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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain%20Jane%20%28TV%20series%29 | Plain Jane is an American reality television series that transforms one woman each week. The series debuted on July 28, 2010, on The CW. Despite the series not being renewed by its original network, Sony Pictures Television worked with MTV to produce a second season. An 8-episode second season was greenlit and aired in October 2011.
It was announced in May 2013 that the Style Network would be airing the second season starting on June 3, 2013, but the series has since been removed from the schedule.
The series was renewed for a third season of 12 episodes, which aired in 2014.
Format
Each week, British fashion expert Louise Roe, acting like a "fairy godmother", takes one 'Plain Jane' and transforms her inside and out with confidence-building challenges and a head-to-toe makeover. It culminates when she reveals her secret crush to the person of her dreams on a romantic date.
Episodes
Season 1 (2010)
The first season of Plain Jane included 6 one-hour episodes. It premiered on July 28, 2010 and finished its first season on September 1, 2010.
Season 2 (2011)
Season 2 premiered on MTV UK on October 19, 2011.
References
2010s American reality television series
2010 American television series debuts
2011 American television series endings
MTV original programming
The CW original programming
Television series by Sony Pictures Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%2C%20Hisar | Data (or Datta) is a village in Hansi Tehsil, Hisar district, in Haryana, India. It is situated 36 km from Hisar city and 20 km from Hansi city on the road which also leads to Barwala. At Data there is another road that leads to Narnaund. It is 15 km from Narnaund Tehsil and only 16 km from Barwala town (where the Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located). Datta comes under Roghi Khap Panchayat. There is an oil depot of HPCL situated on Bianakhera road.
Demography
The village has a population of 25000, of which 12000 are female.
Culture and religion
Data has an old Shiva temple and Akhara for sadhus (Hindu saints) as well as a village temple nearby, the Temple of Baba Lal Das where newly-weds go for blessings before entering the village. On every shukla 15 many people from all over India come for blessings. The religion practiced is Hindu and Muslim. The village has a large gausala (the biggest in north India). This was established in 1967 by a farmer. The gausala has nearby of land; it has also a big power plant of cost 4.5 crores. The yearly budget of the gausala is in crores.
Geography
West of Data is desert land and rest of the area around the village is fertile plain land, served by an irrigation canal. Data has twelve large ponds (Johad).
Education
Datta has both a girls and a boys secondary government school. The village has a total of ten schools with three government run, and seven otherwise run. A girls' college is also situated in Datta, and Government College.
Administration
Datta is an administrative unit and has panchayat samiti. It also has a Patwari (government land record officer) and ADO (Assistant Development Officer, for development of agricultural activities).
Economy and agriculture
Despite recent industrial development, Haryana is primarily an agricultural state. About 70% of residents are engaged in agriculture. Wheat and rice are the major crops. Haryana is self-sufficient in food production and the second largest contributor to India's central pool of food grains. The main crops of Haryana are wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, oilseeds, pulses, barley, maize, and millet. There are two main types of crops in Haryana: Rabi and Kharif. The major Kharif crops of Haryana are rice, jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, jute, sugarcane, sesame and groundnut. For these crops the ground is prepared in April and May and the seeds are sown at the commencement of rains in June. The crops are ready for harvesting by the beginning of November. The major Rabi crops are wheat, tobacco, pulses, linseed, rapeseed and mustard. The ground is prepared by the end of October or the beginning of November and the crops are harvested by March.
About 86% of the area is arable, and of that 96% is cultivated. About 75% of the area is irrigated, through tube wells and an extensive system of canals. Data contributed significantly to the Green Revolution in India in the 1970s that made the country self-sufficient in food production.
Dairy farming i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Group%20of%20National%20Human%20Rights%20Institutions | The European Group of National Human Rights Institutions was one of four regional networks of national human rights institutions within the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (the ICC). It has ceased to exist and was superseded by the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) in 2013.
Until the formal establishment of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, the European Group co-ordinated joint action by NHRIs across the Council of Europe region, including by way of conferences and thematic working groups.
See also
European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
International Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions
Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF)
Network of National Institutions in the Americas
Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)
References
Human rights organisations based in Belgium
Supranational unions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9magino | Télémagino is a Canadian French-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. Launched on 5 July 2010, as a sister to an equivalent English-language service, it airs children programming for ages 2–11. Not only is it a French version of Family Jr., but it also doubles as a French version of Family Channel. The channel previously operated under Disney–ABC Television Group's preschool television brands, including Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior, but was rebranded on 18 September 2015, following the acquisition of Canadian rights to Disney's children's brands and programming by Corus Entertainment.
Along with its English-language parent channel Family Channel and Family Jr., it is available in over four million Canadian households as of 2013.
History
As Playhouse Disney Télé and Disney Junior
The channel was licensed in 2006 as Vrak Junior, a sister channel to Astral's Vrak TV, though, aimed at younger viewers than Vrak. It was launched on 5 July 2010, as Playhouse Disney Télé. Three years prior, an English language version (then known as Playhouse Disney) was launched on 30 November 2007, as a multiplex channel of Family. The network took on the new Disney Junior brand in 2011.
On 4 March 2013, following the Competition Bureau's approval of Bell Media's takeover of Astral, it was announced that Family Channel and its sister networks (including the Disney Junior services, Disney XD, and MusiquePlus) would be divested in an attempt to relieve CRTC concerns regarding the takeover. On 28 November 2013, DHX Media announced it would acquire the four channels for $170 million pending CRTC approval. On 24 July 2014, the CRTC approved DHX's purchase of the networks, and the deal was closed on 31 July 2014.
As Télémagino
On 16 April 2015, it was announced that Corus Entertainment had acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's program library and would launch a Canadian version of Disney Channel that September, and that its sibling brands of Disney Junior and XD would be re-launched at a later date. In anticipation for this transition, DHX concurrently announced that its Disney-branded networks would be re-branded as spin-offs of Family Channel. The re-branding of Disney Junior's French feed was tentatively announced as Famille Junior, but was later changed to Télémagino. The new name was officially introduced on 18 September 2015, alongside the re-branding of its English-language counterpart as Family Jr.
Programming
Current programming
The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Les Aventures du Chat Potté) (12 June 2017 – present)
All Hail King Julien (Roi Julian! L'élu des lemurs) (17 April 2017 – present)
Bananas in Pyjamas
Bob the Builder (Bob le bricoleur) (4 September 2017 – present)
Caillou (5 February 2018 – present)
Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (Les Câlinours : Libérez la Magie) (November 2019 – present)
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (Le village de Dany) (6 November 2017 – present)
Dinotrux (11 September 2017 – present)
Dragons: Race to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP%20Illustrated | TCP/IP Illustrated is the name of a series of 3 books written by W. Richard Stevens. Unlike traditional books which explain the RFC specifications, Stevens goes into great detail using actual network traces to describe the protocol, hence its 'Illustrated' title.
The first book in the series, "Volume 1: The Protocols", is cited by hundreds of technical papers in ACM journals.
Volumes
Volume 1: The Protocols
After a brief introduction to TCP/IP, Stevens takes a bottom-up approach by describing the protocol from the link layer and working up the protocol stack. The Second Edition was published on 15 November 2011.
Volume 2: The Implementation
500 illustrations, combined with 15,000 lines of actual code from the 4.4BSD-Lite release, serves as concrete examples of the concepts covered in Volume 1.
Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols
This volume goes into detail on four topics:
T/TCP (TCP for Transactions)
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
UNIX Domain Protocols (see Unix domain socket)
As with Volume 2, examples from 4.4BSD-Lite are used.
References
External links
Author's page about Volume 1
Author's page about Volume 2
Author's page about Volume 3
Illustrated
Computer books
Addison-Wesley books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20downloadable%20English%20songs%20for%20the%20SingStar%20series | SingStar is a series of music video games developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Gameplay in the SingStar games requires players to sing along to music in order to score points, using SingStar-specific USB microphones which ship with the game. Over 70 different SingStar SKUs have been released worldwide, featuring over 1,500 disc-based songs. There are usually 10-20 new English single tracks and one song pack on the SingStore every fortnight with usually double the amount of additions at Christmas.
Editions of SingStar for the PlayStation 3 support downloadable content in the form of additional songs for the game. Almost all songs are able to be purchased individually, although some songs can only be purchased in themed packs of five. Over 1600 songs have been made available as downloadable content, including a total of 569 English-language songs. Songs are made available worldwide where possible, although regional differences exist due to licensing and censorship restrictions. The success of the SingStore exceeded the expectations of the game's developers, with over 2.2 million songs purchased from the online service as of August 2008.
English songs
References
External links
SingStore catalogues:
Australia
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Finland
France
Italy
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Lists of songs in music video games
Lists of video games by franchise
Lists of video game downloadable content
SingStar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae%20%28computer%29 | Nebulae () is a petascale supercomputer located at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Built from a Dawning TC3600 Blade system with Intel Xeon X5650 processors and Nvidia Tesla C2050 GPUs, it has a peak performance of 1.271 petaflops using the LINPACK benchmark suite. Nebulae was ranked the second most powerful computer in the world in the June 2010 list of the fastest supercomputers according to TOP500. Nebulae has a theoretical peak performance of 2.9843 petaflops. This computer is used for multiple applications requiring advanced processing capabilities. It is ranked 10th among the June 2012 list of top500.org.
See also
Computer science
Computing
Supercomputer centers in China
TOP500
References
Further reading
"National Supercomputing Center starts construction in Shenzhen", People's Daily, November 17, 2009
Fildes, Jonathan, "China aims to become supercomputer superpower", BBC News, 31 May 2010
GPGPU supercomputers
One-of-a-kind computers
Petascale computers
Supercomputing in China
X86 supercomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano%20Zacchiroli | Stefano Zacchiroli is an Italian and French academic and computer scientist who lives and works in Paris, and a former Debian Project Leader.
Debian involvement
Zacchiroli became a Debian Developer in 2001. After attending LinuxTag in 2004, he became more involved in the Debian community and the project itself, eventually being elected as DPL in 2010, succeeding Steve McIntyre, a position in which he served from April 2010 to April 2013. In April 2011, he was re-elected unopposed as project leader. He was himself succeeded by Lucas Nussbaum in an election where he himself was no longer a candidate.
Free and Open Source Career
In 2015, O'Reilly presented an open source award to Zacchiroli.
In 2016, Zacchiroli founded the Software Heritage project together with Roberto Di Cosmo.
He was a director of the Open Source Initiative from 2014 to 2017 and is currently a member of Free Software Foundation's High Priority Projects committee.
References
External links
Zacchiroli's home page
2010 DPL campaign platform
How Debian has grown: Stefano Zacchiroli speaks, iTWire, May 2012
Keeping 1000 devs focused: new Debian leader speaks, iTWire, April 2010
Debian Project leaders
Italian computer programmers
Italian computer scientists
French computer programmers
French computer scientists
Living people
Free software programmers
1979 births
Members of the Open Source Initiative board of directors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueHat | BlueHat (or Blue Hat or Blue-Hat) is a term used to refer to outside computer security consulting firms that are employed to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed. In particular, Microsoft uses the term to refer to the computer security professionals they invited to find the vulnerability of their products, such as Windows.
Blue Hat Microsoft Hacker Conference
The Blue Hat Microsoft Hacker Conference is an invitation-only conference created by Window Snyder that is intended to open communication between Microsoft engineers and hackers. The event has led to both mutual understanding and the occasional confrontation. Microsoft's developers were visibly uncomfortable when Metasploit was demonstrated.
See also
Hacker culture
Hacker ethic
Black hat hacker
References
External links
Microsoft's BlueHat Security Briefings
BlueHat Security Briefings Blog
BlueHat Security
Homeland Security Consultants
FedRAMP
Microsoft culture
Computer security
Hacking (computer security) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI%4050 | AI@50, formally known as the "Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years" (July 13–15, 2006), was a conference organized by James Moor, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Dartmouth workshop which effectively inaugurated the history of artificial intelligence. Five of the original ten attendees were present: Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy.
While sponsored by Dartmouth College, General Electric, and the Frederick Whittemore Foundation, a $200,000 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) called for a report of the proceedings that would:
Analyze progress on AI's original challenges during the first 50 years, and assess whether the challenges were "easier" or "harder" than originally thought and why
Document what the AI@50 participants believe are the major research and development challenges facing this field over the next 50 years, and identify what breakthroughs will be needed to meet those challenges
Relate those challenges and breakthroughs against developments and trends in other areas such as control theory, signal processing, information theory, statistics, and optimization theory.
A summary report by the conference director, James Moor, was published in AI Magazine.
Conference Program and links to published papers
James Moor, conference Director, Introduction
Carol Folt and Barry Scherr, Welcome
Carey Heckman, Tonypandy and the Origins of Science
AI: Past, Present, Future
John McCarthy, What Was Expected, What We Did, and AI Today
Marvin Minsky, The Emotion Machine
The Future Model of Thinking
Ron Brachman and Hector Levesque, A Large Part of Human Thought
David Mumford, What is the Right Model for 'Thought'?
Stuart Russell, The Approach of Modern AI
The Future of Network Models
Geoffrey Hinton & Simon Osindero, From Pandemonium to Graphical Models and Back Again
Rick Granger, From Brain Circuits to Mind Manufacture
The Future of Learning & Search
Oliver Selfridge, Learning and Education for Software: New Approaches in Machine Learning
Ray Solomonoff, Machine Learning — Past and Future
Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Learning to be Intelligent
Peter Norvig, Web Search as a Product of and Catalyst for AI
The Future of AI
Rod Brooks, Intelligence and Bodies
Nils Nilsson, Routes to the Summit
Eric Horvitz, In Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence: Reflections on Challenges and Trajectories
The Future of Vision
Eric Grimson, Intelligent Medical Image Analysis: Computer Assisted Surgery and Disease Monitoring
Takeo Kanade, Artificial Intelligence Vision: Progress and Non-Progress
Terry Sejnowski, A Critique of Pure Vision
The Future of Reasoning
Alan Bundy, Constructing, Selecting and Repairing Representations of Knowledge
Edwina Rissland, The Exquisite Centrality of Examples
Bart Selman, The Challenge and Promise of Automated Reasoning
The Future of Language and Cognition
Trenchard More The Bi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionos | Ionos SE ([iː'ɔnɔs]; proper spelling IONOS), headquartered in Montabaur, is a German Internet service provider that became known primarily for its web hosting, domain and cloud computing products. The company is part of the United Internet Group.
The Internet access business (DSL and mobile communications) was spun off into 1&1 Telecommunication.
History
In 2000, the company changed its name to United Internet and moved its product business to 1&1 Internet AG. In the same year, 1&1 began operating in the United Kingdom, and three years later began serving United States customers. One of the company's biggest North American data centers is located in Lenexa, Kansas, which houses more than 40,000 servers.
In 2018, 1&1 merged with cloud infrastructure specialists ProfitBricks (founded by Achim Weiss) and rebranded as 1&1 Ionos. The rebrand involved a name change and a slightly redesigned Web site, but the service offerings and prices initially stayed the same. However, 1&1 Ionos introduced some new services the following year, including a personal consultant service for customers. As of September 2019, 1&1 Ionos held second place in a ranking of the market share of global Web hosting providers. In August 2021, the company changed its legal name in the United States to IONOS Inc.
Weiss described the reasons for the rebrand, stating:
Eco-friendly efforts
Ionos uses sustainable methods to reduce carbon emissions, including using 100% renewable energy in data centers and administrative buildings in the UK and Germany. The carbon is offset in other locations worldwide with green certificates or by using local renewable sources. In October 2022, IONOS opened a data center in Worcester, UK with photovoltaic panels on the roof covering up to 10% of the site's energy use.
Server outages
In April 2019, customers in the United Kingdom complained of lengthy server outages due to a malfunctioning uninterruptible power supply (UPS), which resulted in Web sites being offline. Call center staff could also not answer customer questions due to support tools not functioning properly. Ionos eventually fixed and addressed the issue, stating: "For when such cases occur, we have UPS systems and emergency power generators that ensure power supply is uninterrupted during an emergency. One of the five UPS systems in the affected data center suffered a technical malfunction, which meant several servers suffered a temporary loss of power and had to be restarted. As file systems had to be repaired after the power failure, some servers were not immediately available again. We're continuing to look into the cause of the error of the affected UPS system, however, all UPS systems are working properly again."
References
Web hosting
Domain name registrars
German companies established in 1988
Companies based in Rhineland-Palatinate
Internet service providers of Germany
Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20to%20Scientific%20%26%20Technical%20Proceedings | The Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP) is a scholarly literature database, established in 1978. It has indexed material pertaining to international conference proceedings titles, locations, and dates. In addition, indexing terms, references, and abstracts contained within the database are searchable items. It appears that ISTP is combined with an index entitled Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP).
Content
The subject coverage is life sciences, natural sciences, and applied sciences in the ISTP, ISSHP, and ISTPB databases. Social sciences, beginning in 1998, are found only in the ISTP and ISSHP databases. The sources are listed as conference proceedings, published in: journals, books, and book series. The above databases are listed within superbases known as: XBIOTECH, XMEDALL, XMEDPROD, XPHARMALL, XPSYCH, XTOXLITALL, XVET.
As of December 2008, there are 7,558,203 database records in the combined databases of ISTPB, ISTP, and ISSHP. These are updated weekly.
Searchable data fields are abstracts, book titles (only as far back as 1998), conferences, document type, index terms, section headings, series, title, and uncontrolled term.
References
External links
Chemical Information Network description of this index.
Bibliographic databases and indexes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYtv%20Ukraine | MYtv provides satellite pay-TV services throughout Ukraine.
History
MYtv is a DTH (Direct to Home) satellite television network for the Ukrainian TV consumer market. Using its transmitting antenna, the signal is sent to the Thor 6 satellite, broadcast standard DVB-S2 (MPEG4), which caters for the optimum quality and utilization of the satellite’s capacity.
NDS Ltd. encrypts the signal, and also develops the software for the headend station and the end user equipment. To receive MYtv services, subscriber must install a satellite dish.
Installing either 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 LNB (converters), a subscriber will receive signals from satellites Thor 6 (1 ° W) and few other satellites including W4 (36° E), Hotbird (13 ° E), Sirius (5 ° E), Amos (4 ° W).
MYtv offers 2 subscriber receivers: MYtv HDMAX and MYtv HDBOX.
MYtv HDMAX is an HD receiver with a built-in hard drive capacity of 500 GB. With the Interactive electronic program guide (EPG) the receiver can record and play programs and create video libraries, record all series in full seasons, skip watching advertisements in channels etc. The "live pause" feature enables you to stop viewing for an indefinite period and resume from the moment of the pause.
MYtv HDMAX has two built-in receivers, which enables the simultaneously recording of two channels and watching programs from hard drive. The receiver hardware and software can record a channel even if the receiver is turned off. It is enough to note the program from the EPG list.
The Satellite HD-receivers MYtv HDMAX and HDBOX
The receiver MYtv HDMAX is a new generation of receivers, which combines the possibility of receiving high-definition television and an advanced recording function (up to 500 hours of recording), listening to stereo sound, as well as a number of additional services.
MYtv provides access to over 200 channels, selected according to different themes: movies, news, politics, music, sports, art, travel, science channels "for children" and "adult" and other TV channels. Also, MYtv software allow access to free access broadcast channels (FTA).
Specially developed NDS software built into the receiver, allows the viewer to take advantage of additional services:
Electronic Program Guides (EPG program guide) displays the following information: the date, time of the show and the content of the television programs on the TV screen. . Also, it can block channels and programs from children's viewing. EPG enables the selection of the broadcasting language required as well as titles.
Personal video recorder (PVR) allows the receiver to be used as a recording device. You can save movies and create your own video collection. If you wish to stop the viewing of the current program or movie, press “pause” and to continue the viewing press “pause” again. Using the program guide, you can automatically record programs or whole series even when you are not at home.
Interactive television (ITV) is a new service catering for interac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access%20Games | is a Japanese company specializing in the planning, development and distribution of video games and the research, development and distribution of software, data and video media. The company was originally founded in 1996 as a computer graphics producer.
Access Games primarily specializes in action-adventure games and combat flight simulators.
History
On January 16, 2002, the company launched a game development division and re-established itself as primarily a video game company. On September 30, 2003, Access Games became a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Media Lab, in turn a subsidiary of Kaga Electronics.
Much of the company's employees had been members of Whoopee Camp and its transitional group Deep Space who joined following the release of Extermination.
Organization
AG's main office is located in Chūō, Tokyo, but the company's development departments are located in Chūō-ku, Osaka.
Staff
Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro notably worked for the company as the writer and director of Spy Fiction and Deadly Premonition.
Games
References
External links
Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
Video game companies established in 1996
Video game companies of Japan
Video game development companies
Japanese companies established in 1996 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray%20XE6 | The Cray XE6 (codename during development: Baker) made by Cray is an enhanced version of the Cray XT6 supercomputer, officially announced on 25 May 2010. The XE6 uses the same computer blade found in the XT6, with eight- or 12-core Opteron 6100 processors giving up to 3,072 cores per cabinet, but replaces the SeaStar2+ interconnect router used in the Cray XT5 and XT6 with the faster and more scalable Gemini router ASIC. This is used to provide a 3-dimensional torus network topology between nodes. Each XE6 node has two processor sockets and either 32 or 64 GB of DDR3 SDRAM memory. Two nodes share one Gemini router ASIC.
The XE6 runs the Cray Linux Environment version 3. This incorporates SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Cray's Compute Node Linux.
References
External links
Cray XE6 product page
Xe6
X86 supercomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20and%20Ubiquitous%20Computing | Personal and Ubiquitous Computing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1997. It covers original research on ubiquitous and pervasive computing, ambient intelligence, and wearable and mobile information devices, with a focus on user experience and interaction design issues. The journal publishes a mixture of issues themed on specific topics, or organised around scientific workshops, and original research papers.
The editor-in-chief is Peter Thomas. The journal is published by Springer Nature.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, Academic Search, Compendex, Computer Science Index, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology, Digital Bibliography & Library Project, Ergonomics Abstracts, Inspec, io-port.net, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus.
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.06.
References
External links
English-language journals
Ubiquitous computing
Computer science journals
Bimonthly journals
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Academic journals established in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisAD | VisAD is a Java component library for interactive and collaborative visualization and analysis of numerical data. It combines a flexible data model and distributed objects (via Java RMI) to support sharing of data, visualizations and user interfaces between different data sources, different computers and different scientific disciplines. It is licensed under the GNU LGPL.
VisAD is the basis of the Integrated Data Viewer, McIDAS V and other systems.
Bibliography
W. Hibbard, C. Dyer and B. Paul, Display of Scientific Data Structures for Algorithm Visualization, Proc. IEEE Visualization 1992, pp. 139–146.
W. Hibbard, Visualizing Scientific Computations: A System based on Lattice-Structured Data and Display Models, PhD Thesis, Univ. of Wisc. Comp. Sci. Dept. Tech. Report, #1226, 1995.
W. Hibbard, VisAD: Connecting people to computations and people to people, Computer Graphics 32, No. 3, 1998, pp. 10–12.
W. Hibbard, Building 3-D User Interface Components Using a Visualization Library, Computer Graphics 36, No. 1, 2002, pp. 4–7.
W. Hibbard, et al., Java distributed components for numerical visualization in VisAD, Communications of the ACM 48, No. 3, 2005, pp. 98–104.
References
External links
VisAD Home Page
History of Vis5D and VisAD
Meteorological data and networks
Computational science
Infographics
Free data visualization software
Graphic software in meteorology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila%20Fadel | Leila Fadel (born 1981) is a Lebanese American journalist and the cohost of National Public Radio's Morning Edition, a role she assumed in 2022. She was previously the network's Cairo bureau chief. Fadel has chiefly worked in the Middle East, and received a George Polk Award for her coverage of the Iraq War. She is also known for her coverage of the Arab Spring.
Background
Fadel grew up in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. She was a Jack Shaheen Mass Communications scholar and graduated from Northeastern University School of Journalism in 2004.
Career
In 2004, Fadel began her career in journalism at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a crime and higher education reporter. She began covering the Iraq War in 2005 for Knight Ridder. By early 2006, she had completed two postings in Baghdad, Iraq. Then, she returned to Baghdad for McClatchy. She also covered the 2006 Lebanon War. She continued in Baghdad for McClatchy through 2009, where she contributed to McClatchy's Baghdad Observer.
In 2010, she joined The Washington Post Middle East team. On February 2, 2011, Fadel and photographer Linda Davidson were among some two dozen journalists arrested by the Egyptian Interior Ministry. The next day, Fadel and Davidson were released, but placed under house arrest at a hotel. Two local Post employees remained in custody, interpreter Sufian Taha and driver Mansour el-Sayed Mohammed Abo Gouda; according to Fadel, Abo Gouda was beaten.
She covered the Arab Spring and its aftermaths in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria for The Washington Post. In July 2012, Fadel was hired by NPR as Cairo bureau chief and covered the aftermath of the Arab Spring. She is now a national correspondent at NPR reporting on race and diversity.
Personal
Fadel speaks conversational Arabic.
In 2006, she stated: My goal is to find the missing voices, the ones I heard on the streets of Beirut and Saudi Arabia but which were often missing in American media... Great journalism is the ability to capture moments in time, weave them together, and tell the story of all people without condescension, without judgment and without an agenda.
Awards
2007 - George Polk Award
2006 - Katie Award from the Dallas Press Club
2005 - Print Journalist of the Year honors from the Houston Press Club
Recognition
In 2008, Bill Moyers interviewed Fadel on Bill Moyers' Journal.
In 2011, Charlie Rose interviewed her on The Charlie Rose Show with mentor Anthony Shadid.
See also
National Public Radio
Washington Post
McClatchy
Knight Ridder
Anthony Shadid
Jack Shaheen
References
External links
NPR: Leila Fadel
"Leila Fadel: News From Sadr City", BillMoyers, April 18, 2008
"Farewell to Iraq", McClatchy
"Interview with News Correspondents in Iraq, Leila Fadel and Ben Lando, at IE University " March 8, 2010
"Journalist Leila Fadel reflects upon returning from Iraq", Daily Kos, Aug 05, 2009
1981 births
George Polk Award recipients
Living people
Northeastern University alumni
American people of Lebanese d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%20Data%20Protector | Data Protector software (originally Omniback) is automated backup and recovery software for single-server to enterprise environments, supporting disk storage or tape storage targets. It provides cross-platform, online backup of data for Microsoft Windows, Unix, and Linux operating systems. The last version to use the OmniBack name was version 4.1, which was retired in 2004.
History
When Hewlett-Packard acquired Apollo Computer in 1989, the latter had already developed a backup system entitled the "OmniBack Network Backup System," which was available on the market at the time. HP continued to develop this product under the "OmniBack" name for the purpose of backing up individual files and raw disk partitions. A related but distinct product "OmniBack/Turbo" was developed for backing up databases.
In 1996 HP released OmniBack II 2.0 and merged OmniBack II and OmniBack/Turbo into a single product, although it was still impossible to create a single job which would contain a database and a file system backup. It was offered for $3,800. A Windows NT port was released with version 2.3. Version 2.55 was released in 1997 and included support for HP-UX and IBM AIX.
In the interim, Hewlett-Packard withdrew development from Slovenia through to Germany. Significant time was spent delivering version 3.5.2 for Solaris. Once complete however, this allowed quick ports through to Tru64 and Linux.
With version 5.0, the OmniBack name was dropped. Since then, the product has been called HP Openview Storage Data Protector and HP StorageWorks Data Protector, or commonly just HP Data Protector.
HP announced the release of HP Data Protector 9.0 (as a part of its Adaptive Backup & Recovery initiative) in May 2014. It was released in July 2014 along with two companion products: HP Data Protector Management Pack and HP Backup Navigator.
Since Micro Focus acquired HPE Software in 2017, it is now named Micro Focus Data Protector.
References
External links
Micro Focus Data Protector webpage
Data Protector
Backup software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representing%20NYC | Representing NYC is a nonprofit artist management firm based in New York City. Representing NYC acts as a bridge between artists working in the context of social services programming and professional arts organizations and artists by fostering collaborative projects. Past Representing NYC projects have included a series of hip-hop albums, a silk screened T-shirt line, and three radio programs. Its network has included the Social Registry, True Panther Sounds, and Terrible Records, and a number of artists and educators.
Mission
Representing NYC seeks to create opportunities for musicians and artists working in undercapitalized settings so their work can reach a broader public than it would otherwise. Representing NYC also promotes life skills amongst its participants, such as principles of leadership, professional instinct, and financial literacy.
While its primary goal is to provide a service to underrepresented artists, Representing NYC also creates a meaningful way for artists moving into the rapidly changing neighborhoods of New York City to engage with the youth and the communities that surround them.
History
Representing NYC was founded in the spring of 2007 by Sam Hillmer. Hillmer Initially pitched the idea of RNYC as a project to be executed at Brownsville, Brooklyn middle school PS 284: a professionally manufactured CD featuring the hip-hop music of young students.
The project began in the fall of 2007 and eventually became the Fly Girlz record "Da Bratz From Da 'Ville", released on True Panther Sounds and Sockets CDs in April 2008 and featuring production from Nathan Corbin aka Zebrablood (Excepter). During the production of the record, the home base of Representing NYC was moved to intermediate school IS 291, where Hillmer became the director of teen programming. The Fly Girlz moved their work there as well and finished the project with a record release show at the New Museum, a documentary by Hanly Banks of The FADER, and performances with artists including Mr. Lif, Prefuse 73, and Jorge "Fabel" Pabon of the Rock Steady Crew. The Fly Girlz' "Born To Be Fly" was a featured track on Pitchfork and iTunes. In the winter of 2010 the entire Fly Girlz record was licensed by high fashion moguls Proenza Schouler for use during fashion week.
During the campaign surrounding the Fly Girlz record, Representing NYC fostered the development of the teen rap radical phenomena Nine 11 Thesaurus. Their first record Ground Zero Generals was released by seminal New York underground record label The Social Registry in 2011 and features production by Tim Dewitt (Gang Gang Dance) and Matt Mehlan (Skeletons). Nine 11 Thesaurus, originally Nine 11 GZG, began as a loose collection of MCs meeting at The Beacon Center for Arts and Leadership's Teen Action Program before congealing into an 8-person rap team. Nine 11 Thesaurus also produced the radio program Real Talk on Radio23 and built a community garden in East Bushwick out of a vacant lot.
In 2013, Rep |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpropagation%20through%20time | Backpropagation through time (BPTT) is a gradient-based technique for training certain types of recurrent neural networks. It can be used to train Elman networks. The algorithm was independently derived by numerous researchers.
Algorithm
The training data for a recurrent neural network is an ordered sequence of input-output pairs, . An initial value must be specified for the hidden state . Typically, a vector of all zeros is used for this purpose.
BPTT begins by unfolding a recurrent neural network in time. The unfolded network contains inputs and outputs, but every copy of the network shares the same parameters. Then the backpropagation algorithm is used to find the gradient of the cost with respect to all the network parameters.
Consider an example of a neural network that contains a recurrent layer and a feedforward layer . There are different ways to define the training cost, but the aggregated cost is always the average of the costs of each of the time steps. The cost of each time step can be computed separately. The figure above shows how the cost at time can be computed, by unfolding the recurrent layer for three time steps and adding the feedforward layer . Each instance of in the unfolded network shares the same parameters. Thus the weight updates in each instance () are summed together.
Pseudocode
Pseudocode for a truncated version of BPTT, where the training data contains input-output pairs, but the network is unfolded for time steps:
Back_Propagation_Through_Time(a, y) // a[t] is the input at time t. y[t] is the output
Unfold the network to contain k instances of f
do until stopping criterion is met:
x := the zero-magnitude vector // x is the current context
for t from 0 to n − k do // t is time. n is the length of the training sequence
Set the network inputs to x, a[t], a[t+1], ..., a[t+k−1]
p := forward-propagate the inputs over the whole unfolded network
e := y[t+k] − p; // error = target − prediction
Back-propagate the error, e, back across the whole unfolded network
Sum the weight changes in the k instances of f together.
Update all the weights in f and g.
x := f(x, a[t]); // compute the context for the next time-step
Advantages
BPTT tends to be significantly faster for training recurrent neural networks than general-purpose optimization techniques such as evolutionary optimization.
Disadvantages
BPTT has difficulty with local optima. With recurrent neural networks, local optima are a much more significant problem than with feed-forward neural networks. The recurrent feedback in such networks tends to create chaotic responses in the error surface which cause local optima to occur frequently, and in poor locations on the error surface.
See also
Backpropagation through structure
References
Artificial neural networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CozyCot | CozyCot is a social networking website for women from East Asia and Southeast Asia (especially Singapore). It was founded by Nicole Yee and Clemen Chiang in 2001, as a hobby website dedicated to Asian women. Subsequently, the concept of sharing product and service information and opinions gathered a steady community, turning it into a venture business. CozyCot users interact in the forum and by reviewing beauty products (the review system produced reviews for over 35,000 products), also in the live events organized by the staff. The importance of its review database is increased by an iPhone scanner software developed by CozyCot, which allows users to pull up product reviews from the website by capturing the barcodes with cameras in their iPhones. In April 2010, CozyCot launched the newspaper and, in June 2011, the mook with the same name.
History
CozyCot started in November 2001 as an Internet portal based in Singapore, where members could post reviews and share shopping and fashion tips and opinions. It was created by Nicole Yee and her husband Clemen Chiang (the latter in charge of the tech development). As the online community grew, Nicole Yee began organizing live events for members, in order to get together. Several fragrance brands took notice of the growing community and offered to support her in terms of providing event venues. There followed other commercial projects (workshops, product launches, online shopping etc.), which (together with a presence of the website in the top 100,000 Alexa ranking) mooted the decision to turn it into a venture business. In 2002, Nicole Yee founded CozyCot Pte. Ltd., as the managing company of the portal, in 2007 she hired the first employee, then, in 2008, she invested $100,000 in the website. Its revenue exceeded in 2009, with a 115% growth.
The community kept expanding, as readership of Singapore women’s magazines continued turning toward online content, developing the portal into Singapore's largest online women community for beauty, fashion and lifestyle, with over 500,000 unique visitors each month. It expanded also geographically, in the rest of East Asia and among Asian women from United States, Australia and New Zealand, CozyCot becoming one of the local websites "putting Singapore on the global map". Since 2006, ranks first every year in the Hitwise Singapore 'Lifestyle - Womens Sites' industry (and from January - June, 2010 also in `Lifestyle - Beauty' industry) based on monthly average market share, at Hitwise Singapore Hitwise Top Ten Awards.
In October 2009, MindShare announced the launching of an online reality show on CozyCot. The show, named House Husbands, is focused on a group of men looking to prove they are equally adept in the boardroom as well as in the family’s baby room. The cast would compete in various parenting tasks for prizes.
The company developed also an offline presence, opening Ninki-Ô, a 1000-square-foot retail outlet in Orchard Central and launching the newspap |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiga%20Conservation%20Alliance | The Saiga Conservation Alliance SCA is a network of researchers and conservationists working to study and protect the critically endangered Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica) and their habitat. The Saiga are often seen a major flagship species of the Central Asian and pre-Caspian steppes. In the last ten years, saiga populations have declined by 96%, which is the fastest decline ever recorded for a mammal species.
Saiga Conservation Alliance is partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Network
History
In September 2006, the organization was formally founded.
In June 2015, E.J. Milner-Gulland said, 'Anti-poaching needs to be a top priority for the Russian and Kazakh governments.'
Programs
CMS Project Monitoring
SCA was contracted by the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)to monitor progress of saiga conservation. Part of this projects involves maintaining a database of saiga experts and conservationist as well as compiling data and disseminating it world-wide.
Russia
The Russian branch of SCA is the Centre for Wild Animals in Kalmykia. They are the world's only successful captive breeding program for saigas. Other programs include working with local villages and poor households which agree to help conserve saigas.
Kazakhstan
The Kazakhstan branch of SCA Monitors saiga populations to determine conservation efficacy. Surveys with locals monitors poaching activities and the reasons behind them.
Uzbekistan
The Uzbekistan branch conducts research into what the problems are of saiga conservation and negotiates plans for action between the government and local people.
Bulletin
A report about saiga conservation and news is published in six languages twice-yearly.
Small Grants Program
Annual small grants competition to help build grassroots saiga conservation projects.
Education
Every year SCA conservationists attend the Wildlife Conservation Network Expo to meet other conservationists and share methodology. They also hold presentations to educate and update the public and supporters.
See also
Wildlife Conservation Network
Conservation movement
Environmental movement
Natural environment
Sustainability
References
External links
saiga-conservation.com/ Saiga Conservation Alliance Website
wildnet.org, Wildlife Conservation Network Website
Organizations established in 1996
International environmental organizations
Endangered species
Wildlife conservation organizations
Conservation projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20of%20National%20Institutions%20in%20the%20Americas | The Network of National Institutions in the Americas is one of four regional groups of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) within the global network, the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs (the ICC). The Americas group, which largely consists of ombudsman agencies rather than multi-member human rights commissions, is currently chaired by the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico, which represents the region on the ICC Bureau.
Members
The full members of the Network are those national institutions deemed by the ICC to be fully compliant with the Paris Principles, so accredited with "A status":
Argentina
Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación Argentina (Ombudsman)
Bolivia
Defensor del Pueblo
Canada
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Colombia
Ombudsman's Office of Colombia
Costa Rica
Defensoria de los Habitantes
Ecuador
Defensor del Pueblo de la República de Ecuador
El Salvador
Procuraduría de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (El Salvador)
Guatemala
Procurador de los Derechos Humanos (Guatemala)
Honduras
Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (Honduras)
Mexico
National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)
Nicaragua
Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Nicaragua
Panama
Defensoría del Pueblo de la República de Panamá
Paraguay
Defensoría del Pueblo de la República del Paraguay
Peru
Defensoría del Pueblo - Ombudsman (Peru)
Venezuela
Defensoría del Pueblo
Other human rights institutions in the Americas
The following institutions are not "A" accredited by the ICC but are potentially eligible for consideration (except, under current ICC rules, Puerto Rico). Some participate alongside Network members in regional events, particularly those organized through the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen (FIO).
Antigua and Barbuda
Office of the Ombudsman
Barbados
Office of the Ombudsman (Barbados)
Belize
Office of the Ombudsman (Belize)
Guyana
Office of the Ombudsman (Guyana)
Haiti
Office de la Protection du Citoyen
Jamaica
Office of the Public Defender (Jamaica)
Puerto Rico
Oficina del Procurador del Ciudadano
Saint Lucia
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner (St Lucia)
Trinidad and Tobago
Office of the Ombudsman of Trinidad and Tobago
See also
Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF)
European Group of National Human Rights Institutions
Human rights
International Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions
List of human rights articles by country
Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)
External links
National Human Rights Institutions Forum |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LM-1 | LM-1 may refer to
Fuji LM-1 Nikko, light aircraft
Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1, glider
Light Miniature Aircraft LM-1, light aircraft
Linn LM-1, drum computer
LM-1, Lunar Module of Apollo 5 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20d%27Inverno | Mark d'Inverno (born 29 August 1965) is a British computer scientist, currently a professor of Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London, in east London, England.
Biography
d'Inverno studied for an MA in Mathematics and an MSc in Computation at St Catherine's College, Oxford. He was awarded a PhD from University College London in artificial intelligence.
For four years between 2007 and 2011, d'Inverno head of the Department of Computing, which has championed interdisciplinary research and teaching around computers and creativity for nearly a decade. He has published over 100 articles including books, journal and conference articles and has led recent research projects in a diverse range of fields relating to computer science including multi-agent systems, systems biology, art, design, and music. He is currently the principal investigator or co-investigator on a range of projects including designing systems for sharing online cultural experiences, connecting communities through video orchestration, building online communities of music practice.
In 2011/12, d'Inverno took a research sabbatical shared between the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in Barcelona, Spain, and Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France.
Musical activities
d'Inverno is a jazz pianist and composer, his album Joy receiving a number of favourable reviews and over the last few decades has led a variety of bands in a range of different musical genres (e.g., the Mark d'Inverno Quintet), his album Joy receiving a number of critical plaudits, and playing in London at venues including the National Theatre, London.
Personal life
d'Inverno was an original trustee and the first chairman of the charity Safe Ground in 1994, which in more recent years or so has developed a range of courses that were originally devised by prisoners that have been delivered in a large number of UK prisons including Family Man and Father's Inside.
Mark d'Inverno has been captain of the Weekenders Cricket Club for 11 years, which was founded by the actor Clive Swift, with the writer Christopher Douglas as its long-serving secretary.
d'Inverno is partner to the theatre and opera director Melly Still.
See also
AgentSpeak, an agent-oriented programming language
Distributed multi-agent reasoning system (dMARS), a platform for intelligent agents
Selected books and papers
J. McCormack and M. d'Inverno, Computers and Creativity, Springer, 2012.
M. d'Inverno and M.Luck, Understanding Agent Systems, 2nd edition, Springer, 2004.
Mark d'Inverno and Michael Luck, Creativity through Autonomy and Interaction, Cognitive Computing, 2012.
Mark d'Inverno, Michael Luck, Pablo Noriega, Juan Rodriguez-Aguilar and Carles Sierra, A framework for communication in open systems, Artificial Intelligence, 186:38–94, 2012.
Ben Fields, Kurt Jacobson, Christophe Rhodes, Mark d'Inverno, Mark Sandler and Michael Casey, Analysis and Exploitation of Musician Social Networks for Recommendation and Dis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Inverno | d'Inverno () is a surname and may be:
Mark d'Inverno, British computer scientist
Ray d'Inverno, computer scientist
Brigadier JG d'Inverno, Scottish Judge and the senior Army Reserves Officer in Scotland.
d'Inverno means "of winter" in Italian.
See also
Giardino d'Inverno ("Winter Garden") at the Orto botanico di Palermo
Vacanze d'inverno ("Winter Holidays"), a 1959 Italian comedy film
Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore ("If on a winter's night a traveler"), a 1979 novel by Italo Calvino
Lua d'Inverno, a track on Wolfheart, the first album by Moonspell in 1995 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Fireball%20Network | European Fireball Network is an international organization based in Central Europe (Germany and Czech Republic). Its purpose is systematic and simultaneous night observation of meteors and other nebular objects.
Description
The network was initially located at the Ondřejov Observatory, Czech Republic, after the fall of the Příbram meteorite on 7 April 1959, which was the first meteorite simultaneously observed by several stations. By 1963, the network consisted of five stations. It was later (about 1968) expanded by the installation of about 15 new stations in Germany and named the European Fireball Network.
The network currently consists of at least 34 camera stations located in Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Slovakia and Austria at elevations up to 1846 m above mean sea level. The cameras are separated by a distance of about ; they cover an area of about and photograph the entire visible sky. Cameras at Czech stations are equipped with fisheye lenses and are directed towards the zenith. Sky recordings are made every night with a long exposure time. Quickly moving bright objects (meteors) appear as broken traces in the images, and from the exposure time, the burn time and the angular velocity of the object can be determined. An important feature of the network is the simultaneous observation of an object from several stations that allows accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of its trajectory using triangulation. The network is jointly operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Institute of Planetary Research in Prague (Ondřejov Observatory). It produces about 10,000 images per year documenting about 1200 hours of clear sky observations. Its cameras detect about 50 large meteors per year.
The most significant observation by the network to date is the fall of the Neuschwanstein meteorite on 6 April 2002. Detailed data obtained from several stations allowed accurate reconstruction not only of the meteor path in the Earth atmosphere, but also of its orbit around the Sun. The similarity of the reconstructed orbits of the Neuschwanstein and Příbram allowed associating these meteorites to the same parent body.
See also
Glossary of meteoritics
List of astronomical societies
References
Astronomy in Europe
Astronomy organizations
International organizations based in Europe
International scientific organizations based in Europe
Meteorite organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naveen%20Selvadurai | Naveen Selvadurai (born January 27, 1982) is an American internet entrepreneur and co-founder of location-based social networking site Foursquare.com. Until recently, he was working at startup studio Expa which was founded by co-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon - Garrett Camp, as a partner. He was featured in Inc Magazine's 30 under 30 list in the year 2010. He was also featured in Rediff.com's article - 4 NRIs among US's coolest young entrepreneurs.
Early life
He was born on the January 27, 1982 in Chennai, India, to Kuppuswamy Selvadurai and Latha Selvadurai. He was their first child and has a younger sister Chindhuri Selvadurai.
Career
Selvadurai graduated in 4 years from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Computer Science in Worcester, MA. During his time at Worcester, he spent 5 months in his junior year on a study abroad programme at King's College London. He went on to work with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun Microsystems before he started his mobile social-networking venture Foursquare, along with Dennis Crowley.
He has been on Fox Business Network, and CNN's special by Fareed Zakaria, "Getting American Back to #1," talking about how he became the person that he is today.
Foursquare
In 2009, Selvadurai co-founded Foursquare with Dennis Crowley. It is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates nearby. Location is based on GPS hardware in the mobile device or network location provided by the application, and the map is based on data from the OpenStreetMap project. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes "badges". The user who checks in the most often to a venue becomes the "mayor," and users regularly vie for "mayorships."
On March 4, 2012, Selvadurai announced on his blog that he will step down from his day-to-day operational role at the company later that month. He said he will continue to serve as a board member and adviser to the company.
Selvadurai joined the Expa startup studio, founded in May 2013 by former Uber and StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp. Selvadurai joins Expa as a partner focused on New York operations for the organization.
Controversy
According to Naveen, he was pushed out of his position in Foursquare. According to an article published in FastCompany, he mentions that "There was pretty much no other role for me at the company. Beside the CEO, there's nothing a founder can really stick around to do. You don't know a lot of these things when you're starting off." and this was extensively covered by multiple sources and it surfaced out that he sold his stock of Foursquare to Spark Capital before leaving the company.
Personal life
Naveen married Diana Marie Hardeman in 2017.
References
External links
1981 births
Living people
Alumni of Ki |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayot%20Greenway | The Ayot Greenway is a rail trail which extends from Ayot St Peter, just west of Welwyn Garden City and the A1(M) Motorway to Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. Part of National Cycle Network Route 57, it runs for three miles along a former branch line from Welwyn Garden City railway station towards Luton and Dunstable.
The line opened on 1 September 1860 and was operable for more than 100 years. Passenger numbers declined sharply after the Second World War and passenger services ended in 1951, although commercial traffic continued until 1966. Most of the track was lifted apart from a line into the Blackbridge landfill site from the Hatfield end, which continued until 1971 before the whole line was finally closed. Today, there are still visual reminders of the line, with two bridges still intact, the original fencing and even part of a collapsed railway signal.
The trail starts at the White Bridge in Welwyn Garden City, behind the library and Campus West. It continues through Sherrards Wood to the Red Lion pub on the Great North Road. Walkers and cyclists then use a road bridge over the A1(M) and pick up the trail again just north of Ayot St Peter at what was its railway station. This was destroyed by fire in 1948 and never rebuilt. The area where it once stood is now part of a car park.
Heading west along the trail is Hunter's Bridge, which crosses another public footpath, and then under another bridge (used for farm traffic) towards Robinson's Wood. Here, a small picnic area was built, and then the trail continues towards Wheathampstead. The original line is bisected by the B653 Wheathampstead bypass on the road to Luton, so the Ayot Greenway forks left through an underpass. From here the trail follows the River Lea into Wheathampstead.
The Ayot Greenway is one of three rail trails in the Welwyn Hatfield area. The other two include Alban Way from Hatfield to St Albans and Cole Green Way which connects Welwyn Garden City to Hertford.
References
Rail trails in England
Welwyn Garden City
Footpaths in Hertfordshire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Luck%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Michael Luck is a professor of computer science based at the Department of Informatics, King's College London, in central London, England. His main research area is in intelligent agents and multi-agent systems.
Education
Luck was educated at University College London where he was awarded a PhD in 1993.
Career and research
From 1993 to 2000, Michael Luck was a lecturer based in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. From 2000 to 2006, Luck was a professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. While there, he led the AgentLink European Co-ordination Action for Agent-Based Computing. Luck moved to King's College London in 2007 and served as head of the Department of Informatics from 2011 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, staying in that role until 2020. In that time he also led the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence, serving as founding Director from 2019 until 2023. From 2021, Luck served as founding Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Luck has undertaken research in the area of intelligent agents. He is the co-author of the books Understanding Agent Systems and Agent-Based Software Development.
Editorial service
2016–2022 co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Awards and honors
Luck is a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI), and a British Computer Society (BCS) Fellow. In 2021, he was awarded Fellow of King’s College London.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British computer scientists
Computer science writers
Academics of the University of Warwick
Academics of the University of Southampton
Academics of King's College London |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Reserve%20System | Australia's National Reserve System (NRS) is a network of more than 10,000 Commonwealth plus state and territory protected areas which, in combination, on a national scale, protect more than , greater than 17% of the continent, of unique biodiversity and most significant ecological landscapes for future generations. The aim of the NRS is protect the diversity of all native landscapes, flora and fauna across Australia through strategic habitat protection. It consists of public, indigenous and privately protected areas of land and inland freshwaters.
As part of the National Reserve System Cooperative Program, the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia framework was developed as a planning tool to assist in identifying areas of priority.
Protected areas on private lands
Privately protected areas consist of privately owned areas where owners have entered into "in perpetuity" covenants which are governed by the various legislative Act of the states, territories and commonwealth of Australia. Consequent to these laws, states, territories and commonwealth maintain registers of the lands and their covenants. See for example the NSW register.
History
The move by the Australian Government to establish this National Reserve System was triggered by the international Convention on Biological Diversity, as part of the nation's commitment to fulfilling the objectives of that convention. In particular, after signing and ratifying the convention in 1992 the then Prime Minister, Paul Keating, announced
Within the first 4 years (1992–1996) $11.2 million was spent establishing the system and, with the cooperation and agreement of the Australian States and territories 5,600 properties (covering almost ) were included within the system and a new Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) program was initiated to include some of the most valuable and rare ecological landscapes on Indigenous Australian owned lands. 17 Indigenous Protected Area were declared by 2003 which significantly added to the NRS.
Within the next 10 years (1996–2007), with further substantial investment (through a National Heritage Trust) an additional were added to the National Reserve System, two thirds of which were Indigenous Protected Areas. During this time, starting in 1999, Tasmania took a lead investing in partnerships to create protected areas on other private lands; and by 2005 all the states and territories re-affirmed their joint commitment to what was to be described as a national 'flagship in biodiversity conservation'.
The National Reserve System continues to be an Australian Government priority, with continuing funding "target[ing] areas with low levels of protection, including the sub-tropical savanna from Cape York to the Kimberley, the Mitchell grass country of north-west Queensland and arid central Australia; continuing investment in indigenous protected areas; plus a new National Reserve System strategy identifying priorities and actions to be taken over the ne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYFX-TV | DYFX-DTV, Channel 49, is a television station of Philippine television network Net 25, owned by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. Its transmitter facilities is located at Brgy. San Roque, Cebu South Coastal Road, Talisay City (just within the Metro Cebu area). The station is now to fully migrated on Digital Television, but it airs on test broadcast.
Digital television
Digital channels
DYFX-DTV broadcast its digital signal on UHF Channel 49 (683.143 MHz) and is multiplexed into the following subchannels.
See also
DZEC-TV
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation
DYFX Radyo Agila 1305 Cebu
Television channels and stations established in 1999
Television stations in Cebu City
1999 establishments in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20Drama | Total Drama (often shortened as TD) is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Cartoon Network (formerly Teletoon) in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The series is both a homage and satire of common conventions from reality television competition shows like Survivor.
Each season revolves around a group of teenagers competing in an elimination-style competition, in that the contestants compete in challenges both as teams and individually for rewards and immunity from elimination. The teams merge roughly halfway through the competition into individuals. As the contestants develop relationships with each other, they are progressively eliminated from the game. When there are only two contestants left, they compete in a final challenge where the winner is awarded a cash prize; C$100,000 (US$73,129.00) in the first season, C$1,000,000 (US$731,485.00) from the second season onward. The series currently consists of six seasons (Island, Action, World Tour, Revenge of the Island, the two-part All-Stars and Pahkitew Island, and the revival of Total Drama Island).
Total Drama has developed a cult following and spawned a franchise. A spin-off series, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race premiered on September 7, 2015. A second spin-off series, Total DramaRama, premiered on September 1, 2018, in the U.S., and on October 7, 2018, in Canada.
On February 17, 2021, it was announced that a revival of Total Drama had been greenlit, with two new seasons being produced for Cartoon Network and HBO Max in the United States, Cartoon Network in Canada, and CBBC in the United Kingdom. Both seasons will serve as a soft-reboot of the original series, and none of the original voice actors will reprise their roles nor returning any of the previous contestants due to timeline and casting mandates. The first season came out in Italy on April 10, 2023, with the original English version being available on Discovery+ in the region, and will later see an international extension.
Production
McGillis says they used a "countrywide online research project" to determine this demographic's likes. Fresh TV partners McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott and Irving produced the series. The budget for the first season was US$8,000,000. It was animated in Flash, at Elliott Animation's studio in Toronto.
Every cast and crew member on Total Drama had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to disclose who the winner was. All the characters were designed by Kauffman. An early name for the series was Camp TV when the series first started production in 2006.
The fifth season was divided into two different segments. The first segment, Total Drama All-Stars, takes place on the original island from the first season, Camp Wawanakwa, while the second segment, Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, features a new setting and cast.
McGillis had stated in 2013 that his personal goal was for Total Drama to go |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20backup | Binary backup may refer to:
A Backup consisting of exact, byte-level copies of the original data.
A Byte-Level Incremental backup, which examines file differences at the byte level (in contrast with a Block-Level Incremental Backup). |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20processor | Language processor may refer to:
Natural language processor, a computer programmed to process human (natural) languages
Programming language processor, a computer program which translates a source program written in one programming language to another |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20%28videotex%29 | The CAPTAIN system (for Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information Network system) was a Japanese videotex system created by NTT. Announced in 1978, it was trialled from 1979 to 1981, with a second larger trial held from 1982 to 1983. The service launched commercially in November 1984.
Captain differed from comparable European videotex systems by not being based on the transmission of alphanumeric characters. The Japanese kanji character set has over 3,500 characters, and in the late 1970s to try to include a character generator in the user's terminal that could retain and then generate so many characters on demand was seen as prohibitive. Instead pages were therefore substantially sent to the end user as pre-rendered images, using coding strategies similar to facsimile machines.
By December 1985 Captain had 650 information providers, and the next year was rolled out to 245 cities. However, by March 1992 the system still only had 120,000 subscribers.
Sanyo released a CAPTAIN adapter for MSX1 computers, and Yamaha released a similar device for the MSX2.
Like other videotex systems worldwide (with the exception of the French Minitel), it never broke through to achieve mass-market usage. The system was closed on March 31, 2002.
References
External links
Thanks Captain
Videotex
Pre–World Wide Web online services
NTT Communications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPL%20Resources | CPL Resources is a human resources company based in Dublin that operates in Ireland and Europe. It was founded in 1992. CPL was founded by Anne Heraty and Keith O'Malley as Computer Placement Ltd in 1989. Currently, the group has 12 companies spread over 21 offices: 12 in the Republic of Ireland, two in Northern Ireland, and seven in the rest of Europe.
Description
As of 2010, CPL consisted of 12 companies with 21 offices (excluding the place of work at the premises of CPL's customers):
CPL: IT, construction, sales/marketing, call-centers (using companies and/or trade-names as: CPL Resourcing, CPL Solutions, CPL Engineering etc.)
Careers Register - Finance, accounting, banking and insurance
Tech Skills - Engineering and construction
ThornShaw - Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices
Flexsource - Industrial, Manufacturing, Hotel & Catering, Retail, Logistics, Construction and Warehousing
Ardlinn - Executive Search consultancy specializing in senior appointments (€100,000+)
Clinical Professionals Group - Europe's leading life science recruiter
Covalen - Managed Services, Outsourcing, Consulting & Advisory Services.
History
In 1989, Anne Heraty and Keith O'Malley founded Computer Placement Ltd. providing staff for the IT industry. In 1992, Heraty bought out the other shareholders, including O'Malley and became the 100% owner of CPL. In 1996, Heraty's husband Paul Carrol joined the company. Currently, he is the director of Business Development. In 1994, a restructuring of Computer Placement Ltd. started and from then on they used CPL mainly as a trade-name. The restructuring continued over the next few years and in 1996 the companies' CPL Engineering (construction) and CPL Solutions (IT/call centres) were founded. In 1997 the first new office opened in Limerick. In 1998, some new divisions were set up within Computer Placement Ltd: CPL Telecoms, CPL Sales and CPL Financial.
In 1999, the PLC, CPL Resource PLC was founded and the shares were floated on the DCM marker of the Irish Stock Exchange and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) market at the London Stock Exchange. In the same year, the company opened an office in Northern-Ireland.
In the 2000s, CPL acquired a number of companies including Careers Register, Tech Skills and Multiflex.
In July 2018, a Channel 4 investigation on Dispatches titled Inside Facebook: Secrets of a Social Network described CPL's role in providing content moderation services to Facebook through a team of employees who were instructed to allow certain types of graphic violence and hate speech to remain on Facebook. In March 2019, a former worker at CPL's Dublin location reported a high-pressure environment where moderators were required to evaluate videos containing graphic violence, child pornography, animal abuse, and other disturbing content with the expectation of meeting a 98% "quality rating".
Mergers and acquisitions
CPL has acquired over a dozen companies during its existence. These were all acquired |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20network%20frequency%20analysis | Electrical network frequency (ENF) analysis is an audio forensics technique for validating audio recordings by comparing frequency changes in background mains hum in the recording with long-term high-precision historical records of mains frequency changes from a database. In effect the mains hum signal is treated as if it were a time-dependent digital watermark that can help identify when the recording was created, detect edits in the recording, or disprove tampering of a recording. Historical records of mains frequency changes are kept on record, e.g., by police in the German federal state of Bavaria since 2010 and the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police since 2005.
The technology has been hailed as "the most significant development in audio forensics since Watergate." However, according to a paper by Huijbregtse and Geradts, the ENF technique, although powerful, has significant limitations caused by ambiguity based on fixed frequency offsets during recording, and self-similarity within the mains frequency database, particularly for recordings shorter than 10 minutes.
More recently, researchers demonstrated that indoor lights such as fluorescent lights and incandescent bulbs vary their light intensity in accordance with the voltage supplied, which in turn depends on the voltage supply frequency. As a result, the light intensity can carry the frequency fluctuation information to the visual sensor recordings in a similar way as the electromagnetic waves from the power transmission lines carry the ENF information to audio sensing mechanisms. Based on this result, researchers demonstrated that visual track from still video taken in indoor lighting environments also contain ENF traces that can be extracted by estimating the frequency at which ENF will appear in a video as low sampling frequency of video (25–30 Hz) cause significant aliasing. It was also demonstrated in the same research that the ENF signatures from the visual stream and the ENF signature from the audio stream in a given video should match. As a result, the matching between the two signals can be used to determine if the audio and visual track were recorded together or superimposed later.
Use by law enforcement
The distinctive electrical hums have been used to provide forensic verification of audio recordings, a process fully automated in the United Kingdom.
References
Electric power
Sound recording
Forensic techniques |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Heraty | Anne Heraty is an Irish business woman. She is co-founder, major stake-holder and also CEO of CPL Resources.
CPL
In 1989 Heraty and Keith O'Malley founded Computer Placement Ltd. a company placing people at IT companies that were starting to set up businesses in Ireland. In 1992 she takes over all shares from other stake-holders (including O'Malley) and from then on she own's 100% of the shares in CPL.
In 1996 Heraty's husband, Paul Carrol, joins the group and in 1999 they decide to bring CPL to the market: CPL Resources Plc. starts trading on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. With this Heraty becomes the first female CEO of an Irish company floated on the stock-exchange.
Heraty announced she would be standing down as CEO of CPL Resources on January 1, 2022.
Business women of the year
Due to her position as first female CEO of a listed Irish company she gets known to the larger public. In 2006 she wins the Ernst & Young Businesswomen of the year award and according to the website 'Business and Leadership'' she ranks number 26 on the list of most powerful women in Ireland.
Over the years this status results in her being asked to become member of several boards of directors with other companies. The most important involvements are:
non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank
non-executive director of Irish Stock Exchange
non-executive director of Forfas
non-executive director of Bord na Mona
Anglo Irish Bank
The most well-known position outside CPL is her role at Anglo Irish Bank. Relatively early in the downfall of the bank, shortly after the state took over ownership, Heraty stepped down from the board.
Other board-memberships
Within a week of stepping down at Anglo she also quits her non-exec directorships at Forfas and Bord na Mona.
Herarty is a board member of Ibec, Ireland's largest business organisation and lobbying group.
References
1961 births
Living people
Irish bankers
20th-century Irish businesswomen
21st-century Irish businesswomen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus%20%28programming%20language%29 | Argus is a programming language created at MIT by Barbara Liskov between 1982 and 1988, in collaboration with Maurice Herlihy, Paul Johnson, Robert Scheifler, and William Weihl. It is an extension of the CLU language, and utilizes most of the same syntax and semantics. Argus was designed to support the creation of distributed programs, by encapsulating related procedures within objects called guardians, and by supporting atomic operations called actions.
References
External links
Argus Reference Manual
Procedural programming languages
Programming languages created in 1982
Programming languages created by women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftBroadband | SwiftBroadband is an IP-based packet-switched communications network that provides a symmetric ‘always-on’ data connection of up to 650 kbit/s per channel for aircraft globally except for the polar regions, using the Inmarsat satellite constellation.
Details
Designed to compete in the business aviation communications market, it has been studied as an approach for Air Traffic Management by Eurocontrol (the pan-European air traffic management organization).
In Standard IP mode, the service is shared with other concurrent users of the system, providing a ‘best effort’
service. SwiftBroadband can also provide a pre-determined quality of service through
Streaming mode. There are 200 spot beams per satellite with each beam supporting up to 90 channels of 432kbit/s. Three satellites cover the entire globe with the exception of the polar regions.
For Standard IP service, the throughput that an end-user experiences depends on the load on the channel as well as other factors such as antenna type and data compression. Traffic prioritization is available through Flightstream SA to make sure high priority data reaches the Satcom terminal even in situations where 100% of the allocated downstream network bandwidth is being used.
SwiftBroadband uses the narrow spot beams of the Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellites.
Features of the service include:
Standard IP data – currently up to two channels per aircraft; Up to 432 kbit/s per channel over a high-gain antenna and up to 332 kbit/s over an intermediate gain antenna
Streaming IP data on demand at 32, 64, 128, 256, 384, and 650 kbit/s which can be combined for higher rates; simultaneous voice and high-speed data; packet-switched data (TCP/IP) and ISDN; circuit-switched voice and VoIP.
SwiftBroadband High Data Rate (HDR)
In October 2013 Inmarsat announced the launch of its new SwiftBroadband High Data Rate (HDR) streaming service for the aviation market which provides a guaranteed bandwidth (QoS) of est. 650 kbit/s. It further supports four new streaming rates – including asymmetric services:
Asymmetrical (650 kbit/s up / 64 kbit/s down)
Symmetrical – or premium (650 kbit/s up/down)
Half-channel (325 kbit/s)
Terminals
SwiftBroadband avionics are offered by:
Cobham Antenna Systems (Chelton Satcom),
Cobham Satcom(avionics and antennas),
Esterline/CMC (antennas),
EMS Technologies (avionics and antennas),
Honeywell (avionics),
Rockwell Collins (avionics),
TECOM Industries (antennas),
Thales (avionics),
Thrane & Thrane (avionics).
Service
In addition to installation of User Terminal avionics, aircraft operators contract with an Inmarsat service provider to provision access to the network. The service provider allows access to the I-4 constellation and charges either for the volume of data used for standard IP, or based on the time used for streaming IP and voice calls. Service providers such as AirSatOne offer customized solutions and packages targeting the specific needs of aircraft operators and their passengers, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20Desktop%20Integration%20Components | The Java Desktop Integration Components (JDIC) project provides components which give Java applications the same access to operating system services as native applications. For example, a Java application running on one user's desktop can open a web page using that user's default web browser (e.g. Firefox), but the same Java application running on a different user's desktop would open the page in Opera (the second user's default browser).
Initially the project supports features such as embedding the native HTML browser, programmatically opening the native mail client, using registered file-type viewers, and packaging JNLP applications as RPM, SVR4, and MSI installer packages. As a bonus, an SDK for developing platform-independent screensavers is included.
Most of the features provided by JDIC were incorporated into the JDK starting with version 1.6. As a result, the development of the project has come to an end.
Components
The cross-platform JDIC package, which files should allow the user to work, includes:
jdic.jar: JAR file which contains all the Java classes needed for development. It must be in the classpath of the user for compilation.
jdic.dll and tray.dll: On Windows installations, these files need to be into the directory where this operating system is installed (normally, C:\Windows). They contain the "bridge" methods between the jdic.jar Java methods and the native OS methods.
libjdic.so and libtray.so: On Solaris and Linux operating systems, these two files must go into the LD_LIBRARY_PATH folder.
See also
Java Desktop
References
External links
The JDIC project home on java.net
Understanding JDIC File-Type Associations
Integrate native OS features in your desktop applications with JDIC
Java platform software
Free software programmed in Java (programming language) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Erode | Erode city being the headquarters of Erode district, in Tamil Nadu, India, has an extensive road and rail transport network in all radial directions, as it lies landlocked.
Road Transport
Roads
Erode city is well-connected by roads. Erode can be accessed by three National Highways.
NH 544 (part of North-South Corridor) connecting Salem and Cochin, bypasses the city via Lakshmi Nagar, Chithode, Nasiyanur and Perundurai.
NH 544H connects Thoppur on NH-44 with Erode through Mettur and Bhavani.
NH 381A connects Vellakoil on NH-81 with Erode and further to Sankagiri on NH-544.
Other major arterial roads include:
SH-15 connecting Erode – Gobichettipalayam – Sathy – Mettupalayam – Kotagiri – Ooty
SH-83A connects Erode with Arachalur, Kangeyam and Dharapuram
SH-79 connects Erode with Tiruchengode, Rasipuram and Attur
SH-84 connects Erode with Kodumudi and Karur
SH-96 connects Erode with Perundurai, Chennimalai and Kangeyam
Outer Ring Road connects Kokkarayanpettai with Nanjanapuram
Inner Ring Road (MDR-62) connects Thindal with Villarasampatti, Periyasemur and BP Agraharam
TNSTC Erode Region
The Erode division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation(TNSTC), Coimbatore Limited, serves the district's road transport needs with a string of local (City bus) and mofussil (Intercity bus service). The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has a sub-divisional headquarters at Erode falling under the Coimbatore division. Originally called as Jeeva Transport Corporation (JTC), it started functioning from 1 April 1983 with a fleet strength of 317 buses. The corporation with the principal area of operation in the Erode district, parts of Tirupur, Namakkal, Salem and Karur Districts. The fleet strength as on 31 March 2005 was 1,218. During the year 2003–2005, 114 buses were purchased for replacement. After bifurcation and formation of new region based at Tiruppur, the TNSTC Erode Region has a total of770 buses attached with 13 Bus Depots, as of 2021.
The State Express bus Transport Corporation (SETC) operates express services to various places from Erode.
Bus station
The Silver Jubilee Central Bus Station in Erode is the major transport hub of Erode. A large network of interstate and intercity bus services ply from here to various destinations. There is a good co-existence of both private and public transport networks in the city round the clock. It is an integrated bus station serving for City bus service and Minibus services also. Additional Bus station is proposed for construction in the city at Solar near Outer Ring Road to reduce the traffic around Central BS and in the city. Also there is a plan to construct another Bus terminal near Chithode, off NH-544 bypass.
Rail Transport
Erode Junction railway station has a road junction nearby viz., Bull-fight Circle. There is a diesel locomotive shed and an electric locomotive shed at Erode Junction and is one of the most important railway stations under Southern Railway with connecti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Development%20Exchange | The Community Development Exchange (CDX), was a British not for profit membership organisation for individuals, organisations and networks who work in communities and are involved in community development. CDX worked to influence government policy and develop the skills of those working with communities by acting as an information exchange and to articulate the concerns of communities and community development practitioners. CDX was a registered charity (1085702), based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
In 1987, Standing Conference for Community Development (SCCD) was founded and formally inaugurated in February 1991 as an incorporated association. It became a charitable company limited by guarantee on 16 December 1999. SCCD received funding from the Office for Civil Society (OCS) from 2001. On 27 October 2003, SCCD changed its name to Community Development Exchange. Funding ended in March 2011, due to its losing its status as a Strategic Partner of Government. CDX operated on the OCS's reserves until its closure in December 2012. Its last Chief Executive Officer was Nick Beddow.
CDX supported the development of Our Society, a community-based network, focusing on the Big Society. CDX was also a founding member of the online National Community Activists Network (NatCAN) to provide a platform for community activists to share news and ideas.
External links
CDX Website
Our Society
References
Community development comes of age? Guardian piece, 23 July 2011
Funding news story, Civil Society Finance
Funding news, Third Sector
BBC Online
Charity Commission website
NCVO Directory
Society Guardian
Community Development Exchange (CDX): a retrospective
Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudis%20Liit%20%28TV%20series%29 | Trudis (International title: Little Trudis / ) is a 2010 Philippine television drama comedy series broadcast by GMA Network. Based on a 1963 Philippine film of the same title, the series is the twenty-first and final instalment of Sine Novela. Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Jillian Ward in the title role. It premiered on June 21, 2010 on the network's Dramarama sa Hapon line up replacing Gumapang Ka sa Lusak. The series concluded on October 22, 2010 with a total of 90 episodes. It was replaced by Little Star in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Jillian Ward as Gertrudis "Trudis" Capili-Ferrer
Supporting cast
Gina Alajar as Lolita "Lolly" Toledo-Ferrer
Ian Veneracion as Bogart Perez
Cris Villanueva as Niccolo "Nick" Ferrer
Pauleen Luna as Honelyn "Honey" Toledo-Ferrer
Mike Tan as Miguelito "Migs" Ocampo
Maxene Magalona as Mercedes "Ched" Cristobal
Bella Flores as Donya Hershey Ferrer
Jao Mapa as Catalino "Lino" Capili
Maricel Morales as Magdalena "Magda" Basco-Capili
Dexter Doria as Carmen "Menang" Cristobal
Archie Adamos as Carlos "Carling" Cristobal
Francheska Salcedo as Sugar Toledo
Jamaica Mikaella Olivera as Guadalupe "Upeng" Capili
Marc Acueza as Alvin
Robert Ortega as Bogart
Yul Servo as Lando
Chynna Ortaleza as Precious Toledo
Russianne Jandris Ilao
Jhiz Deocareza
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Trudis earned a 6.3% rating. While the final episode scored an 8% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2010 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine television series based on films
Television shows based on comics
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%20Kingston%20Smith | Moore Kingston Smith is an accountancy firm located in the United Kingdom. The firm has six offices in London and south-east and is the London member of the Moore Global Network. In 2022 the Moore UK network ranked 10th in the list of Accountancy Age magazine's "UK Top 50 Accountancy firms". The firm has over 75 partners and more than 700 people based in and around London and is the biggest UK member of the Moore Global Network. The firm was founded in 1923. The Moore Global Network is made up of over 30,000 people across more than 100 countries and is ranked by the International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) as the 11th largest accountancy network in the world.
History
The firm was formed in 1923 with the amalgamation of Herbert Kingston and George Alan Smith. Michael Snyder joined the company as a trainee in 1968 and became Managing Partner in 1979. He played a leadership role in the company, becoming Senior Partner in 1990. He stepped down from the board in 2016, but was retained as a consultant. Martin Muirhead succeeded him as Senior Partner in 2016, while Maureen Penfold became Managing Partner.
Moore Kingston Smith was a founding member of Kingston Sorel International (KSi), which became Morison KSi in 2016, an international association of independent accountancy firms. In 2019, Moore Kingston Smith left Morison KSi and joined Moore Global. In 2021 Moore Kingston Smith acquired the Audit and Accounting business of Frank Hirth, an accountancy and tax firm.
In 2021, Martin Muirhead retired from his role as Senior Partner. Graham Tyler was appointed Chairman of the firm, alongside Maureen Penfold as Managing Partner.
References
External links
Accounting firms of the United Kingdom
Companies based in the London Borough of Islington |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer%20Data%20Industry%20Association | The Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) is the trade association for the various consumer reporting companies in the United States. It represents around 200 consumer data companies that provide fraud prevention and risk management products, credit and mortgage reports, resident and employment screening services, check fraud and verification services, and collection services to individuals and companies. The nationwide consumer reporting companies Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are among its members.
CDIA works with state and federal legislative and regulatory bodies, the media, lenders and others on educational outreach efforts dealing with consumer credit, collections and risk assessment. It also cosponsors a biennial international conference on credit reporting with the European Association of Consumer Credit Information Suppliers.
History
The Association was founded in 1906, in Rochester, New York. Originally named the National Association of Retail Credit Agencies, it came about in response to the growing demands of consumers for credit coupled with the increased mobility of Americans. This led to credit grantors wanting more consistent and standardized credit information on consumers so they could better determine their credit payment history.
In 1907, the organization changed its name to the National Association of Mercantile Agencies (NAMA). Following World War I, NAMA became Associated Credit Bureaus of America. ACB of A, which was originally formed in 1912 as the Retail Credit Men's National Association, emphasized credit education, research and the exchange of credit payment and collection data among its members. It also established the first uniform system for reporting credit data after World War II.
Automation in the consumer reporting industry began in the 1960s as computer systems began to replace the manual methods of keeping records of credit data. By the end of the decade, virtually all credit histories were accessed in this way.
The rapid expansion of credit during this period led ACB of A to formulate “Policies to Protect Consumer Privacy”, a set of consumer rights and standards by which all its members had to abide. These Policies later served as a model for the first federal law regulating the consumer reporting industry, the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The FCRA went into effect on April 25, 1971.
In the mid 1960s, the Association changed its name once again, to Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc. to reflect the growing international nature of its service. It also moved its offices to Washington, DC in 1991 as it recognized the importance of being close to the legislative and regulatory center of the country.
The next decade saw the Association’s members create businesses that adapted to the rapidly changing consumer-centric economic environment. Credit reports, while still a large part of the business, were no longer the sole product now being issued by its members. Data was now being collected, collated and disse |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Gaga%20%28radio%20station%29 | Radio Gaga was a pop up digital radio station broadcasting nationally in Australia while Lady Gaga toured the country in 2010. The station was part of Austereo's Today Network and only played Lady Gaga's music.
Programming
The station exclusively played music by Lady Gaga and included her biggest hits, album tracks, live performances and rarities. Tim Lee, an announcer at Fox FM and former host of the Hot30 Countdown, was the host of the station and played interview grabs with Lady Gaga from the Kyle and Jackie O show on 2Day FM. Hamish & Andy talked to people going to the concerts and talked about unknown Lady Gaga trivia.
Due to the "pop up" nature of the station, it was only broadcast in Australia between Monday, 15 March and Monday, 17 May 2010 to coincide with Lady Gaga's Australian Monster Ball tour. After Monday, 17 May 2010, the station became I See Red Radio raising money for the Red Shield Appeal.
Availability
The station was heard on DAB+ radios in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
External links
2Day FM Sydney
Fox FM Melbourne
B105 Brisbane
SAFM Adelaide
92.9 Perth
References
Digital radio in Australia
Lady Gaga
Defunct radio stations in Australia
Digital-only radio stations
Contemporary hit radio stations in Australia
Radio stations established in 2010
Radio stations disestablished in 2010 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick%20Pitch%20%28TV%20series%29 | Quick Pitch is an American television show centered on showing highlights of baseball games from the previous night. Quick Pitch airs on MLB Network during the MLB regular season at 1 A.M. ET every weeknight (sometimes earlier if there are fewer than three west coast games), 10 P.M. ET every Sunday, and after Saturday Night Baseball or MLB Tonight every Saturday. Reruns of Quick Pitch are shown overnights and mornings during the regular season.
Format
Quick Pitch is set in MLB Network's Studio 21 with the host(s) standing on set. The show typically consists of highlights, but major stories such as contract signings, trades or player retirements are also covered. Usually after each highlight, the starting pitchers for the teams' next game are shown.
A unique trait of Quick Pitch is that in the highlights, they use the television or radio announcers' call of the game instead of the host commentating every play.
Quick Pitch is similar in format to the ESPN show SportsCenter but covers baseball exclusively.
Hosts
In 2009 and 2010, Quick Pitch was exclusively a single-host program with Hazel Mae hosting Sunday-Thursday and Matt Yallof hosting Friday and Saturday. For the 2011 season, Mae and Yallof moved to a new afternoon program, The Rundown. Newly hired anchor Paul Severino anchored the Monday and Wednesday editions of the show in 2011, and fellow newly hired anchor Ahmed Fareed anchored Thursday-Sunday that same year. Lisa Kerney served as a frequent Sunday night and fill-in anchor in 2011. With the addition of several new reporters, the hosting work of Quick Pitch was split between five different anchors in 2012, including Fareed, Severino, Greg Amsinger, Scott Braun, and Alanna Rizzo, with Sam Ryan acting as a fill-in anchor.
Due to the typical lack of MLB Tonight on Tuesday nights in 2011 because of doubleheader live game coverage, MLB Network used an anchor-analyst format for Quick Pitch on the Tuesday edition, which was nicknamed "Two-fer Tuesday" for this reason. Greg Amsinger hosts and Dan Plesac provided analysis for the first edition, then different combinations subsequently.
On June 23, 2011, Quick Pitch experimented with a "Three-fer Thursday" version of Quick Pitch in which host Ahmed Fareed was joined by analysts Dan Plesac and Harold Reynolds. The most likely reason for this experiment was the short 5-game MLB schedule on that particular day, resulting in a lack of highlights to air. Since the show runs for a full hour regardless of the number of games, the analysts filled up time in the show with in-depth discussion and analysis. In previous years, this extra time had to be filled by long-form recorded segments due to the single-host format of the show. Having analyst(s) on the program has been common since mid-2011; analyst(s) host the show alongside an anchor one or twice each week, usually on Wednesdays and/or Thursdays. The other days of the week still feature solo-anchored editions of the show.
On August 3, 2012, Intenti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Neonatal%20Network | The Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) is an organization composed of neonatologists and neonatal health professionals from across Canada. The network was created in 1995 by Dr. Shoo Kim Lee, and currently its steering committee is composed of Drs. Keith Barrington, Aaron Chiu, Kim Dow, Jonathan Hellmann, Bruno Piedboeuf, Molly Seshia, Prakesh Shah (who also serves as the Associate Director of the Network) and Wendy Yee. Sandy Maksimowska currently holds the position of CNN Project Coordinator.
Recognition
The CNN was recognized in 2004 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) with their "CIHR Knowledge Translation Award". In the award citation, the CIHR described the CNN as "the archetype of the knowledge translation network in Canada."
Membership
Canadian hospitals with tertiary NICUs can become institutional members, and individuals with research background in neonatology are welcomed to apply. All applications are screened through a steering committee.
Participating hospitals
References
External links
Medical and health organizations based in Ontario
Neonatology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/402%20FC | 402 FC was an American amateur soccer team based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
They played its home games at Morrison Stadium on the campus of Creighton University. The team's colors were blue and white.
History
402 FC was formed in 2008 by Jason Mims, a former Saint Louis University player and current assistant soccer coach for Creighton University, to provide a way for young soccer players from Nebraska to compete in high-level nationwide competition. The team is named after Eastern Nebraska's telephone area code.
402 qualified for the final stages of the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at the first attempt, by beating the Minnesota Hawks and RWB Adria in their regional qualification tournament, and in doing so became the first team from Nebraska ever to appear in the main draw of the US Open Cup. They lost 3–2 in the first round to USL First Division side Minnesota Thunder. 402's goals in the Thunder game were scored by Andrei Gotsmanov and Tony Schmitz.
The team played in the qualifying tournament for the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and beat St. Paul Twin Stars of the National Premier Soccer League in the first game, but were knocked out at the final qualifying stage, 4–2 on penalties, by Detroit United.
Players
2009 USOC roster
Year-by-year
Head coaches
Jason Mims (2008–present)
Stadia
Morrison Stadium at Creighton University; Omaha, Nebraska (2008–present)
References
Defunct soccer clubs in Nebraska
2008 establishments in Nebraska
Association football clubs established in 2008
Association football clubs disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Nebraska |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhangelsk%20Gostiny%20Dvor | The Merchant Court (Гостиный двор) is a network of fortified depots built on the Pur-Navolok promontory in Arkhangelsk by a team of German and Dutch masons between 1668 and 1684. Only the northern tower of the original structure and parts of the western wall facing the Northern Dvina still stand.
In the 17th century Arkhangelsk handled more than half of the country's exports. The local merchant court was rebuilt in stone after the fire in May 1667. The complex consisted of the Russian and German courts (for native and foreign merchants, respectively) and the so-called Stone Town (Каменный город) wedged in between.
After Peter the Great conquered the Baltic coastline and moved the capital to St. Petersburg, most foreign trade was rerouted and the Arkhangelsk trade center was abandoned. In the 19th century the remaining buildings were used as a customs house. The Neoclassical bourse with a squat tower was added to the complex in 1788.
By the mid-20th century many buildings had fallen into irreparable decay and were demolished. In 1981 the crumbling structure was adapted to house a local-history museum. Restoration has been underway since 1992. It is still delayed by lack of funds.
References
Buildings and structures completed in 1674
Buildings and structures in Arkhangelsk
Shopping malls in Russia
Forts in Russia
Custom houses
17th-century establishments in Russia
17th-century fortifications
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Arkhangelsk Oblast |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik%20Selin | Patrik Selin, also known as "Silent Selin" in the poker world, was the former CEO and president of the Ongame Network and Gnuf.com, and later chief executive officer of Bodog UK, an online gaming and entertainment website.
Career
Following a period of senior management in the Internet banking sector in the late 1990s, Selin became president and CEO of the Ongame network, later selling it to Bwin for €475 million.
In 2005, Ongame was named IT Company of the Year by Sweden's business magazine Veckans Affärer. In the same year, Selin helped orchestrate the sale of Ongame to the Austrian publicly traded company Bwin (then BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG), a transaction which was completed in early 2006.
Following the sale of Ongame in 2006, Selin assumed the position of CEO at Gnuf.com, another online gambling website.
In September 2009, Selin announced that he had acquired the rights to source code of the Bodog poker product. Selin further secured the rights from the BodogBrand.com licensing enterprise to market the new poker network worldwide under the Bodog brand.
In June 2010, Selin became the CEO of Bodog UK, the first holder of the newly created UK licence. Bodog UK provides online sports betting and casino offering. In June 2012, Bodog was sold to Bodog88, and Selin resigned as CEO.
Personal life
Selin finished in first place in the Ritz Club Poker Tournament in 2006, winning £22,000 and a trip and entry into the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2007, he was runner-up in the National Poker League tournament held in London. He also plays online under the nickname "Silent Selin".
References
External links
Bodog Poker Network - Patrik Selin Biography
Swedish businesspeople
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20%28journal%29 | Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation is an online peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that covers research on databases and biocuration. The journal was established in 2009 with David Landsman as the editor-in-chief. DATABASE is the official journal of the International Society for Biocuration. The journal has published the proceedings of the International Biocuration Conferences since 2009.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, Asian Science Citation Index, and Chemical Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.451.
References
External links
Biology journals
Databases
Oxford University Press academic journals
Academic journals established in 2009
English-language journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti%20Pole | Aarti Asha Pole is a Canadian journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She is currently a news anchor for CBC News Network.
Biography
Pole is of Indian descent. She was the Washington Correspondent for Global National with Dawna Friesen. Prior to that, she was a reporter for CBC News Network and CBC News Toronto. She has been the news anchor of CBC News Vancouver and CBC News Vancouver weekend newscast at CBUT, CBC's Vancouver branch in British Columbia, Canada. She was also a reporter for CBC News Vancouver and hosted the weekend afternoons on CBC Radio One in Vancouver.
Pole was a reporter and backup anchor at CBWT until 2010. Currently, she is a weekend anchor and a breaking news host at CBC News Network.
References
External links
Profile at CBC Media Centre
Profile at The Women of Global News
Living people
Canadian television news anchors
Canadian women television journalists
Journalists from Newfoundland and Labrador
People from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian people of Indian descent |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCOS%20%28disambiguation%29 | Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is the endocrine disorder.
PCOS or variation, may also refer to:
Biology and medicine
Palliative Care Outcome Scale, a pain scale
Computer operating systems
PC OS, the operating system for a personal computer
PC/OS, or Black Lab Linux, a Linux distribution
Olivetti's PCOS, such as on the Olivetti M20
Other meanings
Comunitarian Party Option Seven (Spanish: Partido Comunitario Opción Siete), a political party in Colombia
Precinct count optical scan machine used in vote counting in the Philippines
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Society, now The Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore
See also
PC DOS, a variant of the MS-DOS operating system for IBM PCs
PCO (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercit%C3%A9s | Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as Corail Intercités, is a brand name used by France's national railway company, the SNCF, to denote non high-speed services on the classic rail network in France.
The SNCF established the Intercités brand in January 2006 to capture the remaining, mainly medium distance network of Corail trains, so called because they use the air-conditioned fleet of Corail coaches introduced by the SNCF from 1975. Intercités covers all the important SNCF routes not served by the TGV network.
Since December 2011, the former Téoz (long distance trains with obligatory reservation) and Intercités de nuit (overnight sleeper train) brands have been re-integrated and the Intercités brand now covers all non high-speed SNCF national network passenger services. In October 2012, the new Socialist French Government announced increased funding for Intercités services, as part of a new transport strategy.
Network
The Intercités network consists of the following lines as of January 2022:
Day trains
Night trains
As of January 2022, the Intercités de Nuit network consists of the following lines:
Paris - Gap - Briançon
Paris - Marseille - Nice
Paris - Rodez - Albi
Paris - Pamiers - Latour-de-Carol
Paris - Narbonne - Portbou
Paris - Tarbes - Hendaye
Paris - Toulouse
References
External links
Official website (in French)
SNCF brands
Train-related introductions in 2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play%20Framework | Play Framework is an open-source web application framework which follows the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern. It is written in Scala and usable from other programming languages that are compiled to JVM bytecode, e.g. Java. It aims to optimize developer productivity by using convention over configuration, hot code reloading and display of errors in the browser.
Support for the Scala programming language has been available since version 1.1 of the framework. In version 2.0, the framework core was rewritten in Scala. Build and deployment was migrated to SBT, and templates use Scala instead of Apache Groovy.
History
Play was created by software developer Guillaume Bort, while working at Zengularity SA (formerly Zenexity). Although the early releases are no longer available online, there is evidence of Play existing as far back as May 2007. In 2007, pre-release versions of the project were available to download from Zenexity's website.
Motivation
Play is heavily inspired by ASP.NET MVC, Ruby on Rails and Django and is similar to this family of frameworks. Play web applications can be written in Scala or Java, in an environment that may be less Java Enterprise Edition-centric. Play uses no Java EE constraints. This can make Play simpler to develop compared to other Java-centric platforms.
Although Play 1.x could also be packaged as WAR files to be distributed to standard Java EE application servers, Play 2.x applications are now designed to be run using the built-in Akka HTTP or Netty web servers exclusively.
Major differences from Java frameworks
Stateless: Play 2 is fully RESTful – there is no Java EE session per connection.
Integrated unit testing: JUnit and Selenium support is included in the core.
API comes with most required elements built-in.
Asynchronous I/O: due to using Akka HTTP as its web server, Play can service long requests asynchronously rather than tying up HTTP threads doing business logic like Java EE frameworks that don't use the asynchronous support offered by Servlet 3.0.
Modular architecture: like Ruby on Rails and Django, Play comes with the concept of modules.
Native Scala support: Play 2 uses Scala internally but also exposes both a Scala API, and a Java API that is deliberately slightly different to fit in with Java conventions, and Play is completely interoperable with Java.
Testing framework
Play provides integration with test frameworks for unit testing and functional testing for both Scala and Java applications. For Scala, integrations with Scalatest and Specs2 are provided out-of-the-box and, for Java, there is integration with JUnit 4. For both languages, there is also integration with Selenium (software). SBT is used to run the tests and also to generate reports. It is also possible to use code coverage tools by using sbt plugins such as scoverage or jacoco4sbt.
Usage
In August 2011, Heroku announced native support for Play applications on its cloud computing platform. This followed modu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper%27s%20Scare%20School%20%28disambiguation%29 | Casper's Scare School is a computer-animated television film starring Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Casper's Scare School may also refer to:
Casper's Scare School (TV series), a 2009 children's television series
Casper's Scare School (video game), a 2008 PlayStation 2 adventure game |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhani%20Bandhawali | Dhani Bandhawali is a small village situated near Nangal Choudhary Town (First Cyber Village of Haryana). The village originated from Nangal Kaliya village, which is situated 2 km from it. "Dhani" is a Rajasthani word which means a small village. The name "Bandhawali" originated from the name of an old well Bandhala situated in the center of the village. The name therefore signifies "The small village with Bandhala Well". It is represented by Nangal Choudhary assembly seat of Haryana Government and District Mohindergarh since the last Assembly election in 2009. Earlier it was a part of the Ateli assembly seat. Ahirs (Yadavs) are the residents of the village. It has around 60-70 houses and a population of 250-300 people.
It has a primary school (L.K.G. to 5th Class) for village children. There is a small pond near the village used to collect rain-water. Its water is used as drinking water for village cattle.
The village is connected to the Narnaul-Jaipur state highway by a 400-meter concrete road. The road was built by the Late Sh. Rao Bansi Singh Ji, former M.L.A., Ateli.
The neighbouring villages are Mohanpur village to the south, Dhani Bayawali to the east, Sirohi Bhali and Nangal Kaliya to the north and Dhani Kumbhawali to the west.
Earlier, it was under the Panchayat of Nangal Kaliya village. From the year 2016, it has become a part of Nangal Choudhary.
The main occupation of the residents is agriculture, but young people are attracted towards public-private sector jobs. Many people are serving in the armed forces, naval forces and police forces, such as Indian Army, Indian Navy, Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, Haryana Police and Delhi Police.
Festivals
Hindu festivals such as Deepawali, Dussera (Vijayadashami), Holi, Dhulandi, Nav-Samvat, Navratri, Janamashtmi, Guga-Navmi, Maha-Shivratri, Sankranti and Raksha-Bandhan are celebrated within the village. Women celebrate the Karwa-Chauth, Teej, Til-Kutni, Nirjala Ekadshi and Hoee-Maata festivals. Some people also go for a Kanwad yatra during "Shraawan", "Shyaam Baba" yatra etc.
Food
People prefer very basic Haryanavi food as their primary diet. The food contains grains as the primary content. The choice varies as per the season. In Winter, "Bajra (Pearl Millet)" is the primary grain and in Summer, "Genhu (Wheat)" is the primary intake.
Villages in Mahendragarh district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kape%20at%20Balita | () is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Network and GMA News TV. Originally hosted by Jessica Soho and Bobby Guanzon, it premiered on February 11, 1991 and concluded on GMA Network in 1993. The show returned on October 22, 2012 on GMA News TV. The show concluded on August 16, 2013.
History
Kape at Balita premiered on February 11, 1991, anchored by Jessica Soho and Bobby Guanzon. The program shown simultaneously on GMA Network and DZBB 594 AM, it was one of the first TV-radio simulcast program, with Guanzon anchoring the show from the DZBB studio, and Soho hosting from the GMA News studio. It ended on December 3, 1993.
On October 22, 2012, Kape at Balita returned on air with new hosts and it was transferred to GMA News TV. Susan Enriquez serves as the main anchor of the program with DZBB anchor Joel Reyes Zobel, Michael Fajatin, Mariz Umali, and Valerie Tan as co-hosts. The program ended on August 16, 2013.
Hosts
Susan Enriquez
Joel Reyes Zobel
Michael Fajatin
Mariz Umali
Valerie Tan
Bobby Guanzon
Jessica Soho
Lito Villarosa (reliever of Bobby Guanzon)
References
1991 Philippine television series debuts
1993 Philippine television series endings
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2013 Philippine television series endings
GMA Network news shows
GMA News TV original programming
Breakfast television in the Philippines
Filipino-language television shows
Philippine television news shows
Television series revived after cancellation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSQA |
Open Source Question and Answer, or OSQA, was an open source question-answer system written in Python with Django. The data layer relies on MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server or SQLite.
OSQA is free software released under the GNU GPL v3+.
It has been reported as unmaintained.
See also
Askbot
Q&A software
Stack Overflow
References
External links
Free software programmed in Python
Knowledge markets |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-image%20advertising | In-image advertising is a form of contextual advertising where specific images on a website are matched with related advertisements.
Description
In-image advertising uses “data about the image, its tags, and the surrounding content to match images with ads that are contextually relevant.” Once a website owner integrates the scripts onto their publishing systems, site visitors can move their mouse over the images or look at an image for a certain amount of time to reveal an ad.
Most in-image advertising have the following characteristics:
When a user mouses over an image on a website, a small overlay on the lower segment of the image appears.
The overlay can be closed out by the user.
Some in-image ad technologies produce a pop-up box when visitors mouse over images.
Clicking on the text of an in-image advertisement directs users to a new page.
In-image ads were first introduced by GumGum in February, 2008, as a way for publishers to pay image licensing fees on an ad-supported basis. Picad Media, which launched its "in-picture ad network" in September, 2008, was later renamed Image Space Media and was acquired by Vibrant Media in January, 2012.
Since the turn of the decade as the web has shifted towards one with increasingly visual content new companies have emerged such as Znaptag and Advant Technology Ltd. In June 2014 NetSeer introduced InImageLinks, a service that embeds contextual text and display ads within editorial images and addresses challenges associated with new Viewable Impression metrics.
https://www.seedtag.com/en/ entered the market in 2014, with the next generation of intelligent, contextually targeted In-Image advertising and a range of new polite user centric formats. Originally in Spain, Seedtag have seen rapid growth across Europe and LATM and are now one of the leading players in the sector, raising over $250 million in funding.
Advertising Model
In-Image advertising works on a cost per click (CPC) or cost per thousand impressions (CPM) model.
See also
In-text advertising
References
Contextual advertising
Online advertising |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RVU%20protocol | The RVU protocol (RVU, a pseudo-acronym pronounced "R-view") is an Application Layer protocol, that combines the pre-existing Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards and a new Remote User Interface (RUI) protocol, which works similar to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The RVU RUI protocol is intended to allow an RVU-enabled client, such as a TV, to receive a pixel-accurate display of the user interface available on an RVU server.
RVU, combined with DLNA's ability to transmit media (video, photos and music) across a home network, allows for the entire user experience of a media server to be transmitted to an RVU client, makes the user interface available via the RUI protocol while all processing is being done by the server software and plug-ins happen at the host computer; only the user interface is streamed to the client devices. The protocol is primarily intended to operate over a home network. The RVU protocol has been developed with a focus on passing broadcast video coming from a multichannel video programming distributor through a residential gateway or dedicated media server to other consumer electronic devices in the home. However the protocol has much broader applications than just this.
Overview
The RVU Protocol was defined to solve the problem of how to provide a consistent television user interface throughout the home, without requiring the use of a dedicated set-top box for each television. The RVU Protocol is a communications protocol which runs on a media server device and multiple client devices. RVU uses open standards (including DLNA and UPnP) which are already in use in the consumer electronics field.
The clients can consist of various manufacturer-branded TVs, Blu-ray players or other client devices. The server generates the user guide and other data and sends this for the client to display. In this way the clients can be low complexity or "thin" client devices, while still providing a full user interface experience to the user. Once an RVU compliant device is connected to an RVU server, the TV viewer can watch the same or different content from any room of the home. Viewers can access the same prerecorded or live content from the server via the client device as if a set-top box were present, with the same user guide experience.
RVU supports networking on existing home infrastructure, but is agnostic to the transport mechanism and can work on wireless technologies such as 802.11 or wired technologies such as Ethernet or MoCA.
RVU supports a Remote User Interface (RUI) that allows user interactions such as trick play (e.g., pause and rewind) and the running of interactive applications.
As such, the device can render the interface even though the media center specific software (or the plug-ins) might not be installed there. However, the media files are streamed over a different protocol. To render the media, the Extender needs to have an implementation of the codec used to package the media locally installed on th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers%3A%20Prime | Transformers: Prime (known as Transformers: Prime - Beast Hunters during its third and final season) is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro that aired on the Hub Network from November 29, 2010, to July 26, 2013. The series focuses on the Autobots of "Team Prime", consisting of Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and their human allies as they attempt to protect the Earth from the villainous Decepticons and their leader Megatron.
Development of the series began in early 2010 with the announcement that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, screenwriters of the first two live-action films, would be creating the series. Casting began soon after with the announcement that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker would reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron, respectively. The series concluded on October 4, 2013, with the television film Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising. A standalone sequel series following Bumblebee and a new cast of characters, titled Transformers: Robots in Disguise, premiered on March 14, 2015.
The series has received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising its animation, storylines, characters, action sequences, voice acting (particularly Cullen, Welker, Combs and Blum) and the darker tone compared to other Transformers media, though some criticized its pacing.
Premise
Setting
Transformers Prime is set in the franchise's "Aligned" continuity, which also includes a number of contemporary books and video games like Transformers: Exodus, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Transformers: Exiles, and Transformers: Retribution. The series is notably the first work within this continuity to not focus on the Autobots and the Decepticons' war on their home planet of Cybertron (though glimpses of it are shown in various flashbacks), and instead takes place primarily on Earth during modern times.
The series chronicles the adventures of an Autobot team known as "Team Prime" led by Optimus Prime and originally consisting of Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, and Cliffjumper (who is killed in the five-part pilot “Darkness Rising”). The team operates from a former American military missile silo near the fictional town of Jasper, Nevada, and tries to conceal their existence from humanity while continuing their fight against the Decepticons. The Autobots make several human allies throughout the series who agree to keep their secret, including high school students Jack Darby (and later his mother, nurse June Darby), Miko Nakadai, and Rafael Esquivel, and American government agent William Fowler. In the second half of the series, more Autobots join Team Prime, including Buklhead's friend and former teammate Wheeljack (who helped Team Prime several times during the first two seasons but did not officially join them until the third season), the ambitious rookie Smokescreen, and Optimus's chief lieutenant |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With%20Tired%20Eyes%2C%20Tired%20Minds%2C%20Tired%20Souls%2C%20We%20Slept | "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept " is the 16th episode of One Tree Hill's third season and the show's 61st episode overall. It first aired on The WB television network in the United States on March 1, 2006. It was written by Mark Schwahn and directed by Greg Prange, and revolves around a school shooting.
The episode was well-received by critics and fans, and was characterized as a landmark episode for the series. Set at Tree Hill High School, it centers on bullied student Jimmy Edwards, who brings a gun to school seeking revenge on his tormentors. His former friend, Lucas Scott, and Lucas's brother, Nathan Scott, put themselves at risk to protect their classmates and loved ones.
Background
In the DVD commentary and the making-of featurette, the creators addressed their initial "should we?" or "shouldn't we?" reactions to making the episode. Because of the sensitive nature of the topic, they did not want to glorify or make light of school shootings. They wanted to make a statement about how these kinds of incidents affect more than just those directly involved. The music was carefully designed, and a theme called "Saving Peyton," composed by John Nordstrom, was introduced for parts of the script where character Lucas Scott strives to save a dying Peyton Sawyer.
Mark Schwahn, the series' creator and writer of the episode, "took this old character in Jimmy Edwards [Colin Fickes], who hadn’t been around in seasons, and used his re-emergence" to tell the story about life in high-school as an outsider. Being a controversial topic, Schwahn had to convince executives to allow the episode. The actors "who were locked in the tutor center would file into this little room day after day and film these emotionally draining scenes".
Looking back on the episode, Hilarie Burton said, "when we were doing the episode for One Tree Hill about the school shooting, none of the actors were into it, none of us wanted to do it. We got the script, we were very upset about it. Um, we were like 'This hasn't happened in so long. Why would we bring this up? We don't want to encourage or give attention to that kind of behavior.' Then literally while we're having this conversation with our creator and our bosses, two incidents happened. It was heartbreaking to know that stuff was still going on, it just wasn't receiving media attention that it used to."
Allison Scagliotti, who portrays Abby Brown in the episode, one of the hostages Jimmy sets free, said, "I’m so glad the episode garnered the response that it did. I had no doubt, given the subject matter, that it might resonate with a lot of people, so I think I speak for all involved when I say we tried to handle it respectfully." She said the audition process was "kind of a top-secret affair" because she read sides for a character named Michelle in a scene with another character who was not Jimmy Edwards. "After I was cast, the script that production released didn’t have the last page attached! They kep |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athamanta%20turbith | Athamanta turbith is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is endemic to southern Europe and northern Africa.
References
NCBI taxonomy database
ZipCodeZoo entry
Apioideae |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%20Business%20Times | The Pittsburgh Business Times is a diversified business media company serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It publishes daily stories on its website and social networks, and a weekly edition available in print and online. It is published by the American City Business Journals. Published since August 31, 1981 it was founded by the Business Journal Publications Company which merged the paper with the rival Pittsburgh Business Journal, owned by Scripps-Howard, on March 21, 1985. They combined operations by April 1 of that year. In 1986, Business Journal Publications was acquired by American City Business Journals. The paper was sold in 1988. American City Business Journals reacquired the Business Times in 1996 with purchase of CityMedia Inc.
External links
References
Business newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Pittsburgh
1981 establishments in Pennsylvania |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Faction%3A%20Armageddon | Red Faction: Armageddon is a third-person shooter video game developed by Volition and published by THQ in association with the TV network Syfy. It is the fourth and final installment in the Red Faction series, and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in various countries around the world between June 7 and June 10, 2011.
Critics liked the new weaponry, but were puzzled at the change from an open world game to a linear shooter and that it threw out the strong points of its predecessor. Poor sales resulted in THQ's decision to stop releasing games in the Red Faction franchise and negatively impacted their financial quarter. The rights to the series were owned by THQ Nordic, yet they would later be transferred to its sister company Koch Media, which would place it under its Deep Silver label in 2020.
Gameplay
Like its predecessor Red Faction: Guerrilla, Red Faction: Armageddon is a third-person shooter. The player takes on the role of Darius Mason, a descendant of Guerrillas Alec Mason. The game is set 50 years after the conclusion of Guerrilla. Most of the game is set in a tunnel complex inhabited by alien creatures.
As in previous games in the franchise, landscape destruction is possible through the "Geo-Mod" feature. In this game, the player can use a device called a Nano Forge to repair structures such as stairs, allowing them to progress through the caves. Audio logs can be found throughout the complex. When played they provide elements of backstory. Various vehicles can be used including a mine cart and a barge. The player can also use mech suits at some points in the game.
Synopsis
Setting
The game takes place on the planet Mars. It is set in the year 2175, 50 years after the events of Red Faction: Guerrilla. Since the liberation of Mars, the surface of the planet has become uninhabitable. This occurred when the massive Terraformer machine on Mars which supplied it with its Earth-like atmosphere was destroyed by Adam Hale, the game's key antagonist, causing super-tornados and violent lightning storms to engulf the planet. In order to survive, the Colonists were forced to flee to the underground mines of Mars built by their ancestors, creating a network of habitable caves under the surface of the planet and setting up colonies there.
The game begins 5 years after the relocation to the mines in 2175, and follows Darius Mason, grandson of Martian Revolution heroes Alec Mason and Samanya, the main characters of Red Faction: Guerrilla, who runs a lucrative series of businesses based in Bastion, the underground hub of Colonist activity, including mining, scavenging and mercenary work. Few sane people venture to the ravaged surface of Mars, apart from contractors like Darius and smugglers who transport goods between settlements. Darius is tricked into reopening a mysterious, vast shaft in an old Marauder temple by a fanatical Marauder priest, which awakens a long-dormant race of Martian creatures, causing an Armaged |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA%20Shockwave | NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW, formerly known as CyberSpace Wrestling Federation and NWA: Cyberspace) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded by Billy Firehawk in Staten Island, New York in 2001, and later relocated to Wayne, New Jersey. It was the earliest promotion to bring in major stars to Central New Jersey, many being seen in live events for the first time, and attracted a loyal following for its traditional "family friendly" style of wrestling. It was the single major promotion of this type to run New Jersey, other rival promotions favoring hardcore-style wrestling, and was at one time considered the top promotion in the region along with Jersey All Pro Wrestling.
The company was known for its early use of the internet to promote itself, and was the earliest known wrestling organization to broadcast its events on a regular webcast; their show, "Shockwave TV", aired on ITV until 2005. After Firehawk's death in 2006, control of the company fell to Derek Gordon, who ran the company until its close the following year.
The promotion had a working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, helped by Firehawk's friendship with Mike Tenay, which allowed it to feature TNA stars, storylines and sanction title defenses of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Among the number of then current and future stars who spent time in the promotion included Abyss, Amazing Red, A.J. Styles, Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels, C.M. Punk, D'Lo Brown, Julio Dinero, Sonjay Dutt, Kip James, Frankie Kazarian, Jeff Jarrett, Ron Killings, Jay Lethal, Bobby Roode, Shark Boy, Elix Skipper, Petey Williams, America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm), The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) and The S.A.T. (Jose & Joel Maximo).
Many former stars from Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling also appeared for the promotion; Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch, Danny Doring, Chris Hamrick, E. Z. Money, Jerry Lynn, Rodney Mack and Rhino from ECW and Crowbar, Kanyon, Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger and Vince Russo from WCW. Both Tammy Lynn Sytch and Vince Russo "retired" at NWA Cyberspace shows. Several independent wrestlers also competed in the promotion during their early careers such as Gran Akuma, Slyck Wagner Brown, Mike Kruel, The Smoke, "The Alpha Male" Justin Powers, Rob Eckos and Xavier. Chikara's Mike Quackenbush and World Xtreme Wrestling's The Hungarian Barbarian and Mana the Polynesian Warrior were also regulars. Brown has claimed that NWA Cyberspace/Shockwave was his favorite promotion to work for.
Upon joining the National Wrestling Alliance in 2005, the promotion became known as NWA: Cyberspace and then NWA Shockwave. It was affiliated with several other regional NWA promotions in the Northeastern United States, specifically NWA New Jersey/New York, NWA North Jersey and NWA Upstate, as well as having a working relationship with Mikey Whipwreck's New York Wrestling Connection. Several of his students wrestled |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastra%20II | The Fastra II is a desktop supercomputer designed for tomography. It was built in late 2009 by the ASTRA (All Scale Tomographic Reconstruction Antwerp) group of researchers of the IBBT (Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology) VisionLab at the University of Antwerp and by Belgian computer shop Tones, in collaboration with Asus, a Taiwanese multinational computer product manufacturer, as the successor to the Fastra I (built in 2008).
The Fastra II was determined to be over three times faster than the Fastra I, which in turn was slightly faster than a 512-core cluster. However, because of the number of GPUs in the computer, the system initially suffered from several issues, including the system refusing to reboot and overheating due to a lack of space between the video cards.
Development
The computer was built as a researching and demonstration project by the ASTRA group of researchers at the Vision Lab in the University of Antwerp in Belgium, one of the researchers being Joost Batenburg. Unlike other modern supercomputers such as the Cray Jaguar and the IBM Roadrunner, which cost millions of euros, the Fastra II only uses consumer hardware, costing €6,000 in total.
The Fastra II's predecessor, the Fastra I, has 4 dual-GPU GeForce 9800 GX2 video cards, for a total of 8 GPUs. At that time, the ASTRA group needed a motherboard that had four PCI Express x16 slots with double-spacing between each of them. The only such motherboard the ASTRA group could find at that time was the MSI K9A2 Platinum, which has four such slots. In 2009, the Asus P6T7 WS Supercomputer motherboard, which the Fastra II uses, was released, which has seven PCI Express x16 slots. The Fastra II has six faster dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 video cards, and a single-GPU GeForce GTX 275, for a total of 13 GPUs. In the Fastra II, the GPUs mainly perform tomographic reconstruction. The technique which allows GPUs to perform general-purpose tasks like this outside of gaming, instead of CPUs, is called GPGPU, general-purpose computing on graphics processing units.
Challenges
Overheating caused by the lack of space between the video cards forces researchers using the FASTRA II to keep the side panel door open, so that the video cards can get regular air, decreasing the overall temperature inside the case.
Due to the number of GPUs in the system, its initial boot was unsuccessful. This was because its motherboard normally uses a 32 bit BIOS, which only had approximately 3 GB of address space for the video cards. However, Asus managed to provide them a specialized BIOS that entirely skipped the address space allocation of the GTX 295 video cards. The BIOS-replacement coreboot was not tested.
All seven PCI Express x16 slots in the Asus P6T7 motherboard were used in the building of the Fastra II computer. However, the video cards in the Fastra II are wide enough to require two such slots each. To solve this issue, the researchers came up with flexible PCI Express cables, and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dn42 | dn42 is a decentralized peer-to-peer network built using VPNs and software/hardware BGP routers.
While other darknets try to establish anonymity for their participants, that is not what dn42 aims for. It is a network to explore routing technologies used in the Internet and tries to establish direct non-NAT-ed connections between the members.
The network is not fully meshed. dn42 uses mostly tunnels instead of physical links between the individual networks. Each participant is connected to one or more other participants. Over the VPN or the physical links, BGP is used for inter AS routing. While OSPF is the most commonly used protocol for intra AS routing, each participant is free to choose any other IGP, like Babel, inside their AS.
History
The DN42 project grew out of the popular PeerIX project started by HardForum members in mid-2009. The PeerIX project, while small in initial numbers grew to over 50 active members with a backlog of 100 requests to join the network. Ultimately the project was unable to meet the demand of user scale and eventually deprecated (though many of the core member team still have their networks online.)
The founding members of the DN42 project tried to unsuccessfully rekindle the PeerIX project(through the private google group) and instead formed their own IPv6 only network, successfully scaling it to the size it is today.
Technical setup
Address space
Network address space for IPv4 consists of private subnets: 172.20.0.0/14 is the main subnet. Note that other private address ranges may also be announced in dn42, as the network is interconnected with other similar projects. Most notably, ChaosVPN uses 172.31.0.0/16 and parts of 10.0.0.0/8, Freifunk ICVPN uses 10.0.0.0/8 and NeoNetwork uses 10.127.0.0/16.
For IPv6, Unique Local Address (ULA, the IPv6 equivalent of private address range) (fd00::/8) are used. Please note that other network use IPv6 addresses in this range as well, including NeoNetwork's use of fd10:127::/32.
AS numbers
In order to use BGP, even in a private environment, autonomous system numbers are needed. dn42 uses several private or reserved AS number ranges, including 64512 to 64855 and 76100 to 76199. Since June 2014, dn42 is now using a new private range, 4242420000 to 4242429999, part of larger private range defined by RFC 6996.
BGP routers
While some participants use hardware routers, most participants use general purpose servers or virtual machines to lower their cost. The most commonly used BGP implementations used in dn42 are BIRD and FRR, but some participants use OpenBGPD, XORP, GoBGP or the implementation of JunOS or Cisco IOS.
DN42 TLD
Websites and services hosted on the Dn42 network often use the dn42 top-level domain. The dn42 tld is not an official IANA top-level domain, but it is handled through the dn42 registry. Internal anycast servers for dn42 are found at 172.20.0.53, 172.23.0.53, and fd42:d42:d42:54::1, fd42:d42:d42:53::1.
Notes
References
External links
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland%20Runic%20Inscription%20873 | Runic inscription U 873 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Örsunda, which is about one kilometer west of Örsundsbro, Uppsala County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Uppland.
Description
The inscription on this runestone consists of runic text on two intertwining serpents that surround a Christian cross. The inscription is tentatively classified as being carved in runestone style Pr3, which is also known as Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks. This inscription is signed by the runemaster Balle, who was active in western Uppland, Västmanland, and northern Södermanland in the second half of the eleventh century. The runes for Balle's name, bali, are carved on the serpent in the lower right portion of this inscription. Balle was noted for the consistency of his use of a dot as a punctuation mark between the words of his runic inscriptions, and this usage is evident in this inscription.
The runic text states that the stone is a memorial raised by Þingfastr to his father Holmgeirr, who is described as being the husband of Inga. By referring to her in this manner, the text is probably indicating that she was also deceased when the stone was raised. Consistent with the cross on the stone identifying it as a Christian memorial, the text includes a prayer for Holmgeirr's sál, or soul, a word which was not used in Old Norse until after the introduction of Christianity.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
* þikfastr * lit * raisa * stain * þinsa * at * hulmkair * faþur * sin * koþan ** kuþ * hielbi * sal hans * boanta * ikuʀ * bali * risi * stan * þinsa *
Transcription into Old Norse
Þingfastr let ræisa stæin þennsa at Holmgæiʀ, faður sinn goðan, Guð hialpi sal hans, boanda Inguʀ. Balli risti stæin þennsa.
Translation in English
Þingfastr had this stone raised in memory of Holmgeirr, his good father, Inga's husbandman. May God help his soul. Balli carved this stone.
References and notes
Uppland Runic Inscription 0873 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRiver%20Story |
The iRiver Story is an e-book reader manufactured and marketed by iRiver and employing a Linux operating system. The iRiver Story HD is a related product with higher display resolution and a display manufactured by LG.
The device uses code licensed under the GPL, but iRiver did not make the sources available immediately; this issue has since been addressed. The reader was updated in July 2010, and supports Wi-Fi. A July 2011 update integrated the device with the Google eBooks store. The product was a Target exclusive release.
The product line was discontinued in 2012.
Reception
Independent reviews of the July 2011 release of the iRiver Story were mixed. Although stating that "It's a good product", a reviewer for PC Magazine concluded that "both the hardware and software fall short of the Kindle and the Nook". Laptop Magazines reviewer wrote that the device "sports a high-definition display but falls short on ergonomics". Engadgets reviewer commented that the device "looks downright ancient" and has "relatively limited functionality". Cnets reviewer observed that its high-resolution display "does provide for added detail in images and slightly sharper text" but concluded that "it's tough to recommend over its identically priced competitors, which offer touch screens and 3G". PC Worlds reviewer found herself "frustrated by the Story HD's cheap design, poky performance, and Google Books interface".
See also
Comparison of e-book readers
Comparison of tablet computers
References
External links
Dedicated ebook devices
Electronic paper technology
Linux-based devices
IRiver |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen%27s%20cryptosystem | Cohen's cryptosystem is a public-key cryptosystem proposed in 1998 by Bram Cohen.
Key generation
In Cohen's cryptosystem, private key is a positive integer .
The algorithm uses public-keys defined as follows:
Generate random integers chosen randomly and uniformly between and . Where is some bound.
Let and generate random integers chosen randomly and uniformly between and .
Define .
Encrypting a bit
To encrypt a bit Alice randomly adds public keys and multiplies the result by either 1 (if she wishes to send a 0) or by −1 (if she wishes to send a 1) to obtain the ciphertext .
De-cryption
To de-crypt, Bob computes
It is easy to see that if then . However, if then . Hence Bob can read the bit sent by Alice on the most significant bit of h.
References
Public-key cryptography |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Kelley | Chuck Kelley may refer to:
Chuck Kelley (actor), "Sarge" in Skid Marks (film)
Chuck Kelley, consultant, computer architect and co-author of the book Rdb/VMS: Developing the Data Warehouse with Bill Inmon
Chuck Kelley (music consultant and record producer), music consultant on Pulp Fiction
Chuck Kelley (poker player), appeared in 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit and in World Poker Tour: Season 5
Chuck Kelley (seminary president), see New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
See also
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelly (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC%20High%20Performance | The ISC High Performance, formerly known as the International Supercomputing Conference, is a yearly conference on supercomputing which has been held in Europe since 1986. It stands as the oldest supercomputing conference in the world.
History
In 1986 Professor Dr. Hans Werner Meuer, director of the computer centre and professor for computer science at the University of Mannheim (Germany) co-founded and organized the "Mannheim Supercomputer Seminar" which had 81 participants. This was held yearly and became the annual International Supercomputing Conference and Exhibition (ISC). In 2015, the name was officially changed to ISC High Performance. The conference is attended by speakers, vendors, and researchers from all over the world. Since 1993 the conference has been the venue for one of the twice yearly TOP500 announcements where the fastest 500 supercomputers in the world are named. The other annual announcement is in November at the SC Conference (The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis) in the USA.
The conference celebrated 30 years with the 19 June 2016 meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. Its 33rd edition in 2019 attracted a record number of participants – 164 exhibitors, and 3,573 visitors from 64 countries.
References
External links
of the ISC High Performance
1986 establishments in Germany
Annual events in Germany
Computer science conferences
Recurring events established in 1986
Supercomputing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Liberal%20Protestant%20Network | The European Liberal Protestant Network is an association of free Christians and Liberal Protestants of Europe.
It had its inaugural meeting at Bad Boll, Germany, July 1998 among Protestant members of the International Association for Religious Freedom.
Church Members
Free Christian Association (Germany)
Free Christian Association (Switzerland)
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Great Britain)
Liberal Protestant Association/L'Association Libérale (France)
l'Assemblée fraternelle des chrétiens unitariens (AFCU)
Evangile et Liberté
Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Remonstrant Brotherhood (The Netherlands)
Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Hungarian Unitarian Church
External links
Archive of the old European Liberal Protestant Network website—Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Liberal Christianity denominations
Protestant ecumenism
Christian organizations established in 1998
Christian ecumenical organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.N.K.%20Invisible%20Network%20of%20Kids | I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids (known in French as Mission Invisible) is a French animated series directed by Prakash Topsy, produced by Samka Productions (France) and broadcaster France 3 on May 16, 2009.
Broadcast
It was distributed in Europe by France-based PGS Entertainment and in the Asia-Pacific regions by Mango Distribution. The show was devised by Claire Underwood and David Hodgson whose studio Pesky also made the multi award-winning series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers. In the United Kingdom and Ireland I.N.K was aired on Pop. An alternate Irish language version was broadcast in Ireland on the Cúla4 programming block on TG4. In Ukraine it was broadcast by PLUSPLUS, in the Middle East and North Africa by MBC3, and in Brazil by Gloob. I.N.K may have been broadcast by Minika in Turkey, RTK in Kosovo and MNet in Sub-Saharan Africa as they had the licence to but it is unclear if it actually went on air. It also aired in Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia on currently unidentified channels. A Mandarin dub was produced but it isn't stated whether it was aired in China, Singapore or elsewhere.
The voice acting cast was led by animation voice director and voice actor, Matthew Géczy, the voice behind the Code Lyoko character, Odd Della Robbia.
Plot
Pinkerton School is a boarding school with two teachers. One of the teachers, Mr. Soper, is nice, and the other, Ms. Macbeth, is evil and is constantly trying to enslave the children of the school. However, four of the students act as a secret organisation known as "The Invisible Network of Kids", or "I.N.K." for short. I.N.K's mission is to thwart all of Ms. Macbeth's evil plans.
Characters
Main characters
Vin (voiced by Barbara Scaff). Vin is the founder of the network. He always keeps his hair stylish and tries to keep himself cute. He describes himself as full of beauty and the most handsome guy in Pinkerton. In the episode "The New Student" it is revealed that Vin is an orphan. In "Voodoo Shampoo" and "The Outcast", it is revealed he may have feelings for Zero. In the episode "Lovestruck Stinkbomb", Vin and Zero are accused of being in love but they do not confirm anything. In episode "Ghost Of Pinkerton", during the Romeo and Juliet play, Vin and Zero share a kiss; in the episode "Back to the Past", at the end, he can be seen with hearts in his eyes as he looks at Zero, implying that he may have feelings for her. Although Zero's feeling are not as confirmed as Vin's, throughout the series they are shown to have the strongest relationship but also the one with the most 'awkward' moments. Vin also likes to annoy Burt the bully. It has also been said that Vin comes from the royal family, as at the end of "The Truth, The Whole Truth", Mr Soper sends his photo via letter addressed to the 'Royal Family' after Vin told Soper that he didn't have family to send his photo to.
Zero (voiced by Lee Delong). Zero is the rebel who protects the gang and often stops Miss Macbeth's evil |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVLN | WVLN (740 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Olney, Illinois, United States, the station is owned by Forcht Broadcasting and features programming from CBS Sports Radio. 740 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency, on which CFZM in Toronto, Ontario is the dominant Class A station; WVLN must reduce nighttime power to protect the skywave signal of CFZM.
History
WVLN began broadcasting on November 11, 1947, and ran 250 watts during daytime hours only. The station was owned by Olney Broadcasting Company. In January 1958, the station was sold to Illinois Broadcasting Company for $95,000. In 1972, WVLN was sold to Public Service Broadcasters, Inc., along with 92.9 WSEI, for $265,488. In 1976, it was sold to Eugene McPherson, along with WSEI, for $352,000. In 1976, it was sold to Terry Forcht's V.L.N. Broadcasting, along with WSEI, for $1,120,000.
FM translator
In addition to the main station at 740 kHz, WVLN is relayed to an FM translator broadcasting on 107.1 MHz. The FM signal helps make up for some of the loss in coverage to the north of Olney during nighttime hours when the AM station broadcasts with only 7 watts.
References
External links
WVLN's website
VLN
Sports radio stations in the United States
CBS Sports Radio stations
Radio stations established in 1947
1947 establishments in Illinois |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20kernel | In machine learning and data mining, a string kernel is a kernel function that operates on strings, i.e. finite sequences of symbols that need not be of the same length. String kernels can be intuitively understood as functions measuring the similarity of pairs of strings: the more similar two strings a and b are, the higher the value of a string kernel K(a, b) will be.
Using string kernels with kernelized learning algorithms such as support vector machines allow such algorithms to work with strings, without having to translate these to fixed-length, real-valued feature vectors. String kernels are used in domains where sequence data are to be clustered or classified, e.g. in text mining and gene analysis.
Informal introduction
Suppose one wants to compare some text passages automatically and indicate their relative similarity.
For many applications, it might be sufficient to find some keywords which match exactly.
One example where exact matching is not always enough is found in spam detection.
Another would be in computational gene analysis, where homologous genes have mutated, resulting in common subsequences along with deleted, inserted or replaced symbols.
Motivation
Since several well-proven data clustering, classification and information retrieval
methods (for example support vector machines) are designed to work on vectors
(i.e. data are elements of a vector space), using a string kernel allows the extension of these methods to handle sequence data.
The string kernel method is to be contrasted with earlier approaches for text classification where feature vectors only indicated
the presence or absence of a word.
Not only does it improve on these approaches, but it is an example for a whole class of kernels adapted to data structures, which
began to appear at the turn of the 21st century. A survey of such methods has been compiled by Gärtner.
In bioinformatics string kernels are used especially to transform biological sequences such as proteins or DNA into vectors for further use in machine learning models. An example of a string kernel used for that purpose is the profile kernel.
Definition
A kernel on a domain is a function
satisfying some conditions (being symmetric in the arguments, continuous and positive semidefinite in a certain sense).
Mercer's theorem asserts that can then be expressed as with mapping the arguments into an inner product space.
We can now reproduce the definition of a string subsequence kernel
on strings over an alphabet . Coordinate-wise, the mapping is defined as follows:
The are multiindices and is a string of length :
subsequences can occur in a non-contiguous manner, but gaps are penalized.
The multiindex gives the positions of the characters matching in . is the difference between the first and last entry in , that is: how far apart in the subsequence matching is.
The parameter may be set to any value between (gaps are not allowed, as only is not but ) and
(even widely-spread "occ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPTA | EPTA may refer to:
European Parliamentary Technology Assessment
European Pulsar Timing Array
Phosphotungstic acid
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, a United Nations aid network
European Piano Teachers Association |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%20United | Detroit United is an American amateur soccer team based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 2002, the team plays in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The team plays its home games at Bicentennial Park in nearby Livonia, Michigan. The team's colors are red, white and blue.
History
Founded in 2002 by George Juncaj, a former semi-professional soccer player from Montenegro, Detroit United plays in the Michigan Premier Soccer League, which is a member of the United States Adult Soccer Association Region II group of leagues. United finished second in the MPSL Premier Division in 2006, third in 2007, and second again in 2008.
United entered the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in 2007, but lost to RWB Adria in the regional qualification semi finals. They qualified for the tournament for the first time in 2010, beating Nebraska team 402 FC in a PK shootout in the final round of their regional qualification tournament, before losing 2-0 to professional USL Second Division side Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the first round of the tournament proper.
Players
2010 USOC roster
Year-by-year
Head coaches
George Juncaj (2005–present)
Stadia
Bicentennial Park; Livonia, Michigan (????-present)
References
External links
Michigan Premier Soccer League
Soccer clubs in Michigan
2002 establishments in Michigan
Association football clubs established in 2002 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo%20Dice | Voodoo Dice is an action puzzle game produced by French studio Exkee and distributed by Ubisoft on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and WiiWare. In Voodoo Dice, the player rolls dice through a path containing barriers, switches, conveyors and trap doors. The game consists of 60 single-player levels and 20 multiplayer levels. There are four multiplayer play modes (arcade, race mode, flag mode, tactic mode). In single-player mode, the player must finish each level within a set time limit in order to win achievements.
Reception
The PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Since its release, the Xbox 360 version sold 3,152 units worldwide as of January 2011. Sales had moved up to 5,576 units by the end of 2011.
References
External links
2010 video games
IOS games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation Network games
PlayStation Portable games
Puzzle video games
Ubisoft games
Video games developed in France
WiiWare games
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox 360 Live Arcade games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURONEAR | EURONEAR, the European Near Earth Asteroids Research, is a research project and network for the research and discovery of near-Earth objects and potentially hazardous asteroids using existing telescopes located in both hemispheres available to the members of the network. The Minor Planet Center directly credits EURONEAR with the discovery of few hundred minor planets since 2008, including 11 near-Earth asteroids.
Institutions
Institutions which collaborate in this project are:
:fr:Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides (IMCCE), France (May 2006)
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile (Sep 2006)
Universidad Católica del Norte Instituto de Astronomía, Chile (Mar 2007)
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), La Palma, Spain (Jan 2008)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife, Spain (Apr 2009)
The dates represent the time at which the institutions joined the project.
List of named minor planets discovered with the ESO/MPG telescope in La Silla
List of near-Earth asteroids discovered with the Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma
See also
Catalina Sky Survey
Pan-STARRS
List of near-Earth object observation projects
References
Publications
External links
The EURONEAR website
EURONEAR Facebook page
Astronomical discoveries by institution
Near-Earth object tracking |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra | Dijkstra ( or ) is a Dutch family name of West Frisian origin.
It most commonly refers to:
Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002), Dutch computer scientist
Named after him: Dijkstra's algorithm, Dijkstra Prize, Dijkstra–Scholten algorithm
Dijkstra may also refer to:
People
Bram Dijkstra (born 1938), American professor of English literature and cultural historian
Jan Dijkstra (1910–1993), Dutch mayor
(1896–1978), Dutch painter, illustrator and stained glass artist
Lenie Dijkstra (born 1967), Dutch racing cyclist
Lou Dijkstra (1909-1964), Dutch speed skater, father of Sjoukje Dijkstra
Margaret Dijkstra, pseudonym of Eva Gerlach (born 1948), Dutch poet
Marjolein Dijkstra (born 1967), Dutch physicist
Mart Dijkstra (born 1990), Dutch footballer
Meindert Dijkstra (born 1967), Dutch footballer
Peter Dijkstra (born 1978), Dutch choir conductor
Pia Dijkstra (born 1954), Dutch politician and television presenter
Remco Dijkstra (born 1972), Dutch politician
Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959), Dutch photographer
Sieb Dijkstra (born 1966), Dutch football goalkeeper
Sjoukje Dijkstra (born 1942), Dutch figure skater
Wieke Dijkstra (born 1984), Dutch field hockey player
Fictional characters
Roel Dijkstra, eponymous character in a comic book series published from 1977 to 1995
Sigismund Dijkstra, character from Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher saga and the third Witcher game
References
Dutch-language surnames
Surnames of Frisian origin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Perth | The Perth tramway network served Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, from 1899 until 1958. The network was initially run by a private company but was taken over by the state government in 1913. From a single line along Hay Street, the network expanded north as far as Osborne Park, east as far as Welshpool, south as far as Como, and west as far as Claremont. The tramways were gradually replaced by buses after World War II.
The port city of Fremantle and surrounds was served by a separate, non-connected network.
History
Horse tram
According to one source, the central city terminus of the short lived horse tramway was the General Post Office, which was then located within the Treasury Building, at the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street. The outlying terminus was said by the same source to be in East Perth. However, it now seems that there was never a horse tram provided for the carriage of passengers in Perth.
Rather, there was – it is believed – a horse tramway which ran from quarries just north of the city to the construction site of Government House situated in St Georges Terrace. For how long the horse tramway survived is not known, nor its exact route, as information has not yet been found, although research continues. It is known, however, that a horse omnibus system did exist.
Electric trams
The initial Perth tramway was operated by an English company, Perth Electric Tramways Limited. Construction started on 30 January 1899, with services commencing on 28 September 1899. The first line ran 4.8 kilometres along Hay Street, from East Perth near the WACA Ground to Thomas Street in West Perth. There was a spur line along Colin Street to Kings Park.
Further lines opened were:
Subiaco: along Hay Street and Rokeby Road to Thomas Street
Nedlands: extension from Subiaco along Thomas Street and Broadway to Nedlands Baths
Wellington Street East via Hill Street and Kensington Street to Trafalgar Road
Wellington Street West to Thomas Street
Mounts Bay Road to Point Lewis
Mount Lawley via Beaufort Street and Walcott Street to York Street
Victoria Park via The Causeway and Albany Highway
Lincoln Street via Lord Street
North Perth via Bulwer Street and Fitzgerald Street to Albert Street
Leederville via Newcastle Street and Oxford Street
Osborne Park extension from Leederville along Main Street to Royal Street
These routes, together with other city track resulted in a 37 kilometre network by June 1913. At that time there were 53 trams in the fleet: 44 four-wheel single truck cars, and nine larger bogie cars.
The Beaufort Street lines ran from a terminus at Barrack Square, which connected with the ferry service from Barrack Street Jetty.
Under the franchise agreement entered into by the Perth Electric Tramways, the Perth City Council was able to take ownership of the tramways upon its expiry. However the state government took ownership of the network by passing the Tramways Purchase Act 1912, which cancelled the reversionary ri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerMAN | PowerMAN is a computer software program for central system monitoring and PC power management, of computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. The software extends the basic features present in most operating systems to permit implementing and enforcing organization-wide power management policies.
The product is used by private and public sector organisations in Europe, UK, and US. It includes a web-based, multi-location, reporting feature that can collate data from deployments in multiple countries.
The product is more common in the academic market, where it has been used by leading institutions to manage staff and student computers.
The software is produced by Data Synergy, based in Sheffield, UK. The firm is a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.
Features
PowerMAN allows different power management profiles to be configured for different users, computers, and times, using native Windows Active Directory tools.
This simpler approach contrasts with many competing solutions that require new consoles or administration tools to be learnt. The reporting features collect information about each computer and can generate a variety of historic and live reports. The manufacturers claim that the combination of flexible management and reporting enhance the effectiveness of the solution.
Research
PowerMAN has a background in the academic sector and has been used in several research projects:
Liverpool University use PowerMAN to manage PC power use with the Condor High-Throughput Computing System. The Jisc funded SusteIT conference at the University of Sheffield included a presentation on PowerMAN by Liverpool University
University of Nottingham estimated PowerMAN would save 600 tonnes/yr of CO2 and contribute over 4% to the University’s planned annual saving for 2015. The financial saving was estimated to be £325 per day.
Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals reported that PC power management poses particular challenges in a hospital environment but using PowerMAN these problems could be overcome and save over £70,000 and 350 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Iowa State University reported a realized savings period of 23 days and projected annual savings of $49,000 for 500 computers.
University of Sussex implemented a PowerMAN project on 3,500 PCs using Salix funding and reported an estimated 203 tonnes CO2 saving with a project payback in around 6 months.
The University of Leicester reported that around 379,500 kilowatt hours of savings were made in the first year. This was estimated to be approximately 5 million computer hours saved and estimated annual savings of 287 tonnes of CO2.
A Salix report contrasted similar sized (3,500) PowerMAN and Verdiem projects at the University of Sussex and the University of the West of England with payback periods of 0.5 and 2.5 years respectively.
The University of East Anglia Sustainable ICT Service Provision project reported a decrease of up to 40% in PC energy costs. This equated to an avera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Newton%20%28racing%20driver%29 | Mike Newton (born 14 April 1960 in Manchester) is a British businessman and racing driver. He is the founder and CEO of the AD Group of companies, which includes its solution arm AD Network Video. He raced in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans in cars prepared by the RML Group. Newton was named Britain's Top Entrepreneur by Management Today magazine in 2005.
Racing career
Newton began in motorsport as a marshal in 1977. In 1985, he took part in his first circuit race in Formula Ford. He was a regular competitor in Champion of Oulton Park Formula Ford series from 1985 through 1997, and had top three championship finishes between 1995 and 1997. In 1999, he finished sixth in the Bathurst 500. In 2001 he finished first in class at the 6hr Langstreckenpokal (VLN) at the Nurburgring on the Nordschliefe in an ex-Dick Johnson ATCC Falcon EL, and repeated that feat at the 2002 Grand Am Finale GTS Class in a Saleen S7R at Daytona.
In 2002 Newton made his GT debut at both the Daytona 24 Hours and British GT in a Porsche 996 GTR with Graham Nash Motorsport.
In 2003 he made his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, racing a Saleen S7-R for Graham Nash Motorsport alongside Thomas Erdos and Pedro Chaves, the car being sponsored by some of Newton's companies. The team finished sixth in the GTS class. Newton and Erdos also raced the car in the FIA GT Championship.
For 2004 Newton and Erdos continued to race the Saleen in FIA GT for RML. They also raced in the Le Mans Series for the team in an MG-Lola EX257. They also raced the car at Le Mans, but retired from the race. In 2005 the team moved from the LMP1 category to the LMP2 category, winning the class at Le Mans and finishing second in the Le Mans Series. They repeated this feat in 2006. In 2007, Newton and Erdos won the Le Mans Series LMP2 category.
In 2010, Newton, Erdos and Wallace finished third in the LMP2 Class at Le Mans in a Lola HPD Coupe, and Newton and Erdos won the Le Mans Series LMP2 Drivers Title, with RML winning the LMP2 Team title, accompanied at different races by both Andy Wallace and Ben Collins.
In 2008 Newton was elected vice-president of the British Motorsport Marshals Club. Newton has been a BRDC member since 2008.
For 2012 Newton stepped back from the troubled ELMS series due to a lack of funding from ailing business interests, and undertook the development of a Speed Euroseries CN car, bringing the Tiga Race Cars name back to Sportscar racing with the Tiga CN012, leading the development activities, and also as a driver, partnered by Dean Stirling. Newton also made a one-off appearance in the Silverstone Classic in the Fujifilm Touring Cars race in a 1995 RML Group Super Touring Cavalier.
After a short break from racing, Newton returned in the MG-Lola EX257-AER #25 for the Masters Endurance Legends series, taking two class poles and two class wins in the Imola round in April 2018.
Newton completed four rounds in the 2018 Master Endurance Legends, Imola, Silverstone, Nurburg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland%20Runic%20Inscription%20328 | Sö 328 is the Rundata catalog number for a runic inscription on a Viking Age memorial runestone which is located in Tynäs, which is about one kilometer east of Strängnäs, Södermanland County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Södermanland.
Description
This runic inscription consists of runic text in the younger futhark that is carved on a serpent that circles the face of the granite stone, which is 1.7 meters in height. The tail and head of the serpent are bound as if restrained to the surface of the stone. The stone was discovered in 1913 on a small hill and was raised at approximately the same location, which is believed to be its original location. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr2, which is also known as Ringerike style. This is the classification for inscriptions where the text bars end with serpent or beast heads depicted as seen in profile.
The runic text, which begins at the serpent's head, states that the stone and a bridge was made to memorialize the father of Þórulfr and Undrlaug. This stone is similar to many other runestones of this period that refer to bridge building. Some are Christian references related to passing the bridge into the afterlife. At this time, the Catholic Church sponsored the building of roads and bridges through the use of indulgences in return for the church's intercession for the soul of the departed. There are over one hundred examples of bridge stones that have been dated from the eleventh century, including runic inscriptions Sö 101 in Ramsund, Sö 141 in Löta, Sö 312 in Gamla Turingevägen, U 69 in Eggeby, and U 489 in Morby. The text also refers to the raising of steina, or "stones," indicating that Þórulfr and Undrlaug raised more than one stone in memory of their father. The other stone that was part of the monument, however, has been lost. The final portion of the runic text, or ("Ása's husbandman"), is written inside of the serpent on the right side of the inscription.
The name Undrlaug is somewhat unusual, and appears only on one other runestone, Sö 280 at the Strängnäs Cathedral in Södermanland. This lead one runologist to suggest that the two runestones refer to the same woman, however, there is no evidence to support this other than the name being the same on both stones.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
þurulfʀ × auk × untrlauh : þau : raistu × stina × þasi auk × bru × kia(r)(þ)(u) -(t) (k)u(þ)ui × faþur : sin buanta × asu ×
Transcription into Old Norse
Þórulfr ok Undrlaug þau reistu steina þessa ok brú gerðu [a]t Guðvé, fôður sinn, bónda Ásu.
Translation in English
Þórulfr and Undrlaug, they raised these stones and made the bridge in memory of Guðvér, their father, Ása's husbandman.
Photographs
References
Runestones in Södermanland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20Sidney%20Burrus | Charles Sidney Burrus (October 9, 1934 in Abilene, Texas - April 3, 2021) was an American electrical engineer and the Maxfield and Oshman Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is widely known for his contributions to digital signal processing, especially FFT algorithms, IIR filter design, and wavelets.
Academic career
Burrus received his bachelor's and master's degree from Rice University, after which he served two years in the Navy, teaching electrical engineering at the Naval Nuclear Power School. He returned to school and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. In 1965 he joined the faculty at Rice, where he began teaching and research in digital signal processing. He served as chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department from 1984 to 1992, was director of the Computer and Information Technology Institute from 1992 to 1998, and was appointed dean of Engineering in 1998. He became part of the Connexions Project in 1999, where he served as Senior Strategist.
Burrus wrote five textbooks and published more than 200 papers.
Affiliations and awards
Life Fellow, IEEE
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal (2009)
Rice teaching awards in 1969, 1974–76, 1980, 1989
Senior Fulbright Fellowship 1979
Third Millennium Medal of the IEEE 2000
References
External links
1934 births
2021 deaths
American electrical engineers
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Rice University alumni
Rice University faculty
Stanford University alumni
People from Abilene, Texas
Engineers from Texas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodia%20caudata | Doodia caudata is a species of dimorphic, evergreen fern in the family Blechnaceae, native to Australia and New Zealand. Upright clusters of fertile fronds reach 10 inches (25 cm) in length. It has been introduced to the Azores, Madeira and Sri Lanka.
References
FloraBase entry
Sue Olsen, Encyclopedia of garden ferns, Timber Press, 2007, page 208. .
Blechnaceae |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland%20Runic%20Inscription%20270 | Södermanland Runic Inscription 270 or Sö 270 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runic inscription. It is located in Tyresta National Park, Tyresta, which is about two kilometers east of Brandbergen, Stockholm County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Södermanland.
Description
This runic inscription is carved into a gneiss rockface and is about 1.65 meters in height. It consists of runic text on a serpent that surrounds a Christian cross with a bird on top of it. This bird has been interpreted as being a cock. Placed on a cross, the cock would be interpreted as a Christian symbol meaning rebirth and vigilance, similar to weathercocks that are on top of churches today. A similar depiction of a bird on a cross is on the runestone fragment Sö 245 in Tungelsta. The head and tail of the serpent on Sö 270 are shown bound as if to prevent it from leaving the surface of the stone. The inscription is classified as being carved in either runestone style Pr3 or Pr4, which is also known as Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.
The runic text is in the younger futhark and states that the inscription is a memorial by a father named either Farbjôrn or Freybjôrn for his son Háulfr. If the father's name is Freybjôrn, it would contain the Norse pagan god Freyr as a theophoric name element and mean "Freyr Bear." The text also states that the inscription was carved by a runemaster named Halfdan, which is normalized as Halvdan. Although over fifteen other runestones in Södermanland have been attributed for stylistic reasons to this runemaster, this is the only surviving inscription that was signed by him. The other inscriptions listed in Rundata that are attributed to Halvdan based upon stylistic analysis include Sö 235 in Västerby, Sö 237 in Fors, Sö 239 in Häringe, Sö 244 in Tuna, Sö 245 in Tungelsta, the now-lost Sö 247 in Ålsta, Sö 252 in Säby, Sö 256 in Älby, Sö 262 in Blista, Sö 269 in Söderby Malm, Sö 272 in Upp-Norrby, Sö 274 in Södersluss, Sö 290 in Farsta, Sö 292 in Bröta, Sö 297 in Uppinge, Sö 298 in Uringe Malm, and Sö 301 in Ågesta Bro. For this inscription, Halvdan used a punctuation mark usually consisting of two dots between each word in the runic text.
Inscription
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
far(e)biarn : lit : hagua : stain : et : haulf : sun * si- : hal(t)an : hiak : runa
Transcription into Old Norse
Farbjôrn/Freybjôrn lét hôggva stein at Háulf, son si[nn]. Halfdan hjó rúnar.
Translation in English
Farbjôrn/Freybjôrn had the stone cut in memory of Háulfr, his son. Halfdan cut the runes.
References
External links
Photograph - Swedish National Heritage Board
Runestones in Södermanland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatti%20clipping%20algorithm | The Vatti clipping algorithm is used in computer graphics. It allows clipping of any number of arbitrarily shaped subject polygons by any number of arbitrarily shaped clip polygons. Unlike the Sutherland–Hodgman and Weiler–Atherton polygon clipping algorithms, the Vatti algorithm does not restrict the types of polygons that can be used as subjects or clips. Even complex (self-intersecting) polygons, and polygons with holes can be processed. The algorithm is generally applicable only in 2D space.
Description
Clipping is defined as the interaction of subject and clip polygons. While clipping usually involves finding the intersections (regions of overlap) of subject and clip polygons, clipping algorithms can also be applied with other boolean clipping operations: difference, where the clipping polygons remove overlapping regions from the subject; union, where clipping returns the regions covered by either subject or clip polygons, and; xor, where clipping returns the regions covered by either subject or clip polygons except where they are covered by both subject and clip polygons.
The Vatti algorithm involves processing both subject and clipping polygon edges in an orderly fashion, starting with the lowermost edges and working towards the top; this is conceptually similar to the Bentley–Ottmann algorithm. This sweep line approach divides the problem space by scanlines, imaginary horizontal lines that pass through every vertex of the participating polygons. These scanlines outline scanbeams – the spaces between adjacent scanlines. These scanbeams are processed in turn, starting with the lowest scanbeam, with the algorithm adding points of intersection within these scanbeams into the solution polygons.
See also
Martinez-Rueda_clipping_algorithm
Greiner–Hormann clipping algorithm
Sutherland–Hodgman clipping algorithm
Weiler–Atherton clipping algorithm
Boolean operations on polygons
References
External links
Clipper, an open-source freeware implementation of the Vatti algorithm
Polygon clipping algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA%20Shockwave%20Women%27s%20Championship | The NWA Shockwave Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Women's Championship on January 25, 2003. It was established as an NWA women's championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until its retirement in 2006.
The inaugural champion was Alexis Laree, who defeated Serena and April Hunter in a three way match on January 25, 2003 to become the first CSWF Women's Champion. There were four officially recognized champions, though none held the belt more than once. At 494 days, Jazz was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. This record is the highest of any other title in the promotion.
Title history
Names
Reigns
See also
List of National Wrestling Alliance championships
References
External links
NWA Shockwave on Myspace
NWA Cyberspace on Myspace
CSWF.com
CSWOL.com
NWA Shockwave championships
Women's professional wrestling championships
National Wrestling Alliance championships |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA%20Shockwave%20Tag%20Team%20Championship | The NWA Shockwave Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Tag Team Championship on October 19, 2002. It was established as an NWA heavyweight championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until its retirement in 2006.
The inaugural champions were The Equalizers (Aaron Morrison and Antonio Thomas), who defeated The Soul Brothers (Elvin and Jack Soul) and The Hardcore Mafia (Bruno and Joey Davino) in a three-way match on October 19, 2002, to become the first CSWF Tag Team Champions. There were 10 officially recognized champions, however no team held the belt more than once. Several then current tag teams from Total Non-Stop Action held the title during its 5-year history America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), The United Nations (Prince Nana and Sonjay Dutt) and The S.A.T. (Jose and Joel Maximo). At 350 days, The United Nations were the longest reigning champions in the title's history.
Title history
Names
Reigns
Combined reigns
Footnotes
See also
List of National Wrestling Alliance championships
References
External links
NWA Shockwave on Myspace
NWA Cyberspace on Myspace
CSWF.com
CSWOL.com
NWA Shockwave championships
Tag team wrestling championships
National Wrestling Alliance championships |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littorina%20subrotundata | Littorina subrotundata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Description
Distribution
References
Littorinidae
Gastropods described in 1864 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Fremantle | The Fremantle tramway network linked the central business district of Fremantle, the port city for Perth, Western Australia, with nearby suburbs. Small but comprehensive, it operated between 1905 and 1952. It was not connected with the larger Perth tramway system.
History
The Fremantle Municipal Tramways (FMT) began operations on 30 October 1905. Prior to that date, there was no public transport system in Fremantle. The tram network expanded into North Fremantle in 1908, and into Melville in 1915. The North Fremantle line closed in 1938 and was replaced by diesel buses. The rest of the network reached its peak usage during World War II.
After World War II, the system operated quite profitably for the Council. However, the decision of the State Government to nationalise the south-west electricity systems from private and council ownership to the newly formed State Electricity Commission in the early 1950s meant that the price of power to the trams increased markedly, to the extent that supply was extremely costly to the Council.
As a result, and without any fanfare at all, the whole system was closed after the last tram ran into the Carbarn in Queen Victoria Street on 8 November 1952. The last Fremantle tram left the town on the back of a semi-trailer in March the following year.
Services
The original network
By the time Fremantle's tram network was fully operational in April 1906, it had four lines:
South (Route S)
High Street, via city loop (Phillimore Street), South Terrace and Mandurah Road (now part of South Terrace) to Douro Road, South Fremantle.
A combination of business and pleasure, this line connected central Fremantle with the South Beach foreshore. During the week, the South line served commuters heading towards Fremantle, and on summer weekends, people would travel from Perth and further afield to take the South line to South Beach. From 1907, the line included a short "city loop", running past the relocated Fremantle railway station in Phillimore Street.
In 1923, the facilities at South Beach were significantly expanded, with the opening of a Hydrodome. The South line remained open until the whole network was closed in 1952.
East (Route E)
High Street, Fremantle, via Adelaide Street and Canning Road (now Canning Highway) to Allen Street, East Fremantle.
In 1909, this line was extended to Petra Street, on the border between East Fremantle and Palmyra. On 15 December 1915, the Melville Roads Board opened a further extension along Canning Road, this time to the corner of Stock Road, Bicton.
Marmion (Route M)
High Street, Fremantle, via Marmion Street to Duke Street, Marmion (now East Fremantle).
In 1908, this line was extended along Marmion Street in an easterly direction, and then south to High Street, where it continued east to a new terminus at the Fremantle Cemetery, Carrington Street, East Fremantle. The line along Marmion Street was also later extended to McKimmie Street, Palmyra.
Beaconsfield (Route B)
High Street, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWXT | DWXT (96.1 FM), broadcasting as 96.1 One FM, is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Corporation of the Philippines. It serves as the flagship station of the One FM network. The station's studios and transmitter are located at RCP Broadcasting Center, Mcarthur Highway, Brgy. San Nicolas, Tarlac City. It operates daily from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Background
Sometime in 1980, DWXT made its test broadcast. The station started its full blast operations on January 1, 1981, under the ownership of Filipinas Broadcasting Network. Jesus Viduya served as the pioneer station manager from 1981 to 1982; Ben Arzaga would later take over the duties as station manager until 1986. During its first years of operations, DWXT had its freeform musical format sans regular disk jockeys on board. Back then, the trainees were the ones who handled the station's programming; the station's musical format varies depending on whoever he or she is on board. In 1983, Filipinas Broadcasting Network sold the station to Radio Corporation of the Philippines. In 1986, under the leadership of Bobby Barreiro together with RCP Operations Manager, Eugene Ramos, the station's sales had significantly improved. Bobbit Sanches was hired as the new program supervisor in the same year, in which he made significant changes to the station. Upon the turn of the new millennium, under the management of Francis L. Cardona, the station adopted the One FM branding and became the No. 1 radio station in Tarlac for 10 straight years.
References
Radio stations in Tarlac
Radio stations established in 1981 |
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