutation. However, it can be any or all of the document's textual content—including words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, or the entire document. In other words, it can make up as little or as much of the document as the composer desires. Variable data may also be used to exhibit various images, such as logos, products, or membership photos. Further, variable-data can be used to build rule-based design schemes, including fonts, colors, and page formats. The possibilities are vast.
The variable-data tools available today, make it possible to perform variable-data composition at nearly every stage of document production. However, the level of control that can be achieved varies, based upon how far into the document production process a variable-data tool is deployed. For example, if variable-data insertion occurs just prior to output...it's not likely that the text flow or layout can be altered with nearly as much control as would be available at the time of initial document composition.
Many organizations will produce multiple forms of output (aka: multi-channel output), for the same document. This ensures that the published content is available to recipients via any form of access method they might require. When multi-channel output is utilized, integrity between those output channels often becomes important.
Variable-data publishing may be performed on everything from a personal computer to a mainframe system. However, the speed and practical output volumes which can be achieved are directly affected by the computer power utilized.
Origin of the concept
The term variable-data publishing was likely an offshoot of the term "variable-data printing", first introduced to the printing industry by Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus, School of Print Media, at the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. However, the c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadatabase | Metadatabase is a database model for (1) metadata management, (2) global query of independent databases, and (3) distributed data processing. The word metadatabase is an addition to the dictionary. Originally, metadata was only a common term referring simply to "data about data", such as tags, keywords, and markup headers. However, in this technology, the concept of metadata is extended to also include such data and knowledge representation as information models (e.g., relations, entities-relationships, and objects), application logic (e.g., production rules), and analytic models (e.g., simulation, optimization, and mathematical algorithms). In the case of analytic models, it is also referred to as a Modelbase.
These classes of metadata are integrated with some modeling ontology to give rise to a stable set of meta-relations (tables of metadata). Individual models are interpreted as metadata and entered into these tables. As such, models are inserted, retrieved, updated, and deleted in the same manner as ordinary data do in an ordinary (relational) database. Users will also formulate global queries and requests for processing of local databases through the Metadatabase, using the globally integrated metadata. The Metadatabase structure can be implemented in any open technology for relational databases.
Significance
The Metadatabase technology is developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, by a group of faculty and students (see the references at the end of the article), starting in late 1980s. Its main contribution includes the extension of the concept of metadata and metadata management, and the original approach of designing a database for metadata applications. These conceptual results continue to motivate new research and new applications. At the level of particular design, its openness and scalability is tied to that of the particular ontology proposed: It requires reverse-representation of the application models in order to save them into the meta-relations. In theory, the ontology is neutral, and it has been proven in some industrial applications. However, it needs more development to establish it for the field as an open technology. The requirement of reverse-representation is common to any global information integration technology. A way to facilitate it in the Metadatabase approach is to distribute a core portion of it at each local site, to allow for peer-to-peer translation on the fly.
References
External links
http://viu.eng.rpi.edu/
Databases
Database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Genensky | Samuel M. Genensky (26 July 1927 in New Bedford, Massachusetts – 26 June 2009 in Santa Monica, California) was an American computer scientist, best known as an inventor for devices to assist sight-impaired persons. He was also well known for his advocacy on behalf of the blind.
Early life and career
When Genensky was born, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had a requirement that all newborn babies receive drops of dilute silver nitrate in both eyes, to prevent the possible passage of syphilis from mother to child. He received the required drops, but unfortunately the chemical had not been diluted, and both his eyes were badly burned. Three months later he was treated by Dr. Frederick H. Verhoeff, a highly regarded specialist in ophthalmology, who performed partial iridectomy on both eyes (thinking that glaucoma would otherwise occur). The result of the burns and the iridectomies was complete loss of vision in Genensky's left eye and near-blindness in the right eye (the best he ever achieved in vision testing was 20/1000).
Genensky received elementary schooling (grades 1–8) at the Sylvia Ann Howland School in New Bedford, in special classes geared to visually impaired children. When he applied to attend high school at New Bedford High School, he was directed to the Perkins Institute for the Blind instead (in Watertown, Massachusetts). He attended Perkins for one year (1940–1941), where he learned Braille. At the end of that year he applied again to attend the regular high school, and this time he was accepted (the previous superintendent had left, and the acting superintendent's sister had been Genensky's teacher at the Howland School).
Genensky entered Brown University in 1945 and graduated with a BS degree in physics. He entered Harvard University in 1950 and received an MS degree in mathematics in 1951, after which he worked for the US Bureau of Standards as a mathematician in the Fire Protection Section of the Building Technology Division.
Genensky returned to Brown University in 1954 and received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1958. At that time he was hired by the RAND Corporation and became a member of the senior staff in its Mathematics Department.
In 1976 the Santa Monica Hospital invited Genensky to come to the hospital and create a center dedicated to assisting visually impaired persons to remain (or become) an integral part of the overall society. He (along with two colleagues) did make the move, and in 1978 the Center for the Partially Sighted began providing services as part of the hospital's operations (it became an independent organization in April 1983).
Development of sight-assisting devices
In his one year at Perkins, Genensky quickly learned to read Braille, but also continued to read regular printed materials, and to write with pens. One teacher told him, "Why don't you act like a well-behaved blind child?" to which he replied, "Because I am not blind." He remarked later that this retort had significant im |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20Christian%20Albums | Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the Billboard 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. The chart was introduced on the magazine issue dated March 29, 1980, under the title "Best Selling Inspirational LPs". The current name was adopted on August 16, 2003, in an effort to "streamline" chart titles. The first number-one album was Candle's Music Machine. Amy Grant's Age to Age, released in 1982, topped the chart for 85 consecutive weeks, the longest for any album on the chart.
The current number-one album on the chart is Donda by Kanye West.
Artist milestones
Most number-one albums
Most cumulative weeks at number one
Album milestones
Most cumulative weeks at number one
The following albums have spent at least 30 cumulative weeks atop the chart:
Most consecutive weeks at number one
The following albums have spent at least 25 consecutive weeks atop the chart:
Most weeks on the chart
The following albums have spent at least 200 weeks on the chart:
Number ones
See also
Christian Songs
Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart
References
External links
Christian Albums
Contemporary Christian music albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FarmVille | FarmVille is a series of agriculture-simulation social network games developed and published by Zynga in 2009. It is similar to Happy Farm and Farm Town. Its gameplay involves various aspects of farmland management, such as plowing land, planting, growing, and harvesting crops, harvesting trees and raising livestock. The sequels FarmVille 2 and FarmVille 3 were released in September 2012 and November 2021, respectively.
The game was available as an Adobe Flash application via the social networking website Facebook and Microsoft's MSN Games. It was previously available as a mobile app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad for a brief period in 2010. The game was free-to-play; however, to progress quickly within the game, players are encouraged to spend Farm Cash (in FarmVille) or Farm Bucks (in FarmVille 2), which are purchasable with real-world currency. FarmVille was thus one of the first major freemium games.
After launching on Facebook in 2009, FarmVille became the most popular game on the site, and held that position for over two years. At its peak, in March 2010, the game had 83.76 million monthly active users. Daily active users peaked at 34.5 million. After 2011, the game began experiencing a considerable decline in popularity. By May 2012, the game was ranked as the seventh most popular Facebook game. As of April 30, 2016, its rank had fallen to the 110th most popular Facebook game as measured by daily active users, while FarmVille 2 had climbed to 42.
On September 27, 2020, Zynga announced that it would discontinue the first FarmVille on Facebook on December 31, 2020, as Facebook was to stop supporting games running on Flash Player—required by FarmVille—on that day. Following the existing FarmVille 2, FarmVille 3 focuses on mobile devices.
Gameplay
Once players began a farm, they would first create a customizable avatar, which could be changed at any point.
The player began with an empty farm and a fixed starting number of Farm Coins, the primary currency in the game. Players earned XP (experience points) for performing certain actions in the game such as plowing land or buying items. At certain XP benchmarks, the player's level would rise. As the player obtained more items and progressed through levels, crops and animals would become available to them via the "market" where items could be purchased using either Farm Coins or Farm Cash. Farm Cash was earned by leveling up or completing offers, or purchased for real money.
The main way a player earned Farm Coins, the less important of the two in-game currencies, was through harvesting crops or visiting their neighbors. The player would do this by paying coins for plowing a unit of land. This readied the land for planting seeds, which would eventually be harvested after a set amount of time. The amount of time it took for a crop to mature, and how much money a crop would yield when harvested, was dependent on the crop planted and was noted on its entry in the "market" dialog. They wou |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Borrill | Boyd Raymond 'Ray' Borrill was founder of The Data Domain, a retail computer store in Bloomington, Indiana, and vice-president of itty bitty machine company retail computer store, December 1975 – 1980, located in Evanston, Illinois. These stores have their place in computer history as they are not only among the first several storefront computer retail shops, but also were two of the first computer stores to sell the Apple I computer, the MITS Altair 8800, as well as numerous other now highly collectible products from microcomputer history. The dealer arrangement was made by Steve Jobs. The Data Domain is also believed to be the first to ever use the phrase "Personal Computer" commercially. These stores are the first retail outlets for personal computers. Items could be purchased as either complete assembled and tested, or as kits.
In 1975, Borrill was one of the participants of the Kansas City symposium, which established the Kansas City standard, a standard format for recording data on audio cassette tapes. The Kansas City standard format allowed for exchange of data between microcomputers. Many pioneers of the microcomputer industry, such as Bill Gates while working for MITS, were also in attendance.
References
External links
Interview with Ray Borrill, History of itty bitty machine company
A tribute to Ray Borrill, including email and newsletter archives
The Data Domain article on Bloomingpedia
http://www.thedatadomain.com/ - The Data Domain website, now defunct.
http://mobtalk.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3985 - Discussion about The Data Domain on mobtalk.net
1931 births
20th-century American businesspeople
2006 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation%20%28database%29 | In database theory, a relation, as originally defined by E. F. Codd, is a set of tuples (d1, d2, ..., dn), where each element dj is a member of Dj, a data domain. Codd's original definition notwithstanding, and contrary to the usual definition in mathematics, there is no ordering to the elements of the tuples of a relation. Instead, each element is termed an attribute value. An attribute is a name paired with a domain (nowadays more commonly referred to as a type or data type). An attribute value is an attribute name paired with an element of that attribute's domain, and a tuple is a set of attribute values in which no two distinct elements have the same name. Thus, in some accounts, a tuple is described as a function, mapping names to values.
A set of attributes in which no two distinct elements have the same name is called a heading. It follows from the above definitions that to every tuple there corresponds a unique heading, being the set of names from the tuple, paired with the domains from which the tuple's domain elements are taken. A set of tuples that all correspond to the same heading is called a body. A relation is thus a heading paired with a body, the heading of the relation being also the heading of each tuple in its body. The number of attributes constituting a heading is called the degree, which term also applies to tuples and relations. The term n-tuple refers to a tuple of degree n (n ≥ 0).
E. F. Codd used the term "relation" in its mathematical sense of a finitary relation, a set of tuples on some set of n sets S1, S2, .... ,Sn. Thus, an n-ary relation is interpreted, under the Closed-World Assumption, as the extension of some n-adic predicate: all and only those n-tuples whose values, substituted for corresponding free variables in the predicate, yield propositions that hold true, appear in the relation.
The term relation schema refers to a heading paired with a set of constraints defined in terms of that heading. A relation can thus be seen as an instantiation of a relation schema if it has the heading of that schema and it satisfies the applicable constraints.
Sometimes a relation schema is taken to include a name. A relational database definition (database schema, sometimes referred to as a relational schema) can thus be thought of as a collection of named relation schemas.
In implementations, the domain of each attribute is effectively a data type and a named relation schema is effectively a relation variable (relvar for short).
In SQL, a database language for relational databases, relations are represented by tables, where each row of a table represents a single tuple, and where the values of each attribute form a column.
Examples
Below is an example of a relation having three named attributes: 'ID' from the domain of integers, and 'Name' and 'Address' from the domain of strings:
A predicate for this relation, using the attribute names to denote free variables, might be "Employee number ID is known as Name and l |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanish%20%28computer%20science%29 | Vanish was a project to "give users control over the lifetime of personal data stored on the web." It was led by Roxana Geambasu at the University of Washington. The project proposed to allow a user to enter information to send across the internet, thereby relinquishing control of it. However, the user is able to include an "expiration date," after which the information is no longer usable by anyone who may have a copy of it, even the creator. The Vanish approach was found to be vulnerable to a Sybil attack, and thus insecure, by a team called Unvanish from the University of Texas, University of Michigan, and Princeton.
Theory
Vanish acts by automating the encryption of information entered by the user with an encryption key that is unknown to the user. Along with the information the user enters, the user also enters metadata concerning how long the information should remain available. The system then encrypts the information, but does not store either the encryption key or the original information. Instead, it breaks up the decryption key into smaller components that are disseminated across distributed hash tables, or DHTs via the Internet. The DHTs refresh information within their nodes on a set schedule unless configured to make the information persistent. The time delay entered by the user in the metadata controls how long the DHTs should allow the information to persist, but once that time period is over, the DHTs will reuse those nodes, making the information about the decryption stored irretrievable. As long as the decryption key may be reassembled from the DHTs, the information is retrievable. However, once the period entered by the user has lapsed, the information is no longer recoverable, as the user never possessed the decryption key.
Implementation
Vanish currently exists as a Firefox plug-in which allows a user to enter text into either a standard Gmail email or Facebook message, and choose to send the message via Vanish. The message is then encrypted and sent via the normal networking pathways through the cloud to the recipient. The recipient must have the same Firefox plug-in to decrypt the message. The plugin accesses BitTorrent DHTs, which have 8-hour lifespans. This means the user may select an expiration date for the message in increments of 8 hours. After the expiration of the user-defined time span, the information in the DHT is overwritten, thereby eliminating the key. While both the user and recipient may have copies of the original encrypted message, the key used to turn it back into plain text is now gone.
Although this particular instance of the data has become inaccessible, it's important to note that the information can always be saved by other means before expiration (copied, or even via screen shots) and published again.
See also
Cryptography
Internet privacy
Proactive Cyber Defence
References
Computer security
Secure communication
Crime prevention
University of Michigan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Windows%20Foundation | Open Windows Foundation is a US-registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focusing on youth education and programming in San Miguel Dueñas, Guatemala. The center was founded in 2001 by Ericka Kaplan, Jean Uelmen, and Teresa Quiñonez and now serves over 1,000 members of the Dueñas community.
Mission
To provide education and community development opportunities for children and families in Guatemala.
History
The Foundation first opened in 2001 with an enrollment of 20 children assembling in a small room. The original 300 books for the center were donated from a library project that had recently closed in Rio Dulce, Guatemala. The Foundation’s primary function was to act as a dynamic library with the aim of getting kids to read for pleasure.
Over the years, Open Windows has continued to accumulate students, books, funds, and other resources through the personal networking of the founders and the community. In 2003, Rotary International donated 10 computers to Open Windows. This donation allowed Open Windows to expand its services by offering computer classes and by allowing students to use computers for homework. Open Windows also launched its initial website in 2003 which allowed for greater publicity.
In September 2005, a formal library room was built and is now filled with over 12,000 books including picture, fiction, non-fiction, and reference books. Two years later 2007, an impending donation from Rotary International for an additional 10 computers prompted the building of a second story computer center at Open Windows. The center was completed in April, 2007. By this time, the mission had been expanded to include enhancing technology skills and to provide educational programming and tutoring for students.
Programs
Open Windows currently provides multiple programs: the after school program, the activities program, the computer center, a scholarship program, a pre-school introduction to learning, installation of eco-stoves and house construction.
After School Program
The after school program allows the students time to finish their homework with the supervision and assistance of the seven teachers at Open Windows Foundation. Because of the close relationship between Open Windows and the local schools, homework for the students is often designed with the specific resources of Open Windows in mind.
Activities Program
The activities program is designed for the students to participate in an interactive reading and learning activity as a group. Every afternoon the teachers at Open Windows Foundation use a book read aloud to ground an activity designed to emphasize reading, writing, creative, listening, and thinking skills.
Computer Center
The computer center was completed in 2007 and is composed of 20 computers donated from Rotary International. Classes are provided for children and adults and for various computer programs. In addition to the classes, 10 of the computers are now equipped with internet access for research and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopless%20algorithm | In computational combinatorics, a loopless algorithm or loopless imperative algorithm is an imperative algorithm that generates successive combinatorial objects, such as partitions, permutations, and combinations, in constant time and the first object in linear time. The objects must be immediately available in simple form without requiring any additional steps.
A loopless functional algorithm is a functional algorithm that takes the form unfoldr step • prolog where step takes constant time and prolog takes linear time in the size of the input. The standard function unfoldr is a right-associative Bird unfold.
References
Combinatorial algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation%20Heights | Confederation Heights is an area in south Ottawa, Canada, made up of mostly government buildings. It is bounded on the east by Data Centre Road, on the north and west by the Rideau River and on the south by Brookfield Road.
Confederation Heights includes the Clarke Memorial Centre (RA Centre), the Taxation Data Centre (Canada Revenue Agency), the Edward Drake Building (formerly Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Communications Security Establishment), the Sir Leonard Tilley Building (formerly Communications Security Establishment), Canada Post Place (Canada Post headquarters), the Sir Charles Tupper Building (Public Works Canada), Hog's Back Park, Vincent Massey Park and Mooney's Bay station.
History
Prior to the expropriation of the Merkley Brick Yard in 1954, the area had been a combination of woods, farmland, quarry and brickyard. The arrival of Federal government departments in the late 1950s - early 1960s had a significant impact on the area. In 1959, the Fire Chief of Gloucester Township (the area was incorporated into Ottawa the following year) raised concerns that road traffic caused by the 1400 new workers commuting to Confederation Heights would interfere with the firefighters' ability to respond to fires from their station in Billings Bridge. It was estimated that daily traffic on Riverside Drive west of Bank Street would increase by 3500 cars.
In 1961, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker inaugurated the Sir Alexander Campbell Building, the new headquarters building of the Department of the Post Office. The building, designed by architects Shore and Moffat was one of three which anchored the site. A plaza, with fountains and benches, spread between the self-standing cafeteria building and the Sir Alexander Campbell Building. To commemorate Canada's Centennial, a sundial was installed on the plaza. The plaque attached to its base read "Erected by Headquarters Staff of the Post Office Department to Commemorate the Centennial of Confederation July 26, 1967". The fountains and sundial have since disappeared. The Sir Alexander Campbell Building has since been torn down. It was replaced by a new Canada Post headquarters building located in Confederation Heights at the corner of Riverside Drive and Heron Road.
The Sir Charles Tupper Building, which serves as the headquarters of the Department of Public Works and Government Services, opened in 1960 (Lithwick, Lambert and Sim Architects) It was the second prominent building located in Confederation Heights. The third was the Sir Leonard Tilley Building, which served as the headquarters of the Communications Security Establishment until a new headquarters building was built in the eastern end of Ottawa on Ogilvie Road. Plans to move various other departments to Confederation Heights changed over time. For example, it had been suggested that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development move to Confederation Heights, but this never occurred.
The development of offices als |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaws%20of%20the%20Lost%20Dynasty | Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, known in Japan as , is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Data East. It was one of the first games developed for Sega's ST-V arcade board.
Story
For generations, people have believed in the Chinese myth known as the Dark Legend. It occurs sometime in the 11th or 12th century when China plunges into a state of total anarchy, when power-hungry warlords rebel against the central government. To regain control over his empire, the emperor devises a cunning plan. He prepares for the ultimate conquest for his most ambitious rivals, a challenge that no warlord is able to resist as the rewards are unimaginable. The victor will be endowed with incredible abilities and possess ultimate power, not to mention unlimited wealth. The triumph is absolute as defeat means death. Thousands of fearless warriors battle among themselves with special fighting abilities.
Gameplay
The game has eleven playable characters and many locations around China to choose from. Each character fights with their own unique weapon while some are unarmed. If the weapon is used to block attacks too often, the character will only be able to fight with their bare hands and lose the weapon for the rest of the round. Fighting moves are classified under low, medium and hard in terms of attack power, in order of increasing amount of damage dealt to an opponent. Each character also has their own special attack to use against the opponent.
Characters
The game takes place in Liangshan Marsh, where 12 of the strongest outlaws out of 108 gather to test their battle skills against each other while the Gods of War watch from above. The characters are inspired by the 108 outlaws from the 14th century Chinese classical novel Water Margin by Shi Naian.
Ports
Data East ported Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty to the Sega Saturn in 1995 and PlayStation in 1996. The North American home version was retitled Dark Legend, while the Japanese title remains unchanged in the Japanese home versions. The Japanese port includes both an Original Mode, the mode that plays just like the arcade version, and a Special Mode, which adds extra moves. There is also a beginner mode that can be accessed by pressing the L or R button at the same time. In 2P Battle mode, Makoto Mizoguchi from the Fighter's History series (also by Data East) can be unlocked. The North American version is an update from the Japanese version and was translated for the American audience; however, most of the Japanese text and voice samples remained. Some of the options were removed, as well as the option demo play. Unlike the Japanese version, this version lacks the Arcade Mode, it defaults to Special Mode instead.
A Japan-exclusive semi-sequel titled was later released only for the Sega Saturn. Along with Makoto Mizoguchi, another character from the Fighter's History series, Liu Yungmie, was added to the roster.
In 2009, G-Mode ported the PlayStation version of Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty over to t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Life%20%28Italian%20TV%20channel%29 | Fox Life was a television channel in Italy that was owned by Fox Networks Group Italy. The channel primarily targets women.
Two time-shifted versions of the channel, called Fox Life +1 and Fox Life +2, broadcast the same programming an hour later or two hours later. On February 1, 2012, a high-definition simulcast called Fox Life HD premiered.
On July 1, 2020, the channel closed.
Programming
The schedule contained drama series, reality shows, lifestyle magazines and documentaries. Programmes were both foreign imports and Italian productions.
Final
Programmes that are shown upon closure include:
Castle
Grey's Anatomy
Nina
Outlander
The Good Doctor
The Resident
This Is Us
Former
Programmes that are no longer shown include:
9-1-1
Accidentally on Purpose
Ally McBeal
Army Wives
Big Love
Body of Proof
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Close to Home
Cold Case
Cougar Town
Crossing Jordan
Desperate Housewives
Dharma & Greg
Drop Dead Diva
ER
Extreme Makeover (Dubbed in Italian)
Ghost Whisperer
Gilmore Girls
Hope & Faith
Hot in Cleveland
In Plain Sight
Judging Amy
Lip Service
Lipstick Jungle
Medium
Millionaire Matchmaker (Dubbed in Italian)
Missing
My Wife and Kids
Nanny 911
Nashville
Necessary Roughness
Private Practice
Revenge
Samantha Who?
Satisfaction
Scandal
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Sex and the City
The Big C
The Carrie Diaries
The Client List
The Good Wife
The Nanny
The Simple Life (Dubbed in Italian)
Ugly Betty
Will & Grace
Witches of East End
References
External links
Italy
Italian-language television stations
Defunct television channels in Italy
Television channels and stations established in 2004
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
2004 establishments in Italy
2020 disestablishments in Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%203D%20modeling%20software | Following is a list of notable 3D modeling software, computer programs used for developing a mathematical representation of any Three Dimensional surface of objects, also called 3D modeling.
See also
List of computer-aided design editors
List of 3D computer graphics software
List of 3D animation software
List of 3D rendering software
3d Modelling Software
3D graphics software
Software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataphone | Dataphone Scandinavia AB is a Swedish national and independent telecom operator and ISP that offers data communication solutions to businesses. Dataphone has its own national network for data and telephony.
The data network produces IP VPN over MPLS and Internet access. Dataphone delivers PSTN telephony and IP-telephony through its own network. The network also allows Dataphone to offer wholesale and carrier services to other national and international operators. Dataphone also provides collocation and hosting from its server facilities in Stockholm, Sweden. Additional offerings include antispam from IronPort, web hotel, e-mail services and more. Headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Dataphone Sweden AB was founded in 1994 and was one of the pioneers of Internet services. Since then Dataphone has been an ISP and offered related services. Citylink AB was founded in 2001 and offered telephony and data communication based on a national powerful network and switch. The two companies merged in December 2005 under the name Dataphone Scandinavia AB. The official name is now DPH Scandinavia but the brand Dataphone is still used. Since December 2009 the company is a part of IP-Only Telecommunication AB.
External links
IP-Only website
Internet service providers of Sweden |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd%20computing | Crowd computing is a form of distributed work where tasks that are hard for computers to do, are handled by large numbers of humans distributed across the internet.
It is an overarching term encompassing tools that enable idea sharing, non-hierarchical decision making and utilization of "cognitive surplus" - the ability of the world’s population to collaborate on large, sometimes global projects. Crowd computing combines elements of crowdsourcing, automation, distributed computing, and machine learning.
Prof. Rob Miller of MIT further defines crowd computing as “harnessing the power of people out in the web to do tasks that are hard for individual users or computers to do alone. Like cloud computing, crowd computing offers elastic, on-demand human resources that can drive new applications and new ways of thinking about technology.”
History
The practice predates the internet. At the end of the 18th century, the British Royal Astronomers distributed spreadsheets by mail, asking the crowd to help them create maps of the stars and the seas. In the United States during the 1930s, when the government employed hundreds of “human computers” to work on the WPA and the Manhattan Project.
The modern day microchip made using large crowds for mechanical computation less attractive in the second half of the twentieth century. However, as the volume of data online grew, it became clear to companies like Amazon and Google that there were some things humans were simply better at doing than machines.
See also
Citizen Science
Crowdsourcing
Decentralized computing
Distributed computing
References
Further reading
Brown, Eric J. and William A. Yarberry, Jr. (2009). The Effective CIO. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (2010) -
Surowiecki, J. (2005). The Wisdom of Crowds. New York: Random House, Inc.
Crowdsourcing
Social networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Nation | Fox Nation is an American subscription video on demand service. Announced on February 20, 2018, and launching on November 27 of that year, it is a companion to Fox News Channel carrying programming of interest to its audience, including original opinion-based talk shows and documentary-style programs featuring Fox News personalities (which, as with its parent network, are produced from a conservative perspective), outdoor recreation-related programs, and other acquired programming. It also offers next-day streaming of Fox News primetime programs.
The "Fox Nation" name originates from a website Fox News had launched in 2009, which featured blogs by conservative and liberal commentators. The new service was announced for a debut in late 2018, and was described as catering to "superfans" of the conservative-leaning Fox News—which the network deemed to be "the most loyal audience in cable, if not all of television".
Programming
Some of the original programming on the service has included Nuff Said with Tyrus, What Made America Great with Brian Kilmeade, and Sincerely, Kat—hosted by The Greg Gutfeld Show panelist Kat Timpf. Diamond and Silk had a program on Fox Nation, but were dropped by Fox News in March 2020 amid their promotion of COVID-19 misinformation.
In 2020, the service began to acquire outdoor recreation-themed programming, including acquiring streaming rights to the former A&E reality show Duck Dynasty, and premiering the original hunting series Fox Nation Outdoors.
On March 29, 2021, the service began to carry Tucker Carlson Today—a spin-off of Tucker Carlson Tonight. Tucker Carlson also produced original documentaries for the service under the banner Tucker Carlson Originals.
In May 2021, Fox Nation began to stream Fox News primetime programs (such as Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity) on-demand the day after their original airing, branded as "Fox News Primetime All the Time". It also added a video simulcast of Dan Bongino's syndicated radio show, as part of an agreement for him to host a new Saturday night program on Fox News. In September 2021, Fox Nation greenlit a revival of former Fox series Cops for a 33rd season, after having previously been dropped by Paramount Network.
In March 2022, Fox Nation announced Duck Family Treasure, a new reality series starring Jase and Jep Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame. In April 2022, Fox Nation announced Historic Battles for America, a historical miniseries narrated by Kelsey Grammer. It also acquired Piers Morgan Uncensored from the British channel TalkTV, which is a sister to Fox News via sister company News Corp and News UK. In September 2022 Fox Nation premiered its first direct-to-streaming film, The Shell Collector, adapted from the novel by Nancy Naigle.
In July 2023, Fox News announced that anchor of The Story Martha MacCallum would be interviewing Buster Murdaugh, the last living son of Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh and son Paul in June 2021 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP-HTTPS | IP over HTTPS ("IP-HTTPS", "MS-IPHTTPS") is a Microsoft network tunneling protocol. The IP-HTTPS protocol transports IPv6 packets across non-IPv6 networks. It does a similar job as the earlier 6to4 or Teredo tunneling mechanisms.
Microsoft preference when deciding between transition protocols
Microsoft used to discourage IP-HTTPS use because it was slow.
For Windows Server 2012, Microsoft changed the internal workings of the protocol, and IP-HTTPS is now the "preferred IPv6 transition technology" for their "DirectAccess" VPN technology.
References
External links
Official Microsoft open standards document [MS-IPHTTPS]
Network protocols
IPv6 transition technologies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS%202200 | OS 2200 is the operating system for the Unisys ClearPath Dorado family of mainframe systems. The operating system kernel of OS 2200 is a lineal descendant of Exec 8 for the UNIVAC 1108.
Documentation and other information on current and past Unisys systems can be found on the Unisys public support website.
See Unisys 2200 Series system architecture for a description of the machine architecture and its relationship to the OS 2200 operating system. Unisys stopped producing ClearPath Dorado hardware in the early 2010s, and the operating system is now run under emulation.
History
There were earlier 1100 systems going back to the 1101 in 1951, but the 1108 was the first 1100 Series computer designed for efficient support of multiprogramming and multiprocessing. Along with this new hardware came the operating system Exec 8 (Executive System for the 1108).
The UNIVAC 1108 computer was announced in 1964 and delivered in late 1965. The first 1108 computers used Exec I and Exec II, which had been developed for the UNIVAC 1107. However, UNIVAC planned to offer symmetric multiprocessor versions of the 1108 with up to 4 processors and the earlier operating systems (really basic monitor programs) weren't designed for that, even though they supported limited multiprogramming.
When the UNIVAC 1110 was introduced in 1972, the operating system name was changed to OS 1100 to reflect its support for the wider range of systems. The name OS 1100 was retained until 1988 with the introduction of the Sperry 2200 Series as a follow on to the 1100 Series when its name was changed to OS 2200. Since that time, the 2200 Series became the Unisys ClearPath IX Series and then the Unisys ClearPath Dorado Series, but the operating system retained the OS 2200 name.
The company name and its product names also changed over time. Engineering Research Associates (ERA) of Saint Paul was acquired by Remington Rand Corporation. Remington Rand also acquired the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation of Philadelphia which was then building the UNIVAC computer. The two were combined into the UNIVAC division of Remington Rand under the direction of William Norris. William Norris had been one of the founders of ERA and later left Remington Rand to start Control Data Corporation. The UNIVAC division of Remington Rand Corporation became the UNIVAC division of Sperry Rand Corporation after Remington Rand merged with Sperry Corporation. In the 1970s Sperry Rand began a corporate identity program that changed its name to Sperry Corporation and all the division names to begin with Sperry, so the computer systems division became Sperry UNIVAC. Later the division names were dropped and everything simply became Sperry.
The operating system kernel is still referred to as "the Exec" by most Unisys and customer personnel. However, when Unisys began releasing suites of products tested together as system base releases, later called "ClearPath OS 2200 Release n", the term OS 2200 changed |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net%20Optics | Net Optics is a manufacturer of network monitoring and intelligent access solutions for physical and virtual networks. The company was established in 1996 by Eldad Matityahu. Ixia announced the purchase of Net Optics[11] on October 29, 2013.
Net Optics’ line of passive network monitoring access devices includes taps, bypass switches, regeneration taps, aggregators, data monitoring switches, and media converters. Products are designed and manufactured in the United States. Net Optics' Network Performance Monitoring and Application Flow Monitoring solutions extend visibility and control into the application layer.
Ixia was then purchased by Keysight formerly Agilent, formerly HP.
History
Net Optics was founded in 1996 by Eldad Matityahu. The company’s original focus was producing network taps - hardware devices that monitor network traffic. Net Optics now offers a range of network monitoring solutions for telecommunications, banking, finance, government and large enterprise. In 2011, Net Optics introduced the Phantom Virtual Tap, granting users 100% visibility in monitoring virtual network environments.
In January 2012, Net Optics announced its entry into the Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)/ Application Performance Monitoring (APM) arena with the acquisition of Triplelayer, a private Australia-based distributor, and its sister company, nMetrics, which specializes in network and application analysis software. The first solution featuring the companies’ combined strengths, called the appTap, offers visibility and analytics for remote and branch offices. The company’s Network Performance Monitoring family, called Spyke, extends Net Optics' Access Switching capabilities via an integrated solution that offers application intelligence (statistics, analysis) through deep packet inspection.
Net Optics and Triplelayer have an eight-year history of joint deployments for global telecommunications providers, financial services firms and enterprises across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Triplelayer has been the primary distributor of Net Optics products in APAC since 2010.
Net Optics works with various companies to produce compatible products for their respective industries. Net Optics is currently working with Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, TippingPoint, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Hewlett Packard, McAfee, and Imperva.
References
Manufacturing companies of the United States
Networking hardware
Companies established in 1996 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Armstrong%20%28artist%29 | Kate Armstrong is a Canadian artist, writer and curator with a history of projects focusing on experimental literary practices, networks and public space.
Biography
Armstrong is a Canadian-born artist, writer, and curator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She received a master of philosophy in humanities degree from Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. After gaining her master's degree from Memorial University in her early twenties, she began her current career path in the arts. The main focus of her work is to explore the relationship between art and technology.
Armstrong later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to begin her career. She currently continues to reside in Vancouver.
Career
Armstrong's network art projects include PING (2003), Grafik Dynamo (2005), Why Some Dolls Are Bad (2007), and Path (2008).
Armstrong publishes on issues in contemporary art and has a book, Crisis and Repetition: Essays on Art and Culture (Michigan State University Press, 2002).
She founded Upgrade Vancouver in 2003 and has produced over 100 events in the field of art and technology in Vancouver, as well as many international events and exhibitions in connection with Upgrade International, a network operating in 30 cities worldwide. Upgrade Vancouver was the first node in Upgrade International outside New York City.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008 Armstrong convened ArtCamp, an unconference devoted to art, design and media.
In 2008 Armstrong commissioned and curated Tributaries and Text-Fed Streams, a work by J.R. Carpenter, which investigated the formal properties of RSS syndication as a literary form.
Armstrong taught at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. From 2005 to 2008 she taught at Simon Fraser University in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology in Surrey, British Columbia. She lectured at Tate Britain in mid 2009.
Projects
Space Video (2012) – Project that addresses ideas of exploration in inner and outer space. Commissioned by Turbulence.org
Medium (2011) – Book compiling the results of an internet project of the same name
Source Material Everywhere: A Remix (2011) – Book consisting of compiled Wikipedia entries for the terms "source", "material", and "everywhere"
Path (2008) – 12 volume text generated book based on the physical movements of an anonymous individual in Montreal. An updated edition was released in 2012
Why Some Dolls are Bad (2007) – Graphic novel generator that mixes images and original text to create a narrative
Grafik Dynamo (2005-2008) – Net artwork that converted images from the internet into live-action comic strips from 2005 to 2008. Commissioned by Turbulence.org. Reviewed in Digital Humanities. Quarterly.
Pattern Language (2005-2007) – Online system that attaches patterns of narrative to participants as they travel through Montreal
The Problem of Other Minds (2006) – Voice-activated robotic sculpture that unspools a roll of paper when it recogniz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are%20You%20the%20Next%20Big%20Star%3F | Are You the Next Big Star? is a 2009 Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Regine Velasquez and Keempee de Leon, it premiered on May 16, 2009 replacing Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?. The show concluded on August 23, 2009 with a total of 16 episodes.
The program seeks to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The public decides the outcomes of the later stages through text voting. The judges who give critiques of the contestants' performances have included Pops Fernandez, Randy Santiago, Danny Tan, Mon Faustino and Annie Quintos.
The prizes at stake includes one million pesos (P 1,000,000), a condominium unit from Avida, a management contract from GMA Artist Center and a recording contract from GMA Records. There will be two winners in the show: one male and one female.
On August 23, 2009, on the show's big finale, Frencheska Farr and Geoff Taylor were announced as the next female big star and next male big star respectively. Following the third and final round of the competition, Zyrene Parsad and Jay Perillo were eliminated. Camille Cortez and Alex Castro joined Frencheska Farr and Geoff Taylor in the final round of competition.
Frencheska Farr sang the victory song entitled Show Must Go On while Geoff Taylor sang the victory song entitled Heto Na. Both songs were composed by the show's musical director Raul Mitra and his wife Cacai Velasquez.
Production
In 2008, GMA Network had broadcast the country's second version of the Idol franchise, Pinoy Idol, following ABC's Philippine Idol. Debuting to mixed reaction, GMA's senior Vice President for Entertainment Wilma Galvante had stated that GMA had been attempting to work with FremantleMedia to explore options on how the show could be improved to better cater to the Pinoy audience. However, Darling de Jesus, vice president for Music and Variety programs at GMA, later stated that they "wanted [the next season of Pinoy Idol] to be more Pinoy", but could not come to terms with Fremantle over their changes. It was decided that GMA would instead produce their own music competition, tailored to the Filipino audience. This show would be Are You The Next Big Star?
Episode format
The episode format and elimination varies per episode. In most episodes, elimination takes place at the beginning of the episode followed by a group performance fit for the theme. Them the hosts will call on two or three contestants to perform consecutively. After that batch's performances, the hosts will call on two judges to give their assessments and critiques, they will then choose their best performers and worst performers per batch. Before each gap, they will feature bits of video recordings showcasing the week's featured celebrity on the segment, "Big Star Diary." At the end of each episodes, two bottom performers from the girls and the boys are called to be voted by the public.
In the July 4th episode, Rachel Gabreza and Justin Taylor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KS%20X%201001 | KS X 1001, "Code for Information Interchange (Hangul and Hanja)", formerly called KS C 5601, is a South Korean coded character set standard to represent hangul and hanja characters on a computer.
KS X 1001 is encoded by the most common legacy (pre-Unicode) character encodings for Korean, including EUC-KR and Microsoft's Unified Hangul Code (UHC). It contains Korean Hangul syllables, CJK ideographs (Hanja), Greek, Cyrillic, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana) and some other characters.
KS X 1001 is arranged as a 94×94 table, following the structure of 2-byte code words in ISO 2022 and EUC. Therefore, its code points are pairs of integers 1–94. However, some encodings (UHC and Johab), in addition to providing codes for every code point, provide additional codes for characters otherwise representable only as code point sequences.
History
This standard was previously known as KS C 5601. There have been several revisions of this standard. For example, there were revisions in 1987, 1992, 1998 and 2002.
The present, double-byte, Wansung () character set was standardised by the third edition of KS C 5601, which was published in 1986. It is an ISO 2022 compatible encoding, typically used in EUC form, which assigns double-byte codes for non-Hangul, Hangul jamo, and the most common Hangul syllables, in contrast to Johab () which is not compatible with ISO 2022, but assigns double-byte codes to all Hangul syllables using modern jamo. Wansung is technically a variable-length encoding, allowing other syllables to be represented with eight-byte sequences (using the jamo and Hangul Filler character), but this feature is not always implemented.
The earliest edition of KS C 5601, published in 1974, defined a variable-length 7-bit character set which assigned single-byte code points to 51 basic Hangul jamo, somewhat analogously to JIS C 6220, in an encoding known as "N-byte Hangul". The second edition, published in 1982, retained the main character set from the 1974 edition but defined two supplementary sets, including a version of Johab. Neither edition was adopted as widely as intended.
Wansung was kept unchanged in the 1987 and 1992 editions. In the 1992 edition, additional annex material was added, including the definition of the Johab encoding in annex 3, and the older N-byte Hangul encoding in annex 4. It was published in response to industry use of Johab as a competing encoding to Wansung, being used at the time by Hangul Word Processor. Following the introduction of Unified Hangul Code by Microsoft in Windows 95, and Hangul Word Processor abandoning Johab in favour of Unicode in 2000, Johab ceased to be commonly used.
Encodings
Encoding schemes of KS X 1001 include EUC-KR (in both ASCII and ISO 646-KR based variants, the latter of which includes a won currency sign (₩) at byte 0x5C rather than a backslash) and ISO-2022-KR, as well as ISO-2022-JP-2 (which also encodes JIS X 0208 and JIS X 0212). These all have the drawback that they only assign codes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS | Hypermedia as the engine of application state (HATEOAS) is a constraint of the REST application architecture that distinguishes it from other network application architectures.
With HATEOAS, a client interacts with a network application whose application servers provide information dynamically through hypermedia. A REST client needs little to no prior knowledge about how to interact with an application or server beyond a generic understanding of hypermedia.
By contrast, clients and servers in Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) interact through a fixed interface shared through documentation or an interface description language (IDL).
The restrictions imposed by HATEOAS decouple client and server. This enables server functionality to evolve independently.
The term was coined in 2000 by Roy Fielding in his doctoral dissertation.
Example
A user-agent makes an HTTP request to a REST API through an entry point URL. All subsequent requests the user-agent may make are discovered inside the response to each request. The media types used for these representations, and the link relations they may contain, are part of the API. The client transitions through application states by selecting from the links within a representation or by manipulating the representation in other ways afforded by its media type. In this way, RESTful interaction is driven by hypermedia, rather than out-of-band information.
For example, this GET request fetches an account resource, requesting details in a JSON representation:
GET /accounts/12345 HTTP/1.1
Host: bank.example.com
The response is:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"account": {
"account_number": 12345,
"balance": {
"currency": "usd",
"value": 100.00
},
"links": {
"deposits": "/accounts/12345/deposits",
"withdrawals": "/accounts/12345/withdrawals",
"transfers": "/accounts/12345/transfers",
"close-requests": "/accounts/12345/close-requests"
}
}
}
The response contains these possible follow-up links: POST a deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or close request (to close the account).
As an example, later, after the account has been overdrawn, there is a different set of available links, because the account is overdrawn.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"account": {
"account_number": 12345,
"balance": {
"currency": "usd",
"value": -25.00
},
"links": {
"deposits": "/accounts/12345/deposits"
}
}
}
Now only one link is available: to deposit more money (by POSTing to deposits). In its current state, the other links are not available. Hence the term Engine of Application State. What actions are possible varies as the state of the resource varies.
A client does not need to understand every media type and communication mechanism offered by the server. The ability to understand new media types may be acquired at run-time through "code-on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20Gill | S. Gill may refer to:
S. Gill (Berkshire cricketer)
S. Gill, President of the British Computer Society
See also
Gill (name)#People with the surname Gill |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20device%20forensics | Mobile device forensics is a branch of digital forensics relating to recovery of digital evidence or data from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions. The phrase mobile device usually refers to mobile phones; however, it can also relate to any digital device that has both internal memory and communication ability, including PDA devices, GPS devices and tablet computers.
Some of the mobile companies had tried to duplicate the model of the phones which is illegal. So, We see so many new models arriving every year which is the forward step to the further generations. The Process of cloning the mobile phones/devices in crime was widely recognised for some years, but the forensic study of mobile devices is a relatively new field, dating from the late 1990s and early 2000s. A proliferation of phones (particularly smartphones) and other digital devices on the consumer market caused a demand for forensic examination of the devices, which could not be met by existing computer forensics techniques.
Mobile devices can be used to save several types of personal information such as contacts, photos, calendars and notes, SMS and MMS messages. Smartphones may additionally contain video, email, web browsing information, location information, and social networking messages and contacts.
There is growing need for mobile forensics due to several reasons and some of the prominent reasons are:
Use of mobile phones to store and transmit personal and corporate information
Use of mobile phones in online transactions
Law enforcement, criminals and mobile phone devices
Mobile device forensics can be particularly challenging on a number of levels:
Evidential and technical challenges exist. For example, cell site analysis following from the use of a mobile phone usage coverage, is not an exact science. Consequently, whilst it is possible to determine roughly the cell site zone from which a call was made or received, it is not yet possible to say with any degree of certainty, that a mobile phone call emanated from a specific location e.g. a residential address.
To remain competitive, original equipment manufacturers frequently change mobile phone form factors, operating system file structures, data storage, services, peripherals, and even pin connectors and cables. As a result, forensic examiners must use a different forensic process compared to computer forensics.
Storage capacity continues to grow thanks to demand for more powerful "mini computer" type devices.
Not only the types of data but also the way mobile devices are used constantly evolve.
Hibernation behavior in which processes are suspended when the device is powered off or idle but at the same time, remaining active.
As a result of these challenges, a wide variety of tools exist to extract evidence from mobile devices; no one tool or method can acquire all the evidence from all devices. It is therefore recommended that forensic examiners, especially those wishing to qualify as expert witne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN%20Arabic | CGTN Arabic (), formerly CCTV-Arabic (), is an Arabic language television channel owned by China Global Television Network, a subsidiary of China Central Television.
History
On July 25, 2009, CCTV launched its Arabic-language international channel, stating that it aimed to maintain stronger links with Arabic nations and that the new channel will "serve as an important bridge to strengthen communication and understanding between China and Arab countries". CCTV also had plans for a Russian-language channel, which launched later in the year. The free-to-air channel was open for view to an audience of potentially 300 million in 22 countries, through the use of satellite television.
Development and funding
The South China Morning Post reported that CCTV was prepared to spend 45 billion yuan (US$9.5 billion) into the development of the channel, a claim unconfirmed by official sources.
Content
The channel broadcasts entirely in Arabic, with programs from the four categories of news, feature stories, entertainment and education. Each program is broadcast six times per day, while news reports are regularly updated. The channel will gradually increase the number of programs as it develops.
See also
CCTV-4 (Chinese)
CGTN Русский
CGTN Français
CGTN Español
CGTN (TV channel)
China Network Television (CNTV)
References
External links
China Global Television Network channels
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Arabic-language television stations
24-hour television news channels in China
2009 establishments in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Krak%C3%B3w | Transport in Kraków is based around a fairly dense network of tramway and bus lines operated by a municipal company, supplemented by a number of private minibus operators. Local trains connect some of the suburbs.
The bulk of the city’s historic area has been turned into a pedestrian zone with golf buggies, rickshaws and horse buggies; however, the tramlines run within a three-block radius.
Rail connections are available to most Polish cities. Trains to Warsaw depart every hour. International destinations include Berlin, Bratislava, Prague, Hamburg, Lviv, Kyiv, and Odesa (June–September). The main railway station is located just outside the Old Town District and is well-served by public transport.
There is an international airport west of the city. Direct trains cover the route between the main railway station and the airport in 18 minutes.
International Airport
Kraków's airport, (John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, ) is west of the city. Direct trains cover the route between Kraków Main station and the airport in 16 minutes, but the service is unreliable because the railway track into the airport is an old military line that has not been upgraded. The annual capacity of the airport is estimated at 1.3 million passengers; however, in 2007 more than 3.042 million people used the airport, giving Kraków Airport 15 percent of all air passenger traffic in Poland. The passenger terminal is undergoing extension and is being adapted to meet the requirements of the Schengen Treaty.
Kraków Main railway station
Kraków Main railway station (, commonly called Dworzec Główny) is the largest and the most centrally located railway station in Kraków.
The building, constructed between 1844 and 1847 (architect: P.Rosenbaum), is parallel to the tracks. The station was initially a terminus of the KrakówUpper Silesia Railway (Kolej Krakowsko-Górnośląska, ). The design was chosen to allow for future line expansion. Trains entered the trainshed via an archway in a brick wall at the northern end of the station.
The station opened on 13 October 1847, with the first train leaving for Mysłowice (the point where the Austrian, German and Russian Empires adjoined during their military partitions of Poland).
When the railway line was extended eastwards by the Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis (the first section, to Dębica, then Dembitz in the Habsburg Empire, opened in 1856). The increasing traffic resulted in the station being modernized and enlarged in stages between 1869 and 1894. The next substantial expansion took place in the 1930s. At that time the northern brick wall and trainshed were demolished, the latter replaced by individual platform roofs.
A new transport interchange was developed which included a coach station and an underground fast tram line. A new shopping center (Galeria Krakowska, Kraków Gallery) opened in September 2006. The construction of the Galeria Krakowska and remodeling of the area in front of the main station bui |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Technologies%20and%20Applications | Data Technologies and Applications (DTA) is a peer-reviewed academic, interdisciplinary journal concerning any topic related to web science, data analytics and digital information management. It is published quarterly by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
The journal was previously called Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems but in 2018 the name changed to Data Technologies and Applications.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.556.
References
External links
Journal information
Table of Contents
Previous version of the journal homepage
Cultural journals
Computer science journals
Emerald Group Publishing academic journals
Academic journals established in 1966 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POEM%40Home | POEM@Home was a volunteer computing project hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and running on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) software platform. It modeled protein folding using Anfinsen's dogma. POEM@Home was started in 2007 and, due to advances using GPUs that rendered the BOINC program redundant, concluded in October 2016. The POEM@home applications were proprietary.
Scientific objectives
The project studied how protein structure determined protein function, predict a protein's structure from its amino acid sequence, investigated how proteins interact with each other, and understand how malfunctioning proteins can cause functional disorders. The resulting knowledge could then be used in the development of medical treatments.
See also
List of volunteer computing projects
References
External links
POEM@Home website
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)
Science in society
Free science software
Volunteer computing projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XQuery | XQuery (XML Query) is a query and functional programming language that queries and transforms collections of structured and unstructured data, usually in the form of XML, text and with vendor-specific extensions for other data formats (JSON, binary, etc.). The language is developed by the XML Query working group of the W3C. The work is closely coordinated with the development of XSLT by the XSL Working Group; the two groups share responsibility for XPath, which is a subset of XQuery.
XQuery 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on January 23, 2007.
XQuery 3.0 became a W3C Recommendation on April 8, 2014.
XQuery 3.1 became a W3C Recommendation on March 21, 2017.
Features
XQuery is a functional, side effect-free, expression-oriented programming language with a simple type system, summed up by Kilpeläinen:
XQuery provides the means to extract and manipulate data from XML documents or any data source that can be viewed as XML, such as relational databases or office documents.
XQuery contains a superset of XPath expression syntax to address specific parts of an XML document. It supplements this with a SQL-like "FLWOR expression" for performing joins. A FLWOR expression is constructed from the five clauses after which it is named: FOR, LET, WHERE, ORDER BY, RETURN.
The language also provides syntax allowing new XML documents to be constructed. Where the element and attribute names are known in advance, an XML-like syntax can be used; in other cases, expressions referred to as dynamic node constructors are available. All these constructs are defined as expressions within the language, and can be arbitrarily nested.
The language is based on the XQuery and XPath Data Model (XDM) which uses a tree-structured model of the information content of an XML document, containing seven kinds of nodes: document nodes, elements, attributes, text nodes, comments, processing instructions, and namespaces.
XDM also models all values as sequences (a singleton value is considered to be a sequence of length one). The items in a sequence can either be XML nodes or atomic values. Atomic values may be integers, strings, booleans, and so on: the full list of types is based on the primitive types defined in XML Schema.
Features for updating XML documents or databases, and full text search capability, are not part of the core language, but are defined in add-on extension standards: XQuery Update Facility 1.0 supports update feature and XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0 supports full text search in XML documents.
XQuery 3.0 adds support for full functional programming, in that functions are values that can be manipulated (stored in variables, passed to higher-order functions, and dynamically called).
Examples
The sample XQuery code below lists the unique speakers in each act of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, encoded in hamlet.xml
<html><body>
{
for $act in doc("hamlet.xml")//ACT
let $speakers := distinct-values($act//SPEAKER)
return
<div>
<h1>{ string($act |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1dio%20Bandeirantes | Rádio Bandeirantes (RB) is a Brazilian news radio network, based in São Paulo, property of Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. It was created in 1937 as an all-news service (i.e. broadcasting news 24 hours a day).
RB operates on the frequencies of 840 kHz (AM) and 90.9 MHz (FM)
Crew
Its anchor journalists are José Paulo de Andrade, Salomão Esper, Milton Parron, Haisem Abaki, Zancopé Simões, Milton Neves (Sports), Sérgio Patrick (Sports) and Ricardo Capriotti (Sports).
External links
Official website
Brazilian radio networks
News and talk radio stations
Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
Radio stations established in 1937
1937 establishments in Brazil |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.1ad | IEEE 802.1ad is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q-1998 networking standard which adds support for provider bridges. It was incorporated into the base 802.1Q standard in 2011. The technique specified by the standard is known informally as stacked VLANs or QinQ.
The original 802.1Q specification allows a single virtual local area network (VLAN) header to be inserted into an Ethernet frame. QinQ allows multiple VLAN tags to be inserted into a single frame, an essential capability for implementing metro Ethernet.
In a multiple-VLAN-header context, out of convenience, the term VLAN tag or just tag for short is often used in place of 802.1Q VLAN header. QinQ allows multiple VLAN tags in an Ethernet frame; together these tags constitute a tag stack. When used in the context of an Ethernet frame, a QinQ frame is a frame that has two VLAN 802.1Q headers (i.e. it is double-tagged).
Background
802.1ad specifies architecture and bridge protocols to provide separate instances of the medium access control (MAC) services to multiple independent users of a bridged local area network in a manner that does not require cooperation among the users and requires a minimum amount of cooperation between the users and the provider of the MAC service.
The idea is to provide, for example, the possibility for customers to run their own VLANs inside a service provider's provided VLAN. This way the service provider can just configure one VLAN for the customer and the customer can then treat that VLAN as if it were a trunk.
IEEE 802.1ad was created for the following reasons:
802.1Q has a 12-bit VLAN ID field, which has a limit of 212 (4096) tags. With the growth of networks, this limitation has become more acute. A double-tagged frame has a limitation of 4096 × 4096 = 16777216 tags, which can accommodate more network growth.
The addition of a second tag allows operations that would not have been available had the VLAN ID field simply been expanded from 12 bits to 24 bits (or any other large value). Having multiple tags—a tag stack—allows switches to more easily modify frames. In a tag stack scheme, switches can add, remove or modify single or multiple tags. It is easier for networking equipment makers to modify their existing equipment by creating multiple 802.1Q headers than to modify their equipment to implement some hypothetical new non-802.1Q extended VLAN ID field header.
A multi-tagged frame not only has multiple VLAN IDs, but has multiple priority code point (PCP) and drop eligible indicator (DEI) bit fields.
A tag stack creates a mechanism for Internet Service Providers to encapsulate customer single-tagged 802.1Q traffic with a single tag, the final frame being a QinQ frame. The outer tag is used to identify and segregate traffic from different customers; the inner tag is preserved from the original frame.
QinQ frames are convenient means of constructing Layer 2 tunnels, or applying quality-of-service (QoS) policies.
802.1ad is upward compatible with |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson%20County%20Radio | Jefferson County Radio is a network of seven low-power FM radio stations in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. Owned and operated by Jefferson County Disaster & Emergency Services, the stations air classic country music and emergency messages and public interest items for residents of the county.
Transmitters
Notes
References
Radio stations in Montana
Radio stations established in 2004
Low-power FM radio stations in Montana
2004 establishments in Montana
Jefferson County, Montana
Classic country radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDeA%20Networks%20of%20Biomedical%20Research%20Excellence | NCRR's IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) promote the development, coordination, and sharing of research resources and expertise that will expand the research opportunities and increase the number of competitive investigators in the IDeA-eligible states.
The IDeA Networks were initially supported by NCRR's Division of Research Infrastructure (DRI). When the National Center for Advancing Translational Research (NCATS) was established in 2011, the NIH was required to close one of its Centers or Institutes so as to stay within the limit of 27 Centers and Institutes, as required by Congress. Oversight of the IDeA Networks component of NCRR was transferred to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). INBRE are intended to enhance the caliber of scientific faculty at research institutions and undergraduate schools, thereby attracting more promising students to these organizations and to improving the biomedical workforce of the state in which the INBRE is located. The IDeA Networks also support Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in IDeA states.
References
American medical research |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuo%3A%20The%20Bullet%20Man | Tetsuo: The Bullet Man is a 2009 Japanese cyberpunk horror film. It was preceded by Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer.
Plot
Anthony is a man with an American father and a deceased Japanese mother living and working in Tokyo. One day, his son is killed in a car accident and shortly afterward, Anthony begins to transform into metal. Receiving a vision of scientific documents, Anthony uncovers a secret room in his father's house which contains files detailing a mysterious Tetsuo Project. He also learns that his father met his mother while they each researched the project. Anthony's wife Yuriko arrives but before she sees her transformed husband, a S.W.A.T. team arrives and she is taken hostage. Anthony's transformation finishes its hold and he defeats the S.W.A.T. team with bullets fired from his body, but refrains from killing them. The severely injured team is extracted, but then killed by Yatsu, this film's version of "The Metal Fetishist".
Now believing that he has been possessed by a demon, Anthony attempts to kill himself using a gun growing from his hand but this fails. Anthony and Yuriko then meet up with Anthony's father, who explains everything: Anthony's mother was disgusted with the militaristic outcome of the Tetsuo Project, having joined it as a way to help give crippled and sick people new bodies. When Anthony's mother realized that she would soon die from cancer, she insisted that her husband recreate her as a Tetsuo android so that he may still have a child with his recreated wife. That child became Anthony, which means that Anthony and his late son were always part Tetsuo. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Yatsu was the one that killed Anthony's son via vehicular homicide, as a way to provoke Anthony's transformation. Yatsu, in this version without metal powers, has come to the conclusion that the only way he would prefer to die is by a bullet from Anthony's body as committing murder would push Anthony to consume and destroy the world in Yatsu's stead. Yatsu kidnaps Yuriko and threatens to detonate a bomb he has fashioned into her necklace if Anthony does not shoot him. Anthony's rage transformation reaches its pinnacle and he becomes a gigantic metal beast with a cannon in its center. Yatsu provokes and threatens Anthony to shoot him. Receiving a vision of the city exploding in a giant ball of light if he does kill Yatsu, Anthony denies this wish and instead consumes Yatsu whole into his metal body, then returns to his human form.
Five years later, Anthony and Yuriko have had a new child and have returned to a normal, contented life. As he stands before a mirror, Anthony hears Yatsu's final words: "[You don't want me inside you.] You don't know what I'll do". However, when a group of young thugs attempt to intimidate Anthony while walking down the street, rather than allow his anger to overtake him, he walks calmly and confidently past them.
Cast
Eric Bossick as Anthony
Shinya Tsukamoto as Yatsu
Akiko Monō as Yur |
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