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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend%20class
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A friend class in C++ can access the private and protected members of the class in which it is declared as a friend. A significant use of a friend class is for a part of a data structure, represented by a class, to provide access to the main class representing that data structure. The friend class mechanism allows to extend the storage and access to the parts, while retaining proper encapsulation as seen by the users of the data structure.
Similar to a friend class, a friend function is a function that is given access to the private and protected members of the class in which it is declared as a friend.
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of a friend-class for a graph data structure, where the graph is represented by the main class Graph, and the graph's vertices are represented by the class Vertex.
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_set>
class Graph;
class Vertex {
public:
explicit Vertex(std::string name) : edges_(), name_(std::move(name)) {}
auto begin() const { return edges_.cbegin(); }
auto end() const { return edges_.cend(); }
const auto& name() const { return name_; }
private:
// Vertex gives access-rights to Graph.
friend class Graph;
std::unordered_set<Vertex*> edges_;
std::string name_;
};
class Graph {
public:
~Graph() {
while (!vertices_.empty()) {
auto vertex = vertices_.begin();
RemoveVertex(*vertex);
}
}
auto AddVertex(const std::string& name) -> Vertex* {
auto vertex = std::make_unique<Vertex>(name);
auto iter = vertices_.insert(vertex.get());
return vertex.release();
}
void RemoveVertex(Vertex* vertex) {
vertices_.erase(vertex);
delete vertex;
}
auto AddEdge(Vertex* from, Vertex* to) {
// Graph can access Vertex's private fields because Vertex declared Graph as
// a friend.
from->edges_.insert(to);
}
auto begin() const { return vertices_.cbegin(); }
auto end() const { return vertices_.cend(); }
private:
std::unordered_set<Vertex*> vertices_;
};
Encapsulation
A proper use of friend classes increases encapsulation, because it allows to extend the private access of a data-structure to its parts --- which the data-structure owns --- without allowing private access to any other external class. This way the data-structure stays protected against accidental attempts at breaking the invariants of the data-structure from outside.
It is important to notice that a class cannot give itself access to another class's private part; that would break encapsulation. Rather, a class gives access to its own private parts to another class --- by declaring that class as a friend. In the graph example, Graph cannot declare itself a friend of Vertex. Rather, Vertex declares Graph a friend, and so provides Graph an access to its private fields.
The fact that a class chooses its own friends means that friendship is not symmetric in general. In the graph example, Vertex cannot access priv
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil%20Herd
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Bil Herd is a computer engineer who created several designs for 8-bit home computers while working for Commodore Business Machines in the early to mid-1980s.
Biography
He attended the Indiana school system. Herd did not have a college degree, and did not graduate high school, though he was working as an engineer by the age of 20.
Military service
Military service:
1977–1980: 238th Cavalry - 38th Division Indiana Army National Guard
1980–1982: 103rd Medical Battalion - 28th Division Pennsylvania Army National Guard
1981: Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service.
Working for Commodore
After first acting as the principal engineer on the Commodore Plus/4, C16/116, C264, and C364 machines, Herd designed the significantly more successful Commodore 128, a dual-CPU, triple-OS, compatible successor to the Commodore 64. Prior to the C128, Herd had done the initial architecture of the Commodore LCD computer, which was not released.
After Commodore
After leaving Commodore, Herd continued to design faster and more powerful computers with emphasis on machine vision and is a co-author on a patent involving n-dimensional pattern matching. He also designed an ultrasonic backup sensor for vehicles while working for Indian Valley Mfg. in 1986, a feature found on many modern vehicles today.
Voluntary health care work:
1989–1996: Fellowship First Aid Squad / Mount Laurel EMS Inc. Highest rank: Captain (also served as president)
1991–1995: Cooper Trauma Center - Camden, NJ: Trauma Technician
Herd has undertaken an entrepreneurial role and is owner of several small companies. As for recent low-level computer hacking, he did a "cameo appearance" by contributing a snippet of sprite logic code to the C64 DTV product designed by Jeri Ellsworth.
Herd appeared in and narrated the documentary "Growing the 8 Bit Generation" (a.k.a. "The Commodore Wars") about the early days of Commodore and the home computers explosion. Subsequently, he narrated the documentary "Easy to learn, hard to master: the fate of Atari", thus becoming the official voice of the "8-bit Generation" documentary series. he produces videos for Hackaday.
In 2021, Herd co-authored a book with Margaret Morabito, Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s, in which he recounts inside stories about his and his team's experiences with designing computers for Commodore.
References
Bagnall, Brian: On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore, .
Greenley, Larry, et al. (1986). Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Guide. . (Herd Co-author)
Herd, B. & Morabito, M. (2021). Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s. .
External links
The 8 Bit Generation The story of Jack Tramiel and Commodore International Produced by JunkFood, narrated by Bil Herd
Hackaday.com – Bil Herd's Original Videos at Hackaday
Commodore 128 History at Commodore.ca – by Ian Matthews
A brief history of the computer demo sc
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone%20User%20Part
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Telephone User Part (TUP) provides conventional PSTN telephony services across the Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) network. TUP was the first layer 4 protocol defined by the standards bodies and as such did not provision for ISDN services. It has now largely been replaced by ISUP. However, it can still be found in operational use in some parts of the world (e.g., China).
TUP is defined in ITU-T Recommendations Q.721-725. These define the international telephone call control signalling functions for use over SS7.
Various national variants of TUP have evolved, some of which provide varying degrees of support for ISDN. E.g. French SSUTR2 and Chinese TUP (Specification GF001-9001).
Signaling System 7
Integrated Services Digital Network
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoleucine%20%28data%20page%29
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References
Chemical data pages
Chemical data pages cleanup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Crow
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Stephen Crow (also known as Stephen J. Crow, Steve Crow, and Steve J. Crow) is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team. More recently, he was the lead artist working for the now-defunct Monkeytropolis.
Recognition
Crow was elected "Best Programmer Of The Year" in 1986 by the readers of CRASH. He was also voted best programmer of the year at the 1985 Golden Joystick Awards.
Games
ZX Spectrum
Laser Snaker (1983), Poppy Soft
Factory Breakout (1984), Poppy Soft
Wizard's Lair (1985), Bubble Bus Software
Starquake (1985), Bubble Bus Software
Firelord (1986), Hewson
Uridium (1986), Hewson
Uridium+ (1987), Hewson
Zynaps (1987), Hewson
Eliminator (1988), Hewson
Heavy Metal (1990), US Gold
Commodore 64
Marauder (1988), Hewson
Turbo Outrun (1989), U.S. Gold
Savage (1989), Firebird Software
Mr. Heli (1989), Firebird Software
Golden Axe (1990), Virgin Games
Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation (1990), Ocean Software
Other platforms
Global Gladiators (1993), Virgin Games
Disney's Aladdin (1993), Sega Enterprises
Cool Spot (1993), Virgin Games
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book (1994), Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Earthworm Jim (1994), Playmates Interactive
Earthworm Jim Special Edition (1995), Interplay Entertainment
Earthworm Jim 2 (1995), Playmates Interactive
Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts
BoomBots (1999), SouthPeak Games
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007), Blizzard Entertainment
References
Softgraphy at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
Golden Joystick Award winners
Living people
Video game programmers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric%20lighting
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Volumetric lighting, also known as "God rays", is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to add lighting effects to a rendered scene. It allows the viewer to see beams of light shining across the environment. Examples of volumetric lighting are seeing sunbeams shining through a window and seeing sunbeams radiating when the Sun is below the horizon, also known as crepuscular rays. The term seems to have been introduced from cinematography and is now widely applied to 3D modeling and rendering, especially in the development of 3D video games.
In volumetric lighting, the light cone emitted by a light source is modeled as a transparent object and considered as a container of a "volume". As a result, light has the capability to give the effect of passing through an actual three-dimensional aerosol (e.g. fog, dust, smoke, or steam) that is inside its volume, just like in the real world.
Techniques
Volumetric lighting requires two components: a light space shadow map, and a depth buffer. Starting at the near clip plane of the camera, the whole scene is traced and sampling values are accumulated into the input buffer. For each sample, it is determined if the sample is lit by the source of light being processed using the shadow map as a comparison. Only lit samples will affect final pixel color.
This basic technique works but requires more optimization to function in real time. One way to optimize volumetric lighting effects is to render the lighting volume at a much coarser resolution than that which the graphics context is using. This creates some bad aliasing artifacts, but that is easily touched up with a blur. One can also use stencil buffer like with the shadow volume technique.
Another technique can also be used to provide usually satisfying, if inaccurate volumetric lighting effects. The algorithm functions by blurring luminous objects away from the center of the main light source. Generally, the transparency is progressively reduced with each blur step, especially in more luminous scenes. Note that this requires an on-screen source of light.
See also
Aerosol
Light beam
Collimated beam
Sunbeam
Crepuscular rays
Light scattering by particles
Backscatter (photography)
References
External links
3D graphics terms dictionary at Tweak3D.net
3D rendering
Virtual reality
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20localities%20in%20Northern%20Ireland%20by%20population
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This is a list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The fifty largest settlements are listed. This list has been compiled from data published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), based on the 2011 Census and the 2021 Census, where available(*). Settlements with city status are shown in bold. Districts are local government districts as established in April 2015.
See also
List of settlements on the island of Ireland by population
List of places in Northern Ireland
List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland
References
Settlements
Settlements
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Localities
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPO
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DPO may refer to:
Economics
Data protection officer, a corporate officer responsible for data protection under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation
Days payables outstanding, in finance
Detrended price oscillator, an indicator in financial technical analysis
Direct public offering, a method by which a business can offer an investment opportunity to the public
Entertainment
"D.P.O." (The X-Files), a 1995 episode of The X-Files
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
Other
Dame of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, female variant of a class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See
Democratic Party of Oregon
Department of Peace Operations, a United Nations department in charge of peacekeeping
Devonport Airport, IATA code
Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, a type of electronic test instrument
Double pushout graph rewriting, in computer science
Discontinued post office
Diplomatic post office, a mailing addresses for diplomatic missions of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg%202
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Blitzkrieg 2 () is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II, the game is an evolution of its predecessor Blitzkrieg and is the second title in the Blitzkrieg (video game series). The game takes place in North Africa, the Pacific and Europe, and features the 6 different factions portrayed in the game that fought in their battle respective grounds during the war.
Gameplay
As its predecessor and the similar Sudden Strike games, Blitzkrieg 2 focuses on the battles of World War II rather than real-time strategy aspects like base building and resource extraction. The game features many new features and units over its predecessor; the graphics engine is upgraded, allowing for full 3D and the game features over 250 units compared to Blitzkriegs 200. In Blitzkrieg 2, the players can choose from three separate campaigns: The Nazi German Campaign, the American Campaign, and the Soviet Campaign, each divided into four distinct chapters. The German campaign begins in France, 1940, where the player is put in command of German offensive forces in an effort to conquer France. Here, they may use the signature Blitzkrieg strategy. The second chapter is set in the North Africa Campaign, which ends with the capture of Tobruk by Axis forces. The third is in the Soviet Union, during Case Blue. The fourth chapter is staged in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944. The American campaign has its first 3 chapters in the Pacific theater, where the players lead your forces against the IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) and IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) in a number of missions beginning shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The final chapter of the American campaign is set in the German Ruhr in 1945, during the invasion of Germany. The Soviet Campaign begins shortly after Operation Barbarossa, going through the 5 years of the war against Germany eventually ending with the Soviet victory at the Battle of Berlin. At the end of each campaign, a short cinematic plays.
The game contains six factions: Germany, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Japan, United States and France.
Reception
The game received positive reviews before release, yet never achieved the same long lived success its predecessor had achieved, even though two expansions and numerous spin-offs were made.
Add-ons
The base game Blitzkrieg 2 was released together with both add-ons as Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology:
Blitzkrieg 2: Fall Of The Reich: the first expansion pack, it was released in Russia and Germany in Autumn 2006, and in the EU and the US in January-February 2007., It was subtitled as Retribution in Russia, and The Last Stand in Germany.
Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation: the second expansion pack, was released in January 2007 in Russia and on October 12 in the EU. It was developed by MindLink Studio Ltd.,
Spin-off games
Frontline: Fields of Thunder: this spin-off from Nival Interactive and N-Game Studios was released on April 9, 2007 (probably initially in the Russian market
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20Disc%20subcode
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Subcode or subchannel data (called "control bytes" in the CD-ROM specification) refers to data contained in a compact disc (CD) in addition to digital audio or user data, which is used for control and playback of the CD. The original specification was defined in the Red Book standard for CD Digital Audio, though further specifications have extended their use (including the CD-ROM, CD Text and CD+G specifications).
Structure
Subchannel data is multiplexed with the digital audio or user digital data. The data in a CD are arranged in frames. A frame comprises 33 bytes, of which 24 bytes are audio or user data, eight bytes are error correction (CIRC-generated), and one byte is for subcode. Frames are arranged in sectors, which contain 98 frames each. The subcode bytes of the first two frames of a sector are used as two synchronization words. The subcode bytes of the remaining 96 frames of a sector are split into eight 96-bit long subcode channels (also called subchannels or simply channels) by putting together the nth bit of each subcode byte. Each channel has a bit rate of 7.35 kbit/s.
Each subcode bit/subchannel is designated by a letter from P to W. The following diagram illustrates how the channels are laid out:
Channels
Both the P and Q channels on a regular audio CD are used for timing information. They assist the CD player in tracking the current location on the disc, and to provide the timing information for the time display on the CD player. The rest are not used in the Red Book specification.
Channel P is a simple "pause music" flag, which can be used for low-cost search systems. Many players ignore it in favor of the Q Channel. It indicates a start of a new track by at least two consecutive seconds (150 sectors) of all 1s, and the last block with all 1s is the first block of the new track.
Channel Q is used for control purposes of more sophisticated players. It has three different modes, but with a common structure for all of them.
Control bits: The first four bits are used for control, each being a flag for a different feature:
Four-channel Compact Disc digital audio flag: indicates that the track uses four-channel audio (applies only to CD-DA). This is very rarely used on Compact Discs.
Data flag: Indicates that this track contains data (rather than audio). Can be used for muting in audio CD players. Not used in the original CD-DA standard, added in the CD-ROM specifications.
Digital copy permission flag: Used by the Serial Copy Management System to indicate permission to digitally copy the track.
Pre-emphasis flag: The audio track was recorded with pre-emphasis (applies only to CD-DA). Used very rarely on Compact Discs.
Mode bits: The next four bits indicate the mode of the Q channel, which can vary from 1 to 3, and define the structure and contents of the next bits.
Data bits: The next 72 bits contain Q-channel data, and their structure depends on the mode define in the previous bits.
Q Mode 1: In this mode, the data bits con
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfm%2094.5
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Kfm 94.5 is an adult contemporary radio station based in Cape Town, South Africa
Format and Programming
Kfm 94.5 plays an Adult Contemporary format, with talk during the morning. The station is also affiliated with Eyewitness News, which provides news, along with sport and local events..
The station target listeners in the 25 to 49 age group living in the Western Cape. Kfm's reception area includes the metropolitan area of Cape Town and towns such as Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Caledon, Worcester, Malmesbury, Saldanha and Beaufort West
. The reception area includes the West Coast as far as Alexander Bay and parts of the Northern Cape and even as far as the Eastern Cape in Graaf Reinet. Kfm delivers local news and traffic around Cape Town with their affiliate Eyewitness News, as well as other regular inserts of news, sport and traffic.
LeadSA
Kfm promotes LeadSA, a Primedia Broadcasting initiative. LeadSA promotes ordinary citizens to take pride in, and contribute to their country.
Presenters & Crew
News, Sports & Finance
Chanel September
Anthea Fredericks
Cato Louw
Broadcast time
24/7
Listenership figures
See also
947
Primedia
702
CapeTalk
References
External links
Kfm's official website
Lead SA's official website
SAARF Website
Broadcast Research Council of South Africa
Sentech Website
94.5 Kfm Live Stream + songs played
Radio stations in Cape Town
Radio stations established in 1973
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20Follett%20Osler
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Abraham Follett Osler (22 March 1808 – 26 April 1903), known as A. Follett Osler, was a pioneer in the measurement of meteorological and chronological data in Birmingham, England.
Early life
He attended Hazelwood School on Hagley Road, Birmingham (1816–1824) owned at that time by Thomas Wright Hill. In 1831, he became the manager of his father's glass manufacturing firm on Broad Street. He made many gifts of money and equipment to the BPI and BMI.
Career
He was a member of the Birmingham Philosophical Institution (BPI) (Honorary Secretary of the Junior Department in 1841) and its successor the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI).
In 1835 he developed the first self-recording pressure-plate anemometer and rain-gauge, and installed it at the BPI's premises in Cannon Street, Birmingham. The self-recording anemometer measured the varying wind pressure on a spring-mounted plate of known area, kept at right angles to the direction of the wind by means of a vane, and recorded the reading via a pencil on a moving sheet of paper. The wind direction determined by the position of the vane was also recorded. Rain was collected in a funnel and flowed into a vessel supported on a counterbalanced lever whose movement could also be recorded. When the vessel was full it discharged its contents automatically and the pencil returned to the zero line. The benefits of the device were so appreciated that similar devices were installed at several other sites, including Greenwich observatory. Osler used the data collected to help understand the nature and origins of winds.
Shortly after giving lectures on chronology in 1842 he provided an accurate display of local time based on astronomical measurements on a public clock in front of the Philosophical Institution in Cannon Street from which the church clocks were set. It was eventually synchronised to Greenwich Mean Time by electrical telegraph when the railway timetable became important. Later a number of clocks around Birmingham were linked by wire. The clock was transferred to the BMI when the BPI closed down in 1852. The Crystal Fountain which was the centrepiece of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was his creation and in 1854 he produced a 2-tier, 20-feet-high candelabrum for the Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers. In 1883, he gave a clock and bells for the tower of the new Art Gallery, which was constructed in 1885. This clock, nicknamed Big Brum, subsequently acted as the town's timepiece, replacing the expensive network of clocks wired around the town.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1855.
Death and commemoration
Osler died aged 95 on 26 April 1903, and was buried in Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley. He had married in 1832 Mary, daughter of Thomas Clark, a Birmingham merchant and manufacturer, and had eight children, of whom only three survived him.
His son, Henry Follett Osler (d. 1913), carried on his meteorological work at the BMI and gave money for the lease by the BMI of Perrot
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSSIM
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OSSIM (Open Source Security Information Management) is an open source security information and event management system, integrating a selection of tools designed to aid network administrators in computer security, intrusion detection and prevention.
The project began in 2003 as a collaboration between Dominique Karg, Julio Casal and later Alberto Román. In 2008 it became the basis for their company AlienVault. Following the acquisition of the Eureka project label and completion of R&D, AlienVault began selling a commercial derivative of OSSIM ('AlienVault Unified Security Management'). AlienVault was acquired by AT&T Communications and renamed AT&T Cybersecurity in 2019.
OSSIM has had four major-version releases since its creation and is on a 5.x.x version numbering. An information visualization of the contributions to the source code for OSSIM was published at 8 years of OSSIM. The project has approximately 7.4 million lines of code. The current version of OSSIM is 5.7.5 and was released on September 16, 2019. Information about this release and past versions can be found here
As a SIEM system, OSSIM is intended to give security analysts and administrators a more complete view of all the security-related aspects of their system, by combining log management which can be extended with plugins and asset management and discovery with information from dedicated information security controls and detection systems. This information is then correlated together to create contexts to the information not visible from one piece alone. Alarm and availability views along with reporting capabilities are provided to enhance the capabilities of the tool and its utility to the security and systems engineers.
OSSIM performs these functions using other well-known open-source software security components, unifying them under a single browser-based user interface. The interface provides graphical analysis tools for information collected from the underlying open source software component (many of which are command line only tools that otherwise log only to a plain text file) and allows centralized management of configuration options.
The software is distributed freely under the GNU General Public License. Unlike the individual components which may be installed onto an existing system, OSSIM is distributed as an installable ISO image designed to be deployed to a physical or virtual host as the core operating system of the host. OSSIM is built using Debian as its underlying operating system. Due to this core platform being open additional components abilities may be added and extend by the security administrators using standard packages and scripting as needed.
Components
OSSIM features the following software components:
PRADS, used to identify hosts and services by passively monitoring network traffic. Added in release v4.0.
Snort, used as an Intrusion detection system (IDS), and also used for cross correlation with OpenVAS.
Suricata, used as an Intrusion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StyleXP
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StyleXP is a computer program designed to modify the graphical user interface of Windows XP. As of version 3.19 features include modifying themes, explorer bar, backgrounds, logon screens, icons, boot screens, transparency, cursors and screensavers.
History
Created by TGTSoft, StyleXP is an alternative to other skinning programs such as Stardock's WindowBlinds and Object Desktop.
How it works
StyleXP works by patching a DLL file named uxtheme.dll. Uxtheme.dll by default prevents users from installing themes that are not digitally signed by Microsoft. By patching this DLL, StyleXP can install themes that are not digitally signed. Earlier versions of the program patched the uxtheme.dll file on disk, while newer ones do so in memory.
Popularity
The program's popularity has risen in the several years past Windows XP's release, with several sites opening up that provide free skins to the public. These skins have also become more popular after free uxtheme.dll patchers were released.
StyleXP is not compatible with later versions of Windows, but there are alternatives similar in terms of operation. These are commonly referred to as "uxtheme patchers" despite later Windows versions requiring patches to different files.
Visual Style Creation and Editing
The most popular method of creating or editing visual styles was through TGTSoft’s StyleBuilder application. This program provided a user friendly interface to import, edit, or create new visual styles to suit your needs. Image editors can be assigned to edit or replace bitmaps or png files that are contained within a theme’s *.msstyle file. Later versions of the application have added functionality to allow editing of the shellstyle.dll file which skins the popular tasks sections seen on the left side of explorer windows, as well as some control panel applets.
Pretty much any element of the visual style can be edited. You can change the look of anything from the taskbar, title bars, start menu, progress bars, or control widgets. The sizes of elements can be changed as well. A few of the most popular examples would include thinner taskbars or compact start menus. StyleBuilder also allows editing of theme colors (such as the background color for dialog boxes and standard menus).
There are some limitations to visual style edits, since the theme must work within the guidelines of the Windows XP style engine. However, with some experimentation there are options that can be added or edited which may give more control over how an element is skinned.
References
Utilities for Windows
Windows-only proprietary software
Graphical user interfaces
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20London
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London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both public and private services. Journeys made by public transport systems account for 37% of London's journeys while private services accounted for 36% of journeys, walking 24% and cycling 2%. London's public transport network serves as the central hub for the United Kingdom in rail, air and road transport.
Public transport services are dominated by the city's executive agency for transport, Transport for London (TfL). TfL controls the majority of public transport, including the Underground, Buses, Tramlink, the Docklands Light Railway, London River Services, Elizabeth line and the London Overground.
Other rail services are either franchised to train operating companies by the Department for Transport (DfT) or, like Eurostar and Heathrow Express, operated on an open-access basis. TfL also controls most major roads in London, but not minor roads. In addition, there are several independent airports serving London, including Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe.
History
Early public transport in London began with horse-drawn omnibus services in 1829, which were gradually replaced by the first motor omnibuses in 1902. Over the years the private companies which began these services amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) to form a unified bus service. The Underground Electric Railways Company of London, also formed in 1902, unified the pioneering underground railway companies which built the London Underground; in 1912 the Underground Group took over the LGOC and in 1913 it also absorbed the London tramway companies. The Underground Group became part of the new London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) on 1 July 1933, which also took over the Metropolitan Railway. Underground trains, Green Line coaches, trolleybuses and trams then began to operate as London Transport, although the name 'General' continued to be seen on buses and their timetables for a few months longer.
The London Transport name continued in use until 2000 (2003 on the Underground), although the political management of transport services changed several times. The LPTB oversaw transport from 1933 to 1947 until it was re-organised as the London Transport Executive (1948 to 1962). Responsibility for London Transport was subsequently taken over to the London Transport Board (1963 to 1969), the Greater London Council (1970 to 1984) and London Regional Transport (1984 to 2000/2003).
Following the privatisation of London bus services in 1986, bus services were spun off to a separate operation based on competitive tendering, London Buses. On 3 July 2000, as part of the formation of the new Greater London Authority, responsibility for most of London Transport was taken over by a new transport authority, Transport for London (TfL), which is the publicly owned transport corporation for the London region now.
However, because of the continuing controversy over public-private partnerships in con
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropkov
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Stropkov (; , , , ) is a town in Stropkov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia.
History
The first written data about the town is from 1404, when Stropkov was already labeled as an oppidum (a townlet). The first owner of the town after the king was Ladislav Svatojursky. In order, the other landlords were Balickovci, Perinskovci, Peteovci. In 1408, the town's toll and castle (castellum) were mentioned for the first time. The development of the town and its economic expansion was supported by the law of thirty and market in 1698, which was strengthened by Leopold I with six annual fairs. Stropkov's manor owned about 51 villages at that time. In a big department, which articles date to 1575, jewelers, tailors, butchers, cabinetmakers, saddlers, swordfish, surgeons (shavers), and shopkeepers were united. Craftsmen from Stropkov sold their products in local markets in Stropkov, and also markets in Zemplin and Šariš.
In the process of successful development, Stropkov was touched by the status’ rebellions of Imrich Thokoly and Francis II Rákóczi: in the region list from 1715, it is written that only 7 bourgeoises paid taxes in Stropkov. In 1764, the Peteovci family died out, and the manor was divided into 6 parts: Staraiovci, Hallerovci, Keglevicovci, Dezofiovci, Veceiovci and Barkociovci. In 1785, Stropkov had 1326 inhabitants, comprising about 204 households. Stropkov was the third most populous town in the Zemplin region with 87 craftsmen in 1778, and it was the second most important craftsman center after Humenné town. In that period, it became a residence of Zemplin chair. This situation lasted in the next few years: 1848, 1918 and 1945, up until 1960.
After the 18th century, the town started to decay. In 1828, there were 201 houses and 2250 inhabitants. In 1869, there were 2502 inhabitants, which decreased to 2276 in 1900. After 1870, there was mass emigration of native people who were moving abroad.
During the time between wars, Stropkov and its district belonged to one of the most underdeveloped and poorest regions in Slovakia. Besides agriculture, the living was earned by the traditional craft industry and works in the woods. During the years of the Second World War, economical decline was fully in progress. Stropkov had 487 houses with 3311 inhabitants during the wartime. After the war, the construction of a Tesla factory and many other firms have had an important contribution to essential changes in demographics and in infrastructure. In 1950, 2695 people lived in the town, which grew to 9719 in 1991.
The first written information about the school is from 1515, but indisputably the school was there in the previous century. In the 17th century, Franciscans came to the town and in 1921, the first redemptorist cloister was founded.
The remains of the castle are situated in the storied building that occupies the east side of the church. The Roman Catholic church, called the Holy Body of Jesus Christ, dates to the 14th century. In 1675, it was r
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Prony analysis (Prony's method) was developed by Gaspard Riche de Prony in 1795. However, practical use of the method awaited the digital computer. Similar to the Fourier transform, Prony's method extracts valuable information from a uniformly sampled signal and builds a series of damped complex exponentials or damped sinusoids. This allows the estimation of frequency, amplitude, phase and damping components of a signal.
The method
Let be a signal consisting of evenly spaced samples. Prony's method fits a function
to the observed . After some manipulation utilizing Euler's formula, the following result is obtained, which allows more direct computation of terms:
where
are the eigenvalues of the system,
are the damping components,
are the angular-frequency components,
are the phase components,
are the amplitude components of the series,
is the imaginary unit ().
Representations
Prony's method is essentially a decomposition of a signal with complex exponentials via the following process:
Regularly sample so that the -th of samples may be written as
If happens to consist of damped sinusoids, then there will be pairs of complex exponentials such that
where
Because the summation of complex exponentials is the homogeneous solution to a linear difference equation, the following difference equation will exist:
The key to Prony's Method is that the coefficients in the difference equation are related to the following polynomial:
These facts lead to the following three steps within Prony's method:
1) Construct and solve the matrix equation for the values:
Note that if , a generalized matrix inverse may be needed to find the values .
2) After finding the values, find the roots (numerically if necessary) of the polynomial
The -th root of this polynomial will be equal to .
3) With the values, the values are part of a system of linear equations that may be used to solve for the values:
where unique values are used. It is possible to use a generalized matrix inverse if more than samples are used.
Note that solving for will yield ambiguities, since only was solved for, and for an integer . This leads to the same Nyquist sampling criteria that discrete Fourier transforms are subject to
See also
Generalized pencil-of-function method
Computation of Prony decomposition using Autoregression analysis
Application of Prony decomposition in Time-frequency analysis
Notes
References
Signal processing
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The Mini TSFO (Training Set, Fire Observation) was the first artillery call-for-fire simulation designed for the personal computer. It was started in 1985 as an outgrowth of a Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course battlefield research project at the U.S. Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) to develop a concept for incorporating PCs into artillery training, and was completed in 1986. It replaced summer artillery live fire training for cadets at West Point in 1986 and 1987.
One of the USAFAS students involved in the battlefield research project, Captain (later Colonel) Bill Erwin, volunteered to continue to develop the concept into an actual application during his follow-on assignment to the USAFAS Directorate of Training and Doctrine.
Versions:
MINITSFO - Original version using a Digital Message Device (DMD), virtual map, and CGA graphics.
VTSFO - Replaced the DMD with keyboard interface for use at West Point.
NGFTSFO - Naval Gunfire version using EGA graphics, actual scenes from San Clemente Island training area, and incorporating effects of dispersion between rounds.
Evolution of a military video game
As originally envisioned, the MiniTSFO would be a complete system that required only a computer to play. This meant that there had to be some way to see targets on-screen, some way to locate the target coordinates such as a map, and some way to call for fire. This resulted in a combination of three screens which the user could flip back-and-forth by using function keys. The first screen showed a simulated view through an AN/GVS-5 laser rangefinder. The map screen was a depiction of the fictional German town of Nitzburg and surrounding area. Lastly, the way to enter firing commands was a virtual AN/PSG-2 Digital Message Device (DMD).
The virtual DMD required extensive programming in order to simulate the actual operation of a real DMD and consumed most of the program code space.
The MiniTSFO was originally coded in BASICA, an interpreted version of BASIC available on IBM PCs. As the design of the program was pushing the limits of BASICA, Microsoft introduced the QuickBASIC compiler. This allowed the MiniTSFO to grow beyond the memory limits of BASICA and structured programming allowed additional complexity.
In its initial design, the MiniTSFO drew all screens from program code. It wasn't long before the limitations of this approach became obvious and so the screens completed to date were captured and imported into PC Paintbrush to be edited. This allowed the additional of details that would have been too tedious to incorporate through code and also allowed the target screens to be easily edited to add additional types of targets.
To allow the target screens to be easily changed to provide additional challenges, the target locations and descriptions were read in from an initialization file when the MiniTSFO was started.
MiniTSFO (classic edition)
The MiniTSFO used a virtual DMD to control fire missions. The user was presen
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The Coloured Book protocols were a set of communication protocols for computer networks developed in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. These protocols were designed to enable communication and data exchange between different computer systems and networks. The name originated with each protocol being identified by the colour of the cover of its specification document. The protocols were in use until the 1990s when the Internet protocol suite came into widespread use.
History
In the mid-1970s, the British Post Office Telecommunications division (BPO-T) worked with the academic community in the United Kingdom and the computer industry to develop a set of standards to enable interoperability among different computer systems based on the X.25 protocol suite for packet-switched wide area network (WAN) communication. First defined in 1975, the standards evolved through experience developing protocols for the NPL network in the late 1960s and the Experimental Packet Switched Service in the early 1970s.
The Coloured Book protocols were used on SERCnet from 1980, and SWUCN from 1982, both of which became part of the JANET academic network from 1984. The protocols were influential in the development of computer networks, particularly in the UK, gained some acceptance internationally as the first complete X.25 standard, and gave the UK "several years lead over other countries".
From late 1991, Internet protocols were adopted on the Janet network instead; they were operated simultaneously for a while, until X.25 support was phased out entirely in August 1997.
Protocols
The standards were defined in several documents, each addressing different aspects of computer network communication. They were identified by the colour of the cover:
Pink Book
The Pink Book defined protocols for transport over Ethernet. The protocol was basically X.25 level 3 running over LLC2.
Orange Book
The Orange Book defined protocols for transport over local networks using the Cambridge Ring (computer network).
Yellow Book
The Yellow Book defined the Yellow Book Transport Service (YBTS) protocol, also known as Network Independent Transport Service (NITS), which was mainly run over X.25. It was developed by the Data Communications Protocols Unit of the Department of Industry in the late 1970s. It could also run over TCP. The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol was extended to allow running over NITS.
The Yellow Book Transport Service was somewhat misnamed, as it does not fulfill the Transport role in the OSI 7-layer model. It really occupies the top of the Network layer, making up for X.25's lack of NSAP addressing at the time, which did not appear until the X.25 (1980) revision, and was nopt available in implementations for some years afterward. YBTS used source routing addressing between YBTS nodes—there was no global addressing scheme at that time.
The Green Book
The Green Book defined two protocols to connect terminals across a network: an early version of what became Triple-X PAD
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Celebrity Dish also known as TV Guide's Celebrity Dish was a 2000 60 minute American Food Network Television cooking show which was hosted by Mark McEwen which premiered on June 22, 2000.
Description
As the name implies, this series of TV specials featured television and movie celebrities cooking their favorite foods.
Yasmine Bleeth appeared in Episode SPCDSP02, TV Guide Celebrity Dish II, the 2nd edition of the series. John Spencer, Nancy O'Dell and Jack Wagner also were scheduled to appear on the 2nd edition of the specials.
The first edition of TV Guide's Celebrity Dish showcased Paul Sorvino, Michael Boatman, Catherine Hicks and Susan Lucci.
TV Guide's Celebrity Dish: Holiday Entertaining was another special hosted by McEwan which revealed holiday entertainment tips from celebrities like Jane Seymour, Julia Sweeney and Ed Bradley.
Cast
Mark McEwen .... Host
Betsy Foldes-narrator
Yasmine Bleeth .... Herself
Michael Boatman .... Himself
Ed Bradley .... Himself
Michael Chiklis .... Himself
Whoopi Goldberg .... Herself
Patricia Heaton .... Herself
Catherine Hicks .... Herself
Susan Lucci .... Herself
Nancy O'Dell .... Herself
Jane Seymour .... Herself
Paul Sorvino .... Himself
John Spencer .... Himself
Julia Sweeney .... Herself
Jack Wagner .... Himself
Production credits
Paul Shavelson (Director)
Janice Kaplan (Executive Producer)
Jeanne Wolf (Executive Producer)
Paul Shavelson (Producer)
Alicia M. Tripi {Department Head Hair Stylist and Makeup Artist}
Doug Masla (Music Composer)
Food Network (Production Company)
External links
Food Network original programming
2000 American television series debuts
2001 American television series endings
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Coding best practices or programming best practices are a set of informal rules (best practices) that many software developers in computer programming follow to improve software quality.
Many computer programs remain in use for long periods of time, so any rules need to facilitate both initial development and subsequent maintenance and enhancement of source code by people other than the original authors.
In the ninety-ninety rule, Tom Cargill is credited with an explanation as to why programming projects often run late: "The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time." Any guidance which can redress this lack of foresight is worth considering.
The size of a project or program has a significant effect on error rates, programmer productivity, and the amount of management needed.
Software quality
As listed below, there are many attributes associated with good software. Some of these can be mutually contradictory (e.g. being very fast versus performing extensive error checking), and different customers and participants may have different priorities. Weinberg provides an example of how different goals can have a dramatic effect on both effort required and efficiency. Furthermore, he notes that programmers will generally aim to achieve any explicit goals which may be set, probably at the expense of any other quality attributes.
Sommerville has identified four generalized attributes which are not concerned with what a program does, but how well the program does it:
Maintainability
Dependability
Efficiency
Usability
Weinberg has identified four targets which a good program should meet:
Does a program meet its specification ("correct output for each possible input")?
Is the program produced on schedule (and within budget)?
How adaptable is the program to cope with changing requirements?
Is the program efficient enough for the environment in which it is used?
Hoare has identified seventeen objectives related to software quality, including:
Clear definition of purpose.
Simplicity of use.
Ruggedness (difficult to misuse, kind to errors).
Early availability (delivered on time when needed).
Reliability.
Extensibility in the light of experience.
Brevity.
Efficiency (fast enough for the purpose to which it is put).
Minimum cost to develop.
Conformity to any relevant standards (including programming language-specific standards).
Clear, accurate and precise user documents.
Prerequisites
Before coding starts, it is important to ensure that all necessary prerequisites have been completed (or have at least progressed far enough to provide a solid foundation for coding). If the various prerequisites are not satisfied, then the software is likely to be unsatisfactory, even if it is completed.
From Meek & Heath: "What happens before one gets to the coding stage is often of crucial importance to the success of the project."
The
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The Yamanner worm is a computer worm written in JavaScript that targeted a vulnerability in the Yahoo! Mail service. Released on June 12, 2006, the worm spread through the Yahoo! system, infecting the systems of those who opened the e-mails and sending the user's address book to a remote server.
External links
Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw
Symantec Advisory
Email worms
Yahoo! Mail
JavaScript
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WFND-LD (channel 19) is a low-power television station in Findlay, Ohio, United States, serving the Toledo area as a Buckeye Cable Sports Network affiliate owned by Block Communications. Its licensee is West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc., a Block subsidiary. Block also owns several other assets in Northwestern Ohio, including The Blade, Buckeye CableSystem and WLIO. Engineering operations and monitoring are performed from West Central Ohio Broadcasting's operation center at 1424 Rice Avenue in Lima. The engineering supervisor is Frederick Vobbe.
The station transmitter is a Gates Air model ULXTE-4 with an Alive Telecomm ATC-BCE48C1R-U Elliptical polarized antenna, (transmitter output power of 1,740 watts), electrical beam tilt of 1 degree (R/C AGL: 86 m R/C AMSL: 331.3 m). The pattern is the same as WFND when on Channel 22.
History
In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcasting giant Equity Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions of Lima. Five years later, the station was purchased by Block Communications of Toledo.
On January 8, 2013, the station made a flash cut to digital channel 22, and is operating with 15 kilowatts of power from a site located at 3800 North County Road 220 in Allen Township, north of the Whirlpool plant.
On June 11, 2018, the station completed its construction permit to move from channel 22 to channel 19. The programming for WFND is now the Buckeye Cable Sports Network in HD.
References
External links
Television stations in Ohio
Television channels and stations established in 1990
Low-power television stations in Ohio
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In natural language processing a w-shingling is a set of unique shingles (therefore n-grams) each of which is composed of contiguous subsequences of tokens within a document, which can then be used to ascertain the similarity between documents. The symbol w denotes the quantity of tokens in each shingle selected, or solved for.
The document, "a rose is a rose is a rose" can therefore be maximally tokenized as follows:
(a,rose,is,a,rose,is,a,rose)
The set of all contiguous sequences of 4 tokens (Thus 4=n, thus 4-grams) is
{ (a,rose,is,a), (rose,is,a,rose), (is,a,rose,is), (a,rose,is,a), (rose,is,a,rose) } Which can then be reduced, or maximally shingled in this particular instance to { (a,rose,is,a), (rose,is,a,rose), (is,a,rose,is) }.
Resemblance
For a given shingle size, the degree to which two documents A and B resemble each other can be expressed as the ratio of the magnitudes of their shinglings' intersection and union, or
where |A| is the size of set A. The resemblance is a number in the range [0,1], where 1 indicates that two documents are identical. This definition is identical with the Jaccard coefficient describing similarity and diversity of sample sets.
See also
Bag-of-words model
Concept mining
k-mer
MinHash
N-gram
Rabin fingerprint
Rolling hash
Vector space model
References
Does not yet use the term "shingling".
Natural language processing
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WOOH-LD (channel 29) is a low-power television station licensed to Zanesville, Ohio, United States, but serving the Columbus area with programming from the digital multicast network Heartland. The station is owned and operated by Get After It Media, and maintains a transmitter on Alton-Darby Road near Hilliard, Ohio.
It was most recently a repeater that broadcast programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network, via satellite. TBN took the then-W16BT silent on March 26, 2010, due to Trinity's purchase of WSFJ-TV (channel 51), a full power station broadcasting from neighboring Licking County. The station changed its call sign to WOOH-LP on September 20, 2017.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
References
Low-power television stations in Ohio
Television channels and stations established in 1992
OOH-LD
1992 establishments in Ohio
Heartland (TV network) affiliates
Retro TV affiliates
Rev'n affiliates
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WCBZ-CD (channel 22) is a low-power Class A television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Cozi TV. The station is owned by the Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.
History
WCBZ-CD was founded as W22AE in Marion, Ohio, on April 17, 1989. The station then changed its call letters to WBKA-LP in 1995. In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcaster, Crawford Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions, and was granted Class A status, thus changing its callsign to WBKA-CA.
In 2008, the station was acquired by Studio 51 Multimedia Productions, Ltd., and began operating as TV 22 Marion, offering comprehensive coverage of the events in the Marion County area, as well as other original programming. In August 2009, the WBKA-CA call sign was changed to WMNO-CA (for "Marion, Ohio").
In 2015, the station was purchased by Positive News Network, Inc. at which point it took on its current network affiliation.
In 2017, the call sign changed again to WCBZ-CD (for "Columbus Broadcasting") to better reflect its new ownership by Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.
In Marion, WCBZ-CD had been carried on Time Warner Cable (now Charter Spectrum) channel 3 (with cable box) or channel 96 (without cable box), but the station was removed from the Marion channel lineup on May 8, 2018.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion
WMNO-CD shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on January 7, 2015, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to UHF channel 28, using PSIP to display WMNO-CD's virtual channel as 22 on digital television receivers.
References
External links
Cozi TV affiliates
Grit (TV network) affiliates
Ion Mystery affiliates
Get (TV network) affiliates
Catchy Comedy affiliates
WCBZ-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1984
Low-power television stations in Ohio
Marion, Ohio
1984 establishments in Ohio
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Feldatal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
The community lies 285 to 598 m above sea level on the north slope of the Vogelsberg mountains. Through the community flows the river Felda, which empties into the Ohm at Gemünden.
Neighbouring communities
Feldatal borders in the north on the town of Romrod, in the northeast on the community of Schwalmtal, in the east on the community of Lautertal, in the south on the town of Ulrichstein, in the southwest on the community of Mücke, and in the northwest on the community of Gemünden.
Constituent communities
The community consists of the centres of Ermenrod, Groß-Felda with constituent community of Schellnhausen, Kestrich, Köddingen, Stumpertenrod, Windhausen and Zeilbach.
History
Amalgamations
Feldatal came into being as a result of the municipal reforms in 1972 when the aforesaid constituent communities were united into a greater community.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 15 members. As of the municipal elections held on 26 March 2006, 4 seats are held by the SPD, 4 by the CDU, 6 by the FWG, a citizens' coalition, and one by the A.L.F.
The municipal executive is made up of 7 members and the mayor. Two seats are held by the SPD, 2 by the CDU, 2 by the FWG, and one by the A.L.F.
The current mayor, Leopold Bach, was elected in 2018.
Coat of arms
Feldatal's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Or a virgin-headed spreadeagle gules crowned azure, therein an inescutcheon argent a hammer and four nails azure.
The inescutcheon (smaller inner shield, called a Herzschild or "heartshield" in German heraldry) refers to the dominant handicraft in the community, namely nailsmithing. This trade was practised even into the early 20th century. The virgin-headed spreadeagle (Jungfrauenadler) has its roots in Feldatal's mediaeval noble family's arms.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Hesse's biggest timber-framed church, built in 1696 (in Stumpertenrod)
Zeilbach Church, built in 1668 – shake roof
Kestrich Church, half-timbered, and right next door the former synagogue and Jewish school (in Kestrich)
Jewish cemetery (in Kestrich)
Still working mills, for instance Wolfenmühle in Groß-Felda, Burgsmühle in Zeilbach and Herrenmühle in Ermenrod.
Regular events
Feldataler Mühlenfest ("mill festival")- Stumpertenrod
Ostermarkt (Easter Market)- Gross Felda
Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market)
Goldwing Meeting in Groß-Felda (every two years)
Schmiedefest (Blacksmith festival)
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Through the community runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 49.
References
External links
Feldatal-Windhausen
Vogelsbergkreis
Grand Duchy of Hesse
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Chorlton is a stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) and Airport Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. It was built as part of Phase 3a of the network's expansion, and opened on 7 July 2011 on a section of the former Cheshire Lines Committee railway.
History
Railway station
Chorlton-cum-Hardy railway station opened on 1 January 1880 by the Midland Railway on the Manchester South District Railway. It later became Cheshire Lines Committee and closed on 2 January 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe, though the line through Fallowfield remained open to freight until the 1980s. Until the mid-20th century the station yard supplied coal to the district. Land to the north-east of the track originally acquired for the purpose of doubling it was eventually sold off for development.
The station was mentioned in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann, which was written to lament the loss of stations resulting from the Beeching cuts:
Chorlton station was subsequently demolished and a Morrisons (originally Safeway) supermarket and car park built in its place, although the track bed remained extant to the side of the supermarket and part of one of the platforms survives next to the supermarket building. The derelict line became overgrown until 2001, when the track bed of the old Fallowfield Loop Line branch running east of Chorlton towards Alexandra Park and was converted to the Fallowfield Loop cycle track. The route is run by Sustrans and forms part of Routes 6 and 60 of the National Cycle Network. The remaining Cheshire Lines Committee lines from Chorlton from Manchester Central towards Disbury remained disused and overgrown for another 10 years.
Manchester Metrolink station
Proposals to link Chorlton to a light rail system had been put forward since the 1980s, but remained unfunded for over 20 years. The extension that was originally proposed would have taken over the disused tracks of the Cheshire Lines Committee as far as East Didsbury.
In 2006, it was announced that the first phase of the "Big Bang" Metrolink expansion project (Phase 3A) would go ahead, including the extension to St Werburgh's Road. Following the rejection of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund in a public referendum in 2008, extension of the line to East Didsbury (Phase 3B) was completed with funding from national and local government.
Construction of the line began in April 2009 and it opened in July 2011. The first services towards East Didsbury began in June 2013.
Services
Chorlton is served by the three lines; Rochdale to East Didsbury, Shaw and Crompton to East Didsbury and Victoria to Manchester Airport. Each line operates at a frequency of one tram every 12 minutes providing a combined frequency of approximately one tram every 4 minutes in both directions. On the Rochdale to East Didsbury line, the last evening north-bound services (the last 2–3 dependent on day of week) terminate at Manchester Victori
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A leak is a way for matter to escape a container.
Leak may also refer to:
Information leaks
News leak, the unsanctioned release of confidential information to news media
Data leak
Internet leak, a release of confidential information on the Internet
Music leak, the unauthorized release of music on the Internet
People
Leak (surname), a list of people with the family name Leak or Leaks
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
Leak (film), a 2000 Dutch thriller
The Leak (1917, short film), directed by William Beaudine with Billy Franey, Milburn Morante, Lillian Peacock
Music
The Leak (2007), a recording by hip hop artist Lil Wayne
The Leak, an album by Blades (hip hop group)
Other uses
LEAK, a brand name for high-fidelity audio equipment
Leak, a slang term for the drug phencyclidine (PCP)
Leak, a slang term for urination
See also
Leak detection
Leyak, mythological figure in Balinese mythology
Leakage (disambiguation)
Leake (disambiguation)
Leek (disambiguation)
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KCSO-LD (channel 33) is a low-power television station in Sacramento, California, United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, KCSO-LD maintains studios on Media Place in the Woodlake neighborhood of Sacramento, and its transmitter is located in Walnut Grove, California. The station is also sister to regional sports networks NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California.
Due to its low-power status, KCSO-LD simulcasts in widescreen standard definition on independent station KMAX-TV's digital channel 31.6 (displayed as channel 33.2). KCSO-LD also operates translator stations KMUM-CD and KMMW-LD in Sacramento and Stockton and also relies on cable and satellite to reach the entire market.
History
The station was founded by country-western performer Chester Smith and his company Sainte Partners II, L.P. and first signed on the air in 1999. It was the last station to be owned by his company. On August 8, 2008, Chester Smith died of heart failure at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. The station continued operating under the Sainte banner until it was sold to Serestar Communications Group in 2013. Sainte folded shortly thereafter.
In 2014, KCSO began simulcasting in widescreen standard definition on Ion owned-and-operated station KSPX-TV digital channel 29.7 (displayed as channel 33.2) to reach the entire market due to KCSO's low-power status. The simulcast was discontinued in October 2021.
Serestar agreed to sell KCSO-LD, KMUM-CD, and KMMW-LD to NBCUniversal on November 28, 2018, as part of a $21 million deal. The sale was completed on March 5, 2019. As a result, KCSO-LD becomes the sixth television station in the Sacramento market (excluding translator stations) to be owned-and-operated by its affiliated network.
In April 2022, CW owned-and-operated station KMAX-TV (now an independent station) resumed the widescreen SD simulcast from KSPX-TV on a new digital channel 31.6 (also displayed as channel 33.2).
News operation
KCSO launched a local news department (with newscasts branded as Noticiero 33) following its sign-on. The half-hour local evening news program was broadcast every Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. However, it had low ratings and was canceled after five years.
Later, news briefs were aired online (branded as Telemundo 33 Al Día). In late 2014, it started airing morning news briefs called Noticias 33 Por la mañana, which aired at :25s and :55s from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. during Telemundo's Un Nuevo Dia morning news program.
On November 6, 2016, KCSO re-launched a weekday half-hour long newscast at 6:00 p.m. (initially branding as Noticiero Telemundo 33, later as Noticias Telemundo Sacramento, now as Noticias Telemundo California after the purchase by NBCUniversal), 11 years after its initial newscast was cancelled. It directly competes with Univision owned-and-operated KUVS's long-established (and fo
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WPGX (channel 28) is a television station in Panama City, Florida, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. The station is owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group, and maintains transmitter facilities on Blue Springs Road in unincorporated Youngstown, Bay County. Its studios are located on West 23rd Street/SR 368 in Panama City, though most of its on-air master control operations originate from Gray Television's WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, its former sister Fox affiliate until the start of 2019.
History
The station, originally owned by Family Group Broadcasting, began operations on May 1, 1988, and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 28. Its previous owner, Waitt Media, sold WPGX to Raycom Media in 2003. At one point under Raycom ownership, WPGX previously maintained its facilities in Panama City on Luverne Avenue in a building (known as the "Fox Television Center") shared with a Suntrust Bank branch. In May 2010, it launched a website for the first time under Raycom's control. It mainly serves as an advertorial web address with various promotions from Panama City businesses and has limited station-related content, including FCC public file and EEO disclosures.
Atlanta-based Gray Television announced its acquisition of Raycom on June 25, 2018; Gray immediately put WPGX on the market, as it already owned WJHG-TV (channel 7). On August 20, 2018, Gray announced that WPGX, along with fellow Fox affiliates WTNZ in Knoxville, Tennessee, WFXG in Augusta, Georgia, and WDFX-TV in Dothan, Alabama, would be sold to Lockwood Broadcast Group. The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.
News operation
At one time in the 1990s, WJHG produced a 9 p.m. newscast for WPGX. This was very short-lived, and Panama City was one of the few places in the country (and a very select group of Fox affiliates) not to have a prime time newscast of any kind.
In January 2010, local ABC outlet WMBB (then owned by Hoak Media) began producing local weather cut-ins for this station (recorded in advance) through an arrangement. Although there was speculation this agreement would eventually be expanded into a prime time newscast at 9, these plans never came to fruition at the time. The weather segments ceased airing at some point and this Fox affiliate resumed taped weather forecasts produced by WeatherVision, which had produced them before the arrangement with WMBB was made.
On June 1, 2020, WPGX debuted an hour-long weeknight 9 p.m. newscast produced by WMBB, titled Fox 28 News at 9:00. This happened alongside fellow sister station WDFX in Dothan terminating their existing arrangement with former sister station WSFA. Like in Panama City, Lockwood contracted with Nexstar-owned WDHN to produce a locally-based 9 p.m. newscast in Dothan.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
WPGX-DT2 was a charter affiliate of The Tube Music Network before its ended operations in October 2007. The subchannel was relaunched in 2013 to carry Bounce TV, w
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych
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Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department.
Psych premiered on July 7, 2006, following the fifth-season premiere of Monk, and continued to be paired with the series until Monk's conclusion on December 4, 2009. During the second season, an animated segment titled "The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus" was added to the series. Psych was the highest-rated US basic cable television premiere of 2006. USA Network renewed the series for an eighth season on December 19, 2012, to include eight episodes, and ordered two more episodes on June 25, 2013, bringing the episode order to ten. On February 5, 2014, USA Network confirmed that the eighth season of Psych would be its last, with the series finale airing on March 26, 2014.
Psych: The Movie, a two-hour television film, aired on USA Network on December 7, 2017, launching the Psych film series, with Franks' hope being to make five more Psych movies following Psych: The Movie. On February 14, 2019, it was announced Psych: The Movie 2 was greenlit and set to premiere in late 2019, for which the main cast would return, but the premiere thereof was subsequently delayed to 2020, with the film renamed Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, and released on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, July 15, 2020, the day the service officially launched. On May 13, 2021, Peacock announced a third film, Psych 3: This Is Gus, which premiered on November 18, 2021. Three further Psych films are in development.
Overview
Most episodes begin with a cold open in the form of a flashback to Shawn and Gus' childhoods. The flashbacks usually involve Shawn and Gus being taught a lesson by a young Henry Spencer (Shawn's father) (Corbin Bernsen), who wishes that his son would follow in his footsteps and become a law enforcement officer. These lessons often play a role for the climax of the episode. As a child, Shawn was taught by Henry to hone his powers of observation and deduction, often using games and challenges to test him. Each flashback also sets the theme for the episode.
Shawn originally becomes known as a psychic when, after calling in tips on dozens of crimes covered on the news which help the police to close the case, the police become suspicious of his knowledge, theorizing that such knowledge could only come from the "inside" and unwilling to believe that it is merely Shawn having honed his observational skills. To avoid being sent to jail, Shawn uses those skills to convince th
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The New Zealand DC class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric mainline locomotive on the New Zealand rail network, operated by KiwiRail on freight trains, and formerly on long-distance passenger trains. The class was rebuilt from the DA class in the late 1970s and early 1980s, mainly in Australia. After the DA class, they were the most numerous class of diesel locomotive on New Zealand's railway network and remained numerically dominant until the mid-2010s when withdrawals began.
History
The locomotives were introduced as the Phase III units of the DA class, built by General Motors Canada between 1961 and 1967. Between 1978 and 1983, 85 of the later-build DAs were rebuilt.
Because of a backlog of locomotives requiring heavy maintenance, Clyde Engineering were awarded a contract to rebuild 35 DA class as EMD model G22ARs, with upgraded engines, new cabs and low short hoods of a style similar to the DX class introduced earlier in the 1970s and the DF class being introduced at the time. The first few were shipped directly to Port Adelaide, but after the Union Company withdrew its roll-on/roll-off services, most were shipped to Melbourne's Appleton Dock and hauled to Adelaide via the Victorian and South Australian lines.
Further contract extensions resulted in a total of 80 being rebuilt by Clyde Engineering. A further five were rebuilt at the Hutt Workshops near Wellington, but retained their existing engines.
Technical details
Each locomotive has a General Motors 12-645C or 12-645E V12 diesel engine (the same as originally fitted to the DF class) and four traction motors, with an authorised maximum speed of 100 km/h. They are 14 metres long, 3.8 metres high and weigh 82 tonnes. They can be readily identified as they are considerably shorter than the DF and DX classes and have their paired headlights arranged horizontally, rather than vertically on the DFs.
The five 49-series Hutt-built DCs originally retained the 12-567 engine, before later receiving the 12-645.
In service
History
The class was initially employed in the North Island, mainly on freight trains but also hauling either carriage trains or AC class Grassgrub depowered railcars.
Changes came during the 1980s; the deregulation of land transport saw rail freight volumes decline and the opening of the North Island Main Trunk electrification saw the locomotive fleet reallocated. These factors saw the withdrawal between 1985 and 1989 of the DJ class and remaining DA class, with the DC class also seeing service in the South Island for the first time. The locomotives were also used on export coal trains between the West Coast and Christchurch.
The class were used on KiwiRail Scenic's South Island Coastal Pacific, and was also used on the North Island’s Northern Explorer until being replaced by a DFB/T, DXB or occasionally a DXC unit and on the TranzAlpine until being replaced by two DXC locomotives. A DC class locomotive is also occasionally employed to haul the Capital Connection
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20DX%20class%20locomotive
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The New Zealand DX class locomotive is a type of 49 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives that currently operate on New Zealand's national railway network. All locomotives are owned by KiwiRail.
Built by GE Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, they were introduced to New Zealand between 1972 and 1976. The class is based on the General Electric U26C model, a narrow-gauge version of the GE U23C model. The locomotives are regarded as one of the most successful purchases in NZR's history.
The locomotives have seen several upgrades since their introduction and three sub-classes now exist: the DXB, DXC and DXR.
Introduction
The DX class was introduced in response to a requirement for a more powerful locomotive to handle traffic on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT). Before their introduction the heaviest freight and passenger trains on the line required two members of the DA class to haul them. The DX class could haul heavier and faster trains than two DAs, even though they produced 70 kilowatts less than two DA class, as the single DX weighed 97.5 tonnes compared to the two DA class locomotives combined weight of 162 tonnes.
Tenders opened for what was to become known as the DX class in December 1969. The order for the first 15 DX class locomotives was placed on 24 August 1970. They were the first locomotives built by General Electric in New Zealand and were the most powerful ever used in New Zealand at the time of their introduction.
Classification
The classification of the new locomotives was announced as the "DX" class. Diesel mainline locomotive classes begin with "D", followed by another letter, however "X" was out of sequence. Up to the DX class introduction, all classes had used letters A to J, and shunting locomotives used S.
First phase
The first 15 members of the class (DX 2600 - DX 2614) arrived in Auckland in February 1972.
Their introduction led to a dispute between New Zealand Railways and the Enginedrivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association (then the trade union representing NZR locomotive staff) over additional pay. The union argued more powerful locomotives meant less work for its members and successfully took NZR to the Government Railways Industrial Tribunal for additional pay in July 1972. The additional pay was known as a "horsepower allowance".
The locomotives were progressively introduced into service from November 1972.
Initially, the class were confined to the NIMT as their 16.25-tonne axle load was too heavy for many of the bridges on the other lines. As it was, several bridges and viaducts on the NIMT had to be strengthened to take the weight of the locomotives. Their prime movers were found to be less reliable than NZR was accustomed to with its other locomotives.
Second phase
The first DX class locomotives proved to be a success. With bridges progressively strengthened throughout the North Island, and to further increase capacity on the NIMT in particular, 34 more members of the class were introdu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice%20font
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A voice font is a computer-generated voice that can be controlled by specifying parameters such as speed and pitch and made to pronounce text input. The concept is akin to that of a text font or a MIDI instrument in the sense that the same input may easily be represented in several different ways based on the design of each font.
In spite of current shortcomings in the underlying technology for voice fonts, screen readers and other devices used to enhance accessibility of text to persons with disabilities, can benefit from having more than one default voice font. This happens in the same way that users of a traditional computer word processor benefit from having more than one text font.
Shortcomings
The synthesized voice created by using a voice font tends to have a slightly unnatural tone. Human voices are very prone to change with the speaker's mood and several other factors that aren't programmed into computerized voices. Voice font software on the Macintosh system tries to get around this by providing tags to change some components of the voice, such as pitch. The Natural Voices software in the sources section allows defining acronym pronunciation and speech rate, as well as other things. Even though speech synthesis has existed since around 1930, according to that source, and the Speech synthesis article, it is difficult to fool experienced listeners into believing that the voice is indeed human.
This may be similar to the difficulty in achieving true Artificial Intelligence that can actually pass a Turing Test by presenting spectators with something indistinguishable from what it is trying to simulate.
Common uses
Like its text counterpart, each voice font can supply a different experience and provide a selection for different purposes. The simplest one is to select a voice font from a group in order to get the clearest one, or to choose the one with a speed that is appropriate for different settings.
For people who are hard of hearing in the upper range of the hearing spectrum, for example, selecting a voice that uses a lower pitch will deliver deeper sounds.
Another use for voice fonts is in electronic music. A commonly available set of synthetic voices from Macintosh computers can be used to enhance the mood of certain music pieces that need a voice but where the composer feels that providing a human voice is not in their interests. Here, male voices can be combined in a choir to provide the tenor and bass for a particular piece, and female voices can be added to fill in other parts of the ensemble—resulting in a choir that consists of speech synthesis rather than human singers, or to utilize a female voice when none are available.
Certain Macintosh clients of instant messaging services such as AOL Instant Messenger had the option of reading incoming messages using the system's voice fonts. When message receiver has stepped away from the computer, or temporarily put away the part of the screen showing the incoming text, the comput
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning%20toothpick%20syndrome
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In computer programming, leaning toothpick syndrome (LTS) is the situation in which a quoted expression becomes unreadable because it contains a large number of escape characters, usually backslashes ("\"), to avoid delimiter collision.
The official Perl documentation introduced the term to wider usage; there, the phrase is used to describe regular expressions that match Unix-style paths, in which the elements are separated by slashes /. The slash is also used as the default regular expression delimiter, so to be used literally in the expression, it must be escaped with a backslash \, leading to frequent escaped slashes represented as \/. If doubled, as in URLs, this yields \/\/ for an escaped //. A similar phenomenon occurs for DOS/Windows paths, where the backslash is used as a path separator, requiring a doubled backslash \\ – this can then be re-escaped for a regular expression inside an escaped string, requiring \\\\ to match a single backslash. In extreme cases, such as a regular expression in an escaped string, matching a Uniform Naming Convention path (which begins \\) requires 8 backslashes \\\\\\\\ due to 2 backslashes each being double-escaped.
LTS appears in many programming languages and in many situations, including in patterns that match Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and in programs that output quoted text. Many quines fall into the latter category.
Pattern example
Consider the following Perl regular expression intended to match URIs that identify files under the pub directory of an FTP site:
m/ftp:\/\/[^\/]*\/pub\//
Perl, like sed before it, solves this problem by allowing many other characters to be delimiters for a regular expression. For example, the following three examples are equivalent to the expression given above:
m{ftp://[^/]*/pub/}
m#ftp://[^/]*/pub/#
m!ftp://[^/]*/pub/!
Or this common translation to convert backslashes to forward slashes:
tr/\\/\//
may be easier to understand when written like this:
tr{\\}{/}
Quoted-text example
A Perl program to print an HTML link tag, where the URL and link text are stored in variables $url and $text respectively, might look like this. Notice the use of backslashes to escape the quoted double-quote characters:
print "<a href=\"$url\">$text</a>";
Using single quotes to delimit the string is not feasible, as Perl does not expand variables inside single-quoted strings. The code below, for example, would not work as intended:
print '<a href="$url">$text</a>'
Using the printf function is a viable solution in many languages (Perl, C, PHP):
printf('<a href="%s">%s</a>', $url, $text);
The qq operator in Perl allows for any delimiter:
print qq{<a href="$url">$text</a>};
print qq|<a href="$url">$text</a>|;
print qq(<a href="$url">$text</a>);
Here documents are especially well suited for multi-line strings; however, Perl here documents hadn't allowed for proper indentation before v5.26. This example shows the Perl syntax:
print <<HERE_IT_ENDS;
<a href="$url">$text</a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20Link
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System Link is a form of offline multiplayer gaming on the Xbox and Xbox 360 gaming console over a LAN (local area network). A network switch and standard straight-through Ethernet cables may be used to link multiple consoles together, or two consoles can be connected directly. Connecting two Xbox consoles to each other without a switch requires a crossover cable, while Xbox 360 consoles can use standard cables. On the Xbox One, if one's console will not connect to their home Wi-Fi system, the best thing they can do is to factory reset the console and change their DNS resolver when the console is restarted and refreshed.
One copy of each game for each Xbox console is required to use System Link. Each game must be an identical release, with or without identical bonus and/or downloadable content. Some Platinum Hits discs will not link with non-Platinum Hits discs.
The purpose of this is to have multiplayer gameplay on multiple consoles, which allows for a non-split screen multiplayer gaming experience and far more players in one game than a single console can support. Halo: Combat Evolved allows up to 16 players on split screens on four consoles to partake in a simultaneous 16-player game. Later, post-Xbox Live games such as Halo 2 and Unreal Championship supported more consoles per game than the maximum of four supported by Halo. While "system link" was popularized by the pre-Xbox Live era Xbox games, the capability has been used for years in computer gaming. The primary advantage of system link is to allow users to host their own games and control the settings. System link can be visualized as an Xbox being used as a small server and "hosting" other Xboxes.
System Link also allows for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to take place, which allows LAN to take place over the internet.
The Xbox 360 can not only use wired Ethernet to connect to a LAN, but also use a wireless adapter (such as the Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter in an access point-based or mesh network). Additionally, some Xbox Live titles like Halo 3 can play a match with players connected over Xbox Live and on the same LAN.
See also
List of Xbox 360 System Link games
List of Xbox System Link games
Xbox
Xbox 360
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTX
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XTX is a computer-on-module (COM) standard for x86-based embedded devices. XTX adds PCI-Express, SATA, and LPC capabilities. The standard was promulgated by Advantech Corporation, Ampro, and Congatec.
References
External links
"Next-gen computer module standard gains momentum" on LinuxDevices.com
Supplier of Extreme Rugged and Industrial XTX products
Motherboard form factors
Computer standards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Jon%20Stewart%20Show
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The Jon Stewart Show is a late night talk show that was hosted by comedian Jon Stewart. The program premiered on MTV in 1993 as a 30-minute daily offering and became one of the network’s more popular shows.
Through a series of events that began with Arsenio Hall stepping down from his late-night talk show and the acquisition of Paramount Communications by Viacom, the parent company of MTV at the time, The Jon Stewart Show was retooled and launched in daily syndication for the 1994-1995 season as a 60-minute program with the first episode airing on September 12, 1994. It was canceled at the end of the season by distributor Paramount Domestic Television and aired its final episode on June 23, 1995.
Guests
Celebrity guests who made appearances on the show included Howard Stern, David Letterman, Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Brandis, Courteney Cox, Sherry Stringfield, Lorenzo Lamas, Bronson Pinchot, Conan O'Brien, Alicia Silverstone and William Shatner. The show was also popular for showcasing the type of musical guests that usually were not seen on other talk shows, such as Sinéad O'Connor, The Breeders, King's X, Quicksand, Blind Melon, Killing Joke, Buffalo Tom, The Figgs, Diamanda Galás, Megadeth, Van Halen, Peter Murphy, Sunny Day Real Estate, Bad Religion, Naughty by Nature, White Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Redd Kross, Dom Pachino, Faith No More, Rocket from the Crypt, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Belly, American Music Club, Fossil, Letters to Cleo, the Crash Test Dummies, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Afghan Whigs, The Notorious B.I.G., Guided by Voices, Samiam, Warren Zevon, Mike Watt, Body Count, Danzig, Face to Face, Helmet, and Pop Will Eat Itself, as well as fringe sub-culture guests such as Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius, and the Gloo Girls.
The show was produced by Madeleine Smithberg, the co-creator of The Daily Show.
One of the more memorable episodes, on June 22, 1995, featured a live performance by the American rock band Marilyn Manson of their songs "Lunchbox" and "Dope Hat" from their debut album 1994's Portrait of an American Family. The episode sparked nationwide controversy after their frontman, Marilyn Manson, set a Bible ablaze onstage, which elicited public outcry of blasphemy. The band finished their set by throwing instruments around the stage, and ended with a piggyback ride offstage on Jon Stewart. Stewart later recalled the episode in his memoir Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart, "The next night, Marilyn Manson was on, and they ended up lighting the stage on fire. I really thought somebody was going to be killed that week."
The eleven members of (then-upcoming) MTV sketch show The State appeared as the last guests on the final episode of the half-hour version of the show, and The State cast members received Stewart's permission to "trash" the set with various implements of destruction.
One night after the Marilyn Manson incident, David Letterman appeared in what was to be the final episode of the synd
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD%20580%20chipset%20series
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AMD 580 chipset series is a computer chipset series designed by the AMD Graphics Product Group, for the AMD processors. It was designed for usage with ATI's CrossFire Multi GPU Technology, with both PCI Express slots running at x16 lanes each.
History
The 580X chipset was originally named the "ATI Radeon Xpress 3200 chipset". The Radeon Xpress chipset was designed by ATI to enter the realm of the desktop arena, especially the AMD Socket 939 platform where ATI's rival, nVidia, had a clear market advantage. The Xpress 200 was launched with the CrossFire edition of the chipset considered as the high end of the chipset. However, rolling delays with the Crossfire Master Cards forced ATI to launch the Socket 939 platform while the Intel platform was scrapped due to time constraints. Reviews painted the Xpress 200 Crossfire as a board that could match nVidia's nForce 4 SLI. With the release of the nForce 4 16x SLI, ATI changed strategy and announced the RD580 chipset.
The RD580 was the same as the Xpress 200 chipset with the exception of the 40 PCI Express lanes within the northbridge. It was claimed by ATI that having 2 chipsets with 20 PCI Express lanes would slow down data transfers when the chipset is working in multi-GPU configurations. Having all of the PCI Express lanes within the Northbridge claimed to be more efficient and less bottlenecking as compared to the nForce 4 16x SLI. The RD580 was called the "Radeon Xpress 3200" and was released on March 1, 2006. Supposedly, the chipset is also configured for the new Socket AM2 and of such, many motherboard manufacturers have decided to skip the Socket 939 RD580 and began research and development (R&D) on the Socket AM2 version of RD580.
With the launch of the socket AM2, ATI also announced the release of their SB600 southbridge which was to be compatible with the RD580 northbridge. Originally, the SB450/SB460 was highly flawed in the USB design and lacking in cutting edge features as compared to nVidia's counterpart which resulted in low sales. The ULi 1575 Southbridge was the other preferred Southbridge until nVidia took over ULI. As a result, high expectations was placed on ATI to design a Southbridge that was on-par or greater than the ULI 1575. As reference boards for Socket AM2 trickled out, many sites commented that ATI had an even footing against nVidia with great improvement in the SB600 southbridge.
As of the completion of the acquisition of ATI, AMD has currently moved to rename all ATI chipsets for the AMD platform. The Xpress 3200 CrossFire chipsets for Socket AM2 processors have been renamed as the "AMD 580X Crossfire" chipset, for the socket 939 variant, since AMD has stopped producing socket 939 CPUs, the "Xpress 3200 CrossFire" chipset for socket 939 CPUs, has not been renamed.
Naming of AMD chipsets
To the consumer nowadays, the RD580 is known as the "CrossFire Xpress 3200".
Since ATI was merged as a subsidiary of AMD in October, the naming scheme of AMD chipset platforms hav
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Olivia%20Tremor%20Control%20/%20Black%20Swan%20Network
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The Olivia Tremor Control/The Black Swan Network is an LP released by The Olivia Tremor Control. Within some of these tracks are extracts from The Black Swan Network's dream appeal — taped audio contributions from fans of dreams they've had or would like to have. Also known as the Tour EP or Olivia Tremor Control Vs. Black Swan Network, Flydaddy labelled the record without the band's permission. The band have always called it "Color Squares.
Track listing
Introduction, Theme From Airplane Avenue, Flags of Symphony Swan Response, Morning Drones, Neuron Trains Backfire, Tape Splice Prelude, 1, 2, 3, 4 — 18:20
(Tape Composition), Evening Drones, Dusk at Cubist Castle Closing Theme — 22:36
References
External links
Pitchfork Media review of The Tour (EP)
The Olivia Tremor Control albums
Split albums
1997 albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Animator%27s%20Survival%20Kit
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The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators, or simply The Animator's Survival Kit () is an instructional book by animator and director Richard Williams. The book includes techniques, advice, tips, tricks, and general information on the history of animation.
DVDs
Animation examples from the book combined with footage from Richard Williams' masterclasses have been put into a 16-volume DVD box set titled The Animator's Survival Kit – Animated. The logo from the book cover was completely animated in the traditional style, taking Williams and his animators 9 months to complete. Williams also included some early drafts of his own work from previous projects.
Reception
The book was met with universal acclaim. Chris Wedge, the director of Epic and Ice Age, wrote about the book: "What I came out with was a complete re-structuring of animation, how I saw animation, how I analysed motion. People the first night sat down at their work stations and were running some of Richard's examples ... and at lunchtime you could see the influence. It was a revelation." It was also turned into an iPad app in 2013.
See also
Character animation
Traditional animation
Stop-motion animation
Flash animation
Computer animation
References
External links
Official YouTube channel
Animator's Survival Kit, The
Animator's Survival Kit
Animator's Survival Kit
Animation techniques
Faber and Faber books
2001 non-fiction books
Works by Richard Williams (animator)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoPublish
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geoPublish is a discontinued desktop publishing program made by Berkeley Softworks for their GEOS Operating System.
Though not as sophisticated as contemporary counterparts such as PageMaker, geoPublish is capable of outputting PostScript page descriptions to laser printers and is used for creating newsletters and other basic page layout tasks.
Versions
A version for the Commodore 64 was released in 1986.It was ported to the Apple II in 1988. Version 2.0 was released in 1993.
References
1986 software
Desktop publishing software
Commodore 64 software
Apple II software
Apple II word processors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Amiga%20games%20%28A%E2%80%93H%29
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This is a list of games for the Commodore Amiga computer system, organised alphabetically by name. See Lists of video games for related lists.
0–9
007: Licence to Kill
1 across 2 down
1000 Miglia
1869
1943: The Battle of Midway
1st Personal Pinball
3001: O'Connors Fight
3D Construction Kit
3D Construction Kit II
3D Galax
3D Soccer
3D Pool
3D World Boxing
3D World Tennis
4 Soccer Simulations
4D Sports Boxing
4x4 Off-Road Racing
4 Wheel Drive
4th & Inches
4-Get-It
5th Gear
688 Attack Sub
7 Colors
7 Tiles
9 Lives
944 Turbo Cup
A
A-10 Tank Killer
A320 Airbus
A.G.E.
A.P.B.
Aaargh!
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Prehistoric Tale
ABC Monday Night Football
ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing
Abandoned Places
Abandoned Places 2
Academy: Tau Ceti II
Act of War
Action Cat
Action Fighter
Action Service
Action Stations!
Addams Family, The
Advanced Destroyer Simulator
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advantage Tennis
Adventure Construction Set
Adventures of Robin Hood, The
Adventures of Willy Beamish, The
African Raiders
After the War
After Burner
After Burner II
Agony
Air Bucks
Air Force Commander
Air Supply
Air Support
Airstrike USA
Air Warrior
Airball
Airborne Ranger
AirTaxi
Akira
Aladdin's Magic Lamp
Alfred Chicken
Ali Baba
Alienator
Alien³
Alien Bash 2
Alien Breed
Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues
Alien Breed: Tower Assault
Alien Breed 3D
Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds
Alien Fires 2199 AD
Alien Legion
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Alien World
All Dogs Go to Heaven
All New World of Lemmings
All Quiet on the Library Front
All Terrain Racing
Alpha Waves
Altered Beast
Alternate Reality
Amazing Spider-Man, The
Ambermoon
Amberstar
Amegas
American Gladiators
American Tag-Team Wrestling
Amiga CD Football
Amiga Karate
Amnios
Anarchy
Ancient Art of War in the Skies
Ancient Battles
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Andromeda Mission
Annals of Rome
Another World
Antago
Antares
Antheads: It Came from the Desert II
Apache
Apache Flight
Apano Sin
Apidya
Apocalypse
Apprentice
Aquanaut
Aquaventura
Arabian Nights
Arachnophobia
Arcade ClassiX
Arcade Fruit Machine
Arcade Pool
Arcade Volleyball
Archer Maclean's Pool
Archipelagos
Archon: The Light and the Dark
Archon II: Adept
Arcticfox
Arena 2000
Arkanoid
Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh
Armada
Armalyte
Armour-Geddon
Armour-Geddon 2: Codename Hellfire
Army Moves
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
Arnie
Arnie II
Artura
Arya Vaiv
Ashes of Empire
Assassin
Astaroth: Angel of Death
Astate
A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps
Atax
ATF II
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
Atomino
Atomix
A-Train
Aufschwung Ost
Aunt Arctic Adventure
Austerlitz
Australopiticus Mechanicus
Autoduel
AV-8B Harrier Assault
Awesome
Axel's Magic Hammer
B
B.A.T.
B.A.T. II – The Koshan Conspiracy
B-17 Flying Fortress
Baal
Baby Joe
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Backlash
Bad Company
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
Badlands Pete
Balance of Power
Balances
Balkanski Konflikt
Ballistic Diplomacy
Ballistix
Bally
Bally II
Bally III
Bandit Kings of Ancie
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This is a list of games for the Amiga computer, organised alphabetically by name. See Lists of video games for related lists.
I
I Ludicrus
Iceball
Icerunner
Ikari Warriors
Ilyad
Immortal, The
Impact
Imperator: Master Of Rome
Imperium
Impossamole
Impossible Mission II
Impossible Mission 2025
Incredible Crash Dummies, The
Incredible Shrinking Sphere
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Indianapolis 500: The Simulation
Indoor Sports
Industrial Rebound
Indy Heat
Inferior
Infestation
Infidel
Innocent Until Caught
Insanity Fight
Insects in Space
Intact
International 3D Tennis
International Karate
International Karate +
International Rugby Challenge
International Soccer
International Soccer Challenge
International Truck Racing
Interphase
Into the Eagle's Nest
Invasion
Invest
Iron Lord
Ishar
Ishar 2
Ishar 3
Ishido: The Way of Stones
It Came from the Desert
Italy '90 Soccer
Ivanhoe
J
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf
Jaguar XJ220
Jaktar: Der Elfenstein
James Pond
James Pond 2
James Pond 3: Operation Starfish
Japanese, British & German Forces
Jaws
Jeanne d'Arc
Jet
Jet Pilot
Jet Set Willy II
Jetsons, The
Jetstrike
Jim Power in Mutant Planet
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker
Jimmy's Fantastic Journey
Jinxter
Joan of Arc: Siege and the Sword (1989), a war strategy game released by Brøderbund
Joe & Mac
Joe Blade
Joe Blade 2
John Barnes European Football
Judge Dredd
JUG
Jumping Jack Son
Jungle Strike
Jurassic Park
Jurajski Sen
K
K240
Kaiser
Kalashnikov
Kamikaze
The Karate Kid Part II: The Computer Game
Karate King
Karate Master
Kargon
Karting Grand Prix
Kampfgruppe
Kang Fu
KAPITAlist
Katakis
Kayden Garth
Keef the Thief
Kellogg's Game
Kelly X
Kengi
Kengilon
Kennedy Approach
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match
Keys to Maramon
KGB
Khalaan
Kick Off
Kick Off 2
Kick Off 2 competition version
KickIt: A Day for the Laiban
Kid Chaos
Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves 2
Kikstart II
Kikugi
Killerball
Killing Cloud
Killing Game Show
Killing Machine
King of Chicago
Kingdoms of England II: Vikings, Fields of Conquest
Kingdoms of Germany
Kingmaker
King's Bounty
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Kiro's Quest
Klax
Knight Force
Knightmare (1987 video game)
Knightmare (1991 video game)
Knights
Knights and Merchants
Knights of the Crystallion
Knights of the Sky
Knoorkie the Pig
Kosmos
Kristal, The
Krusty's Fun House
Krypton Egg
Kult
Kwik Snax
L
Labyrinth of Time, The
Lamborghini
Lamborghini American Challenge
Lancaster
Land of Genesis
Larrie and the Ardies
Larrie at the Castle
Laser Squad
Last Action Hero
Last Battle
Last Ninja, The
Last Ninja 2
Last Ninja 3
Last Soldier, The
Le
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This is a list of games for the Amiga computer, organised alphabetically by name. See Lists of video games for related lists.
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Pacific Islands
Pac-Land
Pac-Mania
Paladin
Paladin 2
Panzer Battles
Panzer Kick Boxing
Paperboy
Paperboy 2
Pandora
Paradroid 90
Paragliding Simulation
Paramax
Paranoia Complex, The
Parasol Stars
Paris Dakar 90
Patrician, The
Pawn, The
Payback
Pegasus
Penguins
Penthouse Hot Numbers
Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe
Percy E. Nash's International Soccer
Perfect General, The
Perihelion: The Prophecy
Persian Gulf Inferno
Personal Nightmare
Peter Beardsley's International Football
PGA European Tour
PGA Tour Golf
Phantasie
Phantasie 2
Phantasie 3
Phantom Fighter
Pharaoh's Curse
Phobia
Photopia
Pinball Brain Damage
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Pinball Magic
Pinball Mania
Pinball Prelude
Pinball Wizard
Pink Panther
Pinkie
Pioneer Plague
Pipemania
Piracy on the High Seas
Pirates Classic
Pit-Fighter
Pizza Tycoon
Plague, The
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Player Manager
Plotting
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Police Quest II: The Vengeance
Police Quest III: The Kindred
Pool of Radiance
Pools of Darkness
Pop Up
Popeye 2
Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy
Populous
Populous 2
Ports of Call
Postman Pat
Postman Pat 2
Postman Pat 3
P.O.W.
Powder
Power, The
Power Drift
PowerDrive
P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon
Power Pinball
Powerdrome
Powermonger
Prehistoric Tale, A
Prehistorik
Premier Manager
Premier Manager 2
Premier Manager 3
Premiere
Prey: Alien Encounter
Primal Rage
Prince
Prince of Persia
Prison
Pro Flight
Pro Soccer 2190
Pro Tennis Tour
Pro Tennis Tour 2
Proflight
Project: Neptune
Project Ikarus
Project-X
Project X '93
Project X SE
Projectyle
Prophecy
Prophet, The
Prospector
Prospector in the Mazes of Xor
Puffy's Saga
Puggsy
Purple Saturn Day
Pursuit to Death
Pushover
Putty
Putty Squad
Puzznic
Q
Qix
Quadralien
Quadrel
Quake (video game)
Quantox
Quasar
Quattro Sports
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Quest of Agravain, The
Question of Sport, A
Questron
Questron 2
Quicky
Quik
Quiksilver Pinball
Qwak
R
R3
Rackney's Island
Raffles
Raiden
Railroad Tycoon
Rainbow Islands
Rainbow Warrior
Rally Championships
Rally Cross Challenge
Rally Master
Rampage
Rampart
Ramses
Ranx
RBI 2 Baseball
Reach for the Skies
Reach for the Stars
Real Genius
Real Ghostbusters, The
Realm of the Trolls
Realms
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny
Rebelcharge at Chickamauga
Rectangle
Red Baron
Red Heat
Red Lightning
Red Mars
Red Storm Rising
Red Zone
Reederei
Reel Fishin'''Reflex, TheReflexityRegentRegnumRenegadeRenegade 3Renegade Legion: InterceptorReshoot RResolution 101Return of MedusaReturn to AtlantisReunionRevelationRevenge of the Mutant CamelsRick DangerousRick Dangerous 2Rings of MedusaRings of ZONRings of ZilfinRise of the DragonRise of the RobotsRiskRisky WoodsRitterRoad RashRoadkillRoadwar 2000Roadwar EuropaRobin HoodRobin Hood Legend QuestRobinson's RequiemRoboCopRoboCop 2RoboCop 3RoboSpor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funiculaire%20du%20Havre
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The Funiculaire du Havre (English: Funicular of Le Havre) is a funicular railway line in the French port city of Le Havre.
The line is incorporated in the city's public transport network and operated by Bus Océane. It runs between Le Havre (Rue Gustave Flaubert) and the Côte Sainte-Marie (Rue Félix Faure) and includes a tunnel, a loop and a 41% incline.
The line was built and opened in 1890 by the Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways (CGFT). Until 1911, it was operated by unreliable steam coaches. In 1911, it was recabled and electrified.
See also
List of funicular railways
External links
Bus Océane
Structurae
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Funicular railways in France
Railway lines opened in 1890
Standard gauge railways in France
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPolitics
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RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American political news website and polling data aggregator formed in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan. The site features selected political news stories and op-eds from various news publications in addition to commentary from its own contributors. The site is prominent during election seasons for its aggregation of polling data.
In 2008, the site's founders said their goal was to give readers "ideological diversity". According to a 2012 article in the Chicago Sun-Times, competitors and people inside politics have praised the site's balance of stories, although a 2020 article in The New York Times noted that since the end of 2017, RealClearPolitics has had a rightward, pro-Donald Trump turn in its content. According to a 2020 Knight Foundation study, RealClearPolitics is generally read by a moderate audience, leaning slightly toward the right.
Establishment
The website was founded in 2000 by McIntyre, a former trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Bevan, a former advertising agency account executive. McIntyre explained "it really wasn't any more complicated than there should be a place online that pulled together all this quality information." They call what they do "intelligent aggregation". The site has grown in election-season spurts since it first went online. It has expanded from a two-man operation to a full-time staff of more than two dozen employees overseeing the company's mainstay, RealClearPolitics, as well as ten smaller sites.
Both co-founders graduated from Princeton in 1991. When they launched the site, they would both start their day at 4 a.m., looking through articles from more than 50 sources. They post pieces on current events and topics, as well as news about opinion polls. The site reports on political races and projections, and features the average result of all current presidential polls and also offers a best-guess projection of Electoral College votes.
The site's poll average is a "widely referenced source". Major news outlets such as CNN, Fox News, and the New York Times often cite its polling figures.
Political orientation
2000 to 2017
In a 2001 article for Princeton Alumni Weekly, editor Rob MacKay noted that "The articles selected invariably demonstrate McIntyre and Bevan's political bent, about which they are unabashedly forthcoming." McIntyre said, "I'm not really a die-hard Republican because my interests are less on social issues, more on taxing and spending. ... But I definitely don't want the government telling me what to do with my property... Nevertheless, any political junkie—even a liberal—would enjoy our site because the topics we choose are current."
In a 2003 interview with the conservative magazine Human Events, McIntyre described the philosophy behind the website as based on "freedom" and "common-sense values"; Bevan said that the website's owners shared the common conservative belief
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge%20Interchange%20Format
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Knowledge Interchange Format (KIF) is a computer language designed to enable systems to share and re-use information from knowledge-based systems. KIF is similar to frame languages such as KL-One and LOOM but unlike such language its primary role is not intended as a framework for the expression or use of knowledge but rather for the interchange of knowledge between systems. The designers of KIF likened it to PostScript. PostScript was not designed primarily as a language to store and manipulate documents but rather as an interchange format for systems and devices to share documents. In the same way KIF is meant to facilitate sharing of knowledge across different systems that use different languages, formalisms, platforms, etc.
KIF has a declarative semantics. It is meant to describe facts about the world rather than processes or procedures. Knowledge can be described as objects, functions, relations, and rules. It is a formal language, i.e., it can express arbitrary statements in first order logic and can support reasoners that can prove the consistency of a set of KIF statements. KIF also supports non-monotonic reasoning. KIF was created by Michael Genesereth, Richard Fikes and others participating in the DARPA knowledge sharing Effort.
Although the original KIF group intended to submit to a formal standards body, that did not occur. A later version called Common Logic has since been developed for submission to ISO and has been approved and published. A variant called SUO-KIF is the language in which the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology is written.
A practical application of the Knowledge interchange format is an agent communication language in a multi-agent system.
See also
Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
References
External links
Knowledge Interchange Format page at the Stanford AI Lab
Common Logic
Knowledge representation languages
Ontology (information science)
Logic in computer science
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOMS
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VOMS is an acronym used for Virtual Organization Membership Service in grid computing. It is structured as a simple account database with fixed formats for the information exchange and features single login, expiration time, backward compatibility, and multiple virtual organizations.
The database is manipulated by authorization data that defines specific capabilities and roles for users. Administrative tools can be used by administrators to assign roles and capability information in the database. A command-line tool allows users to generate a local proxy credential based on the contents of the VOMS database. This credential includes the basic authentication information that standard Grid proxy credentials contain, but it also includes role and capability information from the VOMS server.
VOMS-aware applications can use the VOMS data to make authentication decisions regarding user requests. VOMS was originally developed by the European DataGrid and Enabling Grids for E-sciencE projects and is now maintained by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN).
VOMS is also an acronym for VOucher Management System used for providing recharge management services for Prepaid Systems of Telecom Service Providers.
Typically external Voucher Management Systems are used with Intelligent Network based prepaid systems.
See also
Shibboleth
References
External links
VOMS The VOMS website
The VOMS Attribute Certificate Format standard from Open Grid Forum.
INFN The Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Grid computing
Computer access control
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The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (; ), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone. Measuring long excluding sea routes not counted by highway milestones, it is the longest highway in the Philippines that forms the country's north–south backbone component of National Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network. The entire highway is designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian Highway Network.
The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag and the southern terminus is in Zamboanga City.
History
The Pan-Philippine Highway System was an infrastructure program of President Diosdado Macapagal as a first priority project for the improvement and expansion of Philippine highway and land transport networks. It was stated in his final State of the Nation Address in 1965 that the project requires the concreting of from 1965 to 1969 (continuing to the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos) that included 11,333 bridges, comprising the whole system. It is a mixture of old existing roads and new roads that would be eventually added to become part of the highway. Government planners believed that the motorway and other connected roads would stimulate agricultural production by reducing transport costs, encourage social and economic development outside existing major urban centers such as Manila, and expand industrial production for domestic and overseas markets. Construction, which continued in the following decades, was supported by loans and grants from foreign aid institutions, including the World Bank. In 1979, the highway was renamed to Maharlika Highway.
The highway was rehabilitated and improved in 1997, during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos, with assistance from the Japanese government, and dubbed the "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway". Japan's assistance is applied only up to Carmen, Davao del Norte at the south, thus covering only about or about 62% of the highway's entire length. In 1998, the Department of Tourism designated 35 sections of the highway as "Scenic Highways", with developed amenities for travelers and tourists.
Asian Highway Network
The Pan-Philippine Highway is designated as AH26 in the Asian Highway Network, a cooperative project which seeks to improve highway systems and standards across the continent. Ratified by the Philippines in 2007, it is currently the only highway in the system that is isolated from every other highway; island-based sections of the Asian Highway Network in Japan (AH1), Sri Lanka (AH43) and Indonesia (AH2) are all linked to the mainland sections by ferries to South Korea (AH1), India (Dhanushkodi), and Singapore, respectively.
Route description
AH26 officially runs along the following thoroughfares:
N1: Laoag – Guiguinto
Manila North Road/Maharlika Highway: Laoag – Burgos – Apa
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Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) is an American Jewish television network. JBS programming includes daily news reports from Israel, live event coverage and analysis, and cultural programming of interest to the North American Jewish community. The network is a full-time HD and SD channel. It is an English-language network produced by the non-profit organization Jewish Education in Media (JEM) (not to be confused with Jewish Educational Media, distributors of Chabad Lubavitch movement materials). The goal of this organization is to reach out to lesser affiliated Jews and bring them closer to their Jewish religion and Identity.
History
Shalom TV was developed by Rabbi Mark S. Golub in 2003, and began telecasting on August 31, 2006. In 2008, Comcast launched Shalom TV On Demand nationally. The On Demand version of Shalom TV expanded to more than 20 video distributors available to more than 40 million homes throughout North America.
In May 2012, Shalom TV became available as a Roku channel. On December 7, 2012, Optimum Cable (Cablevision) launched the Shalom TV Channel. Shalom TV was renamed JBS on September 24, 2014.
In September 2016, JBS became available nationally as a channel on DIRECTV channel 388. JBS launched in August 2017 on Verizon Fios in HD on channel 798. JBS HD launched on August 7, 2018 on Charter Spectrum in New York, California, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio. JBS HD launched on December 8, 2020 on all Comcast Xfinity service areas.
Programming
Programs on JBS are intended to reflect the diversity and pluralism of the worldwide Jewish population. Programs include:
Daily news from the JBS News desk and daily news from Israel in English ILTV.TV.
Live late breaking stories and programs with viewer call-ins.
Live Friday and Saturday Shabbat services and Holiday Services.
Public affairs events
American, Israeli, and Yiddish films
Roundtable discussions of issues in the world Jewish community.
Jewish Studies programs, including the teaching of Hebrew and commentary on basic tenets of Judaism.
Children's programs.
92NY presentations
Israeli and American Jewish cultural shows
Interviews with important Jews.
Israel travel documentaries.
Cuisine
Jewish Authors
Jewish Film Reviews on Jewish Cinematheque
Availability
References
External links
Television networks in the United States
Jewish television networks
Jewish mass media in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2006
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NHL Live is a television show on NBC Sports Network. The program airs after every National Hockey League game the network televises as part of NHL on NBC. The postgame show was initially known as Hockey Central, airing from their Stamford, Connecticut studios. With the new contract with NBC beginning in the , the new pregame show is called NHL Live and the new postgame show is called NHL Overtime, which show the NHL on NBC studio host and analysts, from the NBC and Comcast (original owner of Versus) merger.
History
Hockey Central first aired on October 5, 2005. Given the limited time to prepare the studio after OLN won the broadcasting rights of the NHL in the summer of 2005, the first set was extremely spartan. This served as the temporary home to Hockey Central until a permanent set could be built midway through the first season. The show is hosted by Bill Patrick and a rotating panel of analysts as they break down highlights of other games, show special features on NHL players, and debate key issues in the NHL. The format is similar to TNT's Inside the NBA. Sometimes, VERSUS airs a pre-game edition of the show, usually prior to a double-header. The show originally did not air after double-headers, instead it usually took place between games, but starting with the 2007–08 season, aired both in between and after doubleheaders, unless the early game goes to overtime. It is also known as the "Hockey Central Post Game Report" or just "Hockey Central".
The show was sponsored by eSurance during the 2006–07 season, and is now sponsored by Bud Light.
Hockey Central was first broadcast in HD on October 3, 2007.
Location
Hockey Central is recorded live from Versus' Stamford, Connecticut studios. At times, the studio has gone on location for special events, usually the Stanley Cup Finals. VERSUS' on location studio shows have aired from:
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan: February 12, 2006
RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina: June 5, 2006; June 7, 2006
American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas: January 24, 2007
Honda Center, Anaheim, California: May 28, 2007 and May 30, 2007.
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan: May 24, 2008 and May 26, 2008.
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: June 2, 2009 and June 4, 2009
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: June 2, 2010 and June 4, 2010
Personalities
Current
Studio host
Liam McHugh: Lead studio host (2010–2021)
Kathryn Tappen: Secondary studio host (2014–2021)
Paul Burmeister: Stanley Cup Playoffs studio host and Stanley Cup Finals stadium host (2016–2021)
Studio analysts
Keith Jones: Lead studio analyst (2005–2021); also color commentator for NBC Sports Philadelphia (Philadelphia Flyers broadcasts)
Patrick Sharp: Lead studio analyst (2019–2021)
Anson Carter: Studio analyst (2012–2021); "Inside the Glass" reporter (2015)
Brian Boucher: "Inside the Glass" reporter/studio analyst (2015–2021)
Mike Johnson: color commentator/studio analyst (2017–2021); also color commentator for TSN Hockey
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Monitoring and surveillance agents (also known as predictive agents) are a type of intelligent agent software that observes and reports on computer equipment. Monitoring and surveillance agents are often used to monitor complex computer networks to predict when a crash or some other defect may occur. Another type of monitoring and surveillance agent works on computer networks keeping track of the configuration of each computer connected to the network. It tracks and updates the central configuration database when anything on any computer changes, such as the number or type of disk drives. An important task in managing networks lies in prioritizing traffic and shaping bandwidth.
See also
Software agent
Cfengine
Nagios
Ganglia
References
Applications of artificial intelligence
Multi-agent network management software
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20A.%20D.%20de%20Maine
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Paul Alexander Desmond de Maine (October 11, 1924 – May 13, 1999) was a leading figure in the early development of computer-based automatic indexing and information retrieval and one of the founders of academic computer science in the 1960s.
Early life and education
He was born in South Africa and took his B.Sc. in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Witwatersrand in 1948. De Maine emigrated to England in 1949. He later moved to Canada where he completed his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of British Columbia. He finally moved to the United States in 1957 and served as professor at the University of Mississippi from 1960 to 1963. In 1982 he settled in Auburn.
Career
During his career he worked in the United States for the National Bureau of Standards, the Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center, and on the campuses of SUNY Albany, University of Mississippi, University of Illinois, UC Santa Barbara, The Pennsylvania State University and Auburn University. He also served on the publication committee of the magazine Computer while at Pennsylvania State University.
Publications
He was the author of 1 patent, two books, and more than 200 published scientific research articles and reports in chemistry, computational chemistry and computer science. His fields of research included spectroscopy, charge transfer complexes, solution theory, data compression, information retrieval, human-machine interfaces, expert systems and systems for detecting and correcting computational errors.
Selected works
References
South African emigrants to the United States
University at Albany, SUNY faculty
University of Mississippi faculty
Auburn University faculty
University of Illinois faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
Pennsylvania State University faculty
1924 births
1999 deaths
American physical chemists
Place of birth missing
Computational chemists
University of British Columbia alumni
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
South African chemists
White South African people
South African expatriates in Canada
20th-century American chemists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea%20New%20Network
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Korea New Network (KNN) () is the biggest regional free-to-air commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City, a high-tech media development complex within Haeundae in Busan, South Korea. KNN is affiliated with SBS. It was originally founded in April 1994 as Pusan Broadcasting Corporation (PSB) (). It had first begun its demo transmissions upon its establishment in April, and later on September 7 the same year it had begun its test transmissions, and then commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. As of 2011 its own programs make up to 35 percent of all programs.
Stations
Television
Channel - Ch. 15 (LCN 6-1)
Launched - May 14, 1995
Affiliated to - SBS
Call Sign - HLDG-DTV
FM radio 1 (KNN Power FM)
Frequency - FM 99.9 MHz (Busan), 102.5 MHz (Changwon), FM 105.5 MHz (Jinju), 96.3 MHz (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), 106.7 MHz (Geochang)
Launched - September 9, 1997 (Busan), December 29, 2010 (Changwon), December 23, 2011 (Jinju), September 16, 2013 (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), December 23, 2013 (Yangsan), September 23, 2016(Geochang, Hamyang)
Affiliated to - SBS Power FM
Call Sign - HLDG-FM
FM Radio 2 (KNN Love FM)
Frequency - FM 105.7 MHz (Busan), 88.5 MHz (Yangsan), 89.3 MHz (Gijang, Jeonggwan), 90.9 MHz (Changwon), 98.7 MHz (Jinju)
Launched - May 10, 2016 (Busan), May 10, 2017 (Gijang, Jeonggwan, Yangsan), October 30, 2017 (Changwon), March 24, 2018 (Jinju)
Affiliated to - SBS Love FM
Call Sign - HLDG-SFM
See also
SBS (Korea)
Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do
Centum City
Nexen Tire - the biggest shareholder of this broadcaster.
Lotte Giants and NC Dinos - KNN Radio provides almost every single KBO League Baseball game of both regional teams.
Busan International Film Festival - KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival.
Busan International Comedy Festival - KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival.
References
External links
Seoul Broadcasting System affiliates
Television networks in South Korea
Mass media companies of South Korea
Television channels in South Korea
Television channels and stations established in 1994
Companies listed on KOSDAQ
Mass media in Busan
Companies based in Busan
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The physical-layer specifications of the Ethernet family of computer network standards are published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which defines the electrical or optical properties and the transfer speed of the physical connection between a device and the network or between network devices. It is complemented by the MAC layer and the logical link layer.
The Ethernet physical layer has evolved over its existence starting in 1980 and encompasses multiple physical media interfaces and several orders of magnitude of speed from 1 Mbit/s to 400 Gbit/s. The physical medium ranges from bulky coaxial cable to twisted pair and optical fiber with a standardized reach of up to 80 km. In general, network protocol stack software will work similarly on all physical layers.
Many Ethernet adapters and switch ports support multiple speeds by using autonegotiation to set the speed and duplex for the best values supported by both connected devices. If autonegotiation fails, some multiple-speed devices sense the speed used by their partner, but this may result in a duplex mismatch. With rare exceptions, a 100BASE-TX port (10/100) also supports 10BASE-T while a 1000BASE-T port (10/100/1000) also supports 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX. Most 10GBASE-T ports also support 1000BASE-T, some even 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T. While autonegotiation can practically be relied on for Ethernet over twisted pair, few optical-fiber ports support multiple speeds. In any case, even multi-rate fiber interfaces only support a single wavelength (e.g. 850 nm for 1000BASE-SX or 10GBASE-SR).
10 Gigabit Ethernet was already used in both enterprise and carrier networks by 2007, with 40 Gbit/s and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ratified. In 2017, the fastest additions to the Ethernet family were 200 and 400 Gbit/s. Development of 800 Gbit/s and 1.6 Tbit/s Ethernet standards started in 2021.
Naming conventions
Generally, layers are named by their specifications:
10, 100, 1000, 10G, ... – the nominal, usable speed at the top of the physical layer (no suffix = megabit/s, G = gigabit/s), excluding line codes but including other physical layer overhead (preamble, SFD, IPG); some WAN PHYs (W) run at slightly reduced bitrates for compatibility reasons; encoded PHY sublayers usually run at higher bitrates
BASE, BROAD, PASS – indicates baseband, broadband, or passband signaling respectively
-T, -T1, -S, -L, -E, -Z, -C, -K, -H ... – medium (PMD): T = twisted pair, -T1 = single-pair twisted pair, S = 850 nm short wavelength (multi-mode fiber), L = 1300 nm long wavelength (mostly single-mode fiber), E or Z = 1500 nm extra long wavelength (single-mode), B = bidirectional fiber (mostly single-mode) using WDM, P = passive optical (PON), C = copper/twinax, K = backplane, 2 or 5 or 36 = coax with 185/500/3600 m reach (obsolete), F = fiber, various wavelengths, H = plastic optical fiber
X, R – PCS encoding method (varying with the generation): X for 8b/10b block encoding (4B5B for Fast Et
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20One%20After%20Joey%20and%20Rachel%20Kiss
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"The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss" is the first episode of Friends tenth season. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on September 25, 2003.
Plot
In their hotel room at Barbados, Monica, Phoebe and Chandler overhear Ross kissing Charlie, while through the room's other wall they can eavesdrop on Joey and Rachel. Ross decides to stop anything else that could happen with Charlie, and decides to tell Joey about it. He goes to Rachel's room, at which point, she makes Joey hide and he is pulled into the other room by Chandler to eavesdrop while Ross tells Rachel about kissing Charlie. After Ross leaves, Joey and Rachel, at the others' urging and unable to stop picturing Ross while trying to kiss, agree to put their relationship on hold until they talk to Ross. On the plane home, Ross tells Joey about him and Charlie, but Joey does not tell Ross about him and Rachel in the effect that it might upset him. Back in New York, Rachel tries to tell Ross, but he becomes mad over shampoo-explosion-related emergencies. Rachel and Joey decide to tell him together the next morning. But when an attempt to kiss each other goodnight turns into a make-out session between them, Ross walks in on them.
Meanwhile, Mike tells Phoebe that he has in fact been seeing another woman, Precious, but he will break up with her at their date that evening. Due to a miscommunication however, Precious heads to Mike's apartment and encounters Phoebe. Precious demands an explanation and Phoebe breaks up with her on Mike's behalf. Precious starts to freak out, which Phoebe unsuccessfully tries to stop with some tough love. Phoebe tries a different tactic and convinces Precious that Mike is not worth it, pointing out that he was going to break up with her on her birthday, after not even telling her he was still in love with Phoebe and was flying to Barbados to propose. Precious takes the talk to heart, and, when Mike arrives, slaps him in the face before storming out.
After Chandler is annoyed by Monica's hair frizzing up in the humidity, Monica goes to the salon and returns with a braided hairstyle with cornrows. In spite of Chandler disliking the cornrows, she has fun with them until she gets tangled in the shower. At Chandler's urging, she agrees to get rid of the cornrows, but finds a Jamaican hat to wear with her hair.
Reception
In the original broadcast, the episode was viewed by 24.54 million viewers. Sam Ashurst from Digital Spy ranked it #197 on their ranking of the 236 Friends episodes. Telegraph & Argus also ranked it #197 on their ranking of all 236 Friends episodes.
References
2003 American television episodes
Friends (season 10) episodes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20One%20with%20Ross%27s%20Tan
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"The One with Ross's Tan" is the third episode of Friends tenth season. It first aired on the NBC network in the United States on October 9, 2003.
Plot
After Ross sees Monica's tan, which Chandler reveals she got at a tanning salon, he decides to get a spray-on tan. After hearing seemingly straightforward instructions, he gets confused and accidentally gets a double dose on the front of his body and nothing on his back. Through a series of mishaps he gets more spray tan on his front until he is incredibly dark. A visit to another tanning salon does not help remedy the issue, as the experience is even more confusing and results in an octuple dose of spray tan only on the front, which Chandler takes a photo of after tricking him into opening the door.
During their first date as a couple, Rachel and Joey attempt to take their relationship to the next level but Rachel keeps accidentally slapping Joey, while Joey cannot get Rachel out of her clothes, unable to unhook her bra. After talking to Monica, who reminds her of when she first started going out with Ross and started moving past the awkwardness, Rachel decides she and Joey should power through. However, when she tries to have rough sex with him on the barcalounger, she accidentally knees him in the crotch, preventing him from performing. After talking to Chandler about their difficulties, they ask if things felt wrong when he and Monica first had sex; he affirms that they felt right and he felt it was meant to be. After reflecting on their friendship, Joey and Rachel concur their friendship is too strong for them to take things any further, and ultimately decide to stay friends.
Monica and Phoebe are annoyed when an obnoxious old friend from the building, Amanda Buffamonteezi (Jennifer Coolidge), moves back to New York from England and tries to make plans with them. They decide to "cut her" out, by ignoring her calls and dodging her until she leaves them alone. They first start out by not picking up the phone, which backfires when Chandler picks up the phone, resulting in Monica arranging a meeting at Central Perk. Once Amanda arrives there, she brings up memories of the time when Phoebe tried to "cut out" Monica many years before. Monica is mad at Phoebe, who reveals that it happened after they lived together: Monica was driving her crazy because of her shrillness and compulsiveness. However, Phoebe came to realize what a kind and generous person Monica is and is glad that she did not follow through with cutting her out. The two make up and decide to give Amanda another chance, but quickly leave when they see her giving Chandler a strange dance.
Reception
In the original broadcast, the episode was viewed by 21.87 million viewers. Sam Ashurst from Digital Spy ranked the episode #14 on their ranking of the 236 Friends episodes. Telegraph & Argus ranked the episode #19 on their ranking of all 236 Friends episodes.
References
2003 American television episodes
Friends (season 10) episodes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori-Based%20Dementia%20Programming
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Montessori-Based Dementia Programming (MBDP) is a way of helping older adults who are suffering from cognitive and/or physical impairments. This method is based on the ideas of the educator Maria Montessori. Physicians have noticed that after using MBDP, patients with dementia have shown increased levels of engagement and participation. Even though this method can not cure or prevent Alzheimer's disease, it has been shown to help to improve many aspects of the lives of those with Alzheimer's disease.
Principles
Montessori-Based Dementia Programming uses rehabilitation principles of guided repetition, and task breakdown each progressing from simple to complex. Additionally, principles of dementia interventions such as external cue usage and reliance on implicit memory are used. Examples of activities include reading groups and memory games.
Where it is used
This method of helping persons with dementia and other memory impairments was shown to be effective in a number of different contexts. These include long-term care, assisted living, independent living and home-based care. It is also used in intergenerational programming where memory impaired older adults and young children participate together in Montessori-based activities.
Who uses it
Montessori-based Dementia Programming is primarily used by recreational therapists and activities professionals. However, Dr. Cameron Camp stresses that any staff member of a nursing facility (nurses, social workers, dietary staff) should be trained to implement Montessori-based Dementia Programming with their residents.
History
Research of MBDP has been conducted more than ten years by Dr. Cameron Camp (the creator of MBDP) and the staff of the Myers Research Institute.
Recognition
MBDP received the Excellence in Research and Education Award from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA). The creators of MBDP also received the 2004 Healthcare and Aging Award given by the American Society on Aging (ASA).
The science behind this work has been best described in scientific articles and trade journals, ranging from The Gerontologist to Activity Director's Quarterly and from Caring (the magazine of the National Association for Home Care) to Topics in Geriatric Rehab. It has also been featured in a story in the AARP Bulletin.
On 11-28-07 the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a story about MBDP on the front page of the Metro section. This story highlights the use of the technique in a long-term care facility.
References
External links
Myers Research Institute
Dementia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio%203000
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Pinocchio 3000 (or P3K – Pinocchio 3000) is a 2004 computer-animated science fantasy film directed by Daniel Robichaud and distributed by Christal Films. The film is a futuristic science fiction interpretation of the classic 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, with Pinocchio (voiced by Sonja Ball) being a robot brought to life by tapping into a city's power surge, rather than a puppet animated by magic.
The film centers on the basic story of Pinocchio attempting to fit into living with humans in the town of Scamboville, a futuristic city constantly under development under the reign of its namesake, Mayor Scamboli.
Plot
Geppetto, an old inventor, creates Pinocchio, a robot, as his son. Meanwhile, evil mayor Scamboli is building the technological city "Scamboville" to get rid of nature. He also hates all children, except for his beloved daughter, Marlene. When Marlene expresses concerns to Scamboli about there being no space for children to have fun, he sets out to make a kids-only theme park called "Scamboland".
That night, Geppetto and Spencer the Penguin prepare to make Pinocchio come to life. Unfortunately, Scamboli has seized control of the city mains to light up his theme park for the Grand Opening, so Geppetto has no choice but to steal his electricity. Suddenly, Scamboland has a power outage and the children leave. After Pinocchio comes to life, much to his family's delight, Cyberina the fairy appears. She decides to grant Geppetto's wish to turn Pinocchio into a real boy if he learns about right and wrong.
The next morning, Pinocchio walks his way to school with Spencer and meets Zach, Cynthia and Marlene. Marlene challenges Pinocchio to an Imagination game, hosted by Cyberina. Marlene wins, but Pinocchio, believing that he played better, snatches the medal from her. While running away, he comes across Scamboli's robotic henchmen, Cabby and Rodo, who take him to see Scamboli. In the ensuing conversation, Pinocchio says, "Life would be great if kids were more like us", sparking an idea in Scamboli's diabolical brain.
In the true opening of Scamboland, he makes Pinocchio into an attraction. When Geppetto gets word of this, he tries to convince him to come home. While Pinocchio performs at a concert, Scamboli kidnaps Geppetto. Afterward, all the children board a roller coaster ride called "A Whale of a Change", which transforms all of them into "Scambobots". Meanwhile, Pinocchio gives Marlene her medal back and befriends her, and they spend the night together at Marlene's private garden.
As they awaken the next morning, Marlene is crestfallen to find that Scambobots have destroyed her garden. Hearing Pinocchio laughing at her dismay, she gives the medal to him and revokes her vow of friendship. Pinocchio, realizing that he had accidentally helped Scamboli, leaves to find his father. He returns home and only finds Spencer. The two quickly realize that Scamboli turned Geppetto into a robot to kill Pinocchio. After ste
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted%3A%20Drake%27s%20Fortune
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the first game in the Uncharted series and was released in November 2007 for PlayStation 3. The game follows Nathan Drake, the supposed descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he searches for the lost treasure of El Dorado with journalist Elena Fisher and mentor Victor Sullivan.
The development of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune began in 2005, and saw Naughty Dog altering their approach to development, as they sought to create a humanized video game that was distinct from their other entries, settling on an action-adventure game with platforming elements and a third-person perspective. The team regularly updated or wholly changed various aspects related to the story, coding, and the game's design which lead to delays. The development team found influence for many of the game's aesthetic elements from film, pulp magazines, and movie serials.
Extensively marketed as a PlayStation exclusive, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune received generally favorable reviews, with praise for its technical achievements, cast, characters, story, music, and production values, drawing similarities to blockbuster films. It faced some criticism for its graphical issues, short length, vehicle sections, and marked difficulty. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune sold one million copies after ten weeks of release. It was followed by the sequel Uncharted 2: Among Thieves in 2009, and was re-released on PlayStation 4 as part of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.
Synopsis
Setting and characters
The central character of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is Nathan Drake (voiced by Nolan North), a renowned adventurer who claims to be the descendant of the famous explorer Sir Francis Drake. Together with his mentor Victor Sullivan (voiced by Richard McGonagle) and journalist Elena Fisher (voiced by Emily Rose), Drake embarks on a quest to discover the hidden riches of El Dorado.
Plot
Treasure hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake, accompanied by reporter Elena Fisher, recovers the coffin of his self-proclaimed ancestor Sir Francis Drake, having located it from coordinates inscribed on a family heirloom: a ring Nate wears around his neck. The coffin contains Sir Francis' diary, which gives the location of El Dorado. Pirates attack and destroy Nate's boat, but Nate's friend and mentor, Victor "Sully" Sullivan, rescues the two in his seaplane. Fearing Elena's reporting will attract potential rivals, Nate and Sully abandon her at a dock.
Nate and Sully discover an alcove that once held a large statue after following the diary to the indicated spot, and realize that El Dorado is not a city but rather a golden idol. They find a Nazi U-boat, which contains a page from Drake's diary showing the statue was taken to an island. However, mercenaries led by criminal Gabriel Roman (Simon Templeman), to whom Sully owes a substantial debt, and his lieutenant Atoq Navarro (Robin Atki
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex%20printing
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Duplex printing is a feature of some computer printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) that allows the printing of a sheet of paper on both sides automatically. Print devices without this capability can only print on a single side of paper, sometimes called single-sided printing or simplex printing.
Consumer and low-to-medium volume office printers use a duplexing unit that reverses a piece of paper after the first side has been printed. Duplex multifunction printers that also support duplex scanning have a reversing automatic document feeder (RADF) for scanning both sides. Higher volume printers may effectively have two print engines in a single device, and are able to print both sides of the paper in a single pass.
Overview
Duplex print devices, depending on options, software, and printer settings, can print single-sided page to single-sided page (1:1) or double-sided page to double-sided page (2:2). Many can also combine single-sided pages into a double-sided page format (1:2). Double-sided booklet formats (2:2 with a center fold) are also available, depending on optional outputs from the printer.
Printing Formats
Duplexed documents can be printed to be bound on either the short edge or the long edge. This functionality is mostly available on printers that come with a duplexer. Long edge binding in portrait mode allows pages to be turned side-to-side like a book. Short-edge binding allows the pages to be oriented correctly if they are flipped vertically, as in a notepad. This second form of printing/binding is sometimes known as "tumble." If the printing is done in landscape mode, these concepts are transposed since the print direction is different.
Single-Sided Printing
Single-sided printers can print on both sides of the paper via manual removal and turning over of a stack of sheets after one side is printed on; however, the user has to manually turn the (half-done) print job over and re-invoke the printing of the document, with care to ensure that the order and orientation is correct. Printing software frequently has an option to print only odd or even pages, simplifying this process.
'Perfecting' in Commercial Printing
In commercial printing (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.), the term applied to imparting an image to both sides of the substrate at the same time is 'perfecting' and is commonly achieved—especially in lithography—by passing the substrate through a perfecting drum, thus turning the sheet over after the first side is printed. The turned sheet then continues its way through the press, being gripped at the opposite edge whilst the second side is printed. This in effect tumbles the job; therefore, accurate sheet sizing is necessary to ensure accurate backing up of the job.
Some printers only support duplexing if an optional attachment is fitted.
References
Printing terminology
Computer printers
fr:Imprimante#Recto-Verso
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming%20the%20Universe
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Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos is a 2006 popular science book by Seth Lloyd, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The book proposes that the Universe is a quantum computer (supercomputer), and advances in the understanding of physics may come from viewing entropy as a phenomenon of information, rather than simply thermodynamics. Lloyd also postulates that the Universe can be fully simulated using a quantum computer; however, in the absence of a theory of quantum gravity, such a simulation is not yet possible. "Particles not only collide, they compute."
Reaction
Reviewer Corey S. Powell of The New York Times writes:
In the space of 221 dense, frequently thrilling and occasionally exasperating pages, … tackles computer logic, thermodynamics, chaos theory, complexity, quantum mechanics, cosmology, consciousness, sex and the origin of life — throwing in, for good measure, a heartbreaking afterword that repaints the significance of all that has come before. The source of all this intellectual mayhem is the kind of Big Idea so prevalent in popular science books these days. Lloyd, a professor of mechanical engineering at M.I.T., takes as his topic the fundamental workings of the universe…, which he thinks has been horribly misunderstood. Scientists have looked at it as a ragtag collection of particles and fields while failing to see what it is as a majestic whole: an enormous computer.
In an interview with Wired magazine, Lloyd writes:
everything in the universe is made of bits. Not chunks of stuff, but chunks of information — ones and zeros. … Atoms and electrons are bits. Atomic collisions are "ops." Machine language is the laws of physics. The universe is a quantum computer.
Gilbert Taylor, writing in Booklist of the American Library Association, said that the book:
offers brilliantly clarifying explanations of the "bit," the smallest unit of information; how bits change their state; and how changes-of-state can be registered on atoms via quantum-mechanical qualities such as "spin" and "superposition." Putting readers in the know about quantum computation, Lloyd then informs them that it may well be the answer to physicists' search for a unified theory of everything. Exploring big questions in accessible, comprehensive fashion, Lloyd's work is of vital importance to the general-science audience.
See also
Digital physics
Decoding the Universe, a 2007 book by Charles Seife
Seth Lloyd
Simulation hypothesis
Simulated reality
References
External links
Ultimate physical limits to computation, Nature, volume 406, pages 1047–1054
Science books
Computer science books
Information science
Alfred A. Knopf books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucras%20caesicaudata
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Nucras caesicaudata, the bluetailed sandveld lizard or bluetail scrub lizard, is a wall lizard in the family of true lizards (Lacertidae). It is found in southern Mozambique, southwestern Zimbabwe and the extreme northeast of South Africa. The lizard can clearly be distinguished because of its distinctive blue tail. Little has been discovered about its anatomy and way of life as it is rarely encountered, but it lives in the sandveld, a dry, sandy, savanna ecoregion.
References
External links
Blue-tailed sandveld lizard
Nucras
Lacertid lizards of Africa
Reptiles of Mozambique
Reptiles of South Africa
Reptiles of Zimbabwe
Reptiles described in 1972
Taxa named by Donald George Broadley
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous%20Technical
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Miscellaneous Technical is a Unicode block ranging from U+2300 to U+23FF, which contains various common symbols which are related to and used in the various technical, programming language, and academic professions. For example:
Symbol ⌂ (HTML hexadecimal code is ⌂) represents a house or a home.
Symbol ⌘ (⌘) is a "place of interest" sign. It may be used to represent the Command key on a Mac keyboard.
Symbol ⌚ (⌚) is a watch (or clock).
Symbol ⏏ (⏏) is the "Eject" button symbol found on electronic equipment.
Symbol ⏚ (⏚) is the "Earth Ground" symbol found on electrical or electronic manual, tag and equipment.
It also includes most of the uncommon symbols used by the APL programming language.
Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF) in Unicode
In Unicode, Miscellaneous Technical symbols placed in the hexadecimal range 0x2300–0x23FF, (decimal 8960–9215), as described below.
(2300–233F)
1.Unicode code points U+2329 & U+232A are deprecated.
(2340–237F)
(2380–23BF)
(23C0–23FF)
Block
Emoji
The Miscellaneous Technical block contains eighteen emoji: U+231A–U+231B, U+2328, U+23CF, U+23E9–U+23F3 and U+23F8–U+23FA.
All of these characters have standardized variants defined, to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for each character, for a total of 36 variants.
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Technical block:
See also
Unicode mathematical operators and symbols
Unicode symbols
Media control symbols
References
Symbols
Unicode blocks
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermally%20Advantaged%20Chassis
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A Thermally Advantaged Chassis (TAC) is a computer enclosure that complies with the Thermally Advantaged Chassis specifications created by Intel. It is capable of maintaining an internal ambient temperature below 38 degrees Celsius when functioning with Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron D processors based on 90 nm process technology, and an ambient temperature below 39 degrees Celsius when using a Pentium D processor. Intel maintains that using a thermally advantaged chassis is the absolute minimum requirement for using Pentium 4 (Prescott), Pentium D, and Celeron D, processors.
Overview
In the 1.1 version, the TAC design is intended to disallow internal temperature rises of more than 3 degrees Celsius, and provide the processor with a cooler environment to work in. Its main feature is a Chassis Air Guide that directs room temperature air directly in the path of the CPU fan and heat sink. The chassis air guide is a passive cooling system, and relies completely on internal system fans to guide the air.
Airflow pattern
As with most computers, the rear fan and power supply fan exhaust, moving hot air away from the computer. This causes a slight depressurization inside the chassis, and requires all other openings to become intake vents. Airflow from the front of the chassis moves around the Chassis Air Guide, allowing the processor fan to only draw air from outside the chassis, providing more effective cooling.
System fans
The rear chassis exhaust fan is required to be at least 92-mm or larger, providing a minimum of 55 CFM in free air. The processor is required to have an active cooling system, consisting of a fan and heat sink.
Side-panel venting
The side-panel is required to have an add-in card vent, which provides room temperature air to the add-in cards. High-performance graphics cards will benefit from the lower temperature air.
External links
Thermally Advantaged Tested Chassis List
Chassis Air Guide v1.1 (September 2003)
Standard (Japanese).
Computer hardware cooling
Computer enclosure
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan%20McLean%20%28news%20anchor%29
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Lachlan McLean is a news anchor for Spectrum News 1, a 24-hour cable news network serving the state of Kentucky. He has been the primary 5:00pm anchor since the network debuted in November 2018.
He formerly hosted "The Midday Rush" sports talk radio show on ESPN680 (WHBE-AM). The show aired from March 2016 to August 2020 from 10:00am-12:00n ET. He co-hosted with Andy Sweeney for the first three years of the show until Sweeney moved to afternoons in 2019 and McLean was a solo host for the final year of the show.
Prior to ESPN Louisville, he was host of the popular radio show "Sports Talk 840" (formerly "Sports Talk 84"), weeknights on WHAS-AM radio in Louisville, hosting from July 2004 to May 2015. He also delivered the afternoon sportscasts for the Terry Meiners Show. In February 2015, McLean announced he would leave the show to move to Charlotte, North Carolina after his wife got a job there. In April 2015, WHAS-AM announced it would discontinue the sports talk show after his departure, ending a tradition that started in the 1980s. In January 2016 McLean moved back to Louisville with his family.
Before his radio career, McLean worked as a television sports Anchor/Reporter at WFXL-TV in Albany, Georgia, WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia and WHAS-TV in Louisville. He also worked in station promotions for WBKI-TV in Louisville.
He graduated from the University of Virginia with an Economics degree in 1989 and was a corporate finance analyst for Lehman Brothers in New York City. His first sports job was a production position at ESPN in 1992.
He is married to former WAVE-TV reporter Carolyn Gaeta and they have two daughters.
References
External links
WLKY-TV bio page and columns
The Midday Rush facebook page
WHAS-AM Personality Page
Lach's back
American television personalities
Living people
University of Virginia alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheezy%20%28disambiguation%29
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Wheezy (born 1992) is an American record producer.
Wheezy may also refer to:
Wheezy, character from the 1999 film Toy Story 2
Wheezy, the codename of version 7 of the Debian Linux operating system
See also
Weezy, a nickname of American rapper Lil Wayne
Weezie, a nickname of All in the Family character Louise Jefferson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV%20Venezuela
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TV Venezuela (also known as TVV) is a Venezuelan-American television channel airing in the United States for the Venezuelan diaspora, featuring programming from various Venezuelan television networks.
History
Nathaly Salas Guaithero was named its general director, who was in charge of the channel's current affairs programming.
References
Television networks in Venezuela
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Spanish-language television stations
Media of the Crisis in Venezuela
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic%20tree
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A hyperbolic tree (often shortened as hypertree) is an information visualization and graph drawing method inspired by hyperbolic geometry.
Displaying hierarchical data as a tree suffers from visual clutter as the number of nodes per level can grow exponentially. For a simple binary tree, the maximum number of nodes at a level n is 2n, while the number of nodes for trees with more branching grows much more quickly. Drawing the tree as a node-link diagram thus requires exponential amounts of space to be displayed.
One approach is to use a hyperbolic tree, first introduced by Lamping et al. Hyperbolic trees employ hyperbolic space, which intrinsically has "more room" than Euclidean space. For instance, linearly increasing the radius of a circle in Euclidean space increases its circumference linearly, while the same circle in hyperbolic space would have its circumference increase exponentially. Exploiting this property allows laying out the tree in hyperbolic space in an uncluttered manner: placing a node far enough from its parent gives the node almost the same amount of space as its parent for laying out its own children.
Displaying a hyperbolic tree commonly utilizes the Poincaré disk model of hyperbolic geometry, though the Klein-Beltrami model can also be used. Both display the entire hyperbolic plane within a unit disk, making the entire tree visible at once. The unit disk gives a fish-eye lens view of the plane, giving more emphasis to nodes which are in focus and displaying nodes further out of focus closer to the boundary of the disk. Traversing the hyperbolic tree requires Möbius transformations of the space, bringing new nodes into focus and moving higher levels of the hierarchy out of view.
Hyperbolic trees were patented in the U.S. by Xerox in 1996, but the patent has since expired.
See also
Hyperbolic geometry
Binary tiling
Information visualization
Radial tree – is also circular, but uses linear geometry.
Tree (data structure)
Tree (graph theory)
References
External links
d3-hypertree – HTML5 Hyperbolic tree implementation, MIT licensed
Hyperbolic Tree of life – Open source tree of life visualisation using Open Tree of Life data set
The Green Tree of Life – Tree of life – University of California at Berkeley and Jepson Herbaria
Tree of life Similar to the above, but with pictures
RogueViz supports hyperbolic trees.
Hyperbolic geometry
Graph drawing
Trees (data structures)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXXV-TV
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WXXV-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Gulfport, Mississippi, United States, serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast as an affiliate of Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Morris Multimedia, and maintains studios on US 49 in Lyman (with a Gulfport postal address); its transmitter is located on Wire Road East, in unincorporated Stone County, northeast of McHenry.
History
The station signed on February 14, 1987, as the market's second commercial outlet (after ABC affiliate WLOX). It was originally locally owned by Gulf Coast Television Ltd. Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 25, WXXV immediately joined Fox as Mississippi's first Fox affiliate. For the first four months of the network's existence, the network (which only aired late night programs at the time) was only available over-the-air in the extreme western and extreme eastern portions of the market via WNOL-TV in New Orleans (now an affiliate of The CW) or WPMI-TV in Mobile (now an NBC affiliate); WXXV signed on two months prior to Fox's first night of primetime programming. Gulf Coast Television sold the station to AmSouth Realty, a subsidiary of AmSouth Bank in 1989. Prime Cities Broadcasters bought the station in 1991. WXXV aired the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue for its entire run from 1993 until 2005, as WLOX refused to air it. From January 1995 until September 2006, the station also featured some limited UPN programming out-of-pattern through a secondary affiliation. Prime Cities Broadcasters sold the station to current owner Morris Multimedia in 1997.
A new second digital subchannel was launched in September 2006 to be the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate. Now considered a programming service rather than a true over-the-air broadcast network, it is a sister operation to Fox. WXXV's broadcasts became digital-only on February 17, 2009. The station continues to broadcast on digital channel 48. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WXXV's virtual channel as 25. The station was added to DirecTV's local station offering on June 16, 2010.
The station also served as the Hattiesburg–Laurel market's longtime default Fox affiliate. WXXV's transmitter tower site and directional antenna pattern are strategically located and designed to enable the station to cover the entire southern half of Mississippi, including the Gulf Coast and Pine Belt regions. In addition, WXXV could be picked up locally on Comcast systems in the Pine Belt.
On October 13, 2011, low-power WHPM-LD joined the network as the first ever Fox outlet for Hattiesburg and Laurel. Despite the addition of that outlet to the network, Comcast's system in Hattiesburg and Laurel continues to offer WXXV's standard and high definition channels. That market still lacks its own MyNetworkTV-affiliated station resulting in WXXV being the Pine Belt's default affiliate (through its main channel's secondary affiliation as of 2015).
Subchannel history
WXXV-DT2
WXXV-DT2 is the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva%20Pi%C3%B1ata%20%28TV%20series%29
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Viva Piñata is a computer-animated children’s television series produced by 4Kids Productions and Bardel Entertainment in collaboration with Microsoft, and it is based on the Xbox 360 video game of the same name by Xbox Game Studios and Rare, which was released alongside the TV series. Lloyd Goldfine and Paul Griffin served as executive producers, with Mike deSeve acting as story editor and Anne Bernstein and David Steven Cohen among the series' writers.
Viva Piñata premiered on August 26, 2006 as part of the 4Kids TV programming block, later moving to The CW4Kids before being removed from the schedule on October 25, 2008. In Canada, the series aired on YTV, where its final episode was broadcast on May 18, 2009, and would continue to air in reruns until June 24, 2011. The series also aired on Nicktoons Network and CITV in the UK and on Nickelodeon and ABC Television in Australia.
Synopsis
On Piñata Island, piñatas of various species roam the gardens freely, eating candy and coexisting with one another in a peaceful society. When a piñata's candy inside reaches a high enough level, they are sent to a party via the Piñata Central Cannoñata, where they will be broken open by the partygoers before being repaired and returned to the island. The series follows a group of close piñata friends and their day-to-day lives on the island.
Characters
Main characters
Hudson Horstachio (voiced by Dan Green): A horse piñata with a green teal body like a pistachio, Hudson is one of the most popular piñatas in the business. As a celebrity he sometimes has to disguise himself when in public. His friends often have to keep his ego in check. He enjoys dancing and making extravagant statements about himself.
Paulie Pretztail (voiced by Rah Rah): A cross between a pretzel and a red-tailed fox, Paulie is a no-nonsense kind of pinata who could easily be considered to be "the clever-cloggs" of the main cast (besides Les). He is Fergy's best friend and shares his aversion towards being sent to parties (though it seems more of an annoyance to him, rather than Fergy's idea of thinking of going to a party as frightening). He seems to be good at cooking as shown in the episode ' Recipe for Disaster'.
Fergy Fudgehog (voiced by David Wills): A cross between fudge and a hedgehog, Fergy loves candy, but fears parties. He is Paulie's best friend, and is frequently sought out by Langston to attend parties but always manages to escape his bugcatcher's net. His catchphrase is "Oh, fudge!"
Franklin Fizzlybear (voiced by Marc Thompson): A brown grizzly bear with purple and yellow stripes. He enjoys surfing, and typically speaks with a surfer accent and related expressions. He is fairly laid back and occasionally has moments of intellectualism. He is not good at lying. He also draws portraits of the other pinatas. In the video game, his surfboard is an item that the player can purchase.
Tina & Teddington Twingersnap (voiced by Kathleen Delaney and Jamie McGonnigal): A two-headed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemail
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movemail is a computer program by the GNU Project that moves mail from a user's Unix mailspool to another file. It is part of GNU Mailutils.
A compromising of movemail was the backbone of the hack described in The Cuckoo's Egg by which Markus Hess broke into the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory computer system in 1986. The flaw in movemail, which has long since been repaired, is that the program was revised in 1986 to allow superuser access into the host computer in order to move POP email. The movemail bug has been highlighted as one of the Unix operating system family's most egregious failures of security.
See also
Mozilla Thunderbird
References
External links
GNU Mailutils Manual: movemail
Free email software
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADL/ADC%20class%20diesel%20multiple%20unit
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The ADL class is a class of diesel multiple units that were last operated by Auckland One Rail on the suburban rail network in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally built in the early 1980s by A Goninan & Co for Westrail of Western Australia, they were sold in 1993 by Westrail's successor, Transperth, to New Zealand Rail. The units are currently owned by Auckland Transport, and were withdrawn from service in August 2022 and transported to Glenbrook Vintage Railway and Pukeoware depot for storage.
History
Between 1981 and 1985, ten two-carriage stainless steel sets were manufactured for the Metropolitan Transport Trust and Westrail by A Goninan & Co, Newcastle.
Following the electrification of the Perth rail network they were rendered surplus and in 1993 all were sold, along with the older ADK/ADB class, to New Zealand Rail to replace locomotive-hauled 56-foot carriages on suburban trains in Auckland.
The units arrived in Auckland from Perth in April 1993. One unit went to Hutt Workshops in the winter of 1993 for staff familiarisation, while the other units were prepared for New Zealand service at Westfield locomotive depot.
As a result of the units’ introduction, station platforms in Auckland needed to be raised.
In October 1993, prior to New Zealand Rail being privatised, the company sold the class to the Auckland Regional Council.
Upgrades and retirement
In 2002, the Auckland Regional Council funded an upgrade of the class, which included refurbishment of the interiors and painting in the new MAXX blue colour scheme. The first refurbished unit entered service in December 2002, the last in November 2003.
In 2011, Auckland Transport indicated four two-car sets would be retained after the Auckland rail electrification project is completed.
Due to the introduction of the AM class electric multiple unit on all of Auckland's suburban railway lines, the ADL/ADC units were retained only for use between Pukekohe and Papakura station as a shuttle service. The diesel units were also used to provide service during power outages when electric trains could not operate.
This is due to that portion of the North Island Main Trunk not currently being electrified. In 2020, the government announced funding for electrification of this section, which once completed will render the ADL/ADC DMUs surplus to requirements. The ADL class were retired in August 2022.
Two out of service ADLs were transferred to Glenbrook Vintage Railway (GVR) for storage in 2021 to make space for new EMUs. The DMUs were hauled to GVR by the railway's own DBR1254, because KiwiRail were unable to provide motive power for the transfers. The ADLs are now stored at Glenbrook Vintage Railway and Pukeoware depot.
References
Citations
Bibliography
(First edition 1990, 1991)
External links
ADL class Auckland 1993 – New Zealand Railways Rollingstock List
Diesel multiple units of New Zealand
Diesel multiple units of Western Australia
Passenger rail transport in Perth, Western Au
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan%20Productions
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Banyan Productions is a production company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Clients include Discovery Channel, the Food Network, Fox, HGTV, Lifetime, NBC, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TLC, and the Travel Channel. Banyan Productions was founded in 1992 by Susan Cohen-Dickler, Jan Dickler and Ray Murray, the former host of Evening Magazine on KYW-TV 3 in Philadelphia.
TV shows
A Dating Story (2000-2004)
A Makeover Story (2000-2003)
Ambush Makeover (2004)
A Wedding Story (1997-2004)
A Baby Story (1999-2000)
Adoption Stories (2002)
Birth Day (2000-2003)
Deliver Me (2008)
Design Invasion (2004)
Design Basics (2001)
Discover Magazine (TV series) (1996)
Epicurious (1998-2003)
Furniture to Go (1994-1996)
48 Hour Wedding (2001)
Gimme Shelter (1998)
Guys Rooms (2002)
Hi-Jinks (2005)
Home Matters (1993)
Nice Package (2004)
On the Inside (1997)
Perfect Proposal (2003-2005)
Renovations (2000)
The Reunion 1998 [TV series] first Docuseries Lynda Rose/Jennifer Paige reunion
Surviving Motherhood (2006)
Trading Spaces (2001-2007)
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (2003)
Trading Spaces: Home Free (2004)
Travelers (1996-1998)
The Princess Girl Diaries (2003)
Voices of Scotland (1997)
External links
Banyan Productions
Television production companies of the United States
Companies based in Philadelphia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sex%20and%20the%20City%20characters
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Sex and the City is an American cable television program based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. It was originally broadcast on the HBO network from 1998 until 2004. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the sex lives of four female best friends, three of whom are in their mid-to-late thirties, and one of whom is in her forties. Along with these four women, there were numerous minor and recurring characters, including their current and ex-boyfriends/husbands/lovers, as well as many cameo appearances. A follow-up series And Just Like That... began in 2022 with many of the same characters, and some new characters also listed below.
There are also the film adaptations Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).
Main characters
= Main cast (credited)
= Starring (billed with starring cast in film series)
= Recurring cast (3+ episodes)
= Guest cast (1-2 episodes)
Carrie Bradshaw
Carrie Bradshaw (born October 10, 1966), is the literal voice of the show, as each episode is structured around her train of thought while writing her weekly column, "Sex and the City", for the fictitious newspaper, The New York Star. A member of the New York glitterati, she is a club/bar/restaurant staple known for her unique fashion sense, yoking together various styles into one outfit. A self-proclaimed shoe fetishist, she focuses most of her attention and finances on designer footwear, primarily Manolo Blahnik, though she has been known to wear Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo. She often goes on shopping sprees, and pays much attention to her evolving and bold dress style, which is not fettered by professional dress codes. Although her only income is from her freelance weekly newspaper column, she often overspends her limit and maxes out her credit card in a single shopping trip. To some viewers, her lack of shoe-shopping self-control and overall seemingly immature spending might be a flaw, and her money management misadventures follow her through a few episodes. However, her priorities are later brought into perspective when she is forced to buy her once rent-controlled apartment to avoid moving out when the building goes co-op; she acquires a mortgage by supplementing her income with other writing assignments, and takes a sizeable loan from Charlotte in the form of Charlotte's engagement ring to Trey. Her apartment is her home for the entire series and is another source of pride; it is an open-planned studio in an Upper East Side brownstone that is enviable for its stabilized rent, space, large closet, and good location. She eventually purchases back the apartment from Aidan in the fourth season. In later seasons, her essays are collected as a book, and she begins taking assignments from other publications, like Vogue and New York, as well.
Charlotte York
Charlotte York (born January 23, 1967), is an art dealer and graduate of Smith College with a wealthy Connecticut blue-blooded upbringing. She is the most con
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataEase
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DataEase is a relational database management system (RDBMS), and is considered a rapid application development tool for developing relationally-organized, data-intensive software applications for personal computers. DataEase was created in the early 1980s by software developers Arun Gupta and Joseph Busch. The first version of the software was released in 1981 by Software Solutions Inc. The principals sold the company to Sapphire International Corporation of the United Kingdom in 1991. Sapphire continues to develop and market the product. There are two distinct product arcs in DataEase's history: DataEase for DOS and DataEase for Windows.
As of October 2023, DataEase appears to have disappeared. Its website and that of it's last owner, Sapphire Groups, could not be found.
DataEase for DOS
Originally called Datamaster, DataEase's early hallmark was the ease with which non-programmers found they could rapidly develop useful software applications. DataEase's design emphasized the visual design of screen forms and reports while hiding almost all of the arcane details such as properties of the underlying data structure. In addition, complex data management processes that would typically require a multitude of complex steps to complete with traditional programming tools were handled automatically and transparently as a user made changes to his/her application. For example, when editing an existing form, if the user removed a field, added another, indexed another and changed the data type of yet another, the necessary steps required to reflect those changes in the data structure underlying the form were automatically and non-destructively applied when the form was saved.
Report writing was similarly streamlined. The user simply defined access to the desired data using a simple procedural language known as DataEase Query Language (DQL). A prompting script editor, which permitted any user to instantly create DQL script with no prior knowledge of DQL syntax, remains one of DataEase's most overlooked and beneficial features. One was not required to memorize details about the application's components or DQL syntactical construction prior to writing a valid DQL script.
Sample DQL Script
For Employees with (Salary < 50000 and YearsOfService > 4 and LastReviewGrade > 85)
List Records
LastName in order;
FirstName ;
CurrentSalary : item sum ;
CurrentSalary * data-entry EnterRaiseAmount : item sum .
Modify Records
CurrentSalary := CurrentSalary * data-entry EnterRaiseAmount .
In addition to simplified definition of data forms, reports and procedures, DataEase for DOS provided facilities for defining an application's user access, navigational menus, multi-format importing of data from other sources, data exporting, data backup and restoration, system documentation and user help, backing up and restoring data and integrating external programs into the application. DataEase for DOS applications provided record-level locking meaning t
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucine%20%28data%20page%29
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References
Chemical data pages
Chemical data pages cleanup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20weather%20radar%20network
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The Canadian weather radar network consists of 33 weather radars spanning Canada's most populated regions. Their primary purpose is the early detection of precipitation, its motion and the threat it poses to life and property.
Each had until 2018 a range of in radius around the site to detect reflectivity, 3 angles with a range of , for detecting velocity pattern (Doppler effect), and an extra long range up to at low elevation angle but strongly folded or aliased (where the maximum unambiguous velocity interval (±Vmax) is less than the full range of velocities being measured which leads to some being displayed with the wrong values).
The renewal of the network, from 2018 to 2023, with new S-Band radars brings these numbers respectively to for reflectivity and for full Doppler coverage. Furthermore, the new radars are dual-polarized which means precipitation type can be estimated directly. Starting in June 2021, some of the radars' ranges will be extended to in the lowest angle of reflectivity data. The range extensions are intended to provide forecasters at the Meteorological Service of Canada, part of Environment and Climate Change Canada, with radar information while nearby radars are being replaced as part of the renewal. Starting on 29 June 2022, a pilot project allow external users access to the raw data, possibly including the 400 km data.
History
Research in weather radars in Canada began at the end of the Second World War with "Project Stormy Weather". After the war, J.S. Marshall continued at McGill University the work with the "Stormy Weather Group". The Canadian network was thus gradually formed and by 1997, there were 19 weather radars of two kinds across the country: 18 five centimeter wavelength (C-Band) radars and 1 ten centimeter wavelength (S-Band) at McGill, all of the radars detected reflectivity but only Carvel (Edmonton), King City (Toronto) and McGill (Montreal) were equipped with Doppler capabilities.
Environment Canada received approval in 1998 to upgrade the network to Doppler standard and to add 12 more radars with the operational characteristics coming from King City weather radar station (CWKR), the research radar of Environment Canada. However, the McGill radar (at the J. S. Marshall Radar Observatory), while being part of the network, was owned by McGill University. It was a research as well as an operational radar and was modified independently. The Jimmy Lake and Lac Castor stations are owned and operated by the Department of Defense (DND), these are also part of the network.
In February 2017, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced the signature of a $83‑million contract with Selex ES (ex-subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A. now marketed under Leonardo Electronics) to buy 20 new radars with the most modern technology available (S band and double polarized) to update the network. with the contract containing options to replace all radars in the Canadian Weather Radar Networ
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20%281983%20typeface%29
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New York is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1983 for the Macintosh computer by Susan Kare and reworked in 1988 by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. The typeface was the standard bitmap serif font for the early Macintosh operating systems. Originally titled “Ardmore”, it was renamed to New York before its initial release as part of the "World Class Cities" naming scheme by Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs.
Designed as a bitmap face, New York was later released in TrueType format, though the design differed from the bitmap version.
In 2019, Apple made a new serif typeface available, also named New York, although the designs are unrelated.
See also
Apple typography
San Francisco (sans-serif typeface)
References
Apple Inc. typefaces
Transitional serif typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1983
Typefaces designed by Susan Kare
Typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow (type designer)
Typefaces designed by Kris Holmes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Page
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Richard Page is an alumnus of Apple Inc. He was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer in the 1980s, and later joined Steve Jobs at NeXT.
Rich was one of the first four Apple Fellows. He was awarded the Apple Fellow position for his efforts in graphics software development tools including compilers and hardware development. As an Apple Fellow, Rich prototyped Apple's first portable, color and 68020 based Macintosh computers. He was responsible for the decision to use the Motorola MC68000 family of microprocessors for Apple's Lisa and Macintosh computers and was instrumental in the initial design of the Lisa.
Rich was the second Fellow at Rambus contributing to lighting, RRAM and new memory technologies.
Rich was President and founder of Next Sierra. Next Sierra was a fabless semiconductor company which developed display drivers for active matrix OLED.
Rich Page was President and Founder of Sierra Research and Technology, Inc. Sierra provided 622M ATM, 10/100 Ethernet and Giga-bit Ethernet designs to more than 50 semiconductor and system companies. Sierra also provided a number of custom designs for large system companies. Sierra was acquired by TDK Semiconductor in 2000 to substantially expand TDK's networking engineering team.
Before founding Sierra, Rich was a co-founder and the Vice President of Hardware Engineering at NeXT Computer, Inc. He led the development of the Cube, NeXTstation and Turbo NeXTstation products. Later Rich became the general manager of the NeXT Hardware Division which included design engineering, materials management, manufacturing, service, order management and distribution.
In 1992, Rich Page left NeXT. Within weeks of his resignation, several NeXT VPs also left.
His experience in hardware and software design includes the development of microcode for Hewlett-Packard's HP 3000 minicomputer series. The HP3000 minicomputer is still in use today. At Fairchild Semiconductor, Rich developed test programs for Fairchild's microprocessors, memory products and custom chips.
Rich is chairman of the board at Chowbotics Inc, a start-up building food robotics products. The first product is Sally, a salad making robot.
External links
Big Mac
Living people
Apple Inc. employees
Apple Fellows
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Barnes%20%28computing%29
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Susan Kelly Barnes is an alumna of Apple Inc. She was Controller of the Macintosh Division at Apple Computer. When Steve Jobs left Apple Computer in 1985, she joined Jobs and other Apple managers to cofound NeXT Computer, Inc. She served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NeXT Computer from 1985 to 1991.
As NeXT's Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Barnes helped raise significant funding that helped NeXT weather its slow start. The most notable transaction was a $100 million investment by Canon Inc. in 1989 for a 16.7 percent stake in NeXT. That gave NeXT an implied valuation of $600 million, astonishingly high for a company that was not yet shipping any products.
After leaving NeXT Computer, Susan Barnes was Chief Financial Officer of Intuitive Surgical from 1997 to 2005.
References
Living people
Women chief financial officers
American chief financial officers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn%3A%20The%20Eternal
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Spawn: The Eternal is an action-adventure video game developed by Sony Interactive Studios America and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation, based on the comic book character Spawn created by Todd McFarlane and produced by Image Comics. It was released on December 9, 1997 in North America and received poor reviews. When played on a CD player, the disc would be revealed to contain a lengthy audio interview with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.
Development
Development on the game began in early 1995. The game's original format was scrapped in 1996 so that it could be redesigned in the same 3D maze style as the popular Tomb Raider, leading to the development cycle being stretched out to two years. A release date was announced for August 1997 to be released around the same time the Spawn film was released in theaters, but pushed back to December due to further delays.
All of the character animations were recorded at Sony's in-house motion capture studio in San Diego.
During development the team regularly sent unfinished copies of the game to Todd McFarlane and his right-hand man Terry Fitzgerald, who would review the game and provide feedback.
Reception
The game received an overwhelmingly negative response from critics. GameSpot called it "an adventure game with no story tacked onto a substandard but generic fighting game" citing poor controls, buggy graphics, dull levels, and a camera which moves far too slow to keep up with the player character. IGN complained of grainy textures, simplistic combat, overly easy puzzles, and general lack of challenge. Next Generation likewise said the puzzles are simplistic to the point of being mindless, and found the transition from over-the-shoulder to side-view perspective when entering combat to be confusing. They also criticized the ugly visuals. Shawn Smith of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised the lighting effects, animated textures, and music, but concluded that the gameplay makes Spawn: The Eternal unlikable, and his three co-reviewers were much more negative about the game. Kelly Rickards razed the muddy graphics, awkward fighting engine, and mindless enemy A.I., and Joe Fielder commented, "It fails miserably as both a fighting game and explorative actioneer, with a weak fighting engine, horrible 3-D camera, choppy control and bad graphics. It ranks right down there with Sirtech's Excalibur 2555 and ASC's Perfect Weapon."
GamePro panned the game for the needlessly complex and under-responsive controls, the weak fight music, the repetitive gameplay, and the fact that Spawn only wears his chains and cape during fights. The reviewer gave it 3.5 out of 5 for graphics, 2.5 for control, and 2.0 for both sound and fun factor. Ultra Game Players stated that "Textures are ugly and repetitive, and the resolution is so blocky and pixelated, you'll find yourself longing for the days of eight-bit games."
References
External links
Spawn: The Eternal on IGN
Spawn: The Eternal on GameSpot
1997
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFTAG
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SAFTAG is the primary fish tagging program in South Australia. It is the SA component of ANSA's national AUSTAG program. The program co-ordinates data collected by recreational anglers (ANSA members) around Australia for analysis and the studying of fish migration and growth rates.
References
Environmental organisations based in Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20V.
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Beethoven Del Valle Bunagan (born December 17, 1969), known professionally as Michael V. and also known as Bitoy, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and recording artist, who appears in the GMA Network show Bubble Gang and Pepito Manaloto.
Known for his literal "translations" and parodies of popular Filipino and foreign songs. Michael V. has also made original songs, such as "Sinaktan Mo ang Puso Ko" (English: "You Hurt My Heart") and "Hindi Ako Bakla" (English: "I'm Not Gay").
Early life
Michael V. was born as Beethoven Del Valle Bunagan on December 17, 1969, at Clinica dela Rosa in Malate, Manila to Cesar Felix Bunagan and Melba Balonzo del Valle. His father named him after German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, upon seeing a copy of Beethoven's LP in his boss' office, not knowing that "Beethoven" is a surname.
The nickname "Bitoy" was taken from a kiddie TV character played by comedian Bentot. When Bentot, as Bitoy, guested in Iskul Bukol, then-high school student Beethoven saw it and began mimicking Bentot's voice in school. His classmates then called him "Bitoy", to which the nickname stuck to this day. He finished his secondary education in Manila Science High School. Michael V. later earned a degree in mass communications from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. He joined a lot of contests on TV. In one contest in Eat Bulaga!, judge Ogie Alcasid turned him down. Later, Michael V. became a co-host of Eat Bulaga! and Ogie Alcasid became one of his close friends and co-star in the long-running Bubble Gang and Tropang Trumpo.
During the popularity of Andrew E., the song "Humanap Ka ng Panget" became wildly popular, to which the then unsigned Beethoven composed a reply song entitled "Maganda Ang Piliin (Ayoko Ng Panget)". At that time, OctoArts was then inviting Michael V.'s female friend and rapping partner, Dianne, to submit a demo tape. In that demo tape, Michael V.'s "Maganda Ang Piliin" was accidentally included. He and Dianne got individual recording contracts. Michael V.'s song and its accompanying album became a hit.
When he entered show business, he and his manager were deciding a stage name for his career as a rapper. Back then, the most popular Filipino rappers were Andrew E. and Francis M. so they opted for a similar stage name: "Michael V.", after Michael Jackson and Gary V., Michael V.'s favorite international and local artists respectively.
Michael V.'s first feature film appearance was in Regal Films' comedy film, Banana Split top-billed by Joey Marquez. He eventually gained prominence when OctoArts Films started to include him alongside Vic Sotto, Ogie Alcasid, Francis Magalona, among others.
Career
Television and film career
Michael V. has won the Asian Television Awards for Best Comedy Performance by an Actor for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. He joined MariMar as the voice of the eponymous character's pet dog Fulgoso. After his voice-acting in MariMar, he played a supporting role in Codename: Asero. On August 23, 2008,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwired
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Unwired Australia Pty Ltd was an Australian company dedicated to fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They provided coverage in Melbourne and Sydney. Unwired had 52,320 customers and 97 employees. The technology used by Unwired was provided by American manufacturer Navini Networks and Venturi Wireless Solutions.
Unwired utilised a wireless network similar to WiMax, using base towers that broadcast a microwave signal, offering speeds of up to 1024kbit/s. The Unwired network was the first data only network providing Internet services in Australia.
Unwired customers used external modems to connect to the wireless network. Unwired technology was portable, but not mobile - the technology does not operate well while the receiver was in motion. The network operated at 3.5 GHz within a spectrum exclusively reserved for use by Unwired. Unwired offered free technical support 7 days a week plus public holidays.
Optus bought out Unwired and shut down the Unwired network at midnight on 28 February 2013.
Corporate acquisitions
The Seven Network Limited's subsidiary Network Holdings acquired Unwired in 2008 for a reported $127 million. Seven Network Limited owns 50% of the Seven Media Group which owns the Seven Network. At this time Unwired CEO David Spence left the company. Unwired was later consolidated into Seven's wireless broadband division, Vividwireless which was based in Perth.
Australia's second largest telecommunications company, Optus, announced in February 2012 that it would buy Vividwireless from its parent Seven Group, for a total cost of $230 million. Optus said this would create a new 4G mobile broadband network in Australia.
Closure
Optus shut down the Unwired network at midnight on 28 February 2013 so that the spectrum can be used for its 4G network. Subscribers had to migrate to another internet service provider. Prepaid subscribers were given a refunds on remaining credit and pro-rated refunds on unused data.
See also
iBurst
Austar/Unwired Alliance
Venturi Transport Protocol
Exetel
References
External links
Unwired Message Board
Australian companies established in 2000
Telecommunications companies of Australia
Companies based in Sydney
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSX
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RSX may refer to:
Computing
RSX, a RISC CPU from Encore Computer
RSX-11, an operating system family developed by Digital Equipment Corporation
RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', a graphics chip for the PS3
Resident System Extension, part of the CP/M Plus operating system
Other uses
Acura RSX, an automobile
Rhein-Sieg-Express, a German regional train service
RS:X (sailboard)
RSX Energy, a Canadian oil and gas company
Label for an X-ray observation made by ROSAT
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BISC
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BISC may refer to:
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
British International School in Casablanca
British International School in Cairo
BISC (database)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter%20Forge
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Filter Forge is a computer graphics program for Windows and Mac that allows users to create procedural textures and modify images. It can be used as a standalone application or as a plugin for compatible 8bf hosts such as Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Corel PaintShop Pro. It has been under continuous development by Filter Forge OÜ (formerly Filter Forge, Inc) since its official release in March 2007.
Filter Forge renders images based on input images and XML documents called "filters". A filter (not to be confused with a mathematical filter) is essentially a tree of successive generations and/or transformations of color and position. Types of generations include single colors, polygons, gradients, Perlin noise, variations of Worley noise, and patterns commonly found in masonry. Types of transformations include rotation, scaling, refraction, noise distortion, kaleidoscope patterns, blurs, edge detection, blending, a variety of color space manipulations, and switches. As of version 4.0xx, the program also implements floating point processing, particle arrays, recursive loops, bézier curves, and built-in Lua scripting. Filter Forge also includes rendering options such as anti-aliasing, bump maps and normal maps, environment mapping, ambient occlusion, seamless tiling, and a text-based batch renderer. Users can randomize or control specific parameters of each filter through sliders, color pickers, and checkboxes. Sets of parameter values can be saved as presets.While it is possible to edit filters with any text editor, Filter Forge includes a visual node-based filter editor. In the editor window, components are placed on a workspace and connected to one another like blocks in a flowchart. Similar editors exist in other computer graphics applications such as Genetica, DarkTree, and Substance Designer.
Filter Forge hosts a web-based library of thousands of user-submitted filters that can be previewed and downloaded online or using the program's built-in browser. It maintains this model by offering a time-limited demo and rewards to authors of highly used library filters. Renders of library filters are available to anyone for free, but the program is needed to modify the filters and their parameters.
See also
Procedural texture
References
External links
Filter Forge homepage
Adobe Photoshop
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Enterprise%20Library
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The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a set of tools and programming libraries for the Microsoft .NET Framework. It provides APIs to facilitate proven practices in core areas of programming including data access, logging, exception handling and others. Enterprise Library is provided as pluggable binaries and source code, which can be freely used and customized by developers for their own purposes. It also ships with test cases and quickstarts.
Benefits
Improved productivity: Each of the Application Blocks provides several interfaces meant to satisfy common application concerns.
Configuration-driven design: Many technical decisions about the application behavior can be delayed until configuration time of the application. For instance, if an application does not properly handle an exception, instead of adding another exception handler to the code, an administrator can configure an additional exception handling policy.
Improved testability: Many application areas can be reconfigured to improve testing of the application in isolation.
It reduces the work load of the developer.
Application Blocks
Each application block addresses a specific cross-cutting concern and provides highly configurable features, which results in higher developer productivity. The Application Blocks in Enterprise Library are designed to be as agnostic as possible to the application architecture, for example the Logging Application Block may be used equally in a web, smart client or service-oriented application.
Microsoft have produced a number of other deliverables that leverage Enterprise Library Application Blocks, including the Web Service Software Factory and Smart Client Software Factory.
Utilities
In addition to the Application Blocks, the standard Microsoft distribution of the Enterprise Library includes:
Configuration console: to visually add an Application Block to an application's configuration.
Out-of-proc service for production logging.
Version history
There have been several versions of the Microsoft Enterprise Library:
Enterprise Library 6.0 (April 2013) - Current
Enterprise Library 5.0 Windows Azure Integration Pack (Dec 2011) - Current
Enterprise Library 5.0 Optional Update 1 (May 2011) - Current
Enterprise Library 5.0 Silverlight Integration Pack (May 2011) - Active
Enterprise Library 5.0 (April 2010) - Active
Enterprise Library 4.1 (October 2008) - Deprecated
Enterprise Library 4.0 (May 2008) - Deprecated
Enterprise Library 3.1 (May 2007) - Deprecated
Enterprise Library 3.0 (April 2007) - Deprecated
Enterprise Library 2.0 (January 2006) - Active/Retired
Enterprise Library 1.1 (June 2005) - Deprecated
Enterprise Library 1.0 (January 2005) - Deprecated
Unity 3.5 Portable Class Library Preview
Unity is the dependency injection component of Microsoft Enterprise Library, which grew out of the Dependency Injection Application Block. It later became a standalone library and continues to be maintained by the community. Version 3.5, released
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramps%20%28software%29
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Gramps (formerly GRAMPS, an acronym for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System) is a free and open source genealogy software. Gramps is programmed in Python using PyGObject. It uses Graphviz to create relationship graphs.
Gramps is a rare example of commons-based peer production as free and open-source software created by genealogists, for genealogists. It has been described as intuitive and easy-to-use for hobbyists and "feature-complete for professional genealogists". The program is acknowledged as the "most popular FOSS program for genealogy" by Eastman and others. The Australian consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, has recommended Gramps.
The program is extensible such that, in addition to human family trees, it has been used to create animal pedigree charts as well as academic genealogy showing mentoring relationships between scientists, physicians, and scholars.
Features
Gramps is one of the biggest offline genealogy suites available. Features include:
Supports multiple languages and cultures, including patronymic, matronymic, and multiple surname systems.
Full Unicode support.
Relationship calculators. Some languages have relationship terminology with no proper translation to other languages. Gramps deals with this by allowing for language specific relationship calculators.
Generates reports in multiple formats, including .odt, LaTeX, .pdf, .rtf, .html, and .txt.
Produces a wide variety of reports and charts, including relationship graphs that of large complex acyclic charts.
Gramps is easily extended via more than 10 types of plugins. The plugin types that supplement the interface are called Gramplets and Views. A Gramplet is a focused view of data that either changes dynamically during the running of Gramps, or provides interactivity to your genealogical data in the broader main view.
Gramps employs an explicit event-centric documentation approach, similar to the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model used by many cultural heritage institutions.
"Sanity check" flagging of improbable events, such as births involving people extremely young or old.
Support for multiple calendars, e.g. Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Islamic calendar, etc.
Complete programmer's API documentation with free and open source code made publicly available.
File format
The core export file format of Gramps is named Gramps XML and uses the file extension .gramps. It is extended from XML. Gramps XML is a free format. Gramps usually compresses Gramps XML files with gzip. The file format Portable Gramps XML Package uses the extension .gpkg and is currently a .tar.gz archive including Gramps XML together with all referenced media. The user may rename the file extension .gramps to .gz for editing the content of the genealogy document with a text editor. Internally, Gramps uses SQLite as the default database backend, with other databases available as plugins.
Gramps can import from the following formats: Gramps XML, Gramps Package (
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20Auction
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House Auction is a programme on the United Kingdom television station Channel 4 which aired during the channel's weekday daytime programming. As the name suggests, the show features cases of housing or property for sale at auctions, and follows the story of what happens with the property being refurbished and made into a home or some type of business such as, in one case, a dentist.
See also
Channel 4
References
External links
Profile at Channel4.com
2003 British television series debuts
2005 British television series endings
2000s British documentary television series
Channel 4 original programming
Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions
Television series by Endemol
English-language television shows
Auction television series
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS%C2%B7C
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GPS·C (GPS Correction) was a Differential GPS data source for most of Canada maintained by the Canadian Active Control System, part of Natural Resources Canada. When used with an appropriate receiver, GPS·C improved real-time accuracy to about 1–2 meters, from a nominal 15 m accuracy.
Real-time data was collected at fourteen permanent ground stations spread across Canada, and forwarded to the central station, "NRC1", in Ottawa for processing.
Visiting the external webpage for this service on 2011-11-04, there is only a note saying that the service had been discontinued on 2011-04-01. There is a PDF link on that page to possible alternatives.
CDGPS
GPS·C information was broadcast Canada-wide on MSAT by the Canada-Wide DGPS Correction Service (CDGPS). CDGPS required a separate MSAT receiver, which output correction information in the RTCM format for input into any suitably equipped GPS receiver. The need for a separate receiver made it less cost-effective than solutions like WAAS or StarFire, which receive their correction information using the same antenna and receiver.
Shutdown
On April 9, 2010, it was announced that the service would be discontinued by March 31, 2011.
The service was decommissioned on March 31, 2011 and finally terminated on April 1, 2011, at 9:00 EDT.
References
External links
CDGPS (Canada-Wide DGPS Correction Service)
GPS·C Distribution Using NTRIP — PDF format
Global Positioning System
Natural Resources Canada
Lists of coordinates
Satellite-based augmentation systems
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write%20Brothers
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Write Brothers, Inc. is an American computer software publisher founded in 1982 by Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley as Screenplay Systems. The company's first program was Scriptor, the world's first screenplay formatter. The company's programs are designed specifically for writers with their flagship programs Movie Magic Screenwriter, Dramatica Pro and StoryView.
External links
Write Brothers, Inc.
Official website for Movie Magic Screenwriter
Official website for Dramatica Pro
Software companies based in California
Software companies of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenealogyJ
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GenealogyJ is a viewer and editor for genealogic data, suitable for hobbyists, family historians and genealogy researchers. GenealogyJ is written in Java and so is available on most platforms and supports the GEDCOM standard. Many reports like family tree, table, timeline and geography are available.
References
External links
Free genealogy software
Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20Virtual%20File%20System
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The Parallel Virtual File System (PVFS) is an open-source parallel file system. A parallel file system is a type of distributed file system that distributes file data across multiple servers and provides for concurrent access by multiple tasks of a parallel application. PVFS was designed for use in large scale cluster computing. PVFS focuses on high performance access to large data sets. It consists of a server process and a client library, both of which are written entirely of user-level code. A Linux kernel module and pvfs-client process allow the file system to be mounted and used with standard utilities. The client library provides for high performance access via the message passing interface (MPI). PVFS is being jointly developed between The Parallel Architecture Research Laboratory at Clemson University and the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, and the Ohio Supercomputer Center. PVFS development has been funded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, The DOE Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, NSF PACI and HECURA programs, and other government and private agencies. PVFS is now known as OrangeFS in its newest development branch.
History
PVFS was first developed in 1993 by Walt Ligon and Eric Blumer as a parallel file system for Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) as part of a NASA grant to study the I/O patterns of parallel programs. PVFS version 0 was based on Vesta, a parallel file system developed at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. Starting in 1994 Rob Ross re-wrote PVFS to use TCP/IP and departed from many of the original Vesta design points. PVFS version 1 was targeted to a cluster of DEC Alpha workstations networked using switched FDDI. Like Vesta, PVFS striped data across multiple servers and allowed I/O requests based on a file view that described a strided access pattern. Unlike Vesta, the striping and view were not dependent on a common record size. Ross' research focused on scheduling of disk I/O when multiple clients were accessing the same file. Previous results had shown that scheduling according to the best possible disk access pattern was preferable. Ross showed that this depended on a number of factors including the relative speed of the network and the details of the file view. In some cases a scheduling based on network traffic was preferable, thus a dynamically adaptable schedule provided the best overall performance.
In late 1994 Ligon met with Thomas Sterling and John Dorband at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and discussed their plans to build the first Beowulf computer. It was agreed that PVFS would be ported to Linux and be featured on the new machine. Over the next several years Ligon and Ross worked with the GSFC group including Donald Becker, Dan Ridge, and Eric Hendricks. In 1997, at a cluster meeting in Pasadena, CA Sterling asked that PVFS be released as an open source package.
PVFS2
In 1999 Ligon proposed the development of a new version
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minix%203
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Minix 3 is a small, Unix-like operating system. It is published under a BSD-3-Clause license and is a successor project to the earlier versions, Minix 1 and 2.
The project's main goal is for the system to be fault-tolerant by detecting and repairing its faults on the fly, with no user intervention. The main uses of the system are envisaged to be embedded systems and education.
, Minix 3 supports IA-32 and ARM architecture processors. It can also run on emulators or virtual machines, such as Bochs, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Oracle VirtualBox, and QEMU. A port to PowerPC architecture is in development.
The distribution comes on a live CD and does not support live USB installation.
Minix 3 is believed to have inspired the Intel Management Engine (ME) OS found in Intel's Platform Controller Hub, starting with the introduction of ME 11, which is used with Skylake and Kaby Lake processors.
It was debated that Minix could have been the most widely used OS on x86/AMD64 processors, with more installations than Microsoft Windows, Linux, or macOS, because of its use in the Intel ME.
The project has been dormant since 2018, and the latest release is 3.4.0 rc6 from 2017, although the Minix 3 discussion group is still active.
Goals of the project
Reflecting on the nature of monolithic kernel based systems, where a driver (which has, according to Minix creator Tanenbaum, approximately 3–7 times as many bugs as a usual program) can bring down the whole system, Minix 3 aims to create an operating system that is a "reliable, self-healing, multiserver Unix clone".
To achieve that, the code running in kernel must be minimal, with the file server, process server, and each device driver running as separate user-mode processes. Each driver is carefully monitored by a part of the system named the reincarnation server. If a driver fails to respond to pings from this server, it is shut down and replaced by a fresh copy of the driver.
In a monolithic system, a bug in a driver can easily crash the whole kernel. This is far less likely to occur in Minix 3.
History
Minix 3 was publicly announced on 24 October 2005 by Andrew Tanenbaum during his keynote speech on top of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium Operating Systems Principles conference. Although it still serves as an example for the new edition of Tanenbaum and Woodhull's textbook, it is comprehensively redesigned to be "usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability."
Initially released under the same BSD-3-Clause license that Minix was licensed under since 2000. In late 2005, the copyright owner was changed and a fourth clause was added.
Reliability policies
One of the main goals of Minix 3 is reliability. Below, some of the more important principles that enhance its reliability are discussed.
Reduce kernel size
Monolithic operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD and hybrids like Windows ha
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Til%20Death
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Til Death is an American sitcom which aired on the Fox network from September 7, 2006, to June 20, 2010. The series was created by husband and wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who were also the writers and executive producers. The show focuses on Eddie and Joy Stark (Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher), a couple married for 23 years who live in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Premise
Til Death centers on Eddie and Joy Stark, and their life, relationship and behavior after 23 years of marriage. The first two seasons often focus on the conflict between the Starks and their newlywed neighbors, Jeff and Steph Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas and Kat Foster). The second season introduces a new character named Kenny Westchester (J. B. Smoove) who is Eddie's friend from the Big Brothers Organization.
The third season focuses primarily on Eddie and Joy's relationship with Kenny after he moves in with them.
The fourth and final season focuses on the Starks coping with life with their daughter Ally (Lindsey Broad, then Kate Micucci) and new son-in-law Doug (Timm Sharp), who live in a biodiesel-powered Airstream motorhome in the Starks' back yard. The series takes place in suburban Philadelphia in Cheltenham Township.
Episodes
Characters
Main
Eddie Stark (Brad Garrett): Eddie is a high school history teacher who has been married to Joy for over two decades.
Joy Stark (Joely Fisher): Joy is Eddie's sardonic wife who initially works as a travel agent, and later takes a job at Eddie's school.
Jeff Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas) (seasons 1–2): Jeff is an optimistic newlywed next-door neighbor to the Starks and also the vice-principal at the high school where Eddie teaches.
Steph Woodcock (Kat Foster) (seasons 1–2): She is unemployed and developing her master's thesis, on which she is making little progress.
Kenny Westchester (J. B. Smoove) (recurring, seasons 2 and 4; main, seasons 3): Kenny is Eddie's "little brother" from the Big Brother program and a recent divorcé.
Allison Stark (Krysten Ritter (recurring, seasons 1–2); Laura Clery (recurring, seasons 3–4); Lindsey Broad (main, season 4); Kate Micucci (main, season 4): Allison "Ally" Mayweather Stark is Eddie and Joy's adult daughter who is away at college in early episodes, but is referenced in the pilot and shows up occasionally. During the show's fourth and final season, she lives in a biodiesel-powered Airstream motorhome in her parents' backyard with her boyfriend and later husband, Doug. The fact that she is played by different actresses becomes a running gag in later episodes.
Doug Von Stuessen (Timm Sharp) (recurring, seasons 1–3; main, season 4): Doug is Allison's boyfriend and later husband who lives in a biodiesel-powered Airstream motorhome in the Starks' backyard with Allison during the show's fourth and final season. He is an idealistic hippie who becomes convinced his whole life is a sitcom.
Notes
Kat Foster and Eddie Kaye Thomas, who played Steph and Jeff Woodcock, respe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WURFL
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WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource FiLe) is a set of proprietary application programming interfaces (APIs) and an XML configuration file which contains information about device capabilities and features for a variety of mobile devices, focused on mobile device detection. Until version 2.2, WURFL was released under an "open source / public domain" license. Prior to version 2.2, device information was contributed by developers around the world and the WURFL was updated frequently, reflecting new wireless devices coming on the market. In June 2011, the founder of the WURFL project, Luca Passani, and Steve Kamerman, the author of Tera-WURFL, a popular PHP WURFL API, formed ScientiaMobile, Inc to provide commercial mobile device detection support and services using WURFL. As of August 30, 2011, the ScientiaMobile WURFL APIs are licensed under a dual-license model, using the AGPL license for non-commercial use and a proprietary commercial license. The current version of the WURFL database itself is no longer open source.
Solution approaches
There have been several approaches to this problem, including developing very primitive content and hoping it works on a variety of devices, limiting support to a small subset of devices or bypassing the browser solution altogether and developing a Java ME or BREW client application.
WURFL solves this by allowing development of content pages using abstractions of page elements (buttons, links and textboxes for example). At run time, these are converted to the appropriate, specific markup types for each device. In addition, the developer can specify other content decisions be made at runtime based on device specific capabilities and features (which are all in the WURFL).
WURFL Cloud
In March 2012, ScientiaMobile has announced the launch of the WURFL Cloud. While the WURFL Cloud is a paid service, a free offer is made available to hobbyists and micro-companies for use on mobile sites with limited traffic. Currently, the WURFL Cloud supports Java, Microsoft .NET, PHP, Ruby, Python, Node.js and the Perl programming languages
WURFL and Apache, NGINX, Varnish Cache, and HAProxy
In October 2012, ScientiaMobile has announced the availability of a C++ API, an Apache module, an NGINX module and Varnish Cache module. Later in November 2016, ScientiaMobile provided a module for the HAProxy load balancer. Differently from other WURFL APIs, the C++ API and the modules are distributed commercially exclusively. Several popular Linux distribution are supported through RPM and DEB packages.
WURFL.io
In 2014, WURFL.io was launched. WURFL.io features non-commercial products and services from ScientiaMobile:
WURFL.js: a JavaScript device detection service that makes Server-Side detected properties (WURFL capabilities) available to the JavaScript in web pages.
ImageEngine: a WURFL-based Image CDN for optimizing image delivery on the web.
The MOVR (Mobile OverView Report) providing the latest in mobile and web statisti
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