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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Theater%20Network | Home Theater Network (HTN) was an American premium cable television network that was owned by Group W Satellite Communications. Targeted at a family audience, the channel focused primarily on theatrically released motion pictures, along with travel interstitials that aired between select films.
History
Home Theater Network launched on September 1, 1978. Originally owned by Diversified Communications, the service was later sold off a majority share to Westinghouse Broadcasting in 1980. The service operated initially for four hours a day, and later expanded its schedule to 12 hours a day; HTN was notable for airing non-exclusive G and PG-rated films (prior to 1984, when the PG-13 rating was first introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America). The channel boasted a policy of not running R-rated feature films (predating the launch of family-oriented multiplex services by HBO and Showtime that also omitted R-rated films from their schedules), and marketed itself as a lower-priced alternative to HBO, Cinemax, Showtime (which Group W later owned in part, making HTN a de facto sister network to Showtime from 1982, when it acquired TelePrompTer Corporation, to 1983) and The Movie Channel.
Prior to The Disney Channel's April 1983 launch, Walt Disney Pictures licensed select live-action films to many premium cable networks (including HBO, Showtime and Spotlight); as a result, HTN featured Disney fare such as Freaky Friday, Snowball Express, Pete's Dragon, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and The North Avenue Irregulars. Other films that HTN featured included Xanadu and The Private Eyes. In addition, the channel showcased travel-related programming as filler between films, billing these segments as "The Travel Channel".
In 1981, the service was expanded with the launch of HTN Plus, which was due to air four feature films daily in order to make up for the 12-hour expansion of the service.
From 1984 to 1985, Home Theater Network aired a live 90-minute call-in trivia program called Movie Talk America, in a Thursday primetime timeslot that was typically used to broadcast feature films. Hosted by Earle Ziff, the popular program would feature live calls from viewers as they competed for various prizes, as well as celebrity interviews and promotions for upcoming programs to be seen on HTN.
In October 1986, Group W Satellite Communications announced that it would shut down the network, citing a lack of subscriber growth despite a positive cash flow. Home Theater Network shut down on January 31, 1987, and Group W sold the transponder slot on Satcom 3-R and the "Travel Channel" name to Trans World Airlines to launch the present-day basic cable channel, now known as the Travel Channel.
See also
HBO
Cinemax
Showtime
The Movie Channel
Spotlight
References
Defunct television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 1978
Television channels and stations disestablished in 1987
1978 establishments in Maine
1987 disestablis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon%20%28Philippine%20TV%20channel%29 | Nickelodeon is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched on April 1, 2011, as a localised variant of American channel Nickelodeon, with programming aimed at children and teenagers. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA in partnership with All Youth Channels. Upon its launch, it replaced the Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon in the Philippines, which used to be distributed in the country since its launch in 1998.
On October 11, 2006, Viacom's then subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage Nickelodeon's southeast Asia operations. On April 1, 2011, MTV Networks launched a dedicated Filipino Nickelodeon channel.
History
Background
An hour-long Nickelodeon television program premiered on People's Television Network in the Philippines on April 10, 1989; it featured the segment Mr. Wizard's World, among others.
1998–2011: As part of Nickelodeon Southeast Asia
In October 1998, Nickelodeon decided to reach the popular channel to the Philippines, Japan and Russia as an attempt to bring the popular channel to Asia. One of their shorts were Right Here, Right Now (based on the 1993 Nick USA shorts) and their ID's were by FRONT. In 2003, it became a part of Nicksplat (Nickelodeon's headquarters in Asia).
On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia) TV based in Singapore. Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Polynesia. Nickelodeon Philippines, Nickelodeon Pakistan, and Nickelodeon India started working independently. They started their new website in 2003.
On March 15, 2010, Nickelodeon revamped their logo same as the United States and worldwide and started broadcasting newer Nickelodeon shows from the United States that represents the new Nickelodeon logo and airs latest episodes of current Nick shows.
2011–present: Nickelodeon Philippines
On April 1, 2011, the Nickelodeon Asia feed was replaced with a dedicated Filipino Nickelodeon channel, although it will still use the Nick-Asia branding used in other countries. On April 11, 2011, the lineup was changed prior to Nickelodeon Southeast Asia. The new schedule will put live-action programs in the primetime slot and will double the Nick Jr. block.
Nickelodeon celebrated the release of the new channel on April 9, 2011, on the Bonifacio Global City, Open Field, Taguig City with the event entitled, "Nick World". The event included mascots of notable Nicktoon characters with storytelling, an animals show, martial arts performances and a world of exciting attractions, booths, and modules for kids.
Starting on May 23, 2011, the lineup of Nickelodeon will once again change where they will cease airing the Nick Jr. block in the afternoon timeslot and will be replaced by live-action shows and miscellaneous NickToons programs. This lineup will double the TeenNick block which only runs in the evening and other animated shows that only ai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa%20World%20Year%20Book | The Europa World Year Book provides detailed country surveys containing analytical, statistical and directory data available for over 250 countries and territories.
Volume I contains a listing of more than 2,000 international organizations such as the United Nations and its agencies, the European Union, the International Criminal Court and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and provides coverage of countries arranged alphabetically from Afghanistan to Equatorial Guinea.
Volume II covers countries from Eritrea to Nicaragua.
Volume III covers countries from Niger to Zimbabwe and includes an index of territories.
Each country is covered by an individual chapter containing:
A unique introductory survey covering contemporary political history; economic affairs; constitution and government; regional and international co-operation; and public holidays
A statistical survey using the latest available figures on demographics; labour force; health and welfare; agriculture; forestry; fishing; mining; industry; currency and exchange rates; government finance; international reserves and the monetary sector; cost of living; national accounts; balance of payments; external trade; railways; roads; shipping; civil aviation; tourism; media and telecommunications; and education
A directory section listing names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and internet addresses, plus other useful facts about organizations from the fields of government; election commissions; political organizations; diplomatic representation; judicial system; religions; the press; publishers; broadcasting and communications; banking; insurance; trade and industry; development organizations; chambers of commerce; industrial and trade associations; utilities; trade unions; transport; tourism; defence; and education.
Related regional publications
All is also available in nine regional surveys:
Africa South of the Sahara;
Central and South-Eastern Europe;
Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia;
The Far East and Australasia;
The Middle East and North Africa;
South America, Central America and the Caribbean;
South Asia;
The USA and Canada;
Western Europe.
See also
Almanacs issued by other publishers:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
The CIA World Factbook
Whitaker's Almanack
The New York Times Almanac
Der Fischer Weltalmanach
Time Almanac with Information Please
External links
Almanacs
Routledge books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Modular%20Architecture%20Research%20Tool | Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool (SMART) is a biological database that is used in the identification and analysis of protein domains within protein sequences. SMART uses profile-hidden Markov models built from multiple sequence alignments to detect protein domains in protein sequences. The most recent release of SMART contains 1,204 domain models. Data from SMART was used in creating the Conserved Domain Database collection and is also distributed as part of the InterPro database. The database is hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg.
References
External links
SMART web site
Protein structure
Protein classification
Biological databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Comprehensive%20Computer%20Data%20Access%20and%20Fraud%20Act | The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code.
According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the purposes is as follows:
The Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (Penal Code Section 502) affords protection to individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies from tampering, interference, damage, and unauthorized access to lawfully created computer data and computer systems. It allows for civil action against any person convicted of violating the criminal provisions for compensatory damages.
Penalties Under the CCCDAFA:
According to the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, violations of the law are subject to criminal penalties. For violating some of the more major premises of the Act, the punishment can be up to a $10,000 fine and a 3-year prison term.
Notable cases:
'People v. Hawkins' (2002)
Hawkins had source code from his previous employer on his home machine.
'Facebook v. ConnectU', LLC, (2007)
ConnectU gathered Facebook data using bots
Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.
Power Ventures scraped data from Facebook
Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10 (2007)
Various people, including some associated with Istra Holdings, scraped Facebook for data.
SCEA v. George Hotz et al. (2011)
Jailbreaking of the PlayStation 3 by George Hotz & associates of fail0verflow
See also
Illegal number
John Doe
Mens rea
Terms of service
External links
Text of code, at Findlaw
References
Comprehensive Computer Data Access And Fraud Act
Fraud legislation
Fraud in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20Control%20Manager | Service Control Manager (SCM) is a special system process under the Windows NT family of operating systems, which starts, stops and interacts with Windows service processes. It is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32\services.exe executable. Service processes interact with SCM through a well-defined API, and the same API is used internally by the interactive Windows service management tools such as the MMC snap-in Services.msc and the command-line Service Control utility sc.exe. Terminating this file is used as a method of causing the Blue Screen of Death.
Implementation
The SCM executable, Services.exe, runs as a Windows console program and is launched by the Wininit process early during the system startup. Its main function, SvcCtrlMain(), launches all the services configured for automatic startup. First an internal database of installed services is initialized by reading the following two registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ServiceGroupOrder\List, containing the names and order of service groups. Each service's registry key contains an optional Group value which governs the order of initialization of a respective service or a device driver, with respect to other service groups.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services, which contains the actual database of services and device drivers and is read into SCM's internal database. SCM reads every service's Group value as well as load-order dependencies from their DependOnGroup and DependOnService registry keys.
In the next step, SCM's main function SvcCtrlMain() calls the function ScGetBootAndSystemDriverState() function which checks whether the device drivers that should be started during the boot or system startup were successfully loaded, and those that have failed to do so are stored in a list called ScFailedDrivers. Then a named pipe \Pipe\Ntsvcs is created as a remote procedure call interface between the SCM and the SCPs (Service Control Processes) that interact with specific services.
Next, it calls the ScAutoStartServices() function which loops through all the services marked as auto-start, paying attention to the calculated load-order dependencies. In case of a circular dependency an error is noted and the service depending on a service that belongs to a group coming later in the load order is skipped. For delayed auto-start services, grouping has no effect, and those are loaded at a later stage of system startup.
For each service it wants to start, the SCM calls the ScStartService() function which checks the name of the file that runs the service's process, ensuring that the account specified for the service is same as the account that the service process runs in. Every service that does not run in the System account is logged in by calling the LSASS function LogonUserEx(), for which LSASS process looks up "secret" passwords stored in the HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\Secrets\ registry key, which were stored by the SCP using the LsaStorePrivateData( |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpliceInfo | SpliceInfo is a database for the four major alternative-splicing modes (exon skipping, 5'-alternative splicing, 3'-alternative splicing and intron retention) in the human genome.
This resource appears to be no longer available.
See also
Alternative splicing
EDAS
AspicDB
Hollywood (database)
References
External links
http://SpliceInfo.mbc.NCTU.edu.tw/
Genetics databases
Gene expression
RNA splicing
Spliceosome |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiheit%20statt%20Angst | Freiheit statt Angst ("freedom not fear") is a political protest march, repeatedly taking place in Germany since 2006. The main issue is citizens' data privacy. The protests in Berlin in the last years were the largest demonstrations against public surveillance since the boycott of the census in West Germany in the 1980s.
From 2007 to 2011 the event has been organized by the civil rights association Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung (working-group data retention). Its largest protest took place in 2009 with around 25,000 participants.
History
2006
The first protest march called Freiheit statt Angst happened on 20 October 2006 in cooperation with the Big Brother Awards in Bielefeld. The demonstration was formed of approximately 250 people. It has been organized by 9 different organizations, e.g. Chaos Computer Club, Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz (German association for data Privacy), Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung (forum of computer scientists for peace and social responsibility), FoeBuD (now digitalcourage), Humanistische Union, Netzwerk Neue Medien (network new media) and Stop1984
Some months ago the Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung appealed for a demonstration named Freiheit statt Sicherheitswahn ('Freedom not security delusion') which was also followed by about 250 people.
2007
On 14 April 2007 a demonstration named Freiheit statt Angst happened to be in Frankfurt, being attended by at least 1000 people.
On 22 September 2007 about 15,000 people attended to the bigger demonstration in Berlin. According to the data protection commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein, Thilo Weichert those where the largest protests for data protection in the past 20 years. Fifty organisations appealed for the demonstration. Amongst others the Hedonist International and Freie Ärzteschaft (free doctors association) attended with their own trucks.
2018
On Saturday, October 13, 2018 there were protests in the streets of Berlin for the data security of German citizens. The protesters' demands included:
Stopping monitoring
Stop data retention
No State Hacking - Stop State Trojans
Protect the presumption of innocence and the rule of law
References
External links
Protests in Germany
Protests against mass surveillance
Events in Berlin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swen%20%28computer%20worm%29 | Swen is a mass mailing computer worm written in C++. It sends an email which contains the installer for the virus, disguised as a Microsoft Windows update, although it also works on P2P filesharing networks, IRC and newsgroups' websites. It was first analyzed on September 18, 2003, however, it might have infected computers before then. It disables firewalls and antivirus programs.
Infection
Self-installation
The virus first sends itself via email with an attachment, posing as an update for Windows. The attachment can have a .com, .scr, .bat, .pif, or .exe file extension. If its file name starts with the letters P, Q, U, or I, It displays a fake Microsoft Update dialogue box, asking if the user wants to install a Microsoft Security Update with the two choices "Yes" and "No". If the user presses "Yes", it displays a fake progress bar while installing the fake update. When finished, it displays another dialogue box saying: Microsoft Internet Update Pack This has been successfully installed. The malware then re-executes itself, followed by yet another dialogue box saying: Microsoft Security Update Pack This update does not need to be installed on this system. If the user chooses "No", the malware will still install itself silently in the background. Next, it checks for certain criteria by opening another dialogue box, prompting the user for their email address, username, password, SMTP and POP3 server addresses. After completing the said fields, the worm then makes a copy of itself in the folder as . The virus finally moves all information to the copy and terminates.
Autostart
The worm creates the following registry entry to execute upon startup:
References
Trend Micro Threat Encyclopedia | WORM_SWEN.A
BitDefender Virus Information for Swen.A@mm
Email worms
Hacking in the 2000s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucommander | Glucommander is a computer-directed method of inpatient glucose management.
Development
Glucommander's software concept originated from an article published in 1982 by White et al. That article presented a complex set of orders for determining the basal insulin requirements in pediatric patients using an insulin pump.
When data were graphed, it was obvious that a linear regression with an intercept of 60 and a slope, or multiplier, of 0.02 could resolve the complexity of the orders of White et al. to a single formula for calculation of intravenous insulin requirements: (blood glucose − 60) × 0.02 = insulin dose/h. Incorporated into a bedside laptop computer system by Atlanta Diabetes Associates (Paul Davidson, Bruce Bode, and Dennis Steed), the Glucommander concept was later enhanced and commercialized into the Glucommander Plus product by Glytec.
Davidson and Bode now serve as medical advisors to Glytec LLC, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2006, and again in 2010 for an Enterprise version of the software.
Usage
Glucommander is intended to evaluate the current and cumulative patient blood glucose values, and, based on the aggregate of those measurements, whether one or many, regulate the infusion of I.V. fluids, through an I.V. infusion pump, and drive the blood glucose level towards a predetermined target range. Once that target blood glucose range has been reached, the system's function is to recommend a titration of insulin, glucose, and saline for the purpose of maintaining the patient's blood glucose level in that target range. The system is programmed to provide intravenous dosing of glucose, saline, and insulin, as well as subcutaneous dosing of glucose and insulin.
References
External links
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/28/10/2418.full.pdf
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf6/K061110.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072305/http://resources.aace.com/PDF/ID%3D20%20Pharmacy%20Medications%20References/Davidson_JDiabetesSciTechnol_2008.PDF
Insulin therapies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U12%20intron%20database | U12 Intron Database (U12DB) is a biological database of containing the sequence of eukaryotic introns that are spliced out by a specialised minor spliceosome that contains U12 minor spliceosomal RNA in place of U2 spliceosomal RNA. These U12-dependent introns are under-represented in genome annotations because they often have non canonical splice sites. Release 1 of the database contains 6,397 known and predicted U12-dependent introns across 20 species.
References
External links
https://genome.crg.cat/datasets/u12/
Biological databases
Gene expression
Spliceosome
RNA splicing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript%20InfoVis%20Toolkit | The JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit provides tools for creating Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web. The toolkit implements advanced features of information visualization like TreeMaps, an adapted visualization of trees based on the SpaceTree, a focus+context technique to plot Hyperbolic Trees, a radial layout of trees with advanced animations (RGraph) and other visualizations.
In November 2010 the toolkit was acquired by the Sencha Labs Foundation. Further development on the toolkit involves WebGL support, CSS3 animations and more visualizations.
The JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit was chosen as a mentoring organization and project for the Google Summer of Code 2011
List of Featured Visualizations
Some of the featured visualizations are:
RGraph
HyperTree
TreeMap
Icicle
SpaceTree
Sunburst
ForceDirected
Area
Bar
Pie
Projects using the JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit
The White House Budget Visualization
Al jazeera Twitter Dashboard
Mozilla Community Map
Texas Tribune Legislature Application
Argentinian Newspaper La Nacion News Cloud Application
See also
Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries
References
External links
Project Demos and Examples
Project Discussion Group
Free software programmed in JavaScript
JavaScript libraries
JavaScript visualization toolkits
Software using the MIT license
Visualization API |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Pathology%20Partners | American Pathology Partners, Inc. (otherwise referred to as APP or AP2) is a privately held medical laboratory company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company operates a nationwide network of pathology laboratories focused on local and regional healthcare. APP serves physician offices, hospitals, and surgery centers with sub-specialized anatomic and molecular pathology services including surgical pathology, cytopathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, urologic pathology, gastrointestinal and liver pathology, renal pathology, and pediatric and perinatal pathology. APP currently operates laboratory facilities in Denver, Colorado; Wilson, North Carolina; and West Palm Beach, Florida doing business as UniPath, Eastern Carolina Pathology, and Palm Beach Pathology in their respective geographies.
History
APP was founded in 2007 and incorporated in February 2008 by laboratory professionals, Edward Dooling and Thanasis Papaioanu, along with hospital executive, Martin Rash. Edward Dooling was formerly a senior executive with AmeriPath (now part of Quest Diagnostics) and DIANON Systems, Inc., (now part of LabCorp). Thanasis Papaioanu was formerly an investment banker with SunTrust Equitable (now SunTrust Robinson Humphrey) and FTN Financial (part of First Tennessee National Corporation), where he helped launch New York-based laboratory CBLPath, Inc. (now part of Sonic Healthcare). Martin Rash is founder and Chairman/CEO of RegionalCare Hospital Partners; he was formerly founder and Chairman/CEO of publicly traded Province Healthcare Company that was acquired by Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc. () in 2005.
In April 2008, APP secured a $75 million equity commitment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a large private equity investment firm based in Menlo Park, California and Baltimore, Maryland.
On December 31, 2008, APP completed the acquisition of UniPath, LLC in Denver, Colorado. APP operates the technical operation while UniPath, P.C., the affiliated 25+ pathologist medical practice, stays independent and continues to be owned and managed by the pathologists.
On March 12, 2009, the firm completed the acquisition of Eastern Carolina Pathology, Inc. in Wilson, North Carolina. APP operates the technical operation while Eastern Carolina Pathology, P.A., the affiliated four-pathologist medical practice, stays independent and continues to be owned and managed by the pathologists.
On January 17, 2011, the firm completed the acquisition of the technical operation of Palm Beach Pathology, P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida. APP operates the technical operation while Palm Beach Pathology, P.A., the affiliated six-pathologist medical practice, stays independent and continues to be owned and managed by the pathologists.
In 2020, the company was listed in Global Clinical Reference Laboratory Services report as a Top Player on the market.
References
External links
American Pathology Partners website
Companies based in Tennessee |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannen | Tannen is surname of:
Biff Tannen, a character in the Back to the Future trilogy
Val Tannen (born 1953), Professor of Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania
Charles Tannen (1915–1980), American actor
Deborah Tannen (born 1945), American academic and professor of linguistics
Julius Tannen (1880–1965), comedian and father of Charles and William Tannen
(1827–1904), German publisher and writer
Steve Tannen (born 1968), American singer-songwriter
Steven Olson Tannen (born 1948), American college and professional football player
William Tannen
See also
Lake Tannen
German-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.9 | 10.9 may refer to:
OS X 10.9, the version number of the Apple operating system OS X Mavericks
.44 caliber, ammunition of 10.9 mm caliber |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeridge%20Health | Lakeridge Health is a health system and hospital network serving Durham Region, Ontario in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. It operates four acute hospitals with emergency departments (Bowmanville, Oshawa, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering), one specialty hospital with a regional mandate (Whitby) and a variety of offsite locations. Lakeridge Health is part of the Central East Local Health Integration Network (CE LHIN).
History
After a recommendation from the Health Services Restructuring Commission in 1998, the Ontario government amalgamated four Durham area hospitals: Memorial Hospital Bowmanville, North Durham Health Services (consisting of Community Memorial Hospital Port Perry and Uxbridge Cottage Hospital), Oshawa General Hospital and Whitby General Hospital – to create what is now known as Lakeridge Health. In January 2004, the Uxbridge site became aligned with Markham Stouffville Hospital and left the Lakeridge grouping.
With the merger of Rouge Valley Health System and The Scarborough Hospital, management of the Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering site was transferred to Lakeridge Health on December 1, 2016.
The President and Chief Executive Officer is Cynthia Davis.
On May 13, 2017, Lakeridge Health was attacked by the WannaCry ransomware attack among many other institutions around the globe. By afternoon, most areas were up and running again.
On April 26, 2018, Lakeridge Health launched an online platform MyChart for patients to manage their health information.
Services
Lakeridge Health offers primary, secondary, tertiary and post-acute care in inpatient and ambulatory settings. Services differ at the acute hospital sites, from the predominantly General Practitioner (GP), based services at Lakeridge Health Port Perry to the very high acuity services provided at Lakeridge Health Oshawa by physician specialists and interprofessional teams.
Services provided across Lakeridge Health are organized into eight clinical programs:
Emergency and Critical Care
Maternal Child
Medicine
Addictions & Mental Health
Post-Acute Specialty Services (PASS)
Regional Cancer Services
Regional Nephrology System/Durham Region Diabetes Network
Surgery
References
External links
Lakeridge Health official website
Medical and health organizations based in Ontario
Hospital networks in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian%20network | In combinatorial mathematics, an Apollonian network is an undirected graph formed by a process of recursively subdividing a triangle into three smaller triangles. Apollonian networks may equivalently be defined as the planar 3-trees, the maximal planar chordal graphs, the uniquely 4-colorable planar graphs, and the graphs of stacked polytopes. They are named after Apollonius of Perga, who studied a related circle-packing construction.
Definition
An Apollonian network may be formed, starting from a single triangle embedded in the Euclidean plane, by repeatedly selecting a triangular face of the embedding, adding a new vertex inside the face, and connecting the new vertex to each vertex of the face containing it. In this way, the triangle containing the new vertex is subdivided into three smaller triangles, which may in turn be subdivided in the same way.
Examples
The complete graphs on three and four vertices, and , are both Apollonian networks. is formed by starting with a triangle and not performing any subdivisions, while is formed by making a single subdivision before stopping.
The Goldner–Harary graph is an Apollonian network that forms the smallest non-Hamiltonian maximal planar graph. Another more complicated Apollonian network was used by to provide an example of a 1-tough non-Hamiltonian maximal planar graph.
Graph-theoretic characterizations
As well as being defined by recursive subdivision of triangles, the Apollonian networks have several other equivalent mathematical characterizations. They are the chordal maximal planar graphs, the chordal polyhedral graphs, and the planar 3-trees. They are the uniquely 4-colorable planar graphs, and the planar graphs with a unique Schnyder wood decomposition into three trees. They are the maximal planar graphs with treewidth three, a class of graphs that can be characterized by their forbidden minors or by their reducibility under Y-Δ transforms. They are the maximal planar graphs with degeneracy three. They are also the planar graphs on a given number of vertices that have the largest possible number of triangles, the largest possible number of tetrahedral subgraphs, the largest possible number of cliques, and the largest possible number of pieces after decomposing by separating triangles.
Chordality
Apollonian networks are examples of maximal planar graphs, graphs to which no additional edges can be added without destroying planarity, or equivalently graphs that can be drawn in the plane so that every face (including the outer face) is a triangle. They are also chordal graphs, graphs in which every cycle of four or more vertices has a diagonal edge connecting two non-consecutive cycle vertices, and the order in which vertices are added in the subdivision process that forms an Apollonian network is an elimination ordering as a chordal graph. This forms an alternative characterization of the Apollonian networks: they are exactly the chordal maximal planar graphs or equivalently the chordal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse%20Practice | Mouse Practice was a game-based computer tutorial aimed at teaching new users how to operate a computer mouse at a time when many were unfamiliar with this feature of a computer.
Mouse Practice was created using MacroMind Director and released in 1992 by Apple for the Macintosh computer platform. It involved the user learning the key functions of the mouse by controlling a scuba diver in an underwater environment.
Another program, Mouse Basics, served a similar purpose on earlier Macintosh computers, but did not have the game-based approach of Mouse Practice.
Gameplay
The opening screen showed the scuba diver on a motorboat at sea inviting the user to join her as she was going exploring underwater. To get started, the user had to move the mouse so that the pointer was on the scuba diver—this required the skill of using the mouse to control the position of the pointer. Once the arrow has moved to the diver, she jumps into the ocean, then an animation showed the scuba diver descending.
Controlling the pointer
The next activity was to use a flashlight to look around while in the deep sea, requiring the use to move the mouse to control the flashlight in order to show a number of deep sea animals, such as jellyfish, gulper eels and squids This again worked on the basic skill of controlling the pointer by the use of moving the mouse. Once all of the animals have been illuminated, an animation showed the scuba diver traveling along holding onto an ascending whale's fin.
Point-and-click
In the next activity, set on a coral reef, the user was required to move the pointer to the puffer fish, and then click the mouse button on the fish. The user then had to click in crevices of the reef revealing other sea animals which were a lobster, an octopus, a stingray, a gray reef eel and a seahorse. This taught the skill of pointing-and-clicking. After all animals had been revealed, an animation showed the scuba diver riding on a sea turtle saying "Let's see what else we can find".
Drag-and-drop
The final activity involved a sunken ship where the user would gather the treasures that are scattered all over the ocean floor and put them away in a nearby treasure chest. The user was required to point to each treasure as instructed, starting with the golden crown, then click on it and drag it to the treasure chest. Once all the treasure was collected, a hook appeared and the user had to drag the hook to the chest, and then release the mouse button to let it be lifted to the motorboat. These activities taught the skill of dragging-and-dropping.
Ending
In the final scene, the diver, who has put the treasure chest in the boat, bids the user farewell and says "If you want to go underwater again, point to me and click. If you want to stop, click the treasure chest". Clicking the diver would result in the tutorial being repeated, while clicking on the treasure chest would quit the program. Clicking the treasure chest was the only way out of the program; unlike other c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazti | Tazti is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Voice Tech Group, Inc. for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 3.2, which supports Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7 64-bit editions. Earlier versions of Tazti supported Windows Vista and Windows XP. PC video game play by voice, controlling PC applications and programs by voice and creating speech commands to trigger a browser to open web pages, or trigger the Windows operating system to open files, folders or programs are Tazti's primary features. Earlier versions of Tazti included a lite Dictation feature that is eliminated from the latest version.
Features
Tazti Speech Recognition software has four primary areas of functionality:
Play PC games by voice,
Control PC based applications and programs by voice,
Open files, folders and webpages by creating custom speech commands and associating them to file, folder or web URL.
Run programs that include command line parameters which may include batch flies to mash up Tazti to robots, robotics, web apps, or desktop or other programs not a part of Tazti.
Tazti utilizes a minimal user interface. As an example, user spoken speech commands appear in a balloon on the user interface dashboard as they are spoken allowing the user to confirm by sight the speech recognition quality.
History
Voice Tech Group, Inc. was founded in 2005 as an Ohio corporation primarily concerned with the research of semantic search and voice search. Voice Tech Group, Inc. released Tazti Speech Recognition 1.0 as their first multi-feature speech recognition product in 2005. Early features include mashing up bookmarks and favorites to speech commands, website navigation by voice including of social media sites such as Facebook and Myspace, and voice control of iTunes. Voice Tech Group, Inc partnered with SR Tech Group LLC to develop speech and voice recognition technologies in 2013.
Version 2.0.2 released in September 2010 added dictation, keyboard shortcuts that also allow custom setups for PC game play, an advanced speech API, and the ability to turn off/on groupings of speech commands.
Version 2.4 released in November 2011 improved dictation and fixed bugs.
Version 3.0 released in July 2013 eliminated some features including dictation and added features to game play by voice and control of application and programs by voice.
Version 3.2 released in July 2016 introduced support for Microsoft Windows 10 operating system.
Versions
See also
List of speech recognition software
References
External links
Windows multimedia software
Assistive technology
Proprietary software
Speech recognition software
Computer accessibility
Game accessibility
Educational software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-intensive%20computing | Data-intensive computing is a class of parallel computing applications which use a data parallel approach to process large volumes of data typically terabytes or petabytes in size and typically referred to as big data. Computing applications which devote most of their execution time to computational requirements are deemed compute-intensive, whereas computing applications which require large volumes of data and devote most of their processing time to I/O and manipulation of data are deemed data-intensive.
Introduction
The rapid growth of the Internet and World Wide Web led to vast amounts of information available online. In addition, business and government organizations create large amounts of both structured and unstructured information which needs to be processed, analyzed, and linked. Vinton Cerf described this as an “information avalanche” and stated “we must harness the Internet’s energy before the information it has unleashed buries us”. An IDC white paper sponsored by EMC Corporation estimated the amount of information currently stored in a digital form in 2007 at 281 exabytes and the overall compound growth rate at 57% with information in organizations growing at even a faster rate. In a 2003 study of the so-called information explosion it was estimated that 95% of all current information exists in unstructured form with increased data processing requirements compared to structured information. The storing, managing, accessing, and processing of this vast amount of data represents a fundamental need and an immense challenge in order to satisfy needs to search, analyze, mine, and visualize this data as information. Data-intensive computing is intended to address this need.
Parallel processing approaches can be generally classified as either compute-intensive, or data-intensive. Compute-intensive is used to describe application programs that are compute bound. Such applications devote most of their execution time to computational requirements as opposed to I/O, and typically require small volumes of data. Parallel processing of compute-intensive applications typically involves parallelizing individual algorithms within an application process, and decomposing the overall application process into separate tasks, which can then be executed in parallel on an appropriate computing platform to achieve overall higher performance than serial processing. In compute-intensive applications, multiple operations are performed simultaneously, with each operation addressing a particular part of the problem. This is often referred to as task parallelism.
Data-intensive is used to describe applications that are I/O bound or with a need to process large volumes of data. Such applications devote most of their processing time to I/O and movement and manipulation of data. Parallel processing of data-intensive applications typically involves partitioning or subdividing the data into multiple segments which can be processed independently using th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted%3A%20Golden%20Abyss | Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as a launch title for the PlayStation Vita. A spin-off of the Uncharted series, the game was released in Japan in 2011, and in other regions in 2012. Golden Abyss is a prequel to the series, taking place before the events of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The story revolves around adventurer-treasure hunter Nathan Drake as he becomes involved in a search for the lost city of Quivira and is aided by fellow treasure hunter Marisa Chase. Gameplay combines action-adventure with platforming elements, with players solving puzzles and fighting enemies using cover-based third-person shooting.
Concept work for Golden Abyss began in 2008, when Sony asked Bend Studio to develop a new Uncharted as a console launch title. Due to the changing specifications of the Vita, much of the early development was done using PlayStation 3 hardware. The entire project was overseen by original developer Naughty Dog, with Bend Studio receiving assets from the first two Uncharted titles and getting access to their motion capture facilities. John Garvin was both director and scriptwriter, the latter under the supervision of main series writer Amy Hennig. Hennig also ensured the return of Nolan North as Drake.
The game was revealed in January 2011 alongside the Vita. Golden Abyss debuted to strong sales and generally positive critical reception. Journalists praised its graphics, voice performances, and recreation of Uncharted gameplay on the platform. Criticism focused on its storyline and implementation of Vita-specific controls. To date, the game remains exclusive to the platform, as it was left out of the PlayStation 4's Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection due to the standalone nature of its narrative.
Gameplay
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective, with platforming and puzzle elements. The player controls Uncharted series protagonist Nathan Drake. Progressing through a series of linear levels, Nathan explores a variety of environments including jungles, temple ruins, caverns and encampments.
During platforming, Nathan climbs along ledges and jumps between platforms created by the environments. Some levels include multiple paths and hidden areas with collectible treasures. During some sections, Nathan also swims through bodies of water, and rows a canoe down a river. In combat, Nathan can use stealthy takedowns, and engage in cover-based third-person shooting against groups of enemies. Shooting can either be done with precise aiming or blind firing. Nathan can pick up and use a variety of weapons, including pistols, machine guns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and grenades.
The game's controls use a combination of traditional joystick and button commands, and the PlayStation Vita's motion and touch control functions. The motion controls play into aiming Nathan's weapons or balancing during cross |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECL%20%28data-centric%20programming%20language%29 | ECL (Enterprise Control Language) is a declarative, data-centric programming language designed in 2000 to allow a team of programmers to process big data across a high performance computing cluster without the programmer being involved in many of the lower level, imperative decisions.
History
ECL was initially designed and developed in 2000 by David Bayliss as an in-house productivity tool within Seisint Inc and was considered to be a ‘secret weapon’ that allowed Seisint to gain market share in its data business. Equifax had an SQL-based process for predicting who would go bankrupt in the next 30 days, but it took 26 days to run the data. The first ECL implementation solved the same problem in 6 minutes. The technology was cited as a driving force behind the acquisition of Seisint by LexisNexis and then again as a major source of synergies when LexisNexis acquired ChoicePoint Inc.
Language constructs
ECL, at least in its purest form, is a declarative, data-centric language. Programs, in the strictest sense, do not exist. Rather an ECL application will specify a number of core datasets (or data values) and then the operations which are to be performed on those values.
Hello world
ECL is to have succinct solutions to problems and sensible defaults. The "Hello World" program is characteristically short:
'Hello World'
Perhaps a more flavorful example would take a list of strings, sort them into order, and then return that as a result instead.
// First declare a dataset with one column containing a list of strings
// Datasets can also be binary, CSV, XML or externally defined structures
D := DATASET([{'ECL'},{'Declarative'},{'Data'},{'Centric'},{'Programming'},{'Language'}],{STRING Value;});
SD := SORT(D,Value);
output(SD)
The statements containing a := are defined in ECL as attribute definitions. They do not denote an action; rather a definition of a term. Thus, logically, an ECL program can be read: "bottom to top"
OUTPUT(SD)
What is an SD?
SD := SORT(D,Value);
SD is a D that has been sorted by ‘Value’
What is a D?
D := DATASET([{'ECL'},{'Declarative'},{'Data'},{'Centric'},{'Programming'},{'Language'}],{STRING Value;});
D is a dataset with one column labeled ‘Value’ and containing the following list of data.
ECL primitives
ECL primitives that act upon datasets include SORT, ROLLUP, DEDUP, ITERATE, PROJECT, JOIN, NORMALIZE, DENORMALIZE, PARSE, CHOSEN, ENTH, TOPN, DISTRIBUTE
ECL encapsulation
Whilst ECL is terse and LexisNexis claims that 1 line of ECL is roughly equivalent to 120 lines of C++, it still has significant support for large scale programming including data encapsulation and code re-use. The constructs available include MODULE, FUNCTION, FUNCTIONMACRO, INTERFACE, MACRO, EXPORT, SHARED
Support for Parallelism in ECL
In the HPCC implementation, by default, most ECL constructs will execute in parallel across the hardware being used. Many of the primitives also have a LOCAL option to specify that the operation is to occu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20One%20Sports | One Sports (formerly AksyonTV and 5 Plus), is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and jointly operated by TV5 Network, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. media arm of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. The following is a list of all television programming that One Sports is currently broadcasting since it began its television operations in 2020.
For the previously aired shows and the defunct networks AksyonTV and 5 Plus, see List of programs broadcast by AksyonTV/5 Plus.
Current original programming
Sports
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
Basketball
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
PBA Developmental League
Philippine Basketball Association
PBA 3x3
Boxing
Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow By Blow
Football
Philam Life 7s Football League
The Azkals matches
Volleyball
Spikers' Turf
Premier Volleyball League
Sports newscasts
The Game
Sports-oriented programs
Hotseat
Cockfighting
Bakbakan Na
Sabong TV
Agri TV
Sagupaan
Thunderbird Sabong Nation
Tukaan
Current acquired programming
Basketball
National Basketball Association
Mixed martial arts
ONE Championship
Religious
Family TV Mass
See also
TV5
One Sports (sports division)
One Sports (TV channel)
PBA Rush
References
External links
OneSports.PH official website
One Sports |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevo%20x7200 | The Clevo X7200 is a 17.3" laptop computer manufactured by Clevo, released in September 2010. Unlike other laptops of the time, the X7200 is designed to run a desktop Intel Core i7 processor for LGA 1366 socket. The X7200 may be configured to use dual link video cards using either Nvidia GeForce GTX (Fermi architecture) in SLI or AMD (ATI) Mobility Radeon 6970 in Crossfire configuration. The X7200 has capacity for three hard drives, allowing various RAID configurations, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and also RAID 10 if the optical drive is replaced by a fourth HDD.
The X7200 was superseded by Clevo models of updated but broadly similar desktop-computer-like characteristics, such as the P570WM3.
Performance and price
When configured with an Intel i7 980X/990X processor and Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire GPUs, the performance of the X7200 is comparable to a desktop machine, faster than laptop computers with more restricted processors and graphics cards. This makes the machine suitable for processor- and graphics-intensive use, such as for playing games requiring high performance, LAN parties, software development, and video editing. The price, according to a review when the computer was launched, is commensurate with performance, starting at US$2,680, and rising to as high as $5,781.
Unusual features
Supports Intel Core i7 desktop CPUs, including the X58 HEDT i7-980X and i7-990X Extreme Edition, more powerful than mobile CPUs usually used by laptops.
Four internal drive bays (including one that may hold an optical drive), more than other laptop computers.
Supports dual video cards. The Clevo x7200 can be configured with two top-end Nvidia SLI or ATI CrossFire adapters, giving graphics performance better than other laptops.
Branding
Clevo laptops are not sold directly to customers, but are own-branded by resellers. Some reseller model names are:
Eurocom Panther 2.0
Maingear Titan 17
Origin PC EON17
Sager NP7280
Falcon Northwest DRX.X
cybertronPC
Multicom Kunshan X7200
Reviews
At the time of its release in September 2010 the X7200 was favourably reviewed by AnandTech, and described as "King of the Desktop Replacement". It was also described as "an absolute tank", due to its weight of 5.5 kg in a basic configuration, compared to around 3 kg for other 17" "laptop" computers, and heavy power consumption of around 300W.
Known issues
Soon after its release, it was reported certain X7200/NP7280 configurations under heavy use would cause the power supply unit (PSU) to cut out, switching the power to the laptop's battery. In order to prevent the problem, Clevo developed a power connecting bridge so two PSUs could be used in tandem to provide the necessary power to the system, thus preventing the PSU from a fault.
References
External links
Notebook Review, Charles P. Jefferies, "Clevo X7200 Review", 6 December 2010
PC Magazine, Brian Westover, "AVADirect Clevo X7200", 4 January 2011
Mobile workstations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Pharmaceutical%20Product%20Index | The National Pharmaceutical Product Index or NAPPI is a comprehensive database of pharmaceutical codes for medical products classification used in South Africa. Each product has a unique NAPPI code which enables electronic data interchange throughout the health care delivery chain.
NAPPI is governed by the NAPPI Advisory Board (NAB), a non-profit organisation representing hospitals, medical schemes, medical scheme administrators, and medical and dental associations. MediKredit is responsible for the management and maintenance of the NAPPI Product File.
External links
MediKredit
SA Pharmaceutical Journal
Assess and process a medical claim
Academic articles
Pharmacological classification systems
Medical databases
Healthcare in South Africa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian%20promoter%20database | The Mammalian Promoter Database (MPromDb) is a curated database of gene promoters identified from ChIP-seq. The proximal promoter region (upstream of the core-promoter region) contains the cis-regulatory elements of most of the transcription factors (TFs).
Recently, a better approach to annotate active promoters has been demonstrated with a combination of ChIP-seq and computational technique. This technique has been used to find the target genes of TFs in mammalian systems. The MPromDb is based on this technology. Curated promoter sequences for eukaryotic organisms are provided by an EPD database; however, promoter activity information at tissue/ cell centric level is not offered.
The MPromDb data base added active RNAP-II promoters identified after analyzing ten different mouse cell/tissue ChIP-seq experiments performed with RNAP-II antibodies and six different human cell types. The data was acquired by a series of computational methods followed by manual correction to ensure its high level quality. In the newest version of MPromDb, about 507 million uniquely-aligned RNA Pol-II ChIP-seq reads have already been analyzed from 26 different databases, including six human cell-types and 10 distinct mouse cell/tissues.
References
External links
http://bioinformatics.wistar.upenn.edu/MPromDb/
https://web.archive.org/web/20121115182532/http://promoter.cdb.riken.jp/
Genetics databases
Gene expression
Protein methods |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RegulonDB | RegulonDB is a database of the regulatory network of gene expression in Escherichia coli K-12. RegulonDB also models the organization of the genes in transcription units, operons and regulons. A total of 120 sRNAs with 231 total interactions which all together regulate 192 genes are also included. RegulonDB was founded in 1998 and also contributes data to the EcoCyc database.
Transcription factors and sensory-response units
In bacteria, such as E. coli, genes, are regulated by sequence elements in promoters and related binding sites). RegulonDB provides a database of such regulatory elements, their binding sites and the transcription factors that bind to these sites in E. coli. RegulonDB 9.0 includes 184 experimentally determined transcription factors (TFs) as well as 120 computationally predicted TFs, that is, a total of 304.
The complete repertoire of 189 genetic sensory-response units (GENSOR units) are reported, integrating their signal, regulatory interactions, and metabolic pathways. A total of 78 GENSOR units have their four components highlighted; 119 include the genetic switch and the response, and 2 contain only the genetic switch.
A total of 103 TFs have a known effector in RegulonDB, including 25 two-component systems. There were enough sites to build a motif for 93 TFs to infer 16,207 predicted TF binding sites. This set of predicted binding sites corresponds to 12,574 TF → gene regulatory interactions; this represents a recovery of 52% of the 1592 annotated regulatory interactions in the database for the 93 TFs for which RegulonDB has a position-weight matrix (PWM). If only TFs with a good-quality PWM are taken into account, the total number of predicted TF → gene interactions is 8,714, recovering 672 (57%) of annotated interactions for this TF subset. Semi-automatic curation produced a total of 3,195 regulatory interactions for 199 TFs.
Definitions
Check the glossary for all definitions.
Transcription unit (TU)
A transcription unit is a set of one or more genes transcribed from a single promoter. A TU may also include regulatory protein binding sites affecting this promoter and a terminator. A complex operon with several promoters contains, therefore, several transcription units. A transcription unit must include all the genes in an operon.
Promoters and terminators
A promoter is defined in RegulonDB as the nucleotide sequence 60 bases upstream and 20 downstream from the precise initiation of transcription or +1. Terminators are regions where transcription ends, and RNA Polymerase unbinds from DNA.
Binding site
The TFs binding sites are physical DNA sites recognized by transcription factors within a genome, including enhancer, upstream activator (UAS) and operator sites that may bind repressors or activators.
Graphic display in RegulonDB
The graphic display of an operon contains all the genes of its different transcription units, as well as all the regulatory elements involved in the transcription and regulati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZX | AZX may refer to:
AZX (airline), ICAO code for the defunct British AB Airlines (1993–1999)
AZX-Monstrum, an unofficial clone of the ZX Spectrum home computer
AZX, ICAO code for former Gabonese airline Air Max Africa (2002–2006)
AZX, NYSE symbol for Azurix, a Texas water-services company
AZX or Arizona Stock Exchange, an early e-trading exchange (1990–2001)
AZX, ID code for a version of the 2.3 VR5 110-125kW Volkswagen engine |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Falcon%20and%20the%20D%27ohman | "The Falcon and the D'ohman" is the twenty-third season premiere of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 25, 2011. In the episode, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant hires a new security guard named Wayne and Homer soon becomes friends with him. "The Falcon and the D'ohman" also reveals the fate of the relationship between the characters Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel that was initiated in the previous episode of the series, "The Ned-Liest Catch", that aired in May 2011.
Actor Kiefer Sutherland guest starred in the episode as the voice of Wayne. This was the third time he appeared on The Simpsons. The episode also features a guest appearance by American chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio as himself in a segment in which Marge dreams about being a contestant in a show similar to Top Chef. "The Falcon and the D'ohman" has received mixed reviews from television critics, with criticism directed at the plot and the cultural references featured. However, a reference in the episode to the computer-animated re-enactments of news stories done by the Taiwan-based Next Media Animation has been particularly praised.
Background
"The Falcon and the D'ohman" features a reference to the previous episode of the series, the twenty-second season finale "The Ned-Liest Catch" that aired on May 22, 2011. In that episode, the characters Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel start dating. The episode ends with Homer and Marge Simpson giving viewers a link to the official The Simpsons website, TheSimpsons.com, and encouraging them to go on the website and vote over the 2011 summer on whether Ned and Edna should stay together. The result of the poll was revealed in "The Falcon and the D'ohman"—a majority had voted for the couple to remain in a relationship. According to executive producer Al Jean, the poll was "very strong in one direction". In an interview before the result was presented, Jean guaranteed that the poll was authentic and that the writers would not undo the viewers' decision, adding "What the fans have joined together, let no writer put asunder."
Plot
Comic Book Guy opens the season premiere by telling the viewers that there will be hints in the episode as to the conclusion of the romance between Ned and Edna.
Homer sneaks late into work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, sings to the tune of The Police's "Walking on the Moon", and marks up his time card to make it seem like he was on time and had put in some overtime hours. Homer is surprised to find that a new security guard named Wayne has been hired, and repeatedly tries to befriend him, only to be rebuffed. One night, while Wayne is walking home in the rain and hail, he reluctantly agrees to let Homer drive him to Moe's Tavern for a drink, though insists they remain professional afterwards. While Wayne is in the bathroom, Snake dramatically crashes through the door on his motorcycle to rob everyone. As s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%20Stops%20to%20Smell%20the%20Roosevelts | "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" is the second episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode was the first to feature Superintendent Chalmers as the central character and Chalmers' flashbacks references the films The Breakfast Club and Fight Club. In the episode, Principal Skinner challenges Superintendent Chalmers to take over Bart's education after one of his pranks. Chalmers accepts and starts teaching Bart about Theodore Roosevelt and manliness. After he takes Bart and his friends on an unauthorized field trip which results in one of the children breaking an arm, Chalmers is fired. Bart and his friends then take over the school in an effort to save his job.
The episode was written by Tim Long, directed by Steven Dean Moore, and features the voice of Theodore Roosevelt through archive recordings. The opening sequence was guest-directed by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi, who previously created the animated television show, The Ren & Stimpy Show. In its original American broadcast, it was viewed by approximately 6.19 million people. Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews from television critics, with the guest-directed opening sequence by Kricfalusi receiving the most praise.
Plot
Springfield Elementary School is hosting a fundraiser auction and invites all the families with children in their classes, including the Simpson family. Every item in the auction is sold to an English widow named Edith Knickertwist, who is bidding over the phone. When the auction is over, Bart reveals that he was the real Mrs. Knickertwist and that there is no money for the school. Frustrated over Bart's latest prank and pressured by his supervisor Superintendent Chalmers, Principal Skinner challenges Chalmers to take over Bart's education. Chalmers accepts and immediately gives Bart his own lesson plan, which primarily consists of former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. He makes Bart interested in the subject by talking about Roosevelt's heroic and rebellious nature. Classmates Milhouse, Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph soon join Bart in his education.
With the success of his lessons, Chalmers plans to take them all on a field trip to Springfield Forest, in which Roosevelt left one of his spectacles. The field trip does not go well, however, as Nelson breaks his arm when he tries to reach for the spectacles. Since it was an unauthorized field trip, Nelson's mother threatens to sue the school for medical expenses, which leads to Chalmers getting fired. In order to save Chalmers' job, Bart and his friends, who now go by the name "The Brotherhood of the Spectacles", take over the school in a hostage situation and stand up for the teacher who made a meaningful impact to them. They lock all of the teachers out of the school and demand that Chalmers get reinstated. A SWAT team prepares to storm the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Food%20Wife | "The Food Wife" is the fifth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 2011, and was seen by around 7.5 million people during this broadcast. In the episode, Homer feels left out when Marge, Bart, and Lisa join a group of foodies. Their personal blog quickly becomes popular and the trio is invited to a molecular gastronomy restaurant. Feeling pity toward Homer, Marge invites him along. However, after beginning to worry that he will reclaim his position as the parent perceived as the most fun by the children, she sends him to the wrong address. Homer unknowingly arrives at a meth lab, where a gunfight starts as the police burst in.
The episode was written by Matt Selman. It contains several references to different foods and famous chefs, and is largely devoted to the foodie culture, which Selman has said that he "always thought was funny and fascinating. The idea of food as not only something you enjoy eating, but as something that you are so passionate about that you're kind of bragging about it." Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the stars and creators of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, guest starred in the episode as two foodies and performed a hip hop song that makes fun of foodies. Chefs and media personalities Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay, and Mario Batali also guest starred in the episode, but as themselves in a dream sequence. Although "The Food Wife" has received generally positive reviews from television critics, particularly for the hip hop song, it has also attracted criticism from certain food critics.
Plot
Homer takes his children, Bart and Lisa, to a video game convention for another fun Saturday. Upon their return home, Marge feels upset that Homer gets to be the "fun dad", while she is stuck doing unexciting things with the children. Next Saturday, she decides to take Bart and Lisa to an "X-Games" convention, thinking it will be something fun. However, when they arrive, they are disappointed to find out that it is a Christian event, and the actual name of the convention is "† Games". The car engine dies on the way back and they are forced to stop in the neighborhood of Little Ethiopia, where the three go into a restaurant serving Ethiopian food. Although initially averse to the exotic food, Marge is reminded that she wants to be a fun mom and therefore asks for the most authentic dish on the menu for her and her children. All three of them enjoy the food and are joined by a group of foodies, who share anecdotes on their food adventures. After unsuccessfully trying to persuade a resistant and gluttony Homer to try their Ethiopian takeout, Marge, Bart and Lisa start their own food blog, "The Three Mouthketeers". The blog quickly becomes popular and the three spend much time together trying out new foods and writing about them.
When the trio gets an invitation to an exclusive molecular gastronomy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20Job | "The Book Job" is the sixth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 20, 2011. In the episode, Lisa is shocked to discover that all popular young-adult novels are not each written by a single author with any inspiration, but are conceived by book publishing executives through use of market research and ghostwriters to make money. When Homer hears this, he decides to get rich by starting work on a fantasy novel about trolls together with Bart, Principal Skinner, Patty, Moe, Professor Frink, and author Neil Gaiman. Lisa, who does not think writing should be about money, decides to write a novel on her own. However, she is constantly distracted by other things and fails to make any progress on it. After selling their novel to a book publishing executive, the group members later discover that the executive has replaced the trolls with vampires because vampires are more popular. In an attempt to replace this new version with the old before the novel goes into print, they break into the book publishing company's headquarters.
The episode was written by freelancer Dan Vebber, though The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman received the idea for it. His inspiration came from a magazine article he had read about the book packaging company Alloy Entertainment and its use of ghostwriters. In addition, the episode was inspired by the Ocean's Trilogy, a film series about a group of criminals that heist casinos, and features many elements from it. Actor Andy García, who appears in that series as a casino owner, guest starred in "The Book Job" as the book publishing executive. It also contains several references to and parodies of the Harry Potter and Twilight series, aimed at young adults. The episode was seen by approximately 5.77 million people during its original airing and since then it has received positive reviews from television critics, particularly for its satire of the book publishing industry and for its references to the Ocean's Trilogy. Gaiman, who provided his voice for the episode, has also been praised for his performance.
Plot
After watching a dinosaur show at an arena in Springfield, Lisa discovers her favorite author, T. R. Francis, working there in a dinosaur costume. The woman reveals to a shocked Lisa that she is just an actress hired by the book publishing company to pose as T. R. Francis; a complete fabrication, and that all popular young-adult book series are never each written by a single author with any inspiration, but conceived by book publishing executives through market research and the use of multiple ghostwriters, just to make more money. When Homer learns of this, he decides to get rich by group-writing a fantasy novel with a team consisting of Bart, Principal Skinner, Patty Bouvier, Moe Szyslak, and Professor Frink, all of whom have personal attributes or experiences that will be beneficial: Skinner |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20Simpsina | "The Great Simpsina" is the eighteenth episode of the twenty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 10, 2011. It was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Chris Clements. This episode was based on the 2002 film Spooky House, starring Ben Kingsley.
It was the first episode to have no opening sequence which includes the title screen, chalkboard gag, couch gag, and television with the creator and developers' credits since "Bart the General." Following its broadcast, the episode received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot
The Simpsons goes peach picking. They come back home with too many peaches, so they eat only recipes with peaches. After a while, all the family except Marge get tired of eating peaches. In an attempt to get rid of the peaches, Homer takes Marge to get a massage. Meanwhile, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie take the peaches to different locations. But, Bart no longer has his peaches when the school bullies take over. Lisa is then lost in a deserted area. A raccoon chases Lisa inside an illusionist's house. When the illusionist called "The Great Raymondo" finds her, he questions her and teaches her some magic tricks.
Lisa starts presenting magic tricks to the school, and to "The Great Raymondo". Eventually, Raymondo becomes fond of his apprentice and entrusts her with his most shielded secret, the trick of "The Great Milk Can Escape". Lisa presents this act at school and while signing autographs she meets a flattering boy who charms her into explaining the act. Shortly, it is revealed that the boy is the son of rival illusionist Cregg Demon, and merely used her to steal the secret of the Milk Can act, much to Lisa's shock. After Demon states that he is going to present it at his next show at an upcoming magic convention (he claims that he learned the trick after being met by the ghost of the trick's creator, Harry Houdini), a betrayed Raymondo rejects Lisa's apology and angrily orders her to leave his home. Lisa, saddened with guilt, tries to stop doing magic; however, Homer, saddened by his daughter's melancholy, tries to reassure her, only for her to start crying as Homer comforts her. Homer goes to Raymondo's mansion to demands he forgive his daughter, but gets caught in a diamond-patterned net. Homer asks Raymondo to release him from the net and to forgive Lisa.
After some thinking, Raymondo decides to offer Lisa a chance to redeem herself by helping him stop Demon from performing the Milk Can act. At the convention, Demon gets trapped inside the milk can and risks being drowned. Lisa tries to step in to save him, but is stopped by Ricky Jay, David Copperfield and Penn & Teller (in their second guest appearance on the show), who reveal they had replaced the fake milk can with a real one so that the Demon will be unable to escape, thus eliminating him as competition to them. After a fight, Raymondo saves him by making a girder fall on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays%20of%20Future%20Passed | "Holidays of Future Passed" is the ninth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 11, 2011. Most of the episode is set thirty years into the future, when Bart and Lisa take their children with them to Homer and Marge's house over Christmas, while a pregnant Maggie goes into labor. Bart has divorced his wife, Jenda, and is struggling to become a better father for his two boys, while Lisa has trouble connecting with her rebellious teenage daughter, Zia. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening made a minor uncredited cameo appearance as a sports commentator shouting "goal!" during a soccer game.
Originally written as a potential series finale, the episode has received highly positive reception from television critics who often cited it as the best episode of the season. It has been particularly praised for its humor and for its emotional scenes, such as one where Bart and Lisa sit in their old treehouse and talk about how difficult parenting is.
During the original broadcast, "Holidays of Future Passed" was watched by about 6.43 million people.
Plot
After stuffing themselves with turkey on Thanksgiving, it is time to take the annual Christmas card family photo and, when Bart and Lisa complain about it, Marge notes that they will grow to appreciate the photos when they become older and have children of their own. Lisa questions why Marge would assume they will even have children in the first place, while Bart confidently claims that he won't, desiring for the Simpson family's legacy of dysfunction to cease. The episode jumps thirty years into the future via a compilation of Simpson Christmas cards accompanied by the song "Sleigh Ride" performed by The Ronettes. The photos finally settle on a future where Bart is a deadbeat, divorced father with two sons whom he does not see often; Lisa is a successful businesswoman who is married to Milhouse and has a rebellious daughter named Zia; and Maggie is the lead singer of a famous band and in the late stages of pregnancy. In his apartment at the former Springfield Elementary, Bart is visited by his sons, who inform him that their mother, Jenda, teleported them to his place because she wants him to act like a proper father by having him spend time with them. However, he plans on dropping them off at his parents' house instead, which his boys can hear. Meanwhile, Lisa fears that Zia is spending too much of her time going into the "Ultranet", a digital world that people enter with their consciousness by plugging themselves into a laptop. Milhouse suggests to Lisa that she spend time with Zia in order for them to have a better connection, so Lisa decides to take Zia to her parents' house, too. Meanwhile, Maggie flies home from London to Springfield to also celebrate Christmas with her parents.
When Bart and Lisa arrive at their parents' home, they stay there with their children. Unfortunately |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Real%20Housewives%20of%20Fat%20Tony | "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2011. This episode mainly centers around Marge Simpson and one of her older sisters, Selma, who falls in love with mobster Fat Tony. Selma later begins the glamorous lifestyle associated with being in the Mafia and the couple agrees to marry each other. The marriage leads to tension between Marge and Selma. Fat Tony later invites Homer and Marge to his mansion in New Jersey, in hopes of mending the sisters' relationship. Meanwhile, Bart acquires an ability to trace the location of truffles, which leads Lisa to attest to her growing greed for eating truffles.
This episode was written by Dick Blasucci, and directed by Lance Kramer. The episode was met with a mixed to negative response from television critics, with much criticism going to the cultural references and the main storyline. It garnered a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The episode featured a guest appearance from Joe Mantegna, as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the series.
Plot
Selma is greeted by Fat Tony (formerly Fit Tony from "Donnie Fatso" following the death of the original Fat Tony) at the DMV, much to her discontent. She makes several sarcastic remarks towards Fat Tony and refuses to let him submit a change of address (initially due to him submitting the wrong form, and then refusing to let him hold his position while he retrieves the correct form), enraging him in the process. This prompts him to order his local mafia to abduct and kidnap her. They set her up for interrogation at an abandoned warehouse, in which she shoots out more sarcastic remarks, and when asked which body part she wants cut off first, requests liposuction. Fat Tony falls in love with her humor and grants her request. Afterwards, the couple begin a romantic relationship and on a boat off the coast of New Jersey, Fat Tony proposes to Selma. She agrees to the proposal, and they end up getting married.
During the wedding reception, tension rises between Marge and Selma after the couple place Homer and his family in an undesirable location and Marge angrily admits to Selma that she was never sure about her marriage. To offer his apologies, Fat Tony later invites the Simpson family to his mansion over on the shore of New Jersey. After meeting a few relatives, the couples spend time together. While on the beach at dusk, Selma reveals to Marge that she was envious that she was not in a happy marriage, and asks for Marge's support of her marriage. Later, Marge and Homer overhear Fat Tony talking about a comare and conclude that he is cheating on her with another woman, so they tell Selma about this. Selma confronts Fat Tony about the claims, just as another woman abruptly crashes into his yard, claiming to be his real wife, with a ring with a larger diamond on it than Selma's. F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replaceable%20You | "Replaceable You" is the fourth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 6, 2011. In the episode, Homer gets a new assistant named Roz who is secretly out to steal his job. Meanwhile, Bart teams up with Martin Prince for the upcoming Springfield Elementary science fair, constructing robot baby seals that become popular with the senior citizens at the Springfield Retirement Castle. The role of Roz was played by American actress Jane Lynch. "Replaceable You" was seen by approximately eight million viewers during its original broadcast, and it has received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot
Homer is initially happy to get an organized, cheerful, new assistant at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a very tall woman named Roz Davis. However, when he and Barney head out to see a film during their work shift, Roz reveals this to Mr. Burns, who demotes Homer to Roz's job and gives Roz Homer's position. Roz proceeds to charm the regulars at Moe's Tavern while finding dozens of ways to make Homer's job miserable. After Ned Flanders sees Homer is depressed, Homer tells him about Roz, and is shocked to learn that Ned knew Roz back in Ohio; they were part of the same Christian group, and when Ned gave her a congratulatory hug for winning a "no-fun run" he learned that Roz cannot stand any physical contact. When Roz wins a "Worker of Millennium" award at the plant, Homer manipulates Burns into giving Roz a hug. She proceeds to beat Burns up, and is fired. Roz then compliments Homer for being much smarter than she expected, in terms Homer does not quite understand.
Elsewhere, Bart is not ready for the upcoming Springfield Elementary science fair. He ends up working with Martin Prince and after Bart comes up with a general idea—a robotic pet—Martin does all the work and constructs an adorable robotic baby seal. However, it is revealed that when the wiring is tampered with, they become violent attackers, yet the seal wins first prize at the Fair anyway. When Bart and Martin go to the Springfield Retirement Castle, the senior citizens see the seal visibly cheer up Jasper and the value of the invention becomes clear. All of the senior citizens then get their own seals, and they become happier and healthier, which angers a consortium of local businesses (led by the local funeral home) who want the oldsters to go back to being miserable and more rapidly dying. The group figures out the wiring secret and reworks the seals so their fury returns, causing the death of Mrs. Glick. Chief Wiggum has all the robots impounded. Bart and Martin enlist the aid of Professor Frink who then gets a larger group of nerds to remotely hack into the robot software and make them nice again. They succeed and as a result, Chief Wiggum releases all the seals, who return to the nursing home.
Production
The episode was written by Stephanie Gillis and directed by Mark |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOn | eOn was a volunteer computing project running on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) platform, which uses theoretical chemistry techniques to solve problems in condensed matter physics and materials science. It was a project of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas.
Traditional molecular dynamics can accurately model events that occur within a fraction of a millisecond. In order to model events that take place on much longer timescales, Eon combines transition state theory with kinetic Monte Carlo. The result is a combination of classical mechanics and quantum methods like density functional theory.
Since the generation of new work units depended on the results of previous units, the project could only give each host a few units at a time.
On May 26, 2014, it was announced that eOn would be retiring from BOINC.
See also
List of volunteer computing projects
References
Science in society
Free science software
Volunteer computing projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20Teevan | Jaime Teevan (born 1976) is an American computer scientist and Microsoft executive known for her work on AI and productivity.
Education and background
Teevan received a B.S. in Computer Science from Yale University. As an undergraduate, she sold her senior thesis to Infoseek, an early web search engine. In it she invented an early approach to using the web link graph to support information seeking.
Teevan also received a Ph.D. and S.M. from MIT where she helped pioneer the field of Personal Information Management.
Career
Teevan spent a number of years as a researcher at Microsoft Research, where she has studied various aspects of human-computer interaction, information retrieval, and computer-supported cooperative work. Her work has focused on how to help people find, manage, and use information more effectively, especially in the context of time constraints, personal preferences, and collaborative settings.
From 2017 to 2018, Teevan served as Technical Adviser to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
She is currently Microsoft's Chief Scientist and was inaugurated as a Microsoft Technical Fellow in 2022. As Microsoft has doubled down on AI-driven products and integrated research more tightly into Microsoft products, Jaime has been one of the key people driving that shift. According to Business Insider, "she's the brains behind Microsoft's productivity innovations."
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, Teevan lead Microsoft’s Future of Work initiative to bring together researchers from Microsoft, LinkedIn, and GitHub to study how the pandemic has changed work. This led to innovations in Microsoft products, including, for example, better technological support for hybrid meetings.
Starting in Fall 2022, Teevan led the early M365 Copilot work to integrate the latest AI into Microsoft’s core products.
In an interview with Reid Hoffman recorded on the day M365 Copilot launched, Teevan spoke about her experience bringing generative AI to Microsoft products. She participated in the announcement of M365 Copilot to talk about the “art and science underlying Copilot.”
Research and awards
Teevan has published over 100 papers at international conferences and journals and received many awards for her papers. Much of her work focuses on information retrieval, human-computer interaction, and the future of work. She co-authored the first book on collaborative information seeking, and edited a book on Personal Information Management (PIM).
Teevan is particularly known for the work she has done on personalized search. According to the Technology Review, Teevan "is a leader in using data about people's knowledge, preferences, and habits to help them manage information."
Teevan also works on 'microproductivity,' breaking down complex tasks into a series of microtasks that can be completed more easily and efficiently. She developed the concept of selfsourcing, where microtasks are completed by the task owner rather than crowd workers. A 2017 article in the New York |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Fich | Thomas Fich, Fych or Fyche (died 1517), was an Irish ecclesiastic and compiler.
He studied at the University of Oxford, became a canon regular, and was appointed sub-prior of the convent of the Holy Trinity at Dublin, now Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Of that establishment Fich compiled a meagre necrology in Latin, styled ‘Mortilogium’ or ‘Obitarium.’ He was also the compiler or transcriber of a collection of memoranda, chiefly on ecclesiastical matters, known as the ‘White Book of Christ Church, Dublin,’ still preserved in that cathedral.
The necrology was printed in Dublin by the Irish Archæological Society in 1844, with an introduction by James H. Todd, D.D. A reproduction of a page of the ‘White Book of Christ Church’ was given on plate i. of part iii. of Facsimiles of National MSS. of Ireland, published in 1879. Fich died in Dublin in 1517, and was interred in Christ Church there, to which he had been a considerable benefactor. He would appear to have been related to Geoffrey Fyche, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1529–37 (he may have been Geoffrey's elder brother). In that cathedral is still extant a brass plate bearing the effigy of Geoffrey Fyche and a monumental inscription.
References
15th-century births
1517 deaths
15th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests
People of the Tudor period
Alumni of the University of Oxford
15th-century Irish writers
16th-century Irish writers
Christian clergy from Dublin (city) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memistor | A memistor is a nanoelectric circuitry element used in parallel computing memory technology. Essentially, a resistor with memory able to perform logic operations and store information, it is a three-terminal implementation of the memristor.
History
While the memristor is defined in terms of a two-terminal circuit element, there was an implementation of a three-terminal device called a memistor developed by Bernard Widrow in 1960. Memistors formed basic components of a neural network architecture called ADALINE developed by Widrow. The memistor was also used in MADALINE.
Essence
In one of the technical reports the memistor was described as follows:
Since the conductance was described as being controlled by the time integral of current as in Chua's theory of the memristor, the memistor of Widrow may be considered as a form of memristor having three instead of two terminals. However, one of the main limitations of Widrow's memistors was that they were made from an electroplating cell rather than as a solid-state circuit element. Solid-state circuit elements were required to achieve the scalability of the integrated circuit which was gaining popularity around the same time as the invention of Widrow's memistor.
An article on ArXiv suggests that the floating-gate MOSFET as well as other 3-terminal "memory transistors" may be modeled using dynamical systems equations in a similar fashion to the memristive systems of memristors.
See also
Memristor
Trancitor
References
External links
Memistor - Research at Cisco
Electrical components
Electronic circuits in computer storage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Parma | The Parma trolleybus system () forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. In operation since 1953, the system presently comprises four urban routes.
History
When the Parma trolleybus system commenced operations on 25 October 1953, it consisted of three routes:
1 Stazione FS —
2 San Leonardo — Via Montebello
3 San Lazzaro — Crocetta
One month later, on 25 November 1953, the trolleybus system's predecessor, the Parma tramway network, was closed.
In 1968, trolleybus route 1 was extended to the cemetery at Orzi di Baganza. In 1972, route 2 was extended, but was also simultaneously converted into a diesel bus route. This has been the only closure of a trolleybus route in Parma.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the trolleybus system was expanded. On 21 November 1987, route 1 was extended from Orzi di Baganza to Strada Farnese. On 14 December 1989, bus route 4 was converted into a trolleybus route. And on 5 December 1998, bus route 5 was similarly converted.
Services
The routes comprising the present Parma trolleybus system are:
1 Stazione FS — Strada Farnese
3 San Lazzaro — Crocetta
4 Via Parigi — Via Mordacci
5 Via Orazio — Via Chiavari
Fleet
Past fleet
The following trolleybuses previously used in Parma have since been withdrawn from service:
16 Fiat 2401 Cansa delivered 1953, nos. 001-016.
2 Fiat 2411 Cansa delivered 1959/1960, nos. 017-018.
2 Fiat 2411 Cansa delivered 1964, nos. 019-020.
9 delivered 1981, nos. 022-030. No. 021 of this series was still in service in 2013.
Current fleet
Parma's current trolleybus fleet is as follows:
1 Menarini Monocar 201 delivered 1981, no. 021; as of 2013, being retained indefinitely as it was found to be useful for de-icing (scraping ice off of the overhead wires) during winter months, when needed.
10 Menarini Monocar 201/2 delivered 1986, nos. 031-040.
14 low-floor, delivered 1997 (eight vehicles) and 2000, nos. 041-054.
10 Van Hool ExquiCity articulated trolleybuses, built in 2012–13, nos. 5101–5110. The first unit of what was originally an order for nine was delivered in April 2012, and the first vehicles entered service on 23 April 2014, normally used on route 5 only. A tenth vehicle, no. 5110, was purchased in 2014. It was Van Hool's prototype ExquiCity trolleybus, built in 2011, before the other Parma ExquiCity units. It was not originally built for Parma, but had been manufactured to the same specifications as used by TEP.
Heritage fleet
Parma trolleybuses nos. 014 and 017 are preserved as heritage vehicles, at the TEP "I° maggio" depot.
See also
Parma railway station
List of trolleybus systems in Italy
References
Notes
Further reading
External links
Brief history of the introduction of the trolleybus service, at tep.pr.it
Images of the Parma trolleybus system, at railfaneurope.net
Discussion of the Parma trolleybus system, on the Mondo Tram Forum
Page on the history and status of the Parma trolleybus syst |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20AMD%20FX%20processors | AMD FX is a series of AMD microprocessors for personal computers. The following is a list of AMD FX brand microprocessors. Some APUs also carry an FX model name, but the term "FX" normally only refers to CPUs which are not just APUs with the iGPU disabled.
Features overview
CPUs
APUs
APU features table
Desktop CPUs
Athlon 64 Family (90–130 nm)
These processors were the first AMD CPUs to use the "FX" designation and identified the chip as being higher-performance. The frequency multiplier was unlocked in these chips. See the comprehensive List of AMD Athlon 64 processors
SledgeHammer Core (130 nm)
Socket 940
L1 cache: 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache: 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64
FX-51 (2.2 GHz) and FX-53 (2.4 GHz)
ClawHammer Core (130 nm)
Socket 939
L1 cache: 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache: 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64
FX-53 (2.4 GHz) and FX-55 (2.6 GHz)
SanDiego Core (90 nm)
Socket 939
L1 cache: 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache: 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet
FX-55 (2.6 GHz) and FX-57 (2.8 GHz)
Toledo Core (90 nm, dual-core)
Socket 939
L1 cache (per core): 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache (per core): 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet
FX-60 (2.6 GHz)
Windsor Core (90 nm, dual-core)
Socket AM2
L1 cache (per core): 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache (per core): 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, AMD-V
FX-62 (2.8 GHz)
Windsor Core (90 nm, dual-core, dual-processor)
Socket F
L1 cache (per core): 64 kb + 64 kb (data + instruction)
L2 cache (per core): 1024 kb (full speed)
Instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, AMD-V
FX-70 (2.6 GHz), FX-72 (2.8 GHz), FX-74 (3.0 GHz)
Bulldozer Family (32 nm)
All models binned from 8 logical cores with simple OROCHI die production, in 938 pins µPGA package AM3+ socket.
All AMD FX microprocessors are unlocked and overclockable.
Two Integers-Clusters (seen as logical cores from OS) in each Bulldozer Module.
4 Bulldozer modules within FX-8 series, 3 in FX-6 series, and 2 in FX-4 series.
All models support up to 4 DIMMs of DDR3-1866 memory.
Bulldozer Core (Zambezi, 32 nm)
Codenamed: Zambezi
Transistors: ~1.6 billion (real node count)
Die size: 319 mm2 (real measured up size)
L1 data cache (per core): 16 kb
L1 instruction cache (per module): 64 kb
L2 cache (per module): 2048 kb
All models support: MMX(+), SSE1 - 2 - 3 - 3s - 4.1 - 4.2 - 4a, NX bit, AMD64, AMD-V, IOMMU, AES, CLMUL, AVX, XOP, FMA4, F16C, ABM, Turbo Core 2.0, PowerNow!, ECC
Piledriver Core (Vishera, 32 nm)
Codenamed: Vishera
L1 data cache (per core): 16 kb
L1 instructi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telmore | Telmore A/S is the largest Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Denmark headquartered in Taastrup.
Overview
Telmore was created in 2000, and was among the first Discount MVNOs in the world to use the Internet as the primary sales and service channel. Several studies have been made on the disruptive effects Telmore had on the Danish telecom market in the early 2000s. As of January 27, 2004, Telmore A/S became a subsidiary of TDC A/S. By the end of 2010, Telmore had a 10.4% mobile market share, totaling more than 700.000 subscribers.
References
External links
Official website
Mobile phone companies of Denmark |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariz%20%28Bilbao%20metro%29 | Ariz is a station on line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The station is located in the municipality of Basauri. It was opened in 2011.
The Euskotren Trena commuter railway network has a station with the same name at a distance of about , but the two stations are not connected.
History
It was opened on 28 February 2011, being the first metro station in the municipality of Basauri, the other one being Basauri station, which was opened on 11 November that same year. During the first day, more than 8,000 passengers used the new station.
Until the opening of Basauri station, both lines 1 and 2 reached Ariz; starting on November 11 only line 2 uses it. Line 1 now terminates at Etxebarri.
Station layout
Ariz station follows the typical cavern-shaped layout of most underground Metro Bilbao stations, with the main hall located directly above the rail tracks.
Access
Nagusia St. (Nagusia exit)
Valencia St. (Valencia exit, closed during night time services)
León St.
Services
The station is served by line 2 from Kabiezes to Basauri with headways from five to ten minutes. Bus stops near the station are served by Bizkaibus regional services.
References
External links
Line 2 (Bilbao metro) stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 2011
2011 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20in%20Algeria | Algeria Standard Time or DPRA Standard Time is the time zone for Algeria. It is 1 hour ahead of GMT/UTC (UTC+01:00) and is co-linear with neighboring Tunisia.
IANA time zone database
The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Algeria in the file zone.tab.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%27s%20Next%20Topmodel%20%28season%206%29 | Germany's Next Topmodel, Cycle 6 is the sixth season of the show that was aired on the German television network ProSieben. The show started airing on 3 March 2011. In difference to the last two years, a preselection was done and open castings were not part of the show. The first episode started with 50 semifinalists, the fewest since Cycle 1. This was also the first season where an elimination outside the judging panel can happen at any point.
Once again the entire judging panel except for Heidi Klum was replaced. Q and Kristian Schuller both left the show after one Cycle. Thomas Hayo and fashion designer Thomas Rath joined in.
The show hit US-American news when the mansion in Los Angeles in which the final 15 competitors were supposed to live burnt down one day before filming, with firefighter Glenn Allen being killed. A new mansion was found immediately without a significant delay in production. The winner of the competition was 20-year-old Jana Beller from Recklinghausen.
The international destinations for this cycle were set in Schladming, London, Los Angeles, Nassau and Rio de Janeiro.
Episode summaries
Episode 1: Weltrekord geknackt
Original airdate: 3 March 2011
The 50 chosen semifinalists are invited to Schladming where they have to achieve a world record in highheels walking on a treadmill for 60 minutes. Being concerned about her feet, Joana withdraws after a few minutes much to the dissatisfaction of new judge Thomas Hayo. After the record is broken and a first live walk in front of the judges, 10 girls are cut.
In their first challenge, the girls have to impress a mass audience on a sky-location Kesha concert in order to perform with her on stage. At the second judging, the girls have to walk on a runway above a swimming pool where 14 more contestants are eliminated, and the final cast is announced. After learning that she was diagnosed with lymph node cancer, Melek withdraws from the competition.
Quit: Melek Civantürk
Episode 2: London Calling
Original airdate: 10 March 2011
The 25 remaining finalists are taken to London.
Seven of the girls receive makeovers where half-Chinese Sihe gets a blond bob. Meanwhile, the rest of the girls gets the chance to present themselves at a casting for the fashion label "Felder and Felder", where Rebecca and Paulina impress the most but in the end Rebecca is booked.
Two beauty shoots are contacted with pre-and-post makeover removal where Heidi notices Jil's skin problems.
The weekly runway challenge is taking place in a church where the girls have to walk in sexy bride outfits which Sarah refuses as she fears a bad reaction from her Christian school. Chiara-Isabell gets eliminated for not being ready to perform well in the competition yet just like Lilia, whose elimination is not shown in the episode. In the end, the 23 remaining girls continue in the competition.
Booked for job: Rebecca Mir
Eliminated: Chiara Breder & Lilia Doubrovina
Episode 3: Das Horror-Shooting
Original airdate: 17 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our%20America%20with%20Lisa%20Ling | Our America with Lisa Ling is an American documentary television series that aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network for five seasons from February 15, 2011 until July 31, 2014. Hosted by journalist Lisa Ling, each episode examines an aspect of American society that may be viewed as marginal or outside the mainstream.
Episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 1 of Our America with Lisa Ling aired on Oprah Winfrey Network from Tuesday February 15, 2011 until Tuesday March 29, 2011. The first season was broadcast weekly on Tuesday nights at 10/9c.
Season 2 (2011)
Season 2 of Our America with Lisa Ling aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network from Sunday October 16, 2011 until Sunday December 4, 2011. The second season was broadcast weekly on Sunday nights at 10/9c.
Season 3 (2012)
Season 3 of Our America with Lisa Ling aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network from Sunday June 10, 2012 until Tuesday August 21, 2012. The third season was broadcast weekly on Tuesday nights at 10/9c.
Season 4 (2013)
Season 4 of Our America with Lisa Ling aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network from Tuesday January 22, 2013 until Tuesday March 12, 2013. The fourth season was broadcast weekly on Tuesday nights at 10/9c.
Season 5 (2014)
The fifth and final season of Our America with Lisa Ling premiered on OWN on May 29, 2014.
Critical response
Hank Stuever of The Washington Post praised the series, calling it "an intelligent, ruminative affirmation on the ways life might resemble a daytime talk show". Ling is called empathetic and sensitive and the series a throwback to "the quality TV magazine journalism that predated the infotainment glut". However he finds that while Ling is emotionally affected by the stories she finds she seems "none the wiser" for having found them.
Ratings
The debut episode of Our America drew an average of 574,000 viewers. This was an improvement over the average viewership that the network attracted during its first week on the air and an improvement of 242% over its predecessor, Discovery Health Channel, from a year earlier.
In its second season, Our America continued with strong ratings, ranking #17 in its time period among 95 ad-supported cable networks. The show posted triple digit growth for the month of October across the key demos versus year ago numbers (+189% W25-54, +108% HH, +126% P2+, compared with Discovery Health's ratings in October 2010).
External links
References
2011 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
2010s American documentary television series
English-language television shows
Oprah Winfrey Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenation | Juvenation is a social network especially for people with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers which was created by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) through an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk. According to JDRF, the goal of Juvenation is to facilitate a network of ongoing peer-to-peer support.
Once a person registers with Juvenation, he/she can create a profile, participate in online discussion groups and forums, create and comment on blogs, upload videos, and more. Members share their thoughts, concerns and tips about living with diabetes. There is also information about new gadgets and technologies to treat type 1 diabetes.
JDRF launched Juvenation on World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2008. As of this writing, the site has more than 14,000 members.
References
External links
Juvenation
American social networking websites
Defunct social networking services
Internet properties established in 2008
Diabetes organizations
American medical websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Hotel%20Tripoli | The Grand Hotel Tripoli, also known as Funduq-Al-Kabir Hotel in Arabic, is a defunct hotel on El-Fatah Street in Tripoli, Libya.
Data
The modern hotel was built in 1982 and designed by the British firm of Wakeman Trower & Partners Ltd. The hotel has been closed since the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
It replaced the smaller historic hotel originally built by the Italians in 1927 in "Neomoresco style", and that was also called Grand Hotel Tripoli, which was heavily damaged by bombings in 1942 and was demolished after WW2.
The Original hotel stands in an extensive open park which overlooks the then unfilled Tripoli harbor, not far from the Algerian embassy and Tripoli Cathedral - Jamal Abdul Nasser Mosque. It has 350 rooms. It is noted for its many arches, inspired by the original building's facade, which form the basis of the structure. The hotel once had a propaganda poster on the outside of the hotel that showed a crying child superimposed above a montage of the wreckage caused by the attack by the British.
Historic importance
The Original Grand Hotel of Tripoli, dating back to as early as 1920, appears to be included within a photo taken with Italian General Italo Gariboldi welcoming Erwin Rommel and Johannes Streich on February 12, 1941.
Erwin Rommel was selected by Adolf Hitler to lead the newly formed Afrika Korps divisions in the fight against British forces in North Africa. Two days later, his troops arrived in Tripoli.
Several days later, his troops staged a parade in the 'Suq-Al-Khubsa' plaza, now known as Martyrs square where he multiplied the number of his forces by ordering his tanks and infantry to circle the square multiple times, to boost morale and falsify numbers to any British spies.
Erwin Rommel with his Afrika Korps and with the Italian Army then expelled the British 8th Army out of Libya, and eventually led his forces into Egypt during the North Africa campaign that lasted for 3 years earning him the famed title "The Desert Fox".
References
External links
the "Grand Hotel" in Italian Tripoli
Hotels in Tripoli, Libya
Hotel buildings completed in 1982
Defunct hotels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TcoF-DB | The Dragon Database for Human Transcription Co-Factors and Transcription Factor Interacting Proteins (TcoF-DB) is a database that facilitates the exploration of proteins involved in the regulation of transcription in humans by binding to regulatory DNA regions (transcription factors) and proteins involved in the regulation of transcription in humans by interacting with transcription factors and not binding to regulatory DNA regions (transcription co-factors). The database describes a total of 529 (potential) human transcription co-factors interacting with a total of 1365 human transcription factors.
See also
Transcription factor
Transcription coregulator
References
External links
Biological databases
Gene expression
Genetics databases
Transcription factors
Biophysics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Breakout%20Kings%20episodes | Breakout Kings is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the A&E Network on March 6, 2011. The series was created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, who previously worked together on Prison Break. It premiered as the most-watched original drama series in A&E's history among adults 25–54 and adults 18–49, delivering 1.6 million adults 25–54 and 1.5 million adults 18–49. The series was picked up for a second season on July 6, 2011. The season finale of the second season aired on April 29, 2012 at 9 p.m. ET/PT featured two hours of back-to-back episodes "Freakshow" and "Served Cold" instead of the usual one-hour episode at 10 p.m. Executive producer and creator Nick Santora once opined, "Our DVR+7 day numbers are really strong. A lot of people are watching the show; a lot of them just don't watch it on the night it premieres."
On May 17, 2012, A&E canceled Breakout Kings after two seasons, with co-creator Matt Olmstead choosing to move on to another series.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 2 (2012)
References
External links
Breakout Kings Episodes at A&E official website
List of Breakout Kings Episodes at TVDB.com
Breakout Kings
Episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvato | Anvato was a Mountain View, California-based technology firm. Founded in 2007 by Alper Turgut, it is a provider of cloud computing technologies for the online video industry, including online video streaming, video editing, publishing, and monetization infrastructure.
Anvato was a pioneer in cloud-based video processing. Anvato developed one of the first server-side dynamic video ad insertion technologies and received a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award with its customer NBCU. The technology allowed media companies to release ad-supported video content across all device platforms, contributing to the rapid growth of online video. Anvato also developed the first software-only, cloud-native live encoder, allowing media companies to stream at large scale using cloud technologies. On July 7, 2016, Google acquired Anvato and announced that the company will be incorporated into the Google Cloud Platform suite.
References
External links
American companies established in 2007
Companies based in Mountain View, California
Google acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Ace | The Samsung Galaxy Ace (also known as Samsung Galaxy Cooper in some territories) was a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2011, the Galaxy Ace features an 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor with the Adreno 200 GPU. It is available in black, with back covers in three different colors: black, purple and white.
In January 2012, Samsung announced its successor, the Galaxy Ace Plus, and have since released as successor models the Galaxy Ace 2 in May 2012, the Galaxy Ace 3 in July 2013, and the Galaxy Ace 4 in August 2014.
The Galaxy Ace was a 3G smartphone, offering quad-band GSM and announced with two-band HSDPA (900/2100) at 7.2 Mbit/s. The display is a 3.5 inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen with its protection by a Gorilla Glass and has HVGA (320x480) resolution. There is also a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, capable of recording videos at QVGA (320x240) resolution and VGA (640x480) resolution with the Gingerbread update, and a 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery.
Android firmware for S5830i can be flashed on S5839i (or vice versa) because they use the same hardware, but not S5830, as it does not.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy Ace has a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with a resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels. It has a LED flash along with the camera for low-light scenes. It also has face and smile detection and geotagging, but does not have a shutter key. The contrast and brightness can be adjusted through on screen menu. It is also capable of up to 2x camera zoom.
Video recording
Gaming
Having an Adreno 200 GPU, and a lower processor with a lower screen resolution, the Galaxy Ace cannot run high-definition games; however, third-party developers can port some games to work on the Galaxy Ace. As in the GT-S5830i model, the device uses VideoCore IV which may introduce some improved characteristics but has major issues with games since neither Broadcom nor Samsung shares the source code; 3D games that work in original model might have incompatibilities with GT-S5830i. Games and Applications that are ported for the ARM6 do work on this phone.
Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500[L/T/W]) is a later generation of the Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), which was released in 2011. It features an 800 MHz single core processor and it also includes the upgraded GUI and TouchWiz 4.0 interface.
See also
Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Samsung Galaxy Ace 4
References
External links
I5800
Samsung smartphones
Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2011
Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Milan | The Milan tramway network () is part of the public transport network of Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM).
In operation since 1881, the network is currently long, making it one of the biggest in the world. It has the unusual track gauge of (Italian gauge), and comprises 17 urban lines.
While the Milan metro is characterized by a low level of centrality, with no more than two lines ever crossing each other at any of the interchange stations, the tram network is substantially centralized, with nearly half of the lines passing or terminating around Piazza del Duomo, the city central square.
History
Horses and steam (1876–93)
Following the establishment of omnibus services in 1841, Milan acquired its first trams on 8 July 1876, upon the inauguration of the Milan–Monza tramway, which was operated by animal traction. The terminus of this line was at Porta Venezia, outside the city limits.
On 24 June 1877, a second tramway was opened between Milan and Saronno, with a terminus at Arco della Pace.
After only a few months, the city government agreed to the laying of rails in the city. The line from Monza was therefore extended up to Piazza San Babila, and the line from Saronno through Piazza d'Armi to Via Cusani, inside the city limits.
A year later, on 6 June 1878, Milan's first steam tramway, to Vaprio, started operations. The success of this line made steam power popular. The existing line to Saronno was therefore extended (1878), and new lines were constructed to Sedriano (1879), Vimercate, Pavia and Lodi (1880), Giussano (1881), and elsewhere. These lines did not form a single network, but were awarded to different companies, and were operated from different termini.
Milan's first urban tramway network, with animal traction, was opened in 1881, at the National Exhibition. This network was laid out radially, with a central terminus in Piazza del Duomo, and lines heading out towards the city gates. It was managed by the Società Anonima degli Omnibus (English: Omnibus Public Limited Company) (SAO).
The Edison era (1893–1917)
In 1892, the Edison company presented a project for the electrification of the urban tramway network. The first stage of this project was an experimental line from Piazza del Duomo to Corso Sempione through new residential areas, to demonstrate the advantages of the new system. A year later works started on the rest of the project. By 1895, Edison had replaced the SAO in managing the network. Electrification was completed in 1901.
In 1910, following an expansion of the network, line numbering was introduced, using numbers from 1 to 30.
The early ATM years (1917–45)
In 1917, the comune of Milan assumed direct control of the city's tramway network, through the Ufficio Tramviario Municipale. A new corporation, the Azienda Tranviaria Municipale (ATM), was established to manage the network's operations.
In 1926, the network was substantially reformed. The so-called "carousel" terminus in Pi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication%20transaction%20processing%20systems | Telecommunication networks can generate a vast amount of transactions where each transaction contains information about a particular subscriber's activity. Telecommunication network consist of various interacting devices and platforms. Any transaction carried out by a subscriber is often recorded in multiple devices as it passes through the network. Telecommunication organizations generally need to be able to extract transaction information from these various network elements in order to correctly bill subscribers for the usage on the network. Transaction processing system is a subset of information systems, and in the telecommunications industry, forms an integral part of the management information system. TPS can be regarded as the link between the various network elements and platforms and the information management uses to drive the business.
Call Data Records
Each activity occurring on a specific network element within the telecommunication network, is recorded by the particular platform. All available information about the particular transaction is recorded and encoded into different formats. The recorded transactions, is called Call Data Records(CDR). Various formats and protocols are used to encode these CDRs, some example encoding protocols used includes ASN.1, XML and CSV . Some platform vendors develop their own encoding protocols for security reasons. Encoded CDRs are grouped into batches and periodically moved to locations from where the TPS can collect the CDR batches in order to process it.
Gathering of CDR files
The TPS is configured to periodically check each platform for any new CDR batches becoming available. The TPS uses standard network protocols, including FTP, SFTP and FTPS to transfer the CDR batch file to the TPS. Some platform vendors have developed their own file transfer protocols, in which case, the TPS need to be customized in order to retrieve the batch files from these platforms. The TPS is also responsible for ensuring the integrity of each file transferred, ensuring that no IP network errors render the file corrupt. Checking for duplicate files from the particular platform is also a responsibility of the TPS to ensure that no file is processed more than once, resulting in duplication of CDRs. Once batch files are retrieved from a particular network-element, they are backed up to long-term media. Some governments require that a record of each and every transaction needs to be stored infinitely in its raw (encoded) format. The batch sizes and frequency differ for each network-element and is also directly related to the number of active subscribers on a particular telecommunication network.
Decoding / Enrichment and Loading of CDRs
Once the TPS has successfully retrieved all the CDR batches, its first task is to decode the CDRs into human readable (ASCII) format. This is probably one of the most important functions of the TPS within the telecommunication industry, as any error in the decoding process will |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin%20Ammori | Marvin Ammori is an American lawyer, civil liberties advocate, and scholar best known for his work on network neutrality and Internet freedom issues. He currently serves as Chief Legal Officer of Uniswap.
Career
Ammori attended Brother Rice High School and studied literature at the University of Michigan. He earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School., where he studied under communications scholar Yochai Benkler.
In 2007, while serving as the general counsel for nonprofit advocacy group Free Press, Ammori wrote the original Comcast complaint to the FCC in the Comcast-BitTorrent case, the first network neutrality enforcement action in the United States.
From 2008 to 2011, Ammori taught law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-College of Law, where he helped launch the law school's program in space and telecommunications law.
In 2013, Ammori was named a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. In 2015, he was named a Senior Fellow to the Democracy Fund.
In 2014 and 2015, he worked on a effort to urge the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strong network neutrality rules on the basis of its Title II authority. Ammori collaborated with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for a network neutrality segment and worked with White House staff leading to President Obama's network neutrality plan.
On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Circuit Court, which had in 2014 rejected the FCC's attempts to impose network neutrality rules under its 706 authority, upheld the Title II network neutrality rules, writing in the majority opinion that the FCC had overcome the problems of the previous rules "by reclassifying broadband service—and the interconnection arrangements necessary to provide it—as a telecommunications service" under Title II, thereby vindicating Ammori's legal approach.
From 2016 to 2018, Ammori served as general counsel of Virgin Hyperloop One.
In 2018, Ammori joined Protocol Labs.
Ammori was an advisor on season six for HBO’s Emmy award-winning show Silicon Valley. He is the author "On Internet Freedom."
References
American lawyers
University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty
University of Michigan alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Living people
First Amendment scholars
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-form | In computer science, a U-form is an abstract data type comprising a collection of attribute–value pairs associated with a universally-unique identifier (UUID). A U-form essentially comprises an associative array augmented with a UUID and with keys limited to strings.
The UUID that is associated with a u-form is immutable, however all data "contained" in the u-form are mutable (including the keys/names).
The mutability of contained data combined with an immutable identifier make implementations of fully mutable, replicable digital objects possible.
This has applications in distributed computing, non-relational database systems, information visualization, and knowledge representation systems.
Navigational databases, Entity and associative entity relationships can be implemented by using a UUID, or multiple UUIDs, as attribute values.
The u-form's design goals center around supporting an open, extensible distributed information space, emphasizing the unambiguous identity of data objects and the separation between data storage, data characterization, and schema development.
The use of non-semantic UUIDs combined with a simple attribute–value model draws a clear distinction between identity and data.
Although u-forms share certain design characteristics with serialization formats such as XML, they should not be confused with such representational formats. Since u-forms are abstract, they do not specify any particular representational format. Indeed, they may be stored as or communicated via XML or other types of serialization.
Operations
The operations defined for a u-form are similar to associative arrays:
Set_Attribute: Bind an attribute name to a value (replacing any existing binding to that name)
Delete_Attribute: Unbind an attribute name from a value and remove the name from the u-form
Get_Attribute: Find the value (if any) that is bound to a name.
List_Attributes: Find all names that have a non-empty value.
Properties
U-forms have the following properties:
A UUID is defined as an array of bytes that is intended to be unique in the Universe.
Note that these are not limited to the standards for ISO, Microsoft, or DCE UUIDs though those are examples of acceptable sources of UUIDs.
Attribute names are case-folded and normalized strings of Unicode characters
Values are arbitrary-length arrays of bytes (BLOBs, though not necessary "large")
Each attribute has only one value (though the bytes may be interpreted to represent a vector of data)
The number of attribute–value pairs is arbitrary and extensible at any time
The attribute–value pairs are treated as a set (i.e., they are unordered)
Copying vs replication
An important characteristic of u-forms, of significance to distributed database systems, is that they support a clear distinction between copying and replication of data objects. Copying a u-form involves the creation of a new u-form (i.e., one with a different UUID), but with all attribute–value pairs identical to thos |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radisson%20Blu%20Al%20Mahary%20Hotel%20Tripoli | The Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli is a modern tourist hotel in Tripoli, Libya, near Grand Hotel Tripoli.
Data & History
It was built in 1989 and completely remodeled in 2009 to international standards as part of Radisson Hotels.
It is located on the site of the earlier Italian Hotel del Mehari , built in 1935 at the same time as the nearby Hotel Casinò Uaddan.
Like the Uaddan, it was designed by Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto, with the collaboration of Stefano Gatti-Casazza. According to Brian McLaren in his book Architecture and tourism in Italian colonial Libya, the destroyed Mehari hotel "provided a fusion of the indigenous architecture of Tripoli with a modern aesthetic that responded to the demand for a metropolitan standard of comfort, typical to colonial tourism.
See also
Grand Hotel Tripoli
Hotel Casinò Uaddan
References
External links
Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli official website
Hotels in Tripoli, Libya
Hotels established in 1989
Hotel buildings completed in 1989 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Knight%20Chronicles%3A%20Origins | White Knight Chronicles: Origins is a role-playing video game developed by Japan Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation Portable. The game is a prequel to the 2008 title White Knight Chronicles and was released on February 3, 2011 in Japan. In Europe, the game was released on June 8 in most European countries, June 9 for Australia and New Zealand and June 10 for UK and Ireland, with no plans for a North American release.
Gameplay
Setting
White Knight Chronicles: Origins signs the player character up to the Mobile Corps, a mercenary organization that operates via train. Traversing into the no-man's-land between Athwan and Yshrenia, the player is set into world of shuddering battles between hulking warriors.
Rattling across the vast plains that separate two sworn foes is the special steam train that acts as central hub. Through this hub the player has access to missions as they become available, and spend earned Grace Points on new equipment.
When the trusty Mobile Corps train rolls into a new, exotic location, the player selects a team of three skilled mercenaries to accompany and stride out into the unknown. The player can add carriages to it to make room for new characters; plus, if the players own White Knight Chronicles II on PlayStation 3, they can transfer data between the two games and receive special bonuses aboard the train.
Battle system
The battle system used in White Knight Chronicles: Origins is a real-time system identical to its console counterpart, where the battle mode is initiated automatically when enemies are present.
Before a battle the player optionally goes into the "Battle Preparation" menu (accessible at any time) and chooses up to three sets of five commands for your in-game avatar.
This set of commands is called a "Function Palette" and several of these palettes can be saved, making tactical palette preparing and switching essential to the game. The commands can also be linked in order to create combos. These can then be used in battle. The player controls one of the characters while the others are controlled by the AI, as also seen in the previous games.
The main character possess the ability to transform into a mighty Optimus, a powerful warrior with heightened defences and a range of thunderous attacks. Along with teammates who can do the same, the players forms a war machine capable of shredding even the fiercest beasts.
After defeating an enemy, players will obtain raw materials. While this occurs in both the offline and online modes, some raw materials will only be obtainable in online quests. Materials are used for crafting, and upgrading, equipment and items.
Plot
10,000 years before the original PS3 game takes place, there was a period of strife known as the Dogma Wars. This struggle is between the Yshrenian Empire who are harnessing the power of the Knights in a bid to conquer the world, and the Athwani Mage Kingdom who are trying to stop them. These event |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20March%20Madness%20%28TV%20program%29 | NCAA March Madness is the branding used for coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament that is jointly produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network, and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, the national sports division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in the United States. Through the agreement between CBS and WBD, which began with the 2011 tournament, games are televised on CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV. CBS Sports Network has re-aired games from all networks.
Initially, CBS continued to provide coverage during most rounds, with the three WarnerMedia channels covering much of the early rounds up to the Second Round (with TruTv covering the First Four and CBS/TBS airing the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight). Starting in 2016, the Final Four and national championship game began to alternate between CBS and TBS. TBS holds the rights to the final two rounds in even numbered years, with CBS getting the games in odd numbered years.
This joint tournament coverage should be distinguished from CBS's regular-season coverage, which it produces independently through its sports division. , none of WBD's outlets cover regular-season college basketball games. Games broadcast on all four networks use a variation of the longtime CBS College Basketball theme (which has been used since 1993) music composed by Bob Christianson.
Background and coverage breakdown
On April 22, 2010, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reached a 14-year agreement, worth US$10.8 billion, with CBS and the Turner Broadcasting System to receive joint broadcast rights to the Division I men's college basketball tournament. This came after speculation that ESPN would try to obtain the rights to future tournament games. The NCAA took advantage of an opt-out clause in its 1999 deal with CBS (which ran through 2013, even though the NCAA had the option of ending the agreement after the 2010 championship) to announce its intention to sign a new contract with CBS and Turner Sports, a division of WarnerMedia (which later was absorbed into Warner Bros. Discovery who, incidentally, jointly owned The CW with the CBS television network's corporate parent Paramount Global). The new contract came amid serious consideration by the NCAA of expanding the tournament to 68 teams.
The agreement, which runs through 2032 (extended from 2024 in 2016), stipulates that all games are available nationally. All First Four games air on truTV. During the first and second rounds, a featured game in each time "window" is broadcast terrestrially on CBS (15 games), while all other games are shown on TBS (12 games), TNT (12 games) or truTV (nine games). Sweet 16 (regional semifinal) and Elite 8 (regional finals) games are split among CBS and TBS. In 2014 and 2015, Turner channels had exclusive rights to the Final Four (with standard coverage airing on TBS), and CBS broadcast the championship game. Since 2016, rights to the Final Four and championship game alternate between Tu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan%20League%20for%20Human%20Rights | The Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR) is a human rights organization in the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. LLHR was established on 2 March 1989 by Soliman Bouchuiguir, Hussein Raiani, Mohammad Zayyan, and Mansour Kikhia. According to the League's website, "Mansour Kikhia, former Libyan ambassador to the United Nations, had defected to the US in 1980 and, in December 1993, was kidnapped in Egypt and subsequently transported to Libya, where he is believed to have been executed."
As of 2001, LLHR was headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, with branches in Bornheim, Germany and in England. Since then, it has opened operations in North America.
The group opposes the death penalty in Libya and throughout the world. Since the beginning of the 2011 Libyan civil war, LLHR has issued statements condemning the violent crackdown on protesters and Gaddafi's use of rape, torture, and abduction as instruments of war . It has also addressed the UN Human Rights Council and European Union on human rights violations during the civil war. LLHR played a role in raising awareness surrounding the detention of American citizen Abdelgader Gibani in February 2011 and in encouraging Americans to call the State Department to facilitate his release. Gibani was released on 2 March 2011. On January 27, 2012, the Libyan League for Human Rights opened an investigation into all interactions between Libyans and US law enforcement agencies and related bodies (including the FBI, CIA, local law enforcement, TSA, and CBP, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and State Department) since February 2011. LLHR cited evidence that the FBI and other US law enforcement agencies had targeted Libyan-American citizens in their homes and workplaces as well as at US-Canada border crossings and airports throughout the US. In its statement regarding the investigation, LLHR indicated that two American citizens of Libyan origin were currently being prevented from entering the US. LLHR highlighted that these actions "directly undermine Articles 9 through 12 of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR), which protect all human beings from arbitrary arrest, detention, and exile, and arbitrary interference with privacy," as well as "the rights of these individuals to freedom of movement and to return to their country of citizenship, as affirmed in Article 13 of the UDHR."
References
First Libyan Civil War
Organizations based in Libya
International Federation for Human Rights member organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisid%20%28TV%20series%29 | (International title: Pearl Diver / ) is a 2011 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Ricky Davao, it stars Jackie Rice. It premiered on May 30, 2011 on the network's Dramarama sa Hapon line up replacing My Lover, My Wife. The series concluded on September 16, 2011 with a total of 79 episodes. It was replaced by Kung Aagawin Mo ang Langit in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Jackie Rice as Eden Cordelia / Pearl dela Vida
Supporting cast
Dominic Roco as Sigfried Zaragoza
JC Tiuseco as Ahmed
Marco Alcaraz as Chad
Rich Asuncion as Frida
Bela Padilla as Monique
Ian Batherson as Dexter
Ynna Asistio as Gina
Marc Acueza as Samuel Zaragoza
Angelu de Leon as Alicia Cordelia
Daniel Fernando as Hamil Cordelia
Alicia Mayer as Alona Zaragoza
Bembol Roco as Segismundo Zaragoza
Maricar de Mesa as Perla
Patricia Ysmael as Lovely
Leo Martinez as Ramon dela Vida / Leo Sision
Chanda Romero as L
Lorenzo Mara as Akhim
Bodjie Pascua as Ikong
Mailes Kanapi as Mela
Orlando Sol as Osama
Ozu Ong as Toto
Maria Rosario as Lira
Guest cast
Cris Catagenas as a fisherman
Mash Mojica as a fisherman
Jeffrey Luna as a fisherman
Enrico Reyes as a fisherman
Romeo Edgar Abaygar as Nato
Annie Revilla as a village woman
Chie Nicdao-Alvear as a village woman
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of earned a 17.9% rating.
While the final episode scored an 18.5% rating.
References
External links
2011 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache%20language%20model | A cache language model is a type of statistical language model. These occur in the natural language processing subfield of computer science and assign probabilities to given sequences of words by means of a probability distribution. Statistical language models are key components of speech recognition systems and of many machine translation systems: they tell such systems which possible output word sequences are probable and which are improbable. The particular characteristic of a cache language model is that it contains a cache component and assigns relatively high probabilities to words or word sequences that occur elsewhere in a given text. The primary, but by no means sole, use of cache language models is in speech recognition systems.
To understand why it is a good idea for a statistical language model to contain a cache component one might consider someone who is dictating a letter about elephants to a speech recognition system. Standard (non-cache) N-gram language models will assign a very low probability to the word "elephant" because it is a very rare word in English. If the speech recognition system does not contain a cache component, the person dictating the letter may be annoyed: each time the word "elephant" is spoken another sequence of words with a higher probability according to the N-gram language model may be recognized (e.g., "tell a plan"). These erroneous sequences will have to be deleted manually and replaced in the text by "elephant" each time "elephant" is spoken. If the system has a cache language model, "elephant" will still probably be misrecognized the first time it is spoken and will have to be entered into the text manually; however, from this point on the system is aware that "elephant" is likely to occur again – the estimated probability of occurrence of "elephant" has been increased, making it more likely that if it is spoken it will be recognized correctly. Once "elephant" has occurred several times, the system is likely to recognize it correctly every time it is spoken until the letter has been completely dictated. This increase in the probability assigned to the occurrence of "elephant" is an example of a consequence of machine learning and more specifically of pattern recognition.
There exist variants of the cache language model in which not only single words but also multi-word sequences that have occurred previously are assigned higher probabilities (e.g., if "San Francisco" occurred near the beginning of the text subsequent instances of it would be assigned a higher probability).
The cache language model was first proposed in a paper published in 1990, after which the IBM speech-recognition group experimented with the concept. The group found that implementation of a form of cache language model yielded a 24% drop in word-error rates once the first few hundred words of a document had been dictated. A detailed survey of language modeling techniques concluded that the cache language model was one of the fe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winners%20%26%20Losers%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of the drama television series Winners & Losers originally aired between 22 March and 23 August 2011 on the Seven Network in Australia. The season consisted of 22 episodes and aired on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm, replacing Packed to the Rafters.
Production
The season was first aired on the Seven Network in Australia on 22 March 2011. The executive producer was John Holmes and the producer was Maryanne Carroll. Level Two Music helped to supply music for the series.
Plot
When you're 27 years old, high school feels like a long time ago. But how much do we really change in ten years? Does a successful career or a hot fiancé make you one of life's winners? Or are we still the same old losers we were in high school?
With a surprise invite to their "Ten Year High School Reunion", Bec, Jenny, Frances and Sophie are about to discover what it really means to be a winner.
Cast
Main
Melissa Bergland as Jenny Gross
Virginia Gay as Frances James
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith as Bec Gilbert
Melanie Vallejo as Sophie Wong
Damien Bodie as Jonathan Kurtiss
Blair McDonough as Matt O'Connor
Stephen Phillips as Zach Armstrong (19 episodes)
Tom Wren as Doug Graham
Denise Scott as Trish Gross
Francis Greenslade as Brian Gross (20 episodes)
Sarah Grace as Bridget Fitzpatrick (16 episodes)
Jack Pearson as Patrick Gross (20 episodes)
Recurring
Mike Smith as Callum Gilbert (17 episodes)
Paul Moore as Wes Fitzpatrick (12 episodes)
Mark Leonard-Winter as JB Bartlett (8 episodes)
Nick Simpson-Deeks as Rhys Mitchell (7 episodes)
Nell Feeney as Carolyn Gilbert (7 episodes)
Natalie Walker as Donna Wong (6 episodes)
Michala Banas as Tiffany Turner (5 episodes)
Geoff Morrell as Paul Armstrong (5 episodes)
Carmen Duncan as Prof. Kerry Green (4 episodes)
Dan Feurerriegel as Jake Peters (4 episodes)
Glenda Linscott as Lily Patterson (4 episodes)
PiaGrace Moon as Jasmine Patterson (4 episodes)
Guest
Lawrence Mooney as Trevor Myers (3 episodes)
Greg Stone as Steve Gilbert (3 episodes)
Nicki Paull as Leanne O'Connor (3 episodes)
Judith McGrath as Maria Crawley (2 episodes)
Rob Mills as Sean Brody (2 episodes)
Jacob Allan as Chugga McKinnon (2 episodes)
Natalie Saleeba as Claire Armstrong (2 episodes)
Todd McKenney as Bryce Thomson (1 episode)
Julia Blake as Gwen Armstrong (1 episode)
John Flaus as Don Armstrong (1 episode)
Madeleine West as Deidre Gross (1 episode)
Kevin Harrington as Nev Barnsworth (1 episode)
Casting
The season had a cast of twelve actors who received star billing.
Melissa Bergland, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melanie Vallejo and Virginia Gay portrayed the four protagonists or "losers"; Jenny Gross, Bec Gilbert, Sophie Wong and Frances James respectively. During early production, the four actresses were forced to spend time together to build up chemistry between them. Former Neighbours actors Blair McDonough and Damien Bodie played Matt O'Connor and Jonathan Kurtiss. Tom Wren portrayed Doug Graham, Sophie's best friend. Stephe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Winners%20%26%20Losers%20episodes | Winners & Losers is an Australian television drama that premiered on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. The series aired for five seasons, and focuses on the fictional lives of a group of women, as they deal with everyday problems that arise in their lives. The show was created by Bevan Lee and developed by Sarah Walker. Dan Bennett and John Holmes serve as the script executive and executive producer, respectively. The series is produced by Paul Moloney, and formerly by MaryAnne Carroll.
Episodes are broadcast on Tuesday nights at 8:30 pm (or 9:30) Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). All episodes are approximately forty-three minutes, excluding commercials. The series is broadcast in 16:9 in standard definition. The first five seasons have been made available for viewing on Presto in Australia.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 2 (2012)
Season 3 (2013–14)
Season 4 (2014–15)
Season 5 (2016)
Ratings
References
Lists of Australian drama television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replacement%20algorithm | Replacement algorithm may refer to:
Cache replacement algorithm
Page replacement algorithm |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-pronged%20parts%20retriever | A 3-pronged parts retriever, also known as a Pearl-Catcher, is a tool used by computer technicians.
Design
It consists of a length of tube of around 4 mm to 6 mm in diameter, often made of coiled steel springs, with a push-button on one end. Three metal wires protrude from the other end, each sprung to bend outwards, away from the tube's axis, but with their tips bent inwards to form teeth. The push-button drives the wires down the tube, where their natural springiness causes them to spread further outwards, opening the teeth. When the button is released, an internal spring withdraws the wires which, constrained by the tube, are forced together, closing the teeth.
By pressing the end of it, the user allows the teeth to open up and by releasing their hold, the teeth will grab whatever object is below the grabber.
Use
The tool is mainly used to retrieve screws, although is also helpful in retrieving jammed bits in the motherboard. They mainly come in sizes ranging from about 4 to 9 inches. The outer shell is usually plastic, although higher end retrievers can have metal casing and reinforced inner material.
Other uses include, but are not limited to; paper removal, device handling, item manoeuvering, micro-cleaning, small parts retrieval and minor dust removal.
References
Lifting equipment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Lisbon | The Lisbon tramway network () is a system of trams that serves Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. In operation since 1873, it presently comprises six lines. The system has a length of 31 km, and 63 trams in operation (45 historic "Remodelados", 8 historic "Ligeiros" and 10 modern articulated trams). The depot is located in Santo Amaro, in Alcântara.
History
Origin
Lisbon's municipal government wished to develop urban transit and granted concessions to build and operate various systems that included funiculars and tramways. The first tramway in Lisbon entered service on 17 November 1873 as a horsecar line. The vehicles, called americanos after their point of origin, were initially deployed in the flat parts of the city where animals were capable of hauling their passenger loads.
Cable trams
To surmount the steep slopes where draft animal conveyance was impossible, funiculars were envisioned in proposals made to the municipal government in 1882. The first of them started operating in 1884. This inaugurated the era of cable-driven transport, but the technology of electrical generation, transmission and power was developing concurrently and would eventually supersede it.
Cable tram services (or cable cars) afforded an alternative to funiculars for the longer and curved routes required to follow Lisbon's streets. Individual vehicles grasp a steel cable that runs continuously in a channel below the roadway surface. The transport company that ran the funiculars applied for and received the concessions to operate cable trams and from 1890 initially proposed two routes based on plans by the Portuguese engineer Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard, who had already designed Lisbon's funiculars. In all, three lines operated in the city. Each had a gauge, corresponding to that of the extant americanos. The rolling stock on the Estrela and Graça lines were built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen; the São Sebastião cars apparently were designed by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen but built in Portugal.
Elevador da Estrela
The first line, put into operation on 15 August 1890, was long and ran from Praça Camões to Largo da Estrela. At the Estrela terminal, the company set up a small depot where the steam-operated powerhouse was also located. Rolling stock consisted of a tug and trailer. Since single-ended vehicles were used on the Estrela route, there was a turntable there and a turning loop (raquette) at Praça Camões. The service ran until 1913 when it was rendered economically unviable by competing electric trams. Its former route is now part of 28E's.
Elevador da Graça
The second line ran from Rua da Palma on a long route to Largo da Graça, climbing in altitude. It was opened on 26 March 1893. The depot and powerhouse were at the Graça terminal. The Graça route was served by bidirectional vehicles. Service ended in 1913 but part of the route was revived in 1915 and continues to operate as an electric tram line (12E).
Elevador de São Sebastião
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-chip%20Cloud%20Computer | The Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC) is a computer processor (CPU) created by Intel Corporation in 2009 that has 48 distinct physical cores that communicate through an architecture similar to that of a cloud computer data center. Cores are a part of the processor that carry out instructions of code that allow the computer to run. The SCC was a product of a project started by Intel to research multi-core processors and parallel processing (doing multiple calculations at once). Additionally, Intel wanted to experiment with incorporating the designs and architecture of huge cloud computer data centers (cloud computing) into a single processing chip. They took the aspect of cloud computing, in which there are many remote servers that communicate with each other, and applied it to a microprocessor. It was a new concept that Intel wanted to experiment with. The name "Single-chip Cloud Computer" originated from this concept.
Uses
The SCC is currently still being used for research purposes. It currently can run the GNU operating system on the chip, but cannot boot Windows. Some applications of the SCC are web servers, data informatics, bioinformatics, and financial analytics.
Technical details
Intel developed this new chip architecture based on huge cloud data centers, the cores are separated across the chip but are able to directly communicate with each other. The chip contains 48 P54C Pentium cores connected with a 4×6 2D-mesh. This mesh is a group of 24 tiles set up in four rows and six columns. Each tile contained two cores and a 16 KB (8 per core) message passing buffer (MPB) shared by the two cores, essentially a router. This router allows each core to communicate with each other. Previously cores had to send information back to the main memory and there it would be re-routed to other cores. The SCC contains 1.3 billion 45 nm transistors that can amplify signals or act as a switch and turn core pairs on and off. These transistors use anywhere from 25 to 125 watts of power depending on the processing demand. For comparison the Intel i7 processor uses 156 watts of power. Four DDR3 memory controllers are on each chip, connected to the 2D-mesh as well. These controllers are capable of addressing 64 GB of random-access memory. The DDR3 memory is used to help each tile communicate with the others, without them the chip would not be functional. These controllers also work with the transistors to control when certain tiles are turned on and off to save power when not in use. When proper coding is implemented all of these pieces are put together you get a functional processor that is fast, powerful, and energy efficient with a framework resembling a network of cloud computers.
Modes of operation
The SCC comes with RCCE, a simple message passing interface provided by Intel that supports basic message buffering operations. The SCC has two modes that it can operate under, processor mode and mesh mode:
Processor mode
In processor mode cores are on and ex |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-independent%20hashing | In computer science, a family of hash functions is said to be k-independent, k-wise independent or k''-universal if selecting a function at random from the family guarantees that the hash codes of any designated k keys are independent random variables (see precise mathematical definitions below). Such families allow good average case performance in randomized algorithms or data structures, even if the input data is chosen by an adversary. The trade-offs between the degree of independence and the efficiency of evaluating the hash function are well studied, and many k-independent families have been proposed.
Background
The goal of hashing is usually to map keys from some large domain (universe) into a smaller range, such as bins (labelled ). In the analysis of randomized algorithms and data structures, it is often desirable for the hash codes of various keys to "behave randomly". For instance, if the hash code of each key were an independent random choice in , the number of keys per bin could be analyzed using the Chernoff bound. A deterministic hash function cannot offer any such guarantee in an adversarial setting, as the adversary may choose the keys to be the precisely the preimage of a bin. Furthermore, a deterministic hash function does not allow for rehashing: sometimes the input data turns out to be bad for the hash function (e.g. there are too many collisions), so one would like to change the hash function.
The solution to these problems is to pick a function randomly from a large family of hash functions. The randomness in choosing the hash function can be used to guarantee some desired random behavior of the hash codes of any keys of interest. The first definition along these lines was universal hashing, which guarantees a low collision probability for any two designated keys. The concept of -independent hashing, introduced by Wegman and Carter in 1981, strengthens the guarantees of random behavior to families of designated keys, and adds a guarantee on the uniform distribution of hash codes.
Definitions
The strictest definition, introduced by Wegman and Carter under the name "strongly universal hash family", is the following. A family of hash functions is -independent if for any distinct keys and any hash codes (not necessarily distinct) , we have:
This definition is equivalent to the following two conditions:
for any fixed , as is drawn randomly from , is uniformly distributed in .
for any fixed, distinct keys , as is drawn randomly from , are independent random variables.
Often it is inconvenient to achieve the perfect joint probability of due to rounding issues. Following, one may define a -independent family to satisfy:
distinct and ,
Observe that, even if is close to 1, are no longer independent random variables, which is often a problem in the analysis of randomized algorithms. Therefore, a more common alternative to dealing with rounding issues is to prove that the hash family is close in statis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgetree | Bridgetree, Inc. is a Fort Mill, South Carolina, based company that collects data and does data analysis, related application and web programming, and logistical services.
Bridgetree provides services to a variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, travel, consumer products, sports entertainment and non-profits. The company has corporate operations in the United States (remote workforce) and Bangalore, India.
History
This privately held company was founded in 1995 as WIT Development, Inc by Mark Beck and Charles Albright in 1995 with a motto to “make marketing work better”. Early on, the company provided USPS logistics for initial clients R.J. Reynolds, Thomasville Furniture and US Airways.
The founders split their business interests in 1997 which led to Mark Beck, renaming his part of the company Bridgetree, Inc. At this time, Beck added data-mining, data production and consumer databases to the company's list of services.
The company opened Bridgetree Research Services in 2000, added data gathering, web programming and its first data center in 2001. The company opened a second data center in 2006 and launched Bridgetree Technology Service in Xi’an, China, in 2007. In 2007, the company moved operations from Davidson, North Carolina, to a historic building in Mooresville, North Carolina that is included in the Mooresville Historic District. It opened a mobile application programming operation in Bangalore, India, in 2010.
As of 2019, China Office was closed and all the operations were moved to US and India. Below is the current executive team:
CEO - Chris Talley
VP, Clients & Business Dev - Mark Malone
VP, Technology - Sanjay Mamani
CFO, Controller - Sonna Hughes
References
External links
Bridgetree on Facebook
Bridgetree Official Website - India
Privately held companies based in South Carolina
1995 establishments in South Carolina |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler%2010 | Trumpler 10 (also known as C 0846-423) is an open cluster located in the constellation Vela. It was possibly discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751-52, as the cluster's location data matches well with No. II.6 in his catalog. The cluster was also officially discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and rediscovered independently by R.J. Trumpler in 1903.
A photometric investigation was performed in 1962 which studied 29 stars within the cluster and determined 19 additional possible members. In the study, a minimum age of (30 million) years and a distance of 420 parsecs were derived.
References
External links
SIMBAD Database page
Open clusters
Vela (constellation)
Trumpler catalog
17511231 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Severino | Paul Severino (born October 5, 1983) is an American sportscaster and studio host appearing across MLB Network's programming, including MLB Tonight, MLB Network's Emmy Award-winning daily studio show. Severino joined MLB Network in January 2011. He was hired to be the new TV play by play voice of the Miami Marlins for Bally Sports Florida in 2018. Severino appears in Play by Play camps for kids.
In addition to his studio work, Severino has done play-by-play for many MLB Network game telecasts, including the Arizona Fall League, the Triple-A All-Star Game, the Under Armour All-American Game and the Urban Invitational.
Prior to MLB Network, Severino served as a host and anchor across ESPN's programming, including ESPNews and "SportsCenter" on ESPN America.
Severino also anchored ESPN3.com halftime shows for NBA and NCAA football games, hosted "Fantasy Focus" on ESPN.com, and served as a play-by-play announcer for Pop Warner Championships at Disney's Wide World of Sports in 2008 and 2009.
Severino is a native of Bristol, Connecticut, and graduated from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts.
References
External links
MLB Network bio
1983 births
Living people
American television sports announcers
Endicott College alumni
Major League Baseball broadcasters
Miami Marlins announcers
MLB Network personalities
People from Bristol, Connecticut |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setup%20Squad | Setup Squad is a 2011 American reality television series from the LGBT-interest network Logo. The series follows the owner and staff of Wings, Inc., a dating agency in New York City specializing in professional dating experts or "wingmen" who give their clients a dating make-over.
Cast
Renee Lee
Jonathan Lovitz
Lauretta Nkwocha
Helen Hong
Meredith Schlosser
Episodes
References
2010s American reality television series
2011 American television series debuts
Logo TV original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%201927 | The following events occurred in July 1927:
Friday, July 1, 1927
The first coast-to-coast radio network hookup in Canada was made for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Dominion.
The airplane America, along with Commander Richard E. Byrd and its crew, Bert Acosta, George O. Noville and Bert Balchen, crashed into the sea as they attempted to duplicate Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris. Fortunately, the aviators were within 200 meters of the beach at Ver-sur-Mer when their plane ran out of fuel at 5:45 am, and they survived the ordeal.
Born: Chandra Shekhar Singh, Prime Minister of India 1990–1991, in Ibrahimpatti, United Provinces of British India (d. 2007)
Saturday, July 2, 1927
Jane Eads, reporter for the Chicago Herald and Examiner became the first airline passenger, completing a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, on a Boeing Air Transport Model 40 that was used to transport mail. The airline would later become United Airlines.
Henri Cochet won the Wimbledon finals over fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra after losing the first two sets, 4–6 and 4–6, then won the next two 6–3, 6–4, and took the match 7–5. The day before, Cochet had made the finals by defeating Bill Tilden in the same come from behind fashion, losing the first 2 sets and winning the other three. Helen Wills became the first American player in 20 years to win the women's singles, beating Spanish champion Lili de Alvarez in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4.
Lord Norman, Governor of the Bank of England and Hjalmar Schacht of the German Reichsbank met at Long Island with U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills to make plans to boost the American and world economies.
Niels Bohr began working on his description of space-time in quantum and wave mechanics
The Western film The Last Outlaw starring Gary Cooper was released.
Sunday, July 3, 1927
Satchel Paige made his pro baseball debut in the Negro leagues, pitching for the Birmingham Black Barons in a game at Detroit. After twenty-one years, Paige would, at 42, become the oldest rookie in Major League Baseball, joining the Cleveland Indians in 1948 after the integration of baseball. At 59, he would make his final appearance, pitching for the Kansas City A's.
Born:
Ken Russell, British film director known for Women in Love and Altered States; in Southampton, Hampshire (d. 2011)
Salome Thorkelsdottir, Icelandic politician and the first woman (from 1991 to 1995) to have served as the Speaker of the House in that nation's parliament, the Althing; in Reykjavik (alive in 2022)
Monday, July 4, 1927
Sukarno (born Kusno Sosrodihardjo) founded the Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia, seeking independence of the Dutch East Indies colony from the Netherlands. In 1945, he would become the first President of Indonesia.
The Lockheed Vega, first airplane manufactured by the Lockheed Corporation, made its inaugural flight, with Eddie Belande taking the plane up from Mines Field in Los Angeles.
Joseph G |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xymon | Xymon, a network monitoring application using free software, operates under the GNU General Public License; its central server runs on Unix and Linux hosts.
History
The application was inspired by the open-source version of Big Brother, a network monitoring application, and maintains backward compatibility with it. Between 2002 and 2004 Henrik Storner wrote an open-source software add-on called bbgen toolkit, then in March 2005 a stand-alone version was released called Hobbit. Versions of this were released between 2005 and 2008, but since a prior user of the trademark "Hobbit" existed, the tool was finally renamed Xymon. In January 2012, Quest Software discontinued development of Big Brother.
Functionality
Xymon offers graphical monitoring, showing the status of various network services of each device, as well as a range of application and operating system metrics such as listing the number of mail messages queued after a defined level of downtime. The web-based graphical display uses a red/yellow/green condition icon for each host/test, on top of a colored background indicating the current worst status across all hosts and tests. The user can click on a colored icon to view more specific details and (where available) relevant graphs of metric statistics. Built-in reporting tools include SLA-type reports (availability) and the historical state of services (snapshots). Xymon supports the generation of alarms sent by email, and can also use external tools to send messages via other means (e.g. SMS).
Networked hosts and devices are monitored by a Xymon server using network probes supporting a large and extensible range of protocols, including SMTP, HTTP/S and DNS. Hosts that use a supported operating system can also run a Xymon client (also free software), to additionally collect operating system and application monitoring metrics and report them to the Xymon server. Clients are available for Unix and Linux (in formats including source tarball, RPM and Debian package) from the Xymon download site at SourceForge. Windows hosts can use the Big Brother client for Windows, the BBWin client or the WinPSClient written in the Windows PowerShell scripting language.
Plugins extend monitoring to new types of applications and services, and many extension scripts for Big Brother will run unchanged on Xymon.
See also
Big Brother
MRTG
Nagios
References
External links
xymon.com
Internet Protocol based network software
System monitors
Free network management software
Multi-agent network management software
Network analyzers
System administration
Linux security software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Stove | Hot Stove is an offseason baseball talk show that airs on MLB Network and is simulcast on MLB Network Radio. The show offers the coverage of offseason activities including trades, free agent signings, and rumors. It is taped live in "Studio K" of the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. Prior to its restructure to a talk show in 2012, it replaced MLB Tonight as the signature show of the network during the off season. As such it was taped live in Studio 3, but also featured segments taped in Studio 42. The program airs from after the World Series and before spring training.
Personalities
Hosts
Main
Greg Amsinger: (2009–2011)
Victor Rojas: (2009–2010)
Matt Vasgersian: (2009–present)
Matt Yallof: (2009–2011)
Harold Reynolds: (2012–present)
Guest Hosts
Brian Kenny: (November 20–21, 2012)
Keith Olbermann: (November 20–21, 2012)
Analysts
Sean Casey: (2009–2011)
John Hart: (2009–2011)
Barry Larkin: (2009–2011)
Al Leiter: (2009–2011)
Joe Magrane: (2009–2011)
Dan Plesac: (2009–2011)
Harold Reynolds: (2009–2011)
Billy Ripken: (2009–2011)
Dave Valle: (2009–2011)
Mitch Williams: (2009–2014)
Reporters
Trenni Kusnierek: (2009–2010)
Hazel Mae: (2009–2011)
Lauren Shehadi: (2012–present)
Heidi Watney: (2012–2021)
Siera Santos: (2022–present)
Insiders
Jon Heyman: (2009–present)
Tracy Ringolsby: (2009–2011)
Ken Rosenthal: (2009–2021)
Tom Verducci: (2009–present)
Peter Gammons: (2010–present)
Commentators
Bob Costas: (2009–2011)
Hot Stove Awards
On February 25, 2011, during the final segment of the final edition of Hot Stove of the season, the first-ever Hot Stove Awards was given according to the best animated features, best original screenplays, and best pictures.
References
Major League Baseball studio shows
MLB Network original programming
2009 American television series debuts
2000s American television talk shows
2010s American television talk shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Budapest | The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. The tram lines serve as the second most important backbone of the transit system (after the bus network), carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro.
In operation since 1866, the Budapest tram network is one of world's largest tram networks, operating on of total route. , it was composed of 38 lines (26 main lines, and 11 supplemental lines denoted by an ’A’ , ’B’ or ’G’ after the route number), and the Budapest Cog-wheel Railway. The system is operated by Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt. (’Budapest Transit LLC.’) under the supervision of the municipal Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (’Budapest Transit Center’).
Since 2016 Budapest tram system use the world's longest 9-sectioned articulated tram vehicle CAF Urbos 3/9.
History
The early days
The first horse-tram line in Budapest was inaugurated on 30 July 1866 between Újpest-Városkapu and Kálvin tér, through Váci út. Over a year before, on 22 May 1865, the Count Sándor Károlyi founded the PKVT (Pesti Közúti Vaspálya Társaság ()). Horse tramlines in Buda proper soon followed, built by the competing Buda Public Road Rail Tracks Company (BKVT).
By 1885, Budapest had as many as 15 horsecar lines but since it was obvious that the technology was obsolete. A steam-driven suburban railway line from Közvágóhíd (Slaughterhouse) to Soroksár, run by HÉV, was separately introduced in 1887; two more lines soon followed.
Around this same time, Mór Balázs suggested that a new, electric tram system should be introduced to Budapest. It was Gábor Baross, then secretary of state at the Ministry of Community Service and Transportation who authorised the construction of the first test tram line between Nyugati railway station and Király utca. Balázs teamed up with Siemens & Halske and Lindheim és Társa and formed a new corporation: BVV (Budapesti Városi Vasút ()). The construction works (carried out by Siemens & Halske) started on October 1, 1887 and the line was opened on November 28, 1887. The track gauge of this first line was and electricity was supplied to the cars from below to avoid cables hanging across the street.
The second step in the expansion of the system were two lines: on July 20, 1889 the second line, which spanned from Egyetem tér to Fiumei út via Kálvin tér, was opened. It was designed so that in case of a power failure steam engines could tow the carriages. The third line, also standard gauge, was opened on September 10, 1889 and ran from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to Andrássy út.
Even though not a tram line per se, the first underground line in Continental Europe, the Millennium Underground Railway must also be noted. It was built using a cut-and-cover method between 1894 and 1896 and was first named FJFVV (Ferenc József Földalatti Villamos Vasút ()) after emperor Franz Joseph. It used electric cars from the very beginning.
In the first years, tra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20gURLs%20wURLd | A Gurls Wurld (stylized as A gURLs wURLd; also known as Emma's Chatroom and Cyber Girls) is an Australian children's television series. The series was co-produced by Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, Screen Australia, and TV Plus Production for Nine Network Australia and Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
It first aired on November 18, 2010, in Germany and on July 2, 2011, in Australia, and concluded on January 20, 2011. There are 26 half-hour episodes.
Premise
Three young teenage girls – a German, a Singaporean, and an Australian – become friends while studying together at school in Singapore. When two of them must return to their homes in Germany and Australia, they accidentally discover that their mobile phones and computers can combine to transport them into each other's houses.
Cast
Main
Marny Kennedy as Ally Henson, a 14-year-old student and dancer from the Australian countryside near Sydney. Her family owns a riding school where she often helps out by leading riding trips, instructing lessons, or taking care of the horses. She leads a love-hate relationship with Dan.
as Emma Schubert, a 14-year-old girl from Hamburg. She is friends with Nicholas and has been dancing with him since they were in elementary school. During her stay in Singapore, she developed a crush on Jackie's older brother Josh and the two eventually start dating.
Charlotte Nicdao as Jackie Lee, a 14-year-old city girl from Singapore. She is able to maintain her good grades while fulfilling her duties around the house and helping out in her grandmother's store. Although she dreams of becoming a dancer, she has to hide her future goals from her strict father, who forbids her to dance so that she can focus on her studies. She has a crush on Nicholas, Emma's friend, and the two start dating despite all odds.
Supporting
Jannik Schümann as Nicholas Holz, a 16-year-old dance student and a close friend of Emma. He becomes interested in Jackie and they eventually start dating, although their relationship is hindered by the country difference.
Takaya Honda as Josh Lee, Jackie's 16-year-old older brother. He is a gifted musician and football player and enjoys working with computers, which is why he creates the chatroom for his sister and her friends. He also often composes the music for their dances and works as a DJ and videographer on various occasions. Emma and him grow interested in each other during her stay in Singapore and they end up dating before Josh leaves on a computer science scholarship to the US.
Luke Erceg as Dan Price, a 16-year-old boy who helped out at the Henson's riding school while Ally was in Singapore. The two have a complicated relationship at first because Ally feels like she has been replaced by him. But after some time, they grow fond of each other and admit that they might be developing feelings for each other.
Chervil Tan as Chelsea Teo, the girls' dance rival and the daughter of a real estate mogul. She is manipulative and vindictive but |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum%20International%20School | Lyceum International School (, ), popularly known as Lyceum and its students as Lyceumers, is the largest International School network in Sri Lanka providing all pre-primary, primary and secondary education.
History
Lyceum International School was founded by Mohan Lal Grero in 1993. At its inception, Lyceum International School had only seven students and five teachers. The school's motto is derived from the Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself". Lyceum is made up of the parent school in Nugegoda and eight branch schools in Wattala, Panadura, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Avissawella.
The Lyceum International Schools Network currently has over 23,000 students and over 2,800 teachers.
School
Location
Lyceum International School has nine branches across Sri Lanka providing both primary and secondary education, and sixteen more branches providing pre-primary education commonly known as "leaf schools". Lyceum International School also has four daycare centres for toddlers.
Curriculum
Lyceum's senior school students sit for the Pearson Edexcel International Examinations for their Ordinary Levels and Advanced Level Examinations its examination body.
Since 2010, students are given the option of choosing between the Cambridge syllabus or the National syllabus in the English language, which gives them the opportunity to be eligible for higher education at public universities in Sri Lanka. In 2022, Cambridge syllabus was removed from the curriculum and was replaced by Pearson Edexcel syllabus.
Lyceum has consistently produced some of the island's best examination results, and its students have successfully been enrolled in the world's best universities.
Lyceum has launched the first phase of e-learning at the Lyceum Group along with the instigation of curfew, on the 16 March 2020.
Houses
The students are divided into four houses. Established in 1993 the houses were named after animals that held significance in various stories and legends. These animals played unique roles and held symbolic meanings in Greek mythology.
Maathra
Maathra is an annual cultural dancing event produced and performed by Lyceum International School which was envisioned by school's founder, Mohan Lal Grero and administered by Kumari Grero in 2008. Under the guidance of Rasika Kothalawala, the Head of Cultural Dancing, around 600 performers hailing from Lyceum International School branches including Nugegoda, Panadura, Wattala, Ratnapura, Gampaha, Nuwara Eliya, and Kurunagala undergo training annually to showcase their talents at a significant event.
Maathra is considered as the Sri Lanka's biggest cultural dancing event of the year and usually takes place in October at BMICH or Nelum Pokuna Theatre. Distinguished chief guests includes Sri Lanka's president and the advisory council of the Lyceum International School.
Awards
Achievements
Model United Nations Club
Lyceum is an annual participant of COMUN (Colombo Model United Nations) and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Computer%20Entertainment%20America%2C%20Inc.%20v.%20Hotz | SCEA v. Hotz was a lawsuit in the United States by Sony Computer Entertainment of America against George Hotz and associates of the group fail0verflow. It was in regards to jailbreaking and reverse engineering the PlayStation 3.
Timeline
On January 11, 2011, Sony sued George Hotz and fail0verflow members Hector Martin and Sven Peter on 8 claims, including violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, computer fraud, and copyright infringement. The law firm used by Sony was Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. In response to the suit, Carnegie Mellon University professor David S. Touretzky mirrored Hotz's writings and issued a statement supporting that Hotz's publication is within his right to free speech.
On January 27, 2011, Sony's request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) was granted by the US District Court for the Northern District of California. This forbade him from distributing the jailbreak, helping or encouraging others to jailbreak, and distributing information they've learned during the creation of the jailbreak. It also ordered him to turn over computers and storage media used in the creation of the jailbreak to Sony's lawyers. Professor Touretzky's mirror was voluntarily censored following issue of the TRO, but Hotz's writings and software have been mirrored elsewhere.
On February 12, 2011, Hotz posted a one-minute diss track against Sony on his official YouTube channel in relation to the lawsuit.
On February 19, 2011, Hotz started a blog about the Sony lawsuit.
On March 6, 2011, the court issued an approval that Sony's lawyers were allowed access to all the IP addresses of all the people who visited geohot's blog for the purposes of establishing jurisdiction. Sony said the server logs would demonstrate that many of those who downloaded Hotz's hack reside in Northern California — thus making San Francisco a proper venue for the case.
On April 11, 2011, it was revealed that Hotz and Sony had reached a settlement out of court. This included a permanent injunction against Hotz doing any more hacking work on any Sony products to prevent any future firmware release from being decrypted.
The claims (filed in United States district court for Northern California, San Francisco) were:
Violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ()
Violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ()
Contributory copyright infringement ()
Violating California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (§ 502)
Breach of Contract (related to the PlayStation Network User Agreement)
Tortious interference
Misappropriation
Trespass
Alleged Anonymous attacks in response to lawsuit
In an act of hacktivism, Anonymous announced their intent to attack Sony websites in response to Sony's lawsuit and, specifically due to Sony's gaining access to the IP addresses of all the people who visited geohot's blog, terming it an 'offense against free speech and internet freedom'. Although Anonymous admitted responsibility to subsequent attacks on the Sony webs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constriction%20of%20video | In computer graphics, constriction is a method of decreasing the resolution of a video. The video quality is decreased to allow non authorized users to see video with lower degree of detail in cases where extra costs or licensing is required to view the full resolution source.
Examples
Some videos, such as films, require that a person has a license in order to view or share the content. The owners or creators of the content may not want the public to have access to the full resolution version as that might encourage unauthorised use or distribution of the media. Such behaviour could lead to a monetary loss for the owners. Furthermore, use of the media in other works might lead to the creators being uncredited. Therefore, licensing can also act as a form of permissions, blocking unfavoured parties from abusing the content.
To reduce the resolution of video, the frame of image being shown is rendered in memory with a lower fidelity or detail. Compression techniques may also be used to make the content visibly different than the source. Media that is royalty free or public domain usually do not have any constrictions. Instead of lowering resolution, hindrances such as watermarks may also be used to disincentivize people from accessing or using the content freely.
Implementation
Constriction can be executed through rather rudimentary software, although it can be accelerated using a video card. Compression is an easy way to lower fidelity, and as a result also reduces the file size, which may help in distributing the media to multiple unlicensed parties.
Computer graphics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame%2C%20Inc. | Endgame provides a cyber operations platform supporting the detection, exploitation, and mitigation of cyber-threats. Endgame was started by executives from ISS (Internet Security Systems).
History
Endgame was started in 2008 by Chris Rouland and other executives who previously worked with the CIA and ISS. In October 2010 it saw an investment of 29 million USD, raised from Bessemer Ventures, Columbia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and TechOperators. The company offers commercial web-based malware detection services, defensive digital security intelligence and big data analysis software.
In February 2011, the company announced partnerships with Hewlett-Packard and IBM to use Endgame's IP Reputation Intelligence service within HP's TippingPoint Digital Vaccine service and IBM's managed services offerings. That same month emails sent to HB Gary from Endgame were leaked which revealed that the company sold zero-day vulnerabilities. As of 2014 Endgame has moved away from zero-day exploitations to identifying and protecting consumers from potential cyber threats. Endgame now offers its services to companies within the financial services industry and consumer technology companies. Through its software the company collects information from data sources accessed by consumers, identifying potential security threats.
In December 2012, Endgame announced the appointment of Nathaniel Fick as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Chris Rouland. A former Marine and author of bestseller One Bullet Away, Fick was previously CEO of the Center for a New American Security, an independent and nonpartisan national security and defense policy research institution, and remains an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.
In March 2013, Endgame closed a $23 million Series B equity financing with the stated purpose to fund growth in its existing federal customer base as well as expand into the commercial market. The round was led by new investor Paladin Capital Group, a multi-stage private equity firm, and included participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and TechOperators.
Endgame initially became known for providing cyber intelligence to US agencies such as the National Security Agency but as of 2013 expanded to financial and commercial clients within the private sector, raising an additional $30 million in funding with investment from Edgemore Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners and Savano Capital Partners. Endgame offers defensive analytics of a company's network and servers for data exploits.
Endgame acquired Onyxware in 2014, a Florida-based mobile security technology company which provides applications for detecting third-party network threats. As of November 2014 Endgame claims approximately 100 employees.
On October 8, 2019, Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Endg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keumyoung%20Group | KY Entertainment (, Hanja: 金永, Originally Kumyoung) is a Korean company based in Seoul, South Korea. Its main areas of business are manufacturing of computer music player and audio system, digital music content.
History
Kumyoung was first established as Namkyoung Industry, a manufacturer of video game arcade machine in Busan, South Korea in August 1983. The firm's name was changed to Kumyoung Industry in 1986 and later to Kumyoung Co. Ltd. in 1989 with the inauguration of Kim Sung Young as its CEO. The company focused on the production of karaoke system and has dominated the Korean Noraebang (노래방) industry and the export markets since the early 90s. In 1996, Kumyoung introduced and patented the world's first HDD-based computer music player with real human voice chorus recording by a TV station.
The company headquarters was moved to Seoul in 2002. It ventured into digital music production in 2003 with the establishment of its affiliate, Square-One Music and mobile phone content services in partnership with some Korean telecom companies. Kumyoung has diversified its core business by offering on-line internet noraebang and Video-on-demand services.
Kumyoung group changed its name to KY Entertainment in 2018.
Milestones
1989 Establishment and registration of Keum Young Entertainment Co., Ltd
1991 Released music accompaniment computer software
1994 Established Beijing Office (Concluded Thailand sales agent contract)
1995 Established US Branch Office in 1995 (Consecutive No.1 in Korean market for home karaoke systems)
1996 Launched the first <Vocal Chorus> karaoke system in the world and maintained No.1 ranking in Korea ever since
1999 Designated as a company with excellent technological competitiveness (acquired CE mark)
2003 Established joint venture in China and concluded export contract for HDD & DVD music accompaniment products with Vietnamese company
2005 Launched the first cable TV interactive music service technology in the world (currently in operation with CJ, LG Korean cable broadcasting service)
2007 Established Japan Branch Office; started exports to Japan: Concluded export contract with Japan BMB (started exporting track finders)
2008 Owned 22 domestic trademarks and 30 domestic patents for karaoke
2009 Designated as one of the top 10 million dollar exporters
2010 Released KMS-A100/a50, feel TONG 600
2011 Released KMS-A300
2012 Released KMS-K95 series
2013 Adopted new song update method using smartphones
2014 Released KMS-Q100, Q200 series
2015 Released KMS-Q300N
2016 Acquired Keum Young Group karaoke business
2017 Launched sales and management device for coin-operated karaoke
2018 Changed corporate name to KY Entertainment
2019 Launched the first AI karaoke service in Korea, KT GiGA Genie Premium Keum Young Karaoke Service
Products
Computer Music Player
Speaker and Amplifiers
LED Screen
Affiliates
Kumyoung Media
References
External links
Kumyoung Media Inc.
Official website (Korean)
Audio equipment m |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Sherman%20%28disambiguation%29 | Alan Sherman (born 1957) is a computer scientist.
Alan, Allan, or Al Sherman may also refer to:
Allan Sherman (1924–1973), American comedy writer, television producer, and song parodist
Alan Sherman (rowing) (born 1951), British rowing coxswain
Al Sherman (1897–1973), American Tin Pan Alley songwriter
Alan Sherman, co-worker and son of race horse trainer Art Sherman, the trainer of record for California Chrome
See also
Allie Sherman (1923–2015), American NFL running back and head coach |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Sherman | Alan Theodore Sherman (born February 26, 1957) is a full professor of computer science at UMBC, director of the UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance (CISA), and director of the UMBC Chess Program. Sherman is an editor for Cryptologia, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
Biography
Education
Sherman earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Brown University in 1978, a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1981, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from MIT in 1987. Professor Sherman's research interests include security of voting systems, cryptology, information assurance, and discrete algorithms.
Chess
Sherman has been the faculty advisor of the UMBC Chess Club since 1991, after playing in a student vs. faculty match . He recruits chess players worldwide with academic scholarships . UMBC has been ranked among the best college teams, winning the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2012. In 1997 he received a Meritorious Service Award from the USCF for his contributions to college chess .
Bibliography
Books
Significant academic articles
Fisher, K. and Carback, R. and Sherman, A., Punchscan: Introduction and System Definition of a High-Integrity Election System, Proceedings of the IAVoSS Workshop On Trustworthy Elections (WOTE'06), Cambridge, UK, June 2006.
David Chaum, Carback, R., Clark, J., Essex, A., Popoveniuc, S., Ronald Rivest, Ryan, P., Shen, E., and Sherman, A., Scantegrity II: end-to-end verifiability for optical scan election systems using invisible ink confirmation codes, Proceedings of the conference on Electronic voting technology, p. 1-13, July 28–29, 2008, San Jose, CA.
Sherman, A. and McGrew, D., Key Establishment in Large Dynamic Groups Using One-Way Function Trees, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v.29 n.5, May, 2003.
Sherman, A., Kaliski, B. and Ronald Rivest, Is the Data Encryption Standard a group? (Results of cycling experiments on DES), Journal of Cryptology, v.1, n.1, 1998.
Baldwin, R. and Sherman, A., How we solved the $100,000 Decipher Puzzle (16 hours too late), Cryptologia, XXIV:3, July, 1990.
External links
List of Alan Sherman's publications on DBLP
List of Alan Sherman's patents on USPTO
Home page of Alan T. Sherman
References
People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
American computer scientists
MIT School of Engineering alumni
University of Maryland, Baltimore County faculty
Election technology people
People associated with computer security
Living people
1957 births
Brown University alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%20Mobile | Vodafone Enabler Italia S.r.l., in short form VEI S.r.l., is an Italian telecommunications company operating as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator under the brand name ho. or ho-mobile. It is a subsidiary of Vodafone Italia S.p.A.
Founded in 2017, it was created to compete with Iliad in the mobile telephony market.
History
On 23 January 2017 the company Vodafone Enabler Italia S.r.l. (in short form VEI S.r.l.) was founded to operate as a low-cost operator of Vodafone Italia S.p.A.
The launch of the service, branded ho. (or ho-mobile) took place on June 22, 2018 a few weeks after Iliad arrived in Italy.
Although it received authorization from the Ministry of Economic Development to operate as a Full MVNO and only under the 379-1 prefix, the operator was launched as an ESP MVNO, adopting the 377-08 and 377-09 prefixes. Later the area codes 379-1 and 379-2 were introduced.
See also
Vodafone Group
Vodafone Italy
References
External links
Vodafone
Telecommunications
Telecommunications companies of Italy
Mobile telecommunications
Mobile telecommunication services
Mobile phone companies of Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Gremlin | Space Gremlin is a disk space analysis tool for Mac OS X.
Functionality
Space Gremlin is designed to find large and unnecessary files to delete on a hard drive. It uses a squarified treemap algorithm to display the relative sizes of files and folders. It allows the user to zoom in and out of folder structures and mask out parts of the file system by toggling hidden or 'Ignored' files. Along with showing selected files in Finder, it provides the ability to compress or delete files directly within the application. Space Gremlin can also scan network drives and Windows share folders.
History
Space Gremlin was created by Sean Christmann. One of the stated goals in developing the project was to provide features of the popular Windows program SpaceMonger for Mac OS X users. The application was released on February 7, 2011.
References
Disk usage analysis software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WildBrainTV | WildBrainTV is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by WildBrain. WildBrainTV broadcasts live-action and animated children's programming aimed towards audiences ages 6–15.
The channel first launched on June 1, 2011, under the ownership of Astral Media. It initially operated as a localized version of Disney XD, under license from Disney Channels Worldwide, as a sister network to Family Channel. Following the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Media, Disney XD was divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2014.
In 2015, Corus Entertainment acquired the rights to programming from Disney Channel and its siblings (later launching a new Canadian Disney XD channel), resulting in DHX's existing Disney XD channel being rebranded as Family Chrgd—a brand extension of Family Channel with a similar positioning—in October 2015. The channel adopted its current branding in March 2022.
History
As Disney XD
In April 2009, Astral Media, via its subsidiary The Family Channel Inc., was granted CRTC approval for a new category 2 service under the working name "Family Extreme". The new service would feature "programming from around the world devoted to entertainment, humour, travel, games, science and technology and targeted toward children aged 6 to 17 years and their families". Astral later announced that it would launch a Canadian version of Disney XD on June 1, 2011. Operating under the Family Extreme license, the service expanded upon Family's relationship as a licensee of Disney Channel programming. The first show for the channel's launch being the Suite Life on Deck episode, "Can You Dig It?".
In 2012, the channel premiered its first original series, Slugterra. After the Competition Bureau approved Bell Media's takeover of Astral, Bell announced on March 4, 2013, that Disney XD, as well as its sister networks and Astral's French-language MusiquePlus and MusiMax would be divested. On October 27, 2013, the channel premiered its first original movie, Bunks, produced by Fresh TV.
On November 28, 2013, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Disney XD and its sister networks for $170 million. The acquisition was approved by the CRTC on July 24, 2014, and closed on July 31, 2014.
In that same year, Disney XD premiered the pilot for Fangbone!, in May, and a new original series, Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage), in November.
As Family Chrgd/WildBrainTV
On April 16, 2015, it was announced that Corus Entertainment had acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's program library; alongside the launch of a Canadian version of Disney Channel, Corus stated that it would launch other "Disney branded kids linear television offerings" in the future, which eventually included a new Disney XD. In anticipation for this transition, DHX concurrently announced that its Disney-branded networks would be rebranded as spin-offs of Family Channel by November 2015, with Disney XD tentatively being rebranded as Family XTRM.
On August 20, 2015, DHX |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats%20%282011%20TV%20series%29 | ThunderCats is an animated television series, developed by Ethan Spaulding and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. A reboot of the original 1980s TV series of the same name (which ran from 1985 to 1989), ThunderCats was produced by American studio Warner Bros. Animation and animated by Japanese studio Studio 4°C, and combined elements of western animation with Japanese anime. The series began with an hour-long premiere on Cartoon Network on July 29, 2011. It is the final animated collaboration of both Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, as Arthur Rankin Jr. died on January 30, 2014, and Jules Bass died on October 25, 2022.
Following the destruction of their home, the kingdom of Thundera, the ThunderCats (a group of humanoid felidaes) are forced to roam the planet Third Earth, in order to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who plans on taking over the universe. Story-wise the series attempts to take a much darker and more cinematic approach than the original show, featuring a lot more focus on characterization and more sophisticated themes.
Initially planned for 52 episodes, it was confirmed by ThunderCats art-director Dan Norton in early 2013 that the show had been cancelled after only one season. Reruns of the show later aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block along with Sym-Bionic Titan.
Plot
On the planet known as Third Earth, the Cats have lived and thrived for generations in the kingdom of Thundera. The Cats are led by Claudus, with his son and heir Lion-O. One night the kingdom is attacked by the Lizard army led by the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra. With them, the Lizards bring technology (a concept unfamiliar to the Cats). Because of this, Thundera is destroyed, Claudus is killed by Mumm-Ra, and the rest of the Cats are enslaved. A small band of surviving Thunderians led by Lion-O (who wields the powerful Sword of Omens) flee the destroyed city in order to seek out the Book of Omens which is said to have the knowledge needed to defeat Mumm-Ra. Once they find it, the ThunderCats realize that in order for them to defeat Mumm-Ra, they must unite all the different species living on Third Earth. The ThunderCats also discover that they have to find three stones of power which if found by Mumm-Ra will give him power to become the most powerful being in the universe.
Characters
ThunderCats
Lion-O (voiced by Will Friedle) – The leader/Lord of the ThunderCats. The biological son of King Claudus, Lion-O begins as the misunderstood prince of Thundera, being the only one in the kingdom who believed that technology and Mumm-Ra existed. Because of his beliefs, many felt he was unworthy to become king, often favoring his adoptive brother, Tygra, for the position. After the fall of Thundera and the death of King Claudus, Lion-O becomes the new Lord of the ThunderCats, leading the team to find a way to defeat Mumm-Ra. Even though Lion-O can be a bit of a hot-head, he's by far the most patient and understanding cat of the team. Lion-O also believes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Aguascalientes |
Age structure 2010
Historical Data
Vital statistics
Religion
In 2010, The religious demographics of Aguascalientes were:
Evangelical Protestant – 40,987
Roman Catholic – 1,101,785
Jewish – 113
Different from Evangelical Bibles – 10,779
Unclaimed – 21,235
Others – 722
Unspecified – 9,375
See also
Mexico
States of Mexico
Geography of Mexico
List of Mexican states by area
Ranked list of Mexican states
List of Mexican states by HDI
References
Template
Aguascalientes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KX | KX and variants may refer to:
Businesses and brands
Pentax KX, a 35mm film SLR camera model
Pentax K-x, a digital SLR camera model
Cayman Airways (IATA code KX)
KX Television, a network of four CBS affiliates under flagship KXMC-TV
Kx Systems, a software company focused on real-time analytics
KX 91.5. Philippines, a brand name for DXKX
Other uses
Family Kx, a large group of the New Testament manuscripts
Kings Cross railway station, London
k͡x, symbol for the voiceless velar affricate in the International Phonetic Alphabet
See also
9945 Karinaxavier or 1990 KX, an asteroid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame%20%28TV%20series%29 | Endgame (stylized as ENDGAMƎ) is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network on Monday, March 14, 2011. The series was developed and produced by Thunderbird Films. The series followed fictional former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan (Shawn Doyle), a genius who uses his analytical skills to solve crimes.
The show starts four months after the death of Balagan's fiancée Rosemary, when Balagan has developed agoraphobia. Balagan uses the faculties he honed playing chess to help him solve cases.
Cast and characters
Shawn Doyle as Arkady Balagan – a former world chess champion from Russia. While attending a world championship in Vancouver his fiancée, Rosemary, is killed by an assassin's gunfire in front of the hotel Huxley. His resultant agoraphobia makes him an "armchair detective" like Nero Wolfe or Lincoln Rhyme. Initially, he primarily makes money by charging exorbitant rates for games against "Grandmaster Arkady Balagan" on his website.
Torrance Coombs as Sam Besht – a grad student and chess fanatic. He is Balagan's apprentice; because of Balagan's phobia Sam is the one who does the leg work to solve the cases. Sam is a smart kid with a promising future; Balagan pays Sam for his legwork by giving him more chances to play chess with Balagan.
Patrick Gallagher as Hugo – the head of hotel security. He and Balagan have their disagreements; Hugo envies Balagan's superior capabilities solving crimes as a mere chess player while he, as a former detective, shows a lower aptitude at deduction. Hugo constantly threatens Balagan about his inability to pay his bills, and wants him to leave. Balagan deceives and outwits Hugo into helping him or staying out of his way.
Katharine Isabelle as Danni – a bartender at the hotel. Danni serves as a source of information.
Melanie Papalia as Pippa – younger sister of Rosemary (Balagan's deceased fiancée), she is determined to find out who killed Rosemary. She makes documentaries and keeps a video blog.
Carmen Aguirre as Alcina – a cleaning lady at the Huxley Hotel. She is a single mother of six, with one grandchild, who works overtime, practically every day. She sometimes skips work time in order to do some field work with Sam, as a favour to Mr. Balagan, who tips generously.
Veena Sood as Barbara Stilwell – the manageress of the hotel. Barbara does not help with Balagan's cases.
Collin Lawrence – as Homicide Detective Jason Evans (recurring), the newest detective assigned by the police to investigate the murder of Pippa's older sister Rosemary (Balagan's late fiancée). Pippa has confidence in the detective, and that his fresh perspective on the case will enable him to solve the mystery of who murdered Rosemary. Balagan, in sharp contrast, has much less faith in the police, based on his experiences in the Soviet Union with alleged corruption and incompetence.
Episodes
Cancellation
In early June 2011 Showcase announced that it would not renew Endgame for a secon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20agent | Virtual agent may refer to:
Computing and technology
A virtual agent, a specialized software agent that interacts with humans in a human-agent team
Virtual assistant
Intelligent agent, in artificial intelligence
Dialogue system
Pedagogical agent
Chatbot, a software robot
Other uses
Virtual assistant (occupation), a person offering remote service
See also
Virtual actor
Virtual character (disambiguation)
Virtual friend (disambiguation)
Virtual human (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20assistant | A digital assistant may refer to:
Personal digital assistant (PDA), a small battery-powered and very pocketable computer for personal organizational or recreational purposes
Enterprise digital assistant (EDA), a small battery-powered and very pocketable computer for business or industrial use
An embodied agent of artificial intelligence
Virtual assistants, software agents that can perform certain tasks based on voice commands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Reilly | Paul Reilly may refer to:
Paul Reilly, Baron Reilly (1912–1990), British designer
Paul Reilly (computer scientist), pioneer of virtual archaeology and data visualisation in archaeology
Paul Reilly (rugby league) (born 1976), British rugby league player
Paul C. Reilly (1890–1984), American architect (father of Paul Waldron Reilly)
Paul F. Reilly, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Paul Waldron Reilly (1932–2011), American architect (son of Paul C. Reilly)
See also
Paul Riley (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Mingorance | José Mingorance Chimeno (born 10 April 1938 in Castro de Sanabria, Cobreros, Zamora), is a retired Spanish footballer, who played as a defender.
External links
National team data
RCD Espanyol archives
1938 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Zamora
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Granada CF footballers
Córdoba CF players
RCD Espanyol footballers
Spain men's international footballers
Spanish football managers
Granada CF managers
Club Recreativo Granada managers
Loja CD managers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent%20%28disambiguation%29 | Intent is an agent's specific purpose in performing an action or series of actions.
Intent may also refer to:
Computing and technology
Intent (Android), an abstract description of an operation to be performed in the Android development environment
Intent (software), Tao Group's software platform
Other uses
Original intent, a theory of legal interpretation
Intent (military), a capability in military doctrine
See also
Goal (disambiguation)
Intend (disambiguation)
Intention (disambiguation)
Mens rea
Objective (disambiguation)
Purpose (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Wells%20%28composer%29 | Richard Wells is a British film, TV and games composer.
Wells began his composing career writing music for computer games in 1994, after meeting games composer Dave Punshon. He met horror film director Jake West in 1997 whilst working on computer game MIA. This led to him starting a career in film in 1998, scoring for West's first film Razor Blade Smile, an extremely low-budget film. Since then, Wells has worked on two more films with Jake West: Evil Aliens and Doghouse.
In 2002, Wells began to score music for film trailers. He has now composed for over 50 film trailers including The Grudge, Infernal Affairs, and Seven Swords.
His recent credits include re-scoring the Thai martial arts film Ong-Bak in 2005, scoring for Mutant Chronicles in 2009, and working on Toby Whithouse's TV series Being Human.
Wells lives in the UK with his wife and two children.
References
External links
Air-Edel Associates
British film score composers
British male film score composers
Video game composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
British television composers
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Security%20Essentials | Internet Security Essentials, also InternetSecurityEssentials, is rogue security software pretending to protect the computer against malware and viruses. It is one of several clones belonging to the "FakeVimes" family of fake antivirus malware.
Similarly named utilities
The malware is deliberately named so as a subterfuge, because there are several legitimate security utilities with similar names, specifically:
Internet Security Essentials by Comodo Group
Microsoft Security Essentials
Webroot Internet Security Essentials
Operation
As a fake antivirus program affecting Microsoft operating systems (Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8) it installs itself through the use of a trojan horse. Once downloaded and operating, it claims to find various viruses and malware on the computer that pose imminent danger scaring the user through pop-ups to buy its protection (scareware), while in reality the program itself is the malware.
See also
List of rogue security software
References
External links
Scan results of a FakeVimes malware sample on the website VirusTotal
Scan results of a FakeVimes malware sample
Scan results of a FakeVimes malware sample
Rogue software
Scareware |
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