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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%2010%3A%20Destroy%20All%20Aliens | Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens is an American computer-animated superhero television film that premiered on Cartoon Network Asia on March 11, 2012, and in the United States on Cartoon Network March 23, 2012, as part of "Ben 10 Week" which ran from March 19, 2012 – March 24, 2012. The events of the film take place after the final episode of the series. It was officially unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011. This is Cartoon Network Asia's first film in collaboration with Cartoon Network Studios. It is considered the official three-part finale of the 2005 animated series.
Plot
Ben, Gwen, and their grandfather Max spend their evenings battling aliens on Bellwood's streets. During a battle with a robotic tank, Ben as Upgrade and Gwen argue about the best way to defeat it, resulting in Gwen casting a dismantling spell on the tank while Ben is still attached to it. Unknown to the group, this causes a malfunction in the Omnitrix.
Later, after a mishap in school where J.T. and Cash lock Ben in his locker, and the Omnitrix accidentally teleports his homework away, Ben is grounded by his parents, Carl and Sandra, and forced to stay at home to do a history report. Ben attempts to work on the report before the Omnitrix teleports his laptop away as well. Shortly afterwards, Ben's alien friend Tetrax arrives, telling him that Azmuth has asked to meet with him. They go to meet Azmuth, but are attacked by a To'kustar, who unbeknownst to them is teleported into the Omnitrix. Tetrax decides to take Ben to search for Azmuth and activates a new function on the Omnitrix. Before he can explain this new ability, the ship is attacked and Ben is sucked out into the atmosphere, falling to the ground as Diamondhead.
It is later revealed that the new ability prevents Ben from returning to human form when the Omnitrix times out, simply switching into another one of his alien forms. Ben as Four Arms arrives at Stonehenge, but is confronted and attacked by a Galvanic Mechamorph who demands to know about the To'kustar that had attacked Ben. Ben explains that he knows nothing, but it only continues to attack, and its teleportation ability causes the pair to carry the rest of their battle across the globe. After arriving back in Bellwood, Ben transforms into Grey Matter and manages to escape.
Meanwhile, Gwen and Max receive a call from Ben's parents informing them that Ben is missing. They go in search of him only to find Tetrax. The three discover Azmuth's ship, but with no sign of Azmuth. Looking at the ship's log, they discover that Azmuth disguised it as a truck to track down and fix the Omnitrix, but crashed and was destroyed by the To'kustar. Gwen, Max and Tetrax soon encounter Ben back at his house, and restore the Omnitrix to normal just as the Mechamorph catches up to them. Gwen deduces how the Omnitrix reacts after Ben returns to his human form and realizes what has happened just as she, Ben, Tetrax and the Mechamorph are transported into the Omnitrix itse |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-12%20Network | The Pac-12 Network (P12N), sometimes referred to as Pac-12 Networks, is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities are headquartered in San Ramon, California.
In addition to the national channel, it also operates a group of six regional sports channels focusing on different schools within the conference under the Pac-12 Networks brand:
Pac-12 Arizona, featuring events from the University of Arizona and Arizona State University
Pac-12 Bay Area, featuring events from the University of California and Stanford University
Pac-12 Los Angeles, featuring events from UCLA and University of Southern California
Pac-12 Mountain, featuring events from the University of Colorado and University of Utah
Pac-12 Oregon, featuring events from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University
Pac-12 Washington, featuring events from the University of Washington and Washington State University
History
Announced on July 27, 2011 and launched on August 15, 2012, the national network was available to at least 48 million pay television households in the United States at the time of its debut, while the regional networks are available in all providers within their respective Pac-12 regional territory. It is the third sports network to be devoted to a specific collegiate athletic conference (after the Big Ten Network and the now-defunct MountainWest Sports Network) and the first to be owned by a conference outright without support from outside companies (Fox Entertainment Group owns 49% of Big Ten Network, while the defunct MountainWest Sports Network had CBS and Comcast as partners, and SEC Network and ACC Network are wholly owned by ESPN).
The networks feature 24-hour coverage of Pac-12 sanctioned sporting events, including Olympic sports as well as broadcasts of archived sports telecasts. The contract ensures that every football and men's basketball game is televised nationally. Sports not featured on the national Pac-12 Network are instead carried through the regional networks as well as on the Pac-12 Digital Network, which was launched the same day.
On June 10, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a partnership with pay-per-view service In Demand and Comcast Media Center (CMC) that would provide the networks with technical support, video on demand services, and support for TV Everywhere services. The infrastructure of the Pac-12 Networks, 12 member institutions and CMC's operations in Denver, Colorado are connected via fiber network. Master control origination services, including compression and satellite front-haul services, satellite receiver authorizations, and disaster recovery are also run through the CMC in Denver. The following month on July 22, the Pac-12 Conference announced an additional partnership with In-Demand, that would provide mobile production facilities and below-the-line crews for all 12 schools in the conference.
The Pac-12 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape%20sequences%20in%20C | Escape sequences are used in the programming languages C and C++, and their design was copied in many other languages such as Java, PHP, C#, etc. An escape sequence is a sequence of characters that does not represent itself when used inside a character or string literal, but is translated into another character or a sequence of characters that may be difficult or impossible to represent directly.
In C, all escape sequences consist of two or more characters, the first of which is the backslash, (called the "Escape character"); the remaining characters determine the interpretation of the escape sequence. For example, is an escape sequence that denotes a newline character.
Motivation
Suppose we want to print out on one line, followed by on the next line. One could attempt to represent the string to be printed as a single literal as follows:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello,
world!");
return 0;
}
This is not valid in C, since a string literal may not span multiple logical source lines. This can be worked around by printing the newline character using its numerical value ( in ASCII),
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello,%cworld!", 0x0A);
return 0;
}
This instructs the program to print , followed by the byte whose numerical value is , followed by . While this will indeed work when the machine uses the ASCII encoding, it will not work on systems that use other encodings, that have a different numerical value for the newline character. It is also not a good solution because it still does not allow to represent a newline character inside a literal, and instead takes advantage of the semantics of printf. In order to solve these problems and ensure maximum portability between systems, C interprets inside a literal as a newline character, whatever that may be on the target system:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello,\nworld!");
return 0;
}
In this code, the escape sequence does not stand for a backslash followed by the letter , because the backslash causes an "escape" from the normal way characters are interpreted by the compiler. After seeing the backslash, the compiler expects another character to complete the escape sequence, and then translates the escape sequence into the bytes it is intended to represent. Thus, represents a string with an embedded newline, regardless of whether it is used inside or anywhere else.
This raises the issue of how to represent an actual backslash inside a literal. This is done by using the escape sequence , as seen in the next section.
Some languages don't have escape sequences, for example Pascal. Instead a command including a newline would be used ( includes a newline, excludes it).
writeln('Hello');
write('world!');
Table of escape sequences
The following escape sequences are defined in standard C. This table also shows the values they map to in ASCII. However, these escape sequences can be used on any system with a C compiler, and may map to differ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7%20Spider | The M7 Spider is a networked United States anti-personnel munitions system that provides a secure remote command and control capability of up to 1500 meters for a hand-emplaced munition field. The system was developed by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) with its joint venture partner Textron Systems as a part of the Non-Self-Destruct Alternative (NSD-A) program and is intended to replace the Matrix remote trigger system currently deployed in Iraq which works with pre-existing mines like the M18 Claymore. Day & Zimmermann and General Dynamics are prime subcontractors.
Design
The system is composed of Munition Control Units (MCUs), a Remote Control Station (RCS), and a repeater for extending communication range. Up to 63 MCUs can be configured for each RCS. Each MCU can attach up to six Miniature Grenade Launchers (MGL) each of which covers a sixty degree arc. The MCUs are hand emplaced after which the operator can optionally command to deploy six triplines to provide a sensing network. The operator can be situated up to a mile away from the munition or further with the use of a repeater. When a tripline is activated, the MCU connected to the line signals wirelessly to the Remote Control Station using either the U.S. Army battlefield key management infrastructure or the Navy Electronic Key Management System (EKMS). The operator at the RCS can at that point choose to fire one or more of the attached munitions (grenades or other.)
The M-7 Spider can also be ordered to "zeroize", purge all data stored in its memory to prevent the systems from being removed by the enemy. Additionally, if the system is tampered with or transported while armed it will become disabled. The M7 Spider does not have the ability to self-destruct or become a victim activated mine or explosive device.
History
Developed to bridge the gap between remote battlefield sensor and anti-personnel mines, the M7 Spider Networked Munition System was originally designed to be either victim activated or operator initiated. In accordance with the 2004 U. S. National Landmine Policy, The M7 Spider was permanently configured as a "Man-In-The-Loop" (MITL) weapon system with all victim activated capabilities removed.
Wired reported in 2004 that the Army intended to purchase 290,000 spider munitions at a cost of $513 million US dollars.
External links
PM Close Combat Systems: Spider
Human Rights Watch: Back in Business? U.S. Landmine Production and Exports
References
Area denial weapons
Proposed weapons of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Kogge | Peter Michael Kogge is an American computer engineer and IBM Fellow.
Background
Kogge has been at the forefront of several innovations that have shaped the computing industry over the past three decades. While working on his PhD at Stanford in the 1970s, Kogge invented what is still today considered the fastest way of adding numbers in a computer, the Kogge–Stone Adder process, an approach still used in microprocessors by Intel and other companies.
After receiving his degree, Kogge joined the computer engineering team at IBM. During his time there, he was a co-inventor on over three dozen patents. His design of the Space Shuttle I/O processor at IBM was one of the first multithreaded computers, and the first to fly in space.
Contributions
Peter was the author of the first textbook on pipelining, a now ubiquitous technique for executing multiple instructions in a computer in parallel. At IBM, Kogge was also the inventor of the world's first multi-core processor, EXECUBE, which Kogge and his team placed on a memory chip in an early effort to solve the data bottleneck problem that Emu is solving today.
In 1994, Kogge joined the University of Notre Dame as a faculty member, the Ted H. McCourtney Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. He received the IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award in 2014.
References
IBM Fellows
Engineers from California
Living people
University of Notre Dame faculty
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVA%20Sports | TVA Sports is a Canadian French-language sports specialty channel owned by the Groupe TVA, a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media. The channel is a general-interest sports network, and the first major competitor to RDS, the only other French-language sports channel in the country.
TVA Sports obtains much of its programming via sub-licensing and resource-sharing agreements with the English-language network Sportsnet and its owner Rogers Communications. As of the 2014–15 season, TVA Sports is the national French-language broadcaster of the National Hockey League, and also carries coverage of Toronto Blue Jays baseball and other events.
History
The formation of TVA Sports was first announced at a press event in May 2011, where TVA announced its plans for the network, and some of its launch programming. TVA made numerous efforts to acquire content for the network in the years prior to the launch; including Quebecor's failed attempt to purchase a stake in the Montreal Canadiens, and the company's backing of a proposed National Hockey League expansion franchise in Quebec City—which included acquiring naming and management rights to a new arena in Quebec City built to potentially house a new or relocated NHL team.
On August 18, 2011, Rogers Media, owners of the English-language sports channel Sportsnet, announced that it would partner with TVA Sports to provide production resources, and sub-licensing of French-language rights to some of Sportsnet's event programming. Rogers had obtained CRTC approval for its own French-language sports network prior to the announcement.
The channel was launched on September 12, 2011.
Concurrently with the announcement that TVA would obtain French-language rights to the NHL through Rogers' 12-year deal with the league, a multiplex channel known as TVA Sports 2 was announced.
Programming
Event programming aired by TVA Sports includes Toronto Blue Jays baseball (60 games during the 2012 season), as well as Toronto Raptors basketball games, plus other NBA matches, including the playoffs and Finals. TVA Sports aired French-language coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi through a sub-licensing deal with Radio-Canada. In 2013, again in tandem with Sportsnet, TVA Sports acquired French-language rights to the IndyCar Series.
In 2023, TVA Sports acquired the national French-language rights to Major League Baseball in Canada under a three-year deal, which includes a package of regular season games, and coverage of events such as the MLB All-Star Game and postseason. The package is in addition to TVA Sports' existing French-language rights to all Blue Jays games.
NHL coverage
On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced that it had reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder for the National Hockey League, beginning in the 2014–15 season. Quebecor Media sub-licensed national French-language rights to the league for $110 million per season, making TVA Sports the official Fren |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNMP%20simulator | An SNMP simulator is a type of computer simulation, that simulates the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent. Contrary to network simulation, which models the behavior of a network within a computer, the SNMP simulator actually interfaces with outside systems, for example Network Management Application software.
An SNMP Simulator fools the Network Management Application software into believing it is talking via the SNMP protocol to one or more devices, just like a flight simulator allows a pilot to believe they are flying a plane.
Uses
SNMP Simulators are used for development, testing, and training of network management system software. Before the advent of simulators,
actual physical equipment was used. The scalability of simulators dramatically reduces the cost in this area.
Features in this area vary widely, from the no-cost to commercial offerings. It is not uncommon for higher-end simulators to simulate thousands of devices on common PC hardware or virtual machines. Setting up any number of instances of any number of device type is standard functionality. The better simulators will allow creation of any type of dynamic scenario, both in terms of MIB object behavior as well as trap generation. Since current network management standards comprise a set of protocols, the better simulators integrate the current network management standards, such as NetFlow, command-line interfaces (CLI), etc.
Typically, SNMP simulators are deployed in laboratories which contain both Network Management Application software and devices to
exercise the software for the above purposes.
References
Network management |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltered | Sheltered (Brantley) is a 4-part documentary Canadian television series which premiered on October 20, 2010 on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Co-produced by Mountain Road Productions and Bossy Jossy Productions the series follows Derek Marsden, an Ojibway carpenter, as he travels the world to learn the ancient home building techniques of the world's Indigenous and traditional cultures. His journey takes him to locations in Africa, Central and South America where he lives and work with people who are managing to maintain their customs and lifestyle.
Synopsis
During his visits Derek stays in a structure similar to the one he is working on, spending time with a family and seeing how the shelter functions and shapes the lives of its occupants. He joins them at meals, in games and learns about their culture at the same time that he experiences what it’s like to build a home in a completely different way.
As he learns the construction techniques used to build the home, one of the big things he has to get used to - aside from communicating in a foreign language - is the lack of power tools. Whether he’s mixing mud and straw by hand or hoisting stones with ropes and pulleys, we get to see how he adapts to doing things the way the locals do it. In some cases it’s how they’ve been doing it for thousands of years.
Through his exposure to other Indigenous and traditional cultures he gains insight into how his own people can re-connect to their traditional home building techniques and ultimately their traditional way of life.
Sheltered is an Aboriginal carpenter’s search for the missing links to his past.
Documentary subject bio
Ojibway carpenter Derek Marsden was born and raised on the Alderville First Nations Reserve in south-central Ontario. He learned his carpentry skills working at the side of his grandfather from the time he was a young boy. He has earned a living by building and renovating modern homes for the last ten years. Derek was inspired to go on the Sheltered journey in an attempt to understand how other indigenous cultures have maintained their traditional ways and gain insight into how his own people can reconnect to their past.
Episodes
Awards
|-
| 2011
| Sheltered
| Summit Awards (SCA), Category: Direction - Dave Rheaume - "Episode 4 Women's Work!"
| Silver
|-
External links
http://www.mountainroad.ca/mrp/portfolio/sheltered.php
http://www.bossyjossy.com/
http://www.aptn.ca/series/id,54181281
http://www.facebook.com/shelteredtheseries
https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053456/http://www.aptn.ca/pages/fullepisodes/
2010 Canadian television series debuts
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network original programming
2010s Canadian documentary television series
First Nations television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalya%20Mobile | Dalya (formerly Arbil) was a mobile virtual network operator service based in London in the United Kingdom that specialised in low-cost calls to the Middle East.
It is now in liquidation.
References
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile virtual network operators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delight%20Mobile | Delight Mobile was a mobile virtual network operator service based in the United Kingdom. It was launched in July 2011 as a sister network to Vectone Mobile by Mundio Mobile. It was powered by the EE network.
The network operated as a pay as you go (PAYG) network. Accounts were topped up via the company's website, or with use of a voucher from a store with a PayPoint terminal. PAYG credit expired 90 days after it was added. Credit could be transferred from one Delight Mobile SIM card to another using the web login of the donor account.
It merged with Vectone Mobile on 1 December 2017.
References
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile virtual network operators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog%20Vizz | Dialog Vizz was a mobile virtual network operator service based in the United Kingdom. It was part of the Vizz Mobile group of ethnic focused MVNOs owned by QiComm. Dialog Vizz is focused on the Sri Lankan community in London.
As of January 2015, the joint venture ended its operation.
References
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile virtual network operators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20PAYG | Now Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator service based in the United Kingdom, running on the EE mobile network. It serves ethnic communities.
Award nominations
Now Mobile was commended in the MVNO of the Year category at the 2014 Mobile News Awards.
References
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile virtual network operators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Mobile | Stan Mobile is a former mobile virtual network operator service based in the United Kingdom. The company was based on the 3 network and offered mainly pay as you go SIMs, although they also offered a rolling contract of £9.99 a month for one gigabyte of data.
References
Mobile phone companies of the United Kingdom
Mobile virtual network operators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeropaid.com | ZeroPaid.com was a website concerning news, computer software, community, and file sharing. It offered news, software reviews, links, and a user forum. Its main news staff consisted of Jared Moya since 2005 and Drew Wilson since 2007.
History
ZeroPaid launched in by Jorge Gonzalez and Chris Hedgecock. ZeroPaid's early focus was on the peer-to-peer space including file sharing, Napster, Gnutella, Usenet, and BitTorrent.
Early popularity can be attributed to features like the Gnutella "server of the moment", which allowed users to connect to a node of the decentralized network. This feature has since been built into desktop clients.
ZeroPaid gained notoriety in 2000 for its "Wall of Shame" listing of IP addresses of users who allegedly attempted to download child pornography from the Gnutella P2P network. The site continues to be a source of original content and analysis. The website features interviews including those with WinMXWorld, FilesTube, the Open Rights Group, the Pirate Party of Canada, the Free Software Foundation, Renaud Veeckman, Russell McOrmond and Michael Geist.
ZeroPaid developed into a news and technology website featuring daily news on tech and copyright, a free software catalog, and user forums. The website has been mentioned and its founders quoted in The Economist, E! News, USA Today, and Wired.
As of 2018, the website appears defunct.
References
External links
Tech News Website
3rd Party Gnutella Reference
American technology news websites
BitTorrent
File sharing communities
Internet properties established in 2000
File sharing news sites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Real%20Estate%20Adventures%20of%20Sandy%20%26%20Maryse | The Real Estate Adventures of Sandy & Maryse is a Canadian television series which premiered on September 8, 2008, on the W Network. Produced by Mountain Road Productions the series is the story of two women, motivated by a desire for change and a love of home renovation, take on the challenge of flipping a house for fun and profit.
Awards
|-
| 2009
| The Real Estate Adventures of Sandy & Maryse
| New York Festivals, Category: International TV Broadcasting
| Finalist Award
|-
External links
http://www.realestateadventures.tv
http://www.mountainroad.ca/mrp/portfolio/real_estate_adventures_of_sandy_and_maryse.php
2008 Canadian television series debuts
2000s Canadian reality television series
Television shows filmed in Ottawa
W Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novant%20Health | Novant Health is a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals. Its network consists of more than 1,600 physicians and 29,000 employees at more than 640 locations, including 15 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics. The organization was formed on 1 July 1997 by the merger of Carolina Medicorp of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Presbyterian Health Services of Charlotte, North Carolina. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Novant Health serves more than 4 million patients annually. In 2019, Novant Health was ranked #38 in Forbes' annual ranking of America's Best Employers for Diversity, #3 in Diversity MBA Magazine's annual ranking of Best Places to Work for Women & Diverse Managers, and #6 in North Carolina in Forbes' annual ranking of America's Best Employers by State.
History
Mergers and re-branding
Novant Health announced a new brand in 2013 to bring a unifying business identity to its mix of more than 400 local brands. The new logo color aubergine represented "excellence" and "warmth."
Reorganization and layoffs
In July 2015, Novant Health concluded a months-long internal reorganization by terminating approximately 2% of its workforce, or about 400 employees. Despite the layoff announcement, officials said in a statement that the health system was "financially healthy" and a year-end report showed it generated a profit of $201.8 million the previous fiscal year. This was the largest system-wide layoff incident for the organization since its previous termination of 289 employees in May 2012, which caused picketing and protests associated with the Occupy movement.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital affiliation
Novant Health announced a new affiliation with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on 21 April 2015. The St. Jude affiliate clinic is located in Charlotte, North Carolina . The St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital provides specialized hematology and oncology care for pediatric patients in North and South Carolina.
Novant Health UVA Health System
Novant Health UVA Health System was formed 1 January 2016, as a new regional partnership between Novant Health and the University of Virginia Health System. This joint operating company was created through the merger of three regional hospitals: UVA Health System Culpeper Hospital, Novant Health Haymarket Medical Center and Novant Health Prince William Medical Center, as well as additional facilities from Novant Health including assisted living, outpatient cancer care, and ambulatory physician clinics. On 1 July 2021, UVA Health became the full owner of Novant Health UVA Health System and the hospitals in Culpeper, Manassas, and Haymarket.
Comprehensive Stroke Center certifications
On 23 June 2017, it was reported that Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center had achieved a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation from the Joint Commission and American Heart |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Had%20Cancer | IHadCancer is a social support network for cancer fighters, survivors, and their supporters. Built by Squeaky Wheel Media, the site launched in July 2011. IHadCancer was founded by Mailet Lopez and Anthony Del Monte and is located in Chelsea, Manhattan.
In 2008, Mailet Lopez was diagnosed with breast cancer. She decided to build a site focused on creating connections between people who can help one another in dealing with cancer through their unique experiences. As co-founder of Squeaky Wheel Media, she used the company's experience in web development and design to produce IHadCancer.com. According to Mailet, the name, "I Had Cancer" stems from her personal battle with the disease and represents the importance of a positive attitude and "looking towards the future".
In 2012, Squeaky Wheel Media won the Webby Award for the Community Category for the site IHadCancer. The site went on to win two additional Webbys, both in 2015 and in 2016. Members can create personal profiles, invite others to their circle of friends and contribute to discussions. They can browse the community section and search for others based on gender, age, location, type of cancer and treatment.
References
Cancer organizations based in the United States
American social networking websites
Medical and health organizations based in New York (state)
American medical websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converged%20network%20adapter | A converged network adapter (CNA), also called a converged network interface controller (C-NIC), is a computer input/output device that combines the functionality of a host bus adapter (HBA) with a network interface controller (NIC). In other words, it "converges" access to, respectively, a storage area network and a general-purpose computer network.
Support
Some products were marketed around 2005 with the term C-NIC which combined iSCSI storage functionality with Gigabit Ethernet.
Later products used the marketing term converged network adapter (CNA), combining Fibre Channel over Ethernet with 10 Gigabit Ethernet, for example.
Brocade
Brocade Communications Systems offers two types of CNAs, with PCI Express generation 2.0 interfaces. The only difference between the two models are the number of interfaces on the cards: one or two. The two port model will allow connection to two different switches to create a redundant configuration without having to use two PCI slots.
Broadcom
In 2009 Broadcom entered the CNA market. Broadcom offers their CNAs under their own brand name but also sell the application-specific integrated circuits and other related components to others. Their intended customers are the larger builders of server systems such as Dell and HP. These vendors can then include the ten Gigabit CNA with their servers: as embedded interface on the motherboard (LOM or LAN on motherboard), via a mezzanine card in blade servers or as PCI extension-card.
Emulex
Emulex offers CNAs under the Emulex brand name as the OneConnect ten Gigabit series of dual port optical and copper adapters. They also OEM their adapters for Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HDS, HP, IBM and NetApp.
QLogic
QLogic offers CNAs via their QLogic 8200 & 8300 series Converged Network Adapters. They offer single and dual port PCI cards with copper or optical fibre interfaces. QLogic CNAs are available under the QLogic brandname and as OEM cards. The QME CNA and drivers were supported by Citrix, NetApp, EMC and IBM.
Hewlett-Packard
HP claims that their BL460c G7 was the first blade server that offers FCoE via a LOM (LAN on motherboard) instead of using a PCI slot or mezzanine card.
Dell
Dell uses the QLogic 8100 series in their PowerEdge servers. For the M-series, blade-servers for the M1000e use the custom made dual-port mezzanine card QME8142. For the normal tower and rack servers Dell offers an OEM version of the standard QME8152.
Cisco
Cisco Systems offered Fibre Channel over Ethernet in their Unified Computing System product line via Virtual Interface Cards (VICs). These cards make it possible to create multiple virtual HBAs or NICs within each physical VIC.
Intel
Intel demonstrates how the term Converged Network Adapter is really a marketing term, as they sell the X710-DA2/DA4 adapters that don't actually support FCoE.
References
Fibre Channel
Networking hardware
Ethernet
Computer storage buses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ness%20Computing | Ness Computing was a personal search company. It was acquired by OpenTable in March 2014 and was shut down later that year.
It was founded in October 2009 by Corey Reese, Paul Twohey, Nikhil Raghavan, and Steven Schlansker. The company was headquartered in Los Altos, California.
Ness aimed to help people make decisions about dining, nightlife, entertainment, shopping, music, travel and more. The company referred to its technology as the "Likeness Engine", a combination of a recommendation engine that used machine learning to look at data from diverse sources and a traditional search engine that served up results based on these signals.
The free Ness Dining App (for iPhone) was referred to as the Netflix or Pandora for restaurants. Based on a user's ratings and preferences, the service delivered recommendations for a particular time, location, price range, and cuisine preference. Users could view the menu for a place via SinglePlatform, browse Instagram photos tagged at the restaurant, and make reservations in the app via OpenTable.
References
Information retrieval organizations
Software companies based in California
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Hunter | is a Japan-exclusive video game that was released in 1986 for the Family Computer. The game was developed and published by Kemco, which was then known as Kotobuki System.
Plot
The plot revolves around a robotic revolt led by a robot named De Gaulle in the year 2199 AD. By the explosions of global nuclear war, society has broken up into nine small expulsions, one of them disappeared and Venus collided with another celestial object. Humanity only slightly survived. Its thread of life barely connected to a body; which was rebuilt into a cyborg. The heroine is named Al Tiana and is also apparently a robot who does not support the rebellion. She is out to prove her loyalty to the humans.
References
External links
1986 video games
Action games
Japan-exclusive video games
Kemco games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Science fiction video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games featuring female protagonists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagagutsu%20o%20Haita%20Neko%3A%20Sekai%20Issh%C5%AB%2080%20Nichi%20Dai%20B%C5%8Dken | is a 1986 video game based on the third film of The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots that was released exclusively in Japan for the Family Computer. Four years later, the game (with several modifications) was released in North America under the title Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure.
The main character is the Puss in Boots character from the tale; a cat named Pero (Toei Animation's mascot) is also known as 'Perrault' in the game, as that was the name of the original author of the Puss In Boots story, Charles Perrault. He is known for helping an impoverished master attain wealth through the use of trickery.
Gameplay
Loosely based on Jules Verne's classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days tied together with a classic anime, the player has 80 days in order to travel the world; this is shown through a time limit. One day passes in the game approximately every minute, although certain items can subtract the number of remaining days, providing the player with less time to complete the game. If these 80 days elapse before the player finishes the trip, the game is over no matter how many lives the player has remaining. Places that are explored include: England, the Atlantic Ocean, Arabia, Hong Kong, the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, the North Pole, and Big Ben. The game features "death water", a video game feature where video game characters instantly die after coming into contact with a watery substance.
This game also involves driving boats, cars, and balloons in addition to the standard walking through the stages.
See also
Adaptations of Puss in Boots
References
1986 video games
Japan-exclusive video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Platformers
Shouei games
Toei Animation video game projects
Video games about cats
Video games based on anime and manga
Video games based on fairy tales
Video games developed in Japan
Works based on Around the World in Eighty Days
Works based on Puss in Boots
Video games based on works by Jules Verne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shnakule | Shnakule is the biggest malware network in existence. It averages over 2000 hosts and has had as many as 4357. It targets users while visiting trusted sites and routes them to malware by using relays, exploits, and payload servers. These are continually shifted to new domains.
References
External links
http://www.marqit.nl/newsitem/9534/
Malware |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin%20Memory | Violin Systems is a private American company based in Silicon Valley, California, that designs and manufactures computer data storage products.
Corporate history
The company was founded in 2005 as Violin Technologies by Donpaul Stephens and Jon Bennett in Iselin, New Jersey. Series A financing valued over $10 million was raised in 2010. Two more rounds of financing in 2011 raised an additional $75 million. Corporate investors included Juniper Networks and Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC). It was based in Mountain View, California around this time.
Series D financing of $80 million in March 2012 was led by SAP Ventures (arm of SAP AG), and included Highland Capital, GSV and others. The reported valuation was over $800 million.
Violin Memory's initial public offering in September 2013, raised $162 million at a price of $9 a share. Its stock price dropped to $2 a share after its largest partner, Hewlett Packard, became a competitor and due to concerns of how quickly it was spending money. The company experienced losses of $34 million the following year and the board called for the resignation of the CEO. Additionally, five shareholder lawsuits were filed against the company, alleging it did not disclose the financial impact expected from a federal shutdown. In December 2013, the company terminated CEO Basile, replacing him with Kevin DeNuccio in February 2014.
The New York Stock Exchange de-listed Violin Memory shares in October 2016 because its market capitalization had fallen below $15 million.
A few days later, it changed to be traded on the OTC Markets Group exchange OTCQX, using the same VMEM symbol. In November 2016, it was valued at $3.7 million. On December 14, 2016, Violin Memory filed for Chapter 11 Federal Bankruptcy protection.
On April 24, 2017, Violin announced in a press release that they had emerged from bankruptcy, and had been purchased by Quantum Partners LP, a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC.
As of October 16, 2018, Violin Systems released the statement that it had agreed to acquire the storage business of X-IO Technologies and in conjunction with the transaction X-IO has renamed itself as Axellio as its new company name.
Technology
Violin does not use solid state drives (SSD), but instead uses a proprietary design referred to as flash fabric architecture (FFA). The FFA technology consists of: a mesh of NAND flash dies, modules that organize the mesh of flash dies, and a proprietary switched architecture for fault tolerance.
In September 2011, Violin announced the 6000 series all-silicon shared flash memory storage arrays.
vMOS is Violin Memory's software layer that integrates with the FFA to provide data protection, management and connectivity to the host.
Products
Violin extreme performance storage platform, XVS 8 released October 4, 2018.
The Violin 7000 series includes application aware snapshots, continuous data protection, synchronous replication, asynchronous replication |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%27s%20Got%20Talent | Thailand's Got Talent ไทยแลนด์ก็อตทาเลนต์ (also known as TGT), is a Thai reality television series on the television network, and part of the global British Got Talent series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The four judges Pongsak Rattanaphong, Cris Horwang, Jennifer Kim and Yuhtlerd Sippapak join hosts Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya.
The winner of the first season was Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy, a 13-year-old singer, who took home the first place prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000).
Presenters and judges
Presenters
Judging
Show format
Contestants must show their ability within 2–4 minutes of the board where four judges will watch the performance. If not satisfied, they may hit their buzzer which lights up and X, and with four Xs, the audition would immediately be stopped where the judges may deliberate if the performer may go through.
Season overview
Season 1 (2011)
It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The three judges Pinyo Rutham, Benz Pornchita Na Songkla and Nirut Sirijanya join hosts Krit Sribhumisret and Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya. As of now, the first season has concluded airing and the show is currently on hiatus for its second season.
The winner of the first season is Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy, a 13 year old singer, who performed a combination of cross-over classical and Broadway songs.
Season 2 (2012)
This Season Support by Rexona.This season is the first season without judge Nirut Sirijanya who was replaced with radio personality Jirayut Watthanasin. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000).
The winner of the second season is Leng Rajanikara Keawdee, who performed an Aerial Acrobatics.
Season 3 (2013)
There was the big scandal of this season during the on-air on June 2, 2013.
Season 4 (2014)
Season 5 (2015)
Season 6 (2016)
Season 7 (2018)
Controversies
External links
Thailand's Got Talent website (in Thai)
References
2011 Thai television series debuts
Thailand's Got Talent seasons
Television series by Workpoint Entertainment
Thai reality television series
Television series by Fremantle (company)
2010s Thai television series
Thai television series based on British television series
Channel 3 (Thailand) original programming
Workpoint TV original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hott%C4%81man%20no%20Chitei%20Tanken | is a Japan-exclusive video game that was released for the Family Computer in 1986.
Summary
Players get to dig up dirt beneath the surface, find keys behind four doors, and then find the door to the next level. The most obvious game to compare it to is Dig Dug, but without the boulders and with various devices like teleporting doors, speed, dynamite, and a wet suit. There are 15 levels in the entire game; which repeat themselves after the 15th level is finished.
Lava can spew out at a vertical direction towards the player and kill him; it does not reset itself even after the players loses a life (but it does reset itself after a game over) Passwords are activated by pressing a certain button combination on the password screen. Several passwords results in cheat codes that does certain things; such as deactivating the lava in all levels of the game.
Certain type of blocks are worth different points once they are dug up; ranging from common dirt to destructible blocks. The game features an instant death clause where players die in a single hit. Killed enemies reappear at the same location where they were killed the first time.
References
External links
Hottāman no Chitei Tanken at MobyGames
1986 video games
Action games
Japan-exclusive video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Top-down video games
Use Corporation games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICOe | PICOe (PICO Express) within computer hardware is a computer form factor in which a half sized card slot Single Board Computer (SBC) is inserted into a gold fingers card slot of a passive or active backplane. Expansion peripherals of the computer system are connected to other slots of the backplane.
Electrical Bus Interface
PICOe provides one PCI bus and several PCI Express buses of varying and configurable widths to provide dual faceted interface with other devices on the backplane.
Power
Power is provided to the PICOe SBC and peripheral expansion cards via the backplane.
Connectors
The PICOe computer card slot uses a unique connector footprint with stepped connector depths to promote physical stability in the slot for ruggedization purposes.
Other card slots on the backplane may be standard Conventional PCI and PCIe connectors.
Motherboard form factors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%2C%20My%20House%20%26%20I | Me, My House & I is a Canadian television series which premiered on the W Network in 2003. It was produced by Mountain Road Productions.
Awards
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| 2006
| Me, My House & I
| Summit Awards (SIA), Category: Movie/Film Music Website
| Bronze
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| 2004
| Me, My House & I
| Gemini Award, Category: Best Practical Information Series
|
|-
External links
Official website
Me, My House & I on Mountain Road Productions
https://web.archive.org/web/20110906111450/http://expressmedia.ca/store/index.php?cPath=21_36
2003 Canadian television series debuts
2006 Canadian television series endings
2000s Canadian reality television series
W Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenQwaq | OpenQwaq is open source computer software for immersive collaboration, which enables organizations to implement online 3D virtual world workspaces for their specific needs. OpenQwaq is based on the Teleplace technology, a conferencing platform that has been in the market since 2007, with the name Qwaq Forums until 2009.
History
Both OpenQwaq and Teleplace are based on the Squeak open source implementation of Smalltalk and the Croquet Project. The main developers of this family of technologies include Alan Kay, David Smith, Andreas Raab and David Reed, whose 1978 doctoral thesis on naming and synchronizations in a decentralized computer system introduced many of the main concepts. Teleplace virtual workspaces were used by companies, universities, organizations and U.S. government agencies, such as the Air Force, Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs for training and collaboration, have applications to telepresence based e-learning, and have been used for popular interactive online technology talks. Teleplace ceased operations in December 2011. 3D ICC Purchased the IP from Teleplace in 2012. The commercial product is now called Immersive Terf.
Initial release
OpenQwaq was announced on the Teleplace blog and other IT news sites in May 2011.
The initial release of OpenQwaq was functionally equivalent to Teleplace with the exception of the video subsystem used for webcam videoconferencing, video playback and session recording, because the proprietary video codecs used in Teleplace could not be included as open source. Developers have then integrated in OpenQwaq the open source video and audio codecs used in the VLC media player. Following a standard open source technology business model, companies offering value added OpenQwaq hosting and consulting services have been formed. In 2022 3D Immersive Collaboration Corp renamed Immersive Terf to Virtend™
Features
VOIP
Fully Interactive Applications
Document
Spreadsheet
Presentations
PDF
Whiteboard
Firefox Web Browser
Avatar
Simple
Allows for custom face image and badge
Allows Web Cam to be displayed as face
Animated Avatar
OGRE 24 bone
Supports Biovision Hierarchy (BVH) animations
Balloon Head
With string!
Webcams
Digital video recording
Webcasting
Sound files
Python Scripting of 2d applications and 3d objects
Meeting controls
Drag and drop 3D objects
Google Earth (kmz)
Collada (obj)
VRML (wrl)
3ds Max (ase)
Uses
The teleXLR8 project, an online talk program previously based on Teleplace, restarted in August 2011 on OpenQwaq.
QUBE
QUBE is a software program based on OpenQwaq. It was developed by Pentacle (The Virtual Business School), who use it as a virtual classroom for their executive education courses.
See also
Open Cobalt – another open source collaboration application based on the Croquet Project
www.3dicc.com - Immerisve Terf
References
External links
OpenQwaq main website on Google Code
Free communication software
Virtual world communities
3D graph |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camberwell%20Cemeteries | The two Camberwell cemeteries are close to one another in Honor Oak, south London, England. Both have noteworthy burials and architecture, and they are an important source of socioeconomic data in recording the historical growth and changing demography in the community for the Southwark area since 1855.
Camberwell Old Cemetery
The old cemetery, located on Forest Hill Road, covers approximately . It is part of the second wave of mid 19th century cemeteries that were established in London to solve the problem of overcrowding in church yards. The first wave of cemeteries are commonly known as the Magnificent Seven.
The site was purchased in 1855 by the Camberwell Cemetery Board (formed 1850) from the Trustees of Sir Walter St John's Charity
at Battersea for £9,927. It was originally meadow land, which was then designated as a Burial Ground of St Giles, Camberwell.
The first interment took place on 3 July 1856; over 30,000 burials took place in the subsequent 30 years. In 1874 the cemetery was expanded by a further seven acres with the inclusion of land bought from the British Land Company for £4,550. By 1984, 300,000 interments had been carried out at the cemetery.
The Gothic Revival lodge and two chapels (one Church of England and one Non-Conformist) were designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott's architectural firm. When burials were transferred to the New Cemetery the chapel fell into disrepair and both were demolished in the 1960s. A third (Roman Catholic) chapel was demolished in the 1970s. Later the architectural importance of the lodge was recognised and when it was destroyed by fire in the 1970s it was restored rather than being torn down. The lodge was used in the 1970 film adaptation of Joe Orton's play Entertaining Mr Sloane, as well as scenes filmed in the cemetery among the graves.
There are 288 Commonwealth service war graves from the First World War, 160 of whom are in a war graves plot in cemetery's north-east corner where there are two Screen Wall memorials, one listing those buried in the plot and the other those buried elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be marked by headstones. There is also a group of special memorials to 14 casualties buried in the Second World War.
There is also an unusual First World War memorial dedicated to 21 civilians who were killed in a Zeppelin raid on Camberwell in 1917.
On 1 July and 21 July 1944 V1 flying bombs landed in the cemetery. The blasts caused damage to surrounding properties, but no casualties.
On 3 November 2011 Azezur Khan (a.k.a. Ronnie), was shot dead following a funeral in the cemetery. Police believe that Mr Khan was an innocent bystander.
Notable graves in the Old Cemetery
James John Berkeley, chief engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
Frederick John Horniman, founder of the Horniman Museum, died 1906
Able Seaman Albert Edward McKenzie VC in Zeebrugge Raid, died November 1918
Harry Quelch (1858-1913), journalist, early British Marxist and trade u |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Reformed%20Church%20%28Orange%20City%2C%20Iowa%29 | First Reformed Church (Orange City), founded in 1871, is an active church in the Kingdom Network located in Orange City, Iowa.
History
Early years
First Reformed Church (FRC) was organized on May 6, 1871 in order to serve the Dutch Settlers who began arriving in Orange City in 1870. As a result of population growth and the rising cost of land, a large group of Hollanders moved 300 miles northwest from Pella, IA. As people of deep and abiding religious faith, the establishment of a Christian church was one of the community's first priorities. Initial services were led by literate lay people (mostly farmers), who would read the Bible, pray, sing Psalms, and possibly read from a book of sermons. As the community of Dutch settlers continued to grow, the need for an ordained minister became readily apparent – there was no one available to perform baptisms or administer the Eucharist. After the church was officially organized, it extended a call to the Reverend Seine Bolks of Zeeland, Michigan, who became the church's first minister in April 1872.
The first few years were exceedingly hard for the new settlers. "Prairie fires, hordes of grasshoppers which stripped the fields bare, hail-storms, droughts and severe blizzards were commonplace during the first decade of the church’s existence". The Church was even forced to close for a few weeks in 1882 as a result of a smallpox epidemic. The people persevered in part because of the constant reassurance of Dominee Bolks. Through immigration, birth, and mission, the church continued to grow steadily into the 20th century.
Dominee Bolks - 1872–1878
Reverend Seine Bolks is still known among the people as Dominee Bolks - a title of respect and the Dutch equivalent of 'Reverend Bolks'. When a call was first extended to him in the fall of 1871, he declined, but later accepted after the call was extended to him a second time. He arrived in Orange City and began his pastorate in April 1872.
As a young man, Bolks had shown promise and was hand-picked and trained by Rev. Albertus van Raalte (Dutch immigrant and founder of Holland, MI). Bolks followed Van Raalte to Michigan in 1848 where he became the first pastor of the Overisel Reformed Church. He served churches in Wisconsin and Illinois before coming to northwest Iowa.
He preached twice each Sunday in Orange City and as the community grew and spread, he would journey three to four times a week to an outlying schoolhouse to preach to those who lived far from the church. Later, when churches organized in Sioux Center and Alton, he preached to these congregations until they received their own ministers.
In addition to being a minister, Bolks was often called upon to care for the sick and injured. In the absence of a medical doctor, Bolks used his limited medical training to perform amputations and to assist midwives. Once a trained doctor arrived at the colony, Bolks refused to make any more calls.
Due to failing health, Bolks handed over his responsibilitie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump%20Shot%20Media | Jump Shot Media is a social and mobile game developer located in San Jose, California, United States. The company develops and markets Rap and Hip hop focused social-network games and mobile applications.
History
Jump Shot Media was started with an idea by IT professional Jerald Perry—otherwise known as the rapper J Peezy—to promote his work as an artist through mobile media. After discussing his idea with music producer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Keith Andrews (former co-founder of Procera Networks and CEO of AuraOne Systems), the two tweaked the concept into scalable mobile game platform. They then developed the first blueprint for their flagship game Battle Rap Stars and filed a patent on their audio scoring system in 2009.
Andrews and Perry immediately got to work assembling a small team of developers and brought on the marketing expertise of Courtney Smith, the former CEO of the popular street basketball apparel company Y.P.A.
In 2011, Jump Shot Media partnered up with rappers Paul Wall, Mistah F.A.B., and Hopsin to release a mobile battle rap game, Battle Rap Stars.
References
External links
Jump Shot Media at Facebook
Jump Shot Media at Twitter
Companies based in San Jose, California
Video game companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%3A%20Princess%20Charm%20School | Barbie: Princess Charm School is a 2011 computer-animated fantasy film directed by Zeke Norton and produced by Mattel Entertainment (under the name of Barbie Entertainment) with Rainmaker Entertainment. It was released on DVD on September 13, 2011, and made its television debut on Nickelodeon two months later.
The twentieth installment in the Barbie film series, the plot follows Blair Willows, a teenage girl living in the kingdom of Gardania, who wins an annual lottery to attend a prestigious school where girls can train to become princesses or royal ladies. As Blair learns the ways of being a proper princess, she uncovers the mystery and secrets behind the kingdom's missing heiress to the throne.
Description
"Barbie stars as Blair Willows, a kind-hearted girl who is chosen to attend the famed Princess Charm School: a magical, modern place that teaches dancing, how to have tea parties, and proper princess manners. Blair loves her classes – as well as the helpful magical sprites and her new friends, Princess Hadley and Princess Isla. But when one of the royal teachers, Dame Devin, discovers that Blair looks a lot like the kingdom's missing princess, she turns Blair's world upside down to stop her from claiming the throne. Now Blair, Hadley and Isla must find an enchanted crown to prove Blair's true identity in this charming and magical princess story!"
Plot
In the kingdom of Gardania, 17-year-old adopted teenager, Blair Willows, works as a waitress at a small café to support herself, her sickly adoptive mother, and younger sister, Emily. Returning home one day, Blair is shocked to find out, via a televised broadcast, that she has won a scholarship to become a Lady Royal— a princess's advisor— at the prestigious Princess Charm School, a magical academy where princesses from different kingdoms were educated. Emily reveals that she signed up Blair multiple times to ensure her selection. Despite Blair's reluctance, Mrs. Willows assures her that attending the school is a great opportunity.
A carriage comes and takes Blair to the school, where she is enthusiastically greeted by a golden retriever named Prince. Blair meets the headmistress, Alexandra Privet, who tells her that every student is assigned a fairy to act as their personal assistant. Blair's fairy, Grace, takes her to her dorm where she meets her roommates: Princess Isla, who mixes electronic music, and Princess Hadley, an avid sportswoman. Blair is also introduced to Dame Devin, sister-in-law of the late Queen Isabella, and Devin's daughter, Delancy, who will be crowned princess and the ruler of Gardania at the school's graduation ceremony. Blair struggles in her classes due her clumsiness; and is further hampered by Dame Devin and Delancy, who take a strong disliking to Blair and make several attempts to sabotage her. Blair perseveres and improves when she receives special and private tutoring, as well as some encouragement, from Headmistress Privet, who is one of the few who believes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbum%20%28magazine%29 | Verbum was an early personal computer and computer art magazine focusing on interactive art and computer graphics. It was edited and published from 1986 until 1991 by Michael Gosney. It, along with Info 64, was one of the first periodicals to be entirely based on desktop publishing techniques. Referring to itself as a "journal of personal computer aesthetics," Verbum was notable for placing more emphasis on creative aspects of its subject matter in contrast to the overwhelmingly technical content of other publications.
Overview
It was laid out in PageMaker 1.2 on Macintosh Plus computers and generated camera-ready 300 dpi printout from an Apple LaserWriter Plus. It grew from early black and white content to include color and make use of the growing fields of image manipulation and multimedia. In 1989, Verbum held the first Digital Be-In, which sought to meld the ideals of the 1960s counterculture with the emerging cyberculture of the early 1990s.
Issues
This list of issues and their content is based on information printed in Verbum issues 5.1 and 5.2.
Verbum Interactive
In 1991 the magazine began publishing Verbum Interactive, which was billed as the "first CD-ROM periodical." Verbum Interactive was programmed using MacroMind Director by Michel Kripalani and contained innovative multimedia technologies including digital articles with video, hyperlinks, digital audio files and CD-Audio. It was hailed as a groundbreaking product, but criticized for the high cost of the equipment needed to view it, and for the slow performance of the CD-ROM technology it relied upon. Others commented that "the scope of VI, in terms of both its thematic and intellectual expanse and the level of technological expertise with which the final product was produced, is truly remarkable".
References
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1987
Magazines disestablished in 1991
Quarterly magazines published in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RenderScript | RenderScript is a deprecated component of the Android operating system for mobile devices that offers an API for acceleration that takes advantage of heterogeneous hardware. It allows developers to increase the performance of their applications at the cost of writing more complex (lower-level) code.
It provides the developer three primary tools: A simple 3D rendering API, a compute API similar to CUDA, and a C99-derived language.
History
RenderScript was added in Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
As of Android 4.1, RenderScript's experimental 3D rendering API has been deprecated, and now exists solely as a compute API.
Android 4.2 added new capabilities to script intrinsics, such as Blend and Blur; as well as ScriptGroups which allows related RenderScript scripts to be grouped and executed with one call.
It also added FilterScript, which is a subset of RenderScript that allows developers to write their image processing operations in FilterScript using the standard RenderScript runtime API, but within stricter constraints that ensure wider compatibility and improved optimization across multi-core CPUs, GPUs, and DSPs. FilterScript is less precise in floating point precision, and more cross device compatible subset of RenderScript – and should not be mistaken for a RenderScript replacement technology.
On April 19, 2021, Google announced that RenderScript will be deprecated in Android 12, and recommended porting existing code to Vulkan.
Features
Portability
RenderScript is designed to always run on the various Android platforms regardless of hardware type. Performance tuning is done at runtime.
RenderScript portability depends upon device-specific drivers: a basic CPU-only driver is provided for every device, while there exist some specific chipset-provided RenderScript drivers that enable GPU usage (e.g. Qualcomm specific drivers, which are provided in the libRSDriver_adreno.so Android library).
Performance
RenderScript is designed to tune tasks at runtime that can be efficiently split and run concurrently on the underlying hardware.
As of Android 4.2, RenderScript has been expanded to run on the GPU in addition to the CPU on supported systems.
Limitations
RenderScript cannot yet express on-chip inter-thread communication (known as local memory in OpenCL, and shared memory in CUDA).
RenderScript cannot yet express hardware-implemented 2D and 3D lookups with bilinear interpolation (known as texture in CUDA, and image read in OpenCL).
References
External links
Google Developer page
Introducing Renderscript
Renderscript Part 2
Google details low-level Renderscript API for Honeycomb
Video: Learn about RenderScript from Romain Guy and Chet Haase
Guide to setting up Renderscript in Android Studio
Android (operating system)
GPGPU libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonised%20monitoring%20scheme | The Harmonised Monitoring Scheme is a long term river water quality monitoring scheme in the United Kingdom. The term is also used to refer to the long term data sets produced by the scheme.
Establishment
The scheme was established in 1974 by the Department of the Environment with much of the initial planning and implementation undertaken by the Water Research Centre. It involved the creation of a network of sites across the UK. Most sites were at the downstream freshwater limits of the larger rivers although some of the largest rivers also included additional locations below major tributary confluences. Before inclusion of any location in the survey, homogeneity testing was carried out to characterise quality variations laterally and vertically within the river section chosen. For each designated point a specific sampling location was identified based on the results of the homogeneity exercise. In addition laboratories who were to undertake the analysis of samples were identified and a comprehensive AQC exercise was conducted to ensure comparability of data derived from the monitoring programme.
Objectives
The scheme was originally intended to operate for 10 years from 1974 to 1984 to provide data to the Department of the Environment to permit the identification of national trends in water quality. However its duration was extended. It was formally discontinued in 2013, however in England many of the monitoring sites continue to be surveyed to describe long term water quality trends. It was also intended to satisfy the requirements of the EU decision on the exchange of monitoring data requirements.
Operation
The scheme is administered by the Environment Agency in England, by Natural Resources Wales in Wales and by SEPA in Scotland and involves routine monitoring at 230 sites including 56 river systems in Scotland.
Data
The data produced by the scheme provides a continuous and consistent record of quality of rivers across the UK for more than 30 years and can be used to demonstrate changes in water quality over that period.
References
Environmental monitoring
Rivers of the United Kingdom
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperSizer | HyperSizer is computer-aided engineering (CAE) software used for stress analysis and sizing optimization of metallic and composite structures. Originally developed at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as ST-SIZE, it was licensed for commercial use by Collier Research Corporation in 1996. Additional proprietary code was added and the software was marketed under the name HyperSizer.
History
HyperSizer developed from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) ST-SIZE research code. ST-SIZE was originally developed because NASA identified a need for accurate methods of formulating panel stiffness and thermal expansion coefficients, leading to the development of ST-SIZE from 1988 to 1995. Another need was the reduction of mass on high-speed aircraft and weight reduction for optimization. ST-SIZE was developed by a team of engineers working on the National Aerospace Plane X-30. Two major versions of ST-SIZE were created. The original version included formulations for stiffness terms and thermal expansion coefficients based on approximations often taken in traditional design methods. In 1990, a version of ST-SIZE was formed for structural design and weight prediction. A new method for formulation of stiffened panel properties was developed starting in 1991. A method for including composite lamina and laminate data in the formulation of stiffened panel structural properties was first developed. Thermal coefficients were created to handle both in-plane and through-the-thickness temperature gradients for membrane, bending, and membrane-bending coupling. A method was then developed to enter these thermal expansion and bending coefficients into the MSC Software version of Nastran for finite element analysis (FEA) using a model with a single plane of finite elements. Other solvers are supported such as I-DEAS.
In May 1996, Collier Research Corporation was formed in Hampton, Virginia from the original ST-SIZE design team, which included Craig S. Collier. Collier Research obtained an exclusive, all-fields-of-use license, and became the first company to license NASA software for commercial use. They combined the NASA LaRC ST-SIZE copyright research code with other company proprietary software; the combined software became HyperSizer.
Uses
Commercial customers use HyperSizer software to design and analyze composite material and metallic structures. For example, the wind turbine design industry uses the program to design 100-meter long blades that are light and manufacturable.
Beginning with the NASA astronaut Composite Crew Module (CCM) of the Orion spacecraft, the CSeries and Learjet 85 of Bombardier Aerospace, HyperSizer has seen use on projects that are primarily or entirely composite structures. The record-setting Scaled Composites GlobalFlyer was designed with the help of Hypersizer, as well as the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer.
Earlier codes were originally intended for weight prediction but evolved into ones th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover%E2%80%93Altenbeken%20railway | The Hanover–Altenbeken railway is a two-track electrified main line in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is now a part of the Hanover S-Bahn network.
History
The railway line was built by the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company (, HAE). The first section opened to Hamelin on 13 April 1872 and the whole Hanover–Altenbeken line was completed on 19 December 1872. After the financial decline of the HAE, it was nationalised in 1880 and operated as part of the Prussian state railways. The originally single-track line was duplicated between Hamelin and Altenbeken in 1908 and between Hannover and Hamelin in 1913. As a result of the division of Germany after 1945 it lost freight traffic, which had been important for decades, because traffic shifted to the north-south direction. Electrical operations commenced on the line in the summer of 1971.
The original starting point was Hannover Localbahnhof (local station), later called Südbahnhof (south station), north of Bismarckstraße that had a connection to the railway yards at Pferdeturm, now used for sidings, which gave a further connection to the line to Lehrte and Brunswick. From 1880 trains operated from the newly built Hannover Hauptbahnhof. In southern Hanover the line ran along the street today called Altenbekener Damm to Linden/Fischerhof station. The current route, which continues further south, was opened on 26 June 1909 as part of the Hanover freight train bypass. The former railway bridges over the Leine and the Ihme are still preserved as pedestrian bridges.
The branch line was opened in 1873 from Linden to Linden-Küchengarten, which was used mainly for coal from the Deister. The line was closed in 1930.
The original Holtensen b. Weetzen station was renamed at the beginning of the 21st century as Holtensen/Linderte.
It was originally proposed that the line between Springe and Bennigsen would run further south to directly serve Eldagsen, which was larger at that time than Springe. Since this route was not selected, Eldagsen station was built just outside Völksen, largely financed by Eldagsen. The station and Eldagsen were connected by buses, initially horse-hauled. In 1935 the station was renamed Eldagsen-Völksen. In about 2000, the station was renamed as Völksen-Eldagsen.
Kaiserrampe (Emperor platform) station was opened between Völksen/Eldagsen and Springe (west of the present bridge over the B 217) in 1887. From there, the Emperor rode over the 2.5 km long and chestnut-lined Kaiserallee (Emperor's Alley) to a hunting lodge in Saupark Springe, a game reserve. The station was last used by the German Emperor in 1912. The Kaiserallee and the old station buildings still exist today.
It is planned to build stations in Hanover on the line at Waldhausen and Braunschweiger Platz to improve interchange with the Hanover Stadtbahn, but no definite dates have been set.
Operations
Since 2000 the line has been part of the Hanover S-Bahn and since December 2004 it has b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhyeon%20station | Songhyeon Station is a station of Daegu Metro Line 1 in Dalseo-gu Daegu, South Korea.
Year-The Number of Passengers
External links
Cyber station information from Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Dalseo District
Railway stations opened in 1997
Daegu Metro stations
Railway stations in South Korea opened in the 1990s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogs%20%28video%20game%29 | Cogs is a puzzle video game released in 2009 by Lazy 8 Studios, originally released as a Microsoft Windows title, but receiving subsequent ports to other operating systems, mobile platforms, and game consoles. The game requires the player to manipulate a three-dimensional object's sides as sliding block puzzles as to complete specific goals, such as meshing gears to complete a clockwork mechanism or routing gas flow through pipes to a balloon.
Cogs was named as the 2010 Indie Game Challenge Grand Prize winner.
Gameplay
Cogs is built on a number of puzzles that mimic sliding block puzzles. Each level, representing some three-dimensional object, has various objectives, but generally involve moving tiles to connect sets of gears, piping, and other physical elements to make that object behave in a specific manner, such as providing gear power to turn wheels. As objects are three dimensional, the player may need to manipulate puzzles on multiple faces or faces that wrap around the object, or consider the front and back-sides of tiles. The player is free to rotate the virtual object to identify how to arrange the tiles correctly.
The basic physical elements that the player may need to manipulate include: gears which can turn other gears it is meshed with as well as transmission gears of different sizes that affect the rate of rotation of subsequent gears; pipes which carry (coloured) steam or gas, which may be necessary to drive motors for the gears or fill balloons; and bell strikers, which must be set at the right time to make a specific melody for the puzzle. Early puzzles features one type of mechanic, but later puzzles may include many of these spread on multiple faces.
The player can earn up to ten stars for completing a puzzle; three stars are awarded for completing the puzzle, and the player can earn an additional zero to three stars based on the number of moves and the time needed to complete the puzzle. Earning the maximum number of stars in each category awards the player a tenth final star. The player unlocks more puzzles by earning more stars.
Each puzzle also features a special challenge mode to finish the puzzle within a few seconds or with a limited number of moves; completing these earns additional stars for the player.
Ports
Cogs was available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS upon release. The game was released on Linux in July 2011 as a part of the Humble Indie Bundle 3. A version for Android was released in the Humble Bundle for Android 2. A 3D version was released in PlayStation Home (the PlayStation 3's social gaming network) on November 3, 2011.
Reception
Cogs was, in 2010, the Grand Prize Winner at the Indie Game Challenge, in the professional category, having also received the Achievement in Art Direction and Achievement in Gameplay on the same contest. The game was also a finalist at the 2010 Independent Games Festival and 2009 IndieCade Cogs was one of thirteen games that were part of the alternative realit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20Old%20Boys | Good Old Boys may refer to:
Old boy network, a kind of interpersonal relationship among friends who do business together
The Good Old Boys (film), a 1995 TV movie directed by Tommy Lee Jones
Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album), 1974
Good Old Boys (John Hartford album), 1999
"Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)", 1980 single by Waylon Jennings
Good Ol' Boys, a 1994 album from The Bob & Tom Show
The Good Ol' Boys, a fictional band featured in The Blues Brothers
"Good Ol' Boys", a song by Child's Play from the EP Ruff House
Good Ol' Boyz, an independent country hip hop band with 60M+ views on their official YouTube page |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20Scroll | is a 1987 video game that was released exclusively in Japan for the Family Computer.
The game is non-linear and operates almost like a sandbox game. Many video games helped to influence this video game, including The Legend of Zelda. A large video game world helps to define the complexity of the gameplay. However, most puzzles are impossible for non-Japanese speakers to solve, but a fan-made translation patch has been made available by King Mike Translations in 2008.
Story
It was an age of magic, in which there existed two factions: Black Mages, who worshipped the three-headed Chrome Dragon, and White Mages, who worshipped the glimmering Gold Dragon. Their conflicts over territory and ideals brought about countless wars. The God Narume knew he must stop the fighting, so he put the Chrome Dragon to sleep in the mountains, and the Gold Dragon to sleep in the desert. He then took magic away from the mages, sealing up the eight Magic Books and hiding them in the sacred desert tower.
Hundreds of years passed after Narume erased magic from the world. The people lived in peace, and villages and towns prospered. However, there were also those who would do wrong to gain wealth. Enter the three greedy thieves: Safra, Kakai, and Unasu. One day, as they were being chased down for some evil deed, they became lost in the desert. After walking and walking, they stumbled upon the sacred tower and discovered the hidden Magic Books. Thinking they could sell them for a pretty penny, the three split the books amongst themselves and each went his own way. With the Magic Books gone, the Chrome Dragon awoke from its eternal slumber, determined to plunge the world into a second age of dark sorcery. So Narume infused the Gold Dragon with the spirit of justice, summoning him forth in the form of a hero named 'Feram'. And so, it is up to Feram to collect the Magic Books and return the Chrome Dragon to its slumber.
The Two Dragons
Gold Dragon
The dragon worshipped by White Mages. It likes high places, and lives in a house made of stone. Personality-wise, it is fair, virtuous, and peace-loving. It can take many forms, including those of humans and animals. It also an unnaturally high intelligence and a vast knowledge of spells. The Gold Dragon has a body length of , and shoots Flame Breath and Energy Flame from its mouth. It has taken the form of the hero Feram on orders from the God Narume.
Chrome Dragon
Worshipped by Black Mages, the Chrome Dragon despises all good beings and loves cruelty. The ruler of Hell, it has three heads, each with a different attack. One spits flame, the other two spit explosives. Body length of . The only way to return the Chrome Dragon to its slumber is to pierce its very heart.
See also
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend, a game with a similar theme
Dragon Buster, another game with a similar theme
Hoshi wo Miru Hito, yet another game with a similar theme
References
Role-playing video games
Action role-playing video games
Japan-exclusive |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Lake%20%28activist%29 | Alan Lake is the pseudonym used by Alan Ayling, a computer expert from Highgate, London who was involved in the English Defence League (EDL). Until 2011, he was a director of Pacific Capital Investment Management.
Activities
Ayling was described by the media in 2011 as a millionaire, and as the "chief financier" of the English Defence League (EDL), which Lake reportedly "fiercely denied". He did admit to having "given some money to help some EDL things happen" in his first television interview, on Norwegian TV 2. According to then EDL leader Tommy Robinson, Ayling had never been a member of the EDL, and the EDL had not received funding from him. Responding to media claims saying the opposite, Robinson said that "he [Ayling] spoke at two demos and he wore a suit, and all of a sudden he was a millionaire funder."
Lake was considered a central figure in organising international counter-jihad contacts. Lake spoke at a seminar on Islamisation in Malmö, Sweden, in 2009, organised by the Sweden Democrats. Lake has since said that he continues to maintain good relations with many of the party's members and that he is a good friend of MP Kent Ekeroth. He has considered that the state "might as well" execute Islamists who seek to impose sharia law in the UK, and according to The Guardian he called for discussion about killing the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Prime Minister David Cameron and the deputy PM Nick Clegg for allegedly supporting sharia law for Britain. Ayling also founded the far-right "4 Freedoms" website.
Lake rarely speaks with the press. According to Professor Nigel Copsey, Lake represented the more "respectable" intellectual wing of the EDL. In October 2011, Norwegian police formally investigated Lake to discover any potential ideological influence he may have had on mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. He was awarded 5,000 euros in damages by a Maltese court from Paul Adam Cinato for defamation of character after Cinato blogged that Lake was Breivik's mentor. In January 2012, after the true identity of "Alan Lake" was revealed, Ayling was suspended from his management post at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the City of London.
References
External links
Interview with Lake on Norwegian TV 2
Living people
Counter-jihad activists
People from Highgate
English Defence League
British critics of Islam
Year of birth missing (living people)
Pseudonymous writers on Islam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow%20Clicker | Cow Clicker is an incremental social network game on Facebook developed by video game researcher Ian Bogost. The game serves as a deconstructive satire of social games. The goal of the game is to earn "clicks" by clicking on a sprite of a cow every six hours. The addition of friends' cows to the player's pasture allows the user to also receive "clicks" whenever the player's cow is clicked. A premium currency known as "Mooney" allows the user to purchase different cow designs and skip the six-hour interval between clicks.
In the wake of a controversial speech by Zynga's president at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2010, Bogost developed Cow Clicker for a presentation at a New York University seminar on social gaming in July 2010. The game was created to demonstrate what Bogost felt were the most commonly abused mechanics of social games, such as the promotion of social interaction and monetization rather than the artistic aspects of the medium. As the game unexpectedly began to grow in popularity, Bogost also used Cow Clicker to parody other recent gaming trends, such as gamification, educational apps, and alternate reality games.
Some critics praised Cow Clicker for its dissection of the common mechanics of social network games and viewed it as a commentary on how social games affect people.
Gameplay
The player is initially given a pasture with nine slots and a single plain cow, which the player may click once every six hours. Each time the cow is clicked, a point also known as a "click" is awarded; if the player adds friends' cows to their pasture, they also receive clicks added to their scores when the player clicks their own cow. As in other Facebook games, players are encouraged to post announcements to their news feed whenever they click their cow. A virtual currency known as "Mooney" can be bought with Facebook Credits; it can be used to purchase special "premium" cow designs, and the ability to skip the six-hour time limit that must be waited before the cow can be clicked again.
History
Creation and development
At the 2010 Game Developers Conference, Zynga's game FarmVille was awarded the "Best New Social/Online Game" at its Game Developers Choice Awards. Ian Bogost (who was also in attendance) was critical of Zynga's success, as he felt that its business model was focused on convincing users to pay money to progress further in their "freemium" games rather than treating gaming as an artistic experience. He also believed Zynga's vice president Bill Mooney was trying to attack "artistic" gaming during his acceptance speech for the award when he personally invited independent game developers to join his company. After the conference, Bogost coined the term "cow clickers" to describe games such as FarmVille which only involve performing tasks at certain intervals, since in these games, "you click on a cow, and that’s all you do." Bogost compared the players of Zynga's games to the rats in B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning experi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Modena | The Modena trolleybus system () forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Modena, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
In operation since 1950, the system has undergone several phases of expansion and contraction over the decades, including a re-launching since the start of 2000. It presently comprises three lines, and is one of the largest trolleybus systems in Italy.
History
Beginnings
In 1949, the comune of Modena decided to replace the city's tram network with a trolleybus system, believed to be more efficient and modern. The first two lines of the planned system (3-barrato Centro - San Faustino and 5 Viale Buon Pastore - San Cataldo) were opened on 22 January 1950. In the following months, the system was expanded gradually at the expense of the trams, with all of the initial lines (1 to 5) opening by 21 October 1950. Lines 1 and 2 were an "inter-station" service, between Modena FS railway station and (or Stazione Ferrovie Provinciali), with the southern portion configured as a two-way loop, line 1 running clockwise and 2 counterclockwise.
In 1952, after almost two years of service, it became necessary to revise the system, in light of observed traffic flows. Line 5 was extended, and there was a new line 6.
On 30 September 1954, a new line 7 was opened (Piazza Torre - Via Farini - Sacca), to provide a proper service to the new Sacca district, located north of the Milan–Bologna railway. This line remained in operation for little more than one year; the comune lacked the resources to extend the line westward to the village of Madonnina (and in particular to equip the homonymous overpass with overhead wires). The line was therefore operated by conventional buses until 1959, when the Madonnina extension was finally electrified, and the opportunity was taken for a second reorganisation of the system.
Expansion and contraction
In later years, new extensions came into service, but were accompanied by the first closures. Conventional buses were starting to be seen as more flexible, at intersections as traffic became chaotic, and in enabling Modena's transport network to cover urban expansion without the need for new infrastructure.
Specifically, on 8 December 1963 line 6 was extended to the Sacca district, to serve the new INA Casa public housing district, and on 14 June 1965 line 4 was "temporarily" suspended, to allow the construction of the Crocetta overpass (on which it was planned to install the overhead wire to extend the line). Then, on 24 July 1965, the line was diverted to the new hospital (Policlinico). The line along la Crocetta was abandoned, and later permanently deleted (on 18 June 1966) and replaced by the new line 7, routed via Largo Porta Sant'Agostino to Modena railway station, and following the new routing at Viale Monte Kosica. Also, line 4 to Madonnina was abandoned.
On 2 October 1967, an extension of line 6 was inaugurated from Viale Buon Pastore to Via Conco, including |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel%20K.%20Washburn | Lemuel Kelley Washburn (1846–1927) was an American Freethought writer.
He was the compiler of Cosmian Hymn Book: A Collection of Original and Selected Hymns (1888), promoted as "perfectly free from all sectarianism."
He published various atheist articles and was an editor for the Boston Investigator.
Publications
America's Debt to Thomas Paine (Boston, 1878)
Cosmian Hymn Book (Boston, 1888)
Is the Bible Worth Reading, and Other Essays (Truth Seeker Company, 1911)
The Miracles of Jesus: and Other Essays (Truth Seeker Company, 1917)
References
External links
1846 births
1927 deaths
American atheists
Freethought writers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyCharm | PyCharm is an integrated development environment (IDE) used for programming in Python. It provides code analysis, a graphical debugger, an integrated unit tester, integration with version control systems, and supports web development with Django. PyCharm is developed by the Czech company JetBrains.
It is cross-platform, working on Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. PyCharm has a Professional Edition, released under a proprietary license and a Community Edition released under the Apache License. PyCharm Community Edition is less extensive than the Professional Edition.
Features
Coding assistance and analysis, with code completion, syntax and error highlighting, linter integration, and quick fixes
Project and code navigation: specialized project views, file structure views and quick jumping between files, classes, methods and usages
Python code refactoring: including rename, extract method, introduce variable, introduce constant, pull up, push down and others
Support for web frameworks: Django, web2py and Flask
Integrated Python debugger
Integrated unit testing, with line-by-line coverage
Google App Engine Python development
Version control integration: unified user interface for Mercurial, Git, Subversion, Perforce and CVS with changelists and merge
Scientific tools integration: integrates with IPython Notebook, has an interactive Python console, and supports Anaconda as well as multiple scientific packages including Matplotlib and NumPy.
History
PyCharm was released to the market of the Python-focused IDEs to compete with PyDev (for Eclipse) or the more broadly focused Komodo IDE by ActiveState.
The beta version of the product was released in July 2010, with the 1.0 arriving 3 months later. Version 2.0 was released on 13 December 2011, version 3.0 was released on 24 September 2013, and version 4.0 was released on November 19, 2014.
PyCharm became Open Source on 22 October 2013. The Open Source variant is released under the name Community Edition–while the commercial variant, Professional Edition, contains closed-source modules.
Licensing
PyCharm Professional Edition is free for open-source projects and for some educational uses. There is also an Academic license, which is discounted for other educational use.
PyCharm Community Edition is distributed under Apache 2 license. The source code is available on GitHub.
See also
Comparison of Python integrated development environments
GitHub Copilot
List of Python software
References
External links
Integrated development environments
Linux integrated development environments
Formerly proprietary software
Linux programming tools
Software development kits
Software using the Apache license |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Reed | Bruce Reed may refer to:
Bruce Reed (political operative) (born 1960), American political adviser
Bruce Reed (mathematician), Canadian mathematician and computer scientist
Bruce Reed (wrestler) or Butch Reed (1954–2021), American professional wrestler
See also
Bruce Reid (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover-Altenbeken%20Railway%20Company | The Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company (, HAE) was among the companies of the German "railway king" Bethel Henry Strousberg. Its route network at the end of the first phase (up to 1872) consisted of two lines, Hanover–Altenbeken and Weetzen–Haste (Deister Railway). In addition, a branch line was opened from Linden-Küchengarten to Linden-Fischerhof for freight transport. The Löhne–Hamelin–Hildesheim–Vienenburg line was built in a second phase up to 1875. The section to Hildesheim is now known as the Weser railway, further east it is operated as the Hildesheim–Goslar line. This extended the network from the Weser Uplands to the Harz.
The planning of this rail network was already under way during the existence of the Kingdom of Hanover, but its construction commenced after Hanover's annexation by Prussia in 1866. The main purpose of the railway's construction was to connect Hamelin to the rail network and to improve the transport of coal from the Deister hills. Strousberg's motivation, however, was the idea of a connection of the rail network in the east (Silesian industrial belt and East Prussia) with the Ruhr industrial area. Along with building the Altenbeken line, he attempted to acquire the network of the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn).
The concession for the lines of the first phase was issued on 25 November 1868, construction of track began in 1869 and 1870 and was interrupted because of labour shortages due to the Franco-Prussian War. For this reason the concession was extended for one year. The first leg between Hanover and Hameln was on opened 13 April 1872. This was followed on 1 May 1872 by the opening of the Weetzen–Barsinghausen section and on 15 August 1872 by the Barsinghausen-Haste section. The total line to Altenbeken was completed on 19 December 1872. The original starting point was Hannover Localbahnhof (local station), later called Südbahnhof (south station), near Bismarckstraße. This had a connection to the railway yards at Pferdeturm, now used for sidings, which gave a further connection to the line to Lehrte and Brunswick.
The Löhne–Hildesheim–Vienenburg line had been built in cooperation with the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company (Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft, MHE). Following the financial demise of Strousberg companies, management of the Löhne–Hildesheim–Vienenburg line was taken over by the MHE. It was opened in May/June 1875. The Grauhof–Vienenburg section was operated jointly from its opening.
Strousberg planned more lines to connect with the HAE. After his bankruptcy in the early 1870s these plans were abandoned or taken up by the Prussian state railways, such as the Hildesheim–Brunswick railway.
Following the nationalisation of the MHE system, the HAE system was taken over, although the Prussian state had no special interest in the railway. On 1 February 1880, the HAE became part of the administration and operation of the Prussian state railways and on 1 A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemyeong%20station | Daemyeong Station is a railway station in Nam-gu, Daegu, South Korea, on Daegu Metro Line 1.
Number of passengers per year
References
External links
Cyber station information from Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Nam District, Daegu
Railway stations opened in 1997
Daegu Metro stations
Railway stations in South Korea opened in the 1990s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmsley | Elmsley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Elmsley (1929–2006), British Magician and Computer programmer
James H. Elmsley (1895–1921), Canadian Major General, Commander of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
John Elmsley, Chief Justice of Upper Canada (17961802) and Chief Justice of Lower Canada (18021805)
Peter Elmsley (1773–1825), English classical scholar
Peter Elmsley (bookseller) Elmsley or Elmsly (born 1736), bookseller from Aberdeenshire
See also
Drummond/North Elmsley, township in eastern Ontario, Canada in Lanark County
Elmsley House, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and Ontario, Canada
South Elmsley Township, Ontario, township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada
Helmsley |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locale%20%28computer%20hardware%29 | In computer architecture a locale is an abstraction of the concept of a localized set of hardware resources which are close enough to enjoy uniform memory access.
For instance, on a computer cluster each node may be considered a locale given that there is one instance of the operating system and uniform access to memory for processes running on that node. Similarly, on an SMP system, each node may be defined as a locale. Parallel programming languages such as Chapel have specific constructs for declaring locales.
See also
Symmetric multiprocessing
Direct memory access
Remote direct memory access
References
Classes of computers
Parallel computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa%20Operating%20System | The Chippewa Operating System (COS) is a discontinued operating system developed by Control Data Corporation for the CDC 6600, generally considered the first supercomputer in the world. The Chippewa was initially developed as an experimental system, but was then also deployed on other CDC 6000 machines.
The Chippewa was a rather simple job control oriented system derived from the earlier CDC 3000. Its design influenced the later CDC Kronos and SCOPE operating systems. Its name was based on the Chippewa Falls research and development center of CDC in Wisconsin.
It is distinct from and preceded the Cray Operating System (also called "COS") at Cray.
See also
History of supercomputing
Timeline of operating systems
Bibliography
References
Discontinued operating systems
Supercomputer operating systems
Control Data Corporation operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Dynamite%20%28TV%20series%29 | Black Dynamite is an American adult animated blaxploitation comedy television series developed by Carl Jones for the Cartoon Network late-night programming block Adult Swim. It is based on 2009 film of same name, although the series follows an alternate continuity. Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Tommy Davidson and Kym Whitley reprise their film roles as Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honeybee, respectively. Cedric Yarbrough also reprise his film role as Chocolate Giddy-Up, along with Jimmy Walker Jr. as the restaurant owner Roscoe and Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze.
Black Dynamite was announced shortly after the release of the original film. Its 10-minute pilot was released on Adult Swim Video on August 8, 2011 before premiering on the channel block on July 15, 2012. The series ended January 10, 2015 with a total of 2 seasons containing 10 episodes each. Most episodes are rated TV-MA (akin to the R rating of the film itself) for bloody, stylized violence, strong sexual references (including nudity, references to prostitution, and depictions of sex acts), profanity and racial humor.
Premise
The show, set in the 1970s, is predominantly a parody of and tribute to blaxploitation cinema. The show continues the story of Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn, and Honey Bee as they engage in dangerous and over-the-top misadventures sometimes involving famous celebrities such as Michael Jackson, O. J. Simpson, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Don Cornelius, Dick Clark, Spike Lee, Mr. T, Orphan Arnold, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Bob Marley, Bo Derek, Rick James, Elvis Presley, Fred Rogers, John Wayne Gacy, J. Edgar Hoover and many others as well as Black Dynamite's recurring nemesis President Richard Nixon, who was also the main villain from the film. The show makes references to the original Black Dynamite film, such as Fiendish Dr. Wu as the leader of a group of ninjas; the show is set before the events of the movie, as some characters from the film who were killed off are alive in the series (notably Bullhorn and Cream Corn). This is reinforced in one episode, where Cream Corn predicts his own future manner of death while in a helicopter.
Voice cast
Main cast
Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite, Jim Kelly
Byron Minns as Bullhorn, Rudy Ray Moore, Singer
Kym Whitley as Honeybee, Old Lady
Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn, The Boss Man, Red Light
Additional voices
Carlos Alazraqui as Helicopter Pilot
Tichina Arnold as Tinbee's Singing Voice
Erykah Badu as Fatback Taffy, Fat Hoe Crow, Rita Marley, Wolf
Eric Bauza as The Fiendish Dr. Wu, Chinatown Assassin, R.A.C.I.S.T., Bill Cosby's Assistant, Dick Clark, Newscaster, Child, Reporter
Liz Benoit as Foxxy Mama
Tae Brooks as Michael Jackson
Corey Burton as Dennis Flynn, Mr. Rogers, Phil Drummond
Chance the Rapper as Bob Marley
Michael Colyar as Sweet Butter
Affion Crockett as Joe Jackson
DeRay Davis as Ninja, Isaac Layes, Ringo Mandingo
John DiMaggio as Rip Tayles, Female Cop, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTERA%20Networks | CTERA Networks is a privately held enterprise software company headquartered in New York and Israel. The company has regional offices in the UK, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Australia. , the company is designated as the leading vendor in distributed cloud file storage by GigaOm.
CTERA has partnered with companies including Amazon Web Services, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, and Cisco. Clients include Deutsche Telekom, Banco Santander, Axa and the United States Department of Defense. In October 2016 IBM became a CTERA reseller. IBM's Cloud Object Storage, integrated with the CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform, can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid on-premises/cloud setup.
History
CTERA was founded in 2008 by Liran Eshel and Zohar Kaufman.
, CTERA has raised $100 million in funding from investors including Benchmark Capital, Venrock, Cisco Systems, Bessemer Venture Partners and Vintage Investment Partners.
Gartner named CTERA one of five Cool Venders in Storage Technologies in 2013 and it was included on the Deloitte Fast 500 list in technology in 2015.
In June 2016, CTERA earned a contract to provide a private cloud file sharing solution to the United States Department of Defense. As part of the agreement, CTERA and DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) co-developed a mutual authentication technology using government-issued smart cards for additional layers of protection beyond the standard enterprise integration with Microsoft Active Directory servers.
In 2021, GigaOm has evaluated distributed cloud file storage suppliers and designated CTERA as the leading vendor and outperformer. In 2022, CTERA has been designated again as the leader.
In 2022, CTERA has updated its Global File System, introducing enhanced capabilities for managing cloud storage, permanent data deletion, and other data protection features. The product was enhanced to includes new features such as cloud storage routing for more granular data management and control, as well as enterprise key management for cryptographic keys.
Products
In 2009, CTERA released its first cloud storage gateway, the C200. The gateway combined the speed of local network storage with off-site cloud storage and backup technology. In 2010, CTERA released the C400 cloud storage gateway which added features for office server backup and recovery and collaboration capability for multiple users working on files stored in the cloud or on the gateway. In 2011, the C800 gateway was released with 24 TB of raw local storage. In 2016, CTERA announced a virtual cloud storage gateway that can be deployed from VMware or KVM servers that enabled customers to use existing hardware. CTERA released updates to its cloud storage gateway portfolio in April 2016 focused on efficiency and storage capacity.
CTERA released Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) in 2012, which enabled users to access, share and collaborate on files from any location by storing files either locally or |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC4%20%28disambiguation%29 | RC4 can refer to:
RC4 – cipher used for computer data protection
Battle of Route Coloniale 4 – battle during the Vietnam War
Iranian Railways RC4 – Iranian electric locomotive
SJ Rc4 – Swedish electric locomotive |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20for%20Capacity%20Development%20in%20Nutrition | The Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition is a working group of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition. The committee established a set of working groups on capacity development in close collaboration with United Nations University. Reports are available on the Network's website.
History
The network had an initial meeting in 2005 and five meetings between 2006 and 2010; its results are published in scientific journals. The Standing Committee on Nutrition formed nine working groups, of which the Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition was one. The network's capacity development includes human resource development, organizational, institutional and legal framework development. Capacity development is a long term, continuing process. It gives primacy to national priorities, plans, policies and processes. Participants came from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Macedonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and facilitators came from the Netherlands and Norway.
The network links to multiple European Community projects:
EURRECA – European Micronutrient Recommendation Aligned
European Food Information Resource Network Nexus - European Food Information Resource Network
DIETS - Dietitians Improving Education Training Standards across Europe, the thematic network for dietitians in Europe
The general objective of the Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition is to initiate and support capacity development activities in research and training in Central and Eastern European countries based on country-specific needs. The objectives will be linked to CEE-specific topics of interest. This is to be open for new challenges following the changes in the various countries over time.
The European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture was established in 1974 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and European research institutions. It became an umbrella for cooperation between research institutions focused on food, agriculture and related fields. Since its foundation, it has expanded to include 19 networks, including Network for Capacity Development in Nutrition CEE. In 2009, with the financial support of Food and Agriculture Organization REU and technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization, a new server was set up in Rome to serve as common technical background for the AgroWeb Network, the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture, and the Thematic Knowledge Networks.
Publications
References
External links
AgroWeb Network
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Food science institutes
Nutrition organizations
Knowledge sharing
International development organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervivientes%3A%20Perdidos%20en%20el%20Caribe%20%282006%29 | Supervivientes: Perdidos en el Caribe. After several years on Antena 3, the Spanish version of Survivor returned to Telecinco in 2006. Despite the change in networks, the show's format remained virtually unchanged. For this season thirteen castaways were stranded on an island in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Jesús Vázquez (in studio) and José María Íñigo (from the island) were the hosts for this season. The show began airing on May 2, 2006 and finished on July 11, 2006 after 70 days. A new twist was added to the mechanics of competition: the castaway kicked out of the week received the opportunity to live in solitude on "The Last Beach", unknown to the contestants left in the competition, where they would fight to return to the competition. Ultimately, it was Carmen Russo, who was initially the second contestant to be eliminated from the competition, who won the season over Verónica Romero and Jesús de Manuel.
Finishing order
Nominations table
: At the launch day the survivors nominated. Carmen, Marlène and Verónica H. were nominated. A one-hour public vote was open and Marlène was eliminated. Marlène decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: Carmen and Verónica H. survived the first elimination, for this reason they were automatically nominated. Carmen was evicted but she decided to stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Verónica R. was given the power to name a second nominee. Esmeralda decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Luna was given the power to name a second nominee. Pepe decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Aída was given the power to name a second nominee. Luna decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Jordi was given the power to name a second nominee. Pipi decided to stay in The Last Beach and the public voted to save between Carmen and Pipi.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Jordi was given the power to name a second nominee. Ángel decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Jesús was given the power to name a second nominee. Marta decided to stay in The Last Beach and the public voted to save between Carmen and Marta.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Jordi was given the power to name a second nominee. Verónica H. decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: As the winner of the immunity challenge, Jesús was given the power to name a second nominee. Aída was eliminated and she decided to not stay in The Last Beach.
: After Aída's elimination, Carmen joined to the survivors and a public vote was open to evict one of them.
: At this round the public was voting to choose the winner of this season.
External links
http://www.telecinco.es/supervivientes/
Survivor Spain seasons
2006 Spanish television seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registry%20of%20Open%20Access%20Repositories | The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) is a searchable international database indexing the creation, location and growth of open access institutional repositories and their contents. ROAR was created by EPrints at University of Southampton, UK, in 2003. It began as the Institutional Archives Registry and was renamed Registry of Open Access Repositories in 2006. To date, over 3,000 institutional and cross-institutional repositories have been registered.
As of 2015, ROAR and the UK-based Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) "are considered the two leading open access directories worldwide. ROAR is the larger directory and allows direct submissions to the directory. OpenDOAR controls submission of materials and is dependent on the discretion of its staff. OpenDOAR requires open access of scholarly publications; whereas ROAR allows other types of materials to be included. ROAR allows filtering by country, type of repository, and sorting by repository name."
ROARMAP
ROAR's companion Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international database of policies. It charts the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.
It was created by EPrints at University of Southampton in 2003. The Institutional Self-Archiving Policy Registry became the Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies in 2006, then the Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies, and then the Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies around 2014.
ROARMAP mandates are classified in terms of strength and effectiveness in MELIBEA As of October 2015, open-access mandates have been adopted by more than 520 universities and more than 75 research funders worldwide.
References
External links
Academic publishing
Databases in the United Kingdom
Open access (publishing)
Research in the United Kingdom
Science and technology in Hampshire
University of Southampton
2003 establishments in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object%20resurrection | In object-oriented programming languages with garbage collection, object resurrection is when an object comes back to life during the process of object destruction, as a side effect of a finalizer being executed.
Object resurrection causes a number of problems, particularly that the possibility of object resurrection – even if it does not occur – makes garbage collection significantly more complicated and slower, and is a major reason that finalizers are discouraged. Languages deal with object resurrection in various ways. In rare circumstances, object resurrection is used to implement certain design patterns, notably an object pool, while in other circumstances resurrection is an undesired bug caused by an error in finalizers, and in general resurrection is discouraged.
Process
Object resurrection occurs via the following process. First, an object becomes garbage when it is no longer reachable from the program, and may be collected (destroyed and deallocated). Then, during object destruction, before the garbage collector deallocates the object, a finalizer method may be run, which may in turn make that object or another garbage object (reachable from the object with a finalizer) reachable again by creating references to it, as a finalizer may contain arbitrary code. If this happens, the referenced object – which is not necessarily the finalized object – is no longer garbage, and cannot be deallocated, as otherwise the references to it would become dangling references and cause errors when used, generally program crash or unpredictable behavior. Instead, in order to maintain memory safety, the object is returned to life or resurrected.
In order to detect this, a garbage collector will generally do two-phase collection in the presence of finalizers: first finalize any garbage that has a finalizer, and then re-check all garbage (or all garbage reachable from the objects with finalizers), in case the finalizers have resurrected some garbage. This adds overhead and delays memory reclamation.
Resurrected objects
A resurrected object may be treated the same as other objects, or may be treated specially. In many languages, notably C#, Java, and Python (from Python 3.4), objects are only finalized once, to avoid the possibility of an object being repeatedly resurrected or even being indestructible; in C# objects with finalizers by default are only finalized once, but can be re-registered for finalization. In other cases resurrected objects are considered errors, notably in Objective-C; or treated identically to other objects, notably in Python prior to Python 3.4.
A resurrected object is sometimes called a or zombie, but this term is used for various object states related to object destruction, with usage depending on language and author. A "zombie object" has a specialized meaning in Objective-C, however, which is detailed below. Zombie objects are somewhat analogous to zombie processes, in that they have undergone a termination state change and a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20La%20Spezia | The La Spezia trolleybus system () forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of La Spezia, in the region of Liguria, northwest Italy.
The current system is in operation since 1951; previously, at the start of the twentieth century, La Spezia was served by a pioneering experimental system.
History
The first, pioneering, trolleybus service in La Spezia was active between 1906 and 1909, and ran from the city centre to Fezzano, on the road to Portovenere. It was an experimental line, one of the first to be built in Italy, and was served by Omnibus Turrinelli vehicles numbered from 31 to 34.
After World War II, trolleybuses returned to town in a more modern form, to replace the tram system that had become obsolete. La Spezia's first regular trolleybus line entered service in 1951. It was operated with Fiat 668 model trolleybuses bodied by Viberti, and with electrical equipment by Ansaldo. Numbered 201 to 213, they were long, had a central driving position, and their maximum speed was .
In 1953, another four trolleybuses of the same model were added to the fleet. They were numbered from 214 to 217. In the same year, nine Alfa Romeo 900 AF vehicles, bodied by Piaggio and with Ansaldo electrical equipment, came into circulation in La Spezia. Their fleet numbers were 218 to 226.
In 1954, the then operator of the system, FITRAM, ordered two more trolleybuses, nos 227 and 228, with electrical equipment by Maschine Works Oerlikon from the San Giorgio company in Pistoia. With a length of 11 meters, and a greater availability of seats (over 28), they were the first trolleybuses in La Spezia to have battery powered autonomous auxiliary equipment located in the underbody, but they were never used on regular shifts. Due to their unsatisfactory cab layout and steering, and low-capacity braking, they were sold during 1959.
Three years earlier, in 1956, Alfa Romeo 910 AF trolleybuses nos 229 and 230 had enriched the trolley fleet, and their use on line 2 until 1978 testifies to their hard work. They were bodied by Officine Meccaniche Pistoiesi, and, as usual, electrical equipment was by Ansaldo.
In 1963, SEAC of Carmagnola created nine Alfa Romeo 1000 AF trolleybuses for La Spezia. With Ansaldo electrical components and Tubocar bodies, they were numbered 231 to 240. The Alfa 1000 were still employed on fixed shifts of circular line 1/3 to the end of the 1970s.
In 1975, trolleybus no 203, with Mauri light aluminum alloy bodywork, was added to the fleet. This experiment was extended to the 668 Vibertis that had never received attention, nor revisions: nos 209 and 214. In 1977, four more vehicles, nos 241 to 244, were purchased from AMT in Genoa. Again, these were Fiat 668 Mauris. With the closure of line 2 in 1978, the Alfas nos 900 and 910, and the remaining 668 Vibertis, were scrapped. The trolleybuses still circulating were nos 203, 209, 214, and 231 to 244.
After a final period of agony with the limitation of the service o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange%20Rio | The Orange Rio is a rebadged version of ZTE's X991. It is sold on the Orange network, and is a BlackBerry-styled phone directed to people on budgets or young users, with a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4" touchscreen.
Specifications
The Orange Rio has a 2.4 inch resistive touchscreen, unlike many other BlackBerry handsets and has a 320x240 (QVGA) resolution.
However, it lacks 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity, and has Class 10 GPRS connectivity.
It connects and charges using the mini-USB standard.
It is a 2G handset.
It is shipped with Opera's Opera Mini, and supports J2ME so users can load applications at their own will.
External links
Rio from Orange in black – Orange Shop (link dead)
Orange Rio review – CNET
Orange Rio – Full phone specifications
Orange S.A.
ZTE mobile phones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexer | An indexer may refer to:
Indexer (programming)
Torrent indexer or BitTorrent tracker
Index (disambiguation) § Publishing and library studies, writer of the indexes of literary and non-fiction publications
See also
Index (disambiguation)
The Indexer, journal of the Society of Indexers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexer%20%28programming%29 | In object-oriented programming, an indexer allows instances of a particular class or struct to be indexed just like arrays. It is a form of operator overloading.
Implementation
Indexers are implemented through the get and set accessors for the . They are similar to properties, but differ by not being static, and the fact that indexers' accessors take parameters. The get and set accessors are called as methods using the parameter list of the indexer declaration, but the set accessor still has the implicit parameter.
Example
Here is a C# example of the usage of an indexer in a class:
class Family
{
private List<string> _familyMembers = new List<string>();
public Family(params string[] members)
{
_familyMembers.AddRange(members);
}
public string this[int index]
{
// The get accessor
get => _familyMembers[index];
// The set accessor with
set => _familyMembers[index] = value;
}
public int this[string val]
{
// Getting index by value (first element found)
get => _familyMembers.FindIndex(m => m == val);
}
public int Length => _familyMembers.Count;
}
Usage example:
void Main()
{
var doeFamily = new Family("John", "Jane");
for (int i = 0; i < doeFamily.Length; i++)
{
var member = doeFamily[i];
var index = doeFamily[member]; // same as i in this case, but it demonstrates indexer overloading allowing to search doeFamily by value.
Console.WriteLine($"{member} is the member number {index} of the {nameof(doeFamily)}");
}
}
In this example, the indexer is used to get the value at the nth position, and then to get the position in the list referenced by its value.
The output of the code is:
John is the member number 0 of the doeFamily
Jane is the member number 1 of the doeFamily
See also
Mutator method
References
Programming language topics
Object-oriented programming
Operators (programming) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinan%20E | Weinan E (; born September 1963) is a Chinese mathematician. He is known for his pathbreaking work in applied mathematics and machine learning. His academic contributions include novel mathematical and computational results in stochastic differential equations; design of efficient algorithms to compute multiscale and multiphysics problems, particularly those arising in fluid dynamics and chemistry; and pioneering work on the application of deep learning techniques to scientific computing. In addition, he has worked on multiscale modeling and the study of rare events.
He has also made contributions to homogenization theory, theoretical models of turbulence, stochastic partial differential equations, electronic structure analysis, multiscale methods, computational fluid dynamics, and weak KAM theory. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, and the Center for Machine Learning Research and the
School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University. Since 2015, he has been the inaugural director of the Beijing Institute of Big Data Research. He was an invited Plenary Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2022 in St. Petersburg.
Biography
E Weinan was born in Jingjiang, China. He completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Mathematics at University of Science and Technology of China in 1982, and his master's degree in Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science at Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1985. He obtained his Ph.D. degree under the advice of Björn Engquist in the Department of Mathematics at University of California, Los Angeles in 1989. He then became a visiting member in Courant Institute, New York University from 1989 to 1991, and a member in Institute for Advanced Study from 1991 to 1992. After spending two more years as a long term member in Institute for Advanced Study, he joined Courant Institute, New York University as an associate professor in 1994, and became a full professor in 1997. Since 1999, he has been holding a professorship in the Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. He currently holds a professorship at the Center for Machine Learning Research and the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University.
He has made contributions to homogenization theory, theoretical models of turbulence, stochastic partial differential equations, electronic structure analysis, multiscale methods, computational fluid dynamics, and weak KAM theory.
In the study of rare events, he and collaborators have developed the string method and transition path theory. In multiscale modeling, he and collaborators have developed the heterogeneous multiscale methods (HMM). He has also made significant contributions to the mathematical understanding of the microscopic foundation to the macroscopic theories for solids.
Awards
He received Presidential Early Career |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Movies%20%28season%204%29 | The fourth season of the American animated sitcom Home Movies is the final season of series. The season was broadcast in the United States on the Adult Swim programming block for the television network Cartoon Network from November 11, 2003, to April 4, 2004. Co-creators Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Snyder, served as executive producers for the season.
The series followed the adventures of 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker, Brendon Small, who writes, directs, and stars in homemade film productions that he creates with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. Brendon and Melissa's soccer coach, John McGuirk, is a selfish, short-tempered alcoholic who constantly gives the two bad advice. Brendon's divorced single mother, Paula must deal with juggling her children, her job as a creative writing teacher, and her romantic life.
Episodes
Home release
The DVD boxset for season four was released by Shout! Factory on May 16, 2006. Other than all thirteen episodes of the season, the DVD included several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and crew, animatics, an animation gallery, commentary tracks, and a bonus soundtrack CD.
Home Movies: Bonus CD
Home Movies: Bonus CD is a soundtrack album to the show Home Movies. It was released May 16, 2006, and includes fifty-two songs which were featured throughout the series. The CD comes packaged with the DVD release of the show's fourth season box set. All music was written by Brendon Small.
Track listing
All vocals by Brendon Small, except where noted.
Personnel
Brendon Small – vocals, guitar, piano, drum machine, production
Home Movies cast
Jon Benjamin – vocals
Janine Ditullio – vocals
Melissa Galsky – vocals
Emo Philips – vocals
Todd Barry – vocals
Laura Silverman – vocals
See also
Home Movies
List of Home Movies episodes
"Focus Grill"
References
2003 American television seasons
2004 American television seasons
Home Movies (TV series) seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziza | Aziza or Azizah may refer to:
Given name
Aziza
Aziza Abdel-Halim, chairwoman of the Muslim Women's National Network Australia
Aziza Brahim (born 1976), Sahrawi singer
Aziza Jafarzadeh (1921–2003), Azerbaijani writer
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (born 1969), Azerbaijani musician
Azize Tanrıkulu (born 1986), Turkish martial artist
Aziza Abdelfattah (born 1990), Egyptian synchronized swimmer
Aziza Sleyum Ally, Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
Aziza Ali, Singaporean former chef, food consultant, businessperson, artist, jeweller, and author
Aziza Hussein, Paralympian athlete from Egypt
Aziza Sbaity (born 1991), Lebanese sprinter
Aziza (born 1964), Uzbek–Russian singer-songwriter.
Azizah
Azizah Y. al-Hibri, American philosopher and academic
Azizah Mohd Dun (born 1960), Sabah's State Minister for Community Development and Consumer Affairs
Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum (born 1945), Yemeni novelist and writer
Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah (born 1960), current Queen Consort of Malaysia
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (born 1952), Malaysian politician
Other
Aziza (African mythology), African legendary creature
Aziza (Quest for Glory), a character in the Quest for Glory video game series
"L'Aziza", a 1985 Daniel Balavoine song
Aziza (album), a 2016 album by bassist Dave Holland
Aziza (1980 film), a Tunisian and Algerian drama film
Aziza (2019 film), a short film directed by Soudade Kaadan
Azizah, an American magazine
See also
Aziz (equivalent masculine name)
Ariza (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife%20Conservation%20Network | The Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) is a United States-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that protects endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists in the field who promote coexistence between wildlife and people. WCN does this by providing its partners with capital, strategic capacity-building services, training, and operational support. WCN has been given a top rating amongst wildlife conservation charities, with a four star rating on Charity Navigator.
Founded in 2002, Wildlife Conservation Network was built on a venture capital fundraising model to identify entrepreneurial conservationists and projects and give them the support they need to effectively run their programs. WCN brings donors together with field conservationists to develop personal relationships and allow donors to see how their support is making an impact for wildlife. WCN’s 100% donation model means every dollar donated to a specific species is guaranteed to go to the conservationists who protect that species.
Conservation Partners
Wildlife Conservation Network forms partnerships with field-based conservation projects committed to protecting endangered wildlife and gives them the support and resources they need for their work.
Partners as of 2022 include:
Andean Cat Alliance (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru)
Cheetah Conservation Botswana (Botswana)
Cheetah Conservation Fund (Namibia)
Conservation Through Public Health (Uganda)
Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program (Ethiopia)
Ewaso Lions (Kenya)
Global Penguin Society (Worldwide)
Grévy's Zebra Trust (Ethiopia and Kenya)
Hutan (Malaysian Borneo)
Macaw Recovery Network (Costa Rica)
MarAlliance (Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and others)
MareCet (Malaysia)
Niassa Lion Project (Mozambique)
Okapi Conservation Project (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Painted Dog Conservation (Zimbabwe)
Proyecto Tití (cotton-top tamarin) (Colombia)
Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (Rwanda)
Saiga Conservation Alliance (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia and Turkmenistan)
Save The Elephants (Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mali and South Africa)
Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation (Borneo, Sumatra, Chile, China and others)
Snow Leopard Conservancy (Pakistan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Russia and India)
Spectacled Bear Conservation Society (Peru)
Wildlife Funds
WCN's Wildlife Funds tackle the diverse range of challenges that certain species face in a way that a single field organization could not. These Funds invest in projects from many organizations to protect species across the entirety of their habitats.
Elephant Crisis Fund
The Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF), a partnership between WCN and Save the Elephants, was established in 2013 to bring the ivory crisis to an end and create a better future for elephants in Africa. While there are signs of hope with elephant poaching in decline, the ivory trade continues across Africa and the ECF remains committed to ending it. The ECF has also expanded its strate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecilosclerida | Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database). It contains about 25 recognised families. They are characterised by having chelae microscleres, that is, the minute spicules scattered through the tissues, usually in the 10-60 μm range, have a shovel-like structure on the end.
Most of the families are viviparous with parenchymella larvae that are uniformly ciliated.
Families
As of 2018, the following families are recognized:
References
Poecilosclerida
Taxa described in 1928 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixlink | Mixlink (Mixlink II) is a computer used with Agfa scales. It was developed to facilitate calculation of color mixes.
Technical characteristics
Mixlink contains the Intel 80386 processor with the clock rate which may be set to either 9.2 or 33 MHz. The RAM size is 640 kB. The HDD function is served by the built-in flash memory that has the size of approximately 800 kB. Mixlink has the monochrome display.
Mixlink is also staffed with CD drive and floppy drive.
Use
Mixlink was intended to be used with the supplied floppy and CD disk, which provided the system environment ("operating system") and the application to be used for calculating color mixes. However, it is possible to install and run MS-DOS on Mixlink.
Currently, Mixlink computers are not used; their functions may solely be performed by personal computers (PCs).
References
Computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson%20Welles%20Great%20Mysteries | Orson Welles Great Mysteries is a British television series originally transmitted between 1973 and 1974, produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network.
The series is an anthology of mystery stories. Each episode is introduced by Orson Welles, the only regular actor in the series, whose appearances were confined to the introductory and closing sequences. In the opening titles, Welles appears shown in silhouette walking through a hallway towards the camera, smoking a cigar and outfitted in a broad-brimmed hat and a huge cloak. When he actually appears on-screen to introduce the episodes, his face is all that is shown, in extreme close-up and very low lighting.
Parody
Welles' introductory sequence was parodied by Benny Hill (as "Orson Buggy") in an episode of his television program.
Availability
The home media rights are held by ITV Studios. In 2019 Network released half of the series on Region 2 DVD as Volume 1 in the UK.
Volume 2 released Oct 26th 2020.
References
External links
1973 British television series debuts
1974 British television series endings
1970s British drama television series
1970s British anthology television series
ITV television dramas
Orson Welles
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows produced by Anglia Television
English-language television shows
Television series by 20th Century Fox Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire%20potato%20railways | The Lincolnshire potato railways were a network of private, narrow gauge farm railways which existed in the English county of Lincolnshire in the mid-20th century, for the purposes of transporting the annual potato crop between the fields and the nearest standard-gauge main line railhead.
Major systems
There were two major systems of potato railways: one located near the village of Nocton (the "Nocton Estate Light Railway" south of Lincoln), centred on Nocton and Dunston railway station; the other to the north of Holbeach in the south of the county, serving Fleet and Sutton Bridge stations. There were other, smaller systems elsewhere in Lincolnshire, for example at Deeping St Nicholas.
Closure
All of the potato railways were closed by 1969; their duties taken over by farm lorries. Some of the rolling stock and track from the Nocton system have been preserved at the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway near Skegness.
External links
Fields Sports Magazine: Pheasant Express
Nocton Estates Light Railway, Lincolnshire
Notes
1 ft 11½ in gauge railways in England
Economy of Lincolnshire
Potato economy
Rail transport in Lincolnshire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyeonchungno%20station | Hyeonchungno Station is a station of Daegu Metro Line 1 in Nam-gu, Daegu, South Korea.
Passengers by year
References
External links
Cyber station information from Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Nam District, Daegu
Railway stations opened in 1997
Daegu Metro stations
Railway stations in South Korea opened in the 1990s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Panda | Google's Google Panda is a major change to the company's search results ranking algorithm that was first released in February 2011. The change aimed to lower the rank of "low-quality sites" or "thin sites", in particular "content farms", and return higher-quality sites near the top of the search results.
CNET reported a surge in the rankings of news websites and social networking sites, and a drop in rankings for sites containing large amounts of advertising. This change reportedly affected the rankings of almost 12 percent of all search results. Soon after the Panda rollout, many websites, including Google's webmaster forum, became filled with complaints of scrapers/copyright infringers getting better rankings than sites with original content. At one point, Google publicly asked for data points to help detect scrapers better. In 2016, Matt Cutts, Google's head of webspam at the time of the Panda update, commented that "with Panda, Google took a big enough revenue hit via some partners that Google actually needed to disclose Panda as a material impact on an earnings call. But I believe it was the right decision to launch Panda, both for the long-term trust of our users and for a better ecosystem for publishers."
Google's Panda received several updates after the original rollout in February 2011, and their effect went global in April 2011. To help affected publishers, Google provided an advisory on its blog, thus giving some direction for self-evaluation of a website's quality. Google has provided a list of 23 bullet points on its blog answering the question of "What counts as a high-quality site?" that is supposed to help webmasters "step into Google's mindset". It has been incorporated in Google's core algorithm since 2015.
The name "Panda" comes from Google engineer Navneet Panda, who developed the technology that made it possible for Google to create and implement the algorithm.
Ranking factors
The Google Panda patent (patent 8,682,892), filed on September 28, 2012, was granted on March 25, 2014. The patent states that Google Panda creates a ratio with a site's inbound links, and reference queries, search queries for the site's brand. That ratio is then used to create a sitewide modification factor. The sitewide modification factor is then used to create a modification factor for a page based upon a search query. If the page fails to meet a certain threshold, the modification factor is applied and, therefore, the page would rank lower in the search engine results page.
Google Panda affected the ranking of an entire site or a specific section, rather than just the individual pages on a site.
Updates
For the first two years, Google Panda's updates were rolled out about once a month, but Google stated in March 2013 that future updates would be integrated into the algorithm and would therefore be continuous and less noticeable.
Google released a "slow rollout" of Panda 4.2 starting on July 18, 2015.
See also
Google Hummingbird, 2013
Goog |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus%20Cops | Campus Cops is an American sitcom that aired on the USA network on Saturday nights from January 6 until March 30, 1996 for a total of 13 episodes.
Premise
The series centered on bumbling campus policeman, Wayne Simko and Andy McCormack, who worked at Canfield University.
Cast
Ryan Hurst as Wayne Simko
Ben Bode as Andy McCormack
Jerry Kernion as Elliot Royce
Monte Markham as Dean Walter Pilkington
LaRita Shelby as Meg DuVry
JD Cullum as Ray Raskin
David Sage as Captain Hingle
Episodes
References
External links
USA Network original programming
1996 American television series debuts
1996 American television series endings
1990s American single-camera sitcoms
English-language television shows
Television series by Universal Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq%20Portable%20III | The Compaq Portable III (Model 2660) is a PC/AT-compatible computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs; however it was still quite large by today's standards. Three models were announced at release. The Model 1 had a list price of and was equipped with a Intel 80286, 640 KB of RAM, floppy drive, and a colored gas-plasma display. Other models included the Model 20 at which added a 20 MB hard disk, or $5799 for the Model 40 with the upgraded 40 MB hard disk.
When Compaq launched its Portable III, the launch was timed to occurs simultaneously in twelve countries around the world, in keeping with Compaq's showmanship style. The Portable III was designed to be the smallest, lightest and fastest 386 machine, since Compaq was under the pressure from Toshiba with its T1100 and T3100 and Zenith Data Systems with its Z-181. Compaq only had 286 motherboards ready for mass production, so the 386 version, the Compaq Portable 386, would follow about one year later.
The design of the Portable III had been deeply modified over the earlier Compaq portable series of machines. It was half the size and its footprint occupied half the space of the first Compaq Portable. The most remarkable feature was its gas plasma display which lifted up and swiveled so that it could be placed in a good position for reading. It also has a proprietary graphics mode that allows it to run at true 640 x 400 mode. Windows 2.11 had a Compaq Portable display driver for 640 x 400 mode.
The optional 80287 coprocessor ran at 8 MHz regardless of the speed of the 80286, and the 640 KB of RAM were made up of 100-ns 256K-bit chips. The Portable III lacked the internal expansion ports of previous Portables and desktop PCs of the time, but Compaq offered an optional external expansion unit (model 2662A), that provided two full length, 16-bit ISA add-in cards for $199. The external expansion unit was electrically connected to the computer by a 96-pin port.
This unit was a more flexible option than the completely detached expansion units made for other portables. Because it gets
its power from the computer via this port, it could be securely attached it to the Portable III, and carried as if it were part of the machine. More than one expansion unit could be configured for different needs, allowing it considerable versatility for its time. Power is supplied using a mains electricity outlet, it was not designed to run on batteries.
References
External links
oldcomputers.net - Compaq III Portable computer
net2000plus.tripod.com - Compaq Portable III computer
archive.org/details/compaq-portable-3-operations-user-manual Compaq Portable III User Manual
3 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TDR%20Targets | The TDR Targets database is a bioinformatics project that seeks to exploit the availability of diverse genomic and chemical datasets to facilitate the identification and prioritization of drugs and drug targets in neglected disease pathogens. TDR in the name of the database stands from the popular abbreviation for a special programme within the World Health Organization, whose focus is Tropical Disease Research. The project was jumpstarted by funds from this programme (see Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases), and the initial focus of the resource was on organisms/diseases of high priority for this Programme.
The database functions both as a website, where researchers can look for information on targets or compounds of interest, or as a tool for prioritization of targets in whole genomes. When prioritizing genes, individual database queries are used to specify one or more desirable or undesirable criteria. The output of each query will be a set of genes (e.g. all genes that produce a lethal phenotype upon a genetic knockout); and different combinations of gene sets can be obtained using standard set operators (Union, Intersection, Subtraction), including the possibility of weighting genes present in more than one set (this is particularly useful when calculating Unions). A number of prioritizations obtained with this tool have been published, demonstrating a number of use cases.
The database currently hosts information for 21 bacterial and eukaryotic pathogens, and for > 2 million bioactive compounds. Information integrated into the TDR Targets database comes from disparate data sources, and therefore cannot be considered a primary data repository.
The database has seen 6 major releases since its launch in 2007, which coincided with expansion of phylogenetic coverage (e.g. inclusion of helminth genomes in release 2), incorporation of new functionalities (e.g. chemical similarity and substructure searches in release 4), major data updates to keep the database in sync with upstream data providers (in release 5), and the incorporation of a multilayer network model to guide Drug_repositioning through nice user-friendly visualizations (in release 6).
See also
ChEMBL
References
Biological databases
Chemical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Fried%20Chicken | Southern Fried Chicken, is a British-based fast food outlet headquartered in Reading, England. It operates a franchise network in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Southern Fried Chicken has 93 locations in 15 countries.
History
Southern Fried Chicken was founded in the 1970s by Arthur Withers. In 1973, Withers travelled to America to work for Barbeque King; there, he improved his knowledge of the commercial fast food business. Withers made a visit to Greenville, South Carolina, where he learned about fried chicken.
In 1983, Southern Fried Chicken moved into the offices they are still in today, complete with its own manufacturing department.
In 1999, Southern Fried Chicken met an Alendvic Company and started to expand the love of fried chicken in Russia, starting in the Perm region. The Perm region now has over 25 outlets.
The company is currently headed by his son, Andrew Withers.
Outlets
Southern Fried Chicken is currently sold in over 700 locations, across over 79 countries worldwide. Restaurants have schemed interior designs and have been applied to create clean, spacious and comfortable restaurants. Designs are suited to all types of premises and existing architecture.
Southern Fried Chicken operates in areas that cover Europe, Arabia, Mena regions, Africa and South America; as well as India, which includes the Asia-Pac regions. They are also making the first steps to reach the Chinese Market.
The most recent outlet openings include Hyderabad and Mongolia as well as having existing franchises in Senegal and Malta and a mobile unit in Martinique and Central African Republic.
Undercover Boss
In July 2011, Andrew Withers took part in the Channel 4 documentary series Undercover Boss, where he went undercover to work at various franchises in the United Kingdom.
References
External links
Chicken chains of the United Kingdom
Fast-food chains of the United Kingdom
Fast-food poultry restaurants
Fast-food franchises
Companies based in Reading, Berkshire
British companies established in 1970
Restaurants established in 1970
1970 establishments in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality%20Entertainment%20Network | A hospitality entertainment network enables hotels to receive voice, video and data services from a service operator and distribute them to guest rooms via a set-top / Set-Back Box or a gateway. The same network can also be used to deliver music and on-demand video services, as well as internet browsing and additional interactive services such as time-shift, self-serve billing and hotel services information to hotel guests via the in-room TVs.
Historically a hospitality entertainment network used coaxial (coax) copper cables, while modern networks take advantage of IP over Cat 5/6/7 copper cabling or optical fibre – or a combination of both.
Hotel operators can choose a turn-key service from a service operator that will provide both the infrastructure and customer premises equipment as well as the voice, data and video services, or select a specialist systems integrator to lease the infrastructure and a separate services provider.
Examples of companies currently offering hospitality entertainment solutions include:
Charter Communications
CoxHN
Time Warner Cable
Quadriga
References
Hotel terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justniffer | Justniffer is a TCP packet sniffer. It can log network traffic in a 'standard' (web server-like) or in a customized way. It can also log response times, useful for tracking network services performances (e.g. web server, application server, etc.).
The output format of the traffic can be easily customized. An example written in Python (delivered with the official package) stores the transferred contents in an output directory separated by domains. This means that the transferred files like html, css, javascript, images, sounds, etc. can be saved to a directory.
Overview
justniffer was born to help in troubleshooting performance in network TCP-based services: HTTP, RTSP, SIP, SMTP, IMAP, POP, LDAP, Telnet etc.
It can collect low and high level protocol and performance information, reconstructing the TCP flow in a reliable way using portions of the Linux kernel code. It uses a slightly modified version of the libnids libraries that already include a modified version of Linux kernel code in a more reusable way.
It can be extended with external scripts (bash, Python, or any executable) and generate logs in a customizable way
The man page for justniffer explains all the options.
External links
Official website
Justniffer - tcp packet sniffer
Lars Michelsen
Examples
Examples
Grab http traffic and observe
Grab Http traffic
See also
Comparison of packet analyzers
tcpdump, a packet analyzer
pcap, an application programming interface (API) for capturing network traffic
snoop, a command line packet analyzer included with Solaris
wireshark, a network packet analyzer
dsniff, a packet sniffer and set of traffic analysis tools
netsniff-ng, a free Linux networking toolkit
ngrep, a tool that can match regular expressions within the network packet payloads
etherape, a network mapping tool that relies on sniffing traffic
tcptrace, a tool for analyzing the logs produced by tcpdump
Microsoft Network Monitor, a packet analyzer
Network analyzers
Free network management software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilseong%20Market%20station | Chilseong Market Station is a station of the first line of Daegu, South Korea. It is located in Chilseong Market.
References
External links
Cyber station information from Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation
Buk District, Daegu
Railway stations opened in 1998
Daegu Metro stations
Railway stations in South Korea opened in the 1990s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Limoges | The Limoges trolleybus system () forms part of the public transport network of the city and commune of Limoges, in the Limousin region of the Great South West of France.
In operation since 1943, the system presently comprises five urban routes. Trolleybuses are popular in Limoges for their silent operation, their lack of pollution and their performance in the steep streets.
History
Trolleybuses made their first appearance in Limoges in July 1943. They were intended to replace the urban tramway, which was ageing and in poor condition.
The first trolleybus line was no. 2, connecting Place Carnot with Avenue Baudin. Services on this line were operated initially by Vétra CB60 vehicles. The following October, it was the turn of line 3 to be converted to trolleybus operation, again with CB60s. Line 3 was merged directly with line 2.
In November 1945, line 6 had its trams replaced by trolleybuses, and on 4 October 1948 line 4 became a trolleybus line.
With the replacement of trams by trolleybuses on lines 5 and 1 in March and July 1951, operations on Limoges' urban tramway were finally terminated.
Since then, the city has always been faithful to its electric transport system, and its lines have been expanded over time.
In May 1953, the opening of a sixth line, no. 9, expanded the Limoges trolleybus system to a route length of . In 1954, the Compagnie des Tramways Electriques de Limoges (CTEL) became the Compagnie des Trolleybus de Limoges (CTL). Further extensions in 1963 and 1965 left the system at its current route length of .
Services
The current Limoges trolleybus lines are:
1 : Route de Lyon - Porte de Louyat, by Cristalis trolleybus;
2 : Pierre Curie - La Bastide, by Cristalis trolleybus;
4 : Montjovis - Pôle Saint Lazare, by Cristalis trolleybus;
5 : Jean Gagnant - Les Courrières/La Cornue (extended in 2001 to Plaisance/Roussillon, in 2004 to La Cornue and in 2009 to Les Courrières);
6 : La Bastide 2 - Maréchal Juin (re-electrified and lengthened at both ends in 1996).
The extension of the southern part of line 4 to serve Pôle Saint Lazare and the new clinic entered service on Monday, 6 July 2009.
The five trolleybus lines in Limoges now represent about 53% of passengers carried, and one third of the mileage on the city's overall bus network.
Fleet
As at 11 July 2011, the Limoges trolleybus fleet consisted of the following types:
Renault ER100H (13 trolleybuses, nos 428-440).
Irisbus Cristalis ETB12 (27 trolleybuses, nos 101-127), entered service between 2006 and 2011.
See also
Gare de Limoges
List of trolleybus systems in France
References
Notes
Further reading
External links
Images of the Limoges trolleybus system, at railfaneurope.net
This article is based upon a translation of the French language version as at August 2011.
Limoges
Limoges
Limoges
Transport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
1943 establishments in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoto | Manoto (Persian: من و تو ) is an international free-to-air Persian language general entertainment channel launched in October 2010, owned by Marjan Television Network. It is based in London and its programs include documentaries, films, series, news and reports.
Overview
Marjan Television Network was established by Kayvan Abbassi and Marjan Abbassi.
Manoto's funding comes from venture capitalists, according to a 2011 report on human rights and information access in Iran by the Foreign Policy Centre, a UK-based independent think tank. The report did not name the venture capital firms behind the station. However, many Iranian analysts believe that the channel is promoting Iran's ousted monarchy.
Kayvan and Marjan Abbassi, the UK-based Iranian couple who launched Manoto 1, in 2010, stay out of the media spotlight. They and other Manoto 1 officials have usually declined to comment for their company and TV channel despite repeated requests for interviews.
Viewership
Manoto's viewership rates are difficult to determine; however, anecdotal reports about the channel's ubiquitous popularity suggests that it has gained rapidly in market share to rival more established satellite channels like BBC Persian and VOA Persian TV. According to a BBC report in 2008, these channels may be watched by at least 30 percent of households inside Iran.
Popular programs
Befarmaeed Sham
Befarmaeed Sham (Befarmāid Ŝām) (), is the Iranian version of the original British cooking show Come Dine with Me, in which participants host dinner parties and compete for the title of best cook and entertainer.
Googoosh Music Academy
In this program, Googoosh and her team of experts, Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi, help unknown Iranian performers maximize their talent in vocal music and singing, like the American program, American Idol. Hosted by Raha Etemadi, it was also launched in the British TV channel, Unique TV.
Manoto Stage
Manoto Stage is the biggest Persian-language talent show airing from London, England. It hosted by Raha Etemadi and produced by Roxy Amini and Saber (Roxy Saber). Stage has invited four Iranian music producers to coach, help, and judge the contestants: Reza Rouhani, Babak Saeedi, Hamed Nikpay and Sharam Azar (Sandi). Amir Hussein Eftekhari from Hamed Nikpay's group won the first airing of the show with a $50,000 prize. In addition, Stage has brought in several famous musical guest stars to perform live on the show, including Aref, Afshin, Sepideh, Ava Bahram and Shahab Tiam.
Miss World and Miss Universe
Miss World and Miss Universe, both are part of the Big Four international beauty pageants, have been shown on Manoto TV every year since 2011.
Manoto Plus
For one hour a day, five days a week this prime time magazine-style program, currently produced by Kasra Ghiassi and hosted by Sahar Sagharchi and Shaho Falahi, looks at topical stories from around the world. With some in-depth segments, as well as more light-hearted material, the show attracts bi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasheets.com | DataSheets.com is a searchable database of electronic component data sheets and purchasing information. The website is intended for Design engineers and Electronics purchasing agents. DataSheets.com was developed by UBM in conjunction with SiliconExpert Technologies.
See also
data sheet
Electronic component
Electronics
References
Internet properties established in 2011 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Shady%20RAT | Operation Shady RAT is an ongoing series of cyber attacks starting in mid-2006 reported by Dmitri Alperovitch, Vice President of Threat Research at Internet security company McAfee in August 2011, who also led and named the Night Dragon Operation and Operation Aurora cyberespionage intrusion investigations. The attacks have hit at least 71 organizations, including defense contractors, businesses worldwide, the United Nations, and the International Olympic Committee.
The operation, named by Alperovitch as a derivation of the common computer security industry acronym for remote access tool, is characterized by McAfee as "a five year targeted operation by one specific actress". The report suggests that the targeting of various athletic oversight organizations around the time of the 2008 Summer Olympics "potentially pointed a finger at a state actor behind the intrusions". That state actor is widely assumed to be the People's Republic of China.
The US was specifically targeted but victims were also present in Europe and Asia (which included South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and India).
See also
Advanced persistent threat
DigiNotar
Duqu
PLA Unit 61398
Tailored Access Operations
References
Shady RAT
Chinese advanced persistent threat groups
China–United States relations
Electronic warfare
Foreign relations of China
Cyberwarfare by China
Cybercrime in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SocialFlow | SocialFlow is a social media optimization platform for brands and publishers. The company uses data from Twitter firehose, proprietary algorithms, and a link proxy to try and improve the delivery of messages on social networks. The company's analysis and data visualization of the way news filtered out around the death of Osama bin Laden via Twitter received international news coverage and led to questions about the role of Twitter in journalism.
SocialFlow is associated with Betaworks, a New York-based venture capital company, headquartered in New York City. On February 10, 2022, it was announced that SocialFlow had been acquired by digital experience platform Piano Software Inc.
History
Early history
SocialFlow was founded in early 2009 by Frank Speiser and Mike Perrone, who sought to apply a scientific approach to the task of building and sustaining engaged social media audiences at scale.
In 2013, SocialFlow was targeted by the Syrian Electronic Army, a hacking and cyber-criminal group organized in 2011 to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian civil war. The group gained access to SocialFlow’s social media accounts after sending a phishing email to the company’s employees. The attack resulted in the brief takedown of SocialFlow’s website and publishing platform that lasted about 20 minutes. To promote internet security and account protection, SocialFlow published a detailed account of the hack and their security response in a blog post.
Investors
SocialFlow announced April 7, 2011, that they had raised $7 million in Series A funding. The Series A round was led by Softbank, with Softbank NY, RRE Ventures, betaworks, Highline Venture Partners, AOL Venture Partners, SV Angel and a group of high profile angel investors participating. On April 16, 2013, SocialFlow announced they raised $10 million round in Series B funding. Fairhaven Capital led the round and was joined by existing investors SoftBank Capital, RRE Ventures, AOL Ventures and Betaworks, as well as new investors kbs+ Ventures and Rand Capital Corporation.
Acquisition
On February 10, 2022, it was announced that SocialFlow had been acquired by digital experience platform Piano Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is a cash purchase, with funding provided by Updata Partners, Rittenhouse Ventures and Sixth Street Partners, and results in Piano acquiring 100% of the shares of SocialFlow.
Corporate affairs
The company announced June 7, 2011, that Peter Hershberg joined the company as President.
Research
SocialFlow gained considerable media attention when it published "Breaking Bin Laden: Visualizing the Power of a Single Tweet". The study demonstrated how Twitter had evolved into a primary news source, as the death of Osama bin Laden broke on Twitter.
Their next study "Engaging News-Hungry Audiences Tweet by Tweet" looked at the Twitter audiences of Al-Jazeera English, BBC News, CNN, The Economist, Fox News and New York Times and reveal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20Celsius | The Fujitsu Celsius is a line of laptop and workstation computers manufactured by Fujitsu. The brand name has also been used for graphic accelerators.
The laptops have Intel Core vPro, i5, or i7 processors, while the workstations have one or two Intel Xeon processors.
History and usage
The computers are intended for applications such as computer-aided design, digital content creation, geographical information systems work, architecture, engineering, financial forecasting, flux balance analysis, scientific simulation, electronic design, and virtual reality.
Fujitsu Celsius equipment was used to stitch together thousands of individual photographic images to create large-scale 360-degree panoramic images: an 80-gigapixel image of London was published in November 2010, stating: “using this excellent workstation allowed this record-breaking photo to be created a few weeks faster than would have been possible on any other available PC.” The 320-gigapixel photomosaic of London published in February 2013 was prepared on a Celsius R920 in three months' time.
Models
Desktops
Celsius R630 specs
Celsius R920 - 2012's model; The R920 is able to accept up to 512 GB of RAM.
Laptops
Celsius H710 and Celsius H910 - 2011's models.
TFTS, “Fujitsu Brings Out Pair Of New Laptops, The Celsius H710 And The Celsius H910 [Described As Workstation Laptops, Fujitsu's New Hardware Offers Variety Of Configurations And High Power]”, Steve Anderson, May 23, 2011 http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/05/23/fujitsu-brings-pair-laptops-celsius/
See also
Fujitsu Primergy servers and Fujitsu Esprimo desktops
Dell Precision
Lenovo ThinkStation
Mac Pro
HP Z
References
Mobile workstations
Fujitsu computers
Fujitsu laptops |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Azteca%20Am%C3%A9rica | This is a list of programs broadcast by the now-defunct U.S. Spanish-language television network Azteca América.
Final programming
Telenovelas/series
A cada quien su santo
Están entre nosotros
Mujeres rompiendo el silencio
Pobre Diabla
Las Juanas
Prófugas del destino
Talk/reality
Cocinísima
Dificil de Creer
El objetivo del crimen
El oscuro paseo de la fama
Extranormal
Entrañas de lo prohibido
Escape perfecto
Hablemos de cine
La Isla
Lo que la gente cuenta
Mentes Retorcidas
Miss Universo
Relatos Misteriosos
Todo un show
Venga la Alegría
Ventaneando
News
Al Extremo
Al Extremo en 30
Al Extremo Fin de Semana
Hechos
Hechos AM
Noticiero Hechos Local
Sports programming
Box Azteca
Lucha Azteca
Pasión Deportiva
Comedy
Ya Cayo Renovado
Children's programming
Super Libro
Former programming
Telenovelas/series
11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra (May 19, 2014 – August 29, 2014)
Amor en Custodia (2005 – 2006)
Así en el barrio como en el cielo (July 3, 2017 – December 15, 2017)
Azul Tequila (2006; 2009)
Baila Reggaeton (2007)
Bajo el alma (July 16, 2018 – September 21, 2018)
Belinda (2004 – 2005)
Bellezas Indomables (2008)
Campeones de la vida (2007)
Catalina y Sebastián (2008 – 2009)
Cielo Rojo (2011-2012)
Como en el cine (2004)
Contrato de Amor (May 21, 2018 – August 17, 2018)
Cuando seas mía (2006)
Demasiado Corazón (2002)
Dos Chicos de Cuidado en la Ciudad (2003 – 2004)
El amor no es como lo pintan
El beso del escorpión (March 6, 2017 – December 4, 2017)
Emperatriz (2012 – 2012)
Entre correr y vivir (January 15, 2018 – March 9, 2018)
Grachi (February 4, 2014 – May 16, 2014)
Hombre tenías que ser (April 2, 2018 – May 18, 2018)
La Chacala (2005 – 2006)
La Hija del Jardinero (2003)
La Loba (2010)
La Otra Cara del Alma (2013)
La otra mitad del sol (2005)
Las Juanas (2004-2005)
Lo que callamos las mujeres
Lo que es el amor (2002; 2004 – 2005)
Marea Brava (2002 – 2003)
Mientras haya vida (2008)
Mirada de mujer (2006 – 2007)
Montecristo (2007; 2011 – 2012)
Mujer comprada (March 7, 2016 – September 16, 2016)
Olvide que te quería (April 18, 2016 – August 19, 2016; June 26, 2017 – January 2018)
Quiéreme tonto (2016)
Los Sánchez (2005 – 2006)
Se Busca Un Hombre (2007)
Señora (2008 – 2009)
Siempre tuya Acapulco (July 3, 2017 – January 5, 2018)
Soñarás (2004 – 2005)
Súbete a mi moto (2005)
UEPA! Un escenario para amar (December 4, 2017 – March 30, 2018)
Un día cualquiera (July 3, 2017 – August 25, 2017)
Verdades Secretas (April 24, 2017 – June 30, 2017)
Violetta (September 1, 2014 – December 19, 2014)
Vis a vis (October 1, 2017 – 2018)
Comedy/variety programming
Ahora caigo!
Fábrica de Huevos
Infarto
Tunéame La Nave (2011)
Talk/reality shows
Asesinos seriales
A quien corresponda
Cosas de la Vida
Desafio Marruecos
El club de Eva (January 15, 2018 – May 4, 2018)
El Hormiguero
Enamorándonos (2017)
Ella es Niurka (2011)
La Academia
Las Entradas de los Prohibido
Las t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20CIS%20Critical%20Security%20Controls%20for%20Effective%20Cyber%20Defense | The CIS Controls (formerly called the Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense) is a publication of best practice guidelines for computer security. The project was initiated early in 2008 in response to extreme data losses experienced by organizations in the US defense industrial base. The publication was initially developed by the SANS Institute and released as the "SANS Top 20." Ownership was then transferred to the Council on Cyber Security (CCS) in 2013, and then transferred to Center for Internet Security (CIS) in 2015.
Goals
The guidelines consist of 18 (originally 20) key actions, called critical security controls (CSC), that organizations should implement to block or mitigate known attacks. The controls are designed so that primarily automated means can be used to implement, enforce and monitor them. The security controls give no-nonsense, actionable recommendations for cyber security, written in language that’s easily understood by IT personnel. Goals of the Consensus Audit Guidelines include
Leveraging cyber offense to inform cyber defense, focusing on high payoff areas
Ensuring that security investments are focused to counter highest threats
Maximizing the use of automation to enforce security controls, thereby negating human errors
Using consensus process to collect best ideas
References
Information privacy
Security compliance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic%20Aperture%20Personality%20Assessment | Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment (SAPA) is a method used for telemetric assessment of individual differences, primarily in the context of online surveys. The SAPA method uses data collected from the administration of large inventories of personality assessment items to large pools of participants, though it differs from traditional data collection methods in that each participant responds to only a small subset of all available items. In other words, each participant receives a random (or partially random) subset of the items under study. As long as some of the items are overlapping between pairs of participants, the smaller subset is more palatable for individual participants yet can be combined to synthesize large covariance matrices (with considerable data missing at random). In this way, the SAPA methodology is well-suited for assessing personality and individual differences across multiple domains. It is also a highly efficient means for new item prototyping and scale construction.
The SAPA Methodology
The procedure is straightforward. From a large set of personality and ability items , a smaller subset of items are presented to any one subject. With random sampling of the items, all possible pairs of items are eventually presented together. As the number of subjects grows, each item has been given to subjects, and each pair of items has been given to subjects. The online survey developed by William Revelle (and maintained by the Personality, Motivation, & Cognition Lab at Northwestern University) has used this technique with approximately 200,000 participants as of 2012. In this example, each participant receives a subset of items equal to approximately 75, though the full set of items being administered at any given time may be as high as 500.
The Traditional Method Used for Internet Surveys
Studies of individual differences in cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of personality are frequently limited by the sample sizes available in the typical university research setting. Small but stable relationships are difficult to detect when one is limited to 50 to 100 subjects, and detecting complex relationships between multiple measures is difficult when participants are limited to short one or two-hour studies. Alternative procedures involve large research groups collecting data across many research sites (e.g., the Programme for International Student Assessment - PISA). Since the 1990s, an increasing number of psychologists have begun to employ web-based data collection techniques as a means of increasing both the size and breadth of samples with little loss of validity (Fraley, 2004; Gosling, Vazire, Srivastava, & John, 2004; Skitka & Sargis, 2006). While several online surveys have collected data from very large samples (e.g., the >300,000 reported by Gosling et al., 2004), most of these studies administer short questionnaires or basic cognitive tasks (Greenwald, Nosek, & Banaji, 2003).
Explanation of the "Synthe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperva | Imperva is a cyber security software and services company which provides protection to enterprise data and application software. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
History
Imperva, originally named WebCohort, was founded in 2002 by Shlomo Kramer, Amichai Shulman and Mickey Boodaei. The following year the company shipped its first product, SecureSphere Web Application Database Protection, a web application firewall. In 2004, the company changed its name to Imperva.
In 2011, Imperva went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: IMPV). In August 2014, Imperva named Anthony Bettencourt as CEO. In 2016, it published a free scanner designed to detect devices infected with, or vulnerable to the Mirai botnet.
In February 2017, Imperva sold Skyfence to Forcepoint for $40 million. In August 2017, the company named Chris Hylen, the former CEO of Citrix GetGo, as its new president and CEO. Its former CEO, Anthony Bettencourt, resigned as chairman of the board of directors in February 2018. In 2018, Imperva identified a bug in Google Chrome which had been allowing attackers to steal information via HTML tags for audio and video files.
In 2019, Imperva was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. That same year, Imperva suffered a breach of its own when it notified customers that it learned about a security incident that exposed sensitive information for some users of Incapsula. CEO Chris Hylen left in October 2019 and Thoma Bravo Chairman of the Board, Charles Goodman, became interim CEO. In January 2020, Imperva named Pam Murphy as CEO.
In 2023, Imperva agreed to be acquired by multinational company, Thales Group, for $3.6 billion.
Acquisitions
In 2014, Imperva acquired the complete shares of Incapsula, a cloud application security startup named SkyFence, and real-time mainframe security auditing assets from Tomium Software. In February 2017, the company purchased Camouflage, a data masking company.
In August 2018, Imperva acquired Prevoty, a runtime application self-protection (RASP) security company. In July 2019, it acquired Distil Networks for its bot management capabilities. In October 2020, Imperva acquired database security startup jSonar for an undisclosed amount.
Services
Imperva’s software stack contains products for both application and data security. It provides layered protection to ensure a company’s website located on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. The application security software includes Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS Protection, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP), API Security, bot management, Account Takeover (ATO) protection, attack analytics and application delivery; and the data security software includes Data Activity Monitoring (DAM), data risk analytics, data masking, discovery and assessment and file security.
Awards and recognitions
In 2013, Imperva received the Frost & Sullivan Southeast Asia Web Application Market Share Leadership Award |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTC%20Creo | Creo is a family of Computer-aided design (CAD) apps supporting product design for discrete manufacturers developed by PTC.
Creo runs on Microsoft Windows and provides software for 3D CAD parametric feature solid modeling, 3D direct modeling, 2D orthographic views, Finite Element Analysis and simulation, schematic design, technical illustrations, and viewing and visualization. Creo can also be paired with the Mastercam machining based software.
History
PTC began developing Creo in 2009, and announced it using the code name Project Lightning at PlanetPTC Live, in Las Vegas, in June 2010.
In October 2010, PTC unveiled the product name Creo.
PTC released Creo 1.0 in June 2011.
Software and features
Creo Elements and Creo Parametric compete directly with CATIA, Siemens NX/Solid Edge, and SolidWorks. The Creo suite of apps replace and supersede PTC’s products formerly known as Pro/ENGINEER, CoCreate, and ProductView.
See also
Parametric Technology Corporation
Creo Elements/Pro
Creo Elements/View
SolidWorks
Autodesk Inventor
I-DEAS
Solid Edge
Siemens NX
Mastercam
References
External links
Product design
Computer-aided design software for Windows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef%20Z%C3%BChlke | Detlef Zuehlke (born 1949 in Bad Pyrmont) is a German engineer and professor.
Career
Zühlke studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at the technical university RWTH Aachen. In 1983, he obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering (robot programming) at the Machine Tools Laboratory (WZL) at Aachen's university. From 1985 to 1991, he worked for German Lufthansa AG, where he held several management positions such as head of the aircraft maintenance department.
From 1991 to March 31, 2017, Zühlke held the chair for Production Automation (pak) at the Technical University Kaiserslautern. There, he founded the Center for Human-Machine-Interaction (ZMMI) in 1998 which provides research and services in the area of the design of human-machine-systems for industrial applications.
From 2009 to May 31, 2017, he was Director of the Research Department “ Innovative Factory Systems” at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH.
Zühlke is the main initiator of the Technologie-Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V. founded in 2005 as a non-profit association. It is an Industrie 4.0 network of industrial and research partners who jointly carry out projects regarding the factory of the future. SmartFactoryKL is a manufacturer-independent demonstration and research platform which is unique in the world. Here, innovative information and communications technologies and their application are tested and developed in a realistic, industrial production environment. The technology initiative, supported by the active participation of its members, has already established pragmatic solutions, first products and common standards. Since 2014, the production plant is annually exhibited at the trade show Hannover Messe in Germany.
In May 2019 Zühlke handed the Smartfactory-KL Chair to Martin Ruskowski.
Thereafter, he organized and founded together with Smartfactory-KL / Germany, Brainport Industries / Netherlands und Flanders Make / Belgium the european umbrella organization SmartFactory-EU EWIV located in Kaiserslautern. Since then he became the executive Director. This association offers a platform for all european operators of research and demonstration facilities for smart manufacturing technologies in order to strengthen their cooperation and information.
Zühlkes main research topic has been the transfer of the "Internet of Things" into the future factory environment to create the "Factory of Things".
Appointments
1998: Chair of Production Systems at Ruhr University Bochum (declined).
2002: Leader of the Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing IITB in Karlsruhe in conjunction with a professorship for Interactive Realtime Systems at the University Karlsruhe (declined).
Awards
1983: Borchers Medal of the RWTH Aachen for an outstanding performance in his PhD thesis.
2005: Association of German Engineers (VDI) – Medal of Honour for his merits in VDI/VDE-Society Measurement and Automatic Control (GMA).
2011: IFAC Outstanding Ser |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyy%20Radio%20106.6FM | Skyy Radio (106.6 FM, "Skyy 106.6FM") is a privately owned commercial radio station in Sierra Leone. Its radio programming on FM frequency reaches Freetown, the capital city and its environs. The sister station "Kiss 104 FM" reaches the second largest city, Bo.
References
Radio stations in Sierra Leone |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Asus%20routers | ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus) manufactures a series of network routers directly competing with Linksys routers from Belkin.
The Asus series of routers usually ship with Broadcom chipsets, faster processors and more memory than average, removable antennas, and USB ports for expansion. Although Asus' factory default firmware is generally more feature-rich than its competitors, Open source Linux-based router firmware projects such as DD-WRT, OpenWrt, Tomato Firmware and DebWRT are able to get better performance out of the devices and offer their users more flexibility and customization options. Asus encourages and supports this use and advertises several routers as particularly suitable for DD-WRT including especially the RT-N16 gigabit router. See details on compatibility below. The RT-N13U/B, RT-N12, RT-N10+, WL-520GU and WL-520GC are also advertised as DD-WRT compatible though do not ship with this operating system.
ASUS Wireless b Routers
ASUS Wireless g Routers
ASUS Wireless n Routers
ASUS Wireless ac Routers
ASUS Wireless ax Routers
See also
List of wireless router firmware projects
References
External links
ASUS
Routers
Hardware routers
Wireless networking hardware
Linux-based devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polbase | Polbase (DNA Polymerase Database) is an open repository of DNA polymerase information. Polbase captures information from published research on polymerase activity, and presents it in context with related work. Polbase indexes over 5,000 references from the 1950s to the present and includes hundreds of polymerases and their related mutants. Polbase's collaborative model allows polymerase investigators to complete, correct and validate Polbase's representation of their work.
Content
Polbase features a listing of known polymerases categorized by organism, polymerase family, and selected properties. Each indexed polymerase has its own snapshot page containing links to all its information in the database. All results in Polbase are stored with the relevant experimental details to put them into context. If structure information is available, Polbase links to the polymerase's Protein Data Bank (PDB) entry. All information gathered in Polbase is linked to the original publication where it was reported.
Features
Polymerases by family, organism and properties
Search by author, organism, polymerase name, property, etc.
Browsing by reference
Browsing by author
Browsing by organism
Information sources
Polbase draws information from a variety of sources including PubMed, PDB, and directly from polymerase investigators.
Interconnections
Polbase is connected with various other databases. These include:
The Protein Data Bank
European Bioinformatics Institute
ExPASy Bioinformatics Resource Portal
UniProt
BRENDA
PubMed
Various Scientific Journals
History
Polbase began in March 2009 with a grant from the NIH's SBIR program and was first presented to the public at MIT's DNA and Mutagenesis Meeting
In March 2010 Polbase was presented to a larger audience at the Evolving Polymerases 2010 Conference.
Polbase was also presented in more technical detail at the Rocky 2010 ISMB Conference.
Polbase is described in more detail in the 2012 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue.
Polbase was built at New England Biolabs by Brad Langhorst and Nicole Nichols with the help of founding collaborators Linda Reha-Krantz, Bill Jack, Cathy Joyce, Stu Linn, Stefan Sarafianos, Sam Wilson, and Roger Woodgate.
References
External links
The DNA Polymerase Database (Polbase)
Biological databases
DNA replication |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mercury%20Men | The Mercury Men is a 2011 series of web shorts produced for the Syfy network by writer/director Christopher Preksta. It is shot in a retro, 1950s style, in black and white (stock photos of Apollo are in color). Though it is set in the mid-1970s, shortly after the Apollo Moon landings. The first episode is set explicitly in 1975 and the following eight episodes take place on the same night. The tenth episode is stated as taking place in 1976, but the month and day are unspecified, so it is not clear exactly how much time has lapsed between the ninth and tenth episodes, though it must be significant, as the protagonist somehow travels from Earth to Mercury in that time. Each episode is between 6 and 9 minutes long. The show follows the adventures of a mild-mannered office worker, Edward Borman (Mark Tierno) who is drawn into an adventure when his building is attacked by men from the planet Mercury, who appear to be made of pure light. Their plan is to use the steel framework of the building to enhance their gravity device which will pull down the Moon into the Earth. He meets Jack Yaeger (Curt Wootton), a member of a secretive group of defenders known as The League. It was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a budget of under $10,000.
Cast
Mark Tierno as Edward Borman
Curt Wootton as Jack Yaeger
Amy Staggs as Grace
Episodes
References
External links
mercuryseries.com - The show's official website
mercurymenpictures.com - The producers' website
syfy.com/mercurymen - Syfy's page on the show
Syfy original films
American science fiction web series
2011 television specials
Retrofuturism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Side%20Academy%20%28Detroit%29 | West Side Academy of Information Technology and Cyber Security is a Detroit alternative public school located on the Detroit's Westside. the school has formerly been named "West Side Academy for Leadership Development, IT and Media Design", and "West Side Academy Alternative Education High School".
History of alternative education
Alternative education has a long and complex history. Events across the country and around the world converged to produce the educational choice and parental liberty enjoyed by many Americans. The school is for young adults struggling to maintain in a regular high school.
School's background
In 2018, West Side Academy reported an enrollment of 490 and an 80% graduation rate. The school's principal is Andrea Ford-Aylor. The school ranges from grades 9–12 and offers up to 40 additional credit hours which allows students to obtain a better chance at graduating on time or even before their graduation year.
References
External links
West Side Academy
Public high schools in Michigan
Alternative schools in the United States
Detroit Public Schools Community District |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20horror%20films%20of%201963 | A list of horror films released in 1963.
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Most Popular Horror Feature Films Released In 1963 at the Internet Movie Database
Lists of horror films by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCSN | NBCSN was an American sports television channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), which was dedicated to programming primarily involving fishing, hunting, outdoor adventure programs, and outdoor sports. By the turn of the 21st century, OLN became better known for its extensive coverage of the Tour de France but eventually began covering more "mainstream" sporting events, resulting in its relaunch as Versus in September 2006.
In 2011, Comcast, the original owner of the network, acquired a majority stake in NBCUniversal. As a result, Comcast merged the operations of its pay channels with those of NBC. In particular, it aligned the operation of its sports channels with NBC's sports division, NBC Sports. On January 1, 2012, Versus was rebranded as the NBC Sports Network. The branding was later shortened to NBCSN. By September 15, 2014, most of NBC Sports' operations, including NBCSN, had been moved to facilities in Stamford, Connecticut.
As of February 2020, NBCSN was distributed to 79.879 million homes and was the second most watched cable sports network besides ESPN (though some sources included ESPN2 as a separate network in those figures). On January 22, 2021, NBCUniversal announced that the network would cease operations by the end of the year. NBCSN ceased operations on December 31, 2021, with its sports properties moved to USA Network, Peacock, and other NBCUniversal networks.
History
As the Outdoor Life Network
The channel originally launched as the Outdoor Life Network (or OLN) on July 31, 1995; the name was licensed from Outdoor Life magazine. Its programming consisted of hunting, fishing, and outdoor adventure shows. In its early days, the channel reached around one million homes and found most of its carriage via the then-infant platforms of direct broadcast satellite services and digital cable. The network was one of two (the other being Speedvision) formed out of a partnership of Cox Cable and Times Mirror which had combined their cable systems operations a year earlier. Outdoor Life was originally planned to have launched at the beginning of July 1995. However, it was delayed when Times Mirror decided to reassess its media holdings. Times Mirror decided to reduce its stake in the two new networks to 10%; bringing Comcast and Continental Cablevision on as partners. The network initially had trouble gaining carriage and was also broadcast on several low power television stations.
In 1999, OLN acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the Tour de France for US$3 million. Coverage of the Tour on OLN brought substantially greater viewership to the then fledgling channel, due in part to the then-growing popularity of American rider Lance Armstrong. In 2004, where Armstrong would aim for a record-breaking sixth straight Tour de France title, OLN would devote over 344 hours in July to coverage of the Tour, along with docum |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deister%20Railway | The Deister Railway () is a railway line in the German state of Lower Saxony between Weetzen and Haste. It is now a section of the Hanover S-Bahn network.
History
The concession for the main line to Altenbeken as well as the branch to Haste was granted to the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company (Hannover-Altenbekener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) on 25 November 1868. The railway line was built mainly for the transport of bulk goods (Deister coal, stones and sugar beets from the Calenberg Land). The Weetzen–Barsinghausen section was opened on 1 May 1872 and the remaining part to Haste on 15 August 1872. At this time the halts of Winninghausen, Lemmie, Kirchdorf and Bantorf did not yet exist. The line to Barsinghausen was initially served by two train pairs daily and after the extension to Haste the entire line had three pairs of trains. The line was also immediately used for the delivery of mail to the stations of Barsinghausen and Wennigsen.
The halt of Winninghausen was opened on 1 October 1901. Since 1902, at the latest, there were efforts by the farmers of Lemmie and Sorsum for the establishment of a halt at Lemmie. They were also supported by the farmers at Bönnigsen. Although the road for them to Wennigsen station was much shorter, it was more laborious for horse-drawn carts because of a steep slope. Finally, the halt of Lemmie was opened on land of the municipal council of Ditfurth on 15 December 1904. This was next to the manor of Lemmie, which had made it available free of charge. The halts of Kirchdorf (opened in 1955 in the Egestorf municipality) and Bantorf (1975) followed much later.
A steam locomotive hauled a regular passenger train over the line for the last time on 22 March 1969 and train operations were switched to diesel haulage. According to recruitment plans of Deutsche Bundesbahn at the end of the 1960s, the line was electrified with financial support from the municipal association of Greater Hanover (Großraumverband, GVH), a legal predecessor of today’s Hanover Region, and was opened with the first operation with an electric locomotive on 31 May 1970. The line was operated at first by push–pull locomotives with Silberling coaches; from 1989 it was operated with City-Bahn wagons, mainly using class 141 electric locomotives in push-pull mode. The locomotive usually ran at the Haste end of the trains.
At the end of 1990s, the stations were modernised or rebuilt or relocated (Egestorf) and double track was installed on the section from Weetzen to Egestorf during the establishment of Hanover S-Bahn for the upcoming Expo 2000. Y-shaped sleepers were used. Only a short section directly west of the station of Weetzen is still single track, as duplication would have caused a significant increase in costs with only a small benefit. Prior to the duplication, the only passing places on the section between Weetzen and Barsinghausen were in the stations of Wennigsen and Egestorf. The scheduled train crossings took place in Egestorf.
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