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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20malware%20infection%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Department%20of%20Defense | In 2008, the United States Department of Defense was infected with malware. Described at the time as the "worst breach of U.S. military computers in history", the defense against the attack was named "Operation Buckshot Yankee". It led to the creation of the United States Cyber Command.
History
The infection started when a USB flash drive infected by a foreign intelligence agency at a base in the Middle East. It contained malicious code, and was plugged into a laptop that was attached to United States Central Command. From there it spread undetected to other systems, both classified and unclassified.
Operation Buckshot Yankee
The Pentagon spent nearly 14 months cleaning the worm, named agent.btz, from military networks. Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm, has the ability "to scan computers for data, open backdoors, and send through those backdoors to a remote command and control server." It was originally suspected that Chinese or Russian hackers were behind it as they had used the same code that made up agent.btz before in previous attacks. In December 2016, the United States FBI and DHS issued a Joint Analysis Report which included attribution of Agent.BTZ to one or more "Russian civilian and military intelligence Services (RIS)." In order to try to stop the spread of the worm, the Pentagon banned USB drives, and disabled the Windows autorun feature.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20South%20West | Heart South West was a regional radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Devon and Cornwall from studios in Exeter.
The station launched on Friday 27 August 2010 under the name 'Heart Devon', as a result of a merger between Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay (formerly Gemini FM), Heart Plymouth (formerly Plymouth Sound), Heart North Devon (formerly Lantern FM) and Heart South Devon (formerly South Hams Radio). On Monday 7 May 2012, the station merged again with Atlantic FM in Cornwall.
History
The regional station originally broadcast as six separate stations - Plymouth Sound began broadcasting to Plymouth and surrounding areas in May 1975, Lantern Radio served North Devon from October 1992, Gemini FM broadcast separate services for East and South Devon from January 1995 onwards (DevonAir Radio served the dual-franchise area until losing its broadcast licence on New Year's Eve 1994) and South Hams Radio launched in the South Hams district of South Devon in December 1998. Atlantic FM began broadcasting to Cornwall from July 2006.
By 1999, Plymouth Sound, Gemini FM and Lantern FM were under the ownership of the GWR Group, which merged with the Capital Radio Group to form GCap Media six years later. In that same year, the stations were put up for sale as they were considered outside of the company's primary target area. In the event, the sale did not go ahead as all of the bids made fell short of expectations. In 2008, the group was taken over by Global Radio, which eventually took ownership of South Hams Radio as a joint venture with the UKRD Group. A year later, the stations were rebranded as Heart.
On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge the five Devon stations as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 16. The new station began broadcasting on Friday 27 August 2010 from studios in Exeter, leading to the closure of studios in Plymouth, Torquay, Barnstaple and Kingsbridge.
On 19 March 2012, Global Radio announced it had bought Atlantic FM from joint owners Tindle Radio and Camel Media. Atlantic FM became part of the Heart Network and merged with Heart Devon on Monday 7 May 2012, forming Heart South West. In August 2012, Global Radio applied for a format change, to remove its commitment to speech content for the Heart Cornwall licence, however on 16 October 2012 this was rejected by media regulator Ofcom.
Station merger
On 26 February 2019, Global announced Heart South West would be merged with three sister stations in Bristol and Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
From 3 June 2019, local output will consist of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.
Heart South West's studios in Exeter closed with operations moving to Bristol - the station ceased local programming on 31 May 2019. Local breakfast and weekend shows were replaced with network programming from London.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescription%20monitoring%20program | In the United States, prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) or prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are state-run programs which collect and distribute data about the prescription and dispensation of federally controlled substances and, depending on state requirements, other potentially abusable prescription drugs. PMPs are meant to help prevent adverse drug-related events such as opioid overdoses, drug diversion, and substance abuse by decreasing the amount and/or frequency of opioid prescribing, and by identifying those patients who are obtaining prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e., "doctor shopping") or those physicians overprescribing opioids.
Most US health care workers support the idea of PMPs, which intend to assist physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists and other prescribers, the pharmacists, chemists and support staff of dispensing establishments. The database, whose use is required by State law, typically requires prescribers and pharmacies dispensing controlled substances to register with their respective state PMPs and (for pharmacies and providers who dispense from their offices) to report the dispensation of such prescriptions to an electronic online database. The majority of PMPs are authorized to notify law enforcement agencies or licensing boards or physicians when a prescriber, or patients receiving prescriptions, exceed thresholds established by the state or prescription recipient exceeds thresholds established by the State. All states have implemented PDMPs, although evidence for the effectiveness of these programs is mixed. While prescription of opioids has decreased with PMP use, overdose deaths in many states have actually increased, with those states sharing data with neighboring jurisdictions or requiring reporting of more drugs experiencing highest increases in deaths. This may be because those declined opioid prescriptions turn to street drugs, whose potency and contaminants carry greater overdose risk.
History
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances. This is meant to reduce risk of fatal overdose caused by high doses of opioids or interactions between opioids and benzodiazepenes, and to enable better decision making on the part of healthcare providers who may be unaware of a patient's prescription drug use, history or other prescriptions.
PDMPs have been implemented in state legislations since 1939 in California, a time before electronic medical records, though implementation increased with s awareness of overprescribing of opioids and overdose. A later New York state program was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Whalen v. Roe. But, by 2019, 49 state |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comdata | Comdata is a payment processor and issuer of fleet fuel cards, corporate spend cards, paperless payroll cards ("paycards"), virtual payments, and trucking permits.
History
Comdata was founded in 1969 by Curtiss W. Harter Jr. It began in the trucking industry, but current customers cover most major industries in the United States, including retail, hospitality, restaurants, construction, government, healthcare, and education.
Corporate cards can be used to manage any purchases that a company makes. Comdata's expense management system allows administrators to set limits on cards restricting usage to certain merchants, dollar amounts, and number of transactions.
Virtual payments are claimed to be secure and easy to administer, and reduce the risk of an unauthorized user compromising card information. They also reduce the number of checks a purchasing department has to process for vendors.
Comdata was a subsidiary of Ceridian but has since been acquired by Fleetcor for $3.45 billion in December 2014, and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%20Peach | 10 Peach is an Australian free-to-air television channel operated by Network 10. It was launched on 11 January 2011 as Eleven. It is owned by ElevenCo, which was established as a joint venture between Ten Network Holdings and CBS Studios International; the latter would ultimately acquire Network 10 in 2017.
The channel focuses primarily on programming targeting a young adult audience, and was the current home of Neighbours—the longest-running drama series on Australian television. Prior to the launch of 10 Shake in September 2020, the channel also aired children's programming.
History
Prior to the launch of the channel, Ten Network Holdings, at the time an independent company, established a joint venture company named ElevenCo with international distributor CBS Studios International. Ten held a two-thirds equity stake in the venture, with CBS holding the remaining share. Under the arrangement, Eleven gained access to programming from CBS's back catalogue. Ten Network Holdings entered administration in 2017 and was subsequently acquired by CBS Corporation, ultimately giving CBS full ownership of Eleven. CBS ultimately merged with Viacom, making 10 Peach a sister network to MTV and Nickelodeon.
10 Peach
On 31 October 2018, the channel rebranded as 10 Peach, as part of a larger rebranding of Network Ten. The new name is intended to provide a clearer scope for the channel's programming; Network 10's chief content officer Beverley McGarvey described "Peach" as feeling "relaxed" and "almost a guilty pleasure" to viewers, with programmes such as Neighbours, Supernatural, This Is Us, and Will & Grace, and would attempt to represent all that the peach fruit itself stood for.
Programming
10 Peach offers catch-up and encore presentations from Channel 10. It features a mix of repeated classic programs, new shows to Australian television, and shows that would make their debut on Australian free-to-air television.
Most of the classic programming on 10 Peach comprises 80's, 90's and 2000's comedies and dramas sourced from Paramount Television, CBS Studios and CBS Studios International (via parent company Paramount Global).
Some of Ten's shows aimed at a younger demographic, most notably Neighbours, were moved to Eleven for the launch of the new channel. This was part of Ten's re-branding to target the older demographic. The decision to move Neighbours and other shows was to also make way for a new current affairs show in Ten's 6:00–7:00pm timeslot. In 2015 Neighbours was Eleven's highest-rating program and the number-one regular Australian program on the digital multichannels, averaging 278,000 viewers.
On 27 February 2012, Toasted TV was moved from Ten to Eleven due to a number of changes to their morning line-up, which included the launch of Breakfast. On 4 November 2013, more of Ten's shows including Totally Wild, Scope, Wurrawhy and Mako: Island of Secrets moved due to the launch of Wake Up and Studio 10. Other first-run Australian content on 10 Pea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20W.%20Clusen | Gerald W. Clusen is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
Biography
A native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Clusen graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a B.S. in computer science with a minor in mathematics. In civilian life, Clusen worked for Kimberly-Clark for more than 28 years.
Career
Clusen originally enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve in 1971. During the Vietnam War, he served aboard the . Following the war, he served aboard the and the . Commissioned as an officer in 1983, he was assigned to the Naval Security Group. In October 2010, he was named Reserve Deputy Commander of the United States Tenth Fleet.
Awards he has received include the Meritorious Service Medal with award star, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal with two award stars.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensional%20fact%20model | The dimensional fact model (DFM) is an ad hoc and graphical formalism specifically devised to support the conceptual modeling phase in a data warehouse project. DFM is extremely intuitive and can be used by analysts and non-technical users as well. A short-term working is sufficient to realize a clear and exhaustive representation of multidimensional concepts (e.g., attributes, measures and hierarchies). It can be used from the initial data warehouse life-cycle steps, to rapidly devise a conceptual model to share with customers.
Data warehouses (DWs) are databases used by decision makers to analyze the status and the development of an organization. DWs are based on large amounts of data integrated from heterogeneous sources into multidimensional databases, and they are optimized for accessing data in a way that comes naturally to human analysts (e.g., OLAP applications).
Data in a DW are organized according to the multidimensional model, that hinges on the concepts of fact (a focus of interest for the decision-making process, such as sales and orders) and dimension (a coordinate for analyzing a fact, such as time, customer, and product). Each fact is quantified through a set of numerical measures, such as the quantity of product sold, the price of products, etc.
DW design and development require ad hoc methodologies and an appropriate life-cycle.
Overview
The DFM is a graphical conceptual model, specifically devised for multidimensional design, in order to:
lend effective support to conceptual design
create an environment in which user queries may be formulated intuitively
make communication possible between designers and end users with the goal of formalizing requirement specifications
build a stable platform for logical design
provide clear and expressive design documentation.
The conceptual representation generated by the DFM consists of a set of fact schemata. Fact schemata model facts, measures, dimensions, and hierarchies (Figure 1). Besides these basic elements, the DFM includes a large set of constructs for expressing the multitude of conceptual nuances that characterize actual modeling scenarios in projects of small to large complexity. A multidimensional schema modeled with the DFM can easily (i.e., semi-automatically) be implemented on both ROLAP and MOLAP platforms.
Basic concepts
A fact is a concept relevant to decision-making processes. It typically models a set of events taking place within a company. Examples of facts in the commercial domain are sales, shipments, purchases, and complaints.
A measure is a numerical property of a fact that describes a quantitative attribute that is relevant to analysis. For example, each sale is measured by the number of units sold, the unit price, and the total receipts.
A dimension is a property, with a finite domain, that describes an analysis coordinate of the fact. A fact generally has multiple dimensions that define its minimum representation granularity. Typical dimensions f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaba | ODABA is a terminology-oriented database management system, which is a conceptual extension of an object-oriented database system, and implements concepts defined in a terminology model. ODABA supports typical standards and technologies for object-oriented databases, but also terminology-oriented database extensions. ODABA also behaves like an object–relational database management system, i.e. data is seen as being stored in a database rather than accessing persistent objects in a programming environment. ODABA supports active data link (ADL) and provides an ADL-based GUI frame work.
Features
Database access is supported via an application program interface for C++ or .NET programming languages and via the ODABA Script Interface (OSI).
Object Definition Language (ODL) and Object Query Language (OQL) provided with OSI are ODMG 3.0 conform.
Beside standard models (object model, functional model and dynamic model), ODABA supports a documentation model and an administration model. In order to be terminology model compliant, several conceptual extensions are supported as set relations, multilingual attributes, weak-typed collections or hierarchical enumerations (classifications).
ODABA supports semi-automatic conversion from terminology models to object models and schema conversion from object model to relational models (MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle) which allows storing or mirroring ODABA data in relational databases or in XML files.
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ODABA
Object-oriented database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20item | A data item describes an atomic state of a particular object concerning a specific property at a certain time point. A collection of data items for the same object at the same time forms an object instance (or table row). Any type of complex information can be broken down to elementary data items (atomic state). Data items are identified by object (o), property (p) and time (t), while the value (v) is a function of o, p and t: v = F(o,p,t).
Values typically are represented by symbols like numbers, texts, images, sounds or videos. Values are not necessarily atomic. A value's complexity depends on the complexity of the property and time component.
When looking at databases or XML files, the object is usually identified by an object name or other type of object identifier, which is part of the "data". Properties are defined as columns (table row), properties (object instance) or tags (XML). Often, time is not explicitly expressed and is an attribute applying to the complete data set. Other data collections provide time on the instance level (time series), column level, or even attribute/property level.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20event | A data event is a relevant state transition defined in an event schema. Typically, event schemata are described by pre- and post condition for a single or a set of data items. In contrast to ECA (Event condition action), which considers an event to be a signal, the data event not only refers to the change (signal), but describes specific state transitions, which are referred to in ECA as conditions.
Considering data events as relevant data item state transitions allows defining complex event-reaction schemata for a database. Defining data event schemata for relational databases is limited to attribute and instance events. Object-oriented databases also support collection properties, which allows defining changes in collections as data events, too.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalCapital | GlobalCapital is a news and data service covering the global debt and equity capital markets and is one of the branded business units of Delinian’s NextGen portfolio.
The publication is a trusted and reputable voice for bankers, issuers, lawyers, investors, regulators, trading platforms and other industry experts. Its teams in London and New York have provided lively coverage of capital markets for over 35 years. With access to the front line of bond, loan, equity and securitization markets, GlobalCapital’s team of journalists has a unique insight into the key drivers that shape and propel the industry.
History
GlobalCapital, previously known as Euroweek, started in 1987 by the financial publishing company Euromoney as a weekly printed newspaper covering capital markets. It was published each Friday.
It printed its last physical edition in March 2020 as the world went into lockdown to fight the COVID-19 pandemic but by that stage was already a daily online news and data service.
Nonetheless, it still produces a weekly online edition every Friday morning as well as a host of data sets, special reports and podcasts.
Regular features include 'Southpaw', 'The GC View' and its two podcasts: ‘The GlobalCapital Podcast’ each Friday and ‘Another Fine Mezz’, which covers securitisation every Monday.
EuroWeek Asia was the publication's dedicated news section on the Asian equity, bond, loans and structured finance markets. It ran until 2022. This section was initially written and edited in Hong Kong and news was updated online daily. It included a weekly column, Taipan, on Asian Pacific gossip and insider knowledge. This also is now incorporated into GlobalCapital, as part of GlobalCapital's Asia coverage.
The publication includes regular league tables ranking capital market institutions in their sectors with data from Dealogic.
The publication regularly publishes special supplements on specific parts of the capital markets or countries, as well as its flagship ‘Review of the Year/Outlook’ report every December. Supplements have included coverage of structured finance, covered bonds, the sovereign, supranational and agency bond market and many more.
The ‘Review of the Year/Outlook’, published in December, surveys market participants to obtain their views on the last 12 months and the year ahead.
GlobalCapital hosts a number of awards ceremonies and other events covering the capital markets. It hosts various awards for the bond, securitization, loan and equity markets as well as two sets of awards for the derivatives industry. It also runs small, editorially focused events for specialist sections of the capital markets under the banner GC Live.
Change of name
EuroWeek was rebranded as GlobalCapital when, in 2014, it merged with other publications from the Euromoney Institutional Investor Group: Asiamoney, Total Securitization, SSA Markets (itself started by EuroWeek in 2010) and Derivatives Week to form GlobalCapital. The Cover, a niche |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology-oriented%20database | A terminology-oriented database or terminology-oriented database management system is a conceptual extension of an object-oriented database. It implements concepts defined in a terminology model. Compared with object-oriented databases, the terminology-oriented database requires some minor conceptual extensions on the schema level as supporting set relations (super-set, subset, intersection etc.), weak-typed collections or shared inheritance.
The data model of a terminology-oriented database is high-level; the terminology-oriented database provides facilities for transforming a terminology model provided by subject area experts completely into a database schema. The target schema might be the database schema for an object-oriented database as well as a relational database schema, or even an XML schema. Typically, terminology-oriented databases are not bound on a specific database type. Since the information content, which can be stored in object-oriented databases and in relational databases, is identical, data for a terminology-oriented database can be stored theoretically in any type of database as well as in an XML file. Thus, terminology-oriented databases may support several database systems for storing application data.
Terminology Databases, when these contain Terms and Vocabularies, these become valuable for Ontologies and in turn ontologies can help process associated triples or complex predicates thus going deeper than hierarchies or keys in RDBMS. Semantic mapping can also enhance performance.
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Object-oriented database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Horizon%20League%20men%27s%20basketball%20tournament | The 2011 Horizon League men's basketball tournament was played Tuesday, March 1 through Tuesday, March 8. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast by ESPNU and took place at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, the home court of the #1 overall seed, the Milwaukee Panthers. As Milwaukee defeated Valparaiso in its semifinal match, it secured host status for the championship game against Butler as well; the final was broadcast by ESPN/ESPN3.com. Butler defeated Milwaukee 59–44 in the final, winning its second consecutive Horizon League tournament title and receiving an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals.
Schedule
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
Second round and semifinals hosted by #1 overall seed (Milwaukee)
Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed
Honors
Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP for the second successive year.
Horizon League All-Tournament Team
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyma%20Group | PSYMA GROUP AG is a holding company for a network of market research companies. Currently, the PSYMA GROUP is the fifth largest market research company and the largest owner-run company in Germany. Headquarters is located in Nuremberg, Germany.
Legal status
The PSYMA GROUP AG holding company is an unlisted stock company, where the stocks are held by the founders and the managing directors. Its affiliates cover various business areas, in the sectors: Medical technology & pharmaceuticals research, consumer goods research, media research, automotive research, financial services research, IT & telecommunication research, industrial & capital goods research.
History
The company was founded in 1957 as the „arbeitsgruppe für psychologische marktanalysen“ by Dr. Reinhold Bergler, Dr. Manfred Hambitzer and Dr. Klaus Haupt, originally as an academic company and not a commercial company. The methodologies deployed included in-depth psychological, qualitative interviews. In 1967, the company opened one of the first professional pharmaceutical market research departments. This was followed by a continued international expansion. In 2001, Psyma Group AG was founded as a holding company for the operative subsidiaries and joint ventures. As of August 2010, the company has offices in 13 countries and conducts market research in over 40 countries.
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Psyma Latina - Latin American subsidiary homepage
Public opinion research companies
Companies based in Nuremberg
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Market research companies of Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Wayne%20Rivergreenway | The Rivergreenway is the backbone of burgeoning Fort Wayne Trails network in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the surrounding area. The Rivergreenway consists of nearly 25-miles of connected trails through a linear park following alongside or near the City's three rivers: St. Joseph River, St. Marys River, and Maumee River. In 2009, the Rivergreenway was designated as a National Recreation Trail. The trail network also connects to the Wabash & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. In 2011, the Wabash & Erie Canal Towpath Trail was completed, the Greater Fort Wayne has 50 miles of connected trails.
The Rivergreenway originates at the confluence of the three rivers meet in downtown Fort Wayne at the water filtration plant. This is considered the zero-mile marker for the St. Joseph, St. Marys and Maumee Pathways.
The St. Joseph Pathway (3.4 miles) follows the west side of the St. Joseph River from the confluence to Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). This trail is currently being extended from Johnny Appleseed Park to Shoaff Park. The first phase of construction from Johnny Appleseed to IPFW was complete in the summer of 2010 and includes a new trail across the Coliseum Blvd Bridge and the trail also goes under the bridge to connect with IPFW.
The St. Joe Blvd Pathway (1.14 miles) follows the east side of the St. Joseph River from State Blvd to Lafayette Street. This section of trail was built as part of a flood control project.
The St. Marys Pathway (8.75 miles) runs south from the confluence to Tillman Park where it connects with the Southtown Centre Trail. Along the way, the St. Marys Pathway connects with multiple city parks including the Historic Old Fort, Lawton, Headwaters, Bloomingdale, Swinney, Foster and Tillman. This pathways is also the main trail connection to downtown Fort Wayne.
The Maumee Pathway (8.75 miles) cuts east on the north side of the Maumee River winding its way to the City of New Haven's Moser Park where it terminates. This section of trail is the most remote section because it is located behind the City's treatment ponds. In 2009, the City built a trail spur to Coliseum Blvd in order to provide emergency access and another point of entry for trail users.
The Yarnell Trail (1.11 miles) originates in West Swinney Park at the St. Marys Pathway just southeast of the swimming pool and runs west through West Swinney Park, along West Jefferson Boulevard to Rockhill Park.
The Southtown Centre Trail (.60 miles) begins at Tillman Park, where the St. Marys Pathway ends, and it runs south along Hanna St. to a mid-block crossing, taking trail users across a field to the back side of Southtown Centre. By 2017, this trail had connected to Anthony Boulevard.
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Hiking trails in Indiana
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Protected areas of Allen County, Indiana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recode%20%28disambiguation%29 | Recode is a technology news website.
Recode or recoding may also refer to:
Recode (database), a biological database
Recode, an act or product of transcoding a digital bitstream
Recoding (biology), the process of genetic translation
Recode (non-profit organization)
See also
Decoder (disambiguation)
Code (disambiguation)
Decoding (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20levelling%20of%20France | The General Levelling of France (niveau général de la France or NGF)
forms a network of benchmarks in mainland France and Corsica, now overseen by the Institut Géographique National. It is now the official levelling network in mainland France. It is made up of two networks:
NGF - IGN69 for mainland France, with the 'zero level' determined by the tide gauge at Marseille
NGF - IGN78 for Corsica, with the 'zero level' determined by the tide gauge at Ajaccio
Topography
Geography of France
Geodesy
Vertical datums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard%20computer | A keyboard computer is a computer which contains all of the regular components of a personal computer, except for a screen, in the same housing as the keyboard. The power supply is typically external and connects to the computer via an adapter cable. The motherboard is specially designed to fit inside, and the device is larger than most standard keyboards. Additional peripheral components such as a monitor are connected to the computer via external ports. Usually a minimum of storage devices, if any, is built in.
Most home computers of the late 1970s and during the 1980s were keyboard computers, the ZX Spectrum and most models of the Atari ST, Xiao Bawang, Commodore 64. and Amiga being prime examples. While this form factor went out of style around 1990 in favour for more standard PC setups, some notable x86 keyboard computers have been built, like the Olivetti Prodest PC1 in 1988 and the Schneider EuroPC Series between 1988 and 1995.
Newer developments include the Commodore 64 WebIt by Tulip, the Asus Eee Keyboard, which uses Intel Atom processors and solid state hard drives, and the (never-released) Commodore Invictus PC. In November 2020, Raspberry Pi Foundation announced Raspberry Pi 400, a modified version of their previous Raspberry Pi 4 housed entirely within a keyboard, with "quad-core 64-bit processor, 4GB of RAM, wireless networking, dual-display output, and 4K video playback, as well as a 40-pin GPIO header".
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigio%20%C3%81ngel%20Gonz%C3%A1lez | Remigio Ángel González is a Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión. He has lived in Miami since 1987. The network (previously named Televideo Services) is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, who is from Guatemala. González was estimated to be worth $350m in 2002, and by some accounts is now worth $2bn. González has a conservative political stance, but he aims to keep a low profile and cooperate with host country governments. As part of this strategy, he is said to have modified the editorial lines of his stations, particularly in Guatemala and Nicaragua, to accommodate government preferences.
Albavisión
The foundation for the Albavisión network, created in May 2008, was laid in 1981 when González acquired his two Guatemalan television stations (Canal 3 and 7). At the time, González was a sales representative for Mexico's Televisa, selling its programming in Central America, and used Televisa's loan backing to acquire the station. In the mid-1990s he acquired Guatemala's Canal 13, and completed a "virtual monopoly control of that nation's commercial television airwaves".
In January 2010 the Albavision network had 26 television stations (including La Red (Chile), ATV (Peru), SNT (Paraguay) and Canal 9 (Argentina) and 82 radio stations. Many Latin American countries have laws restricting foreign ownership, and as a result the network has a range of "phantom companies run by local relatives, friends and stand-ins"; his Guatemalan properties are in his (Guatemalan) wife's name.
Through Albavision, González controls four television stations in Guatemala—El Super Canal, Televisiete , Teleonce and Trecevisión—attaining a monopoly of commercial television channels inside the country. He also controls three of Nicaragua's nine television stations (Channels 10 and 4 (until 2018)). As of May 2018, all the stations González owns, operates or advises in Nicaragua have sons and daughters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, an associate of González, running them. González also owns three stations in Costa Rica, as well as five in the south of his native México. channel 13 méxico
A 2001 study of González's media properties in Guatemala and Nicaragua found that they had a tendency to squeeze out voices opposed to the government, and concluded that "Gonzalez’s ownership practices create an atmosphere that undercuts the development of democracy." He has a strong influence in Guatemalan politics, for example giving $650,000 to Vinicio Cerezo's 1985 presidential campaign, as well as more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo's 1999 campaign. "Political analysts say the free commercials helped Portillo win the election." After becoming president, Portillo "named Gonzalez's brother-in-law, Luis Rabbe, as his minister of communications, infrastructure and housing, a powerful Cabinet position whose jurisdiction includes the oversight of broadcast media."
As of August 2018, Gonzalez owned 35 television channels, 11 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20of%20Latin%20America | Media of Latin America includes a range of media groups across television, radio and the press. Pan-Latin American television networks include the US-based CNN en Español, Univision, and MundoVision, as well as Spain's Canal 24 Horas. In 2005 TeleSUR, headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, was launched with the support of regional governments, as a Venezuelan government propaganda channel.
Mexican media mogul Remigio Ángel González's Albavision encompasses 26 TV stations and 82 radio stations, and includes La Red (Chile), ATV (Peru), SNT (Paraguay) and Canal 9 (Argentina). González's is a particularly powerful force in the media of Guatemala, with a virtual monopoly of the commercial television airwaves.
Grupo Clarín, with 2009 revenues of $1.7bn, is Argentina's largest media group. Established as such in 1999, it includes the Clarín newspaper (the most-widely circulated in Latin America), the Artear media company, and numerous other media outlets.
Peruvian newspaper El Peruano, founded October 22, 1825, is the oldest daily newspaper of Latin America currently in circulation.
See also
Television in Latin America
Telenovela
Latin American media |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%20Xiaohai | Ma Xiaohai () is a 53-year-old computer science professor at Nanjing Technical University under arrest for organising wife-swapping events. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail, "a more severe punishment because he did not admit the malicious and illegal nature of his conduct," according to the court.
In the alleged "swingers trial" in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, he is the only one among 21 defendants to have plead "not guilty" to accusations of "group licentiousness" (聚众淫乱罪). The activities took place from 2007, and from September 2009 he was under police surveillance.
Ma was defended online by renowned Chinese sexologist Li Yinhe.
See also
Harmonious society
Sexuality in China
References
External links
Hudong 马尧海
2010 in China
Sex and the law
Marriage, unions and partnerships in China
Crime in China
21st-century Chinese criminals
Chinese male criminals
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcpcrypt | In computer networking, tcpcrypt is a transport layer communication encryption protocol. Unlike prior protocols like TLS (SSL), tcpcrypt is implemented as a TCP extension. It was designed by a team of six security and networking experts: Andrea Bittau, Mike Hamburg, Mark Handley, David Mazières, Dan Boneh and Quinn Slack. Tcpcrypt has been published as an Internet Draft. Experimental user-space implementations are available for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Windows. There is also a Linux kernel implementation.
The TCPINC (TCP Increased Security) working group was formed in June 2014 by IETF to work on standardizing security extensions in the TCP protocol. In May 2019 the working group released and as an experimental standard for Tcpcrypt.
Description
Tcpcrypt provides opportunistic encryption — if either side does not support this extension, then the protocol falls back to regular unencrypted TCP. Tcpcrypt also provides encryption to any application using TCP, even ones that do not know about encryption. This enables incremental and seamless deployment.
Unlike TLS, tcpcrypt itself does not do any authentication, but passes a unique "session ID" down to the application; the application can then use this token for further authentication. This means that any authentication scheme can be used, including passwords or certificates. It also does a larger part of the public-key connection initiation on the client side, to reduce load on servers and mitigate DoS attacks.
History
The first draft of the protocol specification was published in July 2010, with reference implementations following in August. However, after initial meetings in IETF, proponents of the protocol failed to gain traction for standardization and the project went dormant in 2011.
In 2013 and 2014, following Edward Snowden's Global surveillance disclosures about the NSA and agencies of other governments, IETF took a strong stance for protecting Internet users against surveillance. This aligns with tcpcrypt's goals of ubiquitous transparent encryption, which revived interest in standardization of the protocol. An official IETF mailing list was created for tcpcrypt in March 2014, followed by the formation of the TCPINC (TCP Increased Security) working group in June and a new version of the draft specification.
Performance
Tcpcrypt enforces TCP timestamps and adds its own TCP options to each data packet, amounting to 36 bytes per packet compared to plain TCP. With a mean observed packet size for TCP packets of 471 bytes, this can lead to an overhead of 8% of useful bandwidth. This 36 bytes overhead may not be an issue for internet connections faster than 64kbs, but can be an issue for dial up internet users.
Compared to TLS/SSL, tcpcrypt is designed to have a lower performance impact. In part this is because tcpcrypt does not have built-in authentication, which can be implemented by the application itself. Cryptography primitives are used in such a way to reduce load on the serv |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20structure%20of%20boron-rich%20metal%20borides%20%28data%20page%29 | This article contains crystal structure data used in the article crystal structure of boron-rich metal borides.
Table I
Chemical composition can be calculated as Y0.62Al0.71B14.
Table II
Table III
a The number n in the atom designation Bn,n refers to the B12-nth icosahedron to which the Bn,n belongs. Si6.n and B6.n belong to the B12Si3 unit.
b,c,d The Si and B sites are in the same interstice, which is assumed to be fully occupied by both Si and B atoms with occupancies of Occ.(Si) and Occ.(B), respectively, where Occ.(Si)+Occ.(B) = 1. Position of the boron atom was adjusted independently by fixing the thermal parameters at the same value as for the Si atom in the same interstice.
e The temperature factor is fixed at this value.
f Equivalent isotropic temperature factor. It was calculated from the relation Beq. = 4/3(a2β11 + b2β22 + c2β33).
Table IVa
Structure data for homologous compounds.
The sum of those values was fixed at 1.0.
Table IVb
Table IVc
Table Va
The sum of those values was fixed at 1.0.
Table Vb
Table VI
a Obtained by structure analysis.
Table VII
Table VIII
a Anisotropic thermal factors are applied to Sc sites, and Ueq (one-third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor) is listed in these columns.
Table IX
a Anisotropic thermal factors are applied to Sc sites, and Ueq (one-third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor) is listed in these columns.
Table X
a Anisotropic thermal factors are applied to Sc sites, and Ueq (one-third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor) is listed in these columns.
References
Borides
Crystallography |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saville%20%28disambiguation%29 | Saville is a surname.
Saville may also refer to:
SAVILLE, a Type 1 encryption algorithm
Saville (novel) by David Storey which won the Booker Prize for fiction in 1976
Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania
See also
Saville Dam, a dam in Barkhamsted, Connecticut
Saville Theatre, London
Saville Report on the Bloody Sunday shootings (Northern Ireland, 1972) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elnec | Elnec is a Slovak manufacturer of device programming systems for programmable integrated circuits.
History
Since its founding in 1991, the company has been oriented towards developing and manufacturing developer tools like device programmers, emulators, simulators and logic analyzers.
Core business of the company today is only the development and manufacture of equipment that transfers data into various non-volatile semiconductor devices. These devices can be sorted into three categories: Microcontroller, Flash Memory, Programmable Logic Devices.
Most of Elnec device programmers can be referred as universal due to support of many programmable devices from different semiconductor companies as Microchip, STMicroelectronics, EM microelectronics, etc.
Elnec’s products are sold also under ODM names as B&K Precision, Dataman or Minato.
One of company's competitors is Data I/O.
Current products
Elnec production can be divided into groups:
Multiprogramming systems (Production programmers) - Used for programming devices in high volumes by Electronics manufacturers and programming centers.
Universal programmers - Designed for individual users (new electronics products development, chip tuning) and small manufacturers of electronics.
Specialized programmers - Products specialized for programming specific programmable devices groups (families): EPROM, EEPROM, MCU, Flash, etc.
Programming adapters - Programmable devices could be bought in different package types:SSOP, SOIC, PLCC, QFN, BGA, etc. Programming Adapters are used to convert a pinout of selected programmable device package into interface used by programmer. Elnec’s programmers use DIL interface as a standard.
References
External links
Elnec - Universal programmer, Production programmer company
Elnec Korea Webpage
Elnec Japan Webpage
Electronics companies established in 1991
Electronics companies of Slovakia
Slovak brands
1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle%20Coherence | In computing, Oracle Coherence (originally Tangosol Coherence) is a Java-based distributed cache and in-memory data grid. It is claimed to be intended for systems that require high availability, high scalability and low latency, particularly in cases when traditional relational database management systems provide insufficient throughput, or insufficient performance.
History
Tangosol Coherence was created by Cameron Purdy and Gene Gleyzer, and initially released in December, 2001.
Oracle Corporation acquired Tangosol Inc., the original owner of the product, in April 2007, at which point it had more than 100 direct customers. Tangosol Coherence was also embedded in a number of other companies' software products, some of which belonged to Oracle Corporation's competitors.
Features
Coherence provides mechanisms to integrate with other services using TopLink, Java Persistence API, Oracle Golden Gate and other platforms using APIs provided by Coherence.
Coherence can be used to manage HTTP sessions via Coherence*Web, in which application services such as Oracle WebLogic Server, IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat and others are claimed to get the same performance, fault tolerance, and scalability as data.
In the summer of 2020, Coherence Community Edition was released as open source on GitHub. Some Coherence usage patterns are also open source and are listed and supported through the Oracle Coherence incubator. These patterns implement features such as messaging, work distribution and data replication across wide area networks with Coherence.
See also
Complex event processing
Distributed computing
Distributed hash table
Distributed transaction processing
Extreme transaction processing
Grid computing
Transaction processing
References
External links
Oracle Coherence Product page
Open source Coherence Community Edition project
Oracle Coherence User Forum
Weblogic Coherence
The Oracle Coherence Knowledge Base
The Oracle Coherence v10 incubator page
Oracle Coherence 3.5 by Aleksander Seovic, Packt Press
Oracle software
Transaction processing
Storage software
Proprietary software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paping | Paping (pronounced pah ping) is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network and to measure the time it takes to connect to a specified port. The name is a play on the word ping, another computer network administration utility.
Because ICMP can be used to identify the operating system of a remote machine, it is sometimes blocked. If ICMP is blocked, ping cannot be used to identify if the service is responding. Publicly available services must keep their relevant TCP or UDP ports open, paping can attempt to make connections to these ports to determine if a service is responding. Similar utilities such as nmap allow a range of ports to be scanned, however they do not allow you to repetitively scan the same ports.
Paping operates by attempting to connect to an Internet Protocol TCP/IP port on the target. In the process it measures the time taken for a connection to be established and records any connection failures. The results of the test are printed in form of a statistical summary of the connections made including the minimum, maximum, and the mean connection times.
Paping is cross-platform software, currently supporting Windows and Linux.
As of April 2013, the project appears to be abandoned with no new fixes or versions being produced.
Sample paping test
The following is a sample output of paping against en.wikipedia.org on TCP/IP port 80 (http) from a Linux host:
./paping -p 80 en.wikipedia.org -c 10
paping v1.5.1 - Copyright (c) 2010 Mike Lovell
Connecting to text.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [208.80.152.2] on TCP 80:
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.11ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.03ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=65.81ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=63.56ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=63.95ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.29ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.35ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.99ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=63.10ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=64.02ms protocol=TCP port=80
Connection statistics:
Attempted = 10, Connected = 10, Failed = 0 (0.00%)
Approximate connection times:
Minimum = 63.10ms, Maximum = 65.81ms, Average = 64.22ms
References
External links
code.google.com/p/paping/
Network analyzers
Free network management software
Internet Protocol based network software
Unix network-related software
Windows communication and services
Windows administration |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberstrategy%203.0 | Cyberstrategy 3.0 is the United States information warfare strategy against cyberwarfare. This strategy uses deterrence based on making infrastructure robust and redundant enough to survive any Internet cyber attack.
A good example of this concept can be seen in action in a cyber strategy game like CyberStratG.
.
References
Cyberwarfare in the United States
Electronic warfare
Hacking (computer security)
Military technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd | systemd is a software suite that provides an array of system components for Linux operating systems. The main aim is to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions. Its primary component is a "system and service manager" – an init system used to bootstrap user space and manage user processes. It also provides replacements for various daemons and utilities, including device management, login management, network connection management, and event logging. The name systemd adheres to the Unix convention of naming daemons by appending the letter d. It also plays on the term "System D", which refers to a person's ability to adapt quickly and improvise to solve problems.
Since 2015, the majority of Linux distributions have adopted systemd, having replaced other init systems such as SysV init. It has been praised by developers and users of distributions that adopted it for providing a stable, fast out-of-the-box solution for issues that had existed in the Linux space for years. At the time of adoption of systemd on most Linux distributions, it was the only software suite that offered reliable parallelism during boot as well as centralized management of processes, daemons, services and mount points.
Critics of systemd contend that it suffers from mission creep and bloat; the latter affecting other software (such as the GNOME desktop), adding dependencies on systemd, reducing its compatibility with other Unix-like operating systems and making it difficult for sysadmins to integrate alternative solutions. Concerns have also been raised about Red Hat and its parent company IBM controlling the scene of init systems on Linux. Critics also contend that the complexity of systemd results in a larger attack surface, reducing the overall security of the platform.
History
Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers, the software engineers working for Red Hat who initially developed systemd, started a project to replace Linux's conventional System V init in 2010. An April 2010 blog post from Poettering, titled "Rethinking PID 1", introduced an experimental version of what would later become systemd. They sought to surpass the efficiency of the init daemon in several ways. They wanted to improve the software framework for expressing dependencies, to allow more processing to be done concurrently or in parallel during system booting, and to reduce the computational overhead of the shell.
In May 2011 Fedora Linux became the first major Linux distribution to enable systemd by default, replacing Upstart. The reasoning at the time was that systemd provided extensive parallelization during startup, better management of processes and overall a saner, dependency-based approach to control of the system.
In October 2012, Arch Linux made systemd the default, switching from SysVinit. Developers had debated since August 2012 and came to the conclusion that it was faster and had more features than SysVinit, and that maintaining the latter was not worth the effor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazilda | Grazilda is a Philippine television drama fantasy romance series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is a loose adaptation on Drizella, the stepsister of Cinderella. Directed by Dominic Zapata, it stars Glaiza de Castro in the title role. It premiered on September 13, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up. The series concluded on January 7, 2011 with a total of 85 episodes. It was replaced by Dwarfina in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Glaiza de Castro as Grazilda
Supporting cast
Geoff Eigenmann as Eric
Yasmien Kurdi as Cindy
Daniel Matsunaga as Kasmir
Jolina Magdangal as a fairy godmother
Sheryl Cruz as Fabiola
Cherie Gil as Veronne
Rio Locsin as Matilda
Joel Torre as Fernando
Dominic Roco as Vicente
Polo Ravales as Matthew
Caridad Sanchez as Tisay
Angeli Nicole Sanoy as Jik Jik
Guest cast
Gwen Zamora as Cinderella
Benedict Campos as Prince Charming
Stef Prescott as Tonette
Bodie Cruz as Ben
Ernie Zarate as Leon
Jobelle Salvador as Stella
Gene Padilla as Elias
Sherilyn Reyes as Weng
Sarah Lahbati as Esmeralda
Dang Cruz as Celia
Sunshine Garcia as Precious
Djanin Cruz as Anatalia
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Grazilda earned a 14.5% rating.
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine fantasy television series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows based on fairy tales
Works based on Cinderella |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suter%20%28disambiguation%29 | Suter may refer to:
Suter, surname
Suter, West Virginia
Suter (computer program), U.S. military computer program developed by BAE Systems that attacks computer networks and communications systems belonging to an enemy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DrinkExchange | DrinkExchange was a monthly social and business networking party started in San Francisco, California during the dot com bubble.
The event was started in February, 1997 by Ali Partovi, co-founder of the Internet firm LinkExchange, and his roommate-coworkers Alan Shusterman and Mike Bayle, who were initially looking to find ways to improve their social life. The format was humorously based on LinkExchange's early ad exchange model (though not formally affiliated with the company), by which web publishers could trade two outgoing "clicks" on banner ads placed on their site for one visitor backlink from other publishers. At the events, participants were encouraged to buy two alcoholic drinks, and give one to a fellow guest.
Invitations to the initial event, held at the local Gordon Biersch brewery, were in the form of a mock product announcement press release from LinkExchange, which ended up becoming a local viral email phenomenon and attracting seventy guests. Later events drew more than one thousand participants each, included corporate sponsorships, and eventually spread to Tokyo, Sydney, London, Hong Kong, San Diego, and Washington, DC. The parties continued until the "dot com crash" of 2001.
References
Dot-com bubble
Organizations based in San Francisco
1997 establishments in California
2001 disestablishments in California
Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com%20party | A dot-com party (often known as an Internet party or more generally, a launch party) is a social and business networking party hosted by an Internet-related business, typically for promotional purposes or to celebrate a corporate event such as a product launch, venture funding round, or corporate acquisition.
History
Dot-com parties became a notorious part of the culture of the American "dot-com" business era of 1997 to 2001, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dot-com parties, compared to "scenes from The Great Gatsby", were markedly different from conventional corporate entertainment, which tends to be more private, and often fancier if less ostentatious. Common features of dot-com parties included live bands, decorations, product demonstrations, gatecrashers, exotic or fancy venues, excessive alcohol consumption, and "schwag bag" giveaways. Some popular alternative musicians such as Elvis Costello, Beck, the B-52s, and Moby, were particularly active on the Internet circuit. Some Internet entrepreneurs such as Craig Newmark and Patty Beron (sfgirl.com) were well known for hosting and attending the events. Other noted Internet partiers included Oliver Muoto and the founders of a public relations firm, Marino & Associates. Guest appearances by Internet-meme celebrities such as Mahir were also popular.
During the height of the era 15 to 20 such events took place per week in San Francisco alone. The hosts were typically Internet start-up companies, although some events were held by service providers, magazine publishers, venture-capital firms, and industry organizations. Trade shows such as SIGGRAPH, Macworld, and COMDEX would have several parties per night, some open but mostly by invitation. Various gossip blogs, newspaper columns, and websites such as DrinkExchange, WorkIt, sfgirl.com, Fucked Company, and the A-List, regularly chronicled the exploits of the companies and their dot-com party guests.
Time magazine called The Industry Standard rooftop parties a "San Francisco Institution". The "ultimate" dot-com party was arguably the iBASH'99 launch party held at the MGM Grand Las Vegas at a cost of more than $10 million, featuring The Who and the Dixie Chicks. Its host, Pixelon, was a sham company that went bankrupt within less than a year. The 2000 Webby Awards in San Francisco, although far less expensive or lavish, is sometimes considered the "watershed".
By late 2000 funding for parties had begun to dry up as corporate events became more frugal and private, less ostentatious, and more closely directed to achieving specific business goals. During the final days of the dot-com bubble, company-hosted parties gave way to trade-show and industry mixers that typically cost $40,000 to $60,000 to host. The subsequent crash of the venture finance-backed Internet industry in 2001 saw a lull in public celebrations, although there were some nostalgic events in honor of the massive layoffs and demise of many companies such as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20apricot%20production | This is a list of countries by apricot production in 2021 and 2020, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The estimated total world production for apricots in 2021 was 3,578,412 metric tonnes, down 3.7% from 3,717,003 tonnes in 2020.
Production by country
>100,000 tonnes
50,000–100,000 tonnes
10,000–50,000 tonnes
1,000–10,000 tonnes
<1,000 tonnes
Notes
References
Lists of countries by production
Apricot
Apricots
Apricots |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20artichoke%20production | This is a list of countries by artichoke production in 2016, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The estimated total world artichoke production for 2016 was 1,422,248 metric tonnes.
Production by country
Notes
References
Lists of countries by production
Artichoke
Artichoke |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20barley%20production | This is a list of countries by barley production in 2021 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.
The total world barley production for 2016 was 141,277,993 metric tonnes. In 2021, production was 145,623,914 metric tonnes.
Production by country
>1,000,000 tonnes
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
10,000–100,000 tonnes
1,000–10,000 tonnes
<1,000 tonnes
References
Lists of countries by production
Barley |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montorio%2C%20Province%20of%20Burgos | Montorio is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, north-central Spain. According to the 2009 data from INE, the municipality has a population of 200 inhabitants.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Burgos |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contegro | Contegro CMS (Content and Growth) was a commercial website content management system (WCMS). It was developed on the ASP.NET framework and Microsoft SQL Server database.
History
Contegro is no longer available.
References
Content management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRANSYT-7F | TRANSYT-7F is a traffic simulation and signal timing optimization program. The primary application of TRANSYT-7F is signal timing design and optimization. TRANSYT-7F features genetic algorithm optimization of cycle length, phasing sequence, splits, and offsets. TRANSYT-7F combines a detailed optimization process (including genetic algorithm, multi-period, and direct CORSIM optimization) with a detailed macroscopic simulation model (including platoon dispersion, queue spillback, and actuated control simulation).
History
TRANSYT-7F is an acronym for TRAffic Network StudY Tool, version 7F. The original TRANSYT model was developed by the Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom. TRANSYT, version 7 was "Americanized" for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); thus the "7F." The TRANSYT-7F program and the original TRANSYT-7F manual were developed for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the National Signal Timing Optimization Project (NSTOP) by the University of Florida Transportation Research Center (TRC). TRANSYT-7F continues to undergo further development, and is currently maintained by the University of Florida's McTrans Center.
Capabilities
Simulation of existing conditions and future conditions
Multi-period optimization, hill-climb optimization
Lane-by-lane analysis, actuated control analysis
Direct CORSIM optimization, CORSIM post-processing
One-touch CORSIM animation, one-touch HCS analysis
Optimization based on a wide variety of objective functions
Explicit simulation of platoon dispersion, queue spillback, and queue spillover
Flexibility in accepting U.S. customary units or metric units, right-hand drive or left-hand drive
Genetic algorithm optimization of cycle length, phasing sequence, splits, and offsets
External links
Official manufacturer's homepage http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu/
TRANSYT-7F on the web http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu/featured/TRANSYT-7F/
Literature
Hale, D.K. and K.G. Courage, "Prediction of Traffic-Actuated Phase Times on Arterial Streets",
Transportation Research Record 1811, pp. 84–91, 2002.
Showers, R.H., "Development of a Moment-Based Platooning Index," University of Florida Transportation Research Center, 1993.
Chen, P.J., "Hand-Held Microcomputer Applications in Data Collection for Measuring Platoon Dispersion Based on Cyclic Flow Profiles," Masters Report, University of Florida Transportation Research Center, Spring, 1993.
Penic, M.A. and J. Upchurch, "TRANSYT-7F: Enhancement for Fuel Consumption, Pollution Emissions,
and User Costs," Transportation Research Record 1360, 1992.
Hadi, M.A. and C.E. Wallace, "A Progression-Based Optimization Model for TRANSYT-7F,"
Transportation Research Record 1360, Washington, DC, 1992.
Wallace, C.E., K.G. Courage and E.C.P. Chang, Methodology for Optimizing Signal Timing—the M|O|S|T Reference Manual, Volume 1 of a series prepared for FHWA by COURAGE AND WALLACE, Gainesville, FL, December 1991.
Hadi, M.A., "Improved Strategies for Traffic Responsive |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX%20Review | UNIX Review was an American magazine covering technical aspects of the UNIX operating system and C programming. Recognized for its in-depth technical analysis, the journal also reported on industry confabs and included some lighter fare.
History and profile
It was founded in 1983. In 1985 it was acquired by Miller Freeman. The journal was renamed to UNIX Review's Performance Computing (UR/PC) Magazine with the April 1998 issue, and ceased publication in 2000. The online publication ceased in 2007. It was published by REVIEW Publications of Renton, Washington. The rights to the title passed to United Business Media (formerly CMP Media), which was absorbed by Informa in 2018.
Regular contributors
Andrew Binstock, (editor in chief from 1991–1997), wrote "Word Wrap from the Editor"
John Chisholm (1992-1995), wrote "Currents" column
Stan Kelly-Bootle, writer of the "Devil's Advocate" column
Ken Arnold, writer of "The C Advisor" column
Rich Morin, writer of "The Human Factor" and "The Internet Notebook" columns
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, writer of the "Tool of the Month" column
Ed Schaefer, writer of the "Shell Corner" column
Dinah McNutt, writer of the "Daemons and Dragons" column
Cameron Laird, regular contributor
Emmett Dulaney, regular contributor
Marcel Gagné, regular contributor
Eric Foster-Johnson, regular contributor
References
External links
UNIX Review at the Wayback Machine internet archive
1983 establishments in Washington (state)
2000 disestablishments in Washington (state)
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1983
Magazines disestablished in 2000
Magazines published in Washington (state)
Unix history |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Spencer%20%28The%20Bold%20and%20the%20Beautiful%29 | Liam Spencer is a fictional character The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera on the CBS network, played by Scott Clifton. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on July 19, 2010. Introduced as the long-lost son of media mogul Bill Spencer Jr., he is recognized for his love triangle with Steffy Forrester and Hope Logan.
Clifton's performance in the role has been met with favorable reception from audiences and critics, having garnered him the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2011. He received two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2015, winning the category in 2013. In 2017, he won in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category.
Creation and casting
On May 21, 2010, Dan J Kroll from Soapcentral.com reported that actor Scott Clifton had joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the newly created role of Liam Cooper. Clifton was cast two months after leaving rival soap opera One Life to Live. The actor was initially unaware of who the character was when he auditioned for the role. On his first day on set, Clifton was told that his character would be called Liam. He then met with the executive producer Bradley Bell, who told him about Liam's backstory and that he would be Bill Spencer, Jr.'s (Don Diamont) long-lost son, which is why they decided to name him Liam, short for William. Clifton kept the information to himself, until it was revealed in the scripts. He filmed his first scenes on May 25, and made his screen debut as Liam on July 19, 2010.
Development
Scott Clifton's job on The Bold and the Beautiful included withholding the secret of his character's paternity. Liam Cooper's introduction to viewers began with his quest to discover the true identity of his biological father, which potentially included several lead characters. Asked by the director if he wished to know the secret, or learn the truth when Liam does, Clifton agreed to hear the truth immediately. He withheld his knowledge from cast-mates and backstage crew for several months as the storyline played out.
At times, Clifton regretted that his character would not be the son of certain fathers. "Winsor [Harmon] played those scenes so subtly and sweetly, that even though I knew what was going to happen, I was watching Winsor thinking 'God, I wish I were his son.'" Yet, Clifton has praised the storyline and defended the choice of who ultimately became Liam's father, Bill Spencer, Jr., portrayed by Don Diamont. The fictional father/son duo have consistently clashed, which has led to greater storytelling potential.
An early plot hole was revealed to Clifton by fans of the show. Early on, Liam learns of the Forrester family after arriving in Los Angeles. But later it was revealed that he believed one of the Forresters could be his father even before he moved.
Of the character's unrevealed history, Clifton knows little. His interpretation of the chara |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20phase%20estimation%20algorithm | In quantum computing, the quantum phase estimation algorithm is a quantum algorithm to estimate the phase corresponding to an eigenvalue of a given unitary operator. Because the eigenvalues of a unitary operator always have unit modulus, they are characterized by their phase, and therefore the algorithm can be equivalently described as retrieving either the phase or the eigenvalue itself. The algorithm was initially introduced by Alexei Kitaev in 1995.
Phase estimation is frequently used as a subroutine in other quantum algorithms, such as Shor's algorithm, the quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations, and the quantum counting algorithm.
Formal description of the problem
Let be a unitary operator acting on an -qubit register. Unitarity implies that all the eigenvalues of have unit modulus, and can therefore be characterized by their phase. Thus if is an eigenvector of , then for some . Due to the periodicity of the complex exponential, we can always assume .
Our goal is to find a good approximation to with a small number of gates and with high probability. The quantum phase estimation algorithm achieves this under the assumptions of having oracular access to , and having available as a quantum state.
More precisely, the algorithm returns an approximation for , with high probability within additive error , using qubits (without counting the ones used to encode the eigenvector state) and controlled-U operations.
The algorithm
Setup
The input consists of two registers (namely, two parts): the upper qubits comprise the first register, and the lower qubits are the second register.
The initial state of the system is:
After applying n-bit Hadamard gate operation on the first register, the state becomes:
.
Let be a unitary operator with eigenvector such that . Thus,
.
Overall, the transformation implemented on the two registers by the controlled gates applying isThis can be seen by the decomposition of into its bitstring and binary representation , where . Clearly, becomesEach will only apply if the qubit is , implying that it is controlled by that bit. Therefore the overall transformation to is equivalent to the controlled gates from each -th qubit.
Therefore, the state will be transformed by the controlled gates like so:At this point, the second register with the eigenvector is not needed. It can be reused again in another run of phase estimation. The state without is
Apply inverse quantum Fourier transform
Applying the inverse quantum Fourier transform on
yields
We can approximate the value of by rounding to the nearest integer. This means that where is the nearest integer to and the difference satisfies .
Using this decomposition we can rewrite the state as where
Measurement
Performing a measurement in the computational basis on the first register yields the outcome with probabilityIt follows that if , that is, when can be written as , one always finds the outcome . On the other ha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGlue | iGlue is an experimental database with detailed search options, containing entities and information editing tool. It organizes interrelated images, videos, individuals, institutions, objects, websites, geographical locations into cohesive data structures.
The most important components of iGlue system are: the flexible database which contains semantic elements, and entities, and their relational connections.
In4 Kft. was established in August 2007 as a company specialised in the development of online applications based on university researches, with the participation of young university researchers and of the Power of the Dream Ventures, as financial investor.
References
External links
Semantic Web
Computational linguistics
Natural language processing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod%27s%20Daughters%20%28film%29 | McLeod's Daughters is a 1996 Australian television film, it aired on the Nine Network on 11 May 1996, which was Mother's Day. It remains the highest-rated telemovie of all time in Australia. The movie serves as a back door pilot for the later McLeod's Daughters television series.
Synopsis
Following the death of her mother, Tess Silverman travels to Drovers Run, a rural cattle property in South Australia, and the farm where she spent the first few years of her life. She intends to make her visit a short one and move on to Venice to continue on with her life. Once there she endeavours to reconnect with her only remaining family, her father Jack McLeod and her half-sister Claire, whom she has not seen in 20 years, since her mother left Jack and moved to the city, and taking Tess with her. Tess arrives in a complex situation and finds herself meeting an adoring father but a hostile sister whom she no longer knows and who resents her sudden arrival and even quicker ability to win over Jack, something she feels that she has never completely been able to accomplish.
The unexpected accidental death of their father forces the sisters to overcome their differences and the many obstacles before them to realise their father's dream of running Drovers Run together. To complicate matters, Tess begins to take drastic action to alleviate the property's debts, including firing stockmen, and organising an all female muster of cattle for sale. Her actions alienate her sister's fiancé, putting strain on their engagement and forcing Claire to begin re-evaluating her own future plans. Despite problems with the local bank and the temporary loss of their prized bull, things turn out well in the end as the sisters learn to work together and are able to refinance their father's loans, thus saving the property.
Cast
Jack Thompson as Jack McLeod
Kym Wilson as Tess Silverman McLeod
Tammy MacIntosh as Claire McLeod
Kris McQuade as Meg
Mercia Deane-Johns as Rosa Wilcox
Simone Kessell as Jodi Wilcox
Maya Stange as Becky Howard
Robert Mammone as Patrick
Kevin Smith as Rod
John Walton as Terry Wilcox
Patrick Rees as Noddy Barlow
Grant Piro as Steve Creeley
Audine Leith as Dottie Prendergast
Roger Newcombe as Clem Prendergast
Denis Nobel as Neville Grady
Jo Peoples as Freddy
Gary Heath as Stockman #1
Gary Tielen as Stockman #2
Philip Keen as Auctioneer
Thomas Penna as Calm Operator
Production
Creator and Executive Producer Posie Graeme-Evans had the idea for the creating the show as far back as 1992. She was reading a magazine and saw a picture of a group of Australian cowgirls leaning over a farm gate, with big hats and wide grins. Evans immediately thought of a group of women running a cattle station.
The movie went into production in 1995 and was shot over 1995–1996 in and around Adelaide. Evans needed to find a location that was in reach of a major city, and it was hard to do outside of Sydney and Melbourne. She looked at doing it in Queensland, but s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20experiment | A remote experiment is a real experiment with real laboratory instruments and equipment that can be controlled by a computer through the internet. One or more remote experiments are accessible in remote laboratory.
Remotely controlled experiments have become a widespread tool for teaching physics at the university level of education. When executing remote experiments the remote users can change system parameters, observe results in graphical form and/or by video transmission from webcam, and download the experimental results. Sometimes a booking system is available for remote experiments that allows the users to book time for access of remote experiment in advance. User operates remote experiment via graphical user interface. Remote experiments are positively evaluated by the learners.
Advantages of remote experiments
When compared to simulations in virtual laboratories and to experiments in the traditional laboratories, remotely controlled experiments have following advantages:
remote experiments can be carried out from anywhere in the world;
no time restriction since experiments are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;
overcoming problems with limited laboratory capacity for numerous students;
safe and secure operation of equipment without danger of user's injury;
remote experiments can be shared between education institutions as for example in labshare initiative.
Users of remote experiments
Remote experiments are a powerful technology which can be implemented in distance education to provide the learner hands-on experience. Remote experiments can be especially valuable for some groups of users:
learners with physical disabilities, who cannot intend traditional laboratory exercises;
part-time students, who cannot intend traditional laboratory exercises;
learners who are undergoing continued education (Lifelong learning) and have to integrate learning activities into their everyday schedule.
References
See also
Remote laboratory
Science experiments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%3A%20A%20Fashion%20Fairytale | Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale is a 2010 computer-animated adventure film directed by William Lau and produced by Mattel Entertainment (under the name of Barbie Entertainment) with Rainmaker Entertainment. It was first released to DVD on September 14, 2010, and later made its television premiere on Nickelodeon on November 21, 2010. The eighteenth entry in the Barbie film series, it features the voice of Diana Kaarina as Barbie, replacing Kelly Sheridan for the first time. It revolves around Barbie who travels to Paris and discovers her Aunt Millicent closing her fashion house. But Barbie and aunt's assistant Alice try to save the business with the help of three magical creatures.
Plot summary
While filming an adaptation of The Princess and the Pea, Barbie questions the director's bizarre creative choices which results in her being fired. Immediately afterwards, Barbie is lambasted on social media and receives a phone call from Ken who breaks up with her. Heartbroken and to get away from her troubles, Barbie goes on vacation to Paris to visit her aunt Millicent, an esteemed fashion designer. Meanwhile, Barbie's friends, Teresa and Grace, go to confront Ken where it's revealed that the breakup was really a recording by Barbie's rival Raquelle, which she made while he was reading a script. Ken decides to rush to Paris to amend the situation with Barbie.
In Paris, Barbie learns from rival fashion designer, Jacqueline, that Millicent is going out of business. Barbie meets Millicent and her assistant Alice and is informed that her aunt has lost work due to negative reviews and has since sold the building to a restaurant franchise known as "Hotdogeteria".
Alice takes Barbie to the attic and tells her about the magical creatures who supposedly lived in the fashion house. Placing one of Alice's original designs in a magic wardrobe, Barbie and Alice find and recite the chant to summon the magical creatures, who introduce themselves as the "Flairies", Shine, Shimmer, and Glimmer. Impressed by Alice's design, the Flairies use their magic to enhance it with sparkles. As the fashion house is the source of the Flairies' power, Barbie and Alice decide to put on a fashion show featuring new designs by Alice to raise money and save the building.
Jacqueline soon finds out about the Flairies and kidnaps them and demands they add sparkle to her own designs. Finding the outfits uninspiring, the Flairies warn Jacqueline that their magic might be unstable. Jacqueline ignores them and plans to put on her own fashion show the same night as Millicent's.
Despite the Flairies' disappearance, Millicent is inspired by Alice's designs and helps work on the line for the fashion show. Later that night, Barbie's poodle, Sequin, and Millicent's dog and cat, Jacques and Jilliana, are alerted to the Flairies' location by a trail of sparkles. The three pets sneak into Jacqueline's and rescue them. The next day, Barbie, Alice, and Millicent awaken to find sparkle added to all their n |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20generating%20stations%20in%20the%20Northwest%20Territories | This is a list of electrical generating stations in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Although the territory is not connected to the North American power grid, there are two electric networks operating in the province, the first one in the Yellowknife area and the other in Fort Smith. In most communities, loads are served by local diesel generators. The government-owned Northwest Territories Power Corporation is in charge of power generation.
Hydroelectric
List of all hydroelectric generating stations in the Northwest Territories.
Fossil fuel
List of all fossil fuel electrical generating stations in the Northwest Territories.
References
See also
Energy in Canada
List of electrical generating stations in Canada
Lists of power stations in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Bergelt | Keith Daniel Bergelt (born September 11, 1958) is an American corporate executive and former U.S. diplomat. He is CEO of Open Invention Network where he is responsible for coordinating the establishment and maintenance of a patent ‘‘no-fly” zone around Linux. As such, he is responsible for safeguarding an open and competitive landscape in key technology markets such as back-office transaction processing, mission critical IT applications, mobile communications/smartphones, and desktop computing.
Early life
Bergelt was born in New York City and was raised in the village of Bayville, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. He attended St. Boniface Martyr School in Sea Cliff, New York and is a graduate of Locust Valley High School. He was a high school classmate of Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Education
Bergelt holds degrees from Duke University’s Trinity College (AB), the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University (JD), and Edhec Business School (Theseus MBA). In addition, he has studied management at INSEAD and Institut National des Telecommunications (INT) in France and economics and technology policy at University of San Francisco's McLaren Graduate School of Business.
1982-2000
Upon graduation from law school, he entered public service and held diplomatic postings at the UN in New York City and the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. During his 12-year public service career he also lived in San Francisco, California and Washington, D.C. He was a colleague and tennis partner of U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner during their time together at the American Embassy in Tokyo in the early 1990s.
After the Berlin Wall fell in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bergelt left government service and embarked on a private sector career in C-level strategy consulting focused on innovation at SRI Consulting in Menlo Park, CA. While at SRI Consulting, he co-founded the first strategy consulting practice in the area of intellectual asset management at a major strategy consulting firm. This practice enabled companies to develop strategies to more effectively build, manage and leverage the value of their codified (patents, trademarks, copyrights) and non-codified (knowledge, know-how, etc.) intellectual capital through licensing, joint ventures, donation, abandonment and the creation of spin-outs, spin-ups and spin-ins uniquely suited to monetize corporate intangible assets.
2000-present
Bergelt was then brought into Motorola Corporation in Schaumburg, IL to establish and serve as General Manager of its Strategic Intellectual Asset Management business unit focused on distilling value from Motorola’s intellectual property. In addition, he served as Director of Technology Strategy during his tenure at Motorola.
Following his experience at Motorola and coincident with the departure of Bob Galvin from the Motorola Board of Directors, he was recruited |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starring%20Boris%20Karloff | Starring Boris Karloff was an American radio and television anthology series broadcast for 13 weeks, September–December 1949, on the ABC Television network. Boris Karloff was the host and occasional star, with music by organist George Henninger. Produced and directed by Charles Warburton, the series adapted short stories of mystery and suspense.
Production
Starring Boris Karloff aired as an ABC Radio series. In a practice that was then becoming prevalent, the radio show was doubled on television on ABC-TV. The same script was used for both programs, but was adapted and altered for each medium.
Beginning with the October 27 broadcast, the title of the series was changed to Mystery Playhouse Starring Boris Karloff. The 30-minute program was also known as Boris Karloff Presents and Presenting Boris Karloff.
Episodes
Radio historian John Dunning described Starring Boris Karloff as a horror anthology series that adapted well-known short stories by Arch Oboler, Cornell Woolrich and others. Sources for episode information include Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs.
See also
1949-50 United States network television schedule
References
External links
Starring Boris Karloff at IMDB
Starring Boris Karloff at the Digital Deli (archived)
1940s American anthology television series
1949 American television series debuts
1949 American television series endings
1949 radio programme debuts
1949 radio programme endings
ABC radio programs
American Broadcasting Company original programming
1940s American drama television series
American radio dramas
Anthology radio series
Black-and-white American television shows
Boris Karloff |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Tab%207.0 | The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 or simply Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based mini-tablet computer produced by Samsung and released on 5 November 2010. The tablet was first introduced on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin. The Galaxy Tab was the first Samsung Android-powered tablet to be released.
The Galaxy Tab has a TFT-LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Samsung Exynos 3110 processor (code-named "Hummingbird"), the Swype input system, a 3.2 MP rear-facing camera and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera for video calls. It runs the Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system, and supports telephone functionality as a speaker phone, via provided wired ear piece or Bluetooth earpieces (except models sold in the US). It can download videoconferencing apps such as Tango or Skype as alternative to telephone functionality.
Hardware
The tablet is enclosed in a plastic frame that makes it lighter than other metal-bodied tablets, weighing 380 g (0.84 lb).
The GT-P1000 model carries a 7" Super TFT instead of the AMOLED which is used by Samsung in its Galaxy S phones. The screen has a 1024×600 resolution With mDNIE (Mobile Digital Natural Images Engine). Internal flash storage of 2 GB (North America CDMA models), 16 GB or 32 GB can be supplemented with a microSD flash card with up to 32 GB. The Exynos 3110 (also known as Hummingbird) SoC design features a 1.0 GHz ARM architecture Cortex A8 CPU and has 512, 444, or 640 MB of RAM paired with a PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor.
The WIFI-only model GT-P1010 has a different OMAP 3630 based SoC design. It incorporates also a 1.0 GHz Cortex A8 CPU but the graphics chip is a PowerVR SGX530 graphics processor which is only half as powerful as the SGX540 of the GT-P1000. Also, the GT-P1010 tab does not support TV out. Samsung has provided an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread android version only for selected regions like the UK.
The tablet has two cameras: a 3.2 rear MP camera with a LED flash and a 1.3 MP front camera for video calling (the Verizon model has a 3-megapixel rear camera). The front camera has auto focus capability. The camera also has auto image stitching, combining 8 pictures. Modes include single shot, continuous, panorama, and self-shot. It can automatically trigger on detecting that the subject smiles. Autogeotagging uses the internal GPS receiver.
The tablet has GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, and handsfree/bluetooth/headphone telephone. Cellular protocols include GSM CDMA, HSPA (HSUPA).
The proprietary 30-pin docking and charging connector is not shared with other manufacturers. This connector appears very similar to the standard PDMI connector (a non-proprietary alternative to Apple's docking connector) and is sometimes mistaken for it, but it is non-standard and all accessories, including charging cables, are incompatible with other equipment and only available from Samsung.
Samsung says that its 4000 mAh battery will give it 7 hours of video playback or 10 hours of ta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious%20%28video%20game%29 | is an action video game developed by Alvion for the PlayStation 3. Malicious was released on October 27, 2010 in Japan and worldwide in 2012 by Sony Computer Entertainment. Because of the game's critical success, an enhanced port of the game was announced for the PlayStation Vita titled Malicious Rebirth, featuring a new “Rebirth” chapter with new levels, new bosses and new moves. Another enhanced port, titled Malicious Fallen, was released for the PlayStation 4 in 2017.
Gameplay
[[File:Malicious Screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|text-top|196px|The Mantle of Cinders guards the vessel of spirits against Malicious''' attacks.]]
The game is meant to offer a simple play experience. The main goal is to defeat a dangerous group of enemies known as the Keepers, and a great evil entity called the Malicious. There is no actual stage progression in Malicious''. Instead, all stages start the player directly in fights against a boss and their subordinates.
The player makes use of a special black mantle that hangs from the main character's neck called the Mantle Of Cinders. The mantle, created using technology from the great prophets, changes into a variety of forms. As an example, the mantle can become fists for close-range melee attacks. It can also become a projectile weapon, making use of "Demon Bullets" to target multiple enemies with a lock on. The mantle can also form a shield to guard against incoming attacks.
The player is able to freely select a stage to play next. The ordering could be important, as defeating a boss gives the character that boss's powers in the form of a new action, which can make it easier to take on the next boss. The difficulty of a stage will change according to how many stages the player has previously cleared, making the stages progressively harder by introducing new subordinate enemies and increasing the boss's health pool. The character also gains power in other areas, including increased jump height and the ability to lock on to a greater number of enemies with "Demon Bullets".
As the main character takes damage, the character's arms and legs will disappear one by one. This serves as a health indicator, and losing all limbs will result in the character's death. However, the player can perform a healing action at the cost of "Aura", which will restore the missing parts of the main character's body (clothes, however, cannot be restored). By defeating subordinate enemies or minions the player will gain "Aura", which can be spent during battle to empower the character's attacks or to restore health and lost limbs.
Plot
The Kingdom of Santville faced a precipitous decline due to its own King Eldrake and the plotting of neighbouring autocrats. While the leaders of the country indulged in their desires, the people of Santville remained oppressed, and rebellion became a distinct possibility. Queen Shmeckle, King Eldrake's wife, attempted to reign in his tyranny, but he imprisoned her on false accusations of fanning the flames of r |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Information%20Service%20at%20Geneva | The United Nations Information Service at Geneva (UNIS Geneva) is part of a network of United Nations Information Centres across the world working to promote greater public understanding of the aims and activities of the United Nations.
UNIS Geneva operates from the United Nations Office at Geneva, the second-biggest of the four major office sites of the United Nations after the UN's main Headquarters in New York (the other two are the Offices in Vienna and Nairobi). It is also the United Nations Information Centre for Switzerland.
The Service provides information services focusing primarily on Geneva-based United Nations activities in the field of human rights, disarmament, development and economic and social issues. It bears a special responsibility for informing the press and the general public on the UN's human rights activities due to the location in Geneva of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and of the annual meetings of the Human Rights Council. UNIS Geneva also highlights disarmament efforts, reporting on the work of the Conference on Disarmament, which meets in Geneva and is the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations. Relief assistance is also a focus of the Service's work, Geneva being the world capital of humanitarian activity.
Press services
UNIS Geneva also conveys the position of the United Nations on matters in the news through its briefings, official statements, interviews and background briefings. It provides both breaking news and in-depth material to international print and audiovisual media.
The Service produces a wide range of information products on the work of the United Nations and current international issues, including meeting summaries, press releases, backgrounders and statements. All publications are available on the UNIS webpage.
It produces radio, television and photo material on events in Geneva and related field activities.
UNIS Geneva provides annual accreditation to representatives of the media who are covering UN system issues. Accredited journalists receive access to the United Nations Office at Geneva, information on UN events and activities in Geneva and in the world, and can participate in events and press briefings being organized at the Office.
Furthermore, UNIS Geneva provides services for press conferences and briefings held by organisations of the United Nations system based in Geneva, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20plum%20production | This is a list of countries by plum and sloe production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The estimated total world production of plum and sloe for 2017 was 11,758,135 metric tonnes, down 1% from 11,875,874 tonnes in 2016. China was by far the largest producer, accounting for nearly 58% of global production.
Production by country
>100,000 tonnes
10,000–100,000 tonnes
1,000–10,000 tonnes
<1,000 tonnes
External links
FAO complete list
Notes
References
Lists of countries by production
List of countries by plum production
Plums
Plums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataon | Dataon is a village in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
References
Villages in Jaunpur district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%2010%20%28Indian%20TV%20channel%29 | Channel 10 is a premier Bengali language television network that carried news and current affairs in India. It was based in Kolkata and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region and sparingly across the USA through partner networks. The slogan of the channel is 'Deser Khobor Doser Khobor' (which means Country's news Ten's news).
Bangladesh office
Channel 10 has Bangladesh Office. More than ten people work here actively. Sahidul Hasan Khokon is the Leader of Bangladesh Team. Journalist Nasir Ahmad Rasel and Shovon Islam is the news person. Besides another three reporter and 2 video journalist also work here.
Competitors
ABP Ananda
24 Ghanta
Kolkata TV
News Time
Tara Newz
See also
International broadcasting
List of Indian television stations
24-hour television news channels
External links
Channel 10 homepage (from archive)
24-hour television news channels in India
Bengali-language television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television stations in Kolkata
2008 establishments in West Bengal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular%20array | In mathematics and computing, a triangular array of numbers, polynomials, or the like, is a doubly indexed sequence in which each row is only as long as the row's own index. That is, the ith row contains only i elements.
Examples
Notable particular examples include these:
The Bell triangle, whose numbers count the partitions of a set in which a given element is the largest singleton
Catalan's triangle, which counts strings of parentheses in which no close parenthesis is unmatched
Euler's triangle, which counts permutations with a given number of ascents
Floyd's triangle, whose entries are all of the integers in order
Hosoya's triangle, based on the Fibonacci numbers
Lozanić's triangle, used in the mathematics of chemical compounds
Narayana triangle, counting strings of balanced parentheses with a given number of distinct nestings
Pascal's triangle, whose entries are the binomial coefficients
Triangular arrays of integers in which each row is symmetric and begins and ends with 1 are sometimes called generalized Pascal triangles; examples include Pascal's triangle, the Narayana numbers, and the triangle of Eulerian numbers.
Generalizations
Triangular arrays may list mathematical values other than numbers; for instance the Bell polynomials form a triangular array in which each array entry is a polynomial.
Arrays in which the length of each row grows as a linear function of the row number (rather than being equal to the row number) have also been considered.
Applications
Apart from the representation of triangular matrices, triangular arrays are used in several algorithms. One example is the CYK algorithm for parsing context-free grammars, an example of dynamic programming.
Romberg's method can be used to estimate the value of a definite integral by completing the values in a triangle of numbers.
The Boustrophedon transform uses a triangular array to transform one integer sequence into another.
See also
Triangular number, the number of entries in such an array up to some particular row
References
External links |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Philadelphia%20Inquirer%2C%20LLC | The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC (formerly Philadelphia Media Network (PMN)) is an American media company. It owns The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. The company is owned by The Philadelphia Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
History
Philadelphia Media Network, then including the newspapers' joint web portal Philly.com, was formed and initially owned by the creditors of Philadelphia Media Holdings (PMH), acquired out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company sold its inherited community newspaper division in December 2010. A group of local investors under the corporate name of Interstate General Media LLC bought the company for $55 million in April 2012.
Publisher and chief executive officer Greg Osberg stepped down on May 11, 2012. He was replaced by Bob Hall, 67, the publisher of the Daily News and Inquirer from 1990 to 2003, when the papers were owned by Knight Ridder. Philadelphia Media Network was purchased by Philadelphia businessman H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest in 2014. Lenfest donated the company to The Philadelphia Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in 2016. The Philadelphia Media Network also converted to a public benefit corporation with a charter that balances public benefit alongside shareholder returns. In 2019, Philadelphia Media Network renamed Philly.com to Inquirer.com and made the Daily News an edition of The Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network was renamed The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC.
In January 2020, Lisa Hughes was named publisher and CEO. She is the first female publisher of The Inquirer.
References
External links
Philly.com
Companies based in Philadelphia
American companies established in 2010
Mass media companies established in 2010
Publishing companies established in 2010
Mass media companies of the United States
Newspaper companies of the United States
2010 establishments in Pennsylvania
Public benefit corporations based in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamachi | Hamachi may refer to:
Hamachi (fish), a Japanese amberjack or buri /yellowtail commonly used in sushi
Hamachi (software), a virtual private network (VPN) application
Hamachi, a fictional character in the manga Yōkaiden
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, a light novel series also known as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebox | Ebox, EBox, EBOX or eBox can refer to
AC Propulsion eBox, a type of automobile
eBox, the codename of the CT510 video game console by Lenovo
zentyal (formerly named eBox), a unified network server software distribution |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray%20CX1000 | The Cray CX1000 is a family of high-performance computers which is manufactured by Cray Inc., and consists of two individual groups of computer systems. The first group is intended for scale-up symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and consists of the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes. The second group is meant for scale-out cluster computing, and consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure, and the CX1000-HN, CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes.
The CX1000 line sits between Cray's entry-level CX-1 Personal Supercomputer range and Cray's high-end XT-series supercomputers.
CX1000 scale-up symmetric multiprocessing nodes
The CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes can be used for cluster computing, but they are designed for scale-up Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP). When used for cluster computing, the CX1000-SM node is intended to be the master (service) node, although it can instead be a compute node. Similarly, the CX1000-SC node, when used for cluster computing, is intended to be a compute node, but can instead act as the master (service) node. Either or both the CX1000-SC and/or CX1000-SM nodes can be deployed in a HPC cluster. The CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes, when used for SMP, are connected by a cache-coherency interconnect which is a built-in subassembly of the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes, rather than a standalone device, and is called the Drawer Interconnect Switch in Cray literature. The Drawer Interconnect Switch uses the Intel QuickPath Interconnect technology.
CX1000 scale-out cluster computing nodes
The CX1000 scale-out cluster computing group of systems consists of the CX1000 Blade Enclosure, CX1000-C compute Node, CX1000-G GPU Node and CX1000-HN Management Node. Unlike the CX1000-SM and CX1000-SC nodes, these nodes cannot be used for scale-up SMP, as they were designed without a cache-coherency capability. The CX1000-C and CX1000-G nodes both have blade form factors, and the CX1000-HN node is a rackmount 2U Server. The CX1000-HN is intended to act as the head (service) node in an HPC cluster, with CX1000-C and/or CX1000-G compute nodes.
References
External links
Cray CX1000 product-homepage
Cray CX1000 Family Brochure
Cray CX1000-C Enclosure Datasheet
Cray CX1000-G Enclosure Datasheet
Cray CX1000-HN Server Datasheet
Cray CX1000-SM Server Datasheet
Cray CX1000-SC Server Datasheet
Cray Cluster Manager Software Brochure
Cray CX1000 System Introduction Video
Cx1000
Supercomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNSP | TNSP may refer to:
Transmission Network Service Provider, Australian energy provider
Truman National Security Project, Washington, D.C. institute
TetraNode Streaming Protocol, used in some TETRA implementations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarhoe%20rubidata | Catarhoe rubidata, the ruddy carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in western Europe and the Iberian Peninsula and western Central Asia.
The wingspan is 26–31 mm. The forewings have a red-brown ground colour with a black and grey medial band. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from May to August in two generations.
The larvae feed on Galium species. Larvae can be found in July and August. It overwinters as a pupa. The pupa is found under ground in a fortified cocoon.
Subspecies
Catarhoe rubidata rubidata
Catarhoe rubidata fumata (Eversmann 1844)
External links
Ruddy carpet at UKMoths
Lepidoptera of Belgium
Lepiforum e.V.
Xanthorhoini
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Michael Denis
Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoner%20TV | Stoner TV is a subgenre of television programming that revolves around the use of marijuana. Typically, such cannabis use in a TV show is used in a comic and positive fashion. Cannabis use is one of the themes and is used on screen by the characters. Rudy is the host. He’s a very knowledgeable host and also is very interactive in the cannabis industry and always trying to find a way to give back to the community with free tickets to events and stash and dashes.
References
Literature
(see chapters Must-See Stoner TV and A Brief History of Classic Stoner TV (p. 170 - 174))
Television genres
Cannabis media |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMIC%20cancer%20database | COSMIC is an online database of somatically acquired mutations found in human cancer. Somatic mutations are those that occur in non-germline cells that are not inherited by children. COSMIC, an acronym of Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer, curates data from papers in the scientific literature and large scale experimental screens from the Cancer Genome Project at the Sanger Institute. The database is freely available to academic researchers and commercially licensed to others.
Creation and history
The COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer) database was designed to collect and display information on somatic mutations in cancer. It was launched in 2004, with data from just four genes, HRAS, KRAS2, NRAS and BRAF. These four genes are known to be somatically mutated in cancer. Since its creation, the database has expanded rapidly. By 2005 COSMIC contained 529 genes screened from 115,327 tumours, describing 20,981 mutations. By August 2009 it contained information from 1.5 million experiments performed, encompassing 13,423 genes in almost 370,000 tumours and describing over 90,000 mutations. COSMIC version 48, released in July 2010, incorporates mutation data from p53 in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In addition, it provided updated gene co-ordinates for the most recent human reference genome builds. This release includes data from over 2.76 million experiments on over half a million tumours. The number of mutations documented in this release totals 141,212.
The website is focused on presenting complex phenotype-specific mutation data in a graphical manner. Data is taken from selected genes, initially in the Cancer Gene Census, as well as literature search from PubMed.
Process
Data can be accessed via selection of a gene or cancer tissue type (phenotype), either using browse by features or the search box. Results show summary information with mutation counts and frequencies. The gene summary page provides a mutation spectrum map and external resources; the phenotype (tissue) summary page provides lists of mutated genes.
Examples
The figure shows the CDKN2A gene, which is a tumor suppressor that leads to cancer when it is inactivated.
Contents
The COSMIC database contains thousands of somatic mutations that are implicated in the development of cancer. The database collects information from two major sources. Firstly, mutations in known cancer genes are collected from the literature. The list of genes that undergo manual curation are identified by their presence in the Cancer Gene Census. Secondly, data for inclusion in the database is collected from whole genome resequencing studies of cancer samples undertaken by the Cancer Genome Project. For example, Campbell and colleagues used next generation sequencing to examine samples from two individuals with lung cancer which led to the identification of 103 somatic DNA rearrangements. COSMIC also catalogues mutational signatures in human cancer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koprol | Koprol, since 25 May 2010 called Yahoo Koprol, was an Indonesian social networking service, allowing users to connect based on location. Mobile users can use the site as a positioning service, without the need for a GPS receiver. Once logged in, users can see other members who were in nearby location.
In Indonesia, this application has been released in Jakarta, Bali, Bandung, Surabaya, Surakarta, Sidoarjo, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surakarta, Bengkulu, Medan, Banda Aceh, Palembang, Makassar, Balikpapan, Cirebon, Papua, as well as foreign countries such as Singapore, and USA.
In late June 2012, Yahoo decided to close Koprol on August 28, 2012. However, in late July 2012, Yahoo! reached an agreement with Satya Witoelar, Fajar Budiprasetyo, and Daniel Armanto – the founders of Koprol – to return all the rights associated with the trademark and domain names.
Early establishment
Koprol development was started in July 2008 by PT SkyEight Indonesia. It was specifically created for mobile devices. It was released in February 2009, allowing users to post their present location and short status updates, and see other members in the same location. At that point, the location data was limited to Jakarta, with plans to expand it to other Indonesian cities such as Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Denpasar. Founder Satya Witoelar states as he and co-developers Fajar Budiprasetyo, Leo Laksmana, and Daniel Armanto developed the site, they took inspiration from a variety of competing foreign social networks, including Plurk, Twitter, Lifestream, and Brightkite.
Features
Koprol allows users to post a 200 character status message, and attach their current location to the message. Beta features allow users to post other content, such as videos and photos. Koprol features integration with cell phones, Twitter, Facebook, and also a native BlackBerry application. Since November 2009, users were able to log in using their Yahoo! account.
On the back-end, Koprol uses the Ubuntu operating system, the Apache web server, Passenger, Ruby Enterprise Edition, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL 5.
Acquisition
On May 25, 2010, American company Yahoo announced that it had acquired Koprol for an undisclosed value. Yahoo had previously considered a US$100 million acquisition of Foursquare, a US-based location-based social network. Yahoo spokeswoman Rose Tsou stated that "Koprol was uniquely designed for mobile phones and within a year has already built a strong user base" and indicated that Yahoo plans to introduce the service in other markets.
Koprol integrated Yahoo itself since before the Yahoo Open Hack Day event in 2009, Koprol became one of Yahoo's local partners using multiple technologies such as the Yahoo API: Yahoo Fire Eagle, Yahoo Login, and Yahoo Contacts.
Miscellaneous
Koprol means Somersault in Dutch. Indonesia is a former Dutch colony. Amongst Indonesian internet users, 'koprol' is slang for ‘an act of changing physical location or position’
References
External links
koprol.c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional%20retraining | Attentional retraining is the retraining of automatic attentional processes. The method of retraining varies but has typically employed computerized training programs. The term originally indicated retraining of attention to rehabilitate individuals after a brain injury who had neurological disorders of attention including hemineglect, perseveration, limited attention span, and even ADHD. However, in more recent research and clinical applications attentional retraining has also been applied as a type of cognitive bias modification. In this application, attentional retraining refers to the retraining of automatic attentional biases that have been observed in high levels of anxiety.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation applications
Computerized approaches to cognitive rehabilitation rose out of the recreational use of video games in the 1970s and the rise of the personal computer in the 1980s. The increased availability of personal computers and accessible programming languages allowed for researchers and clinicians to begin experimenting with computerized cognitive training. Most tasks consisted of simple and repetitive training tasks that would increase in difficulty over time. In one such task participants must sit and observe on screen randomly presented numbers and push a buzzer when they see a specific digit – say, 3. Similar tasks were developed and administered to individuals demonstrating neuropsychological impairment in areas of attentional processing. The theorized mechanism of action in this approach to cognitive retraining rests on the ability of the generally trained task (recognizing and responding to numbers presented on screen) to generalize to attentional processes employed in everyday life.
Effectiveness in brain injury
In a 2001 meta-analysis of outcomes in attention rehabilitation after brain injury, the authors surveyed 30 studies with 359 patients. In this most recent meta-analysis of outcomes the authors found that there were significant and large effect sizes (d statistic) from pre-training to post-training. However, this large effect size was only found for studies without a control group. When the authors analyzed those pre/post studies with a control group the authors found much smaller effect sizes. This finding may reflect the natural improvement seen over time after brain injury.
Cognitive bias modification applications
Attention training for anxiety is a form of applied cognitive processing therapy (ACPT) and is also referred to in the scientific literature as cognitive bias modification therapy for attention. CBM therapies (CBMT) also include applied cognitive processing therapies for attention bias, interpretation bias and imagery.
Attention bias
The attentional bias is the tendency of certain salient cues in a person's environment to preferentially draw and/or hold the person's attention. For example, individuals with anxiety disorders demonstrate an automatic attentional bias towards threatening cues in thei |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20TCDD%20Ta%C5%9F%C4%B1mac%C4%B1l%C4%B1k%20routes | The TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. operates a 12,532 km long system throughout Turkey and currently 90% of the network is served by passenger rail.
Intercity services
The second main intercity service of the company are the mainline trains known as Express or Main Line (). These trains connect major Turkish cities throughout the country but they are progressively stopped as the YHT network expands.
Non-subsidised routes:
Regional services
District 1
Istanbul-Uzunköprü Regional
Alpullu-Kapıkule Regional
İstanbul-Kapıkule Regional
Alpullu-Uzunköprü Regional
İstanbul-Çerkezköy Regional
Muratlı-Tekirdağ Regional
Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional - 2nd busiest Regional line
District 2
Ankara-Kırıkkale Regional
Ankara-Polatlı Regional
Zonguldak-Karabük Regional
District 3
Basmane-Ödemiş Regional - 3rd busiest regional line
Basmane-Tire Regional
Basmane-Nazilli Regional
Basmane-Denizli Regional
Söke-Aydın-Nazilli Regional
Basmane-Söke Regional
Basmane-Uşak Regional
Manisa-Alaşehir Regional
District 4
Sivas-Samsun Regional
Samsun-Amasya Regional
Amasya-Havza Regional
Amasya-Hacıbayram Regional
Sivas-Divriği Regional
Divriği-Erzincan Regional
Kars-Akyaka Regional
District 5
Diyarbakır-Batman Regional
Diyarbakır-Kurtalan Regional
Diyarbakır-Kürk Regional
Tatvan-Elazığ Regional
District 6
Adana-Mersin Regional - Busiest regional line
Islahiye-Adana Regional
Gaziantep-Nusaybin Regional
Mersin-İskenderun Regional
District 7
Afyon-Eskişehir Regional
Kütahya-Eskişehir Regional
TCDD routes
TCDD routes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20D.%20Robb | John Robb is the former Chairman for the International Prayer Council, and formerly led the prayer ministries of World Vision. The IPC is a network of regional and national prayer ministries and networks around the world. He and the IPC provided leadership for the World Prayer Assembly that was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14–18, 2012.
He continues to chair the Transformation Prayer Foundation, helps to convene the National Prayer Assembly (USA) and is involved with other national and international prayer, humanitarian and mission efforts.
Robb has also served as a field missionary, pastor, seminary teacher, researcher, and author. He has led three international mission and prayer movements: the AD2000 and Beyond Movement’s Unreached Peoples Track, the Great Commission Roundtable, and the International Prayer Council.
Career
During his work with World Vision, Robb traveled throughout the world and led consultations and seminars for national Christian leaders and World Vision staff in more than 100 countries. He organized and led interdenominational prayer initiatives in over 60 of these nations.
"Working with a large cross-section of Los Angeles Christian leadership, he also founded LIFT (Lifting Intercession for Transformation), an annual prayer effort for the churches of Southern California during the late 1990s and was instrumental in the development of the Hollywood Transformation Coalition, a prayer and mission network for Hollywood and the entertainment industry."
For several years, he also served as a guest lecturer at Fuller Seminary School of World Mission.
International Prayer Council and International Prayer Connect
John Robb is the former Chairman for the International Prayer Council and served as International Facilitator of the World Prayer Assembly.
"The IPC focuses on global issues of common concern to the Body of Christ such as war, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, and other humanitarian issues as well as on the fulfillment of the Great Commandment and the completion of the Great Commission. He and his colleagues helped to launch and support the Global Day of Prayer that has helped unite over 300 million Christians in more than 200 nations to pray for the transformation of our world.
In 2006, 2008 and 2013, the IPC organized and led the Global Children in Prayer Consultations with CiP practitioners taking part from over 50 nations.
In 2007, the IPC brought together over 400 prayer leaders and intercessors for the first international prayer initiative for the United Nations ...(see below). This was followed by similar initiatives inside the U.N. in 2009 and 2013 that connected hundreds of ministry leaders, intercessors and children and youth along with ambassadors and UN officials to pray for the nations of the world, the needs of youth and children and other global concerns.
In close cooperation with the Indonesian and Korean prayer movements, the IPC initiated and facilitated the World Prayer Assembly in 2012 in Jakarta, I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lion%20of%20Judah | The Lion of Judah is a 2011 South African-American computer-animated Christian comedy-drama film produced by Animated Family Films, distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures and starring Scott Eastwood, Georgina Cordova, Sandi Patty, Anupam Kher, Michael Madsen, Alphonso McAuley, Omar Benson Miller, Vic Mignogna and Ernest Borgnine. It is the sequel to the Christmas short film Once Upon A Stable, taking place 30 years earlier in a Bethlehem stable as The Stable-Mates witness the birth of "The King". Lion of Judah had a limited release to theaters starting June 3, 2011, and a domestic DVD release Easter 2012.
Synopsis
During the time of Jesus' crucifixion, a lamb named Judah tries to avoid being sacrificed. His friends from the stable in Bethlehem embark on a journey to save their friend.
Cast
Bruce Marchiano as Jesus
Georgina Cordova as Judah, the lamb
Ernest Borgnine as Slink, a rat
Anupam Kher as Monty, a horse
Sandi Patty as Esmay, a cow
Michael Madsen as Boss, a raven
Omar Benson Miller as Horace, a pig
Vic Mignogna as Raven #1
Rodney Newman as Raven #2
Alphonso McAuley as Drake, a rooster
Scott Eastwood as Jack, a donkey
Leon Clingman as Tony
Roger Hawkins as Hornsby
Matthew Rutherford as Wallace
Adrienne Pearce as Helda, a hen
Samantha Gray as Judah's Mother
David Magidoff as Peter
Serena Porter as The Maiden
Production
The film was animated in stereoscopic 3D at Character Matters Animation Studio in Cape Town. It was originally meant to be released in 2009, but it was delayed to 2011 due to its production issues, it was released in United States by the independent Florida-based company Rocky Mountain Pictures on June 3, 2011.
Reception
The film was panned by critics; it has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Home media
The Lion of Judah was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Warner Home Video on March 27, 2012.
See also
List of animated feature films
List of computer-animated films
References
External links
2011 films
American computer-animated films
2011 computer-animated films
2011 3D films
Christian animation
2010s American animated films
3D animated films
South African animated films
Animated films about rats
Animated films about sheep
2010s English-language films
Animated films set in Palestine (region)
Animated films set in the 1st century |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaon%20%28disambiguation%29 | Kaon may refer to:
Kaon, a subatomic particle
KAON, an ontology infrastructure
Kaon Interactive, a video game developer of Terra (computer game)
Kaon, a character in the Japanese manga Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
Kaón, former name of a mountain from Denia, Spain, now called Montgo
Kaon, A city on Cybertron in Transformers Prime, where Megatron began his reign as a Decepticon and made his capitol
KAONMEDIA, a South Korean company manufacturing connectivity devices.
Birra Kaon, an Albanian beer.
See also
Kao (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance%20Your%20Ass%20Off%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of Dance Your Ass Off aired from June 29, 2009, to September 7, 2009. It aired on the Oxygen network. It was the only season to feature Marissa Jaret Winokur as host. The show featured twelve overweight contestants competing to dance and lose weight. The medical doctor was Rob Huizenga from the USA Biggest Loser. For this season, the judges were Danny Teeson, Lisa Ann Walter and Mayte Garcia.
On the finale, Ruben defeated Pinky and Shayla to become the first ever Dance Your Ass Off champion.
Contestants
Angela - Eliminated Week 1
Warren - Eliminated Week 2
Karla - Eliminated Week 3
Tara - Eliminated Week 4
Brandon - Eliminated Week 4
Miles - Eliminated Week 5
Trice - Eliminated Week 6
Mara - Eliminated Week 7
Alicia - Eliminated Week 9
Shayla - 2nd Runner-Up - Fan Favorite
Pinky - Runner-Up
Ruben - Winner
Weigh ins - Pounds lost per week
Most Weight Lost
Least Weight Lost
Contestants & Weight per week
Contestants are listed in chronological order of elimination.
BMI
Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI)
Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI)
Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI)
Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI)
Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)
Rankings
Eliminated Contestants Weigh-In (Finale)
Winner ($100,000)
Eliminated Winner ($5,000)
Last person eliminated before finale
Contestants' average dance scores
Best Score of the week.
Worst Score of the week
Notes:
The first perfect 10 came in Week 6. The recipient was Shayla. That same week Ruben also received a 10.
The first perfect score (Three 10's) was the tango that Ruben had danced in Week 7.
No one was eliminated on Week 8.
Contestants' overall scores
Contestant was in the bottom two of weight loss
Contestant was eliminated
Contestant was in the bottom two of weight loss and eliminated
Contestant was in the bottom two for weight loss and was the winner that week
Contestant was the winner for that week
Contestant danced their ass off and was declared the winner of the show
Reunion
First aired September 7, 2009
Shayla won Fan Favorite and a check for $5000. Ruben lost more weight, totaling to 90 lbs. Miles and Alicia also lost 90 lbs by the reunion.
Contestant gained some weight back by the reunion.
BMI
Normal (18.5 - 24.9 BMI)
Overweight (25 - 29.9 BMI)
Obese Class I (30 - 34.9 BMI)
Obese Class II (35 - 39.9 BMI)
Obese Class III (greater than 40 BMI)
Updates
Warren - he topped the scales at 400 lbs then turned his life around and lost 150 lbs. He has kept the weight off.
Mara – has lost 60 lbs and wants to lose 20 lbs more - had lost 44 lbs at the reunion
Trice – has lost 74 lbs - had lost 69 lbs at the reunion
Alicia – has lost 110 lbs - had lost 90 lbs at the reunion
Ruben – got Head of Wardrobe position for Cirque du Soleil's newest show, “Viva Elvis” at City Center in Las Vegas
Tara – has lost 60 lbs, and doing cross-fit to lose 15 more. She is a host for the LIPS Tour-Ladies International Poker Series and Orlando's American Heart Assoc Health Ambassador.
Externa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachygrapsus | Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.
It comprises the following species:
Pachygrapsus corrugatus (von Martens, 1872)
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840
Pachygrapsus fakaravensis Rathbun, 1907
Pachygrapsus gracilis (Saussure, 1858)
Pachygrapsus laevimanus Stimpson, 1858
Pachygrapsus loveridgei Chace, 1966
Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787)
Pachygrapsus maurus (Lucas, 1846)
Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Pachygrapsus planifrons De Man, 1888
Pachygrapsus plicatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Pachygrapsus propinquus De Man, 1908
Pachygrapsus socius Stimpson, 1871
Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850)
References
Grapsidae
Decapod genera
Taxa named by John Witt Randall |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telex | Telex is a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange over the circuits of the public switched telephone network or by private lines. The technology operates on switched station-to-station basis with teleprinter devices at the receiving and sending locations. Telex was a major method of sending written messages electronically between businesses in the post–World War II period. Its usage went into decline as the fax machine grew in popularity in the 1980s.
Technology
The term "telex" may refer to the service, the network, the devices, or the actual message. Point-to-point teleprinter systems had been in use long before telex exchanges were built in the 1930s. Teleprinters evolved from telegraph systems, and, like the telegraph, use binary signals, with mark and space logic represented by the presence or absence of a certain level of electric current. This differs from the analog telephone system, which used varying voltage to represent sound. For this reason, telex exchanges were entirely separate from the telephone system, with their own signalling standards, exchanges and system of telex numbers (the counterpart of telephone numbers).
Telex provided the first common medium for international record communications using standard signalling techniques and operating criteria as specified by the International Telecommunication Union. Customers on any telex exchange could deliver messages to any other, around the world. To reduce connecting line usage, telex messages were encoded onto paper tape and then read into the line as quickly as possible. The system normally delivered information at 50 baud or approximately 66 words per minute, encoded using the International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2. In the last days of the traditional telex networks, end-user equipment was often replaced by modems and phone lines, reducing the telex network to what was effectively a directory service running on the telephone network.
Development
Telex began in Germany as a research and development program in 1926 that became an operational teleprinter service in 1933. The service, operated by the German Reichspost had a speed of 50 baud, which is approximately 66 words per minute.
Soon after telex services were developed by other nation states. Telex spread within Europe and after 1945 around the world.
By 1978 West Germany, including West Berlin, had 123,298 telex connections. Long before automatic telephony became available, most countries, even in central Africa and Asia, had at least a few high-frequency shortwave telex links. Often, government postal and telegraph services (PTTs) initiated these radio links. The most common radio standard, CCITT R.44 had error-corrected retransmitting time-division multiplexing of radio channels. Most impoverished PTTs operated their telex-on-radio (TOR) channels non-stop, to get the maximum value from them.
The cost of TOR equipment has continued to fall. Although the system initially required specialise |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Europe%20Museum%20Network | The Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS) is an international cross-cultural network of museums. The museums in the ASEMUS network are located in Europe and Asia in those countries belonging to ASEM, a forum for dialogue between Europe and Asia sponsored by the European Commission. ASEMUS has two key aims: (a) to promote wider mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia and Europe by means of collaborative programmes of museum-based cultural activity and (b) to stimulate and facilitate the sharing, use and knowledge of museum collections of mutual interest.
Structure
ASEMUS membership is by invitation and open to: (a) all relevant museums of the ASEM countries which meet the ICOM definition of a museum (b) other institutions which are registered or registrable as museums within the ICOM definition by the appropriate national authority, and (c) academic departments in third level educational institutions throughout the ASEM countries which teach museum and heritage studies.
Funding
ASEMUS is the offspring of the ASEF structure and because its funding depends on ASEF, its remit is therefore confined to ASEM countries. ASEF is funded by voluntary contributions from its partner governments and shares the financing of its projects with its civil society partners across Asia and Europe.
Executive committee
Corazon Alvina, Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines
Stéphane Martin, Director of Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France (Chair)
Michael D. Willis, Curator, Department of Asia, British Museum, London (Deputy Chair)
Ms. Sabina Santaroasa, Director, Cultural Exchange, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Singapore
Chong Phil Choe, Director of the University Museum, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea (Vice-Chair)
Chen Xiejun, Director, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
Claudius Müller, Director, Museum Five Continents, Munich, Germany
Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Director General, Museum of World Culture, Göteborg, Sweden
Alan Chong, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
Jonathan King, Keeper of Anthropology, The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Steven Engelsman, Director of the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands
Michael Ryan, Director, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
Karl Magnusson, International Cooperation Manager, Museum of World Culture, Sweden (Secretary)
Member institutions
Asian Civilisations Museum
British Museum
Chester Beatty Library
Museum der Völker
Museum Five Continents
Museum of Asian Art of Corfu
Museum of World Culture
National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands)
National Museum of Fine Arts (Manila)
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
Shanghai Museum
External links
Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS) homepage
Facebook Asia-Europe Museum Network
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
International cultural organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PokerStars%20Big%20Game | The PokerStars Big Game, also known as the PokerStars.net Big Game or simply the Big Game, was a poker television program sponsored by Pokerstars.net originally airing on Fox Network. The program had a tie-in to the Pokerstars North American Poker Tour (NAPT), which was shut down by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York after the second season had been filmed in 2011. The PokerStars.net Big Game did not return after the second season.
Format
The Big Game pits an amateur, known as the "loose cannon," who plays 150 hands of no limit Texas hold 'em poker, against five other players, each of whom stake their own money. These five players are mostly professionals, although well-heeled amateurs also play occasionally. The game was advertised to consist of thirty hands per day over the course of five weekdays; however, by observing the players and host's clothing it is clear that each "week" was shot in a single session over the course of one day.
To become a contestant, the would-be loose cannon must be a citizen of the United States or Canada. He or she must first make it through three free qualifying rounds on PokerStars.net, placing in the top 300 in a daily tournament, then in the top 1000 on Saturday, and finally in the top 200 on Sunday. The remaining 200 send in video auditions, from which the producers select the contestant for the week.
The loose cannons are each staked $100,000 and keep all winnings in excess of this initial amount. To prevent the loose cannon from simply going "all in" (betting everything) immediately, betting is pot limit before the flop and no limit after the flop. The minimum buy-in for the other players is $100,000 and the maximum is $500,000. They may rebuy up to $500,000. The blinds are $200/$400 with a $100 ante which is paid for all players by the player on the designated dealer "button".
The highest-earning loose cannon at the end of the season wins an additional prize, a North American Poker Tour (NAPT) "passport" valued at $50,000, consisting of entry fees and expenses for various NAPT tournaments. In season one, if a loose cannon had a profit after 150 hands, they had the option of returning the next week for a chance to further increase their winnings.
Among the professionals who played were Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Tony G, Antonio Esfandiari, Chau Giang, Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Jason Mercier, Joe Cada, Scott Seiver, Vanessa Rousso, Issac Haxton, Justin Bonomo and Daniel Alaei. Most (but not all) of the professionals were sponsored by Pokerstars.
Season one
In the conclusion of the first season, on the last day, Bob Ferdinand won two all-in hands and doubled his money twice to take the grand prize. He first went from losing over $30,000 to winning over $40,000 when he made a straight on the flop, which improved to a straight flush on the river. A few hands later, he was dealt pocket aces and was lucky enough to have another pla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltang%20stone | The Eltang stone (also Stenderup stone, listed as DR 35 in the Rundata catalog (DK SJy 1), is a Viking Age runestone (now at the National Museum of Denmark, catalogue nr. D 52/1950).
The stone was discovered in 1866 in North-Stenderup, Eltang parish, Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, about 2 km north of Kolding, on the estate of one Mr. Flensbourg, who gave it to the Oldnordisk Museum (which merged into the National Museum of Denmark in 1892).
The Danske Runeindskrifter database of the Copenhagen University's Nordisk Forskningsinstitut dates it to the later Viking Age (the range of AD 900-1200 cited as a "fairly safe" estimate).
It is a granite slab, measuring 66 cm high and 60 cm wide at a thickness between 4 and 10 cm. The lower right part of the slab is broken off, but the runic inscription is preserved in its entirety.
The inscription consists of nine runic horizontal staves, running top to bottom, enclosed in a frame.
The Danske Runeindskrifter database reads i??iæþik?? (after Moltke (1985); transcribing the Younger Futhark ár rune as æ).
The inscription is discussed in greater detail by George Stephens (1868).
Stephens places it in the 9th century, i.e. the early phase of development of the Younger Futhark.
He interprets the five first staves as sam-staves, to be read as the same rune attached to the stave twice, and to be read twice, as it were
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This results in a transcription of , read as ioþin þiki ioþin.
Stephens takes this as a reference to Woþin ("which in many dialects was softened to Oþin [...] I look upon the i as a Jutlandish prefix") and he translates "O Woden receive [thy servant] Woden!". He notes that (assuming his interpretation is correct) this is the first instance of the theonym Odin found recorded on a Scandinavian runestone.
References
George Stephens, The Runic Hall in the Danish Old-Northern Museum (1868), p. 6.
Erik Moltke, Runes and their origin, Denmark and elsewhere, National Museum of Denmark, 1985, p. 523.
Eltang-sten at Projektet Samnordisk runtextdatabas (2004)
Runestones in Denmark
Odin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heddiw | Heddiw (English: Today) was a television news programme in the Welsh language, broadcast by BBC Television between 1961 and 1982. The programme ended when all Welsh-language programming was transferred to the new channel S4C.
Annie Davies was the show's first producer (and later editor). Presenters of the programme included Owen Edwards, Robin Jones and Sulwyn Thomas.
Hywel Gwynfryn, who later had his own chat show, recounted how he was discovered by the Heddiw production team while working in a Cardiff pub.
References
Welsh television news shows
Welsh-language television shows
1961 British television series debuts
1982 British television series endings
1960s British television series
1970s British television series
1980s British television series
1960s Welsh television series
1970s Welsh television series
1980s Welsh television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20Feet%20%28disambiguation%29 | Happy Feet is a 2006 computer-animated family film.
Happy Feet may also refer to:
Happy Feet (video game), a 2006 action-adventure game
Happy Feet (Emilie-Claire Barlow album), 2003
Happy Feet, an album by 8½ Souvenirs
Happy Feet (song), a song from the 1930 film King of Jazz
"Happy Feet", a song by Quincy Jones from the Walk, Don't Run soundtrack
Happy Feet: The Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Me, a children's book by Richard Michelson
See also
Happy Feet Two, the 2011 sequel to the 2006 film |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadvox%20Communications | Broadvox is a VoIP service provider for business telecommunications. It offers voice and data network solutions for telecommunications, cable, and wireless carriers, as well as ISPs, ITSPs, Over-the-top (OTT) service providers, MVNOs, and various other business partners. Broadvox operates its own nationwide competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) facilities.
Broadvox was founded in 2001 as a wholesale VoIP carrier and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas, Texas. In 2003, Broadvox began offering SIP origination and termination, which increased the companies quality of the voice transmission and expanded service offerings. In 2007, Broadvox added retail SIP Trunking to its product offerings for SMB, enterprise and carrier customers. In 2015, Broadvox was acquired by Onvoy.
Google Voice
In October 2009, Documents were released by the FCC regarding Google Voice and details pertaining to growth and expansion of Google's Voice Product. Details also included network operations which listed Broadvox and other SIP Trunking Companies that help Google Voice infrastructure
Products
Broadvox provides a variety of business VoIP products and services. The products include:
Call origination services – toll free
Call termination services– toll free and A-Z termination
SMS
Local Routing Number (LRN) service
CNAM (caller ID) submission and dipping
e911
Voice peering
Network
Broadvox has a 10G carrier-grade network that carries over 20 billion annual minutes of voice and data. The company uses high density hardware and technology from Sonus Networks, Juniper Networks, and Cisco Systems. It also has core switching centers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Denver, Toronto and Seattle.
It is a Tier 1 network that has coverage in the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. In addition to a large network, Broadvox provides U.S. based customer service—including 24/7 Tier I and II carrier support. Broadvox was the first carrier to have a customized online user portal for provisioning and requesting phone numbers as well as reviewing account info.
Acquisitions and takeover
On January 6, 2014, Fusion acquired the Broadvox cloud services business, including all cloud-based voice, unified communications and SIP trunking products, for $32.1 million.
On September 3, 2015, Onvoy (which already operates as a CLEC and acquired assets of Vitelity) acquired the remaining Broadvox businesses.
See also
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
VoIP
References
External links
Official blog (Archived)
VoIP companies of the United States
Companies based in Cleveland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExpats | LinkExpats.com was a niche social networking website for expatriates launched in October 2007. It was created with a simple motto in mind: "Linking expats all over the world". Contrary to misconceptions that the website is for expats only, LinkExpats serves “expatriates, foreigners, international students, exchange visitors and travelers”, as well as locals. It was created to allow the international community to interact with each other in any city in the world. Unlike major social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn, LinkExpats' users cannot befriend each other in the internal section of the website, but they are allowed to contact each other, create ads, participate in the forum discussions and create different events for users.
One of the unique functionalities of the website is that users from a specific country and nationality can create ads, forums, and events only for specific communities in a specific country. As an example, if the user is American and lives in Casablanca, Morocco, then he/she can create an event specifically for Americans living in Casablanca, or create an event specifically for Americans in the world, or all expatriates in Morocco.
LinkExpats members are located in over 500 cities, and 150+ countries. They discuss typical problems and issues international visitors and expatriates face when in a new country, or when they are trying to relocate to another one.
Membership privacy
According to LinkExpats’ privacy page, users are not allowed to see other members' email addresses. When they send an email to other members through the website, their email address is not visible. Spamming is strictly prohibited. LinkExpats makes it very easy for members to ban others, simply by clicking on ‘ban’ when they receive a spam email from the member in question.
Website Features
The website allows users to:
- Submit reviews of the country they are living/have been in or if they are from that country
- Create ads
- Create events for the same nationality as themselves
- Participate in forum discussions
References
External links
Linkexpats.com
UAE websites for lonely expats
Online Networking Goes Small, and Sponsors Follow
Internet properties established in 2007
Emirati social networking websites
Defunct social networking services
Diaspora organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Time-Sharing%20System | The Universal Time-Sharing System (UTS) is a discontinued operating system for the XDS Sigma series of computers, succeeding Batch Processing Monitor (BPM)/Batch Time-Sharing Monitor (BTM). UTS was announced in 1966, but because of delays did not actually ship until 1971. It was designed to provide multi-programming services for online (interactive) user programs in addition to batch-mode production jobs, symbiont (spooled) I/O, and critical real-time processes. System daemons, called "ghost jobs" were used to run monitor code in user space. The final release, D00, shipped in January, 1973. It was succeeded by the CP-V operating system, which combined UTS with features of the heavily batch-oriented Xerox Operating System (XOS).
CP-V
The CP-V (pronounced sea-pea-five) operating system, the compatible successor to UTS, was released in August 1973. CP-V supported the same CPUs as UTS plus the Xerox 560. CP-V offers "single-stream and multiprogrammed batch; timesharing; and the remote processing mode, including intelligent remote batch." Realtime processing was added in release B00 in April 1974, and transaction processing in release C00 in November 1974.
CP-V version C00 and F00, and Telefile's TCP-V version I00 still run on a Sigma emulator developed in 1997.
CP-R
CP-R (Control Program for Real-Time) is a discontinued realtime operating system for Xerox 550 and Sigma 9 computer systems. CP-R supports three types of tasks: Foreground Primary Tasks, Foreground Secondary Tasks, and Batch Tasks.
CP-6
CP-6 is a CP-V work-alike, built from scratch, which runs on Honeywell computers.
In 1975, Xerox decided to exit the computer business which it had purchased from Scientific Data Systems in 1969. Honeywell offered to purchase Xerox Data Systems, initially to provide field service support to the existing customer base.
The CP-6 system including OS and program products was developed, beginning in 1976, by Honeywell to convert Xerox CP-V users to run on Honeywell equipment. The first beta site was installed at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada in June 1979, and three other sites were installed before the end of 1979.
Support for CP-6 was transferred to ACTC in Canada in 1993. CP-6 systems continued to run for many years in the US, Canada, Sweden, the UK, and Germany. The final system shut down was at Carleton University in 2005.
CP-6 and its accomplishments, its developers, and its customers are commemorated with a plaque on the community wall at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
Software
CP-V Software as of release B00, 1974. CP-V was supported by the CP-6 team at the Honeywell Los Angeles Development Center (LADC) until 1977 and thereafter.
Bundled Software
TEL – Terminal Executive Language.
EASY – Simple interactive environment for FORTRAN and BASIC programs and data files.
CCI – Control Command (or Card) Interpreter. The batch counterpart of TEL.
BATCH – Submit jobstream to batch queue.
PCL – Peripheral |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Abramson | Lee Abramson (September 13, 1970 – January 20, 2016) was an American composer and musician. He was the first person to write music using ModelTalker, a computerized speech production program.
Musical techniques and career
Abramson used adaptive technology, live musicians and electronic technology to create complex musical expressions, all with one finger. His music featured layers of electronic textures, synthesizers, piano, bass, and percussion. His music was used as a subject for study in a Michigan State University class. Because of his disability, which limited his ability to control a computer to the use of only one finger, Abramson wrote music one note at a time using software such as Sibelius, LogicPro, ModelTalker to use computer recordings of his voice to "sing" on songs, Keystrokes from Assistiveware as an on-screen keyboard.
Abramson produced an educational series of YouTube videos which explains the 5-step method of making music with ModelTalker, with a 6th video showing a real-time bounce of a Logic Pro project with ModelTalker samples "singing".
Tucker Stilley another musician with ALS, shared his custom KeyStrokes keyboard layout for Logic Pro, Abramson's digital audio workstation without which he said, "Would have made what I do impossible".
Prior to his physical illness, Abramson was the bassist for numerous small bands, including Violet Wine and Punchy. His recent creations are classified as Rumi music, where he set Rumi poetry to music. Abramson has performed under several pen name, including Ace NoFace, under which he wrote and produced the album Toxic Charm. In addition, under Rumi Music, he produced a self-titled album, Rumi Music and later, Vow to Silence.
2012 presidential campaign
Abramson ran for President of the United States as an independent candidate in the 2012 election. His candidacy was endorsed by The Daily Swarm. Abramson did not appear on any state ballots in that election.
Education
Abramson attended Okemos High School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of Michigan.
He took Music Marketing, Songwriting, Music Production at Berklee College of Music
Other ventures
Abramson sold pork rinds on the internet from 1998 to 2000.
Death
Abramson was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in February 2005. He died on January 20, 2016, at the age of 45.
Discography
2009 – Rumi Music
2010 – Vow To Silence
2011 – Spices
2012 – Abramsonium Review
2013 – The Antarctic Wars
2013 – Maize And Bluebeard
2014 - The Bionic Mouth
References
External links
Lee Abramson's website
Model Talker Speech Synthesis Program
Lee Abramson, Disco Dogs
1970 births
2016 deaths
American bass guitarists
American male composers
American composers
American musicians with disabilities
Musicians from Lansing, Michigan
Candidates in the 2012 United States presidential election
21st-century American politicians
University of Michigan alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Guitarists from Michigan
American male |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo%20Jungle | is a survival action game developed by Crispy's! and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The game takes place in a deserted, futuristic Tokyo, in which the city has transformed into a vicious wildlife wasteland.
Tokyo Jungle was released in Japan on June 7, 2012, available on both disc and downloadable versions. The international release of the game became available for download via PSN in North America and the PAL region on September 25 and September 26, 2012, respectively. It was included on the "Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1" compilation disc, released in NTSC regions on June 18, 2013.
On July 10, 2013, a grid-based version of the game titled Tokyo Jungle Mobile was released on PlayStation Mobile for the PlayStation Vita.
Gameplay
Tokyo Jungle has two modes: Story and Survival.
In Story mode, the player plays through missions centered around various animals. Eventually, the player will discover the truth behind humankind's disappearance. Pomeranian dogs are key characters in the story, as well as a Sika deer, Beagle, Tosa Inu, spotted hyena, lions, and a pair of robotic dogs which resemble AIBOs.
In Survival mode, the player, or players (there is a local multiplayer), takes control of an animal and fights for survival against other animals for as long as possible. Tokyo Jungle has online leaderboards so the players can compare their survival skills against one another. Smaller animals will fight in groups, and the player's group can win fights against larger animals as long as one member of the group survives the fight.
The player will have to build up a pack of animals. This is easier for some herbivores, which means the player may not necessarily be at a disadvantage even if they choose a weaker type. There are 50 breeds and 80 types of animals in the game, including Pomeranians, lions, crocodiles, tigers, giraffes, hippos, cheetahs, chimpanzees, gazelles, chickens, Beagles, Dilophosaurus, hyenas, Deinonychus, and Sika deer. As the player plays through the game, additional playable animals are unlocked. There are other animals which are available for the player to download as downloadable content from the PlayStation Store, which include an Australian Silky Terrier, a Smilodon, a robot dog, a Peking Man, a (human) office worker, white and black Pomeranians, a cat, a panda, a crocodile, a kangaroo, and a giraffe.
Plot
Some time in the twenty-first century, humankind is extinct, leaving animals to fend for themselves. The once busy streets of Tokyo are now home to lions, tigers, chickens, and various other animals. All of them are now fighting for survival.
After running out of pet food, the Pomeranian now has to fend for itself in a now-wild-and-vicious Tokyo. The bosses he faces are fat cats although one is fought by his children. He ends his story establishing a small pack of Pomeranians.
Two Sika deer fawns search the hostile streets of Tokyo, looking for their mother. The fawns are separated brie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpatiaLite | SpatiaLite is a spatial extension to SQLite, providing vector geodatabase functionality. It is similar to PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and SQL Server with spatial extensions, although SQLite/SpatiaLite aren't based on client-server architecture: they adopt a simpler personal architecture. i.e. the whole SQL engine is directly embedded within the application itself: a complete database simply is an ordinary file which can be freely copied and transferred from one computer/OS to a different one without any special precaution.
SpatiaLite extends SQLite's existing spatial support to cover the OGC's SFS specification. It isn't necessary to use SpatiaLite to manage spatial data in SQLite, which has its own implementation of R-tree indexes and geometry types. But SpatiaLite is needed for advanced spatial queries and to support multiple map projections. SpatiaLite is provided natively for Linux and Windows as a software library as well several utilities that incorporate the SpatiaLite library. These utilities include command line tools that extend SQLite's own with spatial macros, a graphical GUI for manipulating Spatialite databases and their data, and a simple desktop GIS tool for browsing data.
As it is a single binary file, SpatiaLite is also used as a GIS vector format to exchange geospatial data.
Software that supports SpatiaLite
Desktop:
ESRI ArcGIS since version 10.2 as "Database Connection".
QGIS supports SpatiaLite native since version 1.1
AutocadMap 2013
Global Mapper
OpenJUMP offers a Plug-In.
FME (also available as server)
TileMill renderer (uses Mapnik) reads SpatiaLite as data source.
Spatial Manager Desktop, Spatial Manager for AutoCAD, Spatial Manager for BricsCAD
(Web)Server:
GeoServer via SpatiaLite extension.
GeoDjango via the GeoDjango module.
Web2py (web framework) native
FeatureServer, a WFS server.
MapServer via the GDAL library (actually OGR).
Tools and libraries:
OGR Simple Feature Library reads and writes SpatiaLite since version 1.7
GeoTools supports SpatiaLite using JDBC module.
Mapnik, a renderer.
pyspatialite, a Python library.
OSGeo Live DVD includes spatialite along with a short tutorial.
Web Apps:
GeoConverter - Free online data converter which reads and writes several GIS vector file formats (based on OGR), including SpatiaLite.
Standards
SpatiaLite supports several open standards from the OGC and has been listed as a reference implementation for the proposed GeoPackage standard.
References
External links
GIS file formats
GIS software
Spatial database management systems
Software that uses wxWidgets |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20R.%20Johnson | David R. Johnson is an American lawyer specializing in computer communications. He is a senior fellow at Center for Democracy and Technology, and a former chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Career
Johnson graduated from Yale College with a B.A. summa cum laude in 1967. He completed a year of postgraduate study at University College, Oxford in 1968, and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1972. For a year following graduation Johnson clerked for Malcolm R. Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Johnson joined Washington, D.C., law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in 1973, and became a partner in 1980. His practice focused primarily on the emerging area of electronic commerce, including counseling on issues relating to privacy, domain names and Internet governance issues, jurisdiction, copyright, taxation, electronic contracting, encryption, defamation, ISP and OSP liability, regulation, and other intellectual property matters.
Johnson helped to write the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (1986) Johnson was active in the introduction of personal computers in law practice, acting as president and CEO of Counsel Connect, a system connecting corporate counsel and outside law firms, and serving the board of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) and as a trustee of the National Center for Automated Information Research (NCAIR).
In 1991 Johnson was a co-founder of the Law Practice Technology Roundtable.
In October 1993, coincidental with the move of its main offices from Cambridge, Massachusetts to D.C., Johnson became a director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In February 2005, while serving as the organization's Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson replaced founder Mitch Kapor as chairman of the EFF Board.
Johnson departed Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in 1995, and in 1996 co-founded the Cyberspace Law Institute with David G. Post. He was involved in discussions leading to the Clinton/Gore Framework for Global Electronic Commerce in 1997. In February 1998 Johnson was appointed as founding director of the Aspen Institute Internet Policy Project.
In the early 2000s, along with Post, Johnson was active in the re-organization of ICANN – penning several critical papers with Susan P. Crawford. In 2006 he collaborated with Crawford in the establishment of OneWebDay.
From 2004 to 2009 Johnson held the post of visiting professor at New York Law School. In May 2009 he commenced a one-year senior fellowship with the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Writings
Regulation and the Political Process co-authored with Lloyd N. Cutler, 84 Yale Law Journal 1395 (June 1975)
Law and Borders - The Rise of Law in Cyberspace co-authored with David G. Post, 48 Stanford Law Review 1367 (May 1996) (1997 McGannon Award)
The Life of the Law Online 51 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 956 (2007) or First Monday, Issue 11–2.
THE ACCOUNTABLE NET:PEER PRODUCTION OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE w/ Susan P. Crawford, John G. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xively | Xively (formerly known as Cosm and Pachube) is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform owned by Google. Xively offers product companies a way to connect products, manage connected devices and the data they produce, and integrate that data into other systems. It is pronounced "zively" (rhymes with lively).
History
In 2007, London architect Usman Haque founded Pachube (pronounced Patch bay) as a data infrastructure and community for the Internet of Things. Following the nuclear accidents in Japan in 2011, Pachube was used by volunteers to interlink Geiger counters across the country to monitor the fallout. In July 2011, Pachube announced that they had been acquired by LogMeIn and renamed to Cosm. Cosm came out of beta development and was rebranded as Xively to become a Public Cloud for the IoT in May 2013.
Google purchased Xively from LogMeIn on March 20, 2018.
Products and services
Xively Cloud Services
A Platform as a Service built for the IoT. According to their website, this includes directory services, data services, a trust engine for security, and web-based management application. Xively's messaging is built on a publish-subscribe protocol called MQTT. The API supports REST, WebSockets, and MQTT.
Xively Business Services
The Xively Professional Services team has helped numerous companies successfully deploy IoT connected products into the market.
Xively Partner Network
Xively has partnered with chipset companies such as ARM, Atmel and TI as well as solution providers and IoT industry alliances like OASIS.
Awards and industry recognition
Best Cloud-Based Technology for Mobile [2014, GSMA Mobile World Congress]
The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in The Internet of Things [2014, Fast Company]
Battle of the Platforms: Best Enabling Non Platform Technology [2013 and 2014, M2M Conference]
References
External links
Xively GitHub API libraries
Cloud platforms
Online databases
Internet of things companies
Internet properties established in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Kschischang | Frank R. Kschischang (born 15 September 1962 in Mettmann, West Germany is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, and holds a Canada Research Chair in communication algorithms. He is a co-inventor of the factor graph, a kind of graphical model used in Bayesian inference.
Prof. Kschischang is a Fellow of the IEEE, "for contributions to trellis structures, graphical models and iterative decoding techniques for error-correcting codes." He is also a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, and is a recipient of the 2010 Killam Research Fellowship. He received the 2023 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, the 2012 Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research, and the 2016 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award. From 2014 to 2016, Prof. Kschischang served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
References
External links
Prof. Kschischang's home page
Canadian engineers
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Living people
1962 births
Canada Research Chairs
Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
People from Mettmann
Engineers from Toronto
University of Toronto alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji%20PX | Ateji PX is an object-oriented programming language extension for Java. It is intended to facilliate parallel computing on multi-core processors, GPU, Grid and Cloud.
Ateji PX can be integrated with the Eclipse IDE, requires minimal learning of the additional parallel constructs and does not alter the development process.
Code examples
Hello World
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
[
|| System.out.println("Hello");
|| System.out.println("World");
]
}
}
Each || symbol introduces a parallel branch. Running this program will print either
Hello
World
or
World
Hello
depending on how the parallel branches happen to be scheduled.
Data parallelism
[
|| (int i : array.length) array[i]++;
]
The quantification (int i : N) creates one parallel branch for each value of i. The effect of this code is to increment all elements of array in parallel. This code is equivalent to
[
|| array[0]++;
|| array[1]++;
...
|| array[array.length-1]++;
]
More complex quantifications are possible. The following example quantifies over the upper left triangle of a square matrix:
[
|| (int i:N, int j:N, if i+j<N) matrix[i][j]++;
]
Code that performs a similar and typically small operation on a large collection of elements is called data parallel, and appears often in high-performance scientific applications. A typical representative of data-parallel languages for the C/C++ or Fortran ecosystems is OpenMP.
Data parallelism features can also be implemented by libraries using dedicated data structures, such as parallel arrays.
Task parallelism
The term task parallelism is used when work can conceptually be decomposed into a number of logical tasks. In this example, tasks are created recursively:
int fib(int n) {
if (n <= 1) return 1;
int fib1, fib2;
// recursively create parallel branches
[
|| fib1 = fib(n-1);
|| fib2 = fib(n-2);
]
return fib1 + fib2;
}
Task parallelism is implemented in languages such as Cilk, and in libraries similar to the fork/join pair of Unix system calls.
Message-passing
Parallel branches have two ways of communicating; either by concurrently reading and writing shared variables, or by sending explicit messages. The operators ! and ? respectively send and receive a message on a channel.
In this example, two parallel branches communicate via explicit message passing:
Chan<String> chan = new Chan<String>();
[
// branch 1 sends a value over the channel
|| chan ! "Hello";
// branch 2 receives a value from the channel and prints it
|| chan ? s; System.out.println(s);
]
Data-flow
A program is said to be data-flow when computation is initiated and synchronized by the availability of data in a flow. A typical example is an adder: it has two inputs, one output, and whenever the two inputs are ready, it sends their sum on the output.
void adder(Chan<Integer> in1, Chan<Integer> in2, Chan<Integer> out) {
for (;;) {
int value1, value2;
[ in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Neighbours%20characters%20%282008%29 | The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours in 2008, by order of first appearance. In December 2007, it was announced that Susan Bower would be taking over the role of executive producer from Ric Pellizzeri, who had been with the show for five years. The 24th season of Neighbours began airing on 14 January 2008 and Bower started on set on 21 January 2008. On 26 May, Bower's name was added to the credits alongside Pellizzeri's. January saw the birth of Chloe Cammeniti, the first child of the established Carmella Cammeniti and Oliver Barnes. Singer Dean Geyer was cast in the full-time role of Ty Harper and models Erin McNaught and Imogen Bailey were cast in the roles of Sienna Cammeniti and Nicola West respectively. Scott Major, who previously played Darren Stark in 1993, rejoined Neighbours as Daniel Fitzgerald's brother. Kyle Canning arrived in November. Mauricio Merino, Jr. and Chelsea Jones joined the cast in December as established character Donna Freedman's siblings Simon and Tegan.
Chloe Cammeniti
Chloe Cammeniti, played by Sarah May, is the daughter of Carmella Cammeniti (Natalie Blair) and Oliver Barnes (David Hoflin). She was born on-screen on 21 January 2008. Chloe is born premature and she initially suffers from breathing difficulties, but she eventually recovers. Following her birth, Oliver decides to fight for custody of his daughter. Chloe and her mother depart on 3 December 2008 to meet up with Oliver in Portugal. In September 2010, it was announced that Hoflin and Blair would be returning as Oliver and Carmella in March 2011. Chloe also returned with them, now played by Daisy Zanveld.
Chloe is born six weeks prematurely. On the circumstances of her birth, Blair said "Carmella needs an emergency caesarean and her baby daughter's having trouble breathing. The baby is whisked to intensive care before Carmella even has the chance to hold her." Blair added that Carmella is heartbroken and that she feels "desolate". Carmella blames herself for Chloe being born early and she decides to put her baby first before everything else.
Carmella discovers she is pregnant following the end of her relationship with Oliver. She worries that her addiction to prescribed anti-depressants has affected her baby, but she is told that the baby is fine. Carmella later begins a relationship with her business partner, Marco Silvani (Jesse Rosenfeld). Oliver worries that he is going to be cut out of his child's life. Carmella goes into premature labour and she agrees to have an epidural, despite attempting to have a drug-free birth. However, the baby becomes distressed and has to be delivered by cesarean section. Carmella gives birth to a daughter, but she is distressed to find out that the baby cannot breathe alone. She is then rushed to the neonatal unit. Carmella and Oliver decide to name their daughter, Chloe. Chloe spends a few days in the neonatal unit and she starts breathing on her own. Carmella |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantatay | Bantatay (International title: The Guardian) is a Philippine television drama comedy fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. The series was inspired by the 1995 Film Fluke and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Raymart Santiago in the title role. It premiered on September 20, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Langit sa Piling Mo. The series concluded on February 25, 2011 with a total of 115 episodes. It was replaced by Magic Palayok in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Raymart Santiago as Bernard Razon
Supporting cast
Gelli de Belen as Marcella Razon
Camille Prats as Daisy Razon
Krystal Reyes as Emily Razon
Renz Valerio as Junix Razon
Sweet Ramos as Farrah Razon
Jennica Garcia as Joanna
Carl Guevarra as Norbert
Charlie Einstein of Rabanal as Bantatay
Gary Estrada as Simon Gonzales
Elmo Magalona as Arthur "Artie" Enriquez
Marissa Delgado as Clarita Enriquez
Prince Stefan as Calvin Gonzales
Eva Darren as Vangie Razon
Kier Legaspi as Baldo
Al Tantay as Rigor
Sabrina Man as Princess
Isabel Frial as Len Len
Guest cast
Claudine Barreto as Shiela
Sandy Andolong as Alma
Nadine Samonte as Angel
Christopher de Leon as Bart
James Blanco as Dexter
Benjie Paras as Jace
Bernadette Allyson as Mrs. Gomez
Lander Vera Perez as Mr. Gomez
Joko Diaz as Kanor
Rico Barrera as Ato
Janna Dominguez as Cat 1
Cara Eriguel as Cat 2
Mel Kimura as Maria
Rita Avila as Clarita
Sylvia Sanchez as Corazon
Carla Abellana as Krissa
Jan Marini as Charlene
Voice cast
Jaya
John Lapus
Rhian Ramos
Michael V.
Ruby Rodriguez
Jillian Ward
Gladys Guevarra
Mura
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Bantatay earned a 12.5% rating. While the final episode scored an 8.8% rating.
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine fantasy television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Ferris | Ronald Curry Ferris (born 2 July 1945) is a Canadian Anglican bishop. A former bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, he now serves as an assistant bishop of the Anglican Network in Canada. He is married to Jan, has six adult children and several grandchildren, and lives in Langley, British Columbia.
Ferris was educated at The University of Western Ontario He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1970. He has doctorates in Sacred Theology, Ministry and Theology. He had incumbencies at St Luke's Church, Old Crow, Yukon and St Stephen's Memorial Church, London, Ontario. In 1981 he became the Bishop of Yukon. He was translated to be the Bishop of Algoma in 1995 and resigned that see in September 2008.
A theological conservative, he was candidate at the election for Primate of the Anglican Church if Canada in 2004. He disapproved of the pro-homosexuality policies taken by some dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada and decided to leave it. He was received as a bishop of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America in January 2009, by Archbishop Gregory Venables. Ferris became an assisting bishop for the Anglican Network in Canada, a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, in June 2009. Ferris main focus is church planting in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, while he also assists the Moderator Bishop. He became the vicar of a newly founded parish in Langley, the Church of Ascension.
References
External links
Ron Ferris Biography at the Anglican Network in Canada Official Website
1945 births
University of Western Ontario alumni
Anglican bishops of Yukon
Anglican bishops of Algoma
Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Living people
Anglican realignment people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-4-3%20rule | The 5-4-3 rule, also referred to as the IEEE way, is a design guideline for Ethernet computer networks covering the number of repeaters and segments on shared-medium Ethernet backbones in a tree topology. It means that in a collision domain there should be at most 5 segments tied together with 4 repeaters, with up to 3 mixing segments (10BASE5, 10BASE2, or 10BASE-FP). Link segments can be 10BASE-T, 10BASE-FL or 10BASE-FB. This rule is also designated the 5-4-3-2-1 rule with there being two link segments (without senders) and one collision domain.
An alternate configuration rule, known as the Ethernet way, allows 2 repeaters on the single network and does not allow any hosts on the connection between repeaters.
The rules were created when 10BASE5, 10BASE2 and FOIRL were the only types of Ethernet networks available. The rules only apply to shared-medium Ethernet segments connected by repeaters or repeater hubs (collisions domains) and FOIRL links. The rules do not apply to switched Ethernet because each port on a switch constitutes a separate collision domain. With mixed repeated and switched networks, the rule's scope ends at a switched port.
Details
Collision detection
According to the original Ethernet protocol, a signal sent out over the collision domain must reach every part of the network within a specified length of time. The 5-4-3 rule ensures this. Each segment and repeater that a signal goes through adds a small amount of time to the process, so the rule is designed to minimize transmission times of the signals.
For the purposes of this rule, a segment is in accordance with the IEEE definition: an electrical connection between networked devices.
In the original 10BASE5 and 10BASE2 Ethernet varieties, a segment would therefore correspond to a single coax cable and any devices tapped into it – a mixing segment. On modern twisted-pair Ethernet, a network segment corresponds to the individual connection between end station to network equipment or the connections between different pieces of network equipment. These connections generally use dedicated media for transmitting and receiving, simplifying collision detection.
This rule divides a collision domain into two types of physical segments: mixing segments, and link segments. User segments can have users' systems connected to them. Link segments (FOIRL, 10BASE-T, 10BASE-FL, or 10BASE-FB) are used to connect the network's repeaters together. The rule mandates that there can only be a maximum of five segments, connected through four repeaters, or concentrators, and only three of the five segments may be mixing segments. This last requirement applies only to 10BASE5, 10BASE2, and 10BASE-FP Ethernet segments.
Preamble consumption
In addition to the necessity of reliable collision detection, a frame cannot be repeated too many times. A repeater normally listens for the 0101 preamble and then locks onto the bitstream. Once locked on, it would then repeat each bit out the other po |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATRO-ECG | SATRO-EKG - a computer program analysing electro-cardiology signals. It is based on the SFHAM model. It facilitates the evaluation of electrical activity of myocardium, and therefore, early detection of ischemic changes in the heart.
Reference tests
The reference tests of the SATRO-ECG method in relation to perfusive scintigraphy SPECT conducted in Military Medical Institute in Warsaw and Medical University of Wroclaw proved the possibility to use this method to detect coronary heart disease (CHD). A very high Sensitivity and specificity in detecting this disease were obtained.
Sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), predictive value of positive values results (PV(+)) and negative values results (PV(-)) are presented in the grid below:
Comparison of SATRO-ECG results - SPECT (exercise) for particular parts of the cardiac muscle is presented in the grid below:
where: IS - interventricular septum, AW - anterior wall, IW - inferior wall, LW - lateral wall.
The results of the tests prove a high correlation the between SATRO-ECG results and SPECT in the case of detection of coronary heart disease (CHD)
Usage
An advantage of this method is a fast and precise analysis of the ECG results in the rest, which enables:
easy and safe measurement
detection of ischemic heart disease with very high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity
early prevention of the coronary disease, objective and not only statistical risk validation
monitoring of the effects of the treatment and early classifying patients to reference tests, e.g. PTCA, SPECT, etc.
analysing the efficiency of particular biologically active substances (pharmacology, nutriceutics, dietary supplements) and other methods (e.g. physical medicine)
The method is a diagnostic element of the Program of Universal Prevention and Therapy of Ischemic Heart Disease in the international project developed for United Nations Economic and Social Council .
Bibliography
Janicki J. Physical Basis of Satro – A New Method For Analysis of The Cardiac Muscle Depolarisation. Los Alamos National Laboratory, s. 1-43, 2006, arXiv:physics/0602162v2 [physics.med-ph]
Janicki JS, Leoński W, Jagielski J. Partial potentials of selected cardiac muscle regions and heart activity model based on single fibres. Medical Engineering & Physics, 31 (2009) 1276-1282
Janicki JS, Leoński W, Jagielski J, Sobieszczańska M, Chąpiński M, Janicki Ł. Single Fibre Based Heart Activity Model (SFHAM) Based Qrs-Waves Synthesis. W: Sobieszczańska M, Jagielski J, Macfarlane PW, editors. Electrocardiology 2009. JAKS Publishing Company; 2010. p. 81-86,
Janicki JS, Leoński W, Jagielski J, Sobieszczańska M, Leońska JG. Implementation of SFHAM in Coronary Heart Disease Diagnosis. W: Sobieszczańska M, Jagielski J, Macfarlane PW, editors. Electrocardiology 2009. JAKS Publishing Company; 2010. p. 197-201,
Janicki J. Physical foundations of the SATRO method. PIW Primax Medic, p. 1-71, 2006, ;
References
External links
SATRO-ECG method w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20East%20Anglia | Heart East Anglia was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Norfolk and Suffolk from studios in Norwich.
The station launched on Friday 3 September 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Norwich (formerly Radio Broadland) and Heart Ipswich (formerly Radio Orwell and Saxon Radio, latterly SGR FM).
History
The regional station originally broadcast as three separate stations - Radio Orwell served Ipswich and surrounding areas since October 1975. In November 1982, Saxon Radio launched in west Suffolk from studios in Bury St. Edmonds, acting as an effective opt-out service to Orwell. Meanwhile, Radio Broadland began broadcasting to Norfolk and north Suffolk in October 1984.
In 1990, Broadland bought out Suffolk Group Radio (the owners of Radio Orwell and Saxon Radio) and formed the East Anglian Radio Group. Two years later, Orwell and Saxon were merged into SGR FM - which launched a sister station in Essex, SGR Colchester, in October 1993.
By 1996, the GWR Group had bought out the East Anglian Radio Group. In January 2009, both Broadland and SGR were among the first stations to rebranded under the Heart moniker after GCap Media's takeover by Global Radio the year before.
On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced it would merge the five stations as part of plans to reduce the Heart network of stations from 33 to 18. The new station began broadcasting on Friday 3 September 2010 from studios in Norwich, leading to the closure of studios in Ipswich.
Station merger
On 26 February 2019, Global announced Heart East Anglia would be merged with three sister stations - Heart Cambridgeshire, Heart Essex and Heart Four Counties.
From 3 June 2019, local output will consist of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising.
Heart East Anglia's studios in Norwich closed with operations moving to Milton Keynes - the station ceased local programming on 31 May 2019. Local breakfast and weekend shows were with network programming from London.
Heart East began broadcasting regional programming on 3 June 2019.
Former presenters
Sarah Cawood
References
External links
Heart East Anglia
Radio stations in Norfolk
Radio stations in Suffolk
East Anglia
Radio stations established in 2010
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill%20pill | In computing, a kill pill is a mechanism or a technology designed to render systems useless either by user command, or under a predefined set of circumstances. Kill pill technology is most commonly used to disable lost or stolen devices for security purposes, but can also be used for the enforcement of rules and contractual obligations.
Applications
Lost and stolen devices
Kill pill technology is used prominently in smartphones, especially in the disablement of lost or stolen devices. A notable example is Find My iPhone, a service that allows the user to password protect or wipe their iDevice(s) remotely, aiding in the protection of private data. Similar applications exist for other smartphone operating systems, including Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.
Anti-piracy measure
Kill pill technology has been notably used as an anti-piracy measure. Windows Vista was released with the ability to severely limit its own functionality if it was determined that the copy was obtained through piracy. The feature was later dropped after complaints that false positives caused genuine copies of Vista to act as though they were pirated.
Removal of malicious software
The concept of a kill pill is also applied to the remote removal by a server of malicious files or applications from a client's system. Such technology is a standard component of most handheld computing devices, mainly due to their generally more limited operating systems and means of obtaining applications. Such functionality is also reportedly available to applications downloaded from the Windows Store on Windows 8 operating systems.
Vehicles
Kill pill technology is used frequently in vehicles for a variety of reasons. Remote vehicle disablement can be used to prevent a vehicle from starting, to prevent it from moving, and to prevent the vehicle's continued operation. Non-remotely, vehicles can require driver recognition before starting or moving, such as asking for a password or some form of biometrics from the driver.
Kill pill technology is often used by governments to prevent drunk driving by repeat offenders as a punishment and deterrent. The installation of an ignition interlock devices is a sentencing alternative for drunk drivers in almost all 50 of the United States. Such a device requires the driver to blow into a breathalyzer before starting the vehicle. If the driver is found to be over the legal blood alcohol content limit, the vehicle will not start
Other uses
Kill pill technology can also be implemented to contextually disable certain aspects of a smartphone's functionality. A patent obtained by Apple claims the ability to disable the antenna, screen, or camera of a smartphone in settings like theaters, schools, and areas of high security sensitivity.
Criticism
Kill pill technology has been criticized for allowing for the suppression of personal liberties. While a kill pill can be utilized in a school setting to prevent academic dishonesty, it has been suggested that go |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington%20Medical%20Center | Lexington Medical Center is a medical complex in Lexington, SC. Lexington Medical Center is owned by Lexington County Health Service District, Inc, a private company. The network includes six community medical centers, an occupational health facility, the largest nursing home in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's disease care center and seventy physician practices in a variety of services.
Cardiovascular care
A Duke Medicine affiliate, Lexington Medical Center began its complete cardiac care program in 2012. To date, the hospital has performed more than 600 open heart surgeries.
Lexington Medical Center has also earned full chest pain accreditation with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC).
In 2014, Lexington Medical Center began to offer transcatheter aortic valve replacement, known as TAVR. This cardiovascular technology allows doctors to replace the aortic valve with a catheter procedure instead of open heart surgery. Currently, TAVR is for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are high-risk candidates for open heart surgery because of their age, history of heart disease, or other health issues. Patients with severe aortic stenosis have a narrowed aortic valve that does not allow blood to flow efficiently. As the heart works harder to pump enough blood through the smaller opening in the valve, the heart eventually becomes weak. Over time, that can lead to life-threatening heart problems. Lexington Medical Center performed the first fully percutaneous TAVR procedure in South Carolina. With this minimally invasive technique, doctors deployed the new aortic valve through just a small puncture in the femoral artery in the leg.
Additionally, Lexington Medical Center now offers non-surgical closure for holes in the heart called atrial septal defects (ASDs) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). Like TAVR, this minimally invasive procedure eliminates the need for open heart surgery, resulting in shorter hospital stays and faster recovery.
Lexington Medical Center has developed an advanced electrophysiology program to diagnose and treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. In addition, the program has an experienced team of cardiologists that implant cardiac devices including pacemakers, defibrillators, and biventricular pacing systems. Lexington Medical Center has also begun to use insertable cardiac monitors, commonly known as loop recorders, to diagnose heart rhythm problems.
Surgery
Lexington Medical Center performs more surgeries than any other hospital in the Midlands of South Carolina. In fiscal year 2013, the hospital performed 21,796 surgeries in more than 30 operating rooms on the hospital's main campus and community medical centers located around Lexington County, South Carolina.
Lexington Medical Center is a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.
Cancer
Lexington Medical Center's cancer program is affiliated with the Duke Cancer Institute.
The Cancer Services program participat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20retrieval | Data retrieval means obtaining data from a database management system (DBMS), like for example an object-oriented database (ODBMS). In this case, it is considered that data is represented in a structured way, and there is no ambiguity in data.
In order to retrieve the desired data the user presents a set of criteria by a query. Then the database management system selects the demanded data from the database. The retrieved data may be stored in a file, printed, or viewed on the screen.
A query language, like for example Structured Query Language (SQL), is used to prepare the queries. SQL is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standardized query language developed specifically to write database queries. Each database management system may have its own language, but most are relational.
How the data is presented
Reports and queries are the two primary forms of the retrieved data from a database. There are some overlaps between them, but queries generally select a relatively small portion of the database, while reports show larger amounts of data. Queries also present the data in a standard format and usually display it on the monitor; whereas reports allow formatting of the output however you like and is normally printed.
Reports are designed using a report generator built into the database management system.
See also
Database model
Data maintenance
Relational database
Query by Example, a database query language devised in the mid-1970s
References
External links
SQL Statements SQL Statements Tutorial
SQL Tutorial at W3Schools
Database management systems
Relational database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRRO | WRRO (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station which is licensed to Edon, Ohio, featuring a Catholic–based Christian format as a repeater station in the Annunciation Radio network. Owned by Our Lady of Guadalupe Radio, Inc. (d/b/a Annunciation Radio), the station serves Bryan, Ohio, and surrounding areas within the corner region of the Ohio, Indiana and Michigan state lines. WRRO was previously a sister station to WRDF, licensed in Columbia City, Indiana, and serving the Ft. Wayne market area.
WRRO made its on-air premiere on Tuesday June 19, 2012 originally as a repeater of WLYV, 1450 AM in Fort Wayne, Indiana until June 2014 when Redeemer Radio programming moved to WRDF (formerly WHPP).
WRRO is the fourth Catholic station to come on the air within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo in Northwestern Ohio, the others being WJTA 88.9 FM licensed in Glandorf, based in Leipsic serving Ottawa, Findlay and portions of the Lima area and Annunciation Radio's owned stations WNOC licensed in Bowling Green serving Toledo and WHRQ in Sandusky.
WRRO was affiliated with Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group, Inc. which now owns and operates WRDF "Redeemer Radio" at 106.3 FM licensed to Columbia City, Indiana and serving Ft. Wayne.
Previous owner Club 1915 Inc. is a venture of the Knights of Columbus Council 1915 of Bryan, Ohio. Club 1915 Inc. is also located in Bryan. and was the owner of WRRO which worked in partnership with Redeemer Radio until the spring of 2016 when it switched its affiliation to Toledo-based Annunciation Radio and its local station WNOC.
WRRO is now broadcasting as an affiliate of Annunciation Radio which will continue to air local programs in addition to much of the broadcast schedule of EWTN Global Catholic Radio and Ave Maria Radio Network. Programming is now fed directly from Annunciation's base in Toledo
WLYV was owned and operated by Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group Inc. and was sold to Adams Radio Group in the spring of 2014. WLYV is now WIOE, and airs an oldies format. In this deal, Redeemer Radio purchased the former WHPP. Redeemer Radio programming moved to WHPP (now WRDF) on June 2, 2014.
WLYV simulcasted WHPP until July 4, 2014 when AM 1450 transitioned to "1450 The Patriot" as a talk format.
Club 1915 Inc. sold WRRO to Our Lady of Guadalupe Radio, Inc. effective November 23, 2016 for $5,000.
See also
WRRO mention on Catholic Radio Guide
WRRO startup date moved to Spring 2012 (from WRDF website)
WRRO press release (March 1, 2012 from WRDF website)
Article of WRRO's planned start-up from Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette website (October 3, 2011)
WRRO-FM to carry Reedeemer Radio programs (from Reedeemer Radio Facebook entry on October 3, 2011)
WRRO mention on Ohio K of C summer 2011 newsletter (in pdf format. scroll down to lower right hand corner of page 8.)
External links
Catholic radio stations
Williams County, Ohio
Knights of Columbus
Radio stations established in 2012
RRO
2012 establishments in Ohio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Committee%20on%20Computation%20and%20Automatic%20Control | The Australian Committee on Computation and Automatic Control (ANCCAC) was formed in 1958, with Professor John Bennett as the Foundation Chairman. It ran a computing conferences in Australia from 1960 and in 1961 was accepted as a member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). The Australian Computer Society took over these roles in 1969 and ANCCAC was dissolved.
ANCCAC Prize
The ANCCAC Prize was established by ACS in 1969, to commemorate Australia's computer pioneers. A medal and a cash prize is awarded each year for the paper published each year in the ACS Journal.
ANCCAC Prize recipients
1991 Swatman P.A., Swatman P.M.C. and Everett J.E. (1990) "Stages of Growth of an Innovative Software House: an Additional Criterion for Software Package Selection", Australian Computer Journal, Vol. 22, No. 7, August, 88-98.
2002 Sale, A. (2001) "Broadband Internet Access in Regional Australia", Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology 33(4): 346-355.
2003 C. A. Middleton (2002) "Who needs a `Killer App`? Two Perspectives on Content in Residential Broadband Networks". Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology 34(2): 67-81.
External links
ACS web site
ACS ANCCAC Award
Professional associations based in Australia
Information technology organizations based in Oceania
Organizations established in 1958
1958 establishments in Australia
Organizations disestablished in 1969 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20J.%20Lindsay | Nathan James Lindsay (May 24, 1936 – May 25, 2015) was a major general in the United States Air Force and an astronaut. He worked on the Titan III and the Air Force Satellite Control Network.
Early years
Lindsay was born in Monroe, Wisconsin, and earned both a bachelor of science degree and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He then earned a master of science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.
Military career
While studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Lindsay earned his commission through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He joined the Air Force in 1959, and in 1980 he was named director of operations support and interrogations in the Space Systems Division and in 1982 he was named assistant deputy commander for space operations. Lindsay worked on the Titan III and the Air Force Satellite Control Network. In 1987 he became Director of Special Projects in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, and was promoted to major general in 1988. Lindsay retired from the Air Force effective January 1, 1993.
Lindsay died on May 25, 2015, one day after his 79th birthday.
Awards
Awards he has received include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Master Astronaut Badge, and the Master Missile Badge.
References
1936 births
2015 deaths
American astronauts
Military personnel from Wisconsin
People from Monroe, Wisconsin
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
United States Air Force generals
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni
USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni |
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