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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXRJ-AM | DXRJ (1476 AM) was a radio station owned and operated by Rajah Broadcasting Network through its licensee Free Air Broadcasting Network, Inc. Its studio and transmitter were located along National Highway, Brgy. Santa Filomena, Iligan City. It aired Voice of America during late nights. It is off the air since late 2013.
References
Radio stations in Iligan
Radio stations established in 1986
Radio stations disestablished in 2013
News and talk radio stations in the Philippines
Defunct radio stations in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity%20drive | A parity drive is a hard drive used in a RAID array to provide fault tolerance. For example, RAID 3 uses a parity drive to create a system that is both fault tolerant and, because of data striping, fast. Basically, a single data bit is added to the end of a data block to ensure the number of bits in the message is either odd or even.
One way to implement a parity drive in a RAID array is to use the exclusive or, or XOR, function. XOR is a Boolean logic function which means 'one or the other, but not both'. The XOR of all of the data drives in the RAID array is written to the parity drive. If one of the data drives fails, the XOR of the remaining drives is identical to the data of the lost drive. Therefore, when a drive is lost, recovering the drive is as simple as copying the XOR of the remaining drives to a fresh data drive.
References
RAID |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Focus | The Samsung Focus (also known as the SGH-i917 and Samsung Cetus) is a slate smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. It features a 1 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor, a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED screen, and 8GB of internal storage (expandable to 40GB with a 32GB microSD card). As of November 2011, it is the 4th lightest and thinnest Windows Phone, behind the Samsung Focus Flash, HTC Titan and the Samsung Focus S, a more high-end version of the original Focus.
History
Release and marketing
The Focus was released on November 8, 2010, along with the HTC Surround on AT&T. It was marketed by Samsung as being the only Windows Phone to feature a microSD card slot.
The Focus was also released on November 8, 2010, on Rogers Wireless in Canada, Rogers handsets differ in appearance as they lack carrier branding instead of having the Samsung logo appear at the top where the AT&T logo would normally appear. The Samsung Focus is no longer available on Rogers Wireless as of March 20, 2012.
Successor
The successor to the Focus is the Samsung Focus S, released in November 2011, featuring a larger 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus display. The Samsung Focus Flash is also listed as a successor in the US; in other countries, however, it is a successor to the Omnia.
Features
Display
The Samsung Focus features a Corning Gorilla glass, Super AMOLED display like its Galaxy S cousins. The display is much brighter than LCDs and reduces power consumption. The high contrast ratio between dark and light colors produces exceptional quality even in sunlight. The nature of the capacitive touchscreen can cause some issues as some have noted placing the phone on a plush surface will make the display very unresponsive. However normal hand-held usage is very responsive.
Software
The phone was released with Windows Phone and AT&T Navigator, AT&T Radio, AT&T myWireless and AT&T Uverse which can be uninstalled. The device also shipped with Samsung's "Now", also known as, "Daily Briefing" application which displays weather, news, and stocks. The phone is capable of upgrading to Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango).
Languages
At the time of its launch, the Rogers version supported English and French, while the AT&T version also supported German, Spanish, and Italian. The Windows Phone 7.5 update added support for Korean to both variants.
Reception
The Samsung Focus received positive reviews. It received a 7 out of 10 rating from Engadget stating, "The Focus is kind of the everyman of the Windows Phone line. It doesn't really have any fancy features and isn't especially stylish... but it gets the job done ... At the end of the day, a lot of people will find that the Focus hits the sweet spot – for us, it just slightly misses the mark." CNET gave the phone 4 out of 5 stars and stated, "Anyone looking for an alternative to the iPhone, but who wants better multimedia features and a more organized user interface than Android offers, should look at the Samsung Focus ... whic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG%20Quantum | The LG Quantum or Optimus 7Q (also known as the C900) is a slider smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. The LG Quantum was launched November 8, 2010 on AT&T. The C900 ran the Windows Phone 7.0 operating system out-of-the-box and was later updated to Windows Phone 7.5. The C900 also supports the Windows Phone 7.8 update which launched which offers the new Windows Phone 8.0 style tiles and other improvements. It is possible to upgrade it using an alternate method.
Features
Display
The Quantum features a 3.5" TFT capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.
Processor and memory
The Quantum is powered by a Qualcomm QSD8250 1 GHz Scorpion (Snapdragon) and has 512 MB RAM and a 512 MB ROM.
Storage
The Quantum has 16 GB of built in memory but no expandable memory (e.g. SD card).
Camera
The Quantum has a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, LED flash and records 720p video at 24 frames per second.
Smartphone connectivity
The device runs on AT&T's 3G network. It also offers WiFi as another means on connection to the Internet. The phone comes with built-in Bluetooth 2.1 and a MicroUSB slot to plug in a MicroUSB to USB wire which can be used to connect the device to the computer or to the wall charger.
Battery and power
The Quantum comes with a 1500mAh battery is user-replaceable by removing the back cover. The average talk and standby time are 7 and 350 hours respectively.
Keyboard and Buttons
The Quantum is one of the few Windows Phones sporting a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This keyboard is unique as its shift and function ("fn") keys are their own separate buttons. They are next to the keyboard, not integrated as keys. The keyboard is particularly large, which makes it easy for people with larger hands to use.
Other Windows Phones with physical keyboards are the Dell Venue Pro and HTC 7 Pro, making it a rare-breed of Windows Phone.
The Quantum is also one of the only Windows Phones with a physical Start button, rather than the capacitive buttons seen on other Windows Phones.
See also
Windows Phone
References
External links
Official LG Quantum homepage
Windows Phone devices
LG Electronics smartphones
Mobile phones introduced in 2010
Discontinued smartphones
Mobile phones with an integrated hardware keyboard |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEPAD%20African%20Western%20and%20Southern%20Networks%20of%20Centres%20of%20Excellence%20in%20Water%20Sciences | The NEPAD African Western and Southern Networks of Centres of Excellence in Water Sciences are international collaborations between teams of researchers working in different parts of southern and western Africa on the economic development of local water resources. The southern network of nine centres is coordinated from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa, the western network of five centres from the University of Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal.
Definition of Centre of Excellence by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Centres of Excellence are physical or virtual centres focused on specific issues. They concentrate on existing capabilities and resources to encourage collaboration across disciplines and across organisations on long term programmes and projects directly relevant to human needs and aspirations. By definition, Centres of Excellence are widely known for their work.
Framework of the initiative
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) "explicitly recognizes that Africa’s economic renewal and sustainable development will not be achieved without effective and efficient research and development (R&D) institutions.” NEPAD, therefore, launched a programme specifically to identify and reinforce R&D capacities in Africa through building regional networks of Centres of Excellence in water sciences. The program is in line with Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA). The specific goals for water sciences (p. 28 of the CPA) are:
to improve conservation and utilization of the continent's water resources;
to improve the quality and the quantity of water available to rural and urban households;
to strengthen national and regional capacities for water resources management and reduce impacts of water related disasters; and
to enlarge the range of technologies for water supply and improve access to affordable quality water.
Calls of interest were launched and proposals evaluated in both the Southern African and Western African regions to identify and appoint Centres of Excellences in water sciences. Two regional networks were set up in 2009. The existing networks may be further expanded.
Southern African Centres of Excellence network
Coordinator of the network is the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Actual members of the southern African network
Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
International Center for Water Economics and Governance in Africa (Mozambique)
KwaZulu-Natal University (South Africa)
Western Cape University (South Africa)
University of Malawi (Malawi)
University of Zambia (Zambia)
University of Botswana (Botswana)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa)
Polytechnic of Namibia (Namibia)
Western African Centres of Excellence network
The coordinator is the Doctoral School on Water of the University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal.
Actual members of the western African network
University of Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal)
Internationa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TkWWW | tkWWW is an early, now discontinued web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor written by Joseph Wang at MIT as part of Project Athena and the Globewide Network Academy project. The browser was based on the Tcl language and the Tk (toolkit) extension but did not achieve broad user-acceptance or market share, although it was included in many Linux distributions by default. Joseph Wang wanted tkWWW to become a replacement for r r n and to become a "swiss army knife" of networked computing.
History
Joseph Wang announced in July 1992 that he was developing a web browser based on Tk, and made the alpha version 0.1 publicly available.
Version 0.4 integrated a much easier installation procedure, a better default color scheme, keyboard traversals and a history mechanism. Version 0.5, released 8 February 1993, introduced support for multiple fonts.
Version 0.6 made personal annotations compatible with xmosaic and improved the GUI.
With the release of version 0.7 on 1 May 1993, tkWWW became the first WYSIWYG HTML editor for X11 which was originally written by Nathan Torkington. Another improvement was the ability to start in iconic mode.
Version 0.8 improved the graphical user interface (GUI) and added a "reload" option.
In version 0.9, the browser achieved beta status and added support for character-styling tags and for version 7.0 of Tcl, as well as partial support for image tags.
Version 0.11 worked successfully with RCS.
Based on the newly released Tk 4.0, tkWWW 0.13 was an alpha release, in order to allow for wider testing. It also added full support for inline images.
Support for HTML+, a proposed successor to HTML 2, was implemented while the specification was being developed.
tkWWW was extended by the GNU Guile project, to support Scheme extensions.
Further development
The short-term agenda for tkWWW included an SGML parser and the separation of the browser from the editor, in order to simplify user experience.
The long-term plan included new functions like word processing, directory navigation, file transfer, and news and email reading.
Features
With the htext-widget, Tk code could be embedded into web pages.
Because the interface was written in Tk, it was easy to modify and extend the system.
A WYSIWYG editor for HTML web pages, with all major HTML functions (character emphasis, headings, paragraph breaks, lists, anchors)
Support for many protocols: FTP, gopher, HTTP, telnet
Multiple fonts, including support for Asian fonts
Multimedia formats supported: bitmap, DVI, GIF MPEG, PostScript, and X Window dump files
Automatic file unpacking
tkWWW was developed before the advent of Safe-Tcl, to allow untrusted applications to run from non-privileged accounts. Without such a safeguard, the potential for automatically executing remote scripts was a security issue.
tkWWW was criticized for not supporting the mailto URI scheme, rlogin, WAIS, and HTML forms. A stop-button to interrupt the transfer of web pages was also not integrated.
Extensi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimcore | Pimcore is an open-source enterprise PHP software platform for product information management (PIM), master data management (MDM), customer data management (CDP), digital asset management (DAM), content management (CMS), and digital commerce.
Technology
Pimcore is operated in a web browser and is based on the PHP programming language, as well as the MySQL/MariaDB database system. It consists of a modular software architecture that uses leading development frameworks, such as the Symfony project and the package management Composer based on a "best-of-breed" approach. The architecture uses the conventions of object-oriented software development, taking into account the MVC (Model View Controller) design pattern.
Pimcore follows the specifications and definitions of the PHP Framework Interop Group (PSR 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7). The company has been a member of this PHP standardization body since August 2016.
Since its initial release in 2010, Pimcore has followed a fully API-based approach. All functionalities can be accessed by a PHP and a REST API. This allows for easy connectivity to any existing third-party systems, such as SAP, Navision, Salesforce or Oracle. The core of Pimcore is extensible through third-party components and plugins.
Pimcore has a management interface to configure the system and manage data. The user interface is based on the Sencha Ext-JS-6 development framework.
Functionality
Pimcore's portfolio consists of open source software solutions for multi-domain master data management and solutions for cross-channel digital commerce and content management. In addition to a free community edition, the software solution is also available as an enterprise edition. The software platform includes functionalities for product information management (PIM), web content management (CMS), digital asset management (DAM) and e-commerce and is available under the open source GPLv3 license and the proprietary PEL (Pimcore Enterprise License).
Master Data Management (MDM) / Product Information Management (PIM)
Pimcore's MDM/PIM functionalities deal with the lifecycle of a company's master and product data. The focus is on the consolidation of data, the creation of a central data repository and data quality management topics. In this context, Pimcore enables the configuration of data models of any complexity and the consolidation of data for companies from a wide range of industries and with a wide range of business models. Pimcore includes more than 40 data components and is compatible with classification systems such as eCl@ss and GS1. Content as well as structures, versions, descriptions, translations can be managed centrally.
Web Content Management (CMS)
CMS functionalities are based on the media-neutral management of data and the support of the single-source and multi-channel publishing principle. Pimcore can therefore be used to create and manage cross-media and cross-channel content that can be consumed on digital devices (desktop, mobil |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochran%E2%80%93Mantel%E2%80%93Haenszel%20statistics | In statistics, the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test (CMH) is a test used in the analysis of stratified or matched categorical data. It allows an investigator to test the association between a binary predictor or treatment and a binary outcome such as case or control status while taking into account the stratification. Unlike the McNemar test, which can only handle pairs, the CMH test handles arbitrary strata size. It is named after William G. Cochran, Nathan Mantel and William Haenszel. Extensions of this test to a categorical response and/or to several groups are commonly called Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel statistics. It is often used in observational studies where random assignment of subjects to different treatments cannot be controlled, but confounding covariates can be measured.
Definition
We consider a binary outcome variable such as case status (e.g. lung cancer) and a binary predictor such as treatment status (e.g. smoking). The observations are grouped in strata. The stratified data are summarized in a series of 2 × 2 contingency tables, one for each stratum. The i-th such contingency table is:
The common odds-ratio of the K contingency tables is defined as:
The null hypothesis is that there is no association between the treatment and the outcome. More precisely, the null hypothesis is and the alternative hypothesis is . The test statistic is:
It follows a distribution asymptotically with 1 df under the null hypothesis.
Subset stability
The standard odds- or risk ratio of all strata could be calculated, giving risk ratios , where is the number of strata. If the stratification were removed, there would be one aggregate risk ratio of the collapsed table; let this be .
One generally expects the risk of an event unconditional on the stratification to be bounded between the highest and lowest risk within the strata (or identically with odds ratios).
It is easy to construct examples where this is not the case, and is larger or smaller than all of for .
This is comparable but not identical to Simpson's paradox, and as with Simpson's paradox, it is difficult to interpret the statistic and decide policy based upon it.
Klemens
defines a statistic to be subset stable iff is bounded between and , and a well-behaved statistic as being infinitely differentiable and not dependent on the order of the strata.
Then the CMH statistic is the unique well-behaved statistic satisfying subset stability.
Related tests
The McNemar test can only handle pairs. The CMH test is a generalization of the McNemar test as their test statistics are identical when each stratum shows a pair.
Conditional logistic regression is more general than the CMH test as it can handle continuous variable and perform multivariate analysis. When the CMH test can be applied, the CMH test statistic and the score test statistic of the conditional logistic regression are identical.
Breslow–Day test for homogeneous association. The CMH test supposes that the effect of the treatment i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xin-She%20Yang | Xin-She Yang is Reader at the Middlesex University and was a senior research scientist at National Physical Laboratory, best known as a developer of various heuristic algorithms for engineering optimization. He obtained a DPhil in applied mathematics from Oxford University. He has given invited keynote talks at SEA2011, SCET2012, BIOMA2012 and Mendel Conference on Soft Computing (Mendel 2012). He has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Application in 2021. He has been on the prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers since 2016 by Clarivate Analyatics/Web of Science.
Algorithms
He created the firefly algorithm (2008), cuckoo search (2009), bat algorithm (2010), and flower pollination algorithm (2012).
Since 2009, more than 1000 peer-reviewed research papers cited the firefly algorithm and/or cuckoo search.
References
Further reading
Yang, X.-S. (2014), Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Elsevier.
Full text of Yang's doctoral thesis, "Mathematical modelling of compaction and diagenesis in sedimentary basins", Oxford Research Archive
Living people
21st-century British mathematicians
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Scientists of the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample%20%28graphics%29 | In computer graphics, a sample is an intersection of channel and a pixel.
The diagram below depicts a 24-bit pixel, consisting of 3 samples for Red, Green, and Blue.
In this particular diagram, the Red sample occupies 9 bits, the Green sample occupies 7 bits and the Blue sample occupies 8 bits, totaling 24 bits per pixel. Note that the samples do not have to be equal size and not all samples are mandatory in a pixel.
Also, a pixel can consist of more than 3 samples (e.g. 4 samples of the RGBA color space).
A sample is related to a subpixel on a physical display.
References
External links
W3C Definitions - Section 3.1
RGB pixel formats
Computer graphics
Digital photography
Color space |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball%20tag | A Kimball tag was a cardboard tag that included both human and machine-readable data to support punched card processing. A Kimball tag was an early form of stock control label that, like its later successor the barcode, supported back office data processing functions. They were predominantly used by the retail clothing ("fashion") industry.
Tagging guns which use plastic toggles to attach price tags to clothing are still known as "Kimball guns" (or the corruption, "kimble guns"), although the tags now use bar codes.
History
Sears, Roebuck & Company sponsored the development of a specialized punched card system to track garment inventory, produce timely management reports, and reduce clerical errors. A pilot system was operational in 1952.
The A. Kimball Company, an established price tag manufacturer in New York City, and the Karl J. Braun Engineering Company of Stamford, Connecticut developed the garment tags and the machine that marked and punched them.
The Potter Instrument Company of Great Neck, New York developed a photoelectric tag reader for the 1952 pilot system. The reader scanned 100 tags per minute. A lens system enlarged the image of a tag's holes projected by a gas-type photoflash tube onto an array of phototubes. The phototubes fired thyratrons that activated relay logic to translate the tag's coded digits into Hollerith code and punch a standard sized punched card.
References
Supply chain management
Automatic identification and data capture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20Warrior | Storm Warrior is a 1989 beat 'em up video game developed and released by Elite Systems for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 8-bit home computer systems. The game casts the player in the role of a prince on a quest to rid his kingdom of a witch's curse. It is unrelated to the 1984 game Storm Warrior.
Gameplay
In Storm Warrior, the player controls a hero armed with a sword, who may walk and turn, jump into various directions, defend and attack with his sword (high and medium slashes), kick, and roll. The character walks right through a series of screens, fighting defeating various enemies along the way.
Plot
The evil Witch Queen has summoned a terrible thunderstorm that is to last a hundred years, causing torrential rains, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other calamities. The heir prince of the kingdom embarks on a dangerous quest to reach the castle from which the Witch Queen exercises control on the elements, so he can kill her and break the spell.
Development and release
The C64 version was made by the same team which did the C64 port of Forgotten Worlds. The Witch Queen was known as "Queen of Darkness" in an early version of the game.
The game was released straight to Elite's Encore budget range on both cassette and disk for the Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. Although the back cover labelled one of the screenshots as ZX Spectrum, all screenshots show the C64 version and no version was released for the ZX Spectrum.
Reception
The game was poorly received. The C64 version of the game received the scores of 44% from Computer + Video Games ("Mark Cooksey's music is pleasant, but otherwise the game has few merits"), 64% from Your Commodore ("an average game" and not in a top division of beat-em-up games") and 51% from CU Amiga ("Basically, SW is just a very dull Barbarian clone"). Micromania Segunda Epoca gave it 6/10, recommending the Amstrad version.
References
External links
Official website
Storm Warrior at World of Spectrum
Storm Warrior at Lemon64
1989 video games
Amstrad CPC games
Beat 'em ups
Cancelled ZX Spectrum games
Commodore 64 games
Fantasy video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games about witchcraft
Elite Systems games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tland%20Runic%20Inscription%20M%C3%96LM1960%3B230 | Östergötland Runic Inscription MÖLM1960;230 or Ög MÖLM1960;230 is the Rundata catalog number for a memorial runestone that is located near a church in Törnevalla, which is 2 kilometers east of Linghem, Östergötland County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Östergötland. The runestone has an inscription which refers to a Viking Age mercantile guild and depicts a ship.
Description
Runestone Ög MÖLM1960;230 was rediscovered in the base of a church tower in 1960. Before the historic significance of runestones was understood, they were often reused as building materials for roads, churches, and other buildings. After being repaired, it was raised outside of the church. The runic inscription on this granite stone, which is 2.4 meters in height, consists of text in the younger futhark within an arching text band that is under a depiction of a ship. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, which is the classification used for text bands that have straight ends and do not have any attached serpent or beast heads.
Ship images appear on several Viking Age runic inscriptions. Other runic inscriptions from the Viking Age which depict ships include DR 77 in Hjermind, DR 119 in Spentrup, DR 220 in Sønder Kirkeby, DR 258 in Bösarp, DR 271 in Tullstorp, DR 328 in Holmby, DR EM85;523 in Farsø, Ög 181 in Ledberg, Ög 224 in Stratomta, Sö 122 in Skresta, Sö 154 in Skarpåker, Sö 158 in Österberga, Sö 164 in Spånga, Sö 351 in Överjärna, Sö 352 in Linga, Vg 51 in Husaby, U 370 in Herresta, U 979 in Gamla Uppsala, U 1052 in Axlunda, U 1161 in Altuna, and Vs 17 in Råby. Three stones, the Hørdum and Långtora kyrka stones and U 1001 in Rasbo, depict ships but currently do not have any runes on them and may never have had any.
The runic text, which is damaged at the beginning, indicates that the stone is a memorial to a man named Drengr who was the son of a man possibly named Eygeirr, and that the person or persons who sponsored the stone and Drengr were members of a guild. This is one of four runestones that mention guilds in Viking Age Sweden, the others being U 379 in Kyrkogården, U 391 in Prästgatan, and Ög 64 in Bjälbo. These stones and others discussing félags are evidence of the trading activities during this period of Scandinavian history. One scholar has suggested that the image of the ship may have been a type of heraldic badge or symbol of the guild that raised the stone.
The name Drengr is a bit unusual as it normally is a title associated with warriors or merchants. However, there are several examples from Scandinavia in which an Old Norse word that is a designation of status has become a personal name. In the inscription, each word in the runic text is separated with a punctuation mark consisting of two dots except for the name Drengr, which has been emphasized by using a different word divider consisting of a single dot.
The Rundata catalog number for this stone, Ög MÖLM1960;230, refers to the year and page number |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidirectionalization | In computer science, bidirectionalization refers to the process of given a source-to-view transformation (automatically) finding a mapping from the original source and an updated view to an updated source.
See also
Bidirectional transformation
Inverse function
Reversible computing
View (database)
Further reading
Janis Voigtländer, Zhenjiang Hu, Kazutaka Matsuda, and Meng Wang. Combining Syntactic and Semantic Bidirectionalization. International Conference on Functional Programming 2010.
Database management systems
Database theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essar%20Hypermart | Essar Hypermart is a steel retail chain headquartered at Mumbai, India. It has a steel retailing network of 520 outlets. Essar Hypermart is a part of the multinational conglomerate, the Essar Group.
History
The company was an initiative of Essar Steel, a 14 MTPA steel producer and one of India's largest; to bring steel directly to SMEs and end-users. With its origins in India, Essar Steel sought to eliminate the role of intermediaries in the steel-buying process. The first Essar Hypermart opened in Gandhidham, Gujarat in 2006. Since then, its network has grown to include smaller franchisees and the 100th Essar Hypermart opened in Ranchi in 2010.
For the financial year 2009/2010, the company reported revenue of .
About Essar Hypermart
Essar Hypermart is a store for all steel products. It houses under a variety of steel products that cater to a variety of industry segments. Its product portfolio is backed by Essar Steel – a global steel producer with a presence in steel consuming markets like Asia and North America. Essar Hypermart also offers financing options like channel financing, letter of credit and bank guarantee facilities, and has introduced personalised services like the Door Delivery Model that delivers steel products directly to the consumer's doorstep. Essar Hypermart is also supported by the Essar Steel processing and distribution facilities that enable Essar Hypermart to meet the needs of customers with steel from a single to a few tonnes, customised in sizes and widths as per their requirements.
Products and services
The Essar Hypermart portfolio includes cold-rolled steel, hot-rolled steel, galvanised plain, galvanised corrugated sheets, chequered plates, shot-blasted plates, heavy plates, colour-coated steel and TMT bars.
Hot-rolled steel
Rolled to its final dimensions while hot enough to scale, Essar's hot-rolled steel is an amalgamation of the various qualities of steel. It is a useful input in various industrial applications. Hot Rolled Steel is in the form of plates, sheets and coils. Its applications are in automobiles, fabrication, general engineering, infrastructure etc. Its specific dimensions are: thickness: 1.6 mm – 20 mm, width: 1250 mm – 2000 mm, length: 2500 mm – 6300 mm.
Essar Group
Essar Hypermart is a part of the Essar Group – a multinational conglomerate in the sectors of Steel, Oil & Gas, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics, Construction, and Mining & Minerals. With operations in more than 20 countries across five continents, the Group employs 65,000 people, with revenues of US$15 billion.
References
Retail companies of India
Retail companies established in 2006
Companies based in Mumbai
Essar Group
Indian companies established in 2006
2006 establishments in Maharashtra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metriochroa%20psychotriella | Metriochroa psychotriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.
The larvae feed on Psychotria nervosa and Psychotria undata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
Phyllocnistinae
Moths described in 1900 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Sentiu%20de%20Si%C3%B3 | La Sentiu de Sió is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
References
External links
Official website
Government data pages
Municipalities in Noguera (comarca)
Populated places in Noguera (comarca) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foradada | Foradada is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
References
External links
Official website
Government data pages
Municipalities in Noguera (comarca)
Populated places in Noguera (comarca) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilanova%20de%20l%27Aguda | Vilanova de l'Aguda is a municipality in the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Noguera (comarca)
Populated places in Noguera (comarca) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20train%20radio%20in%20Norway | The Norwegian railway network has used two types of train radio, Scanet and GSM-R. A train radio is a mobile telecommunications network that allows a train driver, maintenance crews and other rail transport officials to communicate with a dispatcher or each other. Scanet was an analog radio system installed on the main lines, limited to electrified lines with automatic train protection, between 1995 and 1999. The implementation left out many lines, which were instead covered by Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT 450) network.
The lack of a train radio on the Røros Line was a contributing factor to the Åsta accident. This spurred the demand for full coverage. At the same time, the European Union required new systems to use the GSM-R standard, which will be implemented throughout Europe. GSM-R was rolled out between 2004 and 2007 and covers almost the entire network. It was also built to have 100% coverage in all tunnels, which was not achieved with Scanet. GSM-R was first rolled out on lines without Scanet, and then replaced the older system right-out. Both Scanet and GSM-R consist of mobile station in the trains, base stations along the track, and a core network connected to the central traffic control centers. The implementation of GSM-R cost 1.8 billion Norwegian krone.
List
The following is a list of all railway lines with train radio. It includes the date of opening of the train radio, including the affected section, and the standard used. Freight-only lines are excluded from the list, even if they may have had Scanet or have GSM-R.
References
History of rail transport in Norway
Railway signaling in Norway
Train radio in Norway |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20theorem%20of%20software%20engineering | The fundamental theorem of software engineering (FTSE) is a term originated by Andrew Koenig to describe a remark by Butler Lampson attributed to David J. Wheeler:
The theorem does not describe an actual theorem that can be proven; rather, it is a general principle for managing complexity through abstraction.
The theorem is often expanded by the humorous clause "…except for the problem of too many levels of indirection," referring to the fact that too many abstractions may create intrinsic complexity issues of their own. For example, the use of protocol layering in computer networks, which today is ubiquitous, has been criticized in ways that are typical of more general disadvantages of abstraction. Here, the adding of extra levels of indirection may cause higher layers to duplicate the functionality of lower layers, leading to inefficiency, and functionality at one layer may need data present only at another layer, which fundamentally violates the goal of separation into different layers.
See also
Indirection
References
Software engineering folklore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medin | Medin or MEDIN may refer to
Medin (name)
the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
Medin, a district of Damascus: possibly this is Al-Midan?
Medin, a district of Kaluga
Medin, an amyloidogenic fragment derived from lactadherin
MedinTux, a free healthcare software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenHAN | The OpenHAN standards for home networks (sometimes called home grids) was promoted by groups such as openAMI and UtilityAMI. Both efforts aim to standardize powerline networking interoperation from a utility point of view and ensure reliable communications co-extant with AC power outlets.
Both utilities and vendors of home control have promoted such standards aggressively . The openHAN label usually denotes standards favored by the utilities, not other service providers. It should be distinguished from the openADR standards that were promoted to ensure open access to customer electricity use data by all service providers.
Utility rationale
A major rationale for a single set of standards is for the utilities themselves to provide a unified home energy monitor that "provides prompt, convenient feedback on electrical or other energy use. Devices may also display cost of energy used, and estimates of greenhouse gas emissions. Various studies have shown a reduction in home energy use of 4-15% through use of home energy display. Electricity use may be measured with an inductive clamp placed around the electric main, via the electric meter (either through an optical port, or by sensing the meters actions), by communicating with a smart meter, or by direct connection to the electrical system." Such reductions are contingent on every smart appliance reporting to a single central monitor.
In the US, the National Broadband Plan emphasized (in its "goal 6") that consumers must be able to share usage data with literally any service provider, not just their electric distributor, who must then be able to provide simple instructions or direct remote control of the consumer's residential appliances and home grid.
Utilities accordingly have been motivated to remain ahead of the technology curve and aggressively roll out these capabilities internally. "With increasing investments in smart meters and the smart grid, these systems have the capability of integrating AMI/MDM data from multiple vendor sources. Progress reports can be provided online and by mail, and outbound messaging can be Web-based and/or SMS text-based for maximum reach. When integrated with the billing process for either print or online presentment, the utility can communicate to the customer valuable information to increase the understanding of energy use, its drivers, how to save, and comparisons to standards in their area."
Architecture
Perhaps reflecting utility influence, OpenHAN was one of the original NIST smart grid standards sanctioned for by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). Unlike most other networking standards, it uses in-home wiring between AC-powered devices. It primarily relies on AC powerline networking as defined by IEEE 1901 and packet management under ITU G.hn. The closest DC equivalent is power over Ethernet (PoE). These are used for smart thermostats and other smart appliances, put power and data all on one wire, and similarly have about one |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio%20D%27Aloia | Fabrizio D'Aloia (Benevento, February 17, 1964) is an Italian engineer, founder of Microgame.
In 1982, after completing high school, began working as a programmer for M.Data System. From 1984 to 1989, is a consultant for SIED Informatica, then for SOFT.Lab (1989–2006).
In 1993, he graduates in Electronic engineering, oriented to Computer science, at University of Naples Federico II. Subsequently, he got a master's degree in Information Technology at New York University.
In 1996, he founds Microgame. In December 2012 he resigned from CEO of Microgame, and in March 2013 he ceased to be Chairman. In 1999, wins Premio Marrama as one of the best young entrepreneurs in Campania. Microgame is now leader in online poker and online sports betting markets.
References
External links
Official site of Microgame
Italian engineers
1964 births
People from Benevento
Living people
University of Naples Federico II alumni
New York University alumni
Italian chief executives |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20SEEP%20Network | The SEEP Network, also known as SEEP, is a member-based, nonprofit organization with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Background
In 1985, a group of U.S. based NGOs pioneered new strategies for enterprise development and microcredit, seeking to promote economic opportunities for the world's poor. With support from USAID's Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation, they formed the “Small Enterprise Evaluation Project” (SEEP) to champion the importance of impact assessments and develop evaluation methods that would inform practice.
Membership
SEEP members represent a diverse mix of over 100 organizations active in 150 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. Members include international development organizations and consulting firms; relief and humanitarian aid organizations; research, monitoring and results measurement agencies; and microfinance associations.
Thematic Areas
SEEP's work in the economic development sector is focused on five thematic areas with a variety of initiatives within each :
Agriculture & Food Security
This involves improving the productivity and resilience of small scale farmers is essential to address poverty and hunger worldwide. Projects in this area include:
Resource Library
Resilient Markets
Programming in this area enables market systems to build long-term resilience increases household and community capacity to prepare, cope, and recover from disasters. Programs and activities include:
Minimum Economic Recovery Standards, internationally recognized consensus on best practices for building economic resilience for crisis-affected communities.
Markets in Crises Community of Practice, a forum for practitioners engaging with markets in emergency and recovery contexts to share ideas, experiences, resources and learning.
Livelihoods and Inclusive Finance Expansion, a USAID-funded project linking vulnerable entrepreneurs at the bottom of the economic pyramid with business training and financial services and facilitating growth of the microfinance sector in Lebanon.
Resilient Markets Resource Library
Responsible Finance
This includes promoting strong local member-based associations to act as champions of transparency and consumer protection leads to more ethical and fair treatment of clients of financial services. Programs and activities include:
Responsible Finance Through Local Leadership & Learning, a program aimed to catalyze large scale systemic change around responsible finance by addressing the underlying causes of market weaknesses.
Association Services, a wealth of tools and expertise helping associations accelerate their development, expand and improve their product and service offerings.
Responsible Finance Resource Library
Savings Groups
Savings Groups promote financial inclusion and build resilience in marginalized communities. Programs and activities include:
Savings-Led Working Group, a recognized home for collaborative learning and action among Savings Group |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clans%20%28video%20game%29 | Clans is a 1999 action role-playing game developed by ComputerHouse GBG AB. The game includes some elements from point-and-click adventure games. The game was re-released on Steam in 2014.
Plot
The world of Clans is populated by four different clans, that of humans, barbarians, elves, and dwarfs. Once, they were put in a state of war by an evil demon, who was, however, later imprisoned, thus stopping the massacre. Now, the demon woke up again in his prison, which is now populated by his minions. Player, taking the role of one of the best warriors of the four clans, has to enter the demon's domain, making his way to the demon himself. The game concludes with the player killing the demon.
Gameplay
The game is similar in both basic gameplay and visuals to Diablo series. However, there is no leveling system, meaning that the only way to increase player's attributes is by collecting rings, drinking special stat-raising potions, and simply using more powerful weapons and better armour. Four classes are available to play: warrior, barbarian, dwarf, and elf, all with the same abilities, but each especially good at one. Clans is split into seven stages, with the seventh being mostly the boss stage. Each stage is divided into many sectors, or "rooms", that player visits. During the game, the player is often tasked with solving a riddle or puzzle, or helping a friendly character. Also present are point-and-click graphic games elements, such as inventory, an ability to use items with objects or characters. While there is no town in-game, the player encounters several quest-giving or simply aiding characters (like wizard, old woman, blacksmith, chef, witch, cursed warrior) and a trader along the way. Some of the main characters' quotes are presented in a humorous style. The player can find and equip 5 attribute-boosting rings, and use swords, axes, shields, and armor of five types each (though there are only four axes). The main point of gameplay is navigate through the stage, finding better equipment and health potions in order to cure the wounds received from monsters, which ranges from the weak goblin-like humanoids and trolls to the most dangerous black mages and knights.
Reception
GameZone gave the game a 4.7 of 10 stating "A stock storyline and old-style gameplay cannot stand up to this year's better releases"
Notes
Some of the game's aspects are based on Dungeons & Dragons RPG. The player can randomize a character's stats, with an animation of throwing dice, which results in on-screen calculations (3d6) similar to ones known from D&D. Every better weapon has a +1 in its name, with the best being +5. Also, the second stage, which is lava-filled dungeon, is named Underdark, after the famous setting.
References
External links
Mobygames:
Role-playing video games
Windows games
Windows-only games
Video games about demons
Video games developed in Sweden
Video games with isometric graphics
Action role-playing video games
1999 video games
Strategy Firs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20recruiting | Social recruiting (social hiring or social media recruitment) is recruiting candidates by using social platforms as talent databases or for advertising. Social recruiting uses social media profiles, blogs, and other Internet sites to find information on candidates. It also uses social media to advertise jobs either through HR vendors or through crowdsourcing where job seekers and others share job openings within their online social networks.
Social recruiting's effectiveness and return on investment have been difficult to determine, since applicants do not usually apply through the social channels which first attracted them. In May 2013, Maximum Employment Marketing Group released the Social Recruitment Monitor, which ranks the reach, engagement, and interactivity of employers' social recruiting efforts around the world.
Social recruitment software
The social recruitment software market (a form of e-recruitment) is often included in the wider talent management software sector. Bersin & Associates valued the wider talent management market at over $2bn in 2007. Social recruitment increasingly sits at an intersection of a number of fast-moving areas including social networking, recruitment and now cloud computing. Additionally, mobile recruiting has become another hot topic, especially with the rise in tablet and smartphone usage.
In 2012, there was a rise of tech companies using social recruiting applications to find and screen applicants. As more companies saw value in filling jobs by putting them on the social platforms where millions of people spend at least 37 minutes daily, there developed a much larger focus on social recruiting among the talent acquisition community. By mid-2013, many major enterprise companies such as Pepsi, Gap, AIG, and Oracle had begun effectively utilizing social recruiting software, making it clear that large corporations were open to automating or streamlining (and ultimately investing in) their social recruiting processes.
References
Recruitment
Social media |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYTX | DYTX (95.1 FM) Bombo Radyo Tacloban is a radio station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines through its licensee Newsounds Broadcasting Network. Its studio and transmitter are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, 4th Floor Esperas Bldg. Real St., Tacloban.
History
Bombo Radyo was launched in 1989 under the callsign DYWR on 594 AM. On March 12, 2003, Bombo Radyo went off the air due to financial losses brought by a downtrend in the network's income for the past 5 years.
On April 4, 2005, the station returned on air, this time on 95.1 FM, which was formerly known as The Gentle Wind from 1989 to 1994 and Star FM from 1994 to 2004.
References
Radio stations in Tacloban
Radio stations established in 1989 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoutout%21 | Shoutout! is a Philippine teen music reality variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. It aired from November 29, 2010 to February 11, 2011, and is hosted by the network's leading stars that include Erich Gonzales, Enchong Dee, Robi Domingo, Sam Concepcion, Arron Villaflor, and Empress Schuck. Joining the hosts are daily teen performers that alternate every week. At the end of the week, all performers collaborate on a Friday all-star cast called TGIF.
Main hosts
Erich Gonzales
Enchong Dee
Robi Domingo
Sam Concepcion
Empress Schuck
Arron Villaflor
Enrique Gil (Season 1)
The first season ran for eight weeks from November 29, 2010 to January 21, 2011. In the first six weeks, it was shown as a pre-program for the Primetime Bida block for forty-five minutes.
Aside from performances, Shoutout! also featured different segments, including games involving audience members and a segment featuring fan arts made by fans.
Mondeerrifics
Ryan Bang
Jenny Kim
Julia Montes
Makisig Morales
Rhap Salazar
Ann Li
Tippy Dos Santos
Aria Clemente
Patrick Sugui
Mica Roy Torre
Tuesdelicious
James Reid
Joe Vargas
Devon Seron
James Torres
Kyle Alandy Amor
Mica Caldito
Auriette Divina
Emmanuelle Vera
Inno Martin
Piero Vergara
Miyerkulitz
Kathryn Bernardo
Bret Jackson
Fretzie Bercede
Jane Oineza
Miles Ocampo
Mikylla Ramirez
John Manalo
Kiray Celis
Paul Salas
Sue Ramirez
Friends-Thurs
Ivan Dorschner
Nel Gomez
Tricia Santos
Young JV
Jaco Benin
Thara Jordana
Yen Santos
Benjamin de Guzman
Bianca Casado
Linn Oeymo
Hannah Flores
Guests
Neil Coleta (December 13–17, 2010)
Shoutout!: Level Up
On January 21, 2011, in a taped episode, the teens were feared cancellation in a month's time if no improvement to the show is continued. The show re-formatted with a more reality format. The previous teen groups: Monderrifics, Tuesdelicious, Miyerkulitz, and Friends-Thurs were abolished and instead three new groupings were introduced. In addition, Enrique was demoted from being a main host to being part of the regular teenmates.
Each member of a group would have to audition for the production number of their respective days. If they pass the audition, they will get to perform for their group. Team Coolelats (A) perform on Mondays, Team Overload (B) on Tuesdays, and Team Up (C) on Wednesdays. On the next two weeks of the show, the spot performances were shown in 1 day, and the group performances in another day. In its last week, the Wednesday and Thursday episodes were dedicated to the teenmates who only had one chance or no chance to perform at all.
Shoutout! was canceled a week earlier than expected to make way for new programming such as The Price Is Right.
Team For The Win (FTW)
The team has decided to rename the team from "Coolelats" to "For The Win"
Kathryn Bernardo, John Manalo and Julia Montes left the show in the second week of Level Up due to conflicts with their Mara Clara taping.
Team Overload
Joe Vargas left the show in the second week of Level Up due to taping conflicts w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara%20Castillo | Cara Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC and The Online Network soap opera, All My Children. Amanda Hall Rogers portrayed the character for two episodes on June 9 and June 10, 2003, before being written off. The character was reintroduced, portrayed by actress Lindsay Hartley on December 9, 2010, until the series finale on September 23, 2011. In December 2012, it was announced that Hartley would reprise the role for the impending online reboot on April 29, 2013.
Casting
Lindsay Hartley is a veteran of daytime having been a cast member of the NBC and DirecTV soap opera Passions for its entire run from 1999 to 2008. Following a short break from the genre, Hartley was cast on NBC's long-running soap Days of Our Lives as former undercover agent Arianna Hernandez from 2009 to 2010 before being let go. However, a month later she began appearing on All My Children as Cara Castillo, a doctor who shared a past with Dr. Jake Martin, (Ricky Paull Goldin). Following her exit from Days, Hartley's manager contacted AMC, as well as other soaps based in the Los Angeles area, when the show's executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers and casting director Judy Wilson asked to meet with the actress to cast her in a new role.
In a November 3, 2010, interview with TV Guide reporter Michael Logan, Hartley discussed the development of her character.
"I love this character. She's not a girl. I feel like she's the first truly mature woman I've had a chance to play. You find out [Cara and Jake] fell in love while working in Africa with Doctors Without Borders and they got married but something went down and Cara took off with another man. At least that's what Jake believes happened, and that's what the audience will believe. Then there's the truth, which will slowly unravel."
—Hartley, TV Guide
Storylines
2003
Carolyn Finn first comes to town in 2003 with her fiancé Jake Martin to meet his family and announce their engagement. The two of them met each other while working with Doctors Without Borders. They eventually marry and leave for Africa to serve with Doctors Without Borders. When Jake comes back to Pine Valley in 2008, he reveals that Carolyn has left him for a truck driver and that they're no longer together.
2010–11
In November 2010, Jake received an e-mail for a job offer with Doctors Without Borders. When his brother, Tad, comes up, he reveals that he got the offer from "Cara" − as in Carolyn. Jake tells Tad that this is the first time he's heard from Cara since she left him, and it's clear he's still hurt by what he saw as a betrayal. A few days later, Griffin Castillo shows up in town. Jake takes one look at him, and punches him. Later, he reveals to Tad that Griffin was the man he saw Cara drive off with. Griffin claims that he hasn't heard from Cara since then, but later, it's clear the two are still close. Cara soon shows up in Pine Valley, and makes her way to Krystal's to meet Griffin. While there, she sees Amanda Martin walk in a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllocnistis%20spatulata | Phyllocnistis spatulata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Assam, India. The hostplant for the species is Lindera caudata.
References
Phyllocnistis
Endemic fauna of India
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1928 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2GF | 2GF is an Australian radio station based in Grafton, New South Wales operated by Broadcast Operations Group (Super Radio Network). It was opened on 15 December 1933 by Postmaster-General Archdale Parkhill.
Until 28 November 2022, the station broadcast on 1206 AM and on FM 103.9 to the Northern Rivers region of Grafton, Maclean, and Yamba.
On 28 November 2022, 2GF commenced broadcasting to the Grafton RA1 licence area on a new frequency on FM 89.5 after being granted a licence to fully convert to the FM band by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
2GF ceased to broadcast on 1206AM on 23 December 2022.
References
External links
Official web site
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 1933
News and talk radio stations in Australia
Classic hits radio stations in Australia
Broadcast Operations Group
Grafton, New South Wales |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2LF | 2LF is an Australian radio station serving the Young region and is part of the Super Radio Network with its sister station Roccy FM. It was opened in February 1938.
The LF stands for Lambing Flats and the station broadcasts on the AM dial on 1350 kilohertz and a power of 5 kilowatts - more than double the power of neighbouring radio stations 2WG Wagga Wagga, 2GN Goulburn and 2PK Parkes, all of which are rated at 2 kW. This may be due to the varying heights of the towns of Young, Cowra and Cootamundra - 2LF's core audience.
Many famous names in Australian broadcasting and television either began their career at 2LF or worked there, including Ken Sutcliffe, Ray Warren and Mike Connors. 2LF only became a 24-hour radio service in the late 1980s. Prior to this it finished broadcasting for the day after the midnight news and resumed with a test broadcast after 5am (which involved playing an album) before officially starting with the national anthem leading into the 5:30am news. When 2LF went "24 hours" it took programming from the co-owned 2WG Wagga Wagga with the on air branding of 2WG/2LF. 2WG itself took overnight satellite music programming from 2UW in Sydney which at that time provided radio network services to about 80 stations nationally.
Programming
Early Breakfast With Richard King
Wake Up With Richard Spence
The John Laws Morning Show
Country Today
Afternoons With Brent Boltitude
Talkin' Sport
Sportsday NSW
Nights With Graeme Gilbert
Talk Overnight With Gary Stewart
News
Phillip Horn
References
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 1938
News and talk radio stations in Australia
Classic hits radio stations in Australia
Broadcast Operations Group |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20M%20Riverina%20MIA | Triple M Riverina MIA 963 (ACMA call sign: 2RG) is an Australian radio station in New South Wales. Owned and operated as part of Southern Cross Austereo's Triple M network, it broadcasts a classic hits format to Griffith, New South Wales and surrounding areas. The station launched on 14 September 1936, and marked only the second commercial radio station to launch in the Riverina. The station was formerly operated by DMG Regional Radio, Macquarie Regional RadioWorks and Southern Cross Media Group - and broadcasts from studios in Griffith alongside sister station hit99.7 Riverina MIA.
After first being announced in September 2016, 2RG was rebranded Triple M 963AM on 15 December 2016 as a result of a nationwide rebrand of Southern Cross Austereo's radio stations.
References
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 1936
Classic hits radio stations in Australia
1936 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLFM | XLFM (formerly 2XL) is an Australian radio station serving the Cooma region owned by Capital Radio Network. It was opened in August 1937.
The station was originally broadcasting from Cooma on 918 kHz AM under the callsign '2XL' before undergoing an FM conversion in 2019. Coinciding with the move to FM, 2XL re-branded to XLFM.
XLFM is a part of the regional 'Forever Classic' network of Capital Radio Network Stations and acts as its programming hub.
Transmitter and studios
XLFM has numerous transmitter locations repeating the broadcast on 96.1 FM. The repeater transmitters are found in Jindabyne, Thredbo, Charlotte Pass, Perisher Valley & Bombala. The studio location has over the years changed from Cooma to Jindabyne which is its current location of Kosciuszko Road Jindabyne. The Jindabyne studios are shared with its sister station Snow FM.
Announcers
Gary Warne
Ray Hadley
Macka Dixon
Trent McCurdy
References
External links
XLFM Website
Capital Radio Network Website
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 1937
Classic hits radio stations in Australia
Capital Radio Network
Cooma |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meebox | Meebox, (also stylized as Meeb[ ]x) was a Mexican company specializing in the design and manufacturing of computers and other consumer electronics. Meebox has operations in Latin America and the United States. It was the first Mexican company to manufacture a full functioned tablet computer. and was one of only three Mexican companies which manufactured tablet PCs. In September 2011, Mexican telecom giant Telmex began selling Meebox tablet computers for use with the Telcel 3G wireless internet network. In 2012, Honda Motor Corporation of Japan began using Meebox tablets and computers for point of sales units and business management, becoming the first major foreign business client of Meebox.
Products
Meebox produced a wide range of consumer electronics and parts including, desktop tower units, LCD displays, solar panels, netbooks, laptop computers, webcams, speakers, RAM memory, DVD drives, surge protectors, mice, cables, keyboards, adapters, headphones, and point of sales and display units for commercial clients.
In addition to the aforementioned products, most of Meebox's sales came from its two products: An All-in-one PC, the Meebox touch and a Windows powered tablet pc, the Meebox Slate.
References
Mexican brands
Consumer electronics brands
Computer companies of Mexico
Companies based in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Computer companies established in 2009
2009 establishments in Mexico
Defunct computer hardware companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange%20Online%20Protection | Exchange Online Protection (EOP, formerly Forefront Online Protection for Exchange or FOPE) is a hosted e-mail security service, owned by Microsoft, that filters spam and removes computer viruses from e-mail messages. The service does not require client software installation, but is activated by changing each customer's MX record. Each customer pays for the service by means of a subscription.
Most administrative tasks are performed through the use of a web-based administrative console. The console allows customers to perform management tasks, such as adding users and configuring filtering.
EOP is a part of the Exchange Online family of products.
History
Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange was originally created by FrontBridge Technologies. Microsoft acquired FrontBridge Technologies Inc. in 2005, and it became a subsidiary of Microsoft.
In 2006, Microsoft announced new branding as Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services (EHS), formerly known as FrontBridge Technologies Inc.
On April 29, 2009, the service was renamed to Forefront Online Security for Exchange.
Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) version 9.1 was released on June 9, 2009.
On November 17, 2009, Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE) was rebranded as Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE). An update to version 9.3 of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange, was also released on this date.
The version 10.1 release of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) was available to customers on January 29, 2010.
On March 31, 2011, Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) was updated to version 11.1.
On March 1, 2013, Microsoft launched Exchange Online Protection (EOP). The transition from FOPE to EOP is expected to complete in the first half of 2014.
References
External links
FOPE User Guide
Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) User Guide
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE): FAQ
Anti-spam
Cloud applications
Computer security software
Spam filtering
Windows Server System
2007 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Spring%20Networks | Silver Spring Networks, a subsidiary of Itron, is a provider of smart grid products, headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Australia, Singapore, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. Besides communications devices, Silver Spring Networks develops software for utilities and customers to improve energy efficiency.
Founded in 2002 backed by venture capital, Silver Spring Networks went public on the New York Stock Exchange on March 13, 2013. Itron acquired Silver Spring Networks in January 2018 for $830 million.
History
Silver Spring Networks was founded in July 2002 as Real Time Techomm in Butler, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
Original founders included Eric Dresselhuys who had worked on related technology since 1995, and Keith Burge.
In 2002, funding came from Denver angel investor Jack Thompson.
The company adopted the name of the street in Milwaukee of its original office and was relocated to San Mateo, California in 2003. At this time, Foundation Capital invested $8 million in the company and Raj Vaswani joined the founding team. Ray Bell became interim CEO and chief technology officer, but left to found Grid Net in 2005.
Other investors included Northgate Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google. The company moved its headquarters to San Jose in 2016.
The first large pilot deployment was started in 2007 with Florida Power & Light (FPL) in southern Florida.
In 2008, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) signed an agreement to provide the company's smart meters, and remained the largest customer for at least several years.
On July 7, 2011, Silver Spring Networks filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering. Silver Spring Networks went public under the listing symbol SSNI on the New York Stock Exchange on March 13, 2013, raising about $81 million.
Technology
Silver Spring Networks develops equipment that creates wireless mesh networks and transmits energy consumption data between meters, consumers and utilities in real time. The software indicates how much money is spent on electricity and indicates how much can be saved if one switches to energy-efficient models.
The meters in the PG&E deployment include two radios: one in the unlicensed ISM band of 902 to 928 MHz for communication back to the utility provider, and another intended for future communication to a home network.
The technology has low bit rate requirements, but also needs to be very low cost.
Silver Spring is a partner with more than 40 companies and provides additional applications to utilities and customers on the Smart Energy Platform like smart thermostats, in-home displays, and electric vehicle (EV) charging technology.
Silver Spring began its technology offering with a smart grid network based on Internet Protocol (IP) technology, which was advocated for the smart grid by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other smart grid experts. Silver Spring expanded |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule | The 2011–12 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2011 through August 2012. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2010–11 season.
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 15, 2011, followed by Fox on May 16, ABC on May 17, CBS on May 18 and The CW on May 19, 2011.
The CW was the first to announce their midseason schedule on November 2, 2011, followed by CBS and NBC on November 14, 2011, ABC on November 18, 2011 and Fox on December 1, 2011.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. MyNetworkTV is also not included since its programming comprises syndicated reruns, with limited original programming. The CW is not included on weekends, when it does not offer network programming. Ion Television primarily airs syndicated reruns, along with new episodes of Flashpoint.
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central and Mountain times.
From July 27 to August 12, 2012 all of NBC's primetime programming was preempted in favor of coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
Legend
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
By network
ABC
Returning series
20/20
ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Bachelor
Bachelor Pad
The Bachelorette
Body of Proof
Castle
Cougar Town
Dancing with the Stars
Desperate Housewives
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Grey's Anatomy
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Man Up!
Missing *
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Once Upon a Time
Pan Am
Revenge
The River *
Scandal *
Suburgatory
Trust Us with Your Life *
Work It *
You Deserve It
Not returning from 2010–11:
101 Ways to Leave a Game Show
Better with You
Brothers & Sisters
Combat Hospital
Detroit 1-8-7
Expedition Impossible
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
Mr. Sunshine
My Generation
No Ordinary Family
Off the Map
Skating with the Stars
Supernanny
Take the Money and Run
V
The Whole Truth
CBS
Returning series
48 Hours
60 Minutes
The Amazing Race
The Big Bang Theory
Blue Bloods
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
The Good Wife
Hawaii Five-0
How I Met Your Mother
The Mentalist
Mike & Molly
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Rules of Engagement
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Undercover Boss
New series
2 Broke Girls
3 *
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A Gifted Man
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NYC 22 *
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorissa%20viridata | Chlorissa viridata, the small grass emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found from western Europe to the eastern Palearctic.
Technical description and variation
The base colour of the forewings is green, but soon fades to yellow. Face red-brown, fillet white, crown light green. Antennae in male filiform. Forewings light green ; costal edge whitish - ochreous ; first line faint, curved ; second nearly straight, whitish ; cilia white, basal half pale greenish. Hindwings as forewings, but first line absent; termen very obtusely angulated. Larva pale green, with purplish dorsal sometimes connected marks ; subdorsal line whitish ; lateral ridge pale yellow ; head purplish. The wingspan is 24–27 mm.
Biology
The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris, Betula and Salix species (including Salix repens). Other recorded food plants include Empetrum nigrum, Myrica gale, Vaccinium uliginosum, Quercus, Potentilla, Galium, Hieracium, Artemisia, Ononis, Clematis, Prunus, Crataegus, Corylus, Rubus, Erica, Ulex, Genista, Lotus corniculatus, Crataegus and Ledum palustre. Larvae can be found from July to August. The species overwinters as a pupa.
Etymology
The scientific name viridata refers to the green colour of the wings (viridis means green).
Subspecies
Chlorissa viridata viridata (central and southern Europe)
Chlorissa viridata melinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) (southern Urals)
Chlorissa viridata insigniata (Staudinger, 1901) (mountains of central Asia)
References
External links
Lepidoptera of Belgium
Lepiforum e. V.
Hemitheini
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Moths described in 1758 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%20in%20the%20Alps | The network of communities Alliance in the Alps is an association of currently more than 300 local authorities and regions from seven Alpine states and was founded in 1997. On the basis of the targets set by the Alpine Convention, its members, together with their citizens, work to develop their alpine living environment in a sustainable way. "Exchange – Address – Implement" is the guiding principle behind the Alliance's activities.
The network of communities offers a sharing of experience and information beyond the boundaries of language and culture. All the publications and events are in four languages: German, French, Italian and Slovene.
Activities
Alliance in the Alps promotes the exchange of knowledge and experience, threw setting up events and excursions at local, regional or international level. It also plans to formulate policy positions for a sustainable and environmentally approach to climate change by municipalities. The annual report is published in the four main languages of the alpine space, and a newsletter "Flashinfo" is sent by email quarterly.
Members
The network is currently counting 316 municipalities members in seven countries: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland . A membership requires the assent to the principles and goals of the Alpine Convention. Afterwards, the members also have to implement sustainable goals, to develop measure programs protecting the environment, and to constantly improve the environmental protection.
Projects
dynAlp-climate
Climate changes are currently the focus of many actors. Unfortunately the measures adopted in some cases disagree with the principle of sustainable development and are opposite to nature conservation. That's why the network of municipalities believes it is so important to support its members in embracing a sustainable approach to the problem of climate change.
Focussing on climate changes, the new dynAlp-climate program is running from 2009 to 2012. It has a budget of around 800,000 euros, due to the financial support from the MAVA Foundation for Nature. The financial assistance is intended for projects in municipalities or regions which are providing a contribution to climate protection and adaptation to climate change impacts.
In parallel with the municipal projects, group events such as workshops, excursions and international meetings are a key activity of dynAlp-climate as well. These help to increase networking between the alpine municipalities and thus help to make local knowledge accessible to a large public.
DYNALP2
With the DYNALP² project (2006–2009), "Alliance in the Alps" carried on the work on sustainable development and implementation of the Alpine Convention.
DYNALP² implements the findings from CIPRA’s Future in the Alps Project" at the community level and promotes exchanges between the municipalities. DYNALP² projects focus on one or more of the following topic areas: regional added value, governance capacity, protected |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTspice | LTspice is a SPICE-based analog electronic circuit simulator computer software, produced by semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices (originally by Linear Technology). It is the most widely distributed and used SPICE software in the industry. Though it is freeware, LTspice is not artificially restricted to limit its capabilities (no feature limits, no node limits, no component limits, no subcircuit limits). It ships with a library of SPICE models from Analog Devices, Linear Technology, Maxim Integrated, and third-party sources.
Overview
LTspice provides schematic capture to enter an electronic schematic for an electronic circuit, an enhanced SPICE type analog electronic circuit simulator, and a waveform viewer to show the results of the simulation. Circuit simulation analysis based on transient, noise, AC, DC, DC transfer function, DC operating point can be performed and plotted as well as fourier analysis. Heat dissipation of components can be calculated and efficiency reports can also be generated. It has enhancements and specialized models to speed the simulation of switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) in DC-to-DC converters.
LTspice does not generate printed circuit board (PCB) layouts, but netlists can be exported to PCB layout software. While LTspice does support simple logic gate simulation, it is not designed specifically for simulating logic circuits.
It is used by many users in fields including radio frequency electronics, power electronics, audio electronics, digital electronics, and other disciplines.
LTspice/SwitcherCAD III
In 1999, LTspice III was released, the first public release. It is designed to run on Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4.0, 2K, XP. This version is no longer available for download from Analog Devices. Initially, LTspice III was internally released to Linear Technology's Field Application Engineers (FAE) in October 1999, who then gave it away during customer visits via CD-ROM media. In June 2001, it was released for public downloading from the Linear Technology website. Originally, LTspice/SwitcherCAD ran only on Microsoft Windows platforms, but since 2003 it is able to run under the Wine Windows compatibility layer on Linux.
LTspice IV
In 2008, LTspice IV was released. It is designed to run on Windows 2K, XP, Vista, 7 with a processor that contains a minimum instruction set similar to a Pentium 4 processor. Though IV is still available for download, it is no longer maintained. LTspice was originally called SwitcherCAD, but that name was removed when IV was released. A native Apple macOS 10.7+ application was introduced in 2013.
LTspice XVII
In 2016, LTspice XVII was released, and is currently the latest version. It is designed to run on 32-bit or 64-bit editions of Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and macOS 10.9+.
Summary of major changes from LTspice IV to LTspice XVII are:
Add 64-bit executables.
Add Unicode characters in schematics, netlists, plot.
Add device equations for IGBT, diode soft recovery, arbitrary |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra%20de%20Dar%C3%B3 | Serra de Daró is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. Documented since 1017, it is located in the Daró river valley.
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Baix Empordà
Populated places in Baix Empordà |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20PCPG | IBM Personal Computer Picture Graphics System (PCPG) is a software developed in BASIC by Eugene Ying in the 1980s, for the IBM PC operating system.
This software is used to draw figures, add images from several libraries and include text. It has functions to digitize and print pictures.
Technical
PCPG is designed to work on IBM PCs and compatible, running MS-DOS (and MS Windows). It actually runs in a NTVDM upon all versions of Windows. It can be stored and loaded from a 360K 5"1/4 floppy disk. Operates with keyboard. No mouse driver is required.
Type PCPG in Command Prompt to run PCPG.EXE. Other files (PCPG.DOC, .FT1, .FT2, .FT3, .FT4, .FT5, .HLP, .PAK, .PIC, .SYM) are system files (info file, fonts, help, unpacking system, startup picture, symbol library)
Features
Geometry
Allows to draw Polygons, Involutes, Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, Rose, Sinusoid from %1 data.
Symbols
The program features libraries of pictures, drawn using the BASIC statement DRAW.
Text
5 fonts are available to insert text. Both monospaced and proportional fonts were available, all of them drawn using the BASIC statement DRAW.
See also
Computer graphics (computer science)
Digital imaging
Computer representation of surfaces
Glossary of computer graphics
References
Graphics software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AttentionTracking | AttentionTracking is an attention measurement procedure. In contrast to classical machine-based eye tracking, during AttentionTracking the attention is measured with a computer mouse or a comparable pointing device. The attention data occurs in the form of mouse clicks.
Development
The basic idea for AttentionTracking emerged during a research project at the California Institute of Technology. During this project the correspondence of eye tracking and clicking data was found by accident. In general the procedure is based on the fact that attention does not only control the view but also other motoric systems. After a short introduction and training, respondents can follow their attention with the mouse.
In comparative studies with classical machine-based procedures significant correlations (r>0.92) were found between the data gained with the machine-based procedure and the data gained with AttentionTracking.
Measurement process
The measurement starts with a small training during which the respondent is gradually introduced and accustomed to the desired click behavior. The training ensures that only respondents with sufficient mouse competence and speed take part in the test – simply put, hand and eye movement are synchronized. Directly after the training the actual measurement starts. The trained click behavior is then continued on the presented visual stimuli. In the same time point-and-click is recorded. The click data are interpreted as points of attention (Fixation (visual)) and can be analyzed and visualized analogously to the classical eye tracking.
Fields of application
The AttentionTracking procedure can generally be used for all areas of application in which classical eye movement tracking can be used. The procedure is used in basic research as well as in applied research.
Since 2003 the procedure is commercially used in market research especially advertising research and marketing research to analyze the effect of advertising material. Through the online realization of the procedure the attention measurement can be included in target group-specific, supra-regional surveys.
See also
Eye tracking
References
External links
Article on AttentionTracking in advertising research (650 kB)
Video: view measurement with AttentionTracking
Attention
Market research
Promotion and marketing communications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%207%20Surround | The HTC 7 Surround (also known as the HTC Surround and HTC T8788) is a smartphone created by HTC running on the Windows Phone 7 operating system. The HTC Surround launched on November 8, 2010 on AT&T.
History
Release
The Surround was released on November 8, 2010. Initial sales data has not been reported yet.
Features
The HTC Surround, like its European cousin, the HTC Mozart, was one of the first phones to use the Windows Phone 7 OS. Its main feature is its slide-out speaker, which also reveals a kick stand. It is based on the Nexus One.
Screen and input
The HTC Surround uses a modest 3.8 inch WVGA LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. It can produce up to 16 million colors. The display is designed to be used with a bare finger or multiple fingers at one time for multi-touch sensing.
The Surround has 6 hardware buttons: 3 physical and 3 touch. It has a dedicated power button, camera button, and a volume rocker. The device also has a back button, a home button and a search button. The back button takes the user back to the previous application or screen. The home button brings the user to the home screen. The search button opens up a Bing search screen.
The device contains a GPS chip to show the location of the phone, a proximity sensor to turn the screen off during phone calls so that the face doesn't accidentally click the screen, a G-sensor, an ambient light sensor to dim the light in dark rooms and increase the brightness in direct sunlight, and a digital compass.
Processor and memory
The Surround uses a 1 GHz Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon Chipset. It features 512 MB of ROM and 448 MB of RAM.
Cameras
The surround comes with a 5-megapixel camera with built-in auto focus and flash located on the rear of the phone. The camera can also shoot in 720p HD at 24 frames per second.
Storage
As is with most other Windows Phone phones, the HTC Surround does not support external memory officially. The phone comes with 16 GB of memory: in the form of a 16 GB internal MicroSD card. The internal MicroSD card can be removed and replaced with a bigger one, though.
Audio and output
Audio is undoubtedly the most distinguishing aspect of the HTC Surround. When the phone is slid open, the Dolby powered speakers are shown. Most people have been underwhelmed with the speakers stating that "The overall volume of the speakers was enough to fill a small room, but not 'take the party to another level,' as HTC claims on its website." Engadget writes that "there's a lot of promise here, but unless the phone delivers the extra size and weight simply won't be worth it. Unfortunately, we're here to report... that they're simply not worth it."
Smartphone connectivity
The device runs on AT&T's 3G network. It also offers WiFi as another means on connection to the internet. The phone comes with built-in Bluetooth 2.1 and a MicroUSB slot to plug in a MicroUSB to USB wire which can be used to connect the device to the computer or to the wall charger |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataONE | DataONE is a network of interoperable data repositories facilitating data sharing, data discovery, and open science. Originally supported by $21.2 million in funding from the US National Science Foundation as one of the initial DataNet programs in 2009, funding was renewed in 2014 through 2020 with an additional $15 million.
DataONE helps preserve, access, use, and reuse of multi-discipline scientific data through the construction of primary cyberinfrastructure and an education and outreach program.
DataONE provides scientific data archiving for ecological and environmental data produced by scientists. DataONE's goal is to preserve and provide access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national data. Users include scientists, ecosystem managers, policy makers, students, educators, librarians, and the public.
DataONE links together existing cyberinfrastructure to provide a distributed framework, management, and technologies that enable long-term preservation of multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national observational data. The distributed framework is composed of Coordinating Nodes located at the Oak Ridge Campus at Tennessee, University of California Santa Barbara, and University of New Mexico, and member nodes. DataONE also provides resources including tools for accessing and using it.
Coordinating nodes
The three coordinating nodes provide network-wide services to member nodes. They are geographically replicated, with mirrored content and full copies of science metadata.
William Michener of the University of New Mexico (UNM) directed the project, and UNM is one of the coordinating nodes.
Coordinating nodes are UNM, Oak Ridge Campus (partnership of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and University of Tennessee), and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Member nodes
Member nodes consist of Earth observing institutions, projects, and networks. They provide resources for their own data and replicated data, and focus on serving their specific constituencies. These member nodes are geographically distributed and include:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird
Dryad
Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC)
Environmental Data for the Oak Ridge Area (EDORA)
Ecological Society of America (ESA) Data Registry
Europe Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network (LTER Europe)
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)
Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
International Arctic Research Center (IARC) Data Archive
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
Merritt Repository
Minnesota Population Center (MPC)
Montana IoE Data Repository
Nevada Research Data Center
New Mexico Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR)
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Oceanographic Data Archive
ONEShare Repository
ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)
Program for Research on Biodiversity (PPPBi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin%20The%20Bottle%20%28media%20company%29 | Spin The Bottle is a Manhattan-based media company that creates original programming and content across multiple platforms, including TV, VOD, mobile and broadband sites. The company was founded in 1995 by Emmy winner Tad Low and Woody Thompson. Four of the company's titles have reached #1 in the prime-time slot for their respective networks, including:
Pop-Up Video, the cultural phenomenon that debuted in 1996 on the then-flagging VH1, later earning 13 Emmy nominations. The series continues to air in prime-time on VH1 Classic.
Video IQ, the first triple-platform interactive game show in the U.S. (credited with tripling the Fuse network’s time slot ratings).
Subway Q&A, which earned ten local Emmys for Cablevision’s Metro Channel.
Pants-Off Dance-Off, which made both Blender and GQ magazines’ “Best of 2006” lists and became the most watched series in Fuse’s history. The series also premiered on Viacom’s VIVA in the UK in 2009 as part of its inaugural launch programming and premiered on Canada’s MuchMusic in 2010.
Spin The Bottle's more recent television series include Pet-O-Rama, Best Places Ever I’ve Ever Been, TXT MSG and Photo ID, which premiered in 2010 on Animal Planet, The Travel Channel, MSG Network and FiOS, respectively.
Spin The Bottle also maintains the long-running entertainment website spinthebottle.com. Original programs include The Truth About (a "Pop-Up Video"-style treatment of breaking news items), First Impressions (an interactive man-on-the-street game), The Baby Taddie Show (a travel series hosted by an opinionated puppet baby) and Spin The Bottle Live (a webcast house party / live music program).
The inventive and playfully subversive spirit of these programs has garnered considerable recognition for Low and his network. Legendary NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff told New York magazine that Tad was “one of the great original minds I have seen in my 20 years of television.” The New York Times has called him “an MTV-style Studs Terkel” while Entertainment Weekly crowned him one of “The 100 Most Creative People In Entertainment.”
Low is a former news correspondent and producer for MTV News, FOX, Good Morning America and CBS News. He graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of The Society of Orpheus & Bacchus. Low continues to lecture frequently on media literacy.
Productions
Television series
Television specials
Digital series
Motion picture and Television DVD Trivia Tracks
References
External links
spinthebottle.com
Mass media companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOOQ%20Object%20Oriented%20Querying | jOOQ Object Oriented Querying, commonly known as jOOQ, is a light database-mapping software library in Java that implements the active record pattern. Its purpose is to be both relational and object oriented by providing a domain-specific language to construct queries from classes generated from a database schema.
Paradigm
jOOQ claims that SQL should come first in any database integration. Thus, it does not introduce a new textual query language, but rather allows for constructing plain SQL from jOOQ objects and code generated from a database schema. jOOQ uses JDBC to call the underlying SQL queries.
While it provides abstraction on top of JDBC, jOOQ does not have as much functionality and complexity as standard object–relational mapping libraries such as EclipseLink or Hibernate.
jOOQ's closeness to SQL has advantages over typical object–relational mapping libraries. SQL has many features that cannot be used in an object oriented programming paradigm; this set of differences is referred to as the object–relational impedance mismatch. By being close to SQL, jOOQ helps to prevent syntax errors and type mapping problems. Also, variable binding is taken care of. It is also possible in jOOQ to create very complex queries, that involve aliasing, unions, nested selects and complex joins. jOOQ also supports database-specific features, such as UDTs, enum types, stored procedures and native functions.
Example
A nested query selecting from an aliased table
-- Select authors with books that are sold out
SELECT * FROM AUTHOR a
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM BOOK
WHERE BOOK.STATUS = 'SOLD OUT'
AND BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = a.ID);
And its equivalent in jOOQ DSL:
// Use the aliased table in the select statement
create.selectFrom(table("AUTHOR").as("a"))
.where(exists(selectOne()
.from(table("BOOK"))
.where(field("BOOK.STATUS").equal(field("BOOK_STATUS.SOLD_OUT")))
.and(field("BOOK.AUTHOR_ID").equal(field("a.ID")))));
Or more simply, using code generation from the database metadata to generate constants:
// Use the aliased table in the select statement
final Author a = AUTHOR.as("a");
create.selectFrom(a)
.where(exists(selectOne()
.from(BOOK)
.where(BOOK.STATUS.equal(BOOK_STATUS.SOLD_OUT))
.and(BOOK.AUTHOR_ID.equal(a.ID))));
See also
Apache Calcite
List of object–relational mapping software
SQL/OLB
References
External links
jOOQ Home
Using Spring Boot with jOOQ
JSR-341
JaQu
Linq4j
Quaere
QueryDSL
Object–relational mapping
Java (programming language) libraries
Java enterprise platform |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse%20flow | In computer networking, a mouse flow is a short (in total bytes) flow set up by a TCP (or other protocol) flow measured over a network link.
A mouse is a flow with fewer than C packets. An elephant flow is a flow with at least C packets. The constant C is left as a degree of freedom in the analysis. C is chosen depending on the
target application.
See also
Pareto principle
Elephant flow
References
Network performance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudesnude | dudesnude is a popular social networking website dedicated to gay, bisexual, bicurious and men who have sex with men. The site was launched in 2002 and it has over 500,000 members. The website's purpose is to facilitate chat, dating, and setting up sexual encounters known as a "hookup". The company slogan is "picture, video, and profile sharing for men!" The company is based in London and the homepage is flanked by a bare chested man staring upward, partially obscuring his face.
Interface and users
Members select various statistics which include, race, age, height, weight, adherence to safer sex practices, amount of body hair, body type, penis size, and other criteria. They also upload pictures of themselves, at least one of which must show their unclothed body, shirt off. As a result, the site has been described as the most graphic and audacious of the gay dating sites. There is a space on the profile dedicated to a text description of the member and what he is looking for, these blurbs range from a few sentences to full pages. Members join any of several communities such as those reserved for those that are visibly muscular. Members can then choose to allow or disallow other communities from being able to see them. This community-based system is one of the site's unique selling propositions in that it allows a more nuanced search function for attributes within user profiles. It acts as a pre search, along with age range preferences, so that members only see, and are only seen by, other members who they are likely to find attractive. Thus giving the impression that the site is dedicated to their tastes and requirements and avoiding unwanted contact.
Another of the site's features, once a Unique Selling Point but something other sites have since adopted, is an optional verification feature, used to give other members a greater degree of certainty that the pictures on the profile are of the person using it. Each member has a unique profile ID number. They take a picture of themselves holding up this number which is checked by site staff, and if it can be seen to match the profile pics, a verification mark is awarded. The site also has a complex search feature to search for type of pictures or video by the various characteristics listed above.
dudesnude is free for a basic profile, which gives access to almost all features and is not as restricted as the offerings of some of the other players in the field. dudesnude has been reported as "fun" to carouse through, A paid profile allow for more storage space, faster video download, the ability to message those with full inboxes and a 'tracker' facility to show who looked at your profile. Dudesnude is owned by invates Ltd. It is hosted in the USA but is administered from United Kingdom.
Twink porn star Tory Mason was discovered off of his dudesnude profile.
Site popularity and review
The site receives more than 72 million hits a year. According to Alexa rankings the site is the 7,583rd most popul |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian%3A%20Namamasko%20Po | Jillian: (International title: Jillian, The Christmas Doll / ) is a Philippine television drama comedy series broadcast by GMA Network. It stars Jillian Ward in the title role. It premiered on November 29, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up. On January 13, 2011, the show was renamed as Jillian. The series concluded on January 21, 2011 with a total of 40 episodes. It was replaced by Machete in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Jillian Ward as Jillian The Doll
Supporting cast
Claudine Barretto as Lynette "Lynn" Rivera
Wendell Ramos as Nelson Rivera
Guest cast
Michael V. as Santa Claus / Nick
Daniella Amable as Dolly Rivera
Marian Rivera as Odessa Fuentes
Yul Servo as Roberto
Sherilyn Reyes as Carmen
Chinggoy Alonzo as Victor
Diva Montelaba as Sarah
Carla Abellana as Joyce
Nathalie Hart as Maya
Gabby Eigenmann as Andre
Danica Robles as Meding
Sunshine Garcia as Andre's wife
Paulo Avelino as James
Enzo Pineda as Ace
Dennis Trillo as Danny
Jennylyn Mercado as Cecile
Tirso Cruz III as R
Yogo Singh as Habagat
Ryan Eigenmann as Rico
Arthur Solinap as himself
Christopher de Leon as Dante Molina
Sam Pinto as Lissa Molina
Mark Herras as Bart Molina
Barbie Forteza as Maggie Molina
Eddie Garcia as Zaldy
Luz Valdez as Virgie
Neil Coleta as Junior
Bernadette Alysson as Minnie
Ian Veneracion as Migs
Maureen Larrazabal as Lizzie
Ynna Asistio as Jenny
Buboy Villar
Carlo Gonzales as Franco
Nova Villa as Claus
Diana Zubiri as Francine
Grecila Rosales as Kate
Chynna Ortaleza as Mavic
Kiko Rustia as Noel
Diego Llorico as Francine's friend
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Jillian: earned a 10.7% rating, while the final episode scored an 11.8% rating.
References
External links
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Christmas television series
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine fantasy television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfina | Dwarfina is a 2011 Philippine television drama romance fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mike Tuviera, it stars Heart Evangelista in the title role and Dennis Trillo. It premiered on January 10, 2011 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Grazilda. The series concluded on May 6, 2011 with a total of 83 episodes. It was replaced by Munting Heredera in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Heart Evangelista as Dwarfina / Yna / Fina
Dennis Trillo as Lyndon
Supporting cast
Janice de Belen as Marissa
Cris Villanueva as Kardo
Chanda Romero as Selya
Mark Bautista as Estong
Iwa Moto as Lucille
Kylie Padilla as Chloe
Derrick Monasterio as Darius
Yogo Singh as Buddy
Jestoni Alarcon as Dito Calixto
Jackie Lou Blanco as Dita Aviana
Angelika Dela Cruz as Romera
Emilio Garcia as Hulyanto
Pauleen Luna as Gwendina
Tony Mabesa as Nuno Umberto
Will Devaughn as Elvin
Gerard Pizarras as Marcell
Bearwin Meily as Willy
Vaness del Moral as Kamila
Mico Aytona as Dwentukin
Leah Scarlet Boises as Hilda
Guest cast
Lani Mercado as Andrea
Glenda Garcia as Susan
John Apacible as Andong
Lloyd Samartino as Orland
Junyka Santarin as young Fina / Dwarfina
Nathaniel Britt as young Lyndon
Christine Joy De Guzman as young Lucille
Scott Murthy McKenzel as young Elvin
Jhiz Deocardez as young Dwentukin
Edelweise Tuaven as young Gwendina
Princess Gamboa as young Dita
Lala Tan as young Kamila
Bella Flores as Flora
Jaya as Lelang Gorya
Fabio Ide as Dwenstein / Dwendelstilskin
Sheena Halili as Sabrina
Rufa Mae Quinto as Dwenkikay
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of Dwarfina earned a 15.4% rating. While the final episode scored a 12% rating.
References
External links
2011 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 set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebreather%20%28film%29 | Firebreather is an American computer-animated superhero television film, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name, which premiered on November 24, 2010, on Cartoon Network. It was directed by Peter Chung from a screenplay by James Krieg based on a story of Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn, and stars the voices of Jesse Head, Dana Delany, Kevin Michael Richardson, Reed Diamond, Dante Basco, Tia Texada, and Amy Davidson.
Plot
On the last day of the war between humans and Kaiju, a human woman named Margaret Rosenblatt and Belloc, the dragon-like Kaiju king, fall in love, and become parents to a hybrid son named Duncan.
Sixteen years later, Margaret and Duncan are moving into a new house as he prepares to attend a new school. However, Duncan fears that his Kaiju-like appearance and abilities will make him a target for bullies. At school, he quickly develops a crush on a popular girl Jenna and makes an enemy out of her ex-boyfriend Troy Adams. In biology class, Duncan befriends fellow outcasts Kenny and Isabel, the latter who happens to be a Kaiju-obsessed fangirl and develops a crush on him.
Late that evening, Troy's friends break into Jenna's locker and steal the money she was holding for the school's Homecoming. The next day, Duncan meets "Blitz" Barnes, an agent of M.E.G.T.A.F. who is working undercover as a gym teacher and takes him to Dr. Pytel at the M.E.G.T.A.F. base after discovering his ability to breathe fire. Later, while Duncan and Troy are cleaning the cafeteria, Isabel tells Duncan about a party that everybody will be going to and he agrees to go in hopes of impressing Jenna.
At the party, Troy tries to tell Jenna about Duncan until Troy's father comes and drags him back home for being out while grounded. Duncan and Jenna begin to form a friendship but she abruptly leaves after he talks about Troy's father. Isabel finds him and tells him that Jenna walked off because she had lost her own father. However, Belloc arrives looking for Duncan, taking him to his lair in the desert and revealing his desire to have him succeed him as king of the Kaiju. Then Belloc presents Duncan as his heir to the other Kaiju and throws him into a lava pit; Duncan emerges in his Kaiju form and faints from the transition.
Waking in the desert, Duncan encounters Kenny, who tells him that Isabel told him about Belloc being his father and asks why he was at the party. Duncan replies that Isabel invited him, causing Kenny to become jealous. Back home with his mother, she assures him that the move and deal with M.E.G.T.A.F. were to let him live a normal life and eventually go to college.
Back in school, Duncan is surprised that everyone except Troy now treats him like a celebrity. Isabel reveals that it is because she told them about him "saving" them from Belloc. Meanwhile, Jenna discovers a red crystal in her locker that, unbeknownst to her, was gifted by Duncan to sell and pay for Homecoming.
Later, Isabel attempts to approach Duncan but lose |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI%20Wonder%20series | The ATI Wonder series represents some of the first video card add-on products for IBM Personal Computers and compatibles introduced by ATI Technologies in the mid to late 1980s. These cards were unique at the time as they offered the end user a considerable amount of value by combining support for multiple graphics standards (and monitors) into a single card. The VGA Wonder series added additional value with the inclusion of a bus mouse port, which normally required the installation of a dedicated Microsoft Mouse adapter.
The VGA Wonder series later merged with the ATI Mach series of cards in 1990. The ATI Graphics Ultra (VRAM) and ATI Graphics Vantage (DRAM) cards both featured independent VGA Wonder ASICs in addition to their Mach8 8514 compatible graphics processor. The Graphics Ultra was later renamed the VGA Wonder GT. In 1992, their following product line, the Mach32, integrated the VGA wonder core and coprocessor into a single IC. At this point the VGA Wonder line was cancelled and replaced with a cost reduced DRAM based version of Mach32 known as the "ATI Graphics Wonder".
MDA/CGA cards
Release Date: 1986
ATI Graphics Solution Rev 3
Chipset: ATI CW16800-A
Supports: Hercules Graphics Card mode and extended 132x25 / 132x44 text-modes on TTL monochrome monitors
Supports: All CGA modes on both CGA/EGA and TTL monochrome monitors
Switching between CGA and Hercules compatibility is done via supplied utility (VSET.EXE) and doesn't require a reboot
Composite video output is available on an internal 3-pin connector (no support for colors, works only in the 40x25 text-mode or 320x200 graphics modes)
Port: 8-bit PC/XT bus
ATI Color Emulation Card
Did at least support CGA graphics output to a TTL monochrome monitor
ATI Graphics Solution plus (1987)
Chipset: ATI CW16800-B
Supports CGA, Plantronics Colorplus CGA & Hercules Graphics Card graphics modes
Compatible with MDA, CGA (and therefore also EGA displays), DIP switch selectable
64kb of DRAM
Port: 8-bit PC/XT bus
Graphics Solution Plus SP
Chipset: ATI CW16800-B
Adds Serial/Parallel Ports
Graphics Solution SR
Chipset: ATI CW16800-B
Uses Static RAM
ATI Small Wonder Graphics Solution (1988)
Chipset: ATI 18700
Also known as Graphics Solution Single Chip or just GS-SC
Single-chip version of the Graphics Solution plus
64kb of static RAM
Composite output
Graphics Solution Single Chip or GS-SC with Game (1988)
Includes a game port
Lacks external composite video connector
EGA cards
Release Date: 1987
ATI EGA Wonder (March 1987)
Chipset: ATI16899-0 + CHIPS P86C435
Supports CGA, Hercules mono & EGA graphics modes
Removes support for plantronics mode/Single-page Hercules mode/composite output
Compatible with MDA, CGA and EGA displays (DIP switch selectable)
Internal composite video port for machines such as IBM 5155 Portable
256kb DRAM
Port: 8-bit PC/XT bus
Original MSRP: $399
ATI EGA Wonder 480
Cost reduced EGA Wonder 800, lacking jumpers, RCA and feature connector. D |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI2 | ATI2 may refer to:
3Dc FourCC code, a lossy data compression algorithm
RFB ATI-2, the second prototype of the German RFB Fantrainer aircraft |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20delos%20Reyes | Mary Grace delos Reyes Perido (born September 1, 1992), better known Louise delos Reyes, is a Filipino actress and model. She left GMA Network in May 2017 and signed a 5 year-managerial contract with Viva which made her comeback on ABS-CBN and appeared on Ang Probinsyano and Asintado.
Life and career
Delos Reyes was 8 years old when she started her acting career in the show Ang TV 2 using her real name Grace. She was then a cast in Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw and had been a contract artist of GMA until early 2004 and stopped to focus on her studies. She returned to TV as part of the cast of Lipgloss in TV5. She also played a lead role in the Peque Gallaga indie film Agaton and Mindy, which earned her a Best New Movie Actress nomination from PMPC. Before her TV career, she has won beauty contests including Ms. Lyceum of the Philippines University — Cavite 2010, Ms. Teen Philippines International — Luzon 2007, Ms. Jag Teen 2007 and Ms. Teen Super Ferry 2007.
In 2010, Delos Reyes had her first acting stint in GMA as Maricel Soriano's daughter in Pilyang Kerubin. She was then cast in Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts and got her very first lead role in Alakdana. She had played in several movies and co-starred with Kathryn Bernardo in a 2011 horror movie Parola: Shake, Rattle & Roll 13. Delos Reyes was also a cast in My Beloved headlined by Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes and got her first break in 2012 as she play the lead role Elize in the GMA7 primetime drama One True Love with Alden Richards.
The success of Richards and Delos Reyes tandem was followed by another top-rating show Mundo Mo'y Akin in 2013. She also got her degree in Foreign Service, came back in doing indie film via Island Dreams on the same year. In 2014, she headlined Kambal Sirena portraying a dual role as human/mermaid. Delos Reyes made a TV comeback as Pepay in GMA's Afternoon Prime drama Magkaibang Mundo in 2016 and starred in Baka Bukas. By early 2017, she left GMA Artist Center and signed a 5-year managerial contract with VIVA Artists Agency.
She returned to her former network, ABS-CBN, and is also seen in the Sari-Sari Channel.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Louise delos Reyes Official
1992 births
Living people
People from Tanza, Cavite
Filipino beauty pageant winners
Filipino female models
Actresses from Cavite
Star Magic
ABS-CBN personalities
GMA Network personalities
TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities
Viva Artists Agency
Lyceum of the Philippines University alumni
Filipina gravure idols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXN%20%28Portuguese%20TV%20channel%29 | AXN is a Portuguese pay television channel. It is the Portuguese version of the AXN network, owned by Sony. It was a Cabovisão exclusive in its beginnings, but now it is available in all operators and platforms. It's one of the most watched channels on pay-TV in Portugal, competing with FOX, SIC Notícias, Canal Panda, Disney Channel and Canal Hollywood.
The channel have two feeds: one for Portugal and Angola, and a second for Mozambique.
Sister channels
AXN White
AXN White first launched in Portugal on 7 May 2012, replacing Sony Entertainment Television. It focuses on comedy and romantic series and movies.
AXN Movies
AXN Movies was launched on 17 February 2020 replacing AXN Black. It is dedicated to movies, in particular movies owned by Sony Pictures. The channel was initially exclusive to Portugal, until 2023 where it was launched in Spain.
Former channels
Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television was launched on 12 April 2008 in Portugal. SET was replaced by AXN White on 14 April 2012 at 8 hours, followed by SET Spain replaced by AXN White on 7 May 2012.
Animax
A week-end Animax block was added to AXN on 20 October 2007, which ended in September 2008. It was launched as a full channel on 12 April 2008. Dedicated to anime, Animax added live-action shows in 2009. On 9 May 2011, Animax was replaced by AXN Black.
AXN Black
AXN Black was launched on 9 May, 2011, replacing Animax. The channel mainly aired action and crime movies and series, being primarily male focused, and serving as a contrast with AXN White which has a more female focus. The channel was rebranded as AXN Movies on 17 February 2020, redirecting its focus to only movies, while no longer being restricted by genres.
Shows broadcast by AXN in Portugal
Magazines
Tempo Sincro
Insert Coin
Fiction
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
Accused
Castle
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Cybill
Hannibal
Homicide: Life on the Street
In Plain Sight
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
Las Vegas
Law and Order: UK
Leverage
Memphis Beat
Missing
NCIS
Once Upon a Time
Perception
Private
Sherlock
SWAT
The Borgias
The Confession
The Firm
The Good Doctor
The Mentalist
The Mob Doctor
The Pillars of the Earth
XIII: The Series
References
External links
AXN Portugal at LyngSat Address
Sony Pictures Television
Sony subsidiaries
Television stations in Portugal
Television networks in Portugal
AXN
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Television channels and stations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Portugal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Hallmark%20Channel%20Original%20Movies | This is a list of television films produced for the cable networks Hallmark Channel (HC) and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (HMM). Such films are currently called Hallmark Channel Original Movies and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.
The Hallmark Channel was officially launched in August 2001, with its sister channel Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (originally Hallmark Movie Channel) launched in January 2004. In addition to stand-alone original films, both channels broadcast a number of original film series, including Garage Sale Mystery, Jesse Stone, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries and The Good Witch, as well having produced mystery-themed wheel series.
The Hallmark Channel achieved its highest-ever broadcast premiere ratings with the 2014 original movie Christmas Under Wraps, starring Candace Cameron Bure, which was watched by 5.8 million viewers. Both networks receive their highest ratings during their "Countdown to Christmas" period, with a succession of festive original films being broadcast from late October to late December.
A number of these films are also carried in Canada by the W Network and Citytv under content distribution agreements with Hallmark parent Crown Media; the vast majority of Hallmark Channel films are filmed in Canada and thus qualify for Canadian content quotas. In the United Kingdom, Hallmark Original Movies are shown on Movies 24, a sister channel.
Umbrella series
The channels have broadcast a number of umbrella or 'wheel series', featuring premieres of original films.
* Hallmark Hall of Fame originally premiered back in 1951 on NBC, but its movies began to be shown exclusively on Hallmark Channel starting on November 30, 2014 with the release of One Christmas Eve.
Seasonal programming
The channels also produce annual seasonal programming blocks, which include premieres of original films.
* Formerly known as The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas and The Most Wonderful Miracles of Christmas.
† Formerly known as Countdown to Valentine's Day and Love Ever After.
‡ Formerly known as Spring Fever and Spring Fling.
# Formerly known as Winterfest.
✤ Formerly known as Fall Harvest.
Film series
Some Hallmark films are a part of a larger film series. Below is an alphabetically-sorted list of all film series and the number of films in each.
(HD) Hallmark Drama is a sister channel to HC and HMM.
* Film added to wheel series after an original stand-alone film.
† Jesse Stone films premiere on HC, but are repeated on, and considered to be a key franchise for, HMM.
+ Also TV series.
Hallmark Entertainment
Some of the movies do not fall under any of the aforementioned groups. The following list consists of television films and miniseries produced for or by Hallmark Entertainment that did not premiere on either Hallmark Channel, its sister channels, or as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series.
Hallmark Channel Original Movies (2000–2015)
2016
Hallmark Channel
(W) Winterfest, (CtVD) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus.com | Focus.com was a business focused social networking platform and source of technology expertise. By September 2010, it comprised over 850,000 Members and 5,000 Business Experts. Focus members could freely access expert research in diverse areas such as Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Small Business, and Human Resources. Members also could get their business questions answered by experts in the community in the site's Q & A and Virtual Summit sections.
The company was founded in August 2005 by Scott Albro and was headquartered in San Francisco, California.
The company was purchased by Ziff Davis, Inc. in August 2011 and its location at Focus.com has since been terminated.
See also
LinkedIn Answers
Quora
Toolbox.com
References
External links
American social networking websites
Defunct social networking services
Companies based in San Francisco
Internet properties established in 2005
2005 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic%20keyboard | A photovoltaic keyboard, or solar keyboard, is a wireless computer keyboard that charges its batteries from a light source such as the sun or interior lighting, addressing a major drawback of wireless computer peripherals that otherwise require regular replacement of discharged batteries.
On such device is the Logitech K750, which was announced by the company in 2010. In 2018 Microsoft filed a patent describing how solar panels could be used to extend battery life for Microsoft's Surface Pro.
Logitech K750
The Logitech K750 has a set of photovoltaic cells on the top edge, charges from any light source including sunlight and under a standard bulb, can work up to three months in total darkness, and includes software to display battery charging status. It is a full-sized keyboard, including the usual movement keys and NumPad section on the right side, with low-profile keys much like a laptop. There are two models, compatible with Windows or Macintosh operating systems.
Even though the keyboard is not officially supported in Linux, a third party application named Solaar provides functionality akin to the original Logitech software, such as battery and connection status indications, and allows device pairing/unpairing.
Logitech K760
Another Logitech keyboard, the K760, is also PV powered. It is smaller than the Logitech K750 and communicates with the computer via Bluetooth. It was positively reviewed by David Carnoy of CNET, who praised its sleek, stylish design, and its ability to be seamlessly integrated with Apple products. Although he found it slightly bulky to carry around and criticized the lack of carrying case provided by Logitech, he concluded that in the long run, it would save a user money, and was a better deal than Apple's Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard.
References
External links
Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750
Computer keyboards
Applications of photovoltaics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20eDGe | The enTourage pocket eDGe is a discontinued combined tablet computer and e-book made by enTourage Systems Inc., a small company based out of McLean, Virginia. It is the first follow on to the original EnTourage eDGe released earlier in 2010. The device runs Google's Android platform, version 2.2. It is called by the manufacturer as the world's first mini-dualbook".
On May 23, 2011 the company announced that it would no longer manufacture and distribute the Pocket Edge.
Features
The Pocket eDGe is a dual screen device. One screen is a touch-sensitive 6.0 inch E Ink display, while the other screen is a full color 7.0 inch LCD touch screen. The color display side runs Android. Unlike most android devices, entourage pocket edge has its own suite of applications, rather than using the Android Market. Both displays are touchscreens, and the interface of the device provides interaction between the two according to appropriate actions and data formats. The LCD is designed for multimedia display, whereas the e-Ink screen is designed for reading and, in the corresponding mode, the ink can be marked as handwriting, indexed, searched, and even converted to text.
External links
Official website
Reference list
Dedicated ebook devices
Electronic paper technology
Linux-based devices
Tablet computers
Touchscreen portable media players
Tablet computers introduced in 2010
Products and services discontinued in 2011 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous%20communication%20mechanism | The role of an asynchronous communication mechanism (ACM) is to synchronize the transfer of data in a system between a writing process and a reading process operating concurrently.
Description
The mechanism by which the ACM performs its tasks varies heavily depending upon the situation in which the ACM is employed. A possible scenario is the writer outputs data at a higher rate than the reader can process it. Without an ACM, one of two things will happen:
If the system incorporates a buffer between processes (e.g., a Unix shell pipe), then data will accumulate and be processed at the reader's maximum rate. There are some circumstances in which this is a desirable characteristic (e.g. piping a file over SSH, or if all data in the set is important, and the reader's output does not need to be synchronised with the input).
If it is necessary to synchronize the input of the writer with the output of the reader, then the ACM can interface with the two systems, and make active decisions on how to handle each packet of information. If, for example, maximum synchronization is required, the ACM could be configured to drop packets, and output the newest packets at the reader's maximum speed.
Alternatively, if there is no buffer, some data may be lost. If this is undesirable, the ACM can provide this buffer, or process the data in such a way that minimal information is lost.
References
See also
System
Rate
Computer-mediated communication
Synchronization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric%20follow | Asymmetric follow refers to a social network allowing many people to follow an individual or account without having to follow them back. It is also known as asynchronous follow or sometimes asymmetric friendship.
Asymmetric follow is a common pattern on Twitter, where someone may have thousands of followers, but themselves follow few (or no) accounts. In September 2010 Facebook started experimenting with a similar feature, which Facebook calls "Subscribe To."
See also
Algorithmic curation
Algorithmic radicalization
Friending and following
Influence-for-hire
Ghost followers
Social bot
Social influence bias
Social media bias
References
Real-time web
Social media
Web 2.0 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kimball%20lifecycle | The Kimball lifecycle is a methodology for developing data warehouses, and has been developed by Ralph Kimball and a variety of colleagues. The methodology "covers a sequence of high level tasks for the effective design, development and deployment" of a data warehouse or business intelligence system. It is considered a "bottom-up" approach to data warehousing as pioneered by Ralph Kimball, in contrast to the older "top-down" approach pioneered by Bill Inmon.
Program or project planning phase
According to Ralph Kimball et al., the planning phase is the start of the lifecycle. It is a planning phase in which project is a single iteration of the lifecycle while program is the broader coordination of resources. When launching a project or program Kimball et al. suggests following three focus areas:
Defining and scoping the project
Plan the project
Manage the project
Program and project management
This is an ongoing discipline in the project. The purpose is to keep the project/program on course, develop a communication plan and manage expectations.
Business requirements definition
This phase or milestone of the project is about making the project team understand the business requirements. Its purpose is to establish a foundation for all the following activities in the lifecycle. Kimball et al. makes it clear that it is important for the project team to talk with the business users, and team members should be prepared to focus on listening and to document the user interviews. An output of this step is the enterprise bus matrix.
Technology track
The top track holds two milestones:
Technical architecture design is supposed to create a framework for the data warehouse or business intelligence system. The main focus in this phase is to create a plan for the application architecture, while considering business requirements, technical environment and the planned strategic technical directions.
Product selection and installation use the architecture plan to identify what components are needed to complete the data warehouse or business intelligence project. This phase then selects, installs and tests the products.
Data track
Dimensional modeling is a process in which the business requirements are used to design dimensional models for the system.
Physical design is the phase where the database is designed. It involves the database environment as well as security.
Extract, transform, load (ETL) design and development is the design of some of the heavy procedures in the data warehouse and business intelligence system. Kimball et al. suggests four parts to this process, which are further divided into 34 subsystems (Kimball et al., 2008):
Extracting data
Cleaning and conforming data
Delivering data for presentation
Managing the ETL system
Business intelligence application track
Business intelligence application design deals with designing and selecting some applications to support the business requirements. Business intelligence application d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset%20%28computer%20security%29 | In information security, computer security and network security, an asset is any data, device, or other component of the environment that supports information-related activities. Assets generally include hardware (e.g. servers and switches), software (e.g. mission critical applications and support systems) and confidential information. Assets should be protected from illicit access, use, disclosure, alteration, destruction, and/or theft, resulting in loss to the organization.
The CIA triad
The goal of information security is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) of assets from various threats. For example, a hacker might attack a system in order to steal credit card numbers by exploiting a vulnerability. Information Security experts must assess the likely impact of an attack and employ appropriate countermeasures. In this case they might put up a firewall and encrypt their credit card numbers.
Risk analysis
When performing risk assessment, it is important to weigh how much to spend protecting each asset against the cost of losing the asset. It is also important to take into account the chance of each loss occurring. Intangible costs must also be factored in. If a hacker makes a copy of all a company's credit card numbers it does not cost them anything directly but the loss in fines and reputation can be enormous.
See also
Countermeasure (computer)
Factor analysis of information risk
Information security management
IT risk
Risk factor
Risk management
References
External links
FISMApedia TERM
Data security
IT risk management
Reliability analysis
Security compliance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic-256 | Basic-256 is a project to learn the basics of computer programming. The project started in 2007 inspired by the article “Why Johnny can't code” by David Brin, which also inspired the creation of Microsoft Small Basic. Its main focus is to provide a simple and comprehensive environment for middle/high school students to learn the basics of computer programming.
Basic-256 started as a simple version of BASIC: the code editor, text output window and graphics display window are all visible in the same screen. However, successive versions have added new features, namely:
Files (Eof, Size) – Version 9.4d
Mouse events – Version 9.4d
Sprites handling – Version 0.9.6n
Database functions – Version 0.9.6y
Network – Version 0.9.6.31
Real Functions and Subroutines – Version 0.9.9.1
Maps (Dictionaries) – Version 2.0.0.1
Complete documentation is available in English, Russian, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.
References
See also
Microsoft Small Basic
Thonny
Toolbox
Kojo
JUDO
External links
Home Page – user manuals and tutorials
Basic Book – Learn to program Basic-256 with a free Creative Commons e-book.
Basic bits Blog – Short programs in Basic 256.
UglyMike's Web Lair – Demos and Widgets.
Basic 256 in Rosetta Code – Language chrestomathy (comparison) site.
Basic256 at Escuela 31 – Class based Exercises in Spanish
Basic256 German tutorial – German Tutorial (Public Domain)
BASIC programming language family
Interpreters
BASIC interpreters
Free educational software
Pedagogic integrated development environments
Linux integrated development environments
Free integrated development environments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Top%20100%3A%20NFL%27s%20Greatest%20Players | The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players was a ten-part television series that set out to determine the top 100 greatest NFL players of all time. It was presented by the NFL Network in 2010. The series was based on a list of the top 100 National Football League players of all time, as compiled by a "blue-ribbon" panel assembled by the NFL Network. The members of the panel were current and former NFL coaches, players, executives, and members of the media. Each episode, broadcast each Thursday from September 3 to November 4, 2010, introduced a group of 10 players from the list, with each nominee player presented and advocated for by a separate noteworthy individual in the world of sports and entertainment. It started with the players ranked 100 through 91, and moving up the list each week.
The final episode, premiering on November 4, 2010, introduced the top 10 players of all time according to the panel. Jerry Rice was chosen as the top player of all time, with Jim Brown as the second choice.
The list
† Only team(s) with major contribution.
See also
NFL Top 100
List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
National Football League All-Decade Teams
References
External links
The Top 100 list: NFL's Greatest Players
National Football League records and achievements
National Football League television series
2010 in American football
National Football League lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenocalpe%20lapidata | Coenocalpe lapidata, the slender-striped rufous, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1809 and is found in most of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm. It cannot possibly be confused with any other species. The forewings are light brown with fine dark brown diagonal lines. These lines are less conspicuous on the hindwings. Discal dots are minute or wanting, apex of forewing with an oblique shade the name typical form is pale. — millierata Stgr , from S. E. France, is more liver-coloured, more obscurely marked, the hindwing more darkened distally. The larva is nearly cylindrical, dorsally with longitudinal lines and stripes of ochreous and brown or fuscous, ventrally more reddish, lateral stripe pale. The tubercles and spiracles are black. The pupa is cylindrical, rather blunt at ends, its surface polished reddish brown.
Adults are on wing from May to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on Ranunculus acris, Anemone nemorosa, Galium and Clematis vitalba.
References
External links
Slender-striped rufous at UKMoths
Fauna Europaea
Melanthiini
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1809
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp%20%28disambiguation%29 | A lisp is a type of speech impediment.
Lisp may also refer to:
Lisp (programming language), a family of computer programming languages
Rhotacism (speech impediment), 'lisp' on the letter R
Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol, a "map-and-encapsulate" Internet protocol
Lisp Machines, a company that built Lisp machines out of MIT
Lisp (band), an English trip hop band
Lisp (group), the Japanese girl group
Light Industry and Science Park, the industrial parks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guifi.net | Guifi.net is a free, open and neutral, mostly wireless community network, with over 37,000 active nodes and about 71,000 km of wireless links (as of December 2021). The majority of these nodes are located in Catalonia and the Valencian Community, in Spain, but the network is growing in other parts of the world. The network is self-organized and operated by the users using unlicensed wireless links and open optical fiber links.
The nodes of the network are contributed by individuals, companies and administrations that freely connect to an open telecommunications network and extend the network wherever the infrastructure and content might not otherwise be accessible. Nodes join the network following the self-provision model since the whole structure is explicitly open to facilitate understanding how it is structured, so that everyone can create new sections as required. That results in a network infrastructure commons that provides abundant connectivity.
Guifi.net is supported by the Guifi.net Foundation, which has been registered as an operator with the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) since April 2009. In August 2009, the first deployment of optical fiber was started, known as the Fiber From The Farms (FFTF) Broadband Initiative, covering about 2 km and linking dozens of farms and farmhouses in the town of Gurb.
Since early 2011, guifi.net has been connected to the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange Point (CATNIX), which exchanges data with other international telecommunications operators such as Cogent Communications and Hurricane Electric. This Internet connection is used by several associations that offer their members high-speed Internet access at low cost, which other Internet service providers currently do not offer. The model is oriented to cost sharing, the compensation mechanism.
The basic principle of operation is based on the Wireless Commons License.
See also
Mesh networking
Freifunk
NYC Mesh
internet (lowercase "i"), a collection of interconnected computers and/or networks (companies, neighborhoods, villages, communities) that are set up to communicate with each other
References
External links
What is guifi.net?
Services on guifi.net
guifi.net Autonomous System Number
guifi.net + EXO
guifi.net documentation wiki
Guifi.net presentation
Community networks
Internet service providers of Spain
Mesh networking
Telecommunications companies of Spain
Wireless network organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%20%28social%20network%29 | Path was a social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging service for mobile devices that was launched on 14 November 2010. The service allows users to share up to a total of 50 contacts with their close friends and family. Based in San Francisco, California, the company was founded by Shawn Fanning and former Facebook executive Dave Morin.
In 2011, Morin rejected a $100 million offer for the company from Google. On May 28, 2015, Path announced it had been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Kakao.
On September 17, 2018, Path announced its termination of the service. From October 18, 2018, existing users are no longer able to access the Path service.
Service
Users update their stream on Path by posting photos and adding tags for people, places, and things.
Path initially limited each user's social network to 50 friends in order to encourage greater sharing of personal information by keeping it private to a person's inner circle of social contacts. Later, Path raised its friend limit to 150 and then removed it entirely. The site was intended as a companion to Facebook and other social network platforms, as opposed to a destination website.
History
Original angel investor funding for Path was secured in November 2010, from "facebook alumni" including Marc Bodnick who cited personal belief in Dave Morin as his reason for investing.
Path's initial $2.5 million funding round included Ron Conway, Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Rose, Marc Benioff, Chris Kelly, and others.
In February 2011, the company raised a second round of $8.5 million in venture capital from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures along with Digital Garage of Japan. Path also turned down a $100 M acquisition offer from Google in February 2011.
In November 2011, Path relaunched with more features. By December 2011, it had grown from 30,000 to over 300,000 members in less than a month.
Path subsequently raised $30 million in venture capital from Redpoint Ventures. On January 11, 2014, the company announced it had raised another $25 million in venture funding from Indonesian Bakrie Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and First Round Capital. Indonesia was the world's largest Path userbase with more than 4 million users.
Controversy
In February 2012, the company was widely criticized after concerns of accessing and storing user phone contacts without knowledge or permission. In a blog post by the CEO, the company apologized and changed its practices. Soon thereafter, in March 2012, the company received a request for information from Reps. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) and G. K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) along with 33 other app developers asking them to detail what information they collect from users and how they use it.
In February 2013, the company was fined $800,000 by the FTC for storing data from underage users. The company would b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus%20Union%20High%20School | Mingus Union High School is a high school in Cottonwood, Arizona. It is one of two high schools in the Mingus Union High School District. The other school, Mingus Online Academy, is a computer based alternative school at the same location.
Mingus Union High School is a Title I school serving the Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Beaver Creek, and Sedona areas.
History
There were once three separate high schools in the Verde Valley of Arizona — Jerome, Clarkdale and Cottonwood. In 1950, Jerome and Clarkdale consolidated into "Mingus High School", and in 1958, Cottonwood High School was added, creating the new Mingus Union High School.
Citizens pushed to create a new high school district instead of consolidating both the Jerome-Clarkdale and Cottonwood school districts completely. This happened in 1957 and 1958. The school district briefly took the "Union High School District" name, but this was changed to the present Mingus Union before the district became official.
The high school was located in Clarkdale until 1960. From then until the start of the 1972 school year, it was housed in Jerome's school buildings. It then moved to Cottonwood.
Operations
the school has different colors for badges of upperclassman (grades 11–12) and underclassman (grades 9–10) students. The school requires people who would otherwise be upperclassmen to wear the ID colors of underclassmen if they lack sufficient credits. The Phoenix New Times printed an article discussing a parent's concerns that this could indirectly lead to shaming of some students; the family contacted the ACLU to get a remedy.
Notable alumni
Jeff Huson, former MLB player (Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs)
References
Public high schools in Arizona
School districts established in 1958
Schools in Yavapai County, Arizona
1958 establishments in Arizona |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne%20Haynes | Cheyenne Renee Haynes is an American actress, dancer, singer, and model. Her notable works include the Lifetime Movie Network television film Lies in Plain Sight, I Know My Kid's a Star, HBO's Camping, and CW's The Lost Boys.
Early life
Cheyenne was born in Los Angeles, California, in the neighborhood of Silverlake and raised by her mother, Helene Kress. Cheyenne followed the family line as her mother and father were both musicians and performers. Helene was a singer and actress. Her father, Scott Haynes, was a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and singer. Kress and Haynes were never married.
Career
Acting
Haynes booked her first job as a model at the age of two for the movie Baby Geniuses. She also booked her first commercial at the same age.
Haynes worked on various commercials, print ads, TV Shows & Films until her first major breakthrough in the industry when she landed a spot on the reality TV show, Danny Bonaduce's I Know My Kid's a Star. Haynes booked her spot with a single audition and was beloved by viewers during the course of the show, eventually placing as the runner-up. She gained critical acclaim for her next major role as Eva in the Lifetime Movie Network's Lies in Plain Sight, with her mother being portrayed by Rosie Pérez
Filmography
Video
Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed ... Lead Singer
Bill Nye – Electricity ... Lead Singer/Dancer/Voice Over
8 Days Of Christmas ... Beyoncé's Friend
The La La Song ... Pom Pom Girl
Good Love ... Flower Girl
All I Want Is Happiness ... Girl in Park
Blow ... Female Bruno Mars
Theatre
Standing on the Shoulders Of Giants ... Maxine
The American Girls Revue ... Keisha/Addy
Pepito's Story ... Beach Girl (Dancer)
Chaka Khan Benefit ... Singer/Dancer
World Literacy Crusade ... Dancer
Spirit of Play ... Singer/Dancer
Make Mine 369 ... Star
References
External links
VH1 – The Celebreality Interview – Helene Kress, VH1 – I Know My Kid's a Star.
Lies in Plain Sight
I Know My Kid's a Star
American television actresses
American female dancers
Dancers from California
Female models from California
American women singers
Living people
Actresses from Los Angeles
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS | The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Frontline, Nova, PBS NewsHour, Arthur, Sesame Street, and This Old House.
PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, pledge drives, and donations from both private foundations and individual citizens. All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source. PBS has over 350 member television stations, many owned by educational institutions, nonprofit groups both independent or affiliated with one particular local public school district or collegiate educational institution, or entities owned by or related to state government.
PBS has nearly 350 member stations around the United States.
History
PBS was established on November 3, 1969, by Hartford N. Gunn Jr. (president of WGBH), John Macy (president of CPB), James Day (last president of National Educational Television), and Kenneth A. Christiansen (chairman of the department of broadcasting at the University of Florida).
It began operations on October 5, 1970, taking over many of the functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET), which later merged with Newark, New Jersey station WNDT to form WNET. In 1973, it merged with Educational Television Stations. Around the same time, the groups started out the National Public Affairs Broadcast Center (later National Public Affairs Center for Television), which offered news and national affairs to the service. The group was later merged into member station WETA-TV in 1972.
Immediately after public disclosure of the Watergate scandal, on May 17, 1973, the United States Senate Watergate Committee commenced proceedings; PBS broadcast the proceedings nationwide, with Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer as commentators. Although all of the Big Three TV Networks ran coverage of the hearings, PBS re-broadcast them on prime time. For seven months, nightly "gavel-to-gavel" broadcasts drew great public interest, and raised the profile of the fledgling PBS network.
In 1991, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting resumed funding for most PBS shows that debuted prior to 1977, with the exceptions of Washington Week in Review and Wall Street Week (CPB resumed funding of Washington Week in 1997).
In 1994, The Chronicle of Philanthropy released the results of the largest study on the popularity and credibility of charitable and non-profit organizations. PBS ranked as the 11th "most popular charity/non-profit in America" from over 100 charities researched in the study conducted by the industry publication, with 38.2% of Americans over the age of 12 choosing "love" and "like a lot" for PB |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregate%20%28data%20warehouse%29 | An aggregate is a type of summary used in dimensional models of data warehouses to shorten the time it takes to provide answers to typical queries on large sets of data. The reason why aggregates can make such a dramatic increase in the performance of a data warehouse is the reduction of the number of rows to be accessed when responding to a query.
Use
In its simplest form, an aggregate is a simple summary table that can be derived by performing a Group by SQL query. A more common use of aggregates is to take a dimension and change its granularity. When changing the granularity of the dimension the fact table has to be partially summarized to fit the new grain of the new dimension, thus creating new dimensional and fact tables, to fit this new level of grain.
Design
Aggregates are sometimes referred to as pre-calculated summary data, since aggregations are usually precomputed, partially summarized data, that are stored in new aggregated tables. When facts are aggregated, it is either done by eliminating dimensionality or by associating the facts with a rolled up dimension. Rolled up dimensions should be shrunken versions of the dimensions associated with the granular base facts. This way, the aggregated dimension tables should conform to the base dimension tables.
Performance
In 1996, Ralph Kimball, who is widely regarded as one of the original architects of data warehousing, stated:
The single most dramatic way to affect performance in a large data warehouse is to provide a proper set of aggregate (summary) records that coexist with the primary base records. Aggregates can have a very significant effect on performance, in some cases speeding queries by a factor of one hundred or even one thousand. No other means exist to harvest such spectacular gains.
Complexity
Having aggregates and atomic data increases the complexity of the dimensional model. This complexity should be transparent to the users of the data warehouse, thus when a request is made, the data warehouse should return data from the table with the correct grain. So when requests to the data warehouse are made, aggregate navigator functionality should be implemented, to help determine the correct table with the correct grain.
The number of possible aggregations is determined by every possible combination of dimension granularities. Since it would produce a lot of overhead to build all possible aggregations, it is a good idea to choose a subset of tables on which to make aggregations. The best way to choose this subset and decide which aggregations to build is to monitor queries and design aggregations to match query patterns.
Aggregate navigaton
Having aggregate data in the dimensional model makes the environment more complex. To make this extra complexity transparent to the user, functionality known as aggregate navigation is used to query the dimensional and fact tables with the correct grain level. The aggregate navigation essentially examines the query to see if it can b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute%20Radio%20Network | The Absolute Radio Network is a network of ten radio stations owned and operated by Bauer Radio. Bauer purchased the TIML Radio Limited network of stations in 2013. Most of the Absolute Radio stations are decade-themed services, alongside the flagship station and classic rock and country-formatted stations. The network is aimed at 35 to 54 year olds.
According to RAJAR, the network broadcasts to a combined weekly audience of 5.4 million with a listening share of 3.9% as of September 2023.
Network programming
Beginning in 2008, the Absolute Radio Network stations (with the exception of 20s) utilise a 'split playlist' solution developed at Absolute Radio to syndicate the presenter links of the weekday Dave Berry Breakfast Show and, since 23 September 2019, Hometime with Bush and Richie from the main Absolute Radio station, with their music tracks replaced by those relevant to each station, chosen by the network database to match the required length, mood and tempo.
Weekend morning programmes, The Frank Skinner Show (Saturday) and The Jason Manford Show (Sunday) are broadcast on a one-hour time delay (airing from 8am on Absolute Radio and from 9am on the digital siblings), again with music tracks replaced by relevant music for each service - with the exception of Absolute Radio Country which does not share weekend morning programming.
Some thematic shows from the core Absolute Radio are simulcast onto a relevant sibling: 80s Greatest Hits on Friday evening is simulcast on Absolute 80s, Classic Rock Party on Saturday evenings is relayed on Absolute Classic Rock, and the first two hours of Andy Bush's Indie Disco on Saturday evening are transmitted on both Absolute Radio and Absolute Radio 90s, continuing on the 90s station only for a further two hours thereafter.
At other times, the digital stations broadcast their own dedicated programming, or non-stop music.
Current stations
Absolute Radio
The core station, established as one of three Independent National Radio franchises, began broadcasting in April 1993. It broadcast on AM radio from launch to late January 2023, and since 1999, broadcasts on national DAB. Initially branded Virgin Radio, the station was renamed Absolute Radio in 2008.
Absolute Classic Rock
This station, playing classic rock music from the 1960s to the 1990s, was established as online back-to-back music service Virgin Classic in 2000, capitalising on the popularity of classic rock music within the general Virgin Radio schedule. The station was relaunched as a presenter-led service under the name Virgin Radio Classic Rock in 2004, and launched onto DAB in London (replacing Liquid). The station was subsequently made available on Virgin Media, Sky and, from 2008, Freesat. As part of the 2008 rebrand of Virgin Radio to Absolute Radio, Virgin Radio Classic Rock was renamed Absolute Classic Rock. The availability of Absolute Classic Rock was extended in late 2010 when the service was rolled out to a number of other DAB multi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s%20Agency%20Network | The Lloyd's Agency Network was established in August 1811 by the then Committee of Lloyd's of London. They resolved that it is highly important to the interests of Underwriters, that a regular and universal system of intelligence and superintendence should be established in all the Principal Ports and Places, both at home and abroad..., and so the first Agents were appointed at Dover, Deal, Margate, Charleston, Antigua and Madeira.
The Agency Network developed quickly from its inception in 1811 and by the middle of the 19th century over three hundred Agents had been established worldwide. Today, the network comprises over 300 Lloyd’s Agents and a similar number of Sub Agents in every major port and commercial centre in the world. Their primary purpose is to provide a range of surveying and adjusting services to the global insurance market and its customers. To locate a Lloyd's Agent please visit the Lloyd's Agency Directory
Financial services companies established in 1811
Insurance companies of the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer%20beTouch%20E200 | The Acer beTouch E200 (also known as Acer L1 ) is a smartphone manufactured by Acer Inc. of Taiwan. It runs Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and it was released in October 2009.
Main features
If beTouch E200 runs Windows Mobile 6.5. It has a 3 megapixel camera and an A-GPS module comes with Google Maps. It lacks of Wi-Fi capability.
3G +
TFT touch screen 3''240 x 320 pixels
Touch interface UI 3.0 Acer
Sliding alphanumeric keypad
AFN 3 megapixels
A-GPS module
512 MB internal memory + microSD Memory Card
RAM 256 MB
Qualcomm 528 MHz processor
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Windows Mobile 6.5
3G talk time up to 5h
Dimensions 110 x 53.5 x 15.4 mm
weight 146 g
1140 mAh Lithium-ion Battery
References
External links
Acer Smartphones Website
Acer beTouch E200 Site
beTouch E200
Windows Mobile Professional devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20databases%20for%20oncogenomic%20research | Databases for oncogenomic research are biological databases dedicated to cancer data and oncogenomic research. They can be a primary source of cancer data, offer a certain level of analysis (processed data) or even offer online data mining.
List
The table below gives an overview of databases for that serve specifically for oncogenomic research. Note that this is not a comprehensive list and does not contain databases that have a generic focus. You may find databases containing cancer data among the List of biological databases or Microarray databases.
See also
Cancer Research
List of biological databases
Microarray databases
Oncogenomics
Oncology
Notes
References
External links
National Cancer Institute's List of Datasets and Databases
Applied genetics
Biological databases
Medical genetics
Cancer genome databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventas%20New%20Music%20Ensemble | The Juventas New Music Ensemble is an instrumental ensemble located in Boston, Massachusetts devoted to performing musical works by emerging composers. Their programming focuses on composers who actively blur the boundaries between popular musical genres and traditional art music. Since its inception, Juventas has received favorable reviews from several Boston publications.
History
Juventas was founded in 2005 by Erin Huelskamp, Julia Scott Carey, and Mark David Buckles. The three musicians decided to create the ensemble after realizing the difficulties young, unknown composers face in securing performance venues for their works. Huelskamp stated, "We felt young and underrepresented in a musical world that highly values the wisdom and experience that comes with age....the lack of professional opportunities for young composers and musicians is a real problem to which Juventas hopes to provide some solution." The Latin word juventas (meaning youth), was chosen to reflect the ensemble's mission.
Since 2005, Juventas has regularly performed concerts of new works, including many world premieres. The ensemble has also collaborated with other Boston music groups and organizations. In December 2009, Juventas collaborated with the Lorelei Ensemble on a holiday concert entitled "One Light," which featured seven new works by young composers. The works spanned a variety of subjects including Christmas, Hanukkah, the winter solstice, and Nietzschean philosophy.
In September 2010, Juventas performed a concert entitled "The Exquisite Corpse" which utilized dancers from the Boston Conservatory to supplement and accentuate the musical works. The choreography and relevance of the dance to the music received mixed reviews, though on the whole the concert was deemed a success. On this particular program, the oldest composition dated from 2005.
Core members
Juventas consists of ten "core members". Other Guest Artists participate if required for a particular work. The current core members are Oliver Caplan (Artistic Director), Nicholas Southwick (Flute), Celine Ferro (Clarinet), Julia Scott Carey (Piano), Olga Patramanska-Bell (Violin), Thomas Schmidt (Percussion), Ryan Shannon (Violin), Lu Yu (Viola), Thomas Barth (Cello), Kelley Hollis (Soprano), and Anne Howarth (French Horn).
Past members
Lidiya Yankovskaya (Music Director 2010-2017, Artistic Director 2014-2017)
Mark David Buckles (Music Director Emeritus)
Michael Sakir (Music Director)
Zach Jay (Flute)
Marguerite Levin (Clarinet)
Brian Calhoon (Percussion)
Yochanan Chendler (Violin)
Emily Deans (Viola)
Rachel Arnold (Cello).
References
External links
Official Juventas website
Official website of Oliver Caplan, Artistic Director
Official website of Joseph Sedarski, General Manager
Julia Scott Carey's page at Theodore Presser Company
Official website of Lidiya Yankovskaya, former Music Director
Official website of Erin Huelskamp, Executive Director Emeritus
Boston Conservatory Da |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation%20database | An animation database is a database which stores fragments of animations or human movements and which can be accessed, analyzed and queried to develop and assemble new animations. Given that the manual generation of a large amount of animation can be time consuming and expensive, an animation database can assist users in building animations by using existing components, and sharing animation fragments.
Early examples of animation databases include the system MOVE which used an object oriented database. Modern animation databases can be populated via the extraction of skeletal animations from motion capture data.
Other examples include crowd simulation in which a number of people are simulated as a crowd. Given that in some applications the people need to be walking at different speeds, say on a sidewalk, the animation database can be used to retrieve and merge different animated figures. The method is mainly known as "motion graphs".
Animation databases can also be used for "interactive storytelling" in which fragments of animations are retrieved from the animation database and are recycled to combine into new stories. For instance, the animation database called Animebase is used within the system Words Anime to help generate animations using recycled components. In this approach, the user may input words which form parts of a story and queries against the database help select suitable animation fragments. This type of system may indeed use two databases: an animation database, as well as a story knowledge database. The story knowledge database may use subjects, predicates and objects to refer to story fragments. The system then assists the user in matching between story fragments and animation fragments.
Animation databases can also be used for the generation of visual scenes using humanoid models. An example application has been the development of an animated humanoid-based sign language system to help the disabled.
Another application of an animation database is in the synthesis of idle motion for human characters. Human beings move all the time and in unique ways, and the presentation of a consistent and realistic set of idle motions for each character between different animation segments has been a challenge, e.g. each person has a unique way of standing and this needs to be represented in a realistic way throughout an animation. One of the problems is that idle motion affects all joints and simply showing statistical movements at each joint results in less than realistic portrayals. One approach to solving this problem is to use an animation database with a large set of pre-recorded human movements, and obtain the suitable patterns of motion from the database through statistical analysis.
References
Animation
Types of databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Directory%20of%20Philosophy | The International Directory of Philosophy is an online database containing information on university philosophy departments, research centers, professional societies, journals, and philosophy publishers in approximately 130 countries. It was established by the Philosophy Documentation Center in 2010 through the consolidation of the Directory of American Philosophers and International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers. This database is notable as an extensive collection of edited information about continuing philosophical activity world wide. It contains over 37,000 listings.
History
The Directory of American Philosophers was established in 1963 by Prof. Archie Bahm at the University of New Mexico as a guide to on-going philosophical activity in the US and Canada. It contains edited listings for university and college philosophy programs, research centers, professional societies, philosophical journals, and publishers. It has been published by the Philosophy Documentation Center since 1972 and is now in its 29th edition (2018–2019).
The International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers was established in 1965 under the auspices of the International Institute of Philosophy with the aid of UNESCO. The founding editors were Gilbert Varet (Centre de Documentation Philosophique – Université de Besançon), and Paul Kurtz (State University of New York at Buffalo). The first edition was also known as the Repertoire international de la philosophie et des philosophes. It has been published by the Philosophy Documentation Center since 1972 and is now in its 21st edition (2019–2020).
The data collection and editorial procedures established for publication of these print directories were adapted by Philosophy Documentation Center to support the production of the online International Directory of Philosophy.
See also
List of academic databases and search engines
Notes
External links
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Philosophical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Antenna%20TV%20affiliates | The following is a listing of affiliates for Antenna TV, a classic television network, which was launched on January 1, 2011. This is a listing of Antenna TV's confirmed affiliates, arranged by U.S. state. There are links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their local programming, hosts and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies. In most markets, Antenna TV operates on a digital subchannel of the main station listed.
Stations that are BOLD are Antenna TV Owned and Operated.
Current affiliates
References
External links
Official list of Antenna TV affiliates
Antenna TV |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMD%20%28disambiguation%29 | KMD (Kausing Much Damage) is a hip hop trio.
KMD may also refer to:
KMD (company), formerly Kommunedata
KMD Brands, New Zealand based retailer
Kirchenmusikdirektor, director of church music
See also |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz%20Jankowski | Janusz Jankowski is a doctor, educationalist and scientist of Scottish Polish origin He is an expert in Social and Healthcare Policy, Academic Management and Global Research and Education Networks He was formerly in previous senior management roles including Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Vice Dean Research and the Sir James Black Professorship.
Education and qualifications
Jankowski was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow a state co-educational school. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Baccalaureate in Medicine and Surgery (1983), the University of Dundee for a Doctorate of Medicine in Molecular Medicine (1996), a Doctorate of Philosophy in Molecular Genetics at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Imperial College at the University of London (1996) and at the University of Oxford gaining a Masters in Epidemiology and Clinical Trials (2009).
Career
Jankowski has held Professorships at the University of Birmingham, University of Leicester Queen Mary University of London and has been a Visiting Professor and then the Sir James Black Senior Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has been the Associate Dean for Research at the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and then as Pro Vice Chancellor Research, University of Central Lancashire and briefly on a part-time basis as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at RCSI. He was also Consultant Gastroenterologist and Lead Mentor at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. Over 20 years he has raised £120m+ in funds.
Jankowski had a senior management contribution to the Research Excellence Framework 2014 as the Clinical Medicine (UoA1) Lead for the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD).
Clinician and teacher
Jankowski is an expert in reflux esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, acute medicine and clinical trials as well as in cancer prevention and health promotion. As a clinician, Jankowski has created centres of excellence in medicine including the Digestive Disease Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester 2002–2012. He also set up Scotland's endoscopic surveillance service for Barrett's esophagus (ESBE) between 1988 and 1991 at Ninewells Hospital of Dundee
Jankowski has published independent guidance for the National Health Service (NHS) and other international organisations using the Delphi systematic review platforms.
Jankowski was an editor of text books in gastroenterology and gastrointestinal cancer.
Research and publications
Jankowski's group have undertaken several studies including the isolation of label retaining cells (putative stem cells) in the oesophagus, identification of the genomic factors associated with the premalignant condition Barrett's oesophagus. Jankowski has studied the use of aspirin and proton pump inhibitors in one of the largest randomized clinical trials to prevent cancer. Jankowski is a hi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLDesigner | MLDesigner is an integrated modeling and simulation tool for the design and analysis of complex embedded and networked systems. MLDesigner speeds up modeling, simulation and analysis of discrete event, discrete time and continuous time systems concerning architecture, function and performance. The tools is based on ideas of the "Ptolemy Project", done at the University if California Berkeley. MLDesigner is developed by MLDesign Technologies Inc. Palo Alto, CA, USA in collaboration with Mission Level Design GmbH, Ilmenau, Germany.
Concept
System models are composed in a graphical editor. These hierarchically structured block diagrams are stored in MML (Model Markup Language), a dialect of XML. Models may therefore also be generated automatically by XML-transformations from other XML based models descriptions e.g. UML (via XML Model Interchance, XMI), BoNES, Cossap or OPD/OPM (Object Process Diagram/Modeling) models. Executable models (systems) are composed of modules and primitives, which are connected via typed in- and out-put ports and/or attributes (parameters, resources, memories, events). Modules can be composed of other modules and/or primitives. Primitives are the smallest units in MLDesigner models. The behaviour of primitives is either coded in ANSI C/C++ or modeled using Finite State Machines (FSM) and/or may exchange information with other simulators, internet based systems or hardware. All modules and primitives of a simulation model may be dynamically instantiated (dynamic instance support), enabling simulation with dynamically changing architectures and architectural optimization. MLDesigner comes with more than 2000 library elements. For system modeling therefore the development of new primitives is generally not required.
Operation
Simulations in MLDesigner are based on specific, matter depending models of computation (MOC), called domains. The type of domain determines how and in which order the exchange of data structures between the model elements is done. Included are discrete time synchronous (SDF) and dynamic (DDF) data flow, continuous time and discrete event domains. The MLDesigner kernel automatically synchronizes model elements created in different domains within a single system. Therefore MLDesigner supports the modeling and simulation of time discrete, time continuous and event discrete systems.
Domains
The Multi-Domain-Simulator MLDesigner supports among others the following domains:
SDF-Domain (Synchronous Data Flow)
The SDF domain is a data driven, statically scheduled domain in MLDesigner. It is used to model time discrete systems, as for example digital signal processing, general or special purpose processors. In this domain model elements exchange synchronously a fixed quantity of data elements, so called particles. "Statically scheduled" means that the firing order of the primitives is determined once during the start up phase on the basis of fixed generating and consuming rates of the data elements. Within |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20biological%20databases | Biological databases are stores of biological information. The journal Nucleic Acids Research regularly publishes special issues on biological databases and has a list of such databases. The 2018 issue has a list of about 180 such databases and updates to previously described databases. Omics Discovery Index can be used to browse and search several biological databases. Furthermore, the NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) enables searching across databases.
Meta databases
Meta databases are databases of databases that collect data about data to generate new data. They are capable of merging information from different sources and making it available in a new and more convenient form, or with an emphasis on a particular disease or organism.[metadatabase is a database model for metadata management, global query of independent database, and distributed data processing. The word metadatabase is an addition to the dictionary]. originally, metadata was only common term referring simply to data about data such a tags, keywords, and markup headers.
ConsensusPathDB: a molecular functional interaction database, integrating information from 12 others
Entrez (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Neuroscience Information Framework (University of California, San Diego): integrates hundreds of neuroscience relevant resources; many are listed below
Model organism databases
Model organism databases provide in-depth biological data for intensively studied organisms.
PomBase: the knowledgebase for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
SubtiWiki: integrated database for the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Nucleic acid databases
DNA databases
The primary databases make up the International Nucleotide Sequence Database (INSD). The include:
DNA Data Bank of Japan (National Institute of Genetics)
EMBL (European Bioinformatics Institute)
GenBank (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
DDBJ (Japan), GenBank (USA) and European Nucleotide Archive (Europe) are repositories for nucleotide sequence data from all organisms. All three accept nucleotide sequence submissions, and then exchange new and updated data on a daily basis to achieve optimal synchronisation between them. These three databases are primary databases, as they house original sequence data. They collaborate with Sequence Read Archive (SRA), which archives raw reads from high-throughput sequencing instruments.
Secondary databases are:
23andMe's database
HapMap
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man): inherited diseases
RefSeq
1000 Genomes Project: launched in January 2008. The genomes of more than a thousand anonymous participants from a number of different ethnic groups were analyzed and made publicly available.
EggNOG Database: a hierarchical, functionally and phylogenetically annotated orthology resource based on 5090 organisms and 2502 viruses. It provides multiple sequence a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebiquity | Ebiquity is an independent marketing and media consultancy.
History
Sarah-Jane and Steve Thomson founded Thomson Intermedia in 1997, building a comprehensive database of advertising creative executions and advertising spend in the UK. The media monitoring and analytics business was floated on AIM (the Alternative Investment Market) in 2000.
In 2005, Thomson Intermedia acquired Billetts – a media and marketing performance consultancy and auditing business, founded more than a decade earlier by John Billett and Andy Pearch – for £13m. The acquisition enabled Thomsons to enhance its advertising intelligence database with the actual cost paid for media, not just rate card values.
In 2007, the Thomsons appointed Mike Greenlees (founder of creative agency Gold Greenlees Trott) and Nick Manning (founder of media agency Manning Gottlieb) as joint chief executives, stepping back from day-to-day management. The appointment led the company to grow rapidly by acquisition, expanding into both new services and new territories over the next eight years.
The holding company rebranded from Thomson Intermedia to Ebiquity in 2008. Xtreme Information Services, a global advertising and media intelligence business, was acquired in 2010, and in February 2011, all 18 Billets and Xtreme trading offices around the world became Ebiquity. In May 2011, Ebiquity acquired Echo Research, a news and social media analytics and reputation research business, followed by global media consultancy Fairbrother Lenz Eley in March 2012. Subsequent acquisitions included:
FirmDecisions the world’s leading media contract compliance business (2012)
Stratigent, a multi-channel analytics business in the U.S. (2013)
China Media Consulting Group (2014)
Oh his retirement in January 2016, Greenlees was replaced as Group CEO by Michael Karg, who joined after 15 years at Publicis Groupe agencies Razorfish and Digitas. Karg’s appointment marked a change in direction for Ebiquity, with the company positioning itself as “the left-brain advisor to the CMO”, independent of the media supply chain, and offering more strategic consultancy services. In addition to media efficiency through its Media practice, Ebiquity focused more heavily on marketing effectiveness.
This change of strategic direction manifested itself in both the parts of the business Ebiquity sold on as well as a smaller number of targeted acquisitions.
In February 2018, Ebiquity announced it planned to sell its advertising intelligence business, a merger of the founding Thomson Intermedia business and the acquired Xtreme Information Services. The disposal was subject to a full, two-phase investigation by the U.K. Competition & Markets Authority – Phase 1 to a Statutory Timetable, Phase 2 to an Administrative Timetable – which approved the sale of the business to Nielsen for £26m in November 2019. Ebiquity was reported at the time as saying the deal would enable it to accelerate “its ambition of becoming the world's leading indepen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent%20Overhead%20Byte%20Stuffing | Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing (COBS) is an algorithm for encoding data bytes that results in efficient, reliable, unambiguous packet framing regardless of packet content, thus making it easy for receiving applications to recover from malformed packets. It employs a particular byte value, typically zero, to serve as a packet delimiter (a special value that indicates the boundary between packets). When zero is used as a delimiter, the algorithm replaces each zero data byte with a non-zero value so that no zero data bytes will appear in the packet and thus be misinterpreted as packet boundaries.
Byte stuffing is a process that transforms a sequence of data bytes that may contain 'illegal' or 'reserved' values (such as packet delimiter) into a potentially longer sequence that contains no occurrences of those values. The extra length of the transformed sequence is typically referred to as the overhead of the algorithm. HDLC framing is a well-known example, used particularly in PPP (see RFC 1662 § 4.2). Although HDLC framing has an overhead of <1% in the average case, it suffers from a very poor worst-case overhead of 100%; for inputs that consist entirely of bytes that require escaping, HDLC byte stuffing will double the size of the input.
The COBS algorithm, on the other hand, tightly bounds the worst-case overhead. COBS requires a minimum of 1 byte overhead, and a maximum of bytes for n data bytes (one byte in 254, rounded up). Consequently, the time to transmit the encoded byte sequence is highly predictable, which makes COBS useful for real-time applications in which jitter may be problematic. The algorithm is computationally inexpensive, and in addition to its desirable worst-case overhead, its average overhead is also low compared to other unambiguous framing algorithms like HDLC.
COBS does, however, require up to 254 bytes of lookahead. Before transmitting its first byte, it needs to know the position of the first zero byte (if any) in the following 254 bytes.
A 1999 Internet Draft proposed to standardize COBS as an alternative for HDLC framing in PPP, due to the aforementioned poor worst-case overhead of HDLC framing.
Packet framing and stuffing
When packetized data is sent over any serial medium, some protocol is required to demarcate packet boundaries. This is done by using a framing marker, a special bit-sequence or character value that indicates where the boundaries between packets fall. Data stuffing is the process that transforms the packet data before transmission to eliminate all occurrences of the framing marker, so that when the receiver detects a marker, it can be certain that the marker indicates a boundary between packets.
COBS transforms an arbitrary string of bytes in the range [0,255] into bytes in the range [1,255]. Having eliminated all zero bytes from the data, a zero byte can now be used to unambiguously mark the end of the transformed data. This is done by appending a zero byte to the transformed data, thus for |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20grids%20in%20Austria | Although there is no standard global definition, the European Technology Platform SmartGrids defines smart grids as electricity networks that can intelligently integrate the behaviour and actions of all users connected to it – generators, consumers and those that do both – in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies.
The situation in Austria
The Austrian E-Control lists following requirements a smart grid must meet:
Available in sufficient amounts;
Secure and of good quality;
Affordable;
Environmentally friendly;
Socially acceptable.
There are currently around 100,000 smart meters installed in Austria. Those are spread among six pioneer regions which function as independent projects and serve with findings in various aspects concerning the implementation of Smart Grids on a broad basis.
The challenges yet to overcome for the installation on a nationwide level are the technical requirements, the compatibility, the gap between norms for Power Line Carrier on their last mile, data privacy and a more flexible law on gauging and measuring.
Producing hydroenergy on a small (private) basis does have a tradition in Austria. With Smart Grids making use of that, this branch is bound to become a lot more interesting and valuable for the society, in the future.
Benefits and goals
It is the task of the Network Operators to optimise usage of the net infrastructure. This can be achieved by improving communication between energy customer, provider and storage facilities.
Benefits for the customer: First and foremost, it should guarantee a reliable energy supply in Austria. Another main goal is, to enhance possibilities of including small energy suppliers into the energy network. (decentralised energy production) This should enhance quality and lower costs.
Successful roll-out of smart grids technologies would bring many benefits, including:
High level of security and quality of supply;
Efficient use of resources leading to cost savings for consumers;
Transparent and non-discriminatory grid connection and access for all system users;
Maximisation of the cross-border transmission capacity available to the European electricity market;
Coordinated planning and development of national and European network infrastructure;
Reduction of emissions and increased efficiency through optimum integration of distributed renewable generation.
Research and political measures
In Austria, there is targeted research on Smart Grids since 2003. Since 2008 the National Technology Platform Smart Grids Austria (SGA) was formed by Stakeholders of the national energy sector (Innovative Grid Operators, Researchers, Industry, Suppliers, Consumers).
The SGA since then came up
The Austrian Klimafonds has a Budget of €500 Mio that are used for projects to reduce emissions, enhance energy efficiency, conduct R&D on renewables and investments into making new technologies available for economic use.
The "realisation of innovative n |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Roscoe | John Roscoe (1861–1932) was an Anglican missionary to East Africa. He conducted anthropological data collection of the Africans he encountered on mission.
Roscoe was born in 1861, during the height of the Victorian era. Roscoe's career heavily echoed the Victorian notion of improving natives under British rule. He studied civil engineering before joining the Anglican Church Missionary Society. In 1884, on mission, he travelled to what became the Uganda Protectorate, and lived there among several African tribes until 1909. From his experiences in Africa, Roscoe wrote Twenty-Five Years in East Africa, which was published in 1921. He intended the book to be an anthropological reference for Britons.
The trajectory of Roscoe’s career seems to mimic that of David Livingstone, and indeed, Livingstone was a prominent influence on Roscoe. Though Roscoe’s attitude toward Africa’s salvation was more pragmatic and less fervent than that of Livingstone, reflective of his later imperial era in which the British had already established their presence in Africa, he recognized Livingstone’s contributions to British endeavours on the continent. He directly cited Livingstone’s “excellent work in exposing [slavery],” and references and expands upon Livingstone’s ideas of how to best approach the continent. Like Livingstone, Roscoe believed that Christianity would benefit the Africans, and like Livingstone, Roscoe also believed that the scientific study of Africa was necessary.
References
1861 births
1932 deaths
English Anglican missionaries
English anthropologists
Anglican missionaries in Uganda
Uganda Protectorate people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20B.%20Lippman | Stanley B. Lippman (7 May 1950 – 31 July 2022) was a computer scientist and author. He is most widely known as an author of the C++ Primer book, which is currently published as 5th edition. Lippman has also authored the book Inside the C++ Object Model. He worked with Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories during early stages of C++ development. In 2001, Lippman became an architect for Visual C++. In 2007, he joined Emergent Game Technologies. He then worked for NASA, Pixar and at the time of his death was working at 2kQubits according to his LinkedIn page.
Books
References
American computer scientists
American technology writers
1950 births
2022 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-trials%20technique | The multi-trials technique by Schneider et al. is employed for distributed algorithms and allows breaking of symmetry efficiently. Symmetry breaking is necessary, for instance, in resource allocation problems, where many entities want to access the same resource concurrently. Many message passing algorithms typically employ one attempt to break symmetry per message exchange. The multi-trials technique transcends this approach through employing more attempts with every message exchange.
For example, in a simple algorithm for computing an O(Δ) vertex coloring, where Δ denotes the maximum degree in the graph, every uncolored node randomly picks an available color and keeps it if no neighbor (concurrently) chooses the same color. For the multi-trials technique, a node gradually increases the number of chosen colors in every communication round. The technique can yield more than an exponential reduction in the required communication rounds. However, if the maximum degree Δ is small more efficient techniques exist, e.g. the (extended) coin-tossing technique by Richard Cole and Uzi Vishkin.
Notes
References
Graph theory
Graph coloring
Computational problems in graph theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformative%20Innovation%20for%20Development%20and%20Emergency%20Support | The STAR-TIDES project (Sustainable Technologies, Accelerated Research - Transformative Innovation for Development and Emergency Support) is a global knowledge-sharing research network coordinated at the George Mason University (GMU). It is derived from a research project called TIDES which was originally a research effort for the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University (NDU)--part of the Department of Defense. The STAR-TIDES project promotes sustainable support to stressed populations – post-war, post-disaster, or impoverished, in foreign or domestic contexts, for short-term or long-term (multi-year) operations. The project provides reach-back “knowledge on demand” to decision-makers and those working in the field. It uses public-private partnerships and “whole-of-government” approaches to encourage unity of action among diverse organizations where there is no unity of command, and facilitates both inter-agency and international engagement.
Strategy
TIDES has three main goals, to:
Leverage global network
Promote integrated approaches
Sustain through private sector
STAR-TIDES analyses begin with scenarios chosen by stakeholders. These include:
Stabilization & Reconstruction in Afghanistan
Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/ DR) in tropical regions
Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) in the US and
Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) in Latin America and Africa.
Better collaboration and shared situational awareness among disparate stakeholders in these, and other, environments could improve readiness for, and responses to, disasters, instabilities, insurgencies, and food crises. Exercises, training and education are key to institutionalizing lessons learned, and historically events like the Strong Angel series of demonstrations have served as early sources of such lessons. Links are being forged among the Defense Department (DoD), U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other US government agencies, International Organizations, NGOs, Private Volunteer Organizations (PVOs), the business community and academia.
In lieu of the deployable, expensive systems that DoD often brings to these contingencies, STAR-TIDES focuses on seven infrastructures: shelter, water, power, integrated combustion and solar cooking, cooling/lighting/heating, sanitation and information & communications technologies (ICT). Solutions need to be sustainable by local populations with the resources they're likely to have available, and all information will be made available in the public domain via this website.
Once examples of low cost infrastructures are identified, “cross-cutting” solution sets (mixes of shel-ter, water, power, etc.) can be tailored to the needs of the local coalitions of business, government and civil society—those who will have to implement and sustain them on the ground. Not all solutions suit all scenarios—building partner nation capacity to stabilize southern ar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20bus%20matrix | The enterprise bus matrix is a data warehouse planning tool and model created by Ralph Kimball, and is part of the data warehouse bus architecture. The matrix is the logical definition of one of the core concepts of Kimball’s approach to dimensional modeling conformed dimension.
The bus matrix defines part of the data warehouse bus architecture and is an output of the business requirements phase in the Kimball lifecycle. It is applied in the following phases of dimensional modeling and development of the data warehouse. The matrix can be categorized as a hybrid model, being part technical design tool, part project management tool and part communication tool
Background
The need for an enterprise bus matrix stems from the way one goes about creating the overall data warehouse environment. Historically there have been two approaches: a structured, centralized and planned approach and a more loosely defined, department specific approach, in which solutions are developed in a more independent matter. Autonomous projects can result in a range of isolated stove pipe data marts. Naturally each approach has its issues; the visionary approach often struggles with long delivery cycles and lack of reaction time as needs emerge and scope issues arise. On the other hand, the development of isolated data marts leads to stovepipe systems that lack synergy in development. Over time this approach will lead to a so-called data-mart-in-a-box architecture where interoperability and lack of cohesion is apparent, and can hinder the realization of an overall enterprise data warehouse. As an attempt to handle this issue, Ralph Kimball introduced the enterprise bus.
Description
The bus matrix purpose is one of high abstraction and visionary planning on the data warehouse architectural level. By dictating coherency in the development and implementation of an overall data warehouse the bus architecture approach enables an overall vision of the broader enterprise integration and consistency while at the same time dividing the problem into more manageable parts – all in a technology and software independent manner.
The bus matrix and architecture builds upon the concept of conformed dimensions, creating a structure of common dimensions that ideally can be used across the enterprise by all business processes related to the data warehouse and the corresponding fact tables from which they derive their context. According to Kimball and Margy Ross's article “Differences of Opinion” "The Enterprise Data warehouse built on the bus architecture ”identifies and enforces the relationship between business process metrics (facts) and descriptive attributes (dimensions)”.
The concept of a bus is well known in the language of information technology, and is what reflects the conformed dimension concept in the data warehouse, creating the skeletal structure where all parts of a system connect, ensuring interoperability and consistency of data, and at the same time considers future expan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus%E2%80%93Beck%20algorithm | In computer graphics, the Cyrus–Beck algorithm is a generalized algorithm for line clipping. It was designed to be more efficient than the Cohen–Sutherland algorithm, which uses repetitive clipping. Cyrus–Beck is a general algorithm and can be used with a convex polygon clipping window, unlike Cohen-Sutherland, which can be used only on a rectangular clipping area.
Here the parametric equation of a line in the view plane is
where .
Now to find the intersection point with the clipping window, we calculate the value of the dot product. Let be a point on the clipping plane .
Calculate :
if < 0, vector pointed towards interior;
if = 0, vector pointed parallel to plane containing ;
if > 0, vector pointed away from interior.
Here stands for normal of the current clipping plane (pointed away from interior).
By this we select the point of intersection of line and clipping window where (dot product is 0) and hence clip the line.
Notes
See also
Algorithms used for the same purpose:
Cohen–Sutherland algorithm
Liang–Barsky algorithm
Nicholl–Lee–Nicholl algorithm
Fast clipping
References in other media:
Tron: Uprising
References
Mike Cyrus, Jay Beck. "Generalized two- and three-dimensional clipping". Computers & Graphics, 1978: 23–28.
James D. Foley. Computer graphics: principles and practice. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996. p. 117.
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20101203041134/http://cs1.bradley.edu/public/jcm/cs535CyrusBeck.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110725233122/http://softsurfer.com/Archive/algorithm_0111/algorithm_0111.htm
Line clipping algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi%20Kade | Kopi Kade (Coffee Shop) (Sinhala:කෝපි කඩේ) is a popular Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series broadcast on the Independent Television Network. One of Sri Lanka's iconic television series in history, Kopi Kade remains the most popular program at its time-slot according to Survey Research Lanka. The 1500th uninterrupted weekly episode was broadcast on January 17, 2017. It was telecasted on Sundays for a brief period, where the drama was starts back to telecast on every Wednesday which was later telecast on every Friday at 9.00 p.m.
Plot
ITN director Thevis Guruge developed the program as a platform to discuss social issues and convey them to the general public. The series would revolve around a village "kopi kade," because small shops that serve coffee, food and groceries generally serve as the center of town life. Women frequent such establishments to obtain the groceries they need, and men join to play games like draughts while discussing matters of interest.
Cast and characters
Current
Rathna Sumanapala as Kopi Kade Hamine
Rodney Fraser as Gajan
K.D. Siripala as Dingi Mahaththaya
Geetha Bulathsinghala as Geetha Naga
Upasena Subasinghe as Pala
Jayarathna Rupasinghe as Sirisena
Saman Gunawardena as Banda
Sena Gunawardana as Kiri Hoda
Upali Silva as Sugathan
Wasantha Kumarasiri as Sunimal
Kapila Sigera as Shelton Mahattaya
Ariyasena Handuwela as Village Officer
Niluka Rekhani as Kamala
Udeni Chandrasiri as Kapu Mahaththaya
Kumudini Sewwandi as Yasa Naga
Boniface Jayasantha as Poottuwa
Eddie Amarasinghe as Piyum Mahathaya
Awantha Somasiri as Jason
Udaya Kumari Ranasingha as Poli Siriya
Retired
Kumara Siriwardena as Nimal
Susila Kottage as Dayawathi
Nanda Wilegoda as Alis
Damayantha Perera as Suwanda
Rahal Bulathsinghala as Podi Mahaththaya
Ganga Nadee Withana as Tikiri Naga
Saranapala Jayasuriya as Kade Mudalali
Kumari Perera as Kade Hamine's daughter
Dilip Rohana ("Sudhaa" of "La Hiru Dahasak" teledrama) as Kade Hamine's son
Victor Fernando as Loku Hamuduruvo Chief Monk at the Village Temple
Pathma Perera as Kopi Kade Polee Siriya
Jerad Moraes as Kopi Kade Suda
K A Piyakaru as Gurun gurun
Thilak kumara rathnayaka (somadasa)
Princy fernando ( violet)
Deceased
Denawaka Hamine as Loku Hamine
Martin Gunadasa as Poli Mudalali
Chandrasiri Kodithuwakku as Abilin Maama
Susila Kuragama as Ensina
Damitha Saluwadana as Asilin
Premadasa Vithanage as Minee Petti Mudalali (Town's Undertaker)
Lal Senadheera as Annasiwatte Rathnapala (Rathne Lamaya)
Ranjith Amarasekara as Iskole Mahaththaya
Raja Sumanapala as Ali Jamis
Devi Sakunthala as Suwanda's Mother - Angu Hami
Wimal Wickramarachchi as Samel Appu
Thusith Pathiraja as Monk at temple
Kusum Kondegama as Sirisena's mother
Sunil Hettiarachchi as Giran
Elson Divithurugama as Lee Mudalali
Nanasiri Kaluarachchi as Kaluwa
Chitra Wakishta as Somi Nona
Wimaladharma Vitharana as Weda mahaththaya
Srilal Abeykoon as Appuwa
Production
Andrew Jayamanna w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetVault%20Backup | NetVault is a set of data protection software developed and supported by Quest Software. NetVault Backup is a backup and recovery software product. It can be used to protect data and software applications in physical and virtual environments from one central management interface. It supports many servers, application platforms, and protocols such as UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows, VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, NDMP, Oracle ACSLS, IBM DAS/ACI, Microsoft Exchange Server, DB2, and Teradata.
Quest Software offers data deduplication, and protection for NAS filers (NDMP).
Offerings/Features/Usage
NetVault Backup is based on a client-server architecture. A central NetVault Backup Server provides the job management, media management, device management, client management, reporting, notifications, and logging functions. The NetVault Backup Server maintains a history of backups in the NetVault Backup database enabling users to identify the object(s) they want to restore. NetVault Clients are “agents” that work with the NetVault Backup Server to back up and recover the respective servers, applications, and data. The client software is installed on each machine to be protected. The NetVault WebUI enables centralized administration of a NetVault Backup Server from any browser.
NetVault supports tape drives, tape libraries, and other backup devices attached to the central server itself, or to a protected machine located anywhere on the network enabling LAN-free backups. Additionally, devices can be controlled through NDMP if they are attached to a supported filer.
The NetVault Backup Server (the master backup server) can be deployed on Microsoft Windows or Linux.
Platform and application support
NetVault Backup can protect Windows Server, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, Hyper-V, and VMware. It also can back up a variety of applications and NAS devices (NDMP) using so-called Plug-ins. The list includes Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, IBM Db2, Sybase, and others.
Components
There are three options within the NetVault suite, enabling backup and recovery to disk or tape, bare metal recovery (BMR), and data deduplication:
NetVault Backup is a cross-platform backup and recovery software product. It can be used to back up and recover data and applications in physical and virtual environments from one central management interface. eWEEK wrote that NetVault's broad platform support is its “primary strength.” For example, NetVault has been ported to Mac OS X. “This makes it a good choice for IT managers who want to back up their data to Apple servers.”
NetVault SmartDisk Data Deduplication offers disk-based backup, data compression, and data deduplication to reduce the backend storage footprint. It uses byte-level, variable block-based software deduplication and is hardware-agnostic, so no specialized drives or appliances are needed.
NetVault Bare Metal Recovery enables users to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20processing%20of%20body%20language | The normal way that a computer functions manually is through a person that controls the computer. An individual generates computer actions with the use of either a computer mouse or keyboard. However the latest technology and computer innovation might allow a computer to not only detect body language but also respond to it. Modern devices are being experimented with, that may potentially allow that computer related device to respond to and understand an individual's hand gesture, specific movement or facial expression.
In relation to computers and body language, research is being done with the use of mathematics in order to teach computers to interpret human movements, hand gestures and even facial expressions. This is different from the normal way people generally communicate with computers for example with the click of the mouse, keyboard, or any physical contact in general between the user and the computer.
MIAUCE and Chaabane Djeraba
This type of research is being done by a group of European researchers and other scientists as well. There is also a project called MIAUCE (Multimodal interactions analysis and exploration of users within a Controlled Environment). This project has scientists working on making this sort of new advance in computer technology a reality. Chaabane Djeraba, the project coordinator stated "The motivation of the project is to put humans in the loop of interaction between the computer and their environment."
Researchers and scientists are trying to use their innovation and ideas in a way that can help them apply these modern technological devices to the daily needs of businesses and places people visit such as the mall or an airport. The project coordinator of MIAUCE stated "We would like to have a form of ambient intelligence where computers are completely hidden…this means a multimodal interface so people can interact with their environment. The computer sees their behavior and then extracts information useful for the user." This specific research group has developed a couple of different real life models of computer technology that will use body language as a means of communication and way to function.
See also
Emotion recognition
Facial recognition system
Facial Action Coding System
Machine translation of sign languages
3D pose estimation
References
Moursund, David. Brief Introduction to Educational Implications of Artificial Intelligence. Oregon: Dave Moursund, 2006. Print.
Braffort, Annelies. Gesture-based Communication in Human-computer Interaction: International Gesture Workshop, GW '99, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, March 17–19, 1999 : Proceedings. Berlin: Springer, 1999. Print.
Fred, Ina. "Gates: Natal to Bring Gesture Recognition to Windows Too." Cnetnews 14 July 2009: 1. http://news.cnet.com. Ina Fred, 14 July 2009. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10286309-56.html>.
Hansen, Evan. "Building a Better Computer Mouse." CNET News. CNET, 2 Oct. 2002. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. <http://news.cnet. |
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