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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Zuckerman | David Zuckerman may refer to:
David Zuckerman (politician) (born 1971), Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
David Zuckerman (computer scientist), professor of computer science, University of Texas at Austin
David Zuckerman (TV producer) (born 1962), American television producer and writer
See also
David Zucker (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averkey | An Averkey (AVerkey) is a device that was built by the AVerMedia Group. The device allows a user to simultaneously display their computer on a TV. Main components in this device are zoom, pan, and picture positioning. Cables used for this device are VGA in (from PC) and VGA out (to PC monitor) and S-Video (or RCA Composite video cable) out (to TV).
AVerkey devices are often used in school districts to display information to the classroom from a PC. Such information can be a DVD, Discovery United Streaming, and other video or multi-media.
Averkey was registered as a trademark in 1997. The trademark expired in 2021.
References
http://www.averusa.com/
http://www.averusa.com/presentation/product_avkimicro.asp
External links
http://www.averusa.com/
References
Mass media technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti%20Western%20and%20Meatballs | "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 27, 2011.
The episode was written by Kit Boss and directed by Wes Archer. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed by 4.65 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by David Herman, Andy Kindler, Larry Murphy and Brian Posehn.
Plot
As the episode begins Bob and Louise are about to start playing "Burn Unit", a game they play at night where they flip through the channels and make sarcastic comments about what is on television. During the course of this game, Bob stumbles across his favorite movie, a spaghetti Western called "Banjo", and calls a halt to the game. Gene comes through the living room carrying a plunger, apparently having clogged the toilet, and becomes entranced with the film as well. He joins his father and sister on the couch, which does not sit well with Louise as she feels Gene is encroaching on her special time with Bob.
The next morning at breakfast, Linda receives a call from Wagstaff School's counselor, Mr. Frond, about providing food for the school's upcoming conflict resolution fundraising dinner where Tina is to perform in a skit. She volunteers Bob's services to cook spaghetti and meatballs, which Bob does not appreciate for three reasons. One, the gig is unpaid. Two, he does not like Mr. Frond, referring to him as a "tall drink of annoying". Lastly, he suspects the only reason Linda wanted the responsibility was so she can one-up one of her PTA rivals, Colleen Caviello, who made baked ziti for the same fundraiser the previous year that everybody enjoyed. He eventually agrees, but vows to "half-ass" it.
Gene arrives in the kitchen with Louise's "Little Princess" toy guitar. When asked why, Gene reveals that "Banjo" has inspired him to take on "Choo-Choo" (Brian Posehn), a classmate who destroys Gene's joke-cracking by blurting the punchlines before Gene can. So, at lunch that day, Gene waits for Choo-Choo to sit down before confronting him. Each time Choo-Choo tries to finish Gene's joke, Gene hits a button on the guitar to interrupt him. Gene then says the punchline and tells Choo-Choo not to do it again, although Choo-Choo is more annoyed than anything. Louise, meanwhile, is left alone because Gene usually eats his lunch with her and they play a game called "Food Court".
After school, an excited Gene tells everyone at Bob's Burgers about what he did at lunch. Louise decides to see if Bob wants to play Burn Unit that evening, which includes a Spanish-language airing of Beetlejuice. Bob instead shows Louise a major purchase he made that day: a DVD box set of all of the "Banjo" films. Louise, out of frustration, begins stabbing at the DVDs with a fork, causing Bob to pull them away. She is left to try to bond with Tina, whom she finds dull and boring, and Linda, who gives her a mak |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagePack | MessagePack is a computer data interchange format. It is a binary form for representing simple data structures like arrays and associative arrays. MessagePack aims to be as compact and simple as possible. The official implementation is available in a variety of languages such as C, C++, C#, D, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript (NodeJS), Lua, OCaml, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Smalltalk, and Swift.
Data types and syntax
Data structures processed by MessagePack loosely correspond to those used in JSON format. They consist of the following element types:
nil
bool, boolean (true and false)
int, integer (up to 64 bits signed or unsigned)
float, floating point numbers (IEEE single/double precision)
str, UTF-8 string
bin, binary data (up to 232 − 1 bytes)
array
map, an associative array
ext (arbitrary data of an application-defined format, up to 232 − 1 bytes)
timestamp (ext type = −1) (up to 64-bit seconds and 32-bit nanoseconds)
Comparison to other formats
MessagePack is more compact than JSON, but imposes limitations on array and integer sizes. On the other hand, it allows binary data and non-UTF-8 encoded strings. In JSON, map keys have to be strings, but in MessagePack there is no such limitation and any type can be a map key, including types like maps and arrays, and, like YAML, numbers.
Compared to BSON, MessagePack is more space-efficient. BSON is designed for fast in-memory manipulation, whereas MessagePack is designed for efficient transmission over the wire. For example, BSON requires null terminators at the end of all strings and inserts string indexes for list elements, while MessagePack doesn't. BSON represents both arrays and maps internally as documents, which are maps, where an array is a map with keys as decimal strings counting up from 0. MessagePack on the other hand represents both maps and arrays as arrays, where each map key-value pair is contiguous, making odd items keys and even items values.
The Protocol Buffers format provides a significantly more compact transmission format than MessagePack because it doesn't transmit field names. However, while JSON and MessagePack aim to serialize arbitrary data structures with type tags, Protocol Buffers require a schema to define the data types. Protocol Buffers compiler creates boilerplate code in the target language to facilitate integration of serialization into the application code; MessagePack returns only a dynamically typed data structure and provides no automatic structure checks.
MessagePack is referenced in of CBOR.
See also
Apache Thrift
Apache Avro
BSON
CBOR
JSONB
JSON
Protocol Buffers
Smile
UBJSON
Comparison of data serialization formats
YAML
XDR
References
External links
MessagePack format specification
Data serialization formats |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleophora%20alabardata | Coleophora alabardata is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Armenia.
References
alabardata
Moths described in 1994
Moths of Asia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9%20tramway | The Rabat–Salé tramway () is a tram system in the Moroccan agglomeration of Rabat and Salé cities which opened on 23 May 2011.
Network
The network is long with 43 stops. It has two lines (1 and 2) with a combined section and frequency of 8 minutes in peak hours. It has a calculated ridership of 172,000 passengers per day. It is operated by Transdev with Alstom Citadis articulated modern trams consisting of two 5-piece sections. The lines use the special new Hassan II bridge over the Bou Regreg and pass near Rabat-Ville station and through the specially arranged aperture in the medieval city's wall. Expansion of existing lines and two more lines (3 and 4) were under construction with opening scheduled for 2019 or 2020. The tramway is operated under contract by Transdev.
From the 1910s to the 1930s an old steam and oil tram network existed in Rabat.
Lines
L1: exists and is under extension.
L2: exists and is under extension.
History
Construction of the network began in February 2007 and opened on 23 May 2011. In January 2017, a seven-kilometre extension to the network was announced. The extension opened on 16 February 2022.
Tram Mobile
On 11 October 2021, the Rabat-Salé Tramway Company launched its first mobile app, allowing passengers to purchase and validate tickets, as well as pay for other services such as student and public subscriptions. Tram Mobile will be scalable to include other details such as real-time information on tram arrivals, and the availability of slots in dedicated parking.
Rolling stock
To commence operations, 44 Alstom Citadis trams were purchased. In 2017 it was announced that a further 22 would be delivered in 2019.
See also
Casablanca tramway
Rail transport in Morocco
References
External links
Official website
Tram transport in Morocco
Transdev
Transport in Rabat
Transport in Salé
Town tramway systems by city
2011 establishments in Morocco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelis%20Cybersecurity | Fidelis Cybersecurity is a cybersecurity company focused on threat detection, hunting, and targeted response of advanced threats and data breaches. Among its customers includes IBM, the United States Army and the United States Department of Commerce.
Fidelis offers network security appliances, which include the company's patented Deep Session Inspection architecture. The company claims speed and accuracy in network traffic inspection among its technical differentiators.
In August 2012, General Dynamics announced an agreement to acquire Fidelis into its Advanced Information Systems division.
In April 2015, Marlin Equity Partners entered into an agreement with General Dynamics to acquire Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions with the intention of creating a new advanced threat defense service.
In May 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported that Fidelis acquired Resolution1, an incident response and endpoint detection and response provider.
In February 2016, the New York Times reported that Fidelis had been hired to provide the hardware and software to monitor the University of California network.
After acquiring deception technology vendor TopSpin, Fidelis launched its Deception product in January 2018.
Skyview Capital, a global private investment firm, acquired Fidelis in December 2019.
References
External links
Official site
Computer security companies
Companies established in 2002
2002 establishments in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Network | WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings. It primarily distributes original professional wrestling events, films, television and documentary series, and a 24-hour linear channel produced by the eponymous professional wrestling promotion, alongside acquired programming from other wrestling promotions.
The service relied on technology developed by MLB Advanced Media and BAMTech, prior to Endeavor Streaming assuming technical operations of the service in 2019. Although operating primarily as a standalone service, the distribution model of the WWE Network varies by market, where it can be available as an integrated service through licensing agreements with third party providers, depending on the markets. The standalone service contains a premium and a free tier.
WWE Network was launched on February 24, 2014, in the United States, in Canada in July of that year, and expanded to the Asia-Pacific region and select European countries in August. The United Kingdom received the service in February 2015, and was made available in the Middle East and parts of Africa that March, and to India in November. It was launched in additional European and Asian countries in January 2016. Upon launch, the WWE Network was met with positive reception of its content library, but was criticized for technical problems. The service had 1.5 million subscribers by October 30, 2020.
Beginning in 2021, WWE began to phase out WWE Network as a standalone service in some markets, transitioning its content library to domestic streaming services owned by local rightsholders (such as Peacock in the United States, Binge in Australia and Disney+ in some Asian markets).
History
Development and U.S. launch
The origins of the WWE Network can trace back to 2000 when USA Network filed a lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, known as WWE since 2002) due to a breach of contract which saw most of its programming moved to Viacom-owned TNN and MTV. The Delaware Chancery Court ruled in favor of the WWF in June 2000. Then CEO Linda McMahon revealed that WWF wanted its own cable network and testified that before WWF signed a rights deal with Viacom, the company had floated the idea of acquiring USA's Sci-Fi Channel, and reformatting it as a dedicated wrestling network. USA executives rejected the idea, and McMahon said that former USA Networks President Barry Baker encouraged her to talk to other programmers about potential deals. " 'I can tell you right now, Linda, you're not going to get anybody to give you a network,' " McMahon quoted Baker in her testimony. In 2005, USA Network re-acquired the rights to all WWE programming.
In September 2011, WWE officially announced plans to launch the WWE Network in 2012 as a pay-TV channel. WWE then conducted a survey asking people if they would pay for the WWE Network if it were |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Center%20for%20Genome%20Resources | The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) is a not-for-profit research institute that innovates, collaborates, and educates in the field of genomic data science.
References
Genetics or genomics research institutions
Research institutes in New Mexico
Bioinformatics organizations
Organizations based in New Mexico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Verelst | Jan Verelst can refer to:
John Verelst, also Jan or Johannes (1648-1734), Dutch Golden Age painter
Jan Verelst (born ca 1960), Belgian computer scientist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed%20%26%20Breakfast%20%28Bob%27s%20Burgers%29 | "Bed & Breakfast" is the seventh episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 13, 2011.
The episode was written by Holly Schlesinger and directed by Boohwan Lim. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed by 4.10 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Melissa Bardin Galsky and Larry Murphy.
Plot
Linda arrives back at the restaurant after shopping for materials for a bed and breakfast she is going to operate out of the Belchers' apartment. Bob disagrees with this business venture, not only because his children have to move into his room so that the customers can sleep in their rooms, but also because Linda puts in all of her efforts to entertain guests, and if Linda feels her efforts are not appreciated enough, she snaps. Linda becomes angry and she denies Bob's claims, saying she is a very good hostess. Tina and Gene have to move into their parents' room, so that the guests can sleep in the children's rooms. An Indian-British entomologist named Javed Fazel (Larry Murphy) sleeps in Tina's room, while Ed Samuels and his wife Nora (Melissa Bardin Galsky) sleep in Gene's room. Linda forces the guests to participate in bed and breakfast events such as telling each other embarrassing moments. However, Javed, Ed and Nora aren't enjoying it, and wish they were at a different bed and breakfast. Linda is annoyed by the guests' incompetence, while Louise is happily going to sleep in her room on her own.
The next morning, Bob is relieved to get back to work to avoid the guests, and talks to Teddy about it. Teddy praises the bed and breakfast to Linda and she suggests that he should be her guest (and the only perfect guest) by using Louise's room as his room. Bob is unsure about Louise's reaction to it, as she would possibly murder Bob and Linda, explaining that at one time when Linda vacuumed in there, she refused to talk to Linda for a week. Linda moves Teddy into Louise's room and Louise loses her temper, meanwhile Linda drags Louise over the floor and Louise says to Teddy, "I will see you in Hell, Teddy, I will see you in Hell!" as she vows vengeance to Teddy. During a wine and cheese mix, Linda forces Javed to join but he has to watch his insects mate with the queen (Tina comes along with him to watch) and Louise threatens Teddy that he has one hour to leave her room or she'll retaliate. An hour later, Louise sprays Javed's synthetic queen beetle pheromones on Teddy's pillow while a surprised Linda discovers the Samuels are performing BDSM in bed. While her family is asleep, Louise sneaks out of the bedroom (having spent some time standing over the bed) and releases Javed's beetles into Teddy's room.
Teddy wakes up, unaware of the beetles covering his face, and scares the family and Javed with his appearance. Linda blames Louise for the incident and grounds her, sending her to Linda's room and loc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino%20%28computer%20virus%29 | The casino computer virus is a malicious virus that upon running the infected file, copies the File Allocation Tables (FATs) to random-access memory (RAM), then deletes the FAT from the hard disk. It challenges the user to a game of Jackpot of which they have 5 credits to play with, hence the name. No matter if they win or lose, the computer shuts down, thereby making them have to reinstall their DOS. The message it shows when it challenges you read(s):
The casino computer virus activates on the 15th of January, April, August.
In popular culture
In 2021, the virus was featured in the A Virus, Heartbreak and a World of Possibilities episode of Young Sheldon.
See also
Comparison of computer viruses
Sources
External links
Internet Archive-hosted version of the virus
DOS file viruses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infibeam | Infibeam Avenues Limited is an Indian payment infrastructure and software as a service (SaaS) fintech company that provides digital payment services, eCommerce platforms, digital lending, data cloud storage and omnichannel enterprise software to businesses across industries in India and globally.
Through its flagship brand, CCAvenue, the business is present in the payment infrastructure market, processing more than billion in online payments. Infibeam Avenues claims to have more than 6.4 million merchants on its platform. It also operates in overseas markets like the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Australia.
It is headquartered in GIFT City, Gujarat, India with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
History
Ex-Amazon executive Vishal Mehta, a Cornell University and MIT graduate, decided to return to India in 2007 and founded Infibeam. The company was started with an initial capital of 10-15 crore.
Infibeam Avenues was listed on the BSE and the NSE in 2016.
Infibeam provides its marketplace software platform, BAB, to two of India's four largest eCommerce organisations – GeM and JioMart.
On 7 September 2022, Infibeam Avenues launched its omni-channel mobile app CCAvenue TapPay that allows businesses and entrepreneurs to convert any NFC-enabled Android phone into smart PoS terminals.
Services
Payment Processing
Infibeam’s flagship brand CCAvenue provides digital payment gateway service. CCAvenue Payment Gateway provides multiple payment options and is available in 18 different languages and collects payments in 27 major foreign currencies. CCAvenue also provides a secure link between websites, institutions, and banks in the transaction.
CCAvenue’s 'TokenPay' help merchants to comply with the Reserve Bank of India's data security norms by securing multi-network tokenisation, which works across major card networks, including MasterCard, RuPay, and Visa.
The Reserve Bank of India had granted Infibeam Avenues "in-principle" authorisation to operate as a Payment Aggregator (PA) under the brand CCAvenue, to allow a wide range of online and offline transactions. Payment aggregators allow e-commerce platforms and merchants to accept a variety of payment methods from customers, simplifying the payment process and removing the need for merchants to design their own payment integration system.
The Reserve Bank of India has granted Infibeam Avenues Limited, India's first publicly traded fintech startup, a permanent licence for its bill payments platform, BillAvenue. BillAvenue can use this licence to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) under the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). BillAvenue functions as both a biller and a customer operating unit as a BBPOU, easing the onboarding of Billers and Agent Institutions to service clients.
Merchants Financing/Lending
Infibeam Avenue Ltd has lending aggregating platform -Trust Avenue. The company did AI-based lending for 3 million merchants through tie-ups with banks and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n%20Tabasque%C3%B1a | Televisión Tabasqueña (TVT) is a state-owned public television network serving the Mexican state of Tabasco on three broadcast transmitters. The network is operated by CORAT, the Tabasco Radio and Television Commission, along with La Radio de Tabasco and Mega 94.9. TVT programming primarily consists of cultural and educational content.
TVT's studios are currently located in the Tabasco Convention Center, but will be moved to allow for the center's renovation.
History
In 1983, the state government of Enrique González Pedrero created CORAT, and the state government received permits for noncommercial television stations, as well as AM and FM networks.
In October 1997, Televisión Tabasqueña, S.A. de C.V., a company owned 99.93 percent by the state of Tabasco with the remainder owned by Juan Manuel Cervantes Martínez, received commercial television station concessions for stations at Villahermosa (XHSTA-TV channel 7), La Venta (XHVET-TV channel 5) and Tenosique (XHTET-TV channel 10). TVT was one of three state networks (along with Telemax in Sonora and XHST-TDT in Yucatán) where part or all of the network had commercial concessions, not noncommercial permits.
In 2015, TVT migrated to digital television. In December 2015, the IFT allowed Televisión Tabasqueña to convert its concessions from commercial to public as part of renewing them.
In March 2018, in order to facilitate the repacking of TV services out of the 600 MHz band (channels 38–51), XHSTA was assigned channel 34 for continued digital operations. The other two transmitters are already on channel 34.
Transmitters
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References
Public television in Mexico
Television stations in Tabasco
Government of Tabasco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20auscultation | Computer-aided auscultation (CAA), or computerized assisted auscultation, is a digital form of auscultation. It includes the recording, visualization, storage, analysis and sharing of digital recordings of heart or lung sounds. The recordings are obtained using an electronic stethoscope or similarly suitable recording device.
Computer-aided auscultation is designed to assist health care professionals who perform auscultation as part of their diagnostic process. Commercial CAA products are usually classified as clinical decision support systems that support medical professionals in making a diagnosis. As such they are medical devices and require certification or approval from a competent authority (e.g. FDA approval, CE conformity issued by notified body).
Benefits of CAA
Compared to traditional auscultation, computer-aided auscultation (CAA) offers a range of improvements beneficial to multiple stakeholders:
CAA can yield more accurate and objective results and is likely to outperform the auscultation skills and subjective interpretation of humans.
With the use of CAA, auscultation is no longer a method reserved for specialists and physicians. For instance, nurses and paramedics can easily be instructed to use CAA systems correctly on their patients.
CAA opens up new opportunities for telemedicine. Real-time tele-auscultation can help specialists located anywhere in the world to diagnose rare conditions observed in patients in developing countries or remote areas.
CAA opens up new opportunities for health monitoring and health management.
CAA allows analysis findings to be documented electronically. The results can be stored and retrieved as needed and possibly included in electronic patient records.
Standardized auscultation data derived from CAA can help national payers and providers implement more efficient and cost-effective screening programs.
CAA can be used for teaching and training purposes with medical and nursing students.
Functional principle
In a CAA system, sounds are recorded through an electronic stethoscope. The audio data is transferred to an electronic device via Bluetooth or an audio cable connection. Special software on that device visualizes, stores and analyzes the data. With some of the more sophisticated CAA systems, the CAA analysis yields results that can be used to objectify diagnoses (decision support system).
Components in a CAA system
The components of a CAA system depend on its complexity. Whereas some of the simpler systems provide only visualization or storage options, other systems combine visualization, storage, analysis and the ability to electronically manage said data.
Electronic stethoscope
Electronic stethoscopes (also digital stethoscopes) convert acoustic sound waves into digital electrical signals. These signals are then amplified by means of transducers and currently reach levels up to 100 times higher than traditional acoustic stethoscopes. Additionally, electronic stethoscopes can be used t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Stumpf | Michael Stumpf (born 1970) is a scholar in the field of systems biology, in particular the inference of mathematical models using statistical inference and machine learning approaches. He has made ample contributions to network science, cell fate decision making processes and population genetics.
Life
Stumpf was born in Regensburg, Germany, and grew up in Straubing and Rothenburg ob der Tauber. He studied physics at the Universities of Tübingen, Sussex and Göttingen. Upon graduating with his diploma in physics, he went on to study as a graduate student at the University of Oxford, where he received his DPhil. in statistical physics in 1999. Whilst a graduate student he was a member of Balliol College. In 1999 Stumpf moved into biology and worked for three years at the Department of Zoology of the University of Oxford with Professor Robert May, Baron May of Oxford. During this time Stumpf held a fellowship at Linacre College. Since 2003 Stumpf has worked at the Centre for Bioinformatics at Imperial College, London. In 2004 he was awarded an EMBO Young Investigator Award, and in 2007 Stumpf was appointed to the Chair of Theoretical Systems Biology at Imperial College, London. He has held a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, and in 2011 he was awarded the Rector's Medal for Excellence in Research Supervision, and a Miegunyah Distinguished Fellowship in 2013.
Stumpf is married with two children and lives in West London.
In January 2018 it was announced that we was going to move his research group to the University of Melbourne.
Work
Stumpf's research covers a variety of fields, including
development of statistical approaches and methodologies for the integrative analysis of systems biology data.
statistical and mathematical analysis of complex dynamical systems.
the analysis of complex biological networks, including protein interaction and gene regulation networks.
mathematical modelling of molecular, cellular and developmental systems and processes in biology.
See also
Complex systems scientists
Systems biologists
21st-century German biologists
Living people
Academics of Imperial College London
1970 births
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Scientists from Regensburg
People from Straubing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20L.%20Constable | Robert Lee Constable (born 1942) is an American computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science and first and former dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. He is known for his work on connecting computer programs and mathematical proofs, especially the Nuprl system. Prior to Nuprl, he worked on the PL/CV formal system and verifier. Alonzo Church was supervising the junior thesis of Robert while he was studying in Princeton. Constable received his PhD in 1968 under Stephen Kleene and has supervised over 40 students, including Edmund M. Clarke, Robert Harper, Kurt Mehlhorn, Steven Muchnick, Pavel Naumov, and Ryan Stansifer. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Constable has been a director of the Marktoberdorf Summer School.
Selected publications
R. L. Constable and M. J. O'Donnell. A Programming Logic, Winthrop, Cambridge, 1978.
R. L. Constable, S. D. Johnson and C. D. Eichenlaub. An Introduction to the PL/CV2 Programming Logic. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 135, Springer-Verlag, 1982
PRL Group. Implementing Mathematics with the Nuprl Proof Development System. Prentice-Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.
References
External links
Homepage at Department of Computing and Information Science, Cornell University
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Cornell University faculty
American computer scientists
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
1942 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger%20War%20%28Bob%27s%20Burgers%29 | "Burger War" is the tenth episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 10, 2011.
The episode was written by Loren Bouchard and directed by Boohwan Lim. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed by 4.00 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Kevin Kline, David Herman, Jay Johnston, Andy Kindler, Larry Murphy, Laura Silverman and Sarah Silverman.
Plot
Bob and the family are waiting at the restaurant for their eccentric landlord Mr. Fischoeder, to see if he will renew the business lease. When Fischoeder arrives he warns Bob that his business rival, Jimmy Pesto, wants to build a gift shop on the current site of Bob's restaurant. Bob is forced to either pay the rent within the next few days or else his lease will not be renewed.
As they are always late with payment, Bob and Linda are unsure of how they will make the deadline. Bob complains that Tina is in love with Jimmy Jr. and both Gene and Louise are friends with the twins, Andy and Ollie Pesto. These relationships are at odds with Bob's own feud with Pesto. When the kids arrive home from school, Jimmy Sr. puts a banner on his restaurant saying his restaurant is now also serving burgers. Bob and Linda head over to Pesto's to complain. Meanwhile, the kids sneak into Jimmy Pesto's and reveal that Bob's regular customers Mort and Teddy eat at Jimmy's restaurant as well. As Jimmy continues trying to get Bob's Burgers to close, the Belchers devise methods of obtaining the rent money, with Bob and Linda taking suggestions from the kids. Gene suggests live music, Tina suggests slow dancing and Louise suggests voodoo. Linda suggests putting out flyers stating that the food will be half-price. Later that night, Jimmy tastes his own burger, criticizes it, and takes it off the menu.
On the day the rent is due, Louise plans to get Jimmy's hair to control his mind (through voodoo). Tina wants Louise to help her dance Jimmy Jr. back into remembering that they are dating, and Gene wants her to get him a music gig. Louise accepts the idea, but states she needs a lock of their hair (even Gene has to cut off his rat's tail). Louise makes a voodoo doll out of a potato with Tina's hair on it and asks Andy and Ollie to get their brother's hair for Tina, which they do. Louise comes back home with the twins who need to work on the voodoo dolls made out of potatoes, so Bob gets Gene and Tina to hand out the "half-price" flyers to the public.
Gene and Tina return home and mention that they gave a flyer to Jimmy Pesto, who subsequently decides to sell his own food that night at half-price to customers with a Bob's Burgers flyer. This leaves Bob with no customers; even Mort's mother decides to go to Jimmy Pesto's instead of Bob's (where Mort was going to take her). As a last resort, Bob's attempts to construct the difficult-to-make burger called the Meatsiah in bite |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharq%20%28TV%20channel%29 | Sharq Television or Sharq TV () is an Afghan Pashto language private television station based in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, owned by Shaiq Network and its founder Shafiqullah Shaiq.
There was no private TV Channel at the time in the east region, after the operation of the Radio Sharq for five years, Sharq TV was the first TV Channel that launched in mid-2008. The Channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, providing educational, news, shows, dramas, and entertaining programs to the eastern region of Afghanistan. Sharq TV programs are mainly (90%) in the Pashto language. It transmits hourly news, current affairs programs, entertainment programs, politics programs, sports programs, and criminal incidents programs. Sharq has been attacked five times since its operation from grenade attacks to rocket launchers, the attackers were killed in the last attack caused by a mine displaced incorrectly in the headquarters of the channel. The Channel started broadcasting its services through TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT Satellite on 7 March 2020 with the Following Frequency 10845, SR: 27500, POL: V 52.5. Sharq TV also provides an online stream of its Channel 24/7.
The Channel is part of Shaiq Network, which also owns Sharq Radio 91.3 FM Nargis Family Radio 92.4 FM and Heela Organization.
See also
List of television channels in Afghanistan
References
Television channels and stations established in 2011
Television stations in Afghanistan
Pashto mass media
Pashto-language television stations
Mass media in Jalalabad |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoOverIP | VideoOverIP is a remote desktop protocol developed by Texas-based, desktop virtualization and cloud computing company VDIworks.
VideoOverIP is similar in many ways to traditional remoting protocols, such as RDP or VNC, but provides a number of additional features that benefit users in Desktop Virtualization or VDI environments. VideoOverIP is currently supported on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 hosts, with full support for Microsoft Windows Embedded clients and Apple iPad devices, as well as beta support for Linux systems.
The protocol has been developed in C++ and incorporates a number of features for the efficient transport of remote desktop data across the network. For example, the protocol employs change detection which allows it to isolate changes on screen at the sender, thus reducing the amount of pixel data that has to be transported. Similarly, numerous techniques are employed to automatically sense the type of application running on the sender side so that the appropriate codecs and compression levels can be employed.
VideoOverIP supports two modes of operation which determine how it captures video information from the source:
1. Mirror Driver Mode
Using this methodology, VideoOverIP relies on a mirror driver that is included with the host installer. The mirror driver is used to intercept rendering calls and capture screen changes via an event-based model.
These changes are then processed by the VideoOverIP change detection, optimization, and compression pipelines before being sent to the receiver or client. This technique is typically more efficient in the sense that it utilizes minimum CPU on the host or sender side.
2. GDI Mode
Using this methodology, VideoOverIP uses GDI methods to capture the frame buffer and does not rely on an event-based approach to be notified of on-screen changes. This technique has the advantage of capturing the final, processed image from the frame buffer which allows the protocol to support Microsoft Aero or other sophisticated display technologies which require a host-side GPU. The slight drawback with this approach is the increase in host-side CPU utilization due to the extra polling employed for source-side video capture.
Connection Broker Support
VideoOverIP does not require a connection broker to operate, but it is fully supported by VDIworks' VDP connection broker and virtual desktop management software.
Major Features
VideoOverIP provides the following major features:
Support for multiple monitors
Support for all major Hypervisors, including VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Xen and others
Support for physical systems employing no virtualization
Support for Apple iPad devices as clients
Bi-directional audio redirection
USB redirection
References
External links
VDIworks
VideoOverIP
Original Press Release for VideoOverIP release at PRWeb
Announcement regarding VideoOverIP's optimizations for Microsoft Hyper-V
Fast Remote Desktop VideoOverIP client f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorest | Phorest Salon Software, a subsidiary of nDevor Systems Limited, is an SaaS company that specializes in computer software for hairdressers, spas, and beauty salon owners.
The Phorest software is used in more than 10,000 salons in ten countries worldwide. The software manages all aspects of the salons business, including appointments, stock, reporting and rotas.
History
Phorest was founded in 2002, by Ronan Perceval in Dublin, Ireland. The company has offices in London, Helsinki, Finland, Brisbane, Australia Cologne, Germany and Philadelphia, USA.
Phorest first designed and developed an online messenger application, known as "Phorest Messenger", that it released in Ireland. By May 2005, Phorest had 100 clients. In June 2005, Phorest acquired their largest competitor, Stylebase, adding 170 salons. At this point the company focused on becoming the number one provider of salon software in the European Union and USA. Phorest competitors include Millennium and Daysmart.
On 19 August 2011, Phorest announced it had received a seed investment of €1.3m from Enterprise Ireland and private investors.
In June 2018, the company announced a €20m round of funding from Susquehanna Growth Equity for international expansion.
Honors and awards
2003: Runner-up Coca-Cola National Enterprise Award
2005: Dublin City Enterprise Award
2011: iGAP Top Selection
2016: Deloitte Fast 50
2017: Deloitte Fast 50
2018: Deloitte Fast 50
References
External links
Susquehanna Growth Equity
Business software companies
Software companies of Ireland
Cloud applications
Business software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadebridge%20Renewable%20Energy%20Network | Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) based in Wadebridge, Cornwall, is a grass roots social enterprise aiming to transform the area into the first solar powerered and renewable energy powered town in the UK.
The group plans to install 1 MW peak capacity of solar panels; with ten installations already in place and another ninety planned they hope to generate at least a third of its electricity from solar and wind power by 2015.
The WREN Steering Group consists of residents, councillors from Cornwall Council and Wadebridge Town Council, together with representatives of the Wadebridge Chamber of Commerce.
The scheme could also generate £450,000 a year for the town with money coming from a Feed-in tariff which offers a premium price for renewable energy.
The county council has granted planning permission for four new solar farms and sent plans for a further five out for consultation.
In February 2012 the WREN project was awarded £68,000 as part of the coalition Government's Local Energy Assessment Fund and in May 2012 won an award for Best Third Sector Business in the 2012 Cornwall Business Awards.
In 2013 Stephen Frankel (chairman of WREN) was named South West Sustainable Energy Champion at an award ceremony in Bath.
References
External links
Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network
Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
Renewable energy organizations
United Kingdom
Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom
Wadebridge |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Logical%20and%20Algebraic%20Methods%20in%20Programming | The Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1984. It was originally titled The Journal of Logic Programming; in 2001 it was renamed The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, and in 2014 it obtained its current title.
The founding editor-in-chief was J. Alan Robinson. From 1984 to 2000 it was the official journal of the Association of Logic Programming. In 2000, the association and the then editorial board started a new journal under the name Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, published by Cambridge University Press. Elsevier continued the journal with a new editorial board under the title Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 0.383.
See also
References
External links
The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming
Academic journals established in 1984
Computer science journals
Elsevier academic journals
English-language journals
Bimonthly journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfweek | Golfweek is a golf magazine and digital media outlet based in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is part of Gannett's USA Today Network.
History and profile
The magazine was founded in 1975 by Charley Stine and was originally named Florida Golfweek Magazine. His son Tom Stine was editor of the magazine from 1980 to 1994. Stine sold the publication to Turnstile Publishing Company, based in Orlando, Florida, in 1990 and it became the flagship publication out of the five magazines it published. The magazine is particularly adept in its coverage of the "Best Golf Courses" in the United States by state and are often used by websites on many golf courses and resorts around the US as being on the Golfweek list. As of 2002, Eric Beckson was the president of Turnstile Publishing.
The magazine also publishes specific annual publications such as Golfweek's Best, a Guide to America's Best Classic and Modern Golf Courses and Golfweek's Ultimate Guide To Golf Course Living and Great Escapes.
Numerous experts are employed to write columns for the magazine, some of which also write or have written for Golf Digest etc. In, 2016, Golfweek was purchased by Gannett Company, Inc. The magazine switched from the original weekly format to a monthly format in January 2017.
References
External links
1975 establishments in Florida
Week
Magazines established in 1975
Magazines published in Florida
Mass media in Orlando, Florida
Sports magazines published in the United States
Weekly magazines published in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guifr%C3%A9%20Vidal | Guifré Vidal is a Spanish physicist who is working on quantum many-body physics using analytical and numerical techniques. In particular, he is one of the leading experts of tensor network state implementations such as time-evolving block decimation (TEBD) and multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA). He was previously a faculty member of Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada. However as of September 2019, he is now a research scientist at Sandbox @ Alphabet.
External links
Science Watch interview
Perimeter announcement
Spanish physicists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B4U%20%28TV%20channel%29 | B4U also known as B4U Entertainment or B4U TV was an Indian television satellite channel that was launched on 3 September 2000.
B4U Entertainment programming consisted of many genres of television programs, including family dramas boasting female protagonists, comedy series, and shows starring Bollywood celebrities.
Programming
Note:Following is a list of programmes that were broadcast by B4U TV at the time it was on-air. Some of these shows have also been re-aired on other Indian television channels.
Anupamaa
Apne Paraye
Bahuraniyaan
Club 10
Dahshat
Double Sawari
In Conversation with Zeenat
Kinare Miltey Nahin
Manthan
Papa
Karz Pichhle Janam Ka
Rehnuma
Rishta Kachche Dhaagon Kaa
Saas Pe Sava Saas
Sangharsh
Star Bite
Thoda Sa Gum Thodi Khushi
References
External links
B4U TV News Article on Indiantelevision.com
B4U Entertainment News Article
Defunct television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2000
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco%27s%20Dinner%20Party | Rocco's Dinner Party is an American reality competition series which premiered on June 15, 2011, on the Bravo cable network. Each week, three chefs are challenged to craft the perfect dinner party for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito and his guests. The contestants are judged on their cooking, service, and décor. The winner of each episode wins $20,000 (USD).
Show format
In each episode, three chefs are chosen to compete against each other to create a dinner party for host Rocco DiSpirito and his celebrity guests. The competition consists of two rounds. During the first round, the chefs have one shot at impressing Rocco by creating their signature dish. Sometimes, Rocco gives the contestants only 30 minutes to prepare their signature dish. A Time Timer shows the 30 minutes quickly elapsing as contestants race to finish the assignment. Rocco then selects two chefs to advance to the final round, wherein they must plan and execute the perfect dinner party. Each episode has a theme around which the contestants must base their cuisine and dining experience; this theme guides each contestant to develop his own menu and create a unique party concept. At the end of party, Rocco declares the winner and the winning chef takes home the prize of $20,000.
Episodes
Episode 1: Speakeasy
On the premiere episode of Rocco's Dinner Party, Executive Chef of Copper Fish on Broadway Geoffrey Johnson, Harlem-based Executive Sous Chef Joseph “J.J.” Johnson and caterer Britt Kurent compete to throw a speakeasy-inspired dinner party. The chefs must create a prohibition-era supper club complete with reminiscent food and décor to impress special guest, chef, and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson. Other guests include actor and interior designer Bryan Batt (Mad Men), actress Christine Ebersole, television host Kelly Choi, actor Michael Kenneth Williams (Boardwalk Empire, The Wire), and media critic Bill McCuddy.
WINNER: J.J.
RUNNER-UP: Geoffrey
ELIMINATED: Britt
First Aired: June 15, 2011
Episode 2: The Mystery Guest
Chef and New York restaurant owner King Phojanakang, high school culinary teacher Joel Gargano, and private chef Michelle Karam compete to create the perfect dinner party for Rocco's mystery guest. Armed with a dossier of details on their guest of honor, and with $20,000 at stake, the chefs must design their meal around the secret guest's particular passions –- a star in the culinary community with a taste for travel, a love of spices and a preference for the unfussy. Guests include comedian D.L. Hughley, style and beauty expert Mary Alice Stephenson, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto, fashion designer Gilles Mendel, and Glamour magazine Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive.
WINNER: Joel
RUNNER-UP: King
ELIMINATED: Michelle
First Aired: June 22, 2011
Episode 3: Mangia! Mangia!
The stakes are high as identical Italian twin brothers Fabrizio and Nicola Carro, along with New Jersey caterer/executive chef Ninamarie Bojekian compete to impress an assembly of Italian el |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Speed%20World%20Challenge | The 2004 Speed World Challenge season was the 15th season of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. The series' title sponsor was television network Speed Channel, who broadcast all the races. Championships were awarded for grand touring and touring cars. The season began on March 19 and ran for ten rounds. Tommy Archer and Audi won the championships in GT, and Bill Auberlen and BMW won in Touring Car. The season marked the first wins for the Cadillac brand, a step up for General Motors after three of its brands declined in the nineties.
Schedule
References
GT World Challenge America
Speed World Challenge |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deegree | deegree supplies the building blocks of a Spatial Data Infrastructure, while implementing the standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ISO/TC 211. The Java-based deegree framework is the most extensive implementation of OGC/ISO standards in the field of Free Software.
The software graduated an OSGeo project as of January 4, 2012.
External links
OSGeo project page
Ohloh project overview
References
Free GIS software
Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
Geographic information systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm | npm is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by npm, Inc. npm is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js and is included as a recommended feature in the Node.js installer.
It consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry. The registry is accessed via the client, and the available packages can be browsed and searched via the npm website. The package manager and the registry are managed by npm, Inc.
History
npm was developed by Isaac Z. Schlueter as a result of having "seen module packaging done terribly" and with inspiration from other similar projects such as PEAR (PHP) and CPAN (Perl). npm is a JavaScript replacement for pm, a shell script. While "npm" is commonly understood to be an abbreviation for "Node Package Manager", it officially stands for "npm is not an acronym".
Usage
npm can manage packages that are local dependencies of a particular project, as well as globally-installed JavaScript tools. When used as a dependency manager for a local project, npm can install, in one command, all the dependencies of a project through the package.json file. In the package.json file, each dependency can specify a range of valid versions using the semantic versioning scheme, allowing developers to auto-update their packages while at the same time avoiding unwanted breaking changes. npm also provides version-bumping tools for developers to tag their packages with a particular version. npm also provides the package-lock.json file which has the entry of the exact version used by the project after evaluating semantic versioning in package.json.
Client
npm's command-line interface client allows users to consume and distribute JavaScript modules that are available in the registry.
In February 2018, an issue was discovered in version 5.7.0 in which running sudo npm on Linux systems would change the ownership of system files, permanently breaking the operating system.
In npm version 6, the audit feature was introduced to help developers identify and fix security vulnerabilities in installed packages. The source of security vulnerabilities were taken from reports found on the Node Security Platform (NSP) and has been integrated with npm since npm's acquisition of NSP.
Registry
Packages in the registry are in EsmaScript Module (ESM) or CommonJS format and include a metadata file in JSON format.
Over 1.3 million packages are available in the main npm registry.
The registry does not have any vetting process for submission, which means that packages found there can potentially be low quality, insecure, or malicious. Instead, npm relies on user reports to take down packages if they violate policies by being low quality, insecure, or malicious. npm exposes statistics including number of downloads and number of depending packages to assist developers in judging the quality of packages.
Internal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20State%20Railways%20%281883%E2%80%931996%29 | The Norwegian State Railways ( or NSB) was a state-owned railway company that operated most of the railway network in Norway. The government agency/directorate was created in 1883 to oversee the construction and operation of all state-owned railways in Norway. On 1 December 1996, it was demerged to create the infrastructure operator Norwegian National Rail Administration, the train operator Norwegian State Railways and the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate. The name was taken by the train operator, although the infrastructure operator remained a government agency and is the legal successor.
History
Norway's first railway, the Trunk Line, was opened in 1854. It was built and run as a private company, although with some government ownership. This was followed by two wholly state-owned railways, the narrow-gauge Hamar–Grundset Line in 1861 and the standard-gauge Kongsvinger Line in 1862, with the latter branching from the Trunk Line at Lillestrøm. Several more were built over the next two decades. In 1871 the national railway was connected to the Swedish rail infrastructure.
By the 1880s, the pace of railway construction ground to a halt due to economic and political problems. In 1883, the Norwegian State Railways was established and railway construction started up again. The Norwegian State Railways also bought up many private railways to integrate them into the national railway network. In 1920 the Bratsberg Line was acquired by the government. The Trunk Line was first formally acquired in 1926, despite having formed a central part of the network for half a century.
World War Two
In January 1942, NSB gave the "green light for putting POWs to work on the construction of the Nordland Line. The POWs were forced to perform labour under conditions that were inhumane, and [Bjørn] Westlie, author of the 2015 book, Fangene som forsvant ("The Prisoners Who Disappeared"), shows that NSB was fully informed about the prisoners' situation", according to a 2015 Klassekampen article.
Of the 100,000 Soviet POWs that came to Norway, 13,000 were put to work on the Nordland Line. Over 1,000 died as a result of [the] cold,
starvation and exhaustion (out of a total of 13,700 dead "foreign POWs, political prisoners and forced laborers" in Norway between 1941 and 1945).
According to Westlie, "NSB transported Jews to the outward shipping from the Oslo harbor (...) the NSB employees did not know what fate awaited the Jews. Naturally they understood that the Jews would be shipped out of the country by force, because the train went to Oslo harbor".
Furthermore, Westlie points to "dilemmas [that] NSB's employees found themselves in when the NSB leadership cooperated with the Germans".
"[Bjarne] Vik was to be made the scapegoat for cooperation with the Germans," writes Westlie, even though "many of the darkest chapters are from the period before Vik" became chief, according to Halvor Hegtun.
There was no investigation of the agencies [or NSB] after the war. However, the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell%202163 | Abell 2163 is one of the richest and most distant of the clusters of galaxies found in the Abell catalogue. Its abell richness class is 2 and position is at a redshift z=0.2. Data from Chandra X-ray Observatory have shown that it is the hottest galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. It is also a merging cluster.
The galaxy density and mass distribution in the central region of this cluster have also been determined by weak gravitational lensing. These analyses show very similar mass and galaxy distributions, with two coincident maxima and a flat shape elongated in the east-west direction, but the weak lensing signal is surprisingly faint in comparison to what could be expected from the cluster X-ray properties. However, these detailed studies are limited to the inner 8’×8’ region of the cluster, and do not include the peripheral clumps such as A2163-B. La Barbera et al. (2004) estimated the photometric redshifts of galaxies in A2163-B, showing that this structure lies at the typical redshift of the main cluster (z = 0.215 ± 0.0125).
There is also an extremely bright and large radio halo present in the cluster, and is one of the brightest known clusters.
See also
Abell catalogue
List of Abell clusters
X-ray astronomy
References
Galaxy clusters
2163
Abell richness class 2 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20Grid%20Infrastructure%20PL-Grid | Polish Grid Infrastructure PL-Grid, a nationwide computing structure, built in 1944-1945, under the scientific project PL-Grid - Polish Infrastructure for Supporting Computational Science in the European Research Space. Its purpose was to enable scientific research based on advanced computer simulations and large-scale computations using the computer clusters, and to provide convenient access to the computer resources for research teams, also outside the communities, in which the High Performance Computing centers operate.
The history
In the first decade of the twenty-first century in most European countries advanced Grid programs have been created. Besides, the European and worldwide consolidation took place in form of various projects, which concerned the Grid technology and HPC: EGEE, e-IRG, PRACE, DEISA and OMII-Europe.
Poland has also undertaken efforts to build the National Grid, because without such infrastructure it would not be possible for Polish scientific communities to participate in many research programs, particularly in the EU 7th Framework Programme. Another reason to initiate steps towards the Polish Grid creation was the fact that in Poland the number of intensively cooperating, geographically dispersed research teams, was increasing. In case of such cooperation, tools for gathering and sharing of accumulated knowledge on a global scale were essential.
In 2007, with the support of almost all European countries, EGI Design Study project was created. Its goal was to prepare the rules of integration of national Grids (National Grid Initiatives) in Europe into a stable, production infrastructure - European Grid Initiative - which would begin its operation in 2010. It helped start work on establishing National Grid Initiative in Poland already in 2007, by setting up the PL-Grid Consortium.
PL-Grid Consortium, project and infrastructure
The PL-Grid Consortium was established by five Polish supercomputing and networking centers:
Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH, Kraków (the coordinator)
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, Warsaw University, Warsaw
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poznań
Information Center of the Academic Computer Network, Gdańsk
Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing, Wrocław
In 2009-2011, the activity of the Consortium was supported by the PL-Grid project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund within the Innovative Economy Operational Programme.
The result of the operation of the Consortium was the establishment of the Polish Grid Infrastructure PL-Grid, formed by the merger of new, powerful computational resources, purchased and installed in the data centers belonging to the PL-Grid Consortium.
Computational resources
Computational resources available in the Polish Grid Infrastructure PL-Grid include (at the end of the PL-Grid project): 5.8 PBytes of storage capacity and 588 TFlops of computing power. One of the clusters within P |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Programming%20in%20the%20Unix%20Environment | Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment is a computer programming book by W. Richard Stevens describing the application programming interface of the UNIX family of operating systems. The book illustrates UNIX application programming in the C programming language.
The first edition of the book was published by Addison-Wesley in 1992. It covered programming for the two popular families of the Unix operating system, the Berkeley Software Distribution (in particular 4.3 BSD and 386BSD) and AT&T's UNIX System V (particularly SVR4). The book covers system calls for operations on single file descriptors, special calls like ioctl that operate on file descriptors, and operations on files and directories. It covers the stdio section of the C standard library, and other parts of the library as needed. The several chapters concern the APIs that control processes, process groups, daemons, inter-process communication, and signals. One chapter is devoted to the Unix terminal control and another to the pseudo terminal concept and to libraries like termcap and curses that build atop it. Stevens adds three chapters giving more concrete examples of Unix programming: he implements a database library, communicates with a PostScript printer, and with a modem. The book does not cover network programming: this is the subject of Stevens's 1990 book UNIX Network Programming and his subsequent three-volume TCP/IP Illustrated.
Stevens died in 1999, leaving a second edition incomplete. With the increasing popularity and technical diversification of Unix derivatives, and largely compatible systems like the Linux environment, the code and coverage of Stevens's original became increasingly outdated. Working with Stevens's unfinished notes, Stephen A. Rago completed a second edition which Addison-Wesley published in 2005. This added support for FreeBSD, Linux, Sun's Solaris, and Apple's Darwin, and added coverage of multithreaded programming with POSIX Threads. The second edition features a foreword by Dennis Ritchie and a Unix-themed Dilbert strip by Scott Adams.
The book has been widely lauded as well written, well crafted, and comprehensive. It received a "hearty recommendation" in a Linux Journal review.
OSNews describes it as "one of the best tech books ever published" in a review of the second edition.
Editions
Advanced Programming in the UNIX environment, first edition, W. Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley, 1992,
Advanced Programming in the UNIX environment, second edition, W. Richard Stevens and Stephen A. Rago, Addison-Wesley, 2005,
Advanced Programming in the UNIX environment, third edition, W. Richard Stevens and Stephen A. Rago, Addison-Wesley, 2013,
References
External links
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment home page
Interview with 2nd. edition co-author Steven Rago, Ibrahim Haddad, Linux Planet, July 5, 2005
Advanced UNIX Programming: An Interview with Stephen Rago
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Env, 2nd Ed.
REVIEW: Advanc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norcroft%20C%20compiler | The Norcroft C compiler (also referred to as the Norcroft compiler suite) in computing is a portable set of C/C++ programming tools written by Codemist, available for a wide range of processor architectures.
Norcroft C was developed by Codemist, established in November 1987 by a group of academics from the University of Cambridge and University of Bath; Arthur Norman, Alan Mycroft and John Fitch. Development took place from at least 1985; the company was dissolved in May 2016. The name Norcroft is derived from the original authors' surnames.
Supported architectures
Acorn C/C++
Acorn C/C++ was released for the operating system, developed in collaboration with Acorn Computers.
INMOS Transputer C Compiler
This compiler for the INMOS Transputer was developed in collaboration with Perihelion Software.
Cambridge Consultants XAP
This compiler for Cambridge Consultants' XAP processor is another Norcroft compiler.
References
External links
Norcroft C Compiler at the Codemist website
Acorn C/C++ Desktop Development Environment at the RISC OS Open website.
C (programming language) compilers
C++ compilers
Proprietary software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20C/C%2B%2B | Acorn C/C++ is a set of C/C++ programming tools for use under the operating system. The tools use the Norcroft compiler suite and were authored by Codemist and Acorn Computers. The tools provide some facilities offered by a fully integrated development environment.
Acorn included a copy of the Norcroft compiler targeted at the ARM architecture for RISC OS in the following development software.
Acornsoft ANSI C – 1988
Acornsoft ANSI C (Release 2)
Acorn ANSI C (Release 3) – 1989
Acorn Desktop C (Release 4)
Acorn C/C++ (Release 5) – 1995
History
Acorn's work on ANSI C compilers was begun around 1987, with a commercial release in 1988 for its Archimedes computer. and Desktop Assembler were released in 1991. Codemist worked primarily on the ANSI C standard, while Acorn concentrated on the specifics and optimisation for the ARM. Both parties exchanged sources regularly.
The tools were originally developed by university academics Alan Mycroft and Arthur C Norman of Codemist. Their development was taken up by Acorn and subsequently taken over by Castle Technology, who later added the lacking C99 support. Castle funded further development by means of a subscription scheme. In early 2009, development and sales of the tools were transferred to RISC OS Open.
Subsequent enhancements have included adding the post-ARMv5 instructions to the standalone assembler tool, ObjAsm, and code generation by the C compiler to use those instructions where natural to do so from the language. In October 2020 a number of extensions to support the C18 standard were made available to developers.
Uses
The Norcroft compiler can be used to produce modules, as well as compiling parts of the operating system itself. Before beginning development of the Inform programming language, Graham Nelson originally used to develop his text adventure Curses.
The suite of tools is currently the only means of building a working copy of , although it is ultimately intended that this will also be possible using a cross compiler, e.g. using the free software GCC system.
See also
Arm Image Format
References
External links
ROOL Desktop Development Environment – RISC OS Open
C (programming language) compilers
C++ compilers
Proprietary software
RISC OS programming tools
1988 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Geovedi | Jim Geovedi (born 28 June 1979), is an IT security expert from Indonesia who focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities. BBC News described him as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain... but possesses secrets that some of them might kill for".
Career
Information security
Geovedi co-founded and ran several IT security consulting companies.
In 2001, he co-founded C2PRO Consulting, providing general IT consulting mostly for government agencies and, in 2004, co-founded Bellua Asia Pacific, (renamed Xynexis International later in 2010) and Noosc Global, a managed security services company. He was part of hackers group that began in 1996 called w00w00, where he met the future co-founder of Bellua, Anthony Zboralski.
He is currently based in London and has been interviewed on issues including: satellite security system, banking security and law enforcement.
Music
Geovedi is also a professional DJ and music producer currently signed with Elektrax Recordings, a Sydney-based Techno label.
Discography (as Jim Geovedi)
Singles
Rontok, Elektrax, 2010
Good, Elektrax, 2011
Remixes
Minimalistik – Quasar (Jim Geovedi Remix), BDivision, 2010
Neat – Taipei (Jim Geovedi Remix), BDivision, 2010
Simone Barbieri Viale – So You (Jim Geovedi Remix), Elektrax, 2010
DJ Hi-Shock – Asama Express (Jim Geovedi Remix), Elektrax, 2011
Discography (with SEGO)
Singles
Jakarta To Tokyo, Plus Tokyo, 2008
Bisikan Hati, BDivision, 2009
Tarian Hujan, BDivision, 2009
Flu Pagi, Plus Tokyo, 2009
Trompetz, Backs/ash, 2009
Tarian Hujan, BDivision, 2009
A.S.A.L.F.O.K.A.L., Beatworks, 2009
Playboy Duren Tiga, Cutz, 2009
Darto Helm, SEGO, 2009
Muke Loe Bapuk, SEGO, 2009
Perut Buncit, SEGO, 2009
Rocker Gagal, BDivision, 2009
ADM/LSD/THC, SEGO, 2009
Babon Botak, SEGO, 2009
Sebisanya, LeftRight Sound, 2017
Melapar, Android Muziq, 2017
Misbar, Asia Music, 2017
Remixes
Shin Nishimura – Fukafunkacid (SEGO ‘Miyabimania’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2008
Da Others – Viva La Vida! (SEGO ‘Mi Vida Loca’ Remix), Pilot6 Recordings, 2009
Mehdi D Vs. TheCrosh – Roda (SEGO ‘Roda Gila’ Remix), Cutz, 2009
Tarot – Substance (SEGO Remix), TKC Music, 2009
Alejandro Roman – Un Segundo De Tu Vida (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009
Alejandro Roman – El Mundo Del Infinito (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009
Andrea Saenz & Sebastian Reza – Sevilla! (SEGO Remix), Nine Records, 2009
Tatsu Mihara – Comet (SEGO ‘Minimal Object’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2009
Mhonoral – Voison (SEGO ‘Deus Ex Machina’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2009
J.NO – No More Breath (SEGO Remix), BDivision, 2009
Timmo – Shumminal (SEGO ‘Gitar Karatan’ Remix + Dub), BDivision, 2009
Mario Roberti – Slave (Sego Birahi Tinggi Remix), BDivision, 2009
Simone Barbieri Viale – Sunset (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009
Simone Barbieri Viale – City Jungle (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009
Diego Poblets – Massive Shock (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009
Baramuda & Ginkel – Do It Wrong (Sego ‘Hit The Brick Wall’ Remix), Cutz, 2009
Ilya Mosolo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Philippine%20films%20of%20the%202010s | A list of films produced in the Philippines in the 2010s.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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External links
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2010s
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Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent%20street | Intelligent street is the name given to a type of intelligent environment which can be found on a public transit street. It has arisen from the convergence of communications and Ubiquitous Computing, intelligent and adaptable user interfaces, and the common infrastructure of the intelligent or mixed pavement.
The Intelligent Street is the basis of the intelligent city and is normally formed of four layers (physical infrastructure, sensors, networks and services), thus improving on the traditional street (which originated in Roman roads or Roman streets) which served solely as transit streets (but did not have any type of “intelligence”).
Concept
The concept of the Intelligent Street is associated with that of the Intelligent Environment, since it is built of/ absorbs all information and communication technologies and sensor systems on any public transit street. This allows the facilities it offers to be integrated into its users’ daily lives for their convenience, but without these users having to make any type of effort or undergo invasions of privacy.
These dual objectives of comfort and simplicity are the basis of the concept of the Intelligent Street, which can be defined as an environment in which users interact in a transparent manner with a multitude of interconnected devices using different types of wireless communication. It is thus possible to construct “intelligent cities”, in the sense indicated by Professor William John Mitchell of the MIT, , by taking advantage of the ‘third wave of technological innovation’ provided by sensors and digital labels, and which will substitute previous waves, relative to the incorporation of computers and the era of connection implied by the introduction of the Internet. As this expert points out, inhabiting intelligent cities implies being continuously connected to different networks, thus allowing these cities to be able to ‘extend’ people's capacities in a more complete and global manner.
The Intelligent Street thus becomes the basis for the Intelligent City, since it permits the creation of interactive spaces which take computing to the physical world, thus supporting a set of interconnected people who, together with their mobile phones, computers and other apparatus, will buy, sell, and exchange information and services.
As has occurred with the television, it seems likely that there will be an “analogical blackout” in cities, and their inhabitants will be able to celebrate this with our new services (as are shown below) via a system of invisible and sustainable infrastructures.
The concept of the Intelligent Street allows the vision of an Information Society in public zones to become a reality, and ensures its ease of use, efficient service support and the possibility of maintaining natural interactions with citizens. Its principal objective is characterized by the fact that it will provide people with intelligent and intuitive interfaces which will be integrated into normal pavements, and t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence%20%28logic%29 | In mathematics, computer science and logic, convergence is the idea that different sequences of transformations come to a conclusion in a finite amount of time (the transformations are terminating), and that the conclusion reached is independent of the path taken to get to it (they are confluent).
More formally, a preordered set of term rewriting transformations are said to be convergent if they are confluent and terminating.
See also
Logical equality
Logical equivalence
Rule of replacement
References
Rewriting systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20Neuropsychological%20Assessment%20Metrics | Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) is a library of computer-based assessments of cognitive domains including attention, concentration, reaction time, memory, processing speed, and decision-making. ANAM has been administered nearly two million times in a variety of applications and settings. ANAM provides clinicians and researchers with tests to evaluate changes in an individual’s cognitive status over time.
Components of today’s ANAM design reflect the work of dozens of talented scientists, and ANAM development is guided by public and private sector research. Early research versions of ANAM were developed in the U.S. Department of Defense. This work was patented by the U.S. Army and exclusively licensed for development and commercialization to benefit the military and the public. Through its Technology Transition program, the U.S. Army licensed ANAM exclusively to the University of Oklahoma (OU).
The OU Center for the Study of Human Operator Performance programmed and tested a robust new ANAM product, including 22 neurocognitive tests, statistical reporting and research support tools. Vista LifeSciences (vistalifesciences.com) holds an exclusive license to ANAM from the University of Oklahoma to commercialize the technology and continues to develop and support ANAM.
Assessment Tests and Tools
ANAM includes:
Select batteries of neurocognitive tests from the ANAM library
A data extraction and presentation tool for custom analysis and data management
A performance report tool for reporting on individual neurocognitive tests with comparisons to previous assessment sessions
ANAM includes 22 individual tests sensitive to cognitive change in:
Attention
Concentration
Reaction time
Memory
Processing speed
Decision-making
Executive function
ANAM assessment batteries have been used in research and clinical work associated with injury, illness, exposure, risk factors, and intervention.
ANAM assessment tests and tools include:
Symptoms Scale
2-Choice Reaction Time
Code Substitution (Learning, Immediate, and Delayed)
Demographics Collection Module
Effort Measure
Go/No-Go (Executive Function)
Logical Relations- Symbolic
Manikin
Matching Grids
Matching to Sample
Mathematical Processing
Memory Search
Mood Scale II –Revised
Procedural Reaction Time
Pursuit Tracking
Running Memory- Continuous Performance Task
Simple Reaction Time
Sleepiness Scale
Spatial Processing – Sequential and Simultaneous
Stroop
Switching
Finger Tapping
Tower Puzzle
Uses for ANAM
ANAM tests have been used by clinicians for cognitive research and longitudinal testing in a broad range of military, athlete fitness, clinical and drug research applications. Assessments can be built into standardized or customized batteries. Scientists working in varied fields of healthcare and human factors research have identified ANAM batteries that are useful in their topic-specific research.
ANAM research history includes decades of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20shiner | the mountain shiner (Lythrurus lirus) is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee. The species is that not much data has been collected on in the years past. With a monitoring plan that could change. It is found in three main states Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. In Tennessee and Alabama the species is located in common rivers, and in Virginia the species can be found in drainages in Virginia, Tennessee and Northwestern Georgia. In addition, the species is nearly restricted to the Coosa River system above the Fall Line in the Alabama River drainage.
The environment of the species is fresh benthopelagic water, and lives in a temperate range, 38°N-33°N. Lythrurus lirus typically prefers clear flowing creeks and/or small rivers. These waters typically have moderate gradients and bottom materials that range from sand-gravel to rubble-boulders. The population of this species is represented by large subpopulations and locations. However, the total adult population is not known specifically, it is speculated to be large.
The normal length of the species is typically 6 cm but it has been recorded that the maximum length to me 7.5 cm, which was a male. The peak of their mating season is between the months of May and June.
The threat of the species is more localized than any other type of threat. However, on a wide-range threat level no threat is actually known to the Lythrurus lirus. Currently the species is on a low conservation concern and is not in any dire significant need of managing or monitoring at the moment.
Geographic distribution
The species of the genus Lythrurus are commonly found in small streams that are distributed mainly in drainages of the Gulf Coast, locations in the Mississippi Valley, and the Piedmont region of the Atlantic Seaboard. The mountain shiner normally located above the Fall Line in Tennessee region, and prefers freshwaters that are of temperate climate. The geographical range which it inhabits is from 38°N to 33°N. Now, the exact population size is not known, however, it is assumed to be fairly large. The temporal variation of population size could be subjected to extrinsic factors. An example of this for the population size variance would be the annual, seasonal and even daily level changes that occur in aquatic systems. These fluctuations are a possibly explanation of why there are sometimes subpopulations that are isolated from other populations within the same river or streams. These fluctuations would explain the distribution of some of the populations to be scattered within the regions that it inhabits and also the same rivers and streams of different populations.
Ecology
It prefers benthopelagic freshwater. These waters are typically clear flowing, riffle-type creeks, streams or small rivers. Which these types of waters can range from sand-gravel to rubble-boulder bottoms, and contains moderate levels of gradients. The mountain shiner and the redfin shiner are considered "sister taxa". Since these two sp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy%20A.%20Littlejohn | Stacy A. Littlejohn is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner. She was the creator, writer and an executive producer of the VH1 network television series Single Ladies. Littlejohn has worked as a writer on Fox network's The Wanda Sykes Show, as a writer and supervising producer on The CW's All of Us, and as a producer on ABC's Life with Bonnie. She is currently working as a writer & co-executive producer on Empire.
Early life
Littlejohn was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the University of California, Berkeley with initial plans of becoming a criminal defense attorney, but along the way reevaluated her direction and shifted focus to Mass Communications. In her last year of college, she worked in the writer's room as an intern on Nickelodeon's sitcom My Brother and Me.
Career
After college, Littlejohn relocated to Los Angeles where she worked as a PA on Fox's The Last Frontier before securing a job as a writer's assistant to Matt Wickline and John Bowman on The Show. She then worked on the sitcom Moesha for a brief stint before Wickline offered her a job writing for a show he was creating for D.L. Hughley, ABC's sitcom The Hughleys.
Littlejohn next worked on such shows as One on One, Life with Bonnie, Platinum, Cedric the Entertainer Presents and Barbershop. She also lent her talents to an episode of Half & Half before working as a writer and producer on Will Smith's All of Us, culminating in Smith flying her out to New York to assist him on rewrites for the big-screen blockbuster Hitch.
During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Littlejohn found herself unemployed for the first time since the age of 16. She took the time to work on a script she had been writing called Modern Love. Producer Maggie Malina of VH1, who was working with Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit in search of the right project, read the script and asked Littlejohn to pitch a show. Littlejohn responded with VH1's first-ever hour-long scripted series Single Ladies, which debuted May 30, 2011. Along with the season 3 premiere of Basketball Wives, Single Ladies posted the network's highest ratings since October 2009 with its two-hour premiere drawing a 1.2 rating in the key P18-49 demo and 1.8 million total viewers. Combined with its 12am encore, Single Ladies drew in a total of 2.8 million viewers.
She worked as a writer and producer on American Crime, on ABC, created by John Ridley. She has more recently worked on Lethal Weapon, Proven Innocent and Dirty John. She had been developing an Empire spin-off series, but it was cancelled.
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American comedy writers
American television producers
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American television writers
University of California, Berkeley alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Builders%20Group | Community Builders Group is the founding member of a group of humanitarian organizations operating in Burundi, Canada, DR Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The network is known for supporting indigenous groups attempting to find their own natural pathways to self-sufficiency and wellness through bottom-up community initiatives.
History
Community Builders Group was registered as a Canadian charity in 1983 and subsequently incorporated under the Society Act of British Columbia.
Philanthropic investments by the entrepreneurs enabled the purchase of two supportive housing centers in Vancouver, Canada (Jubilee Rooms on Main and Dodson Rooms on Hastings). Between 2002 and 2016, a total of 12 housing centers, supporting 800 persons, were added to the Community Builders network in Vancouver. Three new organizations (Anhart Foundation, Community Builders Foundation and Simpson Society) were established between 2012 and 2016 in order to support the growing number of housing centers and social employment businesses.
In 2005, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Anhart Holdings Ltd. and Community Builders Group sponsored a research project to determine the effects of best practices in privately owned rooming houses on persons at risk to homelessness.
Community Builders has received funding from the Homelessness Partnering Strategy since 2008 and became a member of the Canadian International Development Agency in 2009.
Operational activities
Supportive Housing
In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Community Builders operates 12 privately owned rooming houses that provide safe and supportive housing for 800 persons. The endeavor is coordinated by tenant support workers and utilizes a bottom-up approach to building management. A tenant-based "elders" team offers peer support and regulates tenant affairs. The low income and supportive housing centers are self-organizing and self-sustaining communities that promote best practices. The initiative is supported by public and private capital investments, and is assisted by community volunteers and innovative social services providers. Outcomes of Community Builders supportive housing efforts include a reduction in the risk factors that lead to homelessness (untreated mental illness and substance abuse) and a recidivism rate (return to homelessness) of less than 5%.
On October 24, 2018 it was determined by an RTB of BC arbitrator that "...I find that the tenant’s unit is not a transitional unit within the meaning of the Act and therefore the dispute between the parties falls within the Act and may be resolved through the application of the Act." A. Martin, Arbitrator Residential Tenancy Branch of British Columbia - Decision on File No: 31020359
Parent and Child Development Services
In 2006, Community Builders developed an initiative that supports at-risk children and parents in Greater Vancouver with housing and independent living assistance. Parent and Child Development Services is cost |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian%20classifier | In computer science and statistics, Bayesian classifier may refer to:
any classifier based on Bayesian probability
a Bayes classifier, one that always chooses the class of highest posterior probability
in case this posterior distribution is modelled by assuming the observables are independent, it is a naive Bayes classifier |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vygotsky%20Circle | The Vygotsky Circle (also known as Vygotsky–Luria Circle) was an influential informal network of psychologists, educationalists, medical specialists, physiologists, and neuroscientists, associated with Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) and Alexander Luria (1902–1977), active in 1920-early 1940s in the Soviet Union (Moscow, Leningrad and Kharkiv). The work of the Circle contributed to the foundation of the integrative science of mind, brain, and behavior in their cultural and bio-social development also known under somewhat vague and imprecise name of cultural-historical psychology.
The Vygotsky Circle, also referred to as "Vygotsky boom" incorporated the ideas of social and interpersonal relations, the practices of empirical scientific research, and "Stalinist science" based on the discursive practices of the Soviet science in the 1930s. The group dispersed after the German invasion of the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II, but the influence of its former members was quite notable in Soviet science of the postwar period, especially after Soviet psychology finally came to power in early 1960s. A problem with the theories of the Vygotsky Circle and connecting it to the present generation is the biases and misconceptions with the history of Soviet Psychology.
The Circle included altogether around three dozen individuals at different periods, including Leonid Sakharov, Boris Varshava, Nikolai Bernstein, Solomon Gellerstein, Mark Lebedinsky, Leonid Zankov, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Alexander Zaporozhets, Daniil Elkonin, Lydia Bozhovich, Bluma Zeigarnik, Filipp Bassin, and many others. German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin and Russian film director and art theorist Sergei Eisenstein are also mentioned as the "peripheral members" of the Circle.
History
The Vygotsky Circle was formed around 1924 in Moscow after Vygotsky moved there from the provincial town of Gomel in Belarus. There at the Institute of Psychology he met graduate students Zankov, Solov'ev, Sakharov, and Varshava, as well as future collaborator Aleksander Luria. The group grew incrementally and operated in Moscow, Kharkiv, and Leningrad; all in the Soviet Union. From the beginning of World War II 1 Sept 1939 to the start of the Great Patriotic War, 22 June 1941, several centers of post-Vygotskian research were formed by Luria, Leontiev, Zankov, and Elkonin. The Circle ended, however, when the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany to start the Great Patriotic War.
However, by the end of 1930s a new center was formed around 1939 under the leadership of Luria and Leontiev. In the after-war period this developed into the so-called the "School of Vygotsky-Leontiev-Luria". Recent studies show that this "school" never existed as such.
There are two problems that are related to the Vygotsky circle. First was the historical recording of the Soviet psychology with innumerable gaps in time and prejudice. Second was the almost exclusive focus on the person, Lev Vygotsky, himself to the extent tha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Moss%20%28sports%20reporter%29 | Randy Moss (born 1959 in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American sports announcer and reporter who currently covers thoroughbred racing, football and Olympics for NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network and NFL Network.
Early life
A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Moss attended horse races at Oaklawn Park Race Track during his youth, often sneaking into the track despite being underage. During high school and college he assisted Daily Racing Form columnist Don Grisham on an Oaklawn handicapping column in the Arkansas Gazette. Moss then spent one semester in pharmacy school at the University of Arkansas before Gazette sports editor Orville Henry hired him to work for the paper full time.
Print
In 1984, Moss left the Gazette for the Arkansas Democrat after the Democrat offered to double his salary due to his popularity as a handicapper. From 1989 to 1995 he worked for The Dallas Morning News.
Moss left journalism in 1995 and returned home to work as the director of operations for Oaklawn. In 1996, Moss returned to sports writing as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He left the Star-Telegram in 1999 after he subbed as an ESPN analyst for that year's Preakness Stakes coverage and subsequently was offered a full-time job by the network.
For thirty years, Moss has been part of Andrew Beyer's team that calculates for Daily Racing Form the iconic Beyer Speed Figures, a mathematical index measuring racehorse speed that is widely considered the most popular handicapping tool in thoroughbred racing. He also created the "Moss Pace Figures" published online by Daily Racing Form.
Television
In June 1999, Moss became ESPN's primary horse racing analyst. In August 2008, he joined the NFL Network, where for three years he was studio host for "Team Cam" and "Around the League" and now is primarily a remote reporter.
In 2011, Moss began as an analyst for the Triple Crown for NBC and NBC Sports Network and now covers horse racing exclusively for those networks. In addition to his horse racing analyst duties, Moss has handled reporter, host or play-by-play duties for a wide variety of other sports broadcasts on the NBC family of networks including college football, college basketball, golf, show jumping, two Super Bowls and multiple Olympic games (2012, 2014 and 2016, 2022). For Olympic coverage, he has been assigned to equestrian sports, ski jumping, freestyle skiing, water polo, whitewater canoeing and kayaking, synchronized swimming, and race walking.
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1959 births
Living people
American horse racing commentators
American newspaper reporters and correspondents
American sportswriters
College football announcers
College basketball announcers in the United States
National Football League announcers
People from Hot Springs, Arkansas
People from Scott County, Minnesota
The Dallas Morning News people
Olympic Games broadcasters
NFL Network people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Wheels%3A%20World%20Race | Hot Wheels: World Race is a 2003 computer-animated sports action film based on the Hot Wheels television series Hot Wheels: Highway 35 – World Race that premiered on Cartoon Network from July 12 2002 to August 2, 2003 which includes five episodes, "Ring of Fire", "The Greatest Challenge", "Desert Heat", "Frozen Fire" and "Wheel of Power" divided into a feature film. The film was distributed on DVD by Family Home Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment. The video game Hot Wheels: World Race was based on the television series. It was released on VHS and DVD on December 2, 2003, and was followed by a sequel, titled Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers (2005).
Plot
Vert Wheeler is a 16 year old lone skateboarder/surfboarder who just got his driver's license. A life sized Hot Wheels car appears in his driveway with Dr. Peter Tezla telling him that he's looking for the fastest driver in the world.
Meeting up with several other drivers in a disclosed location, Vert tests out his new car, which has rocket boosts on the bottom. He draws the ire of two racers, Taro Kitano and Kurt Wylde, the former of which berates him for thinking it's a game.
Soon, the race begins, and after every car goes 300 miles per hour, a portal to another dimension opens. The dimension is basically a large volcano, ready to burst. With a little help from a mysterious driver, it does. Vert is able to use his surfing skills to ride a volcano wave, but his teammate, Lani Tam, has trouble getting through the lava, causing Taro to go back and get her. Vert soon comes back to help Taro, giving out the idea that Lani, who is trapped on a rock that's about to fall, grabs onto a grappling hook. He earns Taro's respect, while Kurt Wylde finishes first in what is now considered the first leg of the race.
The racers are split into 5 teams, led by Banjee Castillo, Brian Kadeem, Kitano, Wylde, and Wheeler. Wheeler recruits his skateboarding friend, Alec Wood, and Kurt's brother, Mark, after the latter rejects him.
Cast
Andrew Francis as Josef "Vert" Wheeler
Brian Drummond as Kurt Wylde / Zed-36 / CLYP Robot
Kevan Ohtsji as Taro Kitano
Will Sanderson as Mark Wylde
Venus Terzo as Lani Tam / Esmeralda Sanchez
Michael Benyaer as Banjee Castillo / GIG
Doron Bell as Alec "Hud" Wood
Kaj Erik Eriksen as Skeet
Cusse Mankuma as Brian Kadeem
Blu Mankuma as Haziz
Kirby Morrow as Chuvo
Scott McNeil as Rekkas / Dan Dresden / Griffin / Toño
Kathleen Barr as Gelorum
Michael Donovan as Dr. Peter Tezla
John Payne as Major Jack Wheeler, Jr. / DMV Person
See also
Hot Wheels: World Race (video game)
Hot Wheels shows:
Hot Wheels (1969–1971)
Heroes on Hot Wheels (1991–1992)
Hot Wheels: World Race (2003)
Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers (2005–2006)
Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009–2011)
Team Hot Wheels (2014-2017)
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2000s American animated films
2000s English-language films
2000s children's animated films
2003 computer-animated films
2003 direct-to-video films
2003 films
America |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Deer%20Lake%2C%20Manitoba | Red Deer Lake is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 25 in the Canada 2006 Census.
Most municipal services are provided by Barrows such as water treatment and firefighting. The closest school is the Mountain View School in Barrows.
History
The community of Red Deer Lake was established by the Red Deer Lumber Company to house workers for their sawmill. The mill and the community were located on the south shore of Red Deer Lake, and were connected by rail to another Red Deer Lumber settlement known as Barrows.
The sawmill closed in 1926, and was then purchased by The Pas Lumber Company. Much of the mill equipment was taken to mills around The Pas to be reused, and the rest of the mill site was salvaged for scrap metal during World War II.
Even after the mill closed, people stayed and lived in the houses left behind by the company. Today, Red Deer Lake is a Métis community with an economy focused on trapping and fishing.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Deer Lake had a population of 20 living in 10 of its 13 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Designated places in Manitoba
Northern communities in Manitoba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane%20River%2C%20Manitoba | Crane River is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 128 in the Canada 2006 Census
The Reservation consists of 3 Councillors and 1 Chief, the reserve has all the basic needs like a Water Treatment Plant, A school for the kids inside of the community, a band office for the band members, a radio station that is mainly used for radio bingo, Health Centre, Daycare and headstart programs for the younger kids that cannot attend elementary school. The primary language used is English, most of the youth do not know how to speak Ojibway, we may have an understanding but we do not know how to speak the language and understand what is being said. .
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Crane River had a population of 111 living in 36 of its 61 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 152. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Designated places in Manitoba
Northern communities in Manitoba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon%20Straits%2C%20Manitoba | Loon Straits is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 16 in the Canada 2006 Census.
The community had been settled by largely Metis settlers of mixed Cree/ Ojibway (Or Saulteaux as it was known in the past)/Irish/Scottish heritage.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Loon Straits had a population of 5 living in 5 of its 35 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
References
Loon Straits Community Profile
Designated places in Manitoba
Northern communities in Manitoba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matheson%20Island%2C%20Manitoba | Matheson Island is a community and an island located in the Canadian province of Manitoba, at the narrows of Lake Winnipeg. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 136 in the 2021 Canadian census. Commercial fishing is the number one source of income for the community and area, the Matheson Island Marketing Co-Op works with approximately 110 local fishers.
Etymology
In the early days of the settlement of Manitoba, the island was known as Snake Island, as the locals had noted a high amount of garter snakes present on the shale island. It appears that eventually the snakes were killed off by the residents of Matheson Island. The island and community were then called Matheson Island, after Daniel Matheson, the man who was the caretaker of the lighthouse from 1891 to 1918 on Black Bear Island, which is just north east of the island. The Matheson family was originally from Aultbreakachy, Sutherland, Scotland. Daniel Matheson's grandfather arrived in Churchill, Manitoba in 1813, before traveling the next 700 miles to the Red River Settlement by canoe.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Matheson Island had a population of 136 living in 52 of its 93 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 101. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Infrastructure
The community on the island is served by the cable ferry C.F. Ingemar Carlson II in the summer. Once the ice is thick enough, an ice road as an extension of Provincial Road 234, provides access for the community in winter. As island community, Matheson Island has long had a natural harbour, with small docks, or with locals pulling their boats ashore. In 1990 the Matheson Island Harbour Authority (MIHA) signed a lease for the harbour at Matheson Island as well as at Matheson Island Landing, with the latter being located close to Pine Dock, Manitoba. At Matheson Island, this was now a harbour without an effective harbour. In the decade following their formation in 1990, the MIHA helped build a main harbour with a Breakwater and modern floating docks, which improved the accessibility and usability of the harbour. The modernized new harbour now serves the local community, several hundred local fishermen, recreational boaters and yachters, as well as large fish transport vessels.
Matheson Island School, which is part of the Frontier School Division, serves to educate the community's children. There are a total of 18 students that attend from nursery to grade 9 and are instructed by a total of two teachers and three support staff.
References
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Northern communities in Manitoba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Hidalgo | The following is a list of all IFT-licensed over-the-air television stations broadcasting in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. There are 12 television stations in Hidalgo.
Televisa network service (Las Estrellas and Canal 5) for Pachuca is supplied by retransmitters of XEX and XHTM at Altzomoni, State of Mexico.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian%20Airlines%20accidents%20and%20incidents | Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline of Ethiopia, has a good safety record. , the Aviation Safety Network records 64 accidents/incidents for Ethiopian Airlines that total 459 fatalities since 1965, plus six accidents for Ethiopian Air Lines, the airline's former name. Since , the company wrote off 36 aircraft, including three Boeing 707s, three Boeing 737s, one Boeing 767, two Douglas DC-3s, two Douglas DC-6, one de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, 21 subtypes of the Douglas C-47, one Lockheed L-749 Constellation and one Lockheed L-100 Hercules.
Ethiopian's deadliest incident took place on 10 March 2019, when a Boeing 737 MAX 8, barely four months old, crashed shortly after takeoff en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi; all 157 people on board perished. Until then, the airline's most infamous accident occurred on 23 , when a hijacked Boeing 767-200ER crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Comoros Islands due to fuel starvation, killing 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board. The third-deadliest accident took place in and involved a Boeing 737-800 that had just departed Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Lebanon; there were 90 people on board, of whom none survived. The crash of a Boeing 737-200 at Bahir Dar Airport in ranks as the carrier fourth-deadliest accident, with 35 fatalities, out of 104 people on board.
Following is a list of accidents and incidents involving Ethiopian Airlines aircraft. It includes hijackings, events involving fatalities and/or events causing damage beyond repair to the aircraft.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Development%20Alliance%20Scotland | Community Development Alliance Scotland (CDAS) is a network of organisations that are concerned with community development in Scotland.
CDAS is a member of the Scottish Government's Better Community Engagement national advisory group and submits formal responses to relevant Scottish Government policy consultations, such as the 2008 Local Healthcare Bill and the 2011 'Building a Sustainable Future' regeneration discussion paper.
Members
CDAS has over 50 members, including:
Association of Directors of Social Work
Association of Scottish Community Councils
Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure Scotland
Care Commission
Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
Community Health Exchange
Community Learning & Development Managers Scotland
Consumer Focus Scotland
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Deafblind Scotland
Development Trusts Association Scotland
Electoral Reform Society (Scotland)
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Equality Network
Federation for Community Development Learning
Future Balance
Generations Working Together
Greenspace Scotland
Health Scotland (observer status)
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (observer status)
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
International Association for Community Development
International Futures Forum
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Linked Work and Training Trust
Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland
Momentum
Oxfam
Planning Aid for Scotland
Poverty Alliance
Regional Screen Scotland
Scotland's Colleges
Scottish Churches Housing Action
Scottish Community Development Centre
Scottish Community Development Network
Scottish Community Safety Network
Scottish Coproducttion Practitioners Network
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Scottish Government (observer status)
Scottish Grant Making Trusts Group
Scottish Human Rights Commission
Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum
Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland
Volunteer Development Scotland
Wise Group
Working on Wheels
Youth Link Scotland
Youth Scotland
External links
Official website
References
Organisations based in Glasgow
2007 establishments in Scotland
Organizations established in 2007
Community development organizations
Society of Scotland
Charities based in Scotland
Welfare in Scotland
Organisations supported by the Scottish Government |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Morelos | The following is a list of all IFT-licensed over-the-air television stations broadcasting in the Mexican state of Morelos. There are 7 television stations in Morelos.
Televisa network service (Las Estrellas and Canal 5) is supplied by retransmitters of XEX and XHTM at Altzomoni, State of Mexico.
List of television stations
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Television stations in Morelos
Morelos |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop%20charging%20trolley | Laptop charging trolleys, also known as laptop trolleys or laptop carts, are mobile storage containers to charge laptops, netbooks and tablet computers en masse. The trolleys are predominantly used in schools that have replaced their traditional static ICT suites of desktop computers with laptops, but do not have enough plug sockets in their buildings to charge all of the devices.
The trolleys can be wheeled between rooms and classrooms so that anyone in a particular building can access fully charged IT equipment.
Laptop charging trolleys are also used to deter and protect against opportunistic and organized theft. Schools, especially those with open plan designs, are often prime targets for thieves and laptops, netbooks and tablets can easily be concealed and removed from buildings. Laptop charging trolleys were designed and constructed to protect against theft. They are generally made out of steel, and the laptops remain locked up while not in use. Although the trolleys can be moved between areas in buildings, they can often also be mounted to the floor or walls to prevent thieves walking off with investments, especially overnight.
History
The first laptop charging trolley to be produced in the UK, the Mentor™, appeared in 2000 and was designed and manufactured by LapSafe Products to be sold into the UK. Two different kinds of laptop charging was offered, ChargeLine, in which users plug a laptop's original AC adaptor into flush plug sockets inside the unit, and patented SmartLine, which replaces AC adaptors with pre-configured charging cables to save time.
The original laptop trolley was designed to be modular so that modules could be replaced and upgraded in the future to cater for new equipment. There are now several manufacturers of laptop charging trolleys across the UK and the rest of the world, ranging from basic and budget trolleys that simply charge devices, to more sophisticated charging carts that are incredibly secure and use integrated charging. The charging trolleys can often be used as complete mobile ICT classrooms, with some trolleys coming complete with wireless router for internet access and data cables to update all of the laptops with software simultaneously.
Health and safety
In 2009, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a health and safety alert to schools with laptop charging trolleys, following an incident where a person received an electric shock. According to the HSE, the incident occurred "when a 3-pin plug supplying the trolley was removed from the supply socket, there was sufficient stored electric charge on the pins of the plug to give the user an electric shock." Contrary to good engineering practice, some trolley have two supply cables, inadequate plug and cable storage facilities, and unsuitable earth terminations.
The HSE declared that in spite of European law, some laptop charging trolleys sold by certain manufacturers have been supplied and sold without going through the correct health and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value%20semantics | In computer science, having value semantics (also value-type semantics or copy-by-value semantics) means for an object that only its value counts, not its identity. Immutable objects have value semantics trivially, and in the presence of mutation, an object with value semantics can only be uniquely-referenced at any point in a program.
The concepts that are used to explain this concept are extensionality, definiteness, substitutivity of identity, unfoldability, and referential transparency.
References
Programming paradigms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna%20%28networking%29 | Ravenna is a technology for real-time transport of audio and other media data over IP networks. Ravenna was introduced on September 10, 2010 at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam. Ravenna can operate on most existing network infrastructures using standard networking technology. Performance and capacity scale with network performance. Ravenna is designed to match broadcasters' requirements for low latency, full signal transparency and high reliability. Fields of application include in-house signal distribution for broadcasting houses and other fixed installations, flexible setups at venues and live events, outside broadcasting support, and inter-studio links across wide area network links and production facilities.
Standard protocols
Ravenna is an IP-based solution. As such it is based on protocol levels at or above layer 3 of the OSI reference model. All protocols and mechanisms used within Ravenna are based on widely deployed and established standards:
Streaming is based on the well-established RTP / RTCP protocols with payload formats defined by various RFCs (i.e. RFC 3550, RFC 3551 et al.).
Both unicast and multicast are supported on a per-stream basis.
Stream management and connection is achieved through SDP or RTSP protocol.
QoS is based on DiffServ mechanism
Device configuration and discovery is executed through the use of DHCP / DNS services or zeroconf mechanisms.
Low-level device configuration is accomplished through independent web services via http protocol.
Time synchronization is maintained via PTPv2 (IEEE 1588-2008).
Stream redundancy is based on SMPTE ST 2022-7 standard.
Open technology
Ravenna is an open-technology standard without a proprietary licensing policy. A first-draft version of the Ravenna specification is publicly available. The development is jointly executed within the RAVENNA Partner Group under the leadership of ALC NetworX GmbH, Munich. Current Ravenna partners include:
2wcom (Germany)
AEQ (Spain)
AETA (France)
Archwave (Switzerland)
AVT Audio Video Technologies GmbH (Germany)
Calrec (UK)
Digigram (France)
DirectOut (Germany)
Dolby (USA)
Genelec (Finland)
Infomedia (China)
Lawo (Germany)
Merging Technologies (Switzerland)
Neumann (Germany)
Orban (USA)
Qbit (Germany)
Riedel Communications (Germany)
Ross Video (Canada)
Schoeps (Germany)
SciSys (Germany)
Sonifex (UK)
Sound4 (France)
The Telos Alliance (USA)
WorldCast Systems (France)
and others
Standardization activities
Ravenna contributed to the AES67 standardization efforts. Ravenna is compatible with AES67 and all relevant mechanisms, protocols and formats used for synchronization, transport and payload mandated by AES67 are fully supported.
Ravenna contributed to the SMPTE 2110 standardization efforts. Ravenna is compatible with the audio parts SMPTE ST 2110-30 and -31.
Awards
Ravenna was a recipient of a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award in 2020 for Development of Synchronized multi-channel un |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20Data%20Management%20Interface | The Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) is a SNIA standard that specifies a protocol for self-provisioning, administering and accessing cloud storage.
CDMI defines RESTful HTTP operations for assessing the capabilities of the cloud storage system, allocating and accessing containers and objects, managing users and groups, implementing access control, attaching metadata, making arbitrary queries, using persistent queues, specifying retention intervals and holds for compliance purposes, using a logging facility, billing, moving data between cloud systems, and exporting data via other protocols such as iSCSI and NFS. Transport security is obtained via TLS.
Capabilities
Compliant implementations must provide access to a set of configuration parameters known as capabilities.
These are either boolean values that represent whether or not a system supports things such as queues, export via other protocols, path-based storage and so on, or numeric values expressing system limits, such as how much metadata may be placed on an object. As a minimal compliant implementation can be quite small, with few features, clients need to check the cloud storage system for a capability before attempting to use the functionality it represents. Resource allocation assignments limited to the data management interface protocols must possess access bypass capabilities which extend beyond the layered framework. This integral function is vital to the prevention of transport layer session hijacking by unauthorized entities which may circumvent standard interfacing security parameters.
Containers
A CDMI client may access objects, including containers, by either name or object id (OID), assuming the CDMI server supports both methods. When storing objects by name, it is natural to use nested named containers; the resulting structure corresponds exactly to a traditional filesystem directory structure.
Objects
Objects are similar to files in a traditional file system, but are enhanced with an increased amount and capacity for metadata. As with containers, they may be accessed by either name or OID. When accessed by name, clients use URLs that contain the full pathname of objects to create, read, update and delete them. When accessed by OID, the URL specifies an OID string in the cdmi-objectid container; this container presents a flat name space conformant with standard object storage system semantics.
Subject to system limits, objects may be of any size or type and have arbitrary user-supplied metadata attached to them. Systems that support query allow arbitrary queries to be run against the metadata.
Domains, Users and Groups
CDMI supports the concept of a domain, similar in concept to a domain in the Windows Active Directory model. Users and groups created in a domain share a common administrative database and are known to each other on a "first name" basis, i.e. without reference to any other domain or system.
Domains also function as containers for usage and billin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Emmy%20Awards | 2011 Emmy Awards may refer to:
63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2011 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored primetime programming during June 2010 – May 2011
38th Daytime Emmy Awards, the 2011 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored daytime programming during 2010
32nd Sports Emmy Awards, the 2011 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored sports programming during 2010
39th International Emmy Awards, honoring international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Krypto%20the%20Superdog%20episodes | This is an episode list for the American animated television series Krypto the Superdog which aired on Cartoon Network.
Series overview
Episodes
All episodes were directed by Scott Jeralds.
Season 1 (2005)
Season 2 (2006)
External links
Lists of DC Comics animated television series episodes
Lists of American children's animated television series episodes
Lists of Cartoon Network television series episodes
2000s television-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20Policy%20Institute | The Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) is a free market American think tank based in Wichita, Kansas. A member of the State Policy Network, it primarily focuses on state and local policy issues in Kansas, including education, budget and spending, health care, and property taxes. KPI is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
History
Founded in 1996 as the Kansas Public Policy Institute, the think tank changed its name to the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy, then back to Kansas Policy Institute in 2009. It was founded by a group of Kansans who supported the Cato Institute and wanted to apply that model to Kansas state government. KPI hosts events across the state; publishes studies geared toward policy makers, the general public, and community leaders; and uses traditional and social media to discuss state and local government through the free market perspective.
In addition to its policy studies, KPI maintains a site titled KansasOpenGov, it established an online newspaper, The Sentinel, in 2016.
Affiliations and leadership
KPI is affiliated with two national conservative and libertarian political organizations: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network.
KPI was founded by George Pearson, who had worked for nearly three decades as an executive of Koch Industries. He is also affiliated with the Cato Institute and the Atlas Network.
KPI's chairman is David Gibson, while Dave Trabert is the CEO and the president is James Franko.
Activities
In 2010, KPI called attention to the State Unencumbered Fund balances, concluding that state school districts had over $699 million in carryover operating funds. The institute concluded that schools were not spending all of the money they were being given and were instead putting money in the bank. This claim drew both positive and negative attention from the media and school boards and the issue became a topic of conversation in the K-12 finance debate. SB 111 passed the Kansas Legislature in the 2011 session, allowing Kansas school districts to more easily access that money to offset declines in base per-pupil aid from the state.
KPI has argued for expanding school choice with charter schools.
A 2013 report by two liberal-leaning groups, the Center for Media and Democracy and ProgressNow, claimed that KPI was "part of a network of state-based think tanks whose purpose is to push right-wing legislation that benefits corporate donors." Dave Trabert of KPI said the accusation was "a lot of hooey to distract people from the issues."
References
External links
Think tanks based in the United States
Political and economic think tanks in the United States
Organizations established in 1996
Organizations based in Wichita, Kansas
Conservative organizations in the United States
Libertarian think tanks
Politics of Kansas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend%20at%20Mort%27s | "Weekend at Mort's" is the 11th episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 8, 2011.
The episode was written by Scott Jacobson and directed by Anthony Chun. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed by 4.26 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Jay Johnston, Andy Kindler, Amy Sedaris and Sam Seder.
Plot
The kids discover mold in the restaurant, so Bob calls Hugo, the health inspector, to get rid of it. Hugo needs to shut down the restaurant while it is fumigated over the weekend (claiming that bleach cannot get rid of mold). Bob plans to go to a hotel, but Mort offers for them to stay at his crematory home, which the family agrees to.
They arrive at the funeral home and discover that it is not what they expected - it is an expensive, modern apartment. Mort explains that he gets his furniture pieces at a discount because people have died on them. Bob and Linda decide that for their first weekend away from work in years, they can have their second honeymoon while Mort watches the kids. Bob plans to spend the weekend creating a model replica of the bus from "Speed", but Linda wants their stay to be romantic. Meanwhile, Mort is having fun with the kids and lets them explore the morgue. Louise goes on Mort's computer and finds that he received a message from someone on a dating website for morticians and, pretending to be Mort, invites her to a date at Jimmy Pesto's. When she agrees to come, Linda forces Bob to come with her as a double date, leaving Tina in charge, despite her past failures at babysitting.
Bob, Linda, Mort and Samantha, Mort's date, arrive at Jimmy Pesto's Pastafarian night (Jamaican-styled cuisine). Mort and Samantha get along excellently, but Bob is left out and gets heavily drunk. While babysitting, Tina is convinced by Louise and Gene to let them explore the morgue unsupervised. Going deeper into the morgue, Louise pulls a prank on the others and makes them believe there is a zombie hiding in the morgue. At Jimmy Pesto's, Bob abandons Linda and goes back to Mort's apartment. Hearing the kids in the morgue, he goes downstairs to investigate, but drunkenly falls asleep in an empty coffin. Louise continues scaring the others, but they hear Bob's snoring and believe it's a real zombie. The kids duct-tape the coffin shut and push it into the crematorium. Before the coffin gets burnt, the kids realize that Bob is inside as he frees himself. Mort and Samantha come back to the morgue to make out, but Bob realizes that facing death has made him appreciate his relationship with Linda, so he goes back to Jimmy Pesto's to dance with her. After arriving, Bob notices mold in Jimmy Pesto's restaurant - Hugo tells Pesto that he can remove it with bleach.
Reception
In its original American broadcasting, "Weekend at Mort's" was viewed by an estimated 4.26 million viewers and received a 2. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobsterfest | "Lobsterfest" is the 12th episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 15, 2011.
The episode was written by Aron Abrams & Greg Thompson and directed by Boohwan Lim. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 4.66 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by David Herman, Andy Kindler, Ron Lynch, Jerry Minor, Larry Murphy and Sam Seder.
Plot
The town's Lobsterfest has arrived, much to the irritation of Bob, as it threatens to draw business from the restaurant. He also has an allergy to lobster. Hugo and Ron stop by and force Bob to hang a Lobsterfest poster, but he tears it down when they leave.
In school, Mr. Frond alerts Louise's class that a tropical storm which is going to hit town has now progressed to a hurricane. Due to the hurricane, Lobsterfest is cancelled, making Bob ecstatic. He decides to open Bob's Burgers for customers who were planning on going to Lobsterfest. Linda is worried about the restaurant and if a hurricane will destroy the business. However, more customers are coming in from the hurricane, including the Lobsterfest maidens and the health inspectors. Hugo meets one of the Lobsterfest maidens, Gretchen. Bob encourages Hugo to get closer to Gretchen by showing him his badge and thermometer. Bob decides to give burgers to people for free and names his party, "Bobsterfest". Meanwhile, the kids are in the basement for safety. Louise suggests looting the empty town while Tina compiles her "mating list," for when the town is destroyed and they must repopulate the earth. After sneaking outside, the kids find a lobster and decide to eat it to spite their father.
Bob deals with a huge hangover the next morning and discovers the restaurant is trashed from the party. Louise tries to boil the lobster, but Tina and Gene stop her, because they want their first time eating lobster to be special. Gene wants to have his in a hot tub after his first music show, Tina wants to eat her first one when she marries Jimmy Pesto Jr. and Louise wants to eat her first one as a way to escape prison. Louise accidentally drops the lobster into boiling water, and the kids decide to eat it anyway. Bob finds out that Lobsterfest is now open and attempts to bring sympathetic people back to the restaurant to help clean up, but they all refuse. Louise, Tina and Gene taste their first lobster, but Gene has an allergic reaction like Bob, which turns into anaphylactic shock. Bob goes on the Lobsterfest's stage and threatens to put his feet in a tub of melted butter. Linda convinces him not to, but Bob accidentally gets shot by Officers Julia and Cliffany and falls into the butter, contaminating it. Bob is accused of ruining Lobsterfest and will be thrown on a pile of the shells of spiky lobsters. Ron thinks it is unfair that Hugo is not stopping the crowd since Bob was his Wingman. Hugo inspects the butter and a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ESPN%20sports%20properties | ESPN and its family of domestic networks (ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and (to a lesser extent) ESPN Classic) have or previously had rights to the following sports and events.
Current properties
American football
NFL on ESPN
Monday Night Football: 2006–present
Manningcast
NFL Live
Saturday night regular season games (Weeks 14-18 only).
Pro Bowl: 1988–1994, 2003–2005, 2010, 2015–2023 (acquired rights from ABC through 2005, acquired from CBS in 2010, direct from 2015 onward)
NFL playoffs
One wild card game (since January 2015)
One divisional playoff game (starting in January 2024)
Super Bowl (starting in February 2027)
ESPN College Football
Bowl Games: 1982–present (contracts with individual bowl games; the first live college football game telecast on ESPN was the 1982 Independence Bowl, Kansas St. vs. Wisconsin)
College Football Playoff: January 2015–2026
ACC: 1998–2036
Big 12: 2007–2025
Brigham Young University: 2011-2020 (shared with BYU TV; BYU reserves all rights to their events)
MAC: 2003–present (shared with ASN since 2015)
Pac-12: 2007–2023
SEC: partial rights 1984–2023 (shared with CBS since 1998) 2024–present full rights
Sun Belt: 2001–2031
MEAC: 2005–present
Turkey Day Classic: 2006–2013, 2016–present online
Ohio Valley Conference (2014–present, online only)
Southern Conference (2014–present, online only)
Northeast Conference (2014–present, online only)
Gulf South Conference (2014–present, online only)
NCAA Division I FCS (formerly Division I-AA), Division II, and Division III playoffs (selected games) and championship games.
NAIA National Football Championship (2014–present)
Select other games are carried online through ESPN3, simulcasting local or regional sports networks and purchased à la carte.
XFL on ESPN: 2020, 2023-2027
Other:
High School Showcase: Select high school football games, rights purchased à la carte from various state associations (2005–present)
Association football
Soccer
Soccer on ESPN
Clubs
EFL (including Cup)
The FA
Cup
Women's FA Cup
FA Youth Cup
Community Shield
Women's FA Community Shield
DFL (?–2012, 2020–2026)
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
Supercup
DFB-Pokal
La Liga (2009-2012, 2021-2029)
RFEF
Copa del Rey
Copa de la Reina
Supercopa de España
Supercopa de España Femenina
Swedish Allsvenskan
DBU Pokalen
Eredivisie
Belgian Pro League
USL
Baseball
ESPN Major League Baseball: 1990–2028
Opening night games.
Sunday Night Baseball
Wild Card Series
Little League World Series
1985–2030
Basketball
NBA on ESPN: 1982–1984, 2002–2025
Wednesday and Friday night regular season games (co-exists with regional broadcasts).
Saturday Primetime
Sunday Showcase
Exclusive Christmas games.
NBA play-in tournament:
Exclusive 9–10 seeded games, both conferences
Exclusive Eastern Conference No. 8 seed game (even-numbered years)
Exclusive Western Conference No. 8 seed game (odd-numbered years)
NBA playoffs:
First round (generally Fridays and selected weekend games, co-exists with regional |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Schmid | Hermann Schmid may refer to
Hermann von Schmid (1815–1880), Austrian-German novelist
Hermann Schmid (computer scientist)
:eo:Hermann Schmid, a German Esperantist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection%20Control%20Society%20of%20Pakistan | The Infection Control Society of Pakistan (ICSP) is a non-profit national organisation in Pakistan, representing specialist practitioners in infection control. The body consists of a network of health care professionals, Social scientists, financial advisors, opinion leaders and international experts and has conducted research and studies for control and prevention of infectious diseases in the country.
The body is an affiliated member of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), International Society for Infectious Diseases, based in the United States and the Global Health Council based in Washington D.C.. It is headed by its president Rafiq Khanani.
References
Infectious disease organizations
Medical and health organisations based in Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz%20Lembke | Heinz Lembke (24 March 1937 – 1 November 1981) was a German right-wing extremist and very likely a member of the stay-behind network Gladio. Lembke was found hanged in his prison cell one day before his hearing by the federal prosecutor.
In 1959, at the age of 22, Lembke fled from East to West Germany and immediately connected with right-wing extremist organisations. He became a member of the Bund Vaterländischer Jugend (Coalition of the Patriotic Youth) and became chief executive in 1960. He appeared at events of the Bund Heimattreuer (Coalition of Loyal Patriots) and Manfred Roeder's Deutsche Bürgerinitiative ("German Citizen Initiative) and became involved in the Deutsche Reichspartei (German Imperial Party) and the National Democratic Party of Germany for which he appeared as candidate. He also organised Wehrsportübungen (Defensive Sport Exercises) and became an "avid arms dealer for right-wing terrorists". The bomb planters around Peter Naumann used equipment from Lembke to commit their attacks.
Lembke had verifiable contact with the terrorist Deutsche Aktionsgruppe (German Action Group) and the Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann (Group of Defense Sport Hoffmann). Until his imprisonment he was a forest ranger in Oechtringen next to Hanstedt in the district of Uelzen, close by a military training ground.
The day after the attack of the Oktoberfest in Munich on 26 September 1980, members of the Deutsche Aktionsgruppe around Raymund Hörnle and Sibylle Vorderbrügge provided information that Lembke had offered them weapons, explosives and ammunition and had told them about his extensive arsenal. This tip off was investigated by the prosecutors almost a year later when by chance lumberjacks encountered one of the depots. Lembke admitted in the remand center the location of his 33 illegal weapon and ammunition arsenals which caused quite a stir in the media when found in 1981 in Uelzen near Lüneburg Heath. They contained automatic weapons, 13,520 shots of munition, 50 bazookas, 156 kg explosives and 258 hand grenades. The amount and quality of the military equipment pointed to Lembke be a part of the secret organisation Gladio, of which such weapon arsenals are characteristic. This could never be verified as Lembke was found hanged in his prison cell on 1 November 1981, the day before his hearing by a federal prosecutor. He had announced beforehand that he would disclose vast information about his backers. The investigation in that direction was stopped soon after Lembke's death and his death was portrayed as one of a maverick, who built up his arsenal out of fear for a Soviet invasion. The origins of the weapons remain unknown.
References
1937 births
1981 suicides
Operation Gladio
Suicides by hanging in Germany
German neo-Nazis
German nationalists
German people who died in prison custody
People who died by suicide in prison custody
Prisoners who died in German detention
Suicides in West Germany |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockLive | RockLive is an American online social network and games developer that was founded in 2009.
In 2013, RockLive became Shots Studios, a digital studio and management company which also released the Shots App, a comedy social network for millennials.
RockLive developed mobile games in partnership with athletes, including Mike Tyson, Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt.
References
External links
Video game companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Monaghan | Jonathan Monaghan (born September 14, 1986 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York) is a contemporary visual artist who uses computer animation software to create his work. He received his BFA in computer graphics from the New York Institute of Technology. Monaghan then went on to receive a MFA from the University of Maryland.
Career
Monaghan's animations have been exhibited at The Phillips Collection, the Sundance Film Festival and the Palais de Tokyo. His work has been reviewed in the Washington Post and the Village Voice. Monaghan's work sits in numerous public and private collections such as The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Monaghan is represented by bitforms gallery in New York.
Exhibitions
Solo
"After Fabergé" The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
"Gotham" 22,48m2, Paris
"Disco Beast" bitforms gallery, New York
"Escape Pod" bitforms gallery, New York
"Robot Ninja" Market Gallery, Glasgow
Select screenings
LOOP Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston MA
Hirshhorn Museum - "Experimental Media Series" Washington D.C.
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam Netherlands
References
External links
Jonathan Monaghan on Vimeo
bitforms gallery, NYC
1986 births
Living people
American animators
University of Maryland, College Park alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo%20%28Bob%27s%20Burgers%29 | "Torpedo" is the 13th episode and the season finale of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 22, 2011. The episode was written by Dan Fybel and Rich Rindali and directed by Kyounghee Lim.
Plot
Bob and the family head off to a baseball game to see a new ad they bought. The ad is much smaller than Bob thought it would be, described as "a hot dog wrapper caught in the net." During the game, Tina notices that the town's team, the Wonderdogs, communicate by slapping each other on their buttocks. Gene becomes interested in the baseball park's mascot race (owned by Mr. Fischoeder) and wants to race with his hamburger costume. Bob becomes amazed when he finds out his baseball hero, Torpedo Jones (Robert Ben Garant) is playing for The Wonderdogs. Bob witnessed his infamous pitch fifteen years ago but Torpedo is now hitting rock bottom. After the game, Bob fails to find Mr. Fischoeder to get Gene in the race but instead, Gene asks Torpedo to participate. Torpedo agrees and befriends the family.
Bob and the family watch Gene's first race with Torpedo giving Gene advice, and Bob gives Torpedo a burger as a thank you for getting Gene into the race. Gene wins the race and a gold medal, but fails to promote Bob's Burgers. However, Torpedo compliments the burger and tells the audience and other players to eat at Bob's Burgers after the game. Later at Bob's Burgers, Tina asks Torpedo for a job with the team as a way to butt-slap with the handsome players, and gets hired. She is also required to give Torpedo a burger at every game. Torpedo gives Bob a baseball, and Bob notices it has the grease from Bob's Burgers on it. Bob deduces that Torpedo has been cheating.
Bob meets with Mr. Fischoeder and tells him about Torpedo cheating, but Mr. Fischoeder shows Bob that thanks to Torpedo's cheating, more people have been coming to baseball games. He also reveals that he is using support beams from the rollercoaster to prop up the stadium seats and that the Wonderdog games are rigged. Bob continues giving Torpedo grease and the kids learn about it. Louise tells Gene to cheat in his next mascot race by pushing the competitors. Gene wins his second gold medal in a row and hopes to make a record of winning three in a row. After finding out about Gene's cheating, Linda forbids anyone in the house from cheating. Bob tells Torpedo not to cheat but to try his best to win at baseball. After trying to convince Torpedo not to cheat, Bob reveals that he is his and Gene's role model, but Torpedo plays up a lie originally created by Louise that he can't be his role model due to him being the same age as Bob. Torpedo also reveals that he cheated in every game, including his famous pitch. After explaining his methods of cheating, Torpedo tells Bob to "pick an old guy" as a role model. Gene is ready to cheat his third race so Bob tells Gene through a speaker that he shouldn't cheat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoworker%20Caravan | The Autoworker Caravan is an advocacy group dedicated to promoting the interests of Unionized American Autoworkers. It is primarily based in Detroit Michigan, but has a network of activists covering virtually every major American facility operated by the Big Three (automobile manufacturers). The Caravan is composed of both active and retired UAW members. It is also sometimes referred to as the AWC.
The group’s stated mission is “to be the Autoworker’s advocate,” by promoting ideals such as solidarity, labor justice, and green economic progress. Occasionally they oppose official UAW policies and agenda when they are not in the best interest of workers. Some Caravan members produce articles, op-eds, blog posts, YouTube interviews, and are frequent guests in the media. They also conduct workshop conferences and public forums to broaden the parameters of automotive policy debate to allow greater consideration of labors’ role.
The Autoworker Caravan started in December 2008 as a grass roots effort by auto workers to lobby Congress during the 2008 - 2009 auto-bailout proceedings on Capitol Hill. It grew in response to the 2009 labor contract modifications forced upon General Motors and Chrysler workers on the eve of each automaker’s 2009 bankruptcy. Caravan members played a role in convincing Ford workers to reject similar labor contract modifications later that year.
Caravan members have been critical of UAW President Bob King’s stance on several issues, including the South Korea - United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), a two-tier system for wages and benefits implemented in the 2007 UAW contracts, and King’s refusal to support a large group of non-union workers fired from GM's plant in Colombia after they were injured on the job. On other issues, most notably Bob King’s plan to organize the foreign southern auto transplant workers, and King’s support for collective bargaining rights in places such as Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan, Caravan members have praised UAW initiatives.
The group is best known for their annual demonstrations outside the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
References
External links
The Autoworker Caravan
Advocacy groups in the United States
Automotive industry in the United States
Trade unions in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwolla | Dwolla is a United States-only fintech company that provides businesses with a connection to the ACH Network or RTP Network (Clearing House’s privately-owned real-time payments network).
History
The company was founded in 2008 with services based only in Iowa, and having two employees. After raising US$1.31 million in funding, Dwolla launched in the United States on December 1, 2010, with founders Ben Milne (CEO) and Shane Neuerburg (CTO), in Des Moines, Iowa, and initially with a few small banks and retailers.
By June 2011, Dwolla had grown to 15 employees and 20,000 users, and it processed $1 million in a week for the first time.
Dwolla began with Veridian Credit Union for banking services, while The Members Group of the Iowa Credit Union League processed their transactions.
Products and services
Dwolla provides a white label service consisting of APIs to use the ACH system and white label services expanded from payouts to include instant bank authorization for debiting bank accounts
FiSync
On May 25, 2011, Dwolla released its FiSync integration, which aims to allow instantaneous transactions instead of the typical 2–3 day of the ACH Network transactions. , Dwolla had 11 financial institutions signed on, providing access to 600,000 potential customers. Dwolla quietly discontinued FiSync on January 31, 2017.
Government payments
As of April 2013, the Iowa Department of Revenue allows businesses that pay cigarette stamp taxes to use Dwolla as a method of payment. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced on January 6, 2014 that the state will expand the partnership to allow customers of Iowa Department of Transportation to pay fuel tax and vehicle registration costs online using the service.
In February 2015, the US Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service added Dwolla to the system which allows US Federal agencies to issue and receive electronic payments.
Inadequate security practices
On February 27, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its first data security-related enforcement action against Dwolla, Inc. Relying on its UDAAP-related authority, the CFPB alleged that Dwolla failed to maintain adequate data security practices despite representations made on the company website and in communications with consumers that the company has implemented practices that exceed industry standards. Among other requirements, Dwolla has agreed to settle and must cease making any misrepresentations about its data security practices.
The Dwolla Platform
In 2016, Dwolla became a B2B SaaS company, selling its payment software directly to businesses so they can offer their customers bank transfers as a payment option in addition to credit cards. Since 2016, the Dwolla Platform has added new features along with real-time payments, push-to-debit payments and Same Day ACH credits or debits.
See also
List of online payment service providers
References
Further reading
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/busi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20of%20Hell | World of Hell (or simply WoH) was a grey hat computer hacker group that claims to be responsible for several high-profile attacks in the year 2001. It gained attention due to its high-profile targets and the lighthearted messages it has posted in the aftermath of its attacks.
Overview
World of Hell first emerged in March 2001, and has successfully attacked the websites of several major corporations. It specializes in finding websites with poor security, and then defacing it with an advice message. It has used well-known zero day exploits in that period of time.
The group has used the motto "Kiss my a$$ because I 0wn3d yours" in several cases of vandalism but has also used humorous pictures aimed at war, corruption, or other hackers.
World of Hell was also involved in the cyberwarfare "Project-China".
Members
Cowhead2000, RaFa, FonE_TonE, foney, no|d, dawgyg, Slacker, Messiah-x, Azap, Rubix, goof-athon, delta-x, d1ckw33d, PeCo, JoeGoeL, Divine, x[beast]x, Apocalypse, gl0b4l, spyR0cker.
Supposed attacks
Defense Information Systems Agency, Rolex, FOIA CIA, PFIZER, Hard Rock Cafe, Virginia State, Microsoft, around 700 sites in one minute, etc.
Convictions
In 2001 Robert Junior aka Cowhead2000 was arrested. On June 12, 2002, Thomas DeVoss aka dawgyg was arrested. In 2005 Rafael Núñez aka RaFa was arrested. The fate of the other members is currently unknown.
References
External links
Cyberattacks
Internet-based activism
Internet vigilantism
Hacker groups
Hacking in the 2000s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueve%20%28Mexican%20TV%20network%29 | Nueve (English: Nine) (stylized Nu9ve) is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The primary station and network namesake is Channel 9 of Mexico City (also known by its call sign XEQ-TDT), though the network has nationwide coverage on Televisa stations and some affiliates. Nueve offers a range of general entertainment programs.
History
The roots of Nueve go back to the foundation of Televisión Independiente de México, the first serious contender to Telesistema Mexicano. In 1973, the two companies merged to form Televisión Vía Satélite, better known as Televisa (now known as TelevisaUnivision Mexico).
After years of broadcasting primarily cultural programs, channel 9 in Mexico City returned to commercial programming in the mid-1990s, under the name Galavisión. This Galavisión was unrelated to the American cable channel of the same name, also owned by TelevisaUnivision.
On April 15, 2013, Galavisión changed its name to Gala TV.
Gala TV programs were traditionally carried on a number of Televisa-affiliated local stations. In 2017, Televisa ended a significant number of these partnerships and began multiplexing Gala TV on various Canal 5 transmitters in larger markets.
On July 9, 2018, the network relaunched as Nueve, with a new programming lineup. The branding reflects the fact that its Mexico City station XEQ-TDT and most of its retransmitters broadcast on virtual channel 9.
Programming
The Nueve schedule features mainly reruns of major Mexican telenovelas, reruns of TelevisaUnivision Mexico series, as well as soccer and lucha libre and old Mexican movies. On March 18, 2008, it was announced that an agreement was made between Televisa and NBCUniversal that Galavisión would broadcast Telemundo programs on Galavisión as well as on selected channels of SKY México and Cablevision beginning in April 2008.
As part of the Nueve relaunch, Televisa signed deals with Discovery and National Geographic to air their content. The relaunch also included a new entertainment program, Intrusos, hosted by entertainment journalist Juan José Origel.
Movies
Cine Sensacional (Weekends)
GalaCinema (Weekdays 6:00PM–8:00PM)
La Nueva Era (Weekends)
Stations
Nueve is not nominally a national network; unlike Las Estrellas or Canal 5, it does not meet the national coverage threshold necessary to be considered one by the Federal Telecommunications Institute.
There is significant variance in the programming schedules of Nueve and its stations, not seen with Las Estrellas or Canal 5.
Some stations are full-time repeaters, usually broadcasting on channel 9.1, clearing all Nueve programming while only inserting local advertising. Others also carry FOROtv, Televisa Regional, and/or local programs.
There are also several Nueve feeds multiplexed on (primarily) Canal 5 transmitters, which carry Nueve programming full-time. Some of these subchannels may also have local programming.
Not all Mexican stations using virtual channel 9 are part of t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansigunj | Hansigunj is a small village in Dataganj tehsil, Badaun District, Uttar Pradesh, India. There is a single primary school in this village. People of this village depend upon agriculture. Till June, 2011 there was no any supply of electricity and water. The population of this village is approx 1000. The language mainly used by people is regional Hindi.
Geography
Dataganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 158 metres (518 feet).
References
Villages in Budaun district
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Cyber%20Range | The National Cyber Range is a cyber range project being overseen by DARPA to build a scale model of the Internet that can be used to carry out cyber war games. The project serves as a test range where the military can create antivirus technologies to guard against cyberterrorism and attacks from hackers.
Several organisations are involved in the development of the network, including Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Lockheed Martin. More than $500m has been allocated by the Department of Defense to develop "cyber technologies."
References
United States Department of Defense
Computer network security
Cyber ranges |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Tilton | Shane Tilton is an American academic and associate professor of multimedia journalism at the Ohio Northern University. He was the former director of the Center of Society and Cyberstudies, which is an international thinktank designed to study and observe the impact of the Internet on society as a whole. He has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of the digital divide, new media, and celebrities. He has also published research on the impact the connected society has on government, the definition of the web, digital distribution. & social media's connection to the real world.
He has spoken more than 40 times at a variety of conferences and public forums. The most noted of these presentations was his presentation at SxSW regarding "nanocelebrites," a group of experts who use multiple communication platforms to deliver niche information and position themselves within the public sphere. Also, he discussed the three major areas that define a celebrity are content, personality, and reach. Tilton also spoke at SxSW in 2019 on a panel focusing on The Psychology of The Legend of Zelda.
In July 2018 Shane was awarded the Young Stationers' Prize, making him the sixth recipient of the Prize (following joint winners in 2016). In presenting the award, the judges recognised his "all-round contributions, not only in the educational sphere, but also with regard to the benefits for students in terms of training and support in preparing them for the professional world", as well as "the number of awards he has received, demonstrating his standing within both his academic subject and the broader industry".
In October 15, 2020, Tilton published The Journalism Breakdown, a textbook that explains the process of writing journalistic work in the era of multiple news platforms and various media publishing companies.
He was the chair of the "Two Year/Small College Interest Division" for the Broadcast Education Association from 2011-2013 and was the former chair of the "Communication and the Future" for the National Communication Association from 2009-2010.
References
External links
Personal site
The Center for Society and Cyberstudies
Nanocelebrity
Fifth Young Stationers' Prize 2018
Mass media theorists
Living people
American male writers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I.%20Joe%3A%20Ninja%20Battles | G.I. Joe: Ninja Battles is a 2004 computer-animated military science fiction action short film. The film was released on DVD as part of the Ninja Battles set of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero figures. In it, the history of the Arashikage Clan, as well as the history of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow's rivalry, are examined through a series of trials. Scenes from both G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom are used, with a brief period of new animation at the end of the movie.
Plot
Narrated by the Iron Master, the story takes place in the Iron Master's forge. Tiger Claw has just earned his name, and so Iron Master explains how the war between the Arashikage Clan and the Red Ninjas began, by telling the origin of the rivalry between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. The story is told in flashbacks, to the first time that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow faced off against each other, when the Hard Master put them through four trials. The trials end with Storm Shadow joining Cobra, blaming Snake Eyes for the demise of his family.
Duke, who had been standing in the shadows with Snake Eyes during the Iron Master's story, steps forward to tell Tiger Claw that someday Storm Shadow will learn the truth about his family, and be welcomed back into the Arashikage Clan. Storm Shadow then appears to challenge Snake Eyes and Tiger Claw, who reveal that Kamakura and Jinx are there to back them up. Storm Shadow then reveals allies of his own, in the form of Slash, Slice, and Shadow Strike. The ninjas all battle in Iron Master's forge, until the villains finally escape. Duke then offers Tiger Claw membership in the G.I. Joe Team, and he accepts.
The four trials
Mizu
"Mizu" - The Trial of Water: Water is considered to be "shifting, formless, taking the shape of whatever confines it". The trial is designed to test a ninja's understanding and mastery of strategy. Hard Master gives each ninja a bowl of water, and each must get the other's bowl without taking it from the other's hand. Tiger Claw realizes that the strategy is cooperation, so that both may complete the task, by giving their bowl to the other. Instead, Storm Shadow chose to take the water bowl from Snake Eyes by tripping him, which was considered an act of weakness by the Hard Master.
Tsuchi
"Tsuchi" - The Trial of Earth: Earth is considered to be "solid and supportive, resisting change, but giving strength". The trial is designed to test a ninja's use and understanding of force alone. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow stand atop wooden poles, and Snake Eyes is the first to realize "to defeat your enemy in battle, first defeat the battleground". He causes Storm Shadow to fall first, who turns in anger to consult the ninja named Shadow Strike, not knowing that Shadow Strike has been watching the trials as a Cobra spy.
Kaze
"Kaze" - The Trial of Wind: Wind is considered to be "forceful or subtle, striking from all directions, but always unseen". The trial is designed to test a ninja's understanding and maste |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Woodall | Jerry M. Woodall is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis who is widely known for his revolutionary work on LEDs and semiconductors. Over the course of his career, he has published close to 400 scientific articles and his work has directly contributed to the development of major technologies that are used around the world, such as TVs, optical fibers, and mobile phones. Woodall currently holds over 80 U.S. patents for a variety of inventions and has received prestigious awards from IBM, NASA, and the U.S. President for his contributions to science, technology, and humanity.
Education and early life
Jerry Woodall was born in Takoma Park, Maryland in 1938, which is located in Washington DC. His father was a plastering contractor, his mother a homemaker, and he had three siblings: one older brother and two half sisters. He went to a Seventh Day Adventist grade school, and Takoma Academy for high school.
Although he flunked his "Electricity and Magnetism" course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Woodall managed to graduate with a C average and receive a BS in Metallurgy (minor in Psychology) in 1960. He then worked as a Staff Engineer at Clevite Transistor Products in Waltham, MA for two years. In 1962, he became a Research Staff Member at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he worked most of his life, and was appointed Corporate IBM Fellow in 1985. At the same time, he obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1982.
Woodall then made a shift in his life to focus on academic work. In 1993, he became a professor at Purdue University and taught Microelectronics. He also taught Electrical Engineering at Yale University from 1993 to 1998, but he returned to Purdue in 2005. In 2012, he moved to UC Davis to teach Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Research
Woodall's research is largely focused on developing novel electronic materials and microelectronic devices that can greatly impact society. While at IBM, Woodall developed a highly efficient LED using the liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) method that continues to form the foundation of LED research. Shortly after, he built upon this work by developing high-speed electronic and photonic devices, including the first super bright red LED and a novel, high-efficiency solar cell. Woodall's work on LEDs has therefore been essential for the development of a wide variety of consumer products. This includes remotes, TVs, and LAN devices that utilize IR LEDs, as well as CD players and optical fibers that utilize super-bright red LEDs. Woodall is also referred to as the "father of heterojunction devices" due to his seminal work inventing and developing the modern implementations of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) and pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (P-HEMT). Due to their compact size and high speed, these transistors are now used worldwide in many personal electronic devices, includin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televisa%20Regional | Televisa Regional is a unit of Grupo Televisa which owns and operates television stations across Mexico. The stations rebroadcast programming from its subsidiary TelevisaUnivision's other networks, and they engage in the local production of newscasts and other programs. Televisa Regional stations all have their own distinct branding, except for those that are Nu9ve affiliates and brand as "Nu9ve <city/state name>".
Televisa traditionally has had agreements with independent station owners to supply programming for local stations. These stations were locally or regionally owned but featured Televisa programs; affiliated broadcasters included Televisoras Grupo Pacífico, with stations in five cities in western Mexico, and Tele-Emisoras del Sureste, with multiple stations in southeast Mexico. However, since 2018, many of these agreements have ended, with Nu9ve and FOROtv being multiplexed on Televisa-owned stations.
In April 2021, Televisa and US-based Univision Communications announced that they had proposed a merger between Televisa’s media and entertainment assets with Univision, which would form a new company to be known as TelevisaUnivision. The transaction was completed on January 31, 2022. Televisa Regional remained part of Grupo Televisa as part of conditions for the approval of merger by the Mexican authorities.
Televisa Regional stations
XHAGU-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Aguascalientes", Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
XHS-TDT 4.1 "Canal 4", Ensenada, Baja California
XHBC-TDT 4.1 "Canal 4", Mexicali, Baja California
XEWT-TDT 12.1 "Canal 12", Tijuana, Baja California
XHAN-TDT 9.1, "Nu9ve Campeche", Campeche, Campeche
XHSNC-TDT 9.1, "Nu9ve Chiapas", San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
XHTUA-TDT 9.1, "Nu9ve Chiapas", Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
XHJCI-TDT 8.1 "Televisa Ciudad Juárez", Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
XHCHZ-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Chihuahua", Chihuahua, Chihuahua
XHPN-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Piedras Negras", Piedras Negras, Coahuila
XHAE-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Saltillo", Saltillo, Coahuila
XHTOB-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Laguna", Torreón, Coahuila
XHCKW-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Colima", Colima, Colima
XHDUH-TDT 13.1 "Nu9ve Durango", Durango, Durango
XHL-TDT 12.1 "Bajío TV", León, Guanajuato
XHACZ-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Acapulco", Acapulco, Guerrero
XHG-TDT 4.1 "XHG Canal 4" y 4.2 "+Visión", Guadalajara, Jalisco
XHPVE-TDT 5.2 "XHG Canal 4", Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
XEQ-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Estado de México", Toluca, Mexico
XHCUM-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Morelos", Cuernavaca Morelos
XEFB-TDT 4.1 "Canal 4 Televisa Monterrey" , Monterrey, Nuevo León
XHCNL-TDT 8.1 "Canal 8 Televisa Monterrey", Monterrey, Nuevo León
XHOXO-TDT 8.1 "Nu9ve Oaxaca", Oaxaca, Oaxaca
XHP-TDT 4.1 "Tu Conexión con Puebla", Puebla, Puebla
XHQCZ-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Querétaro", Querétaro, Querétaro
XHQRO-TDT 9.1, "Nu9ve Quintana Roo", Cancún, Quintana Roo
XHCQR-TDT 9.1, "Nu9ve Quintana Roo", Chetumal, Quintana Roo
XHSLT-TDT 8.1 "Nu9ve San Luis Potosi", San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
XHCUI-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Sinaloa", Culiacan, Sinaloa
XHLMI-TDT 9.1 "Nu9ve Sina |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20the%20Money%20%26%20Run%20%28TV%20series%29 | Take the Money & Run is a reality game show that premiered on August 2, 2011, as part of the ABC network's 2011–12 primetime schedule. The series is unscripted and involves contestants trying to hide a briefcase filled with $100,000 from professional detectives and other investigators. The show takes place in various locales around the United States. The series ended with its sixth and final episode on September 6, 2011.
Overview
The contestants are loaned an SUV and a cellular phone, and are given one hour to hide the case. At the end of the hour, the contestants are taken into custody and questioned by interrogators in an attempt to locate the case. The contestants are also isolated from each other for the duration of the 48 hours. The detectives are given the GPS recordings of the route that the contestants took in the SUV, telephone records of who they called, and all receipts. If the detectives can locate the case within 48 hours, they are awarded the $100,000. If not, the contestants win the prize.
Production
The producers are Profiles Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Horizon Alternative Television is the distributor in the United States. The executive producers are Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri and Philip Morrow. Kristie Anne Reed and Mark Dziak are co-executive producers. The show was written by Philip Morrow, Kieran Doherty, and Matthew Worthy of Wild Rover Productions.
The recurring cast includes interrogators Paul Bishop, a writer and LAPD detective who has published many books and written many episodes for television and is the supervisor of a sex crimes unit, and Mary Hanlon Stone, a deputy district attorney with the office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Episodes
Reception
The show has received mixed reviews from critics, with Metacritic scoring it a 56 out of 100.
References
External links
Official website (via Internet Archive)
2010s American reality television series
2011 American television series debuts
2011 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
2010s American game shows
English-language television shows
Television series by Warner Horizon Television
Television shows set in the United States
Television shows filmed in California
Television shows filmed in Florida
Television shows filmed in Illinois |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Fielding | Adam Fielding is a UK-based electronic music producer and composer.
History
Starting in 1995, Fielding began writing music using a combination of an Atari STe computer running Protracker software. Although this started out as more of a hobby to support his interest in games programming, his interest in music led him to start experimenting further with tracker music in 1997/98. His developing interest in music led to him studying a BSc in music production at the University of Huddersfield in 2005. While studying at university, he began to incorporate more live instrumentation into his music. In 2008 he released his debut LP (Distant Activity) independently.
Following this independent release, Fielding released a free online single in 2009 (From Out Of Nowhere), followed by another single in 2010 (Lost In Silence) through the social network record label solarSwarm.
Fielding released a second album in 2010 (Lightfields). Following the release of Lightfields, both Distant Activity and Lightfields were signed to and re-distributed through Distinctive Records. In 2012 he released an album of selected ambient works (And All Is As It Should Be) through Lost Language Recordings, featuring original tracks and re-workings of existing material in a more cinematic style. This was followed by an album of instrumental tracks written for film, TV, and games (Chase The Light), which was released in 2012 through FiXT.
Fielding re-united with Distinctive Records in 2013 to release the full-length album Icarus, which was preceded by a single of the same name featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
Discography
The Dawn EP - 2008
Distant Activity - 2008
From Out of Nowhere - 2009
Lost In Silence - 2010
Lightfields - 2010
Chase The Light - 2012
And All Is As It Should Be - 2012
Icarus - 2013
Pieces - 2014
AdFi (as AdFi) - 2014
Obscurer - 2015
The Broken Divide - 2016
Mesmera - 2018
Notes and references
External links
Official website
Facebook
Distinctive Records
Bandcamp page
Soundcloud
Magnatune page, alt to bandcamp for getting his albums
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British electronic musicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tracker musicians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televisi%C3%B3n%20y%20Radio%20de%20Campeche | Televisión y Radio de Campeche (TRC) is the state broadcaster of the Mexican state of Campeche, retransmit the programming of Canal 44 de Guadalajara and Canal Once.
TRC operates an AM radio station, XESTRC-AM 920 "Voces Campeche" in Tenabo, as well as TV station XHCCA-TDT channel 4.1 in San Francisco de Campeche. It also holds the concession for XHRTC-FM 89.3, a currently unbuilt FM radio station also in San Francisco de Campeche.
History
The first public broadcaster in Campeche began in the early 1980s during the government of Alfonso Millán Luna, producing local opt-out programming for Televisión de la República Mexicana. When TRM became part of Imevisión in 1985, the broadcaster moved to new facilities and changed its name to COCATEC, becoming officially incorporated on October 31, 1988. In 1989, XETEB signed on as part of a partnership between the state government and the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, which would last until 2004. In 1997, COCATEC became TRC.
Long plagued by deteriorating equipment, a lack of financial attention and outmoded facilities, TRC has been hard-pressed to meet deadlines related to the digital television transition as well as to change its AM radio station to the FM band. In 2015, the station accomplished both, signing an accord with the SPR to share transmission infrastructure, thereby allowing it to begin digital broadcasts, and receiving a public concession to build a new FM station.
References
Public television in Mexico
Television stations in Campeche |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal%2010%20Chiapas | Canal 10 Chiapas (virtual channel 10, call sign XHTTG-TDT) is the state television network of the state of Chiapas, operated by the Sistema Chiapaneco de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía (Chiapas Radio, Television and Film System). It currently is broadcast on four primary transmitters in the state, though it had as many as 10 main transmitters in the analog era, when Canal 10 Chiapas reached 77.36% of the state's population.
History
In 1981, the Productora de Televisión de Chiapas was created to provide local opt-out programming on Televisión de la República Mexicana, which was channel 2 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez and San Cristóbal de las Casas. In 1988, this organization became the Sistema Chiapaneco de Televisión. The privatization of Imevisión, TRM's successor, forced the Chiapas state government to begin building their own transmitters, and XHTTG came to air with provisional facilities on September 20, 1993. Full-power transmissions began that November.
In 2001, the SCT was expanded to include the state's radio stations, the oldest of which had signed on in 1973.
On December 31, 2015, the San Cristóbal and Tuxtla analog transmitters were shut down as part of the digital transition. However, other transmitters remained offering analog service as part of a one-year extension granted to various permit stations. Neither transmitter does not use PSIP to map to its old channel 10; instead, they display their physical channels.
At the end of analog television on December 31, 2016, the state network surrendered its permits in Benemérito de las Américas, Cintalapa de Figueroa, Marques de Comillas, Palenque, Pichucalco and Pijijiapan. In February 2017, the state network further consolidated under one concession, with all remaining transmitters now signed as XHTTG-TDT (the previous calls were XHITC-TDT Comitán, XHSBB-TDT San Cristóbal de las Casas, and XHTAA-TDT Tapachula).
Transmitters
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An additional 25 shadow channels were authorized in digital to broadcast the network at low powers, though these are not operating.
The Comitán and Tuxtla transmitters changed to broadcast on RF 20, the San Cristóbal transmitter on RF 19, and the Tapachula transmitter on RF 33, under repacking plans approved by the Federal Telecommunications Institute.
References
Public television in Mexico
Television stations in Chiapas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal%2012%20%28Colima%29 | Canal 12 is the state public television network of the Mexican state of Colima. It is operated by the Instituto Colimense de Radio y Televisión (ICRTV) and broadcasts local and national educational and cultural programs.
History
On June 3, 1989, XHAMO-TV, then known as "Tevecolima", was created by decree in the state's official newspaper. Its first test transmissions, then on channel 12, occurred on June 25, 1989, with the first official broadcasts the next day.
On June 26, 1994, XHAMO moved from channel 12 to 11 in order to avoid interference with new station XHCKW-TV channel 13. XHAMO would return to branding as channel 12 in 2016 as a consequence of the national clearing of channel 11 for its exclusive use by the IPN's Canal Once.
On February 10, 2007, XHAMO and Tevecolima were combined with the Instituto de la Radio Colimense to form ICRTV.
In December 2015, XHAMO began digital transmissions on the same physical channel 11, broadcasting at night until the analog shutoff on December 31, 2015. It was the second VHF digital television station to come to air in Mexico, after XHMTA-TDT in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
A failure to file a timely renewal led to the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) awarding a new concession, with the new templated call sign XHCPAL-TDT, to the state government starting on January 1, 2022.
On November 5, 2018, the IFT awarded the state government a concession to build channel 13 in Manzanillo, with call sign XHPBMZ-TDT, to rebroadcast Canal 12. In October 2021, an agreement was reached to co-site the transmitter with TV Azteca's facility, and the station launched on October 12.
References
Public television in Mexico
Television channels and stations established in 1989
Mass media in Colima City
Television stations in Colima
1989 establishments in Mexico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20donkey%20breeds | This list of breeds of domestic donkey is based on country reports to the international DAD-IS database.
Also known as Sanath Nishantha from puththalam (Puththalam Donkey)
Breeds
References
D |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20Girl | Virtual Girl is a science fiction novel by Amy Thomson published in 1993 by Ace Books, about a robot illegally built with artificial intelligence. The author won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer with the book.
References
External links
1993 American novels
1993 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
Novels by Amy Thomson
Ace Books books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%20computer | The K computer named for the Japanese word/numeral , meaning 10 quadrillion (1016) was a supercomputer manufactured by Fujitsu, installed at the Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science campus in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The K computer was based on a distributed memory architecture with over 80,000 compute nodes. It was used for a variety of applications, including climate research, disaster prevention and medical research. The K computer's operating system was based on the Linux kernel, with additional drivers designed to make use of the computer's hardware.
In June 2011, TOP500 ranked K the world's fastest supercomputer, with a computation speed of over 8 petaflops, and in November 2011, K became the first computer to top 10 petaflops. It had originally been slated for completion in June 2012. In June 2012, K was superseded as the world's fastest supercomputer by the American IBM Sequoia.
, the K computer held third place for the HPCG benchmark. It held the first place until June 2018, when it was superseded by Summit and Sierra.
The K supercomputer was decommissioned on 30 August 2019. In Japan, the K computer was succeeded by the Fugaku supercomputer, in 2020, which took the top spot, and is three times faster than 2nd most powerful supercomputer.
Performance
On 20 June 2011, the TOP500 Project Committee announced that K had set a LINPACK record with a performance of 8.162 petaflops, making it the fastest supercomputer in the world at the time; it achieved this performance with a computing efficiency ratio of 93.0%. The previous record holder was the Chinese National University of Defense Technology's Tianhe-1A, which performed at 2.507 petaflops. The TOP500 list is revised semiannually, and the rankings change frequently, indicating the speed at which computing power is increasing. In November 2011, Riken reported that K had become the first supercomputer to exceed 10 petaflops, achieving a LINPACK performance of 10.51 quadrillion computations per second with a computing efficiency ratio of 93.2%. K received top ranking in all four performance benchmarks at the 2011 HPC Challenge Awards.
On 18 June 2012, the TOP500 Project Committee announced that the California-based IBM Sequoia supercomputer replaced K as the world's fastest supercomputer, with a LINPACK performance of 16.325 petaflops. Sequoia is 55% faster than K, using 123% more CPU processors, but is also 150% more energy efficient.
On the TOP500 list, it became first in June 2011, falling down through time to lower positions, to eighteenth in November 2018.
K computer held third place in the HPCG benchmark test proposed by Jack Dongarra, with 0.6027 HPCG PFLOPS in November 2018.
Specifications
Node architecture
The K computer comprised 88,128 2.0 GHz eight-core SPARC64 VIIIfx processors contained in 864 cabinets, for a total of 705,024 cores, manufactured by Fujitsu with 45 nm CMOS technology. Each cabinet contained 96 computing nodes, in addition to six I/O n |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabletelevision%20Advertising%20Bureau | The CableTelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB) is an organization of national and local ad-supported cable TV networks in the United States.
References
External links
thecab.tv
Advertising trade associations
Advertising in the United States
Television networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%20%28computer%20science%29 | In computer science, the general meaning of input is to provide or give something to the computer, in other words, when a computer or device is receiving a command or signal from outer sources, the event is referred to as input to the device.
Some computer devices can also be categorized as input devices because we use these devices to send instructions to the computer, some common examples of computer input devices are:
Mouse
Keyboard
Touchscreen
Microphone
Webcam
Softcam
Touchpad
Trackpad
Image scanner
Trackball
Also some internal components of computer are input components to other components, like the power-on button of a computer is an input component for the processor or the power supply, because it takes user input and sends it to other components for further processing.
In many computer languages the keyword "input" is used as a special keyword or function, such as in Visual Basic or Python. The command "input" is used to give the machine the data it has to process.
See also
Input method
Input device
Input/output
References
Input/output
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20CBS | CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS; originally the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Paramount Global through the CBS Entertainment Group. Along with ABC and NBC, CBS is one of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks.
CBS was founded as a radio network in 1927 and then expanded to television in the 1940s. Although it primarily remained an independent company throughout most of the 20th century, Paramount Pictures temporarily held a 49 percent ownership stake from 1929 to 1932. However, in 1995 the Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the company, becoming CBS Corporation (after selling certain assets). In 2000, CBS sold again to the original incarnation of Viacom (formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971, which acquired Paramount Pictures in 1994). In 2005, Viacom split itself into two separate companies and re-established CBS Corporation. However, National Amusements controlled both CBS and the second incarnation of Viacom until 2019, when both companies agreed to re-merge to become ViacomCBS. In 2022, ViacomCBS changed its name to Paramount Global after Paramount Pictures.
Early radio years
The origins of CBS date back to January 27, 1927, with the creation of the United Independent Broadcasters network in Chicago by New York City talent agent Arthur Judson. The fledgling network soon needed additional investors, and the Columbia Phonograph Company, manufacturers of Columbia Records, rescued it in April 1927. Now the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System, the network went to air under its new name on May 18, 1927, with a presentation by the Howard L. Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, and fifteen affiliates.
Operational costs were steep, particularly the payments to AT&T for use of its landlines, and by the end of 1927, Columbia Phonograph wanted out. In early 1928 Judson sold the network to brothers Isaac and Leon Levy, owners of the network's Philadelphia affiliate WCAU, and their partner Jerome Louchheim. None of the three were interested in assuming day-to-day management of the network, so they installed wealthy 26-year-old William S. Paley, son of a Philadelphia cigar family and in-law of the Levys, as president. With the record company out of the picture, Paley quickly streamlined the corporate name to "Columbia Broadcasting System". He believed in the power of radio advertising since his family's La Palina cigars had doubled their sales after young William convinced his elders to advertise on radio. By September 1928, Paley bought out the Louchheim share of CBS and became its majority owner with 51% of the business.
Turnaround: Paley's first year
During Louchheim's brief regime, Columbia paid $410,000 to Alfred H. Grebe's Atlantic Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for the small Brooklyn station WABC (no relation to the current WABC), which would become the network's flagship station. WABC was quickly upgraded, and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Valdez | Jeff Valdez (born January 31, 1956) is an American producer, writer, and studio executive who created the category of Latino Programming in English. The films and TV shows written and produced by Valdez have been syndicated in more than 40 countries.
Valdez is credited as a writer, director, and creator of the family comedy The Brothers Garcia (2000-2003), as well as the creator of the Latino Laugh Festival in 1997. In 2003, Valdez founded a new nationwide English language cable channel targeting Latinos called Sí TV.
In 2007 Valdez joined the board of directors of Maya Entertainment whose focus was on Latino-themed films mostly in English. Valdez founded his production company, New Cadence Productions in 2018 which has produced the HA Comedy Festival (2020) and The Brothers Garcia reboot, The Garcias (2022).
Career
In 1993, Valdez moved to Los Angeles, and created the show "Comedy Compadres", for KTLA, channel 5. He then wrote scripts, produced and directed pilots for Disney (Play Ball), Showtime (Latino Laugh Festival), NBC (Valdez and Hacienda Heights), Galavisión (Cafe Ole, Funny is Funny), and Nickelodeon (The Brothers Garcia).
In 2003, and based on the potential of this English-speaking market of the Latino population, Valdez paired with Bruce Barshop, a venture capitalist and founded Sí TV, the first Latino national channel for English-speaking Latinos in the United States. Sí TV became the leading producer of Latino themed English-language cable programming network, reaching 22 million homes in the first 3 years. Valdez became the CEO of the channel for the first 2 years, and produced the original programming of Sí TV.
In 2007 Valdez was named Chairman of Quepasa Corp./Quepasa.com (NASDAQ-QPSA) a bi-lingual social network aimed at US and Latin American markets. Valdez contributed to QuePasa's recovery in that period with an overall re-branding and creative vision. He also helped with a digital product called "Papacito", which increased the reach of the social network.
Valdez joined Maya Entertainment as a co-chairman at the invite of producer, Moctezumq Esparza. From 2007 to 2011 Maya was the only Latino Global Film Distribution Company. The company produced, owned and distributed films and content, primarily in English for theatrical release, as well as syndication.
From 2011 to 2014, Valdez headed up Max 360 Entertainment, which was a group of investors pursuing a variety of Television projects. In 2015 Valdez teamed up with financier Jeffrey Soros to develop a slate of Latino comedy films aimed at the New Mainstream Latino audience.
Early in 2018, Valdez and Sol Trujillo co-founded New Cadence Productions, a U.S. television and film content creation studio, with the intention of continuing to promote Latinos and their role in the media. New Cadence Productions has since partnered with Warner Media. The studio's first project was the 2020 HA Comedy Festival, which resulted in a 1-hour comedy special streaming on HBO Max. The |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20La%20Salle%20Supervised%20Schools | The De La Salle Supervised Schools is a network of Lasallian private schools in the Philippines under the wing of the Lasallian Schools Supervision Services Association, Inc. (LASSSAI) through its mission arm, the Lasallian Schools Supervision Office (LASSO).
History
Origins
Based on recorded history, the De La Salle Brothers' supervision began, albeit informally, as far back as 1954. Brothers doing "supervision" during the early days were just performing "individual apostolates". Although significant and very memorable to beneficiaries of such a ministry, the initial attempts were very unceremonious. In fact, there were three attempts to set up an office for the De La Salle Supervised Schools prior to 1995- one was in 1963, in the then La Salle College-Bacolod, intended for the hacienda-supervised schools. This was an office composed of a Brother Supervisor, a Lay Supervisor and a full-time secretary. The office closed in 1977 when the Lay Supervisor resigned.
The second attempt was in De La Salle University on Taft Avenue, Manila, then spearheaded by Br. Thomas Cannon FSC. Br. Thomas had been supervising since 1965, but the office was not formalized until 1971. He had a secretary who took charge of all the correspondences and all the communications involved in his tasks. However, it also closed in 1982, when the supervisor ended his term.
The third attempt was in 1991, with Br. Narciso Erquiza, Jr. FSC. The office was located at the Provincialate in La Salle Green Hills, but was also closed when Br. Narciso was transferred to another assignment.
While the establishment of these offices was a by-product of the existence of schools being assisted in many different areas, the Brothers' attempts have continued through the years. These schools and their very running evolved into a ministry long-recognized in the entire Lasallian community.
The first schools
The 2006 LASSO Manual of Operations for the Supervised Schools identified a school intended for the children of employees of the refinery in Limay, Bataan in 1960. It has recognized Br. U. Alphonsus Bloemen as having accepted the invitation to supervise the school. Br. Andrew Gonzalez confirmed this fact in his working paper, "Towards a Management Model for the Supervised Schools", published in 1982. However, he further adds that it was La Salle Green Hills which "entered into that agreement", and that Br. U. Alphonsus was the school's first supervisor. There were later claims that the supervision was "informal" and that the school was intended for the children of the expatriate employees residing in the refinery. The school was offered to the Brothers in 1967, but after an exploratory visit conducted by Br. U. Alphonsus Bloemen FSC and Br. H. Gabriel Connon FSC, the offer was declined. Three reasons were identified for the Brothers' refusal: "(1) There were adequate public schools and government trade schools in the area; (2) The population was small and limited to children of the middle c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reboot | In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physically turned off and back on again (causing an initial boot of the machine); or a warm reboot (or soft reboot) in which the system restarts while still powered up. The term restart (as a system command) is used to refer to a reboot when the operating system closes all programs and finalizes all pending input and output operations before initiating a soft reboot.
Terminology
Etymology
Early electronic computers (like the IBM 1401) had no operating system and little internal memory. The input was often a stack of punch cards or via a Switch Register. On systems with cards, the computer was initiated by pressing a start button that performed a single command - "read a card". This first card then instructed the machine to read more cards that eventually loaded a user program. This process was likened to an old saying, "picking yourself up by the bootstraps", referring to a horseman who lifts himself off the ground by pulling on the straps of his boots. This set of initiating punch cards was called "bootstrap cards". Thus a cold start was called booting the computer up. If the computer crashed, it was rebooted. The boot reference carried over to all subsequent types of computers.
Cold versus warm reboot
For IBM PC compatible computers, a cold boot is a boot process in which the computer starts from a powerless state, in which the system performs a power-on self-test (POST). Both the operating system and third-party software can initiate a cold boot; the restart command in Windows 9x initiates a cold reboot, unless Shift key is held.
A warm boot is initiated by the BIOS, either as a result of the Control-Alt-Delete key combination or directly through BIOS interrupt INT 19h. It does not perform a POST. Malware may prevent or subvert a warm boot by intercepting the Ctrl + Alt + Delete key combination and prevent it from reaching BIOS. The Windows NT family of operating systems also does the same and reserves the key combination for its own use.
The Linux family of operating systems supports an alternative to warm boot; the Linux kernel has optional support for kexec, a system call which transfers execution to a new kernel and skips hardware or firmware reset. The entire process occurs independently of the system firmware. The kernel being executed does not have to be a Linux kernel.
Outside the domain of IBM PC compatible computers, the types of boot may not be as clear. According to Sue Loh of Windows CE Base Team, Windows CE devices support three types of boots: Warm, cold and clean. A warm boot discards program memory. A cold boot additionally discards storage memory (also known as the "object store"), while a clean boot erases all'' forms of memory storage from the device. However, since these areas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20P.%20Lynch | Christopher P. Lynch (born April 22, 1963) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He invested in sqrrl, DataRobot, Threat Stack, Nutonian and Hadapt. He co-founded hack/reduce, a Boston-based Big Data incubator in May 2012. Lynch was a founding member of ArrowPoint communications and Acopia Networks where he served as CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at Vertica Systems.
Early life
Christopher P. Lynch was born in Yonkers, New York, to Paul and Nora Lynch. The family of five children soon returned to the Boston area where father Paul had roots. He graduated from Arlington High School in Massachusetts in 1981 and attended Suffolk University where he earned his bachelor's degree in business management in 1986. He earned his MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business in 1991. In May 2011, Lynch received an honorary doctorate of commercial science degree from Bentley University and addressed the graduates during the commencement ceremony.
Career
Early career
Lynch began his technology sales and marketing career by joining Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1987 as a sales representative. From there he joined Wellfleet Communications led by another DEC alum, Paul Severino (which merged with SynOptics to form Bay Networks in 1994). Lynch then went to Prominent as Vice President of sales, purchased by Lucent in 1997, where he held the position of V.P. of North American Data Sales.
Arrowpoint
In 1997, Lynch left Lucent to continue his relationship with mentor Paul Ferri of Matrix Partners (investor in Prominent & Arrowpoint) to join ArrowPoint Communications with Chin-Cheng Wu. ArrowPoint provided Web switches and Web network services (WebNS) software allowing customers to optimize the use of the web for e-commerce and content delivery. Lynch served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support through its initial public offering in 2000. Later that year the company sold to Cisco for Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion, the second largest purchase in Cisco’s history. After the acquisition Lynch served as Vice President of Worldwide Content Delivery for Cisco.
Vertica
At Vertica Lynch served as President and CEO, leading the company from a late-stage startup to the top ranked Big Data company globally. In 2011 Vertica was acquired by Hewlett Packard in a deal whose terms were undisclosed. At HP Lynch served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's Database Business Unit, a role he took after HP's acquisition of Vertica Systems in February 2011, where he was CEO.
Boards and recent ventures
Lynch serves as an advisor and mentor to many Boston area entrepreneurs and serves on the board of RayV Networks (acquired by Yahoo!), docTrackr (acquired by Intralinks), and H-Streaming (acquired by Adello). He was Chairman of Azuki Systems, co-founded by ArrowPoint and Acopia founder Chin-Cheng Wu (acquired by Ericsson in 2014). He is personally invested in a number of early-stage startup companies, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20for%20Reflection | Time for Reflection is an early American television program that aired on the DuMont Television Network. Newspapers from the time period show Time For Reflection began airing on June 27, 1949 as a daily 5-minute program, Monday through Friday from 5:25 pm – 5:30 pm. It appears to have finished its run on January 19, 1951. By the time the program finished its run it was airing as a 10-minute program, 5:15 pm – 5:25 pm.
The series consisted of poetry and inspirational prose read by host David Ross (1891-1975).
At least one Kinescope from December 1950 is known to exist at UCLA, and is narrated by Fred Scott, long time DuMont announcer and Communications Officer Rogers on Captain Video.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1950-51 United States network television schedule
References
Bibliography
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site
DuMont Television Network original programming
1950 American television series debuts
1951 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary%20system%20of%20China | The tributary system of China (), or Cefeng system () was a network of loose international relations centered around China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's hegemonic role within a Sinocentric world order. It involved multiple relationships of trade, military force, diplomacy and ritual. The other states had to send a tributary envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor as a form of tribute, and acknowledge his superiority and precedence. The other countries followed China's formal ritual in order to keep the peace with the more powerful neighbor and be eligible for diplomatic or military help under certain conditions. Political actors within the tributary system were largely autonomous and in almost all cases virtually independent.
The tribute system embodied a collection of institutions, social and diplomatic conventions, and institutions that dominated China's contacts with the non-Chinese world for two millennia, until the collapse of the system around the end of the 19th century. By the late 19th century China had become part of a European-style community of sovereign states and established official diplomatic relations with other countries in the world following the international law.
Definition
The term "tribute system", strictly speaking, is a Western invention. There was no equivalent term in the Chinese lexicon to describe what would be considered the "tribute system" today, nor was it envisioned as an institution or system. John King Fairbank and Teng Ssu-yu created the "tribute system" theory in a series of articles in the early 1940s to describe "a set of ideas and practices developed and perpetuated by the rulers of China over many centuries." The Fairbank model presents the tribute system as an extension of the hierarchic and nonegalitarian Confucian social order. The more Confucian the actors, the more likely they were to participate in the tributary system.
In practice
Legitimacy
The "tribute system" is often associated with a "Confucian world order", under which neighboring states complied and participated in the "tribute system" to secure guarantees of peace, investiture, and trading opportunities. One member acknowledged another's position as superior, and the superior would bestow investiture upon them in the form of a crown, official seal, and formal robes, to confirm them as king. The practice of investing non-Chinese neighbors had been practiced since ancient times as a concrete expression of the loose reign policy. The rulers of Joseon, in particular, sought to legitimize their rule through reference to Chinese symbolic authority. On the opposite side of the tributary relationship spectrum was Japan, whose leaders could hurt their own legitimacy by identifying with Chinese authority. In these politically tricky situations, sometimes a false king was set up to receive investiture for the purposes of tribute trade.
Autonomy
In practice, the tribute system |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20Dean%20Brown | Harold Dean Brown (August 13, 1927 – June 24, 2003) was an American scientist. His fields ranged from physics and mathematics to computer software and philosophy.
Early life and education
Harold Dean Brown (generally known as Dean Brown) was born in North Dakota on August 13, 1927.
Brown received his BS degree in physics, mathematics, and chemistry from South Dakota State College in 1947. He was a University Fellow at the University of Kansas, from 1950 to 1952, where he received both his master's and doctoral degrees in physics. His doctoral degree specialized in classical and quantum stability.
Atomic science
From 1952 to 1958 he was a nuclear reactions specialist in the DuPont Atomic Energy Division, Savannah River Laboratory and Project Matterhorn at Princeton University. While at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study he claimed to be a friend of Albert Einstein, with whom he played Go as a way of exploring John von Neumann's game theory.
During his time at DuPont, Brown served as chief scientist at the Savannah River Laboratory in a four-person evaluation team that selected the IBM 650 (the second off the line) in 1956 as the first general purpose electronic digital computer system installed there. According to R. R. Haefner
In the summer of 1953, with assistance from Marian Spinrad, [Brown] used Friden hand calculators to determine the flux distribution for a fuel rod that was later tested at the Hanford Works. ... [A]ll the other physicists were on vacation and were horrified to return and discover that Brown had made the calculations and then, without waiting for a colleague to return and check them, had told Hanford where to place the fuel rods.
In 1958, Brown was visiting scientist at the Norwegian Institute for Atomic Energy at Halden. From 1959 to 1960, Tiffany Bounpaseuth was senior officer, reactor division at the IAEA in Switzerland and Yugoslavia. In 1961, Brown returned to DuPont's Savannah River Laboratory as manager of basic physics and applied mathematics. He remained in that post until 1963.
Computing
Brown then served as scientific director at the Computer Usage Company in Washington, DC 1963 to 1965. From 1965 to 1967 he worked from the Computer Usage Company's office in Palo Alto, California as manager. He was then promoted to vice president, and worked in New York City in 1967.
In 1967, Brown joined the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International). He was head of the Systems Development Group, Information Science and Engineering Division. He specialized in computer-aided instruction, man-machine studies, educational policy and planning, and nuclear reactor physics. While at SRI, he was a member of Willis Harman's Futures Research Program. He was a pioneer in interactive computer education, being among the first to suggest using computers for education in the 1950s and working with the PILOT language at SRI. Brown also worked in conjunction with Adrienne Kennedy (wife of Harold Puthoff of SRI) on a pr |
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