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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oricon%20number-one%20albums%20of%202010 | The highest-selling albums and mini-albums in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Weekly Chart, published by Oricon Style magazine. The data is compiled by Oricon based on each album's weekly physical sales. In 2010, 42 albums reached number-one.
Pop singer-songwriter Hideaki Tokunaga's Vocalist 4 had the longest chart run of 2010. The album remained at the top of the charts from its issue date of April 20 to May 24.
The best-selling album overall of 2010 was idol group Arashi's Boku no Miteiru Fūkei, released in mid-2010, which sold 1,053,064 copies. The second-best-selling album was Ikimono-gakari's Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection, which sold 906.756 copies, followed by J-pop singer Kana Nishino's To Love, with 645,417 copies albums sold. The fourth- and fifth-best-selling albums were Funky Monkey Babys Best and Sense by Funky Monkey Babys and Mr. Children respectively. Funky Monkey Babys Best sold 613,603 copies, while Sense sold 597,212 copies.
Chart history
References
See also
2010 in music
Japan
2010
2010 in Japanese music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML%20sanitization | In data sanitization, HTML sanitization is the process of examining an HTML document and producing a new HTML document that preserves only whatever tags are designated "safe" and desired. HTML sanitization can be used to protect against attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) by sanitizing any HTML code submitted by a user.
Details
Basic tags for changing fonts are often allowed, such as <b>, <i>, <u>, <em>, and <strong> while more advanced tags such as <script>, <object>, <embed>, and <link> are removed by the sanitization process. Also potentially dangerous attributes such as the onclick attribute are removed in order to prevent malicious code from being injected.
Sanitization is typically performed by using either a whitelist or a blacklist approach. Leaving a safe HTML element off a whitelist is not so serious; it simply means that that feature will not be included post-sanitation. On the other hand, if an unsafe element is left off a blacklist, then the vulnerability will not be sanitized out of the HTML output. An out-of-date blacklist can therefore be dangerous if new, unsafe features have been introduced to the HTML Standard.
Further sanitization can be performed based on rules which specify what operation is to be performed on the subject tags. Typical operations include removal of the tag itself while preserving the content, preserving only the textual content of a tag or forcing certain values on attributes.
Implementations
In PHP, HTML sanitization can be performed using the strip_tags() function at the risk of removing all textual content following an unclosed less-than symbol or angle bracket. The HTML Purifier library is another popular option for PHP applications.
In Java (and .NET), sanitization can be achieved by using the OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer Project.
In .NET, a number of sanitizers use the Html Agility Pack, an HTML parser.
In JavaScript there are "JS-only" sanitizers for the back end, and browser-based implementations that use browser's own Document Object Model (DOM) parser to parse the HTML (for better performance).
References
HTML |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20Billboard%20Top%20Latin%20Songs%20from%20the%201980s | The Hot Latin Songs chart (formerly Hot Latin 50 and Hot Latin Tracks), published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart based on Latin music airplay. The data were compiled by the Billboard chart and research department with information from 70 Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Those radio stations were selected based on their number of listeners, and were asked to report their playlists for the week. This information was then entered to the Billboard computer system, and points were tabulated for each song. Before this chart's inception, the Latin music information on the magazine was presented only in the form of the biweekly album sales chart Top Latin Albums, which was divided into Latin Pop, Tropical/Salsa, and Region Mexican and continues to be listed separately.
During the 1980s, 33 songs topped the chart. According to the Billboard electronic database, the first was "La Guirnalda" by Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal on September 6, 1986. However, in the listings included in the first printed publication of the chart on October 4, 1986, the first number-one song was "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel. By the end of that year, another of Gabriel's compositions, "De Mí Enamórate", sung by Daniela Romo, also reached number one. Also in 1986, two Spanish versions of the Italian song "Tutta la vita", performed by Franco and Emmanuel succeeded one another at the top of the chart. Two songs recorded by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias peaked at number one, "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" and "Que No Se Rompa la Noche". These songs were released from the album Un hombre solo, which received the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.
In 1987, a biographical film about Ritchie Valens was released and American band Los Lobos were among the musicians chosen for the movie soundtrack, since the director chose to record new music for the film rather than use Valens' own recordings. They performed the title track "La Bamba", which became a worldwide success, topping the charts in the United States (including this chart and the Billboard Hot 100), Australia, France, New Zealand and Switzerland. The song "Qué Te Pasa" by Mexican singer Yuri spent 16 weeks at number one in 1988, becoming the longest-running chart topper of the 1980s, followed by fellow Mexican performer Ana Gabriel, who spent 14 weeks (in two separate runs) at the top with her single "Ay Amor".
Cuban singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan became the first artist to simultaneously peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Don't Wanna Lose You", and the Billboard Top Latin Songs with the Spanish version titled "Si Voy a Perderte" on September 16, 1989. This single was her first release as a solo artist, independent of her role in the group Miami Sound Machine. Mexican singers Emmanuel, José José and Luis Miguel released the most number-one hits in the 1980s, with three each.
Number-one songs
Note: A single listed more than once in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20Me%3A%20The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20Heidi%20Fleiss | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss is a television film starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss. It aired on USA Network on March 29, 2004.
Plot
Heidi Fleiss (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles doctor, becomes a prostitute for well-known Los Angeles Madam Alex (Brenda Fricker). She soon takes over her boss' operation and begins raking in $300,000 a month by hiring only the most beautiful and high-class prostitutes and catering to wealthy Hollywood types, Europeans, Arab sheiks, and American corporate executives. Her operation is broken up by Los Angeles police in 1993 and she is eventually sent to prison for income tax evasion.
Cast
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Heidi Fleiss
Brenda Fricker as Madame Alex
Saul Rubinek as Paul Fleiss
Emmanuelle Vaugier as Lauren
Natassia Malthe as Charisse
Ian Tracey as Sergeant Willeford
Blu Mankuma as Police chief
Robert Davi as Ivan Nagy
Corbin Bernsen as Steve
Hrant Alianak as Prince Hassan
Crystal Balint as Tracey
Susannah Hoffmann as Elissa Fleiss
Missy Peregrym as Tina
Joe Norman Shaw as Heidi's Lawyer
Stefanie von Pfetten as Michelle
Production
The original title for the movie was Going Down: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss. Filmed on location in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, many scenes were filmed at Calgary's "Bow River Correctional Centre", a minimum security institution which had been closed and empty for some time before filming and has since been renovated and re-opened as the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatric Centre.
Home media
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on May 17, 2005, by 20th Century Fox. It is formatted for closed-caption and subtitled widescreen.
Music
The film's original score was composed by Ryan Shore.
References
External links
Robert Pardi. Call Me: The Rise And Fall Of Heidi Fleiss
DAVID MCCUTCHEON. CALL ME: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEIDI FLEISS
Brian Lowry. Review: ‘Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss’
ALESSANDRA STANLEY. TELEVISION REVIEW; No Inhibitions, or Excuses, for a Hollywood Madam
Matthew Gilbert. Heidi Fleiss movie 'Call Me' is all gloss, no insight
American biographical drama films
2004 biographical drama films
American films based on actual events
2004 television films
2004 films
USA Network original films
Films about prostitution in the United States
Cultural depictions of prostitutes
Cultural depictions of American women
Films scored by Ryan Shore
American drama television films
2000s American films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM | AIM or Aim may refer to:
Computing
AIM alliance, an Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance
AIM (software), AOL Instant Messenger
Fortyfive, a Japanese software development company previously known as AIM
Military
Abrams Integrated Management, an upgrade to the M1A1 model of the M1 Abrams tank (known as M1A1 AIM)
Airborne intercept missile, US DoD designation for air-to-air missiles such as AIM-7 Sparrow
Authoring Instructional Materials, US Navy training management system
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (AIM, AIMS), Model 63, 65, 90 assault rifles
Pușcă Automată model 1986 (AIMS-74), Model 86 automatic rifle
Music
"A.I.M.", single by the Cooper Temple Clause from Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
"AIM", song by Tyga from the album No Introduction
AIM (album), 2016 album by M.I.A.
Aim (musician), stage name of Andrew Turner, British musician, producer, and DJ of the 2000s
American Institute of Musicology, early music musicological organization
Anugerah Industri Muzik, Malaysia's annual music awards ceremony
Australian Institute of Music, Sydney
Organizations
Accuracy in Media, a conservative American watchdog
Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, former US non-profit
Advanced Idea Mechanics, a criminal organization in Marvel Comics
Adventures In Missions (Texas)
Africa Inland Mission, a Christian mission
Agape International Missions
Alliance for Independent Madhesh
Alzheimer's Impact Movement
American Identity Movement, a white nationalist movement
American Indian Movement
American Institute of Mathematics
Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility, an American trade organization
Association of Independent Museums
Association of Independent Music
Australian Indigenous Ministries, formerly Aborigines Inland Mission
Education
AIM North London Academy, England
AIM Academy, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
Asian Institute of Management, Makati, Philippines
Assam Institute of Management, Guwahati, Assam, India
Science
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite
Ancestry-informative marker, in genetics
Asteroid Impact Mission, a cancelled ESA asteroid probe
Metric space aimed at its subspace
Other uses
Advanced Idea Mechanics, a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe
Aeronautical Information Manual, North American official guide
Affect infusion model, in psychology
Ai Maeda (voice actress), also called AiM
AIM, or Aboriginal and Islander Message, a successor newspaper to Koori Bina, published in Sydney, Australia (1979–1982)
Aim (demon), in the Lesser Key of Solomon
AIM (motorcycle), Italy, 1974–1982
Aim toothpaste
Aim (trigraph)
AIM md. 63, a Romanian AKM firearm, model name of a Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 produced for export
AIM-65, a computer
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange
American Indian Movement, a Native American movement
Arena International Master, a FIDE chess arena title
Artificial intell |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEAN | CEAN is an acronym for the Comprehensive Erlang Archive Network.
It follows the tradition of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) and the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).
External links
Comprehensive Erlang Archive Network
Archive networks
Erlang (programming language) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20McQuillan | Jim McQuillan may refer to:
Jim McQuillan (chemist), Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Jim McQuillan (computer programmer), founder and project leader of the Linux Terminal Server Project
Jim McQuillan (darts player) (born 1940), Irish former darts player |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichrorampha%20sedatana | Dichrorampha sedatana is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Description
The wingspan of Dichrorampha sedatana reaches 12–16 mm. These moths fly from April to June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae mainly feed on several Asteraceae roots, especially Tanacetum vulgare, but also on other Tanacetum species and Leucanthemum.
Distribution
This species is widespread in Europe.
Habitat
Dichrorampha sedatana prefers rough meadows and waysides.
External links
Lepidoptera of Belgium
Swedish moths
Lepiforum
Hantsmoths
Norfolk Moths
Grapholitini
Moths of Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Industry%20Network | The Toronto Industry Network (TIN) is a group of manufacturers and manufacturing associations with operations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
According to the organization, Network organizations employ 25,000 people directly and another 100,000 indirectly through suppliers and customers in the Toronto area. Operating since 2001, TIN provides the manufacturing community access to the City of Toronto, participating in the formulation of city policies that affect the industry. TIN is focused on making Toronto more competitive in manufacturing with Canada and foreign countries.
List of members
Company members
Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
Campbell Company of Canada
Canadian Fuels
CBM Readymix
DEL
Gay Lee Foods
Irving Tissue
K+S Windsor Salt Ltd.
Lafarge
Lincoln Electric Company of Canada
Mondelez Canada
Owens Corning Insulating Systems Canada LP
Redpath Sugar
Sanofi Pasteur
Siltech Corporation
The International Group, Inc.
Source: Toronto Industry Network.
Association members
Canadian Fuels Association
Leaside Business Park
South Etobicoke Industrial Employers Association
Source: Toronto Industry Network.
References
External links
Toronto Industry Network Website
Trade associations based in Ontario
Economy of Toronto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20Hot%20100%20number%20ones%20of%202010 | The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, and airplay. There were 17 total number-one singles in 2010.
In 2010, nine acts gained their first U.S. number-one single either as a lead or featured act: Kesha, Taio Cruz, B.o.B, Bruno Mars, will.i.am, Far East Movement, The Cataracs, Dev, and Drake.
Rihanna earned four number-one singles during the year — three as a solo artist and one as featured guest on Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" — the first time a female artist has achieved this accomplishment in a single calendar year. She also became the female artist with the fifth most number-one singles, scoring her sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth number-one singles during the year. Katy Perry, Eminem, Kesha, and Bruno Mars also each scored multiple number-one singles during the year, with Katy Perry scoring three consecutive number-one singles — a feat last done by R&B singer Monica eleven years earlier.
Usher became the first artist to score number-one singles in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s when his song "OMG" reached number one, becoming his ninth number-one single. Kesha's "Tik Tok" was the longest-running number-one single of the year with nine consecutive weeks at the top — the longest run for a debut single by a female artist since 1977. Two singles debuted at the top of the chart this year: Eminem's "Not Afraid" and Kesha's "We R Who We R," becoming the sixteenth and seventeenth singles in the chart's 52-year history to debut at number one.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2010 in music
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2010
List of Billboard number-one singles
List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2010
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s (U.S.)
References
External links
Current Hot 100 Chart
United States Hot 100
2010
Hot 100 number-one singles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saj%C3%B3v%C3%A1mos | Sajóvámos is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.
Ethnic groups
In 2011 Census
Population pyramid
Estimate data from 2011 (population:2213)
0–14 years: 414 people = 18.7%
15–60 years: 1487 people = 67.2%
60 years or older: 312 people = 14.1%
References
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20digital%20songs%20of%202010%20%28U.S.%29 | The highest-selling digital singles in the United States are ranked in the Hot Digital Songs chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a single for a summarized figure.
Chart history
See also
2010 in music
Hot Digital Songs
References
United States Digital Songs
2010
Number-one digital songs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20%28Asian%20TV%20channel%29 | Fox was a pan-Asian pay television channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations.
The network operated six subnetworks, all solely branded as Fox; one pan-Asian feed meant for East Asia, then individual feeds for Japan, Thailand, The Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. All of the networks carried network programming with the original English audio from its imported programmes, along with either subtitling or second audio feeds in each nation's dominant language. It also held a brand licensing deal with Tcast until the end of 2020 for a domestic version of Fox in South Korea.
History
In Japan, the channel launched in February 1998 along with other Fox channels such as Fox Crime and Fox Life (now FOX bs238).
In Asia, the channel was in test broadcast in December 2009, broadcasting US TV series on loop. The first Asian provider who carried Fox was SkyCable in the Philippines which launched the channel on 4 January 2010, followed by StarHub TV in Singapore on 1 February 2010. Other TV providers across the region followed thereafter.
Around early-to-mid-February 2012, the Fox wordmark was changed to the Fox HD wordmark (pictured) for all Fox commercials on all Fox channels in the Asian and Filipino television provider networks, including channels which were not in HD. This change was similar to the one done to Star World, FX, Fox Crime, and Channel V. The reason for this change is unknown.
Fox Japan and Fox Korea are considered separated from the main feed as they have different programming. However, they are closely linked as they shared most of their commercials and the programming are nearly the same.
Fox Taiwan was officially launched on 1 September 2012, as FOX Showbiz () replacing Channel V Taiwan. This feed's broadcast Asian programming and some of American series reruns with Chinese subtitles, and FOX HD Asia feed are available through MOD and some of cable providers. The feed was renamed Fox in January 2014 and broadcast both local and foreign programmes.
In 2020, due to the ongoing expansion of the Star brand internationally, Tcast, the licensor for the Fox channels in South Korea, announced that it had terminated its license agreement with Disney's domestic division, rebranding its channels after 31 December 2020. Fox in South Korea then became Ch.NOW.
On 31 August 2021, the Fox Networks Group channels ended operations in Hong Kong. The entire Fox Networks Group suite in Asia (outside networks in Taiwan and Japan) subsequently ended operations at the end of 30 September 2021, along with the German and African versions of Fox, with most of its content transferred to Disney+ and Hotstar.
On 1 January 2022, Fox Taiwan was renamed to Star World, marking the return of the Star World brand in Taiwan after it closed on 1 February 2020.
References
Asia
Defunct television channels
Television stations in Hong Kong
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Televisi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20Public%20School%2C%20Mumbai | Army Public School, Mumbai is a public school located in Colaba, Mumbai, India. It is run under Indian Army supervision and is part of the Army Public School network. Army Schools are located in Indian communities in and around Army installations. The school's current principal is Mrs. Vipanjot Sehdeva. The school also a student council , which is elected every year through a three tier process of elections and is responsible for maintaining discipline in the school.
Extracurricular activities
These include English Week, Hindi Week and the celebration of important festivals. Inter-house activities include recitation, slogan-writing, essay writing, poster-making, calligraphy, drawing and quiz competitions.
Inter-house competitions in games like football, cricket, basketball, and kho-kho are held. Mass P.T, drill marching and training for outdoor and indoor games is provided. Students have participated in interscholastic contests like cross-country race, interscholastic football competition, and athletic meets.
References
External links
Army School Mumbai
Indian Army Public Schools
Schools in Mumbai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrary | ebrary (the "e" is lower case) was an online digital library which held over 100,000 scholarly e-books in 2014. It was available in many academic libraries and provided a set of online database collections that combined scholarly books from over 435 academic, trade, and professional publishers. It also included sheet music (9,000 titles) and government documents. Additionally, ebrary offered a service called "DASH!" for customers to distribute their own PDF content online.
ebrary had 2,700 subscribers (mostly libraries) at the end of 2009. Users gained access through a subscribing library and could view, search, copy, and print documents from their computers.
ebrary was founded in 1999 by friends Christopher Warnock and Kevin Sayar. It was headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and was acquired by ProQuest in 2011. In 2015, ProQuest replaced ebrary with ProQuest Ebook Central. Before it was replaced, it held over 900,000 documents.
Reception
Staffordshire University in England has supplied some texts for ebrary and encourages use by students and faculty. The University has been pleased with its effectiveness. A study of usage there reports, "The ability for students and researchers to search across the full content of 30,000 e‐books in one 'go' and then capture that information quickly and easily is also very valuable." At Hacettepe University, a large school in Turkey, usage has proven valuable because of the limited library collection.
More generally Anne Morris and Panos Balatsoukas report that other universities also have studied usage and consider ebrary a valuable resource.
References
Journal articles
Fialkoff, Francine. "The Book Is Not Dead," Library Journal, (June 15, 2009) Vol. 134 Issue 11
Godwin-Jones, Robert. "E-Books and the Tablet PC," Language, Learning & Technology Vol. 7, 2003
Mullarkey, Marty. "Ebrary and two international e-Book surveys." The Acquisitions Librarian 19.3-4 (2008): 213-230.
Qiuping, Zhang, and Yuan Hao. "Integration of Ebrary Electronic Books to OPAC System." Library Journal 1 (2008): 007.
Raisinghani, Mahesh S. "Wireless Library Aids Student Productivity," T H E Journal Vol. 30, 2002
External links
Archived version of the ebrary website
"The State of Worldwide Library eBook Lending" by Michael Kozlowski
Commercial digital libraries
ProQuest
American digital libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless%20Love%20%282010%20TV%20series%29 | Endless Love is a 2010 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on a 2000 South Korean television series, Autumn in My Heart. Directed by Mac Alejandre and Andoy Ranay, it stars Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. It premiered on June 28, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing The Last Prince. The series concluded on October 15, 2010 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by Beauty Queen in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Background
Autumn in My Heart is the first series installment in Yoon Seok-ho's four-part instalment titled Endless Love. It aired in South Korea through KBS2 from September 16 to November 7, 2000, running with 16 episodes.
The Philippine airing rights went to GMA Network back in late 2003. The drama aired two more times in 2004 and once more in 2006.
Production
In November 2009, GMA Network announced that they have acquired the adaptation rights of the Korean drama Autumn in My Heart, with Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera attached in the lead roles. In December 2009, director Joyce E. Bernal was hired to helm the project. A teaser trailer was shown during the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival screening of GMA Films' Ang Panday.
Ryan Agoncillo, Paulo Avelino and Hero Angeles were all considered to take on the second lead male role before Dennis Trillo was eventually cast. Filming commenced in April 2010 for a June air date. The production also encountered an extensive delays causing Bernal to leave production and eventually replaced by Mac Alejandre; actress Gina Alajar left to pursue another role, whilst actor Christopher de Leon chose to focus on his political career in the meanwhile - both were replaced by Kuh Ledesma and Tirso Cruz III, respectively.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Dingdong Dantes as Johnny Dizon
Marian Rivera as Jenny Dizon / Jenny Cruz-Tantoco
Supporting cast
Dennis Trillo as Andrew Tantoco
Nadine Samonte as Shirley Cruz / Shirley Dizon
Tirso Cruz III as Robert Dizon
Sandy Andolong as Katherine Dizon
Janice de Belen as Suzette "Suzy" Cruz
Kuh Ledesma as Jackie Tantoco
Gabby Eigenmann as Jojo Cruz
Ces Quesada as Nora Ramirez
Bernard Palanca as Raul Tuazon
Marco Alcaraz as Nestor
Mosang as Christine Santos
Bela Padilla as Yumi Ramirez
Janna Dominguez as Mylene Ortiz
Guest cast
Kristofer Martin as young Johnny
Lucho Ayala as young Jojo
Kathryn Bernardo as young Jenny
Joyce Ching as young Shirley
John Nite as a doctor
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Endless Love earned a 15.8% rating. While the final episode scored a 15.1% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2010 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Philippine television series based on South Korean television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIBT | WIBT (97.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Greenville, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by Delta Radio Network LLC and programs an urban contemporary format. The office and studios are located at 830 Main Street in downtown Greenville. WIBT moved from 104.7 to 97.9 on December 26, 2016.
History
WIBT signed on May 1, 1970 as WBAQ. The station was owned by Greenville Broadcasting Company (Paul Artman, Sr.) and programmed beautiful music. In 2007, the station was sold to Debut Broadcasting and the format was changed to adult contemporary. The station was purchased by Delta Radio Network LLC on April 1, 2010. The adult contemporary format was retained, but the call letters were changed to WLTM to better reflect the station's branding as "Lite 97.9". On December 26, 2016, WLTM officially changed to WIBT.
References
External links
IBT
Radio stations established in 1970
Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States
1970 establishments in Mississippi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20Observing%20Optical%20Network | The Solar Observing Optical Network (SOON) consists of three U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) solar observatories. AFWA operates a solar telescope at each site to monitor solar active regions at optical wavelengths. The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) archives histograms of intensity versus area every minute for the active regions. It also archives magnetograms of the magnetic field structure and tachograms of plasma velocities on an irregular schedule.
The SOON observatories are operated by detachments of AFWA's 2nd Weather Group at the following sites:
RAAF Learmonth, Western Australia, Australia
Holloman AFB, New Mexico, USA
San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, San Vito dei Normanni, Italy (contractor-run site)
Telescopes at Palehua, Hawaii and Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico have been shut down.
SOON Telescope History: The original SOON network was designed by Dr. Richard B. Dunn, a Harvard educated engineer/astrophysicist. Dr. Dunn commissioned the Tower Telescope (later designated the Dunn Solar Tower) on Sacramento Peak, Sunspot, NM in the late 60s. The SOON network of 5 solar telescopes was built at Sunspot for the USAF working with international partners at far flung sites. The Dunn Solar Tower at Sunspot, NM will potentially be idled when the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, or DKIST, is commissioned on Maui.
There is an active Consolidated Repair Activity (CRA) based out of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico which is operated by the 49th Communications Squadron. The CRA provides depot-level maintenance and support to the SOON program. The CRA also develops maintenance procedures, institutes physical (non-software) updates, and overhauls all three telescopes on a regular basis.
Description
The basic SOON telescope is a evacuated refractor mounted on a polar axis. It has a tunable monochromatic filter centered on the hydrogen-alpha absorption line at in the Sun's light spectrum. Shifting the filter's characteristics slightly away from the center of the H-alpha peak results in pictures of the solar surface region at differing depths. Corresponding to the optical images of solar regions are the digital "brightness-area" data. These data are often plotted as brightness-area histograms for a particular time or, in a 3-3-dimensional display, showing a time sequence of changing intensity of optical emissions from areas of solar active regions. The automatic capability of the SOON telescope system allows the rapid collection of this brightness-area information on many active regions on the sun. By using these data, quantitative measures can be determined, include instability, growth/decay rates, and precise dimensions for each active solar region.
Improved Solar Observing Optical Network
The planned Improved Solar Observing Optical Network (ISOON) is intended to replace the current SOON network. As of 2012, ISOON only exists at a single pilot site on Kirtland Air Force Base.
See also
Rad |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miritini | Miritini is a suburb of Mombasa, Kenya. It is one of the three county assembly wards in Jomvu Constituency, it had a population of 31,485 in data from 1999.
External links
Maplandia
Populated places in Coast Province
Mombasa County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20Theatre%20%28Montreal%29 | The York Theatre was an Art deco cinema and mixed-use complex in Montreal, opened in 1938 and demolished in 2001 for the construction of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex of Concordia University.
The York was designed by architects Perry, Luke and Little, with an interior design by Emmanuel Briffa. Briffa, who had overseen interior designs of over 100 cinemas in Canada, commissioned murals by artist Kenneth Hensley Holmden for the project. These murals were badly damaged by a fire in 1989. Three of eight murals were removed and restored by the university, and are now incorporated into its new building.
Concordia purchased the complex in 1998, deciding that it was too badly deteriorated to save. It was demolished in 2001.
The building had included residential and commercial space, in addition to the cinema. It was built with a capacity of 1,200 theatre goers for the United Amusement Corporation.
References
Former cinemas in Montreal
Art Deco architecture in Canada
Theatres completed in 1938
Demolished buildings and structures in Montreal
Downtown Montreal
Buildings and structures demolished in 2001
Concordia University buildings and structures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket | WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing simultaneous two-way communication channels over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as in 2011. The current specification allowing web applications to use this protocol is known as WebSockets. It is a living standard maintained by the WHATWG and a successor to The WebSocket API from the W3C.
WebSocket is distinct from the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used to serve most webpages. Both protocols are located at layer 7 in the OSI model and depend on TCP at layer 4. Although they are different, states that WebSocket "is designed to work over HTTP ports 443 and 80 as well as to support HTTP proxies and intermediaries", thus making it compatible with HTTP. To achieve compatibility, the WebSocket handshake uses the HTTP Upgrade header to change from the HTTP protocol to the WebSocket protocol.
The WebSocket protocol enables full-duplex interaction between a web browser (or other client application) and a web server with lower overhead than half-duplex alternatives such as HTTP polling, facilitating real-time data transfer from and to the server. This is made possible by providing a standardized way for the server to send content to the client without being first requested by the client, and allowing messages to be passed back and forth while keeping the connection open. In this way, a two-way ongoing conversation can take place between the client and the server. The communications are usually done over TCP port number 443 (or 80 in the case of unsecured connections), which is beneficial for environments that block non-web Internet connections using a firewall. Additionally, WebSocket enables streams of messages on top of TCP. TCP alone deals with streams of bytes with no inherent concept of a message. Similar two-way browser–server communications have been achieved in non-standardized ways using stopgap technologies such as Comet or Adobe Flash Player.
Most browsers support the protocol, including Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera.
The WebSocket protocol specification defines ws (WebSocket) and wss (WebSocket Secure) as two new uniform resource identifier (URI) schemes that are used for unencrypted and encrypted connections respectively. Apart from the scheme name and fragment (i.e. # is not supported), the rest of the URI components are defined to use URI generic syntax.
History
WebSocket was first referenced as TCPConnection in the HTML5 specification, as a placeholder for a TCP-based socket API. In June 2008, a series of discussions were led by Michael Carter that resulted in the first version of the protocol known as WebSocket.
Before WebSocket, port 80 full-duplex communication was attainable using Comet channels; however, Comet implementation is nontrivial, and due to the TCP handshake and HTTP header overhead, it is inefficient for small messages. The WebSocket |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Mandarin | MTV Mandarin is a 24-hour music channel that airs Chinese and international music programs owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. One of the first three MTV Asia channels along with MTV Asia and MTV India. MTV Mandarin has two different feeds (Taiwan & Mainland China). The channel broadcasts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia. After 18 years of broadcasting, MTV China and Comedy Central Asia ceased transmission on 1 February 2021. However, MTV Taiwan continues to broadcast.
Operating channels
MTV Taiwan - based in Taipei, co-owned and operated by Sanlih E-Television since early 2010s.
Shows
Current VJs
George Chang
Andy Chen
Emma
Stacy Hsu
Sammy Hu
Katherine
Linda Liao
Meimei
Tony
See also
MTV (Music Television)
MTV Networks Asia Pacific
MTV Southeast Asia
References
External links
MTV Taiwan
Television stations in Taiwan
Television channels and stations established in 1995
MTV channels
Companies based in Taipei |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6G%20Mobile | 6GMOBILE was a Dutch telecommunications operator that declared bankruptcy in 2012. It combined mobile (GSM), fixed voice and Internet technologies into a single network. It was fully licensed and operational as a GSM operator in the Netherlands.
Company history
6GMOBILE has been operating under various company names since 2006. It started as a joint venture under the name InMo, partially owned by Infonet Corp which was acquired by BT. BT acquired all the shares of InMo in February 2008, renaming the company to BT inmo. It became an independent company in 2009 after a management buyout and changed its name to 6GMOBILE.
In April 2013 the company was sold to 6G Internet, which launched a new service to UK customers by offering fixed wireless internet access to homes at speeds of up to 300meg making it the fastest ISP in Europe.
Services
6GMOBILE used the KPN GSM/UMTS radio network in the Netherlands. It had a flexible signalling and switching infrastructure with interconnections to BT and KPN. Its IT backoffice has been structured to support a multitude of brands and services. 6GMOBILE is a wholesale supplier of turnkey solutions to create private label mobile telecommunication services.
In August 2009, 6GMOBILE launched its own brand Tringg. Tringg offers SIM-only services with unlimited voice calls and SMS messages and 3G data for a fixed amount based on a Fair Use Policy.
In April 2010, 6GMOBILE launched Kruidvat Mobiel in a joint effort with the Kruidvat retail chain. It is a prepaid subscription that is positioned as the lowest priced prepaid offering in the Dutch market, in line with the Kruidvat prizefighter policy.
In September 2010, 6GMOBILE is supplying the platform for the Amsterdam soccer club Ajax Amsterdam MVNO, Ajax Mobiel. Ajax Mobile offer free on-net calls. Customers can also choose from a number of value-added services related to the team, some of which are free.
In May 2012 it was declared bankrupt.
References
External links
6GMOBILE homepage
Tringg homepage
BT Mobile
Kruidvat Mobiel
Ajax Mobiel
Mobile virtual network operators
Mobile phone companies of the Netherlands
Dutch brands
BT Group
Defunct brands
Bankrupt mobile phone companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasleem%20Ahmed%20Sabri | Sahibzada Tasleem Ahmed Sabri () is a Pakistani television host of Islamic Television Channel ARY Qtv, a subsidiary of the ARY Digital Network which is available in Pakistan, the Middle East, US, UK and Europe.
Early life and career
In the early 1990s, he started as a compere in Naat and Seerat programs at public gatherings and also on Pakistan Television Network.
He joined the ARY Digital Network, a television and media group, on their ARY Qtv channel in 2004.
Tasleem regularly conducts interviews of famous Pakistani personalities from different fields of life including religion, sports, business, media and social services.
Two CDs Tasleemat and Tasleem-o-Raza were released in 2006 & 2007 by him. His other TV programs are also publicly available. He is hosting a live programme for last 5 years known as Night time, in which famous Islamic scholars are being invited to discuss certain Islamic issues in depth on a regular basis. Muslims from all over the world take part in this programme by having a 'live telephone question and answer session' to have a better understanding of Islam. He has travelled to countries such as India, United Arab Emirates, UK and Saudi Arabia on invitation for such programs.
References
External links
Official YouTube channel
http://www.aryqtv.tv/
http://www.tasleemsabri.com/
Living people
Pakistani television hosts
Islamic music
Islamic poetry
Pakistani performers of Islamic music
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chishti-Sabiris |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan%2C%20AZ | Manhattan, AZ is a comedy television show that aired on the USA Network during the summer of 2000.
Premise
An undercover Los Angeles Vice Cop, Daniel Henderson, loses his loving wife in a bizarre sea accident. While working for Greenpeace cutting dolphins out of tuna nets, she is herself swept up and canned in spring light water. In his despair he decides to move to Manhattan, AZ along with his son, to become sheriff and start a new life. Daniel likes the peace and quiet the desert has to offer while Atticus hates its small town ways. Described by critics as "Andy Griffith on acid," Manhattan, AZ is composed of many colorful characters and Area 61, an eerie Air Force base that officially doesn't exist and is the cause of many mysterious events nearby. The situations seem over the top but are cut from the headlines of the day. The hilarious dialogue is delivered deadpan. The episodes end with one of the actors speaking directly to the audience describing something in the episode with the end line of "We work in Television and we know better than you."
Main characters
Brian McNamara as Sheriff Daniel Henderson - Sheriff of very small Manhattan, AZ desert town. Former undercover Los Angeles vice cop. Former soldier in US Army in Panama.
Vincent Berry as Atticus Finch Henderson - Son of Sheriff Daniel Henderson. Named after character from "To Kill A Mocking Bird". Atticus is portrayed by Chace Paddack during the first half of the episode as a chubby version. Episodes end with his voiceover that says "This Place Really Sucks".
Chad Everett as Jake Manhattan - Mayor of his namesake town where he runs the town bar. He charges "His cost plus ten percent" for everything. He is a former Hollywood TV star.
Recurring Characters
Mindy Sterling as Lona, wife of Lon, a pair of sex crazed, gun toting senior citizens.
Robin Gammell as Lon, husband of Lona.
Kate Hodge as Jane Pentowski - An Air Force airmen who likes Sheriff Henderson and wears very skimpy outfits while off duty.
Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Bob - The town vet that doubles as the towns medical Doctor.
Episodes
External links
Manhattan, AZ on USA from the TV Guide website
2000 American television series debuts
2000 American television series endings
2000s American comic science fiction television series
USA Network original programming
English-language television shows
2000s American mystery television series
Television shows set in Arizona |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gruffalo%20%28film%29 | The Gruffalo is a 2009 short computer-animated television film based on the 1999 picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, the film was produced by Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures, London, and Orange Eyes Limited, in association with the award-winning Studio Soi in Ludwigsburg, Germany, who developed and created the film., and produced in association with the BBC, Nick Jr. and ZDF.
The cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson.
9.8 million people watched the UK premiere on BBC One, Friday 25 December 2009 and the film went on to receive nominations for both an Academy Award
and a BAFTA.
It was screened in US theatres, distributed by Kidtoon Films. In December 2012, the film and its sequel The Gruffalo's Child premiered on television in the United States on Disney Junior, and in December 2017 – 2018, the film and its sequel premiered on television in the United States on the Disney Junior channel.
Plot
In an autumn wood, a Red squirrel mother finds a nut. Her children are playing until they see an owl. The mother squirrel drops the nut as she escapes from the owl, but her shocked children want her to tell them a story. So she tells the story of a mouse strolling through a deep dark wood.
The mouse tries to find a nut to eat but he can not reach it, so he makes a journey to a beautiful nut tree. Encountering three carnivorous animals along the way, who all wish to eat him -- first a fox, (who wants to cook the mouse) then an owl, (who wants eat the mouse for tea) and finally a snake (who wants to choke and eat the mouse) -- the plucky mouse uses his wits to survive. He lies to each animal that he is meeting a monster (calling his imaginary beast a ‘Gruffalo’), describes his terrible features, says that he is meeting him "here", and that the Gruffalo's favourite food is whichever animal he is being threatened by (roasted fox, owl ice cream, and scrambled snake). Each predator then panics and flees, but later they all gather and talk about what the mouse said, realizing they have been tricked.
The mouse feels so confident that he finally reaches the nut tree and suddenly comes face to face with a real Gruffalo, exactly as he had described it. When the Gruffalo catches and threatens to eat him, the mouse uses his wits again and says that everyone in the wood is afraid of him, asking the Gruffalo to follow him and see. As the two of them meet the animals again, the presence of the Gruffalo frightens them away, but the Gruffalo believes they are afraid of the mouse. As the Gruffalo prepares to eat the mouse, the mouse's tummy rumbles and he says his favourite food is Gruffalo crumble, causing the Gruffalo to retreat in fear. Finally safe, he finds the nut from earlier, which the Gruffalo had knocked down, and can eat it in peace.
When the mother squirrel ends her story, the children feel be |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Dallas%20Area%20Rapid%20Transit%20rail%20stations | DART Light Rail is a light rail mass transit system operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, serving portions of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, United States. The network consists of sixty-five stations on four lines: Blue Line, Green Line, Orange Line and Red Line.
All but one of the stations along the DART Light Rail network are open-air structures featuring passenger canopies for protection from adverse weather conditions. Stations featuring side platforms typically have dimensions of long by wide while stations having an island platform typically have dimensions of long by wide. The lone underground station is Cityplace. All stations include works of public art as part of the DART Station Art & Design Program. These works include independent works or as pieces incorporated into the canopies, columns, pavers, windscreens, fencing and landscaping present at all stations.
Stations
Stations planned and under construction
While the Silver Line follows DART's color coordinated scheme for light rail lines, it will operate from stations designed for a different mode of rolling stock than the rest of the system — utilizing diesel multiple units on a corridor shared with freight trains instead of the electrically powered and exclusive light rail.
Deferred and ghost stations
Several stations proposed for the DART Light Rail network are classified as deferred. As defined by DART, a deferred station is one that has been identified, but will not be constructed until land use changes warrant the construction of a station. In addition to the deferred stations, the network also features a single ghost station, the Knox–Henderson Station. The underground station was excavated at the time of the original construction of the Red and Blue Lines, only to have plans subsequently scrapped due to neighborhood opposition.
References
DART Light Rail
DART Light Rail |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRANCIS | FRANCIS is an academic bibliographic database maintained by INIST. FRANCIS covers the core academic literature in the humanities and social sciences with special emphasis on European literature.
INIST-CNRS is now providing free access to the FRANCIS database, along with PASCAL database content, on their website.
See also
References
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Databases in France
Scientific databases
French National Centre for Scientific Research |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOGE%20%28database%29 | DOGE () is an academic bibliographic database, which is maintained by INIST (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), in collaboration with the "Réseau d’Information en Gestion des Entreprises" (Information Network for Business Management) – under the coordination of the Institut Européen de Données Financières, EUROFIDAI (European Financial data Institute), and the CNRS Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS). DOGE covers research documents in all aspects of business management with special emphasis on European literature.
See also
DOGE's page on the INIST official website
INIST (official website)
EUROFIDAI Homepage
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Databases in France
Full-text scholarly databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beonyeong-ro%20%28Busan%29 | The Beonyeong-ro Road (Hangul : 번영로, Hanja : 繁榮路, Asian Highway Network ) is an urban expressway in Busan, Korea. It is the 1st urban expressway in South Korea. It constructed from May 1977 to October 1980, from Busan Harbor to Guseo IC, on Gyeongbu Expressway: runs north and south and the length is about .
It begins at 4th Pier in Dong-gu, Busan and it ends at Guseo IC in Geumjeong-gu, Busan. It was toll road but now you can run this road no charge from January 2004.
It touches with Gyeongbu Expressway and National Route 7. So you can approach downtown in Busan rapidly.
It is on the Asian Highway Network . To south, you can go to Japan by ferry and to north, you can go to Gyeongbu Expressway.
Friend was filmed at Chungjang Elevated Road on this road: in Dong-gu, Busan.
Interchange and Junction
4th Pier IC
Dongcheon Junction
Munhyeon IC
Daeyeon IC
Mangmi IC
Wondong IC
Geumsa IC
Seokdae Elevated Road IC
Hoedong JC (Gateway of Jeonggwan Indus Zn.)
Guseo IC (Gyeongbu Expressway, National Route 7 and Asian Highway Network )
Tunnels
On Beonyeong-no Road, there are 5 tunnels.
Munhyeon Tunnel
Daeyeong Tunnel
Gwangan Tunnel
Suyeong Tunnel
Oryun Tunnel
Information
You can't run this road by Motorcycle (An Emergency vehicle is excluded. A thing as an emergency vehicle says a Police motorcycle), Moped, Agricultural machinery (Rotary tiller, Tractor), Bicycle, and on foot because this road is a motorway.
Transport
Bus routes which use the crossing:
Busan Urban Bus 1007: from Wondong IC to Hoedong JC.
Intercity bus : Haeundae ~ Busan (Nopo-dong) ~ Osan·Suwon·Ansan·Bucheon - from Wondong IC to Guseo IC (by Gyeongnam Express: 경남고속).
See also
AH1
AH6
Gyeongbu Expressway
References
AH1
Former toll roads
Roads in Busan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes%20%28butterfly%29 | Xenophanes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyrgini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trina%20%28butterfly%29 | Trina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Pyrgini
Hesperiidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenia%20%28butterfly%29 | Alenia is an Afrotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
Alenia namaqua Vári, 1974
Alenia sandaster (Trimen, 1868)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Alenia at funet
Celaenorrhinini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by William Harry Evans |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowalla | Gowalla is a location-based social networking service. It originally launched in 2007 and closed in 2012, but was relaunched on March 10, 2023. Users are able to check in at "Spots" in their local vicinity, either through a dedicated mobile application or through the mobile website. Checking-in will sometimes produce virtual "items" for the user, some of which are developed to be promotional tools for the game's partners. As of November 2010 there were approximately 600,000 users. In January 2021, Gowalla made an announcement that the app is coming back in 2022.
At the start of December 2009 it was reported that Gowalla had raised $8.4 million in a round of venture capital funding led by Greylock Partners and angel investors Chris Sacca, Kevin Rose and Jason Calacanis. It was acquired by Facebook on December 2, 2011, for an undisclosed sum Gowalla, Inc. was based in Downtown Austin, Texas. On March 10, 2012, Gowalla announced it would cease operation and users would be able to download their checkins, photos and lists soon. However, this seems to have fallen through, as the site was made unavailable before these histories could be downloaded.
Overview
Gowalla is a primarily mobile application that allows users to check into locations that they visit using their mobile device. This is done either through the use of dedicated applications available on Google Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, Palm WebOS, and BlackBerry, or via the service's mobile website. Check-ins can be pushed via Notifications to iPhones, and by linking accounts, to Twitter and Facebook.
"Trips", which as of January 2010 can be made by any user, linked together up to 20 related spots, grouped into categories such as Nature Hikes or Pub Crawls.
Some Spots and Trips are "featured" by Gowalla, being highlighted on their website and awarded a special status and icon. Featured spots tend to be local landmarks such as Buckingham Palace in London, while featured trips were chosen for being "unique and exciting". Within the Gowalla community, certain users have an elevated status above that of normal users. Whereas every user could create a spot and maintain its details, members of the Street Team are able to move and edit any unlocked spots. This includes the ability to merge duplicate spots.
In early versions of the service, users will occasionally receive a virtual "Item" as a bonus upon checking in, and these items can be swapped or dropped at other spots. Users become "Founders" of a spot by dropping an item there. Items form a key feature within the game and each user has a vault into which they can place items they want to keep. In a September 2011 update, items and the user's vault became less of a focus of the application and were removed from the user experience. Many users were unhappy with the removal of Items.
On December 2, 2010, Gowalla released version 3.0 for the iPhone 4, allowing Gowalla users to check in using Foursquare, Facebook Places, Twitter, and Tumblr, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klibc | In computing, klibc is a minimalistic subset of the standard C library developed by H. Peter Anvin. It was developed mainly to be used during the Linux startup process, and it is part of the early user space, i.e. components used during kernel startup, but which do not run in kernel mode. These components do not have access to the standard library (usually glibc or musl) used by normal userspace programs.
The development of klibc library was part of the 2002 effort to move some Linux initialization code out of the kernel. According to its documentation, the klibc library is optimized for correctness and small size. Because of its design, klibc is also technically suitable for embedded software in general on a variety of platforms, and is used even by full-featured programs such as the MirBSD Korn Shell.
During the Linux startup process, klibc is loaded from within a temporary RAM file system, initramfs. It is incorporated by default into initial RAM file systems that are created by the mkinitramfs script in Debian and Ubuntu. Furthermore, it has a set of small Unix utilities that are useful in early user space: cpio, dash, fstype, mkdir, mknod, mount, nfsmount, run-init, etc. all using the klibc library. An alternate strategy is to include everything in one executable, like BusyBox, which determines the requested applet via arguments or hard links or symlinks.
Licensing
klibc is dual-licensed under a BSD three-clause (formerly four-clause, rectified via the Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer), as well as the GPLv2 (GPLv2 only, due to Linux-kernel restrictions).
This dual license allows compatibility with both non-copyleft software, as well as GPLv3 programs via the BSD license (which otherwise would not be compatible). (However, if klibc includes any GPLv2 kernel code such as that in glibc, the entire application reverts to GPLv2.)
References
External links
Mailing list
initramfs and where user space truly begins - LWN, Jonathan Corbet, July 11, 2006.
C standard library
Free computer libraries
Free software programmed in C
Interfaces of the Linux kernel
Linux APIs
Software using the BSD license
Software using the GPL license |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Red%20Grass%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Red Grass was a British black-and-white science fiction children's television series (6 Jan – 10 Feb 1959) made by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network, and transmitted on Tuesday afternoons at 5.25pm. The story concerned waving red grass that seeds itself all over the world and is fatal to the touch.
A group of ordinary young people with no special expertise or knowledge struggle to understand the Red Grass, where it came from, what its purpose is on Earth, and how to combat its spread and wipe it out before it kills the last human beings to survive.
"The Red Grass is an extraordinary herb discovered by an English archaeologist near Athens. Though it stings whoever touches it, it also gives them the ability to see into the future. Two crooks get hold of a specimen and rush off to England to use it for dishonest purposes. Unluckily for them, they are pursued by Donald and Janet Mason, two children aware of their secret"
The series was written by Peter Hayes and directed by John Rhodes. It starred Jacqueline Hussey and Nicholas Light as the two youngsters whose holiday among the Aegean Islands is fraught with danger and excitement, and Nicholas Amer played the sinister Dr Kaliakos. Other cast members included Robert Sansom, Dinsdale Landen, John Lang, Derek Sydney, and Alec Bregonzi.
Reception
Nigel Planer, who watched the serial as a child, described it as "terrifying!", although no contemporary tabloid reviews appear to have survived.
Archive status
The series was transmitted live each week from Studio 4 at Associated-Rediffusion's Wembley Studios. No recordings of any of the six episodes are known to exist, presumably having been wiped or misplaced if, indeed, episodes were recorded at the time of transmission. The serial is effectively lost.
References
External links
The Red Grass at For the Children: Children's Television in the UK
1950s British children's television series
1950s British science fiction television series
Black-and-white British television shows
British children's science fiction television series
ITV children's television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia%20TV | Dahlia TV was an Italian pay-per-view television network available on digital terrestrial television, offering 12 widescreen channels. Telecom Italia Media owns a 9% stake in the company.
Programming
Dahlia Calcio
Dahlia Calcio had five channels, and was a competitor of Premium Calcio, broadcasting some matches of Serie A. Dahlia TV also holds the rights to broadcast some matches of Serie B, exclusive to digital terrestrial television.
Dahlia Sport
Dahlia Sport had two channels and offered a range of sports programming, in particular soccer, football, beach volleyball, poker, boxing, rugby, auto and motorcycle racing, tennis and sailing. Programming includes events from Coupe de la Ligue, Swatch FIVB World Tour, NASCAR, Superbike World Championship, National Football League, Volvo Ocean Race, America's Cup, World Grand Prix Darts, Pro14 and additional programming from MUTV, Chelsea TV and Barça TV.
Dahlia Xtreme
Dahlia Xtreme broadcasts extreme sports-related programming, in particular wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, parkour, paintball, slamball, free climbing and rodeo. Programming includes WWE SmackDown, WWE Raw, Nu-Wrestling Evolution, World Extreme Cagefighting, Red Bull X-Fighters, Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, F1 Powerboat World Championship, Speedway Grand Prix, Formula D.
Dahlia Explorer
Dahlia Explorer was a television channel devoted to nature, crime & investigation, science and lifestyle programming. Programming include Planet Earth, Planet Earth: The Future, The Hairy Bikers and other programs from BBC and truTV.
Dahlia Eros
Dahlia Eros, with Dahlia Adult, offered a range of adult-themed programming, broadcasting softcore and hardcore movies, including also hentai. These channels were featured a parental control to limit the access of underage people.
External links
www.dahliatv.it
References
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
Defunct television channels in Italy
Italian-language television stations
2009 establishments in Italy
2011 disestablishments in Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GS1%20DataBar%20Coupon | The GS1 Databar Coupon code has been in use in retail industry since the mid-1980s. At first, it was a UPC with system ID 5. Since UPCs cannot hold more than 12 digits, it required another bar code to hold additional information like offer code, expiration date and household ID numbers. Therefore, the code was often extended with an additional UCC/EAN 128 bar code. EAN 13 was sometimes used instead of UPC, and because it starts with 99, it was called the EAN 99 coupon barcode, and subsequently GS1 DataBar. After more than 20 years in use, there is now a need to encode more data for complex coupons, and to accommodate longer company IDs, so the traditional coupon code has become less efficient and sometimes not usable at all.
Features
Formerly known as Reduced Space Symbology (RSS-14), this family of barcodes includes:
Symbols intended for retail point of sale scanning:
GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional
GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional
GS1 DataBar Expanded
GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked
Symbols that are not intended for retail Point-of-Sale scanning:
GS1 DataBar Truncated
GS1 DataBar Limited
GS1 DataBar Stacked
All GS1 DataBar barcodes encode a GTIN-12 or GTIN-13 in a 14-digit data structure. In order to make the GTIN-12 or GTIN-13 a 14-digit data structure, a leading zero or zeros is filled to the left of the GTIN. GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional, GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional, GS1 DataBar Expanded, and GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked have omnidirectional scanning capability. GS1 DataBar Truncated, GS1 DataBar Stacked and GS1 DataBar Limited can only be scanned by a linear hand held or imaging scanning device: they cannot be scanned by omnidirectional scanners and are intended to be read by handheld scanners.
GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional is designed to condense the GTIN information into a more compact and square barcode suitable for use on smaller packages (such as the label stickers on fresh produce).
GS1 DataBar Limited, GS1 DataBar Stacked and GS1 DataBar Truncated are designed for very small item identification and are mainly used in the healthcare industry. Each encodes a GTIN-12 or GTIN-13 in 14-digit data structure. Only GS1 DataBar Limited uses an indicator digit 1.
In addition to encoding Application Identifier (01) GTIN, GS1 DataBar Expanded and GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked can encode additional GS1 Application Identifiers such as sell-by date, weight, and lot number. Each symbol has a capacity of up to 74 characters. These attributes can help in controlling shrinkage, optimizing product replenishment, and improving the traceability of a product at the point of sale. They are seeing increased use in manufacturers' coupons. Starting June 2011, GS1 Databar use is mandated for coupons and the use of UPC-A must be discontinued.
Common usage
In the United States, GS1 DataBar Coupon barcodes are often placed on grocery coupons issued by product manufacturers (so-called Manufacturer Coupons). These grocery coupons are typicall |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer%20Liquid%20A1 | The Acer Liquid A1 (S100) is a smartphone manufactured by Acer Inc. of Taiwan. It was launched on 7 December 2009 in the UK. The phone is Acer's first to use the Android operating system, backed by Google. It is also the world's first Android phone to use a Snapdragon processor.
Specifications
Hardware
The Acer Liquid A1 has a 3.5-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display, 768 MHz Scorpion Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor, 256 MB of RAM and 512 MB of internal storage that can be expanded using microSD cards up to 32 GB. The phone has a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery, 5 MP rear camera with no selfie camera. It is available in Black, White, Red colors.
Software
Acer announced their intention to release an update for the Acer Liquid in the first half of 2010 that would upgrade the Android OS 1.6 version to version 2.1 (Eclair). The update finally came in July 2010.
See also
Acer Liquid E
Acer Liquid Metal
Galaxy Nexus
List of Android devices
References
External links
Acer Smartphone official site
Acer Liquid official site
Liquid A1
Android (operating system) devices
Touchscreen portable media players
Mobile phones introduced in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Coat%20Systems |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016, it was acquired by and folded into Symantec. In 2019 was, as part of Symantec Enterprise division, sold to Broadcom.
The company was known as CacheFlow until 2002.
The company had "a broad security portfolio including hardware, software and services." The company was best known for web gateway appliances that scan internet traffic for security threats, authenticate users and manage encrypted traffic, as well as products to monitor and filter employee internet activity. It also produced consumer products, such as parental control software. The company's products were initially sold to internet service providers, but later products were intended for large companies.
History
In March 1996, the company was founded as CacheFlow, Inc. in Redmond, Washington by Michael Malcolm, a computer scientist and professor at the University of Waterloo, Joe Pruskowski, and Doug Crow. The company initially raised $1 million in seed money from a dozen angel investors.
The company's goal was to develop appliances that would increase website speed by storing frequently accessed web data in the cache.
In October 1996, Benchmark Capital purchased 25% of the company for $2.8 million, equivalent to a price of 87.5 cents per share. By February 1997, the company had raised $5.1 million. In December 1997, U.S. Venture Partners acquired 17% of the company for $6 million.
In 1997, the company moved its headquarters to Silicon Valley.
In January 1998, the company released its first product, the CacheFlow 1000. It cached website objects that users were likely to use repeatedly, to increase load speed. In October 1999, the CacheOS operating system was released.
In April 1998, the company released the CacheFlow 100.
In mid-1998, during the dot-com bubble, the company made its first sales, earning just $809,000 over three months, and investors started pushing for an initial public offering (IPO).
In March 1999, Technology Crossover Ventures invested $8.7 million for 7% of the company, equivalent to a price of $4.575 per share.
In September 1999, the company released the CacheFlow 500, with a list price of $9,995. A competitive review of caching appliances in PC Magazine gave the CacheFlow 500 Editor's Choice. The editor said it had "excellent performance", a "plug-and-go" setup, and "good management tools". The review noted that its "most noteworthy features" were its DNS caching and object pipelining techniques, which allowed page data to be delivered in parallel, rather than sequential, streams.
In early November 1999, Marc Andreessen invested $3.1 million in shares, at a price of $11.04 per share.
On November 19, 1999, during the peak of the dot-com bubble, the company became a public company via an initial public offering, raising $132 million. Shares rose fivefold on its first day of trading. However, the company was |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20National%20Invitation%20Tournament%20postseason%20broadcasters | The following is an overview and list of the announcers and television networks to broadcast the National Invitation Basketball Tournament (or the NIT).
Early coverage by CBS
From 1966-1975, CBS provided national television coverage for selected games from the National Invitation Tournament. Before 1975, the NCAA only allowed one team per conference to play in the NCAA tournament. Therefore, the NIT got many top teams and was considered somewhat comparable in quality to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
In the early part of this era (circa 1966-1968), CBS carried one game on the opening Saturday and the championship game the following Saturday. By 1969, CBS moved their first round coverage from Saturday to Sunday to avoid conflicting with the NCAA tournament regional finals coverage on NBC. In the process, the NIT title game went head-to-head with the NCAA consolation game. The same would be true on both counts for the next three years.
In 1973, CBS expanded their NIT coverage to four games. The March 17 game (Notre Dame-USC) went up against an NCAA regional final on NBC. Meanwhile, the March 24 game (Notre Dame-North Carolina) went up against the first NCAA Final Four game.
In 1974, CBS covered went from covering four to covering five games in the NIT. The March 16 doubleheader (Md E Shore-Manhattan and Purdue-North Carolina) went up against the NCAA regional finals on NBC. Meanwhile, the March 23 doubleheader (Purdue-Jacksonville and Utah-Boston College) went head-to-head against the NCAA Final Four.
In 1975, CBS did not cover any NIT games on the first weekend, but did carry the semifinals and finals. The March 22 doubleheader (Providence-St John's and Princeton-Oregon) went head-to-head with the NCAA regional finals.
ESPN's coverage
Radio
ESPN's 10-year contract not only gave ESPN the entire NIT on TV. It also gave ESPN Radio the rights to provide national radio broadcasts for the NIT during that 10-year span. When the NCAA acquired the NIT, the NIT radio rights became part of the NCAA Radio Network contract and moved over to Dial Global, which would rename themselves Westwood One in September 2013.
References
CBS Sports
ESPN College Basketball
ESPN2
ESPN Radio
Broadcasters
Lists of college basketball announcers in the United States
Nit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morupule | Morupule is a small town in Botswana.
Infrastructure
It is severed by a station on the national railway network.
It also has an airport, coal mine, and power station.
See also
Railway stations in Botswana
References
Populated places in Botswana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaging%20Lung%20Sound%20Behavior%20with%20Vibration%20Response%20Imaging | In medicine Imaging Lung Sound Behavior with Vibration Response Imaging (VRI), is a novelty computer-based technology that takes the concept of the stethoscope to a more progressive level. Since the invention of the stethoscope by René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec France in 1816, physicians have been utilizing lung sounds to diagnose various chest conditions. Today auscultation provides physicians with extensive information on the examination of the patient. The skills of the examiner however, vary, as seen in a clinical study that was conducted on the diagnosis of pneumonia in 2004.
The technology is based on the physiologic vibration generated during the breathing process when flow of air distributing through the bronchial tree creates vibration of the bronchial tree walls and the lung parenchyma itself. Emitted vibration energy propagating through the lung parenchyma and the chest wall reaches the body surface where is captured and recorded by a set of acoustic sensors. The sensors are positioned over the lung areas on the back that allows for the simultaneous reception of these signals from both lungs. These signals are then transformed by a complex algorithm to display the spatial changes in energy intensity during the breathing cycle. The intensity changes follow changes of airflow through the breathing cycle - i.e.: flow increases and decreases during inspiration and expiration. The VRI technology represents these changes as a grey scale-based dynamic image. The darker the higher the vibration intensity and the lighter the lower the vibration intensity is.
VRI and Lung Sound Behavior
The foremost information that the VRI provides on vibration energy, is how lung sounds behave and function during inspiration and expiration, which also includes individual breathing intensity (or vibration energy) graphs for each lung along the time period of 12 seconds. The distribution pattern of normal lung vibration energy for healthy individuals evolves centrally (presumably reflecting early airflow distribution in central large airways) and develops centrifugally in a simultaneous fashion for left and right lungs. Following peak inspiration, there is centripetal regression of vibration energy toward the end of inspiration. The same pattern is repeated during expiration phase accordingly. The peak of inspiratory vibration energy is higher than expiratory energy peak due to inspiration being more active process compared to expiration. At the Maximum Energy Frame (MEF) (a frame on the dynamic image representing the maximum distribution of vibration energy at the peak of inspiration), the right and left zones has a similar shape, area and image intensity, with a tendency, however, to greater intensity on the left. The vibration energy graph is a graphical representation of the behavioral pattern for both lungs and each lung individually. For a healthy individual with normal lungs, the graph has a consistent pattern that is repeated throughout the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexx | Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled. It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading. Proprietary and open source Rexx interpreters exist for a wide range of computing platforms; compilers exist for IBM mainframe computers.
Rexx is a full language that can be used as a scripting, macro language, and application development language. It is often used for processing data and text and generating reports; this means that Rexx works well in Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programming and is used for this purpose, like later languages such as Perl. Rexx is the primary scripting language in some operating systems, e.g. OS/2, MVS, VM, AmigaOS, and is also used as an internal macro language in some other software, such as SPF/PC, KEDIT, THE and the ZOC terminal emulator. Additionally, the Rexx language can be used for scripting and macros in any program that uses Windows Scripting Host ActiveX scripting engines languages (e.g. VBScript and JScript) if one of the Rexx engines is installed.
Rexx is supplied with VM/SP Release 3 on up, TSO/E Version 2 on up, OS/2 (1.3 and later, where it is officially named Procedures Language/2), AmigaOS Version 2 on up, PC DOS (7.0 or 2000), ArcaOS, and Windows NT 4.0 (Resource Kit: Regina). REXX scripts for CMS share the filetype EXEC with EXEC and EXEC2, and the first line of the script specifies the interpreter to be used. REXX scripts for MVS may be recognized by the low level qualifier EXEC or may be recognized by context and the first line. REXX scripts for OS/2 share the filename extension .cmd with other scripting languages, and the first line of the script specifies the interpreter to be used. REXX macros for REXX-aware applications use extensions determined by the application. In the late 1980s, Rexx became the common scripting language for IBM Systems Application Architecture, where it was renamed "SAA Procedure Language REXX".
In mainframe programming, a Rexx script or command is sometimes referred to as an EXEC in a nod to the CMS file type used for EXEC, EXEC 2 and REXX scripts on CP/CMS and VM/370 through z/VM.
Features
Rexx has the following characteristics and features:
Simple syntax
The ability to route commands to multiple environments
The ability to support functions, procedures and commands associated with a specific invoking environment.
A built-in stack, with the ability to interoperate with the host stack if there is one.
Small instruction set containing just two dozen instructions
Freeform syntax
Case-insensitive tokens, including variable names
Character string basis
Dynamic data typing, no declarations
No reserved keywords, except in local context
No include file facilities
Arbitrary numerical precision
Decimal arithmetic, floating-point
A rich selection of built-in functions, especially string and word processing
Automatic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20Justice%20Now%21 | Climate Justice Now! (CJN!) is a global coalition of networks and organizations campaigning for climate justice.
The coalition was founded at the 2007 UNFCCC meeting in Bali, and has since mobilised for UNFCCC meetings in Bangkok, Copenhagen and Cancun.
Members
CJN! list its members and allies on its website as:
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
Carbon Trade Watch
Center for Environmental Concerns
Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition/Coalition canadienne des jeunes pour le climat
Earth in Brackets
Earth Peoples
Ecologistas en Acción
Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (EARTH)
Focus on the Global South
Freedom from Debt Coalition, Philippines
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth U.S
GAIA: Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Global Exchange
Global Forest Coalition
Global Justice Ecology Project
Gendercc – Women for Climate Justice
IBONinternational
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
International Forum on Globalization
Kalikasan-Peoples Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE)
La Via Campesina International Peasant Movement
Members of the Durban Group for Climate Justice
Oilwatch
Pacific Indigenous Peoples Environment Coalition, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
The Indigenous Environmental Network
The International Institute of Climate Action & Theory
The People's Coalition for Fisheries Justice-Indonesia (KIARA)
Thai Working Group for Climate Justice (TCJ)
Tibet Justice Center
Timberwatch Coalition
The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD
WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia
World Rainforest Movement
Quaker Earthcare Witness
References
External links
Statement of principles
Homepage as archived August 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
International climate change organizations
Friends of the Earth |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern%20Radio%20Network | Chiltern Radio Network (also known as Chiltern Radio Group) was the parent group of several Independent Local Radio stations in the 1980s and 1990s. These were divided across two networks: The Hot FM and SuperGold.
History
Chiltern Radio launched on 15 October 1981 from studios located on Chiltern Road in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. On 1 June 1982, Chiltern expanded into Bedford with studios on Goldington Road. This was joined 30 November 1986 with Northants Radio from Northampton, and 15 October 1989 with Horizon Radio from Milton Keynes. The Hot FM network transmitted on the FM services of 97.6 Chiltern FM, 96.9 Chiltern FM, Northants 96, Horizon Radio, followed later by Oasis Radio, Severn Sound, and Galaxy Radio. For a while Galaxy Radio and Horizon Radio operated a slightly more edgy "Hotter Mix" format, although they switched back again to the "Hot FM" for networked programming. Supergold transmitted on the AM services of Chiltern Radio, Northants Radio, followed later by Severn Sound and Invicta Radio.
Stations would broadcast from their studios until 7pm, then share programmes from Dunstable overnight.
In 1994, the GWR Group acquired the network, and began re-branding the stations in September 1995 - the FM stations as part of their Mix Network and gold stations as Classic Gold Digital Network. Shared programming moved to Bristol. In May 2005, the GWR Group merged with Capital Radio to form GCap Media, which Global Radio bought out in 2008 and eventually became the Heart Radio network.
Presenters
Original DJs and presenters included Paul McKenna, Paul 'Mad Dog' O'Reilly, Martin Collins, Tony West, NJ Williams, Tony Lloyd, and Louie Martin. Networked presenters included Graham Torrington, Chris Moyles, Emma Scott, Steve Power, Chris Brooks, Tim Allen, Tom Stewart, Simon Clarke, Neale James, Treva Ellis, and Laura Penn. Other presenters included Paul Garner who did a comedy and unsigned music show, David Francis on the late show and Dave Sanders who hosted a Sunday show consisting of mostly album tracks.
Network news
Chiltern Radio Network ran the satellite news service Network News between 5 July 1991 and 1 April 1996 as a competitor to Independent Radio News. The service provided hourly national news bulletins to not only Chiltern stations, but other broadcasters including Virgin Radio, Radio Luxembourg, Choice FM, and Radio Maldwyn. Network News was joint led by Paul Chantler (then Group Programme Director of the Chiltern Radio Network) and Jon Davies, journalist who had been a key part of ITN Radio News. The service closed with the acquisition of Chiltern Radio by the GWR Group, which was a shareholder in IRN.
References
External links
Chiltern Radio - The Legacy Site - historical information, photos & audio
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Former British radio networks
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
News agencies based in the United Kingdom
1981 establishments in the United Kingdom
Companies esta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20convolutional%20code | Quantum block codes are useful in quantum computing and in quantum communications. The encoding circuit for a large block code typically has a high complexity although those for modern codes do have lower complexity.
Quantum convolutional coding theory offers a different paradigm for coding quantum information. The convolutional structure is useful for a quantum communication scenario where a sender possesses a stream of qubits to send to a receiver. The encoding circuit for a quantum convolutional code has a much lower complexity than an encoding circuit needed for a large block code. It also has a repetitive pattern so that the same physical devices or the same routines can manipulate the stream of quantum information.
Quantum convolutional stabilizer codes borrow heavily from the structure of their classical counterparts. Quantum convolutional codes are similar because some of the qubits feed back into a repeated encoding unitary and give the code a memory structure like that of a classical convolutional code. The quantum codes feature online encoding and decoding of qubits. This feature gives quantum convolutional codes both their low encoding and decoding complexity and their ability to correct a larger set of errors than a block code with similar parameters.
Definition
A quantum convolutional stabilizer code acts on a Hilbert space
which is a countably infinite tensor product of two-dimensional qubit Hilbert spaces indexed over integers ≥ 0
:
A sequence
of Pauli matrices , where
can act on states in . Let denote the set of all Pauli sequences. The support supp of a Pauli sequence is the set of indices of the entries in that are not equal to the identity. The weight of a sequence is the size of its support. The delay del of a sequence is the smallest index for an entry not equal to the
identity. The degree deg of a sequence is the largest index for an entry not equal to the identity. E.g., the following Pauli sequence
has support , weight three, delay one, and degree four. A sequence has finite support if its weight is finite. Let
denote the set of Pauli sequences with finite support. The following definition for a quantum convolutional code utilizes the set in its description.
A rate -convolutional stabilizer code with is a commuting set of all -qubit shifts of a basic generator set . The basic generator set has
Pauli sequences of finite support:
The constraint length of the code is the maximum degree of the
generators in . A frame of the code consists of qubits.
A quantum convolutional code admits an equivalent definition in terms of the delay transform or -transform. The -transform captures shifts of the basic generator set . Let us define the -qubit delay operator acting on any Pauli sequence as follows:
We can write repeated applications of as a power of :
Let be the set of shifts of elements
of by . Then the full stabilizer for the
convolutional stabilizer code is
Operation
The operation of a convo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty%20Makoni | Hazviperi Betty Makoni is a Zimbabwean women's rights activist who in 1999 founded the Girl Child Network, a charity which supports Zimbabwe's young sex abuse victims. The organization has rescued more than 35,000 girls and provided mentoring to at least 60,000 girls around Zimbabwe. She earned two degrees from the University of Zimbabwe, and has been awarded numerous national and international awards. Orphaned as a child and sexually abused, Makoni is the principal subject in the documentary film, Tapestries of Hope.
Early life
Makoni grew up in St Mary's in the suburb of Chitungwiza. When she was six, Makoni was raped at knifepoint by a shopkeeper in her neighborhood who believed that raping virgins brings luck. Her mother died in a domestic violence incident when Makoni was nine. She was forced to raise herself alongside five siblings by working at a mission school.
Career
Makoni became a teacher after she received her university diploma. In 2000 she began permanently volunteering for the Girl Child Network. Many regional country's organizations have replicated the model implemented by Girl Child Network. In 2012 her autobiography Never Again was published. The book was launched in Essex on 13 April 2013.
Accolades
In 2003 the Women's World Summit Foundation awarded Makoni with the Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life.
In 2007, Makoni won the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child. In 2008, Amnesty International awarded her its Ginetta Sagan Award for her work with the GCN.
Personal life
Makoni left Zimbabwe in 2008, following torture threats. She now lives in England. She is married with three children.
See also
Virgin cleansing myth
References
External links
Girl Child Network
Living people
Zimbabwean activists
Zimbabwean women activists
1973 births
University of Zimbabwe alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Brian%20Blake | M. Brian Blake is an American computer scientist/software engineer and the eighth president of Georgia State University. He was previously the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at George Washington University; executive vice president of academic affairs and the Nina Henderson Provost at Drexel University; the dean of the graduate school and vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Miami; an associate dean for research and professor at the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame; and department chair and professor of computer science at Georgetown University.
Blake was named as the most promising scientist in 2003 by Career Communications and recognized as a Top 10 Emerging Scholar in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. His research has received more than $12 million in funding, and he is an author of more than 225 scholarly publications. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a Fellow of the IEEE. Blake has also been a strong advocate for increasing diversity in the study of computer science and other STEM disciplines.
Early life
M. Brian Blake was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, and graduated from Benedictine Military School in 1989 and Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. He spent six years working as a software architect, technical lead and expert developer with General Electric, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and The MITRE Corporation. While employed by Lockheed Martin, Blake earned his master's degree in electrical engineering from Mercer University and his doctoral degree from George Mason University.
Career
In 1999, Blake became an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Department of Computer Science. He was promoted to associate professor in 2005, becoming the youngest tenured African-American computer science professor in the nation. Blake was named chair of the Department of Computer Science in 2007. He was also director of graduate studies as the department launched its first graduate program, and ran a research group in Web-based systems that undertook more than $6 million in sponsored research.
Blake joined the University of Notre Dame in 2009 as professor of computer science and engineering and associate dean of engineering for research and graduate studies. His role included faculty development, student recruitment and diversity strategies, and working with corporate and foundation partners.
In July 2012, Blake was named vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Miami. He was responsible for research on the university's Coral Gables campus, and worked with the deans of Miami's schools and colleges and the Faculty Senate on efforts to diversify the university's faculty. He oversaw graduate programs serving more than 5,200 students across 11 schools and colleges as dean of the Graduate School.
Blake became the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Drexel University on August 1, 2015 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Dixon%20%28doctor%29 | Michael Dixon LVO, OBE, FRCGP, FRCP is an English general practitioner and healthcare leader. He is Chair of The College of Medicine, Co-Chair of the National Social Prescribing Network, Visiting Professor at University College London and Westminster University and Head of the Royal Medical Household.
Career
Dixon studied psychology and philosophy at University of Oxford before studying medicine at Guy’s Hospital. He works as an NHS GP at College Surgery in Cullompton, where he was previously senior partner and has practiced as a GP since 1984.
His national appointments have included membership of the National Leadership Network for Health and Social Care, the National Stakeholder Forum and National Steering Group for GP Commissioning. He is an Honorary Senior Fellow in Public Policy at HSMC University of Birmingham, Honorary Senior /Lecturer in Integrated Health at the Peninsula Medical School.
He has been active in the commissioning movement since the early 1990s, when he co-founded the Mid Devon Family Doctors Commissioning Group. Since then he has campaigned for the right of GPs and practices to have a role in improving local health and services and been a prime mover in developing GP commissioning models that will allow them to do so. He sat on the National Executive of the National Association of Commissioning GPs (NACGP) - founded in 1993, and was a co-writer of its document "Restoring the Vision" (1997), which was commissioned by the then Minister of Health, Alan Milburn. When NACGP became NHS Alliance in 1998, he was elected Chairman and has continued in this role by annual election until he announced his retirement in 2015. He is a frequent speaker and national advisor on GP commissioning and co-author of a number of books and chapters in this area (e.g. The Locality Commissioning Handbook (1998, Radcliffe Press) and A Practical Guide to Primary Care Groups and Trusts (2001) Radcliffe Press).
Past ministerial appointments include Chair of the NHS LifeCheck Board and Practice Based Commissioning Advisor to Lord Darzi. He is a past President of the Health Writers Guild and was previously Senior Advisor of the King’s Fund and Steering Group member of the King’s Fund Enquiry on General Practice
Since 2010, he has been Chair of The College of Medicine, which emphasises the importance of health and healing beyond medicines and interventions and which includes social prescription, lifestyle interventions and complementary and traditional approaches.
He was a commissioner and health lead for the Healthy Cities Report launched in the House of Lords in 2022 and currently sits on the Health Council of Reform involved in its “Reimagining Health Programme”.
He was listed in the top ten most influential clinical leaders in the Health Service Journal 2013. He has been listed among the Pulse (magazine) most influential GPs for several years.
Honours and appointments
LVO (2015)
OBE (2001)
Visiting Professor University College of London
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Manbow | is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published in 1989 by Konami for the MSX2 and MSX2+ home computers. It was re-released for mobile phones on September 1, 2006; for the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console service on November 24, 2009; on February 19, 2014, for the Wii U; and on July 28, 2015, for the Windows Store (Project EGG). It has never been released outside Japan.
Gameplay
In the game, the player pilots a starship shaped like a mambo fish. There are only two weapon types available throughout the game, which can be powered up through standard pickups. The weapons gradually lose power unless the player makes additional pickups, but the ship is helped by two stationary "options" similar to those found in the Gradius series. The "options" are able to shift so that they alternatively fire in three directions: forward, backward, and towards the top/bottom of the screen.
Development and release
Reception
Notes
References
External links
Space Manbow at GameFAQs
1989 video games
D4 Enterprise games
Horizontally scrolling shooters
Japan-exclusive video games
Konami games
Mobile games
MSX2 games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Michiru Yamane
Video games scored by Tsuyoshi Sekito
Video games scored by Yuji Takenouchi
Virtual Console games
Virtual Console games for Wii U
Windows games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%20Pringle | Jennifer Pringle (born 1983, in York) is an English television presenter and actress.
Pringle is a continuity presenter on Milkshake!, the early-morning programming block for young children, and formerly on Shake!, the weekend morning block for older children, on Channel 5. Pringle joined Milkshake! in July 2006. She joined Shake on 4 October 2009.
Pringle also voices characters in the television shows Angelina Ballerina, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, EastEnders E20 and Peppa Pig.
Pringle is best known for being a bit bonkers and enthusiastic, especially on live TV.
Pringle was born in York, and grew up in Scunthorpe. She attended Salford University, studying media and performance.
Filmography
References
1983 births
Living people
Actresses from York
Alumni of the University of Salford |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%20Boltzmann%20Gesellschaft | The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG) is an Austrian network of specialized research institutes that are not part of a university. It was founded in 1961 and named after physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. In 1999, the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft comprised 131 institutes in the fields of medicine, humanities and social sciences. After 2006, the number of institutes was greatly reduced.
Current institutes
LBI Applied Diagnostics
LBI Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Reality
LBI Cancer Research
LBI Clinical Forensic Imaging
LBI COPD and Respiratory Epidemiology
LBI Electrical Stimulation and Physical Rehabilitation
LBI Experimental and Clinical Traumatology
LBI für Health Technology Assessment
LBI History and Theory of Biography
LBI Human Rights
LBI Lung Vascular Research
LBI Neo-Latin Studies
LBI Osteology
LBI Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases
Current clusters
LBC Arthritis and Rehabilitation
LBC Cardiovascular Research
LBC History
LBC Oncology
See also
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Functional Brain Topography
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte
External links
Education in Austria |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo%20Pineda | Enrico Lorenzo Macam Pineda (born August 12, 1990) is a Filipino actor. He is the finalist who won the title of First Prince in the GMA Network's fifth season of StarStruck. He is the son of former congressman Enrico Pineda and publicist Macy Macam Pineda.
He is currently a contract artist of ABS-CBN's Star Magic.
Personal life
Enzo's father, Enrico Pineda, is Manny Pacquiao's business manager, PBA San Miguel and Former U.S.T. Captain Ball and M.V.P., Basket Ball Varsity Player and De La Salle University Green Archers team manager, and Mayor, and his Mother Macy Pineda is a publicist & PR V.P.. for Magazines and Public Affairs
He went to school in Holy Infant Montessori Center and La Salle Greenhills Grade School for a while. He attended Lyceum of the Philippines University (L.P.U.), taking up Hospitality Management. He is studying business administration at the London Business School (L.B.S.).
Pineda is also a martial arts practitioner he does boxing, muay Thai, fencing and gymnastics. He was a soccer, tae kwon do, and base ball varsity player during his last years at Finally, Ateneo. He was a 6 complete Champions member of a member of his school's theater group U.S.T. Salinggawi Dance Troupe, Head.
In 2021, he became a Marine reservist after completing the basic citizen military course under the Philippine Navy with the rank of staff sergeant.
StarStruck
StarStruck standing
After StarStruck
After seven years of GMA Network, he transferred to ABS-CBN appearing in the primetime show Till I Met You as Stephen, the love interest of JC Santos. In March 2017, he became a contract artist of Star Magic.
He shares his roles in ABS-CBN such as Pusong Ligaw, Bagani, Nang Ngumiti ang Langit, Ang Probinsyano, The Iron Heart, and Can't Buy Me Love.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official website
Enzo Pineda at iGMA.tv
1990 births
Living people
StarStruck (Philippine TV series) participants
Filipino male child actors
Filipino male television actors
Star Magic
GMA Network personalities
ABS-CBN personalities
Tagalog people
Actors from Makati
Male actors from Quezon City
University of Asia and the Pacific alumni
Actors from Caloocan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBIx%3A%3AClass | DBIx::Class (often abbreviated as DBIC) is an object–relational mapper for Perl. It is used to map relational database table rows to Perl objects and generates SQL queries transparently to the application developer. It also implements the active record pattern. It is popular in Web application frameworks such as Catalyst and Dancer.
See also
DBI
Other object–relational mappers for Perl
External links
DBIx::Class Documentation
Perl modules
Object–relational mapping |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIC | RAIC may refer to:
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, a Canadian association representing architects
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Computers, a computer Server farm
Restricted Area Identity Credential - see Airport security
Russian-American Industrial Corporation, an international textile manufacturing project in Soviet Russia, 1922-1925 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine%20Moran%20Children%27s%20Museum | Jasmine Moran Children's Museum is a children's museum in Seminole, Oklahoma, United States. Melvin Moran is the co-founder of the museum.
The museum is a member of the Oklahoma Museum Network.
References
External links
Jasmine Moran Children's Museum info, photos and video on TravelOK.com Official travel and tourism website for the State of Oklahoma
Voices of Oklahoma interview with Melvin & Jasmine Moran. First person interview conducted on August 19, 2010, with Melvin & Jasmine Moran.
Children's museums in Oklahoma
Museums in Seminole County, Oklahoma |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%2C%20Edd%20n%20Eddy%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of the animated comedy television series Ed, Edd n Eddy, created by Danny Antonucci, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Although originally set to premiere in November 1998, the season ran from January 4, 1999, to June 11, 1999, and consists of 13 episodes. The series revolves around three adolescent boys collectively known as "the Eds," who live in a suburban cul-de-sac. Unofficially led by Eddy, the Eds frequently scheme to make money off their peers in order to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. However, their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments.
Adult cartoonist Antonucci conceived Ed, Edd n Eddy while working on a commercial design. Antonucci pitched the series to Nickelodeon, but the network declined to give him creative control and Antonucci refused. He then pitched the series to Cartoon Network. The network ended up commissioning the show after agreeing to let Antonucci have control of the show. After its debut, the series was a success in Nielsen ratings, popular among younger and older viewers. Met with generally positive reviews, the season earned Antonucci a Reuben Award for Best Television Animation.
The Complete First Season DVD was released in Region 1 in 2006 and Region 4 in 2007. Both Ed, Edd n Eddy DVD volumes, Edifying Ed-Ventures and Fools' Par-Ed-Ise, also featured season one episodes. All the DVDs were published by Warner Home Video. The entire season can also be purchased from the iTunes Store. The season was written by Antonucci, Jono Howard, Mike Kubat, and Rob Boutilier.<ref name=Creds>Credits of Ed, Edd n Eddy, season 1</ref>
Cast
Matt Hill, Samuel Vincent, and Tony Sampson were cast as Ed, Edd (Double D), and Eddy. David Paul Grove and Keenan Christenson played the parts of Jonny 2 × 4 and Jimmy, respectively, while Sarah was voiced by Janyse Jaud. Peter Kelamis voiced Rolf, while Kathleen Barr was cast as Kevin. Nazz was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain. Erin Fitzgerald played the part of May Kanker. The other two Kanker sisters, Marie and Lee, were voiced by Kathleen Barr and Janyse Jaud.
Reception
Ratings
Although originally set to premiere on November 7, 1998, it aired on January 4, 1999, as the 6th Cartoon Cartoon, due to minor post-production delays. According to Cartoon Network executive Linda Simensky, the first season did "remarkably well" in ratings following its premiere, becoming one of the top-rated series on the network, prompting Cartoon Network to quickly order-up a second season for a November 1999 premiere, and later a third and fourth.
Reviews and accolades
Reception of the first season was generally positive, though not as acclaimed as its second season. Despite giving the Edifying Ed-Ventures DVD a negative review, IGN's Mike Drucker praised the show, saying: "Every bit of the show is played for the maximum comic effect, and the interactions between the characters are usually very fun," and particularly praised the sea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novatium | Novatium Solutions Pvt Ltd is a privately held Indian company based in Chennai, India which provides computing services and what it calls managed utility computing services. Its chief executive officer is Alok Singh. The company was founded by Rajesh Jain in 2004.
History
Novatium began operations in 2004, and has developed thin embedded devices capable of operating on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Android and Solaris platform without any change in device. The company has partnered with Tata Teleservices Limited to launch Novatium Navigator with Tata Photon plus. Thus, Novatium is India's first cloud computing on wireless broadband service. The services include high speed computing experience with an emphasis on internet, gaming, digital entertainment, online education, telephony and business productivity. Bharti Airtel, an Asian integrated telecom service provider, also entered into a strategic partnership with Novatium to help expand the broadband market in India.
Products
Novatium provides computing devices and has four products, Novatium Navigator, Novatium Navigator +, Novatium Neon, . Novatium has arranged with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices to connect the device into the Novatium Desktop.
Novatium also manufactured and purveyed the Nova NetPC circa 2007, which was priced at $100 at that time and was described as being "just within reach of India's growing middle class". The Nova NetPC involved users subscribing to a computing service, and the computer had no hard drive disks.
References
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2004 establishments in Tamil Nadu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entobia | Entobia is a trace fossil in a hard substrate (typically a shell, rock or hardground made of calcium carbonate) formed by sponges as a branching network of galleries, often with regular enlargements termed chambers. Apertural canals connect the outer surface of the substrate to the chambers and galleries so the sponge can channel water through its tissues for filter feeding (Bromley, 1970). The fossil ranges from the Devonian to the Recent (Taylor and Wilson, 2003; Tapanila, 2006).
References
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Boring fossils |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20space%20planning | In artificial intelligence and computer programming, state space planning is a process used in designing programs to search for data or solutions to problems. In a computer algorithm that searches a data structure for a piece of data, for example a program that looks up a word in a computer dictionary, the state space is a collective term for all the data to be searched. Similarly, artificial intelligence programs often employ a process of searching through a finite universe of possible procedures for reaching a goal, to find a procedure or the best procedure to achieve the goal. The universe of possible solutions to be searched is called the state space. State space planning is the process of deciding which parts of the state space the program will search, and in what order.
Definition
The simplest classical planning (see Automated Planning) algorithms are state space search algorithms. These
are search algorithms in which the search space is a subset of the state space: Each
node corresponds to a state of the world, each arc corresponds to a state transition,
and the current plan corresponds to the current path in the search space.
Forward Search and Backward Search are two of main samples of state space planning.
Forward search
Forward search is an algorithm that searches forward from the
initial state of the world to try to find a state that satisfies the goal formula.
Forward-search(O, s0, g)
s = s0
P = the empty plan
loop
if s satisfies g then return P
applicable = {a | a is a ground instance of an operator in O,and precond(a) is true in s}
if applicable = ∅ then return failure
nondeterministically choose an action a from applicable
s = γ(s, a)
P = P.a
Backward search
Backward-search is an algorithm that begins with goal state and back track to its initial state. This method is sometimes called "back propagation."
Backward-search(O, s0, g)
s = s0
P = the empty plan
loop
if s satisfies g then return P
relevant = {a | a is a ground instance of an operator in O that is relevant for g}
if relevant = ∅ then return failure
nondeterministically choose an action a from relevant
P = a.P
s = γ−1(s, a)
See also
State space
State space search
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%20timing | Delta time or delta timing is a concept used amongst programmers in relation to hardware and network responsiveness. In graphics programming, the term is usually used for variably updating scenery based on the elapsed time since the game last updated, (i.e. the previous "frame") which will vary depending on the speed of the computer, and how much work needs to be done in the program at any given time. This also allows graphics to be calculated separately if graphics are being multi-threaded.
In network programming, due to the unpredictable nature of internet connections, delta timing is used in a similar way to variably update the movement information received via the computer network, regardless of how long it took to receive the next data packet of movement information.
It is often done by calling a timer every frame per second that holds the time between now and last call. Thereafter the resulting number (delta time) is used to calculate how far, for instance, a video game character would have travelled during that time. This results in the character taking the same amount of real world time to move across the screen regardless of the rate of update, and whether the delay is caused by lack of processing power or a slow internet connection.
In graphics programming, this avoids the gameplay slowing down or speeding up depending on the complexity of what is happening at any given time, which would make for an inconsistent, jarring experience (e.g. time slowing down the more characters walk onto the screen, or running too fast because only one character is on screen). In network programming, this keeps the game world of each computer in sync with the others, by making sure each client eventually sees the same activity at the same time, even if more time has passed since the last update for some clients than others.
Big enough delays will eventually negatively affect the gameplay experience, but using Delta Time keeps the gameplay consistent so long as the computer and internet connection meet the minimum hardware requirements of the game.
Delta timing is also used in motorsport. The use of delta timing in motorsport allows drivers to see how much time they've gained or lost.
Delta-timing measurement in programming
Delta time can be used to measure how long a given program took to execute in real-time. The python snippet below shows how an example function's execution time can be calculated using the delta of times before and after execution.
Python3
# time() returns the seconds since the epoch as a floating point number
from time import time
# define is_prime(x)
def is_prime(x):
for i in range(2,x):
if (x%i) == 0:
print(x, 'is not prime')
return
print(x, 'is prime')
# measure delta time
t0 = time() # start of measurement
is_prime(13) # call function
t1 = time() # end of measurement
deltaTime = t1 - t0
print('is_prime(13) takes', deltaTime, 'seconds to execute!')
Delta-time and frame rate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANaerospace | CANaerospace is a higher layer protocol based on Controller Area Network (CAN) which has been developed by Stock Flight Systems in 1998 for aeronautical applications.
Background
CANaerospace supports airborne systems employing the Line-replaceable unit (LRU) concept to share data across CAN and ensures interoperability between CAN LRUs by defining CAN physical layer characteristics, network layers, communication mechanisms, data types and aeronautical axis systems. CANaerospace is an open source project, was initiated to standardize the interface between CAN LRUs on the system level. CANaerospace is continuously being developed further and has also been published by NASA as the Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments Databus Standard in 2001. It found widespread use in aeronautical research worldwide. A major research aircraft that employs several CANaerospace networks for real-time computer interconnection is the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a Boeing 747SP with a 2.5m astronomic telescope. CANaerospace is also frequently used in flight simulation and connects entire aircraft cockpits (i.e. in Eurofighter Typhoon simulators) to the simulation host computers. In Italy CANaerospace is used as UAV data bus technology. Furthermore, CANaerospace serves as communication network in several general aviation avionics systems.
The CANaerospace interface definition closes the gap between the ISO/OSI layer 1 and 2 CAN protocol (which is implemented in the CAN controller itself) and the specific requirements of distributed systems in aircraft. It may be used as a primary or ancillary avionics network and was designed to meet the following requirements:
Democratic network: CANaerospace does not require any master/slave relationships between LRUs or a "bus controller", thereby avoiding a potential single source of failure. Every node in the network has the same rights for participation in the bus traffic.
Self-identifying message format: Each CANaerospace message contains information about the type of the data and the transmitting node. This allows the data to be unambiguously recognized at each receiving node.
Continuous Message Numbering: Each CANaerospace message contains a continuously incremented number which allows coherent processing of messages in the receiving stations.
Message Status Code: Each CANaerospace message contains information about the integrity of the data is conveying. This allows receiving stations to evaluate the quality of the received data and to react accordingly.
Emergency Event Signaling: CANaerospace defines a mechanism that allows each node to transmit information about exception or error situations. This information can be used by other stations to determine the network health.
Node Service Interface: As an enhancement to CAN, CANaerospace provides a means for individual stations on the network to communicate with each other using connection-oriented and connectionless services.
Predefined |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames%20Valley%20Buses | Thames Valley Buses Limited, trading as Thames Valley Buses, is a bus company based in Bracknell, England. It was known as Courtney Buses until 2021. Founded in 1973, the company operates a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in Berkshire, north Hampshire and small parts of Oxfordshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire. In March 2019 it was purchased by Reading Buses, with the company having gradually rebranded to its current name between October 2019 and April 2021.
The company is known for its use of alternative fuels, having been the first bus company in the United Kingdom to operate a bus run on 100% soya oil.
History
The Courtney Group was formed in 1973 as a taxi hire firm in Bracknell by William Courtney-Smith, and moved into coach hire in the 1980s. In 2000 Courtney Coaches commenced its first local route, 53 (Wexham Park Hospital - Maidenhead - Bracknell). This was taken over by First Berkshire & The Thames Valley in 2003. The company expanded dramatically in January 2004 when all seven local routes in Maidenhead were taken over from First Berkshire.
In September 2006 Courtney Coaches had its licence revoked by the Traffic Commissioner. An appeal was launched, operations continued and the decision overturned by the end of 2006. Between 2005 and 2007, a park & ride service was operated between Maidenhead town centre and a temporary site at Stafferton Way. The Stafferton Way site had been used to provide replacement parking during a period in which a town centre car park was shut.
In October 2007 the company introduced a unique ticketing system, ETMSS, which uses mobile computer technology to replace fare charts and reporting software with one computerised system. Other features include the ability to modify fares from anywhere using the internet, GPS tracking of individual buses and reduced insurance costs as a result of this, and the ability to calculate fares, cash exchanges and refunds. The cost of installation was reportedly paid back within the first 12 months.
The routes in Maidenhead were changed significantly in early 2009. However, changes to the stopping pattern on route 6 (Maidenhead — Windsor) received criticism from some residents and were further changed in April 2009.
Further expansion came in January 2009, when the shuttle service between Didcot Parkway station and Milton Park was expanded from one bus to two using a new low-floor double-deck vehicle at a cost of £175,000. Over 400 passes for the service were issued to workers prior to its introduction.
2010s
Courtney moved its depot from Downmill Road, Bracknell to Hogwood Lane Industrial Estate in Finchampstead in late 2010. The company announced a change of trading name to Courtney Buses in late 2011. In November 2011 Courtney began operation of a new Christmas park & ride service in Windsor. There was more expansion during 2014, when four contracted routes in the Bracknell area, along with nine contracted routes in the Wokingham |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioNumbers | BioNumbers is a free-access database of quantitative data in biology designed to provide the scientific community with access to the large amount of data now generated in the biological literature. This aims to make quantitative values more easily available, to aid fields such as systems biology.
The BioNumbers project performs literature-based curation of various sources. It is a regularly updated online resource that contains >13,000 entries from ~1,000 distinct references. Examples of data include transcription and translation rates, organism and organelle sizes, metabolites concentrations and growth rates. Entries are provided with full reference and details such as measurement method and comments. BioNumbers also publishes a monthly review of a problem in quantitative biology.
History
The database is a Wikipedia-format community collaborative initiative began in 2007 by Ron Milo, Paul Jorgensen and Mike Springer at the systems biology department at Harvard Medical School. It is currently managed and curated at the Milo lab from the Weizmann Institute of Science. BioNumbers was being supported by the Systems biology department in Harvard and by the Weizmann Institute.
References
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External links
BioNumbers
BioNumbers on OpenWetWare
Barry Schwartz BioNumbers – Specialty Biology Answer Search Engine March 24, 2009
2007 establishments in the United States
Biological databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down%20in%20Flames%20%28video%20game%29 | Down in Flames is a computer video game for Microsoft Windows, developed by American studio Dan Verssen Games and published by Battlefront.com in 2005. Closely based on a card-driven tabletop game of the same name, Down in Flames is a turn-based simulation of dogfights between World War II fighter planes. Some parts of the game also involve escorting and intercepting bombers.
The game features aircraft of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. An expansion pack, Eastern Front, was released in 2006, adding Polish and Soviet planes.
Gameplay
Down in Flames is closely based on a dedicated deck card game of the same name, first released in 1993 by GMT Games. It is a turn-based simulation of dogfights between World War II fighter planes. Such battles are combined into campaigns. In a single dogfight, each player controls either one or two pairs of fighters, with each pair consisting of a leader and a wingman.
At the start of each battle, the players are dealt a hand of cards. Each card represents a certain action, such as an offensive or defensive maneuver, machine gun burst or altitude change. Both sides play chosen cards in a turn-based manner responding to enemy's maneuvers, until one side is defeated. The game uses an "Action/Reaction system" with "action" cards used to initiate maneuvers, while "reaction" cards are used to cancel and react to enemy's moves. Some cards are both actions and reactions.
Apart from dogfights, one side also attempts to attack targets on the ground (such as troops, naval units or factories) while the other side defends them. Some missions also include escorting or intercepting bombers, however the bomber planes itself are not controlled by the player.
The game features aircraft of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Each fighter is described by four ratings: performance (number of maneuvers its pilot can have at any one time), horsepower (number of new maneuvers the aircraft gains each turn), bursts (how much firepower the plane has) and airframe (how much damage the plane can take before being shot down). Pilots gain experience with each dogfight (however, they may be "permanently killed" in online multiplayer mode) and eventually new planes can be unlocked. During the game, the player may buy extra cards and abilities – a feature not found in the original card game.
Expansion pack
An expansion pack, titled Down in Flames: Eastern Front, was released in 2006. It adds Polish and Soviet planes to the game, as well as three new planes for each of the countries previously featured in the game. The expansion also adds new campaigns, pilot skills and the option to create custom missions.
Development
Development started in 2002, when Dan Verssen - creator of the original tabletop version of Down in Flames – met Brian Marrs, a professional programmer who created a self-made computer rendition of the game. Verssen thought it had "commercial possibilities" and in November 2002, tog |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manomio | Manomio LLC is a small US based independent mobile game developer with a focus on retro gaming on the iOS and Android operating systems. The company was founded in late 2008 by Australian developer Stuart Carnie and Danish entrepreneur Brian Lyscarz.
History
In June 2009, Manomio submitted a Commodore 64 emulator to the iPhone App Store; the application was rejected due to the use of interpreted or executable code. The emulator was finally accepted in early September, although it was removed from the App Store two days later because it was discovered to have the capability for users to run and create BASIC programs. Prior to its removal, the Commodore 64 emulator app had risen into the top 20 in the "paid apps" section, after only two days of sales. Manomio quickly submitted a new version of the application without BASIC capabilities. The company's success with the Commodore 64 application lead to other emulator releases, such as ones for the Amiga 500 and the Atari 2600.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed%20rail%20in%20France | France has a large network of high-speed rail lines. As of June 2021, the French high-speed rail network comprises of tracks, making it one of the largest in Europe and the world. As of early 2023, new lines are being constructed or planned. The first French high-speed railway, the LGV Sud-Est, linking the suburbs of Paris and Lyon, opened in 1981 and was at that time the only high-speed rail line in Europe.
In addition to serving destinations across France, the high-speed rail system is also connected to the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The SNCF, France's state-owned rail company, operates both a premium service (TGV inOui) and a budget service (Ouigo). The French national high-speed rail network follows the spoke-and-hub model, centered on Paris. Besides its main operator, the SNCF, it is also used by Eurostar, Thalys, Deutsche Bahn, Trenitalia France, RENFE, and the Swiss Federal Railways.
Tracks
The newest high-speed lines allow speeds of in normal operation: originally LGVs were defined as lines permitting speeds greater than , revised to . Like most high-speed trains in Europe, TGVs also run on conventional tracks (), at the normal maximum speed for those lines, up to . This allows them to reach secondary destinations or city centres without building new tracks all the way, reducing costs compared to the magnetic levitation train project in Japan, for example, or complete high-speed networks with a different gauge from the surrounding conventional networks, in Spain and Japan, for example.
Track design
High-speed railway track construction in France has a few key differences from normal railway lines. The radii of curves are larger so that trains can traverse them at higher speeds without increasing the centripetal acceleration felt by passengers. The radii of LGV curves have historically been greater than : new lines have minimum radii of to allow for future increases in speed.
LGVs can incorporate steeper gradients than normal. This facilitates planning and reduces their cost of construction. The high power/weight and adhesive weight/total weight ratios of TGVs allow them to climb much steeper grades than conventional trains. The considerable momentum at high speeds also helps to climb these slopes very quickly without greatly increasing energy consumption. The Paris-Sud-Est LGV has gradients of up to 3.5% (on the German NBS high-speed line between Cologne and Frankfurt they reach 4%). On a high-speed line it is possible to have greater superelevation (cant), since all trains are travelling at the same (high) speed and a train stopping on a curve is a very rare event. Curve radii in high-speed lines have to be large, but increasing the superelevation allows for tighter curves while supporting the same train speed. Allowance for tighter curves can reduce construction costs by reducing the number and/or length of tunnels or viaducts and the volume of earthworks.
Tra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzefxis | Syzefxis (σύζευξις in Greek, meaning coupling) or "National Public Administration Network", is a project of the Greek Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization, aiming at the evolvement of the voice, video and data infrastructure of the Public Sector in Greece. The project was about installing and maintaining a stable and fast computer network based on the Internet Protocol for the public sector organizations, ministries, municipalities, hospitals, social security foundations, schools and many other, counting in total about two thousand nodes.
The network provides:
voice and data connectivity for the 2,000 nodes,
broadband internet services and E-mail,
a Website for each node supporting value added services, like directory services etc.,
Public key infrastructure for the users,
synchronous and asynchronous education,
teleconferencing services,
free telephony based on VoIP technology between all nodes.
The network's architecture is based on the hub-and-spoke design.
The network was divided in six administrative areas, called "islets". These are:
Islet 1, Athens area
Islet 2, covering the rest of Attica outside Athens
Islet 3, Thessaloniki
Islet 4, Crete
Islet 5, Continental Greece, Thessaly, Macedonia, Thrace and Northern Aegean Islands
Islet 6, Epirus, Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands
The implementation of the project was divided in nine subprojects, seven of which are telecommunication projects. The other two are
more information technology-oriented. The subprojects are:
Subproject 1, the installation and interconnection of islet 1 users,
Subproject 2, the installation and interconnection of islet 2 users,
Subproject 3, the installation and interconnection of islet 3 users,
Subproject 4, the installation and interconnection of islet 4 users,
Subproject 5, the installation and interconnection of islet 5 users,
Subproject 6, the installation and interconnection of islet 6 users,
Subproject 7, the installation and configuration of the backbone network,
Subproject 8, the training management,
Subproject 9, the public key infrastructure.
Notes
External links
Syzefxis Project
Annual Progress Reports (in Greek)
Telecommunications in Greece |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinos%20Daskalakis | Constantinos Daskalakis (; born 29 April 1981) is a Greek theoretical computer scientist. He is a professor at MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He was awarded the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and the Grace Murray Hopper Award in 2018.
Early life and education
Daskalakis was born in Athens on 29 April 1981. His grandparents originated from Crete, where he summered as a child. He has a younger brother, Nikolaos. When Daskalakis was in third grade, his father bought an Amstrad CPC, which Daskalakis stayed up all night with, attempting to learn how it worked.
He attended Varvakeio High School, and completed his undergraduate studies in the National Technical University of Athens, where in 2004 he received his Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He completed his undergraduate thesis "On the Existence of Pure Nash Equilibria in Graphical Games with succinct description" under the supervision of Stathis Zachos. As an undergraduate, Daskalakis attained perfect scores in all but one of his classes, something which had not previously been achieved in the university's history.
He continued to study at University of California, Berkeley, where he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2008 under the supervision of Christos Papadimitriou. His thesis was awarded the 2008 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Research and career
After his PhD he spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher in Jennifer Chayes's group at Microsoft Research, New England.
Daskalakis works on the theory of computation and its interface with game theory, economics, probability theory, statistics and machine learning.
He has resolved long-standing open problems about the computational complexity of the Nash equilibrium, the mathematical structure and computational complexity of multi-item auctions, and the behavior of machine-learning methods such as the expectation–maximization algorithm. He has obtained computationally and statistically efficient methods for statistical hypothesis testing and learning in high-dimensional settings, as well as results characterizing the structure and concentration properties of high-dimensional distributions.
Daskalakis co-authored The Complexity of Computing a Nash Equilibrium with his doctoral advisor Christos Papadimitriou and Paul W. Goldberg, for which they received the 2008 Kalai Game Theory and Computer Science Prize from the Game Theory Society for "the best paper at the interface of game theory and computer science", in particular "for its key conceptual and technical contributions"; and the outstanding paper prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
He was appointed a tenured Professor at MIT in May 2015.
Awards and honors
Constantinos Daskalakis was awarded the 2008 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for advancing our understanding of behavior in complex networks of interact |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-SAT | In computer science, the Sharp Satisfiability Problem (sometimes called Sharp-SAT, #SAT or model counting) is the problem of counting the number of interpretations that satisfy a given Boolean formula, introduced by Valiant in 1979. In other words, it asks in how many ways the variables of a given Boolean formula can be consistently replaced by the values TRUE or FALSE in such a way that the formula evaluates to TRUE. For example, the formula is satisfiable by three distinct boolean value assignments of the variables, namely, for any of the assignments ( = TRUE, = FALSE), ( = FALSE, = FALSE), and ( = TRUE, = TRUE), we have
#SAT is different from Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT), which asks if there exists a solution of Boolean formula. Instead, #SAT asks to enumerate all the solutions to a Boolean Formula. #SAT is harder than SAT in the sense that, once the total number of solutions to a Boolean formula is known, SAT can be decided in constant time. However, the converse is not true, because knowing a Boolean formula has a solution does not help us to count all the solutions, as there are an exponential number of possibilities.
#SAT is a well-known example of the class of counting problems, known as #P-complete (read as sharp P complete). In other words, every instance of a problem in the complexity class #P can be reduced to an instance of the #SAT problem. This is an important result because many difficult counting problems arise in Enumerative Combinatorics, Statistical physics, Network Reliability, and Artificial intelligence without any known formula. If a problem is shown to be hard, then it provides a complexity theoretic explanation for the lack of nice looking formulas.
#P-Completeness
#SAT is #P-complete. To prove this, first note that #SAT is obviously in #P.
Next, we prove that #SAT is #P-hard. Take any problem #A in #P. We know that A can be solved using a Non-deterministic Turing Machine M. On the other hand, from the proof for Cook-Levin Theorem, we know that we can reduce M to a boolean formula F. Now, each valid assignment of F corresponds to a unique acceptable path in M, and vice versa. However, each acceptable path taken by M represents a solution to A. In other words, there is a bijection between the valid assignments of F and the solutions to A. So, the reduction used in the proof for Cook-Levin Theorem is parsimonious. This implies that #SAT is #P-hard.
Intractable special cases
Counting solutions is intractable (#P-complete) in many special cases for which satisfiability is tractable (in P), as well as when satisfiability is intractable (NP-complete). This includes the following.
#3SAT
This is the counting version of 3SAT. One can show that any formula in SAT can be rewritten as a formula in 3-CNF form preserving the number of satisfying assignments. Hence, #SAT and #3SAT are counting equivalent and #3SAT is #P-complete as well.
#2SAT
Even though 2SAT (deciding whether a 2CNF formula has a solution) is |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20Interoperability%20in%20Ethernet%20Passive%20Optical%20Networks | The Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) working group proposed the IEEE 1904.1 standard for managing telecommunications networks.
Description
Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) is a technology for fiber to the x access networks, with millions subscriber lines.
In response to rapid growth, the SIEPON project was formed in 2009 to develop system-level specifications, targeting "plug-and-play" interoperability of the transport, service, and control planes in a multi-vendor environment.
The project was organized to build upon the IEEE 802.3ah (1G-EPON) and IEEE 802.3av (10G-EPON) physical layer and data link layer standards and create a system-level and network-level standard, allowing interoperability of the transport, service, and control planes in a multi-vendor environment.
The "P" prefix is used while the standard is being proposed, and then dropped when ratified.
A draft standard was announced in September 2011.
The Industry Standards and Technology Organization announced a conformity assessment program in February 2012.
The first official standard in the series, IEEE Standard 1904.1-2013, was published in September 2013.
References
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Network architecture
Fiber-optic communications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Pratt | Ian Pratt may refer to:
Ian Pratt (computer scientist), chief architect of the open-source Xen project and chairman of Xen.org
Ian Pratt (politician), member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcSoft%20ShowBiz | ShowBiz is a video editor by ArcSoft for the Windows operating system. It can create VCD and DVDs and can also export to the formats AVI, MPEG, WMV, and MOV. ShowBiz also contains a DVD burning and menu building feature.
As of 2003, it was one of the three most dominant bundled titles.
Reception
PC Magazine reviewer Jan Ozer states: "ArcSoft's ShowBiz has evolved into a competent editor that's generally more usable than Dazzle's MovieStar program, providing more configuration controls, better preview features, and a much greater range of fun effects."
John Virata, senior editor of Digital Media Online, says in his three page review of ShowBiz DVD 2, "It is an easy editor to work with and has a logically laid out interface that takes you step by step through the video creation and DVD creation process"
References
External links
Connected Home Magazine
Video editing software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune%20network%20theory | The immune network theory is a theory of how the adaptive immune system works, that has been developed since 1974 mainly by Niels Jerne and Geoffrey W. Hoffmann. The theory states that the immune system is an interacting network of lymphocytes and molecules that have variable (V) regions. These V regions bind not only to things that are foreign to the vertebrate, but also to other V regions within the system. The immune system is therefore seen as a network, with the components connected to each other by V-V interactions.
It has been suggested that the phenomena that the theory describes in terms of networks are also explained by clonal selection theory.
The scope of the symmetrical network theory developed by Hoffmann includes the phenomena of low dose and high dose tolerance, first reported for a single antigen by Avrion Mitchison, and confirmed by Geoffrey Shellam and Sir Gustav Nossal, the helper and suppressor roles of T cells, the role of non-specific accessory cells in immune responses, and the very important phenomenon called I-J. Jerne was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1984 partly for his work towards the clonal selection theory, as well as his proposal of the immune network concept.
The immune network theory has also inspired a subfield of optimization algorithms similar to artificial neural networks.
The symmetrical immune network theory
Heinz Kohler was involved in early idiotypic network research and was the first to suggest that idiotypic network interactions are symmetrical. He developed a detailed immune network theory based on symmetrical stimulatory, inhibitory and killing interactions. It offers a framework for understanding a large number of immunological phenomena based on a small number of postulates. The theory involves roles for B cells that make antibodies, T cells that regulate the production of antibodies by B cells, and non-specific accessory cells (A cells).
Antibodies called IgG have two V regions and a molecular weight of 150,000. A central role in the theory is played by specific T cell factors, which have a molecular weight of approximately 50,000, and are postulated in the theory to have only one V region. Hoffmann has proposed that for brevity specific T cell factors should be called tabs. Tabs are able to exert a powerful suppressive effect on the production of IgG antibodies in response to foreign substances (antigens), as was demonstrated rigorously by Takemori and Tada. Hoffmann and Gorczynski have reproduced the Takemori and Tada experiment, confirming the existence of specific T cell factors. In the symmetrical network theory tabs are able to block V regions and also to have a stimulatory role when bound to a tab receptor on A cells. Symmetrical stimulatory interactions follow from the postulate that activation of B cells, T cells and A cells involves cross-linking of receptors.
The symmetrical network theory has been developed with the assistance of mathematical modeling. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricx%20Command%20Center | Bricx Command Center (BricxCC) is the integrated development environment (IDE) of Next Byte Codes (NBC), Not Quite C (NQC) and Not eXactly C (NXC). These programming languages are used to program the Robots in the Lego Mindstorms series. Not Quite C and Not eXactly C have a syntax like C. Bricx Command Center is currently limited to computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. However, a version for the Linux operating system is currently in development. It is written by John Hansen.
Custom firmware
Unlike other programming languages for the Lego Mindstorms series like ROBOTC, custom firmware is not needed. However, it is needed when the Lego Mindstorms NXT Intelligent Brick must connect with Bricx Command Center via Bluetooth or when increasing robot performance and functionality (various NBC/NXC Enhanced Firmware exclusive syscalls).
See also
Lego Mindstorms
Lego Mindstorms NXT
Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0
Not eXactly C (NXC)
Next Byte Codes (NBC)
Not Quite C (NQC)
References
External links
NBC, NXC Website
NQC Website
NBC Guide
NBC Tutorial
NXC Tutorial
NXC Guide
NQC Tutorial
NQC Guide
A NXT 2.0 robot in action, programmed using NXC.
Lego Mindstorms
Integrated development environments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa%E2%80%93Rome%20railway | The Pisa–Rome railway (also called the ferrovia Tirrenica—"Tyrrhenian Railway") is one of the trunk lines of the Italian railway network. It connects Italy’s northwest with its south, running along the Tyrrhenian coast between the Italian regions of Tuscany and Lazio, through the provinces of Livorno, Grosseto, Viterbo and Rome. The line is double track and is fully electrified at 3,000 V DC. Passenger traffic is managed by Trenitalia.
An international branch line connects from the Pisa–Rome railway at Roma San Pietro railway station to Vatican City: the 300-metre Vatican railway.
History
The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central (Italian for Central Pius Company). In 1862 work started on a line south from Livorno, which initially ran east to Collesalvetti before turning south and joining the path of the current Pisa–Rome line at Vada (now 27 km south of Livorno). This route is now known as the Maremmana railway. The line continued south from Vada and was opened to Nunziatella, near Capalbio, on the border with the Papal States on the Chiarone river in 1864. In 1865 the Leopolda railway was taken over by the owner of the Rome–Civitavecchia railway, now called the Società per le Strade Ferrate Romane (Roman Railways). It opened the connecting section between Civitavecchia and Capalbio in 1867. In 1910 a direct line was opened along the coast from Vada to the new central station at Livorno. A new route was opened between Rome and Maccarese-Fregene via Aurelia on 25 May 1990.
References
Footnotes
Sources
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See also
List of railway lines in Italy
External links
Railway lines in Lazio
Railway lines in Tuscany
Railway lines opened in 1867
1867 establishments in Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva%20con%20Agua%20de%20Sankt%20Pauli | Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli (english: Live with Water) is a charity founded in 2006 in the Hamburg quarter of St. Pauli. Viva con Agua is a network of people and organizations committed to establish access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation for all humans worldwide. Creative and joyful activities raise awareness for the global issues water, sanitation, and hygiene (short WASH) and simultaneously raise funds for worldwide water.
The NGO started with a friend circle from Hamburg. Now their offices and locations are not just in Germany, but also in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Uganda and since 2020 in South Africa and California.
History
In 2005 Benjamin Adrion, at the time a midfield player for the regional league football club FC St. Pauli, returned from a training camp in Havana. There he had seen how poor the supply of fresh drinking water was in Cuba. Back in Hamburg again, he decided to do something about it. He mobilised musicians, football fans and bohemians in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli and launched an appeal for donations.
Among the earliest supporters of the project were prominent figures like the hip-hop musicians of Fettes Brot and Bela B of the punk rock band Die Ärzte.
In cooperation with Welthungerhilfe, it subsequently proved possible to equip 150 kindergartens in Cuba’s capital Havana with water dispensers.
In 2006, Adrion officially founded the organisation Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli.
When he was 28 years old Benjamin Adrion received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2009. He accepted the award conferred in recognition of special services rendered for the common good on behalf of every single Viva supporter.
In 2010 the Viva con Agua Foundation was found to secure the idea and the ideals of the NGO in the long term.
Aim and Structure
Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli e.V. is a non-profit organization from the city district Sankt Pauli in Hamburg, Germany. The organization is built up as an "open network" which means that it mainly consists of individual initiatives with the support of the organization’s head office in Hamburg.
The aim of the association is to provide people in countries with needs with access to drinking water and sanitation.
Therefor the organization acts in conjunction with project partner like the Welthungerhilfe (one of the biggest private aid organisations in Germany) and local partners in the projects country.
Viva con Agua’s firm belief is that even the most serious topics in the world can be battled with joy. Most of the donations are collected through the work at Festival and Dancing Events. The NGO partners up with festival organizer and has mobilized around 15,000 mostly young volunteers. The young volunteers receive free tickets to festival areas, where they collect cups. Usually these cups have a deposit fee of one Euro or more. This way all the festival visitors can easily donate, while partying together. This is way Viva con |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinesh%20Manocha | Dinesh Manocha is an Indian-American computer scientist and the Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science at University of Maryland College Park, formerly at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests are in scientific computation, robotics, self-driving cars, affective computing, virtual and augmented reality and 3D computer graphics.
Biography
Dinesh Manocha is currently a Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor Professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.Tech. degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1987; M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 and 1992, respectively.
Manocha has supervised more than 45 MS and Ph.D. students. He is married to his frequent collaborator and UMD faculty colleague, Ming C. Lin.
Research
Manocha's research interests include geometric computing, interactive computer graphics, physics-based simulation and robotics. He has published more than 280 papers in these areas.
Awards and honors
Manocha has received more than 11 best paper and panel awards at the ACM SuperComputing, ACM Multimedia, ACM Solid Modeling, Pacific Graphics, IEEE VR, IEEE Visualization, ACM SIGMOD, ACM VRST, CAD, I/ITSEC and Eurographics Conferences. He was selected as an ACM Fellow in 2009 "for contributions to geometric computing and applications to computer graphics, robotics and GPU computing", and is also an AAAS Fellow.
References
External links
Dinesh Manocha home page at the Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland
Computer graphics researchers
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Indian computer scientists
IIT Delhi alumni
Living people
Researchers in geometric algorithms
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaho | Pentaho is business intelligence (BI) software that provides data integration, OLAP services, reporting, information dashboards, data mining and extract, transform, load (ETL) capabilities. Its headquarters are in Orlando, Florida. Pentaho was acquired by Hitachi Data Systems in 2015 and in 2017 became part of Hitachi Vantara.
Overview
Pentaho is a Java framework to create Business Intelligence solutions. Although most known for its Business Analysis Server (formerly known as Business Intelligence Server), the Pentaho software is indeed a couple of Java classes with specific functionality. On top of those Java classes one can build any BI solution.
The only exception to this model is the ETL tool Pentaho Data Integration - PDI (formerly known as Kettle.) PDI is a set of softwares used to design data flows that can be run either in a server or standalone processes. PDI encompasses Kitchen, a job and transformation runner, and Spoon, a graphical user interface to design such jobs and transformations.
Features such as reporting and OLAP are achieved by integrating subprojects into the Pentaho framework, like Mondrian OLAP engine and jFree Report. For some time by now those projects have been brought into Pentaho's curating. Some of those subprojects even have standalone clients like Pentaho Report Designer, a front-end for jFree Reports, and Pentaho Schema Workbench, a GUI to write XMLs used by Mondrian to serve OLAP cubes.
Pentaho offers enterprise and community editions of those softwares. The enterprise software is obtained through an annual subscription and contains extra features and support not found in the community edition. Pentaho's core offering is frequently enhanced by add-on products, usually in the form of plug-ins, from the company and the broader community of users.
Products
Server applications
Pentaho Enterprise Edition (EE) and Pentaho Community Edition (CE).
Desktop/client applications
Community driven, open-source Pentaho server plug-ins
All of these plug-ins function with Pentaho Enterprise Edition (EE) and Pentaho Community Edition (CE).
Licensing
Pentaho follows an open core business model. It provides two different editions of Pentaho Business Analytics: a community edition and an enterprise edition. The enterprise edition needs to be purchased on a subscription model. The subscription model includes support, services, and product enhancements via annual subscription. The enterprise edition is available under a commercial license. Enterprise license goes with 3 levels of Pentaho Enterprise Support: Enterprise, Premium and Standard. The community edition is a free open source product licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2), and Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1).
Recognition
InfoWorld Bossie Award 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ventana Research Leadership Award 2010 for StoneGate Senior Care
CRN Emerging Technology Vendo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Hennell | Professor Michael A. Hennell (born 9 September 1940) is a British computer scientist who has made leading contributions in the field of software testing.
Michael Hennell was a Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool in England.
As part of his leading role in software testing, Hennell was a member of the editorial board of the journal Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (STVR), a major international journal in the field of software testing.
Hennell's academic research was initially conducted in Nuclear physics, resulting in the use of Computational science for addressing complex nuclear mathematics. Assessing the quality of the mathematical libraries on which this work depended lead Professor Hennell into the world of Software testing, specifically in the use of Static code analysis for quantifying the effectiveness of test data, which led to the development of the Linear Code Sequence and Jump concept.
In 1975 Professor Hennell founded Liverpool Data Research Associates Ltd. (LDRA) to commercialize the software test-bed designed to analyse numerical software.
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1940 births
Academic journal editors
Academics of the University of Liverpool
British technology company founders
English computer scientists
Software engineers
Software testing people
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey%20puck%20mouse | The Apple USB Mouse (model number M4848), commonly called the "hockey puck" because of its unusually circular shape, is a mouse released by Apple Computer, Inc. It was first released with the Bondi Blue iMac G3 in 1998 and included with all successive desktop Macs for the next two years. It was the first commercially released Apple mouse to use the USB connection format and not the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB). Many reviewers criticized the mouse for its design; in 2008, Bryan Gardiner of Wired deemed the mouse to be among "Apple's most notorious flops."
Design and criticism
Unlike the Mouse II that preceded it, the "hockey puck" mouse has a circular shape; it has a single mouse button located at the top, like previous Apple mice. The mouse's round shape is widely considered clumsy, due to its small size and tendency to rotate in use. A slightly improved later version had an indentation on its button showing where to press. This was a major cause for the success of the Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapters, as they allowed the older, more comfortable ADB Mouse II to be used with those iMacs. There were some products like the , a shell that attached to the USB mouse to give it the ADB mouse's elliptical shape.
Another flaw introduced in the Apple USB Mouse, shared across all of Apple's USB offerings, is the atypically short cord. Though intended for use through the integrated hub in Apple's keyboards, Apple's transition to USB coincided with the relocation of ports on their notebooks from the center to the left edge.
Legacy
In 2000, the Apple USB Mouse was replaced with the Apple Pro Mouse.
Available colors
References
Computer-related introductions in 1998
Macintosh mice |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTV%20World%20Movies | UTV World Movies was an Indian television channel dedicated to world cinema and was part of the UTV Software Communications network. It broadcast films of several languages along with English subtitles. UTV World Movies was launched on 22 February 2008 at the same time as UTV Movies which was dedicated to Bollywood films.
References
External links
Official website
UTV Software Communications Ltd.
Television stations in Mumbai
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Defunct television channels in India
UTV Software Communications
Disney India Media Networks
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014
2008 establishments in India
2008 establishments in Maharashtra
2014 disestablishments in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Fernbach%20Award | The Sidney Fernbach Award established in 1992 by the IEEE Computer Society, in memory of Sidney Fernbach, one of the pioneers in the development and application of high performance computers for the solution of large computational problems as the Division Chief for the Computation Division at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory from the late 1950s through the 1970s. A certificate and $2,000 are awarded for outstanding contributions in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches. The nomination deadline is 1 July each year.
Past recipients
2022 Torsten Hoefler. "For application-aware design of HPC algorithms, systems and architectures, and transformative impact on scientific computing and industry."
2021 David Bader. "For the development of Linux-based massively parallel production computers and for pioneering contributions to scalable discrete parallel algorithms for real-world applications."
2020 Salman Habib. "For pioneering fundamental physics applications from smallest to largest scales on three decades of emerging forefront computing platforms."
2019 Alan Edelman. "For outstanding breakthroughs in high performance computing, linear algebra, and computational science and for contributions to the Julia programming language."
2018 Linda Petzold. "For pioneering contributions to numerical methods and software for differential-algebraic systems and for discrete stochastic simulation."
2017 Steven J. Plimpton. "For High Performance Simulation Frameworks that have advanced research in materials science, chemistry, biology and other related areas."
2016 Vipin Kumar. "For foundational work on understanding scalability, and highly scalable algorithms for graph partitioning, sparse linear systems and data mining."
2015 Alex Szalay. "For his outstanding contributions to the development of data-intensive computing systems and on the application of such systems in many scientific areas including astrophysics, turbulence, and genomics."
2014 Satoshi Matsuoka. "For his work on software systems for high-performance computing on advanced infrastructural platforms, large-scale supercomputers, and heterogeneous GPU/CPU supercomputers."
2013 Christopher R. Johnson. "For outstanding contributions and pioneering work introducing computing, simulation, and visualization into many areas of biomedicine."
2012 Laxmikant Kale and Klaus Schulten. "For outstanding contributions to the development of widely used parallel software for large biomolecular systems simulation."
2011 Cleve Moler. "For fundamental contributions to linear algebra, mathematical software, and enabling tools for computational science."
2010 James Demmel. "For computational science leadership in creating adaptive, innovative, high performance linear algebra software."
2009 Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello. "For leadership in creating the modern theoretical and practical foundations for modeling the chemistry and physics of materials. The software resulting f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel%20Qi | Pixel Qi Corporation (pronounced Pixel "Chi") was an American company involved in the research of low-power computer display technology, based in San Bruno, California. It was founded by Mary Lou Jepsen, who was previously the chief technical officer of the One Laptop per Child project.
The company designed liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that can be largely manufactured using the existing manufacturing infrastructure for conventional LCDs. The advantage of Pixel Qi displays over conventional LCDs is mainly that they can be set to operate under transflective mode and reflective mode, improving eye-comfort, power usage, and visibility under bright ambient light.
By 2015, PixelQi's team and offices were unreachable, and the company is presumed defunct. The intellectual property is now owned by the original investor of Pixel Qi, while the right to manufacture Pixel Qi technology contractually rests with Tripuso Display Solutions.
Devices
The first commercial device to use a Pixel Qi display, ARM-based Adam tablet by Notion Ink, was released mid-January 2011.
Another tablet with a Pixel Qi display has been announced by Innoversal, named Lattice.;
Clover Systems has launched SunBook, a netbook with a Pixel Qi display.
The first ruggedized, MIL-SPEC tablet utilizing Pixel Qi, the Hydra-T3, was created by InHand Electronics, Inc. and launched Q1 of 2012.
References
Display technology companies
Electronics companies of the United States
Electronics companies established in 2008
2008 establishments in California
Electronics companies disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20Illustrated%20Television%20%28Asia%29 | Sports Illustrated TV was the first 24-hour sports network in Asia. It was launched on October 1, 2009 by Yes Television. The channel was then relaunched in 2016 by the newly formed joint-venture between ASN Ltd. and Meredith Corporation (owners of the Sports Illustrated magazine).
Sports Illustrated TV featured a wide range of sports content from the world's biggest brands in sports. It managed 3,200 hours of licensed sports content including NFL (including the Super Bowl), NHL, NCAA March Madness, NASCAR and Extreme Sports. It also had exclusive game rights to certain NCAA football, NCAA basketball and other major collegiate events.
Sports Illustrated reaches 11 territories – Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
As of 2018, the channel was no longer available in Hong Kong and Philippines.
It was announced on May 1 2019 that Sports Illustrated TV would cease its transmission at the end of the following day in the rest of Asia. On June 21, 2019, it will no longer be available in Singapore and Thailand.
Final Programming Broadcast by Sports Illustrated TV
NHL
NHL Tonight
NCAA Football & Basketball
National Lacrosse League
Better Than Four
Dream Car Garage
Epic TV
NASCAR Xfinity Series (Races & Highlights)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Races & Highlights)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (Races & Highlights) (2016 onwards)
NFL
NFL Total Access
NFL GameDay
Super Bowl
NFL programming get excluded in Thailand (True Visions), Hong Kong (Now TV) and Taiwan (Sportcast)
SI Now
SI Fansided
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Cable television in Hong Kong
Defunct television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019
Joint ventures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Journal%20of%20Computer%20Processing%20of%20Languages | The International Journal of Computer Processing of Languages is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1983 as the International Journal of Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. It was published by World Scientific and covers research in various forms of human communication - visual, graphical, sign and textual, also considering cultural and application differences. Some areas include computational linguistics, information extraction and retrieval, as well as sign and graphical languages processing. As of 2009, the editor-in-chief was Kam-Fai Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong).
The journal ceased publication in June 2012 with Volume 24 Issue 2.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Inspec and Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts.
References
External links
World Scientific academic journals
Computer science journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1983
Publications disestablished in 2012
Quarterly journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QIP%20%28complexity%29 | In computational complexity theory, the class QIP (which stands for Quantum Interactive Polynomial time) is the quantum computing analogue of the classical complexity class IP, which is the set of problems solvable by an interactive proof system with a polynomial-time verifier and one computationally unbounded prover. Informally, IP is the set of languages for which a computationally unbounded prover can convince a polynomial-time verifier to accept when the input is in the language (with high probability) and cannot convince the verifier to accept when the input is not in the language (again, with high probability). In other words, the prover and verifier may interact for polynomially many rounds, and if the input is in the language the verifier should accept with probability greater than 2/3, and if the input is not in the language, the verifier should be reject with probability greater than 2/3. In IP, the verifier is like a BPP machine. In QIP, the communication between the prover and verifier is quantum, and the verifier can perform quantum computation. In this case the verifier is like a BQP machine.
By restricting the number of messages used in the protocol to at most k, we get the complexity class QIP(k). QIP and QIP(k) were introduced by John Watrous, who along with Kitaev proved in a later paper that QIP = QIP(3), which shows that 3 messages are sufficient to simulate a polynomial-round quantum interactive protocol. Since QIP(3) is already QIP, this leaves 4 possibly different classes: QIP(0), which is BQP, QIP(1), which is QMA, QIP(2) and QIP.
Kitaev and Watrous also showed that QIP is contained in EXP, the class of problems solvable by a deterministic Turing machine in exponential time. QIP(2) was then shown to be contained in PSPACE, the set of problems solvable by a deterministic Turing machine in polynomial space. Both results were subsumed by the 2009 result that QIP is contained in PSPACE, which also proves that QIP = IP = PSPACE, since PSPACE is easily shown to be in QIP using the result IP = PSPACE.
References
External links
Probabilistic complexity classes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinyu%20Ye | Yinyu Ye (; born 1948) is a Chinese American theoretical computer scientist working on mathematical optimization. He is a specialist in interior point methods, especially in convex minimization and linear programming. He is a professor of Management Science and Engineering and Kwoh-Ting Li Chair Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Ye also is a co-founder of minMax Optimization Inc.
Education
Yinyu Ye was born in 1948 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. He attended Huazhong University of Science and Technology and graduated with a B.S. in Systems and Control in 1982. He received a Ph.D in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University in 1988, under the supervision of George B. Dantzig.
Research publications
Ye wrote Interior-Point Algorithms: Theory and Analysis. He joined David Luenberger for the third edition of Luenberger's Linear and Nonlinear Programming.
In recent years, Ye has developed computational methods and theory using semidefinite programming for practical problems like the localization of network sensors. In computational economics, Ye has also established new complexity results for problems concerning the computation of an economic equilibrium.
Awards
Ye was a 2009 co-recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize.
He was elected to the 2006 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
Positions
Before joining Stanford University, Ye was a Henry B. Tippie Research Professor at the University of Iowa. Ye is a co-founder of minMax Optimization, a technology company based in Palo Alto and Shanghai focused on creating optimization tools for geospatial and financial problems.
References
1948 births
Living people
American computer scientists
American operations researchers
Chinese computer scientists
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Educators from Hubei
Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
John von Neumann Theory Prize winners
Huazhong University of Science and Technology alumni
Numerical analysts
People from Wuhan
Scientists from Hubei
Stanford University alumni
Stanford University Department of Management Science and Engineering faculty
Theoretical computer scientists
University of Iowa faculty
Chinese economists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericome%20caudata | Pericome caudata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name mountain tail-leaf. It is native to the southwestern United States as far east as Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as northern Mexico, where it grows in rocky habitat, often in hills and mountains, and sometimes in disturbed areas. It is a large, branching, leafy perennial herb or subshrub approaching 2 meters in maximum height. It is glandular, resinous, sparsely hairy, and aromatic. The leaves are somewhat triangular, sometimes with a few large teeth or sharp lobes, the blade measuring up to 12 centimeters long and borne on a petiole. The leaf size and shape is variable across the species' range. The inflorescence is a cluster of many flower heads each under a centimeter wide and filled with golden yellow disc florets. The Navajo used this plant for a variety of medicinal and ceremonial purposes.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
Photo gallery
Perityleae
Plants used in traditional Native American medicine |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinken%20%28software%29 | Shinken is an open source computer system and network monitoring software application compatible with Nagios. It watches hosts and services, gathers performance data and alerts users when error conditions occur and again when the conditions clear.
Shinken's architecture aims to offer easier load balancing and high availability. The administrator manages a single configuration, the system automatically "cuts" it into parts and dispatches it to worker nodes. It takes its name from this functionality: a Shinken is a Japanese sword.
Shinken was written by Jean Gabès as a proof of concept for a new Nagios architecture. Believing the new implementation was faster and more flexible than the old C code, he proposed it as the new development branch of Nagios 4. This proposal was turned down by the Nagios authors, so Shinken became an independent network monitoring software application compatible with Nagios.
Shinken is designed to run under all operating systems where Python runs. The development environment is under Linux, but also runs well on other Unix variants and Windows. The reactionner process (responsible for sending notifications) can also be run under the Android OS. It is free software, licensed under the terms of the Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Overview
Design
Monitoring system written in Python
Distributed architecture using Pyro remote objects
Active and Passive monitoring methods
Monitoring of network services (SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, ICMP, SNMP, FTP, SSH)
Monitoring of host resources (processor load, disk usage, system logs) on a majority of network operating systems, including Microsoft Windows
Using agents such as NSClient++, send_nsca, Check MK, Thrift TSCA
Using agents permitting remotely run scripts via Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (An embedded pure-Python implementation is included with Shinken)
Using agent-less methods such as SNMP, WMI, scripted SSH or HTTP(SSL)
Send check results directly from programs using Apache Thrift (Java, Python, Ruby)
Monitoring of systems which have the ability to send collected data via a network to specifically written plugins (Ex. VMWare ESX3/4/5, Collectd)
Remote monitoring supported through SSH or SSL encrypted tunnels.
Simple plugin design that allows users to easily develop their own service checks depending on needs, by using the tools of choice (shell scripts, C++, Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP, C#, etc.)
Ability to calculate KPIs from State and performance data in the Shinken core to create new services and performance data
System external interfaces
Livestatus compatible API that exposes state, configuration and performance information
Exports data to graphing modules (PNP4Nagios, Graphite, and others available)
Support for native messaging API of Android
Export event data to logging systems using syslog and RabbitMQ
Modules can be attached to any Shinken process to extend its capabilities in very efficient ways
Performance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Watrous%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | John Harrison Watrous is the Technical Director of IBM Quantum Education at IBM and was a professor of computer science at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, a member of the Institute for Quantum Computing, an affiliate member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary from 2002 to 2006 where he held a Canada Research Chair in quantum computing.
He is an editor of the journal Theory of Computing and former editor for the journal Quantum Information & Computation. His research interests include quantum information and quantum computation. He is well known for his work on quantum interactive proofs, and the quantum analogue of the celebrated result IP equals PSPACE, QIP equals PSPACE. This was preceded by a series of results, showing QIP can be constrained to 3 messages, QIP is contained in EXP, and the 2-message version of QIP is in PSPACE. He has also published important papers on quantum finite automata and quantum cellular automata. With Scott Aaronson, he showed that certain forms of time travel can make quantum and classical computation equivalent: together, the authors showed that quantum effects do not offer advantages for computation if computers can send information to the past through a type of closed timelike curve proposed by the physicist David Deutsch.
He obtained his Ph.D. in 1998 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the supervision of Eric Bach.
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Living people
Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Theoretical computer scientists
Cellular automatists
Canada Research Chairs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Quantum information scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9crypthon | Décrypthon is a project which uses grid computing resources to contribute to medical research. The word is a portmanteau of the French word "décrypter" (to decipher) and "telethon".
Description
Décrypthon is a technology platform providing the computational power required to process complex data in biology. It allows, through technologies called "grids", to gather (in a grid) the capacity of several supercomputers (500 Gflop) installed by IBM in 6 French universities (Bordeaux 1, Lille 1, Paris 6 Jussieu, ENS Lyon, Crihan in Rouen, Orsay) and/or individual personal computers via the World Community Grid, itself a BOINC project. A dozen scientific projects selected through a call for tenders have been completed under the Décrypthon program.
History
During the 2001 French Telethon, the AFM ("Association française contre les myopathies" / "French Association Against Myopathy") and IBM launched a call to mobilize Internet users: "Make your unused computer time available to research". Objective: Accomplish the first proteome mapping: all the proteins/molecules produced by cells.
This scientific, technological and human challenge was brilliantly taken up: 75,000 Internet users mobilized, billions of complex calculations performed, 550,000 proteins mapped. It is a library for comparing proteins from different species of living organisms (animal, plant, human). It contains nearly 2.2 million files divided into 17,000 directories.
All this in less than two months whereas it would have taken more than 1,170 years to achieve with a single computer. Each computer contributed about 133 hours, or more than 10 million hours of calculations in total. Twenty-one IBM servers coordinated the solutions and data throughout the operation.
Following this success, in 2003 the AFM launched a call for tenders to promote the use of this knowledge base. Four projects were selected:
A project was proposed by two teams from Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA, Commission for Atomic Energy) Department of Life Sciences at Saclay (S Zinn-Justin and R Guérois) in association with A Poupon, from the National Center of Scientific Research (Centre Nationale de la recherche scientifique ou CNRS), Laboratory of yeast structural genomics from the University of Orsay. This project aimed to study the relationships between structure and function of proteins that reduce the risk of genetic abnormalities in humans and yeast.
Three other teams from the IGBMC (Institut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, Genomics Institute of molecular and cellular biology) in Illkirch, J Laporte and J-L Mandel, A Pujol and J-L Mandel, G Bey, F Sirockin, F Plevwniak and O Poch proposed three projects of increasing complexity.
The first project involved the identification and characterization of proteins implicated in several neuromuscular diseases, as well as the prediction of protein domains and tissue-specific functions.
A second project involved the analysis of proteins of a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland%20Runic%20Inscription%20181 | This Viking Age runestone, designated as G 181 in the Rundata catalog, was originally located at a church at Sanda, Gotland, Sweden, and is believed to depict the three Norse pagan gods Odin, Thor, and Freyr.
Description
The runestone was discovered in the churchyard of Sanda church in 1863 and is currently located in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. It is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr2, also known as Ringerike style.
The inscription depicts two scenes under an arching runic text band. The lower panel contains three figures, holding a spear, a hammer or club, and a sickle. Because the weapon of Odin was the spear Gungnir, that of Thor the hammer Mjöllnir, and Freyr is identified with farming, the figures have been identified as these three gods. They are depicted wearing typical Viking Age clothing, including a cloak known as a hekla and a tasseled conical cap called a skott-húfa. The upper scene also has three figures, which are considered to be the same gods; a large bird that may be a crane or goose is shown bending its head over the figure identified as Freyr. Its meaning is not understood.
Some authorities have cited the runestone as evidence that Odin, Thor, and Freyr formed a divine Norse triad or trinity. The proposition of this divine triad comes from theories of comparative religion and descriptions and depictions of these gods. Other evidence for such a triad includes Adam of Bremen's description of the Temple at Uppsala as containing statues of these gods. These three are also the only Norse gods known to have been actively worshipped during the Viking Age.
The runic inscription is carved in the younger futhark and consists of three personal names. Björn (Old Norse Bjǫrn) was a common name meaning "bear"; Gunnbjǫrn translates as "Battle Bear" and Farbjǫrn may mean "Far Traveling Bear".
Inscription
Runic
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Transcription into Old Norse
Hróðvísl ok Farbjǫrn ok Gunnbjǫrn.
Translation in English
Hróðvisl and Farbjọrn and Gunnbjọrn.
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See also
Triple deity
Rune- and picture stones on Gotland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tune%20Talk | Tune Talk Sdn Bhd, DBA Tune Talk, is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) riding on the network of Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad. Tune Talk entered into an MVNO agreement with Celcom in December 2008. Tune Talk appointed Ameen Amaendran Abdullah as their CEO in 2018, taking over from Jason Lo who is credited with developing the company to its modern state.
Tune Talk Sdn. Bhd. officially launched its commercial service on 19 August 2009 with a pre-fix "010" cellular service by offering lower IDD calling up to 10% cheaper compared with competitors.
As of today, Tune Talk is the largest mobile prepaid MVNO service provider in Malaysia.
Tune Talk's business model emphasises customer care service and customer experience. It has an in-house customer care department and social media team.
Works are underway to enter into MVNO deals with network operators in Singapore, Indonesian, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines between 2010 up to 2013. Tune Talk is a MVNO and a licensed Network Service Provider and Application Service Provider with Numbering Block sanctioned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). On 21 June 2021, Celcom Axiata Berhad announced the sale of its 35% stake in Tune Talk to Digi.com.
Top shareholders
Celcom - Owning 35%
Tune Ventures - Owning 35.7%
Gurtaj Singh Padda- Owning 9.6%
East Pacific Capital Private Limited - Owning 5.85%
Datuk Seri Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan
Lim Kian Onn
Mark Lankaster (CEO of Tune Hotels)
Celcom controls the largest equity stake in Tune Talk with over 35% while another 32% is held by Tune Group Sdn Bhd, of which Fernandes and Dato' Kamarudin Meranun jointly hold a 100% stake. The remaining shares are held by Tune Strategic Investments Limited, and various individuals including Dato' Sri Kalimullah Hassan, Lim Kian Onn, Jason Lo, Gurtaj Singh Padda and Mark Lankester.
Prefix and Subscriber Numbers
Assigned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission:
Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 500 0000 - 549 9999
Prefix: 10 | Subscriber numbers: 770 0000 - 819 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 1500 0000 - 1549 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 1850 0000 - 1899 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 3500 0000 - 3549 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 3550 0000 - 3599 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 5300 0000 - 5349 9999
Prefix: 11 | Subscriber numbers: 5350 0000 - 5399 9999
Data Roaming
Tune Talk offers an unlimited data roaming plan for RM38 a day across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
Tune Talk Jimat
Tune Talk launched new Jimat plan on 5 September 2022. These new prepaid plans consist of the following:
Hi15
Call20
Hi35
Fokus33
Fokus40
Bebas55
Tune Talk Borneo 25
Tune Talk launched new plan for two states in East Malaysia on 23 May 2023 with a promotional monthly price of RM20 until 31 December 2023. Usual price is RM25.
Tune Talk Molek 25
Tune Talk la |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20computing%20security | Cloud computing security or, more simply, cloud security, refers to a broad set of policies, technologies, applications, and controls utilized to protect virtualized IP, data, applications, services, and the associated infrastructure of cloud computing. It is a sub-domain of computer security, network security, and, more broadly, information security.
Security issues associated with the cloud
Cloud computing and storage provide users with the capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers. Organizations use the cloud in a variety of different service models (with acronyms such as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) and deployment models (private, public, hybrid, and community).
Security concerns associated with cloud computing are typically categorized in two ways: as security issues faced by cloud providers (organizations providing software-, platform-, or infrastructure-as-a-service via the cloud) and security issues faced by their customers (companies or organizations who host applications or store data on the cloud). The responsibility is shared, however, and is often detailed in a cloud provider's "shared security responsibility model" or "shared responsibility model." The provider must ensure that their infrastructure is secure and that their clients’ data and applications are protected, while the user must take measures to fortify their application and use strong passwords and authentication measures.
When an organization elects to store data or host applications on the public cloud, it loses its ability to have physical access to the servers hosting its information. As a result, potentially sensitive data is at risk from insider attacks. According to a 2010 Cloud Security Alliance report, insider attacks are one of the top seven biggest threats in cloud computing. Therefore, cloud service providers must ensure that thorough background checks are conducted for employees who have physical access to the servers in the data center. Additionally, data centers are recommended to be frequently monitored for suspicious activity.
In order to conserve resources, cut costs, and maintain efficiency, cloud service providers often store more than one customer's data on the same server. As a result, there is a chance that one user's private data can be viewed by other users (possibly even competitors). To handle such sensitive situations, cloud service providers should ensure proper data isolation and logical storage segregation.
The extensive use of virtualization in implementing cloud infrastructure brings unique security concerns for customers or tenants of a public cloud service. Virtualization alters the relationship between the OS and underlying hardware – be it computing, storage or even networking. This introduces an additional layer – virtualization – that itself must be properly configured, managed and secured. Specific concerns include the potential to compromise the virtualization software, or "hypervisor". While these con |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell%20%28mobile%20network%29 | Supercell is a mobile phone network in the North Kivu owned by Supercell SPRL.
Supercell was originally granted a regional 900/1800 GSM-licence for the eastern part of the Congo and started services in July 2002. The concession was later upgraded to cover the whole country, but Supercell operates still a tiny wireless network, limited to Northern Kivu.
References
Mobile_phone_companies_of_the_Democratic Republic of the Congo
North Kivu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radijojo | Radijojo World Children's Radio Network (in brief: Radijojo) is a global non-profit initiative empowering children to use radio and the internet as tools for global learning and cultural exchange. Radijojo is a Germany-based NGO cooperating with schools, community radios, education, and youth and culture organizations worldwide. Radijojo was founded in 2002 by German sociologist and media manager Thomas Röhlinger (MBA).
Radijojo's content is produced “by the children, for the children" . All programming is free of advertising and offered to schools and community radios worldwide without cost.
Radijojo World Children's Radio Network has established educational and participative projects in countries such as Afghanistan, India, Sierra Leone, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, China, Chile, Ghana, Tanzania, and Namibia. Radijojo has also established "Across the Ocean," the first transatlantic children's radio platform connecting kids in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
In Europe, Radijojo has established the first European Children's Radio EUCHIRA. The EU Commission, the International Association of Journalists, and Internews have given awards to Radijojo as one of the top thirty projects in Europe in the field of media and diversity. Awards have also come from UNICEF in New York and the Federal Government of Germany. A Patron for Radijojo's European Chapter EUCHIRA is the former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel; another Patron for Radijojo is Conductor Daniel Barenboim. Further, Radijojo is member of the World Association of Community Radios (AMARC).
Radijojo partners with organizations like UNESCO, UNICEF, One Laptop Per Child, Pacifica Radio, and a network of young producers within the Public Radio Exchange, Generation PRX.
Awards
2014 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development,
Official Project 2014, 2013/2012 and 2010/2011
2013 Children's Media Prize of the Federal Agency for Civic Education
2012 WSYA - World Summit Youth Award 2012
2012 Goldene Göre - Deutschen Kinderhilfswerks
2011 Member of the UNAOC - World Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI)
2011 Bildungsidee 2011/2012, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
2010 Media Prize Development Policy of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
2009-2010 UNICEF New York - ICDB Regional Award
Websites
https://web.archive.org/web/20090312010530/http://www.world-childrens-radio.net/
http://www.global-radio-kids.org
http://www.across-the-ocean.org
http://www.euchira.eu
http://www.radijojo.de
References
Children's radio
Radio stations in Berlin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Birch | Michael Birch may refer to:
Michael Birch (businessman) (born 1970), English computer programmer and entrepreneur
Michael Birch (journalist) (1944–1968), Australian journalist
Michael Birch, yachtsman, see Route du Rhum |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Xinhua%20News%20Network%20Corporation | The China Xinhua News Network Corporation (CNC, ) is a state-owned television network subsidiary of Xinhua News Agency.
CNC owns and operates a TV news network and new media services. They are regarded as an attempt by China to enhance its global communications, develop its influence abroad and counter foreign media. In 2009, they began their 24-hour news channel broadcast in many countries all over the world. It plays a part in the Chinese government's attempt to show an international vision with a Chinese perspective as well as advocating Chinese nationalism. The news network is pro-Chinese government in its stance and often advocates on its behalf in areas such as foreign policy.
History
Its opening ceremony came on December 31, 2009. The network began broadcasting CNC World on January 1, 2010, in the Asia-Pacific region and some European countries.
Until June 2016, Chinese and English CNC channels were accessible by satellite in about 200 countries in Asia-Pacific region, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Through its growth, it has been able to grow its media presence around the world. But because of this, many security agencies have been alarmed of its rapid growth.
In 2020, the United States Department of State designated Xinhua, along with other Chinese state media outlets, as foreign missions.
Structure
CNC World
CNC World is a global, 24-hour, English language news channel, hoping to offer a better view of China to its international viewers. This was regarded as a logical step in the government's multi-billion-pound push for soft power. As China continues its expansion all over the world, they continue making their programme contents in more languages. The Chinese government has been using it as a method of one of the three main branches of reporting in China, and is self-censored through following Beijing's policies in order not to be shut down. One of Xinhua's biggest attractions is the fact that they subsidize coverage and operating costs across the world for their journalists.
CNC Chinese
The CNC Chinese Channel mainly covers Asia-Pacific and includes the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and other regions, with cable and wireless TV landing. It is considered to be a very influential news agency that can affect the views of the Chinese speaking communities abroad.
CNC Holdings Limited
CNC Holdings Limited (stock code:8356:HK), affiliated to CNC, is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company, chiefly engaged in the provision of waterworks engineering services. The company operates through three segments:
Provision of waterworks engineering services
Television broadcasting
Large outdoor display screen advertisement
Reception
Because the China Xinhua News Network Corporation is deeply involved with the Chinese state, it has been perceived as its mouthpiece abroad spreading Chinese propaganda and disinformation. In response, many nations have launched other public diplomac |
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