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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Hazard%3A%20Blood%20Bath%20and%20Beyond | Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is a downloadable video game for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It is a sequel to Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard.
Plot
Matt Hazard, the protagonist from the previous game, goes back in time and revisits his earlier games to prevent an evil corporation called Marathon MegaCorp from destroying him.
Gameplay
Unlike its predecessor which was a 3D third person shooter, this game is a 2D side-scroller in order to evoke the feel of a retro game, however, the game developers make use of 3D graphics. The player has the ability to use upgraded weapons with limited ammo. Players also are able to use shoulder buttons to enter precision aim mode. Levels contain boxes allowing the player to power up. The game features three difficulty modes: Wussy, Damn This is Hard, and Fuck This Shit, the most difficult mode, in which enemies are able to kill players in just one hit. The game also contains a two player co-op mode, in which the second player controls Hazard's partner Dexter Dare. Weapons available to the player include flamethrowers, shotguns, grenades, plasma rifles and ice guns. The player is also able to deflect missiles the enemy fires at them by shooting at them. The game also features a large amount of graphic violence, unlike its predecessor.
Reception
On Metacritic it has a score of 65.
References
2010 video games
D3 Publisher games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation Network games
Video game sequels
Video games developed in the United States
Xbox 360 Live Arcade games
Video games scored by Rod Abernethy
Video games with 2.5D graphics
Vicious Cycle Software games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragster | Bragster was a global social networking and video sharing website on which users dare each other to perform stunts and tasks. The website name stems from the 'Bragging Rights' which are earned on the site. The company is based in London, England. The majority of the content is user generated, although some branded videos from companies such as Tango, Adidas and Wizards of the Coast have been broadcast on the site. The site is designed to be a more niche alternative to other social networking websites. In February 2010 Bragster was acquired by Guinness World Records.
Company history
Bragster was founded in 2006 as Gottabet.com by Wim Vernaeve and Bertrand Bodson. The site was started as a way to bring gambling and social networking together, but over time the gambling and betting aspect was dropped in favour of bragging and dares. The logo was changed to a blue gorilla to reflect this new "edgier" direction.
Originally, the site was geared more towards social networking with features such as blogs, but these were removed as part of the re-branding, with the focus shifted purely to daring and bragging. The change was made in order for advertisers to integrate their content into the main body of the site, via sponsored dares and challenges. In February 2008, Bragster received a $3.5 million Series A investment from Intel Capital and private investor David Frankle.
In February 2010, Bragster was acquired by Guinness World Records in an effort to expand GWR's digital presence. Initially the two brands will be kept separate, with plans to integrate Bragster into the GWR website in the second half of 2010.
On 31 August 2010, Bragster was taken offline.
Branded campaigns
In March 2009, Bragster formed a long-term partnership with Britvic to promote their fizzy orange soft drink Tango. The campaign was launched by Bragster daring Tango bosses to print 2.5 million Tango cans upside down, with the Bragster logo on the top. A mock-up image of the new can was released on the website on April Fools' Day, before 2.5 million the cans went into production a few weeks later. To further promote the launch of the upside down cans, Bragster and Tango orchestrated a publicity stunt wherein a number of models in orange bikinis stood on their heads in various places around London, including St Paul's, the Tate Modern and on the tube. After the initial launch the partnership continued with ten branded dares, such as dying your hair orange and covering yourself in Tango, being issued throughout the remainder of 2009. The dares can be viewed and entered on the Tango mini-site.
Also in March 2009, Bragster started a deal with Lionsgate UK to promote the film Crank: High Voltage. Two themed dares were put up on the Crank 2 Group. The first was to have a public freakout, and the second was to have your name legally changed to Chev Chelios, the anti-hero of the film. On 24 March, David Robert Smart officially changed his name by deed poll to claim a $1000 prize offered |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliomining | Bibliomining is the use of a combination of data mining, data warehousing, and bibliometrics for the purpose of analyzing library services. The term was created in 2003 by Scott Nicholson, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, in order to distinguish data mining in a library setting from other types of data mining.
How bibliomining works
First a data warehouse must be created. This is done by compiling information on the resources, such as titles and authors, subject headings, and descriptions of the collections. Then the demographic surrogate information is organized. Finally the library information (such as the librarian, whether or not the information came from the reference desk or circulation desk, and the location of the library) is obtained.
Once this is organized, the data can be processed and analyzed. This can be done via a few methods, such as online analytical processing (OLAP), using a data mining program, or through data visualization.
Uses of bibliomining
Bibliomining is used to discover patterns in what people are reading and researching and allows librarians to target their community better. Bibliomining can also help library directors focus their budgets on resources that will be utilized. Another use is to determine when people use the library more often, so staffing needs can be adequately met. Combining bibliomining with other research techniques such as focus groups, surveys and cost-benefit analysis, will help librarians to get a better picture of their patrons and their needs.
Issues
There is some concern that data mining violates patron privacy. But by extracting the data, all personally identifiable information is deleted, and the data warehouse is clean. The original patron data can then be totally deleted and there will be no way to link the new data to a particular patron. This can be done in a few ways. One, used with information regarding database access, is to track the IP address, but then replace it with a similar code, that will allow identification without violating privacy. Another is to keep track of an item returned to the library and create a "demographic surrogate" of the patron. The demographic surrogate would not give any identifiable information such as names, library card numbers or addresses.
The other concern in bibliomining is that it only provides data in a very detached manner. Information is given as to how a patron uses library resources, but there is no way to track if the resources met the user's needs completely. Someone could take out a book on a topic, but not find the information they were seeking. Bibliomining only helps identify which books are used, not how useful they actually were. Bibliomining cannot provide information on how well a collection serves a patron. In order to counteract this, bibliomining must be used in accordance with other research techniques.
See also
Iris.AI
References
Further reading
Nicholson, S. (2003). The Biblio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNIME | KNIME (), the Konstanz Information Miner, is a free and open-source data analytics, reporting and integration platform. KNIME integrates various components for machine learning and data mining through its modular data pipelining "Building Blocks of Analytics" concept. A graphical user interface and use of JDBC allows assembly of nodes blending different data sources, including preprocessing (ETL: Extraction, Transformation, Loading), for modeling, data analysis and visualization without, or with only minimal, programming.
Since 2006, KNIME has been used in pharmaceutical research, it also used in other areas such as CRM customer data analysis, business intelligence, text mining and financial data analysis. Recently attempts were made to use KNIME as robotic process automation (RPA) tool.
KNIME's headquarters are based in Zurich, with additional offices in Konstanz, Berlin, and Austin (USA).
History
The Development of KNIME was started January 2004 by a team of software engineers at University of Konstanz as a proprietary product. The original developer team headed by Michael Berthold came from a company in Silicon Valley providing software for the pharmaceutical industry. The initial goal was to create a modular, highly scalable and open data processing platform that allowed for the easy integration of different data loading, processing, transformation, analysis and visual exploration modules without the focus on any particular application area. The platform was intended to be a collaboration and research platform and also serve as an integration platform for various other data analysis projects.
In 2006 the first version of KNIME was released and several pharmaceutical companies started using KNIME and a number of life science software vendors began integrating their tools into KNIME. Later that year, after an article in the German magazine c't, users from a number of other areas joined ship. As of 2012, KNIME is in use by over 15,000 actual users (i.e. not counting downloads but users regularly retrieving updates when they become available) not only in the life sciences and also at banks, publishers, car manufacturer, telcos, consulting firms, and various other industries as well as at a large number of research groups worldwide. Latest updates to KNIME Server and KNIME Big Data Extensions, provide support for Apache Spark 2.3, Parquet and HDFS-type storage.
For the sixth year in a row, KNIME has been placed as a leader for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms in Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
Internals
KNIME allows users to visually create data flows (or pipelines), selectively execute some or all analysis steps, and later inspect the results, models, using interactive widgets and views. KNIME is written in Java and based on Eclipse. It makes use of extension mechanism to add plugins providing additional functionality. The core version already includes hundreds of modules for data integration (file I/O, database nodes supporting all co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB | MariaDB is a community-developed, commercially supported fork of the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. Development is led by some of the original developers of MySQL, who forked it due to concerns over its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2009.
MariaDB is intended to maintain high compatibility with MySQL, with exact matching with MySQL APIs and commands, allowing it in many cases to function as drop-in replacement for MySQL. However, new features are diverging. It includes new storage engines like Aria, ColumnStore, and MyRocks.
Its lead developer/CTO is Michael "Monty" Widenius, one of the founders of MySQL AB and the founder of Monty Program AB. On 16 January 2008, MySQL AB announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Sun Microsystems for approximately $1 billion. The acquisition completed on 26 February 2008. Sun was then bought the following year by Oracle Corporation. MariaDB is named after Widenius' younger daughter, Maria. (MySQL is named after his other daughter, My.)
Features
MariaDB Server
Licensing
The MariaDB Foundation mentions:MariaDB Server will remain Free and Open Source Software licensed under GPLv2, independent of any commercial entities.
Versioning
MariaDB version numbers follow MySQL's numbering scheme up to version 5.5. Thus, MariaDB 5.5 offers all of the MySQL 5.5 features. There exists a gap in MySQL versions between 5.1 and 5.5, while MariaDB issued 5.2 and 5.3 point releases.
Since specific new features have been developed in MariaDB, the developers decided that a major version number change was necessary.
Third-party software
MariaDB's API and protocol are compatible with those used by MySQL, plus some features to support native non-blocking operations and progress reporting. This means that all connectors, libraries and applications which work with MySQL should also work on MariaDB—whether or not they support its native features. On this basis, Fedora developers replaced MySQL with MariaDB in Fedora 19, out of concerns that Oracle was making MySQL a more closed software project. OpenBSD likewise in April 2013 dropped MySQL for MariaDB 5.5.
However, for recent MySQL features, MariaDB either has no equivalent yet (like geographic function) or deliberately chose not to be 100% compatible (like GTID, JSON). The list of incompatibilities grows longer with each version.
Prominent users
MariaDB is used at ServiceNow, DBS Bank, Google, Mozilla, and, since 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation.
Several Linux distributions and BSD operating systems include MariaDB. Some default to MariaDB, such as Arch Linux, Manjaro, Debian (from Debian 9), Fedora (from Fedora 19), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (from RHEL 7 in June 2014), CentOS (from CentOS 7), Mageia (from Mageia 2), openSUSE (from openSUSE 12.3 Dartmouth), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (from SLES 12), Slackware Linux (from Slackware 14.1), OpenBSD (from 5.7), |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAGLE%20%28organization%29 | EAGLE network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the activist Ofir Drori to combat crime linked to the trafficking of protected animals in Africa. The organisation also fights corruption, which is detected in the majority of its activities.
EAGLE works on a model of collaboration with governments in investigations, arrest operations, legal follow-up and media activities aimed at enforcing the law. It uses investigators who have infiltrated criminal networks to arrest them in coordination with national authorities.
Structure
EAGLE is a network of eight national non-governmental organisations in sub-Saharan Africa. The first NGO in the network is named LAGA and was created by Ofir Drori in Cameroon in 2003. Other members are Conservation Justice in Gabon created in 2017 by Luc Mathot, EAGLE Sénégal in 2017, PALF in Congo in 2010, EAGLE Togo in 2013, and EAGLE Ivory Coast in 2017.
Arrests
In 20 years, the EAGLE network has led to the arrest of 2,000 traffickers an average of 100 criminals per year. In 2019, the network arrested 171 traffickers.
EAGLE Côte d'Ivoire has led to the arrest of 79 traffickers in 6 years, including a major case in 2017, with the arrest of six criminals and the seizure of half a tonne of pangolin scales, half a tonne of ivory and firearms. EAGLE Senegal is behind the biggest arrest of ivory traffickers in the country's history. In 2015, EAGLE Guinea (GALF), in cooperation with the Guinean law enforcement agencies, arrested the national CITES officer, Ansoumane Doumbouya, in a case involving the corruption of animal export permits including bonobos, gorillas and chimpanzees.
Books
A book on the origin of EAGLE The Last Great Ape: A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent was co-written by Ofir Drori and David McDannald. A second book, , about an operation in Côte d'Ivoire in 2018, was written by Jean-Claude Vignoli.
Documentaries
In 2016, The Ivory Game recounts the work of EAGLE Togo. In 2023, Conservation Justice is the subject of a documentary by Maxime Ginolin depecting the NGO activities.
References
External links
EAGLE Network
Wildlife smuggling
International nongovernmental organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic%20Lloyd | Ludovic Lloyd (floruit 1573–1610) was a Welsh courtier, poet and compiler of miscellanies.
Life
He was the fifth son of Oliver Lloyd, lord of the manor of Marrington, Chirbury, Shropshire, England, by Gwenllian, daughter of Griffith ap Howel ab Ieuan Blayney of Gregynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He describes himself in his works as sergeant-at-arms to Queen Elizabeth, and continued in the post under James I. He was an intimate friend of the poet John Lane. His works were all dedicated to highly placed court figures.
Works
Lloyd's major compilation is The Pilgrimage of Princes. Prefixed are commendatory verses by, among others, Edward Grant and Thomas Churchyard.
Lloyd's other works are:
The Consent of Time, Deciphering the Errors of the Grecians in their Olympiads, 1590, dedicated to John Whitgift.
The Triplicitie of Triumphs, containing the Order, Solempnitie, and Pompe of the Feastes, Sacrifices, Vowes, Games, and Triumphes used upon the Nativities of Emperors, 1591.
A Brief Conference of Divers Lawes, Divided into certaine Regiments, 1602, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.
The Stratagems of Jerusalem; with the Martiall Lawes and Militarie Discipline, as well of the Jewes as of the Gentiles, 1602, dedicated to Sir Robert Cecil.
The Practice of Policy, 1604.
The Choice of Jewels, London, 1607, containing verses arranged acrostically on the words "To Anna Queene of Gret Britane Health" followed by congratulations to Christian, king of Denmark, on his visit to England in 1607.
The Tragicomedie of Serpents, 1607, a collection, chiefly of classical and biblical fables, dedicated to James I.
Linceus Spectacles. Esa. 6, Videntes videbitis non videbitis, 1607, dedicated to James I, and similar in character to the preceding.
Hilaria, or the Triumphant Feast for the fifth of August (Coronation Day), 1607.
The Jubile of Britane, 1607.
An epitaph by Lloyd, on Sir Edward Saunders, is printed in the Paradise of Dainty Devices, 1576. Lloyd has commendatory verses signed Lodowick Flood, prefixed to The Castle or Picture of Pollicy of William Blandie, and verses in praise of the author prefixed to Thomas Twyne's translation of Humphrey Llwyd's Breviary of Britayne, 1573.
Notes
References
External links
Welsh Biography Online
16th-century Welsh poets |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner%20Buchholz | Werner Buchholz (24 October 1922 – 11 July 2019) was a German-American computer scientist. After growing up in Europe, Buchholz moved to Canada and then to the United States. He worked for International Business Machines (IBM) in New York. In June 1956, he coined the term "byte" for a unit of digital information. In 1990, he was recognized as a computer pioneer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Biography
Early life
Werner Buchholz was born on 24 October 1922 in Detmold, Germany. His older brother, Carl Hellmut and he were the sons of the merchant and his wife, . Due to the growing antisemitism in Detmold in 1936, the family moved to Cologne. Werner was able to go to England in 1938 where he attended school, while Carl Hellmut emigrated to the United States.
Because of the threat of invasion in May 1940, Werner with other refugee students was interned by the British and later sent to Canada. With the help of the Jewish community in Toronto, he was released in 1941 and able to attend the University of Toronto. He completed his training as an electrical engineer in the United States at Caltech. His parents were murdered in 1942 (Julius) and 1944 (Elsa) in a concentration camp in Litzmannstadt (Łódź).
Career
Werner Buchholz was a member of the team at IBM that designed the IBM 701 and the IBM 7030 Stretch, IBM's first transistorized supercomputer. His work involved setting standards in the field of character encoding on computing systems. In 1956, he coined the term byte as a unit of digital information. A byte was an ordered collection of bits, which were the smallest amounts of data that a computer could process ("bite").
In 1990, Buchholz received the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award, awarded since 1981 to recognize and honor individuals whose effort resulted in the creation and vitality of the computer industry.
Personal life
He worked 40 years at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he participated in the development of the computer. His wife Anna died in 2007 and their son John in 1975. Buchholz died in July 2019 at the age of 96.
See also
List of IBM products
List of computer term etymologies
Notes
References
1922 births
2019 deaths
American computer scientists
American people of German-Jewish descent
Immigrants to the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarna%20Jayanti%20Rajdhani%20Express | The 12957 / 12958 Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train on the Indian Railways broad-gauge track network, connecting Ahmedabad and New Delhi, a distance of approximately 935 km. The train was one of the last Rajdhani Express trains to be introduced in the 20th century, making its inaugural run in 1997 after the erstwhile metre-gauge lines between Ahmedabad and Delhi through Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana were converted to broad gauge. Since it was introduced in the 50th year of India's independence, it was named 'Swarna Jayanti' (golden jubilee) Rajdhani Express.
Schedule
As of 21 March 2023, the Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express runs daily using the Jaipur–Ahmedabad line on Ahmedabad–Delhi main line. 12957 departs ADI at 18:30 and arrives at NDLS at 07:30 the next day. 12958 departs NDLS at 19:55 and arrives at ADI at 08:45 the next day, averaging approximately 72 km/h on both runs. In this sector, it is the fastest train between Ahmedabad and New Delhi. During its journey, the train passes through the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. The entire route of the train is electrified and only the section between Jagudan and Palanpur Junction is on single line as of July 2022.
Time Table
Traction
It is hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from end to end.
Gallery
Coach composition
Other details
The train's rake is split into three classes of travel, AC 1st class (code: H/1A), AC 2 Tier (code: A/2A) and AC 3 Tier (code:B/3A). Usually, the train has one H/1A coach, four A/2A coaches and four to eight B/3A coaches. The train also has one or two End-on-Generation cars at either end. This train is popular with passengers and made a daily train in 2009. Previously, it used to run 5 days a week. As a Rajdhani Express, it is a Superfast train and gets the highest priority on its journey between Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
See also
Indian Railways
References
External links
Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express India Rail Info
Transport in Ahmedabad
Transport in Delhi
Railway services introduced in 1998
Rail transport in Haryana
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Rail transport in Delhi
Rajdhani Express trains
Rail transport in Gujarat
Swarna Jayanti Express trains |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Bruce%20Croft | W. Bruce Croft is a distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst whose work focuses on information retrieval.
He is the founder of the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval and served as the editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Information Systems from 1995 to 2002. He was also a member of the National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board from 2000 to 2003. Since 2015, he is the Dean of the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was Chair of the UMass Amherst Computer Science Department from 2001 to 2007.
Bruce Croft formed the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) in 1991, since when he and his students have worked with more than 90 industry and government partners on research and technology projects and have produced more than 900 papers. Bruce Croft has made major contributions to most areas of information retrieval, including pioneering work in clustering, passage retrieval, sentence retrieval, and distributed search. One of the most important areas of work for Croft relates to ranking functions and retrieval models, where he has led the development of one of the major approaches to modeling search: language modelling. In later years, Croft also led the way in the development of feature-based ranking functions. Croft and his research group have also developed a series of search engines: InQuery, the Lemur toolkit, Indri, and Galago. These search engines are open source and offer unique capabilities that are not replicated in other research retrieval platforms source – consequently they are downloaded by hundreds of researchers world wide. As a consequence of his work, Croft is one of the most cited researchers in information retrieval.
Education
Croft earned a bachelor's degree with honors in 1973 and a master's degree in computer science in 1974 from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He earned his Ph.D in computer science from the University of Cambridge in 1979 and joined the University of Massachusetts, Amherst faculty later that year.
Honors and awards
Croft has received several prestigious awards, including:
ACM Fellow in 1997
American Society for Information Science and Technology Research Award in 2000
Gerard Salton Award (a lifetime achievement award) from ACM SIGIR in 2003
Tony Kent Strix Award in 2013
IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award in 2014
Best Student Paper Award from SIGIR in 1997 and 2005
Test of Time Award from SIGIR for his papers published in 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001
Many other publications are short-listed as the Best Paper Award in SIGIR and CIKM
References
External links
Faculty homepage
American computer scientists
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Information retrieval researchers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20models%20of%20information%20retrieval | Cognitive models of information retrieval rest on the mix of areas such as cognitive science, human-computer interaction, information retrieval, and library science. They describe the relationship between a person's cognitive model of the information sought and the organization of this information in an information system. These models attempt to understand how a person is searching for information so that the database and the search of this database can be designed in such a way as to best serve the user. Information retrieval may incorporate multiple tasks and cognitive problems, particularly because different people may have different methods for attempting to find this information and expect the information to be in different forms. Cognitive models of information retrieval may be attempts at something as apparently prosaic as improving search results or may be something more complex, such as attempting to create a database which can be queried with natural language search.
Berrypicking
One way of understanding how users search for information has been described by Marcia Bates at the University of California at Los Angeles. Bates argues that "berrypicking" better reflects how users search for information than previous models of information retrieval. This may be because previous models were strictly linear and did not incorporate cognitive questions. For instance, one typical model is of a simple linear match between a query and a document. However, Bates points out that there are simple modifications that can be made to this process. For instance, Salton has argued that user feedback may help improve the search results.
Bates argues that searches are evolving and occur bit by bit. That is to say, a person constantly changes their search terms in response to the results returned from the information retrieval system. Thus, a simple linear model does not capture the nature of information retrieval because the very act of searching causes feedback which causes the user to modify his or her cognitive model of the information being searched for. In addition, information retrieval can be bit by bit. Bates gives a number of examples. For instance, a user may look through footnotes and follow these sources. Or, a user may scan through recent journal articles on the topic. In each case, the user's question may change and thus the search evolves.
Exploratory search
Researchers in the areas of human-computer interaction and cognitive science focus on how people explore for information when interacting with the WWW. This kind of search, sometimes called exploratory search, focuses on how people iteratively refine their search activities and update their internal representations of the search problems. Existing search engines were designed based on traditional library science theories related to retrieval of basic facts and simple information through an interface. However, exploratory information retrieval often involves ill-defined sea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin%20Network | Merlin is a digital rights music licensing partner for independent record labels, distributors, and other music rights holders around the world. It was founded in 2007 with Charles Caldas as the chief executive. In January 2020, Jeremy Sirota stepped into the role of Merlin CEO. The company is a member-based organization representing the digital licensing rights for hundreds of independent labels and distributors in nearly every country around the globe. As of 2019, Merlin has paid out over two billion dollars.
History
Merlin was launched in early 2007 at the Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale in Cannes. The company was founded by Alison Wenham (WIN), Michel Lambot [PIAS], Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy) and Martin Mills (Beggars Group); Charles Caldas was the first chief executive. The organization's first commercial deal was a 2008 license with Spotify as one of the then-regional streaming service's original licensing partners.
The company has negotiated settlements for copyright infringement with distributors such as Grooveshark, Limewire and XM Satellite Radio. Its content has been distributed through TikTok, Facebook/Instagram, Deezer, Pandora Music, SoundCloud, Spotify, Vevo, YouTube Premium and other services.
In February 2013, Merlin and IMPALA signed an agreement with Warner Music Group after it acquired Parlophone, to transfer 30% of that label's value to Merlin and IMPALA members. The divestment ended with the transfer of rights to the independent sector.
In 2016, Merlin opened an office in Tokyo, Japan, to expand its global operations.
In March 2018 the company entered into agreements with the three Chinese streaming services – NetEase, Alibaba, and Tencent – for digital music distribution in China. In May 2018, the company sold all of its Spotify shares for an estimated $125 million-plus, passing the proceeds on to its members. A landmark global licensing deal in December 2019 saw Merlin partnering with Boomplay Music.
In 2020, Jeremy Sirota joined Merlin as its second CEO. The organization expanded its deals to include Apple, Snap, and Triller.
In January 2021, Merlin held a "Celebrate Music" event. At the event, it unveiled a new brand, a new logo, and an updated website.
In August 2021, Feed Media Group, the B2B music licensing subscription service, signed a music licensing deal with Merlin, for its Adaptr product. Adaptr is a subscription-based platform. The deal provides access to a catalog of licensed music from Merlin member labels, distributors, and their artists.
In September 2021, Merlin and South Asian music and audio streaming service JioSaavn announced that they had extended and enhanced an existing music licensing partnership. The expanded partnership enabled Merlin’s membership to increase their presence in South Asia and expanded JioSaavn’s catalog offering to its worldwide audience.
Merlin added to its list of partners in October 2021 when it announced a deal with TREBEL, the maker of a lice |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWire | OpenWire may refer to:
OpenWire (library), a dataflow library
OpenWire (binary protocol), a binary protocol designed for working with message-oriented middleware |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mountain%20State | Blue Mountain State is an American television sitcom that premiered on Spike (now Paramount Network) on January 11, 2010. The series was created by Chris Romano and Eric Falconer, and produced by Lionsgate Television. The series is about a fictitious university, Blue Mountain State, and its football team, the "Mountain Goats". It portrays certain aspects of American university life, including college football, sex, binge drinking, drugs, wild partying, and hazing. Over the years, due in large part to being streamable on Netflix, the series has developed a cult following.
In February 2012, it was reported that Blue Mountain State would not be renewed for a fourth season. On April 8, 2014, The BMS Movie was announced and a Kickstarter launched on April 15, 2014. The Kickstarter campaign reached its goal of $1.5 million on May 11, 2014, and the film was released in February 2016.
Cast
Main
Alex Moran (Brooks): A Junior starting quarterback, acting Captain, from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Sammy Cacciatore (Romano): The team mascot (Billy, The Mountain Goat Mascot) from Cheyenne, Wyoming and Alex's roommate, childhood friend and Mary Jo's half brother.
Kevin "Thad" Castle (Ritchson): A Senior linebacker/team captain from Connecticut.
Martin "Marty" Daniels (Marinaro): Marty is the coach for Blue Mountain State, and former NFL player.
Radon Randell (Kennedy) (Starring Season 2) : Radon was the new freshman starting quarterback from Detroit.
Craig Shilo (Jones) (Starring Season 1) : A running back from Columbus, Ohio. National High School Player of the Year, Craig Shilo was the team's star freshman player.
Denise Roy (Dennis) (Starring Season 1) : Denise is Craig Shilo's high school girlfriend.
Mary Jo Cacciatore (Shaw) (Starring Season 2, Recurring Season 3) : Mary Jo is Sammy's younger sister.
Debra Simon (Richards) (Recurring Season 2; Starring Season 3): Debra is Marty's ex-wife and current girlfriend.
Recurring
Harmon Tedesco (Cade): Harmon Tedesco is the drug-abusing kicker for the football team. Harmon exploits anything to get him high, from smoking weed to sticking ice rods up his rectum. Harmon lives at the Goat House with Thad, Alex, and Sammy.
Donald "Donnie" Schrab (Ramsay): Donnie Schrab is the center for the Blue Mountain State football team. He is somewhat childish and very easygoing. Donnie lives in the Goat House. It was revealed in Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland that Donnie is gay.
Larry Summers (Newton): Larry lives in the Goat House, is Thad's best friend, and is often seen following him around. He has shown to do anything to help his team, even diving his finger up Thad's butt on Coach Daniels's orders.
Jon Jon Hendrix (Sangui): Coach Jon Jon is Coach Daniels's best friend and second-in-command. He is extremely loyal to his boss
Pauline (Chantal Quesnelle) (seasons 1–2): Pauline is the resident cougar at the Blue Mountain State Goat house. She loves it when people pee on her, which is what made her become attracted |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDNA | WebDNA is a server-side scripting, interpreted language with an embedded database system, specifically designed for the World Wide Web. Its primary use is in creating database-driven dynamic web page applications. Released in 1995, the name was registered as a trademark in 1998. WebDNA is currently maintained by WebDNA Software Corporation.
Notable features
WebDNA contains a RAM-resident database system (Hybrid In-memory database) that has searching and editing capabilities. A resilient and persistent backup of the RAM databases is maintained to disk. WebDNA code can interweave with css, html/html5 and js/ajax, allowing to mix layout with programming and server-side with client-side scripting. Some instructions allow to interact with remote servers. It is usually considered as an easy-to-learn scripting language and has been designed for webmasters, webdesigners and programmers looking for quick results.
WebDNA is made up of a syntax that uses square brackets ("[" "]") and the English language. For example, to display today's date on a web page, simply insert "[date]" within the HTML or CSS code where you want the live date to appear; likewise with "[time]". To show some text only to a specific client IP address request, the 'showif' context can be used: [showif [ipaddress]=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]Some Text[/showif]. Most WebDNA tags, contexts and commands follow similar conventions.
Terminology
The WebDNA syntax is based on a simple format:
key names surrounded by square brackets, such as: [showif [tvar]=yes]Yes[/showif].
WebDNA instructions are based on two types:
Tag
single key surrounded by square brackets, such as [ipaddress] (the I.P. Address of a Client (computing) request)
Context
opening tag and closing tag that surrounds what is to be parsed. ie. [Format thousands .3d]7[/Format] (parses to '007')
Parameters can be included in many of the Tags, Contexts or Commands.
Example Code (connects to a whois server and shows the information, then stores it into a permanent database)
<!--HAS_WEBDNA_TAGS-->
<html>
[text]info=[tcpconnect host=whois.domaindiscover.com&port=43]
[tcpsend]webdna.us[unurl]%0D%0A[/unurl][/tcpsend]
[/tcpconnect][/text]
[append db=base.db]domain=webdna.us&whois=[info]
[/append]
</html>
History
According to Grant Hulbert, one of the Pacific Coast Software founders, WebCatalog (now WebDNA) began as a set of C macros to help accomplish website graphical tasks.
Before WebDNA evolved into a general-purpose server-side language, it was a special-purpose server-side language designed to help create web pages that sold stock photography. It had shopping cart features, and a searchable fixed-field database with specialized fields for storing stock photo information. After that, Pacific Coast Software quickly saw the value in creating a web programming language.
WebCatalog began its mid-1990s public debut on the Macintosh platform. As its name implies, it had an early development focus that allowed a web master or stor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthmine | earthmine, inc. is a company located in Berkeley, California devoted to "indexing reality". The company uses vehicle mounted camera rigs to capture imagery and three dimensional data of the urban environment. It was founded in 2006 by John Ristevski and Anthony Fassero.
Technology
earthmine uses technology licensed from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to capture 3D data at regular intervals while driving. Collection is accomplished with the MARS collection system, which employs a set of cameras mounted to the roof of a car. As of November 2009, earthmine has established a network of collection partners in the United States and around the world.
The collected data is processed to create a library of 3D panoramic imagery, from which measurements can be made. A set of tools exists so that users can access this data through a flash application or a smart phone.
In May, 2009, earthmine introduced "Wild Style City", a web based model of San Francisco with surfaces where visitors
can add graffiti to virtual walls.
In November, 2012 Nokia acquired earthmine's map service.
Award
earthmine was the recipient of the 2007 Crunchie Award for "Best Technology Innovation/Achievement".
See also
EveryScape
Eye2eye Software
Google Street View
MapJack
References
External links
Wild Style City
Map companies of the United States
Companies based in Berkeley, California
Technology companies established in 2006
2006 establishments in California
Privately held companies based in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat%20Sampark%20Kranti%20Express | The 12917 / 12918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express is one of the Sampark Kranti Expresses, a train on India's broad-gauge network, connecting Ahmedabad (code: ADI) and Delhi (code: NZM), a distance of approximately 1085 km. The train runs on Indian Railways broad-gauge track network and was introduced in 2008 to provide quicker connectivity from India's capital New Delhi to locations in Gujarat.
Schedule
The Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express runs three days a week. As of 1 November 2009, 2917 departs ADI every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1720 and arrives at NZM at 1040 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, averaging 65 km/h speed during its run. 2918 departs NZM every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1355 and arrives at ADI at 610 on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, averaging 69 km/h speed. In its journey, the train passes through the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. Some cities where the Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express halts en route are Nadiad, Chhayapuri (Vadodara), Godhra, Dahod, Ratlam, Kota and Mathura. The entire route of the train is on double-line electrified track section of Indian Railways.
Route & Halts
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Coaches & rake
The train's rake is split into at least three classes of reserved travel: AC 2 Tier (code: A/2A), AC 3 Tier (code:B/3A) and non air-conditioned reserved sleeper (SL). As it is a Sampark Kranti train, between 2 and 6 carriages requiring no previous travel reservation (code: General) are included. Along with Maharashtra Sampark Kranti and West Bengal Sampark Kranti, this train now runs LHB coach. These three trains are the only Sampark Kranti Expresses to have LHB coach.
Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 20945/20946 Ekta Nagar–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express.
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed-based WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive on its entire journey.
Other details
The passenger fare between ADI and NZM varies from INR (Indian rupee) 1400 (A/2A) to INR 190 (General). Though its route is 150 km longer than the Ashram Express, the Gujarat Sampark Kranti averages a higher speed and takes 15 minutes less than the Ashram Express to travel from Delhi to Ahmedabad. This is attributable to the fact that the Samprak Kranti Express gets the benefit of electric traction, double-line track and almost no stops outside Gujarat on its entire route. Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express is designated as a Superfast train, which denotes that it gets priority over local (commuter) trains, standard express and passenger trains and most freight trains.
See also
Indian Railways
References
Transport in Ahmedabad
Transport in Delhi
Railway services introduced in 2005
Sampark Kranti Express trains
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Rail transport in Delhi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran%20Sahami | Mehran Sahami is an Iranian-born American computer scientist, engineer, and professor. He is the James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor in the School of Engineering, and Professor (Teaching) and Associate Chair for Education in the Computer Science department at Stanford University. He is also the Robert and Ruth Halperin University Fellow in Undergraduate Education.
Education
Sahami earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 and PhD in 1999 from Stanford University for research supervised by Daphne Koller.
Career and research
Sahami's research interests are in computer science education, machine learning and information retrieval.
Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was a senior research scientist at Google, Inc. as well as a senior engineering manager at Epiphany, Inc.
Sahami teaches the introductory computer science sequence at Stanford. He led Stanford's computer science curriculum redesign from a large core to a smaller core with specialization tracks. Some of his lectures are made available on YouTube and iTunesU.
His research interests include computer science education, artificial intelligence, and ethics. He served as co-chair of the ACM/IEEE-CS joint task force on Computer Science Curricula 2013, which created curricular guidelines for college programs in Computer Science at an international level. He has also served as chair of the ACM Education Board, an elected member of the ACM Council, and was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the state's Computer Science Strategic Implementation Plan Advisory Panel.
Awards and honors
Sahami was selected by the 2013 graduating senior class to give the annual Class Day Lecture at Stanford University's Commencement Weekend ceremonies.
In 2014, Sahami received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Presidential Award for "outstanding leadership of, and commitment to, the three-year ACM/IEEE-CS effort to produce CS2013, a comprehensive revision of the curricular guidelines for undergraduate programs in computer science".
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Stanford University alumni
Stanford University School of Engineering faculty
Computer science educators
Iranian emigrants to the United States
Google employees |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy%20law%20in%20Denmark | Privacy law in Denmark is supervised and enforced by the independent agency Datatilsynet (The Danish Data Protection Agency) based mainly upon the Act on Processing of Personal Data.
History of Danish Privacy Law
Privacy law in Denmark was originally determined by 2 acts: the Private Registers Act of 1978, and the Public Authorities’ Registers Act of 1978, which governed the private sector and the public sector respectively. These 2 acts were replaced by the Act on Processing of Personal Data July 1, 2000, thereby implementing the European Union's Data Protection Directive (1995/46/EC). The Danish constitution also mentions privacy, in the form of paragraph 72 that stipulates that the confiscation and examination of letters and other papers; as well the interception of postal-, telegraph- and telephone communication cannot be done without a judicial order. September 28, 2006 The declaration of providers of electronic communication networks and electronic communication services registration and storage of information regarding teletraffic (Bekendtgørelse om udbydere af elektroniske kommunikationsnets og elektroniske kommunikationstjenesters registrering og opbevaring af oplysninger om teletrafik) was publicised, thereby implementing the European Union's Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC), on "the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC”.
The Main Acts
In Danish privacy law, there are several acts that provides the basis for the collecting and storing private data. These are the Act on Processing of Personal Data and the Data Retention Executive Order.
Act on Processing of Personal Data
The Act on Processing of Personal Data is the main law regarding when and how personal data can be processed, in an electronic system, as well as manual handling of the data, when it is contained in a register. The act applies to all private companies, associations, organisations and to the public authorities. In the private sector, the law also applies to systematic processing of personal data, even if it does not happen electronically.
The act differentiates between 3 different kinds of personal data, as they have to be treated differently, depending on the sensitivity of the data:
Sensitive information
Information regarding other purely private conditions
Ordinary non-sensitive information
The different kinds of personal data have different requirements for when they can be requested from a citizen, as to avoid that too much unnecessary sensitive data will be given to organisations that does not need them.
The act also gives the citizens a series of rights, designed to help give more control of what information is being stored about him or her:
Right to insight into the information, that is being handled about the citizen
Right to be informed that information is being collected about the citizen
R |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey%20of%20production | A survey of production is conducted by a government, of businesses within its jurisdiction, to obtain economic data needed for the compilation of national accounts, and other purposes. For practical reasons it is often not reasonable to obtain information from all possible business units, so that only a subset are contacted.
Overview
Questionnaires are distributed to businesses, asking for information on various aspects of their operations. Sometimes completion of the questionnaires is voluntary; sometimes it is required by law. Typically, information is requested on the business's purchases, output, sales, capital expenditures and numbers of workers employed.
The level of detail asked for varies considerably. For example, regarding purchases, it may be that all that is asked for is a single figure representing total purchases, or it may be that a breakdown of purchases by type of commodity is requested.
History
In the United Kingdom, the first "Census of Production" was carried out in respect of 1907, under the authority of the 1906 Census of Production Act; however, some of the topics it covered had been the subject of government surveys for a long time before then. The Board of Trade – equivalent of the modern British Department of Trade and Industry; was formed in 1786, and from a fairly early point in its existence began collecting trade statistics, albeit in a not very well-organised manner. However, in 1832 a separate department for statistics-gathering was formed within the Board, and began publishing a yearbook. Although the yearbook's main focus was on import-export trade, it contained some information on domestic commercial activities. By the 1870s, considerable amounts of information were being gathered by various branches of government on employment and wages, and on agriculture. The first Census of Wages was conducted in 1886.
Although the 1906 Census of Productions Bill was introduced by David Lloyd George and had opposition support from Joseph Chamberlain, it was met with considerable suspicion by manufacturers, and several Members of Parliament expressed concerns about it, including that the manufacturers were "sacrificing their liberty to a gang of clerks in Downing street." Another concern was that manufacturers' trade secrets would be compromised.
The unit for the Census was the "establishment", essentially a single business location, although minor ancillaries such as offices, warehouses, laboratories, and canteens, could be subsumed under it. A single company could have several "establishments". In 1958, the size of the unit was increased to the "business unit": a firm or company or group of companies, but in 1963 the unit reverted to the "establishment". In 1987, company-based reporting was again instituted. Also at that time, the scope of the survey was expanded to include all activity, not just production activity; and activity was classified to the industry of the company.
In 1998, the Census of Production was s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%20RTR | HP Reliable Transaction Router (RTR) is a transactional middleware for computer software, marketed by Hewlett Packard. RTR is used to integrate with applications that require reliable transaction services.
Description
RTR manages the messages which are sent between client-server to provide node and network fail-over for increased reliability, transactional integrity, and interoperability between dissimilar systems.
The RTR software has three logical entities and referred to as front-end (FE), back-end (BE) and transaction-router(TR). The router is a software component that provides the fail-over intelligence and manages connections to the back-end.
The client applications running on the Front-End combined with Router and Server applications running on back-end interact to provide transaction integrity and reliability. The three logical entities can exist on the same node but are usually deployed on different nodes to achieve modularity, scalability and high availability.
The client application interacts with the front-end which forwards the messages to the router, the router in turn routes the message to the intended back-end where the appropriate Server application is available for processing the message. The RTR routing capability partitions data across multiple servers and nodes for increased performance. Within an application, the partition determines how messages are routed between the client and the servers. The message exchange happens between the client and server. Transactions start at the client and involve many messages that can go to a number of different servers. Such method of messaging is used in situations where there are multiple recipients for a message, or where unsolicited messages need to be sent. RTR can help survive the failures generally seen in distributed application environment which include complete site failure, node failure, network link failure and software process failure. RTR also provides continuous availability by using redundant resources in the distributed environment.
RTR provides a Web Interface and a Command Line Interface(CLI) for managing the RTR environment. When RTR and its components are running along with the applications, then Client Application, Server Application, RTR services will be active.
RTR is integrated with client applications and can be customized.
User and Management Applications can be written using RTR APIs. The C, C++, Java and .Net variants of APIs are available for creating applications to use RTR.
History
RTR was first conceived in Zurich, Switzerland by Dr. Paul Shrager in early 1988, and developed by a small team of four engineers, working for DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation). The initial release was written in a mix of Macro, Bliss, Pascal and SDL on top of DECnet and VMS. Later it was reimplemented in C on top of a TCP/IP stack and an OS agnostic infrastructure, that allowed it to be deployed on multiple operating systems, including various flavors of Unix/Linux, VM |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application%20service%20automation | Application service automation is the field where the operations needed to deploy and service data center applications are automated in order to centrally and accurately control application change.
With application service automation operations teams can transform manual, error-prone application service tasks into reliable, repeatable and timely processes to gain control over application packaging, deployment, change, troubleshooting, recovery and auditing.
Application service automation enables the simple modeling of application workflows, including tiers and dependencies and executes these across any heterogeneous data center environment - physical, virtual and cloud. By simplifying operational complexity and eliminating application configuration errors Application Service Automation enables heightened uptime while reducing the time and cost of servicing applications.
Automated application deployment is considered a subset of application service automation.
References
See also
Application service management
Application performance management
System administration
System administration
Software performance management |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memo%20posting | Memo-posting, in traditional computerized banking environments that use batch processing, is temporary credit or debit transactions/entries made to an account for which the complete posting to update the balance will be done as part of EOD (end-of-day) batch processing. The temporary transaction created as part of the memo-posting will be reversed/removed after the actual transaction is posted in batch processing. Some modern banking systems implement real-time posting.
Examples:
A customer receives an electronic credit to his account with the current day as the effective date. The actual transaction for this entry will be made at EOD in batch posting. In order for him to access the electronic credit for which he is eligible, the bank creates a temporary "memo" credit to increase the balance available (withdrawal). Later, this entry will be removed as part of the EOD batch process.
The actual transaction to record a withdrawal using ATM will be posted to accounts in the EOD batch. To prevent a customer from overdrawing his account later in the day, the amount of the cash withdrawal is memo-posted as a charge to his account until the transaction actually posts in the batch update that evening.
References
Banking
Accounting terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantoides | Himantoides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Its only species, Himantoides undata, which was described by Francis Walker in 1856, is known from Jamaica.
References
Dilophonotini
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Moths of the Caribbean |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istituto%20di%20Genetica%20Vegetale | Istituto di Genetica Vegetale (IGV) is a research network om Plant Genetics and Breeding within the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council). IGV is headquartered in Bari and has four different Divisions in Portici, Palermo, Florence and Perugia. IGV started its activities in November 2002.
IGV represents the merger of five former Institutes:
Germplasm Institute – Bari
Institute of Forest Tree Breeding - Florence
Research Institute of Ornamental and Vegetable Plant Breeding -Portici
Research Institute for Citrus Genetics, Palermo
Research Institute for Grass and Fodder Crop Breeding - Perugia
Research Lines
IVG pays particular attention to specific sectors of the plant genetic resources such as local agro-ecotypes, ecotypes threatened of extinction, wild relatives of the cultivated plants, wild species used by man for several purposes, species that can be potentially exploited for the extraction of bio-active or technological products, and finally the model species. Currently the Bari Section preserves around 80.000 samples belonging to more than 40 genera and about 600 species. Numerous accessions have been acquired through the exchange with other Institutions. Altogether from 1972 over 80.000 samples have been distributed all over the world.
Small data banks also exist on specific aspects, such as the protein quality and antinutritional factors (in wheat, beans, faba bean, lentil, cowpea, resistance to biotic stress (in wheat and faba bean), plant characters (in wheat and chickpea), rare, very rare and endemic angiosperm Italian species.
From a general point of view the results and acquired experience have allowed the Section in Bari to become a reference of excellence in the national and international scientific community in the field of the safeguard of plant biodiversity. This has favoured the start of operational contacts with several public and private subjects interested in the exploitation of plant genetic resources.
Wheat lines have been detected which contain a high level of proteins and lines characterized by protein components associated to pasta-making quality.
Seed Bank
The Bari Section has possesses cold rooms for the maintenance of seeds: for long storage seeds are kept at -20 °C; for short-medium term conservation, 0 °C and 30% of relative humidity are used.
Bari has developed collaborations with analogous national (Faculty of Agriculture, Institutes of the CNR, MiPAF, ENEA, etc.) and international (FAO, IPGRI, IITA, ICARDA, IPK, etc.) Institutions.
Bioinformatics
In the last years, IGV has begun the development of a bioinformatics activity which has seen the creation of the web Data base of the accessions from the seed bank and of some of the results of the research activity. Those data bases are accessible on line in the official website.
Divisions
Florence
The main research activities at the Florence division are the analysis of the genetic structure and the variability within and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Aath | Sony AATH is an Indian Bengali-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment, with programming mostly consisting of television series from SET India dubbed in Bengali. It was launched in 2009 as Channel 8, and its HD feed was launched on September 12, 2023. Sony Aath is Sony Pictures Networks India's first regional television channel, and is the fastest growing Bengali-language television channel in India.
Current Programming
Aahat
Aamar Sai - Shroddha Aar Dhoiryo
Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga
Baal Veer
Bighnaharta Shree Ganesh
CID
Crime Patrol
Gopal Bhar
Gulte Mama
Kalpopurer Galpo
Nut Boltur Kandokarkhana
Paap-O-Meter
Panchotantrer Mantro
Former Programming
Adaalat
Bhanwar (TV series)
C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau
Encounter (Indian TV series)
F.I.R. (TV series)
Hotath 37 Bochor Por
Jakhan Bhoot Ashe
Konta Satti Konta Durghatona
Ladies Special
Maharana Pratap
Satya Ghatana Abalambane
Surya The Super Cop
Tomar Meye Ki Kore?
Virrudh
See also
ATN Sony Aath
Sony
References
External links
Bengali-language television channels in India
Sony Pictures Television
Television stations in Kolkata
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Sony Pictures Networks India
2009 establishments in West Bengal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Chopped%20episodes%20%28season%2041%E2%80%93present%29 | This is the list of episodes for the Food Network competition reality series Chopped, beginning with season 41. New episodes are broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 41 (2018–20)
Season 42 (2018–20)
Season 43 (2019–20)
Season 44 (2019–20)
Season 45 (2020)
Season 46 (2020)
Season 47 (2020–21)
Season 48 (2020–21)
Season 49 (2020–21)
Season 50 (2021–22)
Season 51 (2021–2022)
Season 52 (2022)
Season 53 (2022–2023)
Season 54 (2022–2023)
Season 55 (2023–)
Season 56 (2023–)
Specials
Food Networks Stars! (2012)
Grill Masters Tournament (2012)
Grill Masters Tournament (2015)
Chopped: Impossible (2015)
Secrets of Winning (2015)
Grill Masters Napa (2016)
Grill Masters Tournament (2017)
Just Desserts (2018)
Grill Masters Tournament (2018)
Just Desserts (2020)
A Very Chopped Holiday (2020)
See also
List of Chopped: Canada episodes
List of Chopped Junior episodes
List of Chopped Sweets episodes
References
External links
Chopped episode guide at FoodNetwork.com
Chopped Junior episode guide at FoodNetwork.com
Lists of food television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20structured%20storage%20software | Structured storage is computer storage for structured data, often in the form of a distributed database. Computer software formally known as structured storage systems include Apache Cassandra, Google's Bigtable and Apache HBase.
Comparison
The following is a comparison of notable structured storage systems.
See also
NoSQL
References
Structured storage
structured storage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilink%20Procedure | The MultiLink Procedure (MLP) (Subscription-time selectable option) exists as an added upper sublayer of the data link layer, operating between the packet layer and a multiplicity of single data link protocol functions (SLPs) in the data link layer. A MultiLink Procedure (MLP) must perform the functions of accepting packets from the Packet Layer, distributing those packets across the available DCE or DTE SLPs for transmission to the DTE or DCE SLPs, respectively, and resequencing the packets received from the DTE or DCE SLPs for delivery to the DTE or DCE Packet Layer, respectively.
MLP is an extension of LAPB that allows for multiple physical links, thus providing better throughput. A device that has multiple LAPB links will implement MLP as an upper-layer management protocol to allocate frames to the links. MLP sees the multiple LAPB links as a pool of links for transmitting information from higher-layer protocols as frames. Higher-level software does not need to be aware that multiple links exist. The MLP layer handles distributing frames among the links, and thus gives upper layers full access to the links.
External links
Cisco Frame Relay documentation
Link access protocols
Link protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnagrotis | Magnagrotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Selected species
Magnagrotis oorti (Köhler, 1945)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Noctuinae |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Dashboard | In computing, Google Dashboard lets users of the Internet view and manage personal data collected about them by Google. With an account, Google Dashboard allows users to have a summary view of their Google+, Google location history, Google web history, Google Play apps, YouTube and more. Once logged in, it summarizes data for each product the user uses and provides direct links to the products. The program allows setting preferences for personal account products.
The only information that is shared with Google Dashboard is information generated while one is logged into an account. All data in Dashboard is considered private unless settings are changed. Google allows the user control of all the information that they provide and allows the data submitted to be purged from each app.
Two step verification, web history, location history, and preferences are available for all applications.
Usage
To access, users sign into a Google account with username and password. Once signed in, select Google account settings option in top right corner of the web page and then click on the Dashboard link titled View data stored with the account. After verifying account password, users can view Dashboard organized according to the products of use. From Dashboard, users will also be able to view data associated with the account.
Some applications link to new sections, while other settings stay within the page. The user also has access, from the dashboard, to special settings. Two-step verification is an example of this, which requires a verification code to be entered that is sent to the user's phone when logging into a new machine and every-time cookies are cleaned.
Purpose
Privacy and convenience
The main purpose of Google Dashboard is to provide a central place for people to see what data has been collected about them. Google Dashboard also provides users with a way to manage their account for each service they use. Links are located next to each service, meaning that if a user wanted to manage their Gmail account, a direct link to their account management page will be located in their Google Dashboard. Using that link will enable users to manage their privacy settings or sharing options on the video site. Google Dashboard enables users to gain access to the company's most often used services, such as Google+, Google search, Google Maps, YouTube and many more. These items are all supported by Dashboard and as the user scroll through them, Dashboard displays all the account settings for each service and any recent activity. For example, Dashboard will show appointments on the Google Calendar, messages in the Gmail inbox, recently shared or viewed documents from Google Docs, and status in Google Chat, among other updates.
If a user is uncomfortable with the presence of their Google web history, they can remove specific items or clear the entire history using their Google Dashboard. Every service listed in a user's Dashboard also includes a link to that service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeoAccel | NeoAccel is a multinational company that sells computer network security products direct to the end-user and through OEM relationships. The company is best known for its SSL VPN-Plus product and related ICAA & TSSL technology. In Jan 2011 NeoAccel was purchased by VMware.
Company profile
NeoAccel was founded in 2004 by former NetScaler (purchased by Citrix) CEO & Founder, Michel Susai.
NetScaler developed the technology that currently accelerates 75% of the world's internet traffic for companies like Google, Yahoo, and AOL. NetScaler was purchased by Citrix in 2005 for $300 million.
NeoAccel has financial support and venture capital infusions from Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia, and inventor Prabhu Goel. In 2006 NeoAccel raised $4,000,000 from Baring Private Equity Partners and NTT Leasing.
The company is headquartered in San Jose, California with a development office in Navi Mumbai, India, a support center in Pune, India, and a sales center in Beijing.
Research
The company holds two main patents for secure communications over IP based networks.
Products
NeoAccel's flagship product is SSL VPN-Plus. The company claims it to be the fastest VPN available due to its use of ICAA and TSSL technologies. The product uses SSL for transport and is often categorized as an SSL VPN, although the company markets it as the 3rd Generation VPN.
SGX-800
SGX-1200
SGX-2400
SGX-4800 is a virtualized global VPN management system for ISPs/MSPs
SSL VPN-Plus Evaluation Edition for VMware Player
SSL VPN-Plus for VMware ESX Server
NAC-Plus is the companies Network Access Control device released in 2007
Awards/Recognition
Red Herring Asia 2006 Winner
Gartner 2007 SSL VPN Magic Quadrant
Shaping Info Security 2006
Notes
Network architecture
Computer security software companies
Internet privacy organizations
Companies based in San Jose, California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straftanz | Straftanz was a German electronic dance music project, established in the summer of 2006. Straftanz consisted of a loose group of artists (j-ing, k-x, -jl- and cyberdominator) who called themselves the Straftanz ZK. Additional artists involved were Carsten Jacek (SITD), Mille Petrozza, and Myk Jung (The Fair Sex) who were involved in the recording of the first album Forward Ever. Straftanz also collaborated with the futurepop project Rotersand by way of sharing ideas and equipment. In interviews, Straftanz described its musical style as "Industrial-Streetfighting-Dance". In fact, the sound of Straftanz is best described as a mixture of EBM, futurepop, trance, rave, metal, and rhythm noise elements that are tied together with a present dance groove.
History
The track "Straftanz" was first played at the club Sixx P.M. in Dortmund. DJs copied the demo and spread it across Germany and Europe before any record deal was offered. The German label Dependent signed Straftanz and in October 2006 released the single "Straftanz" with surprising success, ranking #35 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 100 Singles of 2006. Despite the fact that its lyrics mainly consisted of the names of German alternative clubs and DJs, "Straftanz" in its various versions covering different areas of Germany (Ost, Süd, West and Nord) gained attention at alternative parties worldwide. The UK act Revolution By Night completed a remix of the track entitled "Straftanz UK (featuring RBN)" for the band, but currently this version has not been made available commercially. However, it was available on the Straftanz Myspace page, picked up club play in the UK, and was played live several times by RBN.
After the record label Dependent went out of business, Straftanz changed to the label Scanner and released the EP "Tanz Kaputt, was Euch Kaputt Macht!" which was followed by the project's first album release Forward Ever. German music magazines covered Straftanz extensively.
"Tanz Kaputt, was Euch Kaputt Macht!" reached Position 23 in the 2008 Deutsche Alternative Jahrescharts.
Straftanz played several club shows and festival gigs since the release of the album. In October 2009, Straftanz toured for the first time by joining VNV Nation on the second part of their Of Faith, Power, and Glory tour.
In September 2011 Straftanz released its second album Mainstream Sellout Overground in Europe, closely followed by its first US release on Metropolis. In time for the release Straftanz again joined VNV Nation for the European leg of their Automatic tour, covering 18 gigs in 8 countries. In November Straftanz toured the United States for the first time as support band for the Automatic tour.
In November 2013 Straftanz announced that their last performance would be at Resistanz on April 18, 2014. A post on Straftanz.org stated that "The artistic concept of Straftanz is exhausted. Therefore we quit." The group has since disbanded and some have moved onto new projects including electro- |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAREC | The MAtrixware REsearch Collection (MAREC) is a standardised patent data corpus available for research purposes. MAREC seeks to represent patent documents of several languages in order to answer specific research questions. It consists of 19 million patent documents in different languages, normalised to a highly specific XML schema.
MAREC is intended as raw material for research in areas such as information retrieval, natural language processing or machine translation, which require large amounts of complex documents. The collection contains documents in 19 languages, the majority being English, German and French, and about half of the documents include full text.
In MAREC, the documents from different countries and sources are normalised to a common XML format with a uniform patent numbering scheme and citation format. The standardised fields include dates, countries, languages, references, person names, and companies as well as subject classifications such as IPC codes.
MAREC is a comparable corpus, where many documents are available in similar versions in other languages. A comparable corpus can be defined as consisting of texts that share similar topics – news text from the same time period in different countries, while a parallel corpus is defined as a collection of documents with aligned translations from the source to the target language. Since the patent document refers to the same “invention” or “concept of idea” the text is a translation of the invention, but it does not have to be a direct translation of the text itself – text parts could have been removed or added for clarification reasons.
The 19,386,697 XML files measure a total of 621 GB and are hosted by the Information Retrieval Facility. Access and support are free of charge for research purposes.
Use Cases
MAREC is used in the Patent Language Translations Online (PLuTO) project.
References
External links
User guide and statistics
Information Retrieval Facility
Corpora
Information retrieval systems
Machine translation
Natural language processing
XML |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Barnard | Amanda Susan Barnard (born 31 December 1971) is an Australian theoretical physicist working in predicting the real world behavior of nanoparticles using analytical models and supercomputer simulations and applied machine learning. Barnard is a pioneer in the thermodynamic cartography of nanomaterials, creating nanoscale phase diagrams relevant to different environmental conditions, and relating these to structure/property maps. Her current research involves developing and applying statistical methods and machine/deep learning in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and materials and molecular informatics. In 2014 she became the first person in the southern hemisphere, and the first woman, to win the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, which she won for her work on diamond nanoparticles.
Barnard is currently based in Australia as Professor of Computational Science in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University.
Biography
In 2001, she graduated with a first-class honours science degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), majoring in applied physics. Barnard received a PhD in 2003 from RMIT for her computer modelling work predicting and explaining various forms of nanocarbon at different sizes. Following her PhD, Barnard served as a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory (USA). She also held a senior research position as Violette & Samuel Glasstone Fellow at the University of Oxford (UK) with an Extraordinary Research Fellowship at The Queen's College. Professor Barnard then moved to CSIRO as an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, an Office of the Chief Executive Science Leader, and finally as a Chief Research Scientist spanning 2009 to 2020.
Qualifications
2003 Doctor of Philosophy (Physics), RMIT University
2001 Bachelor of Science, First Class Honours (Applied Physics), RMIT University
Career highlights, awards, fellowships and grants
2022 Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to computational science, to medical research, and to education".
2019 AMMA Medal, Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia
2017 Woman of Achievement, Black & White Foundation, Australia
2014 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Theory)
2014 ACS Nano Lectureship (Asia/Pacific), American Chemical Society, USA
2010 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE, South Australia
2010 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, Australian Museum
2010 Frederick White Prize, Australian Academy of Science
2009 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
2009– Leader of the Virtual Nanoscience Laboratory, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
2009— Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, Australian Research Council
2009 Mercedes-Benz Australian Environmental Research Award, Banksia Environmental Foundation
2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-DOS | Z-DOS is a discontinued OEM version of Microsoft's MS-DOS specifically adapted to run on the hardware of the Zenith Z-100 personal computer.
Overview
The Z-100 used a 8086-family microprocessor, (the Intel 8088), but otherwise had a completely different internal architecture from the IBM PC.
At the time Microsoft's MS-DOS wasn't specifically geared to any specific hardware platform, but could be tailored to run on most any system as long as it used a 8086-compatible microprocessor, a situation completely like with the popular CP/M systems of the time, which typically used a 8080-compatible (8080, 8085 and Z80 among others) microprocessor. In order to achieve this, MS-DOS, like CP/M, relied on a platform-specific (DOS-)BIOS, which had to be written for the target machine, so that the hardware-independent DOS kernel could run on it. Beside IBM's OEM version of MS-DOS released as PC DOS there were dozens of other OEM versions of MS-DOS geared to a specific non-IBM-compatible OEM hardware—among them Zenith's Z-DOS. Only later, when almost 100% IBM-compatible clones became the norm, "MS-DOS" became the generic version which could run on most of them. This generic version of MS-DOS, however, could not run on the older non-IBM-compatible machines like the Z-100.
See also
DOS API
Towns OS – an MS-DOS adaptation by Fujitsu for FM Towns
List of DOS commands
Timeline of DOS operating systems
References
Disk operating systems
Discontinued Microsoft operating systems
DOS variants
Floppy disk-based operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery%20Channel%20%28disambiguation%29 | Discovery Channel is an American multinational pay television network.
Discovery Channel may also refer to:
TV channels
Discovery Channel (Australia and New Zealand)
Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Danish TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Dutch TV channel)
Discovery Channel Europe
Discovery Channel Finland
Discovery Channel (Flemish TV channel)
Discovery Channel (French TV channel)
Discovery Channel (German TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Hungarian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Indian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Italian TV channel)
Discovery Channel Mexico
Discovery Channel (Middle East and North Africa)
Discovery Channel (Norwegian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Polish TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Portuguese TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Romanian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Russian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel)
Discovery Channel (Swedish TV channel)
Other
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, a US-based road bicycle racing team
Discovery Channel Telescope, at Lowell Observatory
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Cloud%20API | The Simple Cloud API is an API (Application Programming Interface). It enables users to access cloud application services written in the PHP programming language across different cloud computing platforms. It was launched in 2009 by Zend Technologies.
Announcement
On September 22, 2009, Zend Technologies announced the Simple Cloud API project for improving portability of PHP applications across all major cloud computing platforms. The announcement attracted much attention from the press with an unusual collaboration among leading cloud computing companies.
Services
The Simple Cloud API is a common API for accessing cloud application services offered by multiple vendors. The following services are supported:
Storage with adapters for services such as Amazon S3 and Nirvanix
Document with adapters for services such as Azure Table Storage and Amazon SimpleDB
Queue with adapters for services such as Amazon SQS and Azure Queue Storage
The API defines interfaces for these services and provides adapters for several vendors' services. Local adapters are also available for offline development.
Zend Framework Component
These interfaces and adapters form a new Zend Framework component called Zend_Cloud. Each service has a corresponding proposal: Zend_Cloud_Storage, Zend_Cloud_Document, and Zend_Cloud_Queue .
All development is currently carried out in the Zend Framework laboratory. All bug reports and comments will be collected on the proposal pages until the API is approved for inclusion in Zend Framework.
See also
Microsoft Azure
IBM
Rackspace
Nirvanix
GoGrid
References
External links
Zend Framework Homepage
PHP software
PHP libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20System%20Programming | The Institute for System Programming (ISP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ) was founded on January 25, 1994, on the base of the departments of System Programming and Numerical Software of the Institute for Cybernetics Problems of the RAS. ISP RAS belongs to the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the RAS.
R&D groups
Compiler Technologies Department : The department is specialized in applying compiler approach to different computer science fields, as well as modern optimizing compiler development and design. The recent research activity of the team is concentrated on parallel programming and reverse engineering.
Computing Systems Architecture Department : The main directions of the department research activities have been connected with implementation of network architectures and hardware platforms for local and global networks.
Information Systems Department : The main activities of the department: multi-user fully functional relational DBMS, CORBA-based technology for distributed information systems, XML-based technology for heterogeneous data integration, native XML database Sedna, text mining and information retrieval.
Software Development Tools Department : The main direction is creation of tools supporting formal specification and modeling languages and easing the development process.
Software Engineering Department : The spectrum of the scientific research of the department covers a range of Software Engineering, including analysis of programs and their models, verification and validation, standardization issues including development of open software standards, various aspects of development, maintenance and evolution of software together with methods of education and deployment of advanced technologies.
System Programming Department : Research activities of the department lie in the area of program static analysis, excavation of architecture using program code and visualization of software architecture model, modelling of architecture and code generation using software model.
Theoretical Computer Science Department : The members of the department are specialists in different branches of mathematics and theoretical computer science: combinatorics, complexity of computations, probabilistic methods, mathematical logic, formal methods of program analysis, logical programming, mathematical cryptography.
Councils
Academic council : The main task of the council is coordination of research and scientific programs aimed on prioritization of new important directions.
Dissertation council : Being a part of the Institute Dissertation council D.002.087.01 considers applications for scientific degrees of candidate and doctor of physical and mathematical, and technical sciences according to qualification standard 05.13.11 "Mathematical and program support for computers, their complexes, and networks".
Centers
Verification Center of the Operating System Linux : The mission of the Center is to propagate the Linux platform by ensuri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecodina | Sphecodina is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Émile Blanchard in 1840.
Species
Sphecodina abbottii (Swainson, 1821)
Sphecodina caudata (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
References
Macroglossini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Émile Blanchard |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%20Data%20Dissemination%20Standard | Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) is an International Monetary Fund standard to guide member countries in the dissemination of national statistics to the public.
It was established in April 1996.
Members
There are currently 65 members.
Argentina
Armenia (November 7, 2003; 54th member)
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
West Bank and Gaza ("Palestine" as of April 19, 2012; 71st member)
References
External links
SDDS - Overview, IMF
Subscribing Countries, IMF
International Monetary Fund
1996 introductions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20Sensing%20Systems | Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) is a private research company founded in 1974 by Frank Wentz. It processes microwave data from a variety of NASA satellites. Most of their research is supported by the Earth Science Enterprise program. The company is based in Santa Rosa, California.
Satellite Temperature Record
RSS is a widely cited source of data on the satellite temperature record. Their data is one source of evidence for global warming. Research by Carl Mears, Matthias Schabel, and Wentz, all of RSS, highlighted errors in the early satellite temperature records compiled by John Christy and Roy Spencer at UAH,
which had previously showed no significant temperature trend, bringing the derived satellite data into closer agreement with surface temperature trends, radiosonde data and computer models. The 2011 correction to UAH data is closer to the RSS data but differences remain, for example the Lower Troposphere global average trend since 1979, RSS currently have +0.133K/decade while UAH have 0.140K/decade, while the mid troposphere difference is even more marked at 0.079K/decade and 0.052K/decade respectively. However, in a recent online YouTube video, Dr. Carl Mears, a senior scientist with the team behind the satellite data, explained how he believes his data set needed correction.
I would have to say that the surface data seems that it's more accurate, because a number of groups analyze the surface data, including some who set out to prove the other ones wrong, and they all get more or less the same answer.
In June 2017, version 4 of the TLT was released and this substantially revised upwards the trend from 1979 by 36% from .135K per decade to .184K per decade.
Atmospheric measurements taken by a different satellite measurement technique, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on the Aqua satellite launched in 2002, show close agreement with surface data.
References
External links
Remote Sensing Systems website
Companies based in Sonoma County, California
Companies based in Santa Rosa, California
Research support companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewlogy | The Viewlogy–Electronic Biographical Gravestone was a computerized memorial that could be installed into a gravestone or a cremation urn. It was released in 1997.
Designed by Leif Technology Inc, the Viewlogy consisted of a dedicated biographical computer that stored the life story and photographs of the deceased in digital format burned permanently into the ROM of the custom designed computer. Up to 200 pages of information could be stored and displayed on the LCD screen. People would submit life stories and photographs which would then be recorded in the computer's memory.
The unit was locked into a weatherproof stainless steel case with a lexan protective screen which was then placed into a gravestone. Versions of Viewlogy were also adapted for cremation urns and flush-to-ground bronze markers. The device was powered by a replaceable battery with ten years of expected life. A solar powered model was also planned. The cost of the device (and the cost to generate the biographical information) proved too high at the time for full production.
References
External links
1997 news story on Viewlogy product
Burial monuments and structures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Entrepreneur%20Award | The Computer Entrepreneur Award was created in 1982 by the IEEE Computer Society, for individuals with major technical or entrepreneurial contributions to the computer industry. The work must be public, and the award is not given until fifteen years after the developments. The physical award is a chalice from sterling silver and under the cup a gold-plated crown.
Recipients
Following people received the Computer Entrepreneur Award:
2011: Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum, founders of VMware, for "creating a virtualization platform".
2009: Sandy Lerner and Len Bosack, founders of Cisco Systems, for "pioneering routing technology".
2008: John E. Warnock and Charles M. Geschke, founders of Adobe Systems, PostScript and PDF inventors, for the "desktop publishing revolution".
2008: Edwin E. Catmull, Pixar, for many important contributions in computer graphics.
2004: Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ inventor, for contributions to "object-oriented programming technologies".
2000: Michael Dell, founder of Dell Inc., for "revolutionizing the personal computer industry".
1999: Clive Sinclair, home computers pioneer, for "inspiring the computer industry".
1998: Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, founders of Microsoft and Apple Inc., for their contributions to the "personal computer industry".
1998: George Schussel, founder of Digital Consulting Institute (DCI), for "leadership in professional development, continuing education, and technology assessment".
1997: Andrew S. Grove, former CEO and chairman of Intel Corporation, for "contributions to the computing industry and profession".
1996: Daniel S. Bricklin, "the father of the spreadsheet", for pioneering work on the spreadsheet.
1995: William Hewlett and David Packard, founders of Hewlett-Packard, for their "role model for the entire computing industry".
1990: J. Presper Eckert, co-inventor ENIAC (together with John Mauchly), for "pioneering design work" for the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
1989: Gene M. Amdahl, for "entrepreneurial efforts" in the "mainframe industry".
1987: Erwin Tomash, for "pioneering work" on computer peripherals.
1986: Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, for "early contributions to microcomputers and silicon components".
1985: Kenneth Olsen and William Norris, for "pioneering work" on minicomputers.
See also
List of computer-related awards
References
Computer-related awards
IEEE society and council awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Maps%20Navigation | Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination.
The application requires a connection to Internet data (e.g. 3G, 4G, 5G, WiFi, etc.) and normally uses a GPS satellite connection to determine its location. A user can enter a destination into the application, which will plot a path to it. The app displays the user's progress along the route and issues instructions for each turn.
History
The application’s beta release was released on October 28, 2009, accompanying the release of Android 2.0 (Eclair) on the Motorola Milestone (known as the Motorola Droid). Google Maps Navigation Beta was initially released in the United States. The application (version 4.2) was later released in the UK on April 20, 2010 and in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland on June 9, 2010.
Features
Search
Instead of searching for an address or a street name, the application can also search by name, for example guide the user to a nearby restaurant by being given the name of the restaurant. The application can also take phrases such as “a place with burgers” and suggest nearby destinations that match the phrase. The application can receive a voice input instead of typing the destination on the device.
Multiple views
Traffic: The application's traffic congestion map shows the route marks with different colours based on the current traffic along the route. The traffic is measured by data from local road services such as highway cameras, as well as speed and location information from other Android devices that are accessing Google Maps for Mobile.
Satellite: The application displays a route from a bird’s eye view using Google’s satellite imagery.
Street: The Google Street View feature displays a route from first-person view as which automatically changes as the user travels along the route....
Car dock mode
Users can dock their Android device in a car using a special car dock for the device (which may or may not come with the device). Once docked, the device will enter this mode, enabling for easier access to the navigation features at an arm’s length.
Walking and transit
The application provides voice navigation for walking and previously for transit directions. In its current iteration navigation is not available for transit, only a list of directions is provided. The transit directions are available in 400 cities around the world.
Offline guidance
Once the user has searched for a destination, the map will cache along the intended route. It is also possible to download a map over a certain area and store it on the phone, which can be useful when there are high roaming charges or expected slow connection. The application re |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi%20Television%20Station | Urumqi Television Station (UTV) () is a state-owned television station in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. It was established in April, 1985 as a cable network and started broadcasting on September 28 in the same year. Its logo is shaped in red after Hong Shan, the city's landmark mountain.
Events and Trifles (大事小事) is a featured high-quality program of UTV, known for its close-in coverage by quickly approaching events. However, there have been regulations that reporting on "sudden incidents" be censored by the network's authorities, in order to avoid airing rumors and falsehood.
After the 2009 Urumqi riots, UTV was a major media organ that provided aftermath-related reports within the city. During the later protests against syringe attacks, the Ürümqi government attempted to calm down the mass, particularly protesters, via UTV by frequently broadcasting pre-programmed speeches delivered by the then CPC secretary Li Zhi and other leaders.
Channels
UTV-1: Chinese news channel, first launched in 1985
UTV-2: Uyghur news channel
UTV-3: movie channel, 24-hour movie in urban region
UTV-4: life channel
UTV-5: sports and recreation channel
UTV-6: women and children channel
References
See also
Xinjiang Television Station
Ürümqi
Television networks in China
Mass media in Ürümqi
Television channels and stations established in 1985
Uyghur-language mass media
1985 establishments in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterborne%20Disease%20and%20Outbreak%20Reporting%20System | The Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) is a national surveillance system maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The WBDOSS receives data about waterborne disease outbreaks and single cases of waterborne diseases of public health importance (for example, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)) in the United States and then disseminates information about these diseases, outbreaks, and their causes. WBDOSS was initiated in 1971 by CDC, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Data are reported by public health departments in individual states, territories, and the Freely Associated States (composed of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau; formerly parts of the U.S.-administered Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands). Although initially designed to collect data about drinking water outbreaks in the United States, WBDOSS now includes outbreaks associated with recreational water, as well as outbreaks associated with water that is not intended for drinking (non-recreational) and water for which the intended use is unknown.
Definition of a Waterborne Disease Outbreak
Waterborne disease outbreaks may be associated with recreational water, water intended for drinking, water not intended for drinking (non-recreational water, for example, from cooling towers or ornamental fountains) and water of unknown intent. In order for a waterborne disease outbreak to be included in WBDOSS there must be an epidemiologic link between two or more persons that includes a location of water exposure, a clearly defined time period for the water exposure, and one or more waterborne illnesses caused by pathogens such as bacteria, parasites and viruses, or by chemicals/toxins. Common routes of exposure to waterborne pathogens include swallowing contaminated water, inhaling water droplets or airborne chemicals from the water, and direct physical contact with contaminated water. Epidemiologic evidence must implicate water or volatile compounds from the water that have entered the air as the probable source of the illness. WBDOSS outbreaks are further evaluated and classified based on the strength of evidence in the outbreak report that implicates water as the source of the outbreak. Waterborne disease outbreaks that have both strong epidemiologic data and comprehensive water-quality testing data are assigned a higher class than outbreaks with weak epidemiologic data and little or no water-quality testing data.
Data Sources for WBDOSS
Public health departments investigate waterborne disease outbreaks in states, territories, and Freely Associated States and are essential contributors to the WBDOSS. The primary reporting tool for WBDOSS prior to 2009 was the CDC 52.12 waterborne disease outbreak reporting form. Beginning in 2009, this form was replaced by the electronic National Outbreak |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Islamic%20television%20and%20radio%20stations%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | The Ahmadiyya television channel was launched on 1 January 1994 by Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International (MTA), globally-broadcasting and nonprofit satellite television network. This set the foundation for the Islamic television channels available today. In July 2009, ILM Radio launched, making it the first Islamic radio station to launch nationwide in the UK. ILM Radio returned in Bradford and Leeds on DAB+ Radio with new identity as Marefa Radio. Founder Qamar Zaman (AKA Shabir Qamar)
In United Kingdom, all the channels are available via Sky and Freesat. Some of these channels are also available in the Republic of Ireland. However, Islamic radio stations have been available on a local basis throughout the UK since the 1990s even though these were on a temporary licence for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Television networks
References
External links
fatima al zahra international tv
Islamic Radio Stations
iPlus TV
Raah TV
Zad TV
iTV SA
Raham TV
Voice Of Islam TV
Al Dawah.tv TV
ATN Islamic TV
TV One UK
BNSW TV
Paigham TV
Zainabia Channel
MTA Muslim TV
Message TV
Azaan TV
Al-Resala
Al Kawthar TV
Al Hekmah tv
Al Watan TV
Assirat TV
Al Resalah TV
Quran Hidayah Urdu
Alerta TV Channel
Al Athar TV Channel
Al Athar TV Channel
Al Eman TV
Al - Hebait TV
Hidayat TV
Labbaik TV
Nisha TV
Ahad TV
Islam Channel Urdu
British Muslim TV
Islam TV Urdu
Noor TV
Iman - TV
Imaan - TV
Ahl - Al Quran TV
Takbeer Tv
Eman Channel
Madani Channel
Shia TV Online
Safeer TV
Peace TV
Peace TV Urdu
Peace TV Bangla
Minhaj Ul Quran TV
Iqra TV
Iqraa TV
Ummah Channel
Ahle Bait TV
Hidayat TV
AL Qayim TV Network
Zee Salaam
Quran Tazkiah
Al Athar TV
Maaref tv
4shbab TV Quran Al-Karem TV
Makkah TV / Channel
Rodja TV
Ammar TV / Channel
Al Afasy Quran Channel
Al Majd Hadith TV
Al-Majd Quran TV
Al-Majd Quran TV
Tarawih TV
Guide US TV
4shbab TV2
Al Hafez TV
Al Nada TV
Al Afasy TV
Al-Ansar
Al-Eman
Al-Hekmah
Al-Khalijiah
Al-Ma3ali
Al-Majd
Al-Nas
Al Rahmah TV
Al-Rasheed
Al-Resalah
Al-Zaytouna TV
Amgad TV
Anasheed
Bedaya
Daleel
Ibn Othaimeen TV
Ibn Othaimeen TV
Safaa
Safaa
Tayba
Salaam TV
Wesal TV
AL-HIJRAH TV
Noor TV
Channel Islam international
Makkah Live
Madinah Live
Quran TV Channel
Madani Channel Live
ARY QTV
Durood TV
Assalam TV
AL Huda TV Channel
Huda TV Channel
Haq TV Network
Muslim Ummah TV
El-Quran El-Karim
Buzzislam Radio: Listen Reflect Share
Radio Quran
Abu Dhabi Quran Kareem
Voice of Islam
Ummah FM
Lists of British television channels
United Kingdom, Islamic
United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint%20%28given%20name%29 | Vint is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Vint Cerf (born 1943), American computer scientist
Vint Harper, a fictional character
Masculine given names |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifunctional%20Information%20Distribution%20System | Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) is the NATO name for the communication component of Link-16.
MID is an advanced command, control, communications, computing and intelligence (C4I) system incorporating high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital communication links for exchange of near real-time tactical information, including both data and voice, among air, ground, and sea elements. MIDS is intended to support key theater functions such as surveillance, identification, air control, weapons engagement coordination and direction for all Services.
The MIDS program includes two different families of receiver synthesizer line cards:
MIDS-LVT (Low volume terminal): LVT(1), LVT(2), or LVT(3).
MIDS-JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System Terminals). MIDS-JTRS is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) that is compliant with the JTRS Software Communication Architecture (SCA). MIDS JTRS maintains the Link-16, J-Voice, and TACAN functionality of the older MIDS-LVT standard, and adds link-16 enhanced throughput (ET), link-16 frequency remapping (FR), and programmable crypto.
The MIDS terminal is based on the TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) data-link technology with 128 time slots per second; during each time slot, only one terminal is allowed to transmit while all the other terminals on the same network are set to receive. To improve the anti-jamming capability signals are spread over 51 frequencies in the 960-1215 MHz frequency band; transmission is inhibited around the two IFF band (1030 and 1090 MHz.)
The maximum output power of a MIDS terminal is 200 Watts which allows an operational range of 300 miles; range can be extended by relaying information between intermediate terminals.
MIDS Components
The MIDS terminal consists of two different Line Replacement Units (LRUs): the Main Terminal and the Remote Power supply (RPS). The Main Terminal consists of 10 Shop Replaceable Units (SRUs):
Chassis
Power Amplifier (PA)
Exciter/IPF (Interference Protection Feature)
Receiver Synthesizer (R/S, 2 per terminal), Either LVT(1), LVT(2), LVT(3), or JTRS Terminals
Signal Message Processor (SMP)
Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)
Voice
Tailored Processor (TP)/Avionic MUX (1553B/3910)
Data Processor (DP)/Ground MUX (X.25/Ethernet)
Receiver-Transmitter Interface (RTI/Discrete)
In addition there are a few accessories required by some specific platforms:
High Power Amplifier Interface Assembly (HIA)
Direct Current Adapter (DCA)
Alternate Current Adapter (ACA)
The MIDS terminal is equipped with four different interfaces to communicate with the host platform:
MIL-STD-1553B
STANAG 3910
Ethernet
X.25
Data rate can vary between 108 and 238 kbit/s, depending on the interface used. Secure voice messages are available with two different rates: 16 kbit/s and 2.4 kbit/s. The MIDS SW consists of two main configuration items:
Core SW (basically a modified JTIDS SW), which handles the LINK-16 messages;
Tailored Input/Output (I/O) SW, which handles comm |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDS | MIDS may refer to:
Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Master of Information and Data Science, a professional degree offered by University of California, Berkeley School of Information
Multifunctional Information Distribution System, a communication component
A nickname for Mid-Annandale F.C., in Lockerbie, Scotland
See also
MID (disambiguation)
de:MIDS |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%20killing%20in%20the%20United%20States | Several honor killings have been documented in the United States. , there is no central agency that collects data across all jurisdictions in regards to honor violence in the United States. There is reluctance among some organizations to label events as honor killings to avoid stigmatizing Muslim and Arab cultures.
Background
Around 2017, City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Ric Curtis led a team that analyzed honor killing statistics from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom and made a proxy estimate for the United States based on that, resulting in an estimated 23–27 annual honor killings in the U.S. In 2017 Jesse Singal of New York Magazine wrote "there’s effectively no evidence that honor killings are common at all, according to one of the only (if not the only) studies attempting to estimate how prevalent that crime is." Executive Order 13769 "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" stated that the U.S. federal government would collect information on honor killings committed by foreigners resident in the U.S.
In 2012, Zuhdi Jasser of the think tank American Islamic Forum for Democracy argued that honor killings were a phenomenon in the U.S. that needs to be investigated. In 2015, senior fellow of Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism, Farhana Qazi, stated that the actual number of honor killings was higher than the reported statistics due to a reluctance to embarrass relatives of the deceased.
In 2014, the research corporation Westat released a study on honor killings and violence entitled "Honor Violence Measurement Methods". The study was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, and it identified four types of honor violence: honor killings, honor-based domestic violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. The report estimated that 23–27 honor killings took place in the United States each year.
Instances
Tina Isa
In 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri, sixteen-year-old Palestina (Tina) Isa was murdered by her Palestinian father, Zein Isa, with the aid of her Brazilian mother, Maria Isa, a former Roman Catholic who had converted to Islam. Their daughter listened to American popular music such as dance, rap, R&B, and rock. After learning that Palestina had taken a part-time job without her parents' permission, and dated an African American man, her father felt she had become too modernized. On the day of her murder, Zein repeatedly stabbed his daughter, while her mother Maria held her down. On December 20, 1991, both Zein and Maria Isa were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Zein died from complications of diabetes on February 17, 1997. Maria Isa's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment without parole; she died on April 30, 2014, in a Vandalia, Missouri, prison at the age of 70.
Amina and Sarah Said
Amina and Sarah Said were the children of an Egyptian immigrant father Yaser Abdel Said and a United Stat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola%20Calgary | The Motorola Calgary is an Android-based smartphone by Motorola to be initially distributed by Verizon Wireless in the United States. Features of the phone include Wi-Fi networking, a 3-megapixel low light capable digital camera, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.2-inch touchscreen, MicroSDHC support, QWERTY keyboard, and Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor. The Motorola Calgary runs version 1.6, codenamed doughnut, of Google's Android operating system. The phone does, however, run the re-branded MOTOBLUR version of Android, instead of providing the Google Experience skin and application stack. The phone could possibly be a more affordable alternative to the Motorola Droid. Recent photos have leaked, having the phone differ largely form the original render, now seen in the colors black and silver, still running MOTOBlur. It is also assumed that Verizon will release it under the name DROID Devour, as their current Android device naming is out into place.
See also
List of Android devices
Galaxy Nexus
Motorola smartphones
Android (operating system) devices
Verizon Wireless
Mobile phones introduced in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVG%20PC%20TuneUp | AVG TuneUp, previously called AVG PC Tuneup, and TuneUp Utilities, is a utility software suite for Microsoft Windows designed to help manage, maintain, optimize, configure, and troubleshoot a computer system. It was produced and developed by TuneUp Software GmbH. TuneUp Software was headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and co-founded by Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann in 1997. In 2011, AVG Technologies acquired TuneUp Software. AVG was then acquired by Avast in 2016 and became a part of larger company Gen Digital in 2022.
As of 2018, eighteen major versions of TuneUp Utilities have been released. TuneUp Utilities has attained generally positive reviews, although multiple reviewers did not approve of its price for value.
Features
AVG PC TuneUp has features for PC maintenance, optimization, updates, to free up hard-drive space, and to uninstall unwanted applications. The "Automatic Maintenance" tool removes tracking cookies, cache files, old files from removed applications, and fixes issues with the Windows registry. PC TuneUp's "Sleep Mode" puts background processes to sleep until needed to reduce their burden on the computer's resources. PC TuneUp also has an uninstaller to remove unwanted programs like bloatware and a software updater that installs the most recent patches or updates. The Disk Cleaner and Browser Cleaner tools remove installer files, temporary system files, browser caches, and other files.
Development
The first version of the software, TuneUp 97, was released in 1997. New versions have been released over the years ever since.
TuneUp Utilities 2003 The first version is available in English, French, and German. It consists of 16 individual tools accessible through the Start Center, as well as the Windows start menu. It includes features to clean the hard disks, clean and defragment the Windows Registry, optimize Windows and Internet connection settings and change the look and feel of Windows. It also provides features targeted at users with an intermediate or advanced level of computer knowledge that enables them to edit the registry, manage running processes, uninstall programs, shred and undelete files, and display system information. In addition to the previously-supported Windows 95 and Windows 98, TuneUp Utilities 2003 also supports Windows 2000, Me and Windows XP.
TuneUp Utilities 2004 The 2004 release introduced TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance and TuneUp WinStyler (the predecessor TuneUp Styler). It also includes registry defragmentation support for Windows 2000 and XP.
TuneUp Utilities 2006 In TuneUp Utilities 2006, optimization, customization, and disk cleaning tools that support Mozilla Firefox were added. A feature was added where the TuneUp StartUp Manager displays editorial rating and explanations about well-known programs that start during computer startup. TuneUp Styler, in this version, is able to change the boot logo of Windows XP.
TuneUp Utilities 2007 TuneUp Utilities 2007 featured two new components: Tu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Crime%20%28Asian%20TV%20channel%29 | Fox Crime was a Southeast Asian pay television channel, owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel focuses on crime and investigation series programs. In India, Fox Crime Asia was replaced with its Indian counterpart in September 2012. Fox Crime India was shut down in July 2015 due to low ratings.
FOX Crime, along with Channel [V] channels ceased transmission on Unifi TV on 1 June 2018.
After over 15 years, Fox Crime (along with Fox, Fox Life, Channel [V], FX, Fox Movies, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, SCM Legend, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Nat Geo People, Star Movies China, and five of its sports channels) were officially ceased broadcasting across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong on October 1, 2021. Most of these channel's shows were shifted to Disney+ (in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines).
Programming
7 Deadly Sins
Air Crash Investigation
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
American Crime
Backstrom
Body of Proof
Border Security: America's Front Line
Breakout
Brotherhood
Burn Notice
Cold Squad
Crime Town USA
COPS
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
CSI: CYBER
Chicago P.D.
Dexter
Dog Patrol
Franklin & Bash
FBI
Gang Related
Get Shorty
Happily Never After
Homicide Hunter
I, Detective
I Wouldn't Go In There
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Life on Mars
Locked Up Abroad
Luther
Leo Mattei, Special Unit
Monk
Moonlighting
Murder
Movie Night
Motorway Patrol
My Strange Addiction
Numb3rs
Perception
Police Women
Psych
Red Widow
Stitchers
The Glades
The Kill Point
The Listener
The Man Who Made Us Fat
The Man Who Made Us Spend
The Man Who Made Us Thin
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
The Making Of the Mob
Twin Peaks
Wicked City
See also
Fox Crime (Italy)
References
Disney television networks
Defunct television channels
Fox Networks Group
Television stations in Hong Kong
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Mass media in Southeast Asia
Cable television in Hong Kong
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Media%20Network | One Media Network is a news and infotainment television channel based in the Philippines and owned by Global Satellite Technology Services, the operator of G Sat Direct TV. Currently, GNN is available as a free-to-air satellite channel via SES-9 satellite transponder through GSAT, through its terrestrial free TV stations in key provinces, and also on SkyCable in Mega Manila since November 2022. Its studios, offices and technical facilities are located at the First Global Building, 122 Gamboa corner Adelantado streets, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines and the GSTS Building, First Global Technopark, Lot 1910 Governor's Drive, Barangay Ulong Tubig, Carmona, Cavite, Philippines.
Prior to the rebranding, it was then known as the GKTV 3/PCTV 3, Global News Network, One Media Network, and Golden Nation Network before they reverted back to One Media Network.
Format and history
The channel was launched on January 6, 2003, as Global Kabayan Television (GKTV) by Global Destiny Cable (now absorbed by Sky Cable), then airing archived programs from third-party productions, movies and in-house cable TV on-air promos. In 2007, GKTV was rebranded as PCTV (Philippine Cable Television) and began airing news and public service programming that eventually evolved into Global News Network (GNN) aired on March 24, 2008.
GNN was then available on Channel 8 via Global Destiny Cable and Channel 1 via G Sat. Five UHF free-TV stations have been successfully established in the past six months; for Pampanga (UHF Channel 44), Cagayan de Oro (UHF Channel 45), Zamboanga (UHF Channel 43), Baguio (UHF Channel 48), and Naga (UHF Channel 48). GNN's free TV Stations added in five cities will officially launch in July 2010 in General Santos (UHF Channel 40) (Later on to UHF Channel 46 in 2015), Ilocos Sur (UHF Channel 30), Roxas City, Capiz (UHF Channel 43), Cebu City (Channel 45) and Batangas (Channel 34). In June 2011 GNN's another added in free-to-air of Six terrestrial TV Stations are Puerto Princesa (UHF Channel 43), Legazpi (UHF Channel 29), Virac (UHF Channel 43), Dumaguete (UHF Channel 34) and Butuan (UHF Channel 43). In June 2012 GNN free to air TV Station in Southern Mindanao as UHF Channel 41 Davao (after moving to UNTV Channel 51). In mid-2017 until 2019, GNN - during its first iteration - was available on digital terrestrial TV via UHF channel 44 (subchannel 4) in Metro Manila.
On February 4, 2019, as part of the channel's restructure, GNN was rebranded as One Media Network. During its transition period, it aired promo advertisements from various channels that are available on GSAT. Later on, new programs were gradually introduced and integrated to the network's programming grid. Its local affiliate stations in Naga, Pampanga and Cagayan de Oro remained active of its own programming while retaining the GNN brand until during the second quarter of 2019, when they followed the suit without changes on programming.
On May 1, 2021, One Media was reverte |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX%20%28Asian%20TV%20channel%29 | FX was an Asian pay-television entertainment channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. It was launched on November 3, 2008.
In India, the channel was replaced by an Indian localised feed in September 2012; however, some TV providers continue to distribute the Asian feed.
In South Korea, Tcast, the licensor for the Fox channels in the country, announced on December 31, 2020 that it had terminated its license agreement with The Walt Disney Company Korea renaming its channels. FX in that region would become .
Officially cease broadcasting and transmission on last day and night of August 2021 at 11:59:59pm, FX along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels (Fox Crime, Fox, Fox Life, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) cease transmission on Now TV Hong Kong.
After 17 years of broadcasting, FX along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong (Fox Crime, Fox, Fox Life, Disney Junior, Disney Channel, Nat Geo People, Fox Movies, Fox Action Movies, Fox Family Movies, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2021 at 12:59:59am. Most of these channel's shows moved to Disney+ (in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines).
Programming
Final Programming
Black Monday
Briarpatch
Da Vinci's Demons
Flatbush Misdemeanors
Get Shorty
Interrogation
Manhunt: Deadly Games
Monsterland
Ray Donovan
The Good Lord Bird
The New Pope
The Stand
Twin Peaks
Former Programming
1600 Penn
30 Rock
According To Jim
Alias
American Horror Story
Archer
Awake
BBQ Confessions
Big Lake
Bikini Destinations
Boston Legal
Bullet in the Face
Californication
Call Me Fitz
Charlie Jade
Crash
DIRT
Dirty Sexy Money
Disorderly Conduct
Episodes
Eureka
Family Guy
Frasier
Free Radio
Friday Night Lights
Ghost Hunters International
Hangover Hangout
Harper's Island
In Plain Sight
Injustice
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
J.A.G.
Last Comic Standing
Lights Out
Lilyhammer
Louie
Louis C.K.: Oh My God
MacGyver
Mad Men
Magic City
Mental
My Generation
My Name Is Earl
Nurse Jackie
Peep Show
Playmakers
Relic Hunter
Running Wilde
Saving Grace
Scoundrels
Scrubs
Seinfeld
Son of the Beach
Sons of Anarchy
Spartacus
Spooks
Terriers
Testees
The Life & Times of Tim
The Listener
The Riches
The Walking Dead
Tilt
Top Gear
Trauma
Web Therapy
World's Greatest Gambling Scams
Feeds
Southeast Asia (except Brunei, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan)
Philippines
High definition feed
See also
FX
Fox Networks Group
STAR TV
References
External links
Official Site
Official Site
Television stations in Hong Kong
Defunct television channels
Televis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PathScale | PathScale Inc. was a company that developed a highly optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compiler suite for the x86-64 microprocessor architectures. It derives from the SGI compilers for the MIPS architecture R10000 processor, called MIPSPro.
History
PathScale was founded in 2001 as Key Research and its original mission was to develop clustered Linux server solutions based on a low-cost 64-bit design. In late 2003 the company came out of stealth mode and was called PathScale. The word PathScale is descriptive of the company's original design goals for clusters. In early 2003 with the success of the AMD Opteron, efforts at the company switched to other products like high-performance 64-bit compilers.
The seeds of the company were sown in the early 1980s at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where four of the company's seven founders worked together building the S1 supercomputer. The first chief technical officer at PathScale, Tom McWilliams, had the initial idea for the company and incorporated in July 2001. He added three of his LLNL colleagues (Jeff Rubin, Jeff Broughton, Fred Chow) to the company shortly thereafter. McWilliams had been a company founder at Valid Logic Systems and Key Computer and worked at SGI, Sun Microsystems and Amdahl Corporation. Chow was formerly chief scientist for compilers at SGI and MIPS.
PathScale Inc. was acquired and re-sold several times. First by QLogic in February 2006, for about $109 million.
A network technology called InfiniPath was marketed as TrueScale by QLogic, and then sold to Intel and became the basis of Omni-Path.
The compiler technology was acquired by SiCortex in August 2007, and by Cray in August 2009, when SiCortex was
liquidated. Cray owned the intellectual property until March 2012 when a new PathScale Inc. acquired all assets.
On June 13, 2011, PathScale announced that the EKOPath 4 compiler suite would become open source software and licensed under the GPL.
The suite contains:
C, C++, and Fortran 77/90/95/2003 (partial) compilers
Complete support for OpenMP 2.5 (including WORKSHARE)
Complete support for 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compilation
Code generation for AMD64 ABI, AMD Opteron, and Intel EM64T
Optimized AMD Core Math Library
Advanced multi-threaded debugger PathDB
Compatible with GNU/gcc toolchain and popular third-party debuggers
Supported on SUSE, Red Hat, and Ubuntu
See also
List of compilers
GPGPU
OpenMP
High-performance computing
References
Further reading
PathScale CEO comments on company, Linux Clustering
External links
C++ compilers
C (programming language) compilers
Cray
Fortran compilers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Who%20and%20the%20Warlord | Doctor Who and the Warlord is a computer game based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, released for the BBC Micro in 1985. It was promoted as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, with one such instance being after a 1985 screening of the 1966 film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D..
Gameplay
It is a text-based adventure featuring an unspecified Doctor (possibly sixth, as this was at the time). The game loaded in two parts, with a password and information from the first half needed to successfully continue into the second part. Each part was recorded on one side of the cassette. There were over 250 locations in each.
Development
Former series producer Graham Williams was one of the designers of the game. A ZX Spectrum version was planned but never released.
References
External links
1980s interactive fiction
Interactive fiction based on works
1985 video games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron-only games
Video games based on Doctor Who
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Prince | The Last Prince is a 2010 Philippine television drama romance fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mac Alejandre, it stars Aljur Abrenica in the title role and Kris Bernal. It premiered on January 11, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Sana Ngayong Pasko. The series concluded on June 25, 2010 with a total of 117 episodes. It was replaced by Endless Love in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Aljur Abrenica as Almiro
Kris Bernal as Lara Fernandez
Supporting cast
Bianca King as Bawana
Eula Valdez as Adela
Angelu de Leon as Mayang
Carmina Villaroel as Lamara
Emilio Garcia as Adorno
Chanda Romero as Rosata
Chynna Ortaleza as Lourdez
Bubbles Paraiso as Saraya
Paolo Ballesteros as Anexi
Benjie Paras as Rizayo
Elvis Gutierrez as Guwarko
Joey Paras as Salim Salamin
Francis Magundayao as Onuro
Karen delos Reyes as Minnie
Angeli Nicole Sanoy as Bambi
Rita Iringan as Gigi
Guest cast
Daniel Matsunaga as Prince Nikolai
Carl Guevarra as Jerrick Santella
Jay Manalo as Carlos Ledesma
Jhoana Marie Tan as teen Bambi
Mosang as Uruja
Dang Cruz as Goray
Jan Manual as Harold
Maybelyn dela Cruz as Diwani Ogyna
Jenny Miller as Dominique
Stef Prescott as Naveya
Patani as Bina
Sherilyn Reyes-Tan as Cicit
Jan Marini as Josie
Gene Padilla as Sintoy
Jillian Ward as Daldanika
Jace Flores as a town bully
Kiel Rodriguez as a town bully
Dex Quindoza as a town bully
Princess Punzalan as Alwana
Geoff Eigenmann as Javino Perez
Carla Abellana as Sonia
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of The Last Prince earned a 30.9% rating.
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2010 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine fantasy television series
Philippine romance television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Verostko | Roman Verostko (born September 12, 1929) is an American artist and educator who creates code-generated imagery, known as algorithmic art. Verostko developed his own software for generating original art based on form ideas he had developed as an artist in the 1960s. His software controls the drawing arm of a machine known as a pen plotter that was designed primarily for engineering and architectural drawing. In coding his software Verostko conceives of the machine's drawing arm as an extension or prosthesis for his own drawing arm. The plotter normally draws with ink pens but Verostko adapted oriental brushes to fit the drawing arm and wrote interactive routines for achieving brush strokes with his plotters. In 1995, he co-founded the Algorists with Jean-Pierre Hébert.
Biography
Roman Verostko was born in Tarrs, Pennsylvania, a coal-mining town fifty miles east of Pittsburgh. A painter in his early life, he also studied as a Benedictine monk at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1968, joining the faculty there in 1963. His monastic travels took him to places such as New York, Washington, and Paris. After leaving religious life in 1968, he continued experimenting with automatic drawing that led him to explore methods of writing code to achieve some form of computer automatism. This led him to redirect all his artistic practices toward algorithmic art. He married Alice Wagstaff in August 1968. She was a psychologist and gave seminars at the monastery when Verostko met her. She died in 2009. He now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) from 1968 to 1994 and holds the title of Professor Emeritus.
Education
After graduating from high school, Verostko studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he received a diploma in illustration in 1949. In 1950 he entered the Saint Vincent Archabbey scholastic program for monks that included entrance to Saint Vincent College, monastic vows in 1954, a BA in philosophy in 1955,four years of Theology in the St. Vincent Major Seminary and ordination as a priest in 1959. While Verostko remained a monk attached to Saint Vincent Archabbey, he pursued graduate work in the early 1960s at other institutions, first in an MFA program at Pratt Institute in 1961, then studies in art history at New York University and Columbia University from 1961 to 1962. Verostko then traveled to Paris, where he studied printmaking at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 from 1962 to 1963, as well as took courses at the École du Louvre and visited religious sites. Much of Verostko's work in Paris "pursued visual manifestations of inner experience that transcended rational observation". For many of these 'automatic' works he maintained a private notebook of 'experience states' related to their execution". Perhaps unsurprisingly, Hayter worked very closely with the Surrealists, exploring semi-automated methodologies for image-making in the be |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaTools | SeaTools is a computer hard disk analysis software developed and released by Seagate Technology. It exists as a version for DOS (bundled in a bootable medium with FreeDOS) and Microsoft Windows. It can perform short and long drive self-tests and read/write tests, extract S.M.A.R.T. indicators and drive information, and perform advanced tests. It was created by Seagate in response to the fact that more than one third of all drives sent in for repair were actually not defective at all, thus creating unnecessary costs for retailers and the company by having to ship and analyze such disks.
SeaTools for DOS
SeaTools for DOS comes in a package with the FreeDOS operating system. It can be downloaded as a bootable ISO image from the Seagate website.
SeaTools for Windows
The Windows version of SeaTools supports any hard disk regardless of manufacturer. It supports analysis for disks connected via PATA/SATA, USB, IEEE 1394, SAS and SCSI.
SeaTools Enterprise
The enterprise edition is still provided as a legacy version for Seagate hard disks only. It supports only SCSI or Fibre Channel drives and is designed for use with servers and workstations by supporting tests of multiple drives simultaneously as well as sequentially.
References
See also
Smartmontools
Hard disk software
Utilities for Windows
DOS software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPNE%20%28FM%29 | WPNE (89.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin. The station is part of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and airs WPR's "NPR News and Classical Network", consisting of classical music and news and talk programming. WPNE-FM also broadcasts regional news and programming from studios in the Instructional Services building at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, along with sister Ideas Network station WHID (88.1). WPNE-FM transmits from facilities shared with WBAY-TV, WIXX, and WPNE-TV in Ledgeview.
The station signed on in 1949 as WHKW, originally licensed in Chilton. It was the third FM station in the Wisconsin Educational Radio Network, forerunner of Wisconsin Public Radio. In 1973, WHKW moved to the WPNE-TV transmitter site in Green Bay after that station's launch the year before, and became WPNE-FM; it also supplanted an additional Wisconsin Educational Radio Network transmitter, WHMD-FM 91.5 at Suring, which had signed on in 1965.
Unusual for a market of its size, as of the end of 2022, WPNE is the only radio station in Green Bay, the Fox Cities, and the Lake Winnebago cities which transmits an HD Radio broadcast; WPNE-HD2 transmits WPR's HD Classical Network full-time.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WPNE
PNE
Wisconsin Public Radio
Classical music radio stations in the United States
NPR member stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging | In computer programming and software development, debugging is the process of finding and resolving bugs (defects or problems that prevent correct operation) within computer programs, software, or systems.
Debugging tactics can involve interactive debugging, control flow analysis, unit testing, integration testing, log file analysis, monitoring at the application or system level, memory dumps, and profiling. Many programming languages and software development tools also offer programs to aid in debugging, known as debuggers.
Etymology
The terms "bug" and "debugging" are popularly attributed to Admiral Grace Hopper in the 1940s. While she was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard University, her associates discovered a moth stuck in a relay and thereby impeding operation, whereupon she remarked that they were "debugging" the system. However, the term "bug", in the sense of "technical error", dates back at least to 1878 and Thomas Edison who describes the "little faults and difficulties" of mechanical engineering as "Bugs".
Similarly, the term "debugging" seems to have been used as a term in aeronautics before entering the world of computers. In an interview Grace Hopper remarked that she was not coining the term. The moth fit the already existing terminology, so it was saved. A letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer (director of the WWII atomic bomb Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico) used the term in a letter to Dr. Ernest Lawrence at UC Berkeley, dated October 27, 1944, regarding the recruitment of additional technical staff.
The Oxford English Dictionary entry for "debug" quotes the term "debugging" used in reference to airplane engine testing in a 1945 article in the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society. An article in "Airforce" (June 1945 p. 50) also refers to debugging, this time of aircraft cameras. Hopper's bug was found on September 9, 1947. Computer programmers did not adopt the term until the early 1950s.
The seminal article by Gill in 1951 is the earliest in-depth discussion of programming errors, but it does not use the term "bug" or "debugging".
In the ACM's digital library, the term "debugging" is first used in three papers from 1952 ACM National Meetings. Two of the three use the term in quotation marks.
By 1963 "debugging" was a common-enough term to be mentioned in passing without explanation on page 1 of the CTSS manual.
Scope
As software and electronic systems have become generally more complex, the various common debugging techniques have expanded with more methods to detect anomalies, assess impact, and schedule software patches or full updates to a system. The words "anomaly" and "discrepancy" can be used, as being more neutral terms, to avoid the words "error" and "defect" or "bug" where there might be an implication that all so-called errors, defects or bugs must be fixed (at all costs). Instead, an impact assessment can be made to determine if changes to remove an anomaly (or discrepancy) would be cost-e |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20access%20procedure | Link Access Procedure (LAP) protocols are data link layer protocols for framing and transmitting data across point-to-point links. LAP was originally derived from HDLC (High-Level Data Link Control), but was later updated and renamed LAPB (LAP Balanced).
LAPB is the data link protocol for X.25. Other related LAP protocols are :
MLP (Multilink Procedure)
LAPM (Link Access Procedure for Modems)
LAPF (Link Access Procedure for Frame Relay)
External links
Cisco Frame Relay documentation
X.25 Overview
Link access protocols
Link protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20flag | A Boolean flag, truth bit or truth flag in computer science is a Boolean value represented as one or more bits, which encodes a state variable with two possible values.
Memory usage
A single byte can contain up to 8 separate Boolean flags by mapping one Boolean flag to each bit, making it a very economical and dense method of data storage. This is known as a packed representation or bit-packing, and the opposite encoding with only one Boolean flag per byte used is known as a sparse representation. For byte-addressable memory the packed representation requires a bit mask and bit-shift to access individual flags in each byte, which can require additional instructions, whereas the sparse representation requires no bit masking. Packed representations are more commonly found in hardware and processor registers as bit fields whereas sparse representations are more commonly found in software as variables of one or more bytes in width, although packed representations can also be supported.
Efficiency
Most computer languages support the setting and testing of single or multiple bits in combination for use as truth indicators and usually up to 256 different combinations of conditions can be tested for with just a single instruction on one byte using bitwise operations. Advancements in processor design and parallel computing mean even more Boolean algebra operations on Boolean flags can be done with just a single instruction using SIMD technology, often implemented in programming languages as compiler intrinsic functions.
Usage
Sometimes, programs are written to simply set flags when certain conditions are detected, rather than have multiple nested conditional statements (e.g. ifs) that can get quite complex. When all the conditions are tested for and all flags set on or off appropriately, testing can commence on various combinations of conditions - by reference to the flags instead of the variables themselves. This can simplify processing considerably and allows decision tables to be implemented by mapping to their binary representations in memory.
See also
Boolean function
References
Logic in computer science
Computer programming
Conditional constructs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davies%E2%80%93Bouldin%20index | The Davies–Bouldin index (DBI), introduced by David L. Davies and Donald W. Bouldin in 1979, is a metric for evaluating clustering algorithms. This is an internal evaluation scheme, where the validation of how well the clustering has been done is made using quantities and features inherent to the dataset. This has a drawback that a good value reported by this method does not imply the best information retrieval.
Preliminaries
Given n dimensional points, let Ci be a cluster of data points. Let Xj be an n-dimensional feature vector assigned to cluster Ci.
Here is the centroid of Ci and Ti is the size of the cluster i. is the qth root of the qth moment of the points in cluster i about the mean. If then is the average distance between the feature vectors in cluster i and the centroid of the cluster. Usually the value of p is 2, which makes the distance a Euclidean distance function. Many other distance metrics can be used, in the case of manifolds and higher dimensional data, where the euclidean distance may not be the best measure for determining the clusters. It is important to note that this distance metric has to match with the metric used in the clustering scheme itself for meaningful results.
is a measure of separation between cluster and cluster .
is the kth element of , and there are n such elements in A for it is an n dimensional centroid.
Here k indexes the features of the data, and this is essentially the Euclidean distance between the centers of clusters i and j when p equals 2.
Definition
Let Ri,j be a measure of how good the clustering scheme is. This measure, by definition has to account for Mi,j the separation between the ith and the jth cluster, which ideally has to be as large as possible, and Si, the within cluster scatter for cluster i, which has to be as low as possible. Hence the Davies–Bouldin index is defined as the ratio of Si and Mi,j such that these properties are conserved:
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When and then .
When and then .
With this formulation, the lower the value, the better the separation of the clusters and the 'tightness' inside the clusters.
A solution that satisfies these properties is:
This is used to define Di:
If N is the number of clusters:
DB is called the Davies–Bouldin index. This is dependent both on the data as well as the algorithm. Di chooses the worst-case scenario, and this value is equal to Ri,j for the most similar cluster to cluster i. There could be many variations to this formulation, like choosing the average of the cluster similarity, weighted average and so on.
Explanation
Lower index values indicate a better clustering result. The index is improved (lowered) by increased separation between clusters and decreased variation within clusters.
These conditions constrain the index so defined to be symmetric and non-negative. Due to the way it is defined, as a function of the ratio of the within cluster scatter, to the between cluster separation, a lower value will m |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland%20Runic%20Inscription%20194 | Sö 194 is the Rundata designation for a runic inscription on a memorial runestone located in Brössike, which is about 12 kilometers northeast of Strängnäs, Södermanland County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Södermanland. There are many such memorial runestones in Scandinavia. While the tradition of carving inscriptions into boulders began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, most runestones date from the late Viking Age.
Description
Carved into a granite boulder that is 1.4 meters in height, this unsigned inscription has been attributed to the runemaster Balle, who was active during the last half of the eleventh century. The text of the inscription lies within a serpent band, a motif common on many memorial runestones. At the bottom of the inscription, there is a binding around the head and tail of the serpent as if to keep the serpent bound to the surface of the stone. The runestone is classified as being carved in runestone style Fp. This is the classification for inscriptions with runic bands that end with serpent or animal heads depicted as seen from above.
The runic text states that the stone was raised by two sons named Ingimundr and Þjalfi in memory of their father Þorketill. The Old Norse name Ingimundr means "Tutelage of Youth." Þjalfi means "Digger" or "Delver," and Þjálfi was the name of a servant or follower of the Norse god Thor that is listed in the Prose Edda. The name Þorketil signifies a "Vessel or Kettle of Thor," possibly a type of sacrificial cauldron. The Poetic Edda poem Hymiskviða has a story in which Thor fetches a large cauldron to brew ale.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
ekimunr * auk * þalfi * þir * ristu * stin * þina * at * þurktil * faþur sin
Transcription into Old Norse
Ingimundr ok Þjalfi þeir reistu stein þenna at Þorketil, fôður sinn.
Translation in English
Ingimundr and Þjalfi, they raised this stone in memory of Þorketill, their father.
References
Runestones in Södermanland
11th-century inscriptions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRILL%20%28computing%29 | TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) is an Internet Standard implemented by devices called TRILL switches. TRILL combines techniques from bridging and routing, and is the application of link-state routing to the VLAN-aware customer-bridging problem. Routing bridges (RBridges) are compatible with and can incrementally replace previous IEEE 802.1 customer bridges. TRILL Switches are also compatible with IPv4 and IPv6, routers and end systems. They are invisible to current IP routers, and like conventional routers, RBridges terminate the broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic of DIX Ethernet and the frames of IEEE 802.2 LLC including the bridge protocol data units of the Spanning Tree Protocol.
TRILL was designed as a successor to the Spanning Tree Protocol, both having been created by the same person, Radia Perlman. The catalyst for TRILL was an event at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center which began on 13 November 2002. The concept of Rbridges [sic] was first proposed to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2004, who in 2005 rejected what came to be known as TRILL, and in 2006 through 2012 devised an incompatible variation known as Shortest Path Bridging.
General overview
TRILL switches run a link-state routing protocol amongst themselves. A link-state protocol is one in which connectivity is broadcast to all the RBridges, so that each RBridge knows about all the other RBridges, and the connectivity between them. This gives RBridges enough information to compute pair-wise optimal paths for unicast, and calculate distribution trees for delivery of frames either to destinations whose location is unknown or to multicast or broadcast groups. The link-state routing protocol used is IS-IS because:
it runs directly over layer 2, so it can be run without configuration [no IP addresses need be assigned], as it is inclusive of a subset of the Connectionless-mode Network Service (CLNP).
it is easy to extend by defining new type–length–value (TLV) data elements and sub-elements for carrying TRILL information.
To mitigate temporary loop issues, RBridges forward based on a header with a hop count. RBridges also specify the next-hop RBridge as the frame destination when forwarding unicast frames across a shared-media link, which avoids spawning additional copies of frames during a temporary loop. A reverse-path forwarding check and other checks are performed on multi-destination frames to further control potentially looping traffic.
The first RBridge that a unicast frame encounters in a campus, RB1, encapsulates the received frame with a TRILL header that specifies the last RBridge, RB2, where the frame is decapsulated. RB1 is known as the "ingress RBridge" and RB2 is known as the "egress RBridge". To save room in the TRILL header and simplify forwarding lookups, a dynamic nickname acquisition protocol is run among the RBridges to select two-octet nicknames for RBridges, unique within the campus, which are a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJGCC | DJGCC (DJ's GNU Compiler Collection ) is a C development suite for x86 PCs that runs under DOS or compatibles. It is guided by DJ Delorie, who started the project in 1989. It is a port of the popular gcc compiler.
See also
DJGPP - C++ version
EMX - a POSIX implementation for DOS (and OS/2, too)
Cygwin - a UNIX compatibility layer with many ported libraries and applications
MinGW - a port of the GNU toolchain for Windows, designed to require minimal runtime support
GnuWin32
References
External links
DJGPP website
DJ Delorie's webpage
C (programming language) compilers
DOS extenders
Free compilers and interpreters
Free integrated development environments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Who%3A%20The%20First%20Adventure | Doctor Who: The First Adventure is a computer game based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who released for the BBC Micro in 1983. It was written by Jeremy Ruston.
It featured the Fifth Doctor, despite only seeing one pixel as The Doctor, as the player ventured through four mini-games which went by levels of completion which were Doctor Who themed versions of Pac-Man, Frogger, Space Invaders and Battleship. The first level called "Labyrinth of Death" was based on Pac-Man. Level 2, "The Prison" was a Frogger type game. The third level, "Terrordactyls" was a shooting game. The final level, "Box" was a variant on Battleships featuring hidden aliens as the targets. The player was given 15 lives, called regenerations, and 60 minutes to complete the game. This was the first officially licensed Doctor Who game; however, several unofficial Doctor Who games had been released previously such as Time Lords by Red Shift.
References
External links
Fifth Doctor stories
1983 video games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron-only games
First Adventure, The
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia%20%28TV%20series%29 | Olivia is a children's computer-animated comedy television series produced by media company Chorion and based on the late Ian Falconer's books. The series won a silver Parents' Choice Award for its positive storylines and characters. The series premiered in 26 January 2009, on the Nick Jr. Channel and aired episodes through 29 October. It had 40 episodes.
In 2012, Classic Media acquired the rights to the show from Chorion. Since then, Classic Media was sold to DreamWorks Animation and became DreamWorks Classics. In 2016, DreamWorks Animation became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal.
Plot
Taking place in a world where all characters are pigs, Olivia revolves around the title character and her family. The plots are mostly everyday situations in which Olivia finds herself and her unique way of dealing with them. In almost every episode from season 1, Olivia also dispenses her "Rules of Life". In each episode, Olivia dreams of having a job from the episode's experiences, such as being an artist after visiting the art gallery or being her mum's assistant after helping plan her friend's birthday party. Olivia sings the goodnight song at the end of each episode in season 2.
Episodes
Characters
Olivia (voiced by Emily Gray) is a young pig and the main character of the show. She is imaginative and fantasizes about different roles, such as a pop star or superhero. She displays good behavior and shows kids how to share, use their imaginations, be physically active, and be self-confident. She is in 1st grade.
Olivia's family
Ian (voiced by Michael Van Citters) is Olivia's younger brother. He looks up to Olivia and enjoys being included in her activities, but often becomes the typical annoying "little bother". He likes, among other things, dinosaurs, robots and baseball. In Season 2, he becomes less annoying, is more intelligent, on better terms with his sister, has a small planet on his T-shirt and a deeper voice.
William (voiced by Robert Toonitititusa) is Olivia and Ian's baby brother and typically sleeps, eats, and cries.
Mum, Olivia's mother (voiced by Joyce Beverley (Season 1) Jennifer Reiter (Season 2)), who runs her own party-planning business from home.
Dad, Olivia's father (voiced by Danny Katiana) is an architect and occasionally absent-minded. He often provides his paternal wisdom to Olivia and her brothers in "little talks".
Grandma, Olivia's grandmother (voiced by Yvonne Craig). In her late-fifties, but still fun and adventurous.
Uncle Garrett (voiced by Connor Hall), Olivia's maternal uncle, is a professional football player and is a bit of a comedian. He performs ballet with Olivia and only appears in "Olivia Takes Ballet".
Grandpa Cedric, Olivia's unseen grandfather that Olivia mentions in "Olivia's Day at the Office".
Perry and Edwin, Olivia's dog and cat. Perry is energetic and loves to play with the children, while Edwin is generally lethargic and prefers to sleep.
Goldfish, a goldfish whose owner is Ian. It is rarely seen.
Cedr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi%20Zje | Komi Zje (Ԅ ԅ; italics: Ԅ ԅ) is a letter of the Molodtsov alphabet, a version of Cyrillic. It was used only in the writing of the Komi language.
The pronunciation of the letter is .
Computing codes
References
See also
З́ з́ : Cyrillic letter Zje
З з : Cyrillic letter Ze
Cyrillic characters in Unicode
Komi language
Permic languages
Cyrillic letters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland%20Runic%20Inscription%2084 | Södermanland Runic Inscription 84 or Sö 84 is the Rundata designation for a runic inscription on a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Tumbo, Södermanland County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Södermanland.
Description
This inscription is on a granite runestone is 1.8 meters in height and consists of a Christian cross surrounded by a runic serpent text band. The place name Skyttingi in the runic text, sometimes read as Skytiki, refers to the modern hamlet of Skyttinge located in Tumbo parish. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style KB, which is the designation used for runestones with crosses circled with a runic inscription.
The runic text indicates that the stone was raised as a memorial to someone's brother named Þorbjôrn and ends with a prayer for his soul. Although the memorial stone has a Christian cross on it, two of the personal names in the inscription include the Norse pagan god Thor as a theophoric name element. Þorbjôrn translates as "Thor's Bear" and Þorsteinn as "Thor's Stone." The names in the Sö 84 inscription also reflect a common practice of that time in Scandinavia of repeating an element in a parent's name in the names of the children. Here the Þor from the father's name, Þorsteinn, is repeated in the name of the son, Þorbjôrn, to show the family relationship.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
× a...ʀ ...et * raisa * stain * at * þorbiorn * boroþur * sin * sun * þorstainʀ * i skytiki * kuþ * hiolbi * ant * ¶ * þorbiornaʀ *
Transcription into Old Norse
... [l]ét reisa stein at Þorbjôrn, bróður sinn, son Þorsteins í Skyttingi. Guð hjalpi ônd Þorbjarnar.
Translation in English
... had the stone raised in memory of Þorbjôrn, his brother, Þorsteinn of Skyttingi's son. May God help Þorbjôrn's spirit.
References
Runestones in Södermanland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaillera | Kaillera is middleware designed to aid networked multiplayer play for emulators. The word "Kaillera", also spelled "kaïra", is the verlan of the French word racaille, meaning "hooligans" or "rascals".
History
Kaillera was developed by Christophe Thibault in the years 2001-2006. His most recent entry was the Kaillera Client library and SDK on 13 February 2002. Later in early 2006, rights and source code of Kaillera were sold to a private online gaming advertising company called TC. Ads and Etai Hugi. On 17 June 2006, Christophe Thibault himself publicly confirmed the sale of Kaillera and also announced that TC. Ads. no longer had anything to do with the Kaillera project and that Etai Hugi is the only owner.
On 20 November 2006, Etai Hugi announced that a new version of Kaillera would be released in "the next several months". His announcement also suggested that the new version would be "much better" and "more efficient" than the current version. In July 2007, he posted on the official forums and sent emails to the forum administrator announcing that the next official release would occur in "3-4 months." This announcement coincided with a revamp of the forums and the posting of new unofficial builds created by others for download (the first new downloads posted in nearly four years). On 4 November 2007, it was announced that due to unforeseen "bugs" the imminent release would be postponed for a time. It was later announced that the new version of Kaillera would be released on 7 April 2008. However, the official Kaillera website along with existing Kaillera master servers list was taken down a few days prior to the release date. Later when it came back up, no explanations for the downtime was given and nothing was released. Etai Hugi an Israeli developer purchased Kaillera from Christophe Thibault in 2006.
Features
Like most networked multiplayer gaming systems, Kaillera is implemented to work on client–server architecture.
The client is implemented as a small library with a typical GUI which is incorporated with the emulator. Its simple self-explanatory API, consisting of only eight functions, allows emulators to perform necessary functions such as specifying the list of supported games and controlling game execution to some extent. Everything after enabling the client to starting the game is managed by the client and the user. The client can only make requests to server on user's input and react to server's response.
On the other hand, the server takes the tedious role of managing all the users. Users can join servers if their conditions are satisfactory. Then they are allowed to chat and make games on the server which other users can join. A maximum of 8 players are allowed to participate in a game and others are treated as spectators. Once a game starts, the server is also responsible for scheduling and mix matching data sent by emulators in a manner befitting user's ping and connection configuration.
Emulators with Kaillera support
Atari8 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Coon | Larry Coon is a computer scientist and information technology manager at the University of California, Irvine, who is known for his expertise on the National Basketball Association collective bargaining agreement. The New York Times writes that Coon is cited more frequently than basketball inventor James Naismith.
Coon maintains, edits and answers questions about the NBA salary cap and updates his website, CBAfaq.com, when any corrections or new information are brought to his attention. He has written for The New York Times, ESPN.com and Hoopsworld.com, makes occasional television (ESPN's Outside the Lines) and radio appearances, and frequents NBA fan forums such as RealGM.
The NBA Players Association provides the entire collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for fans to inspect, but simply links to Coon's website for users who have specific questions about the contents of the CBA. In The Book of Basketball, sportswriter Bill Simmons calls Coon an "Internet hero" for his detailed, 40,000 word site. TNT's David Aldridge lists Coon among the innovators of the Basketball Blogosphere which he called the NBA "innovation of the decade". Aldridge also lists Coon among the "power players of the 2010 free agent market".
In July 2011, Sports Illustrated named Coon to their "Twitter 100", which listed the 100 most essential people in the sports world to follow on Twitter.
Coon also is the General Manager of Sports Business Classroom, a six-day seminar run amidst the NBA Summer League, aimed at individuals who are interested in obtaining jobs in the NBA, and industry personnel seeking in-depth understanding of the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Coon and the 2016 Sports Business Classroom were featured in the Orange County Register.
References
External links
CBAfaq.com
CBA Mastery Video On-Demand Course With Larry Coon
National Basketball Association labor relations
University of California, Irvine people
Living people
1962 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINADR | Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SINADR) is a measurement of the purity of a signal. SINADR is typically used in data converter specifications. SINADR is defined as:
where is the average power of the signal, quantization error, random noise and distortion components. SINADR is usually expressed in dB. SINADR is a standard metric for analog-to-digital converter and digital-to-analog converter.
SINADR (in dB) is related to ENOB by the following equation:
References
See also
Signal-to-noise ratio
Noise (electronics)
Digital signal processing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20virtual%20learning%20environments | A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system specifically designed to facilitate the management of educational courses by teachers for their students. It predominantly relies on computer hardware and software, enabling distance learning. In North America, this concept is commonly denoted as a "Learning Management System" (LMS).
Terminology
The terminology for systems which integrate and manage computer-based learning has changed over the years. Terms which are useful in understanding and searching for earlier materials include:
"Computer Assisted Instruction" (CAI)
"Computer Based Training" (CBT)
"Computer Managed Instruction" (CMI)
"Course Management System" (CMS)
"Integrated Learning Systems" (ILS)
"Interactive Multimedia Instruction" (IMI)
"Learning Management System" (LMS)
"Massive open online course" (MOOC)
"On Demand Training" (ODT)
"Technology Based Learning" (TBL)
"Technology Enhanced Learning" (TEL)
"Web Based Training" (WBT)
"Media Psychology"
Pre-1940s
1728: March 20, Boston Gazette contains an advertisement from Caleb Phillipps, "Teacher of the New Method of Short Hand," advising that any "Persons in the Country desirous to Learn this Art, may by having the several Lessons sent weekly to them, be as perfectly instructed as those that live in Boston."
1840: Isaac Pitman begins teaching shorthand, using Great Britain's Penny Post.
1874: Institutionally sponsored distance education began in the United States US in 1874 at the Illinois Wesleyan University.
1873: The University of the Cape of Good Hope (the current University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa) was launched in Cape Town, based on the existing University of London, UK, with accreditation Boucher, M 1973 Spes in Ardius The history of the University of South Africa, Pretoria, Unisa, p. 2-8, following on the start of the South African College with a Council of Examinations in 1829 to use written examinations to certify work abilities of clerks (not verbal or status as ability). This followed similar initial developments around 1854 spearheaded by the University of London and Queen's University Ireland, and expanded to Canada, Calcutta, and India.
1890: International Correspondence Schools (ICS) is launched by newspaperman Thomas J. Foster in Scranton, Pennsylvania and becomes the world's largest study-at-home school.
1883: The Correspondence University of Ithaca, New York (a correspondence school) was founded in 1883.
1892: The term "distance education" was first used in America a University of Wisconsin–Madison catalog for the 1892 school year.
1906–7: The University of Wisconsin–Extension was founded, the first true distance learning institution in America.
1909: The Machine Stops a short story by E. M. Forster, which describes an audio/visual communication network being used to deliver a lecture on Australian music to a remote audience.
1920s: Sidney Pressey, an educational psychology professor at Ohio State Univer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria%20%28software%29 | Araucaria is an argument mapping software tool developed in 2001 by Chris Reed and Glenn Rowe, in the Argumentation Research Group at the School of Computing in the University of Dundee, Scotland. It is designed to visually represent arguments through diagrams that can be used for analysis and stored in Argument Markup Language (AML), based on XML. As free software, it is available under the GNU General Public License and may be downloaded for free on the internet.
How it works
The user interface is composed of a main window (diagramming), a schemes editor and the AraucariaDB online interface.
When a text file is loaded into the program, the text is displayed in the left-hand panel of the main window. Highlighting portions of text before clicking on the right (larger) panel creates corresponding nodes at the bottom of that panel. Nodes can then be paired together by dragging one (which will be the premise) to the other (the conclusion).
To each node may be attached a value such as the ownership of the proposition, or an evaluation specifying the degree of confidence placed in premise. Similarly, symbols can be added to the arrows to state the strength of the inference. In addition, the user may link arguments, supply missing premises (argument reconstruction) and use refutations.
The diagram will always take the form of a tree structure in Araucaria. The user has the choice of translating the argument into standard diagram, Toulmin diagram or Wigmore diagram, Araucaria 3.1 being the first software to integrate the latter ontology and to address the translation issues between the different diagrams.
While Araucaria helps identify the structure of an argument, it provides freedom of analysis resources. The scheme editor allows the user to create argumentation schemes, group them together and save them into a scheme set file. The scheme set is then applied to the diagram, entirely or in part. As an illustration, an argument scheme relying on symptoms could be applied to the following assertion: "The light has gone off. Therefore, the bulb must be broken", with critical questions intended to determine if the result could stem from another reason (such as "have all the lights in the flat gone off?").
The AraucariaDB Online Repository can be browsed to retrieve specific arguments to fit a diagram. Alternatively, an argument diagram, along with annotations, can be saved into the database.
Technical details
Araucaria was developed in Java in order to be supported on most platforms. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License and complies with free software standards.
Argument Markup Language (AML) was created to maintain the evolving relationship between text and diagram. To this end, tags are added to the text and specify the connection between each component. AML is designed to be an application of argumentation theory in artificial intelligence.
Because it is based on XML, a standard widely used by developers, AML content can be acc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisk | Poisk may refer to:
Poisk (computer), a Ukrainian(USSR) IBM PC XT clone (see List of Soviet computer systems)
Poisk (ISS module), a component of the International Space Station
POISK Centre, an educational and research organization at Saint Petersburg State University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress%20%28Glee%29 | "Mattress", also known as "Once Upon a Mattress", is the twelfth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on December 2, 2009. It was written by series creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Elodie Keene. In "Mattress", the glee club discovers that they are going to be omitted from the school yearbook. Club member Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) has the team cast in a local mattress commercial in an attempt to raise their social status. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) discovers that his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) has been faking her pregnancy.
The episode features cover versions of four songs, studio recordings of three of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and are also included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 2. "Mattress" was watched by 8.15 million US viewers, Glee series high at that point. It received mixed reviews from critics. The conclusion of the fake pregnancy storyline attracted praise, as did Gilsig and Morrison's acting, however Liz Pardue of Zap2it expressed dismay that so few songs were performed, while Raymund Flandez of the Wall Street Journal deemed "Jump" "the only memorable song of the episode".
Plot
Cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) convinces Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) not to include a photograph of the glee club in the school yearbook, as in previous years, glee club photographs have been heavily defaced in the library copy of the yearbook by fellow students. Club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) personally buys a meager section of advertising space in the book so that a photograph featuring at least two members can be included. Fearing unpopularity, the club nominates Rachel (Lea Michele) to represent them in the photograph. Rachel convinces Finn (Cory Monteith) to appear alongside her, but after being teased by his peers, he drops out. When it transpires that the school photographer (John Ross Bowie) is soon to direct a commercial for his brother-in-law, a local mattress store owner, Rachel convinces him to cast the glee club in it, believing that local celebrity status will prevent the other students from mocking them.
Will is dismayed to learn that his close friend, guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), has arranged to marry her fiancé, football coach Ken Tanaka (Patrick Gallagher), on the same day the glee club will compete at sectionals. Will goes on to discover that his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) has been lying to him for months about her supposed pregnancy. She actually experienced a hysterical pregnancy and hid the truth from him for several months by wearing a pregnancy pad under her clothes, while planning to secretly adopt Quinn's (Dianna Agron) baby. Will walks out on her and spends the night at the school, sleeping on one of the mattresses given to the glee club in payment for their commercial.
Sue informs Will that the club receiving payment for the commercial revokes thei |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Pakistani%20scientists | This is a list of prominent Pakistani scientists.
A
Abdul Hameed Nayyar, physicist
Sitara Brooj Akbar, Scientist and Child prodigy
Qamar Muneer Akbar, Computer Scientist and child prodigy
Abdul Majid, rocket scientist and engineer
Abdul Qadeer Khan, metallurgical engineer
Abdullah Sadiq, nuclear physicist
Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist (Nobel Laureate 1979)
Ahmad Hasan Dani, archaeologist
Ansar Pervaiz, nuclear scientist
Anwar Nasim, molecular biologist
Arif Zaman, mathematician and statistician
Asad A. Abidi, electrical engineer
Asghar Qadir, mathematician and cosmologist
Atta ur Rehman Khan, computer scientist
Atta ur Rahman, organic chemist
Awais Khan, plant geneticist
B
Bina Shaheen Siddiqui, chemist
F
Faheem Hussain, theoretical physicist
Fayyazuddin, theoretical physicist
G
Ghulam Dastagir Alam, theoretical physicist
Ghulam Murtaza, theoretical physicist
H
Hakeem Muhammad Saeed, medical researcher
Haroon Ahmed, electrical engineer
I
Iqbal Hussain Qureshi, chemist
Irfan Siddiqi, physicist in quantum measurement & nano-science
Irshad Hussain, chemist
Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist
Ishrat Hussain Usmani, nuclear physicist
Ismat Beg, mathematician
J
Javaid Laghari, electrical engineer
Javed Iqbal Kazi, renal pathologist
K
Kushnood Ahmed Siddiqui, scientist
M
M. A. B. Beg, theoretical particle physicist
Muhammad Imran Qadir, pharmaceutical scientist
Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, organic chemist
Muhammad Masud Ahmad, theoretical physicist
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, physicist in quantum optics
Muhammad Yar Khohaver, chemist
Mujahid Kamran, theoretical physicist
Mumtaz Ali Kazi, chemist
Muneer Ahmad Rashid, applied mathematician
Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear engineer
N
Nazir Ahmed, nuclear physicist
Nergis Mavalvala, astrophysicist
Naweed Syed, neuroscientist
P
Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist
Peter Finke, particle physicist
Q
Qaisar Shafi, theoretical physicist
Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, meteorologist
Qasim Mehdi, molecular biologist
R
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, nuclear physicist
Rayid Ghani, computer scientist
Raziuddin Siddiqui, astrophysicist
Riaz-ud-Din, theoretical physicist
S
Safdar Kiyani, ecologist
Salim Mehmud, nuclear scientist
Salim-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, chemist
Samar Mubarakmand, nuclear physicist
Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer systems engineer
Shaukat Hameed Khan, theoretical physicist
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, nuclear and controls engineer
Syed Tajammul Hussain, chemist and nano-technologist
Sarfaraz K. Niazi, biopharmacist
Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Materials Chemist
T
Tasneem M. Shah, theoretical physicist
Tasneem Zehra Hussain, string theorist
Tariq Mustafa, nuclear scientist
U
Umar Saif, computer scientist
Z
Zia Mian, nuclear physicist
See also
Science and technology in Pakistan
References
Lists of Asian scientists
Scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda%20Morales%20Trujillo | Hilda Morales Trujillo is a lawyer in Guatemala who has become internationally known for her work in defending women's rights and as a campaigner for Guatemala's Network for Non-Violence Against Women. In 2004 she shared the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award with Mary Robinson.
Background
Trujillo was born in Ciudad Flores, Petén, Guatemala in 1943. She graduated in law from University of San Carlos of Guatemala in 1970. Many of her early cases involved domestic violence. After being appointed Professor of Family Law at the University of San Carlos she lectured for eight years in family law and on the need for law to provide legal protection for women and their children.
In 1991 she was appointed a delegate to the National Women’s Office (ONAM). In 1993 after the coup d’etat, she was appointed Vice Minister for Work and Social Security, helping to establish the Unit for the Promotion of Women Workers.
In 1994 Trujillo was involved in petitioning the Guatemalan state to ratify the Inter-American Convention for the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women. In 1996 she helped pass a law for the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Domestic Violence. In 1997 as part of the Network against Violence against Women (Red de la No Violencia contra Mujeres) Tujillo authored a report on the family courts refusal to apply the Law for the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Domestic Violence. Her findings and recommendations were approved in 2000, establishing the National Commission for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (CONAPREVI).
Campaign against rape and murder of women and children
Trujillo's primary concern is preventing more examples of the thousands of women who have been raped and then murdered, often in an horrific manner, over the last decade. In 2009, the Amnesty International report on human rights violations in Guatemala included this section on violence against women and children (the core area of Trujillo's work):
"The police reported that 687 women were the victims of homicide in 2008; their bodies frequently showed signs of rape and other torture. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported in January that discriminatory practices by the authorities persisted, resulting in a failure to investigate killings of women and a tendency to blame the victim. In April, Congress passed a new Law Against Femicide. The law received a mixed response from civil society organizations." The violence has been referred to by Trujillo as "femicidio".
Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
In 2004, Trujillo shared the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award with Mary Robinson former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
References
External links
International Federation of Human Rights - 155 Human Rights Organisations throughout the world
Human Rights First - International human rights organization
United Natio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%20Network | Euclid Network (EN) is a European network of organisations that support social entrepreneurs. Members are based in 21 countries and represent over 100.000 organisations within and outside of Europe. EN is a strategic partner of the European Commission and an observer to the United Nations Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE),
The network was launched in Paris in March 2007 as a result of a joint initiative by three civil society umbrella bodies across Europe; Acevo (UK), Ideell Arena (Sweden) and :fr:CJDES (France).
The executive director of Euclid Network is Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes.
Their office is located in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Aims
Euclid Network has four core aims. These are as follows:
Professional development
They offer formal training courses, peer learning opportunities, and e-learning. In addition, they have introduced a range of new methodologies such as job-shadowing.
Good governance
Welfare partnership
Sustainable funding
The biggest concern for most members is funding. Euclid Network has two key goals in this field: they wish to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of existing funding sources - some of which are too bureaucratic and stifle innovation and good practice – and increase the funding available for members. The other main activity that Euclid Network focuses on in this field, is enabling members to explore a range of income sources and new partnerships to diversify their revenue streams and increase the financial sustainability of their organizations.
Current projects
Project activities generally include comprehensive research, train-the-trainer master-classes, and conferences.
Euclid Network host the EN Impact Summit every two years. The EN Impact Summit 2020 will be in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The network's current projects include:
MedUP!
MedUP! is a programme that seeks to promote social entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean region. The project is led by Oxfam in partnership with Euclid Network, Diesis and Impact Hub International. Southern Mediterranean partners include the Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship (TCSE), ENACTUS of Morocco, JOHUD of Jordan, PARC in Palestine, and SEKEM of Egypt.
The project has the objective of increasing economic inclusiveness and employment in the targeted countries by 1) promoting country and cross-country policy and advocacy initiatives and public-private interaction to enabling regulatory and policy environments; 2) reinforcing 60 social entrepreneurship through capacity-building and networking activities, and 3) providing financial and technical support to 100 social enterprises.
For MedUP!, Euclid Network was responsible for mapping each country's ecosystem in terms of their social enterprise policies, identifying their strengths and needs of pre-existing and potential social enterprise support organizations, as well as identifying successful social entrepreneurs. Euclid Network will facilitate two rounds of peer exchanges for |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR%2071 | The GR 71 is a long-distance walking route of the Grande Randonnée network in France. The route connects L'Espérou with Mazamet.
Along the way, the route passes through:
L'Espérou
La Couvertoirade
Soubès
Lodève
Cambon-et-Salvergues
Fraisse-sur-Agout
Mazamet
References
Hiking trails in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR%2072 | The GR 72 is a long-distance walking route of the Grande Randonnée network in France. The route connects Barre-des-Cévennes with Col du Bez.
Along the way, the route passes through:
Barre-des-Cévennes
Cassagnas
Villefort
Prévenchères
Saint-Laurent-les-Bains
Col du Bez
References
Hiking trails in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR%2044 | The GR 44 is a long-distance walking route of the Grande Randonnée network in France. The route connects Champerboux with Les Vans.
Along the way, the route passes through:
Champerboux
Col de Montmirat
Mas-d'Orcières
Villefort
Chambonas
Les Vans
References
Hiking trails in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro%20%28vegetable%29 | Kokoro is a variety of Dioscorea rotundata yam that are abundant in Western Nigeria, Benin and Togo. Their common use by ethnic groups such as the Yoruba that put heavy pressure on the cultivated land suggest that they have been cultivated since ancient times, since they are the only type of yam that gives good yields on degraded soil.
In modern times, Kokoro yams are gaining in importance as the yam chips trade is expanding.
The Kokoro variety is essential for preparing peeled and dried yam.
References
Dioscorea
Root vegetables
Tropical agriculture
Staple foods
Crops originating from Africa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake%20Bay%20Interpretive%20Buoy%20System | Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) is a network of observational buoys that are deployed throughout the Chesapeake Bay to observe the estuary's changing conditions and to serve as way points along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. They are maintained by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These "smart buoys" observe and record meteorological, oceanographic and water quality data which can be obtained in real-time by using mobile apps or by visiting http://buoybay.noaa.gov/. CBIBS is an operational buoy system in the Chesapeake Bay dedicated to maintaining a broad range of measurements necessary to track Bay restoration progress.
Location of the buoys
The system's operational buoys are located:
at the mouth of the Severn River (near Annapolis, Maryland)
off the mouth of the Little Choptank River at Gooses Reef
at the mouth of the Potomac River (near Point Lookout, Maryland)
at the mouth of the Rappahannock River (near Stingray Point and Deltaville, Virginia)
at the mouth of the York River (near Perrin, VA) 37.20063 N 76.26598 W
in the James River (near Jamestown, Virginia)
Other buoys have been deployed in the past, at:
at the mouth of the Susquehanna River (near Havre de Grace, Maryland)
at the mouth of the Patapsco River (near Baltimore)
in the Elizabeth River (near Norfolk, Virginia)
at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay (near Cape Henry, Virginia)
in the Upper Potomac River south of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (near Alexandria, Virginia)
Types of data observed
The buoys observe and record a wide variety of meteorological, oceanographic, and water quality real-time data including air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, wave height and direction, currents, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, and turbidity. Anyone can obtain the data by using mobile apps or by going to http://buoybay.noaa.gov/.
Some buoys have an instrument that can track the passage of Atlantic sturgeon and other fish tagged by scientists.
Relationship to other ocean observing systems
CBIBS is a component of the Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) and the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
Partners
A variety of partners have helped with the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System over the years, including the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary, the National Park Service, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Chesapeake Conservancy, the Conservation Fund, the National Geographic Society, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Friends of the John Smith Chesapeake Trail, Dominion Power, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Nauticus museum (located in Norfolk, Virginia).
Data users
CBIBS data is relied on by a variety of users including meteorologists, recreational boaters, fishermen, commercial mariners, scientists, educators, and natural resource d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribsoft | Tribsoft was a Canadian software company that specialized in porting computer games to the Linux platform.
It was responsible for porting Jagged Alliance 2, as well as gaining the porting rights to Europa Universalis, Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business. In the end only Majesty was ever ported and that was done by Linux Game Publishing. Europa Universalis II was also said to be coming to Linux.
Sometime in 2002 the owner of Tribsoft mentioned that he was "taking a short break" from porting games to Linux. This break eventually became permanent, when Tribsoft shut down in late 2002.
See also
Hyperion Entertainment
Linux Game Publishing
Loki Software
References
External links
Tribsoft Website (Internet Archive, Jan 22, 2002)
Tribsoft at LinuxGames
Gamespy - Tribsoft Linux Ports
Linux Journal Review of Jagged Alliance 2
Review: Jagged Alliance 2 for Linux
Software companies disestablished in 2002
Defunct video game companies of Canada
Linux companies
Linux game porters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20ThinkPad%20760 | IBM ThinkPad 760 was a notebook computer introduced in 1995 by the IBM corporation into the market as part of the ThinkPad 700-series. It was succeeded in 1998 by the ThinkPad 770 series.
Features
The 760-series of the IBM ThinkPad was available at the time of its production as the most state of the art notebook available to the public by IBM. It featured the most advanced in mobile technology, and came standard with the latest of hardware available to laptops and notebooks of its time. It used the Intel Pentium processor, and utilized EDO RAM soldered onto the motherboard to prevent booting without usable RAM, and the ability to easily exchange critical hardware components, such as the Hard Drive, Battery, Option hardware that can fit in the UltraBay, and the RAM. This model also featured the unique keyboard that could slide upward on the back side on rails to "flip up" towards the user and provide a more ergonomic feel.
Models
Note – the "D" in the model number signifies the machine had the updated chassis with provision for fitment of a CD-ROM drive, or when using an adapter plate, an internal floppy disk drive. The models without the "D" didn't officially come with the updated chassis.
IBM ThinkPad 760C – Was the first model shipped, with the original 90/120 MHz Pentium processor. This shipped with a Floppy Drive, 810 MB hard disk drive, and Windows 3.1 preinstalled. It had 8 MB RAM (which was soldered onto the motherboard), with an option of upgrading. There was also the option of having a modem built in for internet connection, and a choice of 10.4" or 12.1" TFT displays, both with a maximum resolution of 800x600.
IBM ThinkPad 760CD – Produced as a small improvement over the original 760C, again with the improved 90/120 MHz Pentium processor and option of RAM expansion. The chassis was updated to allow the standard fitment of in internal CD-ROM drive.
IBM ThinkPad 760CDV – Similar to the 760CD, this unique model had a removable back cover on the LCD that would permit light to shine through for use on an overhead projector.
IBM ThinkPad 760L – With the original 90/120 MHz Pentium processor. This shipped with a floppy drive, 810 MB hard drive, and Windows 3.1 preinstalled. It had 8 MB RAM (which was soldered onto the motherboard), with an option of upgrading. There was also the option of 10.4" or 12.1" TFT displays, both with a maximum resolution of 800x600. These are effectively a 760C machine, but without the improved sound card/DSP.
IBM ThinkPad 760LD – Produced as a small improvement over the original 760L, again with the improved 90/120 MHz Pentium processor and option of RAM expansion. The chassis was updated to allow the standard fitment of in internal CD-ROM drive.
IBM ThinkPad 760E – This was the much improved model to be released, with the RAM expansion module standard and the better-performing 120/133/150 MHz Pentium. This was shipped with a Floppy Drive and allowed for up to a 2.1 GB hard drive option. This model also incl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explicit%20multi-threading | Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) is a computer science paradigm for building and programming parallel computers designed around the parallel random-access machine (PRAM) parallel computational model. A more direct explanation of XMT starts with the rudimentary abstraction that made serial computing simple: that any single instruction available for execution in a serial program executes immediately. A consequence of this abstraction is a step-by-step (inductive) explication of the instruction available next for execution. The rudimentary parallel abstraction behind XMT, dubbed Immediate Concurrent Execution (ICE) in , is that indefinitely many instructions available for concurrent execution execute immediately. A consequence of ICE is a step-by-step (inductive) explication of the instructions available next for concurrent execution. Moving beyond the serial von Neumann computer (the only successful general-purpose platform to date), the aspiration of XMT is that computer science will again be able to augment mathematical induction with a simple one-line computing abstraction.
The random-access machine (RAM) is an abstract machine model used in computer science to study algorithms and complexity for standard serial computing. The PRAM computational model is an abstract parallel machine model that had been introduced to similarly study parallel algorithms and complexity for parallel computing, when they were yet to be built. Researchers have developed a large body of knowledge of parallel algorithms for the PRAM model. These parallel algorithms are also known for being simple, by standards of other approaches to parallel algorithms.
This large body of parallel algorithms knowledge for the PRAM model and their relative simplicity motivated building computers whose programming can be guided by these parallel algorithms. Since productivity of parallel programmers has long been considered crucial for the success a parallel computer, simplicity of algorithms is important.
Multi-core computers are built around two or more processor cores integrated on a single integrated circuit die. They are widely used across many application domains including general-purpose computing.
Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) is a computing paradigm for building and programming multi-core computers with tens, hundreds or thousands of processor cores.
Experimental work published in 2011 and 2012 demonstrates significantly greater speedups for advanced PRAM algorithms on XMT prototypes than for the same problems on state-of-the-art multi-core computers.
Work published in 2018 shows that lock-step parallel programming (using ICE) can achieve the same performance as the fastest hand-tuned multi-threaded code on XMT systems. Such inductive lock-step approach stands in contrast to multi-threaded programming approaches of many other core systems that are known for challenging programmers.
The XMT paradigm was introduced by Uzi Vishkin.
The main levels of abstraction of XMT
The E |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bada | Bada (stylized as bada; Korean: ) is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Samsung Electronics for devices such as mid- to high-end smartphones and tablet computers. The name is derived from " (bada)", meaning "ocean" or "sea" in Korean. All phones running Bada were branded with the name Wave, unlike Samsung's Android devices which are branded as Galaxy.
To foster adoption of Bada, Samsung reportedly considered releasing the source code under an open-source license, and expanding device support to include Smart TVs. In June 2012 Samsung announced its intention to merge Bada into the Tizen project, while still using it in parallel with Google's Android OS and Microsoft's Windows Phone on its smartphones.
On 25 February 2013, Samsung announced that it would stop developing Bada, moving development to Tizen instead. Bug reporting was terminated in April 2014.
History
After the announcement of Bada, the Wave S8500, which would eventually turn to be the first Bada-based phone, was first shown to the public at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona in February 2010. Alongside Bada itself, some applications running on Bada were exhibited, including mobile videogames like Gameloft's Asphalt 5.
The Samsung Wave S8500, released in May that year, sold one million handsets over the first four weeks on the market.
According to Samsung, companies such as Twitter, EA, Capcom, Gameloft and Blockbuster revealed their support for the Bada platform by having arranged development partnerships with Samsung since before the launch, and shared a few insights about their vision for the future of mobile apps and how Bada would play a role in it. These were a showcase of what could be heard in a series of events held across the world during the year 2010, called Developer Days. In addition, it was made public the announcement of an incoming Bada Developer Challenge with a total prize of $2,700,000 (USD) throughout the launch event.
In May 2010, Samsung released a beta of their Bada software development kit (SDK), making it available to the general public as it had done with partners the previous December, to entice potential developers of applications for this platform.
In August 2010, Samsung released version 1.0 of the Bada SDK. A year later, in August 2011, version 2.0 of the Bada SDK was released.
Versions
The Samsung S8500 Wave was launched with version 1.0 of the Bada operating system. Samsung soon released version 1.0.2, which included minor fixes for European users. Version 1.2 was released with the Samsung S8530 Wave II phone. The alpha-version of Bada 2.0 was introduced on 15 February 2011, with the Samsung S8530 Wave II handset.
The final flagship Bada handset was the Samsung Wave III s8600, running Bada 2.0.
Samsung Apps
With the release of the Samsung Wave, Samsung opened an international application store, Samsung Apps, for the Bada platform. It had over 2,400 applications and was also available for Android and Samsung feature phones. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Worthing | Worthing, a seaside town with borough status in the United Kingdom, is connected to the rest of the country by a network of major roads, a mainline railway, frequent bus and coach services and a nearby airport. Its 19th-century growth was encouraged by the development of turnpikes and stagecoach routes to London and nearby towns. By the middle of that century railway services improved journey times and conditions significantly. Suburbanisation in the 20th century was assisted by a network of bus routes.
Road
Worthing is served by several major roads. The A24 runs to Horsham, Dorking, Leatherhead and London; the A27 serves Brighton and Portsmouth; and the A259 runs along the coast to Littlehampton, Chichester, Brighton, Hastings and Folkestone. The A27's predecessor was the Roman road between Chichester and Brighton. The present route, south of this ancient road, became established in the 17th century. The borough has a road network of more than .
A turnpike was opened in 1803 to connect Worthing with London, and similar toll roads were built later in the 19th century to connect nearby villages. Stagecoach traffic grew rapidly until 1845, when the opening of a railway line from Brighton brought about an immediate decline. The former turnpike is now the A24, a primary route which runs northwards to London via Horsham and connects Worthing with the M25 motorway.
Worthing's remoteness from London and the major roads and coach routes of Sussex was alleviated in 1803, when a turnpike was opened between the seafront and West Grinstead via Findon. A tollgate stood near the present Teville Gate shopping centre between 1804 and 1845. Other tollgates in Goring, Heene and East Worthing served later turnpikes in those areas.
Until 1803, the nearest boarding point for stagecoaches was Steyning, but coaches ran regularly to London soon after the turnpike opened. The initial service of three per week in summer only was upgraded to a daily service all year, leaving at 7.00am. The journey took about seven hours and cost 11/- (£ as of ) for an uncovered seat. Coaches also ran to Brighton and Arundel, and by 1832 there were 24 departures and arrivals daily, serving destinations all over the south of England.
James Town, who was closely involved with the early-19th-century coaching industry, became Worthing's leading horse-bus operator in the late 19th century, after the success of the railway caused coaching to decline. Other businessmen provided competition, and by 1900 horse-drawn buses served all parts of the town. From 1904, motorised buses superseded these: the Sussex Motor Road Car Company and its successor the Worthing Motor Omnibus Company ran local and long-distance from garages near the railway station. By 1909, Worthing Motor Services Ltd had formed; their fleet was 15 strong. Southdown Motor Services, formed in 1915 and later nationalised, survived with that identity until deregulation in 1986, after which Stagecoach Group acquired its routes and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20the%20Darklands%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Beyond the Darklands is an Australian true crime television series that aired on the Seven Network. It was based on the New Zealand series of the same name and a book created by the New Zealand clinical psychologist Nigel Latta. The TVNZ series has been shown in Australia on the CI channel on Foxtel.
Overview
The series was narrated by Samuel Johnson, with each episode focusing on a certain criminal (usually a murderer or team of murderers), with commentary from clinical psychologist Dr Leah Giarratano providing insight into the minds of the criminal(s).
After screening the first four episodes in early 2009, the show was taken off the air, only to return later that year for a further five episodes. Via a phone call on 11 November 2009, a Channel Seven spokesperson confirmed that the show was meant to be returning in the New Year with new episodes. Due to a court injunction, Channel Seven was prevented from screening the episode featuring Peter Dupas in Victoria.
Episodes
References
Seven Network original programming
2009 Australian television series debuts
2009 Australian television series endings
2000s Australian crime television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorthStar%20Foundation | NorthStar Foundation is an Omaha foundation serving North Omaha’s young males – from third grade to high school graduation – through academic, athletic and adventure programming with the goal of high school graduation and career readiness.
History
The NorthStar Foundation 501(c)(3) was created in August 2007 by Scott Hazelrigg in partnership with the Board of Directors to address some of Greater Omaha’s greatest needs in before and after school programming.
Key statistics include:
62.3% of Omaha Public School students eligible for free and reduced lunch
Omaha currently has the greatest percentage of African American children living in poverty in the nation
Approximately one in four Omaha youth (25.1%) are home alone without adult supervision after school
Less than one-half of parents reported their youth participated in an organized after school program
Students ages 12–16 are disengaging and often unmotivated leading to the point where they cease to see education as a vehicle for their future success
Program structure
The NorthStar Foundation is focused on developing an exciting before and after school model that places youth in a safe and secure environment with mentors, staff, and peers, who share common goals that focus on self-reliance, self-actualization, and accountability. At the heart of NorthStar are five program areas of emphasis:
Academic Achievement
Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles
Adventure & Experiential Learning
Arts Immersion
Actualization & Employment Readiness
Board of directors
Richard "Dick" Holland, Chairman
J. Robert "Bob" Kerrey, Vice Chair
Scott Hazelrigg, President
Susie Buffett, Secretary
Tim Clark
John "Buzz" Garlock
Ben Gray
Larry Trussell
Notes
External links
Organizations based in Omaha, Nebraska |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20Area%20Women%27s%20Foundation | Washington Area Women's Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in Washington, DC, that brings together women who act as donors and activists. This network of women invests in the lives of low-income women – and single moms in particular – so they, in turn, can enrich the lives of their children.
The Women's Foundation's mission is to foster philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls in the surrounding region. The Women's Foundation accomplishes this by: expanding and leveraging women's philanthropy; increasing social change philanthropy in the community; providing grants, operational resources and technical assistance to local organizations; and serving as a regional voice for women and girls.
Washington Area Women's Foundation serves Washington, DC, Montgomery County and Prince George's County in Maryland, and Alexandria, Fairfax County and Arlington County in Virginia. The Women's Foundation is the only public foundation in the metropolitan DC area that is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls.
History
The organization was first conceived by a small group of women who got together for a Sunday afternoon tea on May 18, 1997, in Bethesda, Maryland.
In 1998, Washington Area Women's Foundation was officially established. It was founded on the principle that women, working together, can enhance the physical, social, and financial well-being of women and girls in the Washington metropolitan area by providing financial resources to local nonprofits already engaged in innovative, effective work for communities in need.
In its first year, The Women's Foundation increased its individual donors from 75 to over 300 with creative fundraising strategies, including over $5,000 from Beanie Baby sales at Sandy Rubin's store, garnering her The Women's Foundation's first Entrepreneurial Philanthropy award.
Since 2006, The Women's Foundation has granted over $1 million per year to area nonprofits.
Philanthropy
The Women's Foundation encourages philanthropic investments in the community in a number of ways intended to encourage members to donate at whatever level is best for them.
Individuals
Some participants choose to be individual donors, making one-time, occasional, or regular donations both large and small.
Giving Circles
There are two giving circles that allow women to come together and contribute as a group. The Rainmakers Giving Circle, founded in 2003, supports programs for young women and girls between the ages of 10 and 21 that empower and increase competence in the areas of employment, education, health and life skills. Rainmakers Giving Circle members commit to give $5,000 each over two years. To date, they've invested more than $200,000 in nonprofits supporting young women and girls in the DC metropolitan area.
Since 2004, the African American Women's Giving Circle has invested nearly $120,000 in nonprofits supporting African American women and girls. The circle includes 15-25 women who have each made a fina |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout%20%281999%20game%20show%29 | Wipeout was an Australian game show that aired on the Seven Network from 15 February 1999 to 24 November 2000. The show was based on the original American series of the same title and was hosted by Tony Johnston. This version was the only one to use children as contestants, and in turn used points instead of dollars due to a law in Australia and Europe which prohibits children from winning money on game shows. After the show was cancelled, it was rerun until 2004.
Format
First two rounds
The game was played with computer-driven game boards shown on a large screen. The correct answers were indicated by checkmarks and the Wipeouts were indicated by crosses. There were generally twelve correct answers and four Wipeouts per board. In the beginning, the crosses appeared after an explosion; later they appeared in a variety of ways. Correct answers were worth 25 points each in board one and 50 points each in board two. Also, after an answer, play immediately went to the next contestant. In addition, the "Hot Spot" was simply called the "Bonus" but otherwise acted the same. The lowest scoring contestant is eliminated at the end of the round. If the round ended in a tie, the tied contestants were then shown a tiebreaker board with 12 answers arranged in a frame. Eight were right, and four were wrong. The tied contestants (starting with the player who won the coin toss) went back and forth picking answers until one contestant was wiped out. The first contestant to be wiped out was eliminated from the game, and the other player advanced to the next round.
Third round (Bid for the Grid)
In Bid for the Grid, there were twelve answers on the board. In early episodes, eight were right, and four were wrong. In later episodes, the number of correct answers and Wipeouts was split evenly with six apiece. Contestants secretly lock in their bids following five seconds of thinking time; the higher bid (or, in case of a tie, the faster entry) plays. Once the player won the bidding, he/she must give that number of answers in a row without a Wipeout. If the contestant can complete the contract, he/she won the board; but if the contestant wiped out, the opposing player must give just one correct answer to win the board. If the stealing player wiped out, play went back to the original player still trying to complete to contract and win the board. The first player to win two out of three boards wins the game and the right to play the bonus round.
Bonus round (Win it in a Minute)
In the bonus round, the contestant must select a category (from two given) to play. They then had 60 seconds to find six correct answers on a grid of twelve possible answers. The contestant must enter his/her guesses on an oversized keypad and then run to the buzzer located near the display to check his/her performance. The contestant was allowed to turn on more than six answers but if they did, a computerized voice would repeatedly say, "Too many, too many!" and the buzzer would not respond if |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Jordan | Max Jordan (later Father Placid Jordan - April 21, 1895 in Sanremo, Italy - November 1977) was a pioneering radio journalist for the NBC network in Europe in the 1930s. Later, he became a Benedictine monk.
Early life and career
He received a PhD in Religious Philosophy from the University of Jena. He worked for William Randolph Hearst's newspapers in the 1920s.
He covered many important stories (and had many scoops) in the 1930s, when the medium of radio was still relatively new. His first report for NBC was on a 1931 speech by German President Paul von Hindenburg. Jordan also reported on the first Atlantic flight of the Hindenburg in 1936, the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, the text of that year's Munich Agreement (giving Germany the ethnically-German regions of Czechoslovakia), the 1940 invasion of France, and the 1945 surrender of Japan.
In 1931, he became domiciled in Arlesheim, Canton of Basel-Landschaft. In 1939 he became a US citizen.
He also hired Martin Agronsky in 1940 to cover the war.
Horten stated that part of Jordan's success was his networking with the governments of Germany, Austria, and Hungary, which provided NBC "privileged use" of their broadcasting facilities.
During the war, he worked on NBC's religious shows, which included prayers, bible stories, and a series about military Chaplainship, Chaplain Jim.
Monk
Around 1954, he joined the Beuron Abbey, in Germany. He became a monk and took the name of Placid Jordan. He would later argue (in print) against Gordon Zahn's assertions that the Catholic Church had not properly resisted Nazism. Specifically, Jordan wrote responses to Zahn's papers regarding the Catholic Church and Nazi Germany. He also wrote a letter to William F. Buckley Jr.'s magazine National Review that was critical of Zahn's book German Catholics and Hitler's Wars.
Jordan died in 1977.
See also
Fred Bate
Edward R Murrow
William Shirer
Notes
External links
Max Jordan -- NBC's Forgotten Pioneer, by Elizabeth McLeod
Photos of Dr Jordan from Rex Features
1895 births
1977 deaths
American male journalists
American radio reporters and correspondents
Benedictine monks
University of Jena alumni
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio%20Universal%20%28Latin%20America%29 | Studio Universal Latin America is a 24-hour cable television channel broadcasting from New York, United States, targeted for Middle and South American audiences.
It is owned by Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal, and was launched in Latin America in September, 1997. It mostly airs American movies and films and some series and is a sister channel to Universal Channel in the region. It broadcasts in four feeds, Brasil, Mexico, Argentina and Latam. From its launch until January 31, 2010, the channel was named Hallmark Channel. It was renamed Studio Universal on February 1, 2010.
The Brazilian feed of the channel, as well as its sister network, Syfy, are operated since mid-July 2012, by the joint venture between Universal Networks International and Organizações Globo-owned Globosat which already operated the Brazilian version of Universal Channel.
Feeds
Mexican feed. Aired in Mexico.
Argentine feed. Aired in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Chilean feed. Aired in Chile.
Brazilian feed. Aired in Brazil, operated by a joint venture between NBCU and Globosat and distributed by the latter.
Latam feed. Aired in the rest of Latin America.
Colombian feed. Aired in Colombia.
Programming
Current
Fullscreen
Previous
Fairly Legal
Nurse Jackie
Psych (seasons 5-8)
Ringer
Smash (only season 2)
The Good Wife (seasons 4-5, seasons 1-3 and 6 air on Universal Channel)
Monk (repeats)
See also
Hallmark Channel (International)
Hallmark Channel
References
External links
Latin America
Brazil
Television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 1997 |
Subsets and Splits
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