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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.0 | 2.0 typically refers to the second version of a computer program; see software versioning.
2.0 may also refer to:
Film and television
2.0 (film), a 2018 Indian film sequel to Enthiran (2010)
2.0 (soundtrack), its soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
"2.0" (Nikita), a 2010 episode of Nikita
Music
2.0 (98 Degrees album), 2013
2.0 (Big Data album), 2015
2.0 (EP), a 2015 EP by La-Ventura
2.0 (Citizen Way album), 2016
2.0 (JLS album), 2021
Other uses
2point0, a professional wrestling tag team, also known as 2.0
Stereophonic sound, two channel audio, sometimes notated 2.0
2, a natural number
See also |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy%20elision | In C++ computer programming, copy elision refers to a compiler optimization technique that eliminates unnecessary copying of objects.
The C++ language standard generally allows implementations to perform any optimization, provided the resulting program's observable behavior is the same as if, i.e. pretending, the program were executed exactly as mandated by the standard. Beyond that, the standard also describes a few situations where copying can be eliminated even if this would alter the program's behavior, the most common being the return value optimization (see below). Another widely implemented optimization, described in the C++ standard, is when a temporary object of class type is copied to an object of the same type. As a result, copy-initialization is usually equivalent to direct-initialization in terms of performance, but not in semantics; copy-initialization still requires an accessible copy constructor. The optimization can not be applied to a temporary object that has been bound to a reference.
Example
#include <iostream>
int n = 0;
struct C {
explicit C(int) {}
C(const C&) { ++n; } // the copy constructor has a visible side effect
}; // it modifies an object with static storage duration
int main() {
C c1(42); // direct-initialization, calls C::C(int)
C c2 = C(42); // copy-initialization, calls C::C(const C&)
std::cout << n << std::endl; // prints 0 if the copy was elided, 1 otherwise
}
According to the standard a similar optimization may be applied to objects being thrown and caught, but it is unclear whether the optimization applies to both the copy from the thrown object to the exception object, and the copy from the exception object to the object declared in the exception-declaration of the catch clause. It is also unclear whether this optimization only applies to temporary objects, or named objects as well. Given the following source code:
#include <iostream>
struct C {
C() = default;
C(const C&) { std::cout << "Hello World!\n"; }
};
void f() {
C c;
throw c; // copying the named object c into the exception object.
} // It is unclear whether this copy may be elided (omitted).
int main() {
try {
f();
} catch (C c) { // copying the exception object into the temporary in the
// exception declaration.
} // It is also unclear whether this copy may be elided (omitted).
}
A conforming compiler should therefore produce a program which prints "Hello World!" twice. In the current revision of the C++ standard (C++11), the issues have been addressed, essentially allowing both the copy from the named object to the exception object, and the copy into the object declared in the exception handler to be elided.
GCC provides the -fno-elide-constructors option to disable copy-elision. This option is useful to observe (or not observe) the effects of return value optimization or other optimizations where copies are elided. It is generally not recommended to dis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermersuut%20Island | Sermersuut Island (old spelling: Sermersût, ) is an uninhabited island in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland.
Geography
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The island is located on the shores of Davis Strait, separated from Maniitsoq Island in the south by the Ammarqoq Sound, and from the mainland in the east by the Ikamiut Kangerluarsuat fjord. The island is very mountainous and glaciated in the north, with several distinct mountain peaks. The highest point on the island is .
References
External links
Davis Strait
Uninhabited islands of Greenland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharak%20Singh | Kharak Singh (22 February 1801 – 5 November 1840) was the second Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire and his consort, Maharani Datar Kaur. He succeeded his father on 27 June 1839 and reigned until his dethronement and imprisonment on 8 October 1839. He was succeeded by his only son Nau Nihal Singh.
Early life
He was born on 22 February 1801 in Lahore, Punjab. He was the first son of Ranjit Singh and his second wife Datar Kaur Nakai. His mother was the daughter of Ran Singh Nakai, third ruler of the Nakai Misl. The prince was named by his father "Kharak" (ਖਰਕ) which means 'Wielder of the Sword' he was named after the unconquerable warrior mentioned in Dasam Granth. According to Gyani Sher Singh, Ranjit Singh knew the entire Dasam Granth by heart. It was his birth that persuaded his father to proclaim himself the Maharaja of Punjab.
He married four times. In 1812, at the age of 11 he was married to Chand Kaur Kanhaiya, daughter of Sardar Jaimal Singh, chief of the Kanhaiya Misl. Their son Nau Nihal Singh was born in 1821. In 1816, the prince was married to Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon, a Jat Sikh daughter of Jodh Singh Kalalvala and granddaughter of Sahib Singh Dhillon. After the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, Bibi Khem's jagirs were reduced by the British raj due to her anti-British role in the war. His third wife was, Kishan Kaur Samra, a daughter of Chaudhari Raja Singh of Amritsar of the Samra clan; they were married in 1818. She was the only queen to live after the fall of the Sikh Empire in 1849, had an annual pension paid by the British Raj of RS 2324 and died in Lahore in 1876 while living at the Lahore Fort. His last wife, Inder Kaur Bajwa was married by proxy in a "chadar dalna" ceremony, in 1815. She was a relative of Chet Singh Bajwa.
Early military campaigns and administration
Kharak Singh was brought up in his family's martial tradition and assigned to a variety of military expeditions. While barely six years old, he was given the command of the Sheikhupura expedition. In 1811, he was placed in charge of the Kanhaiya estates, and deputed in 1812 to punish the recalcitrant chiefs of Bhimbar and Rajauri. Kharak received the principality of Jammu as his jagir in 1812.
Since his birth he was heir of his father. But Sada Kaur only viewed him as heir presumptive as her daughter Mehtab Kaur was the first queen of Ranjit Singh. In 1816 to put an end to all intrigues Ranjit Singh officially announced Kharak Singh as his heir apparent and anointed him "Tikka Kanwar Yuvraj" (Crown prince).
The same year, his mother, Mai Nakain took over his training for 18 months and even accompanied him to his expedition Multan. During the battle the queen herself oversaw the steady supply of grain, horses, and ammunition being sent to the at Kot Kamalia, a town equally distanced between Multan and Lahore. In 1818, together with Misr Diwan Chand he commanded an expedition against the Afghan r |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis%20Schools | BASIS Curriculum Schools, Inc. is a global network of both public and private schools that use the BASIS Curriculum. BASIS Curriculum Schools are made up of BASIS Charter Schools, BASIS Independent Schools, and BASIS International Schools.
BASIS Curriculum Schools are managed by BASIS Educational Group, LLC (stylized as BASIS.ed), a for-profit charter management organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona. BASIS Curriculum Schools seek to prepare students, in the elementary through high school level, to be competitive globally. This is done through extended homework hours, lecture-driven classes, an emphasis on success in standardized tests, like Advanced Placement tests, and an opportunity to graduate early or complete a senior project.
History
The first BASIS Curriculum School, BASIS Tucson, was founded in Tucson in 1998 by Michael Block and Olga Block, intending to educate students at an internationally competitive level.
In 2003, BASIS Scottsdale was opened. In 2010, BASIS Oro Valley was founded. A year later, BASIS opened three schools at once in Chandler, Peoria, and Flagstaff. BASIS continued its expansion by opening another school in Tucson and one in Phoenix proper in fall 2012, along with their first non-Arizona school, located in Washington, D.C. In 2013, BASIS opened its tenth and eleventh Arizona campuses in Ahwatukee and Mesa, and the second non-Arizona campus was added in San Antonio, Texas. BASIS also began its primary (K-4) program at the original BASIS Tucson site. In 2014, BASIS opened in Prescott, AZ. In 2015, BASIS opened its sixteenth Arizona school in Goodyear, AZ. In the following year, BASIS Independent McLean opened in McLean, VA.
BASIS was featured in the documentary film 2 Million Minutes: A 21st Century Solution, which examined differences between charter schools' curricula and conventional public schools. In response to the documentary, Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton visited a BASIS campus to deliver speeches on the importance of education in America.
They opened BASIS Independent Bellevue in Washington for the 2022-2023 school year.
Locations
There are currently 59 BASIS Curriculum schools. 43 of these are public charter schools found in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and Washington, D.C. Six of these are private BASIS Independent Schools found in New York City, Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, California and Bellevue, Washington State. Ten are privately owned international schools found in China, Bangkok, Thailand and the Czech Republic. There are plans to open more international schools for the 2023-2024 school year in the Nanshan District and Wuhan, China.
Successes
BASIS schools have regularly topped U.S. national school rankings, earning the top five spots and more among the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools 2017 rankings, and earning the number one spot on the list of America's Most Challenging High Schools published by The Washington Post.
Criticisms and controversies
Both BASIS schools and the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Assisi%20Underground | The Assisi Underground: The Priests Who Rescued Jews is a 1978 novel written by Alexander Ramati based on a true-life account, told by Father Rufino Niccacci, of events surrounding the Assisi Network, an effort to hide 300 Jews in the town of Assisi, Italy during World War II.
Plot
In the Italian town of Assisi during World War II, 300 Jews were sheltered and protected by a peasant turned priest, Father Rufino Niccacci. He dressed many of them as monks and nuns, taught them Catholic ritual, and hid them in the monasteries. Others lived in parishioners' homes and, with fake identity cards, found jobs and blended into the community. The town's printing press, which during the day printed posters and greeting cards, at night clandestinely printed false documents that were sent by courier to Jews all over Italy.
Not a single refugee was captured in Assisi. No one who participated in the rescue operation ever betrayed it.
The operation was aided by the German Commandant of the city, Colonel Valentin Müller, a Catholic, who had been persuaded by Father Rufino that he had been sent to the town not only by the German High Command, but also by God, with the mission of protecting the Christian holy places and monasteries. Müller appealed to Marshal Kesselring to declare Assisi an open city.
When the Allies began approaching the city, one of the Jewish refugees, whose German was so excellent that he had gotten a job with the Wehrmacht, forged a letter from Kesselring declaring Assisi an open city. The colonel never suspected it to be a forgery and immediately ordered all German troops to leave town, thus saving Assisi from destruction.
The Author
Alexander Ramati, a polish Jew, was one of the first war correspondents to enter Assisi after the Germans had been driven out. Inspired by his meeting with Father Rufino, he set out to tell the story of the Underground from the priest's point of view. In the years after the war, Ramati interviewed Father Rufino. The book was published in 1978.
Film Version
A film version of the novel was released in 1985, starring Ben Cross as Father Rufino. Alfredo Pea played Giro d'Italia and Tour de France-winning cyclist Gino Bartali, a courier for the underground.
Sources
Ramati, Alexander. The Assisi Underground. New York: Stein and Day, 1978.
Historical novels
Polish novels adapted into films
1978 novels
Novels set during World War II
Novels set in Italy
Assisi
Polish novels
Novels about the Holocaust |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20New%20Year%2C%20America | Happy New Year, America is an American television special that aired on the CBS television network to celebrate the New Year. It first aired on December 31, 1979 (leading into 1980), and last aired December 31, 1995 (leading into 1996).
The show was commissioned to replace Guy Lombardo's New Year specials. Though Lombardo had died in 1977, Guy's brother, Victor Lombardo, and their nephew Bill Lombardo, led the Royal Canadians band for two more New Year specials (1977 and 1978) after that. Happy New Year, America featured coverage of the Times Square Ball in New York City and the party in the ballroom of The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, both of which were also covered during the Lombardo years. However, the show also featured pre-taped segments from Billy Bob's Texas (as made popular by CBS drama Dallas) and Walt Disney World.
The show had a different host year after year, unlike its competitor New Year's Rockin' Eve (which was annually hosted by Dick Clark). Andy Williams was the most frequent guest host of the show. Other hosts include Paul Anka, who did the first one, Donny Osmond, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight (1986–87; 1988–89) and Al Jarreau (who substituted for Knight when she was sick in the 1985–86 show), along with Kermit the Frog. Other people who have covered the countdown from Times Square include Catherine Bach (1979–80, 1980–81), Donna Mills, Michelle Lee, Jim Varney (in character as Ernest P. Worrell, 1988–89), Terry Bradshaw (1990–91), Brent Musburger (1986–87)' Christie Brinkley (1987–88), Natalie Cole and Lily Tomlin (in character as "Ernestine the Telephone Lady" 1984–85), having made appearances over the course of the show's run.
In 1991–92, CBS aired the Hard Rock Cafe New Year's Special, with Paul Reiser hosting from the New Orleans Hard Rock Cafe, with live performances by Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp, and pre-taped appearances by Sting, INXS, Dire Straits and the Neville Brothers. The special returned the following year, with Jay Thomas hosting from the New York Cafe and Nia Peeples reporting from Times Square. It featured appearances by Keith Richards, Robert Cray, Genesis, Pearl Jam, The B-52s, Bo Diddley, The Kids in the Hall, Judy Tenuta and U2.
The special went on hiatus for 1993–94; CBS instead aired a special edition of its recently-launched late-night talk show Late Show with David Letterman (competing with the traditional New Year's edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC), with guests Tom and Roseanne Arnold, Bon Jovi, and live coverage from Times Square. HNYA returned for 1994–95, this time with Letterman's bandleader Paul Shaffer as host. The following year, Montel Williams hosted what would be the final edition of the special.
In 1996, Disney pulled out of producing the program (and several other CBS holiday specials) when it bought ABC, and CBS decided to discontinue its New Year's coverage. Since then, reruns of the Late Show have aired in the show's time slot, although a first-run episode, with liv |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrella%20cuspidata | Mitrella cuspidata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands. The holotype was found in Durban Bay, South Africa.
References
Lussi (2009). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 64 (3) : 20-28
Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2016). Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 291-362
Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2018). Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Gloria Maris. 56(4): 118-151.
cuspidata
Gastropods described in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy%20Bar%20%28Philippine%20TV%20program%29 | Comedy Bar is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Eugene Domingo and Allan K., it premiered on April 24, 2010 replacing Cool Center. The show concluded on October 29, 2011 with a total of 77 episodes. It was replaced by Just for Laughs: Gags in its timeslot.
Hosts
Eugene Domingo
Allan K.
Co-hosts
Tomas Gonzales
Fabio Ide
Boobay
Ate Gay
Band
Six Feet Long
Guest hosts
Rufa Mae Quinto
Carmina Villaroel
Chronology
Launching and Airing (April – December 2010)
The show was announced by GMA management thru the network's showbiz program Showbiz Central shortly after the cancellation of BandaOke (Allan's previous weekly show for his hosting stint). The original working title of the new comedy show was "Laf Kita!" but it was later renamed as "Comedy Bar".
Traveling in Abroad (December 2010 – January 2011)
The whole staff of the show travelled to Dubai for the World Tour but it aired between Christmas (December 25, 2010) and New Year (January 1, 2011) It featured Tomas with his solo travel to Morocco.
Changes (January 2011 – October 2011)
The whole year 2011 was crucial for the show due to the death of one of its mainstays, Tomas Gonzales died last March 21, 2011 due to heart attack. On July–August 2011 the commemorate the 1st Anniversary of the show in Zirkoh Bar Tomas Morato (which organized by Allan K [one of the hosts])
then they recently reformatted the logo and launched stand-up comedian "Boobsie" as their new co-host. the final episode was aired last October 29, 2011.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Comedy Bar earned a 10.3% rating. While the final episode scored a 2.7% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine variety television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20Market%20exchange%20formats | The Matrix Market exchange formats are a set of human readable, ASCII-based file formats designed to facilitate the exchange of matrix data. The file formats were designed and adopted for the Matrix Market, a NIST repository for test data for use in comparative studies of algorithms for numerical linear algebra.
See also
Harwell-Boeing file format
References
External links
Matrix Market exchange formats
Computer file formats |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Biggest%20Loser%20Australia%3A%20Families | The sixth season of the Australian version of the original NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser, known as The Biggest Loser Australia: Families, premiered on 30 January 2011 on Network Ten. This season saw the return of trainers Michelle Bridges, Shannan Ponton and Steve Willis (The Commando). It also introduced a new female trainer, Tiffiny Hall.
The families included in this season are the Duncan Family, the Westren Family, the Challenor Family and The Moon Family.
The season was announced during the Season 5 finale on 18 April 2010.
In a first for the show, its premiere week included each of the four trainers living with an overweight family and following the family's unhealthy diet and poor exercise.
The season began on 30 January 2011 and the finale aired on 2 May 2011 at 8:30pm.
The prize money pool for this season was at the most $300,000. The winning contestant of The Biggest Loser wins $100,000. The family with the biggest percentage weight loss also wins $100,000. If the winning contestant is a part of the winning family, that family also receives an additional $100,000.
The winner of Season 6 was Emma Duncan from the white team, trained by Tiffiny, and the winning family was the Westrens, trained by Shannan.
Game variations
Families: Season Six began with four families of four contestants.
Four Nights a Week: Instead of the six-day format for this season, the show adopted a four nights a week format. It airs Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Family Weigh-In: Every week, families will weigh-in together to see how much weight they lost since their first week at Camp Biggest Loser.
Contests: One person representing their family will compete to win power for their family.
Schedule
Sunday: Conclusion of Major Challenge, Weigh-In and Elimination
Wednesday: Temptation
Thursday: Family Weigh-Ins and The Contest
Friday: Conclusion of the Contest and Major Challenge
Teams
Contestants
Four families of four are slated, totaling up to 16 contestants.
Premiere Week
For its premiere week, the trainers lived with the contestants and followed their diet of poor nutrition, excessive portions and no exercise.
They subsequently weighed in during the Week 1 episode, revealing that they had all gained substantial weight.
Weigh-Ins
In Week 7, Jodie was eliminated by the Westrens due to being a part of the losing team in the obstacle course challenge.
Halfway through week 8, there was a surprise weigh-in, and the winner would win Immunity. Joe won immunity by losing 2.6 kg, and Meg actually put on 4.0 kg as she previously consumed over 4000 calories at temptation; however Joe consumed over 3000, but managed to pull a big enough number.
In Week 10, Joe won a 1 kg advantage at the Major Challenge, and he could keep it or give away. As he had immunity he gave the 1 kg advantage to Rebecca and that kept her over the yellow line.
In Week 11, Sharlene was eliminated at the Super Challenge for having picked the dish with the hi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20plot | A secondary plot may refer to:
Secondary plot, in drama, another name for a subplot that is auxiliary to the main plot
Secondary plot (kinetics), a graphical transformation of primary kinetic data used to derive kinetic constants |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG%20Chocolate%20Touch%20%28VX8575%29 | The LG VX8575, often referred to simply as the LG Chocolate Touch, is the fourth cellular phone in the popular LG Chocolate line with the Verizon Wireless network. Like the other Chocolate phones, the phone has an MP3 player that runs on Dolby Mobile. Since its release in November 2009, roughly 1.2 million devices have been sold. The LG Chocolate Touch has a 3.2-megapixel camera. The device was also released on Alltel as the AX8575 or the LG Touch, as well as on U.S. Cellular as the UX8575 or LG Touch. The phone was discontinued in the fall of 2010.
External links
LG Chocolate Touch Official Page
Chocolate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium%20on%20Operating%20Systems%20Principles | The Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP), organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), is one of the most prestigious single-track academic conferences on operating systems.
Before 2023, SOSP was held every other year, alternating with the conference on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI); starting 2024, SOSP began to be held every year. The first SOSP was held in 1967. It is sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS).
History
The inaugural conference was held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on 1–4 October 1967 at the Mountain View Hotel. There were fifteen papers in total, of which three presentations were in the Computer Networks and Communications session. Larry Roberts presented his plan for the ARPANET, which at that point was based on Wesley Clark's proposal for a message switching network. Jack Dennis from MIT discussed the merits of a more general data communications network. Roger Scantlebury, a member of Donald Davies' team from the UK National Physical Laboratory, presented their research on packet switching for data communications and mentioned the work of Paul Baran. After the meeting, Scantlebury proposed packet switching for use in the ARPANET and persuaded Roberts that the economics were favorable to message switching. The ARPA team enthusiastically received the idea and Roberts incorporated it into the ARPANET design.
In total, seven conferences out of 28 have been held outside the USA. The first conference held outside the USA was in Saint-Malo, France in 1997. Other countries to have hosted the conference are Canada, the UK, Portugal, China and Germany.
List of conferences
From 1967 to 2023, the conferences were held every two years, with the first SOSP conference taking place in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Beginning in 2024, SOSP the conference is held every year.
See also
List of computer science conferences
References
External links
http://sosp.org/
https://dl.acm.org/conference/sosp
Computer science conferences
Association for Computing Machinery conferences |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilia%20discordata | Danilia discordata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean.
References
External links
discordata
Gastropods described in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MWG | MWG may refer to:
Milky Way, the "Milky Way Galaxy"
Metadata Working Group, a company consortium to advance the interoperability of metadata stored in digital media
Manhattan Waterfront Greenway
Military World Games
meters, water gauge (m wg) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel%20Coleman | Isobel Coleman is an American diplomat, author, entrepreneur, and former management consultant. In November 2021, Coleman was sworn in as Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming at the United States Agency for International Development. As Deputy Administrator, she guides USAID’s crisis response, leads its work in countering the influence of China and Russia, and supports efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration. She also is responsible for overseeing Agency efforts to prevent famine and future pandemics; strengthen education, health, democracy, and economic growth; and improve responses to climate change.
Most recently, Ambassador Coleman served on the Biden Transition Team, leading the review of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. During the second term of the Obama administration, she served as the U.S. representative to the United Nations for UN Management and Reform with the rank of ambassador. During that time, she represented the United States in the UN General Assembly on budgetary matters and in the UN Security Council on Africa and peacekeeping issues. From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Coleman was the COO of GiveDirectly, a New York based non-profit that helps families living in extreme poverty by making unconditional cash transfers via mobile phones. She was previously a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, CEO of a healthcare recruitment company and a partner with McKinsey & Company.
Education
Coleman graduated from Mamaroneck High School in Mamaroneck, New York. She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian studies, public policy, and international affairs from Princeton University. As a Marshall Scholar, she attended the University of Oxford, where she completed M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations.
Career
Coleman started her career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York in 1992 and was elected partner in the firm’s financial institutions group in 1998. At McKinsey, she worked primarily with global financial service firms, including insurance, reinsurance and credit card companies, and global wholesale and retail banks. She also worked with the McKinsey Global Institute and in a pro-bono capacity with the New York City Board of Education. She left McKinsey to become CEO of NursingHands, Inc., a web-based business that provided continuing education, e-commerce and job placement for healthcare professionals. Coleman sold NursingHands in 2002 to strategic investor Jobson PLC, which merged the company with its multimedia property NurseWeek. In 2004, the combined business was bought by the media company Gannett.
Council on Foreign Relations
Returning to international affairs, Coleman became a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she focused on the political economy of the Middle East. In 2002, she founded CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program to focus foreign policy attention on the importance of improving the status of women arou |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CenterServ%20International%2C%20Ltd | CenterServ is an International managed server and cloud computing association. The company offers servers in more than 200 cities and countries and operates a privately held and nonprofit think tank institute to develop and improve the data center and cloud computing industry, on the global scale.
History
In early 2000, in the middle of the dot-com bubble, Laflèche Morin started a small communication agency called InexMédia out of his garage apartment in Montreal, Canada. The company began offering a wide range of Web related services. In 2004, InexMédia change its name to Group e-media.com and start offering managed servers and web hosting under the brand name E serves. When the company began to develop its international managed services and E serves become its primary business, the company was re-formed as CenterServ. In 2009, as the company grew and gained international presence, CenterServ started offering free cloud computing certification to IT professionals and systems administrators, with a particular focus on business ethics and social responsibility for the cloud industry. Those certifications were used for internal purposes and for private corporation objectives.
During the certification process, CenterServ signs data center access agreement with each member. This agreement grants CenterServ the access to each member's data center. In exchange CenterServ would give each member an exclusivity service contract for any hosted solution. Additionally, CenterServ would grant them access to virtual offices mostly offered by RegusTM and other international office space companies.
It is with these agreements that CenterServ decentralized the data center and cloud computing industry. Each certified responsible systems administrator would be responsible of the CenterServ hosted solution within their own data center. The resulting effects for the data center and cloud industry are higher level of service personalization and unification of data centers all around the globe. By the end of 2014, the company started offering cloud computing franchises. The franchise model would best fit the need of talented entrepreneur to develop their own business under CenterServ brand, mission and objectives. They would managed certified CenterServ members for the best interest of their own customers while upgrading the cloud industry service level.
By February 2016, CenterServ has a pool of more than 1500 certified members and IT professional in all fields. CenterServ has access to more than 500 data centers and office space in more than 200 cities and countries. In the future, with both is franchise and certified members network, CenterServ aims to promote innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and greater accessibility to cloud computing.
In 2016, Stephen Willis joined as the COO for CenterServ USA.
Business Model
CenterServ has two primary lines of business; Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers offered on a global scale. CenterServ helps design, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20server%20discovery | Automatic server discovery is a software licensing feature that allows client applications to find license servers automatically on the network, thus eliminating the need for end users to manually configure server information and allowing system administrators to perform their tasks more easily and efficiently. If you have, for example, over 70 machines then the configuration process will take a long time if it is done manually.
Automatic server discovery often uses Multicast UDP to send broadcasts, to which available license servers respond with information about their network location. When a licensed server is discovered, the information is locally cached on the client machine, so automatic server discovery does not have to be performed at each application startup.
The newest version of NTP also supports Automatic server discovery. There are three schemes provided by NTPv4:
Broadcast / Multicast
Manycast
Server pool
Automatic server discovery typically works only on local networks, and will not work on WAN or VPN connections.
See also
License manager
Floating licensing
References
External links
ISA Server and Automatic Server Discovery
Automatic Server Discovery schemes provided in NTPv4
Configuring Automatic Discovery for ISA Server Clients
System administration
Software licenses
Internet broadcasting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterhuysen | Esterhuysen may refer to:
People
Anriette Esterhuysen (born 1953), South African computer networking pioneer and human rights defender
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006), South African botanist
Richard Grant Esterhuysen, real name of Richard E. Grant (born 1957), British-Swazi actor
Science
Botany
Esterhuysenia, genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae, named in honor of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
Astronomy
11694 Esterhuysen, minor planet
See also |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Architectural%20Support%20for%20Programming%20Languages%20and%20Operating%20Systems | The International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) is an annual interdisciplinary computer science conference organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Reflecting its focus, sponsorship of the conference is made up of 50% by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) and 25% by each of the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) and the Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS). It is a high-impact conference in computer architecture and operating systems, but less so in programming languages/software engineering.
See also
List of computer science conferences
References
Computer science conferences |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20USA | Virtual USA (vUSA), is a joint federal and state collaboration on a project that would allow state and local on-line tools and technologies, such as caches of geospatial data, to be interoperable and more useful with the goal of creating a "Virtual USA" for emergency response purposes. The initiative was developed by the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T), and currently operates as a pilot in eight states — Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia and Tennessee — with plans to incorporate additional states.
Virtual USA is part of the DHS' Open Government plan, which is part of the Obama administration's goal to promote a greater amount of transparency and openness between the government and citizens.
Purpose and overview
The stated goal of Virtual USA is to aggregate existing data, from federal, state, local, tribal, and other information into a common operating picture to assist first responders during emergencies.
Virtual USA:
Virtual USA utilizes current information-sharing platforms to permit new and existing technologies to exchange information with one another.
Virtual USA is based on the needs of local and state first responders to manage data access within their own jurisdictions and to share information with relevant jurisdictions across the United States.
Virtual USA is not limited to information exchanges between two agencies; instead, the initiative fosters information sharing among all federal, state, local and tribal authorities.
Virtual USA uses open data standards and open-source software, more states and localities are able to join this information exchange project.
Virtual USA allows Americans in their own communities to contribute information—in real-time to support the efforts of police, fire and emergency management officials during disasters and recovery efforts.
Statistics
In the state of Virginia, Virtual USA has reduced response times to incidents involving hazardous materials by 70 percent.
Similar systems
Virtual Alabama
See also
Joint Regional Information Exchange System
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
Regional Information Sharing Systems
References
External links
"Mapping an Emergency," S&T Snapshots, Department of Homeland Security (January 12, 2010)
United States Department of Homeland Security
Information systems
Government services web portals in the United States
Open data
Open government in the United States
Emergency simulation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Regional%20Airlines | British Regional Airlines was a franchise partner of British Airways based in Manchester. They operated a large network of domestic and European services from many UK regional airports.
British Regional Airlines held a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, It was permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
History
British Regional Airlines can trace its history back to March 1991 when Manx Airlines created Manx Airlines Europe in order to expand and fly routes within the United Kingdom.
In 1995 Manx Airlines Europe became a franchise carrier for British Airways, operating some routes from its Manchester base under the British Airways Express brand. In September 1996, Airlines of Britain Holdings which owned British Midland along with regional carriers Manx Airlines, Manx Airlines Europe, and Loganair, announced it would split the regional airlines into a separate grouping. As a result, the three regional carriers were spun off as the British Regional Airlines Group (BRAL). The UK based British Airways Express franchise operations of Manx Airlines Europe and Loganair now operated as a combined British Regional Airlines, while Manx Airlines continued to operate services from the Isle of Man. At the same time, British Airways closed down its 'Highlands' division and transferred the routes to British Regional Airlines which would operate them as a British Airways Express franchise partner.
In February 1997, BRAL announced an order for five Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft, the first of which was delivered in June that year. The aircraft replaced the BAe Jetstream 41 on services from Manchester and Southampton to Scotland.
In March 1997, Loganair was subject to a management buyout led by Chairman Scott Grier. The independent Loganair continued as a British Airways Express franchise partner and operated services in the Northern Isles with a fleet of six aircraft (one de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and five Britten Norman Islanders). The main cross-border trunk routes remained with British Regional Airlines.
In 1998 the British Regional Airlines Group floated on the London Stock Exchange.
In March 2001 British Airways purchased the British Regional Airlines Group (holding company of British Regional Airlines and Manx Airlines) for £78m. The airline was merged with Brymon Airways to create British Airways CitiExpress on 28th March 2002. Sister company Manx Airlines continued to operate as a stand-alone carrier until it too was merged in September 2002.
Fleet
At the time of the merger with Brymon Airways, British Regional Airlines and Manx Airlines operated a large fleet of regional aircraft including:
Gallery
See also
List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
References
Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
Airlines established in 1996
Airlines disestablished in 2002
British Airways
Defunct regional airline brands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroemer | Kroemer or Krömer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Herbert Kroemer (born 1928), a professor of electrical and computer engineering
See also
24751 Kroemer (1992 SS24), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1992
German-language surnames
de:Krömer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavalys | Lavalys is a Canadian software development company founded in 2003 that specialized in computer diagnostics and system profiling software popular amongst computer enthusiasts.
Products
Lavalys' EVEREST software suite is used for computer diagnostics, system profiling, benchmark, overclocking, network audit and troubleshooting. Separate editions existed for both home and professional use.
In November 2010, the Hungarian software company FinalWire acquired and subsequently discontinued the EVEREST product line in favor of AIDA64, the company's existing product.
References
Software companies of Canada
Companies based in Montreal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okasaki | Okasaki (written: 岡咲) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chris Okasaki, American computer scientist
, Japanese voice actress
See also
12439 Okasaki, a main-belt asteroid
Okazaki (disambiguation)
Japanese-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutanen | Poutanen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elias Poutanen, Australian-born Finnish host/computer-game critic
Kira Poutanen (born 1974), Finnish writer, translator and actress
Reino Poutanen (1928–2007), Finnish rower
See also
Meanings of minor planet names: 3001–4000#760 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterChef%20Australia%20%28series%202%29 | The second series of the Australian cookery game show MasterChef Australia premiered on 19 April 2010 on Network Ten, concluding on 25 July 2010 when Adam Liaw was named the winner.
The series finale was predicted to be such a success with ratings that it forced a national election debate between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to a different time slot due to a fear of low ratings.
The "Winner Announced" was watched by an average national audience of 5.29 million, peaking at 5.74 million. The consolidated 5 city metropolitan audience was 4.03 million (the second highest rating program since the current ratings system began in 2001) and the consolidated regional audience was 1.26 million.
Changes
The second series of MasterChef Australia brought some changes to the format of the show. Most notably, Sarah Wilson, host of Series 1, is not present in the second series, with producers opting instead to use the show's three judges as hosts.
Furthermore, Series 2 began with the 'Top 50' component of the show, as opposed to the auditions phase. This allows for the audience to begin identifying and connect with contestants while allowing for more time to be spent in the actual competition phase of the show.
Another change to the show is the reward for winning a Celebrity Chef Challenge. In Series 1, the winner would receive a free pass through to the final week of the competition. This was problematic in that it removed the contestant from the show altogether, meaning they didn't keep themselves in the pressured situations that the others had. Instead, in Series 2, a successful contestant will now receive an 'Immunity Pin', which they could use at any time during the competition to save themselves from elimination except in finals week. Out of all the Celebrity Chef Challenges, only Marion managed to win the immunity pin by defeating a Celebrity Chef (Adam also won an immunity pin, but not by defeating a Celebrity Chef).
Also different in Series 2 is the elimination after a team challenge. In Series 1, all the contestants from the losing team had to vote off someone from the competition. This was problematic in that contestants might vote off the best contestants in hopes of improving their chances of winning the show. Instead, in Series 2, the elimination process has changed. A variety of different challenges have been used to determine which member of the losing team is eliminated:
Basic Skills Test – contestants perform tasks testing basic skills, such as separating egg yolks and whites, making a pesto sauce or naming herbs. Such challenges may be split into rounds, with a 'best of 3' method used, the judges may choose the worst performer or else a sudden death elimination process is used.
"Fix that Dish" – contestants are given a badly prepared dish, and are tasked with fixing it. The judges eliminate the contestant whose dish is the least impressive.
"Name that Dish" - contestants are given an array of dishes o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotwell | Shotwell may refer to:
Shotwell, North Carolina, settlement in United States
Shotwell (software), image organizer for the Linux operating system
19818 Shotwell, asteroid
Shotwell Stadium, stadium in Abilene, Texas, United States
People with surname Shotwell
George Shotwell, American football player
Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX
James T. Shotwell (1874–1965), Canadian historian
Louisa R. Shotwell (1902–1993), American writer and college administrator
Marie Shotwell (1880–1934), American actress
P. E. Shotwell (1893–1978), American football coach |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinkle | Trinkle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876–1939), American politician and 49th Governor of Virginia
Jeff Trinkle, American computer scientist
Ken Trinkle (1919–1976), American baseball player
See also
Trinkle Mansion, a historic building in Wytheville, Virginia, United States
24204 Trinkle, a main-belt asteroid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijoy%20Goswami | Bijoy Goswami is the Founder of the Bootstrap Network and the author of The Human Fabric.
Social models for business
Bijoy Goswami is an entrepreneurial philosopher and promoter known for his ideas on bootstrap entrepreneurship and social modeling in the context of the development of successful organizations. He is known for developing mental models to help businesses work and grow more efficiently.
Bijoy’s models organize complex ideas into paradigms that people and organizations can understand, process and implement into successful projects and project teams. He has published books (The Human Fabric), music, plays and film (Mystic Cab), communities and web sites.
Bijoy’s latest works involve multiple social/entrepreneurial models including MRE, youPlusU and Bootstrap.
Early years
Bijoy Goswami has grown up at the intersection of eastern and western philosophies: he was born in Bangalore, India, moved to Taiwan at age 10, to Hong Kong at 14, and came to the U.S. in 1991 to attend Stanford University, where he studied computer science, economics and history, and completed an honors program in science, technology and society. He also spent a term at Oxford University.
Book
The Human Fabric: Unleashing the Power of Core Energy in Everyone, Aviri Publishing (2004)
Sources
in Information Week
in Entrepreneur
in US News
in the Austin Business Journal
in Business Week
in Entrepreneur
in Kiplinger
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelkowitz | Zelkowitz is a surname.
Helen Zelkowitz (1911–2006), American broadcaster
Marvin Zelkowitz, American computer scientist
17801 Zelkowitz, minor planet named for Rachel Lauren Zelkowitz
Goldie Zelkowitz, a 1974 album by Genya Ravan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders%20of%20magnitude%20%28entropy%29 | The following list shows different orders of magnitude of entropy.
See also
Orders of magnitude (data), relates to information entropy
Order of magnitude (terminology)
References
Entropy
Entropy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Shak%20at%20Home | The Shak at Home (on-screen title The Shak) is an Australian children's television program that was broadcast on the Nine Network from 2009 to 2010. The cast for series one included Drew Jarvis, Beau Walker, Jacqueline Duncan and Kendal Nagorcka, with Libby Campbell joining the cast from series two onwards, portraying characters Curio, Nitro, Eco, Picasso and Willow respectively. Throughout each episode, viewer questions, queries, dares and challenges are answered in an entertaining and educational manner along with intersecting storylines.
Overview
Series One
Curio, Nitro and Picasso, former television presenters of the series The Shak, move in together to a sharehouse which is owned by Aunt Agnes and Aunt Beatrice. They deal with everyday issues. Picasso leaves the house to attend the New York Academy of Performing Arts, which leaves Curio and Nitro, the only people living together in the house.
Series Two
After Nitro and Curio feel lonely they search for a replacement, later finding Willow. The house now back to its original number of house-mates, once again deal with every day issues. Months into living in the house, Karl Stimpson marries Aunt Agnes, in order to evict the house-mates, however after his plans fail, he zaps Curio, sending him back in the past, leaving Nitro and Willow the only ones living in the share house.
Production
The series was announced as a revamp in late 2008, however it is actually classified as a spinoff/sequel to the original show The Shak. The show features new theme song created by the same composer of the original shows theme which maintains the same 'surfie' melody but with a more prominent acoustic guitar, thus making the song have a more contemporary, rock feel. The opening segment has changed to a montage of Shaksters. The closing credits are now accompanied by bloopers accumulated throughout the show's shooting of its various segments and storylines.
After Picasso left the show, a search for a Shakster competition was launched in which they cast Libby Campbell as Willow.
the first series premiered on 20 April 2009 and finished airing on 17 July 2009. The second series premiered on 31 April 2009, airing each Monday in an afternoon time-slot. The series then shifted to airing every weekday at the same time-slot, until the final episode aired on 20 April 2010.
Controversy
On 26 May 2010, The Shak was announced as having breached the children's television standards for endorsing a product by 'The Australian Communications and Media Authority'. The claim was made when Kendal, Drew and Beau were seen riding scooters with close up scenes during a prize segment. On the entertainment news site 'TV Tonight' comments on the story were mostly negative and damming to the ACMA.
Withdrawal
On 13 January 2010, the Nine Network cancelled the show, claiming that it was an "economic decision".
Segments
Dare Nitro
What's With That
Lift Off
Cooking With Jan
Dexter Fry's Unexplainable Mysteries Explained
Warren's Gam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MITR%20ATM%20Sharing%20Network | MITR was a multilateral interbank network sharing arrangement of 6 member Banks in India for automated teller machines (ATMs) that operated between 2003 and 2016. Punjab National Bank (PNB) acted as the settlement bank for the MITR Network
History
It came into existence on 8 October 2003 with five member banks, Punjab National Bank (PNB), Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), Indian Bank, Karur Vysya Bank and IndusInd Bank with UCO Bank joining later. ATM transaction switching technology was provided by Chennai-based Financial Software Solutions Ltd.
The sharing arrangement formally ended in 2016 when each of the member banks joined the Indian National Financial Switch directly.
Competitors
Cashnet
CashTree
BANCS
References
Interbank networks in India
Banking in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Translator%20Toolkit | Google Translator Toolkit was an online computer-assisted translation tool (CAT)—a web application designed to permit translators to edit the translations that Google Translate automatically generated using its own and/or user-uploaded files of appropriate glossaries and translation memory. The toolkit was designed to let translators organize their work and use shared translations, glossaries and translation memories, and was compatible with Microsoft Word, HTML, and other formats.
Google Translator Toolkit by default used Google Translate to automatically pre-translate uploaded documents which translators could then improve.
Google Inc released Google Translator Toolkit on June 8, 2009. This product was expected to be named Google Translation Center, as had been announced in August 2008. However, the Google Translation Toolkit turned out to be a less ambitious product: "document rather than project-based, intended not as a process management package but simply another personal translation memory tool".
Originally the Google Translator Toolkit was meant to attract collaboratively minded people, such as those who translate Wikipedia entries or material for non-governmental organizations. However, later it was used widely in commercial translation projects.
A review of the toolkit in Multilingual noted: "The significance of the Google Translator Toolkit is its position as a fully online software-as-a-service (SaaS) that mainstreams some backend enterprise features and hitherto fringe innovations, presaging a radical change in how and by whom the translation is performed".
Translator Toolkit was shut down on December 4, 2019.
Source and target languages
The Toolkit began in June 2009 with only one source language—English—and forty-seven target languages, but later support 345 source languages and 345 target languages for approximately 100,000 language pairs.
Google Translator Toolkit's user interface was available in eighty-five languages:
Workflow
To use Google Translator Toolkit first, users uploaded a file from their desktop or entered a URL of a web page or Wikipedia article that they want to translate. Google Translator Toolkit automatically 'pretranslated' the document. It divided the document into segments, usually sentences, headers, or bullets. Next, it searched all available translation databases for previous human translations of each segment. If any previous human translations of the segment existed, Google Translator Toolkit picked the highest-ranked search result and 'pretranslated' the segment with that translation. If no previous human translation of the segment existed, it used machine translation to produce an 'automatic translation' for the segment, without intervention from human translators.
Users could then review and improve the automatic translation by clicking on the sentence and fixing a translation, or using Google's translation tools to help them translate by clicking the "Show toolkit" button.
Users could vi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitra | Caitra is a translation Computer Assisted Tool, or CAT, developed by the University of Edinburgh. Provided from an online platform, Caitra is based on AJAX Web.2 technologies and the Moses decoder. The web page of the tool is implemented with Ruby on Rails, an open source web framework, and C++.
Caitra assists human translators by offering suggestions and alternative translations.
History
Machine Translation (MT) systems are typically used by readers who do not need a thorough translation and want quick access to the foreign language. Professional translators usually require advanced machine translation tools to make their work easier and to give a higher quality translation to their clients.
The Trans-Type project (Langlais et al., 2000) gave a pioneer approach to the MT as an aid to human translators. This translation tool would suggest different translations for a segment while providing the translator an opportunity to accept the suggested translation or overwrite it with their own translation, which in turn would trigger new potential translations to the tool. This is, however, not necessarily suitable for professional translators. Tools with post-edition facilities have also been developed as an intermediate field between typical MT and human translators in order to integrate MT and human translation and to achieve the desired results.
The School of Informatics and the Machine Translation Group of the University of Edinburgh, created a research program, CAITRA, to analyze the benefits of different types of MTs and to explore the interaction between the machine and the user in order to develop new CAT tools.
Properties
Caitra is programmed with an open-source web framework, Ruby on Rails (Thomasand Hansson, 2008). The online platform uses Ajax-style Web 2.0 technologies (Raymond, 2007) connected to a MySQL database-driven back-end. The machine translation back-end is powered by the statistical sentence-based MT, Moses (Koehn et al., 2007). C++ is integrated to improve the speed of the process of translation suggestions.
The tool is provided online by the School of Informatics as a study of the user’s interaction with the tool, as well as the ability for members suggest additional features and fixes to the program.
The user inputs text into the provided text box. Caitra processes the text as the user clicks the "Upload" icon. The process may last a few minutes, and Caitra will find different options for the translation, one of them is taken by default. Once the process is finished, translators have multiple options of assistance, presented in an interface. The segment for translation is the sentence and so Caitra works with only one sentence at the same time.
Interactive Machine translation
The Trans-Type project (Langlais et al., 2000) has done an investigation about Interactive Machine Translation, consisting of sentence-segment translation aided by a CAT tool, which suggests several different options for the translation. The human tr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngitis%20%28Glee%29 | "Laryngitis" is the eighteenth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on May 11, 2010. It was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by series creator Ryan Murphy. In "Laryngitis", glee club member Puck (Mark Salling) dates Mercedes (Amber Riley) in an attempt to raise his social status. Kurt (Chris Colfer) is jealous of the time his father is spending with Finn (Cory Monteith), and Rachel (Lea Michele) worries about her future when she is diagnosed with tonsillitis. Mike O'Malley guest-stars as Kurt's father Burt, and Zack Weinstein appears as disabled former football player Sean Fretthold.
The episode features cover versions of seven songs, five of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and three of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers. "Laryngitis" was watched by 11.57 million American viewers and received mixed reviews from critics. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club, Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle, Vanity Fair Brett Berk and James Poniewozik of Time all enjoyed the episode, noting that it came after several lesser-quality episodes since the show's return from its mid-season break. In contrast, Lisa Respers France of CNN felt that "Laryngitis" was lecturing in tone, and more sad than it was comedic. Henrik Batallones of BuddyTV and Entertainment Weekly Darren Franich both expressed concern with the disability plot, the former finding it forced and the latter questioning whether Glee honors its disabled actors, or uses them shamelessly.
Plot
When glee club member Puck (Mark Salling) has his mohawk shaved off at the insistence of his dermatologist for medical purposes, he discovers he is no longer considered a credible bully. He realizes that Mercedes (Amber Riley) has become popular since joining the cheerleading squad, and resolves to date her. Mercedes initially attempts to dissuade him, but after the two sing a duet of "The Lady Is a Tramp", she warms to him. Puck's former girlfriend Santana (Naya Rivera) is jealous, and she and Mercedes sing "The Boy Is Mine". When Mercedes realizes that Puck has returned to being a bully, she breaks up with him and resigns from the cheerleading squad.
Meanwhile, Rachel (Lea Michele) realizes that some glee club members are faking their singing. She tells glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), complaining that she is doing most of the work, exhausting herself and getting ill in the process. She reveals the non-participants as Finn (Cory Monteith), Quinn (Dianna Agron), Puck, Brittany (Heather Morris), and Santana. Will gathers the students and gives them a new task for the week: each club member will have to do solos, and each must choose a song that best represents their feelings.
Rachel then confronts the non-participating glee members and insults them, but when she starts to sing Miley Cyrus's "The Climb", she sounds terrible: she has started to lose |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk%20%28Glee%29 | "Funk" is the twenty-first episode of the American television series Glee. The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene. It premiered on the Fox network on June 1, 2010, and was watched by 9 million viewers. In "Funk", New Directions is intimidated by rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. Jesse St. James (Jonathan Groff) defects back to Vocal Adrenaline, and New Directions explores funk music, knowing it is their rival club's weakness. The episode features cover versions of six songs, all of which were released as singles, available for download, and two of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers.
The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Lisa Respers France of CNN and Blair Baldwin of Zap2it both received the episode positively. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club, Entertainment Weekly Tim Stack and James Poniewozic of Time highlighted continuity issues with the show, while VanDerWerff and Henrik Batallones of BuddyTV deemed "Funk" a set-up episode for the season finale. Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle gave a more positive review, but still found "Funk" lacking compared to previous episodes, a sentiment shared by Aly Semigran of MTV.
Plot
Jesse (Jonathan Groff) returns to rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, claiming that he was not appreciated in New Directions. In a successful attempt at intimidation ahead of the Regionals competition, Vocal Adrenaline gives a performance of "Another One Bites the Dust" in the McKinley High auditorium, and toilet paper New Directions' choir room. The New Directions members become depressed, and club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) tries to reinvigorate them by asking them to perform funk numbers. Quinn (Dianna Agron) performs "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" to vent her frustration of being an unwed teenage mother. Mercedes (Amber Riley) sympathizes with Quinn and invites her to move in with her. Later, Mercedes, Puck (Mark Salling) and Finn (Cory Monteith) perform "Good Vibrations" as their own "funk" number, based on Marky Mark's band name being the Funky Bunch.
Will and Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) finalize their divorce. Attempting to deal with his sorrow and cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester's (Jane Lynch) incessant bullying, Will seduces Sue with a performance of "Tell Me Something Good" and asks her out on a date, standing her up to humiliate her. Sue withdraws the cheerleading squad from the upcoming Nationals competition and becomes bed-bound. Will sees the negative impact on the cheerleaders and realizes that some of them might lose their college scholarships. Will knows that hurting his nemesis did not make him feel any better, and encourages her to be there for her girls. Sue reenters and wins Nationals, but later gives Will two options: either house her new trophy inside New Directions' choir room, or kiss her. As Will is about to kiss her, Sue backs out and decides she prefers that the trophy be set up |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-varying%20microscale%20model | The time-varying microscale (TVM) model is a microscale diagnostic model specifically designed to compute data for extremely high-resolution mapping (tens of meters to a few hundred meters) without the high computational costs of running a mesoscale numerical weather prediction (NWP) model such as weather research and forecasting model (WRF).
TVM uses high-resolution land surface data to calculate the effects of microscale terrain features, near-surface roughness features, and other terrain blocking effects typically left unresolved by coarser mesoscale NWP models. Microscale terrain features are resolved using a kinematic terrain adjustment, near-surface roughness features are resolved using a log-profile surface roughness adjustment, and a Froude number adjustment is applied to calculate terrain-blocking effects on wind flow.
All of these effects are computed at each time-step in the study period and based not only on wind speed and elevation, but on quantities such as wind direction and thermodynamic properties of the lower atmosphere. This enables a sophisticated time-varying spatial analysis.
References
Numerical climate and weather models |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20TV%20Globo | TV Globo (formerly Rede Globo; Globo Network), or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the second-largest commercial TV network in annual revenue worldwide behind just American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas.
Globo launches its own schedule of shows and programs annually, and launches new seasons of pilots, something only seen in Globo itself, compared with the other major television channels in Brazil (SBT, Record, Band, RedeTV!). They convey the American TV shows (SBT, Band and Record) and/or religious programs (Band and RedeTV!).
Globo has output deals with Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Studios, Marvel Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and more, having one of the largest film libraries for being shown on a TV network. , they started to broadcast films from Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Globo is still today the highest rating television network among viewers of all ages and has the highest advertising turnout among the national TV networks.
Current programs
Telenovelas
Currently on air
Reruns
TV series
Reality shows
Late night
Variety
Educational and Social service
News and News-magazines
Sports
Sports Coverage
Football
Carnival
Movie blocks
International series
Upcoming programming
Telenovelas
See also
List of former programs broadcast on TV Globo
References
External links
Rede Globo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News%4012 | News@12 is the defunct daily newscast of the Sonshine Media Network International with the latest national, local & international news, business news & sports news and its anchored by Troy Gomez.
Reporters
Jade Cleaveland
Rachelle Dueñas
Jeremiah Pancho
See also
Sonshine Media Network International
Sonshine Media Network International
Philippine television news shows
Television in Davao City |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid%20Programming%20%28TV%20pilot%29 | Paid Programming (also known as Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultrablue or Icelandic UltraBlue) is a television pilot for Cartoon Network's late night programing block (Adult Swim) that premiered, unannounced, in the United States on the night of November 2, 2009, and was then re-aired every Monday through Friday night until December 4, 2009. It did not reair the night of November 23, 2009 due to a Family Guy rerun.
Paid Programming is a parody of infomercials and was created and written by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross, and features amateur actors from Central Casting. Although the pilot was never picked up for a full series, it received a positive reception in London when screened at monthly comedy event called "Popcorn Comedy night". Adult Swim continues to periodically rebroadcast the pilot episode.
Production
Paid Programming was created and written by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross, and directed by Jeff Buchanan. The pilot episode was first announced at Dragon*Con 2009 in September 2009, where it was described as an "infomercial within an infomercial"; no other information was revealed at that time. Although Benjamin and Cross make voice cameos in the pilot, the cast of Paid Programming consists mainly of "non-recognizable" amateur actors from Central Casting. The pilot does not feature any credits or production cards, and ended with a cliffhanger. In a 2010 interview David Cross mentioned it was their intent to make Paid Programming as similar to a real infomercial as possible, in order to trick unsuspecting viewers into thinking it's a real infomercial; and was upset that the project was announced at Dragon*Con. According to Benjamin and Cross, Adult Swim was only "semi-committed" to the project, and was worried that it would do poorly ratings wise. Paid Programming was not picked up as a full series, as revealed when Benjamin referred to it as an "abject failure".
Despite the pilot failing, the network greenlit more fake infomercials in 2012.
Broadcast history
Similar to the broadcast history of The Rising Son, another program on Adult Swim, the pilot episode of Paid Programming was aired in the United States on the night of November 2, 2009 at 4:30 am (ET), unannounced and unadvertised, and was listed as "SPECIAL" on the Adult Swim schedule. After its original debut, Adult Swim then re-aired the pilot every Monday through Friday night until December 4, 2009, with the exception of November 23, 2009 which saw a Family Guy rerun take its time slot. Adult Swim periodically re-airs the pilot episode, and posted it to their official site in 2015.
Plot outline
The pilot starts as a typical advert for the "Icelandic Ultra Blue Health" line of dietary supplements. Dr. Samuelson announces the "Icelandic Ultra Blue Jingle" is being retired, and urges America to submit their own entries for a new jingle. After some entries are shown, a music producer advertises the "Icelandic Ultra Blue Air Purity Systems". This transitions into an animation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian%20Film%20Festival%20of%20Dallas | The Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) is a film festival held annually in July or August in Dallas, Texas.
Description
The festival programming consists of international films from Asia as well as Asian-American features and shorts. The festival is held primarily at Landmark Theatres' Magnolia Theatre in the West Village, Dallas, Texas. With a typical slate of 25-30 feature films and 20 short films, the week-long festival is the largest Asian-themed film festival in the southwestern United States.
The festival presents jury prizes for best short and feature films entered in competition, as well as an Audience Award.
Well Go USA Entertainment is a major sponsor of the festival.
History
The Asian Film Festival of Dallas was founded in 2001. Its first edition was in March 2002, as a four-day-long curated festival presenting 12 features from five countries. Films screened in the first year included the Dallas premiere of Battle Royale and repertory screenings of classic Asian films, such as Raise the Red Lantern and Seven Samurai. The festival was founded by Dallas local and aspiring filmmaker Mye Hoang as a way to share Asian films with Dallas audiences.
The festival expanded to a week-long event in 2003 and added a juried competition.
Audience Award winners
2009 Ip Man (film)
2010 Mao's Last Dancer (film)
References
External links
Asian-American culture in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Film festivals in Dallas
Asian-American film festivals
Film festivals established in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk%3A%20Global%20Domination | Risk: Global Domination is a game for the PlayStation 2, based upon the board game Risk, developed by Cyberlore Studios and published by Atari Interactive. It was released in 2003. An Xbox version was planned, but cancelled.
Gameplay
The game follows the board game. It can be played in three different forms: Classic, Secret Mission and Capital. Online play was also supported for up to 20 players.
In Risk: Global Domination, the player tries to dominate the world by defeating eleven famous generals. When players accomplish certain goals they achieve medals such as, the Medal of Jasonic Meret, which is achieved by winning their 10th career game, the Order of the Liberator, which is awarded when conquering the 100th, and Dominato Veinti, which is awarded after achieving all 33 other medals. There are 34 medals to earn total.
Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" from critics, according to Metacritic.
References
External links
Official page
Game page at PlayStation.co.uk
IGN.com Review
GameSpot Xbox preview (version canceled)
PlayStation 2-only games
2003 video games
Risk (game)
Cancelled Xbox games
PlayStation 2 games
Video games based on board games
Video games developed in the United States
RenderWare games
Cyberlore Studios games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20of%20Buddhist%20Organisations | The Network of Buddhist Organisations is a British ecumenical body founded in 1993.
Development
The Network of Buddhist Organisations was formed at a time when Buddhism had become consolidated in Britain, with a membership scattered over a large number of different bodies. They varied from traditional interpretations of the teaching dependent on Eastern monastics to popular and influential groups classified as New Religious Movements. The NBO's stated intent was to promote greater openness to dialogue and increased co-operation between the many different Buddhist organisations.
As its policy met with success, the Network also turned its attention to dialogue and co-operation with other faiths and to taking part in consultation with government and other public bodies, including the Charity Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Nationally, it plays an active role in the work of the Religious Education Council, the Inter Faith Network UK and internationally in the European Buddhist Union.
Another aspect of NBO's work has been the series of conferences and events it has helped organise on topics centred upon the application of Buddhist teaching to the modern world. Noteworthy among these have been the UK-wide Buddhist arts festival, "A Lotus in Flower", in 2005; the 2006 conference, "The Dharma Revolution: 50 Years On", on Ambedkarite (Indian) Buddhism; the 2007 Eco-Dharma conference held in Birmingham; the 2008 "British Buddhist Landscape" conference held at Taplow Court, covering many aspects of Buddhist social practice and experience in Britain; and the 2009 arts conference, "Buddha Mind, Creative Mind", also held at Taplow Court. The last of these resulted in the formation of the Dharma Arts group, an association of Buddhist artists. Again in Birmingham, a day seminar for Buddhists working with schools was organised by Clear Vision Trust in association with NBO as part of Celebrating RE month in March 2011.
During the run-up to the 2011 census, the NBO, in common with many other organisations, ran a public campaign for adherents to identify themselves in the box indicating religious affiliation in order to gain enhanced official recognition. In 2012 the Network co-ordinated the Buddhist contribution to the Government's multi-faith initiative, A Year of Service. This involved a day of action on July 3 with care for the environment as its focus, and was publicised under the name Earthkind. The response was so positive that subsequently it was decided to hold an annual Buddhist Action Month each June (BAM) with participating organisations choosing their own theme.
Criticism
The Network's openness to dialogue with groups that some orthodox Buddhists regard as controversial has brought it a certain amount of criticism. Although veteran author Ken Jones has praised NBO for its work, he sees certain dangers for it as well: "The Network of Buddhist Organisations is performing an invaluable role in opening up dialogue and bringi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustock%20botnet | The Rustock botnet was a botnet that operated from around 2006 until March 2011.
It consisted of computers running Microsoft Windows, and was capable of sending up to 25,000 spam messages per hour from an infected PC. At the height of its activities, it sent an average of 192 spam messages per compromised machine per minute. Reported estimates on its size vary greatly across different sources, with claims that the botnet may have comprised anywhere between 150,000 and 2,400,000 machines. The size of the botnet was increased and maintained mostly through self-propagation, where the botnet sent many malicious e-mails intended to infect machines opening them with a trojan which would incorporate the machine into the botnet.
The botnet took a hit after the 2008 takedown of McColo, an ISP which was responsible for hosting most of the botnet's command and control servers. McColo regained Internet connectivity for several hours, and in those hours up to 15 Mbit a second of traffic was observed, likely indicating a transfer of command and control to Russia. While these actions temporarily reduced global spam levels by around 75%, the effect did not last long: spam levels increased by 60% between January and June 2009, 40% of which was attributed to the Rustock botnet.
On March 16, 2011, the botnet was taken down through what was initially reported as a coordinated effort by Internet service providers and software vendors. It was revealed the next day that the take-down, called Operation b107, was the action of Microsoft, U.S. federal law enforcement agents, FireEye, and the University of Washington.
To capture the individuals involved with the Rustock botnet, on July 18, 2011, Microsoft is offering "a monetary reward in the amount of US$250,000 for new information that results in the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of such individual(s)."
Operations
Botnets are composed of infected computers used by unwitting Internet users. In order to hide its presence from the user and anti-virus software, the Rustock botnet employed rootkit technology. Once a computer was infected, it would seek contact with command-and-control servers at a number of IP addresses and any of 2,500 domains and backup domains that may direct the zombies in the botnet to perform various tasks such as sending spam or executing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Ninety-six servers were in operation at the time of the takedown. When sending spam the botnet uses TLS encryption in around 35 percent of the cases as an extra layer of protection to hide its presence. Whether detected or not, this creates additional overhead for the mail servers handling the spam. Some experts pointed out that this extra load could negatively impact the mail infrastructure of the Internet, as most of the e-mails sent these days are spam.
See also
Botnet
Helpful worm
McColo
Operation: Bot Roast
Srizbi botnet
Zombie (computer science)
Alureon
Conficker
Gameover ZeuS
Sto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20logic%20unit | In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers. This is in contrast to a floating-point unit (FPU), which operates on floating point numbers. It is a fundamental building block of many types of computing circuits, including the central processing unit (CPU) of computers, FPUs, and graphics processing units (GPUs).
The inputs to an ALU are the data to be operated on, called operands, and a code indicating the operation to be performed; the ALU's output is the result of the performed operation. In many designs, the ALU also has status inputs or outputs, or both, which convey information about a previous operation or the current operation, respectively, between the ALU and external status registers.
Signals
An ALU has a variety of input and output nets, which are the electrical conductors used to convey digital signals between the ALU and external circuitry. When an ALU is operating, external circuits apply signals to the ALU inputs and, in response, the ALU produces and conveys signals to external circuitry via its outputs.
Data
A basic ALU has three parallel data buses consisting of two input operands (A and B) and a result output (Y). Each data bus is a group of signals that conveys one binary integer number. Typically, the A, B and Y bus widths (the number of signals comprising each bus) are identical and match the native word size of the external circuitry (e.g., the encapsulating CPU or other processor).
Opcode
The opcode input is a parallel bus that conveys to the ALU an operation selection code, which is an enumerated value that specifies the desired arithmetic or logic operation to be performed by the ALU. The opcode size (its bus width) determines the maximum number of distinct operations the ALU can perform; for example, a four-bit opcode can specify up to sixteen different ALU operations. Generally, an ALU opcode is not the same as a machine language opcode, though in some cases it may be directly encoded as a bit field within a machine language opcode.
Status
Outputs
The status outputs are various individual signals that convey supplemental information about the result of the current ALU operation. General-purpose ALUs commonly have status signals such as:
Carry-out, which conveys the carry resulting from an addition operation, the borrow resulting from a subtraction operation, or the overflow bit resulting from a binary shift operation.
Zero, which indicates all bits of Y are logic zero.
Negative, which indicates the result of an arithmetic operation is negative.
Overflow, which indicates the result of an arithmetic operation has exceeded the numeric range of Y.
Parity, which indicates whether an even or odd number of bits in Y are logic one.
Upon completion of each ALU operation, the status output signals are usually stored in external registers to make them available for future ALU operations (e.g., to implement mult |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTest | NTest is a free Othello/Reversi program created by Chris Welty (not to be confused with the other computer scientist named Chris Welty who worked on the IBM Watson project).
NTest is a strong Othello program with a high-quality evaluation function and fast search algorithms. It has many features, with the most important one being the display of the search evaluation for all possible moves. NTest is among the strongest programs in the world. It is able to do bitboard-based move generation and parallel searches on multiple CPU cores.
Other programs' opening books—such as Edax's book—can be used in NBoard, the GUI created by Chris Welty for NTest.
References
Reversi software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends%20for%20Sale | Friends for Sale was a massively multiplayer online business simulation game originally developed by Serious Business, available as an application on the social networking website Facebook. The game allowed players to buy and sell virtual pets representing other players. Since its launching by November 2007, Friends for Sale soared into popularity by June 2008, becoming one of the top ten Facebook applications with around 700,000 daily users and activity peaked at around 6.5 million monthly users on 2 November 2009 until Zynga acquired Serious Business on 11 February 2010.
Gameplay
Players begin the game receiving some amount of virtual currency, as well as the in-game value of the pet that represents them. A list of the player's Facebook friends appears, along with their selling price. They could be bought; given nicknames and gifts; put to work with, locked from, sold to and used to poke other players.
References
2007 video games
Facebook games
Social casual games
Video games developed in the United States
Browser-based multiplayer online games
Business simulation games
Zynga
Inactive massively multiplayer online games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic%20attribute | In reflection seismology, a seismic attribute is a quantity extracted or derived from seismic data that can be analysed in order to enhance information that might be more subtle in a traditional seismic image, leading to a better geological or geophysical interpretation of the data.
Examples of seismic attributes can include measured time, amplitude, frequency and attenuation, in addition to combinations of these. Most seismic attributes are post-stack, but those that use CMP gathers, such as amplitude versus offset (AVO), must be analysed pre-stack. They can be measured along a single seismic trace or across multiple traces within a defined window.
The first attributes developed were related to the 1D complex seismic trace and included: envelope amplitude, instantaneous phase, instantaneous frequency, and apparent polarity. Acoustic impedance obtained from seismic inversion can also be considered an attribute and was among the first developed.
Other attributes commonly used include: coherence, azimuth, dip, instantaneous amplitude, response amplitude, response phase, instantaneous bandwidth, AVO, and spectral decomposition.
A seismic attribute that can indicate the presence or absence of hydrocarbons is known as a direct hydrocarbon indicator.
Amplitude attributes
Amplitude attributes use the seismic signal amplitude as the basis for their computation.
Mean amplitude
A post-stack attribute that computes the arithmetic mean of the amplitudes of a trace within a specified window. This can be used to observe the trace bias which could indicate the presence of a bright spot.
Average energy
A post-stack attribute that computes the sum of the squared amplitudes divided by the number of samples within the specified window used. This provides a measure of reflectivity and allows one to map direct hydrocarbon indicators within a zone of interest.
RMS (root mean square) amplitude
A post-stack attribute that computes the square root of the sum of squared amplitudes divided by the number of samples within the specified window used. With this root mean square amplitude, one can measure reflectivity in order to map direct hydrocarbon indicators in a zone of interest. However, RMS is sensitive to noise as it squares every value within the window.
Maximum magnitude
A post-stack attribute that computes the maximum value of the absolute value of the amplitudes within a window. This can be used to map the strongest direct hydrocarbon indicator within a zone of interest.
AVO attributes
AVO (amplitude versus offset) attributes are pre-stack attributes that have as the basis for their computation, the variation in amplitude of a seismic reflection with varying offset. These attributes include: AVO intercept, AVO gradient, intercept multiplied by gradient, far minus near, fluid factor, etc.
Anelastic attenuation factor
The anelastic attenuation factor (or Q) is a seismic attribute that can be determined from seismic reflection data for both reservoir ch |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RightNetwork | RightNetwork was a start-up American video on demand television network promoted by American actor, producer and comedian Kelsey Grammer.
The target audience was conservative "Americans who are looking for content that reflects and reinforces their perspective and world-view." Promotional materials indicated that the all-original content would be entertainment programming with "pro-America," "pro-business," and "pro-military" perspectives. The network announced on Aug. 16th 2010 that it would launch nationwide on Sept. 8th 2010. The network ceased operations less than one year later.
History
In a video clip available on the network's website and on YouTube, Grammer explained "There's wrong, and there's right, right network, all that's right with the world." The network had a target launch date of summer 2010, and became available through on-demand cable offerings, online and mobile phones. According to AOL News, as an on-demand offering, RightNetwork is not able to initially attract an audience as large as the audiences for traditional cable networks.
While the network's Web site or Facebook page doesn't specifically say conservatives, it's clearly designed for folks who might be upset with today's government. One of the RightNetwork shows was called "Running," which Grammer described as a reality show following six political rookies running for the first time. The theme through the promotional clip is that these folks are running against "polished politicians."
Due to lack of funding and distribution, the RightNetwork ceased operations, as of September 2011.
Reactions and controversy
Shortly after announcement of the new network, MSNBC's then-political commentator Keith Olbermann featured RightNetwork first on the "World's Worst" segment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and comedian Joy Behar, best known as co-host of ABC's The View, also mentioned RightNetwork on her former CNN Headline News show; Yahoo! described it as "a case study of effective viral marketing."
Business relations
Early blog reports indicating that RightNetwork was developed as a "partner" of Comcast Corporation were erroneous. After the intended launch date was announced in April 2010, the progressive online news blog The Huffington Post published a story calling RightNetwork "Tea Party TV" (a reference to the Tea Party movement), and titled its story, "RightNetwork Launching in 2010 With Comcast As Partner."
A Comcast spokesperson quickly announced that while Comcast had met with RightNetwork representatives, as it has with hundred of other content providers, "We have no partnership with this venture and have no plans to launch or distribute the network." The spokesperson concluded by saying, "We do carry a number of independent networks on Comcast representing a wide variety of interests and diverse viewpoints."
References
External links
Official website
Conservative media in the United States
Libertarianism in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem%20van%20Biljon | Willem van Biljon (born 1961) is an entrepreneur and technologist born, raised and educated in South Africa.
Van Biljon graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in Computer Science.
He held engineering and research positions at LinkData, the Institute for Applied Computer Science and the National Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Van Biljon co-founded Mosaic Software. Mosaic built the Postilion payment system, the first high-end payment transaction switch for commodity hardware and operating systems (Windows). Mosaic's investors included GE and Paul Maritz. The company became one of the top three payment processing software vendors in the world and was sold in 2004 to S1 Corp.
Van Biljon worked for Amazon.com where he, along with Chris Pinkham and Christopher Brown, led the team that developed Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Willem built the business plan for the service and was responsible for product management and marketing for the public cloud service.
In 2006, van Biljon left Amazon Web Services and later started a venture with Chris Pinkham. The company, Nimbula, was focused on cloud computing software and was funded by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. In March 2013, Nimbula was acquired by Oracle Corporation.
Van Biljon co-authored seven patents in cloud computing including "Managing Communications Between Computing Nodes", "Managing Execution of Programs by Multiple Computing Systems".
Publications
Hirsch, M, SR Schach, and WR van Biljon, "High-Level Debugging Systems for Pascal: Interpreter versus Compiler," Quaest. Informaticae 3 (3), pp 9–13, August 1987.
Van Biljon WR, "A geographic database system", Proceedings Auto Carto 8, Baltimore USA, pp 689–700, March 1987.
Van Biljon WR, "Towards a fuzzy mathematical model of data quality in a GIS", Proceedings EDIS '87 Conference, Pretoria SA, 11 pp, September 1987.
Van Biljon, WR, DA Sewry, and MA Mulders. "Register allocation in a pattern matching code generator." Software: Practice & Experience, 17(8):521–531, August 1987.
Van Biljon, WR, "Extending Petri Nets for Specifying Man-Machine Dialogues", Int. J. Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 28, pp 437–455. 1988.
References
1961 births
Living people
People from Pretoria
Businesspeople from Cape Town
Afrikaner people
South African businesspeople
University of Cape Town alumni
Amazon (company) people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%20Networks | Duke Networks, LLC is a San Diego based television production company and online media company. It produces educational DIY (Do it yourself) programs and distributes them through its network of distribution partners, which include Amazon Video, Roku, YouTube, television networks and more. Founded by Chris Duke, Duke Networks is based out of San Diego, California.
Duke Networks produces an automotive DIY how-to television show, Motorz TV.
History
On May 9, 2008, Duke Networks began an online television series named Truckblog TV.
On September 10, 2008, Duke Networks changed the name to Motorz TV to attract a larger audience and brand the series independently, separate from Truckblog.
On February 7, 2010, Motorz TV premiered nationwide on the American cable and satellite television network, MavTV.
External links
Duke Networks
Privately held companies based in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20data | Big data primarily refers to data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software. Data with many entries (rows) offer greater statistical power, while data with higher complexity (more attributes or columns) may lead to a higher false discovery rate. Though used sometimes loosely partly due to a lack of formal definition, the best interpretation is that it is a large body of information that cannot be comprehended when used in small amounts only.
Big data analysis challenges include capturing data, data storage, data analysis, search, sharing, transfer, visualization, querying, updating, information privacy, and data source. Big data was originally associated with three key concepts: volume, variety, and velocity. The analysis of big data presents challenges in sampling, and thus previously allowing for only observations and sampling. Thus a fourth concept, veracity, refers to the quality or insightfulness of the data. Without sufficient investment in expertise for big data veracity, the volume and variety of data can produce costs and risks that exceed an organization's capacity to create and capture value from big data.
Current usage of the term big data tends to refer to the use of predictive analytics, user behavior analytics, or certain other advanced data analytics methods that extract value from big data, and seldom to a particular size of data set. "There is little doubt that the quantities of data now available are indeed large, but that's not the most relevant characteristic of this new data ecosystem."
Analysis of data sets can find new correlations to "spot business trends, prevent diseases, combat crime and so on". Scientists, business executives, medical practitioners, advertising and governments alike regularly meet difficulties with large data-sets in areas including Internet searches, fintech, healthcare analytics, geographic information systems, urban informatics, and business informatics. Scientists encounter limitations in e-Science work, including meteorology, genomics, connectomics, complex physics simulations, biology, and environmental research.
The size and number of available data sets have grown rapidly as data is collected by devices such as mobile devices, cheap and numerous information-sensing Internet of things devices, aerial (remote sensing), software logs, cameras, microphones, radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and wireless sensor networks. The world's technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s; , every day 2.5 exabytes (2.5×260 bytes) of data are generated. Based on an IDC report prediction, the global data volume was predicted to grow exponentially from 4.4 zettabytes to 44 zettabytes between 2013 and 2020. By 2025, IDC predicts there will be 163 zettabytes of data. According to IDC, global spending on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions is estimated to reach $215.7 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20Information%20Network%20of%20Colorado | The Audio Information Network of Colorado (AINC), formerly the Radio Reading Service of the Rockies (RRSR), was founded in 1990. It is based in Boulder, Colorado, United States, and is a non-profit, community and volunteer-based, radio reading service and audio information service for blind, visually impaired, and print-handicapped people in the state of Colorado. AINC provides access to printed material through sound recordings by volunteers.
The executive director is Kim Ann Wardlow.
References
External links
Organizations established in 1990
Non-profit organizations based in Colorado
Mass media in Boulder, Colorado
Mass media in Colorado
Radio reading services of the United States
1990 establishments in Colorado |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplocochlias%20onaneyi | Haplocochlias onaneyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
The Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca considers this species a synonym of Haplocochlias williami.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.
References
Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Fernández-Garcés R. 2005. Descripción de tres nuevas especies del género Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Avicennia, 17: 71–76
External links
onaneyi
Gastropods described in 2004 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudera | Cloudera, Inc. is an American software company providing an enterprise data management and analytics platform. The platform is the only cloud native platform purpose built from the ground up to run on all major public cloud providers ( AWS, Azure, and GCP.) as well as on on-premises private cloud (Red Hat OCP, and Open Source Kubernetes) environments. It allows users to store and analyze data using hardware and software in cloud-based and data center operations, spanning hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Cloudera offers cloud-native analytics for data distribution, data engineering, data warehousing, transactional data, streaming data, data science, and machine learning.
History
Cloudera, Inc. was formed on June 27, 2008, by Christophe Bisciglia (from Google), Amr Awadallah (from Yahoo!), Jeff Hammerbacher (from Facebook), and Mike Olson (from Oracle). Awadallah oversaw a business unit performing data analysis using Hadoop while at Yahoo!; Hammerbacher used Hadoop to develop some of Facebook's data analytics applications; and Olson formerly served as the CEO of Sleepycat Software, the company that created Berkeley DB. The four were joined in 2009 by Doug Cutting, a co-founder of Hadoop.
In March 2009, Cloudera released Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop (CDH), a commercial distribution of Hadoop, in conjunction with a $5 million investment led by Accel Partners. This was followed by a $25 million funding round in October 2010, a $40M funding round in November 2011, and a $160M funding round in March 2014.
In June 2013, Tom Reilly became CEO, although Olson remained as chairman of the board and chief strategist. Both left the company in June 2019. Rob Bearden was appointed as Cloudera's CEO in January 2020.
In March 2014, Intel invested $740 million in Cloudera for an 18% stake in the company. These shares were repurchased by Cloudera in December 2020 for $314 million.
On April 28, 2017, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. Over the next four years, the company's share price declined in the wake of falling sales figures and the rise of public cloud services like Amazon Web Services. In October 2018, Cloudera and Hortonworks announced their merger, which the two companies completed the following January. In October 2021, the company went private after an acquisition by KKR and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $5.3 billion.
Cloudera has formed partnerships with companies such as Dell, IBM, and Oracle.
Products and services
Cloudera provides the Cloudera Data Platform, a collection of products related to cloud services and data processing. Some of these services are provided through public cloud servers such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services, while others are private cloud services that require a subscription. Cloudera markets these products for purposes related to machine learning and data analysis.
Cloudera has adopted the marketing term "lakehouse," whic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem%20Free%20Operation | Tandem Free Operation (TFO) is a part of ETSI's 3GPP standard specification, which has been included from R99 of the standards specifications onwards.
Overview
In traditional GSM networks, a call between two Mobile Stations (MS) involve a dual encoding/decoding process. Speech signals are first encoded in the originating MS, converted to G.711 in the local transcoder, converted back to a GSM codec in the remote transcoder and finally converted back to speech at the terminating MS. In this configuration the two transcoders are operating in tandem introducing a voice quality degradation. It is possible to eliminate this problem by removing the two transcoding operations in the voice path if the two MS are using the same codec.
Details
Broadly, the equipments that are en-route two end mobile sets can be categorized into two types:
Active voice equipments, that does the transcoding operation, either from a GSM/UMTS speech codec (e.g.: GSM-EFR, GSM-AMR) to G.711/PCM or opposite.
Passive equipments (or In-Path Equipment), does not transcode, but change the voice signals in some way. For example: Line Echo Canceller, attenuation algorithms or any equipment that change the voice samples.
Active Equipment
These equipment are typically at the edge of the core networks that acts as a gateway between mobile core networks (IP based) and digital PSTN networks. Mobile core IP networks carry voice encoded in the form of one of the GSM/UMTS codecs (e.g.: GSM AMR). When this has to be carried over a G.711/PCM based PSTN network, the gateway equipment transcodes from GSM/UMTS codec to G.711 PCM samples. This results in a certain loss of voice quality.
A single G.711/PCM sample is an 8-bit value and is sampled at the rate of 8 kHz. Hence, the bandwidth requirement is 64kbit/s, with each bit corresponding to 8kbit/s.
TFO is a mechanism that steals least significant bits (LSBs) of PCM samples to literally embed the bits from encoded stream. Since most GSM/UMTS codec rates are around the range of 8kbit/s to 16kbit/s (and higher rates of up to 32kbit/s for 16 kHz sampled Wide Band codecs), one needs to steal only about 1 or 2 LSBs of total 8 bits. This aspect is very important, as, if there is a breakage in TFO connection, the upper most significant bits (MSBs) can still be used to carry transcoded G.711/PCM sample values. The degradation due to loss of 1 or 2 LSBs is not much.
The remote transcoder equipment then extracts the encoded stream from LSBs of PCM samples and reconstructs it as codec frames and then sent as though it was encoded by itself, thereby virtually avoiding two iterations of trancoding.
Flow
The transcoder equipment that supports TFO runs a well defined state machine. Based on the sequence of events, the state machine table defines a sequence of actions to be performed.
As a part of this sequence, the local transcoder sends TFO In-band Signalling messages (IS_Messages) on the LSBs of the PCM samples. The protocol is very well defined |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggro%20Santos | Yuri "Aggro" Santos (born 12 October 1989) is a Brazilian-born British rapper.
Career
Santos was discovered by ChannelAka, a music channel, after his song "Free Yard" was featured on the network. He was then signed to Future Records in 2010, and released his second mixtape, Rhythm N Flow. In 2010, he was nominated for an award at the Urban Music Awards.
Santos released his debut single "Candy", which features Kimberly Wyatt, on 2 May 2010, which was later certified silver by the BPI. His second single, "Saint or Sinner", was released on 22 August 2010 and his third, "Like U Like", (featuring Kimberley Walsh), was released on 14 January 2011. Santos's debut album, titled AggroSantos.com was released on 31 January 2011. In 2010, Santos participated in the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and was voted off the show on day 19, finishing in fifth place overall. In 2013, Santos signed to FOD Records. In 2014, he began writing for upcoming music. On 23 March 2014, he released the video for "Selfie Selfie Selfie".
Personal life
Santos was born on 12 October 1989. He studied at Salesian College in Battersea, London, and went on to study at the BRIT School.
On 9 September 2011, it was reported that Santos had been accused of rape by a fan who returned with the rapper to his hotel room following two gigs. The first rape had allegedly taken place on 25 or 26 September 2010. The second attack allegedly took place on 7 May 2011 in Chichester, West Sussex. Santos and another man, 21-year-old Tyrelle Ritchie, were both charged to appear in court on the same date at Chichester Magistrates' Court on 19 September 2011.
On 3 May 2013, a jury of eight women and four men, found Santos not guilty of both accusations unanimously, and acquitted him in under two hours of deliberation. He has since called for rape suspects to remain anonymous until found guilty, as he felt the trial had "tarnished" his reputation for a short while, even though he was innocent.
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Aggro Culture (2009)
The Rhythm N Flow (2010)
The Stamina (2010)
Singles
As main artist
As featured artist
Other appearances
Music videos
References
External links
1988 births
Living people
Brazilian emigrants to England
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian rappers
People acquitted of rape
People educated at the BRIT School
People from Balham
Rappers from London
Singers from São Paulo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smscoin | SMSCOIN is a mobile payment systems provider which specializes in SMS payments in particular, and provides premium SMS services in 92 countries supporting hundreds of mobile carrier networks worldwide. The main goal of the project was, and still is, to cover as many countries worldwide as possible.
History
2006
SmsCoin project was launched in July 2006 with only 4 countries (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Israel) offering 3 of the following services: sms:chat, sms:key and sms:bank. During the month of November additional service called sms:transit was developed, and closer to the end of the year 13 countries became available.
2007
The beginning of 2007 was marked by adding a few more countries as well as developing innovative extensions for browsers and a MIDlet that made it easier for SmsCoin' partners to access the statistics of their websites using mobile phones. English version of the website was presented in February. Its anniversary SmsCoin celebrated with 5 different sms:services across 18 countries worldwide working with over 5 thousand partners and processing more than a million SMS messages.
2008
Year 2008 began with presenting a new program for developing ready-to-use modules for popular CMS, 10 of which were published on the website as well as brand new service sms:content was launched. In April SmsCoin announced the connection of 30 countries worldwide. During this harsh period caused by a fierce competition on mobile payments market the project prospered due to higher payouts as well as enabling partners to choose their own short codes. Additionally, across Russia the payouts were made in rubles, and partners could request their revenue share payout once every 5 days which than was quite extraordinary. Throughout October till November additional achievements were presented - first of all a global support was launched unifying all means of contact using Instant messaging. Secondly, SmsCoin now offered its services across so much as 40 countries.
2009
In March 2009 SmsCoin announced a series of events starting with even greater coverage - 50 countries, connecting several Latin American countries at once, next 6 Middle Eastern countries followed in May. 3rd anniversary celebration opened with a brand new and refreshing website design and structure improvement which made it much more convenient to work with. Immediately a new service called sms:donate was launched. Towards the end of the year SmsCoin project covered as much as 65 countries including its latest "acquisitions": China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Throughout 2009 ready-to-use scripts library was considerably expanded as part of an improvement plan that began in 2008 and continues to this day forward.
2010
Good karma came in the beginning of 2010 when SmsCoin project connected the following countries India and Cyprus which considered to be unique on the mobile payments market. Moreover, during the summer of 2010 SmsCoin has connected 9 additional countries: Italy, Vietnam, G |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferry%20transport%20in%20Berlin | Ferry transport forms part of the transport network of Berlin
due to the city's extensive network of rivers, lakes, and canals. 6 routes operate within the city boundaries and one serves the city of Potsdam, which are part of the common public transport tariff run by the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB).
Outside of this system there are private and tourist ferries, the Straussee Ferry is notable as it is one of only a handful of electrically operated cable ferries in the world.
Routes
Routes within the city and the VBB common tariff
There are 6 passenger ferry routes that operate within the city boundaries of Berlin and are part of the common public transport tariff run by the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB). All 6 routes are operated by Stern und Kreisschiffahrt by order of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the operator of Berlin's U-Bahn, trams and buses.
The 6 lines run mainly in Treptow-Köpenick district, except for the 10, which runs from Steglitz-Zehlendorf to Spandau, through Großer Wannsee lake and Havel river. The localities (Ortsteile) served by this service are Wannsee, Kladow, Oberschöneweide, Baumschulenweg, Köpenick, Grünau, Müggelheim (5 stops), Schmöckwitz and Rahnsdorf (2 stops).
The 24 is operated with a rowing boat, whilst all the other ferry lines are operated by passenger carrying motor boats. The timetable with one departure every 60 minutes for the 24 is necessary to be found in the journey planning software and to fulfill legal restrictions stating that all public traffic needs to have a timetable. In reality, it drives as often as needed, increasing the frequency to about every 5 minutes if necessary. With the end of the 2013 season, this ferry has terminated its operation and will be included to the ferry line 23. Beginning May 1st, 2015, the ferry started operation again with a reduced service, operating now only on weekends and public holidays.
Routes outside the city but within the VBB common tariff
One other passenger ferry route, within the adjacent city of Potsdam and operated by the Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam, is also included in the tariff of the VBB:
The 1 is operated by a passenger carrying cable ferry.
Other routes
Within Berlin there are also some touristic and private ferry routes that are not managed by BVG and do not form part of the VBB common tariff. These include:
The , a car ferry between Hakenfelde and Konradshöhe (in Spandau and Reinickendorf)
A passenger ferry between Hakenfelde and Konradshöhe with a stop in the islets of Valentinswerder and Maienwerder (both in Reinickendorf)
A passenger ferry and a limited access car ferry between the Pfaueninsel and the Düppel forest in Wannsee (in Steglitz-Zehlendorf)
A passenger ferry and a limited access car ferry to and from in the Havel (in Steglitz-Zehlendorf)
Some ferries to through Lake Tegel (in Reinickendorf)
To the east of Berlin, the Straussee Ferry crosses the Straussee lake in the town of Strausberg. The ferry is n |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Organization%20for%20Rare%20Disorders | The Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) is a Canadian registered charity that is a network of organizations who represent people affected by rare diseases. CORD's purpose is to provide a strong common voice advocating for a healthcare system and health policy for those with rare disorders.
Overview
CORD represents the orphan disorders community in the development of Canadian Orphan Drug Policy, including the proposed Expensive Drugs for Rare Disorders program within the National Pharmaceutical Strategy CORD is working to promote state-of-the-art Newborn Screening in all provinces and territories. CORD is working to ensure Canada's Clinical Trials Registry works effectively for those with rare disorders. CORD is committed to increasing access to genetic screening and genetic counseling for all rare disorders. Currently, Durhane Wong-Rieger is the President of CORD.
Their national offices are located in Toronto, Ontario, with an Alberta chapter located in Edmonton, Alberta.
See also
Rare diseases
National Organization for Rare Disorders American based organization
European Organization for Rare Diseases
Rare Disease Day
References
External links
Official Website
CORD Fan Page on Facebook
Health charities in Canada
Medical and health organizations based in Ontario
Patients' organizations
Rare disease organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco%20Valet%20routers | On March 30, 2010 Cisco unveiled a new series of home networking products called "Valet". The focus of this series is to simplify the installation and configuration of a typical wireless home network by shipping routers partially pre-configured and bundling with them software that aids the user in setting up their network with a step-by-step wizard.
While the early Valet routers are based on variants of Cisco's Linksys routers, the Valet series is not tied to the Linksys brand and is marketed separately.
Specifications and versions
Valet M10
The Valet M10 along with the Valet Plus M20 were Cisco's first routers in the Valet series. The M10 is a 2.4 GHz single-band 802.11n wireless router featuring 10/100 LAN connectivity. The v1 of this model is equivalent to the Linksys E1000 v1 and WRT160N v3, sharing the same hardware and specifications. It is white in color and features a light blue trim.
Third Party Firmware: DD-WRT & Tomato Firmware releases have been known to work on the v1 unit.
Valet Plus M20
The M20 is a 2.4 GHz single-band 802.11n wireless router featuring gigabit LAN connectivity. This model is equivalent to the Linksys WRT310N v2, also sharing the same hardware and specifications. It is white in color and features a silver trim.
Default settings
IP address: 192.168.1.1
Web interface username: "admin"
Password: "admin"
References
Wireless networking
Hardware routers
Linux-based devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least%20trimmed%20squares | Least trimmed squares (LTS), or least trimmed sum of squares, is a robust statistical method that fits a function to a set of data whilst not being unduly affected by the presence of outliers. It is one of a number of methods for robust regression.
Description of method
Instead of the standard least squares method, which minimises the sum of squared residuals over n points, the LTS method attempts to minimise the sum of squared residuals over a subset, , of those points. The unused points do not influence the fit.
In a standard least squares problem, the estimated parameter values β are defined to be those values that minimise the objective function S(β) of squared residuals:
where the residuals are defined as the differences between the values of the dependent variables (observations) and the model values:
and where n is the overall number of data points. For a least trimmed squares analysis, this objective function is replaced by one constructed in the following way. For a fixed value of β, let denote the set of ordered absolute values of the residuals (in increasing order of absolute value). In this notation, the standard sum of squares function is
while the objective function for LTS is
Computational considerations
Because this method is binary, in that points are either included or excluded, no closed-form solution exists. As a result, methods for finding the LTS solution sift through combinations of the data, attempting to find the k subset that yields the lowest sum of squared residuals. Methods exist for low n that will find the exact solution; however, as n rises, the number of combinations grows rapidly, thus yielding methods that attempt to find approximate (but generally sufficient) solutions.
References
Robust statistics
Robust regression |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20walker%20algorithm | The random walker algorithm is an algorithm for image segmentation. In the first description of the algorithm, a user interactively labels a small number of pixels with known labels (called seeds), e.g., "object" and "background". The unlabeled pixels are each imagined to release a random walker, and the probability is computed that each pixel's random walker first arrives at a seed bearing each label, i.e., if a user places K seeds, each with a different label, then it is necessary to compute, for each pixel, the probability that a random walker leaving the pixel will first arrive at each seed. These probabilities may be determined analytically by solving a system of linear equations. After computing these probabilities for each pixel, the pixel is assigned to the label for which it is most likely to send a random walker. The image is modeled as a graph, in which each pixel corresponds to a node which is connected to neighboring pixels by edges, and the edges are weighted to reflect the similarity between the pixels. Therefore, the random walk occurs on the weighted graph (see Doyle and Snell for an introduction to random walks on graphs).
Although the initial algorithm was formulated as an interactive method for image segmentation, it has been extended to be a fully automatic algorithm, given a data fidelity term (e.g., an intensity prior). It has also been extended to other applications.
The algorithm was initially published by Leo Grady as a conference paper and later as a journal paper.
Mathematics
Although the algorithm was described in terms of random walks, the probability that each node sends a random walker to the seeds may be calculated analytically by solving a sparse, positive-definite system of linear equations with the graph Laplacian matrix, which we may represent with the variable . The algorithm was shown to apply to an arbitrary number of labels (objects), but the exposition here is in terms of two labels (for simplicity of exposition).
Assume that the image is represented by a graph, with each node associated with a pixel and each edge connecting neighboring pixels and . The edge weights are used to encode node similarity, which may be derived from differences in image intensity, color, texture or any other meaningful features. For example, using image intensity at node , it is common to use the edge weighting function
The nodes, edges and weights can then be used to construct the graph Laplacian matrix.
The random walker algorithm optimizes the energy
where represents a real-valued variable associated with each node in the graph and the optimization is constrained by for and for , where and represent the sets of foreground and background seeds, respectively. If we let represent the set of nodes which are seeded (i.e., ) and represent the set of unseeded nodes (i.e., where is the set of all nodes), then the optimum of the energy minimization problem is given by the solution to
where the subscript |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circo%20de%20estrellas | Circo de estrellas, is the Chilean adaptation of an Australian TV program Celebrity Circus broadcast by the Australian Nine Network. It is based on learning and performing circus skills. The Chilean version of the program was announced in a January 2010 press release, to be shown by Televisión Nacional de Chile on Thursdays at 22:40 hours, hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler. There is also a related special program called asCirco behind the magic, which shows the trial participants in a kind of series-documentary.
The first episode, on 25 March 2010, attracted a rating of 16.2 points.
Mechanical
The celebrities who enter the program begin their studies at least a month before the airing of the program. They are assigned a professional teacher for the disciplines covered by the circus, who will be with them throughout the competition. They are observed and evaluated by five judges who give their opinion and score for each of the duelists. The contestant with fewest votes leaves the competition.
Judges
Fernando Sánchez: managerial of the Brothers Fuentes Gazca Company
Cristina Tocco: actress and singer
Gustavo Sánchez: former judge of Latin American IdolLuz Croxatto: actress and screenwriter
René O'Ryan: instructor of Pelotón III and Pelotón IV.
Competition table
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|bgcolor=""|Francisco "Chapu" Puelles''' - actor, contestant and double winner of Calle 7''
| align="center" |25
1st Place
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|bgcolor=""|Janis Pope - audiovisual communicator, panelist of En Portada
| align="center" |25
2nd Place (4th eliminated)
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|bgcolor=""|Loreto Aravena - actress in Los 80 series
| align="center" |26
3rd Placed6th & 8th eliminated
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|bgcolor=""|Nabih Chadud - engineer, former contestant in Pelotón and La Granja
| align="center" |33
1st, 5th & 10th eliminated
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|bgcolor=""|Monserrat Prats - actress
| align="center" |23
2nd & 9th eliminated
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|bgcolor=""|César Caillet - actor, lawyer
| align="center" |36
7th eliminated
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|bgcolor=""|Mariela Montero - actress, model, singer, former participant in Pelotón
| align="center" |30
3rd eliminated
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|bgcolor=""|Carla Ballero - actress, model, TV host
| align="center" |30
Retired (4)
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|bgcolor=""|Maite Orsini (1)(3) - actress, model, contestant in Calle 7
| align="center" |22
Retired
|-
|bgcolor=""|Christian Ocaranza - dancer , former participant in Rojo Fama Contrafama
| align="center" |27
Retired (2)
|}
(1) Alejandra Fosalba replaced due to leg injury by Maite Orsini.
(2) Christian Ocaranza replaced due to back injury by Nabih Chadud on 15 April.
(3) Maite Orsini replaced due to personal problems by Janis Pope.
(4) Carla Ballero retired because she was pregnant.
Table of elimination
Repechaje stage
On May 6, 2010, it was the stage of the Repechaje where the contestants go through a task "Cuerda Floja". On this task were:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Wilkinson | Jamie Wilkinson is an internet culture researcher and software engineer. Wilkinson started Know Your Meme, a database of viral internet memes whilst working at Rocketboom in New York City. Wilkinson also co-founded VHX, a digital distribution platform targeting independent filmmakers, which was acquired by Vimeo in May 2016.
Career
Jamie is a virtual research fellow of the Free Art and Technology Lab. His work was featured in F.A.T. Gold: Five Years of Free Art & Technology, a retrospective of F.A.T. Lab's work, at Eyebeam, MU Eindhoven, and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. He also co-founded video sharing and payment platform VHX. Wilkinson was Eyebeam's systems administrator in 2006.
In August, 2010 Jamie won an Emmy for "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Fiction" for his work in collaborating with Casey Pugh, Annelise Pruitt and Chad Pugh on Star Wars Uncut, a web-based platform and community where users can recreate their favorite scenes from Star Wars.
In addition to his online video work, Wilkinson taught an “Internet Famous” class at Parsons graduate Design & Technology Program that examined internet attention, specifically how it could be manipulated and aggregated via different strategies. Students’ grades were determined solely based on their ability to garner online attention in the form of web page views, video views, Twitter followers, and “favorites.”
References
External links
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Internet culture
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Software engineers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9cs-Pog%C3%A1ny%20International%20Airport | Pécs-Pogány Airport () or Pécs South Airport is a small commercial airport serving Pécs, a city in Baranya County in Hungary. Several aviation database sources incorrectly cite the IATA code for Pécs-Pogány as QPJ, however the IATA website lists it as PEV.
Airlines and destinations
As of April 2015, there are no scheduled services to and from Pécs.
Statistics
References
External links
Official website
Airports in Hungary
Buildings and structures in Baranya County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEST%20Education%20Network | BEST Education Network (BEST-EN), headquartered at James Cook University, Australia is an international, inclusive and collaborative network, focusing on the creation and dissemination of knowledge to support education and practice in the field of sustainable tourism.
History
The BEST Education Network emerged from a broader initiative known as Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel, which was founded in 1998. The primary objective of BEST was to develop and disseminate knowledge in the field of sustainable tourism. In 2003 BEST went through organisational changes and the group overseeing the educational and curriculum aspects of the organisation became independent and renamed itself the BEST Education Network.
Structure
The BEST Education Network is coordinated by an international Executive Committee of academics with expertise in sustainable tourism. The committee is currently chaired by Dr. Gianna Moscardo.
Think Tanks
BEST-EN holds annual Think Tanks at various universities around the world, during which research is presented, sustainable tourism topics are discussed, and resources for teaching and practice in sustainable tourism are developed. The BEST Think Tanks draw together educators, researchers, consultants and practitioners from the tourism industry. Their knowledge and experience are incorporated into the design of various resources on sustainable tourism including research agendas, identification of issues, current research and implications for practice.
The Think Tanks consist of research presentations, keynote speakers, a research agenda, and curriculum development sessions. Each year the Think Tank has a particular theme and seeks to provide vision and cutting-edge insight to the topic at hand. Past themes have included:
Think Tank XIX: Creating Sustainable Tourist Experiences, San Fancisco State University, USA
Think Tank XVIII: Marketing of Sustainable Tourism Products, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Switzerland
Think Tank XVII: Innovation and Progress in Sustainable Tourism, University of Mauritius, Switzerland
Think Tank XVI: Corporate Responsibility in Tourism – Standards, Practices and Policies, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany
Think Tank XV: The Environment-People Nexus in Sustainable Tourism: Finding the Balance, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Think Tank XIV: Politics, Policy and Governance in Sustainable Tourism, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Think Tank XIII: Engaging Communities in Sustainable Tourism Development, Taylor's University, Malaysia
Think Tank XII: Mobilities and Sustainable Tourism, SKEMA Business School, France
Think Tank XI: Learning for Sustainable Tourism, Temple University, USA
Think Tank X: Networking for Sustainable Tourism, Modul University Vienna, Austria
Think Tank IX: The Importance of Values in Sustainable Tourism, James Cook University, Singapore
Think Tank VIII: Sustaining Quality of Life through Tourism, Izmir University of Economic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erez%20Petrank | Erez Petrank is a computer scientist whose notable research contributions are in the fields of programming languages and computer systems (mostly on memory management), cryptography (mostly on theoretical foundations), computational complexity, and parallel computing. Petrank is currently (2017) a professor at the computer science department at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Petrank has published more than seventy papers in top conferences and journals with more than 5000 citations and an h-index of 38 (computed by Google Scholar).
He has served as the program chair of the International Symposium on Memory Management and of the ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments (VEE). From 2009 to 2012, Petrank served on the Association for Computing Machinery SIGPLAN Executive Committee.
References
Living people
Israeli computer scientists
Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornacchia%27s%20algorithm | In computational number theory, Cornacchia's algorithm is an algorithm for solving the Diophantine equation , where and d and m are coprime. The algorithm was described in 1908 by Giuseppe Cornacchia.
The algorithm
First, find any solution to (perhaps by using an algorithm listed here); if no such exist, there can be no primitive solution to the original equation. Without loss of generality, we can assume that (if not, then replace with , which will still be a root of ). Then use the Euclidean algorithm to find , and so on; stop when . If is an integer, then the solution is ; otherwise try another root of until either a solution is found or all roots have been exhausted. In this case there is no primitive solution.
To find non-primitive solutions where , note that the existence of such a solution implies that divides (and equivalently, that if is square-free, then all solutions are primitive). Thus the above algorithm can be used to search for a primitive solution to . If such a solution is found, then will be a solution to the original equation.
Example
Solve the equation . A square root of −6 (mod 103) is 32, and 103 ≡ 7 (mod 32); since and , there is a solution x = 7, y = 3.
References
External links
Number theoretic algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20route%20E272 | European route E272 is a Class B road part of the International E-road network. It runs only through Lithuania, begins in Klaipėda and ends in Vilnius.
Route: Klaipėda - Palanga - Šiauliai - Panevėžys - Ukmerge - Vilnius.
From Klaipėda to Palanga it follows the route of Lithuanian highway A13, A11 from Palanga to Šiauliai, A9 from Šiauliai to Panevėžys, A17 just outside Panevėžys and A2 from Panevėžys to Vilnius.
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
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E272 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20computing | Natural computing, also called natural computation, is a terminology introduced to encompass three classes of methods: 1) those that take inspiration from nature for the development of novel problem-solving techniques; 2) those that are based on the use of computers to synthesize natural phenomena; and 3) those that employ natural materials (e.g., molecules) to compute. The main fields of research that compose these three branches are artificial neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, fractal geometry, artificial life, DNA computing, and quantum computing, among others.
Computational paradigms studied by natural computing are abstracted from natural phenomena as diverse as self-replication, the functioning of the brain, Darwinian evolution, group behavior, the immune system, the defining properties of life forms, cell membranes, and morphogenesis.
Besides traditional electronic hardware, these computational paradigms can be implemented on alternative physical media such as biomolecules (DNA, RNA), or trapped-ion quantum computing devices.
Dually, one can view processes occurring in nature as information processing. Such processes include self-assembly,
developmental processes, gene regulation networks, protein–protein interaction networks, biological transport (active transport, passive transport) networks, and gene assembly in unicellular organisms. Efforts to
understand biological systems also include engineering of semi-synthetic organisms, and understanding the universe itself from the point of view of information processing. Indeed, the idea was even advanced that information is more fundamental than matter or energy.
The Zuse-Fredkin thesis, dating back to the 1960s, states that the entire universe is a huge cellular automaton which continuously updates its rules.
Recently it has been suggested that the whole universe is a quantum computer that computes its own behaviour.
The universe/nature as computational mechanism is addressed by, exploring nature with help the ideas of computability, and studying natural processes as computations (information processing).
Nature-inspired models of computation
The most established "classical" nature-inspired models of computation are cellular automata, neural computation, and evolutionary computation. More recent computational systems abstracted from natural processes include swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems,
membrane computing, and amorphous computing. Detailed reviews can be found in many books
.
Cellular automata
A cellular automaton is a dynamical system consisting of an array of cells. Space and time are discrete and each of the cells can be in a finite number of states. The cellular automaton updates the states of its cells
synchronously according to the transition rules given a priori. The next state of a cell is computed by a transition rule and it depends only on its current state and the states of its neighbors.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels%20buses | The Brussels buses network is complementary to the rail network in Brussels, Belgium, which consists of trams, trains, and metro trains. Brussels buses are operated by STIB/MIVB, the local public transport company. It has 50 bus routes and 11 night routes, which run on Friday and Saturday night.
Some buses from Flemish transport company De Lijn and Walloon transport company TEC also serve Brussels but are not part of the same bus system.
History
The first motor buses were used in Brussels in 1907, with one route connecting the Brussels Stock Exchange to Ixelles' Municipal Hall. It was then stopped in 1913. Other buses were set in service from 1920 on, and in 1926, Les Autobus Bruxellois, a bus company, was founded to operate the bus network. In 1955, one year after the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB) was founded, it took over Les Autobus Bruxellois and operated the bus network, made of 3 bus routes and 1 trolleybus route. STIB/MIVB expanded the network, and in 1964, it was long. The rolling stock was renewed in 1972 and in 1991, with a new yellow livery. In 2003, STIB/MIVB tested its first night bus route named N71
Current routes
Valid as of 8 March 2022.
References
External links
STIB/MIVB official website |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Pacific%20Telecentre%20Network | The Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) is a collaborative initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) and telecentre.org. The APTN Secretariat is hosted at ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). APTN is dedicated to promote innovation and knowledge sharing amongst telecentres in the Asia-Pacific region where telecentres are growing exponentially each year. APTN is working towards creating a platform of networks of telecentres, to share experiences on issues of their interest (content, sustainability, connectivity, etc.) and to cooperate on the development of solutions for common problems of the telecentres themselves in order to empower poor and disadvantaged communities with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Asia Pacific Region. In other words, APTN will serve as the focal network or the knowledge hub
for communication and information technology in the Asia Pacific region.
History
The World Summit on the Information Society (2003 and 2005) and the World Summit for Sustainable Development (2002) recognized the importance of the ICT in narrowing the digital divide and attaining sustainable development, respectively. In view of the above, many countries established community access points with the intention of providing common access to ICT related services to rural communities. However, it has now been realized that community access points established to narrow the digital divide has not been able to capture the fragmented and underutilized knowledge of the poor and the disadvantaged communities. While many reasons could be attributed to this situation some of the significant causes are; inadequate exchange of experience related to ICT, weak linkages with stakeholders and low capacity of disadvantage communities in accessing and utilization of knowledge.
The project entitled "Knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantage communities", which is being implemented by UNESCAP, attempts to empower poor and the disadvantaged communities through transformation of selected ICT access points into knowledge hubs of global knowledge networks by providing, developing, organizing, sharing and disseminating knowledge demanded by these communities. In the process, the project anticipated achieving; establishment of global/ regional knowledge network(s) for community development, enriched value proposition of ICT access points through their transformation into knowledge hubs and increase engagement of poor and the disadvantaged in the transformation process.
Since the inception of the project in 2006, number of activities has been accomplished to achieve the primary objective of the project. While the two regional meetings shared experience on telecentre operations and consulted telecentre operators on possible establishment of networks, subsequently APTN was established.
The Asia-Pacific Telecentre Network (APTN) was launched at the United Nations Conference Cente |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANape | CANape is a software tool from Vector Informatik. This development software, widely used by OEMs and ECU suppliers of automotive industries is used to calibrate algorithms in ECUs at runtime.
Description
In calibrating ECUs, control behavior is modified for different vehicle models or variants. This is not done by making changes to the program code, but instead by changing the ECU's parameterization. This involves the use of measurement and calibration systems such as CANape in the laboratory, on test benches or in vehicles during test trials. To evaluate the effects of changes to parameters, development engineers access the relevant process variables with conventional measurement technology at sensors and actuators and read out the data from the ECU. Measured data internal to the ECU, e.g. intermediate results of a computational function, can be accessed via ASAM standard protocols XCP or CCP and the ECU's standard interfaces (CAN, FlexRay, LIN, Ethernet/BroadR-Reach). For a high-performance ECU access, data from microcontroller-specific interfaces (for example JTAG, DAP, AURORA) can be converted via an external hardware (like Vector's VX1000 system) in XCP on Ethernet. A typical use case for calibration with CANape is online calibration. This involves modifying parameters directly in the ECU. The resulting control characteristic can be measured and checked directly. Using this approach, measured data from the ECU or physical measurement variables on or in the vehicle can be precisely analyzed to determine the effects of each individual change.
Features
Functions required to modify parameter values are implemented as standard features in CANape: Measuring, analyzing (manually or automated), calibrating, calibration data management, and flashing. CANape also enables symbolic access to data and functions accessible via the diagnostic protocol, and it supports calibration over XCP on FlexRay.
Options extend the functional features of CANape by enabling access to models at runtime in Simulink, functional bypassing, optical verification of object detection algorithms in developing driver assistance systems (ADAS), and an ASAM MCD3 interface.
CANape uses its own scripting language, hereinafter referred to as CASL (Calculation and Scripting Language). CASL, is a signal-oriented language. CANape contains a function editor for writing cross-device functions and scripts. The CASL scripting language used for this is similar to the C programming language. For easier use, CANape provides an IntelliSense input, code blocks, and various built-in function groups. Functions and scripts can be used to solve a variety of different tasks from simple calculations, e.g., adding signals, to automation of CANape.
Versions
Version 1.0 was released in 1996. Up to Version 6.0 the product was known as CANape Graph. In January 2017, CANape version 15.0 was current. In October 2019, the current version was 17.0.
Supported Standards
Internal ECU parameters are |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20Chefs%20of%20Beverly%20Hills | Private Chefs of Beverly Hills is a scripted reality television show airing on Food Network. The show follows six chefs from the Big City Chefs private chef placement agency in Beverly Hills, California. The show chronicles preparations for lavish parties for eccentric clientele in the Los Angeles area.
A lawsuit was filed against Food Network, claiming the show's idea was stolen from a private chef firm not associated with the show. The private chef firm tried to stop Food Network from airing the show's second-season premiere, which aired on October 12, 2010.
Episodes
Six private chefs are hired to prepare food for the high-end people in L.A. They have to prepare what the client asks for, which is sometimes an issue, and there are many moments of drama, comedy, and disaster.
Season 1
Pilot (Into the Fryer)
In the Dog House
Foodzilla
Rockin' Rolls
Challah Back
It Ain't Easy Being Green
Teenage Tasteland
Season 2
A Side of Lamas
A Very "Brady" Birthday
Seance Sautee
Thrilla for Foodzilla
Tickled Pink
Who's the Boss
Flappers and Knee Slappers
Whole Lotta Loaf
References
External links
Food Network original programming
2009 American television series debuts
2011 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talitha%20kum | Talitha kum, Talitha kumi, or Talitha cumi may refer to:
A phrase from the story of the raising of Jairus' daughter; see
Talitha Kum, an international network of Catholic nuns against human trafficking
Talitha Koumi Church, Bangladesh; see Christianity in Bangladesh
Talitha Kumi School, Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestinian territories
"Talitha Cumi" (The X-Files), the season finale of the third season of The X-Files
Talitha Qumi, a Romanian progressive rock band
See also
Talitha (disambiguation)
Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slub | Slub or SLUB may refer to:
Ślub, a play by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz
Slub (band), a computer music group formed in 2000
Slub (in textiles), a thick spot in a fiber
Slub (knitting), a thick spot in a yarn created by varying the tightness of the twist
Saxon State Library, in Dresden, Germany
SLUB (software), one of the three memory handlers in the Linux kernel
See also
Slab (disambiguation)
SLOB
Stub (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Brown%20%28mathematician%29 | Ronald Brown FLSW is an English mathematician. Emeritus Professor in the School of Computer Science at Bangor University, he has authored many books and more than 160 journal articles.
Education and career
Born on 4 January 1935 in London, Brown attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1956 and a D.Phil. in 1962. Brown began his teaching career during his doctorate work, serving as an assistant lecturer at the University of Liverpool before assuming the position of Lecturer. In 1964, he took a position at the University of Hull, serving first as a Senior Lecturer and then as a Reader before becoming a Professor of pure mathematics at Bangor University, then a part of the University of Wales, in 1970.
Brown served as Professor of Pure Mathematics for 30 years; he also served during the 1983–84 term as a Professor for one month at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. In 1999, Brown took a half-time research professorship until he became Professor Emeritus in 2001. He was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2016.
Editing and writing
Brown has served as an editor or on the editorial board for a number of print and electronic journals. He began in 1968 with the Chapman & Hall Mathematics Series, contributing through 1986. In 1975, he joined the editorial advisory board of the London Mathematical Society, remaining through 1994. Two years later, he joined the editorial board of Applied Categorical Structures, continuing through 2007. From 1995 and 1999, respectively, he has been active with the electronic journals Theory and Applications of Categories and Homology, Homotopy and Applications, which he helped found. Since 2006, he has been involved with Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures. His mathematical research interests range from algebraic topology and groupoids, to homology theory, category theory, mathematical biology, mathematical physics and higher-dimensional algebra.
Brown has authored or edited a number of books and over 160 academic papers published in academic journals or collections. His first published paper was "Ten topologies for X × Y", which was published in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics in 1963 Since then, his publications have appeared in many journals, including but not limited to the Journal of Algebra, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Mathematische Zeitschrift, College Mathematics Journal, and American Mathematical Monthly. He is also known for several recent co-authored papers on categorical ontology.
Among his several books and standard topology and algebraic topology textbooks are: Elements of Modern Topology (1968), Low-Dimensional Topology (1979, co-edited with T.L. Thickstun), Topology: a geometric account of general topology, homotopy types, and the fundamental groupoid (1998), Topology and Groupoids (2006) and Nonabelian Algebraic Topology: Filtered Spaces, Crossed Complexes, Cubical Homotopy Groupoids (EMS, 2010).
His recent fundamental results that exten |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lively%20Kernel | The Lively Kernel is an open-source web programming environment, developed by Dan Ingalls when he was at SAP Research. It supports desktop-style applications with rich graphics and direct manipulation abilities, but without the installation or upgrade troubles of conventional desktop applications. Development began at Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Menlo Park, California, and later moved to the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam-Babelsberg near Berlin.
Overview
The Lively Kernel is a graphical composition and integrated programming environment written fully in the programming language JavaScript using standard browser graphics (W3C Canvas or SVG). It is thus accessible to any browser as a web page, and it begins operating as soon as the web page is loaded. It is able to edit its own code and graphics, and through its built-in WebDAV support, it can save its results or even clone itself onto new web pages. Along with its application development abilities, it can also function as its own integrated development environment (IDE), making the whole system self-sufficient with no tools except a browser.
Shapes, widgets, windows, IDE all on a Web page
The Lively Kernel uses a Morphic graphics model to add behavior to a scene graph built from browser graphics. Simple graphics are thus assembled into such standard widgets as sliders, scroll bars, text views, lists and clipping frames. A simple window system built from these widgets offers object inspectors, file browsers and code browsers. Even the rudimentary demo pages thus have the ability to edit and test new code in a simple code browser while the system is running.
Lively has been used to build simple web sites, including its own tutorial, and also a client-side Wiki system that stores its pages in a versioned repository. Content can vary from relatively static pages of text to fully dynamic models that look and behave like Adobe Flash simulations. The Lively Kernel achieves complex dynamic behavior without any specific animation support (it does not use the animation features of SVG), but by simple scheduling of multiple green-thread processes in JavaScript.
Text and transformations
The Lively Kernel includes its own multifont text editor written in JavaScript. It includes support for centering, justification and similar rudimentary text composition abilities. Working in Lively thus has much the same feel as working in a web page design program, except that the on-the-fly text layout is not being done in an offline composition program, but it is the built-in dynamic behavior of text in the Lively Kernel.
The liveliness of Lively graphics becomes even more apparent when manipulating the scale and rotation handles for objects and text. The whole code browser can be used when tilted 20 degrees on its side. Because the text editor is made up entirely of lively graphics, it works perfectly well when rotated or scaled, just as do the scroll bars, clipping frames, and the rest of the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample%20matrix%20inversion | Sample matrix inversion (or direct matrix inversion) is an algorithm that estimates weights of an array (adaptive filter) by replacing the correlation matrix with its estimate. Using -dimensional samples , an unbiased estimate of , the correlation matrix of the array signals, may be obtained by means of a simple averaging scheme:
where is the conjugate transpose. The expression of the theoretically optimal weights requires the inverse of , and the inverse of the estimates matrix is then used for finding estimated optimal weights.
References
Covariance and correlation
Filter theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JouleX | JouleX was a software company that specializes in monitoring and control of the power consumption of computers and associated devices attached to networks. Founded in 2009, with headquarters in Atlanta, USA, it was acquired by Cisco in 2013.
History
JouleX was founded in 2009 by two former Internet Security Systems employees, Tom Noonan and Rene Seeber, and Josef Brunner, a security specialist in Germany. The company received capital investments from Target Partners and TechOperators.
The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and has offices in Germany, Japan, China and France. In July 2013, the company was acquired by Cisco.
Products
JouleX Energy Manager is a software energy management platform that allows monitoring, analysis and management of electrical power consumption by devices and systems across a local or wide area network, including in distributed offices, data centers and facilities. It works with personal computers (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux derivatives), monitors, servers, network-attached printers, wireless access points, network switches, routers, IP-based HVAC and lighting systems, power distribution units (PDU), and smart meters. It requires no agent software to be installed on the device.
Target market
JouleX Energy Manager is primarily intended to allow medium-sized and large organizations to reduce their spending on electricity and to bring down their carbon footprint. A 2009 report estimated that nearly half of all corporate PCs in the US are not regularly switched off at night, costing US businesses around $2.8 billion in electricity and equating to approximately 20 million tons of carbon emissions, roughly the equivalent environmental impact as 4 million cars.
References
External links
JouleX Official website
Software companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
Companies based in Atlanta
Cisco Systems acquisitions
2009 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Software companies established in 2009
Software companies disestablished in 2013
2013 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Defunct software companies of the United States
2013 mergers and acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels%20of%20Armageddon | Tunnels of Armageddon is a computer game involving racing and shooting while avoiding obstacles.
Summary
The game features pseudo-3D graphics. Gameplay involves piloting a futuristic spacecraft through a series of tunnels to a destination within a certain time limit. Colliding into obstructions depletes a limited amount of shields given. The game is Sci-Fi in theme. The rather simple plot amounted to traversing deeper into tunnels to save Earth from evil aliens. The PC version had support for both EGA and VGA graphics, as well as an Ad-Lib or Soundblaster soundcard.
References
External links
1989 video games
Amiga games
Apple IIGS games
DOS games
Video games developed in the United States
California Dreams (publishing label) games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Winfree | Erik Winfree (born September 26, 1969) is an American applied computer scientist, bioengineer, and professor at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading researcher into DNA computing and DNA nanotechnology.
In 1998, Winfree in collaboration with Nadrian Seeman published the creation of two-dimensional lattices of DNA tiles using the "double crossover" motif. These tile-based structures provided the capability to implement DNA computing, which was demonstrated by Winfree and Paul Rothemund in 2004, and for which they shared the 2006 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology.
In 1999, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
He graduated from the University of Chicago with a BS, and from the Computation and Neural Systems program at the California Institute of Technology with a PhD, where he studied with John Hopfield and Al Barr.
He was a Lewis Thomas Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He was a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. His father Arthur Winfree, a theoretical biologist, was also a MacArthur Fellow.
Works
DNA Based Computers V: Dimacs Workshop DNA Based Computers V June 14–15, 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Editors Erik Winfree, David K. Gifford, AMS Bookstore, 2000,
Evolution as computation: DIMACS workshop, Princeton, January 1999, Editors Laura Faye Landweber, Erik Winfree, Springer, 2002,
"DNA Computing by Self-Assembly", Ninth Annual Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering, National Academies Press, 2004,
Algorithmic Bioprocesses, Editors Anne Condon, David Harel, Joost N. Kok, Arto Salomaa, Erik Winfree, Springer, 2009,
References
External links
"Erik Winfree", Scientific Commons
AAAS Member Spotlight: Erik Winfree studies the computational components of DNA
Living people
California Institute of Technology faculty
California Institute of Technology alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Princeton University fellows
MacArthur Fellows
American computer scientists
American bioengineers
DNA nanotechnology people
1969 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural%20History%20%28TV%20series%29 | Unnatural History is a television series produced by Warner Horizon Television for Cartoon Network and YTV.
The series is the second scripted, live-action show on Cartoon Network after the failure of Out of Jimmy's Head. The series consisted of thirteen hour-long episodes and premiered on Sunday, June 13, 2010. On July 13, the series was rescheduled to Tuesday nights.
It is only the second Cartoon Network show outside of Adult Swim and Toonami to have the U.S. rating of "TV-PG-V", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first being Star Wars: The Clone Wars); its rating in Canada for most episodes is "G", or else "PG".
On November 19, 2010, Cartoon Network cancelled the series after one season.
Premise
This series is centered on Henry Griffin, a teenager with exceptional skills acquired through years of globe-trotting with his anthropologist parents. But Henry faces his biggest challenge of all when he moves back to America to attend Smithson High School in Washington D.C., a place stranger than any he's ever lived before. Together with his cousin Jasper and Jasper's friend Maggie, he uses the skills that he learned around the globe to solve the postmodern mysteries of high school.
Cast and characters
Main characters
Henry Griffin (Kevin G. Schmidt) is a globe-trotting teenager who must adjust to life as regular high school student. With his knowledge of different cultures, he uses his skills to solve different crimes and mysteries of ancient history. He has lived all over the world with his anthropologist parents. He was forced at the beginning of the pilot episode to move in with cousin Jasper and uncle Bryan and go to high school in Washington, D.C. His family's constant re-locations include Bhutan, Liberia, Mexico, Turkmenistan, Japan, Peru, Egypt and Brazil. Through these countries he has learned many different skills ranging from reading dead languages, martial arts, even escape artistisms. He is also quite skilled at parkour now living in the urban jungle. He exhibits somewhat impaired social interaction, and is often not attentive to the conversations of Jasper and Maggie. He had a beloved, late godfather named Dante Mourneau, whose words of wisdom he still uses in times of uncertainty.
Jasper Bartlett (Jordan Gavaris) is Henry's cousin in Washington, D.C. Unlike Henry, he does not like getting into trouble and prefers staying out of Henry's shenanigans but always gets involved anyway. He is very much into his schoolwork and dreams of attending Yale University. He was also shown in the series to possess a good memory. He and Maggie have known each other since they were ten and it's implied that Jasper has a crush on her, as he always seems to get jealous whenever she and Henry seem to express a romantic interest in each other.
Margaret "Maggie" Winnock (Italia Ricci) is best friends with Henry and Jasper. Like Jasper, she is a very dedicated student. She does not have mu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyana%20%28disambiguation%29 | Cyana is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Cyana may also refer to:
CYANA (software), a combined assignment and dynamics algorithm for NMR applications
Another name for the ancient Greek diver Hydna of Scione |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYANA%20%28software%29 | CYANA (combined assignment and dynamics algorithm for NMR applications) is a program for automated structure calculation of biological macromolecules on the basis of conformational constraints from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The combination of automated nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) cross peak assignment, structure calculation with a fast torsion angle dynamics algorithm.
The CYANA package includes the previous DYANA system, that uses simulated annealing combined with molecular dynamics
in torsion angle space (torsion angle dynamics). The target function used as the potential energy, and system can move away from local minima of the target function because it is coupled to a temperature bath which is cooled down slowly from its initial high temperature.
Software is written in standard Fortran 77 and also has an interactive command language that allows the use of Fortran 77 mathematical and character expressions, macros, control flows and parallelization. Standard protocols are also written in this command language and can be modified by user without changing the source code.
References
External links
Wiki Cyana
INCLAN Manual
Molecular modelling software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Raid%201931 | , is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and directed by Atsushi Matsumoto. The 13-episode anime aired in Japan on the TV Tokyo television network starting April 5, 2010. Senkō no Night Raid is the second project of Anime no Chikara. Sentai Filmworks acquired the series and released it on Blu-ray and DVD in August 2011. Sentai Filmworks' license for the series later expired in 2018.
Premise
The year is 1931. The location is Shanghai, China. The Imperial Japanese Army has been dispatched to mainland China due to the relatively recent First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. In this cosmopolitan city of intrigue, there is a special military spy organization called Sakurai and their deeds which are buried in history will be revealed.
Characters
Sakurai organization
A lively, optimistic young man with a great sense of justice, who tends to act rashly and impulsively. To hide his identity as a spy, Aoi runs a photo studio together with Kazura. He has a telekinetic ability, which allows him to manipulate objects and people around him, and requires only that he is able to see the object he intends to affect. While it proves to be useful for situations such as dodging bullets, it appears to have a time limit on the duration of use from the moment he begins to use the ability. He is proficient in Chinese, Russian, German and English and used to study in Europe where he picked up a more liberal outlook on life. He also plays the violin, but not on the professional level. His real name is .
A man with a great sense of pride and honor, which often brings him into conflicts with Aoi. His strict manners and conservative personality are reflective of his descent from a samurai family. Kazura's ability is teleportation; he is reluctant to use his powers unless absolutely necessary, as he believes that his power gives him an unfair advantage against his opponents. His ability has limitations: Kazura must envision the location he wants to teleport to, and is also limited to the number of teleports he can make within a short period of time. While Kazura aspires to enter the Imperial Japanese Army, in which he gains a lot of recognition, he is pulled out from the military and is forced to join Sakurai because of his ability. Kazura is fluent in Chinese, German and English and is skilled in aikijutsu. His real name is .
A stern yet quietly earnest man, Natsume was born to a family of poor farmers. In his youth, he used to work as a servant at a garden treehouse, where he learned of his psychic ability for the first time. He serves Yukina with genuine faithfulness. In public, they have a formal relationship to keep up appearances, but otherwise they treat each other as equals. He has clairvoyance, which is useful for surveillance, and excels during moonlit nights. He also acts as the group's sniper. His real name is .
A mild-mannered young woman with a solemn, introspective personality, Yukina is the sol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDHW-CD | KDHW-CD is a low-power digital Class A television station serving Yakima, Washington. Affiliated with the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the station is owned by Christian Broadcasting of Yakima, and broadcasts over channel 45. It airs on cable 10 in Yakima, and cable 39 in Ellensburg.
Their programming includes local gospel show The Rock, God's Next Generation, and Good News in the Valley, a news magazine program.
Digital programming
KDHW-CD channel 35 is multiplexed. Through PSIP, it redirects to channel 45.
Translator
External links
Christian Broadcasting of Yakima
DHW-CD
Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Washington (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu%20%28computer%20daemon%29 | Kudzu is a computer hardware probing program (written by Red Hat) which relies on a library of hardware device information. It is not to be confused with kudzu, a vine-like plant.
Description
When the computer boots, kudzu detects changes in the running system's hardware configuration, if any, and activates the newly detected hardware (or removal of hardware). kudzu only runs at boot time, and then exits. There is no performance penalty during normal operation. (Since Fedora release 9, kudzu is superseded by HAL) kudzu detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system.
When started, kudzu detects the current hardware, and checks it against a database stored in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, if one exists. It then determines if any hardware has been added or removed from the system. If so, it gives the users the opportunity to configure any added hardware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then updates the database in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. If no previous database exists, kudzu attempts to determine what devices have already been configured, by looking at /etc/modprobe.conf, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/, and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Options usage
—help, -?
Print help information.
-q, --quiet
Run 'quietly'; do only configuration that doesn't require user input.
-s, --safe
Do only 'safe' probes that won't disturb hardware. Currently, this disables the serial probe, the DDC monitor probe, and the PS/2 probe.
-t, --timeout [seconds]
This sets the timeout for the initial dialog. If no key is pressed before the timeout elapses, kudzu exits, and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf is not updated.
-k, --kernel [version]
When determining whether a module exists, use the specified kernel version. (If this is not set, it defaults to the current kernel version.) Do not specify suffixes such as 'smp' or 'summit'; these are automatically searched.
-b, --bus [bus]
Only probe on the specified bus.
-c, --class [class]
Only probe for the specified class.
-f, --file [file]
Read hardware probe info from file file and do not do an actual probe.
-p, --probe
Print probe information to the screen, and do not actually configure or unconfigure any devices.
Files
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
Listing of current installed hardware.
/etc/sysconfig/kudzu
Configuration for the boot-time hardware probe. Set 'SAFE' to something other than 'no' to force only safe probes.
/etc/modprobe.conf
Module configuration file.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
Network interface configuration files.
Bugs
The serial probe will disturb any currently in-use devices, and returns odd results if used on machines acting as serial consoles. On some older graphics cards, the DDC probe can do strange things.
Running kudzu to configure network adapters post-boot after the network has started may have unintended results.
References
External links
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/NoMoreKudzu
Free utility software
Red Ha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairly%20Legal | Fairly Legal is an American legal comedy-drama television series which aired on USA Network from January 20, 2011, to June 15, 2012. The series starred Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn, and Ryan Johnson. USA Network canceled the show on November 1, 2012, after two seasons, due to low ratings.
Overview
Fairly Legal stars Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed, a young woman who changes her profession from lawyer to mediator and works at the San Francisco law firm her father started. As the series opens, Kate's father has just died, leaving his young widow Lauren in charge as Kate and the firm adjust to the loss.
Kate and Lauren, who are approximately the same age, generally engage in comical banter while attempting to work together, and the development of their relationship is a central focus of the series. According to Shahi, the characters "take a couple steps forward and then take gigantic leaps back". She has also stated that their history divides them at certain times, and bonds them at others. "At the end of the day, they would give the shirt off of their backs to help the other person, because they are family".
Cast and characters
Main
Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed: A top lawyer at her father's firm who, after realizing her own ethical conflict with her profession, becomes an Evaluative Mediator.
Michael Trucco as Justin Patrick: Kate's estranged, and later former, husband, Assistant District Attorney of San Francisco. They continue an on-off relationship, that continues throughout the run of the show.
Virginia Williams as Lauren Reed: Kate's new boss and stepmother. Kate assumes that Lauren's coldness following her husband's death is proof of heartlessness, but Lauren explains that she is simply doing what is necessary to keep the firm from disintegrating in his absence. When Kate mocks her ability to be the boss, Lauren reveals she was actually running the firm in the last few years of her husband's life. Kate doesn't believe it at first, but Lauren does her best to keep the firm afloat after several of their clients go bankrupt.
Ryan Johnson as Ben Grogan (season 2): Kate's partner and nemesis at Reed & Reed; he is a former ambulance chaser who loves money and winning. Later, he begins to partner more with Kate and becomes a potential love interest.
Baron Vaughn as Leonardo "Leo" Prince: Kate's assistant. Enthusiastic, resourceful, and a passionate fantasy gamer. He has a knack for keeping the at-times flighty Kate out of trouble with clients and Lauren.
Recurring
Richard Dean Anderson as David Smith: A man with many secrets who enters Kate's life after the death of her father.
Ethan Embry as Spencer: Kate's brother, who was formerly a lawyer at the family firm. Spencer is now a stay-at-home father while his wife Terry works.
Gerald McRaney as Judge David Nicastro: a judge who dislikes Kate for her turning to mediation, but uses her to mediate some of his cases.
Devon Weigel as Kim (Season 1): A sandwich girl who w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditorio%20Josefa%20Ortiz%20de%20Dom%C3%ADnguez | Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez is a 4,749-seat indoor arena located in Querétaro, Mexico. It is one of the few arenas or auditoriums which had its very first event aired on network television, opening on February 5, 1985, with a taping of the Televisa program Siempre en Domingo. Since that first event, many events have followed, including concerts, graduation ceremonies, basketball games, lucha libre, conventions, meetings and the occasional Premios TVyNovelas ceremony.
The auditorium contains 89 boxes, 3,125 permanent seats and 1,624 folding chairs that can be placed on the floor for concerts and sporting events. There is also a permanent stage at the auditorium, as well as a removable orchestra pit. It also contains state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems. There is parking for 6,700 cars.
The auditorium celebrated its silver anniversary in 2010, and in its 27 years of operation, has welcomed some of the biggest names in Mexican entertainment, including Vicente Fernández, Pepe Aguilar, Tatiana, Alejandra Guzmán, Pedro Fernández, Alicia Villarreal (with and without Grupo Limite), Luis Miguel, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Flans, Fey, Thalía, Intocable, Los Tigres del Norte, Rocío Dúrcal, Lupita D'Alessio, Gloria Trevi and many others. The play Aventurera has even been presented here. It is one of two venues in Querétaro to be named after Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, the other being Estadio Corregidora which was also built in 1985.
External links
Official webpage
Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez at Auditorios Mexico
Music venues in Mexico
Buildings and structures in Querétaro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosh-e%20Siah | Hoosh-e Siah (, lit. "Black Intelligence") is a 2010 Iranian TV series. it is directed by Masoud Abparvar. The main theme of the Hoosh-e Siah 1 series is about cyber crime.
The series is set in Iran and Istanbul, Turkey.
Cast
Hossein Yari
Keykavous Yakideh
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Dariush Asadzadeh
Soudabeh Beizaei
Majid Vasheghani as Iman Akbarnezhad (S2)
References
Iranian television series
2010 Iranian television series debuts
2010s Iranian television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels%20Radio%20Network | The Angels Radio Network is a network of 7 radio stations that air Major League Baseball games of the Los Angeles Angels. , 6 stations broadcast games in English, while another broadcasts them in Spanish.
English
The English announcers are Terry Smith on play-by-play and Mark Langston with color commentary.
Radio affiliates
Spanish
A separate network airs games in Spanish.
See also
List of XM Satellite Radio channels
List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
List of Los Angeles Angels broadcasters
References
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Major League Baseball on the radio
Mass media in Los Angeles County, California
Mass media in Orange County, California
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Looney%20Tunes%20Show | The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and aired on Cartoon Network for two seasons from May 3, 2011, to November 2, 2013. The series differed from others featuring characters from the Looney Tunes, by focusing on stories conformed around a sitcom format involving the characters of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, as they live a surburban life together within a neighbourhood of fellow cartoon neighbours, dealing with various issues in their own way. Both the characters from the Looney Tunes, as well as the Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon shorts, were given a 21st century update, with episodes also including a musical short; the first series also included computer-animated shorts involving new antics between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
The series received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual style, humor, portrayal of the characters, and voice acting, but criticized its direction, its divergences from its source material, its lack of slapstick, and its changes to the characters' designs and personalities.
Premise
The Looney Tunes Show revolves around the lives of Bugs Bunny, who owns a surburban home after inventing a new kitchen utensil that pays him royalties, and Daffy Duck, who is Bugs' roommate, as they deal with different issues and problems that they encounter, some of the time caused by Daffy's rather bad lifestyle. The pair reside within a neighbourhood inhabited by a number of notable Looney Tunes characters including Yosemite Sam, Granny, Gossamer, and Speedy Gonzales, with both Bugs and Daffy having girlfriends in the form of Lola Bunny and Tina Russo, and a regular friendship with Porky Pig. Other Looney Tunes characters, like Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, and Sylvester and Tweety, have less prominent roles but still partake in stories in their own way.
Unlike other Looney Tunes productions, the series focused less on slapstick and fewer visual gags, in favor of more adult-oriented dialogue and significant sitcom elements including love triangles, employment and rooming. Episodes often contained at least two stories featuring Bugs and Daffy, and sometimes led by others in the show.
Alongside the main plots of the episode, the story would often include a Merrie Melodies – a two-to-four-minute music videos showcasing classic characters singing brand new original songs. For the first season only, the show also included new computer-animated shorts involving Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and a new spate of antics between them.
Episodes
Characters
Main
Bugs Bunny (voiced by Jeff Bergman) – lives a life of upper-middle-class suburban leisure, based on income from a popular Carrot Peeler that he invented; instead of an underground borrow from the theatrical shorts, Bugs lives in a well-appointed house, drives a compact car, and provides room and board for his long time acquaintance and arch-nemesis: Daffy Duck. Bugs spends his time watching sports or sitcoms on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamber%20Pegasus | The Aamber Pegasus is a home computer first produced in New Zealand in 1981 by Technosys Research Labs.
The hardware was designed by Stewart J Holmes. The software was designed by Paul Gillingwater, Nigel Keam and Paul Carter.
It is thought that Apple Computer introduction of the Apple II computer into the New Zealand market, and its subsequent heavy educational discounting was the final nail in the coffin for Technosys and the Aamber Pegasus computer.
Total production numbers are unknown, but it is thought "around one hundred" were sold.
Technical specifications
CPU: Motorola MC6809C at 4 MHz
Memory: 4k RAM, later versions 64k RAM
Input: QWERTY style key-matrix keyboard
Output: TV via RF modulator
Display: 32 x 16 characters, ASCII character set; 256x256 pixels monochrome at 50Hz
Software
An optional multi ROM board in conjunction with a rotating dial allowed switching between 6 EPROM banks containing multiple language environments, games and applications. The EPROM based language environments include EXTENDED BASIC, Pascal, BASIC (a variant of Tiny BASIC), MAD (Assembler/Disassembler) and Forth. Games available on EPROM are TANKS, INVADERS and GALAXY WARS. Other software included MONITOR (the system BIOS which needed to be present for the system to run) and a word processor application called WORD. The system allowed loading of programs by cassette. Some available cassettes include SNAKES, STAR TREK, HANGMAN and CHARACTER GENERATOR.
Networking
A network version of the Aamber Pegasus provided connectivity to a 6809-based server (SWTPC-6809). Especially the networking version attempted to address the New Zealand Government's computers in schools initiative, but never produced the hoped-for large orders.
Unusual design features
One of the most unusual aspects of the machine is that to save the cost of a CRTC, the processor set up some bits on the 6821(PIA) to control the row being read out, then stepped through a series of NOPs so that the address lines of the CPU could act as a big counter. This counter drove the X address of the display RAM. On every row, the CPU updates the row number selected from the character ROM (and programmable character RAM) and every 16th row it increments the Y address of the display RAM. At the end of the screen the output is blanked, and the CPU gets to do some “real” work until the FIRQ pin is pulsed by the 50 Hz line from the power supply. Essentially the Pegasus used the mains frequency to trigger vertical sync. Because of this, the CPU is ~90% occupied as a counter, so in a non-real-time application you could disable the FIRQ (one bit in the 6809's CC reg) and the Pegasus ran ~10x faster – albeit with a blank screen. In this respect it was similar to the Sinclair ZX81 which used its ‘FAST’ mode in much the same way.
On the left side of the Pegasus motherboard you can see a small blob of putty. This putty is hiding a series of diodes that act as a simplistic 8-bit ID. This 8-bit ID will only allow EP |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrata%20gradata | Serrata gradata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine specie soccurs off New Caledonia (depth range 613-647 m)
References
Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436
Marginellidae
Gastropods described in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimride | Zimride by Enterprise Holdings was an American carpool program that matched inter-city drivers and passengers through social networking services. It was offered to universities and businesses as a matchmaking service. The company was founded in May 2007. After the launch of the Lyft app in May 2012 for intra-city rides, the Lyft app rapidly grew and became the focus of the company. Zimride officially renamed as Lyft in May 2013, and the Zimride service was sold to Enterprise Holdings in July 2013. As of July 2013, the service had over 350,000 users and had partnerships with Facebook and Zipcar.
In January 2015, the service removed the public ride sharing option and was offered solely as a matching service within universities and businesses. On December 31, 2020, Zimride suspended their Service indefinitely according to an announcement on their homepage.
History
Beginnings
The company was founded by Logan Green, John Zimmer, and Rajat Suri. Green developed Zimride after sharing rides from the University of California, Santa Barbara campus to visit his girlfriend in Los Angeles. He had used Craigslist's ride boards, but wanted to eliminate the anxiety of not knowing the passenger or driver. He began working on the app after Facebook opened its API to third-party developers.
Zimmer was inspired by the empty seats he had during his commute from Upstate New York to New York City while an analyst at Lehman Brothers. As a student at Cornell University, Zimmer took classes on transportation. After learning of the progression from canals to railroads to highways, he viewed ridesharing as the next step towards efficiency. Noting that 80% of the seats on American highways are empty, Zimmer asserted that ridesharing is "a huge opportunity to create efficiency to save a lot of money and to reduce our environmental footprint.
Zimmer and Green were introduced through a mutual friend and met on Facebook. Green had posted details about his new company called "Zimride", which interested Zimmer, who had been keeping a journal about carpooling ideas. The company name comes from the country Zimbabwe, where Green had observed locals develop a grassroots public transportation system.
Investments
In 2007, Zimride raised $250,000 in seed money from Facebook's fbFund, expanded to six employees, and took on Stanford and Dartmouth as clients. fbFund selected Zimride, along with ten other startups, out of 1,000 applicants.
In August 2010, Zimride announced a $1.2 million round of seed funding from FLOODGATE, K9 Ventures, Keith Rabois, and Teddy Downey. In 2011, Zimride closed a $6 million Series A round of funding from the Mayfield Fund, FLOODGATE, and K9 Ventures, bringing their total investments to $7.5 million.
Growth
In 2007, Green and Zimmer launched the first version of the rideshare program at Cornell University; in six months, the service had signed up 20% of the student body. Green and Zimmer promoted the service through guerrilla marketing; in particular, t |
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