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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth%20television%20network | In American television terminology, a fourth network is a reference to a fourth commercial broadcast (over-the-air) television network, as opposed to the Big Three television networks that dominated U.S. television from the 1950s to the 1980s: ABC, CBS and NBC.
When the U.S. television industry was in its infancy in the 1940s, there were four major full-time television networks that operated across the country: ABC, CBS, NBC and the DuMont Television Network. Never able to find solid financial ground, DuMont ceased broadcasting in August 1956. Many companies later began to operate television networks which aspired to compete against the Big Three. However, between the 1950s and the 1980s, none of these start-ups endured and some never even launched. After decades of these failed "fourth networks", many television industry insiders believed that creating a viable fourth network was impossible. Television critics also grew jaded, with one critic placing this comparison in the struggles of creating a sustaining competitor to the Big Three, "Industry talk about a possible full-time, full-service, commercial network structured like the existing big three, ABC, CBS and NBC, pops up much more often than the fictitious town of Brigadoon."
The first lasting attempt at a fourth network as DuMont went into decline was the non-commercial Educational Television and Radio Center (ETRC). Founded in 1953, it slowly grew into the National Educational Television (NET) network, and was superseded by PBS in 1970. The October 1986 launch of the Fox Broadcasting Company was met with ridicule; despite the industry skepticism and initial network instability, the Fox network eventually proved profitable by the early 1990s, becoming the first successful fourth network and eventually surpassing the Big Three networks in the demographics and overall viewership ratings by the early 2000s.
Background
In the 1940s, four television networks began operations by linking local television stations together via AT&T's coaxial cable telephone network. These links allowed stations to share television programs across great distances, and allowed advertisers to air commercial advertisements nationally. Local stations became affiliates of one or more of the four networks, depending on the number of licensed stations within a given media market in this early era of television broadcasting. These four networks – the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and the DuMont Television Network – would be the only full-time television networks during the 1940s and 1950s, as in 1948, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suspended approvals for new station construction permits. Although other companies – including Paramount Pictures (with the Paramount Television Network) and the Mutual Broadcasting System – announced network plans or began limited network operations, these companies withdrew from television a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasm%20%28Ryuichi%20Sakamoto%20album%29 | Chasm (stylized as CHASM) is the 15th studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto and was released in 2004. The album is experimental, pairing Sakamoto's piano work with ambient and glitch programming. Notably, Sakamoto's former bandmates from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, contribute on several songs under their own production name, Sketch Show.
The song "coro" was featured on the soundtrack to the anime film Appleseed, while "World Citizen - i won't be disappointed/looped piano" and "only love can conquer hate" were featured in the film Babel. The original version of "Ngo", featured on the single for "Undercooled", was used in a New Balance advertisement. "Seven Samurai - ending theme" is taken from Sakamoto's score for the PlayStation 2 game Seven Samurai 20XX.
The US version of the album replaces "the land song" with two pieces, "song" and "word". A single vinyl edition was also released, containing ten of the original fourteen songs.
Track listing
International version
Vinyl version
Personnel
Ryuichi Sakamoto – all piano and keyboards; producer of all songs except "War & Peace"
Sketch Show – sound programming on "Undercooled", "War & Peace", "World Citizen – i won't be disappointed/looped piano" and "Ngo / bitmix"
David Sylvian – vocals and lyrics on both "World Citizen" tracks
Keigo Oyamada – guitar on "Undercooled" and "World Citizen / re-cycled"; CDJ-800 on "World Citizen – i won't be disappointed/looped piano"
Luiz Brasil – guitar on "Undercooled" and "War & Peace"
Amadeo Pace – guitar on "World Citizen – i won't be disappointed/looped piano"
Jaques Morelenbaum – cello on "Undercooled" and "War & Peace"
MC Sniper – vocals on "Undercooled"
Maucha Adnet – vocals on "Ngo / bitmix"
Haruomi Hosono – medicine drum on "War & Peace"
Arto Lindsay – producer of "Undercooled" and "War & Peace"
Ryoji Ikeda – "processing" on "World Citizen / re-cycled"
Marcelo Costa – percussion on "War & Peace"
Cao Xue Jing – erhu on "Undercooled"
Carlos Núñez – whistle on "The Land Song"
Jiang Jian Hua – erhu on "Break With" and "Seven Samurai – ending theme"
Jan Xiao-Qing – gu zheng on "Seven Samurai – ending theme"
Aya Motohashi – hichiriki on "The Land Song" and "Seven Samurai – ending theme"
Dozan Fujiwara – shakuhachi on "Seven Samurai – ending theme"
References
2004 albums
Ryuichi Sakamoto albums
Warner Music Japan albums
Albums produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM%20Computing%20Surveys | ACM Computing Surveys is peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal and is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. It publishes survey articles and tutorials related to computer science and computing. The journal was established in 1969 with William S. Dorn as founding editor-in-chief.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 16.6. In a 2008 ranking of computer science journals, ACM Computing Surveys received the highest rank "A*".
See also
ACM Computing Reviews
References
External links
Computer science journals
Information systems journals
Computing Surveys
Academic journals established in 1969
Review journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear%20Friend%3A%20The%20Three%20Bachelors | Dear Friend: The Three Bachelors (Filipino: "Love Triangle") is a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network. It is the eighth installment of the Dear Friend series.
Plot
The drama is about two love triangles between Emily, a maid who has a crush with her boss Miguel, and Sara, whom Miguel likes. However, Sara marrying to Vince, Miguel's brother. Heime, another of Miguel's brothers, likes gambling but stops when he discovers that he was adopted. Vince likes Sara, and they are married for his father who is to die in a few weeks.
Ending
Emily finally learns that Miguel doesn't love her, so she leaves, while Sara finally learns to love Vince. Emily goes to visit Sara and tells her that Miguel needs her but Sara doesn't want him anymore. They visit Vince's father but are shocked because it is discovered that Heime was trying to kill him, and he kidnaps Sara and Emily for five million pesos, to pay off his gambling debts. Vince is later shot in the arm and Emily in the back. Miguel realizes that he loved Emily all along and discovered that Emily was pregnant. At the end, Heime dies.
Main characters
Kyla as Sara
Jay R as Vince
Mart Escudero as Miguel
Jennica Garcia as Emily the maid
Paulo Avelino as Heime
Extended Cast
Toby Alejar as TBA
Patani as Maid
External links
www.pep.ph
GMA Network drama series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zain%20Saudi%20Arabia | Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Arabic: شركة الإتصالات المتنقلة السعودية) is a Saudi Arabian telecommunications and digital services company that provides telecom services, 5G network, digital payment services, cloud computing, IoT solutions, fiber services, drones under the brand name Zain KSA (Arabic: "زين السعودية").
The Company was established in Saudi Arabia in August 2008 and entered the market as the country’s third telecom operator after obtaining the necessary telecommunication licenses from the Communications and Information Technology Commission (now known as CST).
History
Zain KSA was established as a Saudi Joint Stock Company on 12 March 2008.
In October 2016, Zain KSA received a High Order from the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CST), which extended the company’s existing 25-year license for an additional 15 years. On February 20, 2017, Zain KSA was also granted a unified license, allowing it to provide all telecommunication services in the Kingdom, including fixed services.
Zain KSA commenced commercial operations in August 2008, following an Initial Public Offering in February 2008.
In September 2011, Zain KSA became the first operator in the Middle East to commercially launch a 4G/LTE network.
In October 2015, HH Prince. Naif bin Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
In October 2019, Zain KSA launched the third largest 5G network in the world and the largest 5G network in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa at the time.
On April 2018, Eng. Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Deghaither was appointed as CEO of the company.
Zain KSA Subsidiaries
Zain Sales Co Ltd.
Tamam Finance Company (Tamam)
Zain Drones Ltd.
Companies which Zain KSA Invests in:
Golden Lattice Investment Company (GLI)
References
External links
2008 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Telecommunications companies established in 2008
Companies listed on Tadawul
Telecommunications companies of Saudi Arabia
Mobile phone companies of Saudi Arabia
Companies based in Riyadh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Football%20Phone-In | The World Football Phone-in is a British weekly radio phone-in show about association football around the world. Hosted by Dotun Adebayo, it is part of the nightly Up All Night programming on BBC Radio 5 Live which he presents. The football show is broadcast in the 2am to 4am slot now on Tuesday mornings, and is also released as a podcast. Regular contributors are awarded a 'Brazilian shirt name' as a nickname.
Occasionally the entire programme (15am) is dedicated to the phone-in.
Pundits
Knowledge about players and clubs from different parts of the world, and, in Adebayo's words, 'players from over there playing in our leagues', is provided by using selected experts each week who have knowledge about a specific confederation, currently drawn from:
Tim "Legendinho" Vickery (South America)
Mark "Springboca Junior" Gleeson (Africa)
Mina "The Colonel" Rzouki (Europe)
Paul "Galatasarahs" Sarahs (Europe/World)
John "Northern Seoul" Duerden (Asia)
Jon "Neigh-mar" Arnold (CONCACAF)
Mark "Viva Mark Vegas" Meadows (Europe)
Maher "Chicken Tikka Mo Salah" Mezahi (North Africa)
Former pundits include Sean "The Big Wheel" Wheelock, Lester Smith (both CONCACAF), Mani Djazmi (Asia), Andy "Top Brass" Brassell (Europe), Durosimi "Leone Ranger" Thomas (Africa), and Hiral "The Uxbridge Massive" Bhatt (Africa).
Brazilian Shirt Name Holders
Andrew "The Gent" Kurowski (Blackheath)
Cleo "The Book" Sharp (Aldershot)
Patrick "This Charming Van" (Manchester, Amsterdam)
Drew "Ballack Obama" Trammell (Chicago)
Michael "Magpie and Mash" Roberts
Matthew "Goooooliath" Semisch (North Dakota)
Kevin "Lisbonny Lad" Romao
Daniel "Deli Ali" Karell (Daniel in Louisville)
Jonathan “Saskatchewan-Bissaka” (Montreal, Canada)
Tsering "Bhöjhattino" Norbu (Oakland, CA)
Dustin "Elk Classico" Kreps (Thunder Bay, ON)
Mary “Lady Vavá” (Kilmarnock)
References
External links
Radio 5 Live Up All Night
World Football Phone-in Facebook site
World Football Phone-in podcast
Kalou's World Football Phone-in tribute song
BBC Radio 5 Live programmes
Football mass media in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20F | Model F may refer to:
Model F keyboard, a series of computer keyboards introduced by IBM
Arrow Model F, a 1930s two-seat low-wing sports aircraft
Cadillac Model F, an automobile developed in the 1900s
Curtiss Model F, a family of biplane flying boats developed in the United States in the years leading up to World War I
Toyota LiteAce MasterAce, also known as the Toyota Model F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaavo | Kaavo is a cloud computing management company. Kaavo was founded in November 2007 in the U.S. Kaavo pioneered top-down application-centric management of cloud infrastructure across public, private, and hybrid clouds.
Technology
Traditional infrastructure and its associated management intrinsically ties applications to servers and servers to IP addresses and IP addresses to switches and routers. This is a tightly coupled model and according to experts leaves very little room to address the dynamic nature of a virtual infrastructure such as those most often seen in cloud computing models. Subject matter experts supporting Kaavo's approach claims that in the cloud when applications are decoupled from the servers on which they are deployed and the network infrastructure that supports and delivers them, they cannot be effectively managed unless they are recognized as individual components themselves. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) delivers on-demand infrastructure resources, however, users still need to deploy and configure their applications and workloads on the IaaS layer. Kaavo provides a framework to automate the deployment and run-time management (production support) of applications and workloads on multiple clouds (Infrastructure-as-a-Service Layer). Kaavo claims that the bottom-up approach of traditional data center management tools makes it harder to manage the infrastructure, especially when dealing with the scale and distributed nature of the cloud. Kaavo takes a top-down application-centric approach for deploying and managing applications in the cloud.
In an application-centric cloud management approach, systems for specific applications are managed rather than managing servers and routers. All required resources for a given application are managed as a unified system; all the information for deploying and managing runtime services levels for the resources required by a given application are captured top-down in a single system definition. In contrast, in an infrastructure-centric or bottom-up approach, resources (servers, storage, and network resources) are managed individually. One of the key innovations by Kaavo is the ability to capture the deployment and run-time management behavior of any complex application or workload in a single XML document(Kaavo System Definition). Kaavo has published the XSD for the System Definition file.
Kaavo's IMOD product uses patented technology and is based on Kaavo's top-down application-centric management philosophy.
Products
Kaavo uses its technology to deliver two Cloud Management products.
IMOD SaaS
Delivered as a web based product and is hosted on Amazon EC2. It is integrated with the following public cloud providers: Amazon EC2, IBM SmartCloud, Logicworks infiniCloud, Rackspace Cloud, Terremark Cloud. It is integrated with the following private cloud platforms: Cloud.com CloudStack, Eucalyptus, IBM SmartCloud, OpenStack, VMware vCloud Director. IMOD supports multiple cloud provid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scared%20Shrekless | Scared Shrekless is a 26-minute computer-animated Halloween horror comedy television special, set shortly after the events of Shrek Forever After, that premiered on the American television network NBC on October 28, 2010. Scared Shrekless was based on the children's book Shrek!, by the writer William Steig, which was published on October 17, 1990.
The special marks the first time outside of the video games that Donkey is now voiced by Dean Edwards since Eddie Murphy declined to return. Rupert Everett and Chris Miller were both replaced by Sean Bishop as Prince Charming and Mister Geppetto respectively while Miles Christopher Bakshi and Nina Zoe Bakshi reprise their roles as Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia from Shrek Forever After. This is also the first time Duloc has been seen since the original Shrek. It was produced with the working title of Shrek or Treat.
The film is told in anthology film format, using a frame story to introduce three horror tales.
Plot
After Fiona and their three children scare away some teenage trick or treaters, Shrek, Donkey, Puss, the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf, Gingy, and Pinocchio (after unsuccessfully trying to scare Shrek and his family) decide to tell scary stories. Shrek claims that whoever can tell the scariest story will be crowned King of Halloween. They go to the run down kingdom of Duloc where Lord Farquaad once reigned and get settled inside his abandoned castle. Each take turns telling their story.
Scary stories
The Bride of Gingy told by Gingy (a spoof of Bride of Frankenstein)
Boots Motel told by Donkey and Puss (a spoof of Psycho)
The Shreksorcist told by Shrek (a spoof of The Exorcist)
The Bride of Gingy
Gingy goes to see the Muffin Man and tells him that his girlfriend dumped him because he only thought of himself. So, he and the Muffin Man make a new girlfriend named Sugar. When they make her, Gingy decides to use a lot of sugar, thinking that she will love him forever, despite the Muffin Man's warnings against doing so. When she is baked, Gingy is initially happy with her, but ends up disturbed by her obsession with him.
After running away and pushing her in a big container of batter, he finally becomes free of her, unaware that the batter Sugar was dropped in ended up creating thousands of zombie clones of herself, surrounding Gingy and eating him. The Three Little Pigs get scared and run away and Big Bad Wolf, wearing a witch hat, heads after them on the grounds that they're his ride home. Shrek comments on the falsehood of Gingy's story, saying that he cannot be there if he was eaten, and Gingy runs off as well to hide his embarrassment.
Boots Motel
Next, Donkey and Puss tell a story about them taking shelter from a thunderstorm at the Boots Motel (a parody of the Bates Motel from Psycho). Their story starts off well, but when Donkey tells it, it always end up with Puss getting killed (which irritates Puss to no end), so Puss decides to change it: Donkey and Puss go to the Motel, but |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orac%20%28MD%20program%29 | In computer software, Orac is a classical molecular dynamics program, to simulate complex molecular systems at the atomistic level. In 1989-1990, the code was written originally by Massimo Marchi during his stay at International Business Machines (IBM), Kingston (USA). In 1995, the code was developed further at the Centre européen de calcul atomique et moléculaire (CECAM). It is written in the programming language Fortran. In 1997, it was released under a GNU General Public License (GPL). The latest release of Orac may be run in parallel using the standard Message Passing Interface (MPI) libraries, allowing replica exchange simulations, multiple walkers metadynamics simulations and multiple steered molecular dynamics nonequilibrium trajectories.
See also
Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling
References
External links
, Università di Firenze, IT
Fortran software
Molecular dynamics software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Sofia | The Sofia tram network is a vital part of the public transportation system of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It began operation on January 1, 1901. As of 2006, the tram system included approximately of narrow and standard gauge one-way track. Most of the track is a narrow gauge (), with standard gauge () used on lines 20, 22 and 23 and accounting for approximately of the system's track length.
History
The realization of the idea to build a network of tram lines in Sofia began on December 1, 1898, when the Sofia Municipality granted a concession for the construction of tram lines to companies from France and Belgium. The construction work lasted about a year and on 1 January 1901 the first tram in Sofia officially started. Initially, passengers were served by 25 cars and 10 trailers - two-axle, wooden-bodied, which ran on 6 routes with a total length of 23 km and a single track with a gauge of .
Between 1903 and 1931, a large number of railcars and trailers were delivered from European manufacturers. In 1931, under the direction of Eng. Theodosii Kardalev began production of the first Bulgarian trailers, which used sturdy chassis from already scrapped railcars. These trailers are known as the "Kardalev's trailers". In 1936, the first Bulgarian railcars were produced under the brand name "DTO" (Дирекция на трамваите и осветлението - Direktsia na tramvaite i osvetlenieto: Department for trams and lighting, owned by Sofia municipality). Old chassis were used in their production, and all other elements were replaced with new ones.
In 1934, the first large tram depot was built on the territory of today's Krasno Selo municipality. In 1951 a factory for the production of tram cars was established there. It was the successor of the factory founded by Eng. Theodosii Kardalev's technical workshop of DTO.
This tram manufacturer (known as Трамваен завод - Tramvaen zavod: Tram plant) was named "Трамкар" (Tramkar: Tram car) in 1990 and was a registered company Tramkar till 2008. By 1959, a total of 155 "DTO" and "Republika" trams had been produced there. The last tram, T8M-900 was delivered in 1991 and is still in use. Since then the factory has been used to repair and renovate old trams
In 1951 the T4M-221 (Republic), which is considered the highest-quality Bulgarian tram, was produced in DTO. The T4M-221 is the first Bulgarian four-row tram. The "Republic" model was in production in 1951 and 1959, bearing the numbers 221 to 240. They also had trailers numbered 521-544. The motor cars, along with their trailers, mainly worked on line 5. They were assigned to the Krasno Selo tram depot (later Krasna Polyana). In 1981 motor car 240 and wagon 540 were rebuilt and put into operation for about a year. The 240 motor car and trailer 538 are still alive today and are expected to be restored. The original stock was 240 + 540, but 540 disappears from the Krasna Polyana depot in unexplained circumstances and again in unexpected circumstances, trailer 538 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20F | Angel_F is a fictional child artificial intelligence that has been used in art performances worldwide focused on the issues of digital liberties, intellectual property and on the evolution of language and behaviour in information society. The character was created by Salvatore Iaconesi in 2007 as a hack to the Biodoll art performance by Italian artist Franca Formenti.
The project was later joined by Oriana Persico who curated communication and part of the theoretical approaches of the action.
The Angel_F project has been featured in books, magazines, national televisions, and has been invited to many conferences and events, both academic and artistic.
Creation
Angel_F is an acronym which stands for Autonomous Non Generative E-volitive Life_Form. The project was born in 2007 and resulted from the fusion of two contemporary art performances.
Franca Formenti, an Italian artist living in Varese, invented the Biodoll character in 2002, which began making its appearances first on the network and later in the physical world by using what were called "clones": young women, prostitutes, pornographic starlets, transsexuals and models interpreting the role of a digital prostitute. The Biodoll was an art performance focused on research emerging from the network of new forms of sexualities, and on the analysis of changes brought on by this transformation to the concepts of private and public spaces, privacy, and the possibility of creating multiple fluid identities through language and digital media.
The theme of fertility has always been central to the Biodoll performance: the digital prostitute was a wombless clone but desired giving birth to a son, the 'Bloki'.
In a process starting in 2006, and ending in February 2007, Salvatore Iaconesi (xDxD.vs.xDxD) used his 'Talker' linguistic artificial intelligence to animate the digital child conceived with prof. Derrick de Kerckhove: Angel_F.
Iaconesi and Persico met in November 2006 and immediately started collaborating on the birth of Angel_F.
Angel_F was designed as a synthetic digital being composed through narrative, technological and cognitive psychology layers. The objective was to create iconic characteristics that resulted in being evocative and able to mimic human life up to a level in which bringing up a symbolic dialogue was possible. On the other side, the artificial identity was to implement and expose the cultural, emotional and relational ways that were typical of networked social ecosystems, among those technologies, systems and infrastructures that entered and shaped people's daily lives.
The young digital being mimicked the evolution of a human baby: initially conceived inside the website of its digital mother it emulated the birth of a child by using the metaphor of a virus developing inside a website, taking progressively more space in the domain's databases and interfaces. Content was produced through the software by using small browser-based spyware techniques, through which Ange |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLX%20%28disambiguation%29 | GLX is a computing interface between OpenGL and X Windows.
GLX may also refer to:
Gamar Malamo Airport, Indonesia (by IATA code)
GLX Digital, a Singaporean trading venue for liquefied natural gas
Green Line Extension, a rail project in Massachusetts, United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAMPEP | TAMPEP (European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers) is an international organisation that supports the health and human rights of migrant sex workers in Europe.
History
Founded in 1993, with headquarters in Amsterdam, the organisation initially operated in Italy, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. As of November 2019, it coordinates a network of 30 organisations, in 25 countries of Europe, and receives funding from the European Commission, as well as from national governments, and was said to reach persons from over 80 different nationalities, as of January 2018. As of November 2019, TAMPEP is hosted by Pro-tukipiste, a service provider organisation based in Helsinki, Finland.
TAMPEP originally stood for "Transnational AIDS/STD prevention amongst Migrant Prostitutes in Europe Project"; "STD" was later changed to "STI". The organisation has changed its self-description several times over the years: By 2004, it presented itself as the "European Network for Transnational AIDS/STD Prevention among Migrant Prostitutes"; as of 2019, it calls itself the "European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers".
TAMPEP states that in 2017, it was re-structured into a "migrant sex worker-led network that unites sex worker groups and allies in the fields of sex work, migration, and health. The purpose of the network is to build stronger partnerships, and to advocate for the rights and health of migrant and mobile sex workers at the European level".
Activities
The main concern of the project is HIV/AIDS prevention; it approaches the problem from a general health and human rights approach, working for empowerment and self-determination of female and transsexual migrant sex workers, and for improvements in their working conditions and social situation. The member organisations employ street work, peer educators, and informational materials to contact migrant sex workers. The organisation produces regular reports about the situation of sex workers in Europe.
TAMPEP's literature emphasises the need to cleanly distinguish between the issues of trafficking, sex work, and migration. TAMPEP opposes trafficking as a human rights abuse, but supports efforts to improve working conditions of sex workers and to facilitate migration.
TAMPEP has also operated in Nigeria, where it helps to rehabilitate sex workers deported from Italy.
See also
Istanbul Convention
List of sex worker organizations
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Sexual consent
Sex workers' rights
The Red Thread (De Rode Draad)
References
External links
Human rights organisations based in the Netherlands
Sex worker organisations based in the Netherlands
International human rights organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATN%20PM%20One | ATN PM One is a Canadian exempt Category B Punjabi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts Punjabi music and family based entertainment programming.
ATN PM One originally launched as ATN MH 1 on September 29, 2009 and is available on Bell Fibe TV, Cogeco, Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable & Optik TV.
In October 2017, ATN MH1 was renamed 'ATN PM One' due to loss of programming from MH1.
External links
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Music video networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Punjabi-language television in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PsycCRITIQUES | PsycCRITIQUES was a database of reviews of books, videos, and popular films published by the American Psychological Association. It replaced the print journal Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, which was published from 1956 to 2004. The official blog of PsycCRITIQUES allowed free access to the full text of some recent reviews. It was discontinued on December 31, 2017. Archives are available to the public via the Center for the History of Psychology (University of Akron) or via a paid subscription to Portico.
See also
PsycINFO
References
External links
at the Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron
PsycCRITIQUES blog
Works about psychology
Magazines established in 1956
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Book review magazines
American Psychological Association publications
Weekly magazines published in the United States
Magazines disestablished in 2017
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines published in Washington, D.C. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation%20Domination | Animation Domination (also called AniDom, Fox AD, and AD) is an American animated programming block which has aired in two iterations on the Fox broadcast network, featuring a lineup solely made up of prime-time animation and adult animation carried as a majority of, or the whole of, the network's Sunday evening schedule (outside of sports pre-emptions and early hour programming burn offs). It originally ran from May 1, 2005, until September 21, 2014, before returning on September 29, 2019.
History
Original run
Animation Domination debuted on Fox on May 1, 2005, in time for the last sweeps period of the 2004–05 television season. The first program to originate on the block was American Dad!, although its "pilot" aired as a Super Bowl lead-out program on February 6, 2005. Rounding out the Animation Domination lineup alongside American Dad! were The Simpsons (the longest-running cartoon on Fox and the network's first primetime animated series, which predated the lineup by 16 years), King of the Hill (which predated the lineup by eight years) and Family Guy (which predated the lineup by six years, and was revived as a series three years after its 2002 cancellation as a result of newfound popularity through reruns on Fox lineup and sales of the first, second, and third-season episodes on DVD).
Until spring 2010, when Animation Domination only reprised of animated series, live-action programming would commonly occur within the block, including shows like Malcolm in the Middle and The War at Home. King of the Hill later ended on September 13, 2009 on Fox, and was replaced by the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show for the 2009–10 television season, with the former’s time slot of 8:30 PM. Four episodes of the series remained, but Fox opted not to air them, later being burn-offed in syndication from May 3–6, 2010. Fox would later premiere Bob's Burgers on January 9, 2011.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Animation Domination block was replaced by the Sunday Funday block, with the addition of live-action comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine (which moved to Sunday night for its second season), freshman series Mulaney (which was canceled in early 2015), and, as of March 2015, the Will Forte sitcom, The Last Man on Earth. This marks the first time that the network has regularly aired live-action comedies on Sundays (outside of burn-offs of failed weeknight series) since 2005.
Return
The block returned on September 29, 2019, with previous AD series The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and the new series Bless the Harts. Duncanville debuted on February 16, 2020.
In April 2020, Fox Entertainment announced their partnership with Caffeine to produce the AniDom Beyond Show, a recap show hosted by Andy Richter. The show aired its finale on May 18, 2020 and it is unknown whether it will return in the future.
The Great North debuted on January 3, 2021.
On May 31, 2021, Animation Domination temporarily expanded into Mondays with Duncanville and the new serie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villgro | Villgro, formerly known as Rural Innovations Network, is a social enterprise incubator. Villgro funds, mentors and incubates early-stage, innovation-based social enterprises that impact the lives of India’s poor. Since 2001, Villgro has incubated 119 such enterprises, which have secured Rs 1195 million in follow-on funding, and touched over 15 million lives.
References
Varsha Rain Gun, an innovation incubated by Villgro
Villgro Awards (formerly L-RAMP Awards)
Interview with Paul Basil, founder of Villgro
External links
Official website
Mutual organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20SK%20Rapid%20Wien%20records%20and%20statistics | Details of the records and statistics for the Austrian football club SK Rapid Wien. All data based on the official club archive.
Players in bold are currently active for Rapid Wien.
Highest wins and losses
Highest Wins
League
Cup
International
Highest Losses
League
Cup
International
Goalscorers
For a ranking of league and total goals see article List of SK Rapid Wien players
International goals
Domestic cup goals
Includes both the Austrian Cup and the German Tschammerpokal during the annexation of Austria from 1938 to 1945.
Goals as substitute
Most goals in one game
Youngest and oldest goal scorers
Note: Some players in Rapid history have unknown birthdates and are therefore not considered in the following lists.
Youngest goal scorers
Oldest goal scorers
Top goalscorers by season
Bold means the player was also the leagues overall top goal scorer.
Appearances
For a ranking of league and total appearances see article List of SK Rapid Wien players
International appearances
Domestic cup appearances
Includes both the Austrian Cup and the German Tschammerpokal during the annexation of Austria from 1938 to 1945.
Youngest and oldest players
Note: Some players in Rapid history have unknown birthdates and are therefore not considered in the following lists.
Youngest players
Oldest players
Discipline
Most sending-offs
Most yellow cards
Being booked twice for a send off is counted as 2 yellow cards in this statistic.
European records
Non-UEFA competitions
UEFA competitions
References
External links
SK Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU%20National%20Center%20for%20High%20Performance%20Computing | Istanbul Technical University National Center for High Performance Computing (ITU NCHPC), started in 2004 with the support of Prime Ministry State Planning Organization. The main goals of the National Center for High Performance Computing are to build awareness regarding to computational sciences and engineering in Turkey and to make ready a computational infrastructure for scientific researches and R&D services.
The targeted user groups in NCHPC Center:
Scientific researchers that are made in universities and public sector's research departments,
R&D departments of industrial companies that need computational resources for their services,
The projects of international research and application.
References
External links
ITU NCHPC, Official site
Some documents
FAQ
Brochure about ITU NCHPC
NCHPC, Site for global HPC news.
NCHPC Forum
Istanbul Technical University
Supercomputer sites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyword%20Protocol%202000 | Keyword Protocol 2000, abbreviated KWP2000, is a communications protocol used for on-board vehicle diagnostics systems (OBD). This protocol covers the application layer in the OSI model of computer networking. The protocol is standardized by International Organization for Standardization as ISO 14230. KWP2000 also covers the session layer in the OSI model, in terms of starting, maintaining and terminating a communications session.
Commonly used physical layers
One underlying physical layer used for KWP2000 is identical to ISO 9141, with bidirectional serial communication on a single line called the K-line. In addition, there is an optional L-line for wakeup. The data rate is between 1.2 and 10.4 kilobaud, and a message may contain up to 255 bytes in the data field.
When implemented on a K-line physical layer KWP2000 requires special wakeup sequences: 5-baud wakeup and fast-initialisation. Both of these wakeup methods require timing critical manipulation of the K-line signal.
KWP2000 is also compatible on ISO 11898 (Controller Area Network) supporting higher data rates of up to 1 Mbit/s. CAN is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to K-line because the CAN bus is usually present in modern-day vehicles and thus removing the need to install an additional physical cable.
Using KWP2000 on CAN with ISO 15765 Transport/Network layers is most common. Also using KWP2000 on CAN does not require the special wakeup functionality.
KWP2000 can be implemented on CAN using just the service layer and session layer (no header specifying length, source and target addresses is used and no checksum is used); or using all layers (header and checksum are encapsulated within a CAN frame). However using all layers is overkill, as ISO 15765 provides its own Transport/Network layers.
ISO 14230
ISO 14230 Road vehicles – Diagnostic systems – Keyword Protocol 2000 is structured as follows:
ISO 14230-1 Physical layer
ISO 14230-2 Data link layer
ISO 14230-3 Application layer
ISO 14230-4 Requirements for emission-related systems
References
Automotive technologies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2O%20Wireless | h2o Wireless is a United States-based prepaid GSM phone and mobile Internet service, utilizing the AT&T GSM 4G LTE network. It is a brand of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Locus Telecommunications, a subsidiary of Telrite Holdings, Inc. since 2019. Locus was formerly a subsidiary of KDDI America Corporation, starting in 2010. h2o Wireless is primarily advertised as a non-restrictive phone service for customers to bring or buy unsubsidised / unlocked smartphones, although AT&T contract / locked phones may be accepted as well.
Service Plan
Wireless offers both monthly and pay-as-you-go plans. The Monthly Plans start with the 20 plan, which has 8GB of 3G E data and provides 365 days of service.
Authorized Dealers
Due to only having one office, h2o Wireless sources its services to dealers who work as independent contractors under their own company name. Such sellers are known as “Authorized Dealers”.
References
External links
H2O Wireless website
Mobile virtual network operators
Telecommunications companies established in 2005
Companies based in Bergen County, New Jersey
Mobile phone companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV%20with%20TV%27s%20Jonathan%20Torrens | TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens was a Canadian comedic newsmagazine-styled television program that debuted on the TVtropolis network on October 9, 2009. The show features Jonathan Torrens of Trailer Park Boys and Street Cents fame "break(ing) down the complicated scope of television by dissecting the stars, formats and genres of today’s (television) broadcasts".
The show ended its run in 2011 at 65 episodes.
References
2009 Canadian television series debuts
Television series about television
2000s Canadian comedy television series
Television series by Corus Entertainment
2011 Canadian television series endings
2010s Canadian comedy television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidattaltivu | Vidataltivu (, ) is a coastal town in the Mannar District of northern Sri Lanka. It was used as the base to control the Mannar coast by the sea tigers of LTTE. Vidataltivu is the largest town on Sri Lanka's northern coast and was the major base of the Sea Tigers. The Sri Lankan military claimed to have captured this coastal town for the first time since the IPKF left Sri Lanka in 1990.
Schools
Mn/St Josepvaz Maha Vidyalayam, Vidataltivu
Mn/Aligarh Maha Vidyalayam, Vidataltivu
Religious places of worship
Catholic churches
St. James' church, Vidataltivu
St. Mary's church Vidataltivu
Hindu temple
Pillaiyar temple
Sport clubs
West United sports club vidathaltivu
See also
Battle of the Forward Defence Lines
References
External links
Vidataltivu Nature Reserve at Google Maps
Towns in Mannar District
Manthai West DS Division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprookjesboom | Sprookjesboom, also known as "The Fairy Tale Tree", "Märchenbaum" and "L'Arbre des Contes", is a computer-animated series for children from the Efteling theme park. The show is produced by the animation studio Motek Entertainment in Amsterdam, based on a concept from Efteling's director, Olaf Vugts. The television program is broadcast daily in several international markets including the Netherlands on TROS and z@ppelin, in Germany on NRW and in Belgium on Ketnet and Club RTL.
Sprookjesboom is similar in theme to DreamWorks' Shrek. It tells the story of the characters that live in the Sprookjesbos, or Fairy Tale Forest, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Tom Thumb. Behind every 5-minute episode is a subtle moral message. Episodes are in Dutch, with some having been translated to German, French and English. The character animation is based on motion capture performance.
A feature-length film titled Sprookjesboom, de Film was released in 2012 and was awarded the 100th Dutch Gouden Film. The film was based on the characters and stories from the series.
Sprookjesbos
In the Efteling theme park there is a puppet theater in the Sprookjesbos (Fairy Tale Forest) where hand puppets of characters from the series are the heroes. There is also a feature-length live musical show based around the characters which is performed in the park.
In 2008 Efteling began to build an interactive tree in the Sprookjesbos, which was opened in 2010. The old oak sits in the Sprookjesbos, opposite The Little Match Girl. The structure is 9 meters wide and 9 meters high.
Episodes
Film
A 3D feature-length film, titled Sprookjesboom de Film, was released on February 15, 2012 in Belgium, and on February 22 in the Netherlands.
References
External links
Motek Entertainment
Efteling
Dutch children's animated fantasy television series
Computer-animated television series
Works based on amusement park attractions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberPsychos%20AOD | Cyber-Psychos AOD (CPAOD) is a book and magazine publishing venture based in Denver, Colorado, focusing on avant-garde and unusual art, culture, and writings. Founded in 1992 (magazine), and 1995 (CPAOD Books) by Jasmine Sailing, it has released 10 books and 10 issues of the magazine.
The magazine's unabbreviated title is Cyber-Psychos And Other Diversities, with a subtitle of "The Magazine of Mental Aberrations".
As stated by Ms. Sailing: "Horror, cyber-tech, science fiction, dark fantasy, surrealism, anything pleasantly insane. Please avoid sending straight-forward genre material, I only list these as an example of the general vicinities that might interest me. I have no problem with printing controversial material, in fact I hear it. My main prerogative is that the submission should be intelligent and capable of making people think."
CPAOD was the sponsor of the Death Equinox conventions held in Denver in the late 1990s, also known as
Cyber-Psycho Convergences".
Books published
StarBones Weep the Blood of Angels by Sue Storm
Nice Little Stories Jam-Packed With Depraved Sex & Violence by Michael Hemmingson
The Hanging Man by S. Darnbrook Colson
Stealing My Rules by Don Webb
Stigma: After World by Jeffrey A. Stadt
Snuff Flique by Michael Hemmingson
A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find by Doug Rice
The Forbidden Gospels of Man-Cruel Volumes I and II by T. Winter-Damon & Randy Chandler
A Pound of Ezra by Gregory R. Hyde
Featured magazines
This is a list of featured magazine contents, in issue-number sequence:
#1 (July 1992): Martin Atkins, Alien Sex Fiend, Joel Haertling, Gordon Klock, Cyber-Cents
#2 (Samhain 1992): Godflesh, The Electric Hellfire Club, Rhys Fulber, Pamela Z, The Leather Pope
#3 (February 1993): Crash Worship, Starkland Records, Pigface, Nick Zedd, Edward Lee (interview)
#4 (May 1993): t. Winter-Damon (issue feature: interview, short fiction, non-fiction essays, art), Lucy Taylor (interview), D. F. Lewis (short fiction), G. X. Jupitter-Larsen, Type O Negative, Edward Lee (short fiction)
#5 (May 1994): Vampire Rodents, Pain Teens, Joe Christ, Julie Doucet, Bruce Boston
#6 (February 1995): Brian Hodge (issue feature: interview, short fiction, reviews), Sleep Chamber, Hakim Bey, Uncle River, Adam Parfrey
#7 (Autumn 1997): John Shirley (issue feature: interview, short fiction), Larry McCaffery, Paul M. Sammon, Carol Lay, Tiamat, Little Fyodor, Charlee Jacob (short fiction), Thomas Wiloch (short fiction)
#8 (1998–1999): Doug Rice, Lance & Andi Olsen, Michael Moynihan, Mason Jones, Misha, a William S. Burroughs tribute
#9 (1999–2000): Andrew Vachss (issue feature: interview, short fiction), R. N. Taylor, Don Webb, M. Parfitt, black tape for a blue girl, Arkov Kapacitor, M. Parfitt
#10 (2001–2002): Lance Olsen, Christopher Bale, Brian C. Clark of Permeable Press, M. Christian, Mason Jones, John Everson
Regular Features (appeared in multiple issues):
Cyber-Cents (bargain-basement technology)
Little Fyodor's "A Few of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20the%20Horse | Law of the Horse was a term used in the mid-1990s to define the state of cyberlaw during the nascent years of the Internet.
The term first gained prominence in a 1996 cyberlaw conference presentation by Judge Frank H. Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Easterbrook, who was also on the faculty of the University of Chicago, later published his presentation in the University of Chicago Legal Forum as "Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse", in which he argued against the notion of defining cyberlaw as a unique section of legal studies and litigation. Easterbrook cited Gerhard Casper as coining the expression “law of the horse,” and stated that Casper's arguments against specialized or niche legal studies applied to cyberlaw:
Easterbrook's theory was challenged by Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Harvard Law School, in a 1999 article "The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach." Lessig's article, which was first presented at the Boston University Law School Faculty Workshop, argued that legal perceptions and rules would need to evolve as the cyberspace environment developed and expanded.
See also
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
References
Computer law
Works about computer law
Cyberspace
Metaphors referring to horses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Attack%20Command%20and%20Control%20System | The Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS) was a network of communication sites (both ground and airborne) for use before, during and after a nuclear attack on the United States. PACCS was designed to ensure that National Command Authority would retain exclusive and complete control over US nuclear weapons. Among other components, it included Strategic Air Command assets such as the Looking Glass aircraft and mission, and various hardened command and control facilities.
The belief by the Soviet Union in the reliability of PACCS was a crucial component of the US mutual assured destruction doctrine, ensuring a long-term stalemate.
History
The Strategic Air Command headquarters staff, under the direction of General Thomas S. Power assessed the feasibility of placing a continuous command and control element in an airborne mode. The purpose of such a system would be to use the aircraft as a platform for specially installed communications equipment to ensure delivery of command directives to SAC strike forces in the event ground-based headquarters were destroyed.
The original plan envisioned an aircraft, crew, and command and control team on 15-minute ground alert. This was later changed to a continuous airborne alert posture. The functions of this PACCS Airborne Command Post kept expanding until it became a true alternate command and control system, complete with force status monitoring, initiation or relay of launch/execution directives, a battle staff, communications to support an alternate CINCSAC, and limited capabilities to reconstitute and replan residual resources.
PACCS, in later variants, included an Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) capability, which provided an alternate means for execution message delivery to missile combat crews and a back-up launch control center, forcing the Soviet Union to target each missile silo, rather than just the launch control centers to incapacitate the Minuteman force.
Components
Airborne
E-4B National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP)
1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron - Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
EC-135 Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) "Looking Glass"
2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron - Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron - Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
22d Air Refueling Squadron - March Air Force Base, California; West Auxiliary Command Post (West AUXCP)
Ground Entry Point - Lamar, Colorado
99th Air Refueling Squadron - Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts; East Auxiliary Command Post (East AUXCP)
Ground Entry Point - Plano, Illinois
913th Air Refueling Squadron - Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; Central Auxiliary Command Post (Central AUX)
Ground Entry Point - Lyons, Nebraska
EB-47L
4362d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Lincoln Air Force Base, Nebraska
4363d Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio
4364th Post Attack Command and Control Squadron - Mountain Home Air For |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConceptDraw%20Project | ConceptDraw PROJECT is a project management software package developed by Computer Systems Odessa for Microsoft Windows and macOS platforms. It presents projects as Gantt charts with linked tasks, milestones and deadlines. Since 2008 it has been a part of the ConceptDraw Office software package, and can thus represent Gantt charts as mind maps and vice versa. It can also produce visual reports, work breakdown structures and other project diagrams via ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. ConceptDraw PROJECT supports import and export of text outlines, MS Project, MS Excel, and MindManager files.
Supported file formats
CDPZ - ConceptDraw PROJECT document
CDPX - ConceptDraw PROJECT XML
CDPTZ - ConceptDraw PROJECT template
CDMZ - ConceptDraw MINDMAP document
MMAP - MindJet MindManager document
MPP - Microsoft Project document
XML – Microsoft Project XML document
XLSX - Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet
Cross-Platform Compatibility
ConceptDraw PROJECT is cross-platform compatible when running on macOS and Windows operating systems: files created on a computer power by macOS can be opened and edited on a Windows computer, and vice versa. The Developer's end-user license agreement allows for cross-platform installation with a single license.
ConceptDraw PROJECT is compatible with Microsoft Office. It supports the import/export of MS Project files and MS Excel files.
See also
MS Project
OmniPlan
OpenProj
References
External links
ConceptDraw PROJECT Official site
ConceptDraw PROJECT Video Lessons
Office suites for Windows
Office suites for macOS
Project management software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64 | In computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows. It is included in all 64-bit versions of Windows—including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, as well as x64 versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, and Wine. as well as ARM64 versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022, except in Windows Server Server Core where it is an optional component, and Windows Nano Server where it is not included. WoW64 aims to take care of many of the differences between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural changes to Windows itself.
Translation libraries
The WoW64 subsystem comprises a lightweight compatibility layer that has similar interfaces on all 64-bit versions of Windows. It aims to create a 32-bit environment that provides the interfaces required to run unmodified 32-bit Windows applications on a 64-bit system. WOW64 is implemented using several DLLs, some of which include:
Wow64.dll, the core interface to the Windows NT kernel that translates (thunks) between 32-bit and 64-bit calls, including pointer and call stack manipulations
Wow64win.dll, which provides the appropriate entry-points for 32-bit applications (win32k thunks)
Wow64cpu.dll, which takes care of switching the processor from 32-bit to 64-bit mode. This is used in x86-64 implementations of Windows only.
Other DLLs and binaries are included for Itanium and ARMv8 64-bit architectures to provide emulation to x86 or for 32-bit entry points if the architecture has a native 32-bit operating mode.
Architectures
Despite its outwardly similar appearance on all versions of 64-bit Windows, WoW64's implementation varies depending on the target instruction set architecture. For example, the version of 64-bit Windows developed for the Intel Itanium 2 processor (known as the IA-64 architecture) uses Wow64win.dll to set up the emulation of x86 instructions within the Itanium 2's unique instruction set. This emulation is a much more computationally expensive task than the Wow64win.dll's functions on the x86-64 architecture, which switches the processor hardware from its 64-bit mode to compatibility mode when it becomes necessary to execute a 32-bit thread, and then handles the switch back to 64-bit mode.
Registry and file system
The WoW64 subsystem also handles other key aspects of running 32-bit applications. It is involved in managing the interaction of 32-bit applications with the Windows components such as the Registry, which has distinct keys for 64-bit and 32-bit applications. For example, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node is the 32-bit equivalent of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software (although 32-bit applications are not aware o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXAC | DXAC (93.1 FM) is a radio station owned by Mareco Broadcasting Network and operated by Brigada Mass Media Corporation. It serves as a relay station of Brigada News FM in Manila. The station's studio and transmitter are located along Broadcast Ave., Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City.
History
The station was established in 1997 as 93.1 Crossover with a Smooth AC format. At that time, it was formerly owned by Golden Broadcast Professionals, with Mareco Broadcasting Network operating the station through an airtime lease. By the late 2000s, MBNI fully acquired the station. In 2016, the station moved from F. Valrose Bldg. along C. M. Recto St. to its current home in Shrine Hills.
At the end of 2019, Horizon of the Sun Communications (producers of Chinatown TV and Chinese News TV) took over the operations of MBNI's stations. It was only on November 16, 2020, when all MBNI provincial stations started carrying the Q Radio brand and adopted a CHR/Top 40 format, similar to its Manila flagship station.
On June 19, 2023, Q Radio announced on its social media pages and livestream that the station will permanently go off the air due to financial problems. On June 30, Q Radio had its last broadcast.
On July 1, it went back on the air, this time as a relay station of 105.1 Brigada News FM in Manila.
References
Radio stations in Davao City
Radio stations established in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DZBM | DZBM (105.1 FM), is a radio station owned by Mareco Broadcasting Network and operated by Brigada Mass Media Corporation. It serves as a relay station of Brigada News FM in Manila. The station's transmitter is located at Diplomat Rd., Dominican Hill, Baguio.
History
The station was established in the middle of 2000 as a relay station of 105.1 Crossover in Manila.
On December 30, 2019, 105.1 FM silently dropped its Crossover brand and smooth jazz format and switched to a Top 40 format, as MBN opted to lease the station's airtime to Horizon of the Sun Communications (producer of Chinese Filipino oriented shows Chinatown TV and Chinese News TV). On January 13, 2020, the station was officially launched as Q Radio.
On June 19, 2023, Q Radio announced on its social media pages and livestream that the station will permanently go off the air due to financial problems.
On June 30, 2023, it began its test broadcast by relaying various stations until resorting back to its Manila feed a couple of days later.
References
External links
Radio stations in Baguio
Radio stations established in 2000 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Haeberli | Paul E. Haeberli is an American computer graphics programmer and researcher.
Biography
Paul Haeberli studied for a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States.
Haeberli was recruited by James H. Clark to join Silicon Graphics during the company's founding. Haeberli's early work included code, developed with David J. Brown and Mark Grossman, for SGI's first product – the IRIS 1000. Between 1983 and 1999, Haeberli continued at Silicon Graphics in Silicon Valley, California. He worked on the early MEX window system for Silicon Graphics workstations. He was also involved in non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) techniques in computer graphics, producing software to implement this approach. He devised the Silicon Graphics Image (SGI) format for graphics files. Later, he became an initial member of the research team at Silicon Graphics.
After Silicon Graphics, Haeberli joined Shutterfly, where he developed much of the online technology and image-processing foundations for the system that Shutterfly later employed in production.
Subsequently, he founded Lamina Design, which allows freeform structures to be constructed from sheet material using computer-based techniques. The company is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni
American computer programmers
Computer graphics professionals
Computer graphics researchers
Silicon Graphics people
American people of Swiss descent |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4berli | Haeberli (or Häberli) is a surname of Swiss origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Paul Haeberli, American computer graphics researcher
Thomas Häberli (born 1974), Swiss football striker
German-language surnames
Swiss-German surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Colonna | Sarah Noel Colonna (born December 29, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and comedy writer. She appeared as a roundtable regular on the hit E! cable TV network comedy/talk show Chelsea Lately.
Early life
Colonna was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany. She grew up in Farmington, Arkansas with her mother, who is a secretary in a funeral home. Her father was a newspaper sports editor in Los Angeles, California. Her great-great uncle was actor and comedian Jerry Colonna. She attended the University of Arkansas and later moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of a career in acting and stand-up comedy. Colonna also worked as a bartender before becoming an entertainer.
Career
Colonna's first televised stand up appearance was on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, hosted by Harland Williams. In 2006, she was one of 5 finalists in TBS and Myspace's "Stand up or Sit Down Comedy Challenge," which aired on TBS and was taped at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Colonna also appeared on BBC's The World Stands Up, which tapes in London and features popular comedians from around the world.
In 2008, Colonna filmed a pilot for TBS titled Comedy Road Show which taped on location in Macon, Georgia. That same year, she also began appearing regularly on the hit E! show Chelsea Lately as a roundtable guest, and in 2009 was hired full-time as a writer for the show. Handler's production company, Borderline Amazing Productions, produced the Comedians of Chelsea Lately, which featured some of the popular comics from her show, on which Colonna was featured. The special was taped at the Nokia Club in Los Angeles, shown on E!, and sparked a tour of the comics across the country which began in the fall of 2009.
Colonna also has appeared on various television shows, including Battle Creek, United States of Tara, Monk, Strong Medicine, Invasion, and Days of Our Lives. She was also a regular on the hit hidden camera Sci Fi show Scare Tactics, which was originally hosted by actress Shannen Doherty, and later hosted by comedian/actor Tracy Morgan of Saturday Night Live fame. She also co-starred in Michael Rosenbaum's film Back in the Day and Diablo Cody's Paradise.
Colonna has been headlining nationally as a comedian and has also performed with Chelsea Handler at venues such as Radio City Music Hall and The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. She starred as part of the ensemble cast of E!’s network television series After Lately and also served as a producer on the show. Her first book, Life As I Blow It, was released on February 7, 2012 and debuted at number 5 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Her second book, Has Anyone Seen My Pants? was released on March 31, 2015 by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Colonna continues to headline nationally throughout the country and also has a weekly podcast with fellow Chelsea Lately comedian Josh Wolf called Off The Rails, which is available on iTunes.
Colonna appeared as a guest spy on Bar Rescue when she did recon for Seco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly%20Leiningen-Westerburg | Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (; 11 April 1819, Ilbenstadt (today part of Niddatal, Germany) – 6 October 1849, Arad) was a German honvéd general in the Hungarian Army, and a member of the German House of Leiningen. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.
Early life
Count Karl August was born into an old noble family in which several members pursued military careers, including his brothers Johann Ludwig (1807–1864), Viktor August (1821-1880), and Georg August (1815–1850), with the Imperial army. His father, Friedrich, Count zu Leiningen-Westerburg (1761–1839), inherited the county of Altleiningen, but had divorced his first wife, Charlotte von Zech und Rautenburg (1777–1841), in 1798 after six years of childless marriage. By the time Count Friedrich remarried Eleonore Maria Magdalena Breitwieser (1781-1841) in 1813 (initially morganatically, whereupon she became created Frau von Brettwitz) he already had several children by her, legitimised by their parents' marriage. Karl, being born after the wedding, was legitimate from birth.
Life and Martyrdom
Count Károly married rich Hungarian noblewoman Erzsébet Sissányi de Törökbecse (1827–1898) in 1844, thereby becoming proprietor of the large Hungarian estate of Törökbecse. In the autumn of 1848, the Temesvár regiment was mobilized, and Károly volunteered for the campaign waged against the Serbs. By December 1848 he had become a major, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1849, and to colonel in April. He acquired more renown during the spring campaign and was promoted to the rank of general on July 1. Discharged on July 2, along with Louis Benedict Szőny, he joined the Hungarian uprising.
Before the final defeat, he successfully repulsed a number of attacks. He was captured and sentenced to death by hanging. His last recorded words were: "I have only just learned the tidings blared by the newspapers...I have no documents with which to refute any incident, but I have faith that at the last God's skies will open before all -- and when I come before the throne of God's eternal judgment -- these allegations of me shall be solemnly denounced as low slander." His death by hanging was carried out along with the rest of the partisans.
Family
His wife bore him two children:
Elisabeth "Liza" Victoria Constanze Friederike Eleonore of Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen (1844–1913), who became the wife of the British general William Barwell-Barwell, and from whom Lilien († 1894), Henriette and her child Richard were born.
Armin Casimir Hermann of Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen (July 11, 1848 – December 1900), who served in the Royal Hungarian army, but due to health issues retired at the rank of captain. After that, he took a position in Titel, Ministerial Commissioner for the Tisza-Danube Belvizszabályozó Society. He published his father's diary and correspondence. His body was moved to its final resting place in 1903 in Titel.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiga%20Talk | Tiga Talk! is a Canadian children's television series featuring a wolf cub puppet called Tiga. Produced for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Canada, the show uses puppets and live-action stories to explore First Nations culture.
Cast
Irene Green as Kokum
Art Napoleon as Dad
Kate-La Faith Hanuse as Jodie
Michaela Fraser as Kimmie
Gabriel Paul as Jason
Shauntelle Dick-Charleson as Alice
Isaac Elijah as Jack
Kyra Heberlein as Tessa
Calvin Cooke as Kyle
Puppeteers
Brian Culp - Tiga the Wolf
Ingrid Hansen - Gertie the Gopher
Steve Barker operates Gavin the Canada Goose
Rob Hunter
Location
Filming occurs at various locations including the city of Victoria, Little Raven pre-school, Kuper Island First Nations and Nitinat Lake
Episodes
There are four seasons of Tiga Talk! included six episodes in 2008, thirteen episodes in 2009, thirteen episodes in 2010, and eleven episodes in 2011.
Season 1: (2008)
Shh is for Sharing
Fuh is for Friends
SSS is for Smiling
Guh is for Growing
LLL is for Listening
CCC is for Caring
Season 2: (2009)
Dreams
Birthdays
Keep Trying
Dwellings
Dance
Safety
Food
Food Preparation
Exercise
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Season 3: (2010)
Building
Appreciate the World We See
Listen to the World
Remembering the Past
Keep Smiling
Competition
Dressing Up
Making Music
Trees
Babies
Treasures
Giving Gifts
Camping
Season 4: (2011)
Laughter
Hands and Feet
Tiga and Hiccups
Moving
Do It On My Own
I Feel Left Out
Where Is It?
I Want A Pet
What Shall I Wear
Who's That?
Cook Out!
References
External links
Official website
Tiga Talk iPhone App
Tiga Talk Facebook Fan Page
Tiga Talks Twitter Stream
''Tiga Talks Vimeo Video Channel
Tiga Talk Premier Press Release
APTN
2000s Canadian children's television series
2010s Canadian children's television series
2000s Canadian comedy television series
2010s Canadian comedy television series
2000s preschool education television series
2010s preschool education television series
2008 Canadian television series debuts
2011 Canadian television series endings
Canadian children's comedy television series
Canadian children's musical television series
Canadian preschool education television series
Canadian television shows featuring puppetry
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network original programming
Television series about wolves
Television shows set in Canada
First Nations television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat%20Tuncali | Murat Tuncali (born 1959) is a Mathematics Professor at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. He is also the chair of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science at Boğaziçi University, in Turkey. He then graduated from University of Saskatchewan with an MSc, and a PhD. He has won many awards over the years, including the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research 1999–2000, Research Achievement Award 2001–2002. He took a break from his position between the months of January and June 2006.
References
External links
1959 births
Living people
Canadian mathematicians
Canadian people of Turkish descent
Academic staff of Nipissing University
University of Saskatchewan alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clampi%20%28trojan%29 | Clampi (also known as Ligats, Ilomo, or Rscan) is a strain of computer malware which infects Windows computers. More specifically, as a man-in-the-browser banking trojan designed to transmit financial and personal information from a compromised computer to a third party for potential financial gain as well as report on computer configuration, communicate with a central server, and act as downloader for other malware. Clampi was first observed in 2007 affecting computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Clampi monitored over 4000 website URLs, effectively keylogging credentials and user information for not only bank and credit card websites, but also reported on utilities, market research firms, online casinos, and career websites. At its peak in the fall of 2009, a computer security professional stated that it was one of the largest and most professional thieving operations on the Internet, likely run by a Russian or eastern European syndicate. False-positive reporting of Clampi is also often used by tech support scammers to pressure individuals into sending them money for the removal of fake computer viruses.
Detailed analysis
Computer security analyst Nicolas Falliere claimed that "few threats have had us scratching our heads like Trojan.Clampi." It was the first trojan found to be using a virtual machine called VMProtect to hide its instruction set. He remarked that the use of a virtual machine added weeks to the time required for programmers to disassemble and describe the threat and mechanism of action. He discovered it logged and transmitted personal financial information from a compromised computer to a third party for potential financial gain as well as reported on computer configuration, communicated with a central server, exploited Internet Explorer 8, set up a SOCKS proxy, and acted as downloader for other malware. The virus was sophisticated enough to hide behind firewalls and go undetected for long periods of time. A list of around 4,800 URLs were CRC encoded (similar to hashing). This was dictionary attacked against a list of common URLs in September 2009 to produce a partial list of known sites with some duplication and ambiguity. The source code has never been reported to be shared or sold online.
Named modules
A list of components discovered through decryption of the executable in 2009:
SOCKS – Configures a SOCKS proxy server attackers can use to log into your bank from your work/home internet connection.
PROT – Steals PSTORE (protected storage for Internet Explorer) saved passwords
LOGGER – Attempts to steal online credentials if the URL is on the list.
LOGGEREXT – Aids in stealing online credentials for websites with enhanced security, i.e. HTTPS
SPREAD – Spreads Clampi to computers in the network with shared directories.
ACCOUNTS – Steals locally saved credentials for a variety of applications such as instant messaging and FTP clients.
INFO – Gathers and sends general system information
KERNAL – t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daprosy%20Worm | Daprosy worm was a malicious computer program that spreads via local area network (LAN) connections, spammed e-mails and USB mass storage devices. Infection comes from a single read1st.exe file where several dozen clones are created at once bearing the names of compromised folders. The most obvious symptom of Daprosy infection is the presence of Classified.exe or Do not open - secrets!.exe files from infected folders.
Although first observed in early May 2009, the worm was first announced to the public as Daprosy trojan worm by Symantec in July 2009 and was later identified as Autorun-AMS, Autorun-AMW and Autorun-APL by Sophos. It acquired additional aliases from antivirus companies and others tag it as an incarnation or variation of the Autorun.H.
The worm belongs to the “slow” mass mailer category where copies of which are attached and sent to addresses intercepted from the keyboard. The e-mail consists of a promotion of and installation instruction for an imaginary antivirus product purported to remove unknown infections from the computer. While infection cannot occur until the attached worm is renamed and opened, it could spread to system folders in a matter of seconds. It is known to shut down or hang Windows Vista and Windows 7 when attempts to write on the system drive are denied by said operating systems. Also, the worm hides folders and makes them "super hidden" so that data contained in them are not easily accessed.
Precision key logging is the main threat associated with Daprosy infection. Logged keystrokes containing sensitive data could be sent to its author using the worm's improvised mailing system. Early strains are known to destabilize, corrupt and even stall the operating system due to programming bugs. Said strains appear to be incomplete and were probably created by students or amateur Visual Basic programmers as evidenced by using VB decompilers. Final or later releases of Daprosy worm are prolific online game password stealers. They also pose great threats to banking and other e-commerce establishments.
Daprosy worm is rampant in public Internet cafés with LAN connections and exposed USB mass storage drives. As of October 2009 special scripts are available to remove it from infected computers. Many Windows system were stalled last November 13, 2009. An initial investigation points to the older versions of Daprosy Worm, viz. Sophos Autorun-AMS and Autorun-AMW, which appear to be "Friday the Thirteenth" malware.
More recent and persistent variants of Daprosy worm are still in circulation. A notable variant, Win32/Kashu.B as identified by Ahnlab, can be removed only by using live CD. Usually, such variants of Daprosy worm are infected by Sality viruses and usually have file size greater than 100 kilobytes. It now appears that Daprosy worm is a natural host to file-infecting viruses since the former is well distributed on all drives. Viral Daprosy exists in many variants which again requires special scripts to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aklan%20Catholic%20College | Aklan Catholic College is a private Catholic college in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.
It offers courses in education, English, politics, commerce, business administration, computer science, criminology and hospitality management among others.
References
External links
Official website
Universities and colleges in Aklan
Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines
Catholic elementary schools in the Philippines
Catholic secondary schools in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro%20Warna | Astro Warna is a 24-hour Malaysian television network in Malaysia. Launch On 1 June 2009, this channel airs local and international comedy programs. It is broadcast on the Astro satellite television platform as part of the Mustika Pack via Channel 132.
Before launching Astro Warna, all local comedy programs were shown on either Astro Ria or Astro Prima. After launching Astro Warna, almost all local comedy programs shown on their existing Malay channels moved to Astro Warna, although some programs such as Raja Lawak Astro continued to be shown on Astro Prima for its fourth and fifth season, before moving to Astro Warna in its sixth season.
Astro Warna HD is the simulcast HD version of Astro Warna. It was launched on 5 March 2018 for all Astro customers that subscribed to HD service with Mustika Pack on channel 124. Previously, their programs on HD were shown on Astro Mustika HD, leaving the latter to focus on their other two channels. Astro Mustika HD has rebranded to Astro Citra HD on 1 October 2018, but, they moved to channel 126 in this situation.
See also
Astro Citra
References
Astro Malaysia Holdings television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2009
2009 establishments in Malaysia
2015 establishments in Singapore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving%20Iceland | Saving Iceland is an organization that describe themselves as "a network of people of different nationalities, who do not intend to stand by passively and watch the Icelandic government in league with foreign corporations slowly kill the natural beauty of Iceland." They have been critical of the aluminum industry in Iceland.
Some of their protest tactics have included setting off alarms, distributing leaflets, chaining themselves to machinery, and throwing stink bombs. They have also used vandalism several times. Concerts to oppose heavy industry have also been organized by them.
In 2007, Saving Iceland began their "Summer of Dissent" campaign, which included a conference on “Global Consequences of Heavy Industry and Large Dams.”
References
Further reading
External links
Saving Iceland homepage
Saving Iceland documentary on YouTube
Environmental organizations based in Iceland
Environmentalism in Iceland
Radical environmentalism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter%20%28disambiguation%29 | A plotter is a computer printer for printing vector graphics.
Plotter may also refer to:
Plotter (instrument), an instrument that marks positions on a map or chart
Plotter (RAF), a person who records the movement of military aircraft in an Operations Room
Navigator, a person who marks positions on a map or chart
See also
Plot (disambiguation)
Conspiracy (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEBAL | The Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) uses the surface energy balance to estimate aspects of the hydrological cycle. SEBAL maps evapotranspiration, biomass growth, water deficit and soil moisture. Its main creator is Prof. Dr. W.G.M. Bastiaanssen
Model background
The basis of SEBAL is the energy balance: the energy driving the hydrological cycle is equal to the incoming energy minus:
the energy going to heating of the soil and air, and
the energy reflected back to space.
SEBAL quantifies the energy balance using satellite data as an input. Land surface characteristics such as surface albedo, leaf area index, vegetation index and surface temperature are derived from satellite imagery. In addition to satellite images, the SEBAL model requires meteorological data, such as wind speed, humidity, solar radiation and air temperature. It uses meteorological data from the moment of the recording of the satellite data to solve the 'instantaneous' energy balance, and uses extrapolation to calculate daily evapotranspiration. Using a time series of satellite and meteorological data, periodic cumulative (e.g. weekly, monthly, yearly) evapotranspiration data can be calculated.
The SEBAL model uses the energy balance, as opposed to in hydrology common water balance to solve for evapotranspiration.
Applications
The energy balance applies to all scales, ranging from global to river basin to region to farm and to field level. Satellite images come in a wide variety of spatial and temporal resolutions. Evapotranspiration and biomass production are key indicators for water management and irrigation performance.
The combination of the energy balance with input from remote sensing data is applied by farmers, irrigation districts, catchment management agencies and regional and national governments.
See also
METRIC, model developed by University of Idaho that uses Landsat satellite data to compute and map evapotranspiration
BAITSSS, evapotranspiration (ET) computer model which determines water use, primarily in agriculture landscape, using remote sensing-based information
References
Remote sensing
Water resources management
Irrigation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritas%2C%20Prince%20of%20Truth | Veritas, Prince of Truth is a 2007 computer-animated romance fantasy film directed by Arturo Ruiz-Esparza and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Bret Loehr, Amy Jo Johnson, Tyler Posey, Kate Walsh, and Danny Strong.
Premise
A young boy must battle an evil menace that could destroy the Earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.
Characters
References
External links
Veritas, Prince of Truth at Home Media Magazine
Veritas, Prince of Truth at dove.org
2007 films
2000s animated superhero films
2007 television films
American children's adventure films
2000s romantic fantasy films
American children's fantasy films
2000s teen fantasy films
2000s American animated films
American animated superhero films
American computer-animated films
Mexican animated feature films
Animated teen superhero films
2000s English-language films
2007 fantasy films
American romantic fantasy films
Mexican fantasy films
2000s Mexican films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohini%20Kesavan%20Srihari | Rohini Kesavan Srihari is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Content Savvy Inc., a high-technology company in Western New York. Prior to this she founded Cymfony Inc., which specializes in brand analytics. She also founded Cymfony Net Private Limited in Bangalore, India. She also holds a position as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Early life and education
Rohini Srihari received her early education in Lansing, Michigan, Kanpur India and Waterloo, Ontario. She received an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Career
After receiving her Ph.D., Rohini Srihari joined the University at Buffalo as a research scientist funded by DARPA and NSF. She then became a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering supervising 10 graduated Ph.D. students. She is an author of over 125 papers in Computer Science with a Google Scholar h-index of 30.
Rohini Srihari founded Cymfony Inc. in Williamsville, NY in 1999, Janya Inc. located in Amherst, NY and Washington DC in 2005, and Content Savvy Inc. in Amherst, NY in 2012.
Cymfony was among the first companies to apply information extraction technology to monitor the performance of brands by automatically analyzing press releases, media reports and blogs. This field has since come to be known as brand analytics. Janya Inc. was founded for work with the federal government.
Rohini Srihari was named to the Women of Accomplishment Legacy Project that identified "outstanding women of the 20th and 21st century who have touched Western New York with their genius, dedication and humanity and left a lasting legacy for the generations to come."
References
Living people
University of Waterloo alumni
University at Buffalo alumni
University at Buffalo faculty
Indian computer scientists
Indian women computer scientists
Businesspeople from Mysore
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIOSH%20Power%20Tools%20Database | The NIOSH Power Tools Database contains sound power levels, sound pressure levels, and vibrations data for a variety of common power tools that have been tested by researchers. Data are collected for both the unloaded and loaded use of power tools. The database was created by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Purpose
This database was created in order to provide information to the general public about the sound and vibrations generated by power tools during their use. Many of these tools produce sound levels high enough to damage hearing if precautions are not taken. Since this information was not readily available in most cases, NIOSH created the Power Tools Database and ran tests on power tools to provide the information. According to NIOSH, the Power Tools Database "is particularly helpful in determining the 'real-world' noise level of power tools as they are used on the job." The database is a part of the much larger Hearing Loss Prevention Research Program conducted by NIOSH. The Hearing Loss Prevention Research Program is designed to reduce occupational hearing loss through research and the application of the research to real-world situations. This database advances this goal by informing buyers and users of power tools of the dangerous levels of noise and vibrations that they are exposed to while using the tools. By making people aware of how loud power tools actually are, NIOSH is attempting to encourage the design and production of quieter power tools and the proper use of hearing protectors when using such tools. The database is also part of a larger NIOSH prevention initiative called Buy Quiet. In recent years, Buy Quiet programs and initiatives have arisen in an effort to combat occupational noise exposures. These programs promote the purchase of quieter tools and equipment.
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is an increasingly common disorder often caused by work-related activities. Construction, manufacturing, and mining are some of the most susceptible occupations to NIHL, since many workers in these fields are exposed to high levels of noise on a daily basis. A substantial part of this noise results from the use of power tools, which can produce dangerous levels of noise by themselves. Although the loudness of power tools may be quite apparent to those using them, the actual level of noise produced was mostly unreported and not available easily in an online reference. This database provides detailed information about these noise levels so that appropriate action may be taken to protect workers from them.
Method of testing
The information in the database originates from testing done on power tools by NIOSH researchers. Testing is conducted in accordance with ISO 3744 and ANSI S12.15. Calibration of testing equipment is performed before tests begin. Tests are conducted in a semi-anechoic chamber with a test setup that includes a ten-microphone array and an accelerometer. In the case of testin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIRNEasia | LIRNEasia (Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies Asia) is an information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation think-tank active in the Asia Pacific region. The organization is incorporated under Sri Lankan law as a non-profit organization. It was launched in September 2004 under the leadership of Professor Rohan Samarajiva.
References
External links
Think tanks based in Sri Lanka |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters%20For%20Peace | Potters for Peace is a nonprofit organization that has created a network of potters and other relevant parties to improve quality of life and preserve tradition using local skills and materials. PFP primarily works in Central America and has headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. PFP manages projects that help local potters to improve and market their products. PFP is best known for their work in water treatment, which has influenced water treatment systems worldwide. The treatment strategy follows a Point-of-Use (POU) water treatment design that uses ceramic water filters to remove pathogens and other contaminants from the water. This is generally a very effective method to remove bacteria from water, though there are some concerns about the ease of use and maintenance of the filtration units. Unlike other similar organizations, PFP does not manufacture these filters, but instead helps local communities to set up independent filter workshops to produce and sell the filters.
Mission
Potters for Peace is clear to assert itself as an assistance organization, rather than an aid-based organization. Instead of simply solving the problem, PFP aims to provide sustainable solutions propelled by the goals of the individuals they work with.
According to the Potters for Peace website, "Our goals are to offer support, solidarity and friendship to developing world potters; assist with appropriate technologies sustained using local skills and materials; help preserve cultural traditions; and assist in marketing locally, regionally and internationally".
History
Potters for Peace got its start in 1986 when a group of potters led by Mary Chapman and Dolly Pomerleau of the Quixote Center in Washington DC traveled to Nicaragua. The potters met with a female pottery/canning cooperative. This led to the first PFP fundraiser in Washington, DC. The program began to gain momentum after the Nicaraguan civil war to help pottery cooperatives. In 1988, the first contact in Nicaragua was made. A year later Steve Earp and Ron Rivera were sent. Ron Rivera helped make tenmoku glazed ceramics for electrical transmission lines. Over the next decade, PFP grew in size, finally receiving 501(c) (3) non-profit status in 1999 in the US. PFP later obtained non-governmental organization status in Nicaragua.
The best known PFP project, ceramic water filters, was begun when in 1998 Hurricane Mitch struck Central America. A filter workshop was set up in 1999. This workshop developed into an independent business that has implemented more than 40,000 filters in collaboration with several NGOs. PFP takes pride in the fact that it does not operate any filter workshops, but instead trains local potters to produce and distribute the filters.
Potters Without Borders
Potters Without Borders registered as a Non-Profit society in British Columbia, Canada in 2006 was formerly affiliated with Potters For Peace. PWB works in technical assistance to organizations and governments that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewLove | NewLove is a computer virus that infects Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000 users running Internet Explorer 5.0. The virus spreads by e-mail and takes the name of a recently accessed file on a user's computer and uses that name. NewLove targets every single file on a user's hard drive until the computer stops working. The virus causes more damage than ILOVEYOU because it sneaks around virus scanners. In 2000, many media outlets updated Americans on the virus, but the virus did not cause as much damage as people expected.
References
Email worms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runit | runit is an init and service management scheme for Unix-like operating systems that initializes, supervises, and ends processes throughout the operating system. Runit is a reimplementation of the daemontools process supervision toolkit that runs on many Linux-based operating systems, as well as BSD, and Solaris operating systems. Runit features parallelization of the start up of system services, which can speed up the boot time of the operating system.
When running as an init daemon, Runit is the direct or indirect ancestor of all other processes. It is the first process started during booting, and continues running until the system is shut down. It is often used with other init systems as a separate service manager. In the service manager role, it can be used by unprivileged users to orchestrate personal services, as well as by root to manage services not otherwise managed by the init system currently in use.
Design
Runit focuses on being a small, modular, and portable codebase. In the init role, Runit is split into three stages: one time initialization, process supervision, and halting or rebooting. While the first and third stages must be adapted to the specific operating system they are running on, the second stage is portable across all POSIX compliant operating systems.
The 3 stages can be configured through 3 executable files (they are usually shell scripts) named, respectively, 1, 2, and 3.
Stage 2 usually invokes a binary named runsvdir, which is the process responsible for global daemon management: for every daemon it finds in a folder passed to it by argument, it then spawns an individual watchdog, each of those starts a daemon (and a logger service eventually associated to it) and restarts it if it dies. In case a daemon is added or removed, it kills the watchdog or starts a new one.
Executable files with specific names are used to describe the various phases of the daemon's life (run, check, finish, ...), it can intercept signals sent and run by specific scripts if they exist, and named pipes are created to expose interfaces to control the daemon.
Usage
Runit can be used either as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit, or as a service supervisor (with sysvinit as the parent PID 1 process which runs processes specified by the inittab file, or some other init system). The RubyWorks stack of software able to run Ruby on Rails incorporated Runit into its suite.
Adoption
Runit is the default init system of:
antiX (Debian based, since version 19)
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre (since Dragora 2)
Void Linux
Runit is an "officially" available init system for:
Artix Linux (Arch based)
Devuan (Debian based, since version 3.1.0)
Gentoo Linux
References
External links
runit
Software using the BSD license
Unix process- and task-management-related software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20supervision | Process supervision is a form of operating system service management in which some master process remains the parent of the service processes.
Benefits
Benefits compared to traditional process launchers and system boot mechanisms, like System V init, include:
Ability to restart services which have failed
The fact that it does not require the use of "pidfiles"
Clean process state
Reliable logging, because the master process can capture the stdout/stderr of the service process and route it to a log
Faster (concurrent) and ability to start up and stop
Implementations
daemontools
daemontools-encore: Derived from the public-domain release of daemontools
Eye: A Ruby implementation
Finit: Fast, Extensible Init for Linux Systems
God: A Ruby implementation
immortal: A Go implementation
PM2: A Process Manager for Node.js
Initng
launchd
minit: A small, yet feature-complete Linux init
Monit
runit
Supervisor: A Python implementation
s6: Low-level process and service supervision
Systemd
References
Computing terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20Equinox | Death Equinox was a series of four conventions held in Denver, Colorado in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Sponsored by CyberPsychos AOD, and organized by Jasmine Sailing, they focused on alternative culture and art. A usual aspect was that they combined both the transgressive aspects of writing and art with the actual practice of things that would appear in such works. Convention events included standards such as readings and panels but also featured live concerts, play piercing demonstrations, torture readings and Cnidarian sermons. Rev. Ivan Stang hosted a Church of the SubGenius devival at the second Death Equinox convention.
Death Equinox '97
General GoH: John Shirley
Sado-Magickal GoH: Don Webb
Horrific Literatist GoH: Brian Hodge
Master of Toast: Edward Bryant
Death Equinox '98
Specialized Guests of Honour:
Slack-Magickal GoH: Rev. Ivan Stang
Master of Toast: Lee Ballentine
Ranchhand Guests of Honour:
Audial Distortionist GoH: Little Fyodor
Visual Depictionist GoH: T. Motley
Veteran Guests: Don Webb, Brian Hodge, and Edward Bryant
Death Equinox '99
General GoH: Larry McCaffery
Master of Oration: R. N. Taylor
Kink-Artist GoH: Gomez
Mad Scientist GoH: Bill Llewellin
Veteran Guests: Brian Hodge, Edward Bryant, Lee Ballentine, Little Fyodor, and T. Motley
Death Equinox '01
Guests of Honour:
Avant-Prof GoH: Lance Olsen
Visual Depictionist GoH: Andi Olsen
Horrific Literatist GoH: Brian Evenson
Master of Crack-Toast: Michael Hemmingson
Veteran Guests: Larry McCaffery, R. N. Taylor, Edward Bryant, Lee Ballentine, Little Fyodor, T. Motley, and Gomez.
Other known participants (all years)
Jasmine Sailing
Bruce Young
M. Christian (Eros Ex Machina)
Thomas Roche (Noirotica)
Paula Guran, (Dark Echo/Wet Bones)
Julia Solis (Spitting Image)
Greg Bishop (The Excluded Middle)
Jeffrey A. Stadt (Bloodrealms)
Doug Rice
Rob Hardin
Loren Rhoads (Morbid Curiosity)
Schwann
Trace Reddell
Gregory R. Hyde
Trey R. Barker
Christopher Morris*
Travis Fendle
Gene Santagada
Arkoff Kapacitor
John Kerper
Claudius Reich
Judy Saxe
Darlene Sexauer
John Niernberger
Chris Yardley (Tantric Lobotomy Commission)
Gordon Klock
Alex Seminara
References
External links
DE Home Page
Cnidarian Home Page
Wired Article
Defunct multigenre conventions
Conventions in Denver
1990s in Denver
2000s in Denver |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search%20analytics | Search analytics is the use of search data to investigate particular interactions among Web searchers, the search engine, or the content during searching episodes. The resulting analysis and aggregation of search engine statistics can be used in search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO). In other words, search analytics helps website owners understand and improve their performance on search engines based on the outcome, for example identifying highly valuable site visitors, or understanding user intent. Search analytics includes search volume trends and analysis, reverse searching (entering websites to see their keywords), keyword monitoring, search result and advertisement history, advertisement spending statistics, website comparisons, affiliate marketing statistics, multivariate ad testing, et al.
Data collection
Search analytics data can be collected in several ways. Search engines provide access to their own data with services such as Google Analytics, Google Trends and Google Insights. Third-party services must collect their data from ISP's, phoning home software, or from scraping search engines. Getting traffic statistics from ISP's and phone homes provides for broader reporting of web traffic in addition to search analytics. Services that perform keyword monitoring only scrape a limited set of search results, depending on their clients' needs. Services providing reverse search, however, must scrape a large set of keywords from the search engines, usually in the millions, to find the keywords that everyone is using.
Since search results, especially advertisements, differ depending on where you are searching from, data collection methods have to account for geographic location. Keyword monitors do this more easily since they typically know what location their client is targeting. However, to get an exhaustive reverse search, several locations need to be scraped for the same keyword.
Accuracy
Search analytics accuracy depends on service being used, data collection method, and data freshness. Google releases its own data, but only in an aggregated way and often without assigning absolute values such as number of visitors to its graphs. ISP logs and phone home methods are accurate for the population they sample, so sample size and demographics must be adequate to accurately represent the larger population. Scraping results can be highly accurate, especially when looking at the non-paid, organic search results. Paid results, from Google AdWords for example, are often different for the same search depending on the time, geographic location, and history of searches from a particular computer. This means that scraping advertisers can be hit or miss.
Market conditions
Taking a look at Google Insights to gauge the popularity of these services shows that compared to searches for the term AdWords (Google's popular search ad system), use of search analytics services is still very low, around 1-25% as of Oct. 2009. This coul |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM%20Channel | MGM Channel can refer to:
MGM Networks
MGM (TV channel)
MGM Channel (Canada)
MGM Channel (European TV channel)
Canal MGM Spain
MGM HD
See also
MGM/UA (disambiguation)
MGM (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy%27s%20Dark%20Justice | Playboy's Dark Justice is a half-hour, computer-animated, softcore pornographic TV series shown on Playboy TV premiering on September 3, 2000, and running for 20 (of an intended 26) episodes until 2001, and was perhaps the first and only show of its kind created.
Unlike most talk, variety, and reality series on Playboy TV, Dark Justice has characters and story arcs. The show features a heroine named Justina (voiced by Veronica Hart), who fights crime as part of a vigilante force in a dystopian world in Metro City in 2120. The plots inevitably lead to Justina and others in sexual situations.
The series was directed by Michael Ninn, with Robert C. England as technical director, lead animator, motion-capture actor, and the voice of Wendell, and produced by Ninn and Hart (among others) through Hope Ranch Productions, and featured a number of porn stars as voice actors and models for motion capture animated with 3D Studio Max and Character Studio.
Dark Justice was the only completed film and television production from Hope Ranch until its acquisition by Pure Play Media in 2002 and name change to Ninn Worx. The name "Hope Ranch" appears to have been later used for the alternate reality game Kronos480BC promoting the Ninn Worx production "The Four".
Characters
Justina
Lacy White
Trevor & Wendell
The Sarge
Lance Larson
Lonnie Lovet
Lou Stone
Taffy Dugan
Mayor Julio Camarones
Chili "Bean" Johnson
Villains
Mr. Big
Morell Dekay
Miz Behave
Won Hung Low
Regina
Doctor Dick
References
External links
Playboy's Dark Justice at Toonarific Cartoons
Playboy's Dark Justice - Episode Guide MSN TV (includes episode list and air dates)
Playboy TV Disrobes New CGI Series
Playboy TV Slates Animated PPV Series By: R. Thomas Umstead
Negative review at Everything2.com
Series description by Juan Duque
2000 American television series debuts
2001 American television series endings
2000s American adult animated television series
Erotic television series
Softcore pornography
English-language television shows
Playboy TV original programming
Pornographic animation
Dystopian animated television series
Television series by Playboy Enterprises
Television series set in the 22nd century |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20O%27Boyle | Michael O'Boyle is a professor of Computing and Director of the Institute for Computing Systems Architecture at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics.
Education
O'Boyle received a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of Manchester in 1990. He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 1992 under the supervision of John Gurd.
Research
O'Boyle's research interests include adaptive compilation, machine learning based optimization, auto-parallelising compilers and heterogeneous GPGPU multi-core platforms.
He is project leader of the MilePost gcc project and founding member of the European Network of Excellence on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation.
References
External links
Professor Michael O'Boyle's Home Page.
British computer scientists
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the University of Manchester |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accton%20Technology%20Corporation | Accton Technology Corporation () is a Taiwanese company in the electronics industry that primarily engages in the development and manufacture of networking and communication solutions, as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or original design manufacturer (ODM) partner.
Accton has manufacturing plants in both Taiwan (Hsinchu) and China (Shenzhen) and a total workforce of more than 5200 employees worldwide.
History
Accton was founded on February 9, 1988. Accton filled its IPO in November 1995.
Acquisitions
1999 – Emitcom
2000 – Minority stake in U.S. Robotics modem division from 3Com (with NatSteel from Singapore)
2010 – Mototech
2015 – SMC Networks
Joint ventures
2002 – Accton and SVA Group China – formed SVA Accton
2003 – Accton and Philips – formed Arcadyan Technology
2011 – Accton and Alvarion – formed AWB
Exits
2004 – ADMTek Inc to Infineon for €80 million
2006 – 69% of Arcadyan Technology to Compal for US$30 million
Services
OEM of networking gear
ODM of networking gear
Design and Development
Supply Chain
Manufacturing
Finance
During the year 2009, Accton obtained approximately 69% and 14% of its total revenue from switches and WLAN products, respectively.
During the year 2017, Accton obtained approximately 68% and 12% out of its total revenue from network switches and network appliances. Network access came third with 9%, followed by 5% in Wireless networking and 1% of the revenue coming from Broadband networking gear.
Total sales for 2018 increased 18.23 percent annually to NT$43.09 billion (over US$1.3 billion) with Facebook, Amazon (company), and HP Inc weighing in.
Corporate Affairs
Management
Accton's key management personnel consists of:
Fai-Long Kuo (Chairman)
Edgar Masri (Chief Executive Officer and President)
Ji-Shang Yu (Senior Vice President of Manufacturing)
Michael K.T. Lee (Senior Vice President of R&D)
Meen-Ron Lin (Chief Financial Officer)
Melody Chiang (Senior Vice President of Product Development & Management)
Jackal Lee (Senior Vice President of Product Supply & Demand)
Phillip Wang (Vice President)
Hin-Soon Liew (Vice President)
Board of directors
Accton's board consists of the following directors:
Fai-Long Kuo (chairman at Accton, former Executive Vice President at Accton)
Meen-Ron Lin (Director at Accton, former Manager at Capital Securities Corporation)
Heng-Yi Tu (Director at Accton, Chairman of Wan Yuan Textiles, Chung Tai Transportation, and Ting Sing Co, Director of Ve Wong Corporation, SECOM, South China Insurance, and The Ambassador Hotel)
Kuo-Hsiu Huang (Director at Accton, President of Accton Technology China)
Chung Laung Liu (Independent Director at Accton, Chairman of TrendForce Corporation, director of United Microelectronics Corporation, and FarEasTone Telecommunications)
Chih-Ping Chang (Independent Director at Accton, CEO of CTBC Bank Anti-Drug Educational Foundation and former director of the anti-money laundering division at Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bure |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC-Link%20Open%20Automation%20Networks | The CC-Link Open Automation Networks Family are a group of open industrial networks that enable devices from numerous manufacturers to communicate. They are used in a wide variety of industrial automation applications at the machine, cell and line levels.
History
The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) offers a family of open-architecture networks. These originated with the CC-Link (Control & Communication) fieldbus in 1996, developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. In 2000, this was released as an “Open” network so that independent automation equipment manufacturers could incorporate CLPA network compatibility into their products.
In the same year, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) was formed to manage and oversee the network technology and support manufacturer members. In 2007, the CLPA was the first organisation to introduce open gigabit Ethernet for automation with CC-Link IE (Industrial Ethernet). In 2018, the CLPA was the first organisation to combine open gigabit Ethernet with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) as CC-Link IE TSN. As of May 2020, over 2,100 CLPA compatible products from more than 340 automation manufacturers were available.
CLPA offers a variety of open automation network technologies. These are the CC-Link fieldbus, CC-Link Safety fieldbus, CC-Link IE and CC-Link IE TSN. Compatible products include industrial PCs, PLCs, robots, servos, drives, valve manifolds, digital & analogue I/O modules, temperature controllers, mass flow controllers and others. As of May 2020, there was approximately 30 million devices installed worldwide.
Structure of the CLPA
The CLPA is a global organisation with branches in 11 locations worldwide (Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, China, South Korea, India, Turkey, Germany, USA and Mexico). The headquarters are in Nagoya, Japan. Some branches offer conformance testing facilities (see below). The CLPA is controlled by a board of ten companies, who are 3M, Analog Devices, Balluff, Cisco, Cognex Corporation, IDEC Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, Molex, NEC and Pro-face. The board controls the strategic direction of the organisation and oversees its operations, including the activities of the technical and marketing task forces and the global branches.
Industry Cooperation
The CLPA has been involved in strategic cooperation with other open technology associations in the industrial automation space. These include PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI), the OPC Foundation and AutomationML. The cooperation with PI resulted in a standard for interoperability between CC-Link IE and PROFINET. The OPC Foundation activity created an OPC UA companion specification for the CLPA's "CSP+ (Control & Communication System Profile) For Machine" technology. Cooperation with AutomationML involved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate the "CSP+" and "CSP+ For Machine" device profile technologies into AutomationML models.
Standardization
CLPA has obtained the following certifications f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20area%20network | System area networks (SAN) are high-performance, connection-oriented networks that link computer clusters. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 uses it for high-performance connectivity through Virtual Interface Adapter (VIA). This technology is used since the advent of Windows 2000.
See also
Storage area network
Virtual Interface Adapter
References
Computer networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEB%20Venture%20Capital | SEB Venture Capital - the venture capital arm of the Swedish bank SEB - invest capital and supply expertise and a broad network of contacts.
SEB Venture Capital is an independent unit within SEB with its own board. A network with representatives from both industry and the service sector as well as institutions within universities, colleges and research is linked to the operation. Since its inception in 1995, SEB Venture Capital has made over 100 investments and close to 70 company sales. Today there are roughly 30 companies in the portfolio.
External links
SEB Venture Capital
References
Investment companies of Sweden |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azriel%20Rosenfeld%20Award | In computer vision, the Azriel Rosenfeld Award, or Azriel Rosenfeld Life Time Achievement Award was established at ICCV 2007 in Rio de Janeiro to honor outstanding researchers who are recognized as making significant contributions to the field of Computer Vision over longtime careers. This award is in memory of the computer scientist and mathematician Prof. Azriel Rosenfeld.
Recipients
The first Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Takeo Kanade.
The second Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2009 in Kyoto Japan, to Berthold K.P. Horn.
The third Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, to Thomas Huang.
The fourth Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2013 in Sydney, Australia, to Jan Koenderink.
The fifth Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2015 in Santiago, Chile, to Olivier Faugeras.
The sixth Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2017 in Venice, Italy to Tomaso Poggio.
The seventh Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented at ICCV 2019 in Seoul , Korea to Shimon Ullman.
The eighth Azriel Rosenfeld Award was presented in 2021 at the ICCV (held virtually that year), to Ruzena Bajcsy.
See also
List of engineering awards
List of computer science awards
References
Computer vision research infrastructure
Computer science awards
Electrical and electronic engineering awards
IEEE society and council awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20Radio%20Digital | Real Radio Digital was a DAB Digital Radio station operated by GMG Radio as part of their Real Radio network of stations. The station was designed to provide service over digital services in areas where Real was not available in a local form.
Real Radio Digital was primarily provided on the MXR regional digital multiplexes. It was not available on MXR Yorkshire (where Real Radio (Yorkshire) was carried instead) or on MXR South Wales & Severn (Real Radio (Wales)); the Switch Scotland (Central Scotland regional multiplex) carries Real Radio (Scotland).
Real Digital initially broadcast to the North West, North East, and West Midlands on the regional DAB multiplexes. It replaced a digital-only easy listening service named 'Smooth', which GMG had launched with the MXR multiplexes in 2001; the relaunch of 100.4 Jazz FM as Smooth FM in 2004 led to Real Radio Digital replace the digital Smooth service on MXR NW, and the following year's replacement of 102.2 Jazz FM, which broadcast on the other MXR multiplexes, with Smooth FM saw the Real digital service rolled out to the other areas without their own regional Real Radio service - the West Midlands and North East. (In Yorkshire and the Severn Estuary, where MXR already carried Real stations for Yorkshire and Wales, a feed from jazzfm.com took the vacated slot for a time.)
In 2007, GCap Media sold the Century Network of stations to GMG, which consisted of FM/DAB stations in the North East and North West and a digital-only Century broadcast in London, Cardiff and Birmingham. This move made Century and Real sister operations.
Century Digital was removed from DAB in Birmingham and Cardiff, with listeners in these areas advised by the Century Digital website to instead listen to Real on the regional multiplex. In March 2007, Century Digital ceased on DAB in London and was replaced by Real Digital.
The decision was taken to remove Real Digital from DAB in the North East and North West, in favour of continuing the local Century services (which were becoming more integrated into the Real network). In May 2008, Real Digital was removed from the North East to make way for Rock Radio. However, Real Digital ultimately remained available in the North West for a time.
In October 2008, the launch of the new version of Jazz FM (UK) saw GMG remove Real Digital from the North West, West Midlands and London multiplexes and instead use the space for Jazz FM. (A relay of London's 102.2 Smooth Radio was also removed from the MXR South Wales & Severn multiplex for Jazz FM). This in effect ended all DAB carriage of Real Digital.
In 2009, Century in the North West and North East was renamed Real Radio; this led to the Real name returning to DAB in these areas and the demise of the final use of the Century name.
On Sky
Real Radio Digital was also available nationally within the radio section of Sky Digital. This continued as an automated music service for a time after Real Digital's closure, then subsequently became a re |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICMG%201.3 | PICMG 1.3 is a PICMG specification which is commonly referred to as SHB Express. SHB Express is a modernization of PICMG 1.0 single-board computer specification. SHB Express, or System Host Board – Express, uses the same physical form factor as PICMG 1.0 boards. The board-to-backplane interfaces are PCI Express instead of PCI and ISA, although the use of PCI remains as an option.
Key Features
PCI Express: 20 PCI Express lanes including x16, x8, x4 and x1 PCI Express configuration are supported.
PCI optional supported: 32Bit PCI Bus with up to 4 Master-capable Slots at the Backplane and with 33 MHz or optional 66 MHz. PCI-X Capabilities are also optional supported.
additional I/O: up to 4 USB Connections, up to 2 SATA and up to 2 Ethernet (GBit) are also optional supported to the Backplane.
PICMG Status
Adopted : 8/20/2005
Current Revision : 1.0
External links
PICMG's 1.3 Overview
References
Open standards
PICMG standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20in%20Town%20%28disambiguation%29 | New in Town is a 2009 film.
New in Town may also refer to:
"New in Town" (song), a 2009 single by Little Boots
New in Town (video game), a 2012 social network game by Digital Chocolate
New in Town, a stand-up comedy special by John Mulaney |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisk%20Analytics | Verisk Analytics, Inc. is an American multinational data analytics and risk assessment firm based in Jersey City, New Jersey, with customers in insurance, natural resources, financial services, government, and risk management sectors. The company uses proprietary data sets and industry expertise to provide predictive analytics and decision support consultations in areas including fraud prevention, actuarial science, insurance coverage, fire protection, catastrophe and weather risk, and data management.
The company was privately held until an initial public offering on October 6, 2009, which raised $1.9 billion for several of the large insurance companies that were its primary shareholders, making it the largest IPO in the United States for the year. The firm did not raise any funds for itself in the IPO, which was designed to provide an opportunity for the firm's casualty and property insurer owners to sell some or all of their holdings and to provide a market price for those retaining their shares. The 2009 IPO was priced at $22 per share for 85.25 million shares owned by its shareholders, including American International Group, The Hartford and Travelers, making it the largest since the 2008 IPO for Visa Inc. In an action described by investment research company Morningstar as a "vote of confidence" in Verisk, Berkshire Hathaway was the only company among the firm's largest shareholders that did not sell any of its stock in the October 2009 IPO.
History & Acquisitions
The company's Insurance Services Office (ISO) subsidiary was created in 1971 through the consolidation of various state, regional, and national rating bureaus for various lines of property/casualty insurance. ISO helps insurers with product development, underwriting, and rating. In 2008, Verisk Analytics was established to serve as the parent holding company of ISO. In 2009, Verisk completed its IPO and became a publicly traded company.
Since 2000, the company has acquired about 40 new businesses, which have helped broaden its product offerings. In 2002, it expanded its decision analytics business with the acquisition of AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe modeling firm. In 2004, it entered the healthcare market by acquiring several businesses, through which it offers analytical and reporting systems for health insurers, provider organizations, and self-insured employers. In 2006, the company expanded in the insurance claims sector with the acquisition of Xactware, a provider of estimating software for building repair and construction. In 2010, Verisk acquired 3E Company, a provider of services that help customers comply with government-mandated environmental health and safety requirements.
In 2012, Verisk acquired Argus & Advisory Services, a provider of competitive benchmarking, analytics, and customized services to financial institutions and regulators in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Also in 2012, Verisk acquired Aspect Loss Prevention, a loss prevention software deve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Climate%20Network | The Global Climate Network (GCN) is an alliance of influential think tanks and research institutes in different countries that collaborate on research into climate change policy and whose stated aim is to help address the political blockages to ambitious action to tackle global warming.
The network has members in nine countries worldwide, including the United States, China, India, UK, Australia, Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Nigeria. Its secretariat is housed at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London, UK. GCN members are engaged jointly in a programme of research projects, the results of which each member feeds into policy making at the domestic and international levels.
Collectively, members of the Global Climate Network are committed to a vision of a prosperous and secure world in which greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced to a level that is no longer harmful to the climate system. Working together, the Network construct a narrative for action on climate change that is concerned with human and economic progress as well as environmental wellbeing.
The network's patrons are Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and director-general of the Energy and Resources Institute in India; John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and director of Center for American Progress, and Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes, former European Commissioner for External Affairs.
History
The Global Climate Network was launched at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Poznań, 2008. Its first paper, Closing the Mitigation Gap, which was released to coincide with the Network's launch, identified the amount of carbon dioxide that would still need to be reduced once developed or Annex 1 country pledges had been achieved.
Breaking Through technology: Overcoming the Barriers to the Development and Wide Deployment of Low-Carbon Technology, its second paper, published in July 2009, focussed on the low-carbon technology needs of eight member countries and how these could be met, or partly met, through government policies.
In October 2009, the work of the Global Climate Network was acknowledged by the UK current affairs magazine Prospect who named the Institute for Public Policy Research the UK's Green Think Tank of the Year at their annual award ceremony, in part because of its involvement in the global alliance. Judges, including Rohan Silva, senior adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Baroness Falkner and David Walker, former managing director of the UK's audit commission, gave special mention in their citation to the GCN, calling the initiative 'ground-breaking' and 'unique'.
Also in October 2009, the GCN facilitated a high-level meeting of environment ministers and executive directors of environmental protection agencies from a number of countries, including the US, Brazil, Australia, Korea and Indonesia, at Windsor Castle in the UK. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite%20television%20in%20the%20United%20States | Currently, there are two primary satellite television providers of subscription based service available to United States consumers: DirecTV and Dish Network, which have 21 and 10 million subscribers respectively.
1970s
In 1975 RCA created Satcom 1, the first satellite built especially for use by the then three national television networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC). Later that same year, HBO leased a transponder on Satcom 1 and began transmission of television programs via satellite to cable systems. Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter dishes to receive TV signals in C band.
In 1976 Taylor Howard built an amateur system, which consisted of a converted military surplus radar dish and a satellite receiver designed and built by Howard, for home satellite reception. Taylor's system could be used for receiving TV programs both from American and Soviet communication satellites. In 1977 Pat Robertson launched the first satellite-delivered basic cable service called the CBN Cable Network. In 1979, the Satellite Home Viewers Act allowed homeowners in the US to own and operate their own home satellite system, consisting of C-band equipment from a multitude of manufacturers who were making parts for systems such as Taylor Howard's, and began a large controversy of which channels could be received by whom.
1980s
USSB was a direct-to-home service founded in 1981. In the early 1990s they partnered with Hughes and continued operation until purchased in 1998 by DirecTV.
1990s
In 1991 Primestar launched as the first North American DBS service. Hughes's DirecTV, the first national high-powered upper Ku-band DBS system, went online in 1994. The DirecTV system became the new delivery vehicle for USSB. In 1996, EchoStar's Dish Network went online in the United States and has gone on to similar success as DirecTV's primary competitor. The AlphaStar service launched in 1996 and went into bankruptcy in 1997. Primestar sold its assets to Hughes in 1999. Dominion Video Satellite Inc's Sky Angel also went online in the United States in 1996 with its DBS service geared towards "faith and family" until they sold the license to EchoStar Communications Corporation in 2008 and switched to an IPTV platform.
2000s
In 2004, Cablevision's Voom service went online, specifically catering to the emerging market of HDTV owners and aficionados, but folded in April 2005. The service's "exclusive" high-definition channels were migrated to the Dish Network system. Commercial DBS services are the primary competition to cable television service, although the two types of service have significantly different regulatory requirements (for example, cable television has public access requirements, and the two types of distribution have different regulations regarding carriage of local stations).
The majority of ethnic-language broadcasts in North America are carried on Ku band free-to-air. The largest concentration of free-to-air programming is on Galaxy 19 at 97° W. Pittsbu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%20Divas%20%26%20Daughters | Dallas Divas & Daughters is an American reality television series on the Style Network and Bravo. The series debuted on October 4, 2009.
Premise
The series follows a group of wealthy socialites and their daughters who reside in the Dallas, Texas area starring Pamela Martin Duarte and her daughter Hannah Martin Duarte, Kenya Griffin and daughter Chanel Flowers along with an ensemble cast. One of the goals of the show was to dispel some of the myths and perceptions about Texas lifestyles in a humorous tongue in cheek manner.
Episodes
References
2000s American reality television series
2009 American television series debuts
2009 American television series endings
Style Network original programming
Television shows filmed in Texas
Culture of Dallas
Television shows set in Dallas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryo%20bio-crystallography | Cryo bio-crystallography is the application of crystallography to biological macromolecules at cryogenic temperatures.
Basic principles
Cryo crystallography enables X-ray data collection at cryogenic temperatures, typically 100 K.
Crystals are transferred from the solution they have grown in (called mother liquor) to a solution with a cryo-protectant to prevent ice formation.
Crystals are mounted in a glass fiber (as opposed to a capillary.)
Crystals are cooled by dipping directly into liquid nitrogen and then placed in a cryo cold stream.
Cryo cooled macromolecular crystals show reduced radiation damage by more than 70 times that at room temperature.
Advantages
Significant improvement of resolution in data collection
Reduced or eliminated radiation damage in crystals
Usefulness and applications
Crystallography of large biological macromolecules can be achieved while maintaining their solution state. The best known example is the ribosome.
Today, liquid nitrogen cryo cooling is used for protein crystallography at every synchrotron around the world. Radiation damaged is reduced by more than 70 fold at cryo temperatures. A recent review paper explains the development of reduced radiation damage in macromolecular crystals at Synchrotrons and describes how more than 90% of all structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank used cryo cooling in their determination.
2020 Haas, DJ. The early history of cryo-cooling for macromolecular crystallography (2020)
IUCrJ (2020). 7, 148–157. https://journals.iucr.org/m/issues/2020/02/00/be5283/be5283.pdf
1970 Haas, D.J., and Rossmann, M.G.
Crystallographic Studies on Lactate Dehydrogenase at -75 C. Acta Crystallogr. (1970), B26, 998.
References
See also
Ada Yonath
Crystallography |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20methacrylate%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on Methyl methacrylate.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Spectral data
Vapor pressure of liquid
Thermal conductivity of liquid
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Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin%20D%20%28Glee%29 | "Vitamin D" is the sixth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on October 7, 2009. It was written by series creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Elodie Keene. In the episode, glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) pits the male and female club members against each other for a mash-up competition. Will's wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) takes a job as the school nurse to stop him becoming closer to guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), but is fired after giving the students performance-enhancing pseudoephedrine tablets.
The episode features mash-up covers of "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi and "Confessions Part II" by Usher, and "Halo" by Beyoncé Knowles and "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. Both tracks were released as singles, available for digital download. "Vitamin D" was watched by 7.30 million US viewers, and received generally positive reviews from critics. Performances by Morrison, Mays and Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester attracted praise, as did the staging of the musical mash-ups. However, Aly Semigran of MTV and Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly both noted critically that dramatic storylines in the episode dominated over the musical performances.
Plot
Believing the glee club members are becoming complacent ahead of the forthcoming sectionals, director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) divides the club into boys against girls for a mash-up competition. Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) observes that head cheerleader Quinn Fabray's (Dianna Agron) performance standards are slipping. When Quinn blames her tiredness on her glee club participation, Sue renews her resolve to destroy the club, planning to sabotage Will's personal life.
Sue tells Will's wife Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig) that guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) has romantic feelings for Will. Determined to stay close to her husband, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical qualifications. She encourages Emma's boyfriend, football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher) to propose to her, which he does. After asking Will if there is any reason she should not marry Ken, and being warned off Will by Terri, Emma accepts his proposal. Terri is still hiding the fact she experienced a hysterical pregnancy from Will, and upon realizing how much her life is changing due to her pregnancy, Quinn agrees to let Terri secretly adopt her baby.
Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) is exhausted by his extra-curricular activities, so Terri gives him pseudoephedrine tablets, which Finn shares with the rest of the males in the glee club. The effects of the tablets enhance their performance, and they give an energetic mash-up of "It's My Life and "Confessions Part II". When Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) tells the girls the secret behind the boys' performance, they, too, request the tablets from Terri, and give a high-spirited mash-up of "Halo" and "Walking On Suns |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoyl%20peroxide%20%28data%20page%29 | This page provides supplementary chemical data on benzoyl peroxide.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as eChemPortal search query 94-36-0, and follow its directions.
MSDS from Fisher Scientific (archived from SDSdata.org dead link), which was a redirect to archived page (archived from msdssearchengine.com dead link).
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Spectral data
References
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Chemical data pages cleanup |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%20Finney%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. Finney later worked for PGP Corporation. He also was an early bitcoin contributor and received the first bitcoin transaction from bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
Early life and education
Finney was born in Coalinga, California, on May 4, 1956, to Virginia and Harold Thomas Finney. His father was a petroleum engineer. Harold Finney II attended the California Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in engineering in 1979.
Career
After graduation from Caltech, he went to work in the computer gaming field for a company that developed video games such as Adventures of Tron, Armor Ambush, Astrosmash and Space Attack. He later went to work for the PGP Corporation with whom he remained until his retirement in 2011.
Finney was a noted cryptographic activist. During the early 1990s, in addition to being a regular poster on the cypherpunks listserv, Finney ran two anonymous remailers. Further cryptographic activism included running a (successful) contest to break the export-grade encryption Netscape used.
Finney was involved in the development of the first anonymous remailer, a tool for sending emails with the sender's identity concealed. He was one of the early contributors to this privacy-enhancing technology, which played a significant role in the cypherpunk movement and the broader field of online privacy. This work further demonstrated Finney's commitment to privacy and his significant contributions to the development of privacy-enhancing technologies.
In 2004, Finney created the first reusable proof-of-work system before Bitcoin. In January 2009, Finney was the Bitcoin network's first transaction recipient.
Bitcoin
Finney was a cypherpunk and said:
He was one of the first Bitcoin users and on January 12, 2009, he received the first bitcoin transaction from Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Finney lived in the same town for 10 years that Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto lived in (Temple City, California), adding to speculation that he may have been Bitcoin's creator. Finney denied that he was Satoshi Nakamoto.
In March 2013, Finney posted on a Bitcoin forum, BitcoinTalk, a publication called "Bitcoin and Me (Hal Finney)" where he states he was essentially paralyzed. He recalls finding out that Bitcoin had gained monetary value in late 2010 and mentions that despite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease was causing his ability to code to be slower, he still loved programming and that it gave him goals. He continued to program until his death; he was working on experimental software called bcflick, which uses Trusted Computing to strengthen Bitcoin wallets.
During the last year of his life, the Finneys received anonymous calls demanding an extortion fee of 1,000 bitcoin. They became victims of swatting – a hoax "where the perpetrator calls up emergency dispatch usi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSN | VSN may refer to:
Ottawa based Hip Hop, R&B and Rap Artist VSN (Musician)
Very Smooth Number, used in a very smooth hash in cryptography
Victory Sports Network, an American sports news website
Virtual sensor network, a type of wireless computer network
Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, also known as Tonton Macoute, a Haitian paramilitary force |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife-edge%20scanning%20microscope | The Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope (KESM) was invented and patented in the late 1990s by Bruce McCormick at Texas A&M University. The microscope is intended to produce high-resolution data sets in order to reconstruct 3D cellular structures.
The machine is capable of handling tissue volumes of 1 to 100mm3, recording large volumes of tissue in a small amount of time (~7mm2s−1). The resolution and scanning speed of KESM is a novel method for imaging tissue at resolutions sufficient to reconstruct maps of cellular distribution and morphology. The technique preserves the alignment of serial sections accurately enough to reconstruct neuronal processes and microvasculature.
References
Microscopes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking%20Channel | Cooking Channel is an American basic cable channel owned by Food Network, a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (69%) and Nexstar Media Group (31%). The channel is a spin-off of Food Network, broadcasting programming related to food and cooking. Cooking Channel is available via traditional Cable Television as well as Discovery+ since January 2021.
History
As Fine Living
The channel was announced by Scripps in 2001 and launched the following year as Fine Living (later Fine Living Network, FLN). The brand was positioned towards high-income viewers "who want guidance in helping spend their free time", and featured a mix of lifestyle- and leisure-themed programming dealing with topics such as travel and adventure, finance, real estate, "everyday pursuits", and technology. Scripps positioned Fine Living as a multi-platform brand, having launched a companion website, and purchasing a 49% stake in a free-circulation magazine that would be co-branded with the channel. Scripps planned to invest $100 million in original programming for Fine Living. The network was launched on August 21, 2002.
In 2007, Fine Living acquired primetime encores of the syndicated series The Martha Stewart Show. The network later added Whatever, Martha!, a series featuring her daughter Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Hutt comedically riffing over footage from Martha Stewart Living.
As Cooking Channel
In October 2009, Scripps Networks Interactive announced that Fine Living would be relaunched as Cooking Channel in 2010, after the Great Recession and a severe decline in American personal income and spending effectively stunted Fine Living Network from any further ratings or programming expansion. The network would be a spin-off of Food Network oriented towards instructional and personality-based programming, which had been largely displaced by the growth of Food Network's reality and competition programming. The network airs both new series, and archived programming from Food Network. Cooking Channel launched on May 31, 2010 (coinciding with the Memorial Day holiday), pushed ahead from a planned launch later in the year.
Programming
Original series
Food Network stars Emeril Lagasse, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay were among the first to air new programs on the channel, entitled Emeril's Fresh Food Fast, Week In a Day, and Brunch @ Bobby's.
Original programming included the Mo Rocca-hosted food education program Food(ography) and the combination reality TV series and cooking show Extra Virgin, featuring slice-of-life footage of actress Debi Mazar, her Italian chef husband Gabriele Cocoros, their two children, and assorted friends and family members. The weekly series Robert Earl's Be My Guest, which premiered in September 2014, features entrepreneur and restaurateur Robert Earl as he goes behind the velvet rope to share the best-of-the-best dining secrets and destinations. During February 2015, Cooking Channel premiered Unwrapped 2.0—a revi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark%20attacks%20in%20Australia | The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 1068 shark attacks in Australia with 237 of them being fatal.
Four species of sharks account for the vast majority of fatal attacks on humans: the bull shark, tiger shark, oceanic whitetip shark and the great white shark.
In 2021 Australian authorities pushed to rebrand shark attacks as “negative encounters” or “interactions” to boost conservation efforts and alter perceptions of sharks as vicious.
Shark netting
Since shark netting began in 1937, the number of deaths from sharks on beaches has been reduced in New South Wales, with only one fatal attack on a netted beach during that time. In Queensland there has not been a fatal attack on a netted beach since nets were introduced in the 1960s.
Precautions against attacks
The Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts states precautions which can be taken to reduce the risk of shark attacks. These include avoiding swimming far from the shore, at the mouth of a river or on drop-offs to deeper water; avoiding swimming in dirty water, alone or with domestic animals, near people fishing, or at dusk or night; and to leave the water if schools of fish behave erratically or group in large numbers. The Australian Institute of Marine Science also states many of these and other precautions including not wearing jewelry or reflective clothing while swimming, and not swimming with any bleeding wounds.
Non-fatal attacks
Fatal attacks
See also
Shark attack
Shark attack prevention
Shark attacks in South Australia
List of fatal shark-incidents in Australia
References
Shark Bait-Shark Bite, The Courier-Mail 16 Dec 1933
External links
Shark research institute Australia stats
Animal attacks in Australia
Sharks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbell%20Cassette%20Interface | The Tarbell Cassette Interface is an expansion card for use with the Altair 8800 early personal computer, or other systems using the Altair's S-100 bus. It was designed by Don Tarbell and sold by Tarbell Electronics as early as 1976. At the time, it was considered to be fast, reliable, and popular. While supporting the 1975 Kansas City (Byte/Lancaster) standard, it also introduced a much faster Tarbell standard which became a de facto standard for compact cassette data storage.
Tarbell also sold other products, including TARBELL CASSETTE BASIC in 1978 and a Shugart Associates-compatible dual disk drive subsystem. The latter includes a Tarbell floppy disk interface, said to plug into any S-100 bus computer, introduced in 1979.
References
External links
The Tarbell Cassette Interface Manual
"The board that launched the company and made Tarbell a household word in the world of the S-100 bus" s100computers.com
Tarbell S-100 boards and docs
Computer storage devices
Home computer peripherals
Tape-based computer storage
Early microcomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Darwin | The city of Darwin, Northern Territory is served by a wide variety of transport. While the city's main form of transport is private transport on the road network, transport is also available by bus, ferry and aircraft.
Road
The car is the dominant mode of transport for Darwin residents. The Stuart Highway is the only major highway that services the Darwin area. It connects Darwin to its satellite city of Palmerston, and then goes on to the South Australian city of Port Augusta.
Arterial roads also service the Darwin area, which provide quick and easy access into and out of the city centre.
Public transport is provided by Darwinbus bus services.
Taxis and Limousines operate in the Darwin area. City Radio Taxis holds the largest fleet of taxicabs in Darwin.
Water
There is limited public transport on Darwin's waterways. There are two ferry services, one of which operates from Darwin Harbour, from between Cullen Bay and Mandorah. The ferry is operated by Sea Cat Ferries. Ferry services operate daily. The other ferry service is from Darwin Harbour and travels to the Tiwi Islands in the Territory's north
Cycling
Bike riding in Darwin is one of the most popular means of transport. There are more than 70 kilometres of bicycle paths in the Darwin area and into the Palmerston area, south of Darwin. Main bike routes travel along the Stuart Highway and throughout the coastline of the Darwin area as well as the Darwin city centre.
Airports
Darwin is served by Darwin International Airport close to the city's CBD in the Northern Suburbs for regional, domestic and international flights
See also
Transport in Australia
List of Darwin suburbs
Casuarina Square
References
Transport in Darwin, Northern Territory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro%20Men | Micro Men is a 2009 one-off BBC drama television programme set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market. It focuses on the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair (played by Alexander Armstrong), who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry (played by Martin Freeman), the man behind the BBC Micro.
Plot
The drama is centred on two of the leading players and their respective companies in the home computer market of the late 1970s and early 1980s focusing on the race to win a grant from the BBC to become the provider of a home computer for the BBC's programming for schools. Certain parts of the drama are based on historical fact while others are a dramatisation.
The main characters are ZX Spectrum creator Clive Sinclair and BBC Micro creators Chris Curry, Sophie Wilson, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser. The real-life Wilson also makes a brief cameo as a barmaid.
Cast
Alexander Armstrong as Clive Sinclair
Martin Freeman as Chris Curry
Edward Baker-Duly as Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips as Steve Furber
Stefan Butler as Roger Wilson
Colin Michael Carmichael as Jim Westwood
Derek Riddell as Nigel Searle
Peter Davison as Bank Manager
Cameo
Sophie Wilson plays a pub landlady.
Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis also appear through the incorporation of stock footage from The Computer Programme.
Jim Westwood appears in the background of a scene set in the computer department of a WH Smith store.
Production
Development
The programme was created by independent production company Darlow Smithson and was written by Tony Saint, directed by Saul Metzstein and produced by Andrea Cornwell. It was produced as a BBC Drama, shot in the UK, with some scenes shot in and around the colleges of Cambridge on 15 July 2009. Computers were supplied by The Centre for Computing History, then in Haverhill. They also supplied other technical props, including the , and Jason Fitzpatrick, director of the museum, played the part of David Johnson-Davies.
The programme's titles use green lettering similar to that produced by the 1980s monitors to which BBC Microcomputers would have typically been connected.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack uses a number of early 1980s electronica tracks:
"Pulstar" by Vangelis
"Zoolookologie" by Jean Michel Jarre
"Oxygène (Part IV)" by Jean Michel Jarre
"Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
"99 Red Balloons" by Nena
"Pipes of Peace" by Paul McCartney
"Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd
"Title" from The Carpetbaggers by Jimmy Smith
"Computer World 2" by Kraftwerk
"Wouldn't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw
"Planet Earth" by Duran Duran
Release
It was first shown on BBC Four on 8 October 2009.
Reaction
When asked about the programme in an interview for The Independent — despite being involved in the production — Sinclair himself stated: "It was a travesty of the truth. It just had no bearing on the truth. It was terrible."
See also
Micro Live
References
External links
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICMG%201.2 | PICMG 1.2 is a specification by PICMG that standardizes both mechanical and electrical interfaces to support a standard form factor PCI computer system. PICMG 1.2 defines a single board computer in a passive backplane architecture with either two PCI/PCI-X busses or a single PCI/PCI-X bus. It is similar to PICMG 1.0 but removes the ISA bus.
Status
Adopted : 1/23/2002
Current Revision : 1.0
References
Open standards
PICMG standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Joseph%20Hospital%20%28Nashua%2C%20New%20Hampshire%29 | St. Joseph Healthcare is a network of hospitals and health care facilities in the greater Nashua area, southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.
The main facility is the 208-bed St. Joseph Hospital, with satellite centers in Milford and Merrimack. The service is now part of Covenant Health Systems.
History
St. Joseph Hospital was founded in 1908 on Kinsley Street in Nashua, by Monsignor Henri Milette, pastor of the parish of St. Louis de Gonzague primarily to serve Nashua's French Canadian community. From July 1907 it was run by the Sisters of Charity of Montreal. It is a Roman Catholic foundation, in the tradition of St. Marguerite d'Youville. The hospital was dedicated on May 1, 1908, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.
In 1938, the parish transferred ownership to the "Grey Nuns". A new facility was constructed in 1967, and the original building demolished. In 1976 Milford Medical Center opened as a satellite facility in Milford, New Hampshire, and the following year, another in Merrimack. In 1996, sponsorship was transferred from the Grey Nuns to Covenant Health Systems, a non-profit Catholic regional health care system. The Emergency Department at St. Joseph's underwent extensive renovation in 2014. St. Joseph's also hosts "Joseph's Closet", a program of New Hampshire Family Voices, which provides durable medical equipment free of charge to individuals in need.
St. Joseph School of Nursing
The sisters also open St. Joseph School of Nursing. The first four students graduated in 1910. The RN program was discontinued in 1963, replaced in 1964 with a Practical Nursing program which ran until 2013. In 2005, the school established an Associate of Science in Nursing degree program. Upon completion of the ASN program, graduates are eligible to take the Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.
References
External links
Official website
"St. Joseph Hospital Workers Saluted By First Responders"
Hospital buildings completed in 1906
Hospitals in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Nashua, New Hampshire
Catholic hospitals in North America
1906 establishments in New Hampshire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced%20boolean%20function | In mathematics and computer science, a balanced boolean function is a boolean function whose output yields as many 0s as 1s over its input set. This means that for a uniformly random input string of bits, the probability of getting a 1 is 1/2.
Examples of balanced boolean functions are the function that copies the first bit of its input to the output,
and the function that produces the exclusive or of the input bits.
Usage
Balanced boolean functions are primarily used in cryptography. If a function is not balanced, it will have a statistical bias, making it subject to cryptanalysis such as the correlation attack.
See also
Bent function
References
Balanced boolean functions that can be evaluated so that every input bit is unlikely to be read, Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
Boolean algebra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste%20in%20New%20Zealand | The management of waste in New Zealand has become more regulated to reduce associated environmental issues. According to OECD data, New Zealand is the third most wasteful country in the OECD.
History
Until recently, waste was taken to local rubbish dumps with little or no control as to where they were sited. Often the dumps were close to water ways. In recent years the location of dumps was consolidated and they are now constructed as sanitary landfills to prevent leaching of the contents into water bodies. Transfer stations, especially in cities, act as a local collection point where the waste is compacted before being transported to the nearest landfill.
In 2007 the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews for waste gave the following recommendations:
develop national regulations for managing hazardous waste
expand and upgrade waste treatment and disposal facilities
increase regulatory support for recovery or recycling
clarify liability arrangements for remediation of contaminated sites
Mass
1.6 million tonnes per year is generated from the construction and demolition industry which represents 50% of total waste to landfills.
Christchurch
Waste volumes from kerbside collections was almost 40,000 tonnes but reduced after the introduction of kerbside recycling and a halving in the number of free rubbish bags. In 2009 the Council introduced 140 litre wheelie bins for kerbside collection after which waste volumes began to rise.
Types
Agricultural plastics
Agriculture is one of the largest sectors of the economy in New Zealand and consequently a large volume of waste is produced in relation to other industries. Collection of containers that contained agricultural chemicals is carried out in some regions. The burning of plastic waste was made illegal in recent years due to the release of toxic pollutants.
Construction waste
Electronic waste
Electronic waste is an increasing part of the waste stream and the Ministry for the Environment are investigating ways of dealing with it. The annual eDay, which started from a trial in 2006, is used as means of collecting electronic waste for reuse or recycling.
Food waste
The total volume of food wasted in New Zealand is not known. Research was conducted in 2014 into food waste, generated by households, that was disposed of through curbside rubbish collections. The study found that 229,022 tonnes of food is sent to landfill by households annually. Of this approximately 50% or 122,547 tonnes is avoidable food waste. The cost of avoidable household food waste disposed of to landfill in 2014/2105 was $872 million pa. A detailed report available on the WasteMINZ website provides more information into household food waste. No research has been undertaken to date into commercial or supply chain food waste.
Waste reduction
By 1996 the New Zealand cities of Auckland, Waitakere, North Shore and Lower Hutt had kerbside recycling bins available. In New Plymouth, Wanganui and Upper Hutt recyclable material w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20R.%20Smith%20%28physicist%29 | David R. Smith is an American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University in North Carolina. Smith's research focuses on electromagnetic metamaterials, or materials with a negative index of refraction.
Smith obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1988 and 1994. In 2000, as a postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of Professor Sheldon Schultz at UCSD, Smith and his colleagues discovered the first material that exhibited a negative index of refraction.
For his research in mematerials, Smith, along with four European researchers, was awarded the Descartes Prize in 2005, the European Union's top prize for collaborative research. He is known also as the first person to create a functioning cloak of invisibility that renders an object invisible in microwave wavelengths. Although the cloaking device had limited ability to conceal an object from light of a single microwave wavelength, the experiment was an initial demonstration of the potential of metamaterials, constructed composite materials with unusual optical properties, to behave in unique ways because of both their structural properties.
In 2009, Reuters news service listed Smith in the Clarivate Citation laureates in Physics, which considers potential candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics.
References
21st-century American physicists
Living people
University of California, San Diego alumni
Duke University faculty
Metamaterials scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
American electrical engineers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjit%20Biswas | Sanjit Biswas () is an American Internet entrepreneur and computer scientist and co-founder of Samsara, an Internet of Things company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides hardware and software for physical operations. He also co-founded and served as CEO of Meraki, Inc. (now Cisco Meraki), a cloud-managed networking company now part of Cisco Systems.
Biswas has a bachelor's degree from Stanford and a master's degree from MIT.
In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
1980s births
Stanford University alumni
Cisco people
American people of Indian descent
American businesspeople |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-dimensional%20space | Six-dimensional space is any space that has six dimensions, six degrees of freedom, and that needs six pieces of data, or coordinates, to specify a location in this space. There are an infinite number of these, but those of most interest are simpler ones that model some aspect of the environment. Of particular interest is six-dimensional Euclidean space, in which 6-polytopes and the 5-sphere are constructed. Six-dimensional elliptical space and hyperbolic spaces are also studied, with constant positive and negative curvature.
Formally, six-dimensional Euclidean space, ℝ6, is generated by considering all real 6-tuples as 6-vectors in this space. As such it has the properties of all Euclidean spaces, so it is linear, has a metric and a full set of vector operations. In particular the dot product between two 6-vectors is readily defined and can be used to calculate the metric. 6 × 6 matrices can be used to describe transformations such as rotations that keep the origin fixed.
More generally, any space that can be described locally with six coordinates, not necessarily Euclidean ones, is six-dimensional. One example is the surface of the 6-sphere, S6. This is the set of all points in seven-dimensional space (Euclidean) ℝ7 that are a fixed distance from the origin. This constraint reduces the number of coordinates needed to describe a point on the 6-sphere by one, so it has six dimensions. Such non-Euclidean spaces are far more common than Euclidean spaces, and in six dimensions they have far more applications.
Geometry
6-polytope
A polytope in six dimensions is called a 6-polytope. The most studied are the regular polytopes, of which there are only three in six dimensions: the 6-simplex, 6-cube, and 6-orthoplex. A wider family are the uniform 6-polytopes, constructed from fundamental symmetry domains of reflection, each domain defined by a Coxeter group. Each uniform polytope is defined by a ringed Coxeter–Dynkin diagram. The 6-demicube is a unique polytope from the D6 family, and 221 and 122 polytopes from the E6 family.
5-sphere
The 5-sphere, or hypersphere in six dimensions, is the five-dimensional surface equidistant from a point. It has symbol S5, and the equation for the 5-sphere, radius r, centre the origin is
The volume of six-dimensional space bounded by this 5-sphere is
which is 5.16771 × r6, or 0.0807 of the smallest 6-cube that contains the 5-sphere.
6-sphere
The 6-sphere, or hypersphere in seven dimensions, is the six-dimensional surface equidistant from a point. It has symbol S6, and the equation for the 6-sphere, radius r, centre the origin is
The volume of the space bounded by this 6-sphere is
which is 4.72477 × r7, or 0.0369 of the smallest 7-cube that contains the 6-sphere.
Applications
Transformations in three dimensions
In three dimensional space a rigid transformation has six degrees of freedom, three translations along the three coordinate axes and three from the rotation group SO(3). Often these transformati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Whittaker | Steve Whittaker is a Professor in human-computer interaction at the University of California Santa Cruz. He is best known for his research at the intersection of computer science and social science in particular on computer mediated communication and personal information management. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and winner of the CSCW 2018 "Lasting Impact" award. He also received a Lifetime Research Achievement Award from SIGCHI, is a Member of the SIGCHI Academy. He is Editor of the journal Human-Computer Interaction.
Life
He was born in Liverpool in the UK, in 1957. As an undergraduate he studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge, obtaining his PhD in Cognitive Psychology at St. Andrews. He spent many years in industry where he worked at Hewlett-Packard Labs, AT&T Labs, and IBM Research Labs. Moving to academia he was Professor of Information Science at University of Sheffield, before relocating to the University of California in 2009.
Research
He publishes in the fields of human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. His applies social science theory to understand people's interactions with technologies, using these insights to design new human-centric technologies. His early research focused on computer mediated communication, extending psychological theories of conversation to develop new accounts of online interaction. That work led to the design of novel collaboration, messaging and social computing technologies some which have now become standard. He has also researched personal information management. He co-published a book with Ofer Bergman: The Science of Managing Our Digital Stuff which uses cognitive psychology to understand how we organize and access our personal digital information. He was also one of the first to document how email contributes to information overload, proposing technical approaches to address this. More recently his work examined 'digital memory', critiquing Lifelogging approaches and developing new techniques for understanding and reflecting on our pasts.
Awards
ACM Fellow (2015)
ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award (2014)
ACM SIGCHI Academy (2008)
ACM CSCW Lasting Impact Award (2018)
Editor, Human Computer Interaction (2013–present)
Selected bibliography
Whittaker, S. and Sidner, C. (1996). Email overload: exploring personal information management of email. In Proceedings of CHI'96 Conference on Computer Human Interaction, 276–283, NY: ACM Press. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/238386.238530
Whittaker, S., and O'Conaill, B. (1997). The role of vision in face-to-face and mediated communication. In In K. Finn, A. Sellen, S. Wilbur (Eds.), Video mediated communication. LEA: NJ. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1997-08440-001
Whittaker, S. Terveen, L., Hill, W., and Cherny, L. (1998). The dynamics of mass interaction, In Proceedings of Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 257–264. NY: ACM Press. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/289444.28 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee%20Broadcasting | Bee Broadcasting, Inc., also known locally as the "Bee Broadcasting Radio Network", is a regional radio broadcasting company, based in Kalispell, Montana. The stations they operate cover the entire Flathead Valley area of northwestern Montana, including all of Glacier National Park. The company has been in the area for over 25 years.
The broadcast center that houses all the offices and studios is northeast of Kalispell, at 2432 US Highway 2 East. The two AM transmitters are on Monegan Road, on the east side of Whitefish, MT. All five FM stations share a transmitter and tower site north of Whitefish, near The Big Mountain.
Bee Broadcasting owns and operates seven radio stations, covering a wide variety of formats:
KJJR AM 880 "The Flathead Valley's Only Full Service News Talk Radio Station"
KSAM (AM) 1240 "ESPN Sports Radio For The Flathead Valley"
KHNK FM 95.9 "Outlaw Country"
KBBZ FM 98.5 "The Flathead's Best Classic Rock"
KRVO FM 103.1 "The Flathead's New Music Station"
KWOL-FM 105.1 "Greatest Hits of All Time!"
KDBR FM 106.3 "Montana Country"
External links
Bee Broadcasting
References
Companies based in Montana
Radio broadcasting companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20Bent%20for%20Leather%20%28Milan%20the%20Leather%20Boy%20album%29 | Hell Bent for Leather is a vinyl-only compilation album by Milan the Leather Boy that also features a second side of songs that he wrote and/or produced for others throughout the 1960s.
Release data
This album was released in 2009 as an LP only (#LS-001LP) and is evidently the initial release by a French label LS. A logo in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover says "Licorice Schtik" (one of the bands featured on Side 2); "LS" is evidently an abbreviation for this band name.
Track listing
Side one
The Leather Boy: "On the Go"
Milan (The Leather Boy): "You Gotta Have Soul"
The World of Milan: "Luva-Luva"
Milan: "Runnin' Wild"
The World of Milan: "Follow the Sun"
The Leather Boy: "Soulin'"
The Leather Boy: "I'm a Leather Boy"
The Leather Boy: "Shadows"
Side two
The Head Shop: "Head Shop"
The Chanters: "Bongo Bongo"
Lou Christie: "How Many Teardrops"
Licorice Schtik: "Kissin' Game"
The Unclaimed: "Memories of Green Eyes"
Licorice Schtik: "Flowers Flowers"
The Head Shop: "Infinity"
2009 compilation albums
Garage rock albums by American artists
Milan the Leather Boy albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taneli%20Tikka | Taneli Tikka (born 8 March 1978, Savitaipale, Finland) is a Finnish serial entrepreneur and IT influencer.
Career
Tikka studied software engineering at a school which is now known as the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. While studying, he started to work for Nokia as a design engineer. In 1999 he stopped his studies as he started his first company with his friends. Taika Technologies Ltd. specialised in digital- and multimedia-based social networking solutions. The company went bankrupt in 2002 and Tikka continued his studies at the Helsinki School of Economics, where he graduated First in Academic Standing of this class from the Executive MBA programme in 2004.
After Taika Technology's bankruptcy Tikka worked at WM-data (now CGI) and at Ruukki Group (now Afarak Group) from 2003 to 2006. Then he was offered a task at unprofitable Magenta company. Magenta Sites was the hosting and IT services company behind the global distribution of the Star Wreck movie, and also the long time hosting partner for Habbo Hotel). Tikka worked in Magenta over the period from 2003 to 2007.
In 2005, Tikka started at Dynamoid where he was responsible for IRC-Galleria's marketing and strategy, the following year he was appointed as Dynamoid's CEO. In 2007 IRC-Galleria was sold for 12.5 million euros to Sulake Corporation, the company behind Habbo Hotel. After that Tikka was hired as COO at Dopplr (2007 - 2009) with e.g. Lisa Sounio and Marko Ahtisaari who were among Dopplr founders. The service's idea was to save the business travellers' network so that they know who of their friends are living in the area they are visiting or who of their contacts are travelling to the same destination at the same time as they are. It also showed the local restaurants or shops recommended by other users. Nokia acquired Dopplr in September 2009. From 2008 to 2009 Tikka was CEO at RunToShop, a social shopping startup.
From 2010 to 2011 Tikka was Health Puzzle's CEO. In 2009, Tikka started as a member of the Soprano Plc (NASDAQ OMX listed public company) Board of Directors and in 2011 he was appointed as company's Executive Vice President and was in charge of their web solutions division. In early 2012 Tikka was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Soprano Plc. Tikka was working in Soprano until 2012.
Tikka was one of the co-founders of the Startup Sauna Foundation. Its purpose is to help young promising companies. Startup Sauna had a 1,500 square meter co-working space on Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi and it was the main-organizer of Slush, the largest startup conference in Northern Europe. Tikka was acting as Startup Sauna and Summer of Startups programs' coach.
In 2012, Tikka assumed the position of CEO of Wunderkraut Finland, a company specialised in web and application development. At the same time, he was appointed to the executive management team and Board of the Wunderkraut Group and became one of the private shareholders in the company. Tikka worked at W |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B110 | B110 may refer to:
B110 (New York City bus), a privately operated bus route in Brooklyn, United States
Dell Dimension B110, a desktop computer
B110 series, a Nissan Sunny car series
Nepean Highway, a road in Victoria, Australia
Bellarine Highway, a road in Victoria, Australia
A bus service serving Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
, a German torpedo-boat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakeasy%20%28computational%20environment%29 | Speakeasy was a numerical computing interactive environment also featuring an interpreted programming language. It was initially developed for internal use at the Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory by the theoretical physicist Stanley Cohen. He eventually founded Speakeasy Computing Corporation to make the program available commercially.
Speakeasy is a very long-lasting numerical package. In fact, the original version of the environment was built around a core dynamic data repository called "Named storage" developed in the early 1960s, while the most recent version has been released in 2006.
Speakeasy was aimed to make the computational work of the physicists at the Argonne National Laboratory easier.
History
Speakeasy was initially conceived to work on mainframes (the only kind of computers at that time), and was subsequently ported to new platforms (minicomputers, personal computers) as they became available. The porting of the same code on different platforms was made easier by using Mortran metalanguage macros to face systems dependencies and compilers deficiencies and differences. Speakeasy is currently available on several platforms: PCs running Windows, macOS, Linux, departmental computers and workstations running several flavors of Linux, AIX or Solaris.
Speakeasy was also among the first interactive numerical computing environments, having been implemented in such a way on a CDC 3600 system, and later on IBM TSO machines as one was in beta-testing at the Argonne National Laboratory at the time. By 1984 it was available on Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX systems.
Almost since the beginning (as the dynamic linking functionality was made available in the operating systems) Speakeasy features the capability of expanding its operational vocabulary using separated modules, dynamically linked to the core processor as they are needed. For that reason such modules were called "linkules" (LINKable-modULES). They are functions with a generalized interface, which can be written in FORTRAN or in C.
The independence of each of the new modules from the others and from the main processor is of great help in improving the system, especially it was in the old days.
This easy way of expanding the functionalities of the main processor was often exploited by the users to develop their own specialized packages. Besides the programs, functions and subroutines the user can write in the Speakeasy's own interpreted language, linkules add functionalities carried out with the typical performances of compiled programs.
Among the packages developed by the users, one of the most important is "Modeleasy", originally developed as "FEDeasy" in the early 1970s at the research department of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C..
Modeleasy implements special objects and functions for large econometric models estimation and simulation.
Its evolution led eventually to its distribution as an independent product.
Syntax
The symb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%20deflate | mod_deflate is an optional module for the Apache HTTP Server, Apache v2.0 and later. It is based on Deflate lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. This module provides the DEFLATE output filter that allows output from Apache HTTP server to be compressed before being sent to the client over the network. It also provides a filter for decompressing (inflating, uncompressing) a gzip compressed response body.
Limitation
The mod_deflate module does not have a lower bound for file size, so it attempts to compress files that are too small to benefit from compression. This results in files smaller than approximately 120 bytes becoming larger when processed by mod_deflate.
Compatibility
You can check a server to see if it is sending out compressed data, and compression compatibility of your browser for example here.
When textual content compressed using mod_gzip, it should maintain its MIME-type, according to their recommended media type:
HTML: text/html
XHTML: application/xhtml+xml
CSS: text/css
JavaScript: application/x-javascript
Alternatives
The mod_gzip module is similar to mod_deflate, for Apache v1 and v2.
A mod_gz module was independently developed by Ian Holsman. This module implements a gzip compression filter for Apache 2.0, providing similar functionality to mod_gzip. One important difference between the two modules is that mod_gzip includes its own gzip implementation, whereas mod_gz relies on an external zlib library.
In PHP, a similar effect is achievable for the output of PHP scripts with:
the ob_gzhandler() and the gzencode() functions;
zlib.output_compression option in the php.ini file.
CherryPy offers the Gzip filter, which uses the zlib module of Python standard library.
License
The mod_deflate module is part of Apache v2, licensed with Apache License 2.0.
History
Module level content compression for Apache started with mod_gzip, which is an external extension module, since Apache 1.3.
The developers of the Apache 2.0.x servers have included mod_deflate in the codebase for the server to perform a similar GZIP-encoding function. Early versions provided lesser amount of compression than mod_gzip.
Starting with Apache 2.0.45, the compression level of mod_deflate is configurable using the DeflateCompressionLevel directive. This directive accepts values between 1 (fastest compression speed, lowest compression ratio) and 9 (slowest compression speed, highest compression ratio), with the default value being 6. This change made the compression in mod_deflate comparable to mod_gzip out of the box.
See also
HTTP compression
Some general purpose Apache modules
Some programming language interfaces for Apache
Notes
External links
Apache Module mod_deflate — for Apache 2.0.
Apache Module mod_deflate — for Apache 2.2.
mod_deflate Compression Level Test — File size Vs. server load - tested with Apache 2.2.
Web server software
Articles with underscores in the tit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Stop%20Believing%20%28TV%20series%29 | Don't Stop Believing is a British television talent show that aired on Channel 5 in summer 2010. It was inspired by the musical comedy-drama Glee, which airs in the United States on the Fox network. The series featured live shows in which musical performance groups competed against each other, with viewers voting on the winner. Solo singers were also sought to join a group to represent the United Kingdom on the American glee club circuit. The show was hosted by Emma Bunton, and judged by Anastacia, Duncan James, Tamzin Outhwaite and Charles "Chucky" Klapow. The programme was shown in simulcast on Irish TV channel 3e and repeated a week later on parent channel TV3 Ireland. The show was not renewed for a second series due to low ratings.
Development
Don't Stop Believing was produced by Shine TV and GroupM Entertainment. Based on the popularity of Glee and High School Musical and billed as Glee meets The X Factor, the show intended to combine elements of both singing and dancing competitions. Five's controller, Richard Woolfe, stated: "There's an explosion in musical performance groups and Don't Stop Believing will tap into that exciting groundswell. This will be the first series to combine both singing and dancing to create an amazing entertainment spectacle which will completely capture the viewers' imagination.". By May 2010, over 3,000 groups had applied to take part in the show via the Five website.
Social networking website MySpace is the show's online hub, featuring exclusive content including video webchats with the judges, highlights of the show and choreography tutorials. Users are able to purchase tracks from the programme directly through MySpace. Sophie Rouse, director of marketing at MySpace UK, stated: "As a platform dedicated to the discovery of new content, MySpace can add an extra dimension to big events like these, giving fans the opportunity to interact directly with the talent and exclusive content from the show."
Format
Established and new musical performance groups compete in a series of live shows, performing well-known songs in new arrangements. Contestants perform in front of celebrity judges, with viewers voting for the winner. Alongside the main competition, solo singers are invited to join a group to represent the United Kingdom on the American glee club circuit. Auditions are held while the series airs, with new members joining each week.
Judges and host
The show is hosted by Emma Bunton. Five's head of entertainment, Donna Taberer, stated that she was "utterly thrilled" to have Emma as part of the project, deeming her the "perfect host" due to her singing, dancing and presenting experience. Bunton commented: "Like millions of others I'm currently obsessed with musical performance groups so I am beyond excited", telling The Belfast Telegraph that she is a "huge fan" of Glee. The show's judges are former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite, Blue member Duncan James, singer Anastacia and High School Musical choreograp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine%20Living | Fine Living may refer to:
Fine Living (European TV channel), a European television channel, owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive
Fine Living (Italy), an Italian television channel, owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive
See also
Cooking Channel, formerly Fine Living in the United States
DIY Network (Canada), formerly Fine Living in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%20Mini | HP Mini is a former line of small computers categorized as netbooks manufactured by Hewlett-Packard. They either contained a custom version of Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Windows 7 Starter operating system. Like most netbooks, they were not built with CD/DVD drives.
They were announced from mid-2007, and marketed from 2008 through 2012.
Summary
2133
The first model.
1000 and 700
The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook by HP, adapting that company's HP 2133 Mini-Note PC education/business netbook for the consumer market. A similar but cheaper model named the HP Compaq Mini 700 will also be available in some regions with different cosmetics. A special edition machine, the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition, designed in collaboration with Vivienne Tam is also available. The three computers have similar specifications.
Specifications
Processor and memory — The HP Mini 1000 uses a 1.60 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor and includes 1 GB of DDR2-533 memory with support for up to 2GB. The Mini has only one slot for RAM. Due to Microsoft's restrictions, the XP versions were only sold with 1GB of RAM, but a user can easily upgrade to 2GB by accessing the slot on the bottom of the computer and replacing the module.
Storage — The HP Mini 1000 shipped with either a 16/32GB SSD or a 60/80GB 1.8" hard disk drive. The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition was also available with an 8GB SSD. A ZIF SATA connector is used as opposed to standard PATA/SATA connector cables.
Motherboard — The motherboard uses the Intel 945GSE northbridge chipset and Intel ICH7M southbridge. The motherboard model is HP361A. The northbridge component provides the integrated Intel GMA950 graphics core.
Display — The Mini features either an 8.9- or 10.1-inch LED-backlit display. The 8.9" display has a resolution of 1024x600 pixels, the 10.1" is 1024x576 (10.2" @ 1024x600 is no longer sold). Both models feature stereo speakers, a webcam, and a single audio jack for both mic and headphones. Both the unit and the dock connector can carry a VGA connection. A first-party adaptor is available from the HP online store.
Power — A 3-cell battery is included as standard. A 6-cell battery can be ordered as an accessory, or (with the Mini 1000 and Digital Clutch only) chosen in place of the 3-cell battery during configuration. The 3-cell and 6-cell batteries provide up to 3 hours and 6 hours of run-time, respectively.
Connectivity — In addition to the aforementioned card reader, the system has two standard USB ports, a 10/100 Mbit Ethernet port, a single 3.5mm audio in/out mini-jack, and a power connector. The Mini 1000 also has a proprietary dock connector which can carry VGA, USB, RJ-45 (over USB), analogue audio in/out, and power. An 802.11b/g wireless NIC (Broadcom BCM4312) is included for Wi-Fi, while Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a built-in HSDPA modem are options. It can be connected to Verizon for a one- or two-year contract.
Software
The Mini has Windows XP & Windows 7 Starter installed at |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Las%20Vegas%20Show | The Las Vegas Show was an American late night television program broadcast in May 1967 on the short-lived United Network. The two-hour-long talk show, hosted by comedian Bill Dana, was supposed to be the flagship program of a planned fourth television network.
Overview
The show originated live from the Hotel Hacienda in Las Vegas, Nevada, and featured regulars Ann Elder, Pete Barbutti, Danny Meahan, Joanne Worley, Cully Richards and orchestra leader Jack Sheldon.
The series was seen on 106 television stations. The program was transmitted live on the United Network at 11PM ET / 10PM CT, though many stations, most of them affiliates of NBC, CBS or ABC, delayed the show until 11:30 PM ET, or even the afternoon hours the next day. Of those that did air the program during late night, many of these were CBS affiliates, as CBS did not have a late night program at the time.
However, The Las Vegas Show, the network's sole program, had difficulties finding sponsors and many local stations were "erratic in their support" for the new network. After just one month on the air the network effort failed; The Las Vegas Show (and the network itself) were cancelled.
Before the United Network folded, 23 episodes of The Las Vegas Show had aired. Two additional episodes remained unaired when network operations shut down.
References
1967 American television series debuts
1967 American television series endings
1960s American television talk shows
1960s American variety television series
English-language television shows
Television shows set in the Las Vegas Valley
1960s American late-night television series |
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